Hi, I am back again. This story title might change before the third chapter if I feel that it doesn't fit the story.

Usagi sat in the corner of the Crown arcade, her small hands wrapped around a cold glass of strawberry shake. Her head was low as she looked into the pink concoction with the blankest look that the blond had ever held. Clasping the large glass even more tightly, the insides of her hands red from exposure to the cold contents, she thought about her life the last several years. She was now eighteen, almost done with high school, just barely. She had just a few more weeks and she would be done. Her grades, though better in the last couple of years were now down again. No, she wasn't failing, but that was just barely. Her leadership preformance with the scouts had also gotten better, but now that was slipping and her job was suffering. Was she trying too hard to be a normal girl even though she was anything but normal? She had been at this arcade for as long as she could remember and then at the age of sixteen had joined their working ranks. Looking up she glanced around the large room filled with only a few customers as most the traffic was at night when school was out and work too.

"Damn," she cussed under her breath. Life never seem to let up lately. She had been so tired that everything was suffering. She couldn't figure it out. With all that she had been doing she had never been so tired and then as of the last couple of months she had found it hard to get out of bed. Hard to concentrate on anything, but she had forced herself to do all that she had committed herself to. With a final gulp the shake was gone. Grabbing a napkin from the metal holder she moved to clean her mess when she noticed that the white slip had a single drop of blood. "Blood?" she questioned to herself as she glanced around again. She didn't want Motoki to notice so she folded the napkin and moved quickly and quietly out of the arcade. Motoki watched the blond exit the store and wondered vaguly as to her quick exit, but shrugged it off. Must be scout business or something. She would have told him if it were dire. Yes, he knew about her and he knew about the others too. Usagi had confided in him when a couple of times she had to leave her shift early and he had caught her just after her transformation. Just then the door opened to reveal Mamoru. The dark haired male had been his friends since they had been babies, just about anyway. He knew that the dark haired male was also Tuxedo Mask.

"Was that Odango?" he inquired as he sat down at the counter. Motoki nodded as he grabbed some coffee for his long time friend. "I don't run into her anymore. Usually she is running around like a chicken with her head cut off." The blond smirked at him. If he didn't know any better he would think that the man before him missed the girl.

"You know that she works here right?" he inquired with a now straight face. Mamoru nodded. Of course he knew that the girl worked here. "The how could you have not seen her?" he friend asked with a soft chuckle. The dark haired male glared at his friend.

"Just give me my coffee." Motoki smirked as he nodded toward the hot coffee already in front of the other male. Mamoru grabbed the coffee and managed to spill the dark concoction on his hand making him release the mug which shattered Motoki tried to hold it back, but could not and burst out laughing causing the small amount of guests in the establishment to gawk at the blond male, but he did not care. The look on his friend's face was priceless.

Usagi disposed of the soiled napkin a few blocks from the arcade as she made her way home. It was Sunday so she didn't have to work nor did she have school, but she was always on call for Scout work.

'I wonder what that was about?' she thought to herself as she headed into her house. Heading for her bathroom she closed the door. Looking in the mirror she checked her face for any cuts, but found none. There were none on her hands or arms so the only logical place was her nose. "Maybe it was a one time thing from all the weather changes." Just as she turns to leave the bathroom she comes face to face with Luna.

"Who were you talking to?" the small black inquired of her charge. Usagi walked past her guardian.

"Myself," she said. "I was just thinking out loud." With that the blond headed away from the black cat. Luna watched her move away and even though she had been acting weird as well as she seemed to be hiding something Luna let it go. Usagi had been acting so weird lately with her marks going down after she had been doing so well for the last couple years of bringing them up. Then her scout work was becoming almost robotic. There was no soul to her motions, like she was fighting without the thought behind it. "I just want some time to myself," the blond muttered as she lay on the bed, her back to the small cat. "Could you go stay with Mina or one of the other girls?" the small girl inquired. Luna almost said no, but then the girl kinda waved her hand in such a dismissive way that Luna said that she would and headed for the door.

"I will go, Usagi, but I will be back in a few days. You call me if you need me." She was given no response so with one more good bye the small guardian was gone. Usagi lay there perfectly still as she waited for the right moment when she was sure that Luna was out of the house. A few moments later she sat up, the world spun for a moment causing her to lay back down as she waited for the spinning to stop. As soon as it did she got up a little slower and headed for her closet where she packed several items of clothing and some of her underclothes. Stuffing them into a large black and silver backpack she headed for the bathroom where she grabbed her toiletries to take with her as well. As she was zipping up the bag she heard the dulled sound of her communicator going off. With a frown she pulled the bright pink communicator out and flipping it open found Rei, the Scout of Mars glaring at her.

"Yes, Mars?" the blond inquired.

"Usagi, you need to get here now!" the dark haired girl growled at her leader. "We have a monster at Juban Park terrorizing couples!" Usagi nodded and closing the compact she hollered out her transformation phrase. After completing her transformation phrase she jumped out the window and headed toward the battle.

Okay, this is where I think that I will stop. Please Review.