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     1.4 +A Pretty Sammy Story
     1.5 +By The Amazoness Duo
     1.6 +And Yosho Masaki
     1.7 +amazonessduo@hotmail.com
     1.8 +
     1.9 +As the battle settled to a finish, Pretty Sammy stood as the victor.  Pixie 
    1.10 +Misa levetated not to far from the battle scene and watched.  She often 
    1.11 +wondered who Pretty Sammy was.  Even though she didn't really know her own 
    1.12 +identaty she would at least like to know her enemies.  Maybe, just maybe if 
    1.13 +she found out before she was reverted back she would remember who Sammy was. 
    1.14 +  Just as Sammy started reverting back to normal Misa did as well.
    1.15 +
    1.16 +        Pixie Misa was engulfed in a bright white light and her outfit disappeared 
    1.17 +and she was there in the middle of the sky glowing white and nude.  Her hair 
    1.18 +then reverted from blonde to black as her street clothes reappeared.  Misao 
    1.19 +got up off the ground.  Her headache was now gone.  She walked around and 
    1.20 +wondered how she had gotten in the alley that she was in.
    1.21 +
    1.22 +        As Misao walked around the corner someone knocked her down.  The person 
    1.23 +stopped and it was Sasami.
    1.24 +
    1.25 +        "I'm sorry Misao."  Sasami said, "I was just looking for you.  I
    1.26 +heard that 
    1.27 +there was a battle going on in this area of town and I had gotten worried 
    1.28 +about you."
    1.29 +
    1.30 +        "Thank you, Sasami.  I'm fine though.  I just don't remember how I got
    1.31 +back 
    1.32 +here.  I'm sure that I'll remember though."
    1.33 +
    1.34 +        Elsewhere...
    1.35 +
    1.36 +        "Damn that Pretty Sammy!  She is always getting in my way!"  a
    1.37 +shadowed 
    1.38 +figure yelled in anger.  "It doesn't matter though.  I'll get you when you 
    1.39 +least suspect it.  Be warned Pretty Sammy, you will not be a thorn in my 
    1.40 +side for much longer.  You can count on that."
    1.41 +
    1.42 +        "Master." Ramia said.
    1.43 +
    1.44 +        "What is it, Worm!"
    1.45 +
    1.46 +        "If my warrior was allowed to stay in her other form a little while
    1.47 +longer, 
    1.48 +She could find out who Sammy is and Kill her before she can turn into Pretty 
    1.49 +Sammy."
    1.50 +
    1.51 +        "Your 'WARRIOR' should be greatful that she is even able to turn into
    1.52 +Pixie 
    1.53 +Misa.  I'll give you and your 'warrior' one more chance.  But be warned, If 
    1.54 +you fail me THIS time I will show NO mercy!"
    1.55 +
    1.56 +        "Yes Master.  I am very grea"
    1.57 +
    1.58 +        "SHUT UP AND LEAVE!!!!"
    1.59 +
    1.60 +        On that note Ramia vanished fearing what would happen to her if Misa failed 
    1.61 +agian.
    1.62 +
    1.63 +        A few days later on the Afternoon News.
    1.64 +
    1.65 +        "This is the third day in a row that monsters have been constantly 
    1.66 +attacking the city.  The Super Soldier Pretty Sammy Has put a stop to every 
    1.67 +attack to this point.  Police are baffled and can not detect any connection 
    1.68 +between any of the attack sites.  Some people have began to wonder, that 
    1.69 +with all the constant attacks, just how long Pretty Sammy can keep this up.  
    1.70 +This is Sara Ulrich with WKBM News at 1:00.  Signing off."
    1.71 +
    1.72 +        'Yeah.  Just how long can I keep this up?  Not long, I know that much.  I 
    1.73 +can't even get a good night's sleep anymore.' Sasami thought to herself.  
    1.74 +This was the 3rd day that she has gone without any sleep at all.  Just then 
    1.75 +a little grey rabbit looking creature was hopping across the school yard.  
    1.76 +'Oh no.  Not AGAIN.'
    1.77 +
    1.78 +        "Sasami!  More Luvluv monsters have been spotted.  You must hurry."
    1.79 +
    1.80 +        "I can't do this much longer Ryo-ohki.  I'm about to collapse as it is 
    1.81 +already."
    1.82 +
    1.83 +        Elsewhere...
    1.84 +
    1.85 +        'My plan is working.  With Pretty Sammy exhausted, she won't have the 
    1.86 +strength to fight much longer.  I just need a little more time.'
    1.87 +
    1.88 +        "Ramia!  The Master want's to see you right away."
