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Rushing In
by Star Bunny (bunny28@hehe.com)
rated:PG-13
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Chapter 3
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Sailor Moon stepped hesitantly out into the light from the nearby lamppost. She looked
around, wondering where Tuxedo Kamen could be. She had missed him so much that
day! She shivered, remembering what it was like to be held in his arms.
And suddenly she was.
"Tuxedo Kamen..." she breathed.
"Miss me?" he murmured into her neck. Sailor Moon turned around and captured his
lips in a sweet kiss that lasted so much longer than she had planned. When she finally
pulled away, she could see the dazed look in his eyes.
"I'll take that as a yes," he smiled as he picked her up and carried her off into the night.
* * * * * * * * *
When Usagi returned home later that night, she was greeted by a livid Luna.
"You spent another night with him, didn't you!"
"Mmm Hmm..." Usagi sighed as she settled into bed and immediately fall asleep. Luna
watched with narrowed eyes.
"Just wait until I get my hands on you, Tuxedo Kamen. You will regret what you have
done."
* * * * * * * * *
The next morning was Saturday, and Usagi used the extra sleep time to its max. She
would easily have slept all day if she hadn't been woken up by a roomful of senshi.
"Wake up, Odango Atama!"
Usagi groaned and sleepily opened her eyes.
"Minna! Go away! I need my sleep here."
"Yeah, I'm sure you do," Rei drawled. Usagi threw a pillow at her.
"Come on, Usagi-chan," Ami shook her shoulder, "We have to talk sometime. You can't
keep avoiding us forever."
"I've been doing pretty good so far, haven't I?" But Usagi sat up and began to look a bit
more coherent. "What time is it, anyway?"
"Ten-thirty," Minako announced proudly, only to be hit by another one of Usagi's pillows.
"MINNA!! It's SATURDAY! You could at least have left this for after lunch!"
"Sorry, Usagi-chan, but we need to talk."
Usagi fell back onto her one remaining pillow and groaned.
"All right, but you'd better make this short! I'm missing out on precious dream time."
"Usagi-chan," Ami began, "What made you decide to marry Tuxedo Kamen?"
"What possessed you to do something so stupid is more like it," Rei snapped. "Those
odangos must have really messed up your brain!"
"Rei!" Makoto warned. "We didn't come here to make her mad. We came here to talk
about why she married Tuxedo Kamen and what we can do to make things better."
"Usagi-chan," Minako smiled, "I know that you love Tuxedo Kamen and that you were
only acting on that. But didn't you know that it is illegal for you to marry him? You're too
young... You would have to have a parent's consent."
"No one asked for a parent's consent, Minako-chan," Usagi said, a bit miffed.
"Because they probably thought that you were older. But you're only fourteen! And no
matter what your heart is telling you, fourteen is too young for you to be married. How
old is Tuxedo Kamen?"
"I don't know."
"How could you not know how old your husband is?!" Rei gritted her teeth. "Why did
you not think this through beforehand, Usagi-chan?" Rei faltered for a moment, then
turned away. "I just don't want to see you hurt."
"Rei-chan," Usagi began, but Rei ran out of the room.
"Usagi-chan, none of us want to see you get hurt. Please try to understand. None of us
know what Tuxedo Kamen wants with you. We don't know his motives, and we don't
know who he is. How can we trust him?" Ami asked.
"Have faith."
"But Usagi-chan... Do you even know who he really is?" Usagi sheepishly shook her
head. "Does he know who you are," Ami asked fearfully.
"Of course not, silly! We agreed that it was probably in both of our best interests not to
reveal that right now."
"Usagi-chan," Minako grinned, "Just out of curiosity... if you two really are married, how
are you NOT able to know who he is...?"
"MINAKO-CHAN...!" Usagi blushed and landed her final pillow directly in Minako's face.
Makoto started giggling, followed by Minako, Usagi, and finally a blushing Ami. Rei
peeked her head into the door and smiled. It seemed that everything was back to
normal.
* * * * * * * * *
The girls had spent the better part of the day talking and laughing and, most importantly,
shopping! They had gone to the mall and were spending their Saturday the way any
normal teenage girl would: window-shopping and wishing that they had money to spend.
"So what do you think?" Rei asked, modeling a very cute pair of boots.
Makoto raised her eyebrows and shook her head. "I think that you'll have to take out a
loan." Rei sighed heavily and took off the boots.
"Why doesn't ojii-san ever give me a raise in my allowance?" The girls all shook their
heads in understanding.
"AMI-CHAN!?" Minako cried as she spotted Ami coming out from the dressing room.
