Konnichiwa, minna! Thankyou for coming to read my fanfic!  I've had
this one written and completed for a long time, but I just now got
around to transfering it from .html to .txt to send in! Any comments or
critz will be accepted and appreciated!  goddess_avalon@hotmail.com

I do not own Sailor Moon, the creator and all of the companies that dub
and all that kind of thing do.  Don't sue me, I'm just a wanna-be
author *g*  Now ONTO THE STORY! *g*

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	"Mamo-chan!" Usagi yelled as she caught site of him down the
street. Mamoru stopped and turned around, then smiled as he recognized
Usagi. "Hey, odango atama." Usagi smiled, it was so good to be back
together after the Wiseman had tried to keep them apart.
	"Aren't you glad this is all over?" Usagi said, and fell into
Mamoru's arms.
	"I sure am. It's just surprising that even though we couldn't
have been in the future for more than an hour, we were really gone for
more than five years!" Usagi giggled, "That's Setsuna-sama for you.
Even though she doesn't have any control over that kind of thing."
	Mamoru smiled down at Usagi.  'You just wait until tonight,
Usako. You'll find out the real reason she decided to do it that way.'
	"Usagi-chan! Mamoru-kun!" Makoto raced down the street dodging
shoppers and joggers. "Isn't it great to be back?" Makoto asked,
breathlessly, when she reached the two. "Sure is." Usagi said, "I'm
still a little tired after being gone for such weird times." Usagi
yawned, "I've got to get home and get some sleep. Do you think mom will
recognize me?"
	Mamoru stared at Usagi, "I'm not sure. I barely recognized you
until your hat flew off!" Makoto giggled, "Well, I'll see you guys
later. I've got to go find Rei-chan. She's going to do a fire reading
for me on what happened with Ken while I was gone!" Makoto raced down
the street with a quick "'Later!"
	"Usako, meet me tonight at the Crystal Palace." Mamoru
said. Although the Crystal Palace was now a fancy restaurant, both
Mamoru and Usagi knew that in less than a year, it would be the center
of Crystal Tokyo.
	"Ok... see you tonight!" Usagi started walking home, but
stopped in her tracks, "I won't fit into anything anymore!" She
exclaimed, suddenly. She checked her pockets, and was surprised to find
she actually had money. "Wow... thanks, Setsuna-chan!" Usagi whispered
and raced down the street to the mall. "But first, I need to get a
dress for tonight!" Usagi squealed as she passed by a formal shop.
"I've got to see what they have in here!" Usagi dashed into the store
and immediately found what she was looking for.
	"Wow..." she breathed as she gently took it off of the rack. It
was soft ivory silk with a soft purple lace bow on the ivory gloves.
	"Would you like to try that on, Miss?" A sales clerk asked,
politely. Usagi considered trying that one on for a moment, then shook
her head. "I'd like to look around a little bit more." The woman
smiled, "Take your time!" She said, and went back behind the counter.
This is going to be so much fun! Usagi thought as she checked the money
in her pocket again. 'I have enough for twenty!' Usagi giggled in
delight and went around checking more racks. She found two more that
she liked within an hour and went to try them on.
    She tried the first one on that she had found, and gasped at her
appearance. She hadn't looked in a mirror since she had gotten back and
was surprised to see how much taller she had gotten. "That looks lovely
on you!" The salesclerk exclaimed, "What do you need the fancy dress
for?" There was a twinkle in the sales clerks eye.
	"Oh... a special dinner tonight at The Crystal Palace." The
clerk gasped, "The Crystal Palace? Very romantic, I hear." Usagi
grinned and went back to try on the other two dresses. The second one
was a dark maroon velvet dress with a flared knee-length skirt and a
fitted bodice with capped sleeves.
	"That goes very well with your hair and eyes." The
sales-clerked advised, with a critical eye. "What's your name, dear?"
She asked. "Usagi," Usagi replied, "What's yours?" The woman grinned,
"Seion. Quite close in meaning, don't you say?" Usagi stared at Seion,
"Yes... very close..."
	Usagi went back into the dressing rooms to try on the last one;
a black velvet dress with a slightly flared ankle-length skirt with
silver and white designs embroidered on the front and no sleeves.