    1.89 +
    1.90 +        "Thank you Rumia.  You may leave now."  On that note Rumia changed
    1.91 +into 
    1.92 +bird and flew off.
    1.93 +
    1.94 +        Back in Japan..
    1.95 +
    1.96 +        The battle raged on anf for a little while it had seemed that the LuvLuv 
    1.97 +monster had an edge over Pretty Sammy.  With her last bit of energy she was 
    1.98 +able to launch her ultimate attack, Magical Resolution, and was able to put 
    1.99 +the LuvLuv monster at peace with it's inner self.
   1.100 +
   1.101 +        "Finally!"
   1.102 +
   1.103 +        "I'm proud of you Sammy.  I"m glad to see that you can still
   1.104 +fight."
   1.105 +
   1.106 +        "Ryo-ohki!  Did you have doubt?"
   1.107 +
   1.108 +        "Well... no but you looked very tired."
   1.109 +
   1.110 +        "I am VERY tired. By the way you are a terrible lier.  I also had doubt, 
   1.111 +but I knew that I had to beat it."
   1.112 +
   1.113 +        "Bonjour Pretty Sammy.  You look very tired.  Do you think that you have 
   1.114 +enough strength to defeat me?"
   1.115 +
   1.116 +        "PIXIE MISA!  I don't know if I have the strength but I know that I can 
   1.117 +always defeat you!"
   1.118 +
   1.119 +        "Oh come now.  Even I know that you can't defeat me in your weakened
   1.120 +state. 
   1.121 +  However it wouldn't be any fun if you just up and surrendered.  So get 
   1.122 +ready Sammy."
   1.123 +
   1.124 +        Misa charged at Sammy and hit her with unbelievable power.  Sammy knew that 
   1.125 +she was no match for Misa now but she just couldn't give up.  No.  She 
   1.126 +wouldn't give up.  When Misa had was getting ready to give the final blow, 
   1.127 +Sammy was surrounded with a bright magical light.
   1.128 +
   1.129 +        'No.  Not now.  I.. I can't change back now!'  Sammy thought to herself in 
   1.130 +panic.
   1.131 +
   1.132 +        At the same moment Misa was confused and blinded.  Ryo-ohki saw this and 
   1.133 +told Sammy to run for it but she was too weak to make a move.  The light 
   1.134 +disappeared and there lay, in Pretty Sammy's place, was a nude Sasami.  Her 
   1.135 +clothes soon materialized in place of where the Sammy outfit used to be.
   1.136 +
   1.137 +        Misa regained sight to see Sasami laying where Pretty Sammy was at just a 
   1.138 +second ago.
   1.139 +
   1.140 +        "So this is who you are.  Get ready to die, Sammy!  Pixie Blade!" 
   1.141 +Suddenly 
   1.142 +a short bladed sword appeared in Misa's hands and she thrust downward.
   1.143 +
   1.144 +        "NOOOOOOOOOO!  I can't, no, won't do this!"  The blade disappeared
   1.145 +and Pixie Misa Stood up and turned around with tears forming in her eyes.  She, 
   1.146 +too, was then Surrounded in a brilliant flash of light as she started to 
   1.147 +revert back to Misao, Ramia appeared.
   1.148 +
   1.149 +        "What do you think that you are doing?!  You will kill this
   1.150 +annoyance!"
   1.151 +
   1.152 +        "No!  I can't do this to my best friend!  You knew this all along didn't 
   1.153 +you!  You knew that Pretty Sammy was my best friend!"  The reverting
   1.154 +stopped and she retransformed into Misao.
   1.155 +
   1.156 +        "So.  She will eventually betray your friendship.  It's best to destroy
   1.157 +her now, I mean, you will destroy her anyway.  It is better to get rid of her 
   1.158 +befor she can hurt you."
   1.159 +
   1.160 +        "Never!"  With that said, Misa took Sasami and left.
   1.161 +
   1.162 +        Two hours later...
   1.163 +
   1.164 +        "Uhhhhhhh...  What happened?" Sasami said still drowsy and begining
   1.165 +to come around.
   1.166 +
   1.167 +        "Don't worry, you are safe now."  Sasami knew this voice but couldn't
   1.168 +place it.  Her vision cleared after a few moments and she looked around for her 
   1.169 +rescuer.  After another moment she found someone and jumped up ready for 
   1.170 +battle.
   1.171 +
   1.172 +        "Pretty Mutation Magical Re..."
