Ramblings: I guess I forgot to explain just what kind of story this is Sorry about that. Anyway this isn't a crossover as much as it is an AU with characters from all over thrown in. I can give away a few and I'll explain more as we go.

Usagi from Sailormoon though she won't be Sailormoon in this story.
Tatshua from GravitationUsagi's rival
Ryuuichi from Gravitationhe's still a singer but obviously younger.
Tokiya from Flame of ReccaUsagi's new step-brother
Alec from Ayashi no Ceres Usagi's best friend
???.... Usagi's older brother.. not much more is known
Aki from Ayashi no Ceres Older brother's best friend

Also I get my inspiration from manga and the switch idea was inspired by Marmalade Boy I'm surprised a few readers caught that. Glad to hear that there are other fans of the series. If you have any questions just leave them in your review and I'll try to answer them in the next chapter. Hopefully this cleared things up for you.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailormoon or any of the characters I borrowed for this.

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Act Two:

Scene One:
"I can't believe its here!" Alec squealed. He excitedly tore off the wrapper and proudly showed off his newest obsession. "Come on, Usagi-chan let's play!"

Usagi eyed the game for a moment. "Isn't that only a one-player game?"

Alec pouted. "Yeah most RPG's are But you gotta try it!" He thrust the controller in her hand and grinned at her. "See you move like this," he moved her fingers to the appropriate buttons and a smile other than his usual happy-go-lucky one crept onto his lips.

"Ohh" Usagi fiddled with the controller for a few moments and almost instantly died. "No fair! I thought you were supposed to die I mean I couldn't even hit them with my sword!" she protested turning to face Alec with a pout.

Instantly the odd expression was gone from Alec's face and he smiled at her. "Well you do have a wooden sword Let me show you what you were supposed to do." He took the controller from her letting his fingers brush hers. "See like this," he brought the game to the point where Usagi had died horribly and had the digital character run into a wooden shack. "You're safe in here and you can save. Than you go up the stairs and run across the bridge."

Usagi took the controller back a fresh streak of determination sparkling in her eyes. As Alec watched with a grin she successfully made it across the bridge and got access to a real weapon. "Arigato, Alec-chan!" she squealed hugging the boy before turning her full focus on the game and getting revenge on the creatures that had mercilessly murdered her before.

"What are you two doing?" Tokiya demanded as he opened the door.

Alec didn't take his eyes off the game. "We're playing a game. Good job, Usagi-chan! You just found a boss!"

Usagi turned and grinned at him her eyes sparkling before returning to her game. "Take that!" she demanded as she vigorously attacked more enemies.

"You're going to die, you know," Tokiya commented a split second before Usagi's character missed it's evasive jump and died.

Usagi turned on him her teeth bared. "Get out of my room, Tokiya!" she demanded throwing the controller down and pushing at the older boy. "Out!"

Tokiya chuckled and with a wink at the furious girl he retreated to his own room. Alec watched his best friend fight to rid herself of the crimson color as she sat back down in front of her game. "Usagi-chan?"

The blonde girl glanced over and smiled a much more sedate smile than before. "I just don't get him at times" she confessed before pushing the matter out of her mind and once again challenging the boss.

Scene Two:
Usagi glanced down uneasily at the outfit Alec had so graciously provided for her. Sometimes she feared for her friend's sanity. She pulled at the oh-so-short skirt in vain hopes of it growing. "Remind me again why I agreed to this?" she queried as she eyed her bouncing friend as he rummaged through her jewelry.

"Are you complaining?" Alec asked as he paused in mid rummage. He glanced over his shoulder at her his eyes filling with tears. "Don't you want to be Sailor V?" He sniffled for effect and forlornly showed the picture of the heroine he was trying to create using her image.

Usagi sighed. She could never deny her best friend his weird hobbies. "Alright But you're sure you'll be finished before Mom and Dad get home? Last time they found me dressed up like this I got grounded for two weeks because of you."

Alec smiled placating her but didn't seem to be listening. "Ah!" He pulled a red velvet bow off of one of her hair accessories and sat behind her on the bed as he took her hair in hands. "You know, Usagi-chan You'd be a dead-ringer for Sailor V if you let me trim your hair a bit"

"Trim my hair?" Usagi glanced over her shoulder at the innocent boy. "Last time you 'trimmed' my hair I was nearly bald"

"But I wanted you to look like Aya Mikage," he protested. "And you weren't bald You still had plenty of hair left." He pouted at her. "Come onjust a little snip"

Usagi wrestled free of his grasp and shook her head. "So I wasn't bald But if you compare how much hair I had before and after it'd be like the same thing! Besides the day after you tried using miracle grow on me so I could look like yet another manga star." She rolled her eyes at him. "You'll just have to keep my hair as it is" she suddenly noticed that he had a pair of scissors in one hand and was advancing on her. "Alec-kun?"

