Sorry for the wait. A lot going on in my life, but forget that. Let's get this story moving.

Usagi moved quick for a wisp of a girl, her small form down the road before Mamoru even had a chance to get down the walk way. As soon as he caught up with her he fell into step next to her. After her attitude lately, especially just now, it was better if he didn't touch the blond.

"Usagi?" he questioned. Her head was down, her blond locks swirling slightly behind her.

"Nani (What), Chiba?" she questioned, her feet continuing their trail, never slowing. This time he did grab her arm. He needed to see her, those eyes of blue lightening that flashed at him when he managed to run into her. She turned to him, the lightening there with a mixture of fear.

"You can call me Mamoru," he stated as they stood next to several house, the sidewalk bare of leaves and of people. "We are dating after all." Usagi's eyes flashed, the fear gone and replaced with annoyance. "Where will you go? Will one of your friends take you in?" At this the blond visibly flinched. "What's up?" The blond shook her head.

"No," was all she said as she turned to walk further down the long sidewalk. To the left of her after the houses appeared a large park. Mamoru followed her, his large form quick to close the distance as Usagi headed for a worn out swing-set where she sat down, her form so large on the so obviously made for kids half her size. "No, they would let me, but I will not stay with them. I would rather be homeless. I have a job and am almost graduated. I might as well just move out now." Mamoru turned her face to his with the touch of his large hands against the pale skin of her cheek.

"Usagi, you know that I will help you. I would never let you stay on the streets." The blond's eyes grew wide. "You have a friend in me." At this her jaw just about hit the floor.

"Mamoru? Why? You hate me!" she wailed, her voice growing in pitch. He shook his head. He knew that he never hated her. She just rubbed him the wrong way, but maybe he saw in her what he was missing in his life. Love. Usagi loved everyone and never seemed without a smile on her cute little face, but lately... lately she had seemed so unlike herself. So sad for someone so happy and so dead for someone so full of life.

"Usagi, I have never hated you. You and I just started off on the wrong foot. Well, more like a term paper if I remember." At this Usagi smiled. "There. There is the Usagi that I know. I was wondering about that smile." It seemed so unreal for the pair of them to be sharing a smile, but here they were. In the park where Usagi had always played with the man who had been in her life for the last several years. He hadn't been so bad, really. He built up her tolerance over the years to Rei's jeers and sneers. Lately she had needed it. "I have a spare room in my condo if you don't mind living with a jerk." Usagi nodded.

"If you don't mind living with a brat." He nodded. "Okay. Sounds like a plan, but I need to go to my house for my things." He shook his head. At that her gaze sharpened.

"I don't like that dark haired girl at your house. Seems like she has a very violent power," the dark haired male stated. "She seemed pretty intent on making you the bad guy." At this information Usagi looked unsure. "Just before you jumped her, her hands went up, but she put them down as soon as you hit her. I saw it. Seems she was going to fight, but then thought better of it. Seems that she doesn't really want you around, but at the same time I think that she was hoping you were going to stay. Tell me Usagi. Who is she really?" The blond looked down. Should she tell him who the girl was? "You mentioned the Negaverse. How do you know about the Negaverse?" Usagi looked up at him and then around them. How did he know about the Negaverse? "I can see that we need to get to my house. I feel that we have a lot to talk about." She nodded and the pair headed for his car parked just down the street from them.

Rei glanced over at Ami.

"She said that you were being childish?" The blue haired girl nodded. "Wow! Never heard her call anyone a name. That just proves that we were right to consider someone else for the job."

"Usagi is hiding something," Mako stated, her green eyes wary. Their leader never hid anything from them! She was open as an unlocked diary. What was wrong with her? "Do you think that she knows more then she is letting on?" Everyone looked at Rei. The dark haired girl had been the one to first bring up a new leader. She, herself had elected herself as the leader. Her claim was she was stronger then the Moon scout and one of the first to awaken. She could track bad guys with her fire and would have no parents to contend with her leaving.

"I think that Mina is a better candidate," Ami stated. Mako nodded. The blond could be ditzy like Usagi, but she had battled for a long time on her own with little help from her own guardian, Artemis. "She has more practice and Luna said that she was the leader in our past lives too." Rei grunted. "What's that about?"

"Leader into what? We were killed!" At this the blond stood up, her blue eyes flashing a warning at the dark haired girl before her.

"Take that back! We don't know what happened that day!" Mako nodded as she moved to stand between the two girls.

"True, we don't know what happened that day," Ami said as all three scouts sat down in their respective spots. "And Serenity, the Queen of the Moon, is the only one who knows that and she has only shown herself to Luna." Everyone nodded again. This was true. The queen showed herself to Luna and only her. Or so they thought...

Guess I will end that one here. More in the coming week. I want this one finish within the month. It has been sitting too long and I am ready to work on some more Danny! Yay!