Changed
by Rose


PART 3




	"Hey, Motoki. School out yet?" Mamoru walked 
into the arcade for the second time that day. All 
day, at the hospital, his thoughts centered on the 
blonde girl. Funny, most girls most have been half 
scared out of their wits if a man had came up and 
offered them a ride. And again when he approached 
them for the second time.
	Usagi hadn't been scared. She had been ready 
to fight.
	"Almost." Motoki answered. He opened his 
mouth to say something, but was cut off by a faint 
ringing sound.
	"There's the bell. Wait for it. In about ten 
minutes, half the student popualtion of Juuban will 
come crowding in here." He said.
	"Do you think she'll come?" He asked.
	"Wow, you're really stuck on this girl. You 
like her, ne?"
	"Not that way, Motoki. Get your head out of 
the gutter. I'm just worried about her."
	"Uh-huh."
	"I am!"
	"Sure."
	"Bite me."
	"Here they come." Motki motioned to the door 
as the streets were suddenly filled with student. 
walking, talking, laughing. 

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	"Ami, Rei said she'd meet us here." Usagi 
motioned to the arcade. During her lunch break, she 
had gone into the bathroom and put her odangos back 
up.
	She missed them.
	"Okay. Come on, let's get a table before 
they're taken." Ami smiled, and pulled Usagi into 
the arcade.
	"Geez! Slow down! You're going to break me." 
Usagi whined.
	"Come on. If you move around, maybe your cut 
will heal." 
	"Or maybe it'll kill me." Usagi sat down at a 
booth, Ami across from her. "Dammit, it hurts. I 
never thought I'd be such a baby, but it hurts. I 
don;t mean 'Oh, mommy, the beetle bit me' hurts, I 
mean, 'Oh mommy, that gun just blew off my arm' 
hurts."
	Ami laughed. "You should be a comedian, 
Usagi."
	"Get real. What's there to laugh at. 
Everywhere I go, I see Beryl. Beryl Beryl Beryl."
	Over at the bar, Motoki pointed to Usagi.
	"That's Usagi." He said.
	"That's her." Mamoru answered. She had her 
hair put up, but it was most definatly her. "And 
that girl's the one that was with her this 
morning."
	"Usagi got into a fight. I can't picture 
that." Motoki shook his head. "I've watched her. 
She'd come in here, play some games, order a shake, 
and go out. Always smiling."
	"Well, she wasn't smiling last night. She 
looked like she was ready to kill."
	"How strange." Motoki murmured.
	"And there's that girl who brough her into 
the hospital." Mamoru pointed to a girl who had 
just walked in and sat down with Usagi and her 
friend.
	"Rei, we've got problems. I ran into that 
doctor that stitched me up. He not only recognized 
me, but now he knows my NAME." Usagi put her head 
down on the table.
	"Oh, no." Rei muttered.
	"Yeah. You know, he'd be cute if he wasn't 
stalking Usagi." Ami said thoughtfully.
	"Stalking?" Usagi and Rei asked at the same 
time.
	"Yeah, he's right over there." Ami said, 
pointing at Mamoru, who was talking with Motoki.
	"Shit. Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Usagi 
asked, banging her head aginst the table.
	"I thought you noticed."
	"*sigh* How am I supposed to notice when my 
back's to him?"
	"Okay. He can't exactly do anything to us, 
nor can he prove our names or that we were even at 
the hospital." Rei said, calm. "So, we're in the 
clear. And if he does prove to be a threat, we can 
*ahem* dispose of him."
	"Rei!" Ami gasped.
	"Ami-chan, this is a war where the enemy has 
the upper hand. We can take no chances." Rei 
explained.
	"You've got a point, Rei. Ami, watch him." 
Usagi said, staring at the table.
	"Oh, you'll be able to do that." Ami said, 
still in her dreamland.
	"Huh?"
	"He's coming over here, with that cute guy 
from the counter. Motoki?"
	Usagi reached over and grabbed Ami's collar, 
jerking her out of dreamland.
	"What?!" She croaked.
	"Oh, no." Rei murmured. "Will anyone mind if 
I duck underneath the table?"
	"Hello, Usagi-chan." Motoki said. "Can I sit 
down?" 
	"Why not?" Usagi moaned, knowing well that 
Mamoru would probably sit down too. Ami scooted 
over to make room for the two guys.
	"Heh heh." Rei looked away.
	"What do you want *now*, Mamoru-san?" Usagi 
kept her head on the table, not bothering to look 
up.
	"To prove to Motoki it was you at the 
hospital."
	"Great. Listen to me. Go away." Usagi mumbled 
into the table.
	"Come on, Odango Atama." 
	"What. Did. You. Call. Me?" Usagi sat up.
	"Odango Atama. Because of your hair." he 
grined. 
	"Hey, dude! The TV just went on, all by 
itself!!" A guy's voice, from in the back, yelled. 
Motoki and Mamoru spun around. Sure enough, the TV 
was on.
	Freaky.
	Jedite, one of the top generals of Beryl's 
army, appeared on the screen. Usagi quickly pulled 
her buns out. She didn't need to look like Sailor 
Moon.
	"THIS IS A WARNING TO THE THREE GIRLS THAT 
ARE IMPERSONATING WARRIORS. IF YOU CONTINUE TO KILL 
OUR SOLDIERS, I WILL COME AFTER YOU." He said.
	Usagi, Rei and Ami were on full alert.
	"This is bull." Rei whispered. "Why the hell 
would anyone be scared of him?" The TV flickered 
out.
	"Girls? They're warning girls?" Mamoru asked. 
Motoki nodded. 
	"It was on the news. Three girls wearing 
sailor fukus broke up a raid. They killed the youma 
and the soldiers, saving the people. The wife said 
they shot ice and magic out of their hands. I 
thought it was a publicity stunt, but not if the 
general's are investigating it."
	"We've got to go, guys. Seeya." Rei helped 
Usagi up. Motoki and Mamoru got up to let Ami out.

