Hello! Well I was rather surprised that only one person got who the guy was. I guess I should have mentioned he had a pony tail eh? Ok, now I bet you know who it is.
Ooh some many reviews!! thanks to everyone! Oh yeah, and I changed it from serena to usagi. I just decided I like it better, I mean she's still the same person.
Same disclaimer..
Same time, place, .ect..
Last time
She poked her head in and saw a blonde with her hair cropped to the mid back laying back on a brown couch, and guy with black hair had his face pressed up into the back of her neck. Hotaru wasn't sure what he was doing.
She stepped in and cleared her throat.
Present
The blondes head shot up, a look of panic on her face. The guy still had his face in her hair, as though not wanting to give up his identity.
"What do you two think you're doing!" Hotaru shouted, realization hitting her like a brick wall.
"Na..na..nothing.." Kalisto/Usagi stuttered. Then her facial expression changed from panic to confusion. "Do I know you?" She asked.
Hotaru blinked. 'She doesn't know me.. I thought she would be reborn with a complete memory like me.' Hotaru didn't answer her question, but turned to the boy.
"I think it would be best if you left now." She told him. He finally looked up.
She didn't gasp like he had thought she would. She just did the, tisk, tisk,tisk thing he hated with her fingers, and said the words under her breath.
"Well, now Wufei I thought you hated women." She said. He muttered injustice and scampered out the door, he hated being made fun at. As soon as he left the room
Kalisto glared at Hotaru…
~~~~~~~~Change Place~~~~~~~~
Wufei ran into the library were everyone was sitting like statues. Duo had a smile on his face of course, and Heero was shooting him a death glare.
"Well, you are not going to believe who just showed up at the school." Wufei began, everyone perked their heads up, Wufei didn't usually say anything unless it was 'injustice' or 'weak woman'
" Why were you at the school? Wu-man school's out since the stalker died." Duo retorted.
To Duo's surprise Wufei didn't retaliate against the nickname. He just blushed, slightly.
"Oh Wu-man what have you done…" That was Duo again.
"Nothing! Aren't you the least bit curious to know who was there?" Wufei said, finally getting back to the point.
"Hotaru." Heero said plainly, wondering why this had upset Wufei so much.
"Yea, and do you know where she was!" Wufei said before thinking.
"Ooh.. tell us Wu-man! Where was she?" Duo teased.
Wufei blushed again. (A.N. I believe what he and kalisto/Usagi had been doing is called necking.. is that right?)
"Wufei why are you blushing?" Quatre asked, then he started to blush him self, realizing what had taken the others no time at all to. Trowa remained quite, even though he knew what Wufei was blushing about.
"Uh.." He started. Duo smiled and walked over, slapping him on the back.
"Come on Wufei spit it out!" Heero just nodded, going along with Duo, wanting to know where Hotaru is.
"She's in my girlfriends dorm room… 245.." He finally confessed, hanging his head in defeat.
"Ahaa!! Wufei's gotta girlfriend!!! That's great buddy.. so how long have you and she been… ah..doing the horizontal mumbo?" Duo chided. (A.N. thanks to a reviewer for that one!! hehe) This Wufei didn't blush, he grabbed Duo's collar and pulled him right up to his face.
"I have not now, nor have I ever done that! Next time you insult me I'll really cut your braid off." Wufei said in a low menacing voice.
"Geeze.. no wonder your so cranky." Duo said, trying to make a joke out of it.
No one laughed. He looked toward Heero only to find he'd left the room.
"Ahh.. gone to find his long lost love.. haha anyone wanna go spy?" Duo asked.
"no."
"No."
"no."
Came the three reply's. Duo made a funny face, no one laughed, and walked out the door.
"They just don't wanna have fun.." He muttered and hopped down the stairs onto the campus.
~~~~~~~Change scene~~~~~~
"What'd you scare him off for Hotaru! We weren't doing anything." Kalisto charged.
Hotaru shook her head and laughed.
"So you do remember me. That's good. Do you remember who 'you' are?" Hotaru asked.
'Yea, yea. Of course I do.. even though I wish I didn't.." She muttered the last under her breath, but with conviction. Her head down.
When it came up her eye's look misted.
"I know. I don't want to remember it sometimes either. But I do wish I could understand why they did it." Hotaru adding her assent.
"Pluto sent me here to protect you. I didn't do a very good job princess. I'm sorry."
She bowed her head.
"Humph, do you mean not knowing and recognizing me when I first came here, when you were still in your right mind… or….after you were shot and that other 'Relena' person emerged?" Usagi asked, not condemning her in words or tone.
"Both I suppose." Was her answer.
