:: Haunted Eyes ::

by D-chan

Sailormoon/Megami Kouhosei (Pilot Candidate)

Rating: PG-13

Pairings: Usagi+Hiead/Hiead+Usagi

Warnings: swearing, OOC

Disclaimers: I don't own Sailormoon (rights to go DiC and the new company and Naoko Takeuchi) or Megami Kouhosei (which goes to Bandai and Sugisaki Yuriku).

Notes: ^^ Last chapter and then the epilogue! Wheee!

Catteni ~ Heh... I agree. ^_^ I agree wholeheartedly... But I'm not sure what I'm going to do just yet once I get there. ^^;;; Yes, I am starting the sequel. Be proud of me, minna-san! Be proud!

Tsu-chan ~ Chapter 8 still doesn't work?? Would you like me to e-mail it to you?

Sailor Star Scream ~ *snickers* Mamo-fairy? That's a new one...

Blue Angel ~ o_o Forever???

Marie ~ It's not blue, it's a lovely shade of... Pink! =) Wahahahaha...

* * Chapter Ten * *

Neo Queen Serenity closed her eyes briefly. "We are nearing the end of the story, Small Lady."

Chibi-Usa stared at her in confusion. "Why do you want me to know that?"

"..." Her mother didn't answer for a long while. Finally, she said, "I will be able to finish this today. I hope you don't mind eating breakfast and hour or so late, darling."

"Iie," said the princess eagerly. "Onegai, tell me more. Finish the story, Okaasan."

* * *

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

The cold tone scared Usagi badly and she whirled away from the window to see Hiead glowering at her. "Hiead..." she breathed. "You scared me!"

He advanced on her. "Well?"

Nervously, she replied, "Well... What?"

"Your training can't possibly be finished," he said with a deadly soft voice. Something strange sparked in his eyes, something that both scared and touched Usagi. How it could do both at the exact same time she couldn't explain, but it frightened her because that look meant he was furious and yet it touched her because he seemed more angry at her leaving than just her in general.

She tore her eyes away from those beautiful, strangely hypnotic red eyes. "My training is over," she said softly. "I didn't come here to be a Repairer, I came to..." She faltered. "I was told to come. I was told my staying here would benefit someone's life, so I came. Now I know I'm finished..." She looked at him bleakly. "And I miss home. I miss my friends and family..."

"Your boyfriend?" he challenged, his tone not wavering even in the slightest, his expression unchanged.

She hesitated. Did she miss Mamoru? "In a way... Hai, I do," she admitted then winced. "Demo... I don't think I can look at him the same way anymore," she finished in a whisper.

A smile played on Hiead's lips, a smile unlike one Usagi had ever seen before. It wasn't his usual smug or confident smirk, neither his self-satisfied smile nor evil sneer. Without so much as a word he continued to advance on her. Suddenly struck with terrible fright, Usagi backed away as quickly as she could. Naturally, Hiead was much faster than her and before she could comprehend what was happening she found herself flattened against a wall and greedy, hungry lips on her mouth. Usagi mentally noted that Hiead seemed to have a thing for kissing when his victim was pressed up flat against something. In a way it was kind of amusing.

Then when he softened the kiss her mind went blissfully blank. She completely blocked out the outside world and focused only on Hiead. To her surprise he was touching her hair, something he had never, ever done before, not even last night. When he pulled one of her odangos loose, Usagi found that she didn't mind and was actually pleased when he undid the other one just so he could run his free hand through her golden hair.

Usagi sighed and slowly moved her arms around his neck, daring to part her mouth slightly. He took full advantage of her invitation and moved his tongue into her mouth. For the first time she was able to do more than simply kiss or make love with him, now she could feel his soft silvery hair and embrace him without being rejected. It was very, very good.

Of course, good things can't always last. And, of course, the laws of kissing in a room alone state that no matter how far you are away from other people the person or persons you least want to find you in that kind of position always have to interrupt.

The sliding door opened and the two released each other lightening fast, Hiead shoving himself away and spinning around to see who the intruders were, but not before the said intruders got an eyeful.

Zero Enna, Kizna Towryk, Clay Cliff Fortran and Saki Mimori all stood in the doorway, each one of them speechless, even Zero. A thick silence ensued, one in which Usagi was very uncomfortable and Hiead was slowly growing more and more furious.

"That was not something I wanted to see," Saki finally muttered. Her speaking up seemed to have helped the other three find their vocal cords.

"Very interesting," Clay murmured, looking at Usagi oddly then switching his gaze to Hiead.

"Very disturbing," Zero chimed in.

