Lady Mischief: not for a while. it will be a process. As for the past love…eh…

adoore: they will both be needing lots of each by the time I'm through with them. lol

Puffgirl1952: I try to work on the bashing so there's a chance for both parties on rehabilitation but they have to work for it.

LoveInTheBattleField: will do.

xSapphirexRosesxFanx: there will be more for mamoru later on.

Hafesha: thank you.

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Ice Queen ch.3

"Hello Mrs. Tsukino is Usako here?" Mamoru asked with a polite smile, when Ikuko answered the front door.

"Hai, up in her room studying." she answered, with a wave towards the stairs. Well aware of their study sessions when at the house as they had started to study in the living room after Usagi got off from school. After talking to him briefly she discovered that he was studying for his medical degree and in turn helped her daughter study for schooling as well. She had smiled at them as Usagi's grades had been improving since the study sessions began.

Though even she could NOT ignore the subtle affectionate gestures between the two. The small looks, caresses that remained still innocent but spoke of a tenderness between them. She had a feeling that they were dating but wanted Usagi to come to her about it. The pet name he had for her daughter slipped out on occasion, something she gave a tiny smile to each time as she felt her daughter had found someone special. "Good, is it okay if I come over, I have something's to review with her from our last study session."

Finding the idea appealing as Usagi had been holed up in her room and not even ventured out to the arcade or her usual hang outs since her return. She thought perhaps Mamoru could make her lively daughter return. The one that came home seemed much more distant, slightly cold and disconnected with them as a family. So she told him to come on over. It was only 20 minutes later when the doorbell rung.

Once through the door he slipped inside thanks in part to her mother and after slipping off his shoes headed up their stairs. Her mother lifted her brow in wonder, "And how do you Mamoru - san know where her room is?" her words caught him mid-way up the steps. His eyes widened, "I ah...made an assumption based on the light I saw outside the house." she narrowed her eyes skeptically before merely shrugging it off as acceptable. Shushing him away from her sights with a curt wave of her hands.

He wiped his brow, narrowly escaping that one. Recalling a few times when he would sneak up there at Usagi's insistence and the two would hold a nice kissing session that would turn into a make out session before they stopped themselves for fear of going to far to soon. He knew she was getting as hormonally driven as he was. But they both also knew to let things happen gradually and not rush into things. His need for them to get to know one another and grow with one another was more important now than his need for sex…but it was still a need.

Upon walking into her room she was fast at work at her desk, till she saw him then she shot up from her seat, "What are you doing here?" she demanded softly. Far more curious then she was irritated at his intrusion. Her skimpy dress attire for studying, of black boy shorts and a matching exercise bra peeking out beneath a cowled white tanktop had his blood pumping south faster than he had anticipated.

The emotional shock at his presence had him partially tempted to drop his materials needed and sweep her onto her bed for a nice little make out session. A pick up where they left off earlier type of thing. But he resisted, "Studying remember? We used to have them twice a week." he told her innocently entering her room and closing her door.

"That was then I'm good enough now I don't need a tutor." she stated rather coldly, thumping her eraser tip impatiently against her work book. As he boldly took a seat upon her bed. Luna must have been here or still is. "Luna?" he called out, "She's patrolling the streets with Artemis." she responded absently. Good. He thought to himself. "We'll no harm in having a study buddy. Let's review what you have and see where you are so far?" he reasoned.

Sliding onto the floor he set up his books on the low table. Rolling her eyes she let him take a look, reluctantly taking her own study materials to the table to work with him. After 30 minutes he was impressed. She had excelled pretty far. Not at Ami's level but more than what her fellow sisters in arms would give her credit for.

"Are you done yet?" she asked in emotionless monotone. He wanted to roll his eyes at her cold attitude. She had allowed him close to her but still kept a reasonable distance, her guard was up and she was hiding behind that damn wall of disinterest. He felt like he was nearly playing musical butts on the floor of her room as they kept shifting every few minutes. Finally they reached a problem she was having an issue with.

"Okay for this one you need to round the quadrant to this one here." he pointed to her. Seeing that she was distracted he took a moment to admire her features.

Her face looked hardened, her eyes a dull and near lifeless shade of blue. Almost as if whatever emotions there were denied access to see through her blue orbs. And her hair while still beautiful was thrown in a serious bun a top of her head. It was messy and seemed to be the only real thing that gave way to any emotion. As if she was uncaring about the world around her, though its appearance while messy had a beautiful look to it.

