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Story: Where is Usagi?
Author:
Christina Hotaru
Rated: PG-13
-Where is Usagi?-
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and all related characters belong to
Naoko Takeuchi ____________________________________
"The light beam is
gone!" Neptune shrieked stopping in her tracks in the middle
of the deserted freeway with Uranus and the Starlights
behind her.
"NOOOOOO!" Star Fighter yelled rushing past Neptune.
It couldn't be, Usagi couldn't possibly be dead! She just
couldn't be...
"Star Fighter wait!" Neptune and the other Senshi yelled
behind her as they chased after her.
"No, please God...please don't let her be dead," Star
Fighter prayed as she reached a steep ravine.
The ocean spread out before her like a dark blue blanket
over the Earth and then she saw Usagi. A rather well built
man in about his mid was holding her twenties, and wore a
large black coat. Usagi looked limp and dead in his arms as
she remained with her eyelids draped over her eyes and her
face completely white in comparison to the white sand.
"Usagi!" Star Fighter yelled jumping over the small ravine
and onto the beach sand.
"Who are you?" Star Fighter asked stopping in her tracks
only a few short yards away from Usagi and the man.
"Fighter..." Usagi murmured as if she were drugged.
"Shhh....don't speak Usagi, you're going to be all right,"
Star Fighter assured her with a peaceful look on her face,
but it soon was replaced by wild rage as she turned her
attention at Usagi's captor.
"No...it can't be, I...must be dreaming," Usagi moaned as
she let out a small groan of pain.
"Just relax Usagi. I'll get you out of those man's arms,
even if I have to cut them off!"
"Don't worry Usagi. This man will let go of you soon
enough,"
Sailor Uranus said appearing next to Star Fighter along with
Sailor Neptune and the rest of the Starlights.
"The Senshi of this time are no match for me. I'm years
ahead of your primitive powers," he laughed as he held Usagi
just a bit closer.
Suddenly, a beam of light hit the man and he dropped Usagi
face down on the sand.
"Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars, present and accounted for!"
the two Senshi shouted appearing next to the Starlights on
the sand. Sailor Star Fighter quickly rushed towards Usagi
as Sailor Uranus hit the man with her World Shaking Attack.
Star Fighter was able to pick up Usagi in his arms and
quickly take her to safety just as the World Shaking threw
the man off his feet and onto the sand.
"She won't get away from me that easily!" the man shouted as
he stumbled back to his feet.
He appeared in Star Fighter's way as she ran towards the
freeway. Star Fighter gripped Usagi tightly as she backed
away from the man a bit.
"Oh my god! It's you!" Seiya gasped as she got a good look
at the man's face.
The man smiled at him and whispered, "You finally recognize
me."
"Mercury Bubbles!" a Sailor Senshi shouted into the air,
making the beach foggy. Star Fighter knew it was her cue to
vanish and along with the other Senshi they disappeared
towards the city of Tokyo.
"Don't worry Sailor Senshi. I have you right where I want
you," the man whispered also disappearing from the beach.
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Usagi's head felt as if a hammer had hit it over and over
again as she slowly opened her eyes a few seconds after
Seiya had gone and looked at the darkness around her. Every
muscle in her body was sore and her mouth extremely dry. She
yearned for water, but she couldn't even utter a sound, she
didn't have the strength to try. All that she could remember
was Seiya who had saved her and even told her he loved her.
Everything was so confusing and yet so incredibly simple.
Seiya was a wonderful person, but he wasn't Mamoru.
She knew that in the end, whether she wanted to or not, she
would have to be with Mamoru. It wouldn't be fair to
Chibi-Usa and the future if she didn't marry Mamoru, even
though he was a cheating pig. It also wouldn't be fair to
Seiya if she played with his heart and then had to break it
all over again. She just couldn't continue breaking Seiya's
heart.
She wouldn't break his heart anymore, but every solution
that she could think of couldn't prevent Seiya's heart from
being hurt again. Now, her new problem was trying to figure
out what that man could want from her. “Gosh, when it
rains…it pours,” she whispered closing her eyes once more.
