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DISCLAIMER: Sailor Moon is copyrighted 1992 by Naoko 
Takeuchi.  All except the characters I created belong
to her.  I'm just borrowing them for awhile :-)
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SENSHI IN COLLEGE: EPISODE 6 - Driving Ms. Tsukino?  Usagi
Learns How to Drive

NOTE: There will be telepathic conversations in this episode.
The telepathic conversations will be set off by the ' 
symbol.
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"Usagi!" Chibi-Usa's voice rang down the street.  Usagi had
just gotten off her bus, and waved to the younger girl 
running down the street.

Chibi-Usa reached her, dressed in Usagi's old uniform from
Juuban Junior High school.  Unfortunately, though, Chibi-
Usa had grown but was still shorter than Usagi, causing 
Ikuko to alter the uniform before Chibi-Usa could wear it
to school.  Everyone was still waiting for Chibi-Usa's
growth spurt to occur, assuming she inherited a little of
Mamoru's height.

They started walking together toward the Tsukino house. 
"Why aren't you studying at Rei-chan's?" Chibi-Usa asked
her.

Usagi shrugged.  "I was at the snack shop when Momma called
there and asked if I could come home.  She said she had
something to tell me."

"Is everything all right?" Chibi-Usa looked worried for a
moment.

"Hai.  She said nothing was wrong, she just had a surprise
for me," Usagi replied.  That had been the first thought on
her mind too, that something had happened to another member
of her family.  After the past year, she didn't want 
anything to happen to her family or friends ever again.  
Fat chance, Tsukino Usagi, she thought.

The girls entered the house, and started to slip off their
shoes.  "Momma!  We're home!" Usagi called out, throwing
her bag under the coat rack.

Ikuko walked out of the living room, a huge smile on her
face.  "I've got some freshly-baked cookies waiting for
my favorite girls!"

Usagi and Chibi-Usa's eyes grew big.  "COOKIES!" they
exclaimed, and started to take off toward the kitchen.
Ikuko reached out, and managed to stop Usagi.

"There's someone here to see you," Ikuko said.  "It has
to do about that surprise I told you about."

Chibi-Usa stepped back into the hallway, her mouth full
of cookies and holding some cake she managed to find as
well.  "This I have to see."

Usagi turned around to see a very familiar person sitting
on the sofa.  "Mamo-chan!"

He immediately sprang to his feet.  The expression on his
face was priceless.  He looked as if he was going to be led
in front of a firing squad.  "Usako, Chibi-Usa," he managed
to croak out in a pleasant voice.

"You're the surprise Momma was telling me about?" Usagi ran
over, and threw her arms around him.  "I like this 
surprise!"

"That's not exactly it," he told her, putting his arm 
around her.

"No, but Mamoru-san is doing me the biggest favor!" Ikuko
walked back in with Chibi-Usa following her.  Out in the
hallway, the door opened, then slammed shut again as Shingo
arrived home from school.  Luna walked into the living room.

"Usagi-chan, I have decided it is time for you to learn how 
to drive," Ikuko announced.

Dead silence.

Chibi-Usa dropped the food in her hands.  A loud THUNK was
heard in the hall as Shingo hit the ground.  Usagi's jaw
dropped in shock.  So did Luna's.  Mamoru looked like he
had been handed a death sentence.  Ikuko smiled happily.

"With whose car?" Usagi managed to say after a moment. 
"Poppa's?"  

"Hai.  I've never been a real good driver, and with you
going to the University now, it's time for you to learn.
We put it off from last year because of your father's 
death, but we can't wait any longer."

No one said a word.


**********
Tsukino Kenji's dark blue 1997 Toyota Camry sat with its
hood up.  Usagi leaned against the wall, watching Mamoru
check out the oil and other car fluids she didn't know 
their names for, or how they work.

Driving in the city was usually not recommended.  There was
so much traffic that one usually got further by walking,
which was one of the reasons Usagi had never learned how to
drive before.  But, with the Azabu campus being some 
distance from the Juuban area, Usagi, Rei, Ami, and Minako
had been riding the bus to the University.  Mamoru has been
driving out there the entire time he had been going to 
school, and sometimes took the girls when it fit into his
schedule.

The legal age to drive a car in Japan was 18, and the steps
towards getting a license were vigorous from what Usagi
could recall.  It usually involved going to a special 
driving school, and so many classes that Usagi was getting 
a headache just thinking about it.

However, Ikuko knew how much Usagi disliked school and knew
if she entered a driving school it would take her forever 
and a day to learn how to drive.  Ikuko's brother worked 
for the driver's license department and told if Usagi could
find a teacher who had no prior driving problem, and if she
could pass the final paper test along with the driving
portion, then she could skip the driving school.

So, guess who Ikuko drafted?

"It looks fine," Mamoru's voice drifted into Usagi's 
thoughts, and she looked up to see him slamming the hood
shut.  He grabbed a towel from where it had been resting
beside the hood, and began to wipe his hands off.  He
looked over at her.  "Something wrong?"

"Nothing," Usagi lied, giving him a bright smile.  "So,
when can we start with the lessons?"

"This afternoon.  It's a good time.  I know of a dorm
parking lot over on the Azabu campus that clears out 
around 2 p.m. or so."  Mamoru leaned back against the car,
and studied Usagi.  She usually was so overjoyed about the
littlest things.  Why wasn't she excited about learning to
drive?  He had been ecstatic himself when he had gotten his
license.  The final step to total freedom for him.

Usagi nodded, then turned to go in the house.  Mamoru 
watched her go in.  Something was definitely wrong.


**********
"Eh?  You're really going to open up a seamstress shop?"
Minako's eyes grew wide as she served a glass of sparkling
water to Setsuna.

The emerald-haired woman nodded, taking her drink and
sipping it.  "I went to the bank and saw about getting a
small business loan.  I'll be able to afford it only if it
goes through."

"I'm sure it will, Setsuna-san," Makoto replied, taking a
sip of her tea.  "We'll all pitch in to help."

"It sounds like fun!" Minako added.  She lofted her tray 
into the air.  "Fashions by Setsuna, worn by the exclusive
designer model Aino Minako!!!  We'll be famous together!"

Makoto moaned.  Setsuna smiled.  "Fame isn't exactly my
goal for doing this, Minako-san."

Minako scooted into the booth next to Makoto, shoving her
friend up against the window.  "Then why are you doing it?"

