A/N: I hope you guys do review this because I'd like some encouragement to keep this story up. I apologize to all of those who expect me to pair Ami up with one of the Earth Generals, or Scouts but I am not one of those types of people.

Also, I'd like to thank Crystal Saturn for reviewing my story. I hope you do well girl.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or anything else related to it. I do own the bad guys and the OC in this story.

Chapter 1: The New Guy

It was morning in Tokyo now; people were now heading to either their places of employment or education. The same could be said about Ami Mizuno; clad in her school uniform and carrying her book bag she walked down the sidewalk that would take her to school. Even though she was focused on getting to school, she couldn't help but wonder about that dream she had last night. In truth, it felt more of a nightmare to her. The thought of her having a lover back in the days of the Silver Millennium made her a little happy to know that she did love someone, but the scene in her dream made her sad as well. What could've forced that young man in her dream to leave her and protect her? Moreover, what had caused that explosion that had separated them from one another and possibly kill him?

"Hi Ami!" A voice called out to her snapping her out of her thoughts. She looked and saw the blond, meatball haired friend of hers; Serena.

"Hi Serena." Ami greeted politely with a smile on her face covering the frown she had earlier from her deep thoughts.

"I see you're ready to go this morning." Serena said with her usual cheerful demeanor that always seemed to make Ami smile too.

"Well, I am anxious on the test my class has today." Ami replied as the two of them walked side by side to school.

"It figures." Serena groaned; she always knew that Ami was the one who actually LIKED tests, unlike her.

"Hey guys!" Another voice called out to them as a pony tailed, brunette girl ran up to them. It was another one of her friends, Lita.

"Hi Lita." The girls said in unison as their friend caught up with them.

"Hey, did you guys hear? We've got a new student coming today!" Lita informed the two of them as all three of them walked together.

"Really?" Serena asked as it caught her interest.

"Yep, and I hear it's a boy and many of the girls are already checking him out." Lita said as she almost went into a dreamy tone. "I bet he's a real hottie."

"Oh really? But I bet he's not as cute as my Darien." Serena said as she too got into a dreamy state as she mentioned her boyfriend, Darien.

Ami, on the other hand, wasn't paying attention to their conversation. Her thoughts went back to the dream she had last night. She just couldn't get it out of her mind ever since she had it last night. Even though she went back to sleep and didn't have it again, she still wanted to see the dream again and see that man in her dreams too. She also began to wonder if the man in her dreams existed even to this day despite the passage of time between the present and the silver millennium. She just couldn't forget him at all even though it was just a dream…

"Hey Ami!" Lita exclaimed breaking Ami's thoughts.

"Huh? Yes Lita?" Ami said quickly trying to regain her composure to her friends.

"You alright girl, you zoned out on us." Lita said her voice filled with concern.

"Yeah, and it's not like you to zone out, Ami." Serena added with her own concern for her blue-haired friend.

"Oh, it's…just that I have a lot on my mind, that's all." Ami said with a blush and a smile trying to wave her friends' concern for her.

Serena and Lita weren't convinced; they knew Ami better than that and she hardly ever zones out even around them. For her to zone out like she did means that something is bothering her or something isn't going her way. Either way it did pose need for concern for her. But that concern would have to wait after school since they all had arrived there. They made it to their homeroom just in time as the bell rang. Serena was chatting with another one of her friends, Molly, as the teacher came in. The class stood up, bowed, and sat back down at the sound of the class rep before Miss Haruna spoke to them.

"Well class, as you may or may not be aware we are receiving a new student in our class today and he should be here at any moment." Just as Miss Haruna said that, the door opened and someone walked in catching the class' attention. Immediately many of the girls were wide-eyed and had sparkles in front of their eyes as they saw the person.

Right in front of the classroom was a boy about their age with short, tousled brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. His skin was slightly tanned, even though people could only see his hands and face. He had a small smile on his face that, in combination with his looks, made him a very good-looking young man to all the girls. Even Ami was gaping at the young man in front of the class; except she was more subtle than the rest of the girls, minus Serena of course. As he stood in front of the class, Miss Haruna introduced him to the class.

