It was another bright, sunny, and hot day in Juuban Park. Many couples were spending their time in each other's company on dates. However, one person was sitting on a bench all by her lonesome. That person was Minako.

"Geez, all this sun is starting to annoy me," Minako complained as she looked up at the sky while shielding her eyes. "Isn't there some way to beat this heat?"

"Hey! Minako!" called out a voice. "How's it going?"

Minako looked up and saw Harusuke walking up to her.

"Hey there, Harusuke," greeted Minako. "Showing up right on time on the dot, as usual."

"Well, I had to take care of an errand at the last minute, so I thought I was going to be late," Harsuke said. "But I'm glad I was able to make it," He then glanced over at the couples hanging out by the water fountain. "Wow. There sure are a lot of couples around here today."

Minako scowled. "I know. How can they all be so clingy when it's so hot? Couple flirting should be outlawed."

Harusuke could only smile wryly. "Well, I wouldn't go that far, Minako. They're probably just enjoying themselves in the park. That's all."

Minako then stretched her arms as he let out a satisfying yawn. "I hope everybody shows up pretty soon," she said. "I'm tired of waiting already."

"I'm sure everyone else will show soon," said Harusuke. "We just have to be patient, is all."

The two then heard a familiar voice call out to them.

"Minako! Harusuke!"

The two blondes looked, and in the distance from a few feet away, they could see Makoto running towards them. Makoto soon came up to them; her cheeks flushed from running as she wiped the sweat from her brow.

"I'm so, so sorry, you guys," apologized Makoto, as she caught her breath.

"You're late, Mako," Minako spoke grumpily.

"Now, Now, Minako," soothed Harusuke. "There's no need to get upset. At least Mako managed to get here."

"Yeah, you could be a little less uptight and chill out," Makoto added as she sat down next to her friends. "I was only a little late."

"It's too hot to chill out!" Minako complained. "And I'm not uptight!"

Makoto then looked at the many couples around and gave Minako a teasing grin. "Then, are you jealous of all those couples getting cozy with each other?" she asked, raising a brow.

Minako turned her head away. "I am not," she huffed.

"Come on, Minako. She's just teasing you," Harusuke chuckled. "By the way, do either of you two know where the others would happen to be?"

"Well, as usual, Ami said she couldn't make it," said Makoto. "She's too busy with summer courses again."

"And Rei's busy doing shrine maiden work," added Minako.

"Well, that's a bit of a letdown," said Harusuke. "Here, I was hoping we could spend a little time together, even go shopping."

"What about Usagi, Harusuke?" asked Makoto. "Isn't she coming?"

"Mako, have you ever known Usagi to show up on time?" asked Minako.

There was a brief silence, then the three of them burst into laughter.

"As much as I hate to say it, that will never happen," chuckled Makoto. "Sorry, Harusuke. I know she's your sister, but..."

"No worries. I've learned to come and accept it," Harusuke laughed. "Besides, Usagi wouldn't be Usagi if she was always late."

"She's so hopeless," giggled Minako.

Then as the three continued to laugh, Minako happened to look next to the fountain happening to catch sight of a familiar mop of pink hair.

"Hey, you guys. Look," she said, pointing.

Harusuke and Makoto then looked and saw Chibiusa with Luna P. The two were walking by the fountain and two boys following them, a short one and a tall one. Chibiusa had her nose in the air like she was trying to ignore the boys, but then two ran ahead of her, cutting her off.

"Hey, Chibiusa. Where are you going?" asked the short one, leering.

"Yeah, where are you going, Bun-head?" teased the tall one.

Chibiusa was standing no nonsense. "Are you two trying to hit on me? How immature," the pinkette said snootily. "This is exactly why the girls in my class make fun of boys like you two."

The two boys then scowled in anger, and the tall boy immediately picked up Chibiusa like a doll, now leering at her with a nasty smirk.

"You take that back," the tall boy growled. "Or else I'll make you sorry you said that!"

Immediately, Harusuke, Minako, and Makoto walked on over to intervene. Harusuke walked very close to the boys, ensuring that his shadow cast over them. As the boys looked up at him, Harusuke put on a smile that appeared normal but had a lot of malice and intent hidden behind it.

"If I were, I'd put her down right now," he spoke in an ominous voice. "Because if you don't, we'll let's say things won't end very well for you boys. Got it?"

Feeling a bit frightened, the tall boy slowly put down Chibiusa, then he, along with his ally, raced away.

"Well, that was a pretty awful thing to do," commented Makoto. "Picking on the new kid in town."

Minako then spoke to Chibiusa. "Don't worry about them. Boys will be boys," she said to her. "And for whatever reason, they always tease the girls they like."

"First of all, I resent that," Harusuke said. "And secondly, don't go putting weird ideas into Chibiusa's head, Minako."

"Yeah, I agree," chuckled Makoto. "Those boys were nothing but a couple of bullies, anyway. You always put a romantic spin on everything."

"And so what?" Minako spoke huffily, feeling insulted. "I think you judge and get over-anxious on guys way too much."

