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Are those your eyes, is that your smile 
I've been lookin' at you forever 
But I never saw you before 
Are these your hands holdin' mine 
Now I wonder how I could of been so blind 

For the first time I am looking in your eyes 
For the first time I'm seein' who you are 
I can't believe how much I see 
When you're lookin' back at me 
Now I understand why love is... 
Love is... for the first time...
 
Can this be real, can this be true 
Am I the person I was this morning 
And are you the same you 
It's all so strange how can it be 
All along this love was right in front of me 

For the first time I am looking in your eyes 
For the first time I'm seein' who you are 
I can't believe how much I see 
When you're lookin' back at me 
Now I understand why love is... 
Love is... for the first time... 

Such a long time ago 
I had given up on findin' this emotion... 
Ever again 
But you live with me now 
Yes I've found you some how 
And I've never been so sure 

And for the first time I am looking in your eyes 
For the first time I'm seein' who you are 
Can't believe how much I see 
When you're lookin' back at me 
Now I understand why love is... 
Love is... for the first time...
				-Sung by Kenny Loggins

For The First Time (Part Seven)
By: JLaLa (jlynpinay@aol.com)
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The door of the Tsukino household closed with a loud bang and a rush of
footsteps. Walking into the front hallway Ikuko only saw the glimmer of
blond hair rushing into a room followed by another slam of a door. 
"What happened?", She asked Shingo who had just entered the hallway
and stood alongside with her as they looked upstairs. 
"She's crying", Shingo told her with a serious look on his face. Ikuko
slowly walked up to the door where a small bunny sign hung. She smiled
ruefully thinking of the days when Usagi was young and NOT in love.
Knocking on the door she walked in to see that Usagi lying face down
on her bed and she heard the muffled sobs. Closing the door behind
her she sat next to Usagi and rubbed her back consolingly.
"Baby, are you okay?", Ikuko inquired gently. 
"I'm not a baby", Usagi said through her tears. "Why does everyone
think of me as a child?" She sat up and her mother felt her heart
ache seeing Usagi in such a state. Her eyes were red and bloodshot
and her hair dishelvled. What hurt Ikuko most of all was to see the
pain in her daughter's eyes. Taking the apron she wore Ikuko wiped
her daughter's face and touched her cheek.
"I'm sorry Usagi, it's just hard to see that my daughter is so grown
up", Ikuko said. "She's encountering what might be the most true love 
of her life and her most painful heartbreak"
"But mama, I didn't even tell you about-" She stopped and looked down
shyly.
"Now Usa, did you think I didn't know what was going?", Ikuko asked 
with a smile. "I may not say anything but I'm not blind to see that 
you are in love and who you are in love with" She pushed her daughter's 
hair back and gazed at the innocent face who looked at her. Usagi was 
still such a child and at the same time a beautiful woman. "Have you 
told him?"
"No", She said shaking her head slowly. "Because to him I am just...a
child" Her eyes filled with tears again and this time before they fell
Ikuko took her daughter's face in her hands.
"Than you tell him to look into your eyes and this time REALLY 
look", She told her. "Because I don't see a child in there, in your 
eyes I see a young woman with such wiseness beyond anything and a heart
just as big" Ikuko kissed her on the forehead and Usagi's face was dry
of tears now. "I am proud of what you become"
"Thank you", Usagi said to her mother looking up at her. "I'm glad
you see that in me"
"Soon he'll see it too"
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Stepping into the room Toshiro glanced at his son who stood stiffly
looking out the window. Kyoko sat on the floor of course near her
brother playing with a few toys but mostly chewing on them. 
"Mamoru?", Toshiro said and his son turned giving him a small, sad
smile. "How are you feeling?"
"I could be better", Mamoru responded with a bitter laugh. "On the
other hand I could be worse" His smile faded. "Nope it couldn't be
any worse"
"Mamoru, why can't you just talk to Usagi?", He asked his son. "She 
can't hate you that much" Mamoru looked up in surprise.
"How'd you know it was Usagi?", Mamoru said.
"Now did you think me and your mother were utter morons?", Toshiro said
with a smile. "I mean Mamoru it was pretty OBVIOUS the way you looked at
her and Ikuko knew long before us so did Shingo and even Kenji knew and
that's why he went ballistic when he saw you and Usagi-"
"Dad I get the point", Mamoru said stopping his father. "I called her a
child and all I can think is she isn't a child anymore and that's what
bothers me. I don't see her like that anymore"
"Do you love her?", His father asked suddenly and Mamoru stopped short.
But he looked up at his father and in his eyes Toshiro saw certainty,
a beautiful light that radiate from him as a smile came to his lips.
"Yeah I do", He said quietly. "But I was stupid to hope..."
"It is NEVER stupid to hope for someone to love you", Toshiro told
his son and put a hand on his shoulder. "I've never seen anyone look
at someone like you look at Usagi"
"But if I told her, would she love me?", Mamoru asked and gazed up at
his dad's eyes. When he was young he would run to his dad at any small
minor problem but now the problems weren't so small but he still needed
his father. It had been a long time snce he felt like that.
"How could she help it?", Toshiro told him and Mamoru couldn't help
but laugh. "Afterall you take after ME" That only made him laugh
harder.
"Thanks dad, I really needed the laugh", Mamoru joked.
"HEY! That wasn't a joke!", Toshiro protested but then melted into 
laughter. Mamoru checked his watch and got up.
"I gotta go", Mamoru said but stopped at the doorway of the living
room. "Dad, thanks for the advice" He smiled at him warmly.
"Anytime kiddo", Toshiro said and Mamoru left with the shut of the
front door. Toshiro walked back into the living room where Kyoko
was playing and sat her on his lap. How old he was getting but
when he looked at her, he felt a little bit of his young self 
come out. That's how he felt when he saw both his kids. "Kyoko, 
do daddy a favor?"
"Yes daddy", Kyoko said her eyes big and bright. She gave him
a pearly smile.
"Don't date until you're thirty!"
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"Mama, I don't know why I have to go!", Usagi protested as they walked 
up the driveway to the Chiba house. Maeko and Ikuko had formulated a
way to see that children talked. Everyone agreed that they were SICK
and TIRED of hearing Mamoru this or Usagi that from either one of 
their children. They were gonna get those two to talk if it KILLED
them. They did had one thing though.

