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A/N: I do hope you like the edit chapters, made some changes but it is still same as how I original wanted it.

Thank you for the reviews LoveInTheBattleField, lala, mymy, Moonprincess998 and Dark Moon Ministry. It means a lot, thank you :)

~~~It was going on a week with no sign of Ami~~~

it was worrying everyone. They had not anticipated she be gone this long or be gone in general but they had hope.

After long training sessions, the girls were quite tired. I guess training for hours everyday could do that after not training or fighting for a few months. It was much-needed training though and they needed to get Ami back. They needed to get her back. A week without one of their best friends was an awful long time. With no plan on how to pursue the enemy, they were sitting ducks.

October 22, today the girls all decided to meet up at the arcade to catch up on gossip and of course to see eachother.-

"Mina, your studying?!" Raye yells at her, surprised that the blonde was out of her norm. She had never seen her study this much.

"Well, I do have to keep my smarts up along with my looks haha" Mina looks up at the girls, scratching the back of her head. Nervous for being so blunt and explaining the sudden change in her behaviour.

"Listen, we have to get going and prepare for another meeting but be early, tonight will be a longer training session" Raye says and winks at the other girls. Little does Mina know, the girls planned a special evening.

After what seem like an eternity of studying Mina reluctantly leaves the arcade and makes her way to the shrine. Thinking how can things were so different, school was out in 3 months and then they will be graduating. Time does fly when you are always busy. But to Mina all she wanted was to go after her dream of becoming an idol. She was deep in thought till she felt someone tapping her shoulder.

"Excuse me, miss, you dropped your book" Says Amara surprising Mina.

"Amara! I haven't seen you or Michelle forever. We miss you guys so much. So much has been going on and its hard to think of where to start but I got to get going, meeting tonight" Mina says quickly realizing how much time went by since she seen the girls.

"That's what I wanted to talk to you girls about, we will meet you guys there. Oh, no worries, we have just been busy" Amara says enjoying the expression on Mina's face. How she loved talking to the girls, they had were loyal friends and this one reminded her of her princess. Mina, so friendly outgoing and caring. Amara disliked the look on Mina's face of deep hurt and pain.

~~~At the shrine~~~

"Ok, girls is everything all set, she should be here soon. Decorations check, food check, best friends check, well most all her best friends" Raye starts sharing how the final preparations for Mina's surprise birthday bash. It took a lot of secrecy and planning and they managed to pull it off.

"So, everything is ready but I have this feeling that others will come" Lita quickly replies.

Her and Raye are shaking their heads at Serena for touching the snacks.

"Oh, come on, one snack won't hurt and besides.." Serena quickly says to defend her actions to both girls but notices that Amara and Michelle are at the door.

"You see, we knew something was planned and decided we should come" Michelle is quick to respond before Amara can.

Eyeing everyone, Amara took notice of all the planning that this took. She shrugged then started smiling to the others.

"Hey you guys, you wouldn't guess who I ran into earlier or I mean.." Mina is cut off as she notices the decorations and everyone in the room, all having smiles on their faces.

"Surprise, Happy birthday Mina!" Everyone in the room exclaim.

There was a heart-shaped cake with heart designs and 17 candles. Many little snacks and beverages there for 20 people. Streamers were hanging off the wall and the atmosphere was all for Mina birthday.

"Wow, Oh my god you guys, shouldn't have. I love it, I love it and thank you all so much" says Mina hugging each girl there. She was completely taken off guard for the surprise birthday. I mean hey, she forgot it was her birthday. She was more into her work and worrying about the enemy that she forgot.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Mina, happy birthday to you" All the girls sang to Mina.

Looking at the cake and then to her friends, all of them looked so happy. "I dont know what to say guys, I mean, like" Mina stutters. She was completely taken off guard with the cake and party.

"Awe, come on Mina, make a wish and blow the candles out. The cake is going to have wax on it" Serena hungerily says. She really wanted to taste the cake that Lita made. All the yummy food was getting to her and she wanted to eat sooner rather then later.

"Ok, and then presents, right" Mina cheekily says. She was looking forward to what her friends got, She was curious as to what Amara and Michlle got her too.

"This is from me, Hotaru and Amara, happy birthday Mina" Michelle quickly gets up and hands Mina a little heart shaped box to her. It had yellow ribbon on it and was carefully wrapped.

Opening the gift carefully, Mina took notice of a bracelet. It was bright and well thought of. With watery eyes, she looked up at the girls and had a huge smile.

"Amara, Michelle, I love the jewellery and the card, thank you" Mina looks at both girls with the biggest smile. She loved her bracelet. It had the planets of each scouts on her bracelet. She was very happy but her mood was quickly changed, as she look at the mercury planet on her bracelet. Rolling the planet on her fingers, she sure missed Ami. It was quite different celebrating her birthday with Ami not being there.

"Don't worry, am sure wherever she is, she wishes to be here" Serena giving her a hug. She noticed Mina play with the mercury charm on her bracelet.

They all missed Ami and sure it was different but celebrated. Noting that everyone seemed down when they seen Mina play with the mercury planet on her bracelet.

"Hey Mina, can't forget about me, can you?" looking up they see Darien they're holding a box for her.

Smiling at Darien, she thanks him for coming and opens his gift. In it was a cute white cat stuffy.

Looking around, she was happy that almost all her closest friends were with her.

"You guys, I love this party and I can't believe you did this all behind my back and thank you. I forgot it was my birthday haha" Mina nervously chuckles but gives a heartfelt look to everyone. She was just glad that someone remembered. Her parents forgot as they were out-of-town as usual but then again it isn't everyday you turn 17.

After opening each gift, and thanking everyone, indulging in so much food and small talk, the group noticed that they had to get to business. The sudden appearance of this new enemy and why they took Ami.

"I had no idea that everyone was going to be here except that a voice told me to be here with a gift and card" Amara and Michelle explain to the group. They had been busy with their lives of music and race car driving that even they were surprised to see the bash.

"Same goes for me, the girls didn't mention this to me either. I also heard a voice saying the same thing, its interesting just to think about it now" Darien ponders loudly. It was very interesting noticing the two outer scouts received the same message and showed. Something was very wrong but what, he just couldn't figure out yet.

"I am glad to see you all have gathered this fine evening, happy birthday Mina but I have some disturbing news. I can only give little information though and must return to the time gates" Sailor Pluto says appearing out of the dark, walking in to the room. She was watching the little celebration and decided that now was the time to get things out for everyone.

It wasn't very often that Sailor Pluto came to the shrine and asked the question everyone was thinking.

"What can you tell us?" Raye says immediately seeing Trista at the party.

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