Here's chapter two! Mamoru's POV.

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Six.

Six nights since I had revealed my identity to her. I didn't know what had possessed me to do so. Wasn't there some sort of Hero Law that prohibited this sort of thing?

Had I wanted her to do the same?

'Yes'

Did I truly think she would?

'Never'

Yet, somehow it had felt like the right thing to do, like what I needed to do.

The morning sun poured in through every window. It must of been around 9:30. A quick glance to my clock confirmed my thoughts.

I quickly got up and threw on some close. I grabbed my car keys and flew out my door and towards the arcade. I did this every morning.

'She won't be there you know?', I hated that voice in my head.

Of course I knew, but what else could I do?

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"Morning Mamoru.", Motoki greeted me with the same easy grin he had given me since I had met him so many years ago.

I nodded as I took my usual seat at the counter. My coffee was waiting for me, like always.

Suddenly I heard the door open and feminine laughter found its way to my ears. I whipped my head around, like always.

Once again I was faced with the disappointment I knew would come.

'Not her, like always', I thought to myself.

Motoki must have seen my reaction for he decided to break our amicable silence.

"I miss her too you know, this place seems less alive without her and her friends all over the place.", he gave me a sad smile oddly reminiscent of the one Sailor Moon had given me almost a week beforehand.

"Yeah", I quickly stood up and threw some money on the counter. This was not a conversation I wanted to have.

I could almost hear Motoki calling me back as I took my hurried leave. Almost.

I had not seen Serena in over a month. She didn't come to the arcade anymore, neither did her friends. She no longer crashed into me on her way to school every day. I had to wonder if she even still lived in Jubaan. It was as if she had completely dropped off the face of the earth. I thought back to our last encounter so many weeks ago. It had been nothing if not disturbing.

I grunted as I felt the familiar weight collide with the right side of my body. I felt the familiar thrill.

"Watch it Odango Attama!", I yelled at her, as per our tradition.

However, I was not rewarded with the usual angry reply. Instead, she looked up at me with watery eyes.

"Mamoru-baka.", she smiled her beautiful smile but it never reached her eyes.

I was about to ask her what was wrong when I realised she was not alone, her best friends were there as well.

"Come on Serena, we need to hurry up!", her blue haired friend, Ami if I remembered correctly, urged.

She nodded her understanding to her friends and then looked back at me.

"Later, baka", she looked me over as if trying to memorize every aspect of me and then ran off with the other girls leaving me speechless.

Now I know it had been a goodbye, of that I was sure.

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That night I woke up around two in the morning. That's when I saw her there, perched on top of my balcony as if it weren't something unusual.

I walked out onto the balcony, "You're here."

She nodded slowly, "I've come every night, I watch you sleep.", she seems almost embarrassed by this, "You have nightmares?"

I shrugged, "Everyone has nightmares."

She bit her bottom lip, "Yours are worse". I realised this wasn't a question.

I couldn't even begin to describe my crazy dreams, "I don't want to talk about them."

Sailor Moon nodded in agreement, "That's fair, you've already revealed so much. I have no right to ask."

Her new found sense of maturity was clear as crystal , "You've changed."

She offered me a sad smile, "I know". Silence settled between us for several minutes. I noticed it wasn't an uncomfortable silence.

I broke it, "Do your Senshi realize?"

She chuckled a bit at this, it was the first time I had heard anything resembling laughter escape her lips in over a month, "Ignorance is bliss, they prefer not to notice.". The pleasant silence settled in once again, this time it was Sailor Moon's turn to break it.

"I've seen them die you know? Twice. All I could do was watch."

I tried my best to hide it, but I was taken aback by this statement , "But, how did they come back?"

She smirked at me, "I'm magic.".

I didn't doubt that, "I've never come across anything as powerful as you, I feel as if you have enough power in your little finger to destroy the entire city if you so desired."

She looked up at the moon, its white light illuminating her ethereal features, "I do.", she then turned to look me in the eyes, "Do you think I would desire such a thing?"

I shook my head vehemently, "Never."

Sailor Moon seemed pleased with this answer, "Good."

Something else was on my mind, something I could not figure out, "Can I ask you something?"

She smirked once more, "Isn't that what you've been doing?", her teasing tone reminded me so much of Serena's.

"What happened to you?", it was a simple question, yet so much was implied. Lately she seemed so empty. Such a deep contrast to the vibrant Sailor Moon I had grown accustomed to fighting alongside of.

She opened and closed her mouth a couple of times, as if she were trying to figure it out as well, "My life isn't an easy one Mamoru, I've faced death countless times, been overwhelmed with inconceivable power-"

I had to cut her off, "But it's never affected you so."

She looked away again, this time fixating on Tokyo Tower which could be seen shining in the distance, "There are things that even you are not privy to Tuxedo Kamen."

I shook my head, "Maybe I could help."

"I don't think you could."

"Try me.", I didn't know why I was so concerned all of a sudden. She was relatively a stranger. Then again, the only person in my life who wasn't a stranger was Motoki.

Sailor Moon seemed to contemplate it for a little bit, "I'm the Moon Princess."

Once again she had blown me away, "I dream of you! You can tell me who I am."

She shook her head, "No, apparently you have nightmares about me."

"Please"

She stared intently at me, her eyes full of sorrow, "I'm sorry, I truly cannot say"

"How come?", I had waited so long, she couldn't leave me in the dark any longer.

"I'd have to start by figuring out who I am.", I could see tears forming in her eyes. I hadn't seen this much emotion from her in what felt like forever.

"But you're the princess!", I couldn't help but yell, it was all so frustrating.

"Am I?", she gave me a watery smile. One that was somehow familiar.

I could feel the massive headache coming on, what a strange girl, "I'm confused."

"So am I, Mamoru, so deeply confused.", and with that Sailor Moon had jumped off the balcony and racing through the night, her impossibly long hair following her in two long trains flowing in the wind.

'What a sad girl'

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And that's numero 2! The next chapter will also be in Mamoru's POV. If you are confused at all (which you probably are) please do not hesitate to ask me anything!

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