Konnichiwa Minna-san,

Yes, here we are again. ACS II is complete. So time for the next story.

Here is the first part of "Tuxedo" Will's and my latest story "Just Wishful
Thinking". We hope you enjoy it. Comments are always welcomed. If you want
to read any of our other stories or see some of the fanart for them provided
by our talented artists, please go to our site at the URL below. So without
further adieu...


Just Wishful Thinking
By Douglas Helm and "Tuxedo" Will Wolfshohl.


Authors' Foreword (August 2000)

This story is a result of wanting to write a story with Momoko in it.
After writing it and reviewing it, we found that it played upon a few of
our key concepts that typically run through our stories. Namely that
Chibi-Usa is fairly close to Usagi and that Usagi thinks about a family
for Makoto. Momoko's surname (Mamohara) comes from the manga.

Those characters that are original and the story "Just Wishful Thinking"
are copyrighted (c) 2000 by Douglas Helm and Will Wolfshohl.

This story and our other Sailor Moon stories reside at
http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/traveller/861/

Send comments to: Douglas Helm (dhelm@log.on.ca) or
"Tuxedo" Will (wwolfshohl@logicon.com)

Rating: PG


Chapter 1 - Mommy

One Sunday afternoon, Tsukino Ikuko walked to the bottom of the stairs
and called up, "Chibi-Usa-chan!" When there was no response, she yelled
in a louder voice, "Chibi-Usa! Come down here please!" There was a
thumping of feet and after a few moments, Ikuko's niece Chibi-Usa
appeared at the top of the stairs. As the eight-year-old bound down the
steps, her pigtails of luxurious strawberry-blonde hair bounced up and
down.

"Hai Ikuko-mama?" Chibi-Usa asked.

"Young lady," Ikuko said seriously, "I want to speak with you." She then
motioned for Chibi-Usa to follow her. As Ikuko moved off down the hall,
the child gave her a worried look but followed her aunt. "Have a seat,"
she said as they entered the dining room. Once Chibi-Usa had done so,
Ikuko sat down and gave her niece a warm smile. "You aren't in trouble,
Chibi-Usa-chan, but I have something serious to talk about."

"What is it, Ikuko-mama?" Chibi-Usa asked. She was certainly glad she
wasn't in trouble.

"Momoko's parents have invited your oji and I to go to a hot springs
over the long weekend next weekend. Now they agreed to let Momoko stay
over here while we're gone, but only if Usagi will be in charge."
Chibi-Usa, who had been grinning at the prospect of having her friend
over for three nights, suddenly lost her smile.

"I don't need a babysitter, Ikuko-mama," Chibi-Usa declared and then
muttered out, "But Usagi might need one."

Apparently, Ikuko heard the last comment because she said, "That's what
I was going to speak with you about, Chibi-Usa-chan. I don't mind Momoko
staying here but I won't allow it if I don't think you'll listen to
Usagi." Chibi-Usa pouted slightly. "Momoko's mother and I already have
babysitters lined up for next weekend if Usagi looking after you two
won't work out. But that means Momoko won't be staying here."

The little girl gave this some thought. Sure, she and Momoko had
sleepovers on occasion but those were only a one night affair. This was
a rare opportunity. "So Usagi would be in charge?" Ikuko nodded. After a
little more thought, Chibi-Usa declared, "I'll try to be good."

Ikuko smiled. "Usagi is quite adept at handling your misbehavior. That
lecture she gave you last night was proof of that."

Chibi-Usa winced, "You heard that?"

"I think the entire country heard it," Ikuko replied, "I just want you
to know that when Usagi's in charge, she makes the rules. Think you can
handle that?"

Chibi-Usa slid from her chair and moving to stand beside Ikuko gave her
aunt a hug. "Ikuko-mama, me and Usagi get along. You think we fight a
lot, ne?"

"I hear those fights, young lady." Chibi-Usa gave her a sheepish grin.
"So do I have your promise that you'll behave for Usagi?"

"Hai!" Chibi-Usa replied.

"All right, I'll phone Momoko's mother then."

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Chibi-Usa cheered while giving her
aunt a large hug.

                                  - -

The following Friday found the entrance hall to the Tsukino home overly
crowded. Present were the entire Tsukino family along with Mr. and Mrs.
Mamohara, Momoko's parents, and Momoko herself.

