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1 Author's notes: ^_^
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3 Ohayou, konnichiwa, konbanwa, mina-sama. Thank you for trying
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4 out my fanfic. ^_^ This isn't my first Sailormoon fanfic, it's my
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5 second. ^^; But I wrote my first one two years ago, and it wasn't
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6 very good, so... ^^;;; Anyway, if nothing else it gave me some
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7 experience.
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8
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9 This fanfic is based on the manga storyline and mostly takes
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10 place in the future (except for this part). I've planned out four
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11 parts, the other three being longer than this one, but sometimes
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12 authors end up changing outlines completely, so who knows? ^_^; You
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13 won't really have had to read the manga to understand this story, but
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14 it does help with little tiny details (okay, some big ones, too). I
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15 tried to stay as close to the storyline as possible and use the
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16 correct dates, so this can be thought of fitting very nicely into the
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17 story.
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18
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19 I say that, but there's one point which I'd like to make
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20 clear. As you read farther into this story you might say, "That would
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21 *never* happen! There's no evidence for that!" Well, you'd be right,
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22 sort of. There is some very subtle evidence in the manga, especially
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23 in the artbooks. Not enough to definitely say it's true, mind you,
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24 but enough to create a fanfic around it. ^_^; Isn't that what fanfics
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25 are for? To explore possibilities? :)
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26
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27 By now I'm sure you're all going "Huh? What is she talking
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28 about?" Well, you'll find out in later chapters. I didn't want to
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29 spoil it for you here. ^^;
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30
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31 I'm tending to use a fair amount of Japanese in this fanfic,
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32 just because I imagine them speaking totally in Japanese with
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33 subtitles in my mind. ^^; Most of it's fairly straight forward, and
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34 you should be able to tell what's going on even if you don't know any
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35 Japanese at all.
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36
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37 I'm rating this fanfic R. Not all of it is worth an "R"
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38 rating (this part, for example, is at most PG), but some of it is.
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39 It's mostly because of the sexual scenes and situations that will
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40 happen later on. It's not a hentai fic, though (not that I have
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41 anything against hentai fics ^=^;). No one really pays attention to
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42 ratings anyway, do they?
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43
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44 Special thanks to all my favourite fanfic authors! Jackie
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45 Chiang, LeVar Bouyer, Tim Nolan (he's the man ^_-), Greenbeans, and
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46 everyone else I'm forgetting! You're fanfics are great, and have
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47 given me a lot of inspiration for this one. ^_^ Doumo arigatou!
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48
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49 And, of course, I thank the megami Takeuchi Naoko for writing
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50 and drawing such an interesting and compelling story. Sailormoon has
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51 changed my life, and it makes me very happy. It's a part of ME.
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52
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53 Anyway, I'm sure you've all had enough of by babbling. On
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54 with the fanfic!
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55
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56 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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57 Chibiusa no PYUA na kokoro
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58 (Chibiusa's Pure Heart)
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59 Part 1
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60 By Andrea Doolan <ajhd@king.igs.net>
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61 "Sailormoon no ichiban daifan"
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62 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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63
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64 ~*~*~*~*~
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65
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66 The mid-summer sun was just starting to set over the rolling
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67 hills of the Japanese countryside. If one listened closely, one could
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68 hear the faint cry of seagulls a few kilometres to the east, where the
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69 Pacific Ocean stood. The wind was ever so gentle as it washed the
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70 cresting waves ashore.
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71
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72 One would never guess that a site as peaceful as this would
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73 even exist five months after the fierce battle in the river delta of
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74 Tokyo occurred. The Silence had fallen upon the Earth, but thanks to
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75 the ever-shinning light of the Messiah, she rose to resurrect the
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76 souls and structures which inhabited the blue-green sphere.
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77
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78 Out of this a child was born, or rather reincarnated. With it
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79 came hope for a bright future and happiness for everyone. No one
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80 would have recognised this child if they saw it today. Instead of a
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81 five-month-old baby, the body of a five-year-old stood in its place.
