Mamoru walked around in the Juuban Shopping District, enjoying his walk. He had just stopped before a crosswalk waiting for his turn to cross when Usagi suddenly appeared glomping onto his arm.

"Hey there, Mamoru~." she greeted sweetly.

Mamoru was so startled that he felt his heart jump. "H-Hey, what's gotten into you?! Let go!"

"There's no need to act surprised, Mamoru~," Usagi giggled. "You know perfectly well what's going on~."

"H-How could I not be surprised, Bun-Head," Mamoru spoke, feeling awkward. "And how do you even know my name anyway?"

"Oh, come on, nothing is endearing about the name Bun-Head," Usagi said. "When we're out in public, you can call me Usagi."

Usagi then looked up at Mamou, batting her eyes, but Mamoru felt even more awkward and a little creeped out.

"O-Oh, is that your name?" he spoke, trying to keep a straight face. "Good to know, Usagi. It's nice to meet you."

Usagi felt confused. "What? You don't know who I am?" she gasped. "How could you ever forget me, Mamoru?"

Then Usagi remembered.

"That's right. Unlike me, Mamoru doesn't remember anything about his former life," she thought. "Which means he also doesn't remember how much we loved each other back then as well!"

Now feeling a bit sad, Usagi clung to Mamoru's arm a bit tighter, feeling her eyes about to brim with tears.

"Hey, do you have a fever or something?" asked Mamoru. "What's the matter with you?"

At that moment, they both heard a voice.

"Hey! Usagi! Usagi!"

Mamoru and Usagi looked up and saw Harusuke sprinting towards them. Seizing his chance as he felt Usagi's grip lessen, Mamoru pulled his arm free from Usagi's grip and sprinted off.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go to work!" he called. "I'm gonna be late!"

"Wait, you got a job?!" exclaimed Usagi. "What kind of work do you do?! Where do you have to go?!"

"That's none of your business!" Mamoru called back as he disappeared into the distance.

Usagi was about to go after him when Harusuke grabbed her by her wrist, stopping her. She failed to get away, but Harusuke wouldn't let go.

"Harusuke, let me go!" begged Usagi. "Mamoru's getting away!"

"No, I won't! Because there's no point in trying to go after him," Harusuke spoke firmly. "Come on, Usagi. First of all, we're supposed to meet with Luna and Artemis at home. Secondly, you know Mamoru doesn't remember us, so why would you after him like a crazy person and freak him out. What, you want him to think you're a stalker?" Then his face softened. "Look, I know that you want him to remember you, but now isn't a good time. So for the moment, we should leave him be."

Usagi frowned as she looked towards the ground crestfallen. At that moment, Natsumi came walking by on the other side of the street. When she happened to see Harusuke and Usagi, her eyes went wide as they sparkled with delight.

"Oh! There's that cool guy from the other day!" she squealed. "I wonder if he remembers me?!"

And without taking a moment to think, Ann immediately raced into the middle of the street, only to get stuck in the middle as the ongoing traffic zoomed by, the cars honking as she stood there. Harusuke and Usagi took notice of the girl and couldn't believe their eyes.

"What the heck?!" cried Usagi. "It's that one girl from yesterday!"

"Hey! Tsukino! Don't go away just yet!" cried Natsumi. "I need to talk to you for a second!"

"How about you get out of the street before you get run over, first?!" yelled Harusuke.

He immediately ran into the street, grabbed Natsumi by the hand, and pulled her out of the way just as a large truck zoomed by, honking loudly. Harusuke doubled over, holding his knees, panting.

"Well, that's a few years shaved off of my life," he said, wiping his brow.

"Nice save, Harusuke," said Usagi. "That was close."

Natsumi then went up to Harusuke, getting close to his face causing the boy to yelp in surprise.

"So, your name is Harusuke Tsukino? I didn't know that," she said, her eyes still sparkling with giddiness. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Harusuke! My name is Natsumi Ginga!"

"Um... I-I kind of knew that already. You are in our class," Harusuke stammered. "But it's nice to meet you, Natsumi."

Usagi then scowled, feeling her overprotective sisterly instinct take over, causing her to step in between the two as she glared at Natsumi.

"Hey, you! Just what do you think you're doing?!" she demanded. "Can't you see that you're bothering him?"

"What does it matter to you?" Natsumi countered. "I mean, is he your boyfriend?"

Harusuke and Usagi's eyes went wide as their faces went red with surprise.

"B-Boyfriend?!" they exclaimed.

"Of course, he's not my boyfriend!" Usagi cried. "Harusuke is-"

"Well, then that means he's fair game for both of us!" Natsumi interrupted. "Therefore, that means you're my rival!"

She then fantasized about falling in love with Harusuke, picturing him as a hunky man.

"Oh, my dearest, Harusuke!" she thought. "I, Natsumi Ginga, will pierce your heart and all of your passion receptor points with my arrows of adoring love!"

Harusuke suddenly shivered, feeling a strange cold chill down his spine as she and Usagi stared at the girl.

"She is such a weirdo," Usagi whispered to Harusuke.

