SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 22 out, this is Chapter 23 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Pairings: Mainly Tieria/Sasha, Allelujah/Marie, Lockon Jr./Anew, Billy/Sumeragi, Patrick/Kati

Standard BS Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam 00 or the pairings. If I did, the other Senshi would be as powerful as Sailor Moon and kicking MOTD ass more often and VEDA would have least an anti-hacker program installed. The only thing I do own is the plot.

Chapter 23: Friends

The deposed former Queen looked out of her window and watched the Inner Senshi spar against each other, her mind going back to the good old days where she was still Tsukino Usagi and still Sailor Moon.

Flashback to episode 8 of Sailor Moon Classic

"Not bad." Usagi praised, Ami was playing the Sailor V arcade game. "Awesome." she cheered when Ami hit pass the 800 score. "Unbelievable." she muttered, seeing Ami hit the 20000 score.

"It's late." Ami suddenly stood up, after hitting 30000 score. "I'm sorry, Tsukino." she grabbed her book bag. "I have to go to cream school."

Flashback to episode 10 of Sailor Moon Classic

"She looks so cool." Usagi blushed, seeing Rei for the first time on the grounds of the Hikawa Shrine. "And s pretty. So this is a miko."

"I sense an unusual aura." Rei's psychic senses went on alert when the disguised Jadeite hit the school girls leaving the Shrine with his power. "An evil spirit? You can try to bring misfortune to our Shrine, but I won't let you." she pulled out an ofuda from her kosode. "Akuryo Taisan!" she slapped the ofuda paper on Usagi's forehead, knocking her out.

Flashback to episode 25 of Sailor Moon Classic

During lunchtime, Usagi spied on Makoto in the school yard with her homemade bento.

"Who's there?" Makoto snapped.

"Hello." Usagi laughed.

"It's you from this morning." Makoto recognized Usagi. "You're in this school, too?"

"I'm Tsukino Usagi." Usagi beamed.

"Why don't you sit down?" Makoto shifted aside. "Would you like one?" she offered, seeing Usagi drooling over the onigiri in her hand.

"Thank you." Usagi helped herself. "Say Mako-chan, your mother is a real genius at cooking."

"I made these myself." Makoto admitted.

Flashback to episode 33 of Sailor Moon Classic

"No matter how hard the fight is, never give up." Sailor Venus declared, as Kunzite had the four Inner Senshi trapped and Zoisite had lured Tuxedo Kamen to the open.

"That voice!" Luna gasped.

"I'm the pretty Sailor Senshi, Sailor Venus!" the light Senshi jumped down from the warehouse she was standing from. "Here I am, at last." she removed her eye mask. "Crescent Beam!" she wasted no time in firing her laser beam at Kunzite's gloves, forcing him to disengage the energy barrier.

"Sailor V." Sailor Moon recognized her idol.

"The Sailor of justice, Sailor V." Artemis spoke from the pipes above Luna. "But her true identity is the pretty Sailor Senshi, Sailor Venus."

"We were such a tight knit of friends." the silvery blonde reminisced. "What happened?" then, she remembered the Inner Senshi's familial situations when she was Tsukino Usagi; other than Minako and herself, the rest of the girls came from broken families. "Was it Queen Selenity's plan all along?" she muttered. "To have the girls come from broken families so that it would be easier for me to gain their friendship?"

SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just love plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.