Almost the instant the episode opens, the mayhem of Usagi Tsukino's morning begins. She is late for school; she has slept in as usual. She yells at her mother for not waking her up before 8:00!!

Usagi races to school and, along the way, she happens upon some kids bent over a black cat. "Koraaaa!" "Hey!", Usagi scares them away and picks up the cat who has two criss-crossed band-aids stuck to it's forehead. No sooner does Usagi remove the bandages than the cat leaps out of her hands and lands on the roof of a nearby car.

This strange black cat has a 'mikazuki hage' 'cresent moon bald spot' on it's forehead where the band-aids had been.

Just then, the bell to signal the start of school sounds!

I'm late~~~~! "Gyaa chikoku da~~~~!" To make matters worse, Usagi gets a low mark (a 30!!) on a test. Later on that day, Usagi's friend Naru Oosaka, suggests that they go to her mother's jewely store (Jewelry Osa-P).

As the girls arrive at Osa-P, they notice many 'Bargain Sale' signs and hordes of people all clammering about trying desperately to get their share of the sale jewelry. They are welcomed by Naru's mother, who is giving her 'bargain' sales pitch to the people in the store, using a megaphone. "Ara, okaeri Naruchan....maa irashai." "Welcome home Naru (is said to Naru)....Welcome (is said to Usagi)."

This big bargain sale is unusual. Why whould Naru's mother sell her jewelry so cheaply?!

As she makes her way home, Usagi grumbles to herself with considerable discontent over her test grade. She pitches the now crumpled test paper over her head. Suddenly, she hears a man's voice. She has hit Mamoru Chiba on the head with the paper!! He uncrumples the test paper and immidiatly comments on the grade "Motto benkyoushiro Odangoatama." "You should study more, Dumpling Head." This angers Usagi who is already annoyed that she must return home.

After some time, Usagi desides to head home (no doubt to the inevitable anger of her mother, over her low grade). On her way home she stops to look at a new video game poster of the pretty soldier SailorV!! Usagi can only dream about being like her.

And so, after a few moments of dreamy admiration of the amazing SailorV, Usagi again starts for home.

Finally, Usagi arrives home. Just as she had expected, her mother, Ikuko, asks about the test Usagi has taken - "Nanten dattano?" "What grade did you get?." Usagi grumbles to herself, trying to think of a way out of this. Usagi takes a long pause... and finally gives up the paper to her mother.

Suddenly, Usagi's mother flips out in a wild fit of rage and throws Usagi out of the house. As Usagi begins crying and pounding the door, her younger brother, Shingo, arrives home from school. He teases Usagi for a second then steps inside the door. Sailormoon tries to do a SailorV kick at him, but he closes the door and she slams her knee hard against it.

Meanwhile, people in the jewelry store are being drained of their energy. Naru sees this and realizes her mother is not herself.

Usagi is lying in bed, still upset over the test and her mother's reaction, when suddenly a form appears at her window. The same black cat from the morning leaps on to Usagi's bed and begins talking to her, "Hage janaiwayo shitsurei ne." "Excuse me, it's not a bald spot." the cat says (she says this because previously Usagi called it a bald spot).

"ne...neko ga, neko ga shabetta!?" "A... a cat, a cat is talking!?" Usagi stutters as she clings to the side of her bed in utter disbelief. The cat says her name is Luna and that with the bandages on her forehead she couldn't speak. "Oyasumi." "Goodnight." says Usagi, still refusing to believe her ears.

Luna leaps up and does a magnificent flip in the air. A broach appears and lands on Usagi's bed. Usagi pops up and puts the broach on her sailor-fuku school uniform.

To be continued in next update.