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Summary: Serenity hated her life on the Moon because of all the responsibilities, not to mention her sudden engagement to someone she didn't even know the name of. So she packed her bags and headed for Earth, where she met Motoki-onii-san, her new brotherly friend, only to realize he's a step-brother to Chiba Mamoru, one arrogant ass. This story is pretty much about Serenity (who takes on the alias of Tsukino Usagi) learning to live on Earth, figuring out how to be normal, dealing with matters of the heart, and dealing with her senshi on Earth with her.

Quick Recap: Serenity began her senshi training with Uranus and decided to let Mamoru back into her life, resuming her title of Tsukino Usagi, as they begin their friendship.

'They worked around each other to find bowls and spoons, seeming to flow effortlessly. Once they made their sickeningly sweet desserts they walked back towards the television in comfortable silence. Usagi tugged the afghan over herself as Mamoru tried to work the many remotes she had to turn on the damned contraption. He flicked on a comedy film he'd seen a dozen times and leaned back into the sofa, wrestling for some blanket from Usagi who wasn't willing to share. A tug-o-war ensued and they ended up sitting closer to each other so they'd both be covered, tuned into the movie and eventually drifted off to sleep.'

Chapter Eight:

The next few weeks were surprisingly pleasant for Serenity. Her senshi skills were growing at a rapid pace and even the aloof Pluto was appreciative. Her alter ego could now dodge many of the attacks thrown her way and had a few offensive tricks up her glove, as well. She could walk and run without much trouble, even though she would occasionally still flip-flop onto the ground.

Mamoru had been a blessing to her. He became her confidant; the one person she could lean on. Whenever she'd come home from senshi lessons, she would call him up and he'd answer. No questions asked. Her friend had tried to hassle information out of her, wondering why she was always so exhausted, but learned to leave it alone once he realized she wouldn't respond.

Things were running smoothly until she entered her beloved Arcade on a seemingly ordinary day. The day when both her worlds would collide.

After she passed the whooshing front doors she saw Motoki running around the joint, countless dishes on his tray. Deciding to give the poor man a break, Usagi slipped behind the counter and seemingly floated into the kitchen. Helping him out with the dishes couldn't be too much work, could it?

After attempting to clean a particularly stubborn pan, she realized it was harder than she originally thought. Maybe she wasn't cut out to be a normal girl… but she would have her fun for as long as she could. Raising her arms in the air while humming an oh so familiar tune, she granted her own wish for the mess to be cleaned, and voila; a spotless kitchen.

"Not bad Ms. Tsukino, not bad at all," Usagi giggled to herself, pleased with her work. Next stop, refreshments.

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"Usagi? What are you doing!"

'Not eating free food!' Usagi convinced herself, while hoping Motoki wouldn't become homicidal after discovering she'd made herself a sundae for her 'contribution' to the work effort. Peeking her head up over the small ridge separating her from the front counter, Usagi's eyes searched for the frantic bus-boy. Deciding to come clean, she bowed her head and solemnly walked out of the kitchen towards Motoki's frozen body in the opposite corner of the Arcade.

It wasn't until she was a few feet behind the blonde that she found something peculiar about the situation; there were two blondes. One was her onii-chan, Motoki, while the other's face was hidden behind a menu. Usagi saw it best to watch the scene unravel before her eyes rather than taking the heat for the frozen treat. Shooing a few customers out of their booth, she began to wait.

It didn't take long.

--

'Usagi?' Unsure as of how to respond, the blonde simply ducked behind a menu, hoping the looming figure above her would soon leave. She had always thought of him as a kind and gentle fellow, but apparently things change once up close.

"I asked you what you were doing, Usagi, and you'd better have an answer."

Okay, Mr. Mop Head over here drank a bit too much Pine Sol and was losing control. Where the hell was this bunny? Her eyes shot over the folded papers, hoping to see some sort of magic show appearing in front of her which would explain things, but sadly, luck was not on her side today. Sighing to herself, she decided to try one more time then surrender the goods in hopes he wouldn't sue.

