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     1.4 +Hello everyone! ^-^ This story is something I'm very glad to have finished.
     1.5 +It took me nearly two years from start to finish. Sometimes it would move
     1.6 +to the back of my mind for a while when I was working on other stories or
     1.7 +projects, but it would always lurk there until I would give it my full 
     1.8 +attention again. This is my written version of Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon 
     1.9 +S based off of Naoko Takeuchi's manga rather than the anime. It started 
    1.10 +as a simple enough idea. I wanted to expand upon some of the points in 
    1.11 +the manga. That's where ChibiUsa & Hotaru's most romantic scenes were 
    1.12 +to begin with, anyway. ^-^ But it grew after that. Slowly but surely. And
    1.13 +this is the end result. I can't say it's one of my best works, but I 
    1.14 +certainly enjoyed writing a good deal of it. ^-^ It took me two years to
    1.15 +finish, so a lot of my writing isn't really as good as it could be as my
    1.16 +editor reminded me, so I take all of the blame for tarnishing Naoko 
    1.17 +Takeuchi's manga. ^-^;; I really do hope you all enjoy this. ^-^ Now I 
    1.18 +just need to start up SuperS and go through Sailorstars and this little
    1.19 +project should be done in another two years or more. ^^;; I'd like to thank
    1.20 +Boco the Chokobo for all of the contributions to this story and for being 
    1.21 +so kind as to edit it for me when I don't have the patience to do it myself.
    1.22 +I tried to follow the manga very closely, but there are some times when the
    1.23 +story veers, so please bear with me. ^-^;; I borrowed heavily from manga 
    1.24 +translations to keep myself on track for the most part, but it was a lot of
    1.25 +fun to see how things turned out anyway. ^=^ Thank you very much for reading 
    1.26 +this and if you have any comments or suggestions, please e-mail me. ^-^ 
    1.27 +
    1.28 +Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon - Infinity I Alternate
    1.29 +'Eye of the Beholder' - Prologue
    1.30 +by Amazoness Duo
    1.31 +amazonessduo@hotmail.com
    1.32 +
    1.33 +     "I thought it was around here.."  ChibiUsa let out a sigh as she walked 
    1.34 +along.  She had come to the Mugen Gakuen amusement park with Mamoru, Momoko, 
    1.35 +Diana, and some classmates, but she had lost her hat riding the roller coaster, 
    1.36 +and had seperated to look for it.  She was having a great time overall, but 
    1.37 +something felt wrong.  A strange feeling in the pit of her stomach just wouldn't 
    1.38 +leave her.  She felt an urgent need to hurry.  "It must be the other side of 
    1.39 +that building.."
    1.40 +     Looking around her, as she entered the secluded area in the shadow of the 
    1.41 +skyscraper, the pink-haired girl found herself near the Infinity Academy, Mugen 
    1.42 +Gakuen.  The feeling of dread wouldn't go away.  It worsened as she came near a 
    1.43 +red and white warning sign.  "I can read that," she said to herself, barely able 
    1.44 +to make out the complicated kanji.  "..research labs?  Oh, here it is."  The hat 
    1.45 +had been blown by the wind into a corner of this section of the building.  The 
    1.46 +princess picked it up and dusted it off.  "I bought it for Ikuko-mama, so I'm 
    1.47 +glad I found it again."  Taking a better look at her surroundings, hat in hand, 
    1.48 +she gasped at the sight unfolding in front of her.  A raven haired girl wearing 
    1.49 +the Mugen Gakuen school uniform was having a coughing fit.  It sounded pretty 
    1.50 +bad.  "Hey, are you okay?"
    1.51 +     ChibiUsa went over to the other girl, a hand going to the pale child's 
    1.52 +shoulder.  The girl's arm came up, forcing her own away from her, the other 
    1.53 +clutching her chest as coughs wracked her weak body.  "It's okay.. this happens 
    1.54 +all the time... but you should go away.  The area is.. off limits..."
    1.55 +     Before the pink-haired girl could respond, her blonde mother had rounded 
    1.56 +the corner at a dead run.  Strangely enough, she was also in a Mugen Gakuen 
    1.57 +uniform, but she had no time to ask why before the older girl began: "What are 
    1.58 +you doing here by yourself, ChibiUsa-chan!!  You should know better, it's 
    1.59 +dangerous here!" 
