Chapter 8! Whoo hoo! The last chapter, cool! ^_^; Of course, This fic is really fun to write... Too bad it has to end so soon! Well, On with the ficcie!
By the way, I don't own Sailor Moon or any of it's characters, nor do I want them. ^_^;
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Chapter 8: What's The Word?
"So how'd it go?" Hotaru questioned as Rei hung her small red purse on the coat rack before glancing upwards at the clock, which read 6:00. Usagi had already run off with ChibiUsa to look for something to fix for dinner in the shrine's kitchen. Rei bit her lip...
"Well... It went good..." Rei stated... It wasn't a lie, after all... She did have fun, and Usagi seemed to have had fun too. So, It wasn't really a lie...
And then Hotaru asked the question... "Did you tell her?" the other ravenhaired girl asked. Rei nearly swallowed her tongue, but bit down on it to stop herself.
"Uh, Well... I..."
"You didn't tell her, did you?" Hotaru asked with a blank expression. Rei sighed.
"... I know I said I would... It was just... I couldn't bring myself to say it..." Rei replied, dropping her gaze downward towards her feet.
"Rei-san..." Hotaru sighed, "I've got an idea... But you can't chicken out this time... Okay?" Rei blinked as she raised her head.
"I guess so..."
"Trust me, Rei-san. I know why you're worried about telling her how you feel... But, You've gotta tell her. She'll understand..." Hotaru assured her, causing Rei to smile.
The ravenhaired girl sighed. "Thanks, Hotaru... So, What's your plan?"
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ChibiUsa glanced over to Usagi as she looked through the food in the cupboard. "Hey?" she asked, gaining Usagi's attention, as she searched through the fridge, causing her to turn her head backwards towards the pinkhaired girl.
"What's up?" the odangohaired blonde responded, causing ChibiUsa to look back downwards towards the cupboard as she pulled out a random can and stared at it.
"I have to ask you a question," ChibiUsa started, and Usagi blinked her eyes rapidly, "How do you feel about Rei?" she finished. Usagi nearly jumped out of her skin as her eyes widened.
"Um, Well, I..." Usagi attempted to reply to the unexpected question from her future daughter, but ended up with a studder and a blush. "She... I..."
ChibiUsa smiled. "It's alright, Mama... I know you love her." she stated bluntly, causing Usagi to nearly facefault, "Don't try to hide it anymore."
"H-How d'you know?" Usagi asked, biting the inside of her left cheek. ChibiUsa sighed. Yep, She'd just about blew it.
"Just a hunch..." she fibbed, causing Usagi's eyes to widen.
"Ya know, You're very smart for your age." the goldenblonde haired girl stated, causing ChibiUsa to giggle nervously.
"Uh, heh heh..." ChibiUsa mumbled. (Not really...)
"Anyway, The feelings I have for Rei are... Well, They confuse me alot..." Usagi stated, rubbing the back of her head with her right hand.
"Have ya told her that?"
"Um, No... Why?" Usagi asked, closing the fridgerator door. ChibiUsa sighed.
"I figured it... This could take a while..."
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After eating dinner, It was then 8:00 and Rei and Usagi headed outside the temple to talk for a few minutes in private...
After walking around the temple, Rei and Usagi sat down on the top stair in front of it, Rei glanced back and forth between Usagi and the ground.
"Um..." Rei started, feeling herself grow tense as she heard Usagi ask what she wanted to say. "I just... wanted to tell you something... I meant to tell you yesterday, but..." she sighed. This wasn't going to be an easy task...
"There's something I, uh, wanted to tell you too, Rei..." Usagi responded, and swallowed a lump in her throat. She turned to face her ravenhaired friend, who also turned her head to Usagi. Rei smiled, causing Usagi to return the smile.
Without another thought, Usagi leaned up, pecking Rei on the lips and just like electricity pulling away as quickly as she had leaned in... Both girls blushed and Usagi blinked her large blue eyes several times.
Before either girl could say a word, both heard clapping from behind them. Rei jerked around simultaneously with Usagi to see ChibiUsa and Hotaru clapping at the same time. Hotaru smiled slightly.
"I think you finally got it, Rei-san." Hotaru stated, and Rei sighed, rolling her eyes. Usagi put on her meanest face, scrutinizing the two girls from the future.
"What are you two doin out here? I thought we asked for a few minutes alone!" Usagi grumbled and Rei smiled.
"Well, We just wanted to see if our plan worked, though!" ChibiUsa stated, and Hotaru slapped her shoulder lightly.
"Thanks alot, ChibiUsa!" Hotaru responded, causing the pinkhaired girl's expression to sink, her shoulders slumping slightly.
Rei placed a hand on her hip. "Okay, Would you mind explaining?"
