Casting a spell that will make sure we meet.

We place our hands atop one another's and see, we smile.

We pretend not to realize our true feelings…

…and suddenly,

…we fall in love.

I want to embrace only you,

Let me be with you,

Let me be with you.

Chobits

Chapter 6: Monday Morning

There was a set of knocks upon the white door. An instant rap, rap, rap. Demanding, sharp, precise marks on the door.

Usagi was still asleep in her king-sized water bed with silver, gold and white pillows surrounding her. She was entangled by her white Egyptian cotton sheets and a silver comforter that was coiled around her in a snake position.

On the first rap on the door, she mumbled, "Another five minutes, mama… please? I won't be late… I promise…"

On the second rap, she rolled over, whispering incoherent things into her pillow.

On the three rap, she bolted from her bed and to the door; unknowingly, she was carrying her light blue stuffed rabbit while rubbing one of her eyes from the sleep embedded in the corners. She opened the door to her apartment and yawned a "Good Morning…" to the group of people standing with smiles in front of her.

Té a laughed at the five foot female teenager still in her pajamas. "Ohayo Usa-chan! Are you ready for school?"

At that, Usagi leapt into the air. Her sapphire-silver eyes widened and she ran back to her bedroom. Té a and gang showed themselves in. They had gotten used to Usagi coming to the door in her pajamas almost every morning and then running back to her room to change.

Before Usagi was completely changed, she ran back into the kitchenette.

"SCHOOL?" she questioned her newest female friend, Té a Gardener.

Té a nodded, grinning at her friend's ruffled appearance. "You said you were ready to start yesterday. After all, I told you we only have a month for a winter break and then school starts again. I guess you really aren't ready!"

Usagi shook her head, "Nah. I hate school. First semester was a drag. It's SOOOOOOOO boring. I mean, c'mon, what's the point? I hate being lectured for being late all the time…"

Usagi stifled another yawn and then turned around, grumbling as she went back into her bedroom, "Stupid school… stupid uniforms… stupid teachers… stupid homework… when will it end already?"

Yugi chuckled, "She seems out of it, Té a. What did you guys do last night anyways?"

Té a laughed at the thought, "Well… after our shopping-spree, we ate dinner at Silver Roses then we came back to her apartment, where we watched a bunch of old movies while snacking on a tub of ice cream. I forgot that Usa-chan has the effect of a bunny rabbit when she's eaten a whole carton of chocolate ice cream and she has a tendency to be drossy in the morning…"

Usagi came back out, dressed in Domino High School's uniform. It consisted of a white dress shirt, blue bow, pink jacket and blue skirt. On her feet were knee-high white socks with blue bunnies printed on them and white ballet flats. She was still brushing her hair and was arguing with her hair brush as she walked out.

"If you would just brush my stupid hair, it would make my life a whole heck of a lot easier, Té a-chan…"

She yanked out the white hairbrush, stretched it out in front of her like a lollipop and gave Té a her best puppy-dog-eyes look. Té a sighed and began to brush the never-ending-waterfall of hair Usagi always seemed to keep so neat. When Té a was done, Usagi immensely thanked her and then she proceeded to tie the golden cascade of hair into a braid. She immediately did not approve of it, so ended up tying it back into her regular round buns - one on each side of her head - with streamers past her ankles. She grinned at the group whole-heartily, before eying all of them. Té a was in the same uniform that she was, but Marik, Bakura, Yugi, Joey and Tristan were all in a shirt of their choice, a blue jacket and matching blue slacks. Marik wore a tan tank top, Bakura just had his jacket buttoned up, Yugi wore a black tank top and Tristan and Joey wore the same cream colored t-shirt.

Usagi smiled and grabbed her one-shoulder-strap white backpack with all her new school supplies. She stuck several Eggo waffles into her toaster and munched happily on them when they were done. Her mind wandered back to when Ishizu had told her that she had blurted out Usagi's actual name and her cover up for calling her 'Usa' instead of 'Max'.

A Week After Her "Incident"

Ishizu had stayed with Usagi for the entire week she had slept through, even though Usagi didn't know that. Usagi had gotten up while Ishizu was asleep on her part of the bed. She stretched and noticed that her fifth guardian's cousin was asleep on the other side of the bed. Usagi giggled and went into the shower-bathroom to get ready for the days events. Ishizu had groggily woken up and was instantly alert when Usagi wasn't in the bed next to her. She let go of a deep breath when Usagi walked back into the bedroom and was smiling at her.

"Usagi-chan," Ishizu mumbled.

Usagi responded with, "Mmm-hmm, Ishizu-chan?"

"ItoldthegangthatIcallyou'Usa'insteadof'Max'becauseIdidn'tknowwhatelsetotellthem!" Ishizu blurted out in a rush, only to sigh.

