Amy was sitting in her room at a small desk against her window. A sudden "tap!" against her window screen brought her to attention. Amy stood up to see who was there and glanced down below to find nothing. She shrugged it off and reached for her book that she had deserted. She didn't feel like doing anything too active today, but she did want the fresh air and sunshine. The rays of sunlight hit the pages of her book, illuminating the story. She settled back into her chair and began to read the story again.

"Ring!" went the telephone. Amy sighed.

"There's no end to it today!" she thought, picking up the line.

"Hello?" She said.

"Amy?" came the voice from the other end. "It's me, Serena."

"Oh, hey Serena!"

"Hi. I was just calling to tell you that we're having a meeting with all the Sailor Scouts down at the temple. We need to talk about something."

"Something?" asked Amy.

"Yeah, it's… important."

"Ok, I'll be down as soon as possible."

"Bye."

"Good-bye."

Amy hung up the phone. She wondered what Serena was talking about. She sounded like it was important, but not that it had to do with Sailor Moon.

"What else could it possibly be then?"


Amy rushed into the temple to find Lita, Mina, Serena and the 2 cats sitting around the table. She noticed Rei wasn't here yet, sighing in relief that she was the last one.

"Ok, we're all here." Said Serena.

"What are you talking about?" asked Mina.

"What about Rei?" said Amy.

"About Rei…" started Serena, looking down.

"What happened to her…" said Lita gravely.

"Did she do something stupid like set the school on fire?" suggested Mina.

"I could see her doing that." Said Serena. "Actually, that'd be really funny. I have this project due with Lita and we really aren't too far into it and we really need to get started on it. If the school burnt down because of Rei, I think I'd give her a pat on the back! She would deserve one after all that hard-"

"Serena!" said the 3 other girls and 2 cats together.

"Oh, sorry." Giggled Serena. "Back to Rei… Artemis? Luna? Would you like to tell the girls?"

Artemis cleared his throat.

"I'll give it to you straight. Rei's run away."

"What!" shouted Lita. "I was just with her yesterday and she seemed fine! Heck, this guy was there too!"

"A guy was there? Tell me, did he do anything that might have disturbed Rei?" asked Luna.

"Well no, actually. I thought he might have liked her."

"Maybe that was it." Suggested Amy.

"I don't think so, Rei's not the type to run away from love." Said Mina, thinking.

Everyone looked at her in disbelief.

"What?" she said. "Oh, ok, maybe she would, but I doubt it."

"Yeah," said Artemis, "And she also wrote a letter to her Grandpa. It said how she needed privacy. And how she hated the boy."

"Hmmm," thought Serena. "Why don't we all go looking for her?"

"I don't think Rei would want that." Said Amy. "She probably wants her own time to herself. Why don't we let her cool off? We can search for her later."

"Oh, alright." Mumbled Serena. "But let's all keep a sharp eye out for her."

"Isn't Rei's grandpa worried?" asked Amy.

"No, he said this is like training for her. He also said he's confident she can fend for herself, and that as long as she keeps in touch with him he's fine." Said Luna.

"Wow, what a loving family." Muttered Lita.

"Oh, he seems quite understanding." Said Artemis.

"What about the boy? Doesn't he miss her? I thought he looooooooved her." Said Serena, battering her eyes.

"Actually, he doesn't seem affected by this." Said Artemis.

"He isn't?" everyone said.

"Nope. Not according to Grandpa."

"That's strange…" thought Amy.


Rei leaned back against the trees just out of view.

"Oh Serena," she hissed "Why did you have to call a meeting? Now everyone will be worried. You can be such a meatball head."

Rei sprinted back into the woods, just behind the Temple to her luggage.


Mark sat on a bench painting the forest. It was a lazy day, and he tried to capture that feeling into his paintings.

"Come on, boy!" leaped Grandpa. "Get off those 2 cheeks and get ready for training!"

Mark grunted.

"Ok, ok. Let me pack up." He said.

"Hurry!" Shouted Grandpa.

"Ok! I'm done. Happy?"

"Not Yet! Now get up!" Grandpa said, handing him a tablecloth.

"What's this for?" asked Mark, an eyebrow raised.

