Hello, my lovely readers. This is the sequel to Break the Ice, but can also be read as a complete separate story. All you need to know is that Diamond is...well, he's Diamond. In the previous story he threatened Mamoru and the girls, along with the guys (the reborn generals: Nick, Jay, Kevin and Zach) so that Usagi would take "lessons" with him about crystals. Anyway, this story will be really much darker than anything I've ever done and I hope I can pull it off.
Disclaimer: I don't own much of anything, which unfortunately includes not owning Sailor Moon.
Enjoy!
Crash and Burn
Chapter 1: Deal with the Devil
"I'm Open!!" I cried, "Pass it, Minako!"
The ball pelted at me and I shot forward to catch it, avoiding Rei's jump at the ball, and I caught it. I grabbed it and ran for my life; Kevin loomed up in front of me, ready to tackle me.
"Jay!" I yelled as I chucked it at him, Mamoru jumped in front of him, intercepting the ball, passing me a quick smirk, "Nice throw, Usagi" he called as he ran the opposite way
Nick tackled him to the ground and the ball slipped from Mamoru's hands. We all watched the ball as Makoto ran for it, suddenly a light blue haired figured dashed around her and grabbed the ball and ran for the goal.
"GO AMI! GO!" I cried as I ran to block Kevin, who was running at Ami.
"HELL YEA!" Jay cried as she ran into the designated goal.
Minako, I, Jay and Nick ran for Ami and crashed together, "You did it! The winning goal!!" Nick cried as he boosted Ami up onto his and Jay's shoulders.
Mamoru, Kevin, Makoto, Rei and Zach stared at us dejectedly, "That wasn't a fair game!" cried Mamoru
"Aww, sad that you lost to us?" called Jay as Ami laughed happily on his and Nick's shoulders.
"Hey! It was out when Mamoru dropped it!" Kevin shouted
"It wasn't! It's not out unless it drops out of bounds! It was a fair ball! Ami just got there before Makoto!" Minako yelled back
"Stop being sore losers! We won fair and square!" I yelled happily as I was still jumping up and down in ecstasy
"Dammit, they're right" muttered Zach as Jay and Nick lowered Ami down.
"HAH! WE BEAT YOU!" she shouted and we all turned to her in surprise
"What? We did!"
"So true!" yelled Minako, "So stop moping, you guys owe us lunch"
Kevin stared her down for a few seconds and then broke into a grin, "Totally knew you had it in you!" he shouted as he tackled Minako
"Stop switching sides!" shouted Mamoru
"Aw, you really have to stop being such a sore loser, Mamoru" muttered Zach as he ran to Ami and kissed her deeply, "Awesome play, Ami"
I walked up to Mamoru who looked embarrassedly at me, "Sorry, got a little over exited there" he muttered
I leaned up and kissed him lightly, "I know, that's what I like about it"
He laughed, "How can you like it? I made such a big deal over something stupid"
"It's better than you standing shyly in the corner, what's wrong about getting a little excited about something with your friends"
He beamed down at me, "You really are too good for me" he muttered
I smirked, "You know it," I said as I kissed him again
"Alright! Lunchtime!" cried Nick
"I would be paying for it anyway, even if we had won" muttered Kevin
"You know it" called out Rei, "These other losers are too cheap to use their own money"
"Please Rei! You wouldn't pay for your own dress for the governor's ball" Minako shouted good-naturedly
"I offered to pay for it" muttered Jay happily, "She couldn't afford it"
There was silence then we burst out laughing, "JAY! You said you wouldn't mention that!" she cried as she smacked him on his back
"Aw, hon, I'm sorry, you did accuse me of being cheap"
"Revenge is sweet," muttered Zach, "No doubt about that"
We were treated to food by Kevin, Mamoru and Zach, Rei didn't even bother paying for it. We didn't mind though, what Jay had said was true, she couldn't afford all that much. None of us really could. The guys never minded paying for us, in fact I think they enjoyed it, especially Jay and Nick.
After lunch I dejectedly looked at my watch, already knowing I was late.
I said goodbye to everyone, saying that I had to run some errands for my mom.
I made my way to my car. Yep, you heard me correctly, MY car. MINE. MINE. MINE.
Um. Yea.
