Ellen: That's exactly why Usagi is hurt. Mamoru seemed like the perfect guy in the beginning, but turned out to be selfish and evil.

EternalMoonFighter: Don't worry; Seiya is definitely endinng up with Usagi

"I hate you Mamoru Chiba!!" Usagi yelled with all her strength, her voice echoing in her apartment. She collapsed and rolled herself into the fetal position, rocking back and forth, her strength gone. Her voice was now a whisper. "I hate you."

A half an hour later, Usagi stood in her kitchen, starting to make dinner. She pulled out a sharp knife to chop up veggies to make a stir-fry. In the midst of chopping, she paused. I wonder what it's like to pull a knife across your wrists. She held the knife over her wrist, suicidal thoughts flying through her head. The sudden banging of the front door brought her back to her senses, and she gasped. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Usagi ran to the front door, knife in hand. The Scouts had warned her of murderers and Mamoru and Rei. They had been planning to kill her the night she was out fighting Rei. She held her breath, peering from the kitchen door way. She sighed with relief. It was Haruka and Minako. Haruka had a cane, since her leg wasn't fully healed yet. Luckily, none of her bones in her leg had shattered, so she didn't need a cast or crutches. Setting down her knife, she grinned.

"Wow, you guys scared me!" Usagi jumped on them, giving them bear hugs. They laughed and hugged her back. "I thought you were those murderers."

"Come on, Usa-chan," Minako smiled. "Would your murderers be that loud?"

"Dang, Usagi-chan," Haruka looked around her. Shards of glass were lying everywhere. Haruka could tell Usagi had had a fit. "Your place is a mess."

"I know," Usagi's eyes ran over the picture pieces lying on the floor. Haruka bent over to pick one up. Usagi and Mamoru's faces were on the piece, kissing.

"You must miss him a lot," Haruka's voice was a gentle whisper.

"Yeah. We shared a lot of memories. Too bad all of them were fake," Usagi laughed sadly. "Weird, isn't it? I would never have guessed that Mamoru would be having an affair behind my back, especially with Rei. He could've just told me before I fell in love with him. It would've saved me a lot of pain."

"But you'll heal. I know you will. There's someone out there who's willing to commit himself to you. I know it."

"Yeah. But I don't think I'll ever be able to love again. Love is deceiving. It makes you blind to the truth. I mean, I loved him so much that I never realized that he didn't love me back. He never said the three words I'd say to him everyday. I was too blind to notice that, too caught up in my own feelings. But I'm happy I found out sooner than later."

"Oh, Usa-chan, I'm so sorry," Mina hugged Usagi. "I'm sorry for the way Mamoru treated you and the way he cheated on you. I'm sorry that you're in so much pain."

"Why are you sorry? You shouldn't be the sorry one. Anyways, I'm making chicken stir-fry and fried rice. Wanna join me?"

"Sure. I'll help out," Haruka smiled at the teary eyed girl. She lead her to the kitchen, and started chopping up veggies. Mina set some rice to boil for the fried rice. Usagi prepared the chicken for the stir-fry, and started the dish. Soon, they were all seated at Usagi's table, eating dinner.

"Mmmmm," Usagi stuffed her mouth with fried rice. "This is SO good! I didn't know you cooked fried rice, Ruka-chan."

"You haven't changed a bit, Usa-chan!" Haruka laughed as the girl stuffed her mouth with as much food as she could manage. Minako was doing the same. "Wow, you guys can eat, that's for sure. Hey, why don't we go out and grab some ice cream? We can take a walk afterwards."

"Vat's ma fraif ifea (that's a great idea)," said Usagi with a full mouth. Bits of food sprayed everywhere, missing Haruka's plate by centimeters.

"Watch it, meatball head!" Haruka's eyes twinkled as she giggled silently.

"Haruka!!" Usagi whined loudly, as soon as she managed to swallow the food in her mouth. "That's SO mean!!"

"Aw, come on now, Usa-chan, I was kidding! It was a joke..."

"I know. It's just so much fun to whine!!" Usagi pushed out her chair, stood up, and stretched. Picking up her dishes, she rinsed them before throwing them in the dishwasher. Haruka and Minako followed. Haruka grabbed the keys to her red sports car before heading out. Racing was her hobby, and a good car was necessary to race. Usagi slid into the passenger seat in the front as Minako jumped into the back seat. Since the car was a convertible, the top was down, and a gold and pink sunset glared into the car.

"So, Usa-chan, are you packed up yet?" Mina rested her head on Usagi's headrest. "We're leaving the day after tomorrow."

"Yup, I'm set," Usagi turned to look at her blonde friend. "I just need to buy a few more things before leaving. I should get something for my cousin; after all, it's his house we're staying at."

"Oh, I should get something too. Let's see if we find anything in the shopping center we're going to. There's a cute store right next to the ice cream shop. Now tell me, Usa-chan, is your cousin cute? He's like, what, 23?

"Yeah, he's 23, and no, I don't know what he looks like right now. But I hear his friend Andrew is totally hot!"

"Really? Your cousin rates guys? Is he gay?"

"No, his sister told me. She's our age. Ew. My cousin isn't gay."

"What's his name?"

"Josh. His sister's name is Angela or Angie for short. It turns out my middle name is American. Serena. That's what they'll call me in America. Luckily, all of us are fluent English speakers, and we don't have accents."

"Duh. Me, Haruka, Michiru, and Makoto all came from American families. We had to speak English at home all the time." (AN: Just pretend, ok? I mean, blonde hair, blue eyes... they sound American, don't they?)

