Title: Finding A Way Back

Description: set after the end with Galaxia, the senshi all live seperate lives, some not so great but can they find their way back to watch other?

It had been three years since the sailor senshi defeated the evil within Galaxia. It had been three years since they had been a team and almost three years since most of them had seen each other. Usagi rested on her bed, staring up at the ceiling with a yawn and thinking about her former friends. For Usagi, though, they were still her friends, no matter how far apart they were. Three years ago, soon after the whole thing with Galaxia, Luna and Artemis had announced that their work as senshi was over and they had stripped them of their powers and duties.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Usagi had asked her feline companion. Luna had given Usagi an amused smile and spoke, "You can all now lead normal lives without worrying about saving Earth, you have done your mission and I am very proud of all of you." Even Haruka and Michiru had given up the chances on being senshi anymore and surprised everyone by willingly giving up their powers as well. They had always worked alone, but even they wanted a chance at a normal life, they had earned it after all. Setsuna and Hotaru on the other hand decided to go back to the future because their missions were not over. Chibiusa had to return home to her future, she didn't belong in the same time as the others. As for Luna and Artemis, they had agreed to look after Chibiusa in the future and went with her.

Usagi creased her brow, thinking about that moment and why they had all gone their own seperate ways. In fact, the only former sailor senshi Usagi had talked to in the past three years, was Makoto. On one hand, her friends must be really busy with their own lives, but on the other hand, she thought friends were supposed to stick together no matter what.

Usagi looked down at her hand at the beautiful engagement ring on her finger. She smiled excitedly at the thought of marrying her true love, Mamoru. She had wanted to marry him as soon as the battle with Galaxia was over, but he wanted to wait until she graduated so she could finish up her schooling. Usagi was even more excited because she graduated high school a couple of weeks back and would turn 19 the following month and a month after that, July, her and Mamoru planned to wed.

Usagi's smile grew as she mentally counted down the days until her wedding day, but her smile soon faded as she thought about her only sailor senshi friend who would be there, Makoto. Though Makoto was really busy, she was the only senshi who had stayed in Tokyo like Usagi. She wasn't sure where the others were even living now, but wherever they were, she hoped they were happy.

Ami hurried through the hospital nervously. She was so nervous that she felt the palms of her hands begin to sweat. She quickly opened the washroom that was for doctors only and went to the sink to scrub up. As she did she couldn't help but look at her reflection in the mirror. She looked about the same as she always had; her blue hair was slightly longer, though not enough to really tell unless you looked closely.

It was the only change except that now she wore a doctor's uniform. Although she was still in college, Ami was so smart that she was awarded the chance to become a doctor part-time while she was still in college, learning hands on with real doctors. Ami had been so excited that she couldn't turn down such an honor and she grabbed the oppurtunity.

Ami shook her head, it was no time for day dreaming because she was needed in the O.R. She quickly scrubbed her hands thoroughly and made her way back to her work. Secretly she was thinking of her friends, the ones she had left behind to be able to go to the college of her dreams and work at the hospital she does now. -

Unknown to Ami, just across the other side of town, Mina was standing on the sidewalk and leaned up against a building behind her. Her blonde hair flowed down her back, untidy with an orange bow placed at the top to match a very short dress that hugged her body tightly. She stood there, waiting for something. It didn't take long until a blue convertable pulled up in front of her and stopped. The top of the car was already down and a cheesy looking man smoothly, at least to him, leaned across from the steering wheel to the other side of the car, grinning at Mina.

Mina forced herself to not look away as he spoke, "Come on in." It wasn't the first time a guy had been rude to her like this, but despite this she walked up to the car, "How much you got?" "For you.." he paused looking Mina up and down, "8,000 yen." It was an average pay of what she usually recieved, but Mina couldn't help herself this time and looked away in thought. She wondered what her old friends would say if they knew this was her job, if they knew what she had done and was capable of. Mina forced herself again and got into the passenger side of his car.

