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Finally Act Four is up :-)

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Act Four

Luna looked at the sleeping form of her charge. There was no doubt in the feline's mind. Usagi was a Sailor Senshi and was just as important as Sailor Venus in all of this. It was time Usagi realised her destiny and started to assist Venus. Sailor Venus had to face strong Youma on her own and each time she had gotten hurt somehow. Luna had no doubt Venus could carry on like this on her own, Venus was strong, very strong and she was a born leader. But she needed help and Usagi was the next perfect candidate. Luna sighed. Usagi was a bit of a klutz and no doubt she would freak out seeing a talking cat. Well, Luna would worry about that later. Flexing her claws out, Luna prepared herself to wake Usagi up.

Venus dodged another attack from a Youma with short red hair, golden coloured eyes and a long thin body with four long whips extending from its back. It would attack with its whips catching Venus on her legs and then arms. She kept having to jump out of the way and try and use her Crescent Beam attack.

"Artemis, this thing isn't going down!" Venus called out as the Youma started hunting around for where she was hiding. Artemis was hidden within a tree trying to discern the next best tactical move, but honestly, this Youma was pure power and for the first time since they started out, Venus was struggling. There was no doubt in Artemis's mind that she would win eventually, but how much damage would she have to take? He found himself praying that Luna would be able to wake Usagi up.

And that was exactly what happened. Usagi was now hiding by the corner of her bed repeating to herself 'cats don't talk, cats don't talk'. Luna rolled her eyes at Usagi before spinning high up into the air producing a magical pink compact with a crescent moon on it. Usagi's eyes instantly lit up and she grabbed the compact. Usagi had been a little shocked at being rudely awakened by her cat. She had been dreaming a lovely dream where she was dressed up in an amazing pink gown and a masked man in a tuxedo had asked her for a dance. In her dream she had most graciously accepted and was being waltzed about the dancefloor, everyone stopping to watch her. To be woken up from such a wonderful had severely annoyed Usagi. When she realised it was her cat, she glared at Luna before trying to go back to be. But the cat wouldn't have it and kept scratching at Usagi to wake up. Once Usagi did eventually stay up, Luna had started talking.

"You need to shout 'MOON PRISM POWER! MAKE-UP!" Luna called out. Usagi looked at Luna blankly still clutching the compact. Luna huffed in frustration and kept yelling at Usagi to just trust her.

"You have to believe me, you are a guardian, guardian to our Moon Princess who holds the power of the Maboroshi no Ginzuishou"

"Why would I trust a talking cat?" Usagi asked looking confused 'Moon Princess…. Maboroshi no Ginzuishou, sounds like a fairy tale '.

"Minako needs your help, she is out there all alone fighting and you're just standing there arguing with me!" Luna shouted feeling real fear for Sailor Venus. Upon hearing her friends name, Usagi had a determined look in her eyes. Minako needed help? Why? Was she some sort of guardian too? Well, Usagi knew she couldn't ponder these questions, she had to act.

"MOON PRISM POWER! MAKE UP!" Usagi called out and immediately, her transformation into Sailor Moon began.

Venus was thrown against the wall by the Youma and then it proceeded to throw sharp spikes towards Venus. Thankfully she managed to get out of the way before hitting the Youma with her crescent beam.

"Venus!" Venus spun around and standing in a similar Sailor fuku was someone she was sure she recognised. The girl ran up to her and hugged her tightly. Venus then saw Luna and instantly knew who was hugging her.

"Usagi-chan? What are you doing here, it's dangerous" Venus said before pushing Usagi out of the way. The Youma had managed to scrape Sailor Moon. She looked at her knee as she fell on her bottom.

"Oh, that hurts, I thought this wasn't real…." Sailor Moon said as she clutched her knee. Venus looked at Luna incredulously, this was irresponsible, Usagi was in danger! Suddenly, Venus heard the familiar sniffles that only Usagi could generate. Venus knew what was coming. She then smirked at the Youma and placed her hands over her ears.

"You're done for now" Venus said as Sailor Moon started to cry out loud unleashing supersonic waves. Glasses smashed all around them and the Youma found itself kneeling on the ground.

"Sailor Moon, now use your tiara!" Luna cried out.

"Ok…." Sailor Moon said still sniffling. She then got up and placed her hand over her tiara. Once it came off it started to glow brightly and rotate fast.

"MOON TIARA BOOMERANG!" Sailor Moon cried out releasing her tiara. It hit the Youma and instantly killed it. Sailor Moon then fell to the ground hugging her knees and shaking. Venus looked at where the monster had been and then looked towards her dear friend. It seemed they had a lot to speak about.

