First off, I do not own Sailor Moon.

Second off, Thank you to those who reviewed. It helped a lot.

I realize that the first chapter was a copy of the first episode but it was merely a starting point for the story. Hopefully this idea will become its own tale, only using some of the episodes from the first season as stepping stones.

I guess I should add in here that the rating for this story may change in the future. I'm still debating on what Ryan and Darien's relationship is going to be. I guess we will see when we get there.

Anywho… on with the show.

Chapter 2 - Please Say it Was a Dream

The next morning dawned clear and bright. Sun shown down through Ryan's bedroom window but, since it was Saturday, that bit of light was not enough to wake him. In fact, nothing short of world disaster would wake the boy until he was good and ready to roll out of bed.

Slowly Ryan pulled himself to the surface of consciousness. As he woke he found a thought nagging at his mind. Something had happened last night, but he was still more than half asleep so the memory was vague.

Details came to him slowly.

"Damn talking cats," he mumbled, digging his knuckles into his eyes.

A moment of thought and he added, "Damn stupid dreams."

Still bleary eyed he rolled out of bed, pulling the blankets with him. He didn't notice the strange weight in the blanket until there was a thump as something hit the floor.

A high-pitched meow, whether it was caused by shock or pain Ryan couldn't be sure, sounded from the lump.

"Please be more careful. That is not the most pleasant way to wake up," the lump spoke.

Ryan felt his knees go weak and he sat back on the bed. A black cat made her way out from under the blankets and jumped up beside him.

Luna licked a paw, running it over her ears before looking up at Ryan. "Don't tell me you forgot."

"Forgot what?" Ryan whispered.

But he didn't have to be told. Memories of his dream were coming back to him. Only, it hadn't been a dream after all.

"Did I really turn into a girl?" he asked when Luna just continued to stare at him.

"Yes you did," she said. "And trust me, it was as much of a shock to me as it was to you."

Crossing his arms over his chest, hugging himself, Ryan bestowed a doubtful look on the feline. "How is that possible. It didn't happen to you. I've only just started to get seriously interested in girls, I can't be turning into one."

Luna took a step, closing the gap between them. Rubbing her head against his arm in comfort she purred, "I'm sorry. If there was a way I could change the magic I would. But Sailormoon is female, and I guess there is no way around that."

Hesitantly a hand crept out to scratch Luna along her neck. "But, if Sailormoon is female, then how did you figure out I was supposed to be her?"

"The same way you knew where to go to help Molly last night."

"But I don't know how I knew that."

"Exactly."

Silence filled the room, broken only by Luna's purring as Ryan continued to stroke her fur. Light glinted off the watch that wasn't a watch, drawing his attention to it. Starring at it, he sighed. "Is there anyway to take it all back?"

"I don't think so," Luna said, her purring coming to a stop. "The watch, and the power with it, is yours now. You can choose to ignore it, but…"

She trailed off and Ryan picked up the thought. "But I can't. What if Molly, or someone else I care about, were to be attacked again. I couldn't just stand by and watch. I have to do something. I just hope I don't have to do it often. Turning into a girl felt…"

"Wrong?" Luna supplied.

Ryan nodded, but only to indicate he heard her not to agree. While it hadn't felt wrong, it didn't feel right either. It had been more like it was comfortable. Like being in that form had been the natural state of things. With a shake of his head Ryan chased away that thought. What was he thinking? That being female was natural to him?

Determined not to ruin his weekend with worrying about the state of his sanity, Ryan pushed all thoughts from his mind. Best way to do that was to head over to the arcade. A good video game was exactly what he needed right now. That and a chocolate sundae.

Soon Ryan was out of the house, walking towards the arcade. Despite his intentions to not think about last night one thing was bothering him. Okay, many things were bothering him but one was actually answerable.

"Do you know what the Negaverse is?" he asked Luna, who was currently riding on his shoulder.

Luna was silent a moment before answering, gathering her thoughts. "Not completely," she answered truthfully. "Only that it is evil. They suck the energy out of things to survive. And it seems that they have decided that humans are a good source of energy."

That answered one question, but set about half a dozen more flitting through Ryan's mind. Before he could voice any of them though, he heard someone calling his name. He turned around to see Molly running down the street toward him.

"Hey Molly."