"Normally, I'd say the pot is calling the kettle black," Harusuke whispered back. "But even I have to agree."

At the Tsukino house, Luna and Artemis were in Usagi's room talking to one another about the incoming danger that was Ail and Ann and about restoring the other Guardians' memories.

"We have no idea if we're up against a new enemy yet," Luna said. "But we do know that something bad is happening around here."

"But Minako and the other Guardians are finally leading such peaceful lives," protested Artemis. "You said it yourself, but I don't want to spoil all of that by bringing them back."

"Yeah, I know what you mean, but how do you think we should deal with this situation?" asked Luna. "I'm worried about Usagi and Harusuke handling it all on their own."

At that moment, Usagi and Harusuke entered the room, Usagi back to feeling sad about Mamoru.

"This is bad," she whined as she sat on the floor. "Mamoru doesn't know who I am, and without his memories, he refuses to pay any attention to me."

"As I said, you can't just go up to him like when he doesn't remember you, Usagi," Harusuke said. "Besides, this isn't exactly the time to be worried about that right now."

"I know... but still," Usagi whimpered.

Luna and Artemis groaned.

"Now, I'm starting to consider bringing back the memories of the others," said Luna.

Usagi then suddenly brightened up. "Wait! That's it!" she cried. "If you can restore me and Harusuke's memories, then you can restore Mamoru's too, right?!"

"I'm afraid that's now what we're talking about, Usagi," spoke Luna as she hopped onto the bed. "Artemis and I were just thinking about restoring the other Guardian's memories right now so that you all be able to fight as a team again."

"What are you talking about?!" Usagi spoke as she picked up a white ball spinning it around her finger. "Harusuke and I are quite able to protect the Earth by ourselves. I could probably do it alone. There's no need to get any of the others involved."

Artemis and Luna were surprised.

"Well, now, it seems that you've matured quite a bit from your battles with the Dark Kingdom," said Artemis, sounding impressed. "Not only that, but you also seem to be serious about your responsibilities."

"That's right!" grinned Usagi. "A couple of bad guys are no problem for me! I can stand on my own two feet!"

She then threw up the ball like she was serving it in volleyball and gave it a hard spike. Unfortunately, the ball bounced off the wall and recoiled, smacking Usagi square in the face knocking her flat onto her back, much to Luna and Artemis' disdain.

"Yeah... it looks to me that she's gonna need everybody," said Luna.

"I agree," sighed Artemis.

Then Harusuke spoke for what seemed to be for the first time in a while.

"Maybe Usagi's got the right idea," he said. "Maybe we should handle this ourselves."

Luna, Artemis, and even Usagi all snapped their heads toward Harusuke, staring at him. Then Luna and Artemis' jaws dropped to the floor as they both screamed.

"WHAT?!"

Usagi then placed a hand on Harusuke's forehead, testing his temperature.

"Well, you don't have a fever or anything," she said. "So you're not sick. That's good news."

"Hey! I'm not sick!" Harusuke spoke, feeling annoyed.

"But Harusuke, you just agreed to one of Usagi's ideas," spoke Luna. "Is something the matter with you?"

"I'm perfectly healthy," said Harusuke. "I just thought that maybe Usagi and I could handle things on our own, is all. I mean, there's no need to bring the other girls back when they're living peaceful lives. The least we'd want to do is expose them to danger."

"But Harusuke, what if Ail and Ann send a monster that you two can't handle?" asked Artemis. "You'd be fighting without any backup."

"Then we'll just have to manage," said Harusuke as he stood up. "Usagi and I have faced tougher situations, and we've got along just fine. Just have some faith in us, and let us handle the baddies from now on. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a shower."

And before anyone else could say anything more, Harusuke left the room, shutting the door behind him, leaving Usagi, Luna, and Artemis stupefied and confused.

Harusuke now stood outside of the room in the hallway. Now that he had his memories back, he could remember everything that had happened in the past, including the final battle with Queen Beryl. The mere recollection made a knot form in his stomach, but the ones that made him feel even more nauseous were when Makoto, Ami, Minako, Rei, and even Mamoru died.

"More than anything, I want to see my friends as well as fight alongside them again," he thought. "But maybe it's for the best that they don't remember. The last thing I want for them is to be exposed to danger again. Especially when they're living their lives the way they want, it's better this way."

He bit his lip and clenched his fists.

"Usagi and I can handle this on by ourselves," he said to himself. "There's no way that I'm going to lose those girls again. Never again."

He then walked away, heading towards the bathroom to take a shower.

Meanwhile, inside their apartment, while in the dimension where the Makai tree was, Ail was inspecting it, watching as the leaves on it began to dry up and wither.

"The Makai tree's getting weak again," he murmured. "All the energy accumulated from before is starting to run out."

An then appeared sitting next to Ail. "So all that effort was a waste of time, huh?" she said. "And I'm going to need more energy too."

"The Makai Tree isn't producing enough energy, An. ," said Ail. "To replenish it, we'll need to steal some life energy from the humans on this planet."

