A Blast From The Past: Chapter 2-- Introductions

By: Serenity Star

In the area surrounding the tall office building reporters hung about like dense fog on a coastal shore. Each of them carried with them their arsenal of cameras and microphones. The tension rang high and so did emotions. Each of the reporters present was fighting for their survival, each with their hopes on getting their question answered. All this was viewed from a large window above by a single observer dressed in a dark blue suit and die. Standing tall at almost six feet five he commanded attention. His dark brown-red hair fell to his shoulders and his blue eyes shinned with more cynicism than there should be in a person of twenty-three.

"You know Freddie, you aren't going to be able to get out of it." Freddie turned around. He looked at his friend. Jake was a ladies man and no wonder too. Not as tall as himself, but still at a tall six feet he had all the trimmings of a heart breaker. Light blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes and a mouth that had sweet-talked his way out of more trouble than imaginable. His public image did help of course. Being a well-known musician and model he was more used to manipulating the public than Freddie.

"They look as if they want to devour me whole." Freddie answered once more looking at the crowd gathered below. "I am not even sure that I can go through with this."

"Fredrick Maxfield Stanton, are you saying you are chicken?" Jake asked with a burst of laughter. "Come on man, you have lived in the spot light since birth, now as CEO, why should it make any difference."

"My life has caused me enough pain, I don't want anymore."

"You have just been appointed CEO of Stanton Enterprises, multi-national company dealing with the scientific research in astronomy, one of the most powerful companies in the world, and with enough clout to make a person's life miserable. You are kidding right?"

Freddie's face didn't look like he was kidding, instead it was dead serious.

"Because of my duty to the company it has made me lose the one I love. I can't lose much more."

"For goodness sake Freddie, this is a simple press conference of your ascension to the position of CEO, what could they possibly do to you?"

"Humph."

A petite blonde in a red suit walked in with a black planner in hand. "Mr. Stanton, it is time, they are waiting for you now."

"Thank you Ms. Parker. Is my speech ready?" Ms. Parker handed Freddie his speech and left. "I guess this is it. Pray, Jake that I don't fumble this."

"Don't worry," Jake said in his easy going voice, "I would love to stay and see you deal with this but I have to get to a record signing in ten minutes. Bye."

"Rei will you slow down a bit, what's the hurry?" Lita huffed out as she strived to catch up with Rei. She had been on her way to talk to Rei about a dream when she had seen her raven harried friend rushing down the sidewalk.

"I have to get to the music store, Chad's favorite singer, Jake Sanders, is doing personal signing today. Gotta go see ya." In another storm of dust Rei vanished.

Lita scratched her head perplexed, she had never thought that she would see the day when Rei would run faster than Serena because she was late.

"Hi Lita what's up?" Mina came up from behind.

"Hi Mina, so how are you enjoying your vacation so far?"

Mina made a face. "Arthimes is driving me crazy, I never knew he could be that annoying!"

Sharing a laugh both started towards the general direction of the mall.

When they got there they saw what looked like the entire world population gathered in front of the music store.

"I never knew Jake Sanders was that popular." Lita commented already searching for Rei.

"Who?"

"Some singer Rei is getting an autograph from."

"You mean that Jake Sanders. Lita I am surprise you haven't heard of him, he is like the world's best singer. With awards from all over the globe and a movie career that would rival any movie actor."

"So you have heard of him?" Lita smiled slyly.

"I worked with him in England a few times, he's weird but nice…and don't even go there, I don't like him like that. I couldn't even if I tried, to get his attention. He is looking for someone special, someone from his dreams, he is always babbling about it." Mina relayed in a dream like tone. She shook herself out of it fast though, fast enough to surprise Lita, who had stopped her search for Rei and had started to stare of into nothingness herself. "Oh well, that was a long time back, I doubt if he even remembers me. Come on lets go find Rei."

