"Your name, please, ma'am?" The clerk of the store asked for about the thousandth time.

"Tsukino Usagi," I responded.

"Oh, yes, Tsukino Usagi," she mused. "Now, what may I do for you, Tsukino-sama?"

"I would like a book," I added. "A book called 'Codename wa Sailor V'."

"I'm incredibly sorry, ma'am! That book happens to be out of print," she apologised.

"What new manga do you have?" I asked.

"Not too many," she said, "but... Would you like if I special ordered that book for you?"

"You said that-"

"I'd do anything," she smiled. "Especially for my best friend."

"Naru?!" I blurted, in a frenzy of shock. "Here's the money."

I then left the shop in such a shock that I didn't have a clue where I was going. I realised where I was going and stopped myself, before heading back in the direction of the Crystal Palace, with a smile on my lips and my eyes flaunting their beautiful blue colouring once again. I opened the gates and made a beeline for my sleeping quarters. What a coincidence to have Naru at the shops?! I couldn't believe it. I then tried to sleep, even though I would only have the time for a nap, for I knew that there was going to be yet another battle for me to glance at on the sidelines. I was useless. I couldn't transform or use any of my attacks, and any attacks I could use were for use only if Crystal Tokyo fell. I sighed as I tried to push that thought out of my mind. I didn't like the idea of Crystal Tokyo falling and me possibly being the one responsible for the dilemma. I could already tell that it wasn't me that had caused these abnormal occurrences. It was too much for one choice or two to cause. It had to be something else. I knew it. I just had to talk to Setsuna and Rin. They were the ones investigating these strange happenings and their causes. There was some sort of a tear in space-time, and that was why Rin was here. But why was this happening? And why were we being victimised in the first place? It's got to have something to do with Chaos...

"Tsukino Usagi?"

"Erm, yes. Technically, I go by Neo-Queen Serenity, but I am still addressed as 'Tsukino Usagi'," I responded.

"Ah, I have the right person then," the omnious voice realised.

"What do you require from me?" I sighed, exasperated with whoever was talking back to me.

"I don't require anything from you. I believe you have the wrong idea. I just want a favour from you. It's a small favour, so you needn't worry."

"Who are you?" I badgered. "I would like to know before I offer myself up to anyone."

The person stepped out the shadows, revealing a helmet clad woman with sandy hair, wearing racing clothes. "You know who I am."

"Haruka Tenō, heiress to the throne of Uranus," I seethed, words dripping from my mouth like blood from a carcass. "What do you think you're doing? You have some nerve, interrupting my slumbers like this."

"Oh, I know exactly what I'm doing, Tsukino Usagi," she hissed. "Perhaps you'd like to tell everyone about this abnormal rip in space-time. What do you say, Tsukino Usagi?"

"LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!" I snapped. "HOW ABOUT THAT?!"

"Tsk, tsk," Haruka chided. "You don't want to get a bad image, do you, Serenity?"

"And what exactly would you do to tarnish my good name?" I bit back.

"Oh, I can do anything, whether you want me to or not," she sneered.

"Come on, Haru-chan, let's leave Usagi alone," Michiru instructed, embarrassed with how her lover was acting. She dragged her out of the room. "I know it wasn't your fault, you can't cause a rip in space-time because of a small decision. There was something else that caused this phenomenon," she added as she lead Haruka to their chambers, where she would lecture her.

I sighed, finally being left alone and to my own thoughts for once in a fair while. I had always had to think of danger of running errands, but now I had time to myself, and I had absolutely no clue what to do with it. I yawned and started to fall asleep to a contented fantasy, still with my uncomfortable crown on. Maybe I would be given a break from these strange visions. Just maybe, I could be myself. After all, the saying tells me that everyone else is taken. I wish my life could be like my fantasy and that I was still useful in battles. But all I can do is sit on the sidelines and wait, ever so patiently, until I have my chance. Until Crystal Tokyo is on the verge of falling.

I slept on, not paying attention to my current mental state as I carried on. My fantasy soon became my nightmare, and my nightmare seemed to eat me whole. Posess me, if that's the way I had wanted to think of it. I breathed and I tried to sleep on, tossing and turning in bed, knowing that my crown was off, as I didn't feel the jabbing pain I would usually feel if it was on. And that was when the visions crept in.

"Do you like these?"

"Like what?" I mumbled.

"These visions. Your friends will fall like dominoes to my power, you know. And there is nothing you can do to stop that. I am just warning you."

"Who are you and why are you plaguing me?"

"You know who I am. You have seen the Youma I supplied. You have seen my henchman conduct battles like a ringleader."

"I have also seen your henchman retreat. We have become stronger. We have assets."

"Listen to yourself. Your kingdom has assets, but you? I doubt you have anything. You lost your power when you became Queen."

"I'm weak. I'll admit that myself. But I won't submit to you. I'll let you know that. Don't try anything."

"I'm not going to corrupt you. I'm just handing you the truth."

"A lie. We will defeat you."

"Your kingdom will, but will you? I doubt it."

"Just who are you?"

"Me? I'm part of an organisation. A special one at that."

"You caused that rip in space-time."

"Heh heh. Good spotting. I must go now."

"What are you doing with Crystal Tokyo?"

The threat had left the vision before I could get a response, and I woke, panting.

"Minna, you need to transform!" I instructed, using my hair pins as a communicator.

"Hai! We're on it!"

I rushed to the window and watched as everybody transformed once more. If only I could do something. But, I was useless.

"Juno Storm Breaker!" Juno shouted.

"Ceres Double Ribbon Inhalation!"

"Double Volcanic Flamethrower!"

"Pallas Seawater Tsunami!"

"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"

"Silence Glaive Surprise!"

The attacks hit a multitude of Youma but the henchman wasn't affected.

"Star Serious Laser!"

"Star Gentle Uterus!"

"Star Sensitive Inferno!"

"Galactic infatuation!"

"Kinmoku Fusion Tempest!"

The Youma who blasted attacks had their attacks deflected and sent back at twice the strength.

"Venus Love And Beauty Shock!"

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"

"Mars Flame Sniper!"

"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"

The attacks combined at got rid of the Youma's decoys.

"Chronos Typhoon!"

"Space Turbulence!"

"Submarine, Violon Tide!"

The attacks again combined at got rid of the majority of the Youma, leaving just one Youma and the henchman left.

"Constellation Light Refraction!" The Youma and henchman were again destracted like they were the last time that the attack was used, and Sailor Zodiac smiled. "Get used to this one!" She charged her attack. "Meteorite Shower Annihilation!" This got rid of the Youma and injured the henchman. "Not retreating yet? Alright. Electromagnetic Radiation Beam!"

This defeated the henchman, with his dying words being, "my fellows will defeat you."

We left the battlefield and the senshi detransformed.

"Usagi-san? Come with Setsuna-san and I. We need you to supply us with information from the vision you had earlier today."