Candra started to push off. I can't take it anymore.
"Hey! You in the tree!"
Candra grabbed the branch and pulled herself back up. Who the. . . She looked down to see Usagi wildly waving her arms in the air. "Come down so I can invite you for ice cream!"
"Um, I'll be right down." Candra, still in somewhat of a fog, climbed down the tree and was greeted with eight more faces. Guess she made up with her friends, she thought. Smiling, she said, "Let's see, you are Ami-san, Minako-san, Makoto-san, Setsuna-san, Haruka-chan, and Michiru. However, I don't know you two."
Usagi smiled. "This is Rei and this Hotaru."
"Pleased to meet you, Rei-san and Hotaru-san." Candra bowed.
Usagi grabbed Candra's hand. "Come on, Candra-chan! Let's go!" Poor Candra was pulled off her feet and flung behind Usagi like a rag doll. All she could do was hang on for dear life.
"Poor Candra-san," said Ami.
"We'd better get to the parlor before she comes back and does that to the rest of us," Mako added.
"Usagi-san. . .Are. . .we. . there. . .yet?" asked Candra.
Usagi turned the corner and stopped. Candra's momentum caused her face to hit Usagi square in the back, then fall flat on hers. She grabbed her throbbing nose. "Owie." Slowly, she opened her eyes just in time to see someone's shoe heading towards her head. "IIE!!!! STOP!!!!!"
"Huh?" The shoe's owner looked down. "Oh, gomen ne, ma'am." He lowered his hand to help her up.
"S'all right," Candra groaned. She reached for his hand. As they clasped, a shockwave shot through the both of them.

Prince Endymion heard giggling and drew his sword. "Who is there?"
"You would not hurt a lady, would you?" Princess Cynthia hung upside down from a tree. "Of course that still doesn't help me, does it?"
"I guess not." The Prince put his sword back in its holder and smiled. "Should not a Princess of the Moon Kingdom be wearing something a bit more . . .presentable?"
Cynthia, who was wearing a black shirt and dark jean overalls, put her hands on her hips. "Have you ever tried to climb a tree with a dress on?"
"I cannot say I have," admitted the Prince.
Cynthia flipped over and landed in front of Endymion. "So, did you ask her yet?"
"Ask who what?"
Cynthia sighed. "Serenity! THE question: If she would marry you?"
Endymion blushed. "To be honest with you, I have not even thought about asking."
Cynthia slapped her forehead and Luna-P lowered itself closer to the ground as if to say, "You idiot."
"Well, with the threat of war and. . ."
"Who is there?" called out a female voice.
Footsteps approached. "Quick! In the tree!" hissed Cynthia. Prince Endymion leapt onto the branch Cynthia has just been on and climbed higher into the tree.
"Princess Cynthia!" said Sailor Jupiter. Cynthia quickly spun around at the mention of her name. "For a minute, I thought you were an Earth spy."
Cynthia gulped, hoping that Jupiter hadn't seen him. "Well, I thought I saw one and. . ."
Endymion held his breath. He still wasn't sure he could trust her.
". . .I decided to flush him out myself."
Endymion quietly let his breath out.
"Well, Princess, you should leave that to me." Jupiter sighed. As she led the Princess back to the palace, she asked. "By the way, who were you talking to?"
Cynthia's eyes grew big and she looked over at her friend. "What do you mean?"
Jupiter looked over at the Princess with her You-Know-What-I-Mean Look. "I know you like to talk to yourself sometimes, but you have never sounded male before."
"Uh. . .Oh! That was Luna-P. She does great voice impressions . . .."

The honk of a car horn brought Candra and the man back to the present world. Candra blushed. "Maybe I should get up," she suggested.
The man laughed. "Maybe." He helped her up, and started to brush the leaves off her back. Candra gave a tiny gasp. This guy is soooooo dreamy and handsome.
A big gust of yellow wind blew past her. She snapped around and saw Usagi hold the man's arm. "Uh, Usagi-san?"
"Candra-chan, this is my boyfriend, Chiba Mamoru!"
"Oh. Hello, Chiba-san," said Candra with a smile. Awww, man! she thought. He's already taken! Dang it! Dang it! Dang. . .Wait. Since when have I been interested in boys?
"Candra-chan? Are you okay?" asked Usagi.
Candra quickly blinked away her blank stare. "Um, yeah. Just having a little internal conflict." She put her hand behind her head and laughed. "Ha ha! Ha ha! Ugh. . ." A sweatdrop slid down her face.
After everyone got their ice cream, Mako and Mamoru looked at each other mischievously. "We got 'em. . ." started Mako.
". . .and no Ice Cream Man is gonna stop us!" finished Mamoru and the two burst into laughter.
Everyone stared at them. "Mako-chan? Mamo-chan?" asked Usagi.
"Come on. Spill. What's so funny?" asked Rei.
"It's just a joke Mamoru-san and I made up when he and I were. . . ." Mako and Mamoru stopped smiling and looked at each other with wide eyes.
Usagi leaned over Rei's lap. "You were what?" she asked, looking into Mako's eyes.
"Um. . .dating?" Mako answered in a nervous questioning voice.
"You two dated?!?!?!?!" Usagi's face got a little red.
"Well, we met one day and we felt a connection and we thought it was love, but it wasn't, so went our separate ways. We didn't see each other until two years later when we fought the Dark Kingdom." Mako was sweating by this time and Mamoru was looking for a quick exit.
"Usagi. . ." said Rei, knowing that she was in the line of fire.
Everyone at the table held their breath.
Usagi stared at Mako a little longer, then smiled. "So. . .do you have any dirt on him?"
"Huh?" asked Mako, still in fight-or-flight mode.
"Any habits? Likes? Dislikes?" Usagi giggled.
"USAGI!!! Get off of me!" said Rei.
"But I wanna know!"
"Usagi-chan, settle down," said Minako.
Someone started giggling and everyone looked at Candra. She had her hand over her mouth and was giggling very daintily. She looked up to see everyone looking at her and quickly stopped. "Gomen ne."
"Candra-chan! I have never heard you laugh before," said Michiru. "You should laugh more often."
Candra blushed.
Usagi finally sat back down and looked at Candra. "How did you know Haruka-san and Michiru-san?"
"They lived in my hometown for a few months and went to my school." She checked her watch. "I really have to get home now. It's my turn to cook dinner. Bye!"
"Well, I have to run, too. I have a big exam to study for." Mamoru had enrolled in a local college although never keeping his first choice out of the picture.
As they walked off, Rei whispered, "We better get ready."
"HELP!!!!!!"
"Gee, aren't you good?" said Hotaru.
"You'd better believe it," said Rei.
"That's our girl," said Mako.

