this isn't my story folks. i'm posting it for some friends
so send all your comments to: amazonessduo@hotmail.com.

This is a Sekkushiaru Roman, which means it is a romance story that 
contains a lot of adult themes. This is for mature readers only. We 
don't own any of the characters in this, Toei, Naoko Takeuchi and 
assorted other people do. This is based on the anime, though the idea 
that they are a couple was hinted at in the manga. We're trying to 
make this fit with the anime, so we've tried to work out the ages as 
well. We're guessing that ChibiUsa and Hotaru were 8 when she left 
during Sailor Stars (if anyone knows how old they really are please 
tell us). ChibiUsa then spent four years in Crystal Tokyo and came 
back to the past at the age of 12. Hotaru had reaged to the apperant 
age of 12 during the time that ChibiUsa was gone. Hotaru started to 
age normally after that.
	This is a little over three years after Sailor Stars. ChibiUsa & 
Hotaru are 15. Usagi and the Inner Senshi are 19 (They were 16 at 
the end of Sailor Stars). Mamoru was about 20 in Sailor Stars, so he 
is 23 now. Michiru & Haruka are 20 and Setsuna is in her early 20's 
(it was never explained how old she was in the anime so, if anyone 
knows her age we would really appreciate any help). If there are any 
important characters we've missed with their ages, please let us know. 
This is a Sekkushiaru Roman which means that this is a romantic story 
that involves adult material.
	It is a love story between ChibiUsa and Hotaru. It takes place 
about a year before our story "I Love You, Hotaru". This is our 
version of Hotaru and ChibiUsa falling in love (that's not entirely true. 
They've been best friends and very close for a long time, so they fell in 
love over the years. This story is about them realizing their feelings for 
each other). This story was inspired by the story "ChibiUsa No Pyua 
Na Kokoro" by Andrea Doolan. It's a beautiful romance story about 
ChibiUsa & Hotaru. This story came about because we wanted to try 
our hand at getting Hotaru and ChibiUsa together, so hopefully we 
can do them justice. They make such a great couple and we wanted 
to explore how they might have gotten together in the present day. 
We write for two reasons. 1 Because we genuinely love to write and 
2 we hope that other people enjoy what we write.
	We love to hear from people and what they thought of our 
stories or what stories they'd like us to write so we're taking a poll 
right now. We'd like to know what characters you'd like to see us use 
in our hentai stories or Sekkushiaru Romans. We'd also like to know 
who Seiya and Taiki should get with. Any ideas for a Setsuna fic 
whether a hentai story or a Sekkushiaru Roman? Any ideas for some 
of the characters we've already written (I.E. the Witches 5, the 
Amazoness Quartet,  the Animamates, the Starlights, etc...)? That's 
about it. If you have any other ideas, please e-mail us at: 
amazonessduo@hotmail.com.

Sorry for such a long authors' note. We just felt like we had a lot to 
say this time around. Thanks. ^_^

                         Aishiteru, ChibiUsa
                        By: The Amazoness Duo

        Hotaru stood outside of the house she shared with the three 
other outer senshi waiting for ChibiUsa to show up. 
        "Aren't you a little too old to have a sleep over?" asked Haruka 
as she leaned against the side of the house.
        "Oh, leave her alone, Haruka. They've been sleeping over at 
each other's houses since they were little kids. I think its cute that they 
still do things like that," said Michiru as she stepped outside. 
        "I know, Michiru. I just like to give her a hard time about her 
little girlfriend," said Haruka. She put her arms around Michiru and the 
two kissed.
        "She's not my girlfirend," said Hotaru. "We're just best friends." 
'Just because they're gay doesn't mean I am. Even though ChibiUsa's 
nice, my best friend, cheerful, cute, sexy, I love spending time with 
her... What was I thinking?!' Hotaru shook her head to clear that line 
of thought. 'ChibiUsa's just my best friend.'
        Finally, Michiru and Haruka broke the kiss. "Are you two 
ready?" asked Setsuna, standing in the doorway. 
        "Ready for what?" replied Haruka.
