Mako and Usagi slipped through an alleyway, rain thundering against Mako's yellow umbrella. There had been some discussion about the girls transforming prior to doing their staking out in case something happened, but in the end it was Usagi's huge Eternal Sailor Moon wings that made them decide against it. Mako and Usagi were still in their school uniforms but since they were obviously sulking around they probably looked far more suspicious than they thought they did.

"Do you think there really could be a Sailor Earth?" Usagi asked Mako as they glanced down a street near the arcade. Everything seemed to be fine. The rain hadn't lightened up since they had left the cafe. The foot traffic in the area had slowed some, certainly because of the rain and perhaps also because of the rumors that monsters were showing up in this area.

"Maybe," said Mako. "All the rest of us are protected by a planet. It just seems weird that Queen Serenity never mentioned her and that Mamoru, Prince Endymion, doesn't know anything about her. You would think that he would, since he's the prince of earth."

Usagi frowned. She hoped that she could find a way to see Mamo sometime that night. It felt way too long since she had seen him. Sometimes it was hard to remember that they would have what might be an eternity together. It didn't make being away from him any easier. She wanted to hear his thoughts about this Sailor Earth herself. Mako was right, though. Her mother had never mentioned a Sailor Earth in those few moments she had had with the image of her mother up on the moon. Their conversation had been so short, but surely she would have mentioned if someone was missing. And surely at least one of the scouts—either inner or outer—would remember her.

"Maybe we should ask Setsuna," said Usagi.

"We haven't been able to get in touch with her yet," said Mako. "Or Michiru, or Haruka. They've completely disappeared over the past year."

It was true. They had been so well known prior to ending the war with Galaxia with their musical skills and auto racing. Setsuna hadn't had the same fame that Neptune and Uranus had, but she had at least been someone that Usagi and the others had felt could be counted on in a pinch.

"Ah, well," said Usagi. "We just need to see her." The two of them moved so that they were under a shop's awning. Mako tilted the umbrella since they weren't in any danger of getting wet and Usagi reached for her phone.

Mamo, when can I see you? She sent, accompanied with an emoticon of a bunny. She kept glancing up at the street and back down at her phone as she waited for him to respond. She felt the vibration of his response in her hand just as she saw the flash of light down at the end of the street where the pavement ended against a dead end.

"No, please no!" cried a female voice. Mako and Usagi ran back to the alleyway they had been in, Mako's umbrella forgotten in that brief moment as Mako pulled out her pen and Usagi grasped her compact.

"Moon Eternal, make up!" cried Usagi.

"Jupiter Crystal Power, make up!" said Mako.

Usagi felt the familiar warmth that came along with her transformation. It had been so long since she had felt the bodysuit against her skin. The rain hit it, dampening the fabric and pulling down at her skirts. Sailor Jupiter headed out of the alleyway first, but Usagi had to be careful as she moved out because of her wings.

"Something is going on south of the arcade," Sailor Jupiter said into her communicator. There was a quick sound of understanding from each of the girls before Sailor Jupiter and Eternal Sailor Moon rushed toward the place that the scream had come from.

There were a few people at the edges of the scene, but even as Jupiter and Sailor Moon came closer, they stepped further away. The screaming had not stopped, and a brilliant blue light surged from the sky and drenched a figure on her knees in front of a storefront. The light blazed like an unquenchable fire before caving in on the young woman. Her body seemed to distort before Sailor Moon's eyes. The light went hazy around her until she was completely obscured.

"Arise, soldier of Chaos," came a deep voice. "Come forth to accept your eternal destiny. You were made for more than an earthly life as a servant to the mortal."

The fog began to clear around the figure. Sailor Moon grasped her Eternal Tiare, ready to begin performing her Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss.

"Careful, Sailor Moon," said Sailor Jupiter. She moved close to Sailor Moon, edging as though prepared to be a barrier.

The girl had disappeared. In her place was a much taller woman with skin as blue as the light that had surrounded her. She looked around the area slowly, her eyebrows knit in a menacing look. Usagi heard the heels of the other scouts click behind her.

"Sailor Mercury?" whispered Sailor Venus.

