Usagi pulled a shirt over the bandages around her ribs and made her way down the stairs.
"Usagi where are you going?" Ilene asked.
"I'm going for a walk, I'll be back. And," Usagi added before her mother could ask, "I'll be fine."
"Do you want me to go with you?"
"Mom, really I'll be fine." Usagi replied.
"You should probably take a jacket it looks like rain."
"I shouldn't be out tat long."
"Will Mamoru be joining us for dinner this evening?" It had become a tradition for Mamoru to eat with Usagi's family on Sunday nights.
"No." Usagi replied as she walked out of the house before her mother could see the expression on her daughter's face.
Usagi walked by her old High School. She remembered when the Starlights had shown up on their first day and how frustrated Usagi had been with Seiya then. She had despised him and his nickname; her only thought then had been how only Mamo-Chan called her Ondago Atama.
Minute's later Usagi found herself standing in front of the airport. Her life had changed twice at the airport. She had first run into Seiya there, when he had arrived in Tokyo. And the second came the night Seiya's fan club had been attack and they had been forced to transform in front of each other. Usagi sighed and walked away, there was so much standing in their way even if Seiya was still on Earth.
Usagi found herself at the place Usagi had first met Seiya, when she, so eager to meet a star had tried to sneak back and Seiya had stopped her.
Usagi sat on the bench Seiya had been lying, that day seems like forever ago. Usagi buried her head in her hands and began to cry, oblivious to the fact that it was raining hard.
Seiya watched Usagi; he didn't know what was wrong. Seiya was so tempted to rush forward and comfort her but Haruka and Michiru's words rang through his ears, he loved Usagi and would do anything to see her happy and if that meant her being with Mamoru-San then so be it. Seiya didn't make a movement until Usagi collapsed.
Seiya, then quickly, rushed towards Usagi. Seiya touched her forehead Usagi was burning up. Seiya scooped Usagi into his arms.
"Where could she be?" Minako asked. "When her Mom called she was frantic saying Usagi had been gone for 3 hours."
"Usagi has been really upset the past couple days I'm worried about her." Ami said quietly.
"We have to find her." Haruka said jumping up.
"Where could she be? It's 10 o'clock and it's raining and she is hurt." Rei's eyes held fear for her friend.
At the doorbell ringing Haruka who was the only one standing rushed to the door and hurriedly opened it to stand face to face with Seiya who held Usagi.
"Seiya!" Haruka exclaimed her eyes darkening "Bring Usagi in here and lie her down on the couch."
Seiya obliged and Michiru rushed forward with a blanket. Seiya straightening turned and walked towards the door.
"Seiya wait." Haruka called after Seiya.
"What is it?" Seiya asked.
"You should stay. You need to talk to Usagi." Seiya nodded and returned back to the couch watching as Ami-Chan took Usagi's temperature.
Minako slipped out of the living room and into the kitchen picking up the phone. "Ms Tuskino, its Minako. Usagi is here, she's OK."
"Do you want me to come and get her?"
"No, I think she is going to stay here for awhile."
"Well where did she go? What's wrong? Is she OK?"
"I don't exactly know. She has somethings to work out. She'll be fine."
"Minako-Chan I have known you for several years now. You are one of Usagi's best friends. Tell me what's going on please."
Minako took a deep breath "Mamoru-San proposed marriage to Usagi and…"
"She told him no didn't she?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Listen, Mrs. Tuskino, I will let Usagi-Chan talk to you when she is ready to."
"You're a good friend Minako-Chan."
"Thank you." Minako whispered and hung up the phone.
Minako walked out of the kitchen and stood in the doorway of the living room. The group stood at a distance away from the couch watching Seiya. Seiya had knelt down beside Usagi and brushed Usagi's bangs away from her eyes.
Usagi's eyes fluttered open; "Seiya is that really you?"
Minako walked towards the group and gently touched Ami on the shoulder signally for the group to give Seiya and Usagi their privacy.
"How's Usagi?" Minako asked.
"She'll be OK. She'll probably have a cold but other than that she's fine, running a slight fever." Ami replied.
"Seiya are you really and truly here?" Usagi whispered.
"Yes, I am really and truly here." Seiya replied taking Usagi's hand into his own.
"We told Seiya about Usagi's decision." Haruka said.
"About her not marrying Mamoru-San?" Minako asked and Haruka nodded.
