Author's Notes: Hey everyone, sorry for the slow update, anyways, here is chapter four, enjoy!
Disclaimer: No, unfortunately, I don't own Sailor Moon.
Chapter Four: New Mission and Morning Disasters
Minako's mouth hung agape as the Queen's words hung in the air.
"Sailor Moon is the Moon Princess," she repeated in awe, "And she was right in front of us this whole time!"
The blonde from Venus shook her head in disbelief. Then she faced the Moon Queen; her big blue eyes glimmering with curiosity.
"You called me Princess Minako, am I a Princess as well?"
The queen nodded her answer, "That's right; you as well as the other sailor senshi are each princesses from your respective planets. You came here to the Moon Palace at a young age to train to become my daughter's Royal Guard."
Minako was left speechless once more.
"I wish there was someway I could remember all of this," she said wistfully.
The silver haired woman gave the teen a small smile.
"I think there's something I can do about that."
Suddenly, the queen's crescent moon began to glow; then, a small thin beam shot out and hit Minako's forehead lightly. The symbol of Venus then appeared on the blonde's forehead. As she was about to question on what was happening, Minako began to see many images flash before her eyes. After a few minutes, the thin bean of light faded; leaving Minako in a state of daze. The blonde of Venus was amazed at everything she now remembered so clearly. She marveled at the memories of her past childhood, her friendship with the other sailor warriors. Her eyes then glistened with unshed tears; she even remembered the night the Negaverse attacked, the night the Moon Kingdom and Silver Millennium fell.
"It's all right Minako-chan, do not concern yourself with the past, instead focus on what lays in store for the future," said Queen Serenity gently.
Minako raised her head to face the Queen's kind but firm gaze.
"What do you mean Your Highness?"
"Now that you know that Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen are Silver Millennium royalty, you and the other senshi must do everything in your power to get them together; their love is key to unlocking the Ginzuishou."
Minako nodded obediently, "The sailor senshi will do you proud Your Highness," she vowed solemnly, "I promise that by the power of love invested in me, Usagi and Mamoru WILL realize their true destinies!"
"Very well," replied Queen Serenity, "I must send you back now. Good luck Princess of Venus may you and your soldiers of love and justice triumph in this task."
With a flash of light, Minako then found herself in an empty void.
"You guys, I think she's waking up," said a voice.
"Oh thank goodness! I was getting worried!" said another in s concerned tone.
Minako's eyes fluttered open slowly; as her vision focused she found Rei, Makoto, and Ami huddled over her with worried expressions written on their faces.
"Um guys? Personal space?" she asked weakly. The three girls backed away from the blonde immediately, each sighing in relief.
"Were you having a vision?" asked Rei anxiously.
Minako nodded her answer as she slowly rose to a sitting position. As the blonde looked her friends in the eye, she tried to find the words to tell them what she had learned.
"Usagi-chan is the Moon Princess!" she finally blurted out.
Ami, Rei, and Makoto could do nothing but gape at Minako's outburst.
"Are you serious?" asked Makoto hoarsely.
As the senshi of Venus nodded yes; Rei shook her head in amazement, "All this time Odango was the Moon Princess? Honestly, who would've thought?"
"Exactly HOW did you learn this Minako-chan?" asked Ami curiously.
Minako sighed deeply as she retold her fellow sailor senshi everything Queen Serenity had told her.
"So let me get this straight," said Makoto after Minako's explanation, "In order to unlock the Silver Crystal, Usagi and Mamoru must fall in love?"
At this, Rei had let out a hollow laugh, "Yeah, like THAT will ever happen!"
Minako rolled her eyes impatiently, "Don't you guys SEE? Those feelings are already there! Even as simple Usagi and Mamoru they have fallen in love; they won't admit it but it's true."
She sent Rei a pointed look, "Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen have also fallen in love."
The girls all gave the blonde blank looks.
