Chapter Six: Attraction
It was a sunny, warm day, as only a summer's day could be. It seemed as if everything was happy today. The birds were singing, the children from their preschool were laughing on the monkey bars, and even the grownups looked happy, just sitting in the sun, enjoying the beautiful day. Fukumi sighed with happiness. All this day needs is for Usagi to finish her workout at the gym, and this day'd be perfect. Usagi and Fukumi had gotten into a huge fight before Fukumi managed to drag Usagi out of her bed for the planned visit to the gym before shopping. However, Usagi was immediately whipped out of her bad mood when she saw her favorite person walking towards them. "Mamo-chan!" she squealed as she raced towards him, all of her personal belongings flying. "Uasko! Long time no see!" he said with a smile. "No Chibi-Usa today?" "Mamo-chan! You're supposed to pay attention to me!" She pouted at him. "Mamoru-san, who is your friend?" Fukumi asked as she jogged over to them. Usagi had been so excited to see Mamoru that she had dashed about three blocks to reach him. "Oh, I almost forgot. Seirei, this is Usagi and Fukumi. Usagi's my girlfriend." He grinned in a protective sort of way. Seirei was a tall, dark teenager. He looked like he was eighteen, at the very least. He had dark, wiry hair that was tied back into a horsetail. Seirei's skin was the color of a newly minted penny. He had black eyes that looked like they went on forever. But for some reason, Seirei didn't hear him. He was kinda goggling at Fukumi, who was doing the same thing. "Have I met you somewhere?" he asked softly. "No, I don't think so." She replied, still a little awestruck. I know him from somewhere, it's on the tip of my tongue! He looks so familiar. Seirei's thoughts were almost identical copies. She's just like the girl in my dreams! The hair, the eyes, even the little blue mark on her forehead is the same. Spooky. "Hey, you guys," Usagi said, trying to break the silence. "Why don't we head over to the ice cream shop? I heard they have a special on mint vanilla today." "What happened to our little visit to the gym?" Fukumi said, snapping out of her reverie. "Well, I just thought that we could go to the shop now, and-" "Wait a minute," Mamoru said, his eyes sparkling with laughter. "You mean to tell me that someone has finally managed to make Usako go to the gym?" This made everyone laugh as they walked towards the tiny ice cream shop.
A few weeks later, Usagi, Makoto, Minako, Rei, Chibi-Usa and Ami were gathered around a small table for a Sailor meeting. They were relaxing and joking around when Ami decided that it was time to start. "Alright you guys, I think that we should start. Hey" she said, looking around the room. "Has anyone seen Fukumi? She knew about the meeting, didn't she?" "Yeah. I told her yesterday when she was working on her shift. She just nodded and kept sweeping." Rei said, a bit anxious. "Oh, I remember!" Chibi-Usa cried out, startling everybody. She grinned. "Fuku-chan told me that she wasn't going to be able to come because she was going to be with her boyfriend!" Chibi-Usa started giggling at the expressions on the other Sailor's faces. "Boyfriend? Since when did this happen?" Makoto asked, stunned. "Well," Usagi started, a bit hesitantly. "she and Seirei have been getting to know each other, and they've been really close since Mamo-chan introduced them." "But Fukumi?" Makoto asked. She was the closest person to Fukumi (besides Jadoku), and she just couldn't see her extremely tomboyish friend losing her heart to any mortal man. It just wasn't the redhead that she knew. "She did seem a bit starry-eyed when I told her about today." Rei said, thoughtful. "She was probably dreaming about him. I've seen him a handful of times, and I have to admit, he is kind of cute." "Wait a minute you guys," Ami said suddenly. "What does he look like?" "You haven't seen him?" Usagi asked. Ami shook her head. "I've been so busy with school work that I haven't had the chance," she said. "Well, he's tall, very dark and handsome." "He's got these gorgeous black eyes.." "And his hair is jet black. He wears it in this weird kind of ponytail." "Don't you recognize that description from anywhere?" Ami asked exasperatedly. When her friends had started talking about Seirei, something kept on nagging her from the back of her head. Now that she