"Class, this is Aaron Masters. He is our exchange student from America; he is very fluent in Japanese so he should have no problem adjusting to the class. I expect all of you to make him feel welcome." Miss Haruna explained as he bowed to the class.

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you." He said smoothly looking at the class with his smile that didn't seem to fade. His voice seemed so calm and soothing that seemed to melt the girls' hearts; Ami on the other hand felt a sense of familiarity with his voice but she couldn't place it.

"Aaron, you may take your seat next to Miss Mizuno." Miss Haruna instructed him as she motioned him to the empty desk next to Ami's.

He walked over to the desk and sat in the seat as he was told while he placed his book bag down next to his seat and looked forward with that smile of his. All the while, Ami had been following his movements with her eyes. She just couldn't stop looking at him even though it was not like her to look at boys like this. True she's had this happen to her before with Greg, but this was different. She has never felt this kind of feeling towards another boy other than him; but it was stronger than what she felt for Greg, much stronger. This didn't escape Serena or Lita's eyes one bit; they saw how their friend was looking at the new student and tried to surpress their giggles just as Miss Haruna began the lessons for the day.

Later that day, Serena, Lita, and Ami were all walking towards their friend Rei's temple after a long day at school. Walking next to them was a black cat with a crescent moon birthmark on its forehead; this was Luna the cat. She was the one who told them all that they were the Sailor Scouts and she was their guardian and posed as Serena's pet. Not only that, but she could talk to boot. She had to surpress her talking in public areas though; after all, who in their right mind would like to see a talking cat?

"Man, was that a long day!" Serena moaned as she stretched her arms from almost falling asleep in class again.

"I'll say," Lita added while she had her arms behind her head. "I've never had so much crammed in my head like that in a while."

"Well you girls do need that education if you want to get ahead in life." Luna added to the conversation as she looked up at the girls.

"Whatever Luna." Serena droned as she lowered her arms to her sides while continuing to walk.

Ami had been silent though, she still couldn't get that dream or that new student at school out of her mind. She couldn't get the dream out of her mind because it was too much for her to ignore. Aaron, on the other hand, was an entirely different matter. True he was the new student at school, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she had heard his voice from somewhere. She also couldn't help but feel a little bit flustered around him. She didn't know why she did, though; but it came as if it were natural.

"Are you alright Ami?" Luna asked snapping Ami's thoughts.

"Huh?"

"Yeah, what's up girl; that's the second time today that you've been staring off into space while we're going somewhere?" Lita said adding her concern.

"Oh…uh…I'll explain when we get to the temple if that's alright?" Ami said looking a little more flustered than usual.

Lita, Luna, and Serena all looked at one another feeling their concern for their fellow scout. For her to act like this around them was as foreign as American cuisine to them. Something must be bothering her enough to barely speak to them and for her it usually isn't a good sign. This bothered them for their friend to be like this and was cause for great concern.

"Hey guys!" Another voice called out to them as a long, blonde-haired girl came running up to them. It was their other friend and scout Mina.

"Hi Mina!" The girls said with smiles on their faces as their friend came up to them.

"Well, we'd better hurry. Rei's waiting for us at the temple." Mina told them as they all continued their stroll to the temple's steps.

Meanwhile at the dark palace, the dark figure who had been watching Tokyo from afar had waited for his servant to report on their progress for their search for their objective. Walking up to him, was a humanoid figure with snakes clearly covering its body. The term 'human' was actually not the best way to describe this creature; 'demon' was the more appropriate term. Even though the creature had a slightly human appearance, it had reptilian scales as well as claws as sharp as scissors. The creature also seemed like a male.

"How may I ssssserve you my lord?" The demon spoke in a snake-like, sinister voice that was cold enough to freeze even the warmest of souls.

"Serpentio, I have an assignment for you." The dark figure spoke in his cold voice.

"Anything my lord." The creature known as 'Serpentio' replied as he put his scaly, clawed hand to his chest and bowed.