"Mr. Sanders there are rumors that you are planning to make Tokyo your home, is it true?" One reporter asked sticking the microphone right up to his face. Jake sighed silently, once more wondering just why the public was so hooked on him. Rolling his eyes up wards and wishing for a job like Freddie's he answered the

question as calmly as he could. All considering he was jammed packed in a throng of over a hundred reporters, television crew and fans. Just once he would like to be able to go out in the public without the ever present trail of fans. Raising his hands in the air and making a stopping motion he plopped down in the

chair behind him. "Sir, I haven't really decided if I am going to move here for good or not, this is my hometown and I have my friends here and these are a major factor but if my work demands my presence in another city I would have to go there. I hope I have answered everyone's questions now please I must get started on the autographs, Thank-you for attending."

It had already been an hour since she had joined the line and it seemed to Rei that the line hadn't moved more than a couple of inches. How in the world she was going to get the autograph and still have time to do her temple chores was starting to worry her. And as always when she worried and had little or no choice in the matter, Rei's temper bubbled. Mina and Lita had stood with her for

half an hour before leaving to do some shopping. *At least they have enough sense to know when the situation is hopeless.*

"Everyone if I may have your attention please." Jake's manager started. "Since this is taking so long we will give you a ticket and the signing will resume tomorrow at eight. We are sorry for any inconvenience. There is a volunteer walking down the line right now passing the numbered ticket for tomorrow. Thank you."

"What! What do you mean, I have to come again tomorrow. No way! I don't have time like that!" Rei started out. She had had enough. Who was this guy anyway to just waste her time like that. When she got her hands on him… Rei had stalked to the front of the line, dragging a security guard along with her. She stopped short on her tirade when she came face to face with her target. The thoughts just flew out of her head as she stared at the blue eyes studying her curiously.

He was dressed in light gray slacks with a lose cream cashmere sweater. He was probably around six or so and had the most gorgeous blonde hair she had ever seen, well at least next to Serena. He had a very defined face that was currently studying her with a humor on every inch of his face. His smile was enough to melt Rei but his eyes seemed to freeze her in her tracks.

"I really am sorry Miss…" Jake started. He had been startled when he had heard

one of the people in line angrily yell out at him. Sure many people got mad when the signing had to be delayed but no one ever actually dragged a guard along to yell at him. Then he had seen her. She looked like an avenging angle. Her eyes were burning their purple fire and her face was contorted in the cutest expression of anger. Her black hair though seemed to flow like a river to the small of her back. It was gorgeous, she was gorgeous.

Rei got her senses back enough to see him smiling. That was enough to bring her back to her senses in a short second. How dare this egotistical musician laugh at her, the nerve! "Its, Hino to you and look I don't know who you think you are mister but that is some way to treat all these people who have been standing in line for hours for some stupid autograph, what makes you so special anyway?"

"So if you don't want my autograph then how can I help you, Miss Hino?" He asked stressing her name.

That got Rei. "Well actually I came to get your signature for my friend Chad's birthday. Though why he likes you is beyond me."

"Then let me get that for you." Jake took the CD out of Rei's hands as she just stood there staring at him. He quickly signed it wondering if this Chad guy was her boyfriend. Then just as quickly he shook himself for having such thoughts about some deranged yet beautiful fan. "I'll give this to you if you have dinner with me tonight."

"What?!!"

"One dinner, and the CD is yours."

"Are you out of your mind or is this normal behavior for all musicians." Rei's temper once more flared.

"Only those who are attacked by fans like yourself." He added calmly.

"No!" There was no way this jerk was going to get her to miss the surprise the girls had in store for Ami. No matter how cute he may be. *Jeez, Rei you are starting to sound just like Mina, get a hold of yourself. He is not that hot.*

*Yes he is.* The thought followed. But her answer remained firm, just because of his confidence that he could get her to go out with him.