had heard a description about him, she knew exactly who he had to be. "What, from a wanted poster?" Usagi asked, a bit clueless. Rei cracked Usagi on her head. "No, baka. Ami, what are you getting at? I know for a fact that I've never seen him in my life." "No, but we did see him in another's life." she replied, mysteriously. "Ami..." Makoto said warningly. "When we saw Fukumi's life from that little droid thing," she said. "At the end, we saw the little snippets, remember?" "Yeah, but what's that got to do with any.. Oh." Usagi said, remembering. "Yes. Remember the chapel scene? Remember the tall man who was the groom?" "Yeah," Rei said slowly. "But that can't be him. I mean, he'd have to be almost as old as us, wouldn't he?" "Yes, but then, how would he be reborn every lifetime?" Chibi-Usa asked, curious. "Well, maybe whomever created the eternal life thing could give it to the people that we decided to marry in past lives." Usagi said quietly. Everyone stared at her, astounded. "What?" she said, a bit embarrassed. "Anyways, do you think that we should tell her about the stuff that we saw? I mean, we kinda owe it to her, after what happened." Everyone nodded, remembering the fateful day that they had met her. It was still fresh on their minds, even though it had been over a year since they met her. "But if we tell her that it is her destiny, then she might start to try and break away from the relationship." Rei said. "I mean, I know how much she hates to be ordered around by anything. In that way, we are a little bit similar." "I think that we should just wait a bit on the subject." Ami said , effectively ending the conversation. Everyone nodded and started to attend to other matters.
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"Thank you so much for going to this reptile expo with me, Sei-chan." "No problem. I always wanted to see more animals, so I got my wish." The couple was currently looking at a pair of Leopard geckos. For this date, they had decided to go to a reptile show that was in the area. Fukumi sighed. She always felt so happy and tingly whenever she heard Seirei talk. She had never felt so happy in her life, except when she woke up after the accident. She felt like she had a purpose, something to look forward to every time that she woke up and started a new day. Seirei was feeling much the same way. I can't believe I got so lucky as to get to know Fukumi. She's perfect! And those dreams stopped once I started to go out with her. I kinda miss them, though. "Hey, lets go look at this cobra." he said, spotting a snake in a huge tank. "It looks almost like Jadoku!" "Yeah, its got his colors, too!" Fukumi exclaimed, zooming over to the table that held the snake. "Miss, what sex is that snake?" The lady smiled. "This snake is a female, but she was just purchased. I'm sorry," she said, noticing the look on Fukumi's face. "Oh wait, I think I see the girl who bought her. Miss Rosuto!" "Yes?" A young teenager pushed her way through a crowd of people. She was about 5' 7', with dark red eyes that were almost black. But the thing that really stood out about her was her snow-white hair. It was long and bushy, and reached almost to her waist. She had what looked like a moon shaped birthmark on her chest. But what made you stop and look for another second was the fact that it was a diamond that was fused to her skin. It was visible through the filmy white shirt that she was wearing, with a pair of tight jeans. "What do you need? I was just coming over to pick up the snake." "This young lady would like a word with you about the cobra." "What do you need?" She had a musical voice, that varied in pitch and tone with every single word she said. "Umm, I just wanted to know if you'd like to sell me the snake that you bought." Fukumi was a bit nervous about this girl. There was just something about her that she just couldn't place. It's almost like having déjà vu again with Seirei, only with a female version! "No, I'm really sorry," she said, and she looked it. "I promised to get this for a very special friend." "Oh, okay." With that, the girl walked off, carrying her purchase. Both Seirei and Fukumi stared after her. "Well," Seirei said, "Why don't we go and take another look at those albino ball pythons?" "Ok, sounds good to me." But before they could make their way over to the table, time stopped. It was as if someone