"I'm sure you all want an explanation, so let me start at the
beginning." Pluto said. Still staring at each other, Sailor Moon and Gi
moved to sit on opposite ends of one of the couches, next to the one the
five boys had moved to sit on.
"Pluto-sama?" Sailor Moon asked. "What's going on?" Pluto sighed before beginning.
"I was present at your birth. I had seen the future, and knew what would happen if Usagi was allowed to die when she was 16. I knew I had to prevent those gruesome events, so I thought long and hard about how to stop it. Finally, I came up with a solution. So I posed as a nurse, and when it came time, not ten minutes after your birth, to take you to the maternity ward, that's not where you went. Instead, I took you into a vacant hospital room. There, I split your essence. I divided your Star Seed in two." she saw Gi's blank look. "Everyone has a Star Seed- it's what keeps them alive. You cannot survive for long without it. When I split your Star Seed, it basically ensured that neither of you could die, unless killed at the exact same instant. And since you two were seperated by six thousand years of time, that was pretty well impossible. Then, Wufei, without knowing he had ever left his own time, came back to the 20th century and took one of them Dr M to be trained. See, Wufei took the baby to the Dr M that was in existence when you all were just starting to be trained, and then, unknowingly once more, traveled back to his own time. So, when Usagi killed herself, I was ready. I brought her here, and left her under the other pilot's care. When she died again, I took her to Dr M, my half-brother, to rejuvenate her energy. Now comes the problem- there are two, but there can only be one." she finished, and took a deep breath. The other pilots were still in shock from seeing Usagi alive, and this new information was not helping their condition at all. Gi and Usagi looked from Pluto to each other and back.
"Nanashi…" Gi whispered almost incoherently, glancing at Wufei. "So what does this mean?" she asked. Pluto's face dropped.
"It means that one of you will enter the other's body, and when it's over, only one persona will be left."
"So we are going to fight inside one of our minds?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Sort of. It's partly physical, but a lot more mental. I'm sorry I had to do it, girls. But you need to say your goodbyes to the others- Not even I know who will be left when this is over." Pluto told them. Duo jumped up off the couch, breaking the other's prolonged silence.
"You've got to be kidding me! Usagi just came back, and now you're taking her away again?" he exclaimed.
"Calm down, Duo. I'll say goodbye, but it won't be forever, no matter what." Sailor Moon told him, walking over and enveloping him a huge hug.
"Come back to us, Usagi." Quatre said, standing and hugging her as well.
"Yes, onna. You're not as weak as you were when you got here- use the training well." Wufei told her. She jumped towards him and hugged him too.
"Please come back, Usagi." Trowa told her, wrapping his arms around her. She looked at Hiiro.
"Be sure you win." Hiiro said in monotone. She nodded, understanding that some things would never change if she didn't win. Gi watched all this silently.
'They want her to win.' she thought dejectedly. She then shook the thought, training her emotions (or lack thereof) on her new mission- winning the right to live as herself. Sailor Moon came over and stood in front of her.
"Ready?" Pluto asked. "I have to open a portal between you two." They both nodded, not breaking eye contact with each other. She closed her eyes for a moment, and a purple hue appeared in the air between the two girls. They each took a deep breath and stepped forward. Immediately, they completely merged. An interesting thing happened- A girl wearing Gi's clothes but having Usagi's hair appeared. She stood straight-backed, eyes wide open.
"Watch her eyes." Pluto told them. "It's the only way we can really tell who's winning." The others moved closer to watch as the girl's eyes changed from a lackluster blue to a vibrant azure and back. "Just pray that they don't cancel each other out." she added. All eyes snapped up to her.
"That can happen?" Dr M asked. Pluto nodded.
'I don't know what I'll do if Usagi doesn't win. She's so... her. Please, Allah, let her come back.' Quatre prayed.
'The great Shinginami should not allow someone as sweet and gentle as Usagi to be lost to the world. It's not right!' Duo thought, shaking his head slightly.
'Please, onna. You're so much stronger than you were before. I respect you for that. Come back to us safely. Be strong.' Wufei instructed her.
'Come on, Usagi. You have to come back. I promised not to kill- I'm sorry that wasn't possible. Don't punish us all for my broken promise.' Trowa begged silently.
'Usagi-chan… Forgive me my kokoro no tsumi*.' Hiiro thought simply.
'The one that is meant to be the Princess will prevail. The Ginzuishou might not react to Gi, though, even if she is of the same essence as Usagi.' Pluto thought.
