rlm@0: Title: 'Twas The Night Before Christmas
rlm@0: Authors: Amazoness Duo
rlm@0: E-mail address: amazonessduo@hotmail.com
rlm@0: Rating: H-hentai
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: This is a Sekkushiaru Roman, which means it is a romance story that contains
rlm@0: a lot of adult themes. This is for mature readers only. We don't own any of 
rlm@0: the characters in this, Toei, Naoko Takeuchi and assorted other people do. 
rlm@0: This is a Christmas themed story. Hotaru & ChibiUsa are both 15 and Kakyuu
rlm@0: & the Starlights are 19. Every space between paragraphs is a scene change.
rlm@0: Usagi and Mamoru are married and share an appartment, so ChibiUsa stays 
rlm@0: with Usagi's parents and Shingo. A lot of our story ideas come from an
rlm@0: IRL Sailormoon roleplaying game we play, and some of the ideas in this 
rlm@0: fic also come from that. One day we may write down the basics of what goes 
rlm@0: on in our role-playing game, but only if people are interested. If you have 
rlm@0: any ideas about who we should get Seiya and Taiki with, we'd really like 
rlm@0: to hear from you. We love feedback, so please e-mail us at: 
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rlm@0: 		    "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 			  By the Amazoness Duo
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	The city of Tokyo was blanketed in a layer of snow. All was calm 
rlm@0: and peaceful...
rlm@0: 	"Come on, Taiki. I don't have all day," Yaten complained as Taiki
rlm@0: ignored him and continued to look around the book store.
rlm@0: 	"It's not Taiki's fault you didn't get Kakyuu a Christmas present
rlm@0: yet," said Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"I just kept putting it off. You guys know how much I hate Christmas
rlm@0: shopping," said Yaten.
rlm@0: 	"That doesn't matter. You should have gotten this done a while back
rlm@0: so you wouldn't have to worry about it now," Taiki spoke up from one of the
rlm@0: books she was looking at.
rlm@0: 	"Well, thanks for going with me, but could we look at some other 
rlm@0: stores? This place sucks," said Yaten. Taiki looked up from her books and 
rlm@0: glared at her. "I mean, I can't find a gift for Kakyuu here."
rlm@0: 	"Yeah, we should probably be going if Yaten's going to get anything 
rlm@0: in time," said Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"Don't worry. I'll be done in a couple minutes," said Taiki. Yaten
rlm@0: and Seiya looked at each other. When Taiki was in a bookstore it could be 
rlm@0: days before they saw daylight again.
rlm@0: 	Several minutes later, Taiki turned around to find that Seiya and 
rlm@0: Yaten were gone. 'Oh well,' Taiki thought, 'that gives me more time to find-
rlm@0: the books I want.' Taiki turned back around and continued to look through 
rlm@0: the shelves of books.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa sat alone in the Tsukino household. She looked outside at 
rlm@0: the snow as the weather seemed to get worse. She sighed. Earlier, she had 
rlm@0: found out that Usagi's parents, Kenji & Ikuko, and her brother Shingo were
rlm@0: stuck because of the snow, so they had to stay at a friend of the family's
rlm@0: house. They had been going to a dinner part and had asked ChibiUsa if she
rlm@0: wanted to go, but she declined. Usagi and Mamoru had called to see if she
rlm@0: was okay a short while ago. Mamoru had offered to go get her, but it would
rlm@0: have been dangerous in the blizzard.
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa remembered the Christmases she had spent in Crystal Tokyo 
rlm@0: with her family. She remembered getting a tree with her parents, having
rlm@0: big dinners with the other Senshi, looking at all the decorations people 
rlm@0: would put up around the Crystal Palace... She sighed again. She missed 
rlm@0: those times. She had tried to call Hotaru several times, but a little 
rlm@0: while after Usagi & Mamoru called the phone lines had gone out. Just to
rlm@0: hear her sweet voice would make ChibiUsa feel better and less homesick.