Makoto rubbed the new bump on her head.  Subtle, Minako-
chan, she thought.  Real subtle.

Setsuna's eyes took on a dreamy look, and she gazed out
the window.  "Just for a little while, I can live like
you do."

Makoto's and Minako's eyes grew wide with wonder.  Ukari
walked over to the booth and lightly tapped Minako on
the shoulder.

"Minako-chan!  I can't serve all of these people on my 
own," Ukari said, winking at her friend.  "Unless I get
all the tips from doing your share."

"Gomen!"  Minako immediately slid out of the booth, and
set off to work.

"When will you know about the loan, Setsuna-san?" Makoto
asked Setsuna.

"Sometime within the next couple of days.  The lease to
the building I want is waiting for me to sign it," Setsuna
shifted her gaze back to Makoto.

"We'll all help you move in," Makoto said.

Suddenly, the front door to Azabu Snacks and Sandwiches
burst open, and Rei and Ami ran inside.  Their cheeks were
red, and sweat rolled down their faces.  Makoto immediately
jumped up from her seat.

"Minna?  What's going on?" Makoto asked, reaching in her
purse for her brooch.  "Is there a youma attack?"

"No," Rei gasped.  "It's something much, much, worse!"

Setsuna frowned, trying to scan her memories.  "What on
Earth could it be?"

"Ma...Ma...Mamoru-san is giving Usagi-chan a driving 
lesson!" Ami managed to exclaim, collapsing into an
empty seat.

Across the shop, Minako dropped her tray on an empty table.
"This I have got to see!" she cried, running toward the 
door.

"Minako-chan!" Ukari called, but it was too late.  Noticing
Setsuna, Ami, Rei, and Makoto were her only customers, she
gave them a half-hearted smile.  "Shall we go watch too?"

"I wouldn't miss this for the world!" Rei took off again 
with Makoto and Ami on her heels.  Setsuna handed Ukari
some money for the drinks, and started to follow them when
a sudden, blinding pain hit her.

'Setsuna...'

Ukari had followed Setsuna out the door of the restaurant,
and noticed her suddenly wince in pain.  She pulled the 
door shut, and hung a CLOSED sign on it.  "Setsuna-san,
daijobu?"

"I'll be fine," Setsuna managed a wan smile at the young
woman.  "Really, I'll be fine."

'Traitor, Setsuna....remember those words.  You are a 
traitor.  Setsuna...Setsuna...Setsuna..'

"Okay.  It looks like the others were taking off toward the
parking lot behind the apartment-dorms."  Ukari joined 
Setsuna, and walked beside her down the Quad.  "I don't
know Usagi-san that well, but from what Minako-chan has
told me, I do not expect I'll be forgetting this anytime
soon."

Setsuna nodded.  Ukari chatted on, feeling at ease with the
older woman, but Setsuna remained silent.

'Setsuna...'the voice in her head echoed again.

Shut up, she thought, trying to push the repeating voice
into the smallest corner of her mind as she could.


**********
If he survived this, Mamoru decided he would get someone to
name him a saint.

Beside him, in the driver's seat of her father's Nissan
Camry, sat Usagi looking very nervous.  In the back seat,
much to Mamoru's dismay, was Chibi-Usa.  And he just saw 
the other senshi coming running from the main area of the 
Azabu campus.  

Great, just great.  It was going to be bad enough without
two backseat drivers and about seven other critics.

He was definitely going to have someone name him a saint.

"Mamo-chan, what do I do?" Usagi's voice jarred him back to
reality.  She sounded as nervous as she looked.

"Okay, let's get started then," Mamoru quickly checked to 
see if all of them were wearing seatbelts.  He didn't want
to be caught without one in a situation like this.  "Put
your foot on the brake pedal."

"Left or right?"

"Which foot do you think, Usagi no baka," Chibi-Usa 
muttered.

Mamoru shot the younger girl a silencing look before 
turning his attention back to Usagi.  "You use your right
foot to work both the brake and the gas."

"Why?"  For the first time since getting in the car, Usagi
looked him in the eye.

Why?  Why!!  "Umm...that's just the way it is," he fumbled.

"Well, there's two pedals.  And I have two feet.  Why can't
I just use the left foot for the brake and the right foot 
for the gas?"

"It's easier to use just your right foot for both."

"It sounds harder to use one foot."  Usagi eased her left
foot onto the brake, and her right onto the gas.  "See?
It's much easier."

"And you are not actually driving yet.  Trust me, Usako,
just use the right foot, and it will be so much easier."

"But I want to use both of my feet, Mamo-chan."

"Usagi, you are so so baka," Chibi-Usa said.  "Only you
would insist on using two feet to drive."

"Why, you little spore!" Usagi whirled around to strangle
Chibi-Usa, and Mamoru grabbed her hands, and forced them
back on to the wheel.  Chibi-Usa simply laughed.

"Not another word, Chibi-Usa," Mamoru growled, sounding
more like a stern father than the friend Chibi-Usa was
used to.  She promptly shut up.

"Okay, now, with the RIGHT foot on the brake, press on
it, then turned the key all the way and let go," Mamoru
kept going, once satisfied that the resident heckler 
would be quiet for now.

"Okay, okay."  Usagi did as she was told, and the car
roared to life.  A bright smile appeared on her face. "I 
did it!"

"We're just getting started.  Now, keeping your right foot
on the brake, ease the shift the gear stick to drive."  
Usagi followed his instructions to the letter.  "Now, take
your foot off the brake, and put it on the gas pedal."

"What if I need to stop?" Usagi asked.  

"Don't worry, and don't press down on the gas TOO MUCH!"
Mamoru's sentence ended in a yelp as Usagi pressed down
too hard on the gas, and the car started barreling forward
toward the dorm building.

"MAMO-CHAN!"  Usagi's hands were frozen to the wheel.  "I
CAN'T STOP!"

"HIT THE BRAKE, USAGI!  THE BRAKE!" Mamoru and Chibi-Usa 
both yelled at the same time.

Usagi fumbled with the pedals.  Right foot, right foot, she
thought, accidentally pushing the gas pedal again, sending
the car up to 50 miles per hour as it headed for the dorm
building.

"Kami-sama!" Rei screamed from where the others had gathered 
in a field on the edge of the parking lot.  "She's going to 
crash!"

"USAGI!  HIT THE BRAKES!" All of the crowd, which consisted
of Rei, Minako, Makoto, Ukari, Setsuna, and now Haruka,
Michiru, Hotaru, Motoki, Unazuki, Naru, and Umino yelled.