    1.60 +     ChibiUsa responded defensively.  "I lost the hat I bought for Ikuko-mama, 
    1.61 +and then this girl.. I guess she's okay, but she looked hurt."  Just as quickly 
    1.62 +as the words left her mouth, the princess felt her broach reacting.  "The 
    1.63 +Crystal..?"
    1.64 +     "ChibiUsa-chan!  Abunai!!"  A large black monster had grown out of the 
    1.65 +darkness was hovering over the three girls.  Acting as quickly as she could, 
    1.66 +ChibiUsa changed into Sailorchibimoon.  Not having time for a fancy speech, she 
    1.67 +threw herself between the Daimon and the beautiful raven haired girl.
    1.68 +     The Daimon lunged forward towards the two girls.  Chibimoon brought her arm 
    1.69 +up in front of her as the beast came crashing into her.  The dark haired girl 
    1.70 +screamed as Chibimoon fell backwards. 
    1.71 +     "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" Sailormoon's voice rang through the haze of 
    1.72 +pain seeping into Chibimoon's mind.  Before the Daimon could do anything, it was 
    1.73 +hit by Sailormoon's attack.  A cat lay on the floor where moments before a 
    1.74 +Daimon had been.
    1.75 +     Breathing a sigh of relief, Chibimoon shakily got to her feet.  She quickly 
    1.76 +turned around to check on the dark haired schoolgirl.  The girl was on her 
    1.77 +knees, her hands clenched against her chest.  She looked up, her silver grey 
    1.78 +eyes still frightened.  Their mysterious depths left the pink haired girl 
    1.79 +speechless as she tried to think. 
    1.80 +     "Who.. are you..? Why did you save me?" the raven haired girl asked, short 
    1.81 +of breath.
    1.82 +     Chibimoon smiled broadly and held out a hand to the other girl.  Her knees 
    1.83 +felt weak and a newer feeling in her stomach replaced the feelings of dread 
    1.84 +she'd had.  Her crimson eyes looked deeply into the silver eyes pointed up at 
    1.85 +her.  "We are the Soldiers of Justice!  Sailormoon and Sailorchibimoon."  She 
    1.86 +really wanted to see this girl again for some odd reason.  She hoped this 
    1.87 +wouldn't be the last she would see of her.  "Are you okay?  Were you hurt?" she 
    1.88 +asked, concerned.
    1.89 +     The raven haired girl took Chibimoon by the wrist, pulling her forward.  
    1.90 +"You are the one who's hurt," she said softly, eyes seeming to shine in the 
    1.91 +darkness. "You got hurt for me."
    1.92 +     "What?"  Chibimoon gasped as she felt the bloody gash on her arm where the 
    1.93 +Daimon had hit her.  She hadn't noticed before, but now that she did, pain shot 
    1.94 +through her arm.  She felt a bit sick at the sight of her own blood. 
    1.95 +     The schoolgirl held Chibimoon's arm, gently placing her hand over the 
    1.96 +wound.  Chibimoon looked down at the other girl, confused about what she was 
    1.97 +doing. The raven haired girl looked back up at her, dispelling her concerns for 
    1.98 +the moment. 
    1.99 +     Mamoru showed up just as two figures leaped off, from the shadows: a green-
   1.100 +haired woman in a sailor fuku, and a platinum blond man in cape and mask.   
   1.101 +Apparently they had watched the whole thing from the sidelines.  "Wait!" 
   1.102 +Sailormoon yelled after them, to no avail.
   1.103 +     Chibimoon watched as the girl's eyes fell closed.  She seemed to be 
   1.104 +concentrating intently.  Chibimoon gasped as a glow began to surround her arm 
   1.105 +and the other girl's hands.  A warm feeling flooded through her, eminating from 
   1.106 +the girl's hands, but passing over Chibimoon's whole body.  Finally, the glow 
   1.107 +began to dissipate.  Pulling her arm up after the dark haired girl had let go of 
   1.108 +it, she could see that the wound was now not much more than a bad scratch.  
   1.109 +"Usagi!  Look, my wound.." 
   1.110 +     Taking Chibimoon's arm again, the raven haired girl began to bandage it 
   1.111 +with her hankerchief.  Not looking at the pink haired senshi, she began 
   1.112 +explaining as if she'd read Chibimoon's mind.  "I've been able to do that since 
   1.113 +I was very young.  I can heal injuries, but it takes a lot out of me."  The pale 
   1.114 +girl looked down sadly.  "But it frightens everyone around me when I do that."  
