Hi readers! This is a different story, kind of a "What if". I hope you will all enjoy it! The title is 
based on the saying "Be careful what you wish for, it might come true," just in case you were 
wondering.

It Might Come True
Chapter 1: A Normal Life
By Tisha
Rated PG


	Usagi collapsed onto her bed in exhaustion. There had been a youma attack every day this 
week. They always seemed to occur right when she was about to go to sleep or at some other good 
time in her life. It was getting very aggravating. She stared up at the ceiling, too tired to think about 
getting changed or even climbing under the covers. "I wish I wasn't a Sailor Soldier. I wish I hadn't even 
been alive in some past life. I just wish I was normal." She told her ceiling before dozing off to sleep...


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	Usagi sighed and sat down at the desk in her living room. She pulled out her record books and 
budget planning information. She flipped through the pages of statistics and past transactions and 
annual incomes before sighing again and closing it. "I was never good at math." She said to herself as 
she stared at the paperwork in front of her. She was starting to think she should listen to her father 
and hire an accountant to do this stuff for her.

	The first two years of running her store she had managed with simply writing down basic 
information and letting her dad do her taxes for her. But now she had decided that this information 
was too sloppy to run a business with. So she opened the book back up and tried to tackle it once 
again. This time the doorbell rang, interrupting the little bit of concentration she had been putting 
toward it.

	Smiling to herself about getting out of the task, she went to the door and pulled it open. 
Outside stood Naru, her friend of more than ten years. Naru looked her up and down with a frown, 
taking in her stay-at-home-day sweats, slippers, and her hair, which was messily piled on top of her 
head. "You forgot, didn't you?"	

	Usagi looked at her for a minute. "What did I forget?"

	"Usagi-chan! The baby shower that you are throwing me?" She watched her friend as the 
realization and the horror of forgetting crossed her face.

	"That *is* today, isn't it?" Usagi said, looking down at her clothes. She made a face. "If anyone 
gets here, just entertain them for me, I have to run and get ready!" Naru signed and gave in as Usagi 
rushed to her bedroom and quickly pulled out a spring dress to wear and she pulled her hair down, 
brushing it out. She had taken her hair out of its odangos at the age of sixteen at her mother's 
suggestion and had never put them back up since.

	She was finally ready and she sprayed a bit of perfume on to hide the fact that she had not yet 
taken a shower. By the time she went back out into her living room, which she noted was a little bit 
messy, a few other people had arrived. She smiled at the guests, grabbing a pile of laundry off of the 
couch. "Naru-chan, you can sit here and rest yourself." Usagi couldn't believe that her friend was 
having a baby shower when she was only four days away from her due date.

	The doorbell rang and Usagi answered it to find both Naru's mother and her own mother. She 
hugged them both and gestured for them to enter. Ikuko looked around the room. "Usagi, your 
apartment isn't even clean."

	"I know. I actually forgot that it was today."

	After everyone had arrived with colorfully wrapped baby gifts all of the women sat around in a 
circle chatting. The current topic was relationships, centering on Naru's talk of her and her husband 
Umino's preparation for the babies. They were having twins, a boy and a girl. Usagi hated it when talk 
turned to relationships while her mother was present. Ever since Shingo had announced his 
engagement seven months earlier her mother had been pressuring her to find someone.

	It's not that she didn't want to fall in love; she just believed that instead of having to seek it 
out, it would find her. But sometimes when her mother got on her case she would actually start to 
wonder at her own theory. She was already twenty-four and had only had a few very casual 
relationships in her life.

	Amazingly enough, Ikuko did not happen to bring up Usagi's lack of a boyfriend. But the baby 
shower was interrupted by Naru's water breaking, sending everyone into a panic. Usagi called Umino 
while the two mothers helped Naru down to the car. Everyone else went home, wishing her luck and 
congratulations. They hurried through Tokyo's rush hour traffic as well as they could to get to the 
hospital.

	All three of them went into the birthing room with Naru while they were waiting for the 
doctor. Soon a young blue-haired woman entered and smiled at them. "Doctor Miyako is out sick. I'm 
Doctor Mizuno and I'll be filling in."

	Usagi looked at the doctor. "You look familiar. I think you went to my junior high."

	The woman looked at her. "What's your name?"

	"Tsukino Usagi."

	Doctor Mizuno frowned. "Yeah, I do remember you. You and your friends were talking about 
me when I scored at the top of the class."

	Usagi swallowed nervously. "That wasn't me, it was just my friends. I'm sorry about that."

	"Excuse me!" Naru interjected. "Enough with the little reunion, I'm having babies here!"

	Umino soon arrived and Usagi and her mom went out into the waiting room. They hadn't been 
out there for five minutes before her mother said, "I'm sure you'll have beautiful children, Usagi."

	Usagi rolled her eyes. "Mom, please stop. At least Shingo will give you a grandkid soon so you 
could lay off me for a while."

	Ikuko scrunched her nose at her daughter. "Am I really that bad? I just want to see you 
happy."

