Contagious Happiness 7
Sailor Pluto, Guardian of Time and Space, felt a hard jolt as she fought to close the dimensional Doors with the help of Queen Serenity. A vision of a black portal sucking in Mamoru and Usagi flashed through her mind as she quickly scanned for the discrepancy in the dimensional stream with her magic.
"No!" she shook her head in fearful disbelief as she helplessly watched the two royals tumble out of the other side of the portal just as the Doors rumbled shut.
"What is it, Pluto?" asked the anxious Queen. A feeling of impending doom streaked through her just as Pluto screamed.
"The Princess and the Prince…they were sucked into the portal…the dimensional portal that we had finally succeeded to close…" Pluto told her Queen gently.
"You mean… they were… But no one can cross dimensions now that the Doors had been sealed," cried the stunned Queen.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'm afraid they're trapped in whatever dimension they landed in. Without a tremendous amount of energy, there is no way they can come back. The princess cannot harness her powers yet. She is not well. Her fight with the prince had weakened her," Pluto answered her unspoken question steadily with strained, tenacious control.
"And we can't reopen the Doors… SHE will escape…" Serenity added bleakly.
"There's something else…" Pluto trailed off, afraid for her already strickened queen. *Oh Selene! I don't think she can take this last piece of news…*
"It's alright. I can take it. Tell me…" she said. Her tone was gentle, but firm.
Sighing, Pluto answered, "The Princess used her teleportation powers. Soon, soon now… the Generals will awaken. Only thorn on this rose is that… they might still be loyal to Beryl."
Staggered, Serenity stumbled backwards. For the first time since the end of the Silver Millennium… the brave queen and the lone guardian wept with fear for the future.
Meanwhile…
In a peaceful world where the skies are silver and the trees are gold…
!Thud! … !Thud!
"Oomph!" groaned Usagi under Mamoru's weight. *And he says I pig out!*
"Are you alright?!?" asked a frazzled Mamoru.
Smiling an all too sweet smile, Usagi proceeded to make her point in top volume.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU BAKA! DO YOU EAT ROCKS OR SOMETHING? Jeez, and they say I eat a lot!"
Angered by her crack about his weight, he retaliated.
"It's the muscles that weigh a lot. Although we can't say the same about you!"
A little hurt, she pushed him off with a shove and picked herself off the ground.
"Oof!!" he groaned in pain as he landed on his right side, the bandaged one…
Rushing to his side, she tearfully cried, "Mamo-chan! Gomen! I didn't mean to…" She trailed off as she saw that his eyes were tightly shut. One fist was clenched, while the other was pressed against his right side in an attempt to stop the bleeding. His lips were a pale thin line, compressed in pain. *I…I… how can I be so cruel… he's already suffered so much because of me… now I…* Her heart suddenly ached unbearably.
"I…I'm alright. No big deal…" he forced out between gritted teeth. He tried to rise but then realized that he couldn't… His leg. His face paled even further.
As if reading his mind, Usagi gently offered, "I remember seeing a Lunar rover in my subspace pocket. You can use it to get around."
"Your what!?!?" exclaimed Mamoru in shock. *She's…. no, it can't be…*
"Yes, I'm Sailor Moon," replied Usagi calmly. *Desperate times call for desperate measures* "Moon Prism Power! Make up!!!!!" In a flash of lights, Sailor Moon stood in front of the shocked man.
*It's only fair…* thought Mamoru as he quietly took a rose from his own subspace pocket and transformed into Tuxedo Kamen.
Sailor Moon felt her jaws drop. She watched as rose petals danced around Mamoru's prostrate figure. In a flurry of motion, Tuxedo Kamen stood in front of a stunned senshi of the Moon.
*Mamoru Chiba, Prince of Earth is also Tuxedo Kamen!!!* her brain screamed in shock even as it began to accept the truth. Images of Mamoru and Tuxedo Kamen streamed through her mind. Same raven-black hair, same chiseled features, same lanky, solid build, and most of all, the same determination to protect her. Slowly her mouth formed an OH, but nothing came out.
Despite his pain, he grinned cockily at the expression on her face. "Yes… I'm the guy you go all gaga over after every fight," he teased with great relish.
Instantly, she flushed a bright red. It was amazing how fast a girl's face can change from a light pink to a tomato red. But then, he'll always have that influence on her.
Then, her mind wandered back to the wound in his side. She reached into her portal for her moon wand. *Too bad it can't heal his legs… my powers are still too weak*
Mamoru moved away on his backside nervously and stuttered, "Hey! I..I was only kidding. Kidding. No need to take that out!"
For a minute, she was confused. Then she realized what he thought she had taken out the wand for. A dull ache formed in her heart as she witnessed his distrust of her. *If he wants to think…*
Wickedly, she pointed the glowing wand towards him and began, "Moon…" His eyes widened in shock. *She's going to moondust me!?!* "Healing… Activation!" she finished as the healing light of the Silver Crystal seeped into him healing all the small cuts and wounds on his body.