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82 Tonight she was being put to bed by her mother in a 19th century
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83 western style house on the grassy hills beside the sea.
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84
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85 "Ne, Michiru-mama," said Hotaru as she was tucked under the
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86 covers, "what's love?"
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87
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88 The woman with long aqua green hair giggled a little bit. She
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89 had a caring smile on her face and looked lovingly at the black haired
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90 child. "I wonder what made you ask that, Hotaru-chan."
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91
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92 "Nothing, really... I was just wondering." Hotaru looked at
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93 her inquisitively.
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94
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95 The graceful woman sighed, still smiling. "Well, love is the
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96 most powerful force in the world. It can heal all wounds and brings
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97 joy and happiness to everyone." Hotaru looked at her mesmerised, and
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98 pleaded with her eyes to be told more. "There are lots of different
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99 kinds of love, each one of them wonderful. For example, Haruka-papa,
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100 Setsuna-mama, and I love you very much. You're our very precious
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101 daughter."
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102
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103 Hotaru smiled happily at this and replied, "Hai! I love you
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104 all, too!"
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105
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106 Michiru continued, "And then there's the type of love you feel
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107 for a friend, such as myself with Setsuna." Hotaru just gave a
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108 knowing nod. "And then... At one point in your life you'll meet one
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109 person whom you want to spend the rest of your life with. This
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110 person, you will realise, is the other half of you and part of your
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111 soul. You'll become unable to think of being with anyone else. This
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112 person will fill your thoughts and your heart. Together, you will
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113 make a complete package."
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114
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115 "Like you and Haruka-papa, ne!" said the child happily.
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116
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117 Michiru just smiled. "I think it's time for little girls to
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118 get to sleep."
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119
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120 "Ohhh..."
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121
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122 "Sa, turn off your lamp." The little girl complied, which
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123 left the volume of Yeats' poems in shadow. Thus far, she had
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124 memorised about half the book. In actuality, the room was full of
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125 ornately decorated lamps, but the one by the bed was the only light
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126 source for the room at that time.
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127
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128 Michiru bent over and kissed Hotaru goodnight. "Oyasumi
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129 nasai."
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130
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131 "Oyasumi."
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132
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133 Michiru shut the bedroom door still with the loving smile on
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134 her face.
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135
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136 ~*~*~*~*~
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137
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138 The bell struck 3:25 at Juuban Elementary School. A rush of
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139 students started to run towards the shoe lockers. A girl with pink
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140 hair walked over to a desk at the opposite end of class 6-B. Her oval
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141 shaped odango had a more than passing resemblance to a certain animal.
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142
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143 "Ho * ta * ru * chan!" she said teasingly. "Kaeru yo."
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144
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145 "Hai, Chibiusa-chan! Ne, why don't we stop at Fruit Parlor
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146 Crown and get some milkshakes?"
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147
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148 "Okay!"
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149
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150 The two girls walked hand-in-hand out of the school and along
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151 the streets of Juuban. They idly chatted about the on-again
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152 off-again relationship between Kyuusuke and Momoko. Before long they
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153 were sitting at a booth in the soda shoppe giving their orders to
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154 Furuhata Unazuki.
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155
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156 "Chibiusa-chan, we'll always be friends, right?"
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157
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158 This made the pink haired girl look up from her strawberry
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159 milkshake. She put on the biggest smile and said, "Un! Forever and
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160 ever!"
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161
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162 But the cheery exterior didn't fool Hotaru. "Then if you're
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163 my friend, why are you leaving?" There were almost tears in her eyes.
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164
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165 Chibiusa's smile faded away. "Gomen ne. But I have to go
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166 home. This isn't my time, and I have to tell mama all that's happened."
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167
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168 Hotaru looked dreadfully disappointed. She didn't like the
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169 thought of losing her best friend for any reason. "But...when you go
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170 back, I'll be there, right? The older me, I mean."