"Hey don't worry about it, if you had been guarding me I probably wouldn'tve met Wufei. And I'd give up being future queen what's her name any day just to be with him." Usagi told her with a smile.
"You really love him." Hotaru said, stating it as a fact, though not in a congratulatory voice. Usagi caught on that she wasn't very happy about something.
"What is it? Oh.." She said remembering that important detail. "Is something wrong with Shinigami?"
"I don't know. He doesn't remember me, or you.. anything..anyone.. And I don't know if I love him anymore." Hotaru finished in a small voice.
"Oh. Well, I'm sure." Usagi started, but Hotaru decided she wasn't done talking, and she began to ramble.
"I don't know why. Is something wrong with me? I always thought we were to be together for eternity. I wouldn't know how to tell him, I mean I discussed it ad nauseam in my brain, but I just… when I was about to tell him I couldn't. I don't know what to do. I wish he didn't love me anymore. If only he'd fall for someone else, someone in this time."
"Yeah, I thought so to. But hey! The future isn't set in stone, hehe!! If it was I'd still be with that jerk Mamoru." Usagi said, starting up again in her usual chipper voice.
"Yeah I guess.. maybe there is someone better for me out there."
A light knock sounded on the door and Usagi sprang to get it. "Hey here's your mister right now.. just as long as it isn't Wufei, then he's my mister right!" She called.
Hotaru grunted a laugh.
"Well, hello Heero and to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?" Usagi greeted in a warm voice.
Heero didn't answer but just looked past her to see if Hotaru was indeed in the room.
He smiled at the sight of her. He didn't even realize that Usagi shouldn't know his name. (A.N. Perfect solider boy is laying down on the job ne..)
Hotaru was a little startled. Butterflies were creeping into her stomach for some unknown reason, and she felt her face heat at his gaze.
He stepped in and Usagi watched in eager anticipation, realizing just how right her statement before had been.
"Why wouldn't you answer our questions." Was the first thing out of his mouth, and he could've kicked himself for starting out that way.
"I can't, it's as simple as that." She answered. Usagi couldn't believe how dumb that boy was to ruin the perfectly good romantic moment.
"Ok." He answered, surprising her, Heero never let up till he got his answer. 'If I could just get her back to Duo, then he could tell her he remembers, then I could make my move.' Heero thought.
"Come on, let's take a walk." Heero asked. Hotaru didn't really want to be alone with him, she didn't know why. 'Why do I feel this way? This is almost like it was when I first met Duo…. No way!' Her faced turned red again, and she felt much hotter than the first time. 'Could I really love him? I never blushed around Duo.'
Usagi still watching from the stands walked over to them and said. "Yeah from the looks of it it's to hot in here for Hotaru, you better take her to get some fresh air."
She began ushering them out the door without another comment.
~~~~~Change place~~~~~~
Duo was listening outside the door and chuckled at Usagi's comment, then realized he was about to be caught. "Ah well, I need to talk with her anyway."
Duo stood back and waited from them to come to him.
When they walked out the door, Usagi winked at Duo and told them when he was done to tell Wufei to come back over.
Hotaru kept glancing nervously at Duo. 'What is he thinking? Does he think I'm cheating on him?' then she remembered , ' he doesn't remember you.'
"Ahem… Hotaru, I guess I should have told you this earlier," Duo started.
"Yes?" He stopped, and placed a hand on her arm, Heero stayed a few feet behind.
"I do remember." He said quietly. Waiting for her reaction. It wasn't what he had been expecting.
"You do?" Was all she said, she had to work very hard to mask her emotions, why she didn't know.
"I still love you Hotaru." 'Oh god here it comes..' she thought. "But as a sister, and a best friend. No longer as a love." He finished,
"What?" She gasped, almost crying. This was the reaction he had been expecting.
"Yes honey bunch your old Shinigami is back.. just as a normal person."
"Normal person? You don't have your power anymore?" She asked in wonder.
"No, not really. I still have a few, the ones Luna and Setsuna bestowed on me in this new form, but for the most part I'm as normal as Heero…. Well, maybe more normal." He added after thinking a minuet.
"Haha very funny." She said hugging Duo, in a sisterly manner. "I'm glad you remember me though."
"I'll always remember you.. now I'm gonna let you two love birds be alone, and I'm going to scrounge Wufei up for Bunny!" He said jauntily.
Heero walked over to Hotaru the minuet Duo bounced away.
"I'm glad that pest's gone." He said.
"Hn." Those butterflies were coming back.
End Chapter...
Yay the romance will finally start. Maybe I'll add the inners to. I know the action and adventure haven't started yet.. maybe it'll be longer than I thought. I'm still not sure what's going to happen.
I hope it's not starting to bore you!
R&R
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