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	Dammit, I knew she'd be freaked. But a 
*general*?!" Luna paced back and forth. "This is 
bad. They know about how how you are. They'll send 
youma to attack the schools to weed you out. 
	"No matter what, do *NOT* henshin in front of 
anyone other than yourselves." Luna decided. They 
were gathered at Rei's temple, because Usagi had a 
little brother that might spy on them, and Ami's 
house was probably bugged, as her mother was a 
doctor and a scientist.
	They hoped not.
	"Okay. So, what if someone figures it out?" 
Ami asked. 
	"Well, there is a disguise field that 
protects you from cameras and videos, etc. The 
magic that is associated with your fukus will keep 
people from guessing. So, unless you henshin in 
front of someone or tell them, you should be 
realitivly safe. Unless, it's another senshi. 
Senshi are able to see through disguises." Luna 
explained. Ami nodded, while typing on her computer 
Luna had just given her.
	"So, we're okay, unless one of us goofs." 
Usagi concluded. "But a general? Jedite, too. He's 
probably the coldest man in the universe."
	"I think he's kinda cute." Rei said, while 
staring into the fire.
	"Are you crazy?" Usagi and Luna asked at the 
same time. 
	"I don't know. I'm listening to a talking cat 
who is talking about magic and telling us not to 
turn into super heroines who shoot fire and ice and 
whatever out of their hands to kill creatures that 
look like DNA mistakes. Am I crazy? I dunno. I'll 
have to ask the ceiling. It usually has helpful 
advise." She said, smiling.
	"She's one for the looney bin." Usagi 
whispered.
	"What about Mamoru? If they go around asking 
about anyone who was injured, because you spilled a 
lot of blood in there, Usagi-chan, he'll say, 'Oh, 
yeah. A girl who looks like Sailor Moon came in 
here bleeding half to death. He knows your name." 
Ami asked.
	"We could kill him." Usagi said thoughtfully. 
"But a cold-blooded murder like that is too Nega-
verse-ish for me."
	"Mercury could drown him." Rei suggested.
	"I would not. You've got fire. You toast 
him."
	"No one's going to drown or cook anyone." 
Luna sighed, and did a backflip. A green henshin 
wand fell to the floor.
	"What's that?" Rei asked.
	"This is Sailor Jupiter's henshin stick. We 
must find her. Usagi, sice you're the princess, I 
bet you could sense her. Just reach out, during the 
day where-ever, and if you feel something, it's 
probably her, or another senshi. And if Rei or 
Ami's not around, you just have to pin-point the 
source. Then, sorta, I dunno, try to befriend her. 
Find out her name. I can take it from there." The 
henshin wand disappeared.
	"So, we're looking for all the planets. What 
about Earth, Venus, and Saturn, and all the others, 
Luna?" Ami asked.
	"There is no senshi of Earth. Artemis is in 
England, looking for any other senshi he can find. 
But the outer senshi are different. And, besides 
that, we cannot access their wands anymore, which 
means there is a good chance they have been 
awakened."
	"How could they awaken without you or that 
other cat telling them and giving them their 
henshin wands?" Rei asked. Usagi was listening, an 
interested look on her face.
	"Well, in rare cases, they awaken themselves. 
The sub-conscious will give them dreams of their 
past selves, and the henshin wand would appear. If 
they took it, the memories would be returned. 
	"Or, Sailor Pluto could have done it, if she 
felt there was need. Sailor Pluto is an immortal 
senshi, basicly. She can see into the futre and 
past." Luna said. "But she never interferes with 
the flows. So the chance of her awakening a senshi 
directly are slim."
	"Oh." Usagi said. "That's funny. I had a 
dream with a woman in a senshi fuku in it. That's 
what made me think something was up. She said she 
thought she would make things better, and 
apologized. I got the impression she was a ghost. 
She said, and I quote, Beware of the Darkness."
	"Beware of the darkness." Rei closed her eyes 
and chanted, over and over. 
	The fire blazed up, almost touching the high 
ceiling. Rei's eyes flew open, pupils dialated. She 
stared into the flames, as they continued to lick 
at the air, seemingly rising higher.
	"Rei-chan! Wake up!" Ami shrieked. Usagi just 
watched the flames, trying to see what Rei saw. The 
fire died down. Rei jumped up, startled.
	"Rei! Rei! What did you see?" Luna demanded.
	"I saw a woman. She said the same thing, 
Beware the darkness, but she also said that the 
shadows are strong. We must fight as one.
	"She also told me that we must go to the 
threater day after tomorrow."