"Shingo," Ikuko began, "Do you have everything?" When her son nodded,
she said, "All right, now you have a good weekend and behave yourself."

"Promise Mom," Shingo replied. He endured the hug and kiss from his
mother with good grace before slipping out of the house.

"Well, girls, it looks like you'll have the house all to yourselves,"
Kenji announced, "Just try to keep it in one piece." Chibi-Usa and Usagi
protested this admonishment. "I know, I know," he said with a chuckle
before he gave both his daughter and niece a hug and a kiss.

"Do you have the phone numbers?" Ikuko asked Usagi, "And the money?"

"Hai," Usagi said, "And I taped the numbers by the phone so I wouldn't
lose them."

"Well, I think we're set then," Ikuko declared as she gave her luggage
one more check.

"Momo-chan, do you have everything?" Momoko's father asked. Momoko
nodded. She was standing on the first step beside Chibi-Usa. "Now
Usagi-san," he stated, turning to the teen, "I want you to treat Momoko
just like you would Chibi-Usa."

"That's cruel and unusual punishment for ya," Chibi-Usa commented.

Even before Usagi could react, Ikuko had snagged Chibi-Usa's arm and had
marched the little girl down the hall to the first floor bathroom. They
entered it and the door was firmly shut behind them. A silence fell over
the entrance hall as they listened. Nothing could be heard though. After
a few moments, Ikuko came out, gave her jacket a tweak, and walked back
down the hall.

"Now as I was saying..." Mr. Mamohara began.

"Don't worry, sir," Usagi promised, "I'll be fair to both of them." He
seemed satisfied with this statement because he nodded.

Eventually, both sets of parents left leaving Momoko and Usagi looking
at each other. After a few moments, Chibi-Usa stuck her head out of the
bathroom and asked, "Are they gone?"

"Hai," Momoko chirped with a giggle, her violet eyes twinkling with
amusement. She brushed a strand of chestnut brown hair out of her face.

Chibi-Usa padded down the hall and apologized to Usagi, "Gomen,
Usagi-san, I didn't mean it."

"I know, Chibi-Usa-chan. I hope Mom wasn't too hard on you."

The little girl perked up a little. "No, Onee-chan," she rarely called
Usagi that unless she was getting along with the older girl, and she had
been for the past week or more. Their relationship was still rocky but
occasionally Usagi was pretty cool; that and they cared for each other
although neither would openly admit it. "Can we go to the park?"

"Sure," Usagi agreed, "But be back in an hour. I'm gonna order us pizza.
What do you want on yours?"

"Pizza?" Chibi-Usa said, "What are we gonna have tomorrow?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out," Usagi replied.

"Kami-sama, we better eat a lot tonight, Momo-chan. We'll be hungry
tomorrow." Momoko giggled a little. This weekend would certainly be fun.

                                 - -

The remainder of Friday evening passed uneventfully. Momoko, who had
been a little shy for some unexplained reason, warmed up and became the
active little girl that Usagi knew. Most of the time, Chibi-Usa and
Momoko spent their time together in Chibi-Usa's room. Usagi had a
bedtime snack ready for them and even read them a story, which surprised
her. Typically, Chibi-Usa wasn't interested in stories if Momoko was
spending the night but this night seemed different.

At a little past eleven-thirty, after listening to her favorite radio
program, Usagi came out of her room. She paused then listened, she
thought she had heard giggling. Turning, she went downstairs to check to
make sure everything was settled for the night. As Usagi softly climbed
the stairs again, she heard a sound that was definitely a giggle. Softly
padding down the hallway to the bottom of the stairs that led up into
Chibi-Usa's attic bedroom, she listened.

"Shhh..." Momoko warned softly, "Chibi-Usa-chan, you'll wake up Usagi."

"Oh, Momo-chan, don't be such a baby," Chibi-Usa chided her friend,
"Usagi might bark but she's got no bite." Usagi didn't know whether to
be insulted because her own daughter saw her as a pushover or that she
was being compared to a dog.

"You really don't like Usagi, ne?"

"I do so!" Chibi-Usa said sharply. Usagi's eyebrows shot up to her
hairline. The little girl sounded almost angry. "I wouldn't want
anything to ever happen to her." Usagi moved away, feeling guilty that
she was listening into a private conversation.