"Tie it around you neck like so!" said Grandpa, wearing the cloth as a cape.

"You have got to be joking." Said Mark with a sigh.

"A joke is never well taken here when I'm in training mode!"

"Training mode?" asked Mark.

"Yes! Training mode! Now hop to it! That's it. I'm getting old, young man! Great! Is it on? Good! Now follow me!" said Grandpa, climbing a tree.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Thought Mark.

Grandpa led Mark all the way up the tree and held out a vine.

"Now watch this, and repeat after me." Said Grandpa. He took the vine in both of his hands and pushed backwards with his feet. He went sailing ahead, jumped off, flipped, and landed on the soft grass.

"Don't hurt yourself now!" laughed Grandpa.

"Oh dear," thought Mark. "Here goes nothing!"

He swung himself forwards almost hitting a tree.

"Let go, you child! Let go!" shouted Grandpa.

Mark was starting to swing backwards before he let go. When he finally did, his limbs flung themselves all around before he hit the ground, half on the grass, half on the pavement.

"I'll go get some herbal tea." Sighed Grandpa, shaking his head. "Amateurs."

Mark twitched, before slowly getting up and brushing himself off. Grandpa was gone, and he looked around confused. He rubbed his head slowly before walking away from the tree.


Grandpa placed a teabag into the pot of hot water before carrying it outside.

"Here you go Mark, all nice and-"

Grandpa stopped suddenly.

"Mark?"

Grandpa looked around, but couldn't find Mark. He turned to face the Temple, looking for Mark's window.

"He probably went inside to change into other clothes." Thought Grandpa. "Or maybe he went to lay down. Did I tell him I'd meet him there? No, I don't think so…"

Grandpa just shrugged it off as he walked back towards Mark's room to see if he was there. As he made his way down the hallway, he occasionally stirred the tea. When he reached Mark's door, he knocked quietly.

"Are you there, boy?" he asked politely. "Don't be shy now! It's ok to fall! No one is as good as me. Don't compare yourself!"

Grandpa laughed. There was no other sound.

"Mark?"

Grandpa pushed open the door. He peered in cautiously, but Mark wasn't there. He turned back around as he placed the tea on the table. Just as he went to leave, his eye caught a glimpse of the sketchbook.

"Oh dear," he thought, "Rei doesn't like being spied on. And what did I go do? I sent her away! Look what you've done you old fool! That boy, I should have warned that boy!"

Grandpa went back outside to clear his head. He was just about to sit back down, when he heard something in the woods.

"Hello?" He said. "Anyone there?"

Mark slowly emerged from the woods, tired and obviously hurt. A huge red slap seemed to be across his face, most likely from falling out of the tree and landing on the pavement.

"Mark! Where were you?" Asked Grandpa.

"What? Me? Oh, I took a little walk. I wanted to walk off the fall. Man, you have a hard floor."

Grandpa laughed.

"Yes… yes we do. It works for our hard working! Ha ha ha!" he said, laughing wildly at his own joke.

"Yeah," chuckled Mark, "That's a good one."

Grandpa stopped soon and said "Oh, I almost forgot; I put some tea in your room. It might not be as hot now though."

"Oh that's quiet all right." Said Mark. "Thanks for the tea I the first place. I'm going to head in and clean myself up."

"Oh, go right ahead, young man! I'll get some soaked cloths to sooth your aches. It'll help, you weaklings always seem to need them."

"Weaklings?" asked Mark.

"Yeah, Rei always needed them when she came back from…" Grandpa stopped himself.

"From… fighting?" said Mark, quietly.

"How did you know?"

"I uh…saw her last night."

"And that's what she was mad about." Said Grandpa sadly.

"Yeah, that's why she uh…ran away."

Grandpa nodded.

"Rei…" he whispered. He shook his head to try to get rid of the feelings. "Why don't you um… go and freshen up. I'll get the cloths. You had a bad fall. No young-en could take that too well now."

"No one," he thought to himself, "But Rei."


I'll be the one who hears your prayer

Don't have to ask me, I'll be there

I'll be the friend you'll never have to do without

When you have nothing at all

You'll still have nothing to worry about

Oh nothing at all

(Nothing At All - Sailor Moon)