   1.173 +
   1.174 +        "You don't have to transform Sammy.  There is no one else here.  I saved 
   1.175 +you."  Suddenly Misa was covered in a brilliant flash of light and a few 
   1.176 +minutes later the light was gone and Misao stood in Misa's place.
   1.177 +
   1.178 +        Sasami's eyes watered and she started crying.  Crying for her friend and 
   1.179 +crying for herself.  The whole time that she was having fun with her friend 
   1.180 +she was also fighting against her friend.  Fighting in battles that could 
   1.181 +kill her. She could have hurt Misao. She could have killed her. Misao meant 
   1.182 +too much to her to lose like that. She couldn't stand the thought of hurting 
   1.183 +her.
   1.184 +
   1.185 +        "Sasami, what's wrong?" Misao asked concerned. She blinked a couple
   1.186 +times, confused about what was going on. The last thing she remembered, she'd been 
   1.187 +having another headache and then everything had faded away. Now she was with 
   1.188 +a very distraught Sasami. She quickly realized they were in her room, but 
   1.189 +she couldn't make out how she had gotten there, or when Sasami had arrived.
   1.190 +
   1.191 +        Sasami through her arms around the black haired girl, throwing Misao off 
   1.192 +balance. Misao fell back onto the bed with Sasami still clutching to her. 
   1.193 +"Oh Misao… I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" Sasami sobbed. "I should
   1.194 +have known. I should have done something. I'm so sorry."
   1.195 +
   1.196 +        Misao hugged Sasami, trying to comfort her. She didn't know what to do. 
   1.197 +Sasami was always the one who made her feel better when something went 
   1.198 +wrong. She wasn't sure how to calm her friend. "Sasami, its alright. I
   1.199 +don't know what you're sorry about, but there's no reason to. I'm fine. 
   1.200 +Everything's okay."
   1.201 +
   1.202 +        The sound of Misao's voice in her ear sent shivers down Sasami's spine. She 
   1.203 +was locked in a close embrace with the black haired girl, Misao whispering 
   1.204 +soothingly to her. Sasami blushed a deep shade of red and tried to 
   1.205 +disentangle herself from her best friend. Sasami's emotions overflowed as 
   1.206 +she sat there. The fear of what could have happened to her best friend. The 
   1.207 +sadness that she'd almost hurt her, the relief that maybe now they wouldn't 
   1.208 +have to fight anymore. And something else. Some other feeling flowed through 
   1.209 +her. It was deep and warm and enveloped her like a soft blanket. 'What's 
   1.210 +going on?' she thought to herself. Her torrid emotions had ripped down a 
   1.211 +barrier inside her, pouring forth emotions she'd hidden, even from herself. 
   1.212 +Things she'd pretended not to notice, not to care about. She sat up and 
   1.213 +stared at the wall of Misao's room. 'Why do I have to pick now to fall in 
   1.214 +love?' Sasami asked herself angrily. 'And with Misao? How could I be in love 
   1.215 +with Misao?' Sasami took a deep breath while Misao looked on, confused. 'I'm 
   1.216 +just being over emotional right now. I'm sleep deprived and I'm just happy 
   1.217 +she's alright.' She looked back at the black haired girl. Misao was looking 
   1.218 +at her worriedly with her gentle aqua eyes. Sasami turned back towards the 
   1.219 +wall.
   1.220 +
   1.221 +        "Sasami? Are you okay?" Misao asked nervously. "What's going
   1.222 +on?"
   1.223 +        The blue haired girl smiled warmly at her friend. "I'm fine. I'm just glad
   1.224 +things are working out now. I'm sorry I can't explain what's going on right 
   1.225 +now, but I will. Someday I'll explain. I promise." Misao nodded weakly.
   1.226 +"I should go for now. I'll call you tonight. Be careful, Misao." Sasami hugged
   1.227 +the other girl tightly before smiling and heading to the door of the room.
   1.228 +
   1.229 +        Misao wrung her hands, still worried. "I will, Sasami. I hope you feel 
   1.230 +better."
   1.231 +
   1.232 +        "I think all I need is some sleep and I'll be back to normal," Sasami
   1.233 +said.  She waved to Misao and headed downstairs to the door. Sasami sighed deeply 
   1.234 +after she got outside. She squinted as her eyes adjusted to the sun light. 
   1.235 +She wanted to go back in, to see Misao again, but she needed to get some 
   1.236 +sleep.  She tried to ignore all the thoughts invading her sleep hazy mind.
   1.237 +After what seemed an eternity, Sasami reached the house she shared with her 
   1.238 +mother and brother.  She stumbled up the stairs to her room. Ryo-ohki looked up in surprise when 
   1.239 +Sasami collapsed on the bed.