Later on, she went back up and found both girls fast asleep. Chibi-Usa's
hair, having been taken down for the night, cascaded over her pillow;
Momoko's hair barely reached below her shoulders. Its color went well
with her violet eyes. Usagi smirked slightly as Chibi-Usa's loud snoring
came to her, the child's arms and legs sprawling over the bed. It was a
good thing that Momoko was on the side of the bed that was against the
wall or Chibi-Usa would have already pushed her friend out of bed.
Giving each girl a gentle kiss on the forehead, Usagi went to her own
bed feeling very content and happy.

                                 - -

Chibi-Usa groaned as a shaft of sunlight audaciously poked her lidded
eyes. She pulled the pillow over her face and then rolled to her right.
She was quite surprised to find herself in freefall for a moment before
hitting the ground heavily. Hugging her pillow, she let out a heavy sigh
and tried to go back to sleep.

Momoko shivered slightly in the cool morning air. She tried to pull the
covers up around her shoulders but found that there wasn't anything to
pull up. Blearily opening her eyes, she squinted in the early morning
sunlight. After looking around for a moment, she spotted the tail end of
the covers. Reaching forward, she tugged on them but much to her
surprise, she couldn't pull them up. Looking down over the bed, Momoko
saw her friend peacefully sleeping on the floor, snuggled warmly in the
covers. Swinging her foot over the edge of the bed, she gave what she
thought was Chibi-Usa's rump a swat with her foot.

"I'm gettin' up, Mommy..." Chibi-Usa mumbled out but snuggled deeper
into her warm cocoon.

Sighing with some disgust, Momoko got up and left the room. After using
the bathroom, she wandered downstairs to find it deserted. Walking down
to the front room, she got up onto the couch and flicked on the
television. At least, there was some decent anime to watch.

Shifting to get comfortable, the little girl started to doze but was
startled awake by something furry rubbing up against her hand. "Luna,"
she admonished softly, "You scared me!" Luna gave her an almost
apologetic look before rubbing her head up against Momoko's hand.
"That's all right." She started petting Luna who stretched and began to
purr. The Lunar Cat typically didn't receive this type of treatment.

                                 - -

The little girl gave a start and sat up, dislodging Luna in the process.
"I musta fell asleep," Momoko decided. Rubbing her eyes, she yawned and
pushed herself off the couch. She turned to leave the living room to see
if her friend was awake when she heard humming. Changing directions, she
walked through the dining room and into the kitchen where Usagi was.

"Ohayo, Momo-chan, I hope I didn't wake you up," Usagi said while giving
the little girl a smile, "Did Chibi-Usa kick you out of bed?"

"Ohayo, Usagi-san," Momoko replied politely, "Yeah, Chibi-Usa stole all
the covers." She looked curiously at Usagi who was already dressed and
wearing an apron. She also felt a little disappointed; Usagi's sleeping
habits were legendary.

"And here I was going to surprise you and Chibi-Usa with breakfast."

"What are you going to make?"

"Blueberry pancakes. Chibi-Usa loves them. Do you want pancakes or
something different?" Usagi asked. Momoko licked her lips in
anticipation. She had heard about Usagi's pancakes and curry from
Chibi-Usa on numerous occasions.

"Pancakes please," Momoko replied before asking, "Usagi-san, may I
help?"

"If you would like to do something," Usagi suggested, "Go tell Chibi-Usa
to get up."

"Oh sure, give me something impossible to do," Momoko muttered out but
headed up the stairs. She was going to give her friend a little payback
for waking her up so early.

Several minutes later, Momoko and Chibi-Usa sat back with full stomachs.
"That was great, Usagi-san!" Momoko declared. Chibi-Usa nodded in
agreement while licking at a sticky finger.

"I'm glad you liked it," Usagi said proudly, "Now, girls, why don't you
get dressed. We have some shopping to do today."

"Usagi-chan," Chibi-Usa whined, "We don't wanna go with you. We got
stuff to do."

"Well, I'm not leaving you two at home alone. I don't know how long I'll
be," Usagi remarked, "You and Momoko can come with me, Chibi-Usa-chan.
It won't kill you."

"Not unless you have a klutz attack," Chibi-Usa said darkly.

"Now look," Usagi retorted sharply, "I need to go shopping. It's for
tonight. Now go and get ready."

"Come on, Chibi-Usa-chan," Momoko urged her friend, "We can go look in
the bookstore at the new manga."