It seemed as though they all sighed at the same time. Without warning, the girl's eyes snapped shut and she fell forward. Pluto caught her and set her down on the nearby couch.
"What happened?" Trowa demanded.
"The fight is over. It doesn't take long to watch, but if you were in there it would seem like a lot longer. To them, it was like fighting consistantly for a few days. But like I said, it's not all physical. Sometimes, however, emotional battles are more tiring than the physical ones."
"So who won, onna?" Wufei asked in a harsh tone.
"We won't know until she opens her eyes and tells us. She'll only be out for a few more minutes. She's still caught in a time warp, where a minute is more like a day. She'll stay in the warp until she regains consiousness. It should be any minute now, unless they canceled each other out."
"How will we know if that happens?" Quatre asked.
"Simple- she'll never wake. She'll continue to breath, but never move." The green-haired Senshi told them.
Then the figure on the couch began to mumble and groan. They moved closer to her, waiting, hoping, praying. A crescent moon began to glow on her forehead.
"That's a good sign, right? Doesn't that mean Usagi won?" Duo asked excitedly.
"Unfortunately not. Both of them have the power to control the Ginzuishou; they are both the Moon Princess. The birthmark will appear no matter what." Pluto replied. Duo's face dropped.
"Uuuuuugh." The girl said. (She says that a lot, doesn't she?) She mumbled what sounded like a name, though none there could really understand who's name it was. Slowly she opened her eyes. They were azure, but didn't sparkle like Usagi's did. Then again, they weren't as completely dull as Gi's had been.
"What happened?" she asked.
"The fight is over." Pluto responded simply.
"Which one are you?" Duo, the impatient one, asked. The girl sat up and lent against the back of the couch.
"I remember more lifetimes than one person has." The girl began, her voice confused but emotionless. I remember training to become an assassin, and growing up as a normal teenage girl. I remember infiltrating OZ, and playing video games at the Crown Arcade. But I must be true to myself," she paused, voice gaining emotion. "I am Tsukino Usagi!" she exclaimed, smiling at them all. The five boys crowded onto the couch to hug her, and soon it was a massive pile of people trying to hug Usagi. She was giggling and laughing; loving every minute of it.
"Welcome back, Usagi-hime!" Pluto greeted. Usagi untangled herself from the others and embraced her older Senshi.
"Thank you for caring enough to ensure the future." Usagi said. Pluto shook her head.
"Splitting a person's Star Seed is unforgivable. How can you thank me?" Pluto asked. The others had quieted down for the moment.
"Because I know that you did what you thought was right, what was necessary to ensure that the rest of the world did not suffer. I thank you for that, if for nothing else." Usagi said, gaining a regal voice. Pluto bowed slightly.
"Arigato, Usagi-hime." Usagi then turned back to the boys.
"Arigato for everything, but I'll understand if you do not want me to stay here." She told them quietly. A moment passed before anyone answered.
"What are you talking about, Usagi?" Quatre asked.
"You changed all of us." Duo said.
"In many ways." Trowa added.
"You can't leave us, onna." Wufei said.
"O-negai. Don't leave." Hiiro added quietly.
"You want me to stay?" Usagi asked incrediously.
"Of course!" the others said simultaneously. A huge grin grew across Usagi's face.
"Will you stay here with us?" Quatre asked.
"Of course!" Usagi replied immediately.
'She'll be happy here. I'm just sad to have to leave her here.' Pluto thought.
"What's wrong, Pluto-sama?" Usagi asked.
"I have to leave in a little while. You will be alright." Pluto told her.
"I know I'll be alright- I'm with the five greatest guys ever." Usagi said. "But I'll miss you, Pluto-sama."
"I will miss you as well. Remember, just summon me if you need anything. Oh, there's a few things I forgot to tell you, Usagi-hime." Pluto said, knowing that her next words would lighten Usagi's spirits even more. "It was because of your split Star Seed, not a curse of the Ginzuishou, that made you immortal. Because you now have your entire Star Seed, you are no longer immortal. Using the Crystal will not drain your energy like it used to, either. You are also no longer bound by the one-daughter rule of childbearing as you were on the Moon." Usagi's face lit up, and she was almost crying.
"Thank you so much, Setsuna-sama!" Usagi exclaimed, hugging her once more. As Usagi pulled away, a new thought crossed her mind.
"Pluto-sama… I can't go back to the 20th century, can I?" When Pluto shook her head, Usagi sighed. "Then what about Chibi-Usa? What about Crystal Tokyo? What about- Mamo-chan?"
