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+Lovers and Dreamers
+By the Amazoness Quartet
+The song in the story is ChibiUsa’s Stars singles song, ‘BaiBaitte Itta’.
+The translation for
+the song was done by William Braell and a friend found it at
+http://sailormusic.tripod.com/lyrics/BaiBaitte_Itta.html
+This story takes place right after ‘Family Ties.’ We hope you all enjoy it.
+^-^ Please e-
+mail us at amazonessduo@hotmail.com and tell us what you think. ^-^
+	"C’mon, Taru," ChibiUsa said, waving to her from the curb. She wore a
+mischievous grin that fit her older appearance well. It made her look a bit
+like her evil
+self, Black Lady.
+Hotaru sighed and followed her lover towards the karaoke bar. She still
+wasn’t
+sure this was a good idea. ChibiUsa had borrowed the Luna Pen from Usagi to
+make
+them look older. Hotaru watched as ChibiUsa’s now much longer hair swayed
+back and
+forth as she walked, brushing up against the back of the short dark crimson
+dress the pink
+haired girl was wearing. Hotaru felt herself smiling as ChibiUsa walked
+along. The pink
+haired girl always managed to affect her deeply, whether or not she was
+pretending to be
+older. Hotaru found herself wondering which way she liked ChibiUsa’s hair
+better. It was
+pretty when it was long, like her mother’s. But it was cute when it was
+shorter and
+fluffier like ChibiUsa normally had it.
+	"Taru?" ChibiUsa asked quizzically.
+Hotaru blushed. She must have been lost in thought. ChibiUsa took her hand
+and
+brought her closer.  Hotaru felt ChibiUsa’s warm breath against her cheek.
+"Usa," Hotaru
+said softly as she looked into the other girl’s crimson eyes. Her heart beat
+faster, almost
+stopping when ChibiUsa’s long fingers stroked her warm cheek.
+"You ready?" ChibiUsa asked, motioning behind her. "You seemed to be out of
+it for a second."
+	"I get like that when I think about you," Hotaru whispered to the pink
+haired
+girl. "You make it hard for me to think about anything else." She smiled,
+fingers
+intwining in one of ChibiUsa’s long pink pigtails.
+	"Taru..." ChibiUsa’s soft red lips inched anxiously closer to Hotaru’s.
+Hearing a
+car screech by, she shook herself out of it. Her long hair flew about, some
+hitting into
+Hotaru’s head. "Gomen," ChibiUsa said, embarrassed.
+	Hotaru couldn’t help but laugh. "I think I like your shorter hair better."
+	Running her hands through her hair to straighten it out, ChibiUsa turned
+back to
+Hotaru. "How’s that?"
+	Hotaru paused for a moment to take in the pink haired angel before her. She
+was
+absolutely stunning. She was the most beautiful thing Hotaru had ever seen.
+She heard
+ChibiUsa call her name again, but she just smiled. "Gorgeous," Hotaru said
+breathlessly.
+The faint blush and the pleased look on ChibiUsa’s face told Hotaru she’d
+said the right
+thing. Taking ChibiUsa’s arm, she headed inside.
+	"I meant my hair," ChibiUsa finally got out, still smiling.
+	Hotaru glanced at her and smiled back. "I know. But I meant what I said."
+	Taking a table near the front, Hotaru and ChibiUsa took their seats. Hotaru
+helped ChibiUsa get her long hair out of the way while she sat. "I don’t
+think I’ll ever
+know how mom does it," ChibiUsa sighed.
+	"I bet it’s probably with practice. When I was younger, I really wanted to
+play
+the violin like Michiru-mama, but I was horrible at it whenever I played.
+But she taught
+me how. It took a long time, but I really wanted to learn."
+	"And you play beautifully," ChibiUsa complimented. Hotaru had played
+specifically for her on several occasions.
+	Hotaru smiled. "Thank you. Haruka-papa offered to teach me how to drive,
+but
+if its anything like learning how to play the violin, I’m not sure I want to
+go through that
+again," Hotaru joked. "I’m sure if you keep it long enough, you’ll do just
+fine with long
+hair. In the meantime, though, I like it short. It’s..."
+	"Cute," ChibiUsa finished for her, grinning. Despite her dream she’d
+harbored
+when she was younger about being ladylike, Hotaru was quite intent on making
+sure she
+knew the raven haired girl liked her the way she was.
+	"Well it is. And I like it." Glancing over at the pink haired girl, Hotaru
+looked at
+her curiously. "Why did you borrow the Luna Pen?"
+	ChibiUsa thought for a moment. "I thought it would be fun to go out a
+little
+differently tonight. I heard about this place from Mamo-chan. He and his
+friends come
+here every once in a while, so I thought we might want to look a little
+older if we came so
+everyone didn’t just think we were kids."
+	"That’s what you wanted it for? Then why are we here?" Hotaru asked,
+raising
+an eyebrow.
+	Smiling, ChibiUsa responded, "I just wanted to sing."
