Usagi had changed. First Ikuko was happy. Her daughter was growing up. Ikuko became aware of this change first with a letter from the school. First thinking it was going to say as it always did. That she was late. slept in class. Was rude and disrupting the other students. How she always had detention.

The letter then usually went on to say she was failing. Then it gave suggests as to what she could do at home to help. As through she didn't know what was going on. Or how to handle her own child and help her.

So with a sigh she opened the letter only to be surprised as to what it said.

Dear Mrs and Mr Tsukino,

We are pleased to say your child Usagi Tsukino has improved and is on time, on task, hands in complete homework and hardly has a detention, and has started to listen to all the teachers and pay attention in class. Her grades have gone up from D's and F's to A's and B's. We are very pleased with this change and hope to see Ms. Tsukino next year.

Headmistress Carrie Amble

Ikuko was so happy but that soon came to an end. She started to see that along with this studious and mature Usagi. Came a new person entirely. Her smiles that once shined and could light up a room were no longer seen. They were dim and fake.

Her laugh which were true, happy, and the sound was like a sweet melody. Those too were hardly heard. Even less then her smile were seen. But the laugh was fake as well. Anyone could tell, it was dull and lifeless. Her new laugh made you wince from the sound. It was so scratchy and held no happiness. No one could bear to hear it.

Then her personality all together changed. The girl who once went out of her way to help someone, no longer even stopped to see why someone was crying. When before she not only made it her job to find out what was wrong with them, but also to fix it. To make the person happy again no matter what, or even how long it took. She didn't care she always made that person smile again.

It seemed like it was her job or duty to the world. Now she seemed not to care at all for anyone. Whether little kids, teens, and adults, or even elder, it mattered not. She walked on by and was emotionless about it, not even looking in their direction.

Usagi used to be surrounding by friends and was always away with them. Now she hardly left the house. She no longer teases Shingo. She never asked for sweets or candy or anything really. Whenever she did eat she picked at her food while eating not wolfing it down like she did once upon time ago. She never got seconds. She sometimes didn't even finish her first. She stayed in her room and the group of five girls who she use to see and hang out with haven't stopped by once.

Ikuko remember when this started five months ago. She surprised by a visit from four friends of Usagi. The thing was they weren't part of the group Ikuko was used to seeing. She had seen two of the women only a few times before that visit. Maybe twice or three times give or take one or two more times. But ever since five months ago these girls came by three times a week.

Setsuna was a very insightful person, always giving gentle kind and non-condescending advice or helping Ikuko doing something around the house. She always spoke to Usagi for the first half hour then came and help Ikuko do something.

Hotaru Sometime helped dragged one of the rare laughs or smiles out of Usagi. With the help of the other women Haruka. Hotaru was small and only seven but very helpful and friendly. Through she was quiet unless talking to Usagi.

Michiru was graceful and beautiful in ways that made Ikuko very envious of the women she was also very talented. She always brought her violin and played for Usagi, who would clap sometimes, at least she would, on her good days. Michiru spent most the time with Usagi and brushing her hair.

Haruka was a different story all together; she would help Hotaru in getting a laugh or smile out of Usagi. She would do random things. Just to trying to make her daughter happy. She would also hold her whisper to her in comfort and snuggle with her; even through at first Haruka didn't seem the snuggling type. Still doesn't but she did it with Usagi. She hardly came out of Usagi room like the others. But she did not mind. Ikuko could see that she brought the most joy to her little girl.

The way Haruka held Usagi as though they were sisters. Who had just gone through a trauma together, or mother who held her daughter over the loss of a friend. Ikuko was the most jealous of Haruka. But was also happy she could bring her child joy.

But two months ago the four women and girl had to go to L4 and didn't have clue when they would be back. When the women quite coming it took more out of Usagi and now she never talked or laugh, smiled or did anything other than homework and sleeping. Nothing Ikuko was doing helped either and she was afraid for her daughter.

Ikuko was wracking her brain on what she could do to help her daughter when she remembered that she had another brother and twenty nine sisters out there that could help her. You see Usago was brought to them asking them to adopt her and raise her. They did, and even through Usagi was not related by blood, that did not change the fact she loved her dearly.

With a heavy heart and wince knowing Usagi was not going to be happy about this or just finding this out when she is sixteen she called the contact info she never used before. But was told to call in case she ever needed something. That it was to the house and not a cell or work, or office number. She never used it before so she prayed it still worked. Because she got the number when she took her little girl in fifteen years ago.

She was put on the phone to a man called Rashid and explained all that was going on. The man then told Ikuko that master Quatre was gone with some relatives and was not at home but would be happy to have Usagi and Rashid would prepare a room. He also did not know when Quatre would be back but would take care of Usagi.

So that was how a week later Usagi came to be on a plane headed to L4 Colony to wait and meet the brother she never knew she had.