"All right Sunday night then," *Say yes please.* "and when you do I'll give you this CD." There was no way he was going to let this angle go without a fight. He knew the crowd was starting to gather, but he didn't care, if it meant that he could have a dinner with Miss. Hino then so be it. She had to get that CD for Chad, he had almost given enough hints that even a dense head like Serena could have gotten it by now. And the way she had been treating Chad lately he deserved it. "Fine, one date and that's it."

*Yes!!* "Alright then." They exchanged their phone numbers and decided that he would pick her up at the temple at seven.

On her way out Rei chanced to see the time on the clock and almost fell. *Oh no I am late. I still have to get ready and meet everyone at Ami's in an hour.* Rei got home as fast as she could with thoughts of Jake on her mind all the way there. *Great, what have I done.* Then her thoughts turned to the plans for tonight and she smiled.

A little over an hour later found Rei just reaching Ami's house. It was winter vacation and everyone had three weeks off starting today. (Hey I know that doesn't happen in real life but I can still dream can't I?) She was dressed in a red silk dress with two slits on both sides. It went all the way down to her ankles and though it looked modest, the material was such that it accented Rei's body in all the right places. *I just know Serena is going to rub my being late in my face.* As she turned the corner she saw all the girls were already there waiting for her. Mina was dressed in a gold dress that came up to her mid thigh. It had a more softer gold embroidery on it. Lita was wearing a green and black skirt with a silk top. And Serena was in a soft pink skirt with a silky silver halter top. The thought of what they had in plan for Ami made her smile once more. *It's about time she had some fun with her life.*

"Rei you're late." Serena greeted her. Surprisingly she didn't add anything more and just grabbed her hands and started to drag her towards the door. "Come on. We are supposed to meet Darien at the club soon. Ooh, I can't wait."

"I knew there had to be a reason why you weren't so mad at me Meatball head."

Mina rang the door bell and all four girls waited anxiously for Ami to open the door. They knew she was home and they knew her mother was working, they had already talked to Mrs. Mizuno about taking her out that night. A very tired looking Ami opened the door. One hand on the door handle and the other was holding a book. "Hi guys, what's going on?"

"Ami we are going out." Lita stated and entered the house.

"Yeah, and you are coming with us, freely or we kidnap you, you chose." Mina said waving her finger in Ami's face in silent warning.

"This is going to be so great." Serena squealed.

Rei just laughed at Ami's face as she held up a blue dress in front of her face.

Ami slowly closed the front door and remained turned while she tried to think up an excuse. "You know I do have some work to do." She finally said quietly fidgeting a bit with her fingers. She knew it wasn't going to work but that was the best she could come up with.

"It's Friday Ami and you have the whole weekend to work if you want." Rei countered. "Now about this dress I think it goes perfectly with your hair and eyes. Don't you?"

"And I have the perfect shoes to go with it." Serena said pulling out a pair of blue sandals.

"I got my makeup bag right here." Mina said tapping her side where a red bag hung.

"And I have the perfect idea on what to do with your hair." Lita said pulling out a brush.

As one the four started to advance towards Ami and with one final shriek of protest Ami went down.

A half hour later found a totally transformed Ami looking at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a simple soft blue dress. Amazingly it had the symbol of mercury printed on it right in the front. Serena's suede sandals with their modest two inch heels completed her outfit perfectly. Lita had put curls in her hair that made her look more like some supermodel than an average seventeen year old. Mina had spent some ten minutes with the makeup adding silver eye-shadow, blush, lipstick and all the works. In the end when Ami stood surveying herself in the mirror she hardly recognized herself. She was totally changed. Nervous as to what else they had in store for her she slowly turned to her friends. Each of them were smiling their little smiles. Serena pulled out her disguise pen and created five fake ID for each of them, enticing a gasp from Ami.

"Does Luna know that you are using your pen in this way."

"As if. She and Arthemis are taking their own vacation. They said something about needing to get some rest."