"I didn't want to tell you this, Usagi. Just splitting your Star Seed was not enough. I had to do more. Chibi-usa was never meant to be. She was a child born as an orphan in another timeline, who I gave fake memories and sent her to you. Crystal Toyko was a real place- it originated about 100 years after you left. But because it was eventually taken over by communists, the idea of a place such as that fell apart. You and Mamo-chan were never meant to rule it. Mamoru wasn't even your true soulmate. That was another lie that I'm sorry I had to tell you." Usagi's face fell. The other's hearts dropped to the ground and were crushed under the leaden press that was Usagi's pain. "Mamoru was the Prince of Earth, and you were in love during the Silver Millennium. But think back- did you honestly feel, at any time you were with Mamoru, that you were soulmates?"
"Mamo-chan…" Usagi trailed off. That word alone crushed the others. She looked up at Pluto. "No. When I was with him I convinced myself that I was just too young to feel that feeling, that it would come when I got older. But it never came. You're right- Mamoru never was my soulmate." she sighed, looking up. "But I think I know who is." she added quietly.
"Forgive me, Hime." Pluto told her, bowing.
"Already forgotten." Usagi interjected.
"The others are still alive, Usagi." Pluto told her.
"Honto!" Usagi exclaimed. "The other Senshi?" she asked.
"Hai. You know how to find them if you wish. Just consider the fact that they have been living for six thousand years and don't look a year older than when you left. You are the only one that can grant them mortality."
"I will think it over." Usagi said slowly. Pluto smiled, knowing her kind princess would do the right thing.
"Hai. Arigato. I must be going now. I have to take my quiet half- brother back to his colleagues. Take care of yourself." Pluto told her, embracing her young princess.
"Ja ne, Pluto."
"Ja na, Hime." Pluto responded as she pulled away. Usagi could have sworn she saw a small tear forming at the edge of Pluto's eye. Pluto guided her brother through the portal she opened, and then, after waving slightly to the group of young teenagers, followed him.
'She's finally free to enjoy her life.' Pluto thought.
"How did you not die, Usagi?" Duo asked. Just after Pluto had left, they had all sat down on the large couches.
"Like Pluto said- unless someone has their entire Star Seed, they can not die. Since Gi and I were still seperated, I wasn't allow to die." she said, sighing.
"And what was all that stuff about immortality?" Trowa asked.
"Before, I was immortal. I could slit my wrists or shoot myself in the brain and I would still live. Now, I'm mortal! I'm so happy because now I can grow up with you guys and not be afraid of still looking like this when you're near death. That's what I feared when I was in Tokyo. I forgot that the Senshi couldn't die unless I granted them mortality. Now, I'm going to make up for my stupidity in Tokyo." Usagi said happily. They looked at each other.
"How are you going to that?" Wufei asked.
"I'm going to go find them." Usagi said. Seeing their surprised faces, she nodded. "I at least owe them mortality, even though they'll probably hate me for leaving them to fight alone."
"What are you talking about? They were the ones that made you do it in the first place!" Duo exclaimed. "You don't owe them anything! They owe you one major apology and an explanation!" Usagi shook her head.
"I just have to find them. I miss them so much." Usagi said. She stood up. "I'm going to summon them. If you wish to come, you can. I'd be glad for the company." They nodded, and stood up with her.
"What time is it?" Usagi asked.
"12:45 in the afternoon." Hiiro replied. She smiled.
"Great!" she said, glancing over what she was wearing. She was dressed in a pair of tight, low-cut blue jeans and a light blue spaghetti strap top. She grabbed a white knee-length cotton duster and pulled it on over her bare shoulders.
"How are you going to summon them, 'sagi?" Duo asked.
"Like this." She concentrated and a ball of energy appeared in her hands. Slowly, she pulled back her arm and threw it as if she was a pitcher. The ball flew out the window and disappeared.
"Let's go meet them." Usagi said.
"Already?" Quatre asked.
"Hai. You see, when I summoned them, we were put in a time warp until they recieved the message and teleported to here. You all didn't notice because the time warp is like a pause button."
"Oh." Duo said. "Thanks for claifying." He grinned. She smiled back, and led them towards the kitchen and the back door.
"Where are we meeting them, and how do you know you're way through Quatre's mansion?" Wufei asked.
"In the orchard clearing, and remember, I have most of Gi's memories." Usagi reminded them. By then, they had reached the back door. She took a deep breath before opening the door, just in time to see a streak of light land not thirty feet from where they stood. Her face lit up, and she began running towards where her Senshi had landed. The boys ran after her. She stopped just in front of the four girls, who had detransformed by that time.