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa held the present she had gotten for Hotaru. She had wanted
rlm@0: to give it to her that day, but now she'd have to wait until it stopped
rlm@0: snowing, if it did at all. 'I hate this,' thought ChibiUsa. 'It's Christmas
rlm@0: Eve and I can't spend it with my loved ones. I can't spend it with my mom
rlm@0: and dad since they're in the future. Usagi's family can't get here. And 
rlm@0: Hotaru's spending Christmas with Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna. I can't 
rlm@0: even go see her because of the snow.' ChibiUsa sat closer to the fire. She
rlm@0: was wearing a shirt and some sweatpants to keep warm, but it didn't help 
rlm@0: much with how cold it was. She had started a fire earlier to keep warm, 
rlm@0: and it seemed to be heating up the room rather well. 
rlm@0: 	She started to think about Hotaru, as she often did when she 
rlm@0: couldn't be with her. She thought about how Hotaru's dark hair fell to her
rlm@0: shoulders. How Hotaru's purple eyes would stare deep into her own. She 
rlm@0: could spend hours looking into Hotaru's eyes. How Hotaru's soft lips felt
rlm@0: against her own. ChibiUsa blushed. She remembered how they had almost been 
rlm@0: caught kissing right before class. ChibiUsa smiled to herself at the memory. 
rlm@0: "I wish she was here," said ChibiUsa aloud as she thought of the dark 
rlm@0: haired girl.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	Seiya and Yaten walked along inside the mall. "So do you have any 
rlm@0: idea what you want to get Kakyuu?" asked Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"I have no clue. I just want to get her something she'll like," 
rlm@0: said Yaten.
rlm@0: 	Seiya shrugged. "Good luck. I don't really think she'll mind no 
rlm@0: matter what you get her. She has you and that's what keeps her happy."
rlm@0: 	Yaten smiled. "Thanks, Seiya. You're right. I still want to get
rlm@0: her something special, though."
rlm@0: 	The two walked along in relative silence for a while. Finally 
rlm@0: Yaten spoke up. "Lets go in here." Yaten indicated a store. Its sign read 
rlm@0: that it had unique merchandise.
rlm@0: 	"What's 'unique merchandise'? asked Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"Let's find out. Maybe I can find something for Kakyuu here," 
rlm@0: Yaten said as she walked into the store.
rlm@0: 	Yaten and Seiya froze as they looked at the people in the store.
rlm@0: They were all dressed up in costumes of the senshi. And they were all men.
rlm@0: Seiya and Yaten looked along the line of costumed senshi. Some had beards, 
rlm@0: or goatees, or receding hairlines. Seiya and Yaten's gaze stopped as they 
rlm@0: saw the Starlights. Yaten and Seiya ran screaming from the store.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa blinked several times. She must have fallen asleep by the 
rlm@0: fire. She stretched a bit as she sat up. She heard a knock at the door. 
rlm@0: 'That must be what woke me up,' thought ChibiUsa. She got up and walked 
rlm@0: towards the door. 'Who could it be?' she thought. She stood on her tiptoes
rlm@0: and looked out the peephole. Hotaru was standing outside. ChibiUsa quickly 
rlm@0: unlocked the door. 
rlm@0: 	"Hotaru, what are you doing here? You look frozen. How did you get 
rlm@0: here? You didn't walk all the way did you? Do the others know you're 
rlm@0: here?" asked ChibiUsa. Hotaru just smiled slightly and let ChibiUsa lead
rlm@0: her inside. 
rlm@0: 	"I wanted to see you," she said simply.
rlm@0: 	"Oh, Hotaru. You shouldn't have come all this way through the snow.
rlm@0: It's dangerous," said ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 	"Are you happy to see me?" Hotaru leaned towards ChibiUsa and smiled
rlm@0: again. ChibiUsa kissed her. She felt ChibiUsa's warm lips against her own 
rlm@0: cold ones. 'It was worth it. I love being with her. I should have gone 
rlm@0: earlier,' she thought as ChibiUsa's tongue entered her mouth. Both girls 
rlm@0: finally pulled away from lack of breath. 
rlm@0: 	"Thank you, Hotaru. I was feeling so lonely all by myself. And 
rlm@0: homesick. I wanted to see you so badly," said ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 	Hotaru brushed some of ChibiUsa's hair away from her eyes. "I missed
rlm@0: you, too."
