Senshi Vacation

by SailorGuardian9

It’s been a long hard road and the Senshies deserve a break, a nice time in Texas should be relaxing. Shouldn’t it? Read to find out!

6. Chapter Six

Chapter Six

Fallen Moon

The night was long and peaceful for most, but there was one who tossed and turned throughout the night in a fit of pain and fear. "No. Don't do it, you'll hurt them. You'll hurt them all, don't do it. Stop. Stop. Stop!" Ami talked in her sleep, until she sat up screaming the last word.

"What happened?! Stop what, stop who?! What's going on?!" Mako shouted as she snapped awake and quickly sat up.

"A dream, or more accurately a nightmare. It was so clear, I thought it was actually happening. Oh my god, I understand now. The visions I had when I got here, and before we even left Japan. They're starting to become clear." Ami explained through several heavy breaths.

"What do you mean Ami?" Mako asked as she turned the lamp on and looked at Ami.

"I don't know who or why, but someone in this house is in danger. Serious danger Mako, the dream I had made that very clear." Ami explained with a few more heavy breaths.

"What was your dream about?" Mako quietly asked with a concerned look.

"I saw a figure, a human figure. Two to be precise, one was in a laying position while the other was standing over the first. The standing one seemed upset, maybe even panicked. But it was the laying one that was most frighting to me, it was motionless, and there was some kind of inky blob surrounding the one that was laying down. Almost like it was in a puddle or it was underwater, it was hard to tell since the dream was presented in a two dimensional format. But the way I know it had something to do with someone in this house was the next thing that happened. In the middle of the dream there was a sudden flash of something that I couldn't make out at first, but it flashed by a few more times, with extra detail each time. The second time I saw red and white, like their flag or maybe the barn. Then it flashed again and I saw a pond, like the one we swam in the day before yesterday. The final flash contained the most detail, but unfortunately I don't quite understand it. I saw ashes, an unfamiliar woman, a field of some kind of crops, and crows. Throughout history crows have represented death, while ash could be a sign of either cremation or perhaps a return to the earth, I'm not really sure which. Perhaps some of the details are nothing more than unnecessary pieces of the equation meant to confuse and deter me from messing with fate, but that seems unlikely based on my past experiences. Either way, it has me concerned and I need answers." Ami explained with a scared expression.

"Could you describe the unfamiliar woman you saw?" Mako asked with a straight face.

"Let me think. She was about Sarah's height, she wasn't fat, but at the same time she wasn't thin. She was slightly doughy but at the same time muscular. She had blue eyes, short hair, it could've been brown or red, but I'm not positive; and she had a cute face with freckles." Ami explained with a straight face as she rubbed her forehead a bit.

"Kind of like this young woman?" Mako asked as she grabbed a picture frame off of Sarah's bedside table.

"That's her! That's the woman I saw in my dream!" Ami yelled as she stared at the picture in Mako's hand.

"I have a strong feeling that this woman is Jenny, the question is, why would she be in your dream? How can you have a vision of someone who's dead and can no longer affect this world? Or more importantly, someone you've never seen until right now." Mako asked with a confused expression.

"Just because she's dead doesn't mean she doesn't have an affect on our realm Mako. Think about you're parents, they still affect you in many ways. Your memories of them are what helped make you the young woman you are today. I'd even argue that people who have passed affect our world more than those who still live on it." Ami explained with a straight face.

"Good point Ami, the pain of loss is a strong emotion, and the experience of loosing a loved one can greatly affect a person for decades to come. But Sarah seems fine, it still hurts her, but she's dealing with her loss in a healthy way." Mako explained with a thoughtful expression.

"But Kaede didn't, remember how much she struggled after Sasha's death. She was a suicide risk at one point." Ami quietly explained with a worried expression.

"But she's past that now, isn't she?" Mako quietly asked with a straight face.

"Maybe not, a bad situation could cause a relapse of that manic behavior Akiko-San described a while ago." Ami answered with a small frown.

"Like what?" Mako asked with a small frown.

"I don't know, either way we should be vigilant. Maybe we should tell the others about this as well." Ami replied with a small frown.

"No, that might put too much stress on everyone." Mako said with a small frown.

"You have a point, plus we could inadvertently cause a paradox of sorts." Ami added with a thoughtful expression.

"What do you mean?" Mako asked with a confused look.

"It could be that nothing will happen unless we mention it, therefore our mention of the issue could inadvertently be the cause of the issue in the first place. I think it would technically fall into the category of a predestination paradox theory, but even I'm a little confused by that kind of stuff." Ami tried to explain.

"You lost me there Ami." Mako informed with a confused look.

"Let's say that I tell you you're going to die of a heart attack, so to prevent this you eat healthy and workout a ton, like obsessively. However, your obsessive workout routine ends up being the cause of your heart attack due to the fact that you pushed your heart too hard for too long. That's a predestination paradox, mentioning a possible future event to someone ends up causing said event. Where as if the event had never been mentioned in the first place it never would've happened, since the idea of its possibility was never seeded in the persons mind. Does that make a little more sense?" Ami asked in a hopeful tone.

"Kinda. So basically telling a person something's gonna happen is what actually makes that something happen, where as if you don't say anything the event never occurs since it's never even suggested." Mako replied with a straight face.

"Exactly. So the moral of the story is that we should keep my dream to ourselves, while at the same time remaining vigilant of possible warning signs that my vision is on it's way to becoming true despite our lack of interference." Ami said with a straight face.

"So I was right for once?" Mako asked with a grin.

"Yeah, you were right and I was wrong. Good for you Mako, looks like I'm not the only brains in the relationship. I better be careful or some other girl might try and steal you away. A girl with brains, brawn, and all your other gifts. I'll be fighting other girls off with a stick in one hand and you in the other." Ami giggled as she snuggled up to Mako. "Let's get some sleep now, I'm really tired." Ami quietly said as she fell back asleep. From that point on Ami and Mako both slept peacefully until about noon.

"Are you slugs getting up anytime today?! You're burning day light!" Kaede yelled up the stairs.

"What?" Mako asked in a groggy tone as she slowly rolled over and looked at the clock. "Oh my god it's noon." Mako said with a yawn as she slowly sat up. "Wakey wakey sleepy head, it's already noon." Mako quietly said as she gently shook Ami.

"I don't wanna." Ami mumbled as she pulled the blankets tighter over her shoulders.

"If you need more rest I understand, but I'm gonna get up okay." Mako informed as she slowly got out of bed.

"Wait for me." Ami mumbled as she slowly sat up.

"How are you feeling Ami, still sore?" Mako asked with a small smile.

"A bit, but I definitely feel better than I did yesterday. I guess I really did just need some rest." Ami answered as she stretched a little.

"How's that cut looking?" Mako asked as she started getting dressed.

"Let me look." Ami replied as she slowly peeled the bandages off her side. "Ugly." Ami answered as she looked at her cut, which was swollen and surrounded by a bright red bruise.

"Let me see." Mako instructed as she sat down by Ami and looked at her cut. "We'll put some more disinfectant on it and change the dressings after we clean it with warm soapy water." Mako informed as she pulled Ami's shirt back down and helped her out of bed.

"Thanks Mako, you'd make a good doctor one day." Ami complemented with a smile.

"Nah, the only reason I know any of that is because I learned it from you and mama Mizuno. Before I met you two I was a first aid nightmare, I fixed most of my cuts with a shower at home and duck tape on the go." Mako chuckled as she lead Ami out of the room.

"That's not good, that tape probably caused more damage just trying to peel it off." Ami replied with a sigh.

"Not if you were careful, it worked for me for over ten years. Before I met you I didn't even own a first aid kit, unless you count duck tape, showers, and sleep as pieces of a first aid kit." Mako said with a giggle as she walked downstairs with Ami.

"Oh my god they're alive!" Kaede yelled as she watched Ami and Mako come down the steps.

"Thank goodness, we were starting to wonder if you two had died in your sleep or something." Rei chuckled as she stared at Ami and Mako.

"It'd be a nicer way to go than the last time I died." Ami replied with a small yawn as she walked into the kitchen. "Morning mom, good morning everyone." Ami greeted with a smile as she sat down on a chair next to Saeko.

"Well hey sleepy head, it's about time you two got up." Saeko replied with a smile as she watched Mako sit down next to Ami.

"Sorry, we were up late last night." Mako informed with a small yawn.

"Doing what, if you don't mind me asking?" Saeko asked with a small grin.

"Just talking." Ami quietly answered with a small smile.

"About what?" Saeko asked with a straight face.

"Things." Ami answered as she looked over at Mako.

"What kinds of things, or is it too personal to talk about with your own mother?" Saeko asked with chuckle.

"Too personal." Mako answered with a small frown.

"I see, well if you change your mind and wanna let your mother in on the girly gossip just say something." Saeko giggled as she looked over at Ikuko.

"Ah teenagers, that special time where they can't stand their parent's questions anymore." Ikuko chuckled.

"Speaking of questions from parents, my mom called this morning and freaked out on me after I let it slip that I was kidnapped again. She asked me a billion questions about everything that happened and I was about ready to hang up." Naru sighed as she looked down at the table.

"Speaking of moms, have you talked to yours lately Kaede?" Kenji asked as he looked over at Kaede.

"Not since that first call I made to her, I figured I'd call her tomorrow when she has off work." Kaede answered with a smile.

"That sounds good Kaede, just be sure to call her." Kenji replied with a smile.

"I will, thank you Tsukino-San." Kaede thanked as Emily brought a stack of pancakes to the table.

"Here ya go folks, one stack of pancakes with chocolate chips and fruit. There's syrup and whipped cream there, and we's got fruit pieces in the fridge if anyone wants." Emily informed as she set the stack of pancakes in the center of the table and sat down.

"Thanks ma! I'ma have a chocolate chip one with whipped cream and strawberry slices!" Sarah replied with enthusiasm as she grabbed the whipped cream can and sprayed a dollop of it on her pancakes. "Anyone else need whipped cream?" Sarah asked as she held the whipped cream can up.

"Here please." Ami answered as she held her hand up.

"Here ya go Ami." Sarah said with a smile as she handed Ami the whipped cream can.

"Thank you Sarah." Ami thanked as she shook the can and sprayed a few swirls over her pancakes. "You want some to Chibiusa?" Ami asked as she held the can out to Chibiusa.

"Yes please." Chibiusa answered with a smile.

"Go easy on the whipped cream Chibiusa, otherwise you'll get chubby like me." Ami giggled as she handed the can to Chibiusa.

"Says the girl who just drowned her pancakes in whipped cream, I can't even see your pancakes anymore." Rei said with a grin as she looked at Ami's plate.

"Exactly, and I told Chibiusa not to be like me." Ami replied as she poured some syrup and fruit pieces on her pancake stack.

"But you're so cute Ami, especially with a few extra curves." Mako said with a smile as she squeezed Ami's side.

"Hey now, not in front of everyone Mako. Save it for when we're alone." Ami said with a smirk as she poked Mako's breast.

"I can't help it Ami, you're just so darn cute." Mako replied with a grin as she poked Ami's whipped cream and put a dollop of it on Ami's nose.

"Not as cute as my Nar Nar." Usagi giggled as she hugged Naru.

"Oh god Usagi, please don't let that nickname stick." Naru sighed as she took a bite of her pancakes.

"Too late, Nar Nar." Usagi giggled as she gave Naru a kiss on her cheek.

"If I'm Nar Nar then you're gonna be Sagi." Naru said with a grin as she patted Usagi's cheek.

"I'm not soggy though?! I mean I know it's hot down here, but I'm not sweating so much that I'm soggy!" Usagi pouted as she stared at Naru.

"Eww! That's not what I meant when I said Sagi, I just took the U off the beginning of your name. You're so weird sometimes Usagi, but that's part of your adorable charm." Naru giggled as she gave Usagi a kiss on her cheek.

"Aww, thanks Nar Nar." Usagi thanked with a smile as she took a bite of her pancakes.

"You're welcome Sagi." Naru giggled as she did the same thing.

"So, what are we gonna do after breakfast?" Kaede asked as she took a sip of milk.

"I was thinking we could either go swimming er horseback riding, y'all choose what ya wanna do." Sarah answered with a mouthful of pancake.

"I vote horses!" Chibiusa yelled with enthusiasm as she threw her hand in the air.

"Same for me!" Minako yelled with a smile.

"Us to!" Naru and Usagi both yelled with smiles.

"Anyone not wanna ride horses?" Sarah asked as she looked around the table.

"Nope, let's saddle up y'all!" Rei yelled with a big smile.

"Listen to you Rei, you're going all native on us." Minako chuckled as she looked at Rei.

"That's the spirt Rei, let yer inner cowgal out!" Sarah yelled with a laugh.

"Is everyone ready to go?" Mako asked as she finished her pancakes and stood up.

"We sure are Mako!" Rei answered as she and everyone else stood up.

"Then let's saddle up!" Sarah yelled as she ran out of the kitchen followed by everyone else.

"Be careful everyone!" Saeko yelled as everybody ran out of the house. "Why do I bother, they never listen." Saeko sighed to herself.

"They heard ya Ms. Mizuno, they might nota said nothing, but they heard. I'm sure they'll be fine, Sarah's a good teacher and she's been riding since she was three. She's probably better than Emily and I, and we's the ones that taught her." Jud chuckled as he looked over at Saeko.

"I suppose you're right, what's the worst that could happen." Saeko said with a small smile.

"You asked the forbidden question Mizuno-San, now the universe will likely answer it." Luna sighed as she looked up at Saeko.

"Don't be over dramatic Luna, I'm sure everything will be fine." Artemis said with a smile as he looked at Luna.

"I hope so, but history's shown that when we ask that question it's normally answered pretty quickly." Luna sighed as she laid down next to the stove. While the adults sat inside and talked as they cleaned up the table, everyone else was getting ready to ride horses.

"Y'all remember how ta put the saddles on?" Sarah asked as she fastened Buttercup's saddle.

"Yep, we're all good Sarah." Kaede answered as she finished saddling her horse.

"Alright, I'll wait fer y'all ta saddle up, then we'll head off down the trail. Oh and this time, if any of yas start feeling panicked or ya start having flashbacks, let me know okay. I wanna help y'all as best as I can, but I can't help if none of yas talk alright." Sarah instructed with a small smile.

"Will do, thanks Sarah." Usagi replied with a smile as she mounted her horse.

"Am I doing this right?" Naru asked as she slowly climbed up onto a horse.

"Yep, ya did perfect Naru." Sarah answered as she looked at everyone. "Ya youngins good?" Sarah asked as she looked at Shingo and Chibiusa.

"We're good Sarah." Shingo answered as he looked behind him at Rei.

"I can't wait to ride again!" Chibiusa yelled with excitement.

"Just hold on tight okay, Usagi would kill me if something happened to you; and if she didn't then Naru would." Minako said with a smile as she put an arm around Chibiusa.

"You're funny Mina." Chibiusa giggled as she gripped the reigns.

"Let's go folks." Sarah instructed as she flicked her reigns and started leaving the stable.

"Right behind you." Usagi replied as she and everyone else started following Sarah.

"How y'all doing so far?" Sarah asked as she looked back at Usagi.

"We're much better this time around, I think we just needed some time to relax and adjust to the fact that we're not in battle anymore." Usagi answered with a smile.

"Glad ta hear it Usagi, y'all ready ta pick up the pace a bit?" Sarah asked with a grin.

"As ready as you are Sarah, now let's ride like the wind!" Usagi yelled back with a huge smile.

"That's the spirt Usagi! Come on girl, we's going turbo fast now!" Ya!" Sarah yelled as she flicked her reigns a few times, receiving a neigh from Buttercup as she took of running down the trail.

"What are we waiting for everyone, let's go!" Ami yelled with a smile as she did the same thing.

"Look at Ami, she looks so happy when she's riding!" Mako yelled as she watched Ami chase after Sarah.

"It's nice to see that she's finally moving past some of that stuff and that she's legitimately happy again!" Kaede yelled back with a smile.

"Maybe one day we'll all be to that point!" Minako said with a small smile as she looked over at Rei.

"We will Mina, it's just gonna take time! But we can do it, nothing's ever stopped us before. If the literal embodiment of evil couldn't stop us, then a few bad memories won't keep us down either!" Rei yelled back with a smile.

"That's the spirit Rei, now let's catch up to our girlfriends before they completely smoke us!" Kaede yelled with a smile as she flicked her reigns.

"Right behind you sis!" Mako yelled back as she did the same thing.

"Should we chase them?" Rei asked as she looked over at Usagi.

"Nah, we'll let them charge through all the scenery, I'd like to trot by and actually see my surroundings." Usagi answered with a smile as she tightened her grip on Naru. "Besides, it's kind of romantic out here." Usagi said with a smile as she looked over at Naru.

"That it is Usagi." Naru quietly replied as she looked back at Usagi. While everyone trotted behind them, Ami and Sarah were racing down the trail with huge smiles on their faces.

"Hey Ami!" Sarah yelled with a grin.

"Yeah?!" Ami yelled back as she stared straight ahead of her.

"Ten bucks says I make it ta the end of the trail before ya can even see it!" Sarah yelled with an evil smirk.

"You're on cowgirl!" Ami yelled back with a similarly evil grin.

"Full stop Ami, then we'll start running on go!" Sarah yelled as she pulled back on her reigns.

"You've got it!" Ami replied as she did the same thing and came to a stop.

"Ya ready Ami?" Sarah asked as she stared straight ahead.

"Oh yeah, let's do this Sarah." Ami answered as she also stared straight ahead.

"I hope y're hungry Ami, because y're about ta eat my dust." Sarah said with a grin.

"That's only if you can catch me, which I won't let you." Ami replied with a grin of her own.

"Enough talk, let's ride. Ready, set...GO!" Sarah yelled as she and Ami both took off down the trail. "Come on Buttercup, we can't let an amateur beat us on our own trail!" Sarah yelled as she patted Buttercup's head.

"Who are you calling an amateur, I've rode in combat before Sarah! I'm far from an amateur!" Ami yelled as she quickly caught up to Sarah.

"No way! How are ya so fast?! I left ya in the dust!" Sarah yelled as she watched Ami start to pass her.

"I told you Sarah, I'm no amateur! I'll see you at the finish line!" Ami shouted as she flicked her reigns and sped off down the trail.

"I think we done lost girl." Sarah quietly said as she looked down at Buttercup, who whinnied in agreement.

"This feels so nice! I love this feeling of the wind on my face and the sight of this beautiful country side, and the best part is that I don't have to worry about anything trying to eat me out here! I missed feeling this kind of peace!" Ami yelled to herself with a smile. A few more minutes passed and Ami could finally see the end of the trail. "We're almost there buddy, looks like we left you're mama in the dust!" Ami yelled with a laugh, the horse suddenly stopped and jumped up on its back legs as it neighed like crazy. "Whoa! Easy there! Easy easy!" Ami yelled as she tried to get the horse under control. The horse continued to freak out, and with a few flailing bursts he threw Ami off like a rag doll. "Ow! Uh, what is wrong with..." Ami groaned, until the horse planted its hoof down on her head and took off back towards Sarah. While Ami laid on the side of the trail, Sarah was slowly catching up.

"Man she's fast, how'd she get this far ahead of us Buttercup? She done made us look like amateurs." Sarah said with a smile as she pet Buttercup's mane. Buttercup made a noise as she continued running down the trail. "Yeah that makes sense, she did have a lot of practice in that other world. Not ta mention that she had ta ride fer her life, so I guess that ain't too surprising that she wiped the floor with us." Sarah chuckled as she kept riding, until she saw Ami's horse come running towards her. "Teflon?" Sarah asked as she watched Ami's horse run towards her. "Teflon!" Sarah yelled as she whistled at the horse. The horse stopped and trotted back over to her. "Hey there boy. What are ya doing back here, and where's Ami?" Sarah asked as she looked at the horse. "We'd best go take a look Buttercup. Yah." Sarah quietly said as she flicked Buttercup's reigns and started moving faster down the trail. "Ami!" Sarah yelled as she looked around whilst continuing to move down the trail. "AMI!" Sarah shouted as she started to get a little more worried. Buttercup suddenly started neighing as she backed up a bit. "Whoa! What's wrong Buttercup?! What's got ya so spooked girl?! Sarah yelled as she pulled back on the reigns and tried to steady Buttercup. A sound quietly rose from a small bush to the side of the trail. "I know that sound anywhere, that's a rattler. So that's what spooked Teflon so much. Ya stay here girl, I'ma go and find Ami." Sarah quietly said as she slowly dismounted her horse.

"Uh." Ami quietly groaned as she laid on the side of the trial, slowly trying to crawl back towards the others.

"Ami!" Sarah yelled as she carefully walked down the trial, being extra careful of anymore snakes.

"S-Sarah." Ami quietly said as she passed out in the middle of the trail.

"Damn, where is this gal, I hope she's alright." Sarah said to herself as she continued walking down the trail. "Didn't think she'd gotten this far, I hope she wasn't thrown too far off the trial er she could've fallen inta the ravine." Sarah quietly said as she looked at the side of the trail. It was a steep slope that lead to a large wooded area with several large rocks and a small stream. "If she fell down there it ain't gonna be easy ta find her, plus she could be really hurt." Sarah quietly said as she stared down into the ravine.

"Hey!" Kaede yelled as she and everyone else finally caught up to Sarah. "Wow, you and Ami really made a run for it. I thought we'd never catch up." Kaede said with a smile as she looked down at Sarah.

"Thank god y're all here, I need y'all ta split up and help me find Ami. I think Teflon threw her off after he got spooked by a rattle snake, so leave the horses and watch yer step." Sarah instructed with a worried expression.

"Don't worry, I can find her easily with my equipment. Europa moon power, make up!" Kaede shouted as she threw her hand in the air. "Alright, I can use my visor to track her life signs. She'll be easy to find as long as she still has a heartbeat or some sign of life I can track." Europa informed as she flipped her visor on and started looking around. "Got something, it's about ten meters down the trail." Europa informed as she started walking forward.

"Shingo, you and Chibiusa go back to the stables, I don't want you two to get bit by that snake. Do you mind going with them Naru?" Usagi asked as she started following Europa.

"I do actually. Ami's my friend Usagi, and I'm sure as heck not gonna let you run around looking for her alone, especially with a poisonous snake on the loose." Naru answered with a serious expression.

"I figured you'd say something like that." Usagi replied with a sigh.

"Don't worry sis, I've got this." Shingo said with a smile as he gripped the reigns on the horse.

"Be careful Shingo, don't go too fast and watch out for more snakes." Usagi instructed with a small frown.

"Don't worry Usagi, I learned by watching you. Now come on Chibiusa, we should let everyone back at the house know what's going on." Shingo said with a smile as he looked at Chibiusa.

"Okay." Chibusa replied as she tried to get off of Minako's horse.

"Here Chibiusa." Mako said with a smile as she grabbed Chibiusa and moved her to Shingo's horse. "Ride safe you two, hopefully we'll find Ami pretty quick and be back before anyone has a chance to worry." Mako said with a smile as she started walking away.

"We will, and good luck everyone." Shingo replied as he flicked the reigns and started heading back towards the stable.

"My little brother's growing up so fast, I'm so proud of him. But don't tell him I said that or he might get cocky." Usagi said with a smile as she started walking down the trail.

"I'm so telling him when we get back." Naru chuckled as she walked alongside Usagi.

"Sh! Quiet, I've got two readings on my heartbeat sensor." Europa instructed as she looked around a bit.

"Where?" Sarah asked as she looked around.

"They're both on the trail, and they're both less than two meters away, that should be just around this curve." Europa informed as she slowly lead everyone around the bend in the trail.

"There's Ami!" Mako yelled as she stared at Ami's unconscious body in the middle of the trail. "Hold on Ami!" Mako yelled as she started running towards Ami.

"Mako stop!" Europa shouted as she grabbed Mako's arm and pulled her back.

"What?!" Mako shouted as she looked back at Europa.

"Look." Europa quietly said as she pointed at Ami's side.

"Oh my god." Mako quietly said in a horrified tone as she stared at Ami's side. Curled up next to her was a large diamondback rattlesnake, and it was angrily rattling it's tail.

"I hope that thang didn't bite her, if it did she ain't got much time left." Sarah quietly said as she stared at the snake.

"What are we gonna do?" Mako quietly asked as she stared at the snake.

"About what?" Minako asked as she peeked around Mako. "EWW gross! A big creepy snake! Go away! Go away! Go away!" Minako shouted as she flailed her arms at it.

"Shut up Mina, if you scare it it might bite Ami!" Rei yelled as she stared at Minako.

"Make it go away!" Minako screamed as she swatted her hand at it. For some odd reason her love me chain appeared mid swing and slammed into the snake, launching it several feet off the trail and safely away from everyone.

"Holly crap Mina, how'd you do that?!" Rei shouted as she stared at Minako.

"I don't know, I just got scared of that slimy icky thing. I hate snakes, they're so gross and smelly...and deadly!" Minako yelled with a disgusted look.

"Well the theory about us fully awaking based on the time we met Usagi is out the window. I guess it's back to being activated by strong emotions of some sort. Then again, with you it could've just been dumb luck." Rei snickered as she stared at Minako.

"Shut up Rei, I can't help it if that thing was disgusting!" Minako shouted as she shivered at the thought of the snake.

"Both of you shut up! This is no time to be joking around, Ami could really be hurt!" Mako yelled as she and Europa kneeled down by Ami.

"Jesus, the back of her head is partially caved in. Like she was struck by a blunt object." Europa quietly said as she started to examine Ami.

"Er stomped by a horse. Look at the shape of the indent, it perfectly matches a hoof print." Sarah pointed out with a small frown.

"She must've gotten thrown off when the snake spooked the horse, then it probably slammed its hoof down and took off." Europa theorized as she summoned her bag. "This is unexpected, even though her head is partially caved in her brain didn't suffer any kind of severe damage. I guess the bone in that area is extra strong due to the amount of injuries she's sustained to it over time. That being said we'll have to keep an eye on her, it might be good to take her to the hospital just to have her checked out." Europa suggested as she turned her visor off.

"Nnng." Ami quietly groaned as she started moving a little.

"Ami?" Mako quietly asked as she stared at Ami.

"Owie." Ami quietly said as she slowly sat up.

"Hey Ami, how are you doing?" Naru quietly asked as she looked at Ami.

"Boo boo." Ami quietly said with a sniffle as she held her arms out to Naru.

"Not again!" Mako shouted as she stared at Ami.

"What's up Mako?" Sarah asked with a confused expression.

"She regressed again! I swear to god I'm in some kind of bad fanfic with a predictable and cheesy plot piece!" Mako shouted in an annoyed tone.

"Didn't you pack a whole bag specifically for this kind of situation?" Rei asked with a straight face as she looked over at Mako.

"I didn't think I'd actually need it though! Awe man, well there goes my vacation." Mako said with a sigh as she stared at Ami.

"Don't worry Mako, there are how many of us here. I'm sure we can all take turns watching over her. You don't have to do it all on your own, so just relax Mako, we've got this. Right goober?" Naru replied and asked as she poked Ami's stomach.

"Goober." Ami replied as she hugged Naru.

"Well she's more than stable, so let's mount up and bring her back to the house." Europa instructed as she let down her transformation and stood up.

"Alright, come on Ami." Mako said with a smile as she picked Ami up and set her on the horse.

"Neigh neigh!" Ami yelled with joy as she pet the horses mane.

"Let's go y'all. Come on Buttercup." Sarah said with a smile as she gently flicked her reigns.

"Mizuno-San's gonna be mad about this I'm sure." Kaede said with a small frown as she looked back at Ami.

"I'm sure she'll be fine Kaede, it's not like this is anything new." Minako replied as she trotted up next to her.

"That's true I suppose, I still feel kinda bad though. Poor Ami's not gonna remember half of the vacation, unless she snaps out of this sooner than usual." Kaede said with a sigh.

"That's not necessarily true. She tends to remember things in her regressed state that make her happy in her non regressed state, so in theory when she returns to her usual mindset she could remember things she enjoyed in her regressed state." Naru replied with a smile.

"Good point Naru, I suppose it's possible for her to recall happy events like this when she returns to normal. We've never had a chance to test that since every time she regressed in the past she was snapped out of it during some kind of catastrophe, and normally through a significant amount of force to her head. So we'll have to see if she returns to her usual state naturally, and if so what she can remember from her regressed time." Kaede said with a smile as she looked back at Naru.

"You two should go into psychology instead of rescue, you've both got a knack for this kind of thing. The rest of us are totally lost right now." Usagi giggled as she looked around at everyone.

"Speak for yourself Usagi, I'm actually keeping up with their conversation; though I should be, considering Ami's my girlfriend. This is stuff I should be prepared for in the future, especially if we end up getting married and having kids or anything. Imaging having to watch over a real child and my own wife like she's a second child. I'm gonna need all the experience and knowledge I can get on this subject." Mako informed as she patted Ami's head.

"Owie." Ami quietly cried as she put her hands over her head.

"I'm sorry Ami, I didn't mean to pat your boo boo." Mako quietly apologized as she gently kissed the indent on Ami's head. "Is that better?" Mako asked with a smile as she looked down at Ami.

"Yeah." Ami answered with a small smile.

"We're home y'all. Mako go ahead and take Ami inside, could the rest of yas help me get the horses back ta their stalls please?" Sarah asked with a smile.

"No problem Sarah, see you in a bit Mako." Usagi answered as she watched Mako hop off her horse, then help Ami down.

"If mama Mizuno doesn't kill me first." Mako chuckled as she turned to walk away.

"You'll be fine Mako, you weren't even there when it happened. Besides, Mizuno-San's been pretty good about all this for a while now." Usagi replied as she grabbed the reign on Mako's horse and started leading it to the stable.

"I guess you're right." Mako quietly said as she walked up to the door and opened it. "We're back!" Mako yelled as she walked into the house with Ami.

"Hey Mako, how'd it go? Did you all have a good time with the horses?" Ikuko asked as she looked over at Mako.

"Yeah, well it was fun until the end at least. There was a rattlesnake on the trail at one point and the horses got pretty spooked by it, and well..." Mako stammered as she tried to find the best way to tell Saeko what had happened.

"Wait, don't tell me. Something happened to Ami, didn't it Mako?" Saeko asked with a small sigh.

"Yeah." Mako quietly answered as she looked down at the floor.

"She couldn't've been bitten since you're so calm about it, so my guess is that she hit her head again. Which means I have a two year old daughter now." Saeko sighed again as she looked up at the ceiling. "Oh well, it's not like it's anything new. I mean it could be worse, it's not like her skull was cracked open or anything. Right Mako?" Saeko chuckled as she looked over at Mako.

"Not cracked open, but...just see for yourself. Ami, go say hi to mom." Mako instructed as she gently nudged Ami in front of her.

"Mama." Ami said with a smile as she ran over by Saeko.

"Hi there, did you bump your head again goofball?" Saeko chuckled as she put a hand on Ami's head and slowly moved it around. "There's no bump, usually there's a huge...oh my god what is that?" Saeko asked as her hand ran over the indent on Ami's head.

"Owie!" Ami yelled as she pushed Saeko's hand away.

"Turn around Ami, let mama see your head." Saeko instructed as she slowly spun Ami around. "Holly shit Mako! What happened to her, she looks like she got struck with a blunt object! Oh my god, this indent is huge! I can't believe she's even conscious, let alone practically unfazed. Oh my goodness, did it bleed at all?" Saeko quietly asked as she continued to stare at Ami's head.

"Surprisingly not. Even more surprisingly is what Kaede found when she examined the injury with her visor, or more accurately what she didn't find. Apparently that part of Ami's head has been broken and healed so many times that the bone in that area is much stronger than the average person's, so she didn't suffer any kind of severe brain injury. I think the worst thing is that she regressed again, that and she might have a headache later today or tomorrow." Mako informed with a smile as she kneeled down by Ami.

"I guess that's not terrible all things considered. So what caused this indent, did she hit a rock or something when she was thrown off?" Saeko asked with a straight face.

"No, we're not exactly sure what happened since none of us actually saw it happen. Sarah and her were racing and she left us all in the dust, we came around a turn and found Sarah looking around the area. She told us Ami was missing so sis used her visor to find her, after we found her I was gonna run over to her but sis stopped me. There was a rattlesnake on the side of the trail that we had to deal with, so Minako got rid of it and we went to check on Ami. That's when we noticed the indent on her head, Sarah speculated that it was a hoof print based on the shape. So our guess is that the snake spooked the horse and it threw Ami off, then it stomped her head as it ran away. But that's just a guess based on what we found." Mako explained with a straight face.

"Wow, in all my years as a doctor I've never heard of anyone being stomped by a horse. I mean I know that it happens, it's just not common for people in our area since we live in a city, or close to one anyways." Saeko replied with a straight face as she stared at Ami's wound.

"It ain't uncommon in these parts, that being said I've lived here fer 'bout thirty years now and I ain't ever seen it in person. Now may I ask y'all somthang?" Jud asked as he looked at everyone.

"Sure pa, what's up?" Sarah asked in response as she looked at her dad.

"Ya said bumped her head again, does this sorta thang happen so often that none of yas are really phased by this? Because I'll be honest, seeing a gal her age act like a toddler is more than a little strange ta me." Jud asked with straight face as he stared at Ami.

"Oh yeah, we've lost count by this point how many times this has happened. Ami hits her head more than your average boxer." Minako giggled as she patted Ami's shoulder.

"Wow, and despite that she's still as intelligent as she is. Maybe we all should've just gone around slapping the McClains upside the head with blunt objects if it'd made 'em smarter." Jud said with a laugh.

"That wouldn't've done nothing, Ami was always smart, it's got nothing ta do with her head injuries. Ya can try ta knock sense inta people, but ya can't knock smarts inta 'em er stupid outa 'em." Sarah replied with a chuckle.

"Spoken like a true blouse, that's my girl!" Jud laughed as he gave Sarah a hug.

"So how do we take care of her when she's like this? Do we gotta do anythang special er do we just let her be and see what happens?" Emily asked as she looked over at Ami.

"We just take care of her like we would any toddler, but keep an eye on her if she goes outside. She can't swim in this state of mind, in fact she sinks like a rock. But we came prepared for that as well, so for the most part just leave it to us Mrs. Blouse." Mako explained with a small smile.

"No way, y'all are on vacation here. If there's anythang Jud and I can do ta help with this then y'all just ask okay. We's all family here, which means this little squirt's all of our responsibility, not just you folks." Emily replied with a smile as she looked at Ami and smiled.

"Really?" Mako quietly asked with a small smile.

"Absolutely, ya just ask and we'll help however we can." Jud informed as he walked over by Emily.