+	"Sing?" Hotaru raised an eyebrow. She did love ChibiUsa’s sweet, lilting
+voice.
+The pink haired girl did sing quietly from time to time, but Hotaru loved
+hearing her sing
+when they were together in the shower or when it was only the two of them at
+one of
+their homes. A smile formed across her lips. It would be nice to hear
+ChibiUsa sing here.
+	Looking up to confirm that the stage had finally been vacated, ChibiUsa
+quickly
+stood up and took Hotaru’s hand. "Let’s go, Taru."
+	Hotaru glanced up at the stage. "I’m not sure, Usa. Not in front of
+everybody."
+	"But you’ve been playing your violin in front of people for a while now,"
+ChibiUsa argued.
+	"That’s different."
+	ChibiUsa tugged at Hotaru’s hand again, trying to bring the dark haired
+girl with
+her. "How’s that?"
+	"Because I don’t have to sing when I’m playing the violin. Usa-chan, if you
+want to sing together, can’t we do that at my house? We can wait until
+everybody else is
+gone, like when Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama, and Sestuna-mama and Seiya go
+out.
+We’d have the whole house to ourselves, so we could sing a duet, or I could
+accompany
+you on the violin. Whatever you want. I just don’t want to sing in front of
+all these
+people." Hotaru looked nervously up at ChibiUsa. She never did feel
+comfortable with
+large groups of people. It just reinforced how shy she already was.
+	The pink haired girl finally gave a defeated sigh. "Alright." Winking to
+Hotaru,
+ChibiUsa continued up to the stage.
+	Hotaru stared on as ChibiUsa took the microphone. ‘What’s she doing?’
+Hotaru
+asked herself. She admitted to herself that ChibiUsa had been acting a bit
+strange tonight.
+And she didn’t think the other girl was telling the whole truth about why
+she wanted them
+to look different. Maybe so no one would wind up recognizing them. But why?
+ChibiUsa’s voice over the speakers shook Hotaru from her thoughts. She kept
+her eyes on
+the pink haired girl, wondering what she was thinking.
+	"Hello, everyone. Before I start, I’d like to dedicate this song to the
+beautiful
+girl up front." Smiling mischievously, ChibiUsa pointed to where Hotaru was
+sitting.
+"Taru, you make everyday a dream. A dream that I never want to end. I love
+you, Taru-
+chan."
+	Hotaru sat in stunned silence, her normally pale cheeks blushed a deep red.
+What had gotten into ChibiUsa? The other girl was usually rather shy and
+reserved about
+their relationship in public. After Hotaru’s harsh life the first time
+around on earth and
+her more loving second time growing up, she tried not to care what other
+people thought
+about the two of them being in love. With how ChibiUsa had been acting
+lately, maybe
+she was coming to understand how Hotaru felt about their relationship. That
+there wasn’t
+a need to hide it.
+	ChibiUsa continued to sing, directing it to Hotaru. Hotaru received some
+odd
+stares, but she didn’t notice. She was to intent on the future princess on
+the stage. She
+may not have been the best singer, but that hardly mattered to Hotaru. She
+felt like
+everything the pink haired girl sang was directly to her.
+	The pink haired girl’s eyes met Hotaru’s, her sweet voice ringing forth.
+"No good! No good! No good"  you said,
+When your spirits were low, but
+I am now at your side, so
+It's surely, surely, positively all
+right!
+Even if we're nothing but failures,
+We won't just be downhearted NO! NO!
+We just lost by a little bit...
+Forget all about those meanies!
+If we believe in pleasant things, then
+Even if night comes, we won't be afraid
+of it;
+We know morning, morning, is getting
+near, and so
+It's not at all a big deal, right?
+Now, even if we're a pair of fraidycats,
+Don't be worried at all, NO! NO!
+I'm giving a kiss to those eyelids
+Brimming with tears (smack!)
+Tomorrow, our wishes certainly will come
+true!
+The things we'd like so much will happen,
+We'll say BYE-BYE to failures like these.
+I've said it! I've said it!  It'll
+absolutely be all right!
+As for being down-hearted and moping,
+Giving in to these feelings too easily
+Is obviously a big mistake;
+Don't give up on our important dreams!
+If we believe in cheerful things,
+Even if it gets cold, it will not be
+painful;
+We know spring, spring, is getting near,
+and so
+It's not at all a big deal, right?
+Now, even if we're a pair of crybabies,
+Don't be worried at all, NO! NO!
+I'm giving a kiss to those cheeks
+Dripping with tears (smack!)
+Tomorrow will be much more wonderful!
+The wishes we most desire will be
+granted,
+We'll say BYE-BYE to anxieties like
+these.
+I've said it! I've said it! It'll
+absolutely be all right!
+Finally, the music ended and ChibiUsa made her way off the stage. Hotaru
+threw her arms around the other girl as soon as she was down. "Odango-chan,
+I love you,
+too." They nearly stumbled, but ChibiUsa managed to lean against a table for
+support.
