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2 Hello everyone! Sorry its been so long. ^^; We've | |
3 finally gotten around to finishing this. We're trying | |
4 to work on a couple different stories right now, so | |
5 we'll try to get those out sometime soon. Please tell | |
6 us what you think of this story. Please? We love to | |
7 hear from all of you. Please e-mail us at: | |
8 amazonessduo@hotmail.com | |
9 | |
10 If you're wondering who some of the characters are, | |
11 don't worry. ^-^ Ruruna & Naruru are two of ChibiUsa's | |
12 friends from the manga (who Hotaru thought were trying | |
13 to steal ChibiUsa from her ^^). Momoko's another | |
14 friend of ChibiUsa's from both the anime and the manga. | |
15 Diana is ChibiUsa's talking kitten who came back with | |
16 her from the future. She can change into a human, | |
17 though she still has her tail when she does. | |
18 | |
19 Oh, and one last thing. We're trying to coordinate an | |
20 anthology of Hotaru and ChibiUsa stories, but we need | |
21 to get more stories for it. If any authors out there | |
22 are at all interested, please e-mail us. Thanks! ^-^ | |
23 | |
24 This is for mature readers and ivolves sexual acts, so | |
25 please don't read if you'd rather not get to that part. | |
26 These characters are copyright the great Naoko Takeuchi. | |
27 | |
28 We really hope you enjoy the story. ^^ | |
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31 | |
32 Moonlit Nights Part 2 | |
33 By: The Amazoness Quartet | |
34 | |
35 | |
36 "You look beautiful," Michiru said as Hotaru stepped | |
37 down the stairs. She was wearing a black dress with a | |
38 satin bow on the back. | |
39 | |
40 Hotaru turned around twice. "Do you really think so, | |
41 Michiru-mama?" | |
42 | |
43 "Of course," Michiru answered. She looked proudly at | |
44 the girl she had raised as a daughter. "Oh Ruka, look | |
45 at her. She's grown into such a pretty young lady." | |
46 | |
47 Hotaru blushed, Haruka smiled. There was a flash of | |
48 light as Setsuna took a picture. "I just have to make | |
49 sure we have a picture of our little girl's first | |
50 dance," said Setsuna. "So who's the lucky young boy or | |
51 girl you're taking to the dance?" | |
52 | |
53 "I'm going with Haruka-papa to pick up ChibiUsa-chan | |
54 and then we're heading to the dance," said Hotaru. | |
55 Though ChibiUsa was still pretending they were just | |
56 friends, Hotaru didn't try very hard to keep it a | |
57 secret. | |
58 | |
59 "Oh, so you're taking Small Lady to the dance?" Setsuna | |
60 looked at Hotaru knowingly. "She can be quite a | |
61 handful. Make sure you two behave and | |
62 everything should be fine." | |
63 | |
64 "Setsuna," Michiru giggled. | |
65 | |
66 "I have to keep an eye out for our daughter, don't I?" | |
67 Setsuna replied. | |
68 | |
69 Hotaru sighed. "I don't think you'll have to worry, | |
70 Setsuna-mama. I'm only going to the dance with | |
71 ChibiUsa, my best friend." She put emphasis on 'best | |
72 friend'. That wasn't what she wanted to go as. | |
73 | |
74 "Don't sound too disappointed. I'm sure she's not bad | |
75 company. And you might meet someone while you're | |
76 there," Setsuna said. | |
77 | |
78 Hotaru sighed again. 'That's not it.' | |
79 | |
80 "Are you ready?" Haruka asked. Hotaru nodded and | |
81 stood up. Michiru and Setsuna followed them to the | |
82 car. | |
83 | |
84 "Have fun, Hotaru," Michiru said as Hotaru got in the | |
85 back seat. | |
86 | |
87 "I will. Thanks!" Hotaru waved as they started to drive | |
88 away. | |
89 | |
90 "There she is," Haruka pointed to ChibiUsa waiting in | |
91 front of her house. ChibiUsa smiled and started waving | |
92 her arms as Haruka pulled up. | |
93 | |
94 'She's so beautiful,' Hotaru thought. ChibiUsa had her | |
95 hair down. She was wearing a pink dress that fit her well, | |
96 covering her shoulders, and with frills at the bottom. | |
97 "You look cute," Hotaru said aloud as ChibiUsa climbed | |
98 in next to her. | |
99 | |
100 ChibiUsa smiled happily, glad that Hotaru thought so. | |
101 She slowly looked Hotaru up and down, "You're pretty | |
102 tonight." | |
103 | |
104 "Thank you, ChibiUsa-chan," Hotaru said. She laughed. | |
105 "But you're supposed to say 'you always look pretty' | |
106 after that." | |
107 | |
108 ChibiUsa laughed as well. "Can I pass it this time?" | |
109 | |
110 Hotaru appeared to contemplate for a moment. "No. Not | |
111 this time." | |
112 | |
113 "Okay, then. You always look pretty." | |
114 | |
115 Hotaru smiled. "Good. Thanks again, ChibiUsa-chan." | |
116 | |
117 ChibiUsa smiled back at her. "Anytime, Taru." | |
118 | |
119 Haruka looked into the back of the car with an odd look | |
120 on her face. She didn't remember acting like that when | |
121 she was that young. Or rather she did, but with a | |
122 certain aqua haired girl. The two of them just hadn't | |
123 been quite as childish when playing around with each | |