had pushed the "PAUSE" button for everyone except Fukumi. "Sei-chan? Whats-" But then she realized that Seirei was frozen in time as well. She started to look around wildly for the cause of all that was happening. All of a sudden, as she looked under a table, a sudden movement caused her to jump into a defensive position. But all that she saw was a young woman, about her age, sitting on top of a table. She had short white hair, and a long ponytail. "Who are you?" Fukumi asked shakily. "Did you do this?" "A good friend of mine, Sailor Pluto, did this. Not me. I don't have that kind of power. To answer your first question, I am Sailor Star Healer. I'm here to grant you a little wish that you've had for quite some time, have you not?" "To know the truth about my past? About my family? About me?" "All of that, and much more." Sailor Star Healer smiled. "You'll get all of your memories back, from all of your past lives." "But." "No buts. Time's a wastin'. I don't have much time, so I need you to tell me yes or no." "Y..yes." "Ok then, now just hold still." Sailor Star Healer closed her eyes, and a warm, healing light started to flow towards Fukumi. It covered her, and she felt herself being lifted off of the ground. She really didn't notice it because she felt like she had been locked up for a long time, and only now was she being "unlocked". It continued for a few minutes, and then she fell softly to the floor. "I'll be seeing you later, Nebula." And with that, Sailor Star Healer disappeared. Fukumi rose unsteadily to her feet. In a few second, time started to flow again. She saw Seirei looking around him, and then he finally spotted her. "Fukumi, how did you get all the way over there?" He asked as he made his way over towards her." Man, she can be so hard to keep up with sometimes. But there was something wrong with her. She just stood there, looking at him strangely, and kept on babbling, "I remember. I can remember!" "Fukumi-chan, what's wrong? Are you okay?" She was really starting to worry him now. She looked like she had gone insane or something. She just kept on looking around, and repeating the same phrase over and over. "I remember it all now! I remember!"
????? Back at Makoto's apartment, it was snack time. Chibi-Usa and Usagi were fighting over the remains of a Mississippi Mud Pie, while Rei was gulping down the rest of her virgin strawberry daiquiri (and getting a brain freeze at the same time). Ami was sipping a glass of 7Up, and Makoto was showing Minako how to make a strawberry shortcake. It had started to rain about halfway through the meeting, so everyone was trying to drag out the snack time, hoping that the rain would stop. All of a sudden, the door to the apartment slid open, and they could barely see who had opened it. Then a dripping wet Seirei stepped into the light carrying a limp bundle. "Usagi-san! Something happened to Fukumi-chan!" "What?" Usagi said, staring at the bundle of wet clothes. Now that she thought about it, it did look a bit like Fukumi. "We were at the reptile show," he began to explain. "We had just looked at a Cape Cobra, but the girl who bought it didn't want to sell it. We started to walk towards a different table when she suddenly disappeared. I couldn't find her until I looked towards one of the tables other tables. She was standing there, babbling about how she could remember stuff. She wouldn't do anything else, but I managed to get her outside. We made it a few blocks, but then she fainted!" "How long were you walking in the rain?" Minako asked, worried. "I don't know. I think an hour at the very least. I didn't have any money, and the bus broke down." "Well, it's a good thing that you brought her here." Makoto said. "First things first. Seirei, I have some spare clothes from my brother that should fit you. I want you to take a hot shower. It's the second door on the right." "Okay." he said. "Now then," Makoto said, addressing the other girls. "Lets get her to my bedroom so that Seirei doesn't see her. We need to get all of her clothes off. Good thing that I have two bathrooms." They carried Fukumi (no easy task in itself, because she was too long to bring around corners easily) to Makoto's bedroom, where they stripped her. They then took a bikini and put it on her. Minako started a hot bath for her, which she was gently placed inside of. Chibi-Usa offered to stay and watch