A/N: Hello! Hi! :)

I'm glad that you are liking this story. I like it to and I feel so inspired to write!

I also have to clear something up...

Yes, this is inspired by SM CRYSTAL, but of course you can picture the characters as the original. BUT... Minako doesn't remember more than the other senshi. And I'm gonna do my own version of her past in the Sailor V manga.

milktea5 - Don't worry, every ship will get their time to shine, this is only the beginning.

Enjoy!

NEGA

CHAPTER 2 – Mean girls are popular

Ami's pink lips formed into a smirk as she watch her pathetic classmate struggle with her next move in their their highly mundane game. Cute girl, Ami thought as she studied her. Short strawberry blonde hair tied into small pigtails, big green eyes which reminded her of someone else's she knew who had the same shade… Eugh! Ami rolled her eyes in disgust.
The blonde girl of course wore the same springtime uniform as her, only this girl wore her blue skirt shorter. Such girls disgusted Ami, no class whatsoever, they reminded her of Minako… that bitch. Trying their best to look all dolled up, and show of as much skin as possible in an attempt to catch a man's eye. Mizuno Ami had no need for such things, all she wanted was power, and to be praised for her massive intellect.

Mizuno Ami was a small girl. She had an average height and was very slim, yet she had some tempting curves to her body. Not so big at the chest area, not that she cared about that, but her legs were stunning from heels to skirt. The boys thought her blue locks to be beautiful, while the girls admired her intelligence.

This little chess game had started when the girl… what was her name again? Who cares? During lunch she had bragged about her chess skills, that she was invited to play as a representative of the school at the next chess tournament. Earlier, the teachers had asked Ami, but she had declined thinking there would be no one who could give her a real fight. Now they had asked this girl instead? Please…

Ami had then challenged her, just for fun… of course. She had then proceeded to make it even more fun. She convinced the blonde girl to make bets. Now they were playing to win pencils, their lunchboxes, gold earrings, Ami's blue crystal hairclip, money… and a ticket to the next Ikki Kazuki concert. That ticket being the shivering girl's.

The whole class had gathered around them, excited to see who would win.

The girl's whole body shook as she finally moved one of the white chess pieces, the knight. Stupid! She didn't know the error she had just made. Ami played along though, for fun.

''Ooooh~! I'm so scared,'' she snickered. The girl looked up, obviously not convinced. She was still shaking.

''Okay… enough playing, I'm bored already.'' Ami moved her black queen, bringing her victory. ''Checkmate.''

The girl's eyes widened, and then she hunched over in defeat. Ami snickered and twirled a lock from her blue shoulder length hair. ''I have never finished a game that quickly before, you must be special. I win, and these are mine.'' She gathered the bets into her handbag. The girl started crying, and even though the other classmates felt sympathy, they didn't have the courage to stand up against Ami Mizuno.

Ami put her hairclip back on, and then looked over her winnings. She could buy something nice for that money... Her eyes found the concert ticket, so she picked it up… and tore it to shreds in front of the girl's horror-struck face. The girl flew up, almost knocking over her chair.

''Why did you do that?'' she cried. ''If you didn't want it you could have just given it back!''

Ami wrinkled her nose. ''As if I would go to such a pesky concert! It's your fault for betting it and acting all arrogant in the first place!''

The girl let out a wail as she ran passed Ami and continued out of the classroom. Some classmates took a step, ready to follow her but froze when Ami gave them a warning look. ''Anyone want to go against me?'' They shook their heads in answer.

Ami grinned. Being in power is marvelous.

Rei held the palm of a brunette with a short haircut. The girl's cheeks were rosy and her eyes sparkled with love. Gross… and her two friends standing behind her looked just as excited. They were just another set of girls informed about Rei's seemingly legit abilities to see into the future. They had walked up to her while she was sitting on a bench on school grounds, eating lunch, and asked her to read the brunette's future love life with her boyfriend.

Rei had been extremely ticked off when they had bothered her, but had given them a fake smile and agreed. ''I need to help a schoolmate after all.'' The girls had giggled in excitement.

