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1 My username, Amara
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2 My e-mail, keriisgo@hotmail.com
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3 my story,
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4
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5 I have made this story for enjoyment but some may find it offensive.
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6 Also, I
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7 don’t own these characters and they belong to Naoko Takeuchi…you know
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8 the
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9 rest.
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10
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11
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12 “That’s it” Usa smiled evilly.
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13 “Aww, not again.” Hotaru said exasperated. Usa had just beaten her
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14 (again)
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15 at cards.
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16 “How do you always manage to beat me Usa-Chan?” Hotaru asked.
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17 “I don’t know, I just can.” Usa said.
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18 “OW!” Hotaru suddenly shouted out in pain, dropping all her cards. Usa
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19 moved
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20 forward to her friend.
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21 “What is it?” she asked concerned. Hotaru closed her eyes and then
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22 opened
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23 them again.
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24 “Nothing, don’t worry.” Hotaru answered. Usa did worry but could see
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25 that
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26 Hotaru didn’t want to talk.
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27 “I have to go.” Hotaru said and got up. Usa got up too.
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28 “I’m sorry.” Usa said. Hotaru looked shocked.
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29 “Why are you apologising?”
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30 “Well, if I didn’t insist you stay, you wouldn’t have been hurt.”
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31 “Usa, I am not hurt.” Hotaru smiled at her friend and left the house.
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32 Hotaru
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33 ran down the driveway and turned slightly to wave at her friend. Usa
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34 waved
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35 back.
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36 “Why don’t you tell me what’s wrong Hotaru-Chan?” Usa thought to
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37 herself.
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38 Usa went inside and looked at the mass of cards that Hotaru had dropped
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39 in
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40 her sudden pain. Usa started to pick up the cards but stopped as she
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41 saw one
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42 of Hotaru’s schoolbooks. Usa flicked through it and saw something on
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43 the
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44 middle page, which should have been blank.
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45
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46 It was in Hotaru’s handwriting and was slightly messy.
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47 Usa hesitated but read it anyway.
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48 It said:
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49
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50 I know it is useless to write this down but it is better than keeping
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51 it
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52 inside me.
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53 I have been having terrible seizures again, worse than ever, and they
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54 always
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55 follow an incredibly sharp pain that tears through my body.
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56
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57 Usa looked up and remembered Hotaru shouting out in pain. She put two
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58 and
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59 two together and knew she left because she was going to have a seizure.
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60 “HOTARU-CHAN!” Usa cried out as she ran out of the house and down the
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61 street
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62 calling Hotaru’s name. She didn’t know where she was going so she just
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63 let
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64 her feet lead her. Down alley after alley she ran. She skidded to a
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65 halt and
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66 looked down a dead end alley, it was Hotaru!
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67 “Hotaru-Chan!” Usa cried and ran up to her friend. Hotaru was kneeling,
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68 breathing heavily. She looked at Usa shocked and cried out as the pain
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69 grew
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70 inside her.
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71 “Help me Odango-Chan!” Hotaru cried. Usa was slightly shocked; Hotaru
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72 hadn’t
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73 ever called her that before. She felt her heart beat even harder.
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74 “How, Hotaru-Chan?! How can I help you?!” Usa cried in despair.
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75 “I Don’t Know.” Hotaru cried out between breaths.
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76 Usa took out her ginzuishou and tried to help Hotaru but she was
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77 resisting
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78 the power of the ginzuishou somehow.
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79 “I can’t help you!” Usa cried in complete despair. Hotaru started to
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80 gain
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81 control again and between deep breaths she asked
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82 “How did you know where to find me?”
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83 “I don’t know, my legs just took me here.” Usa replied.
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84 “How did you know to come looking for me?” Hotaru asked and Usa looked
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85 away.
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86 “Usa?”
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87 “I am sorry Hotaru, I read that note in the middle of your work book.”
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88 Usa
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89 cried.
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90 “Oh, Please don’t cry, my Odango-Chan.” Hotaru said gently. Usa looked
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91 up at
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92 her.
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93 “Odango-Chan?” Usa whispered.
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94 “Oh, Usa, I love you!” Hotaru cried, tears now staining both their
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95 faces.
