Okay, Hello! So I know I started this story like over a year ago,

then I took it off to fix it, but I got it now!

I had to tweak some things, but now the story will continue!

I hope you like it!

Please leave comments on whatever!

Thanks for reading!!

"Wake up!"

Rin fell out of bed. To her surprise, Usagi was the one who woke her up.

"Usgai-chan?" Rin mumbled. "What are you doing up so early?"

"Early?" Usagi laughed. "It's noon! What are you doing sleeping in so late?" Rin awkwardly stood up and almost tripped over the covers wrapped around her feet. "Rin-chan, we're meeting everyone to go shopping later. You want to go, right?"

"Hai!" Rin said as she quickly hid the ring away. "Usagi-chan?"

"Hai?"

"Are you engaged to Mamo-chan?" Rin held her breath.

"Hai. I am," Usagi replied with a smile and she held out her hand. There, on her ring finger, was a ring.

Not the same ring…Rin thought. Then what's the meaning behind the red gem ring? She smiled to not look concerned. "It's beautiful!" Rin exclaimed and Usagi giggled.

"Mamo-chan is coming with us too!" She then left Rin's room to go get ready.

"Why do I have a weird feeling about this…?" Rin whispered as she dug out the black velvet box again. "There's something about this ring…demo, I can't put my finger on it…."

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"That purse was cute!" Makoto said.

"Hai! And those shoes, too," Minako agreed as the five girls speed-walked through the store in order to see everything quickly.

"Rei-chan, over here," Minako called out. "This top would look cute on you!"

"Rin-chan, aren't these shoes cute?" Ami said and Rin agreed. She looked out the store window and saw Usagi and Mamoru sitting on the bench eating ice cream outside of the store.

"Ami-chan," Rin said, "Usagi-chan and Mamo-chan are engaged."

"Hai!" Ami replied.

"Did they set a date yet?" Rin asked as Minako, Makoto, and Rei joined the conversation.

"No, not yet," Makoto answered.

"Mamo-chan wants to get married by the end of the summer," Minako added.

"Nani?! That soon?!" Rin gasped.

"Demo they aren't going to," Rei said.

"Naze?" Rin asked.

"Usagi-chan doesn't want to," Ami replied.

"Doesn't want to get married that soon…?" Rin asked cautiously. "Or doesn't want to get married?"

"She has to marry Mamo-chan! It's her destiny." Rei said, then lowered her voice. "She's just not ready yet."

"And we know why she's stalling…" Minako said sadly as the three girls agreed.

"Naze? Why is she stalling?" Rin asked.

"Because of-" Makoto started.

"Seiya!" Ami said in a panicky tone.

"Oh," Rin whispered. "Did she love him once?"

"Seiya!" Ami said again as she pointed to the front of the store. The girls followed Ami's gaze and saw that Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki were across the street from the store.

"What should we do?" Makoto asked. "If we go out there…"

"They will definitely see us," Rei said.

"And then it would be awkward with Usagi-chan, Mamo-chan, and Seiya!" Minako said. "Demo..."

"Seiya might just see Usagi-chan anyway…" Ami said.

"He might," Rin agreed, "demo, doesn't he know that Usagi is with Mamo-chan?" The rest of the girls nodded. "So then he would know that he shouldn't approach her when she is with him." Rin smiled at her logic, but the rest of the girls shook theirs heads.

"Seiya is too bold to care whether or not it is proper or nice to approach Usagi-chan while Mamo-chan is there," Makoto said simply.

"Well then we should go out there," Rin said and the girls looked at her for some sort of reasoning. "It might be less awkward with all of us there."

"Hai!" They said in unison, and the five girls quickly exited the store.

"Let's go!" Rei said quickly as she pulled Usagi up.

"Nani? What's the rush?" Mamoru asked and he slowly stood up as Rei and Makoto were pushing Usagi down the street.

"Rei-chan! Makoto-chan! What are you doing?!" Usagi yelled.

"Quiet Usagi!" Makoto said.

"Don't be so loud and just walk!" Rei said.

"I didn't mean for them to do this…" Rin signed and Minako and Ami agreed. "Talk about causing a scene…" Ami looked back across the street and her heart began to speed up. She stopped walking, causing Rin and Minako to follow her gaze. The three idols had seen them and were crossing the street to catch up.

"Yo!" Seiya said as he, Taiki, and Yaten stopped by Rin, Ami, and Minako. The three girls smiled awkwardly.

"How's it going?" Yaten asked, almost directing the question totally to Minako alone.

