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Reign of Cherry Blossoms
Fallen blossoms
Beside the serpent stream
Blanket the ground
Chapter One: A Shower of Petals
Drumming her fingers against her desk Usagi fought back the yawn that threatened to fall from her lips. Kami-sama, she hated math. She fingered the pile of notes sent from other students. Opening one she scanned the contents. 'You'd think they'd give up on asking me out after all the times I've said no.' She thought tiredly. Looking at the author of the note she shook her head no, when he looked at her.
It was the same through out every class. 'Sometimes it really sucks being the 'most popular' girl in school.' She thought crumpling up the rest of the notes. 'At least there is one person in this school who doesn't bother me constantly. In fact he seems to avoid me whenever possible.' She glanced at him. 'Maybe he just avoids me because he's getting threats from the other students.' She thought grimly as she gazed at him. He was the smartest person at the school but the gods had given him nothing in the way of looks. The poor boy was as thin as a willow wand with pallid skin, a small nose, huge eyes and a thin mouth. Some had compared him to a skeleton. 'After all his nick name is the 'King of Nerds.' Poor Kado-san.'
He glanced at her with those huge blue eyes, the only attractive thing about him. She smiled at him and waved. An unhealthy flush turned his cheeks a fire engine red. Glares were focused in his direction when Usagi turned away. Oh, yes. The male population going to pound him into the ground. How dare he even look at the beautiful Usagi?!
To this Usagi was utterly oblivious as she started to doodle in her notebook out of boredom. "I don't see how you can like that geek." A voice whispered behind her.
"Eh?" Usagi said eloquently as she glanced behind her at the head cheerleader, and her supposed rival, Kagamino Aya. "He's the only guy who doesn't pester me and he is very nice. If you got to know him you would see that he is a wonderful person." Usagi countered.
Aya stared back at her blankly. "So?"
Usagi sighed and shook her head. It was a losing battle. Turning away she forced herself to concentrate on the droning voice of the teacher. 'Better then listening to Aya.' She thought unhappily.
Resting her head in her hands she stared out the window at the cherry tree. 'It seems so wrong...to be inside, on such a beautiful day.' She thought with a mental sigh.
As she watched the leaves fall to the ground she closed her eyes and let her mind drift only to fall asleep.
*Thwack* With a cry of pain Usagi fell out of her seat and on to the ground. Staring up at her teacher sullenly she rubbed her head where Asano-sensei had hit her with a ruler.
"If you're not going to pay attention to the lesson stand outside in the hall, Minamino-san. Or are you going to pay attention?" He glared down at her.
"I'm going to pay attention Asano-sensei." She said looking down at her hands in what she hoped was an appropriately ashamed look.
He nodded. "Then take your seat Minamino-san before I change mind." He instructed her.
Nodding Usagi stood and brushed herself off before taking her seat. Behind her Aya giggled. The boys of the class gave her sympathetic glances. Holding back a sigh she forced her self with all the will power in her body to pay attention. 'This is going to be a long day.' She thought gloomily.
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Stretching as she yawned Usagi gathered her things together and shoved them carelessly into her backpack. 'Kami-sama, I thought school would never end!' She thought as she yawned again.
"Minamino-san?" A soft voice whispered behind her.
Nearly jumping out of her skin at the sudden noise, Usagi whirled around to face the one that had snuck up on her. Kado stood flushing with embarrassment before her, nervously picking at his worn satchel. "Don't sneak up on me like that! I almost had a heart attack." She exclaimed putting her balled up fist over her heart for effect.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry M-minamino-san." He stuttered, looking everywhere but at her.
"Oh, pooh! Please don't call me Minamino-san. It makes me feel so old!" She chided gently. "Call me Usa-chan or Usagi at least."
"Ok." He whispered. "Usagi-san."
Usagi caught a hold of her desk before she could fall over. "Right." She smiled at him weakly. Straightening she brushed some invisible lint from her skirt and looked at Kado curiously. "What do you want, Kado-kun?" She asked.
