Chapter 1: The Value of Friendship
Usagi walked down the street, admiring everything. Tokyo was beautiful in its own way, and she wondered just how different everything would be later. Would it still have the same appeal? Would it still feel like home? She smiled a little. Of course it would, for it would always be her home.
"Uuuusaaaagiiii!"
Usagi looked up in time to see Minako getting cuffed by Rei for acting like a child. She giggled a little, thinking her friends would never change, even though she herself slowly was.
"Coming, Mina!" She hurried up and joined her four friends, getting ready to go sightseeing one last time.
Later on, they were all sitting around a table in the Crown Parlor, eating ice cream and talking about old times. Reminiscing over battles, remembering the times they met, times they fought, and times they spent together as the best of friends. The four girls seemed to regard Usagi with a kind of awe, but she failed to notice, as she seemed to be somewhat removed in thought.
Usagi looked out the window, a sad smile creeping over her face. Ami noticed, seemingly the only one, as Rei and Mina argued and Lita tried desperately to keep the peace. She saw tears form in her eyes that didn't quite fall.
"Usagi? Is anything wrong?" Ami was sitting next to her, so she kept her voice low. Usagi looked over at her and blinked, her warm smile instantly returning.
"I'm fine Ami." She paused for a moment, her smile fading. "I just…I feel as though everything is going to be taken, and I can't bear that thought. I don't want to lose everything, and somehow that thought seems wrong to me. I feel like I should go into this with a brave heart, and I somehow feel weak." Suddenly she realized that the other girls had quieted and were watching her with somber faces. Lita leaned forward and took her hand.
"Usagi, it's ok to feel this way. We're all scared." Usagi stared at Lita wordlessly, hearing her strongest companion's admission of fear was startling, to say the least. "But don't you want to help the people? Think of what you will do, of what will become of all these people. We have to let things take their course for the good of everyone on this planet."
The other girls nodded, and they all placed their hands over Usagi's. She nodded, a few stray tears trickling down her face, and stood up. The other girls stood with her, smiling at their leader, their princess, and mostly, their friend. She had always come through in the end for all of them, and they knew she would this time as well.
"All right guys," she said. "Let's go make the future."