Usagi stared, in shock. Standing there on a building was a girl with long blonde hair wearing a sailor suit and an orange mask adorned her face. The girl wore a serious expression on her face,
"Is that Sailor V?" Makoto spoke, confused.
"It looks like Sailor V but her outfits are different…" Ami added, sounding equally confused.
It was then Sailor V smiled, and removed the mask from her face,
"You're right, I do look different. I don't take these off in front of anyone you know."
Usagi looked at Sailor V in awe, so it really was her? It was then as she looked at Sailor V did Usagi notice the white cat with a crescent on its forehead. It looked like Luna….
"How rude! She may be Sailor V but she is also the heir to the Moon Kingdom, the Silver Milluneum, and the holder of the Legendary Silver Crystal, Princess Serenity!" The fluffy white cat spoke, in a stern voice.
Usagi blinked, Sailor V was the princess? That couldn't be right…because Haruka and Michiru said that she was. Usagi was confused. Did it have to do with the crescent symbol on her forehead? It was then that a flash of a white castle appeared in her mind, and Usagi felt as though she almost remembered something.
Sailor V jumped down from the building and stood in front of them all, smiling.
"You've done well so far, Sailor Moon."
Usagi stared at Sailor V, still unable to believe she was here. Sailor V had been someone she looked up to for quite a long time, and now she was right here giving her a compliment no less.
"Did the fighting simulations from the game have an effect on you?" The cat asked, with a smile and a wink.
Usagi blinked, so the video game had been training her? Then earlier it really had been Sailor V talking to her through the game?
"It seems like it did. I feel like I already know you because I've been watching you from the game for so long now." Sailor V spoke, before turning to everyone else.
Usagi watched as Sailor V spoke to each of them, and shook their hands. As she did so, each of her friends' eyes widened as if they had seen something shocking.
"I feel as though I almost remembered something important…" Rei spoke slowly, placing her hand against her forehead.
"You must all hurry and remember your previous lives…" Sailor V looked at them all, seriously.
"Sailor Moon?" Luna's voice came, and Usagi jumped a bit surprised?
Sailor V turned, and looked around,
"Luna? Oh she must be in the control room…let's go meet her?" Sailor V spoke holding a pen in her hand. In a flash of light, Sailor V had changed, and she was now only wearing a simple middle school uniform.
Sailor V smiled and spoke,
"This is my regular form. I'm Aino Minako, and like you guys I'm in 8th grade! It's nice to meet you!"
_
Minako sighed, it had been so long since she'd visited the control room. Out of the corner of her eye Minako looked at Sailor Moon out of the corner of her eye. Hadn't she been acting rather strange? She had noticed the girl had been looking at her funnily as well. Minako wondered what that was about, because there was no possible way she could know the truth.
"My sincerest apologies princess for not coming to meet you personally." Luna spoke to her respectfully.
"Don't apologize Luna! You were doing your duties, you did the right thing!" Minako spoke, cheerfully. Although admittedly it was rather odd to her that Luna was talking to her in such a way. Minako understood it was because Luna thought she was the princess but it still didn't make it any less weird for her.
"Princess…we've been searching for you for a while now, and you just now make contact? Did you know? If so, why wait so long?" Minako heard Mercury speak, and she turned to look at her fellow Senshi.
"Mercury…it's a long story. You see I met my partner Artemis quite some time ago, and didn't meet Luna till much later. Back then I didn't know about all of you and was just solving mysteries with him. Since I regained my memories I have been investigating while I waited for you to awaken…"
Minako paused for a moment before continuing,
"The more data I gathered the more it became clear that our enemy wasn't human. The ones behind the incidents are the Dark Kingdom, and in the shadows manipulating the kingdom is a dark creature, an evil being that seeks the Legendary Silver Crystal and will destroy the world if it gets its hands on it."
It was silent until Mars spoke up,
"Princess? Have you met this beast?"
Minako nodded and looked down,
"Yes…I have for it is the same creature that destroyed the Moon Kingdom and took our happiness oh so long ago. You understand, right? We must fix our past mistakes and destroy that creature once in for all!"
Minako saw the looks on her fellow Senshi's faces, they were scared. Of course they were who wouldn't be?
"Princess…what about the Silver Crystal?" Mercury asked her, slowly.
"I cannot tell you it's location because I worry about its security, but I can assure you that it will not fall into enemy hands. But even still we must be careful as we are already targets! We must not let the enemy get the Silver Crystal!"
Minako looked around, and she noticed Sailor Moon's face, she looked terrified. Minako hoped this was the correct path.
_
Endymion!
Usagi opened her eyes to the sound of a phone ringing. Sleepily she looked towards her window and saw that it was still night. Slowly Usagi reached towards her desk and picked up the phone Michiru and Haruka had given her, sure enough it was ringing. Slowly Usagi opened it, and put it towards her ear.
"Hello…" Usagi spoke, sleepiness still evident in her voice, and waited for the person on the other end of the line to speak.
"Usagi, I'm sorry did I wake you? I just wanted to make sure that everything turned out alright, earlier." A voice, which belonged to Michiru, came from the end of the line.
Usagi blinked, trying to get the sleep out of her eyes,
"Oh, yeah everything turned out fine but…" Usagi had trailed off for a moment before continuing.
"Michiru, do you know who Sailor V is? As in who she was?"
_
Michiru listened to Usagi's question on the other end of the line, curiously. Wondering where the question came from briefly.
"Sailor V? Oh she would be Sailor Venus, who was the leader of the group of Senshi who protected you."
The line was silent for a moment, before Michiru heard Usagi speak again her voice wavering,
"Oh I see…"
Michiru grew a bit worried, had something gone wrong, after all?
