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Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.

Warnings: Cussing, Yaten, mild violence, Yaten, not so thought out plans, and Yaten. (I might as well warn you now...)

Second Chances

Chapter Sixteen

"Just fly away from here,

Our hopes and dreams,

Are out there somewhere,"

            -??? by Aerosmith

            It was her plan. No one else knew about it and no one else had to know. If anyone figured it out, they would probably try to stop her. But she knew it was for the best. No one else could really do it and they had to know. It wasn't a question of sacrifice or danger. It was a question of whether she could hide it.

            Hotaru peeked around the corner of one of the school's many hallways. She was in the clear. She saw her target approaching and got herself ready, before stepping around the corner, bumping right in to her.

            "Oh I'm sorry." The girl's dark blue eyes held real apology. Hotaru shook her head. She was overanalyzing things already.

            "No problem." Hotaru put on her friendliest smile. It was hard to be friendly with someone you suspected of trying to kill all your closest friends. "I don't think we've met before. I'm Tomoe Hotaru."

            "Mushino Metallia." The girl put a lock of dark blue hair behind her ears before shaking Hotaru's out stretched hand.

            "Where are you going Metallia?" Hotaru had to keep up the friendly semblance no matter how weird it felt to do so.

            "The library." Metallia answered. "I-I'm not very good at...making conversation..." Metalia's cheeks tinted to a pink. "Sorry."

            "Well neither am I really." Hotaru gave her a reassuring look. "How about I join you?"

            "Okay!" Metallia nodded her head enthusiastically. They begun to walk down the hall towards the library.

            "So Metallia, what classroom are you in?" Hotaru asked.

            "I'm in room number ten." Metallia replied. "Aren't you in Miss Meioh's class? I thought I saw you going in there once..."

            "Yep!" Hotaru looked around a little. She had to make sure that no one saw what she was doing. "I don't really know anyone from ten."

            "Neither do I..." Metallia confessed. "I kind of...well I don't really have any friends."

            "I know how that can be." Hotaru sighed as she thought about the past life. No use bringing that up now. "But maybe we can be friends."

            "Really?" Metallia looked surprised.

            "Really." Hotaru affirmed before almost following Metallia in the library. Then she saw Yaten out of the corner of her eye. She froze. Had he seen her? No, he didn't give any sign that he had. Then Hotaru realized she should probably get going. The others would want to know where she was if she didn't show up soon. "Hey Metallia? I have to go something, I'll see you around okay?"

            "Okay. Bye Hotaru!" Metallia waved pleasantly at her. Hotaru started to jog up to Yaten who was obviously heading to the hallway where the Starlights and Kakyuu usually hung out.

            "Hey Yaten!" Hotaru greeted him as she caught up with him. He raised an eyebrow at her.

            "You know just because apologized doesn't mean we're going to become buddy-buddies." Yaten told her with a rather wry expression.

            "I'll remember that." Hotaru grinned at him. They walked in silence for a few moments before Yaten spoke.

            "Your up to something." Yaten said. Hotaru's eyes widened. He had seen her with Metallia and now he was going to tell everyone.

            "Who me?" Hotaru hoped she looked innocent.

            "That's what the all say." Yaten explained knowingly. "Right before you find out their up to something."

            "I think your suspicions might be getting in the way of you making friends." Hotaru told the silver-haired boy.

            "You and Taiki are both so..." Yaten trailed off angrily.

            "Don't get all mad!" Hotaru waved her hands in front of her. "I don't want you to try to pour soda on me again." Hotaru said the last part with a smile to show she was joking.

            "Hmph." Yaten made an annoyed noise.

            "Hotaru!" Kakyuu ran up to them.

            "Hello Kakyuu!" Hotaru greeted the red-haired girl.

            "Hey Hotaru." Seiya waltzed over, before lazily draping an arm over Kakyuu and pecked her on the cheek.

            "Do you have to do that in public?" Yaten made a disgusted face.

            "Well Yaten, once you get over your "Girls Have Cooties" phase, you might be okay with it." Seiya told him.

            "I think Yaten may be permanently stuck in that phase." Taiki added on as he approached.

