Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon - unfortunately - I just own this story line.
Anyway, this is just a weird idea for a story I came up with a bit ago. Please read and review.
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Chapter One
The blonde haired figure looked desperately around trying to find the person they are looking for. "Of all the fucking times to be late," they mutter to themselves anxiously, searching all the shadows in a paranoid sort of way. "Why did you have to be late today of all days?"
The figure starts pacing restlessly. They look up at the sky, momentarily calmed by the sight of the stars dancing above, and the moon shining in all her glory, whole at last. The moonlight bathes the figure, blonde hair turning a beautiful silver, pale skin shining, eyes glistening while reflecting the light of the moon above them.
A midnight haired figure behind them gasps at the beauty of them, taking the ethereal beauty into his arms. "I'm sorry I'm late," he whispers slowly, warm breath tickling the tender skin of his captives neck.
"You should be," they state resolvedly, crossing their arms. "You never know what could have happened."
"I know. Though in my defence you could easily take care of yourself," he says, softly kissing the exposed neck beneath his lips, knowing this will make them melt.
"You're not getting away with this that easily Mamoru," Usagi states wriggling free from his grasp, turning to him with a resolved look on her beautiful face and a determined glint in her eyes.
"You look so beautiful in the moonlight Usako," Mamoru states with his most charming smile, ignoring her lack of using his nickname.
"Don't you even try that on me Mamoru! Your charm is not going to work on me," she pauses, slightly letting her anger seep to the surface as she hears him mutter "normally does". She sends him a glare. "It's not going to work this time. I am not going to melt when you turn that smile on me today. If you want to make up for being late today, of all the days you could have been late, you are going to have to do it the hard way!" she yells, stomping away, her anger now replacing any worry she had over her location.
He stands there dumbfounded for a few moments, Usagi, his Usako, hadn't yelled at him like that since they'd started going out - and stopped arguing. In a few quick strides he catches up with her before she can get far and grabs her arm. "Usagi, I really am sorry. I don't know why you're this angry at me but I should know better than to try and manipulate you."
She sighs. "A baby step of your repentance has been achieved," she states softly, reluctantly, not looking at him.
"I know how much you hate having to wait in the park at night, sometimes I forget how much you have to be careful so as not to reveal your secret," he says, taking encouragement from her turning to look at him. "And if you want to talk to me about why you're so angry at me I'm more than willing to listen."
A silence of a few seconds descends over the two moonlight bathed figures, with him nervously awaiting her next move, and her deciding whether to take up his offer or not.
She sighs heavily. "Walk with me?" she asks, only looking at him long enough to see his nod. She leads him further into the park, walking in silence until she leads him to a small moon bathed clearing filled with roses. "I hate today," she admits with anger.
He looks at her with a puzzled expression.
Sighing again she collapses, oddly graceful, to the ground clutching her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around them tightly. "I hate this date. Every year on this date I have the most horrendous day, it doesn't matter what I do I can never have a good day," she looks up at him.
He goes to his knees, and takes her hands gently in his, letting her know he is there, without being too overt for her state of mind.
"It starts out with the worst nightmares I can imagine," she shudders and he takes her in his arms without a second's hesitation. "So much blood and death Mamoru, I hate it, every year the same nightmare - even worse than before because I'd managed to convince myself over the rest of the year that it wasn't that bad. I wake up screaming. I get into a fight with my Mum because she was woken from her sleep by me screaming, unable to wake me up and is extremely testy due to lack of sleep, blaming me for it. My Dad yells at me too, agreeing with Mum completely. My brother is more annoying than ever. I wake up even later than normal, I have to rush to get ready and my family's antics only make me later. On a day where I have school I'm even later than normal and get a detention twice as long and tons of homework. Whether it's a day where I have school or not I always end up getting in a fight with my friends, starting off because I was so late, and normally ending up with them calling me worthless and saying they don't know why they even put up with me. I normally end up with ripped clothes and someone spills something down me, normally scolding hot coffee. I get home and get an even bigger earful, now started by my being late. I don't end up getting dinner and get sent to my room. I have the nightmare again when I go to sleep, only this time I don't scream and I wake up normally."
Usagi stops and gazes up at the moon, this time not smiling. "It wasn't-" Usagi breaks off and starts again. "It wasn't until we found out that I was the princess that I realised that the nightmares are memories from the moon kingdom. After I realised that I thought that the nightmares would end, that the reason I got them was to try and let me know who I was, but that didn't happen, if anything it got worse, my parents and friends had more to sling back into my face."
Mamoru gently rubs soothing circles on Usagi's back, getting a small smile in reply. "If you know those you care about turn on you on this day why did you ask me to meet you? Weren't you afraid that I'd turn on you too?"
Usagi shakes her head. "You've always been immune to the affects of today. Even back when we just used to fight you wouldn't be any worse, if anything you'd be nicer, apologising for spilling coffee down me rather than start a fight over it."
"I don't remember doing that," Mamoru comments in confusion.
"And that leads me to the worst part of today. By tomorrow no one remembers, no one but me," Usagi looks up at him with tears glistening in her eyes. "All the people I care about, except you, are the most horrible they could ever be to me and they act like it never happened, because to them it didn't."
Mamoru kisses her forehead, her cheek, her nose. It makes her giggle slightly. "I am truly sorry I had to add another bad thing to your list Usako … Do you have any idea why it's always this date that it happens, and why I'm immune?"
Grimly, Usagi smiles and indicates the moon with her eyes. "It's the anniversary of the final day of the Moon Kingdom. "
Mamoru looks confused. "I can understand why that would make today a bad day remembrance wise, but why does it cause that reaction in the others and why do they forget?"
"Today is not just the anniversary of the final day of the Moon Kingdom it is a re-enactment of the final day. It took me a while to figure it out and even longer to remember what happened…On the final day I awoke screaming from the most awful dream, and Luna yelled at me because she wasn't able to wake me and I wouldn't stop screaming. I went to my friends thinking they would believe me and they didn't. Rae would have seen something not me and they thought I was trying to trick them and ended up yelling at me, saying that I was a worthless Princess if I couldn't be serious in such a tense time, when it was thought a war would start. I ran to my mother and tried to tell her of my dream and she told me she didn't have time for it. I started an argument with her because I knew it was important and she ended it with saying I was being childish and that I should know better than to try my games when things were tense between the planets. The only person that believed me, that was kind to me on that day, was you. You held me when I cried, really listened to me and believed me; you even went to my Mother to try to talk to her. It ended up where we both found out that my dream was about to become reality, that the battle was about to begin, and all you said to my Mother was that you would fight with the army to protect the Moon Kingdom. The day ended with me watching my dream become a reality. We both know what happened after that."
Usagi goes silent, clearing remembering the events she described.
"Usako, I am so sorry you have to go through this every year. Do you have any idea why it happens, and why no one remembers except you?"
Usagi shrugs. "I haven't exactly had anyone to ask; I don't think anyone would believe me even if I did bring it up."
"Well normally when you hear about situations that continuously loop it's because that situation happened in a way it shouldn't have."
"Yes, the Moon Kingdom should have easily defeated the Negaverse and we should have lived happily ever after. I'm being serious before you say anything. Anyway, that's in situations where they relive the same day continuously."
"Not necessarily, maybe all you need to think about is what is wrong with this situation, and figure out how to make it better."
Their conversation is cut short by a loud ringing coming from Usagi's handbag. Usagi digs out her phone and cringes when she sees her home number. She hesitatingly answers it, almost deafened before she can even get the phone to her ear.
"Usagi get you ass back to this house or God help me I will ground you for the rest of this century!" Usagi's mother screams.
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