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96 Usa just stared in shock but Hotaru thought that Usa was angry and ran
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97 away
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98 shouting
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99 “Gomen Usa, Gomen (sorry).” Hotaru stopped when she reached the park
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100 and
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101 noticed that it was the same spot in which she had first met Usa.
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102 “Gomennasai, Usa, and Domo Arigatou (I’m sorry, Usa, and thank you).”
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103 Hotaru
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104 said aloud and then fainted. Usa skidded round the corner just in time
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105 to
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106 hear what Hotaru had said.
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107 “Hotaru-Chan! Don’t say things like that!” She ran forward and
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108 supported her
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109 friends head, She noticed how pretty Hotaru was as she saw her black
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110 hair
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111 mask her closed eyes,
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112 “It sounds to much like a goodbye.” Usa looked over her friend and
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113 noticed
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114 that she wasn’t breathing,
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115 “So, it was a good bye.” Usa cried. She leaned over her friend and
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116 kissed
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117 her softly on the lips and then again, but deeper, and more passionate.
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118 “Aishiteru, Hotaru.” Usa cried and kissed her again. Hotaru’s chest
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119 started
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120 once again to rise and fall.
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121 “Hotaru!” Usa cried.
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122 “YOUR O.K!”
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123 “Domo Arigatou.” Hotaru said.
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124 “Iie, Domo Arigatou.” Usa replied and they kissed again, with the love
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125 of
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126 futures and pasts, also the present time, which they wished could last
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127 forever.
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128
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129 Later, Hotaru and Usa were at Hotaru’s house; Hotaru’s Mama’s and Papa
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130 were
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131 out.
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132 “They won’t be back until tomorrow evening. So, we have all tonight and
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133 tomorrow alone.” Hotaru said slyly. Usa smiled but then became serious.
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134 “Are you sure you are O.K?” She asked looking at Hotaru. Hotaru avoided
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135 her
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136 eyes and said
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137 “Of course Usa, I am always fine around you. Would you like something
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138 to
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139 eat? It is getting to be about 9:00 (pm).” Usa sensed that her friend
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140 was
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141 lying but didn’t say anymore.
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142 “Yeah! I am sooo hungry.” Usa replied. Hotaru tilted her head to one
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143 side
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144 and smiled at her friend.
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145 “I will make dinner, you can go and watch T.V.” Hotaru said.
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146 “Oh, can’t I help?” Asked Usa enthusiastically. Hotaru knew she only
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147 wanted
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148 to help but to put it bluntly; Usa didn’t mix well with the kitchen.
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149 “That’s O.K Usa; I can do it.” Hotaru said. Usa looked sad but smiled
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150 and
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151 turned around, and then walked out.
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152 Hotaru cooked a feast, A roast dinner that was fit for a king. Chicken,
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153 potatoes, parsnips, carrots and all sorts of side dishes.
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154
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155 She called Usa and as she came in her eyes widened.
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156 “You made all this?!” Usa asked in disbelief.
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157 “Yes.” Hotaru said quietly and indicated to a chair. Usa sat down and
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158 started. Hotaru didn’t eat much but Usa didn’t notice, Hotaru smiled as
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159 Usa
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160 ate her weight in food.
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161 “MMMMMMM” Usa muffled through her last mouthful.
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162 “Where did you learn to cook like that?”
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163 “I often watch Setsuna-Mama when she cooks and she helps me to cook
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164 sometimes too.” Hotaru smiled at the awestruck look on Usa’s face.
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165 “Wow!” Hotaru said
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166 “What?”
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167 “It’s ten o’clock!”
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168 “So?”
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169 “It’s time for bed…” Hotaru finished and was wearing a sly and playful
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170 smile.
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171 “Oh, O.K” Usa said.
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172 “You go ahead while I clean up.” Hotaru said.
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173 “O.K then, I’ll be waiting…” And with that Usa left the kitchen and
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174 went to
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175 Hotaru’s room. Hotaru finished clearing up and went upstairs. She got
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176 half
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177 way up the stairs when she had to stop. She backed up a few paces
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178 holding
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179 her chest in pain. She gasped for air and tried to call for Usa’s help
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180 but
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181 nothing came out. She tried to get to her room but as soon as she got
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182 her
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183 door she felt as if she was going to die of pain. She fell forwards
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184 into the
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185 door, it opened and Hotaru fell into her room.
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186 “Hotaru-Chan!” Usa cried in shock.
