Title: Friends with Secrets
Genre: Drama, Humor, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I no own Sailor Moon.
Author's Notes:
Sorry its taking so long but this story isn't easy to write you know!! Here is the next chapter and I just wrote it today so please excuse any grammatical errors... I tried to fix what I could before posting. This is a special gift to you in honor of my birthday so I hope you like it and hopefully next week I can wrap this up... It has about two chapters left I think so.. YAY! Ending and Closure!
Enjoy!
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Usagi shifted uneasily until a hand clamped down on her leg forcing her to still.
"You might want to hold still." Rei breathed as the great fire roared before them. Usagi and Rei sat side by side closest to the blaze as the others sat cross legged about five feet away from them in a semi circle around the great fire.
"I don't know if this is such a good idea. Maybe we should just let her stay." Usagi tried a bit uneasily and then she let out a grunt. "Oh swell idea genius." She breathed and Usagi whined.
"I'm not going to set you on fire. Chill." Rei hissed and went back to concentrating.
"Do you feel that?" Haruka suddenly whispered to her partner and Michiru blinked feeling the distinct rumble through her chest as well. She glanced around the room eyeing the other Senshi. They looked like they hadn't felt it.
"What is that?" Usagi suddenly blurted out and Michiru and Haruka quickly shot a look to each other.
"What? I didn't touch you yet." Rei blurted getting annoyed and suddenly Usagi was on her feet, panic coming to her features.
"Tell me you feel that!" She yelled suddenly and Michiru and Haruka were on their feet.
"Yes Princess." Haruka confirmed and Michiru quickly fished out her mirror.
Minako and Ami jumped to their feet.
"What are you talking about?" Minako uttered, her senses on high alert.
"Why is it getting dark at one o'clock in the afternoon?" Makoto breathed as she slowly stood, Rei's gaze following her towards the window where ominous clouds had begun to form outside.
"I think I feel it now."
"Serenity…" A voice echoed through the small temple room and Usagi jumped back, Rei scrambling to her feet and away from the great fire as it died suddenly than roared back to life with a black twinge around it. "How kind of you to come back to life." The voice continued in a deep hiss that shook the girls to their core.
"Why is the creepy fire talking?" Makoto hissed to Ami and Ami shook her head quickly.
"Don't think it's the great fire anymore." She whispered and as she spoke a face began to swirl through the flames and immediately Haruka and Michiru were flanking Usagi.
"Beryl." Usagi breathed and than lightning shot outside and the girls ducked.
"I've had enough of you dear princess. You've destroyed my minions and so now I feel it important to destroy your world and rebuild it as my own." She began, her red eyes blazing furiously into the blonde's blue.
"This is not your world. I will not let you take this kingdom from Endymion." Usagi suddenly yelled and Usagi could have kicked herself. Stupid princess!
"Oh… so Endymion is here as well? Why… isn't this an interesting development." Beryl cooed, her pale features forming into a smirk.
"Way to go idiot." Usagi hissed at herself and she sunk a bit lower.
"Well, seems I have a kingdom to destroy and a Prince to claim. Let's see if I can kill you this time before you destroy the galaxy again shall we?" The evil queen taunted, her ominous laughter filling the room until suddenly the great fire went out.
Rei stepped away from the valve that had dropped water onto her grandfathers' precious flame. She turned towards her Princess and quickly ripped off her ceremonial robes as she rushed towards her, the others doing it as well.
"We have to go." Rei breathed and Usagi shook her head.
"I cannot go against her!" She screamed and than Usagi slapped herself.
"Get a grip! Everyone is going to die if we don't go fight!" She yelled at herself and than Usagi jolted forward. "No, everyone will die if we fight!"
"Make up your mind!" Minako yelled and grabbed onto Usagi.
"I'm ready." Usagi breathed meeting her eyes and than Usagi jerked away from Minako. "No we can't!" Serenity cried once more and Usagi suddenly gasped. "Oh my gosh." Usagi breathed and Ami grabbed onto her.
"What? What is it?" She breathed and Usagi suddenly got the energy and stifled the Princess into a corner of her mind.
"Look I am ready to fight and I will try my hardest to not blow up the galaxy." She said sturdily looking at her Senshi.