Somehow, Usagi's right foot managed to find the brakes, and 
she pressed it as hard as she could.  The car went from a
speed normally found on the highway to a dead stop in less
than five seconds, stopping just inches from the dorm 
building.  She, Mamoru, and Chibi-Usa all sprang forward 
in their seats, Chibi-Usa hitting the back of Mamoru's 
seat, Mamoru hitting the dashboard, and Usagi hitting the 
wheel. 

"Usagi!"  Everyone started running toward the car.  Inside
the car, Usagi's hands were shaking so badly, she could
barely breathe.  She was dimly aware of Mamoru shifting
the car into park, reaching over, and turning off the
car.  All four of them sat in silence for a moment, while
their friends gathered around the car.  

Tears filled Usagi's eyes, and she closed them to allow 
them to run down her cheeks.  "I can't do this."
"Usagi?" Chibi-Usa whispered, a look of concern on her
face.

"I just can't do this!" Usagi suddenly screamed, startling
everyone else in the car. Blindly, she fumbled with her 
seat belt until she got it off, threw open the car door 
hitting Haruka in the process, and stumbled out of the car.

"Usako?"  Mamoru reached over and tried to take her hand,
but she waved him away.  She got out, and started to run 
out of the parking lot toward River Road, which ran behind
the dorm building.  He immediately got out of the car, and
started after her.  "Usako!"

"Mamoru-san!"  Makoto reached out and grabbed his arm.  
Motoki was there as well, and placed a comforting arm 
around his friend.  He scowled at both of them, and started
to break free.

"Mamoru-san, she doesn't need you right now," Ami said,
as Rei started to follow Usagi.  "You're probably the last
person she wants to see right now."

Somehow, Ami's words penetrated his mind, and Mamoru sighed
in defeat.  He watched helplessly as Usagi ran across River
Road to the newly-opened park facing the river, where she
collapsed onto a bench in tears.

Chibi-Usa stood outside of the car, Hotaru hugging her,
tears streaming down her face.  "It's all my fault,"
Chibi-Usa whispered.  "Gomen nasai, Usagi-chan.  Gomen
nasai."


**********
Usagi barely noticed when Rei approached her.  "Usagi?"
she asked.

"Go away," Usagi managed to say.  "I don't feel like being
insulted or made fun of, especially by you."  She turned
away from Rei.

Rei lifted a hand to comfort her friend, then let it drop.
"Fine, who needs to comfort a baka Odango Atama like you
anyhow?" she said, with a slight sting in her voice.

It got the effect she wanted.  Now angry, Usagi turned on
her best friend.  "I'm not a baka!  I'm not stupid!  
Everyone thinks I'm stupid and a total ditz!  Look at
Tsukino Usagi.  She makes 30's on her tests!  She can't
write in kanji!  She can plow her father's car into the
side of a building!"

Rei smiled.  Anger, she knew, was always the key to 
releasing inner emotions.  "You're not a baka, and you
know it.  You've got to be pretty smart, or the Dark
Kingdom would have dusted us four years ago.  The Black
Moon would had taken over the planet, and Galaxia destroy
the entire solar system.  I don't see a ditz saving the
world, but I see you, Usagi."

Rei sat down on the bench next to Usagi.  "I'll be honest
with you, and never repeat it, but I'm jealous of you."

Usagi gazed at Rei, her tears starting to dry.  "Really?"

Rei nodded, and gazed out across the street.  "Take a look
at the parking lot."  Usagi's eyes followed Rei's.  "See
that man being virtually restrained by everyone?  He 
happens to be your fianc饬 who most likely worships the
ground you walk on.  See the pink-haired girl with oval-
shaped odango?  She's upset.  She's your daughter, Usagi,
and she's worried sick about you.  All of those people over
there are your friends.  You having a loving family who
cares for you.  You have a bright future.  I have an empty
shrine and Phobos and Deimos."

"You have your dreams," Usagi said.  "To be a wonderful 
singer, actress, and seiyuu.  You want to be a superstar of
international business.  You want to be a bride to your 
beloved.  You..."

"Usagi, stop it!"  Rei jumped to her feet, walked a few
paces from the bench, then turned to face her again.  "You
are always doing this!  Trying to make everyone else feel
better.  I'm trying to do the same for you.  What I'm 
trying to say is that you have a lot going for you.  You're
a different person than you were four years ago.  Your 
grades have gone up, you've actually gotten somewhat 
mature, and you can even write in kanji some.  You're in
college!  I didn't think you would make it past junior high
school, personally.  You can drive if you set your mind to
it."

Usagi's gaze followed Rei's as she paced a few more steps,
then faced Usagi again.  "You have never let people try to
influence the things you do.  If you did, Hotaru would not
be alive today, and probably all of us.  Yet, lately, you
have let everyone else's wants dictate what you do.  Your
father wished for you to go to college, so you put your 
life on hold to carry out his dream.  Your mother wants
you to drive, so you are willing to do that for her.  You
got so nervous trying to please Mamoru-san and your mother
that you nearly got yourself, him, Chibi-Usa, and Chibi
Chibi hurt.  You're putting yourself on the back burner,
and it shows.  Try to just be Usagi again," Rei winked
at her friend.  "See what happens.  But, don't sacrifice
the studying, Odango Atama.  At least keep that up."

For the first time that day, Usagi laughed.  Rei joined
in with her.  The wind picked up the musical sound of
Usagi's laughter, and carried it across the street to her
fianc駳 anxious ears.  Mamoru visibly relaxed at the 
sound.  Breaking free from Motoki and Makoto, he took off
for the park in a full run with Chibi-Usa and the others
behind him.

Usagi stood up from her bench, and she and Rei were 
laughing with each other as they noticed the others
running across the highway into the mark.  Mamoru reached
them first, swooped Usagi into a big hug, and Chibi-Usa
attached herself to them.  Everyone else crowded around the
three, and chatted eagerly.

Setsuna, the last of the group to reach the highway, 
immediately stopped as another blinding headache overtook
her.  She grabbed onto the post holding up the street sign
and closed her eyes to try and block the pain.

'Traitor...traitor...traitor...'

'Leave me alone,' Setsuna thought, holding her head in 
silent agony.  'Please, whoever you are, leave me alone!"

From in the park, Hotaru looked across the street while 
everyone else was fussing over Usagi.  She frowned when
she saw Setsuna's pain.  Something was definitely wrong...


