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Chapter Twelve

Getting Hotaru into the same school as Usagi and Minako had been easier than Setsuna had thought, she was even happier when she successfully enrolled Haruka and Michiru into the same school. Now for her, she was going to start working as a School Nurse in the same building, to watch over them all. Someone had to. Almost a year had past and Usagi was nearing her 15th Birthday. By now Usagi should have faced two battles, maybe even three but none of that happened. Instead, she was preparing for a bigger battle than what they should have faced, and yet, Setsuna still had an uneasy feeling. Something else was going to happen and she was certain it had nothing to do with the current two Queen's they were fighting. This feeling, it felt more personal and directly to do with Usagi. She made a mental note to herself to go back to the Space-Time Door, she needed more information. Hopefully the usual darkness wouldn't block her views of the future.

Setsuna stopped walking when she noticed Hino Rei standing there, looking towards the Mall. Her violet eyes were stern, filled with a hardness only the Princess of Mars could have.

"Rei…what are you doing here?" Setsuna asked, surprised to see Rei still in her school uniform.

"I am going to meet Usagi-chan and Minako after school to hang out…but I had to come here…this place feels off and there are so many people in there" Rei admitted gradually turning to face Setsuna. Setsuna narrowed her eyes at the Mall. How could she miss it, this dark, ominous feeling?

"Another trap…but by who?" Setsuna asked. Rei shook her head, closing her eyes as the gentle breeze blew against her raven black hair.

"Could be the Negaverse. They are after Sailor Moon and will do all they can to get her. I know you know the real reason Setsuna, I can feel these things" Rei's eyes opened, landing firmly on Setsuna who only stared back.

"There are some things…. some rules I just cannot break, no matter how much I want to. I admit, things have changed, altered from their proper place and I do not want to place blame on anyone…." Setsuna started to walk the opposite direction to Rei.

"I blame Prince Endymion and his cowardly Generals. When we find the Princess, I will make sure she never falls for him again. He is unworthy of her, that I have always felt" Rei stated. Setsuna nodded, she knew full well how Sailor Mars of the past had felt towards all the Generals and especially Prince Endymion, she felt they were endangering her Princess's life. Even though she had been in love with Jadeite, her love for her Princess was stronger.

Rei watched Setsuna leave before finally deciding to make her way.

Once Rei arrived outside Juuban High School, the junior part, she smiled at Usagi who was dragging Kino Makoto with her.

"You are coming with us and that is an order!" Usagi shouted as sweat poured from her forehead as she tried to drag Makoto. Ami smiled demurely at Rei. Usagi had introduced them that very morning.

"So where are we going?" Haruka asked before grabbing one of Usagi's Odango's and giving it a gentle squeeze. Usagi let go of Makoto and then grabbed her Odango's, as if to protect them which made Haruka chuckle.

"Oh Odango, you know I can't resist them" Haruka teased. Usagi huffed but Haruka could still see a small smile.

"Why don't you smile at Mamoru-san when he call's you Odango?" Minako asked cheekily as they all began to walk together.

"Because he is a mega jerk-face!" Usagi said, sticking her tongue out and then folding her arms. Minako laughed.

"I told Katashi-san you both suit each other" Minako said, making Usagi squint her eyes at Minako.

"Katashi-san huh….bet it'll be Katashi-chan soon" Usagi mocked, Minako blushed but shook her head vehemently as the girls continued their walk.

"Hey, erm Minako…." Minako looked at Rei and raised an eyebrow

"I told you to call me Minako-chan or Mina-chan now, remember?" Minako said smiling brightly. Rei blushed as Makoto and Ami wondered what was going out, trying to ignore the feeling of being left out.

"OK Minako-chan, I want to head to the Mall, I just have a feeling to go there, if you know what I mean" Rei said. Minako nodded in understanding. Hotaru looked at Haurka and Michiru who in turn had serious looks on their faces.

The walk lasted around twenty minutes. During that short space of time, Rei and Usagi teased and argued with each other, Haruka kept grabbing Usagi's Odango's and Ami just looked on confused by it all.

"The strange thing is Makoto-chan, this all feels so normal…" Ami admitted quietly to Makoto.