        "Michiru and I were going to go see a movie. ChibiUsa and 
Hotaru are old enough to watch themselves. Do you want to go?" 
asked Setsuna.
        "Sure," said Haruka, slightly disappointed. She had wanted to 
take Michiru out to a nice romantic dinner. 
        "Okay, good. Wait here, I've got to go get my jacket," said 
Michiru. She kissed Haruka and then walked back inside with 
Setsuna.
        "You'll be okay with us gone, right?" asked Haruka.
        "I'll be fine. I'm 15 years old," said Hotaru.
        Haruka smiled at the younger girl. "Yeah, you'll be fine. We 
shouldn't be gone too long anyway."
        "Oh, good. It's ChibiUsa." Hotaru said as she started to wave to 
the pink haired girl walking towaards the house. "Hi, ChibiUsa!"
        "She's cute, isn't she?" asked Haruka.
        "Yeah, she is," said Hotaru. Hotaru blushed a deep crimson 
when she realized what she had said. "I mean cute in a friendly way," 
she said nervously.
        "Don't worry. I won't tell anybody how you feel about her," 
Haruka said just as Michiru and Setsuna came out of the house. They 
waved to Hotaru as they walked towards the car. Hotaru wondered 
to herself how she felt about ChibiUsa.
        "Hi, Hotaru. Where are they going?" asked ChibiUsa as she 
walked up to her best friend and hugged her.
        "Hi ChibiUsa. They're going to a movie. Let's go upstairs. You 
can leave your stuff there and then we can decide what to do," said 
Hotaru. They walked inside. Hotaru grabbed ChibiUsa's hand and the 
two girls ran upstairs.
        ChibiUsa had always liked Hotaru's room. It felt so.... romantic. 
She couldn't really explain it any other way. It was fairly dark even 
with all of the lamps Hotaru had collected. ChibiUsa set her backpack 
on the bed and followed Hotaru back downstairs. 
        They talked for hours, enjoying each other's company. They 
didn't even notice the sky outside darkening as it got later. Both girls 
heard a small rumbling sound. ChibiUsa blushed. It had been her 
stomach.
        Hotaru laughed. "Your hungry, aren't you, ChibiUsa? I hadn't 
noticed how late it was getting. Michiru-mama, Setsuna-mama, and 
Haruka-papa will probably be back soon, but we might as well get 
our own dinner." 
        "That sounds good. I skipped lunch today since Usagi was 
cooking," said ChibiUsa as she followed Hotaru into the kitchen. They 
looked around to find something to eat. They couldn't find anything 
that looked appetizing.
        "There's nothing to eat..." said ChibiUsa as she closed the 
refrigerator.
        "Don't worry. I'll cook," ChibiUsa looked at Hotaru skeptically. 
"It's okay. Setsuna-mama taught me how to cook a few things. It 
shouldn't take too long," finished Hotaru. She told ChibiUsa what she 
needed and the two girls started looking for the ingredients.

        "That looks great. Thanks, Hotaru. I was starving," said 
ChibiUsa as she looked in the oven.
        Hotaru smiled at ChibiUsa. "I hope you like it," she said as she 
tried to find glasses for the two of them.
        "I think it's done," said ChibiUsa. She opened the oven and 
reached in. ChibiUsa yelled and pulled back her hand. 
        "ChibiUsa!" Hotaru rushed over to her friend. ChibiUsa had 
tears in her eyes as she held her hand. Hotaru gently held onto 
ChibiUsa's hand. She had burned herself when she had tried to get 
their dinner out of the oven. Hotaru concentrated as she held 
ChibiUsa's hand. The burn started to fade. "How's that, ChibiUsa?"
        "It still hurts," said ChibiUsa as she tried to flex her hand.
        "Wait right here," Hotaru ran off. She came back with a first aid 
kit. She grabbed ChibiUsa's hand again and started to bandage it. 
"Done," said Hotaru. She looked at ChibiUsa. "You scared me. I hate 
to see you hurt." 
        ChibiUsa blinked away the tears of pain. She and Hotaru looked 
into each others eyes. Both girls started to lean closer to each other. 