"F-fine," she answered in a flustered tone as her face went red. Rin raised her eyebrows, then noticed how Ami and Taiki were staring intensely at one another. She then looked at Seiya. He smiled at her, and seemed to study her intensely. She wanted to break the gaze he held over her, but she couldn't. Rin felt her cheeks begin to burn and prayed they weren't giving her away. He had an unusual power over her and she could not look away from him. She stared deeply into his eyes, and saw that now familiar twinkle returning to them. He must be thinking of Usagi then… Rin thought sadly. Finally, the awkward moment was broken when Usagi yelled out.

"Three Lights!"

Everyone quickly turned to look at Usagi running back with Rei and Makoto right behind her.

"Yo," Seiya said, "Odango."

They stared at each other as if no one else was around…

"Usago…" Usagi quickly turned her back to Seiya.

"Mamo-chan," Usagi said with a small smile. Mamoru came up next to Usagi and she said, "You remember Yaten, Taiki, and…Seiya, hai?" Mamoru nodded.

"How's it going?" He said to the three idols and they all nodded back.

Silence….

"It's a nice day," Rei said.

"Hai," everyone agreed.

Silence….

"Anymore concerts?" Minako asked the Three Lights.

"Hai," Taiki said. "It's in a few month."

"We have to go to that," Makoto said.

"We'll get you tickets," Yaten said.

"Arigatou!" Ami said.

"It's another joint concert with Michiru," Taiki said. "It would be a good way to start our career again."

"Oh! Nice," Rin imputed awkwardly, carefully avoiding Seiya's eyes. She looked at Yaten and Taiki and smilled.

"Are you staying long?" Usagi finally asked and everyone held their breath.

"Hai," Seiya responded. "For a very long time."

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"You saw Seiya?" Luna asked again for the one hundredth time while Rin rolled her eyes. "And he said they are staying for a long time?"

"Hai Luna," Rin said quietly. "They're having a joint concert with Michiru-chan in a week's time."

"Usagi-chan has not mentioned him at all to me," Luna said in a soft tone.

"Maybe she doesn't know how to talk about it," Rin suggested. "Maybe she thinks you don't really want to know about Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten..?" Rin paused and noted Luna's expression. "Luna?"

"How did Yaten look?" She asked with star in her eyes.

"Ummm…he's the short one, right?" Rin asked back with a little laugh as she scratched the back of her head.

"I brought snacks!" Usagi said happily as she entered the living room carrying a tray with cupcakes, brownies, and ice cream on it. Rin practically drooled just looking at all the sweets. "You truly are my granddaughter!" Usagi laughed. "Dig in!"

"Usagi-chan," Luna said as the two girls stuffed their faces with brownies and ice cream, "how was shopping today?" Rin almost choked on a brownie.

"Fine," Usagi replied quickly. Luna jumped onto the couch where she was now eyelevel with Usagi.

"Just fine?" Luna pressed. There was a slight, awkward pause, then Usagi cracked.

"We saw Seiya!" She exclaimed, and then waited for Luna's reaction. Rin stopped breathing, waiting for what would happen next.

"And?" Luna asked. Usagi seemed confused.

"And what?" She replied.

"How is he?" Luna questioned.

"Luna…he looks the same. He's acting differently though…" Usagi said, thoroughly confused. "He seems sad…but confused…." she trailed off and looked out the window at the twilight street outside.

"Usagi-chan," Luna said after a brief glance at Rin, "do you think he…"

"I don't know," Usagi replied, not looking away from the window. "He's just different."

"Usagi-chan," Luna said again, "do you still…?"

"Mamo-chan is my love," Usagi said, her voice shaking. She then stood up. "Gomen. I'm tired. Goodnight," Usagi said softly as she made her way to her room. Rin and Luna remained silent until they heard her door shut. Rin looked at Luna, but didn't know what to say.

"She must have loved him," Luna said. "She won't talk about it though, demo we all know. It was so obvious back then, but the question is does she still." She shook her head slowly, and then sighed. "Demo, destiny is destiny! Right?" Rin nodded quickly, but didn't say anything. "I think I'm going to go see Artemis at Minako-chan's," Luna said as she jumped off the couch and jumped up on the window ledge. Rin opened it for her. "I'll probably stay the night there, demo I'll be back by morning. Goodnight, Rin-chan."