Then he wondered if it was just simply the fact that she cared very little for her appearance in front of anyone…he couldn't tell either way at this point. A part of him hoped it was due to her just needing it out of her way without caring to much…at this point neither option seemed like a positive idea. He mulled over that for a few moments before looking at her face once more in the glow of her room.

Her lips however were tinted with a bit of chapstick. The gloss over effect had them begging to be kissed by his lips. He restrained himself but not enough. Once she looked over and saw how close his face had become she took a double take and pulled her head away in shock. Not one to be deterred he leaned in feeling there was nothing that could stop the inevitable. Wrong again he was…wrong again.

She used the hand supporting her to block his path. However the same motion could have also been seen as a way of caressing his chest. It's how he took it. Only the movement made her lose her balance and fall backwards against her bedroom floor. Not thinking anything of it he maneuvered himself to nearly climb over her. His body leaning gently on hers as he went to press their lips together. She stopped him. Hand to his mouth she asked, "What are you doing?" her heart beat was rising, her emotions were coming out again.

"Kissing my girlfriend." okay so she wasn't technically his girlfriend...yet…but she would be...again. Removing her hand, his lips suddenly met hers and the intense sensations once more were pulled from her body. The rising passion, love with a tinge of lust was coming from her heart, mind, body and soul. His hands while not in inappropriate places just yet were running over her hip and waist, trying to prevent himself from scaring her off and touching her breasts or any place else that would make her inner rabbit scamper off.

But it was getting harder to control himself. The memories of their previous lives taunting him at night of what they used to have. The feel of her body as it would wrap around him, caress him from the inside out as he would slid into her warmth repeatedly till they were both to exhausted to care. It burned into his mind like a sensation out of his grasp, and oh how he wanted to grasp onto her.

His tongue traced her lips, begging for entrance into the sweetness she held within. Her mind slowly losing its grip on the control Luna taught her to have allowed him entry. The explosion of his tongue on hers brought a moan to her lips as well as his own. The more he touched and tasted the more her body craved to have his with hers. Memories would begin to flood back of what they had, the need would come back to the surface.

He was in heaven. Feeling her body beneath his, her taste on his tongue, it felt like old times once more. The sensations of their memories not enough compared to the real thing of being with her. His body ached for her. It was the moan she evoked from him that startled her out of the fog that he placed her in though. Breathing in she found her body had automatically without her knowledge conformed to his.

Her hips naturally letting him be comfortable between her legs as he had moved fully over her body. Her mind was at war, with her body. As memories of her training with Luna telling her what not to let distract her from her mission flashing through her mind. Her passions were straining against her mental resolve. Pulled taunt and struggling to break free from the cage she had purposefully locked in.

It was creating a bad headache that was throbbing mercilessly behind her eyes. Her mental mantra this time was not working. Her body, her need to be with him was over riding Luna's mental training.

She knew she needed to act, to get him to stop. For whatever reason she knew things needed to stop or else something bad would happen. Luna made it sound so during her training. Why else would the feline, someone she trusted to teach her the right things lead her down the wrong path? Just as she was ready to spring into action against him his lips left hers and started suckling on her neck pulled her from the very thought of it.

His lips were creating a great distraction from her thinking process. Any need to flip out was being dulled by the effects he had over her body. It seem the effects he had would be constant and never ending with her mind frame now. She knew deep down Luna would be upset with her but for a moment in time her soul came through and pulled her to him on its own accord. Once more she let herself be consumed by the needs of her body missing him as well as his own missing her.

It was when his hand caressed her face reveling in the feel of her warm, soft skin, as he left a small hicky on her neck did Luna's screech come into adamant focus to the lost couple. He hadn't been able to move in time before her paw swatted at his face leaving nice red stripes. A warning to the prince. "You...MAN!" she snapped at him like he was the devil. "Here I am working trying to make her to be a better senshi and you come in here and do THIS?! She is NOT to be distracted!" she feline whipped her tail in a menacingly, snapping motion.

"She's my girlfr - " but then Usagi pushed him away before he could finish his sentence, "No, I'm not. Luna's right. We ended around seven months ago. I am no longer yours." the cold emotionless tone hurt Mamoru greatly and he very much wished the feline had stayed out longer tonight. It seemed Usagi was only pliable to weaken this cold front, when she was far from the influence of the feline.