"So what are we going to use those for. You know Serena, you really shouldn't do that, what if you got caught. It could mean serious consequences." Ami said nervously taking her ID.

"Don't worry so much Ami, it's not as if we are doing some major crime." Lita said taking Ami's hand and dragging her back downstairs. "We have a surprise for you."

When the five girls got outside a limo was waiting for them. The driver after greeting them helped each of them inside before driving to their destination.

"Mr. Akiko its Mr. Stanton on line one concerning the business agreement."

"Thank-you Julie." Zachary Akiko picked up the phone on his office desk. "This is Zach. How are you Freddie?"

"Hey Zach, are you busy tonight? I thought we could talk the contract over some dinner."

"Actually I was going to go out to this club I heard about. If you want we could meet there and have dinner later." Zach counter purposed. He was tired and although he didn't want to do any more business tonight this contract with Stanton Enterprises was important. It was just great that he had known Freddie since school or else he wouldn't be able to stand him at all. It takes time to get used to him, especially since he had changed so much after inheriting the company from his father. There were rumors at that time about him losing some one close to him, some girlfriend or something but that was never confirmed.

He gazed out the window at the Tokyo skyline once more. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately. The last talk he had with his mother had convinced her that he didn't have a life. The sad thing, he knew, was that he couldn't even tell her otherwise. She had been on his case ever since he could remember. Ok so he liked books and liked the quite life but that doesn't mean that he wasn't interested with life. His mother was now convinced that he needed a girl and was trying her best to hook him up with one. How in the world he was going to explain to her that he didn't need her help in this matter was beyond him. He came back to the real world when he realized that Freddie had called his name out three times already.

"Yeah I'm here. But to be honest I don't think I could meet you tonight how about tomorrow?"

After a moment's hesitation he heard a breath being exhaled on the other side.

"Sure."

Hanging up Zach went back to his musing on his life style. His mother was making it really hard for him but to be honest he couldn't blame everything on her. The public had their own agenda concerning him. For some reason they were delving into his life and rumors were starting without any basis. They had already named him one of the sexiest men in Tokyo. This alone had a huge consequence. Now he couldn't seem to be able to loose the attention of girls. This was starting to make his reputation as an arrogant, egotistical, snobbish, playboy. He laughed to himself as he thought of himself in those terms. In reality he was probably the exact opposite. He loved to spend time in the library and study quietly. He was extremely quite and sometimes shy. His life wasn't filled with one girl after another, nor did he spend all his free time at one party or another.

Luckily for him he had found his solution. It had occurred to him as he had watched some movie on someone named Sailor V. The solution was simple, he needed a secret identity so that he could move freely in the public. And that was his simple plan for tonight. He was going to dress up as his alter ego Josh and go to the new club in town. And darn it he was going to enjoy himself.

It was a great night. The sky had finally cleared up a bit and the stars were shinning up above. The full moon was now shinning brightly upon Tokyo bathing it in it's silvery light. The night wind was chilly but not cold and the lights of Tokyo made the whole city glimmer. One by one the girls got out of their limo to take in the sight of the new club. The throbbing music could be heard even outside and you could hear the people enjoying themselves and could almost see how the scene would be inside. At the entrance there was a short line with the club bouncer checking ID and collecting the entrance fees. As the five girls made their way to the door they made heads turn. Guys were checking them out while the girls looked on with envy.

"Look there is Darien." Serena said already making her way towards her prince.

The rest of the girls went on their way as they left the two love birds alone kissing.

"Ugh, why is it so hard for us to find some guys?" Rei asked as they passed yet another couple holding hands.

"That's why we are here, Rei, neither of us is leaving till we find someone."

"I don't think Rei has to look too far, I heard from Jennifer, who heard from Eileen, who was with Kristen that Rei has a hot date with Jake Sanders." Mina related carefully studying her fire headed friend.

"Guys I'm still not sure I want to be here, there is so much work to do…" Ami began but was quickly cut off by Lita putting her hands on her mouth.

