Thanks to the ever kind Jade, this is my edited version 
of the next episode of Legend.  I believe that there was 
a mix up when I sent this story to Moon Romance.  This 
is going to be a lot longer than one part.  I hope you 
like what I have here.  More thanks and the like will be 
at the end.
Also I realize that I said that this is going to be inspired a lot by the manga, but by no means a copy of it.  It was brought to my attention that some of the things didn't seem right.  That's basically because I like it this way better.

Enjoy!
Rain
 
The Rewriting of a Legend
Episode 2
by Rain Ayo ( rain_ayo@hotmail.com )

	Usagi walked back to her home after a long day 
at school.  She hadn't been paying too much attention as 
she had been doing for the past few weeks.  She sighed 
as she realized that she wasn't doing as good as she had 
been for a while.  'It's all because of him.  I can't 
get his eyes out of my head,' she thought.  'But who is 
he?  I've never really met him before.  Or have I?'
	She wasn't paying much attention and nearly 
stepped on Luna.  "Watch where you're going Usagi," 
Luna growled.
	She looked at her cat dazed.  "Oh, I'm sorry 
Luna.  You're right I should be paying more attention," 
she said and then returned to her brooding.
	"What is wrong with you Usagi?  Ever since that 
fight at the Embassy you've been so silent.  You're 
grades are slipping again.  You don't seem to care about 
anything anymore," Luna said as she watched her charge 
walk off.  
	"Maybe I don't," she said sadly and then 
continued on her way. 
	She went into her house said a quick hello to 
her parents and then rushed up to her room.  She pulled 
out some more of her sketching paper.  She plopped down 
on her bed and drew some more. She had quite the 
collection growing.  All of them were of the masked 
stranger she met at the Embassy.  Of course Luna kept 
asking who he was, but she simply replied, "I wish I 
knew."
	Luna jumped into the window and went over to 
Usagi.  "Please Usagi, what is wrong?  I've been so 
patient with you hoping this might pass or you'd finally 
tell me what's going on, but it's not.  We are all 
worried about you.  Would you please tell me?" she 
asked.
	Usagi sat up and looked at Luna.  "I'm sorry 
I'm making all of you worried like this.  You shouldn't 
worry about me though.  There are too many other things 
too worry about.  Like when the next attack from the 
Negaverse will be, or where the Princess is.  Are there 
any new leads?" she asked.
	Luna shook her head.  "No.  Absolutely nothing. 
Artemis and Minako have been working around the clock 
looking for any possible link to our Princess or the 
crystal and are coming up empty handed," she said.
	"Well maybe I can help.  They said two heads are 
better than one, well maybe three is better than two," 
Usagi said as she jumped up and headed out of the house 
to the arcade where she knew she'd find Minako and 
Artemis.

	Mamoru unlocked his apartment and went in.  He 
rubbed his head and sat down on the sofa with a thud.  
His boss had sent him home thinking he was sick.  
Perhaps he was.  'Sick in the head,' he thought.  There 
was way to much being jumbled up in his mind.  The 
Princess from his dreams was the main thing on his mind 
lately.  He had given her up in order to protect 
himself.  He knew that the warrior women that were with 
her might not approve of their Princess being kissed by 
a stranger.  How he left was still beyond him.  'You 
wanted to know the truth about yourself first that's 
why.  When you know then you know you can face her.  
Until then you may just only end up harming her,' he 
told himself.
	She was just so beautiful.  When he was with her 
he felt safer than he had ever felt in his entire life. 
He wanted nothing more than to stay with her.  He felt 
complete and the loneliness that had haunted him all of 
these years since his parents death seemed to vanish 
whenever she was near him.  Even when he dreamed of her 
he felt her comforting presence there holding him.  Her 
blue eyes shinning ever so lightly.  He felt like she 
had handed him warmth on a platter.  He felt like he 
could take it with him where ever he went like a warm 
fuzzy blanket.
	He passed a hand through his hair.  'You've got 
to stop thinking about her.  It was probably just some 
crazed dream.  You don't even know who she is.  She 
could turn out to be a psycho or something.  You're 
already having trouble figuring out what's a dream and 
what's reality.  It was probably just a dream,' he told 
himself.  Too bad he didn't really feel that way.
	He sighed and gave up decided that maybe if he 
talked to someone "real" for a little while then maybe 
some of that would rub off on him.  He headed for the 
arcade so he could find Motoki.

