Chapter 24 – Unwilling
Usagi painfully opened her eyes, feeling every
muscle in her body ache as she tried to sit up. She groaned and fell back onto the bed, feeling her muscles
tighten up. 'Where am I?' She thought,
looking around the dreary room. She lay
on her wings, feeling pain shoot through them as her weight pushed down upon
them. She tried, again, to sit up. This time she was successful and managed the
grasp the broach on her chest. She
closed her eyes, concentrating on detransforming. In the blink of an eye, the battered Senshi sat on the edge of
the bed, wearing what she had worn the previous day. There were bruises apparent on her face and her skin was badly
burned in places. 'Why can't you see
all of this when I'm Cosmic Moon?' She asked herself, placing her hand over an
open wound on her shoulder. She struggled
to stand, heading for the door. As she
grasped the handle, she was thrown backwards into the wall.
"Where are you going, Princess?" Mamoru's
voice asked, pushing the door open. Usagi cried out as he rushed towards her, taking her into his arms.
"Let me go, Mamoru!" She shouted, pushing him
away lightly. He let her go and she
slumped back to the floor, one hand on her bleeding arm. "Why did you bring me here?!?" Usagi
demanded, feeling anger well up inside.
"Oh Usagi, how could you have forgotten our
precious ChibiUsa already?" Mamoru asked.
"I have not forgotten her. Go home, she is none of your concern
anymore." Usagi spat.
"That little bastard isn't privileged enough
to have the Princess!" Mamoru shouted.
"He is more of a man than you are!! He would never say he loves me and then
betray me!! He wouldn't cheat on me
with my best friend!!" Usagi shouted, clumsily swaying as she climbed to her
feet.
"You're going back with me, Usagi." Mamoru
said coldly.
"No I am not. I will go nowhere with you, Mamoru," Usagi whispered, feeling the
tears form in her eyes. "The Outer
Senshi will never let you take me back if I do not wish to go. They will, however, send you back."
"If they send me back, you're going with me."
Mamoru said. Usagi didn't answer, it
was pointless to argue with the man. It
wouldn't get through his thick head ever.
****
"Where is she?!?!" Duo demanded, making
Michiru drop her cup of tea. "What the
hell happened?!?!?
"He.. took her.." Michiru said, bending down
to pick up the broken glass. Duo's
outburst had awakened everyone in the small house who all came running into the
kitchen.
"Leave her alone!!" Haruka shouted, kneeling
beside Michiru. She took her hand, and
helped Michiru to her feet, kneeling down to finish cleaning up the broken
glass.
"Where did he take her?!?" Duo demanded,
concern mixed with anger crossed his face.
"We don't know." Hotaru said, coming up
behind Duo with ChibiUsa at her side.
"I though you were supposed to be her
protectors!! How could you let him just
take her?!?" Duo demanded, feeling his voice rise.
"What's going on in here?" Rileena's voice
broke through the commotion. The five
girl's eyes cast to the ground. "Where's Usagi?"
"They took her." ChibiUsa said, a single tear
falling to the ground.
"I'll kill that bastard if it's the last
thing I do!!!" Duo shouted. He grabbed
his gun and ran out the front door, heading for his hidden Gundam.
"Duo come back!!" Quatre yelled as Duo ran
out the front door. He grabbed Duo from
behind, spinning him around.
"Let me go!!" Duo shouted, punching Quatre in
the face. Quatre fell hard on his butt,
he wiped his nose with his sleeve, blood smeared on the sleeve of his white
shirt.
"Let him go." A voice said behind him. He turned to see the woman with long green
hair. She helped him to his feet and
walked with him back inside.
"Did Duo do that?" ChibiUsa asked, seeing the
blood coming from Quatre's nose.
"Yeah, I think I startled him." Quatre said,
sitting on the couch. Setsuna went to the
bathroom, coming back with a box of tissues and a trash can. She handed a few tissues to Quatre, who used
them to soak up the blood.
"Do you think he'll find her?" ChibiUsa
asked, sitting on the couch next to Quatre.
"If anyone could find her, it'd be him."
Quatre said.
"I sure hope so.." ChibiUsa.
