Hello again. ^-^ This story is kind of a third part to ‘Moonlit 

 Nights’ and it centers mainly around Diana and Momoko. 

 Hopefully it will tie up some of the loose ends left from 

 ‘Moonlit Nights’ 1 and 2. You don’t have to have read those 

 before you read this, but it would probably help. 

 

 For those of you that don’t know some of these characters, 

 here are some very brief descriptions (we’re using some parts 

 from the manga in this, too, like Ruruna and Naruru)-

 Diana: She’s ChibiUsa’s guardian cat and comes from the 

 future. She has a human form but she still has her tail as a 

 human. 

 Momoko: She’s a cute lavender haired Chinese girl who 

 befriended ChibiUsa shortly after she’d first come to the past. 

 Ruruna & Naruru: They’re two other friends of ChibiUsa’s, 

 though Hotaru can’t seem to stand them. ^^ They only showed 

 up once near the end of the manga, but they are fun to keep 

 around. And yes they do say strange things like ‘Haaging’, so 

 just remember we didn’t make that up. ^_-

 

 We’d like to thank Eric because without him, we never would 

 have been able to get this out for a long time. Thanks for 

 everything, Eric. ^-^

 

 We’re working on a couple other stories right now, so 

 hopefully we’ll be able to get them out soon. We did manage 

 to finish a very short Card Captor Sakura fic, but its pretty 

 depressing. ^^; We’re about halfway through a much happier 

 Card Captor Sakura story about now. If you’d be at all 

 interested in reading any of those, please e-mail us. Or if 

 you’ve got any ideas for a Card Captor Sakura fic. ^^

 

 We’d love to hear what you think of this story and we’d love 

 to hear any ideas you all have for any other stories we could 

 do. Please e-mail us at:

 amazonessduo@hotmail.com

 

 Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon is owned by the great Naoko 

 Takeuchi and Toei Animation.

 

 Please enjoy the story. ^-^

 

 Illusions 

 by

 The Amazoness Quartet

 

 "Over here, Momo-chan!" a familiar voice yelled 

 to Momoko. She smiled and looked up to see her 

 friend ChibiUsa already waiting for her outside the 

 gate with Ruruna and Naruru. Relief washed over her 

 as she exited the school grounds and made her way 

 over to her friends. ChibiUsa waved cheerfully to her 

 as she approached.

 

 "I'm glad that's finally over with," Momoko said

 as she started walking along with the other girls.

 

 "Yeah. All those tests the week after the dance."

 ChibiUsa sighed. "I'm sure I didn't pass most of

 them."

 

 "We shouldn't worry about it," Naruru said. "Its

 Friday, so we've got all weekend to forget about

 the week." 

 

 "Sounds good to me," Ruruna said. "That gives me

 time to talk to my boyfriend about not being able

 to go anyplace last weekend because of the dance.

 What are you two going to do?"

 

 "Not much," Momoko said. She was glad that it was

 the weekend, but she really didn't feel like doing

 anything. It had been a week, but her mind kept

 being drawn back to the mysterious girl she'd met

 at the dance. Every time she closed her eyes, she

 saw her. When she fell asleep, she would dream of 

 what had happened. And she could swear it felt like the

 other girl was right at arms length at times.

 

 "Hotaru and I are going shopping and then we're

 going to see a movie." ChibiUsa smiled.

 

 Naruru and Ruruna stared at her for several moments.

 "You're the only one she acts that way around, you

 know," Naruru said.

 

 "What way?" ChibiUsa asked.

 

 "All happy and excited. Blushing a lot. Buying you

 things," Ruruna said.

 

 "That's because I'm always short on money," ChibiUsa

 countered the only excuse she could think of.

 

 "How she gets so jealous over you, how she 

 walks with you to school," Naruru continued.

 

 "Those weird looks she gives you," Ruruna and Naruru

 said simultaneously.

 

 ChibiUsa blushed a deep crimson hue. Momoko said

 nothing, having seen ChibiUsa kiss the dark haired

 girl in question already.

 

 "She's my best friend," ChibiUsa said defensively.