rlm@0: 	"You're shivering," said ChibiUsa. "You must be freezing. Let me 
rlm@0: help you." ChibiUsa helped Hotaru out of her clothes and then went off to 
rlm@0: get a blanket. Hotaru sat by the fire and waited for ChibiUsa. 'She really
rlm@0: worries about me. It feels so good to have someone like that. ChibiUsa's not 
rlm@0: even born yet, but she's my other half,' Hotaru thought. ChibiUsa came back 
rlm@0: and put the blanket around her. 
rlm@0: 	"I'm going to make some hot cocoa. I'll be back in just a minute," 
rlm@0: said ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 	"Okay. But you better hurry. I may not be here when you get back,"
rlm@0: Hotaru said mischeivously. ChibiUsa smiled at her and walked off to make 
rlm@0: the cocoa. 'It's nice to know that someone cares for you like she does. 
rlm@0: She's really cute when she worries about me, too. I have a lot of fun when
rlm@0: I'm around her. It's like she brings out a part of me that no one else sees
rlm@0: but her,' thought Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	
rlm@0: 	"I'm telling you, Taiki. They looked like bikers," said Yaten.
rlm@0: 	"They looked like the Hell's Angels in senshi fuku," agreed Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"It's ironic, though, isn't it? We dress up like men as normal 
rlm@0: people," said Taiki.
rlm@0: 	"Not normal people. We're the Three Lights, remember?" answered 
rlm@0: Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"That's besides the point. We dress up like men, though as senshi 
rlm@0: you can see we're women, and they dress up like women as senshi," said 
rlm@0: Taiki.
rlm@0: 	"Though as biker trash you can see that they're men. That doesn't
rlm@0: really matter, Taiki. It was still a scary sight," said Yaten.
rlm@0: 	They walked along silently for a little while. 
rlm@0: 	"Ironic, nonetheless," said Taiki.	
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa walked back to Hotaru holding a mug of hot cocoa. She 
rlm@0: handed it to Hotaru who accepted it gratefully. ChibiUsa sat down by her.
rlm@0: She hugged her knees to her chest. ChibiUsa turned to her and smiled. "I'm 
rlm@0: really glad you're here, Hotaru."
rlm@0: 	"I'm glad I'm here, too. Thanks for the cocoa, Odango-chan," Hotaru 
rlm@0: said, pulling the blanket tighter around herself. 
rlm@0: 	"That's okay. I hope you like it. I know I can't cook very well," 
rlm@0: She was interrupted by a giggle from Hotaru, "but I tried, anyway."
rlm@0: 	"Odango-chan, its easy to make cocoa. You don't have to do too much.
rlm@0: How could you mess that up?" Hotaru asked.
rlm@0: 	"Oh, I'd find some way. That's the last thing I need. You get here 
rlm@0: and then I poison you with bad hot cocoa," said ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 	Hotaru took a sip. "It's pretty good," she said. She felt the warmth
rlm@0: go through her body as she drank a little more. She noticed that it wasn't 
rlm@0: the cocoa that was warming her up, though. It was ChibiUsa's hands on her 
rlm@0: shoulders, trying to rub some warmth back into her cold body. Hotaru purred
rlm@0: as she felt ChibiUsa's breath against the back of her neck. 
rlm@0: 	"So how are Michiru, Haruka, and Setsuna?" asked ChibiUsa. One of 
rlm@0: her hands started to go lower, sending a tingle up Hotaru's spine.
rlm@0: 	"They're doing pretty well. They were doing a lot of cooking before 
rlm@0: I left. Haruka accidently set something on fire and they kicked her out of 
rlm@0: the kitchen," Hotaru said.
rlm@0: 	"Haruka's almost as bad as I am when it comes to cooking," said 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 	"No, she's worse. Michiru-mama tries to help her, but something 
rlm@0: always goes wrong when Haruka-papa's cooking. She really tries to help, 
rlm@0: too," said Hotaru. She felt ChibiUsa's hands rubbing her back. 'I'm in 
rlm@0: heaven right now,'she thought to herself. The blanket slid past her 
rlm@0: shoulders. ChibiUsa felt a thrill race through her as she smelt the 
rlm@0: fragrant scent of Hotaru's hair. 
