Usagi is saved from being hit by a car by a girl wearing another school's uniform. She reveals herself to be a transfer student named Makoto Kino. Although the others in Makoto's class are too intimidated by her assumed superhuman strength to approach her, Usagi easily befriends her and takes her to the arcade. Usagi and the others hear about a bridal shop that is said to be cursed by a possessed mannequin that seduces grooms and kidnaps them. That night, Tuxedo Mask appears before Usagi. He leads her and the others to Makoto as she is cornered by Motoki Furuhata, who has been possessed by the "cursed bride" monster commanded by Nephrite. However, Makoto awakens her powers as Sailor Jupiter and defeats Nephrite and his monster. With Makoto joining the Sailor Guardians, Luna gives a new magical item known as the Moon Stick to Usagi, assigning her the leader of the Sailor Guardians.