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As soon as Seiya entered the living room he could tell the
atmosphere was extremely tense. Everyone had de-transformed
and sat either on the floor or on the couches that where
moved into a circle.
"Taiki, Yaten," Seiya signaled to them and they quickly
hurried to him. Seiya pointed towards the door and Taiki and
Yaten nodded. Taiki opened the door and Seiya and Yaten
hurried in, while Taiki shut it behind him.
"Did you guys get a good look at the guy that tried to
kidnap Usagi?" Seiya asked them looking at their blank
expressions. Taiki's brown eyes looked thoughtful for a
moment as he recalled the day's earlier events.
"No," Taiki answered, with a shake of his head looking sadly
at Seiya.
"Neither did I," Yaten also replied. "Well, I did and I sure
hope that none of the other Senshi did," Seiya whispered.
"What is it Seiya?" Taiki asked with a frown. From Seiya's
tone of voice, it didn't sound good at all. "Why wouldn't
you want the Sailor Senshi to know who that man is?"
Yaten asked more curious than alarmed. Seiya took a deep
breath and let his shoulders fall.
"It was Alec," Seiya whispered looking away from them. There
was a moment of blank and dreadful silence as the name Alec
sunk into Taiki and Yaten's minds.
"No," Yaten whispered turning away. The complexity and
danger of the situation suddenly became more apparent by
each passing moment.
"How can this be? He must have followed us…Shit!"
Taiki yelled turning around and running a hand through his
hair in frustration as he realized that Usagi being in
danger could be their fault.
"That bastard is after Usagi," Seiya whispered leaning on
the door and crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"We have to do something," Yaten replied looking at Seiya,
his eyes pleading, hoping for a chance that not all was
lost.
"What can we do? That stupid asshole wants Usagi and we
can't stop him. No one can."
"So, you're just going to let him take her? Just like that?"
Taiki asked surprised.
"You know Alec has the power to manipulate and control. We
could try, but it's ultimately the victim's decision. In the
state that Usagi is in…" He stopped for a moment to collect
himself and then said "I don't think she's in the right
state of mind to resist him. Damn Mamoru!" Seiya answered
standing up straight and putting his hands in his pockets.
"Alec loves to destroy the future and what better way to do
it than the Future Queen of Crystal Tokyo!" Yaten exclaimed.
"We have to do something," Taiki answered sadly.
"There's nothing we can do," Yaten whispered.
"It's all up to Usagi…damn that man! It’s about time someone
stopped him from destroying other worlds…he needs to stop
bullying people around," Seiya finished.
"But what happens if Usagi does decide to go with him?"
Taiki asked.
There was a long and extended moment of silence, where all
that was heard was the tick tock of an old grandfather
clock.
"We can't let that happen," Seiya whispered breaking the
silence and the smooth rhythmic sound of the clock that
almost turned him mad.
"Otherwise, we might have to…to…" Yaten couldn't finish the
sentence. Taiki finished for him by saying, "Kill her."
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They entered the living room where all of the inner Senshi
and most of the outer Senshi sat or stood in utter silence.
They all looked up as they heard them close the door behind
them.
"Would you like to share with the group?" Haruka asked
getting up from the couch.
"No," Yaten answered walking towards the long couch.
"Really? Because if it was about Usagi we have to know,"
Haruka persisted.
"We have nothing to say to you," Yaten replied between
clenched teeth. Seiya crossed a glance at Taiki who was also
nervously looking at Yaten who looked about to burst.
"How could you have left her alone in the state she was? You
were suppose to be protecting her and not letting her be a
target," Yaten answered coldly as he stared at Haruka
angrily. Everyone suddenly could feel the temperature of the
room rise to an incredibly uncomfortable number as Yaten and
Haruka looked ready to have a deadly encounter. They seemed
to be throwing daggers with their eyes at one another.
"Oh here we go," Seiya whispered putting his hand on his
forehead. He suddenly felt incredibly tired.
"Don't blame this on us! We had no idea," Haruka answered
her anger matching Yaten's.
"Your job is to know and know at all times!"
"Can we please not argue? We almost had a near disaster.