"Oh!" he murmured quietly. *oops!*
"You sure trust me a whole lot don't you?"
He felt a bit ashamed of himself for thinking that she would hurt him.
"If I wanted you dead, I wouldn't have gone to that hospital room when you called for help. If I wanted you dead, I would just have left you here! Damnit! You thought so little of me that, in your mind, I can kill the man that I love!" she finished loudly as her eyes filled with tears of pain and anger.
*Why, why can't he forgive me? I would rather have lost my arms and my legs than have him suffer his loss. I never wanted him harmed. He thinks I want him dead! He hates me…*
She lowered herself to the ground sobbing with grief and a numbing pain that now became familiar to her.
Mamoru felt his heart being stabbed again and again as she cried because of him, because of what a jerk he was being… because of the jerk that he had to be. *You fool! She needs you and you need her! Go to her!* Listening to his heart, he slowly edged towards his love hoping that he can fix whatever damage his stupidity had created.
She felt a warmth surround her in her misery. *Mamo-chan…Mamo-chan* she cried mentally. He hugged her close to him as tears peeked out from under his long lashes.
Kissing her face, he murmured, "I'm sorry, so sorry, my love." Her breath caught as she heard his words. *love?* Raising her tearstained face towards his, she asked him, "Do you really love me? Am I really your love? Don't say it if you don't mean it. I know that everything's my fault, but… please have mercy on me. Don't be so cruel. A heart can only take so much," she ended with a pleading sob.
His throat constricted with more tears. Watching his usually bright, happy innocent Usako cry so brokenly tore him apart. He lowered his tormented eyes to her face and poured out his heart to her.
"My angel, Usako. Oh I hurt you so. Please forgive me. Forgive me, Usako. I do love you. You will always be my love. Forever! Even when the sun and the moon no longer shines!"
"You forgive me?" she asked in a small voice.
"There's nothing to forgive! You did nothing wrong! It was me. I'm the one that needs to be forgiven!" argued Mamoru fiercely.
"Yes there is!" argued Usagi just as fiercely
Thinking for a moment, she proposed, "I'll forgive you if you'll forgive me!"
"Deal!" he agreed as he captured her lips in a kiss. It was their first, but it felt as though they had done it a million times. Her lips parted instinctively under his as heat slammed into her like erupting lava. Soon they were lost the paradise of sensations that they had created.
Suddenly…
A cackling laughter resounded in the beautiful world. Then an ugly feminine voice called out, "Enjoy your little moment of fun, Princess, but Endymion is mine! Oh yeah, by the way, welcome to my world…"
Sailor Pluto, Guardian of Time and Space, felt a hard jolt as she fought to close the dimensional Doors with the help of Queen Serenity. A vision of a black portal sucking in Mamoru and Usagi flashed through her mind as she quickly scanned for the discrepancy in the dimensional stream with her magic.
"No!" she shook her head in fearful disbelief as she helplessly watched the two royals tumble out of the other side of the portal just as the Doors rumbled shut.
"What is it, Pluto?" asked the anxious Queen. A feeling of impending doom streaked through her just as Pluto screamed.
"The Princess and the Prince…they were sucked into the portal…the dimensional portal that we had finally succeeded to close…" Pluto told her Queen gently.
"You mean… they were… But no one can cross dimensions now that the Doors had been sealed," cried the stunned Queen.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I'm afraid they're trapped in whatever dimension they landed in. Without a tremendous amount of energy, there is no way they can come back. The princess cannot harness her powers yet. She is not well. Her fight with the prince had weakened her," Pluto answered her unspoken question steadily with strained, tenacious control.
"And we can't reopen the Doors… SHE will escape…" Serenity added bleakly.
"There's something else…" Pluto trailed off, afraid for her already strickened queen. *Oh Selene! I don't think she can take this last piece of news…*
"It's alright. I can take it. Tell me…" she said. Her tone was gentle, but firm.
Sighing, Pluto answered, "The Princess used her teleportation powers. Soon, soon now… the Generals will awaken. Only thorn on this rose is that… they might still be loyal to Beryl."
Staggered, Serenity stumbled backwards. For the first time since the end of the Silver Millennium… the brave queen and the lone guardian wept with fear for the future.
Meanwhile…
In a peaceful world where the skies are silver and the trees are gold…
!Thud! … !Thud!
"Oomph!" groaned Usagi under Mamoru's weight. *And he says I pig out!*
"Are you alright?!?" asked a frazzled Mamoru.
Smiling an all too sweet smile, Usagi proceeded to make her point in top volume.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK? YOU BAKA! DO YOU EAT ROCKS OR SOMETHING? Jeez, and they say I eat a lot!"
Angered by her crack about his weight, he retaliated.
"It's the muscles that weigh a lot. Although we can't say the same about you!"
A little hurt, she pushed him off with a shove and picked herself off the ground.
