Thanks for all the reviews. I might not get a chapter out next week because I have a big speech tournament to get to and practice will take up most of my time...and my niece is turning three... no time at all! But I'll try to get the next chapter out... I got a little behind. Oh well!
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Rini

Luna had followed Usagi via the street. 'Its rather difficult to keep up with her, and she's far much more gracefulthan she used to be. She's turning out to be just like her mother. I'm so proud of her. THough a part of me does miss the old Usagi very much... I just wish I could have been able to see her grow into the amazing young women she's become.'

Luna followed her for another five minutes before the reached a rather expensive apartment building, where Usagi hoped down and opened a sliding glass door. 'That was the tenth floor I think... And possibly the eighth one over.'

Luna then snuck in the front door as another resisdent was going in, past the security guard and into the elevator with the same resident. The resident pressed the button for the thirteenth floor. 'I'll have to jump down a few floor but it shouldn't be a problem.' Once the doors opened Luna made sure to stay just behind residents feet and followed him to the fifth door. 'Perfect I can hope diagonaly to her balcony, hopefully the doors still open.' Once the resident had unlocked and opened the door Luna quickly, in hopes not to get caught, made her way to sliding glass doors and opened them. One there she did just as she said she would and hopped diagonly from the thirteenth floor, room five to the tenth floor room eight.

"How odd. I wonder why Usagi left her door opened. She's sensible enough to know that just becaue she lives on the tenth floor doesn't mean that somthing couldn't happen." Luna slowly made her way into the apartment. "Usagi! Usagi its Luna, where are you?" Luna first checked the kitchen, then the bed room. And seeing the light on in the bathroom she headed there until she saw the body on the floor, at which point she gasped.

*Back at the Park just as Usa disappeared*

The senshi stared in surprise at their leaders retreating back, and it wasn't until she wsa completely out of site that any of them regained enough composer to speak. "Our little Odango is growing up. I don't think I've ever seen her so serious before." Raye smiled a bit as she contemplated the pros of having a a serious leader.

Ami sighed. "I know she was right about the hospital, but she should have had at least one of us go home with her so that we could have taken care of the wound for her."

Makoto smiled. "She might have gotten hit once, but she kicked some major ass! I'm totally proud of Usa's accomplishments. I mean she seems to be more gracefuly, agile, stong, and a way better fighter! I bet she could even give me a run for my money!"

Minako frowned. "I personally don't think this change is for the better."

Raye looked at her with a puzzled expression on her face. "Why not? I mean its obviosly for the better, for her and us. She won't get injured as easily. And we, we won't have to save her ass every ten seconds."

"I don't think she's happy Raye. I don't think that she wanted to go and change."

"Yeah, but it was her choice to leave. She could have stayed here and stuck it all out!"

"And why exactly would she have done that? Mamoru did nothing but push her away, criticizing her everty breathe. We criticized her every movement. And I'm sure there were others criticizing her thoughts, and emotions all along the way as well!"

"She didn't care! She just shrugged it off. She always did that, ever since I met her!"

"And as soon as she'd leave our presence she'd probably cry."

"No, we could have heard that wail no matter where she choose to go!"

"I'm not talking about a wail Raye, I'm talking about real tears of sorrow."

"And how the hell would you know?"

"Because I went through the same thing in London. And I left after the man I loved pushed me away. Its the only part I can't understand for Usagi. See my love never knew I loved him and so choose another. After that I ran, and I've never had the strength to go back. But Usagi's love knew she loved him more than anything else, and he betrayed that love. I know its different from my pain, but I don't think she came back because she was ready. I think she came back because she knew we needed her."

After Minako's speech the girls remained silent until a soft beeping could be herd.

"Mercury here. What do you need Luna?"

A frantic looking Luna replied, "Some one get here quick Usagi's passed out in her apartment."

"We'll be ther ASAP, where does she live?"

"The Moonlit Rose Apartment Complex on Washington and Jefferson(anyone know any names of any streets in Tokyo?). Its the tenth floor up eigth window from the right. The sliding door is opened."

"Raye and Lita, go get some medical supplies and food for tonight, it sounds like we'll be staying and I don't know what she has to dress her wounds. Minako come with me."

Before Raye or Lita could object Minako and Ami disappeared through the trees.

Raye and Lita quickly detransformed and headed off to the store to purchase the things Ami had requested.

*At Usagi's Apartment Several Minutes Later*

"Girls I'm glad your here, come quicky she's this way!"

Minako had never seen Luna look so paniced, 'Usagi has passed out before whats--'

As the girls rounded the corner to the bathroom they saw Usagi, and the small pool of blood that was surrounding her and slowly growing.

"Minako I need you to listen and do what I say when I say it, understand?" Minako nodded. "Good find me some towels."

While Minako looked for the towels Ami looked for Usagi's medical supplies. Minako found the towels in a cabinet just behind the bathroom door. "Ami I can't quite get the towels we need to move Usagi."

"Then leave it be, no one is moving her until I get these wounds dressed and then I want Makoto to do it, she's the only one that has the strength to do it gently with out jarring the wounds." Usagi pushed on the mirror and was surprised when it slid away to reveale a huge medical cabinet(its not a big cabinet, but big for a medical cabinet get it? sorry if ya don't!) with thigns for bandages, ointments for every aliment, surgical nedles and thread, and more medical supplies she didn't know what were for. "At least she wasn't lying when she said she knew how to take care of herself! I've never seen this many medical supplies in any place other than a hospuital!"

"Ami this is no time to be amazed with Usagi and her collections of meds!"

"Right." Ami quickly grabbed the things she needed from the cabinet and bent down next to Usagi. "We need to find somthing to wipe up this blood with, or at least somthing to pace under neath of her while I clean her wound."

Minako ran out of the bathroom and returned with a bath robe. "Will this work?"

Ami nodded. "I'll lift her side you slid it underneath her as quickly as you can." Minako bent down. "On the count of three. One... two... three!" Ami lifted Usagi gently and Minako quickly placed the rob underneath her. "Wait in there until I call for you, okay?"

Knowing she would just be in the way Minako agreed.

Ami quickly addressed the matter at hand. After several minutes she called for Minako. "The wound covers most of her stomach. So I need you to gently pick her up and hold her while I wrap this around her. It shouldn't be to hard, she's pretty light, and I'll be quick."

Minako nodded her head in compliance, and the two set to work making an excellent team.

After a few minutaes they had finished and were just setting her down when Makoto and Raye came around the cornor. "Here are the supplies you asked for."

"Thanks Raye. Makoto, please take Usagi into the bed room. And please be gentle."

Makoto was about to say somthing but caught a look from Minako that warned her other wise and diligently picked up Usagi and carried her into the bed room. Apon returning she saw Ami and Minako cleaning the floor with usagi's towels. "Somebody find her washer we'll need to wash these quickly to get the blood out."

Raye headed off into the apartment while the Minako and Ami cleaned and Makoto paced. Once the girls were done. Raye directed them to a closet where she'd found a washing machine. Once all the used towels had been used Ami hurried to the bathroom to wash off the blood, quickly followed by Minako.

"Now all thats left to do is pray for her to get better." Raye nodded and headed into the living room.

"And wait." Makoto said following her.

"We've been wait for you an awful lot Usa. Please don't leave us for good now." Minako gave her friend one last look and headed into the living room.

"So now we all pray and wait." Ami restated and she followed her friends.