**********
She was having the dream again.

Setsuna found herself in her senshi uniform, standing by
the Gates of Time.  Alone as usual, she was surprised when
the gates opened to reveal 20th century Tokyo.

Setsuna approached the Gate entrance.  Scenes of life in
Tokyo flashed before her.  Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru were
sharing a meal, talking and laughing together.  Makoto was
in her cooking classes, working with her partner, Aneko.  
Minako was busing tables at Azabu Sandwiches and Snacks.
Rei was at the shrine, kneeling before the fire, startled
momentarily by a customer wanting to purchase a love charm.
Ami was on her computer, browsing the Internet and 
downloading music she enjoyed.  Mamoru was working on that
translating device Usagi had told her about.  Suddenly,
Usagi and Chibi-Usa appeared on either side of him, 
surprising him with a meal.  Luna, Artemis, and Diana were
walking down the street, Luna arguing with Artemis.  Chibi
Chibi trailed them, stopping to greet people she knew as 
they walked along.

How she longed to be part of that world!

Setsuna longingly reached her hand out.  Friends...a 
family...a chance for a normal life...it was all right here
at her reach....

'You shall not touch.'

Setsuna dropped her left hand, her right hand immediately
tightening on the Garnet Rod.  She swung it around, and
brought it up in a defensive manner.  "Who's there?" she
said, aloud.

'You shall not join them, Meioh Setsuna,' the voice said.
'Your destiny is here.  You have trespassed time long
enough.  You are forbidden to leave.'

"I'm forbidden to have a life like everyone else?" Setsuna
asked.  "I can't live a normal life, not even for a little
while?"

'We all must make sacrifices, Setsuna.  This is yours.'

"Onegai!  Who are you?  Tell me who you are!"  Setsuna 
gazed around the area.

'I forever face you, Sailor Pluto.  I always keep an eye
on you.  Wherever you go, whatever you do, I always watch
you.'

"Then stop it!  I'm a grown woman, so leave me alone."

'You're obviously not grown if you make childish statements
like wanting to live a normal life.'

"What is so wrong about living a normal life for just a 
year or so?  A YEAR!" Setsuna's voice rose, ending in a
shout which rolled off across the expanses of time and
space.

'You are already a traitor, don't you know, Setsuna?  Your
past actions do not make you look good among the those who
installed you in your position to begin with.'

"I was put here by the god Chronos himself," Setsuna said.
"I have been here since the beginning of time.  It would
take the end to remove me."

'You think that, Setsuna?  Well, think again...'

"No...you can't do that!"  Suddenly, the time door began 
to fade away, leaving Setsuna standing in nothing but sheer
blackness.  She could not even see her hands in from of her
face.  She felt the garnet rod being yanked from her grasp.
She reached out for it.

"NO!!!!!"

"Setsuna!  Setsuna!"  She felt her shoulders being shaken.
Her eyes flew open to find that her bedside lamp had been
turned on at a low setting.  Michiru was sitting on the 
edge of the bed, shaking her shoulders.  Behind her in the
doorway stood Haruka and Hotaru.

Setsuna struggled into a sitting position, and noticed her
nightgown was plastered to her skin, drenched in sweat.

"That's some dream you had," Haruka commented without a 
smile.

"Daijobu?" Michiru handed Setsuna a damp rag.  She used
it to wipe off her face, and laid it down on the comforter.

"I'll be fine, it was just a dream," Setsuna told her
friends. 

"More like a nightmare," Michiru said.

"I'll be okay.  Everyone has nightmares at times."

"Not without some cause," Haruka said.  "Something about
you doesn't feel right, Setsuna."

'Traitor...you are not right...come we will finish our
duel...'

Setsuna threw the covers back.  "I think I'm going to get
up and work on those designs.  I have to be ready for if
the loan comes through, ne?"

"It's 3 a.m. in the morning, Setsuna-momma," Hotaru pointed
out.

"I'll be fine.  An early start to the day is the best way 
to get the most productivity."  Setsuna got up, and walked
over to her closet and started to pull out some clothes.
Her friends simply watched and worried.


**********
If he could survive this, he could survive anything.

Mamoru sat beside Usagi, checking for about the fiftieth
time to make sure his seat belt was secure around him.
Driving lesson #5.  Time to take a different approach.

Standing on the front porch were Ikuko, holding Chibi 
Chibi, Chibi-Usa, and Shingo.  It would be just the two
of them on this lesson, something he was grateful for.

Usagi turned the car on silently, not bothering to talk to
him.  He was used to it.  She had been giving him the 
silent treatment for nearly three days now.  The past three
days had been full of lessons.  Usagi had quickly gotten
better, but had said nothing beyond what was considered
cold politeness.

What did I do wrong???  Mamoru gave Usagi a long look as
she eased the gears back into REVERSE.  I'm always the
last to know everything.

Usagi silently back the car out into the street, narrowly
missing the garbage cans at the house across the street.
Mamoru glanced up at the Tsukino house and swore he saw
Shingo mutter something under his breath before handing a
wad of cash to a very happy-looking Chibi-Usa.

"You're doing well," he said pleasantly, trying to get her
to talk somehow.

"Arigato."  Her voice was cold as ice.  She kept her eyes
focused straight on the road as she pulled to a stop at
a red light.  It turned green, but the driver across from
her signaled a left turn.  She flashed her lights to let
the car pass.

"So, where are we going?"  Relax, relax, Mamoru tried to
tell himself, prying his hand from the door handle.  She's
doing a good job.  You've got to believe in her.

"Where do you want to go?"

"How about somewhere where we can talk?"

Usagi shrugged.  Despite her talk with Rei, her feelings 
were still hurt.  I didn't want to do this in the first
place, she thought.  And look at Mamo-chan, he can't stand
to be in trying to teach this to me.  Is he that embarrassed
of me?  Am I always that embarrassing?  Tears welled up in
her eyes, blurring the road before her.

"Usako, pull over.  Now."

Usagi mechanically pulled the car over to the side of the
road, into an empty parking space.  She managed to pull into
the space and shut off the car before leaning her head on 
the steering wheel.  She felt his hand reaching over and 
try to massage the tension out of her shoulders, and it 
felt incredibly good.  She heard the seatbelt being 
released  from its catch and whirl back against the door.

"Come on, Usako, talk to me," Mamoru's voice was very 
gentle, soothing her frazzled nerves.  "It's not like you
to be this quiet."