****
"Where are we, Mamoru?" Usagi asked, rubbing
her head. Usagi didn't know how long it
had been, she only knew that she felt terrible and had a headache.
"What does it matter to you? They'll never find you here," Mamoru said,
lazily chewing on the food in his mouth. He set a plate on her stomach, telling her to eat it. She looked down at the plate in her lap. It looked good but she wasn't hungry. The thought of food made her want to puke
for some reason. "What isn't it good
enough for you?" Mamoru asked, glaring at Usagi.
"I'm not hungry." Usagi said quietly. Mamoru set down his plate and began to force
feed Usagi.
"I can't have you dying of starvation before
we get home. You need to stay alive for
another nine months." Mamoru muttered, pushing another bite of food into
Usagi's mouth. She choked down the
food, pushing his hand away when she was done.
"Okay I ate, now leave me alone," Usagi
whispered, turning onto her side. She
pulled the blankets up to her chin and looked at the far wall. She felt Mamoru lay on the bed beside her
and jumped when she realized that he was sliding his hand up the short skirt
she was wearing. She pulled his hand
away, sitting up. "Just leave me
alone." Usagi said, staring at the dark haired man. He grabbed her wrist and forced her down on the bed.
"It's going to happen sooner or later Usagi,
you might as well let me do my thing." Mamoru said, holding the struggling girl
as best he could.
"Get off me!! Leave me alone!!" Usagi was shouted, tears forming in her eyes.
"Just hold still!!" Mamoru shouted, ripping
at her clothes. He tore open her shirt,
and ripped at the skirt. The tears
spilled over and Usagi cried out in pain and anguish.
"Stop it Mamoru!!" She shouted, crying
loudly.
****
Usagi sat in the corner wrapped tightly in a
sheet, her hair matted to her forehead. She was rocking back and forth not saying a word. She felt dirty and ugly and wanted to die
right then and there. Mamoru left the
room, grabbing his pants as he walked out. Usagi continued to rock, not looking up, not noticing anything that was
going on around her.
Chapter 25 - The End?
"Where are you, Usagi?" Duo asked himself as
he drove around the country. "I know
you can't be too far away." He mumbled. He could feel her presence, he didn't know how, but he could. He pushed down harder on the gas pedal, the
semi-truck began to speed up slightly.
"Hey buddy, watch your driving!!" Another man
driving a truck shouted as he passed Duo. Duo didn't care, he pushed down on the gas more, feeling the pace
quicken.
"I'll find you, Usagi." He mumbled to
himself, knowing she wasn't too much further.
****
"When will he find Usagi?" ChibiUsa asked a
few days after Duo left.
"I'm not sure, Small Rabbit," Setsuna said,
looking into the child's red eyes. "It
will be soon." ChibiUsa seemed
satisfied and a smile spread across her lips.
"We can't just sit here and wait for Duo to
find her. We have to do something."
Haruka said to Michiru in the next room.
"I know, but we don't even know where to
start looking." Michiru said frowning.
"The only thing we can do is wait." Hotaru
said, sitting on the couch beside her adoptive parents.
****
"Open up!!" Duo shouted, pounding on the
door. An old lady opened the door.
"Can I help you?" She asked, just opening the
door a crack, keeping the chain on.
"Is there a girl named Usagi here?" He asked
the elderly woman.
"No, the young man down the hall brought a
young lady in a few days ago." She said.
"What did she look like?" Duo demanded.
"Well.. she was pretty short, with long blond
hair. It was done up really weird, it
looked like she had odangos on her head." The woman said. Duo didn't even say thanks, he ran down the
hallway, heading to the next door.
"Open up!!" Duo shouted. He heard a scuffle inside and the door
didn't open. Duo pulled out his gun,
shooting the doorknob. He kicked the
door in, running into the small apartment. "Usagi!!" He shouted, going through each room of the apartment. He ran into one of the bedrooms, finding a
woman's skirt and top and a small broach laying on the floor. He picked up the broach, recognizing it
immediately. He looked towards the
window, seeing that it was open. He
walked over to the window, jumping onto the fire escape. He looked up to see Mamoru climbing to the
roof, holding a struggling Usagi wrapped in a sheet. "Come back here you coward!!!" Duo shouted after Mamoru. He started to climb the steps leading to the
roof.