"Usagi has gone insane," declared Kizna flatly.

Usagi's face was bright red and she opened her mouth to say something, anything, but was cut off when she saw something truly impossible...

"Mamoru?" she whispered. No, it couldn't be... Acting quickly and avoiding Hiead's burning eyes, she ran past the group, slipping between Clay and Kizna and disappearing around the corner.

Which left Hiead alone with the other four. And those other four were obviously more interested in wanting to know why Hiead had been kissing a girl than why Usagi had been kissing him back.

Zero stepped up to him and slapped a hand on the taller boy's forehead. "Are you sick?" he inquired.

Glaring, Hiead shoved him away. Zero took it as an insult (not that it wasn't) and leapt at him. Both the boys began fighting again, kicking and punching and wrestling on the ground. Kizna simply sighed while Saki prayed neither of them would trigger an EX reaction and get them in trouble.

Usagi ran down the hallway and turned around a sharp corner just in time to see the Mamoru-look-alike disappear around another corner. Sighing, she continued her chase but it always seemed he was way ahead of her no matter how fast she ran. Yet she was hesitant to call out his name...

Finally he disappeared in what seemed to be an empty room. But when Usagi entered she was surprised to see that it wasn't a room at all but more like a huge bubble, similar to the plastic-like one she had come there in but much larger. Behind her the doorway was fuzzy and smeared, making her realize that it was just a portal and not a doorway at all. And before her stood Sailor Pluto.

"Puu," she whispered.

Pluto smiled faintly. "Konnichi wa, Usagi-hime. Are you ready? It's time to return home now."

"Demo... Mamoru..."

The smile faded from Pluto's lips, having not missed the fact Usagi had not called him 'Mamo-chan.' "It was just an illusion to draw you away from the others, Usagi-hime."

Usagi sighed. Well, at least she knew nothing too weird was going on. Then she remembered. "Hiead!" she gasped. "I didn't... I have to--"

"Usagi-hime," Pluto interrupted, "There's no need to say goodbye."

Startled, Usagi raised her blue eyes to meet the old, old magenta ones. Though Pluto was old, very old, she still looked to be a young woman. "Doushite?"

"I'm going to erase their memories of you anyway," explained the older senshi. "So there's no need."

Usagi felt as though Pluto had stabbed her in the back. Not once now, twice. First she had brought her here, basically just to get her pregnant, and now she was going to make Hiead forget all about her? "Iie," she said weakly.

"It's better this way, hime," Pluto assured her. "And I'll take care of it the moment you are safe at home."

"Iie..."

Pluto turned away from the princess, pretending not to have heard her for Usagi's protests broke her heart. But she had to do what she had to do; Usagi was meant to be with Mamoru, no one else.

Before the bubble disappeared, Usagi cast one last sad glance at the massive ship. "Sayonara, Hiead," she said softly, trying to hold back her tears.

Pluto pressed her full lips together so that they formed a white line. 'Gomen, hime...'

* * *

Damn it! Where was she?!

Hiead dashed straight past a small group of Repairers, ignoring their surprised glances. He couldn't find her! No flights had left and it was as if she's simply disappeared off the ship!

He paused by a window, tensely looking out into space to see if maybe she had stupidly gotten into a spacesuit and tried to get home that way.

Nothing.

Cursing, Hiead tried another corridor. He nearly collided with his instructor.

"Hey! Number 87! No running!" Azuma shouted but the words didn't reach the student's ears; he had already turned a corner. "What the hell's making him in such a hurry?" Azuma wondered, frowning.

Check the classrooms... Nothing. The mess hall? Nothing. She really had disappeared off the ship! In a last ditch effort, Hiead made his way to the Repairer's sleeping quarters. '65 and 66... 77 through 79...' Then it was right in front of him. Furiously he punched in the code and the sliding doors opened.

A surprised-looking girl with unkempt brown hair and brown eyes hidden behind a large pair of glasses stared at him. Scowling, Hiead opened his mouth to demand...

What?

Hiead paused, blinking. What had he come for? Why had he come here? He couldn't remember for the life of him.

"Hai?" the girl inquired softly, smiling.

He remembered her, at least. His partner. Sneering, he simply turned and left.

Ikhny Allecto blinked. That had certainly been strange... Why had Hiead turned up in her room? More importantly, how had he gotten the code number? Strange...

Almost done now! Just the epilogue and this story's finished. *bows* I want to thank all the cool people that read and reviewed at least once. I also want to thank my Neechan for giving me ideas, reading, supporting me and introducing me to my first Tama/Naka fic! @.@ Wheee!