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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 ____________________________________
We have to kill her…”
“That’s craziness,” replied Makoto, “We are not going to
kill her.”
“What could that possibly solve? She would be dead and then
the future would still be different,” Rei added rising to
her feet.
“It’s just a suggestion, but if Usagi does fall into to
hands of Alec you will have a serious situation on your
hands. The Silver Crystal is defined by it’s owner, if the
owner is good, then the Crystal is good and holy, but if the
owner is evil, the Crystal will surely be contaminated and
leave the future in a sad state…any future would be better
than the future controlled by Alec,” Yaten replied turning
his back to them.
“It is out of the question. We will not kill Usagi,” Michiru
answered ending the conversation.
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Usagi looked at the ceiling above her as she put an arm
across her eyes. She sighed from exhaustion as she turned a
bit and looked at the door a few feet away from her bed.
She knew they were arguing about her, there was not doubt
about it…they must have realized by know that the beam was
her silver crystal and that the power was virtually
irreplaceable. “Am I going to die?” she wondered out loud as
a wave of fatigue swept her into deep sleep once more.
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Minako approached the door that led to Mamoru’s apartment
carefully. She suddenly hoped that Mamoru wasn’t home,
because she alone did not have the power to stop Haruka and
Seiya.
She looked back at them and saw them urging her to ring the
doorbell. “Do you promise to hear his side of the story
before you throw fists everywhere?” she asked starring at
them.
“I promise,” Seiya answered simply.
“Fine,” Haruka forced herself to say.
Minako turned away from them and with a forced hand knocked
on the door firmly. After what seemed like an eternity the
door opened and Mamoru stood before them. He looked awful.
His drowsy eyes were either red from lack of sleep or tears
and his wrinkled shirt was unbuttoned to expose a tan and
muscled chest, which exposed a bruise from what seemed like
a smart blow just above the abdomen.
“Mamoru,” Minako started with a surprisingly firm voice.
His eyes a moment ago seemed like they had been fixed only
on her, but once he looked behind her and saw Seiya and
Haruka he seemed fully awake. “Seiya,” Mamoru whispered just
loudly enough for all of them to hear. Minako could feel the
temperature between the three rise and felt like she was in
the middle of the inferno. “Move aside Minako,” she heard
Haruka command behind her. “No Haruka, we have to talk about
this,” she replied and moved into Mamoru’s apartment. Mamoru
moved aside and let Seiya and Haruka step inside.
Although Mamoru looked a mess, the apartment seemed
adequately clean. “Mamoru, I believe you know why we’re
here,” Minako said as Seiya and Haruka stepped behind her,
and Mamoru closed the door and turned to them.
“If it’s about Usagi, I believe that it is none of your
business what occurs in our relationship,” he answered
coldly as he walked into the kitchen and stared at them
standing in his living room.
“You better damn well believe it’s our business you
bastard!” Haruka answered taking a step towards him. Minako
stopped her by putting her arm in front of her path.
“Aren’t you supposed to be protecting your princess or
something? Or have you come to steal Usagi away from me?”
Mamoru asked referring to Seiya.
“The reason I came here for is none of your business and as
for Usagi…I have no power over who she loves,” Seiya
answered with clenched teeth. Mamoru looked at all three of
them a moment and smugly answered “I frankly don’t care if
you’re here to beat the crap out of me, because my life has
just fallen that low.”
“And you have no one to blame but yourself,” Minako answered
as Mamoru took a sip of his coffee.
“Have you any idea what you have done to Usagi? Any clue of
how much she’s hurting?” Minako asked bewildered that he had
such a nonchalant attitude. He ignored her, turned away and
walked towards his bedroom. “I believe you can show
yourselves out,” he called to them opening his bedroom door.
“You’re just going to walk away from the truth? Usagi was
all most killed today because of your imbecility, and I’m
finding it difficult to comprehend that after all you two
have been through you would just throw it away,” Minako
yelled after him. She noticed Mamoru’s body tense a bit. He
let go of the doorknob and turned to look at them.
“She was all most killed?” he asked, for the first time,
expressing true concern. Minako saw a ray of hope and took
advantage of it.
“Yes, and unless you realize how much you love her and need
her…she’s going to die.”
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Usagi awoke and to find a pair of beautiful blue eyes stare
down at her. They could only belong to one man. “I’m glad
you’re awake,” Mamoru whispered brushing a hand across her
forehead. His other hand clutched her right hand in his
tightly as he smiled at her.
“What are you doing here?” she asked him trying to avoid his
eyes.
“I was worried about you,” he whispered.
For one shinning moment she wanted to kiss him. To feel his
warm lips upon hers, melting her, exploring her until there
was nothing more he could find. She loved him. She would
always want him. Reality seemed to crawl back to her like a
slithering snake, and the beautiful image of being in his
arms vanished in a puff of smoke to be replaced by the image
of him rolling around in satin sheets with another woman.
“You weren’t worried about me when you cheated on me,” she
answered coldly turning away from him.
The memory and all his past infidelities were too much for
her to forget.
“I’m sorry Usagi…Usako…”
“Don’t call me that!” Usagi snapped tapping into a source of
energy she did not know she possessed, rage. He seemed
stunned for a moment and leaned back in his chair. Something
had come over her that she couldn’t explain. When she heard
‘Usako’ fall from his lips it was like an adrenaline rush.
“Usako was the nickname that the man I thought loved me use
to call me. That name was used by a man that never would
have cheated on me,” she stopped for a moment to catch her
breath, “That name will never fall from your lips again…Do
you hear me?” she asked with an anger that even scared her.