"And, we'll need a lot of it," grinned An with a mischievous smile. "So let's get to it."

Ail then held eight crystal cards in his hand, showing them to An. "Go on then, An. It's up to you to pick the right Cardian who will be best suited for this task to gather energy," he said.

An picked a card that was third to the right, throwing it into the air. The card flew high above before stopping in midair. It grew to a large size and revealed an image of a demi-woman with red furry legs reminiscent of a cow and had a pair of large horns protruding from its head.

"The Cardian, Minotauron, eh?" Ail hummed. "An excellent choice."

The next day, at a television station known as TV-Ashita, a group of directors reviewed pictures of girls for an audition for a show on TV. Five of those pictures were of Usagi and the other Guardians as they went about their daily routines.

"We've narrowed down our search to these five girls for the role of Mikan Shiratori," said one of the directors, pointing to his baton.

He then showed them the image with Usagi in it, but instead of pointing her out, he pointed out Naru instead. "I would prefer this girl over her. She seems more natural."

"I agree," said another director. "Any one of these five could be perfect for this series."

"Thank you, sir," said the first director. "Truth be told, it wasn't easy to find them."

"Well, now that you have, let's bring them in for an audition and for from there," said a third. "Set up the appointments as soon as possible."

Another one of the directors had just turned on the light to get started with his orders, but he was surprised to see that he, along with the other directors, wasn't alone. Standing in the back of the room, appearing out of nowhere, were An and Ail.

"Hey! How did you two get in here?!" This is for executives only!" the first director exclaimed. "All extra casting is down the hall!"

"My mistake, I didn't know that," An apologized innocently.

Then by widening her eyes, An used her powers to send a powerful shockwave through the director's minds knocking all of them out simultaneously and instantly. An and Ail then looked up at the pictures of Usagi and the other girls.

"So, what do you think of those girls?" asked An.

"I think they'll do nicely," smiled Ail. "We could steal energy from these humans, but there's no need to stuff ourselves with a lesser grade. Instead, we'll be able to get a much higher quality from those other girls."

"I agree," nodded An. "In the meantime, we'll have them work for us for now. Then, after that, we can use them to turn their staff over to us."

The two then chuckled to each other and began putting their plan into action.

The next day at school, Harusuke and Usagi were attending class as usual, but when they came in, Naru was waiting for them with important news.

"Harusuke! Usagi! Come here! I got to tell you guys something!" Naru said excitedly.

"What's up, Naru?" Harusuke asked.

Naru then looked around, making sure that no one was listening, then she beckoned Harusuke and Usagi to come closer. The Tsukino Siblings did, and then Naru spoke low to them.

"You're not gonna believe this, but I got a call from TV Ashita," she whispered. "I got an audition for a role in a TV show!"

"What?! You're going to be on TV!?" Usagi screeched in surprise.

Naru immediately covered Usagi's mouth. "Keep your voice down, Usagi!" she shushed. "You're going to attract attention!" Then Naru explained. "It's true, but I really can't say for sure. The talent scout that spotted me wants me to go to some big audition down at the TV station later today."

"That's wonderful news, Naru!" congratulated Harusuke. "But I would have thought you'd be more excited about this. Why is that?"

Naru then frowned, appearing to be worried. "Well, you see, it's like this," she said tentatively. "Do you guys know that I have a knack for getting mixed up in strange situations? I get the feeling that it's another one of those."

Harusuke was stared at Naru, not expecting Naru's response. Usagi, however, was a bit more aloof.

"Stop worrying, Naru. It'll be alright," Usagi spoke, smiling. "And besides, it doesn't happen to you all that often. So I'm sure you'll be just fine."

"Do you think so?" asked Naru, cheering up a bit.

"Of course, I do!" Usagi said, giving her a thumbs up. "In fact. if you're still feeling worried, I could go with you if you like."

A wide smile spread to Naru's face as she stood up, holding Usagi's hand.

"Oh, thank you, Usagi!" Naru spoke, feeling grateful. "You are my best friend!"

But Usagi, in truth, had an ulterior motive for her kindness.

"Once I'm there, I bet I'll be able to get an audition too," she smirked to herself. "And once I get picked for the role, I'll be on my way to stardom!"

"Now, wait a minute, Usagi," Harusuke spoke, suspiciously glaring at her. "Why would you, of all people, make such an offer to Naru?"

"Well, she's my friend, Harusuke," Usagi grinned. "And friends always help each other whenever they need it, and Naru, of course, needs our help."

"Are you sure that you're not just cozying up to Naru so that you could get an audition as well?" Harusuke asked, raising a brow.

Usagi then gulped, her eyebrow beginning to twitch.

"Harusuke, hold on. Aren't you a bit too suspicious?" Naru asked. "Usagi would never do something that low. Right, Usagi?"

"Um, yeah. I'm offended, Harusuke," Usagi spoke, trying to be insulted. "I would never use Naru that way!"

"Then I guess you won't mind if I come with you and Naru," Harusuke spoke. "You know because we're both Naru's good friends, and we would support her any way we can, and wouldn't let something as an audition make us greedy for stardom, right?"

