Deal with the Devil

Rating: M (for later chapters)

Season 1 AU

Pairing - Mamoru/Usagi

Disclaimer: Don't own Sailor Moon.

"..." - talking

Italics - dreaming

'...' - thoughts

Chapter 2 - Makoto's Dream

****Flashback****

It was a lonely life living in your own apartment without any siblings or parents. Fortunately for Makoto, several weeks previously she had befriended a group of girls and discovered that she played an important role in the universe. To be given a destiny and a purpose had always been something Makoto had craved since the loss of her parents, and meeting Usagi, Ami and Rei made it worth so much. While their Senshi meetings started on a serious note, they usually ended in a joking and frivolous manner. Even though they had a mission and a great evil, so far as she was concerned these girls, including the newest member Minako, were her family. She continued to smile at these thoughts while she pulled yet another batch of kinako cookies. She didn't however notice the red haze that permeated her entire kitchen area. Feeling a bit woozy, she dropped the tray of cookies and sunk to the floor, her eyes closing immediately…

Dream Sequence

The clashing of swords could be heard over the hill while a loud thunderous bolt of lightning crashed at the ground of Sailor Venus' feet. Leaping from the spot a half of a second before the bolt touched the ground, Venus swung around mid air and let her love-me chain whip out towards Makoto's body. Before the chain connected with the intended target, Makoto leaped out of the way.

"Watch it Carmelita! I almost got zapped with that lightning bolt of yours!" Venus yelled.

"There's no point in holding back Minerva! It's not like the enemy would think twice before murdering us to bits!" Makoto stated approaching the Venusian Guardian. "You know that we must do everything in our power to help Queen Selenity stop this evil that she senses is coming. We must do whatever we can to protect Princess Rei!"

"Minerva, Carmelita," a figure called from the balcony overseeing the training grounds. Looking up, Makota saw a beautiful girl with light blue eyes and dark black curly hair. She wore a bright yellow sundress and was followed closely behind by Rei with the Odango-style hair that Usagi usually wore. She was in a flowing red gown that floated around her. "Princess Rei requires your attention in the sitting room. She wishes to discuss increased security."

Following Venus, Makoto approached Rei in the sitting room. She was startled when Venus bowed before her and openly stared between Venus and Rei. "Carmelita, why do you refuse to bow in the presence of her supreme highness, Princess Rei of the Moon Kingdom?" demanded the woman with the black curls. She looked into the cold purple eyes of Rei and at the still kneeling head of Venus and dropped into a kneel as well. "Much better, now about that additional security…"

"It's all right Luna, I can take it from here," interjected Rei. "As we all know, my mother senses a great darkness on the blue plant. This darkness continues to build and has at last let it's presence known to us. While my mother believes that there is no reasoning with it, I have begged her to invite the Earth Royals to the Moon Kingdom to discuss a treaty to help broker the peace and defeat this evil to prevent it from spreading. However mother worries that this will put myself at further risk and has asked that at least one of you accompany me at all times."

"As you wish, so mote it be Princess Rei," agreed Venus, "Once the rest of the senshi arrive this evening we will meet with you to further discuss this new protective measures..."

Awaking suddenly, Makoto was startled. If what her dream portrayed to be true that meant Rei was the Moon Princess they had been searching for all along. Realizing the mess of cookies all over the floor, she began to clean up all the while pondering the new information and wondering if the other senshi had a similar flashback to the Moon Kingdom and Silver Millennium.

***Anyone starting to see a pattern here? Sorry these chapters are so light, I wanted to kind of give each their own little chapter. I promise after all the flashbacks and the big revelation, the chapters will be longer! Ja ne for now!***