"I want you to search this city for Phoenix Blade, and capture him. I don't care what it takes, kill all in your path if you have to, but I want him alive." He instructed Serpentio before turning his head slightly towards him. "Is that clear?"

"Yesss my lord." Serpentio answered before disappearing into nothing.

The dark lord turned his head back towards Tokyo, more specifically, one of the parks in the huge human city. This 'Phoenix Blade' he spoke of seemed to be an important person if he wanted him alive. But to regard other people's lives meant that he seriously wanted him alive even if it meant killing others to obtain him. But it was all for his cause, a cause that he hoped that this 'Phoenix Blade' would be around for.

Back at the temple, the scouts had all gathered with their raven haired friend, Rei as well as a white cat with the same crescent moon birthmark as Luna's. His name was Artemis; like Luna, he served as their guardian and posed as Mina's pet. The scouts were gathered in the temple's courtyard discussing minor things while Ami sat down at one of the walkways still thinking about that dream of hers. She hoped Rei would have an answer for it and what it meant considering Rei was the spiritualist of the scouts.

"Ami…" Serena waved her hand in front of Ami's face before snapping her fingers and getting her out of her trance-like state. "What is up with you lately? You hardly ever zone out at one of our meetings."

"Is something bothering you Ami?" Luna asked as she sat down next to the blue-haired princess of Mercury.

"Well actually," Ami began before she paused. She wanted to say she was fine, but not telling them about that dream would not give her any help. "I do have something bothering me."

"Could you tell us what's wrong then?" Rei asked as she looked at Ami from her sweeping.

"Well, I've had the strangest dream last night…" She said before she began explaining the details of her dream. From the way she was dressed, right down to the ending. The only detail she left out was when the young man in her dream kissed her. It was, shall we say, too personal of a matter to be discussed. After she was finished, the girls were actually amazed at what she had explained to them. Rei was the one who was in more deep thought than the rest of them.

"I must say, Ami that is a very unique dream." Luna said as she stared in awe at the young girl.

"I'll say, it actually reminds me of that dream me and Darien had when Rini was here." Serena said as she too looked at Ami now realizing what had been bothering her all day. For Serena, that dream she had was more of a nightmare so she can actually sympathize what Ami was feeling. Hers and Darien's dream showed them at their wedding before the same thing that happened in Ami's dream occurred along with a voice telling them not to be together in order for Darien to protect Serena. After they visited the future and saw Darien's future self tell them that he gave them that dream to prepare them for anything.

The girls were actually surprised that Ami was able to have a dream like hers. It was in such detail that it was almost too much to ignore. Rei was also in deep thought about Ami's dream. For her friends to have a dream like this was not usually a good sign; it was definitely a bad omen for Ami to have that dream. She looked at Ami with a look of concern; if this dream meant what she thought it meant…then Ami would be in grave danger in the near future.

"I think you should be careful Ami; this dream could mean that something bad may happen to you." Rei explained to her as she held her hand under her chin. "I'd keep your communicator and transforming wand with you at all times if I were you."

"I'll do that, Rei." Ami nodded to her miko friend before she got up and readied to leave. "I'd better get going. I have to study before my biology test tomorrow."

"We'll see you later then Ami." Serena said as they all said goodbye to her while she walked down the temple's steps.

They all couldn't help but feel worried about her after she mentioned what had transpired in her dream. With Rei's knowledge of dreams, they knew she could tell a dream like hers meant bad news for Ami, and quite possibly them. Either way, they had to be ready as the Sailor Scouts if they were going to be any danger. Even as Sailor Scouts, they had their limits; they just hoped Ami would be OK if she ran into danger on her own.

Meanwhile, Ami had just gotten on the last step of the temple actually glad she managed to get that load off her shoulders and tell her friends about it. But that dream still haunted her mind. She also took Rei's warning to heart; she may not be the strongest of the scouts, but she still knew how to fight and defend herself; but she still worried of what would happen to herself. She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice that someone was walking around a corner in front of her deep in thoughts himself. Without warning, the two of them bumped into one another so hard hat they both fell to their rears.