Usagi trembled as she bit back the urge to say no, and without Harusuke and Naru noticing, she pinched her wrist to make sure she restrained herself.

"N-No, we wouldn't," she said with a strained smile. "Y-You can come along with us if you want to. After all, you're her friend too."

"Nice try, Usagi," Harusuke thought. "But I haven't grown up in the same household as you for nothing. I know you, and if you think I'm going to let you use Naru just for your gain, then you've got another thing coming!"

"Curse you, Harusuke!" Usagi thought to herself angrily. "You're not going to get away with this!"

A little while later, just outside of the TV station, Makoto had just walked up to the main entrance when Ami arrived at the very same time.

"Oh, Miss Kino," Ami said.

"Well, what do you know? The rumors were true, after all," Makoto smiled. "Class Five's girl genius, Ami Mizuno, is going to audition for this TV show as well."

"Yes. Some person from the TV station called me and insisted that I come and try my luck," explained Ami. "But I think I should probably turn down their offer. I don't know if I can take the time away from my studies."

"I'm sure that you can find a way to do both of them," said Makoto. "It would be such a waste if you did."

Then Minako and Rei came walking up.

"Um, excuse me," said Minako. "Are you two, by any chance, here for the audition too?"

"Yes," replied Ami.

"We sure are," said Makoto.

"Then, if that's the case, why don't we go together?" asked Rei. "I heard that these TV stations are pretty big, and it's easy to get lost in them. But first, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Rei Hino."

"I'm Makoto Kino," the brunette ponytailed girl greeted.

"And I'm Ami Mizuno," the bluenette said.

"And I'm Minako Aino," the blonde greeted as well. "It's nice to meet all of you."

At that moment, every one of the girls felt a strange sense of deja vu flash through their minds, which made them puzzled.

"Say, is it possible that the four of us have met somewhere before?" asked Rei.

"No, this is a first," said Ami. "At least, I think so."

"But it is sort of strange," murmured Minako. "I get the feeling that we're not strangers."

"How strange," said Makoto. "I'm picking up the same vibe."

Inside the TV station, a little before the four girls came inside up to the station, Usagi, while carrying Luna, Harusuke, and Naru, went inside. However, when they tried to get into the audition room, a security guard barred their way, preventing the Tsukino twins from entering.

"I'm sorry, but you two can't come in," the guard said. "Auditions only."

"Aww, what do you mean by that?!" complained Usagi.

"That's the rule," said the guard firmly. "You can't go inside unless you're on the list for an audition."

"Aw, come on. Can't you make an exception just this once?" Usagi begged.

"No can do," the guard said. "Now, you two go home."

"Sorry, you guys," apologized Naru. "I guess I'm on my own."

"It's alright, Naru," reassured Harusuke. "Make sure you go in and do your best. Don't worry and do your best."

Naru then reluctantly went inside. At that moment, Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako came walking down the hallway. Usagi, Luna, and Harusuke were surprised but happy to see them.

The guard then led the girls inside. "Welcome. If you're here for the audition, please sign in and wait in this room," he said.

The four girls then went inside the room. Usagi was just about to call out to them when Harusuke held her hand, stopping her. Usagi looked at her brother only to have him shake his head. Usagi still felt happy.

"It seems that everyone's doing okay," she thought. "Thank goodness."

Harusuke just watched as the door shut. Then he turned around and smiled to himself. "They're all alive and well. I'm glad. Hopefully, their audition will go well."

Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, and Naru sat in chairs waiting for the director to come inside the audition room. Soon enough, the director arrived. But, they didn't know that the director was under the control of Ail and An, so the two aliens could spring their trap.

"Thank you all for coming," the director spoke. "We will now begin the audition process."

Ami then stood up. "Sir, I apologize, but I'm afraid that I'm going to have to turn down this audition," she said. "I don't have the time to be here, right now."

But the director didn't listen as he slid a curtain-like panel out of the way, revealing a large set. The setting seemed to be in some ruins with a starry sky and some moons here and there. The girls gasped with amazement and wonder as they stood up and walked onto the set. Then they realized that they weren't alone. Standing above them on top of a pillar were Ail and An, pleased that they caught their prey.

"Take a good long look at this set, girls," Ail smirked deviously. "Do you like it?"

The girls were surprised to see the two, but Ami was more worried about leaving the studio.

"Um, excuse me, sir," she said politely. "I'm afraid that I don't have the time to appear in a TV drama with my heavy study schedule. Thank you for calling me, but I need to go home and study right now."

She then bowed politely and turned to leave, but Ail put his flute to his lips, and An threw up the cardian she picked upward, making it stop and hover in the air.

"You're not going anywhere!" he barked as he began to play his flute.

"Cardian Minotauron, come forth!" commanded An.

The card grew bigger and bigger and suddenly began to change shape turning into a monster that stood above them on top of a pillar. Minotauron was tall and wore a red jumpsuit decorated with strange skulls on her thighs and shoulders like pads. She also had a long tail, short brown hair, red eyes, and a pair of long bull-like horns on top of her head. The five girls were surprised.