The ability to make their kids do ANYTHING they wanted.

Yes, every mother has this power mind you. The power to make their
kids do whatever their motherly hearts desire. If it's by giving
*THAT* look or merely threatning to take something away or just
do something like pinching their ears. Whatever they did Usagi
and Mamoru were both there whether they wanted to or not. So
that's how she ended up here. Usagi's heart began to pound and
she tightened her grip on the plate of food she held. Her thoughts
were interupted when Maeko opened the door.
"Hey everyone!", She greeted them cheerfully and gave a small
wink to Ikuko. Usagi walked in tenatively and put the food in
the dining room. Sitting in the living room she was greeted by
Kyoko who happily set herself on Usagi's lap.
"Hey Kyoko, what are you wearing there?", She asked pointing
to the crown and tutu that was the young girl's outfit.
"I'm a ballerina princess", She said and hopped off to do a
dance around the room. Usagi chuckled but stopped when she 
saw Mamoru was there. Her smile faded and she stood up
to leave so that he wouldn't see her tears. Mamoru watched
her get up to leave and followed into the dining room carrying
Kyoko in his arms. Everyone was already seated and as Mamoru
joined they all began to eat when all of sudden after a moment
of silence Maeko dropped her fork. It landed with a clang on her
plate.
"That's it. BOTH of you need to talk out your problem", She said.
"Maeko, this isn't your problem-", Toshiro said.
"Excuse me but can I say something?", Usagi said and stood up from
her chair. Mamoru looked up at her, his heart was pounding a mile
a minute.
"Go ahead baby", Ikuko urged.
"Mamoru, I understand that I'm a not as mature and as smart as you", 
She said chokingly as her eyes met his. "But you have no right to call me a
child because look at me, I'm not that child that left here years ago"
The tears fell from eyes streaking her lovely face. "Shame on me for
falling in love with someone who could never look in my eyes and see
something else other than a silly kid who followed him" Her hands were
clenched so tightly they were snow white. "If that's all you've ever 
thought of me than I don't want to talk to you or see you anymore" His
own eyes began to burn. "Not ever" With that she walked quickly from 
the room, slamming the door behind her. Everyone sat in silence. 
Mamoru who eyes were brimmed with tears sat in a stupor until Kenji 
broke the silence.
"Well go after her!", He said but it was too late. Mamoru was already
out the door.
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"USAGI!", Mamoru shouted out into the cold night air. Looking around
his front yard he spied a small figure sitting in a bench at the end 
of his front yard. Slowly he walked up to her and looked at her with
his hands in his pockets. "Hey" His voice was quiet.
"What do you want?", She asked with edge in her voice. "Are you gonna
yell at me again?"
"No, I came out here to apologize...for being a jerk", He said and she
looked up in surprise. "Usagi I was angry because of that guy and I
was mad at the way he was touching you and holding you"
"Why?", She asked looking at him, her eyes softened.
"Because...because all this time Usagi you were just this friend of
mine! This sister who I'd play with and throw dirt at! I always 
thought it be like that" His face fell. "Then you left and it was
never okay again but I always knew that whenever you came back our
friendship would always be the same" His face grew serious as he
gazed in her sweet blue eyes and Usagi swallowed the lump in her
throat. "But you came back and it wasn't the same" The light in
her eyes faded. "I looked at you and you were beautiful and smart
and sweet and you just stopped...being a sister" He knelt near
her. "I'd look in your eyes and just be afraid because I didn't
know if you would let me love you, much less let me fall in love
with you" There was silence.
"Mamoru, you kissed me once when I was asleep", Usagi said after
a moment and looked at him. "Kiss me again"
"What?", He asked in disbelief.
"Kiss me", She whispered. "For the first time" He sat next to her
and lifted her chin. Their lips met in a crushing kiss and Usagi
felt herself grow weak, intoxicated to be near him. They drew
apart gasping for breath. Their faces were only inches apart
as their eyes remained on each other. "I'm in love with you
Mamo-chan" Suddenly a rain of white began to fall and they
stood in amazement. "It's snowing"
"Good, I wanna be able to take my girlfriend ice skating", He said
and she turned to look at him. He grinned at her.
"Your what?", She asked him.
"My girlfriend", Mamoru said lovingly and took her hand. Ikuko,
Maeko, Kenji, Toshiro, Shingo and Kyoko who was squashed at the
bottom watched from a window at the beautiful sight before them.
"We better go inside", Usagi said and led him to the front door.
"Usako?", He called and she turned around smiling at him. Snow
flakes on her hair and her eyes bright among the white. She was
never so beautiful. "I love you" Wrapping her arms around his
neck she kissed him square on the lips.
"I know", She said with a smile and led him inside.
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The end! Hope everyone liked it! Ja!