+She smiled and returned the embrace. "But why did..." Hotaru’s question lay
+unfinished
+as ChibiUsa’s soft lips delved upon Hotaru’s. "Let’s go, Usa," Hotaru said
+after they
+broke the kiss. She noticed some of the attention they were getting and
+didn’t want to
+stick around for too much longer.
+	"Hai," ChibiUsa agreed. The two quickly headed around the side and to the
+entrance, careful not to attract any more attention. Finally exiting the
+building, ChibiUsa
+released a deep breath. "Next time we’ll just sing at your place."
+	Hotaru smiled warmly at her lover. "Good idea." Her arm went around
+ChibiUsa’s waist as they began to walk along.
+	While strolling slowly through the park, the two women held each other
+lovingly. Neither seemed to notice the cold night air or the dark clouds
+forming overhead.
+They looked at each other, the silence around them only broken by the sound
+of
+breathing. ChibiUsa’s arms went to Hotaru’s sides, drawing her close,
+exactly where
+ChibiUsa wanted her. Hotaru gave an ‘oh’ of surprise before putting her own
+hands on
+ChibiUsa’s shoulders.
+	"Are you mad?" ChibiUsa asked concernedly.
+	"Why would I be?" Hotaru blinked in confusion.
+	"Well, what I did back there. I shouldn’t have embarrassed you in front of
+everybody. I just wasn’t thinking," ChibiUsa said apologetically.
+	Hotaru brought her hand up to ChibiUsa’s warm cheek. "Odango-chan, don’t
+worry about that. I was... shocked, but I was happy. I never thought you
+would do
+something like that in front of anyone."
+	ChibiUsa could see Hotaru smile in the dim light. "They didn’t know us
+anyway. Why worry what they think, right?" she asked a little awkwardly as
+if still a bit
+unsure herself.
+	Hotaru shook her head. "No reason to worry about them. I love you and you
+love me. That’s all that matters."
+	ChibiUsa nodded. "Hai. I think I learned something tonight, too."
+	Hotaru’s heart rose. Maybe ChibiUsa finally had learned that it was okay
+for
+them to be in love, that she didn’t need to hide it from everyone. "What’s
+that?"
+	"I learned that its alright to embarrass you in public as long as we kiss
+afterwards," ChibiUsa gave the dark haired girl a wink.
+	"Odango-chan..." Hotaru stared at the pink haired girl, a sweatdrop
+forming.
+"That’s not what I wanted you to learn."
+	ChibiUsa giggled. "Oh well. At least I’m prepared for next time."
+	"If.." Hotaru began.
+	"When.." ChibiUsa interrupted.
+	"there’s a next time," they finished.
+	Hotaru sighed and brushed some of ChibiUsa’s long pink hair back. "What did
+you and your mom talk about after Rei and I left?"
+	"Oh, this and that. I’m feeling a lot better now that she knows. I may not
+say it
+often, but I really can see that she’s my mother. I kind of miss not having
+been able to see
+her in so long, so I’ve been thinking of Usagi as her more and more, even
+though she
+hasn’t had me yet." ChibiUsa looked thoughtful. "I really think my mom knew
+I’d fall in
+love with you when she sent me back to train as Sailorchibimoon."
+	"Maybe that’s why she sent you to train in the past in the first place,"
+Hotaru
+said, smiling.
+	"I’m not sure. But I do think she already knew." ChibiUsa’s eyes widened as
+she
+remembered something suddenly. "Oh yeah! Usagi said she was pregnant."
+	Hotaru looked at the pink haired girl in shock. "She’s pregnant?" ChibiUsa
+nodded. "Its you," Hotaru said joyously. "She’s pregnant with you, isn’t
+she?"
+	ChibiUsa shifted uncomfortably. "Yeah. Its strange. My mom’s pregnant with
+me and I’m around to see it. It all happened so fast. I’d almost forgotten
+about going back
+to the future, but its almost time for me too."
+	Hotaru shook her head emphatically. "No, we can’t leave until after you’re
+born.
+I want to see you as a baby.  I want to be here when your born."
+	ChibiUsa laughed nervously. "Hotaru-chan, I can show you pictures of me as
+a
+baby when we get to the future."
+	"That’s not the same thing. And its only fair. You got to see me as a baby
+when
+I was reborn. I want to be here to see you. I’m sure Usagi would be a lot
+happier if you
+were here while she was pregnant," Hotaru argued.
+	ChibiUsa was uneasy about the thought of staying around while her mother
+was
+pregnant with her, but Hotaru did have a point. Usagi had a lot going on
+right now and it
+might be easier for her if she stayed. Usagi was pregnant with her, having
+trouble with
+Mamoru, and in the midst of falling in love with Rei. With Kousagi back in
+the past,
+there were added problems. "Well, alright. Unless Puu says we need to go
+back. Or
+my mom sends for me. Or.."
+	Hotaru cut ChibiUsa off with a quick kiss. The small piece of heaven shared
+between the two of them pushed back the other thoughts. "Thanks, ChibiUsa,"
+Hotaru said quietly. The two girls ever so slowly started leaning towards
+each other.
