Hey everyone! I'm so glad that I got so many reviews this time! I'm really sorry, though, but I've temporarily lost use of my left middle finger. I will be out of writing for a little while, but as soon as I can, I will be at this story again! I am going to have a small continuation from the last chapter, the voting will go until the next chapter comes out, and of course I will say hi to all of my reviewers! Here you are!

~*~ Hitokiri-Tenshi Kenshin's Grl ~*~ I'm so glad that you like my story! I think that Setsuna and Trowa are a cute couple too!

~*~ Airlady ~*~ I'm really glad that you like my story! Keep reading and reviewing!

~*~ Dark Universe ~*~ I'm so glad that you reviewed my story. I hope that you liked it so far. I think that her guard choices are cool!

~*~ Setsuna, Megami of Time ~*~ I am VERY sorry that I'm going to disappoint you this week, I promise, I'll do everything I can to put Setsuna in with my next update. Here's a hint I will always update on a Friday night, so it will be there Saturday. Just keep an eye out for it!

~*~ Damia, Queen of the Gypsi's ~*~ Ah! Wufei's not THAT bad (well most of the time anyway). I hope that you enjoy what's coming!

~*~ Fire Dolphin ~*~ Thank you so much for the encouragement! I'm so glad that you like my story! Keep up the reading and reviewing!

~*~ Crystalstorm21 ~*~ I hope that you continue to like this story! Keep up the reviewing and tell me what you think!

~*~ Patricia16 ~*~ I will do all I can to finish it! I hope that you keep up the reviewing so that I know I'm doing a good job.

~*~ Queen LuvBunny ~*~ I'm SO happy that you love my story! I hope to see your name appear more often! Also, I like the guard choices!

~*~ Serenity Komoshiro ~*~ Thank you so much for reviewing! I will do everything I can to keep the updates coming! As I said above, though, I may have to slow down. I will keep up with updates on how it's coming though (such as teasers and so on).

~*~ Brooke ~*~ It's great knowing that somebody loves my story! I hope that you keep reviewing! Also, I like your vote (it's very original!).

~*~ Raye-chan ~*~ About Hiiro's eyes, I know their blue, I had some kind of memory lapse when I was writing, but since I wrote it, I'm going to stick with it. Now, with Haruka, well, I'm surprised, you're the only person so far to ask. Well, to be honest, I just can't write girl/girl things. It's not as much that I don't like the relationship (because I don't like fics that separate them unless they are REALLY well written) but that I'm just not very good at writing it. So, since it is another life, I've decided to make it possible for them to build a family (you know, have kids and such), and I thought it would be a change since not many people that I've read do it. THANK YOU so much for reviewing, and I absolutely love the vote idea!

IMPORTANT: If you did not read the note above, you MUST read this. I have temporarily lost the use of the middle finger in my left hand making it difficult to type, so this story will either be delayed or a really short chapter until I regain the use back. I'm very sorry, I hope that everyone is patient. And, because of your patience, I will have something every Friday as long as the reviews keep coming. It will be either a teaser or a short chapter, or a long chapter depending on what I has time to do.

~*~ Another Life Chapter Five ~ The Mysterious Guards ~*~

Relena had left about an hour ago, and Usagi was still sitting on her bed fuming. There was no way that she was going to take this laying down. How dare anyone think that she wasn't capable of taking care of herself? 'I mean, even if I did allow myself to get shot, that doesn't mean a thing!' Usagi thought to herself.

The door opened slowly, and a little girl peaked in. "Usagi-chan?" Hotaru questioned before entering.

Usagi gave an ear-to-ear grin at the little girl, and said, "Come in Hotaru-chan! Come in!"

Hotaru smiled. She had heard the news, and wasn't quiet sure what to expect when she came to see her friend and princess. Slowly, the young girl walked to the end of the bed and said, "Usagi, we heard about your three bodyguards."

Usagi let out a longsuffering sigh and said, "Why can't everyone just understand that I'm not made out of glass."

Hotaru smiled while answering her friends questioned, "I think it's because when you got shot, you got cracked, and they don't want you broken."

There was a double meaning there that only the young warrior of death and rebirth knew of. The princess would never know what it meant, and the guardians wouldn't know for a long time.

"I won't break!" Usagi said with determination. "And I'm not cracked," was mumbled under her breath. In her mind a single thought rang through, 'If they think that I'm going to play the part of a princess in distress, well, they're wrong!'

Hotaru only smiled and said, "That may or may not be true, but my visiting time is up. If I take much longer, Haruka-papa will be completely impossible to deal with."

Usagi gasped. She shook her head vigorously, "Hotaru-chan! I can't face Haruka! He's going to have a fit!"

Hotaru just giggled and said, "Whatever he does will be your fault! You shouldn't have run off like that. Usagi-chan, you scared us all! Well, I'll come back tomorrow. Sayonara, Usagi-chan."

"Sayonara," Usagi said in a daze. Her mind was trying to come up with a quick way to appease Haruka before he got there. However, her mind wasn't quick enough. A moment later, there was a loud bang, and then the crash of the door to her room hitting the wall. In walked the person of her thoughts.

Haruka stormed in. He wasn't about to go lightly on this trip. She had been attacked because she was stupid enough to sneak off without saying anything to anyone. "Usagi," he growled, "what in the world were you thinking?"

Usagi gulped, "Uh"

"You could have been seriously hurt!" Haruka raged. "I swear that if you ever pull that stunt again, I'm personally going to put you under lock and key!"