"Lovely!" Seion exclaimed, Usagi thought she saw tears in the old
woman's eyes. "Yes... they are all nice..." Usagi trailed off, "I can't
seem to decide which one to buy!" Seion looked thoughtful for a moment.
    "Well, there is a private sale going on right now... If you buy two
dresses you get the third free." Usagi stared at Seion, "What do you
mean by a private sale?" She asked.
	"It means, that unless the person has found three or more items
that she likes, they don't find out about the sale." Usagi nodded,
thoughtfully. "Well... how much would these three come to on that
sale?" Seion went back to the cash register and quickly rung up the
prices, "Three hundred ninety-four dollars and thirty-four cents."

	Usagi pulled her billfold out of her purse and brought out her
checkbook. She checked her log and found that she had more than plenty
to cover the dresses. 'Did Setsuna know about this?' Usagi thought,
slowly.
	"Do you take checks?" Usagi asked and set her checkbook and
purse on the counter. Seion nodded, and stared in wonder at Usagi.
"You've grown so much, Usagi-chan." She whispered, and Usagi looked up
in surprise. "What?" She asked, sharply. Seion quickly smiled,
"Nothing. You just remind me of my god-daughter. The only thing
different is the hair. Hers are ovals, not circles." Usagi nodded
warily and handed over the check. "Thankyou, Seion-san." Seion smiled,
"Anytime, dear. If you ever get married, be sure to come back! We have
a fairly large collection of wedding dresses I'm sure you would love.
And please, call me Sei-chan."
	Usagi stepped out of the store and glanced at the bag holding
the three dresses. "I should get some shoes and accessories to go with
these." She said, and scanned the line of shops for a shoe store.
"There!" Usagi exclaimed as she spotted one on the other side of the
street. She went down to the cross-walk and crossed with the light.
	"Usagi-chan!" Usagi turned around on the sidewalk and waited
while Minako ran up to her, Luna and Artemis running behind her.
"Usagi-chan, what's in that bag?" Minako asked, curiously. "Just some
dresses... Mamo-chan's taking me out tonight." Luna gazed up at Usagi,
"And just how did you pay for them, may I ask?"
	"If I know Setsuna-chan, she knew about this. I have plenty of
money." Usagi said, then scooped Luna up on her shoulder. "I need to
talk to you when we get back to the house, Luna. There was a strange
woman in the dress store, I believe she said her name was Seion." Luna
nodded and hopped down, then raced down the street towards Usagi's
house.
	"I was just going to go get some shoes and accessories to go
with these dresses. You want to come along, Minako-chan?"  Usagi asked.
Minako smiled, "Sure. Setsuna-sama gave me plenty of money as well."
The two ran down the street to the shoe store and when they entered,
they gasped when they saw Rei behind the counter. "Rei-chan!" Usagi
exclaimed.
    "Hey, you guys! Guess what, I bought this shoe store!" Minako
laughed, "Why doesn't that surprise me? Setsuna-sama has given both me
and Usagi-chan a ton of money. Usagi-chan just spent over three hundred
dollars on a few dresses... and that was on a buy two get one free
sale!" Usagi glared at Minako, but luckily, there were no other
customers in the store.
	"So let me guess, you're in here to find some shoes to go with
them?" Rei asked and Usagi nodded. "Let's see the dresses. I should be
able to find something that will go perfectly with all three of them."
Usagi set the bag down on the floor and pulled out the ivory dress. Rei
studied it for a moment, then disappeared into a backroom.
	She appeared a moment later holding a pair of ivory sandals
with lavender stones on the front. "They're amethysts." Rei said. Usagi
slipped them on. "They're so comfortable!" Usagi squealed, "This will
be perfect if I can just find a pair of amethyst earrings and maybe a
silver necklace!" Rei grinned and set them to the side, "Let's see the
next dress." Usagi pulled out the black and white one. Once again, Rei
disappeared into the back room and came out a few moments later holding
a pair of shoes. This pair was plain black velvet with a 1" heel with a
½" platform. "Wonderful!" Usagi exclaimed and Rei put them with the
ivory ones.
	"And for the last dress...?" Usagi pulled out the dark maroon
dress and Rei studied it carefully for a long time.  "This one is
hard!" Rei finally exclaimed, and plopped down on a bench. "Usagi-chan,
go into the back room and put it on. Maybe that'll help me figure out a
good pair of shoes to go with it."
