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I'll Prove It
Part 6
By Usa and Emiri
Disclaimers in Part 1
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"Moshi moshi! Minako desu."
"Ohayou, Minako-chan. It's Mamoru."
"Ohayou. What's happening?"
"Could you meet me at Crown's in about an hour? I need to talk to you about Usako."
"Hai, I'll be there."
**
Minako paced outside of Crown's waiting for Mamoru to show up. "Finally!" she exclaimed when she saw him crossing the street.
"Gomen!" Mamoru said. "I didn't mean to be late, there was a huge group of American tourists gaping at Hikawa Shrine and I couldn't get by."
"It's alright." Minako nodded. "You want to go in?"
Mamoru nodded and held the door open for her. He then led her to one of the booths. "Want anything?" he asked.
"Hmm..." Minako pondered for a second. "A double chees pizza sounds good."
After ordering, Mamoru looked back at Minako. "Any idea what caused this sudden spurt of "Save-the-city-from-everyday-crime-like-Batman-Usagi"?
Minako blinked. "So...you know about her going out at night?"
"Yeah, I caught her catching some gang members."
"I know she doesn't want me to tell the other Senshi...demo I'm worried that she's gonna get badly hurt."
"I agree," Mamoru said. "but somehow last night, I couldn't figure out where she was. It was like she was preventing me from knowing."
Mamoru thought a bit more. "She said a bullet grazed her shoulder... I wonder how many other times she's gotten hurt?"
"Well...she nearly got sliced open from tip to toe last night..."
"Nani yo?!" he exclaimed.
"She was up against a couple of thugs. One had a knife, and I got there just in time." Minako looked down. "She shouldn't be doing this."
"I know." Mamoru looked at the pizza that was just set on the table. He didn't feel very hungry anymore. "But how can we convince her? Everytime someone even hints to her that she shouldn't, she gets overly defensive and upset."
"I think she thinks we don't want her to be leader. But that's not true!"
Mamoru felt something soft on his leg. Looking under the table, he saw Luna. She hopped onto the seat, putting two paws up on the table. "We have a problem."
"Nani, Luna?" Minako was worried.
"Usagi-chan turned in her brooch."
"Why?" Mamoru asked.
"She doesn't think she's worthy of being a Senshi." Luna sighed. "She doesn't think we believe she's worthy."
"Well, we're gonna have to convince her somehow that we need her." Minako nodded, determined.
"But how?" Mamoru wondered. "How can we do that without making her feel any less of herself?"
Luna shook her head. That was the million yen question.
"Maybe we can be in trouble," Minako said slowly. "And then Usagi will have to be the one to save us."
"What are you saying, Minako-chan?" Luna asked. "When the next youma attacks, you guys are going to willingly let it hurt you?"
"Haaaai...something like that."
Mamoru nodded. "I guess it's worth a shot. I guess we'll have to betray her trust and tell everyone what she's doing, ne?"
"Hai...but as long as she doesn't find out, there'll be no problem."
As luck would have it, a youma attacked later that night. Minako and Mamoru were able to inform Makoto and Rei about their plan. Needless to say, they were surprised, but agreed to it.
"Mars, watch out!" Sailor Moon watched as the Senshi of Fire was backhanded by the youma.
Rei paged Luna on the communicator, telling her about the youma. Luna nodded, hoping their plan would work.
Jupiter eyed the youma with distaste. It was rather ugly looking. Shrugging it off, she called for the powers of her planet. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
"We gotta let it rough us up a little," Mars reminded her.
"Gomen, I got carried away..."
Mercury stepped up to the youma. "I guess we should taunt it?"
"Let's go!" Jupiter exclaimed. "Hey, youma! Yeah, you ugly thing with the horn on it's head!" Jupiter stood still as the creature angrily backhanded her across the face. She swore under her breath as she felt her nose break.
"Jupiter, daijoubou?" Venus asked.
"I've been better..." came her weak reply. She sat up, holding a glove to her nose, which was bleeding.
"Aiee." Minako inhaled, then decided to use her V kick on the creature.
The youma moved out of the way before Minako could land the blow, and it knocked her to the ground. "Itaiiii!"
Mercury ran over to her. "Daijobu? She turned to Luna. Hurry and find Usagi-chan!"
**
Luna found Usagi reading manga on her bed. "Remember this?" she asked, dropping the brooch into Usagi's lap.
Usagi rolled her eyes. "What about it?"
"You need it. The others need you."
"Yeah right!" Usagi laughed. "What would they need with a klutz?"
"Well, say there's a strong youma they can't defeat on their own...and they're right now being beaten in Shiruiken Park."
Usagi gasped at that. She was about to get up when she eyed Luna. "For all I know, you're making this up."
"What do you mean?"
"Anything to get me out there and fighting again."
"Well, do you think I'd ask you if you weren't needed?"
Finally, she gave in. This was Luna talking to her. She wouldn't lie. Nodding, she shouted, "Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!"
Sailor Moon turned to face her guardian. "Don't stand there with that look on your face. This is the last time Sailor Moon will ever be seen." With that, she climbed out of her window and headed to Shiruiken Park.
"Kami-sama..." Moon had arrived on the scene to see Jupiter with a bloodied, odd-angled nose, Venus standing precariously next to her. She seemed to be favoring her wrist. Mercury and Mars were trying desparately to tire out the youma.
"Sailor Moon!" Mars cried.
"Sorry I'm late, minna!" She looked at Venus and Jupiter. "Daijobu?"
"I'll live." Venus said wryly.
"Same here."
Nodding, she turned to the youma. It was absolutely disgusting. "Damn you, youma! You hurt my friends and for that, I will punish you in the name of the moon!"