Just as they were about to kiss, they heard a door close. They pulled 
away, neither quite sure about what had been about to happen.
        "We're home," Setsuna shouted as they walked in the front door. 
"You two have fun  while we were gone?" she asked.
        "Yeah, we did," said Hotaru. "How was the movie?"
        "It was great," said Michiru. "It was very romantic."
        "Next time we'll go watch an action movie. Then I won't have to 
be reminded of how alone we all are, or in my case, how alone I am. 
That and the sweet couple here," she said, indicating Haruka and 
Michiru, "kissing the whole time just helped me realize that it's been a 
thousand odd years and I 
still don't have anyone. On that note, I'm going to bed. Good night." 
Setsuna walked off towards her room. The other girls sweat-
dropped. 
        "I hope she's doing okay," said ChibiUsa.
        "Yeah. That was kind of scary," said Hotaru.
        "It's late. Maybe you two should go to bed," said Michiru.
        Hotaru yawned. "Yeah, it is getting late. Come on, ChibiUsa."
        "Good night," said Haruka.

        Both girls washed up and got ready for bed. ChibiUsa was 
rumaging through her backpack for her night shirt. She glanced to her 
left and saw Hotaru's clothes on the floor. She looked up and saw 
Hotaru pulling on her nightie. Her gaze slowly went higher as she 
looked at her best friend's nude
body. The moonlight from the open window splashed across Hotaru's 
body. She tried to avert her gaze but she was entranced. Hotaru was 
beautiful. ChibiUsa and Hotaru had changed in front of each other 
before. Why was this so different? 
        "ChibiUsa, are you okay?" asked Hotaru.
        "I...I'm fine," said ChibiUsa as she looked away, blushing. She 
found her night shirt and walked to another room to change. She 
started to unbutton her blouse when she heard something behind her. 
She turned around to see that 
Hotaru had followed her. She was looking at ChibiUsa questioningly.
        "What are you doing?" asked Hotaru. She was wondering why 
ChibiUsa had walked off.
        "I'm just changing," said ChibiUsa defensively. She didn't really 
have a reason why she had gone to change in another room. She 
never had before. She decided to change quickly. If she kept trying to 
get Hotaru out, she might get suspicious. 'Suspicous of what?' thought 
ChibiUsa. She
pulled the half unbuttoned blouse over her head. The shirt got caught 
when it was around her head. Hotaru giggled lightly as she walked 
over to help her friend.
        ChibiUsa turned to face her when she heard her footsteps. "I'm 
stuck," she said simply.
        Hotaru stifled another giggle. "Here, let me help you. It's caught 
on one of your odango." She brought her hands up and started to 
unbutton the shirt the rest of the way. She smiled as ChibiUsa's face 
came into view. ChibiUsa looked emberassed for needing Hotaru to 
help take her shirt off. 
"Don't worry, ChibiUsa. When you have an intricate hair style like 
your odango, something like that's bound to happen sooner or later. 
You should let your hair down before you go to sleep, anyway."
        "Do you think so?" asked ChibiUsa.
        "Of course," said Hotaru. Since she was only slightly taller than 
ChibiUsa, she stood on her on the tips of her toes and started to undo 
her odango. She could smell the scent of her hair. After some of the 
things that had happened that day, just breathing in the scent of 
ChibiUsa's hair calmed her. Finally she finished and took a step away. 
"There, done," she
said. 
        ChibiUsa looked into a mirror on the wall. Her pink hair 
cascaded lightly down. It reached just below her bare shoulders. She 
saw Hotaru behind her in the mirror.
        "How do I look?" asked ChibiUsa.
        "Gorgeous," Hotaru murmured more to herself than to ChibiUsa. 
"You look great."
        "Thanks, Hotaru," said ChibiUsa. She looked at Hotaru and 
followed her gaze downward. She saw that she was only wearing her 
bra and her skirt. Both girls blushed immensely. ChbiUsa pulled her 
skirt off and grabbed the night shirt, dressing as quickly as possible. 
