A lone tear fell down her porcelain check mingling with the rain. Her crystalline blue eyes shined with unshed tears. Her sunflower blond hair that was always pulled into two twin ondangos with lose hair pooling to her knees, messed up and tangled.

Her school uniform was torn and ripped, and in some places, it was burned. Her creamy skin was covered in blood, scratches, bruises, and burns. It hurt all over. Every time her feet pounded against the ground as she ran, it sent pain shooting through out her body.

As soon as she reached the park, she fell to the ground in the center of the rose garden. Curling herself into a ball, she began to sob uncontrollably. Her sobs were the kind of a heart that had be broken thousands of times. The tears that she had be holding back, finally fell.

She wasn't hurt not only physically, but also emotionally. The people she trusted the most turned on her. Her heart twisted into knots as she remembered what had happened.

Usagi was running. Running fast and hard. Her loose hair flying behind her like yellow flags. Her blue eyes filled with happiness.

For the first time, she had gotten to school on time and didn't get detention. So now she was going to be able to get to the meeting on time and not get yelled at by Rei. She shuddered as she remembered the last time she was late. Shacking her head, she continued on her way to the shrine.

When she got to the door of the shrine, she heard voices coming from inside.

"Should we tell her?" said a soft voice that Usagi knew was Ami.

"Of course we should tell her." said another person with a hot-tempered tone. That was, of course, Rei.

"When she gets here, which won't be any time soon, we should tell her." said a strong but feminine voice. That was Makoto.

"I agree!" said a really hyper person. That was Minako, because no one she knew could ever be as hyper as her.

At that moment Usagi decided to make her entrance. Opening the door, stepping through, and closing it behind her.

She looked at each girl, who at the time had shock clearly written all over their faces.

Ami Mizuno was the quietest out of the group. She was very smart. She had short, shoulder length blue hair and blue eyes to match. She was Sailor Mercury, the scout of Ice and Wisdom.

Rei Hino was the hot tempered one the group. She was smart but also very pushy when it came to Usagi. She had long ebony hair with purple highlights with violet eyes also to match. She was Sailor Mars, scout of Fire and War.

Makoto Kino was the best cook around and was very good in martial arts. She was the tallest of the group. She had chestnut brown hair put into a ponytail. Her eyes were of a deep forest green. She always wore rose earrings. She was Sailor Jupiter, scout of Lighting and Truth.

Minako Aino was the airhead of the group and always dreamed of being a superstar when she grew up. She had light blond hair and baby blue eyes. She was Sailor Venus, scout of Love and Beauty.

"What is it you wanted to tell me?" Usagi asked slyly, knowing they didn't think she hadn't heard any thing they said. Panic shot threw their eyes like Indian arrows going for their target.

"Well Usagi," said a black cat with a yellow up-turned crescent moon, jumping on the table. "We have come to decision that you need to step down and take a brake from being Sailor Moon."

"What… you can't be serious." The look on their faces told her they were not playing around. That meant that Luna had told them about her little secret. She couldn't believe it. Not in her wildest dreams did she think they would do this to her.

"We are. Now hand over the crystal peacefully or we will take from you by force." Rei said forcibly. She held out her hand, motioning for Usagi to hand over the brooch. Usagi did the total opposite.

"No." She said that one word. She put her hand over the brooch and clutched for dear life. She closed her eyes. This could not be happening. It can't be… they wouldn't do something like this… they were her friends…

She opened her eyes. The girls had transformed into the Sailor Scouts.

"Usagi, had over the crystal…now." Makoto said taking a step closer to Usagi. As if expecting this, Usagi took a step backwards towards the door and ran outside. The Scouts ran out the door behind her. Sailor Jupiter, faster of them all, cut Usagi off from the entrance, the Scouts circled around her.

"We really didn't want to have to do this, but we have to now." Minako said with no sympathy what so ever. The other Scouts nodded their heads in agreement, no sympathy shined in their eyes. Not even regret or a hint of sadness. It was very disturbing.