Ami was wearing an outfit that was definitely not what she would usually wear. She had
on tight, tight black leather pants and a tight, bright red halter-top. Ami blushed at the
stares of the rest of the girls.
"I wanted to try on something different." Everybody laughed at that, causing Ami to
blush even more.
When the five girls had finally exhausted all of the stores that they were willing to go into,
they headed for the food court for a snack.
"I can't believe that it's 5:30 already!" Usagi moaned as she collapsed into her seat.
"My feet hurt," Ami complained.
"Demo... wasn't it fun to just *shop* all day?" Minako asked cheerily.
"Hai!" the girls all cried.
"And will we do it again next week?" she asked, sounding strangely like a cheerleader
during a pep rally.
"HAI!" they all cried again, this time jumping out of their chairs and punching the air with
their fists.
"And what are we going to remember to bring next time?"
"Money..." the girls sat down dejectedly in their seats, despondent frowns on their faces.
"Oh well," Minako sighed as she too sat down.
The girls sat in silence for a few moments, each trying to figure out just how they were
going to manage earning enough money for their next shopping spree, when each of
their communicators began to beep. They looked in confusion at each other before
Minako turned hers on.
"Venus here."
"Oh, thank goodness I caught you!" The girls heard Luna say. "There's something
strange going on at the new movie theater in the mall. I need you girls to go check it
out."
"Are they playing that new Mel Gibson movie there?" Usagi piped up. "I *really* want to
see it!"
"Usagi!" Luna reprimanded, "You need to pay more attention to your duty. You can
watch movies on your own time."
"Right," Ami nodded. "Let's go!"
The girls all got up and wearily headed for the theater. The girls all bought a ticket to
"What Women Want", which pleased Usagi immensely, and went into the theater to
check it out. There was a strange black glow coming from the screen, and the audience
had all had their energy drained.
"Minna, henshin-yo!" Rei cried. "And whatever you do, don't look at the screen!"
"Right!" the girls nodded.
"Moon Prism Power - Make-up!"
"Mercury Power - Make-up!"
"Mars Power - Make-up!"
"Jupiter Power - Make-up!"
"Venus Power - Make-up!"
"Crescent Beam!" Venus sent a beam of energy to the screen, effectively destroying
the energy collection. A lone figure from the back of the theater growled and launched
itself to face the girls.
"Who dares destroy my movie?!" she yelled.
"We do!" Sailor Mercury answered.
"For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor-suited soldier Sailor Moon! In the name of
the moon, we will punish you!"
"How dare you ruin the movie-going experience of people who want to relax and have
fun?" Sailor Jupiter snapped. "Supreme Thunder!"
The youma avoided the attack, and sent a movie reel flying at the girls. They didn't
move out of the way quickly enough, so they all ended up caught.
"Now what?" Rei asked sarcastically.
The youma was about to attack them yet again, when Tuxedo Kamen appeared, and
sent a rose to free the girls.
"Tuxedo Kamen," Sailor Moon sighed. He smiled back at her and the message was
clear.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" The youma was easily dusted, but the fight was far from over.
Tuxedo Kamen came over to Sailor Moon and took her in his arms. He whispered
something in her ear, and she giggled, nodding. But when they turned to leave, they
were greeted with four very ticked senshi.
"You aren't going anywhere with her," Jupiter spat, her tiara crackling with suppressed
energy.
"Minna!" Salor Moon whined. "Stop embarrassing me! Just let me go. I can take care
of myself."
"That has yet to be decided," Mars said, and she linked her hands in her traditional pose
for her fire soul.
"It's not that we don't trust you, Sailor Moon. We just don't trust *him*." Sailor Mercury
had a determined look on her face, and Sailor Moon knew that no one would be able to
get past her without her permission.
Tuxedo Kamen glanced at Sailor Venus, beseeching her help. He knew that she was
the senshi of love. Surely she would know that he would never hurt Sailor Moon.
"Why is it that you don't trust me?" he asked. "I have done nothing but help you since
you started fighting."
"We know this, Tuxedo Kamen," Venus stated firmly, "But we cannot allow you to treat
Sailor Moon in this way. She is too precious and too innocent for you to be with."
A pained look crossed his face, as if he had been thinking of this the entire time, and he
knew that he wasn't worthy of her. He turned to Sailor Moon.
"Maybe they're right..." he whispered, caressing her cheek with the back of his hand.
"Maybe I shouldn't have done it this way."
Sailor Moon's eyes widened as she realized what he was about to say. "Iie!" she cried.
"I love you... don't leave me."
