This 'fic is for old friends and new ones who've written to me (or 
not, but you're forgiven) about "In Another Life: The Legend's 
Beginning", namely: Renee, Lianne-sama, Jay-chan, Sue Mei, Ninx, 
Mimin, Sue, Razzz, Beverly, Zeena, Anastasia, Connie, Nicole, *both* 
Jades, Alina, Beverly, MJ, Andi, Sun Princess, Anonymous, Naru-chan, 
Pitzy-chan, Kelly, Hikari, Moon-Star, Ginny Choi, Larkyn, Aurora, 
Tigashadow, Pam, Small Lady Bensai, Rosemary, and Crystal Heart.

I know I promised some of you, but I'm not quite done with Episode
Four right now.  I'm not happy with the way that it came out, but
once I am, I'll send it in.  Once again, gomen.

In a time of peace  . . .

In a time of war . . .

Two kingdoms lived side by side . . .

Two hearts cried out for one another . . .

And thus was a legend born.

SAILOR MOON
IN ANOTHER LIFE:
THE LEGEND'S BEGINNING

by Fushigi Kismet

   The blue-haired girl stared up at the results posted up on the 
wall for an instant, then a slow smile spread across her face.  
   Her good mood soon vanished, however, as two voices somewhere in 
the crowd to her right rang out.  "I don't believe it!  That Anderson 
girl came in first AGAIN!!!"
   "Well, you know how it is with those RICH SNOBS.  With enough 
money they can buy the best grades in ANY exam."
   "Isn't that illegal?"
   "SURE it is, but with enough money, even the officials will 
overlook it.  Anyway, we all know how SHE got her marks."
   Anderson-Mizuno Amy felt tears spring to her eyes.  
   "She's nothing but a cheater," the voice concluded and Amy turned 
and ran back into the crowd.

Intelligence: Sailor Mercury
aka
The Cold of Loneliness

   Darien and Serena sat on a grassy swath of the park in a rather 
isolated area by the lake.  He was reading aloud from a thick 
textbook, and Serena was pulling at the grass beneath her, her 
attention wandering.
   Darien turned to look at her, an undercurrent of annoyance in his 
voice.  "Are you listening?"
   "What?  Oh, hai."  Serena obediently adapted an expression of rapt 
attention.
   "Well then, the properties of . . ."
   She rolled her eyes and gazed skyward, but stopped when Darien 
shot her a look that said 'You had better be paying attention, 
Odango, because if you fail this science test you and I are BOTH 
going to be in hot water' as he read.  Sighing, she tried to focus on 
what he was reading but couldn't quite succeed.
   She was more interested in looking into his dark blue eyes.  He 
was looking at her now as he read, and as their eyes met, she sighed 
happily and the world around her seemed to fade.  Everything . . . 
Darien's words . . . the slap of the water against the far off dock . 
. . the trilling of birds . . . it all faded as she drank in the look 
in his eyes.  
   Darien's mind was not on reading.  He was aware that he was 
speaking the words on the page, but his mind was busily working on 
another level entirely.  
    Darien yelled at his inner thoughts, but he knew that 
he . . . him . . . was right.  
    Serena stared as his
face inched closer to hers and she closed her eyes with a blissful
sigh . . .
   ". . . and opposites attract," he finished, his face inches away 
from hers.  Then he abruptly pulled away and sticking his face back 
into his book, said, "Magnets are . . ."
   Serena opened her eyes and sighed.  
   She wondered anew what exactly it was about Darien that attracted 
her to him.  He was smart and handsome, but he was also obnoxious.  
She didn't know why he suddenly seemed so desirable to her, but she 
shrugged off the thought.  It was just a crush anyway.  Nothing would 
come of it.
   If all else failed, she could still chase Andrew . . .  At that
thought, she smiled then proceeded to listen to the sound of Darien's
voice.

   An hour later Serena trudged home, her school bag slung over her 
shoulder, her pigtails drooping as she remembered her last 
conversation with Darien.

   'Read Chapters Three through Six for tomorrow.  That *is* what 
your teacher assigned you to do, right?'
   'Well, yeah, but does anyone actually *read* the textbook?'
   'Just read them, Odango!  Who knows, I might give you extra
exercises tomorrow to see if you did.'
   'DON'T CALL ME THAT!'
   'Don't contradict the teacher, Odango Atama.'