"Thank you so much, I've been trying to keep my cool, but when I heard that childish voice from her I was just devastated. After everything that happened I just feel so stressed and I know this makes me sound heartless, but this situation was the last thing I wanted to have to deal with. She relies on me in this state to care for her and make her feel good, but I can't expect the same from her, and without her being by my side I just loose so much of my mental support. I don't think she realizes how important she is to my psychological health, especially after everything that happened in that hellish world. I'm so glad that I can count on you and Emily-San to take good care of her, because I just don't know if I'd be the same caregiver I normally am. I always have the darkness from that place in the back of my head, but my bright little blueberry always keeps it at bay, I'm actually scared to know what's gonna happen since she's not there to be that shield right now! I'm afraid of my own head, I'm so thankful that everyone else is here to, otherwise I'd be so lost!" Mako cried as she buried her face in her hands.

"It's okay to get lost Mako, because you'll always have us to come and find you." Usagi quietly said as she hugged Mako. "You should talk to us more Mako, just because you're the strongest member of our team doesn't mean you have to be a rock. It's okay to ask for help or even just a shoulder to cry on. We'll always be here for you Mako, just like you're always here for us." Usagi quietly said as she hugged Mako a little tighter.

"Thank you Usagi, you're the best queen anyone could ever serve." Mako thanked with a sniffle as she hugged Usagi back.

"A true queen is not served by her people Mako, a true queen serves her people." Usagi quietly said as she continued to hold Mako.

"That's what I like to hear Usagi, you're gonna make a fine queen one day." Kenji said with a small smile.

"I just realized, if Usagi's gonna be a queen, does that mean I'll be a prince or something?" Shingo asked with a grin.

"Nah, you'll be a jester who entertains Naru and I." Usagi answered with a chuckle.

"Oh come on sis, that's just cruel." Shingo pouted as he looked down at the floor.

"She's just kidding Shingo, of course you'll be a prince." Naru said with a smile.

"Woohoo! My first decree is that no school shall assign their students homework ever again!" Shingo yelled with a big smile.

"Agreed!" Everyone yelled with enthusiasm.

"The motion caries, now we just have to remember that rule for the next few decades, or century or so, until Crystal Tokyo becomes a reality." Usagi said with a smile.

"You know that you kids really need that homework, it helps reinforce what you learned that day in class." Saeko pointed out with a smile.

"You sound exactly like Ami." Usagi giggled as she looked over at Saeko.

"What can I say, I taught her everything she knows about study habits." Saeko replied with a smile.

"Forget studying Mizuno-San, we're on vacation!" Kaede yelled with enthusiasm.

"She's right, come on y'all, let's go swimming!" Sarah yelled as she ran upstairs to change.

"Woohoo!" Everyone else cheered as they all started running towards the steps.

"Be careful out there everyone, and keep an eye on Ami so she doesn't drown!" Saeko yelled as everyone ran past her.

"That goes double for you Usagi! You make sure my granddaughter's safe out there, she can't swim either!" Ikuko yelled towards the living room.

"I know mom, Naru and I will watch her!" Usagi yelled back as she ran up the steps.

"This might be a dumb question, but do you guys have any spare floaties anywhere? They only packed one in Ami's little kit, but Chibiusa can't swim either." Saeko asked with a straight face.

"Unfortunately not Mizuno-San. We use ta have some but they blew away in a storm last month, we didn't bother getting new ones since Sarah wasn't around ta use 'em." Jud answered with straight face.

"Don't ya worry though, Sarah's a great swimmer and she's good at watching the folks around her. Her situational awareness is normally very keen. They'll be fine, I know it." Emily informed with a smile.

"I suppose so." Saeko replied as she sat down at the table.

"Welp we's got some time ta kill, who wants ta play more cards?" Jud asked as he looked around the table.

"We're in!" Artemis yelled as he jumped up on a chair.

"What the heck, let's play some cards!" Kenji yelled as he sat down next to Saeko.

"I'll grab the chips and deck." Jud said with a grin as he went to get his poker set.

"See ya, we'll be in the swimming hole!" Sarah yelled as she came down the steps with everyone else and ran out the front door.

"Be safe!" Emily yelled as she tapped her finger on the table while she waited for Jud to bring the game in.

"Come on Ami, let's go swimming!" Naru yelled as she took Ami's hand and ran with her down to the lake.

"Yay!" Ami cheered as she ran with Naru towards the water.

"Awe sweet! Tham ice thangs Ami made last time are still here!" Sarah pointed out as she looked at the slide and diving board.

"Of course they are Sarah, they're made of magic permafrost!" Kaede informed as she ran up to the lake and dove into it.

"Now stay off the slide this time Mina, I'm not pulling you off of any more slides this year." Rei grumbled as she looked over at Minako.

"I can do whatever I want Rei, and you can't stop me!" Minako yelled as she started running towards the slide.

"I wont have to, your own bottom will stop you!" Rei yelled with an evil grin.

"You suck Rei!" Minako shouted as she turned around and stared at Rei.

"I know, but you love me anyways." Rei replied with a smile as she ran past Minako and dove into the water.

"Are you ready to go swimming Ami?" Naru asked as she finished blowing up Ami's floaty.

"Yeah!" Ami yelled as she put her arms up.

"Okay, now suck in that little tummy." Naru said with a smile as she wiggled the floaty onto Ami. "Whew, you're getting too big for your floaty Ami, we're gonna have to get you a new one soon." Naru giggled as she took Ami's hand and walked with her towards the water.

"You're so good with her Naru, her and Chibiusa come to think of it. You'd make such a great mother one day." Usagi said with a smile as she walked with Chibiusa into the water.

"Thank you Usagi, you'll make a good mother yourself someday." Naru replied with a smile.

"Not as good as you though Naru." Chibiusa said with an evil smirk as she looked at Usagi.

"Don't make me let you go." Usagi mumbled as she stared at Chibiusa.

"I'll be good Usagi, just don't let me go! I don't wanna sink!" Chibusa shouted as she clung to Usagi.

"I'm only kidding Chibiusa, I'd never let anything happen to you. Even if you are annoying sometimes." Usagi replied with a smile as she continued holding Chibiusa.

"Thanks Usagi." Chibisua thanked as she continued holding on to Usagi.

"Now back to our swim lessons, let's do the doggy paddle since it's one of the easiest to learn." Usagi said with a smile as she started positioning Chibiusa for the swimming technique.

"Ya having fun darling?" Sarah asked as she looked over at Kaede.

"Yeah I am! We have swimming and a show!" Kaede yelled as she stared at the slide.

"What do ya mean Kaede?" Sarah asked as she swam over by Kaede.

"Look at the slide." Kaede snickered as she pointed at the slide.

"HA! Poor Minako, Rei did warn her though." Sarah laughed as she stared at Minako, who not surprisingly was wedged on the slide again.

"Come on Rei, don't be like that!" Minako yelled as she sat wedged halfway up the slide.

"I told you I wasn't gonna save you, you're on your own Mina!" Rei yelled back as she started swimming away.

"You're so mean to me!" Minako cried as she wiggled her butt around.

"It's called tough love Mina, I love you enough to let you deal with your own problems!" Rei yelled as she dove under the water.

"You're seriously gonna leave me here?!" Minako shouted as she stared at Rei with a horrified expression.

"Ouch, that's cold even for Rei." Mako said with a grin as she looked up at Minako.

"You know what's really cold? My butt!" Minako shouted as she continued trying to wiggle her way down the slide.

"Maybe it'll shrivel up and you'll be able to fit the rest of the way down!" Mako yelled with a laugh.

"Screw you Mako!" Minako shouted with an annoyed face.

"By Mina!" Mako yelled as she swam away.

"You two suck!" Minako shouted as she struggled a little more.

"Mina funny." Ami giggled as she looked at Minako.

"Yeah, but someone should probably help her, it'd be cruel not to ." Naru said with a smile as she looked at Ami.

"We can't help her, we're on child duty." Usagi replied as she held Chibiusa in her arms.

"I know. Ami, go and pout to Mako about helping Minako okay." Naru instructed with a smile.

"Okay." Ami replied as her and Naru slowly made their way over by Mako.

"Oh hey Ami, are you having fun?" Mako asked with a soft smile as she looked at Ami.

"Help Mina." Ami said with a straight face.

"No way! That's the second or third time she's done that, she's on her own." Mako replied with a straight face.

"Pweeeease?" Ami asked with big puppy dog eyes and pouty lips.

"OH! I can't say no to that face, fine I'll help her. But if she does it again she's on her own for real." Mako grumbled as she swam over by the slide.

"Mako! Are you here to rescue me?!" Minako yelled with a hopeful smile.

"Of course I'll rescue you Mina, for a thousand yen!" Mako yelled with a grin as she held her hand out to Minako.

"That's so evil! Fine I'll pay it, just help me please! I think I'm getting freezer burn on my butt." Minako grumbled as she wiggled around a little more.

"I was just kidding Mina, are you really that uncomfortable up there?" Mako asked as she climbed out of the lake.

"Yeah! I'm sitting with my bare butt on a slide of permanent ice, my butt is literally freezing right now!" Minako yelled back with a frown.

"Why didn't you tell us you were in actual discomfort, we wouldn't've messed with you if we'd known that?" Mako asked with a frown as she scurried up the ladder.

"It's not like I'm getting frost bite or anything, it's just cold on my bare skin." Minako replied as Mako reached the top of the ladder.

"Well let's get you off of there before it becomes frost bite." Mako said as she reached for Minako. "Come on Mina, reach like you mean it!" Mako yelled as she tried to grab Minako's hand.

"It's not like I have a lot of wiggle room here, I'm doing the best I can!" Minako yelled as she tried her hardest to reach Mako.

"Just a little bit..AH!" Mako shouted as she slipped on the ice and started tumbling down the slide.

"You okay Mako?" Minako asked as she looked back at Mako.

"Other than the fact that I just face planted into your butt, yeah I'm good." Mako answered as she flopped around trying to sit up. "Good thing this slide's so strong, I'm kinda surprised it's holding up so well under our combined weight." Mako said with a smile as she sat down behind Minako.

"Me to, Ami really knows how to make an ice sculpture." Minako giggled.

"This is more like an ice structure, and it's a sturdy one at that." Mako replied as she leaned forward and pushed on Minako's back.

"You know Ami, she doesn't make junk. It's either perfect or it's scrapped." Minako replied as she tried to pull herself down the slide.

"I'd like to scrap your shapely bottom right now and replace it with one that'll actually move. Jeez Mina, no offense but did you put on weight since the last time you went down this slide?" Mako asked as she wiggled Minako around a little.

"Well, I did eat that double helping of ice cream in town that day." Minako answered with a blush.

"Yeah, but Rei helped with it didn't she?" Mako asked with a small breath.

"A little, but she was pretty full by that point, plus she hates coffee." Minako explained with a small smile.

"So you had to eat most of it?" Mako asked as she stopped pushing and leaned back on her palms.

"Probably about nine tenths of it to be accurate; and contrary to everybody's beliefs, not all the weight I put on goes into my chest." Minako answered with a small blush.

"That's not a bad thing, if it did your back would be destroyed by the time you were thirty. Not that I'm saying you gain a lot of weight or anything." Mako said with a smile.

"No I get it, but seriously, am I moving at all?" Minako asked as she looked back at Mako.

"Not a bit Mina, you really got yourself into a tight spot this time." Mako answered with a small breath.

"What do I do now?" Minako asked with a pout as she looked back at Mako.

"I have one idea, but it depends if you can manifest your powers like Ami can." Mako said with a straight face.

"I can try, what'd you have in mind Mako?" Minako asked as she wiggled around a bit more.

"I'll hop off the slide and wait at the bottom, then if you're able, toss your love me chain down and I'll pull you off with that." Mako explained as she started wiggling her butt around a bit.

"I'll see if I can make it appear like I did this morning, but I'm not sure how it works yet." Minako replied as she concentrated on her Venusian side. "Come on love me chain, come to me in my time of need!" Minako yelled as she held her hand up, surprised by the fact that her chain actually appeared. "I did it Mako!" Minako yelled with joy as she looked back at Mako.

"That's great Mina, but now we have a new problem. I wasn't thinking when I sat down to push on your back, and now I'm in the same predicament you are." Mako informed as she tired to stand up.

"WHY?! Why is my luck so bad?!" Minako shouted as she looked down at her lap in defeat.

"Your luck?! I'm the idiot who sat down on the slide you couldn't get down, and I'm even bigger than you are! It's not your luck Mina, it's just me not thinking. But don't worry, I have a plan." Mako said with a grin.

"You do?" Minako asked as she picked her head up and looked back at Mako.

"Yep, cover your ears and trust me." Mako instructed with a smile.

"Okay." Minako replied as she covered her ears.

"Hey guys! We're both idiots and we can't get off of here!" Mako shouted at the top of her lungs.

"HA! They're both stuck now! I can't believe this, it's just to funny to be true!" Rei shouted as she burst out laughing. "Oh my god I can't, if this gets any funnier I'm gonna pee laughing!" Rei yelled as she stared at Minako and Mako.

"Yeah yeah, laugh it up Rei! After you've had your fun would you mind grabbing Mina's chain and pulling her off of here please?!" Mako shouted with an embarrassed blush.

"I told her I wasn't gonna help her, sorry Mako!" Rei yelled with a grin.

"Oh come on Rei, don't be a butt. Come on guys, let's give 'em a hand." Usagi giggled as she swam over to the slide.

"Fine, but you owe me Mina. But we'll call it even if you promise to stay off this slide from now on!" Rei yelled as she followed Usagi.

"I will make no such promises, the slide is fun, even though it's too small for me." Minako answered as she threw her chain down the slide to the others.

"If Ami hadn't hit her head we could've asked her to make a bigger one for all of us." Mako said with a smile as she looked down at Ami.

"What's Mako doing?" Ami asked as she looked at Naru.

"I don't know Ami, and I'm not gonna try and figure it out." Naru chuckled as she swam around with Ami and Chibusa. "Would you mind watching her for a moment please Shingo, I'm gonna see how Chibusa's doing with her swimming techniques?" Naru asked with a smile as she handed Ami to Shingo.

"Sure Naru." Shingo answered as he held Ami. "Wow, she's really light." Shingo said in a surprised tone as he held Ami.

"That's just because she's in the water. She still weighs the same, but due to the water's buoyancy she feels much lighter than she actually is." Naru explained as she started swimming away.

"Cool, I don't know what any of that means but cool." Shingo replied as Ami held onto him.

"I'll explain later if I remember, but for now just keep an eye on her while I check on Chibiusa." Naru instructed as she swam away.

"So Ami, you um, you having fun?" Shingo asked with a nervous smile.

"Yeah!" Ami yelled with a big smile.

"That's good. Uh this awkward, first you were too old for me and now you're too young. Though I guess none of that matters since I'm not really your type any ways huh." Shingo said with a smile as he looked at Ami. Ami just tilted her head at him in total confusion. "Never mind. So you wanna go over by the edge? There's sand over there, we could build a sand castle." Shingo asked with a small smile.

"Yay!" Ami cheered with excitement.

"Alright, we'll go build sand castles. Hey Chibiusa!" Shingo yelled as he looked over at Chibiusa.

"Yeah?!" Chibiusa yelled back as she looked at Shingo.

"Wanna come build sand castles with Ami and I?!" Shingo asked as he swam Ami and himself towards the shore.

"Sure!" Chibiusa yelled back as she started swimming towards Shingo.

"Wow Chibiusa, look at you go! You really learned quick!" Shingo said in a surprised tone as he watched Chibiusa swim towards him and Ami.

"That's because I had the two best mommies in the world to teach me!" Chibiusa yelled with pride as she crawled onto shore.

"Sandy!" Ami yelled as she started digging in the sand.

"What are you building Ami?" Chibiusa asked as she sat down by Ami.

"Pretty home." Ami answered as she mashed a bunch of sand into a pile.

"Can I build one next to you?" Chibiusa asked as she started gathering some sand.

"Yeah." Ami answered as she smooshed a bunch of sand against her preexisting pile.

"Thanks Ami." Chibiusa thanked as she started doing the same thing.

"Wonder how they're all doing over there?" Shingo asked as he looked towards the slide.

"UH! Why would you two do this?! Especially you sis! I expected more common sense from you!" Kaede yelled as she pulled on Minako's chain.

"I didn't do it on purpose, I just slipped on the ice. Mina's the one with no common sense, this is the second time she's done this!" Mako yelled back as she pushed on Minako's butt with her feet.

"Alright this isn't gonna work, anyone have any ideas?" Naru asked as she looked at everyone else. Rei slowly raised her hand. "That don't involve melting the slide and potentially burning their butts." Naru clarified as she stared at Rei. Rei sighed and put her hand back down.

"I have a crazy one, but it might just be crazy enough to work." Kaede informed as she looked back at Usagi.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Usagi asked with a confused expression.

"Did you bring your brooch down here with you by any chance?" Kaede asked with a grin.

"I never go anywhere without it, why?" Usagi asked in reply.

"Then I think it's time for an aerial rescue." Kaede answered with the same grin.

"Wait, what? What are you suggesting Kaede?" Usagi asked in an even more confused tone.

"I was thinking that if you held onto Minako's chain and then flew into the air, the force of your ascension would be enough to pull her off the slide. Your wings were very large and powerful, so it could work." Kaede explained with a smile.

"I don't know what's more pathetic about this situation, the fact that I need to transform in order to dislodge my friend's rears from a slide, or the fact that they ended up in this situation in the first place. But whatever, let's give it a shot." Usagi replied as she swam over by Shingo, Chibiusa, and Ami.

"Oh hey sis, what's up? You finally get Mina and Mako off the slide?" Shingo asked with a chuckle.

"Nope. It's gotten so pathetically desperate that Kaede want's me to transform and use the force of my ascension to pull them off of it, I'm so going to kick their butts for this, kick 'em until they fit down that slide with room to spare." Usagi grumbled as she grabbed her brooch off her towel. "Moon love make up." Usagi grumbled as she held her brooch up, and with that quick sentence Usagi disappeared and Angelic Sailor Moon took her place.

"Mama Kino! Mama Kino!" Ami yelled as she held her hands out to Sailor Moon.

"What?" Sailor Moon quietly asked as she looked down at Ami.

"Mama Kino." Ami said with a smile as she grabbed Usagi's leg.

"Oh Ami." Sailor Moon quietly said as she kneeled down and hugged Ami.

"Any day now Usagi!" Mako yelled with an embarrassed blush.

"I've gotta go okay Ami, but I'll always be close." Sailor Moon quietly said as she flapped her wings once and floated off the ground.

"Mama Kino save Kaede." Ami quietly said as she watched Sailor Moon float a little higher.

"Bye Ami." Sailor Moon quietly said as she flew higher up.

"By mama Kino." Ami said with a smile as she watched Usagi fly away.

"Jeez Usagi, what took you so long?" Rei grumbled as Usagi floated above her.

"It was Ami, she saw me in this form and, I don't know. It was strange." Sailor Moon quietly said as she grabbed Mako under her arms.

"How so Usagi?" Mako asked with a confused expression.

"I don't know why, but she thought I was your mom Mako." Usagi quietly answered as she lifted Mako straight up off the slide.

"My mom?" Mako quietly asked as Usagi set her on the ground.

"Yeah, she snuggled against my leg and called me mama Kino, I don't understand why though." Usagi replied as she did the same thing to Minako, then let down her transformation.

"Well you did look like an angel, and it wouldn't be surprising if she'd actually seen my parents before, considering her many near death experiences." Mako suggested with a straight face.

"I suppose it's possible, but either way I think I'm done with the water for today if you all don't mind." Usagi quietly said as she started walking away.

"Okay. Thanks for helping us Usagi." Minako quietly said as she watched Usagi walk away.

"Wait up Usagi!" Naru yelled as she ran after Usagi.

"Hm?" Usagi mumbled as she turned around and watched Naru run towards her.

"Alright spill it, what's got you so shaken up Usagi? I know it's not just because Ami thought you were one of Mako's parents." Naru demanded as she stared at Usagi.

"You're so amazing Naru, you see the invisible and hear inaudible. The truth is, Ami said something that scared me." Usagi quietly said as she looked down at her feet.

"What'd she say Usagi?" Naru quietly asked as she gently took Usagi's hand in her own.

"She said mama Kino save Kaede." Usagi quietly said with a small frown.

"What does that mean?" Naru asked with a confused expression.

"I don't know, but I know that something's been bothering Ami for a good portion of this trip. I don't know what it is, but I can feel it in my heart that something's been causing her a great deal of worry and stress. But I also figured that she had a reason for not telling us about it, and with her new abilities I don't dare try and get inside of her head unless I know what I'm looking for. I need to be cautious about her foresight, because the future isn't set in stone. I assume that's why she doesn't tell us certain things, in fear that it could change the future." Usagi quietly explained with a small frown.

"Wow, that must be such a heavy burden to bare. She's even stronger than I thought if she takes that kind of stuff on all by herself, that being said I wonder if it's healthy for her to bare all of that on her own. Is it better to bare the weight alone in fear of changing the future, or let the pain out at the risk of changing the future. Either way, I don't envy Ami, I actually feel really bad for her. No wonder she's so susceptible to these types of shifts in personality, it's probably how her brain cools down and resets. Without this regression thing she'd probably go mad with her ability." Naru replied with a sad expression

"Most people would eventually, she sees and knows things that she's not meant to. Combined with the fact that she may see it but has so far been pretty powerless to prevent or even change it has to be frustrating for her." Usagi said with a small frown as they approached the house.

"You two done swimming already?" Ikuko asked as Usagi and Naru walked inside.

"Yeah, we got a little tired after everything we did." Usagi answered as she started walking towards the steps with Naru.

"You okay Usagi, you seem a little down?" Saeko asked as Usagi walked past her.

"I'm fine, just a little shaken up by something Ami said, but I'm sure I'm over thinking it." Usagi replied as she stopped in front of the steps.

"What'd she say Usagi?" Saeko asked with a straight face.

"She said mama Kino save Kaede, but I have no idea what it means." Usagi answered with a small frown.

"Save Kaede? Save her from what?" Ikuko asked as she looked around the table at everyone else.

"I have my suspicions. That being said however, I don't know if we should even be talking about this right now." Saeko replied with a small frown.

"Why's that Mizuno-San?" Kenji asked with a straight face.

"Because we could be doing more harm than good. If we confront Kaede on an issue she's hiding from us, it might make her less likely to open up about it. If that's the case then the chance of her dealing with that issue or at least coming to one of us about it would be much less likely. Honestly, as unnerving as this situation is, I think we should all act as if Ami never said anything in the first place." Saeko explained with a small frown.

"I agree with Mizuno-San, as far as we're all concerned Ami said nothing and we all heard nothing. Agreed?" Usagi instructed and asked in a serious tone.

"Agreed." Everyone else replied as they went back to their game.

"Let's go change Naru, when Sarah and the others get back we should see if they wanna go grab some lunch in town. You think they have any places around here like the crown?" Usagi suggested with a smile as she started walking up the steps.

"I don't know, we'll have to ask Sarah when she gets in." Naru replied as she followed Usagi up the steps.

"They're gone." Emily quietly said as she listened for the sound of a closing door upstairs.

"Good, now in all seriousness what are we gonna do about this? I didn't wanna discuss anything in front of the girls because I thought the subject might make them uncomfortable, especially after what Usagi went through, but we definitely can't just act like nothing happened." Saeko quietly informed in a serious tone.

"I think the first thing we should do is ascertain wether or not what Ami's been seeing in her dreams or visions actually does have something to do with Kaede. I mean, the only reason we suspect Kaede is because of her previous actions, but it could just as easily have something to do with any of them." Ikuko suggested with a thoughtful expression.

"I don't know Ms. Tsukino, granted I ain't ever been through some kind of multiversal war er nothing, but I have seen combat. I know how hard it is ta watch yer teammates and friends die around ya, and what it feels like ta watch someone give their life in exchange fer yers. Out of all of them Kaede would be the most likely ta harm herself. Think 'bout it, someone close ta her died ta protect her, that's a heavy burden ta bare even if the one who gave their life fer ya was a total stranger. Imagine seeing someone ya loved so deeply throw themselves inta death's arms fer ya, the guilt that poor gal must feel has to be immeasurable." Jud replied with a small frown.

"You have a point Mr. Blouse, whatever the truth though we have to tread carefully. They're all like minefields, they seem calm and normal, but if we don't tread carefully we could hit a nerve in any one of them. I can tell you from personal experience that if that happens they'll blow, and you don't wanna be standing anywhere near them when they do." Ikuko quietly informed with a sigh.

"So what's the call here, do we casually confront each of them when they're separated from the others, or do we just watch from a distance and hope for the best?" Saeko quietly asked with a small frown as she looked around the table.

"Honestly I think it depends on which one we're talking to, they all react differently to the trauma. Some of them wanna talk while others just wanna try and forget it happened. Ami tends to wanna talk when she's emotional, Mako on the other hand typically tries to bury her pain until she can let out in an isolated environment where people won't notice. She's been slowly opening up more though which is good. Usagi's all over the place depending on the issue she's trying to deal with as is Rei. Minako's normally pretty collected, though she does shatter under the right circumstances, and Kaede's an odd mixture of all of them which is why she's the one we're most worried about. Her mother described her behavior as manic, she'd go from being almost drunk on joy about her time with Sasha to being suicidal within a single sentence. It's very strange, but I guess that behavior isn't abnormal for someone who's grieving in the manor she is. Out of all of them she was the only one who actually watched the person she cared for die, I can't imagine how devastating that must've been for her." Luna quietly said with a small frown as she looked around the table.

"So the one we should probably be..." Ikuko started saying, until the front door opened.

"We're back!" Sarah yelled as she and everyone else walked into the house.

"Oh yeah! Royal flush, read 'em and weep!" Artemis yelled as he pretended to be playing cards.

"Oh come on! I just lost six games in a row ta a cat! That's it, I'm officially retiring from poker!" Jud yelled as he set his cards on the table.

"That's gotta hurt pa, ya lost ta a cat. Again! Man yer luck's bad." Sarah chuckled as she walked past the kitchen.

"My luck ain't bad honey, just my poker skills!" Jud laughed as he watched Sarah run up the steps.

"Wait for us!" Kaede yelled as she and everyone but Ami and Mako followed.

"Mama." Ami said with a smile as she walked over by Saeko and tried to sit on her lap.

"Oh Ami, you're so funny. But you're such a big girl now, you're squishing mama." Saeko giggled as Ami laid her head on her lap.

"Would you mind watching her while I go and change please?" Mako asked as she walked into the kitchen.

"Sure thing Mako." Saeko answered with a smile as she rubbed Ami's back.

"Thanks mama Mizuno." Mako thanked as she ran up the steps.

"Sasa gonna save Kaede." Ami quietly said as she snuggled closer to her mom.

"Save Kaede? Save her from what Ami?" Saeko quietly asked as she continued to rub Ami's back.

"From Kaede." Ami quietly replied with a small yawn.

"Who's Sasa?" Ikuko quietly asked with a confused expression.

"Do you think she means Sarah?" Kenji asked with a straight face.

"Maybe. She's not always with it when she gets tired in this state of mind, so it's possible that's what she meant." Saeko answered as she tried to pick Ami up. "Mako's gonna have to come and get you now Ami, you're too heavy for me to carry anymore." Saeko quietly said as she looked down at Ami. "Mako's right though, you do look pretty cute with some extra meat on you." Saeko giggled as she brushed some hair out of Ami's eye.

"Thank you mama Mizuno, now let's get you changed so we can go get some lunch." Mako said with a smile as she walked into the kitchen and gently picked Ami up.

"Milkshake." Ami mumbled as she cuddled up to Mako.

"I don't think so little girl, you need a healthy lunch with veggies and protein." Mako giggled as she carried Ami out of the kitchen.

"Hey sis! Awe, somebody's all tuckered out from our big day." Kaede quietly said as she looked at Ami.

"She sure is. So what's up Kaede?" Mako asked with a smile as she walked into the living room and gently set Ami on the couch.

"You have any ideas where we should go eat lunch?" Kaede asked with a smile.

"I don't know, to be honest I'm still pretty full from breakfast." Mako answered with a small smile.

"Really?! That's not like you at all sis." Kaede replied in a surprised tone.

"Are you saying I eat a lot?" Mako asked with a grin.

"No, but I remember you saying that you have a fast metabolism, so I figured that you'd get hungrier faster than the rest of us." Kaede explained with a smile.

"I normally do, but not right now. Why, are you all hungry?" Mako asked as she sat down next to Ami.

"A little bit, but I guess we can wait. Besides, somebody looks pretty tired there." Kaede giggled as she looked down at Ami.

"She is." Mako quietly said as she gently put a hand on Ami's side. "Hey Kaede?" Mako quietly asked as she continued to stare at Ami.

"Yeah sis?" Kaede asked as she sat on the arm of the couch.

"Just curious, if something was bothering you at all, you'd tell me right?" Mako quietly asked with a small frown.

"What do you mean Mako?" Kaede asked in a slightly confused tone.

"I don't know, maybe nothing. I think I'm just tired as well, sorry to be so weird." Mako lightly chuckled as she laid down next to Ami.

"It's no fun if you aren't." Kaede replied as she gave Mako a pat on her shoulder, then stood up and left the room.

"Hey Kaede, how was your dip in the water?" Saeko asked with a smile as Kaede walked into the kitchen.

"It was lots of fun, we all had a good time together. Oh and guess what, Usagi and Naru were teaching Chibisua how to swim, and she was actually doing a really good job out there." Kaede answered with a smile.

"No kidding! That's wonderful to hear Kaede, I'm glad Usagi and Naru are bonding with Chibiusa. I hope Shingo didn't feel left out though, sometimes she forgets about him when she gets busy with Chibiusa." Ikuko chimed in with a smile.

"Don't worry, he had a very important job of keeping Ami company while we um, hung out with sis and Mina." Kaede chuckled.

"What's so funny about that?" Kenji asked with a confused expression.

"Sorry Tsukino-San, they'd kill me if I told you what happened, assuming they didn't die of embarrassment first." Kaede answered with a laugh.

"I can hear you you know!" Mako yelled from the living room.

"Does that mean I can tell them about your little trip?!" Kaede laughed in response.

"Not if you wanna keep your tongue attached!" Mako yelled back in an upset tone.

"Fine, whatever you say frosty buns!" Kaede yelled back with another laugh.

"I don't understand what's going on here, but I don't think I wanna either." Kenji said with a smile as he looked over at Ikuko.

"Oh that feels so much better." Minako said with a stretch as she came down the steps with everyone.

"I can't believe how red your bottom was, maybe you did get frost bite down there." Rei giggled as she walked next to Minako.

"I told you, but you said I was on my own and poor Mako had to save me, well try anyways." Minako replied with a smile as she lightly bumped Rei with her hip.

"Be careful what you bump that against, that brittle bottom of yours might just shatter if you hit it too hard." Rei said with a grin as she lightly spanked Minako.

"You're so weird Rei, why are you so handsy? If it's not my breasts it's my butt, you're always touching something though. You're as bad as some of those old perverts you see in anime." Minako said with a smile as she nudged Rei with her hip again.

"It's because I know what my girl likes, even if she doesn't say it. Your mouth says no but your body and eyes say yes." Rei whispered as she kissed Minako's neck.

"Oh Rei." Minako quietly said with a breath as she craned her head up a bit.

"Get a room you two!" Naru yelled as she and Usagi came down the steps.

"If you've got one available we'll take it any price." Rei mumbled with a grin.

"Maybe after lunch you love birds." Mako chuckled as they walked past the living room.

"Speaking of lunch, what should we do? Should we go out er stay in?" Emily asked with a smile as she looked around the kitchen.

"We should probably stay in ma, Ami's practically out cold on the couch." Sarah answered with a smile.

"What'd she do that she's so tuckered out?" Emily asked with a smile.

"She swam, she built sand castles, and she hung out with Shingo and Chibiusa. She did a lot fer such a little thang, well not exactly little thang, but ya know what I mean." Sarah answered with a giggle.

"I know you're not hungry yet Mako, but will you hurry up and get hungry?! All that swimming with Chibiusa left us drained, if Naru and I don't eat soon we're gonna go and start munching on one of Sarah's horses." Usagi whined as she dramatically plopped down on a chair.

"The hell ya are!" Sarah yelled with a glare.

"Alright, if the rest of you are hungry then we can go grab a bite to eat. I might be hungry by the time we pick a place anyways." Mako replied with a smile as she gently shook Ami.

"We shouldn't go to a fancy place though for sure, Ami can be a bit rowdy at times when she's like this." Usagi informed as she looked over at Ami, who looked like she was starting to wake up.

"I know where we can go, we can go ta chuckle cheddars! It's sorta like yer crown but with the addition of a play set." Sarah suggested with a smile.

"Ain't ya a little old fer that place Sarah?" Emily asked with a smile.

"I might be, but tham two ain't, and she mentally ain't." Sarah answered as she gestured to Shingo and Chibiusa, then to Ami.

"Well if the rest of yas are good with that then we'll go there." Jud replied with a smile.

"What kind of food do they have?" Saeko asked with a smile.

"Ya know, I have no idea. We ain't been there since Sarah was ten, so I guess it'll be a new experience fer all of us." Jud answered with a smile.

"Alright, let's get going then folks." Emily said with a smile as she started getting up.

"Up you go Ami, we're gonna go and get lunch." Mako said with a smile as she picked Ami up off the couch.

"Mmmm." Ami grumbled as wrapped her arms around Mako, then laid her head on her shoulder.

"You'll wake up soon enough I'm sure." Mako quietly said as she carried Ami outside with everyone else.

"Same vehicle routine as usual?" Kenji asked as he started walking towards the truck.

"Yep, we'll meet ya there pa!" Sarah yelled back as she lead everyone to her vehicle.

"You okay Sarah?" Usagi asked with a giggle as she watched Sarah slowly approach her ambulance.

"Yeah, just stand ta the side of the back doors okay." Sarah quietly instructed as she pulled her knife off her belt and held it at the ready.

"It'll be okay Sarah, no one's in there waiting for you, I promise." Usagi quietly said with a smile as she walked up to the ambulance and grabbed the door handle.

"Usagi be careful!" Sarah shouted as she watched Usagi open the doors.

"See, it's just the way you left it." Usagi informed as she looked around the empty ambulance.

"I suppose it is, sorry Usagi, I guess I'm still jumpy from yesterday." Sarah apologized with a small frown.

"There's nothing to apologize for Sarah, when it comes to jumpy you're practically talking to a kangaroo here. It just takes time, it's been over a month and I'm still jumpy, so don't fret Sarah. It's all good." Usagi replied as she climbed in the back.

"Thanks, ya really are somthang special Usagi, no wonder they all trust ya so much." Sarah said with a smile as she got in the front seat.

"Are you ready to go get some munchies goober?" Naru asked with a smile as she helped Mako get Ami and Chibiusa inside.

