Possessed
Chapter 1: Doubts
Usagi eyed the silver-haired girl beside her. "Mamo-chan would never date another girl behind my back, let alone kiss one." She frowned pensively, then shook her head in assurance. "No, you must have seen someone else."
Tsukamu, or Tsu-chan, as some people called her, had transferred to Juuban High the previous week, and Usagi had been assigned to show her around. She looked up at Usagi, assured of what she had seen. "I hate to say it, but I know it was him. He's been with us to nearly all of the places you've taken me, and I've seen him at least ten times in the two weeks I've known you. Is there any reason he would do such a horrible thing?"
The blond stopped and sat under a tree in the school quad. "It just doesn't make sense. We've been together so long. I mean, look." Usagi lifted her left hand and displayed the shiny ring on her ring-finger. "We're getting married after I graduate. I am sure you saw someone else, Tsu-chan."
Tsukamu merely shrugged. "Just make sure you keep a close eye on him. I'd hate to see you hurt. You've been so nice to me since I came to this school. Maybe I didn't see anything."
"I know you didn't," Usagi stated matter-of-factly. After a moment of awkward silence, she suggested, "Why don't we go get an ice-cream cone? I'm starving!"
The two girls made their way to the Koori Kurimu parlor. Upon entrance, they were greeted by a familiar face. "Minako-chan!" Usagi exclaimed. "How's business going?"
Minako was busy cleaning the counter. She had gotten the job recently, insistant that she didn't have enough money to buy all the clothes and accessories she wanted. "Things are going pretty well, although this place usually gets so busy after school lets out. I'm kinda wondering whyno one has showed up yet."
Surveying the small parlor, Usagi noticed an older couple sitting in a corner drinking coffee. Across the room she saw a college-aged boy studying a book intently between sipping his shake and pushing his glasses up on his nose. "Well," she began, "I did hear some girls mentioning a gathering at the park. Something about a concert. No one knows who's playing, though."
"Hmm..." Minako tapped a finger against her chin. "I think I heard something about that too. It's some kind of come-back concert. Wanna go check it out? I think I can get off of work early since there isn't much business. The owner can take care of things here."
Usagi turned her attention to Tsukamu. "How about it, Tsu-chan? Do you think your mom will mind? It is Friday night, so this would give us something to do."
"Sounds fun to me!" the other girl exclaimed. "And I don't think my mom will mind."
"In that case, we won't be needing any ice-cream. We can get something at the park. They should have some food or something, don't you think, Minako?"
Minako nodded in confirmation. "Any event that is drawing everyone away from here must have food."
"You and your food, Usagi." Usagi turned to see Rei behind her, a smile on her face. Ami and Makoto stood next to Rei, the former trying to hide a soft laugh behind her hand.
Usagi frowned. "Are you making fun of me again, Rei?!" she whined in her high-pitched voice.
Rei flipped her long black hair out of her face. "Now why would I do that?" She placed one hand on her hip defiantly.
"Because you're always mean to me, that's why!" Her loud voice caused the few people in the parlor to look up.
Makoto stepped in between the two girls, who were now giving eachother looks of death. "Calm down you two. We're in our last year of highschool. The least you could do is grow up a little bit."
Rei rolled her eyes, and Usagi slumped her shoulders dejectedly. Ami spoke up to break the uncomfortable silence. "Are you guys coming to the concert tonight? Everyone is going."
Minako called to the back room, and after gaining approval to leave, said, "Yeah, we are." She hung her apron on a peg, grabbed her purse, and stepped from behind the counter. "Let's get going."
The park was packed with hundreds of people. Usagi was the first to find the food booths. She dragged Tsukamu behind her, who nearly stumbled as bumping into person after person. Usagi surveyed all the different kinds of food. She had stopped at the udon booth and decided to order from there. When she looked up she peered into a dark pair of eyes. Recognition lit up on her face. "Mamo-chan! I didn't know you were working the concert."
Mamoru chuckled. "I was dragged into it by Miwa here. Some of us from the college volunteered, and she wouldn't take no for an answer."
The beautiful red-haired girl had gone unnoticed by Usagi. Her startlingly green eyes looked cheerful. Miwa looked adoringly and Mamoru. "You know you're having fun. Now why don't you introduce me to your friends."
"Well Usako here is my girlfriend, and beside her is Aida Tsukamu. Tsu-chan just moved here from out of town."
Miwa momentarily eyed Usagi with contempt. 'So this is your little girlfriend?' she thought to herself.