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"So ya mean, I sent you to get me and Rei-chan together?" Usagi questioned, blinking her eyes. ChibiUsa sighed.
"Uh--"
"Yes, That's about right." Hotaru interrupted, "I think that's about the simplest explanation." Rei tilted her head slightly to the side.
"So then... Now that you've completed your "mission", will the two of you be... going home?" the miko asked and Hotaru glanced over at ChibiUsa, before nodding.
"It'd be better that way. If we stay, we'll wind up ruining the entire future!" ChibiUsa stated, and Usagi looked downwards.
"I guess if ya gotta go, Ya do... But, Can I ask one question about the future?" Usagi requested, and Hotaru sighed.
"Alright... But just one, kay?"
"Well... It's pretty obvious that ChibiUsa is still born? What happened to everyone and Crystal Tokyo? Is everyone okay?" Usagi asked, biting her lip slightly. ChibiUsa smiled.
"Everyone's fine. Crystal Tokyo... won't happen. That's all we can tell you." ChibiUsa answered her and Usagi smiled largely, her eyes watering slightly.
"Now I don't have to feel bad!" Usagi stated, rather loudly, before glomping the poor unsuspecting Rei-chan that was most nearby.
"Hotaru, Should I call the others?" Rei questioned, between breaths as Usagi's grip around her didn't loosen much.
"No," Hotaru responded, "It'd be better if we left without them knowing. You can tell them about it later."
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Around two hours later, the four girls were standing just in front of the temple...
Rei smiled and nodded. Usagi walked over to hug ChibiUsa and Rei smiled. Hotaru hugged her as well before ChibiUsa held up her locket.
"Neo Moon Crystal Power!" ChibiUsa shouted, and the others waited as her normal clothes were replaced by her senshi fuku after a not-to-brief flash of light.
"Saturn Crystal Power!" Similar effects with Sailor Saturn as with ChibiUsa.
Once the two girls were finished with their transformations into Sailor Senshi. They both smiled.
"Goodbye, Mama!" ChibiUsa stated, waving her hand. Usagi nodded, and Rei placed her arms around Usagi as Usagi returned her hug.
"See you later, Rei-san!" Hotaru called as ChibiUsa held up the Crystal Key, and the two girls disappeared...
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"Well, I think they've succeeded... Don't you?" Neo Queen Serenity asked, turning to face Mars, who smiled in return.
"It seems so... You know, I don't think those two make a bad team." she stated, and Serenity laughed.
"All that's left to do is wait for them to come back and tell us how it went?"
"Unless we already know..."
"Do we?"
"Who knows. They're the ones who're being tested..."
"Yeah... After all, It's always a test when ChibiUsa and Hotaru are involved."
Serenity giggled slightly and Mars smiled, pressing her lips to Serenity's, causing the goldenhaired Queen to smile and wrap her arms around Mars' neck.
"I wonder how everyone else is doing...? It's been awhile since we seen them, huh?" Serenity asked, and Mars smiled.
"If you want, we could hold a party or something." she suggested, causing Serenity to look thoughtful for a moment.
"I think that's a great idea!"
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Usagi smiled and turned back to Rei.
"I'm gonna miss them... Even if they "were" only here for one day..." Usagi stated. Rei chuckled slightly.
"Don't worry... You'll get to see them plenty in the future..." Rei responded. Usagi sighed and hugged against the ravenhaired girl.
"Rei?" she mumbled, causing Rei to tilt her head.
"What's up?" the miko questioned, causing Usagi to gain a puzzled expression for a moment. What could it be? Rei smiled. Usagi was so... so... well, Usagi when she looked like that! Suddenly the blondehaired girl snapped her fingers.
Usagi grumbled a moment, causing Rei to struggle to hear her as she leaned down a bit closer, "Ummm... Errr... Ohhh... What's the word?" Rei giggled and wrapped her own arms around Usagi.
"Yeah, Yeah... I love you too, Odango Atama..."
Owari
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Well, What does everyone think of it? I hope it's okay. I mean, This chapter was a bit rushed, but I'm glad to have finally gotten it out!
By the way, To those of you who are actually reading the author's notes, here's a little extra something...
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Omake...
The next day, Rei was just waking up. She yawned, blinking her eyes rapidly. She turned her head to Usagi, who slept peacefully on the futon beside of her own...
She had worked it out for Ikuko and Kenji to allow Usagi to stay at the temple the previous night, since it had already been about 10:00, anyway.
Rei stood, deciding not to wake Usagi right at the moment, and headed towards the bathroom to take her morning shower and change...
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Approximately 1 hour, 27 minutes and 33 seconds later, Rei ran out of the temple, screaming something up into the sky......