My parents bought it for my birthday, which had been about a week ago, saying they were immensely proud of my changed attitude. But I still had to pay them back for at least a little of it. Thus, I had to keep working at the bookstore.
But it was a beautiful dark blue convertible; I loved it completely and still had the high of being in control every time I sat in it. The excitement wore out the second I started the car, remembering my destination.
I knocked on the door of the humongous house, not bothering to ring the bell. Diamond would of course swing open the door within seconds, not even bothering to hide the fact that he had been waiting for me for the last half hour, which is when I was supposed to have gotten there.
"You're late" he said as he opened the door.
I shrugged, and avoided his leering gaze, "Hi to you too" I mumbled
He moved out of the way, inviting me in.
I knew the guy was bad, like really bad. But that didn't change the fact –which he knew as well as I did- that he was good looking. His long silvery-blonde hair and his violet eyes clashed amazingly, causing his eyes to always be covered in darkness, and let's not even talk about his body; it was par with each and every one of the guys. Everything from his hair, to his dark eyes, to his sinister smile that quirked crookedly whenever his gaze fell on me sent shivers down my spine. The guy was evil.
And I also knew that this was the exact guy that had tried to rape my twice, and here I was, always giving him a chance for the third try.
But he knew that I was hopelessly in love with Mamoru Chiba, and wouldn't betray him for anything- and that no matter what he did, my heart wouldn't waver.
It didn't make it any easier to be around Diamond, though...because I knew that his mind was never on the theory of crystals, when I was in vicinity. His mind was never on anything innocent when I was involved. I knew that only too well, now. At least knowing kept me constantly on guard.
I made my way up to his room, him following closely. This was our usual way of doing things, he wouldn't usually say anything till we were safely in his room. From which I had no escape except through the door. Which of course would set him off and have him threatening to hurt and kill my friends. Oh yea, so great this guy was.
He closed the door behind himself upon our entrance, "So," he said, "Why half an hour late Usagi?"
I shrugged, "I was busy," looking away.
I stole a quick glance at him, finding and meeting his chilly gaze. It was still fixated on me, as if I was the only thing here that caught his attention, that I was his only obsession.
"I don't have to explain my absences" I said dejectedly as I looked away from his gaze.
"Oh," he said, his smirk fading a bit, "Him"
"Did I say that?"
"Like you even have to"
"Well, for your information, it wasn't just Mamoru, it was all of us" I snapped, disliking his assumption.
I sat down onto his chair, "Well, what are we going to do today? I can't bother to learn how to teleport again, it's a total waste of time, and somehow even though I didn't achieve anything my head was killing me afterwards"
"We'll do history then" he said as he went to his desk and grabbed an old dusty volume.
Ugh great. He knew how much I hated history, firstly because it was so boring and secondly because when we did history he retained the right to read over my shoulder, which meant he was always sitting right beside me. And his hands always tended to… wander at these times. I never said he had given up trying to get into my pants.
He sat down onto the bed, flipping open the book, "Alright, come on, this book has a broad history of crystal users"
I sighed as I got up and joined him on the bed, pulling the book into my lap, a little curiously.
Diamond, however, wasn't looking at the book; I turned and met his gaze.
I swallowed, "Don't"
"Don't what?" he asked
"Just…don't look at me like that"
He sighed, his gaze flowing down my body, "I was just remembering…the last time we were…" his breath brushed my neck slightly, "Together"
His eyes were glazing over and his finger touched my lips.
I recoiled away from him, "Don't!"
"Why do you try so hard to deny yourself the pleasure you need?" he asked, his eyes meeting mine again
"This isn't pleasure, it's torture" I snapped as I looked back down at the book
"Fine, just read"
I started to read, then gasped, "He was a crystal user?"
"How do you think he managed to control so many, to destroy so many?"
"But…Hitler? Why-How did he have a crystal?"
"Some are born with them, it's like being born with an extraordinary amount of power"
"But-"
He cut me off, "Take for example: there are a few extremely smart people that are just like that from the moment they are born"
I nodded slightly, "Guess it makes sense, but does that mean that all the conquerors of the last few centuries have been crystal holders?"
He nodded, "Alexander, Ataturk, Genghis Khan, Caesar, you name it"
I frowned, "And what of these crystal holders have used their powers for good?"
