A/N: First I want to thank by fantastic beta Cherazor for an outstanding job and an awesome first review! Also I want to thank X00001, ffgirlmoonie, Moonlight Pheonix, Comet Moon, mystic soilder, Tenshi-Chikyuu and Paula jr for reviewing the first chapter. Here's chapter two in Usagi's point of view.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon
Chapter two: Mysteries of Sailor Moon
Usagi's day started as it usually did. She woke up to her radio playing the latest number one song and proceeded to stay in bed as long as her mother would allow her. Once she actually got up and looked at the time she screamed and raced downstairs to grab her lunch and hurry out the door with a piece of toast.
Fortunately Usagi made it to school just as the last bell rang, her best friend Naru grinning at her timing.
"So, what have I missed?" Usagi asked as she took a seat next to Naru.
"Nothing really. Haruna-sensei told us that our test grades will be posted by lunch," Naru responded.
Usagi just groaned in despair. After all she was pretty sure she knew how badly she had done. It wasn't like she didn't study. Well, okay that's a lie. But for Usagi the world of algebra and other evil math related subjects just didn't make sense.
Usagi' favourite part of the school day – lunch – was soon upon her and she breathed a sigh of relief. She and her friends gathered outside for their usual lunch swapping and gossiping.
"Mama's having a huge jewellery sale today, Usagi. Why don't we stop by the shop?" Naru suggested.
"All right, but I'd better show mama this grade afterwards," Usagi said as she indicated towards the test paper that she had just gotten back.
"We can stop at the Crown beforehand," Naru said.
Usagi smiled in happiness as the final bell rang and they headed back into class.
"So, what was the highest mark on the test?" Usagi asked as they settled into their seats.
"Mizuno-san got full marks again," Naru answered.
"That's amazing," Usagi almost gasped.
"No, it's called studying," Naru smirked at her blonde haired friend.
Usagi rolled her eyes as she turned to the front of the classroom. If she was here, she better look like she was paying attention.
After school Naru went with Usagi towards the Crown. Usagi pulled out her test and moaned in despair.
"There's no way I can show mama this," Usagi said as she scrunched up the test and threw it over her shoulder.
Naru tried to comfort her wailing friend but didn't get very far when a young man came up to Usagi with her scrunched up test unravelled. He had raven black hair and midnight blue eyes that were trained on Usagi.
"A 30 that's pretty bad, tell me are you lazy or just stupid?" The man smirked.
"What would you know you, jerk?" and began to walk away, Naru towing behind her. "I'd try studying if I were you, Odango atama," he called.
Usagi turned around, her cerulean blue eyes flashing with anger. She looked as though she wanted to pummel the man but though better of it. Usagi grabbed Naru's hand and stormed off, though she heard Naru's whisper, "He's cute Usagi."
Usagi just snorted in disbelief at her friend's taste as she sped her way into the Crown. Before she ordered anything, she sat at the newest Sailor V game, determined to get further than last time. Unfortunately, she was killed very quickly as she was still furious at that stranger for calling her names. She walked up to Motoki to order when she heard a slightly familiar voice.
"I would have been quicker if it wasn't for this ditz who threw her test paper in my face," the voice said.
Usagi's ire grew as she shrieked, "I'm not a ditz."
"Hey Usagi," Motoki greeted her warmly, though it wasn't enough to distract her from the man whom Motoki had called Mamoru.
"Whatever you say Odango atama." Mamoru shook his head.
"Stop calling me that! My name is Usagi," Usagi yelled with frustration.
"I see you two have met," Motoki said as he prepared Usagi's usual sundae. She had ordered it so often she didn't even have to order it anymore.
"Unfortunately," Mamoru muttered under his breath.
Usagi decidedly ignored him and paid for her sundae, while graciously thanking Motoki. She and Naru soon left to go and play more video games; though not before Usagi had given Mamoru an angry glare.
Usagi was relieved when Mamoru left a few minutes later.
"Come on, let's got to the jewellery shop," Naru suggested once Usagi had finished the sundae.
Usagi smiled as she said goodbye to Motoki. The two junior high students left and were soon at the store. It was packed with people, everyone vying for the heavily reduced jewellery.
"See anything you like, Usagi?" Naru yelled over the noise.