	Usagi sat down on one of the game's stools 
reading a newspaper.  She was looking, just as Minako 
and Artemis were, for some clue to the where abouts of 
the crystal and the Princess.  She hadn't found anything 
yet.  Of course she'd only gone through a few pages of 
the newspaper.
	"How's the news today?" Motoki asked as he 
handed her a soda.
	"Well I guess it's good.  Haven't found anything 
sad yet," Usagi said.  
	"Well that's always a good sign.  Hope it stays 
that way," Motoki said as he went off to do some other 
work.
	'Of course it's not.  Once we find a lead there 
will probably be another battle,' she thought with a 
sigh.
	She turned the page and looked at the 
advertisement for a contest to see who would be the next 
beauty queen.  She almost turned the page, but then she 
noticed something.  The special guest host was someone 
called the Tsuki Princess.
	"Minako!  Get over here you've got to see this," 
Usagi said.  Minako rushed over and looked over her 
shoulder at the advertisement.  "This might be it."
	"You're right," Minako said as she finished 
reading the advertisement.  "We should go find the rest 
of the Senshi and tell them about this."
	The two of them grabbed Artemis and ran out of 
their to head to the temple.  They didn't even notice 
the dark haired man enter as they exited.
	"Hi Mamoru.  What are you doing here?  Aren't 
you supposed to be working?" Motoki asked as he greeted 
his friend at the door.  When he finally got a good look 
at him he shook his head.  "You look like hell.  No 
wonder your not working.  What's wrong?"
	"I think I'm going crazy," Mamoru said as he 
plopped himself down on a stool.
	"Well there's got to be more than that," Motoki 
said.  "Look I'm going on break.  You can tell me all 
about it."
	"Whatever," Mamoru said.

	"So you think we should check this out?" Makoto 
asked.
	"Yup.  If it isn't our Princess, well, we'll 
probably have to stop the Negaverse from taking her 
anyway," Minako said.  "It starts in about an hour and 
half, so we should get going."
	Everyone nodded and they headed off.  They 
arrived outside with an hour to spare.  "We should split 
up and check this place out," Artemis said. "Just in 
case the Negaverse is already here."
	Luna looked up at Usagi.  "We need someone to 
get into the contest," she said.
	Usagi sighed.  "Of course that would be me 
wouldn't it," she said.  "All right.  Disguise Power!  
Make me look like a convincing contestant."  There was a 
flash and then she stood there in a very pretty pastel 
blue dress.  It was sleeveless and went down to the 
floor.
	"I want one of them," Minako said with a smirk.
	"Come on.  We better head off," Rei said.
	"Again I'm all alone.  Is this some sort of 
conspiracy against me?" she asked the empty air as 
everyone headed into the building.
	She sighed straightened her dress out a bit and 
then entered the building.  Immediately she was ushered 
off to the dressing rooms.  It was very noisy and a 
complete mess.  Someone showed her to a dressing room.  
She just went in without complaint.  She didn't realize 
that they had mistaken her for someone else.
	A young woman entered the dressing room.  "Your 
clothes are in the trunk right there.  They arrived a 
couple hours ago.  The show starts in 20 minutes so you 
better hurry up," the woman said before heading out of 
the room in a flash.
	"Wait a minute.  What in the world was she 
talking about?" Usagi asked herself.  "I'm not going to
have an enjoyable time.  I know it."  She sighed and 
looked through the trunk.
	It was amazing some of the stuff in there.  All 
of them covered with thin gold embroidery in the shape 
of roses and little crescent moons.  "Wait a minute.  Do 
they actually think that I'm the Tsuki Princess?  This 
is insane.  It would be one thing if I were just playing 
the contestant, but I can't do this.  What if the others 
actually take this seriously.  I'm no Princess!" she 
exclaimed as she realized what was going on.  "Oh what 
choice do I have?  I can't back out now.  If only I 
could I'd be home and sleeping."
	She pulled out the simplest one in the trunk, a 
long sleeveless white dress that was hemmed with the 
gold embroidery of gold roses and had a small crescent 
moon on the right side of her chest.  She looked at the 
meatballs in her hair and decided that if she put it up 
differently that the Senshi might not recognize her.  A 
long shot, but she didn't want them to think that she 
might be the Princess they were looking for.
	She had one of the hair dressers put it up for 
her.  It was pulled back out of her face with the top 
layer of hair pulled back in a thin braid.  The rest 
hung down.  
	"My you look prettier then all of the pictures
of you I've seen," the hair dresser said.
	She wondered where in the world she would have 
seen them.  Usagi had never even heard of this Tsuki 
Princess.  "I think I'm going to have a headache," she 
mumbled as she went back to her dressing room.
	The young woman that came in earlier came back 
and laid some cards on a table.  "All you have to do is 
take these cards and read them on you're cue.  These are 
also on the bigger cards that will be held up for 
everyone at the edge of the stage.  So don't worry about 
it.  I'm sure it would have been easier if you had just 
shown up to rehearsal, but we'll make do," the woman 
said.  Her tone showed that she didn't really like the 
Princess.  Too bad Usagi was left to listen to her 
complaints.
	"All right what are you waiting for.  We're 
starting," the woman said impatiently as she ushered 
Usagi out the door and onto the stage.
	Usagi looked at the cards the woman had placed 
in her hand just as she ran off the stage.  'What am I 
going to do?  I guess I just have to play along until 
the Negaverse shows up.  Seeing as there isn't any Moon 
Princess, there will probably be another fight.
	The curtain went up and the lights went on.  The 
show must go on...