"No Ami, we already talked to your mother and even she agrees that you need to go out."

Mina gave Lita's hand a tug to grab her attention. They had just entered the club and all around them in the darkness people were dancing. The music filled the room and the lights blinked in tune with it. "What about that one over there with the black hair?"

Lita turned to see who Mina was talking about but before she could answer Rei answered first. "No way, he looks too weird. What about the one in that blue shirt?" She said pointing to a guy carrying two glass of drinks across the crowed dance floor.

"I think he already has some date." Mina said as soon as she saw the two glasses. "Ami what about you, do you see anyone interesting?"

The horrified Ami shook her head. She was shocked that her friends thought that she couldn't even find a dance partner by herself. She was Sailor Mercury for goodness sake. "I think I need to get some chilled water." She said already making her way to the bar. When she got there, there was only one seat left. It was between a beautiful blonde in a red dress and a guy in a blue, almost a black, shirt and light brown pants. He had short brown hair and a light blue green eyes. She pulled up the stool and sat down, she could see the bartender from there, he was currently helping an extremely flirtatious woman, and it didn't look as if he would be over anytime soon.

"He has been at it for a while now, I don't think he should be long now." The young man next to her commented. "By the way my name is Josh."

"Have you seen where Ami went off to?" Rei asked as she tried to shift the conversation away from her encounter with Jake.

"Oh no you don't Rei, you were just about to tell us what you did with Jake that got you a date." Lita said her eyes already shinning from the new piece of gossip she was going to get.

"It's not a date." Rei finally said in a resigned tone. "He is going to give me the autographed CD while we have dinner."

"So where is he taking you?" Mina asked slightly pushing Lita off to a side.

"Fine, fine, if you really want to know, I yelled at him and he said that if I wanted to get the CD for Chad he would give it to me if I have dinner with him. Like I said it's not a date just a…a business exchange."

"So let me get this cleared up a bit, he is going to pick you up and take you out for some dinner and dancing. Yet it's not a date?" Mina asked already laughing at the outrageous expression on Rei's face.

"What are you guys talking about, and who is that guy Ami is having a drink with?" Serena asked, unknowingly saving Rei from an answer.

"Guy?"

"Ami?"

"What drink?"

Three voices asked turning around to search for their friend. When they saw her across the dance floor their mouth fell to the floor. There was Ami animatedly talking and laughing with a cute man!

Serena laughed at the sight in front of her. She knew if Ami got the chance she would enjoy herself. Satisfied with her work she kissed Darien. "You know I should play cupid more often."

"Hey Meatball head, this was my idea remember?" Rei reminded her. "Besides, Ami did it herself, we just brought her here."

"Oh yeah. Hey Rei, Darien and I are going to leave early and take a walk in the park, do you guys mind?"

"No, why should we, just as long as you take care. We can't have the future Queen tripping about in the night." Rei said sticking out her tounge. Even though they had learned to get along much better they still enjoyed making fun of each other. It had become almost a tradition for them.

Seeing an issuing tongue war Mina quickly interjected with a smile. "Besides, we three still have to find some suitable dancers."

"I think I just found one. He looks just like my old boyfriend. See you guys later." Lita said already making her way towards someone dressed in a cream outfit and green hair.

"I see he is talking to two very cute guy, come on Rei, I think this is our cue."

Zach dressed as Josh had been at the club for about half and hour and just finished dancing and was extremely thirsty. He had been waiting for the bartender for what seemed like an eternity until an angelic face sat down besides him. She had silky blue hair and blue eyes which matched her outfit. In the dim light of the club she seemed to glow with blue radiance like water in sunshine. The scent of her lotion drifted to him, and they smelled like jasmine. He saw her look disappointed when the bar tender more or less ignored the waiting customers.

"He has been at it for a while now, I don't think he should be long now." He commented. "By the way my name is Josh."

