Then there were you (revised!)

By

Moonlight Bunny

A/N: Hi everyone! I promised you to update and now I did! I've re-written all the chapters to Only you and changed the title to Then there were you. I'm very sorry for not updating long ago, but I just lost my inspiration on continuing. And I didn't want to write until I've become a better writer. Now I hope that I've become a better writer than I was two years ago. But I'm back and my inspiration too… J well, after watching Sailor Stars and crying over Seiya for hours this last couple of weeks… haha…--;;; Anyway, I've kept the chapters as they were before, but with slight changes. Maybe lots of changes in some of the other chapters and the titles it selves. I've changed the plot too, since the plot that was in this story didn't cope with the first plot that I had planned to begin with. Btw, if you haven't read Thoughts of you then you should before reading this! I recommend it. You'll find out later in this story why I wanted you to read it... ;)

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story. Takeuchi Naoko-sama owns all the SM characters!

Summary: Usagi and her friends finally graduate and live a normal life, after their last battle against Galaxia. Just as they thought that everything would be ok, something happens which put the whole future in danger. Mamoru goes back to the States to finish his studies, the Three Lights are back and accidents starts to happen, as well as broken hearts.

Chapter one: New beginning

The day that they have been waiting for was finally here. Today was the day when Usagi and her friends would be high school students for the last time. This was the day when the new door opens up for them and that they'd close the ones behind. This was their beginning to a new life, a new chapter. Peace had finally come and there were no more battles after Galaxia, or so they thought. But what they didn't know was that the wheel of Fate had started to spin again. Something was going to happen, which would change their lives and future. Maybe now, maybe forever. As of now, they were unaware of what Destiny had planned.

"I can't believe that we're finally graduating. It seemed just like yesterday when we started here. And now we are all sitting here, even Rei, just waiting for them to call our names so we can take our diplomas. And…" but Usagi's thoughts were disturbed by a voice she knew well.

"Hey, Usagi-chan! What are you thinking of?" asked Minako.

"I can't believe that we're graduating!" Usagi answered, smiling to one of her best friends.

"Same here. Now I don't have to worry about failing another test anymore."

"True, now you don't have to worry about school. Because now you can worry about your songs falling down from the hit list." Rei teased.

"Rei-chan, you're mean."

"You got that right, Mina-chan. Mean is Rei-chan's middle name." Usagi said.

"If mean is my middle name, then a clumsy cry baby is yours!" Rei nearly shouted.

"Hey! I'm not clumsy and I'm not a crybaby! Well, not more anyway. And besides…"

"Would you three, please stop you're bickering?" Makoto interrupted.

"I have to agree. People are watching." Ami cut in as she nodded her head towards all the students who were staring at them.

"Gomen nasai!" the three girls said and bowed their heads, sweat dropping.

As Usagi was listening to their principal's speech, she thought back on the old times. A lot of changes had happened during the years after Galaxia. The girls could finally act like other normal teens and pursue their dreams. But before this, just right after the last battle and the departure of their dear friends, Usagi and the others had somewhat changed.

It took them almost a year before they could go back to their normal selves and live their lives as usual. But even so, they had changed. The outers, their families, their friends and her Mamo-chan became deeply worried about them. The destruction, their deaths and their friends' departure were too much for what the girls could handle. They had handled previous battles with hopes in their heart. They had handled their own deaths and looked at it as a way of a new beginning after being re-born. What they could never handle was their friends' departure. They knew that they would meet each other someday, but somehow doubts were planted in their mind. Would they really see them again? How can they know? How can they be sure that someday, they'll all meet and think about the past and laugh at it? They would be friends forever, but… Yes, friends would always last, just like love would last until the end of time. Friends see each other after moving miles away, in another country or in another continent, were like one out of a hundred. But this was more of a problem. This was more like one in million, considering galaxies away.

Usagi looked at her friends and smiled softly. All of them have changed for the better, but also for the bad. They have had a very rough time and there were even times when it became hard that it felt like they were falling into a deep hole. Just falling and falling into the darkness, waiting to embrace the impact from below, but never getting there.

