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Posted 6/2/06
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Dirty Little Secret
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Summary: Alternate ending and continuation of the Stars season. Before the lights leave, Usagi confesses to Seiya that she returns his love, and he leaves with a promise to someday return. Soon after the departure, Usagi suddenly and strangely moves to an unknown university, very far away. Few know her secret, but they promise to help her until the day Seiya will return-and when he does, he will make a great discovery. A Seiya and Usagi love story.
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"No, don't..." He stared at her when she halted his movement. "Feels... full..." Her tiredness and deep breathing prevented her from speaking any more. Seiya was also quite breathless, and gave no reply, only doing as she had requested and keeping their connection.
For the second time, Usagi had united with Seiya. And the fact made her elated. However, now it was different from that time three years ago. Back then, he had left the very next morning, saying a hasty goodbye and rushing back to keep his absence unnoticed.
But this time, he was going to stay with her.
And as if he were ensuring her of the fact, Seiya briefly tightened his loving embrace around Usagi. If she were sleepy, she would have fallen asleep, then. But while both were physically tired, they were still very much awake.
Usagi snuggled closer to him, enjoying the warmth his body gave her. There was only one thing she could really think about, then, besides how loved and safe she was feeling.
What happens now?
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Chapter 20: Chatting
If I had the chance, love
You know I would not hesitate
To tell you all the things I never said before
Don't tell me it's too late
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There was no way Usagi was going to sleep right away, she was far too awake. Her body was tired, but her mind wasn't. So, what now? She didn't know. Should she say something to him, or was silence better? Usagi wondered if he was tired, and thought that maybe he wanted to sleep. After his... sensational performance just now, he had to be exhausted. Who knew that he could have such stamina and strength off of the battlefield?
But she wasn't tired at all, and didn't know what was the best thing to do at that moment. Seiya solved her problem by speaking. His voice was soft, quiet, and loving.
"Mmm... I love you, Odango." She smiled into his bare chest, and she could hear his heart beating within it. Seiya kissed the top of her head, and absentmindedly traced little patterns on her back with his fingers.
She gave a muffled reply of "Love you, too," and happily sighed. Seiya thought for a moment.
"You know, I can't really remember what made me happy, what I did for fun, and what really motivated me before I met you anymore. Seems like so long ago... looking back, my life was pretty dull. It's too bad that we never got together earlier... but at least I have you now." She nodded. "And I'm not going to let you go, Odango."
Good, she thought. But then Usagi thought about what he had said, about not being together before the day that he had left, three years ago. It really was too bad, they could have made so many more memories together... but it didn't matter. What mattered was now.
But still, she felt bad for pushing him away. And he still didn't know the whole story about her past, and her future... not to mention about Kari. Should she tell him how strongly she had felt she was bound to Mamoru? Seiya already knew that she'd seen the future, but he didn't know about the past. Maybe it would make him happy to know that she had only pushed him away because of that, not because she didn't care about him. And also because of knowing the future, of course. Would it help him understand?
He already understood, she knew. But Usagi still felt like it wasn't enough. She was very close to telling him all about it, and about her past life on the moon, but she just couldn't do it. She wasn't sure where to start, and didn't know if it was something to say at a time like this. It probably wasn't, not now. But when was a good time to talk about it?
She had to tell him all about her past sometime, and she knew it should be before she told him about Kari. But... that was today. It was a lot of information to take in, and she didn't want to tell him everything all at once. So, she had to tell him about her ties to Mamoru and pretty much the story of her life, before she could tell him about a certain little girl. Could she really do that right now?
Seiya could sense that her thoughts were elsewhere, and that she was stressed. He didn't like it, not at all. She should feel completely at peace now, content and relaxed within his embrace.
"Odango... what are you thinking about?"
Should I really tell him? I don't think I should right now... "Nothing in particular."
"Oh come on, Odango. You're thinking about something, and it's troubling you. I can tell."
Seiya... I don't know... "Seiya, really, it's nothing."
"I don't believe you. Please, Odango, can't you tell me what's on your mind?" Usagi sighed. Should she do as he said? Was talking about the moon and Mamoru appropriate at a time like this? She didn't think so. Having a conversation about her love for her ex-boyfriend while lying naked in the arms of her current lover seemed very out of place.