   1.240 +
   1.241 +        "Sasami? You're okay?" Ryo-ohki hopped over to her side happily.
   1.242 +"I was so worried about you!"
   1.243 +
   1.244 +        "Thanks," Sasami mumbled, her eyes half closed.
   1.245 +
   1.246 +        "Where were you? I saw Pixie Misa take off with you, but I couldn't catch 
   1.247 +up in time. How did you escape?"
   1.248 +
   1.249 +        Sasami yawned and tried to make out what Ryo-ohki had said. "Oh, no. I was
   1.250 +fine. Misa wouldn't have hurt me. She saved me." She lazily unbuttoned her 
   1.251 +shirt and threw it to the side, trying to pull the blankets up around her.
   1.252 +
   1.253 +        "She saved you?" Ryo-ohki asked incredulously. Sasami just nodded and
   1.254 +rolled over. "Sasami…" Ryo-ohki nudged the blue haired girl after
   1.255 +waiting for an answer.
   1.256 +
   1.257 +        "I'm sorry, Ryo-ohki, but I'm tired and I'm confused. I need some sleep 
   1.258 +after all this. We can talk later, okay?" Sasami smiled tiredly at the 
   1.259 +cabbit, trying to keep her eyes open.
   1.260 +
   1.261 +        Ryo-ohki sighed. "Sure. You deserve some sleep after all those LuvLuv 
   1.262 +monsters you stopped. Goodnight, Sasami." Ryo-ohki waited for a reply, but 
   1.263 +Sasami was already asleep.
   1.264 +
   1.265 +***
   1.266 +
   1.267 +        Sasami yawned and stretched as she woke up. She felt a lot better after the 
   1.268 +non-stop fighting she'd dealt with over the past couple days. It was dark 
   1.269 +outside now. She had a hard time remembering what had been a dream and what 
   1.270 +was real. One thing stood out above all else, Misao. Her mind centered on 
   1.271 +the thoughts of her dark haired friend. Misao smiled at her in her mind's 
   1.272 +eye. Suddenly, the image shifted, the dark hair was now blonde. The 
   1.273 +beautiful aqua eyes were now pink. Sasami let out a silent sigh, remembering 
   1.274 +that her best friend was her worst enemy. But was she? She had saved her 
   1.275 +life. Maybe it showed just how deep their feeling were for each other, 
   1.276 +strong enough to get past the magic that cause Misao to be Pixy Misa.
   1.277 +
   1.278 +        The blue haired girl blushed deeply. What was she thinking? Her heart beat 
   1.279 +had quickened while thinking of Misao. Just what was happening to her?
   1.280 +        
   1.281 +Stretching as she stood up, Sasami hopped off her bed. She glanced around 
   1.282 +for Ryo-ohki, but the cabbit was nowhere to be seen. She shrugged her bare 
   1.283 +shoulders and padded across the floor to her dresser. Pulling on her 
   1.284 +pajama's, she couldn't help but feel a stab of worry for her friend. Was she 
   1.285 +alright? What would happen to her now that she betrayed that strange lady 
   1.286 +she'd been working for? Sasami bolted upright and grabbed for her phone. She 
   1.287 +pushed the speed dial button and paced nervously as she waited for an 
   1.288 +answer.
   1.289 +
   1.290 +        "Hello?" a gentle voice answered.
   1.291 +
   1.292 +        Sasami smiled at the sound of Misao's voice. The other girl had always been 
   1.293 +her very dear, best friend. She felt so relieved to know that she was okay.
   1.294 +
   1.295 +        "Hello?" Misao repeated.
   1.296 +
   1.297 +        "Oh! Hi, Misao," Sasami said quickly. She leaned down, picking up her
   1.298 +discarded blouse.
   1.299 +
   1.300 +        "Sasami? How are you? I was worried about you…" Misao said softly.
   1.301 +        Sasami fell back on her bed, a blush on her cheeks and a smile on her lips. 
   1.302 +
   1.303 +        "Thanks, Misao. I'm just fine. Actually, I was worried about you."
   1.304 +
   1.305 +        "Me?" the purple haired girl asked in surprise.
   1.306 +
   1.307 +        Sasami giggled. "Yeah. Don't worry about it. I'd protect you if anything 
   1.308 +happened, anyway," she said, her voice suddenly sounding serious. She 
   1.309 +promised to herself she wouldn't let anything happen to her friend. If she 
   1.310 +wasn't Pretty Sammy, then her friend wouldn't be in such danger. Misao never 
   1.311 +would've been used as Pixy Misa. She owed it to her friend to watch out for 
   1.312 +her. And she couldn't live with herself if anything happened to Misao.