"Mom did give me your allowance to give to you, Chibi-Usa-chan."

"Can't I go over to Mamo-chan's?"

"Mamoru-kun," Usagi began, "Is working today. Now, Usagi, please go and
get ready."

"Okay MOM..." Chibi-Usa said and sliding from her chair, added, "Come
on, Momo-chan." Momoko giggled a little but wondered why Usagi had a
funny look on her face.

                                 - -

"Now, Chibi-Usa-chan," Usagi warned, "Be careful cutting that stuff up."
She hadn't been overly thrilled at her daughter handling a knife but
Chibi-Usa had kept to her word about listening to Usagi's instructions.
Turning back to the pot that was simmering, she gave it another little
stir. It felt rather nice to have Chibi-Usa proud of her for something.

Setting the spoon aside, she declared, "I'm going to check on what
Momoko is doing. I'll be right back."

"Okay," Chibi-Usa chirped and sat the knife down. She wasn't allowed to
use it with Usagi out of the room.

When Usagi came into the dining room, she found the little girl just
standing there. "Momo-chan?" Usagi asked worriedly, "Is something
wrong?" When the Momoko sniffled, she went around the table to where the
young girl was. "Momo-chan, what's wrong?"

"I want my mommy," Momoko answered softly and gave another sniffle.

Usagi pulled out a chair and sat down. Taking the plate out of the
little girl's hands, she placed it on the table. "You miss your mom,
ne?" Momoko nodded. "She'll be back on Monday."

"But what if she doesn't come back?" Momoko asked, her eyes were now
brimming with tears.

"She'll come back," Usagi promised. She realized that Momoko might not
have ever spent more than a night away from her parents before. It was
looking like a real case of being homesick. "I promise, sweetheart,
they'll come back." She was rather surprised when Momoko gave a little
sniffle and then hugged her tightly. Usagi returned the hug and spoke
reassuringly as best she could.

"What's wrong, Usagi-chan?" Chibi-Usa asked softly. She had come out to
see what all the commotion was about.

"Want me to phone her?" Usagi asked Momoko.

"No," the little girl said, "She'd think I was being silly."

"No, she wouldn't, Momo-chan," Usagi assured her, "And you aren't being
silly. Chibi-Usa misses her mom too, ne Chibi-Usa-chan?"

"Not when I'm with you," Chibi-Usa replied and then realized that wasn't
the answer that Usagi was looking for. Trying to cover her blunder, she
said, "So what's wrong?"

"Momo-chan's a little homesick," Usagi replied. "You sure you don't want
me to call your mom for you?" Momoko shook her head. "Okay then, I have
to go check on supper. Want to help me do that?"

"Hai," Momoko said in a stronger tone of voice and gave a little hiccup.

                                 - -

Chibi-Usa's head whipped around to look outside as the first peel of
thunder sounded off in the distance. "Well," Usagi began, a slightly
nervous edge creeping into her voice, "I guess if I'm going to get those
movies, I'd better get going."

"Movies?" both children asked.

"Hai, you've been extra good today so I'm going to go get us some movies
and munchies," Usagi stated as she started clearing the table.

"Onee-chan?" Chibi-Usa asked. Usagi paused and looked questioningly at
her daughter. "Can we stay here? Please?"

"I'll make you a deal," Usagi decided, "I'll go get the movies and you
two can wash the dishes." Chibi-Usa and Momoko exchanged looks before
nodding in agreement. "Don't leave the house, ne Chibi-Usa-chan?
Momo-chan?"

"Hai MOM!" both girls chirped while giggling. Usagi rolled her eyes, if
Momoko only knew how true Chibi-Usa's words were.

                                 - -

Momoko sat with her eyes half-lidded as she watched the second movie.
She was snuggled up against Usagi, who had an arm wrapped around her.
She still felt a little silly for her performance before supper but
neither Usagi nor Chibi-Usa had teased her about it. In fact, both
seemed to understand it.

Her eyes flicked downward slightly and she realized that Chibi-Usa was
sound asleep. Who could blame her? The little girl was lying on the
couch, her head resting on Usagi's leg as if it were a pillow. Usagi's
index finger gently traced a line from Chibi-Usa's temple to her right
ear; it looked very relaxing. Letting her eyes shut fully, Momoko gave a
little contented sigh.