Usagi shook her head until a golden brooch caught her eye. She picked it up and studied it closely. It was solid golden and had a pink crescent moon in the centre. Four jewels were embedded in the edges like the ends of a cross. The one at the top was orange, the bottom was red and the two sides were green and blue.
"It's really pretty," Naru said when she saw how intently Usagi was studying it.
"Usagi, welcome," Naru's mother called exuberantly.
"Hello, Osaka-san," Usagi greeted.
"What a fine choice. Would you like me to ring it up?" Naru's mother asked.
Usagi nodded as she handed it over to be wrapped up in a gift box. She knew it was going to cost her all the allowance money that she had saved, plus any birthday money she had left, but Usagi knew that she had to have it. Once it was paid for, both Usagi and Naru managed to squeeze their way out of the shop.
"I'd better stay here and help mama," Naru said.
Usagi nodded as she left, hiding the brooch in her skirt pocket. If her mother found out how she had spent her money after having failed another test, she was as good as dead.
True to her belief her mother raged at her about her marks. She calmed down enough so that Usagi could eat some dinner before being banished upstairs to her room to study.
Usagi got out the brooch and pinned it on her uniform. Deciding that it looked nice she left it there and legitimately tried to do her homework. She was able to do everything except the maths, which got banished. Usagi secretly called it the pile of everlasting evil.
Once that was done, Usagi put on her pyjamas and went to bed. She was in a deep sleep when she jerked up suddenly and reached for her brooch.
"Nice to have you back," she smiled as she slipped out of bed, "Moon Prism Power – Makeup."
In a swirl of ribbons and light, Usagi had transformed from a pyjama clad teenager to the super heroine Sailor Moon, who would soon be well renowned throughout Japan.
She leapt out of her room and bounded across the Tokyo skyline in the direction of Osaka Jewellers. Sailor Moon entered via a high placed full length window and saw a youma from the Dark Kingdom fighting a tuxedo clad man. If she had been Usagi, she probably would have swooned over what appeared to be every teenager girl's romantic hero. Well at least in this time.
Sailor Moon smiled in relief as the man disposed of the youma, though his weapon of choice – a rose – was somewhat questionable.
A man emerged from the shadows and Sailor Moon gasped in recognition. It was Jadeite, one of Prince Endymion's loyal guards and former lover to Sailor Mars. Sailor Moon sighed as she realised the extent of Beryl and the Dark Kingdom's brainwashing techniques. The Dark Kingdom must have regained much of their power if they were able to, once again, brainwash Jadeite when he was reincarnated. Sailor Moon already knew how strong their hold could be as it was able to turn Jadeite against Mars back in Silver Millennium's final hours.
Sailor Moon focused as the tuxedo clad man introduced himself as Tuxedo Mask. She wasn't sure how this man fitted into things, but she trusted him instantly. She saw that he was in trouble when Jadeite prepared to strike him with a huge ball of energy.
"Moon Tiara Action," Sailor Moon whispered as she launched a golden discus at the Shitenou's hand, essentially destroying the collection of energy.
"Who's there?" Jadeite called out.
Sailor Moon didn't answer as her tiara returned to her. She placed it back on her forehead and disappeared quietly, though she did stick around long enough to hear Jadeite disappear.
She was able to jump away silently, running until she pulled herself to a stop on top of the Crown, where Usagi spent much of her time after school. Sailor Moon wasn't alone as she was joined by another senshi who physically was very similar to her.
"I see the Dark Kingdom has returned," the senshi spoke.
"That's the only reason I would be activated," Sailor Moon replied without turning around.
"What about the other senshi?" she asked.
"They'll be activated when they need to be. What's wrong? Don't you think we can handle this, Sailor Venus?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I have no doubts," Sailor Venus answered.
"I suppose I will see you around." Sailor Moon grinned at her best friend from a millennium ago.
"I suppose you will." Sailor Venus returned her smile as both girls hurried away.
Sailor Moon slipped into Usagi's bedroom and released her transformation. Placing the brooch onto Usagi's bed side, she climbed into bed. She lay down and closed her eyes. Usagi opened them again, wondering why she had woken up at such an hour before she falling asleep again.
Usagi woke up late the next day, slightly confused as to why she was so incredibly tired. Shrugging she began her usual mad rush for school, though she made sure to pin her new brooch to her uniform.