Hino Rei was a beautiful girl already acting like a high class woman with style. The grey school uniform looked elegant on her and the black hairband made her look like a princess. Her waist-long raven hair was tied up in a high ponytail.

Now she was reading the girl's palm, really concentrating.
The bench was located under a tree, so it cast a shadow over her face, shielding her from the sunlight.

She gasped in exhaustion, letting go of the girl's hand. ''Oh my, are you alright Hino-san?'' said the girl.

Damn it! Rei gritted her teeth. She hated being this weak. It's ridiculous that a simple reading had to drain her so. She hardly knew why she agreed to do them in the first place. Stupid, naïve and laughable, all of them! Will I pass the test? Is he in love with me? Will I be rich? Will I get married?

Love and marriage? Hino Rei could die of laughter.

Rei began massaging her temples. ''I've seen your future with this young man of yours.''

''You have!?'' The tree girls pressed their faces so hard against each other you could imagine them molding into one.

''Yes,'' Rei sighed, tossing back her raven strands. ''He is cheating on you.''

All hope and happiness vanished from the girl's face, her mouth gaped open in shock. ''W-what? No, that can't be true! It just can't!'' Her friends backed away.

''Are you telling me that my premonitions are false?'' Rei growled.

The brunette gasped at Rei's tone. ''N-no… I just… Do it again!'' She held out her hand again. ''There must have been something wrong-'' SMACK! The small girl was cut off by Rei slapping her across the face. A burning red mark began showing. Rei stood up much taller than the girl. ''MY POWERS ARE NEVER WRONG!'' she screamed, and then she snickered, ''And just so you know… after you find out the truth, you are going to end your miserable life, and then I shall be the one laughing,'' Rei laughed mockingly as she turned on her heels and walked away, leaving the girl as she sank down to the ground crying her eyes out.

''Ow! That hurts!''

Makoto rolled her eyes at the wailing guy she had just kicked to the mat. She tightened the black belt on her dobok. Her Tae Kwon Do class had just started and there was already a sad loser crying. Why did she even continue to go to this school activity? Oh yeah… to beat the shit out of things! But there was no freaking competition here! Makoto felt disgust as the boy rubbed his sore arm. He was older than her. Age did not matter though; all men were weaklings in her eyes.

''Suck it up or get out!'' Makoto barked. The fire in her green eyes made the boy tremble.

''Hey! You can't talk to him that way!'' A short haired girl came to the boy's defense, blocking Makoto's view of him.

''Aw… how cute,'' Makoto snickered and then pushed the girl over. Both she and the boy cried out as she landed on him. ''The girlfriend comes to the rescue.''

The boy hugged the girl who was now crying. ''Senpai, are you going to allow her to do this?'' He turned to the club leader for help and was shocked when the older schoolmate just bit his lip and backed away.
Kino Makoto grinned with triumph. No one dared going against her will, just as she liked it. She was known as a hot headed beast, everyone in class was scared of her. Once she had ordered her classmates to eat their lunches outside so she could have the classroom to herself, and if anyone questioned her… they got bruises. She had wavy brown hair that fell over her shoulders with her sides pulled back in a green hairclip. She had an hourglass figure thanks to her big bust and hips, and she was very tall. She was taller than most of the guys in school which made her look even more intimidating. Everyone who knew Makoto Kino knew that if she comes down the hallway, you'd better move aside.

Makoto decided she had had enough. ''I'm hitting the showers, no need to stick around here.''

When she entered the locker room there were a number of other girls already there. When they saw her enter, they all pressed themselves against the lockers, trying to get as far away from her reach as possible. Makoto just narrowed her eyes and proceeded to open her locker to get her energy drink. But she was surprised to see that the can wasn't inside. Then adding to her bitterness she remembered that she had forgotten to buy one from the machine across school.

''FUCK!'' She slammed the locker making everyone jump. When Makoto turned her eyes on them she just knew she wanted them out… NOW!