"Don't you SEE?!" she cried in exasperation, "They are the same people! This means that Serenity and Endymion HAVE fallen for each other too!"
"All right Mina-chan, I see what you're saying; but if this is true, why hasn't the Silver Crystal appeared?" asked Ami.
The senshi of love stood up and began to pace Rei's room in thought.
"So far I can only come up with two main reasons," she said.
As the blonde of Venus faced her friends, she ticked the reasons off with her fingers.
"Reason number one, we are still missing a Rainbow Crystal; the Negaverse has three, Tuxedo Kamen has two, and we have one."
The blunette nodded her approval so Minako continued.
"Reason number two, neither Sailor Moon nor Tuxedo Kamen have actually confessed their feelings for one another. Now, if I'm not mistaken, Serenity and Endymion exist within their subconscious, so their memories of the past wont be triggered until they admit their feelings foe each other."
At Minako's conclusion, Rei let out another hollow laugh.
"Well, we definitely have our hands full now; it's sure going to take A LOT of will power to get Usagi and Mamoru to admit their feelings; after all, we're talking about Mr. and Ms. Stubborn here."
Minako flashed her friends her most encouraging smile.
"Well, it's up to us to lead destiny in the right path, and don't worry, everything WILL turn out okay in the end."
As the girls finally began to settle down to sleep, Minako felt a small jolt of electricity surge through her. A slow smile spread across her face as she crawled into her sleeping bag. If her intuition was right; Usagi and Mamoru were REALLY getting along tonight. The blonde gazed out Rei's bedroom window and gazed up at the glistening moon.
'Judging by my love instinct, getting Usagi and Mamoru to confess their feelings for one another wont be as hard as we thought,'
Scene: Mamoru's apartment the next morning……
"Luna hit the snooze for me will ya?" mumbled Usagi as the sound of a distant alarm interrupted her blissful sleep.
As she tried to snuggle into the warmth that enveloped her, she found herself burying her face into a well toned chest instead of her soft pink pillow. Confused, she wearily opened her eyes, expecting to see her pink and white bunny clad room. Instead, her vision was met with the blue walls of a dark bedroom that definitely wasn't hers. Now more alarmed than ever, she glanced to the side and found herself in a tangle of arms and legs. A scream began to rise up the odango haired blonde's throat as she found herself in a very intimate embrace with her nemesis, her tormentor, Satan himself, Chiba Mamoru.
"How did I get here?" she asked herself. Then a piece of incriminating shiny metal caught her eye, bringing back a flood of memories of the night before. A crimson blush crept into the Moon senshi's face as she recalled the passionate kisses that Mamoru had flung upon her. The young girl tried to shake the sudden fluttering in her heart away.
"Those kisses meant nothing," she told herself quietly as she tried to untangle herself from Mamoru's iron embrace, "They were meant for some supposed Serenity not me."
As Usagi squirmed in attempt to free herself from Mamoru's hold; Mamoru was woken up by the sudden motion.
"Odango?!" he asked, stunned to find the tiny blonde laying next to him. In a mad dash, he tried to scramble to his feet. Unfortunately, in his antics, all he managed was to fall out of bed; bringing Usagi down with him. As the handcuffed duo landed on the floor with a thud, Usagi couldn't help but giggle uncontrollably.
"Do you always wake up asking dumb questions and falling out of bed?" she asked teasingly.
Mamoru fixed the blonde currently on top of him with an annoyed look as he rubbed his now throbbing head without thinking, he muttered the first thing that popped into his head.
"Do you always wake up in someone else's bed?"
Usagi's innocent teasing giggles were cut sort by Mamoru's harsh remark.
Mamoru immediately regretted his comment as he watched Usagi's cloud over with anger and hurt.
"Usagi, I didn't mean that! I-,"
Mamoru's apology was caught in his throat as Usagi raised a hand and slapped across the face.
"How DARE you?" she screeched, her eyes now flashing menacingly, "If I'm not mistaken, it was YOU who was kissing me senseless last night, and now you have the nerve to practically call me a slut?"
