Don't Wanna Lose You Now - Part Eight
By: PhoenixStAr
Rating: Pg-13

Disclaimer: Sailormoon not mine. However, Fenikkusu Kirei *is* mine,
so please ask before you use her.

My email: kireiphoenix@hotmail.com

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Narrator's P.O.V.
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Motoki smiled nervously. 'I should've run when I heard that
familiar voice. She's still mad. Kami, gomen, Kiko.'

Usagi squealed, not realising Kirei or Motoki's paled faces.
"Motoki-niisan!" She launched herself at Motoki.

Mamoru, on the other hand, did not realise Kirei or Motoki's
paled faces either. He was too enraptured in the way Usagi looked.
'Mabui...' (AN: Japanese for 'cute' or 'beautiful'.) When Usagi flung
herself at Motoki though, he got jealous.

Usagi finally realised Motoki's uncomfortable state. "Daijobou,
Motoki-niisan?"

Motoki shook his head of his thoughts of Kirei and answered,
"Hai, daijobou."

Usagi turned to Kirei, and noting her pale face as well, got the
clue. She flashed a melting smile to the men, "Excuse us for one moment."
Then, in private with Kirei, asked, "Motoki's *him*, isn't he?"

Kirei just nodded silently. Then she looked up with tears in
her eyes. "Oh, onee-chan...I didn't think I'd see him so soon...kami...I
can't deal with this...he's still mad...I slapped him...and..."

"Oh, Ki-chan..." Usagi pulled the younger woman into her arms.
"I saw the way that he looked at you...and I'll bet you anything that
he still loves you. I could practically *see* the love he was radiating
for you!"

"Iie...he hates me..."

"Don't say that. Now come on. I'm sure Motoki has nothing to do
tonight...that's probably why he tagged along. Ask him out!"

"Me?" Kirei squeaked. "Demo...I...can't!"

"Come *on*! It's the twenty first century, isn't it? Ask."

"Demo..."

"You *will* ask, or I'll make sure Usagi won't let you sleep here
tonight." By this time, the other girls had joined the conversation.

Usagi looked up in shock. "Rei-chan! I never said that!"

"Hai, demo *I* said it."

"You don't even know what-"

"Hai, we do, Usa-chan. It's actually quite easily deducted. Kirei
here has probably dated Motoki-san, and the two were very close. For
some reason, they broke up, and Kirei had slapped Motoki. Now, for
whatever reason that they broke up, or why Kirei had slapped him, we do
not know. However, we *do* know that Motoki still loves you, and that
you love him back."

"Wow. I actually understood what Ami said, for once in my life!"
Mina looked around in awe.

The other girls, including Kirei, burst out laughing, and applauded.
"Omedetu, Minako-chan!" (AN: Omedetu means 'congratulations'.)

"So, come *on*! Ikuzo!" Usagi dragged Kirei to the door. Upon
reaching it, she stopped and smiled. "Gomen about that."

Motoki cleared his throat. "Uh...Kiko?"

Kirei blushed and looked up. "Hai?"

Nervously, he wrung his hands. "Would...would you like to have
dinner with me tonight?"

With her eyes lighting up, she nodded estatically. "Let me get my
purse!"

"Awww..." Usagi tilted her head to the side and smiled.

"Nani?" Motoki looked at her nervously. "Nothing big...just...
old friends..."

"Don't bother, *Toki*," she said mockingly, "*Kiko* told me all about
it."

Rei, Makoto, and Minako poked their heads in the door. "Aww...
double date? How sweet!"

Meanwhile, a prim voice came from inside. "Guys, leave them alone
to their dates!"

Makoto waved her hand aimlessly in Ami's direction. "Oh, it's fine.
They're not leaving yet anyway."

Rei smiled menacingly. "So...since Usa and Ki's fathers aren't here,
we'll have to cross examine you ourselves."

Circling Mamoru, she stopped abruptly and asked, more like stated,
"What's your name."