124 other. It took Haruka a moment to make a connection. | |
125 | |
126 She turned around and stared at the back for a few brief | |
127 seconds before turning her attention back to the road. | |
128 'No,' she thought. 'This is different. They've been | |
129 best friends since before we raised Hotaru. I'm | |
130 probably just looking into it too deeply. I do tease | |
131 Hotaru about it a lot, though.' A smirk formed on | |
132 Haruka's face. 'What if I was right the whole time?' | |
133 She looked back and saw the two of them talking | |
134 quietly, whispering to each other and laughing from | |
135 time to time. She noticed they were both holding hands | |
136 as well. It wasn't a big thing in and of itself, but | |
137 with how they'd been acting lately, it wasn't too | |
138 difficult for Haruka to take that a step further than | |
139 friendly hand holding. Haruka's grin widened. 'It would | |
140 be nice to win a bet with Michi for once.' | |
141 | |
142 Both girls started leaning towards each other. They | |
143 sat back quickly as the car turned a corner. | |
144 | |
145 "You two enjoy yourselves," Haruka said as he stopped | |
146 the car by the school. | |
147 | |
148 "I'm sure we will, "Hotaru said. She leaned over | |
149 ChibiUsa and scooted across. Hotaru grabbed ChibiUsa's | |
150 hand and helped her out. Neither of them noticed the gray | |
151 cat that jumped out of the car after the two of them. | |
152 | |
153 "Hi, ChibiUsa-chan! Hotaru-chan!" Naruru greeted them | |
154 as they walked inside. | |
155 | |
156 "Neither of you came with someone?" Ruruna asked. | |
157 "That's too bad. Don't worry about it though. C'mon, | |
158 Hotaru, we've got somebody you can dance with." | |
159 | |
160 ChibiUsa grabbed onto Hotaru's arm protectively as | |
161 Ruruna and Naruru tried to lead them away. "Hotaru and | |
162 I decided to go to the dance together since neither of | |
163 us could find anybody." | |
164 | |
165 "Well, I did find someone. She's right around here," | |
166 Hotaru looked around before her gaze settled on | |
167 ChibiUsa. | |
168 | |
169 Naruru scratched her head nervously and looked down. | |
170 "Yeah, same with me and Ruruna." | |
171 | |
172 "We figured, we both helped organize the dance anyway, | |
173 so we might be able to help better if we weren't busy | |
174 here with someone," Ruruna tried to explain. | |
175 | |
176 "We're going to make sure everything's going well. | |
177 We'll see you two around later," Naruru said. Ruruna | |
178 and Naruru waved before walking away through the crowd | |
179 of students. | |
180 | |
181 "You look nervous, ChibiUsa," Hotaru said as she and | |
182 ChibiUsa stood together. | |
183 | |
184 The pink haired girl smiled at her. "I'm here with | |
185 a beautiful girl and I'm not sure what I should do." | |
186 | |
187 "Well, if you want my advice, kiss her whenever you get | |
188 the chance," Hotaru said innocently. She started | |
189 leaning towards ChibiUsa slightly. "Like right now." | |
190 | |
191 ChibiUsa took a step back. "It's a little too crowded." | |
192 | |
193 Hotaru smiled. "I don't mind." | |
194 | |
195 ChibiUsa looked at Hotaru for a moment. "You've just | |
196 been full of surprises lately." | |
197 | |
198 Hotaru brushed some hair away from her face. "What do | |
199 you mean?" | |
200 | |
201 The pink haired girl giggled. "I could have sworn you | |
202 were the shy one before all this." | |
203 | |
204 "I just don't think you should have to hide it if you | |
205 love someone. I love you. I don't want to pretend any | |
206 different." Hotaru smiled. "Besides, I'll be the shy | |
207 one if you want. I never remember you being this shy | |
208 when we were younger, so I'd love to switch places with | |
209 you." | |
210 | |
211 ChibiUsa stood thinking for a moment. 'She's right. I | |
212 never used to act like this before we got together. Why | |
213 have I been doing that? Because what if someone finds | |
214 out? I can tell that Hotaru's nervous before she does | |
215 things a lot of the time, but she's been going ahead | |
216 anyway. Has fear of being found out really changed | |
217 things for me?' | |
218 | |
219 "ChibiUsa-chan?" Hotaru asked worriedly. "Are you okay? | |
220 I was just kidding." | |
221 | |
222 "I'm fine, Taru. Just thinking." ChibiUsa smiled | |
223 brightly and offered her hand to Hotaru. "Let's dance." | |
224 | |
225 Hotaru blushed and looked at her for a moment. She took | |
226 ChibiUsa's hand with her own. "Hai. I'd love to." | |
227 ChibiUsa led the other girl onto the dance floor. | |
228 | |
229 Momoko stood against a wall, her lavender hair in its | |
230 normal single odango hairstyle. She was wearing a dress | |
231 that looked vaguely Chinese and cut off at her lower | |
232 thighs. | |
233 | |
234 Momoko looked at ChibiUsa and Hotaru, who were a | |
235 bit apart from everyone else. They seemed to be standing | |
