Hey the next chapter is up finally. It took a weekend to write it. I would like to thank Jacinta for reading and editing it a bit. Now on to the chapter

Chapter 8
The Meeting

Makoto stood infront of the temple looking at the door with Usagi beside her. Why did she volenteer to have Usagi live with her? She knew stuff was going to fly when she brought her in there. Turning her head she looked at the girl who was also
looking concern. She seemed a lot mature then the Usagi they all knew. Last night after cooking her old favorite food she volenteered to do the dishes and went straight to bed. It was so strange to see Usagi so humbled around people it made Ami look like a flamboyent teenage girl out to find a boyfriend. She chuckled heading up to the steps and opening the door peaking her head in to see where the miko was standing; she was no where to be seen. Stepping in Usagi followed her looking
around.
"So this is the temple..." She muttered stepping forward then stopping startled. Makoto looked at her questionly but looked at what she was looking at down the hall to see Rei there with some towels standing there with an _expression of pure shock
and pain in her eyes.
"...Rei." Makoto started looking at the miko sighing. "This is Usagi, she's from the future. Your future self sent her here to help us." Rei walked up setting the towels aside on a table then staring at the girl infront of her. It looked like Usagi though she seemed more calm then the Usagi she knew of would have acted.
"Hi." She said odveously nervous. Rei turned around and went to get something in the kicten without a word. Makoto glanced at the door worried. Rei was rarely quiet about her emotions unless it came to something of the heart. Coming out she handed the girl a soda and Makoto one as well.
"When did she arrive?" Rei asked no emotion in her voice. Her eyes where also avoiding Usagi's and Makotos.
"Last night." Makoto responded. "Chibi-Usa came upon her first. There was an attack at the park..."
"Attack..." Rei's head shot up more concern with the latter problem. "On what? Why?"
"Ami is working on that." Makoto said with a frustrated sigh. Rei nodded then looking up at Usagi who was gazing at the pop can lid nervously.
"How's the future?" Rei broke in startling the blonde who nervously looked up.
"Its nice. Setsuna said it wasn't the way it was sappose to be in the past alternete line but it'll do." Usagi muttered. Rei started to become frustrated at the quietness this Usagi had about her.
"I'm not your mother yet you do know." Rei said glaring at the girl angrly.
"...I...I'm sorry...Its just that you haven't changed much in looks from now till you assend the thrown and I can remember..." Usagi muttered again. Rei looked at Makoto for some help. This was no Usagi they knew of.
"Hey how about Rei comes with us and we go to the arcade," Makoto said looking at Rei who sighed and nodded.
"I'll go dress." Rei said walking away. Makoto let out a breath that she realized she had been holding. Usagi looked up and realized what had just happened. A quiet shy giggle came from her lips which made Makoto chuckle as well.
"ARRGH MINA I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Rei's angry voice shouted. Makoto and Usagi looked at each other when they rushed to her room to see Rei in the middle of a pile of clothes that she was throwing from her dresser. "HOW CAN SHE AFFORD ALL THIS?!" About her was maternaty clothes scattered about. Makoto and Usagi burst out laughing seeing the mess and the very Mina looking clothing about the room. Rei looked up furious but just seeing Usagi's smiling face brought tears of joy upon her
eyes. The last memory she had of Usagi wasn't a pleasent one...
"Rei..." Makoto muttered after laughing it off and realizing Rei was now in tears. "Are you ok?" Rei nodded wiping the tears away.
"Being pregnant does this to one." She muttered grabbing two random articals of clothing by her feet and quickly rushed past them to the bathroom. Makoto knew what was probaby going through her mind but said nothing. Usagi was already in an
aquired position. A few minutes Rei came back in a red baggy shirt and a skirt. "Lets just go before I
decide to kill Mina...I wonder where she put my clothes..."
"Calm down Rei," Makoto said chuckling. "Your pregnant, you don't need this stress, its not good for you or the baby."
"Yah," Usagi said cheerfully. Rei's eyes settled upon her face, her blue eyes, and the hair she had. The hair didn't seem right but that was because she had never seen the old Usagi wear it any other way besides the buns upon her head. She wasn't going to say anything.
"Let's go," Rei said as she turned and headed toward the door. They followed her out the door and to the bus stop.
As Usagi stepped on she noticed the stares upon her from people on the bus. There was a large number of old classmates of Usagi's upon the bus. One of them stood up after the bus had continued on to the next stop. She looked at Rei and Makoto who
wouldn't give her a straight look in the eye. Why where they hanging with a Usagi look alike now? She turned her attention to the quient and quit shy girl who held Usagi's face and blue eyes. She tried to study them but found it hopeless....

Sighing she returned to her seat without another word. Rei let out a sigh of relief as she realized the girl decided not to ask quiestions about the new girl. Looking out the window she let her eyes just unfocus and stare out as she thought about all that had happened the past few months, especially Usagi now in this time. She didn't understand it fully but knew with time she would. There had to be a reason why her older self would send Usagi to them once again this early. She felt the tears forcing themselves upon the corners of her eyes. No she had to be strong. The rest of the team was counting on her now to be their princess. Somehow she'll have to take her place as the princess. This world needs to survive and though Rei had always wished she had been secretly along with everyone, at one time she knew that Usagi was what this world needed.
"...Rei...?" Usagi's voice whispered over her shoulder. Rei looked up wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Sorry.." She mumbled looking out the window. Usagi looked at her worried. Rei was acting majorly depressed. Maybe this was why her mother insisted her on going to this time as well; to help Rei get past everything and become the woman the world
needed. They where quiet the rest of the way to the arcade.

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I realized not to long ago that everything started uploading funny when I did those long star lines to break up paragraphs. I don't know if this will work but maybe It'll upload normal now. I have the origanals of most of the stories so I can change it so it'll upload it normal. There is going to be updating of old stories coming up soon (like spell checking and such and fixing the paragraphs) with the new yahoo group. *points to user id at ff.net for the url of the group* Review before you leave and as always thanks for taking the time to read one of my stories.