Hey-there-minna-chan! This is my very first fanfic. ::hides in
fear:: Yah, I will be using my favorite couple, Usagi and Mamoru, of
course.. ^_^ All standard disclaimers apply, so don't sue me, I
wouldn't be able to handle it! The characters in my story are not
mine, I only wish that they were! ::poutz:: They are simply being
borrowed.. ^_^ I am using the American school system because I have
no clue how it works in Japan.. Although the story *does* take place
there.. -_-; OH MY! On with the story!


AN: I am going to use double brackets to signify someone’s thoughts
[[ ]] and (( )) for flashbacks...  And for those who aren’t familiar
with the Japanese dub/words...


Usagi = Serena
Mamoru = Darien
Minako = Mina
Makoto = Lita
Rei = Raye
Ami = Amy
chan, san = terms of endearment/respect
minna = everyone


Title: “Found at Last”
Author: Hummie
Chapter 1
Rating: PG13 (The thirteen isn’t for this chapter, but it will be
needed for the chapters to come)

**********

	A figure with beautiful, long, golden hair looked out a
window. Her soft tresses cascaded about her in riveting waves. Her
slender body was encased in a soft pink nightgown. Moonlight hit her
at just the right angle, giving her a heavenly glow. Her clear, sky
blue eyes drifted aimlessly over the city below her. She blinked.
Tsukino Usagi had lived in Tokyo all her life. Not that she was
*old*, but she had been living for quite a while.
	She was confused. She didn’t know what to do. She didn’t know
what to feel. She usually loved this time of year. Cherry blossoms
were present and there was a special aura in the air, but she felt
nothing. Usagi had been in a deep depression for the past few weeks.
She didn't know what was wrong with her. She had tried everything.
She mentally went over her desperate attempts to change her mood.
The mall, the movies, hanging out with her friends.. Nothing had
helped her at all. She couldn't get over the feeling of depression
that she had been experiencing lately. She was doing poorly in
school and was crying for no reason most of the time. Her parents
didn't worry at all. These 'stages' were expected from a teenager of
sixteen.
	The girl opened her closed eyes, showing a clouded hue of
blue. [[What is wrong with me? I usually love this time of year. Why
am I so.. out of it? Is there something I'm missing?]] Usagi looked
out of her window once more. Something was definitely missing in her
life.

**********

	Usagi walked along the sidewalk that would eventually lead her
to her school. Usagi had actually left for school early. She
actually liked to walk slowly and enjoy the scenery, but she was
usually running to school for she always woke up late. Something
startled her for a moment. Her name. Someone was calling for her.
“Hey! Usagi-chan!" Usagi turned around and smiled. It was her sweet,
loyal, and brainy friend Ami. Her dark, sapphire eyes looked at
Usagi behind dark bangs. Ami had fair skin and dusky, midnight hair.
Meaning: Her hair was so dark, it looked like she had blue tints.
Usa slowed down so that Ami could catch up with her.
	“Hey Ami-chan! What's up?" Usa asked.
	Ami looked at her friend. Her silky blonde hair was done in a
neat French braid that reached down to the middle of her back. Usagi
was wearing the high school uniform that was required. Ami frowned
when she noticed that Usagi’s topaz eyes looked sad. Ami noticed
that Usa had been depressed lately. Usagi didn't talk as much as she
always did. She usually chatted about some cute guy that she had
seen at the mall or what fantastic foods she had eaten over the
weekend. Their other friends Makoto, Minako, and Rei hadn't notice
because they were constantly blabbing away, only interested in their
own tongues.
	Ami smiled. “I'm fine Usagi-san, I'm just a bit disappointed
with my last mathematics test score. Would you believe? I got a 99
percent!! I was sure I was going to get a 100 percent," Ami replied.
	Usagi sweat-dropped and nearly fell down. [[Ha!! She's worried
about getting a 99 percent instead of a 100 percent!!! And I'm
hoping and praying to get a 75 percent on my next test]] Usa thought
in amusement. They walked on towards their high school.