   "Jerk," Serena muttered.
   "I take it that you had another wonderful study session?" a 
feminine voice asked dryly.
   "Oh Luna, come to walk me home or just to gripe at me?" Serena 
growled out sarcastically.
   "Temper, temper.  Actually, I came to see if you were all right 
after the study session with insult-boy," the cat announced, walking 
on top of the wall that surrounded the expensive houses along the 
road.
   "Really, Luna?" Serena asked, touched.  "I didn't know you cared."
   "Of course I care.  You need to bring those grades up if you're 
going to be a good leader!"
     "I don't see what getting good grades 
has to do with being a leader!  Besides, who am I supposed to lead?  
You?"
   "Don't be ridiculous, Serena.  We have to find the other Senshi.  
That is our mission."
   "Well, how do we do that?  You *still* haven't told me anything!"
   "Tonight at midnight, meet me at the arcade and I'll explain."
   "Oh, all right, Luna.  Can we play video games?" she asked,
perking up.
   "SERENA!"
   "Chill out."
   Serena and Luna walked home in silence for a few moments before 
Luna couldn't stand it anymore.  After taking a quick look around the 
road and making sure they were alone, there was a bright flash of 
light and the cat-Luna was replaced by the woman-Luna.
   Serena stumbled backwards in surprise.  "Luna, you scared me!  I 
thought you didn't like doing that."
   "I don't."  Luna did not look at Serena, her blue eyes focused on 
the street ahead as Serena admired her clothes.  She was dressed in a 
soft yellow dress that reached to her ankles and yellow pumps.  Two 
gold crescent moon earrings dangled from her ears and a long crescent 
moon pendant hung around her neck.  Her long dark hair flowed down 
her back save for the four buns atop her head.  All in all, she
looked like a slightly oddly dressed but undeniably beautiful sixteen
year old girl.
   After a moment, Luna continued to speak.  "I don't, but sometimes 
I feel as though you don't really listen to me.  Maybe it's because 
as a cat I don't command much respect, but Serena, I wish you'd 
listen to me once in awhile.  That would be nice."
   "Luna . . . I do listen to you.  I might not show it all the time, 
but I listen."  
   "That's nice to know."
   "Luna, what do I call you?"
   Luna turned to Serena, startled.  "What do you mean?"
   "Well, you're a cat and a person too, and I feel weird calling you 
Luna-chan or Luna-san."
   Luna smiled.  "You can just call me Luna.  Well, as a person . . . 
how about you call me Luna-oneechan?"
   "Oneechan . . ." Serena echoed.  "I like it!"  The two girls 
smiled at one another.  "That'd make me your imouto, wouldn't it?" 
Serena asked.
   The smile slipped a little on Luna's face.  "Now, I wouldn't go 
*that* far, Serena-chan.  I'm *still* your advisor and teacher."
   "Okay, Neko-oneechan, fair enough."
   "Serena!"
   "Gomen, gomen, Luna-oneechan," Serena replied, hastily.
   Luna sighed, then turned around and began walking away.
   "Luna, where're you going?  I said I was sorry!"
   She turned, her arms outstretched.  "What, can't your onee-chan 
have some fun too?"
   A knowing smile spread across Serena's face as she turned back 
around and kept walking.  "Sure, 'Nee-chan!" she called back
blithely.  "Just remember, you have responsibilities!"  Behind her,
she heard Luna groan.