"I came here to eat," she answered, wishing for once in her life she could tell a lie.

"Obviously. Honestly Usagi, you know the rules. Nothing furrier than a broom is allowed in my Arcade, and even those better not have any dust bunnies attached," Motoki warned his simple minded onee-chan. Did she really think she could pull the wool over his eyes? Not in this lifetime. "Why do you have a cat in your purse?"

The real Usagi froze; a confused blonde who, apparently looked identical to her, was caught in her presence with a feline. She knew the odds of two blonde girls in the same small shop in Tokyo were quite miniscule, and the furry friend simply confirmed her case.

At the mention of his exposed secret, Artemis popped out of the uncomfortable straw bag and onto the table. If he was caught, he may as well make himself at home. Shit was about to hit the fan. Sneaking a glance towards his Moon Princess, he locked eyes and gave a small nod.

Oh yes, there will be fans.

'Calm down, calm down. Obviously, if Venus had her memories, she wouldn't be so stupid as to inconsequently end up in the same area as I, meaning this has to be the Reincarnation. Play it cool, Serenity. You're cold as fire and hot as ice, remember?' Usagi mentally sledgehammerred herself for memorizing that sickeningly repetitive song before standing up from her position at the booth. Straightening her shoulders, she began walking towards the arising awkward situation.

"Ahem," Usagi interrupted, hoping to catch Venus' eyes in a moment of silent communication. Fat chance. "Motoki, why are you calling her by my name? I must say, I'm a little hurt."

Motoki spun around and had a large dosing of Déjà Vu. 'Shit.' "Don't tell me, she's your long lost sister who has amnesia therefore doesn't remember you, but the gods brought you back together?"

"Close; that's my cat."

Minako snapped her head up at the arduous claim and was ready to go on the defense when her eyes fell upon the attacker. 'Holy mother of all that is righteous and orange… it's her.'

'Come here often?' Usagi smirked inside her mind as she sent the telepathic message to her comrade. Haruka taught her how to connect with her senshi counterparts in case of such a situation and now she was becoming increasingly relieved of the seemingly useless lesson.

Minako's eyes seemed to bubble outside of their rightful sockets at the intrusion as even her inner most thoughts ceased. 'Minako, say something! It's your Princess!' Wincing at Artemis' none but subtle reminder, Minako began to bow down in honour.

Upon seeing the act of dedication, Usagi rushed to Minako's side to prevent it. "Menstrual cramps? Aww, sweetie that sucks. Let's go to the bathroom. Motoki, I hope you installed the tampon dispenser like I told you!" Usagi sputtered out as she ushered her protector to the washroom, hoping for some one on one time.

Leaving a confused and embarrassed Motoki, they bid their Adieu, stumbled across the room and through the locking door.

--

"Holy shi-" Minako's mouth was covered by a silky smooth hand which was covered by a fuzzy paw as she began to release her excitement.

'Mental voices, Venus. We can't have anyone hearing this conversation, now can we?'

Doubling over in apology, Minako mentally muttered a 'Gomenasai'.

'Princess, we have been looking all over for you! It is about time you showed up. How have you been?'

'Fine Artemis, just fine. I have actually grown even more attached to this planet, if at all possible, and I have been attending training on a regular basis.'

'You are being trained? The last time I spoke to Luna she still had not come across you.'

'Oh no, I have not had any connection with the Royal Court up until now; Uranus has been my trainer.'

'Ah, I see you have been taken care of then,' Artemis chuckled upon receiving the mental image.

'Bite me, Artemis.'

Shocked and, a little appalled to say the least, Artemis gave his Princess a quick body check. Dressed down in torn jean shorts and a striped cardigan, he saw nothing of the elegant clothing she used to don. "Princess!" he shouted, unaware of his change in speech.

