A/N hey this is just another new story I've been playing around with, it's on the sad side but please read and review…. This is not a one shot fic... There is more to come ok? Lol…… I came up with this is biology lol so much for ecosystems.

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Tragedy Strikes

Usagi, Ami, Rei and Makoto all crowded around the telephone in Rei's temple. It was 4.59 pm on a Wednesday and for the past 7 weeks they had met around that phone without fail, waiting for a special phone call.

At precisely 5.00 pm each Wednesday Mina would usually phone, for you see two and a half month's ago Mina had applied for a special two month course in singing and song writing that was to be held in Hiroshima, over 300 klm from Tokyo. Well only two weeks later Mina's application had been approved and she had bid everyone goodbye and headed over to Hiroshima for two months.

So no matter what everyone had dropped every plan they had to make it to that phone on Wednesday to hear their best friend's voice, and of course to try and convince her to come home because they missed her dearly.

"10,9,8" Usagi spoke excitedly as she stared the phone to death in a matter of speaking, suddenly Mako, Rei and even Ami joined in

"7,6,5,4,3,2,1" they all said excitedly, closing their eyes in anticipation of the melodious ringing they had come to expect.

Mamoru, Jaedite, Nephlyte and Zoisite sat on the other side of the room all chuckling fondly at their girlfriend's behaviour. Zoisite looked fondly at his mercurian beauty who sat only centimetres from the phone, like Usagi staring at it like a moth to flame. Jaedite however was laughing harder than the rest, mainly to the fact his firefly NEVER acted like this, and he was thinking how much fun it was going to be to rub this in later…. If only he could get a camera to capture this moment in time.

Nephlyte on the other hand looked at his maple angel as he liked to call her and could only think one thing, how lucky he was to have her as his own.

Rei, Ami and Usagi were all nineteen years old now and Makoto was twenty, they had known the generals for three years and as things would proceed, sceptics turned to acquaintances, acquaintances to friends and finally friends to lovers.

Suddenly Nephlyte realised that Kunzite hadn't shown up yet,

"Hey where's Kunzite" he asked everyone briskly,

"Yeah where is the big guy, he never misses a chance to talk to Mina" Jaedite confirmed,

"I don't know, he said he'd be here, he's always here" Mamoru replied with confusion as he scanned the room.

Usagi in the meantime looked at the phone blankly, it was 5.05 and Mina still hadn't phoned,

"What's keeping Mina??" she whined aloud, still much like her fourteen year old self.

"Maybe she's held up" Mako replied perplexed.

Rei just laughed, "this is Mina we're talking about, a cyclone couldn't stop that girl" she giggled, which made everyone else giggle aloud, then after 10 minutes they all started to look seriously at the phone, some even getting worried because they all knew that Rei was right, this 'was' Mina…. The girl who had once stopped a speeding truck because she knew they were carrying Gucci purses and she wanted to buy one.

Suddenly Kunzite appeared in the doorway, his hair was a mess and his suit all dishevelled, Mamoru was the first to notice, immediately jumping up to help his friend,

"what happened Kunzite" Mamoru said worriedly as he inspected his friends body to see if any blood had stained his clothing, as he ushered his friend inside and down into a couch seat. Then he saw what Kunzite was clinging to, a newspaper.

Everyone now seeing Kunzite were all concerned now so they walked over to him when they gasped as they looked upon his face and in that instant they all knew whatever had happened it was serious….. Kunzite was crying.

Tears were streaming down his face, out of his silver coloured eyes, down his fair chiselled face and onto his silver suit, staining the white shirt so it clung to his chest in that spot. Kunzite had never cried in all his life, the closest he ever came was when his mother and father had died where he shed a tear, so everyone was indeed worried.

"What happened?" Usagi asked concernedly, but he just flopped his head back and stared at the ceiling,

"Mina" he whispered, everyone's ears perked up

"What about Mina" Rei asked anxiously, Kunzite just lifted the newspaper up waiting for whoever to grab it.

Mamoru was the first to grab it, it was turned to page three and there were several water marks that resembled tear drops scattered upon the page. Mamoru read it to himself, as he read further his heart sped up three fold as he couldn't believe what he was reading, was it true???

"What does it say" Usagi said frantically as she felt like ripping the paper from Mamoru out of the tension that was building up.

Mamoru tried to speak up but just a squeak escaped his lips, he immediately coughed to clear up his throat,

"Tell us Mamoru" Mako demanded more fervently, Mamoru looked at his friend than at the paper once again.

"Teen girl found murdered in park, with 29 gun shots to the chest and head, the police have identified this young women as Aino Minako from dental records and fingerprint examinations, if anyone has any information on this young lady please phone 555 444 554" Mamoru read out, choosing the most relevant section.

Everyone stood back as they all felt they had been hit in the face with a baseball bat, hard as the shock of it was to great to bear.

Ami was the first to absorb the news as she started crying, and shaking her head violently,

"no, no, no, no, no" she repeated over and over again as tears ran down her cheeks, Zoisite grabbed her and pulled her into his chest as to comfort her, although he couldn't believe what had just happened himself. Rei was the next to snap, she stormed out in a hurry, Jaedite gave the others a sympathetic look and a nod of acknowledgement as he ran after his firefly, who had stormed off halfway down the road, without a sense of direction but trying with all her might to not cry.

Makoto had finally absorbed what had happened, her legs became weak and Nephlyte had to lunge to grab her. He had her in his arms as she started crying, he was partially carrying her as she couldn't stand by herself, then it hit Usagi who started laughing. Mamoru looked at his little angel and could literally see her heart breaking, which made his hurt even more,

"it has to be a joke right, we would have known, it has to be a joke" she repeated over and over again as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a card that held the organisation Mina was staying with and dialled the number on the telephone.

She dialled the numbers and waited for someone to answer

"hello, this is the music memoirs academy, this is Jane" the voice responded Jane,

"Hello Jane, I believe you have a student in your care under the name Aino Minako, may I speak with her" Usagi spoke ever so politely, the voice immediately changed to an apologetic tone,

"I'm so sorry, who's speaking" the voice responded

"This Tsukino Usagi, im her friend" Usagi replied briskly,

"I'm so so sorry Miss Tskukino, Miss Aino was taken from us, she has since passed away" The girl explained, Usagi just dropped the phone… it can't be true, Usagi collapsed on the ground, tears strum down her face onto the ground,

"Noooo please no, please" Usagi begged, Mamoru walked up to her and picked her fragile body up from the ground and held her in his arms. She just buried her face in his chest, while crying.

Kunzite just looked up at the ceiling and continued to cry as he saw pictures of his little cupid flash in his mind like echoes in the wind, he couldn't believe it, that he was never going to see her again…. But one thing he knew is he needed to see her, whether she be dead or alive.

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