Hi all! It's short, I'm rusty, but I think there is some sort of appeal in this one, or I wouldn't have posted. Standard disclaimer applies, of course I don't own either of the characters or their attacks or the monster, well sort of, but I think there is still something redeemable about it. Enjoy Minna!

Oh by the way, I think it is best read slow. ^_^

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-'What the heck is this thing?!'- Hiiro Yui thought as he swiftly moved out of the path of the frying pan that the, for lack of a better word, monster threw at him.

-`By now it should be riddled with bullets… It is highly unlikely that I missed every shot. And yet it seems to have taken no damage.'- Hiiro's thoughts were quickly analyzing the situation as his body reflexively dodged the random kitchen utensils.

-'The weapons are becoming bigger the more it throws, and it has not repeated a single item yet. Can it run out?'-

He glared swiftly at his gun and gave it a "Hn" knowing full well he would run out if he was not careful. -'Conservation and out maneuvering then.'-

"Mission: Accepted"

Hiiro Yui had been fighting this bizarre creature for over two hours, and he was becoming a little annoyed. Once the thing threw a refrigerator at him, instead of running out of items as he had hypothesized, it began throwing the entire contents of a restaurant kitchen at him. It started with teaspoons and was now up to the double sink.

He had made two new observations, however. First, though his bullets could not harm the actual monster, they did work on its projectiles. And second, the monster was becoming tired and sloppy.

Hiiro ran out from behind the parked car he had used to take the brunt of the attack of double sink. He pulled out his gun and his second to last bullet. Aimed, and..

Once again, nothing happened, except an increase in the monster's laughter.

"Kuso." He growled out, picking up a brick and throwing it at his opponent. It just laughed, caught the brick, and crushed it into a fine powder.

"Hold it right there!"

Both he and the monster were momentarily distracted by the voice, Hiiro only now realizing that it had been over an hour since he had last seen a civilian. He had managed to get all of the unconscious people into an ally and had drawn the battle far away from them. And now, here comes this silly teenage girl trying to play hero, "Hn."

"Before you got here this was a beautiful street full of life and love. I cannot forgive you for destroying the peace on this street! I am Sailor Moon, Champion of Love and Justice! In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"

"Hn"

Hiiro watched as this Sailor Moon jumped down off the street lamp she had used as her soapbox. She landed a little less gracefully than she should have, even though her outfit was clearly not meant to be worn in the heat of battle.

-'Baka, but with only one bullet left maybe she will have enough skill to distract it long enough for me to get a clean shot in.'- Hiiro thought, sizing up his new, though peculiar, ally.

She pulled out what looked like a toy wand and Hiiro glared as he realized this had distracted her from noticing the stainless steel oven quickly barreling towards her face. He clenched his jaw and dragged the girl out of harm's way.

She blinked her deep blue eyes up at him and breathed out a soft "Thank You," before jumping far away from him and holding the toy out in front of her. Hiiro growled realizing he was going to have to save her again and began looking for a new place to hide a body for when he knocked her out. The monster was hurling a huge plate-drying machine when…

"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!"

Hiiro stopped mid-rescue when the girl's toy emitted blinding lights heading straight for the enemy. The creature, engulfed in the lights, screamed out something that sounded suspiciously like 'Beautiful!' as it died.

-'It just disappeared.'-

He appraised this Sailor Moon again. Her back was to him as she surveyed the damage done by the monster and for once in his life, Hiiro was compelled to say something.

"Your bow is ridiculous."

-'Duo must be rubbing off on me.'-

She turned her deep blue eyes onto him once again, this time they sparkled slightly with laughter. "You think so too? I don't really know why it looks like a huge set of wings." A small smile crossed her face as she looked around again.

"Were there no other civilians on the street?" She asked confused.

"Hn… I am not a civilian."

She looked at him hard for a minute and smiled sadly this time, "No, you are not. Were there any other people when the Phage attacked?"

"Hai" He said as he began walking in the direction of the ally where he had put all of the victims. She followed slowly at first but soon caught up to him. "How long were you fighting?"

"Two hours and seventeen minutes"

"Were you hurt?"

He glanced in her direction to see her attempting to discreetly look him over. He smirked slightly, "Negative."

They walked a little longer in silence before she broke it with another question. "Are you always a soldier?"

He glanced at this peculiar girl again and she explained.

"I am not always a soldier. When everything is done on the battlefield, I power down, I go home and relax with my family. I eat too much, I'm lazy, I like to read manga. I'm in high school, it's like I'm a real teenager. Do you ever get to relax and be a real teenager?"

"Iie."

She laughed a little, thought for a minute, and then replied. "You're right. Neither do I. I mean I said it's *like* I'm a real teenager, not that I am one. I get so tired of high school and the little problems. I walk home everyday wondering if I will live to see the next morning... I never buy new manga anymore. I would hate to start a new series and die before I find out how it ends….Not normal teenager thoughts, ne?"

"Hn."

They walked a little longer this time before: "What's your name?"

"…"

He blinked, jaw clenched, looking straight ahead, but still he managed to see that sad smile slide across her face again.

"Yui Hiiro"

Her smile brightened. "Some days, I wish I could be like you Hiiro-chan. Just, quiet. And not having to pretend to be anything other than what I am. If I don't feel like talking, I don't. Not having to put on a smile and make dull conversation so no one will realize my secret. Being quiet. It sounds very liberating."

"It's not."

"Maybe not. But it would be liberating just to have the option I suppose." She said sadly as they reached the ally and he pointed. He watched as she put on her best hero face and looked around at all of the bewildered people lying there, conscious and confused. Not knowing why themselves, they all began clapping and chanting her name. She charged her one thousand watt smile and beamed at the victims. In her smile, she was able to give them the reassurance they needed that everything was okay.

They all got up and filtered out of the ally. –'Apparently, that was some kind of signal.'-

Somehow, it ended up being just the two of them in the ally again. Her smile had changed. She had suddenly taken on an air of tranquility as she watched the people they had saved go home to their normal lives. She pierced him with an unreadable gaze as he leaned against the wall.

-'Why am I still here?'- Hiiro thought, yet his feet did not move to take him home.

The silence was short.

"My family doesn't know me anymore." She whispered out.

"I never knew mine."

"You have friends though, ne Hiiro-chan?"

"I have comrades"

"Yeah," she whispered and placed her gloved hand against his cheek and looked into his eyes with her tearful ones.

"I'm sorry Hiiro-chan"

"….For what?"

"For all of our pain"

"Hai" he agreed as he watched one of the tears slip slowly down her cheek.

"Hirro?"

"..."

"Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi."

"Hn."

"Find me some day Hiiro, and take me away with you, at least for a little while. I…we…I want to be able to hide away with you someday. I want to be your friend."

"Mission: Accepted."

She removed her hand from his face and Hiiro instantly missed its warmth. She leant in slowly and softly placed a kiss where her hand had been.

"Arigato, Hiiro-chan, for everything."

And with that, he felt her jump to the rooftops, sprinting away.

Hiiro walked out of the ally, seeing the street now filled with emergency crews and people asking him if he was okay. No, he wasn't okay. He was disorientated. He couldn't remove his hand from the place that Sailor Moon, no, Usagi, had kissed him. She had given Hiiro something he had never had before.

"Hope."

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Okay you guys I hope you enjoyed it! I still don't understand why insists on messing with my format everytime I upload, very frustrating. Oh well I hope you enjoyed. Maybe someday I'll let you guys in on what happens when he kidnaps her.