First Battle 
Prologue 

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The music from the Tsukino residence blasted into the early evening air, 
as the people inside celebrated the return of the children that was 
missing, but was now returned to them as though from a miracle. Usagi 
Tsukino's parents had decided to throw a party to celebrate the return 
home of Shingo Tsukino, and invited the parents of other children who 
was also kidnapped by Sailor Galaxia, who was using them to find suitable 
Star seeds to try and conquer the whole galaxy. Luckily, Sailor Sirius 
and the rest of the Sol senshi, along with the help of the Sailor Star 
Lights, were able to stop Sailor Galaxia with their teamwork and combined 
strength to save Shingo, as well as the other missing children. 

The front door of the Tsukino residence opened, and the music from 
Zhane's "Hey Mr.DJ" grew louder as Tanya Cambridge walked out of house, 
and sat down sadly on the front steps. Turning her brown face upwards, 
she watched the stars twinkle in the black sky, and stared at the full 
moon while it was bathed her in it's glow. She recalled in her mind of 
how the Sailor Team got back from the dreary dimension. Sailor Pluto had 
found where the scouts where trapped, and recruited the Sailor Star Lights 
to help the girls. When they defeated Sailor Galaxia, Sailor Pluto appeared, 
and with her Garnet Orb she quickly teleported the Sailor Team back home, 
along with the missing children. 

Tanya sighed. "I STILL think that Sailor Star Healer could be Yaten. But 
how can I know for sure if I don't ask him?" she muttered to herself. 

A moment later, Usagi appeared at the front door, and saw Tanya sitting 
on the steps. "Hey Tanya! What are you doing out here? The party is just 
ending, and we need help cleaning up!" she said, whining a little about 
the huge amount of work that was waiting for her inside. She saw Tanya's 
exspression, and quietly walked out and sat down on the steps beside her. 
"Are you O.K.?" she asked softly. 

"Hmm? Yeah, sure!" Tanya said, looking up at Usagi in surprise. "I was 
just thinking, you know, about the fight and all, and what we have been 
through with Galaxia." She tried to smile reassuringly, but the worry 
still shone in her eyes as Tanya turned back to looked at the moon. 

Usagi nodded, and looked with Tanya up at the shining object in the starry 
night. "Yeah, it was a pretty close call. We were lucky to have you with us. 
You did great in your first battle with the senshi!" 

"Thanks," Tanya smiled shyly. She looked intently at the moon for a few 
more moments, then looked sadly at the blonde girl next to her. "You know, 
it's too bad people today don't know what a beautiful place the Moon Kingdom 
was. To all of them, it is just a speck of gray matter." she said sadly. 

"Yeah!" said Usagi dreamily, thinking backing to centuries ago. "There's 
so much I still wish I could know, and remember from then." She shook 
herself out of the dream sequence, and looked hard at Tanya. "Hey, wait a 
minute! What's the matter? From since I've known you, you have never been 
so dramatic and serious," Her blue eyes stared with understanding into 
Tanya's own brown-hazel ones. "Do you want to talk about it?" 

"It's nothing, really!" said Tanya, waving her hands in front of her 
defensively. She then lowered her eyes. "I..I've just been thinking. What 
if I had done something wrong in that fight? What would I change if I had 
the chance?" 

"What are you worrying about that for? We did fine against Galaxia!" Usagi 
said, giving Tanya a questioning look. "None of the other scouts had doubts." 

"I know." said Tanya. She looked at Usagi. "Have you ever wondered about 
YOUR first battle. What it felt like? What you would have changed? What 
you can learn from that, and how to use it in future battles?" 

"Well, no." said Usagi, a little embarrassed, "Luna says that with my 
first battle, I was a wimp, and I definitely needed work on!!" 

Tanya chuckled. "Yeah, it was kind of like that with me too!! You know, 
I'm going to talk this over with Marco. I want him to tell me how I was 
in my first battle, and maybe I can find a few things I can work on." 

"Sounds like a good plan to me. Meanwhile, I STILL need help with cleaning 
up!!" smiled Usagi, standing up over Tanya with her hands on her hips. 

"Yeah right, I'm coming!" said Tanya, following Usagi in the house and 
smiling in appreciation. 

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Later at Tanya's home. 

"Marco, I really need to talk to you. Do you mind?" said Tanya from bed, 
as she was getting ready to go to sleep. Marco looked up from the floor 
near the bed, and gave her a questioning look. 

"What about?" he said as he looked at the clock, "It's really late, and 
you should get some rest." 

"Well, it is about when we were in Libya, when I first met you, and when 
I first fought a demon on my own." said Tanya, sitting up in bed. "I want 
to know about how I was, how I fought and everything. This fight with 
Galaxia really shook me up, and I was wondering maybe there is something 
that I can find, that I can work on, and it will help me in my battles in 
the future." 

"I see." said Marco. The golden furred mentor jumped up on the bed next 
to her, and got comfortable as he laid down. "Well, I wanted to talk to 
you about that too. Maybe now is a good time. Alright, let's start at the 
beginning, shall we?" 

Tanya smiled gratefully, then got herself comfortable and listened and 
Marco began the story of how they met: 

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