"Seiya I have something to tell you."
"Usa…"
"Seiya please just listen. I love you, for as long as I've known you I think."
"Haruka, thank you?" Minako's voice held relief.
"For what?"
"For believing in Usagi."
"Seiya kidded Usagi softly on the lips and Usagi squeezed his hand as tears came to her eyes "Seiya don't leave me again, please."
A week later Minako sat at the counter at the Crown. "Hey Minako-Chan, haven't seen you or any of the other girls around here lately."
"Yeah a lot has been going on and on top of that Usagi has been sick." Minako replied to Motoki.
"That would probably be why Mamoru hasn't been around lately." Motoki commented.
"I wouldn't be so sure. Usagi-Chan and Mamoru-San are over."
"Why?" Motoki asked caught totally off guard.
"Usagi-Chan is in love with someone else." Minako replied and turned to see a smiling Usagi walk in holding Seiya's hand.
"Seiya's back?" Motoki asked.
Minako nodded "And with him back Usagi realized that she wasn't in love with Mamoru-San and she was in love with Seiya."
"She looks happier than I have see her in months." Motoki commented.
Minako nodded "The last week Usagi-Chan has been truly happier than I have seen her in the past 5 months."
"I feel bad for Mamoru but I'm happy for Usagi-Chan."
"Hey Motoki!" Usagi called
"Hi Usagi-Chan what can I get for you guys today?"
Usagi, Seiya, Minako and Motoki were talking when a loud crash sounded. They turned to see a youma standing over the broken window.
"Everyone get out!" Seiya yelled. But most of the occupants of the arcade were way ahead of him.
"This youma is hard too." Sailor Jupiter commented.
"Love and Beauty Shock!"
Everyone was at the fight, all 9 senshi, Tuxedo Kamen and Seiya in his prince form. Seiya cut at the youma, his sword barely hitting the youma.
"Why do you bother? We want your princess and we will get her."
"We can't let you do that." Mars said fiercely.
"We will protect her until." Seiya said holding up his sword ready to attack again but before he could reach the youma it disappeared. Everyone let out a sigh of relief until they were taken off guard and gasped as the youma reappeared taking Sailor Moon with it before anyone could react.
"Ami-Chan can you get a ready on where they went?"
"It could take me minutes or hours to find her but so long as she leaves the broach on we will find her."
"Where am I?" Usagi asked in fear.
"You are on Mylan." A soft female's voice replied.
"Who are you?
"My name is Livinia, I am the ruler of this planet."
"Why am I here?"
"Because we heard of you here on Mylan. Of your battle with Chaos."
"What does that have to do with your kidnapping me?"
"We need your help. Your Crystal is the only thing that can save this planet." Livinia pulled open curtains that opened onto a desolate looking planet.
"How does the crystal help this planet?" Usagi asked confused.
"Look and see. Call upon your power over the Crystal."
"How do I know this is not a trap?" Usagi questioned. She looked at the woman who called herself Livinia, she had blonde hair and gray eyes. She could not have been very old but her face appeared old from the ordeals she undoubtedly had to deal with. "I believe you."
Seconds later Usagi was replaced by Princess Serenity, and she watched before her eyes as the land began to look better.
"The crystal is really doing that?" Serenity asked amazed.
Livinia smiled, "Yes, Mylan thrives on power from the silver crystal."
"But how? What I mean is, well, what I mean is how did Mylan get introduced, or whatever, to the power of the crystal."
"Your mother, being the kind and generous woman she was, gave me enough power to support this planet for a long period of time. Now there is no more power left in the portion of the crystal your mother gave me."
"And you need me to give you a part of my Crystal?"
"Usagi's in trouble." Seiya spoke for the first time since Usagi had been captured.
"What kind of trouble?" Rei asked surprised that Seiya could sense anything about what was going on with Usagi.
"Is she in danger?" Hotaru asked.
"Not directly, the woman who took Usa-Chan is not out to harm her. She wants a piece of the Crystal to save her planet. But Usa-Chan is not strong enough to do anything with the Crystal, her being in princess form alone is drastically draining her energy."
The senshi look at Seiya as if he had grown 2 heads. "How do you know that much about Usagi-Chan?" Minako asked stunned.
Seiya shrugged "Ami-Chan have you gotten any readings on where Usa-Chan is? We need to get to her as soon as possible."