Stuffing the grown kitten back into her Head Senshi's purse, Usagi motioned for Minako to follow her. Waltzing out of the bathroom as if nothing were out of the ordinary, Usagi passed Motoki on the way out of the Arcade, a dumbfounded Minako in her wake. "I'm gone to talk with this one for a while. I cleaned up the kitchen for you, by the way. You so owe me ten free tokens."

Before the store owner could respond, the two blondes were out the door and heading into the crowds, no doubt an angry feline in their midst.

--

"Here, this is safe," Usagi told her guests as she unlocked her hotel room's door. Dropping her purse and key onto the kitchen island, she opened the fridge to offer some refreshments.

"Permission to speak informally, Princess?"

"Granted."

"What the hell?! How have ya been? This little munchkin packs more punch than he used to, I can tell you that. Do you know that he's been training me to seek out auras so I wouldn't mistake you if you were to be disguised? Well, I suppose it worked out; your appearance has definitely changed. But, yours, I mean, it's a very distinct blend of yellow, purple and white, which not many people possess. Artemis told me it's like in the Death Note series. It's like I have the eyes, but I still can't see my own aura! Artemis tells me I have none since there's nobody home upstairs, but I think that's silly since the tenants above my apartment are so noisy-"

Before the ramblings became even more inane, Usagi waved her hand over the length of her own body, returning to her state as Serenity. Seeing poor Venus stuck in such an airheaded existence reminded her of the memory-lock her senshi must all be under.

Back on the Moon, Serenity and her senshi had been taught about situations such as this; if, for some reason, they were in danger and had to be transported to another world without proper protection, Queen Serenity would seal in all their most important memories as a block to the enemy. After all, what good was a Royal Senshi if she knew nothing? Of course the Venus Serenity knew and cherished would not let her brain rot away in such a condition, therefore she knew the magic was still well-enforced.

After concentrating on Minako's aura, she could see the misty white protection layer appear. Walking in a circle around the dazed and confused senshi, Serenity passed her hand through the force field her mother set, washing away the now unnecessary material.

After staring into space for a good minute or so, Venus returned and immediately knelt down to heir to the Throne, the silver haired goddess before her, Princess Serenity. As she closed her eyes, her much missed fuku appeared on her body like magic.

"Princess, I have missed you so. You cannot imagine what it feels like to be bottled up inside such a personality, unable to stop the words of an illiterate child from spewing out of my mouth. Please forgive the former body from which I was contained in."

Smiling pleasantly upon her golden senshi, Serenity rose to her feet. "Oh, give it up Venus. We both know you enjoyed the break from boring pleasantries such as these. I've missed you so much!"

Not needing another word, Venus rushed onto her feet and into her best friend's arms. It had been so hard, trying to find Serenity when she had no clues to go on. It had been, what, over a year now, without any new development? Luckily that had all changed today.

Not wanting to interrupt the reformed bond between the ladies before him, Artemis regrettably cleared his throat for attention.

"Artemis. You and I are going to have words, do you understand?"

Gulping under the murderous glare, Artemis nodded his head as an affirmative before turning towards his Princess. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for this to go on for so long, but, we didn't know what to do! How did you manage to block your presence for so long? We didn't even know you were in Japan until a little over a month ago."

Confusion set its' ugly head upon Serenity's face as she had no clue what her protectors were speaking of. Hadn't she only arrived a month ago? "I'm sorry to disappoint, but that's how long I've been here. I wasn't hiding my presence- Well, I was trying, but apparently I've been failing miserably. I only arrived a short time ago, so I really don't know what you're talking about. Why would you be sent to look for me when I hadn't appeared in this time yet?"

As the three exchanged glances, the empty wall behind them morphed into a towering portal. Sparks of purple and green spewed forth from the outer edges as smoky gas began to pour through the opening. The clinking of heels from within the unknown territory grew louder as the minutes ticked by. When Pluto stepped through the Time Gates, the two women in the room were tapping their feet impatiently as the usually good tempered kitten was clawing at the carpet.