"What is that? Some kind of special effect?!" gasped Minako.

"I thought that we were auditioning for a family drama," Makoto spoke, feeling confused. "I wasn't expecting this to be some monster show."

Minotauron suddenly disappeared and reappeared just before Ami, causing the girl to jump in alarm as the monster looked predatorily at her.

"Guys, I don't think this is a special effect!" Ami cried. "This monster's real!"

"Go, Minotauron!" commanded Ail. "Absorb every drop of energy from these girls!"

Minotauron growled, pawing the ground, and let out a loud bellow as she charged straight at them. The five girls immediately ran, trying to get away while Ail and An watched with interest.

"I enjoy the scream of young women!" cackled Ail. "They're more beautiful than any sound a musical instrument could make."

An then looked at Ail with an annoyed frown. "Stop playing around already, Ail," she complained. "Let's hurry up and steal their energy before it runs out."

"You've got to be kidding me, An," scoffed Ail. "Why should I waste this opportunity to enjoy such exquisite art like this?"

An then lost patience, so much so that she transformed into her human form.

"Honestly, I have no time for this nonsense!" she said crossly. "If that's how you feel, then I'm going to go gather energy somewhere else in my human form!"

And she disappeared in a huff.

Meanwhile, Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna wandered around the building just outside the room, trying to find their way out of the building. Unfortunately for them, they found themselves going around in circles.

"Usagi, are you sure we're going the right way?" asked Harusuke.

"Of course, I'm sure," said Usagi. "I may have been wrong the first few times, but this time I'm sure the exit's this way."

But Usagi would soon find out that she was wrong. They had just come down from the hallway when they looked to the right, only to find themselves just in front of the audition room.

"Oh, dear..." Usagi spoke sheepishly.

"Usagi, what are you doing?!" Luna complained. "We're right back where we started!"

"I can't help it!" Usagi snapped. "This place is too big and confusing! It's hard to tell where I've been, not to mention where I'm going!"

"Well, maybe, if you've stopped and asked for directions, we wouldn't be in this mess!" Harusuke groaned. "Now we're completely lost in here!"

At that moment, An, now under her disguise as Natsumi, came out of the audition room. Natsumi was surprised when she saw the three, particularly Usagi. As soon as the two saw each other, their eyes narrowed as they glared grimly at each other.

"Tsukino?! What are you doing here?!" Natsumi demanded.

"I was going to ask you the same thing!" Usagi spoke, scowling.

"I don't have to answer to that!" An snootily huffed.

"Well, neither do I!" countered Usagi.

"Come on, you two. There's no reason to fight!" Harusuke spoke, trying to intervene. "Please calm down!"

Then suddenly, from the hallway, someone came running right by them carrying a stack of papers and boxes in a great hurry. That, someone, turned out to be Mamoru.

"Excuse me! Coming through!" Mamoru yelled as he disappeared.

Upon hearing his voice, Usagi immediately stopped glaring at An and looked where Mamoru ran.

"That was Mamoru just now!" she gasped. "Now that I think about it, he did mention something about a part-time job, so he must work here!"

She then took off running after him.

"Hey! Usagi! Come back here!" cried Harusuke. "You're going to end up getting lost again!"

But it was too late. Usagi had already disappeared. Not only that but Harusuke's troubles were just getting started, for An had finally taken notice of him, her face filled with a love and sense of longing for him.

"Harusuke Tsukino! What a coincidence it is seeing you here~" she cooed. "It must have been destiny that we would meet like this!"

Harusuke, finding this to be a significant red flag and not wanting to lose Usagi, took off running.

"Sorry, Natsumi, but I gotta find my sister before she gets herself lost again!" he called. "I don't have time for your games!"

"But come back, my darling!" Natsumi called. "I just want to talk to you!"

Luna could only watch with a look of exasperation as Harusuke disappeared down the hallway with Natsumi in hot pursuit. Then suddenly, she felt a tremendous chill run through her spine, causing her to shiver. The black feline looked behind her, only to find that the door from which Natsumi came through was open just a crack. She could sense a large amount of evil energy coming from that crack, which made her worry.

"What is this eerie power that I'm sensing?" she thought.

She then walked inside the room and stepped onto the set to find Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, and Naru still being chased by Minotauron with Ail spectating. They ran as fast as they could, but Minotauron was getting closer and closer to them.

"It's no use!" panted Ami as she ran. "She's gonna get us for sure at this rate!"

"But where's the exit?!" gasped Minako. "I don't see one anywhere!"

Then there was trouble. Naru was so tired from running away that she was on the brink of collapsing and almost out of breath. Both Ami and Minako went over to help her while Makoto and Rei stood their ground, ready to fight.

"I'm not sure if we stand a chance against this monster," said Rei, spoke brandishing her purse. "But it's better than just running around!"

"Couldn't have said it better myself!" smirked Makoto as she took a fighting stance.

Rei then took aim and threw her purse directly into Minotauron's face, stunning and blinding her and seizing her chance; Rei took out an ofuda and concentrated her spiritual powers.

