"What did you just say?" Usagi asked Seiya.

"I said that the look I saw him give you this morning was as if he were in love with you." he repeated himself.

She just looked at him with a blank expression on her face for several moments before busting out with a hysterical laughter.

"Why are you laughing?" he was taken aback by her reaction.

"Oh Seiya, I didn't know where you were going with this, but now I see that you're just trying to mess with me." She said while regaining her composure.

"I'm not joking, I'm dead serious." He said.

"Look, I don't know what you think you saw, but, there's nothing going on like that between me and Satoshi-san. He has never acted like he had feelings for me for even a moment." She assured him.

"Maybe on the surface it appears that way." He said.

"But, I'm just a high school student and he's practically a teacher, I doubt he would think of me like that." She said.

"He's not that much older than us so it's not like there's this huge age gap like with our other teachers." He said.

"Seiya I appreciate you trying to look out for me but, I really can take care of myself." She told him calmly.

There was a long pause between them before Seiya began to sigh and then smile, "I suppose I can't convince you otherwise then."

She shook her head, "I think you mistook what you saw for something else." She said smiling back at him.

"You really are a trusting person…" he let out in another sigh too low for her to hear.

They started to walk outside the classroom together, where Yaten and Taiki were waiting for him in the hallway as usual.

"Oh, by the way, how far along are you in the book? I'm more than halfway finished and started taking notes for our report since we'll have to begin writing it soon." Usagi asked him.

Seiya stopped just outside the doorway and placed his hand on the back of his head rubbing it, "Well…actually I kind of haven't gotten the chance to read it yet." He chuckled nervously.

Her face went from pleasantly calm to extreme agitation as she turned around to look at him, "…..What do you mean you haven't had the chance to read it?"

"What can I say, the life of a pop idol is very demanding." He joked but then changed his tune when he saw the angry look on her face. "Don't' worry, we still have more than a month until it's due. The rehearsals are going to take a little longer than I had anticipated since we'll be having to do them without Akane-san for a short while since she's still recovering but, I promise I'll make it a point to start reading it today."

"You better, because if I fail, I'll be coming after you!" she pointed at him but noticed he looked almost amused at the threat. "Why the hell do you keep smiling at me like that for?!" she yelled.

He placed his hand on her head now and started patting it. "I'm sorry, it's just Odango is extremely cute when she's angry. But, I got to go now, please be careful down in the library, okay?"

Seiya took his hand off her head and went to go collect Taiki and Yaten before they walked down the hallway.

"Who the hell does she think she is?" came a voice heard in the distance.

Usagi looked over to see those very same group of girls that she was trying so hard to avoid.

"I know." Another one spoke, "Why does he allow her to hang all over him like that all the time?"

'Me? Hanging all over him? Are they blind?!' she thought.

Even though the girls could see that Usagi was now looking directly at them, that still didn't deter them from continuing their barrage of insults.

One of the girls, who seemed to be the leader of the group, that had long, olive-green colored hair spoke next, "Girls, don't worry I'm sure he's just being nice to her to maintain a charitable image. He just feels sorry for a monkey girl like her, that's all."

When all the girls began to laugh, Usagi turned to head down the stairs before she could hear anymore. Normally she was used to people criticizing her and was usually able to ignore it but, for some reason what that girl said really hurt. All it did was remind her of the grim reality that the possible reason that her boyfriend had stopped talking to her was because he too saw her as a 'monkey girl.'

At first her pace was fast so that she could quickly get far away from them but, once enough distance was gained, it began to slow with her feet dragging each step she took until she realized she was standing outside the door of the library.

Her head hung low in defeat and she questioned on if she should just go home for the day instead, even though she had told Satoshi-san that morning she would come down when classes finished to let him know the results of her test. But then she thought about it and it's not like he would really care if she did or not, after all, he was the librarian and she was just another student in the school, no different from any other to him.

As she turned around deciding to leave, Satoshi-san happened to be directly behind her while reading a paper in his hand, unaware of his surroundings, causing Usagi to once again clash into him.

"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry." She told him.

