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This is the first season and all the inner scouts have been found. Usagi is Sailor Moon but she refuses to let anyone know, even her own scouts. When Usagi over hears that Rei can transform she tells her not to tell anyone.

Sailor Moon in Hiding

Chapter 1: The Problem with Sailor Moon

Sailor Moon gave a sigh of relief when she once again escaped against being found out. "That was close." It was enough that Luna told her she must be Sailor Moon but for her friends to know her true identity would crush her mentally.

They loved her as a friend but they could only put up with so much. Usagi made too many mistakes in life to shove her life onto other's laps that way. They saw her as a fun-loving girl who was full of innocence, not some fighter of truth and love.

She loved them equally but as Sailor Scouts they longed to see their princess. In time, they would drift away from her. That princess would take them away from her.

They should spend time with her, care about her but Usagi knew the fight had fatigued them. The look on their faces confirmed their slowly fading innocence.

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The beginning of her problems started when she overheard Ami talking about how Sailor Moon seemed to always know where they were in a fight. Sailor Moon would get hurt. Ami was not sure if Sailor Moon was getting hurt on purpose but she was skeptical of the fighter's alliance toward them.

All of the scouts were beginning to think that she did this to distract them. Even more so, they wondered where Sailor Moon went off to every time they stopped fighting.

Even thought she claimed to be good, that had not meant that she was not setting them up for a trap. Sailor Moon might hate Beryl but as soon as Beryl left who would stop her from killing the Sailor Scouts? Beryl could be the only reason that she helped.

They doubted that Sailor Moon would have the ability to defeat them on their own. Getting hurt in every fight would only lead to them pitying her.

That girl could be a member of the Dark Kingdom aka Nagaverse. None of their enemies acted nice when it came to the Moon Kingdom. Having the name Sailor Moon did not mean she belonged to the Moon Kingdom.

Usagi breathed in and out. "Breath, Usagi." Her heart felt as it had decided to jump out of her chest at any time. It was a wonder that her heart crystal did not jump out as well. She held her chest trying to will it to slow down.

"Hey meatball's for brains … what are you running from?" Mamoru stood there in front of her waiting for her usual treatment.

"It is not a good time for this, I am too tired." She sprinted passed him as he looked at her bewildered and wondering if she would stop to breath.

Rei heard her communicator give off a beeping noise. It went off unexpectedly, as Usagi reached the front steps of the shrine.

Usagi ran up the step to see if Rei's ankle had healed from the last fight. Of course, she would act surprised but she wanted to comfort her friend. Rei had the highest high heels of the team. Why had they been given those shoes to wear? They were very uncomfortable shoes.

That was when she heard, "Rei there is Sailor Scout business to attend to can we come over?"

Usagi backed up knowing that she should run home. There was risk of Rei hating her forever.

Even though, she knew who all the Sailor Scouts were she did not want to give up on her position as Sailor Moon. If they found out… some Dark Moon aka Nagaverse trash might find out or be beaten into telling her secret.

One day, she would have to tell her secret but at that time there was no need to tell anyone. She knew that they could handle themselves in battle.

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Rei's eyes went wide when she saw Usagi standing in the door. "What did you hear?" Rei couldn't believe that Usagi heard her. She had to have heard her.

Usagi heard the entire talk about how they needed to find the Moon Princess. To be perfectly honest, Usagi wanted to find her, too. Not for the obvious reasons but because she had not wanted anyone stealing away her Tuxedo Mask.

She could see him being her boyfriend. He would be the best boyfriend in the world. They would hold hands all day.

That Moon Princess never helped her in a fight. Who would want a Princess like that? That girl was not needed. What would the Scouts do with some Princess? Would they have to cater to her every whim?

Would the princess be in the spa the whole day? Would they be forced to fight then take care of some spoiled princess?

Usagi had not wanted her friends to become slaves to some spoiled princess. However, that Princess might hold great power. She would not have to be Sailor Moon, any longer.

Luna might try to fight that though. Luna could live with the new princess. Who was to say that Princess would need a black short haired cat? What would happen if she was allergic to cats?

Poor Luna. She could be hurt the most by her own Princess.

Where had the Princess gone? That princess needed to be with them not prancing about in some castle.

Or, maybe she could solve all her problems. Tuxedo Mask was a hottie but there must be more men out there for her. Some man in a Mask needed counseling.

Long ago, a masked man would have been a refreshing for a damsel in distress. Tuxedo Mask never whisked her off in the sun set. He only showed up then saved her. That was it, no dinner, no movie, and certainly of the a future relationship. He had not ask her out.

Rei spoke up, "Earth to Usagi, what did you heard?"

She appeared to be in her own world. "Most of it."

Rei had not wanted anyone to know but if someone needed to find out, Usagi would be a bad choice. That little klutz would give them up in a second. "Don't tell anyone. You hear me? Usagi are you even listening?"

"Rei, I will not tell anyone." Usagi had to come up with a plan. She could become upset, tell her about herself, or be the understanding friend that Rei knew her to be, "Does this mean that I am friends with Sailor Mars?"

"Yes, it does. Don't tell anyone. I am still your friend."

Rei looked started in telling her friend the news. Usagi only knew one of the Scout's names that Rei knew of anyway. Rei could make sure that Usagi would not know any more names. She would have to bee more careful. "I promise."

"You need to go; the other scouts will be here."

"Ok," Usagi hugged her friend using the last of her energy to flee to the room.

Her mind wondered to a place where the Scouts fought together with her. Rei would never have given her identity away to anyone, why now?

When she returned home sleep finally overtook her.

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The next day, Usagi ran home from school to the arcade. Her favorite game had been taken by some girls that were touring the area. Usagi heard that they would be here all week. There was something about urban living that impressed onlookers.

Other arcades existed outside of that place with included almost the entire world in fact. However, these people choice to set in her favorite place.

Usagi noticed Mamoru talking to Andrew but she hadn't wanted to be any more upset. She put her coins in a fighting game. Soon, she was so into the game that she had not seen the crowd forming. "Take that you." She had not wanted to curse at the game in order to get it to work. "Ha ha, I win."

Usagi giggled as the fighter on the screen beat the fake fighter on the screen. Inside, she wondered if the trash from the Nagaverse could be defeated so easily. One click of a button … boom gone.

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