Author: scout_venus
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailormoon but, like any other Sailormoon fan would love to truthfully say that I do.
Hey minna! Okay first things first (besides the disclaimer): for all of you Mamoru fans out there, beware this fic is not for you unless you want to be tortured. But for all of the other's reading this: here's the first chapter. I've finally got this thing figured out, everything should be as it should be, but if not I will fix it. Enjoy!
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- - - = this signals a point of view change
*** = signals a time change
italic's = dream sequence or thoughts
() = Author's Tidbit's
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Chapter 1
Tokyo Airport after Nehelenia is finally defeated.
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As Usagi and Mamoru walk arm and arm to the terminal, they briefly acknowledge the crowd gathered around the escalator to the right.
"I wonder what's going on?" Usagi asks as she turns to Mamoru.
"Probably some idols revelling in their fame or something," Mamoru answers as he turns to regard the crowd.
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"Excuse me. Please, let us through." Pushing his way through the crowd Seiya barely made it through in tact.
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As Mamoru and Usagi make their way through the outskirts of the gathering mass, three men, looking slightly older than Usagi, push their way through the crowd. As they pass, she brushed shoulders with the one with long black hair, an almost electric shock exploding from the place of contact.
'Why does it feel like I know him? And why did my heart grow warm?' These thoughts ran through her mind as she passed them off as flukes while being around Mamoru.
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"What an odd feeling, I feel like I know her, yet I know I don't. And why did my heart grow warm and start to ache, as if I have lost a love I never had?" Seiya mumbled to himself as he looked over his shoulder at the retreating couple's backs.
"Hmm... What did you say Seiya?" Yaten asked as he looked at his friends confused face.
"What?... Oh. Oh, nothing." As he continued walking on he did not realize that this thought had been pushed back to the farthest corner of his mind.
Yaten looked towards Taiki and shrugged it off as Seiya being Seiya.
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On the plane.
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Mamoru pulled out a framed picture of Usagi, Chibiusa and himself. He brought his index and middle finger to his lips and then placed them over Usagi's smiling face, trailing them down and over Chibiusa.
"Gomen, Odango. I love you with all of my heart, yet I know you don't truly love me, because your heart belongs to another. Please understand that I must keep you safe and protected from him," the last word came out with as much hate and disgust as he felt towards it. As he spoke, an almost crazed look came to his eyes. "You do not belong to him, that coward that abandoned his Princess on her family's night of doom. You belong to me, the one who protected and loved you. Who gave up his life to be with you. No, never again will you be his. Forever more, you... are... mine."
A loud crash and a brilliant light drowned out his insane laughter which soon died as he came face to face with the cause of the attack on the plane.
@}--One month later (basically after the Senshi find out each others identities and become friends again).--{@
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As Usagi walked down the street an angry glare flashed in her eyes, "Why that no good... Arggg! He annoys me so much! Calling me Odango Atama in stead of Usagi. Only Mamo-chan calls me that." Her speed slowed as she realized some odd, yet familiar, feeling tugging at the back of her mind. 'Every time I look him in the eyes or touch him I get this weird feeling that I know him. Yet I know that I've never met him before now.'
As she contemplated this thought a scream was heard echoing of the walls in the alley across the street from her. Pulling her communicator from her purse she contacted the senshi to tell them to meet her in the alley. Then, retrieving her transformation brooch from somewhere on her body she glanced around to check for any people walking down the street. Seeing no one she silently slipped into the alley beside her calling on her transformation power.
"Moon Eternal... Make up!" Soft white feathers circled around her as her body suit, gloves, boots and skirt appeared. As the transformation completed a pair of wings formed on her back.
Advancing into the alley she could begin to see the victim, their star seed quickly loosing its shine as it grew to a dull black colour. As she looked around for the attacker, she caught a glimpse of a piece of red and black cloth fluttering from a nail protruding from the wall.
"I wonder why they didn't stay to make sure it wasn't a blank?" Going over to investigate the cloth she was suddenly knocked face down by a large blast of energy.
"Baka! Focus on the Farce, not questions there are no answers for." As she started to get up, she was knocked down again and shaded from the next series of attacks. When she heard the screams of pain from her saviour she realized who had come to her rescue, once again. "Fighter," she whispered as another set of attacks was released.
The attacks stopped as she saw a bright flash of light and heard the resounding 'thud' as the Farce was forced into the wall from behind. Crawling out from beneath her friends' battered, but conscious form she was glad to find that the other Senshi had arrived.
Taking this opportunity to return the Farce to its original form she began her attack. "Silver Moon... Crystal Power... Kiss!" Bright lights engulfed the Farce as it returned to its former self.
Turning back, Sailormoon quickly ran over to Star Fighter. 'Oh God. Please let Fighter be all right. Don't let her be hurt because of me.' She reached Star Fighter as she slowly rolled over and sat up. Sailormoon knelt down behind her letting her rest on her lap. "Arigato, Fighter. But why did you do that? Stay and protect me like that? Why?"
Weakly she smiled, "Because I had to. It felt right, like I'm supposed to do it."
Suddenly a blast of black energy hit the two, sending them sprawling into opposite walls. Fighter immediatly lost her transformation from the attack. "Get away from her you traitor. She doesn't belong to you." The Senshi turned towards the voice as it approached from the shadows.
As Sailormoon turned to regard the voice she began to wonder who this was. 'Who is he to say who I belong to? Further more why did he just call Seiya a traitor? Did the Starlight's once work for Galaxia? Or is this person from their home world?' Letting out a gasp as the shadowed figure emerged from the darkness she whispered an unbelieving sentence, "Mamo.... chan?"
End of Chapter 1
So what did you think? I'm sorry but I really don't like Mamoru (as if you couldn't guess). Please don't hurt me if you like him, the idea came to me during Social class one day and I just wrote. Anyways, I hope that you will be kind enough to review. Thanx.