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	"This would be much easier if Beryl didn't 
have control." Usagi moaned. "I don't want to go to 
the theater tomorrow. It's probably swarming with 
soldiers. Why the theater, anyway? The youma don't 
go there. What so special about the theater?"
	Dammit, if only air could talk.
	"Maybe it's not the theater." An idea dawned 
on her. She grabbed her jacket, scrawled out a 
hasty note for her mother and Luna, and ran off, 
grabbing her locket on the way out. 
	Who knows when you may need to kick butt?
	She ran almost the whole way, but had to slow 
down as she approached it; she side was beginning 
to hurt again. 
	It was a bit strange, how fast they healed. 
Maybe it had something to do with them being 
senshi. But all her wound was now was a slight 
scratch/scab thing. The stitches had begun to 
disappear, so Usagi knew it was getting better.
	The theater. 
	'Okay, girl. Look around for anything the 
Nega-verse might want.' She instructed herself. She 
wander around the street, gazing in the windows of 
various shops, until she hit a curious one. 
	"Sarik Konik." She read aloud.
	"Oh, yes! It's a very healing place to be." A 
woman, who had seemingly popped out of no where, 
said. "It heals your karma, makes you all peaced 
out, ya know? It's a whole new you." 
	"No, thank you." A dark, pitted feeling in 
the bottom of her stomach made her uneasy. "I have 
to be home in a few, see you!" She ran off a ways 
and stopped. She pulled out her communicator.
	"Rei here. Sup?"
	"Ami here. What's wrong, Usagi?"
	"Guys, it's not the theater. It's a shop 
about half a block away from that. I'm at it right 
now, should we do something or wait until 
tomorrow?"
	"Are you sure?" Rei was sceptical.
	"Yes, I'm positive."
	"Okay. Um, Ami? I think she sould go on 
ahead, and we'll get there ASAP."
	"That's okay with me." Ami said.
	"Alright. Usa out." She put up her 
communicator. Just as she was holding up her 
locket, a hand clamped down on her shoulder.
	"Odango-chan. Sup?"
	"Mamoru! Let me go!" She twisted from his 
grasp, hiding the locket behind her back. "I'm 
busy."
	"Sure you are." he said.
	"Go away!" She ran away, down the street and 
around the corner, and then she ducked into the 
alley way.
	"MOON SILVER POWER MAKE UP!" She shouted, 
before he could catch up to her. She ran back 
retracing her steps, scaring and freaking out a lot 
of people, Mamoru included.
	"It's that girl from the news." he said 
aloud. A tingling sensation in the back of his head 
sent shivers down his back. He felt the urge to 
run, and even though he tried to resist it, his 
feet moved as though they were their own. 
	A magical aura appeared around him...

