Teaser: In the Silver Millenium lives four young princesses who's lives 
are forever changed by four men from Earth.  In a world that teeters on 
the brink of chaos they manage to find sanity in love, only to have it 
snatched cruelly away.  But these princesses are also senshi, warriors, 
and they will fight to the bitter end to preserve all they hold dear.


			Ami: First Kiss

Disclaimer:I don't own Sailor Moon but some really, really wonderful 
people(Naoko Takeuchi and lots of others) do who won't sue a pathetic 
little poor person like me!*Serena wail and puppy dog eyes* And yes I 
know its flattery which can and will get me everywhere like hopefully 
out of a lawsuit. Anyway the main characters are NOT mine, just some of 
the minors are.  If you like one and want to use them in your own 
fanfic fine..just mention me somewhere and don't copy the story cause 
that's not nice *predatory gleam*.  Have fun boys and girls, comments
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Little Note: I mix Japanese and English names up a bit but I do try to 
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Chapter 1

	Sailor Mercury stood ready in battle position.  Thick blue 
bangs were plastered to her face, slick with sweat.  Breathing heavily 
she readied herself to face off against Sailor Mars.  Her steely aqua 
eyes narrowed in anticipation of the renewed fight.  She saw Mars's 
body tense and sprang away as her fiery opponent came hurtling at her. 
Long heels grazed her cheek but Mercury nimbly danced away.  They 
fought for almost another hour before an exhausted Mars finally saluted 
her, signaling the end of their match.
	"You're getting better," the raven haired warrior called, "but 
your left kicks are still weak."  Mercury blushed slightly at the 
praise and finally shook her tangled hair out of her face.  Mercury 
shaded her eyes and looked at the sun.  Slightly past midday she mused 
to herself.
	"Mercury!  Moon to Mercury!"
	"Humm?  Oh sorry Mars.  I was just thinking."
	"Big shocker there," Mars muttered glibly.  "I was saying, 
before you wandered off, that we need to go get ready for the ball."  
Mercury made a face and her spurring partner laughed.  "I know you hate 
them but this one is going to be different because..." Sailor Mercury 
sighed gustily.
	"Because representatives from Earth will be here and we must be 
on our guard because..."
	"Because not all Earth and Moon people approve of the proposed 
marriage between Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion, and we need to 
be ready for anything tonight," Mars finished, eyes flashing with a 
small grin.
	"Which means," Mercury started, "sleep, bathe, and change, not 
nesscarily in that order," they finished together.
	"Yup," said Sailor Mars.  Sailor Mercury was quiet for a moment 
as she studied the ground.
	"Mars, do you think Ser-chan wants to get married to Endymion 
and if she does what will happen to us?  We have sworn to protect her 
and the Moon Kingdom but what if she moves to Earth?"  Sailor Mars 
sighed.  Mercury always had a way of speaking a loud the fears she most 
didn't want to face.
	"I don't know," Mars whispered, her violet eyes far away.  "but 
even if she doesn't want to marry him she may have to.  Our universe is 
united save Earth.  We, the Senshi, tie our planets to the moon and 
Endymion would do the same for the Earth as well.  Ser-chan may have to 
do what's not best for her but the kingdom."  Her voice hardened a bit.  
"Whether she wants to or not."
	"Like your mother," Mercury said softly.  Sailor Mar's eyes 
glimmered briefly with tears but as quickly as the came they were gone.  
Yes, she thought sadly, like my mother.
	"But if they do marry I am sure we can figure something out."  
With a sudden smile that belied the pain Mars felt inside she grabbed 
Mercury's hand.  "Come on, we have to start getting ready if we don't 
want to be late."  The two warriors changed back into two harried 
looking princesses and dashed off towards their rooms.