"All will be explained in due time-" she began.

"You couldn't just use the door?" Venus groaned, dropping onto the cushioned sofa.

Knocking away the notion with a careless hand gesture, Serenity stepped up to the plate. "Oh come on, Pluto. You're not that careless and we, I'm guessing here, don't have enough time to decipher your cryptic codes, so just give us the goods."

Lowering her head in shame, Pluto decided to come clean. "Okay, okay, I give. Venus, I sent you, and the other Inner Senshi, here to search for Princess earlier than necessary. I'm sorry that it caused you grief, but you must be well aware; Chaos will not wait for you to mature in order to attack. You girls had to start training as soldiers as early as possible, before coming to Serenity's rescue. Just imagine the trouble if you had all arrived to save the day, when none of you had perfected your attacks, leaving you all at the mercy of Chaos' good will; which I can assure you does not exist."

"That makes sense, Pluto," Serenity spoke. Of course it made sense; it was for everyone's safety. Venus murmured her agreement with Serenity's statement as she stroked Artemis' fur a little too hard in the wrong direction. He still had to pay for treating her so poorly over the past year. Honestly, did he never think she would remember her rightful place?

Although, the more Pluto avoided eye contact, the closer the blondes inspected. Leaning in closer, they placed their palms together, as they had done on the Moon, and tried to read Pluto's thoughts. Of course, Serenity could do this on her own, but she enjoyed sharing her discoveries with her girls. Plus, it was much more intimidating to the victim.

"Don't you dare!" Pluto warned as she crossed her rod in front of her. Having her mind read always gave her a headache afterword, not unlike a horrid hangover. "I swear I'll tell. Just, just stay out." The girls released their bond only to loop arms while waiting for the answer.

The reasoning for the senshi's hard work had to be more than becoming prepared, for Pluto definitely had something to hide. What if Serenity had been lost in space during her travels? Or did she become brainwashed by the enemy upon a time? What if they had to prove their hearts' pureness? Were they suspected to be spies for Chaos? Surely not! What if-

"It was fun."

Having shaken Venus out of her thoughts, she asked, "I beg your pardon?"

Scuffing her heeled foot along the hardwood floors, Pluto fiddled with her rod in the anticipation of a throw down. "Watching you guys. It was… comical."

Serenity and Venus finally completed their sync with the other as they both exclaimed, "Get her!" at the same time while tackling the Senshi of Time to the ground.

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"Mamoru, how many natural blondes do you think reside in Juuban?" Motoki asked his brother, still a little freaked out by the afternoon's events. "I mean, what are the chances of running into an Usagi look-alike?"

Mamoru rested his chin on his cupped hands as he pondered Motoki's question. Ever since Usagi had shown up, anything seemed possible. Maybe even this. "Slim to none," Mamoru started. Motoki began to lower his head again in thought when the raven haired man continued.

"But this is Usagi we're discussing. Things just happen when she's around, and they can't be explained. So, with that, I could imagine a girl like her showing up." He began stirring his cooling coffee as he snuck a look at his brother by marriage. What was he thinking? "Anything's possible. Why?"

Shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly, Motoki started wiping down the counter, concentrating on an especially tough milkshake spill from the dinner rush. "Oh, no reason."

Just as Mamoru returned to his studies, Motoki mentioned, "I think I met her twin today, though."

"Twin?! Motoki, are you kidding? Surely she would have told us she had a sibling, especially an identical twin… Right?"

Half smiling, half grimacing towards his companion, the dusty blonde repeated the words he was going to make Mamoru eat. "Anything's possible." Once the words left his mouth, he regretted them as Mamoru stared him into retelling the entire story from start to finish.

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"Girls, I'm tired."

"Girls, I'm hungry."

"Girls, I'm bored."