236 very close together and getting closer. Momoko couldn't | |
237 make out what they were saying. Finally the two went | |
238 off into the crowd. | |
239 | |
240 Standing next to Momoko was a girl in an odd gray and | |
241 purple dress with short dark hair. Momoko was sure | |
242 that the other girl was watching Hotaru and ChibiUsa | |
243 as well. | |
244 | |
245 "If Hotaru was teaching ChibiUsa to kiss, then she must | |
246 have been getting ready for something. Maybe it's for | |
247 someone here at the dance," Diana thought to herself. | |
248 | |
249 "Excuse me," Momoko said, interrupting her thoughts. | |
250 "Are you watching those two?" She pointed towards | |
251 ChibiUsa and Hotaru. | |
252 | |
253 "I.. I'm sorry... I should go," Diana said before she | |
254 turned to leave. A hand grabbed her shoulder, "Don't | |
255 go. I'm sorry if I scared you, but I just wanted to | |
256 know if you're watching them. I am too, and I thought | |
257 we could compare notes," the lavender haired girl said. | |
258 "I'm Momoko, a friend of theirs." | |
259 | |
260 "I'm Diana, and so am I," Diana replied. She knew | |
261 Momoko well, though Momoko didn't know she was | |
262 ChibiUsa's cat. | |
263 | |
264 "That's strange. ChibiUsa has a cat named Diana," | |
265 Momoko said. | |
266 | |
267 Diana laughed nervously, "I was named after her... I | |
268 mean the cat was named after me," she said hastily. | |
269 | |
270 Momoko laughed, "It's good to meet you. I hope we can | |
271 find out whatever it is we're both looking for." | |
272 | |
273 "Me too," Diana agreed. She couldn't help blushing as | |
274 she looked at Momoko. | |
275 | |
276 "Are you okay?" Momoko asked. | |
277 | |
278 "H..Hai" Diana answered. She looked away quickly. | |
279 She had had a crush on Momoko for a long time. She'd | |
280 known Momoko for quite a while in her cat form. Momoko | |
281 was always very nice to her, petting her and giving her | |
282 food. She hadn't expected to meet Momoko here in her | |
283 human form. "Will you dance with me?" Diana blurted | |
284 out. She blushed as soon as the words were out of her | |
285 mouth and looked away. | |
286 | |
287 Momoko blushed as well and coughed into her fist. She | |
288 thought about it. 'Well, ChibiUsa and Hotaru are | |
289 dancing together. It's the same thing.' "That's a good | |
290 idea," she said. "We can get closer to ChibiUsa over | |
291 there and see if we can find out what's going on." | |
292 This was the first time Momoko had ever been asked to | |
293 dance by a girl. It was... strange. Plenty of boys had | |
294 asked her, though she'd declined. By now at her age most | |
295 of the girls had grown out of thinking boys were | |
296 stupid, but Momoko still didn't like them much, even if | |
297 Kyosuke was her friend. She looked closely at Diana. | |
298 She had dark gray hair done up in four odango. She was a bit | |
299 smaller than Momoko and was wearing a tight purple dress | |
300 with a ruffled skirt that had a gray skirt beneath it. | |
301 She wore lavender stockings and had a bow around her | |
302 neck. Diana looked up at her happily. Both girls | |
303 continued to blush as they began to dance together. | |
304 | |
305 Hotaru was a bit shocked that ChibiUsa had asked her to | |
306 dance. ChibiUsa was pretty shy about her relationship | |
307 with Hotaru, but Hotaru was shy about it as well, though she | |
308 tried not to be. ChibiUsa was overall more outgoing | |
309 than she was and she wished that the pink haired girl | |
310 would act that way about the two of them. Hotaru's line | |
311 of thought was interrupted as she felt ChibiUsa's hand | |
312 on her waist. | |
313 | |
314 "ChibiUsa, what's gotten into you tonight? Not that I | |
315 mind though, but I was sure that you wouldn't want to | |
316 do anything like this. I thought I'd be lucky if we | |
317 danced at all." Hotaru said. | |
318 | |
319 ChibiUsa brushed a stray strand of hair away from | |
320 Hotaru's face. "Well, I'd been thinking about this | |
321 a lot over the past two days. I had a lot of fun | |
322 dancing with you at Usagi's wedding a couple of years | |
323 ago and I really wanted to dance with you again. No | |
324 one thought it was strange that we were dancing | |
325 together then." | |
326 | |
327 Hotaru giggled. "Yeah, but we were both about about ten | |
328 back then. Of course no one thought it was strange." | |
329 | |
330 "Two friends can dance together," ChibiUsa said. | |
331 | |
332 "Hai," Hotaru agreed. "But I'm sure they don't have | |
333 the same intentions I have in mind for you after we get | |
334 home." | |
335 | |
336 ChibiUsa blushed. | |
337 | |
338 "And I'm sure most of them don't plan on spending | |
339 the whole dance together." | |
340 | |
341 "That's true," ChibiUsa conceded. She hesitated a | |
342 second before placing her hand on Hotaru's hip. Hotaru | |
343 smiled, and placed her hand on ChibiUsa's side. | |
