I'm so happy! It's March Break! That means no school for a week! Also it means more time to just sit @ my computer and do whatever I want for a whole week! If I'm not lazy then there'll be a couple of updates in all my fics! If I'm not lazy that is. I got my science mark bac! Frankly I did pretty good. ^-^ Even though I didn't put that much effort into it. -_- Still I got a good mark! 86%! ^.~

Bunnicula03: Holy shit! That was a freakin long review! O well, I still like it though! ^-^ I totally agree! Sometimes Usagi is just too nice. With friends like that, who needs enemies, if you ask me.

Cris(): It's not that I hate Rei or anything, but she seems to be the best candidate out of all of the senshis. I mean she did date Mamo-baka and all. Plus out of all the senshis, those two are the closest. So in my POV, it would break Usagi's heart more if it was Rei who betrayed her.

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He felt sort of annoyed. His miko somehow would never leave him alone. Eversince lastnight, she has been following him around. Something tells him that it was out of the ordinary. Right now, she was attached to his right arm.
"Tama-chan!Lets go around the city today!" she said to him excitedly. He nodded his head in agreement, as his miko dragged him out of the room. Hotohori looked at the two sadly. He had thought that his miko had chosen him over everyone. Guess he was wrong. Maybe she has chosen Tamahome. Iie, she was just probably trying to be nice to him. That excuse seems to ease his heart a little. Deciding that since the miko had gone off with Tamahome, he decided to look around the city also.
"Hotohori-sama, where are you going?" Nuriko asked him.
"Out for a walk," he told him softly and left the room.
"Wonder what's wrong with him," Nuriko said to no one in particular.
"Bah! He's probly havin that damn miko problem again!" Tasuki said., as he took yet another sip of sake.

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He sighed as he walked down the busy street. Suddenly he heard someone calling for help.
"Onegai somebody! He stole my money!" a feminine voice shot out. He shot his head up to see someone running towards him and someone else right behind him. He moved out of the way as the man ran pass him. "Onegai! Stop him!" she cried again. Hotohori instantly ran after the man.
"Dame!" he said to the man. The man took out his sword and pointed at him.
"Listen buddy! I saw this first! If you're gonna play hero than go somewhere else!"
"I advise you to hand over the money," he stated in a calm voice. The man ignored him and charged at him. Thrusting his sword at him, Hotohori jumped out of the way in one swift movement and kicked him from behind. The man stumbled forward and landed on his knees. A small group of people had formed a circle around the fight. Girls stared at Hotohori with hearts in their eyes, while little kids standing around cheered on happily for the fight. The man launched at him once again, Hotohori with his excellent swordsman skills, somehow managed to take his sword away from him and was now pointing it at the man's neck. He started to tremble in fear.
"O-onegai! Spare my life!" he cried. Hotohori held out his hand, indicating for the man to hand over the money. The man handed it over with trembling hand.
"Leave," Hotohori said calmly. As the man tried to make his way through a crowd, a voice called out.
"Matte!" Some people were making there way for a girl to step out from the crowd. Hotohori looked to see a golden hair maiden stepping into view. She looked at him with gentle eyes and reverted her glance to the thief. She smiled at the man and reached into her clothes and took out a pouch and pulled out 5 gold ryos. (hey I found out what money are called! Though I think I heard it somewhere before) She handed it over to the shock man and smiled. "It must be important if you have to be a thief for money." Shocked was definitely written on everyone's face. Especially the thief.
"Arigatou! Arigatou! Arigatou!" he chanted as he continuosly bowed down to her.
"Your welcome," she said to him smiling. He got up and with a final arigatou, he ran off. She turned and stared at Hotohori, smiling. He could feel the blood rushing up to his face. Though he doesn't know why. "I think you should return the money, ne?" He nodded his head.
"Hai. May I ask who this belongs to?"
"Mine! Mine!" a voice squealed. Looking over, he noticed a girl with brown hair rushing towards him. Somehow, he didn't acknowledge the speed she was acquiring, so he soon found himself in need for air.
"Arigatou! Arigatou! You got my money back!" she squealed as she continued to hug him. (more like trying to kill him) Usagi looked at the scene and giggled softly. "I would love to treat you to dinner! Maybe a stroll later on when night shops are opened!" Finally being able to get the grip off of him, Hotohori started to return his normal colour.
"Iie, I have some business to take care of." The girl pouted at him and grabbed on to his arm, rubbing her head against him affectionately.
"O-onegai? I must repay you somehow," she said with trembling lips.
"Gomen ne, demo I really have some other business to take care of," he said firmly. But even that, the girl refused to let go of him. Usagi thought that the man really needed help, decided to help.
"Um, sumimasen, demo could you please let go of my fianc‚?" Both turned to look at the petite blond. Usagi gave him a quick wink. Being smart as he was, Hotohori acknowledge that she was trying to help him.
"You have a fianc‚?" the girl shrieked. Hotohori winced at the sound she made. This girl even has a much worser vocal than Nuriko.
"Hai," he answered, numbly shaking his head.
"Gomen nasai, demo we need to go and finish the arrangements," Usagi said as she took hold of his arm and pulled him away from the girl. After walking a good distance, she letted go.
"Domo arigatou," Hotohori thanked her. She smiled at him cheerfully.
"You're welcome! Tsukino Usagi. What's yours?" Her smile would definitely make the sun feel jealous, as he found himself become lost in those cheerful smile.
"Hotohori."
"It's nice to meet you Hotohori-san," she said to him as they continued to walk along the busy market.
"Please just call me Hotohori, Usagi-san."
"Then you can call me Usagi or Usagi-chan! All my friends called me that!" He smiled and felt somewhat free, being with this blond. He noticed that she was the first blond he ever seen. Feeling odd about this, but he decided to just keep quiet about this.
"It's nice meeting you Hoto-kun! I better be going, my friends will be starting to look for me soon if they can't find me. Sayonara!" Before he could even stop her and ask where she lives, she had already ran off into the busy crowd. He stood there and stared at her until she completely disappeared from view.

