Hello minna!! I'm going to skip right to the part where I hug 
everyone to death! I can not believe how much good responce 
I'm getting from this story - you guys are SOO wonderful!!
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I have to give huge thanks to each and everyone one of you for 
mailing me and telling me your thoughts ^_^ And for everyone - 
and I mean ALL of you - that emailed me about "Believeing in Forever" 
AHH! I never imagined what kind of responce that story would get! I 
love all of you guys! **HUGS** 
okay.. This is the third main title of Don't Let Me Go - called Roses 
(if you haven't guessed already ^_~) On the fourth chapter of this part 
the wonderful Patch *sound trumpets* started helping me write this. 
I have to give HUGE thanks to her - she is very talented and full 
of ideas ^_^
As always - HUGE thanks and *hugs* to Meara, my editor - I don't
want to begin to think about what my story would look like without
her help and spelling skills ^^ She is the greatest!
All of you all that were slightly confused - guess what?
It's going to get worse in these sub-stories ^^;; But not to worry,
the next main title is going to clear up some stuff, and confuse
you more... hehe ^^;
Now, go read! ^_^
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	Somewhere there is a fine line between 
hate and love. For months I saw two of my 
best friends on that line, leaning towards 
hate - but loving each other.

	After they finally saw past everything, 
and into each other's hearts - they were the 
perfect couple. I hardly ever saw them fight 
after that, the love was so obvious. 

	Now that same love is crushing Usagi's 
soul - she needed it, and now it's gone. I 
loved Mamoru like a brother but she loved 
him like a lover... and she needs him like 
one.

	Kami-sama, but I wish I could give 
him back to her.

                                -Motoki.

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Don't Let Me Go: Roses
Chapter: 1
By: Bethany
Edited by: Meara
Email: Bethany212@aol.com
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~*~ 1 year later ~*~

	"Where do you get off trying to tell 
me what to do and what not to do?!" Rei 
demanded, pushing angrily at Yuurichirou. 
"You are nothing but the help! You live here, 
but you don't tell me what to do and what not 
to!"

	The tall man sat quietly while listening 
to Rei rant. His dark brown hair no longer fell 
over his eyes, and piercing green eyes now 
watched Rei walk back and forth in front of him.

	"I can run this temple any way I see fit!  
And you will not tell me how to do things, is 
that clear?!" Not waiting for an answer, she 
continued. "My Grandpa ran this place all his 
life and I will continue to run it just like he
did for the rest of mine!" The words left her 
mouth, but she knew they weren't true. She 
would become a guard for the royal palace when 
Usagi became queen. But for now, she was on a 
roll and was not stopping. "I don't care that 
you think we should open up more days of the 
week, or that we need to start selling more 
charms to get by. We have enough money!" 

	By then Yuuichirou had worked up the 
courage he was counting on. Slowly he stood 
up and came up behind the firey Priestess.  
In one swift motion he wrapped his arms around 
her shoulders and turned her around to hug her.  

	"Rei-chan, please. Stop this."

	"Don't..." she warned weakly. Small 
fists hit with amazing strength on his chest, 
but Yuurichirou didn't care. Rei had never 
depended on anyone and this was hard... she 
fought for a few minutes before giving in. 
Slowly she found her arms around his neck, 
salty tears falling from her eyes to land 
on his robe. 

	"Gomen nasai, gomen," she whispered.

	"Shhh, it's okay," he assured her. "I 
know what you've been going through with 
Usagi. No one can live under that pressure 
alone. Let it out Rei, no one else has to 
know."

	Her tears became rough sobs as she 
clutched at his neck with her nails. No signs 
of pain were on his face through it all. He 
reasoned that to hold her like this was more 
than worth the pain she unknowingly inflicted. 

~*~ Aino household ~*~

	Minako looked down at the picture album 
in her hands with watery eyes. It seemed as if 
they used to take hundreds of pictures all the 
time; her and the girls, Usagi and Mamoru, Ami 
and Urawa.  Even some pictures of Yuuchirou, 
Shinozaki, Motoki, Reika and Unazuiki. 

	But the last picture they had was taken 
over a year ago - a week before Mamoru left. 
Usagi looked so happy. The twinkle and love in 
her eyes was irreplaceable. Minako sighed and 
put the book away.