Now Makoto was a bit cross. "Oh, is that so? And how do you figure that?" she asked coldly.

"From what I hear, you immediately judge every man that comes along," Minako said, glaring. "You always compare them to your ex that broke your heart, and that's not true love, and you'll never find it that way."

"At least I'm trying," Makoto scowled. "Why don't you look for a new love instead of sulking around watching couples?"

"I'm doing just fine all by myself!" Minako snapped.

"Oh, yeah?" Makoto challenged.

"Whoa, whoa. Take it easy, girls," Harusuke interjected, getting in between them. "There's no reason to get so heated. We're already getting enough heat from the sun."

"Harusuke's right," agreed Chibiusa. "Besides, I've already got my guy picked out, and I plan on marrying him. So I'm going to be Mamo's bride."

At that moment, a familiar voice angrily screeched out. "What did you say?! Try saying that again!"

Everyone looked, and there standing before them, her face in an angry snarl, with Luna on her shoulder, was Usagi.

Chibiusa then repeated herself, not caring. "I said, I'm going to be Mamo's bride."

Then, Usagi shot forward at an incredible speed, scooping Chibiusa and pulling her aside.

"You need to stop being so friendly with him!" Usagi barked at her. "I'm the one who's supposed to call him Mamo! Not you!"

"But he dumped you," Chibiusa said snootily.

"Aww, shut up!" Usagi snapped. "That shouldn't even matter!"

Minako, Makoto, and Harusuke could only watch as the two argued with each other. Makoto then suddenly remembered turning her attention back on Minako.

"Hey, Minako! Take back what you said before!" Makoto said, glaring. "I don't appreciate you judging me!"

Minako glared back. "Then stop being so picky! You're too attached to your old crush, anyway. It's not healthy!"

"You're the one being picky!" Makoto snapped.

"No, it's you!" Minako yelled.

"It's you, Minako!"

"No! It's you, Mako!"

Harusuke then groaned as the four girls argued, shaking his head.

"This is embarrassing," he said to himself. "It's bad enough that I have to deal with one argument; now I have to deal with two?"

Chibiusa finally managed to break away from Usagi by pulling her hair and then laughed at the three girls.

"You three girls are going to end up being old maids if you don't hurry and get over the guys that dumped you," she said. "It's unbecoming of a lady."

Usagi, Minako, and Makoto, now were silent, grumpily turning their heads away. "What an awful brat!" they thought.

Harusuke shook his head. "You got to admit; she got the girls cornered with that one."

In the UFO, the Spectre Sisters were inside, surveying Juuban once again from above. Petz was feeling hot and bothered and even a little cranky.

"These people are sweltering in the heat, and yet they can't control their own weather?" Petz complained. "How much longer must we stay in this primitive world?"

"There's no need to get so worked up, Petz," Calaveras spoke. "Why are you even so eager to return? It's like you've got anyone waiting for you?"

"You watch your mouth, Calaveras!" Petz snapped, glaring at Calaveras.

"Oh, did I hit a nerve?" Calaveras mocked. "I said nothing about how unlucky you are with men. I know how being dumped has made you touchy."

"I'm doing just fine on my own!" Petz snapped crossly. "Who needs men?!"

"There they go again, always arguing with each other," sighed Berthier.

Then, Rubeus appeared, which made the two stop fighting at once. "Sounds like you two are bored here," he said. "However long we stay in this world depends on how well you handle your assignments. I've found another Crystal Point."

In the center of the room, a projection of a store appeared with a large sign that read: Omazinai House. Many women admired the numerous charms, tarot cards, and even some strange potions inside the store.

"What is that place?" wondered Petz.

"And are those gemstones?!" Berthier asked excitedly.

"I wouldn't call them gemstones," said Calaveras. "They look cheap."

"Whether they are or not, the humans seem to believe that if you make a wish on those trinkets, your wish will come true," said Rubeus. He looked across to brunette Spectre Sister. "Calaveras, I'm assigning you to handle this one," he said. "Your mission is to replace the Crystal Power in that shop with our Dark Power."

"But Master Rubeus, I'm overqualified for this job," Calaveras said importantly. "My field of expertise is in high-quality gemstones, not some cheap trinkets based on stupid primitive superstitions, so I would strongly suggest that you reassign this job to someone else."

Petz scowled at Calaveras, about to scold her, but before she could, Calaveras had already disappeared from view.

Calaveras sat by herself in a different space of the UFO thinking. She knew that she didn't want to take the job because it was beneath her. However, she was now getting the urge to change her mind.

"This assignment may be beneath me, but now that I think about it, it's probably not a good idea to anger Maser Ruebus," she said to herself. She then held out her hand and summoned a wine glass filled with a red fluid. "Droid Jamanen, I need you."

At her command, the red liquid gushed out from her cup just above her and formed a humanoid creature with green eyes, hair was long and stuck out from two sides, and had a yellow bow-tie around her neck.

"How may I serve you, Miss Calaveras?" asked Jamanen.

"Tell Master Rubeus that I've had a change of heart and will accept the job he's given me," said Calaveras.