	Usagi scooped up her bag and slipped into the back room and
changed. When she came back out, there were still no customers, but
there was no Minako either. "Where'd Minako-chan go?" Usagi asked Rei.
"She needed to get back home. Her parents knew she had come back and
were waiting for her, so she left." Usagi nodded and waited as Rei
considered her options.
	"I've got it!" She finally announced and dashed back into the
back room.  She finally re-appeared with a pair of delicate-looking
silver sandals and a silver handbag.
	"Perfect!" Usagi said, slipping them on her feet and the
handbags strap over her shoulders. "Great! Let me just ring these up
for you while you go change back into your regular clothes."
	While Usagi changed, she was thinking. 'This is all too weird.
Something's going to happen, I can feel it... but what?'
	"Are you almost done back there, Usagi-chan?" Rei yelled, "I've
got some more customers that I need to take care of!" Usagi quickly
folded the maroon dress and put it back in the bag, and left the room.
	"Sorry..." Usagi grinned at the couple who were in the store.
'They look so familiar!' Usagi thought, glancing at them.
	"Ok, Usagi-chan, for those three it's sixty-five dollars and
eighty-nine cents." Usagi absentmindedly pulled a 100 dollar bill out
of her billfold and handed it to Rei. "Thirty-four eleven is your
change. See you later, Usagi-chan!" Rei said and handed her the bag.
"Did you remember the bag with your dresses in it, Usagi-chan?" Usagi
held up the bag, "Sure did. See you, Rei-chan!" Usagi walked out of the
store and glanced down the street.
	"I wonder if Molly's mom still has that great jewelry store?"
She wondered out loud, and started walking in that direction. "Well, I
might as well find out!" Usagi said, confidently, and started down the
street.
	When she arrived at where the jewelry store used to be, Usagi
was appalled to see nothing but a pile of ashes. She had stood there
for about five minutes when she heard a voice behind her.
	"Usagi-sama?" Usagi spun around and gaped at Molly,
"Usagi-chan, is that you?" She asked, tears filling her eyes. "Molly?"
Usagi whispered, "Molly, what happened? You look horrible!"
	Molly burst into tears, "Oh, Usagi-chan! Mom's dead!" Usagi
recoiled at the news. "What?" She asked, surprised. "What happened? How
did it happen?"
	Molly looked at Usagi, still with tears in her eyes. "I don't
know, really. It was weird."
	"Wait..." Usagi said, 'Oh, please don't let that blast from the
FUTURE have destroyed this great place!' Usagi thought, "Did this
happen to happen about three years ago?" Molly nodded, miserably. Usagi
gasped, 'It was that then! That stupid Wiseman destroyed Molly's life!'

FLASHBACK

	"And as for your little friend, Sailor Moon, see how she'll
handle this!" Rubeus threw a blast of fire at the nearly-crystallized
jewelry store that had once held one of the finest collections of
jewelry around. Usagi watched in horror as the building slowly tumbled
to the ground and burst into flames.
	Even though she knew that Molly and her mom weren't there,
Usagi thought she saw Molly's mom get crushed in the debris. 'Please
don't let this affect the past!' Usagi silently screamed at Setsuna,
and turned to Rubeus, but was surprised to see the shapeless form of
the Wiseman instead.
	"You... you BAKA!" Usagi yelled, "You'll pay for that!" She
yelled and brought out her moon scepter. "Moon... Scepter...
ELIMINATION!"
	Usagi pointed the beam of energy at the Wiseman, but it simply
passed right through him and added to the destruction on the store.
	"You can't kill me, Sailor Moon. You never can and you never
will! Crystal Tokyo is mine!" Usagi seethed and clenched her fist
around the scepter, and it suddenly turned into the Crescent Moon Wand
with the Imperium Silver Crystal in its head.
	"I may not be able to kill you, Wiseman, but I can banish you!
I call upon the powers of the Imperium Silver Crystal to ban this
monster from this universe. Forever!" Usagi yelled, and then, there was
nothing.

END FLASHBACK

	"Oh, Molly! I'm so sorry!" Usagi exclaimed.
	"I've opened my own jewelry shop with the insurance money we
got, and the death benefits and all that, but it's not the same with 
mother around."