her (to make sure that she didn't drown), while the other girls went into the kitchen to make some hot chocolate for Seirei. After a few minutes, Seirei came out of the second bathroom wearing a pair of jeans and a grey sweatshirt with a hood. "This is for you." Rei said, placing the hot mug of chocolate in his hands. "Now go and sit yourself over there by the heater vent." "Thank you guys so much." he said, turning to everyone in the room. "She really started to scare me at the expo. She looked like she was so shocked, she could barely walk." He started to tear up. "Don't cry," Usagi said, putting her arm around his shoulder. "Fukumi's been beaten up a lot worse than this at school. She'll pull through, just you see." Everyone grabbed a mug and crowded around the table so that Seirei wouldn't be alone. About half an hour later, Minako went into the bathroom to help Chibi-Usa change the water so that the invalid would stay warm. After a few seconds, Minako came out. "Minna." she said shakily. "I think that you should come and see this." Everyone managed to crowd into the tiny bathroom. They saw a stark white Chibi-Usa sitting by the bathtub. Fukumi was laying straight out in the tub, but she was muttering something. It sounded like: "No..Back off, you slimy piece of crap..I'll get...Look at her,..beautiful isn't she?...white hair..." "Fukumi?" Seirei asked tentatively. "Fuku-chan, can you hear me?" "Sei-chan...can't reach you... where?" "I'm right here." He said, his voice breaking. "Can't you hear me?" "Seirei, why don't you and Chibi-Usa go out into the living room?" Rei asked gently. "You two should be able to talk about lots of things." "Okay," he said, his head hanging. After they were sure that Chibi-Usa had him busy enough, Ami said, "Usagi- chan, I think that you need to transform into Sailor Moon and use Moon Healing Escalation." "But that only works on youma, right?" she asked. "It's the only healing thing that we have right now, so do it." Everyone was shocked. Ami almost never used that tone of voice with anyone. "Okay, I'll do it." And with that, she became Sailor Moon and summoned the moon stick. "Moon Healing Escalation!" she cried, sending the healing spray toward Fukumi. When it hit her, she shuddered, and then her eyes slowly opened. "Mako-chan? Rei? Minako? Sailor Moon? What are you guys doing here? Where's Sei-chan?" she asked as Sailor Moon detransformed. "He's currently outside with Chibi-Usa, talking about cats." Rei said, sticking her head out of the door to listen. "How did I get here?" "Seirei practically dragged you from the reptile expo that you were at." Rei said. "Don't you remember? He said that you were still conscious when he got you on the bus." "I don't remember about that." She said slowly, "But I do remember everything." "What? You just said that you didn't remember anything! And you've had amnesia since we met you." Minako said, a little bit annoyed. "I know. But I can remember everything now." she said matter-of-factly, climbing out of the tub. Rei handed her a towel. "I know who I was, and where I lived. I was an orphan," she said, thinking for a second. "My parents died in the 9-11 crash. I moved here because my parents had relations that could take care of me. They died too." "Well," Minako said. "I have to say that once we get some decent clothes on you, there would be a certain young man who would like to see you." And with that, Fukumi was bustled off to Makoto's bedroom, where some of her spare clothes were. She got dressed and then went into the den to see Seirei. The girls called Chibi-Usa out into the hallway for a few minutes to give the lovebirds some time alone, and then went back inside. Fukumi and Seirei were together on the couch arms over each other's shoulders. They both looked extremely happy and content. "Are both of you guys feeling better?" Makoto asked as she brought over the shortcake that had finally finished. "Yeah." they replied in unison. "But look at the time," Fukumi said, dismayed. "I'm going to get it from Jadoku if I don't get home soon." "Yeah, me too." "My mom will kill us." was heard throughout the room. "Okay then. Why don't we all go home?" Ami said sensibly. Both Fukumi and Seirei grinned at each other. "Okay, why don't we get going." And with that, they left, hand in hand. Everyone else sighed and decided to ask Fukumi about her life later.
