**Part One**
Usagi sighed and took a sip of her soda. She sat at a booth and looked distantly out the window she was seated next to. Her blue eyes, usually so cheerful, were now filled with sorrow. Sure, she had talked about being excited about the day that was to come in two weeks. But now that she thought about it even more, Usagi dreaded this day. What was she going to do? Where was she going to go? What….was going to happen to everyone else??
Usagi paid for her drink then stepped outside. She passed many other people, a good deal younger then her. They were giggling, looking at magazines, and talking about what they were going to do when they got older. She passed the park, the stairs to Rei's temple, and the grocery store. She walked a bit further until she got to the woods. She walked to the very center of the woods. There was a small lake there. The trees seemed to circle around it as if they grew to close, they would wilt and die. The blood red sun was now setting, and Usagi could see the mellowness of it all. She sighed, looked at her complexion, then turned around and headed for home.
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Ami sat in her room at the small table she studies at. Books from Algebra to calculus lied open on her table. Books concerning wars, the history of landmarks, English books, and a few books on other languages. Pencils, pens, protractors, compasses, and a variety of school materials were scattered around her room. Ami herself sat on her bed, looking at an old photo album. There were pictures of her and the girls starting high school, going out to have fun, birthday parties, and picnics. She smiled lightly as she crossed a picture that had everyone in it. Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Chibiusa, Michiru, Haruka, Setsuna, Hotaru, Mamoru…the whole gang. Michiru and Haruka were now off to who knew where. Setsuna was back guarding the gates of time, and where were the rest of them to go?
Ami stood up and walked over to the glass-sliding door. She opened it and stepped out to her balcony. From here you could see a good portion of the city. Ami's eyes gazed over this. She saw the Cherry Hill Temple, Usagi's house, Minako's house, the movie theater, and the forest. She looked at an envelope on the table, sighing. Yes, she had been accepted, but did she want to go all the way to Germany in only two weeks? She didn't know.
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Rei swept the temple entrance impatiently. She wasn't wearing her usual robe. Dressed in black capris, a red tank top, and black high heals, she was ready. While her grandfather was sleeping, she'd be out having fun. Rei's grandfather could take care of himself if anything happened. And if worse came to worse, Chad would always be around to help. Raye brought her head up to wipe her for-head. Her gaze caught the sunset. It seemed to her that there hadn't been one as beautiful as this in a long time. The sun was just above the water in the distance, the sun itself was blood red, and the sky was decorated with an assortment of blues, pinks, and oranges. It was indeed something to see.
Chad came outside. "Rei, do you need help with anything?"
Rei shook her head, and waved her hand to dismiss Chad. She sighed, her eyes still stuck on the what seemed like ever-lasting sunset. She dropped her broom, and started down the temple stairs. She walked until she got to a large building of apartments. It was her last two weeks in high school, and she was going to prove she was more mature then before. She walked up seven flights of stairs and came to a door. She knocked. The doorknob twisted, and a familiar face came to greet her. "Hi, Mamoru."
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Minako flipped through her comic book. It was difficult, however, to read with her radio blasting. She ripped out a picture of Sailor V holding up two fingers. "Yea…" Minako snickered, "V for victory…" She ripped up the picture and scattered the pieces around the room. Her orange lava lamp lie broken on the floor, the chair to her desk was turned over, and the desk drawers were out. Her stuffed animals were scattered upon the bed, the stuffing ripped out of them.
Minako was dressed…well…not normally. Her pink skirt was tattered and the yellow blouse she was wearing was stained with ketchup and an assortment of things. She, obviously, didn't match at all.
She jumped for the box atop her closest. Alas, she couldn't get it, so she finally drug the chair that once lie on the floor over to the closet. She got the box and dropped it on the floor. Out of the box she retrieved her henshin stick. She snickered, and threw it under her bed, wishing she could forget all about it.