Then, Berthier appeared. "Sorry, Calaveras, but you're a little too late," she said. "Petz has volunteered to take on the job and has already left."

Calaveras was surprised and also angry. "What?! Like I'd let her take this away from me!" she snapped crossly. "Come, Jamanen!"

And with that, Calaveras and her Droid vanished, leaving Berthier behind, who was giggling in amusement.

Usagi, Harusuke, Makoto, and Minako walked around window shopping downtown. Unfortunately, Minako and Makoto were so cross with each other; they refused to even speak to each other as they walked.

"Come on, you two. Please stop being mad at each other," begged Usagi. "I mean, we're finally going to go shopping together."

"I'm not the least bit upset," said Makoto curtly.

"Neither am I," added Makoto.

Usagi, Harusuke, and Luna could glance at each other exasperatedly.

"They're mad," sighed Luna. "No doubt about it."

"All because of something so pointless," Harusuke huffed. "This is as bad as when Usagi ends up in a fight with Rei."

Then, because she walked backward, Usagi slammed into something hard, causing her to fall flat on her face.

"Hey! Who bumped into me?!" demanded Usagi.

Harusuke then looked up, pointing at someone or something in question. "Perhaps it was that sign to that store that you carelessly didn't look out for, Sis."

Usagi looked up and saw the sign and read what it said. " "Omazinai House, the shop for granting wishes," What's that?" she wondered.

"Oh yeah, I've heard of this place," said Makoto. "They sell gemstones and other stuff that are supposed to grant wishes."

"Wishes, huh?" Minako hummed thoughtfully. "That sounds interesting."

"Well, I don't believe in charms that much," said Harusuke. "It all just seems like a scam to fool people who are naive to know any better."

Harusuke then looked back and noticed that Usagi was gone. However, he soon saw that Usagi was already standing in the store's doorway, about to go inside.

"Come on, you guys!" the ordango blonde cheered happily. "Let's go inside!"

Harusuke then groaned as he pinched his nose. "I rest my case."

"Well, I suppose we should follow her," said Minako as she looked across to Makoto. "Shall we?"

Makoto nodded in agreement. The two then realized that they were still cross and immediately turned away from each other in a huff.

Harusuke sighed. "This is going to be a long day."

The four of them went inside, unaware that someone had followed them. A certain ordango pinkette peered out from behind a corner.

"Gemstones that grant wishes," Chibiusa repeated. "Could the Silver Crystal be in there?"

Calaveras and Petz, disguised as sales clerks, were selling two gemstones they enchanted to two other girls inside the store.

"Amethysts will keep your boyfriend faithful to you," explained Calaveras. "If you lack the courage to tell him how you feel, I would recommend diamonds."

"Both stones are on sale as well," added Petz. "So, they're very affordable."

The two girls were amazed as they each took a gemstone to their liking. Then they held their stones tightly in their fists, closed their eyes, and made their wishes.

"I wish that he'd fall in with me, and our love would last forever," said one girl.

"I wish he'd love me so much that I'm the only girl he ever thinks about," said the other.

Immediately, both of the girl's gemstones began to glow, and the looks on their faces completely changed, filling with hate and loathing.

"I hate him!" the first said bitterly and crossly.

"I don't believe in love at all!" said the other angrily.

Petz was pleased. "What foolish girls. If you make a wish on our special stones, the very opposite will occur," she smirked. "Now, you're filled with hate."

"Soon, Dark Power will fill this area soon," said Calaveras. "And this place won't be able to function as a barrier for Crystal Tokyo in the future."

Not too far away, Usagi and the others all looked around at the many charms and trinkets on display. Usagi was amazed as well as excited.

"Wow! Harusuke! Minako! Makoto! Luna! Take a look at all this stuff!" Usagi gushed. "Are these all lucky charms?!" First, she saw a lovely pink pouch with a green kanji for luck on it. "Wow! There's even one to improve your grades!" Next, she looked at a necklace with a sparkling orange gem. "And there's one to make you look prettier too!"

"Wow, Usagi, you're really into this kind of stuff," commented Makoto.

Then, Usagi caught something in the corner of her eye that made her stop gaze intently at it.

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

When he saw what Usagi was looking at, Harusuke and Luna flinched. It was a large display that read Chugalug Charm Juice with a large jar containing what appeared to be green juice.

"You've got to be kidding me," Harusuke sighed. "Tell me it's not what I think it is."

"Yes, and it's idiotic," said Luna. "Even kids these days wouldn't fall for something like this."

Unfortunately, Usagi just so happened to be that kid. The ordango blonde immediately took out a one hundred yen coin, paid for the juice, and started chugging away, much to everyone's disbelief.

"Usagi! You can't be serious," Minako gulped.

"I think she is," Harusuke gacked, his eyebrow twitching.

"You're going to choke yourself if you're not careful!" warned Makoto.

However, to everyone's surprise, Usagi drank the entire jug in a matter of seconds while letting out a satisfying hiccup.

"That was tasty!" Usagi said, patting her now ballooned belly.