ChibiUsa turned around
when she was done, but Hotaru was already gone. She picked up her 
clothes and walked back to Hotaru's room. Hotaru was on her bed 
reading. She put her clothes in the backpack. 
        "What are you reading?" asked ChibiUsa.
        "Some poetry. It's interesting," answered Hotaru. She lifted up 
the blanket. "You should ge in. It's getting pretty cold tonight." 
ChibiUsa climbed under the blankets. 
        "Do you still like Helios?" Hotaru asked.
        "Where'd that come from?" replied ChibiUsa.
        "I was just wondering," said Hotaru. "It has been seven years 
since you've seen him."
        ChibiUsa thought for a moment. "I don't know. Back then I 
knew I had to protect him. I don't really know if there was anything 
between us in the first place. And by now he's probably forgotten 
about me, so I shouldn't worry about it."
        "How could he forget about you? You're beautiful, charming, 
sweet..." Hotaru's voice trailed off.
        "Thanks, but I'm sure Helios didn't think of me like that," said 
ChibiUsa.
        "If he didn't see you like that, then he must not have known you 
very well," replied Hotaru. 
        "ChibiUsa? Are you awake?" asked Hotaru some time later. She 
turned over and looked at ChibiUsa. Hotaru smiled lightly. ChibiUsa 
had fallen asleep while they had been talking. Hotaru pulled the 
blanket up higher on ChibiUsa.
Hotaru fell asleep several minutes later.

        Sunlight filtered in through the window onto the two sleeping 
girls. ChibiUsa rolled over onto Hotaru. Hotaru's arms encircled 
ChibiUsa's waist. ChibiUsa slowly opened her eyes when she felt the 
arms around her. Her vision
started to clear as she looked at Hotaru. She panicked and tried to 
pull away. Both girls tumbled off of the bed. 
        "Owww..." Hotaru opened her eyes when she hit the floor. Her 
arms were pinned at the small of ChibiUsa's back. Their faces were 
mere inches apart. Their legs were intertwined beneath the blankets, 
with one of Hotaru's legs between ChibiUsa's. ChibiUsa's hands were 
pressed up against Hotaru's breasts. Her hands were caught between 
both of their bodies. Hotaru's nipples brushed ChibiUsa's palms 
through the thin fabric of her nightie. Both girls looked deep into each 
other's eyes. Something was partially obscuring Hotaru's vision. 
ChibiUsa pushed Hotaru up slightly with one hand and brought her 
other hand to Hotaru's forehead. Both girls blushed furiously and got 
into sitting positions.
	"What is it?" asked Hotaru nervously.
        "It's a Post-It note," said ChibiUsa, feigning a great amount of 
interest in the piece of paper. ChibiUsa gave Hotaru the note.
        "It says, 'Hi, Hotaru! You and ChibiUsa are home alone with an 
axe-murderer.'" Both girls looked at each other for a moment. "'Just 
kidding. Michiru, Haruka, and I went shopping. We'll be back around 
noon. Have fun, you two. Love, Setsuna'. That's strange. I guess we'll 
see them later," said Hotaru.
        Both girls sat in silence for several minutes. At the very least, 
they had had a very emberassing way to wake up. At the most, it was 
far more significant.
        "ChibiUsa, would you like some breakfast?" asked Hotaru, 
breaking the tense moment.
        ChibiUsa smiled at her best friend 'And nothing more,' she 
thought to herself. "That would be great."
	Both girls walked downstairs. Hotaru found some food 
Setsuna had left for them. The both sat down at the table, still a bit 
uneasy after what had happened that morning. They ate in relative 
silence, trying to keep up a small conversation. When they finished 
eating, ChibiUsa and Hotaru cleaned up the food and dishes.
        "I'm going to change my clothes. I'll be back in a minute," said 
ChibiUsa. She walked back to Hotaru's room. She slumped down on 
the floor near the foot of Hotaru's bed. "What am I going to do? 
Hotaru's my best friend. I can't be in love with her. I can't," she said, 
not knowing she had spoken out loud. Hotaru stood in the doorway, 
stunned by what she had heard.