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Makoto looked in the mirror, brushing her medium-long brown hair. She sighed and put her brush down. At long last, high school was almost done. But for some strange reason, Makoto wasn't very happy. She was confused about many things. There was a guy in her life…for once. And he didn't look like her ex-boyfriend. He was a year older then her, and already out of high school. He said the freedom was great, no teachers, no books, and no more homework. …Yet there was still that gut-wrenching feeling that was in her stomach, telling her something was wrong…that, at the very end, she wouldn't be happy to graduate at all.
Makoto got up and flopped down on her bed. She smiled. Remembering when she was little, she recalled a conversation she had once had with her mother, when the lied next to each other…right here, their heads clunked together and sugar cookies making their way into mouths. Makoto drifted off to sleep:
"Mommy…yoo know whut we shud do?" Makoto asked.
"Mmm…no, dear, what's that?" A sweet, mellow voice asked.
"We shud ghet some balue paint…and some sticky, glow in the dawk stars….and paint the ceiling to look like the sky!"
"Yes, that's a very wonderful idea, Makoto…"
"Can we do that sometime?"
"I s'pose it wouldn't be a bad idea…" The lady with the mellow, sweet voice got up, put the last sugar cookie in her mouth, and brushed herself off. Her long, curly, brown hair lie shortly past her shoulders…and her enchanting green eyes eyed Makoto slowly. "Maybe you should go to bed now. You had your snack.
"Ok, Ok…" Makoto pulled the covers down and climbed under them. "Tuck me in! Tuck me in!"
The lady laughed. "Hai, Hai (Yes, yes)…of course…" She fluffed Makoto's pillow and kissed her for head. "G'night, my little angel."
Makoto nodded slowly, "…good night mommy…sweet dweams…don't lettie the bed…" She yawned, and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
There was a shrill scream, and a bright light.
Makoto woke up with a start, and tears in her eyes. She reached for the phone to call Usagi. She needed all the comfort she could get.
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Chibiusa stood at the gates of time…once more.
"Puu!! Please!!" Came Chibiusa's whining voice. She was old enough not to whine, but in order to get Sailorpluto to open the gates of time, she had to do some serious convincing.
"Chibiusa! Absolutely not!! Your past journeys to the past have been dangerous! And you always put Queen Serenity and King Edymion in such a fright. You should really tell them you're going. Th" Sailorpluto was cut off.
"So…you'll let me go!?"
"I just said no!"
"Actually…you just said I should let them no I'm going…so I can assume that you're letting me go…" Chibiusa looked at Sailorpluto's face, and sighed " If I tell them I'm going…will you let me go? Ple----ase!? Usagi and the girls are graduating this year…and I really, really want to see them!!"
Pluto sighed. "Small Lady. You may go…but you must return in seven days."
"Seven days?!" Chibiusa shouted, "but their graduation is in two weeks!! I wont even have time to see them!! And I want to visit, too!! It isn't fair, Puu!! You should let me go for at least two weeks…"
Sailorpluto looked away. She hated Chibiusa's whining more then anything in the world…except for the fact that she couldn't have Princ…ah…but that was all beside the point. Her personal lust was not to be compared with this. She looked down at Chibiusa "Promise me…promise that you'll return in the expected two weeks. I shall tell Queen Serenity and Prince Edymion about you going…only if you make that promise!"
Chibiusa looked up. Her pink pigtails cascaded down her back in tight curls. Her reddish eyes looked up at Sailorpluto, now the size of plates. She smiled. "I promise, Puu."
Sailorpluto took out the all-familiar necklace and handed it to Chibiusa, who looked up. "Ready when you are," Chibiusa said.
"Go on, Small Lady. Two Weeks…that's all…NOW!"
Chibiusa held up the key, "Time Key! Take me back to the past!!" A small pink cloud appeared above Chibiusa and she began to float of the ground. "Ja Ne (See you) Puu!! Thank you!!" And she was gone.