"Rin-Pyo-To-Sha-Kai-Jin-Restu-Zai-Zen! EVIL SPIRIT, BE EXERCISED!"

She then threw the ofuda, making it stick right in the middle of Minotauron's forehead, paralyzing her. Makoto then jumped into the fray, grabbing a firm hold of her arm, and with a mighty heave as well as a loud yell, Makoto used her Herculean strength to throw the monster right into some pillars on the set with a mighty crash making the rubble collapse on the beast.

Luna was surprised as well as impressed, having to have seen everything. "Incredible!" she gasped. "Even without their Guardian powers, the girls can hold their own against evil!"

Back with Natsumi, she had lost Harusuke at some point in the hallway because her energy was running low, and she was growing weaker and weaker by the second. Her vision was blurry, and she could hardly stand.

"I've... messed up..." she panted. "I've lost Harusuke... It must be because I'm running so low on energy. At this point - anyone will have to do..."

She then looked to her right and saw the door to be the dressing room of Mikan Shiratori herself. Seizing her chance, Natsumi went inside the room, and before Mikan could react, Natsumi drained Mikan dry, causing her to fall to the floor, weak and unable to move.

"Don't worry; you won't die," Natsumi spoke, smirking. "If you take a long rest, you'll get right back to normal."

She then quietly left the room to resume her search for Harusuke.

Minotauron seemed to be defeated, but at that moment, the monster broke free from the rubble by extending her large and powerful horns. She then jumped up high, going above their heads, and landed just in front of Naru. Before anyone else could react, Minotauron extended her horns, trapping Naru in between them, and immediately began sucking away her energy. Seeing that Naru was in trouble, Luna jumped out and scratched right across Minotauron's face with her claws, causing her to scream in agony as she held her face, letting go of Naru, the girl collapsing and having no strength left.

"What's a cat doing here?!" Ail gasped with surprise.

Seeing this as an opportunity to escape, Rei, Ami, Minako, and Makoto all rushed over to Naru.

"Come on, you guys!" urged Makoto. "We've got to hurry and get out of here as soon as we can!"

"R-Right!" said Ami as she and the others helped Naru onto her back.

Ail was now getting frustrated. "Damn it! Where's An when I need her at a time like this?!" he hissed. "Minotauron! I'll leave the rest to you! Do your job and finish them off now!"

Minotauron let out a roar in response as Ail disappeared, and the girls took off running again. Luna could see that there was no way the girls could get out of this and knew that she had to help them.

"At this rate, everyone's going to die!" she cried. "I have no choice then! I'm going to have to revive them as Sailor Guardians before it's too late!"

She was just about to do just that when Usagi and Harusuke arrived on the set.

"This sure is a strange set," said Usagi. "Is this part of the show?"

"Something's telling me, no," said Harusuke.

"Usagi! Harusuke!" gasped Luna. "Boy, am I happy to see you guys! You both need to hurry and transform!"

"But what's going on, Luna?" asked Usagi. "I don't understand."

"No time to explain now!" Luna said urgently. "Just do it!"

"There must be trouble," said Harusuke. "Do as she says, Usagi."

Usagi was now a bit sulky, but she did so, as did Harusuke.

"MOON PRISM POWER MAKE UP!"

"SOLAR GUARDIAN POWER FLARE UP!"

Transformation Sequence: Usagi

Usagi's body shone with rainbow-colored light as she seemed to spin around. Then from her brooch, it flashed pink and pink ribbons shot out, wrapping her upper torso and midsection and became a white leotard with a red bow in the center and a collar that was blue with white stripes. Next, Usagi crosses her arms, and more pink ribbons wrapped around them, turning into long white gloves. The pink ribbon then wraps around Usagi's legs and turns into a pair of red thigh-high boots. Then a blue skirt appears around Usagi's waist with a red bow in the back. Then a tiny gem starts glowing in the middle of Usagi's forehead, and a gold tiara with a red gem, a pair of dangling crescent moon earrings, a red choker with a moon on it appear along with red circular accents in her hair buns. Usagi then strikes her signature pose as the moon shines behind her in the background.

Transformation sequence: Harusuke.

Harusuke's bracelet begins to glow as Harusuke holds it into the air. Next, the symbol of the sun starts to shine on Harusuke's head as golden yellow and silver light envelop his body. First, the sun appears above him, shining its light upon him. Then, while Harusuke bathed in its light, a silver jumpsuit with gold lines on his hips materializes around his body. After that, the light shone on his legs, and long golden metal boots that went up to his knees appeared on his legs with silver hexagon knee pads. Next, the light shone on his arms, and then golden gauntlets appeared on his hands going up to wrists. Then a yellow symbol of the sun materializes in front of him, and it crashes into his chest, making a golden chest piece of armor appear with silver shoulder guards. Finally, a silver helmet covers his head, exposing his hair and making it stand up with a mouth guard covering his mouth and nose. Finally, Harusuke's eyes open, and he strikes his signature pose the symbol of the sun appears behind him.