        "Aishiteru, ChibiUsa," said Hotaru as she walked into the room.
        "Hotaru?" ChibiUsa looked at Hotaru. Hotaru sat by ChibiUsa. 
She gently laid her hand upon ChibiUsa's.
        "ChibiUsa, you've been there for me when no one else was. You 
were there for me whenever I needed you. You cared when no one 
else did. We've been friends for a long time now, but during that time 
I coudn't help but fall in love with you," Hotaru's voice was heavy with 
emotion. Tears were running down her face.
        "Hotaru," ChibiUsa grabbed the other girl and pulled her into an 
embrace. "I hadn't realized how important you were to me before 
today. I remember the hardest part of going back to the future was 
that I thought I'd never see you again. I couldn't wait to see you when 
I came back to the past. I fell in love with you during all this time, too. 
I love you, Hotaru."
        "It's strange. We're both girls, but its like fate we met," said 
Hotaru between sobs as she held onto ChibiUsa. ChibiUsa brought 
her hand to Hotaru's chin and lifted her head up. Hotaru saw that 
ChibiUsa had tears in her eyes as well. Both girls leaned toward each 
other. Their lips brushed together lightly at first. They kissed 
passionately as they let go of all of the pent up emotions they had had 
over each other. ChibiUsa ran a hand through Hotaru's hair. Hotaru 
placed her hand on the side of ChibiUsa's face and gently started to 
caress her cheek. They finally broke the kiss after what seemed like 
hours. ChibiUsa's cheeks had a rosey blush to them. 
        "ChibiUsa, don't be embaressed. There's nothing wrong with 
this. We're in love. That's all that matters," Hotaru said, realizing how 
right those words sounded. All that really mattered to her was 
ChibiUsa.
        "I know, Hotaru. It's just weird finding out that you're in love 
with your best friend," said ChibiUsa. 
        "I'm going through the same thing. Don't worry. Just think about 
it this way. We won't have to go through that awkward part of the 
relationship where you have to find out everything about the person," 
said Hotaru.
        ChibiUsa laughed. Hotaru smiled. She loved to hear the pink 
haired girl laugh. They both sat on the edge of the bed. "I don't know 
what's going to happen, but it doesn't matter as long as I'm with you," 
said Hotaru as she rested a hand on ChibiUsa's thigh. 
        ChibiUsa brushed some strands of hair away from Hotaru's 
eyes. "I'll be with you forever, Hotaru," said ChibiUsa. 
        The two girls leaned into another kiss. Hotaru started to caress 
ChibiUsa's inner thigh. Hotaru gently pushed ChibiUsa back onto the 
bed. ChibiUsa cupped Hotaru's breasts through the thin fabric of her 
nightie. Hotaru's hand traveled farther up ChibiUsa's bare leg. 
ChibiUsa felt Hotaru's body atop her own. She pulled Hotaru's nightie 
slowly down past her waist. Hotaru slid the nightie the rest of the way 
off, past her supple legs and onto the floor. ChibiUsa blushed. She 
was looking at Hotaru's body in a way she never had before. Before 
she had always thought of her as a friend. Now she thought of her as 
the most beautiful girl she had ever seen.
	ChibiUsa felt the heat between her legs rising as she felt 
Hotaru's naked form against her own lightly clothed body. They 
kissed as their bodies pressed together. ChibiUsa brought her hands 
up to the bare skin of Hotaru's breasts. Hotaru's nipples were pressed 
against ChibiUsa's palms. Hotaru reached under the bottom of 
ChibiUsa's night shirt. She pulled ChibiUsa's panties down and off. 
The panties fell on the floor next to Hotaru's nightie. Hotaru's hand slid 
back under the night shirt. She felt ChibiUsa's soft curves against her 
hand. She felt the rising swell of ChibiUsa's breasts as her hand went 
higher. With her other hand, she brushed gently across ChibiUsa's 
vagina, causing the pink haired girl to shudder slightly from the new 
sensation. Hotaru brought both hands up and pulled ChibiUsa's night 
shirt off. Since ChibiUsa's hair was still down, it was easy to pull off. 