"I know right, we really need to speak with Usagi and Minako, I have been thinking about it all day" Makoto said before looking at Haruka. Makoto hated to admit it but she felt slightly intimated by Haruka, like she wanted to challenge her to something, but what?

Once they reached the Mall, it was 16:10pm. None of them attended their after school classes that day, wanting to instead hang out as friends.

"Oh Haruka, there is this gorgeous shop that sells an exquisite violin, I would love to see it, I think the shop is on the 2nd floor" Michiru mused. Haruka gave a soft sigh as she was led away by Michiru.

"Hey, we'll follow, most of the cool clothing shops are on that floor anyway" Minako said, leading the way. Rei was busy looking around, surveying her surroundings.

"You can feel it too" Hotaru noted rather than suggested. Rei nodded as the two girls trailed behind.

"I felt it earlier…I think something will happen here. I know we should have come maybe later in the evening, without Ami and Makoto but I just have a bad feeling….it surrounds Usagi-chan" Rei said, her voice hollow. Hotaru's eyes widened a fraction before she closed them.

"Whichever side it is, we'll destroy them before they even reach Usagi-chan" Hotaru stated. Rei was startled by the hardness in her voice but her soul resonated with the same sentiment.

"Oh no, it's Jerkface!" Usagi moaned aloud, pointing towards a rather sheepish Mamoru. His four friends were behind him, also baring startled looks. Jun'ichi had told them earlier that he had felt something around the Juuban area and it centred on the Mall. Jun'ichi gave Rei a small smile. No-one knew they had met before so in a way, it was their little secret.

"What are you doing here Odango-Atama? No cram school for you?" Mamoru said folding his arms as Usagi marched right over to him.

"I'm going to give that jerk a piece of my mind!" Usagi stated as she marched past Haruka. Haruka narrowed her eyes on the form of Mamoru. Something was off about him, not in a bad way, but still….

"Hello again Minako, how are you?" Katashi asked

"Fine, what are you guys doing here? Aren't you from Shibuya?" Minako asked, a little anxiously hoping it didn't show in her voice. Katashi raised an eyebrow.

"Jun'ichi wanted to come here so we just came, sometimes you want to see something different" Katashi answered easily.

'Bastard evaded my question!' Minako thought. Makoto moved a little uneasily as Arata looked at her. There was something about him that gave Makoto butterflies in her stomach.

"A pleasure to meet you again" Fumio said, smiling warmly at Ami making her blush a little.

"It's good to see you too Fumio-san" Ami said. Fumio nodded as he turned back to his friends. Mamoru was still arguing with Usagi, stuck in their own world hurtling insults at each other. Arata had made a move to speak with the brunette and Jun'ichi was making small talk with the raven-haired girl. Katashi was still talking to Minako he believed her name was. He didn't know who the other three were yet.

"Haven't you got your own Mall in Shibuya? Why come and cramp our style?!" Usagi shot out at Mamoru.

"Well, I wanted to meet people less smart than me so I came here expecting to bump into you" Mamoru said smoothly, inwardly laughing when Usagu's face went red.

"You insufferable….."

"Oh Odango, such big words"

"….Jerkface….egotistical…."

"Another big word Odango, careful, you'll hurt your brain" Mamoru held up his arms as Usagi dived to attack him. Onlookers watched the two as they clashed.

"Should we?" Minako asked.

"Don't get in the middle of that, I am sure he deserves it" Katashi answered. Finally, a girl who wasn't throwing herself at Mamoru. About time.

"I'm sorry if I teased too much, I didn't know you stayed up all night to learn those words" Mamoru managed to say as Usagi tried to attack him. Mamoru's chest was a firm wall so of course Mamoru managed to stay up. Chuckling to himself, he was glad to have run into her.

Meanwhile, Althea walked around the pool, her eyes intently looking into the water. It was at this moment Rei spotted her. Narrowing her violet eyes, Rei began to run, followed by Hotaru.

"What's going on?" Usagi asked as she saw Rei run off. Minako then took off along with Haruka and Michiru. Usagi followed last. Mamoru had tried to stop her but she was quick. One minute his golden girl was there and then the next, she was gone, leaving him cold.