"Maybe it's for the best. At least until they learn to trust me." He smiled sadly. "It won't
be long, I promise."
She grabbed his arms, frantic. "Why do you care what they think? This is about us, not
them! Onegai... don't leave me!"
"Aishiteru, Sailor Moon." He bent down to kiss her. "I promise that I won't be gone
long." Then he walked away.
Sailor Moon stared after him, unsure what to do. Then she turned to her senshi, fire in
her eyes. "Minna..." she growled. The senshi slowly backed away, aware that they were
about to be at the mercy of a *very* ticked Sailor Moon. And she was not about to be
merciful anytime soon.
"Sailor Moon..." Mercury began hesitantly.
Sailor Moon took out her moon wand and was encased in an ominous silver glow.
"Eeek!" Mercury cried and, along with the other senshi, turned and ran.
The silver glow soon faded, and Sailor Moon walked out of the theater in defeat. How
had this happened? And why had Tuxedo Kamen chosen to listen to them. The senshi
were wrong! She knew this -- and she was prepared to do whatever it took to get him
back. No matter what the cost was.
She ducked into an alley to detransform. Now, without the guise of Sailor Moon to
protect her, her feelings of abandonment and despair overwhelmed her. She slid down
to the pavement and silently began to cry.
She didn't know how long she sat there, but when she finally looked up, the streets were
dark and deserted... deserted except for the rather mean looking man who was staring
down at her.
"Looking for a friend, little girl?" he leered at her.
Usagi whimpered slightly and reached reflexively for her brooch. But the man knocked it
out of her hands and grabbed her forcefully.
"Now you just be nice and quiet, sweetness, and you won't get hurt." His eyes gleamed
dangerously as he forced her up and into his arms. At his repulsive touch, Usagi
screamed as loud as she could. The man clamped his hand over her mouth and
narrowed his eyes at her.
"I told you to be quiet!" He slammed her up against the brick wall behind them. Usagi's
vision blacked out for a second before painfully swimming back into view. "Do you know
what I do to girls who don't do as I say?" he growled, shoving her back against the wall,
this time so hard that she could hear the crack. She was losing consciousness quickly.
Tuxedo Kamen... she thought weakly, just before the world receded into blackness.
* * * * * * * * *
To be continued...
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my stories. I really appreciate it! Here's chapter 3... I hope you like.
Rushing In
by Star Bunny (bunny28@hehe.com)
rated:PG-13
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Chapter 3
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Sailor Moon stepped hesitantly out into the light from the nearby lamppost. She looked
around, wondering where Tuxedo Kamen could be. She had missed him so much that
day! She shivered, remembering what it was like to be held in his arms.
And suddenly she was.
"Tuxedo Kamen..." she breathed.
"Miss me?" he murmured into her neck. Sailor Moon turned around and captured his
lips in a sweet kiss that lasted so much longer than she had planned. When she finally
pulled away, she could see the dazed look in his eyes.
"I'll take that as a yes," he smiled as he picked her up and carried her off into the night.
* * * * * * * * *
When Usagi returned home later that night, she was greeted by a livid Luna.
"You spent another night with him, didn't you!"
"Mmm Hmm..." Usagi sighed as she settled into bed and immediately fall asleep. Luna
watched with narrowed eyes.
"Just wait until I get my hands on you, Tuxedo Kamen. You will regret what you have
done."
* * * * * * * * *
The next morning was Saturday, and Usagi used the extra sleep time to its max. She
would easily have slept all day if she hadn't been woken up by a roomful of senshi.
"Wake up, Odango Atama!"
Usagi groaned and sleepily opened her eyes.
"Minna! Go away! I need my sleep here."
"Yeah, I'm sure you do," Rei drawled. Usagi threw a pillow at her.
"Come on, Usagi-chan," Ami shook her shoulder, "We have to talk sometime. You can't
keep avoiding us forever."
"I've been doing pretty good so far, haven't I?" But Usagi sat up and began to look a bit
more coherent. "What time is it, anyway?"
"Ten-thirty," Minako announced proudly, only to be hit by another one of Usagi's pillows.
"MINNA!! It's SATURDAY! You could at least have left this for after lunch!"
"Sorry, Usagi-chan, but we need to talk."
Usagi fell back onto her one remaining pillow and groaned.
"All right, but you'd better make this short! I'm missing out on precious dream time."
"Usagi-chan," Ami began, "What made you decide to marry Tuxedo Kamen?"
"What possessed you to do something so stupid is more like it," Rei snapped. "Those
odangos must have really messed up your brain!"