"Am I embarrassing to you?" Usagi whispered.  

He blinked.  "Nani?"

She sat up straight.  "Do I embarrass you?"

He thought back to several times in the past four years 
which had embarrassed the daylights out of him.  "You have
before, but not now.  You've grown up a lot, Usako."

Usagi glanced at him.  "So I do embarrass you."

"You have before, but you're human.  The truth is, I'm
very proud of you now."

Usagi's eyes began to light up.  "Really?"

Mamoru nodded, a smile on his face.  "Hai.  You're in 
college, and you've saved us all countless times.  You've
really grown as a woman and a senshi.  You're going to
be a wonderful queen one day.  And wife and mother."

Usagi finally smiled, and he felt like praising the 
heavens.  She closed her eyes and leaned toward him.  He
felt his heartbeat sped up as he leaned toward her.  They
couldn't remain here long.  Just one simple kiss, and they
would continue the driving lesson.

One kiss...just one kiss...their lips passionately came 
together.

From inside Crown's Game Parlor, Motoki stopped wiping the
windows to see the windows of the car parked across the
street begin to fog up.  "Looks like someone out there's
having a good time," he commented.

Minako, who had just finished wasting her tokens on losing
the new race car game, walked over to the window.  "Now,
Motoki-kun, it's not nice to spy on people," she lectured.

"Yeah, Reika wouldn't like that," Unazuki teased her older
brother, walking up to them.

Minako squinted.  "Say, isn't that Usagi-chan's car?  You
know, the one she's using to drive now that her father's
gone?"

Unazuki nodded.  "I recognize that little rabbit charm 
suspending from the rearview mirror.  You can just see
it...," her voice died away.

"If that's Usagi-chan's car, then the people in it fogging
up the windows must be...," Motoki said, then an evil look
appeared in his eyes.  He gazed at Unazuki and Minako with
a grin.  "Say, I have an idea.  Gather closely."


**********
"Excuse me?  Excuse me?"

They ignored the voice and kept kissing.

"This is the police, is everything okay in there?"

Silence.  Jerking away from Mamoru, Usagi hit her head on
the car ceiling.  She started to cry out, then quickly 
covered her mouth, noticing their disheveled appearance.
Kami-sama, what happened to just one kiss, she thought.

Kami-sama, what happened to just one kiss?  Mamoru tried
to jerk the seat back into an upright position, but it
was hard with Usagi in his lap.  How did she get in his
lap to begin with?

"Moshi moshi?  Anyone in there?"

"Hai!  We're okay!"  Usagi managed to crawl back into the
driver's seat, noticing how much she was shaking.  She 
tried straightening her clothes before noticing one of her
odango had come loose, and half of her hair spilled over 
her right shoulder.  Mamoru finally jerked his seat into
an upright position and tried looking for his jacket,
which had come off at one point as well.

"Perhaps you should step out of the car?  We need to make
sure you're not drinking."

"DRINKING?" Both of them cried at the same time.

"Ah ha!  So you have been drinking!  Then, it's time for 
you to face the consequences!"  Mamoru's door suddenly
popped open, and three guns were aimed into the car.
"FREEZE!"

"YEAAAGGGGHHH!!" Both Usagi and Mamoru screamed before a
squirt of water shot into the car, and hit Usagi in the
face.  She wiped it away to see a way too cheerful Motoki,
Unazuki, and Minako standing around the car, aiming water
pistols at you.

"When I get done with you..." Mamoru growled to his best
friend.

"You're not even going to have a leg to stand on," Usagi
growled to Minako.

The three "policemen" simply burst out laughing.  Mamoru
yanked the door shut on them, Usagi started the car, and
left the parking space as quickly as they could, their 
friends laughing merrily after them.


**********
'Traitor...listen to me...listen to me, DAMN YOU!'

"NO!" Setsuna sprang up in bed, gasping for air.  She
tossed aside the thin blanket someone, Michiru probably,
had pulled over her.  She gazed around her room.  She 
didn't even remember coming back here.  Vague memories of
Haruka literally prying her hands from her work and leading
her into the bedroom floated back into her mind.

Setsuna swung her feet over the side of the bed, and 
glanced at the clock sitting on the nightstand.  1:33.  
Shimatta.  She had to reach the bank before 3 p.m. if she
was going to learn the status of her load today.  She
got up and headed toward the front door.

Thankfully, Haruka's car was gone.  She and Michiru must
had gone somewhere.  Hotaru was still in school.  Setsuna
grabbed a sweater off the coat rack next to the door, and
slid her feet into her shoes.

'So, where do you think you're going, Setsuna-chan?'

"I'm going to make a life for myself," Setsuna said aloud,
opening the door.  She gazed up into the air, just in case
the voice haunting her happened to be above her.  "And 
don't call me Setsuna-chan."

'But of course....Setsuna-chan.'

Setsuna slammed the door behind her and walked away from
the house.  She had relative peace for a few blocks before
the voice decided to make its thoughts known to her again.

'Setsuna, Setsuna.  What makes you think this will actually
work?'

"Because I'll make it work," Setsuna muttered, trying to 
make sure she didn't sound like a total lunatic to whoever
was walking down the street.  "You can't stop me from 
trying to make a life for myself.  You can haunt me until I
am dead for lack of sleep, but I'll never give up!"

'I can't stop you?  Try me.'

Suddenly, the world began to grow extremely out of focus.  
Setsuna stopped and blinked for a moment, then rubbed her
eyes.  Surely, he wasn't trying to alter her vision!  She
reached a crosswalk, and hit the button for the traffic
light to change, then leaned against a post just as a 
blinding headache swept through her head.

"YAMATE!" Setsuna screamed aloud.  "YAMATE!  LEAVE ME
ALONE!"

'Not hardly.  This is the consequences...consequences..."

"NO!"  Setsuna looked up to see her world was out of
focus again, but saw the crosswalk light was red.  Or
was it green?  The headache got worse until all it was all
pain.  All-consuming pain.  She held her head in agony.

'See?' the voice said.  'I'm winning.'

"Not by a long shot!"  Setsuna stumbled into the road, not
noticing the car heading toward her.  All she could 
remember was that last blinding hit of pain the voice dealt
her, and a very familiar-sounding scream as she hit the
ground.


**********
In the car, Usagi threw the gearshift into park.  Her eyes
were wide with shock.  The traffic light had turned green, 
and she had started to go when all of a sudden, Setsuna 
stumbled out in front of the car.  She had hit the brakes
immediately, yet Setsuna still crumbled to the ground.