+Hotaru couldn’t think of anything other than the other girl’s soft, red
+lips. Barely inches
+away from each other, a voice broke through the cloudy haze they were both
+in.
+	"SO that’s what you two were up to." PallaPalla stood a few feet away,
+staring
+at the two girls. She wrinkled her brow as she got a closer look of the two
+of them "Why
+are you two dressed like that? It makes you look too old."
+	ChibiUsa sighed. "You think anything over fifteen is too old, PallaPalla."
+	PallaPalla just smiled. "Yep. That’s why PallaPalla’s here. PallaPalla
+wanted to
+help both of you."
+	Hotaru tilted her head to the side slightly. "You do? How’s that?"
+	"Of course PallaPalla does. ChibiUsa is our princess. You’re starting to
+get older
+than us, ChibiUsa-chan. We thought you’d want to be young forever like us,"
+PallaPalla
+explained.
+	"’We’?" ChibiUsa asked. "The rest of the Quartet are in on this?"
+	"Well, we all talked about you getting too old, but PallaPalla’s the only
+one
+doing anything about it." The blue haired amazoness smiled proudly.
+	"PallaPalla, we’re going to stop aging around twenty two already. That’s
+what
+age my mom and all the other senshi stopped aging at," ChibiUsa said.
+	PallaPalla shook her head in disgust. "Too old." She stuck both arms out in
+front
+of her and a billiard ball formed between her hands. Energy swirled around
+it as she
+started concentrating.
+	"PallaPalla?" ChibiUsa said, pulling away from Hotaru and starting to walk
+towards the amazoness.
+	Too late. The ball shot out, whipping through the air. ChibiUsa gasped as
+she
+saw it heading her way. She closed her eyes and held up her arms. She felt
+the wind as it
+flew right past. Behind her there was a large flash of light before all was
+silent. ‘It
+missed?’ ChibiUsa thought to herself. She wasn’t quite sure of what it would
+have done,
+but she was glad she hadn’t had to find out. "PallaPalla, I don’t want you
+to stop our
+aging. I’m fine with how things are going. Right, Hotaru?" ChibiUsa asked,
+turning back
+towards the raven haired girl. She nearly lost her balance. Where Hotaru had
+been
+moments before, stood a child roughly the same age as their twin daughters.
+Hotaru’s
+dark purple long sleeved dress was draped around her. The little girl’s eyes
+were shut
+tightly. "Hotaru?" ChibiUsa whispered breathlessly.
+	Hotaru slowly opened her eyes. What happened? She felt a little strange.
+She
+was dizzy from the energy ball hitting its target. Her dress felt way too
+big for her now,
+though she remembered thinking it was a size too small when she and ChibiUsa
+had gone
+shopping the week before. She could feel the cold grass under her bare feet,
+having
+stumbled out of her shoes. She blinked several times, trying to clear her
+blurred vision.
+ChibiUsa was staring at her wide eyed and PallaPalla was waving her arms
+frantically,
+trying to apologize. Apologize for what? "ChibiUsa-chan?" Hotaru gasped as
+she heard
+her own voice. Now that she thought about it, ChibiUsa and PallaPalla looked
+bigger,
+too. What was going on?
+	"Oh, Hotaru-chan.." ChibiUsa said disparately. She quickly turned back to
+PallaPalla. "What happened?" she demanded.
+	"PallaPalla doesn’t know!" PallaPalla said apologetically. "PallaPalla was
+trying
+to stop her from aging so you two could stay this age. PallaPalla didn’t
+mean for that to
+happen. PallaPalla’s so sorry, Small Lady."
+	ChibiUsa took several deep breaths before saying anything. "Change her
+back."
+	PallaPalla held her arms out helplessly. "PallaPalla can’t," she said
+quietly.
+	"You can’t," ChibiUsa repeated. "You can’t?" she said again, the reality of
+the
+situation dawning on her. "Why not?"
+	"PallaPalla just can’t. It was supposed to stop all outside forces from
+aging you.
+So PallaPalla can’t do anything to fix it," PallaPalla explained hesitantly.
+	ChibIUsa turned back to Hotaru hopelessly. "Hotaru-chan," she said softly.
+	"What’s going on?" Hotaru asked, getting angry that neither was telling
+her.
+	"There is something PallaPalla can do," PallaPalla began.
+	"What?" ChibiUsa asked eagerly. "What can you do? Anything."
+	"I could complete the spell so she’s a baby."
+	ChibiUsa stared at the blue haired girl. "What good would that do?"
+	"Since Usagi’s pregnant with you, you’ll be born about nine months from
+now.
+If Hotaru’s a baby starting now, she’ll only be about a year older than you.
+So when you
+go back to the future, she’ll be just a little older than you." PallaPalla
+smiled, glad that
+she’d come up with a solution. She’d been jumping along through the trees to
+meet up
+with them, so she’d heard ChibiUsa talking about Usagi’s pregnancy.
