Chapter One

Disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon, nor do I own any of the characters from Sailor moon.

Also this story was originally published on under my old user name IcesY so if it seems familiar it is.

Usagi Tsukino looked out of the window of her Baltimore apartment, at nineteen she was an up and coming writer of romance novels. And yet she had yet to experience the feelings of true love herself. Once a long time ago when she had lived in Tokyo with her family she had once thought that she had come close to love. But the man had disappeared without ever saying goodbye. Usagi had waited during the years from fourteen until seventeen for his return, he never did.

So after graduating high school she received a scholarship from the Maryland Institute of Creative Arts, or MICA. She had moved against her friends and families wishes to start a new life for herself far away from anyone who knew her. She had thrown herself into her schoolwork, her writing and her art. Though her dreams were still haunted by memories of the man that would forever hold her heart. Sighing she turned from the view of the Baltimore cityscape at the sound of her cell phone ringing. She glanced at the screen and scowled softly choosing to ignore her editor who was pushing at her to meet her deadline for her new book.

It just didn't seem to matter much this time, between classes and her writing she didn't have time for 'fun'. Not that she honestly felt that going out to clubs with friends was 'fun' but it got her thoughts off of her loneliness every so often. With a look of self-disgust on her face she flopped down heavily into her overstuffed leather couch and picked up the remote flipping the TV on and mindlessly surfed the channels. Soon her disgust heightened as she saw what was on the channels. Movies like Sleepless in Seattle, while you were Sleeping, Never been kissed and you've got mail; flipped by as she surfed with a snort she turned off the TV and tossed her remote across the room.

The remote soared and landed on the sleeping black cat that jumped up startled and hissed at Usagi.

'You know instead of falling into a funk you could go out, or maybe finish your novel…'

A husky sounding voice said in her head, Usagi opened one sapphire hued eye at the cat and made a face, then closed her eye again.

"Thank you very much Luna, but if I wanted to do that I would be doing it, now wouldn't I?" Usagi retorted to the strange feline.

Luna jumped from where she had been sleeping at the window and trotted across the living room to jump up on the couch next to her master and eyed the young girl with concerned eyes.

'I'm serious Usagi, all you've done recently is mope around the apartment and depress

Yourself. You should go out and at least get some fresh air for a while, besides I want some salmon.'

Usagi couldn't help but chuckle softly at her cats comment; she sat up and grabbed her keys and cell phone from the coffee table giving the cat a pained look as she stood her long blond hair swaying about her lithe body.

"You just want me to get you some food," Usagi said grumbling softly though she reached out with a hand and stroked it down the black cats back, much to Luna's pleasure of course.

'Perhaps, but it will also do you some good Usagi.'

The cat remarked between deep rumbling purrs, Usagi patted Luna's head then turned and picked up her coat knowing that her pet and loyal friend was right.

"I'll be back in a few hours Luna, stand guard," Usagi said with a grin and exited her apartment.

Once outside the apartment building Usagi tilted her head back enjoying the balmy Baltimore summer day, though truthfully the humidity was enough to drown one after too much time. Shaking off her dismal mood Usagi thought about hoping into her car and decided against it, instead she started walking down Broadway toward the deli. She thought about Luna, and grinned thinking back to the year before when she had found the mangy cat on the front step of her apartment building, Usagi being an animal lover had taken in the animal. She also remembered the first time she had heard Luna speak; she had been so shocked she almost admitted herself into the mental ward for a stint, thinking that stress from her writing and school had been getting to her.

She still wasn't sure how it was the animal was able to talk to her, but the cat had quickly turned into one of her closest friends and Usagi would do anything for the cat. The sound of motley crew coming from her phone pulled her thoughts from her feline friend as she hit the talk button and put it to her ear.

"What's up?"

A soft chuckle came over the line, "Hey Usagi, its Madeline I was wondering if you could come over to the office. I know you don't want to but the boss is ready to have an aneurysm."

Usagi grumbled softly but was already turning back toward the apartment building and her car, Luna would just have to wait a while longer for her fish.

"Yea I'm on my way Madeline, sorry I got the boss steamed I just didn't want to deal with anyone today, and she's harping at me about my deadline." Usagi explained on a sigh as she hit the button on her keychain to unlock and start the small sports car.

"No problemo Usagi, just thought I would try and get a hold of you," Madeline explained on a chuckle. "Crap got to go, she's glaring at me. See you when you get here."

Usagi opened her mouth to answer her friend but found she was talking to a dead line and chuckled as she maneuvered the car through the early afternoon Baltimore traffic. A short time later found her pulling up to a tall office building, she parked the car fed the meter and walked inside removing her mirror framed sunglasses. She waved to the security guard and moved to the elevator punched the up button and waited; after the doors opened she walked in and punched the third floor leaning back against the wall and closing her eyes for a moment.

The sound of the elevators bell caused Usagi to open her eyes again and she moved toward the doors, grumbling when she dropped her sunglasses. Leaning down she picked them up and moved to exit the elevator once more only to walk into a warm fleshy wall. Vice like hands caught her about her arms as she started to fall back and she blinked up into the most gorgeous midnight blue eyes she had ever seen.

"Miss are you alright?" A rumbling voice asked

Usagi shook off the man's arms and straightened the sleeves of her peasant's shirt before looking up at him, her eyes widened in shock as she stared up into a face that was all too familiar to her.

"Yes, I'm fine, Mamoru." Her voice shook slightly with her shock.

Mamoru stared down at the woman in front of him his brows knitting together in thought, there was something familiar about this girl but he couldn't place his finger on it. It was also odd that she knew who he was since he had only been in Baltimore for a few hours. He watched as she shook off his steadying hands and moved down the hall toward the publishing office his father had just bought.

Shaking his head he entered the elevator to see the woman looking back at him for a moment before the doors closed, as he rode down in the elevator he continued to think about the woman, even as he walked across the lobby waving to the security guard he continued to think about her. It wasn't until he was on the beltway in the middle of traffic on his motorcycle that he realized who she was, and the truth of it almost caused him to dump his bike.

Usagi Tsukino… his Usako was in Baltimore…

The only woman that he had ever given his heart too, and the one he had walked out on years before.