"Yeah, not sure if that is going to make me feel real comfortable about this situation." Makoto breathed honestly and Luna pushed through them.
"Look we have no choice! I'll remain by her side and help her." Luna breathed and everyone blanched.
"You can't. You will easily be killed!" Rei breathed picking her up.
"Look, this is my fault. I promised I would be with her." Luna breathed and Usagi nodded.
"Great… you guys work this out. I have to go tell Mamoru that I've loved him my entire life before I get killed by some psycho evil queen." Usagi said with determination and before anyone could stop her she took off.
"Seriously now?!" Ami yelled after her.
"What other time is she going to do it?" Minako hissed than turned to the outer Senshi. "Hello? Why are you standing here? Go after her and make sure she gets to the battle!" She spat pointing towards the door. "We'll hold Beryl off until you get there."
Haruka and Michiru glanced at each other.
"That is a suicide mission Minako." Haruka breathed and Minako held her ground as the other three senshi quietly accepted their fate.
"Please go protect our Princess and get her butt there will you?" She repeated again and Haruka nodded with a bow of her head.
"Yes ma'am." She whispered and than both outer senshi were gone.
Minako let out a steadying breath as Rei held onto Luna tightly.
"Ready to go out fighting ladies?" She breathed and Rei nodded, Makoto nodding as well.
"No other way to go out." Makoto whispered putting her hand out in the middle of them. Minako quickly covered it followed by Ami and Rei.
"At least we found her." Minako breathed, tears slightly beginning to form in the bottoms of her eyes.
"We did." Ami confirmed with a sad smile and than they broke and quickly transformed. They had a destiny to meet.
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She felt it coming. The sky was darkening further as she ran through the streets. It was as if a tornado was coming about to devour all of Tokyo. Her brain was a muddled mess but she was determined enough to so what she should have done when she was twelve and she had no time left.
Beryl was close. She could feel it and as the elevator dinged she knew that for once in her life she had to be honest. Honest with herself obviously in accepting stupid fate that never gave her a chance at another option and honest with the one person she knew in this life and her last one… she couldn't live without. She gulped unsteadily as she raced from the elevator towards his door. The girls weren't far behind so she only had a few moments and in those few moments there was no way she could say everything but perhaps she could say one thing…
The girls were mistaken. Stupid aliens. Now he was really going to deport them off of his planet. If anything happened to his Usagi… He stilled as he tried to push that thought out of his head. At the thought of her in danger it felt like a thousand knifes had entered him and he'd rather suffer that than lose her. He loved her. His breath hitched. He loved her. He was in love with her… her his precious best friend and only family whom he had racily made out with on numerous occasions with a mask. He felt a pang of pain hit his heart. She loved him… but it wasn't him… not the real him. He shook his head. These were thoughts to dwell on later when the world wasn't ending. He could feel it ominously dwelling as the sky churned outside before him. He felt the rumbles deep within his soul as if the evil was calling him, calling him to put up a fight for his planet. And he would put up a fight. Quickly he grabbed his key, messily throwing on his jacket as he headed towards the door when a loud knock started pounding on it. Confused he opened it and all the air left his lungs.
"Usako…" He whispered, the disheveled form on his doorstep. "I was just coming to find you, the girls think…" He trailed off realizing that if she wasn't who they said she was, she might think he was crazy for accusing her of being an alien superhero Princess. Suddenly she lunged forward, her fingers grasping onto his lapels.
"Mamo-chan… I don't have much time, I'm so sorry all of this is happening. It's so crazy and sudden and… and the world is ending!" She screeched and Mamoru let out a breath wrapping his fingers around her own.
"Usagi… the world isn't ending. It's going to be all right." He whispered soothingly and her bright blue eyes looked up at him and he was caught. He had never seen her like this.