   1.115 +She sighed, running her fingers through her dark hair.
   1.116 +     Chibimoon looked down at the dark haired girl in amazement.  "I think it's 
   1.117 +wonderful..." she said softly. 
   1.118 +     The raven haired girl looked up at the future princess oddly, finished 
   1.119 +bandaging her arm.  She blinked in confusion, looking up into those crimson gems 
   1.120 +that stared down at her.  The other sailor senshi were talking behind them, but 
   1.121 +she didn't seem to notice.  "You... You do?"  The question came out softly.  How 
   1.122 +could anyone think its wonderful?  It seemed impossible to the girl.
   1.123 +     Chibimoon nodded emphatically.  "Un, it's amazing!  My arm feels so much 
   1.124 +better now.  Thank you."  Looking down into two silvery pools, Chibimoon felt 
   1.125 +herself being drawn in by this mysterious girl.  She longed for that gentle 
   1.126 +touch, that warm feeling again.
   1.127 +     "And thank you for saving me."  The raven haired girl let a small smile 
   1.128 +play across her lips.  It was the first time Chibimoon had seen her smile.  It 
   1.129 +was beautiful.  This girl didn't seem to smile much, but it sent a thrill 
   1.130 +through the pink haired girl just to see it.  Right there, Chibimoon vowed that 
   1.131 +she'd get her to smile more.  "You should disinfect that when you get home," the 
   1.132 +raven haired girl said, motioning to Chibimoon's arm.  "But right now, you 
   1.133 +should go.  If the guards find you, you'll be in a lot of trouble."
   1.134 +     "Thanks."  Chibimoon smiles gratefully.  The pink haired senshi paused 
   1.135 +before leaving.  It didn't feel right to leave yet.  More importantly, she 
   1.136 +didn't want to leave yet.  She wanted to see the dark haired girl again.  
   1.137 +"Umm... If you don't mind, could you tell me something?  What's your name?"
   1.138 +     "Tomoe Hotaru," Hotaru said softly, finally getting to her feet.  The two 
   1.139 +girls looked at each other for a long silent moment.  Turning to leave, she 
   1.140 +whispered back over her shoulder, "Be careful."
   1.141 +     Chibimoon watched after Hotaru as she entered the building through large 
   1.142 +double doors.  The girl's name ran through her mind over and over again as she 
   1.143 +watched the girl's retreating form.  "Firefly," she said quietly.
   1.144 +
   1.145 +     Hotaru collapsed near the doorway shortly after she got home.  Pain shot 
   1.146 +through her veins as an icy hand seemed to clamp down on her whole body.  She 
   1.147 +felt as if she were being torn apart from the inside out.  Her breathing grew 
   1.148 +heavy and ragged as she gasped for air, her hand clutching her chest.  Hot tears 
   1.149 +rolled down her pale cheeks as the pain became unbearable.  Everything grew hazy 
   1.150 +around her.  For a moment, the dark haired girl wished the escaped Daimon had 
   1.151 +killed her.  Then this pain would finally be at an end.  Through the cloud of 
   1.152 +pain, she decided that it was good that she hadn't, if only that she had been 
   1.153 +able to meet the pink haired girl right afterward.
   1.154 +     "Hotaru?"  Her father's assistant, Kaolinite, ran up to her.  "Another 
   1.155 +seizure?  It's alright.  It will pass." 
   1.156 +     The older woman placed a hand on Hotaru's shoulder.  Hotaru shrugged it off 
   1.157 +and pulled away, her breathing returning to normal as the pain began to dull.  
   1.158 +"Let go of me!  I can handle it myself," she said angrily.
   1.159 +     "Hotaru, you know that's no way to talk to Kaori-kun.  She's helped us very 
   1.160 +much since your mother's death.  As my assistant, you should treat her with 
   1.161 +respect," Professor Tomoe said as he entered the room.
   1.162 +     "Professor!"  Kaolinite turned at his approach.  "Hotaru and I were just 
   1.163 +having a discussion."