At her words, memories of heated kisses entered Mamoru's thoughts.
'So it wasn't just a dream," he realized as he and Usagi stood up, "But I had been so sure I had been kissing the princess from my dreams!'
Just then Usagi's voice broke his thoughts.
"Of course, I knew those kisses weren't meant for me," she was saying, "They were meant for your precious Serenity, whoever she is."
Mamoru could hear the slightly envious tone in her voice. A slow smirk began to spread across his face.
"Are you JEALOUS Odango?" he asked teasingly, "Because, even though I was half asleep, I distinctly remember you not putting up quite a fight; even if you knew the kisses weren't meant for you."
Usagi's cheeks flared the color of a tomato, "Yeah right Mamoru-baka!" she scoffed, glaring icy daggers at him, "Personally, the mere thought of me kissing you is enough to make me gag, I simply got caught up in the moment; besides, I think kissing a youma would be a thousand times more enjoyable than locking lips with you!"
The words were out before she could stop herself. Mamoru's cobalt eyes widened as his jaw hit the floor in sheer shock. Usagi clamped her free hand over her mouth, as if never wanting to speak again.
"All right Usagi," Mamoru finally voiced.
Usagi cringed at the seriousness in his voice.
"You've got like thirty seconds to explain how is it that you know about youmas."
Usagi slowly removed her hand from her mouth, however no words flowed out. The small blonde lowered her gaze, wanting to avert her gaze from his.
"I can't tell you that" she finally answered quietly.
Mamoru gazed at he tiny girl before him in disbelief. Swiftly he raised her chin to come face to face with her, then, he began to back her into the nearest wall.
"What are you hiding Odango?" he asked softly, his midnight blue orbs locking with her ocean blue ones. She didn't know why, but she felt herself grow vulnerable under his penetrating look. Mustering up what was left of her courage and confidence, she returned Mamoru's intense gaze.
"Sorry Mamoru-baka," she said in her most confident voice, "There's nothing you can do to make me tell you anything."
A mischievous glint appeared in the upperclassman's entrancing blue eyes.
"All right Odango, you leave me no choice."
He smiled his trademark teasing smirk and began to press himself against her, leaving absolutely no space between them.
"Exactly WHAT do you think you're doing baka?" hisses Usagi as she tried unsuccessfully to push Mamoru away.
The college student continued to smirk as his free arm snaked around Usagi's waist.
"Well, since you are so set on not telling me what you know, I'll simply KISS it out of you!"
With that, he crushed his lips to hers, taking Usagi completely by surprise. As Mamoru continued to kiss Usagi fiercely, a million thoughts raced through the said girl's mind. What had started as a typical Mamoru/ Usagi argument had quickly turned into a morning disaster; and as Mamoru forcefully parted Usagi's lips; the blonde's brain was screaming out of control, What's a girl to do?!! Finally Mamoru pulled away, leaving Usagi taking short quick breaths.
"You bastard," she whispered hoarsely as she tried to catch her breath.
Mamoru simply smiled down at her.
"Ready to talk now?" he asked, unfazed by what he had done.
Usagi was now seething with anger, "Never!" she spat out.
Mamoru grinned at her wickedly. He sure had no problem kissing Usagi senseless until she confessed; heck, he was ready to keep on doing it even if it took all day.
"Fine then, suit yourself."
With that he claimed her lips once more. The enraged blonde felt her anger reach its boiling point; she was DEFINITELY not going to let her worst enemy have his way with her. Before she knew it, she did something any girl in her situation would do; she kneed him where it really hurt…………
Author's Notes: Well that wraps up chap. four; I apologize in advance; I know it isn't some of my best work. Anyways, I'm suffering with Writer's Block Syndrome so chapter five will probably be up until next week. (Or later!!) So I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to leave a review!
Peace, Love, and Joy; Shadow's Moon Hime
