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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6:00 AM did come early. The alarm clock was especially annoying because of the early hour. However, thoughts of Seiya pulled Usagi out of bed. She did managed to get ready, and trudged down stairs. Her father, already up, nearly fell out of his chair.

"USAG!?"

"Oh, good morning, Dad".

"How, er, why are you up so early?"

"I've got to meet a friend. It's important."

"Well, okay...goodbye, Honey!"

"Bye!"

She walked out into the bright sunlight, and it made her squint. Up ahead, she saw Setsuna.

"Well! Good morning, Sleeping Beauty!"

"Hi, Setsuna."

"Hey, did you call one of the girls and tell them you'll be missing school?"

"Uh, oh no, I didn't. Non of them, not even Ami, are probably up yet, anyways".

"True; you can get in contact with one of them later. Now, let's get outta here before Michiru arrives! She suppose to be here in about twenty minutes!"

The two took off eastward; after walking for a few blocks Usagi asked her companion, "Where are we going to, Setsuna?"

"We'll go to the park on the other side of the elementary school. It should be quite at this time of the morning".

--

The two Senshis finally reached the park and planted themselves on a bench to rest.

"I can't wait to see him!" said Usagi.

"I know".

"Look, will we have to do this the whole time Seiya's here?"

"I hope not!" smiled Setsuna.

"What time is it?"

"A few minutes until seven. Do you wanna go a head and send your message?"

"Sure! No need to ask me twice. Should he meet us here?"

"It should be safe enough".

"Alright". Usagi lifted her locket and focused her thoughts on Seiya. A few moments went by, then a beam of golden light shot out and climbed into the sky.

"Now, all we have to do is wait!"

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Twenty, Thirty, Forty minutes went by as the two long haired Sailors waited. Then, Usagi spotted someone walking down the path toward them. Finally!

"It's him, Setsuna!" said Usagi as joyful tears filled her eyes.

"What are you waiting for!? Go meet him!"

Usagi pulled herself up and ran toward him. "Seiya!? Seiya!? Is that you!?"

"Odango!? You are here! I knew you would be me! I missed you so much, Odango!"

They embraced each other as tightly as they could, and neither one ever wanted to let go. Usagi reached over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"I've missed you so much!" she said, trying not to cry too hard. "This may be a bit early, but I love you, Seiya!"

"Odango, you have no idea how badly I've wanted to hear those words since I met you!" he said, trying to hold back a few tears of his own.

Finally, after the long embrace was over, Setsuna decided it was time to make herself known.

"Hello, Fighter".

"Pluto! I didn't know you were here!"

"Oh, Seiya, she had to come!" cried Usagi.

"What's going on?" asked the Starlight. "Where you at the park by Usagi's high school last night, Fighter?" asked the Time Guardian.

"Yes".

"Then Michiru was right. She did see you and feel your Sailor presence".

"Neptune? I never saw her yesterday!"

"Oh, Michiru can make herself scarce when she needs to! The important thing is that her and Haruka are looking for you right now, and it's not to take you to a welcome back celebration, Fighter". She turned and looked at her watch, which read 7:52 AM. "It's close to eight now; when Michiru doesn't see Usagi coming out of her house in about fifteen or twenty minutes, she'll know something's up, and she'll contact Haruka and me on our communicators".

"Why'd you even bring it!?" asked Usagi.

"Because I had to keep up appearances! I can't do anything that would raise an eyebrow. Look, you two have a lot of things you need to talk over, and we can't stay here in this park all day. Fighter, do you still have your old Three Lights apartment?"

"No, we gave it up just before we left earth. We didn't see the need to keep it. I checked into a small hotel".

" We can't go back there, it would attract to much attention. Okay...maybe...look there's an abandon factory building about half a mile from here. We should be safe on the roof. It's not due to be demolished for another two weeks, so I think it's the safest place we can find. Follow me".

Seiya gave Usagi a concerned look, as if to say, "Can we really trust Pluto?"

"It's okay. She really does want to help us. She's the one who helped me get in contact with you."

"Alright, if you trust her, Odango, I'll trust her".

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Meanwhile, in another part of the city, two of the Inner Senshis, Venus and Jupiter, were making there headed towards their school. The conversation was a often discussed topic that could always be rehashed - boys.

"Minako, just how would your dream prince be? What would you want him to say to you whenever he saw you?"

"Oh! A perfect man would complement me whenever he saw me! He'd say 'Minako, you have the most beautiful eyes ever! No one ever had prettier hair than you!' But most of all, Mako, he'd say..."

"Do you ever wear another color hair bow besides red, Venus? Isn't it monotonous?".

"YATEN!? What are you doing here!?"

"Taiki and I here here to see how things are going with Seiya," he said coolly.

"Seiya? He's back in on Earth? I haven't seen him!" exclaimed Sailor V.

"Me, either! Is anything wrong?" added Makoto.

"Just with him. He claims he heard Sailor Moon calling for him . Our princess encouraged him to come and see her. I really wished she hadn't done that".

"He's here to see Usagi!? She's never said anything about seeing him".

"Have you seen her today?"

"No, but I'm sure she's at school!" said Makoto.

"I think I'll go with you two a little ways, just see if she's at school; If she isn't, I've got to find Seiya".

"Oh! Sure, yeah, that'd be great if you'd walk with us!" said a nervous Minako. The books that were tucked under arms slipped as she spoke, then hit the ground".

"Can't you even hold on to your on books like Jupiter does? Here, let me hold on to these until you get your balance back".

The three walked off towards the high school. Behind them, at the street corner edge, stood an extremely petite girl, who had seen everything. She opened the watch-like communicator on her wrist, and punched a button, and waited for it to dial.

"Hello?" came the response from the communicator.

"I did it! I followed Minako and Mako without them knowing! Did I do good on this training exercise?"

"Yes, yes! I'm proud, and I know Michiru and Setsuna will be proud, too!"

"Oh! I think one of their old friends are back!"

"Which one, Hotaru?"

"It's one of those Starlights! The silver haired one. It was cute, he's carrying Minako's books for her".

"Oh, interesting! Listen, you better hurry on to school! I'll see you this afternoon".

"Okay! Bye!"