344 ChibiUsa started to remember the many other dances she | |
345 had been to in the future | |
346 as a new song began. Mostly formal occasions at the | |
347 palace in Crystal Tokyo. The only dance she remembered | |
348 fondly was when she'd danced with Hotaru at Mamoru and | |
349 Usagi's wedding. She wanted to enjoy her time with | |
350 Hotaru whether anyone saw them or not. The two girls | |
351 began to dance. Slowly the rest of the world seemed to | |
352 fade away, leaving them oblivious to everything but | |
353 each other. | |
354 | |
355 | |
356 Momoko saw ChibiUsa and Hotaru dancing near her. She'd | |
357 forgotten all about them while dancing with the mysterious | |
358 girl. She blushed. 'I've never felt like this before. | |
359 I don't know why, but it feels like I've met her | |
360 before. She's very pretty. She's a great dancer too. | |
361 She seems so innocent. Who is she?' Momoko's hand slid | |
362 down Diana's back, Diana purred happily, Momoko's hand | |
363 brushed something soft and furry. It seemed to be | |
364 moving in time to the music. Momoko clutched it, | |
365 startling Diana. She turned the smaller girl around, | |
366 Momoko stared wide eyed at Diana's tail. "What... What | |
367 is that?" Momoko asked. | |
368 | |
369 "My tail?" Diana asked, confused. She didn't know why | |
370 Momoko was acting so strangely. Suddenly realization | |
371 dawned on her. People didn't have tails. She kept hers | |
372 even in her human form, unlike her parents. She felt | |
373 Momoko tug at her tail. Diana pushed away, tears | |
374 building up in her eyes. Things had been going so well | |
375 with Momoko and now her tail had ruined everything. | |
376 Her vision blurred as she wiped some tears away with | |
377 her sleeve. "I..I've got to go.." she said quickly | |
378 before heading through the crowd. | |
379 | |
380 "Wait!!" Momoko yelled as she tried to catch up with | |
381 her. "Matte! Don't go!" She grabbed for the other | |
382 girl, but it was too late. She was already gone. | |
383 | |
384 | |
385 ChibiUsa smiled happily as she continued to dance with | |
386 Hotaru. She loved the comforting feel of Hotaru's hands | |
387 on her shoulders. She felt Hotaru's soft skin through | |
388 the thin fabric. | |
389 | |
390 "I just realized something," ChibiUsa said. | |
391 | |
392 "What?" Hotaru asked the pink haired girl. She blinked | |
393 several times as she brought herself back to reality. | |
394 She'd tuned out the rest of the world while they'd been | |
395 dancing. "All those banquets and dances are going to be a | |
396 lot more fun with you there in Crystal Tokyo," ChibiUsa | |
397 said smiling. | |
398 | |
399 Hotaru smiled back lovingly. Her face was inches away | |
400 from ChibiUsa's. Hotaru learned closer. ChibiUsa turned, | |
401 blushing. Hotaru, kissed her cheek lightly and laughed. | |
402 "Taru..." | |
403 | |
404 Hotaru smiled and ran her hand up ChibiUsa's back. | |
405 Her hand reached ChibiUsa's soft pink hair. She gently | |
406 brushed it with her fingers. "I'm really enjoying the | |
407 dance. Thanks for understanding, ChibiUsa-chan." | |
408 ChibiUsa sighed as they danced. She could feel | |
409 Hotaru's soft breasts against her. Her hands lay over | |
410 the dark haired girl's graceful form. | |
411 | |
412 | |
413 They continued dancing for the rest of the night. | |
414 Several boys asked ChibiUsa to dance, but she declined. | |
415 Hotaru was glad that she got to spend the whole night | |
416 with the pink haired girl. She held ChibiUsa closer, | |
417 enjoying the sweet scent of her hair and the soft feel | |
418 of her body. | |
419 | |
420 "I love you, Hota-chan," ChibiUsa whispered into | |
421 Hotaru's ear. | |
422 | |
423 "I love you too," Hotaru whispered back. She noticed | |
424 some of the odd looks they received as the two girls | |
425 started another slow dance together. She blushed but | |
426 tuned them out and concentrated on the pink haired | |
427 girl. "I had no idea you'd be able to dance as well as | |
428 you can," Hotaru remarked. | |
429 | |
430 "I've always had a hard time dancing. I'm not very | |
431 coordinated." | |
432 | |
433 "I still think it's cute." Hotaru winked at her. "So | |
434 how did you learn how to dance?" | |
435 | |
436 "It's kind of embarrassing ," ChibiUsa said. | |
437 | |
438 "Tell me." | |
439 | |
440 "There was a banquet being held for some foreign | |
441 dignitaries when I was about 10 back in the future. I | |
442 hadn't really danced at all up to that time, but when | |
443 someone asked me, I agreed. I tripped and fell a minute | |
444 into the dance. I sat in a chair the rest of the | |
445 night. After it was over I talked with my mom for a | |
446 while. She made me feel better about the whole thing. | |
447 We stayed up all night and she taught me how," ChibiUsa | |
448 finished. | |
449 | |
450 "Ohhh... That's so sweet," Hotaru said. "I can't wait to | |