"I know. Hmmm.... What should I get him?"

"What does he like?"

"He loves games and stuff like that. He has a PS2, GameCube, and an Xbox at home."

"Is he rich?"

"Yea, my uncle's the president of this huge company there. They live in a twelve bedroom home. And each room has it's own attached bathroom."

"Sounds luxurious."

"We're here!" Haruka hopped out of the car, her hair messy from the wind. Usagi quickly brushed her hair with a mini-brush before jumping out; Mina did the same. Haruka rolled her eyes before going into the ice cream shop. Usagi stood quietly by Haruka. Mina chose her favorite.

"I'd like a peanut butter fudge ice cream, one scoop, with a chocolate dipped cone, and caramel topping with chocolate chips on top," Mina said in one breath, laying down the money needed for the ice cream.

"I'd like vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup on top and rainbow sprinkles," Haruka put down the money needed for her ice cream. "In a cup, please."

"And what would you like, Miss?" the cashier turned to Usagi. Usagi took a deep breath before speaking.

"Just a vanilla milkshake, thank you," she pulled out a couple of bucks from her purse before handing it over to the cashier. The cashier handed back the change. He quickly gave their orders, giving Usagi a small cone with chocolate ice cream and caramel topping.

"Oh, I didn't order this," Usagi handed back the cone.

"It's on the house," the cashier winked. "You seem sad. I'd hate to see a pretty girl like you down in the dumps."

"Thank you," Usagi gave a smile that didn't reach her sad eyes. This was the first place Mamoru had ever taken her. The very same cashier had taken their order. Usagi was surprised that he remembered the kind of ice cream she had ordered. Well, of course he'd remember, they came after every date to the little shop, and Usagi would order the same thing every time.

"So... did you and your boyfriend break up? I haven't seen you here in a while."

"Yeah," Usagi gulped down the tears that were threatening to fall. Her voice came out in a shaky whisper. "It turned out he was cheating on me with one of my best friends. He's gone."

"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that," the cashiers eyes softened. "It seemed like you guys were truly in love..."

"Yeah, well love doesn't last forever," Usagi said bitterly. "It's a two- day thing. Then, before you know it, it's over."

"If there's anything I can do to help you out, just visit me here. I own this shop and I'm here on most days."

"I'm leaving for America the day after tomorrow. I don't think I can come back after what happened."

"Make sure to write to me. I know how much it must hurt. My girlfriend did the same to me. Two years ago. And I still feel the pain."

"Oh. I'm happy that someone else understands how much it hurts. I'll make sure to write to you. Here, write down your address on the napkin."

The cashier quickly wrote down his name and address on the napkin. Usagi gave him a smile before exiting the store. The cashier stared after her for a moment before returning to his work.

Usagi quickly finished off her ice cream, feeling better. Mina was still licking her huge cone and Haruka had a few bites left in her ice cream cup. The three girls soon finished their food, and headed into a gaming store.

"What kind of games does your cousin like?" Mina said as she browsed through piles and piles of video games.

"Fighting games, definitely. He say his favorite game is Tekken Tag, even though it's old," Usagi picked up the game, looking through it's summary, before setting it down again. "Let's go to the new releases. These games aren't out in America yet. They're brand new."

Usagi left the store ten minutes later with five new fighting and strategy games. She had also bought the card needed to make Asian games compatible with American PS2 gaming systems. (what are they called? My brother had one installed to his PS2, but I dunno what the name is. I don't think it's even a card... maybe you need to take it to a gaming store to get it installed... wutevr, I'm just confusing myself. Let's just pretend it's a little card that you put into the memory card slot to make the games compatible.)

Usagi hugged her sobbing mother goodbye. It was time to leave Tokyo.

"Usako, be good," Usagi's mother refused to let her go. "Don't give my brother a hard time, kay? I'm gonna miss you!"

"Mom, I have to go now," Usagi was crying as well. When Mrs. Tsukino heard her say this, she started wailing loudly. "I love you mom. I'll be back to visit, don't worry."

Minako, Haruka, and Michiru's mothers were there as well, and were bawling like babies. Usagi turned towards her friends.

"You guys don't have to come with me if you don't want to. I don't want to be a burden. Stay if you like."

"No," Haruka said firmly. "We're coming."

Usagi and the girls waved good-bye one last time as they left. Nineteen year old Hotaru blew a kiss at her mother before turning to leave. The six mothers collapsed onto each other, crying about how their babies were grown up. (Makoto has a mother in this story) Usagi boarded the plane crying. Her five friends followed her actions.

"We're finally leaving home," said a puffy-eyed Makoto. "I never thought so much crying would be involved."

"Yeah. We're lucky our fathers and siblings didn't come," Minako sniffled. "Otherwise, I'd be screaming that I didn't want to go."

"You guys shouldn't leave because of me," Usagi sighed. "I'm causing you guys so much pain. I wish this never happened. You guys are leaving your entire family behind, all because of a stupid crybaby."

"Don't talk like that, Usa-chan," Michiru hugged the teary girl. "We're coming with you because we want to leave too. We don't want to see Mamoru and Rei together. We don't want to see Ami crying. And anyways, our lives are endangered here. It would be nice to take a long vacation to leave everything here."

"Yea, I guess so," Usagi took one last look at Tokyo as the airplane took off. She wiped away her tears. She was ready to forget her past and begin anew. It was time to reform herself.
That was a really long chapter. I hope you guys like! Reviews are welcome, as always! Enjoy!