"I can't believe she drank the whole thing," Harusuke gawked, feeling a bit unnerved.

"So, what kind of charm is that?" wondered Minako

"If a person drinks it all at once, that person's love will be reciprocated," explained Makoto. "But, I didn't expect Usagi to drink the whole thing."

"That's my sister for you," Harusuke said, chuckling wryly. "If she wants something bad, then she's going to do whatever it takes to get what she wants. Even though her bladder's going to get put through the wringer in a while."

Calaveras and Petz then came up to teens.

"Welcome, valued customers," greeted Petz.

"If you're looking for love charms, we have quite a few of them at a corner in the back," said Calaveras. "We have a very nice selection that I think every one of you will find what you need. So please come this way."

The two disguised Spectre Sisters then led the teens to a display case filled with all kinds of lovely gemstones and jewelry that shone and sparkled.

"Wow, these are amazing!" Usagi oohed.

"When you make a wish upon them, that wish is going to come true," explained Petz. "These gems have the power to grant any wish."

"What about a heart that's grown cold?" Usagi asked. "Is there a gemstone that can warm up that cold heart?"

"Of course," smiled Petz as she presented Usagi with a small red jewelry box. "This one in particular stone can bring back your love, and it's not too pricy either."

Usagi inspected the box, opening it, finding a glimmering ruby inside. "So this stone revives love, huh?"

Minako and Makoto looked at the gem with interest wanting their loves revived, too, but they resisted the urge to take it considering Usagi's feelings.

Harusuke rolled his eyes. "Give me a break. Like that would ever happen," he scoffed. "How do we know that these gems aren't some fake sham just to get people to buy your product?"

"Harusuke, don't be rude," scolded Usagi. "You're starting to sound a bit like Rei."

"But Usagi, a simple stone isn't going to get Mamoru back, you know that," said Harusuke. "As a brother, I don't think that you should be wasting your money on something like this. Besides, this all seems a bit shady to me, as I said before."

Petz then spoke. "There's no reason to doubt our products," she said, smiling. "Many customers have bought our stones and all of which had found or reclaimed their lost love."

Harusuke gazed into Petz suspiciously, still skeptical, but then Calaveras spoke.

"Excuse me for being so blunt by saying this, but it seems to me that you're disillusioned," said Calaveras. "Have you recently suffered from a broken heart?"

Harusuke instinctively flinched, as did Makoto and Minako as Calaveras internally smiled.

"Wh-What does it matter?" Harusuke asked, trying to hide his surprise. "It's none of your business."

"Forgive me, but I couldn't help but ask," Calaveras said. "You're a handsome young man, and yet just by looking at you, you appear so sad and lonely with a heart frozen by someone not returning your feelings."

"And how would you know that?" Harusuke asked, his fists tightly clenched, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Calaveras glanced at Petz, who gave her a warning glare, before looking back at Harusuke.

"Let's just say that I know someone who's been where you are," Calaveras said. "I understand that you're skeptical, which is why I want to believe me when I say that you'll be able to find love again, and these gems can help." She then presented Harusuke with a bracelet with an amber-colored gem. "This one, in particular, will ignite the flame of what was once your love, and the one who broke your heart will love you again."

Now, Harusuke still didn't believe in this, but a part of him got tempted to take the bracelet. Usagi was wanting it as well and was just about to reach out to take it when Minako and Makoto's hands shot forward, both of them grabbing the bracelet at the same time, determined to have the bracelet from themselves. Usagi and Harusuke stared at the two.

"Minako. Mako? What are you doing?" Usagi asked flatly.

Makoto and Minako then pulled back, both their cheeks bright pink, feeling very sheepish.

"Oh, no. Don't get the wrong idea," Minako said, trying to be indifferent. "I'm am so not hung up on past loves that I want to bring one back to me."

"R-Right!" agreed Makoto, as she glanced away. "Me, either."

There was a long silence. Then Harusuke looked up at Calaveras.

"Look, ma'am. I appreciate the offer, but I'm going to have to say no," Harusuke said. "I will admit, that bracelet looks beautiful, and truth be told, I do want to fall in love again, but I'm fine with being a single guy for the moment. Sure, I did like her, but that was because she wasn't who she claimed to be, of which I learned the hard way. It sucked, and it hurt a lot, so much that it almost killed me. However, I'm slowly learning to let go of that. Thanks to my sister and her friends, I do not need a charm. I mean, who needs one when I got great people like them?"

Everyone stared at Harusuke as he finished talking. Then Usagi gave her brother a big hug.

"Aww! Harusuke! That's so sweet!" the ordango blonde said happily.

Minako and Makoto, feeling moved by Harusuke's words, both looked at each other before glancing away, feeling a little guilty about their fight.

Minako then spoke. "Mako, I think that the boy who dumped you had poor taste in girls," she said quietly.

Everyone stared at Minako, and Petz couldn't help but be so surprised, feeling a personal button inside her get pushed. "Dumped?!" she practically screeched.

Makoto then turned away in a huff. "If you're going to bad-mouth him, I'm not going to listen," she said crossly.

