A new Season for Fun, Romance and Danger!
written by SilverSailorMoon August 6 2001

Usagi ran outside the front doors of her house, huffing and puffing of exhaustion, as if she wouldn't of been used to her lateness by now, she held on to the light post as if it was her new best friend.


"where is she?"

Usagi looked down the street in puzzlement.

"Damn that Rei, she better not of left without me again, I'm only a few minutes late"

Just then Usagi heard the familiar sound of screeching tires around the corner. Rei's long Black hair was tied back by a skimpy piece of blue string, you wondered how her hair ever stayed in it by the way she drove in her new convertable.

"Come on I don't have all day you know"

She belted out above some music playing on the radio.

"You have got to be kidding me Rei, I've been standing out here..." Usagi paused and saw the look upon Rei's face. "I was standing out here forever you know." She finished.

"Sorry I didn't mean to be, you know how Grandpa is when things aren't done right" Rei put on a smile to show Usagi that everything was fine.

Pulling up to the school parking lot, Usagi tried to clean up her Odangos that got a couple stragglers from Rei's car driving. Rei took out her blue string and brushed the tangles out before entering the school.

"Rei-chan?" Usagi said curiously, as they walked down the hall towards their classrooms.

"Are you okay?" she paused, "I meant, are you okay with leaving your school and all, to come here at Juban high to be with us"

Rei smiled, "sure why wouldn't I, Minko did it" Rei stopped in front of her class door. "I just thought that it would be nice if we all stayed together."

Usagi looked down at her ring, remembering how hard it is not having the ones you love the most around you. "It is nice isn't it, being all together."

Rei smacked Usagi on the back, and turned to go into her homeroom with one hand waving above her head "Catch yah at lunch" she yelled back above the ringing of the first bell.

Usagi turned into her class spotting Mina in the corner smiling in her direction.

"whats up girlfriend" she said in a cheerful voice, "I see where having another bad hair day today" Mina giggled, as she pulled out extra bobypins for Usagi to use from her gym bag. "One would think that she was related to Haruka with her crazy driving, wouldn't yah?" Mina stopped talking realizing she was the only one within this conversation.



Rei stood in the girls bathroom, with her hands upon the sink looking into the tiny little mirror on the wall, she had water running down her face from where she cooled herself off....."what did it mean?what does it all mean?" she thought to herself, remembering the preminition she had late last night, "I just don't understand I can't figure it out, why can't we just be left alone" sighing to herself, she hears someone coming in, she straightens up and turns for the door.

"Rei-chan?" Makoto grabs Rei's shoulders before they collided together. "You okay? you looked a little dazed"

"Oh... I do?..I'm sorry Mako-chan I must of been daydreaming not realizing where I was going."

Rei brushed back her hair from her damp face. Makoto smiled and gave a little laugh.

"I'm so not used to seeing you in that uniform" she stood back with her hands on her waist.

"Me! what about you, its about time they gave you something better, now you don't have to wear that drab brown thing anymore" the girls started laughing as the lunch bell rang.

"Better get to the cafeteria before Usagi, or there will be nothing left" joked Mako-chan. Rei smiled at Mako's remark and started for the door, Makoto thought it was odd that Rei didn't add on to her comment.



Usagi with a mouth full of food finished telling Mina her morning with Rei.

"So you see my concern, don't you Mina?"

Minako still trying to decipher the sentence that Usagi just spilled out. "I think your just over reacting" she said, twirling her volleyball.

[mina's already in her outfit for a lunch intramural game]

"Its been hard on everyone, these last few months from defeating Galaxia, to saying good bye to the ThreeLights."

Usagi looked towards the door and saw Makoto and Rei walking in.

Mina leaned in closer "Its hard getting back into the swing of being normal, you'll see."

Makoto pulled up a chair next to Mina, Rei stuck her finger out at the heap of food.

"Usagi! that amount of food your eating can feed a whole 3rd world country" using her normal look of disgust. Usagi felt a little better about Rei..

"I can't help it if I'm hungry" sticking out her tongue before putting another bun in it.

"I don't know about you guys but I think we need to start back up on our study dates" a voice came from behind Rei.

"Ami!" the girls cried.

Usagi jumped up and gave her a big hug,

"oh I've missed you so, how was Computer Camp?"

Ami dropped a load of books on the Cafeteria table as Usagi let her sit in her seat.

"I had so much fun! and learnt a lot of new things." Ami looked over in Mina's direction

"Remind me to go over something's with Artemis." Mina nodded in aggrement.

"forget learning stuff Ami! tell us about Urawa-kun wasn't he there also!" all the girls leaned in close to Ami. Ami blushes and totally gets all flustered.

"Mako-chan...I..I..."Ami now trying to control the volume of her voice. "you know there's nothing going on between Ryo Urawa and me."

Mina gives a little wink, "but we all no you want there to be something"

The girls start to giggle, Usagi looking a little confused.

"what?... I don't get it.... what does Ami want?" Usagi looking at all the girls still laughing "WHAT tell me please!"

The girls still ignoring Usagi.

"Oh I never get it..." she mumbles under her breath, and sticks another bun in her mouth.



Later that evening at the Hikawa Shrine the girls sat around the table filled with cakes and goodies mixed in with a bit of homework, Ami was at the computer with Luna and Artemis, showing them all the new stuff she learned over her time at camp. Usagi and Mina where reading some of Rei's new manga she got in. Rei went to get some more refreshments for everyone.

"Rei-chan?" Mako leaned in the door way, her arms crossed in her front.

"Whats wrong with you today?..You just don't seem yourself" Mako stepped in and started to get the tea cups down for Rei to fill.

Rei put down the tea pot, and turned to Makoto with a smile the same smile shes been putting on all day.

"I'm fine...nothings wrong" Rei held her breath and put her hand to her head in pain Makoto still with her back turned bringing down the cups.

"The shrine is doing well?"

"yes" Rei said quietly trying to get the words out as normal as possible.

"Grandpa is alright?"

"of course" Rei starts to slide down to the ground.

"You and Yuuichirou are doing alright I take it?"

"Ma...Ma..Mako-chan" Rei slumped to the floor at Makoto's feet.

"Rei-chan Rei-chan!" Mako started to get up from Rei's side, but Rei grabbed a hold of her.

"No..don't'..it will pass..it will pass."

Rei started to twitch in a dream like state, Makoto held on to her close so she wouldn't bump into anything, and tried to keep things quite so no one else would hear..

"Hold on Rei" Mako whispered into her ear.