He grinned. "You'll love it! Just hold still." He lunged for one of her blonde tresses and with a squeak of fear Usagi bolted out of the room. She tripped over her orange high heeled sandals and yelped as she fell head over heels down the stairs. She landed in a heap at the bottom and winced as she struggled to untangle the orange jewelry that had gotten caught in her hair. "Owwie," she sniffled.

"You know, you're kind of old to be playing dress-up." Tokiya commented as he saw her predicament. He ignored her glare and leaning down quickly freed her and watched as she stood up. "And even if you weren't If your parents catch you in that getup you're going to be grounded for months."

Usagi paled and clutched at his arm. "You're not going to tell them are you?" she pleaded not noticing that Alec was silently and solemnly watching everything from the top stairs.

Tokiya smirked. "Maybe not," he agreed and watched as she started to smile. "But we'll have to see. If you behave yourself and be a good girl I might not."

Usagi's smile turned into a glare. "I'm not a kid," she all but spat at him.

An odd smile pulled at his lips and he slowly nodded. "No, you're not That's why you shouldn't wear things like that." He tilted his head at her strange outfit. "You might give people the wrong idea Now I'm going to go take a shower. Are you going to behave or do I have to drag you in with me to keep an eye on you?" He watched amused as she turned red and with a furious glare backpedaled up the stairs.

"Baka," she hissed over her shoulder before grabbing Alec and dragging him back to her room. Who did that guy think he was? The nerve of him asking her that She plucked the pair of scissors out of Alec's hand and quickly put them away in a safe. "Am I finished yet?"

Alec grinned suddenly and pulled out a camera. "Not until I get some digital photos of you, Usagi-chan!" He quickly circled her as he took a multitude of photos and ordered her to pose. "Now give me a 'v' sign," he encouraged. He watched through the lens as she did as he bade and quickly snapped the shot. "Kawaii Usagi-chan!" he squealed as he wasted the rest of the available pictures on his best friend. "Tomorrow I'll start work on your next costume... Can I dye your hair brown?"

Scene Three:
The newly composed family of six sat at the breakfast table as Ikuko graciously dished out a portion for each. "Usagi-chan, please don't get detention today. You want to finish your record with this school clean. Now hurry up and eat or you're going to be late again."

Tokiya glanced up from his meal and smiled. "It's been awhile since I've had a home-cooked breakfast this good. Thank you, Tsukino-san."

Ikuko beamed while Usagi rolled her eyes. 'He's sucking up' The doorbell rang and a happy Alec waltzing in diverted her attention. Why had her parents given him a key anyway?

"Usagi-chan! Are you ready for school yet? We have a test today, remember?" He gathered up her belongings as Usagi finished her breakfast. "Come on, come on!" he encouraged. "The school library is getting more manga today! We have to be there for it."

Usagi laughed at her hopeless friend. How many other students could claim to have gotten manga into their libraries because of his persistence? She shook her head with a smile and giving a wave of parting followed her energetic friend out of the house.

"So what do you think they'll have today, Usagi-chan? More of Sailor V?" Alec could barely hide his excitement as he hopped from leg to leg. "And next I'll get the school to let us have an anime club" he trailed off and frowned. "I bet Meiou doesn't have anything like manga or anime"

Usagi frowned. "Yeah I wish I wasn't transferring. I don't want to be just known as Tokiya's little sister." She pouted for another block before realizing that her friend Ryuuichi was in front of her. "Ne!" she called as she waved her arm. As expected the dark-haired boy turned around and grinned.

"Usagi-chan! I heard you were going to transfer." He sniffled and clutched his pink bunny tightly. "Kumagorou doesn't want that to happen." He shoved the stuffed rabbit towards her. "Promise him you'll stay?" he pleaded.

Usagi stared at the stuffed bunny for a long moment. "Gomen ne, Kumagorou-chan, I can't. My papers requesting the transfer have already went through and I'll be attending school in Meiou next month."

Ryuuichi withdrew the rabbit and frowned deeply his eyes troubled. "Than we'll just have to throw you a party," he announced. "I've got the perfect present thought up for you."

"Oi, what are you guys doing?" Tatsuha demanded not at all pleased with the lead singer of Nittle Grasper being so close to Usagi. "Aren't you supposed to be in class?"

