Serena Tsukino, a blonde haired girl of sixteen years, raced down the street and skidded to a stop right outside the high school. The final bell rang as she stood there catching her breath. "OH NO!" she squealed, breaking into a run and practically flying through the school at top speed. "Mr. Hamlin is going to give me detention for sure."
Serena slowed as she approached the door to her classroom and carefully opened it. The teacher had his back to her, writing something on the chalkboard. She cautiously closed the door and crept as quietly as she could into the classroom, hoping to get to her seat before he turned around.
"Miss Tsukino," he said without turning around, causing her to wince. "How kind of you to grace us with your presence," he turned around to face the class and said, "Take your seat now. We have a new student."
Relieved that she had gotten out of a detention, she rushed to her seat and looked up for the new student. She saw a dark haired girl standing at the front of the room looking right at her. She thought it was a little weird but just shrugged it off and began to root around for her homework.
The teacher, Mr. Hamlin, began, "class, I would like you all to give a warm welcome to our new student, Rena Silvermoon. Would you care to tell us a little about yourself Miss Silvermoon?" he asked, turning to the new girl.
"Well," she said hesitantly, "I just moved here so I don't know many places. I like music and I like to sing."
"Well Miss Silvermoon, why don't you have a seat behind Miss Tsukino," Mr. Hamlin said.
Rena walked down the aisle and took her seat behind Serena. Once the bell rang signaling the end of homeroom, Serena turned around in her seat and introduced herself. "Hi, my name's Serena and I was wondering if you'd like someone to show you around school."
Rena smiled at her and said, "I would like that. Thank you."
At lunchtime, Serena took Rena's hand and led her outside to sit under a cherry blossom tree in the far corner of the schoolyard. Others soon joined them and Serena, who had already finished her lunch in the first five minutes, introduced Rena to them. There was Ami, Lita, and Mina, all of whom Rena actually already knew and was excited to be able to meet in this time. Also to join them were Molly and her boyfriend Melvin.
"Hey Rena, do you want to hang out after school at the arcade?" Serena asked.
Rena had heard about the arcade from her parents when they talked about how they met and when they kept running into each other. "Sure, I'd love to go."
After school, Rena waited for Serena to gather her things and together, they met the rest of the girls outside. As they walked towards the arcade, they talked about school and what new Sailor V game Serena wanted to play.
As the group entered the arcade chattering, a voice suddenly called out to them and said, "hey meatball head."
Serena turned to the voice and ran over to the handsome young man that stood at the counter. He caught her and used to counter at his back to steady himself as she hugged him fiercely, laughing all the while. "What are you doing her? I thought you had to work tonight."
"They had overstaffed and they gave me the rest of the day off. So what do you want to do?"
"Oh!" Serena exclaimed stepping out of his grasp. "I want you to meet my new friend Rena. Rena," she gestured Rena over to her side, "this is my boyfriend Darien."
"Hi" Darien said, reaching his hand out.
Rena took his hand and gently shook it saying, "hello. It's nice to meet you."
Looking into her eyes, Darien felt a strange connection to the girl, like he had met her somewhere before. Acting on this feeling he asked, "have we met before? You seem familiar."
"No, no, I just moved here," she said a little too quickly. She looked at the floor hoping they hadn't noticed and when she looked back up it seemed he had decided to drop it.
Serena looked between the two of them and suddenly got a very puzzled look on her face. "You know," she said, "you two could almost be related. You look a little alike."
Darien smiled at his meatball head and said, "I guess but I seriously doubt it."
Rena blushed a little and said, "yea, I'm an only child and I don't have many relatives."
"Oh well, it was just an observation." Serena said before she called to the man behind the counter and asked for a milkshake. Just then, the bell at the door rang and Serena greeted the girl to enter. "Hey Raye."
"Hey Serena," she said. The girls went over to a booth with Darien following Serena and took a seat. They soon ordered and Serena's milkshake arrived. They chatted amongst themselves about things that normal teens chat about and soon it reached about six in the afternoon.
Rena looked at the clock and realized that she had to leave. Saying goodbye to everyone and promising Serena that they would hang out tomorrow, she left the arcade and made her way to her apartment. Upon entering this time, Rena had immediately acquired an apartment using a little mind trick on the manager of the building.
She walked in, removing her shoes, and entered the living room. Placing her bag on the floor she sat on the couch and just thought about all that had happened to her this day. She had met her future grandmother and grandfather, many of her aunts, and she had become their new friend.
"This one is mine."
"No, that's mine. You can have this one."
"But I wanted that one. If you get that one then I get this one."
"Leave me some."
In a dark room somewhere, four people were bickering over what appeared to be crystals. The crystals were all different colors and looked seemingly harmless but each one had a hidden power within its depths.