rlm@0: 	"There. Are you feeling warmer now, Hotaru?" asked ChibiUsa. Hotaru
rlm@0: turned around so she was facing ChibiUsa. Hotaru's arms encircled ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: Her breasts pressed up agianst ChibiUsa's through her shirt. 
rlm@0: 	"ChibiUsa, you warmed my life more than you'll ever know," Hotaru 
rlm@0: said. ChibiUsa blushed as she looked into Hotaru's eyes, as she had thought
rlm@0: about doing earlier. 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	"I can't find anything," complained Yaten.
rlm@0: 	"We've been around the mall and back twice now," said Taiki. "You'd 
rlm@0: think that you could find something by now."
rlm@0: 	"I guess we better head home," said Yaten, defeated.
rlm@0: 	"In that case, I'm going back to get one last book. I'll see you two
rlm@0: in a minute," Taiki walked off.
rlm@0: 	Yaten sat near a fountain, angry at herself for not finding anything.
rlm@0: Seiya sat down by her. After a couple minutes of contemplation, Seiya turned
rlm@0: towards Yaten. 
rlm@0: 	"I know what you can give Kakyuu," said Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"What?" asked Yaten.
rlm@0: 	Seiya pulled something out of her pocket. She held it in front of 
rlm@0: Yaten. It was a small fire red jewel with a ring of gold around it. 
rlm@0: 	"What is it?" asked Yaten as she looked at it.
rlm@0: 	"It's a piece of jewelry from Kinmoku. I found it right before we 
rlm@0: went to earth. I was going to give it to Kakyuu when I told her how I really
rlm@0: felt about her. But you won her heart. I want you to give this to Kakyuu,"
rlm@0: Seiya handed it to Yaten. 'First I lost Usagi, and now Kakyuu,' thought 
rlm@0: Seiya. 'I have really bad luck with women.'
rlm@0: 	"Thanks, Seiya," said Yaten in a low voice as she looked at it. 
rlm@0: "She'll love it, especially since it's from Kinmoku."
rlm@0: 	"Hey, don't worry about it. As long as she has you, she'll be happy. 
rlm@0: As long as she's happy, I'm fine," said Seiya. "Now let's go get a store to 
rlm@0: wrap it."
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	Hotaru & ChibiUsa held each other, the blanket forgotten on the 
rlm@0: floor. Hotaru leaned her head on ChibiUsa's chest. "I wish you'd let me 
rlm@0: tell everyone about us," said Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	"I know, but we're both pretty young. People will think we're doing 
rlm@0: something stupid," said ChibiUsa
rlm@0: 	"I don't care what they think about us. I just want everyone to know
rlm@0: that you're my Odango-chan," replied Hotaru. "As it is, all the boys see you
rlm@0: as a pretty single girl and they try to get you. I want them to know that 
rlm@0: you already have a girlfirend."
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa laughed. "Maybe I should just wear an "I'm gay with Hotaru"
rlm@0: sticker on my blouse."
rlm@0: 	"Maybe. Then I wouldn't have to worry about boys talking to you," 
rlm@0: said Hotaru as she kissed ChibiUsa lightly.
rlm@0: 	"Then you'd only have to worry about the girls chasing after me,"
rlm@0: said ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 	"Why do I doubt that? Anyway, that's why the sticker would say 
rlm@0: 'with Hotaru'" said Hotaru with a smile.
rlm@0: 	"Oh yeah? Momo-chan's had her eye on me for a while," ChibiUsa said.
rlm@0: 	"I'm sure all the other girls in the school do. But they can't have 
rlm@0: you. I wouldn't let them," Hotaru said as their lips brushed again. 