+	Hotaru trudged along towards ChibiUsa, the dress flailing around her.
+ChibiUsa
+was starting to seem a whole lot taller than her. Bending down, ChibiUsa
+lifted her up in
+her arms. Hotaru gasped as she felt the pink haired girl pick her up.
+	"No! You can’t do that. We’ve got to find a way to make Hota-chan her
+normal
+age again," ChibiUsa said worriedly.
+	‘Normal age? Is that it? Oh no.. Am I a kid again?’ Hotaru asked herself. A
+wave of sadness passed through her at the thought of having to grow up yet
+again.
+"ChibiUsa-chan, how old am I?" Hotaru asked, looking directly at the pink
+haired girl.
+	ChibiUsa looked back at her sadly. "I’m so sorry, Taru. I’d guess five or
+six."
+	"Well, PallaPalla thought it was a good idea," PallaPalla said to no one in
+particular.
+	"I’m not going to let you make her a baby," ChibiUsa said angrily. "It was
+bad
+enough she was taken from me the last time that happened. I’m not gonna let
+it happen
+again."
+	PallaPalla stared at the ground. "PallaPalla’s sorry Hotaru-chan,
+ChibiUsa-chan.
+There’s nothing PallaPalla can do about it now."
+	ChibiUsa felt her temper flaring. A mixture of anger, sadness, and
+hopelessness
+coursed through her veins. "No, you have to do something," she continued
+desperately.
+	Hotaru shook her head sadly. "No, ChibiUsa-chan. There’s nothing she can
+do."
+	The blue haired amazoness paused for a brief moment before starting to walk
+away. She felt bad about her mistake, but what could she do? She just hoped
+the other
+three amazoness wouldn’t be mad at her. She’d already disappointed her
+princess and
+Hotaru. She didn’t want everyone mad at her.
+	"What do we do now?" ChibiUsa asked, her voice low.
+	"Go home," Hotaru suggested. "We’d have to go eventually and we might as
+well get it out of the way now."
+	ChibiUsa nodded. "I’m so sorry, Hotaru-chan."
+	Hotaru swallowed a lump forming in her throat. "Don’t be, ChibiUsa-chan.
+Its
+not your fault."
+	"Thanks, Taru." Setting Hotaru down, ChibiUsa pulled out the Luna Pen.
+Using
+the pen she changed Hotaru’s dress into a much smaller dress for the now
+younger girl.
+Picking her back up, ChibiUsa took off for the mansion where Hotaru lived.
+	"Umm.. ChibiUsa, I can walk," Hotaru said after a minute.
+	"Oh yeah." ChibiUsa blushed in embarrassment and set the younger girl down.
+	Hotaru sighed as she had to reach up to hold the other girl’s hand.
+Something
+she did so often was now so totally different. The two walked on in silence
+for a while,
+both tormented by their own thoughts as they made their way to Hotaru’s
+house.
+	Hotaru shivered as the cold when began to blow across her exposed skin.
+Tiny
+goosebumps formed from the chill. Tiny droplets of water had begun to fall
+from the dark
+clouds overhead. Hotaru was cold, wet, and miserable. A dark pit sunk in her
+stomach
+when she looked up at ChibiUsa. She had almost managed to forget how old she
+was
+while they had been walking along. The realization that she could be stuck
+as a child
+frightened her. Her small hand clutched ChibiUsa’s soft hand tightly, her
+fingers
+trembling lightly. She knew she shouldn’t be scared. ChibiUsa would be there
+for her,
+and Setsuna could probably find someway to fix things. But she couldn’t help
+it. She was
+afraid. What would happen now? Would she have to grow up again, wait those
+long years
+over again? The thought that frightened her the most was from what she’d
+heard
+PallaPalla say. Would she have to wait and grow up all over  until she could
+see ChibiUsa
+again? If she was stuck as a child, would ChibiUsa have to go to the future
+without her?
+She would have to wait years to be together with ChibiUsa again if that
+happened.
+	"Oh, Hota-chan," ChibiUsa said quietly, shaking the dark haired girl from
+her
+thoughts. ChibiUsa was kneeling in front of her, rain droplets dripping
+across her
+beautiful features, dripping off her chin. "It’s okay, Hota-chan. Please
+don’t cry." The
+pink haired girl’s fingertips brushed away sad tears that had begun falling
+from Hotaru’s
+large violet eyes. Hotaru hadn’t even realized they were there before that
+moment.
+ChibiUsa’s soft touch sent a spark of warmth through the younger girl’s cold
+body. "I
+promise it will be alright. Even if I have to go make PallaPalla do the same
+thing to me,
+just so we can stay together, that’s what we’ll do." The pink haired
+princess smiled
+lopsidedly. "We can go back to the future as little girls and grow up
+together." She
+brushed some damp hair away from Hotaru’s eyes and kissed her forehead
+gingerly.
+	"ChibiUsa-chan.." Hotaru said, her voice choked off by the emotions she
+felt.