 

 "I don't know. It seems kinda strange to me," Naruru

 said. "I heard a rumor that she's a lesbian. Could be

 why she stays around you so much, ChibiUsa. She

 probably likes you."

 

 "But that's a rumor," ChibiUsa protested.

 

 "Well, its not like you exactly discourage her, though.

 So of course she wouldn't have stopped," Ruruna added.

 

 "It's just a rumor. You should ignore things like

 that," ChibiUsa said. Two arms wrapped around her from

 behind pulling her into a hug, startling the already

 nervous pink haired girl.    

 

 "Hi, ChibiUsa-chan. Sorry I'm late, but I forgot

 something back in class," Hotaru said happily as she

 let go of the other girl and held her hand. Ruruna and

 Naruru stared at ChibiUsa as if they'd proven their point.

 

 ChibiUsa laughed nervously. "Where to next, everyone?"

 she asked, trying to change the subject.

 

 "We're going back to Ruruna's house," Naruru answered.

 

 "Yeah, so we'll probably see you later. We'll probably

 do some haaging before we get there though," Ruruna said 

 as she waved to the other girls before she took off with

 Naruru.

 

 "What does that mean again?" Hotaru asked her pink haired

 girlfriend.

 

 "It means they're going to get some Haagen Dazs before they

 go home," ChibiUsa supplied.     

 

 "Ohhhh... I wish they'd just talk like normal people,"

 Hotaru said exasperated. She'd never liked the two girls

 much, but they were ChibiUsa's friends, so she tried to at

 least get along with them.

 

 ChibiUsa laughed. "They aren't that bad, Taru-chan." She put 

 her  arms around the dark haired girl. Hotaru smiled as she felt  

 ChibiUsa against her.

 

 "Maybe not, but I'm still glad they're gone." Hotaru started

 leaning towards ChibiUsa as the other girl began to do the

 same. ChibiUsa stopped suddenly and slowly turned to stare

 in a certain direction. Hotaru followed her gaze and saw

 Momoko still standing there. The two girls pulled away and

 looked around nervously as their friend pretended not to

 have noticed anything.

 

 "So, where should we go now?" ChibiUsa asked nervously.

 

 Momoko decided to ignore what had just happened for the 

 time being. She had to much on her mind to worry about her 

 friend's relationship. She still didn't know what to say to 

 ChibiUsa about it in the first place. And it really didn't seem 

 like much of a big deal anymore. Not after she'd started 

 realizing how she felt about Diana. She sighed before forcing 

 a smile. "How about the Crown Fruit Parlor? We can go there 

 before we decide what to do next."

 

 ChibiUsa's eyes lit up while Hotaru sweat dropped, knowing

 she'd probably be paying for a large meal for the pink haired

 girl.

 

 "Sounds great!" ChibiUsa said happily.

 

 "Ok then. We'll find out what else we want to do once we get

 there," Momoko said. She was glad was glad that they were

 going to the Fruit Parlor. ChibiUsa would be distracted by the

 food while Hotaru was distracted by ChibiUsa, as she often 

 was. It would give Momoko more time to think about things.

 

 As the three girls continued walking, a gray kitten ran up to

 them.

 

 "Diana!"

 

 Momoko's head jerked up as she heard that familiar name. She

 quickly looked around for the beautiful girl. Her spirits sank 

 as she realized it was ChibiUsa's kitten.

 

 ChibiUsa picked up the kitten and placed it on her head, as

 she often did. "Do you want to go with us?" she asked.

 

 Diana meowed in response. ChibiUsa giggled as the kitten 

 tried to get more comfortable on her head. Momoko and 

 Hotaru stared at ChibiUsa for a moment, the other girl 

 seeming to find nothing strange about the kitten riding on her 

 head.

 

 Diana kept shyly stealing glances at Momoko as they began to

 walk again. She'd been meeting ChibiUsa everyday after 

 school that week so she could see her lavender haired friend. 

 After learning that the other girl liked her, she tried to see

 her as often as possible. Diana had a crush on Momoko for

 a long time and it felt so good to know the other girl liked her.  