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Minako had joined the volleyball team once again after taking a break, which had last for a year. She had missed it so much and one day told the gang that she was going to join the team. The girls were happy after she broke the news cause she had been depressed. And quitting volleyball had seemed serious, cause they knew that besides her dreams and duties, volleyball was her passion in life.

They knew about her feelings for him, but brushed it off as they thought that she'd recover as always. That was everyone except for Usagi. Usagi had seen what the others didn't see in her. It wasn't because they didn't care about Minako, but they too had their own inner problems that they had to deal with and therefore never saw what was hidden. Now months after she had finally recovered from what seemed to be a very long time. She was still a ditz though not like before.

A few months before their graduation day, Minako had decided to fulfil her dreams. She was going to audition for a small role in a new series, but instead got the leading part. Now she was an actress and already recording her debut album. Even though she was now a famous idol in Japan, she still went to school. At first she thought hard about quitting or staying in school. But then decided to stay, since she had promised a long time ago to stay with her friends until the very end, which even included staying in school and graduate.

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Makoto, who was like the mother in the gang, had been tiring herself by worrying over everyone. At the beginning everyone was sick and tired of each other. It seemed like everyone needed a break from everything and Makoto, being who she was, suggested again and again over stuff they could do together. Anything that would put them back in the right track again. At one point she was giving up. She was tired cause there wasn't anything she could do except watch as her friends let themselves get consumed in their thoughts. Sure she had been wandering in her own thoughts herself, but made sure that she still had her feet on the ground. After all, someone had to be the strong one. As the time passed by, everything started to get back into normal and for the better… she hoped.

During those months Makoto got to know a famous chef, who helped her open her first restaurant. Now she was a famous chef herself and with her own restaurant, called The Jupiter's Light. She too had decided to stay in school and graduate, despite the fact that being a chef was hard work.

About her love life… Well, she was now dating Shinozaki. It all happened when Shinozaki transferred to their school. He and Makoto talked a lot about everything that has happened since they last met and Makoto decided to tell him about her being a senshi. Shinozaki wasn't too surprised about finding out because he had known her for a long time and he could tell if she was hiding something from him. Later on they realized that they had feelings for each other and started to date. Usagi could never be happier. Makoto had lived all her life alone, even if she was surrounded with friends, she never got to acknowledge true love. Not even when she was with her old boyfriend five years ago, until now.

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Rei was still as hot-tempered as ever. She started in Juuban High School, where Usagi and the rest of the girls went to, and left T.A. One of the reasons was that she had blamed herself for never foreseeing the last battle. After the starlights' departure she had locked herself behind the temple walls. She would sit in front of the great fire just to see if there was any more danger lurking around the corner, but didn't find any. If the fire didn't want to reveal anything then she had to be closed to Usagi so nothing could ever come to harm her and so she transferred to their school.

The other reason was that she also wanted to graduate together with her friends. Her father didn't like the thought of her quitting one of Japan's best private schools, he had seen it as a flaw when it came to his political career. Rei knew about this, but never cared. After all, he didn't have the right to dictate her life, when the fact was that he never was there when she needed him.

As for Yuuichirou, she started to pay more attention to those feelings, but kept it as a secret. The girls were starting to sense something between her and Yuuichirou. It was just a matter of time before she would tell him about her feelings, if she hasn't already told him. And they were already getting annoyed over when they would see Rei hang over Yuuichirou. Rei was still working as a priestess in the temple, but also as one of Minako's songwriter. And since her grandfather started to become worse by age, she also started to train more and started to prepare for the duties that she'd have when taking over the shrine.

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Ami… The blue haired genius, who always kept her head cool, was the worse of them all. A year ago she was on the verge of collapsing, because she had withdrawn herself into the world of books. And that was right after the last battle. She had become depressed and didn't want to tell her friends about what was on her mind, so instead locked herself for hours in her room along with her books, specially poetry books. First she had thought that books would take him off of her mind, but how wrong she was. It was worse than ever, since books only reminded her of him. Nothing could stop the pain that she was feeling inside and just as she thought that she was on the verge of breaking down something happened.

Ryo had come back for his promise. When he saw Ami and the state she was in, he decided to do everything. And he managed to bring her back from the world she was hiding in. Soon they started to date. Somehow the girls knew that it wasn't what she really wanted, but let it go because she really needed someone besides her friends.