	Usagi massaged her temples in agitation. She was having a
horrible day at school. She had zoned out of every class that she
had so far. The teachers were disappointed with her performance and
told her so in front of all her classmates. The bell finally rang.
Usagi walked slowly towards the lunchroom. It was time for lunch.
She was hungry, but she didn't feel like eating.. Maybe that’s why
she had a headache. Lack of nourishment. Usagi stood on tiptoe so
she would be able look over the crowd of students that were already
in the cafeteria. She spotted her friends and walked quickly towards
them. She smiled falsely at them and feigned enthusiasm.
	“Hey minna-chan!" she cried, giving herself another headache.
	“Hey Usagi!" was the cheery reply from her closest friends.
	Ami and Mina were pigging out on Mako's famous rice cakes.
Mako had long brown hair that she pulled back in a ponytail, giving
her a sophisticated look. Ruby earrings in the shapes of roses
adorned her earlobes. She had beautiful, emerald green eyes. Mako
was a great cook and hoped to own a chain of restaurants when she
got older. Mako was a responsible, strong, and dependable woman of
16, but she did get incorrigible when it came to ‘old boyfriends’.
Usagi knew that Mako would achieve all of her goals.
	Usagi smiled brightly at the sight of her other friends, Ami
and Mina. They looked absolutely ridiculous when they stuffed their
cheeks with Mako's rice cakes.
	Their raven-haired friend smiled mischievously, as if she had
a secret. Usagi looked at her friend in appreciation and wonder. Rei
was worshipped and adored by many of the guys at their school. With
her long dark hair and bewitching purple eyes, it was a wonder that
she was single. Her violet eyes were always a-fire. Rei and Usa
fought like a couple of two year olds, but Usa loved her friend
dearly.
	“I heard the most interesting gossip today," Rei informed with
a glint in her eye. Rei looked delightedly at her intrigued friends.
She loved attention.
	“I heard that a new guy is coming to our school in a couple of
weeks. I'm not sure, maybe three, but I heard that he is *so*
totally hot! He’s 18 which makes him a senior. The story goes that
he discontinued school for 3 years to be with his ill mother. Isn’t
that *so* gallant? Of course we're only sophomores in high school,
but we have a great chance," Rei concluded. Her friends looked at
her skeptically.
	“Rei-san, do you really think we have a chance? Ok, so this
guy is *hot*. There are tons of great looking senior and junior
girls in this school. Why should he notice us? I mean, come on!
We’re only 16!" Mina said with her mouth still full. She looked like
an absolute chipmunk.
	The girls couldn't believe what they were hearing. Mina didn't
exactly go around school looking like a chipmunk. Mina was known to
be modeling for well known companies in and around Tokyo. It wasn't
as if she was hideous or something. It was her dream to become a
successful model and actress. Mina had long golden hair like Usagi.
Mina and Usa were constantly being mistaken for sisters. The only
difference between Mina and Usagi was that Mina had blue-green eyes,
like an aquamarine, instead Usa's sky-blue ones.
	Ami nodded to show her agreement. Ami slowly did the math in
her head. “We only have a 5 percent chance that we will come into
contact with this 'new guy', let alone get him interested in us.
This is a big school, and he would be taking senior division
classes. Not the classes we're taking," she concluded.
	The group grew quiet at Ami’s insight. Everyone at the table
looked put down. Then Mako broke the silence and said stubbornly,
	“Damnit! Who cares? If this guy is as hot as he's supposed to
be, I'll look all over town if I have to. Especially if he looks
like my old boyfriend, Tommy." Her friends sweat-dropped, then
giggled. Leave it to Makoto to think about one of her old
boyfriends.
	
**********

	Usagi sat on her bed as she brushed her hair. Usa looked up
and saw herself in the mirror. She was an attractive girl. Long
blonde hair and clear, blue eyes helped. Her creamy skin was
flawless. She was tall and graceful from her weekly ballet lessons
that she needed for skating. She was incredibly fit. She hardly had
any baby fat. She went running every morning before school and
practiced skating on the weekends. She loved running and skating
because it had always helped her to sort out her thoughts. Many
people, at times, had mistaken her for a twenty year old. Usagi
sighed. Perhaps she would go skating tomorrow. Then a sudden thought
crossed Usagi's mind. Maybe she needed a boyfriend. Someone to share
her feelings with. Someone who would understand. [[Ridiculous]] she
thought. Then sighed. She looked wistfully out her window. Many guys
had asked her out and she *did* go out with some of them, but she
never felt anything more than subtle friendship. She didn't know
what to do.  She turned off the light and went to bed. [[I wonder
what the new guy will look like...]]

