NOTICE: I do not own Sailor Moon. She belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. I'm just a fan, and this is my original fan-fiction story.

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"So, just exactly how can I get in touch with Seiya?" Usagi asked after finishing off the last bite of her pastry. "It's not like I can send him or a letter or call," she joked.

"No; fortunately, your dear mother taught me how to do such a thing many centuries ago. Come on, we'll need to find a quite place outdoors. Let's try the park".

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After finding a relatively quite spot in the park, Setsuna turned to Usagi and said, "Are you ready?"

"Yes, ever since I got back from the 31st. century!".

"Alright; simply hold up your locket towards the sun, and concentrate very hard on Seiya. You're to call for him in your mind, tell him you want to see him".

Usagi thought hard about her sweet Seiya. After a few moments, a beam of gold light shot out of her eternal locket, and upwards into the sky.

"Is that it?" she asked.

"Mmmm, hmmm," Setsuna replied. "Your message will reach him. You watch, he'll be here soon!"

"Setsuna, I wonder...you're helping me change the future without a care it seems. Why?".

"Like I said before, it's not that everyone's future that will change, just yours. Usagi, as I told you, I know Mamoru and I will never be together, I know that; I always have. That's why I'm helping you".

"I don't understand".

"Usagi, you have the chance to be with the person you truly love, and you know you want to spend you life with. You and Seiya will always be happy together. I'll always be in a unrequited love with Mamoru, never able to be with the one I truly love," she said with a tear forming in her eye. "But you can be!" she said as her voice got stronger. "I won't be able to spend my life with the man I fell in love with, but you can. I want you to have the happiness that I'll never have, Usagi!"

"Oh, Setsuna!" cried Usagi. She had never seen Setsuna open herself up like this before. Now she understood. Her heart ached for her fellow Sailor Senshi, but she knew there was nothing she could do.

"I understand. You don't know how grateful I am to you!"

"Don't start crying, Usagi!" said Pluto as she tried to hold back her own tears. "When Seiya gets here, I don't want your face to be all red!"

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"Seiya? Seiya!? SEIYA!?"

"Hu, did you say something?"

"OH! You were just sitting there, staring into the oblivion, and I wanted to make sure you were okay!"

"Mmmm, yeah! I was just thinking, Yaten. I'm sorry."

"You were thinking about HER again, weren't you?" said Taiki looking up from his book.

"Well, if you really want to know, I was! I felt like she was calling me. I could hear her so plainly!"

"You just need to get more rest," quipped the silver haired Starlight.

"I...I just feel like I could hear her. It's almost as though her her thoughts, or words, were being sent directly into my brain!"

"Yaten's right. Maybe you do need more rest".

"No! I'm telling you! Odango's voice was so clear inside my head". Seiya sighed and looked out the window.

"Look," said Taiki taking on a serious tone, "maybe you should talk to Princess Kakyuu. Maybe she can help you".

"True. I'll go and find her".

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Seiya found his princess sitting outside the palace watching the beautiful sunset of Kinmoku.

"Princess?" he asked coming up behind her.

"Fighter!" she exclaimed. She saw the look on his face, and knew immediately that something was bothering him. "What is it, Fighter?"

"I've been thinking about her again".

"Usagi, Sailor Moon?"

"Yes. I've tried to push her to the back of my mind, but I can't! A few minutes ago, I could hear her voice in my head as plain and brightly as the day! I felt as though she were calling for me".

"What was she saying?"

"For me to hurry to her side. She wanted to see me, and that she loves me. Yaten and Taiki said I probably just need more rest than what I'm getting; maybe they're right".

"No, Fighter, I don't think Healer and Maker are right!"

"You don't, Princess?".

"Fighter, I know that she has feelings for you. You should go to her."

"But..."

"Go on! It won't hurt anything, will it?"

"No, I suppose it won't, Princess".

"You're such a devoted and caring man, Fighter. I can see why she'd fall in love with you. Now, go to her!"

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Usagi was back at the ice cream shop. Her outlook and disposition were the complete opposite from the last time she had been there. She sucked cheerfully on her strawberry milkshake and thought about Seiya. She looked up just in time to see Makoto and Ami coming in through the door.

"Mako! Ami!" she called waving her right hand up in the air.

"Usagi! Hey, we were just talking about you. Neither one of us saw or heard from you the other day, and we were a bit concerned!" said the Senshi of Mercury.

"Oh! Well, everything is fine, you two!"

"Good to know!" Makoto replied happily. "Say, how about going shopping, since everything's fine?"

"Terrific! We should call Rei and Minako, too!" Usagi bubbled. "It's a beautiful day, and who knows what will happen!"

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(Chapter 9 coming soon!)