 Unfortunately, she hadn't been able to tell Momoko how she 

 felt.

 

 

 Momoko sat quietly in thought while petting the gray kitten

 curled up in her lap. She barely noticed the other two girls

 talking to her. She was having trouble concentrating because 

 her thoughts kept returning to the mysterious girl at the dance. 

 She finally brought her attention back to Hotaru and ChibiUsa 

 when she noticed them stand up.

 

 "We're sorry, Momo-chan," Hotaru apologized. "We promised 

 Setsuna-mama and Michiru-mama that we'd go shopping with 

 them today. We're going to be late if we don't get going soon. 

 I can't believe I forgot."

 

 "Don't worry about it," Momoko said, feeling a bit relieved 

 that she'd have time to think by herself.

 

 "You could come with us if you want," Hotaru offered 

 hopefully.

 

 "No. Thanks anyway, but right now I don't really feel like 

 going anywhere," Momoko declined.

 

 "Okay. Call me tonight then," ChibiUsa said.

 

 "ChibiUsa..." Hotaru began.

 

 "Oh yeah. Nevermind. Call Hotaru's house tonight. I'll be 

 there." ChibiUsa smiled at her friend as she stood up. 

 ChibiUsa and Hotaru waved to her as they walked off.

 

 Momoko sighed. She saw them hold hands as soon as they 

 thought they were out of sight. 'I was so shocked when I found 

 out that they were together. But now... I don't know. Am I 

 jealous of them?' She sighed again and took a sip of her drink. 

 'At least they have each other. I just want to see Diana again.' 

 She blushed deeply as she thought of  the other girl. 'How 

 could I be in love with her? I only met her the night of the 

 dance. Then why do I feel like I've known her for years?

 She seemed so familiar.'

 

 Momoko gently pet the sleeping kitten on her lap. Diana 

 purred happily. "Oh! ChibiUsa forgot to take Diana with her." 

 She picked Diana up and quickly went out the door, trying to 

 catch up to her friends. She looked around as crowds of people 

 passed by on the busy streets obscuring her view. "She said 

 she'd be at Hotaru's house tonight. I guess you can stay with 

 me until then." She lifted the kitten up to her face. 

 "How does that sound?"

 

 Diana meowed happily and licked Momoko's cheek. The 

 lavender haired girl giggled. "Okay then. I could use some 

 company right now anyway."

 The kitten looked back at her happily, purring. Momoko 

 walked away from the cafe with the kitten in her arms and no 

 real destination in mind.

 

 "Where should we go Diana?" Momoko asked.

 

 'She's asking me? I have to come up with a nice place for us to 

 go then. Just don't say anything stupid,' Diana thought to 

 herself. "We could..."

 

 Before Diana could finish, Momoko turned around swiftly. 

 She looked around to see who the voice belonged to. "Hello?"

 

 Diana sweatdropped. "Oh no,' she thought. 'I'm a cat. I'm not

 supposed to talk. Good going.' Diana meowed nervously, 

 hoping Momoko would forget about the voice.

 

 "That was strange." Momoko shrugged and continued 

 walking. "Can't think of anything, can you? Let's go home 

 then. I'll take you to ChibiUsa later tonight." Momoko smiled 

 as she heard Diana meow in agreement.

 

 'Why am I talking to a cat so much? Probably because I hear 

 ChibiUsa talk to her so much. And its comforting in an odd 

 way. I don't have to worry about what I say to her. And its 

 nice to have someone to talk to about Diana.' Momoko 

 scratched the kitten's chin and started off for home.

 

 

 Momoko unlocked the door to her house and let herself in. 

 She knew her parents were both gone for the night and that 

 was fine with her. She'd rather be alone for the moment. Her 

 mother had noticed her strange behavior lately and had asked 

 her about it. She had tried to tell her mother it was nothing, but 

 she didn't believe her.

 

 Momoko sighed wearily as she walked into her room, setting 

 down her backpack before sitting on the bed.  "Why is this 

 getting to me so much? I've never felt like this before," she 

 said aloud. She slumped backwards onto the bed staring at the 

 ceiling.    

