Makoto ran off with incredible speed. Motoki feared he would never catch up to her, but he never slowed down for a second. After another five mintues of full on sprinting he caught sight of the young girl curled up under a giant oak tree, trembling uncontrollably. Motoki took a second to catch his breath before he slowly approached the broken and sobbing girl. "Please leave me be, Motoki." He had to catch himself before he gasped... it was the first time she had been so informal towards him. "I... I can't Makoto. If I leave you might dissappear..." Another tear slipped from her already red eyes. She stayed silent under Motoki's searching eyes. It had been her plan, to dissappear.
After what seemed like an enternity Motoki gently grabbed Makoto's hand and pulled her into his arms, where she immediatly stiffened. "Makoto... stay the night with me... I will make all this go away. Everything you suffered... let me make it go away." He whispered softly to the the younger girl in his arms. She didn't answer, but she wasn't fighting either so he scooped her into his arms and carried her princess style all the way to his place.
The next couple hours went in a blur for Makoto. She slept in Motoki's bed and there were a couple fuzzy moments when he would bring he something to eat or make sure she was comfortable, and he always kept his distance. For once Makoto was thankful that he did so.
It was close to midnight when Makoto woke up and everything wasn't a blur. She made her way to what she thought was the kitchen and came upon Motoki asleep at the kitchen table. She slowly waved her hand in the air and her Jupiter wand appeared for her. She pointed it toward Motoki. He had saved her in more than one way in the past 12 hours, but she had to make him forget. "Jupiter Star Pow... Ma-Matoki! Your awake!" Motoki had woken just in time to see Makoto call on her Jupiter star power and grab her wrist before she could finish. "Makoto... your... Sailor Jupiter?" He stood up and stepped closer to her, she unknowingly flinched and took a step back. "Mako... you were going to erase my memories from today weren't you? Don't make me leave you Mako. I don't want you to dissappear." Makoto took up the trembling she had just been able to stop only a couple hours before.
She wasn't looking at him anymore, she was terrified and as much as it hurt Motoki's feelings that she was he didn't hold it against her. "Let me be there for you Mako."
It had been a couple years since that moment. Makoto had told Motoki everything... from the past in the Silver Millenium to the present about her and the Scouts. Motoki still had trouble wrapping his mind around the fact that Usagi was the famed Sailor Moon and the strongest of the group. No... Usagi wasn't the strongest... it was the lovely girl clinging to him in his sleep that was the strongest... She fought an unseen battle... she has been for years. On that night Makoto and Motoki had decided it best if they pretended to start dating... that way he could protect her from her friends questions. They had been pretend dating for over four years now, and she had moved in with him the day she and the girls had graduated.
He heaved a heavy sigh and unclenched the woman's fingers from his arm. He was about the only man in the world that she was comfortable with. It had taken many months of heart breaking pain for him. During these four years he had fallen deeply in love with Mako... but he could never tell her that or even dream of acting on it. He didn't think he could handle her terrified eyes, looking at him like he was that man who had destroyed her that day. He made his way to the kitchen and began breakfast, Makoto hadn't really wanted to bake or cook since that day... everything about her changed.
He had just finished up with breakfast when there was a knock at the door. Motoki made his way to the door. He already had an idea who it was. He opened the door and there he was, Motoki's best friend Mamoru. "Hey Mamo-kun, come on in. I just made breakfast." Mamoru nodded and followed Motoki to the kitchen. "Where is Mako-chan... I actually came to talk to her..." Motoki could tell that Mamoru was kind of in a hurry. 'It must be senshi business.' Motoki nodded towards the bedroom. "She is still sleeping..." He looked at Mamoru for a second... thinking. "Is it something that can be handled without Sailor Jupiter?" Mamoru took a step back from Motoki. "Wha? What did you say?"