"DUO!!" He heard Usagi cry as she saw him far
below. He could see that she was
clutching something under the sheet but couldn't figure out what it was. 'I wonder what that is?' Duo thought, seeing
the dark outline of it. 'I don't have
time for that!! I have to save her!!' Duo
shouted in his own mind.
"I'm coming Usagi!!" Duo shouted, finally
reaching the top. Mamoru walked to the
edge of the building, holding Usagi over his shoulder. She struggled against him, but to no avail. He was much stronger than she and she was in
no emotional condition to fight.
"Don't come any closer or she goes over."
Mamoru growled, holding Usagi over the edge of the building. Duo's eyes narrowed and his mind was
screaming 'Kill this guy right now!' He lowered his gun, knowing that he would do
it. Mamoru raised his other hand,
revealing a gun. He pointed it at Duo,
firing once. Duo felt the bullet bury
itself in his shoulder. He fell to his
knees, putting his hand over his bleeding shoulder.
"Leave him alone!" Usagi shrieked, pushing
away from Mamoru. She went over the
edge of the building, screaming the whole way. When her screaming subsided, Duo broke into tears and a furious look
crossed Mamoru's face.
"USAGI!!!!" Duo shouted, seeing the woman he
loved go over the edge of the building. "NOO!!!!" He yelled, sorrow stabbing his heart. Tears came to his eyes as he watched the
only woman he had ever loved fall to her doom.
"NO!!" Mamoru shouted as Usagi fell. "ChibiUsa!!" He shouted, thinking of his
lost child.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" Duo shouted, climbing to his
feet. "I'LL KILL YOU!!" He shouted,
charging at Mamoru. Mamoru raised his
gun again, shooting Duo in the leg. Duo
fell to the ground, holding his leg. He
felt lightheaded and faint and the pain was unreal. Both the pain of his wounds and of the loss of his Usagi, his
Tenshi.
"You'll never win Duo," Mamoru said
coldly. "You'll die now. You stole ChibiUsa from me and now you've
stolen Usagi from me as well." He
raised the gun, preparing the fire again. A shot rang out and Mamoru stopped, dropping the gun to the ground. He slumped forward, falling to his
knees. He spun around to see Usagi
floating above the building completely naked with white wings.
"Usagi?" Mamoru asked, seeing the angel float
closer. "Why?"
"You can ask why? After all that you have done to me?!" Usagi demanded, still
holding the gun on Mamoru. "You tell me
you love me, you betray me, and you rape me! I should kill you right now.." Usagi said, her eyes softening at the sound of Duo's voice.
"Usagi?" Duo asked, seeing his tenshi
floating towards him. "You're
alive?" Usagi looked at Duo, floating
over to his side.
"Go home Mamoru." Usagi whispered. She set the gun down holding Duo against her
naked body, feeling his warm blood drip onto her bare skin.
"I'm not going.." Mamoru said, slowly rising
to his feet. "You can't kill me,
Usagi. You don't have the guts to kill
me. You're too soft." Usagi looked at her former fiance, picking
up the gun that lay next to her. She
pointed it at him, squeezing the trigger slightly.
"I will kill you if you do not leave now."
Usagi whispered. Mamoru smirked,
stepping closer to Usagi and Duo.
"You won't kill me. You still have feelings for me," Mamoru said, his smirk
growing. Usagi's hand began to shake as
she remembered everything he had done to her. "You still love me.."
*BANG*
Usagi pulled the trigger, putting a bullet in
Mamoru's head. He fell to the ground, a
look of shock on his face. He fell to
the ground, a rose falling from his lifeless hand.
"I don't love you anymore Mamoru." Usagi
said, her voice cold. His body slowly
began to disappear, the only trace left of him was a single red rose in a
puddle of blood.
"Usagi.." Duo whispered, looking at his
beautiful princess. Usagi pressed her
finger to his lips, silencing him. She
bent down, pressing her soft lips against his.
"I love you, Duo." Usagi whispered, laying
her head against his chest.
