Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Chaos Theory

Act 43: Boston Bound

The last two days, before the group left for the tour, passed in a whirlwind. Rei barely received her passport on time. The wrong equipment was sent ahead to Hawaii and had to be sent back. It was a nightmare for the tour promoters.

Usagi sat on a bench in the park near her home. It would be a while before she would be back. She knew she would have to make frequent trips back home for those were her family's conditions that were agreed upon. She could make it home in the blink of an eye as Sailor Cosmos, but she couldn't step outside the home. After all, Tsukino Usagi was traveling with the Three Lights and couldn't be in America and Japan that quickly.

The past two days, she spent a lot of time reflecting on her plans after the tour. She tried to come up with something and each time she was unsuccessful. Restore the Silver Millennium, see other galaxies... but how does she go about accomplishing that? She didn't understand why it was so difficult for her to know what she wanted to do. She never had this problem in the past. Before... everything changed. It always came back to this. Each time she would have the same answer. Not knowing the future meant... she didn't know which direction to go.

She watched a few children with their mothers on the playground in the distance. The sight made her think of Chibi Usa and how she would never have those memories with Chibi Usa in the future. But... there was the silver haired girl.

She felt restless. She got up from the bench and looked for a more secluded area in the park. She transformed into Sailor Cosmos. She had a few hours until she needed to go back home to say her farewell to her parents and head out to the airport. She had finished packing this morning, so unlike her to be ready and not waiting until the last minute.

Within minutes, she stood on the grounds of the Silver Millennium. Whenever she was restless, she came to the palace. Slow restoration seems to be therapeutic. However, she was beginning to realize there wasn't too much left. She walked the long empty halls. The only sound came from the clicking of her heels and the fabric of her cape rustling on the ground with each step.

She was unsure how many times she walked these halls, lost in thought. Eventually she found her way outside onto the balcony overlooking the Earth. It looked so peaceful in the night sky. In the distance she saw Mercury. She inhaled sharply when she saw a brief flash of light from Mercury heading to Earth. She assumed it was Ami. She knew Ami had made several trips back to Mercury during the past year. She didn't think anything of it.

A loud beeping sound disrupted her thoughts. It was her communicator. She always kept it with her in case of emergencies. Her heart rate increased at the possibility of a problem.

"Usagi, where are you?"

Sailor Cosmos didn't respond right away, Surely, she hadn't been gone that long. "What time is it?" She meekly asked.

"We should have left 10 minutes ago but we've been waiting for you!" Rei complained, her voice full of agitation.

"I... I'll be there in a moment. I'm finishing something up."

"Well hurry up, the limo is waiting for you outside your house."

"Limo..." Sailor Cosmos slowly repeated. It really was starting. "Give me three minutes." Sailor Cosmos had to rush back to Earth and grab her possessions from her room. She couldn't appear in front of strangers as Sailor Cosmos. "Okay..." She said, calming her thoughts to make it easier for her to teleport. A few moments later, she was shooting through the Milky Way.

Sailor Cosmos stood in the middle of her room with her eyes closed. She waited for the bright light to fade before she opened her eyes. She quickly reverted back to Usagi.