******To Be Continued******
Usagi sighed and took a sip of her soda. She sat at a booth and looked distantly out the window she was seated next to. Her blue eyes, usually so cheerful, were now filled with sorrow. Sure, she had talked about being excited about the day that was to come in two weeks. But now that she thought about it even more, Usagi dreaded this day. What was she going to do? Where was she going to go? What….was going to happen to everyone else??
Usagi paid for her drink then stepped outside. She passed many other people, a good deal younger then her. They were giggling, looking at magazines, and talking about what they were going to do when they got older. She passed the park, the stairs to Rei's temple, and the grocery store. She walked a bit further until she got to the woods. She walked to the very center of the woods. There was a small lake there. The trees seemed to circle around it as if they grew to close, they would wilt and die. The blood red sun was now setting, and Usagi could see the mellowness of it all. She sighed, looked at her complexion, then turned around and headed for home.
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Ami sat in her room at the small table she studies at. Books from Algebra to calculus lied open on her table. Books concerning wars, the history of landmarks, English books, and a few books on other languages. Pencils, pens, protractors, compasses, and a variety of school materials were scattered around her room. Ami herself sat on her bed, looking at an old photo album. There were pictures of her and the girls starting high school, going out to have fun, birthday parties, and picnics. She smiled lightly as she crossed a picture that had everyone in it. Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Chibiusa, Michiru, Haruka, Setsuna, Hotaru, Mamoru…the whole gang. Michiru and Haruka were now off to who knew where. Setsuna was back guarding the gates of time, and where were the rest of them to go?
Ami stood up and walked over to the glass-sliding door. She opened it and stepped out to her balcony. From here you could see a good portion of the city. Ami's eyes gazed over this. She saw the Cherry Hill Temple, Usagi's house, Minako's house, the movie theater, and the forest. She looked at an envelope on the table, sighing. Yes, she had been accepted, but did she want to go all the way to Germany in only two weeks? She didn't know.
****** ****** ******
Rei swept the temple entrance impatiently. She wasn't wearing her usual robe. Dressed in black capris, a red tank top, and black high heals, she was ready. While her grandfather was sleeping, she'd be out having fun. Rei's grandfather could take care of himself if anything happened. And if worse came to worse, Chad would always be around to help. Raye brought her head up to wipe her for-head. Her gaze caught the sunset. It seemed to her that there hadn't been one as beautiful as this in a long time. The sun was just above the water in the distance, the sun itself was blood red, and the sky was decorated with an assortment of blues, pinks, and oranges. It was indeed something to see.
Chad came outside. "Rei, do you need help with anything?"
Rei shook her head, and waved her hand to dismiss Chad. She sighed, her eyes still stuck on the what seemed like ever-lasting sunset. She dropped her broom, and started down the temple stairs. She walked until she got to a large building of apartments. It was her last two weeks in high school, and she was going to prove she was more mature then before. She walked up seven flights of stairs and came to a door. She knocked. The doorknob twisted, and a familiar face came to greet her. "Hi, Mamoru."
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Minako flipped through her comic book. It was difficult, however, to read with her radio blasting. She ripped out a picture of Sailor V holding up two fingers. "Yea…" Minako snickered, "V for victory…" She ripped up the picture and scattered the pieces around the room. Her orange lava lamp lie broken on the floor, the chair to her desk was turned over, and the desk drawers were out. Her stuffed animals were scattered upon the bed, the stuffing ripped out of them.
Minako was dressed…well…not normally. Her pink skirt was tattered and the yellow blouse she was wearing was stained with ketchup and an assortment of things. She, obviously, didn't match at all.
She jumped for the box atop her closest. Alas, she couldn't get it, so she finally drug the chair that once lie on the floor over to the closet. She got the box and dropped it on the floor. Out of the box she retrieved her henshin stick. She snickered, and threw it under her bed, wishing she could forget all about it.