Flushing a brighter red he looked out of the window. "N-nothing, Usagi-san. I-I'm s-s-s-s-sorry for wasting your t-t-time." He said as he tried to move around her.
Reaching out quickly Usagi took a hold of his arm and pulled him back. "Oh, no. Don't think you can get away that easily." Putting her hands on her hips she looked up at him sternly, well as sternly as was possible for her. "Now, tell me what you wanted." She wiggled her finger under his nose. "And don't think you can get away without telling me."
Kado blushed an even brighter red causing Usagi to worry about him. "Are you alright?" She asked putting her hand to his forehead. "Are you sick? You're face is so red!" She exclaimed.
Moving out of her reach he shook his head. "No. I-I'm f-f-f-fine." He told her.
"Are you sure?" Usagi asked, concern clear in her voice.
He nodded. "Fine."
Sighing Usagi brushed a strand of hair from her face. "Now, why did you want to speak to me?"
Kado looked down at her with those amazingly beautiful blue eyes of his. "I-I was w-wondering if you w-w-would like me t-t-t-t-to t-t-tu-tutor you in ma-math." He replied in his constant stutter.
Usagi's eyes lit up. "You would waste your time tutoring a dunce like me! Oh, Kado-kun you're so sweet!" She cheered happily.
Kado clapped her hands in hers. "Oh, Usagi-san you aren't stupid! You're just wonderful!" He exclaimed ardently. When she didn't pull her hands away his heart soared. He was touching the goddess that was Usagi Minamino and she was letting him! Joy filled him and gave him wings.
"You're such a good friend Kado-kun." She said cheerfully.
And his world came crashing back to reality. "Oh." He took his hands off of hers and stared at his feet. She thought of him as just a friend. Self-disgust filled him. How could he ever think that the most beautiful girl in the entire school could ever consider him anything other then a friend? And he was lucky she even thought of him in that light!
"Would after school today be alright? We could walk to my house together." She asked slipping on her backpack.
Kado nodded vigorously. To be near her was as close to heaven as he ever came so he was only too happy to agree just to be close to her. She smiled at him. And he was lost.
Unfortunately fate took an ugly turn as they were walking towards Usagi's home. Three boys from Usagi's class, all three of whom had tried to catch the eye of the fair Usagi and had failed. Their leader was the captain of the American football team at their school, Matsushita Morio nudged them with his elbows and pointed towards Usagi and Kado as they came walking up the road, chatting away like old friends...well Usagi was doing all the talking. "Look at that little shit talking to Usagi-sama!" He said incredulously. "Who does he think he is?"
"Why don't we teach that little pipsqueak a lesson?" The one standing closest to him suggested.
Morio smirked maliciously. "That's not a bad idea. Let's get 'em." He growled. The other's agreed and hurried over to the two.
"Oh, Kado-kun that's so nice of you!" Usagi exclaimed. "Not many would want to do volunteer work, especially not on a weekend." She beamed at him.
He flushed and looked at the ground. "It's nothing." He murmured.
"Don't be silly! That is really sweet!" She chirped.
"Hey, Usagi." Morio said putting his arm around the surprised girl's shoulders. "Why are you hanging around with this geek. He's bad for your reputation." He smiled at her with oily charm.
Usagi raised an eyebrow. "Funny. I thought I was saving my reputation by avoiding you." She replied coolly, shrugging his arm off of her.
"I'm wounded!." He said with a mock hurt look.
"If only it was fatal." She sighed. Looking behind her at Kado she gasped when she saw him being held in a head lock by one of Morio's cronies. "Let him go!" She shouted in anger as she marched towards them.
Strong arms wrapped around her slender waist and picked her up effortlessly. "You ain't going no where Usa-chan." Morio whispered into her ear. "We're just giving him what he deserves for thinking he can hang around you."
"You jerk let me go now!" She demanded as she struggled to get free.