**********
The next day at school...


	Usagi met up with the group at lunch. They were chatting
freely. Usa felt really out of it. She had just failed a Latin test
worth 33 percent of her final grade. Her friends knew of this and
decided to try to cheer her up.
	“Hey Usagi-chan, do you want to go get some ice cream after
school?” asked Ami, “Our treat,” she added.
	Usagi knew what they were trying to do and declined. They
looked at her in astonishment. Usagi would never turn down free
ice-cream. Usagi announced to her friends that she was going to go
skating after school. Her friends looked at Usagi in wonder. They
knew that she only went skating on weekdays if something was
troubling her. Usa got up from the table.
	“Sorry guys, I have to leave early because I have a conference
with my English teacher..” Her friends watched her go. Rei, Mina,
Mako, and Ami looked at each other.
	“Ok, what gives?" Rei questioned, “We all know that Usa
doesn't go skating unless something is really bothering her." Mina
looked up  with a thoughtful expression and replied,
	“You know what guys? She has been really quite lately, and did
you notice how she doesn't eat a thing at lunch?"
	“Well, she could just be eating really big breakfasts in the
morning," said Mako, "I know the feeling." She tapped her belly and
smiled.
	Ami shook her head.
	“I live on the same street as her and I know for a fact that
she doesn't eat breakfast because she is always running late to
school. Although she has been on time lately."
	“Well, I don't know, but we need to get to the bottom of this.
Oh geez, the bell just rang," complained Rei. They started gathering
up their belongings. Rei looked at them and added,
	“Let's meet at the park. We definitely have to find out what
is wrong with her." They all agreed and headed for their next
classes.  

**********
The same day...


	A young man with dark, roguish hair looked out a window. [[So,
this is Tokyo...]] thought Chiba Mamoru as the cab drove him
and his father to their new apartment. Cherry blossoms were
scattered all over the place, covering Tokyo in a white  blanket.
Mamoru had just moved from Paris, France with his dad. They had just
arrived that morning and they were already loving it here. They had
purchased a large apartment ahead of time, before they came to
Tokyo. Mamoru got out of the cab. His dad said that he had to run an
errand before getting home. He gave Mamoru the keys and said that
their apartment was on the tenth floor. The cab slowly pulled away.
	Mamoru looked up at the building from where he stood. It was a
great location. It was maybe a mile from school and only a couple of
miles from the best restaurants in the city. Of course he wouldn't
be walking the distance, he would be driving to school in the car
his dad was purchasing right now. He slowly arched a dark eyebrow.
He knew what his dad was doing. His dad had been interrogating him
about what kind of car he wanted, and he had been reading car
pamphlets. Mamoru sighed. His dad was great.

