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Sailor Moon is the property of Naoko Takeuchi and Kodansha Comics
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
Flashback

The Dragon and the Senshi Chapter 3

"I'm bored!" Natsu exclaimed as he leaned on the wooden broom that he was holding.

"We have just started cleaning the shrine and you are already bored?" Rei asked as she turned to face the rose haired teen.

"I can't help it. I'm hungry!" Natsu responded with the same bored tone.

"We ate breakfast ten minutes ago!" The raven haired girl bellowed in exasperation.

"So?" Natsu simply said.

"You are impossible." Rei said as she shook her head. "At least finish the porch first." She added. When she got no response, she turned to see Natsu sleeping while still leaning on his broom. Facepalming, she approached the sleeping teen and smacked him in the back of the head with the towel she was holding, resulting in Natsu faceplanting on the ground.

"Wake up, you fool!" The raven haired girl shouted.

"Hey! What was that for?" Natsu shouted back as he jumped on his feet.

"You were sleeping on the broom!" Rei exclaimed indignantly as a tall guy with unruly brown hair who wore the standard Shinto priest attire appeared from around the corner.

"Do you need help with that, Rei-san?" he eagerly asked.

"I'll be fine with this knucklehead's help, Yuuichiro-kun. You've already done enough by waking up earlier and taking care of the inside of the shrine." Rei replied with a smile.

"Oh. Okay then." Yuuichiro said in disappointment. "But I still don't trust this pink haired dude here. Why is he staying in the shrine again?" The brunet added, ignoring Natsu's protests at calling his hair pink.

"I told you already, he is a friend and he needs a place to stay, for some days at least." Rei said while she shot a glare to Natsu that clearly said 'No fighting.'

"Why only for some days?" Rei's grandpa said as he suddenly appeared behind Yuuichiro. "Such a handsome young man is sure to attract young maidens who would want to buy lucky charms."

"So that's why he's letting Natsu-san stay." Rei deadpanned.

"Thank you for letting me stay in the shrine, Gramps, but do I have to do household chores as well?" Natsu said when he noticed the old man.

"Well, you are a member of the house now, so it's only polite to help in such things, you know." Rei said in a scolding tone, making Natsu hang his head in defeat.

"Fine. Can I at least do something else? Wiping the floor is so boring." The rose haired teen whined as he dropped the broom. Rei stood for a moment in thought before she brightened up.

"I know. You can go buy a couple of stuff that we need for the house." She said as she ran inside the shrine and came out a couple of moments later with a pack of yen and a shopping list.

"Here is what we need. You can take care of that, right?" The raven haired girl asked with a smile.

"Now that's more like it. I'll be back in a flash." The rose haired teen said as he took the money and the list and ran towards the city center.

"There's a bus stop just after the stairs." Rei shouted at the figure of the rose haired teen that gradually got smaller in the distance.

'There was a reason why I saw the dragon in my vision and then you appeared, Natsu-san. Somehow you were sent to help us against this new threat. But, who are you?' The raven haired miko thought as she remembered the talk she had with Usagi and Ami a couple of days ago.

"And then he unleashed fire from his body and punched the monster. It was crazy I tell you. And pretty cool if you ask me." Usagi said as she finished her explanation on the day's events.

"Is that true, Ami-chan?" Rei asked with interest.

"I couldn't believe it either. I didn't think it was a coincidence that we saw Natsu-san right after we purified that daimon the other day but now I am sure he somehow came to help us in this situation. And what's even crazier is that he used fire like that. Like he was some sort of a wizard." The bluenette said with a thoughtful expression.

'The girls said that he uses fire. Does that really explain the dragon's appearance? And where did he come from in the first place? He is a mystery for the moment.'

"Vegetables, vegetables, vegetables. What do they need so many vegetables for?" Natsu said as he walked down the street after buying all the items that were in Rei's list.

"But I guess Rei has a point. I have to help too since I live in the shrine. Kinda like in the guild." The rose haired teen added as he looked up in the sky.

'I wonder what the guys in Fairy Tail are doing now... If what Pluto said is true, everyone is probably still sleeping. Oh look, a cloud that looks like Happy.' Natsu thought before he bumped into someone.

"Ouch. Watch where you are walking, you idiot!" Natsu heard as he looked at the girl he accidentally knocked to the ground. She had long blond hair styled in a simple red bow, bright blue eyes and a heart shaped face, and looked around Rei's age. She was dressed in a school uniform which consisted of a white shirt with a blue collar with white stripes on it, a red bow, a blue skirt, white socks with a red stripe, and black shoes.

"Sorry, I keep bumping into people lately." The rose haired teen said as he extended his hand.