"Come on Usa-chan…stop by mine before you go home, we could have a hot cup of coa-coa" Venus said extending her arm towards Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon nodded and then took Venus's hand. The two girls left before anyone noticed the damage that had been done in the area. Venus didn't even want to think about the cost of all the damage done. That would be a lot of Yen.

Usagi had a strange dream the rest of the night. She found herself walking about in a luxurious garden. She was walking down a path strangely dressed in her school uniform. It was a straight path that led towards a circular area surrounded by trimmed bushes with red flowers. Within this circular space a young woman stood with her back facing Usagi. Usagi could see the girl was wearing a long white gown. Her hair looked silver under the midnight skies and upon closer inspection; Usagi noticed this girl had exactly the same hairstyle as herself.

'How strange' Usagi thought to herself as she approached the unsuspecting girl, that is, until another figure appeared as if summoned from the darkness. The other figure was a male and again, his back was facing Usagi. She could see he was dressed like a Prince from some of the fairy tales Usagi remembered reading as a child. His cape was black from the back but Usagi was sure she saw red on the inside. The figure approached the girl from behind and she could see he had wrapped his arms around her waist.

'Why am I seeing this? Who are these people?' Usagi wondered. Usagi realised she couldn't move any further. She was now routed to the spot and unable to turn away from the couple.

"Do you think we could ever truly be together?" the young woman asked in a sad tone.

"There is always hope my love, our guardians are now on our side and I am sure your mother would understand" the young man answered.

"But I am not supposed to fall in love with you, it is against the laws that govern my people" the young woman persisted. The young man then let out a sigh before making the young woman face him. Usagi still couldn't see them clearly but she could hear their words.

"I love you. I love you more than life itself. I would walk away from the throne of Earth just to be with you. We must have faith that everything will work out. Please don't give up on us Serenity because I never will" the young man said passionately. The young woman fell into his arms and Usagi could hear her sniffling.

"I love you too and I won't give up on us. No matter what happens, I will always love you and will follow you wherever you go" Usagi felt herself being pulled from the dream but just before she was about to wake up, she saw the figure of a dark, evil entity over them, laughing wickedly.

Usagi had thought about that dream all day at school. She couldn't get the image out of her mind of the couple holding onto each other. It was so romantic, but what did it mean? Would she start seeing these things now that she was Sailor Moon, a reincarnated Sailor Senshi. Usagi felt that overnight she had grown up more now realising there was more to their lives than the simple normalcy of being a school girl.

"Lost in your thoughts Usagi-chan?" Usagi looked up towards Jun'ichi who sat next to her. It was lunch time and on this rare occasion, Usagi was alone with her lunch box. In fact, she was waiting for Minako to come out and she was sure Makoto and Ami were on their way, possibly with Osaka Naru.

"No, I was just waiting for Mina-chan" Usagi said smiling at Jun'ichi. Jun'ichi raised an eyebrow but decided not to push it. He liked Usagi's company for some reason, she was undemanding and friendly. Plus, she had introduced him to the most interesting girl he had ever met, Hino Rei. He also had to add that he was certain his close friend Mamoru liked the Odango blonde. Her friends seemed to gel with his and the thought of that made him content for some reason.

"The guys and I are heading to the arcade on Friday, wanna come?" Jun'ichi asked.

"Oh how funny, I am going there with the girls too, I guess we can all meet" Usagi said brightly. Jun'ichi chuckled a little. When Usagi looked at him curiously, Jun'ichi gave her a warm smile.

"It seems my friends and yours are always meeting at the same places now. Maybe its destiny or something" Jun'ichi said wistfully. Usagi thought about it and couldn't disagree with him. She then saw Minako and waved. Jun'ichi took this opportunity to leave, he had promised to meet Fumio and now he was ten minutes late.

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"That is a strange dream Usa" Minako stated as the two girls sat waiting for Ami and Makoto. It was a Thursday afternoon and school had just finished. Usagi and Minako waited outside the school gates. Usagi had sent a text over to Rei and Rei had responded that she was also going to meet them after school.

"I didn't even get to see them, I never get a real chance to see them but I always hear their conversations. I know that the girls name is Serenity" Usagi said. Minako took this information in, digesting it and dissecting it all over until she came to an inevitable conclusion.

"Maye this is the Princess we're searching for, we should mention it to Luna and Artemis" Minako suggested. Usagi was hesitant at first but then agreed.