+She threw her small arms around the now taller girl’s waist, her head
+resting against the
+other girl. Sobs wracked her small form as ChibiUsa held her close. The fear
+and sadness
+she had felt were replaced by the warm feeling of love she had for her pink
+haired
+princess. She was still saddened by the whole ordeal, but she knew that
+she’d be okay in
+the solace of ChibiUsa’s arms.
+	"I’d never leave you, Hotaru-chan. Even if it was to wait for you to grow
+up. If
+it came down to it, I’d rather grow up with you." ChibiUsa sighed in relief
+as she finally
+managed to coax a smile from the younger girl. "I love you, you know."
+Hotaru nodded, the wind ruffling her dark hair. "I know. I love you, too."
+"There’s nothing for you to worry about, Hotaru-chan. We’ll find some way to
+fix this," ChibiUsa said, locking her crimson eyes with Hotaru’s violet
+ones. She took a
+deep breath before continuing. "And if we can’t, don’t let it get to you.
+I’ll always love
+you. We’ll always be together. Remember that."
+Hotaru nodded again. "Hai, I will." She buried her face in the soft material
+of
+ChibiUsa’s dress, the soft feel of the pink haired girl’s skin underneath.
+Warm tears
+mixed with the cold rain on the dress, but the tears slowly trickled to a
+stop. Taking a step
+back, Hotaru mustered a weak smile. "Thank you, Odango-chan."
+	ChibiUsa returned the smile. "Anytime, Taru. Now let’s get you home. Its
+freezing out here."
+	Unbeknownst to the two girls, two shadowed figures had been watching from a
+distance. The two mysterious figures held each other tightly in the rain.
+Both appeared to
+be around sixteen years old.
+	"That was surprising," one of them said, her dark hair done up in odangos
+getting rather soaked in the rain. She turned to her companion.
+	"I had know idea that was going to happen. They had mentioned it before,
+but I
+didn’t know it would happen while we were back here. Maybe we should have
+spent
+more time researching everything," the other said. She pulled off her
+glasses with a free
+hand, the raindrops blurring her vision.
+	"We might be able to use it to our advantage," the odangoed one suggested.
+	The other girl ran a hand through her own damp, shorter hair. She thought
+for a
+moment. "Yeah, maybe we can. For now we’ll just have to watch. We’ll have to
+wait for
+the right time before we begin."
+	The girl with the odangos nodded. "Right. I can wait. I’m in no hurry as it
+is."
+	Smiling, her shorter haired companion leaned closer, her lips almost
+touching
+the other girl’s. "Neither am I, if it means waiting with you."
+	The two girls continued to hold each other in the shadows as the rain
+poured
+around them.
+	As a flash of lightening illuminated the area around them, Hotaru was sure
+she
+saw two figures looking over at them. Before she could say anything, a loud
+thunder clap
+hit, the sound ringing in her ears. Suddenly, she felt ChibiUsa’s arms
+encircle her,
+drawing her near. Hotaru struggled to catch her breath as the older girl’s
+arms squeezed
+her. She could feel the pink haired girl’s rapid heartbeat against her.
+Looking up, she saw
+that ChibiUsa’s eyes were clenched closed. ChibiUsa’s normal warm complexion
+was
+now pale. She knew ChibiUsa had a fear of thunder, but she’d forgotten all
+about it for
+the moment. Hotaru felt awkward as she now tried to comfort the older girl.
+"Its okay,
+ChibiUsa-chan. It’s only a noise."
+	ChibiUsa took a shuddering breath, slowly opening her eyes. "I know.. Let’s
+just hurry back to your place, alright?"
+	"Sure. We’re almost there, ChibiUsa-chan," Hotaru said soothingly.
+	ChibiUsa giggled nervously. "It’s really no big deal. It’s silly to be
+afraid of
+that." Another clap of thunder had her dragging Hotaru close in a tight
+embrace again.
+The pink haired girl shut her eyes as she waited for it to pass.
+	Over in the shadows, the girl with odangos shook her head. "Too bad she
+never
+gets over her fear of thunder."
+	The other girl laughed softly and put her glasses back on. "By then it’s
+just an
+excuse to clutch onto Hotaru."
+	"When you think about it that way.." the dark haired girl with odangos said
+thoughtfully. Both girls stepped further back into the shadows as they
+followed Hotaru
+and ChibiUsa.
+	ChibiUsa and Hotaru sat on the bed in an uneasy silence. ChibiUsa wanted
+desperately to comfort the now younger dark haired girl, but she didn’t know
+what she
+could say or do to help.
+	Hotaru looked helplessly down past her small feet to the floor. Everything
+was
+so much bigger now. Glancing sidelong at her girlfriend, she felt a stab of
+pain in her
+heart. The pink haired girl was so much older than her now. She was only a
+child.
+"Odango-chan?" Hotaru’s small voice piped up.
+	Turning at the sound, ChibiUsa’s arm went around the smaller girl, pulling
+her
+closer. "Yes, Hotaru-chan?" She could see the hopeless look in Hotaru’s
+eyes, the
+defeated slump of her shoulders. It crushed ChibiUsa to see the dark haired
+girl like that.