"Shiny." Ami said with a smile as she picked a small charm up off the ground.

"What'd you find Ami?" Minako asked with a smile as she and everyone else climbed in the back and sat down.

"Shiny thing." Ami answered as she held the charm out to Minako.

"I've seen this before, I wonder if it fell off that gothy girl's outfit." Minako quietly said as she stared at the charm.

"That gothy girl has a name Mina, it's Abby, and it probably did. We should swing by the hospital if we can and return it to her." Naru suggested as she looked in the mirror at Sarah.

"Maybe after lunch, but fer now let's just stay with our current plan. I don't wanna get too far from ma and pa." Sarah replied with a small frown as she started her ambulance.

"We understand Sarah." Usagi quietly said with a small smile.

"Thanks Usagi, now let's get going folks." Sarah said with a smile as she started following the truck out of the driveway.

"Okay everyone, let's lay down one rule before we get there, specifically for you and Ami, Minako. Stay out of the play set! We are not saving you from a child's playground again today! Got it missy?!" Rei yelled as she glared at Minako.

"You're just jealous that you're too scared to let your inner child out Rei, while I let mine loose whenever I can without any regrets!" Minako replied with a smile as she puffed her chest out.

"I...N-No, that's not...I mean...SHUT UP MINA!" Rei shouted as she crossed her arms and pouted to herself.

"Admit it Rei, you wanna act like a kid even more than I do, but you're too scared to. Don't be scared Rei, let your inner child run free!" Minako shouted with a huge smile.

"I...You...Uh, what's the point. It's true! It's all true, I'm a cowered and a slave to the norms of society! But I don't wanna be, I wanna be free to act as stupid and childish as I please without regret or fear of judgment! Teach me how to be a care free airhead like you Mina!" Rei yelled as she threw herself into Minako's arms.

"Don't worry Rei, I'll teach you everything I, wait airhead?! Who are you calling an airhead hot head?!" Minako yelled as she glared at Rei.

"Teach me your ways Mina! I'm serious, I don't wanna be the stuffy boring one anymore, I wanna be free to roam without caring about who sees me or what they might say! I wanna be more like you Mina, so full of life and joy that there's no room for people's judgment. You know what, I retract my previous statement about staying out of the play set! Hell, I'll climb around in it with you, and if people stare and laugh and judge, then let 'em! Because I'm gonna be like you and grab joy and life by the roots, and I'm gonna take all it has to give me! Yeah! Let's act like kids today!" Rei shouted with excitement and enthusiasm.

"What the hell, the worst that can happen is we get kicked out or end up on the news for our shenanigans. I'm with Rei and Mina, let's seize the day!" Mako yelled as she threw her arm in the air.

"YEAH!" Everyone else shouted as Sarah parked and turned the ambulance off.

"Let's go do something stupid!" Rei shouted as she whipped the doors open and dashed out of the ambulance, followed closely by everyone but Ami, Naru, Shingo, and Chibiusa.

"They're all so silly, aren't they Ami?" Naru giggled as she held Ami's hand and walked her across the parking lot.

"Silly." Ami giggled as she skipped alongside Naru.

"More like insane." Shingo sighed as he walked next to Naru with Chibisua.

"What should we do first!" Minako yelled as she burst through the doors with everyone else.

"Let's get food!" Kaede yelled with a smile.

"Nah, let's go ta the arcade!" Sarah retorted with glee.

"Let's go to the play set!" Usagi yelled with a big smile.

"Let's get some food in the little ones first if you all don't mind." Naru said with a sigh as she walked inside with Ami.

"I agree with Naru, I'm pretty hungry sis." Shingo informed as he looked over at Usagi.

"Fine, we'll order food first." Usagi grumbled as she looked around for a large enough table for all of them.

"Yay, yum yum!" Ami yelled with excitement.

"That's right goober, yum yum for your tum tum." Naru giggled as she poked Ami's belly, which made Ami giggle as well.

"Y'all sure did rush in here fast, I knew all of yas were hungry but I didn't think ya were quite that hungry." Jud chuckled as he and the rest of the adults walked through the front doors.

"Actually we're more excited to play!" Minako giggled as she looked at the play set.

"Aren't you all a little old for that?" Ikuko asked with a chuckle.

"Not at heart!" Minako yelled as she ran off into the play room.

"Our children and their friends are so embarrassing sometimes." Kenji said with a sigh.

"Maybe Tsukino-San, but remember that most of them had broken childhoods at one point or another. If letting loose like this every now and then helps keep them sane and be the brave protectors they are, then I say let 'em. Besides, it brings back fond memories of the good old days, the days where our biggest worries were if they were gonna make it to school on time." Saeko said with a sad smile. "Now our biggest worry is if they'll come home at all, let alone on time." Saeko quietly sighed as she watched Ami walk with Naru into the play room.

"Y'all fight just as hard as they do, but have faith in yer gals, they didn't get this far on dumb luck. They's skilled warriors, and they get better at what they do every time they do it." Emily quietly said with a smile as she watched Sarah drag Kaede towards the play room.

"I guess we should order some pizza for everyone to eat when they come back." Ikuko chuckled as she picked up a menu.

"Probably." Emily replied as she grabbed a different menu and looked it over. While the adults looked over the menu, everyone else was figuring out what to do in the play room.

"Wow, this place looks huge from the inside." Rei quietly gasped as she looked around. The play set was massive, it was made up of several brightly colored sections all interconnected by a series of slides, climbing gyms, ropes, and tunnels.

"It looks like a giant hamster cage." Minako giggled as she looked at the structure.

"I don't even know where to start!" Chibiusa yelled with excitement as she looked around a bit.

"Looks like someone does though." Naru giggled as she pointed at Ami, who'd headed directly for a set of foam padded steps that lead to several different tiers of the play area.

"Big slide." Ami said with a smile as she started climbing the steps.

"Wait for us Ami!" Naru yelled as she ran after Ami, followed by everyone else.

"Tunnel." Ami happily stated as she wiggled her way into a bright blue tunnel.

"Wait for us Ami!" Shingo and Chibiusa both yelled as they quickly followed her.

"Okay." Ami replied as she stopped crawling and waited.

"I'm not fond of lines, come on Rei, let's take the spiral staircase to the next level." Minako said with a smile as she took Rei by the hand and lead her away.

"Wanna go with, Sarah?" Kaede asked as she held her hand out to Sarah.

"Sure! We'll meet the rest of yas further inside." Sarah replied and informed as she took Kaede's hand and walked with her to the stairs.

"I'm with them, you two can follow the little ones, I don't really wanna be on my knees like that at the moment." Usagi said with a smile as she also wandered off.

"Guess it's just you, me, and the kids, huh Mako." Naru giggled as she watched Ami, Shingo, and Chibiusa crawl down the tunnel.

"I guess so Naru." Mako answered with a smile.

"Well let's not let them get too far ahead." Naru said with a smile as she started crawling into the tunnel.

"I don't know Naru, it looks a bit small for me." Mako mumbled as she starred into the tunnel.

"It's roomier than it looks Mako, you should be fine. Now come on, we're on kid duty and we're loosing 'em!" Naru yelled as she continued crawling forward. Mako looked at the small tunnel and sighed, then against her better judgment started following Naru.

"How you doing Mako?" Naru asked as she continued chasing Ami and the others.

"Claustrophobic." Mako grumbled as she continued moving forward.

"Really? I didn't know you were claustrophobic, why didn't you ever tell any of us?" Naru asked in a surprised tone.

"It never really...came up, plus it's kinda my job to not...show fear. I am the senshi...of courage after all." Mako grunted as she wiggled her way after Naru.

"Being courageous and fearless are two different things Mako. Being fearless means that you literally fear nothing, while being courageous means pushing forward despite being afraid; and honestly, I'd rather you be courageous than fearless. You're an inspiration to people Mako, you all are. So remember that it's okay to be afraid, because there's no courage without fear, and without courage there'd be nothing for you to be the guardian of." Naru replied in a happy tone as she continued moving forward.

"Wow Naru, you're the first person who's ever said anything quite like that to me. Thank you, that actually makes me feel really good." Mako thanked with a small smile.

"You're welcome Mako, and I'll always be here for you if you ever wanna talk about the things that scare you." Naru informed with a smile as she crawled a few more inches down the tunnel. "There you are goober!" Naru yelled as she stared at Ami, who was sitting just outside the tunnel waiting for her.

"Yay! Naru!" Ami cheered as she stared at Naru.

"I'm coming for you Ami!" Naru yelled as she started crawling faster.

"Bye bye!" Ami yelled as she took off deeper into the play set.

"Come on Mako, we can't let her get too far!" Naru yelled as she scurried her way towards the tunnel exit.

"Hey, would you slow down and let me catch up?!" Mako yelled as she tried to wiggle faster down the tunnel. "Naru, you're...OH! Ugh, this is starting to chafe." Mako grumbled as she watched Naru move farther and farther away. "I'm stuck Naru, I could really use a hand about now! Hello?!" Mako shouted as she watched Naru start to exit the tunnel. "I realize the kids are your priority but come on, you can't seriously go off on your own and leave me like this! I know you can hear me!" Mako shouted as she struggled a bit more. "Naru, why are you such an idiot!" Mako shouted in frustration as she watched Naru exit the tunnel and run off. "Always be there for me my ass." Mako grumbled as she wiggled a little bit more before giving up. "Whatever, I'm sure someone will come down this tunnel eventually." Mako mumbled as she laid her head in her arms and waited to be rescued.

"I'm gonna get ya, I'm gonna get ya." Naru giggled as she chased after Ami and Chibiusa.

"Boo!" Shingo yelled as he jumped out from behind an big rubber bag.

"AH! Oh, Shingo, you scared me half to death. I'm telling Usagi that you almost killed me." Naru said with a breath as she stared at Shingo.

"Sorry Naru, I couldn't help it though, it was too perfect a chance." Shingo chuckled in response.

"You let the two little ones escape though and we're supposed to be watching them." Naru sighed as she looked around the area she was in. It was a large open area with several different exits of various types, and Naru had no idea which one lead to Ami and Chibiusa. "We're in trouble now, huh Mako." Naru said with a smile as she turned around to look at Mako. "Huh? Mako? Mako?!" Naru yelled as she made a few circles around the area she was in. "Hm, she must've gone down a different tunnel to cut the little ones off. Well Shingo, I guess I'll leave you to it while I go hunt down the younger ones, unless you wanna join me." Naru informed as she looked at the various exits.

"Sure Naru, I don't mind tagging along." Shingo replied with a smile.

"Thanks Shingo, it'll be nice to have some help, at least until I can meet up with Mako or one of the others. Thanks for taking the time Shingo, now let's go find the little rascals." Naru said with a smile as she spun around a few times, then just walked towards a random tube.

"I wonder what sis and the others are doing right now?" Shingo thought out loud as he started following Naru.

"Who knows, all I know is that they're not helping us at all." Naru grumbled as she started climbing up a sloped tunnel. While Naru and Shingo continued searching for Ami and Chibiusa, Sarah and the others had randomly bumped into each other near the top of the play set.

"There you guys are, have you seen Naru by any chance?" Usagi asked as she looked at everyone in the small group she was now part of.

"Not since we came in here. Rei and I were on our way to one of the slides when we bumped into you." Minako answered with a smile.

"The curly one er the straight one?" Sarah asked with a smile.

"Either or, we weren't going for any particular one." Rei answered with a smile.

"You mind if we tag along?" Kaede asked with a smile.

"Not at all, follow us." Minako answered as she and Rei started leading Sarah and Kaede down a long purple tunnel.

"Guess I'm on my own. I'm just gonna go down a random tunnel and see where it takes me." Usagi giggled to herself as she crawled over to the nearest split in the current tunnel. "Wow, I can't remember the last time I was in a play set like this. I kinda wanna do this again sometime, it feels so peaceful in here." Usagi said to herself with a content sigh as she continued moving through the tunnels.

"Naru!" Ami suddenly cried from somewhere ahead of Usagi.

"Ami?! Is that you Ami?!" Usagi yelled as she crawled towards Ami's voice.

"I'm scared!" Ami cried as she sat in the middle of a room with several tunnels leading out of it.

"Don't worry Ami, I'm coming!" Usagi yelled in a soft tone as she made her way towards the sound of Ami's cries. "There you are. What's wrong Ami, did you get lost?" Usagi asked as she climbed out of the tunnel and sat down by Ami.

"Sagi!" Ami yelled as she threw herself at Usagi and cried into her chest.

"There there, it's okay Ami. I'm here now, there's no need to cry anymore." Usagi quietly said as she gently ran her fingers through Ami's hair.

"I wanna go by mama." Ami said with a sniffle as she looked up at Usagi.

"Okay Ami, let's go over by the slide and we'll go see mama." Usagi said with a smile as she put Ami's hand on part of her shirt. "Now you hold onto my shirt so you don't get lost again okay." Usagi instructed as she looked at Ami.

"Kay." Ami quietly replied with a sniffle.

"Okay goober, let's go." Usagi said with a smile as she slowly started crawling down a large orange tunnel. While Usagi lead Ami towards a slide, poor Mako was about ready to blow a fuse.

"UH! You've gotta be kidding me, I can't believe this BS! First I'm dragged into a child's play set because heaven forbid I let Naru take care of Ami in my place, even though she's a bigger help than I am half the damn time! Then her petite ass leaves me stuck here so she can chase after my girlfriend, how the hell did she not hear me yelling for her?! Am I not loud or something, or is she just freaking deaf?!" Mako shouted in frustration as she tried again to wiggle out of her colorful plastic prison. "Damn it! This is hopeless, I give up, I'm not going anywhere without help. God I hate this, it's so cramped in here. I can't take it anymore, for the love of god, somebody please get me out of here! I don't like this, I'm scared! I wanna get out of here, somebody help!" Mako shouted as she broke down in tears. "Please, help me." Mako quietly cried as she laid her head in her hands and gave up again. As Mako continued to sit helplessly in her plastic prison, Usagi and Ami had finally found a slide.

"There's the slide Ami." Usagi said with a smile as she pointed at a large twisting slide.

"Yay!" Ami cheered as she scooted up to the edge of it. "Usagi come with?" Ami asked with a smile.

"I can't yet Ami, there's something I have to do real quick. But you can wait right there for Naru if you'd like, I'm sure her and the others are on their way right now." Usagi replied with a smile.

"Okay." Ami said as she sat at the edge of the slide, patiently waiting for someone to go down with her.

"Bye Ami, someone will be here soon to go down with you okay." Usagi informed as she started crawling away.

"Bye bye." Ami replied as she continued to wait patiently for another person.

"Ow! Hey, watch where you're crawling Usagi!" Rei snapped as she collided with Usagi while exiting a tunnel.

"Same to you, but I'm glad I found you Rei; have you seen anyone else?" Usagi asked with a smile.

"Yeah, Chibiusa's actually right behind me." Rei answered as she scooted over so Usagi could see Chibiusa.

"Good. Chibiusa, when you leave that tunnel I want you to go to the nearest slide okay, I left Ami there and told her someone would be coming over by her soon. Can you do that please?" Usagi asked with a smile.

"Sure Usagi, can we go down it?" Chibiusa asked with a smile.

"Not until either Naru or Shingo get there, so wait patiently with Ami please." Usagi instructed with a smile.

"But why?" Chibiusa pouted in response.

"Please don't argue Chibiusa, I know it seems weird but I have my reasons. So please, just this once, please listen to me okay." Usagi calmly instructed with a smile

"Okay Usagi." Chibiusa calmly answered as she snuck past Rei and headed towards the slide.

"What's wrong Usagi?" Rei asked once Chibiusa was out of earshot.

"One of us is in trouble Rei, but I don't know who. I can feel it in my heart though, so I wanna get everyone together and see if anyone's missing. If they are then we'll know who's in trouble, if they're not then something might be wrong with the outers. So be ready to sailor teleport if we need to." Usagi instructed as she started leading Rei down a different tube.

"Understood princess." Rei calmly replied as she continued following Usagi.

"Watch out below!" Minako shouted as she came tumbling down a staircase next them.

"Mina?!" Usagi and Rei both yelled in surprise.

"Good thing those steps are padded. Oh hey guys, what's up?" Minako asked with a smile.

"Usagi has a feeling that someone's in trouble, so she wants us all to meet up and see if it's any of us. If it's not then we'll have to call Haruka and the others to see what's wrong." Rei explained with a serious expression.

"I'm with you, let's get going." Minako replied as she crawled in line behind Rei. "So who's all missing yet?" Minako asked in a serious tone.

"Let me think. I sent Naru to the slide with Ami, Shingo, and Chibiusa; you, Rei, and I are here, so that leaves Sarah, Kaede, and Mako." Usagi answered as she continued crawling forwards.

"Let's find them fast." Rei said in a slightly worried tone.

"We're going as fast as we can Rei." Usagi replied as she continued crawling. While the group continued crawling around, Kaede and Sarah were just hanging out in the big open section.

"Oh I love this part, it's like a big foam bed. Soft ta the touch while at the same time rubbery and slick feeling. I love it." Sarah giggled as she looked over at Kaede.

"I like it to, thanks for bringing us here Sarah, I actually feel pretty happy. Happier than I've felt in a while." Kaede replied with a small smile.

"What do ya mean darling?" Sarah asked with a straight face.

"I don't know, I've just been having some trouble adjusting lately. I try and stay tough but, I don't know. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, it's just too much sometimes. I miss her, as much as I love you to pieces Sarah, I miss her." Kaede quietly said with a few tears.

"It's okay Kaede, no one expects ya not ta. Just don't bottle it up okay, it ain't good ta keep that stuff inside." Sarah quietly replied as she gently put a hand over Kaedes.

"Sarah, I..." Kaede started saying, until Usagi came crawling through one of the tunnels.

"There you two are, good, now the only one missing is Mako." Usagi said with a smile as she, Rei, and Minako exited the same tunnel.

"Wait, you found Ami but not sis?" Kaede asked with a surprised look.

"Yeah, I found her all alone in an area similar to this place. The poor girl was so scared when I found her, but she's with Naru and the others now, excluding Mako that is." Usagi explained with a straight face.

"That ain't like Mako ta leave Ami on her own like that, ya think she's okay?" Sarah asked with a straight face.

"I can't imagine anything too bad happening to her in a place like this, it's a kids play ground." Minako replied with a smile.

"Well that might be the problem, it's a kids play set and Mako ain't really kiddy sized if ya know what I mean." Sarah said with a small frown.

"What's that supposed to mean Sarah, are you calling my sis fat?" Kaede asked in a slightly aggravated tone.

"Never, that gal's got more muscle than you and I combined. That being said she is pertty tall, not ta mention a little on the bulky side compared ta the rest of us." Sarah quickly clarified.

"I guess you have a point there." Kaede replied with a thoughtful expression.

"Yeah, Mako is a little big to be in here I suppose. You think she got held up in a tight spot or something?" Minako asked as she looked over at Kaede.

"I wouldn't be surprised, whatever the case though we should probably split up and try to find her." Kaede suggested as she looked over to Usagi for her opinion.

"I agree, let's split into teams of two and search the place floor by floor. You and Sarah search this level, I'll search the middle, and Rei and Minako can search the bottom level. That good with all of you?" Usagi instructed and asked with a serious expression.

"That works for us Usagi, now let's get going." Rei replied as everyone split up and started their search. While the search party got down to business, Naru and Shingo were just entering a small padded intersection.

"This place looks familiar." Shingo said with a straight face as he looked around a little.

"That's because we just crawled in a big circle, let's go out the right tunnel this time instead of the front one and see where we end up." Naru suggested as she started crawling into a small purple tunnel.

"Where should we go after that, I think it splits at a T intersection." Shingo informed as he started following Naru.

"Let's go left. I don't know why, but I have this nagging urge to go left." Naru answered as she turned left into a bright yellow tunnel.

"I'll trust you, you normally have good instincts." Shingo said with a smile as he continued following Naru.

"You know what's funny, Ami said the same thing to me when we were in the vents at that warehouse we were being held in the other day." Naru informed in a happy tone as she continued moving down the tunnel.

"Was she right?" Shingo asked with a smile.

"Oddly enough she was, the shaft I picked ended up leading to a grate that we were able to use to get out. Hopefully my luck will still hold up here." Naru answered as she turned a corner. "Looks like I'm still lucky, hey Chibiusa." Naru greeted as she and Shingo crawled towards Ami and Chibiusa.

"Yay! Now we can go down the slide!" Chibiusa cheered as she got ready to go down the slide.

"Why didn't you just go?" Naru giggled as she stared at Chibiusa.

"Because Usagi was being weird and told us to wait for either you or Shingo." Chibiusa grumbled in response.

"That's strange, but knowing Usagi she had a good reason for doing that. But I'm here now so lets all four of us go down okay." Naru said with a smile as she sat down at the edge of the slide.

"Yay, big slide!" Ami cheered as she sat down in front of Naru.

"Are you okay taking Chibiusa down with you Shingo?" Naru asked as she prepared to go down the slide.

"Yeah I'm good, be careful though Naru. You might have to lean yourself and Ami back a bit so you don't hit your heads on the top." Shingo informed as he sat behind the two of them with Chibiusa.

"Thanks for the warning Shingo, we'll try and keep our heads." Naru giggled as she put an arm around Ami. "Ready. One, two, weeee!" Naru yelled as she pushed herself and Ami down the slide.

"WEEEE!" Ami cheered as she stared at the ceiling.

"All done Ami, now go over by your mama okay." Naru instructed once they reached the bottom.

"Kay." Ami replied with a smile as she ran off to go by Saeko and the other adults.

"Watch out Naru!" Shingo yelled as he and Chibiusa came down the slide.

"AH! Careful you maniacs!" Naru yelled with a playful scowl.

"Sorry Naru, we couldn't slow down." Shingo laughed as he and Chibiusa got off the slide.

"That's okay. Could you two go wait by Ami please, I'm gonna go see if I can find Usagi and the others real quick?" Naru asked with a smile as she started heading for the steps.

"Sure thing Naru." Shingo replied as he quickly followed after Ami and Chibiusa.

"Back to the fun." Naru giggled to herself as she started climbing the steps, until she reached the bright blue tunnel she'd originally entered through. "I've officially gone full circle now, might as well use this one since I know my way through this part." Naru said to herself as she started crawling into the tunnel. "Odd, I don't remember this part being so dark. I wonder if someone's standing in front of the exit?" Naru wondered to herself as she moved a little further down, until she found the actual cause of the diminished light. "Pardon me, would you mind going forward so I can reach the other side please?" Naru politely asked the person she'd run into.

"Oh my god, is someone actually back there?!" Mako yelled as she wiggled around a little.

"Is that you Mako?! What the heck are you doing, you just left me alone to watch over Ami and the other little ones!" Naru yelled in an upset tone as she glared at Mako's butt.

"I left you alone?! No way Naru! Don't you dare say that I left you! I've been yelling for help for the past twenty minutes, and no body's even noticed! I called for you and you completely ignored me and kept going!" Mako screamed in fit of rage.

"Help? Help with what Mako, what happened?" Naru asked in a confused tone as she stared at Mako.

"What happened?! Are you serious?! Take a wild guess Sherlock!" Mako yelled as she tried to jerk herself forward a bit. Naru watched for a second then burst out laughing.

"Oh my god! You're stuck! That is so funny, especially because you were getting on Minako earlier today about her and the slide!" Naru yelled as she doubled over laughing.

"SHUT UP! It's not funny Naru, it's not funny at all! Get me the hell out of here right now!" Mako screamed as she kicked her legs a bit.

"Jeez Mako, I'm just teasing. What are you so...Oh my god Mako, I am so sorry, it just hit me that you're claustrophobic. I'm so sorry Mako, I shouldn't've been so worried about Ami and the others. I should've stayed closer to you, but don't worry Mako, I'm gonna get you out of here okay." Naru quietly said as she studied Mako's predicament.

"How?! There's so much tunnel left on both ends, no matter what direction we go it's gonna be a nightmare trying to move me!" Mako asked though a rain of tears.

"We'll take it one inch at a time okay, take a deep breath and think about which direction you'd rather go. While you do that I'm gonna go and get the others okay. But I'm not leaving you, I'll be right back. Just take a deep breath and stay calm, I'm coming back Mako." Naru quietly informed as she gently rubbed what little bit of Mako's back she could reach.

"Okay. Just please don't leave me for long though, I'm really scared." Mako said with a sniffle and a few tears.

"I won't Mako, I promise." Naru replied as she backed out of the tunnel. "Usagi!" Naru yelled as she walked over to the stairs and stormed down them. "Usagi!" Naru yelled again as she reached the ground and ran towards the table.

"Oh hey Naru, grab a seat, they just brought the pizza out. We should holler up to Mako wherever she is and let her know." Usagi said with a smile as she pulled a chair out to sit down.

"Not yet, all of you need to come with me right now." Naru ordered as she grabbed Usagi's hand and started pulling her towards the play set.

"What's going on Naru?" Minako asked as she grabbed a plate.

"I'll explain in a minute, but you all need to come with me. Shingo, Chibiusa, stay here with Ami and everyone else please okay." Naru instructed as she dragged Usagi towards the stairs.

"Okay." Shingo answered as he looked at Chibiusa, who just shrugged in response.

"What's the commotion about Naru, why are you dragging us back to the play area?" Rei asked as she and everyone else followed Naru.

"Do any of you have any idea where Mako is?" Naru asked with a straight face.

"Now that you mention it we don't. We yelled for her and she didn't come, so we figured she wanted to keep hanging out in the play set." Minako answered with a shrug.

"Well you couldn't be more wrong Minako, now come on, poor Mako's in a tight spot." Naru informed as she dragged everyone up the steps to the tunnel.

"I knew someone was in trouble, I could feel it. We looked around and couldn't find anything so I thought maybe I was being paranoid." Usagi said with a worried expression.

"What's exactly's wrong Naru, all you said was that Mako's in a tight spot. Is she hurt or something?" Rei asked with a small frown.

"Not that I'm aware, she's just a little stuck." Naru answered with a straight face.

"You're joking right? That's so funny! What is that, the second time today?" Minako asked with a chuckle.

"It's not funny Minako, she's freaking out in there." Naru informed as she started crawling into the tunnel.

"Freaking out? What do you mean by..." Usagi was about to ask, until Mako started yelling again.

"NARU! Naru where are you?! You said you wouldn't leave me for long! Where are you?!" Mako shouted through her tears as she started panic a bit more.

"I'm right behind you Mako, we're coming!" Naru yelled as she lead everyone towards Mako.

"Thank god you're back! Get me out of here Naru, I can't take it anymore! Everything's just closing in on me, I wanna get out of here right now!" Mako cried as she kicked her legs some more.

"Wow Mako, and you got on me about being a baby on that slide earlier. This is just pathetic though." Minako said with a smirk as she stared at Mako.

"FUCK YOU MINAKO!" Mako screamed as she flailed her legs around.

"Jeez Mako, you don't need to get so snippy. It's not my fault you can't get out." Minako grumbled as she went to spank Mako.

"Enough!" Naru yelled as she grabbed Minako's hand mid swing. "Mako, do you wanna tell them or should I?" Naru calmly asked as she stared at Mako.

"Whatever gets me out faster!" Mako cried in response.

"What's going on here, why is she acting so...opposite of her usual calm self?" Rei asked with a small frown.

"She's severely claustrophobic. So being in here for as long as she's been was like living her worst nightmare." Naru answered with a small frown.

"Since when, she's never had problems with small spaces in the past? Has she?" Usagi asked with a small frown.

"I n-normally w-wouldn't be in a sp-space this tight. I wouldn't e-even try it." Mako stuttered through her tears.

"Then why would ya come in here then if ya don't like cramped places?" Sarah asked with a small frown.

"B-because I l-love Ami more than I h-hate small places." Mako answered through her down pour of tears.

"Ya faced two of yer biggest fears in just a few days, all fer Ami?" Sarah asked in a shocked tone.

"Mhm." Mako answered with a sniffle.

"Wow Mako, no wonder they call yas the senshi of courage. That's amazing that ya would do that fer the gal ya love." Sarah quietly said as she gently put a hand on Mako's leg.

"It really is, now let's get you out of here Mako." Naru said with a smile as she put a hand on Mako's back.

"H-how?" Mako asked with a sniffle.

"Let's see, we can try pulling you back out the way you came in, that or we can push you about two meters to the other side and just have you go down either the slide or the climbing gym." Kaede suggested in a thoughtful tone.

"N-not the slide. No more t-tunnels." Mako cried as she laid her head in her arms.

"Alright, we'll wiggle you down to the end and then we'll take the climbing gym down." Usagi informed as she got ready to give Mako a push.

"Okay." Mako quietly replied with a sniffle.

"Kaede, you and Sarah are the strongest so maybe one of you can go around to her front and see if you can pull her forward." Minako suggested as she looked at Kaede.

"I'll do it, the rest of you just push." Kaede replied as she scurried down an adjacent tunnel.

"Kaede's gonna come around and give you a pull Mako, but in the meantime the rest of us are gonna push okay." Rei informed as she and the others got ready to push.

"Okay." Mako replied with a few tears as she waited for Kaede.

"Okay sis, let's get you out of here." Kaede said with a smile as she reached for Mako's hands. "Gotch ya. Ready, and pull!" Kaede yelled as she pulled on Mako's arms with all her strength.

"Come on everyone, put your backs into it!" Usagi yelled as she and everyone else started pushing. Everyone pushed and pulled for a few minutes before Mako budged at all, but once she did it was a pretty quick rescue from that point.

"Come on sis, one more good pull!" Kaede shouted as she yanked on Mako's arms, pulling her from the tunnel as she did.

"Alright!" Minako yelled as she watched Mako tumble out of the tube.

"WOO! Way to go everyone!" Rei yelled with enthusiasm.

"Ya okay Mako?" Sarah asked with a smile as everyone started exiting the tunnel.

"I wanna get out of here." Mako cried as she cuddled up to Kaede for comfort.

"Don't worry Mako, it's a nice open path to the bottom now. We'll just go down these steps okay." Usagi quietly replied as she started leading everyone down the steps.

"I can't feel my legs." Mako quietly cried as she slowly stretched her legs out.

"That's not surprising considering how long they were crammed up for. Hold on sis, I've got you." Kaede said with a smile as she threw Mako into a piggyback and started carrying her down the steps.

"I'm never coming back here again." Mako quietly said with a few tears as Kaede carried her off the last step.

"I don't blame you sis." Kaede answered as she carried Mako over to the table.

"There you are! Where the heck were you Mako?" Saeko asked as Kaede set Mako on a chair.

"Mama Mizuno!" Mako cried as she threw herself at Saeko.

"What is it Mako?! What happened, are you hurt?! What's going on sweetie?!" Saeko yelled as she wrapped her arms around Mako.

"She's been stuck in one of the tunnels this whole time. It happened when her and Naru were chasing Ami and Chibusa earlier." Usagi quietly explained as she sat down by Chibusa.

"It happened when she was chasing us? That means she's been in that same spot for almost thirty minutes then." Chibusa quietly said as she looked at Mako.

"What?! Oh my god Mako, why didn't you yell for us?!" Saeko asked in a shocked tone as she stared at Mako.

"You think I didn't?! I've been screaming my damn head off almost the whole fucking time!" Mako shouted as she stared at Saeko with tears pouring from her eyes.

"MAKO! I'm sorry you had a bad experience but watch your language in front of the kids." Saeko scolded as she stared at Mako with a shocked expression.

"Ta hell with my damn language, I was terrified up there! It was so cramped and stuffy, the whole time it felt like it was just closing in on me from every direction! I was so scared, I was more afraid in there than I was about flying out here! I wouldn't go through something like that again if my life depended on it! It was like living in my second worst nightmare!" Mako cried as she clung to Saeko.

"Mako, are...are you claustrophobic?" Saeko quietly asked as she put her arms around Mako.

"Yeees!" Mako cried as she continued to cling to Saeko.

"Oh baby." Saeko quietly said as she tried to comfort Mako. "Shh, it's okay, it's okay now. You're out, you're okay Mako." Saeko quietly said as she gently ran her fingers through Mako's hair.

"I don't know why I'm like this or where this fear came from, I never use to be afraid of small spaces. When I was little I use to build dirt piles in the backyard and dig a little hole in it so it'd be like a bunny home. I always made the hole just big enough to get through, and the inside was just tall enough to sit up in. But at some point after my fourth birthday I just hated it, I hated small cramped places. I took that den I made and tore it apart. I don't know where that fear came from though." Mako quietly cried as she continued to hold onto Saeko.

"This started after your fourth birthday?" Saeko quietly asked as she stared at Mako.

"Yeah, so what?" Mako asked with a sniffle.

"I think I know where your fear came from Mako. Correct me if I'm wrong, and forgive me for bringing this up, but that's around the time your parents died if I'm not mistaken." Saeko quietly said with a small frown.

"Mhm, but what would that have to do with anything?" Mako asked with a sniffle as she stared at Saeko.

"Mako, I know it's not easy to do this, but I want you to think back to that day and tell me what you remember about it." Saeko quietly instructed with a small frown.

"Why, I hate remembering that day?" Mako asked with a few more tears.

"I know you do, and I'm really sorry to ask you to, but I need all the information I can get to help me understand why you feel the way you do about small spaces." Saeko quietly replied with a straight face.

"Okay, I'll try. Let's see, mom and dad woke me up around five in the morning and told me to grab my bag. So I got up, grabbed the bag I had packed and...wait a minute, why would I have packed a bag? I was only going next door to my neighbor's house, so why would I have packed a whole suitcase for that?" Mako quietly asked as she tried to think back on her memory. "I don't understand, I don't...why am I remembering it like this? This is never how I remember it, why is my memory different? What's going on with me mama Mizuno?" Mako quietly asked as she stared at Saeko.

"Your traumatic experience in the tunnel up there is bringing some of your repressed memories to the surface Mako, I never said anything to you because I didn't wanna push you too hard. But the truth is, what you remember about that day is wrong." Saeko quietly informed with a small frown.

"Wrong? How could that be, how would you know anything about it?! How do you know what happened better than I do?! That's not possible, you're confusing me and twisting my memories!" Mako screamed as she suddenly stood up and glared at Saeko.

"I'm not the one twisting your memories Mako, you're the one who's twisting your memories, who's been twisting your memories." Saeko calmly replied as she stared at Mako.

"I don't understand! What are you trying to tell me?!" Mako shouted through quivering lips as tears flowed from her eyes.

"The day that plane went down it was originally believed that there were no survivors, but that was before an investigator found a little girl under a pile of debris, almost two days after the crash. Mako, the little girl that investigator found buried and trapped under that pile of hot cramped debris, was you." Saeko calmly informed as she stared at Mako.