            "And I think you guys are permanently dorks." Yaten crossed his arms defensively. "I just don't think Seiya really adds to the gene pool."

            "Ya-ten!" Kakyuu wailed. "Stop it!"

            "Oh fine." Yaten muttered. "But only because you guys are a bunch of whiners."

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            "Deep Submerge!" Michiru yelled as her attack went flying towards the fire youma. It dodged the water attack very neatly.

            "Finally! World Shaking!" Haruka threw her attack at the youma who got hit square in the face as it had been distracted by Michiru's earlier attack. The youma's face sunk into it's flame body and the flames roared as it became some sort of animal. Flames shot from it's mouth at Michiru and Haruka.

            "Silent Wall!" The shield almost seemed to appear from nowhere. The fire went off in different directions.

            "Thanks for coming to the rescue Saturn." Haruka turned to grin at the lavender-eyed senshi of destruction.

            "No problem!" Hotaru grinned back.

            "Deep Submerge!" Michiru sent her attack flying once more at the nearby enemy. This time the fire creature was destroyed by the water crashing into it.

            "Hey, hey, not to bad for a day's work, eh?" Haruka smirked at the the dust that remained of the youma.

            "Not bad at all." Michiru de-transformed. "But I'd rather not have to fight youmas at all."

            "I know what you mean." Hotaru agreed, she was already back in her normal clothes.

            "I don't know, it kind of makes life interesting." Haruka joked. Michiru arched an eyebrow at her.

            "If that's the kind of thing that makes life interesting to you than I guess you won't want to come over to my house after school." Michiru folded her arms.

            "Don't be like that Michiru..." Haruka trailed off with a slight pleading in her tone. Hotaru started to giggle. "Your house is the most interesting place in the world."

            "Is that so?" Michiru smiled rather seductively at the blonde.

            "Sheesh you two..." Hotaru teased them. "Get a room!"

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            "Kinmokusei to Yaten..." Seiya waved his hand in front of the silver-haired boy's face. "Come in Yaten!"

            "Stop doing that!" Yaten smacked Seiya's hand away. "I know it's a foreign concept to you but I'm trying to think."

            "About what? Your latest plan for 'getting' Hotaru?" Seiya had no idea of the events that had taken place on Christmas no one did except for Yaten and Hotaru.

            "No!" Yaten snapped at him.

            "Have you finally given up this silly revenge business?" Taiki asked him with interest, actually turning away from his book to ask him.

            "What's up you guys?" Hotaru asked as she walked by them in the hall.

            "Shhhh...Yaten's thinking...it's taking all his concentration." Seiya told Hotaru in a mock seriousness.

            "Can it Seiya!" Yaten yelled. "Just because your brain can't figure out how to do it doesn't mean you should be jealous!"

            "This coming from a guy who was undoubtedly dropped on his head as a baby by his mom." Seiya smirked at his own comment. Yaten was shaking with anger and Taiki was looking at Seiya with wide eyes. Seiya realized his mistake a little too late.

            "Fuck you Seiya!" Yaten turned around and stomped away from them. Hotaru thought her eyes were going to pop out of her eyes.

            "Oh crap..." Seiya murmured. "Gah, I forgot..."

            "Forgot what?" Hotaru asked curiously. "Why is Yaten so upset?" Both Seiya and Taiki looked really uncomfortable.

            "No reason." Taiki answered for Seiya. "He's been really moody lately."

            "That time of the month." Seiya cracked.

            "Your lucky Kakyuu isn't here Seiya." Taiki told his friend. Hotaru got the feeling that Taiki was lying to her. "Although you better try apologizing to Yaten."

            "Do you think he'll listen?" Seiya asked Taiki.

            "No." Taiki spoke truthfully. "But you can at least say what you need to say."

            "Your right." Seiya went off in the direction that the green-eyed Starlight had gone off in.  Seiya found Yaten leaning against a wall with his eyes closed as if he were thinking about something. Seiya got pretty closed before the green eyes opened, full of anger.

            "What do you want?" Yaten asked him angrily.