"Ami." Even the way she said her name was beautiful Josh silently thought to himself. Unfortunately for Josh the bartender decided to finish his talk with the woman and get back to work.

"Could I help you?"

Taking one questioning look at Ami, Josh answered for them both. "Two glasses of chilled carbonated water with strawberries please." At Ami's nod the bartender went to get their drinks.

"You know, knowing him it could be a century before he returns." Josh ventured.

"He did seem to spend an awful lot of time with her."

"I don't see why when the most beautiful girl in the entire place is right here." Josh said pleased to see Ami blush and laugh a little. Even with his considerably short interaction with her he knew her laugh before he even heard it. Some where in his memory it seemed to him that he had heard her before. He knew in his heart that he knew her, loved her, and would die for her if it came to that. Startled by the train of his thoughts he almost didn't hear the waiter return with their drinks.

"Would you like to dance?" Josh asked once they had finished their drinks. He knew by that time she was something special and he meant to see her again.

The four girls were headed back to Rei's temple. Each of them tired after spending the night dancing. Serena and Darien were going to meet them there.

But all this was in the back of their mind as three girls focused their attention to the blue haired girl sitting by the window.

"So are you going to tell us?" Lita finally asked, not being able to contain it anymore.

"What?" Ami asked innocently.

"Who was that hunk you were with?" Mina asked impatiently.

"His name was Josh, he was a very nice and warm person."

"…and an excellent dancer." Rei observed from opposite Ami.

"There is that." Ami agreed blushing slightly thinking of the time they had spent on the dace floor, completely lost in each other's eyes.

"When's the next date?" Mina asked.

"When are you going to call him?"

"When are we going to meet him?"

"Guys I just met him, and…oh my god I didn't get his number." Ami said falling down from her cloud with a thud. It was only her strong self control that kept her from letting the tears at the back of her eyes water.

"Oh Ames I am so sorry. If he lives around here, then you are sure to run into him again right?" Mina told Ami giving her a reassuring hug.

Serena and Darien were walking down the park walkway when a bright light attracted their attention. Without another word to each other they ran to the scene where they thought the light had originated from. When they got there they almost skidded to a halt as before them stood Sailor Pluto. She was in her full attire, with her time key in hand.

"Pluto! What are you doing here?" Both of them questioned. They had thought they wouldn't be seeing her till the creation of Crystal Tokyo.

"As Small Lady in the future, you too must learn. Both of you. Where as she had to learn how to fight, you two must learn how to rule. As future rulers of the world you must go back to your past to train."

"We are going to go back to the Silver Millennium?" Serena asked.

"Yes, back to the time of peace, long time before the end." Sailor Pluto said in her usual tone of mystery. "You two do remember the rules you must follow in order to ensure the safety of the timeline?"

"Yes, of course." Darien finally said after the shock had finally worn off.

"Good, we leave the day after tomorrow. Princess you must learn how to handle the crystal better and diplomacy and you my Prince must learn more the diplomatic relations between nations." As Pluto once more opened the gates to the timestream Serena stopped her.

"Exactly when are we going to get there?"

"You Princess are about to meet the Prince for the first time." With that she stepped through the portal and got engulfed by the fog of time.

"We are going home, Darien, I'll finally be able to see Mother once more."

"We should call the other and let them know."

They had just reached the temple grounds when their wrist communicators went off. Ami was the first one to answer it. "Serena, what's wrong, is it another monster?"

"Ami hi, is everyone with you? Where are you?"

"We are at the temple right now. What about you?"

"Good we'll be right there, don't go to sleep yet, we need to have a meeting first."

This got the attention of the rest of the girls. "Serena, is something wrong?"

Lita asked grabbing Ami's wrist to get to the communicator.

"We'll tell you when we get there. Serena out."