"It's not something right to talk about now." He frowned, and called forth the mental list of things he could do to her body to the front of his mind.
"It's bugging you, and I know talking helps. Just tell me, Odango. It can't be that bad..."
But it can be! I don't know if-oh my... Seiya had decided to coax the information out of her, because he wanted to know and she wasn't telling him. Thus, he was preying upon one of her weaknesses. Usagi began to feel rather helpless as Seiya's head dipped down and he began to kiss her neck, knowing that it was one of her most sensitive spots.
"That... that's cheating..." she struggled to speak. Usagi really would hate how he had such power over her if it didn't feel so wonderful. And especially because he was still inside of her. It was a lucky thing for her that males took a while to recover... or else she would have even more problems develop.
"Maybe..." He didn't stop what he was doing. "Now, come on, what are you thinking about?"
"I... I can't tell you right now... it's not im... important..." Seiya was stroking her back tenderly, while maintaining his hold over her with his mouth pleasuring her throat.
"It doesn't have to be important," he said softly into her neck, in between kisses. "But it's bothering you... tell me what it is, Odango."
Cheater... that's not fair...
But it just felt so nice... she couldn't help but let him continue.
Usagi knew that if he didn't stop then, there would certainly be a repeat of last night. While she didn't really care, she wasn't really up to it yet... at least not mentally. The fact that they still didn't know a lot about each other was getting to her. But... Seiya suckling her neck was getting to her, too.
"Odango..."
"Okay, fine..." She felt him smile, or smirk, or something against her skin. Such a cheater! I'll have my revenge yet, just you wait. "But only because... well, not because of you." I'm such a liar. "Only because I suppose talking wouldn't hurt."
"Of course, Odango," he said, not believing any of it. Seiya let her out of his embrace for just a moment, and sat up a little against the pillows that he arranged against the back of the bed. It was then that he finally had to withdraw from being inside of her, and she slightly lamented the loss. He then pulled Usagi up to him, and into his lap, then allowed her to rest her head on his chest. He pulled the sheets up and over her shoulders, covering her nude body.
She slowly wound her arms around his torso, and relaxed against him. He wrapped his own arms around her smaller form, securing her in place, almost cradling her back in his left arm. A stray strand of her hair brushed his hand, and he played with it, twirling it around his fingers gently and feeling its softness. Seiya wasn't sure if he would ever get used to the fact that she loved him, and that she was with him like this. Here, and now.
But that wouldn't stop him from using what he knew about her body against her, no way. It was too much fun! He enjoyed touching her, kissing her, and just feeling her too much to let her be. Plus, she liked it. And making Usagi feel happy, safe, and loved was what made Seiya happy.
"So tell me, Odango, what in the world could distract you from being in the arms of an attractive, kind, and cunning guy like me? Certainly a wonderful, dashing man such as myself couldn't be too boring." Usagi scoffed.
There's that trademark personality of his... such a smug guy. She smiled. But I love him anyway. It was one of the reasons that she did love him, in fact.
"Oh, no. Never boring, not that!" she said, humoring him. Still, Usagi didn't tell Seiya about what had been bothering her.
"Odango, please, tell me what you're thinking about. I want to know..."
Well, he asked for it. She sighed, defeated. "Alright, then. But I still think other conversation is more appropriate right now." Seiya shrugged.
"Oh well." There was a glimmer in his eye, but she missed it, as the side of her head was flat against his chest and she wasn't looking at him. "We can just... recreate this situation again some other time." Usagi blushed. The man certainly hadn't gotten any less cocky over the years. If anything, he had gotten even more confident and bold. "Now, tell me."
Here goes... "Well, I was actually thinking about what you said, about us not being together earlier." He nodded. "And I thought about why. You know, why I didn't... why I pushed you away." She felt guilty at the end of the statement. He kissed the top of her head again.
"Don't feel bad, Odango. We're together now, aren't we?"
"Yeah..." But only because Setsuna-chan told me that this wouldn't ruin the future... only because of... of so many things. The future, and my friends, and Kari... "...we are. But..." she trailed off.
"But what?"
"Remember when I told you that Pluto had shown me the future? And that I was the Queen of the Earth, ruled over Crystal Tokyo, and that Mamoru and I..." she didn't care to finish, feeling pain at the loss of the future she knew and Chibi-Usa.. "Well, do you remember that?"