School.
He was to start school in three weeks. He had skipped freshman year
classes due to the fact that he was a ‘gifted’ child and went on to
sophomore classes when he was just starting high school at the age
of 14, but he had stopped school during the last months of his
junior year when his mother became ill. She died over six months
ago. He still couldn't get over the fact that she was gone. His
father thought it would be good for Mamoru to finish his studies in
Tokyo where he was born.
	Mamoru could speak both French and Japanese. It was a good
thing. He didn't have to take French in school because he had
already mastered the language. He was missing one credit from his
junior year though. It was because he stopped attending school when
his mother got sick in the last months of the school year.
Fortunately for him, the school board said that he could make up for
that credit in place of the French class. He didn't have to go
through his Junior year again. It would have been stupid to do so.
	Mamoru sighed. He had reached his destination. He was standing
in front of the double doors to him and his dad’s new furnished
apartment. Mamo was sort of curious. [[How come there were only one
set of double doors to the whole floor?]] Mamoru walked in and was
shocked. The place was enormous. [[No wonder there were only one
pair of doors! There *was* only one apartment to a floor.]]
	He had no idea that his dad had purchased such a large
apartment. It had vaulted ceilings and real works of art on the
walls. He saw that there was a comfortable living room in the main
receiving area of the house. It was done in beige tones. The main
living room was basked in yellow sunshine which made it look warm
and inviting. He looked around and found an entire sitting room
done in green and ivory tones and a dining room done in gold and
ivory. The decorator had a classic taste which he and his father
valued. There was a big kitchen done in beige and scarlet. There
were copper pots hanging from something attached to the ceiling, but
what amazed Mamoru the most about the apartment was that there were
two floors!
	[[Two floors]]
	The second floor contained another living room, but this room
was done entirely in cherry wood and was of pink and beige tones. He
found a study that was simply done in oak for his dad’s work. The
second floor also had two bedrooms and a guest bedroom. What the
guest bedroom was for, Mamoru didn't know. He looked through the
rooms and chose a room for his father done in blue and silver tones.
His father would enjoy the color scheme. He chose the room with
midnight blue and ivory hues since he fancied those colors. Also,
the other room was done in peach and ivory. Mamoru wrinkled his
nose. [[Girlie colors]] He didn't think that he would like it.
	Mamoru had no idea the place was going to be that big. He
didn't know that apartments ran this big. His family was a rich one,
but he didn’t think that he and his dad needed *two* living rooms.
Mamoru's father arrived at home and called for his son.
	“Mamoru! Mamoru come down here!," cried his father.
	Mamoru walked down the stairs toward his father.
	“Think fast.” A pair of keys landed in Mamo’s capable hands.
Mamoru looked up and smiled.
	“I got you a car and it's downstairs. You can take it out for
a spin. Just be back in time for dinner," his father told him.
	His dad was the best. He ran down the last steps of the stairs
and nearly toppled his father. He always got Mamoru little gifts to
appease him, not that a car was a small gift. Oh bother, he just
loved his dad.
	Mamo smiled once more to show his appreciation towards his
dad.
	“Thanks dad!  See ya later!" he said. Mamoru shook the keys
in front of his father and headed out the double doors of the
‘apartment’. Mamo looked at his watch as he waited for the elevator
to reach the ground floor.

**********

	Usagi walked briskly home after school. She had forgotten her
skates and couldn't go straight to the ice rink after school like
she had intended. She had to hurry or she might miss the bus. Usagi
didn't feel like walking the ten block distance.
	The ice rink was completely empty. At this time of year, all
the kids would go to a cherry tree park and have picnics or hang
out. Well, there were maybe three other people, but they were
working that day. Usagi greeted the ones that she knew and went on.
Usa put on her skates and went out onto the ice. It was so
comforting to be doing something that didn't require your brain. She
knew instinctively where to go. She glided over the ice freely. She
had put her hair into a bun so that it would not interfere with her
vision. Golden tendrils framed her face. Her sky blue eyes looked
sad, but beautifully sad. She was wearing a short white dress that
she had used for her last skating competition. She had won first
place. She smiled at the memory.

	((Bright lights attacked her eyes.. There was muffled
excitement in the air. Her eyes delightedly scanned over the crowd.
Spectators had come from all over Tokyo. Her family was in the
stands. She smiled and waved. This was her first big competition.
The Championships.. Her parents and her brother waved back and
yelled their encouragement.
	Girls her age and older skated around her in a frenzy. Their
nerves were on the brink. They wanted skate their best and win.
Usagi shook her head. [[How are they going to win if they’re
freaking out all over the place?]]
	She was up next on the ice. Well, the last actually. All the
girls had led excellent performances on the ice. Their short and
long programs were impeccable, but hers had been also. She was tied
for first with one of her old acquaintances, Beryl Barry.
	Beryl was an obnoxious red head who had made fun of Usagi when
she was first starting to skate. That was only two years ago. Beryl
was a nobody in Usa’s eyes. She was rude and not talented at all.
Beryl had been skating since she was three years of age, and she was
only now advancing to the championships. It had only taken Usagi two
years.
	Usagi looked down at her beautiful new costume. Her parents
had surprised her with the shiny outfit that morning before she had
taken her morning jog. It gave her a kind of confidence. She smiled.
[[Watch out Beryl]]
	She had competed against some of her own friends who were
excellent skaters, but she had beat them all. Her performance was
incredible. She did three triple jumps and two doubles. All
perfect.))