   1.164 +     Professor Tomoe nodded before looking sternly at Hotaru.  "Hotaru, you need 
   1.165 +help with how poor your health is.  You have to let us help you.  And Kaori-kun 
   1.166 +is practically part of the family.  You should listen to her."
   1.167 +     "She's your private secretary, your assistant.  She should know her place 
   1.168 +and not invade our home!"  Hotaru stood up on shaky legs and ran off to her 
   1.169 +room. 
   1.170 +
   1.171 +     Slamming the door to her room, Hotaru fell forward onto her bed.  She 
   1.172 +wasn't feeling very well.  She breathed deeply, trying to relax.  An image of a 
   1.173 +pink haired girl came unbidden to her mind.  The other girl had been so nice to 
   1.174 +her.  She had even saved her life.  What shocked Hotaru the most was that she 
   1.175 +hadn't been afraid of her healing abilities.  Hotaru hugged her knees to her 
   1.176 +chest and sighed.  Would she ever see the pink haired girl again?  Probably not.  
   1.177 +She didn't even know her name.  Her life was too lonely for her to have found a 
   1.178 +friend that easily.  That glimmer of hope, that warm feeling she had felt, 
   1.179 +disappeared as the reality of the situation set in. 
   1.180 +     As she changed from her school clothes into a night gown, she felt a sharp 
   1.181 +pain in her heart.  She didn't know if it was another seizure or if it was the 
   1.182 +fact that she would never see the pink haired girl again.  She took a shaky 
   1.183 +breath before pulling her nightgown the rest of the way on.  The thought of a 
   1.184 +beautiful dreamless sleep beckoned to her as an escape from the sorrow she felt.  
   1.185 +Closing her eyes tightly, she crawled under the soft sheets of her bed.  Still 
   1.186 +wracked by a pain in her heart, she fell into a fitful slumber. 
   1.187 +
   1.188 +     "It hurts..."
   1.189 +     Hotaru moaned in pain, rolling over in bed.  The vice-like grip over her 
   1.190 +body increased.  She writhed in pain on the bed. 
   1.191 +     The door to her room slowly opened.  "Hotaru?" her father asked.  "Hasn't 
   1.192 +it stopped?"
   1.193 +     "Dad..." Hotaru managed quietly.
   1.194 +     "Did you take your medicine?" Professor Tomoe asked worriedly. 
   1.195 +     "I took it, but... it didn't work."
   1.196 +     "When the time comes, it will.  You'll be alright."  The professor reached 
   1.197 +into a large pocket on the side of his lab coat and withdraw an angular crystal.  
   1.198 +"This is an amulet, passed down through the family.  Your mother used to carry 
   1.199 +it."  He placed the amulet gently in Hotaru's hands.  "Now that you have it, you 
   1.200 +can sleep soundly.  I'll come check on you in a bit.  Good night."  He turned to 
   1.201 +leave, quietly closing the door behind him.     
   1.202 +     "Dad, why are you acting so strangely?  What's been going on lately?"  
   1.203 +Hotaru sighed and held the crystal.  It felt cold against her palm.  Her pain 
   1.204 +slowly started to recede as she stared down at the amulet.  "Maybe dad was 
   1.205 +right.  It does seem to be working.  The seizure stopped.  But... I'm scared.  I 
   1.206 +can't trust my own body.  It feels so strange.  The seizures... they've only 
   1.207 +been getting worse lately."  She took a shaky breath, willing herself not to 
   1.208 +think about such things.  Finally, she drifted back to sleep.
   1.209 +
   1.210 +     Back at the underground base beneath Crown Game Center, Luna and Artemis 
   1.211 +were talking to the Sailor Team about the two mysterious Senshi they had 
   1.212 +encountered and the mysterious happenings at the Mugen Gakuen school.  ChibiUsa 
   1.213 +wasn't really paying attention, her mind preoccupied.  She kept playing the 
   1.214 +events of the day before over and over in her mind.  She couldn't stop thinking 
   1.215 +about that strange girl.  "Hotaru," she whispered.  The dark haired girl's image 
   1.216 +appeared with crystal clarity in ChibiUsa's mind's eye.  Her beautiful pale 
   1.217 +skin, offset by dark raven hair.  Deep pools of silver that seemed to go on 
   1.218 +forever.  She was pretty.  Very pretty. 