"You should be more careful then." The blonde said as she took Natsu's hand and got up.

"Hey, I said I'm sorry ok?" Natsu said with slight irritation in his voice.

"Whatever. Your shopping bag is ripped." The girl said as she pointed at Natsu's shopping bags.

"What? Nooo! The cabbages!" The rose haired teen dramatically shouted as he tried to prevent the vegetables from falling to the ground.

"Be more careful next time. Stupid!~" The blonde singsonged as she stuck her tongue at him before she sped off.

'Oh great, Rei's gonna kill me now.' Natsu thought as he tried to fill the vegetables in different bags.

"You are late. Did you harvest them yourself, Natsu-san?" Rei asked when the rose haired teen entered the kitchen room.

"I don't know Tokyo that well ok? And I had to walk all the way from the center too." Natsu said as he unloaded the bags at the table.

"Why didn't you just take the bus?" Rei wondered in confusion. Natsu didn't respond right away, but instead he leaned on the counter, looking pale.

"I don't handle transportation well." He admitted, much to the raven haired girl's amusement.

"Really? That's a first." She noted as she giggled. Natsu looked at her with a grumpy look.

"I can't help myself, okay? It's something I've had since forever." He said as Rei patted his shoulder.

"It happens to people sometimes. Don't worry about it." She said once she stopped giggling.

"Anyway, thank you for bringing the groceries. I have to go study with the girls now if you'll excuse me." Rei added before realization hit her.

"That reminds me. You haven't met Minako-chan yet, right?" The raven haired girl asked.

"Minako? Now that you mention it, Usagi said something about a Minako some days ago." Natsu muttered as if remembering something.

"She is a friend of us. Why don't you come in our study session to meet her then?" Rei suggested, earning a nod from Natsu.

"Sure, it's not like I have anything to do." He said with a grin. The two teens walked through the halls and reached Rei's room from where laughter could be heard.

'Are they really studying?' Natsu wondered as Rei opened the door.

"Hey Minako, remember about that guy…" Rei started but then stopped as she and the other girls, except Usagi who was reading manga, looked from the shocked Natsu to the equally shocked Minako.

"Aaaaaah! It's you!" Both Natsu and Minako said as they took a step back at the same time and both pointed at each other.

"Do you know each other?" Makoto asked.

"He knocked me down on the street! / She bumped into me and ripped my bags!" They both said simultaneously as the three girls sweatdropped.

"You knocked Minako-chan down? How cruel of you, Natsu!" Usagi said in shock.

"It was an accident, okay? I bumped into Motoki too, but you didn't make such a big deal out of it the other day." Natsu said in an attempt to defend himself. He then sweatdropped as Minako suddenly appeared in front of him and started checking him out.

"I didn't get to say anything earlier, but are you a cosplayer or something? What's with the get up?" The blond girl said as she took on a thinking position.

A question mark formed on top of Natsu's head while the girls' sweatdrops became more intense.

"She was shouting at him moments ago." Rei said.

"You don't really expect Minako-chan to hold a grudge against someone now, do you?" Makoto said as she shook her head.

"No I'm not a cosplayer, whatever that is." Natsu said, muttering the last part.

"Now that you mention it." Ami said, gaining the attention of everyone present. "We haven't seen you wear anything different these past days, Natsu-san. Are these your only clothes?"

"Yeah." Natsu simply replied as the girls stared at him in shock

'Not like I had much choice anyway with how Pluto brought me here.' He inwardly added.

"I have an idea!" Usagi said while raising her hand. "Why don't we go shop some clothes for Natsu? We can't have him going around with only one outfit. A questionable outfit that might give him trouple with the police."

'Usagi thought of something sensible!' Minako and Rei thought at the same time while Makoto and Ami were pondering the idea.

"That does sound like a good idea, but we do need to study as well, Usagi-chan. Maybe during the weekend?" Makoto suggested, making Usagi and Minako sulk at the prospect of studying.

"Sure, I guess. I do need some different clothes." Natsu said. He then felt a familiar movement at his legs. Kneeling down, he noticed a black cat with a crescent moon on its forehead.

"Hey there, little guy." He said in a fond tone as he started petting the cat.

"It's a girl actually. And her name is Luna. Say hi, Luna." Usagi said as the cat purred at Natsu's touch.

"Meow."

"You have a cat? Cool. I have a cat too. His name is Happy." Natsu said, looking nostalgic for a moment.

"I don't want to ruin the moment, but we did gather to study, everyone." Ami said in a rather hesitant tone.

"Ami-chan has a point. As much as it hurts, we have to study for the midterm exams." Makoto said reluctantly.

