Author's Notes: Welcome back for round three! This chapter should be a little more exciting than the last ones, and a little more to the plot line is revealed.

Disclaimer: *temporarily eats the Sailor Moon copyrights to regurgitate later*. I don't own any these characters, with the exception of the two leading characters.

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Episode 1: Just the Beginning

Chapter 3 - Exposure

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Kori checked herself in the mirror one last time. Tonight was her first date with Luke. She was extremely nervous. What would she say? What would she do? Kori fumbled to pick up her brush and started to comb her smooth, silky hair. She laid the brush down and checked herself out. Just for the occasion she had thrown a pale blue, fuzzy turtle neck sweater. On her bottom half she wore a knee length black skirt that had a slit up the right side and a zipper on the left for decoration. Kori pulled herself from her view in the vanity mirror and grabbed her leather lace up boots. She pulled them on and stood up. Just as she did, she heard the doorbell ring.

Kori started to fidget around in her room. She personally didn't think she was ready. Before she had much time to much else though, she heard her mother calling her from downstairs. Kori let out an excited sigh and left her room, heading for the stairs into the living room where Lucas was waiting.

"Please, make yourself welcome. I'll go get Kori," Kori's mother told Luke. Kori's mother headed up the stairs and started to call out to her daughter.

Luke simply nodded and sat down in the closest chair. Plastered all over their living room walls were pictures of Kori. Some were from when she was just a baby. She certainly was cute when she was small, always grinning happily. Amongst the baby pictures were many others of Kori at the age she was now. In most of them she was swearing short skirts or shorts, and sometimes she was wearing just her bikini. Luke grinned at the thought of Kori in a bikini. He stood up and went closer the pictures, eyeing them more carefully. There weren't many of her family, most of them were just Kori, her mother, and her friends. There was even a picture of Kori with her friends around a large machine, and Kori herself was covered in a white powder. Luke assumed they were trying to get a snow-making machine to work. As Luke realized what it was he laughed quietly to himself. He turned around to sit down, and stopped when he saw Kori standing in the doorway with her hands behind her back and a small smile on her face.

Luke felt his mouth start to drop. In his eyes, she was absolutely breathtaking. He opened his mouth to say something, but shut it again when nothing came out. Her outfit was simple, but it framed her face and body wonderfully. He approached her slowly and grinned. "You ready to go?" he asked.

"I'm not so sure. Just let me check if my body's still in one piece," replied Kori. She pat herself in several places to make her point. She continued with a smile, "Yeah, I'm ready now."

Luke chuckled at her reply. He turned to leave as Kori grabbed her denim jacket from a hook in the hallway and followed him out the door. "Italian okay with you?" he asked her.

"I'll eat just about anything you lay in front of me," laughed Kori.

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When they arrived at the restaurant, they waited to be seated. When they got to their table, Luke had the courtesy to pull out Kori's chair for her when she sat down. Kori grinned shyly. He was quite a gentleman, even though you wouldn't think it.

"So, what are you going to order?" she asked him questionably, "I think I'm going to get the Lasagne al Pesto."

Luke scratched his chin as he looked over the menu. He skimmed through the various dishes, and finally settled on one he liked. "I think I'm going to have the Agnolotti with Spiny Lobster and Shrimp."

"Mmm...sounds tasty!" replied Kori, licking her lips.

The two ordered their food when the waiter came to their table. After the waiter left, Kori didn't know what to talk about. From what she could tell, Luke didn't know what to talk about either.

After a few moments, Luke held out his hand and smiled at Kori. "You want to see how bad of a dancer I am?" he said, inviting her to dance with him.

Kori laughed, and placed her hand in his, letting him guide her onto the dance floor. She wrapped her arm around his neck, and held his hand with the other. The two waltzed around the dance floor, completely forgetting about everyone else. This seemed so familiar to Kori...but she couldn't figure out why. It was almost as if...they had done this before, even though she had just met Luke.

