Will You Let Me Be Your Princess, My Darling Prince?
by Artemis

Part Nine

"Usagi!" a familiar voice called me while I was walking
down the arcade. I turned around to see a girl with
red-ish wavy hair. "It's really you! You've come back!"
The girl looked very familiar.
"Naru chan?" I whispered.
"Usagi! You still remember?" Naru chan shouted and hugged me.
"Naru chan!" I hugged her back. "Where's Umino?"
"Oh, he's out and about looking for some kind of game," Naru chan shrugged.
"You grew your hair?" I asked.
It looked longer then I last remembered.
"Yes," Naru chan nodded. "I heard that you got into Sakura Gardens.
I didn't know you improved your studying habits."
"I didn't," I giggled. "I got in because I can skate. That's it."
"You are so lucky!"
"I'm not too sure about that......" I mumbled.
"Why? What's the matter?" Naru chan looked at me, concerned.
I told her everything. Except the bits about Mamoru. I sighed.
Naru chan comforted me. I felt that it was okay to be with Naru chan.
"No wonder you didn't look too happy walking down here," Naru chan
sighed. "I wonder why you can't remember anything?"
"I don't know.....I just get these flashbacks sometimes."
"Maybe you should talk to the others?" Naru chan suggested.
"Who?" I asked. "Who else did I leave?"
"Minako chan, Mako chan, Ami chan and Rei chan. You don't remember
them?" Naru chan asked.
I shook my head. Naru chan sighed. "Well, they don't remember you either."
"I know that I missed a huge chunk from my life after I left here.
I just don't know what."
"Well, everyone seems to have forgotten each other's existence. Do
you still remember Mamoru san?"
"Mamoru? Did I know him before? I met him at Sakura Gardens. He's
never met me before and neither have I," I told Naru chan.
"This is weird," Naru chan frowned. "Usagi, how can you forget Mamoru san?"
"I don't know! And Rei chan....... the girl you mentioned before.
Would that be, by any chance Hino Rei?" I asked.
"Yes. You remember her?" Naru chan asked excitedly.
"No, I met her at Sakura Gardens too. And she's never met me before either."
"You know, maybe I should get you to see your family first," Naru chan
shrugged. "You remember them right?"
I nodded. "Naru chan, can you take me there?"
"Sure Usagi."

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