One step away

Ami stood at the doorway to the transporter chambers slowly her fingers roamed the door she took in a deep breath and quicklypulled up to her neck searching for something.Her hands searching for the necklace that was passes on from Each of the Royal Mercurians.Her fingers touched the small blue stone soft like marble but strong like a diamond.For a good two minutes she stood there."Well no time like the present." ami pushed in the doors and peeked in. A tall guard sat near the teleporter on a stool half asleep half awake. The guards on Mercury always were so hard working they would end up half asleep on the job! There he was. Curly brown shaggy hair all ruffled up "ehem!"Ami cleared her throat as she walked in the guard quickly plopped up extremely alert. "athena! I wasnt asleep on the job I swear just my eyes I had them closed but that doesnt mean I was asleep!no!It's I wasnt asleep!" he stuttered bowing down before her Ami only moed her hand over the shaggy hair and patted it "oh. well..Urawa...I'm not my mother..and you dont have to bow!" she giggled a little then pulled back her hand. "ami?!" the gentlemen rose up jumping closer to her he had his hand stretched out behind hi head and began to blush while small chucckles came out of his mouth. "Ami heh heh.. I ..you.. Athena... you've grown so beautiful..just like the goddess..er..Athena.."Ami blushed and shook her head "sthats so sweet of you, Urawa.". Urawa had had a crush on her since she was abot twelve years old.The memories flowed right into her mind.

** Urawa an in-training guardsmen , Ami was in the library studying as usual. There she sat with a gigantic book on the table. Her glasses right on the tipppity tip of her nose, half way falling off.a nervous boy stood with a blue rose carried in his hands he stood a couple of feet behind her fumbling on what to say. Ami turned her head slightly glancing over her shoulder wincing at the young man behind her. He had seemed to always be following her...never having the guts to just come out and tell her what to say. she picked up the heavy book and dragged over to where he stood figiting, "hello"her voice gentle and kind the boys face lifted and he stared at her silent.A huge amount of blush swept over his face and his hand pushed out foward"here...This is...for..." Ami looked down at the blue rose....it was absolutely gorgeous what a silly, sweet,absolute boy! she leaned in foward smelling the flower as he held it "For me? .....it's wonderful..thankyou."

He chuckled a bit and tensed up his hand now pressing tightly against the stem of the rose.As nervous as he was he was reluctant to notice his own hand filling with blood."Oh my goodness! your bleeding!" she shouted out a bit and shushes filled the library.She grabbed him by the arm taking him outside and grabbing a scarf.Quickly wrapping it around his hand "be more careful......she leaned inandblew on the wound he seemed to turn a bright red now and nodded.** "Urawa! It's good to see you!It's been quite a while...last time I saw you you were busy training to... well, be a guard here." she prressed her hand tightly onto his examining the area. A light scar was still there. A huge frown dropped over her face and she blew over the hand again. "I'm sorry you were in pain because of me."she moved backward and stepped near a control pad. "Ami! you haveno reason to be sorry! I was just... er...ya now...boy thing I guess." she giggled then roamed her fingers over the buttons. "Ami? what are you doing here anyways?" Ami stopped her lingering and looked at him. "I'm...going to Uranus...."she sent a warm smile to him and he sent one back to."oh. Uranus...why are you going there?" she twirled around on her heel and walked to the transporter "just a quick visit." Urawa ran to the girl. She was so beautiful standing on the transporter pad. "okay ...er...would you like me to ssist you there ?" she shook her head then lifted her hand to her chest. "trust me...I'm not a little girl..I'll be okay." he nodded then walked to the controls pressing the button down. In a matter of seconds the cheerful girl he had fallen in love wioth was gone. "Ami.... I became a guard to be near you...not to lose you."

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Ami could'nt wait to smell it.... it was the smell of landing on a planet of skills of strength..Very similar to her friend Mako's home planet. The smell of battle and still elegance. Yet... this stench was not elegant..still beautiful but filled with war..... and determination but still something was diffrent ..something.

A bright light flashed through and she fell right down out of the teleporter."Agh!"her screams echoing and stopping something to late into a halt.Collapsing onto a hard ground. She began to cough and cough the dust had seemed to get into her lungs.This was definatly NOT URANUS...... where was she? lost perhaps. She glimpsed around fwapping the air side to side so all the dirt would soon fade.Trottling noises wheels rocks? neighing? before she could get out of the way a wopoden wagon collided with her horses out of control.It was useless trying to move it was either bve killed by raging horses or by wheels from the wooden vehical.slowly the wagon stopped dust flung everywhere. Her body flattened against the ground her chest rising upwards then back down in the same sequence.Ami's breath was heavy to weak. She had thught that Uranus had their transporters in the castles...in a chamber..at least near her . What had happened?





AN: (was that too much? like in memories-wise? cuz you'll be seeing many memories, just to let you know! ^_^ oh yes! almost forgot is it intense yet? ami-chan oh no what the hecks going on!nuuuuu! what happens next?

*theater music plays ----thun thun thun!*)

^^;; ok...? dont look at me weird! I know my last "An" was cooky and strange... V.V;; I seemed crazy to the unknown eye....but hey I cant help it! I had written the AN in a certain text color...like a rainbow... and i assumed too much all at once. I had thought that just mabey it would come out in color... v.v .Obviously I was WRONG...DEAD-WRONG! .

Yes now i know that is quite impossible. Oh it's so weird I can write this really long story and it seems like alot but... it ends up being so small here on fanfic.net... yes i know this is a longie so forgive me! but hey i'm paying you all back for all those shorty ones i did

^.^... hmmmm i just realized how long my An's are..... hm...strange.. V.v;; NE WAYZ

I'll be kind of doing tests and stuff lets see if you all get this

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