Both girls looked up and down the others body.
	ChibiUsa's cheeks were flushed from the sensation of 
Hotaru's naked body atop her own. Hotaru's hand tickled ChibiUsa's 
inner thigh. One of ChibiUsa's hands fondled one of Hotaru's breasts 
while her other hand ran up and down Hotaru's back. Hotaru's hand 
brushed against ChibiUsa's vagina again. This time her fingers lingered 
there. She started to rub ChibiUsa's inner lips. She could smell 
ChibiUsa's musky scent as she slid a finger into ChibiUsa. ChibiUsa 
pinched one of Hotaru's nipples. Hotaru rubbed her thumb over 
ChibiUsa's clitoris. ChibiUsa moaned as she felt Hotaru slide another 
finger into her vagina. ChibiUsa's love juices started running down her 
upper thighs and onto the bed. ChibiUsa felt Hotaru push her fingers 
deeper inside her. Hotaru continued to stroke ChibiUsa's clitoris. 
ChibiUsa started to move her hips along with Hotaru's fingers. 
        "Ohhhh...Hota..Hotaru..." ChibiUsa moaned Hotaru's name. 
ChibiUsa reached orgasm as she felt Hotaru kissing along her neck 
and shoulder.Hotaru felt ChibiUsa's muscles tense as she orgasmed.
        ChibiUsa kissed Hotaru. "Oh, thank you, Hotaru. That felt so 
good."
        Hotaru brought a hand up to the side of ChibiUsa's face and 
smiled. "I love you, ChibiUsa. That was just one way of showing it." 
Both girls kissed again. 
        ChibiUsa rolled over so that she was on top of Hotaru. 
ChibiUsa kissed Hotaru's shoulder and traveled down to one of her 
breasts. ChibiUsa licked the top of Hotaru's breast. She brought her 
mouth farther down to Hotaru's pebble-like nipple. She ran her 
tongue across the nipple and then started to suck on it. ChibiUsa 
brought her head to Hotaru's other breast and repeated sucking on 
her nipple. Hotaru moaned as she felt ChibiUsa start moving 
downward. She ran her hands through ChibiUsa's hair, feeling the 
strands between her fingers. ChibiUsa ran her tongue across Hotaru's 
stomach, stopping at her belly button for several seconds before 
moving on. ChibiUsa could smell Hotaru's arousal as her face paused 
just above Hotaru's clit.
	ChibiUsa gently licked Hotaru's upper thigh. ChibiUsa 
brought her hand up and used two fingers to hold her vagina open, so 
she could gain further access to Hotaru. ChibiUsa licked Hotaru's 
inner lips. Hotaru panted as she continued to run her hands through 
ChibiUsa's hair. ChibiUsa's tongue went deeper into Hotaru, emitting 
a moan from the other girl. ChibiUsa went further up and licked 
Hotaru's clitoris. She brought her mouth to Hotaru's clitoris and 
started to suck on her pearl. She brought her hand up across Hotaru's 
leg and started caressing her inner thigh. Hotaru felt ChibiUsa's tongue 
wash over her. ChibiUsa's hand went farther up from Hotaru's thigh to 
her sheath. ChibiUsa pushed a finger up to the first knuckle into 
Hotaru. Hotaru reached orgasm as she felt ChibiUsa add another 
finger. ChibiUsa got up and crawled back by Hotaru. Hotaru put her 
arms around ChibiUsa as they laid in the bed.They kissed once more 
as they lay, looking into each others eyes.
        "I love you, ChibiUsa," said Hotaru as she looked at the other 
girls lovely face.
        ChibiUsa sighed contentedly. "I love you, too, Hotaru," replied 
ChibiUsa as she looked into Hotaru's purple eyes. 
        "We better go take a shower, before everyone get's home," said 
Hotaru.
        "What time is it now?" asked ChibiUsa worriedly.
        "It's almost ten. They said they'd be home by noon, so we have 
plenty of time to take a long, relaxing shower," said Hotaru.
