Hey all! I'm so sorry that it's been so long since I've updated.

Thank you for the continued support over the past two years. I hope you enjoy the new chapter, and I have another chapter ready to upload that I will put up within the next few days.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of these series, nor do I own the lyrics~


It's almost like the hard times circle 'round

A couple drops and they all start coming down

Yeah, I might feel defeated and I might hang my head

I might be barely breathing but I'm not dead, no


"Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" *CRASH*

A beautiful young woman turned her sky-blue eyes around to see one of her best friends in a pile of hair and books. She walked towards her with an exasperated look on her face.

"Serena what took you so long?" Mina asked. She bent down and started picking up the books that her friend had dropped all over the place, and as she examined them her eyes widened.

"Serena, are these….?"

"They're our old photo albums. It took me forever to dig them out of my room!" Serena spewed excitedly.

"I can't believe you were able to find these. The girls are going to love that you've brought these!" Mina responded

She opened the first album and started looking through the pictures from their childhood. Pictures of her and five best friends;

The first picture was of Nina, an exuberant young girl with big innocent brown eyes and brown hair that she wore in cute little pigtails, and Tohru a brunette as well, but with doll-like blue eyes that were always so calming. They were in the picture with Tohru holding Kagome's pet cat Buyo. They were always so sweet, and even though they were a bit clumsy, they always tried their best.

Mina smiled remembering how well Nina, and Tohru had gotten along. They'd always been closer, just as Kagome and Haruhi, and Mina and Serena had always been closer to each other.

She turned the page to see a picture of Kagome, a blue-eyed, raven haired beauty even at that age, and Haruhi, a brown-eyed brunette who was always so adorable, at the top of the jungle gym, with skinned knees and dirt all over them. Being the tomboys of the group, they were always in one scrape of another, but they were always having fun.

As she looked to the next page, it was a picture of her and Serena holding a microphone between them and looking like they were singing their hearts out. They were always told they looked like sisters, with their long blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes, and even their similar personalities.

As Mina flipped through the pictures, she was brought back to each memory, and as she came to a picture of all six of them, her eyes filled with tears.

"What's wrong Mina?" Serena asked.

"I just can't believe it's been so long. I miss them all so much. I feel so guilty that I didn't tell any of them I came back to Japan just a year after I left," Mina spoke guiltily.

"Mina you couldn't tell them. They would've been in danger if we'd gotten them involved with the Sailor Scouts. You were just trying to protect them," Serena soothed

"At what cost Serena! The only time we've seen them in three years was for Kyoko-mama's funeral, and you and I could only be there for a few days. It's been too much time away from each other, and it took so much to be able to fulfill our promise to them. We missed out on so much of their lives. I should have never accepted my powers. I'd have been able to see them, at least over breaks, and I had to lie to them. I feel so guilty."

Mina thought back to when she moved out to England. At the end of her first year, she received news of Kyoko Honda's death. She fought a difficult battle with her father before he agreed to let her come back for a few days to be there for Tohru, who had suffered such a painful loss. Though they were reunited, they all were crushed that such a vibrant beautiful woman, who had meant so much to them could be gone.

A few days after the funeral was when she was first told she was Sailor Venus, and Serena found out she was Sailor Moon. Artemis had told her she had to stay in Japan to find the other Sailor Scouts, and he showed her how to use her powers to convince her father to let her stay in Japan.

At first, she was overjoyed at the thought that she'd be able to stay close to all of her precious friends. But once she met the other Scouts, Artemis and Luna told them that they could not tell anyone who they really were, because it would put those people in danger. If they were around, and the Negaverse found out who they were, they could use those people against the Scouts. So while it hurt Mina not to be able to tell her best friends, it would have destroyed her if anything had happened to them because of her. So she told them her father wouldn't allow her to return yet.

She looked up at Serena with a determined look on her face.

"We should hurry Serena. We need to tell them everything as soon as possible. I have to apologize. I need them to understand that I would never have lied to them if it weren't absolutely necessary. Let's get going Serena. Today's the day."

They made their way to the park where the girls had promised to meet, looking forward to their reunion, and hoping that their most important friends would be able to forgive them for all the secrets they'd had to keep.


Please review!

I'll be bringing the girls back in, two at a time! Let me know what you think, and I'll be introducing the characters I intend to include from each series after that! Let me know about any interesting pairings you'd like to see ;)

I might change the stories of each to fit MY storyline, just so you know! :)