   1.313 +        "Thank you, Sasami," Misao said after a short pause. "I really
   1.314 +hope you're doing better."
   1.315 +
   1.316 +        "Yeah, I am. I got some sleep after I got home. I feel a lot better,"
   1.317 +Sasami replied.
   1.318 +
   1.319 +        "That's great. You were acting kind of strange," Misao said
   1.320 +concernedly.
   1.321 +
   1.322 +        Sasami sat up on the bed, crossing her legs. "Strange?" she asked 
   1.323 +worriedly. 'Am I acting strange around her? Did she notice I was?'
   1.324 +
   1.325 +        "I think you were probably just tired," Misao said thoughtfully.
   1.326 +
   1.327 +        "Yeah, that was it," Sasami agreed hurriedly. 'That was all it was,
   1.328 +right?'
   1.329 +
   1.330 +        "I'm sorry, Sasami. I have to go,"  the blue haired girl could hear
   1.331 +the regret in Misao's voice.
   1.332 +       
   1.333 +        "That's okay. I'll see you tomorrow, Misao. Maybe we can go someplace
   1.334 +after school," Sasami said hopefully.
   1.335 +
   1.336 +        "I'd like that," Misao answered happily.
   1.337 +
   1.338 +        "It's a date, then," Sasami heard herself say. She blushed as soon as
   1.339 +the words were out of her mouth.
   1.340 +
   1.341 +        "Sure. Bye, Sasami!" Misao said, seeming not to notice her friend's
   1.342 +odd behavior.
   1.343 +
   1.344 +        "Sleep well, Misao," the blue haired girl said reluctantly. "I
   1.345 +love you," she added as an afterthought.
   1.346 +
   1.347 +        "What?"
   1.348 +
   1.349 +        "Nothing! Nothing! Umm… Goodnight, Misao!" Sasami hung up the phone
   1.350 +quickly before she could say anything else. After a glance at the phone, she tossed 
   1.351 +it to the side as if it were diseased. "What's going on?" she said
   1.352 +aloud.
   1.353 +
   1.354 +        The next day....
   1.355 +
   1.356 +        "Sure you can ask me anything Sasami."
   1.357 +
   1.358 +        "Thank you Mihoshi.  What do you do when you love someone but you aren't 
   1.359 +sure if they love you in the same way?"
   1.360 +	
   1.361 +	"Love?  Oh!  I'm SO happy for you Sasami!  Who is it?  Has he said anything 
   1.362 +to you?  Have you two gone out on a date yet?"
   1.363 +
   1.364 +	"I'd rather not say who it is now and not for the other two.  Would you please 
   1.365 +answer my question."
   1.366 +
   1.367 +	"What question was that?"
   1.368 +
   1.369 +	"What do you do when you love someone but you aren't sure if they love you 
   1.370 +in the same way?"
   1.371 +
   1.372 +	"Oh.  Well I'm not." Mihoshi stopped in midsentence when she heard the door 
   1.373 +knob turn and the door start to open.  Reflex had taken over when she reached for 
   1.374 +her gun and had it armed and ready, aimed for the spot right beside the door.  
   1.375 +"FREEZE!"  Ever since her and Kiyone had been robbed while they were sleeping, 
   1.376 +she has been training hard and improving her senses.
   1.377 +
   1.378 +	"Mihoshi, it's me, Kiyone.  Now put the gun down."
   1.379 +
   1.380 +	"Sorry Kiyone.  Did you have any luck?"
   1.381 +
   1.382 +	"No.  Neither I nor the police have been able to find anything.  I honestly don't 
   1.383 +think that we'll see any of that stuff agian."
   1.384 +
   1.385 +	"At least none of our stuff for the store was stolen."  Mihoshi then returned 
   1.386 +her attention back to Sasami.  "As I was saying, I'm not sure what to do.  I would 
   1.387 +tell that person how I felt and then do something special for them."
   1.388 +
   1.389 +	"What are you guys talking about?" inquired Kiyone.
   1.390 +
   1.391 +	"Little Sasami here is in love.  She wants to know what to do so she came here 
   1.392 +to ask for advice.  Do you have any Kiyone?"
   1.393 +
   1.394 +	"Sasami all I, or anyone else for that matter, can tell you is to do what your 
   1.395 +heart tells you to do.  The only other thing we can do is give you ideas."