"Oh Kami-sama!!  Oh no!!!  Mamo-chan, I hit Setsuna-san!"
Usagi was growing more hysterical by the nano-second.  "I
didn't see her, I swear it!  She came out of nowhere!"  She
promptly burst into tears.

Mamoru quickly threw his car door open, and got out and 
over to Setsuna as fast as he could.  The car bumper was 
just inches away from her thrashing form.  Usagi, still
shaking, managed to climb out of the car as well, and
slowly approached them.

"You didn't hit her, Usako."  Mamoru quickly consoled her.
"She collapsed from something."

Usagi visibly relaxed, and knelt down next to Setsuna.
"Setsuna-san!  Daijobu?  Gomen nasai for almost hitting
you!"

"Leave me alone!" Setsuna cried, flailing her arms out.
Mamoru caught hold of them before she could hit Usagi.

"Nani?" Usagi gasped.

"She's having a hallucination of some sort," Mamoru said.
"We've got to get her to a hospital.  I don't have my cell
phone with me to call an ambulance."

Usagi looked up to see a car pulling over to the side of
the road.  She immediately stood up.  Inside the car,
she could see a woman holding a black object in her hands,
dialing something on a keypad, then aimed it at their 
direction.  "Mamo-chan, I think that lady has a cell 
phone," she said, running across the street.

The car window rolled down just as Usagi reached it. 
"Onegai," she said to the woman inside.  "My friend is 
really sick, can you help us get her to the hospital?"

"Your friend?  How sweet of you to have so much hope for
her, Tsukino Usagi."

Usagi took several steps away from the car.  Misora...she
thought, reaching in her pocket for her brooch.  In horror,
she realized her brooch was in her purse on the front seat
of the car.

The door flew open, and Misora's arm suddenly came out. 
She threw a glass vial in the direction of Mamoru, Setsuna,
and the car.

"MAMO-CHAN!"  Usagi screamed, whirled around, and ran 
toward them. Mamoru looked up just before the vial hit 
him, and immediately covered Setsuna with his body.  The 
vial hit the car, and its contents began to spill over the 
body.

"Jyutai-chan, come out!" Misora got out of her car, and
leaned against it.  Kenji's car transformed itself into a
youma with tires for its hands and feet.  Usagi's face 
went pale, and she knelt down beside Mamoru and Setsuna.

"My brooch is in the car," Usagi whispered to them.  
"I can't transform!"

"We can't transform here anyhow," Mamoru whispered back.
"We need the other senshi."

"But, if we destroy the car, we destroy my brooch as well,"
Usagi told him.  She stood up.  "I've got to get it back!"
She took off toward the car.

"Usako, don't!"  Mamoru jumped to his feet, but it was too
late.  Usagi was running toward the youma, and leapt at the
driver's side car door.

"Baka girl....GET HER!" Misora yelled at the youma.

"How can I get her if she's grabbing onto my ear?" The
youma yelped out in pain.

"It's a car door, you baka," Usagi muttered under her
breath, managing to squeeze herself through the window on
the driver's side.  The youma raised itself on its two 
back tires, and Usagi grabbed the steering wheel to
try and prevent from falling into the back seat.

"HEY!  YOU!  OVER HERE!"

Mamo-chan?  Usagi tried to see out one of the windows, but
could only see Misora still leaning against her car at the 
side of the road.  She reached on the floor and grabbed her
purse.

"I bet you couldn't get me if you tried," Mamoru's voice 
rang through the air.  She realized then he was trying to
distract the youma so she could get out safely.

"I couldn't?" Jyutai-chan sneered at him.  Suddenly, the
car jerked to one side as it raised its right front tire
arm.  Usagi landed against the driver's side door, which
popped open, and she fell out onto the ground.

Jyutai-chan whirled around.  It looked up at Misora 
expectantly.  Misora had out a black remote control, and
it was beeping loudly.

"Yes, she has the most powerful hopeful soul!  Get her
first!"

"With pleasure!"  Before anyone could move, the youma had
leapt on top of Usagi.

"What are you doing?" Usagi tried to push the youma away,
but it was too heavy.  Then, the youma latched its mouth
onto Usagi's and began to suction her hopeful soul from her.

Mamoru had been standing in sheer shock from Usagi falling
out of the car, then the youma jumping on top of her.  He 
saw what it was doing to Usagi.  "Oh lord...USAKO!" He 
hollered. 

This gave Misora the opening she was looking for.  Tossing 
her control into her car, she ran toward Mamoru.  He looked
up, and seeing her, grabbed a tree branch off the ground to
defend himself.  She threw herself at him and knocked him
off balance and to the ground, the tree branch between
them.

"This vial and that branch you're holding will make a 
lovely combination," Misora said.

Mamoru tried pushing the woman off, but somehow, she was
using his branch to hold him down.  "Let her go," he
begged.  "If you want someone's hopeful soul, get mine.
Just let her go!"

"Don't worry, you'll join your pretty girlfriend soon
enough," Misora said, pulling the plug out of the vial
with her teeth, and holding it over the branch.  Mamoru
stilled.  If he pushed her off now, the liquid inside
the vial would spill, and another youma would be created.
Helplessly, he looked over at Usagi, and his heart stopped.
She had stopped fighting the youma, and her body was
growing extremely pale.  "Usako," he whispered.

From the street corner, Setsuna grabbed on to the crosswalk
sign for support, and pulled out her henshin wand.  "PLUTO
CRYSTAL POWER...MAKE-UP!"

Nothing happened.

"Shimatta!" Setsuna yelled aloud.  Henshin wand in hand, 
she gazed around the street.  "Damn you!  Damn you to 
hell, whoever you are!  You're going to sacrifice our
princess because of some vendetta against me?  Save the
princess, sacrifice me!"

"Chibi Chibi?"

Setsuna looked down to see Chibi Chibi, her hands stretched
toward hers.  Remembering what Haruka and Michiru said 
about their power-ups, she took hold of the child's hands.
They both started to glow.  Setsuna could feel the power
starting to well up inside her.

'You shall not be permitted to perform as a Sailor Senshi.'
Suddenly, Chibi Chibi was jerked into the air, breaking the
link between the two.  The little girl was hurled a few
feet away, landing in the middle of the fight.

"Chibi Chibi!" Mamoru exclaimed, seeing her.