"Um, there was Queen Selenity" he muttered
"So you're saying, out of all these famous crystal holders, my past mother is the only one who used her powers for good?"
He shrugged, "Maybe yes, maybe no, we can only assume these things, these books" he said, indicating the book open on my lap, and the others on his desk, "Are just that"
"And what do you believe?"
"I believe when you have a crystal, you're above everyone else, you have the power to control them, hurt them" he said this with such a haughty tone that I balked
"That's just sick, they're humans, they shouldn't be hurt, they shouldn't be controlled" I said, frowning at Diamond
"But Usagi" he started, "our powers allow us to do anything. We're here to teach these humans that if they piss us off we can destroy them"
"There is no we," I snapped, "I would never do anything like that"
"This is what our crystals are for, we are above them, and we're supposed to judge them. We're supposed to exact our power over them" he said calmly
"Not torturing" I said, the word dripping with hate
Did he really think I was like this, that I could do these things? Did he know me that little?
"It's who we are"
"No, it's NOT! I am not like that!" I yelled, shaking my head fiercely, "That's just the sick ones, the ones who use their power just so they can rise above everyone else"
"You know, you're hot when you get angry" he said, smirking at me
I growled, pushing the book out of my lap I got up, storming to the door
"Oh come on!" he called after me, "Get back in here, Usagi, we made a deal, and the second you back out, I back out as well"
Barely outside his door, I stopped, counting to 10. From here it was either grow some guts or go crawling back to him. Except the growth of guts would destroy every single person I loved in this world.
I returned, "I'm not who you think I am"
"Stop being so goddamned innocent Usagi. We were born to do this. We're meant to control humans. Why else were we given the powers? Why else are we capable of destroying them? It's our God-given right!"
I swallowed, barely able to meet his cold, hurting gaze, "You're wrong"
"I'm not," he said, his cold eyes flashing, "You've been helping them for so long, you're letting them walk all over you"
"No, I'm not" I snapped
"That's why it's so unnatural that you've fallen for one of them" he gritted his teeth, "They aren't our equals"
I narrowed my eyes, "First of all, I haven't just fallen for one of them, I love Mamoru, and second of all, keep talking shit like that, and I swear I'll leave"
"And I swear" he said angrily, "that I won't hold back. I will make each and every one of them suffer like you can't imagine"
I paled as the words reached me. My confidence waned and disappeared.
"Can I keep teaching now?" he asked, voice dripping with victory
I nodded silently and went to sit down next to him again, avoiding his gaze.
"I'm going out!" I called to my parents, grabbing my keys, "Be back later!"
"Not too late!" my dad called out
"Sure!"
I jogged to my car, eager to get to the guys' house. We were just hanging out tonight, just like we had been doing recently, ever since the big battle. But after spending hours with Diamond I needed something to get my mind off of him, and having fun with Mamoru, the girls and the guys was the perfect distraction.
I picked up the girls on the way there, they needed a ride too, and I, the only one with the car and license among the five of us, was the designated chauffer.
"MINAKO! HURRY UP!" I called as I idled in her driveway
"Coming!" I heard her voice call.
"Yea, right, she's probably going to take another 10 minutes," muttered Makoto in the back
Rei nodded, beside me, "True enough, it's a good thing you picked her up last Usagi"
Ami giggled, "Go easy on Minako, she needs her time to get ready"
I scowled, honking the horn, "And she couldn't have gotten ready when we called, a goddamned hour ago?"
She ran out of the house, locking the door behind her, "Sheesh, I'm here, calm down"
I stepped on the gas the second she was in the car and we screeched away to the house.
When we arrived I noticed Mamoru's car was already in the house. I grinned and jumped out, jogging up the steps, and began ringing the bell like a maniac.
"Alright, alright! I'm coming!" I heard Nick call from the opposite side
He threw open the door and I flew by him, to the kitchen where Mamoru sat and landed on him, giving him a big kiss.
He blushed after I finished, "I missed you too"
"God, Usagi really wants to get laid" I heard Jay say and I flew around, my eyes narrowed at him
Kevin came up behind him, "I got it," he said to me, slapping Jay on the head
"Thanks, Kevin," I said, smiling at him gratefully
He grinned, "My pleasure, I enjoy hitting him"
I heard Makoto snort, "That can totally be taken the wrong way," Nick nodding along with her, "We always knew Kevin was the gayest one out of us"
"Oh shutup, dreams boy" Kevin muttered
"Dreams boy?" I asked, confused
Nick frowned, obviously deep in thought, "I don't know, I just had a weird dream last night"
Rei gasped, "You too?"