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"Wai! Tama-chan! Look at this!" Tamahome sighed as Rei showed him yet another piece of jewellery. He remembered the other night when he helped Usagi find the inn that she was staying. He had showed her some of the beautiful jewelries that were on some of the stands. He had offered to buy her one if she liked it, but she only smiled and declined. She had claimed that she doesn't like to wear that much jewelry. Compared to his miko, she seems to be much more suit to be a miko than Rei, demo if only she had came from another world. Then she might've been the Suzaku no miko instead of Rei.

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"Are you sure you haven't heard anything from Usagi yet Mrs. Tsukino?" they asked again, like do everyday. Ikuko looked at her daughter's friend and shooked her head sadly.
"Iie," she whispered as tears started to stream down her once again. The girls nodded and sadly walked off. Ikuko closed the door softly, as she tried to wipe away the tears. Walking into the den, she glanced at the family picture they took two months before her disappearance. Everyone was smiling happily in the photo. Everyone except Usagi. Lately there was something bothering her. Although she seemed to be smiling more than ever in the photo. She had never understood her daughter very well. Even if something was bothering her, she never once came and told her what's wrong. Hugging the photo tightly to herself, she glanced out the window.
"Usagi, where are you?" she whispered to no one, as a warm breeze carried those words away.

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"Usagi, where are you?" She sat up. That voice. It couldn't of been. Could it? That sounded so much like her mother. Slowly rising, she wrapped a thin silk robe around herself, she exited her room. Giving a sigh, she took a deep breath of fresh air. The moon looked so bright tonight. Her mind started to wonder what everyone is doing back home. Probably no one even noticed that she was missing. Still, she missed them. She missed how she and Hotaru always sat there and listened to Michiru-chan and Haruka-chan play, even though she fell asleep half way through, she could still hear the music playing faintly in her sleep. She used to love sitting in the back seat of Haruka-chan's red sport car, speeding on the street. She even missed the study buddies she used to have with the inners. She closed her eyes as she felt warm tears starting to form.
"Usagi-sama, daijoubu?" She turned her head to see Suboshi staring at her. Worries were written on his face. She shooked her head softly, trying to put on a smile as her eyes were glazed with unshed tears.
"Iie, I was just thinking about home," she replied to him softly. "I was just thinking about home." He looked at her sadly, as if understanding how she felt. She turned back to staring at the moon. Suboshi went and stood next to her.
"I wonder how my kaa-san and too-san are doing. I even miss my otouto. Even if he annoys me all the time. Then there's my friends. I wonder if they're looking for me?" Suboshi only stood there and listened to her. "Haruka-chan always took me along with her to the race track. Michiru-chan always had patients in me, and helped me learn how to play the violin. Hotaru-chan was always there to encourage me, and Setsuna-chan was always there to remind that I can always alter my destiny. That I shouldn't wait and let all of the things she told me to come true if I didn't want it to. And then there was Ami-chan and the rest of my highschool friends. Ami was the smart one out of the group. Makoto was the talented cook. Then Minako. Minako and I were almost like sisters. We almost seemed to look alike. We had a lot of stuff in common. Then there was Rei. We were the best of friends. Even though we fight a lot and she always makes fun of me. We were always close to each other. Demo.demo," Tears were now streaming down her face.
"Demo?" Suboshi questioned.
"She took him away from me," she whispered softly. "She took away Mamo-chan. They all knew about it. Except for Haruka-chan, Michiru-chan, Hotaru-chan, and I'm sure Setsuna-chan knew about it since she is the guardian of time. The rest, they didn't care about my emotions, my feelings. They all thought I was just a dumb ditzy blond, who couldn't even tell from her left to right." She started to sob. She turned to Suboshi and wrapped her arms around him. Burying her head into his chest as she continued to cry. Suboshi was surprised, but pretty soon he held her tightly. As her crying subsided and turned to hiccups.