''GET OUT OF HERE!'' she roared. Everyone hurried, gathered their things and ran out. One didn't though, as Makoto took a grip around her arm. ''You! Go buy me an energy drink! And you better not slack!''

The girl who was shaking in fear nodded her head. ''Y-yes, Kino-san!'' she squeaked and ran out.

And the day had started so well… Makoto sighed in frustration and proceeded to get her towel and shampoo so she could take that damn shower.

Who doesn't like being pampered? Honestly, if you said 'jump!' and the other said 'how high?' you would never stop ordering them to jump. Being in power and being treated as a princess is how Aino Minako liked it.

Minako leaned back on her chair as she watched through her sunglasses as her classmates played a game on the outside volleyball court. She wore the girl's EP uniform, white short-sleeved shirt and blue tight shorts, making her expose her long white well-trained legs. Her long blonde hair was tied into a loose braid. She was the school Miss perfect bitch!

Wherever Minako went, her entourage followed. They were more like slaves in her eyes, but they were willing to do anything she asked of them in hope that they would get a piece of her fame. Right now they were surrounding her, the girls were fanning her and handing her drinks while the guys stood as bodyguards.
Minako sipped on her drink, loving it all.

''Aino-san?'' one girl that was fanning her said, ''aren't you going to partake in a game?''

''Hm… In a minute or two,'' Minako sighed and looked down at her yellow painted nails. She actually liked volleyball, too bad the sport was a nightmare for her beautiful fingers.

''Um… excuse me, Aino-san?''

Minako looked up from her nails and saw a guy standing before her. He was not from her class, she could tell.
Anyway, he was standing there, white shirt and blue sport pants, hands behind his back. He was cute, but not that impressive in her eyes. He looked more like a boy than a man. Dark hair… not really her type either.

Her bodyguards moved forward. ''Got anything to say to Aino, you can tell us first.''

''No, it's okay, boys,'' Minako took of her sunglasses. ''What do you want to say, sweetie?''

''Ah, well… I wanted to ask you…'' he took a deep breath.''ifyouwouldliketogooutwithmesometime?'' he had rambled it so fast, yet Minako had heard it all. A date?

''What's your name sweetie?''

''Uh… Yamada.''

She raised one eyebrow. ''Yamada… do you like sports?''

Now he smiled. ''Yeah, I do.''

''Good, then beat him down,'' she pointed at one of her guards. ''and I might consider it. See it as wrestling.''

Her words shocked him, and her guard looked just as confused. The whole class had actually stopped paying attention to the game and was now totally focused on this interesting situation. Oh, people don't like getting into fights but they sure liked watching. Minako could not blame them though since she enjoyed it too… very much.
She had had enough of Yamada's blank stare and turned to her guard. ''Ryou-kun, didn't you want a date with me as well?'' he nodded slowly, still trying to understand what exactly she was getting at. She actually wanted them to fight over her? ''Then this is your chance. Beat this kid up.'' She was serious. The opportunity had come for Ryou, finally.

The boy, Yamada, raised his hands in protest. ''No, wait! I don't want to-'' he was cut off by Ryou's fist that made full contact with his stomach. The senior was much bigger than him and Yamada clearly had no chance in winning this. Ryou kicked him to the ground and continued the abuse in front of Minako who was laughing hysterically. Her entourage didn't know if they should be laughing with her or not. The small fake giggles coming from the other girls were awkward.

Minako halted her laughter, she was already bored. ''Stop Ryou, I think that's enough.''

Yamada was coughing up blood as he crawled away.

Ryou walked up to Minako. ''I won Aino-san.'' With that smile on his face you would think he had won the lottery. Minako sighed, ''I guess you did… Pick me up on Saturday.''

Her blue eyes found the bleeding, struggling boy again, but now a girl was trying to help him stand up. Minako flew up from her chair, her voice roared over the training field. ''LEAVE HIM! He's a loser, so let him taste it!''

''B-but… he is really hurt,'' the girl whispered in fear. ''Someone needs to take him to the nurse's office.''