"But I wonder who the tall mysterious guy is? Artemis hasn't mentioned about searching for men" Minako wondered aloud. Usagi raised an eyebrow at Minako.

"Men?" Usagi asked and then really looked at Minako intently when she saw Minako blush.

"Well, I have sort of been having dreams, but I see myself in the past as Sailor Venus speaking to some guy in this white cape and grey uniform. He has long silver hair but that's all I ever see. I look happy whenever I see myself speaking to him" Minako admitted. Usagi sighed and then rubbed her forehead.

"Ayahh this is all confusing!" Usagi wined.

"Yes, it really is!" Minako agreed. The two girls clung to each other saying repeatedly how unfair life was to two such beautiful girls. Rei, Ami and Makoto found the two like this and shook their heads in bewilderment.

The five girls walked together, talking about their school day and their plans for the next day. Ami spoke enthusiastically about her extra classes but she did have Friday after school free. So they were all going to the arcade to meet the guys.

"I still don't see why you are all interested in those guys, I mean really, a girl doesn't need a man" Rei huffed folding her arms. Makoto and Minako looked as if Rei had just slapped them both.

"What do you mean?! Every girl wants to fall in love with their dream guy" Makoto said.

"And those guys are dreamy and we're the girls to fall in love with them" Minako added making her 'sailor V' sign and winking.

"Don't mind Rei-chan, she is just fighting off the love-bug she has for Jun'ichi" Usagi said waving her hand up and down at Rei. Rei felt her left eye twitch and knew Minako was going to jump on it.

"OH SO YOU LIKE JUN'ICHI-SAMA," Minako yelled. Rei instantly jumped on Minako to try and stop her from blabbering away but Rei knew how difficult a task that would be. It was strange, a little while ago Rei had no friendships she really valued, but now, thanks to meeting Usagi, she now had a group of friends that she couldn't imagine going a day without speaking to at least one of them. Her classmates were all shocked when the girls came to meet Rei at her school once, Rei had wished Ayaka was there but for some reason, Ayaka had not been going to school as much and neither her four friends either.

"Don't worry Rei-chan, you can declare your love to Jun'ichi tomorrow and I am sure you can fall into his arms and kiss his face off!" Minako declared. The girls all laughed whilst Rei plotted ways to murder Minako and get away with it. Minako looked at Rei with a fake stern look.

"Don't even think about it" Minako said knowing exactly what Rei was thinking.

That very night, there was another Youma attack which Sailor Moon and Venus dealt with. This time they met a different girl by the name of Vine-Whip. She had long straight brown hair and forest green eyes. She wore a short brown skirt and a brown tank top with gold bands on both arms. She had dark brown strapped high heels and a dark green vine circling her waist three times. She also had long dangly gold earrings.

"That's the fourth Youma you girls have destroyed, I am rather impressed but I fear my Queen's patience is running out. I suppose I should deal with you both now" Vine-Whip said before unleashing eight vines in quick succession. Sailor Moon and Venus dodged each of them but the last vine wrapped around Sailor Moon's leg. She was tossed up into the air and then another vine hit her in the stomach making her crash into Venus.

"Jeez, does anyone have any weed killer or something" Venus moaned making Vine-Whip angry.

"WEED KILLER! WHY YOU LITTLE!" Vine-Whip went in to punch Sailor Venus but Venus then used her crescent beam hitting Vine-Whip in the arm and forcing her to stop her attack. Vine-Whip held onto her right arm.

"You girls don't stand a chance; the next time we meet will be our last Sailor Senshi. The Dark Kingdom is rising and there is nothing you can do to stop it!" Vine-Whip yelled as she phased out. Venus got up steadily, still looking at the spot Vine-Whip vanished.

"We need to find the others Sailor Moon, this will get bigger than the both of us soon" Venus said. Sailor Moon looked quietly to the ground. All she wanted was to live a normal life, why couldn't she have that?

Hiding away, unseen near a corner shop that sold your typical sweets and soft drinks, stood a tall young man with long silver hair. His eyes widened in shock as he looked at the figure of Sailor Venus. There was something about her that tugged at his heart but for the life of him he didn't know why. He had run out because his apartment had run out of milk. The streets were quiet as per normal and it was late. He had heard a scream and he ran out of the store to see these two young women fighting a monster. A MONSTER!

'What the hell?' Katashi had thought as he watched on. He then found himself analysing their fighting skills. It was clear they were still learning but then, how would he know that? He had never been in the military or anything. When he watched them leave he suddenly felt himself being pulled into a memory, a vision of the same woman dressed in an orange sailor fuku talking to him! What did this mean?