"Don't be, I was the one who wasn't paying attention. I hope you weren't standing outside long, I had to go to a quick meeting with some of the other faculty members so I had to close the library for a while." He told her as he unlocked the door.

When he opened it, he motioned for her to go inside.

"Um actually, I think that I may read this at home today, I'm pretty tired." She told him.

He looked at her face, even though she was trying to avoid eye contact and could tell that something happened to her. Her eyes were extremely glassy as if she were trying to hold back tears and she wore a sad expression.

"Is something wrong? Did the test not go okay?" he asked her.

She shook her head, still avoiding eye contact. "No, I not only passed, but made the best grade in math I've scored all year." she said in a quiet voice while forcing a smile. To think just 15 minutes earlier she was on such a high and now crashed down to the lowest level possible from just a simple remark.

"That's great I'm happy for you. I know that you may not feel up to it right now, but maybe I could help take whatever's troubling you off your mind. With club activities going on right now, I don't think anyone will come inside the library anymore today (at least he hoped). But, if you still want to go home, I completely understand and won't take offense." He gave her a warm smile.

'I wish you wouldn't go in without one of us, you still don't know anything about this man.'

'He looked at you as if he was in love with you.'

Ami and Seiya's warnings echoed in her head, however, she wasn't going to let anyone dictate her actions nor let those girls get under her skin anymore.

"Alright, I think I will stay." She walked inside before him.

He noticed a change in her demeanor just now but, wasn't going to question it, he liked to think that he was becoming somewhat of an influence on her now.

She set her things down on one of the tables while he placed his things on his desk. As she started reading her book, he was enjoying the solitude of them being the only people in the room. All day that day, the library had more students in and out than he had experienced before since he started working there. At first he was unsure why there was all these students coming in, mainly females, but Miss Kurogane-san had informed him of his new sudden popularity he was gaining among the young, high school girls.

"Someone sure is giving the Three Lights a run for their money." She teased him while they were on their lunch break.

"What do you mean?" he had asked in a disinterested manner.

"What I mean is that I can't get through one my classes without hearing the girls gossip about the 'cute and mysterious new librarian' I had a group of girls nearly burned their soufflé to a crisp not paying attention because they couldn't stop talking about you." She giggled.

He slightly blushed in embarrassment.

"Don't worry they're harmless, I know I shouldn't be telling you this but, I wanted to see how someone as uptight as you would respond to such news." She continued to giggle when he shot a look at her.

"Uptight?" he responded, in a higher pitch than normal.

"Yeah, you act so prim and proper all the time for someone who is so young. How old are you, 21, 22?" she asked him.

"20…" he replied.

"See, now while it's refreshing to meet a guy who is so polite, you need to loosen up a bit and smell the roses a little more, you're young, enjoy it." Miss Kurogane told him.

'If only she knew.' he laughed to himself.

"How was your weekend?" Usagi interrupted his thoughts.

He looked up from his desk to her. "It was fine, how about yours?"

"Well I mainly spent it studying at my friend Rei-chan's house with Ami, Minako, and Mako-chan and they kept getting on to me for getting easily distracted." She laughed.

"Rei…..I don't recall seeing you around a girl named Rei. What does she look like again?" He asked her. His instincts told him that, she must be the identity of the fourth senshi, Sailor Mars.

"She has long, black hair and is very beautiful but, Rei actually doesn't go here, she goes to an all girl's private academy so we see her outside of school." Usagi told him.

Excellent, this confirmed his suspicions about her not attending this school; he can easily avoid her and won't have to worry about her uncovering his identity to Usagi.

"So what about you? What did you do over the weekend?" She asked him. He was surprised that she was trying to continuously make conversation, not that he minded, it just showed that she was getting more comfortable around him.

He walked over and sat across from her and told her about the evening he and his brother had at the bar together, leaving out the details about the two girls hitting on them of course.

"That's so sweet how you and your brother are so close." Usagi commented.

"Well he's the only family I have left and I haven't been here long enough to have made any new friends so we're all each other has at the moment." He told her.