            "Yaten, I forgot." Seiya explained. "I'm really sorry. Really." Seiya had a pleading look in his eyes. Yaten's face scrunched up before it relaxed and Yaten rolled his eyes.

            "Oh fine you dork." This was the closest Yaten was going to come to saying that he accepted Seiya's apology.

            "So what were you thinking about anyway?" Seiya asked his friend. Yaten looked down at his feet while they walked.

            "Nothing." Yaten finally answered. "You wouldn't understand..."

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            "Hey Metallia! Wait up!" Hotaru came running after the dark blue-haired girl as the bell rang for school to be out.

            "Oh, hi Hotaru." Metallia smiled sweetly at her.

            "You wanna walk together?" Hotaru asked her, trying to pick up the pace before any of the others saw her. Hotaru thought she saw one of them as she walked down the hallway but they disappeared too fast to see.

            "Okay!" Metallia's eyes lit up in some bright and eager light.

            Maybe she really isn't evil...

            "Where do you live?" Hotaru inquired.

            "Not too far from here." Metallia answered. "Where do you live?"

            "In an apartment complex. It usually takes about twenty minutes to walk there." Hotaru gestured in the direction of her apartment complex. Hotaru turned around while they were walking. She had the feeling she was being followed. Hotaru decided she was just imagining it.

            "What is it?" Metallia turned around too.

            "Nothing." Hotaru shrugged. "I thought someone was following me..." She began to laugh nervously.

            "Sometimes I feel like that." Metallia admitted.

            "I'm sure it's just my imagination." Hotaru said even though she wasn't sure. They turned onto a street.

            "My house is over there." Metallia gestured to a normal white house on the street corner. It even had pink flamingoes in front of it. Hotaru had to laugh at thinking that it could possibly the hide out of an evil person.

            "It looks really nice." Hotaru commented.

            "Hotaru?" Metallia stopped and turned towards the dark haired girl.

            "Yeah?" Hotaru cocked her head to one side.

            "I know we don't know each other that well but..." Metallia trailed off. "See my mom is going out of town this weekend and I hate staying here by myself. Do you think you could come over on Friday and spend the night?" Metallia's dark blue eyes were full of pleading. Hotaru didn't have the heart to turn her down.

            "Sure!" Hotaru smiled. "It will be fun." Even if Metallia was evil, Hotaru was the most powerful sailor senshi after Sailor Moon. She'd be able to handle it if anything went wrong.

            "Wow, thanks so much!" Metallia's smile seemed to stretch from ear to ear.

            "Don't worry about it." Hotaru told her. "Well I'll see you tomorrow!" Hotaru started to walk off. Metallia waved brightly before running inside her house. Hotaru turned and thought for a moment she caught sight of someone going around behind a tree. Hotaru walked over to the tree and peeked around. No one was there. But yet she still felt as though she was being followed.

            "Maybe I'm losing it." Hotaru said outloud.

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            EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE! When sitting there making parodies of Harry Potter, it's sometimes hard to concentrate on this chapter which is why it's so broken up. But next is chapter seventeen! YES!!!

Second Chances Akugis!

Take One!

Metallia: Hotaru?

Hotaru: Yes?

Metallia: I know we don't know each other that well but...


Hotaru: What?

Metallia: Will you sign my Sailor Saturn poster? That would be so cool!!!

Hotaru: ^_^!!!

Take Two!

Hotaru: Don't get mad! I don't want you to pour soda on me!

Yaten: Wouldn't dream of it. (Pulls out a soda can from behind his back)

Hotaru: Good because- (Yaten pours soda all over her head.)

Yaten: YES! I WON!

Hotaru: Yaten, you are so dead!

Take Three!

(Just for Teresa!)

Mamgrid: Ready to go into the Forbidden Forest?

Seiyo Malfoy: We can't go in there!

Mamgrid: Well you have to.

Seiyo Malfoy: I won't!

Kakky Potter: Oh really? (Cracks her whip)

Seiyo: (gulps)

Hotarune Granger: Do you think their going to do that all night?

Yan Weasley: They will cause their dorks!

(Don't sue me J.K. Rowling!!!)