Chapter 4 - The Appearance of Jesse
"I have discovered the identity of Eternal Sailor Moon, my master," The woman with dark blue hair said. "She goes by the name Usagi and I have also discovered that Tuxedo Kamen is the Prince of Earth from so long ago."
"Good, that means that this 'Usagi' is Princess Serenity," The voice from the floating orb said, sounding very pleased. "That means that the ones closest to her are the Sailor Senshi, find out which ones are the Senshi and you will receive that energy you desire."
"Hai!" She said bending at the waist.
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"Have you seen the new girl on campus, Usa-chan?" Naru asked her best friend as they sat outside under a tree studying for an upcoming test.
"Iie, what's she like?" Usagi asked, not aware that there was a new girl.
"She seems kind of a loner. She looks like she's mad or something. Maybe we should go over and say 'hi'." Naru suggested.
"That's a good idea. Lets go!" Usagi said, grabbing her best friend's hand. She ran towards the girl sitting under a tree, pulling Naru along behind her.
"Wait for me Usa-chan!" Naru cried, trying to keep up with Usagi. Usagi plopped down beside the girl, smiling brightly.
"I'm Tsukino Usagi," She said, her normal smile gracing her beautiful face. "What's your name?"
"Jesse." She said plainly, her voice sounding void of any emotion.
"Where are you from Jesse-san?" Usagi asked, her smile still growing.
"Just call me Jesse, no need to be so formal," The girl said, throwing her dark blue hair over her shoulder. She turned her gaze away from Usagi, seeing a young woman heading towards them wearing a white doctors coat with short blue hair. "I came here from America on a foreign exchange program." She said plainly.
"You're from America?!" Usagi asked, her eyes lighting up. "I've always wanted to visit America!" She said squealing in joy. "What's it like over there?!" Usagi asked, wanting to know all of the details. She told her some things about America, telling her about the food and about how everything there works. 'Good, getting close to your prey will help you find out more about her and the other Senshi' Jesse thought to herself, a small smirk crossing her lips as she told Usagi about America.
"Usa-chan!" Naru cried.
"Nani?" Usagi asked, looking at her friend with short brown hair.
"We have to go, we're gonna be late!" Naru practically shouted, pulling Usagi to her feet.
"Oh no!" Usagi shouted, running behind Naru. "We'll see you later Jesse!!" Usagi said, waving over her shoulder.
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"Have you discovered the identities of the other Senshi yet?" The voice inside the orb asked.
"Iie, there was this one girl hanging around her, though. I think her name was Naru." The woman calling herself Jesse said, the form of Naru appearing in a small orb in the woman's palm.
"Good, go find them now." The voice said, as the dark glow began to fade.
"Hai." She said, bowing before leaving.
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"Jesse!!" Usagi shouted, seeing the dark blue hair of the girl they saw earlier. "Wait up!!" She shouted, running up beside Jesse, heaving for breath.
"Hello Usagi-san." She said, bowing.
"Just call me Usagi-chan or Usa-chan. Everyone else does." Usagi said, flashing her normal smile.
"Hai, just call me Jess-chan then." She said, returning the smile. Her eyes didn't sparkle like Usagi's, they were coal colored and seemed to always have an angry look to them.
"Okay, do you want to go study?" Usagi asked, hoping for a little extra help on the quiz that was coming up.
"Sure, is your friend going to be joining us?" Jesse asked, referring to Naru who was approaching them from the left.
"I dunno, hey Naru, you want to go study for tomorrow's quiz?" Usagi asked, cupping her hands around her mouth so Naru would hear her.
"What'd you say Usa-chan?" Naru asked, approaching the two girls.
"I asked if you wanted to go study with Jess-chan and I." Usagi asked.
"Gomen, Usa-chan, but my okaasan wants me to help out in the store today." Naru said.
"What store?" Jesse asked, breaking into the conversation.
"My okaasan owns a jewelry store not far from here," Naru repeated. "Gomen nasai, Usa-chan, but I can't."
"Daijoubu, Naru-chan, wakatta." Usagi said, giving Naru her normal smile.
"Wait a second!" Jesse cried, grabbing Naru's shoulder as she turned away. "You're okaasan owns a jewelry store. I have to get something special for my boy friend in America. I think some sort of jewelry or a new watch would be perfect. Do you think I could go with you?" Jesse asked, trying to nose her way into Naru's business. Maybe she'd be able to find out if this girl was really one of the Sailor Senshi.