Minotauron had chased the girls right into a dead-end, cornering them and leaving no chance of escape. The monster aimed with her horns and prepared to attack them when a pair of voices shouted out.

"Stop right there!"

Minotauron and the girls looked up, and in the mouth of a stone creature of sorts, there stood Sailor Moon and Solaris.

"I have no idea what's going on here," said Sailor Moon. "I'm entirely clueless! But I can't forgive you for picking on these girls!"

"Especially since these girls had a chance to shine on this set!" Solaris added. "They had an opportunity to show off their talent and as well as their good looks for a special role, and you had to go and squander it!"

"And so, in the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!"

"And in the name of the Sun, with my blinding rays, I'll scorch you!"

When the girls say the two heroes, deja vu struck them again. However, it was a lot stronger than before.

"Who are those two?" wondered Makoto.

"I feel like I'm close to remembering something," said Minako. "But I don't know what it is!"

Minotauron went on the attack extending her horns at the two. Sailor Moon and Solaris jumped, dodging the horns, and landed back on the ground.

"Alright, it's time to get this bull by the horns!" Solaris spoke, getting ready to fight, but Sailor Moon cut him off.

"Solaris! Hold on! We have to save her, not destroy her!" The Moon Guardian spoke as she turned towards the Minotauron. "Don't worry! I'll turn you back to normal right now!"

Sailor Moon raised her hand, thinking of summoning her Moon Stick and using Moon Healing Escalation, but nothing happened. Then she remembered.

"Oh, wait! That's right!" she gasped. "I forgot that I lost the Moon Stick back in the battle with Queen Beryl!"

"How could you forget something that important, Sailor Moon?!" Solaris cried incredulously. "And besides, this isn't the type of monster that needs healing!"

Minotauron then attacked, extending her horns at them. The two heroes jumped out of the way dodging as Minotauron kept up the pressure. Solaris dodged the blows trying to get closer, while Sailor Moon tried not to get pierced by the horns.

"What is wrong with her?!" complained Rei. "All that girl's doing is running away! She's so useless!" She then started walking towards the fight cracking her knuckles. "I guess it's up to me to handle this!" Then she stopped. "Wait a minute, why did I just say that?" she wondered.

Luna then realized what was going on. "I think Rei's starting to remember!" she thought. "And it's not just her... Watching Sailor Moon and Solaris' fight is causing all of the girls to regain their memories!"

Then Minotauron extended her horns at Sailor Moon once again. This time, she finally got her in between them, pinning her to the wall. She then began to drain Sailor Moon's energy.

"No...! I'm... losing my strength," gasped Sailor Moon.

Seeing that Sailor Moon was trouble, Solaris rushed over to help.

"Let her go!" he yelled as he jumped into the air and punched Minotauron right in her face.

Minotauron screamed in pain, holding her face, and let go of Sailor Moon, now weak and barely able to stand. Solaris then rushed over to Sailor Moon, trying to help her to her feet. However, Minotauron recovered and was not happy at all. She let out a roar of rage and charged toward Solaris and Sailor Moon.

"Hey, look out! She's coming at you!" yelled Makoto.

Solaris looked back and saw Minotauron coming, and knowing that there wasn't time to get out of the way in time, he pushed Sailor Moon out of the way. Minotauron barreled straight into Solaris, crashing through the rocky wall pinning him between her horns, and using her strength while holding him tightly with her horns, she lifted him into the air and began taking his energy too.

"No...! I can't...! Get loose!" Solaris spoke with gritted teeth as he struggled. "Losing... all of... my strength..."

Luna then came out of her hiding place and rushed over to the other girls while looking towards the scene with worry.

"So much for handling it by themselves!" she sighed. "Now they need help!"

Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako looked down at the cat, very surprised.

"That cat just talked!" cried Minako, pointing.

"Just what in the world is going on?!" Rei asked.

Luna gulped, cursing herself for talking in front of them, but then she sighed.

"Well, the cat's out of the bag, so to speak," she said as she spoke to the girls. "Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, please, you have to help them! Sailor Moon and Solaris can't handle that monster by themselves!"

"Help them? How?" asked Ami.

Luna's crescent moon mark began to glow, and she shone a beam of light onto each other their foreheads. Memories of the battle of Queen Beryl flashed in their minds as they began to remember who they were as well as Solaris and Sailor Moon.

"Usagi and Harusuke... No, Sailor Moon and Solaris!" murmured Rei.

"I remember everything now!" gasped Minako.

"We're Guardians," said Makoto. "The four Guardians that protect the Princess and Prince of the Moon!"

"How could we have forgotten something that important?!" cried Ami.

The four then whipped out their transformation pens and sprang into action.

"MERCURY POWER...!"

"MARS POWER...!"

"JUPITER POWER...!"

"VENUS POWER...!"

"MAKE UP!"

Transformation Sequence: Ami

The symbol on Ami's pen begins to glow in a bright shade of blue as she holds up her transformation pen. It begins to spin around as it shines and envelopes Ami in blue light. Then, she sweeps it over her head while a stream of blue water shoots out, wrapping her body and forming her leotard, boots, and gloves. A sparkling ripple expands over her body, creating a slight mist of water that forms the rest of her uniform the same as Sailor Moon's but the center bow, boots, and rims on the gloves are blue and bright blue. Finally, she turns around and then strikes her signature pose.

