Dada dumm..... chapter 3! Yee haw! okay - not
a lot of author's notes, cuz you all have *hopefully*
been reading them for the first two chapters.
HUGE thanks to Meara - *hugs*
HUGE thanks to everyone who mails me *Hugs* you
guys are great to me ^_^
Luva!
Bethany
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I hadn't seen Usagi enough to know,
but you could sense her heartbreak. I
personally never knew the man she dated
for four years. Some best friend I am, ne?

But after she met those girls, we
stopped talking. I would see her on the
street and we would hug and talk for a
minute, but that was as much as I seen her.

I continued on with life, dating Umino and
all that. I found out through Motoki that
Mamoru had died. I tried calling for a few
days, for her, but she's like a distance
friend now...

-Naru.

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Don't Let Me Go: Roses
Chapter: 3
By: Bethany ^_^
Edited by: Meara
Email: Bethany212@aol.com
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The afternoon sun rose high in sky,
causing red and orange colors to dance around
on buildings. Rough hands pulled the curtains
together to block out the light show. A man in
the corner of the room went un-noticed by the
occupant as he picked up the phone.

A slightly strangled voice answered after
about seven rings. "Are we ready?"

The man un-consciously straightened up,
"Yeah, just about. What else is there to do?"

"Oh... I don't know. Go wax your bald head,"
the man on the line chuckled before hanging up.

A short, stubby hand put the phone on the
base and growled angrily. "How do I get myself
wrapped up in this bull shit?"

"I don't know, but you know it's wrong.
Why don't you let me go, and we'll talk about
this like normal humans?"

"Normal? Normal?! You don't think I wouldn't
give up everything I have to be normal?!" the man
screamed at his companion. "Why don't you shut the
hell up before I do something your damned little
girlfriend would really kneel over about?!"

The second man in the room cowered back and
remained silent.

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Soft paws padded down the streets of Tokyo,
the sun barely up in the sky to light the path. Under
a street lamp the animal stopped to take a deep breath.
"Here goes everything...."

Behind her was a short girl with ruby red hair
and bright violet eyes. "Tell me again, Lynn, why are
we here?" The petite girl looked around with obvious
disgust.

"We have a mission - that's why. Now stop your
complaining and let's get going. We still have quite
a few blocks to cover and little time to do it in."

"Oh goody, how peachy it is..."

"I heard that!" The feline turned and stared at
her ward. "Just hush it and move it, now!"

"To think that I was here - for how long? Ugh,
this place is so.... thirtieth century!"

"Listen to me," the calico cat turned and
hissed lightly. "I've listened to you complain since
the moment we left your home. I don't want to hear
anymore!" She turned around, when something occurred
to her. "And it's the twentieth century, and it was
only three years ago you were here."

"Nani?! Three years?! How?"

Moaning, the cat turned on its heels. "Come on,
no time to explain it all now. You've got two days to
become good friends with the Senshi."

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Usagi looked at the vase of red roses on her
desk and sighed. Her heart broke to see the lovely flowers,
the flower that announced Tuxedo Kamen at a fight, the
flower he could conjure up out of nowhere - the flower
she had gotten a million of in her four years with Mamoru.

"I'd give anything to have him make me another rose..."

Luna lifted her tired head up to look at her ward.
For endless nights Usagi had been having nightmares and
in turn Luna received little sleep. With a yawn, the cat
turned over and curled into another black ball to catch
up on her z's.

"USAGI!!"

Luna moaned, there went that idea.

"Coming Mama!!" the teenager yelled back, getting
up slowly from her bed and running a finger over the soft
petals. "I wonder who keeps sending me these Luna?"

"I don't know Usagi-chan, maybe a secret admirer?"

Usagi dismissed the idea and walked out of the room,
closing the door behind her.

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Ami tried to juggle her stack of books as she
walked up the steps to the temple. Slowly but surely
she made it to the top and stopped to catch her breath.

"Rei-chan?!" she yelled, trying to ring the bell
without putting the books down.

The door opened, but it wasn't Rei that greeted her.

"Yuuichirou-kun, where's Rei-chan?"

The tall man looked upset about something as he
motioned for her to follow him. Ami deposited the books
on a table and followed him down the hall.

They entered Rei's bedroom where she was laying on
the bed, covers up to her chin and face as red as fire.
"What's wrong with her?"

Yuuichirou looked past her for a second before
responding. "She passed out in the fire room and has
been sick ever since. I was hoping you could tell me
what was wrong with her."

Ami walked over to Rei slowly and took her pulse.
Placing a hand on her forehead, she was surprised that
Rei's skin was cool to the touch when she looked to be
burning up with a fever. "Rei-chan, do you hurt?"

Rei moaned and looked glassy eyed at her friend.
"Usagi."

"What about her?"

"She's.... call the girls..."

Ami wasted no time in pulling out her communicator,
Yuuichirou watched uncertainly at the Mercury symbol on
the small compact.

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"Ah!!!! Get it!! Get it!! Hurry!!!" a female voice
shrieked out, waving her hands in front of a flame and in
doing this, making the flame higher.

"Minako-chan! Stop! You're making it worse!!" Makoto
yelled, pulling the hysterical girl away from the stove.
Taking a metal lid, Makoto put the flame out and sighed
back against the counter. "Remind me never to take up
teaching you to cook again."

Minako dipped her spoon in the burnt rice. "Well...
maybe looks are destroying?"

Moaning, Makoto opened her mouth to correct her
friend, but in the end decided it useless. "Ugh!" Throwing
her hands up in the air, the tall brunette made a sound
resembling a dying animal. "I give UP!"

Sheepishly Minako bowed her head, hiding a smile
while pouring the fourth attempt at rice down the trash
dispenser. "I don't know about this. Maybe pizza?"

Before Makoto could answer, double beeps sounded
from the living room. The girls looked at each other
and went for their communicators.

Minako stuck her tongue out at Makoto as she
opened hers first. "V-babe here!" (Usagi calls her
this in the manga... for anyone wondering...and Minako
don't like it ^^)

Ami chuckled lightly before turning serious. "Minna,
I need one or both of you to go over to Usagi's, or
have her come over there. Rei is sick, I think she's
had a vision and it may be best for one of us be with
Usagi at all times."

"On it!" Makoto answered, leaving her place behind
Minako where she was listening.

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The arcade doors slid open and a young girl and her
cat strolled in. After looking around for a moment, the
two headed to the counter where a young girl had her head
buried in her arms. Brown wavy hair fell almost to her
waist, and her shoulders were visible shaking.

"Doushite no?" the young girl asked, brushing some
red hair from her face. Her cat hissed at her, and the
girl shoved it down into her purse.

The brunette looked up at concerned violet eyes.
Wiping her eyes she peered at the girl for a moment.
"Who are you?"

The girl panicked for a moment before covering it.
"Umm, my name is... Mika**. What's yours?"

"Reika," the brunette answered.

"Pretty name Reika-san. May I ask what's wrong?"

Wiping her eyes again, Reika took a deep breath.
"Well, it seems that my fiancé has disappeared. I haven't
seen him in two days and he hasn't come to work, home or
anywhere. I'm very worried about him."

Mika furrowed her eyebrows together in deep thought.
"I'm sure he's okay. What's his name?"

"Motoki... Furuhata Motoki, do you know him?"

The red haired girl gasped slightly. "I.. um, have
to go!"
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**Mika means "new moon"
Dada dumm.... well, what do ya think? It took me forever
to write this chapter, I'm at a loss at how to get to
where I want to be in this story - but there it is!
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Luva!
Bethany
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