Chapter III

Hemera

            "Nyao?" Hemera the cat nudged her nose against sleeping Kaori's cheek.  "Nyao?"

            "Hmm…" sounded Kaori.  She looked up into the into her cat's deep violet eyes.

            "HEMERA!  YOU"RE OKAY!" Kaori shouted.  The cat jumped and screeched.

            "Kaori, quiet down!  Please!" she spoke.  "I need to talk to you.  I can't let others know that I can talk yet."

            "But why now?"  It's four o'clock in the morning.  Can't this wait until daylight?"

            "No, it can't."

            "But why?  I'm tired.  I'm going back to sleep…"

            "Kaori, you must listen to me."

            "Oh fine."

            She turned on the little lamp next to her bed.

            "First of all, I congratulate you for taking down four servants of the enemy all by yourself…"

            "Thank you!  Thank you very much!"

            "Shhh!  But you really should have used your Solar Flare after the Love Chain.  The goblins were weak and it would have destroyed them all sooner.  You are unique from the other Sailor Scouts of Solar System in that you can take on similar attacks of all of them.  Now you must remember Kaori, it is your own attacks that will work the best and prove to be the most powerful.  When you are fighting alone, you must remember that."

            "Okay, but I still beat them, though."

            "Yes," the cat smiled.  Then her expression changed serious again.  "Kaori, do you remember how you got here?"

            "Sort of."

            "Kaori, you must remember.  Think hard.  You have lost quite a bit of your memory when you came here, but you must gain it back.  Think Kaori."

            "Umm…I think I remember now.  I wished myself here."

            "Good.  Do you remember what your wishes were?"

            "Oh yea!  I had three of them.  The first was to transform myself into a magical anime character.  The second was to live in the anime world and the third was to…to…was…is…"

            "You don't remember do you."

            "No."

            "Kaori, it is vital that you remember.  That third wish is entirely the reason as to why you were granted three wishes and the heart of the reason as to why you are here."

            "Hmmm."

            "Kaori, you need to remember.  You devoted yourself to this for over twenty months.  Don't tell me you don't remember your Love."

            "What are you talking about Hemera?  I never had a love.  In my old world, I could never get guys to like me."

            "And the reason why was because the love you showed for someone in a completely different world was so great it protected you there.  Out of all the things you had forgotten, I can't believe that this memory has not returned to you yet.  Listen Kao-"

            "Who are you talking to?"

            Kaori looked up mortified and Hemera jumped.  Seto was standing in the doorway.

            "Uh…uh…no one…yea…no one…"

            "Talking to yourself?"

            Kaori blushed.

            "Yea…I…uh…get bored…sometimes…you know…when you have a hard time falling asleep…"

            "You look tired to me."

            "Well that's because I woke up…"

            "Kaori, I can tell that you're keeping something a secret."

            "Well it's no business of yours."

            "Suit yourself," he said as he walked out.

            "God, he annoys me," said Kaori through clenched teeth.

            "I could have sworn he heard me talking…"

            "Yea, well he did, but at least he thought it was just me talking to myself"

            "I heard."

            "AND WHAT RIGHT DOES HE HAVE WALKING IN LIKE THAT?!"

            "Kaori, calm down!  One, your door was open…"

            "Well that's your fault."

            "And two, this is his house, and technically, he never came in."

            "Hmph."

            "Wait…I hear footsteps.  Quickly, pretend you're asleep."

            Seto walked passed the room again.  This time he entered.

            "So you're Kaori's cat.."

            "Nyao," answered Hemera.  He stroked her head and ran his fingers through her fur.

            "Weird.  I'm talking to a cat…"

            "I talk to my cat all the time…" Kaori said as she sat up.  "But it's only pretend because if cats really could talk, I'm sure they would have nothing interesting to say…"

            "Whatever," said Seto in reply to Kaori's odd speech.  He muttered as he walked out again, "strange girl."

            "Kaori, you really need to keep quiet."

            "Sorry."

            "Kaori, I really need to speak to Seto."

            "So what am I supposed to do, tell him to have a chat with my talking cat?  Hey that rhymes!"

            "That's just my point, he can't know that I can talk, at least not yet.  But I'm going to tell you this Kaori, both you and Seto need to look deeply into your hearts, souls, and minds.  I hope that will have you remember your memories."

            Hemera walked out of the room thinking, "and my sister Luna thinks that Usagi is tough to deal with…"

            "Hemera implies that my lost memories have to do with Seto.  What on earth could he possibly have to do with anything?" thought Kaori.  "He's so, I don't know, coldhearted.  He looks as if he's never even wanted to smile in life.  Maybe I could try to cheer him up or something.

Disclaimer:  I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Sailor Moon but Kaori and Hemera are my own characters, though Hemera is based off of Luna from SM.

Thank you to anyone who likes my story or comments (oh, I take constructive criticism very well, just to let you know).