Meanwhile Usagi was having hateful thoughts of her own. 'Only your girlfriend? Did you forget I'm your fiance?!' It occured to her that maybe Tsu-chan HAD seen Mamoru with another girl, and that this was her, but she quickly brushed the thought away. Although it was custom in Japan to bow to someone when you first meet them, she intentionally put out her left hand, palm down, to shake hands with Miwa. "It's an honor to meet you."
The gesture was not lost to Miwa, who frowned for a split-second before returning the greeting. "Hai, an honor. I hope to talk with you more." She looked up at Mamoru. "Mamo-dear, we have cutomers waiting. Why don't you serve your girlfriend?"
By this time Usagi was fuming, and she wouldn't have been suprised had steam come out of her ears. "No, 'Mamo-dear'," she said with emphasis. "That won't be necessary."
Mamoru shot her a worried glance. "Are you sure? You're always eating. I don't ever remember you turning down food." Miwa giggled behind him, causing Usagi to become even angrier.
"I just lost my apetite. I'll come eat later." Usagi tuned and stalked off, Stu-chan following quickly behind. At a safe distance, and out of earshot, she asked, "Was that the girl you saw? I want the truth."
Tsukamu nodded slowly. "It was."
That was all she had to say to send Usagi running and crying into the dark park. Tsukamu let her go. A sinister half-smile formed on her face, and she walked back into the crowd of people.
Usagi ran and ran as sobs racked her body. She stumbled to a bench and fell apon it, letting her tears run free to fall into the dirt through its crevices. A light luminated the lone, heart-broken girl.
A man walking by couldn't believe his luck. Was it really her? Why was she crying? His shadow fell across Usagi's heaving form. He reached out a hand and touched her shoulder. "Odango?"
She looked up at him, and though her eyes were blurry, she knew who he was. The name was whispered on her lips. "Seiya."
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I hope everyone liked the first chapter of my newest Sailor Moon story. There will be many love triangles (gotta love 'em) between new friends, old friends, and even new enemies. Please R&R and I'll be sure to get back with you as soon as I can with the next chapter.
P.S. Forgive spelling errors. I wrote this in notepad because I was lazy. Also, I do not own any of the original Sailor Moon characters or places.
Chapter 1: Doubts
Usagi eyed the silver-haired girl beside her. "Mamo-chan would never date another girl behind my back, let alone kiss one." She frowned pensively, then shook her head in assurance. "No, you must have seen someone else."
Tsukamu, or Tsu-chan, as some people called her, had transferred to Juuban High the previous week, and Usagi had been assigned to show her around. She looked up at Usagi, assured of what she had seen. "I hate to say it, but I know it was him. He's been with us to nearly all of the places you've taken me, and I've seen him at least ten times in the two weeks I've known you. Is there any reason he would do such a horrible thing?"
The blond stopped and sat under a tree in the school quad. "It just doesn't make sense. We've been together so long. I mean, look." Usagi lifted her left hand and displayed the shiny ring on her ring-finger. "We're getting married after I graduate. I am sure you saw someone else, Tsu-chan."
Tsukamu merely shrugged. "Just make sure you keep a close eye on him. I'd hate to see you hurt. You've been so nice to me since I came to this school. Maybe I didn't see anything."
"I know you didn't," Usagi stated matter-of-factly. After a moment of awkward silence, she suggested, "Why don't we go get an ice-cream cone? I'm starving!"
The two girls made their way to the Koori Kurimu parlor. Upon entrance, they were greeted by a familiar face. "Minako-chan!" Usagi exclaimed. "How's business going?"
Minako was busy cleaning the counter. She had gotten the job recently, insistant that she didn't have enough money to buy all the clothes and accessories she wanted. "Things are going pretty well, although this place usually gets so busy after school lets out. I'm kinda wondering whyno one has showed up yet."
Surveying the small parlor, Usagi noticed an older couple sitting in a corner drinking coffee. Across the room she saw a college-aged boy studying a book intently between sipping his shake and pushing his glasses up on his nose. "Well," she began, "I did hear some girls mentioning a gathering at the park. Something about a concert. No one knows who's playing, though."
"Hmm..." Minako tapped a finger against her chin. "I think I heard something about that too. It's some kind of come-back concert. Wanna go check it out? I think I can get off of work early since there isn't much business. The owner can take care of things here."
Usagi turned her attention to Tsukamu. "How about it, Tsu-chan? Do you think your mom will mind? It is Friday night, so this would give us something to do."