He waited a second, leaving an empty silence fall between
them, which was all the time Usagi needed to have tears form
in her eyes. “I understand it is time for you to leave,” she
whispered trying to hold back a sob that begged to come
forth.
Usagi thought. “Please Usagi. I have had some time to think about this, and
I’m going to be honest with you…please look at me,” he
begged her as she turned her face completely away from him.
He waited a second and then decided to continue any way,
“Fine, but I hope you listen to what I have to say.” When
she didn’t respond he sighed and continued, “Truthfully,
earlier today, I was willing to let you go and hope that it
was for the best. But…but when I heard that you could have
died, if not been taken away from us…from me…everything
seemed to come into place.” Usagi was at the brink of tears.
“And I’m suppose to care because you had an enlightenment?”
she asked turning to look at him.
“I know I’ve not exactly been there for you in the past and
often cared not to be…but you have to believe me…that man
that tried to take you will try again. You can’t let him
take you away.”
She looked directly into his blue eyes, which she once
thought she knew so well and then straight into his soul and
whispered, “I’ll choose what I want to do or not and if I
want to leave…I will.”
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Mamoru stepped out of the room and was confronted by a fury
of questions.
“What happened?”
“Is she all right?”
“Have you guys gotten back together?”
Mamoru ignored all of the questions and simply walked out of
the apartment.
“I guess it didn’t go so well,” Ami whispered.
“You think,” Rei answered sarcastically.
“What are we going to do know?” Minako whispered.
“It’s all up to Mamoru now. It’s out of our hands,” Yaten
answered.
“Unless their love can over-come this…I don’t know what will
happen,” Seiya whispered. Everyone fell into silence and all
that was heard was Usagi’s silent crying.
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Mamoru waited and stared at the waves crashing against the
shoreline. The sun was setting, casting the sky into dark
shades of orange and purple. It had been a very long day.
The only way to save Usagi was to take matters into his own
hands. He felt the air chill around him and he smiled slyly.
“I didn’t think you would show-up,” a cool and sly voice
said behind him.
“When it concerns the love of my life…I would go to the
end’s of the Universe,” Mamoru answered turning around and
staring at the man who had just tried to kidnap Usagi
earlier.
“The one you love! That’s debatable,” Alec replied slowly as
he walked and stood only a few feet from Mamoru.
“I’m not here to debate my love for Usagi to you! I’m here
to tell you to stay away from her and leave Earth before I
make you leave,” Mamoru replied with clenched teeth.
“It’s funny how ‘superheroes’ spend time threatening
‘evildoers’ to leave before they make them…but when it’s
time to prove it…it’s just an empty threat,” Alec snickered.
“Do you really believe I would waste a second before kicking
your ass if you try anything with Usagi?”
“Oh I know you wouldn’t waste a second…but how can you beat
something that you can’t see?” Alec whispered slyly as he
disappeared before Mamoru’s eyes.
“You’re just a coward,” Mamoru whispered.
“A coward you say? Well…a coward that’s got your girlfriend…
ponder for a second Chiba Mamoru how convenient it was that
that hooker appeared in your life just as I was emerging on
Earth…”
As the sun finally left and darkness swallowed the sky,
alarm and fear filled and clutched Mamoru’s soul.
he
thought as alarm and anticipation boiled in his blood.
“What did you make me do?!” he yelled at the disappearing
figure.
“I did nothing…how easy it is to succumb a willing man to
soft and silky flesh…HAHAHAHAHAHAH!”
“You bastard!” Mamoru yelled pumping his fists in the air,
only to swing at motionless air.
“Usagi,” Mamoru whispered and before wasting one more second
he fled towards the city.
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As Usagi stared at the man before her, she knew it was the
same man who had tried to kidnap her before…but…he didn’t
seem so menacing now. In fact the offer he just mentioned
was rather tempting.
“You feel your energy returning to you don’t you?” he
quietly asked her.
Immediately Usagi felt regenerated. In fact her silver
crystal appeared before her shinning brighter than ever
before. She sat up and took the crystal in her hands.
“It’s never looked brighter,” she whispered and realized
just how great this man’s power could be…to be able to fill
the silver crystal with this much power…he had to be
powerful.
“What is your name?” she asked looking up at him.
“It’s Alec,” he replied.
“You’re very powerful,” she whispered.
“If you come with me…you will have more than enough power
and strength, and you will never be without,” he whispered.
“But if you don’t,” he added, and suddenly, Usagi felt all
of the power and strength evaporate from her body. Her
silver crystal was reduced to a small glow. The force was so
great she felt like she just had the wind knocked out of
her, and she fell back against the pillows with a new wave
of fatigue.
“Once you’ve had my power…it’s like a drug isn’t it? You
crave for it don’t you?” he asked walking and kneeling next
to her. Usagi nodded and he put a hand against her cheek.
She was cool to the touch and very vulnerable.
“Just come with me,” he whispered his mouth only inches from
hers. “Let me kiss you Princess Serenity…come with me, and I
promise you everything,” he whispered gently.
“Do we have a deal?” he asked. His lips gently brushed hers,
when suddenly the door to the room burst open, and Mamoru
and the rest of the Senshi rushed in, just as Usagi
whispered “Deal.”
“Usagi!” Mamoru yelled as Alec suddenly grabbed Usagi in his
arms, and held her possessively against him.
“It’s too late,” Alec whispered. “She’s mine now.”
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I’m sorry that this is so short, but I figured this was a
good place to stop.
Look for Ch.3 soon…
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