It was an early morning of spring, when I was walking to school, as always with Ami-chan, Mako-chan and Minako-chan. The weather was still a bit cold, but the sun was shining, as if it was telling us that warm days are coming, together with the event of watching the sakura blooms. "It's already been a year, hasn't it..." I sighed, looking at the sky. It looked like the battle with Galaxia never happened. We finished our first year in high school, Chibiusa returned to the 30th century, so at home it was a bit lonely, though I love the feeling of peace, cause I finally caught up with my studies and actually decided to join a cooking club, so I could learn to make food for my beloved Mamo-chan. After all, only two years left to me, to prepare myself for becoming a wife, fitting him.
"I wonder, how those four are doing back there..." loudly thought Mako-chan. I also thought about it, but since I have Mamo-chan, i knew it would sound strange, especially after Seiya-kun confessed to me. Still, I wanted to meet them all, talk to them, hear their songs again. I really missed them. Thinking like that, I didn't even notice, how tears started flowing down my face and my friends turned to me. "Usagi-chan, what's wrong? Are you okay?" I smiled and wiped the tears. "Yes, thank you. I just kinda thought about the time back then. We faced hardships, but it was fun, wasn't it?" Ami-chan nodded "Yeah, I know what you mean, Usagi. It feels kind of empty at school without them, doesn't it?" "Yeah..." I said as we approached the school. While changing shoes inside, I noticed two girls. One had blue eyes, and long hair, the other one was green-eyed, with brown hair to the shoulders. Both of them were cheerfully talking to each other, when suddenly the short-haired girl turned my way and her emerald-green eyes met mine. She wawed her friend to come with her and they went to me. She blushed and looked at me. "Excuse me, but, um... Maybe you know, how to get to the Class 1-5? We seem to be lost." Oh, I thought, so they're first-years. How cute... "Yeah, sure, go to the end of this hall, turn left and the third classroom is Class 1-5." Both girls smiled and bowed "Thank you so much. By the way, I'm Kinomoto Sakura and this is my friend Daidouji Tomoyo. Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too, I'm Tsukino Usagi, but my friends call me just Usagi." The one called Tomoyo smiled. "Rabbit of the Moon? Like that tail in which it's said that there's a rabbit, living in the moon and making rice cakes ^_^" Okay, that made me blush "Well, yeah, I guess so. Anyway, I think you should hurry if you want to make it to class." Both girls said in a unison "YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH!" and waving to me, they ran to class. meanwhile, my girls came and whispered "Did you feel it too, Usagi?" I nodded "Yeah, there's really something about that girl, named Sakura. I sense from her a huge amount of power. By the way, did you see what's on her neck? Seemed similar to the key that Chibiusa-chan has." "Yeah" said Ami. I felt really worried, cause this whole thing seemed like the peace isn't going to last long. That's why we decided to meet up with Rei-chan and the others at the shrine and talk about this thing.
When everyone at the shrine heard what I told them about the new girls, Luna looked at me "Okay, so you all felt some kind of power, emitting from that girl. But the thing is, did you feel it like it was pure power or something like an evil one?" "Hmmm... I think it was more like a pure one, though I could tell it's really strong..." I said and my own words shocked me. It wasn't that long ago, but it seems that my powers got stronger and not just in physical powers but also in sensing powers and the amount of it. Of course, for girls it was a thing that's kinda hard to believe, since Rei-chan was always the on with the strongest ones, but Luna told me that during my life in Silver Millenium, my psychic powers were even stronger than Queen Serenity's, so everyone is starting to get on with it, but for me, it always feels like a new thing over and over again.
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Next day, when I came to school, I saw Sakura-san and Tomoyo-san near the lockers, whispering something together. I didn't want to be nosy, but on the other hand, I really wanted to know what they were talking about, since the talk could have some connection with the powers, that Sakura-san has. Then I heard Sakura-san saying "I'm really worried about Yue-san and Kero-chan. They're still not back from Hong-Kong. I wonder if something happened to them. Maybe I should call Shaoran-kun, I heard he's gone there for a week to visit his family, since it's holidays in his high school. Maybe he could sense something with his powers, ohhhh I don't know what to do anymore..." and started crying. Then I stepped from the corner and they stopped talking. I didn't know what to say, I didn't want to reveal my identity, but I really wanted to help them somehow. It's just that I didn't know how, so i decided to play dumb for a while. "Kinomoto-san, what's wrong? Are you hurt somewhere? Maybe we should go to the infirmary?" The girl shook her head and smiled. "No, I'm okay, it's just that someone dear to me isn't back from the trip yet and I started to worry, but it's okay, I'm okay. Oh, and please call me Sakura. After all, we're friends, aren't we?" "Y-yeah, sure, Sakura-chan. Then you too, please call me Usagi." and gave her a tissue to wipe tears and blow her nose. After that she smiled and looked at me amazed "You know, Usagi-san, Tomoyo-chan is always beside me, so I see her long hair all the time, since we were in elementary school, but you know, your hair is even longer! I can't even imagine how long would it become, if you let it loose..." Those words made me blush, but I couldn't say "Oh, it's because I had even longer hair than now in my previous life, cause you know, I'm the princess of the Moon" so I just smiled and said "You know, if you or Tomoyo-chan would need or want to talk to me, you can come by in my class, it's 2-3, okay?" Both girls nodded and Tomoyo-chan said "Okay, thank you very much for taking care of us." "Yeah, no problem" I smiled and went outside, thinking about what Sakura said. Those names that she mentioned, that Yue-san and Kero-chan, who didn't come back from Hong-Kong. Why Hong-Kong? Maybe the new enemy is residing there? Such questions didn't give peace in my mind, when suddenly somebody closed my eyes and asked "Guess who?". A chill came down my spine, since I knew perfectly the person, put hands on my face. I turned around smiling "Long time, no see, Seiya" and saw a face, that was always watching me, during my first year here, the face of Kou Seiya, Sailor Star Fighter and a close friend of mine, living far away. He smiled at me gently as always, patting my head "You haven't changed a bit, Usagi, just one thing- you smile a lot more." "Well, yeah, I've got Mamo-chan back at my side..." and I lost a gift of speech "Wait a sec, how did you call me?" Seiya laughed with his pearly whites "Well, I can't call you by the name your strict bodyguard calls you, can I?" Oh, he means Haruka-san, I thought to myself and it made me smile. A friendship between Haruka-san and Seiya kun is as impossible as the possibility of my hair becoming pink like Chibiusa's- no way it could become real.
We talked walking to class. Seiya told me that all four of them are here because they are searching for their Kakyuu princess's younger sister, who is a sailor senshi like them, and she's away with a mission. " A mission?" I looked at him confused, too many missions I hear today. He nodded "Yeah, she had to meet a magician, who could help us restore the planet, only his power is said to be as strong as we need. Of course, it sounds too unreal, but hey, we're also a bit like miracles, don't you think?" "Yeah..." I said. That was all I could say, cause too many thoughts were spinning around in my head. Seiya is back, something's really going on with Sakura-chan and her friends, Kakyuu princess has a sister and she's gone...Suddenly, my head started spinning and everything appeared dark in my eyes...