He couldn't help but leave a portion of his heart on his sleeve. "But I love you. So much. I want things to go back to the way they were between us. We were so happy and we were finally able to be together." he told her, "That Usagi is gone now." she began, her face stone. The grim honesty of her statement was like a knife twisting in his gut. He grimaced in pain, balling his hands into fists the frustration of it all writhing inside him.

However seeing his pain affected her, "You can say 'arigato' to Luna for that." she stood up and left the room, not caring that they were still there. Her statement though bitterly sarcastic, a hint of pain was very clear in the undertones.

"This is your fault." he told the feline. "That girl is not my Usako. At least not with you around. I was starting to - no you know what, no." he motioned dismissively with his hands. "Cause if I tell you you're going to take her away from me again."

Luna sighed, heavily. "You're just not seeing the bigger picture here. She's a better fighter. She's a better everything. If you're feeling lonely there are other gir - " Luna shut up fast upon seeing the fierce glare Mamoru gave her.

"You don't get it do you? And you probably never will...not unless someone with as little emotion as you tells you." He moved to stand in front of her, "The only girl I want in my life like that, to be my wife, to be the mother of my kids is her. I want her back. If I wanted to kiss or be with someone I feel nothing for in that sense I'd be with Rei - chan." Luna opened her mouth to speak but he continued.

"I love Usako, she makes me feel cared for, loved, and I know when I'm with her..." he looked away to prevent the smile from showing. The last few moments before Luna's arrival had been wonderful. Tasting her had been sweet and delightful. Like melted chocolate. He could only imagine right now what else about her tasted sweet as well. "Everything else fades away. We can just be us." He finished.

"Well to bad cause the Usagi that's here now is here to stay and there's nothing you can do about it." Luna leapt out of the window feeling satisfied that she won the argument. If only she knew how little of it she had actually won. He merely smiled, knowingly. "I wouldn't go that far Luna..." he muttered to himself. He knew there was a way to get to his girl back. He just needed time and to get her alone...that and for Luna to get sent somewhere very far away so he could bring his girl fully back to him and the other girls.

And hell maybe once their relationship progressed further or at least far enough he could gain something of hers as proof of their relationship. Then shove it in Rei's persistent face if she didn't let up on these misguided affections she had towards him. Thoughts of making Usagi wear his shirt for a day out with the girls as Rei would be around seemed logical. Though the girls would wonder how serious they were.

He didn't care if they knew…well maybe a little. He had a feeling each girl at this point would jump for joy if Usagi did something her old self would do. As for Rei and her badly timed 'I wanna be with you' crap he hoped it would die out and soon. He hoped. It was getting tiresome to deal with her sporadic spring ups in his life. Though he had to smile at the thought of Usagi doing the same thing and loving it.

He left the house under the guise of needing to be at work tomorrow. Passing the living room, finding Usagi with her nose in a study guide on the couch. He gave her a very self-satisfied wink, that Usagi promptly turned her nose up to. He laughed. A cold, disconnected Usagi would have just given him a blank stare. Apparently when not under the rule and thumb of her guardian cat she was able to express feeling towards him.

Even if they were irritation. He wondered if he conversed with the other girls if they could do the same thing without Luna present. "I need to find out." he muttered and went to his place. He had some calls to make.

The next day he met with Minako, Makoto and Ami before school started. Each of the girls wanted the original Usagi back in their own ways. She was had become such an indifferent person. "So she acts different with you to huh?" Makoto asked. He sighed, "It's mostly whenever Luna's around. I think...I think Luna made her afraid to let go and be herself. That if she were to not be this power, fighting senshi all the time then the world would suffer. It'd be her fault...mind you this is only in theory." he told them.

"I wish Rei - chan felt how we felt. Why is she agreeing so easily with Luna?" Makoto asked, "I think it's because Rei - chan has a sense of where Usako is mentally and maybe she wants to have someone more on her own cold level to be around." Mamoru stated. He didn't want to expose her want for him to soon. The clash between the two girls would get pretty bad and might cause great damage to the senshi team.

It might even end up with them all siding with Usagi and see Rei as a cruel and uncaring person to try and steal him – uselessly he added – away from Usagi. Rei would be ousted and he didn't want any potential friendship that could be rekindled to be doused before it even had a chance to start. He did still like Rei...as a friend, maybe even as a near brother figure in her life. In all of the girls lives. They all held a special friendly, sisterly place in his heart.