After some small talk between them, Usagi eventually went back to reading her book while Demande began to fill out the papers he had received in the meeting.

When he looked away, Usagi once again, turned away from her book and looked at his face admiring his features.

'Had Prince Demande been as handsome as this man is?' She wondered. The situation at the time was a dire one to have paid attention to such things and she felt slightly guilty for even thinking of it. But it's weird, ever since she had met this guy, the nightmares she had been having of him lessened and if she did have them, they weren't as frightening as they were before; maybe meeting Satoshi-san was giving her some sort of closure to her past.

Feeling her eyes bearing down on him, he looked back at her and suddenly, his light, blonde hair changed to white while his eyes changed to violet causing Usagi to gasp and scoot back her chair making a loud, screeching sound.

"What's wrong?" he asked urgently.

She blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes, when she looked back at him, his hair was once again blonde and his eyes, green. Did thinking of Prince Demande just now cause her to hallucinate?

"N-Nothing." Her eyes still looked as if she had just seen a ghost.

"You thought I was him again, didn't you?" he said.

"Who?" she asked.

"The one you had mistaken me for the first time we bumped into each other. You called me a name, Prince…..Diamond, Demand?" he tried to play stupid.

"Prince Demande." She mumbled in embarrassment.

"Right, that's the one. Does this man frighten you?" he asked her.

She thought about it seriously before answering. "He did…once. But, I eventually realized that he was just…misunderstood."

Her answer was surprising to him to say the least yet, reassuring but, he couldn't allow any reaction to show on his face. An awkward silence passed between them and needed to get rid of it fast, saying the first thing that came in his mind to lighten the mood.

"A Prince huh…do I really resemble a Prince?" he said playfully while folding his arms making a regal pose with an obvious cockiness that was almost an imitation of Seiya. Miss Kurogane made him realize that he needed to act more in character of an Earth man of this time.

She started to laugh and realized that her eyes must be playing tricks on her for there's no way this man could be him.

"So you're friends with a prince, a pop idol and the girl genius of the school; you sure do keep some interesting company." He told her.

"That's nothing, my friend, Rei who I mentioned earlier is a shrine maiden on the path to becoming a head priestess, Makoto is both the most masculine yet at the same time the most feminine person I have ever known that can garden and cook as good as my mom yet be able to hold her own in a fight with a man twice her size, Minako is fluent in English, excels in volleyball and is both talented in dancing and singing who could eventually surpass the Three Lights as a pop idol. There's also my friend, Haruka, who is a famous race car driver, Michiru who is a world renowned violinist, and then…." She trailed off.

"And then?" he asked.

She sighed, "And then there's me…" her face saddened once again, "Who can't do anything."

"That's not true." He told her.

"That's sweet of you but, it is. As you can see already, I'm horrible in school, I don't have any skill that I can say I'm good at and whenever I try something new, I either fail at it or quit. I'm just ordinary and that's all I will ever be."

He was surprised at this and didn't know what to say. For her of all people to think of herself as just ordinary when she is the guardian of this planet and it's future ruler, on top of being a reincarnate of Lunarian royalty. From the moment he laid eyes on her, he always thought of her as an untouchable goddess who had no imperfections and she seemed to exude that, but to know that she had such insecurities about herself was absolutely unexpected.

"To be honest, if it wasn't for me being their prince-," she cleared her throat, "friend, then I believe they probably wouldn't waste their time on someone like me." Her eyes dropped away from him and onto the table.

He sat for a moment in disbelief with another even more uncomfortable silence between them before getting up from his seat. He sat down next to her and placed his hand on her shoulder; not in a romantic way, but as a friend would to comfort another friend. She turned her face back to him feeling the temperature in her cheeks rise.

"You may not be good at those particular things your friends are, but what you do have is much more special."

"I wish I could believe that." She glumly told him.