"Rei!" Makoto warned. "We didn't come here to make her mad. We came here to talk
about why she married Tuxedo Kamen and what we can do to make things better."
"Usagi-chan," Minako smiled, "I know that you love Tuxedo Kamen and that you were
only acting on that. But didn't you know that it is illegal for you to marry him? You're too
young... You would have to have a parent's consent."
"No one asked for a parent's consent, Minako-chan," Usagi said, a bit miffed.
"Because they probably thought that you were older. But you're only fourteen! And no
matter what your heart is telling you, fourteen is too young for you to be married. How
old is Tuxedo Kamen?"
"I don't know."
"How could you not know how old your husband is?!" Rei gritted her teeth. "Why did
you not think this through beforehand, Usagi-chan?" Rei faltered for a moment, then
turned away. "I just don't want to see you hurt."
"Rei-chan," Usagi began, but Rei ran out of the room.
"Usagi-chan, none of us want to see you get hurt. Please try to understand. None of us
know what Tuxedo Kamen wants with you. We don't know his motives, and we don't
know who he is. How can we trust him?" Ami asked.
"Have faith."
"But Usagi-chan... Do you even know who he really is?" Usagi sheepishly shook her
head. "Does he know who you are," Ami asked fearfully.
"Of course not, silly! We agreed that it was probably in both of our best interests not to
reveal that right now."
"Usagi-chan," Minako grinned, "Just out of curiosity... if you two really are married, how
are you NOT able to know who he is...?"
"MINAKO-CHAN...!" Usagi blushed and landed her final pillow directly in Minako's face.
Makoto started giggling, followed by Minako, Usagi, and finally a blushing Ami. Rei
peeked her head into the door and smiled. It seemed that everything was back to
normal.
* * * * * * * * *
The girls had spent the better part of the day talking and laughing and, most importantly,
shopping! They had gone to the mall and were spending their Saturday the way any
normal teenage girl would: window-shopping and wishing that they had money to spend.
"So what do you think?" Rei asked, modeling a very cute pair of boots.
Makoto raised her eyebrows and shook her head. "I think that you'll have to take out a
loan." Rei sighed heavily and took off the boots.
"Why doesn't ojii-san ever give me a raise in my allowance?" The girls all shook their
heads in understanding.
"AMI-CHAN!?" Minako cried as she spotted Ami coming out from the dressing room.
Ami was wearing an outfit that was definitely not what she would usually wear. She had
on tight, tight black leather pants and a tight, bright red halter-top. Ami blushed at the
stares of the rest of the girls.
"I wanted to try on something different." Everybody laughed at that, causing Ami to
blush even more.
When the five girls had finally exhausted all of the stores that they were willing to go into,
they headed for the food court for a snack.
"I can't believe that it's 5:30 already!" Usagi moaned as she collapsed into her seat.
"My feet hurt," Ami complained.
"Demo... wasn't it fun to just *shop* all day?" Minako asked cheerily.
"Hai!" the girls all cried.
"And will we do it again next week?" she asked, sounding strangely like a cheerleader
during a pep rally.
"HAI!" they all cried again, this time jumping out of their chairs and punching the air with
their fists.
"And what are we going to remember to bring next time?"
"Money..." the girls sat down dejectedly in their seats, despondent frowns on their faces.
"Oh well," Minako sighed as she too sat down.
The girls sat in silence for a few moments, each trying to figure out just how they were
going to manage earning enough money for their next shopping spree, when each of
their communicators began to beep. They looked in confusion at each other before
Minako turned hers on.
"Venus here."
"Oh, thank goodness I caught you!" The girls heard Luna say. "There's something
strange going on at the new movie theater in the mall. I need you girls to go check it
out."
"Are they playing that new Mel Gibson movie there?" Usagi piped up. "I *really* want to
see it!"
"Usagi!" Luna reprimanded, "You need to pay more attention to your duty. You can
watch movies on your own time."
"Right," Ami nodded. "Let's go!"
The girls all got up and wearily headed for the theater. The girls all bought a ticket to
"What Women Want", which pleased Usagi immensely, and went into the theater to
check it out. There was a strange black glow coming from the screen, and the audience
had all had their energy drained.
"Minna, henshin-yo!" Rei cried. "And whatever you do, don't look at the screen!"
"Right!" the girls nodded.
"Moon Prism Power - Make-up!"
"Mercury Power - Make-up!"
"Mars Power - Make-up!"
"Jupiter Power - Make-up!"
"Venus Power - Make-up!"
"Crescent Beam!" Venus sent a beam of energy to the screen, effectively destroying
the energy collection. A lone figure from the back of the theater growled and launched
itself to face the girls.