All except his Usako. She just held his heart period. The place meant for the love of his life, the mother of his kids. He briefly wondered what Luna had been thinking long term wise on how Usagi would be in all of this. Did she not realize that Usagi would change and perhaps choose to be a bitter queen because no prince – other than himself the one she was currently trying to be rid of – would want that type of persona in their bed or in their lives.

He wondered but ended up shaking the thought away. He needed to focus on their new objective right now. Question was how to accomplish said goal with a noisy feline in the way and a potential jealous fire senshi? Well she wasn't jealous to him yet…as far as he saw it. "So how do we get the old Usagi - chan back?" Minako asked, "Pull her away from Luna long enough and she might just end up responding to the right stimuli." Ami suggested.

Then Ami turned to Mamoru inquisitively, "How did you get her to respond?" he blushed at recalling their study turned slight make out session in her room. In part he was slightly reluctant but realizing the more information he gave, to an extent, could help them all in the end to get Usagi back. "We...studied together in her room recently." he explained, leaving out the make out session part.

"That was it?" Minako asked, "There's gotta be something else..." she murmured...he blushed, "Or there is and it's between them." Makoto guessed, with meaningful smile towards Mamoru. "Yeah pretty much...but it wasn't anything major just some light 'stuff'." his blush deepened at the memory, "So maybe we should take her shopping, see how she reacts to her favorite things. Get her talking about her time away. See what she trained in." Makoto started.

"Good idea. If we can get that from her then we can also find a way to not only get her back to being our Usagi - chan again but also make sure that her new fighting style co-incide's with our own. This new style is more for a one person to fight with. It's not cohesive with a group style attack. I just hope that if we run into trouble we can work together still." Ami suggested, "Good idea. Let's go." Minako said.

The girls left after giving Mamoru a brief good bye as he went to his own university. Usagi was getting caught up in her school's differences all day long that Monday. It seemed in her absence Ms. H was now married and glowing with that of being a new wife. Her other teachers didn't for a second believe that she was improved until they took a test that day. She was the eight to finish in the class and got a 90%. A far cry from her first science test.

Once word got around of her scholastic achievement ALL of her teachers began to keep a very close eye on her. Wanting to be sure there wasn't any cheating happening. But nothing was found to be wrong with her. She ignored them all and focused on the material. But they also saw her interaction with other students. She ignored them as well. Even her own friends that she hung out with, she had passed them as if they weren't even there. It worried the teachers of her sudden cold behavior.

It was when Ami caught up with her once school was let out did she finally look at another human who wasn't a teacher, "Usagi - chan the girls and I are planning a trip to the mall you should come. Get back into the swing of things." she suggested. Ami herself had grown in the last seven months. No longer shy or demure she was more out spoken about the different issues she felt strongly on. The other girls thought that she should join the debate team.

She was already a part of the chess club at school. She would have taken more on but had cram school afterwards. This was the one day of the week she wasn't ridiculously busy. "I have more important things to do than trivial shopping. So do you." She looked to Ami, "You're the brightest of us all and we've been dragging you down for shopping trips. I am sorry for that." Usagi bowed her head to her friend.

"That's not even - I don't know why you feel that way Usagi - chan. Is that something Luna told you?" Ami asked, her eyes moist with concern. "Hai. Any worth doing must serves a purpose towards the greater good and the needs of my future kingdom. There is no true purpose in shopping unless it's for needed items such as food, replacement clothing or school." Usagi responded. Ami was in shock to hear this. "That's not true at all. There is SO much more to shopping! Besides I enjoyed our outings together." Ami smiled fondly.

"It always gave me a sense of belonging. To have friends, a family of sorts…sisters even." Ami confided. The bluenette had loved the girls as if they were her sisters. For a moment she felt Usagi was to airheaded, Makoto to rough, Minako also to airheaded and Rei to mean spirited, but they each changed and grew together. They made each other better. For but a moment Usagi smiled honestly back at her before saying, "I guess it would be okay."

Ami pulled her along before she could protest or revoke the offer. A hopeful smile blossoming upon her own face.

The mall had been interesting to say the least. New stores were coming into focus around her as the girls were chit chatting the whole way. Rei however she saw was giving her evil glares the whole way and didn't speak to much to her. It was something she hadn't cared to much on but felt a bit irritated by it. She wanted Rei to just say what was on her mind and not give her these redundant looks of near hate.