 

 The little gray cat cat crawled onto the lavender haired girl's 

 lap. Momoko giggled. "Thanks, kitty. I'm glad you're here." 

 Diana purred as Momoko began petting her. "Why'd Diana 

 have to leave?" she asked, not expecting an answer.

 

 'Because you noticed my tail,' Diana thought sadly.

 

 "I still don't know what was going on. That whole night was 

 pretty strange," Momoko closed her eyes, trying to remember 

 every small detail of the night of the dance. How pretty Diana 

 had been. How it felt when they were dancing. How she'd 

 forgotten her whole reason for being there while dancing with 

 the other girl.

 

 Diana silently watched the lavender haired girl as she lay deep 

 in thought. Her eyes darted over Momoko's lovely features. 

 Diana blushed as she continued looking at the other girl. She 

 stood up on Momoko's lap and walked across the other girl so 

 that her face was right above Momoko's. Her paw gently 

 stroked Momoko's cheek. The lavender haired girl didn't seem 

 to notice. Diana sighed longingly. Without thinking, she 

 leaned forward and tried to kiss Momoko.

 

 Momoko's eyes opened suddenly. Diana jumped back. "I'm so 

 sorry!" Diana blurted out.

 

 Momoko stared wide eyed at the kitten. Diana stared back at 

 her. "I'm sorry," she repeated. Momoko abruptly fainted.   

 

 Momoko blinked several times. What had happened? Dim 

 light filtered through her open window, making her wince. 

 She'd been unconscious for a while.

 

 "Are you okay?" she heard a voice ask worriedly. She could 

 barely make out the figure sitting near her on her bed. She 

 blinked again, trying to make out who it was. She bolted 

 upright when she saw it was the girl she'd met a week ago, 

 Diana.

 

 "Diana!? What are you doing here?" Momoko asked, shock 

 and joy mixed in her voice.

 

 Diana thought for a moment before answering. "Well, its kind 

 of hard to explain." Diana remembered how she'd left the 

 dance after Momoko had noticed her tail. She tried desperately 

 to keep it behind her to hide it from view. 'Why do I have to 

 keep my tail in my human form? Mom and Dad don't have 

 tails when they're humans. It's not fair. Especially with 

 Momoko. How am I supposed to explain it to her?' she 

 thought.

 

 "I'm.. I'm glad you're here," Momoko said shyly. 'Why am I so

 nervous right now? This isn't like me at all.'

 

 'Is she blushing?' Diana asked herself. 'Could it be because of

 me?' she thought happily. 'Now's my chance to tell her how 

 I've felt about her for so long. She said she... she said she 

 loved me when she was talking to my kitten form. But what if 

 she knows that the kitten and the girl are both me. Would she 

 still have said that about my human form? I'm so nervous. I 

 don't know what to say. How can I explain things to her? 

 What would she think?'

 

 'She's here. I don't know how, but she's here,' Momoko 

 thought. 'That's what I've been wanting all week, to see her 

 again. So why can't I think of anything to say to her?'

 

 Both girls sat nervously, unsure of what to do.

 

 Momoko suddenly turned to Diana. "Why did you leave the 

 dance? I've felt bad about that for the past week."

 

 Diana looked away from the other girl. "I just had to leave..."

 

 "Diana, I've been so confused about things for the past week. I

 just found out something surprising about some friends of 

 mine that I'm still trying to deal with, and all these things 

 about you and the dance. I don't know if I can handle anymore 

 secrets or lies. Please, can we tell each other the truth about 

 everything?" Momoko pleaded.

 

 Diana wanted to agree with her, but there were so many things 

 she didn't know how to explain. "Things are a lot more 

 confusing than you think."

 

 Momoko shook her head. "I don't care. I want to know."

 

 Diana sighed. There were so many things she wanted to tell 

 Momoko. And Momoko did want to know. It seemed to fit 

 perfectly. Diana took a deep breath before replying. "Okay, 

 but this is all pretty strange. You have to promise that you'll 

 believe me."

 

 Momoko stared at her for a moment. 'What could be so 

 strange?' she thought. "Okay, I promise."