Morio nodded to his friends. Grinning the shorter of the two punched Kado hard in the stomach as the bigger one held him.
"BAKAYARO!" Usagi screamed. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she watched helplessly as her friend was beaten. "Let him go! Please!" She cried. "Please...he didn't to anything!" Another scream tore itself from her throat as she watched the short one land a punch to Kado's face. "STOP IT!" She screamed. Without thinking she rammed her elbow into Morio's stomach.
Oomph. Air was knocked out of his lungs. Feeling his arms loosen from around her she slammed her heal into his foot before finally breaking free of his grasp. She rushed towards Kado but was stopped by Morio's hand tightly gripping her wrist. "We're teaching him his place." The jock growled, his eyes filled with anger.
Usagi slapped him as hard as she could across his face, leaving a stinging red mark. "You monster!" Wind milling her arm she got loose from his grasp. This time she dogged as he made to grab her. Smashing into the short one at full speed as he raised his fist to hit Kado again she sent both him and her self sprawling onto the ground.
Scrambling to her feet she quickly slipped off her backpack and hit the big one that held her friend in the face with it. He dropped Kado and fell hard onto his rear. She knelt by her fallen companion and put his head in her lap. Her tears fell on to his face causing him to open his blackened eyes. "Oh, Kado. I'm so sorry." She whispered. Her hair fell around them in a veil of red, as if to hide them. Her finger tips lightly brushed against his cheek. He closed his eyes again. Comforted by her warmth.
"What the hell is going on here?!" A new voice shouted.
Usagi looked up and gasped. Two people stood ten feet away from them, one was a girl with short brown hair and the other one she recognized as her brother's friend...the one he had brought to the hospital! "Urameshi-san!" She cried. Tears rolled down her cheeks unheeded.
He looked at her in surprise. He had heard some one shouting but he hadn't expected it to be Kurama's little human sister. "Are you alright Usagi? Did these idiots hurt you?" He asked.
She shook her head. "No, not me." Her voice cracked.
Yuusuke's eyes travel to the boy who's head rested in her lap. "It sickening." He said. His eyes flashed to Morio. "Picking on a kid who can't even fight back. Are you a coward or what?"
Morio and his cronies were no fools, despite what you might think. They knew who Yuusuke Urameshi was and they were not about to pick a fight with him. Scrambling they ran away as fast as they could. Yuusuke snorted, "Cowards."
The girl who was with him rushed over to Usagi and Kado. "Are you to ok?" She asked.
Usagi looked up at her tearfully. "I'm fine. They were just after Kado." She told her.
Kado cracked open his eyes and looked up at the brown haired girl. Pushing away from Usagi suddenly he stood shakily. She looked up at him with wide eyes filled bewilderment. He stared at his feet. " This is all my fault. Minamino-san..." He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for bothering you." He said picking up his satchel from the ground as he limped away.
Usagi stood and reached out an arm as if to stop him. "Wait..." She called.
He shook his head without looking back at her. Usagi dropped her arm to her side. Why did he leave?
"Usagi-san are you ok?" Yuusuke asked.
"I don't understand." She whispered looking up at him in hope of him knowing the answer.
"Your bleeding!" The girl exclaimed. Usagi looked down at the palm of her hand. A streak of blood was smeared across it. Closing her hand she shook her head. "It isn't my blood." Feeling light headed she started to sink to her knees. Yuusuke acted quickly managed caught her before she could fall and picked her up so she was nestled in his arms.
"Usagi-san are you ok?" The girl asked in concern as she looked down at her.
"Hey, kid don't pass out!" Yuusuke said panic making his voice sharp.
"I'm fine." She said softly. She pulled herself out of Yuusuke's arms and turned to the two. Bowing she said. "Thank you for helping us."
"No problem." Yuusuke said laxly.
The brown haired girl smiled at her and said. "I'm Yukimura Keiko."