   Amy walked dejectedly home from juku.  Ever since the episode at 
the posting of the National Exams that morning, she had felt 
terrible.  Terribly lonely.  It was hard . . . being alone.  Just 
because she was smart and well-off, no one seemed to want to 
associate with her.  She had buried herself in her schoolwork, to 
forget the jibes and icy stares that everyone gave her, but that had 
only made her grades better and made the other students hate her 
more.  She was withdrawn, shy, in short: a complete social outcast 
from Crossroads Junior High.
   Amy dropped her textbook and as she bent to pick it up, she bumped 
heads with someone else and noticed the other hand reaching for her 
book.  Amy backed away and straightened quickly, muttering, "Gomen, 
gomen nasai!"
   "Hey, it's no big deal.  It was my fault anyway."
   Amy opened her eyes and found herself face to face with a bubbly, 
blue-eyed girl with golden hair down up in twin buns atop her head 
and left to trail down in two long ponytails.  "You're . . . Usa 
Serena."
   "And you're Anderson Amy!" Serena chirped cheerfully, holding out 
her book.  "The smartest girl in Crossroads.  I remember by the name.  
Forgive me, but "Anderson" is a little odd."
   "It's my mother's.  My mother and father are divorced . . . she
likes me to use her name.  My real last name is . . . Mizuno."
   "Oh, Mizuno!  That'd make you Mizuno Amy!"
   "Legally, it's Anderson-Mizuno Amy, but that's too long and it 
sounds weird.  I like Mizuno myself."
   "Me too!  That's what I'll call you by, okay?  So if you hear me 
yelling for you in class, it'll be me.  I have Study Hall with you, 
remember?"
   "Of course." Amy gingerly took the book and edged back a step or 
two.  "It's been very nice meeting you.  Arigato for picking up my 
book, but I really must be going home . . ."
   "Hey, I'll walk with you!"
   Amy looked at her curiously.  "But you were coming from the 
*other* direction."
   "Yeah well, I was just looking in that window.  Isn't the display 
pretty?"
   Amy craned her neck to look and saw a dark-haired mannequin 
dressed in a beautiful white wedding dress.  "It's a nice dress."
   "Yup, and I'm going to have one *just* like it when I get 
married!"
   Unable to resist the girl's enthusiasm, Amy smiled despite 
herself.  "Are you planning on getting married soon?"
   Serena paused to consider for a moment.  "Well, not exactly 
*soon*.  I mean, my Dad would *kill* any guy that I dated, but I mean 
*someday* I'm getting married."
   "Aren't you going to have a career?"
   "A career?  Well, I haven't thought about it . . ."
   "What are your dreams for the future?"
   "I'm going to be a bride!"
   "Is that it?"
   "Um . . . kind of.  I just want to find love and be happy."
   "That's a nice dream."  Amy smiled sadly.  
   "Well, what are *you* going to do?" Serena asked curiously.
   "I'm . . . I'm going to be a doctor, like my Mom."
   "A doctor, huh?  Kakkoii!  What kind?"
   The blue-haired girl blushed.  "Um . . ."  Then she noticed that 
Serena was walking down the street backwards.   "Where are you 
going?"
   "Are you going my way or what?!" Serena shouted.
   Amy hesitated for an instant, then ran down the street after her 
new found friend.
   "So, you were saying about being a doctor . . ." Serena's voice 
trailed off as Amy caught up with her.

After midnight . . .

   Luna tapped her foot on the ground impatiently as she waited for 
Serena.    Just as she was about to give up and 
go home, Serena raced down the road and skidded to a stop in front of 
the arcade.
   "Serena!  I've been waiting for fifteen minutes!"
   "Gomen, I overslept!"
   "Is that anything new?"
   Serena rolled her eyes.  "Give it a rest, Luna, it's past my 
bedtime.  So, what are we here for anyway?"
   Luna pressed a hand to the glass doors and they slid open.
   "Huh?  Hey, Luna, I thought that these were locked!"
   "They were."  Luna strode in.
   "Fine, *don't* tell me anything!"  Throwing her hands up in the 
air, Serena followed, not noticing the HELP WANTED sign in the 
window.

   Luna walked over to the arcade game that she had played the first 
time that Serena had seen her.  She placed her hand on the dark 
screen and immediately a red, then a green light surrounded it and 
the screen lit up.  "Welcome, Luna.  Recite the passcode please."
   "Kitty walks by moonlight.  Senshi fight by daylight.  Someday 
we'll be all right.  Silver-silver magic nine, recite the names.  
Advisor advise the soldiers."
   "Acknowledged," the voice of the video game said, bleeping.  The 
screen cleared to that of the High Scores and Luna pressed her 
initials.  The letters glowed green and the screen pulsed before 
shifting to a blank blue screen.  A keyboard slid out from the arcade 
game, and Luna began to rapidly type something.
   "Ah, I understand what L.C. stands for now.  Luna Cat!" Serena 
suddenly cried.
   "It took you *that* long to figure it out?" Luna asked, still 
typing.
   "Hey, I'm not that good in English!"
   "Obviously.  You should get Mamo-san to instruct you."
   "Hmmph!"    Soon though, other things came to occupy her concerns.  
A section of the floor dropped open next to her, a ramp extending to 
the darkness beneath.
   "All right, Serena," Luna said, the keyboard having magically 
disappeared, "time to enter Central Control."
   "There's a secret command center under the *arcade*?!!"
   "Of course, Serena-chan.  Where else would it be?"
   Serena didn't answer as she descended down the ramp, Luna right 
behind her.