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187 “Why does this keep happening?!” Usa asked.
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188 “I don’t know!” Hotaru cried out in pain.
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189 “Please Usa, Call Michiru-Mama and Haruka-Papa and Setsuna-Mama!”
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190 Hotaru
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191 cried between breaths.
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192 “I don’t know their number.” Usa said helplessly.
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193 “On the dresser by the phone.” Hotaru managed before her attack got
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194 even
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195 worse, hardly allowing her to breath.
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196 “I can’t leave you.” Usa cried.
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197 “PLEASE!” Hotaru screamed in pain as it got worse and worse. Usa ran
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198 downstairs and picked up the phone, she was very scared but her hand
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199 was
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200 still steady as she dialled the number on the pink note.
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201 “Hello?” It was Michiru.
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202 “MICHIRU!”
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203 “Usa?! What’s wrong?!”
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204 “It’s Hotaru! She’s having a really bad fit! Please help us!”
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205 “Hold on just a while longer, go to her, we will be there shortly
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206 thanks to
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207 Setsuna.”
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208 “HURRY!”
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209 Usa hung up and sprinted upstairs as fast as she could.
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210 “HOTARU-CHAN! THEY ARE COMEING! HOLD ON!” Usa shouted and burst into
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211 her
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212 room, Hotaru was on her hands and knees.
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213 “Usa-Chan…” Hotaru said and then everything around her went black.
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214 “HOTARU-CHAN?!” Usa cried in complete despair.
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215 “We’re here!” Setsuna said and they burst into the room, they saw Usa
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216 lying
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217 there holding the unconscious form of Hotaru.
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218 “Let go, Usa.” Setsuna said and Usa did as she was told, Haruka picked
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219 Hotaru up and went to lie her on the bed but Hotaru’s body began to
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220 glow and
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221 powered up, Haruka was thrown backwards by the force of Hotaru’s light.
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222 Michiru ran to Haruka’s side. Setsuna transformed into Sailor Pluto
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223 “Pluto
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224 planet power, make up!” and grabbed Usa by the back, She held her
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225 talisman
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226 at arms length and it glowed. She pushed Usa back to Michiru and Haruka
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227 who
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228 held her tight. Setsuna’s Talisman set up a shied around them just as
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229 Hotaru’s Power exploded and everything in the room was demolished,
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230 except
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231 what was in the shield.
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232 “What’s happening?” Usa cried. Setsuna ignored the question from Usa
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233 and
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234 Shouted at the outers.
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235 “TRANSFORM!”
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236 “Uranus planet power, make up!”
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237 “Neptune planet power, make up!”
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238 They transformed and so did Usa.
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239 The four were unable to move the shield and didn’t have the power to
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240 hold
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241 the shield as well as prepare the sailor teleport and Setsuna couldn’t
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242 hold
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243 the shield as well as teleport them so they were stuck.
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244 “We can’t keep this up forever!” Uranus exclaimed.
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245 “What is happening to her?” Neptune asked Pluto.
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246 “I don’t know.” Pluto said solemnly. The power emanating from Hotaru
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247 suddenly grew massively and the four senshi cried out in pain as they
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248 tried
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249 to hold the barrier. In a bright flash of light, Hotaru transformed
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250 into
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251 Sailor Saturn, without her transformation stick and without saying
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252 ‘Saturn
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253 planet power, Make up!’
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254 The four other senshi were completely confused.
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255 “We can’t just stand here and let her destroy us!” Uranus shouted.
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256 “But what can we do?! She is our daughter!” Setsuna cried out in pain
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257 as
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258 another power surge hit the shield.
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259 “She wouldn’t want us to be destroyed, even if that meant her own
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260 demise.”
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261 Neptune said quietly, but even though it was quiet, everyone heard.
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262 Silent
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263 tears fell down Usa’s face but she knew that Michiru was right.
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264 “O.K. Ready, and remember, we don’t want to destroy her, just knock her
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265 so
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266 she can’t use her powers.” Uranus said.
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267 “O.K!” came the reply from the other three senshi. All at once they
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268 broke
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269 the shield and fired their attacks. All four attacks went forward and
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270 just
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271 as they were about to hit Sailor Saturn, they were all dispersed by her
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272 power. The same surge of power that destroyed the attacks was about to
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273 destroy the senshi when…
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274 “MOON CRYSTAL POWER!!” Sailor moon arrived and set up a new shield to
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275 protect the senshi. The shield was put up just in time as the surge
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276 hit and
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277 Sailor moon was forced back.