	Usagi nodded, "I know how you feel..." She said, softly,
thinking of her own real mother, former Queen Serenity of the moon.
"Listen, I've got a date with Mamoru tonight and I need some jewelry
and stuff. Can you help me out there?" Usagi asked, slowly. Molly's
eyes brightened up, "Can I help you? Of course I can help you! Come
on!" Molly dashed down the street and Usagi raced after her.
	"Let's see what you have so far!" Molly exclaimed as she
breezed into her shop. "Ekishouko-chan, take the afternoon off. I've
got some work to do here!" Ekishouko glanced at Usagi, then left,
quickly. Usagi first pulled out the ivory dress and shoes. "Hmm... I've
got an silver and Amethyst pendant necklace and a pair of teardrop
Amethyst earrings that would go great with that!" Molly produced the
items she had just listed. "And if you need it, I have a silver and
amethyst matching bracelet as well."
	Usagi tried to imagine herself with all that jewelry. "No...
that's fine. I think I'll just go with the earrings and the necklace."
	"How about something to go around those balls on your head?"
Molly asked and produced a pair of light purple and silver lace bands.
"Sure." Usagi said, and Molly set them aside. "Now do you have any
more?"
	Usagi grinned, "Do I ever!" She said, "I've got two more!" She
exclaimed and pulled out the maroon dress, and the silver shoes and
handbag. "Hmm... fire opals would go good with that. I've got a set
here that look like a claw is holding them." Molly produced a pair of
earrings with fire opal balls behind held onto by silver 'claws' and a
matching ring. "That looks good." Usagi said.
	"I also have some fire opal plates you could put in your hair."
Molly giggled, "Like shields!"  "No thanks, Molly. I think I'll stick
with the ring and earrings." Molly nodded and added them to the already
decided purchases. "And the last one, is black and white." Usagi said,
pulling out the final dress and the black shoes. "Hmm... a toughie. I
like that; a challenge!" Molly sat down next to Usagi while she thought
about what she could tell Usagi would go best with that outfit.
	"Diamonds? No, too common... Apache gold? Too gold..." Molly
sighed, "How about Amber, Usagi-chan? Usagi-chan?" Usagi had gotten up
from her position on the bench and had gone to look at a display of
Onyx. "Oh, Molly! It's perfect!" Usagi said, and gently fingered the
Onyx and white gold earring, necklace, and bracelet set.
	"Usagi-chan! That costs more than a thousand dollars apiece!
Can you even afford it?" Usagi nodded and smiled, "A friend of mine won
the lottery and gave me the money."
	Molly's eyes widened, "Rakki-Usagi!" She said and turned to a
door in the side of the room.
	"Wait here. I've got something for you." While Molly searched
around in the storage room, Usagi gazed dreamily at the black-as-night
Onyx carvings. She caught site of an onyx and diamond pendant off to
the side. "Here ya go, Usagi-chan! Specially made, just for you!" Usagi
wasn't paying attention. She was drawn to the crescent moon and star
shaped pendant. "Usagi-chan, what did you find?" "This pendant... it's
beautiful. I'll take this as well."
	She said and stood up. She noticed the crystal jewelry box in
Molly's hands. "Molly! Where'd you get that?" Usagi asked, softly. "I
had it specially made for you when you moved. But you moved before I
had a chance to give it to you!" Usagi slowly walked over and took the
box from Molly's hands. "It's migoto!" She said, and set it on the
counter.
	"Listen... I need to go so if you could just ring this stuff up?"
	Molly nodded, "Sure thing!" She said and hurried to the
counter. "Bring that jewelry box over here, will ya, Usagi-chan?" Usagi
took the jewelry box over to Molly and she wrapped it in tissue paper
and set it in a box amidst more tissue paper. "Can't be too careful,
can we?" Molly asked as she taped the box closed.
	"Here's the jewelry." Molly said and handed Usagi the three
velvet boxes containing the three sets of items. "That comes to..." She
rang the purchases up on the cash register, "Five thousand five hundred
ninety-seven dollars and eighty-six cents. Cash, check, or credit
card?" Usagi pulled out her checkbook again, "Check." She said and
wrote out the amount.
