The next morning Usagi woke with a start to the sound of ringing. Reaching with closed eyes she successfully knocked the phone off her desk.
"Usagi?" She heard muffled on the other line. Falling over the bed she picked the phone up- now staring at her ceiling.
"Eh?" She said mumbling into the receiver.
"It's Haruka. Can you come to the beach house this morning, we have something we need to talk with you about." She said determination in her voice.
"Ah...I guess so. Let me get dressed and I'll be on my way," She said rubbing her eyes and sitting up, she barely heard a 'goodbye' before the sound of the click came. "Hmm...wonder what this is about" she mumbled putting the phone back on the hook.
About an hour later she stepped off the bus a bit a ways from the enormous beach house. She remembered when they Outer senshi came to the house, they began raising baby Hotaru. Everything came so quickly after that.
She could see the ocean clearly as she walked on the edge of the road. A high-pitched ring sounded through her thoughts and she searched for her phone.
"Hello?" She asked into it.
"Ah, Usa-ko. How are you?" The phone muffled out Mamoru's hurried voice. Her feet stopped moving and her heart began to pace. Maybe everything is okay now?
"Mamo-Chan! I'm fine, though I really want to see you. I need to talk with you," She said. She didn't want to sound so desperate, but it had to happen.
"Ah, I want to see you too, unfortunately I have some urgent classes I must take care of today and tomorrow...That's why I was calling. You won't be able to reach me for the next couple of days." He said still sounding muffled.
Her heart sunk even deeper in her chest if that was possible. The sound of the ocean carried louder in her ears and she thought for a moment she was in the water drowning. Shaking her head hard, she turned her attention back to the phone.
"Oh..." Was all she could manage before her throat closed tighter.
"I'm sorry Usa-ko. Okay, I have to go now...take care of yourself." He said and the muffled noise went away and was replaced by what sounded like music and laughter. The sharp click resounded in her head, her eyes went blank but her feet moved in a preset destination.
"Usagi...? Are you even listening to me!" Her head snapped and she looked up- Haruka and Michiru were standing in front of her. Haruka looking quite angry, while Michiru looked on with worried eyes.
"Haruka-San...? Michiru-San...?" she said, her voice barely audible. She couldn't remember how she got there, but there she was sitting on a couch.
"Have you heard anything I've said in the past ten minutes?" Haruka asked, folding her arms. Watching her as she shook her head.
She watched the older woman shake her head and hang it.
Setsuna walked around the couch and stood in front of her, "Usagi, the point is. You cannot keep this up," She said sternly.
"What are to talking about Setsuna-San?" Usagi asked genuinely confused.
"You and Seiya! It can never be, never. Don't you understand what will happen?" She asked feverishly. "Chibi-Usa will never exist! Crystal Tokyo might as well me a figment of your imagination!"
Usagi sat without a word, her eyes were a bit wide but still nothing.
"You have to end this." Haruka said looking down at the girl.
"There's nothing to end..." Usagi trailed.
"What do you mean?" Setsuna asked, knowing there was something between the two. She had felt it in her own heart the night before.
"There's also nothing to begin..." She kept trailing, her eyes unfocused.
"Usagi what are you talking about?" Michiru asked stepping forward.
Usagi moved without thought. Standing, she walked around the sofa so she could see all of them, their eyes were on her searching for an answer.
"This isn't a game Usagi, this is everyone's future your messing with- it's not right" Setsuna said, her voice filled with determination.
"I know it's not right!" She yelled, "No one knows better than I do...Do you have any idea how painful it is to have destiny and fate toying with your heart? While your left to walk around like everything's fine?" She said, her body shaking. "I have to chose what's best for everyone, no matter what I want".
"But you love Mamoru-San..." Michiru trailed off. "You've wanted to be with him ever since you got your memories of the Moon Kingdom back..."
"I still do, but he has better priorities then me... have you not noticed? His heart is no longer there. I can't go on with everything if I'm the only one making an effort! Am I supposed to just ignore my happiness so everyone is okay. Is that fair?" She screamed, tears falling to the floor, her whole body shaking.
The outer senshi stood silent for moments on end, the ticking of a clock resounded throughout the room. But that was the only sound...
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Hey guys, I decided to post this only a day after the last chapter b/c one its pretty short- and i didn't think it was such a great chapter to have a whole week by itself..lol so just consider this like a "bonus" chapter, lol. Thanx for all your reviews!
Kaye