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278 “Usa! I know there is something special between you and Hotaru!” Sailor
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279 moon
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280 cried.
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281 The three outers were shocked.
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282 “You can use your love to get through to her!” Sailor moon said and was
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283 forced back a few more steps as another surge hit her shield.
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284 “How can we help?” The three outers asked.
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285 “You are to drained to help, any further fighting may cause you more
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286 harm
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287 than good, I can keep up this barrier on my own for now, but Usa,
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288 please
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289 hurry. Usa nodded and sat down. She closed her eyes and concentrated on
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290 Hotaru. She heard Hotaru screaming, arguing with someone or something
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291 inside
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292 her head.
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293 “GET OUT AND LEAVE THEM ALONE!” Hotaru cried.
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294 “You don’t command me, I command you, and you will obey, you have no
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295 choice.” Said a creepy, old voice.
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296 “You can no longer inhabit me if I am dead, and if that is the only way
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297 then
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298 so be it!” Hotaru said boldly and at that point Usa was forced out.
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299 Back in
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300 the real world:
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301 “She’s getting stronger! I can’t hold it back!” Sailor moon had tears
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302 rolling down her cheeks from the pain.
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303 “Usa? What happened? Why is her power growing?” Sailor moon asked
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304 worriedly.
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305 “She was arguing with someone, I don’t know who, She said… She said…”
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306 Usa
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307 burst out crying and Michiru hugged her to comfort her.
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308 “What did Hotaru say?”
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309 “She said if the only way to get rid of that thing and save us was to
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310 kill
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311 herself then… she said she would do it, Oh Michiru! She’s going to
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312 kill
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313 herself!” Usa buried her face in Michiru’s stomach and cried. Michiru
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314 rubbed
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315 Usa’s back reassuringly. Sailor moon turned round to look at Usa and
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316 was
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317 caught off guard by a power surge. She screamed in pain as a black
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318 lightning
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319 whipped around her.
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320 Pluto instantly stood up to reinitiate her shield and try to help
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321 sailor
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322 moon. Sailor moon looked down and saw what Pluto was trying to do. She
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323 shouted to Pluto not to and Pluto was shocked, therefore she stopped.
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324 Sailor
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325 moon screamed again as she was entangled in the lightning and it
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326 shocked her
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327 harshly. Pluto had got over her temporary shock and continued to try to
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328 activate her talisman, but she was too weak and it wouldn’t activate,
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329 neither would the other outers so they were all helpless.
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330 “Mama!!” Usa cried out to see her past mother in so much pain. She ran
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331 towards Sailor Moon but Sailor Moon held out her hand to stop her.
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332 “Don’t you dare get yourself hurt Usa!” Sailor moon said sternly. The
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333 silver
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334 crystal flickered and went blank. Sailor Moon’s eyes seemed to do the
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335 same.
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336 “MAMA!! NO!!” Usa cried out as she watched a silent tear roll down
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337 Usagi’s
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338 cheek.
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339 Sailor Saturn seemed to stir from the powerful state she had been in.
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340 She
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341 called forth the Silence Glaive and stared at Usa until her feet softly
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342 touched the floor. Her eyes changed, they were no longer empty and
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343 cold, now
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344 they were filled with love and guilt.
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345 “I am sorry Usa, I had no control.” Sailor Saturn said as she let Usagi
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346 down
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347 from the lightning.
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348 “Wait! She is still alive!” Sailor Saturn exclaimed. Sailor Saturn ran
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349 forward and pressed her hand on Usagi’s heart, She poured her Ki into
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350 Usagi
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351 and Usagi’s eyes flicked open.
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352 “Thank you.” Usagi said.
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353 “Do not thank me, Sailor Moon, It is I who needs to thank you for
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354 saving
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355 them from my power.” Sailor Saturn answered.
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356 “O.K Sailor Saturn, You can stop now, I am healed.” Usagi said.
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357 “Don’t even try to lie to me, I can feel that you are still really low
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358 on
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359 energy.” Sailor Saturn said and poured even more of her energy into
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360 Usagi’s
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361 body, Usagi’s Broach began to glow and she transformed into Sailor
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362 Moon.