"No, wait. That didn't come out right," insisted Minako. "I just meant that you deserve true love, and I want you to have a loving relationship. After all, you're a good friend of mine."

Makoto slowly looked back at Minako as a warm smile tugged at her cheeks. "Thanks, Minako. I appreciate it, and for what it's worth, you're not so picky as I said you were," the tall brunette said. "Besides, he's ancient history."

"That's right!" Petz suddenly said. "Hear, hear!"

Everyone looked at the woman surprised, but Petz cleared her throat and pretended not to say anything.

Makoto then continued. "Anyway, I'll admit that he was a wonderful guy, but because of how wonderful he was, I guess there was some part of me that didn't want to let him go," she said. "He set the bar pretty high, so now, I have to find someone even better than him."

"Well then, I'll just have to do the same," Minako smiled, giving Makoto a wink. "I'm going to go all out, so I can find a guy that's even better than Alan." She turned to Harusuke. "And I'm sure that you'll find the right girl soon, Harusuke. With a good heart like yours, you'll get that girl in no time."

"Thanks, Minako," Harusuke smiled. "And may I say, it's great to see you and Mako making up."

"And I'll bet you're still going for Mamoru, right, Usagi?" Makoto said, looking at the ordango blonde.

"That's right," Usagi said with a peace sign. "Who else?"

The curtains behind them suddenly opened, and Chibiusa and Mamoru entered the store. When Usagi and Mamoru saw each other, the two seemed to freeze on sight.

"Mamo!" Usagi gasped, her cheek tinging pink. "I don't believe it! The charm juice worked after all!"

Chibiusa then began tugging on Mamoru's arm. "Let's go, Mamo. I want a popsicle."

Mamoru then spoke kindly to Chibiusa. "I'm sorry, Chibiusa, but I have things to do right now. So why don't you hang out with the others today?"

And before anyone could say anything, Mamoru turned on his heel and quickly departed the room. Chibiusa was now cross glaring straight at Usagi.

"This is all your fault!" Chibiusa snapped. "Mamo went away because of you! Why are you so stupid?!"

"Oh, pipe down, will you?! Stop blaming everything on me!" Usagi snapped back. "So I was a little sappy when I saw him?! Can you blame me?! Besides, I think it's your for acting like a spoiled brat!"

"It's your fault for saying dumb things like the charm juice, stupid!" Chibiusa shouted.

"It's your fault, Chibiusa!"

"Nuh-uh! It's yours, Usagi!"

The two were now in an all-out verbal argument while everyone else watched, not sure what to make or do about this. Then, having enough, Petz finally snapped.

"WOULD YOU TWO CUT IT OUT ALREADY?!" she yelled.

Everyone jumped, and Usagi and Chibiusa stopped fighting immediately.

"Hey, Petz. Take it easy. You've got to focus so that we can proceed with the plan," said Calaveras. "Then again, we can't proceed unless we deal with them."

"What do you mean by plan?!" asked Minako, growing suspicious.

But Petz didn't care, entirely blinded by anger. "All your chatter about new love and wonderful romances is just rubbish!" she snapped.

"You think love is rubbish?!" Makoto demanded, incredulously appalled.

"Absolutely," Petz spoke with a cold smirk as she held up a pink stone in her hand. "Go ahead, make a wish on this gemstone. Then, you'll forget about love and will remember to hate all men."

"And what if we don't want to?" Harusuke spoke, scowling at the two.

"Be careful, you guys," warned Minako. "I'm starting to think that these aren't ordinary sales-clerks!"

Calaveras seeing as though they were exposed, immediately summoned her Droid. "Jamanen, come!"

At her command, a spatial hole opened up, and a stream of red gelatin fell from it and then took the shape of her Droid. At the same time, Petz and Calaveras took off their disguises, revealing their true selves. The teens immediately jumped back, standing in front of Chibiusa to protect her.

"Usagi! You and Harusuke, get Chibiusa out of here!" ordered Minako.

"I'm not going anywhere with Usagi!" Chibiusa said stubbornly.

"This isn't the time for this!" Usagi spoke urgently. "Just be quiet and come with us!"

Usagi scooped up Chibiusa, and then she and Harusuke made for the curtain, only for Calaveras and Petz to not only cut them off but corner them as well.

"There's no escape!" Calaveras said.

"I'm going to kill every last one of you, so you'll stop talking about stupid things like love and wishing for it to come back!" Petz growled viciously.

"Geez, what's eating her?!" Harusuke said. "She's as vicious as a tiger!"

Makoto then looked up and saw Jamanen coming out from another wormhole, turning her arm into a blade.

"Look out!" yelled Makoto.

The teens immediately scattered, dodging Jamanen as she pierced the floor. Then Minako took notice of an object that happened to be next to a flower pot. It was a fire extinguisher. Upon seeing it, Minako got an idea.

Calaveras was closing in on Usagi and Chibiusa, her whip clenched tight in her hands, ready to use it. "I feel bad about this, but it's time for you to die, Rabbit," she smirked darkly.