What we need to do know is make sure it never happens
again," Seiya said interrupting the discussion and sitting
down next to Minako and Makoto.
"How is she?" Minako asked as Seiya sighed and put a lazy
hand over his eyes.
Seiya turned his head towards Minako and smiled weakly.
"Better. She's doing better," he said weakly.
"What we should do know is find out who that man is and how
to defeat him," Makoto added resting her head against the
couch's armrest. Her brown eyes gazed out at the Senshi as
they quietly stared at her. She ran a hand through her brown
shoulder length hair that was loose around her. Seiya
coughed uncomfortably and seemed to sink deeper into the
couch.
"Arguing and pointing fingers isn't going to help us or
Usagi," Ami agreed adjusting her glasses on her nose as she
blinked a couple of times to regain proper vision.
"Let's forget the past and focus on the present and our
current situation," Michiru added trying to bring some order
to the situation.
"We can't forget about what Mamoru did to Usagi though. I
won't forget," Haruka whispered angrily as her eyes started
to signal murder.
"If Usagi hadn't been in the state she was she probably
could have had a chance to get away," Rei agreed as a strand
of her long black hair fell across her face, she gently
placed it back behind her ear.
"Let's not start pointing fingers again. We have more
important things to discuss," Ami answered shaking her head,
making some of her short strands of blue hair fall across
her glasses. She tossed them away and narrowed her eyebrows,
trying to think of something that might help.
"How can we ignore the important fact here? Mamoru needs to
pay for what he did!" Haruka shouted starting the pace back
and forth. Her hands we're locked in tight fists at her
sides and her body was completely tense from her anger.
"Calm down Haruka. You know you don't think straight when
you're like this," Michiru begged walking towards her.
"Michiru, we have to stop talking and start doing something!
Before I go completely crazy," Haruka whispered almost
falling to pieces in Michiru's arms.
"It's alright Haruka," Michiru reassured her, wrapping her
arms around Haruka.
"Haruka is right! I'm not going to sit here while that
asshole is laughing at what he did to Usagi!" Minako
answered angrily also jumping to her feet.
"We can't just charge into his apartment right now…we might
need him to fight Alec to protect Usagi," Ami interrupted
trying to sound like the voice of reason, but knew she was
quickly losing the battle. Haruka looked up at Minako and
nodded. "Let's go."
"This will not help Usagi at all," Ami cried jumping to her
feet. Haruka stared at her for a moment, and then turned
away from her.
"I never let anyone tell me what to do and I won't let you,"
with that said Haruka headed for the door.
"Wait for me!" Seiya suddenly said jumping to his feet.
"Seiya!" Taiki barked stopping Seiya in his tracks.
"I have to," Seiya answered his back turned to him.
"What in the world would it accomplish to give Mamoru a
black eye?" Yaten asked siding with Taiki.
"Nothing and Everything," Seiya responded walking to
Haruka's side.
"Are you sure you're up for it?" Haruka asked with a small
laugh.
"You know it."
"You guys are not going by yourselves," Minako exclaimed
walking towards them.
"You know we can take care of ourselves Minako," Haruka
answered walking further towards the door until she reached
it, with Seiya right behind her.
"I know you Haruka. You're not one to talk. All you're going
to do is fight and we should hear Mamoru's side as well. Ami
is right. I'm afraid if you just go up there and beat him
up, we won't be able to talk to him in the hospital," she
said opening the door for them. "After you," she said
signaling to the hall. "All you guys do is fight, so let me
just talk to him and then you can throw fists."
Then all three of them disappeared down the hall, the door
closing behind them with a small click.
"Please don't tell me they went to Mamoru's apartment," a
very weak and light voice replied coming from a nearby room.
All the Senshi in the room turned their heads immediately
and saw a very weak Usagi leaning against the door frame,
looking half dead and ready to fall to the at any moment.
"Usagi! You shouldn't be out of bed!" Rei yelled jumping to
her feet and reaching Usagi just as she started to fall to
the ground. Rei managed to catch her in her arms.
Taiki, who had just reached them, gently took Usagi from
Rei's arms. "She fainted again," Taiki whispered looking at
Usagi's still body in his arms. She opened her eyes a bit
and with a small smile closed them again, while exhaling a
deep breath.