	Usagi entered reality and decided to try some of the jumps
that she had been practicing, but only the easy ones. She didn't
want to try the harder ones till she was warmed up. She glided over
the ice. Then she mentally slapped herself. [[Oh my.. I don't know
what I am doing. I turned down my friends and told them that I was
going skating today. They will be sure to be suspicious]]

**********

	Mamo drove around the city. He easily found the school that
was to be attending soon. Not far from there he spotted an ice rink.
Mamo was delighted. He loved to skate and joined ice skating
competitions frequently. He parked his car and entered the building.
When he entered the ice skating rink, there was no one in sight. He
had seen many people, young and old, in a park filled with cherry
trees as he drove around the city. [[I can't blame them]] he thought
to himself [[Those cherry trees are incredibly beautiful..]] What he
saw next made them horribly dim in comparison.
	He was near the skating area. Not on the ice, but in the
stands. There was a single female skater out on the ice. She skated
very well. She was also incredibly beautiful. Mamoru’s deep,
midnight blue eyes stared after the waif on the ice. Mamo didn’t
think that he had seen anyone as beautiful as her before in his
life. She wore a short white dress that complimented her body,
especially her long, graceful legs. She had a perfect ivory
complexion. She had lovely, golden hair that was pulled back in a
bun with little golden curls framing her heart-shaped face. He
couldn't see her eyes for they were closed, but he did see her face.
She had sweet pink lips and high cheek bones that were flushed with
color from the cold. She had long lashes, and then he saw them. Her
eyes. Mamo was shocked by their beauty. [[Oh gods]] Mamo thought
[[she has the most beautiful eyes that I have ever seen]] Her eyes
were a clear and innocent blue, but.. what was this?? They had an
inkling of sadness in them.  