Finally after hours of window shopping, though the other girls did try to talk Usagi into getting a few things – to which she denied, they stopped at the food court. Finding a booth amid the loud and busy plastic tables, they silently attended to the trays filled with fast food. Glancing awkwardly at each other. It had been tense the entire time as Rei refused to speak more than two words to Usagi and the blonde herself barely spoke to any of the girls. The rest tried to ignore it, something Usagi saw but she was irritated now more than ever by it.

Getting tired of the tension herself now Usagi spoke up, "So are you going to explain your sudden interest in being a 'glare throwing mute'?" Rei looked to her, "I am just curious about this new you is all." she iterated. Usagi smiled weakly to her, "You should be happy this frees up Mamo - c...Mamoru - san for you. We all know that deep down inside you wanted to be with him from the start." to that Rei blanched.

Before she could sputter out a response to either deny it or go into a tirade of why she was a better match for him Usagi cut her off before she could even get started, "To be honest with you, I did to." that stunned Rei silencing her retort instantly. "I was just temporarily blinded but my irritation of him and by his cocky attitude. He always seemed to feel more superior to others, a similarity you both share." Rei blinked uncertainly, she wasn't sure if she'd just been complimented or insulted.

"But now that things are different you have a chance once more." Rei looked at her with shock, "You mean you don't want to be with him anymore." She wanted to get her facts straight before she acted further or said anything. "As Luna explained to me I have no need for frivolous love. My mission is to be the best princess possible to be a great queen as my mother once was. I have no need for a man in my life." She stated, her voice cool and void of emotion.

Minako had been eaves dropping, from across the table. Now bowed her head in remorse, deep down she saw how Luna's words were twisting Usagi inside.

She internally didn't want to believe in it, "And to be frank..." Usagi continued, Minako cringed, she was shutting herself off from them now, "Other than as senshi that fight for the world we live in, I have no need for friends as well." the golden blonde stood up, "So thank you all for trying as I really had no true need to come out here but it's a muted effort." then promptly walked away leaving four stunned and hurt girls behind.

"I can't believe she said that." Makoto's voice was stunned and wavering. "We need to talk to Luna about this." Minako snapped, her soft blue eyes now hard with anger. Usagi's loving emotions were either shut off or destroyed.

"Luna's training must have been really brutal to make her become so cold and detached from even us. US! Were her best friends and this is how we get treated. I knew it would be a mistake to let her go. We should have stopped Luna." Minako continued, brushing a hand through her bangs in frustration. "We had no idea where they were going and Luna had packed Usagi up before we could even wrap our heads around it." Makoto stated sullenly, no longer hungry and tossed her burger onto her tray in disgust.

Minako growled in anger at Luna's actions and the after effects. Before anyone could contemplate further an attack happened right next to the food court. The first in a week of no activity. "Good now I get to take my anger out on something." Makoto rushed up, followed by the other girls. Ducking into an alcove they transformed and ran into the battle as others were running away from it.

The battle though was already being fought by Moon who had transformed first and was battling the dark moon creature. The enemies they discovered over the last few months were looking for energy sources on earth. For what they didn't know but normally it wasn't anything good. All their enemies would say was that their world would end and a new era would begin for them. It made the senshi weary and confused.

But having dealt with their type before the senshi kept thwarting them. It seemed the 'generals' acted like any other head honcho in charge. Ran when the going got tough. Before the red head left as the sisters - as they called themselves - had already been defeated, or rather gone into hiding as the senshi had had enough one time for Usagi's absence and raged at the four sisters, beating them down.

To disgraced to return to their own place – wherever that was as the senshi didn't know, only that they never returned to a fight again and their boss took over the fight - for their continued failed attempts at the senshi they instead hide on earth. The senshi hadn't seen them since. The red headed man however had been their boss as he had told them on occasion making it knowing he was a higher person of power.

It really did him no good I the end as his droids that were used were disposed of by the senshi. It wasn't even remotely easy but the girls would drain the droids down before using a combination of attacks on them. For him though, he rarely showed himself, but seeing as he was running out of time to get rid of them he had no choice. "Soon you will all face my wrath!" he laughed as if there was nothing that could stop him.

"Really?" Moon asked of him from behind. Before he could process a thought – mainly how someone got behind him and even more so how he DIDN'T even sense them - she slammed her boot into his back from behind and sent him crashing to the ground by the senshi's feet. He looked very stunned and obviously embarrassed to have been kicked so ungracefully to the floor in front of his enemies.