She was roused sometime later as Usagi shifted. She sleepily held
herself up, wondering for a moment what was going on. The living room
seemed awfully dark.

"The power went out," Usagi announced softly, "I guess the movie's
over." Momoko watched as Usagi gently lifted Chibi-Usa up and got her
settled onto one hip. After a moment, she realized that Usagi was going
to lift her up too. Pushing herself into a standing position on the
couch, she wrapped her arms around Usagi's neck and leaned forward.

As she and Chibi-Usa were carried up to bed, Momoko realized that her
friend was right. While she still did miss her mother, it wasn't so bad
with Usagi around.

                                 - -

"I'm impressed," Luna said as Usagi flopped onto her bed. "Only a few
arguments and you acted very mature."

"Arigato," Usagi sighed happily, "You know I never did mind watching
Chibi-Usa... although I guess my motives aren't pure." Luna gave her a
questioning look. "Mom's done a lot for me and I thought this could be a
good way to give a little back."

"That's definitely not the Usagi I know," Luna mused, "Ne, I wonder
where she went?"

"Ha... ha... ha..." the teen replied sarcastically. "I thought it would
be worse than it's been so far. I feel sorry for Momoko though."

"You did help her," the feline pointed out, "So are you going to bed?"

"No, it's still storming out and it might wake up the girls," Usagi said
as she sat up. "Besides, it's early yet, but I think I'll get ready for
bed."

"Well, I'm going out for a little hunting," Luna declared and slipped
out of the room.

Usagi made a slightly disgusted face as she watched her friend leave.
Giving a little sigh, she sat back against the headboard. "Tonight was
great." She smiled softly at the thought of Momoko and Chibi-Usa calling
her `Mom´. "I wish I didn't have to wait a thousand years to have
children like that." Nevertheless, unless Chibi-Usa hadn't told her
about any older siblings, Usagi knew that was all just wishful thinking.

                                 - -

Usagi's eyes fluttered opened as a beam of warm sunlight brushed against
them. Yawning expansively, she mumbled, "Too early to get up." Rolling
over, she tried to go back to sleep but her mind had registered a
difference. Groggily, she pushed herself up and looked around. It took a
few moments for her to realize that she wasn't in her room.

Snapping suddenly awake, Usagi looked around, her breathing increased as
fear ran through her. Her gaze landed upon a photograph hung on the
opposite wall by the door. She scrambled out of bed and shot across the
short distance to the wall. Snatching the picture from the wall, she
stared at it in complete disbelief. Before her was a picture of herself
at about sixteen, dressed in a wedding dress. Beside her, dressed in a
tuxedo, was a very youthful appearing Mamoru.

"Kawaii!" Usagi breathed out. His rugged and handsome features were
softened by his age. Giving a dreamy sigh, Usagi clutched the picture to
her bosom; that's when she realized something else was amiss. Pulling
the picture away, she looked down at herself. She was taller; come to
think of it, she felt a little heavier too. She was wearing a nightgown
instead of her normal pajamas. "This has got to be a dream..." Usagi
mumbled out. Then she noticed another thing that was different. Yanking
at the front of the nightgown, she stared inside it. "Yep, it's a
dream." She had larger breasts than she remembered.

It was proven not to be a dream when she moved back towards the bed and
stubbed her toe. Yelping in pain, she quickly covered her mouth and
looked towards the closed door. The fear returned; something had gone
wrong. She tried to remember last night. She couldn't remember anything
unusual. There had been a storm and she had put the girls to bed. Her
eyes enlarged once again. "Chibi-Usa! Momoko!" Placing the photo on the
bed, she whirled for the door and opened it.

She stared out into the alien hallway, a few feet from her was another
doorway that appeared to be a bedroom. She held her breath and listened.
Only the sound of a television came to her as well as the city outside.
Hearing a soft giggling, she whispered, "Chibi-Usa? Momoko?" Again,
there was no response.

What in the world had happened to them? Quickly she padded softly across
the floor to the other bedroom. The morning sunlight filtered through a
set of red curtains that had bunnies on it. Her eyes widened slightly
when she realized that she was prevented from moving further into the
room by a fold out couch. It consumed most of the floor space of the
room except for a narrow walkway by the door and the floor space that
was occupied by a dresser. The bed looked slept in, and the room had a
definite air of a little girl's room. This puzzled Usagi even more.
Although she did like the way the room was decorated, she still felt
pensive.