The guy grinned and placed his hand on her thigh, rubbing it slightly. Mina again had to restrain herself from slapping him, she would definitely get in trouble for being rude to a customer. As he drove off, Mina thought how she could end up trading her body for money after all the good she had done to stop evil. She hoped with all her heart that they hadn't ended up in a mess like she had.

Makoto sighed as she did her best to clean her apartment. A two year old boy and girl was running around everywhere making as much noise as they could as they laughed. "Quiet down for goodness sakes!" Makoto yelled over their joyful screaming. A man walked in and kissed Makoto on the cheek before playfully grabbing each kid in an arm and spinning them around in his arms until they got tired and settled down.

At least that's what Makoto wished would happen, but she knew it wouldn't. Her husband had left her and her twins were left fatherless. She turned to them, still trying to concentrate on her cleaning, "Knock it off I said or do you want a time out?" her look shown that she wasn't kidding in the least. The children pouted, but sat down and started playing with their toys. Makoto sat down with another deep sigh and thought, 'When did things get this hard?'

Another former senshi was thinking the same thing as she stood behind bars at a local police station. a pudgy cop walked up to the cell, "Ms. Hino, I'm not going to tell you again, if you don't control your temper this will be your final warning." The cop shook his head as Rei looked down and he unlocked the cell, "You can't just go around London attacking people out of anger." Rei slowly walked out of the cell, knowing he was right.

The cop handed Rei's purse to her and motioned with his head to leave, giving her a warning look. Rei put the strap of her purse on her shoulder with a sigh and left the police station. She didn't stop for anything and kept walking, she just wanted to get home. Home. It wasn't the place she now lived that she called home, she just couldn't bring herself to do it. When she did excuse herself to go "home" she would say something like "I want to go to bed" or "I have to go," it was never "home." The only place she called home was back in Tokyo, at the temple, but somehow fate or just bad luck led her to London.

When she got to the rent house she stayed at, she punched in a few numbers on the device beside the door and walked into the house. All she wanted to do now was go upstairs and take a relaxing bath, if no one else was using the tubs. Before she made it to the stairs an older woman, in her late 40's, walked in from the kitchen wearing an apron and already shaking her head.

Ms. Grey was a nice enough woman, but she was also fair and strict when she needed to be. She had short, curly dirty blonde hair and she wore an old fashioned white and beige dress along with the white apron. "Getting yourself into trouble again, Rei, why?" she asked, sadness in her eyes. Rei had to look away, already feeling guilty enough, but she could still feel her deep blue eyes penatrating her.

The truth was, she had been getting into fights with other people which had already landed her in a cell three times. To top it off she knew that her luck with getting a warning had just run out. Ms. Grey looked down some and spoke, "I'm sorry Rei, but you're going to have to find somewhere else to live." Rei quickly looked back at her, surprised. Ms. Grey continued, "I'm sorry, but I can't have someone who keeps getting themselves thrown in a cell living in this building." It was as if Rei's only last friend had abandoned her and all she wanted to do was get away so she quickly headed upstairs to pack her things.

Ms. Grey sighed and tried placing a hand on Rei's for comfort, but Rei jerked her hand away. "Leave me alone," she snapped as she went up to her room. She wasn't sure where she was going to go, but she had to get away as soon as possible.

The music at the bar pounded in Haruka's ears as she took another swallow from her drink. She was sitting on a bar stool at the bar and was on her third drink. She didn't know that she wasn't the only former senshi in London, just a few miles away from where Rei was, but she had never run into her. Haruka herself was dealing with a lot and drinking seemed to take the pain away for only a little while. As much as she tried she couldn't get the death of someone she deeply cared about out of her head. She took another swallow, getting a little of her whisky on her leather jacket. The sad fact was, Haruka was trying to take the pain of two losses, one she couldn't do anything about and one that seemed impossible to fix. As she finished off her glass once again, she hoped it would make her forget Setsuna's death.

AN: I know it's not the greatest first chapter but I still hope it's alright so far ^_^