"Ow! I'm so sorry sir; I didn't see where I was going." Ami apologized as she rubbed her head from bumping into the person.

"It's Ok, I wasn't looking myself." The person said; it was obviously a boy's voice. Ami recognized it and looked up to see Aaron looking at her while on his rear with his hand behind his head with that same smile he had back at school. Ami felt her cheeks warm up from a blush that was forming on her face. Just looking at him made her feel a little flustered and that smile of his seemed to call out to her.

He got up and brushed some of the dust off of himself before he reached a hand out to her. "Here, let me help you up."

She looked at his hand and noticed that on it was a ring with a bird of some kind engraved in it; then she looked back up at him and noticed that he was looking at her with his chocolate brown eyes that almost made her melt. His eyes reflected a certain kindness she had rarely seen in anyone besides Serena; not only that, but he was still smiling at her. Without thinking twice, she took his hand and he helped her lift her up from the ground and she brushed herself off from dust. She then looked at him and noticed that he was slightly taller than her, but he didn't dwarf her like Darien would.

"Thank you, but I sill apologize for bumping into you." She said looking a little ashamed that she had unintentionally bumped into him.

He merely chuckled at her and put his hand he helped her up with behind his head. "No, really it was my fault; I didn't see you coming. So don't worry about it, Ami was it?"

She blushed knowing that he remembered who she was. "Um…yes."

"Sorry if I caused you any inconvenience." Aaron said as he continued to smile sheepishly at her.

"There's no need to apologize. No harm done right?" She said to him managing a smile towards him while her blush managed to subside.

"Yeah, I guess so." He replied with another chuckle and he managed to get a giggle out of her. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." He then turned to leave but still looked at her.

"Right." She nodded with a smile. He then completely turned and walked away; but she was still standing there watching him leave with a smile. 'He seemed so modest.' She thought to herself as she watched him leave.

She then caught herself standing there and decided to keep going. She was now coming up to the park that would be her shortcut back to her apartment building. All the while she couldn't get Aaron's image out of her head. Not to mention that smile of his that never seemed to fade from his kind face. She felt her cheeks redden with another blush and surpress a giggle. But the giggle didn't last long as she heard a scream from somewhere else in the park.

Whipping her head towards the direction the scream came from and saw a woman running from something. Looking towards what she was running from, Ami gasped as she saw a monster riding a giant snake-like creature she knew from literature as a basilisk. It was laughing very sinisterly with a snake-like cackle as it chased the woman, as if enjoying her misery. She knew that she would need reinforcements for this; so she brought her left arm up that had her Mercury communicator on it and contacted the girls.

"Guys, come in!" Ami said frantically into her watch.

On the other side she heard Lita's voice. "We read you, Ami, what's up?"

"There's trouble in the park; a monster has appeared attacking the people in it and it's riding a giant snake." Ami explained with urgency escaping her voice.

"Did she say a giant snake?" She heard Serena quiver on the other side before Rei told her to quit her 'bellyaching' before she heard Lita again.

"We'll be there as soon as we can Ami, try to hold it off until then!" Lita said anxiously as Ami replied affirmatively before severing the line.

She then looked around to see if anyone else was around; apparently everyone had run away from the monster. "Good, no one's around."

She then took her star-tipped transformation wand and threw her hand in the air holding onto it before shouting, "MERCURY STAR POWER!"

She was then covered in a bright blue light as she began to transform from her normal self, to Sailor Mercury. As the light faded, she was now covered in a sailor-type outfit with white gloves that ended at her elbows, a tiara with a blue gem in the middle, a blue miniskirt, and high-heeled boots that ended below her knees. Her outfit's primary color seemed to be a light blue; it was tipped at almost every part of it. She then ran at the monster as it was going to corner the woman it was chasing.