"I'll just go take a nap then." Natsu said, despite Usagi's protests. Once the rose haired teen was out of earshot, the girls gathered closer.

"That's the guy who helped you with the daimon? He is kinda cute." Minako said with a cheeky grin.

"He does remind me of the senpai that broke my heart." Makoto added.

"The thing is, we need to know more about him. He claimed that Sailor Pluto sent him. That might mean that he is from the future as well." Rei said.

"But, if he was from the future, wouldn't he know our real identities?" Ami questioned.

"Maybe he is just pretending not to know our identities. He did find all of us quickly, and he is awfully vague about his past." Makoto mused with uncertainty.

"What do you think, Usagi-chan?" Minako asked as the four girls turned to the other blonde of the team who had been silent during this talk.

"I think he is on our side. He seems like a good guy, so why should we be suspicious of him? If anything, he helped us and we keep our identities secret from him." Usagi answered. After that the girls were deep in thought.

"I think Usagi is right. I would notice something off about him during all these days. He only eats a lot, like Usagi." Rei teasingly said.

"Hey! I'm a growing girl! I need a lot of food!" Usagi declared with a childish expression while the others laughed at their friends' playful banter.

'He does seem nice. I guess we'll learn more about him one way or another during the weekend.' Makoto thought as the girls went back to their studying.

"This place is boring." Natsu muttered, hands in pockets.

"This place is awesome! Here, try this one, Natsu." Minako shouted with excitement as she showed a leather black jacket at the bored Natsu.

"Sure." He said in a monotone voice as he put on the jacket. "Huh, that feels pretty nice." He added as he checked himself in the mirror.

"Uh, Minako-chan?" Makoto said with uncertainty. "Are you sure it's a good idea for Natsu-san to walk around with this jacket on?"

"Why do you say that?" Minako asked innocently.

"Because it has a stamp in the back of it that says 'Boys will be boys'."Rei deadpanned.

"But they will~" Minako singsonged playfully.

"Hey girls, sorry I'm late." Natsu heard as he turned to see a tall, handsome guy with short black hair and blue eyes. He was sporting a casual look with a light blue shirt and jeans.

"Mamo-chan!" Usagi exclaimed as she launched herself at his open hug, throwing both of them in the process while random clothes fell on top of them.

"I'm happy to see you too, Usako." The man said with a fond smile.

"Who's that guy?" Natsu asked while taking off the jacket.

"That's Usagi-chan's boyfriend." Ami said as the pair got up.

"You must be Natsu Dragneel. Usako has talked a lot about you." The taller guy said.

"Yup. That's me." Natsu said with a grin. "And you are?"

"Where are my manners. I'm Chiba Mamoru. Have the girls given you a hard time with the whole shopping thing?" Mamoru said with an understanding smirk.

"Finally, someone who knows of the pain!" Natsu dramatically bemoaned while raising his hands.

"Excuse us if we want to get you something nice." Rei said as she stuck her tongue at the rose haired teen.

"You've taken me to every shop you've seen!" Natsu countered, emphasizing the word 'every'.

"This is yet another hardship a man must endure when he goes out with his girl friends, Natsu-san. Trust me, I know." Mamoru said, nodding while he patted Natsu on the shoulder.

"Eh? You are so cruel, Mamo-chan!" Usagi exclaimed with a hint of childlike complaint.

"Now now, they do have a point this time." Makoto said with a slight sweatdrop.

"Why don't we stop for now then? Go for some ice cream maybe?" Ami said in an attempt to lift Usagi's spirits. It seemed to work because Usagi, Minako, and Natsu instantly brightened up.

"Yahoo! Ice cream!" The three of them said, making the rest of the group laugh.

"They get excited over the simplest things." Rei said as shook her head, though a smile was evident on her face.

"Don't you think that's a bit too much, Natsu-san?" Ami said as the group stared at Natsu's box. The rose haired teen had bought a kilo's worth of ice cream and was now ravaging it like someone who has never eaten ice cream before.

"What? It's been ages since I last ate some good ice cream." He said after he gulped a rather big bite.

'It's like he is having a contest with Usako and Minako.' Mamoru thought as he looked at the three teens and sweatdropped.

"So, what did you buy so far?" The black haired teen, who was apparently the same age as Natsu, asked as Natsu kept gulping down his ice cream.

"I thought you'd never ask." Minako said as she took out an orange jacket. "I got this super cute jacket which was on discount. Isn't it nice?"

"I think Mamoru-san asked what did Natsu-san buy since we primarily came to restock his wardrobe, Minako-chan." Makoto said.

"Oh." Natsu responded as he put down his spoon. "Most of the things were chosen by the girls here, and by girls I mean mostly Minako." He added while said blonde puffed her chest proudly.