"Michiru…I know it's late, but there's something I need to talk about, and there's nobody else I can go to…. Could we meet somewhere so I could tell you about it?" Michiru could hear the cracks in Usagi's voice, she sounded as though she was about to cry.
"That would be fine."
What kind of friend would she be if she couldn't be there for her princess when she needed her?
_
Usagi stood outside, in the cold. A light jacket clung to her figure, and Usagi was glad she decided to bring it. Admittedly it had been a little hard, as she had to climb out her window to get outside un-detected. Usagi looked around looking for Michiru, hoping her friend would get here soon.
When Usagi finally spotted Michiru's familiar green curls she was about to walk over but stopped, suddenly feeling very unsure of herself. What if her mom was right? What if she really was just a waste of Michiru and Haruka's time?
"Usagi, are you alright?"
Usagi looked up to see Michiru standing in front of her,
"Michiru…I'm scared. Today, I almost died, but I didn't because Sailor V came to save us."
Usagi felt tears well up in her eyes,
"Sailor V told us about what we've been fighting this whole time…she said it was the same creature that destroyed the Moon Kingdom, and that we have to destroy it, but the thought of facing a thing like that…I can't…I don't think I can do it." Usagi had started to cry now, she realized.
"The person I was almost killed by today was human, but we couldn't do anything against him. How are we supposed to fight an ancient evil if we can't beat him? I'm scared. That thing is going to kill us. I don't want to fight something like that…I don't want to die." Tears were streaming down Usagi's face at this point, and she hiccuped and found it hard to breathe.
Usagi's vision was blurry, and she couldn't make much out past the tears. She could barely see Michiru's face. Usagi looked at the ground, still sobbing.
"Sailor V, and I switched places…she's pretending to be the Princess while I'm in the role of the leader. But I can't lead anyone, I can barely protect myself. I just don't know what to do or what everyone wants me to do! I just want to go back to before I got involved with this!"
"Usagi, please look at me." Michiru spoke, placing her hands on Usagi's shoulder.
Usagi looked up at her friend, still unable to slow her tears.
"Usagi, it's alright. You're not going to die, I promise you this. Haruka, and I will protect you. We would lay down our lives to stop any harm from coming to you. It's okay you're scared, there are people asking a lot of you. But I swear to you Usagi you'll get through this, you'll live and after I'll make sure you never have to fight again. So please don't cry."
Usagi listened to Michiru's words, but still she cried. She was such a crybaby.
"Michiru…you and Haruka…you guys make me so happy. You guys…aren't going to leave me right?"
Michiru pulled Usagi close to her, and hugged her.
"Haruka, and I will always be there for you, I promise you that. I promise you'll be okay too. Haruka and I will protect you to the end."
Usagi hid her face in Michiru's shoulder,
"You really mean it…?"
Michiru held her princess close,
"Of course I do, Princess. I swear I'll always be here for you."
_
Kunzite stared down, at the corpses of the ones he held dear. How could this have happened? Jaidete, Nephrite, and now Zoisite too. How could this have happened, under his watch?
"Of the Four Generals I am the only one left…"
It was then a voice from behind spoke,
"You know, Kunzite my darling General of the Middle East if we had the Silver Crystal…I could easily bring back the ones you hold so dear."
Kunzite turned, and walked towards Queen Beryl, and laid a kiss on her hand,
"I will get it for you, and kill the ones who destroyed my comrades and their princess as retribution."
Tokyo shined brightly in the dark of night….
What an ugly harsh light, soon a new beauty will take its place, darkness.
_
Five Sailor Senshi stood before Tokyo Tower, in the darkness. At the very top of the tower a sinister white light glowed. The Senshi stared at the top of the tower, and looked at each other they needed to get up there!
Together they could do it, they took each other's hands, and through their combined power they started to ascend to the top of the tower.
_
"I am Pretty Senshi of Love and Justice Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon I'll punish you!" Usagi yelled, and raised the Moon Stick in the air.
"Moon Healing Escalation!" Usagi shouted, hoping her attack would be effective. But nothing happened, and the enemy, a man with long white hair just smirked at her.
With a flick of his wrist, Usagi was knocked back, and she fell off the edge of the tower. Usagi was afraid, she was falling and she had know way to stop herself, was this her end? Usagi closed her eyes, praying that someone would help her.
Suddenly she wasn't falling anymore, and Usagi cracked open her eyes.
She opened her eyes, and saw that she was in someone's arms, and looked and saw Michiru, who wore the uniform of a Senshi as well. Usagi saw that Haruka stood next to Michiru, and she was so happy to see them.
Usagi hugged Michiru tightly. She was so happy they were here.
Usagi's feet touched the ground, and she looked over towards the fight. She saw Mercury, and Mars staring at her, or rather Haruka and Michiru suspiciously.
"Supreme Thunder!" A shout came and Usagi saw Jupiter attack and hit their enemy, but the man remained unfazed.
Heh heh go attack me all you like to. I'll absorb your attacks and then send them back to you tenfold.
Usagi heard a voice, and looked around. Who said that? Usagi looked at her enemy again had it been him? Yes, it had to be? Usagi watched as energy crackled all around the man, and she realized he was about to attack. That attack she realized was aimed at her.
_
Haruka watched, and realized what was about to happen. He saw the attack being charged up, and he saw where it was aimed. It would hit Usagi, and her Senshi were too far away to protect her.
Haruka thought about what Michiru had told her, and how their Princess had cried, stating she was afraid to die. No she wasn't going to die. Not now, not like this. She wouldn't let anything happen to Usagi, and there without hesitation Haruka did the only thing she could think of. As the attack was fired Haruka jumped and shielded Usagi from the attack.
_
Usagi was horrified. She couldn't believe her eyes. Haruka was…Haruka had taken the attack for her.
Usagi watched Haruka collapse in front of her, and she screamed.
"Haruka!"