Misora glanced over at the child, and it gave Mamoru the
chance he needed.  Grabbing the vial, he plugged it quickly
with his thumb as he tossed Misora off of him.  Struggling
to his feet, he found the cork capping the top of the vial,
and plugged it in before slipping it in his jacket pocket.
Lifting his hand into the air, he quickly materialized a
rose, and transformed into Tuxedo Kamen.

Meanwhile, Usagi felt her body start to grow weaker and
weaker.  As it did, more and more thoughts crowded into
her mind and started to overwhelm her.

"Usagi no baka...never good at anything," Rei's voice
sounded in her mind.

"Only a baka would want to use two feet for the gas and
the brake pedals," Chibi-Usa's voice added.

"Usagi, you are so hopeless when it comes to cooking,"
Makoto's voice joined the group.

"You will never learn how to drive.  I don't know why I put
up with you," Mamoru's voice, the strongest of them all,
drowned out all the other shouts.

Not you too...Mamo-chan, Usagi felt the fight go out of
her, and she went limp.  Kamen saw her, and it scared him
deep into his soul.

I don't have any power to help you.  Usako...Kamen extended
his cane and headed toward the youma.  With one flick of a
tire arm, it sent Kamen hurling across the street into a
lamp post.

Meanwhile, Chibi Chibi had struggled to her feet, and was
heading toward Setsuna again.  But, she wasn't fast enough.
Misora scooped her up in her arms, and held the little girl
in the air.

"Tuxedo Kamen!  Should I say Chiba Mamoru?"

Kamen and Setsuna both stood still in shock.

"I know who you are!  Too bad your pretty little girlfriend
over there has no clue.  What a shame she'll never know 
now.  Maybe next time, you ought to be more careful when
transforming on public highways."  Misora's grip tightened
on Chibi Chibi.

"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!" A jolt of energy suddenly hurled
toward Misora, and knocked Chibi Chibi out of her arms.  
Kamen rushed forward and caught the little girl before she
hit the ground.

"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!" A wall of water was sent hurling
toward the youma, stunning it.  Sailor Mercury and Sailor
Jupiter ran down the block, Jupiter preparing another
attack as she ran.

"JUPITER FORREST ILLUMINATION!" She sent it hurling toward
the youma, knocking it off of Usagi.

"Tuxedo Kamen-sama!  Give Chibi Chibi to Setsuna!" Mercury
called.  Kamen nodded, and held the little girl out.  
Setsuna immediately reached for her.

'You are not worthy!' Suddenly, Setsuna found herself being
thrown back against the closest building.

"Setsuna-san!" Kamen ran to her, then found himself knocked
back as well.  He landed on his back, his arms shielding
Chibi Chibi on top of him.  "There's some force keeping us
from reaching her," he whispered.

"Minna, we are in a heap of trouble here," Jupiter called
into her communicator, then turned to face Misora, who was
struggling to her feet, her right hand clutching her left
wrist.  "You are not getting away this time."

Mercury snapped her visor on, and focused it on Usagi.
"Oh Kami-sama...," she thought.  "SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!
Jupiter!  Leave her for now!  We've got to save Usagi!"

Jupiter whirled around.  "SUPREME THUNDER!"

Kamen suddenly had an idea about Setsuna.  If the person
trying to keep Chibi Chibi from reaching Setsuna couldn't
see them, then maybe they had a chance.  He struggled to
his feet.  "Sailor Mercury!  Use your Shabon Spray!"

Mercury nodded.  "SHABON SPRAY!"

An instant fog covered the area.  Kamen launched forward
with Chibi Chibi again.  Chibi Chibi reached her hands out,
and they came into contact with Setsuna's.

'Bah, where is the brat?' The voice sounded in Setsuna's 
head.

"You won't get me this time!" Setsuna felt her wand change
into a brooch, and knew the power transfer was complete.
"PLUTO CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE-UP!"

Sailor Star Pluto emerged from the dying fog.  Misora was 
gone, but that wasn't important right now.  She lifted the 
garnet rod, and felt the new energy gather within.

"CHRONUS TYPHOON!" Pluto sent out a whirlwind that quickly
decimated the youma.  It left behind a sparkling cloud of
gold dust hanging over Usagi's head.

Kamen rushed over to Usagi, and pulled her into his arms.
"Usako...Usako, wake up!" His voice trembled and his hands
shook as he tried to wake her up.

"What is that?" Jupiter asked Mercury, trying to remain as
calm as possible.  Mercury had her visor on again, and was 
analyzing the dust.  Her eyes opened wide with in surprise.  

"That's Usagi-chan's hopeful soul," Mercury whispered.

Usagi's breath had dropped from steady to shallow, but it
was enough.  Slowly, the dust moved back into its owner's
body.  Kamen felt her cold body grow warmer.  The others
noticed her skin slowly regaining its color.  Pluto, 
Jupiter, and Mercury slowly approached Kamen and Usagi,
Chibi Chibi now in Jupiter's arms.

Usagi's breathing grew more steady.  Finally, she tried to
open her eyes before throwing her arm over them to shield
them from the sunlight.  She turned her body so her face 
was buried in Kamen's chest.  "Onegai, Luna," she mummered.  
"Just a few more minutes of sleep?  I'll get up then.  I 
promise!"

Everyone gazed at each other, not knowing how to react.  
Tears slowly fell down Kamen's cheeks, and he glanced down
at Usagi, embarrassed to be showing such an emotional 
reaction.  His body started shaking.  Then, suddenly his 
pent-up laughter rang through the air.

Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto, and Chibi Chibi joined in, waking
Usagi from the last stages of her unconsciousness.  She
blinked a couple of times, and stared at all of them. 
"Nani nani?" she whispered.  "What's so funny?"

All of them stared at Usagi.  Then, in relief, they laughed
even harder.  Usagi closed her eyes.  I will never, ever, 
ever understand my friends, she thought as exhaustion 
claimed her, and she fell asleep.

**********
"Hino-san," Misora leaned against her kitchen wall, trying
to tape up her injured wrist while balancing the portable
phone on her other shoulder.  "I found out the identity of
Tuxedo Kamen.  A graduate student by the name of Chiba 
Mamoru."

She listened for a moment, while she finished taping up the
wrist.  "No, there was no Sailor Moon this time.  I got
his girlfriend though, and the transfer of the hopeful
soul was complete, but the youma was killed at the very
end.  Not all of the senshi were there this time.  Don't
worry.  We'll find all of the senshi and their allies soon
enough.  Two is a good start."