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Makoto looked in the mirror, brushing her medium-long brown hair. She sighed and put her brush down. At long last, high school was almost done. But for some strange reason, Makoto wasn't very happy. She was confused about many things. There was a guy in her life…for once. And he didn't look like her ex-boyfriend. He was a year older then her, and already out of high school. He said the freedom was great, no teachers, no books, and no more homework. …Yet there was still that gut-wrenching feeling that was in her stomach, telling her something was wrong…that, at the very end, she wouldn't be happy to graduate at all.
Makoto got up and flopped down on her bed. She smiled. Remembering when she was little, she recalled a conversation she had once had with her mother, when the lied next to each other…right here, their heads clunked together and sugar cookies making their way into mouths. Makoto drifted off to sleep:
"Mommy…yoo know whut we shud do?" Makoto asked.
"Mmm…no, dear, what's that?" A sweet, mellow voice asked.
"We shud ghet some balue paint…and some sticky, glow in the dawk stars….and paint the ceiling to look like the sky!"
"Yes, that's a very wonderful idea, Makoto…"
"Can we do that sometime?"
"I s'pose it wouldn't be a bad idea…" The lady with the mellow, sweet voice got up, put the last sugar cookie in her mouth, and brushed herself off. Her long, curly, brown hair lie shortly past her shoulders…and her enchanting green eyes eyed Makoto slowly. "Maybe you should go to bed now. You had your snack.
"Ok, Ok…" Makoto pulled the covers down and climbed under them. "Tuck me in! Tuck me in!"
The lady laughed. "Hai, Hai (Yes, yes)…of course…" She fluffed Makoto's pillow and kissed her for head. "G'night, my little angel."
Makoto nodded slowly, "…good night mommy…sweet dweams…don't lettie the bed…" She yawned, and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
There was a shrill scream, and a bright light.
Makoto woke up with a start, and tears in her eyes. She reached for the phone to call Usagi. She needed all the comfort she could get.
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Chibiusa stood at the gates of time…once more.
"Puu!! Please!!" Came Chibiusa's whining voice. She was old enough not to whine, but in order to get Sailorpluto to open the gates of time, she had to do some serious convincing.
"Chibiusa! Absolutely not!! Your past journeys to the past have been dangerous! And you always put Queen Serenity and King Edymion in such a fright. You should really tell them you're going. Th" Sailorpluto was cut off.
"So…you'll let me go!?"
"I just said no!"
"Actually…you just said I should let them no I'm going…so I can assume that you're letting me go…" Chibiusa looked at Sailorpluto's face, and sighed " If I tell them I'm going…will you let me go? Ple----ase!? Usagi and the girls are graduating this year…and I really, really want to see them!!"
Pluto sighed. "Small Lady. You may go…but you must return in seven days."
"Seven days?!" Chibiusa shouted, "but their graduation is in two weeks!! I wont even have time to see them!! And I want to visit, too!! It isn't fair, Puu!! You should let me go for at least two weeks…"
Sailorpluto looked away. She hated Chibiusa's whining more then anything in the world…except for the fact that she couldn't have Princ…ah…but that was all beside the point. Her personal lust was not to be compared with this. She looked down at Chibiusa "Promise me…promise that you'll return in the expected two weeks. I shall tell Queen Serenity and Prince Edymion about you going…only if you make that promise!"
Chibiusa looked up. Her pink pigtails cascaded down her back in tight curls. Her reddish eyes looked up at Sailorpluto, now the size of plates. She smiled. "I promise, Puu."
Sailorpluto took out the all-familiar necklace and handed it to Chibiusa, who looked up. "Ready when you are," Chibiusa said.
"Go on, Small Lady. Two Weeks…that's all…NOW!"
Chibiusa held up the key, "Time Key! Take me back to the past!!" A small pink cloud appeared above Chibiusa and she began to float of the ground. "Ja Ne (See you) Puu!! Thank you!!" And she was gone.
******To Be Continued******