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	"It's that girl."
	"The one the generals are after."
	"YOU GO GIRL!"
	"Catch her! She's worth millions."
	"Let her go! She'll save us all."
	"Hush, Robert. Do you want to be killed?" A 
chorus of voices rang out, as she ran by. Mamoru 
had detained her, made her loose time.
	Time was very precious.
	"Alright, you disgusting piece of Nega-
trash." She opposed the woman who had tried to get 
her to go in the shop. "How dare you use tricks to 
steal energy. A pretty soldier in a sailor suit, I 
am Sailor Moon! I punish you in the name of moon!"
	"Oh, what have we here? Jedite will love your 
head, deary. On a platter!" The woman twisted and 
snarled. A flash of dark light hid her from the 
view of the crowd. 
	A youma, fierce and snarling, now stood not 
even four meters away from Sailor Moon, who didn't 
flinch.
	'Come on, senshi. This one's a lot bigger 
than the one's on that raid. It's almost like this 
was...'
	"A trap." She said aloud.
	"Oh, goodie. The sap has a brain. How 
surprising." It growled.
	"Of course I do." Sailor Moon said simply, 
taking out her staff. She struck it into the 
ground, stalling. "You're going to die. Why don't 
you give up and just go back to your 'Queen', and 
tell her about me? She'll reward you if you can 
give her a description, you know." 
	A greedy glint appeared in the youma's eye. 
For a second, she thought the youma was really 
going to go away. 	
	"But a bigger reward shall come if I bring in 
your dead body!" It howled.
	"Oh, shit." She dodged, as it flew at her. 
Dammit, just when you think Luck is on your side...
	"WORLD SHAKING!" A ball of yellow energy 
zoomed past Sailor Moon and rammed into the youma, 
throwing it through the glass of the store.
	Ouch.
	Two Sailor Senshi, one with yellow bows and a 
blue skirt, the other with greenish bows and a dark 
blue-green skirt, came up on either side of Sailor 
Moon.
	"Good. Thanx for the help." Sailor Moon said 
gratefully. "You're the outer senshi."	
	"Right, princess. Pluto has told us about 
your situation. I am Sailor Neptune, and this is 
Sailor Uranus."
	"Princess." Uranus said shortly. Her eyes 
never left the youma. At that moment, two things 
were on her mind. Kill the youma. Protect the 
princess.
	"I'm Sailor Moon, please." 
	"DEEP SUBMERGE!" Neptune yelled, throwing the 
youma back yet again after it tried to crawl over 
the broken glass to resume it's fight.
	"Break up, both sides at once." Uranus said 
to her partner. She nodded, and they sprang up in 
the air. Without warning, the youma jumped out of 
the glass, heading for the one Beryl had ordered 
must be killed, at any cost.
	A rose blocked it's path.
	"MOON LOVELY RAINBOW KISS!" Sh shouted, 
taking the chance while the youma pondered over the 
razor sharp rose immbedded in the pavement.
	It exploded in dust just as Mars and Mercury 
made the scene.

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	A woman, leaning on a key, watched a large 
mirror in front of her, worry etched into her face.
	"Dammit, it's all screwed up, all happening 
too fast." She whispered. "That's not right. But 
they needed help, and Jupiter is not ready to 
awake, and Venus is on her way. Saturn should only 
be awoken in case of extreme emergency. I am not 
allowed to fight unless the situation grows more 
dire. Sailor Moon is remembering all, much too 
fast. Their attacks are stronger than what it 
should be. Tuxedo Kamen is not the way he was 
supposed to be. Beryl has control." She ran through 
the list of her problems. 
	And there was the problem of time.
	Since it was so messed up, she ould only see 
about an hour into the future, correctly.
	An hour wasn;t enough.
	She was Sailor Pluto, the hundredth link in a 
chain that would be miles long. Her real name was 
Setsuna Meioh. 
	The moment she picked up the staff she new it 
was wrong.
	It would tale a miracle to fix it.
	And when you needed a miracle, you called on 
a lunarian.

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	"Who threw that rose?" Uranus demanded, after 
making absolutely sure Sailor Moon was okay.
	"It came from up there." A little boy pointed 
to the roof of a buolding, where a man in a tuxedo 
and cape, with a mask and a ridiculous hat was 
standing. He gave a little wave and disapeared.
	"Dammit." Sailor Moon groaned, as she felt 
her side bleeding again. She must have ripped it 
open when she fired her attack.
	"Oh, geez. Come on, Sailor Moon, before the 
soldiers get here." Mars whispered.
	"What's wrong? Neptune asked.
	"She's hurt." Mercury explained. "Her side 
waas ripped open by a youma."
	"Oh." In one swift motion, Sailor Moon was in 
Uranus's arms. "Let's go." She said, ignoring the 
fact red was beginning to seep through the bodice 
of the fuku. They ran off just as more youma began 
to approach. Mars and Neptune threw their attacks 
at them. In order to keep them from following, 
Mercury used some of her magic to cast a fog. They 
ran, Uranus going just as fast, or maybe faster 
than, the others.
	"We're far enough." Neptune gasped, after a 
very longer time. She and Uranus weren't even 
breathing hard. Mercury and Mars were a different 
story.
	"Dammit." Sailor Moon repeated. She 
dehenshined after Uranus set her down. She 
inspected her cut.
	"It just tore open a little. Damn nerves." 
She murmured. 
	"So, you're senshi too." Mercury said. 
	"I should hope so." Neptune said, powering 
down in a flash of light.
	"I know you... you're Kaioh Michiru." Usagi 
said, smiling. "And you're Tenoh Haruka." She said 
to the powered down Uranus.
	"Darnit, Michi-chan. There *is* a person 
smarter than me." Haruka pouted.
	"Her ego's very delicate." Michiru said in 
mock concern.
	"Okay, we've got help. That just leave's one 
question."
	"What's that, Rei-chan?" Ami asked.
	"Who was that masked man?"

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-Rose