"Mamo-chan… whether the world is ending or not I should have told you this years ago… I shouldn't have been afraid of losing you but…" She sucked in a deep breath and Mamoru felt his heart stop. Was she really who they said she was? No… not his sweet Usagi, she would never lie to him. "Mamo-chan… I love you." The words hit the air and he deflated as he starred. "I've always loved you…" She breathed and Mamoru felt the weight of those words as they splattered across him. Gently his hands moved to cup her face, dying to know if she was saying that as a childhood friend or… or as something more. "I'm in love with you Mamoru-san. I dream about you, desire you… want you… but was so afraid to tell you. Afraid you would think I was a child and that I was nothing more but a little sister to you." She said, her voice going erratic as tears began to fill her eyes. "I couldn't take you rejecting me Mamo-chan… I needed you." She began to weep and Mamoru gathered her quickly in his arms, his hands tightening around her.
"Shh… Usako, I would never." He breathed and she shook her head pulling away from him to stare heatedly at him once more. It was a piercing seriousness that held him, stopped him to his very core and he once again struggled to breath. Suddenly a distant ding echoed through the hallway and she gasped, her fingers clutching to him once more.
"You have to forgive me… Forgive me for everything I'm not telling you and everything that might happen. Know I only did anything because I loved you. That's a crappy excuse but I had to… and I'm sorry you had to lie to me about who you are… you didn't, I've always known and I forgive you but Mamo-chan… please don't forget that I love you!" Her voice began to rise and Mamoru tried to comprehend all she was saying. He wanted to take a step back. She knew it was him? She knew... She nodded almost as if hearing his thoughts and his mouth dropped open. Heel clicks were heard quickly down the hall and he glanced over her shoulder and than turned quickly back to her.
"Usako I'm in love with you… I would never reject you. You're all I want… All I've ever wanted." He breathed against her and her eyes widened. "I love you." He breathed and quickly pulled her up, her lips interacting with his and she clung, explosions going off in her brain as she finally kissed him… Kissed Mamoru Chiba, her long time childhood love without a mask… and kissed him after he confessed his love for her… Tsukino, Usagi without any ball gown or history involved.
"Usagi!" A voice yelled when suddenly arms wrapped around her and yanked. The kiss broke violently and Usagi let out a scream of deprival as she reached out for him.
"Mamo-chan! Don't forget what I said!" She screamed as Sailor Uranus and Neptune wrapped their arms around her, quickly dragging her down the hall.
"No! Usagi-chan! Drop her!" He commanded rushing after them but they were too fast, they slid into an elevator and the door closed quickly. Mamoru pounded against the metal and let out a scream. Quickly he raced back to his apartment, shut the door and promptly sped to the balcony. He had to find her. Had to get to her before the girls took her. This was obviously a big mistake… the girls had gone too far. They had kidnapped her, his innocent love… and he would make them pay for it.
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She was hyperventilating. She felt soothing hands trying to run along her spine to help calm her. Nothing could calm her. She was on cloud nine and yet in the pits of hell all at the same time.
"You did it. You told him. I'm so proud of you Usa." Michiru whispered soothingly and Usagi nodded, her body trembling.
"He loves me. He loves me." She mumbled out and Haruka turned her to her, her deep brown eyes penetrating her own.
"Of course he does Usagi. How could he not?" She breathed and Usagi felt her heart warm as she pressed her lips together, letting that thought dance across her mind.
"And he loves you for you. Not for me." Usagi suddenly whispered out and Usagi's eyes widened as the Princess let that statement hit the air. "You are worthy of so much love." She continued and Haruka and Michiru nodded.
"I need you to transform." Haruka said gently and she nodded quickly than threw her arm into the air, screaming out the words she had promised once to never say but had given into. She felt the familiar power rushing through her and she was complete. She hated to admit it but Serenity was her… She was Serenity. Yet as the elevator dinged open and deep cobalt eyes met hers she gulped. His eyes widened considerably as they traveled over her frame, the small skirt and boots… he ignored the fact that she looked amazing in a short skirt and returned his gaze to her eyes.
"Don't ever forget what I said." The creature breathed before him and Mamoru took a step back. The girls had been right… right all along. Sailor Moon's gloved hand rose and placed a red mask over his best friends face and he stumbled backwards. Suddenly the senshi on her side grabbed her arms and raced with her out of the elevator. He followed her with his eyes and felt as if she was being ripped from him. They had been living double lives… been living lies before one another. His jaw dropped. She was that Princess! She was going to fight the evil that was coming into his world… immediately he began to panic and raced after them. She wasn't going to fight anyone without him behind her.
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