"Usagi? Is that really you?"
"Pluto-sama?" Sailor Moon asked. "What's going on?" Pluto sighed before beginning.
"I was present at your birth. I had seen the future, and knew what would happen if Usagi was allowed to die when she was 16. I knew I had to prevent those gruesome events, so I thought long and hard about how to stop it. Finally, I came up with a solution. So I posed as a nurse, and when it came time, not ten minutes after your birth, to take you to the maternity ward, that's not where you went. Instead, I took you into a vacant hospital room. There, I split your essence. I divided your Star Seed in two." she saw Gi's blank look. "Everyone has a Star Seed- it's what keeps them alive. You cannot survive for long without it. When I split your Star Seed, it basically ensured that neither of you could die, unless killed at the exact same instant. And since you two were seperated by six thousand years of time, that was pretty well impossible. Then, Wufei, without knowing he had ever left his own time, came back to the 20th century and took one of them Dr M to be trained. See, Wufei took the baby to the Dr M that was in existence when you all were just starting to be trained, and then, unknowingly once more, traveled back to his own time. So, when Usagi killed herself, I was ready. I brought her here, and left her under the other pilot's care. When she died again, I took her to Dr M, my half-brother, to rejuvenate her energy. Now comes the problem- there are two, but there can only be one." she finished, and took a deep breath. The other pilots were still in shock from seeing Usagi alive, and this new information was not helping their condition at all. Gi and Usagi looked from Pluto to each other and back.
"Nanashi…" Gi whispered almost incoherently, glancing at Wufei. "So what does this mean?" she asked. Pluto's face dropped.
"It means that one of you will enter the other's body, and when it's over, only one persona will be left."
"So we are going to fight inside one of our minds?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Sort of. It's partly physical, but a lot more mental. I'm sorry I had to do it, girls. But you need to say your goodbyes to the others- Not even I know who will be left when this is over." Pluto told them. Duo jumped up off the couch, breaking the other's prolonged silence.
"You've got to be kidding me! Usagi just came back, and now you're taking her away again?" he exclaimed.
"Calm down, Duo. I'll say goodbye, but it won't be forever, no matter what." Sailor Moon told him, walking over and enveloping him a huge hug.
"Come back to us, Usagi." Quatre said, standing and hugging her as well.
"Yes, onna. You're not as weak as you were when you got here- use the training well." Wufei told her. She jumped towards him and hugged him too.
"Please come back, Usagi." Trowa told her, wrapping his arms around her. She looked at Hiiro.
"Be sure you win." Hiiro said in monotone. She nodded, understanding that some things would never change if she didn't win. Gi watched all this silently.
'They want her to win.' she thought dejectedly. She then shook the thought, training her emotions (or lack thereof) on her new mission- winning the right to live as herself. Sailor Moon came over and stood in front of her.
"Ready?" Pluto asked. "I have to open a portal between you two." They both nodded, not breaking eye contact with each other. She closed her eyes for a moment, and a purple hue appeared in the air between the two girls. They each took a deep breath and stepped forward. Immediately, they completely merged. An interesting thing happened- A girl wearing Gi's clothes but having Usagi's hair appeared. She stood straight-backed, eyes wide open.
"Watch her eyes." Pluto told them. "It's the only way we can really tell who's winning." The others moved closer to watch as the girl's eyes changed from a lackluster blue to a vibrant azure and back. "Just pray that they don't cancel each other out." she added. All eyes snapped up to her.
"That can happen?" Dr M asked. Pluto nodded.
'I don't know what I'll do if Usagi doesn't win. She's so... her. Please, Allah, let her come back.' Quatre prayed.
'The great Shinginami should not allow someone as sweet and gentle as Usagi to be lost to the world. It's not right!' Duo thought, shaking his head slightly.
'Please, onna. You're so much stronger than you were before. I respect you for that. Come back to us safely. Be strong.' Wufei instructed her.
'Come on, Usagi. You have to come back. I promised not to kill- I'm sorry that wasn't possible. Don't punish us all for my broken promise.' Trowa begged silently.
'Usagi-chan… Forgive me my kokoro no tsumi*.' Hiiro thought simply.
'The one that is meant to be the Princess will prevail. The Ginzuishou might not react to Gi, though, even if she is of the same essence as Usagi.' Pluto thought.
It seemed as though they all sighed at the same time. Without warning, the girl's eyes snapped shut and she fell forward. Pluto caught her and set her down on the nearby couch.