"Not so fast!" yelled Minako, who now had the extinguisher in her hands.

She aimed it right at Calaveras and sprayed. White smoke billowed everywhere as Petz, Calaveras, and Jamanen coughed as they tried to see. Seizing their chance, the teens quickly made their way out of the room and looked for an exit. Luna, who appeared on Harusuke's shoulder, then pointed to a door to their left.

"Over there! That must be a closet!" Harusuke said, pointing. "Usagi, you and Chibiusa hide over there and stay out of sight! Minako, Makoto, and I will go get help!"

"Will do!" Usagi acknowledged as she carried Chibiusa and put her in the closet, much to Chibiusa's disdain.

Minako and Makoto then looked to Harusuke.

"Harusuke, you try and get into contact with Sailor Mars and Mercury," said Makoto. "We're going to need their help."

"But what about you guys?" asked Harusuke. "Can you two hold them off until then?"

"Don't worry, we got this," smirked Makoto. "After all, if we don't want to be man-haters like them,"

"...we'll have to take care of them," said Minako with a smile. "Leave it to us."

Harusuke smiled as he gave the two girls a nod as he went outside the store. Minako and Makoto then looked at each other, taking out their transformation wands, and raised them to the air.

"JUPITER STAR POWER MAKE UP!" yelled Makoto.

"VENUS STAR POWER MAKE UP!" shouted Minako.

Transformation Sequence: Makoto

Makoto's hand is held up as green sparkles swirl around it, alighting her fingernails, turning them into a shade of bright green. Her transformation stick appears spinning, and she takes hold of it, the star on end as well as the symbol glowing. It starts to turn around rapidly as green light envelops Makoto. As she holds up her pen while spinning around, long streams of lightning erupt from it, encircling her body, forming an atom of sorts before exploding in a brilliant flash of light. Her outfit forms, having to look just like Sailor Moon's, wearing green boots along with her pair of roses earrings, the bow is pink, and the rims of her gloves green, as is her skirt, her choker, and collar. After that, Jupiter finishes with her signature pose.

Transformation sequence: Minako.

Minako's hand is held up as golden stars swirl around it, alighting her fingernails, turning them into a shade of bright orange. Her transformation stick appears spinning, and she takes hold of it, the star on end as well as the symbol glowing. It begins to turn as Minako is enveloped in yellow light. Then she sweeps the pen over her head as banners of golden stars emit from it. Minako then holds up the pen above her head as the banners of stars form a spiral around her body. They disappear into the ground, forming a circle of stars and burst into more stars going upwards, enveloping Minako's body. Then Minako emerges wearing the same outfit as Sailor Moon's, the center bow, boots, and rims on the gloves colored orange, her back bow, yellow, and her center bow, blue. She then opens her eyes as she assumes her signature pose.

Meanwhile, Rei and Ami walked around town, looking for their friends outside the store, unaware of the chaos.

"I'm pretty sure they should be shopping around here," murmured Ami. "I wonder where they could be?"

"Man, I even left work early to do this too," complained Rei. "I hope we find them soon because it would suck if we don't."

Then both of their communicators began to beep, and when they answered them, Harusuke's voice came.

"Rei! Ami! Are you there?! Please respond!"

Rei and Ami looked around, ensuring that no one saw them, then they answered their communicators.

"What's the matter, Harusuke?" asked Rei. "Is it another droid?"

"Yes, it, along with two other strange women, have taken over the Omazinai House of Luck store and has got me and the others cornered along with Chibiusa!" Harusuke said urgently. "We could use Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury right about now!"

"Don't worry! We're on our way!" said Ami. "Just hang in there until then!" She then looked at Rei. "Let's go!"

"Right!" concurred Rei.

The two then raced off to help their friends.

Back inside, Calaveras, Petz, and their Droid desperately tried to see where their prey went from inside the smoke. Then as the smoke began to clear, the three of them could see Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus standing before them.

"Your days of toying the young hearts of girls are over!" Sailor Jupiter said. "We won't forgive you for ruining their special moment of feeling Love!"

"That's right! And since love is what Venus is the guardian of, we'll punish you!" said Sailor Venus.

"And who the hell are you two?!" demanded Calaveras.

"I'm Sailor Jupiter!" said the guardian of green. "And in the name of Jupiter, I'll fill you with regret; it'll leave you numb!"

"And I'm Sailor Venus!" said the Guardian of Love. "And in the name of Venus, I'll punish you with the power of love! But enough about us. It's impolite to ask others their names unless you intend to introduce yourselves first."

Petz then stepped forward, brimming with confidence. "Very well, then. I shall. I am Petz, the oldest, and dare I say, the prettiest of the four Spectre Sisters."

Calaveras laughed scornfully. "Please. I'm much more popular than my sister, Petz, so much so that men are captivated by me," she said. "I'm Calaveras, the second oldest of the Four Spectre Sisters."

Petz glared at Calaveras, feeling insulted that her sister stole her thunder, while Calaveras herself turned away in a huff, not caring in the slightest. However, sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.