 

 Diana smiled nervously. "Good. Well, I should probably start 

 at the beginning. You should make yourself comfortable. Its a 

 long story."

 

 Momoko looked on, interested in what the other girl had to 

 say. Diana started by trying to explain where she came from. 

 Momoko looked on in disbelief as Diana told her about her 

 home in the future. She went on to tell how she came back to 

 the past as ChibiUsa's guardian and how she'd met Momoko 

 because she was ChibiUsa's friend. Diana continued on, trying 

 to explain most of what had happened up to that point.

 

 Momoko sat silently for a moment, completely unsure of what 

 to say. "But how could you have known me for so long? I 

 didn't meet you till last week," she finally said, not mentioning 

 the stranger parts of Diana's story. She wanted to believe 

 Diana, but what she said couldn't be real.

 

 "Well, that's not exactly true. You've met me, you just didn't

 recognize me," Diana explained.

 

 "Trust me. I'd recognize you anywhere," Momoko reassured 

 her.

 

 "I didn't really look the same, though," Diana said nervously.

 Momoko stared at Diana oddly. Diana sighed. "I know this is 

 all hard to believe. I shouldn't have said anything. Its just that I 

 really wanted to tell you. I wanted you to know. I didn't want 

 to hide anything from you, Momo-chan." She looked down 

 sadly.

 

 Momoko didn't know what to do. Diana was disappointed that 

 she didn't believe her. But it all sounded so unbelievable. She 

 wanted to say something comforting to the other girl, but she 

 couldn't think of anything.

 

 Suddenly Diana looked up at the lavender haired girl. "Wait! I 

 can prove it. If this is possible, then the rest is. Then you'll 

 believe me," she said happily.

 

 Momoko sweatdropped at Diana's enthusiasm. "That's good..." 

 She had no idea what Diana could mean. She didn't think 

 anything could prove Diana's bizzare story. Diana hesitated for 

 a moment. It had ended her night with Momoko at the dance 

 and now she was hoping it would prove she was telling the

 truth. She sat up on her knees and turned to the side slightly to

 show her tail. "See? I'm a Sailorchibimoon's guardian cat. I 

 offer advice and help when I can."

 

 Momoko looked at Diana's tail for a moment. She reached out 

 and grabbed it to see if it was real. She instantly let go when 

 the tail moved in her hand. "A tail?" Momoko continued to 

 watch as Diana moved it behind her.

 

 "Yeah," Diana said quietly, a little embarrassed about 

 Momoko's reaction to it. "I'm the only one that keeps my tail 

 in human form. My mom and dad don't have their's when 

 they're humans."

 

 "Human form?" Momoko asked, still shocked by the other 

 girl's tail. It felt so real, like when she'd been petting the kitten 

 earlier. This was all too confusing. None of this was making 

 any sense. Momoko paced back and forth for a second in a 

 vain attempt to say something, anything, in the midst of all 

 this. "What's going on?" she asked as she turned around. The 

 other girl was gone. In her place was ChibiUsa's kitten, sitting 

 exactly where Diana had been a moment ago.

 

 "Hi!" The kitten said, smiling up at Momoko.

 

 Momoko took a step back. This was really starting to freak her 

 out. "You talked," she barely managed to say.

 

 "Of course I did," the kitten said teasingly. "This is what I was

 talking about. This is my cat form."

 

 "Diana?" Momoko knew that the girl she'd met and ChibiUsa's 

 kitten were both named Diana, but she hadn't realized the 

 significance of that till now. "You're her?"

 

 The kitten nodded. "Yeah. That's my human form." She stuck 

 out her tongue. "I told you. And I am from the future."

 

 Momoko blinked a couple times. She felt faint. This just 

 wasn't possible. Cats didn't talk. And girls didn't have tails or 

 change into cats. Then again, she had been attacked by a 

 lemure who was after her dream mirror a couple years back. 

 She'd been saved by Sailormoon and Sailorchibimoon. So 

 strange things had happened to her before. This wasn't too 

 much stranger, was it?

 

 "Momo-chan?" Diana asked, still in her kitten form. "Are you 

 okay?"