"Ryan!" she exclaimed, "You would not believe the dream I had last night. There was this horrible monster in the jewelry store and it captured my mom and me. Then this girl showed up in a sailor suit. She called herself Sailor Moon. She rescued us with the help of this tall, handsome man in a tuxedo. She was awesome."

All earlier doubts about being a female superhero were momentarily forgotten as Ryan smiled. He could help but think, "She thinks I'm awesome." Out loud he said, "Was she hot?"

Molly laughed. "Ryan, you are such a guy."

"But you love me this way."

Molly shoved Ryan, sending him stumbling across the sidewalk and sending them both into peals of laughter. It was a common argument between them and one that never failed to make them smile.

"Going to the arcade?" Molly asked when they had caught their breath.

Ryan nodded.

"Well," Molly smiled innocently, "You're just about to walk right on by."

Stopping, Ryan looked around in confusion. Apparently he had made it to his destination without realizing it.

The look on Ryan's face brought more laughter to Molly's lips and she was chuckling as she entered the hang out.

Ryan entered the Crown Arcade behind Molly and watched her make a beeline for the counter, and not incidentally, the waiter, Andrew. Deciding that joining her would probably not be the best of ideas at the moment Ryan made his own way over to the Sailor V video game console.

He had been playing for about fifteen minutes, and going very well towards between his best score, when a memory hit him. "Well, isn't that ironic," he quoted the popular song. Pausing the game, he leaned back in his chair and studied the miniature super-heroine on the screen. Just yesterday he could remember making a comment along the lines of, "If I were to fight evil I would definitely not do it in an outfit like that." Suddenly no longer in the mood to play the game anymore he decided it was probably safe now to join Molly and Andrew at the counter.

Ryan found Molly with an ice cream cone and a goofy smile on her face.

"Hello space cadet," Ryan said, waving a hand in front of her face.

"Grow up," was the only response she would give him, and she said it without taking her eyes off Andrew.

Shaking his head Ryan turned his attention from one friend to another. "Hey Andrew."

"Ryan, hey," Andrew looked up from wiping down the counter. "Usual?"

Nodding, blond bangs falling into his eyes, Ryan settled himself onto a stool.

A moment later, Andrew set an ice cream bowl down in front of him. "One double chocolate cookie dough fudge sundae."

Ryan smiled his thanks, and then dug in.

Someone a few seats down chuckled. "I didn't realize your were serving my creation as a menu item now, Andrew."

"Sorry Darien. He came up with it first."

Ryan looked over to see who the speaker was. Though he was vaguely familiar, Ryan couldn't place where he had seen the man before. His next words familiarized Ryan's memory.

Darien turned to him when Andrew moved on to serve another customer. "So, has your aim improved any?"

Ryan blushed, shrugging to hide it. "Unfortunately, no. The test was still in my pocket when Mom asked to see it."

"Bad, huh."

At that point Andrew returned and just had to put in his two cents. "All the tests are bad. Smart kid but never ever studies."

Ryan scowled, "Shut up Andrew."

Andrew was not in the least bothered. In fact, he started to smile. "Hey Darien. You've been saying your bored lately. And you're great in school. Why don't you tutor Ryan?"

The ice cream in Ryan's bowl suddenly became the target of all Ryan's attention. Though not much was eaten, mostly it turned to mush, and then melted, as he repeatedly stabbed his spoon at it.

"Do you need a tutor?" he heard Darien ask him.

"No," he grumbled, wishing he didn't have so much pride. The he thought of the look on his mom's face when he had shown her his last test. Swallowing his pride he amended, "Actually, yeah, I do."

"Do you want a tutor?"

"Not really, but if your willing. I'll warn you now, it's hopeless."

"We'll see. Here tomorrow? Say, around one?"

"Sure," Ryan couldn't help but grumble.

Darien got up to leave. "See you tomorrow then."

Ryan continued to stab at his ice cream until he heard the jingle that announced the opening and closing of the doors. Then he shifted his grip on the spoon and moved to stab Andrew with it.

"Hey!" Andrew exclaimed. "I was just trying to help."

"Don't help anymore. You just embarrass me."

"Well, you do need help."

Ryan was about to argue that fact when Molly's sigh interrupted him. Turning he saw that she was watching the doors Darien had just left through.

"And you get to spend all afternoon with him." She sighed again.

Staring at her in disbelief Ryan couldn't help but say, "Molly, you are such a girl."