"What's going on with those two?" wondered Sailor Jupiter.

"It seems they don't get along just like we were before," said Sailor Venus. "Pretty awkward."

Petz was now angrier and even more fed up than before, her hand clenched and sparking with black electricity. "Everyone keeps talking about love and men...!" she spoke with clenched teeth, a vein popping on her forehead. "WHO NEEDS IT?!"

The eldest Spectre Sister then unleashed a powerful blast of black lightning at the two guardians forcing them to jump out of the way to dodge. Sailor Venus then gunned for Calaveras, and Sailor Jupiter went for Petz.

Sailor Venus attacked Calaveras with a diving dropkick, but Calaveras managed to dodge and countered using her whip, wrapping it around her neck tightly, choking her.

Petz fired another lightning attack at Sailor Jupiter, dodging by jumping to the side. Sailor Jupiter then shot forward and threw a right hook, but Petz slightly stepped to the right going past her. Sailor Jupiter skidded to a stop and tried again, but Jamanen was quick to counter. She made a wormhole appear beneath her and made several tendrils of her body shoot out and wrap around her, trapping her from neck to toe.

Petz cackled mockingly. "How pathetic! It serves you right for always obsessing about love and relying on men!" she scolded. "That's what makes foolish women like you weak!"

"You're wrong!" Sailor Jupiter countered crossly. "Love gives you the strength and courage to take on almost anything!"

"JUST SHUT UP AND DIE!" Petz yelled as she fired another stream of lightning right at Sailor Jupiter.

Sailor Jupiter screamed in agony as her entire body was shocked by Petz's attack, while Sailor Venus struggled to breathe as Calaveras choked her. At that moment, Harusuke came into the room saw that his friends were in trouble. Not hesitating for a second, he charged straight at Petz.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Harusuke yelled.

Petz looked up in surprise, in time for Harusuke to give her a mighty tackle sending her stumbling into a display case that fell along with her with a crash. Harusuke also turned around, and before Calaveras could react, Harusuke punched her across her cheek, knocking her to the ground and making her let go of the whip. Sailor Jupiter and Venus were surprised and grateful as Harusuke gave them a thumbs up.

Calaveras now had their anger focused on Harusuke.

"How dare you lay your hands on me, you filthy human!" Calaveras snapped with hate. "Jamanen! Get him!"

Jamanen immediately shot towards Harusuke turning her arms into blades, and attacked. Harusuke dodged by jumping out of the way as Jamanen sliced straight through a display case. As Harusuke landed on the ground taking a few steps back, he overlooked Calaveras, who threw her whip at him, hoping to catch him by surprise.

"Harusuke! Look out behind you!" yelled Sailor Jupiter.

Harusuke, hearing the warning, looked back and tilted his head, the whip barely scraping his neck as he jumped backward. However, this left him open as Jamanen used another wormhole to make a tendril shoot out and bind around Harusuke's right wrist. And before Harusuke could even curse, more tendrils shot out and wrapped around his other limbs, preventing him from moving anymore. Petz, who managed to recover, was livid.

"I can't believe this!" Petz seethed with fury. "Not only was a human able to get the drop on us, but he's also a man?!"

"I'll admit this, you did put up a good fight, human," Calaveras said, tightening her whip. "but now it's time for you to die as punishment for laying your hands on us."

"Do your worst!" Harusuke spoke bravely. "I ain't scared of you two!"

"You should be!" Petz spoke maliciously. "Because I'm going to enjoy torturing you until I burned you into a crisp!"

"Leave him alone!" Sailor Venus yelled, who was still reeling from being choked.

Then just as the two Spectre Sisters prepared to attack Harusuke -.

"MARS BURNING MANDALA!"

An array of rings made of fire shot out, whizzing past Calaveras and Petz stopping them and cutting through Jamanen's bindings setting Sailor Jupiter and Harusuke free. Everyone then looked back as Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury arrived.

"Mars! Mercury!" Sailor Venus smiled gratefully.

Sailor Jupiter, now free, stood with Sailor Venus as they squared off with Calaveras and Petz.

"Sailor Venus! What do you say we teach these two a lesson?!" Sailor Jupiter said.

"You bet!" agreed Sailor Venus. "Let's show these two the power of those who believe in love! Harusuke! You might want to get out of the way!"

"With pleasure!" Harusuke said as he took cover from behind a display case.

Sailor Jupiter's antenna then extended from her tiara, gathering power while clapping her hands. At the same time, Sailor Venus began to glow in bright light as a chain made of golden energy shaped like hearts swirled around her. At the same time, Calaveras and Petz got ready to attack as well, Calaveras using her whip and Petz charging up another blast of lightning.

"JUPITER SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"

"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!"

Sailor Jupiter then threw a powerful disc of lightning from her hand, and Sailor Venus directed her chain at Calaveras as the two Spectre sisters attacked. The lightning attacks and the whips collided, creating a massive explosion that shook the store. Calaveras and Petz couldn't help but be surprised.

"Calaveras, we better retreat for now," said Petz. "These Guardians are more powerful than we thought."