	"I know. But I am happy for now, really. I like running my store. I don't need to run around 
dating all the wrong guys. So I'm just going to wait for the right one."
	

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	Many hours later Ikuko had gone home but Usagi remained in the waiting room. Umino had 
invited her in when he saw that she was waiting alone but she figured it was more of a private thing 
for the two of them. She saw Doctor Mizuno walk past so she hurried to catch up to her.

	"How's Naru-chan?"	

	The doctor stopped to face Usagi as she answered. "She's progressing well. I think it'll only be 
another hour and a half or so."

	Usagi nodded. "You know I'm sorry about when they made fun of you. I think we were all 
jealous that you were so smart. I would have apologized sooner if I would have known that it 
bothered you so much."

	Doctor Mizuno smiled. "It didn't really bother me. I'm sorry for acting so rude back in the 
delivery room. I guess it's been a stressful day." She said.

	Usagi nodded. "Well then could I treat you to coffee on your next break?"

	"Sure, Tsukino-san. I'll be taking a break as soon as your friend delivers. Thanks."

	"Call me Usagi."

	"Yes, and call me Ami."

	Usagi smiled. She had made a new friend. Ami had to rush off to see to another patient and 
Usagi spotted Umino getting a soda from a machine. "Hi, what's the update?"

	"She's doing great. It won't be long."

	"What names do you guys have picked out?"	

	"We couldn't agree. So we finally decided that Naru would get to name the girl, and I would 
name the boy. So it'll be Yukio and Shika."

	Usagi smiled at the names. "There's both great. Well, good luck on the rest of it. Tell me as 
soon as something happens." Umino headed back into the delivery room and Usagi returned to the 
waiting room.

	Two hours later, Naru had given birth to her twins.


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	Usagi had just opened her store up when she heard the bell and looked up to see her old 
friend Motoki entering. She smiled warmly at him and then noticed that there was another man just 
behind him, a man who happened to be completely gorgeous.

	"Motoki, it's nice to see you again."

	The blonde man smiled at her. "You too. Nice little store you have here." He looked around 
him at the manga and manga merchandise that she sold. "Oh, this is Chiba Mamoru." He gestured 
toward the other man as he picked up a manga to look at.

	"Odango atama. How could I forget?"

	Usagi frowned, thinking that the name sounded familiar. It was an odd thing to say considering 
that she hadn't worn her hair like odangos in seven years. "Excuse me?" She studied his handsome 
face, feeling a twinge of familiarity in it.

	"That had to have been a decade ago. You threw a test at me! A badly failed test at that..."

	Usagi laughed. "I remember that! I was fourteen years old. That *was* a decade ago. I can't 
believe you remember me just because I hit you with my test."

	"Well it has never happened to me again. You look a lot more mature without the odangos. 
And your problems in math must have improved for you to own this place."

	Usagi blushed, thinking to herself that she rarely blushed. "Well, I'm still not that great at it." 
She had nothing else to say. She was usually very relaxed and outgoing whenever talking to 
somebody. But for some reason her mouth was going dry and she couldn't think of a thing to say. 
Why? Just because of Mamoru? Sure he was handsome and all but that was exactly the reason that he 
was sure to have a girlfriend.

	Motoki had looked up from the manga to pay attention to their conversation. He remembered 
the day when the test thing had occurred. Mamoru had asked a million questions about her after that. 
Why had he never thought to set them up?

	Mamoru seemed to stumble for words as well. "Sorry, I don't actually remember your 
name...just odango atama."

	"Tsukino Usagi." She smiled at him and then looked at Motoki, who was studying the both of 
them.

	Mamoru nodded. "Well, Tsukino-san-"

	"Usagi."

	"All right, Usagi. If you need help with your bookkeeping you can always call me. I'm pretty 
good with math."

	Usagi swallowed. Why was he offering to help her? This is a guy she had run into once on the 
street more than ten years ago. She finally turned her attention back to Motoki. "Looking to buy that 
one or are you just going to hold it and continue to watch us?" She then realized that she had never 
even answered Mamoru and she felt her face grow even hotter. She turned back to Mamoru, who 
was smiling warmly. That smile made him look so amazing. "Actually, I probably could use the help."

	Motoki walked toward another side of the store and Mamoru moved closer to the counter. 
"Just name a day and place and I'll be happy to help." What was he doing? What possessed him to 
offer help to this stranger? Sure he knew she wasn't dangerous at all, she still looked rather innocent, 
even though she definitely looked more mature and sophisticated.

	"Umm...you just want to come back to the store next Saturday? On Saturdays I've got others 
working too so I don't really need to be covering the counter." She wondered why her voice sounded 
so strained to her ears. How could one person make her so nervous?

	Mamoru nodded. "I'll be here." He turned toward the back where Motoki had gone. Motoki 
was standing, still watching the two of them. All three of them laughed then and Motoki decided to 
buy the manga. As Usagi rung it up and gave him a bag he winked at her. Usagi just felt herself blush 
even more. What the heck was wrong with her?


	To be continued...

	
In Chapter two... Even more new friendships and a whole lot of confusion centered around one man...