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DAYBREAK

Episode 10

"Is this good?" Haruka had wheeled Kurai out onto the balcony in a wheelchair.

"Perfect. Thanks, Ruka." Kurai closed her eyes and picked her head up to the sky. Haruka sat down next to her and looked back. Usagi was standing in the balcony doorway, staring at her sister.

"Come on out, Usagi. The sky won't hurt you," Haruka joked. Usagi stepped outside and looked up at the stars. They were twinkling beautifully and Usagi noticed a few constellations.

"Hey! It's the Big Dipper!" she exclaimed, proud of herself for remembkuraig what it looked like.

"Yes. And there's Orion…and Cassiopeia…and Andromeda…and, my favorite, Cancer." Kurai was pointing out constellations one after the other. "Look! A binary star system!"

"Where? Oh, I see it." Haruka also saw what Kurai had noticed. Usagi felt out of place. She knew nothing about astronomy…but how did Kurai know so much?

"Kurai?" she asked.

"Yes?"

"How come you know so much about the stars?"

"You're kidding, right, Usagi?" Kurai turned around and saw that her sister was serious. "Oh. Sorry. I just thought you remembered."

"Remembered what?"

"Well, that I'm the Senshi of the stars. I said it in my speech, just like you say you're the Senshi of the moon."

"Oh, yeah! Now I remember!" Usagi had gone back to the previous day, when Sailor Sun had showed up and announced who she was. "That's pretty cool."

"Yeah. It is. But controlling the Moon is amazing, too. I think it's over there…" Kurai pointed around the side of the building. Haruka got up to look.

"You're right. It is."

"Let me see…" Usagi went over to where Haruka was standing and took a look. Sure enough, the moon was hanging in the sky…a full moon. "How did you know it was there?"

"For one thing, the stars are aligned in such a matter that the moon would have to be over there. Second, I could feel that it was over there." Kurai sank back into her chair and took a deep breath. She stared up at the sky and sighed. Usagi glanced over to Haruka for an explanation, but she saw that the older girl was just as amazed as she was. Usagi looked down at her watch.

"Oh, no! It's so late! I gotta get home! Oh, but I don't wanna leave…or walk in the dark!" Usagi whined.

"That's alright. I'll drive you home," offered Haruka. Usagi glanced over at her and then Kurai, who nodded her head.

"That would be the best thing. That way, you'll be safe, Usagi," Kurai encouraged. Usagi felt she could trust Haruka, but still…

"What about Ami?"

"Oh, I can go home with my mom," Ami had come out of nowhere and startled everyone except Kurai, who smiled. "I have to stay here a little while longer, anyway."

"Alright then."

"Good. Let's go," Haruka started towards the door when she stopped, turned back, and gave Kurai a hug. "Get better, Pixie." Haruka then grabbed Usagi's hand and pulled her out the door. Kurai waved to them, glanced over at Ami, then turned back to her stargazing.

"Do you want to stay out here, Kurai?" Ami noticed that it was a slightly cold night and she didn't want Kurai to get a cold.

"Yes. I feel at home with the stars…"

Usagi and Haruka had reached the parking lot. Haruka searched around in her pocket for her keys and finally found them. She clicked on the unlock button and Usagi heard a beep. She saw Haruka had pointed at a black sports car. Usagi remembered that Haruka had had a yellow car.

"New car?" she questioned.

"Yeah. I got it a week ago."

"Oh, well, no offense, but it looks a lot better than the yellow one."

"I know. That's why I bought it." Haruka opened the driver door and got in. Usagi opened the passenger door and bumped her head on the low ceiling.

"OW!"

"Always the same, huh?" Haruka started to laugh.

"What do you mean?" Usagi was rubbing her head and a scowl formed on her face.

"Nothing." Haruka started the car. She remembered that it was such a beautiful night and put the top down. The car sped out of the parking lot and into the street down below. Haruka drove past 3 green lights until she finally had to stop on the fourth one, which turned red just as the car approached. The two sat in silence, waiting for the light to change, until Haruka turned to Usagi and asked her what the quickest route to her house was.

"Hey, isn't that Usagi?" Rei asked. She and her two friends, Lita and Mina, were taking a stroll through Tokyo.

"Yeah. But who's she with…oh my God! It's Haruka!" Lita couldn't believe that Usagi was with Haruka.

"Why the hell is she with her?!" screamed Rei.

"Maybe she broke up with Mamoru?" offered Mina.

"No, Usagi's not like that…is she?" Lita was starting to get worried that her friend had started liking girls.

"No, that's impossible. Usagi's too boy-crazy to fall in love with a girl," Mina said.

"Yeah, like you should talk, Mina," Rei teased.

"Oh, you are so going to get it!" yelled Mina. She ran at Rei with her fist clenched.

"Hey, they're driving away!" observed Lita. Mina stopped and turned back to the car. Sure enough, the car drove around the corner and disappeared.

"Damm it! Now I didn't see them before they left!" Mina ran back at Rei and started punching her. Lita rolled her eyes and watched her two friends fight, with a sly smile on her face.

"I'm telling you, I heard my friends." Usagi was certain she had heard Rei's voice yelling her name.

"Well, if you did, then you must have really good hearing because I didn't hear a thing." Haruka thought she had heard something, but decided not to say a word of it to Usagi. She didn't feel like having to drive back…or explaining the whole situation to Michiru if one of the girls accidentally said something to her. Haruka kept her eyes on the road as she spoke to Usagi. "So, did you know Kurai was your sister?"

"No. I always thought I had been an only child…in the Silver Millennium, that is. How long have you known her?"

"For a few months, now. It never hit me that you were her twin sister until Ami told me, though. I guess I didn't notice…"

"Did Michiru notice?" Haruka laughed, remembkuraig the fight between Kurai and Michiru.

"No, Michiru didn't realize it, either. I guess it's the hair." Haruka looked at Usagi's hair and nodded her head. "That's probably it."

"But if she's my twin, shouldn't she have long hair like me?"

"She doesn't have to. And anyway, I think she looks cute with that kind of hair." Usagi stared at Haruka long after she finished her sentence. Haruka realized the underlying meaning in what she had said. "Of course, you look nice with your hairstyle." She tried to cover up her mistake, but Haruka realized that the damage had been done. But what Haruka didn't know was that Usagi hadn't thought of that at all. She was wondkuraig if the "cute" in that sentence was meant innocently…

"Which one's yours?" Haruka was driving slowly down Usagi's street.

"It's the one with the pink and white mailbox." Haruka saw it right away and drove up to Usagi's house. Usagi opened the door and got out. Haruka was about to get out, too, but Usagi stopped her. "That's alright. I'll be okay. Thanks for the ride, Haruka."

"You're welcome." Haruka watched Usagi run up to her door and go inside. She turned back to the road and drove away.

"Who was that boy you came home with, Usagi?" Usagi's mother was worried that her daughter had accepted a ride from a stranger.

"Boy? What boy?" Usagi didn't know what her mother was talking about.

"The one in the car."

"Oh! You mean…?" Usagi realized that her mother had mistaken Haruka for a boy…just like so many others had. Usagi decided not to confuse her mother anymore than she already was. "He's just a friend from school…"