"No, it's true. I may not know you well enough to make that judgement, but you have this positive energy that surrounds you almost like a glow that's magnetic to everyone around you. You approach people without judging them first, you always smile, and believe me that smile of yours is contagious. I know when I'm around you, my troubles seem very distant and I feel very open to talk with you just about anything. Your friends see that, your boyfriend I'm sure sees that…hell, even that imbecile you hang around with, Seiya, sees that." he assured her.

She contemplated this a few moments.

"Hm, it's funny. What you just said, all my friends have told me something similar to that before but, I never really believed them and thought they were just trying to be nice. Coming from you though, I don't know why, but, I actually think you're telling me the truth, Satoshi-san." She smiled.

"I am, I wouldn't lie to you and between you and me since we're starting to become friends, you don't have to call me Satoshi-san, call me Tohru." He said.

She smiled, "Alright Tohru, you can call me Usagi instead of 'Miss Tsukino-san' then."

"Only when we're alone though, I know there's certain people who think we're getting a little too close and getting misconceptions about our friendly relationship." He said sarcastically.

"Oh, you heard…?" she asked hesitantly.

"Just part of it, the meeting I attended was held in an empty classroom a few doors down from your homeroom and I was passing by to go downstairs when I heard my name being said so forgive me for eavesdropping on your conversation."

"Seiya really is a good guy, he just-"

"-misread what he saw." He finished for her, "It's okay I didn't think anything of it. I remember what it's like being that young and inexperienced with life, he was just being..territorial is all." He smirked.

"Territorial? What do you mean-"

"Usagi!" a voice was heard at the door.

She looked up to see who called her name, "Naru! Did drama club get canceled today?" Usagi asked.

"Canceled? It's over." She pointed at the clock.

Usagi turned to see that once again she kept him past when he was supposed to close the library.

"I'm so sorry, I have a bad habit of losing track of time." She apologized.

"It's not a problem, it's just 5 minutes passed." He stood up.

"Oh, so you're the new librarian, I've heard so much about-I mean, hi I'm Naru." She greeted him.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Tohru Satoshi." He smiled at her.

When they locked eyes, Naru felt a sense of déjà vu and tried to remember something she had forgotten.

'Why does he look so familiar, I'm pretty sure this is the first time we've met…?' Naru thought to herself.

"Naru's my oldest and most dearest friend, I've known her since elementary school along with her boyfriend, Umino." Usagi told him.

"Ugh, don't even get me started on that jerk." Naru grunted.

"Are you mad at him again?" Usagi asked.

"I'll tell you about it on the way home. Unless you're staying longer that is." She gave an evil grin.

"No, no, I'll leave Mr. Satoshi-san to close the library down." Usagi turned to him. "I'll come by again tomorrow after school."

"I look forward to it. Have a wonderful evening ladies." He then smiled at Naru. "Pleasure to meet you, I hope to see you in here some time." She blushed in response.

Usagi and Naru walked out of the library and then out of the school. Demande rushed to close the library as fast as he could since Saphir started his first set of classes in less than half an hour and wanted to see him off so he could wish him luck before he went.

Later that night:

It wasn't a bad first day for Saphir even though it was an experience unlike any he's ever had before, having to be around so many strangers, but, it seemed that many were in the same position he was in of not knowing anyone else. He was looking forward to getting adjusted, meeting new people and hoped he would eventually make some friends here so that he wouldn't have to depend on his brother's company all the time.

Unfortunately, he didn't get to say goodbye to Demande since he must got held up at his job but, Saphir did leave earlier than he said he would because he wanted to make sure he would make it on time and took the right bus routes, so it wasn't his fault.

He exited the bus a few stops earlier than he was supposed to, taking a more indirect way so that he could enjoy a nice walk on a night such as this. This way also led to Petz's apartment building which was his true intention for going, where he could wish her goodnight from afar.

With the streetlights lit up, the seemingly quiet neighborhood he walked through was a refreshing change in comparison to the busy city he lived in that was always overcrowded with people, it was the kind of place that he would eventually like to live in some day. He turned the corner on one of the streets, and in the distance, he saw the silhouette of a young girl in a school uniform standing outside of her gated house who seemed to be checking her mailbox. She was standing away from the light so it was hard to get a clear look at her but after she opened the lid to it, the figure stood still, just staring inside of it. It seemed like forever until she moved again, finally closing it shut and even though he was several houses away, he could begin to hear a small sob escape from her. He shied away back around the corner before she spotted him, not wanting to make things awkward for them and continued to watch her until she decided to go inside her house so he could move on again.