"No. No, that, that can't be true. I wasn't there, I wasn't with them! That's not possible, it's not possible! I...I...Oh god I'm gonna be sick!" Mako shouted as she ran out of the room and stumbled her way into the restroom, just before throwing up.

"Oh my god. Was that really what happened Mizuno-San?" Ikuko quietly asked as she stared at Saeko.

"Yes, I treated her myself in the E.R the day she was rushed in. After that day I didn't see her again for almost ten years, not until I found out Ami had a crush on her. But by that point it'd been so long that I thought it was just a coincidence that she looked similar to that girl, I guess Mr. Gibbs was right though, there's no such thing. Anyways, after we met she told me about her past and I couldn't help but think about that girl they brought in that day, but I never put it together until the night Ami was attacked. Mako spent the night as you know and after we got Ami to try and get some rest we talked a little bit and some things started to click for me, but I didn't wanna bring it up after everything she was already going through with her new feelings for Ami and the new threat she'd have to deal with. So I let it go and forgot about it until just now. If I'd just talked to her that day then maybe she wouldn't've felt the way she did today. I need to get her into regular therapy, god only knows what that poor girl is still repressing from that awful day. It's bad enough to loose your parents like that at such a young age, but to have it happen right next to you would be unimaginably horrific. I can't imagine how scared she must've been under that rubble, especially with her parents lying so close to her, dead or dying right there next to her. All she could do was watch it happen." Saeko quietly said with a few tears. "I should probably go and check on her." Saeko quietly said as she wiped her tears away.

"No, let me do it. If she sees you upset like that it'll only fuel her own pain, I'll get her." Kaede quietly said as she stood up and left the room. "Sis." Kaede quietly said as she slowly opened the restroom door.

"Oh god, I can't, I can't..." Mako said through frantic breaths as she threw up again.

"Sis." Kaede quietly said as she gently knocked on the stall door.

"I can't! I can't Kaede, I...I..." Mako frantically spoke as she vomited once more.

"Can I come in Mako?" Kaede quietly asked as she lightly grabbed the door handle.

"I don't, I don't wanna..." Mako spoke once again as she continued vomiting.

"I'm gonna come in sis, so just watch the door okay." Kaede quietly spoke as she listened for Mako's response. "Sis, did you hear me?" Kaede quietly asked as she pressed her ear against the door and listened. There was nothing though, not a sob, nor a sniffle, not even a breath. "Mako! Mako open the door!" Kaede shouted as she banged on the door. Mako remained silent in the small stall though, dead silent. "That's it, watch the door Mako, I'm coming in!" Kaede shouted as she kicked the door in with one swift motion. "SIS!" Kaede screamed as the door flew open and she found Mako lying on the ground, clutching the left side of her chest. "Mako! Mako wake up!" Kaede yelled as she shook Mako a few times. "Europa moon power, make up!" Kaede called out as she threw her hand in the air. Within seconds Sailor Europa stood over Mako, already activating her visor and summoning her bag. "Oh my god! Oh my god she has no life signs! Hang in there sis!" Europa yelled as she rolled Mako onto her back and started chest compressions. "Come on Mako, wake up!" Europa yelled as she finished the set and grabbed her communicator. "You people better answer!" Europa yelled as she pushed a random button.

"This can't be good." Minako mumbled as she pulled her communicator out and answered it. "Minako speaking." Minako said in a flat tone as she stared at her communicator screen.

"Call an ambulance right now, Mako's having a heart attack! I've started compression and I'm gonna hook her up to my AED, but we need transport now!" Europa shouted as she started another set of compressions.

"WHAT?! Oh my god, we'll be right there!" Minako yelled as she jumped up from the table. "Go start your ambulance Sarah and be ready to leave A-SAP, someone call the hospital and let them know what's going on!" Minako ordered as she quickly took charge of the situation.

"I'm going to help Kaede!" Saeko yelled as she ran out of the room.

"I'll go start my ambulance, I ain't got a gurney though!" Sarah informed as she ran towards the door.

"I thought you said the lights and siren didn't work though!" Usagi yelled as she ran after Sarah.

"Maybe they will now, remember that Abby was messing around with it. Even if they don't work though, we's still better off taking mine instead of waiting fer a real one ta come!" Sarah replied as she opened her door and started the vehicle.

"Mako!" Saeko shouted as she burst into the restroom.

"Clear!" Europa yelled as she shocked Mako.

"Shocked delivered, resume CPR." The machine instructed as Europa started another set of compressions.

"Let me take over Kaede!" Saeko yelled as she kneeled down by Mako and Europa.

"Not now, let me do my job!" Europa yelled as she started another set of compressions.

"I'm a doctor, Kaede! Let me take over!" Saeko yelled as she stared at Europa.

"Not yet!" Europa shouted as she flipped through some different views on her visor. "She has a heart rhythm again but it's irregular, one direct shock should be enough to restore a normal rhythm." Europa informed as she put a hand over Mako's heart.

"What the hell are you about to do Kaede?!" Saeko shouted as she stared at Kaede.

"My job." Europa answered as she concentrated an electrical current into her hand, then sent it directly into Mako's heart. "That's it, normal rhythm's been restored, she's safe to transport." Europa informed as she unhooked the defibrillator from Mako and tossed it back in her bag.

"What about breathing?" Saeko asked in a panicked tone as she stared at Mako.

"Any second now." Europa answered as she watched Mako. Saeko looked back at Mako and was relieved to see her chest rising and falling with each breath she took.

"Thank goodness." Saeko quietly said as she gently held Mako's hand.

"She's not out of the woods yet, but she's on the right path at least." Europa calmly informed as she reached into her bag and pulled a collapsible stretcher from it. "Gently roll her on her side so I can get the stretcher under her." Europa instructed as she unfolded the stretcher and locked it together.

"Okay." Saeko replied as she rolled Mako onto her side and held her there. Europa quickly slid the stretcher into position and looked up at Saeko.

"It's in place, go ahead and let her down easy." Europa informed as she gently grabbed the sides of Mako's head.

"Okay." Saeko quietly replied as she and Europa gently laid Mako on the stretcher.

"Grab your end and lift on my mark. Three, two, one, lift." Europa instructed as she and Saeko lifted the stretcher, then started leaving the restroom. "Good, now let's get moving." Europa calmly said as she lead Saeko towards the door.

"Coming in!" Usagi yelled from outside the door as she opened it up. "Here, lay her down on the gurney." Usagi instructed as she and Rei rolled Sarah's gurney into the restroom.

"Thanks guys." Europa thanked as she and Saeko gently set Mako down.

"Strap her in and let's go." Saeko said in a slightly frantic tone as she hooked the bottom straps and Europa hooked the top straps.

"We're good, now let's get moving." Europa calmly said as she and Saeko started wheeling Mako towards the exit.

"How is she?" Naru asked as she watched Mako wheel past her and Ami.

"Stable for now, but we need to move fast." Europa answered as she and Saeko wheeled Mako out the front door.

"Why Mako on rolly bed?" Ami quietly asked as she looked at Naru.

"Because Mako has a boo boo on her heart Ami, so she has to go see a doctor now." Naru quietly answered as she picked Ami up and held her close.

"Why Mako heart have boo boo?" Ami quietly asked with a small frown.

"Because the truth was too painful Ami, it hurt her heart." Naru quietly answered as she started following Saeko and Europa.

"Why?" Ami asked with a small frown.

"That's just the way life is sometimes Ami, sometimes things aren't what you thought they were, and it hurts to learn that." Naru quietly answered as she hugged Ami as tight as she could.

"Life meanie, it hurt Mako." Ami grumbled as she watched Kaede and Saeko load Mako into Sarah's ambulance.

"Yeah, it did Ami. It really did." Naru quietly replied as she watched the ambulance start driving away.

"Mako...gonna make it." Ami quietly said with a small yawn as she laid her head on Naru's shoulder.

"I know, she's a strong girl Ami. She's gonna make it just fine." Naru quietly replied with a smile.

"Kaede, big trouble now." Ami quietly said as she fell asleep.

"What was that Ami?" Naru asked as she looked at Ami. "Get some rest goober, we'll go visit Mako in a little bit." Naru quietly said as she carried Ami back inside.

"She gonna be okay?" Emily asked with a small frown as Naru sat down next to her.

"I think so, Mako's a very strong person. I think the horror of that realization just threw her body for a loop, but Mako's tough and she always bounces back. We'll just have to make sure to be there for her now more than ever, at least until she can come to terms with everything." Naru explained with a small sigh.

"Y're pertty wise fer a gal yer age Naru, no wonder they all rely so much on ya fer mental support. I know we ain't known each other long, but I can tell that y're a gal who's gonna do great things fer this world Naru." Jud said with a smile as he looked at Naru and Ami.

"Thank you, I really hope I can live up to those expectations. Especially considering Usagi's destiny, I'm really gonna have to work hard if I wanna even try to compete with that." Naru chuckled as she ran her fingers through Ami's hair.

"I don't think you give yourself enough credit Naru, you're so much stronger than you realize. Remember that day at school when Usagi freaked out and went up to the roof? You went up there having no idea what you would be walking into, and your only concern was Usagi's safety. She had two guns, gear powered by pressurized gas, and super powers. Any one of those things could've been the death of you, but you went right up there without a second thought; and you actually got through to her, something that even her father and I couldn't do. You have a gift Naru, and you're gonna do amazing things with it." Ikuko said with a smile as she hugged Naru. "I'm so glad that Usagi wants to be with you instead of Mamoru, now I know she'll always be taken care of, physically and mentally. Thank you Naru." Ikuko quietly said as she hugged Naru.

"You're welcome Ikuko-San." Naru quietly replied as she hugged Ikuko back.

"I suppose we should head ta the hospital now and see how they're all doing." Jud suggested as he stood up from the table.

"That's probably a good call Jud." Emily replied as she and everyone else stood up.

"Is there gonna be room in the truck?" Naru asked as she looked at Jud.

"If there ain't then I'll just walk, it ain't far ta the hospital from here. It's about two miles er so." Jud informed as he lead everyone out the front door.

"Thanks hon." Emily thanked as she walked up to the truck and unlocked it. "Let's see, we's got one more than we did before right?" Emily asked as she opened the truck.

"No, there should be four more. Me, Ami, Shingo, and Chibiusa." Naru informed as she looked around. "Where are Shingo and Chibiusa?!" Naru yelled as she looked around some more.

"They're probably still in the play set, they went back in after they heard all the commotion when you guys were helping Mako." Ikuko answered as she started walking back towards the front door.

"Shit. Ami wait here with everyone while I go look for Shingo and Chibiusa okay." Naru instructed as she handed Ami to Kenji, then started running back into the building. "Stay here please Tsukino-San, there's no point coming with. Chibiusa's probably going back to one of the slides at the top, and if she's not then I'm gonna have to crawl in the damn play set and find her." Naru instructed as she whipped the door open and ran inside.

"Should someone go with?" Emily asked as she watched the door close.

"No, I think Naru needs some time alone right now. Let's just wait in the truck, if she's not back in twenty minutes then we'll go look for her." Ikuko answered as she looked over at Kenji. "You got her?" Ikuko giggled as she watched Kenji try and hold onto Ami.

"I think so, but she's definitely the heaviest two year old I've ever met." Kenji chuckled as he shifted Ami up a few inches.

"Chibiusa!" Naru shouted as she burst into the play room. "Shingo!" Naru shouted again as she looked around. "Great, I'm gonna have to go and look for them. UGH! I don't have time for this crap!" Naru shouted as she started up the spiral staircase to the top level. "Chibusa! Shingo, Chibiusa, it's time to go!" Naru yelled as she crawled through the first tunnel. "Come on you two, we need to go!" Naru yelled again as she continued moving towards the slide.

"Huh?" Chibiusa said as she leaned back and looked towards Naru. "Hi Naru! Did you come to play with us some more?" Chibisua asked with a smile as she waited by the slide for Naru.

"I wish Chibisua, but we have to go. So let's get down the slide and head outside okay." Naru instructed as she sat down behind Chibiusa.

"But why? We've only been here for a little bit, and I'm still hungry." Shingo asked with a small pout as he looked at Naru.

"Something happened, so we have to go okay." Naru quietly answered as she put an arm around Chibusa.

"What happened?" Chibusa asked in a concerned tone as she looked back at Naru.

"Mako had a heart attack." Naru quietly answered as in a sad tone.

"A heart attack?! Mako had a heart attack?! Are you sure it was Mako, I thought only out of shape people had heart attacks." Chibisua quietly said as she and Shingo stared at Naru with shocked expressions.

"That's not true Chibisua, granted it may be more common amongst people who aren't as physically fit, but it can happen to anyone." Naru informed as all three of them started down the slide.

"How'd it happen Naru?" Shingo asked with a frown as they reached the bottom.

"Mako's heart attack was caused by an overwhelming amount of stress that she just endured." Naru explained with a frown as she picked Chibiusa up and started carrying her out of the play room.

"What kind of stress?" Chibiusa asked with a small frown.

"She uncovered a repressed memory about the day her parents died. It was such a shock to her that her heart gave out." Naru answered as she carried Chibiusa outside.

"What could've shocked Mako so much that her heart stopped?" Shingo asked with a sad expression.

"The crash that took her parents, she had her entire memory about that day wrong. She wasn't at home with her neighbor because she was sick or whatever she originally told us a while back, she was on the plane with them, and she was the only survivor out of the entire flight." Naru quietly explained as she put Chibiusa in the truck.

"Poor Mako, that must've been so scary." Chibiusa quietly said as Naru buckled her in.

"I can't even imagine. She was only about your age when it happened which makes it that much worse. It's no wonder a revelation like that made her heart give out, that would've given anyone a stress induced heart attack." Naru quietly said as she bucked Shingo in, then put her own seatbelt on.

"Y'all good?" Jud asked as he looked in the rear view mirror at Naru and Chibiusa.

"Yeah, let's get to the hospital now please." Naru quietly said as she wrapped an arm around Chibiusa.

"Ya ain't gotta be tough now, that's the adults job. If ya gotta cry then let it out, I can tell ya wanna." Jud quietly said as he started driving.

"It's all my fault! I did this to Mako! If I had just been paying more attention or even thought for a second that she'd be too big for the tunnels then this never would've happened! I did this, I killed Mako!" Naru yelled as she broke down in tears.

"Don't talk like that Naru, there was no way you could've known this was gonna happen; and she's not dead, she's stable and on her way to the hospital. Plus she has doctor Mizuno and Kaede there to watch over her, she couldn't be in better hands. No matter what happens though, she would never want you to blame yourself Naru, that's not the kind of person Mako is." Ikuko quietly said as she hugged Naru.

"I hope she's okay." Naru quietly cried as she clung to Ikuko. While Jud drove everyone towards the hospital as fast as he could, Sarah was just pulling up to the front door.

"We're here, let's get going." Sarah instructed as she put the ambulance in park.

"I can't move her yet, her rhythm's out of sync again! Go inside and find a doctor, then tell them to get the cardiologist on standby! Tell them we've got a seventeen year old female with an abnormal heart rhythm who's coded once and received about six sets of compressions and two shocks!" Europa ordered as she summoned her bag and pulled her AED out again.

"On it!" Sarah yelled as she jumped out of the ambulance and ran towards the doors.

"Good evening ma'am, how can I help ya today?" A woman behind a desk asked with a soft smile.

"I need a doctor right now, and I need the cardiologist paged and put on standby! My friend's a seventeen year old female who's heart stopped a while ago, she received 'bout six sets of compressions and two shocks. Her heart started beating again and we transported her here, but her heart stopped again and my girlfriend's doing compressions and she's got our friend hooked to an AED now! Can ya help us?!" Sarah yelled as she stared at the woman behind the desk. The woman stared at her for a second as she processed everything she'd just been told.

"I'm on it." The woman replied as she grabbed her phone and pushed a few buttons. "We have a code blue at the main entrance, code blue at the main entrance! I need any available personal ta respond immediately, I also need the cardiologist ta the scene!" The woman instructed through the over head page system. "Help's on the way young lady, just wait here fer help okay." The woman instructed as she stood up and started running towards the door.

"Thank ya ma'am, y're a blessing." Sarah said with a sniffle as she watched the woman run out the door.

"Stand clear y'all, help's..." The woman started yelling, until she saw the chaos that was unfolding.

"Fuck the AED, it's not doing shit anymore! Mizuno-San, start compressions! I'll get an air bag from my kit and give her rescue breaths, hopefully we can at least keep her cells alive until we can get her to the E.R or even the O.R! The rest of you stand clear and give us space!" Europa ordered as she pulled a bag mask device out of her kit and started giving rescue breaths.

"There's gotta be something we can do Kaede!" Usagi shouted as she stared at Europa.

"Well unless your fancy new form can un-fuck a royally fucked situation then stay the hell out of our way!" Europa shouted as she continued giving rescue breaths.

"I don't understand why this is happening?! Even Ami was never this hard to revive before!" Minako yelled as she stared at Mako's body.

"It's because she's giving up! She has no will to pull through!" Europa yelled as she took the bag off Mako's face and slapped her.

"Kaede!" Usagi shouted as she ran towards Europa.

"Wake up sis! After all that shit you're just gonna give up on us like this?! Huh?! Is that it, are you giving up you sorry excuse for a Jovian?!" Europa screamed as she slapped Mako again.

"That's enough Kaede! That's not gonna help!" Usagi yelled as she grabbed Kaede from behind and held her arms up.

"Get off of me Usagi! I know what I'm doing!" Europa shouted as she flung Usagi to the ground.

"The hell you do, you just slapped a dead woman!" Rei shouted as she stepped between Mako and Europa.

"She's dead because she's being weak and giving up! She needs to fight, she needs motivation to fight!" Europa screamed as she tried to slap Mako again.

"No Kaede, that's not gonna help!" Rei yelled as she grabbed Europa's arm with one hand, then pulled her into a hug with the other.

"No! I can't loose her, I can't loose Mako like this! I can't loose someone else like this! I can't do it Rei! Why am I so weak, why can't I save the people I love?!" Europa cried as she fell to her knees with Rei. "I can't let her go! Maaakooo!" Europa cried as she clung to Rei.

"Oh this don't look good." Jud quietly said as he pulled up to the hospital.

"Doctor." The nurse quietly said as she watched a doctor check for Mako's vitals. The doctor looked at her and lightly shook his head.

"T.O.D, seventeen thirty-five." The doctor quietly said as he draped a sheet over Mako.

"What the hell's going on here?!" Jud yelled as he stopped the car and everyone got out.

"Y're gonna have ta take a different entrance sir." The doctor informed as he looked at Jud.

"Mako!" Naru yelled as she ran from the truck with Ami in her arms. "Where is she?! Where's Mako, is she okay?!" Naru yelled as she ran towards Usagi.

"Naru!" Usagi cried as she ran over to Naru.

"What's going on Usagi, where's Mako?!" Naru yelled as she looked around. Usagi just shook her head and looked at the gurney. "No. No that can't be, she can't be...Mako." Naru quietly said as she dropped Ami out of Shock.

"Owie!" Ami yelled as she hit the ground with a thud.

"Oh Mako, this is all my fault. I'm so sorry." Naru cried as she fell to her knees.

"Mako?" Ami quietly said as she walked over to the gurney. "Mako." Ami quietly said as she pulled the sheet off. "Mako." Ami said again as she lightly shook Mako. "Mako sleepy?" Ami asked as she poked Mako a few times. "Mako wake up. Mako wake up now!" Ami yelled as she patted on Mako's chest.

"Knock it off Ami! She's dead! She's dead and you can't wake her up! So stop it!" Europa shouted as she grabbed Ami and threw her to the side.

"Kaede mean!" Ami shouted as she stared at Europa .

"You're damn right I am, now stop touching my sister!" Europa screamed as she stared at Ami.

"My Mako!" Ami yelled as she ran at Europa. Europa had had enough, she pulled her arm back and waited until Ami was close enough, then she delivered a hard fast punch directly into her stomach.

"Kaede!" Naru shouted as she grabbed Europa from behind and slammed her into the ground. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you for hurting Ami like that, I'm tired of you taking your pain out on the people who wanna help you! Ami's known Mako since before we even knew you existed! Mako was her girlfriend, her first love! She was everything to Ami, how dare you do that to her!" Naru screamed as she started punching Europa over and over again. "You lay there and think about what you did, and how disappointed Mako would be in you for doing it!" Naru yelled as she got off of Europa and walked over by Ami. "It's okay Ami, everything's gonna be okay." Naru quietly said as she held her arms out to Ami, but Ami cowered from her as she backed up until she bumped into her mom. "Ami?" Naru quietly asked as she stared at Ami, until she caught a glimpse of her hands. "Oh my god, what have I done?" Naru quietly gasped as she stared at her hands, watching as Kaede's blood dripped from her scraped and split knuckles.

"Wow, looks like even the angle can snap every now and then." Europa laughed as she spit some blood out and stood up. "I never realized just how weak and pathetic you really were Naru. You call that a punch, let me show you how a real woman throws a punch." Europa said with a wicked grin as she started walking towards Naru.

"How about...I show you...both." Mako quietly said as she grabbed Europa's hand and pulled her down to her level, then delivered a solid right hook to her jaw.

"Mako!" Everyone yelled as they stared in shock of what they'd just seen.

"Don't you ever...put your hands on my...little blueberry again. If you do, I'll...rip your damn hands off." Mako quietly said as she stared into Europa's eyes.

"Sis." Europa quietly said as she stared down at Mako.

"How is this possible?! She was dead! I mean she was completely dead just a few moments ago!" Usagi yelled as she and everyone else stared at Mako.

"I tried to go to heaven, but they said go back. I said fuck you I don't wanna, so then they sent me to hell and the devil said no way, so they threw me back here with you poor schmucks." Mako said with a smile as she stared at everyone.

"Mako!" Everyone yelled as they all crowded around her and tried to hug her.

"Ow, okay, that's too much love." Mako quietly said as she looked over at Ami.

"My Mako." Ami quietly said as she nuzzled her cheek against Mako's hand.

"My little blueberry." Mako quietly replied as she patted Ami's head.

"I...I have no words. Let's just take our miracles where we can get them I guess. Let's get her to E.R one and get her checked out." The doctor said with a stunned expression as he grabbed part of the gurney.

"Can we come with?" Usagi asked as she started following the doctor.

"Yeah, but you'll have to wait in the waiting room, at least until we move her into a room of her own." The doctor instructed as he and a nurse moved Mako onto an elevator.

"Wait outside the E.R and we'll bring her out after we've looked her over." The nurse said with a smile as the elevator doors closed.

"Kaede, what the hell was that out there? I can't believe you would do that to Ami, you need to pull your head out of your ass and find a better way to grieve! Ami was heartbroken about her only love and you turned around and punched her! Imagine if one of us had done that to you after Sasha died, imagine how horrible that would feel to not only loose the one you loved but then be attacked by your friend for no reason at all! You need to get a grip Kaede! You're dismissed." Usagi snapped as she walked away and sat down.

"Usagi." Naru quietly said as she watched Usagi walk past her.

"Don't you say anything Naru! You're no better than Kaede! I know you wanna protect Ami, but look at your hands Naru! Look at them! They're covered in blood, they're covered in Kaede's blood! That's not who you are Naru, you can't allow yourself to be corrupted by our demons! Ami was terrified of you after that, you're supposed to be Ami's rock when she's like this!" Usagi yelled as she stared at Naru.

"I know, I'm so sorry Usagi. I just...I don't know. When I saw her attack Ami like that I just...I don't understand what happened. I blacked out Usagi, I don't know why I did that. I'm so sorry, I can't believe I did that to her. What have I done, Ami's gonna be afraid of me now. She's not gonna have a rock anymore, just because I couldn't control my emotions. I'm so sorry Usagi, I'm sorry Kaede! I let you all down!" Naru cried as she ran off down a hallway.

"Naru." Ami quietly said as she started wandering in the same direction.

"God, I can't believe this. All because we dragged her into chuckle cheddars play set. This is a nightmare." Minako quietly said as she looked down at the ground.

"We're all at fault here, we should've been taking care of Ami so that she didn't feel obligated to go in there. We should've offered instead of assuming she'd ask us to do it. We should know Mako better than that by now, she'll rarely if ever admit to being afraid unless she's pushed enough. How could we all have been so blind to her feelings." Rei quietly said with a small frown.

"How could none of us've even noticed that she was in that thang. That's the real issue here, she was in troubled and none of us had any idea till Usagi said somthang. What kind of friends does that make us, hell, what kinda people does that make us." Sarah quietly said with a small frown.

"It makes us human, prone to errors and mistakes. We're not gods, we don't know everything. There might not have been any way to avoid this unless we'd kept her out of there in the first place. Either way, we can't dwell on the should'ves and could'ves. We need to focus on doing what we can to help her recover, and a big part of that is gonna be taking care of Ami in her place, at least until she's either feeling better or Ami's back to normal." Usagi replied with a sad sigh.

"Speaking of Ami, where is she?" Ikuko asked as she looked around a little bit.

"Oh you've gotta be shitting me. Did she wander off?!" Rei yelled as she stood up and looked around.

"She was just here not more than thirty seconds ago!" Minako yelled as she also stood up and looked around.

"Well she ain't no more!" Sarah yelled as she also started looking around.

"Calm down everyone. Knowing Ami she went after Naru, you said it yourself that Naru's her rock. Despite everything that just happened she's still drawn to Naru for the most part. Let's just calm down, let the staff know, and then we'll split up and search." Saeko quietly said as she calmly stood up.

"Okay." Usagi quietly replied as everyone started following Saeko to the front desk. While Saeko explained what had happened to a staff member, Ami had wandered several floors higher than what she'd started on.

"Shiny thing go to fun girl." Ami said with a smile as she held Abby's charm in her hand.

"Good evening miss, may I help you?" A nurse asked as Ami stopped in front of her.

"Shiny thing go to pretty girl." Ami answered as she held the charm up.

"Someone gave you a charm because they thought you were pretty?" The nurse asked in a confused tone.

"Not mine, it go to pretty girl with fancy boots." Ami answered with a smile.

"I don't...who are you?" The nurse asked as she stared at Ami.

"Ami." Ami answered as she held the charm out to the nurse.

"Okay. Well Ami, do you know the pretty girls name?" The nurse asked as she continued to stare at Ami with a mixture of confusion and irritation.

"Um..." Ami thought for a second as she looked at the charm. "No." Ami answered as she shook her head back and forth.

"Then I'm afraid I can't help much miss, unless you can describe this...pretty girl as you say." The nurse replied with fake smile.

"Pony tail and big boots." Ami answered with a smile.

"This is Texas, there are a lot of women with pony tails and big boots." The nurse sighed, clearly unable to hide her frustration any more.

"Give to pretty girl?" Ami asked as she held the charm up again.

"I can't give that to the pretty girl because the pretty girl needs a name! What is the girls name?!" The nurse yelled as she finally lost her patients with Ami.

"I believe that pretty girl she's describing would be Abigail." Ducky said with a smile as he came out of the restroom.

"Doctor Mallard, you startled me. How is Ms. Sciuto by the way?" The nurse asked with a smile as she turned around and looked at ducky.

"Other than her obsessive asking about her charm she's well." Ducky answered as he looked at Ami. "Well hello again Ms. Mizuno, it's been a little while hasn't it?" Ducky asked with a smile as he held his hand out to Ami.

"Give to pretty girl?" Ami asked as she held the charm out to Ducky.

"You're funny Ms. Mizuno, no offense but I never pegged you as the humorous type." Ducky chuckled as he looked at Ami. Ami just cocked her head at him in confusion.

"What do you mean by that?" The nurse asked as she looked at Ducky.

"This young woman has an IQ of over three-hundred, so it's funny to see her act so childish. Quite a good joke if I do say so myself, you'd never guess she was that smart if you didn't know her." Ducky lightly laughed as he looked back at the nurse.

"She's just been pranking me?! That's not funny lady, I have things to do and you're just screwing with me for some sick kicks! You should be ashamed of yourself, have some respect!" The nurse yelled as she glared at Ami. Ami stared at her with quivering lips as tears slowly started to fall from her eyes.

"Everybody mean! I want mama!" Ami cried as she sat down on the floor and balled her eyes out.

"Or perhaps, this situation is out of her control. Back when I was a student in London, I remember in one of my psychology classes talking about different ways that the brain protects itself from trauma. Considering the sheer amount of trauma she's been through, this very well could be a defensive tool called age regression lock. If that's the case, then she likely has no control over what she's saying or doing, and most likely won't even remember most of this after she returns to normal." Ducky explained as he kneeled down by Ami. "Tell me little one, how old are you?" Ducky asked with a sweet smile as he titled Ami's head up.

"This old." Ami answered with a sniffle as she held two fingers up.

"Really? Are you messing with me?" Ducky asked in a playful tone. Ami lightly shook her head no. "So what brings you all the way here, did you come just to give Abby her charm back?" Ducky asked with a smile.

"No. Mako heart no work. Kaede give shockie shock and it still no work." Ami answered with a sniffle.

"Your friend's heart stopped?" The nurse quietly asked as she stared at Ami.

"Mhm." Ami answered with a small frown.

"I-I'm so sorry." The nurse quietly said as she stared at Ami with a sad expression.

"Give pretty lady charm." Ami quietly said as she held the charm out to Ducky again.

"Why don't you give it to Abby yourself, I'm sure she'd love to see you again." Ducky said with a smile as he held his hand out to Ami.

"Okay." Ami quietly replied as she took Ducky's hand and walked with him down the hall.

"That poor girl." The nurse quietly said as she watched Ami and Ducky walk away.

"Now Abby might be sleeping right now, so the polite thing to do is knock." Ducky said with a smile as he stopped outside the room.

"Kay." Ami quietly replied as she gently patted her hand on the door.

"Very good." Ducky said with a smile.

"Come in!" Tony yelled from the other side of the door.

"Based on Tony's volume I'm to assume you're not asleep." Ducky said with a smile as he walked into the room with Ami.

"Nope, she wouldn't go to sleep if you paid her duck. She's been pounding too much cafe pow." Gibbs answered as he looked over at Ducky.

"Why is Sailor Mercury here with you?" McGee asked with a confused expression as he looked at Ami.

"About that, perhaps we should talk away from her about it." Ducky replied as he gestured to the hallway.

"What happened Ducky?" Abby asked with a frown as she looked down at Ami.

"This pretty ladies?" Ami quietly asked as she handed Abby her charm.

"Yes! Oh my god thank you! I've been looking everywhere for this, where did you find it?!" Abby yelled with enthusiasm as she took the charm from Ami.

"On the floor of Sarah car." Ami answered as she started trying to climb in the bed with Abby.

"Whoa! What are you doing Ms. Mercury?" Abby asked in a surprised tone as Ami laid down next to her.

"I'm not a planet." Ami mumbled as she pulled a blanket over herself and snuggled up to Abby.

"What's going on here? I mean I know that she prefers that side of the fence and all, but doesn't she have a girlfriend already." Tony said with a confused look as he stared at Ami.

"She's not herself right now Tony, for whatever reason she's in a state of regression. Her brain is equivalent to that of a two year olds at the moment." Ducky explained with a small frown.

"Awe, that's kind of cute. So even though it looks like I'm in bed with a seventeen year old, I'm actually in bed with a two year old and wow that sounds bad out of context." Abby replied as she looked down at Ami.

"Precisely." Ducky answered with a smile.

"That still doesn't explain why she's here or why she's even in this hospital." Ziva said with a straight face as she looked at Ami.

"Abby, is she asleep?" Ducky asked as he looked over at Ami.

"Out like a light. So what's going on with our new friends?" Abby asked as she gently ran her fingers through Ami's hair.

"Based on what she said in her odd regressed way, I would guess that Mako's heart stopped and she was shocked with a defibrillator." Ducky explained with a straight face.

"What makes you think that's what's going on here Duck?" Gibbs asked as he looked back at Ducky.

"She said, and I quote. Mako heart no work, Kaede give shockie shock and it still no work." Ducky answered as he looked down at Ami.

"What does that mean?" Tony asked in a confused tone.

"If I had to guess, it sounds like Mako's heart stopped and didn't start again even after defibrillation. If that's true, then that means that Sailor Jupiter could be...dead." Abby quietly said as she looked down at Ami. "Oh my god. Oh poor Ami, that must've devastated her." Abby quietly said as she put an arm around Ami.

"We should go find her mom and let her know that Ami's safe." Tony suggested as he started leaving the room.

"Take McGee with." Gibbs instructed as he sat down in a chair next to Abby's bed.

"Sure boss." Tony replied as him and McGee left the room.

"Mako." Ami quietly cried as she scooted closer to Abby.

"It'll be okay Ami, Tony and McGee are gonna go get your mom for you." Abby quietly said as she cuddled with Ami.

"Where do we even start looking?" McGee asked as he closed the door behind him.

"Let's start with the reception desk, maybe they'll know something, or at the very least be able to look something up that might give us a clue." Tony answered as he lead McGee to a desk at the end of the hall.

"May I help you gentlemen?" A man asked as he looked up from his computer.

"Special agents McGee and DiNozzo of NCIS, we need to track down a patient in this hospital." Tony informed as he and McGee flashed their badges.

"Who're you looking for?" The man asked as he started typing on his computer.

"Mako, we don't a have a last name though." Tony answered with a straight face.

"Let me see here." The man replied as he scrolled through a list on his screen. "This might be her, Makoto Kino. She's the closest person to a Mako we have in the system right now." The man informed as he looked up at Tony.

"That should be her, do you know what room she's in?" McGee asked in a calm tone.

"Let's see. According to this she was treated in the ER and then taken to room 501. That should be where she currently is." The man answered in a polite tone.

"Thank you, we really appreciate it." Tony thanked as he and McGee started walking away.

"Hold up a sec." McGee said as his phone started ringing. "Yeah boss?" McGee asked as he answered his phone.

"You find her friends yet?" Gibbs asked in a mono tone.

"Yeah boss, they should be in room 501." McGee answered as he continued walking with Tony.

"Hey!" Someone yelled towards Tony and McGee.

"Hm?" Tony mumbled as he and McGee turned towards the voice.

"Oh thank god, people we know!" Rei yelled as she and Minako ran over by them.

"Please, you've gotta help us! We can't find Ami anywhere, we told the staff that she'd wandered off and that she wasn't quite right in the head right now! Would you mind helping us look for her, we'd really appreciate any assistance we can get?!" Minako said in a panicked tone as she stared at McGee and Tony.

"We already found her, well to be specific she found us." McGee answered with a smile.

"Oh thank god, where is she?!" Rei yelled as she stared at Tony with a worried expression.

"She's with Abby right now, she was asleep when we left." Tony answered with a smile.

"That's good news. Mina, call the others and let them know that Ami's safe." Rei instructed with a relieved sigh.

"On it." Minako replied as she pulled her communicator out and pressed the moon symbol.