They looked up as he did to the blonde Moon senshi right before he banished and re-appeared midair, "Who the hell are you?!" he demanded, "Lets skip the 'I'm good your evil and will die speech' and cut to the chase." He quirked a brow at her technical intro, "You have my ears." He stated, still floating. He was keeping himself a certain distance from her as this new senshi he had not dealt with before showed up.

"I'll let you go now with a warning to your boss." He may have been listening but he definitely didn't like what he was hearing. "I'm coming for him next." the red head raged out in anger at her only to find the power she held magnified was now being blasted at him. He put a shield up but her powers that had grown blew past his shield and slammed into his body full force. It was now burnt to a tender crisper. He barely managed to get up, "This isn't…over..." He grunted in obvious pain.

"Actually it was over the moment I got here. It was just a matter of time before you realized your way out of your league." Her words stunned him, "I'll be back and I WILL make you pay for this." He promised, "Like I haven't heard THAT before." She stated dryly. He vanished without another word. The girls looked to her in shock. Moon's power was something they had never seen before and Mars was now fearful. She gave a visual gulp at the power.

Now she wondered if the senshi of the moon would change her mind over Mamoru because she could definitely NOT fight that type of power from her leading senshi. She briefly wondered if her own fantasy of Mamoru was worth trying still at this point in time, "Luna said I needed to make myself powerful to the point of my enemies fearing me. So I did." she explained at seeing their expressions.

She then walked away, "We seriously need to talk to Luna. Her emotions or what little she has are on the same wavelength as the enemies." Venus iterated her signals to them. "She took down and nearly killed that enemy of ours with one strike. He ran from her alone...if her powers are that much stronger already then what use will we be to her?" Mercury asked, "We wouldn't." Mars told her.

Mercury looked to the raven haired senshi, "Luna made her self-sufficient, stronger, more powerful...and in order to do that in the time frame she gave Moon, Moon herself had to cut herself off from her emotions. So they wouldn't rule her." No one liked it but the fire senshi was correct. White Moon still had some whit about her she did possess a need to care about the potential side effects of causing great damage around her.

The girls didn't like that, "So what happens now?" Jupiter asked, "We talk to Luna and find out what the hell went on during her training. Find out what we can do to bring her back to us. This is too dangerous. I can feel her power and I am beginning to wonder if..." Mars didn't want to think of the possibility. As annoying as Usagi was, as Sailor Moon she was the key to it all. She held them together.

Those seven months fighting without her had been a lot harder than she'd ever be willing to admit out loud. There had been several times when her ego got the best of her and near got a fellow senshi in trouble. She had always carefully masked it by carefully pointing out different factors that could have been the fault when it was really hers. "We'll talk to Luna and trying to bring her back." Mars left out of the mall as people started to gather around as the rest of the senshi did the same thing.

Back at the temple the girls called Luna into play to try to talk to her. Meanwhile Moon was leaping home via the rooftops when a dark presence from behind her, "So you decided to show yourself. That's pretty soon. Usually the head honcho's wait a while to before they grace the good guys with their presence." Moon called out in a mocking tone. A smile on her lips as she turned to find a handsome man of silver white hair standing behind her.

"What can I say….when I felt the power you used today I knew I had to come down here and meet you in person." he said looking her over. Ignoring the perusal of her body so openly she decided to take back the control in the situation. "Let me guess…judging by your words, your aura, not to mention normal people don't follow a heroine onto a rooftop I can only assume you're the enemy they've been fighting." She surmised.

"Where have YOU been hiding?" he asked as if she was the prize he had been waiting to see all this time. Not liking his insinuation of her she retaliated. "I don't hide, a senshi never does, duck and cover once in a while but never hides from the enemy…but I've been around. I like to see my enemy from afar…see how they work before going in for the kill." Her answer had him slightly stunned. He arched a brow in amusement.

"So tell me something. What's going to stop me from killing you now? You've been creating havoc and mayhem all over the city for a several months now. That won't go un punished by us." Moon asked then explained, charging up her powers preparing to take him out of need be. She wouldn't let the enemy get away. She would at least land a single blow on him to make him remember that the senshi weren't to be taken lightly.

"Cause were one in the same now. I can feel it. Besides I'm not looking to fight you. I can see you're a seasoned warrior, I'm not diplomatic though if I have to I can fight just as well as you can. I'm just more of a lover than a fighter." His words had her arching a brow at him. "I came here to formulate a truce between our people." He explained. "Am I'm supposed to believe that?" She asked him.