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa brushed some hair out of Hotaru's eyes. "I love you," she 
rlm@0: said simply, looking deep into those purple eyes that drew her in.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	Taiki had caught up with Yaten and Seiya after they had gotten 
rlm@0: Kakyuu's gift wrapped. 
rlm@0: 	"Are we ready to go?" asked Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"I suppose we are," answered Taiki. They pushed open the mall doors 
rlm@0: and looked out at the falling snow outside.
rlm@0: 	"We'll never be able to get back," said Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"Well, we'll have to try anyway," said Yaten determinedly. She 
rlm@0: started walking out of the mall, bracing herself against the still fallng
rlm@0: snow. "Are you two coming or not?"
rlm@0: 	Taiki and Seiya exchanged glances before heading outside. They 
rlm@0: walked along for a while, but they started to have trouble finding where
rlm@0: they were going. They saw a silhoutte of a man in front of them. He waved.
rlm@0: 	"Follow me!" he said as he started off.
rlm@0: 	"What do we do?" asked Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"We follow him. What else can we do." replied Taiki.
rlm@0: 	"Who's stupid idea was it to head out here anyway?" asked Yaten. 
rlm@0: Taiki and Seiya both slapped her upside the head. Suddenly, the snow was 
rlm@0: blocked a bit. They were in an alleyway with a bunch of ragged men 
rlm@0: surrounding a fire barrel.
rlm@0: 	"Hi. I'm Hobo Willie. It's nice to meet you," The man who had helped 
rlm@0: them stuck out his hand wich was covered in a ripped white glove. Taiki took
rlm@0: his hand and shook it. 
rlm@0: 	"It's good to meet you too, sir. Thanks for helping us," Taiki said.
rlm@0: 	"Don't worry about it. Are you fancy lads hungry? We're cooking...."
rlm@0: He looked at what the other bums and hobos were cooking over the fire. "I 
rlm@0: don't know what the hell we're cooking, but it is food. I think."
rlm@0: 	"No! I'm in hell with a bunch of hobo's and I won't be with my 
rlm@0: Kakyuu for christmas!" said an exasperated Yaten.
rlm@0: 	"You forgot bums, fancy lad," Hobo Willie added helpfully.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	Hotaru & ChibiUsa's hands started to roam each other's bodies. 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa felt Hotaru's hands cup her breasts. She felt her nipples 
rlm@0: harden as Hotaru pinched them lightly through the cloth of her shirt. 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa slid out of the sweatpants she was wearing as Hotaru pulled
rlm@0: ChibiUsa's shirt off. ChibiUsa sat on her knees as she and Hotaru looked
rlm@0: at each other. She placed her hands on Hotaru's shoulders and gently 
rlm@0: pushed her to the floor. 
rlm@0: 	"Odango-chan, you are so beautiful," said Hotaru as she traced the 
rlm@0: curves of ChibiUsa's body. ChibiUsa blushed. She crawled over towards 
rlm@0: Hotaru. One hand moved between Hotaru's legs. ChibiUsa crawled up further 
rlm@0: so her face was inches away from Hotaru's. Hotaru looked at ChibiUsa's 
rlm@0: flushed cheeks. 'She's still a bit embarrassed about our making love' 
rlm@0: Hotaru thought. 'She's not used to being close to someone like we are. I'm
rlm@0: not either, but I cherish every moment I have with her. I want to make 
rlm@0: sure she's not embarrassed around me'. Hotaru leaned her head closer to 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa as her hands went to ChibiUsa's chest. Her mouth met ChibiUsa's. 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa almost pulled away at the suddenness of it, but
rlm@0: she pushed back into the kiss, letting Hotaru's tongue enter her mouth. 'I 
rlm@0: am so lucky to have her' thought ChibiUsa. 'She always makes me feel safe.' 
rlm@0: Hotaru felt ChibiUsa's fingers slide into her. Hotaru continued to kiss 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa as she felt her fingers slide further into her. They pulled away 
rlm@0: from the kiss breathlessly.
