Well, here's chapter two. Hope you enjoy reading it, as much as I enjoy writing.

Chapter 2.

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything. You'd be suing for nothing.

"Yes, Odango, it's me," Mamoru replied idly. "Now, what's this I hear about some arrogant jerk?"

Usagi's eyes narrowed, and she nearly jumped from her seat.

"You. Are. Such. A. Jerk!" She cried in frustration. "What have I ever done to you that made you be so mean to me?"

"Well, let's see." He paused, and brought his hand up to lightly stroke his chin. "Maybe you, oh, I don't know, ran into me this morning?"

"It was an accident!" Usagi wailed, tears forming in her eyes. "I told you I was sorry! Why can't you just accept it and move on?"

Mamoru grinned.

"I would, Odango, but I like seeing you angry."

Looking over at who she was sitting with, his eyes widened in surprise, and he nodded in acknowledgement of the four girls he knew, and the one he didn't.

Usagi turned on her heel and stomped out of the arcade, fuming, her face a beet red.

"Eh, I'll go after her," Naru said quietly and stood up, hurrying after her friends departing back.

"Usagi!" She called out. "Usagi, wait up!"

…

Mamoru slid into the booth with the four girls left, looking at each one of them carefully.

"So. Is she the one?" He asked in a low voice, so as not to alert anyone else in the arcade.

Rei's eyes narrowed slightly, and she let out a low breath, sounding more like a hiss than anything else.

"We don't know," Ami admitted softly. "Luna hasn't been able to help us any, either."

"She seems familiar," Mamoru mused slightly, his forehead furrowed in thought. "Like I've met her before. But I just can't place where."

Minako nodded, her cornflower blue eyes thoughtful.

"That's what we all thought the first time we met her, too. Right?"

Makoto nodded in confirmation, with Ami and Rei only a second behind in agreeing.

"Well, then, maybe she is the one," Minako conceded softly. "But we'd need to run tests, and we couldn't do that without her becoming suspicious."

Rei nodded her head in agreement.

"Odango out there is suspicious of her own shadow," she snorted derisively.

"Hey, now, only I can call her Odango," Mamoru said suddenly, his eyes narrowing as a sense of protection filled him.

The girls raised their eyebrows in surprise at his behavior, and then Minako leaned forward, her eyes sparkling.

"Mamoru, you like her, don't you?" She smirked, her blonde head nodding in confirmation. "Yes, of course you do. I'm not the Goddess of Love for nothing."

Mamoru sweat dropped slightly, and shook his head, holding his hands up in denial.

"No, no, no," he protested quickly. Too quickly, in their opinions. "I don't know why I even said that. Forget it, alright?" His blue eyes scanned the girls sitting around him anxiously, terror filling him at the feral gleams in their eyes.

"Ahh, the prince likes someone," Makoto taunted, her eyes flashing with mirth.

Mamoru glared and crossed his arms.

"It's impossible, isn't it? After all, I'm Endymion, crown prince of Earth, and destined to fall in love with Princess Serenity, crown princess of the Moon Kingdom. As far as I can see, Tsukino Usagi is not the Moon Princess, and therefore I can't possibly love her, much less like her." Mamoru concluded his small speech with a nod, inexplicably pleased with himself for such deductive reasoning. After all, it did make sense, didn't it?

"Methinks thou doth protest too much," Minako stated, her eyes gleaming. "And, consider just for a minute, if you would, the possibility that Usagi is the Moon Princess. Then what would you do?"

Mamoru's eyebrows furrowed, and he shot a glare at the blonde haired goddess, earning himself a sunny smile.

"Then I suppose I wouldn't have a choice other to fall in love with her, would I?"

"Fall in love with whom?" A curious voice asked. "Besides, who would want you to love them, Baka?"

Mamoru's head whipped around to glare at the girl standing behind him, and he jumped to his feet.

"For your information, Odango, many girls would be thrilled to have me love them. I have girls throwing themselves at me left and right."

Usagi snorted with laughter, clutching at her stomach as she bent over in laughter.

"Those… those poor girls!" she crowed in between spurts of laughter. "They don't know what they're thinking. They've lost their minds!"

Mamoru glared and stomped out of the arcade, giving a small wave to the girls, and nodding his head to Motoki.

Usagi just laughed harder as she slid into the booth, shaking her head, and as her laughter finally died down, she looked into the bemused faces of her four friends.

