Aino Minako, Sailor Venus
The senshi are surprised to see Sailor V. The white cat, Artemis, tells the senshi not to call her Sailor V, but Princess Serenity. Tuxedo Kamen hears the familiar name as V notices him and turns around. Kamen runs off, noticing how familiar the name "Princess Serenity" sounds and feeling bad that he couldn't save Usagi.
Sailor V shakes hands with everyone, giving them a feeling of deja-vu. Sailor Moon's tiara suddenly warps into a smaller one. Sailor V turns into a schoolgirl and tells them she is also an 8th grader and her name is Aino Minako. The five girls go to meet Luna in the arcade where Minako explains a lot. She tells them that she solved cases with Artemis that were caused by the evil Dark Kingdom. The Kingdom's leader is an evil power born within darkness and seeking the ginzuishou. It destroyed the Moon Kingdom and was sealed away but someone reopened the seal and set it free. In order to prevent that from happening again, the seal must be closed and the enemy must be destroyed. Things are still fuzzy in terms of remembering their past lives, but Makoto feels like Sailor V was a senshi like her.
The next morning, Usagi has a dream of a man calling out to her. She calls him "Endymion". She heads off for school and sees Mamoru in the park reading books on crystal info. She tells him she has his watch to reurn, and he tells her to hold it since he has somethig to give her (the handkerchief she dropped at the masquerade.)
In the meantime, Beryl is told that th ginzuishou must be retrieved, so Beryl sends Kunzite to complete the job.
The girls are walking one night when Kunzite tampers with the power cables. Makoto feels the mammoth amount of power travel through the power lines and falls. The girls morph into senshi and fly to the top of Tokyo Tower (I think) where Kunzite awaits. Moon worries about Mamoru, and he senses her calling him. Sailor Moon uses Moon Healing Escalation to bring the electricity back but Kunzite knocks her off the tower. Luckily, Kamen catches her. Moon tells Kamen to run away from the battle, kisses him, and flies up again. The senshi try to attack Kunzite, but he just amplifies it and shoots it back at them. Moon prepares to attack Kunzite as Kunzite appears to attack Moon. Tuxedo Kamen feels for once he'd like to protect Moon, so he flies in front of Kunzite's blast. He is blasted almost fatally in front of Sailor Moon's eyes.
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