As the three fuku clad senshi took a break from leaping rooftop to rooftop, they began to voice their worries. Sailor Mars, Mercury and Jupiter each respectively moaned and groaned about the unfairness of the situation even though they knew it was useless to do so.

Mars took it upon herself to dehenshin back into her pyjamas and relax while she had the chance. Ever since she had awoken as Sailor Mars, Rei was having trouble with their mission. They had been searching for what felt like eternities for their Moon Princess with no luck. Did she wish to stay hidden forever?

Mercury and Jupiter soon became Ami and Makoto, stretching along the roof's dry spot into their own comfortable positions. "Girls," the shy bluenette spoke up, "do you think she'll turn up soon? From the memories I've recovered, we were really close. Do you think she's decided to live without us?"

Makoto sighed as she had been thinking the same thing. Their Princess really seemed to want to stay hidden. After all their searching, they had not one clue as to Serenity's whereabouts. "Rei, have you come up with anything? Any new dreams or revelations from the Great Fire?"

"Do you seriously think I'd keep that kind of thing from you guys? Of course if something of importance happened I would alert the both of you at once!"

Ami and Makoto silenced as they took on a becomingly familiar stature towards the fire senshi. Lately, it seemed like their original forms were trying to break free inside of themselves, but no one knew when it would happen. For Ami, she found out Mercury was saucy when she spoke out to her sensei during an examination. Needless to say, her perfect record was flushed. Makoto realized Jupiter's emotional side when she began to cry during a reading of America's Declaration of Independence during their World Studies course. Normally, she would never see the right to bare arms as such a moving statement.

Covering her mouth at once, the usually reserved miko priestess mumbled her regular apologies for raising her voice. Once all was calm again, they discussed the next stage of their plan. Since physically searching for their Princess had not worked, it was about time to try psychic connection. Apparently they were capable of such phenomenon during the Silver Millennium, but that was a while back.

Needless to say, not many got sleep that night.

Japanese Translations:

Senshi: Soldier. If you're a dubbed fan, this is the same as Scout.

Onii-chan: Brother

Usagi: Usagi means Rabbit, which is why Minako was wondering why Motoki was talking about bunnies, since she didn't know Usagi was Serenity's new name.

Onee-chan: Sister

Gomenasai: I'm sorry

Fuku: Uniform. This refers to the Senshi's outfits.

Juuban: The fictional District in Tokyo where Sailor Moon takes place.

Henshin: To Transform. Dehenshin being to de-transform.

Miko: Shrine Maiden. Miko's belong to the Shinto religion.

Author's Note:

Long time no see! I wrote this last winter, had it edited, left it on my hard drive and picked it back up today (December 3, 2009). Maybe it's a bit too choppy, or sudden, but I really wanted all of the characters to be present in the one Chapter so I'd be able to move on in any upcoming Chapters, having established everyone's whereabouts.

Speaking of updates… don't expect any. Seriously. I'm not gonna take this fiction down, but I'm pretty sure it's on an indefinite hiatus, like My Little Secret. I don't read fan fiction anymore, I'm not obsessed with Sailor Moon anymore (although it will always be close to my heart) and I've, to be honest, just moved on. Now I'm into Japanese Dramas and Johnny's (if anyone is an Arashi fan… heck yes) and learning Japanese in general.

I hope everyone has enjoyed this fiction as much as I have writing it, because it really gave me the confidence as a writer. Right now my English teacher is using my work at conferences and I would've never strived so hard if I didn't think I was capable of anything worthy. I'm moving on quite rapidly in Real Life, and I don't really have the time to write such detailed and plot-driven work anymore. I hope you all will forgive me for unofficially cancelling my fiction, because I know how much I hated it when stories I loved were left unfinished.

Who knows… Maybe, someday in the future, I'll actually pick MW or MLS back up. Anything is possible. But for now, don't have any expectations of me. It's been great to read your Reviews (those with the will-power to leave them) and I've had a blast.

The now retired fan fiction writer, tonieboo0013