"What do you mean you too?" I asked her, eyes widening, those two were connected to the spiritual world and all that.
The rest of us followed Nick and Rei into the entertainment room.
"Well, there's something stirring up again" muttered Rei
"Well, we haven't heard from Diamond" Mamoru said. I flinched at the name, something which luckily no one noticed. He glanced at me, brows furrowed, as if realizing he had missed something.
"Usagi? Know anything about that?" asked Ami
"Umm, oh, Diamond?" I asked, "Nope, haven't heard from him"
"He said that he'd let us deal with the Dark Kingdom before he did anything, didn't he?" Mamoru looked at me for confirmation. I nodded, tensing up slightly.
"Well, it's been two weeks" Zach muttured
"Thank you genius, like we don't know what 14 days equal" Minako snapped at him, Zach blushed
"Maybe he decided to leave us alone?" Jay said quietly
Mamoru shook his head, "That wouldn't be like Diamond, he's probably just biding his time"
"But maybe Jay's right, we are much stronger than before, maybe he realized that we could defeat him" Makoto said, hope in her voice
"There are 10 of us, only one of him" Ami mumbled
"Well, we can't know anything till it happens, no use worrying about the future" Kevin said as he flipped on the TV
"True that" Minako said as she joined him on the couch.
We all sat down dejectedly. I remained silent as I snuggled up to Mamoru, his hand resting lightly around my waist, "I won't let him get you" he murmured in my ear, "Never"
I sighed as I looked up at him, "I know, Mamoru"
We all settled down and watched some TV. But my mind kept wandering during the shows, like it couldn't calm down. All this talk about Diamond's plans scared me, Rei and Nick had seen dreams of a warning, but I was doing what Diamond wanted, he wouldn't hurt them if I kept to the deal, would he? I remembered his words during the lesson, "I will make each and every one of them suffer like you can't imagine"
But would he do that even though I was agreeing to his terms?
I shivered in Mamoru's hands, he gripped me tighter, thinking it was because I was cold.
I sat wearily behind the counter at the bookstore. It was an exceptionally quiet day today, maybe it had to do with it being early morning Tuesday, or that it had poured a little while ago, sending everyone scurrying home.
I didn't move as the door jingled, announcing a customer. They would call if they needed help anyway. I rested my head tiredly on my arm, bored out of my mind, I yawned.
However, when a cold finger traced down my neck, I jerked up with a shock.
"Go away" I snapped
"Now, if I had been a customer you would have scared me –and my wallet- away by now" Diamond said softly
"If you had been a customer- which apparently you're not" I retorted
He smiled, "You don't know that, maybe you should give me some of the hostess charm and I might be willing to pay"
My eyes narrowed at the implied meaning, "What are you doing here? We had our lesson yesterday!"
"Doesn't mean I can't visit my favorite student" he said, his eyes once again heatedly on my lips
He began to lean forward and I stalked away, ready to take my break in the Staff Room, he grabbed my arm, "Where are you going?" he asked dazedly
"Get off, you are not allowed to manhandle me!" I said as I pulled out of his grip
He smirked, "Then let's go somewhere I can handle you"
I groaned, "Would you go away? I'm not in the mood for your stupid double meanings"
"I just came to ask" he said, leaning calmly against the counter, "If you wanted to fit in a lesson now"
"My shift isn't done, plus, I've had more than enough of you for the week- make that a year. No wait, I think it's a lifetime supply"
"But I haven't had enough of you, and if you look at our deal closely, that's the one thing that matters"
I frowned, "…I'll stop by later tonight, I'm closing the shop tonight"
"I'll be waiting" he said as he stood up straight, "Entertaining myself till then"
His hand just happened to slip down my neck and land on my breast, the other was in his pocket.
"Ugh, you are disgusting" I snapped as I pushed his hand off of me, "Get out now"
He smiled, "See you tonight" and left the shop.
I groaned again as I remembered this meant I couldn't hang out with everyone tonight. I hurriedly texted Mamoru, telling him that something had come up and that I'd see him tomorrow. We had a few customers, but otherwise the day passed by sluggishly. I slowly closed the shop, not in any type of hurry.