The monster split her tail into five parts to grab each person. "My master, Sir Grety, wants to get back to the Dark Kingdom and needs your energy to get there," she said in a semi-sweet, semi-evil voice.
"Too bad he won't get there!"
"Who's there?"
"Agents of Love and Justice! Pretty Soldiers in Sailor fuku. We are the Sailor Senshi! And on behalf of the planets, we shall punish you!"
"More energy!" The monster gave them a happy smile. She was made of bouncy balls of various sizes and colors. "Please play with me!"
"Sorry. Not interested," said Uranus. "World Shaking!"
"Deep Submerge!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Hey! That hurt!"
"Well, duh!" said Mars. "Mars Flame Sniper!"
"That wasn't very nice! Bubble Ball Attack!!!!"
The Senshi dodged it, but barely.
"Venus! Get off me!" yelled Sailor Moon.
Mercury activated out her visor. "Its weakness is in its head."
"That's a small target," said Saturn. "She's smaller than me."
"Well, then let's make it bigger!" The smile became an evil smirk as the monster grew to eight feet tall. "Ballie Girl!!!"
"Actually, she's eight feet, two inches," said Mercury.
"Who cares?!?!?" yelled Uranus. She gave Saturn a dirty look.
"Gomen," Saturn squeaked.
"Bubble Ball Attack!"
The girls started running away. "Kami-sama! Those balls grew four times their size!" yelled Jupiter.
"So did she!" yelled Pluto.
Jupiter was grabbed by the monster's tail. "Help!"
"Jupiter! NO!" yelled Moon.
Ballie Girl squealed with delight. "Energy!" She zapped all of Jupiter's energy, then dropped her.
"Mako-chan!" yelled Moon.
Someone flew through the air, caught the unconscious Senshi, and landed on the ground.
"Just who are you?" asked Ballie Girl.
She draped Jupiter's arm around her neck, then said, "I am the American Champion of Justice! Princess in a Sailor Fuku! Sailor StarMoon! On behalf of the Moon and the Stars in the Sky, I shall punish you!"
Ballie Girl giggled. "Let me see what you have!"
While still holding on to Jupiter, StarMoon pulled her StarWand out of her brooch and yelled, "Moon Starlight Attack!"
"Owwwie! That smarts!"
"Too bad you aren't!" StarMoon looked at Sailor Moon. "Sailor Moon! Now!"
"Hai! Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"
"Beautiful!"
Unseen by the girls, a figure watched the scene. "Too bad I didn't get Jupiter's energy, but I got the others' and I am going to use it! I will revive the Dark Kingdom! Serenity will bow before me!!!" Sir Grety laughed evilly, then left.
Venus turned to see Jupiter sitting up and rubbing her head. "Hey! Where's that StarGirl?" she asked as she checked on Jupiter.
"She'll be okay," said Neptune.
That surprised the Inner Senshi; the Outers were usually the ones who suspected new Senshi as the enemy.
"See you girls later," said Haruka.
"That was werid," commented Mars.

"You know, I'm starting to have other flashbacks to the past," said Mako. "Ones that I never had before. The funny part is, the Moon isn't at war. And none of you are in them."
"Really?" asked Ami.
"It's just me and that Princess Cynthia Usagi-chan mentioned. I just never hear our conversations."
"Maybe you don't remember what was said but you remember what you were doing at the time," suggested Minako.
"That's a possibility," said Mako. "Has anyone else had one?"
The girls shook their heads. "Remember at the beginning?" asked Minako. "We would all have flashbacks at the same time."
"But Luna always gave us those memories. It seems as if somehow Mako-chan has been able to do it by herself," said Ami.
"Well, I'll let you know if I get anything else. I just really needed to get that off my chest," said Mako.

Chapter Five: Usagi Finds Her! StarMoon's Identity is Shown!