Usagi sighed. She had only wanted some peace and quiet. She couldn't stand being guarded all the time, however, she knew that she did something terribly wrong. "I'm really very sorry, Haruka, I won't do it again. Besides, Relena-san has said that she was forced into getting me three bodyguards."

Haruka nodded. She knew about this from Setsuna. They had all talked about it, and they had decided that it would be for the best. "Usagi, I just don't want anything bad to happen to you."

Usagi nodded, "I know, Haruka, but you know that I've never been able to stand being guarded all of the time. Spending time with you because of fun is one thing, but when you're just guarding me, it's a whole different story. I really wish that it didn't have to be this way. It seems that all of my lives are destined to be abnormal."

Haruka walked to Usagi and gave her a hug. It was the first time that he had shown this type of emotion to anyone publicly in this life.

Thinking of his own life made him realize that none of the senshi would ever be destined for normal. They would be the ones that would suffer in order to make the world a better place. As he released Usagi, he spoke, "Usagi, expect the abnormal with your life and you won't be disappointed. I better go, the others want to see you too."

Usagi smiled at him and said, "I'll talk to you later, Haruka-san."

"Later, Koneko," Haruka said as he walked out the door.

It was a minute or so before her next visitor came in. Michiru demurely walked into the room and gave Usagi one of her knowing smiles. "I'm glad to see that you're awake, Usagi-chan," she said, "we were all worried about you."

Usagi smiled as she hugged her long time friend, "I know, Michiru-san, and I am very sorry. I shouldn't have run off. I promised Haruka that I won't do it anymore."

"Usagi-chan," the water senshi said, "I understand how you feel. I'm very sorry that you have to be in this situation, but you know that we only do it so that you'll be safe."

"I know," Usagi said with a resigned sigh. "I'm just so tired of having to put up with it."

"It will be over soon, Usagi-chan," Michiru stood up. "And do me a favor."

"What?" Usagi asked.

"Cheer up, and be the Usagi that we all know and love," Michiru said as she left.

After she left, Usagi whispered to no one, "I will, Michiru-san, I will."

Setsuna walked in with her mysterious, yet comforting air. She gave Usagi a smile and walked up to her bedside. "Usagi-chan," she started, "I'm sorry that this had to happen. It will get better."

Usagi smiled and said, "I know it will. I'm surrounded by my friends and family, how can it not?"

Setsuna looked at her princess with pride. She knew that there was next to nothing that could break the girl's spirit, and for that she was proud of her for. She was proud to be the protector, advisor, and most importantly, friend to this girl. She was the best friend that anyone could have.

"Oh," Usagi said as if she had forgotten something, "I almost forgot. The main reason that I had insisted that you came to that picnic was to tell you something important."

This confused Setsuna. She hadn't been able to see what was going to happen at the picnic, or directly after it, so she had no idea what she was going to say. "What is it, Princess?"

"Well," Usagi said grinning, "you know how you've wanted to be a clothes designer?" Setsuna nodded her head. "Now you can. Since I've lost my personal protectors, you four have become them, and that requires constant presence. That also means that you are now officially relieved from your duty as Time Guardian. So, you still have your power over time, you will still carry the time staff, and you will be known as the Senshi of Time, but you will no longer be required to guard the gates."

Setsuna was too shocked to say anything. She had not seen this coming, but she was more than happy to except the job as personal guardian to her princess than 'Time Guardian' any day. She just had one question, "Who will be guarding the time gates?"

"Well," Usagi said thoughtfully, "I've been told that they will seal themselves up to where no one can get through them, I mean with you as the exception. There is no one else who needs to travel through time, so there is no reason that they should be left open."

Setsuna was deep in thought for a moment before she smiled and said, "Well, I guess that I'll be occupying my room more than once a month from now on!"

Usagi laughed and said, "I'll see you at home!" With that, Setsuna hugged her princess and left.

The next visitor was none other than the soldier of Venus herself, Aino Minako. Usagi saw the door slowly open, and Minako cautiously peeked in. As soon as she saw Usagi sitting up in bed and looking at her, all of her emotions went wild. Immediately, she ran to Usagi and lightly embraced, keeping in mind that she was wounded, and sobbed onto her shoulder. Usagi used her good arm to pat her back and just let her release all of the stress that she'd been holding.

Usagi heard her speak through her sobs, "Usagi-chanI swear that if you ever and I mean EVER do that again I'm personally going to kill you myself." It seemed that she wasn't even able to stop sobbing so that she would be able to speak.

"I won't, " Usagi said, "I promise that I'll never do it again."

Minako just stayed in that position.

A little while later, after Minako had left, Usagi received another set of visitors. Relena walked in followed by three of the boys that had been with her at the park. "Usagi-chan," Relena started, but she faltered.

"Yes, Relena-san," Usagi said smiling.

"Usagi-chan," she tried again, "these are your new bodyguards. Their names are"

To be continued

Well, I forgot to post the results of the voting so far, and as you can see, I can't go any farther without ending the voting.

Here are the results so far:

Hiiro-Duo-Wufei ~ 3

Hiiro-Duo-Quatre ~ 0

Hiiro-Duo-Trowa ~ 2

Hiiro-Wufei-Quatre ~ 0

Hiiro-Wufei-Trowa ~ 0

Hiiro-Quatre-Trowa ~ 1

Duo-Wufei-Quatre ~ 1