Usagi sweatdropped. "Rei! Minna! You *know* Mamoru and Motoki!"

Mina started whining. "Hai, demo we don't get to cross examine!!
Why can't you go pick up some anonymous guy on the street? That would be
so much more fun!!"

Sweatdropping, Makoto covered Minako's mouth and apologized. "This
girl gets high off oxygen." (AN: Like me! :)

Rei added, "Don't forget the popcorn."

Nodding, Makoto turned to Motoki. "So, where will you be brining
Ki? You wouldn't be interfering on Usa and Mamoru's *intimate* date, would
you?" She looked at him threateningly.

"Uh...iie, of course not. I'm...oh, shimatta. I don't have
a car!"

The girls giggled and Mamoru just looked at Motoki and shrugged.

Usagi cleared her throat and giggled, "You can borrow mine."
Searching in her purse, she tossed a pair of keys to him. "Just don't
scratch, dent, or mess it up in any way on the exterior *or* the interior."

Mamoru rolled his eyes. "You're more possessive about your car
than-"

"You?" Motoki interrupted with a goofy grin.

The girls burst out in giggles again when Kirei walked out, changed
and ready. She wore a pair of dark denim flares and a pink 3/4 sleeved
V-neck shirt that barely showed off her cleavage. Her purse was one of
those small and fluffy bright magenta ones, and she wore a pair of matching
shoes. (AN: Shoes not fluffy. We're not in Beverly Hills here.) Calling
behind her, she yelled, "Arigato, Ami-chan!"

Rei's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "AMI helped you choose
*those* clothes?!"

At that moment, Ami sauntered out. "Is it really that hard to
believe, Rei-chan?"

"Iie, hai, iie...it's just...pink is really not your trademark
style!"

"And Kirei is the one wearing the clothes, not me."

"Okay, lovebirds, go! Have fun! Just be back before midnight!"
Mina winked.

"Oh, and Usa? Leave the ringlets to the..[ahem]..*professionals*,"
Mako said before exploding into laughter.

Usagi blushed a dark red, even redder than before, now that Mamoru
was there, and muttered, "Thanks alot for the vote of reassurance."

"Hey, that *was* reassurance!"

"And I'm thanking you. Okay?"

"Uh...ikuyo." Mamoru pulled Usagi away before she could start a
tongue war with Rei. As they left, they could hear the conversation
at the end of the hall.

"Sayonara!"

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"

"What exactly *wouldn't* you do, Minako-chan?"

"I wouldn't do a lot of things! I wouldn't...uh..."

"Hai?"

"...I wouldn't throw his cat out the window!"

"He has a cat?!?"

"Uh...iie, probably not."

"Well?"

"I wouldn't...umm...gag on his food!"

"Are you sure about that, Mina-chan?"

"Of course!"

"Good, because I'm sure not sure."

"What is that supposed to mean, Hino?"

"Whatever you think it means, Aino!"

"Uh...guys, let's just go watch the movies."

"STAY OUT OF THIS, AMI!"

~*~ Meanwhile, at Karla's apartment ~*~

(AN: Y'all thought Karla was out of the picture for good,
didn't you? Well, she's not! Yet another twist to the story...ooh~)

In the midst of a dark, quiet apartment sat a blonde woman.
She slammed her fist on her coffee table.

'Shimatta! Damn that bakayaro! If it wasn't for her, Mamoru
would've chosen *me* instead of those brats! I *will* get what I want.
Even if Mamoru doesn't take me back, that won't be a problem. If *I*
don't get him and his money, no one else will, nonetheless a freak.
You haven't seen the last of me yet, Mamoru, Usagi.'

(AN: Sounds like Beryl or something, doesn't she?)

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Author's Notes: Sorry this is so short, but I'm going to put each date in
it's own part, so...yeah. Anyway, same as before, comments, yadayadayada
to kireiphoenix@hotmail.com. Oh yeah, visit my newly made 'archive'
of all my stories, okay? Here's the addy:
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