"Goodnight," Rin replied as Luna jumped out the window into the setting sun. Rin watched her until she was nothing more than a tiny black dot in the distance. She then brought the dishes to the kitchen and began washing them. There's so much more going on between Seiya and Usagi than what everyone's telling me...or not telling me. And now we have the Starlights…who are they? And what did Minako-chan mean by Fighter almost changing their destinies? Rin dried her hands on the towel, and then slowly began to walk toward her room, still thinking about everything she still didn't know. There's so much more going on here than I know of…

Gently, Rin knocked twice on Usagi's door.

"Usagi-chan?" she whispered.

"Hai? Come in," Usagi replied, her voice sounded muffled and hoarse.

Rin opened the door a little bit and poked her head in before entering completely. She shut the door behind her and stood awkwardly, watching as Usagi stared out her window. There was a box of tissue next to her on her bed and a waste basket that was half full of used tissue.

Was she crying? Over what? What Luna said? Rin took a few steps toward Usagi's bed.

"Usagi-chan…?"

"Sit," Usagi said as she turned and faced Rin. Her face was tearstained and her cheeks were red, and yet she tried to smile. Rin immediately remembered the image of Neo-Queen Serenity from her dream.

"Usagi-chan!" Rin said, a bit worriedly. "Nani…?"

"There's so much I have to tell you, Rin-chan," Usagi said taking her future granddaughter's hands in hers. "There is so much you need to know…"

"Hai," Rin said softly and she waited for Usagi to begin.

"Seiya…" Usagi said after a moment's pause, "is a good friend." She took a deep breath and Rin thought, This must be really hard for her to talk about… "When I first met Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten, I only knew them as these idols that were popular with my friends and everyone at school. They then transferred to our school and we had class with them. Before I really knew it, we were spending a lot of time with the Three Lights." She looked out the window and Rin followed her gaze. "Seiya became a very close friend to me… Mamo-chan was gone, and I was…I was lonely…"

Rin gave Usagi's hands a squeeze. Her heart hurt as she listened to the pain in Usagi's voice. She didn't want to hear about loneliness, no one should ever be lonely…

"Seiya was always around, and I guess he…" Usagi stopped, not able to go on anymore.

"He fell in love with you," Rin finished for her. Usagi nodded once, continuing to look out the window at the dark night. "Did you love him?" Rin asked. She knew it was a bold question, but she needed to know.

Usagi remained quiet. She didn't know how to answer. Slowly, she looked at Rin. Their eyes met and Usagi nodded once.

"I did love him," she whispered, "demo, it is like how I love you and my friends. They are important to me and so are you. Seiya is important to me too! I love him as a friend" She broke down, tears pouring from her big blue eyes, cheeks redder than before. Usagi collapsed into Rin and cried into her chest. Rin held her tightly and stroked Usagi's hair gently.

She just loves him as a friend, Rin thought, feeling guilty for being a bit relieved…. So why is she so upset like this? She's not doing anything wrong. She's so emotional about this. Does she think loving another man is bad? Even if he's just a friend?

"Usagi-chan?" Rin said gently as Usagi's breathing began to regulate. Usagi pulled back and looked at Rin as she wiped away her tears. "Why are you crying?" Usagi looked at her with confusion.

"Because I love another man, other then Mamo-chan!" She wailed. Rin couldn't suppress her small smile. "Why are you smiling?"

"Usagi," Rin started out slowly, "it is perfectly fine to love many people." Usagi wiped another tear away and continued looking at Rin in confusion. "Mano-chan is you true love. You love him like you love no other, and you wouldn't want to spend the rest of you life with another, right?" Usagi nodded eagerly. "You love Seiya, too, demo you love him as a friend. Friends can love each other very much, but that doesn't mean they will love others any less…." Rin stopped and thought a moment. "Does that make any sense?"

"You mean, it's alright to love Seiya as much as I love you and my friends?" Usagi asked softly.

"Hai!" Rin replied with a smile. "You're not cheating on Mamo-chan by loving your friends. You two are destined to be together and you both love each other."

Usagi smiled brightly. "Rin! Arigatou!" She hugged her future granddaughter tightly and laughed. "I feel much better now!"

"Usagi," Rin whispered after they embraced. "Does Seiya know that you consider him just a friend?" Rin watched Usagi's face as she thought about this.

"I'm not sure," she finally replied. "He understood when he left a year ago…. Why wouldn't he still think that?"

"Well," Rin contemplated, "your greeting towards him today seemed….very…friendly…?"

"He knows that's how I am," Usagi smiled, unworried. Rin smiled back to hide her uneasiness. I hope you're right….