Usagi grabbed her breakfast and only caught a glimpse of the news, which was showing the youma attack from last night. It had been captured on the security cameras in Osaka Jewellers.
She got to school late but wasn't even given a detention. The whole school was abuzz about the news of the caped crusader Tuxedo Mask and the mysterious woman who had saved him along with the jewellery shop.
Naru herself was excited as she had the chance to talk with Tuxedo Mask, who had checked to make sure she was okay. Usagi herself was somewhat quiet as she looked at the grainy photo of the masked man taken from the footage. It had been plastered all over the television and the newspapers.
Usagi was surprised that she wasn't swooning over this new hero like the rest of the female population at the school. Sure, he was incredibly attractive from what she could tell, but something in her was shaking her head in disbelief at the teenage girls – and some of the female teachers – constant mooning throughout the day.
The only one besides herself that wasn't affected was Mizuno Ami who seemed indifferent to it.
"Mizuno-san, would you mind if I sat with you?" Usagi asked the brainy girl at lunch.
Ami nodded though she seemed a little confused.
"I'm sorry to barge in on you, but I think that if I hear one more word about Tuxedo Mask, someone's head is going to roll," Usagi grinned.
Ami laughed in spite of herself as the two girls settled in for what was bound to be a long lunch period. They began to chat and Usagi quickly convinced Ami to call her by her first name, something Ami allowed in return.
"I thought that all the girls in the school were swooning over this Tuxedo Mask person," Ami stated.
"Well, not me and apparently not you, either," Usagi said as she shovelled her lunch down.
"I can see why he appeals to the girls, but no-one knows anything about him, so I don't see a reason to get excited," Ami admitted.
"It's really weird. Normally I would be right along side those girls, but for some reason, I'm really not that impressed," Usagi said as her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.
Ami shrugged her shoulders at this mystery and continued to eat. The lunch bell finally rang, though not before Usagi had extracted a promise from Ami that they would hang out after school before Ami had to go to cram school. Because as Usagi put it, "At the moment we are the only sane teenage girls within Tokyo."
Naru didn't notice as Usagi went to meet Ami saying that she was showing everyone the footage of Tuxedo Mask bravely battling the youma.
Sadly enough, the majority of Ami and Usagi's year – particularly the females – went with Naru, all excited to see the whole fight and not just the snippets shown on the television.
"Where are we going?" Ami asked as Usagi led the way.
"Crown arcade and café." Usagi smiled as she entered and smiled at Motoki.
The smile soon fell as she noticed a familiar man slumped at the counter.
"Hello, Motoki this is my new friend, Mizuno Ami," Usagi quickly introduced.
Both exchanged hellos as Mamoru lifted his head from the bench.
"So, are you fawning over Tuxedo Mask too, Odango?" Mamoru asked though there was no humour in his voice.
Usagi shook her head, "Unlike what appears to be every teenaged female in the area, both Ami and I have some sense in our heads."
"Sure you do," Mamoru said though there was a look of relief in his eyes.
"I have to say, Usagi I'm a little surprised. I thought that this was your type of craze." Motoki smiled with a twinkle in his eye.
"I know, but for some reason, I'm not interested. Anyway could we both get a soda?" Usagi gave her best winning smile.
Motoki quickly nodded as he poured them both a soda.
Usagi looked as though she wanted to ask Mamoru what was wrong, but she quickly though better of it. Neither she nor Ami noticed the cat sitting at Mamoru's feet, its crescent moon glowing in a pale blue colour.
'Mercury,' Luna realised as she got closer to Ami.
Motoki handed them both their sodas and Ami agreed to pay for both, as Usagi realised she had spent the last of her money on the brooch she now wore on her uniform. Leaving Mamoru to mope over whatever his problem was, Usagi led her new friend to the Sailor V game.
"See I'm second highest after Aino Minako. I really want to meet her, she always has the highest score on this game," Usagi said as she explained the game to a somewhat confused Ami.
Ami played the game and Usagi watched in astonishment Ami managed to out score Aino Minako's record. But before she could get much further, Ami looked at the time and realised she had to get to cram school. Saying goodbye to Usagi, Ami left. She was soon followed by Mamoru, who almost seemed to be cursing the cat he was holding.
Shaking her head at the university student's weirdness, Usagi stayed until closing where she helped Motoki and his sister Unazuki pack up.