Ryuuichi turned and grinned at his other friend. "Tat-chan! You'll help Kumagorou set up Usagi-chan's transferal party, won't you?" he pleaded.

The dark-haired boy's eye twitched as he stared at the pleading puppy dog expression of his favorite singer. "Fine Only if you promise to sing at it," he attempted to persuade. He watched the overly happy student grin and bounce in agreement before grabbing both his and Usagi's arms and running full speed to the school leaving a frustrated Alec behind.

Scene Four:
Usagi glared at her math problem for a long moment in hopes that it would solve itself. Why was school so hard anyway? She could smell the aroma of someone cooking a chocolate cake and she whimpered in protest. Wait Her parents weren't home yet, were they? Ever since everyone had decided to move in together her mother had taken a job with her new mother, working as bankers. So Who was baking?

Ignoring the unspoken rule that she wasn't supposed to come downstairs until she finished her homework she slipped out of her room and down the stairs. She paused in the kitchen as she realized that yes, there was a cake baking, but no one around to be baking it.

Puzzled she retreated to the front door and started to feel uneasy as she realized hers was the only shoes there. Than that meant Someone was in the house? Biting back a whimper of terror she slowly crept upstairs to where she could hear muffled sounds coming from Tokiya's bedroom.

Reacting more out of fear than bravery she flung the door open prepared to brain whoever the intruder was with a skillet she had picked up from the kitchen. She blankly stared at the startled and bare-chested Tokiya who appeared to have been woken up from a nap.

"What What are you doing here?" she finally questioned as she continued to stare at him.

His lightly defined muscles rippled as he leisurely sat up and got out of bed. "This is my room, remember?" he questioned as he picked up a shirt from the ground. "Are you baking a cake?" He frowned in concern. "Do you even know how?"

Usagi rewarded him with a death glare before realizing what he had said. "You didn't make it?"

A shake of his head sent his silver hair tumbling out of the sleep-weakened restraint and into a messy tangle about his shoulders. He barely spared the inconvenience a thought as he grabbed a startled Usagi's wrist and pushed her behind him. "Stay up here There might be someone in the house."

"A burglar that makes cakes?" Usagi was having trouble believing that one. She watched as her new older brother ignored her and stalked downstairs. She noticed a muddy pair of shoes at the foot of the bed and she realized why Tokiya hadn't left his shoes at the door. Deciding to attempt to be nice she took the disgusting items to the bathroom to clean them.

She didn't notice the puddle on the bathroom floor and with a small yelp she fell to the hard ground causing the muddy shoes to land on her school uniform's shirt. With a heavy sigh she closed the door behind her and shed off her now muddy shirt as she reached for a towel. "TOKIYA!" she screamed in fury as she realized the all too innocent looking towel had mud on one side. The same side she had used to dry off her damp hair from the fall.

Tokiya who had saved the cake from burning but hadn't found the cooking culprit bounded up the stairs at the cry and all but kicked down the door in his hurry to save Usagi from whatever was attacking her. He stared horrified at what lay on the other side.

A furious mud-caked Usagi glared at him brandishing his shoes like weapons. "What were you thinking using the towels to clean your shoes?" she demanded shaking the offending items at him. "Look at my hair!"

Tokiya did look at her hair but all too soon his gaze dipped and he stared numbly at the furious Usagi. He watched her confused eyes follow the path of his and winced as she screamed.

"You shouldn't have left the door open!" he defended himself as she starting to launch herself at him to beat him with the muddy shoes.

"I had it shut, pervert!" she protested as she launched everything in reach at him. Despite her fury she had to give him credit, Tokiya was great at dodging. She was finally avenged however as a shampoo bottle hit him in the head. She was sure to give him a quick kick in the ribs as she passed and an evil glare as she retreated to her room to recoup.

Tokiya groaned and rolled over on his side. Usagi could be a terror if she chose to be. He slowly picked up his things and cleaned the bathroom as best as he could but couldn't help his small smile. It seemed that 'little' Usagi wasn't quite as 'little' as he had first thought.

Scene Five:
Usagi munched on a piece of the chocolate cake she had nabbed as she headed to the arcade. She wasn't about to stay in the same house with thatthat pervert! Frustrated she didn't even notice the person she ran into. She growled and turned to scream at this unfortunate victim of bad timing.

"I'm sorry I should have looked where I was going. Are you okay?" The girl had long coal-black hair that flowed around her like silk, and warm golden eyes that had Usagi blushing though she wasn't quite sure why. The girl knelt by her side and looked her over for injuries. "I hope you can forgive me I was thinking of something else and wasn't watching where I was going." She noticed the cake on the ground and winced. "Did I make you drop that?"