"Usagi where are you going?" Ilene asked.
"I'm going for a walk, I'll be back. And," Usagi added before her mother could ask, "I'll be fine."
"Do you want me to go with you?"
"Mom, really I'll be fine." Usagi replied.
"You should probably take a jacket it looks like rain."
"I shouldn't be out tat long."
"Will Mamoru be joining us for dinner this evening?" It had become a tradition for Mamoru to eat with Usagi's family on Sunday nights.
"No." Usagi replied as she walked out of the house before her mother could see the expression on her daughter's face.
Usagi walked by her old High School. She remembered when the Starlights had shown up on their first day and how frustrated Usagi had been with Seiya then. She had despised him and his nickname; her only thought then had been how only Mamo-Chan called her Ondago Atama.
Minute's later Usagi found herself standing in front of the airport. Her life had changed twice at the airport. She had first run into Seiya there, when he had arrived in Tokyo. And the second came the night Seiya's fan club had been attack and they had been forced to transform in front of each other. Usagi sighed and walked away, there was so much standing in their way even if Seiya was still on Earth.
Usagi found herself at the place Usagi had first met Seiya, when she, so eager to meet a star had tried to sneak back and Seiya had stopped her.
Usagi sat on the bench Seiya had been lying, that day seems like forever ago. Usagi buried her head in her hands and began to cry, oblivious to the fact that it was raining hard.
Seiya watched Usagi; he didn't know what was wrong. Seiya was so tempted to rush forward and comfort her but Haruka and Michiru's words rang through his ears, he loved Usagi and would do anything to see her happy and if that meant her being with Mamoru-San then so be it. Seiya didn't make a movement until Usagi collapsed.
Seiya, then quickly, rushed towards Usagi. Seiya touched her forehead Usagi was burning up. Seiya scooped Usagi into his arms.
"Where could she be?" Minako asked. "When her Mom called she was frantic saying Usagi had been gone for 3 hours."
"Usagi has been really upset the past couple days I'm worried about her." Ami said quietly.
"We have to find her." Haruka said jumping up.
"Where could she be? It's 10 o'clock and it's raining and she is hurt." Rei's eyes held fear for her friend.
At the doorbell ringing Haruka who was the only one standing rushed to the door and hurriedly opened it to stand face to face with Seiya who held Usagi.
"Seiya!" Haruka exclaimed her eyes darkening "Bring Usagi in here and lie her down on the couch."
Seiya obliged and Michiru rushed forward with a blanket. Seiya straightening turned and walked towards the door.
"Seiya wait." Haruka called after Seiya.
"What is it?" Seiya asked.
"You should stay. You need to talk to Usagi." Seiya nodded and returned back to the couch watching as Ami-Chan took Usagi's temperature.
Minako slipped out of the living room and into the kitchen picking up the phone. "Ms Tuskino, its Minako. Usagi is here, she's OK."
"Do you want me to come and get her?"
"No, I think she is going to stay here for awhile."
"Well where did she go? What's wrong? Is she OK?"
"I don't exactly know. She has somethings to work out. She'll be fine."
"Minako-Chan I have known you for several years now. You are one of Usagi's best friends. Tell me what's going on please."
Minako took a deep breath "Mamoru-San proposed marriage to Usagi and…"
"She told him no didn't she?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Listen, Mrs. Tuskino, I will let Usagi-Chan talk to you when she is ready to."
"You're a good friend Minako-Chan."
"Thank you." Minako whispered and hung up the phone.
Minako walked out of the kitchen and stood in the doorway of the living room. The group stood at a distance away from the couch watching Seiya. Seiya had knelt down beside Usagi and brushed Usagi's bangs away from her eyes.
Usagi's eyes fluttered open; "Seiya is that really you?"
Minako walked towards the group and gently touched Ami on the shoulder signally for the group to give Seiya and Usagi their privacy.
"How's Usagi?" Minako asked.
"She'll be OK. She'll probably have a cold but other than that she's fine, running a slight fever." Ami replied.
"Seiya are you really and truly here?" Usagi whispered.
"Yes, I am really and truly here." Seiya replied taking Usagi's hand into his own.
"We told Seiya about Usagi's decision." Haruka said.
"About her not marrying Mamoru-San?" Minako asked and Haruka nodded.