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"I think we've already found the others" Minako said as she and Usagi walked to school together. This time they were not going to be late so they both took a leisurely attitude towards getting to school. On this rare occasion, Luna and Artemis had come with them. They had discussed the previous night's events and now they were on the topic of finding the rest of the Senshi.

"So you think Ami, Makoto and Rei-chan are Sailor Senshi? Why don't they remember anything?" Usagi asked.

"Well, think about it Usagi-chan, I had to help you remember and Artemis helped Venus. None of you girls would remember if we didn't force it" Luna said. Usagi nodded as she folded her arms. Somehow, being a Senshi Usagi felt like she had a greater purpose, even though she wasn't a natural fighter like Venus was.

"So how can we help them?" Minako wondered aloud.

"They need to be in a situation where they will be more willing to accept their memories. You had already started to have strange feelings and Usagi wanted to help you. The girls need to be in a similar situation, like a Youma fight" Artemis said as Luna nodded in total agreement.

"Well, we're not going to put them in danger so I guess we'll have to figure something else out" Venus added. As they neared the school, the bell went off making Usagi and Minako both speed off towards their classes.

The day had passed in relative peace and before Usagi knew it, the day had ended and she was now waiting outside for her friends to meet her. Rei had told Usagi she would meet them at the Crown Arcade so Usagi just had to wait for Minako, Ami and Makoto. Makoto was the first to come out with a face like thunder. The moment she saw Usagi though her face brightened up.

"What's wrong Mako-chan?" Usagi asked in a worried tone. Makoto smiled at Usagi and waved her hand rapidly.

"Oh nothing, just some stupid boys that's all, oh look there's Ami-chan" Usagi noted that Makoto avoided her question and signalled over Ami who had come out with Minako. Usagi would never push her friends to tell her anything, but still, she worried for them.

"You know you can tell me anything, I'll always be there" Usagi said softly. Makoto blushed a little before smiling warmly. Makoto was glad she had a good friend like Usagi.

"Stop looking at her with you 'dreamy eye look' then!" Jun'ichi fumed at Mamoru as they took their seats.

"Now, now Jun'ichi, I am sure Rei doesn't see Mamoru-san like that, they just walked past each other this morning, that's all" Fumio said as they sat down. Jun'ichi wasn't buying it. Rei had looked at Mamoru a little too long for his liking which of course Arata and Fumio would tease him for.

"She's not my type Jun'ichi so don't worry about it" Mamoru said nervously trying to dispel any worries Jun'ichi had.

"Yeah, Usagi-chan is more his type" Arata said making Mamoru narrow his eyes, Jun'ichi huffed and then looked over to where Rei was, waiting outside for the girls.

"Humph, maybe I'll charm Usagi and get her attention then…" Jun'ichi said. Mamoru glared daggers at Jun'ichi to which Jun'ichi laughed.

"Where is the Odango Atama any way's, she's always late" Mamoru said impatiently, ignoring the feeling of jealousy welling up. Katashi raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"Come on Katashi, you're just as impatient to see Minako" Arata added laughing when Katashi narrowed his eyes along with Mamoru. The bell by the door made a noise to signal customers were coming in.

"Oh, hi Usagi-chan" Motoki said waving at her and her friends.

'Usagi has such pretty friends' Motoki thought before shaking his head and proceeding to take their orders. He had Reika of course. Ami chose a table with Rei across from the guys. Arata had noticed that Makoto looked a little sad. He wanted to take her away and talk with her but now wasn't the time, he would wait.

The gang proceeded to talk about their school day, the homework they had and then of course Usagi and Minako began to moan about how unfair school was. Ami chided them and told them they had to study hard, to which Fumio backed her.

"Why is everyone against us" Minako whined.

"At least we have each other Mina-chan" Usagi said before the two girls hugged each other. Rei couldn't help but roll her eyes at the scene. She had gotten used to it and she almost expected it now. As they all talked, Rei watched her new group of friends and sighed. She wished she had gone to the same school as all of the girls. She found her school life boring now and longed to be with her new friends. But this feeling, she had started feeling all nostalgic, like she had been in this position before and somehow meeting them was destiny, meeting Usagi was meant to be. The fires told her that Usagi was important and so was Minako, in fact all the girls and strangely, the guys too. Whilst lost in her thoughts Minako looked over at Rei. She knew that look, the look of confusion and someone in deep thought. Rei was starting to awaken.