"Did you find Ami?" Usagi asked in a hopeful tone.

"No, but we found those NC something people and they said that Ami's with Abby." Minako answered with a smile.

"That's good to know, at least we know she's safe. But bring her back soon okay, Mako should be out of the E.R in just a bit." Usagi replied with a relived sigh.

"Understood Usagi." Minako replied as she hung up her communicator.

"Thank you for taking care of Ami in our place, we really owe you guys." Rei thanked with a smile as she looked at Tony and McGee.

"It was no big deal, now let's go get her so she can see your friend." Tony replied as he started leading Rei and Minako towards Abby's room.

"Do you mind if we ask what happened, Ami's explanation was a little tough to understand due to her odd mental state?" McGee asked as he looked over at Rei and Minako.

"Mako had a heart attack after some things about her past were revealed, she just couldn't handle the truth about it and her heart gave out from the sudden shock and stress." Rei explained with a small frown.

"That's awful, we're so sorry to hear that." McGee replied with a small frown.

"It was all our fault, we should've been there for her, or at least used some common sense. If we had then none of this ever would've happened." Minako quietly said with a few tears.

"Now Kaede's in even more danger than she was before. It's bad if even I'm having strange feelings about this now. Normally Ami's foresight is much more advanced than mine, so if I'm feeling like this then what the hell has she been seeing all this time." Rei quietly said as everyone stopped outside of Abby's room.

"What do you mean?" Tony asked with a straight face.

"Just weird guardian stuff, forget I said anything." Rei replied with a small frown as she went to knock on the door.

"Shh." Gibbs quietly said as he opened the door before Rei could knock. Rei lightly nodded as she walked into the room, followed by everyone else.

"Hello there, you must be here for her." Ducky whispered as he gestured to Ami.

"Yes, thank you for watching her for us." Rei whispered back as she walked over to the bed and looked at Ami. She was in the same position McGee and Tony had left her in, cuddled up to Abby under a blanket, and she was sound asleep. "I hate to move her, but at the same time I don't think Abby wants to share her bed with Ami for the rest of the night." Rei quietly chuckled as she carefully went to pick Ami up.

"Hm?" Abby quietly said as she slowly opened her eyes. "Get back!" Abby shouted as she slapped Rei and sat up in a panic.

"AH! Damn it! What the hell?!" Rei shouted as she clutched her right cheek and stumbled backwards.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! I didn't know who you were, I just saw a hand coming at me and I panicked! I am so sorry Rei!" Abby yelled as she watched Rei clutch her cheek.

"It's okay, we've been there ourselves before. It's always scary waking up and seeing someone standing so close or reaching for you, I did the same thing once, actually it was much worse. I had a nightmare and almost burnt Usagi's living room down." Rei said with a small smile as she looked at Abby. "I'm sorry to do this, but I've gotta take Ami from you guys. Mako's supposed to be out of the E.R soon and we wanna make sure Ami's there when she gets out." Rei informed with a smile as she looked at Ami.

"Well you heard her Ami, you'd best go with so you can see Mako again." Abby said with a smile as she gently sat Ami up.

"Mako!" Ami yelled with joy as she held her arms out to Rei.

"Alright Ami, up you go." Rei groaned as she picked Ami up. "Oh my god you weigh a ton, how does Naru make this look so easy?" Rei grunted as she strained to carry Ami.

"Because she's stronger than you." Minako chuckled as she watched Rei carry Ami towards the door.

"Oh you think so? Then here, you take her." Rei grumbled as she handed Ami to Minako.

"Oh jeez." Minako said with surprise as she barely held onto Ami. "Okay, yep, she's a bit of a tank. Jeez Ami, you've gotta cut back on the sweets there or even Naru and the Kino sisters won't be able to carry you anymore." Minako said as she slowly carried Ami out of the room.

"Thanks again for watching her for us, we appreciate it." Rei thanked with a smile as she bowed to everyone.

"It was our pleasure, and please give our sympathies to your friend and let her know we're here if she needs anything." Ducky said with a smile.

"Thank you, that means a lot to us. You all have a good evening." Rei replied as she left the room.

"We'll be seeing them again, won't we?" Tony asked with a small smile.

"I'd put money on it." Ziva replied with a smile.

"Hopefully under better circumstances this time." McGee said with a straight face.

"That's something I wouldn't put money on McGee." Gibbs replied with a small frown.

"They really do have the weight of the world on their shoulders, and at such a young age." Abby quietly said with a sad expression.

"They do, unfortunately. Hopefully that weight doesn't end up crushing those poor girls." Ducky quietly said with a small frown.

"They can take it Duck, because that's what soldiers do. They bare the weight of the world and keep pushing forward until the battle's over, and make no mistake, those girls are soldiers." Gibbs quietly said with a smile.

"Reeeei!" Minako whined as she sluggishly dragged herself down the hall with Ami in her arms.

"I don't wanna hear it Mina." Rei replied as she kept walking.

"I can't take it anymore, it's like carrying a sack of rocks stuffed in a bag of bowling balls." Minako whined some more as she quite literally dragged her feet down the hall.

"Quit whining Mina, we're almost to the elevator, you can set her down there." Rei grumbled as they reached the elevator and pushed the button.

"Can't hold on, I can't do it Rei." Minako whined as she started loosing her grip on Ami.

"Fine! Give her here you wimp." Rei said in a snarky tone as she took Ami before Minako dropped her. "You are a bit on the pudgy side now, aren't you Ami." Rei quietly said as she looked at Ami. "We're gonna have to work on that before you get too out of shape to do your job." Rei quietly said as she poked Ami's love handle a few times.

"Thanks for taking her Rei, my arms are exhausted." Minako sighed as the elevator doors opened.

"You're welcome. Now come on, everyone's waiting for us." Rei said with a smile as she got on the elevator.

"I hope Mako doesn't have to spend the night." Minako quietly said as she got on the elevator and pushed the button.

"I hope not either, but it wouldn't surprise me if she had to. I mean, she had a heart attack Mina, that's not something you can just shake off in a day or two. That and the mental issues she's gonna have now, she's gonna need some serious counseling after today." Rei quietly said with a small frown.

"I know, I still can't believe she was actually on that plane. When I was little I remember it being on the news and I thought it was a commercial for a new movie or something. I couldn't believe things like that actually happened in reality." Minako quietly said with a small frown.

"I remember seeing the smoke all the way from the shrine and hearing all the sirens. Even all through the night and into the next day they were still going non stop. I can't imagine how horrible it must've been for Mako to actually be there in the crash, it's a miracle she survived." Rei quietly said with a sad expression.

"I guess we understand Mako's intense fear of flying now, it wasn't just because she lost her parents, it's because she was with them on the flight. I don't blame her for being afraid." Minako quietly said as the elevator came to a stop.

"I don't think anyone would. I just hope we can find a way to get her home after all of this, because I highly doubt that she'll fly back." Rei replied as the doors opened and she got off the elevator.

"If worse comes to worse we can always sailor teleport home." Minako informed with a smile as she followed Rei towards the E.R's waiting room.

"Welcome back, it looks like you found Ami." Naru said with a smile as Rei and Minako walked into the waiting room with Ami.

"She was curled up in bed with Abby." Minako groaned as she set Ami in Naru's lap. "Oh my god, I can't believe how heavy she is. Uh, my arms feel like jelly." Minako said with a breath as she plopped down in a chair next to Kaede.

"Don't listen to her goober, you're not heavy at all." Naru said with a smile as she hugged Ami.

"Uh! What the hell, I thought she was supposed to be out by now!" Kaede yelled in frustration as she looked at the doors.

"Just be patient Kaede, it's better if they move slow and carefully. I'm sure she'll be out any minute now." Saeko quietly replied with a small smile.

"She'd better be, I'm exhausted and cranky. I wanna go to bed." Kaede grumbled as she leaned back in her chair.

"Tell us something we don't know." Minako chuckled.

"Go to hell Mina." Kaede snapped as she looked over at Minako.

"Alright, that's enough. Listen, we're all tired and worried about what's gonna happen with Mako now, but let's not take it out on each other okay." Usagi quietly said with a straight face as she looked around at everyone.

"Ah shut up Usagi, no one wants to listen to you preach." Kaede grumbled as she stared at Usagi.

"What is wrong with you today Kaede, and don't tell us it's because of what happened with Mako." Rei snapped as she stared at Kaede.

"You want the truth Rei? Okay, I'll tell you what's wrong. I hate myself! I absolutely loathe my existence! I haven't been able to do anything right since we got back home! I can't save anyone, I can't focus, I can't sleep properly, hell the only thing I seem to be able to do is fail! I failed at helping Mako and I failed at being a calm and professional responder! I mean for fucks sake, I punched a two year old! I'm an absolute shit show of a human being right now!" Kaede screamed in a fit of rage. Everyone just stared at her with their mouths agape, completely shocked at her sudden outburst. "I'm going to get a drink." Kaede grumbled as she got up and stormed off.

"Wow. That was..." Rei quietly said as she trailed off.

"A huge red flag. We need to watch her extra carefully after this, she's more unstable than we realized." Minako quietly said with a shocked expression.

"I wonder if this is the manic behavior that Akiko-San described a while back." Ikuko quietly said with a small frown.

"Not even close Tsukino-San, that was a preview compared to how bad she can actually get." Saeko quietly informed as she stared in the direction Kaede had gone in.

"That's horrible." Ikuko quietly said with a shocked expression.

"I knew she was struggling with what happened and all, but I didn't realize she was this bad. I mean, compared to earlier today she was a totally different person just now." Kenji quietly said with the same shocked expression.

"I think I'm gonna go potty." Chibiusa quietly said as she started walking towards the restroom.

"Don't get lost okay." Usagi quietly said as she watched Chibiusa walk away.

"Get lost? You'd be more likely to get lost than me Usagi." Chibusa giggled to herself as she turned the corner and walked into the restroom.

"L-look at you, you stupid girl. Ya can't, ya can't do nothing right ya big looser." Europa mumbled to her reflection as she sent her bag away and let down her transformation.

"Kaede." Chibiusa quietly said as she walked into the restroom.

"What?" Kaede grumbled as she rubbed her arm a little bit.

"Why was your bag out?" Chibiusa asked with a small frown.

"Beclus, b-beclus...g-go away ya cotton clandy headed twerp." Kaede slurred as she stumbled towards the door.

"Why are you being so weird Kaede, we just wanna help you?" Chibiusa quietly asked with a small frown.

"I didn't as for nobody's help! S-so ya can just take yer halp, and go ta hell wit it!" Kaede yelled as she stared down at Chibiusa.

"Why do you sound so odd Kaede?" Chibiusa asked with a small frown.

"Why you sound so noying? You're a, you're a pest. Now glo way! I don't need a-a twerp pestering me 'bout nothing. Yer's bad as yer mather. Annoying bun headed blonde, mi-mind yer own business Uslagi! Ya big baby." Kaede ranted as she stumbled out of the restroom.

"That was wierd. Huh?" Chibiusa quietly said as she looked at the sink Kaede was standing over. "Who would leave a needle here like this?" Chibiusa wondered out loud as she stared at a needle on the sink. "I should probably give this to someone." Chibusa quietly said as she picked the needle up and looked at it. It was a small needle connected to a little red and white tube that had parts of a faded word on it."Mo-p-ine? That's a weird name for something." Chibiusa quietly said as she brought the needle back out of the restroom with her.

"Here comes Kaede, yay." Minako sighed as Kaede stumbled her way over to everyone.

"God, w-what the hlls taking Mako so damn lang in there?! Huh?! They giving er a whole dang heart er slomthing?!" Kaede yelled as she stared at everyone.

"Will you sit down Kaede?! You're getting on everyone's nerves now!" Rei yelled as she stared at Kaede.

"NO! I'ma sit up, just blecuse ya told me ta shit down." Kaede snapped as she stumbled over by Sarah.

"Kaede, y're acting really weird right now; are ya doing okay?" Sarah quietly asked as she stared at Kaede.

"I'm great! I-I'm so halpy that I could just do ya right here! G-get yer cloths off, I'ma do ya right on this fugly carpet!" Kaede replied as she tried to pull Sarah's shirt up.

"What the hell is wrong with ya Kaede?! Get off of me!" Sarah yelled as she pulled her shirt down and pushed Kaede back.

"Come on babe, y-y've wanted this ferevers, now take those shorts off bufore I's gotta do it myslf." Kaede mumbled as she reached for Sarah's shorts.

"What is wrong with ya Kaede?! Have ya lost yer mind er somethang?!" Sarah yelled as she pushed Kaede away, which caused her to stumble and fall on her back.

"What's going on Usagi?" Chibiusa asked as she walked up to Usagi.

"Kaede's losing her mind or something. She's acting like a lunatic and she just tried to undress Sarah like a total pig, she's officially gone off the deep end." Usagi quietly answered as she grabbed Chibiusa's hand and pulled her closer.

"Usagi?" Chibiusa quietly asked with a straight face.

"Yeah?" Usagi asked in reply as she stared at Kaede.

"Have you ever heard of something called Mopine?" Chibisua asked with straight face.

"Mopine? I've never heard of it, but why are you asking about some weird thing like that now?" Usagi asked as she looked down at Chibiusa.

"Because I found this on the sink in the restroom where Kaede was." Chibusa answered as she handed the tube to Usagi.

"This says morphine Chibiusa, it's just a faded tube." Usagi answered as she looked over the tube. "And an empty one at that." Usagi said with a small frown. "Where did you say you found this again?" Usagi asked with worried expression.

"In the bathroom, it was actually on the sink Kaede used to be specific." Chibiusa answered with a straight face.

"So that's what's going on. Chibiusa, go over by Rei and Minako okay; and bring Shingo and Ami with." Usagi instructed as she looked at Rei, then lightly nodded her head towards Chibiusa. Rei nodded back and walked over by Chibiusa, making sure to stand very close to her.

"Wh-what?! What're ya nodding at Uslagi, huh?! Ya think y're being all sbudtle and shpit. Well y're not! Ya sluck at be-being sbudtle!" Kaede yelled with a small laugh.

"You're high Kaede!" Usagi shouted as she stared into Kaede's eyes.

"Oh yeah?! Prave it princess jackalss!" Kaede yelled with a wicked smile.

"What are you talking about Usagi?" Saeko asked as she stared at Usagi with a surprised expression.

"You recognize this Kaede?!" Usagi yelled as she held the morphine tube up to Kaede. "You should, it's morphine from your kit! You're wasted right now!" Usagi snapped as she continued to stare at Kaede. Kaede stared back at her for second, then just started laughing.

"Kaede. Please tell me she's wrong, there's no way you did that right?" Saeko quietly asked as she stared at Kaede with a horrified look.

"You bet your sorry ass I did! I jlammed that flucker in there and let it rip! But it didn't do nothing for me! My-my stupid brain is shtill working, so I guess I gosa take another one! That-that oughta be nuff ta clean up the thrash that's mly existence!" Kaede shouted as she held her hand out to summon her bag again.

"Stop her!" Usagi shouted as she ran at Kaede and tackled her to the ground.

"Ya think ya can take mlee Sagi?! I'll kick yer slorry ass!" Kaede yelled as she went to punch Usagi.

"Keep her pinned Usagi!" Minako yelled as she manifested her chain and tossed it to Usagi.

"Check her bag for rope!" Rei ordered as she helped keep Kaede down.

"Um, guys. She ain't transformed, so her bag never came. She was too loopy ta even notice though." Sarah informed as she stared at Kaede's open hand.

"Oh. Good call Sarah, thanks for pointing that out to us." Usagi said in a slightly embarrassed tone.

"Hey, gl-glet off me! Ya you, buttholes!" Kaede yelled as she wiggled under everyone's hold.

"Why Kaede do this?" Ami quietly asked as she stared at Kaede.

"Because I hate all of yous! Specially y-you ya dalmn twerp! Mako never wldve gone in that shtupid thing if you hadn't! It's your fault Ami! Y-y're the one who did thas ta her, y're the reason she died!" Kaede yelled as she stared at Ami. Ami stared at her for a second, then her lips started to quiver as tears fell from her eyes. "Y're sluch a baby! All you ever do is..." Kaede started saying, until Ami kicked her in the side of the jaw as hard as she could.

"Oh my god!" Saeko yelled as she stared in horror at Ami.

"Ami!" Naru yelled in shock as she stared at Ami.

"Kaede meanie. Kaede need time out. KAEDE MEAN!" Ami screamed at the top of her lungs as she stared down at Kaede's now unconscious body.

"Ami." Saeko quietly said with a stunned expression as she stared at Ami.

"Kaede mean! My Mako! You meanie, Mako no like meanie like you!" Ami shouted as she turned around and ran off down a hall.

"Holly crap. I can't believe what I just saw. Ami just knocked Kaede out with one kick, and in a regressed state nonetheless." Rei quietly said as she stared in shock at Kaede's unconscious body.

"Now Ami ran off again. Uh, this whole damn day's been a nightmare. I just wanna go to sleep." Usagi quietly said as she slumped down in a chair.

"Maybe y'all should head on back ta our place and get some rest, I'm sure a few of the adults wouldn't mind staying in yer places." Jud quietly said as he looked at Usagi.

"As much as I don't wanna leave Mako alone here tonight, I don't think it would be good for us to stay here with her. We'd only stress her out in our current states, and that's the last thing she needs right now. Okay Blouse-San, we'll go back to your place and get some sleep. Someone grab Kaede before we go, as much as I wish we could leave her here we can't." Usagi quietly said as she started heading towards the elevator.

"I's got her." Jud informed as he carefully picked Kaede up. "Wow, that little gal really got her hard. I'm surprised all her teeth are still in." Jud quietly said as he carried Kaede towards the elevator.

"What happened ta ya Kaede, why would ya do somthang like this ta me?" Sarah quietly asked with a sniffle as she looked at Kaede.

"She's in pain Sarah, and she just don't know how ta handle it. Maybe ya shouldn't've brought her here till she was better, or at least waited till her ma coulda come with." Jud quietly replied as he lead everyone onto the elevator.

"I hope Ami's gonna be okay." Naru quietly said as the elevator doors closed.

"I'm sure she'll be fine Naru, the one we need to worry about right now is Kaede." Usagi quietly said as she looked at Kaede.

"Come on, let's get home everyone." Emily quietly said as the elevator came to a stop and everyone got off.

"I hope Ami's gonna be okay all alone tonight, I feel bad for leaving her like this." Naru quietly said as she followed everyone out the front door.

"I'm sure she'll be fine. I bet yas anythang she's gonna head back by Abby." Sarah said with a smile as she and everyone else followed her dad to the truck.

"Emily, why don't ya take Sarah's ambulance back home so she don't gotta drive." Jud suggested as he gently set Kaede in the truck and strapped her in.

"Alright darling. Why don't y'all come with so nothing happens if Kaede wakes up on the way home." Emily suggested with a small smile.

"Good call Mrs. Blouse." Usagi quietly replied as she and everyone else followed Emily to Sarah's ambulance.

"Goodnight Ami, I hope you sleep okay tonight." Naru quietly said as she took one last look at the hospital before getting in the ambulance and closing the doors. While everyone drove back to Sarah's house Ami had gone back by Abby and the others.

"Pretty lady." Ami quietly said with a sniffle as she walked into the room.

"Who's there?" Tony mumbled as he slowly sat up and went for his gun.

"Pretty lady." Ami quietly cried as she stared at Tony.

"Oh it's you. What are you doing here so late, it's almost midnight?" Tony asked as he stared at Ami.

"Kaede mean." Ami quietly cried as she walked over by Tony and sat on his lap.

"Okay." Tony replied in an awkward tone as he stared at Ami.

"Tony?" Ziva quietly asked as she looked over at Tony.

"Our little friend came back." Tony informed as he pointed at Ami.

"Just put her in the bed DiNozzo, she obviously came back for comfort of some sort." Gibbs instructed without even looking at Ami.

"Sure boss." Tony replied as he gently picked Ami up, then just as gently laid her next to Abby.

"She looks miserable." McGee quietly said as he stared at Ami.

"I'm sure you'd be as well if you were going through what she is." Ziva quietly said as she covered Ami with a blanket.

"Should we call her friends?" Tony asked with a straight face.

"Nope. She's here to get away from them." Gibbs answered as he closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

"How do you know boss?" McGee asked with a small frown.

"It's written all over her face McGee, she's sad and angry. They're of no comfort to her right now which is why she came back here, she feels safe by Abby. So we'll leave her, besides, if they really wanna find her this is gonna be the first place they'll check. So it's best to keep her here and just wait." Gibbs explained as he went back to sleep.

"Mako." Ami quietly cried as she cuddled up to Abby. While Ami slowly fell asleep next to Abby, everyone else was pulling into Sarah's driveway.

"Alright, let's get y'all ta bed. I'm sure y'all are pertty tired." Jud quietly said as he turned the truck off and got out of it.

"She still out cold?" Usagi quietly asked as she looked over at Kaede and Sarah.

"Yeah, Ami sure did a number on her. Can't blame her though, as much as I love Kaede she had it coming. I can't believe the thangs she said in there, she really ain't right upstairs." Sarah quietly said as she slowly got out of the truck and picked Kaede up.

"She's not, but I didn't realize she was this broken. She seemed fine before we left, I don't understand it, this just came out of nowhere. She was totally fine earlier today, laughing and playing with all of us in the lake and on the horses, and less than five hours later she was cursing, yelling, and high on morphine. I don't understand how she could go so far down hill so fast, I've never seen or even heard of anything like it before." Minako quietly said as she watched Sarah carry Kaede inside.

"That's what Mizuno-San and Akiko-San meant when they talked about her manic behavior, she flops from one mood and personality to the completely opposite one in a matter of minuets. She's all over the place because she's not dealing with her trauma in a healthy manner, she buries it and that keeps her sane for a while, but when it comes to the surface that's where her personality shift comes from. She get's overwhelmed by those negative feelings and she snaps. I don't know how to help her though, she just keeps pushing it down and hoping it stays there, but that's not how it works." Usagi quietly said with a small frown as she followed everyone else inside.

"You're all back, that took a while. Did you all have fun?" Luna asked with a smile as she, Diana, and Artemis jumped off the couch to greet everyone.

"Where're Ami, Mako, and Mizuno-San?" Artemis asked with a small frown as he stared at the group.

"Yeah, and why's Kaede being carried like that?" Diana quietly asked as she stared at Kaede and Sarah.

"We'll explain in a bit, but for now we need to get Kaede to bed before she wakes up and goes crazy again." Minako quietly replied as she walked with Sarah to her bedroom.

"There ya go darling, now ya get some sleep and feel better in the morning." Sarah quietly said a she laid Kaede in her bed and covered her with a blanket.

"I'm sorry you had to see all that tonight Sarah, I'm sure it wasn't easy for you to see Kaede behave like that." Minako quietly said with a sigh as she stared down at Kaede.

"It ain't yer fault Mina, she's just hurting inside and she don't know what ta do 'bout it. I've been there before, but I got a lotta help from a lotta people. Plus Jenny's parents made it a point ta check up on me and remind me not ta blame myself, but Kaede ain't got that luxury, I don't know if she ever even met Sasha's parents. She has a lot less support than I did, and on top of that trauma she still has ta put on a brave face and be a guardian, that's a lot fer a gal our age ta deal with, fer anyone ta deal with. I'm sure she'll be okay eventually, she just needs love and support right now. She'll be okay, because she's Sailor Europa, and y'all guardians don't know how ta give up." Sarah quietly replied with a smile as she turned around and hugged Minako. "Thanks fer being here fer me though Mina, I really appreciate having a friend by my side right now." Sarah quietly thanked as she squeezed Minako a little tighter.

"You're welcome Sarah, we'll always be here for you, just like you're always here for us." Minako quietly replied as she hugged Sarah back.

"Now let's get some sleep, we'll call Mako in the morning and see how she's doing." Sarah said with a smile as she got into bed with Kaede. "I hope y'all don't mind if I sleep in here with Kaede tonight instead of on tha floor with all of yas." Sarah said with a small smile as she looked up at Minako.

"Not at all Sarah, you keep Kaede safe for us tonight, and yell if you need anything or she starts acting up again." Minako quietly replied as she covered Sarah with a blanket.

"Night Mina, thanks fer being so nice and caring." Sarah quietly thanked as she rolled over and fell asleep.

"It's what we do." Minako whispered back as she left the room.

"They all good up there Mina?" Usagi asked as Minako came down the steps.

"Yeah, they're both tucked in for the night." Minako quietly replied as she sat down next to Rei in the middle of the living room.

"What happened tonight, why do you all seem so down?" Luna asked with a small frown as she looked around the group.

"Yeah, and where are Mako, Ami, and Mizuno-San?" Artemis asked with a similar frown.

"It's a long story and I don't really know where to begin, so I guess I'll just start from when we got to the restaurant. We got there and we were all smiles and giggles as we ran inside. Ami and the kids went into the play set and we all followed, including Mako, and against her better judgment I might add. Anyways, it wasn't long before we all got separated doing our own thing, the only ones who stayed together out of the usual pairings were Naru and Mako, who were tailing Ami, Shingo, and Chibiusa. Well, that's what the original plan was anyways." Usagi quietly explained with a sad expression.

"So what changed the plan?" Luna asked with a straight face.

"Mako's size." Rei quietly answered as she looked down at Luna.

"What do you mean?" Artemis asked with a confused expression.

"None of us really took into account that Mako might be a little big for a place like that, and unfortunately Mako ended up paying for that oversight." Usagi answered with a small sigh.

"Did she have trouble moving around in the play set?" Luna asked with a straight face.

"Yeah, she ended up getting stuck shortly after she went into a tunnel while her and Naru where chasing the kids." Minako answered with a straight face.

"Well, I guess that's not too surprising." Luna chuckled to herself.

"It's not funny Luna, when we found her she freaked out like we'd never seen before. She was stuck in that same spot for a good thirty minutes or so. By the time I found her she was panicking. It turns out she's severely claustrophobic." Naru informed with a small frown.

"Mako's claustrophobic? Why didn't she ever tell us?" Luna asked with a small frown.

"I don't know, but anyways, once Naru found Mako she came to find all of us so we could help get her out. It took a bit but we did get her out. She was a total wreck though, she was so scared that she actually cried, Luna. We got her back to the table and after some talking Mizuno-San got to the root of her phobia, and the truth was heart breaking to us and world shattering to Mako." Usagi continued with a small sniffle.

"How so Usagi?" Artemis asked with a confused expression.

"Do you remember what happened to Mako's parents?" Naru asked with a small frown.

"Yeah, they were killed in a plane crash when Mako was little. After I found out she was Sailor Jupiter I did some background on her, it's lucky she wasn't there or she could've died to." Luna answered with a small frown.

"That's not true Luna, according to Mizuno-San she was there. In fact, Mako was the only survivor out of that whole flight. She never even knew it until today, she'd repressed the truth about that horrible day until just this afternoon. After we got her out of the play set she was so freaked out that her repressed memories from the accident started to come to the surface. She was on the plane Luna, and she spent almost two days trapped under a heap of debris before an investigator found her. That's where her claustrophobia came from, at least that's what Mizuno-San believes." Usagi explained with a small frown.

"Oh my god, that must've been horrible for her. Poor Mako, no wonder she's so afraid to fly." Luna replied in a shocked tone.

"So what happened when she learned the truth?" Artemis asked as he stared at Usagi.

"She couldn't handle it, she went running into the restroom to throw up. But that's not the worst part." Usagi quietly cried as she stared down at her lap.

"What else happened Usagi?" Luna quietly asked as she put a paw on top of Usagi's hand.

"Her heart gave out from the shock! She was so traumatized by the truth that she had a heart attack, Luna!" Usagi shouted with tears in her eyes.

"She what?!' Luna and Artemis both yelled in unison.

"Her heart completely stopped, it stoped twice Luna! Once in the restaurant where she had the heart attack, and once in the hospital's parking lot! Kaede was able to revive her the first time, but we thought we'd lost her the second time. She wouldn't respond to any of the treatments, but by some miracle she came back to us. I think it was because Kaede was attacking Ami, and then Naru went after her for going after Ami like that. Mako's instinct to protect Ami brought her back to life, she couldn't go and leave Ami in that kind of pain. Even if that's not what did it, I don't care, I'm just glad that she's back with us again." Usagi quietly said as she wiped some tears away.

"Us to Usagi. So she's in the hospital with Mizuno-San and Ami right now?" Luna asked with a small frown.

"Yeah. I don't know how long she'll be there, but last we checked she was out of the E.R and moving to a room. Ami's there in the hospital with her, but she's staying with one of our new friends." Usagi answered with a sniffle.

"Why isn't she with Mako and her mother?" Luna asked with a confused expression.

"Because she didn't feel safe around us after Kaede lost her damn mind again!" Usagi shouted in a fit of rage.

"What happened with Kaede now, does this have anything to do with why she was carried inside?" Luna asked with a small frown as she gave Usagi a shocked look.

"It has everything to do with it! She's a complete psycho! She drugged herself with morphine, started acting like a douchebag, tried to undress and molest Sarah in the middle of the waiting room, and to top it all off she snapped at Ami again and tried to blame her for what happened to Mako! By that point Ami had had enough though, she walked right up to Kaede when we all had her pinned to the ground and she kicked her in the jaw, Ami knocked her right out. We didn't even know what to think about that, we'd never seen Ami get so angry in her regressed state, it was a shock to everyone. Ami took off down a hall after that and she found her way to our new friends. So that's where she is now, having a sleep over with the NCIS investigators." Usagi explained as she started to cry. "This night was just a disaster! I can't believe I let it get so bad that Kaede took a drug and Ami got so angry that she lashed out at her like that. I should've done more as the leader to try and keep the peace, I should've done more and used my head. If I had then Mako never would've been in that thing in the first place and none of this would've happened." Usagi cried as she leaned her head on Naru's shoulder.

"Don't blame yourself Usagi, you can't see the future and you can't control everyone. They may be your guardians, but they're still their own people who make their own choices and mistakes. It's not your job to keep track of everything they do, your job is to be a friend and a leader. I know that probably doesn't help to hear that Usagi, but it's true; and I'm sure nobody blames you for any of this. Right everyone?" Luna asked with a smile as she looked around the room.

"Of course we don't blame you Usagi, we were all just as oblivious to what had happened as you were. It's not your fault, it was just bad luck that any of this happened, but it's nothing you or anyone else did Usagi." Rei quietly said as she gently hugged Usagi.

"It's okay Usagi, we're scared to, but Mako's strong and I'm sure she'll be fine." Minako said with a smile as she also hugged Usagi.

"Don't worry about Kaede either Usagi, we'll take care of her, all of us together." Naru said with a smile as she also hugged Usagi.

"Thank you, I'm so grateful to have such caring friends like you guys." Usagi said with a sniffle as she snuggled with everyone.

"Speaking of Kaede, we should probably call Akiko-San and let her know what happened." Ikuko quietly said with a small frown.

"That'd probably be best, ya can use the phone in the kitchen like ya did last time." Emily quietly informed as she looked over at Ikuko.

"Thank you." Ikuko quietly thanked as she walked out of the room.

"Why don't y'all get some rest, we'll go check on Mako first thang in the morning." Jud quietly said as he went around the room and tucked everyone in.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Blouse." Usagi said with a sniffle as she cuddled with Naru.

"Y're welcome sweetie." Jud replied as he finished tucking everyone in, then left the room.

"Shoot." Ikuko quietly grumbled as she hung up the phone.

"Everythang alright Mrs. Tsukino?" Jud asked as he walked into the kitchen.

"Akiko and the others are on a call right now, so I'll have to try and call back later." Ikuko answered with a small sigh.

"Alright, well in the meantime we should probably get some rest. Just in case we's gotta go get Ami er somthang." Jud suggested with a straight face.

"That'd probably be best. Thank you for all your help Mr. Blouse, you and your family have been a huge help to all of us these past few days." Ikuko thanked with a smile and a small bow.

"Yer gals have been just as big a help ta Sarah, I ain't seen Sarah this enthusiastic in a long time. I was worried that when she came home she'd sink right back inta depression since Jenny ain't here fer her no more. But I'm glad she found happiness with all yer gals, even if there is a bit more drama than what she typically dealt with. It's worth it ta us though, my wife met her heroes, our little girl's getting back ta the way she use ta be, and not ta pat ourselves on the back er nothing, but it seems as though yer gals have started ta perk up a bit since they came out here. I'm glad they're feeling better than they did before, I just wish we could do more fer Kaede." Jud replied with a small sigh.

"We all do, but unfortunately it's up to Kaede to seek help for her problems. All we can do is try and guide her towards it and hope she listens." Ikuko said with a sad expression.

"That's how Sarah was in the beginning to, but eventually she opened up and started ta heal. I think what really helped was that dream she had, hearing the one ya love tell ya ta get help really makes ya wanna do it. It's one thang having yer friends and parents tell ya ta get help, but it's a whole other thang when yer love tells ya that ya need ta get help. I don't know if Jenny actually talked ta her in that dream er if it was just her own subconscious, either way it helped. So we just have ta give Kaede time and hope that somthang gets through ta her eventually." Jud explained with a small smile.

"I'm sure she'll figure it out, she's a Kino after all, and they don't know how to quit. Just like her sister, Mako came back to us after being declared dead, and that's not the first time she's done something like that." Ikuko replied with a small smile.

"Them gals sure are tough." Jud quietly said with a smile. "Well we'd best get ta bed, just in case we's gotta go ta the hospital at any point ta see Mako." Jud suggested as he started walking towards his bedroom.

"Alright, goodnight Mr. Blouse." Ikuko replied as she went to the guest room to go to sleep. The night was quiet but short as an unexpected phone call woke most everyone up around two in the morning.

"What the? What jerk's calling at this time, if this is some prank call I'ma reach through that phone and slap 'em silly." Jud grumbled as he slowly got out of bed and went to answer the phone. "Yeah?" Jud grumbled into the phone as he lazily held it to his ear.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to wake any of you, I forgot about the time zone difference." Akiko quietly apologized on the other end of the line.

"Who's this now?" Jud asked with a small yawn.

"This is Akiko, Kaede's mom. I also fill the role of Mako's mother as well." Akiko answered in a polite tone.

"Oh, Mrs. Kino. I'm sorry 'bout that, I thought ya were a prank caller." Jud replied with a light chuckle.

"That's okay, it is around two a.m there if I remember correctly." Akiko chuckled to herself. "So what's up? I got Ikuko-San's message, but all she said was that she needed to talk. Is everything alright with everyone?" Akiko asked in a more serious tone.

"I think it might be best if ya talked ta her 'bout it ma'am, hang on, I'll grab her quick." Jud replied as he set the phone down and walked into the adult's bedroom. "Ikuko. Ikuko." Jud whispered as he gently shook Ikuko.

