Author's Note

I own none of the characters expect my ocs. I originally had planned this chapter to be a "montage" of the two years but felt that would be confusing so I decided to skip ahead to this chapter. Review and thanks for reading. The next chapter I promise will have action.

Chapter 4: Two Years Later

"Your cousins hot."

"Seriously," Usagi gave her coworkers a look and sighed, "Not this again."

It was conversations like these that make her regret learning English.

"Bunny it's true," her coworker Zachary explained as he continued hanging up clothes.

"She is my cousin," The 19 year old stressed.

"Which makes you best wing girl," Zachary smirked.

It was at that moment that Sterling walked in her work shirt untucked her hair messing as can be, "Bunny, ready? Jasper's got dinner going."

Usagi nodded and grabbed Sterling hand dragging her out the door. Geez, she was so tired of her coworkers saying Usagi and her friends were hot.

….

"Robynn lyth in grene wode bowndyn," Sterling read out loud from her book, the line both began and ended the story she had to read for her class.

It was after dinner and she was reading her book and taking notes while Hadi and Usagi were sparring in front, they made a habit of waiting till it was dark in case someone was going to get fancy with the fight. It turned out Hadi and Usagi ending up getting along very well after the shorted out the whole clone thing.

Over the last two years the Knights and Generals had slowly training Usagi so that she could take care of her self need she. Usagi had really taken off under the Knights and Generals care, she had learned to speak English almost perfectly in about 7 months, had maintained a job at the store Sterling also worked at for a year, had graduated high school and was debating going to college, and was turning into a pretty capable fighter.

Sterling smiled as Usagi nailed Hadi with a frantic swipe in the head with her staff, "Sorry!"

"No Sorries, that was a good hit," Hadi muttered tended his injuried head.

"Okay, kids. Time to leave," a police commented as he came up them flashlight right in Sterling's face.

"You'll have to drag me out," Sterling smarted off.

"That's not a way to speak to an officer of the law," the officer continued taking out his cuffs.

"I will chain you to a tree, Yu," Sterling threated as Yu sat down beside her.

"What if that hadn't been me?" the Jadeite reincarnation asked annoyed.

Sterling rolled her eyes and tried to focus on the text but her eyes keep going back to the line she had read before, "Robin Hood laid in the green woods bound."

"What?" Yu asked confused and he looked at the book, "What is this langue?! Ster, I know Chinese, Japanese, English, and Celestial. I refuse to learn more."

"Its middle English, " the knight explained, "I don't know. It's an eerie tale. Robin Hood dies."

"Heroes die," the police officer commented standing up, "We did."

The younger moon princess felt a chill go up her spine, "I think it more it commenting on how we end how we begin and I don't think I like it."

….

Rei Hino made a mistake she regretted the most two years ago.

It had started with a dream, a premonition. But unlike in the past it wasn't just Rei getting the dream.

Everyone was.

Everyone.

They grew worried, especially Setsuna who had never seen this happen before.

In the dream Usagi was tortured and killed and they could do nothing to protect her.

This led to a decision in retrospect Rei should have objected to. Push Usagi away, get her to run away, to America. Since they knew she would never leave willingly it was there only choice. After all she was too noble to let them fight for her without her being here.

They should have realized the plan was flawed.

Mamoru had a friend that he had made in America that was set to take her in, they knew she would go to America, it's all she ever talked about visiting.

Mamoru's friend had never seen Usagi at the airport.

They had immediately dropped everything and searched for Usagi for a solid four months, but America was so huge. Sure they had a starting point as her plane had been heading to New York but that wasn't enough. They had to give up and go back to Japan, they still had monsters appearing every once in a while.

Whenever Luna and Artemis though that had a lead they checked it out but that's all they could think to do.

There instinct told them that Usagi was safe but Rei couldn't help but wonder….

"Usagi, where are you? Are you safe?"

….

Usagi was wrestling with Tristian over the remote as Usagi's dog, a cute Teacup Yorkshire name Nao, barked at them.

Sterling and Jasper sat in the kitchen as they opened their hard lemonade as Addison glared, "I'm going in there in like five minutes."

"And you'll get kicked in the face," Jasper commented as the fighting continued, "again."

Author's Note 2

Below are the listed ages of the characters. I don't like taking up page time to say how old they are, it slows down the story in my opinion. And for this takes place after Stars for the record.

Kunzite, Setsuna, & Jasper- 25

Mamoru & Sterling- 23

Haruka & Michiru- 22

Jadeite & Nephrite- 21

Usagi, Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Zoisite, & Addison - 19

Tristian- 17

Hotaru- 14