Usagi silently sat in the dark on the porch of Mamoru's apartment looking out at Tokyo's bright lights. It was the first peaceful moment she'd had in a while. Her schedule was packed full and overflowing to the point where she truly wished she was back in the glory days of middle school serving detention for being late to class. Where all she did have to worry about was not falling asleep during lectures.

She wondered what all of her friends were doing. Were they sleeping? Studying? They had all decided before Crystal Tokyo was born, they would live their lives as normally as they could. Since Chaos was defeated, normalcy was relaxing even if they were cramming for an early-morning exam or had an upcoming audition to prepare for.

Ami was studying abroad in Germany, persevering to be a doctor like what she had always dreamt. Minako returned to London as an aspiring actress. Makoto busied herself with her floral shop/restaurant downtown and rarely had time to socialize. Rei lived in Kyoto becoming a very well-known model. The outer senshi hadn't kept in touch with any of them in quite a while and all of the inner senshi wondered what their futures held with them. Mamoru traveled back to America to study abroad like Ami to become a doctor as well. And for Usagi? She was accepted into a local college and was committing herself to political science with a minor in art. She decided it would behoove her to do so with becoming a queen. Usagi didn't want to be a queen who had no clue about what she was getting herself into. A degree in politics was a challenge, but if Usagi was strong enough to defeat Chaos, then she could triumph over the evils of examinations, right?

The phone started to ring, disrupting Usagi's peaceful thoughts. Picking up the receiver, she automatically pushed the answer button.

"Moshi, moshi?" She asked, wondering who was calling. Rarely anyone called Mamoru's apartment; all of his friends knew he was in America. Unless…

"I thought you would be at my apartment," Mamoru's deep, soothing voice reached Usagi's ears instantly relaxing her once more.

"Mamo-chan. How are you?" Her heart was beating hard against her chest in excitement for she hadn't heard from Mamoru in a week or so.

"I'm tired, to be honest. How are you, love?"

"I miss you an awful lot…"

"I feel the same... Are your studies going alright?"

"Hai. The work is demanding, but I've been maintaining a B average," Usagi replied proudly.

"That's great, honey!"

"Demo… I'm not as happy as I should. I'm just worried about the others and how they're doing. I haven't heard from them in a while…"

"They're fine, Usako. I'm sure they miss you too."

"I'm just afraid that if I call them, they'll be doing something important and I'll just be annoying them…"

"Don't think that way. I'm sure they would be ecstatic to hear from you. Their days are probably just as busy as yours; to hear from you would be a wonderful escape from their hectic schedule and exactly what they need."

"What they need?"

"You know how that feeling when you've just finished studying for a final exam and you just need something to distract your mind for a while? That's what I'm referring to."

"So I'm just-"

"Don't finish that sentence, because that's not what I'm saying," his tone was light and reassuring to Usagi. "I'm just saying that they miss you and would love to hear from you, Usako. Aishiteru."

"Aishiteru, Mamo-chan. You always know what to say to help me feel better."