	"Arigato, Molly. See you around!" Usagi gingerly picked up the
bag containing her jewelry purchases, the bag with the shoes in it, and
the bag with the dresses and her purse in it, and walked out of the
store. She checked her watch. "Four-thirty?" Usagi exclaimed, when she
saw the time, "I've got to get home and get ready!"
	Usagi exclaimed and dashed down the street towards her house.
"Mom! Dad! I'm back!" Usagi yelled and ran into the living room where
she knew her parents would be sitting. She set her bags on the floor
and raced over to give her mom and dad a hug. "Usagi-chan! When did you
get back?" Her dad asked, surprised. "About noon. I've been shopping!
Sorry I didn't pick anything up for you guys but I have a date with
Mamo-chan tonight!" Usagi grabbed her bags again and dashed upstairs.
	"I'll be getting an apartment here in a few days! I hope you
don't mind my crashing here until I can find one!" Usagi yelled down
the stairs and then slammed the door to her room shut. "Still the
same." Usagi said, softly, and turned to her bathroom. "Ok, let's get
this done!" Usagi said, and flung the door of her bathroom open.
	Usagi quickly turned on the water in her shower and scrubbed
her face while it was getting adjusted. "Jeez, I've sure got a lot of
gunk on my face!" She said, staring at her wash-cloth. "Shower-time!"
Usagi exclaimed to herself and stepped gingerly into the shower after
making sure she had towels and more wash-clothes handy.
	Usagi quickly cleaned up the rest of herself before attacking
her hair. She grabbed her shampoo bottle and dumped a few globs of it
on her hair and scrubbed it in roughly. She did this about ten times
with rinsing in-between before her hair actually felt clean. When she
stepped out of the shower and got her towel wrapped around her and her
hair dried and brushed, she glanced at the clock.
	"Six already? Ah! Mama!" Usagi yelled.
	"Usagi-chan, what is it?" Usagi sat on her bed and her mom came
into the room. "I have to be at The Crystal Palace at six-forty-five!
Can you do my hair, please?" Usagi begged and her mom laughed.
	"Sure, Usagi-chan." She sat on the bed behind her and quickly
blow-dried and curled the ends of her hair, then began twisting her
hair into her traditional style. "Did you have a nice time with your
friends in America?" She asked, Usagi nodded but her head was stuck by
her mothers hands. "Yup! We sure did. Hardly seems we spent any time
there at all, though." Usagi said, remembering the hardly fifteen
minutes of the battle they had spent in the states.
	"Finished!" Usagi's mom said and stood up to admire her work.
"What were you going to wear?" Usagi pointed to the bags on the floor.
"I can't choose!" Usagi complained and her mom laughed. "I'll help."
She said and went over to the bags. Usagi wrapped a robe around herself
and laid out the items that went with their specific dresses. "All
wonderful dresses... do you know what's going on tonight?" Her mom
asked. Usagi shrugged, "Nope. Mamoru-chan just said to meet him at the
Crystal Palace at six forty-five!" Usagi's mom nodded. "Wear the black
one." She said, and left the room.
	"Ok, mom." Usagi muttered and quickly got changed. When she had
her dress on, she quickly re-positioned her hair-balls and put her
earrings, necklace, and bracelet on.
	"Should I wear the pendant?" Usagi wondered out-loud to
herself. 'Wear the pendant. You've had a wonderful victory and that's
your sign!' A voice inside Usagi said.
	"I'm wearing the pendant!" Usagi confirmed to herself and
fastened it to one of the 1" straps that served to hold up the dress.
	"Usagi! You'd better get going, it's six-thirty!" Usagi checked
her own watch and gasped, she hadn't even put on her make up yet! "Just
a minute, mom!" Usagi yelled down and ran to her mirror. She did a
quick application of blush, mascara, eye shadow, and eyeliner over her
foundation, and quickly put on a frosty red lipstick.
	"Ready." She said to herself and quickly descended the stairs,
grabbing her purse.
	"Bye mom! Bye dad!" She yelled as she headed out the door to
her car. "Bye, Usagi! Have fun!" Her dad yelled after her.
	'He sure has changed a lot!' Usagi thought as she slid into her
jeep. She started the engine and drove quickly, but carefully, through
the Tokyo streets to the Crystal Palace. She saw with dismay that
Mamoru's car was already there. She quickly got out of her car with her
purse over her shoulder and shut the door. She hurried into the
restaurant and was stopped by the waiter.