   The Central Control proper was a whole lot better lighted than the 
dark arcade upstairs.  The whole place was huge, a vast sprawling 
expanse of computers and high tech machinery.  Serena found a chair 
and sat, overwhelmed as Luna found another computer console and 
seemed to continue typing whatever she had been typing upstairs.
   "I bet Andrew doesn't know about this place!" Serena exclaimed.
   "Of course not.  It would not be a *secret* command center if he 
did."
   "Oh.  Yeah.  What are you doing, anyway?"
   "Typing."
   "Uh-huh.  Fine, I don't want to be enlightened.  Just because you 
dragged me down here in the middle of the night to watch you while 
you type doesn't mean that you have to actually *tell* me anything."
   "Have a little patience."
   "I *DO* have a little patience and right now, it's all used up."
   Luna ignored her.  "Ah, there!"
   "LUNA!"
   Luna whirled.  "Honestly, Serena.  Don't so that!  You gave me 
such a fright.  Now, come and have a look."
   "At what?" Serena asked, getting to her feet and walking over, 
staring at the computer screen with rampant curiosity.
   "I've found the next Sailor Senshi!"
   "Oh, wow," Serena breathed, staring at the screen, her eyes wide.  
"Uh-uh, this is *too* weird."
   "What is?" Luna snapped, exasperated.
   "That," Serena said, pointing at the screen which read:

       Name: Anderson-Mizuno Amy              Age: 14
       School: Crossroads Junior High         Blood type: A
       Birthdate: September 10                Sign: Virgo
       Senshi: Mercury

* * *

   Takahashi Rico chatted amiably with his friends in Study Hall at 
the end of the day.
   Amy stared at him from across the room, biting her lip repeatedly.  
  She stared at the
essay that said "Takahashi Rico" along the side.  She took a deep
breath and stood up, making her way across the room to him.
   Serena watched from where she sat in the corner, a blank piece of 
paper in front of her.  Amy was . . . Amy was . . . was . . . walking 
over to possibly the *meanest* boy in school, despite his good looks.  
She winced in sympathy as Amy opened her mouth and began speaking to 
him.  
   "Um, um, Takahashi-san, I think you . . . l-l-lost this . . ."
   Rico whipped his head around to glare at her, snatching the essay 
from her nerveless hand.  "What do *you* want?  Come to gloat about 
scoring first in the Nationals?!  I came in *second*, you know!  
SECOND!!!"
   She blinked back tears, as he continued his tirade.  "Well, we 
*ALL* know how you came in first.  I guess studying wasn't enough for 
you, *Anderson*-san.  Who's ever heard of such a gaijin name?  
*Anderson*."  His friends laughed as he maliciously licked his lips 
to continue his taunts.
   "Well, that's right, your Daddy left your Mommy, didn't he?  Or 
maybe they were never married at all.  What?  Can't you say anything?  
Too good for us, huh?  YEAH RIGHT!  We're too good for you!  You're 
such a spoiled snob!"
   Amy backed away, biting her lip, tears in her eyes.  "G-Gomen 
nasai.  I didn't mean . . . to bother you."
   "Well, you did!" he snapped.
   Amy burst into tears and ran out of the room.
   Enraged, Serena stormed over and stabbed him viciously in the 
chest with her index finger.  "Takahashi Rico, that was just mean!  
You're nothing but a bully and a brat!  GROW UP!"  Then she turned, 
and ran out the door after Amy, calling, "Amy-chan, wait!"
   "I don't care, run after her, blondie!" he shouted.  "You're 
nothing but a crybaby and a loser ANYWAY!"
   He went too far.  Ailan, who had been seated off to the side of 
the room and had been attracted by the sound of the shouting, punched 
him full in the face.  Rico was out like a light.
   "*That* is for insulting Serena, you pig," Ailan growled and left 
the room in disgust.
   Behind him, the room was quiet.

   Ann seethed.    It would be 
all over the school by tomorrow.  How much Ailan liked Serena . . . 
how cute they looked together . . .  Ann gritted her teeth and 
clenched her fists.  
   Ann ran out the door.