By the time Serena got to the temple the four girls were nervous wrecks. Each were imagining horrible monsters and other worst case scenarios. Their pacing nearly made a permanent path in the temple gardens. All the girls had decided to wait outside because they just couldn't stand to be indoor and sit still. When Serena and Darien finally showed up the four girls nearly jumped them.

"What's the emergency?"

"Do we have a new enemy?"

"What's wrong?"

"I thought we were going to be at peace till the great freezing."

Serena for her part was jumping up and down like an excited child. She just couldn't believe that she was going to be able to go back to the past and see her mother for real. To finally be back to her kingdom and to once more experience the peace of the Silver Millennium.

"Whoa, I got new that's way cool. I am going to the past with Darien."

Her announcement brought a complete roundabout in the noise level. From excited shouting to complete silence. And then it began once more.

"When?"

"How?"

"Why?"

"With who?"

Dear Diary:

Serena is going to leave day after tomorrow in the morning and I just know its going to be a sad departure. Her mother thinks that she is going to a trip that she won. I guess in a way she did win it. I remember back to the time when we were fighting Rubeus, she used to be so klutzy then, how she has grown. I can now honestly believe she will be the Queen we saw in the future.

I personally think Rei took the news the hardest. Even though Rei and Serena are at each other's throat all the time they are in reality very close. Ami is sad also but like always is hiding her emotions. She is just now starting to understand what it feels like to go through boy problems. Greg was OK but its wasn't the kind of emotion I suspect she feels for this Josh. Mina and I have already decided to go search him out tomorrow. Hope our luck is good, it is depressing to see Ami so down, especially now that we don't have Serena to cheer us up.

Mina and I seem to be the only ones left without boyfriends. Rei has Jake, even though she refuses to admit it. We are still waiting for the outcome of Rei's date with Jake. According to Mina Jake is an amazingly sweet guy, even though he does have his moments. For the most part he is easy going but he has a fire burning as strong as Rei's inside according to Mina. I think the two make a perfect pair.

As for me? I am still single. I miss Freddie. Everyone still thinks that I am over him, but I wonder how does anyone get over the one they love. Yes its true, I still love him, even though he dumped me for god only knows what or who. I didn't believe it then that he was in love with someone else, nor do I believe it now. But I do understand that I have to let my past rest if I have to go on with my future. The others don't see it, but each man I see reminds me of him, in them I still see his eyes, hear his laughter, smell his cologne. But that is another depressing topic. Well that is about it. Lately I have been having some odd dreams, I am thinking of going to Rei and talk to her but they are too weird and until I figure them out I want to keep them to myself. In them I am always with some guy, whose face is never reveled, he is holding me tightly in his arms as he kisses me and I know that that kiss is his last one. One last thought, I wonder if I'll ever see him again.

Ami stared at the moon above her. Once more thinking of Serena in the past. She tried to remember the time when Serena is supposed to visit the past but she just couldn't. According to Pluto it will all come when its time. She wished it was time now. She missed her friend so much already. Her thoughts slowly drifted

to another person she has started to like. Even though she had met Josh only once, he had occupied her mind the entire day. So much so that even the thought of studying wasn't that appealing. Josh. She could almost hit herself for not getting his number. But at least it made her feel better to know that her friends would be looking for him tomorrow. She for her part was going to be busy

the entire day tomorrow. When she had run into that guy in the street that reminded her of Zoisite she had taken up research to find out if it was truly possible for Zoisite to survive, or any of the other generals for that matter.

This just meant that she would have to devote her time to the library tomorrow. She had been able to trace that guy to the Akiko corporation though. And she planned to check that out as well. *At least it will be an interesting day tomorrow.* She thought to herself. *Hopefully I'll even get to see Josh once more.*

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I know that this is kind of boring but I wanted to delve into the deeper lives of each of the scouts and to analyze their personalities. It was always a given that Serena and Darien would be together in the future as they had been in the past, they are soul mates, but what of the others. Anyway I hope you liked it.

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