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363 Sailor Saturn removed her hand.
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364 “There, that’s better.” Sailor Saturn said.
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365 “Thank you.” Sailor Moon said again. Sailor Saturn smiled and turned to
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366 face
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367 the outers and Usa.
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368 “I must also return your energy.” Sailor Saturn said. She held her
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369 hands out
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370 in front of her and made a ball of her energy. She smiled and the
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371 energy
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372 started to spiral around the room and restored everything, while
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373 returning
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374 the others power to normal. Sailor Saturn changed back into Hotaru.
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375 “Hotaru! Please stop!” Usa cried.
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376 “I can’t.” Hotaru said solemnly.
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377 “Why on earth not?!” Usa asked.
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378 “Because if I stop then I will live, and if I live then I will end up
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379 killing you all.”
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380 Usa started to cry all over again, she ran forward and hugged Hotaru,
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381 She
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382 looked up at the slightly taller girl and said
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383 “Please, Hotaru, if you die, then I will have to die with you,
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384 Aishiteru.”
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385 Hotaru was shocked but then recovered herself and said
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386 “Aishiteru Usa. But this is for me alone to do, I will be re-born and
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387 therefore we will meet again. I am sorry Usa.”
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388 “What are you sorry for?” Usa asked.
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389 “For this.” Hotaru said and pushed Usa back to the outers and Sailor
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390 Moon.
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391 “Hotaru! What are you doing?!” Hotaru ignored the question. She
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392 transformed
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393 once again into Sailor Saturn and called forth the Silence Glaive.
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394 “DEATH REBORN REVOLUTION!” She shouted, the others were so shocked and
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395 scared to hear her signature move. They thought she was going to kill
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396 the
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397 world with her, but they were wrong. Ribbons shot out from her Silence
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398 Glaive first and made a bubble around her, it was containing her power.
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399 The
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400 ribbons stopped coming forth and the light began to emanate from her
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401 Silence
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402 Glaive. The glow got brighter until Usa was the only one still able to
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403 see
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404 Hotaru. Hotaru gave a weak smile to Usa.
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405 But just at that moment her eyes started to change again. She spoke in
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406 a
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407 voice that wasn’t her own.
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408 “Hotaru! Do you think that you will really keep yours and my power
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409 cooped up
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410 in this pathetic shield??” The words came from her mouth but she wasn’t
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411 saying it. Everyone was shocked to hear a voice and then the light
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412 became
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413 stronger.
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414 “We should set up the shield, just in case.” Sailor Pluto said.
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415 “O.K” the others agreed. Usa saw the silhouette of Sailor Saturn, She
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416 fell
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417 to the ground in pain and shouted out as her shield was destroyed by
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418 the
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419 power coming from her own body. The power hit the shield with full
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420 force and
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421 then died down a little. The 3 outers and Usagi held the shield but Usa
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422 was
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423 crying to see Hotaru in so much pain. She made up her mind in a split
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424 second
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425 and stopped crying, she ran out of the shield, to the absolute despair
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426 of
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427 the others but there was nothing they could do except watch. Usa
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428 struggled
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429 forward into the light and fell over something on the floor. She looked
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430 behind her and realised it was Hotaru!
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431 “HOTARU! Are you O.K? What a stupid question, of course your not O.K.”
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432 Usa
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433 was in hysterics and crying over Hotaru.
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434 “Please wake up Hotaru-Chan!” Usa pleaded. Hotaru’s eyelids flickered
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435 but
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436 still didn’t open.
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437 “Hotaru?” Usa asked worriedly. Hotaru’s head fell to one side but Usa
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438 wasn’t
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439 that worried because she heard Hotaru inhale. Hotaru didn’t move her
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440 face
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441 from her sideward position but still said
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442 “Usa-Chan, thank you for believing in me. But we have to get out of
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443 here.”
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444 “Why?” Usa asked. Hotaru looked up.
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445 “That power, it is a type of spirit, I can’t keep it under control. I
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446 am
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447 sorry Usa, I tried to stop it but it overpowered me, but I promise…”
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448 Hotaru
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449 was stopped as Usa put her finger on Hotaru’s lips. Hotaru pushed it
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450 away
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451 and continued.