The porch light all of a sudden came on and the front door to her house opened slightly.

"Usagi! Is that you?" A female voice called out to her.

The girl frantically rubbed her eyes and wiped away the tears from her face, "Yeah mom I was just checking the mail, I'm coming in now."

She walked to the entrance of the gate where a street light shined down on her, even from far away he could see the blonde, hairstyle that he knew all too well. He inhaled sharply letting a small noise escape from him and completely hid himself before she detected his presence. When he thought it safe, he peaked back around, seeing that she had already walked inside shutting the door to her gate.

'It can't be her, it just can't. Maybe it just looked like her.' he thought to himself over and over. But he just had to make sure.

While she was still outside, he swiftly made his way over to her house and cautiously looked through the metal bars that separated her house from the sidewalk. Another lady was standing outside their front door that he assumed was her mother.

"Usagi, I didn't expect you to be out this late, did something happen?" she asked the young, girl.

She shook her head, "I just lost track of time, I'm sorry."

Her mom could obviously tell that something was wrong but all she said was, "Alright sweetie, just next time call me and let me know because I was starting to get really worried. I saved you a plate from dinner if you're still hungry."

She lifted her head up with the porch light exposing the details of her face and he could now clearly see that his fears had become a reality. She was indeed Neo-Queen Serenity's past self, Sailor Moon, the one who had emasculated his brother and encaptivated his heart; the one who could ruin everything that they have accomplished in their plan to bring back their fallen comrades.

"Thanks mom." She said before they both walked inside and closed the door behind them.

He lifted his head up, looked up at the stars and sighed. This could not be happening. He knew she had to live somewhere in the area, but, he thought that the chances of them ever seeing her were relatively low. If they hadn't of been desperate and in need of a place to live when they first arrived here, he would've suggested settling somewhere further away. On the other hand, while this wasn't his ideal situation, now he at least knew the general area to avoid and more importantly, to have his brother avoid; her whereabouts must be kept from him at all costs.

The Next Day:

Dearest Mamo-chan,

How are you doing? So much has happened since the last time we saw each other. Last night there was another attack and had I not been in the area with Luna, Ami-chan could have been seriously hurt by a Phage, but thankfully, Sailor Star Maker was there with her holding it off before I was able to transform and heal it back into it's human form. We still have no updates on who the enemy actually is and I pray that by the time you come back, it will all be solved but I have a feeling what has happened here lately is only the beginning. I hope you have been receiving my letters, I know how unreliable the post office can be and maybe that's why I haven't gotten any replies yet, however, I know that you are always thinking of me as I am you, my love. I'll try calling you again tonight and will write to you again tomorrow.

Love you always,

Usako

P.S.-I almost forgot to let you know that I made an 84 on my math test! I sure have come a long way from the test score I bopped you on the head with the first time we met :P

Usagi checked her letter once again for any grammatical errors. She was in class but, was so bored with the lecture that she used this opportunity to pretend like she was taking notes. Besides, it was the end of the day and she was progressing well in her English project enough to get away with a little bit of a distraction.

Before she knew it, the bell rang ending school once again which was her favorite time of day, even more so now that she looked forward to visiting with Tohru in the library. He was so easy to talk to and made her feel as if she could do anything. That light he talked about her having, was starting to fade these past few months but now she felt as if she was regaining it and began to develop a new-found confidence in herself because of it.

"Is that a letter to Mamoru-san?" Minako creeped up behind her.

"Uh, yeah." Usagi answered while covering it.

"Can I read it?" She nudged up to her.

"Minako, you can't ask to read someone's letter, that's an invasion of privacy" Ami chimed in.

"It's nothing too interesting anyway, I was mainly just updating Mamo-chan on the events that happened last night. By the way, how is the professor doing?" Usagi asked Ami.

