Stolen Moments: Drabbles through College

NOTE: For all of my fans who feel this is getting too mushy... you must not be reading all the fluff crap on as well as never seen a real engaged couple... they are all over each other! It's disgusting sometimes but lots of fun for them. Hope you can bear it as we keep going. :)

Here is the next installment and I know you are all hoping for the wedding... but don't get too excited. I'm not good at writing wedding scenes. Awkward honeymoon scenes I could probably do... but it will end really cool I promise. I'm having too much fun messing with Mamoru right now though so Enjoy!!

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He shot up in bed, his sheets clinging to the small sheen of sweat coming from his body. He put a hand to his head and gulped, wishing the images would come back… would make sense. It was like being in high school all over again except this time he could see the Princess' face… this time he could feel her touch and her adoring eyes bearing into his own… it wasn't making any sense.

"Maybe I was on the Moon…" He breathed into his dark deserted bedroom. He smiled a bit to himself as he was quickly reminded that in four months it wouldn't just house him alone anymore. He grabbed the sheets and threw them off. He needed answers.

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"Thank you. I hope it brings you luck." Rei bowed deeply to the customer and smiled as they sauntered away happy.

"Those things don't really work do they?" His voice filled her ears and Rei turned with a small smirk.

"So cynical for a man who is about to marry the most cheerful person on the planet." Rei chastised good-naturedly. "Glad to see you awake." She mused walking back towards the aging temple before them.

"Guess I took the 'sleep away the weekend' too seriously." He mumbled shoving his hands into his pockets as he silently followed her.

"You missed the fun of getting you out of work… Usagi is quite the actress." Rei replied with a small grin. Mamoru let out a breath and Rei turned giving him her full attention. "I hope you didn't come all of this way just to see me." She said seriously as she regarded him. Something was weighing on him.

"I am having dreams." Mamoru said honestly and Rei couldn't help but grin as she opened the door to the temple to allow him entrance.

"Congratulations. So do a lot of people." Mamoru grinned at her, the annoyance in his eyes evident.

"Yes, but these are dreams of my future wife as a princess from a thousand years ago." He snapped and Rei's eyes widened and she quickly closed the door behind them. She gripped onto his arm and pulled him through the maze until they reached large oak doors. She pushed on them and pulled him into the room of the great fire. When they shut with a snap she spun on him.

"I knew it. You were there with us." She said breathlessly and her eyes jumped to the fire and rushed to it.

"Who was I? I need to have this figured out… from my dreams it looked as if I was stalking Serenity and that would no doubt make me creepy to her." He said quickly following her.

"That would be sort of funny." Rei mumbled glancing up at him and he narrowed his eyes towards her.

"So would be me shaving your head but it doesn't mean it should come true." His voice was dark and Rei felt a ripple of power from it.

"We must have known you…" She said absently staring at him and he blinked.

"Well, if I was at the top of your security list I imagine you would. I was in love with her… she loved me but it didn't feel right. As if it was wrong for us to be together… I need to find out if I was a danger to her. I need to know so that I can make sure that all of you know I fell in love with her as me and not some psycho that may have loved her a thousand years ago." His voice was heated but it wasn't directed at her. She turned, a gulp sliding down her throat as his words settled in on her. What if he was a danger to Serenity… the panic on his features was evident. He was afraid he'd lose her. Without thinking she gripped his arm re-assumingly.

"We'd believe you." She whispered and he huffed.

"What that I was a creep in another life or that I love Usagi Tsukino with everything in me without knowing anything about our pasts." He breathed and the conviction made Rei's heart warm. Usagi deserved a man like this…

"Maybe both." She breathed pulling away from him and Mamoru seriously considered hitting her. "You may have been dangerous but that could mean a hundred things… not everyone loved the Moon. You could have been from a planet we were not friendly with." Rei said trying to figure out everything in her head. She wished Luna and Artemis were here. They would know a bit more. "All I can do is read into the fire and check your aura… prove that you weren't some stalker in a past life." She mumbled, the warmth of the great flame dancing across her body.