"Wh-what?" she gasped out. "Was it something I said?"

"Usagi, maybe you should try being nicer to him," Ami said quietly, brushing a lock of blue hair from her eyes. "It wouldn't kill you, would it?"

Usagi's eyes narrowed.

"Be nice to that… that… creep? I don't think so. Besides, he's the one that started it. If he had just taken my apology instead of insulting me, maybe this would have been avoided."

Ami sighed, and Rei shook her head in obvious disapproval, while Minako grinned knowingly, and Makoto looked out the window, a dreamy look on her face.

"He looks just like my old boyfriend," she murmured softly, and the rest of the girls could only shake their heads in disbelief.

"Usagi, tell me, what do you think of the fairy tale of the Moon Princess?" Minako leaned forward in the seat, her eyes boring into the girl's seriously.

Usagi blinked, and then chuckled.

"Is this some kind of trick question?" she asked nervously.

Minako shook her head.

"No. Tell me what you think."

"Um, well," Usagi began, scratching the back of her head. "It's tragic, really. Princess Serenity falling in love with a man from Earth, a prince no less, and being forbidden to see him. And finally, when they were about to be together forever, the witch coming and tearing them apart? And then the queen sending the two of them, and the princess's protectors to earth, to the future, to start a new life… it sounds too good to be true. And yet… it sounds so familiar…" Her eyes darkened in thought, her eyebrows drawing together as she replayed the legend over and over in her head. "So familiar… Serenity… protectors… Selenity…mother…"

Minako's eyes widened in shock.

"What did you just say?" She demanded.

Usagi shook her head, her eyes clearing, and she flashed a bright smile.

"What do you mean?" she asked. "I was telling you what I thought of the fairy tale of the Moon Princess."

Minako looked at the other girls at the table, to find that they, too, had been shocked at what Usagi had said.

"What? Would someone please tell me what I said that's so fascinating?" Usagi begged, looking at each of them in turn.

"It's nothing," Rei said abruptly. "I have to go. I'll see you girls later."

Giving Minako, Ami, and Makoto a significant look, she turned around after bidding Usagi a final farewell.

"Oh, uh, yeah, I have to go, too," Makoto announced quickly, standing up. "Mom wants me to cook tonight, and if I don't start, dinner won't be ready. So, uh, see you girls later!"

Standing up, she left the arcade, heading in the same direction Rei had gone in.

Usagi frowned as she watched the brunette leave.

"Doesn't Makoto live in the other direction?" she asked in confusion.

"Um, if you go that way, there's a short cut that she just learned about," Minako improvised quickly as she stood up. "As for me, I have a photo shoot in the morning, so I need to get going as well."

"And I have a major test to study for," Ami put in softly, grabbing up her book bag.

"See you tomorrow, Usagi!" Minako chirped as she and Ami quickly exited the arcade, leaving Usagi in the booth alone, stunned.

"Was it something I said?" she muttered under her breath, and gathering up her backpack, she turned and left the arcade as well.

…

"So, what was that back at the arcade?" Minako asked.

"Indeed. Did anybody else hear Usagi say 'mother' after the name Selenity?" Makoto questioned.

"I did," Rei said.

"Me too," Ami replied softly.

"As did I," Minako confirmed.

"So, the question now is what do we do? How do we find out if Usagi is Princess Serenity? And if she is, then we still need to find Sailor Moon, and how are we supposed to do that?" Rei asked in frustration.

"Um…you guys…" Ami started quietly.

"What?" The other three asked in unison, turning on the short genius.

"Well… it's just that there's strong evidence that shows that where Sailor Moon is, Sailor Princess Serenity is, too."

Silence followed this statement, broken only after a long pause by Minako.

"So you mean that… if we find Sailor Moon… we find the Princess?"

"And that means… if Usagi is Princess Serenity… she's Sailor Moon, also?"

Ami nodded her head slightly, typing a few things into her computer. "That's what the computer tells me, anyways. But, as you know, there's only a ninety nine point seven chance that it's accurate!"

The girls glared at Ami, and she blushed, looking away quickly.

"But how do we find out whether Usagi is Sailor Moon, and the Princess as well?" Makoto mused.

"I think it's time we consulted with Luna," Minako proposed, a gleam entering her eyes.

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There it is, the second chapter. I hope you're all enjoying it! Much love to those who have reviewed; for those who haven't, please, please review. I want your input on how to make this better. Thanks, and good night!

Lady Tsukino