He placed the book down in front of me, "Here, we'll do some more of the history"
I groaned silently, I was so not in the mood for more of how crystal holders were so much more superior to humans.
I read determinedly, ready to finish this up as fast as I could. Diamond had settled himself down next to me. As I read I grew aware of his stare, "What?" I snapped as I looked up at him
He leaned forward, "You look beautiful," he murmured when I didn't look away
I went back to reading, eager to ignore him.
"Come on, you know you want me" he murmured silkily as his hand suddenly slid on top of my jeans, stroking my inner thighs
My eyes snapped to him, "Diamond-"
"Thoughts of you have been driving me crazy all day" he whispered, cutting me off
His lips began making their way to my neck, his hands still caressing my thighs in an arousing way.
"Diamond! Get off!" I yelled, slapping him as hard as I could muster
He pushed me down, laying on top of me, lips assailing my neck heatedly.
"Diamond!" I snapped, "Get off"
I punched him and he fell off of me.
"Ugh, Usagi, come on" he moaned as he tried to get on top of me again
"Do the words 'Get off' NEVER mean anything to you!?" I snapped as I jumped up off the bed
He sat up as well, his cheek a nice shade of pink from my smack, "Not really, I just don't think you mean them"
I growled, "Yea, 'Get off' in a disgusted tone is meant to push you on! I swear, I should have known these damn lessons weren't to increase my knowledge of the crystals! They were so you'd have the chance to get into my pants! But if you even thought I would do that, you're wrong! I am not lowering myself to you"
He stood up angrily, "Lower yourself? To me? Your other option is a human, a goddamned weak human"
"He isn't a weak human!" I shouted, "He's so much more than you EVER could be!"
"Usagi!" he said in exasperation, "It's disgusting. It's just – it's wrong. I've told you before; humans are merely the garbage that we crystal holders are able to fuck around with to increase our boundless powers. And when I say 'fuck around with' I don't mean that as literally as YOU seem to be interpreting it!"
"I am NOT lowering myself to your level! Tell me, who do you have? I have family, friends, a lover, what do you have!?"
His eyes narrowed, "I have unlimited powers to use, I have you"
"You don't have me! You never will!"
"What do you call this? You come crawling every time I ask, I have you so much more than those people you call family and friends have you"
My eyes narrowed, "Then how about this!? These lessons are over! I choose my family and my friends, I will not allow you to make me into something like you, a cold, heartless bitch!"
Our gazes locked, his, a fiery cold froze me in my spot, but I didn't step back. He looked at me, unmoving as well, he looked broken, like he couldn't believe what I was saying.
"This is over" I said as I turned away, making my way to the door, "Goodbye, Diamond"
He moved quickly, desperate to keep me here, he seized my hand, pulling me, "Don't you DARE leave" he spat, his grip tightening, "I swear I'll crush him, I'll make him scream in agony, in so much pain that he'll wish he had never met you"
"I don't believe you!" I said, my mind not believing what I was saying, "I think you're just saying all this to blackmail me into coming here so you can have your way with me"
"What? Usagi? What are you saying? You've never seen me lose control, and I will lose control once you leave and I'll take it out on your friends" he said, not understanding how I was saying these things
"I said I don't believe you!" I snatched my arm away from him and bounded out the door as fast as I could.
"Believe me or not! I'll make them pay!" he shouted behind me
I couldn't believe that I had done that. I had just broken my part of the deal, and his part would come soon enough.
Right, so that was Chapter 1, I know not much of anything happened but it was needed to introduce Chapter 2, which goes crazyyyyy Please, Please send some comments! I really look forward to reviews that mention stuff about the story, like if you hated one part or loved another, anything is fine!
Okay, one more tidbit for my non-Break the Ice readers, previously he also made another deal with Usagi (which of course also involved threatening her friends) in which he made her separate from her friends (basically to show her that he could do anything he wanted) and Usagi became a shell of her former self- but she eventually got out of it when Diamond gave up on this deal (reasons unknown as of yet, will be explained later)
But this story is going to be ultra-long so I hope you guys stick around.
So, don't forget to REVIEW and turn in soon for Chapter 2 which will be up in about 2 days!