"Minamino Usagi." Usagi answered returning the smile. "I hope we can meet again Urameshi-san, Yukimura-san." She bowed again. Turning on her heel she took of towards her home.
Tears that she had held back till now rolled silently down her cheeks. 'Have I lost you Kado? You were the only one I trusted to like me for who I am and not because of my social status or my looks. You were my only real friend.'
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Looking into the hope filled eyes of the Earth prince Ami could not hold back a smile. "I assure you that the girl I meet in the hospital is our princess. She had the same eyes and she 'felt' the same. Something inside of her called out to me." She told him quietly.
"How is it that we never felt her rebirth? ." Rei asked, staring down at her hands. "We've waited for over 60 year for her to return to us..."
Luna looked up at her from her place beside Artemis. "There is only one way to find out if she is truly our princess. I will try to awaken her memories."
Minako reached down and petted her. "Good idea." She said. Looking to Ami she asked. "Do you know where she lives?"
The blue haired doctor nodded. "I have her address and all of her information right here." She told them holding up her mini-computer. "In this life she is known as Hikari Usagi Minamino, though she goes by Usagi."
Every one present nodded. "Right! What are we waiting for? Let's get our princess back!" Makoto exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Every one answered enthusiastically.
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Brushing her wind blown hair from her face she turned and looked at the two senshi before her. "The Inners have located our princess." Pluto told her companions. "As soon as her memories awaken we will need to take her. Since her death the timeline has been greatly altered. For more then thirty years I have been able to see into the future." A sigh fell from her lips. "And when the future began to become clear again I discovered that out time line spilt into seven possibilities. Only on is like Crystal Tokyo." Her eyes lowered. "We have to retrieve her in order to assure that future's existence." She told them quietly.
Michiru looked at her calmly. "What are the other futures like Pluto?" She asked.
The mistress of time and space shook her head. "Just know that the rest are unacceptable." She told them simply.
Haruka nodded slipping an arm around her blue haired lovers shoulders. "We'll get her Pluto."
"Good." With that Pluto turned and vanished.
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Reign of Cherry Blossoms
Fallen blossoms
Beside the serpent stream
Blanket the ground
Chapter One: A Shower of Petals
Drumming her fingers against her desk Usagi fought back the yawn that threatened to fall from her lips. Kami-sama, she hated math. She fingered the pile of notes sent from other students. Opening one she scanned the contents. 'You'd think they'd give up on asking me out after all the times I've said no.' She thought tiredly. Looking at the author of the note she shook her head no, when he looked at her.
It was the same through out every class. 'Sometimes it really sucks being the 'most popular' girl in school.' She thought crumpling up the rest of the notes. 'At least there is one person in this school who doesn't bother me constantly. In fact he seems to avoid me whenever possible.' She glanced at him. 'Maybe he just avoids me because he's getting threats from the other students.' She thought grimly as she gazed at him. He was the smartest person at the school but the gods had given him nothing in the way of looks. The poor boy was as thin as a willow wand with pallid skin, a small nose, huge eyes and a thin mouth. Some had compared him to a skeleton. 'After all his nick name is the 'King of Nerds.' Poor Kado-san.'
He glanced at her with those huge blue eyes, the only attractive thing about him. She smiled at him and waved. An unhealthy flush turned his cheeks a fire engine red. Glares were focused in his direction when Usagi turned away. Oh, yes. The male population going to pound him into the ground. How dare he even look at the beautiful Usagi?!
To this Usagi was utterly oblivious as she started to doodle in her notebook out of boredom. "I don't see how you can like that geek." A voice whispered behind her.
"Eh?" Usagi said eloquently as she glanced behind her at the head cheerleader, and her supposed rival, Kagamino Aya. "He's the only guy who doesn't pester me and he is very nice. If you got to know him you would see that he is a wonderful person." Usagi countered.
Aya stared back at her blankly. "So?"
Usagi sighed and shook her head. It was a losing battle. Turning away she forced herself to concentrate on the droning voice of the teacher. 'Better then listening to Aya.' She thought unhappily.