**********

	Usagi looked up because she felt that someone was watching
her. Her breath caught in her throat. It was a man. She shook her
head. No, no, not a man.. A guy around her age who was staring at
her strangely. Usa stopped in the middle of the ice. He had been
watching her skate. Usagi skated over to the guy. He, too, was
wearing a pair of figure skates. Usagi arched her eyebrow. [[So, the
stalker-man skates]] she thought amusingly to herself.
	Mamo watched as the blonde beauty skated towards him. He
flushed. He had been watching her and she knew it. How embarrassing
is that? Mamoru went out on the ice and skated towards her. She
stopped as soon as she saw that he was going to come to her.
	[[He’s blushing]] she thought [[How cute is that? Speaking of
cute...]] Usagi looked at him. Up and down and around. He was
*gorgeous*! He was tall, fit.. and muscular. Usagi had a hard time
persuading her jaw not to hang open so that she wouldn’t drool all
over the floor. His hair was of the same coloring as Rei’s and it
suited him nicely. It fell over his eyes sexily. [[His eyes]] she
thought [[His eyes are so.. incredible..]] Usa had never been this
attracted to a guy. She was getting sort of nervous as he
approached. He smiled at her. He had a boyish grin that was ironical
to his whole appearance for he was totally sexy.
	Mamoru finally reached the mysterious girl. She was looking at
him with those wonderful sky-blue eyes. He stopped a couple of feet
away from her. He smiled bashfully.
	“Hi,” he said, “I’m sorry that I was watching you like that,
but you are an incredible skater.” [[And you also have an incredible
body]] he added slowly to himself as he looked over her once more.
	Usagi blushed. “Thank you,” she said gratefully and added,
	“I just needed a little exercise. I hadn’t realized that
someone else was in the rink. It was empty when I arrived.”
[[My-oh-my is he hot!]] screamed her brain. [[Ok Usagi]] she
instructed herself [[play it cool, you don’t want this total
stranger to think you’re odd.]]
	“That’s what I thought when I first arrived,” said Mamoru
taking Usa back to reality. He cleared his throat and added, “Then
I saw you...” and he drifted off.
	Usagi looked up at him. He was nearly a head taller than her.
She skated towards him, and the unexpected happened. She tripped.
Usagi closed her eyes, ready to feel the impact of the hard ice.
Mamoru caught her in his arms. She looked up sheepishly. Usa had to
put her arms around his waist to steady herself. Usa looked up at
him and blushed. She was hugging a guy she just met. She didn’t even
know his name. She didn’t know if he was good or bad, but she knew
that he *was* extremely hot.
	“I’m sorry,” Usagi said and then she explained, “That was so
ironic. The last time I lost my balance on the ice was when I was
fourteen years old.”
	Mamo let go of her reluctantly. She was very soft and warm and
cuddly. She fit perfectly against his body.
	“That’s perfectly all right,” Mamo replied, “It could have
happened to anyone.”
	Usagi felt all tingly. She felt very warm and then cold all of
a sudden. [[I was warm when this guy had me in his arms]] she
thought to herself. She colored and scolded herself. She just
fantasized herself in the to-die-for pose of Scarlet O’Hara when she
was being kissed by Rhett Butler, but instead Usa was Scarlet and
the devilish Rhett was this unknown. She gave her brain a mental
shake. He was saying something to her.
	“Are you okay?” he asked, “ It seemed as if you were on
another planet for a second or two..”
	She gave small laugh and replied,
	“I think I’m a little cold. Would you like to get some hot
chocolate from the Snack Place in rink?”
	Mamo accepted and went with her. They bought their hot
chocolates and sat down at one of the tables located there. They
started talking again as they drank their hot chocolates. He watched
her as she looked at the floor. [[Man, she is so lovely..]] thought
Mamoru to himself.
	Usagi could feel his eyes on her as she looked at the floor.
She looked up at him with her clear blue eyes.
	“So.. You never told me your name,” Usa said.
	“Ohh.. Ha.. My name is Chiba Mamoru, but you can call me Mamo.
What’s yours?” he asked her.
	Usagi blushed and replied,
	“My name is Tsukino Usagi, but all my friends call me Usa.”
They finished their hot chocolates and decided to skate again. They
started out by just skating around to get the feel of the ice. They
skated in the couple’s position. Usagi was feeling oddly comfortable
in Mamoru’s arms. Like it was meant to be. [[Impossible]] said her
brain [[This is just another guy who you’re just going to find
yourself being friends with. Nothing is going to happen.]] [[Oh
yah]] Usagi argued with her brain [[so why am I melting in his
arms?]]
	Usagi pulled away from Mamo. She wanted to impress him with a
couple of jumps. She did a double and a two of her favorite triple
jumps. Then she decided to *wow* him. Usagi did a perfect triple
lux, triple toe loop combination. Mamoru applauded after she did a
final pose. Usagi was delighted. That was the first time that she
had nailed the combination that she had been practicing with her
trainer.
	They started skating side-by-side again. Usagi could feel the
warmth of his body and shivered. She liked the feeling of being held
in his arms. Usagi felt Mamoru let go of her. She looked towards him
in confusion. He skated backwards and winked back at her. She smiled
at him. Mamoru began to pick up speed. He did a series of triple
jumps. Usa was immensely amazed. She had no idea that he had any
skating talent. All he had said while they were talking was that he
came to the ice skating rink once in a while. Usa clapped
enthusiastically with each jump. Usagi’s heart beat faster as she
watched Mamo gain speed for his next jump. Usagi had no clue what
jump he would attempt next. He had accomplished each and every jump
that she knew of. Usagi raised her eyebrow. [[He must have a great
stamina]] He rotated in the air. Usagi held her breath.
	“One revolution.. Two revolutions.. Three revolutions.. Four
revolutions.. Oh my gods! FOUR REVOLUTIONS!” Usagi exclaimed.
[[Mamoru just completed a quadruple jump!]] She clapped furiously
and skated over to the exhausted skater and gave him a small hug.
She could feel his hard muscles under his thin shirt. She was right.
He had a stamina. After all that he had done, he was only panting
slightly.
	“You did wonderfully Mamoru-san! I had no clue you were such
a *FANTASTIC* skater!! I can’t believe you did a quad!!” cried Usa.
	Mamo smiled ruefully and replied,
	“Nothing to it.. You’re not so bad yourself.. We should skate
together more often.” Then he paused. “Would you believe? That was
the first time that I have ever made that jump. I just had this
feeling that I would be able to finish it this time,” said Mamo
finished delightedly.
	Usagi chose this time to look at the arena’s clock. It was
seven o’clock! Usagi told her mother that she would be home by six!
She didn’t want to leave Mamo. She wanted to spend more time with
him! Oh! What was she to do? Usagi decided that it would be better
to get home as soon as possible.
	“Mamoru,” started Usagi, “I need to go home right away. I
hadn’t anticipated to stay at the rink this long.. Maybe we could
get together another time?” Usagi looked up to him hopefully.
	“I would like that very much,” said Mamoru. “I can’t meet you
tomorrow, but perhaps we could meet the day after that..”
	Usagi smiled and said, “That would be great! I’m in the book.
Till then!”
	She skated over to Mamoru and him a warm hug. With that Usagi
skated towards the stands to take off her skates. Usagi smiled. [[I
can’t believe that I actually did that!]]
	Mamoru watched as the vision of beauty glided gracefully away.
He had never met anyone like her. Mamoru thought again how perfectly
she has fit to his body. He couldn’t wait till they met again.
[[Damn that dumb physical that I have to take tomorrow!! I could
have been with Usa!]]
	The physical was for school. Mamo hadn’t asked where the
blonde beauty attended school, but he hoped to find out soon. [[Then
I would be able to see her everyday..]] A smile graced his lips.