Once Usagi got home, she went straight to her room to unpack her bag. Her parent where out until late that night, some function for the company her father worked at. Usagi examined herself in the mirror, wondering if the girl looking at her was the same as yesterday. It was strange, but she felt different, as if a new found maturity had leaked its way into her personality.
Shaking her head at her weird thoughts, Usagi sat on her bed and grabbed out a manga she had bought a week ago and began to thump through it. A few moments later she closed her eyes as she felt a headache building. Once she opened her eyes they flashed with understanding, she stood up and thrust her hand into the air.
"Moon Prism Power – Makeup."
Sailor Moon quickly slipped out of her house and raced across the city to where she could feel the dark energy. She entered the building, absently noting that she was in a cram school. The same one Usagi's new friend Ami attended.
Standing in the shadows, Sailor Moon saw Tuxedo Mask fighting off the latest youma. Noting the security cameras, that were no doubt filming the encounter she quickly disabled them, thinking that Tuxedo Mask had been subjected to enough publicity for one day.
He had managed to fend off the youma, but was now losing the upper hand. He was thrown into the cluster of computers that were obviously used by the students of the school. Unfortunately the students had already become mindless zombies for the Dark Kingdom to feed off. Sailor Moon saw one student that wasn't under the youma's spell, namely Usagi's friend Ami.
The youma saw this as well and grabbed her around the throat. Cursing her lack of foresight, Sailor Moon tried to figure out a way to extract Ami from the youma's grasp without hurting her. Apparently Tuxedo Mask was thinking along the same lines as he conjured a razor sharp rose.
Neither of them had to bother as Ami's forehead gave an explosion of light, causing the youma to release her.
Sailor Moon saw the symbol glowing on Ami's forehead and gasped, "Mercury."
Apparently she wasn't the only one to notice as Tuxedo Mask pinned the youma down with multiple roses. Ami looked confused, but accepted the pen that Tuxedo Mask offered her. Tuxedo Mask muttered some instructions that Sailor Moon couldn't hear. Ami nodded as Tuxedo Mask prepared to attack the now free youma.
"Mercury Power – Makeup," Ami called before being enveloped in a swirl of blue ribbon like light.
Sailor Mercury didn't waste time. She quickly yelled for Tuxedo Mask to take cover as she released her bubble attack, creating a dense fog. Sailor Moon knew this was her chance.
"Moon Tiara Action," Sailor Moon called as she threw her glowing discus-shaped tiara.
It hit the youma dead on, causing it to screech in pain before it became a pile of dust. The fog cleared as soon as the youma was destroyed, showing both Mercury and Tuxedo Mask the tiara returning to its owner.
"Who are you?" Mercury asked with genuine curiosity.
Sailor Moon realised that she didn't have the cover of the shadows protecting her from their sight. Sighing, she made sure the face mask that she insisted on wearing was still in place.
"Sailor Moon," she answered before she quickly leapt away.
Noting the press that were gathering outside the cram school, Sailor Moon fervently hoped that the two warriors would get out soon. The last thing they needed was more publicity.
She stopped herself on a building a few blocks away taking a breather.
"Are you planning on being my shadow?" Sailor Moon asked.
Sailor Venus stepped out to stand by Sailor Moon's side, "I'm leader of the senshi, I have to watch out for them."
"I'm not one of your senshi," Sailor Moon pointed out.
"That doesn't mean I shouldn't watch out for you. Anyway now that Mercury's been awoken, it shouldn't be too long before the other two follow," Sailor Venus answered.
"Well, I guess I'll see you at the next battle." Sailor Moon smiled as she ran of in the direction of Usagi's home.
She slid into Usagi's bedroom and released her transformation. Sitting back onto the bed, she slid back into Usagi's subconscious as Usagi frowned and looked at her clock. She must have passed out; the last time she looked at the clock felt like a few minutes ago, but according to the bright numbers over an hour had passed.
She heard her parents enter the house and greet her brother who had been playing video games the entire time Usagi was 'asleep.' Usagi bounded downstairs to greet her parents, though she couldn't shake off the feeling that something had happened to her, something bigger than passing out.
A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed and will review. The next chapter will cover the events that haven't been seen in Mamoru's point of view and maybe a little extra. If you guys don't like this changing between point of view let me know and I'll change it. If you've got anything you want to see let me know and I'll try to put it in.
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