"Sounds fun to me!" the other girl exclaimed. "And I don't think my mom will mind."
"In that case, we won't be needing any ice-cream. We can get something at the park. They should have some food or something, don't you think, Minako?"
Minako nodded in confirmation. "Any event that is drawing everyone away from here must have food."
"You and your food, Usagi." Usagi turned to see Rei behind her, a smile on her face. Ami and Makoto stood next to Rei, the former trying to hide a soft laugh behind her hand.
Usagi frowned. "Are you making fun of me again, Rei?!" she whined in her high-pitched voice.
Rei flipped her long black hair out of her face. "Now why would I do that?" She placed one hand on her hip defiantly.
"Because you're always mean to me, that's why!" Her loud voice caused the few people in the parlor to look up.
Makoto stepped in between the two girls, who were now giving eachother looks of death. "Calm down you two. We're in our last year of highschool. The least you could do is grow up a little bit."
Rei rolled her eyes, and Usagi slumped her shoulders dejectedly. Ami spoke up to break the uncomfortable silence. "Are you guys coming to the concert tonight? Everyone is going."
Minako called to the back room, and after gaining approval to leave, said, "Yeah, we are." She hung her apron on a peg, grabbed her purse, and stepped from behind the counter. "Let's get going."
The park was packed with hundreds of people. Usagi was the first to find the food booths. She dragged Tsukamu behind her, who nearly stumbled as bumping into person after person. Usagi surveyed all the different kinds of food. She had stopped at the udon booth and decided to order from there. When she looked up she peered into a dark pair of eyes. Recognition lit up on her face. "Mamo-chan! I didn't know you were working the concert."
Mamoru chuckled. "I was dragged into it by Miwa here. Some of us from the college volunteered, and she wouldn't take no for an answer."
The beautiful red-haired girl had gone unnoticed by Usagi. Her startlingly green eyes looked cheerful. Miwa looked adoringly and Mamoru. "You know you're having fun. Now why don't you introduce me to your friends."
"Well Usako here is my girlfriend, and beside her is Aida Tsukamu. Tsu-chan just moved here from out of town."
Miwa momentarily eyed Usagi with contempt. 'So this is your little girlfriend?' she thought to herself.
Meanwhile Usagi was having hateful thoughts of her own. 'Only your girlfriend? Did you forget I'm your fiance?!' It occured to her that maybe Tsu-chan HAD seen Mamoru with another girl, and that this was her, but she quickly brushed the thought away. Although it was custom in Japan to bow to someone when you first meet them, she intentionally put out her left hand, palm down, to shake hands with Miwa. "It's an honor to meet you."
The gesture was not lost to Miwa, who frowned for a split-second before returning the greeting. "Hai, an honor. I hope to talk with you more." She looked up at Mamoru. "Mamo-dear, we have cutomers waiting. Why don't you serve your girlfriend?"
By this time Usagi was fuming, and she wouldn't have been suprised had steam come out of her ears. "No, 'Mamo-dear'," she said with emphasis. "That won't be necessary."
Mamoru shot her a worried glance. "Are you sure? You're always eating. I don't ever remember you turning down food." Miwa giggled behind him, causing Usagi to become even angrier.
"I just lost my apetite. I'll come eat later." Usagi tuned and stalked off, Stu-chan following quickly behind. At a safe distance, and out of earshot, she asked, "Was that the girl you saw? I want the truth."
Tsukamu nodded slowly. "It was."
That was all she had to say to send Usagi running and crying into the dark park. Tsukamu let her go. A sinister half-smile formed on her face, and she walked back into the crowd of people.
Usagi ran and ran as sobs racked her body. She stumbled to a bench and fell apon it, letting her tears run free to fall into the dirt through its crevices. A light luminated the lone, heart-broken girl.
A man walking by couldn't believe his luck. Was it really her? Why was she crying? His shadow fell across Usagi's heaving form. He reached out a hand and touched her shoulder. "Odango?"
She looked up at him, and though her eyes were blurry, she knew who he was. The name was whispered on her lips. "Seiya."
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I hope everyone liked the first chapter of my newest Sailor Moon story. There will be many love triangles (gotta love 'em) between new friends, old friends, and even new enemies. Please R&R and I'll be sure to get back with you as soon as I can with the next chapter.
P.S. Forgive spelling errors. I wrote this in notepad because I was lazy. Also, I do not own any of the original Sailor Moon characters or places.