rlm@0: 	Hotaru's hand ran across ChibiUsa's stomach and through her pink 
rlm@0: pubic hair. ChibiUsa loved the way Hotaru's body felt against hers. ChibiUsa 
rlm@0: spread her legs. ChibiUsa moaned as Hotaru's fingers started to stroke her
rlm@0: pearl. Hotaru started kissing along ChibiUsa's neck. She felt herself 
rlm@0: near orgasm as she felt one of ChibiUsa's hands exploring the curves of her
rlm@0: body. Both girls moaned the others name as they reached orgasm together. 
rlm@0: They laid on the floor for a while panting. ChibiUsa kissed Hotaru's damp
rlm@0: forehead. ChibiUsa got off of Hotaru and grabbed the blanket. Hotaru pulled 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa close as ChibiUsa brought the blanket around them. 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	Taiki looked at the hobos and bums as they threw their Christmas eve 
rlm@0: party. "They have nothing, yet they still enjoy Christmas."
rlm@0: 	"And they invite us to stay for the party," said Seiya.
rlm@0: 	Hobo Willie sat down by Yaten. "Are you okay, fancy lad? You don't 
rlm@0: look too happy. Are you hungry?" he asked.
rlm@0: 	"Look, thanks for everything, but it's Christmas Eve and the only 
rlm@0: thing I want is to be back with my Kakyuu," said Yaten.
rlm@0: 	Hobo Willie stared off into space for several minutes. Yaten looked
rlm@0: at him quizically. She waved her hand in his line of vision. 
rlm@0: 	"Hmm, wha.. Oh, yeah. I lost track of what I was thinking about. Are 
rlm@0: you hungry?" he asked again. 
rlm@0: 	Yaten sweatdropped. "No, I'm not. I just want to get home, somehow," 
rlm@0: Yaten said.
rlm@0: 	Hobo Willie looked at Yaten for a moment, then nodded his head. 
rlm@0: "That kinda sucks, doesn't it. I'd like to get home, too, but my cardboard
rlm@0: box is across town."
rlm@0: 	"Do you have any ideas on how I could get home?" Yaten asked 
rlm@0: desperately.
rlm@0: 	"Oh, yeah. I have some of those," Hobo Willie said.
rlm@0: 	Yaten sweatdropped again. "Could you tell me them?" she asked.
rlm@0: 	"Now that's a good idea right there," He answered. He got up and 
rlm@0: walked towards the fire barrel. 
rlm@0: 	'Well there goes the chance of getting help. I knew I shouldn't put 
rlm@0: my hope in some bum,' she thought.
rlm@0: 	"Okay everybody. Listen up," Hobo Willie said. "It's Christmas Eve
rlm@0: and someone's very unhappy. If there's anything we can do to help someone's
rlm@0: Christmas, we should. I say we help these fancy lads get home!" Many hobos
rlm@0: and bums started yelling agreement. Yaten looked up as she heard that. These
rlm@0: people had nothing, yet they wanted to help.
rlm@0: 	"We should get going now if you want to get home in time," Hobo 
rlm@0: Willie said.
rlm@0: 	"Thanks," said Yaten.
rlm@0: 	"Yeah," agreed Seiya. 
rlm@0: 	"That's very kind of you," said Taiki.
rlm@0: 	"Think nothing of it," Hobo Willie said. "Now all we've got to do is
rlm@0: find some reindeer."
rlm@0: 	Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki sweatdropped.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	"Odango-chan?" asked Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	"Yeah, Hotaru?" ChibiUsa looked at the other girl.
rlm@0: 	"Guess," said Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	"What?" asked ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 	"I love you," said Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	They kissed before ChibiUsa got up. "Just a minute. I wanted to give 
rlm@0: you something," she said.
rlm@0: 	Hotaru walked over to her clothes. She pulled her present to ChibiUsa
rlm@0: out of her jacket. She turned around to see ChibiUsa walking towards her. 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa sat down by her. 
rlm@0: 	"This is for you. Merry Christmas, Hotaru," said ChibiUsa as she handed
rlm@0: Hotaru her gift.
rlm@0: 	"Merry Christmas, ChibiUsa," Hotaru said as she exchanged gifts with her
rlm@0: Odango-chan.
rlm@0: 	"What is it?" asked ChibiUsa. 
rlm@0: 	"Open it," Hotaru said.