"MY DIARY!!! YOU LITTLE BRATS!!!!!!"
Owari(For real this time ^_~)
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By the way, I don't own Sailor Moon or any of it's characters, nor do I want them. ^_^;
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Chapter 8: What's The Word?
"So how'd it go?" Hotaru questioned as Rei hung her small red purse on the coat rack before glancing upwards at the clock, which read 6:00. Usagi had already run off with ChibiUsa to look for something to fix for dinner in the shrine's kitchen. Rei bit her lip...
"Well... It went good..." Rei stated... It wasn't a lie, after all... She did have fun, and Usagi seemed to have had fun too. So, It wasn't really a lie...
And then Hotaru asked the question... "Did you tell her?" the other ravenhaired girl asked. Rei nearly swallowed her tongue, but bit down on it to stop herself.
"Uh, Well... I..."
"You didn't tell her, did you?" Hotaru asked with a blank expression. Rei sighed.
"... I know I said I would... It was just... I couldn't bring myself to say it..." Rei replied, dropping her gaze downward towards her feet.
"Rei-san..." Hotaru sighed, "I've got an idea... But you can't chicken out this time... Okay?" Rei blinked as she raised her head.
"I guess so..."
"Trust me, Rei-san. I know why you're worried about telling her how you feel... But, You've gotta tell her. She'll understand..." Hotaru assured her, causing Rei to smile.
The ravenhaired girl sighed. "Thanks, Hotaru... So, What's your plan?"
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ChibiUsa glanced over to Usagi as she looked through the food in the cupboard. "Hey?" she asked, gaining Usagi's attention, as she searched through the fridge, causing her to turn her head backwards towards the pinkhaired girl.
"What's up?" the odangohaired blonde responded, causing ChibiUsa to look back downwards towards the cupboard as she pulled out a random can and stared at it.
"I have to ask you a question," ChibiUsa started, and Usagi blinked her eyes rapidly, "How do you feel about Rei?" she finished. Usagi nearly jumped out of her skin as her eyes widened.
"Um, Well, I..." Usagi attempted to reply to the unexpected question from her future daughter, but ended up with a studder and a blush. "She... I..."
ChibiUsa smiled. "It's alright, Mama... I know you love her." she stated bluntly, causing Usagi to nearly facefault, "Don't try to hide it anymore."
"H-How d'you know?" Usagi asked, biting the inside of her left cheek. ChibiUsa sighed. Yep, She'd just about blew it.
"Just a hunch..." she fibbed, causing Usagi's eyes to widen.
"Ya know, You're very smart for your age." the goldenblonde haired girl stated, causing ChibiUsa to giggle nervously.
"Uh, heh heh..." ChibiUsa mumbled. (Not really...)
"Anyway, The feelings I have for Rei are... Well, They confuse me alot..." Usagi stated, rubbing the back of her head with her right hand.
"Have ya told her that?"
"Um, No... Why?" Usagi asked, closing the fridgerator door. ChibiUsa sighed.
"I figured it... This could take a while..."
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After eating dinner, It was then 8:00 and Rei and Usagi headed outside the temple to talk for a few minutes in private...
After walking around the temple, Rei and Usagi sat down on the top stair in front of it, Rei glanced back and forth between Usagi and the ground.
"Um..." Rei started, feeling herself grow tense as she heard Usagi ask what she wanted to say. "I just... wanted to tell you something... I meant to tell you yesterday, but..." she sighed. This wasn't going to be an easy task...
"There's something I, uh, wanted to tell you too, Rei..." Usagi responded, and swallowed a lump in her throat. She turned to face her ravenhaired friend, who also turned her head to Usagi. Rei smiled, causing Usagi to return the smile.
Without another thought, Usagi leaned up, pecking Rei on the lips and just like electricity pulling away as quickly as she had leaned in... Both girls blushed and Usagi blinked her large blue eyes several times.
Before either girl could say a word, both heard clapping from behind them. Rei jerked around simultaneously with Usagi to see ChibiUsa and Hotaru clapping at the same time. Hotaru smiled slightly.
"I think you finally got it, Rei-san." Hotaru stated, and Rei sighed, rolling her eyes. Usagi put on her meanest face, scrutinizing the two girls from the future.
"What are you two doin out here? I thought we asked for a few minutes alone!" Usagi grumbled and Rei smiled.
"Well, We just wanted to see if our plan worked, though!" ChibiUsa stated, and Hotaru slapped her shoulder lightly.
"Thanks alot, ChibiUsa!" Hotaru responded, causing the pinkhaired girl's expression to sink, her shoulders slumping slightly.
Rei placed a hand on her hip. "Okay, Would you mind explaining?"
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"So ya mean, I sent you to get me and Rei-chan together?" Usagi questioned, blinking her eyes. ChibiUsa sighed.