"She's so weak," Rei, whispered tears appearing in her eyes.
Usagi's pale face leaned against Taiki's chest and she
seemed to be all right.
"Poor Usagi…She doesn't deserve this," Ami whispered getting
to her feet and walking towards Usagi and Taiki. She gently
put her hand across Usagi's cold cheek and bit her lip.
"She's so cold," Ami, whispered her eyes beginning to water.
Ami looked away from Usagi as she saw Makoto stand next to
her, followed by Michiru.
"She'll be all right…She has to be," Makoto whispered.
"I'm afraid she won't make it through the night," Rei cried
falling to her knees on the ground.
"Rei!" the rest of the Senshi who had been crowding around
Usagi moments ago reached towards Rei.
"I'll set her back on the bed," Taiki said walking back to
the bedroom where Usagi had been lying on the bed a moment
ago.
"There's something you're not telling us Rei and we need to
know," Makoto said as Rei looked up at them all.
"Michiru, do you know?" Rei asked the aquamarine beauty as
she kneeled in front of her.
"I know," Michiru, whispered closing her eyes, her body
started shaking and the tears just escaped her eyes in
rivers.
"Poor Princess, If only I had kept a closer eye on her this
wouldn't have happened. I have failed!" Michiru yelled
covering her face in her hands half from shame and half from
sadness.
"I can't keep this knowledge to myself any longer," Rei
whispered, her body shaking ferociously.
"You're scaring us, please tell us what's going on," Ami
replied wrapping her arms around Rei and rocking with her
back and forth.
"The power Usagi was using to generate that beam was from
her...her..." Rei couldn't finish the sentence.
"It was from her Silver Crystal," Michiru whispered clearing
her tears with her shirtsleeve. "No..." Ami whispered
finally realizing the danger of the situation.
"This can't be! What was she thinking?" Makoto yelled
jumping to her feet.
"Calm down Makoto," Rei said finally collecting herself
together and looking up at Makoto.
"I know you want to be mad at her for using her Crystal, but
you must understand that we are so incredibly lucky to still
have her. She could be dead right now, or she could have
even have been transported somewhere else."
"Rei, but you know as well as I do, that there is no hope in
saving her know. That power is irreplaceable by anything
that we can do!" Makoto yelled turning away from her.
"Don't you think we know that!" Ami yelled also getting to
her feet. "What we have to do now if nothing is pray for a
miracle," she finished looking down at the ground.
"A miracle! What can possibly happen?" she asked turning to
face Ami.
"We can save her," Yaten whispered finally entering the
conversation. He had been leaning on the wall at the
opposite side of the room, with his arms crossed and his
gaze down cast. His light green eyes then fixed themselves
to Rei's wet and violet ones. Her eyes where so sad, so
lonely and afraid, he felt himself starting to feel her
pain. He shook the feeling away and plastered a smile on his
face.
"We can save her," he whispered again walking towards them.
"You can?" Rei asked hopefully standing up with Michiru's
help.
"Then do something!" Makoto yelled in the brink of her
temper.
"Why didn't you say something before?" Michiru asked with a
steady voice, even though she wanted to scream and yell just
like Makoto.
"Yaten! What in the world are you doing?" Taiki half
whispered and half-yelled, his eyes displaying surprise and
worry.
"I'm going to tell them the truth," Yaten replied with as
much of a nonchalant attitude as he could muster.
"Don't you think they have suffered enough for one night?"
Taiki pleaded biting his lower lip in anxiety.
"Somebody better tells us what in the world you guys are
talking about before I start kicking some ass!" Makoto
yelled.
"What is it you can do?" Michiru asked as Yaten walked and
stood in front of them.
"It's simple Michiru," Yaten said putting his left hand in
his pant pocket.
With a sly grin he whispered, "In order to save everyone
including Usagi and the future…" Yaten looked at Taiki who
was pleading with him silently not to finish the sentence.
Yaten waved him off and stared at the hopeful Senshi in
front of him. He calmly whispered,
"We have to kill her."
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