"Yes, I do. You and Mamoru were Queen and King in the future and had a child," he said in a neutral voice, hiding any emotion he felt. Part of him was feeling happy, because he knew that she had given it all up for him. But another part of him was sad that it bothered her still, and it reminded him of that feeling... the one that he would never be able to be with her. It wasn't like he was trying to break them up, though. Back then, he hadn't known anything.
From the moment that Seiya first met Usagi, he was attracted to her. It wasn't love, of course, just a simple attraction. He was a young, healthy man and she was a pretty girl. It was only natural. And he hadn't wanted to tear her away from any destiny, to break up a happy couple. Seiya had known so little. From what he did know, Usagi's boyfriend had left her to go study overseas for years, and was being a cruel and heartless jerk.
The man wasn't writing to Usagi, wasn't answering her calls, and didn't respond to either when she tried to contact him. Seiya seriously believed that Mamoru had run off and cut off all ties with the innocent and caring girl, and it infuriated him. Mamoru didn't deserve her, and Seiya had been determined to make her see it.
He would be there for her, be the boyfriend Mamoru wasn't being. He wouldn't abandon her, not ever. Usagi was more important than some stupid college overseas! There were plenty of fine institutions in Japan. The boyfriend obviously didn't have his priorities in order. He clearly didn't love her enough to stay with her, and Seiya thought that the other man was just toying with Usagi.
And also, he couldn't understand why she resisted him. As an idol, he could get any girl he wanted, why not Usagi? Out of all the women in the world, he had to fall in love with the one that would not have him. She was hung up on some moron who wasn't around, wasting her love and energy on a man so inferior to her. So, the new guy had decided to sweep Usagi off her feet, and show her how a real man would treat her.
But Mamoru hadn't done anything bad to her in reality. He had died. He wasn't a complete asshole, he hadn't neglected his girlfriend. He was just... dead. So, all offenses against Mamoru had to be forgiven, and all of Seiya's hopes to be with Usagi crushed. How could Seiya be her Prince Charming and save her, winning her love in the process, if there was no villain to rescue her from? The answer was simple: he couldn't. And it tore him apart inside.
Never had he expected her to confess that she loved him. But she had, and Seiya was totally shocked. Stunned, but ecstatic. His ruined fairy tale of being with the woman he loved after saving the world and bringing peace had ended with a plot twist, having Usagi end up loving him and not her true prince. It wasn't a ruined tale after all. The twist at the end of that story had only been the beginning of a new one... he grinned deviously at the following thought. It was a new story that had a scene in it of them both naked on his bed. But the woman in his arms wasn't as happy as he was at that moment.
What Seiya said bothered Usagi even more, but she tried not to show it, and kept on talking. "Anyway, that's not the only reason I stayed with him back then, even though he was gone." This confused Seiya, and took him away from his previous thoughts. There was another thing that kept her from him? What else could have come between them? Well, besides being from different planets... but she hadn't known that at first, and had still rejected him.
"Okay..." he encouraged her to continue. She realized she would have to explain pretty much everything to him, like she had to Taiki. Especially if she wanted Seiya to understand her actions with Kari later on. Usagi might as well just get it all over with, because she would tell him today, she wouldn't delay any more. He knew that she was the Princess of the Moon, but he didn't know that she had been for a long time, and he didn't know the entire story.
"I have to tell you a story first, for you to understand." He nodded. She took a deep breath and began the lengthy explanation. "A long time ago, people lived peacefully on the moon..."
Usagi continued her story, explaining in great detail everything she knew about the Silver Millennium. Seiya was surprised when she told him that the senshi existed back then, and that they were none other than the current ones, but reborn. She then told him all about the Earth and its relationship with the moon, and then told the tragic story of the Prince and Princess. She explained the great war, and how Queen Serenity had used the rest of her energy, had sacrificed her very life to send them all to be reborn and have new lives in the future on Earth. When Usagi finished that part of the story, Seiya asked a question.
"But there wasn't a Sailor Moon back then... right?"
"No, there wasn't." He was confused again. He knew that she was the Princess, but wasn't sure if this Moon Princess was the same as the one that she was. There was so much information to take in, and so many questions swimming through his mind.