"What happened?" Trowa demanded.
"The fight is over. It doesn't take long to watch, but if you were in there it would seem like a lot longer. To them, it was like fighting consistantly for a few days. But like I said, it's not all physical. Sometimes, however, emotional battles are more tiring than the physical ones."
"So who won, onna?" Wufei asked in a harsh tone.
"We won't know until she opens her eyes and tells us. She'll only be out for a few more minutes. She's still caught in a time warp, where a minute is more like a day. She'll stay in the warp until she regains consiousness. It should be any minute now, unless they canceled each other out."
"How will we know if that happens?" Quatre asked.
"Simple- she'll never wake. She'll continue to breath, but never move." The green-haired Senshi told them.
Then the figure on the couch began to mumble and groan. They moved closer to her, waiting, hoping, praying. A crescent moon began to glow on her forehead.
"That's a good sign, right? Doesn't that mean Usagi won?" Duo asked excitedly.
"Unfortunately not. Both of them have the power to control the Ginzuishou; they are both the Moon Princess. The birthmark will appear no matter what." Pluto replied. Duo's face dropped.
"Uuuuuugh." The girl said. (She says that a lot, doesn't she?) She mumbled what sounded like a name, though none there could really understand who's name it was. Slowly she opened her eyes. They were azure, but didn't sparkle like Usagi's did. Then again, they weren't as completely dull as Gi's had been.
"What happened?" she asked.
"The fight is over." Pluto responded simply.
"Which one are you?" Duo, the impatient one, asked. The girl sat up and lent against the back of the couch.
"I remember more lifetimes than one person has." The girl began, her voice confused but emotionless. I remember training to become an assassin, and growing up as a normal teenage girl. I remember infiltrating OZ, and playing video games at the Crown Arcade. But I must be true to myself," she paused, voice gaining emotion. "I am Tsukino Usagi!" she exclaimed, smiling at them all. The five boys crowded onto the couch to hug her, and soon it was a massive pile of people trying to hug Usagi. She was giggling and laughing; loving every minute of it.
"Welcome back, Usagi-hime!" Pluto greeted. Usagi untangled herself from the others and embraced her older Senshi.
"Thank you for caring enough to ensure the future." Usagi said. Pluto shook her head.
"Splitting a person's Star Seed is unforgivable. How can you thank me?" Pluto asked. The others had quieted down for the moment.
"Because I know that you did what you thought was right, what was necessary to ensure that the rest of the world did not suffer. I thank you for that, if for nothing else." Usagi said, gaining a regal voice. Pluto bowed slightly.
"Arigato, Usagi-hime." Usagi then turned back to the boys.
"Arigato for everything, but I'll understand if you do not want me to stay here." She told them quietly. A moment passed before anyone answered.
"What are you talking about, Usagi?" Quatre asked.
"You changed all of us." Duo said.
"In many ways." Trowa added.
"You can't leave us, onna." Wufei said.
"O-negai. Don't leave." Hiiro added quietly.
"You want me to stay?" Usagi asked incrediously.
"Of course!" the others said simultaneously. A huge grin grew across Usagi's face.
"Will you stay here with us?" Quatre asked.
"Of course!" Usagi replied immediately.
'She'll be happy here. I'm just sad to have to leave her here.' Pluto thought.
"What's wrong, Pluto-sama?" Usagi asked.
"I have to leave in a little while. You will be alright." Pluto told her.
"I know I'll be alright- I'm with the five greatest guys ever." Usagi said. "But I'll miss you, Pluto-sama."
"I will miss you as well. Remember, just summon me if you need anything. Oh, there's a few things I forgot to tell you, Usagi-hime." Pluto said, knowing that her next words would lighten Usagi's spirits even more. "It was because of your split Star Seed, not a curse of the Ginzuishou, that made you immortal. Because you now have your entire Star Seed, you are no longer immortal. Using the Crystal will not drain your energy like it used to, either. You are also no longer bound by the one-daughter rule of childbearing as you were on the Moon." Usagi's face lit up, and she was almost crying.
"Thank you so much, Setsuna-sama!" Usagi exclaimed, hugging her once more. As Usagi pulled away, a new thought crossed her mind.
"Pluto-sama… I can't go back to the 20th century, can I?" When Pluto shook her head, Usagi sighed. "Then what about Chibi-Usa? What about Crystal Tokyo? What about- Mamo-chan?"