 

 "I'm... I'm fine," Momoko said. She sat down on the bed by 

 Diana. Momoko and the kitten sat in uneasy silence for a 

 moment. As Momoko thought about what this meant if Diana 

 was ChibiUsa's kitten, a sudden realization donned on her. 

 "Diana, if you're the kitten I've been talking to, then you were 

 here in my room the night of the dance, right?"

 

 "Yeah," Diana said reluctantly.

 

 "Then you heard what I said about your human form?" 

 Momoko said nervously.

 

 Diana didn't say anything for a moment. "Yes," she said 

 quietly. Momoko blushed deeply and looked away. A hand on 

 her arm turned her around to face Diana, now as a human. 

 "You don't know how much it meant to me when I heard you 

 say how you felt about me. I've been in love with you for so 

 long, but I never said anything because you only thought I was 

 a kitten. That night, dancing with you, talking, hearing you say 

 you loved me, was the best night of my life." Diana smiled 

 brightly, her eyes misting up with tears. Momoko looked on in 

 alarm. "I'll always remember that night. But you didn't know 

 who I really was. That wasn't fair of me. Arigato, Momo-

 chan." Diana stood up and wiped some tears from her eyes

 before turning to leave.

 

 Momoko got in front of Diana before she could reach the 

 door. "Diana, wait." She put her hands on the other girls 

 shoulders and looked deep into her eyes. "What I said that 

 night, I meant all of it. You're right, I didn't know that the 

 kitten I was telling it to and the girl I was talking about were 

 the same person, but that doesn't matter. It doesn't change 

 anything. I meant every word of it, Diana. I love you." Diana's 

 mouth opened slightly, but nothing came out. She couldn't 

 think of anything to say. She didn't have to. Momoko pulled 

 Diana closer and kissed her. Diana gasped as she felt the 

 lavender haired girl's lips pressed against her own. Momoko's 

 eyes closed as she felt Diana kissing her back. Both girls

 were nervous about what lay ahead, but they felt safe in each 

 others' arms and that was all that mattered.

 

 

 Epilogue:

 

 *******

 

 ChibiUsa and Hotaru plopped back down on the soft bed in 

 Hotaru's room. ChibiUsa had bought a beautiful new dress and 

 hair bows for herself. She'd even bought a new ribbon for her 

 kitten. It was purple with two cute bells for Diana. Then the 

 realization hit her like a tidal wave. She bolted up off the

 bed and stared at Hotaru with wide eyes.

 

 "What is it ChibiUsa?" she asked worried that something was 

 wrong.

 

 "Diana! I forgot Diana at the Crown with Momoko!" she 

 yelled with a hushed harsh tone. She jumped up to run to the 

 door and was stopped by Hotaru's hand.

 

 "It's been three hours Odango-chan," Hotaru whispered, "Do 

 you really think that Momoko and Diana are at the Crown at 

 this time?"

 

 "No but I can go to Momoko's. I'm sure Momoko wouldn't let 

 her stay at the Crown by herself!"

 

 "But..." They would have continued the little conversation if 

 Michiru hadn't knocked on the door just then.

 

 "ChibiUsa there's a girl at the door wanting to speak to you. 

 She's seems very distraught." ChibiUsa stared at the elder 

 senshi and then she looked at Hotaru. They both bolted for the 

 door and dashed down the stairs in record time. They where 

 greeted by the vision of Momoko holding Diana in her hands 

 they both turned to each other and then they to Momoko.

 

 "Small Lady who is this girl?" Haruka asked clasping her arm 

 around Michiru's waist. She pulled Michiru closer and looked 

 at Hotaru and ChibiUsa with a parental glare. 

 

 "My name is Momoko, and I am ChibiUsa and Hotaru's 

 school friend. I do know how late it is but you see they forgot 

 Diana and I wanted to give her back. I also wanted to talk to 

 them very briefly." Harkua nodded her approval but didn't

 let ChibiUsa and Hotaru know that they where off the hook. 

 She ushered Michiru into the next room leaving the girls 

 alone.