	'What in the world am I doing here?' he asked 
himself as he snuck into the building housing the beauty 
contest.  'Just because you know you'll see her 
tonight.'
	He shook his head and sneaked into the main room 
to see what was going on.  He smoothed the tuxedo he 
wore.  He didn't even know why he decided to wear it.  
She probably would have recognized him no matter what he 
wore.
	When he got through the crowd he could see her 
on the stage.  She was as beautiful as he remembered, 
perhaps even more.  The dress looked amazing on her.  
His breath caught and he worked his way to a seat closer 
to the stage.
	"I'd like to welcome all of you to our beauty 
contest.  All of these lovely women are waiting to get 
out here and show you their stuff," she said.  She 
sounded terribly nervous, but he seemed to be the only 
one to notice.  "So let's get this show on the road."
	She stepped back to reveal another curtain 
rising most likely with the contestants behind it.  Only 
they weren't standing their.  They were all laying on 
the ground surrounding a man clad in a gray suit with 
long brown hair.
	The man laughed insanely and everyone around 
Mamoru was panicking.  The man extended a hand out 
toward the crowd and people started collapsing all 
around him.  Even his beautiful princess.  He jumped 
onto the stage an caught her just as she fell.  
	"Come on.  You can't be taking any naps here," 
he told her as he shook her a bit to hopefully get her 
conscious again.
	Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at him in 
surprise.  "You're here," she said.
	He nodded with a small smile.  That man, whoever 
he was, was doing a good job of putting them all to 
sleep.  Mamoru was having trouble keeping awake.  "Where 
are the girls that were with you last time.  We've got 
to get you some place safe," he said with strength he 
didn't know he had.
	"Coming.  We've just got to kill that man before 
he kills everyone else.  We've got to stop the 
Negaverse," she said just before she passed out all 
together.  
	He shook her again.  "Wake up.  Wake up," he 
said.  'No you can't die.  I just found you.  I'm not 
about to lose you now.'
	He laid her gently on the ground and stood up. 
He glared at the man even though his vision wasn't to be 
trusted anymore.  He charged at him and caught him off 
guard.  The man fell with Mamoru on top of him.  Just as 
the man fell the exhaustion he was feeling lightened up 
a bit and he felt he could trust his own two feet again.
	Mamoru grabbed the man by the collar.  "Who do 
you think you are?  You won't get away with what you've 
done," he growled.
	The man just laughed.  "Stupid human.  No one 
can stop me.  No one can stop Nephrite of the 
Neagverse," he said.
	"Just watch me," Mamoru said as he punched 
Nephrite in the jaw.  Nephrite put a hand to his jaw in 
obvious pain.  "You'll pay for that human," Nephrite 
said as he flung Mamoru off of him.
	Mamoru got up immediately and charged once again 
at Nephrite.  Nephrite dodged his attempt and kicked 
Mamoru's back.  Mamoru went down but got up immediately.
	"I don't know why you won't give up, but you 
will soon," Nephrite said.
	"That's not going to happen," someone said.
	Four young women landed around the two dueling 
men.  "You are going down," the woman in red said.
	"We are the Sailor Senshi and you, Negaverse 
creep, have met your match," the one in orange and 
obviously the leader of the group.
	"So you are the ones that stopped Jadeite.  Well 
you won't have as much luck with me," Nephrite said.  He 
stretched out his arms and shot out two bolts of energy. 
One was aimed at Mamoru and the other at the woman in 
orange.  Mamoru just barely escaped the blast while the 
woman simply leaped over it.
	One of the Senshi went over to him.  "I don't 
know who you are, but you better get out of here," the 
woman in blue said.  "It's not safe here."
	"I don't care.  I've got to help her," Mamoru 
said.  He pushed passed her and charged at Nephrite's 
back.
	The woman in blue shook her head and called out, 
"Shabon Spray!"
	A mist covered the area and Mamoru took that 
opportunity to strike.  He felt a strange power collect 
in his fist as his anger boiled inside of him.  'You 
hurt her.  If she dies I swear you will die a most 
painful death,' he thought.  
	He connected with Nephrite's unguarded back and 
sent out a blast of his own.  A yellow light literally 
went through Nephrite, leaving a small almost 
unnoticeable hole in his shoulder.
	"I'd be careful who you attack if I were you," 
Mamoru said with so much anger in his voice.
	The mists cleared and Mamoru had gotten out of 
the way, knowing that the warrior women who protected 
his princess would be able to completely destroy him 
now.
	The surprise was that they weren't alone 
anymore.  His princess had taken up her warrior garb and 
was the one going in for the kill.
	"I'll free you from your prison," she said 
softly.  She touched her tiara and a light hit it from 
out of no where.  "Moon Twilight Flash!"  The light that 
hit her tiara reflected off it and hit Nephrite.
	Mamoru saw that his princess was all right and 
that was all that mattered.  He got out of there before 
the Senshi started to ask questions he didn't even know 
how to answer.

