Chapter 9: Homesick
Minako and Artemis are at their new apartment in Hollywood. They are both lost in thought. They are thinking about the good old days, when they knew what they might be doing the next day and who they would be around.
Minako looks over at her guardian. He is curled up in a ball in the chair next to her. "Artemis," she waits for her guardian to look at her. "I miss everyone."
"I know," he replies. "So do I, but this is your dream. It is time that you girls get to follow your dreams and get to take a break from evil. It's not good to always have to fight."
"I know," is her reply. "I just miss them."
Ami is in her dorm room in Germany. She is thinking about the others. She is thinking about all the battles they have been in over the years. A few years ago, if anyone had told her that she would be a warrior in the battle against evil, she would have thought they were crazy. Now, she just misses the good old days.
She misses how they looked out for each other and how much they cared about each other. She knows that this time of separation is good for them, but that is her head talking. Her heart has another story to tell. She had never been close to anyone before the Sailor Senshi. Now, her heart ached for their friendship.
No matter how much her heart ached, she knows it is time to follow her dreams. The others have chosen to do the same. It is time to put destiny to the side for their dreams.
She falls asleep thinking about her friends. Tonight she has her friends near her, if only in her dreams.
Makoto is in her room in France. She is studying for an exam that she has to take the next day. As she studies, her mind begins to wander. No matter how much she tries to study, her thoughts always return to her memories of the other Sailor Senshi.
She remembers all the things that she ever cooked for Usagi, and all the times that she has tried to teach Usagi to cook. All she can do is laugh at her memories. As she thinks of Usagi, her thoughts drift to the other Sailor Senshi as well.
They have fought many battles together and have done many other things together. She misses her friends, but knows that this is what she wanted to do. Maybe destiny has lied to them all.
She tries once more to study, but her thoughts drift towards the memories of her friends again. After a while, she puts her head down and falls asleep thinking about her friends.
Rei goes home that night and sits in front of the Sacred Fire. She tries to see if there is any evil approaching, but the Sacred Fire can not find any.
All she knows is that she misses having the Sailor Senshi together. She thinks about the time she spent with Usagi tonight. They actually had some fun, but it wasn't the same as when they are all together.
She leaves the presence of the Sacred Fire and goes to her room. When she gets into her room, she goes and curls up on her bed. As she lies there, she begins to remember her days of being a Senshi. Soon, she falls asleep and begins to dream. As she dreams, she sees her days of being a Senshi and the times she spent with her friends.
Mamoru has just got back to his dorm room. He sits down at his desk and begins to study. As he studies, he glances over at his nightstand. There sits a picture of him with his arms around Usagi.
He looks at the picture and sighs. He misses her so much, but he knows he needs to do this.
He thinks about how he wished he had told the girls when he was leaving, that way they could have said goodbye. He knows the reasons why he had not done that. He did not want to see the girls cry, but more importantly he did not want to see Usagi cry. If he had seen her cry, he would never have left her side.
Since he has been here, he has not even written to her. It has been a month since the meeting and he has been here at Harvard. He has not thought much about any of them since he has been here, but tonight he can not think of anything else.
He starts to feel tired and decides to rest his eyes for a few minutes. Soon, he falls asleep thinking about all the times Usagi and he had been together. He dreams about holding Usagi one last time. He dreams about a day that he will be able to tell her that he will never leave her side again.