Luke pulled Kori closer to him, with his hand around her waist. She was a very good dancer, he had to admit. He leaned down slightly and touched the side of his head to hers. He inhaled the scent of her hair, and the smell of Lilies filled his nostrils. The smell was intoxicating.

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Varisite looked into the swirling mass of purple, watching the two young teenagers waltz around the dance floor. His target was with someone, a young man with platinum hair. The face was familiar, but from where Varisite couldn't unravel.

He grimaced and rested his head in his hand. It would be more difficult to capture her crystal when there were numerous others around her. He thought for a moment, pacing back and forth through the blackness as he did. He snapped his fingers, and turned towards the darkness around him. "Amida!" he summoned.

The demon appeared out of the darkness. "You called for me, Master?" it asked in a husky voice.

Varisite looked the demon up and down. It was huge, standing at about 7ft. It's body was covered in scaly purple and blue skin, and four large arms protruded from it's sides. Varisite grinned evilly and turned to the portal, which still reflected the image of Kori dancing in the restaurant. "See that girl?" he pointed in Kori's direction, "Get her Pure Energy Crystal and bring it back to me. When you're finished dispose of her. I don't care how, just make sure no one finds out."

The creature nodded in response and prepared to leave.

"Wait just a moment. If anyone gets in your way, drain their energy," added Varisite with a menacing grin.

The creature nodded and backed into the darkness of the void, disappearing completely.

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"You're not a bad dancer at all!" commented Kori to Luke, who was nervously trying to keep up with the black haired beauty in his arms.

"I know, I was just joking when I said that," he replied with a shy grin. The two laughed quietly in unison.

They took a step backwards, and bumped into a couple behind them. Luke turned to apologize but was stopped by a senseless teasing.

"Now look what you did Meatball Head! First my feet, now someone else's!"

Kori stepped by Luke and grinned at the fussing couple they had bumped into.

"Kori!!" yelled Usagi excitedly when she saw her new friend. Everyone within five feet of the two couples looked at them strangely.

Kori looked back at Lucas with a red face. "Uh, hi Usa. I didn't know you were going to be here. Who's your friend?" said Kori, pointing in Mamoru's direction with a slight smile on her face.

"Oh! This is Mamoru! I think I told you about him, remember?" explained Usagi.

The memories of Usagi explaining him to her the day before came rushing to her head. "Hi Mamoru. It's nice to meet you. Usagi never stops talking about you," laughed Kori with a shrug. She turned to Usagi, " Do you know Luke? He's in our homeroom class."

Usagi looked to Luke with a questioning face, "Yeah I think I recognize you. In case you didn't know, my name's Usa."

Luke nodded and replied with a small hello to Kori's friend.

"So wh-" Usagi started to say before she was cut off by a deafening scream.

"Huh?!" everyone said all at once. They turned and rushed to where they heard the scream. There, standing in front of them was a large demon standing in the entrance of the restaurant with a limp girl in it's multiple arms.

Kori clamped her hands over her mouth to prevent herself from screaming. She started to back away, and pulled Luke with her when she noticed he was standing there, petrified. Kori had never seen anything like this before. It hovered over everyone in the restaurant. She guessed it was well around 7 feet tall. She felt like vomiting when she saw slime oozing off it's large scales and out of its mouth. Kori had been so occupied with dragging back Luke and observing the monster that she had failed to notice Usagi and Mamoru disappear.

The monster dropped the limp body and scanned the crowd, obviously searching for something, or someone. It's yellow eyes landed on Kori, and she yelped when she realized she was the one it was looking for. She scrambled back in fright, tripping on her own feet and falling back.

Luke didn't know what to do. He couldn't fight a thing that big! He had good self defence, but not against something like this. The demon was far bigger than he was. However, he charged it none-the-less. He would not let it come close to or harm Kori.

The demon turned and grabbed Luke by the neck, draining his energy and tossing him across the room. He hit the floor, unconscious.