-Epilogue-
"When will they get back?" ChibiUsa asked,
pacing back and forth. They had
received a call several days before that Duo had saved Usagi and they were on
their way home.
"They should be back in a about an hour,
Koneko." Haruka said to the young girl.
"A whole hour?" ChibiUsa asked. "That's toooo long." ChibiUsa whined.
"Don't worry, Small Rabbit, they'll be here
soon." Sailor Pluto said, putting a hand on the child's shoulder.
"I know, but I was worried about her. If anything happens to her then I.."
ChibiUsa trailed off.
"Don't worry, Duo won't let anything happen
to Usagi," Pluto reassured the child. "We have much bigger problems to worry about, though."
"What do you mean?" ChibiUsa asked.
"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough."
Pluto stated, her voice trailing off.
****
"Are you sure you're all right?" Duo asked
Usagi, putting his hand on top of hers.
"I'm fine." Usagi said, giving him one of her
normal smiles. She touched her stomach,
knowing that the reason ChibiUsa had been born was not because of Duo. 'I'm too young.' Usagi thought to
herself. 'I'm not even the Queen yet'.
"We'll be back soon," Duo said, putting his
hand back on the wheel. "In about an
hour." Usagi looked up at Duo, putting her arm on his shoulder.
"How's your arm?" Usagi asked. "Do you need me to take over?"
"No way!! I don't trust your driving!!" Duo practically shouted.
"I'm a good driver!!" Usagi protested.
"If you call good, almost hitting an SUV,
going into a ditch, and rear ending another semi, then I guess you're a great
driver." Duo said, laughing to himself.
"Hey! None of those were my fault!!" Usagi protested.
"I guess it was the ghost's fault that you
almost wrecked three times then." Duo said sarcastically. Usagi crossed her arms over her chest,
pouting slightly.
****
"Look, there they are!!" ChibiUsa cried,
seeing a huge semi truck pull up outside the small house. She saw Duo helping Usagi out of the truck
she immediately ran to Duo, jumped into his arms. She did now know that he had been shot and he cringed in pain as
he held her up with his bad arm, but he said nothing.
"Get down brat!" Usagi snapped. "Can't you see that he was shot?"
"What?" ChibiUsa jumped out of Duo's arms,
seeing that he was limping slightly. "I'm sorry Daddy." ChibiUsa said, hugging him gently.
"It's all right, Koneko." Duo said, returning
the hug. ChibiUsa turned to Usagi,
walking in front of her. She stopped in
front of Usagi, looking at her future mother. Out of nowhere, she flung her arms around Usagi, crying into Usagi's
shoulder. Usagi kneeled by the child's
side, stroking her hair that hung loosely down her back.
"I was so scared!" ChibiUsa cried, tightening
her hug around Usagi's shoulders. It
was like Usagi wouldn't be there if she let go.
"I know ChibiUsa.." Usagi whispered, her own
tears sliding down her pale cheeks.
"I'm afraid it's not over." Sailor Pluto
said, interrupted the little reunion.
"What do you mean?" Usagi asked.
"There is an evil force headed here. It followed you through the dimensions and
is more powerful than anything you have faced in the past." Sailor Pluto said.
"I.. I don't know if I can do it.." Usagi
said, touching her stomach again.
"You have to, there's no other way." Sailor
Pluto said.
"But what about ChibiUsa? I can't put her at any risk." Usagi said
quietly. 'I'm too young'. Usagi thought to herself, knowing well what
was wrong with her.
"You must do what you have to do," Sailor
Pluto said. "This new evil is coming
and there is no way to stop it. It will
destroy this world and eventually, it will destroy every world unless you stop
it.."
::Fin::
So? How was it? I left you hanging
on the end, just so you know, there will be another story after this. Keep on the lookout for it, it's called "Moon
Light Return". There's going to be a
lot going on in it though. This new
evil force is about to show up and there's still the new OZ to deal with. How will Duo protect Usagi and fight
OZ? What is wrong with Usagi and why
does she keep putting her hand on her stomach (sorry just gave it away)? Email me with comments, questions, suggestions,
flames, anything, just send me a message. Ja ne