"Who dares destroy my movie?!" she yelled.
"We do!" Sailor Mercury answered.
"For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor-suited soldier Sailor Moon! In the name of
the moon, we will punish you!"
"How dare you ruin the movie-going experience of people who want to relax and have
fun?" Sailor Jupiter snapped. "Supreme Thunder!"
The youma avoided the attack, and sent a movie reel flying at the girls. They didn't
move out of the way quickly enough, so they all ended up caught.
"Now what?" Rei asked sarcastically.
The youma was about to attack them yet again, when Tuxedo Kamen appeared, and
sent a rose to free the girls.
"Tuxedo Kamen," Sailor Moon sighed. He smiled back at her and the message was
clear.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" The youma was easily dusted, but the fight was far from over.
Tuxedo Kamen came over to Sailor Moon and took her in his arms. He whispered
something in her ear, and she giggled, nodding. But when they turned to leave, they
were greeted with four very ticked senshi.
"You aren't going anywhere with her," Jupiter spat, her tiara crackling with suppressed
energy.
"Minna!" Salor Moon whined. "Stop embarrassing me! Just let me go. I can take care
of myself."
"That has yet to be decided," Mars said, and she linked her hands in her traditional pose
for her fire soul.
"It's not that we don't trust you, Sailor Moon. We just don't trust *him*." Sailor Mercury
had a determined look on her face, and Sailor Moon knew that no one would be able to
get past her without her permission.
Tuxedo Kamen glanced at Sailor Venus, beseeching her help. He knew that she was
the senshi of love. Surely she would know that he would never hurt Sailor Moon.
"Why is it that you don't trust me?" he asked. "I have done nothing but help you since
you started fighting."
"We know this, Tuxedo Kamen," Venus stated firmly, "But we cannot allow you to treat
Sailor Moon in this way. She is too precious and too innocent for you to be with."
A pained look crossed his face, as if he had been thinking of this the entire time, and he
knew that he wasn't worthy of her. He turned to Sailor Moon.
"Maybe they're right..." he whispered, caressing her cheek with the back of his hand.
"Maybe I shouldn't have done it this way."
Sailor Moon's eyes widened as she realized what he was about to say. "Iie!" she cried.
"I love you... don't leave me."
"Maybe it's for the best. At least until they learn to trust me." He smiled sadly. "It won't
be long, I promise."
She grabbed his arms, frantic. "Why do you care what they think? This is about us, not
them! Onegai... don't leave me!"
"Aishiteru, Sailor Moon." He bent down to kiss her. "I promise that I won't be gone
long." Then he walked away.
Sailor Moon stared after him, unsure what to do. Then she turned to her senshi, fire in
her eyes. "Minna..." she growled. The senshi slowly backed away, aware that they were
about to be at the mercy of a *very* ticked Sailor Moon. And she was not about to be
merciful anytime soon.
"Sailor Moon..." Mercury began hesitantly.
Sailor Moon took out her moon wand and was encased in an ominous silver glow.
"Eeek!" Mercury cried and, along with the other senshi, turned and ran.
The silver glow soon faded, and Sailor Moon walked out of the theater in defeat. How
had this happened? And why had Tuxedo Kamen chosen to listen to them. The senshi
were wrong! She knew this -- and she was prepared to do whatever it took to get him
back. No matter what the cost was.
She ducked into an alley to detransform. Now, without the guise of Sailor Moon to
protect her, her feelings of abandonment and despair overwhelmed her. She slid down
to the pavement and silently began to cry.
She didn't know how long she sat there, but when she finally looked up, the streets were
dark and deserted... deserted except for the rather mean looking man who was staring
down at her.
"Looking for a friend, little girl?" he leered at her.
Usagi whimpered slightly and reached reflexively for her brooch. But the man knocked it
out of her hands and grabbed her forcefully.
"Now you just be nice and quiet, sweetness, and you won't get hurt." His eyes gleamed
dangerously as he forced her up and into his arms. At his repulsive touch, Usagi
screamed as loud as she could. The man clamped his hand over her mouth and
narrowed his eyes at her.
"I told you to be quiet!" He slammed her up against the brick wall behind them. Usagi's
vision blacked out for a second before painfully swimming back into view. "Do you know
what I do to girls who don't do as I say?" he growled, shoving her back against the wall,
this time so hard that she could hear the crack. She was losing consciousness quickly.
Tuxedo Kamen... she thought weakly, just before the world receded into blackness.
* * * * * * * * *
To be continued...
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