Resting her head in her hands she stared out the window at the cherry tree. 'It seems so wrong...to be inside, on such a beautiful day.' She thought with a mental sigh.
As she watched the leaves fall to the ground she closed her eyes and let her mind drift only to fall asleep.
*Thwack* With a cry of pain Usagi fell out of her seat and on to the ground. Staring up at her teacher sullenly she rubbed her head where Asano-sensei had hit her with a ruler.
"If you're not going to pay attention to the lesson stand outside in the hall, Minamino-san. Or are you going to pay attention?" He glared down at her.
"I'm going to pay attention Asano-sensei." She said looking down at her hands in what she hoped was an appropriately ashamed look.
He nodded. "Then take your seat Minamino-san before I change mind." He instructed her.
Nodding Usagi stood and brushed herself off before taking her seat. Behind her Aya giggled. The boys of the class gave her sympathetic glances. Holding back a sigh she forced her self with all the will power in her body to pay attention. 'This is going to be a long day.' She thought gloomily.
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Stretching as she yawned Usagi gathered her things together and shoved them carelessly into her backpack. 'Kami-sama, I thought school would never end!' She thought as she yawned again.
"Minamino-san?" A soft voice whispered behind her.
Nearly jumping out of her skin at the sudden noise, Usagi whirled around to face the one that had snuck up on her. Kado stood flushing with embarrassment before her, nervously picking at his worn satchel. "Don't sneak up on me like that! I almost had a heart attack." She exclaimed putting her balled up fist over her heart for effect.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry M-minamino-san." He stuttered, looking everywhere but at her.
"Oh, pooh! Please don't call me Minamino-san. It makes me feel so old!" She chided gently. "Call me Usa-chan or Usagi at least."
"Ok." He whispered. "Usagi-san."
Usagi caught a hold of her desk before she could fall over. "Right." She smiled at him weakly. Straightening she brushed some invisible lint from her skirt and looked at Kado curiously. "What do you want, Kado-kun?" She asked.
Flushing a brighter red he looked out of the window. "N-nothing, Usagi-san. I-I'm s-s-s-s-sorry for wasting your t-t-time." He said as he tried to move around her.
Reaching out quickly Usagi took a hold of his arm and pulled him back. "Oh, no. Don't think you can get away that easily." Putting her hands on her hips she looked up at him sternly, well as sternly as was possible for her. "Now, tell me what you wanted." She wiggled her finger under his nose. "And don't think you can get away without telling me."
Kado blushed an even brighter red causing Usagi to worry about him. "Are you alright?" She asked putting her hand to his forehead. "Are you sick? You're face is so red!" She exclaimed.
Moving out of her reach he shook his head. "No. I-I'm f-f-f-fine." He told her.
"Are you sure?" Usagi asked, concern clear in her voice.
He nodded. "Fine."
Sighing Usagi brushed a strand of hair from her face. "Now, why did you want to speak to me?"
Kado looked down at her with those amazingly beautiful blue eyes of his. "I-I was w-wondering if you w-w-would like me t-t-t-t-to t-t-tu-tutor you in ma-math." He replied in his constant stutter.
Usagi's eyes lit up. "You would waste your time tutoring a dunce like me! Oh, Kado-kun you're so sweet!" She cheered happily.
Kado clapped her hands in hers. "Oh, Usagi-san you aren't stupid! You're just wonderful!" He exclaimed ardently. When she didn't pull her hands away his heart soared. He was touching the goddess that was Usagi Minamino and she was letting him! Joy filled him and gave him wings.
"You're such a good friend Kado-kun." She said cheerfully.
And his world came crashing back to reality. "Oh." He took his hands off of hers and stared at his feet. She thought of him as just a friend. Self-disgust filled him. How could he ever think that the most beautiful girl in the entire school could ever consider him anything other then a friend? And he was lucky she even thought of him in that light!