Minako took her drink, stomped over to the girl and the crowd gasped when she poured the cold liquid over the girl's head. ''If I say, leave him... I MEAN IT!''

The girl, now soaked, tilted her head down in defeat. Silence surrounded them all, except for Minako's furious breathing. No one dared to move. The silence started to make everyone uneasy as their eyes flickered and they scraped their shoes against the gravel.

Ring!

Everyone released their breath when Minako's cellphone began ringing. The blonde recovered smoothly, as she tossed her big braid behind her back, put a misplaced string behind her ear, turned around and answered her orange flip phone.

''Hello~!'' she answered in a sing-song voice. Her eyes lit up at the familiar voice coming from the other line. ''Oh, Usagi-chan! … Now? Is it important? … I see… I'll be right there. Bye!''

She made a grimace at the phone before ending the call.

The people of Tokyo were constantly reminded of the watchful eye of their sudden ruler, Princess Serenity and her cruel, unmerciful guardian Senshi. One day they had made themselves known as the goddesses of a past era, the Silver Millennium. It was a time when life was known on all planets and moons. Princess Serenity had been born by Queen Serenity in the moon kingdom, and then four guardians of the inner planets were ordered to stay by the princess's side to protect her from any harm.
The Queen had ruled the galaxy with a brutal force, thanks to the great power of the silver crystal which was in her possession, making everyone kneel before her and the silver alliance. All but one planet... Terra, the planet Earth.
One day the kingdom of Terra rose up against the moon kingdom and its senshi in the hope of freeing themselves and the rest of the universe. And thanks to the power of the golden crystal wielded by the terran prince, the moon army was defeated. But not before the dying Queen cast a spell which made the whole universe reset itself, and she sent everyone to be reborn in the new future she had set up.
She cursed Earth and swore that her daughter, once she knew the truth, would avenge the moon and make the terrans tremble once again.

Now, Princess Serenity had made herself known to the people of Tokyo. And now her dark crystal palace stood as a high center in the middle of the city, watching and haunting everyone and everything. The people had at first been enraged by Serenity's demands and sent their police force and then army to defeat the young women with supernatural abilities, but the weak mortals were the ones who were defeated. Anyone who goes against the Princess… will suffer.

'Usagi Tsukino' was her new given name, not that she should care so much for it now when she knew who she really was, but it was a habit after 18 years. She sat on her chair in the palace throne room. The dark purple crystals made mirror-like floors and walls that ended at the impressively high ceiling. The room was lit by candelabras which started at the massive double entrance together with the long white, laid out carpet, and ended at Serenity's crystal chair which stood on a high pedestal.

She sat on her throne. Her long silver white hair reached her ankles. She wore a long, flowy three-layered, silver grey dress with short off-shoulder sleeves. Strings of white pearls that were attached to a black choker around her neck lay comfortable around her shoulders and breast. On her forehead she bore the sign of her title as the moon princess… a black moon crescent. At her side she had a dark moon staff with the silver crystal attached to it.

Her blue eyes found the Senshi making their way down to her throne. They were still in their school uniforms.

''I hope no one saw you walking in looking like that!'' Usagi's sweet squeaky voice echoed around the big hall. ''Your identities are still a secret.''

Makoto waved a hand in front of her face. ''No one saw us, chill.''

''I don't understand why we must still live like terrans though,'' Rei questioned. ''We know our place now.''

Usagi stood up and touched the crescent with her fingertips. In a second, a pink light had embraced her body and then vanished to reveal her standing there in her familiar school uniform. Her long hair had become shorter and it was now regular blonde.

''I have still not enough energy to give life to the moon yet, so we are stuck here. Besides, having a way to lay low is always good.''

''These senseless humans are getting on my nerves,'' Ami sighed. ''We must hurry and restore our full powers.''

''Amen, sister,'' Minako giggled. ''Now, Princess, why did you summon us?''

Serenity smirked. ''Luna got a mission for you.''

A/N: Are you confused... or do you get it? ;)