"Mommy?" The voice startled her. Giving a yelp of surprise, she whirled
around. Usagi's feet tangled and she sat ungracefully unto the edge of
the bed. There, standing in the doorway, was Chibi-Usa.

"You scared me half to death!" Usagi admonished, "Where's Momoko?"

"You want somethin', Mommy?" Momoko questioned as she moved to stand in
the doorway beside Chibi-Usa. This shocked Usagi completely; Chibi-Usa's
friend was now sporting rabbit ear odangos and pigtails like Chibi-Usa.
Usagi KNEW that it had to be physically impossible for Momoko to have
her hair the way it was. As long as she had known her, she had never had
the hair length required for pigtails let alone odangos and fluffy
pigtails like her friend.

"Did we wake you up, Mommy?" Chibi-Usa asked.

"Chibi-Usa!" Usagi snapped sternly, "This is no time for jokes. What did
you do?"

"We were just watchin' anime, Mommy. Honest," Momoko jumped in.

"`Mommy´?! Just how old do you think I am?" Chibi-Usa and Momoko huddled
together and appeared to be discussing the question. They held out their
hands and seemed to be counting. Usagi could hear them arguing.
Chibi-Usa thought Usagi was really old, maybe twenty-five. Momoko
thought Usagi was younger, maybe twenty. "Girls!" Usagi shouted after
Momoko agreed that Usagi was "really old", even if she did think Usagi
was younger than Chibi-Usa did.

It took another few moments before the girls seemed to settle on a
number. "Twenty-three," Chibi-Usa answered unsurely, "Why Mommy?" She
seemed genuinely puzzled.

"WHAT?!?" That was impossible. "Don't lie to me, young lady. I'm not in
the mood!" Momoko and Chibi-Usa exchanged worried looks. They did
finally admit she was very pretty. However, they persisted that Usagi
was their twenty-three year old mother. "Usagi Serenity, where is Luna-P?"
Chibi-Usa must have been using it to influence Momoko to play along. The
little girl seemed even more puzzled at Usagi's question. "Go and get me
Luna-P!" Usagi demanded. After a moment, Chibi-Usa turned and left the
room.

"Are you okay, Mommy?" Momoko asked, worry apparent in her eyes.

"Momo-chan, I'm very angry with Chibi-Usa," Usagi replied. She crossed
her arms while her brow furrowed. It would take more than Luna-P to make
these changes. She bet Chibi-Usa had used the Ginzuishou as well. She
began wondering where Chibi-Usa was when her daughter suddenly appeared
behind Momoko, awkwardly carrying something. Her temper rose several
notches as she noticed the little girl had brought a kitty litter box.
She watched with growing impatience as the little girl plunked the box
down onto the floor, causing some of the litter to spill onto the wooden
floorboards.

"That was heavy!" Chibi-Usa declared before giving her mother a hopeful
smile.

"That does it!" Usagi hissed. Reaching out, she snatched Chibi-Usa's arm
and pulled her across her lap. Chibi-Usa was so startled she didn't even
protest. Momoko though darted forward and interposed herself between
Usagi's raised hand and Chibi-Usa's backside.

"Please Mommy! Chibi-Usa wasn't naughty!" She glared at Usagi.

"Momoko, move." The little girl didn't move. Instead, she repeated her
earlier statement. Chibi-Usa, by this point, was crying and pleading her
innocence. Firmly pushing Momoko away, she stood Chibi-Usa upright.
Looking sternly at both children, she commanded, "Go sit on the couch."

"Come on, Chibi-Usa-chan," Momoko said and led her twin sister out of
the room.

After Usagi made sure that the girls were doing as they had been told,
she marched over to the nearby telephone and muttered, "I'll get to the
bottom of this." She dialed Ami's number; her friend would be up this
early in the morning.

"Moshi moshi. Mizuno residence, Ami speaking."

"Ami-chan," Usagi spoke into the phone, "How old am I?"

"Usagi-san? Is this some kind of joke?" Ami asked.

"Ami-chan, please... how old am I?!"

"Twenty-three," Ami responded. "Why?" As Usagi's reality shattered, the
phone slipped from her hand. Giving a little whimper, Usagi slipped to
the floor in a dead faint.

End of Chapter 1

Coming next in Chapter 2 - Family

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