"He seemed to snap back rather quickly after you healed him. I guess the recovery period varies on each individual." Ami said.

"While that's all well and good, can we talk about how close Ami and Taiki are getting here lately, I'm jealous." Makoto walked up to join the discussion.

"Mako!" Ami looked over to see that Taiki was within earshot of them but, was gathering up his school things and looked as if he didn't hear.

"Oh." Makoto covered her mouth and blushed. The other girls started to laugh at the situation. "Sorry." She began to laugh along with them.

"On that note, I'll be heading to computer club now." Ami said with her cheeks still the color of scarlet.

"We'll walk with you." Makoto and Minako simultaneously said.

"See you Usagi!" they all called out to her.

"See you!" she replied.

Usagi was laughing to herself watching Ami walk by Taiki without trying to draw attention to herself.

Seiya, Taiki and Yaten gathered together and instead of Seiya walking her out of the classroom and chatting with her like he usually did, he just simply gave her a wave while winking at her before they left. He must've been in a rush to get to rehearsal so she headed downstairs before bumping into those awful girls again.

When she arrived, the door to the library was closed and had a sign posted on it: COMPUTER DOWN, NO CHECK-IN'S OR CHECK-OUT'S UNTIL TOMORROW.

"Hmm, I guess he closed it already." She said to herself in a pout.

Just then, he opened the door as if anticipating her presence.

"Oh Usagi, good afternoon. Would you like to come in?" he asked.

"Sure, but isn't the library closed?"

"It will be shortly, I'm just waiting for someone to show up that's going to work on the computer, but, you can hang out until then. I'm not expecting him for another 15 minutes." He told her.

"Umm, alright." She entered inside.

He stood leaning up against his desk while she sat at one of the tables. She put her book away since there wouldn't be any point to start reading it anyway.

Demande broke the silence, "So, how was your day today?"

"It was fine. Better than yesterday." She replied.

"I can tell. Mine was pretty busy, a lot of students came in before the computer broke down, I just now finished putting all the books away." He started to whisper, in a not so subtle way, "But too be honest, I'm glad it broke down, getting to go home early is always nice." He chuckled.

Usagi laughed in agreement, "I feel the same way when school lets out early too. It means I have more time to do fun things like go to the park, get ice cream, play at the arcade-" a realization then hit her. "Oh, I forgot I just got my allowance yesterday so I may just go play some games after this!"

"At the arcade?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's one of my favorite places to hang out and let off steam…and blow my money." She confessed. "What about you?"

"I've actually never been to one before." He answered.

Her mouth dropped open, "You're kidding me?! You never went with your friends when you were in high school or middle school?"

"No, my brother and I sort of had a strict upbringing when our parents were still alive that most would have found strange and we never got to do those kinds of things." All of a sudden a light bulb went on in his head that presented an excellent opportunity. "Although, I've always wanted to try it at least once…"

He set the bait, now all she had to do was take it.

She began to feel sorry for him, even Ami was able to do fun things when she was through with studying. Poor guy.

"I don't know if this is too weird but, would you want to stop by it with me before you head home? There's a Sailor V game there that is a lot of fun." She asked.

'Perfect' he thought.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt for a short while. But, I wouldn't tell anyone about this in case there's a misunderstanding, I'm not exactly your teacher but, I'm sure my superiors wouldn't condone me hanging out with a student outside of school." He told her.

"No of course not." No need to tell her twice, if Ami were to find out about this, she would be furious with her.

She reached inside the pocket of her skirt and felt her coin purse inside but, didn't feel the other item she was checking for.

"Oh no, my house keys must of fallen out in class. I need to go upstairs and get them first." Usagi exclaimed.

A man all of a sudden knocked on the door while at the same time, let himself in. "Excuse me, the school called and said you needed some assistance?"

"Ah, yes." Demande said. "Usagi, go ahead and fetch your keys, I'll just be a few minutes."

She nodded and preceded to go upstairs.