	"Mina-chan?"

	"Hai Artemis?"

	"You okay?" the white cat asked, yawning 
and stretching. His golden moon symbol shined 
slightly from the afternoon sun streaming 
through the window.

	"Yeah, just thinking," she replied and 
stood.  "I'm going to see if Usagi is any better. 
This morning she wasn't doing so well."

	The cat stood up and followed her out of 
the house. Slowly they made their way towards 
down town Jyuban. Minako stared forward, an odd
feeling coming over her. Off and on for months 
an inconsistant tugging at the soul-bond between 
Usagi and Mamoru had bothered her. It was at it 
again - only stronger. There would be times when 
she was around Usagi that she felt weak from the 
amount of energy being placed on the thread. 

	"Mina-chan, what's wrong?"

	"Again, I feel him here..." she mumbled. 
Only Artemis knew of the sensations that would 
fill Minako at times. He reasoned it was on Usagi's 
half of the bond; her calling for her dead love. 
Minako thought otherwise.

	"Umm... Minako-chan?"

	"Huh?" the tall blonde asked.

	"Is that an ambulance at Usagi's house?"

	Both looked towards the house on the corner 
of the street and broke out into a run. "Oh Kami-sama, 
not again!"

	Upon ariving at the house, Minako rushed 
in the door, not bothering to knock. In the living 
room they found two perimedics working on Usagi's 
hand. She looked to have burned it on something.

	"What happened?" Minako demanded, going 
around the room so she could see better. 
	
	Ikuko came in the room, "Oh, hi Minako dear.  
Usagi was cooking and she dropped her spatula and 
got splattered by the hot grease. Nothing big... 
right?"  The woman looked anxiously towards the man 
wrapping Usagi's hand up.

	"Yes ma'am, it's a small burn, not even 
first degree. In fact, a simple first aide kit 
could have done the job," the other man replied, 
looking quiet annoyed at being called out for such 
a small thing.

	The blue haired woman put her hand to her chest, 
"Oh thank goodness. She was crying so much that I 
thought it was bad and I guess I panicked." She let
out a small little laugh. Sighing, she leaned against 
the counter. "I'll be happy when Kenji comes home. 
Oh and Usagi got a rose."

	Usagi just watched everyone around her with a 
muted expression of sadness. The look was on her 
face so often, that Minako almost forgot what Usagi 
had looked like happy. But today was different...
something had happened and Usagi wasn't saying 
what it was.

	"So girlfriend," Minako chippered. "Who'd 
you get the rose from?"

	Usagi pulled her head up like she just 
realized she wasn't alone. "I.. I don't know. 
It didn't say."

	Shrugging, Minako plopped down in a chair and 
pulled her fingers through her hair to rid it of knots.  
"Well, I was coming over here to see if you wanted 
to go shopping today."

	Usagi looked down and seen the silver flow of 
hair around her. "Maybe I should cut and dye my hair," 
she mumbled under her breath. At the same time the 
two cats in the room started hissing. Minako gave a 
short little laugh and fixed her eyes on Usagi's.

	"I don't think so."

~*~ Sometime later ~*~

	"...and then Reika smacked him on the head!" 
Makoto finished and glanced across the table at 
Usagi. "Umm, did you hear a word I just said?" 

	Usagi looked up in surprise at Makoto's loud 
voice. "Gomen, I was... I'm... hungry?"

	Everyone groaned, it sounded just like old 
times. Minako, however, started looking around the 
crowded mall expectantly. There it was again, that 
pulling. As if on cue, a man with a bouquet of 
yellow roses.

	"Tsukino-san?"

	"Hai?" the silver haired girl twitched uneasily.

	Holding a clipboard out to her, the young man 
handed her a pen. "I need you to sign here," he commanded, 
pointing his finger on a line.

	Usagi glanced at the roses, then at the paper.  
After placing her initials on the paper, she was handed 
the bouquet. "Good day ma'am."

	Slowly, her trembling fingers looked for a card.  
Almost immediately she found one. A small white card 
with a heart up in the corner read 'Usako.'

	The vase shattered on the floor as Usagi took 
off running out of the mall.

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Okay - there it is, well the first chapter anyhoo.
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