"Oof!!" he groaned in pain as he landed on his right side, the bandaged one…
Rushing to his side, she tearfully cried, "Mamo-chan! Gomen! I didn't mean to…" She trailed off as she saw that his eyes were tightly shut. One fist was clenched, while the other was pressed against his right side in an attempt to stop the bleeding. His lips were a pale thin line, compressed in pain. *I…I… how can I be so cruel… he's already suffered so much because of me… now I…* Her heart suddenly ached unbearably.
"I…I'm alright. No big deal…" he forced out between gritted teeth. He tried to rise but then realized that he couldn't… His leg. His face paled even further.
As if reading his mind, Usagi gently offered, "I remember seeing a Lunar rover in my subspace pocket. You can use it to get around."
"Your what!?!?" exclaimed Mamoru in shock. *She's…. no, it can't be…*
"Yes, I'm Sailor Moon," replied Usagi calmly. *Desperate times call for desperate measures* "Moon Prism Power! Make up!!!!!" In a flash of lights, Sailor Moon stood in front of the shocked man.
*It's only fair…* thought Mamoru as he quietly took a rose from his own subspace pocket and transformed into Tuxedo Kamen.
Sailor Moon felt her jaws drop. She watched as rose petals danced around Mamoru's prostrate figure. In a flurry of motion, Tuxedo Kamen stood in front of a stunned senshi of the Moon.
*Mamoru Chiba, Prince of Earth is also Tuxedo Kamen!!!* her brain screamed in shock even as it began to accept the truth. Images of Mamoru and Tuxedo Kamen streamed through her mind. Same raven-black hair, same chiseled features, same lanky, solid build, and most of all, the same determination to protect her. Slowly her mouth formed an OH, but nothing came out.
Despite his pain, he grinned cockily at the expression on her face. "Yes… I'm the guy you go all gaga over after every fight," he teased with great relish.
Instantly, she flushed a bright red. It was amazing how fast a girl's face can change from a light pink to a tomato red. But then, he'll always have that influence on her.
Then, her mind wandered back to the wound in his side. She reached into her portal for her moon wand. *Too bad it can't heal his legs… my powers are still too weak*
Mamoru moved away on his backside nervously and stuttered, "Hey! I..I was only kidding. Kidding. No need to take that out!"
For a minute, she was confused. Then she realized what he thought she had taken out the wand for. A dull ache formed in her heart as she witnessed his distrust of her. *If he wants to think…*
Wickedly, she pointed the glowing wand towards him and began, "Moon…" His eyes widened in shock. *She's going to moondust me!?!* "Healing… Activation!" she finished as the healing light of the Silver Crystal seeped into him healing all the small cuts and wounds on his body.
"Oh!" he murmured quietly. *oops!*
"You sure trust me a whole lot don't you?"
He felt a bit ashamed of himself for thinking that she would hurt him.
"If I wanted you dead, I wouldn't have gone to that hospital room when you called for help. If I wanted you dead, I would just have left you here! Damnit! You thought so little of me that, in your mind, I can kill the man that I love!" she finished loudly as her eyes filled with tears of pain and anger.
*Why, why can't he forgive me? I would rather have lost my arms and my legs than have him suffer his loss. I never wanted him harmed. He thinks I want him dead! He hates me…*
She lowered herself to the ground sobbing with grief and a numbing pain that now became familiar to her.
Mamoru felt his heart being stabbed again and again as she cried because of him, because of what a jerk he was being… because of the jerk that he had to be. *You fool! She needs you and you need her! Go to her!* Listening to his heart, he slowly edged towards his love hoping that he can fix whatever damage his stupidity had created.
She felt a warmth surround her in her misery. *Mamo-chan…Mamo-chan* she cried mentally. He hugged her close to him as tears peeked out from under his long lashes.
Kissing her face, he murmured, "I'm sorry, so sorry, my love." Her breath caught as she heard his words. *love?* Raising her tearstained face towards his, she asked him, "Do you really love me? Am I really your love? Don't say it if you don't mean it. I know that everything's my fault, but… please have mercy on me. Don't be so cruel. A heart can only take so much," she ended with a pleading sob.
His throat constricted with more tears. Watching his usually bright, happy innocent Usako cry so brokenly tore him apart. He lowered his tormented eyes to her face and poured out his heart to her.
"My angel, Usako. Oh I hurt you so. Please forgive me. Forgive me, Usako. I do love you. You will always be my love. Forever! Even when the sun and the moon no longer shines!"
"You forgive me?" she asked in a small voice.
"There's nothing to forgive! You did nothing wrong! It was me. I'm the one that needs to be forgiven!" argued Mamoru fiercely.
"Yes there is!" argued Usagi just as fiercely
Thinking for a moment, she proposed, "I'll forgive you if you'll forgive me!"
"Deal!" he agreed as he captured her lips in a kiss. It was their first, but it felt as though they had done it a million times. Her lips parted instinctively under his as heat slammed into her like erupting lava. Soon they were lost the paradise of sensations that they had created.
Suddenly…
A cackling laughter resounded in the beautiful world. Then an ugly feminine voice called out, "Enjoy your little moment of fun, Princess, but Endymion is mine! Oh yeah, by the way, welcome to my world…"