Meanwhile:

Saphir finished his daily chore of growing the Jakokusuishou's power leaving him with the rest of the day free to do whatever he wanted since today was his day off for classes. There was something that he had been planning on doing for a while now, that he figured would be the perfect day to do which was to pay a visit to his brother at his job. He had been dying to see how his brother was in a working environment since he was very vague in what he told him about it, not even letting him know It's location.. Luckily Saphir came across one of his pay stubs that had the address of the library on it and thought it would be amusing to catch him off guard by showing up unannounced. Looking at the clock, he saw that he had just enough to catch him at the end of his shift so he made his way out of the apartment. Still not accustomed to the bright sun on this planet, he slipped on his sunglasses, took a deep breath of the fresh, crisp air and set out to find the place the best he could.

With no trouble, he eventually arrived at the property, checking the address he wrote down and made sure it matched where he was:

Juuban Municipal High School

A high school? His brother never mentioned the library he worked at was in a school, he had assumed it was a public library, like the ones he checked out books from sometimes. For some reason he began to develop a sinking feeling in his gut. Why, he didn't exactly know but, he stood at the front gate of the school for several minutes looking up and studying the building with it's many glass windows covering the multiple stories it had. He checked his watch and saw that he didn't have much longer until Demande would have to start closing it up, so he continued onward past the sparse amount of students exiting out of the front door.

Usagi checked around her desk, looking on the chair she sat in, underneath it, all around the area and had no luck with finding her house keys. She tried to hurry, not wanting to keep Tohru waiting on her for long. Looking at the clock, she stomped in frustration before glancing over to where Ami normally sat and noticed them lying beside her desk; it must have happened with she and her friends were gathered around there earlier. She let out a sigh of relief as she picked them up that she wouldn't have to explain to her mother later about losing her only set of house keys.

She was so anxious and excited about this excursion with Tohru and she had no idea why. Maybe because it was nice being around someone for once who didn't tease her and was always positive with her. The only other person who was like that was Mamoru but, the more time passed with him not talking to her, the more she started to question on if everything that has happened between them up until now was only a façade he was putting on in order to fulfill the role that had been already set for them. Destiny had wanted them to be together but, did he, himself want them to be together? She tried to shake off these sudden doubts she was having before she upset herself. There just had to be an explanation for this sudden hiccup in their relationship and all she could do was put her complete faith in him, and trust that one day she would receive that letter or call from him.

Before she headed downstairs, she looked outside the large window that was outside her classroom and stared out into the sky whose blue color would soon begin to transform in to the warm colors of twilight. It was a calming site to her for some reason bringing about a new feeling of assurance that everything would work out for her in the end. After all, how many people could say that they knew the events that would occur in their future? She smiled at this and began to turn away before something caught her eye. Down at the front gate of her school stood a man looking up at the building with short, black hair, wearing a tinted blue motorcycle styled jacket with a pair of black sunglasses that rested on his face. It appeared as if he was looking for someone and felt almost as if he was staring up directly at her, as if she was the one he was searching for.

She placed her hand over her mouth and gasped aloud, "Mamo-chan?"

Author's Note: To get an idea of the outfit Saphir has on that makes him further resemble Mamoru, was what Mamoru was wearing in the episodes: 'I Won't Run Away From Love Anymore: Ami vs. Mamoru' and 'The Legendary Lake Yokai: The Bond of Usagi's Family' while he was brainwashed by Queen Beryl. I thought it fit Saphir's color scheme and wanted to address that so you could get a clearer image of what I was trying to portray. Another thing I wanted to clarify is that this story takes place as an alternate timeline to the Sailor Stars series so, the events that are happening in each episode, are happening simultaneously with the events of this story but, will divert if Demande or Saphir get involved since they were originally not apart of that series. So when the girls mentioned 'the professor', they are referring to the professor Ami meets in 'Entrusting Dreams and Romance to the Stars! Taiki's Transformation.' If you have never seen the episodes to Sailor Stars, don't worry, it shouldn't affect the understanding of the story but from time to time things may get brought up to pinpoint where in the Stars Arc, the chapters are taking place.