   Melvin turned to Molly and commented, "A lot of people seem to be 
leaving class early.  I wonder why the teacher doesn't notice."
   Molly rolled her eyes and went back to her math homework.

   Amy ran.  She didn't know where she was going and she didn't care.  
Everyone has a breaking point and Amy had just reached hers.  
Eventually, her common sense took over and looking around she 
realized that she was in an empty lot in a part of Tokyo that she had 
never seen before.   she thought, coming to the grim 
realization.  
   "Amy!" a voice wheezed and puffed behind her.  Turning, Amy saw 
Serena slowing down from an obvious run.  "Thank goodness I finally 
caught you.  I must've run ten miles."  She turned to look at their 
surroundings.  "Where are we?"
     "I don't 
know."
   "Great."
   The two girls stood looking at each other for a moment.  Then they 
dissolved into giggles.  The situation was too funny not to laugh.
   "So," Serena began, wiping tears from her eyes, "are you okay now, 
Amy-chan?"
   "I-I guess so, Usa-san."
   "Serena-chan, please."
   "All right, Serena-chan."
   "Actually . . ." Serena began, what she had learned last night 
coming to mind.  "I wanted to talk to you."
   "Oh, what for?"  Amy was instantly wary.
   "Um . . . well, you see . . .  Have you ever heard of Sailor 
Moon?"
   "What?" Amy asked, surprised by the sudden (to her) shift of 
topics.
   "Have you ever heard of Sailor Moon?"
   "Hai, I . . . guess so.  Some people reported seeing her fight 
some monsters or something, right?"
   "Right.  Well, anyway, she's a Sailor Senshi . . . what you might 
call a . . . warrior for love and justice.  And . . . uh . . . Amy-
chan, you see . . ."
   "What are you trying to say, Serena-chan?"
   "What I'm trying to say, is . . ."
   "Blackjack, take her energy now!" Ann commanded.
   "WHAT?!" both girls yelled, turning to see Ann floating in the air 
behind them, a card in her hand.
    She thought angrily.  
   "NOW BLACKJACK!  I summon you to me!  DESTROY these little twits 
by draining them DRY!!!"  She tossed the card into the air.
   "BLACKJACK!!!"  The cardian burst onto the scene in an explosion 
of black and white.
   Ann laughed as the girls shrank back, and found that they had no 
place to run.

   Luna turned her head as she felt a tingling of her senses warning 
of danger.  

   "TWENTY!" the Cardian shouted, tossing an endless deck of cards at 
the two girls who scampered and ran out of the way.
   "NINETEEN!"
   Amy and Serena ducked just as the cards embedded themselves into 
the concrete wall of the building behind them.
     Serena looked 
sideways at Amy.  
   "TWENTY-ONE!  I WIIIIINNNNNN!!!!!!!!"
   The razor-sharp cards flew out at Amy and Serena, pinning their 
clothes to the wall and shredding the sleeves and edges of their 
uniforms as they screamed.

   "We have them!" Ann crowed triumphantly.
   "I don't think so!"  Luna catapulted through the air in a blur of 
black and yellow and knocked Ann down.
   "Who are YOU?!!" Ann screeched.
   Luna, still holding her down, glared at her with icy blue eyes.  
"No friend of *yours*, that's for sure."
   Then she shouted, "Haiyaku, Senshi, save those girls!"  
   Ann struggled to get up and see what was going on but Luna held 
her fast to the ground.

   Serena heard Luna and understood.  Unfortunately, she was pinned 
to the wall at the moment and unable to move.  
   Just then, a brilliant red rose flashed through the air and the 
cards holding her and Amy fast disappeared and the two girls stumbled 
forward.  Serena turned to look for Tuxedo Kamen.   Seeing nothing, she hesitated for a moment, turning 
towards Amy, her mouth open to speak. She closed it upon seeing the 
cardian looming up before them, still tossing cards.  She pushed Amy 
away and leapt out of the way right before another explosion of 
cards.
     "MOON PRISM POWER . . . MAKE-UP!"
   Energy flowed from her brooch and wrapped around Serena, bathing 
her in iridescent pink light.  Silver light interlaced with the pink 
and together they solidified and formed ribbons that burst apart in 
an explosion of light and white feathers.  When the light faded, the 
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon stood in place of the girl, Serena.
   She turned to the blue-haired girl sprawled on the ground, staring 
up at her in amazement.

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