Transformation Sequence: Rei

The symbol on Rei's pen begins to glow in a bright shade of red as she holds up her transformation pen. Then, it begins to spin around as it shines and envelopes Rei in red light. As she held up her pen while turning around, long tongues of flame erupted from it, forming several rings around her body. They tighten around her form, and in a brilliant flash of light, her outfit forms having to look just like Sailor Moon's, but she is wearing red pumps along with a pair of red star-shaped earrings, the center bow is purple, and the rims of her gloves, her skirt, her choker, and collar are red. After that, Mars finishes with her signature pose.

Transformation Sequence: Makoto

The symbol on Makoto's pen begins to glow in a bright shade of green as she holds up her transformation pen. Then, it begins to spin around as it shines its enveloping Makoto in green light. As she held up her pen while turning, long whips of lightning erupted from it, forming several rings around her body. They swirl around her like an atom. Then in a brilliant flash of light, her outfit is formed, having to look just like Sailor Moon's, but she is wearing green boots along with her pair of roses earrings, the center bow is pink, and the rims of her gloves green as is her skirt, her choker, and collar. After that, she finishes with her signature pose.

Transformation sequence: Minako.

The symbol on Minako's pen begins to glow in a bright shade of yellow as she holds up her transformation pen. Next, it spins around as it shines and envelopes Minako in yellow light. Then she sweeps it over her head as streams of yellow stars start to emit from it. Minako then holds up the pen above her head as the streams form a spiral around her body. The stars then disappear into the ground creating a circle of stars around her as they burst into more stars going upwards, enveloping Minako's body. Then emerges wearing the same outfit as Sailor Moon's, but the center bow, boots, and rims on the gloves are orange and her bow bright yellow. She then opens her eyes as she finishes with her signature pose.

Sailor Moon struggled to her feet, and she saw Solaris was in trouble. She wanted to help, but she was too weak to take even a single step. To make things worse, Solaris was in danger of falling unconscious. His vision was growing blurry, and he found it difficult to breathe. But then-.

"MERCURY BUBBLE SPRAY!"

"JUPITER SUPREME THUNDER!"

Sailor Mercury fired a blast of bubbles, blanketing the whole area with fog blinding and confusing Minotauron. While that was happening, Sailor Mars jumped into the air and pulled Solaris free from her horns to safety. After that, Sailor Jupiter unleashed a blast of lightning at the monster. Minotauron roared in agony as the attack not only caused damage, but it also paralyzed her, making her unable to move.

"MARS FIRE SOUL!"

"VENUS CRESCENT BEAM!"

Sailor Mars then unleashed a powerful blast of fire while Sailor Venus fired a light beam. The attacks combined into one creating a beam of light cloaked with flames. The attack blasted Minotauron into oblivion as she screamed in agony as she transformed back into a card, the image turning black hissing black smoke.

Ail and An, who at some point came back, couldn't believe their eyes.

"Curses! I had no idea there were six Guardians!" Ail growled in anger.

"Don't worry! We'll get them next time!" An snarled.

And the two disappeared in retreat.

Sailor Moon and Solaris, managing to get their strength back, turned back towards their friends, not believing their eyes.

"I don't believe it!" Sailor Moon cried joyfully. "You guys are back!"

"Of course, we're back, dummy," Sailor Mars smiled. "Honestly, you two thought that you could handle things by yourselves?"

"That's why we're here," said Sailor Jupiter. "After all, we can't leave you two alone."

The next day, at the Hikawa Shrine, the Guardians and Luna and Artemis all met up to celebrate their reunion and discuss the news about the auditions.

"I heard that Mikan Shiratori collapsed from exhaustion," said Minako. "So the TV drama has been canceled."

"Well, that's too bad," said Ami. "But at the same time, it's a relief for me because I can now focus on my studies."

"That aside, it sucks that we've got to put up fighting alongside Usagi again," grumbled Rei. "I'd much rather do that TV drama."

"I'm sorry, everyone," apologized Luna. "If Usagi had been a bit more competent, you could have continued to live in peace."

"I have to apologize as well," said Harusuke. "I know that Usagi's... well, Usagi, I thought I'd be more than enough to protect her and was even against bringing you girls back, but it was too much for even me to handle."

"Don't worry about it," said Makoto, patting Harusuke's shoulder. "Besides, a new enemy has appeared, so it's our mission to defend Earth. Right, gang?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. On the other hand, Usagi was feeling bright and cheerful, not even paying attention in the least.

"That's right! But I'd much rather play!" she giggled. "That and all we have to do now is bring back Mamoru's memories!"

Harusuke and Luna groaned, sweatdropping.

"Again, how in the name of everything holy is Usagi, my sister, again?" Harusuke sighed.

"Well, at least she didn't forget about being a dork," Luna spoke flatly.