Authors Note: So sorry for taking a long time to update. I'm just starting college and I am working almost full time now, so i have very little time to think, let alone right another update. Here one is though, and I plan on continuing this story come hell or high water.

Nods Anyways. Here it is! Enjoy!

p.s The is part is only Ami and a dreamy thing. Because Makoto was being shy and wouldn't come out of her room. Yes. so. Here it is!

Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain:

Chapter 6 - Two Little Girls

Ami

Ami felt another fist slam into her midsection. She could feel her ribs creaking and cracking under the repeated pressure. They couldn't take much more and neither could she/ She bit her tongue to keep from crying out as another fist connected with her already bruised and battered stomach. Unshed tears burned her eyes and she tried to catch her breath. 'Can't give them the satisfaction of seeing you cry, Ami.' Another hit to her midsection and she felt something snap. Forgetting her earlier thought, a scream of pure agony ripped itself from her throat and she fell to the her knees, eyes wide open, arms clutching her stomach protectively. Her assailant just chuckled lowly, and trailed a hand through Ami's sweat dampened hair.

"Oh poor, poor Sailor Mercury. No one to watch your back now. Just like before. Will you give in this time, or will I have to punish you again? You seemed to like it so much last time."

Ami closed her eyes and let the tears fall. That voice. She knew that voice. The voice that was always there inside her mind, telling her everything she didn't want to know. The voice that was always encouraging her to do things she never normally do. The voice was the only thing that hadn't abandoned her so far.

"I'm glad you remember me, Little One. I would be most displeased if you didn't remember our, lovely, time together."

The hand clutched into a fist and dragged Ami's head upwards, forcing her to face the shadow. "Look at me Ami. Look at me and see who you can be, see who you ARE."

The blue haired girl opened her eyes and screamed.

Dream

Ami looked over at her bed companion and smiled. Everything was right with the world. She was here, on a sunny day, alone in a bed with her love. Nothing was going to come between them and their day off. The blue haired girl rolled over to face her love and stretched out, smiling in the warmth. She reached out with her hand and gently ran her fingers through her love's long hair. A gentle sigh reached her ears and she smiled. This was love, and this was how it was supposed to be.

The sunlight faded away and there was only night left. Ami looked out the window and frowned. She turned to look at the body next to her, and all she could do was stare. Where her lover had been, only IT remained. The shadow that haunted her dreams, the voice that haunted her waking moments. "What.. what are you doing here? Where is Makoto!" The shadow rolled over and grinned. Ami gasped. That face.

The skin oozed off the bones, the macabre smile turning into a grimace as the flesh shifted. "I'm right here Ami." The thing that looked like Makoto reached out for the blue haired girl, but Ami back away.

"No. NO! It's not real! You aren't the one who.. who."

The creature that looked like Makoto smiled again and surged forward. It wrapped Ami up into a mockery of a lover's embrace. "But Ami.. I love you."

Ami screamed.