	The Senshi took off with Nephrite.  Usagi was 
left again to take care of everyone left behind.  She 
hoped that she would see him again, but it seemed that 
she wasn't that lucky.
	Thankfully she was able to sneak out of there 
before they decided she had to finish the completely 
crazy show.  All her friends were waiting for her 
outside the show.
	"How did you get up on stage?" Rei asked.  "What 
happened to the Princess?"
	"I don't know.  They thought that I was the 
Princess.  She probably didn't even show up.  The woman 
running it seemed to think that the woman who really was 
the Princess wasn't really interested in doing the show 
anyway," Usagi said.
	"Maybe, but that was a big waste of time," Rei 
said.
	"No it wasn't," Minako said.  "We got one more 
of those guys.  One less problem for us.  Perhaps even 
one more ally."
	"That is if they ever remember," Makoto said.  
"They don't remember anything at all remember."
	"Well that doesn't matter.  What does matter is 
that it was worth it.  Does anyone know who that guy was 
that fought tonight?" Minako asked.
	Usagi stayed quiet.  She wasn't sure what Minako 
had planned.
	"Is it possible that we have more allies than 
you thought?" Minako asked Luna and Artemis.
	"Quite possible.  We still don't remember 
though," Luna said.  
	"Well is there anything that might jog your 
memories?" Rei asked.  "Anything I could do?"
	"Who knows.  We'll have to try anything we can 
think of," Artemis said.
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So what did you think?  I hope you enjoyed it.  You know 
where you can email me your thoughts.  
I must give a big thanks to my sis, Usako-chan!  She's 
so kind to me always and a wonderful author herself.  
Thanks so much Usako!!!!  Check out her website at 
http://members.tripod.com/~usako9/
Also another quick thanks to Jade once again.  If you 
haven't read anything by her than may I suggest you do. She has written some really fabulous things as well.

Enjoy!
Rain Ayo ( rain_ayo@hotmail.com )
http://members.tripod.com/~Rain_Ayo/