	"What party are you with?" Usagi stopped, Mamoru had not told her.
	"Umm... I don't know... Mamoru-chan didn't tell me!" Usagi
complained. "Mamoru?" The waiter asked, sharply. Usagi nodded meekly,
"This way." The waiter said and led her to a small table in a far
corner over-looking an artificial lake. "Usako!" Mamoru exclaimed when
he saw her. "You look wonderful!" He said, and smiled. Usagi blushed
and looked down. The waiter pulled out Usagi's chair and she sat down
next to Mamoru, facing the lake. "I hope you don't mind that I ordered
ahead." Mamoru said, as they got settled.
	"Not at all." Usagi replied and set her purse down by her feet.
The waiter hurried away and left the couple alone.
	"Why did you decide to come to such a fancy restaurant for
dinner, Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked. Mamoru smiled, "For one reason, we are
going to be living here some day." Usagi nodded, remembering, "And for
another thing, this is a celebratory dinner." Usagi looked up at
Mamoru, confused, "Celebratory?" She asked. "Yes, celebratory! You
defeated the Wiseman, Usako! He won't be causing us any more trouble!"
Usagi smiled, "I did, didn't I?" She said, softly. "And for that, I got
you this." Mamoru pulled a long velvet box out of his coat pocket.

	Usagi took the box from him and opened it, then gasped at what
she saw. "That stone in the middle is a white precious opal. Those
others are Iolites." Usagi gently lifted the bracelet from the box and
Mamoru fastened it around the same wrist as the onyx bracelet. "That's
a very nice pendant you have, Usagi-chan." He said, noticing the
diamond and onyx brooch. "Yeah..." She said, softly. "Fettuccini
Alfredo and white wine." The waiter said, setting two plates of the
entree in front of them with a wine cooler by Mamoru's chair.
	"I will come back when you are finished to take your dessert
order." The waiter retreated back to the front of the restaurant after
a final glance at Mamoru and Usagi and went back to work. Usagi and
Mamoru ate in silence until Usagi finally pushed back her plate. "I'm
full." She said, simply, and took a sip of her wine.
	"Me too." Mamoru said, and leaned back, gazing at Usagi.
	"You've never looked more beautiful, Usa-chan. Did you know
that?" Mamoru said, suddenly. Surprised, Usagi's head shot up and she
banged it on the back of her chair.
	"Ouch!" She cried, and rubbed the sore spot. "No, I didn't,
Mamo-chan. But thanks for saying so." She said, glancing at him. Mamoru
was having a hard time not laughing, and Usagi knew it. "Oh go ahead,
laugh all you want! It's no different than before we met." This made
both Usagi and Mamoru laugh.
	"I'm sorry." Mamoru finally said. "It's amazing how much we
changed during that battle..." Mamoru sighed, "Setsuna-chan told me
that she'll make you look like a teenager again so you can go back to
Junior High without having any problems."
	Usagi smiled, "Gee, thanks for confirming that for me,
Mamoru-kun." She said, grinning. She then turned her attention to the
lake again. Mamoru's gaze kept wandering over to her as she sat there,
concentrating on something in the distance. He found himself
daydreaming about the day they would be married.
She would be wearing a long white dress, like the ones she wore before
Queen Beryl attacked, and he would wear his uniform from the days of
the Silver Millennium.
	'And we'll be together, forever' Mamoru thought, sighing.
	"Did you ever think it would be possible for us to be doing
this? I mean, being back together, and so close to being engaged and
everything..." Mamoru was caught off guard at her sudden words and
almost fell backwards in his chair.
	"I don't know, Usagi-chan." Mamoru said and turned to face her
and stood up. "Are we leaving?" Usagi asked, and reached down for her
purse. "I hope not yet." Mamoru said, reaching into his pants pocket,
"We still have to get dessert." Usagi watched as Mamoru kneeled down
beside her.
	"Mamo-chan, what are you doing?" Usagi whispered.
	"What does it look like I'm doing?" Mamoru asked as he pulled
out the velvet box containing the ring. "Usa-chan," He said, staring up
at her, "will you marry me?" He asked, opening the box to display the
ring.

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Oh! A cliffie! Hehehe what will Usagi say? And just what is impossible?
And where the heck is Rini???

Goddess Avalon