Hey all! Long time no update! (sorry...please don't get mad! been really busy! last year of school nearly finished- only 8 weeks to go until the end of classes and exams!)

Anyways, i hope that this chap is okay! As long as you are happy, then I will be happy.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Sailor Moon... sorry...

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The car started screaming on its brakes. But it was too late. Usagi's body went flying through the air and into a nearby lamp post. Mamoru was nearly sick at the sight of his beloved Odango flying through the air like a rag doll being tossed around. It was almost slow motion as her body bent around the pole and was flung off onto the nearby sidewalk.

Cars stopped all over the road and drivers and passengers all left their cars and began to run over to Usagi. Mamoru, however, pushed through the crowd to get to Usagi first- before anyone else.

"Usagi? Usagi, please talk to me! USAGI!"

He shook her shoulders and tears streamed down his face. From then on, everything around him became a blur. The sounds of an ambulance roaring up beside him, the sounds of doctors yelling commands to their colleagues and the feeling of Usagi being pulled away and put into an ambulance as somebody handed him a drink- that somebody being Motoki. Mamoru responded to that and began to cry- crying like he had not done in years.

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2 HOURS LATER

"Dr Hinata, please report to Emergency. Paging Dr. Hinata, please report to Emergency."

The sights, smells and sounds of Tokyo Mercy Hospital made Mamoru's head spin. Even though he had been there only mere days earlier, when his boss had had a heart attack, he still felt sick. He thought over the events that had preceded his and Usagi's trip to the hospital, and immediately felt very ill.

'It's my fault…' he thought as he sat in a chair with a coffee in one hand and a donut in the other.

Anger and sadness surged through his entire being. He needed to see her. He stood up and walked over to the front desk and asked whether he could see Usagi yet.

"I'm sorry, Chiba-san. Tsukino-san is currently being looked at by a surgeon to tell if she is ready for surgery. If you would please wait until we call you or at least go home until she is ready to see you, it would be give her time to recover from her accident."

To Mamoru's spinning mind, none of this made any sense. Why was she telling him to wait or go home? Why wouldn't she let him see Usagi? He NEEDED to see Usagi!

"Ma'am, I know that she is being seen by a doctor, but I NEED TO SEE USAGI!" he yelled

The nurse looked at him sorrowfully.

"Chiba-san, if you could please wait, I will give you some news la…"

"Chiba Mamoru?" came a kindly voice

Mamoru looked up with a start and saw Ryo Urawa- one of his best friends from college- looking sorrowfully at him.

"She's….she's not…"

"No, she's not dead, Mamoru."

Mamoru wanted to leap up and down with joy but was stopped by the grave look on Urawa's face.

"But, she is in a deep coma and will probably be under for quite sometime. She has been approved for surgery later tonight and will go under at about ten o' clock tonight."

Mamoru's heart sank. But the doctor gave him one moment of joy- he allowed Mamoru to see Usagi.

Mamoru went through the Triage doors and was lead into a little cubicle surrounded by bright green curtains. He looked at the bed in which held the petite figure of Usagi. His heart wrenched for a moment, knowing that they both had a long way to go until they came out of the whole incident. He knew she would win this fight. She was strong, but at the moment he wasn't. He had a job to do. He had to call her family and friends to let them know what had happened.

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At Makoto's apartment, Makoto was cooking up a storm! She was going to have guests over that night and party into the wee hours of the next morning, but was brought out of her reverie by the shrill noise of the phone ringing. Makoto skipped over to her bright green phone and picked it up.

"Hello?" she asked brightly

"Makoto? It's me, Rei."

Makoto frowned. Rei didn't sound particularly well.

"Rei, girl, are you okay?"

Rei felt like crying.

"Makoto, Usagi was hit by a car today."

Makoto fell silent and everything around her seemed to stop.

"What? Usagi was what?"

"Hit by a car, Makoto, she was hit by a car."

Makoto sat down quickly in a chair. She fanned her face as tears sprang to her eyes. Smoke was pouring from her oven as her oven roast burnt to charcoal and the smoke alarm rang throughout the apartment, but Makoto took no notice of it as she talked to Rei.

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About 2 hours later, after crying and talking with Rei, Makoto was clearing her kitchen. She had rung her guests to let them know that the dinner would be cancelled until further notice and had stored the un-damaged food in the refrigerator. She threw the now inedible roast in the trash can and walked inside sombrely. She lay on her bed and cried herself to sleep until she got a call at 4am the next day to say that Usagi was out of surgery and was in recovery.

Makoto ran to the hospital and was greeted by Usagi's family, Motoki, Mamoru and the other girls and Usagi's surgeon, Dr. Misako.

"Usagi is doing very well now, it was a tough surgery as we had to repair her arm, her leg and a skull fracture and some internal bleeding, but she made it through and will most likely recover as normal, although she will be in a coma for awhile longer."

Everyone's face sank, but Ikuko took charge. She asked for some paper and a pen and proceeded to draw up a roster of when each person could visit Usagi so that her room in intensive care would not be cluttered by loving friends and family. She organised for flowers to be delivered every day so that Usagi would have fresh flowers every single day and she organised for someone to give her at least one chocolate milkshake a day through the tube she was being fed with. Everyone finally felt at peace and went on their way home- with Ikuko beginning 'Usagi watch' that night.

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