"I'm on it," said Sailor Mercury. The gentle tap-tap-tap of her fingers on the little super computer reminded Usagi of a thousand battles that they had fought and won before. This would be no different, she told herself.

The figure was changing more by the moment. Her nails grew rapidly and her body hunched before she started toward the scouts.

"Mars Flame Sniper," called out Sailor Mars, jumping in front of them. The heat of her arrow radiated against Sailor Moon's body just before it flew directly at the monster. The monster raised her arm and what looked like several hundred spikes emerged from the limb and wove together like a shield to keep the arrow from hitting her body.

"We have to be careful," said Sailor Moon. She gripped her scepter. "We don't want to hurt her. Mercury, do you have any new data?"

"Just about…"

The scouts stood ready as the monster came closer. She was even still growing taller and more massive. Soon she'd tower over the second story building next to her.

"Get them, Youma!" came a thunderous voice from above. Sailor Moon and the others looked up and saw a man floating above them. His body was covered with a silvery-gray cape that had a band of blue running down the edge. His hair was short and blond. Sailor Moon stared at him, a memory twisting deep inside of her. She felt lost as she looked up, as though if she didn't determine who this person was that he would be doing something terrible.

"Sailor Moon! Sailor Mars!" cried Sailor Jupiter. "Watch out!" The monster was coming close to the two of them. Sailor Moon looked at Sailor Mars. She seemed even more frozen than Sailor Moon felt.

"Venus Love Me Chain!" said Sailor Venus. She whipped the chain of light around the monster and tugged it to try and keep it from getting too close. As valiant as Sailor Venus's efforts were, the monster was still able to get a few more steps. Sailor Moon did the first thing that she could think of—She pushed Sailor Mars out of the way of the path of the monster. Her friends, Mars included, cried out her name as she found herself directly in the path of the monster.

"Thistle Grip!" came an unfamiliar voice. The monster ignored the new speaker, and Sailor Moon couldn't look away to see who it was. A thick vine burst through the ground, splitting just inches above the pavement until it had grasped the monster. The monster cried out, spikes appearing all over it's body as it tried to keep moving toward Sailor Moon, but the vine grew faster than Sailor Moon could comprehend, thick thorns appearing on the outside as the monster became subdued.

"Starlight Moon…" Sailor Moon began. She was too slow, though, because as she started calling out her attack with the tiare, that new voice called out again.

"Terra Redemption!"

The monster shrank, the thorns and vines melting away until the blue light that had surrounded the monster died out, revealing the young girl that had been possessed once again. Sailor Moon hurried over to the girl while the vine laid her out on the ground and then sucked back into the earth. Usagi knelt next to her side in order to cradle her body and make sure that she was okay.

"Wait, Sailor Earth!" cried Sailor Venus. Sailor Moon looked up and saw the scout that they had been hoping to find. She had waist length, dark hair. Her uniform was of varying shades of green. She watched them from the top of a building. "We want to talk to you."

"This isn't the time," said Sailor Earth. She pointed at the man who had been commanding the monster earlier. "You will not torment the people of earth," she said. "In the name of this planet, my birthright, I will protect my world and my people from your evil doings."

"I'd like to see you try," sneered the man. He shot up higher in the air and shot off another blast of blue light at Sailor Earth. She blocked it with her staff. Sailor Moon thought that she was going to try to attack that man, but he vanished into a portal in the air before there was time for her to do anything.

"I want to talk to you," said Sailor Moon, looking up from the body of the girl. She had begun to stir. "Please, are you an ally of ours?"

Sailor Earth stared down at Sailor Moon for so long that Sailor Moon thought that she was going to jump down. Sailor Mercury knelt down next to the girl as well, so Sailor Moon felt that she could stand and give the other scout more attention.

"We could always use another ally, especially if there is a new enemy. I have never heard of a Sailor Earth. But surely we can talk—I want to keep earth safe too."

"I do not need any allies," said Sailor Earth. She paused for a moment and Sailor Moon felt their eyes connect. There was no time for Sailor Moon to reply, Sailor Earth turned and dashed off the building and was gone in a moment.