"MERCURY BUBBLES…" She yelled as she brought her hands close as a ball of white energy appeared between them. She then spun around as the ball became larger and danced; it was now in front of her forearms just as she flung them apart. "BLAST!" As soon as she flung her arms open, the ball of energy turned into dozens of bubbles that covered the entire area in a mist and covered the woman's retreat while the snake-demon and basilisk halted their pursuit and looking around looking for the source of this fog.

"Who'sss there? Who daresss interrupt my fun?" The snake-demon demanded in his angry snake voice while turning his head in all directions.

"That would be me!" A voice called from the mist that revealed the girl clad in the sailor outfit looking very angry at the demon.

"And just who are you?" The snake demon demanded.

"I am Sailor Mercury, champion of justice!" She declared as she posed. "I will right wrongs and triumph over evil! And in the name of the planet Mercury," She then pointed at the demon in her pose. "I shall punish you!"

The demon merely threw its head back and laughed just as the giant basilisk it had been riding disappeared…into its skin. "Oh please, don't make me laugh. A little girl like you couldn't possibly stop me."

"I can still try." Sailor Mercury retorted as she readied herself for anything from this demon.

"Very well, you've dug your own grave then." Serpentio shrugged before lunging smaller snakes from his arms at her.

Sailor Mercury simply jumped out of the way as the snakes missed her and retracted back to Serpentio. She then stood back up and spun around as she got another one of her attacks ready to strike. Above her a small puddle of liquid seemed to form out of nowhere as if she were creating it herself.

"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" She then flung her arms open again, this time the puddle of liquid came at the snake demon and grew bigger like he was being splashed. Instead of getting all wet as one would expect, his body was then covered in ice as the attack, literally, froze him in place and turned him into a block of ice.

Sailor Mercury stood with her arms closed, proud of her work. "Well, looks like he won't be going anywhere for a while." She refrained her last statement as she noticed the ice began to crack.

She then whipped out her computer while a blue goggle-like visor appeared in front of her eyes and began analyzing the situation. She then cursed herself for not remembering that this creature was reptilian, and reptiles were cold blooded; so her attack merely kept it frozen for only a second. Just as quickly as the crack appeared, more did until the ice that kept this thing from being prisoner broke out hissing at her very angrily.

"Is that all you've got?" Serpentio mocked as if her attack meant nothing. "I've barely just started and already I have the upper hand. Then again, who says I need handsss?" He then flung a long snake at her with its fangs open. The fangs looked like they could bite her right down to her bone. Not only that, green liquid seemed to drip from them; it was undoubtedly some kind of poison that could kill her instantly. She could barely move a muscle; she was frozen in fear knowing that the snake was going to kill her anyway if she jumped out of the way.

"MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!"

All of a sudden, rings of fire surrounded the snake and burned it to ashes. Sailor Mercury felt relieved as she and Serpentio looked to see four figures standing in the sunlight, shadowing their features before they revealed themselves. They all had the same type of outfit as Sailor Mercury, but in different colors. One had green traces and had brown hair tied in a ponytail, the other two had long hair; one with blonde hair, the other raven colored hair. The blonde haired girl had traces of orange on her outfit while the raven-haired girl had traces of red on hers. The last girl was blonde with pigtails that started at a pair of ruby-pieced meatball buns.

"What, more of them?" Serpentio exclaimed looking at the group of girls that stood before him.

"That's right snake breath!" The blonde, meatball head declared as she posed herself. "I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice!"

The raven-haired girl then posed. "I am Sailor Mars!"

Then the brunette, "I am Sailor Jupiter!"

Then finally, the blonde-haired girl with a bow in her hair posed. "And I am Sailor Venus!"

"We will right wrongs and triumph over evil!" Sailor Moon announced before she pointed at Serpentio as well as the other scouts in their poses. "And that means you!" They all shouted.

Serpentio merely snickered. "Well then, give me your best shot!"

"You asked for it." Sailor Jupiter glared as a small metal rod appeared on top of her tiara as sparks of electricity began to form in her hands. "JUPITER THUNDERCLAP ZAP!" She then tossed the ball of electricity at Serpentio.

From Sailor Venus, a chain of tiny yellow hearts appeared around her. She then brought her thumb, pinky and index fingers on her right hand forward towards Serpentio as the chain charged at him. "VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!"

