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Title: Restoring Balance
Characters
: Tsukino Usagi, Luna, Mizuno Ami, Aino Minako, Hino Rei, Chiba Mamoru, Kino Makoto, Tomoe Hotaru, Meioh Setsuna, Tenoh Haruka, Kaioh Michiru, Artemis, Willow and Heather Gale, Grace Fables, and Analee Michels
Pairings
: mentions of Usagi/Mamoru, Usagi/Ami
Rating
: M
Chapter
: 7
Genre:
Supernatural/Drama
Words for the piece:
1,071
Warnings
: AU, shojo-ai, violence, swearing, OCs, and the standard whatever else this demented author thinks up.
Summary
: Usagi wanted Mamoru more than anything, but he left to stay in the US. Usagi wasn't going to give up that easily and was going to prove that she was right for Mamoru. Yet, while her plan doesn't work the way she wanted, she gets dragged into a fight with four mysterious new senshi and has to learn that some things are more important and so are some people.
Notes
: This started out as a what if Mamoru stayed in the US after Stars and Usagi became determined to impress him by doing well in school fic. It then morphed into this one with some senshi I created years ago. SO, we'll see how the ride goes.

English: "…"
Japanese: ~…~
Thoughts (no matter the language): '…'

Chapter 7

Usagi turned over in her bed as she heard a noise. Her cell phone was vibrating at her. She blinked and looked at it. She could only sleep through so much of the sound. She was no longer as heavy a sleeper as she had once been. She blinked and stared at the phone that was in her hand. She saw that it was saying that she had missed a phone called from Tenoh Haruka. She blinked and flipped open the phone and went to her voice mail. She entered her passcode and listened to the voice message from her friend.

Haruka's voice came in perfectly clear. ~We're here. Michiru and I are in town. We'll be seeing you soon.~ The message ended. Usagi sat there for a moment and then let out a loud yelp. Ami sat straight up at that. She had been up late and had slept through the noise of Usagi's phone. She looked at Usagi and blinked.

She then cleared her throat. ~Usagi-chan, what's wrong?~ She stared at the girl. Usagi looked at her with wide eyes. It was obvious that she wasn't sure what to say to the girl.

Usagi shook her head and cleared it of the shocked feeling that had rushed through her. ~Haruka-san left a message. She and Michiru-san are here. They're in town.~ Ami stared at her and then went and checked her own phone. The phone had been buried under a couple of her books. She looked and found that she had missed her own call. The call she had gotten was from Michiru. She proceeded to go through the same motions that Usagi had to get to her own message.

She pressed the phone to her ear and listened to what Michiru had said. ~We're in town. We'll be seeing the two of you soon. Also, we've got a hotel near the university. We're also renting a car.~ The message ended after that.

Usagi looked at Ami. ~Why did they come?~ Ami shook her head. She had no idea what to say. She did the only thing that she could think of. She began to scroll through her contact list and called up Michiru's number. The group had each other's numbers, but they rarely ever used them. That was mainly because they still had their communicators.

Michiru answered her phone. ~When are the two of you available to meet?"~ Ami reiterated all of that to Usagi. Usagi nodded. She knew that Ami was the one that could deal with that. The girl knew both of their schedules.

Ami looked at her clock. It was a little early to be doing anything other than getting ready for the day. ~We have classes. However, we do have time for lunch at noon.~ She knew that meeting them was the only thing that they could do. The two would show up anyways. At least this gave them a chance to control the situation.

Michiru didn't say anything for a moment. ~All right. We've already set out and gotten ourselves a campus map. We'll see you at the place that they call the main commons.~ She then hung up before anyone else could say anything. Ami stared at her phone and then flipped it closed. She looked at Usagi. Usagi watched Ami.

Ami set her phone down. ~Michiru-san said that they'll meet us at the main commons at noon.~ Usagi nodded as well. It wasn't the best news they could get that early in the morning, but they were going to deal with it. They both got up to start the day.

Going through their day, they reached noon and made their way to the main commons. The two were anticipating the meeting with Haruka and Michiru. It wasn't guaranteed to go that well. They got to the building and the two girls were standing there. They hadn't really changed in all of the time that Ami and Usagi had known them. Haruka was still the tomboy that they had met her as. The best part was that there were still girls staring at her. All of the girls had eyes that said that they thought that Haruka was a hot boy. Usagi almost laughed. She knew that she had fallen for that once. Michiru was ignoring it like she usually did.

Haruka looked at them. ~Before you even say anything about us being here, I have something to say. We volunteered to come. We all thought that you could use some other people around. Help is always useful. You know that.~ Usagi sighed. She knew that help was needed, even though it was always interesting to watch Haruka say something like that. After all, the outer senshi were notorious for preferring to do things alone. Yet, Usagi also knew that they had accepted that they needed the help of the new girls. However, she didn't like that the two had come and possibly put themselves in more danger.

Usagi looked at them. ~You didn't need to. We're doing fine on our own.~ She hated saying that, but she was worried about Haruka and Michiru. She was worried about Ami too, though Ami was there to help and that's all there was to it.

Ami gave Usagi a look and then returned to looking at the other two. ~Despite that, we do appreciate that you came. We didn't expect it.~ She wasn't going to upset them.

Haruka frowned. ~The presence of these people has worried Setsuna. She wanted us here in case you needed us.~ The other two nodded in response. They kind of needed the help from people that they knew, even if they wanted them to stay safe elsewhere.

It then hit Ami why Setsuna had sent them. ~Setsuna-san didn't see this in the Time Gate.~ That got Usagi to stare at her. It was definitely not a question in the way that Ami had said it.

Michiru nodded. ~She wants more of us around. Haruka and I are the best ones in her mind to come.~ Ami nodded in response. It did make sense. Plus, they were out of college already.

Usagi sighed. ~That means that we need to fill you in on what's gone on.~ The two then proceeded to do that. They had to make sure that the other two knew what they were getting into. Their discussion continued through lunch, but at least it was done for.

A/N: Well, here we go. I hope that you enjoy. Later.