Whew, my vacation is over, and now I have time to update! Yay! .

Saturn's Spawn: Why, thanks:) Actually I had a lot of trouble trying to keep her in charachter... I'm glad it was worth trying.

Sailor Ra: Thanks:)

Harpygirl91: Thanks! And yes, Kai really did apologize. it's written pretty clear, isn't it? ;)

This chapter is mainly about Kai and Hotaru.

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Chapter 7.

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In Hotaru's mind

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Hotaru came out of the room and closed the door.

"Now, let's see... If my room is the main section of my mind, then the subconsciousness must be... Dad's lab!"

She went down to the basement. "Nine, are you here?"

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Meanwhile

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Kai looked around. Hotaru was gone.

"Well, I'd say she has a nice room. Or a nice mind, in that case."

The room was in violet colours, withtwo windows closed with deep-purple curtains. "I guess it's right when they say 'Eyes are windows of your soul...' "

But the most facinating things in the room were the lamps. There were at leasthundred of them. Kai decided to take a closer look on a rose lamp. As soon as he touched it, there was a flash in his eyes, then darkness.

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Back with Hotaru

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"Heh. Of coarse I'm here, where else could I be?" - answered someone from the darker corner of the room.

Hotaru came closer. It was the person whom she was looking for.

"Misstress Nine?"

"Heh. Don't call me that. What kind of misstress am I if I have noone to obey me? If all my plans failed, thanks to you? Besides, I am you, so don't call me Missterss." - she was sitting in an armchair, drinking something.

"Oh. Sorry, Nine."

"That's okay. Now, what do you need?"

"I've come for help."

Nine nearly choked what she was drinking. "Asking me? For help? Gees, Hotaru, you must be out of your mind."

"Um...If subconsciousness is not a part of the mind, I guess you're right."

"Heh. Yeah. So, what do you want?" - she said, sipping from her glass. - "By the way, wanna drink?"

"Um... And what is that?"

"Medical alcohol, why?"

Hotaru sweatdropped. "You drink stuff like this?"

"Well, why not? There's nothing else to drink here. Oh sure, If I could get to the living room, I'd take some wine, but I can't, thanks to you again. And besides, I don't get drunk."

"Um... yeah.. I guess so... Okay, back to business. You noticed that girl named Navia coming here recently?"

"Yeah, she even came here once. We had a nice chat."

"Really? Um... Well, she was trapped in a book and..."

"... and you opened it with the Sacred Rainbow Rose. I know, I know. She told me about this." - said Nine in a copletely bored tone.

"Well, you must not know that she dissapeared."

"Huh? Wha? Really? How did that happen?"

"This is exactly what I wanted to ask you."

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Back with Kai

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Kai opened his eyes slowly. He wasn't in Hotaru's room anymore. He was floating in a few meters above the ground. He looked at himself, and noticed he was half-transperent. "WTF?"

Kai looked down. He saw a girl with pink hair running after her hat. "Oh no, come back!"

(a/n: I'm not sure if it was exactly like this, so correct me if I'm wrong.)

Hotaru caught the hat. "Here you go."

"Thanks. My name is Chibiusa, what's yours?"

"Hotaru."

"Well, nice to meet you, Hotaru."

Hotaru smiled. "Same to you, Chibiusa." - she noticed a small bleeding scratch on Chibiusa's knee. - "Are you hurt?"

"Huh?" - she looked down on her knee. - "No, not at all. I haven't even noticed it."

"Here, let me help." - she put her hand on the scratch, and concentrated. Her hand glowed light-purple, and when she removed it, the scratch was gone.

"Wow. Thank you, Hotaru."

"You're welcome." - she smiled, than fainted.

Kai's vision was clouded, then a flash of light and darkness.

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Back with Hotaru

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"Well, let's see... I need a big mirror to find Navi."

"Hm... I think I have one in my room. Wait here."

"Heh. What else I can do?"

Hotaru left the basement. She went up the stairs to her room. She heard Kai say : "Well. Those lamps must be her memories."

"Kai?"

"Hotaru?"

"You have seen my memories?" - she looked rather worried.

"Well, not really. I've seen only one." - he pointed at the rose lamp. - "The one where you meet Chibiusa."

"Oh. Don't look at them without my permission, okay?"

"Fine. Whatever."

"Could you help me? We need to get this mirror to the basement." - she pointed at the big mirror on the wall.

"Okay."

They slowly carried the mirror into the lab.

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Kai's P.O.V.

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"Well?" - I asked

"Put it there" - said someone.

We put the mirror down. I looked at the person. She had very long dark-purple hair, and black eyes. "She lookes like Hotaru" - I thought.

"Who is she?" - I asked.

"Huh? She is Misstress Nine, or just Nine, as she wants me to call her. Nine, this is Kai Hiwatari."

"Okay, stand back." - Nine closed her eyes, and formed a black star in her hands. She threw it at the mirror, and it went through!

"Perfect. Wait here." - she went... into the mirror?

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Navi's P.O.V.

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I'm bored. Nothing to do. Duh.

I wonder what's with Lele, haven't Sirin killed her yet? I hope not.

Wait a sec, what's there? A mirror? Bad memories! Aaaah!

Someone came out of the mirror. "Navi, are you here?"

"Nine?"

"Yes. Now, leave. Through the mirror."

"Thank you." - I went to the mirror. - "Aren't you coming?"

"Nope. I'm tired of being trapped in Hotaru's subconsciousness. I'd ratherstay here."

"Well, it's your choice." - I left.

All for today! Not one of my best chapters, though...

Tio