Chapter 9 - Paths Revealed

Chapter 9 - Paths Revealed

"Usa-chan come back!" Ryo cried as he ran after the upset blond. Usagi knew that he would catch up in a minute but she didn't really care, she had to get away from Rei. It pained her too much that her best friend had said those cruel words to her.

"Leave me alone!" Usagi cried, letting the tears stream down her face. The tears blinded her vision and she nearly ran into a tall man with shoulder length auburn hair.

"Serenity-hime!" The man shouted as he recognized the sobbing girl. Usagi stopped when she heard the name, turning to face Anubis. She couldn't help it, she threw her arms around his shoulders, sobbing into his chest. "O genki desu ka?" He asked, looking at the princess's tear stained face.

"Usa-chan!" Ryo cried, stopping beside Anubis. Usagi picked her head up off of Anubis's chest, looking into Ryo's worried blue eyes. The tears welled up in her eyes again and she threw her arms around his neck, letting the sobs rake through her body again.

"What happened?!" Anubis demanded, a stern look on his face. Ryo's eyes narrowed.

"Can't you see she doesn't want to talk about it?!" Ryo asked, his muscled tightening up. Usagi could feel the tension between the two and picked her head up, looking at Anubis.

"Anubis-san?" She asked, looking at the tall man.

"Hai, Serenity-sama?" He asked, bowing slightly.

"Can some friends of mine stay at the temple for a while?" She asked, leaving Ryo's embrace.

"Friends?" He asked, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked over at Ryo.

"Hai, the Sailor Senshi are here and they need a place to stay." Usagi continued.

"All right, there's plenty of room there." He said. Usagi's eyes twinkled with delight and it was obvious the princess forgave him instantly.

"Doomo arigatoo, Anubis-san!" She said, hugging him. He couldn't help but smile, she had a way of making people smile.

"Will you be staying in the temple as well?" Anubis asked.

"Hai, and there is another thing I didn't mention," Usagi said, a nervous smile on her face. "There's a person that's staying there also." She said, laughing nervously.

"Ryo?!?" He demanded, feeling anger.

"Nani?" Usagi asked, seeing the fury on Anubis's face. "Iie." Usagi said, shaking her head, she looked over at Ryo and saw the nervous smile on his face as well. "Her name's ChibiUsa and she's sorta… mine and Ryo's… umm… daughterfromthefuture." She rushed the last part in a low mumble then turned as red as a tomato.

"Nande? What was that last part?" Anubis asked.

"She's our future daughter." Ryo repeated, his face turning red this time.

"Nani?!?" He cried, looking back and forth between the two. Both Usagi and Ryo were blushing as red as tomatoes and they kept looking away from each other. "Your future daughter?!?!"

"Hai." The pair said in unison as they heard a familiar voice behind them.

"Usa-chan!" The voice called. "Where are you?" Usagi and Ryo looked behind them and saw a little girl with black hair done up in two odangos running toward them, her blue eyes lighting up when she sees the two.

"Hurry up ChibiUsa-chan!" Usagi called, slowly walking toward the girl. When the girl finally arrived with the two, Usagi took her hand and walked up to Anubis. "Anubis-san," She started. "This is ChibiUsa, future daughter of Neo Queen Serenity and Neo King Ryo." Usagi said blushing. ChibiUsa curtsied with respect.

"It's a pleasure to see you again Anubis-san." She said, in a very respectable voice.

"Meet again?" Anubis asked.

"Hai, you're in the future too, you know," Usagi commented. "Anyway, me and my friends and ChibiUsa will be at the temple in a little while there's a few things I have to do first, though." Anubis shook his head and turned from the pair, shaking his head in disbelief.

"I wonder when he'll meet Puu?" ChibiUsa mused outloud.

"Meet Puu?" Usagi asked. ChibiUsa smiled brightly.

"Yeah, in the future, they were married, they make such a cute couple too." She said, squealing as she thought of all her friends in the future.

"Anubis-san and Setsuna-san?" Usagi asked, her eyes getting big. "Wow, I thought Puu had to protect the time gate though." ChibiUsa just smiled and took Usagi's and Ryo's hands as the trio headed back toward the apartment.

"Can we get ice cream Usa-chan?" ChibiUsa asked as they walked past an ice cream parlor.

"Sure!" Usagi said, smiling brightly at the child. ChibiUsa had always been such a pain, but it had been a long time since the little pink spore had been there. This ChibiUsa was different, she wasn't a brat, she was just so kawaii Usagi couldn't say 'no'. Usagi looked over at Ryo, her eyes asking if he had money. He only smiled and winked as ChibiUsa drug them toward the counter. Usagi's happy smile grew into a content look of happiness.

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"Where's Usa-chan?!?!" Makoto demanded, starting to worry. It had been almost two hours since Ryo had gone after Usagi and to top it off, ChibiUsa was gone now.

"Don't worry so much, Mako-chan, I'm sure Ryo-kun's found her and they're on their way back now." Minako said, looking on the bright side.

"Minako's right, Usagi would have called us if they'd run into trouble." Ami agreed, coming into the room with a book in her hand.

"She'll be sorry when she gets back!" Makoto cried, standing up. "Leaving us here to worry about her the whole time!" Makoto said, shaking her fist as anger and worry pulsated through her body.

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"That was the best ice cream sundae I've ever had!" ChibiUsa cried, as she put the spoon in the bowl. She sat back in her chair and smiled at Ryo. "Where are we going now, tousan?" ChibiUsa asked as she looked across the table at her future father.

"Well, we should probably go back before the girls worry about Usa-chan." He stated, knowing how protective of her they had been since they had arrived.

"All right, can we do something tomorrow with Mommy then?" ChibiUsa asked, her eyes lighting up.

"Of course Koneko-chan," Ryo said, smiling at the little girl. "There's someone I think you'd like to meet too, his name's Uly."

"Come on, lets go." Usagi said, as she held her hand out to the girl who took it gladly. Ryo walked over to the other side of Usagi, slipping his arm around her tiny waist as they slowly made their way back to his apartment.

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Sorry not much happened in this chapter. I haven't had time to write lately, we're preparing for cheerleading competition on Feb. 3 so we've had practice everyday after school and by the time I get home from practice/basketball games, it's too late to type. Plus I've had a tiny bit of writers block on this one. I need to sit down at straighten out all my ideas, I have SO many of them nowadays. Anyway, please review or email me at pokahydee@hotmail.com

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