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"Now, what did you have in mind for you boy friend?" Naru asked as she walked into her okaasan's store.
"I don't know, maybe a nice watch." Jesse's face dropped and she looked like she was in shock as she stared at a piece of jewelry laying on the counter next to Naru.
"Did you find something?" Naru asked, seeing the look of shock on Jesse's face.
"It's perfect…" She uttered. "I must have it…"
"Have what?" Naru asked. She followed Jesse's gaze to a beautiful heart-shaped broach with some sort of weird crystal in the center. "This?" She asked, holding the broach up for Jesse to see it. Jesse snatched it from Naru's hand and immediately pinned it to the front of her dress.
"Wait, that's not for sale!" Naru cried, trying to snatch Usagi's broach back from Jesse.
Chapter 5 - Finally, the Truth
"Give that back!!" She shouted, reaching for the broach.
"No!!" Jesse shouted, holding it out of Naru's reach.
"What kind of a friend are you?!? That's Usagi's!! Give it back!!" Naru shouted. Jesse reluctantly placed it in Naru's hand. She had felt a strange pure energy coming from the broach. Naru took the broach, locking it in one of the showcases. 'Time to reveal myself' Jesse thought to herself. She twisted one of her blue rose earrings and moments later, a youma broke into the store, shattering the glass.
"Shimatta!!" Naru shouted, seeing it come straight for her. She searched the room for Jesse and when she didn't see her, she picked up a broom that was leaning in the corner.
"What's going on it here?!?!" Naru's mother shouted, searching for the source of all the commotion. Her mother's mouth dropped when she saw Naru was pinned up against the wall by some weird monster. "Naru-chan!!" She shouted, running toward her daughter. The youma turned toward the older woman, shooting a blast of sticky goo at her. The woman was sent back into the wall unable to move due to the sticky goo that covered her.
"Stick around for a while." The youma spat out its corny line. A woman with long blue hair stepped out from behind the youma.
"Transform Sailor Senshi." She ordered.
"Senshi?! I'm not a senshi!!" Naru cried, fear apparent on her face.
"I know you are, you are the closest one to Tsukino Usagi!! Who else would be her senshi other than her best friend?!?" The woman demanded, her eyes getting an angry gleam in them.
"Nani?!? Usagi?!? Yeah right, there's no way she's one of the Sailor Senshi!!" Naru cried. 'Although it does make sense' She thought to herself. 'I mean, whenever me or Melvin were attacked by a youma, Usagi-chan would disappear and we wouldn't see her until after the youma was destroyed by Sailor Moon. She does have four really close friends and there are four other Sailor Senshi. Then there's Haruka, Michiru, Hotaru, and Setsuna. What about ChibiUsa?! Who's she really?! Is she ChibiMoon?!? There's no way that Usagi is Eternal Sailor Moon!!!' She told herself. All sorts of weird thoughts ran through her head. "There's no way Usagi-chan is Sailor Moon!!" She shouted.
"Transform now!!!" The woman ordered.
"I'm no senshi!!" She shouted back.
"Hold it!!" A voice behind them shouted. Everyone turned to see four girls wearing mini-skirts. "We're the Sailor Senshi and we fight for love and justice!! We'll triumph over your evil and send you back where you came from!!" They shouted in unison.
"Nani?! That's not possible!! She has to be a sailor senshi!! She's Tsukino Usagi's best friend!!!" The woman with dark blue hair said, anger and frustration on her face.
"Nani?!?" Sailor Mars shouted, hearing Usagi's name. "Yeah right, that crybaby?! Sailor Moon?!?" Sailor Mars demanded with a laugh.
"I saw her transform," The woman said, smirking at the girls. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone sneaking towards one of the broken showcases. "There you are Sailor Moon." She said, seeing Usagi reach for the transformation broach that lay in a pile of broken glass.
"Sailor Moon?!? Me?!" She asked, putting a look on her face like she didn't have a clue. "I think you've mistaken me for someone else."
"Get rid of all of them!!" The woman shouted. The youma prepared a blast of energy sending it at Usagi. She flew backward, hitting the wall beside Naru's mother (who was out cold). The youma turned, flinging Naru at the wall beside Usagi.