"Then... how do you tie in with all of this?"
"Well, there was no Sailor Moon back then, and there also was no Tuxedo Kamen." He frowned, still not able to draw a conclusion. "Princess Serenity was the Princess of the moon, and Prince Endymion was the Prince of Earth. Sailor Moon is the senshi of the moon, and Tuxedo Kamen is the senshi of the Earth. I am Sailor Moon, and Mamoru is Tuxedo Kamen..." she left the sentence open, letting him put it together, and he did.
"You were Princess Serenity, and Mamoru was Prince Endymion." She nodded. The fact struck a nerve somewhere in Seiya. He did not like that Mamoru had been her lover in the past and would've been her lover in the future. "Then you two have a love that runs pretty deep, don't you? It's only natural..." It really hurt Seiya, and confused him as well. Why was Usagi with him, and not Mamoru?
"You're right, it is. But that's just it..." He was still puzzled, and she tried to help him. "I think that one reason I fell out of love with Mamoru was because of all of that history." It made Seiya grin. She had fallen out of love with Mamoru, she had said. Usagi had fallen out of love with Mamoru! Seiya's smile stayed on his face for a while, though she still hadn't looked at him.
"We were just so destined, so bound together, that it was too much. I really did love him, but I think that my love continued on longer than it would have normally gone on, because of that past. Had I not known about our lives on the moon, not had Serenity awakened within me, the feeling may have faded more quickly. And I know that I definitely wouldn't have felt so connected to him." She thought more for a moment.
"And even though I was a warrior and a princess and all of that, I was still a girl. And like many other girls, I wanted to love someone. Mamoru was there for me to love, and he was who I was supposed to love. So I didn't have to consider any other possible relationships, I already knew who I was going to end up with. Life is kind of dull when you know what's going to happen, all the surprises eliminated. And anyway, there wasn't really anyone else for me to love." She sighed again... it was happening a lot in the conversation. Seiya let her continue.
"Sure, there were other guys around. I used to have the biggest crush on this guy who worked at the arcade. But it faded, and he became more of a brother to me." Usagi suddenly laughed. "And ugh! There was this one really nerdy guy at my school who liked me a lot, though I don't really know how long. Eventually he got together with a good friend of mine, and I certainly was grateful. Ah, if only I had been interested in the little and annoying type. The kid was really book-smart, but he knew nothing about girls.
And there was actually an alien who liked me, though he was our enemy for a while, until he and his... I don't really know what she was to him, left. They disguised themselves as humans. They arrived right after we defeated Beryl and lost all of our memories. Thus, since I had forgotten all about Mamoru and Endymion and all, I was very flattered when he took a liking to me. But it didn't last when I got my memories back, anyway. So, I only really liked one other guy before Mamoru, and only two other guys really tried to win me over." But then, something else then popped into her mind.
"Ah, I almost forgot! There was one other guy who liked me. But... it's a long story." Seiya looked at her strangely. There was another one? Four men liking her may have seemed like a very small amount to Usagi, but frankly, it just pissed Seiya off. An ex-boyfriend, a nerd, an alien, and now another one? Now, the young woman was his. He didn't like the fact that four other men possibly still wanted her. So he encouraged her to go on, and kept listening to her carefully, learning as much as possible about her other admirers.
"As you know, we fought many battles before you came to Earth. Galaxia was the end of our two years of fighting. One enemy we encountered before Galaxia was from a planet called Nemesis. They were the Black Moon family, and quite the formidable foe. When the Moon Kingdom in the Silver Millennium fell, many were banished to the planet. They made it their temporary home. But they weren't all that bad. Deep in their hearts, they just wanted to live happy and normal lives.
But they were still a little evil. They planned to come back to Earth like they had so long ago, but they would attack it and take this world by force. These people wanted to rule, not just live in peace. And so, they attacked. This was how we met Chibi-Usa. The Black Moon tried to seize Crystal Tokyo, and pretty much demolished it. We had no idea about this, of course, because it was all happening in the future.
Chibi-Usa went back to the past to get Sailor Moon, believing that it would save her parents and home. Her father had told her bedtimes stories all about the legendary warrior, and she got the idea to come and get me from those stories. Anyway, King Endymion was gravely injured and could only move around as a hologram, his body was too damaged. Queen Serenity, however, was much worse." This worried Seiya, hearing that the future Usagi had been attacked so fiercely.