   1.219 +     "ChibiUsa-chan?"  Usagi asked for the third time, wondering what the Senshi 
   1.220 +in training could be daydreaming about.  "Are you coming with me and Mamo-chan 
   1.221 +or not?"
   1.222 +     "Huh?"  Looking over, ChibiUsa blinked a few times.  "Oh, right.  Yeah."
   1.223 +     Usagi smiled to herself as she started to drag Mamoru off, her future 
   1.224 +daughter in tow.  "Anyway, ChibiUsa-chan.  You shouldn't give our real 
   1.225 +identities out so easily.  What if those two were enemies?"
   1.226 +     "Sorry," ChibiUsa apologized half-heartedly.  "I thought I could be friends 
   1.227 +with the girl.  I like Hotaru-chan, with her pure-white skin.. she was very 
   1.228 +pretty."
   1.229 +     "Like plaster of Paris," Mamoru agreed.  At the questioning look from his 
   1.230 +future daughter, he explained.  "A beautiful stone, like new-fallen snow."
   1.231 +
   1.232 +     A few days later, the group had again gathered at Crown Fruit Parlor.  "So 
   1.233 +you're the president of the 5th year class, ChibiUsa-chan?" Ami asked.
   1.234 +     "Yep," ChibiUsa responded between bites of a sundae.  "I represented all of 
   1.235 +us at the entrance ceremony!  It was great.  The new class was cute."
   1.236 +     "ChibiUsa is the class rep.. the world's coming to an end." 
   1.237 +     "Oh, it's not that bad, Usagi," Minako interjected.  "Besides, we finally 
   1.238 +made it into 3rd year junior high.  All we have to worry about is entrance 
   1.239 +exams.. then again, if an enemy attacks now, I'll be held back for sure."
   1.240 +     "Don't be so gloomy.  It's April 17th, after all, Rei-chan's birthday!  We 
   1.241 +should throw her a party," Makoto said as she played with the remains of her own 
   1.242 +frozen treat.  "Where's she been, anyway?"
   1.243 +     "Out training on Mt. M, since yesterday," the blonde original-Senshi 
   1.244 +responds.  "She wanted to cleanse herself for her 15th birthday."
   1.245 +     "Perfect!  We can surprise her!!  Everyone's going, right?"
   1.246 +     "A mountain?"  ChibiUsa makes a face at the 'older' girls.  "I have things 
   1.247 +to do, being class representative and all.  Tell Rei-chan happy birthday for me, 
   1.248 +though."  And with that, the pink-haired girl finished her icecream and slipped 
   1.249 +out of her seat.  She had more important things to do.
   1.250 +
   1.251 +     ChibiUsa frantically searched through the laundry.  Ikuko-mama had said 
   1.252 +that she would wash it for her.  If she could only find it...  ChibiUsa smiled 
   1.253 +to herself.  Any reason to see the raven haired girl again would be worth it.  
   1.254 +Her smile slowly vanished when she found the hankerchief.  The blood stain was 
   1.255 +still there on the white cloth. 
   1.256 +     A small sigh escaped her lips as she looked at the cloth.  All she really 
   1.257 +wanted was to see Hotaru again.  She hadn't been able to get the dark haired 
   1.258 +girl out of her mind.  She had wanted to give the hankerchief back to the dark 
   1.259 +haired girl, but now it looked like stain of her blood was stuck in the cloth.  
   1.260 +She would settle for any reason to see the other girl again.  She wasn't sure 
   1.261 +why, but she just had to see Hotaru again.  She had to.  She took a deep breath 
   1.262 +as she thought up an image of the other girl in her mind's eye.  That pale, 
   1.263 +alabaster complexion that made the girl seem to be a beautiful statue brought to 
   1.264 +life.  Those soft, thin lips that looked so pretty when they would smile.  Her 
   1.265 +short raven hair, a dark contrast to her pale skin, making her look even more 
   1.266 +striking.  And those sad silvery grey eyes.. just looking into them showed a 
   1.267 +glimpse of the shadows this girl had around herself, the loneliness she clung to 
   1.268 +as if it was the only thing she had.  She was so beautiful.  And so very alone.  
   1.269 +The pink haired girl shook her head.  It wasn't fair.  This girl shouldn't have 
   1.270 +to feel that way.  She would be her friend.  She smiled to herself.  Yes, she 
   1.271 +would be Hotaru's friend.  She only hoped the other girl would let her. 
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