451 meet Usagi again in the future when she's your mother." | |
452 | |
453 ChibiUsa sighed. "Yeah. I miss her. I really like Usagi | |
454 and all, but she's not my mom yet." | |
455 | |
456 The two of them danced in silence for a short time | |
457 before Hotaru hesitantly replied. "You could always ask | |
458 Setsuna if she'd let you go to the future for a short | |
459 while. I mean, as long as you came back soon." | |
460 | |
461 ChibiUsa smiled at the purple haired girl. "Thanks, | |
462 Taru but then I'd miss you. When I do go back to my | |
463 time I want you to come back with me." | |
464 | |
465 "Thank you," Hotaru said in relief. Hotaru had been | |
466 frightened of ChibiUsa going to the future ever since | |
467 ChibiUsa had left several years ago to go back to her | |
468 time. Hotaru was scared that the future princess would | |
469 leave again. "You're not going to wait until we go to | |
470 the future to tell everyone, right? I still want to | |
471 tell my parents about us." | |
472 | |
473 "Sometime soon, Hotaru-chan. Actually, I think my mom | |
474 might have known before I left. Before I met you when I | |
475 was coming back to the past, she said something cryptic | |
476 about me having a very important encounter in the past. | |
477 I wonder if she was talking about you." ChibiUsa said | |
478 thinking of what her mother had said to her. | |
479 | |
480 "I hope so, " Hotaru smiled happily. Crimson eyes met | |
481 dark purple ones as the two girls danced. "Will you | |
482 kiss me?" Hotaru asked suddenly. | |
483 | |
484 "Hotaru-chan?" ChibiUsa's eyes widened at the dark | |
485 haired girl's request. | |
486 | |
487 "I have been pretty well behaved tonight. I didn't | |
488 have to act like I was just your friend. I think I've | |
489 been a good girl and I deserve a kiss," Hotaru said as | |
490 her smile widened. | |
491 | |
492 "You do, and I'll make sure you get one, but not here." | |
493 ChibiUsa replied. | |
494 | |
495 "I'm impatient," "Hotaru said. "I may have to steal | |
496 one." | |
497 | |
498 "I thought you said you were a good girl," ChibiUsa | |
499 said. | |
500 | |
501 "It wouldn't be my fault. You look so cute dressed up | |
502 for the dance," Hotaru laughed evilly.. | |
503 | |
504 "Okay. You did what I want at the dance. I'll do | |
505 whatever you want when we get back to your house." | |
506 ChibiUsa said. | |
507 | |
508 "Really?" Hotaru asked happily. ChibiUsa nodded. "That | |
509 sounds fun," Hotaru giggled. "I still want my kiss | |
510 though." | |
511 | |
512 Momoko sighed as she sat with her back against the | |
513 wall. She was very confused. Who was that girl? Why | |
514 had she been at the dance? What was that tail? Was it | |
515 part of her outfit? She sighed again, she'd tried in | |
516 vain to find the girl, but she | |
517 had been long gone. She half-heartedly kept watching | |
518 ChibiUsa and Hotaru. The dance had lost all interest | |
519 after the mysterious girl had left. | |
520 | |
521 ChibiUsa and Hotaru giggled, not realizing that Momoko | |
522 was looking on. They looked at each other strangely as | |
523 they smiled at one another. Momoko didn't know why | |
524 they were acting the way they were. Several couples | |
525 danced past, blocking her view. They all looked so | |
526 happy. Her mind flashed back to Diana. She sighed | |
527 angrily. Why couldn't she get the mysterious girl out | |
528 of her mind? She shook her head and tried to clear her | |
529 mind. 'Where'd she go?' Momoko asked herself. | |
530 | |
531 The dance finally ended later that night. The students | |
532 began to leave the school. Hotaru and ChibiUsa were | |
533 talking in a hallway abandoned by the other students. | |
534 | |
535 "So did you have fun?" Hotaru asked. ChibiUsa's hands | |
536 ran up and down Hotaru's cold, bare arms, trying to | |
537 warm the dark haired girl. | |
538 | |
539 ChibiUsa smiled at Hotaru. "I had a lot of fun, | |
540 Taru-chan," she said brightly. | |
541 | |
542 "It still would have been better if we'd gone as a | |
543 couple," Hotaru said. She sighed happily as she felt | |
544 ChibiUsa's fingers warming her cold arms. | |
545 | |
546 "I know, I know. And I'm sorry. I got to go with the | |
547 prettiest girl here and everyone thought we'd come | |
548 without dates." | |
549 | |
550 "That's okay," Hotaru shivered. "Just as long as you | |
551 keep this up. It's cold." | |
552 | |
553 ChibiUsa giggled. "Sure. As long as we trade places in | |
554 a couple of minutes." | |
555 | |
556 Hotaru nodded. "As soon as we're in Haruka-papa's car | |
557 with the heater on." | |
558 | |
559 "You're so cute, Hotaru-chan," ChibiUsa said. | |
560 | |
561 Hotaru smiled "So are you." A finger went under | |
562 ChibiUsa's chin. "I never did get that kiss I wanted." | |
563 She raised her chin and met the pink haired girl's lips | |
564 with her own. ChibiUsa hands stopped at Hotaru's | |
565 shoulders as she kissed her back. | |
