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She reappeared in the Capsule Corp kitchen. Rei almost dropped the turkey she was stuffing. "Usagi! Don't scare me like that!" Usagi just smiled at her friend. "How's the search?"

Rei sighed. "No luck yet. Goku, Gohan, and Goten covered all Europe and found no trace of her. Then, of course, hunger got the better of them, and they used Goku's instant transmission to get home fast. Krillin called a little while ago from a phone somewhere in Asia saying that they'd had no luck and were heading home. There's been no word from Tien, Chatzou, or Piccolo. How's the Tokyo search?"

"Little better," sighed Usagi. "I was able to see Minako in my meditation, but I have no clue what district she's in or anything. I left the others there so I could check up with things around here. Where's Bulma?"

"She's still in her lab. She's trying to hack into the main computer at the school in Germany where Ami went."

"Great idea!" exclaimed Usagi as she headed towards the lab.

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She opened the door quietly, hearing the steady rhythm of constant typing. "Hi Bulma, any luck?"

"Almost done..." said the blue haired woman. She typed a few final keys. "It's about time," she said as several windows popped up on the screen.

"You did it?"

"Of course," she replied as Usagi approached the screen. "Now, let's see . . . graduates . . . Anderson, Amy . . . . current employment . . . Bingo!"

Usagi read the screen. "Assistant pediatrician at Creston Physicians, 462 Atlantic Avenue, Creston, New York. USA."

"Assistant?" muttered Bulma, while Usagi simultaneously shrieked, "USA?!?! How are we ever gonna find her??"

"Simple," answered the blue-haired genius. She went to a map site [Mapquest.com is my best friend] and typed in 'United States of America,' then 'New York,' then 'Creston'. A map of the whole town came up. Bulma printed it out and used a red pen to circle where the clinic should be located.

"Wow, Bulma, thank you so much!" cried Usagi. "You truly are a genius!"

"Of course I am. But if you're going back to Tokyo, you should somehow contact one of the guys and let them know."

"You're right, obviously. I want to find Ami myself, but they need me more back in Tokyo."



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She sat down and began to meditate again. 'Piccolo,' she called out with her mind, 'Tien, Chatzou!' She could see them all. 'Don't try to answer me, I am using telepathy. You must find Mizuno Ami, or Mercury. She is in America. In New York. In a town called Creston.'

Usagi used her telepathy to pass them a clear image of the map and where the clinic would be. 'Go now, and be swift!' She could see them nod, and they flew off toward the North American continent.

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"Well, that's done," she said standing. "Thank you again, Bulma. Hopefully they'll return tonight with another senshi. I must return to Tokyo. Farewell." The next instant Cosmos was gone, in a flash of silver light.

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Tien, Piccolo, and Chatzou landed outside the clinic. They hadn't had any trouble finding it. Tien and Chatzou had been over Iceland when they heard Usagi's call; Piccolo had been somewhere in Scandinavia. Here in America, it was sometime in the morning. [Remember those things called time zones?] It looked like the clinic had just opened a little while ago. The trio entered, not sure how to find her.

[I had too much fun creating this character.] "Good morning," said the woman behind the desk, without looking at them. "Please sign in and a doctor will be with you shortly."

Piccolo growled in his throat. "We're not here for an appointment, baka onna."

"Huh? What did you call me? A baked onion?" said the woman, opening her eyes. [Remember, she's not Japanese.] Suddenly she screamed. "AHH!!! What happened to you? You look green and you're too pale and you grew a third eye!!! Doctor, doctor get out here, this is an emergency!!!!"

"I'm coming!" came a female voice somewhere behind the counter. A door opened beside the reception desk and a woman stepped out. She wore a lab coat and held a clipboard. Her dark blue hair just covered her ears, and glasses sat perched on her nose.

"How may I help you?" she said without panic, as the woman behind the desk cowered.

"We're looking for someone," said Tien, before Piccolo could yell at this woman too. "Her name is Mizuno Ami."

The woman's calm face was suddenly shocked and she sank down into a chair. "How... how do you know her?"

"We don't really know her," said Chatzou cheerfully. "But Usagi said we'd find her here."

"Usagi..." the woman muttered. "Meredith, I'm going to have to call off today." She told the woman behind the desk.

"But doctor--"

"Sorry, Meredith, it's a ... um.... family emergency." She hung her lab coat up on the coat rack and hurried out the door, gesturing for the trio to follow. She led them behind the building, out of hearing range, and turned to them.

"You know Usagi? Tsukino Usagi?"

"Yeah, that's her," said Chatzou.

"She's... she's alive?"

"She was wished back," explained Tien. "But I think she said that she was never really dead."

The blue-haired woman breathed a sigh of relief. "After so many years of guilt... finally."

"You are Mercury, aren't you?" said Piccolo.

The woman smiled softly. As an answer, she held out her hands. They were surrounded by a blue aura and a henshin wand materialized in them. "You are very wise, aren't you? My name is Mizuno Ami."

"My work here is done," said Piccolo, and without another word, he flew off.

"Did... did he just..."

"Fly?" finished Tien. "Yep, it's simple really." Chatzou hovered in the air to show her. "See?"

"We've got to get you back to Japan. I'm Tien by the way and this is Chatzou and the green guy was Piccolo. Usagi is trying to unite the sailor senshi again. Jupiter returned with tales of a horrible new evil in the solar system," explained Tien.

Ami nodded grimly. "Of course; I must get to her immediately. But how? It would take weeks to get a flight to Japan and by then it might be too late."

"Um... you can't fly, can you?" asked Tien awkwardly. She shook her head no. "Well, then I guess I'll have to carry you. Boy, I wish I had Goku's instant transmission now."

He picked her up, carrying her in front, and flew off. Though, by the time they got to Japan, he was feeling glad that the trip had been so long.

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Creston is just a town I made up. I have no idea if it's real or not and I don't live in NY so I dunno. I just needed a place for Ami to work. I think Meredith must be a blond [not to be stereotypical, but I'm a blond and I often find myself fitting the description]. But w/e. The sequel to SMS Selenity is up. It's called Always & Forever, if you're interested. Please review, thank you so much for all your coments and reviews. Ja ne! ~Calli-chan