AUTHOR'S NOTE: I haven't posted in ages. I'm not very confident in my writing so if you hate it thats fine, but please don't be mean or judgmental just because you can- try and making your flaming legit . Understand that I've got some more of this done. But I have a job and bills to pay -- this is just for fun. If I get behind, I'll try and catch up as soon as possible. But as far as completing this, I promise you it will have an end. I believe that there is a silent agreement between reader and writer, that if you give me the honor of tolerating my writing I should respect that with an ending.

Not that its shinning through with the drull note but I will warn you I have a bizarre sense of humor, and none of this may make sense except it the catacombs of my brian.

Oh yeah, I don't own Sailor Moon. If I did I wouldn't work at a motel.

With that said, enjoy... I hope.

She'd been sitting in the park, trying to sort her thoughts before the meeting at the temple. She'd been throughly confused for a weeks now. She'd been fooling the girls and Luna from the start. She hadn't been a bad student before she met Luna. But having not prepared for the test on the inevitable day had led Luna to believe she was the ditz that she'd begun to show the world. Besides, the attacks, that had begun to be more frequent, took their toll. She looked down to her scared hands, something wasn't right about being the Senshi of the Moon. The other Senshi blasted the youma with ice, fire, even electricty and had nothing to show for it at the end of the day. It seemed to drain her energy more, and the damage was quite obvious...

She shook her head to clear her mind of those thoughts.

Now on to the more confusing subject of Mamoru. The man was ever puzzling. From the first time she'd seen his dark blue eyes she'd fallen head over heels... And then he'd opened that sensuous mouth, and proved he was an idiot... Love was complicated, and this man made it seem ten times more so... Every time she bumped into Mamoru she got the strange sense of deja vu, and being so fallen for him made figuring this out even more difficult... It was always little things that brought on the feeling, the glint in his eyes as he'd smirk, the authority with which he held himself, and the hair that always found its way into his eyes and the way her hand itched to brush it out of the way.

But an hour ago it became quite clear...

She'd been sitting on the park bench in front of the small pond, and he in his trek through the park, had stopped in front of her, kneeling to tie his shoe... At first he hadn't seen her, this she knew from the look in his eyes as he turned his head in her direction, "Penny for your thoughts, Princess?"

Something sparked, in the back of her mind. And then she knew. She knew everything. She understood all of it. But she was still confused, did he know? "Princess?"

Mamoru chuckled, she'd been really out of it, "Yes, Princess. I know you're a royal pain in the ass, and I suppose you could be the jester of the court with the way you trip around... but,"

She frowned, he couldn't know. He was immediately cut off, "Then I would have stolen your court title, and that wouldn't do, now would it. I have to be going Mamoru-san."

She got up to walk away when she was stopped by the tug on her arm. "Are you okay Odango?"

Her frown deepened, "Yes, Mamoru-san. Perfect. Why?"

He shook his head, "Nothing, I guess. See you around."

She nodded and walked off.

Usagi sighed as her communicator beeped, the symbol of Mars flashing violently. It was Rei, she had no doubt that the Senshi of Mars was on the other end fuming that the Leader of the Sailor Senshi was late to yet another meeting. She dropped her communicator in the bottom of her book bag, and quickened her pace. As she passed a pay phone she stopped. "I'll call them. I can't go to the meeting. Things are about to change and I need a plan."

The phone rang three times before Rei picked up.

"Hello?"

"Rei-chan?"

"Usagi where the hell are you? We've all been waiting for twenty minutes!!"

"I can't come to the meeting."

"What the hell do you mean you can't come to the meeting? Its Senshi Business, you can't blow this off like everything else in your life, you need to start taking this seriously or we're gonna demote you to lacky!"

"Yes, Rei-san. Unfortunately something came up."

"Oh, and what is more important than Senshi Business?"

She frowned, nothing. It was their duty to save this planet at all cost. But what was a plausible excuse for now. "I failed another test mother has forbid me from leaving the premises until she's satisfied with the progress into my studies."

"What did you just say?"

Shit. Concentrate. Remember who they see. Dumb it down... Be their Usagi. She raised the pitch into her voice to that near the hysterical wail Rei was used to, "I failed my math quiz, and even though I studied real hard. Momma is really mad she said I can't leave the house until I've done all my homework and double chores." And continued to cry for effect.

"All right, thats all you had to say, but don't screw up again Odango." Rei quickly hung up on her end, Usagi was sure it was to save what was left of her hearing.

Usagi left the phone booth and headed towards Tokyo Tower. 'Being closer to home will make me feel better. Clear my thoughts.'

Usagi had been sitting at the top of Tokyo Tower for over an hour, staring in the direction of the setting sun, but looking at something that wasn't really there.

'I can't let them die. Not this time. My sisters deserve the normal life that we all craved from the beginning.' "Then the only choice is to strip them of their powers."