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"May we come in Mrs.Tsukino?" Ikuko looked at them sadly and nodded her head.
"Hai. The other girls were just here earlier." Haruka narrowed her eyes.
"You still haven't heard any news from Usagi-chan?" Hotaru asked sadly.
"Iie." She shooked her head sadly.
"May we go up to her room. Maybe we might find some sort of clue," Setsuna suggested.
"Hai girls. Her room is straight down the hall." They each thanked her and went up to Usagi's room.
"It seems like everything hasn't been touched in a while," Haruka commented. Michiru nodded her head. They each startd to inspect the room.
"I found something!" Hotaru cried as she took something out from under the bed.
"It appears to be an old book," Setseuna said. Haruka took the book from Hotaru and started to flip through the pages. She gasped as she came to one of the pictures.
"Nani?" Michiru asked as she took the book from Haruka. She too gave a low gasp. Next Hotaru took the book and stared at the picture.
"That's Usagi-chan!"

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"Arigatou for listening to me yesterday Suboshi-kun." Suboshi blushed a slight red as she thanked him. Nakago sat there quietly. He had heard everything last night. Although he wasn't pleased when she held onto Suboshi. He was also somewhat curious about this Setsuna. He didn't quite understood some of the parts she was talking about, demo what interested him was `the guardian of time.'


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"Hotohori-sama, what are you thinking?" Nuriko asked. Hotohori didn't answer, but just continued to look up at the stars. He didn't know when, but eversince he was young, he always found that glancing up at the stars would always soothe his throbbing heart.
"Hotohori-sama?" Nuriko asked again.
"Nuriko. Have you ever believed in, love at first sight?" Hotohori asked. His voice sounding distant.
"Love at first sight?" Nuriko repeated. "I-iie!" Hotohori gave a small sigh.
"Well I think I have," he said softly.
"Hotohori-sama?" Nuriko asked worriedly. He had never seen the emperor like this, and looking at him now he couldn't help but worry.
`Usagi.' Oddly, the name sounds familiar to him, but he just couldn't remember from where.

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"Tama-chan! I heard that the shops are really fun at night!" Rei cried, trying to get him to agree to come with her. Tamahome gave a loud sigh.
"Rei, I haven't rested since this morning. Onegai. Let me sleep." Rei had a huge scowl on her face.
"Fine! I'll go ask Hotohori to come with me!" She was sure that he'll want to come with her now. But what he did, made her surprised.
"Hai, maybe Hotohori should come with you. I need sleep." With that, he descended to his room. She stood there, shocked. Eyse wide as saucers and her fists were clenched tightly and shaking with fury.
How dare he? How could SHE have that much affect on him for she only met him for one day. Deciding that she desperately needs to take her mind off of this, she headed towards Hotohori.
"Hoto-chan!" she said in a fake happy voice. Hotohori looked up at her slowly, the image of Usagi still lingers in his mind.
"Hai?" Rei frowned. He didn't seem quite excited about seeing her.
"Would you like to come and visit the night shops with me?" she asked him sweetly. Hotohori turned and smiled at her softly. Before shaking his head.
"Iie. There's too much things for me to worry about," he said. Rubbing his temples in circular motions to prove his point.
"Hai. I understand," she said and turned around with a scowl. `Don't tell me she got to him too!' she said to herself. `I guess I have to keep close eyes on them both.'

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Not exactly the best place to stop, demo minna-chan doesn't know how long I sat at this damn comp! The chapters not the very good, but at least I updated ne? Domo arigatou to all those people who had patience and didn't hammer me until I update at least one of my fics. Thank kami that these aren't school assignments or I think I failed. Domo arigatou for the reviews minna-chan, and don't forget to REVIEW!