He nodded, "I have no idea who you are or where you even came from. And you want a truce?" She asked. "Forgive me, I am Prince Diamond of the dark moon family. We come from the planet Nemesis." To this Moon looked wearily to him as she knew there was no such planet in their solar system, "Yeah right...why would you even want a truce? Your evil were not." She asked, ignoring the fact if he was truly a prince or not.

"Cause were not evil...just...misunderstood." he explained with a shrug. "You steal people's energy for your own selfish gain and you come from a planet that isn't even in our solar systems called 'Nemesis' that sounds pretty evil alone. How is that misunderstood?" She demanded hotly of him. He looked to be contemplating her words and coming up with a witty rejoinder himself as she staring at him.

He walked closer as she stayed put, "If we are to allow our people a life into this world we need energy as a conductor. Nothing more." he explained, "So you steal it from innocent people instead of finding an alternative source." She nullified, "The only other source that has the energy supply needed lays within the heart and soul of yourself. But I'd rather not use the renowned moon princess as an energy conductor."

His words had her stunned, "How do you know who I am?" She demanded, "I know quite a lot about the royal moon family. I've studied you and yours for quite some time now. We are not that much different you and I and I say that for a good reason." He told her, "Okay so why tell me all of your major family secret chatty cathy?" She asked. "Like I said I want to work with you." He replied.

Something was still bothering her, "So because I'm the moon princes you don't want to use me as a conductor? What if I offered the energy?" not that she planned to but she wanted to hear his response to her question, "That would be an entirely different factor now wouldn't it?" he remarked, "Thing is we both know that as much as your trying to figure me out that your rather sacrifice your own energy rather than 'innocent' energy as you put it."

She looked to him irritated. "Besides I don't want to. I want a truce, I would LIKE for you to be by my side. It would gain help in preventing any further conflict or the need to go to war with one another. We could be good together and rule as a unified existence." she saw the gleam in his eyes. She wasn't sure if the gleam was for the aspect of herself, the throne to which she held or both.

It would take significant amount of time before she could trust the prince but if it proved to be worthwhile she could prevent a gargantuan fight before it even got started. "Prove to me that your even worthy of the throne next to mine on the moon and I MIGHT consider it. But not of earth. I cannot give you a throne already taken." he looked to her oddly, "So you won't rule earth?" he asked her.

"It belongs to the future King of earth and whomever he chooses that's NOT me...this isn't my original planet, the moon is." moon explained. Deep down it did hurt her a great deal to say that but Luna had pounded it into her head for months on end that the most important thing was for her to reclaim her throne on the moon. To restore the peace and splendor it once held as a magnificent palace.

It didn't mean that her love for Mamoru was completely gone but if she were to restart this process over she had to do it with a clean slate…that included letting the man she loved the most in this world and in any other go. Luna's words were burned and beaten into her head and wouldn't be leaving any time soon. It still hurt her to this day but she couldn't disappoint the feline at all.

"So if you want to prove yourself worthy of such a feat be my guest but the earth's royal chairs are forbidden unless the late heir is gone. AND if you were to do anything to those HEIRS then I would be forced to renege on the offer and send you packing for good away from the peace we could provide the world." her cold explanation and lack of caring prevented her from seeing the error in her words.

But he saw them and he would find a loop hole somehow. He was sure the prince of earth could find himself in an accident before his time to take the throne came to. He would make sure of it, "Then I shall prove my loyalty and worth to you as my future queen. Our joining can unite so much indifferences and bring about a new legacy to the world." Moon agreed, "Hai, I do believe so but first prove yourself before I even act further."

He nodded in agreement, "That means no more attacks unless you want innocent blood to spill. If one more attack happens I will end this truce before it can truly begin." He nodded a little less enthused but seemed to be agreeing. Before she could jump away and end the meeting a red rose came out of nowhere and stopped her as Tuxedo mask came down and stepped in front of her in a protective form.

"Ah the dashing prince arrives." Diamond mocked, "You will lea - " Moon cut him off, "Get over yourself. If I agree to this truce and I'm not saying for a second that I am but if I do and partner up with you what do you want out of it? Besides the energy needed from myself to give your people space on this planet. I mean what's to stop you from blow me over for the daily double?" she asked. Tux was stunned at the odd conversation he had vaulted himself in the middle of.