"Uh--"
"Yes, That's about right." Hotaru interrupted, "I think that's about the simplest explanation." Rei tilted her head slightly to the side.
"So then... Now that you've completed your "mission", will the two of you be... going home?" the miko asked and Hotaru glanced over at ChibiUsa, before nodding.
"It'd be better that way. If we stay, we'll wind up ruining the entire future!" ChibiUsa stated, and Usagi looked downwards.
"I guess if ya gotta go, Ya do... But, Can I ask one question about the future?" Usagi requested, and Hotaru sighed.
"Alright... But just one, kay?"
"Well... It's pretty obvious that ChibiUsa is still born? What happened to everyone and Crystal Tokyo? Is everyone okay?" Usagi asked, biting her lip slightly. ChibiUsa smiled.
"Everyone's fine. Crystal Tokyo... won't happen. That's all we can tell you." ChibiUsa answered her and Usagi smiled largely, her eyes watering slightly.
"Now I don't have to feel bad!" Usagi stated, rather loudly, before glomping the poor unsuspecting Rei-chan that was most nearby.
"Hotaru, Should I call the others?" Rei questioned, between breaths as Usagi's grip around her didn't loosen much.
"No," Hotaru responded, "It'd be better if we left without them knowing. You can tell them about it later."
~*
Around two hours later, the four girls were standing just in front of the temple...
Rei smiled and nodded. Usagi walked over to hug ChibiUsa and Rei smiled. Hotaru hugged her as well before ChibiUsa held up her locket.
"Neo Moon Crystal Power!" ChibiUsa shouted, and the others waited as her normal clothes were replaced by her senshi fuku after a not-to-brief flash of light.
"Saturn Crystal Power!" Similar effects with Sailor Saturn as with ChibiUsa.
Once the two girls were finished with their transformations into Sailor Senshi. They both smiled.
"Goodbye, Mama!" ChibiUsa stated, waving her hand. Usagi nodded, and Rei placed her arms around Usagi as Usagi returned her hug.
"See you later, Rei-san!" Hotaru called as ChibiUsa held up the Crystal Key, and the two girls disappeared...
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"Well, I think they've succeeded... Don't you?" Neo Queen Serenity asked, turning to face Mars, who smiled in return.
"It seems so... You know, I don't think those two make a bad team." she stated, and Serenity laughed.
"All that's left to do is wait for them to come back and tell us how it went?"
"Unless we already know..."
"Do we?"
"Who knows. They're the ones who're being tested..."
"Yeah... After all, It's always a test when ChibiUsa and Hotaru are involved."
Serenity giggled slightly and Mars smiled, pressing her lips to Serenity's, causing the goldenhaired Queen to smile and wrap her arms around Mars' neck.
"I wonder how everyone else is doing...? It's been awhile since we seen them, huh?" Serenity asked, and Mars smiled.
"If you want, we could hold a party or something." she suggested, causing Serenity to look thoughtful for a moment.
"I think that's a great idea!"
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Usagi smiled and turned back to Rei.
"I'm gonna miss them... Even if they "were" only here for one day..." Usagi stated. Rei chuckled slightly.
"Don't worry... You'll get to see them plenty in the future..." Rei responded. Usagi sighed and hugged against the ravenhaired girl.
"Rei?" she mumbled, causing Rei to tilt her head.
"What's up?" the miko questioned, causing Usagi to gain a puzzled expression for a moment. What could it be? Rei smiled. Usagi was so... so... well, Usagi when she looked like that! Suddenly the blondehaired girl snapped her fingers.
Usagi grumbled a moment, causing Rei to struggle to hear her as she leaned down a bit closer, "Ummm... Errr... Ohhh... What's the word?" Rei giggled and wrapped her own arms around Usagi.
"Yeah, Yeah... I love you too, Odango Atama..."
Owari
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Well, What does everyone think of it? I hope it's okay. I mean, This chapter was a bit rushed, but I'm glad to have finally gotten it out!
By the way, To those of you who are actually reading the author's notes, here's a little extra something...
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Omake...
The next day, Rei was just waking up. She yawned, blinking her eyes rapidly. She turned her head to Usagi, who slept peacefully on the futon beside of her own...
She had worked it out for Ikuko and Kenji to allow Usagi to stay at the temple the previous night, since it had already been about 10:00, anyway.
Rei stood, deciding not to wake Usagi right at the moment, and headed towards the bathroom to take her morning shower and change...
~*
Approximately 1 hour, 27 minutes and 33 seconds later, Rei ran out of the temple, screaming something up into the sky......
"MY DIARY!!! YOU LITTLE BRATS!!!!!!"
Owari(For real this time ^_~)
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