Based on 'Sailor Moon Crystal' for the Dark Kingdom Arc, but set at the end of the manga.

'Sailor Moon Crystal' is following the manga's acts really closely, but act 10 shows an important difference: the Shitennou are still alive (whereas in the manga they simply die while fighting), and it's clearly implied that, beside Serenity/Endymion, also Shitennou and Senshi had a love affair going on in their past lives. Naoko Takeuchi drew a picture at the conclusion of the manga, showing each Shitennou posed with one of the Senshi: Mars/Jadeite, Venus/Kunzite, Mercury/Zoisite, Jupiter/Nephrite.

I am happy these pairings are canon in the new anime! :-) SO, If Usagi can live happily with Mamoru, reviving their love as reincarnation of Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion, why can't the Senshi revive their former loves?

This story is focused on Mars/Jadeite.

Check my profile page for the link to tumblr if you are interested in my drawings about Rei and Jadeite (the cover image of this story is mine).

YOU'RE ALSO A NORMAL GIRL

A face called her through the fire.

Rei's heart skipped a beat, she opened her eyes and she stared at the flames.

She rested her right hand on her face and closed her eyes. Her visions had always a reason, so why that vision and why in that moment?

She stood up and left the dark room inside the Shrine. Finally outside, she inhaled the fresh air and looked at the clear sky in that winter Sunday.

Her visions usually announced a new enemy, so why a vision from the past? After the final battle with Galaxia, things looked peaceful on Earth, and their first enemies were something lost in the past, an old memory. Their first enemies: Queen Metallia, Queen Beryl and the Dark Kingdom Generals, brainwashed versions of the Shitennou, Prince Endymion's former guardians.

The sky above her faded and the memory of the Shitennou surfaced to her mind: the blue sky of an old time replaced the actual sky, a wide grassland replaced the small yard in from of the Shrine and she found herself in her Sailor Mars form, looking at the Shitennou standing at the other side of the grassland. She looked at one of them, Jadeite, knight of patience and harmony, and he looked at her, his blue-grey eyes in her purple ones.

Those grey eyes were calling her through the fire. Why the vision of Jadeite?

Rei turned round and walked to the Shrine. She needed to dress her usual clothes, changing from her red and white miko robes to her normal girl's outfit.

"And don't forget that you're also a normal girl. The true meaning behind your rebirth lies in that." She recalled Queen Serenity's words to Sailor Moon when they went on the Moon for the first time: those words were true not just for Usagi but also for the Senshi. They were just normal girls on Earth, despite their past lives in the Moon Kingdom and their ability to transform into Senshi in order to protect their Princess and Earth.

Was it true just for Princess Serenity and the Senshi, or also for the Shitennou? Was it possible that… Maybe… ?

Rei shook her head, unable to complete her thought.

Why the vision of Jadeite as a normal guy instead of his Shitennou form?

She left the Shrine and walked down the hill, heading to Mamoru's apartment; if she had the vision of Jadeite, for sure Mamoru had some visions too.

"Mamo-chan!" Usagi closed the book and looked at Mamoru, "I am tired of studying!" She stirred and yawned.

He rested his book on the kitchen's table and looked at her, "You should study, Usako. You are a High School Student, now, and your grades aren't really good."

She frowned and wrapped her arms around her chest, like a scolded child, "Mamo-chan, you can be really annoying about school. You are even stricter than my mother and my teachers."

He smiled with affection, "And you can be really stubborn, Usako." He stood up and walked to the stove, "Do you want a cup of tea? You invited Rei, Ami, Makoto and Minako, didn't you? What about having a cup of tea while waiting for them?"

She smiled and nodded, glancing at the clock on the kitchen's wall, "It's 4 o'clock and they should come at 5; Makoto cooked a chocolate cake, and I can't wait for eating it." She rested her right elbow on the kitchen's table and her chin on her hand's palm, staring at Mamoru and at his serious look as he prepared the tea. Her smile faded; she stood up and approached him, the clumsy and childish girl turning into the strong and caring girl she was able to be, "Mamo-chan, is everything OK? You look worried."

He turned round and smiled, "Don't worry, Usa, everything's OK." He rested his right hand on his forehead and closed his eyes for few seconds, "Just a sleepless night."

Usagi nodded and simply hugged him, hoping, in the deep of her heart, that Mamoru's sleepless night didn't mean new horrific visions and so a new enemy.

"I just want to be a normal girl, just a normal girl living happily with my boyfriend, the guy I love. I don't want to be a tragic princess, neither a warrior, any more." This is what she hoped while she kept Mamoru close to her, her face buried against his chest and her arms around his neck.

Yuki Watanabe stared at the clear sky outside the window.

Again that dream: his hand in a white glove while he caressed a beautiful girl with long raven hair and deep purple eyes, then sudden flames surrounding him and pain.

He shivered, he shook his head and ruffled his short blond hair in frustration. He finally walked to the door, grabbed a dark sweatshirt and came out his apartment, "I should drink less beer when I go out with my friends."

His hands in his sweatshirt's pockets, he started wandering along the streets.

People usually noticed her long raven hair, her beauty and her slenderness, but, even if she was used to people looking at her, she didn't like it. Looking at the ground in front of her and avoiding any eye contact, Rei kept on walking, heading to Mamoru's apartment.

She glanced at the clock on her wrist: 4 o'clock. She was early, since Usagi invited her and the other girls for having tea at 5 o'clock, but she preferred to talk with Mamoru before the arrival of Ami, Makoto and Minako. For sure Usagi was with Mamoru, and he was helping her with her homework.

Thinking of Mamoru and Usagi, Rei smiled and walked across the rails.

From the opposite direction, a guy was walking to her: blond hair, blue-grey eyes, a dark sweatshirt highlighting his blond hair, and blue jeans.

When he moved past her, Rei's heart started beating furiously in her chest. She passed the rails and she stopped, slowly turning round. She saw the guy mirroring her moves, stopping after crossing the rails and slowing turning round while the level crossing's bars slowly went down.

And… WHOOSHHH…

… The train closed Rei's visual field. She stared at her shadow reflecting on the train passing by, holding her breath while she waited for seeing again the guy at the other side of the rails.

Jadeite! It was him.

The train passed by, but at the other side of the rails no guy was waiting for her, just the empty street.

Was it another vision?

Rei pressed her right forefinger and index against her forehead, she closed her eyes and sighed. She finally turned round and she walked to Mamoru's apartment.

"And don't forget that you're also a normal girl. The true meaning behind your rebirth lies in that."