It was a sunny, warm day, as only a summer's day could be. It seemed as if everything was happy today. The birds were singing, the children from their preschool were laughing on the monkey bars, and even the grownups looked happy, just sitting in the sun, enjoying the beautiful day. Fukumi sighed with happiness. All this day needs is for Usagi to finish her workout at the gym, and this day'd be perfect. Usagi and Fukumi had gotten into a huge fight before Fukumi managed to drag Usagi out of her bed for the planned visit to the gym before shopping. However, Usagi was immediately whipped out of her bad mood when she saw her favorite person walking towards them. "Mamo-chan!" she squealed as she raced towards him, all of her personal belongings flying. "Uasko! Long time no see!" he said with a smile. "No Chibi-Usa today?" "Mamo-chan! You're supposed to pay attention to me!" She pouted at him. "Mamoru-san, who is your friend?" Fukumi asked as she jogged over to them. Usagi had been so excited to see Mamoru that she had dashed about three blocks to reach him. "Oh, I almost forgot. Seirei, this is Usagi and Fukumi. Usagi's my girlfriend." He grinned in a protective sort of way. Seirei was a tall, dark teenager. He looked like he was eighteen, at the very least. He had dark, wiry hair that was tied back into a horsetail. Seirei's skin was the color of a newly minted penny. He had black eyes that looked like they went on forever. But for some reason, Seirei didn't hear him. He was kinda goggling at Fukumi, who was doing the same thing. "Have I met you somewhere?" he asked softly. "No, I don't think so." She replied, still a little awestruck. I know him from somewhere, it's on the tip of my tongue! He looks so familiar. Seirei's thoughts were almost identical copies. She's just like the girl in my dreams! The hair, the eyes, even the little blue mark on her forehead is the same. Spooky. "Hey, you guys," Usagi said, trying to break the silence. "Why don't we head over to the ice cream shop? I heard they have a special on mint vanilla today." "What happened to our little visit to the gym?" Fukumi said, snapping out of her reverie. "Well, I just thought that we could go to the shop now, and-" "Wait a minute," Mamoru said, his eyes sparkling with laughter. "You mean to tell me that someone has finally managed to make Usako go to the gym?" This made everyone laugh as they walked towards the tiny ice cream shop.
A few weeks later, Usagi, Makoto, Minako, Rei, Chibi-Usa and Ami were gathered around a small table for a Sailor meeting. They were relaxing and joking around when Ami decided that it was time to start. "Alright you guys, I think that we should start. Hey" she said, looking around the room. "Has anyone seen Fukumi? She knew about the meeting, didn't she?" "Yeah. I told her yesterday when she was working on her shift. She just nodded and kept sweeping." Rei said, a bit anxious. "Oh, I remember!" Chibi-Usa cried out, startling everybody. She grinned. "Fuku-chan told me that she wasn't going to be able to come because she was going to be with her boyfriend!" Chibi-Usa started giggling at the expressions on the other Sailor's faces. "Boyfriend? Since when did this happen?" Makoto asked, stunned. "Well," Usagi started, a bit hesitantly. "she and Seirei have been getting to know each other, and they've been really close since Mamo-chan introduced them." "But Fukumi?" Makoto asked. She was the closest person to Fukumi (besides Jadoku), and she just couldn't see her extremely tomboyish friend losing her heart to any mortal man. It just wasn't the redhead that she knew. "She did seem a bit starry-eyed when I told her about today." Rei said, thoughtful. "She was probably dreaming about him. I've seen him a handful of times, and I have to admit, he is kind of cute." "Wait a minute you guys," Ami said suddenly. "What does he look like?" "You haven't seen him?" Usagi asked. Ami shook her head. "I've been so busy with school work that I haven't had the chance," she said. "Well, he's tall, very dark and handsome." "He's got these gorgeous black eyes.." "And his hair is jet black. He wears it in this weird kind of ponytail." "Don't you recognize that description from anywhere?" Ami asked exasperatedly. When her friends had started talking about Seirei, something kept on nagging her from the back of her head. Now that she had heard a