   1.396 +
   1.397 +	"Thank you Mihoshi.  Thank you Kiyone.  I'll tell you how it turns out."  With 
   1.398 +that Sasami left.  Still as confused about her situation as ever.
   1.399 +
   1.400 +	As she walked down the street she heard a load explosion to her left.  She ran 
   1.401 +as fast as she could to the next cross section and looked to her left.  There were 
   1.402 +flames and smoke everywhere.
   1.403 +
   1.404 +	Sasami looked around her and saw that no one was around.  "Pretty Mutation 
   1.405 +Magical Recall!"  A bright flash of light engulfed Sasami and out came Pretty 
   1.406 +Sammy.
   1.407 +
   1.408 +	At the scene of the explosion....
   1.409 +
   1.410 +	"Where the hell is Pretty Sammy!" Ramia shouted.
   1.411 +
   1.412 +	"What do you want, Ramia?"
   1.413 +
   1.414 +	"Ah, Pretty Sammy.  I want you to DIE!"
   1.415 +
   1.416 +	Sasami sweatdropped. She really didn’t need this, especially not now. She was 
   1.417 +having enough trouble with her love life to worry about a maniacal magical person 
   1.418 +trying to kill her. “Is there anyway we could possibly do this some other time?” the 
   1.419 +blue haired girl asked pleadingly. 
   1.420 +
   1.421 +	Ramia furrowed her brow angrily. “How dare you mock me, Pretty Sammy. 
   1.422 +For that I’ll have to make sure your death is drawn out. And very painful.”
   1.423 +
   1.424 +	The magical girl sighed. Things just never could be easy for her, could they? 
   1.425 +Pulling her wand up in front of her, she prepared for the attack. A flash of light 
   1.426 +appeared in Ramia’s hand, quickly hurtling her way. The blue haired magical girl 
   1.427 +raised her wand in the air. “Pretty Coquettish Bomber!!” Energy surrounded 
   1.428 +Sasami as she used her strongest attack, trying to force her concentration on this 
   1.429 +rather than a certain dark haired girl that had been the focus of her thoughts as of 
   1.430 +late. The attack flew straight at the red headed woman. Sasami smiled 
   1.431 +triumphantly, but the victory was short lived. Sasami’s smile faded away as she 
   1.432 +saw her attack rather than hit the magical woman, head right through her. Her 
   1.433 +mind reeled with the implication. “And illusion?”  Sasami whirled around, her 
   1.434 +eyes wide in horror, but it was too late.
   1.435 +
   1.436 +“Die.” Ramia grinned, energy lashing out at the bane of her existence. She would 
   1.437 +finally get what she wanted, the end of Pretty Sammy.
   1.438 +
   1.439 +Sasami stood trapped like a deer in headlights, the energy seeming to move in slow 
   1.440 +motion towards her. She closed her eyes tightly, her arms going in front of her in 
   1.441 +reflex. She knew it would do her no good, but she also knew there was nothing she 
   1.442 +could do. Before the blast could hit, two arms wrapped around her waist and leapt 
   1.443 +off with her. The energy hit right were Sasami had been standing. Her eyes slowly 
   1.444 +opened when she realized she was still alive. She took a deep breath, her hands 
   1.445 +going across her body, making sure she was okay. Looking up to her rescuer, she 
   1.446 +was shocked by the sight. The girl was slightly taller than her, long feathery 
   1.447 +blonde hair falling to around her shoulders. Sasami could feel some of the dark 
   1.448 +purple, almost black leather of the girl’s costume against her. The girl’s hands 
   1.449 +were still around her waist, holding her close. The background seemed to fade 
   1.450 +away for Sasami, everything gone except this beautiful girl that rescued her. 
   1.451 +‘Misao and Pixy Misa are the same person. She must really care about me, too, 
   1.452 +then.’ The thought that Misao  had come to her rescue in a sense sent a tingle up 
   1.453 +and down Sasami’s spine. Before she knew what she was doing, the blue haired 
   1.454 +magical girl leaned forward, her soft lips brushing against her rescuers. That 
   1.455 +moment, those soft lips against her own, the whole moment felt truly wonderful. It 
   1.456 +was more magical than anything magic she’d done as Pretty Sammy. 
   1.457 +
   1.458 +Pixy Misa’s eyes went wide as saucers as she felt Pretty Sammy kiss her. She froze, 
   1.459 +unsure of what to do for once in her life as Misao’s other personality. Her hands 
   1.460 +tensed against Sammy’s sides, but that just spurred the blue haired girl on, making 
   1.461 +her kiss the blonde deeper. Misa’s eyes started to fall closed, not knowing how to 
   1.462 +stop what was happening. Not wanting to. Misa barely shook herself from her 
   1.463 +trance in time to drag Sasami out of the way of another attack. The blonde feigned 
   1.464 +anger as she turned to the blue haired girl, too confused by what had happened to 
   1.465 +actually deal with it right now. “What are you trying to do, Sammy? Get us killed? 