"Why are they running like that? I think their heading to the pool….who is that girl? What is she doing?" Ami asked, her eyes landing on Althea who now had a dark aura surrounding her.

"Time to cause some chaos!" Althea shouted as she stretched out her hands towards the pool, making it bubble and spurt out, water overflowing and hot. Some people were scolded by the water as a monster came out, scaly and green with a long tail, long claws and dressed in a light blue gown, slit at the top. Althea laughed wickedly as Violet appeared. Before they reached Althea, Rei, Minako, Haurka, Michiru, Hotaru and then Usagi all transformed before the others reached. Althea turned around, laughing as she drew out her sword. Violet held out her whip which had a black white emitting dark energy, her eyes on Sailor Moon.

"Target spotted" Violet said. Althea nodded.

"I'll deal with the Senshi, you get Sailor Moon and take her back to Queen Beryl" Althea ordered. Violet sped ahead of Althea, going straight for Sailor Moon who managed to side step Violet. Saturn slammed her glaive onto Violet, her eyes cold and hard on Beryl's general.

"WORLD SHAKING!" Uranus's attack hit the Youma in the chest but, after the attack died down, the Youma was still standing, baring its muscles.

"DEEP SUBMERGE!" Neptune called out, her powerful water attack torpedoing towards the Youma. The Youma produced a dark shield and blocked the attack before hurtling that very same shield towards Neptune.

"VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!" Venus cried out, wrapping her chain around Neptune and pulling her out of the way.

Violet went after Sailor Moon again but was this time blocked by Mars. She shot out a fiery arrow, to which Violet had to use her whip to cancel out the attack. By this time, the boys had transformed leaving Makoto and Ami behind who had somehow got tangled up with onlookers.

"I can't see anything!" Ami shouted.

"Damn it where are the others, where did they go?" Makoto cried out, electricity starting to pulse out of her body. Ami looked at Makoto in shock before she looked at her own hands, turning cold, ice cold.

"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!" Althea jumped high into the air to avoid the attack before slashing her sword in a downward motion, a purple beam coming out and heading straight towards Venus. Venus used her crescent beam attack again to break Althea's attack but then another one came, this time Kunzite created a shield, protecting them both.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Venus snapped, her bright blue eyes betraying the relief in her eyes. Kunzite quirked an eyebrow at her.

"No matter how things are between us Venus, I don't want to see you hurt" Kunzite stated.

"Again, with the cryptic words! VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN ENCIRCLE!" Venus, through her anger, unleashed a more powerful chain, wrapping it around the Youma. With all her strength she pulled the monster forwards, towards her.

"NOW URANUS!" Venus called out.

"WORLD SHAKING!" Uranus shouted, this time her attack hitting the Youma from the side and smashing it into a shop.

"Careful there are civilians!" Tuxedo Mask yelled, a golden light trying to push its way through him to heal any citizen who was hurt in that attack.

"There will be deaths if we don't destroy this monster, a few injuries is nothing" Uranus shouted back in frustration. Tuxedo Mash threw five sharp ended roses towards Althea, when they reached her, they emitted electricity that connected with her body, surprising her at how powerful the attack was. Zoisite then appeared, opening his hands out and releasing green energy balls. Throwing them at Althea as she descended, each ball exploding around her. Althea let out a scream as she crashed to the ground. Althea was fuming. Anger coursing through her veins, a red mist erupted all over her. The moment she stood up, she released all her negative energy, the sheer force hitting everyone including Violet. The whole area exploded, rubble, dirt, concrete and shop materials scattered. Many of the civilians were unconscious while others ran for their lives.

Sailor Moon could feel her ears ringing, her vision blurred. That's when she saw Ami and Makoto run up to her, dirt and cuts all over them.

"You have to get up!" Ami called out desperately as Althea approached them. Makoto stood her ground, fury blazing through her.

"Mako-chan….Ami-chan…." Sailor Moon muttered. Ami's eyes widened.

"Usagi-chan….I knew it!" Ami's eyes brightened as the symbol of mercury appeared on her forehead.

"Usagi-cha…." Makoto said surprised before anger coursed through her, the symbol of Jupiter appearing on her forehead. They were the only three conscious as Althea approached.

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