 

 "Thank you for caring for Diana for me Momo-chan," 

 ChibiUsa said reaching for Diana. She was surprised when the 

 kitten didn't jump into her arms. Instead the kitten remained 

 with the lavender haired girl purring contently. She looked

 to ChibiUsa and said with a very serious glaze.

 

 "She already knows about me Small Lady."

 

 "Diana!" Hotaru exclaimed clasping a hand around her mouth. 

 Momoko only smiled and nodded.

 

 "Yes I know all about you Sailorchibimoon, Sailorsaturn." 

 Momoko said, "It was a very long story but it was worth it. I 

 can understand why you've kept it a secret. I’m just 

 disappointed that you couldn't tell me a little sooner."

 

 "But...but why Diana?" ChibiUsa stammered, "Do you know 

 how much trouble you've just gotten us into? What danger 

 you've put us in?"

 

 "What danger?" Momoko asked, "I should of known, besides 

 it shouldn't of been Diana that told me this. It should have 

 been you and Hotaru. Why didn't you tell me you two were in 

 love?" Hotaru took a step back and sat down in the couch.

 

 "That's what bugs you the most?" she asked, "That Odango-

 chan and I didn't tell you we where in love? Not that we 

 were...."     

 

 "Were what?" Momoko asked, "Sailor Senshi? No, that secret 

 I understand. The being in love one I don't. I have been your 

 friend for years now, ChibiUsa. You should have trusted me. 

 Besides Diana and I have our own little secret we'd like to tell 

 you."       

 

 "Secret?" ChibiUsa asked looking to Momoko and Diana. 

 Searching their faces for the answer and coming up with 

 nothing. She sat next to Hotaru and took her hand

 into her own.

 

 "You tell them, Diana." Momoko said watching Diana leap off 

 of her head and patter down to the floor. Then she saw Diana 

 change into her human form, take her hand into her own and 

 smile to ChibiUsa and Hotaru.

 

 "We're an item!" she said with childish glee. Her face lighting 

 up into a thousand little bulbs. The two girls sat in amazement, 

 the whole ordeal not really registering.

 

 "Momo-chan," Haruka's voice interrupted. "Would you like to 

 stay with us tonight?" Hotaru looked to her parents in the 

 doorway. The green-haired women and her blonde haired 

 lover looking at the two couples, smiling happily.

 

 "Here, Haruka-papa, Michiru-mama?" Hotaru asked. "But..."

 

 "You have a true friend here Hotaru." Michiru said in her sing-

 song voice. "It isn't everyday you find someone in the same 

 situation that you are both in. Or that understands the two of 

 you so well. You have both found someone who is accepting 

 you for who you are. For who you've become, it's a special 

 gift. You should embrace it." Hotaru looked to ChibiUsa

 and felt a great weight lifted off of her. The dream of her not 

 having to hide the fact that she was in love with ChibiUsa was 

 coming true. She didn't have to hide in her own home, and 

 now she didn't have to hide it from Diana and Momoko. She 

 smiled with a beam and took ChibiUsa's hand into her own.

 

 "Your right Michiru-mama," Hotaru said, kissing ChibiUsa in 

 the forehead. "I am lucky."

 

 **********

 

 ChibiUsa and Hotaru sat along side each other while looking 

 at Diana and Momoko holding hands and talking feverishly 

 about the events that had brought them together. The story 

 unfolding in a strange and happy conversation. They were

 still adjusting to the fact that they where free to be themselves 

 amongst the two girls that had been their dear friends for so 

 long. The feeling was soaring, but the change was also filled 

 with surprises. ChibiUsa was met with more kisses then she 

 could handle, and she was able to lay into Hotaru's embrace

 for longer periods of time then she was used to. The smiles on 

 Diana and Momoko's faces, both pleased and happy, gave her 

 an easy feeling.

 

 'If I had known how different our relationship would after 

 telling just a few people,' ChibiUsa thought, 'I would have 

 done it a long time ago.'  Hotaru smiled and kissed her again.

 

 "ChibiUsa-chan," Momoko asked. "When are you going to tell 

 Naruru and Ruruna?"

 

 The End.