"Would after school today be alright? We could walk to my house together." She asked slipping on her backpack.
Kado nodded vigorously. To be near her was as close to heaven as he ever came so he was only too happy to agree just to be close to her. She smiled at him. And he was lost.
Unfortunately fate took an ugly turn as they were walking towards Usagi's home. Three boys from Usagi's class, all three of whom had tried to catch the eye of the fair Usagi and had failed. Their leader was the captain of the American football team at their school, Matsushita Morio nudged them with his elbows and pointed towards Usagi and Kado as they came walking up the road, chatting away like old friends...well Usagi was doing all the talking. "Look at that little shit talking to Usagi-sama!" He said incredulously. "Who does he think he is?"
"Why don't we teach that little pipsqueak a lesson?" The one standing closest to him suggested.
Morio smirked maliciously. "That's not a bad idea. Let's get 'em." He growled. The other's agreed and hurried over to the two.
"Oh, Kado-kun that's so nice of you!" Usagi exclaimed. "Not many would want to do volunteer work, especially not on a weekend." She beamed at him.
He flushed and looked at the ground. "It's nothing." He murmured.
"Don't be silly! That is really sweet!" She chirped.
"Hey, Usagi." Morio said putting his arm around the surprised girl's shoulders. "Why are you hanging around with this geek. He's bad for your reputation." He smiled at her with oily charm.
Usagi raised an eyebrow. "Funny. I thought I was saving my reputation by avoiding you." She replied coolly, shrugging his arm off of her.
"I'm wounded!." He said with a mock hurt look.
"If only it was fatal." She sighed. Looking behind her at Kado she gasped when she saw him being held in a head lock by one of Morio's cronies. "Let him go!" She shouted in anger as she marched towards them.
Strong arms wrapped around her slender waist and picked her up effortlessly. "You ain't going no where Usa-chan." Morio whispered into her ear. "We're just giving him what he deserves for thinking he can hang around you."
"You jerk let me go now!" She demanded as she struggled to get free.
Morio nodded to his friends. Grinning the shorter of the two punched Kado hard in the stomach as the bigger one held him.
"BAKAYARO!" Usagi screamed. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she watched helplessly as her friend was beaten. "Let him go! Please!" She cried. "Please...he didn't to anything!" Another scream tore itself from her throat as she watched the short one land a punch to Kado's face. "STOP IT!" She screamed. Without thinking she rammed her elbow into Morio's stomach.
Oomph. Air was knocked out of his lungs. Feeling his arms loosen from around her she slammed her heal into his foot before finally breaking free of his grasp. She rushed towards Kado but was stopped by Morio's hand tightly gripping her wrist. "We're teaching him his place." The jock growled, his eyes filled with anger.
Usagi slapped him as hard as she could across his face, leaving a stinging red mark. "You monster!" Wind milling her arm she got loose from his grasp. This time she dogged as he made to grab her. Smashing into the short one at full speed as he raised his fist to hit Kado again she sent both him and her self sprawling onto the ground.
Scrambling to her feet she quickly slipped off her backpack and hit the big one that held her friend in the face with it. He dropped Kado and fell hard onto his rear. She knelt by her fallen companion and put his head in her lap. Her tears fell on to his face causing him to open his blackened eyes. "Oh, Kado. I'm so sorry." She whispered. Her hair fell around them in a veil of red, as if to hide them. Her finger tips lightly brushed against his cheek. He closed his eyes again. Comforted by her warmth.
"What the hell is going on here?!" A new voice shouted.
Usagi looked up and gasped. Two people stood ten feet away from them, one was a girl with short brown hair and the other one she recognized as her brother's friend...the one he had brought to the hospital! "Urameshi-san!" She cried. Tears rolled down her cheeks unheeded.
He looked at her in surprise. He had heard some one shouting but he hadn't expected it to be Kurama's little human sister. "Are you alright Usagi? Did these idiots hurt you?" He asked.
She shook her head. "No, not me." Her voice cracked.
