Chapter 2 - Deafening Silence

Mamoru dashed over to his girlfriend who was silently lying on the ground. Her back was facing them so he jumped to the other side of her body. He took off his gloves and gingerly placed his fingers over the wound beside her eye. He could see the blood slowly flowing out of it. Suddenly pink ribbons flashed around her body, and in a poof she was back in her everyday clothes, the same thing happened with Mamoru and Chibiusa. He shook her slightly and nothing happened.

"Usako?" he called quietly. "...Usako?" he tried again. He continued to shake her but nothing happened. His eyes grew large, he was now beginning to panic. "Usako?" he tried again speaking louder and shaking her slightly harder this time. Nothing. Finally he gave in. He flipped out his cell phone and dialed 911. Mamoru talked for a while and all Chibiusa could do was stare at her mother, and feel horrible inside. She was the one that caused her own Mom to get hurt, and now she was putting Mamoru in grief as well. Chibiusa closed her eyes trying to force back tears. "Thank you." Mamoru said clicking his phone shut. "They'll be here soon." he turned and saw Chibiusa's sad face.

"It's my fault." she said her voice shaking. "If it wasn't for me, she would be ok right now..." she turned to face Mamoru with tears rolling down her small pink cheeks. Mamoru pulled her into a warm hug. Chibiusa sniffled, even though she loved it when Mamoru hugged her, she couldn't perk up this time.

"Chibiusa, she's going to be fine. It was that yuoma's fault not yours." he coaxed.

'Mamo-chan!' Usagi's sweet high voice gonged in his head. 'We will be able to see the river perfectly!' Mamoru stood silent. He felt bad lying to Chibiusa, he really didn't know if Usagi was going to be ok. But with all his might, he prayed that should would be. Her silent figure sent shivers down his spine and broke his heart. He missed her laughs, her pouts, and even her complaining! He missed it all because it made her, who she was, and he loved her for everything. She was beautiful, fun, unique and loud, but he loved her for all of it. Absolutley all of it.

"You may come in now!" a friendly nurse said. Mamoru stood up and entered the hospital room. He had dropped Chibiusa off at home after the ambulance had picked Usagi up. He didn't want her to have to cry more at the hospital, he knew it would be too much for her. Usagi's parents were on their way, but knowing Tokyo traffic, it would take them a while. Mamoru followed the nurse into the hallway were all the patients rooms were. She pulled him aside. "Usagi is in room 1-B. But I need to warn you about her condition." Mamoru's eyes grew wide as he heard those words. The nurse noted his expression and cautiously continued. "She is awake and feeling well, but she is very low on blood and her blood pressure is drastically low." she began. "However, she took a massive hit to the head, which has caused some slight amnesia. We don't know if it is temporary or permanent, however, if you could, we would like you to visit as often as you can to help her with her memory."

"How can I help?" he asked.

"Well, you can do little things. Bring in pictures of her friends in family, or better yet bring her friends and family to visit her! Introduce them, and ask if she recognizes any of them. Bring pictures of objects that ment a lot to her, and explain them. However, we will be teaching her school here so no need for homework." Mamoru sighed, he knew Usagi hated the 'h word'. Mamoru turned to go to Usagi's room. "One last thing!" the nurse called. "She will need to stay here for at the least 1 week. Then she can go home, but she must stay bedriden for the time being I'm afraid to say." Mamoru's heart broke at that comment. Usagi's birthday was in a week and a half and she would be too ill to have fun, or remember anything. His present was just going to have to wait. He quietly slid open Usagi's room door and glanced around the room. There was a board at the back of the room with a little brain on the upper right hand corner. It had questions like: 'What is your name?' and so on. The only question what wasn't answered was: 'When is your birthday?' Mamoru knew it was to help with her memory.

He walked over and sat down in a chair next her Usagi's bed. She was sleeping aat the moment, but knowing Usagi should would wake up soon. Mamoru felt odd in the room. He never liked hospitals, he felt so misplaced. Suddenly Usagi began to stir. She made quiet moaning sounds before her crystal blue eyes fluttered open like butterfly wings. She glanced around the room until her eyes landed on Mamoru. She stared at him for a moment.

"I'm Mamoru." he said softly. Usagi stared for a while then a small smile spread on her face. She slowly extended her arm.

"I'm Usagi Tsukino!" said she enthusiastically. Her arm was covered in wires that led into blood bags and wires that gave her medication and monitors that tested her blood pressure. Mamoru gently took her hand and carefully shook it. Usagi slowly withdrew her hand and slid it back under her blanket. "Do I know you?" she asked. Momru felt rejected but shook off the feeling and continued.

"I'm your boyfriend, you like to call me Mamo-chan." Usagi stared at him for a moment, she cocked her head to the side.

"Mamo-chan?" she asked. Mamoru nodded. She sat up and nodded. "I like it!" she said with a small giggle. "So...Mamo-chan." she said putting emphasis on the name. "What do you like?" Mamoru smiled, he felt bad for Usagi, but he found it cute how she was so interested in him.

"I like action movies, going on walks, going on picnics, and most of all being with friends and family." he said calmly. Usagi turned her head.

"You do?" she asked. "What's a picnic?" she asked.

"When you pack food into a basket and eat it outside, you usually go with a group of people." he answered.

"Is the food good?" Usagi asked. Mamoru had to laugh at that one. Even with memory loss Usagi still loved food!