"These two are mine and I'm not trading," a woman dressed in blues and purples said. She held two blue crystals, one in each hand, and turned from the group. Her long aqua blue hair flowed around her form like water in a stream. Her skin had a faint blue tinge to it and she wore a tight pair of pants, the right leg of the pants reaching her foot and the other reaching to just above her knee. She wore a violet, tight shirt with a single strap over her right shoulder. She also had a violet hair band to hold back her aqua tresses.
"No one wants to trade with you Pesci," said a tall looking man wearing reds and greens. He also held two crystals, one green and one dark purple. He had dark brown hair that reached down to his mid back and was tied back with a brown hair band. His skin was darker, like he had a permanent tan, and he wore a pair of short green shorts and a tight red tank top that outlined his muscular form.
"Knock it off Adler," Leone said. He held two crystals of his own, one red and one yellow-orange. The tallest of the four, Leone, appeared somewhat regal and in charge of the others. "Hey Mito, you get the last two."
The fourth person stepped out from the shadows that he had hidden himself in and picked up the remaining two crystals. He sneered at the orange crystal but smiled when he saw the other was a dark green crystal. He wore black covering him from head to toe. His black hair was very long reaching down to his knees. He said nothing but simply faded back into the shadows.
"Very good," a voice coming from the shadows said, "you will use those crystals to gain the other two. They are the ones I want." A dim light began to glow and as it became brighter, they could see that it came from the crystal ball held by their mistress, Wise Lady. "I also have another ally for us," she waved her hand and a spotlight appeared nearby. In the light they could see a long coffin-like bed with a young man lying in it. "He will aid you in gaining the Moon and the Golden crystals."
"We don't need his help mistress," Leone protested, snarling and baring his teeth at the man.
"He will be necessary if you are to battle the Sailor Scouts. Someone followed us through time and he will be the one to take care of her."
"Let me begin the assault mistress. I am sure that my creature will defeat them."
"As you wish Pesci but remember, failure is not an option."
Meanwhile, Serena and Darien had decided to take a quiet walk through the park after they had left the girls. Serena clung to his arm and he just walked along side her, smiling down at her every once in a while. They had been dating for about a year now and they were happier than they had ever been. No bad guys had attacked lately; therefore there had been no need for Sailor Moon.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a shadow jumped in front of the pair causing Serena to scream in fright. Darien pushed Serena behind him, placing himself between her and the possible danger.
The thing stepped into a circle of light from a nearby lamppost. It was huge, at least seven feet tall, with a set of extremely sharp looking teeth. Its head looked like that of a shark and its body was very buff looking, its muscles bulging out. Its arms were fins and it had legs that looking big and bulky but it was still able to walk on them.
The monster lunged at the pair, its jaws snapping out at them. Darien pushed Serena into some nearby bushes as he jumped the other way. Crouching down behind the shrubbery, Serena used her communicator to contact the other scouts about the new danger. Serena then transformed and stood up before the monster.
"I am Sailor Moon, and on behalf of the moon, I will punish you," she said, going through all the poses. This distracted the creature enough to give Darien time to transform. He became Tuxedo Mask and promptly joined Sailor Moon in the fight.
Just as the monster was about to attack the cowering Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask threw a rose that hit the beast in its left fin. This caused the beast to growl in annoyance and turn towards the masked man. He jumped out of the way of the beast at it lunged towards him.
It fired a beam of water from its mouth, so strong that it caused the concrete to crack beneath its power. Just as it was once again was prepared to run at Tuxedo Mask, a voice called out from the darkness, "Mars Flame Sniper," followed closely by a flaming arrow shooting straight at the creature.
Sailor Mars jumped out of the shadows followed closely by Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, and Sailor Jupiter. One after the other they released their attacks.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
"Mercury Aqua Rapsody!"
The creature seemed to be severely weakened by these attacks but it still continued to fight back. They held their own until Sailor Moon could release her own attack. "Moon Gorgeous Meditation!"
With that attack, the creature seemed to waver and finally it froze, seemingly glowing blue for a moment before it began to turn to dust. The wind blew it away as the scouts looked on, leaving only what looked like a crystal floating in midair before it fell into the pile of dust that remained.
"What's that?" Tuxedo Mask asked, looking at the blue stone.
"I can feel power coming from it," Sailor Mercury said, moving towards the crystal.
"I don't feel anything," said Sailor Mars.
When Mercury was but a few feet away, a shadowed figure leapt from the trees and engulfed the crystal. It then jumped back into the safety of the trees, disappearing from their sight.
Mercury stopped in her tracks and shook her head, seemingly coming out of a daze. "That was weird. I couldn't stop myself from going to the crystal."
"Well, next time try," Jupiter said, "it could have been dangerous."
"Yeah," said Venus, "and who was that anyway? Who sent that monster and why?"
"We'll have to let the others know," Mars said, "we'll have a meeting tomorrow afternoon."
"Right," all of the girls said together.
She held the blue crystal before her eyes and smiled.
"That was almost too easy," she said to herself. "It's going to get a lot harder now."
She concentrated and the crystal disappeared before her eyes. "One down, a lot more to go."
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