566 | |
567 Momoko froze when she saw ChibiUsa and Hotaru. She'd | |
568 been waiting in the hallway to get away from the other | |
569 students so she could collect her thoughts. She had | |
570 been about | |
571 to greet her two friends when she saw them kiss. She | |
572 stood there in shock. She didn't know what to do. | |
573 Finally she slid out a door and made her way outside. | |
574 | |
575 A car pulled up near Hotaru as the two girls waved to | |
576 the driver. | |
577 | |
578 "Hi, Haruka-papa," Hotaru said as she and ChibiUsa | |
579 climbed into the back of the car. | |
580 | |
581 "How was it?" Haruka asked as she started the car. | |
582 | |
583 "It was really nice," Hotaru said. | |
584 | |
585 "Thanks for taking us, Haruka-san," ChibiUsa said. | |
586 | |
587 "Don't mention it. You two make a cute couple," Haruka | |
588 replied. | |
589 | |
590 Hotaru and ChibiUsa blushed. "Do you really think so?" | |
591 Hotaru asked. "Don't worry about Haruka-papa. She's | |
592 just teasing us," she whispered to ChibiUsa. ChibiUsa | |
593 relaxed slightly. | |
594 | |
595 "Absolutely." Haruka laughed. "I'd be happy to | |
596 chauffeur you two on any dates you'd like to go on." | |
597 | |
598 "Haruku-papa..." Hotaru chided. | |
599 | |
600 Haruka smiled. "I just want the two of you to know the | |
601 offer's open if you do want to go out." | |
602 | |
603 "Umm...Thanks for the offer," Hotaru managed. | |
604 | |
605 "You're welcome," Haruka said. She smiled to herself | |
606 slightly. She still didn't quite know what was going | |
607 on, but she figured she'd find out sometime. | |
608 | |
609 They drove along in silence for a while before Hotaru & | |
610 ChibiUsa started talking to each other about the dance. | |
611 Haruka smiled to herself as the two girls talked. They | |
612 were so cute together. | |
613 | |
614 The car finally stopped outside the house the outer | |
615 senshi shared. Michiru and Setsuna came out of the | |
616 house to greet them. | |
617 | |
618 "Hi, Puu," ChibiUsa said happily as Setsuna walked up. | |
619 | |
620 "Hello, Small Lady. Did you have a good time?" Setsuna | |
621 asked. | |
622 | |
623 ChibiUsa nodded. "Yeah. It was a lot of fun." | |
624 | |
625 "I'm glad. Hotaru's always so happy when she's going | |
626 places with you," Setsuna said. She turned to see | |
627 Hotaru talking excitedly to Michiru about the dance. | |
628 | |
629 "I'm so glad you enjoyed yourself, Hotaru-chan. Did | |
630 you dance a lot?" Michiru asked her. | |
631 | |
632 "Yes. Only with ChibiUsa-chan, though. I really | |
633 enjoyed myself," Hotaru said. | |
634 | |
635 Michiru seemed a little confused. "Nobody asked you to | |
636 dance?" | |
637 | |
638 "No, someone asked me, but I didn't want to. I was | |
639 fine with how things were going," Hotaru replied. | |
640 | |
641 Michiru smiled, "Well, I'm glad for you then." | |
642 | |
643 "Thanks. It's getting late. ChibiUsa-chan and I are | |
644 going to change. We'll probably take a shower after | |
645 that, so we'll see you all tomorrow. " Hotaru said. | |
646 | |
647 "Okay, goodnight." Michiru said. | |
648 | |
649 "Goodnight, everyone." Hotaru waved as she grabbed | |
650 ChibiUsa by the hand and led her upstairs. ChibiUsa | |
651 waved as she followed Hotaru. | |
652 | |
653 | |
654 Momoko sat alone in the dark. She was in her room, but | |
655 she couldn't get comfortable. She was so confused. | |
656 She'd found out why ChibiUsa had been acting so | |
657 strangely, but now she didn't know what to do about it. | |
658 She wanted to talk to ChibiUsa, but she didn't know how | |
659 to bring it up to the pink haired girl. She'd known | |
660 Hotaru and ChibiUsa were close, but she was shocked to | |
661 learn just how close they really were. | |
662 | |
663 The other thing troubling her was Diana, the mysterious | |
664 girl she had been dancing with. She couldn't get that | |
665 girl out of her mind, even after seeing Hotaru and | |
666 ChibiUsa kissing. She felt oddly about how she'd spent | |
667 the night with Diana. She didn't know why, but she was | |
668 also afraid she'd never see her again. | |
669 | |
670 Momoko slumped down on her floor and looked out her | |
671 window into the night. "Where did you go?" she asked | |
672 aloud. | |
673 | |
674 She ran her fingers through her hair, trying to make | |
675 sense of the night, but it all seemed so strange to | |
676 her. The only thing she knew was that she wanted to see | |
677 Diana again. | |
678 | |
679 | |
680 ChibiUsa hopped back onto Hotaru's bed when they | |
681 entered the room. She yawned as she laid back, | |
682 stretching out on the bed. | |
683 | |
684 Hotaru giggled. "Are you tired?" | |
685 | |
686 "Yeah, I didn't get much sleep last night," ChibiUsa | |
687 said. | |
688 | |
689 "Me neither. I was trying to decide what I should do at | |
690 the dance," Hotaru said. | |
691 | |
692 ChibiUsa sat up. "Really? Why did you decide not to do | |