"That would be helpful." Mamoru quickly grumbled and Rei nodded and turned to concentrate.

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"Ok… So good news. You aren't a stalker or anything." Minako said slowly and Mamoru glanced at her with little tolerance. Why the hell had Rei called them over here?

"The bad news is we still don't know who you are." A mumbled voice said over loud chomping and the four warriors and possibly unknown alien turned to stare at the genius. She blinked, a potato chip still in her hand. "What? I'm hungry. Smart people eat potato chips too." She snapped and grabbed the bag roughly pulling it securely into her lap.

"At least we know you were pretty powerful in your previous life." Rei mumbled leaning against her kitchen counter. Mamoru raised an eyebrow at them.

"And how did you deduce that?" He inquired and he watched as the girls exchanged uncomfortably looks with each other. He blinked a bit concerned.

"We obeyed you." Rei said with a bit of a squeak and he continued to stare at her, hoping she would elaborate.

"No offense but on our planets we are kind of a big deal… we don't just take orders. We usually give them." Minako said sturdily and Mamoru pressed his lips together, waiting for them to make sense.

"You must have been royalty." Rei concluded with a sigh as she slowly began to chew on her bottom lip.

"Great." Mamoru spat, his shoulder slumping.

"What if you were Serenity's brother?" Makoto suddenly spoke up and Mamoru's stomach immediately turned.

"That would have been one messed up planet then." He quickly grumbled and Ami shot her roommate a look.

"He was obsessed with her… that would be gross." Ami said pointing to him and Mamoru felt that word hurt a little. It sounded harsh for what he had felt in his dreams for the Princess… he had loved her. Been captivated by her. Knowing Usagi now he could completely see why.

"Look… what I really need to know is if my past, whoever I was will affect my future with Usako." He stated bluntly and Minako shrugged.

"Hope not." She mumbled and Mamoru rose from his chair.

"What if I'm some alien? What if we find out ten years down the road that my marriage to her would cause jeopardy to her crown? To Earth?" He sputtered, a little alarmed at their lack of urgency.

"That would suck." Rei mused calmly and Ami rolled her eyes munching on another chip.

"Nice diplomacy." She grumbled to the priestess and Rei shot her a look.

"Aw, you really love Usagi." Minako gushed and Mamoru felt like he was talking to junior high students.

"You know that I have the power to fire and disband you all when I become King." He snapped, hoping to get them more serious and Makoto let out a breath and gently patted his shoulder.

"Yes, but we'd still have the magical powers to kill you in the middle of the night." She mused sweetly and he narrowed his eyes.

"Keep looking into this." He bit out and Ami's eyes widened and she put the chips down immediately.

"Yes sir." Rei replied dutifully and Minako let out a breath as he stormed from the room.

"Geez… yes sir?" Minako mocked slapping Rei on her arm. Rei whined.

"It came out. I couldn't help it." She said in her defense and Ami shook her head.

"He must be someone important… why else would we respect and fear him so much when he gives us orders?" She said thoughtfully and Makoto sighed.

"He could have been evil and we were dancing around him so he wouldn't kill us all." She growled and Minako narrowed her eyes.

"Thanks for the big vote of confidence." She snapped and Ami pressed her lips together.

"This was all triggered by a memory… according to his dreams he was Serenity's past lover. You don't think…" She began and looked up, suddenly noticing everyone' attention was on her. "You don't think Queen Selenity sent him with us to the future so they could be together do you?" She offered and Minako leaned a bit closer to her.

"Ok… sure. We'll go with that fairytale… but we aren't questioning that they are meant to be together… we're trying to figure out who the hell he is!" She yelled and Ami stood roughly from her chair.

"Don't yell at me! I may not be able to beat you in hand to hand but I can delete your whole hard drive in one stroke!" Ami hissed and Minako's eyes widened.

"Way harsh Ami." Rei sighed and pulled Minako back. "Now is not the time to be girls… we have to find out which royalty Mamoru was so we can let him marry our Princess with a good conscious."

"Yeah, but who would have a list of royalties from a thousand years ago?" Makoto offered and the minute the words hit the air, everyone immediately knew.

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