"LUKE!" screamed Kori. The monster turned for her.

Away from the commotion, Usagi pressed the blue, green, yellow, and red buttons on her communicator. Fortunately, the faces of all the scouts and their respective knights popped up on the screen.

"Yeah?" they all said at once.

"Guys, there's a big Negacreep at the Italian restaurant! We need your help!" cried Usagi frantically.

The faces on her communicator screen all nodded and disappeared.

"We better transform!" said Usagi. Mamoru nodded, agreeing with her decision.

"Moon Cosmic Power, Make-Up!" yelled Usagi, as she was enveloped in a white light. When the light faded, she was left in her sailor fuku and her hands up in the air. She looked to Mamoru.

Mamoru nodded and muttered a few words to himself, and also was enveloped in a white light. When the light faded he was left in his suit as well. "Come on Sailor Moon!" he commented.

The monster loomed over Kori and lifted her up in it's two bottom arms. Kori shook with fright and screamed as it held one of it's free hands up to her chest. Kori closed her eyes tight and prayed for it to be over. What did this thing want with her? She had nothing!

"Hey you! I'm Sailor Moon!" yelled a voice from the back of the room. Kori opened her eyes and attempted to look in the voices direction. 'Sailor Moon? That sounds so familiar...' She racked her brain for the name, but came up with no answers.

"I right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" yelled Sailor Moon bravely.

The monster turned from Kori and loosened it's grip. She wriggled out of it's arms and bolted as far away from it as she could. From where she now hid behind an overturned table, she studied the two figures the demon was headed for. One had long blonde hair done up in a familiar fashion, and the other wore a mask and tuxedo, finished off with a cape.

"Hey! Why are you harming an innocent person? Heeey! I'm talking to you!" yelled Sailor Moon. The monster looked at her and would've raised an eyebrow if it had one. It looked at Sailor Moon one last time and emitted out a huge blast of black energy in the heroine's direction. Tuxedo Kamen covered his love with his cape to block the huge blast.

The blast hit everyone watching still in the restaurant and they all fell unconscious, drained of their energy. The only people the blast didn't hit were Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Kamen, and surprisingly Kori. Kori was someone untouched. Kori looked down at her hands in wonder.

"What the...?" wondered Tuxedo Kamen out loud. Sailor Moon was stunned, and was staring at Kori with wonder.

The monster looked at them greedily and took it as an advantage to attack them. Just as it's muscular arms swung up in the air...

"Burning Mandala!" yelled Sailor Mars, aiming her attack at the monster that had it's backed turned to her.

The monster fell to the ground with a growl, rubbing it's back where it had been burnt.

Kori stood up slowly and headed over to Luke. Before she could do much, a large blast of the dark energy hurtled in her own direction and she jumped back, hiding again behind the table. The Sailor Senshi that had arrived on the other hand were not so fast and collapsed, weakened as the blast hit them.

The monster turned to Kori's frightened eyes that were peering from around the edge of the table. It ran to her and picked her up by it's arms again, and Kori screamed. It tossed her easily across the room, and she hit a table, overturning it. She groaned in pain as she tried to stand. The demon tossed aside the table and reached out for her.

By this time, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Moon, and Jupiter Knight had recovered some. However, they were still too weak and could barely stand up.

The monster simply ignored them. It picked up Kori and thrust its scaly hand at her chest. A bright light shot out at the monster as Kori screamed with terror, and it fell back, shielding its eyes. The light seemed to be hurting it. Kori had no idea what was going on, and screamed for a few seconds later.

The recovering senshi looked at the light, following it to its base - Kori's forehead. She seemed to have a crest emanating from her forehead, and the light was keeping the demon back.

"Is Kori a Sailor Senshi like us...?" muttered Sailor Moon to herself.

Luna approached Kori from behind the overturned table Kori had backed against. Luna jumped into the air, did a twist, and a grey and pale blue henshin stick with a star imbedded on the top appeared, falling to the floor.