+She took Hotaru’s small hand in her own, trying to comfort her.
+	"Would you really have PallaPalla do the same thing to you if we couldn’t
+find a
+way to fix this?" Hotaru looked up at the pink haired girl worriedly.
+	ChibiUsa smiled and squeezed Hotaru’s hand gently. "Of course, Taru. You
+shouldn’t have to go through this by yourself. And I wouldn’t mind the
+chance to grow
+up with you. Besides, maybe it’ll help me be more ladylike when I get older
+if I have to
+go through being a kid again." She giggled softly.
+	"But isn’t it better this way? If I’m changed back into a baby, then I can
+grow
+up. When Usagi has you, I’ll only be a year older than you." Hotaru tried to
+smile, but it
+failed to reach her eyes.
+	ChibiUsa shook her head firmly. "No. Either you get to come back with me to
+the future or I’m staying here with you."
+	"But you’re the princess of Crystal Tokyo," Hotaru argued.
+	ChibiUsa smiled. Leaning forward, she softly kissed Hotaru’s cheek. "That
+doesn’t matter. I love you. I want to be with you. No matter where it is.
+And if that means
+as five year olds growing up again, then that’s fine."
+	"Oh, ChibiUsa-chan!" Hotaru stood up shakily on the bed, hugging the pink
+haired girl as tightly as she could. ChibiUsa’s arms wrapped around the
+smaller girl,
+drawing her close. They stayed that way for a long time.
+	ChibiUsa finally spoke up, breaking the silence that had once again
+enveloped
+the room. "It doesn’t matter to me what age you are, Taru-chan. It hasn’t
+changed the fact
+that I still love you. With all my heart." She added with a slight smile,
+"It was strange
+enough to find out I was in love with my best friend, let alone a girl at
+that. Do you think
+this would change things?"
+	Hotaru’s head rested against ChibiUsa’s shoulder. She shook her head
+slowly. "I
+was just scared. My body’s so different now. I’m a little girl. I’ll have to
+wait to grow up
+all over again. I didn’t know what would happen with us. I know you’d still
+love me, but
+I didn’t know if you’d leave for the future, when I’ll be older. Its got to
+be hard having a
+girlfriend that’s ten years younger than you."
+	ChibiUsa winked at the dark haired girl. "I’ll manage. I’m not the one who
+has
+to grow up again. Yet, at least. Think about it this way, though. You’ll be
+able to
+understand the twins better."
+	Hotaru giggled softly. She sighed as she looked into ChibiUsa’s warm
+crimson
+eyes. A small hand rested on ChibiUsa’s cheek. "Thank you, Odango-chan."
+	"I want you to be happy, my Firefly. I’ll help you through this. I
+promise."
+ChibiUsa brushed her hand through Hotaru’s dark, raven hair. She hesitated
+for just a
+second before kissing Hotaru.
+	Hotaru closed her eyes, pretending everything was back to normal, that
+everything was right with the world. Her heart sang out as she kissed the
+pink haired girl
+back. "I love you," she said quietly as she rested her head on ChibiUsa’s
+shoulder again.
+Shortly afterward, Hotaru fell asleep in the pink haired girl’s arms.
+	"I want to dream nice dreams..."
+	Beautiful eyelids fluttered open, casting butterfly shadows across pale
+skin.  The
+figure seemed
+to clutch around her, praying for something to come into contact with those
+long fingers.
+She
+sat upright, fabric spilling away from her frame like silk, coming to rest
+near her waist.
+Nightclothes clung to her, and she reached one hand to peel them away.  The
+other
+reached up to
+brush a wispy strand of green and brown hair from her face.
+	"I want to dream nice dreams..."
+She opened her eyes wider, as if astounded at the quiet whispering.  Green
+eyes
+went wide, then
+narrowed, as if suspicious of where the voice had originated from.  Small
+rosebud lips
+parted,
+then quietly said, "What?"
+	"I want to dream nice dreams..."
+	The whispering had become almost a pleading, and this small figure seemed
+to almost
+jump from
+her bed.  She searched with trained eyes over her surroundings, padding
+across the floor
+with
+bare feet almost noiselessly.  She turned at a small sobbing sound, long
+braids with
+woven hair
+swinging, almost deadly.  When she saw the almost pathetic figure swinging
+on a lone
+circus swing,
+her heart just about melted.
+	"I want to dream nice dreams..."
+	With barely an effort, the lean arms hoisted the figure up on the ladder.
+With a
+cat-like grace
+she climbed up to meet this sobbing figure that had caused her to rouse from
+a tormented
+sleep.
+She reached her, easing her out of the swing and onto the platform.  The
+girl before her
+was
+clutching her knees, rocking back and forth, eyes glazed over and unseeing.
+Her mouth
+was
+quivering, and so were the pale limbs of the body it was joined to.
+Suddenly, her head
+shot
+upward, turning toward this tall figure who had taken her from her
+sanctuary.  Blue eyes
+were
+questioning, quivering...but all she could utter from that perfect mouth
+was...