**********

	Usagi ran out of the rink and bound for home. She was worried
about the tirade she was going to receive when she got there, but
she couldn’t get the picture of Mamoru out of her head. His jet
black hair, his boyish smile.. The way he made her feel when her
body was close to his. Usagi blushed with the sheer memory of his
touch. She wanted to stay in his arms all day long. Usagi stopped in
shock. [[What am I thinking?]] she asked herself [[I hardly know
this man and he has already stolen my heart..]] Usagi rolled her
eyes, threw back her head, and laughed. She sounded *so* corny. She
laughed as she continued running. Usagi hurried home.
	Usa smiled and sighed in relief as she finally reached her
doorstep. It had only taken her 4 minutes to run the ten blocks. She
lived in a two story house with her parents and an annoying thirteen
year old little brother, but she loved her home. Usagi entered the
house with a confused expression on her face. There was no aroma of
food floating throughout the house. Had her mother forgotten to cook
dinner? She walked through the house and was dismayed to find a man
sitting in the family’s living room.

	Usagi cleared her throat to get the person’s attention.
	“Just what are you doing here?” she asked wrathfully, ”I don’t
know you.”
	Usa’s father rushed into the room and hugged Usagi fearfully.
Usagi was confused. Her father was never worried when Usagi was
late. She looked confusedly at her father and then at the stranger
in the living room. She looked at her father again. He had released
her and was flying about the house. Tears were in his eyes. Usagi
was getting distressed. Just what was exactly happening here? Then
her father spoke.
	“Usagi, darling,” he started as he grabbed his coat, “your
mother and brother were in a car accident. A co-worker of your
mother’s came to the house to tell us this information.”
	Usa looked at the man again. Now she remembered. He worked
with her mother and he had even come to dinner once. Her father
continued with the story.
	“Your mother wasn’t at work this morning so he called her cell
phone. Someone answered her cell phone from the hospital and said
that she had been in a car accident. I was using the computer so the
hospital couldn’t get through to the house phone. Come on now! We
have no time to lose! Let’s get to the hospital!”
	Usagi dropped her skates on the floor and ran to the door that
her father had left open. The man was getting into his own car.
Usa’s father thanked him again for coming to the house and telling
them of the accident. Usagi and her father raced towards the
hospital.
	Usagi couldn’t believe that this was happening. How could her
mother and brother be in the *hospital*? Usa shivered at the word.
She hated hospitals ever since her father nearly died of a heart
attack. They weren’t sure whether he was going to make it or not.
Usagi prayed to the gods as her father raced towards the hospital.

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	That’s all for now kiddies! I’d like to thank Moondreams for
her encouragement on this story! I don’t think that I would have had
the guts to post this without her! Please help me thank her by
checking out her site: www.angelfire.com/va2/dreams. She’s a
fantastic fanfic author! You can also check out some other authors
that I truly admire. Tapestry: www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/5879
and LadyStarra and Alicia Blade: www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Spa/4410.
Their site is under construction, so the links may be messed up.
Anyhoo, if you have any comments at all, *PLEASE* email me at
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WOA.. I talk *way* too much.. Good tidings little ones!  Luvs and
Hugs, and have a *GREAT* day.. ^_^  Until next chapter!