   1.466 +You want to kiss, you wait till we’re not about to die. That does put a damper on 
   1.467 +my plans for the day, you know.” 
   1.468 +
   1.469 +Sasami looked down, blushing profusely. What had she just done? Why? She just 
   1.470 +hadn’t been able to help herself. It had felt so good, so right. Even if this was her 
   1.471 +former rival, she was just as much in love with her as Misao. They were the same 
   1.472 +person, even if she did act differently as them. “Sorry…” she said sadly, barely in a 
   1.473 +whisper.
   1.474 +
   1.475 +The blonde grinned reassuringly. “Worry about it later, Sammy. And if we do 
   1.476 +make it out of this alive, maybe I’ll let you try again.” She winked, drawing a 
   1.477 +blush from the blue haired girl. She laughed as she looked around for Ramia. She 
   1.478 +always did enjoy teasing the other magical girl. As long as she didn’t have to 
   1.479 +worry about the implications of the kiss. It wasn’t half bad. Kinda good, actually.. 
   1.480 +Misa’s mind started to wander back to it before she spotted her former master. 
   1.481 +“Pixy Sexy Fire!!” She yelled, the blast flying towards Ramia. 
   1.482 +
   1.483 +Ramia faded out of the way just in time. Reappearing further off, she scowled. 
   1.484 +“You traitor! I’ll kill you as well.” After a moment, she added, “The next time we 
   1.485 +meet.” She turned around, fading away again. 
   1.486 +
   1.487 +
   1.488 +The two magical girls stood in silence for a long moment. Now that the battle was 
   1.489 +over and done with, Sammy’s little kiss earlier came to the surface in both of their 
   1.490 +thoughts. Pretty Sammy turned to Pixy Misa, hoping to find out what the blonde 
   1.491 +girl thought of it. But Misa had a trump card to play. Besides, this wasn’t her 
   1.492 +problem. She was the happy outgoing one. She’d let her other side deal with it, 
   1.493 +even if she wouldn’t remember. Dipping backwards, the leather clad magical girl 
   1.494 +fainted. 
   1.495 +
   1.496 +Shifting back to normal from Pretty Sammy, Sasami sighed miserably. It figured 
   1.497 +that it would turn out like this. Things never could be easy, could they? Of course, 
   1.498 +Tsunami wouldn’t have chosen her as the earth’s champion if she didn’t believe in 
   1.499 +her. But then again, this scenario probably wasn’t something she’d been chosen 
   1.500 +for. “Misao-chan? Misao-chan, are you alright?” Sasami asked, shaking her friend 
   1.501 +softly. 
   1.502 +
   1.503 +“Hmm?” Misao blinked her aquamarine eyes tiredly, trying to focus. It took her a 
   1.504 +moment before she could make out Sasami’s worried face looking down at her. 
   1.505 +“Sasami-chan? Owww….” She held her head as she tried to sit up but Sasami 
   1.506 +pushed her back down. 
   1.507 +
   1.508 +“Wait until you feel better first. I don’t want you to hurt any more than you already 
   1.509 +do. I know how sick you can get.” Sasami bit her lip as she watched her dark 
   1.510 +haired best friend lying on the floor with a pained look on her face. She really 
   1.511 +wished there was something she could do about Misao’s poor health. They had 
   1.512 +first met when Sasami had helped her get to the nurse’s office. Even after all this 
   1.513 +time, it still scared her to see the poor girl wracked with pain like that. 
   1.514 +
   1.515 +“I love you, too.”
   1.516 +
   1.517 +“What?” Was her mind playing tricks on her? She had just heard Misao mutter 
   1.518 +something, right? She really needed more sleep after all of the running around 
   1.519 +she’d been doing lately. All this stress really wasn’t good for her. She was likely to 
   1.520 +crack soon at this rate. “Did you say something?”