"Did she get really hurt? Did she die? Is your future self dead?" He was very concerned now, feeling anxious knowing that bad things had happened to her.
"No, she wasn't dead, so don't worry!" He worried anyway. "You see, the senshi's duty was to protect the Queen. So, right before an attack hit her, they shielded her body from harm by encasing it inside a crystal shell. So she didn't get hurt. But she did fall into a coma, and remained unconscious even after the assault had ended. No one could wake her up. I must say that it was pretty weird, looking at my future self. Especially because that future me was stuck in sleep under a big chunk of crystal. It was really unnerving."
"Wow, I can imagine."
"Yeah. Anyway, I'm getting off track. Before that had happened to her, being all crystalized, she was part of the great battle. Well, of course she did, being the Queen and wielder of the Silver Crystal and all. During the fight, one of the enemies she ran into was called Prince Diamond. He was infatuated with the Queen from the moment he first saw her. I don't really know what happened between the attack on Crystal Tokyo and the time when we went to the future with Chibi-Usa. But Diamond had never let go of his feelings for Neo-Queen Serenity.
When we arrived in the future, he and the other people of the Black Moon must have sensed us. Somehow he found out we were there, and realized who I was. Diamond never got to have Serenity, but was more than happy to settle for a younger version of her. So, naturally, something had to happen. He tried to take both Chibi-Usa and myself, but only ended up abducting me." Usagi sighed.
"I'll just say that I didn't have much fun after that. I blacked out sometime, and woke up in a place I'd never been before, wearing a fancy dress, and with no energy. It was pretty scary, not being able to transform. Diamond had this weird eye thing on his forehead that he used to hypnotize me, which sucked even more. Luckily Mamoru showed up before Diamond could really do anything. Sure the guy was attractive and powerful and all, but I'm not about to be with someone who tried to force me to love them against my will.
But even though he did all that, I didn't hate him. In fact, I felt sorry for Diamond in the end. He had been tricked and misguided by someone he trusted, and saw the error in his ways eventually. It was too bad that he came to his senses so late. When the person who messed with his head tried to kill me, Diamond took the blow instead and saved my life. He died in my arms, saying that he was sorry and that he loved me. It was so sad... the poor guy. But we toasted the other guy, the one that was really evil. So that was our battle with the Black Moon. But only part of it. And condensed." Seiya blinked.
"Thatwas a condensed version?"
"Pretty much. Hah, I almost forgot what we were talking about. I do tend to ramble on. So that was the other guy who was interested in me."
"Interested? I think that's an understatement..."
"You know what I mean." He nodded. "So I guess there were other guys out there that liked me, but you can see why they don't really count. Two were bad guys and the other was... just not my type. I'm not quite sure which I'd be more reluctant to date! No normal men for me, that's for sure. They're all either entrusted with evil powers or gross. Thus, there wasn't really anyone else for me to love but Mamoru. So him being the only one available anyway only had me attached to him longer."
"Wow, Odango. I have to say that you've gone through a lot of nasty stuff. Jumping around in time and fighting everywhere and being kidnapped... it's a lot to handle, isn't it?" Usagi nodded, a little proud of herself.
"So," she started again, "I think the main thing that kept me from..." it was hard to say, but she managed to get the words out, "...loving you, was the future." Seiya couldn't help but grin widely at this. "But adding to it even more was the past. I still am Serenity, Seiya. And I will always be. In the past, in the present, and in the future, I am Serenity." Usagi told him what she had quite recently thought to herself. Her saying that she was Serenity, who loved Endymion, disturbed Seiya. She had just confirmed that a permanent part of her loved Mamoru.
"But while I am Serenity, I am also Usagi. And I am more Usagi than Serenity." This made the man holding her more at ease. "I have my powers now that I had as Serenity, and my crystal, my star seed." Seiya nodded in understanding. "And I still have a great responsibility, like I had as Serenity. To protect my planet... even though that isn't currently an issue." She smiled at the reminder that the battles were over.
