AN: Thanks for all the review. Sorry it took so long. Another one will be up soon.

"Oh my God, did you hear about, like, what happened, in the computer lab?"

"Like totally! How messed up was that?"

"Luckily Sailor Moon was there!"

"Oh, I know. She is hands down the best superhero there is!"

"People say there was another one this time!"

"What? Another hot girl in a short skirt?"

"WHERE?"

"Perverts!"

"ANYWAY…yeah, they said she was Sailor Mercury."

"Mercury, huh? Cool."

Serena mostly beamed with pride as she walked through the halls of her school. A few comments she blushed at, but she was pretty happy. Not only had she made a new and different friend, she had a companion to help out in fights. Besides Tuxedo Mask. I wonder why he didn't show up today. I really could have used his help when I was 'dancing.' I wonder if he knows how to dance. I wonder if he can dirty dance. Who was the actress who was in Dirty Dancing?

Meanwhile, she and Ami were on their way to the Crown Arcade to keep Andrew company. Serena had already filled Ami in on her friends, and Ami was trying to memorize everything she knew about them. Mina-Serena's best friend, long blanket of blonde hair. Andrew-one of Mina's crushes, dirty blonde hair, works at arcade. Elizabeth-brown hair, Andrew's little sister. Zelda-dark blonde hair in a ponytail, hopelessly in love with Kevin, annoying laugh. Kevin-bleached hair, arrogant, but handsome, flirts too often. Nick-long brown hair, quiet, keeps to himself most of the time, fairly smart. Jed-jokes a lot, short blonde hair, gets annoying pretty quickly. Darien-Serena described him ass, arrogant, a jerk, needs a reality check, incomparable looks, flirt, black hair.

"Serena, do we really have to go? We need to get to your house to study an talk about our duties." Serena stopped and scratched her head.

"Duties?" she questioned.

"You know, Sailor business," Ami whispered.

"Right, right! Don't worry. We'll have plenty of time later," Serena explained as they were about to enter the Arcade. "Besides, I have to talk to Darien."

"Why? Planning your next date?" Ami joked, with an elbow in Serena's side.

"NO!" Serena said immediately. Then her face reddened. "Darien and I have our own duties to discuss." Serena led Ami to her usual table and introduced her to everybody. "Guys, this is my friend Ami. She's new to our school and I've been showing her around." After I forgot to this morning, she added silently.

"Hey, Ami, I'm Zelda."

"Nick."

"Kevin."

"Jed." Jed gave his hand to Ami, but it shocked her. Elizabeth gave him a well-deserved slap on the back of the head.

"Sorry about him, I'm Elizabeth, my brother Andrew is over working by the counter," the sweet girl told Ami.

"Yeah, he always works double-time to make Serena's order of 15 milkshakes, 20 cheeseburgers, and 53 cookies," a deep voice said with a smirk in Serena and Ami's direction. "I'm Darien, by the way. Nice to meet you."

Ami shook his hand. "Nice to meet all of you too," she said in a diplomatic kind of tone. Then Nick and Jed scooted down so that Ami and Serena could sit down.

"So, did you guys hear about the attack in the electronic wing?" Serena asked, she couldn't help but toot her own horn.

"Yeah, I mean, the monsters have gone pretty far, but to attack our own school?" Kevin said.

"Yeah, that's pretty low!" Zelda commented.

Then Ami chimed in. "I heard there was another Sailor Scout this time. Mercury, I think."

"Mercury, really?" Darien asked, interest perked.

"Yeah, but it was weird, they said Tuxedo Mask didn't show up this time," Serena added, still slightly miffed.

He probably was stuck in Biology class with the least lenient teacher possible. "I'm sure he had a good reason," Darien voiced aloud.

"He had better," Serena mumbled.

"What was that Meatball Head?" Darien questioned.

"Umm, nothing! I was just thinking that we need to get together and plan for Homecoming week."

"I think you two just need to get together," Kevin coughed.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" two voices shouted at the same time.

A few hours after Kevin's little 'incident', Ami and Serena were talking up in Serena's room. Luna was filling Ami on about the enemy. "They call themselves the Negaverse. Their leader, Queen Beryl, is gathering energy to release Queen Metallia. Metallia's release would mean destruction for everyone on Earth."

"Oh," was all Ami could muster, and it was barely audible anyway.

"You and Serena, gods help us, have been chosen to fight the Negaverse," Luna finished.

"What was with that 'gods help us' comment, Luna? Are you implying that I am a bad scout?" Serena asked threateningly.

"Oh no, all good scouts complain about having to fight monsters while skipping class!" Luna countered.

"Luna, there's something I've been thinking about," Serena said.

"Thinking? You?"

"STOP BEING SO MEAN!" Serena wailed.

"Do you two always squabble like children?" Ami asked calmly. Serena stopped wailing immediately. "You were saying Serena?"

"Oh, right. I thought I was the only Sailor Scout," Serena said thoughtfully.

"Oh, no, no. There are still three other scouts we need to find. Venus, Mars, and Jupiter," Luna explained.

"Oh, good. Then they can share the work," Serena sighed. "I'm glad it's a slow night. Ami, maybe we can go partying later, Ames!"

"I think not, Serena!" Luna chided. "Central Control has informed me of some strange happenings at Hikawa Shrine. I want you two to investigate."

"We'll go at once," Ami said immediately.

"Ami, you shouldn't agree so soon, she might've changed her mind!" Serena cried as Ami led her out of her house.