"Jamanen! Take care of these guardians now!" ordered Calaveras. "Make sure you kill them! Especially that boy for punching my face!"

"You can count on me, ma'am," said Jamanen.

"Hey! You can't leave!" cried Sailor Venus. "Get back here!"

But the two Spectre Sisters had already vanished as Jamanen went on the attack.

Usagi had just stuffed Chibiusa in the closet in the storage closet and barricaded the door.

"I don't want to stay in here!" Chibiusa yelled inside.

"Stop complaining! You'll be safe in there!" Usagi said. "I have to go check on something, so stay put!"

"It's time to transform, Usagi!" Luna spoke urgently. "Hurry!"

"I'm on it!" Usagi said as she held up her brooch. "MOON CRYSTAL POWER MAKE UP!"

Transformation Sequence: Usagi

Usagi holds up the Crystal Star brooch as it opens, revealing the Silver Crystal inside. Usagi waved her hand on the Silver Crystal, and it flashed it a bright short burst of pink light emitting a chime. It does it a second time, and on the third, it shines brightly, enveloping Usagi in its glow. Usagi then holds the brooch above her head, suspending it in between her hands, drawing it to the center of her torso, flipping it once before placing it in the center of her chest. She then spins around a few times as the crystal begins to glow even brighter than before in pink light. She holds her hands up as a pair of wings spring forth from her back while pink ribbons come out from the crystal wrapping around Usagi's body, forming her leotard. The wings on her back disappeared as more pink ribbons wrapped around her arms and hands, creating white gloves and red boots around her calves and feet. As the blue skirt appears around her waist, one more pink ribbon ties at her back as she does a kind of spread-eagle motion with one leg up, a glowing moon symbol appearing on her forehead. Her tiara, earrings, choker, and ordango covers appear, and Usagi, now Sailor Moon, finishes with her signature pose.

The Sailors, along with Harusuke, were now trapped by Jamanen's goo, struggling as they tried to get free. Finally, Jamanen was ready to finish them off. At that moment, Sailor Moon appeared.

"Hold it right there, you! Sailor Moon barked. Then she took notice of Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars, which surprised her. "Wait, Mars? Mercury? What are the two of you doing here?"

"Never mind that, Sailor Moon!" cried Sailor Mercury.

"Just hurry up and finish her!" urged Sailor Mars.

"Oh, right!" Sailor Moon said. "Alright, you nasty Droid! You're going to pay for taking advantage of people who wish for -"

"Sailor Moon, I know that the whole catchphrase schtick is a thing, but can you please hurry up and kill the droid?!" Harusuke choked. "We're kind of dying over here!"

Sailor Moon's cheeks puffed into a pout as she took out her Cutie Moon Rod. "Man, I don't even get to say my catchphrase? What a bummer," she complained as she aimed Jamanen, who pounced straight towards her. "MOON PRINCESS HALATION!"

Sailor Moon unleashed a powerful stream of light and sparkles at Jamanen hitting a bullseye reducing her to dust and a green gem, which turned black immediately. The binds that also held the others also faded away, setting them free. As the guardians and Harusuke let out a breath of relief, they didn't see a certain pinkette peering out from behind a display case, her eyes wide with wonder and curiosity.

After that, everyone returned to their civilian identities and went to a cafe to have some coffee to celebrate. Usagi, who had bought another jug of the good luck juice, was chugging away much to everyone's disdain.

"Usagi, seriously, I think that you should stop drinking that stuff already," said Makoto. "It can't be good for you."

"You're going to drown yourself!" scolded Ami.

"No way!" Usagi stubbornly spoke between gulps. "I'm going to drink this whole thing so I can see Mamo again!"

"Come on, Usagi! It was a coincidence that he showed up there!" Harusuke spoke. "It's nothing more but a jug of juice to sucker people in!"

"Well, maybe this way, it'll cure her stupidity," said Rei.

Usagi slammed down her jug and glared at Rei. "There you go being mean again, Rei!" Usagi growled crossly. "Why do you have to be so mean to me?!"

"I'm only speaking the truth," Rei said snootily.

Then it happened. Because Usagi was so full of juice, her belly couldn't take it anymore. Before she could stop herself, juice spurted out of Usagi's mouth and went all over Rei, drenching her from head to chin. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

"USAGI!" Rei shrieked as she pounced on the ordango blonde. "You're going to pay for that!"

"I'm sorry! It was an accident!" Usagi wailed as she shielded her face.

"Not good enough! I need some payback!" Rei growled as she slurped up for coffee and puffed her cheeks. "Now, stick out your face!"

"I said I was sorry!" Usagi cried.

Then a waitress came up, having to have heard the commotion. "Hey, if you ladies are going to be squirting juice at each other, please take it outside," she said.

"Make her go!" Rei and Usagi snapped, pointing at each other. "She started it!"

"Would you two knock it off already?!" Harusuke yelled. "You're both causing a scene!"

The others could only sigh, shaking their heads as Rei and Usagi continued to fight while Harusuke desperately tried to break them up.