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171
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172 At this Chibiusa could barely hold back her tears. She wasn't
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173 allowed to tell anybody that she had never seen Uranus, Neptune, or
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174 Saturn in Crystal Tokyo. She had sworn Pluto. She never really
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175 understood why, and no one would tell her. But to make her friend
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176 happy, a little white lie couldn't hurt. "Of course you'll be there!"
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177 she tried to say as cheerfully as she could. Anything for friendship.
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178
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179 Suddenly Hotaru got very serious. "We have to make a pact."
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180
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181 "Nani?" asked Chibiusa.
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182
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183 "A pact. We have to promise we'll always be together no
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184 matter what. Friends forever."
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185
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186 Chibiusa smiled. She liked the idea a lot, so at the joining
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187 of their two pinkie fingers, their pact was sealed. "Forever."
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188
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189 ~*~*~*~*~
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190
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191 Hotaru was lying face down on her bedding crying more than she
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192 had ever cried in her life. The past few days had not been easy for
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193 her. It had come the time to see Chibiusa off to the future, and she
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194 didn't like it one bit. In her mind's eye she could still see herself
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195 hugging the pink haired girl, tears streaming down her face. Chibiusa
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196 wasn't any less emotional. But it was time for her to go. Everyone
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197 said their goodbyes; Usagi was taking it pretty hard herself. Finally
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198 the pink beam of light carried Chibiusa up to the sky and then faded
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199 out.
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200
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201 Hotaru had been a complete wreck afterwards. She didn't even
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202 go to school the next day. Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna were worried
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203 about her, but knew she needed at least some time to herself.
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204
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205 Suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Hotaru, may I come
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206 in?" asked the slightly low voice.
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207
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208 "Hai," answered a weak voice.
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209
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210 The tall woman came into the dimly lit room and sat on the
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211 bed. She started to stroke the crying girl's hair. "Shhh... It's
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212 all right." Hotaru looked up at Haruka and flung herself into her arms.
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213
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214 "Oh, Haruka-papa! I miss her so much! I miss her so much!"
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215
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216 "I know, I know," she said in a calming tone. "We all miss
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217 her, but I don't think we can even begin to imagine what you're
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218 feeling. You just have to believe in your friendship."
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219
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220 "Believe?"
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221
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222 "Sou, shinjiteru yo. Your friendship is very strong. It
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223 can't be broken by the waves of time or anything else. You will
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224 always be friends, and you know that. That's what's important."
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225
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226 Hotaru stopped her crying. She remembered their pact. "Sou
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227 yo ne. We'll be friends forever, we swore it. I believe... I
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228 believe we'll meet again, Chibiusa-chan."
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229
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230 At that moment, a shooting star streaked across the sky above
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231 the house.
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232
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233 ~*~*~*~*~
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234
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235 To be continued in part 2! ^_^
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236
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237 Wow, that was kind of short. This was more of a prologue than
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238 anything else, really. The other three parts should be much longer, I
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239 hope. ^_^;
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240
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241 Well, this is usually the part where fanfic authors ask for
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242 email and feedback. If you have anything at all to say, just email me
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243 at ajhd@king.igs.net. Though I am kind of swamped with email, so
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244 don't expect a reply right away. ^^;;
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245
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246 <shameless plug>
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247 And visit my page: http://www.king.igs.net/~ajhd ^_^
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248 </shameless plug>
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249
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250 Extra special thanks to Jay Dee Archer (aka Jupiter Knight)
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251 for proof reading my fanfic for me! Arigatou gozaimashita! Go see
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252 Jupiter Knight's fanfic archive, he has lots of great stories. ^_^
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253
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254 http://www.dragonfire.net/~JupiterKnight/
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255
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256 If anyone is interested, I wrote this while listening to the
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257 Sailormoon S Music Fantasy CD. I especially like Fly me to the Moon.
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258
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259 Completed: Aug 19th 1998. |