Usagi turned around, a sweat drop on her forehead and a blank expression painted on her face, "Eh?"

Ishizu took a breath and explained that she had called Usagi by her name from the Sailor Dimension when she had collapsed after the attack against the yomas. She then explained that she told the gang that she called her 'Usa' because she didn't like being called 'Max' because it confused her when her father's friends were visiting.

Usagi had just laughed it off and told her friend it was okay.

End

When Usagi had come back down to earth, she noted Té a was arguing with Joey over some assignment that had been assigned over the break, while Marik, Tristan and Bakura were betting on who would win. Yugi was caught in the middle of the riff-raff and Usagi just stood up and dragged him out of her apartment with her.

"So… um…" Yugi stuttered out, clearly surprised by her actions.

Usagi grinned, "What did you want to ask me before Té a wanted to go shopping?"

Yugi stared at the angel in front of him before thinking. "Oh! Yea! I wanted to know if you would talk to Yami…"

Usagi looked at the boy standing beside her, who was the exact same height as she was. "About what?"

"About life," Yugi said with a heavy sigh. "He doesn't know so much about his past. He tries to act like it's not bugging him, and my advice doesn't seem to be helping him. I can tell it's irritating him because he doesn't know what to expect…"

Usagi giggled, "Who does?"

Yugi's violet eyes stared into her sapphire-silver orbs as he turned to look at her, "What do you mean?"

"Well," she said, "who actually knows what the future has in store for them? I mean, I never have. Well, other than always being late to school, ignoring my teachers and not doing homework; there's nothing else I have control over…"

Yugi just watched as Usagi folded her hands behind her head and closed her eyes while they waited for the others.

"You have to let go of fear of the future. You can't control much of anything but what you do during the day you're living in. But I'd love to chat with him sometime. Is this Saturday okay with you?"

Yugi mindlessly nodded, "Yea, sounds great! Thanks for helping Yami, Usagi-chan!"

Té a, Marik, Bakura, Joey and Tristan chose that moment to show up outside Usagi's door in a panic. Usagi clutched onto Yugi's arm while the two of them laughed at their group of friends. Usagi locked the door and they headed down stairs to catch Usagi's limo to school.

: At Domino High School:

Usagi, Té a, Yugi and Marik all had first hour English together. Not even fifteen minutes into their teacher's lecture, Usagi had already dozed off into memory lane.

: Meanwhile:

Place Unidentified

"Your majesty…" a calm voice began to speak after waving a white-gloved covered hand over a liquid-illusion portal as it vanished. The 5' 7" time keeper bowed to the white dress regal-looking woman sitting on a chair of white-pearl and silver marble. In her hand was a fairly large staff that resembled a key with a heart and garnet on the top. She was dressed in a white body suit with a black sailor collar and skirt. A dark red bow was in the center of the chest with a maroon compact in the center and a matching bow was in the back attached to the skirt. Black boots adorned her feet as a maroon colored choker was wrapped around her neck. Dark green hair was swept in a single bun on the back of her head. A gold tiara with a dark red garnet gem was in the center of her forehead.

"Cut that out, Setsuna," came the majesty's tranquil and serene response. She was dressed in a white strapless flow-y dress with a lavender bow tied in the front of the dress with a golden upward crescent moon brooch in the center. Her white hair was tied in matching buns on either side of her head and her lavender eyes held a sparkle of humor inside them. A golden right-side-up crescent moon glowed on her forehead, "you know I hate that title and bowing stuff and so does my daughter."

Setsuna just nodded in response. "Yes, … Selenity-sama. Is this the beginning of a new future?"

Selenity-sama softly smiled at her daughter's fifth guardian from the planet of Pluto. She shook her head and remembered that none of her daughter's guardians had known about her past life after their memory swipe, "No, Setsuna. This is the future my daughter has always wanted. She is already bonding with her youngest child and she will worm her way back into the Pharaoh's heart. You know it didn't take her long to worm her way into any of the outer senshi's hearts."

The guardian of Pluto nodded, a small smile graced her lips, "Yes Selenity-sama. I do recall that. Serenity-hime has a way of always being a kitten around people and gracing them with her everlasting happiness."

"Not so much her happiness, Setsuna." Selenity's voice came out in a set of melodic whispers, "it is her heart. Her heart of gold and her innocence. She wants everyone to like her, even though she knows that she can not make everyone like her. She so much like her sister."

"Sister?" the time keeper questioned, uncertain of Serenity-hime's family.

"Yes," was the only response she received from the majestic queen of the moon, as she sat peacefully watching her daughter grow into a young lady through via the liquid-illusion portals Sailor Pluto commanded from the Time Gates.