The attacks hit Serpentio head-on and exploded behind a pillar of smoke. The sailor scouts looked proud of their work. Even though they felt that they destroyed him before Sailor Moon got the chance to, they hoped it made him think twice.

"WATCH OUT GUYS!" Sailor Mercury shouted as she analyzed what happened.

Without warning, another poison snake shot itself out of the smoke and directly towards Sailor Moon with its fangs open and bared to bite down on her skin and kill her with its poison. Like Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon was paralyzed with fear of the snake coming at her. While the other scouts got out of the way, she let her fear get the better of her as the reptile came at her. But just before it could get a chance to even touch her, something got in its way and sliced its head off; looking relieved, Sailor Moon saw a red rose on the pavement where the snake was when its head was severed. The scouts and Serpentio looked to where the rose came from. While the scouts were a little relieved, Serpentio was confused. On a lamp post in perfect balance stood a man in a black tuxedo with a long cape flapping in the wind behind him and a white mask covering his eyes; a black top hat completing his look.

"Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon exclaimed in relish to know that her prince charming had arrived.

"A snake without its head is no threat, especially a poisonous one; such as you!" Tuxedo Mask stated as he pointed his cain at Serpentio.

"Says you pretty boy!" Serpentio retorted as he threw more snakes at Tuxedo Mask, who batted them away with his cain.

"Now Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Mask shouted as he batted another snake away from him.

"Right!" Sailor Moon nodded as she pulled out a red, ball-tipped crescent moon scepter out to finish the job she and her fellow scouts were going to do. "MOON SCEPTER…"

"I don't think so!" Serpentio exclaimed as he flung another snake at her, but instead of biting her, this one wrapped itself around her arms and upper body stopping her from using her attack.

"Sailor Moon!" The other scouts and Tuxedo Mask shouted before more snakes came out of nowhere and wrapped themselves around them.

"Ha! All too easy." Serpentio said triumphantly as he motioned his snakes to bunch them all in front of him. "Now, I could kill you all at once…" He said to them as he paced in front of them. "But where's the fun in that? So I'll kill you all one at a time. Now, who should die first? Any volunteers?" No one replied, except with growls and glares. He then looked at Sailor Mercury, who was wrapped in a snake at where she first appeared. "I think I'll start with you; besides my pet is very hungry." He sneered as the basilisk appeared below his feet and readied itself to eat her alive. "You may feast on her, my sssweet." Serpentio said to his giant snake as it lunged at her.

"Sailor Mercury!" The scouts shouted as they saw the snake charge at her.

Sailor Mercury, for her part, was once again frozen in fear. This time, a much bigger snake was going to eat her alive and kill her much quicker than an ordinary snake would. Ami, herself, was beginning to remember her life before this moment; from the time she was a child, to when she first met Serena and became Sailor Mercury, up until she met with Aaron. She closed her eyes, wishing that she could've got to know Aaron more; he was such a kind person to her. She also silently wished that he would've become her boyfriend and have one for the first time in her life.

"PHOENIX FLAME WING!" A voice shouted as a wall of fire appeared tearing up the pavement and engulfed the basilisk just as Serpentio jumped off of it and landed in time to see who had killed his pet.

Standing in the sunlight stood another figure looking defiantly at Serpentio. He had golden armor and an orange cape flowing behind him. His armor made him look almost like a knight, except his armor was only a chest plate, metal gauntlets with cloth gloves, and gold colored boots. His hair was short and smoothed out and was a bright orange color; a metal headband was wrapped around his head with a mask covering his eyes.

"Who's that?" Sailor Moon asked to no one in particular while staring in awe at the new arrival.

"I have no idea." Sailor Mars said as she too was looking at their mysterious savior.

Sailor Mercury was also gaping at the new arrival, but in a different sense. 'He looks like the man from my dream!' She thought to herself as she recognized the man in the golden armor.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Whew! That took me all day; but it was worth it. Now I hope you guys review and tell me what you think!