"Hm? What, what's going on? Is Mako okay?" Ikuko mumbled as she woke up and rolled over.

"Sorry ta wake ya ma'am, but Kaede's ma's on the phone." Jud whispered with a straight face.

"You've got the wrong parent Mr. Blouse." Ikuko quietly said as she started closing her eyes again.

"I know, but remember that Ms. Mizuno's at the hospital with Mako and Ami." Jud reminded with a small frown.

"That's right, shoot. Alright, I'll take the call." Ikuko replied as she held her hand out.

"Thank ya Mrs. Tsukino." Jud thanked as he handed Ikuko the phone.

"Hello, is anyone there?" Akiko asked as she listened to everyone shuffling around on the other end of the line.

"Yeah, I'm here Akiko-San, sorry about that. I was gonna have you talk to Mizuno-San but then Mr. Blouse reminded me that she wasn't here." Ikuko replied with a small yawn.

"She's not there?" Akiko asked in a confused tone.

"Yeah, but I'll start from the begging. You might wanna take a seat though, it's a long one." Ikuko informed as she sat down at the kitchen table.

"I hate to sound rude Mrs. Tsukino, but could you just give me the important things, we could get a call any minute and I wanna make sure we talk about whatever it is we need to talk about before then?" Akiko asked in a kind tone.

"You're not gonna wanna go on any calls after this Akiko-San, but I'll try and be brief anyways. We went to dinner tonight at some kids restaurant and after some things happened that I don't need to go into detail about, Mako uncovered some repressed memories about the day her parents died and...and..." Ikuko quietly tried to explain, trailing off as she thought about how to deliver the horrible news.

"And what Mrs. Tsukino? Just say it, I can take it." Akiko instructed in a firm tone.

"She had a heart attack from the shock of what she remembered." Ikuko quietly cried. Ikuko waited for a response, but all she heard was a loud thump on the other end of the line.

"Akiko!" Kazuto yelled as he and the others ran to Akiko's side.

"Hello? Akiko-San? Akiko-San?!" Ikuko yelled in a panicked tone as she waited for a response.

"Tenjin, help me move her to the couch, Emiko, pick up the phone and find out who that was and what the hell they said!" Kazuto ordered as he started to move Akiko.

"Hello?! Somebody please answer me, what's going on there?!" Ikuko yelled into the phone as she held it in trembling hands.

"This is officer Emiko of the GOG, to whom am I speaking with right now?" Emiko asked in a forceful tone as she picked up the phone and put it to her ear.

"Th-this is Ikuko Tsukino, what happened over there? Is Akiko alright?" Ikuko asked in a worried tone.

"She passed out for some reason, Kazuto and Tenjin are looking her over now." Emiko informed in her professional tone.

"Oh my god. I didn't think telling her would do that, I can't believe it was so shocking that she passed out. I'm so sorry Emiko-San." Ikuko quietly cried into the phone.

"What do mean Mrs. Tsukino, what was so shocking that Akiko would've passed out?" Emiko asked in the same calm and professional tone.

"Mako had a heart attack earlier today, she's in the hospital right now." Ikuko quietly informed with a sniffle.

"Our Mako, as in Sailor Jupiter?! She had a heart attack?! How? That girl's in better shape than even Tenjin and I, what the hell happened Ikuko-San?" Emiko asked in a shocked tone.

"She went through a light trauma today when we were eating lunch and it brought a repressed memory of hers to the surface. She was so shocked by the memory that she had a heart attack. I'm so sorry Emiko-San, we should've been there for her and just kept her out of that play set." Ikuko quietly cried into the phone.

"What are you talking about Ikuko-San? A play set? What the hell does a play set have to do with any of this?" Emiko asked in a confused tone.

"She went with Ami into this kids play thing to keep an eye on her and she ended up getting stuck in a tunnel. By the time Usagi and the others found her and got her out she was completely panicked for some reason, it turns out that Mako's severely claustrophobic. So Mizuno-San talked to her to try and figure out where that fear came from and...it wasn't good Emiko-San, the source of her fear was such a shock to all of us, especially to her." Ikuko quietly explained as she broke down in tears.

"What was the source of that fear Ikuko-San? I need you to stay calm and tell me what's going on so I can tell Akiko-San once she wakes up and we get her settled down." Emiko instructed in a calm and firm tone.

"The crash that took Mako's parents from her, all these years we've known her and we never realized the truth. Even Mako didn't know until today. She repressed the truth about what happened that day Emiko-San, she wasn't at her neighbor's house when the plane went down, she was on it Emiko-San, Mako was there. She was in the crash. She spent almost two days trapped under smoldering debris, and she was the only survivor out of the entire plane." Ikuko quietly cried into the phone.

"Oh my god. That poor girl, no wonder her heart gave out after hearing that. That would be absolutely traumatizing to find out that everything you knew about your worst day was all wrong, and that it was even worse than you originally thought. Poor Mako, I feel so bad for her. Is she better now, I mean, is she stable at least?" Emiko quietly asked in a shocked tone.

"Yeah, she was stable when we left the hospital. Ami and Mizuno-San are there with her now, and we're gonna go check on her once everyone wakes up." Ikuko informed with a sniffle.

"Okay, I'll let Akiko know once she wakes up. Please keep us posted though Mrs. Tsukino." Emiko calmly replied as she prepared to hang up the phone.

"Okay, thank you Emiko-San." Ikuko quietly replied with a sniffle.

"You're welcome Tsukino-San, good bye." Emiko quietly said as she hung up the phone.

"What a day." Ikuko mumbled as she hung the phone up and started walking to her room. "I hope Mako, Ami, and Mizuno-San are doing okay." Ikuko quietly thought out loud as she got into bed with Kenji.

"I'm sure they're fine honey, Mako's a tough girl, and Mizuno-San's no push over herself. They'll be okay, now try and get some rest." Kenji quietly replied as he put an arm around Ikuko and went to sleep. The rest of the night was quiet, and not a sound was heard throughout the house until about ten in the morning.

"Ugh, my head. What the hell happened last night?" Kaede groaned as she slowly sat up and rubbed her temples. "Where am I?" Kaede quietly asked as she looked around the room she was in. "Sarah's bedroom? When did I get back here?" Kaede groaned as she continued to rub her temples.

"Kaede?" Sarah quietly said as she rolled over and looked at Kaede through half closed eyes.

"Oh, hey Sarah. Sorry if I woke you." Kaede quietly apologized with a small frown.

"It's okay darling, I was 'bout ready ta get up anyhows. So how are ya feeling this morning?" Sarah asked with a straight face as she slowly sat up.

"To put it bluntly, like absolute crap. My head is pounding and I don't even know how I got here, be honest Sarah, did I get drunk or something?" Kaede quietly replied as she leaned her head on Sarah's shoulder.

"Not technically. What do ya remember 'bout last night Kaede?" Sarah asked with a small frown as she put an arm around Kaede.

"I remember hanging out at chuckle cheddars with everyone, and then...Mako! Oh my god, is Mako okay?! Where is she?! Is she safe?!" Kaede yelled in a panicked tone as she frantically looked around the room.

"She's okay darling, she's at the hospital with Ami and Mizuno-San." Sarah calmly answered in a soft tone.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Kaede quietly asked with a small frown.

"I don't know, we ain't talked ta anyone since we left the hospital. But I'm sure she'll be okay, she's Sailor Jupiter after all, and if there's one thang Jupiter don't do it's quit. So I'm sure she's doing good today Kaede, we'll go visit her after everyone gets up and moving." Sarah replied with a small smile.

"Okay." Kaede quietly replied as she cuddled up to Sarah. "Ah, why am I so sore today? My jaw is just killing me right now." Kaede quietly winced as she rubbed her lower jaw a bit.

"Well, that ain't too surprising considering what happend." Sarah replied with a small frown.

"What do you mean Sarah, what else happened last night?" Kaede quietly asked with a confused expression.

"Ya don't remember what happened in the hospital?" Sarah asked in a slightly surprised tone.

"Not really. I remember getting to the hospital, giving Mako CPR and defibrillation, then I got into a fight with Ami. What else? Oh, and sis punched me, but it was pretty weak compared to what she could've done if she'd been at full strength. So that's not why my jaw hurts, what else could've done this?" Kaede mumbled to herself. "I can't remember Sarah, the last thing I remember was going to the restroom." Kaede quietly answered with a sad sigh.

"That's okay, it'll come back ta ya eventually I'm sure, and if don't then it ain't worth remembering." Sarah calmly replied with a soft smile.

"Okay, thanks Sarah." Kaede said with a smile as she hugged Sarah.

"Y're welcome darling. Now come on, I'm sure Mako's wondering where we are." Sarah said with a smile as she got out of bed.

"I bet she is." Kaede replied as she also got up.

"Let's go see if anyone else is up." Sarah said with a smile as she lead Kaede out of her room.

"Morning everyone." Kaede greeted as she and Sarah came down the steps.

"Wha?" Minako mumbled as she slowly opened here eyes.

"Sorry, were y'all still sleeping?" Sarah quietly asked as she sat on the couch with Kaede.

"It's okay, we were waking up anyways." Usagi informed as she sat up and stretched a little.

"Hey Kaede." Naru grumbled as she sat up and glared at Kaede.

"Hi Naru. Is everything alright, you seem upset?" Kaede asked with a confused expression as she stared at Naru.

"Really? Gee, I wonder why." Rei said in a sarcastic tone as she also sat up and glared at Kaede.

"What did I do that you both seem so angry with me? I don't understand why you're being so mean right now." Kaede quietly said with a small frown.

"You really don't remember what you did yesterday, do you Kaede?" Naru snapped as she continued to stare at Kaede.

"Not really. I just remember it being a bad day and that I just wanted it to end, I remember wishing I could do anything to make the pain go away." Kaede quietly cried as she stared at everyone.

"So that's why you did it." Usagi quietly said as she stared down at her lap.

"Did what?" Kaede asked with a sniffle.

"Maybe this'll jog your memory." Usagi grumbled as she threw something at Kaede.

"What's this?" Kaede quietly asked as she looked at the object in her hand. "A morphine tube?" Kaede asked as she examined the empty tube.

"Yeah. Did you notice that it's empty?" Usagi asked in a snarky tone as she stared at Kaede.

"Yeah, so what?" Kaede asked with a shrug.

"It's empty because you used it Kaede, you drugged yourself with it last night!" Usagi shouted as she stared daggers at Kaede.

"I...oh my god, what have I done? I can't believe..." Kaede stuttered as she stared at the empty tube in her hand. "I actually...I did this on purpose?" Kaede quietly gasped as she let the tube fall from her hand. Usagi's look of anger slowly turned to a look of sorrow and sympathy, surprised at how upset Kaede had gotten over the truth. "W-why did I do it? I don't...I don't even remember doing it. Was I really that upset that I'd do something so stupid?! Oh what you all must think of me right now, I don't blame any of you for being so pissy at me this morning, I can't believe I did this! I'm sorry everyone, I'm sorry!" Kaede cried as she laid her head in Sarah's lap. "Did I hurt any of you last night? After I did this I mean?" Kaede asked with a sniffle as she looked over at Usagi.

"Not physically, but it hurt our spirits to see you so broken Kaede. I wish you'd talk to us more." Rei quietly said with a sad expression as she stared at Kaede.

"I don't talk because it just hurts me more to talk about it, I've tried Rei, I've really tried! I talk to the counselor, even on days the rest of you don't go; I talk to mom, and I even talk to my dad's ashes in the family shrine. But it's not helping! All I feel is pain, I'm never really happy anymore, I just put on an act! Y-yesterday in that play thing was the first time I felt genuine happiness since we got home, and it didn't even last because sis had a damn heart attack! I feel like the whole damn universe is against me!" Kaede yelled and cried, as she curled into a ball on the floor. "I can't do this anymore Usagi, I don't wanna keep living. It's too painful." Kaede cried as she buried her head in her knees. Everyone silently stared at her with pained expressions, but no one spoke, no one even knew what to say. After a moment though, Usagi kneeled down by Kaede and slowly rolled her so she could look into her eyes.

"Kaede. We're so sorry that you've been in so much pain, and I'm sorry that we never noticed that it was this bad. But we love you Kaede, and to hear you say that is heartbreaking. We're here for you Kaede. I know we can't fully understand your pain, but even so, we're gonna try to so that we can help you. But please Kaede, please don't leave us, you need to fight Kaede. Even if every day you need to think of a reason to get up in the morning or take a breath, you need to keep fighting. It might hurt, but if you tend to those wounds and ask for the care you need they will heal. True, there may be a scar deep in your heart, but it won't be able to consume you. Just talk to us, and we'll do everything we can to heal your wounds Kaede. We love you." Usagi quietly cried as she hugged Kaede as tight as she could.

"I love you all as well, and I'm sorry that I've been such a mess. I just...I don't know what to do anymore. I try and I try as hard as I can to deal with the pain in healthy ways, but it won't go away. It's always there Usagi, eating away at me like a parasite, slowly draining what joy I still feel. I can't take it anymore, I want it to stop, I want it to stop no matter what." Kaede sobbed as she leaned her head on Usagi's chest.

"I know Kaede, but you're a Sailor Guardian, and if there's one thing we don't do it's give up. So you need to fight back those feelings Kaede, when you feel like giving up and that life isn't worth the pain anymore, just remember the ones who love you. Remember that they're still here Kaede, and that they'd be devastated without you." Usagi quietly said as she continued to comfort Kaede.

"I'll try Usagi, I'll try and remember that. But sometimes when I feel like this I don't care about the pain I'd cause if I was gone, I only care about the pain my death would end. But I know how selfish that is, and I know it's not right to think like that. My head is at war, part of me only cares about ending my own pain, but the other part won't let me because of the pain it would cause all of you. I'm sorry that I feel like this at all, but it's just getting harder and harder to keep fighting day in and day out. Now with sis being in the condition she's in I feel even weaker, I don't know what I'd do if something happened to Mako. My heart wouldn't be able to take it, my mind wouldn't be able to take it. You must all think I'm so weak right now." Kaede quietly cried as she pulled herself closer to Usagi.

"Not at all Kaede, we've all felt the way you're feeling at one point or another since we got back. At least I have before, and I know that none of us except maybe Sarah can even begin to understand how much worse your pain is compared to ours; but even so, we understand on some level as to why you'd wanna quit. But that's when you need to reach deep inside yourself and search for a reason to keep fighting. For me it was for my grandpa, because I know how proud he is of me, and how hurt he'd be if I left him; not to mention how devastated Minako would be." Rei said with a sniffle as she stared at Kaede.

"I've felt that way before to, and I kept fighting so I would be here for Rei and the rest of you." Minako quietly said with a small smile.

"Same with me Kaede, even I considered giving up at one point, but I couldn't do that to everyone. I couldn't do that to you, or my family, or any of the people who care about me. So when you feel like giving up, just remember how many people love and depend on you Kaede; but most importantly, remember that you can depend on all of those people to be there for you when you need them, just like you're always here for us." Usagi quietly said with a smile as she gently rubbed Kaede's back and held her close.

"I-I'll do my best everyone, and I'll try to remember that you're all here for me. Thank you everyone, I love you guys." Kaede quietly cried as she squeezed Usagi a little harder.

"We love you to Kaede." Rei said with a sniffle as she and everyone else crowded around Kaede and hugged her.

"Now let's go see Mako." Usagi said with a smile as she stood up and offered her hand to Kaede.

"Okay." Kaede replied with a smile as she wiped her tears away, then took Usagi's hand and pulled herself to her feet.

"Let's get going folks." Jud said with a smile as he started leading everyone out the front door.

"I hope she's doing good today." Usagi said with a smile as she followed Jud to his truck.

"I'm sure she's doing great Usagi, she is Sailor Jupiter after all. That gal don't know how ta quit." Emily replied with a chuckle as she got in the truck with Jud.

"We'll meet ya youngsters at the hospital, just drive safe Sarah." Jud informed as he closed his door and started his truck.

"Will do pa!" Sarah yelled back as she and everyone else got in her ambulance. "Buckle up y'all, we's gonna go a bit fast." Sarah instructed as she put her seatbelt on and started her ambulance.

"Not too fast Sarah, we have precious cargo." Naru giggled as she patted Chibiusa's head.

"Awe, ya ain't no fun Naru." Sarah sighed as she started pulling away from the house.

"HEY! Wait for us!" Luna yelled as she, Artemis, and Diana came running out of the house.

"Hold on Sarah." Usagi instructed as she opened the back door. "How'd you get out of the house Luna?" Usagi asked as she watched Luna run up to the ambulance.

"You almost left us behind and the first thing you say is how did you get out of the house? You're so rude Usagi." Luna scolded as she jumped into the ambulance.

"I guess we should've asked if you wanted to come. Sorry about that." Usagi apologized with a small chuckle.

"Yeah you should've. As for our escape, we used the pet door." Luna answered with a smile.

"Oh yeah, I fergot 'bout that thang. There use ta be a barn cat that would come in and out every now and then when I was a kid, she liked sleeping next ta me. I think she only likes kids though, because when I turned thirteen that cat wouldn't come near me. She still don't come near me." Sarah informed with a smile as she started driving again.

"I wonder why, did you try and leave here all alone in your house as well?" Luna asked with a grin.

"Nah, she went in and out whenever she felt like it. Now hold on back there." Sarah said with a smile as she started driving again.

"I hope Ami's doing okay today." Naru quietly said with a small sigh.

"I'm sure she's fine Naru." Usagi replied with a smile as she looked at Naru.

"I hope she isn't still afraid of me, I feel so bad for scaring her like that. I can't believe I lost my temper like that yesterday." Naru quietly said with a small frown.

"If she is I'll talk to her. On second thought, maybe someone else should. I was a real ass to her yesterday, and I don't blame you for loosing your temper like you did Naru, I had it coming. I can't believe I hit her like that, I punched Ami last night. That in itself is bad enough, but I punched her when she was regressed, that was basically the same as punching a two year old. You had every right to defend her Naru, even if you did scare her while doing it." Kaede said with a small smile as she looked at Naru.

"Thank you, but I still shouldn't've gone so far. I think I did the same thing to you that you did to Ami, I took my pain and fear out on you last night, and I'm sorry Kaede." Naru quietly apologized as she hugged Kaede.

"It's okay, and if it makes you feel any better, you can take solace in the fact that you're strong Naru. I know I said some mean things last night and pretty much called you weak, but I was just trying to act tough. That actually hurt like hell, you have a good punch Naru, so maybe you can do more than just comfort and support us. If push comes to shove I feel sorry for what ever monster tries to hurt the people you care about, because they'd never see that kind of strength coming just by looking at you." Kaede replied with a grin.

"Thanks Kaede, that makes me feel really special actually." Naru thanked with a smile as she hugged Kaede.

"We're here folks, now let's go see Mako." Sarah said with a smile as she parked and turned her ambulance off.

"Don't forget Ami." Naru said with a smile as she opened the back doors.

"How could we." Rei giggled as she followed Naru out.

"Do you think she's still in by Abby?" Minako asked as she jumped out of the ambulance.

"I doubt it, she's probably by her mom by now. It's almost eleven." Rei informed as she turned to watch Usagi get out.

"True, but if she's comfortable there then she might've stayed." Usagi replied as she gracefully jumped out of the ambulance.

"Wow Usagi, that was a pretty gracious landing for you. I honestly thought you were gonna fall on your face." Rei said with an evil grin.

"Sorry to disappoint you." Usagi replied with an equally evil grin.

"Don't worry, there's still plenty of time for it to happen before we get to Mako's room." Rei chuckled as she started walking towards the front doors.

"Very funny Rei." Usagi grumbled as she turned around and waited for Chibiusa and Shingo.

"We're coming Usagi." Chibiusa said with a smile as she and Shingo jumped out and ran over to Usagi.

"Hold my hand Chibiusa." Usagi instructed as she held her hand out to Chibiusa.

"Okay." Chibiusa replied as she took Usagi's hand and walked next to her.

"Shingo." Naru said with a smile as she held her hand out to Shingo.

"Come on Naru, I'm twelve years old. I don't need a baby sitter to cross the parking lot." Shingo grumbled as he looked at Naru.

"Shingo!" Naru said in a more forceful tone as she stared at Shingo.

"Yes Naru." Shingo replied in an intimidated tone as he took Naru's hand.

"Oh yeah, she's definitely gonna be wearing the pants in that relationship." Minako whispered to Rei.

"I heard that." Naru said in a sing song voice as she walked next to Usagi.

"Please don't hurt me." Minako begged with a pout.

"You're so cute when you get all forceful Naru." Usagi giggled as she lead everyone inside.

"Good morning folks, what can I do fer y'all today?" A man asked with a smile as everyone approached the front desk.

"We're here to visit Makoto Kino." Usagi informed with a smile.

"Kino, Kino, here she is. Ya folks know where y're going?" The man asked as he scrolled through his computer a bit.

"I actually don't remember." Usagi answered with a straight face.

"I do, room five-hundred and one right?" Naru asked with a smile.

"Yes ma'am." The man answered with a nod.

"Thank you sir." Naru thanked as she started leading everyone towards the elevator.

"I can't wait to see sis." Kaede said with a smile as she followed everyone onto the elevator.

"I can't either, I hope she's doing well today." Rei replied as everyone piled onto the elevator and watched the doors close.

"That guy didn't seem bothered by us at all, I wonder if anyone read Mako's file?" Luna asked as she looked up at Usagi.

"I doubt it, most hospitals ain't internationally connected, just nationally." Emily informed with a straight face.

"Maybe he didn't even notice." Jud said with a shrug.

"That's probably what happened." Artemis said with a straight face as the elevator came to a stop.

"Let's go see sis." Kaede said with glee as the doors opened and she started getting off.

"You're all here, we were just about to go down to the desk and have them call you." Tony quietly said with a small frown.

"It's you two again. How's it going Mr...Tony and McGee right?" Kaede asked as she stared at the both of them.

"Yeah." McGee quietly answered as he stared at Sarah.

"You both sound down, is everything alright?" Usagi asked with a small frown.

"We'll explain in a minute, but for now we need you all to come with us please." Tony quietly said as he started leading everyone down the hall.

"This can't be good." Usagi quietly said as everyone got off the elevator and followed behind Tony.

"Which one is it, Ami, Mizuno-San, or Mako?" Kaede glumly asked as she stared at Tony.

"Or is it Abby? Is she okay?" Usagi asked with a worried expression.

"We'll explain in a minute, just come with us." Tony replied as he continued leading everyone down the hall.

"Where are we going?" Rei asked in a nervous tone.

"Your friend's room." McGee answered as they stopped outside Mako's room.

"Is someone crying in there?" Usagi quietly asked as she listened through the door.

"McGee." Tony quietly said as he looked at McGee, who just nodded and slowly opened the door.

"Boss, they're here." McGee said as he opened the door fully and stared at Gibbs.

"Thanks Tim." Gibbs quietly replied as he looked at McGee.

"What's going on here?" Usagi quietly asked as she and everyone else walked into the room.

"U-Usagi." Saeko cried as she turned around and looked at everyone.

"What's wrong Mizuno-San?" Usagi quietly asked as she walked over by Saeko.

"Mako...Mako's..." Saeko trailed off as she looked down at her lap and sobbed.

"What's wrong with Mako? What's wrong with my sister?! Kaede shouted as she stared at Saeko.

"She's in a comma." Gibbs quietly answered as he looked over at Kaede.

"A-a comma? How?!" Kaede yelled as she stared at Gibbs.

"They don't know, she just slipped into it about three hours ago. I was gonna call, but I just couldn't find the strength to do it. I'm sorry everyone." Saeko quietly cried as she looked at everyone.

"Oh my god. So, what happens now?" Ikuko quietly asked as she stared at Mako.

"We wait and hope. That's all we can do." Saeko answered with a sniffle.

"But I thought they could bring people out of commas." Usagi quietly said with a small frown as she looked at Mako.

"A medically induced one maybe, but not a natural one like this. Especially when there's no apparent cause, it just happened. It's almost like..." Saeko started saying, until Kaede cut her off.

"She doesn't wanna wake up." Kaede quietly said with a horrified expression. "But why?! Why wouldn't she wanna wake up?! What could be so great in her head that she wants to stay there?! What are you doing sis, wake up you lazy Jovian bum! Ami needs you, your princess needs you, I need you!" Kaede shouted as she stared at Mako. "Please Mako, don't you leave me to." Kaede quietly said as she fell to her knees crying.

"Why doesn't Mako wanna wake up Usagi?" Chibiusa asked as she looked up at Usagi.

"I don't know Chibiusa. I don't know." Usagi quietly answered as she hugged Chibiusa.

"So what do we do now, I mean, is there anything we can do?" Minako asked as she looked over at Saeko.

"No. What happens now is up to Mako, either she'll wake up or she won't. There's no in between, I'm sorry." Saeko cried as she looked at Mako.

"Mako." Kaede quietly said as she looked up at Mako.

"You should all probably head back to Sarah's, I'll call if anything changes." Saeko quietly said with a frown as she stared at everyone.

"Do you want someone to stay here with you Mizuno-San?" Ikuko asked with a small frown.

"No thank you, but please bring Ami home with you. I'm sure Abby and the others need a break from her, she's been back and forth between the two rooms since about three. She couldn't sleep with everything going on, so she just kept wandering back and forth. She's probably exhausted, but there's too much going on around here for her to sleep." Saeko quietly said with a few tears as she looked at Ami, who struggled to keep her eyes open.

"Okay Mizuno-San, please call us if anything changes or if you need anything." Kenji quietly replied as he went to pick Ami up.

"Mako." Ami quietly said as she walked over by Mako and looked at her.

"I know Ami, but Mako's asleep right now, so you've gotta let her rest okay." Naru quietly said as she held her hand out to Ami.

"Kay." Ami quietly replied as she held her arms out to Naru.

"Come on Ami, let's get back to Sarah's so you can get some sleep." Naru said with a smile as she picked Ami up. "Goodbye Mizuno-San, we'll take good care of Ami until you and Mako come home." Naru quietly said as she bowed to Saeko.

"Thank you Ms. Osaka, that means a lot to me right now. Be good Ami, Mako and I will come home as soon as we can." Saeko quietly said as she gave Ami a kiss on her forehead.

"Bye mama." Ami quietly replied as she cuddled up to Naru.

"Bye baby." Saeko replied as she watched Naru carry Ami over to the door.

"Goodbye Mizuno-San, we're only a phone call away if you need us. Actually, Naru, hold up a sec." Usagi instructed as she walked over by Naru.

"What's up Usagi?" Naru asked as she stopped walking and turned around.

"I'm gonna give your mama a way to call us, that way you can talk to her whenever you want, plus we'll be able to stay up to date on Mako's condition." Usagi said with a smile as she walked over by Ami, then pulled her communicator out of her pocket. Ami lightly nodded as she fell asleep in Naru's arms. "Here Mizuno-San, this is Ami's communicator. If you need us just push any of these symbols and we'll answer immediately, otherwise you can always call Haruka and the others if you just wanna talk to someone." Usagi informed with a smile as she handed Saeko the communicator.

"Thank you Usagi, I actually think I'll call Michiru. She's always really calm and supportive, plus Mako and Haruka have a pretty close bond all things considered. I'm sure they'd like to know what's going on." Saeko replied with a sniffle as she took the communicator and set it on a table.

"They probably would. Goodbye Mizuno-San, remember to call if you need us." Usagi quietly said as she hugged Saeko.

"Thank you Usagi. Now get Ami home so she can rest, she's pretty tired." Saeko said with a smile as she hugged Usagi back.

"Will do Mizuno-San. Come on everyone, let's head home." Usagi quietly said as she left the room.

"I think I'll call them now." Saeko quietly said to herself as she pressed the Neptunium symbol and listened to the communicator beep for a moment. "Maybe I did it wrong, I thought I was just..." Saeko started saying, until Michiru's face flashed on the screen.

"This is Michiru, what's going on Ami?" Michiru asked in a worried tone as she stared into her own communicator.

"It's Saeko, actually." Saeko quietly said with a sniffle.

"Mizuno-San? Is everything alright, where's Ami?" Michiru asked with a confused expression as she stared at the image of Saeko.

"She's um...she's on her way back to Sarah's place with everyone else." Saeko answered with a few tears.

"What happened Mizuno-San, why are you so upset?" Michiru asked in a sad tone.

"It's a long story Michiru-San." Saeko answered with a few more tears.

"We have time, however much it takes." Michiru replied as she waved to Haruka.

"What's up Michi?" Haruka asked as she walked over by Michiru.

"Something's wrong with Mizuno-San and I wanted you to be here to hear what she has to say." Michiru answered with a small frown.

"I'm here Mizuno-San, you can start when you're ready." Haruka said with a straight face as she stared at the screen. While Saeko told Haruka and Michiru what had happened, everyone else had started heading home to Sarah's house.

"I can't believe Mako's in a comma. God I feel awful about this, all because we dragged her into a play set. This is madness, what the hell are we supposed to tell Akiko-San?" Minako quietly cried as she stared down at her feet.

"We're not gonna tell her." Usagi quietly said with a straight face.

"What?!" Everyone yelled in unison. "That's crazy Usagi, we have to tell mom what happened! It'd be wrong not to!" Kaede shouted in an angry tone.

"She's right Usagi, keeping this from Akiko-San would just be plain wrong!" Rei yelled back in a shocked tone.

"My decision is final. I know it seems cruel, but I have my reasons." Usagi calmly replied as she stared at Rei.

"To hell with your damn reasons Usagi! That's her daughter, we can't not tell her!" Minako shouted in an angry tone.

"I said my decision was final. I forbid any of you from contacting Akiko-San about this, is that understood?" Usagi calmly instructed as she continued to stare at Rei.

"No, it's not understood! I don't care what you say, I'm telling Akiko-San!" Rei yelled back in a furious tone as she glared at Usagi.

"No one is to tell her anything! That is an order from your princess! Now drop it Rei, no one is telling Akiko-San what happened! Do I make myself clear Rei?!" Usagi shouted as she got in Rei's face. Rei and everyone else just stared at Usagi with horrified expressions, they'd never known her to throw her title around in such a way.

"Yes princess." Rei quietly replied as she slumped down in her seat.

"I'm sorry I had to get so mean everyone, but I have my reasons for not contacting Akiko-San on this. As thanks for your cooperation though, I'll tell you what they are." Usagi quietly said as she stared at everyone. Everyone lightly nodded their approval as they all focused on Usagi. "I don't want to tell Akiko-San yet because we don't know what to tell her. All we know is that Mako's in a comma, we have no cause, no idea as to when she'll wake up, and most importantly, no idea how Akiko-San will respond. Do any of you know what happened when mom told her Mako had a heart attack? She passed out. I don't know what would happen if Akiko-San got news like that over the phone again, so in order to keep her safe we're not gonna tell her anything about this unless the situation gets worse. Does everyone understand?" Usagi explained and asked with a small frown.

"That really happend? I had no idea, why didn't anyone tell me mom passed out when she heard what happened?" Kaede asked in a shocked tone as she stared at Usagi.

"Because you were unconscious, and as for the rest of you, you were all in bed. I over heard part of the conversation because I couldn't sleep so I got up to get some water, I didn't tell anyone because I didn't think it was my place to comment on such a matter." Usagi quietly explained with a small frown.

"Wow. I guess when you put it like that, it really wasn't your place to comment. Sorry we got so mad at you Usagi, and thank you for telling us everything." Rei replied with a straight face as she slowly processed what she'd just been told.

"You're welcome." Usagi quietly replied as Sarah pulled up to her house and parked.

"We're home. Now let's get Ami ta bed." Sarah quietly said as she opened her door and got out.

"Alright. Come on Ami." Naru quietly said as she picked Ami up and carried her towards the house.

"Come on Kaede, let's get some rest." Usagi quietly said as she held her hand out to Kaede.

"I need a minute Usagi, I'll meet you all inside." Kaede said with a sniffle as she stared down at her feet.

"Okay, we'll be right inside if you need us." Usagi quietly replied as she got out of the ambulance, followed by everyone else.

"Sis. You can't do this to me, not you to." Kaede quietly cried as she held her head in her hands. "I can't do this anymore, I can't take it. Ever since I got these stupid powers everyone I get close to gets hurt. At this rate I'll just end up hurting Sarah as well, I feel like a damn jinx. She deserves so much better than me, they all do." Kaede cried as she held her hand up. "Europa moon power, make up." Kaede quietly said as she took her guardian form. "This is for the best, they'll be better off." Europa said with a sniffle as she summoned her bag and dug several morphine tubes out of it. "I don't even know if I should bother with a note." Europa quietly cried as she popped the cover off the first needle and held it to her arm.

"Kaede." Usagi quietly said as she knocked on the back doors.

"What?" Europa asked with a sniffle.

"Are you okay in there? Do want some company?" Usagi asked in a sweet tone as she stared at the back of the ambulance.

"No. I just wanna be alone please." Europa quietly answered as she held the tube in a shaking hand.

"Why don't you come out of there Kaede, we'll take a walk together." Usagi quietly suggested in the same sweet tone.

"I said I wanna be alone Usagi, so just go away!" Europa shouted as she started squeezing the tube out of anger.

"Not until you at least open the door Kaede, I'm worried about you, especially after yesterday." Usagi quietly said as she stood patiently in front of the doors.

"Fine!" Europa shouted as she stuffed the tube back in her bag, let down her transformation, then whipped the doors open. "Ya happy now Usagi?! I'm still alive and I'm not wasted, are you happy now?! Are you done checking up on me like I'm some snot nosed little kid?!" Kaede shouted as she stared at Usagi.

"Yes. Now come inside, everyone's worried about you." Usagi calmly instructed as she gestured to the house.

"Whatever." Kaede snapped as she got out of the ambulance and walked towards the house. "I'm alive, see?! You can all stop freaking out now!" Kaede shouted as she barged into the house and threw her arms up.

"Shh. Ami's sleeping." Naru quietly said as she pointed at Ami, who was curled up with all three cats on the couch.

"Oh! I'm sooo sorry mother Osaka, god forbid I wake a seventeen year old up from their nap!" Kaede snapped as she glared at Naru.

"Don't start Kaede." Naru quietly said as she stared at Kaede.

"Start what?! Huh Naru?! Start acting like an idiot?! Start shouting?! Or start sticking more needles in my arm?! Fuck you Naru, I'm sick of you acting all high and mighty like you're the strong one in the group! But we all know that's not true, because boy can you loose it when you're pissed! My face is proof of that you damn bitch!" Kaede shouted in a fit of anger as she glared at Naru.

"Kaede!" Sarah shouted in a horrified tone as she stared at Kaede.

"What Sasha?! What do you want?!" Kaede shouted as she turned around and glared at Sarah.

"It's Sarah first of all, and secondly, what's wrong with ya Kaede? I know y're worried 'bout Mako, but this ain't healthy Kaede. Ya need ta talk ta us darling." Sarah quietly said as she stared into Kaede's eyes.