"And also, I still hold the title of Princess Serenity. I still have the royal Lunarian blood within me, and will still become Queen Serenity. But I won't rule the moon, as I would have before when I lived there as Princess, making that similarity different... if that makes sense." Seiya only nodded again, actually understanding the "similar differences."
"So, the bottom line is that..." she had trouble finding the right words and settled for what was most prominent in her mind, "...well, that I love you." A happy Seiya gave her a quick, but very passionate kiss at the confession.
"I like that bottom line, Odango." He grinned down at her, and she softly smiled back.
"But I mean more than that. Like... hmm. What I'm trying to say... is that... I am... me." She frowned, not liking how she couldn't put what she wanted to say into words. "That didn't make much sense," she said more to herself than to Seiya.
"Okay, here. Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom from years ago is only a small part of me... a sliver, really. The real me, Usagi, has Serenity's powers, station, and blood. But not her feelings. My feelings are my own, not Serenity's. My love for Mamoru lingered on because Serenity loved Endymion, and therefore it wasn't quite true love. It would have ended long ago if it were just Usagi loving Mamoru." It was strange referring to herself in third person.
"So, that past was another thing that stopped me from leaving Mamoru. I was scared to do so because of the future, because of Serenity's lingering love, and because of the past. But that part of Serenity has faded now, and began to fade some time ago." A smile began to form on her face. "Do you know when that was, Seiya?" She looked up at him, but he only shook his head, truly not knowing the answer to her question. Usagi gave him a bright and happy smile.
"It was when I met you."
A surge of happiness washed over him, replacing all other emotions, and he kissed her again. Seiya kissed her deeply and tenderly, and was reluctant to break it. When he did, Usagi saw his eyes sparkling and his face shining only with joy. It was his turn to speak, and he had no idea how closely he quoted her theory that she formed only hours ago.
"Serenity loves Endymion, but Odango loves Seiya." She nodded, grinning.
"Yes, she does. Very much." Seiya hugged her tightly, not being able to get enough of her love. "But there's more, too." I have to get into the more recent past, so that I can tell him about Kari later much more easily.
"You know, Odango..." a devilish grin crossed his face as her spoke, "...if I wasn't so interested in what you have to say, I'd make love to you again right here and right now."
Seiya certainly did know how to make Usagi blush. Rather flustered, she tried to calm down before speaking again."So... um, that was just the background, actually." Usagi breathed in deeply. "I still haven't told you about... some other... things..."
"Oh, really?"
Okay... oh, I can't do it! I'm too nervous! I suppose... we'll get to Kari later today. Yeah, later. Usagi was still a little flustered, both because of his antics and her thoughts about Kari."W-well... I still haven't told you why I was able to abandon that future I knew in the end. I mean, I was going to, since I didn't love Mamoru that way anymore, but I couldn't really leave him until..." until I found out I was pregnant with your baby and spazzed and Setsuna-chan helped me and I almost died from the stress and I didn't know what to do and... "...until Pluto, or rather, Setsuna, helped me out." With your baby, not just the new future. "She showed me that not being with Mamoru was okay."
"...What?" Seiya asked, rather stunned.
"Well, I was really relieved, I'll tell you that. You see, I was so worried that not being with Mamoru and keeping the future I knew intact would bring chaos. But Setsuna-chan told me that my future wasn't set in stone. When she found out that I..." was pregnant and didn't love Mamoru... "...really didn't want to be with Mamoru anymore, she was shocked at first. But she sort of did something that she really wasn't supposed to do."
"Setsunadid something she wasn't supposed to? Setuna, as in, sailor Pluto?"
"Yes, she did. And I know what you're thinking, that she's the last person who would ever break the rules." Usagi smiled. "But she told me that she did it to help me, because she couldn't stand to see her Princess in such distress. It made me really happy to hear that." REALLY happy.
"Odango, what did she do?"
"She looked into the future again... but a different one. Apparently, there are many futures, which is very plausible if you think about it. But she, and I... and just all of us only knew one. It was very, very unlikely that another future would ever come to pass. It has never happened before, the 'main future' changing into an 'alternate future.'" Usagi closed her eyes. It was a hard concept to grasp, and even she still didn't fully understand how it worked. "Anyway, so Setsuna-chan did what was forbidden, and... I am so thankful. My gratitude for her actions is endless. If I hadn't known that my choice wouldn't bring ruin, I don't know what I would've done..."
