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Naomi shot open her eyes the next morning. It was stood out brightly in her dark room. She slowly started sitting up on her bed; her eyes were unblinking and alert. Her face showed that she was calm, but her eyes betrayed her. She was scared.

She had only gotten 2 hours of sleep last night before waking up. She was too worried to even feel tired. It wasn't a nightmare that woke her up this time though. This time, she felt that something bad was going to happen… and it was going to happen soon. The feeling was so strong that it woke her up. She wanted to ask Pluto for advice but with no hard evidence, she figured the time senshi will tell her not to worry about it for now. Naomi slipped out of bed and prepared to go out even though the sun hadn't even risen yet. She left her apartment and headed towards Usagi's house. She figured that she would be there to keep an eye on her and protect her if something was coming.

When she arrived, she hid in a tree across the street and looked around for any signs of unusual activity. She found none. So she resorted to guarding the house while thinking of the mission and devising new ways to counter the enemy. Unknowingly to anyone else, she had let her minicomputer scan constantly in her pocket when she was hidden as a wraith and it collected a lot of data. Before she came here, she didn't have enough time to just sit and sift through the data. However during the sleepless hours of the night this week, she had looked through it all. She needed to find a weakness. She hadn't found anything particularly useful. The only way wraiths could be destroyed is by pure light of the Silver Crystal, which she already knew. Other attacks, if it even hit the wraiths, simply seemed to just hold them back momentarily, never destroying them. Naomi had concluded that the power of the Silver Crystal needed to be boosted somehow. She knew that Usagi's love for Seiya was stronger than her love for Mamoru and it would help tremendously with the crystal's powers. But Naomi needed a backup plan in case things didn't work out. So she sat there until the sun rose, thinking of ways to attack the wraiths and other ways to boost the power of the Silver Crystal.

After the sun had risen for a while, she saw Seiya approach Usagi's house. So she slipped quietly out of the tree and headed to school, knowing that Usagi would be protected.

Seiya and Naomi had thought of some small things to do to try and get Usagi to confess her feelings and it started with switching desks. Naomi arrived to school early to catch the teacher in his office and explained why she wanted to switch desks with Seiya. He agreed. She walked to the back of the class and settled in her new chair. Ami, Taiki, and Makoto were already seated and chatting away. They were all confused when she sat down at 'Seiya's' desk. They asked her about it. Naomi knew that Taiki would help Seiya win Usagi over if she told him their plan, but she wasn't sure how Ami and Makoto would react. So she simply said, "Seiya-san asked to switch with me." She changed the subject and asked how their morning was. Makoto woke up early to cook. Naomi smiled, remembering all the delicious food she had made back in Crystal Tokyo. Turning to Ami and Taiki, they blushed. Taiki had been walking with Ami to school everyday and they would have a 'study date' before class. They continued talking about themselves since Naomi wanted to know more about them. After a while, the three friends found that they didn't mind opening up and sharing with their new friend because she didn't tease them about anything. Instead, she just seemed eager in knowing all about them.

Naomi was just happy that she could casually talk to them again that she had forgotten about why she was here. Ever since their untimely deaths, she had thought she would never be able to just sit and chat with them again… with any one of them. She let her guard down a little and the burden that was in her heart dissipated temporarily. It had been a long time since she felt this relaxed…

Her comfort was short lived as the bell rang. Seiya and Usagi, thundered into class. She smiled and nodded at him as he looked at her. The gesture was returned and he sat down next to Usagi.

"Why are you sitting here?" Usagi exclaimed.

The teacher heard her and answered, "Seiya-san has asked to switch seats with Seito-san so he could see the board better. Seiya-san you should think about getting glasses. Now pay attention, I'm starting class." It earned quite a few giggles in class and she blushed. Seiya faced Usagi, smiling slyly and winked at her. Taiki had sighed and shook his head while pinching the bridge of his nose with his eyes closed, disapproving of his friend's shameless methods. Yaten grinned and coughed into his fist while calling saying "baka". Seiya obviously heard this and shot him a glare.

At the end of the day, Seiya grabbed Usagi away from the group to have their 'date'. Naomi had convinced him not to take her for ice cream at Fruits Crown Parlour in case they ran into someone they knew who would interrupt them. What either of them didn't know was that Naomi (using the Luna Ball's magic again) had transformed herself into another girl to follow them at a respectable distance. She was there in hopes of distracting anyone who she thought might try and interrupt the couple.

The couple had been walking in a comfortable silence for some time. Seiya glanced at Usagi and noticed that she was blushing slightly while she walked staring at the floor, clearly lost in her own thoughts.

"Odango, why are you so quiet?" he waited until she looked at him, "I guess it's expected since my good looks leaves all the girls speechless." He smirked.

"Who said I was thinking about you? I'm just excited about my ice cream!" and pouted as she continued to walk. She lied. She was wondering why she felt peaceful when she was with him and not when she was with other people. 'This feeling when I'm with him warms my heart. It's almost like when I look at the stars. It's peaceful and it makes me feel safe. It makes sense that I feel this way because he's technically a star. But then, why don't I get that feeling around Yaten or Taiki. Do I look at the stars because it reminds me of him? Oh my gosh! Am I in lov...'

Her thoughts were interrupted again, but this time it was because someone was running and accidentally pushed her. Seiya had caught her in his arms. She raised her head met his dark blue eyes. His intense gaze made her feel like he was staring right into her soul. Her heart was beating so loudly that she thought he might hear it. Unknown to her, his heart was fluttering like mad as well. Their eyes continued to be locked. Gradually, her mind shut off the same way it usually does when she looked at the stars. Her body then started to move involuntarily. Her eyes were closing as she leaned in closer to his face. He saw her lean forward and couldn't believe it. 'She wants to k-kiss me?!' He inched forward slightly thinking that this was too good to be true. He was still holding her in his arms as their faces were now close enough for him to feel her breath on his skin.

'She smells like strawberries.'

A moment later, they heard screaming in the distance. Breaking apart, they quickly ran towards it. They didn't even have time to feel their disappointment about losing their moment for a first kiss… they just ran. Being a soldier and protecting the world was what was most important to them at this point. But what they saw next may even be too much for them to bear… It made them sick to their stomach.

Earlier, Naomi was quietly following behind the unsuspecting couple when she felt it. After spending a year amongst them, she could never forget the aura that surrounded them. And even after a year, it was a sickening dark aura. She sensed that the aura was weak this time. Weak but unmistakable... it was a wraith. 'This is not suppose to happen. They're not suppose to be here in the past.' Without a moment's hesitation, she ran down the street still in her disguise. She accidentally pushed Usagi out of her way. She hoped that she would get there and deal with it before anyone noticed. Using the minicomputer, she tracked the wraith to the park. She hid behind some bushes to transform into a sailor senshi and prepared for the fight.

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