"Seiya I have something to tell you."
"Usa…"
"Seiya please just listen. I love you, for as long as I've known you I think."
"Haruka, thank you?" Minako's voice held relief.
"For what?"
"For believing in Usagi."
"Seiya kidded Usagi softly on the lips and Usagi squeezed his hand as tears came to her eyes "Seiya don't leave me again, please."
A week later Minako sat at the counter at the Crown. "Hey Minako-Chan, haven't seen you or any of the other girls around here lately."
"Yeah a lot has been going on and on top of that Usagi has been sick." Minako replied to Motoki.
"That would probably be why Mamoru hasn't been around lately." Motoki commented.
"I wouldn't be so sure. Usagi-Chan and Mamoru-San are over."
"Why?" Motoki asked caught totally off guard.
"Usagi-Chan is in love with someone else." Minako replied and turned to see a smiling Usagi walk in holding Seiya's hand.
"Seiya's back?" Motoki asked.
Minako nodded "And with him back Usagi realized that she wasn't in love with Mamoru-San and she was in love with Seiya."
"She looks happier than I have see her in months." Motoki commented.
Minako nodded "The last week Usagi-Chan has been truly happier than I have seen her in the past 5 months."
"I feel bad for Mamoru but I'm happy for Usagi-Chan."
"Hey Motoki!" Usagi called
"Hi Usagi-Chan what can I get for you guys today?"
Usagi, Seiya, Minako and Motoki were talking when a loud crash sounded. They turned to see a youma standing over the broken window.
"Everyone get out!" Seiya yelled. But most of the occupants of the arcade were way ahead of him.
"This youma is hard too." Sailor Jupiter commented.
"Love and Beauty Shock!"
Everyone was at the fight, all 9 senshi, Tuxedo Kamen and Seiya in his prince form. Seiya cut at the youma, his sword barely hitting the youma.
"Why do you bother? We want your princess and we will get her."
"We can't let you do that." Mars said fiercely.
"We will protect her until." Seiya said holding up his sword ready to attack again but before he could reach the youma it disappeared. Everyone let out a sigh of relief until they were taken off guard and gasped as the youma reappeared taking Sailor Moon with it before anyone could react.
"Ami-Chan can you get a ready on where they went?"
"It could take me minutes or hours to find her but so long as she leaves the broach on we will find her."
"Where am I?" Usagi asked in fear.
"You are on Mylan." A soft female's voice replied.
"Who are you?
"My name is Livinia, I am the ruler of this planet."
"Why am I here?"
"Because we heard of you here on Mylan. Of your battle with Chaos."
"What does that have to do with your kidnapping me?"
"We need your help. Your Crystal is the only thing that can save this planet." Livinia pulled open curtains that opened onto a desolate looking planet.
"How does the crystal help this planet?" Usagi asked confused.
"Look and see. Call upon your power over the Crystal."
"How do I know this is not a trap?" Usagi questioned. She looked at the woman who called herself Livinia, she had blonde hair and gray eyes. She could not have been very old but her face appeared old from the ordeals she undoubtedly had to deal with. "I believe you."
Seconds later Usagi was replaced by Princess Serenity, and she watched before her eyes as the land began to look better.
"The crystal is really doing that?" Serenity asked amazed.
Livinia smiled, "Yes, Mylan thrives on power from the silver crystal."
"But how? What I mean is, well, what I mean is how did Mylan get introduced, or whatever, to the power of the crystal."
"Your mother, being the kind and generous woman she was, gave me enough power to support this planet for a long period of time. Now there is no more power left in the portion of the crystal your mother gave me."
"And you need me to give you a part of my Crystal?"
"Usagi's in trouble." Seiya spoke for the first time since Usagi had been captured.
"What kind of trouble?" Rei asked surprised that Seiya could sense anything about what was going on with Usagi.
"Is she in danger?" Hotaru asked.
"Not directly, the woman who took Usa-Chan is not out to harm her. She wants a piece of the Crystal to save her planet. But Usa-Chan is not strong enough to do anything with the Crystal, her being in princess form alone is drastically draining her energy."
The senshi look at Seiya as if he had grown 2 heads. "How do you know that much about Usagi-Chan?" Minako asked stunned.
Seiya shrugged "Ami-Chan have you gotten any readings on where Usa-Chan is? We need to get to her as soon as possible."