"You want me to talk?! Okay, I'll talk! I'll talk all fucking day and night Sarah, but it won't matter because talking doesn't do shit! As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words, and I'm done acting! I'm done acting like I'm happy or like I care, I'm done pretending like I'm getting better and that this vacation is helping me, and it's time that I act on my true feelings! So fuck all of you, I'll see all you fuckers in hell!" Kaede shouted as she burst out the front door and ran off.

"Kaede! Kaede wait!" Sarah shouted as she tore after Kaede as fast as she could.

"Leave me alone Sarah, I don't want anything to do with you!" Kaede shouted as she stopped running and turned around to face Sarah.

"I don't care, ya ain't right in the head Kaede! Ya need help!" Sarah yelled as she stared at Kaede.

"Leave me alone Sarah, just get away from me!" Kaede screamed as she stared at Sarah.

"No! I ain't going no where!" Sarah yelled back as she stared at Kaede.

"I said get away!" Kaede shouted as she grabbed one of her ODM guns and pointed it at Sarah.

"Ya wouldn't dare Kaede, ya may be mad but ya ain't a murderer. Now put that thang down and get back in the house." Sarah instructed as she glared at Kaede.

"Get away from me Sarah, leave me alone." Kaede said through gritted teeth as she stared into Sarah's eyes.

"No." Sarah replied as she stood her ground.

"Now Sarah! If you think I won't shoot then you're crazier than I am!" Kaede said with a scowl as she disengaged her safety.

"Ya ain't gonna shoot me Kaede, it ain't in yer nature ta hurt innocent people. Now let's get inside and talk." Sarah calmly said as she took a step towards Kaede. A small click was heard as Kaede pulled the trigger. "Y...ya actually pulled the trigger. Ya would've shot me Kaede. I can't...I can't believe ya actually would've killed me. How could you Kaede?! How could ya do somthang like that ta me?! I love you!" Sarah yelled as she burst into tears and fell to her knees.

"I told you to get away from me, now get lost Sarah!" Kaede screamed as she took off again. Sarah sat there on her knees in a combination of shock and heartbreak, but after a few seconds she stood up and ran into her house crying.

"Sarah?!" Everyone yelled in shock as Sarah charged through the front door and threw herself into her mom's arms.

"She's a monster! She ain't right ma! She's a damn monster!" Sarah cried as she clung to her mom.

"She's just in pain Sarah, but she still loves ya. Just try and relax, I'm sure everythang will be okay." Emily quietly said as she hugged Sarah.

"No it ain't! She's crazy, she tried ta shoot me ma! She tried ta shoot me!" Sarah cried as she continued to cling to her mom.

"She what?!" Ikuko shouted in disbelief as she stared at Sarah.

"She told me ta leave her alone and I didn't listen, so she grabbed her gun and pointed it at me. I thought she was just trying ta intimidate me, but she actually pulled the trigger! I heard it click and everythang! She would've shot me! After everythang I've tried ta do fer her, and she would've killed me!" Sarah cried as she slumped down to the floor at her mom's feet.

"Where is she?!" Usagi asked in a furious tone as she stood up from the chair she was in.

"I don't know, she ran off. I wasn't too worried 'bout where she was headed, I just wanted ta get away from her. She's insane." Sarah cried as she looked over at Usagi.

"That's it, we need to find Kaede and put a stop to this. She needs to go into a facility before she really hurts someone." Usagi ordered as she looked back at Rei and Minako.

"Agreed. You all stay here, we'll go find Kaede and bring her back here." Rei instructed as she and Minako stood up.

"Be careful everyone, Kaede's very powerful, and that much power in the hands of an unstable person is a recipe for disaster." Ikuko said with a small frown as she stared at Usagi.

"Don't worry mom, we'll be safe." Usagi replied as she started leading Minako and Rei towards the door.

"Usagi no go." Ami quietly said as she rolled over and looked at Usagi.

"What?" Usagi asked as she kneeled down by Ami.

"Usagi no go, I go." Ami said with a smile as she got off the couch and walked towards the door.

"No way Ami, it's not safe for you to go." Usagi replied as she stared at Ami.

"Ami go, you stay." Ami said with a smile as she flicked her hand at Usagi.

"Ami, we're not..." Usagi started saying as she tried to take a step towards Ami, only to find that her feet were frozen to the ground. "You turd! Ami you unfreeze us right now!" Usagi shouted as she stared at Ami.

"Save Kaede." Ami said with a smile as she walked out the front door.

"What do we do?!" Rei yelled as she stared at Usagi.

"What do you mean what do we do?! Melt it Rei, you're the senshi of fire for crying out loud!" Usagi ordered as she looked back at Rei.

"Duh!" Rei yelled as she pulled her wand out. "Mars crystal power, make up!" Rei yelled as she held her wand up. Within seconds Sailor Mars stood in the place of Rei, and she was ready for action. "Nice try Ami, but your little kid brain isn't enough to stop my adult one." Mars said with a grin as she held her hand over the ice on her feet, then concentrated on making a small flame. "It won't melt! She must've made it out of the permafrost, I'll never be able to make a fire hot enough to melt it! Not without burning myself alive first! Damn that brat, she actually did use her brain! What do we do now?!" Rei yelled as she stared down at her feet.

"I don't know, I guess it's up to Ami now." Usagi quietly said as she looked around the room. "Oh my god, Sarah! You're not frozen to the ground!" Usagi yelled with excitement as she stared at Sarah, who was still sitting on the floor by her mom.

"Yeah, so what?" Sarah grumbled as she looked at Usagi.

"You can move, you can go after them!" Rei yelled as she also looked over at Sarah.

"I ain't going no where! She tried ta shoot me, Rei! Kaede tried ta kill me! She's insane! Y'all might be fine running after her when she's like that, but I ain't! I ain't got magical powers ta protect myself with, I ain't bulletproof like all of yas!" Sarah yelled as she stared at Usagi.

"Bullet proof?! You think that we're bullet proof Sarah?! I got shot through the chest and almost died, Minako was shot in the side and the bullet tore through her body like a knife through warm butter! We're not bullet proof Sarah, we're as vulnerable to bullets as any normal person, and that includes Ami! She's been shot more times than I can remember. I know you're pissed at Kaede for doing something so stupid, and I don't blame you. But please Sarah, if you're not gonna go after them because you're mad at Kaede I can understand that, but think about Ami! She just went after Kaede and she doesn't realize how dangerous this situation is, Kaede could kill her, Sarah! She could kill Ami, and Ami wouldn't even understand what's going on! If you can still sit there with that thought going through your head, then you're not the person we met in that hospital in Japan. Please Sarah, don't let Ami get hurt." Usagi cried and begged as she stared at Sarah.

"God damn it." Sarah quietly swore as she looked towards the door. "Fine, but I ain't doing this fer Kaede, I'm only doing this fer Ami." Sarah quietly said as she grabbed the gun off her dad's hip. "If she tries ta shoot me again, I will shoot back this time." Sarah quietly said as she walked out the front door.

"Good luck Sarah." Usagi quietly said as she watched Sarah walk away. While Sarah slowly wandered in the direction Kaede had gone, Kaede had stopped running for the first time since she left the house.

"FUCK! What have I done?! Damn my stupid fucking brain! How could I have done something so stupid?! I shot at Sarah, after everything she's done for me, and I pointed a gun at her and pulled the trigger." Kaede cried as she dropped to her knees. "You stupid worthless person, all you ever do is fuck everything up. You're such a waste!" Kaede screamed as she slammed her head in the dirt. "I'm a danger to my friends, they'd be safer without me around." Kaede cried as she held her hand up. "Europa moon power, make up." Kaede quietly said as she took her guardian form. "They'd all be safer without me, I'm a danger to all of them. I'll get them all killed, just like I got you killed." Europa quietly said as she placed a hand over Sasha's patch. "It's time to end this pointless game, I'm throwing in the towel." Europa cried as she summoned her bag, then dug a scalpel out of it. "Goodbye everyone, I hope you can all forgive me for the mess I've caused." Europa cried as she placed the blade in the middle of her wrist, then cut from there all the way up the length of her forearm. "I'm coming...Sasha." Europa quietly said as she did the same thing to her other arm.

"Wow Kaede, and here I was thinking ya were smart. But no smart person would do somthang this stupid." Someone quietly said as they came up behind Europa.

"Just leave me alone Sarah! Let me die in peace." Europa said with a sniffle as she watched the blood ooze from her wrists.

"That's it huh darling? All this whining about how I ain't here anymore, and now that I finally show up, ya tell me ta get lost. You're a bigger mess than I thought ya were Kaede." The voice said in a sad tone.

"Fuck you Sarah, you don't know..." Europa snapped as she turned around, stopping when she saw who was standing there. "Sasha." Europa quietly said in total shock, as she stared at the figure in front of her.

"Hey Kaede, long time no see." Sasha said with a smile as she looked at Europa.

"Oh my god. Sasha, I thought...I thought you were dead! Oh thank god you're okay!" Europa cried as she tried to hug Sasha.

"I am dead ya dumb ass!" Sasha suddenly shouted as she pushed Europa back.

"Hey! What the heck Sasha, why did you push me?!" Europa yelled as she stared at Sasha.

"Why?! Y're asking why?! The better question is how! How can a ghost push a living person?! Oh, I know, because they're dying! Don't ya get it Kaede?! You! Are! Dying! You're dying Kaede! In fact I didn't even push yer body, I pushed yer spirit, ya ain't even in yer body right now ya idiot!" Sasha shouted as she pointed at the ground. Europa looked down and was taken back by what she saw, it was her own body, laying in a slowly expanding puddle of blood.

"So...I'm a ghost?" Europa quietly asked as she looked back at Sasha.

"Yeah! Y're a ghost stupid!" Sasha shouted as she pushed Kaede.

"Hey! Why are you acting like this Sasha, I did this because I missed you?! Because life was too painful to live without you! Why are you being so mean to me?!" Europa cried as she stared at Sasha.

"Why?! Ya wanna know why?! It's because I'm pissed at you Kaede! I died fer you, okay?! I took a bullet fer you, gave my own life so that ya could make it home and live a life ya could be proud of! But no, instead ya wipe yer ass with that sacrifice and kill yerself like a coward! If I'd've known ya were gonna do something this stupid then I would've let you die Kaede! I had a family, we ran an orphanage fer kids who lost their parents ta the titans! I was their big sister, Kaede, and I'm dead now! I left all them little kids and my family behind ta save yer life, and this is what ya do with it! I'm disappointed in ya Kaede, so disappointed." Sasha said with an angry expression as she stared into Europa's eyes.

"Sasha. I-I'm so sorry, I just...I've been in so much pain since you left. I keep blaming myself for what happened that day, and I feel so lost in this world now. Like I don't even belong here anymore. Everything just kept getting harder and harder. I didn't know what to do, but you're right, I am a coward. I let my pain consume me, and it blinded me to everything I had, to everything you gave me. I'm so sorry Sasha, I can't believe I did something so stupid! I can't even fix this mistake now, I've let you down. I'm sorry." Europa cried as she stared down at her body.

"Everything can be fixed Kaede, ya just gotta have the right tool ta do it. Now listen ta me very carefully, I want ya ta lay down on top of yer body, just like it's positioned on the ground." Sasha instructed with a small smile.

"Okay." Europa replied with a sniffle as she did what Sasha said.

"Good, now don't move okay." Sasha instructed with a smile. Europa gently nodded her head in response. With that Sasha vanished and Europa's spirit was all alone.

"I have to keep fighting, for her." Europa quietly said as she continued to lay on her body. While Europa laid in that one spot, Ami had wandered deep into the corn field.

"Kaede sad." Ami said to herself as she wandered around. "Pretty flower help Kaede, not Usagi." Ami said with a smile as she held a dandelion in her hand. The wind suddenly began to pick up around Ami, and the flower blew from her hand. "Kaede flower." Ami said with a small frown as she chased the flower. The wind blew again and carried the flower to a corn field. "Kaede flower." Ami said with a smile as she picked the flower up. The wind blew a third time and the corn parted like a path in front of Ami. "Cool path." Ami said with a smile as she walked into the field.

"That's it Ami, follow the path." Sasha quietly said as she lead Ami towards Kaede by manipulating the corn. "I guess being a ghost ain't all bad." Sasha chuckled as she continued making a path for Ami to follow.

"Funny scarecrow." Ami giggled as she stopped to stare at a scarecrow.

"No no no, we don't have time fer that." Sasha quietly said as she made the scarecrow's arm point behind it.

"Okay." Ami said with a smile as she followed the scarecrow's instructions.

"That's it, follow the path Ami." Sasha said with a smile as she lead Ami into a large area that looked like a crop circle.

"Big circle!" Ami yelled with a smile as she ran around it.

"Jeez, she sure ain't the smart gal I knew in my world." Sasha mumbled as she picked up a corn cob and tossed it at Ami.

"Owie!" Ami yelled as the corn hit her in the back of the head. "Meanie lady." Ami grumbled as she turned around and stared at Sasha.

"Ya can see me?!" Sasha yelled as she stared in shock at Ami.

"Sasa." Ami said with a smile as she went to hug Sasha.

"Why didn't ya...never mind. Ami ya've got help Kaede, she's hurt really bad alright!" Sasha yelled as she walked up to Ami.

"Boo boo?" Ami asked with a confused expression as she stared at Sasha.

"Yeah, boo boo. What happened ta ya Ami, I thought ya were the smart one?!" Sasha yelled as she continued to stare at Ami.

"Why Kaede have boo boo?" Ami asked with a small frown as she stared at Sasha.

"Just get help Ami, she ain't got a lot of time left." Sasha calmly instructed as she looked back at Kaede, noticing the blood puddle had increased in size. "Even with my ghostly abilities, I can't totally stop the bleeding, I can only slow it down fer so long. So go get help Ami, and hurry!" Sasha order as she stared at Ami.

"Okay." Ami replied as she ran back towards the house.

"Hurry Ami, Kaede's life depends on ya." Sasha quietly said as she sat down by Kaede and held her hands over Kaede's wrists. "Hang in there darling, help's coming." Sasha quietly said as she looked towards the house. While Ami ran towards the house, Sarah was slowly wandering around the area.

"Uh! I don't wanna deal with this right now, stupid Ami, stupid Kaede! They's both nuts, one acts like a dang two year old and the other one acts like a sociopath. Oh Jenny, what the hell am I gonna do. I know she's in pain, but that don't give her no reason ta shoot me. She's nuts, I can't believe she did that. Still though, I guess it ain't right ta leave Ami out here with her. I best keep..." Sarah talked to herself, until she caught a glimpse of movement in the field. "Damn coyots I bet, ya varmen best stay away from my horses!" Sarah yelled as she pointed her gun at the field.

"Sarah." Ami said with a smile as she came out of the corn field.

"Ami, thank goodness y're okay. Come on, let's get ya inside goober." Sarah said with a smile as she put her gun away.

"Kaede boo boo." Ami quietly said as she started pulling on Sarah's sleeve.

"Kaede can take care of her own boo boo, she's got a whole damn pack. She can take another vile of that morphine." Sarah grumbled as she started walking back towards the house.

"NO! Kaede boo boo! Big boo boo! Sarah help Kaede!" Ami yelled as she planted her feet on the ground and refused to move.

"Kaede can take care of her own big boo boo, now get moving Ami! We's going in!" Sarah yelled as she started dragging Ami towards the house.

"No! Kaede big boo boo! All Kaede's ketchup come out of it!" Ami yelled as she pulled on Sarah's arm.

"Ketchup?! What the hell does that have ta do with Kaede's boo boo as you say?" Sarah asked as she looked back at Ami.

"Kaede big boo boo, and now ketchup everywhere." Ami quietly said with a small frown.

"Do ya mean blood Ami? Is there red stuff coming outta Kaede?" Sarah asked in a more concerned tone.

"Lots of red come out of Kaede." Ami answered with a small frown.

"Show me!" Sarah yelled as she started running towards the corn field.

"That way." Ami answered as she ran next to Sarah.

"Damn you Kaede, ya best hang on darling. I may be mad but I ain't mad nuff ta let ya die. Not yet anyways." Sarah said to herself as she continued following Ami. After a moment Sarah and Ami had made it to the open space Kaede was in. "Kaede! Kaede where are ya?!" Sarah yelled as she looked around a bit.

"Kaede there." Ami quietly said as she pointed at Kaede's body.

"Oh my god! Kaede! Kaede, can ya hear me?!" Sarah yelled as she ran to Kaede's side. "Oh no, this is bad, both her wrists are slashed! There's blood everywhere! Hang in there Kaede, I'ma get ya outa here darling!" Sarah yelled as she picked Kaede up.

"Sasha." Kaede mumbled as Sarah threw her into a fireman's carry.

"Hang in there Kaede, ya can't die on me, ya just can't darling." Sarah yelled as she started running back towards the house.

"Ya can do it Sarah, keep that gal safe." A woman quietly said as she watched Sarah run back towards the house.

"Hey babe, I didn't know ya would be coming here." Sasha said with a smile as she looked to her right.

"Well I ain't gonna let ya come back ta earth without me now. Besides, that's my gal running. I was hopping I could say hi, but she's got more important thangs ta do than talk ta a ghost." The woman said with a grin as she looked at Sasha.

"Well I don't Jenny, ya think they'd be mad if they new 'bout us?" Sasha asked with a grin as she put her arm around Jenny.

"Nah, I think they'd want us ta be as happy as we want them ta be. Now let's head home Sasha, there's a heavenly meal waiting fer us back there." Jenny said with a grin.

"You and yer dang puns, but it's cute." Sasha giggled as her and Jenny vanished and returned to their realm.

"Get the first aid kit!" Sarah screamed as she and Ami plowed through the front door and laid Kaede on the floor.

"What's wrong Sarah?!" Jud yelled as he stared at Sarah.

"Just get the kit!" Sarah screamed as she ran over to the phone and pushed a few buttons.

"911, what is yer emergency?" A woman asked on the other end of the line.

"I need an ambulance right now, my girlfriend's hurt really bad! It's horrible, there's blood everywhere! Please send someone now!" Sarah cried into the phone in a flustered panic.

"Take a deep breath ma'am and tell me where ya are and exactly what happened." The woman calmly instructed as she started typing on her computer.

"I'm at 1845 cow pie road, my girlfriend's been going through a really hard time lately and her mental state's been all over the place! She finally lost it today and ran outta the house after we got inta a big fight, she tried ta kill herself! She cut both her wrists open and the bleeding won't stop! Please help us!" Sarah shouted into the phone.

"Don't worry ma'am, help's on the way. How old is yer friend?" The woman asked in a polite tone as she typed a little more on her computer.

"S-seventeen." Sarah answered through her tears.

"Does she have any history of mental illness er previous attempts on her life?" The woman asked in the same tone as she continued typing on her computer.

"She ain't got a history of mental illness that any of us is aware of, but she went through a terrible trauma and lost someone she loved a couple months back. She's been struggling with accepting what happened and her mental state's been declining ever since. From what I understand it ain't the first time she's tried ta do somthang like this, but this is the closest she's ever gotten ta actually dying." Sarah quickly answered in the same panicked and flustered tone.

"Well we ain't gonna let that happen okay. Ya said both wrists had cuts in 'em right?" The woman asked in kind and professional tone.

"Mhm." Sarah answered with a sniffle.

"Vertical cuts I assume." The woman quietly said in the same professional tone.

"Y-yes." Sarah answered with a sniffle.

"Alright, listen very carefully. Ya need ta apply a tourniquet ta the wounds ta stop er at least slow the bleeding, the cuts severed the anterior arteries so time is of the essence here. Do ya have a belt er some rope, er anythang that ya can use ta wrap around her wrists?" The woman calmly asked as she stared at her computer screen.

"We've got belts!" Kenji yelled as he and Jud quickly took their belts off.

"Yeah." Sarah answered as she quickly took the belts and set the phone down.

"Take tham belts and wrap one round each wrist, make sure ta put it just below the wound and pull it tight. Y'll know if it's tight nuff if the bleeding is significantly slowed er even stopped okay." The woman instructed in a calm tone.

"Kay." Sarah replied as she did as she was instructed.

"They on nice and tight?" The woman asked in the same calm tone.

"Yes ma'am, and I think it's working. She's still bleeding a bit, but it ain't nothing like it was." Sarah answered with a sniffle.

"Very good, y'all did well. Now just keep an eye on her, help's on the way." The woman said in a sweet tone as she waited on the line with Sarah.

"I think they're here." Sarah quietly said as she heard the faint ring of an approaching siren.

"How's she doing, she still hanging in there?" The woman asked in a hopeful tone.

"I think so, she's still breathing." Sarah answered with a sniffle.

"That's good, now we's just gotta keep her that way. The rescue team there yet?" The woman asked in a soft tone.

"I don't..." Sarah started answering, until she was distracted by a knock on the door.

"Dallas PD, open up!" A man shouted from the other side of the door.

"Now would be a good time to unfreeze us Ami!" Usagi yelled as she stared at Ami.

"Kay." Ami replied as she flicked her hand and made the ice vanish.

"Thanks Ami!" Emily yelled as she ran over to the front door and opened it. "Thank goodness y're here, she's this way." Emily said as she gestured the officer inside.

"Can you tell me what happened?" The officer asked as he kneeled down by Kaede and looked at her wounds.

"We got in a fight and she just snapped. She ran off inta the field and when Ami found her she was already bleeding like this. I found 'em both and ran her inside and called 911. Then the lady told us ta do all this stuff and that's 'bout it, we ain't sure of exactly what happened. All we're certain of is that it weren't no accident." Sarah cried as she stared down at Kaede.

"This was a suicide attempt?" The officer asked as he looked up at Sarah.

"We believe so, it's not the first time she's tried." Saeko answered in a sad tone.

"Alright." The officer replied as he grabbed his radio. "Dispatch be advised, victim is a seventeen year old female with two deep vertical cuts to both the anterior arteries. These wounds are believed to be self inflicted and intentionally so, relay this info to the paramedic unit and let them know to have the hospital contact CPS to have someone follow up when she's stable. Over." The officer ordered as he hung up his radio.

"Copy that, we'll contact them immediately. Over and out." A woman answered through the radio.

"Rodger, out." The officer replied as he hung up his radio. "Your tourniquet looks good, the paramedics should be here any minute now. In the mean time could anyone give me more detail about the circumstances of this attempt?" The officer asked as he pulled out a notepad and pen.

"You wouldn't believe us if we did." Usagi replied with a sniffle.

"Try me." The officer instructed as he clicked his pen and put it to the notepad.

"She and her friends are superheroes, they're Japan's Sailor Soldiers. They protect the world from dark supernatural forces and things like it. During their last big battle they were thrown into another universe where she fell in love with someone who ultimately gave her life to protect Kaede. The guilt of that day has been consuming her for at least a couple of months now, and I guess it finally got to her." Usagi explained with a few tears.

"Alright, and I'm to assume this young woman is Kaede?" The officer asked as he wrote some notes down.

"Yes sir." Usagi answered with a sniffle.

"Well I'll admit that's a hard story to believe, but at the same time I'm inclined to believe it. Especially considering that these apparent Sailor Soldiers as they've been dubbed, were involved in a huge NCIS case the a couple days ago. I just read the report yesterday and as strange as it all was, I see no reason to doubt it." The officer replied as he took some more notes. "Now as for this attempt, you believe it to be caused by the death of someone close to her?" The officer asked as he looked up at Usagi.

"Yes." Usagi answered as she wiped some tears away.

"I'll want details on that in a bit, but for now let's focus on her and making sure we keep her stable." The officer said as he looked at Kaede.

"Where the hell is the ambulance?!" Sarah yelled as she looked towards the door.

"Dispatch, what's the ETA on that ambulance? Over." The officer asked in a calm tone.

"Ten minutes out, they had to detour due to an accident. Over." The woman answered in a sad tone.

"She ain't got time fer this!" Sarah yelled as she looked at the officer with tears in her eyes.

"We'll take her ourselves then, put her in my car and we'll transport her that way." The officer instructed as he stood up.

"No, I'll bring her in. Contact the hospital and tell them to have a team standing by, we're bringing a critical patient in via the helipad entrance." Usagi ordered as she carefully picked Kaede up.

"How? What are you gonna do, sprout wings and fly?" The officer asked as he watched Usagi walk towards the door with Kaede.

"That's exactly what I'm going to do." Usagi answered as she pulled her brooch out. "Moon love make up!" Usagi shouted as she held her brooch in the air. She was quickly enveloped in a bright angelic light, and a few seconds later Angelic Sailor Moon stood before everyone with her wings spread fully and ready for takeoff. "I'm taking her in myself, let the hospital know to have that team on standby at the helipad. Have them prep either the E.R or O.R, whichever one they'll need to repair these wounds." Sailor Moon ordered as she prepared to take off.

"Who the hell are you?" The officer asked as he stared wide eyed at Sailor Moon.

"I am the pretty guardian who fights for love and for justice, I am Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I'll save my friend!" Sailor Moon yelled as she flapped her mighty wings and soared into the air. "Hang in there Kaede, we're gonna get you help." Sailor Moon quietly said as she concentrated her power, then soared towards the hospital so fast that she left a sonic boom in her wake.

"Holly crap! I think Usagi just broke the sound barrier!" Rei yelled as she stared up at the sky.

"I didn't know she had that kind of power." Naru quietly said as she stared at the sky trail left behind by Sailor Moon's wings.

"She has whatever power she needs to protect the ones she loves, she always has." Luna said with a small smile as she stared up at the sky.

"Come on, let's follow her." Ikuko said as she ran out of the house.

"Right behind ya." Emily replied, as she and everyone else followed Ikuko out of the house.

"I-I don't...I need a vacation." The officer mumbled as he slowly left the house and went back to his car.

"515 M-10, what's the situation? Over." A woman asked over the radio.

"Dispatch be advised, I have no idea what to say. I just saw something that looked like it was torn from the pages of a comic book. Over." The officer answered in a stunned tone.

"I don't understand, please be specific. Over." The woman instructed in a calm tone.

"One of the people here sprouted a pair of angle wings, grabbed our vic, then flew up into the air with her and took off at supersonic speeds. Over." The officer explained in the same stunned tone. The radio was silent for a few moments as the dispatcher thought about how to respond.

"Head back to the station 5 1 5, I think you need a break. Over." The woman instructed in a worried tone.

"I need a hell of lot more than that." The officer mumbled as he held his radio up to his mouth. "Agreed. I'm heading back now, over and out." The officer informed as he hung up his radio and started driving away. "Crap." The officer quietly said as he grabbed his radio again. "Dispatch come in, I need you to contact the nearest hospital and tell them to prep the O.R and a team for a critical drop off via the helipad. Over." The officer instructed in a firm tone.

"Copy that 5 1 5, I'll contact them now. Over." The woman replied as she started typing on her computer.

"Appreciate it dispatch, over and out." The officer said as he pulled out of Sarah's drive way. While the officer headed back to the station and the others sped to the hospital, Sailor Moon was soaring towards the hospital at the speed of a fighter jet.

"Hang in there Kaede, we're right here! You're gonna be okay!" Sailor Moon yelled as the hospital came into view. She quickly flapped her wings once and came to a dead stop above the helipad, then she folded her wings and dropped down onto it. "Where the hell are the doctors?" Sailor Moon grumbled as she looked around the empty helipad. "I don't have time for this." Sailor Moon said to herself as she ran in the door and started down the steps.

"Careful lady!" A man yelled as he narrowly avoided slamming into Sailor Moon.

"Are you the team responding to the helipad call?!" Sailor Moon asked in a hopeful tone.

"We sure are, how'd ya know 'bout that?" A woman asked as she stared at Sailor Moon.

"Because I'm the one who called it in. Here's the patient, I assume you've been filled in on the situation." Sailor Moon said as she laid Kaede on a prepared gurney.

"Yes ma'am, we've got the O.R prepped and ready ta go." One of the doctors informed as he strapped Kaede to the gurney.

"Good, now let's go." Sailor Moon ordered as she stared at everyone.

"Yes ma'am." The doctor replied as he and everyone else quickly brought Kaede down the steps to the proper floor.

"You hang in there Kaede, Sasha would want you to stay strong." Sailor Moon quietly said as she walked alongside the gurney.

"I...I'm...sorry...Sasha." Kaede quietly said between weak breaths.

"It's okay Kaede, she'll forgive you. We all will, just make sure you get better for us. That's all we want for you." Sailor Moon quietly said as she put a hand on Kaede's forehead.

"S-Sarah." Kaede said with a small gasp as she passed out.

"She's coming to Kaede, so stay alive so you can see her again." Sailor Moon quietly said as she walked with everyone to the O.R.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but..." A nurse started saying, until Sailor Moon cut him off.

"I know the drill, I'll be in the waiting room. My friends and family should be here soon as well, is there any way I can contact the front desk to let them know where we are?" Sailor Moon asked as she stared at the man.

"Yeah. Just walk through those doors and there'll be a desk on your left, you can let the staff there know and they'll contact the main entrance desk for you." The man answered with a straight face.

"Thank you sir." Sailor Moon thanked as she walked away.

"Wow, that's quite the costume. Ya in a play er somthang?" A woman asked with a smile as Sailor Moon approached her desk.

"Not exactly. Could you do me a favor please? I need someone to contact the front desk and let them know that a group of people are going to be coming in looking for a woman named Kaede Kino, please let them know that she's up here in the O.R." Sailor Moon asked with a sweet smile.

"Of course ma'am." The woman replied as she picked up her phone and pushed a few buttons.

"Thank you." Sailor Moon thanked as she let down her transformation, then sat down in a chair. "Now we wait and hope." Usagi quietly said as she looked down at her feet. Several minutes passed with no word from either the doctors or the front desk, and Usagi was starting to get anxious. 'Am I a bad leader? Should I have seen this coming? What if Kaede doesn't pull through?! What am I gonna tell Akiko-San and Mako?! Oh my god, I couldn't bare to do that, the first thing Mako hears when she wakes up is that Kaede's dead!' Usagi thought to herself in a panic. "Mako, I'm sorry." Usagi quietly said with a sniffle as she looked down at the floor and started to cry. "I know I should stay here and wait for the others, but I can't just sit here like this, there's too much doubt filling my head right now. I need to go somewhere else, I can't bare to just sit and wait anymore." Usagi said to herself with a sniffle as she stood up and walked towards the elevator. "I think I'll go and check on Mako." Usagi quietly said as she hit a button and waited for the elevator. The elevator dinged and the doors slowly opened. "I hope at least Mako's doing better right now." Usagi quietly said as she got on the elevator and pushed another button. The elevator felt like it was taking an eternity to reach the right floor, but it finally came to a stop and the doors slowly opened. With a small sigh Usagi exited the elevator and moseyed her way down to Mako's room. "Mako?" Usagi quietly said as she poked her head in the door.

"Usagi? What are you doing back here, is everything alright?" Saeko quietly asked as she looked at Usagi. Usagi just stared at Saeko with tears in her eyes before running to her.

"Oh Mizuno-San! I'm sorry, I'm sorry sorry sorry!" Usagi cried as she fell to her knees in front of Saeko.

"It's okay Usagi, we've already established that none of this was any of your faults. It's okay Usagi, it's okay." Saeko quietly replied as she gently pet Usagi's head.

"It's not okay! I failed again Mizuno-San! I failed again!" Usagi cried in response.

"What do you mean Usagi?" Saeko asked with a small frown as she continued trying to comfort Usagi.

"K-Kaede went all crazy again a-and she-she ran out of the house and Ami found her in the cornfield a-and she was bleeding! She cut her wrists Mizuno-San, she tried to kill herself again!" Usagi shouted as she buried her face in Saeko's chest.

"WHAT?! Oh my god Usagi, where is she?! Is she okay, is she gonna make it?!" Saeko yelled as she jumped up from the chair in shock.

"I don't know, she's in surgery, I flew her here with my new powers. They took her into surgery, but I didn't have the stomach to stay in that waiting room. My head was full of such horrible thoughts, I couldn't take it anymore, I didn't wanna be alone. I want a hug." Usagi cried as she continued to hold onto Saeko.

"It's gonna be okay Usagi, she's a Kino after all, and they don't know how to quit. She's gonna be fine Usagi, just believe in her. It's gonna be okay." Saeko quietly said as she held Usagi close. "Come on, let's go for a little walk and maybe get you a coffee or something." Saeko said with a sweet smile as she lead Usagi by the hand out of the room.

"W-What about Mako?" Usagi asked with a sniffle.

"She's stable but has yet to wake up. Though I'm sure she wouldn't mind if I took a little walk with you." Saeko answered with a smile as she lead Usagi out of the room.

"I feel awful about all of this Mizuno-San, first I blew it with Mako, and now with Kaede. What if I keep messing up like this, what if the others are suffering more than I realize? What if they're at risk of the same thing?! I can't do anything right anymore! I'm blowing it as the leader, they depend on me to keep them safe, but how can I protect them from monsters if I can't even protect them from themselves?! I'm gonna get them all killed! I'm weak and pathetic, and it's gonna get them all killed! I-I..." Usagi yelled and worried, until she was stunned into silence by a sudden slap across her face. "M-Mizuno-San?" Usagi quietly cried as she looked up at Saeko.

"That's enough Usagi, you're all worked up and you're saying stupid things. Yes they depend on you as their leader, but protecting them from monster and protecting them from themselves are two very different things Usagi. You can see that a monster is trying to hurt them and you can do something about the issues you notice, but you can't help people if they don't tell you they need it. You have your own issues to deal with Usagi, you can't and shouldn't be expected to worry about everyone else's issues to. If they want your help then yes, you should help, but if they don't ask for it then you have no way of knowing they need it. So don't blame yourself for what happened Usagi, Kaede didn't ask for your help. She did this, it was her and her alone. You are not responsible for what happened, and no matter the outcome, know that it is not your fault Usagi." Saeko quietly explained as she hugged Usagi. Usagi held onto Saeko as tight as she could as she sobbed into her shoulder.

"I wish mom or Naru were here." Usagi quietly cried.

"They're not here?" Saeko asked in a surprised tone as she looked at Usagi.

"No, no one is." Usagi answered with a sniffle.

"How'd you get here then, did you ride in the ambulance? No, if you had then Sarah would've come with I assume." Saeko pondered to herself.

"I flew." Usagi answered with sniffle.

"That's right, you have that new power now. Well that's only gonna help Kaede's chances. She got here nice and fast, you did good Usagi. Now come on, let's go get you a coffee or something." Saeko said with a smile as she lead Sailor Moon towards the cafeteria.

"Wait, I wanna see if the others are here yet." Usagi said with a sniffle as she walked towards the front doors.

"Usagi! Oh there you are, we were just about to ask where you were." Ikuko yelled as she ran from the front desk towards Usagi.