Usagi glanced down and stared at the cake with a pout. "It's okay" She had been planning to snack on that piece of cake for awhile more and it had been taken from her with only one bite missing from it.

"I'm so sorry Let me treat you to dinner to make up for it."

Usagi numbly nodded not trying to stop the flow of apologies. How could a girl be that perfect? Her skin was flawless and her eyes sparkled like rare jewels. There was almost something surreal about her. "It was mostly my fault My name is Usagi, nice to meet you."

The girl smiled and gently shook Usagi's hand. "You can call me Hoto-chan. It's destiny that we met this way, ne? So let's be friends."

Usagi smiled and nodded. A female friend would be a nice addition. "I was on my way to the arcade Do you want to go with me?"

Hoto grinned at the idea. "Sounds fun And we can eat there."

The two girls grinned at each other like fools and continued on their way. Upon reaching the arcade however they faltered. "Ne It's kind of busy here, isn't it?" Usagi questioned as she saw the larger than normal crowd. "What's going on?"

Hoto frowned and started to make her way to the cause of disturbance. Usagi was left to watch stunned as her newfound friend got the attention of the group and they parted for her as if she were a queen. So amazed was she by this she didn't realize she should have caught up, and was left to battle her own way through the mob. What was happening to her precious arcade?

Hoto quickly found the source of the crowd and frowned deeply her hazel eyes narrowed in distaste. "It's nothing important, Usagi-chan, let's go." She turned around to drag her new friend away from the arcade when she realized she wasn't anywhere to be seen. With a sinking heart she turned back towards the crowd's source and groaned. That girl was almost more trouble than she was worth!

Usagi meanwhile found herself in the middle of the crowd. Someone had pulled her away from almost being trampled and she both heard and felt someone chuckle beside her. "You almost got squished, you should pay more attention."

Usagi glanced up at her savior and felt her heart stop for a brief moment. Her face turned red and she felt herself become light-headed. This had to be love at first sight! "G-go-gomen," she stuttered.

He smiled at her his green eyes like glistening emeralds. "Kawaii," he whispered a promise shining through his now sparkling eyes. "Say, why don't we ditch the crowd and go out together?"

Usagi was about ready to agree but Hoto had decided to make herself known. She practically tore the other girl out of the redhead's grip. "Usagi-chan is mine!" she protested with a glare. "Go find someone else to bug for the day."

The crowd suddenly erupted in a buzz of whispers. Few ever denied the teenager what he wanted. Of those few all had left town. Would things turn out differently for this strange girl?

"Usagi-chan, ne?" He observed with a smile. "AhI see." He turned to Usagi and winked at her enjoying her cheeks turning crimson. "Ja ne, Usagi-chan. I'll find you again and take you out on a night you'll never forget." He winked at her again and both he and the crowd dispersed leaving a star-struck Usagi.

"The nerve of that guy," Hoto grumbled. "Daijoubu ka, Usagi-chan?" she queried as she poked Usagi. "He hurt you?"

Usagi shook her head. "Iie Demo" She glanced up and couldn't help her blush. "I think I'm in love"

Scene Six:
"Toki-Niichan, can I sleep with you?" whispered a soft feminine voice.

Tokiya roused himself from sleep and looked around his dark room intently. Had he merely dreamed that? No He could swear he had heard Usagi's voice. He attempted to peer through the sheer blackness and could only see shadows. With a growl he ran a hand through his hair unleashing it from it's ponytail and pretended to go back to bed.

He didn't have to wait long. Barely a minute later a shadow was creeping towards him. From what he could make out it had Usagi's choice of hairstyle and was crawling into bed with him. He waited a moment more until he felt the bed shift as someone else crawled on it.

"Toki-Niichan?" this time the voice seemed almost mocking and Tokiya growled. He sat up with the intent of grabbing the wrist of the intruder.

"What are you doing here, Usagi?" he demanded as he went into action. A moment later he stared down at his hands frozen. "Nani?" he whispered as he realized his hands had went through the other pair. A soft giggle greeted his ears and he glared at the figure.

"You saw my Usagi," the shadow accused its eyes glistening in the darkness. The only feature that could be clearly discerned.

Tokiya scowled. "A ghost?"

The shadow blinked. "Eh? How'd you know?" the sudden possessiveness was gone from it's voice and what was left was youthful curiosity. "You might be fun I'll get revenge for Usagi-chan later I have more important people to haunt first." He grinned. "Besides you might not remember me demo I remember you, Niichan. I'll let you go this once." With that the shadow vanished leaving both a puzzled and somewhat worried Tokiya alone.