"Heh heh, I can't help it that I like shopping." She said as she rubbed the back of her head.

"So I got these shirts and trousers. Wait." Natsu said as he dug deeper in his bags. "When did I buy this pink shirt?" He asked as he took out a short sleeved pink shirt.

"I did." Ami hesitantly said. "I think it matches your hair color."

For a moment nobody talked. Only the sound of the crickets could be heard.

"I like it. Thanks, Ami." Natsu said with a grin

"Don't mention it." The bluenette said as she looked to the side. The girls and Mamoru noticed her cheeks slightly turning pink, but Natsu was oblivious to it. Instead, he went back to his bags, when Suddenly he picked up a scent that seemed off in this place.

'What's this smell?' He thought as he looked towards the direction of the back door of the place they were sitting at where blue smoke seemed to come out.

"Is something wrong Natsu-san?" Rei asked while Mamoru who noticed the smoke as well turned serious.

"Wait, don't open that door!" The black haired teen shouted at the waiter who was about to open the door. However, it was too late as the smoke was unleashed in the entire mall, knocking out everyone who smelt it.

"Everybody, cover your noses!" Natsu said as he put his scarf over his nose while the rest used their handkerchiefs.

"There must be a daimon somewhere around here." Rei whispered to the other girls.

"But we can't transform with Natsu-san here." Ami whispered back while the girls looked just as conflicted.

Just then, a tall woman with pale skin and bright long red hair appeared. She was wearing a red dress and a gas mask.

"Go, daimon!" She yelled as an ice cream suit wearing daimon appeared above her.

"Aisu!"

"Another monster." Natsu said as he jumped towards the daimon.

"Natsu!" Usagi shouted, but Rei held her back.

"Now's our chance to transform." The raven haired girl said and the blonde nodded.

"MERCURY PLANET POWER!"

"JUPITER PLANET POWER!"

"MARS PLANET POWER!"

"VENUS PLANET POWER!"

"MAKE UP!" The four girls yelled as they transformed into their Sailor Senshi forms.

"MOON COSMIC POWER! MAKE UP!" Usagi said at the same time as she, like the rest, turned into a sailor Senshi.

"Take this!" Natsu said as he went for a punch to the daimon.

"Not so fast-aisu!" The daimon said as she took out an ice cream and stuffed it in Natsu's mouth.

"Mmm, yummy. I mean, what the hell?" The dragon slayer exclaimed as the daimon jumped back.

"If you liked it so much, then here's more ice cream for you-aisu." She said as she threw ice cream balls to the ground, making Natsu slip and fall on his face.

"Ouch. It's toying with me." The dragon slayer growled as he slowly got up.

"Hold it right there!" He heard as he looked towards the balcony where the five Sailor Senshi stood.

"You, who is wasting nice ice cream for your evil means!" Sailor Moon said.

"Who is disrupting a peaceful walk in the mall!" Sailor Mercury continued.

"Who is preventing pretty girls from buying dreamy dresses!" Sailor Venus added.

"Who is stopping the kind ice cream man from making the ice cream!" Sailor Jupiter continued.

"And people need ice cream on such a hot day!" Sailor Mars added.

"In the name of love and justice, and ice cream, we shall punish you!" The Sailor Senshi finished.

"If you want ice cream so badly, then here you go-aisu." The daimon said as she started throwing a barrage of popcicles at the Senshi who scattered in order to dodge them.

"BURNING MANDALA!" Sailor Mars yelled as she drew a circle around her body, creating a ring of fire, which then turned into eight smaller rings that flew toward the incoming ice balls and melted them.

"So you don't want such small ice creams? Maybe a bigger one will do the trick-aisu!" The daimon shouted as she took out a small pipe and unleashed an ice beam, freezing the Senshi's and Natsu's lower body.

"How did she do that so fast?" Sailor Jupiter said in shock. Meanwhile, the red haired woman turned towards the ice cream man who had stared in wonder all this time.

"While these girls are distracted." She said as she dashed at the man. "Your pure crystal will be mine!"

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Natsu said as he suddenly appeared in front of the woman and punched her in the face, sending her to the wall.

"You! Go hide somewhere!" The dragon slayer said to the frightened young man as the red haired woman came out of the hole.

"Who the hell are you, boy?" She spat in anger as Natsu grinned.

"You are the one who summoned this daimon huh? Then, if I take you out, the daimons will stop threatening Tokyo." The rose haired teen said as the red haired woman started laughing.