Diamond smiled, "Trust is far too rare a commodity these days." he told her. "That's not an answer." she stated dryly. "Fine." they both looked to him, "I want you by my side and not in some little 'partner' way. With the power between us we could become a powerful couple. Have powerful children. Think about it." he vanished before Tux could protest the idea of her laying with any man besides himself, "Is he joking?" he near demanded. A question aimed at her but said in the man's former direction.

"No and it's not a half bad idea." Tux widened his eyes and shot them to her, "While you run earth as its king he and I could run the moon together. I'm sure you could find that senshi of Mars to be a nice fit for you." she stated without any emotion, "I don't want ANYONE else but YOU! Especially in my bed or by my side. It's only ever going to be with you! When are you going to finally see that?!" he snapped.

She looked to him near oddly, "But why when I've told you that emotional connections are trivial. I don't have be in love with him I have no intentions of that but I can rule the moon with a man to aid in producing an heir. That would be his main job there. There would be no love needed for such a thing. I don't need the emotional connections I thought I mentioned that before. Or is it that I told the girls that and NOT you." she looked to ponder for but a moment, "Oh well you know now." she waved off.

Tux really was starting to get upset with this new 'emotionless Usagi'. "I don't want Mars in any form, I want my Moon princess. Your mine. No one else's." he demanded. She shot a look back to him, "I don't understand. You have the opportunity to be with someone who WANTS to be with you and doesn't hold everything on her shoulders. I hold all this weight at the end of the day on my shoulders and it's occurred to me that Luna is right. I have no need for love of any kind. I have nothing to offer you in any type of relationship." he was stunned by her words.

More or less he was getting severely pissed off with Luna and what she had taught Usagi. "You don't mean that." he started, "Oh but I do. You see if that Prince Diamond proves his worth then I will be able to rule to moon in the future with a man of noble bearings while you can rule your earth. It's a win, win. Besides as I once heard Luna say 'how are you to rule both the moon kingdom and the earth in the future?' she has a valid point. I'm trying to make it easier on you." She stated.

It was pitiful and harsh, "WE were going to rule the earth as the moon is inhabitable. But that won't be for many years to come." he told her. "No Luna says - " he finally snapped on her, "Shut up about that damned cat!" he nearly threw his top hat down and stepped on it he was so frustrated. "She friggin' ruining our lives!" she backed away not having expected that, "Demo..." she tried. He rushed to her and prevented her protests with his lips on hers. "This..." he touches her face, "Is mine."

He touched her neck, "This..." then glided over the swell of her breasts within the confines of her fuku startling her, "This..." he was having a hard time controlling himself but fought to prove his point as his hands both glided over her hips. Resting there as his thumbs traveled dangerously close to between her legs, "This is all mine." her breath hitched as every time he touched her it seemed that the walls she built would crumble little by little more. As if recognizing its long lost other half, "Tuxedo mask..." she breathed as his lips claimed hers.

It wasn't like their past ones that were sweet and passionate no this was hard, demanding...it was possessive. They loved it. Mind in a haze as his tongue passionately swept into her mouth she tentatively wrapped her arms around his neck. He took full advantage hoping that he could make her lose her inhibitions, that the control of Luna would fall with it and HIS Usako would be back with him. It was worth a shot.

The kiss carried on as he held her close to his body. His hands drifting all over and finally settling half way over her bum. Without conscious thought she pushed his hands further down south as his eyes widened for a fraction before closing fully again. He gave a tentative squeeze before pushing her into his hardening member with urgent need. She gasped at the contact and it woke her senses up.

Feeling things once more she shoved him away or made to rather but he clung to her, "Not this time." he vowed and nearly flung her bodily, though safely to avoid hurting her, around to a roofing unit, pinning her in place. He didn't do much more but he needed to see her eyes. The proof that his girl was within reach, that it wasn't just a natural lust filled response from her body to his. He needed to know that it was her body, her soul recognizing his own. There was a chance there to reformulate the connection.

Gripping her head he looked into her eyes, "What are you hoping to find?" She asked. The look gave him all the information he needed. He whispered the words against her lips as his answer was found, "My Usako..." he left off, backing away slowly at first then jumping away. He had some thinking to do over this revelation. Usagi was hiding herself deep inside, he could see some of her old fire within but it was hidden behind this new persona that Luna had made her form...unknowingly of course. "I'll get you back." he muttered to himself.