Memories of the Heart - Chapter 1
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A.N. Here's Chapter 1, enjoy and please R&R!!
"Stop that man! Stop thief!" Mamoru looked up from the book he was reading and saw a man on a motorcycle steal an old lady's purse, then start speeding down the sidewalk. Mamoru saw a flash of gold in the corner of his eye, and turned his head to see Usagi walking on the sidewalk, the motorcycle coming up fast behind her. Alarms started going off in Mamoru's head, and his immediate thought was ' I have to save her! ' He started to run across the street toward Usagi, and watched as Usagi turned around in slow motion, watched the look of terror in her eyes paralze her to the spot, and the recognition on her face that she knew there wasn't enough time to get out of the way. Watching the scene before him as he ran, he had only one thought racing through his mind, ' Take me, not her, not Usako..' Using a burst of adrenaline, he dove across the sidewalk and slammed Usagi in the side, knocking her and himself out of the way a mere second before the motorcycle roared past. Mamoru opened his eyes, which had closed tightly when he hit the pavement with Usagi on top of him, so that he wouldn't have crushed her under his weight in the fall, and looked up to see that Usagi had fainted when he had knocked her out of the way. He sat up slowly with Usagi in his lap, and winced in pain at the long scrape on his right arm, which had took the brunt of the fall to the pavement, in place of Usagi's head. Mamoru was shaken out of his train of thought when he heard a low moan from Usagi, who was just now waking up. "What..What happened?" Usagi asked, slowly opening her eyes to look at the person who had saved her. Sky blue clashed with Midnight blue, and Mamoru felt his heart speed up rapidly at the sight of Usagi looking at him with a grateful gaze instead of the usual cute glare that was usually associated with him.. "Mamoru? You saved me?" Usagi asked with a slightly shocked voice. "Yeah ...Yeah I did.." Mamoru stuttered in reply. "Thank you..." Usagi whispered, so that only Mamoru could hear her. Mamoru's cheeks reddened from embarressment, from the thanks given to him by Usagi, and the fact that she was unconciously running her hand up and down his arm without realizing it. He was again snapped out of his reverie by a gasp from Usagi. "Oh, Mamoru your hurt! We have to get a bandage for your arm..." Mamoru was surprised that Usagi was showing such concern for him. 'Maybe she doesn't hate me for teasing her so much after all..' "It's ok Usagi, really, it's not as bad as it looks, it doesn't even hurt." "Are you sure?" Usagi asked meeting his gaze with a concerned look. "Yes, I'm sure." It was then that they realized that they were still sitting in the middle of the sidewalk, and there was a fairly large crowd of people listening their conversation. An embaressed Usagi and Mamoru got up off the sidewalk and started walking in the direction of the arcade. "Lets go to the arcade, it's closer than the hospital and Motoki has a first aid kit behind the counter to take care of my scrape."
Mamoru said. "Alright, Usagi replied, but I'm going to buy you lunch to say thank you for saving me."
Mamoru opened his mouth to protest, but Usagi cut him off. "It's the least I can do, so no arguing." And with that, the two walked down the street towards the arcade.
To Be Continued...
*******Well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and please R&R!!!!
Ja Ne,
*~* Kousei *~*