"Naru-chan!!" Usagi cried, stepping in between Naru and the wall. Usagi flew into the wall, taking the impact for her best friend. Usagi slowly slumped to the floor, her whole body aching.
"Usa-chan!!" Naru shouted, shaking Usagi lightly. "You have to help them!!"
"I can't.." She whispered, feeling weak all over. The broach slipped from her hand as her body began to slump forward and her eyes glazed over.
"Mars Flame SNIPER!!"
"Jupiter Oak EVOLUTION!!"
"Mercury Aqua RHAPSODY!!"
"Venus Love and Beauty SHOCK!!" The four attacks headed for the youma, bouncing off harmlessly.
"Shimatta!! We need Sailor Moon!!" Super Sailor Mars shouted, barely dodging a blast of negative energy from the youma.
"Usa-chan, wake up!! You have to transform and help your friends!!" Naru said, shaking her best friends slightly. Usagi's eyes opened and she stared up at the worried face of her closest friend.
"Naru-chan.. I don't know if I can move." She said weakly.
"Get up now!! You're too stubborn to quit now!! The senshi are in trouble, get up!!" Naru ordered. Slowly, Usagi climbed to her feet.
"Very good, Sailor Moon, now you die," The woman said. "Youma, get rid of her!!"
"No.. I won't let you hurt my friends anymore.." She said weakly, holding the broach up. "Moon Eternal Make-UP!!" She cried, holding it above her head. The pink ribbons surrounded her body, replenishing her energy. A few moments later, her feet softly touched the ground. "That's enough!! I am Eternal Sailor Moon, a pretty sailor suited senshi of the moon. I will not let you terrorize my best friend anymore!! I shall punish you in the name of the moon!!" She shouted, striking her normal pose.
"Usagi-chan's Sailor Moon…" Naru murmured to herself. "Somehow… I've always known it… I was so naïve, why didn't I see it before…"
"Silver Moon Crystal Power KISS!!" ESM cried, using her Eternal Tier to destroy the youma. Moments later, she lost her transformation and slumped to the ground, completely exhausted.
"Usagi-chan!!" Naru cried, catching her friend as she fell towards the ground.
"Gomen nasai Naru-chan…" Usagi whispered before falling unconscious.
"Daijoubu, Usa-chan. I forgive you." Naru said, tears coming to the girl's eyes.
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"What are we going to do?" Rei demanded. It had been a few days since that last battle and Usagi wasn't fully recovered yet. "These youma are too strong for us!!"
"I don't know Rei-chan," Usagi said weakly. She told her mother that she had the flu and had missed a few days of school. Rei had come by to drop of Usagi's school work from college. "Even Eternal Sailor Moon is no match for them. You saw that."
"Who is that lady anyway? Where did she come from? And why does she want to know who we are?" Rei asked.
"I don't know!!" Usagi cried, holding her head. "How am I supposed to know!! I'm just a college girl, I don't know!!"
Chapter 6 - Flamed
"Gomen, Usa-chan. This is just really starting to stress me out." Rei said, her gaze dropping to the floor.
"You and me both." Usagi said dryly.
"Well, I have to be getting back to the temple. Grandpa's been sick and I've pretty much been running the place." She said, giving her friend a hug before leaving.
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"Hmm… maybe she's one of the scouts," The woman with dark blue hair said, seeing a girl leaving Usagi's house. "Never know until I try." She said, an evil smirk spreading across her face.
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"Grandpa! I'm home!" Rei cried, walking into the darkened temple. She heard thunder crackle and looked outside to see dark clouds rolling in. "Not more rain," She said, as she made her ways to her grandfather's chambers. She opened the door, walking into the dark room. "I'm home grandpa." She said as she walked over to the bed. She lifted the blankets up, only to see that there was no one there.
"Hello, Sailor Senshi." A voice said behind her. She turned to see that woman with deep blue hair from the other day.
"Sailor Senshi? What are you talking about?" Rei asked, taking a step back. "How'd you get into our temple?"
"I was invited." She said clicking her fingers. Rei gasped when she saw Chad (sorry, I don't know his Japanese name) and her grandpa behind her frozen in some sort of crystal.
"Let them go!" She cried, seeing the people she loved frozen, looks of fear on both of their faces.
"Now, which scout are you?" The woman asked mockingly. She pulled a sword from her back, holding the blade up to her grandfather's throat. The crystal faded and he stood there, frozen as the blade was pressed against the soft flesh of his neck.