				*	*

	Humming to herself Ami, Princess of mercury and ice, brushed 
out her damp hair.  Like a thing alive it curled and danced around her 
delicate heart shaped face.  She glowered at it, for a moment almost 
wishing it to be straight and long like Rei's or Mina's or at least 
under control like Haruka's.  She reached in her dresser and pulled out 
a hand full of small pearl clips.  Face set in a grim battle mask she 
went to work.
	When she was done she checked her handiwork in the large mirror 
set in her dresser and smiled.  She looked like she could be sister to 
Michiru or Sailor Neptune as she was known among the other senshi.  The 
tiny pearls gleamed in her sapphire hair and set off the silver glints 
in her lighter eyes.
	Ami wondered briefly how her soft spoken people would react if 
they knew their beloved Princess Mercury was a Sailor Scout.  
Reflecting on how her father had handled it, not well.  With a quiet 
grin she wished she could have been there when the other scouts 
informed their parents, especially Lita.
	Unlike the other senshi Lita, or Princess Jupiter, was an only 
child.  Her mother had died when she was very small and her father 
refused to remarry because he still loved Lilly, her mother, so much.  
That meant that Lita was heir to the throne which interferred in her 
scouting duties.
	A scout must be willing to die to protect their charge and the 
Moon Kingdom but the heir to the throne must never endanger their life 
because the line of the throne must be assured.  Ami knew this was part 
of the reason Lita was so boy crazy.  When she got married and had 
children she could fully assume her role as Sailor Jupiter.  She 
wondered briefly how the great planets' spirits chose the scouts they 
did to protect their planet.
	Ami herself had two younger siblings, twins, named Anni and 
Aski who were eight.  Mina, Princess and Sailor Venus, had an older 
brother named Marcus who was twenty-one.  Rei, Sailor and Princess Mars 
had her own twin named Rani.
	As for the outer Princesses/ senshi Michiru, Sailor Neptune, 
had two younger siblings.  They were two girls named Maku, ten, and 
Mira, twelve.  Haruka, Uranus, came from a large family made up of four 
older and one younger brother.  They were Hanska, the current ruler of 
Uranus, Horu, Haja, Hakanu, and Haskanra who was the same age of Mira.  
Sailor Pluto had no siblings but her family line ended long ago.  She 
had been guarding the gate since the beginning of time and such things 
had long ago sorted themselves out.  Horatu, Saturn, had a younger 
brother, five, who was as bright and strong as she was dark and weak 
named Horsance.
	Ami picked up the silver framed picture of her family.  Taken 
two years ago, before her father died, it portrayed the happy family 
they once were.  Her mother stood in her father's loving arms and she 
was hugging her squealing siblings.  She bit her lip in a nervous 
gesture that she had acquired and sighed.  Anni's bright aqua hair was 
long flowing down her back, long bangs nearly hiding her laughing eyes.  
Aski's hair was a shade darker than Ami's own but was styled much the 
same.  His mouth was smiling but she could see the deep seriousness in 
his eyes even then, which had become more and more prenounced after 
their father's death.  Even her mother who had aged so much in the last 
two years, was untouched by grief and pain here.  Ami knew her mother 
was dying of heartbreak.  She missed her King too much and Ami 
recognized the fact that as soon as the twins turned sixteen, and thus 
the legal ruling age, they would loose her.
	Quickly wiping the tears from her eyes Ami resolutely stood and 
went to her closet.  Gentle hands pulled out a silk floor length dress, 
the color of the tranquil summer sky.  Simple and unadorned when she 
put it on she went from beautiful to radiant.  Loose enough to allow 
movement is hugged her in all the right places and the light blue 
matched her coloring splendidly.  Looking at herself in the mirror once 
more she felt herself blushing.  Sometimes she wondered about Mina who 
had picked the dress out.  
	She frowned and pulled the front up.  That was just a little 
bit too revealing she thought to herself sternly.  Perhaps I shouldn't 
wear this, but then she remembered Mina's delighted grin on finally 
getting her into a dress that fit her and looked nice and found she 
hadn't the heart to not wear it.  With a world weary sigh Ami tucked a 
stray strand behind her ear and dashed out to meet the other girls. 

				*	*

	As Ami hurried from her room to the reception room where they 
rest of the Princesses had agreed to meet she glanced up at the 
dazzling sky.  Stars that rivaled the brightest diamonds glittered 
under the inky blackness of night.  She stopped for a moment and 
breathed in some of the icy air.  Earth hung like a jaded jewel just 
over the moon's horizon.  Sometimes Ami missed Mercury so much.  The 
always perfect moon skies bothered the gentle princess.  Mercury had 
weather of all kinds.  Sometimes all she wanted to see was a gray fog 
billowing in off the restless sea, or a gentle shower, or even a 
violent storm that rattled the palace windows. 
	She continued on her way and entered the small room.  Mina, Rei, 
and Lita were already there so they were just missing Serenity.  None 
of the outer senshi Princesses were attending the ball tonight.  Mina 
smiled a bright hello, her short yellow dress making her seem even 
sunnier than normal.  Rei's fiery red gown swept the floor like Ami's 
own but was a full skirt made of a darker red than her top. And set off 
her ebony hair.  Lita's dress was tight and had a long slit down the 
side.  It was green with brown swirls throughout it.  Several minutes 
after Ami arrived a hyperventilating Ser-chan dashed in.  She wore her 
simple white princess dress with a red rose tucked into on of her 
'meatballs'.  
	"Guys," she cired, blue eyes wide, "I don't wanna go tonight!" 
she wailed.  Her lower lip trembled and Ami could see tears welling up.  
Lita groaned.  Mina sighed and Rei growled in exasperation.
	"Ser-chan, its only a party," Ami said comfortingly.  "Nothing 
is being decided tonight.  You're just meeting Prince Endymion.  You 
know your mother won't make you marry if you totally hate him.  Queen 
Serenity isn't like that."  Serenity sniffled and eyed Ami.
	"You think so Ami-chan?" she asked in a small voice.  Ami 
nodded and put a friendly arm around her Princess's shoulder.  Ser-chan 
smiled a watery smile and suddenly pouted again.  "What if I like him 
and he doesn't like me?!"  The other four looked at her for a long 
moment before starting to giggle.  
	"Everyone likes you Serenity!" they laughed in unison.  "Except 
for when you cry."  The pretty Princess looked sad for several more 
minutes before joining in their laughter.  The great grandfather clock 
standing against the wall chimed eight o'clock.  With a gasp the four 
princesses grabbed Ser-chan's hand and dragged her toward the ballroom.

An introduction of sorts...  The plan is to have eight 'books' in all,
each with several chapters in it.  This is the first chapter in Ami's 
'book'.  The first four 'books' take place in the Silver Millenium 
while the next four will take some time after that...when I've yet to 
decide since I haven't begun to write them yet..actually I have this 
book and the 4th one written and need to write the middle...LOL..
Anyway hope you enjoyed..email me at my address above...Gotta book it! 
Till next week...Oh yeah this is my 1st SM fanfic so pleeze keep that
in mind.And sorry so short..next one longer...promise!