+	"I want to dream nice dreams..." and she wrapped her arms around this
+figure
+standing by her
+side, pulling her down.  "Oh, JunJun, I want to dream nice dreams..."
+	"I know," the savior said, wrapping thin arms around this petite
+blue-haired
+child.  "I know,
+PallaPalla."  The embrace tightened.  "I do too.  We all do."
+	"Help me dream nice dreams, JunJun."  Oh, how those peircing blue eyes
+could
+envelop all who
+stared them.  "Please..."
+	Baffled, she stared into the depths of blue, knowing she was trapped.
+"I...I don't
+know how..."
+	"I know I could dreams nice dreams, JunJun..." she continued on, as if she
+hadn't
+heard a word
+the other woman had said.  "If I had only one thing..."
+	"What's that?"  The words themselves seemed heavy...
+	"If I could just..." an embarrassed giggle.  "Have you."
+A long moment of silence followed.  The words seemed to hang in the air,
+cling
+to every shred of
+dignity both girls possessed.  And the next noise was only a slight brushing
+of lips upon
+lips,
+and the next a breathless gasp.
+	*Oh, if only we could dream nice dreams...*
+The joy of sweet kisses, one following the other - so precisely placed on
+tender lips, as if
+purely made for mounting pleasure upon pleasure.
+	It was still dark when ChibiUsa woke up the next morning. But that wasn’t
+really a surprise. Even with all the lamps, Hotaru’s room seemed perpetually
+dark. The
+pink haired girl didn’t mind. She found the room romantic. A long yawn
+escaped her lips
+as she tried to sit up, but something seemed to be stopping her. She moved a
+little at first,
+testing. Her arm brushed what felt like a leg, and someone was holding on to
+her other
+arm. Looking down, she saw three young girls in the bed with her. For a
+moment her
+mind froze, wondering what could be going on. Panic started to edge in on
+her sleep
+blurred mind, but things slowly started coming back to her. These were her
+daughters, her
+and Hotaru’s. They had come back from the future to spend some time with
+them. They
+must have snuck into bed after she fell asleep.  But one of them was Hotaru.
+That
+depressing thought woke her up fully. It took her a moment in the dim light
+to pick out
+which was Hotaru, the dark haired girl holding tightly onto her arm. She
+smiled softly,
+brushing back the girl’s raven hair before kissing her forehead.
+	After a long moment, ChibiUsa noticed her vision still wasn’t back to
+normal,
+even for the dim room. Reaching up, she giggled a little when she pulled
+away a note
+from her own forehead. In it, Setsuna told her she knew all about what
+happened to
+Hotaru and that she had explained it to Haruka and Michiru. The Senshi of
+Time told her
+not to worry, that she should have faith that it would work out. It also
+mentioned that
+Haruka and Michiru had left for the day and that she was going to have
+breakfast at
+Seiya’s, so ChibiUsa should have fun watching the kids. For some reason,
+ChibiUsa was
+sure the older Senshi had been laughing when she’d written that part.
+	Realizing just how hungry she was, ChibiUsa took great difficulty in
+extricating
+herself from the bed. Finally free from the tangle of bodies, she looked
+back at the bed,
+trying to make sure that no one woke up. She sighed contentedly as she
+looked at what
+would one day be her family. Even the fact that Hotaru was a little girl
+didn’t seem so
+bad after a good night sleep. And she did make a cute little girl.
+	The future princess yawned as she walked downstairs, padding along barefoot
+across the carpeted floor. She was wearing one of Hotaru’s nightgowns, she
+noticed. Her
+mind raced with the possibilities of what may lay in the refrigerator, what
+delicious
+breakfast could be in store for her. She smiled to herself, deciding to make
+something for
+the twins and Hotaru while she was up. She paused at the foot of the stairs
+when she
+heard the doorbell ring. The sudden noise in the still, quiet morning
+shocked her. She
+stood still for a moment, waiting. Glad that it must have been nothing, she
+turned to head
+to the kitchen just as it rang again. She sighed, but headed for the door.
+So much for
+breakfast.
+	She stood in front of the door for a long moment, time seeming to freeze in
+place. A pit formed in her stomach, as if opening that door might change
+everything.
+‘That’s silly,’ she chided herself. Her hand nervously reached out for the
+door knob,
+stopping at the cold metal. She swallowed nervously. Why was this getting to
+her? It was
+probably just Setsuna or one of the others. The pink haired girl tried to
+get a grip on the
+door knob, but her sweaty palm made it hard to turn it. Glancing back
+towards the stairs,
+she wished Hotaru to be there with her for some reason. Well, other than the
+fact that she
+-always- wanted Hotaru with her. She could hear the drizzling rain starting
+to pick up as
+the knocking increased.
+	Steeling herself for whatever lay beyond the door, hoping her nervousness
+was
+unfounded, ChibiUsa finally opened the door.
+To be continued in the next story. Ja! ^-^

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