Seiya didn't want to think about it. Not about the possibility of her going back to Mamoru. It wasn't something he even wanted to imagine happening, and it would ruin his good mood.
"But now, that's not an issue. I'm no longer bound to another future, I can do what I want. And... it makes me so completely happy..." she smiled again. Now I'm free. Free to be with you, and free to have a family... with you, Seiya. And soon, very soon, you'll know.
"Odango, love," he said, making her look up at his beaming face, "I don't think that you could ever know how much I love you, not if you sat and thought about it for the rest of your life." She returned the smile.
"Oh, I bet I can imagine." Especially because I feel that love for not one, but two people. "I really think I can."
"Whatever you say." He stroked her cheek with his thumb. "Now, don't you feel better after talking about all that? I know that I feel better." Except for the fact that so many other men have been after you. She nodded happily, and he got an idea. "In fact..." he said, his smile evolving into to a smirk and his voice becoming playful, "I feel so much better that I may have to do something about it." Seiya's mischievous grin faded to a normal smile. "But I'm getting really sleepy... and you should feel lucky that I am."
"...Why?" She raised a quizzical brow at his vague statement, and his devious grin returned.
"You never know what a man like me might do to a woman like you when you're naked in his bed, Odango."
A shocked and very taken-aback Usagi gaped at him, her face flushing deeply.
"Seiya!"
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And that's it. No cliffhanger, aren't you proud of me?
Aw, I like this chapter. And cause you're so good to me... next chapter previews (just a few one-liners):
"Hey, listen to me! It isn't real!" he shouted, his frustration and worry only building. "Come back to me, Odango... leave that place, wherever you are..."
"Oh my God... Kari... please tell me she's safe, Seiya... please tell me she isn't hurt..."
"...It's fine, Odango," he said hesitantly, "...Kari's safe, you don't have to worry."
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Uh oh! What does that mean? You'll just have to wait and see!
This was me being happy making Seiya jealous/mad/something like that and stuff. Hey, we gotta keep him on his toes, right? He has to be ready to fend off other guys from Usagi! I promise it wasn't me having writer's block and just writing whatever! Hah... anyway, we are SO CLOSE to him knowing about being a daddy! YES!
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And because I love you, a gift. I call it... "Gourmet April Showers Prologue Excerpts With Garnish."
Or just some bits and pieces/teasers from AS.
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But the young woman hadn't always lived in that dreary place. Once, she had lived in a cozy, nice, single-family home with her parents and brother. They were a happy and loving family, hardly ever having fights or disagreements; save for her brother and her, occasionally. Her life was close to perfect, but she had only realized how great it had been when she had lost it.
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She had only been seventeen. And now, she was twenty-one. But four years had not helped her forget that day. For a month after it happened, she had total amnesia. She knew nothing, except for this: her name was Usagi Tsukino, and she loved the rain.
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She remembered faces sometimes, in her slumber. Flashes of happy memories in her dreams, and when she was awake. Smiling and laughing girls, going out and about on the weekends, and a couple of handsome faces that she might have had crushes on or romantic interludes with at some point in time. But that was it. Just flashes, no names. And she had no idea where or who they were.
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Feelings... Usagi had them a lot. Hunches, intuition. In fact, sometimes she would have a very strong feeling that something was going to happen, almost like a sixth sense. Even her dreams could be like this. She'd had dreams before that were almost like... premonitions.
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When she saw the heavy rain falling from the cloudy sky, she grinned widely. She ran to the edge of the porch, jumped down all four steps at once, and sprinted out into the warm, falling water. Usagi couldn't help but let out a loud and cheerful laugh when she felt the downpour touch her. She was immediately drenched, soaked from head to toe. Her hair was dripping, her clothes clung to her skin, and she was slippery from the rain. Usagi twirled around in a circle with her arms out and her head to the sky, reveling in the feeling. The morning air was full of fog, making the scene around her wet, misty, and utterly beautiful.
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She was dancing in the rain... it was refreshing, renewing, and purifying. It was an escape from her horrible life, it gave her hope. And hope was something that she desperately needed.
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That's it for now! IYBMB will be updated soon. My iTunes needs to die and work already.
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