"Mom!" Usagi yelled as she ran over to Ikuko and hugged her.

"How's Kaede, is she gonna be okay?" Ikuko asked as she held onto to Usagi.

"I don't know, she's in surgery." Usagi answered with a sniffle as she cuddled up to her mom.

"Mama." Ami said with a smile as she ran over to Saeko and hugged her.

"Hi sweetie, still a child I see." Saeko giggled as she hugged Ami back.

"Where Mako?" Ami asked with a small frown.

"She's still sleeping Ami." Saeko answered with a small frown. Ami lightly frowned at that response.

"How are you doing Usagi?" Rei asked as she put a hand on Usagi's shoulder.

"I feel awful Rei, I'm so upset. I feel like a huge failure." Usagi answered with a sniffle.

"You're not Usagi, none of us were prepared for this. Even with Ami's visions warning us, we still weren't ready. You're not a failure Usagi, you got her here before the ambulance even showed up. That's something to be proud of, and it's gonna make a difference in her treatment. She'll be okay Usagi, just have faith." Rei quietly said as she hugged Usagi.

"Thank you Rei, that gives me a little hope." Usagi replied with a small sniffle.

"I wanna see pretty lady." Ami quietly said with a small frown.

"We can't keep bugging Abby like that, she needs her rest Ami." Minako quietly said with a small frown.

"Pretty lady." Ami quietly pouted.

"Just let her go, the worst that can happen is that they send her back." Naru said with a small frown.

"Well someone has to walk her there so she doesn't get lost." Minako replied as she looked over at Naru.

"I'll take her." Rei informed as she walked over by Ami and held her hand out to her.

"Yay." Ami said with a smile as she took Rei's hand in her own.

"I'll be back." Rei quietly said as she started leading Ami towards the steps.

"Up down machine." Ami said with a smile as she looked over at the elevator.

"Not this time Ami, you need exercise you little dumpling." Rei replied as she poked Ami's stomach a few times. Ami just giggled in response.

"Rei race!" Ami yelled as she charged up the steps.

"Wait up Ami!" Rei yelled as she ran after Ami.

"There they go." Minako said with a small smile as she watched Rei run after Ami.

"Ami! Slow down!" Rei yelled as she charged after Ami. "Come on Ami, I'm tired. You're too fast for me." Rei said with a breath as she continued chasing Ami.

"Pretty lady! Pretty lady!" Ami yelled with joy as she ran towards Abby's room.

"Be careful not to run into anyone Ami!" Rei yelled as she continued chasing Ami.

"Pretty lady, pretty...OOF!" Ami yelled as she slammed into someone.

"Careful Ami! I'm so sorry about that sir, she's just excited to see one of her friends." Rei apologized as she looked at the person Ami bumped into.

"She's quiet energetic for such a...mature young lady." The man said with a straight face as he looked at Ami.

"She has a condition. Ami, say sorry for bumping into this nice gentleman." Rei instructed as she stared at Ami.

"I'm sorry." Ami apologized with a small frown.

"That's okay young lady. So what are you so excited for?" The man asked with a small smile.

"Pretty lady!" Ami yelled with a huge smile.

"We're going to visit Abby." Rei answered with a straight face.

"You know Ms. Scutio?" The man asked with a surprised expression.

"Yeah, we met her a few days ago." Rei answered with a small smile.

"You wouldn't happen to be one of the guardians would you?" The man asked with a small grin.

"Yeah, how'd you know that?" Rei asked with a suspicious expression.

"Forgive my rudeness. My name is Leon Vance, I'm the director of NCIS." The man answered with a smile.

"You're the guy Mr. Gibbs was on the phone with about those rockets if I'm not mistaken." Rei said with a smile of her own.

"I am, thank you for helping with that by the way. You ladies were a huge help based on the report I read. In fact, you're the only reason our Vice President is still alive. Thank you for your service ladies." Leon thanked with a smile.

"You're welcome sir." Rei replied with a small bow. "I'm sorry to sound rude, but do you mind if I take Ami in by Abby? We've had a rough day and Ami could really use some time with her new favorite person, and I need a break. I know how awful that sounds, but I'm so tired. This vacation's been anything but relaxing! Ami hit her head, Mako had a heart attack, and Kaede tried to kill herself! Now I'm rambling because I'm tired and sad and angry, and I just...I don't know what to do!" Rei yelled as she started to cry.

"The first thing to do is just take a deep breath and calm down. Everything's gonna be fine young lady." Leon instructed in a calm tone.

"Rei. My name's Rei." Rei informed with a sniffle.

"Okay Rei. Just take a breath and try to relax. It sounds like you've had a really tough day, but it's gonna be okay." Leon said with a straight face as he put a hand on Rei's shoulder.

"I have, we all have." Rei said with a sniffle.

"Well you're more than welcome to bring your friend in by Abby, and if you or your friends need anything just ask. We owe you ladies a big debt." Leon informed with a small smile.

"Thank you sir. Come on Ami, let's go see Abby." Rei quietly said with a small frown as she opened the door to Abby's room.

"Pretty lady." Ami replied with a big smile.

"Back again?" Abby asked with a grin as Rei and Ami walked into the room.

"Yeah." Rei quietly answered as she walked Ami over to Abby.

"You sound down, everything alright?" Ziva asked with a worried expression.

"No, but I don't wanna talk about it. I just wanna drop Ami off and get back to the others." Rei replied with a sniffle.

"Are you sure, we're happy to listen?" Ducky asked with a small smile.

"I'm sure, but thank you for offering." Rei replied as she fought back tears.

"It's better to let it out, otherwise you end up like me. Unable to deal with emotions, so you just end up burying them, along with a ton of bodies." Gibbs quietly said as he took a sip of coffee.

"We didn't bury any of the bodies, we just left 'em to burn." Rei quietly cried as she left the room.

"Well that was...ominous." Tony quietly said with a small frown.

"That was the truth Tony, you could see it in her eyes." Ziva quietly said as she stared at the door Rei had just left through.

"Uppa?" Ami asked as she held her arms out to Abby.

"You can do it Ami, just climb up." Abby instructed with a smile as she looked at Ami.

"Kay." Ami replied as she climbed into the bed, then cuddled up to Abby.

"You know, this feels a little less weird every time she does it. That being said, I mean it's still super awkward and stuff, but, she's so sweet." Abby said with a smile as she patted Ami's head.

"It's a shame that her friend left behind such a bitter atmosphere. I wonder what's troubling her so much?" McGee quietly said as he looked over at the door.

"She has two friends in the hospital McGee, that'd put a bitter taste in anyone's mouth." Leon answered as he walked into the room.

"Two friends? I was under the impression only one of the guardians were hospitalized." Abby replied with a confused expression.

"Well some stuff happened earlier tonight and now she has two friends here." Leon said with a small frown.

"What happened, if you don't mind us asking director?" Tony asked as he looked over at Leon.

"I'd rather not say, if you don't mind." Leon replied with a small frown.

"Come on Leon, we're taking care of their friend, the least you can do is tell us why." Gibbs said with a straight face. Leon let out a light sigh before staring at Gibbs and answering.

"One of them tried to commit suicide." Leon quietly answered with a straight face. The room went silent as that horrible new sank into everyone's minds.

"S-suicide? One of the Sailor Guardians tried to kill themselves?" Abby quietly asked in a shocked tone.

"I'm afraid so." Leon answered with a small frown.

"W-What happened? That doesn't make any sense, they all seem so, energetic. With the exception of the past two times we saw them. How, why would one of them do that?" Abby asked in a shocked tone as she stared at Leon.

"I'm not sure, the raven haired girl only said that Kaede tried to kill herself. That's all she said before she started spiraling, so I told her to relax and just drop her friend off." Leon explained with a sad expression.

"That's...I can't believe that. Those poor girls." McGee quietly said as he looked at Ami.

"Maybe one of us should go and check on all of them and see if they need anything." Ziva suggested as she looked over at Gibbs.

"Go alone, they'll be more likely to talk to you rather than any of us." Gibbs instructed as he looked at Ziva. Ziva lightly nodded in response, then she quietly left the room. "On second thought, Duck, you deal with this kind of stuff at times. Go with Ziva and see if you can offer any mental support." Gibbs instructed as he looked at Ducky.

"Gladly." Ducky replied as he stood up and left the room.

"What about her other friend, any word on her?" McGee asked as he looked over at Leon.

"No, but I'll keep you updated if I hear anything." Leon answered with a straight face.

"Too loud." Ami quietly said as she cuddled closer to Abby.

"Get some rest everyone, and keep an eye on her. Her friends have enough to worry about without wondering is she's okay down here." Leon instructed as he started to leave the room.

"Yes sir." Abby replied with a small smile, as she gently ran her fingers through Ami's hair.

"Mako." Ami quietly said as she drifted off to sleep. While Ami slept peacefully with Abby, Ziva and Ducky were just about to the waiting room.

"What do we even say Ducky? How do you talk to people who are suffering so much?" Ziva asked as she looked over at Ducky.

"With compassion Ziva, and sometimes you'll find that one not need always speak to comfort, but rather they just listen." Ducky answered with a smile as he followed Ziva into the waiting room.

"Hey. What are you two doing here?" Usagi quietly asked as she looked at Ziva and Ducky.

"We heard what happened and we wanted to see if any of you needed anything or if you wanted some company." Ducky answered as he looked at Usagi.

"That would be nice." Usagi answered with a sniffle. Ducky lightly nodded then walked over by Usagi and sat down next to her. "Is Ami behaving herself?" Usagi asked with a sad smile.

"As always." Ducky answered as he looked back at Usagi.

"That's good." Usagi answered as she looked down at her feet. "How's Abby doing?" Usagi asked as she looked up at Ducky.

"Much better. She was very happy to see Ami, almost as happy as Ami was to see her." Ducky answered with a chuckle.

"That sound's like Abby. Too bad Ami's still regressed or she could be talking all sorts of nerd stuff with Abby right now." Usagi quietly said as she looked back at her feet. "It's not like she'll be talking to Mako any time soon. Or Kaede." Usagi quietly answered as she started crying. "How could she do this, I know she was hurting after what happened with Sasha, but didn't she realize how much it would hurt us? How could she?! How could she be so selfish?! How could I be so stupid?! I should've seen this coming, I should've been ready for this! But I wasn't, and now she could die! They could both die! I'm a terrible leader, I don't deserve to be queen! I failed my guardians, my friends! I blew it! I screwed it all up and now they're dying! It's all my fault!" Usagi cried as she pulled her knees up to her chest, then buried her head in them. "Do you think I failed? Should I have done more?" Usagi asked as she wiped some tears from her eyes and looked at Ducky.

"I don't think you failed. Sometimes life is just like that, sometimes no matter how much we care or how vigilant we try to be, bad things just happen. It's not necessarily anyone's fault, nor is it always possible to do more if anything at all. Sometimes, the only thing we can do is just let life happen. I know that's not a comforting piece of wisdom, especially right now. But it's a true piece of wisdom. It's a lesson I learned when I was a soldier in the Royal Army. I was stationed in a field hospital in Africa, I was sent as part of a relief group to help a small village. Many of the people were suffering from disease, hunger, and regular militia raids. During my time I treated many wounded people, soldiers and civilians alike. But I'll never forget one of them, a young girl from the village. She was grazed by a hollow tip bullet that contained the poison of a deadly snake. We had no anti venom and thought for sure the girl was a goner. Days passed and I watched that girl suffer, and every day I was convinced it would be her last. But what happened was something that should've been all but impossible, she lived and made a full recovery. You see, sometimes life can seem cruel and intent on destroying us, but sometimes, that's just life's appetizer. When the main dish comes, you realize that though the appetizer might've been awful, it was worth eating because it makes the main dish taste that much better. So have faith and patience my young friend, the main dish will be up shortly." Ducky chuckled as he put a hand on Usagi's shoulder.

"How'd you know good food was my weakness?" Usagi asked with a small chuckle.

"It was simply a, ducky guess." Ducky chuckled in reply.

"That was terrible." Usagi chuckled back. "Thanks Ducky, that helped a lot." Usagi quietly thanked as she gently hugged Ducky.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but may I have everyone's attention please?" A doctor asked he walked into the room. Everyone stopped talking and stared intently at the doctor. "I'm happy to report that the wounds have been stitched and that she's stable. We'll be moving her out of the O.R momentarily." The doctor announced with a small smile.

"Oh thank god, she's gonna be okay." Sarah quietly said with tears of Joy.

"Yes, she's expected to make a full recovery. Though we will have to keep her here on a seventy-two hour hold due to the circumstances of the injury. It may be longer if she needs additional time to recover enough to talk to CPS. But other than that she's physically stable and will be moving to a room shortly." The doctor informed with a small smile.

"Thank you so much. You have no idea how grateful we are, thank you." Sarah cried as she stared at the doctor.

"You're welcome. Now if you'll all follow me, I'll show you to the new room and introduce you to the CPS representative who's gonna be monitoring and talking to her once she's ready." The doctor informed as he started walking down a hall.

"I suppose we'll leave you all to it then." Ducky calmly said as him and Ziva stood up. "But don't be afraid to give Abby's room a call or come and get any of us if any of you need anything." Ducky informed with a smile as he looked at everyone.

"We won't, and thank you again for all your support and encouraging words, they really did help." Usagi thanked as she gave him a hug.

"You're welcome my dear, now you'd best get going before you get lost." Ducky said with a smile as he gave her a pat on the shoulder. Usagi gave him a smile and nod, then quickly jogged after the others.

"I suppose we should go and see how Ami's doing and if she wants to go see Kaede as well." Ducky said with a smile as he looked over at Ziva.

"Yes, I believe that would be best." Ziva replied as she started walking back towards Abby's room, with Ducky close behind. "Did that story you told her actually happen?" Ziva asked as she looked at Ducky.

"It did indeed, though I might've added some color to it." Ducky answered with a small grin.

"Not bad Ducky, Gibbs would be proud." Ziva said with a smirk.

"If not a little surprised." Ducky said with a chuckle as he and Ziva entered Abby's room.

"How is she?" Abby quietly asked with a worried expression.

"She's expected to make a fully recovery and she's being moved into a room now." Ducky answered with a smile.

"Thank goodness." Abby quietly replied as she gently ran her fingers through Ami's hair.

"Ah." Ami quietly groaned as Abby's hand ran over the indent on her head. "Oh, my head. Ah. Mako, what happened to me? God, my head is just pounding." Ami quietly groaned as she slowly sat up and looked around. "Mako?" Ami asked as she looked around some more, until her eyes landed on Gibbs. "Mr. Gibbs?" Ami quietly asked as she stared at Gibbs.

"Welcome back." Gibbs said in his usual mono tone as he looked over at Ami.

"Back? Where'd I go?" Ami quietly asked as she looked around some more. "Why am I in bed with Abby? What's going on, where're Mako and the others?" Ami asked in a slightly more worried tone.

"They're here, just not in the room right now." Tony answered with a small smile.

"What's going on, what aren't you telling me?" Ami quietly asked as she stared at Tony.

"Perceptive of you Ms. Mizuno, but I'd expect nothing less of the senshi of intellect." Ducky replied with a smile as he looked at Ami.

"So you are hiding something from me." Ami said in a slightly upset tone.

"Not exactly hiding, just...avoiding I guess." Abby replied with a straight face as she looked at Ami.

"Well whatever it is I can take it, I've been through plenty of crap in the past few months and very little is going to shock me at this point." Ami informed as she stared at Abby.

"Perhaps it would be best to show you rather than tell you." Ducky suggested as he offered a hand to Ami.

"This can't be good news at all." Ami grumbled as she took Ducky's hand and pulled herself out of the bed.

"I'm coming to, I've been cooped up in this room since I was shot. I just wanna get up and move though." Abby said as she slowly sat up and stretched.

"Take it easy Abbs, I don't want you hurting yourself." Gibbs instructed as he stared at Abby with a nervous expression.

"I'm fine Gibbs, really. I've got this." Abby replied with a smile as she slowly swung her legs over the side of the bed, then just as slowly stood up. "See, I told you I could do it." Abby chuckled as she took a few slow steps towards the door.

"Just be careful Abbs." Gibbs instructed as he walked alongside her.

"Let's go." Ami instructed as she quickly left the room.

"You think she knows where she's going?" Tony asked as he looked over at Ziva.

"I'd assume so, she took off pretty fast." Ziva answered as she walked out the door, followed by everyone else.

"Well let's try and keep up with her." McGee said as he started walking a bit faster.

"I wouldn't Tim, she might need some space. She's just awoken from a rather dream like state and what she's awoken to is more of nightmare than a dream. Give her some space to adjust, she'll let us know if she need us." Ducky instructed as he slowly walked alongside Abby.

"I suppose you're right." McGee replied with a small sigh.

"I'm sure she'll be fine, she's a super hero after all." Tony informed with a smile as he looked at McGee.

"I guess that's true." McGee said with a smile as he looked back at Abby.

"Still, we should go and check up on her friends. I'm sure they'll be just as happy to see Abby as she'll be to see them." Ducky said with a smile as he looked at Abby.

"Sounds good Ducky." Abby replied as she slowly continued walking down the hall, using Gibbs as a crutch. While everyone slowly made their way towards Usagi and the others, Ami had taken off like a bullet towards all of them.

'What the hell is this feeling in my heart?! I can't understand it, but it hurts. I feel like something's wrong, very wrong. I should try and call Mako and see if she knows anything.' Ami thought to herself as she dug her communicator out and pressed the Jovian symbol, she waited several seconds but received no answer. "Damn it. I knew something was wrong, hold on Mako, I'm coming." Ami quietly said in a determined voice as she continued running through the hospital's halls.

"Slow down please!" A woman yelled as Ami bolted past her.

"Sorry!" Ami yelled back as she dulled her pace to a fast walk. "Keep it together Ami, there's no proof that anything's wrong. You just woke up from a regressed mental state, you're flustered and confused right now. Just calm down, I'm sure everything's fine and I'm just being paranoid." Ami quietly said to herself as she took a few deep breaths. While Ami ran blindly through the hospital, Gibbs and the others where approaching the nurses station.

"Hey! You can't be up like this Ms. Schiuto, you need to use a wheelchair for the time being!" A nurse yelled in a surprised and slightly worried tone as he stared at Abby and the others.

"Sorry, we didn't know." Ducky apologized as he stared back at the man.

"I'll get one real quick, just keep the pressure off her abdomen as best you can in the meantime." The nurse instructed as he ran out from behind a desk to get a wheelchair.

"While we have a minute, could you look up a name for us please?" Tony asked as he looked at the other person behind the counter.

"Certainly, what's the patient's name?" The woman asked as she typed on her computer.

"Kaede." Abby answered with a smile.

"Last name?" The woman asked as she typed the first name into her computer.

"Um...I don't know. Do any of you know?" Ziva asked as she looked back at everyone else.

"Kino." Gibbs answered in his usual mono tone. "Attention to detail team, that's what makes a good investigator." Gibbs said with a straight face.

"Here she is, unfortunately I can't permit any of you to see her right now though." The woman informed as she looked up from her computer.

"Why not?" Abby asked with a bit of anger.

"That's confidential, all I can say is that she can't have visitors at the moment." The woman answered in a calm tone.

"Could you at least direct us to the waiting room her friends are in? She came in with a group of about seven or so people?" Tony asked with a straight face.

"That I can do. They're all in the waiting area outside the ICU." The woman answered with a small smile.

"Much appreciated ma'am." Ducky said as he tipped his hat to the woman.

"Happy to help." The woman replied with a smile.

"Here, sorry it took a bit. You'd think it'd be easier to find a wheelchair in a hospital." The nurse informed as he walked up behind Abby with a wheelchair.

"That's okay, thank you sir." Abby thanked as she sat down in the wheelchair.

"Thanks again for the help." Gibbs thanked as he grabbed the back of Abby's wheelchair, then started leading everyone towards the ICU. "Back so soon?" Gibbs asked as he noticed Ami walking towards them.

"Yeah I know, I shouldn't've ran off like that without knowing where I was going. I let my emotions get the better of my logic." Ami grumbled as she stopped in front of Abby.

"That's okay. Follow us, we know where to go." Gibbs instructed as he started walking down the hall again.

"Thanks." Ami quietly thanked as she walked alongside Abby.

"You okay?" Abby asked as she looked up at Ami, noticing she was gently rubbing her head.

"Yeah, I just got this sudden throbbing headache. I can't tell if it's because I'm just out of it and maybe a little dehydrated, or if I'm about to get another weird vision." Ami groaned as she rubbed her temples a bit harder.

"Vision?" Abby asked with a confused expression.

"It's weird, but for some reason I suddenly started having visions of the future. They're hard to decipher but always seem to come to true." Ami replied with a sigh.

"Well if you need help deciphering a code or untangling a mystery then look no further than Gibbs." Abby said with a smile as she looked at Gibbs.

"That's very sweet of you Abby, but I don't wanna bother Gibbs with this. It might just be something dumb anyways." Ami replied with a small smile.

"Has it ever been dumb before?" Tony asked as he looked at Ami.

"Not exactly." Ami replied as she nervously rubbed her arm.

"Then why would it suddenly start being dumb now?" Tony asked with a grin.

"I suppose you're right. Okay, if you really don't mind then I'd appreciate any help you can offer." Ami said with a smile.

"So did you just see anything or was it really just a headache?" Abby asked with a smile.

"I did see something, but it wasn't a lot, just some streaks of colored light. One light red that was almost pink, one green, and one light blue. That's why I can't tell if it's part of a vision or if it's a sign of dehydration. Normally colors caused by dehydration present themselves as dots rather than streaks. In the medical field it's called presyncope. A sign of reduced blood flow to the brain. But that doesn't feel right because I'm not dizzy or nauseous right now. So I'm sticking with the theory that it was some sort of odd vision. It'll become more clear over time, I just hope I put it together before anything bad happens." Ami explained with a small yawn.

"Maybe a good nights rest will help. You can look at it from a different perspective tomorrow after you get some rest and have a chance to recover after everything that happened today." Ducky suggested with a smile.

"Good idea, thanks Ducky." Ami thanked with a smile as she hugged Ducky.

"Maybe we should take a moment to at least try and figure this out before you just go to sleep, what if it turns out to be super important?" Abby suggested as she looked at Ami.

"I know, but I'm so tired right now. But you're right, it could be something really crucial." Ami replied with a sigh. "Alright let me think. Three different colored streaks of light. One redish pink, one blue, and one green. Do any of those colors mean anything to any of you?" Ami asked as she looked at everyone around her.

"Green and blue might have something to do with you and Jupiter, those are the colors you two wear after all. As for the red..." Abby paused as she thought for a moment. Could it have something to do with Sailor Mars?" Abby suggested with a thoughtful expression.

"It's plausible I suppose, but that all seems too obvious. Plus the reddish pink one more accurately matched Chibi Moon's outfit, not Mars's." Ami replied with a small frown.

"Sometimes it's the most obvious things that people least expect." Tony said with a thoughtful expression.

"Hm. I guess that's true, but something still feels off about that theory. But it's as good a guess as any right now." Ami replied with a small smile.

"If I were you I'd let it go for now and get some rest, perhaps a good nights rest will help you put some of these pieces together. Who knows, maybe you'll find some information in a dream. After all, visions are like day dreams in a sense. Perhaps by silencing your active mind while you sleep, your unconscious mind will clear up these images through your dreams. Though it's only a theory." Ducky suggested with a smile.

"Wow. You know what Ducky, that might just work. Thank you for all the help everyone, it was a huge comfort to me." Ami thanked with a smile.

"You're welcome dear, though I believe you give us too much credit. We really didn't figure much out." Ducky replied with a soft smile.

"But you were there for me and offered your assistance. Sometimes that's all I need, just to know that I'm not alone. This ability to see the future, it's not like in the movies, I don't just see and know everything with perfect detail and clarity. Everything appears in the form of a blurry puzzle that's missing half the pieces, so I rarely put it together before it's too late. It's so frustrating to know that something's coming or going to happen, but I never have the power to do anything about it until it's already happening. I feel like this ability's a curse, it's like watching a horror movie. You know something's about to happen and that it's not gonna be good, but all you can do is stare at the screen and wait for the bloody mess that's about to unfold. Sometimes I wish I never got it, hell, I don't even know how I got it." Ami quietly said with a sad sigh. Everyone stared at Ami with a sad expression, and Abby couldn't help but instinctually hug Ami.

"It's okay Ami, if anyone can figure this crazy thing out it's you. The smartest and toughest science geek in the world, Sailor Mercury." Abby said with a smile as she tightened her grip around Ami.

"Thank you Abby...I think." Ami thanked with a smile as she hugged Abby back.

"Now let's go see your friends, they'll be happy to have the adult you back." Abby giggled as she started wheeling towards the waiting room..

"Thanks Abby, I appreciate you all coming with me." Ami thanked with a smile as she walked alongside Abby.

"Any time Ami." Abby replied with a smile as they all entered the waiting room.

"Wonder where they went." Ziva quietly said as she looked at the empty waiting room.

"If you're looking for the people that were here earlier they're currently heading to the ICU. But you'll have to give them a moment because they have to talk to some people." A woman behind a desk informed as she looked up at everyone.

"I wonder who?" Abby thought out loud.

"Probably a CPS representative due to the circumstances of the injury." Gibbs answered with a straight face.

"CPS? Why would child protective services be here, or I should say, what would they want with any of us?" Ami asked as she looked at Gibbs.

"You don't remember?" Abby quietly asked with a sad expression.

"Remember what? What aren't you people telling me?! Look, whatever it is I can take it. Just tell me please." Ami quietly said as she looked over at Abby.

"Ami, there's no easy way to tell you all of this, but I will say that you're gonna wanna sit down before we start talking." McGee quietly said with a small frown.

"Oh god, it's that kind of news. Okay, do you mind if we wait till we get back to the ICU with the others please?" Ami asked with a small sigh.

"Of course Ami, I'm sure your friends miss you and would want to see you anyways." Ducky answered with a smile.

"Thanks." Ami quietly replied as she slowly walked alongside Abby. "What exactly should I be expecting when I get into that room? Are all my friends gonna be alive at least?" Ami asked in a worried tone.

"Yes, they were all alive last time we checked, and there's no reason to suspect that that's changed at all." Gibbs answered with a small smile.

"Okay, that's good to know at least." Ami quietly replied as everyone stopped outside the doors to the ICU. "Well, here we go I guess." Ami said with a small breath as she slowly pushed the door open.

"Can I help you folks?" A man behind a desk asked as everyone walked through the door.

"Yes, do you know what room Kaede Kino's in? I know she can't have visitors right now, but I wanna see her other friends." Ami explained with a straight face.

"Yeah, she's in..." The man started answering, until a voice caught Ami's attention.

"Ami?" A soft voice quietly called out to her from behind her.

"Naru?" Ami quietly asked as she turned towards the voice.

"You're back to normal." Naru quietly said as she stared at Ami.

"Yeah, I guess so." Ami quietly replied.

"How much do know?" Naru asked with a small frown as she walked towards Ami.

"Not a lot to be honest, no body's telling me anything and I'm honestly a little scared." Ami answered as she started walking towards Naru.

"I'm so glad to have you back Ami, we really missed you." Naru quietly said as she grabbed Ami and hugged her.

"I missed you all to." Ami quietly replied with a small tear. "So what's going on that no one wants to tell me anything?" Ami asked as she stared into Naru's eyes.

"Well, there's been...an accident, or two to be precise." Naru quietly said as she gently took Ami's hand in her own.

"What kind of accidents?" Ami asked in a worried tone as she stared at Naru.

"Come with me, we should tell Mizuno-San that you're okay and back to your old self." Naru quietly said in an attempt to delay the painful conversation.

"No. I don't wanna talk to anyone else but you right now. Please Naru, I trust you and feel safe by you. Please, just tell me what's going on." Ami quietly pleaded as she continued to stare at Naru. Naru let out a small sigh before nodding her approval.

"Okay, but you're definitely gonna wanna sit down for this." Naru quietly said as she lead Ami to a row of chairs.

"McGee told me the same thing. Is it really that bad?" Ami asked as she and Naru sat down together.

"Worse." Naru answered with a sad expression. "Ami, there's no easy way to deliver this news, but I'm still gonna try and make it an easier pill to swallow. Ami, Mako...Mako had a heart attack and she slipped into a comma shortly after being treated. I'm so sorry Ami." Naru quietly said as she stared at Ami. The whole world seemed to come to a stand still for Ami once those words hit her ears, she had no idea how to react, so she didn't. "Ami?" Naru quietly asked as she looked into Ami's eyes.

"C-Coma? M-Mako's in... How?! What happened?! What could've given her a heart attack?! She's Mako! Nothing beats her or strains her to that kind of extent! What the hell happened Naru?! What happened to my lighting bug?!" Ami shouted with tears in her eyes.

"She was following you through some play tunnel while you were regressed and she got stuck. She was so panicked by the experience that Mizuno-San suspected that her fear had an underlining cause, it turned out that Mako was claustrophobic. The reason for that fear was so shocking to Mako that her heart gave out. Ami, the plane crash that took her parents...She was there! She was on the plane when it went down! She was the only survivor out of the whole flight. She spent two days buried alive under heaps of burning rubble. The shock of that realization gave her a heart attack. It's been about twenty-four hours and there haven't been any changes in her condition. I'm so sorry." Naru quietly apologized with a few tears.

"No changes at all?" Ami quietly asked as she stared at Naru.

"None. I'm so sorry Ami." Naru quietly answered with a sniffle.

"It's okay Naru. Better to have no change than a negative one." Ami quietly said as she put a gentle hand on Naru's shoulder. "What about the other accident you mentioned?" Ami asked in a calm and sweet tone.

"It's Kaede. She...she tried again Ami. She tried again." Naru quietly cried as she looked down at her lap.

"Tried what again Naru?" Ami asked in a sad tone, though the sinking feeling in her gut already told her the answer to that question.

"She tried to...she tried...I can't say it. I've said it and heard it too much tonight. I don't wanna think about it anymore." Naru cried as she wrapped her arms around Ami and held her tight.

"To take her life again." Ami quietly said as she hugged Naru back.

"It was bad Ami, Sarah carried her into the house panicking. There was a lot of blood and we didn't think she was gonna make it. Usagi flew her here and got her to the O.R, thankfully she's expected to recover. I wish we would've seen this coming, how could we all be so blind and stupid, there were so many warning signs. But we missed them all, I missed them. Hell, I was probably part of the reason she broke. I've been anything but useful to you all this entire day. I'm sorry that I let you and the others down." Naru quietly cried as she buried her head in Ami's chest.

"You didn't let any of us down Naru, you did the best you could with everything. You've been such a big help to us over the past couple of months, we never would've gotten this far without you. So don't say things like that Naru, sometimes we just aren't able to do anything until it's too late. But from what I hear, it's not too late for either of them. You did good Naru, you all did good; and I'm sorry I haven't been here in the way you all needed me to be. But I'm here now, so you let me be the rock for a bit, you just lean on me and let it out. I'm here Naru." Ami quietly said as she hugged Naru as tight as she could.

"Oh Ami, thank god you're back. We need you, I need you." Naru quietly cried as she cuddled with Ami.

"Then you'll get me. Now let's go see the others." Ami quietly said with a smile as she started walking with Naru towards Kaede's room.

"I think our job's done here everyone, let's get Abby back to bed." Ducky quietly said with a smile as he looked back at Gibbs.

"Couldn't agree more Duck." Gibbs replied as he started wheeling Abby out of the room.

"You know Gibbs, this is gonna sound selfish, but I was hoping I'd have a chance to play a game of chess with Ami." Abby giggled as Gibbs wheeled her out the door.

"I'm sure you will eventually Abs, I think you and her are gonna be really good friends." Gibbs said with a smile as he wheeled Abby down the hall.

"What makes you say that?" Abby asked with a grin.

"My gut." Gibbs replied with a smile.

"Then I know it's true." Abby giggled as she closed her eyes and relaxed. While Abby and the others returned to her room, Ami and Naru started walking over by everyone else.

"So other than the obvious crazy stuff, did I miss anything important while I was in my regressed state?" Ami asked with a smile as she walked along side Naru.

"Not really. It was mainly just fun and games, at least until all that crazy stuff happened with Mako and Kaede." Naru quietly answered.

"Don't worry Naru, Mako and Kaede are gonna be fine." Ami said with a smile as she put an arm around Naru's shoulders.

"How do you know? Did you see it in a vision or something?" Naru asked with a with a sad expression.

"No, just call it a...gut feeling." Ami giggled in reply.

"You stole that from Mr. Gibbs." Naru giggled as she stopped in the middle of the hall and hugged Ami. "Thanks Ami, it feels good to hear you say that with such confidence. We've all been saying it, but you can tell by our tones that none of us are really sure. It's nice to hear such hope and sincerity in someone's voice for a change." Naru quietly said with a smile.

"It feels good to be able to talk with such sincerity in my voice." Ami said with a smile as her and Naru walked over by everyone else.

"Well well well, look who's back to being smart again. How's it going Ami?" Rei asked with a smile as she watched Ami and Naru sit down.

"Pretty good Rei, other than the obvious stuff that's going on right now." Ami replied with a smile.

"Yeah." Sarah quietly said with a sigh.

"I know it's scary Sarah, but she's gonna be fine, they both are." Ami quietly encouraged as she put a hand over Sarahs.

"Thanks Ami, ya really know how ta cheer a gal up." Sarah replied with a small smile.

"Some times. So when is she able to have visitors?" Ami quietly asked as she looked at everyone around her.

"Not until CPS has a chance to speak with her, and they can't do that until she wakes up." Minako quietly answered with a sad expression.

"When did she get out of surgery?" Ami quietly asked with a straight face.

"'Bout thirty minutes ago." Sarah answered as she looked at the clock.

"It'll be a few hours then. Maybe we should all get some rest, I know it's not ideal or easy, but you all look like you need it." Ami quietly suggested with a smile.

"How are you so calm right now Ami? I just don't get how you could even consider resting at a time like this." Rei quietly said with a sad expression.

"Because I have faith Rei, faith that Kaede and Mako are both gonna be just fine. So I feel that I have nothing to fear." Ami answered with a peaceful smile. The look on her face seemed to bring comfort to all of her friends, and for the first time since they got to the hospital, they all let their tension go and relaxed a bit.

"I agree with Ami, we should get some rest everyone." Usagi said as she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.

"Yes princess." Rei whispered as she and everyone else did the same thing.

"Everything is as it should be, and we have nothing to fear." Ami quietly said as she and everyone else started drifting off to sleep.

"What makes you say that Ami?" Usagi asked with a relaxed breath.

"I just feel it, deep in my heart." Ami answered as she fell asleep.

"That's good enough for me then." Usagi whispered as she fell asleep.