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452 “I promise, I won’t let any harm come to you Usa.” Hotaru finished and
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453 smiled up at Usa. But just at that moment she saw a powerful blast
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454 heading
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455 their way and in a split second she got up and threw Usa into the
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456 shield.
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457 “HOTARU!!” Usa cried as she looked up. She saw Hotaru being blasted and
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458 in
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459 her weak form she evolved into Sailor Saturn and tried to withstand it
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460 using
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461 the Silence Wall. It didn’t work and her Silence Glaive was smashed to
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462 pieces, she tried to stand against the attack for as long as she could…
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463
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464
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465
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466 But she was overpowered and the all to familiar black lightning that
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467 nearly
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468 killed Sailor Moon whipped around Sailor Saturn. She was electrocuted
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469 as it
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470 concentrated on her…
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471
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472
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473 She thought of all the good times she had shared with Chibi-Usa…
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474
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475
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476
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477 They seemed so long ago…
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478 “Usa… I am so…Sorry…” Hotaru cried and fell to the floor motionless.
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479 But as
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480 she had said, when she died, the spirit died with her…
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481 All things seemed to be undone as a light spread from the now unmoving
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482 Sailor Saturn. She turned back to Hotaru and floated for a few seconds
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483 before hitting the floor and raising dust. The light faded and the
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484 Sailor
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485 Soldiers shield was let down.
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486 Usa ran forward to her friend and hugged her in a tight embrace; all
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487 the
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488 lamps in Hotaru’s now restored room lit and a warm glow spread over
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489 them
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490 all.
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491 “Lets leave Usa alone.” Michiru said tenderly. She left quietly and the
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492 others followed suit. Setsuna didn’t want to leave and gave a sad look
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493 at
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494 Usa and her ‘daughter’ before shutting the door. Usa sat next to
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495 Hotaru’s
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496 body and held her hand.
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497 “Wake up! Don’t you dare be dead! I forbid it as the princess of the
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498 Future
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499 Crystal Tokyo!” Usa was crying. She watched as the lamps glow
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500 illuminated
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501 Hotaru’s face and noticed something, not for the first time,
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502 <She is so pretty, why did she do it?>
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503 “Hotaru, why? I can’t live without you… Please, don’t leave me all
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504 alone!”
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505 Usa cried.
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506 “Your not alone.” Usa was shocked and looked at Hotaru but Hotaru was
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507 still
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508 quite motionless. She looked up and saw an image of Sailor Saturn.
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509 “Oh, Hotaru.” Usa said quietly.
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510 “Don’t worry, you have lots of friends, my Odango-Chan. And please
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511 forgive
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512 me.”
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513 “For what?” Usa asked.
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514 “Hotaru, my human form, is still alive…”
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515 “SHE IS?!” Usa asked shocked and shook Hotaru but stopped as soon as
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516 she saw
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517 that she was causing the Sailor Saturn pain. Usa tore her eyes from
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518 Hotaru
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519 and met Sailor Saturn’s eyes. They were Hotaru’s, but they only held
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520 pain.
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521 “Yes, but she shouldn’t be, I am only still here because she is, and
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522 she is
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523 only here because you are. I am sorry Usa, I can’t allow you to do
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524 anything
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525 to get in the way.” And with that Usa was teleported downstairs and
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526 appeared
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527 in front of the others. They stared.
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528 “What happened?” Asked Michiru.
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529 “Hotaru!” Was the best Usa could manage and ran upstairs, closely
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530 followed
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531 by the others. She hesitated outside the door because she felt Sailor
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532 Saturn’s power building. She opened the door and the four burst in.
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533 They
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534 just stared at the sight that met their eyes:
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535 Hotaru was on her feet and so was the image of Sailor Saturn. They each
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536 had
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537 a hand touched together, their right hands entwined and as Hotaru faded
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538 slightly, the image of Sailor Saturn got more solid until they were
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539 both
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540 solid. All the others could do was watch.
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541 “I love you, Usa.” Hotaru said and Sailor Saturn called forth her
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542 Silence
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543 Glaive and swung it out in a circular motion, ending at her side. For a
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544 few
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545 tense moments nothing happened, but then Hotaru fell to her knees
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546 clutching
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547 her chest. She was not having a seizure, Usa knew that much, she was in
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548 pain. Usa ran forward and removed Hotaru’s hand from her chest. Usa saw
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549 her
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550 hand covered in blood and turned to face Sailor Saturn.