"Leave him alone!" She cried, feeling fear grip her body.
"Go ahead and transform, I know you're one of the Senshi." She said smiling evilly.
"I'm not one of the Senshi!" She lied. "Let them go!"
"Oh, I know you're one of the Senshi. There's no doubt about it, you're one of them," She said, her grin only growing. "If you won't transform for him, maybe you will for this young man." She said as she pressed the blade of the sword against Chad's [A.N. Gomen, I can't think of his Japanese name] throat.
"Leave him alone!!" She screamed. "Mars Crystal Make-UP!!" She shouted, holding her henshin stick above her head. Flames surrounded her body, forming her Sailor Mars fuku of red and purple. "I am Sailor Mars! I will not allow you to hurt the ones that I love! In the name of Mars, I will turn you to flames!"
"So you are a Sailor Scout. Thank you Mars, or shall I say 'Rei'," She said evilly. "I'm sorry I have to leave so soon. Bubbles will keep you company, though." She said as a youma appeared behind her. It looked like any other youma except it was dressed as a Sailor Senshi.
"So, you're the Senshi of fire huh?" The youma asked. "I'll cool you off. Water Spray CRASH!!" She shouted, sending her attack straight at Mars. Mars was thrown up against the wall and managed to pull out her communicator.
"Hurry, get to the temple!!" She shouted into the communicator.
"RIGHT!!" The four girls cried, running for the temple.
"That's enough!" Mars shouted. "Mars Flame SNIPER!!" She shouted, sending the flame arrow straight at the youma. She put her hand up and the fire was cooled off by a shield of water. "Impossible!!" She shouted, seeing that her attack hadn't done any good.
"Goodbye Mars." The youma said in an evil voice. Ice shards were sent flying straight for Mars.
"Mercury Bubbles BLAST!!" A voice rang out. Mars felt someone tackle her from the side and fog surrounding everyone.
"You all right?" Sailor Moon's familiar voice asked.
"I'm all right. That girl knows who I am, though." She said as she climbed to her feet. The fog was lifting so Sailor Moon turned her attention back to the youma.
"How dare you try to hurt my best friend!! I'll make you pay for all your evil! You will not get away with the outrage!" She cried.
"Not that little Moon brat." The youma muttered.
"That's right! I'm Eternal Sailor Moon, a pretty sailor suited soldier! On behalf of the Moon, I shall punish you!!" She shouted, striking her normal pose.
"Can't they do anything without posing?" The youma asked, rubbing her temples.
"Silver Moon Crystal Power KISS!!" Eternal Sailor Moon shouted, sending her attack at the youma. The youma turned to dust and the five Senshi ran to their friend Mars.
"O genki desu ka, Mars?" Mercury asked.
"Daijoubu, they know who I am, though." Rei said.
"Why are they trying to find out who all of us are?" Minako asked.
"I don't know, but I think we should all stay away from each other for a while. It wouldn't be good if they found out who all of us are." Usagi said.
"Odango atama's right. We have to stay away from each other for a while. Until this whole thing blows over." Rei said as she walked over to an unconscious Chad and her grandpa.
"Mercury, did you find anything?" Makoto asked, helping Ami search for clues to who their new enemy was.
"I haven't found a trace. It's not the Dark Moon or the Dark Kingdom. I don't have a clue as to what they're after. It doesn't make sense. How will knowing all of our identities help them find out who we are?" Ami asked, looking around while taking readings with her VR vision.
"The police are here!" Sailor Venus cried, hearing sirens heading for the temple. "We have to get out of here!" She cried as the four Sailor Senshi ran from the temple into the surrounding bushes. The four girls sat and watched the police from the bushes, still transformed.
"We can't detransform yet. The woman might be watching. We'll all have to take different paths and detransform along the way some time. She can't watch us all, you know." Usagi said as she quickly detransformed [A.N. the villain already knows who ESM is].
"Right, odango," Sailor Jupiter said teasingly. "You know, I think this whole college thing is rubbing off on you. You're actually using your head." She said, a smile on her face. Usagi blushed slightly then ran out of the bushes, heading for her best friend.
"Rei!" She called as she ran toward her. "Rei what happened?!?
"Stand back, this is a crime scene." A police man said, pushing Usagi back.
"It's all right officer," Rei said. "She's my best friend."
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