Author's Notes: Hope you enjoyed the last chapter ^.^ A whole whopping 19027 words...that's my longest fic ever! I'm putting alot of thought and hard work into this so please, enjoy it!

Disclaimer: Alright, alright. I don't own Sailor Moon and it's respective copyrights. I do however, own the two leading characters and the story itself. No stealing!

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Episode 2: Recollections

Chapter 7 - Sleeping Beauty Awakens

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"Kori, you're too slow. Get on my back," said Lucas, kneeling down so that the princess could climb onto him. He hopped up, and jogged after Endymion down the hallway. Apparently Queen Serenity had one last attempt to save their Kingdom. What it was though, Lucas had no idea.

Lucas followed Endymion, who led them outside where the other inner princesses were waiting for them in the soldier uniforms.

Kori looked down at her blood, torn dress. Once a beautiful blue gown, it now hung in rags and was covered in dry blood. Why hadn't she thought of changing to her soldier form? She kicked herself mentally.

She noticed Princess Ami staring at her with concern filtering through her blue eyes. "It's nothing really," she ensured, "It's just a flesh wound. Luna took care of it." Even still, the Princess of Mercury didn't look satisfied.

"Everyone, come here," said Serenity softly.

The princesses and their bodyguards circled around the Queen.

"You cannot stay here any longer. Even though you are all like children to me, you have better chances of being reborn on Earth," said Serenity grimly.

The group was shocked. Reborn...on Earth? How would they possibly cope?

A huge blast came form behind them, and they tried their best to stay on their feet.

"Quickly! Everyone, ready?" shouted the silver haired Queen.

Lucas looked to Kori and noticed tears streaming down her face. he reached over and wiped them away, pulling her into an embrace.

"What about you, Mother!" cried Princess Serenity.

"Don't worry dear, I'll be fine. I'll watch over you," she replied softly, trying to keep the tears back that so desperately wanted to spill over. "Luna, Artemis, go with them."

The white haired man and his companion nodded, approaching the group of distressed young royalty.

Lucas stared into Kori's eyes, "Never forget..." he whispered, kissing her gently.

Queen Serenity lifted the Moon Stick above her head, the Ginzuishou glowing brightly.

Lucas and Kori were separated by bubble-like barriers, as well as the rest of the Knights and Princesses.

Kori pressed her hand against bubble, gazing at Lucas lovingly. She watched as Lucas did the same. She felt her eyes start to droop as she was lifted into the air, and fell into a deep sleep with her hand still on the side of the bubble.

'Never forget...'

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She awoke to find a plaster ceiling above her. She opened her eyes groggily, the light was so bright. She shut them again and sat up, rubbing her forehead. She had an immense headache. Where was she? She opened her eyes slowly, to find herself in a warm bed. What...? She didn't remember any of this. This wasn't her room...or was it? She couldn't remember.

She looked to her right and saw a platinum haired boy gawking at her with his mouth open.

"Kori, you're awak! Oh my God I was so worried!" he shouted excitedly. He jumped up and tried to embrace Kori, but she backed away to the other side of the bed before he could touch her, swatting his hands away.

Lucas was very hurt, and he felt his eyes start to sting. Did she not remember him? 'Agh, this is so frustrating...' he thought to himself.

Kori relaxed when she noticed the hurt in the boys eyes. Those bright blue eyes...Kori blinked and looked away. He was so familiar to her, but where did she know him from? She felt bad for not remembering.

"Kori...do you remember who I am?" the boy asked her gingerly.

Kori scratched her chin and thought for a moment. No, she didn't. Not at all. She looked to him sadly and shook her head with a no.

Lucas sighed heavily. His worst fear had come true. She didn't remember her own boyfriend. Well, his only choice was to help her remember. "Do you remember who you are?" he asked.

Kori wasn't too sure to be honest. She opened her mouth as if she was going to speak, and then shut it again with a shrug. "I...I think my name's Kori Oneida. Am I right?" she replied.

Luke nodded in reply. This was going to be tough...

Kori started to play with her hair, noticing it was dirty. She grimaced and looked to the boy sitting next to her on the bed. "I'm...going to take a shower. Do you mind?"

Luke shook his head silently, looking at the ground.

Kori removed herself from her bed and picked up a housecoat she found laying on the floor. She turned around swiftly before leaving the room to look at the boy. He was holding a small picture in his hands, and a small splash of water fell onto it. She looked to his face and noticed he was crying.

She walked to him cautiously, and placed her hand softly on his shoulder. She wished there was something she could do...something to make his tears stop. She didn't know why, but something inside of her tugged away to do something. When he didn't turn to face her, Kori bent over and wrapped her arms around him in a hug.

Luke was surprised. Why was she hugging him? Did she remember...or not? He was so confused. Even still, the warmth of her arms calmed him and he relaxed. He turned to her, wiping away the tears on his cheeks. "Why...?" he questioned.

"I'm sorry I can't remember. I really wish I could. But something inside me tells me that you need me, so I'm here for you, okay?" she whispered in his ear.

Kori released him from her arms and left the room abruptly to have a shower. What had she said? She hadn't willed herself to say it, much less hug him, but she had. Kori rubbed off the feeling and hopped under the steaming water to rinse herself.

Luke was more confused than he had ever been in his entire life. Heck, he was probably more confused than Kori was. She was the one with amnesia, not him. He just wanted to talk to someone about the whole situation and how he felt, but the one person he wanted to tell didn't remember anything about it. It killed him to think about it.

Luke rose himself from his position on the chair beside the bed, and walked to the bathroom door. It was shut, but from behind it he could hear water streaming from the shower. He stared at the door solemnly, as if it would give him the answers to his problems.

He sighed and tore himself away from the door as the water turned off, and went downstairs into the kitchen. He picked up the phone, dialling Rei's number. He figured his friends would be a in a "scout" meeting. He waited impatiently as the phone rang, and after two rings someone finally picked up.

"Hello?" came Rei's voice from the receiver end of the phone.

"Hey Rei..." replied Luke.

"Oh, hi Luke."

"Listen, is anyone else there?" he asked.

"Just Usa and Chad."

"Good, do you mind if I bring over Kori?"

Luke heard a scream of excitement from the other end of the phone line, "She's awake?!"

Luke nodded to himself and replied, "Yeah..."

"Does she remember anything? At all?" asked Rei.

"...No."

"Oh, I see. Well come on over we'll be here."

"Bye."

Luke hung up the phone quietly. He turned to find Kori behind him, drying her damp hair with a towel. To him, she was absolutely beautiful. If only she knew...

"Hey, you never told me your name, you know," said Kori silently.

"Oh yeah..." replied Luke, scratching the back of his head. He had totally forgotten. He held out a shaky hand for her to shake, "I'm Luke Tadishi."

"Luke...that's a really nice name, I like it," said Kori thoughtfully.

"Thanks," he replied, "Uh, do you mind if we go see Rei and Usa? They want to see you."

"No, I don't mind," she replied. She didn't know those people, at least, she thought so.

"Do you even remember them?" he asked her.

Kori grimaced. 'I guess I did know them...' she thought to herself. She shook her head with a no.

Luke sighed heavily. This was being proven difficult...

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I know, a little short compared to the last ones. Well, please leave a review!