**********
Days later, Hotaru and Chibi-Usa walked down the street,
bypassing familiar stores such as Osa-P.  However, next 
door to the jewelry shop was a brand new seamstress shop.
Setsuna's dream had finally come true.

"Sugoi!" Chibi-Usa said as they walked in the door, where
everyone else was putting the last touches on the store.

Makoto was setting out a feast fit for a king on the front
counter for the grand opening in just an hour.  Rei and
Minako were arranging examples of Setsuna's clothing on
dress dummies in the window.  Ami was at a new computer,
setting up the bookkeeping system.  Haruka was finishing
stocking the shelves of cloth.  Michiru had taken some
paints and was painting a lovely design in the front window
to attract customers.  Setsuna rearranged one of the 
outfits on a dummy, trying not to show her nervousness.

Hotaru ran over to Setsuna.  "Are you excited, Setsuna-
momma?"

"Just a little," Setsuna lied.  She looked more rested than
she had in weeks.

"You look good," Ami commented, glancing up from the 
computer.  "I'm glad you're getting more sleep lately."

"Trust me, so am I," Setsuna agreed.  Ever since she gained
her power-up, the mysterious voice had stopped haunting 
her.  She could not figure out for the life of her who it
was, or what it was doing to her.  Something was preventing
her from looking to the future to see the events to come 
that were causing this.

That scared her to death.

Setsuna messed with a scarf accenting a dress.  She had a
feeling something major was about to happen.  In fact, she
knew of events to come in the next few months that would
deeply shake the senshi and change their lives.  But, as
for her own destiny, it was like a block had been placed in
a certain part of her mind, and she could not see further 
than what was going on today in regards to her own life.

She prayed that whatever happened in her own life would not 
disturb the sequence of time.  But, I will not think of 
this out, Setsuna thought.  This is my chance to lead a 
normal life, even if just for a little while.  No matter
how long this lasts, I will always treasure it.

"Minna!  Minna!"  An excited voice broke through Setsuna's 
thoughts, and everyone looked up from what they were doing 
to see an excited Usagi run through the door with a harried
Mamoru following her.  She waved a plastic card in the air.

"I did it!  I did it!  I got my driver's license!" Usagi
exclaimed, happily.  Rei, Minako, Makoto, and Ami quickly
gathered around Usagi along with Chibi-Usa and Hotaru.

"Congratulations, Usagi-san!" Michiru called over from her
artwork.

Haruka grinned at Mamoru, who had moved to stand near the
bolt shelves.  "You look like you could use a drink," she 
commented.  Haruka climbed down off the ladder, and gave
Mamoru a hearty slap on the back.  "Let's go break into
the champagne a little early.  You deserve it."

Usagi broke through the crowd and came to Setsuna.  "I'm
so happy for you, Setsuna-san!" she said.

"We both came out winners, Usagi-san," Setsuna said, 
nodding in agreement.

"See?  You can succeed in anything you do, if you try
hard enough," Rei commented.  Minako poked her.

"Since when did you get so wise, Rei-chan?" she asked.

"I've always been wise!" Rei replied. Minako snorted.
Rei scowled.  "Now, what's that suppose to mean?"

"Usagi?" Chibi-Usa grabbed Usagi's arm.  "Hotaru-chan
and I want to go to that new mall on the edge of town.
Can you drive us there?"

"Sure!  We had to put Poppa's car in the shop after the
youma attack."  Usagi looked over at Mamoru.  "Mamo-chan?
Can I borrow you car for a few hours?  Onegai?"

All the color drained from Mamoru's face.  He quickly 
turned to Haruka.  "So, how about that drink, Haruka?"

"MAMO-CHAN!!!" Usagi and Chibi-Usa cried, then suddenly he
found himself caught between the two as they started 
arguing with him.

Setsuna looked around the store.  Michiru had just finished
her painting, and Haruka quickly crossed the store to 
admire it.  Rei and Minako were arguing about wisdom.  Ami
and Makoto had gone back to doing their previous jobs.  
Hotaru was watching the argument among Usagi, Chibi-Usa, 
and Mamoru over the use of his car.  Outside the window,
she could see Chibi Chibi coming toward the store flanked
by Luna, Artemis, and Diana.

This was her life.  It was crazy, and filled with so many
people she did not know what to do with.  She was the 
senshi of time, yet now she could easily be surprised at
the events which could unfold without warning.  It was
loud, cheerful, quiet, and sad.  It was a confusing mess.
It was the inner senshi and the outers along with their
friends.  It was good times and bad, parties and battles.

Setsuna could not ask for anything more.  She smiled.  She
loved her new normal life.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Okay, here comes the thank yous!  Thanks goes to Andrea for
putting this story up on ASMR and Bethany-chan and Serenity
Raye for putting it up at Moon Bunny's Closet.  Thanks goes
to the "Talented" Sailor Jupiter for all of her support!  
Wyvern also deserves kudos for her support, and they both
write great fan fic! (Go read it!)

New thank yous go out to Beholder, whose new series I love,
and to everyone who has e-mailed me.  Your comments are so 
kind, and I really love them and try to respond to them 
when I can.

1) Japanese terms used in this episode...will now be found
on my website at http://www.geocities.com/collegesenshi. 
I complied a comprehensive list of Japanese terms from
several different sites (Especially from Moon Bunny's Closet 
located at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/9333.  Thank you
Bethany and Serenity Raye!  Please, go check out their
site!)

2) The parking lot and dorm building described in this
episode is the dorm I live in at college.  It is a large
dorm and a huge parking lot, the perfect place for Usagi
to learn how to drive.  And no, I did not almost ram my
car into the dorm....  Anyhow, the park that Usagi runs
to after nearly causing a wreck really does exist, 
however the name of the highway was changed from River
Road to something new last year.  The park, River Road
Park, does exist overlooking the Black Warrior River,
and it is gorgeous.

3) Setsuna and the voice...the voice will definitely
be coming back.  Those of you good in astronomy will 
probably have already guessed the name of the voice though.
There is one specific clue in the episode that good eyes
will catch.

4) Chronos Typhoon is an attack Setsuna has used since
the Infinity Arc in the manga, but not in the anime, which
is why I gave her this power for her power-up.  I learned
the day after posting the fifth episode to ASMR that Uranus
and Neptune do have new powers for their Sailor Star forms
in the Stars arc in the manga, so I will be working those
into a future episode very soon.