And the third chapter. This is turning out to be a very long chapter. The fifth one might be the last, where there's all the details like I told you last chapter. But then I have different ends, so I'll post them as different one-shots, then I would like it if you would read them and tell me which one(s) you like best. Just so I can get an idea on which ones are actually good quality and which ones suck. As it has been for the past 20 years and counting, Sailor Moon is owned by TOEI Animation and Naoko Takeuchi.

"Miss Tsukino?" the man whispers. He as light brown hair and green eyes. He wears a white long-sleeved button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbow and a red tie, with khaki slacks. He wears glasses. He looks like he's in his late 20's. He has a bit of a goatee (A/N: If anyone knows the band Paramore, I'm basing his looks off bassist Jeremy Davis.)

I gulp. "Yes, that's me. What can I do for you?"

He looks around awkwardly. "Well..."

"Yes?" I press. What is it? This must be what Setsuna-san was talking about, right?

He takes a deep breath and looks me in the eye. "I'm sorry. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but..."

Someone died? Most likely, from what he just said. But who? I wish he would get to the point.

"Your parents... were involved in a really bad car accident at 8:04 this morning. I'm sorry, but neither survived."

Neither survived, the words echo. Neither survived. Neither survived. Neither survived.

Oh. Oh. He meant that my parents were the ones who died. My parents are dead. Their picture appears in my head, and then it vanishes.

My eyes are wide. I blink, and take a deep breath, because I'm getting a little lightheaded from forget how to breathe.

"I'm sorry," he says again. What was he apologizing for again? He didn't do anything. There was no way he could stop the chain events leading to my parents' death. It's supposed to happen, for the mission to go through. Listen to me, I'm starting to sound like Haruka and Michiru when we first met. I take another deep breath.

"Well, there was nothing you could do, right? Nothing I could do. It's okay." He probably thinks I'm in denial. Then I remember more pressing matters. "Does my brother know?"

"No, I came to tell you first."

"Who are you?"

"I'm Akai Kyou. Your parents were good friends of mine. They told me to make sure you two were taken care of if anything were to happen to them." (A/N: In Japan, if you didn't know, they introduce themselves Last name [family name] first, then first name [given name]. If he were a Westerner, like myself, it would be Kyou Akai. Fun fact for ya, if you didn't know already.)

"Well, then, Mr Akai, we have to go, then, don't we? To tell my brother? I'll tell him myself. He'll take it better from me, he's still a kid, after all." 12 years old. Poor kid.

I hear two small snaps from behind me. I look and see Makoto, Ami, and Minako looking at me with worried eyes.

"Later," I mouth to them. They look at each other and nod reluctantly.

"Kino! Aino! Mizuno! Pay attention. I expect this from Aino, but not Mizuno! Tsukino, get out or come back, because I'm trying to teach a class!"

"Right. Sorry, sensei. I'll leave." And with that, Mr Akai and I leave to tell my brother.

As we pass the nurse's office, I walk slower, looking in at Setsuna-san. She nods.

"Miss Tsukino, we need to go, please hurry up."

I look at him. "Right."

Once we get to Shingo's classroom at the middle school, I take a deep breath. I knock on the door. To my surprise, it's Ms. Haruna who answers. She looks at me with wide eyes.

"What're you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in school?"

"Hi, Haruna-sensei, it's good to see you, too. Anyways, I need to talk to my brother, Shingo. It's really important." I look at her with an expression that's worried and determined. She looks shocked, I'm sure she's never seen this look on my face before.

She sighs. "Fine." We both look at Shingo. He looks shocked and embarrassed. "Shingo, come here!"

I hear whispers from the classroom. "She's from Tenth District High, right?"

"What's she doing here?"

"Is she, like, his sister? They look alike."

"I wonder what's up?"

"Maybe something happened in their family?"

Then Shingo reaches me. He sticks a finger in my face. "Okay, you better say it and quick, whatever you gotta say, 'cause I got a reputation here that's not gonna be ruined by my dope of an older sister."

I sigh and push his finger from my face. "Listen..." I start. Why is it so hard to say it? "Mom and Dad..."

"Are at the Reunion thing, I know."

"No, that's not it. They were on their way, when..." I swallow and look down. "They were in a really bad car accident" I whisper.

"What? But, they're okay, right? Right? Please tell me they're fine." I look at him and give him an expression that I hope says, "No".

He looks really scared. "No way..." he whispers.

"Sorry, kiddo."

"What're we gonna do?"

I look at Mr Akai. "Well," he says, looking at Shingo, "you two are going to live with your grandmother in Kyoto."

My eyes widen. Her?! Of all people, her?! She absolutely hates me! I'm gonna have to live with her till I graduate?! No!

"Oh, Maria-obaachan? Yes!" Shingo says. She loves Shingo. She adores him. It's totally unfair.

"No..." I whisper, barely audible.

"Huh?"

"Oh, nothing!" I fake-smile.

"Oh, okay. Well, Mr Tsukino, you'd better get back to class. You, too." He looks at me. "I'll drive you back."

"Thank you, Mr Akai. For everything."

"Mr Akai...?" Shingo looks confused.

He tells him what he told me before. I space out, thinking about everything that has happened. First off, Setsuna-san told me I had a mission elsewhere and that a lot of really bad things would happen one after another. That I wouldn't have the friends I have now. That there would be two people there. They're probably senshi, but she didn't say anything about them being senshi. She just said people, so maybe not. But she didn't tell me a lot of details. Just the basics. She didn't tell what they look like, aside from the fact that one looks like someone I'm close too. I'm not even positive that they're both girls. Maybe they're both men. Maybe they're like the Starlights. She said I had to "stay strong" and that I "mustn't resort to any rash actions", probably like killing myself? Why would I do that? Maybe it's going to be worse than I think. She said to "be prepared". Geez, I'm so curious!

Then, the "drastic change" ended up being my parents dying in a car accident on impact. Wow. That's pretty bad.

"...and what's today?" Mr Akai asks.

"The thirtieth," I answer automatically. Then I blink. Oh yeah. My birthday. My parents died on my birthday. Well, that's just best birthday gift in the world, now isn't it. I grimaced.

Then, to top it off, I have to go live with the grandmother who hates every part of me to the very core of her heart. That's lovely. I wonder what else is gonna happen.

"Well, we should be going. Miss Tsukino?"

I come out of my thoughts at the sound of my name. "Yes, we should." I start walking away, quickly.

"W-Wait!" He catches up to me. "Are you okay?"

I want to stop and look down at my shoes. I want to laugh without humor. I want to say, "Perfect. Just dandy. Why do you ask? Because my parents died on my birthday? That's a bit of bad reason to ask if I'm okay, dontcha think?" with thick sarcasm. I want to look at him angrily. But I know he doesn't deserve that, so I just nod. "Yeah, I'm okay."

He looks at me pitifully. "Don't pity me!" I want to shout. It's so frustrating to be angry and sad and hurting and trying to stay strong and be nice all at the same time! Argh, how do people do it?! I continue walking until I get to his car.

That was pretty long, ne, minna? Longer than the other two combined :3 Thanks for your support, y'all! I say y'all because I live in Texas. No accent, just vocab. I'll say y'all a lot in my stories XD Y'all, y'all, y'all...