   1.521 +
   1.522 +Misao shook her head quickly, rolling onto her side. A scarlet blush colored her 
   1.523 +pale cheeks as she looked off. “No, I didn’t say anything, Sasami-chan. I didn’t say 
   1.524 +anything at all.” The nervous butterflies feeling in her stomach was so bad that she 
   1.525 +thought she was going to be sick. She closed her eyes as the setting sun started to 
   1.526 +hurt them. She wished that Sasami would just take her home soon so everything 
   1.527 +could go back to the depressing way of things. Then she wouldn’t have to worry 
   1.528 +about these things at the very least and that sick feeling would go away. Her eyes 
   1.529 +fluttered open as a pair of arms encircled her waist and helped prop her up. Pretty 
   1.530 +pink eyes and cute freckles along with a little light blue at the corners of her vision 
   1.531 +greeted her. Her blush grew deeper as Sasami looked deeply at her. ‘She smells 
   1.532 +wonderful. I feel so warm and safe in her arms. I always do. I wish she’d never let 
   1.533 +go.’ Internally pushing those thoughts away, she continued thinking to herself. ‘I 
   1.534 +hope she does let go soon. Otherwise I don’t think I’ll be able to pretend 
   1.535 +everything’s the way it used to be. I don’t know if I could handle anymore 
   1.536 +changes.’
   1.537 +
   1.538 +Sasami noticed Misao stiffening up in her grasp after a moment. ‘Why’s she so 
   1.539 +nervous all of a sudden? She was starting to relax just a moment ago. Am I scaring 
   1.540 +her?’ Shaking her head, Sasami never took her eyes away from Misao’s big, 
   1.541 +frightened aquamarine ones. Her soft body barely moved, feeling like a scared little 
   1.542 +animal in her arms. Misao’s breathing was very slow, as if she was trying to not 
   1.543 +bring any attention to herself. ‘If I heard right, she must be scared about the whole 
   1.544 +thing. She’s always been kinda sad. And with how things are, this could risk 
   1.545 +losing her best friend and what we already have. I’m not risking much because I 
   1.546 +know she’ll understand. I know she’ll stay my friend. I know… So why am I so 
   1.547 +worried?’ the blue haired girl thought to herself. “Misao-chan?” One hand went 
   1.548 +higher up Misao’s back as she brought her into a better sitting position. 
   1.549 +
   1.550 +Misao swallowed nervously and nodded in acknowledgement. “Hai, Sasami-
   1.551 +chan?”
   1.552 +
   1.553 +Licking her dry lips, Sasami tried to voice what was in her heart. “Misao-chan, 
   1.554 +you’re my very best friend. You’ve always been there for me and I can’t remember 
   1.555 +ever being happier than when I’m with you. I don’t want to fight against you 
   1.556 +because I care too much about you. You’re very important to me. I just want to be 
   1.557 +with you always. Misao-chan, I love you.”
   1.558 +
   1.559 +Misao’s cheeks went a deep shade of crimson as words caught in her throat. She 
   1.560 +was always so lonely, a scared little girl alone in the dark. But Sasami always filled 
   1.561 +up that darkness for her. She took away that deep loneliness. She was the only real 
   1.562 +important thing in her life. She was her reason to keep going, her reason to hope 
   1.563 +when all seemed lost, her reason to look toward tomorrow when her mother wasn’t 
   1.564 +going to be home and she had cram school to get to. But all that came out was a 
   1.565 +meek, “I love you, too.” That was enough. 
   1.566 +
   1.567 +Sasami’s face lit up as she hugged Misao tightly. “Oh, Misao-chan!” A warm 
   1.568 +feeling quickly surpassed any nervous ones that had been inside her as the girl in 
   1.569 +her arms began to hug her back. All of her unfounded worries and the torment this 
   1.570 +had caused her all melted away in the beautiful dark haired girls hands. She felt 
   1.571 +Misao bury her head against the crook of her neck, an altogether pleasant 
   1.572 +sensation. She held her close, still on her knees.
   1.573 +
   1.574 +Close to tears, Misao clutched onto Sasami like a life preserver in the choppy 
   1.575 +waters of her life. But now she could feel some of her faith returning. Things 
   1.576 +would work out. Because no matter what happened, she’d be with Sasami. 
   1.577 +Whatever else got thrown in her way wouldn’t matter as long as she could be in 
   1.578 +her arms. “Thank you so much, Sasami-chan. I never thought..”
   1.579 +
   1.580 +Sasami cut her off with a soft kiss, her eyes closed as she relished the soft feel of 
   1.581 +Misao’s lips against her own. The dark haired girl just sat there shocked for a 
   1.582 +moment, Sasami’s cheeks reddening in embarrassment. 
   1.583 +
   1.584 +No longer able to form coherent thought and drowning in a sea of emotion, Misao 
   1.585 +returned the kiss. Yes, everything would be alright from now on. ‘Just never let me 
   1.586 +go. Never set me free from you.’
   1.587 +
   1.588 +