description about him, she knew exactly who he had to be. "What, from a wanted poster?" Usagi asked, a bit clueless. Rei cracked Usagi on her head. "No, baka. Ami, what are you getting at? I know for a fact that I've never seen him in my life." "No, but we did see him in another's life." she replied, mysteriously. "Ami..." Makoto said warningly. "When we saw Fukumi's life from that little droid thing," she said. "At the end, we saw the little snippets, remember?" "Yeah, but what's that got to do with any.. Oh." Usagi said, remembering. "Yes. Remember the chapel scene? Remember the tall man who was the groom?" "Yeah," Rei said slowly. "But that can't be him. I mean, he'd have to be almost as old as us, wouldn't he?" "Yes, but then, how would he be reborn every lifetime?" Chibi-Usa asked, curious. "Well, maybe whomever created the eternal life thing could give it to the people that we decided to marry in past lives." Usagi said quietly. Everyone stared at her, astounded. "What?" she said, a bit embarrassed. "Anyways, do you think that we should tell her about the stuff that we saw? I mean, we kinda owe it to her, after what happened." Everyone nodded, remembering the fateful day that they had met her. It was still fresh on their minds, even though it had been over a year since they met her. "But if we tell her that it is her destiny, then she might start to try and break away from the relationship." Rei said. "I mean, I know how much she hates to be ordered around by anything. In that way, we are a little bit similar." "I think that we should just wait a bit on the subject." Ami said , effectively ending the conversation. Everyone nodded and started to attend to other matters.
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"Thank you so much for going to this reptile expo with me, Sei-chan." "No problem. I always wanted to see more animals, so I got my wish." The couple was currently looking at a pair of Leopard geckos. For this date, they had decided to go to a reptile show that was in the area. Fukumi sighed. She always felt so happy and tingly whenever she heard Seirei talk. She had never felt so happy in her life, except when she woke up after the accident. She felt like she had a purpose, something to look forward to every time that she woke up and started a new day. Seirei was feeling much the same way. I can't believe I got so lucky as to get to know Fukumi. She's perfect! And those dreams stopped once I started to go out with her. I kinda miss them, though. "Hey, lets go look at this cobra." he said, spotting a snake in a huge tank. "It looks almost like Jadoku!" "Yeah, its got his colors, too!" Fukumi exclaimed, zooming over to the table that held the snake. "Miss, what sex is that snake?" The lady smiled. "This snake is a female, but she was just purchased. I'm sorry," she said, noticing the look on Fukumi's face. "Oh wait, I think I see the girl who bought her. Miss Rosuto!" "Yes?" A young teenager pushed her way through a crowd of people. She was about 5' 7', with dark red eyes that were almost black. But the thing that really stood out about her was her snow-white hair. It was long and bushy, and reached almost to her waist. She had what looked like a moon shaped birthmark on her chest. But what made you stop and look for another second was the fact that it was a diamond that was fused to her skin. It was visible through the filmy white shirt that she was wearing, with a pair of tight jeans. "What do you need? I was just coming over to pick up the snake." "This young lady would like a word with you about the cobra." "What do you need?" She had a musical voice, that varied in pitch and tone with every single word she said. "Umm, I just wanted to know if you'd like to sell me the snake that you bought." Fukumi was a bit nervous about this girl. There was just something about her that she just couldn't place. It's almost like having déjà vu again with Seirei, only with a female version! "No, I'm really sorry," she said, and she looked it. "I promised to get this for a very special friend." "Oh, okay." With that, the girl walked off, carrying her purchase. Both Seirei and Fukumi stared after her. "Well," Seirei said, "Why don't we go and take another look at those albino ball pythons?" "Ok, sounds good to me." But before they could make their way over to the table, time stopped. It was as if someone had pushed