Don't own Sailor Moon. Also, this thing is going to need a beta if anyone is interested.

"This isn't working anymore."

"Usagi?" Ami asked, startled by her tone.

"This whole divisions thing. All of it . It is not working."

Ami had a feeling she knew what Usagi meant.

Looking at the other girls, she had a feeling they did too. Their silence confirmed it.

"I'm serious. This has to stop." Usagi was fixing them all with her intense blue gaze, her expression determined. "I can't live like this. There are only a dozen or so people in this universe who I can talk to about who I am. Who I really am, about who I was, and about who I will be. I need everyone to bear this weight. It gets so heavy sometimes." Her voice broke slightly on heavy.

Makoto reached across the table for her hand. Usagi smiled at her but it was just a flicker.

"It can't always be senshi, shitennou, inners, outers, his guard, my guard. We have to stop acting like we all have different goals. That may have been true way back, but it can't be now." He voice was definitely exasperated now. "We are allies. We all have to build this new world."

Usagi closed her eyes and took a deep breath and let it out.

"I know they did something terrible." She opened her eyes, and they were completely compassionate. "I know. I know what that is like. I had Mamoru's blood on my hand, I had to stop him when he was controlled by Beryl. He tried to kill me. I do understand. But you have to forgive. They were puppets, just like Mamoru was. Why do you think he forgave them so quickly? Because he had suffered the same fate. He understood."

No eyes met hers.

"I'm serious. You have to forgive them. You have to work with them. You don't have to love them. I'm not asking you to pick up where you left off. But you have to make peace."

Still nothing. Usagi sighed.

"I hoped I wouldn't have to do this. You are no longer allowed to patrol together, starting now. You must take a shitennou with you on patrols instead. No senshi meetings without them" Usagi paused, "Except girl's nights out. Those we keep."

"That's just because you don't want to skip out on potluck nights." Makoto said softly.

It was quiet for a moment before Minako started to laugh, then Ami, Rei, and finally Usagi. It had a hysterical note, but they were willing to take what they could get.

"I guess we had better go talk to them about this." Minako said finally, standing up. Usagi smiled at her.

"Thank you. They're all with Mamoru at Crown. Really, thank you, I love you all." There were hugs, and a few hand squeezes before Usagi closed the door on her cosy little campus apartment.

The four women stopped outside the lobby, all looking at each other.

"I think we just got guilt tripped." Rei said, looking dazed.

Matoko shoot her head, smiling slightly in amazement,

"Damn she's good."

-

"Baby."

"Hi my love!"

"How did it go?"

"They'll be there."

A low whistle followed, "You're good, baby, too good."

"It was all true, what I told them, but...yeah, yeah, I am."

"Alright, I should go then."

"Love you, tell me how it goes."

"Love you too."

The phone went dead.