        "Whatever could you mean?" asked ChibiUsa, feigning 
innocence. Both girls giggled. 
        "You start the water. I'll take care of the sheets and our clothes," 
said Hotaru. 
        "Okay, that sounds good," said ChibiUsa. She kissed Hotaru 
lightly on the lips before walking toward the bathroom. Hotaru 
changed her sheets and packed ChibiUsa's clothes in her backpack. 
By the time she got to the bathroom, ChibiUsa was already in the 
shower. Hotaru came up behind ChibiUsa and put her arms around 
her waist. ChibiUsa was a bit startled, but relaxed into the embrace. 
        "How did I never notice how beautiful you are?" asked ChibiUsa 
as Hotaru stepped under the shower head.
        Hotaru smiled. "Thanks, ChibiUsa. I've had strong feelings for 
you for a long time now. I just never expressed it as love. I always 
thought of it as friendship. I thought you were cute since the first time 
we met."
        "When we met, you were twelve and I was eight," said 
ChibiUsa.
        "You were a very cute little girl, then," said Hotaru. She got a 
wistful look in her eyes. "What a romantic way to meet. I managed to 
catch your hat before it flew away and you saved me from a daemon. 
Too bad it took years for anything to happen."
        "Yeah, but we were really young back then. It had to take years 
for us both to grow up," said ChibiUsa.
        "I know," said Hotaru. "I just wonder why it took us both so 
long to realise anything. We've been best friends for over three years."
        "Actually, I was wondering about that," said ChibiUsa. "From 
some of the things you said a while ago I was wondering how you felt 
about me. I'd only think about it for a couple seconds before getting 
rid of the idea, but now it makes more since."
        Hotaru looked puzzled. "What did I say?"
         ChibiUsa blushed. "Well, one time you and I were walking to 
school and Usagi showed up. We were holding hands at the time and 
she said she thought that we were getting a little to friendly. You 
replied by saying that it's okay to hold hands and didn't she and 
Mamoru hold hands."
        "Ohhh, yeah, that." Hotaru smiled at ChibiUsa. "I guess I always 
knew I loved you, if only on a subconscious level."
        "And the time you were calling my friends Ruruna and Naruru 
bimbos when they said I was their best friend," continued ChibiUsa.
        "I got really attached to you. You were my first and best friend. 
And they were bimbos," said Hotaru.
        "And the time you and I danced together at Usagi and Mamoru's 
wedding," ChibiUsa smiled at the memory.
        "Well, at the time, I thought it was just because there weren't 
many boys there and none of them had asked us, but looking back on 
it, I did want to dance with you that day," replied Hotaru.
        ChibiUsa hugged her. "Oh, good. I liked dancing with you, too, 
Hotaru." They lathered each other up and washed off together. 
Hotaru grabbed a towel when they got out of the shower and started 
to dry ChibiUsa off. ChibiUsa dried Hotaru when she was finished. 
The girls walked out of the bathroom holding hands. They went back 
to Hotaru's room and helped each other get dressed. They sat on the 
bed in silence for a while.
        "I'm kind of worried," ChibiUsa said suddenly.
        "What about?" asked Hotaru.
        "Just different things. First, how are we going to tell everyone. I 
want to tell my mom and dad, but I don't really think about Usagi and 
Mamoru as my parents yet. Another is that I'm from the future. I 
haven't even been born yet. And last, I'm the princess of Crystal 
Tokyo. After I take over, I have to have an heir," said ChibiUsa.
        Hotaru held ChibiUsa in her arms. "Whatever happens, we'll be 
together. I love you. You're all that matters to me. Things will work 
out. And I'll be there with you no matter what happens."
        Both girls leaned into a passionate kiss, holding each other and 
wishing the moment would never end.

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Well, we hope you all enjoy this story. Sorry it took so long to get 
out, but our personal lives interfered a lot. We hope to get back to 
writing more this week. We're gonna try to address some of ChibiUsa 
and Hotaru's problems (What ChibiUsa was talking about at the end) 
in later stories. If you have any ideas for ChibiUsa and Hotaru, please 
write us.