693 anything?" | |
694 | |
695 "It was a tough decision. I really, really didn't want | |
696 to go as friends. I almost left when Naruru tried to | |
697 get us to dance with some boys, but the way you held me | |
698 when we slow danced," Hotaru sighed. "I'll be surprised | |
699 if no one thinks there was something behind it. I am | |
700 the only one you danced with." She smiled. "Anyway, | |
701 the reason why I didn't do anything was because I | |
702 decided that this is about both of us. I love you and | |
703 if that's all that matters to me, then I shouldn't care | |
704 if no one knew we were a couple at the dance." | |
705 | |
706 "Arigato, Hotaru-chan," ChibiUsa said. She looked a | |
707 bit sad after listening to Hotaru. | |
708 | |
709 Hotaru sat down beside her. "What's wrong?" she asked. | |
710 | |
711 "You almost left," ChibiUsa said simply. | |
712 | |
713 Hotaru put her arm around the pink haired girl. | |
714 ChibiUsa leaned her head on Hotaru's shoulder. "It's | |
715 just that I get so frustrated sometimes. I'm so glad | |
716 we're together, but I didn't want to be at the dance | |
717 with all those people. I was nervous about the whole | |
718 thing and I didn't want Naruru to try to set us up with | |
719 different boys the whole time. I hated going to the | |
720 dance as friends, but I still had fun." She smiled at | |
721 the other girl. | |
722 | |
723 ChibiUsa smiled slightly. "I'm glad you stayed. Maybe | |
724 next time there's a dance or something, we could go as | |
725 a couple," she said quickly. "I was being kinda | |
726 stubborn about the whole thing." | |
727 | |
728 Hotaru laughed. "We both were. Maybe we can come up | |
729 with a better compromise next time." | |
730 | |
731 "That would be good," ChibiUsa agreed. "I'm really glad | |
732 we went tonight." | |
733 | |
734 "So am I. Seeing you dressed up for the dance made it | |
735 all worthwhile," Hotaru said. "And I'm glad I finally | |
736 got my kiss," she said quietly before kissing ChibiUsa | |
737 again. | |
738 | |
739 ChibiUsa kissed the dark haired girl back passionately, | |
740 glad to be alone with her. She let out a startled cry | |
741 as she felt Hotaru's hands moving across the fabric of | |
742 her dress, starting to undress her. | |
743 | |
744 Hotaru sat back. "You did say I could do whatever I | |
745 wanted, right?" she asked mischievously. ChibiUsa | |
746 nodded and blushed as she felt Hotaru taking her bra | |
747 off. Hotaru smiled. "Good. Then I'd like to..." Hotaru | |
748 paused as if thinking. ChibiUsa sat anxiously. The dark | |
749 haired girl's fingers ran over ChibiUsa's stomach. "I'd | |
750 like to tell my parents, then." | |
751 | |
752 ChibiUsa stared at her for several seconds. | |
753 "Hotaru-chan?" | |
754 | |
755 "You said I could do whatever I wanted," Hotaru | |
756 reminded her pink haired lover. | |
757 | |
758 "But, that's not what I meant," ChibiUsa said quickly. | |
759 | |
760 "I know what you meant," Hotaru cupped ChibiUsa's | |
761 breasts, eliciting a moan from the other girl. "But | |
762 what you mean and what you said are two different | |
763 things." | |
764 | |
765 ChibiUsa looked nervous. "But, Hotaru..." | |
766 | |
767 Hotaru laughed. "You did agree." She smiled and kissed | |
768 ChibiUsa again. "Now pull your dress back up. They | |
769 should still be downstairs." | |
770 | |
771 "But I don't know what to say," ChibiUsa argued. | |
772 | |
773 "Just tell them the truth. That we love each other. | |
774 Setsuna's been your friend for years, you know Haruka | |
775 and Michiru really well..." Hotaru replied. ChibiUsa | |
776 still didn't look convinced. "Please? Do this for me," | |
777 Hotaru asked. | |
778 | |
779 ChibiUsa sighed. "Okay, Taru-chan. I will." | |
780 | |
781 Hotaru hugged her. "Arigato, Odango-chan!" | |
782 | |
783 | |
784 Haruka had a triumphant grin on her face as Hotaru | |
785 finished up. Michiru looked surprised by the news. | |
786 Setsuna looked as if it hadn't really been a surprise | |
787 to her at all. | |
788 | |
789 "So the two of you?" Michiru asked. | |
790 | |
791 Hotaru nodded. "Hai. We've been together for a couple | |
792 of months now. I'm sorry we hadn't told you all until | |
793 now." | |
794 | |
795 ChibiUsa stood to the left and slightly behind Hotaru. | |
796 She'd let the other girl do most of the talking. | |
797 | |
798 Setsuna smiled and took a step closer to ChibiUsa. | |
799 "Small Lady, you really shouldn't worry about it. We're | |
800 all happy for you. You don't need to be embarrassed | |
801 about it. We're all here for you." | |
802 | |
803 "And we're glad you found someone, Hotaru," Haruka | |
804 said, still wearing the sappy grin she seemed to be | |
805 directing at Michiru. | |
806 | |
807 "Thank you," Hotaru said happily. | |
808 | |
809 "As long as you're happy, we're behind you, Hime-chan," | |
810 Michiru said. "You two make a cute couple. Maybe you'll | |