Yuusuke's eyes travel to the boy who's head rested in her lap. "It sickening." He said. His eyes flashed to Morio. "Picking on a kid who can't even fight back. Are you a coward or what?"
Morio and his cronies were no fools, despite what you might think. They knew who Yuusuke Urameshi was and they were not about to pick a fight with him. Scrambling they ran away as fast as they could. Yuusuke snorted, "Cowards."
The girl who was with him rushed over to Usagi and Kado. "Are you to ok?" She asked.
Usagi looked up at her tearfully. "I'm fine. They were just after Kado." She told her.
Kado cracked open his eyes and looked up at the brown haired girl. Pushing away from Usagi suddenly he stood shakily. She looked up at him with wide eyes filled bewilderment. He stared at his feet. " This is all my fault. Minamino-san..." He took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for bothering you." He said picking up his satchel from the ground as he limped away.
Usagi stood and reached out an arm as if to stop him. "Wait..." She called.
He shook his head without looking back at her. Usagi dropped her arm to her side. Why did he leave?
"Usagi-san are you ok?" Yuusuke asked.
"I don't understand." She whispered looking up at him in hope of him knowing the answer.
"Your bleeding!" The girl exclaimed. Usagi looked down at the palm of her hand. A streak of blood was smeared across it. Closing her hand she shook her head. "It isn't my blood." Feeling light headed she started to sink to her knees. Yuusuke acted quickly managed caught her before she could fall and picked her up so she was nestled in his arms.
"Usagi-san are you ok?" The girl asked in concern as she looked down at her.
"Hey, kid don't pass out!" Yuusuke said panic making his voice sharp.
"I'm fine." She said softly. She pulled herself out of Yuusuke's arms and turned to the two. Bowing she said. "Thank you for helping us."
"No problem." Yuusuke said laxly.
The brown haired girl smiled at her and said. "I'm Yukimura Keiko."
"Minamino Usagi." Usagi answered returning the smile. "I hope we can meet again Urameshi-san, Yukimura-san." She bowed again. Turning on her heel she took of towards her home.
Tears that she had held back till now rolled silently down her cheeks. 'Have I lost you Kado? You were the only one I trusted to like me for who I am and not because of my social status or my looks. You were my only real friend.'
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Looking into the hope filled eyes of the Earth prince Ami could not hold back a smile. "I assure you that the girl I meet in the hospital is our princess. She had the same eyes and she 'felt' the same. Something inside of her called out to me." She told him quietly.
"How is it that we never felt her rebirth? ." Rei asked, staring down at her hands. "We've waited for over 60 year for her to return to us..."
Luna looked up at her from her place beside Artemis. "There is only one way to find out if she is truly our princess. I will try to awaken her memories."
Minako reached down and petted her. "Good idea." She said. Looking to Ami she asked. "Do you know where she lives?"
The blue haired doctor nodded. "I have her address and all of her information right here." She told them holding up her mini-computer. "In this life she is known as Hikari Usagi Minamino, though she goes by Usagi."
Every one present nodded. "Right! What are we waiting for? Let's get our princess back!" Makoto exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Every one answered enthusiastically.
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Brushing her wind blown hair from her face she turned and looked at the two senshi before her. "The Inners have located our princess." Pluto told her companions. "As soon as her memories awaken we will need to take her. Since her death the timeline has been greatly altered. For more then thirty years I have been able to see into the future." A sigh fell from her lips. "And when the future began to become clear again I discovered that out time line spilt into seven possibilities. Only on is like Crystal Tokyo." Her eyes lowered. "We have to retrieve her in order to assure that future's existence." She told them quietly.
Michiru looked at her calmly. "What are the other futures like Pluto?" She asked.
The mistress of time and space shook her head. "Just know that the rest are unacceptable." She told them simply.
Haruka nodded slipping an arm around her blue haired lovers shoulders. "We'll get her Pluto."
"Good." With that Pluto turned and vanished.
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