"I didn't want to tell you this, Usagi. Just splitting your Star Seed was not enough. I had to do more. Chibi-usa was never meant to be. She was a child born as an orphan in another timeline, who I gave fake memories and sent her to you. Crystal Toyko was a real place- it originated about 100 years after you left. But because it was eventually taken over by communists, the idea of a place such as that fell apart. You and Mamo-chan were never meant to rule it. Mamoru wasn't even your true soulmate. That was another lie that I'm sorry I had to tell you." Usagi's face fell. The other's hearts dropped to the ground and were crushed under the leaden press that was Usagi's pain. "Mamoru was the Prince of Earth, and you were in love during the Silver Millennium. But think back- did you honestly feel, at any time you were with Mamoru, that you were soulmates?"
"Mamo-chan…" Usagi trailed off. That word alone crushed the others. She looked up at Pluto. "No. When I was with him I convinced myself that I was just too young to feel that feeling, that it would come when I got older. But it never came. You're right- Mamoru never was my soulmate." she sighed, looking up. "But I think I know who is." she added quietly.
"Forgive me, Hime." Pluto told her, bowing.
"Already forgotten." Usagi interjected.
"The others are still alive, Usagi." Pluto told her.
"Honto!" Usagi exclaimed. "The other Senshi?" she asked.
"Hai. You know how to find them if you wish. Just consider the fact that they have been living for six thousand years and don't look a year older than when you left. You are the only one that can grant them mortality."
"I will think it over." Usagi said slowly. Pluto smiled, knowing her kind princess would do the right thing.
"Hai. Arigato. I must be going now. I have to take my quiet half- brother back to his colleagues. Take care of yourself." Pluto told her, embracing her young princess.
"Ja ne, Pluto."
"Ja na, Hime." Pluto responded as she pulled away. Usagi could have sworn she saw a small tear forming at the edge of Pluto's eye. Pluto guided her brother through the portal she opened, and then, after waving slightly to the group of young teenagers, followed him.
'She's finally free to enjoy her life.' Pluto thought.
"How did you not die, Usagi?" Duo asked. Just after Pluto had left, they had all sat down on the large couches.
"Like Pluto said- unless someone has their entire Star Seed, they can not die. Since Gi and I were still seperated, I wasn't allow to die." she said, sighing.
"And what was all that stuff about immortality?" Trowa asked.
"Before, I was immortal. I could slit my wrists or shoot myself in the brain and I would still live. Now, I'm mortal! I'm so happy because now I can grow up with you guys and not be afraid of still looking like this when you're near death. That's what I feared when I was in Tokyo. I forgot that the Senshi couldn't die unless I granted them mortality. Now, I'm going to make up for my stupidity in Tokyo." Usagi said happily. They looked at each other.
"How are you going to that?" Wufei asked.
"I'm going to go find them." Usagi said. Seeing their surprised faces, she nodded. "I at least owe them mortality, even though they'll probably hate me for leaving them to fight alone."
"What are you talking about? They were the ones that made you do it in the first place!" Duo exclaimed. "You don't owe them anything! They owe you one major apology and an explanation!" Usagi shook her head.
"I just have to find them. I miss them so much." Usagi said. She stood up. "I'm going to summon them. If you wish to come, you can. I'd be glad for the company." They nodded, and stood up with her.
"What time is it?" Usagi asked.
"12:45 in the afternoon." Hiiro replied. She smiled.
"Great!" she said, glancing over what she was wearing. She was dressed in a pair of tight, low-cut blue jeans and a light blue spaghetti strap top. She grabbed a white knee-length cotton duster and pulled it on over her bare shoulders.
"How are you going to summon them, 'sagi?" Duo asked.
"Like this." She concentrated and a ball of energy appeared in her hands. Slowly, she pulled back her arm and threw it as if she was a pitcher. The ball flew out the window and disappeared.
"Let's go meet them." Usagi said.
"Already?" Quatre asked.
"Hai. You see, when I summoned them, we were put in a time warp until they recieved the message and teleported to here. You all didn't notice because the time warp is like a pause button."
"Oh." Duo said. "Thanks for claifying." He grinned. She smiled back, and led them towards the kitchen and the back door.
"Where are we meeting them, and how do you know you're way through Quatre's mansion?" Wufei asked.
"In the orchard clearing, and remember, I have most of Gi's memories." Usagi reminded them. By then, they had reached the back door. She took a deep breath before opening the door, just in time to see a streak of light land not thirty feet from where they stood. Her face lit up, and she began running towards where her Senshi had landed. The boys ran after her. She stopped just in front of the four girls, who had detransformed by that time.
"Usagi? Is that really you?"