811 let me paint the two of you sometime." | |
812 | |
813 "And remember, my offer still stands," Haruka reminded | |
814 them. | |
815 | |
816 "I'm glad things have worked out so well for you here | |
817 in the past, Small Lady. I'm sure your mother would be | |
818 proud of you," Setsuna told to pink haired girl. | |
819 | |
820 "Thanks everyone," ChibiUsa said as she gave Sestuna a | |
821 hug. | |
822 | |
823 "Our little girl's growing up, alright," Michiru said. | |
824 | |
825 | |
826 After a couple of hours talking with Setsuna, Michiru, | |
827 and Haruka about the whole situation, Hotaru and | |
828 ChibiUsa were back in bed in Hotaru's room. They held | |
829 each other, their bare bodies pressed against each | |
830 other. | |
831 | |
832 "See? I told you it wouldn't be so horrible," Hotaru | |
833 said. | |
834 | |
835 "You're right. It wasn't that bad," ChibiUsa agreed. | |
836 "Good. Then we can tell the Inner Senshi tomorrow." | |
837 | |
838 "Hotaru!" | |
839 | |
840 She giggled. "I'm kidding. We can tell them later. I'm | |
841 just glad I don't have to keep it a secret from my | |
842 parents anymore." | |
843 | |
844 "Yeah. I do feel better now that we've told them," | |
845 ChibiUsa said. | |
846 | |
847 "Me too. I hated hiding it from them." | |
848 | |
849 ChibiUsa smiled. "I'm glad you're happy about it." She | |
850 ran her hand through Hotaru's soft hair before kissing | |
851 her. "I love you, Taru." | |
852 | |
853 "I love you, too," Hotaru replied while stroking the | |
854 other girl's cheek. The two girls held each other | |
855 before sleep finally claimed them. | |
856 | |
857 | |
858 Momoko lay still in the dark, confused as ever. She | |
859 didn't know what to do about anything that had happened | |
860 that night. | |
861 | |
862 "I wish I could see Diana again," Momoko said aloud. | |
863 | |
864 Diana looked in from where she was perched on the window | |
865 sill watching Momoko. She'd felt bad after running off at | |
866 the dance. She knew Momoko probably thought she was strange | |
867 because of her tail. She'd waited until after the dance and | |
868 followed Momoko home in her kitten form. 'She wants to see | |
869 me?' Diana asked herself. She meowed and scratched at the | |
870 window. | |
871 | |
872 The lavender haired girl looked out her window to see the | |
873 kitten sitting there in the moonlight. A slight smile | |
874 played across her features. Even if it was only ChibiUsa's | |
875 kitten, it was nice to have company. She slid the window | |
876 open. The kitten jumped inside quickly, landing on her bed. | |
877 | |
878 "What are you doing here?" Momoko asked, not expecting an | |
879 answer. She scratched the kitten under her chin. "I meant | |
880 I wanted to see human Diana." Diana meowed again causing | |
881 the other girl to smile again. "I'm still glad to see you, | |
882 though." She picked up the kitten and held her in her arms. | |
883 She stroked Diana's soft fur. The kitten purred softly as | |
884 Momoko sat back on her bed. | |
885 | |
886 "I really don't know what happened today. It was all so | |
887 sudden. I was trying to find out what ChibiUsa was keeping | |
888 from me, but even though I found out, I'm more confused | |
889 than I was back then." Momoko stopped and sighed. "I met | |
890 this really pretty girl at the dance. She seemed to be | |
891 trying to find out the same thing I was, so I thought we | |
892 could help each other. It was so strange, but she asked me | |
893 to dance with her. We danced for a long time and I forgot | |
894 all about what I'd been doing there. It was like I was only | |
895 there to dance with Diana. I loved every second of it. She | |
896 was so cute. And graceful." | |
897 | |
898 Diana blushed. 'She thinks I'm cute?' | |
899 | |
900 "But it ended suddenly. I don't understand what happened. I | |
901 don't know if I ever will. Afterwards, she ran off. And it | |
902 hurt. I felt like I'd never see her again, like I'd lost | |
903 something when she'd left. I've been sitting here all night | |
904 trying to think, but all I can think about it her. I don't | |
905 know why. Well, I didn't know." She sighed again and held | |
906 Diana closer as she looked into the dark. "I think I'm in | |
907 love with her." | |
908 | |
909 Diana's eyes went wide. 'Love? She thinks she loves me? But | |
910 that was the first time she met me as a human.' | |
911 | |
912 "I feel like I've known her for a long time. I guess you feel | |
913 like that when you fall for someone, huh Diana? Like nothing | |
914 else matters besides seeing them again. I want to see her. I | |
915 want to tell her... I'm still not sure what." Momoko lay back | |
916 on the bed, still stroking Diana's fur. Diana was shocked. | |
917 | |
918 Both girls were more confused than ever now. Diana watched | |
919 Momoko as she slept, staying by the lavender haired girl's | |
920 side throughout the night. |