Usagi looked at Michiru a bit confused.
"Michiru, where is this? Why am I here?" Usagi asked, unsure of what had happened.
Michiru sighed, before speaking.
"You are at the apartment Haruka and I live in. You passed out, and Haruka brought you here."
Usagi blinked, had she passed out? After using the Moon Stick? Usagi started to move to get up, it was then Michiru spoke again.
"Usagi don't try, and stand up you've been passed out for hours. Your body is most likely still weak."
Usagi nodded, and stopped moving. She felt as though it was better not to fight with Michiru on this. Even though it seemed so inconsequential to Usagi.
Michiru looked at Usagi her expression serious,
"Usagi, Haruka and I want to talk to you about something."
Usagi tilted her head, confused. What could Michiru possibly want to talk to her about? Usagi didn't know, but deep down she was worried that it wasn't anything good. Michiru's expression made her feel nervous. Maybe she had done something that had upset Michiru?
"Usagi. Why do you fight as Sailor Moon?"
Usagi paused, and looked down, unsure of what to say.
"I…fight because Luna tells me I have to. She tells me it's my job." Usagi spoke, quietly unsure of herself, and her convictions.
"If you're only fighting because someone else tells you to. Then you should stop." It was Haruka who spoke then, walking into the room.
Usagi was about to speak but Haruka continued,
"A Senshi's job is to fight. They fight to protect what's important to them. They need a strong conviction in order to do that. If you don't have that conviction you won't be able to fight properly. More importantly, being a Senshi was never your role to begin with."
Usagi was really confused now. What did Haruka mean? Hesitantly Usagi spoke,
"What do you mean?"
Michiru looked at Haruka for a moment, before she turned and looked back at Usagi.
"In order to understand who you are you must know who we are first. I am Sailor Neptune, guardian of the Outer Planet Neptune, and Haruka is…" Michiru stopped, and looked at Haruka presumably so Haruka could speak,
"I am Sailor Uranus, guardian of the Outer Planet Uranus, and you…" Haruka paused, and looked at Usagi hesitantly.
Usagi meanwhile was waiting with baited breath for what Haruka had to say,
"You…are our princess. The heir to the Moon Kingdom, The Silver Millennium…you are Princess Serenity."
Usagi blinked, and then she blinked again. Had she heard Haruka right? She was right and Michiru was indeed that mysterious Senshi…Sailor Neptune. But Haruka was a Senshi as well that meant Haruka was female wasn't she? And Haruka said that the Princess was actually her. But that made no sense!
"I'm the Princess, but Luna said I was-"
"Don't listen to that cat, she's wrong. She doesn't seem to have all her correct memories." Michiru spoke, cutting Usagi off.
"Does this mean the reason you wanted to be friends with me was because I'm the Princess?" Usagi spoke slowly, a bit of hurt reflected in her eyes.
Michiru looked, at Haruka for moment as if they were quietly deciding on something,
"I will admit I first approached you because I saw you the Princess, but Usagi…Haruka, and I…
we love you for who you are, not who you were. You're our Princess you always will be, but you're also Usagi too."
"Did…did you say love?" Usagi asked, wide-eyed. She must have misheard Michiru.
Michiru smiled, that same warm smile she always gave Usagi,
"Yes I did."
Usagi was quiet for a moment,
"The Princess isn't meant to be a Senshi, is she?"
Michiru shook her head,
"No…you as Sailor Moon should've never came to be."
Usagi looked down,
"But…I…I really liked being able to save people as Sailor Moon. Even if I wasn't that good at it."
"Is that what you want to do save people?" Haruka asked, and Usagi slowly nodded, still looking down at the floor.
"Usagi, listen…Haruka and I…we don't necessarily agree with nor like the idea of you being Sailor Moon. It's dangerous, and your Senshi are still freshly awakened…" Michiru spoke, trailing off.
"We'd feel a lot better about you being a Senshi if we could protect you ourselves. So if you can promise to let us know when something happens. I think if you did that we could live with the idea of you being a Senshi. Meaning we wouldn't try to stop you, because we would be able to protect you ourselves."
Usagi nodded,
"I think I get it…but uh how would that work exactly?"
Michiru smiled,
"I have a spare phone, I can give you…if anything happens just call."
Usagi looked unsure,
"Are you sure? Aren't those things super expensive? I'm not very good at keeping up with stuff like that…"
Michiru smiled, at her sharing a look with Haruka,
"It'll be fine. Your safety is worth more than a silly phone."
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Tsukino Ikuko did a double take when she saw her daughter come home extremely late, and with one of those super expensive cellular phones too. Where could she have gotten something like this? She hadn't stolen it had she?
"Usagi. Where did you get this?" Ikuko asked, her tone sharp, as she gestured to the phone.
Usagi looked at her mother, and slowly spoke,
"Michiru, and Haruka gave it to me…they said they wanted me to be safe."
Ikuko looked, at Usagi who had multiple emotions written across her eyes,
"You can't actually believe that! These are very famous people, Usagi, they could just be using you!"
Usagi looked away,
"Haruka, and Michiru say they love me…" Usagi mumbled, glaring at the floor.
Ikuko felt rage, anger, and disbelief. How could her daughter put her trust in those people? Rich prodigies that go to Mugen Academy of all places! They weren't people to be trusted. They had to be lying to Usagi, they just had to be.
"Usagi they're-" Ikuko started but Usagi cut her off,
"No! They're not lying! Haruka and Michiru say they love me! Which is a lot more than you ever tell me! You're always like Usagi you need to be more mature or Usagi stop being so childish!" Usagi screamed at her mother, and with those words ran out of the house.
Leaving Ikuko to stare in shock, trying to comprehend what just happened.
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Meanwhile new video rental shops opened up throughout Tokyo. Rei stood there looking at the sign of the shop. She had a bad feeling about this.