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551 “You killed her!” Usa yelled.
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552 “No, I am only her, I am her spirit and so am controlled by her, she
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553 killed
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554 herself, but needed someone to actually strike her down, she knew you
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555 wouldn’t allow anyone else, so I obliged.
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556 “YOU AREN’T SAILOR SATURN!!” Usa shouted, causing the others to jump to
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557 their senses. Sailor Saturn smirked.
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558 “True, but she really did make the decision. And I have to admit, I am
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559 glad
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560 to go down with her, because now I can make her after-life hell!”
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561 Sailor
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562 Saturn turned into smoke and was absorbed by Hotaru. Usa stared and
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563 then
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564 turned back to Hotaru.
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565 “Please don’t leave me alone.” Usa said in a barely hear-able whisper.
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566 “I have to.” Hotaru said and a silent tear ran down her pale cheek. She
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567 turned her head and she breathed in Usa’s sweet smell.
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568 But just as she lost her heartbeat she realised…
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569 Usa, She is my reason to live. That is why the spirit was trapped in
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570 me! I
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571 wanted to die; I had no reason to live! But now I can’t die!
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572 “Usa…” Hotaru whispered.
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573 “I don’t want to die!”
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574 “Oh, Hotaru!” Usa cried and hugged her friend. Hotaru’s eyes closed and
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575 all
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576 went black; nothing moved but then, out of this nothing; there was
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577 light…
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578 “Usa?” Hotaru asked. She opened her misty eyes and noticed she was in
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579 her
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580 bed. She also saw a new lamp, with a few words painted on, she moved
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581 forward, ignoring the pain from her chest and saw it was in Usa’s
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582 writing.
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583 It read:
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584 ‘Hotaru and Usa together forever.’
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585 Hotaru started to get up and realised just how much pain she was in.
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586 She
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587 looked down and saw a blood-soaked bandage. She moved along the wall
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588 for
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589 support until she reached the doorway. She quietly opened the door and
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590 walked quicker down the hall, wanting to see Usa. She went down the
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591 stairs
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592 two at a time but made no sound at all. She turned the corner and put
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593 her
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594 ear to the living-room door:
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595 Haruka: She is really weak, she may not pull through.
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596 Usa: Don’t say such things! She is going to be fine! She has to be!
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597 Michiru: Oh, Usa, you know that the wound was meant to kill her don’t
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598 you?
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599 She knew it was strong enough.
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600 Setsuna: But she wanted to die then, I think the fact that she wants to
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601 live
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602 will make a difference. But not even I can see the outcome of this.
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603 Usa: I know she will be O.K! She has to be!
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604
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605 Hotaru heard Usa running to the door and tried to move back but still
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606 collided with Usa as she ran at high speed from the room.
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607 “HOTARU!!” Usa exclaimed.
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608 “Oww, Hi.” Hotaru rubbed her chest. The others had heard and come
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609 running
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610 out to see what had happened.
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611 “Hotaru?!” They all stared.
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612 “Yes?” Hotaru asked innocently, laughing at their awestruck faces.
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613 “Oh, It’s so nice to hear you laugh again, we have missed it.” Michiru
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614 smiled.
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615 “Missed it? How long have I been there?” Hotaru asked.
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616 “About 3 weeks.” Setsuna finally said after a long silence.
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617 “Wow, thank you for looking after me you guys.” Hotaru said.
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618
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619 (A/N: I am now referring to Chibi-Usa as Usagi, seeing as they are both
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620 about 20 now.) Hotaru and Usagi were walking through the park.
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621 “This is the exact spot we met, Usa.” Hotaru said and got down on one
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622 knee,
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623 “Usagi, Princess of the Future Crystal Tokyo…will you marry me?” Hotaru
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624 asked and showed Usagi a ring with their Sailor Soldier Symbols
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625 imprinted
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626 and entwined with each other, Hotaru’s side was a purple and Usagi’s
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627 was a
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628 golden-white.
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629 “Oh, Hotaru! Of course I will marry you!” Usagi cried.
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630
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631 And they walked down the road, hand in hand, nothing ever to tear them
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632 apart
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