the "PAUSE" button for everyone except Fukumi. "Sei-chan? Whats-" But then she realized that Seirei was frozen in time as well. She started to look around wildly for the cause of all that was happening. All of a sudden, as she looked under a table, a sudden movement caused her to jump into a defensive position. But all that she saw was a young woman, about her age, sitting on top of a table. She had short white hair, and a long ponytail. "Who are you?" Fukumi asked shakily. "Did you do this?" "A good friend of mine, Sailor Pluto, did this. Not me. I don't have that kind of power. To answer your first question, I am Sailor Star Healer. I'm here to grant you a little wish that you've had for quite some time, have you not?" "To know the truth about my past? About my family? About me?" "All of that, and much more." Sailor Star Healer smiled. "You'll get all of your memories back, from all of your past lives." "But." "No buts. Time's a wastin'. I don't have much time, so I need you to tell me yes or no." "Y..yes." "Ok then, now just hold still." Sailor Star Healer closed her eyes, and a warm, healing light started to flow towards Fukumi. It covered her, and she felt herself being lifted off of the ground. She really didn't notice it because she felt like she had been locked up for a long time, and only now was she being "unlocked". It continued for a few minutes, and then she fell softly to the floor. "I'll be seeing you later, Nebula." And with that, Sailor Star Healer disappeared. Fukumi rose unsteadily to her feet. In a few second, time started to flow again. She saw Seirei looking around him, and then he finally spotted her. "Fukumi, how did you get all the way over there?" He asked as he made his way over towards her." Man, she can be so hard to keep up with sometimes. But there was something wrong with her. She just stood there, looking at him strangely, and kept on babbling, "I remember. I can remember!" "Fukumi-chan, what's wrong? Are you okay?" She was really starting to worry him now. She looked like she had gone insane or something. She just kept on looking around, and repeating the same phrase over and over. "I remember it all now! I remember!"
????? Back at Makoto's apartment, it was snack time. Chibi-Usa and Usagi were fighting over the remains of a Mississippi Mud Pie, while Rei was gulping down the rest of her virgin strawberry daiquiri (and getting a brain freeze at the same time). Ami was sipping a glass of 7Up, and Makoto was showing Minako how to make a strawberry shortcake. It had started to rain about halfway through the meeting, so everyone was trying to drag out the snack time, hoping that the rain would stop. All of a sudden, the door to the apartment slid open, and they could barely see who had opened it. Then a dripping wet Seirei stepped into the light carrying a limp bundle. "Usagi-san! Something happened to Fukumi-chan!" "What?" Usagi said, staring at the bundle of wet clothes. Now that she thought about it, it did look a bit like Fukumi. "We were at the reptile show," he began to explain. "We had just looked at a Cape Cobra, but the girl who bought it didn't want to sell it. We started to walk towards a different table when she suddenly disappeared. I couldn't find her until I looked towards one of the tables other tables. She was standing there, babbling about how she could remember stuff. She wouldn't do anything else, but I managed to get her outside. We made it a few blocks, but then she fainted!" "How long were you walking in the rain?" Minako asked, worried. "I don't know. I think an hour at the very least. I didn't have any money, and the bus broke down." "Well, it's a good thing that you brought her here." Makoto said. "First things first. Seirei, I have some spare clothes from my brother that should fit you. I want you to take a hot shower. It's the second door on the right." "Okay." he said. "Now then," Makoto said, addressing the other girls. "Lets get her to my bedroom so that Seirei doesn't see her. We need to get all of her clothes off. Good thing that I have two bathrooms." They carried Fukumi (no easy task in itself, because she was too long to bring around corners easily) to Makoto's bedroom, where they stripped her. They then took a bikini and put it on her. Minako started a hot bath for her, which she was gently placed inside of. Chibi-Usa offered to stay and watch her (to make sure that she didn't drown), while the other girls went into the kitchen to make some hot chocolate for Seirei. After a few minutes, Seirei came out of the second bathroom wearing a pair of jeans and a grey sweatshirt with a hood. "This is for you." Rei said, placing the hot mug of chocolate in his hands. "Now go and sit yourself over there by the heater vent." "Thank you guys so much." he said, turning to everyone in the room. "She really started to scare me at the expo. She looked like she was so shocked, she could barely walk." He started to tear up. "Don't cry," Usagi said, putting her arm around his shoulder. "Fukumi's been beaten up a lot worse than this at school. She'll pull through, just you see." Everyone grabbed a mug and crowded around the table so that Seirei wouldn't be alone. About half an hour later, Minako went into the bathroom to help Chibi-Usa change the water so that the invalid would stay warm. After a few seconds, Minako came out. "Minna." she said shakily. "I think that you should come and see this." Everyone managed to crowd into the tiny bathroom. They saw a stark white Chibi-Usa sitting by the bathtub. Fukumi was laying straight out in the tub, but she was muttering something. It sounded like: "No..Back off, you slimy piece of crap..I'll get...Look at her,..beautiful isn't she?...white hair..." "Fukumi?" Seirei asked tentatively. "Fuku-chan, can you hear me?" "Sei-chan...can't reach you... where?" "I'm right here." He said, his voice breaking. "Can't you hear me?" "Seirei, why don't you and Chibi-Usa go out into the living room?" Rei asked gently. "You two should be able to talk about lots of things." "Okay," he said, his head hanging. After they were sure that Chibi-Usa had him busy enough, Ami said, "Usagi- chan, I think that you need to transform into Sailor Moon and use Moon Healing Escalation." "But that only works on youma, right?" she asked. "It's the only healing thing that we have right now, so do it." Everyone was shocked. Ami almost never used that tone of voice with anyone. "Okay, I'll do it." And with that, she became Sailor Moon and summoned the moon stick. "Moon Healing Escalation!" she cried, sending the healing spray toward Fukumi. When it hit her, she shuddered, and then her eyes slowly opened. "Mako-chan? Rei? Minako? Sailor Moon? What are you guys doing here? Where's Sei-chan?" she asked as Sailor Moon detransformed. "He's currently outside with Chibi-Usa, talking about cats." Rei said, sticking her head out of the door to listen. "How did I get here?" "Seirei practically dragged you from the reptile expo that you were at." Rei said. "Don't you remember? He said that you were still conscious when he got you on the bus." "I don't remember about that." She said slowly, "But I do remember everything." "What? You just said that you didn't remember anything! And you've had amnesia since we met you." Minako said, a little bit annoyed. "I know. But I can remember everything now." she said matter-of-factly, climbing out of the tub. Rei handed her a towel. "I know who I was, and where I lived. I was an orphan," she said, thinking for a second. "My parents died in the 9-11 crash. I moved here because my parents had relations that could take care of me. They died too." "Well," Minako said. "I have to say that once we get some decent clothes on you, there would be a certain young man who would like to see you." And with that, Fukumi was bustled off to Makoto's bedroom, where some of her spare clothes were. She got dressed and then went into the den to see Seirei. The girls called Chibi-Usa out into the hallway for a few minutes to give the lovebirds some time alone, and then went back inside. Fukumi and Seirei were together on the couch arms over each other's shoulders. They both looked extremely happy and content. "Are both of you guys feeling better?" Makoto asked as she brought over the shortcake that had finally finished. "Yeah." they replied in unison. "But look at the time," Fukumi said, dismayed. "I'm going to get it from Jadoku if I don't get home soon." "Yeah, me too." "My mom will kill us." was heard throughout the room. "Okay then. Why don't we all go home?" Ami said sensibly. Both Fukumi and Seirei grinned at each other. "Okay, why don't we get going." And with that, they left, hand in hand. Everyone else sighed and decided to ask Fukumi about her life later.