rlm@0: 	"No, I want you to open your present first," ChibiUsa said.
rlm@0: 	"Okay. We'll open it at the same time," said Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	ChibiUsa and Hotaru started to unwrap their gifts. 
rlm@0: 	"Oh, Hotaru, it's beautiful," said ChibiUsa. She looked at the locket 
rlm@0: Hotaru had gotten her. She opened it and saw a picture of herself with Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	"Thank you, ChibiUsa," Hotaru said as she looked at her gift. It was a 
rlm@0: small porcelain doll, with shoulder length dark purple hair. It was just like 
rlm@0: a doll she had when she was growing up. 
rlm@0: 	"I remembered that you had a doll like that from a little while after we 
rlm@0: became friends. You told me all about it and how it was one of the only things 
rlm@0: you had of your mom's. Then it got possessed by a Daimon and destroyed by the 
rlm@0: outer senshi. You looked so sad. I found this a while ago and I had to get it
rlm@0: for you," said ChibiUsa. She and Hotaru met in a warm embrace.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki walked along with Hobo Willie guiding them. For
rlm@0: a minute the old man looked like Santa Claus, though Taiki rationalized it was
rlm@0: probably from their poor vision.
rlm@0: 	"He seems kinda like old Saint Nick, doesn't he?" asked Seiya.
rlm@0: 	"Yeah. An old Saint Nick who lost his job... and his mind," remarked 
rlm@0: Yaten. 
rlm@0: 	"It's still nice that he's helping us get home," said Taiki.
rlm@0: 	"Grab that!" yelled Hobo Willie.
rlm@0: 	Seiya looked up just in time to see a carboard box flying at her. 
rlm@0: "AAaaaahhhhhh!" Seiya reflexively grabbed the box before it hit her.
rlm@0: 	"Oh, good. You caught my house. I guess it wasn't as far across town as
rlm@0: I thought," said Hobo Willie. He pulled the box away from Seiya and folded it up.
rlm@0: "Don't you just love these new fangled mobile homes?" 
rlm@0: 	They walked along through the snow until they reached a big building. 
rlm@0: 	"Well, here you go. I believe this is your building," he said.
rlm@0: 	"Thank you. I'd hug you if you weren't a scary old hobo," Yaten said 
rlm@0: happily as she shook his had and ran in to find Kakyuu.
rlm@0: 	"Oh, what the hell," Seiya said and hugged the old man. Seiya followed
rlm@0: Yaten in.
rlm@0: 	"Thanks again," said Taiki. "Is there anything we could do for you?"
rlm@0: 	"Nah, Not unless you have parts to an edsel. There's a broken down one 
rlm@0: in the dump, and I'd be hell on wheels if I could get it to work," Hobo Willie
rlm@0: said.
rlm@0: 	Taiki stared at him for a moment. "Here's some money. Use it for 
rlm@0: whatever you want. Merry Christmas."
rlm@0: 	"C'mon Taiki. You're smart," said Yaten sticking her head around the
rlm@0: corner. "He's just going to buy booze with it."
rlm@0: 	"Now there's a good idea," said Hobo Willie.
rlm@0: 	Taiki walked inside as the Hobo walked off through the snow.
rlm@0: 	Yaten opened the door to their apartment and Kakyuu threw herself 
rlm@0: into the other girls arms. 
rlm@0: 	"Oh Yaten. I was so worried about you," said Kakyuu. "Don't scare me 
rlm@0: like that. I missed you." Yaten kissed Kakyuu.
rlm@0: 	"I wish I had somebody like that who I could hold and kiss under the
rlm@0: mistletoe," said Seiya.
rlm@0: 	Taiki looked up and saw some mistletoe hanging above Seiya. She kissed
rlm@0: Seiya.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	Hotaru and ChibiUsa looked at the Christmas tree as they held each other.
rlm@0: 	"Merry Christmas, ChibiUsa," said Hotaru.
rlm@0: 	"Merry Christmas, Hotaru," replied ChibiUsa.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: The End
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Merry Christmas, Minna-san! ^-^
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: >From Holly and Heather