"I, Kaorinite, may be behind these daimon attacks, but neither you nor your friends have any idea what's actually going on here. This is bigger than you think." Kaorinite said as she ordered the daimon to strike the ice cream man in the back, resulting in the emerging of a purple crystal came from him.

"Oh no!" Sailor Venus said as the girls realised what had happened.

"DEEP SUBMERGE!" a woman's voice was heard, and a blue sphere appeared out of nowhere and struck Kaorinite just as she was about to grab the crystal. Then, two women, one with short dirty blond hair and one with shoulder length teal hair, who were also clad in sailor outfits, jumped next to the unconscious man and examined the crystal.

"This one is not a talisman." The blonde said as they returned the crystal to the man's body and then left the scene.

'Talisman? And new Sailor Senshi?' Natsu thought in confusion over the new events.

"It's not a talisman. In that case I shall take my leave. Creamite, finish them off." Kaorinite ordered the daimon before she vanished.

"With pleasure-aisu!" The daimon said as she readied another attack. Then suddenly a rose was thrown at the pipe, stopping its attack.

"Who's there?" The daimon growled as everyone looked up.

"People who disrupt the serenity of a casual walk at the mall are unforgivable!" Tuxedo Kamen said as he looked down at the daimon.

"Tuxedo Kamen-sama!" The girls said in unison.

"I'll take it from here! VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!" Sailor Venus as she summoned a chain of hearts and snatched the pipe from the daimon's hands.

"My weapon!" The daimon said.

"Now Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Kamen said.

"Right! MOON SPIRAL HEART ATTACK!" Sailor Moon said as she started spinning faster with each word until she stopped and launched the wave of purifying hearts at the disoriented daimon.

"Lovely!" The daimon exclaimed as it was crushed and purified, leaving behind only the eggplant from before which, in turn, was shattered, smoke coming out of it.

"Is everyone alright?" Natsu said as the group gathered.

"Somehow. That was a close one." Sailor Jupiter said.

"These new Senshi appeared again." Tuxedo Kamen said as everyone was deep in thought.

"You don't know them? Nice hat, by the way." Natsu said as he pointed at Tuxedo Kamen's hat.

"Thanks, I guess." Tuxedo Kamen said with a sweatdrop.

"No, they work alone." Sailor Mars answered as Sailor Moon nodded.

"I see. Well, I have to go find my friends and see if they are fine." Natsu said as he took off to find the girls.

'There is that feeling of familiarity again. And these Sailor Senshi appeared really quickly in the incident. Like they were already close to this place. And there are also six of them, the same number as Rei's group. Is it really them?' Natsu thought with uncertainty.

'Maybe I'll ask them later. Best case scenario it's them and I have actually managed to find them. Worst case scenario I'll make a fool of myself. Pluto didn't tell to not ask around after all.'

Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus observed Natsu who had just left the rest of the Sailor Senshi.

"Another one who fights the daimons. And it's a guy this time. Who might he be?" Sailor Uranus wondered thoughtfully.

"I don't know, but he seems to be working independently. Maybe we should observe him for the moment, find out his motives." Sailor Neptune suggested.

"You might be right, but if he is after the talismans as well, we might have to fight him. And he seems like a capable fighter, if a bit clumsy." Sailor Uranus noted.

"And since when don't you enjoy a good challenge?" Sailor Neptune asked teasingly.

"You have a point." Sailor Uranus said, chuckling. "Let's observe him then. A man with pink hair wouldn't be that hard to find."

And with that, the duo of Sailor Scouts left the mall.

Author's Note: And that's another hard chapter finally done. I sure did include many "new" characters to the story in this chapter huh? And the story will be harder and more challenging to write as it goes on but I don't have a problem with that. I enjoy writing about Sailor Moon much more than I thought I would when I started this story. This chapter now, it had many different scenes. Unlike the previous chapters, the events didn't happen in a single day so the feelings are probably different. I'm also a bit unsure about the ending since I closed it with characters that I haven't written before, but I believe it came out well.
As for the romance part, I really am not sure hot to proceed with it. There certainly will flirting from more than one girl (you know, Minako and Michiru are usually flirty though I think Michiru just wants to tease Haruka) since I haven't decided on a pairing yet, but as I've said before, the end result will be Natsu being with only one girl. Oh, and Usagi is definitely excluded since she is already with Mamoru, who, by the way, is perhaps my favorite character in Sailor Moon and I hope I'm doing him justice. I think he is like Leo Wyatt from Charmed. Like, the only guy who's a main character throughout the entire show, he has a solid pairing from the early part of the show and he even has a kid. Plus, he makes pretty cool entrances.
Well, I guess that's it for now. Stay tuned for my next chapter where Natsu will, most likely, meet Haruka and Michiru in person. See ya later!