Duet
by Zandrellia - zandrellia@excite.com

Usagi has a school project where she has to sing but
she also needs a male counter part. Who will it be
and what will happen?

***

Rei inhaled sharply as she gazed at her surroundings. An
odd hazy mist filled the air everywhere causing her to
squint.

The sound of heels clicking on a smooth floor to her
right could be heard and she spun quickly in that
direction. "Who's there?!"

No answer came and the clicking continued to tap away
from her. She decided to follow whoever it was and soon
saw a bright yellow light as if the mist was indoors and
the light were out.

Whoever was wearing the heels stopped abrupty and a
melodic voice called out towards the light. "Endymion?
Are you out there?"

-Who is Endymion? For that matter who is this woman?-
The raven haired priestess felt it would be best to
follow her and see what was going on.

"Out here Princess!" A man called from within the light.

At his call the woman in the heels skipped down a set
of stairs and suddenly as she ran into the light Rei
could see her. A slender figure wrapped in a simple
but expensive rose colored gown which flowed out from
her waist and elbows in large bells. Extremely long and
fine silver hair streaming from two odangos atop her
head.

"She looks like Usagi!" Rei ran into the light as well
and her body was suddenly warmer. Turning she saw the
mist was no longer there. All around her was endless
garden and sunlight.

"Serenity! How I have missed you! It is always a
pleasure when you visit." The man Rei knew of as
Endymion said from just over a tall hedge to her left.

"You are silly Endymion! I come to visit you nearly
every day and yet you say the same thing evert time!"
The voice of Serenity rang from the same general area.

Rei followed the length of the hedge and went around it
to see a tall man with raven hair scooping the young
woman into his arms and hugging her tightly. He lifted
her off the ground and began to spin her like a fool
but she laughed.

"He looks like Mamoru!" Rei blushed as she noticed she
had said this out loud. Both the man and the woman
stopped and stared at her.

Serenity stared at the young girl across the grass with
her sky blue eyes and then glanced up at Endymion. "She
seems so familar."

He nodded to her and looked back at Rei. "Yes. She does.
But how did she get here?"

The raven haired girl sighed and crossed her arms. She
never did like being examined like some lab specimin.

Suddenly the princesses eyes opened widely and she
pulled from the man's grasp. Her small hand went to
cover her mouth and she began to wimper. "Rei?"

"How do you know who I am?" She said in shock as she
stared at the shaking girl. Her mind went through the
possabilities and her brow furrowed with thought.

"You know her too?" Endymion asked the princess with
confusion. The silver haired girl nodded and fell to
the ground in wails.

Rei instantly knew who it was. "Usagi?!"

At that revelation a surge of power flew through the
magical place and Rei found herself on the ground at
home with Ami hovering over her.

She sat up with her hand on her head. The headache was
gone. As she sat up both Usagi and Mamoru seemed to
snap out of their gazes.

"Stop looking at me like that!!" The blonde screamed at
him.

Mamoru blinked and shook his head. For some reason he
felt oddly dizzy. "Sorry Odango. I didn't mean to offend
you for looking at you. Listen, do you want my help or
not?"

Rei sighed with relief. Neither of them seemed to have
known what had just happened. This was certainly
interesting. Usagi and Mamoru.. in love? Or at least
that's how Serenity and Endymion seemed.

Everyone was watching the unfolding events between Usagi
and Mamoru with great interest. "Help with what?" Makoto
said with a sneaky look on her face.

Usagi sighed. "Mamoru is supposed to help me with my
music test. Mr. Ford was called away on business and he
asked one of the local colleges to send a music student
to be my partner. Just my luck.. I end up with Mamoru!"

While Usagi pouted she was oblivious to what everyone
else saw, as usual, as the emotions played across the
young man's face. He was hurt and angry.

Frowning he glared down at her and and walked up to her.
"Now you listen here Tsukino Usagi! I am spending my
time out here offering to help you and being rather nice
about it as well and all you can do is whine! Well fine!
Here is my number. If you ever get the guts to face the
fact that you might actually be able to do this and be
GOOD at it then by all means, call me! If not.. well I'm
through wasting my time with you then!" Angrily he
pulled out a slip of paper and scrawled his phone number
on it. Throwing it in the air above her he stormed off
with all eyes but hers following him.

No one had seen Mamoru act like that but for some reason
his reaction seemed justified to them. They turned to
Usagi only to find her gone.

***

"Why did I yell at her? I know that I have every reason
to be angry and upset by her actions but.. " Mamoru
sighed. Just when he was fixing things she always had to
do something to push him over the edge and cause him to
screw things up.

Climbing back on his bike he drove home to practice
more. Hopefully she would call him tomorrow.

***End Part Seven***