And just like Rei, she was also one of Minako's songwriter. She was still the top of her class, school and everyone knew that no one could ever outshine her when it came to tests, except for that one. She was still studying hard and was soon going to attend Tokyo University, with medicine as her major. After all she had always dreamed of becoming a doctor, just like her mother. Recently newspapers and magazines had been flying around her, writing about her being the best in Japan and that she had 300 in IQ.

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Usagi, the moon princess and the clumsy crybaby everyone know and love, had changed a lot. She was no longer a crybaby or clumsy like before. No, this time she had changed. She was elegant and more graceful. She even studied hard and her low grades became high grades. True she could still be a ditz if she wanted to, but she would still keep her grace. Sometimes everyone would stop and think, wonder what had happened to her. She had become a real lady and to top it all she took her duties seriously than ever.

Once, when Rei was walking around in town she had seen Usagi walk in to a building. Not knowing why Usagi had gone in, she followed after her. And there inside she saw. Usagi was taking a course in how to be a proper lady. Rei was amazed by what Usagi had been doing. Never in her life had she seen Usagi take anything serious as this. But she became more astounded when Usagi went in to another building where they were training martial arts. When did Usagi start with it? How long has it been going on? Was it because she was soon to be the queen of Earth? Rei had been wondering ever since then. What surprised the girls most was when Usagi told them that she was going to study law and politics at Tokyo University. That was when they knew that Usagi had changed.

One more thing about Usagi was that she was now an artist. During high school Usagi became more and more interested in art. She would lock herself up in her room, or in her studio, for hours and just paint. With the help from the music she'd draw her inspirations, especially when listening to their music. Many of her motives were stars, moon, planets, but also lovers. Her fans thought that she had a bad experience in love because they found the paintings sad, some thought that she painted them by watching lovers break up. If only they knew…

"The Three Lights!"

She was now engaged to Mamoru after a very long relationship, but they decided not to get married just yet because she wanted to continue her studies. Ironic that she wanted to study, when she already had a career as an artist. If she had wanted to study, then she would have chosen art instead of choosing politics. But she already knew why… She was soon going to be the future queen and she wanted to be a good ruler.

As of right now, no one knew when Usagi and Mamoru would start planning their wedding. The girls had realized that Usagi's and Mamoru's relationship wasn't always that lovey dovey. They had even seen the two fight over something and seen Usagi cry countless of times. And whenever they would ask her, she would just smile and wave it off as if it never happened.

"Strange!" Usagi thought as she felt a weird feeling brew inside her.

She had always wanted to be a wife and now she had the chance of becoming it, so what was holding her back? Sure their relationship was a bit rocky, but didn't every couple have the same problem? Then out of nowhere she hears whispers from a voice she hadn't heard in a long time.

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"Am I not good enough?"

"After this concert, I'll sweep you away. I like you that much."

"But I wish I could have met you much sooner."

"I'll never forget you."

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"Nani… Why does this feel kind of familiar?" Usagi thought, when something happened. It was like a movie playing in the back of her head. She had forgotten about this…

/ Flashbacks \\

Usagi and Seiya were in the rain on the roof of the school.

"I've never been good at trying hard. I've tried to try hard studying, but I always end up eating and sleeping."

Usagi started crying.

"When I saw the rose, I remembered him. I thought that I could be all right by myself. But I can't. I can't stand it any more. I want to see Mamo-chan."

"Am I not good enough? Am I not good enough?"

Usagi and Seiya stared at each other closely in the rain..

/ End of Flashbacks \\

"Seiya…" she whispered, not caring that her friends had heard her and was now staring with worries reflecting on their faces.

"I wonder what he's doing. Is he happy back on Kinmoku? Must be… It's been a long time since I've seen him. Very long time…"

But Usagi's thoughts were interrupted when Rei put a hand on her shoulder nodding towards where the principal were standing. They looked at each other for a moment and smiled.

A/N: Here's the first entry. I hope you enjoyed reading it. Btw, please r/r and tell me what you think!

Ja ne!

/Moonlight Bunny