The Scouts closed their eyes in concentration. Immediately, Usagi knew what they were going to do, they were going to use the Planet Power attack on her. Sacrificing their friend and Princess just for the crystal and because she loved… someone that wasn't Mamoru. It was truly despicably they way they were treating her.

Maybe… even though she didn't want to, Cosmos would have to be called into action. She didn't want to do it, but it was her last resort. She didn't want to transform into Sailor Moon or she wouldn't be able to call upon Cosmos in that form. The form of Usagi transforming into Cosmos would be more powerful and less time consuming. "Let them do their worse to me…that way I can call upon retribution and payback into a form of an attack." Usagi thought thinking of a battle strategy. "Let them do their worse," she whispered to herself before she felt their combined power come upon her. She closed her eyes and welcomed the pain… retribution would be beautiful once their attack was done.

Once the smoke cleared, Usagi was still standing there only cut, burned, and bleeding. The Scouts thought they had their goal, but they didn't know how wrong they were.

Usagi's sapphire blue opened into an icy glare directed at all the scouts. They gasped and took a step back in surprise. They thought that would have been enough to kill her. Apparently they hadn't thought she would live and hadn't anticipated that she would have caught fifty percent of the attack and was now holding it in her hand and giving the Scouts an amused smirk.

"What!? Didn't think that weak ol' me could do anything to protect myself from your blow. Tsk tsk. You really should have thought better. What would my mother say about you four," the smirk had changed into a wry grin.

Usagi took her brooch and opened it, feeding it the energy in her hand. It seemed to come alive for a brief moment before it turned back to normal. The Silver Crystal came out of the brooch and went into Usagi's other hand. She held it high up in the air. It shone brightly, shooting out a rainbow of colors. "I call upon the holy power of the moon. I invoke the great powers of the Moon Goddess Selene. Bequeath unto me the powers of Sailor Cosmos." After an explosion of light, in the place of Usagi stood Sailor Cosmos, the most powerful being in the Universe. Her hair was now silver and her cloak swayed to the wind behind her. She held a firm grip on her staff. Her eyes were not the cheery sapphire blue, but a cold pale blue, which glared at them with deep sadness.

"You have betrayed your oath to the Moon as her protector. You have shown yourselves to be beyond control. You have abused your powers that were given to you to protect not harm. You have shown you selves to be selfish and guiltless. You have no good use here. Retribution will be quick but most painful. You will be sent to Oblivion for all Eternity until She deems you worthy to protect her again. And maybe you will learn to change." Cosmos said with such conviction, it made the Scouts cry at their actions. "Until then fair well." She held her staff high in the air, which emitted a soft glow. Pale mist surrounded her body. She spoke a few words in another language softly.

The Scouts' eyes opened wide in terror as their Star seeds were pulled from their bodies. They screamed from the pain, but it was over quickly and they closed their eyes in peace. Their bodies disappeared. The Star seeds went to Cosmos' open palm and then into her crystal.

That's when the tears came. Cosmos fell to the ground leaning on her staff heavily. Wracking sobs enveloped her small frame. The mist disappeared, a light flashed and Usagi was left there crying as the rain began to fall in the same burned and bloody condition she was in before she called upon the powers of the moon. She didn't even bother to heal herself. Better to feel the pain.

Doing the only thing she could think of, she got up and ran where her feet carried her.

And that was what led her to her current location. She cried out her heart well into the night until the rainstorm cleared out. The clouds gave way to the moon and the stars. Usagi hide her eyes from the sparkling glory. Not wishing for them to remind her of what she had done. "How could I have done something like that? How could I?" she asked herself, not expecting an answer.

"How could you, what?" But she did get one. Usagi looked up to see who was talking to her. She gasped in surprise. She couldn't believe whom it was kneeling in front of her. Blue eyes looking at her with concern.

There was no way this man could be concerned for her. It couldn't be…

A/N: Cliffie… yeah I know I'm evil… but I want to leave you all hanging about who the mystery man is… and no it is not Mamoru, I hate that bastard. Please review. No flames.