Suicide

Usagi awoke the next morning before the sun had time to stretch it's morning rays and noticed that Artemis wasn't with her. Getting out of bed, she put on some jogging shorts, tennis shoes and a sleevelss tank top for her morning exercises. One thing was for sure, she wasn't about to start letting herself get out of shape just because she was back in Japan. If she thought things were complicated before she ran away, well she took that back and said things were a lot more so now.

Kakarot was on her mind, the senshi, and the future of what was going to happen. A foreshadowing of something to come was bothering Usagi and she felt that Sailor Moon might be needed again sometime soon. 'I don't want to fight anymore and the senshi don't need me. But, I can't let the people of Earth down because of my problems with the inner senshi. Then there was Rei. A lot of things had happened between them over the years and that included their fair share of fights that sometimes Usagi herself started. Come to think about it, Rei was being her normal self at the temple and more than likely would have apologized after the others had left. The only reason she didn't get the chance was because the other senshi, suprisingly, joined her tearing Usagi's emotions up to the point there was nothing left but shreds and tatters of her self-esteem.

The air was cold and had a crisp grip to it that made Usagi's hair fly behind her and cool the sweat that formed on her brow, making sure she didn't over heat. Artemis's words rang through her mind about Rei and wondered if the once spirited priestess, was truly thinking about suicide. With a sigh, she stopped to catch her breath and to get a focus on her situation. 'I can't allow her to commit suicide. I'm angry with the senshi, but not so angry to allow them to die.'

A window was cracked open, the curtains flapping and the cold air drifted in to fall on an awake Saiya-jin. His body was bare chested and only had on a pair of white briefs in case someone walked in for something. Vegeta, yawned and stretched out of bed to go look for breakfast. To his surprise, Kakarot and Piccolo were already awake and he smiled. "Great. After breakfast, we can spar."

"Sounds good," Kakarot purred. The scent on Kakarot was still strong, but it wasn't unbearable yet, and he knew he would have to find a place to camp out when the time came.

"Are you still thinking about that Earth Woman? Wasn't Chi-chi enough of a torture?"

"This woman is no where like Chi-chi. Chi-chi chased after me when she was twelve. This woman is trying her hardest to avoid me. I thought you said if a Saiya-jin starts going into heat, that it's hard for the opposite sex to resist."

"It is. However, that does not apply to every race. I don't know about Bulma because I didn't get my tail back until you wished for them."

Kakarot was drumming the table deep in thought about something. "She's not human."

"What?" Piccolo and Vegeta shouted.

"You heard me. She's not human. If I didn't know better, I would say she smells part Saiya-jin, but there is another scent on her that is unfamiliar. I know what humans smell and feel like and Usagi, does not feel like either one. Every living creature has a ki, but something is hiding hers and I can't feel her when she approaches the normal way."

"Then how on Earth do you know she's around?" asked Vegeta.

"I don't really know. It's the feeling when she's around or about to be in the area. Her presence rings in my head and her eyes look into you as if they know what you're thinking and when you touch her, you can feel the power that hides underneath. She's not use to submitting to anyone, which makes her all the more fun."

"There's something else you're not telling us?" Vegeta crossed his arms and looked at Kakarot to tell him he was wrong. Instead, he smiled at Vegeta.

"It's not easy hiding things from you. Alright, I tell you a little secret. If I concentrate hard enough I can pick up peoples thoughts and emotions. I can't do that with this girl because she's keeping everyone at a distance from her, including her two girl friends that I saw her with yesterday. The only thing I know is that she's angry and hurting."

Kakarot and Vegeta finished their breakfast and walked outside with Piccolo trailing behind so they can do their morning routine.

Rei woke up sometime in the night to find that Serena's cat had slept with her. 'I broke down again. I'm so tired of this.' Quietly getting out of bed and putting on one of her robes, she slipped out of the house to be a lone. She didn't know where she was heading as she walked, but she didn't care anymore and let her feet lead her where ever they wanted to go.

Artemis soon sensing that he no longer had someone next to him, opened his sleepy eyes and jumped up startled. Rei was no where to be found and it still wasn't sunrise. 'This isn't good. I need to get Usagi.' As he ran inside of Usagi's room, he noticed she was already gone, and had a feeling she was doing her morning exercises. 'Damn! What a day to go on a run?' Running fast, Artemis jumped out of the window and went looking for Usagi or Rei. It didn't matter which one he ran into first, as long as he found one.

For ten minutes he found or smelt nothing, and then he saw a figure in the distance walking slowly ahead with her body trembling and facing the ground. 'Rei!' Running harder, he managed to get close to her to notice that she had a defeated look in her eyes and had given up completely. 'I need Usagi.' With no time to spare, Artemis flew across the campus hoping to run across his friend. "Usagi, where are you?" Artemis shouted.

Usagi was at a sprint, when she felt a mental connection with her mind and she froze. 'Usagi, where are you?' She looked behind her, feeling dread in her stomach rise up. 'Something is wrong! That was Artemis.' Turning around, she headed back in the opposite direction she had come and went into a dead run that defyed any normal speed for a human. The trees started to blur in her vision, the air seemed to cut into her skin as she went where her instinct was pulling her and she never saw the three people or their startled expressions as she sped past them.

"What the?" Vegeta exclaimed.

"That was Usagi."

"Are you telling me that girl was Usagi?" Piccolo refused to believe it. No girl could be as fast as the one that passed them. He was willing to apologize when Kakarot snarled.

"You're not saying I'm mistaken are you, Piccolo?" He looked at Piccolo dead in the eyes and did not flinch. There may have been a time when Piccolo would have gladly taken on Kakarot, but now that he was so powerful, he thought better of it.

"No."

"Something's wrong."

Vegeta nodded in agreement. The woman was breathing hard, but she was determined to keep going even if it killed her. "I'm curious. Let's follow her and find out what the problem is. I need something to fight anyway."

Rei had finally stopped when her feet came to a cliff that dropped fifty feet into the rocky ocean below. For several minutes she only stared at the air that seprated the top of the cliff and the waves below. The wind blew hard, trying to tell her that death awaited at the bottom and all her suffering would disappear. A soft smile graced her face as she imagined seeing her Usagi again. "Usagi. That's where you've gone. Something bad happened to you and you've gone on to the after life. Well I'm going to join you and tell you I'm sorry. HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME USAGI? I WAS BEING AN IDIOT AND YOU RAN OFF INSTEAD OF YELLING AT ME BACK LIKE YOU ALWAYS DID!" Rei sank to her knees and sobbed into her hands. "Why did you leave? I was only trying to do what was best for you and you were like a sister to me." Her crying soon stopped, replaced by another wave of unnerving calmness. "I won't have to worry about it any more. I can leave too." Without thinking any more about it, she stepped off the cliff.