I
Sailor Galaxia had been defeated. What would happen now? Usagi smiled weakly at Mamo-chan as they sat together with her friends at the Crown. It had been a couple days, and now they were all mindlessly chatting like they used to.
She slid her head onto Mamoru's shoulder. "Oh, I'm so glad you're back here with me," she said quietly. He looked down at her and smiled. How nice it was, she thought, to have someone so sturdy here with her, someone who made her feel so very safe.
"Oi, Dumpling," a familiar voice said, one which she had not been expecting to hear. "Found your boyfriend, huh? Ah, too bad."
"Seiya!" Usagi said, smiling, and she jumped up to greet the three band-mates.
"We thought we'd find you here," Yaten said, shaking his head. "So very predictable."
"I hear the disbanding is off," Minako said slyly, "Read it in a magazine this morning."
"Yeah," Taiki said nonchalantly. "Our Princess returned to the home-planet, and asked us to stay here. We have a new mission."
"What is it?" asked Makoto.
The three stars grinned and proclaimed, "To sing!"
Usagi rolled her eyes. Rei, pleased, questioned, "For what purpose, though?"
They looked at her blankly. "Well," Taiki finally answered. "While the Princess is rebuilding our planet on her own, we are here to recruit."
"Recruit?"
"Yes," Seiya explained. "She suspects that there were other survivors besides us, so she wants us to sing, sing songs that call out a message to return home and help out. Anyway," he looked at the girls mischieviously, "She could tell we were having a good time down here anywho."
"Yeah," Yaten looked up. "And we love to sing, so it works out."
The three nodded their heads in agreement.
"Well," Usagi said. "I'm glad you're all here to stay!"
"But," Ami started, "Why does she think that there were survivors? And why would they escape to here?"
"Who knows," Seiya shrugged. "We asked all these questions. But she was firm. She said, 'You three just go do as I say and we'll talk once I get back.' She gave us her incense burner, and we've been communicating through that."
Yaten checked his watch. "We'd better be going."
"Yeah, we shouldn't have even come in the first place," Taiki said. "But Seiya was excited. He said, 'Let's go find Dumpling head and tell her!'"
Seiya looked bashful. "Well, just wanted to let you all know we'd be around. And we don't want you to be shocked when the Three Lights walk into school once again, do we?" They all turned to leave. "See you, Dumpling!"
Usagi smiled at her friends. "Now we can all be friends, have no more fighting, and no secrets!" she said.
"Oh, I think Seiya has some secrets," Makoto said, as if she knew something Usagi didn't.
"Right, right," Minako agreed, nodding her head and looking grave. Then, she lifted her head and said, teasingly, "Secret plans!"
"What are you all talking about?" Usagi asked. "Tell me!"
"Usako," Mamoru said suddenly, as he had kept silent this whole time. "Don't go hanging around with that Seiya guy, okay?"
"Mamo-chan," Usagi said, looking up at him, confused. But he looked stern, so she didn't want to ask why. Maybe later.