"I believe this belongs to you my dear," said Luna, tossing the henshin stick into Kori's hands.

Kori's mouth dropped with awe. "That cat just talked! What the fuck is going on?!" she yelled in disbelief.

"No time to explain now. Just hold up your henshin stick and say 'Krypton Star Power'. The other senshi won't be able to hold it off for long," replied Luna hopefully. She really hoped that Kori would accept the henshin stick and would help them out. There was no turning back once you had used it, though.

Kori turned to see the recovered senshi fighting the monster. They were holding on by a thread. They obviously weren't expecting an enemy.

Kori looked down at the henshin stick and sighed. She might as well...

"Krypton Star Power!" she yelled. She was enveloped by a bright grey light.

She thrust her henshin stick up in the air, and large rocks were hurtled towards her glowing body. Before the rocks reached her body, they disintegrated and stuck onto her body, turning her to stone. The rock powder dissolved from her body, revealing her in her sailor fuku. She turned in a few circles and posed, holding her left arm straight back behind her, and her right one crossed over her body in a V shape. She was standing with her feet positioned vertically, and her head turned slightly to the right.

Kori looked down at herself in disbelief. She was left standing in a feminine sailor uniform. It was the same as all the other scouts, with a few differences. The bows were a pale blue colour, and the skirt was a grey-silver. The skirt itself seemed to glimmer in the light. Her gloves were also the same glittery grey colour. On her feet were the same boots she had been wearing on her date. She felt her forehead. She was wearing a silver tiara, with a blue inset jewel the same colour as the bows.

She looked at Luna and knew what she had to do. She ran closer to her enemy, and it didn't see her so she took it to her advantage.

"Bombshell Blaster!" she yelled out menacingly.

A giant stalactite shot out from the ground in front of Sailor Krypton. She punched it with both fists and it broke into hundreds of pieces. She spun around and the shards of rock shot for the demon. They stuck into him, cutting deep wounds, temporarily stunning it.

"Sailor Moon, finish it off!" she shouted.

Sailor Moon nodded in response and pulled out her Cutie Moon Rod. The other senshi simply stared at Sailor Krypton in amazement.

"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"

The demon screamed and disintegrated as Sailor Moon's attack hit it.

Everyone rushed over to Sailor Krypton and demorphed. "Wow Kori! You're a Sailor Senshi like us!" screeched Usagi cheerfully.

Kori scratched her head, "Yeah, I guess I am, huh." This certainly was a surprise. It'd explain why she thought Usagi as familiar, that's for sure. Maybe there was more to herself than she thought. She looked down at her hands and sighed.

She looked around herself. The innocent people in the restaurant were starting to wake up. Kori's eyes opened wide and she rushed over to Luke. "Luke! Are you okay?" she asked him with concern in her eyes.

Luke rubbed his head and looked up at Kori. "What....What happened? I don't remember what happened..."

Kori stared into his blue eyes. She wanted to tell him what had happened so bad, but she decided against it. This is something that only she should know. However, it was going to make her relationship with Luke a little more hard to maintain. Kori smiled weakly at Luke as they stared at each other. "A terrorist attacked the restaurant. Will you be alright, though?" she replied to his question.

"Yeah I'll be fine," he said standing up, "Let's get out of here."

Kori nodded and slung her shoulder around him, helping him walk out of the restaurant.

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"Damnit! I failed! This will not happen again, I swear it. I'll throw everything at that girl if I have to," fumed Varisite. "What's even worse is that she's a Sailor Senshi. Why'd those brats have to show up and ruin everything?!" Varisite threw his hands up in the air and took a seat in a large cushioned chair next to his portal. Varisite hucked a golden cup into the void, not even hearing it clatter. "I'll get you next time! This is Just the beginning!!"

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Well, now that that's done! This chapter was much longer and more eventful than the last two, ne? Expect more like these in the future! Please leave a review...^.^