The youma roared, and charged at her.Sailor Moon winced in pain as the youma punched her stomach. She vaguely heard Mars cry out an attack, which cause the creature to screech and jump out of the way.
She was able to stand up and call for her sceptor. "Moon Princess Halation!" Thankfully, the youma disintegrated.
"Great job, Sailor Moon!" Jupiter exclaimed.
Mercury walked over to her. "Hai, you were fantastic!"
Mercury noticed that her face was contorted in pain. Sailor Moon was holding her stomach. "Daijobu?"
"How badly were you cut?" Minako asked.
"It wasn't deep, but I think he may have opened the wound."
"Nani yo?" Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars were confused.
With a sigh, she looked at Venus, who nodded. Sailor Moon then explained to them what she'd been doing on her own for a while.
After she was finished, Mars asked "why, Usagi-chan?"
"Because people need to be protected from evil other than youmas," she replied.
"But, Usagi-chan, on your own?" Jupiter said.
Tears formed in her eyes. "That's why! You guys don't think I can handle anything on my own!"
"Well, do you have to get yourself nearly killed to prove it to us?" Minako was upset. "I've been there and done that. It's not fun!"
"Hey, it's not like I got hurt EVERY time I went out!" she protested.
"Usagi-chan, that's not the point," Ami said. "The point is, you could have been seriously injured. Especially with the two men you dealt with last night!"
"Demo, you're putting yourself at risk!"
Usagi sighed. "Don't you think I realized that when I started this, Rei-chan??"
"Usagi-chan, we don't want you to get hurt!" Minako interjected. "If I hadn't gotten there in time the other night..."
Usagi was getting slightly fed up with this. She knows what could have happened. She's risking her life for her world, that's what she was reborn to do. So why was everyone making such a big deal out of it. Usagi stood up, eyeing each of the Senshi. "I am going to continue this whether you all like or not. If you want to join me, I'll gladly accept any help. But don't ever make me feel any less than I do! I get enough of that from my parents!" With that, Usagi took off for home.
The girls were dumbfounded. "Minna?" Makoto asked.
"Hai, Mako-chan?"
"Get ready to fight the scum of the night and I'm not talking just about youmas!"
Everyone nodded. "Hai!"
I'll Prove It
Part 6
By Usa and Emiri
Disclaimers in Part 1
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"Moshi moshi! Minako desu."
"Ohayou, Minako-chan. It's Mamoru."
"Ohayou. What's happening?"
"Could you meet me at Crown's in about an hour? I need to talk to you about Usako."
"Hai, I'll be there."
**
Minako paced outside of Crown's waiting for Mamoru to show up. "Finally!" she exclaimed when she saw him crossing the street.
"Gomen!" Mamoru said. "I didn't mean to be late, there was a huge group of American tourists gaping at Hikawa Shrine and I couldn't get by."
"It's alright." Minako nodded. "You want to go in?"
Mamoru nodded and held the door open for her. He then led her to one of the booths. "Want anything?" he asked.
"Hmm..." Minako pondered for a second. "A double chees pizza sounds good."
After ordering, Mamoru looked back at Minako. "Any idea what caused this sudden spurt of "Save-the-city-from-everyday-crime-like-Batman-Usagi"?
Minako blinked. "So...you know about her going out at night?"
"Yeah, I caught her catching some gang members."
"I know she doesn't want me to tell the other Senshi...demo I'm worried that she's gonna get badly hurt."
"I agree," Mamoru said. "but somehow last night, I couldn't figure out where she was. It was like she was preventing me from knowing."
Mamoru thought a bit more. "She said a bullet grazed her shoulder... I wonder how many other times she's gotten hurt?"
"Well...she nearly got sliced open from tip to toe last night..."
"Nani yo?!" he exclaimed.
"She was up against a couple of thugs. One had a knife, and I got there just in time." Minako looked down. "She shouldn't be doing this."
"I know." Mamoru looked at the pizza that was just set on the table. He didn't feel very hungry anymore. "But how can we convince her? Everytime someone even hints to her that she shouldn't, she gets overly defensive and upset."
"I think she thinks we don't want her to be leader. But that's not true!"
Mamoru felt something soft on his leg. Looking under the table, he saw Luna. She hopped onto the seat, putting two paws up on the table. "We have a problem."
"Nani, Luna?" Minako was worried.
"Usagi-chan turned in her brooch."
"Why?" Mamoru asked.
"She doesn't think she's worthy of being a Senshi." Luna sighed. "She doesn't think we believe she's worthy."
"Well, we're gonna have to convince her somehow that we need her." Minako nodded, determined.
"But how?" Mamoru wondered. "How can we do that without making her feel any less of herself?"
Luna shook her head. That was the million yen question.
"Maybe we can be in trouble," Minako said slowly. "And then Usagi will have to be the one to save us."
"What are you saying, Minako-chan?" Luna asked. "When the next youma attacks, you guys are going to willingly let it hurt you?"
"Haaaai...something like that."
Mamoru nodded. "I guess it's worth a shot. I guess we'll have to betray her trust and tell everyone what she's doing, ne?"
"Hai...but as long as she doesn't find out, there'll be no problem."
As luck would have it, a youma attacked later that night. Minako and Mamoru were able to inform Makoto and Rei about their plan. Needless to say, they were surprised, but agreed to it.
"Mars, watch out!" Sailor Moon watched as the Senshi of Fire was backhanded by the youma.
Rei paged Luna on the communicator, telling her about the youma. Luna nodded, hoping their plan would work.
Jupiter eyed the youma with distaste. It was rather ugly looking. Shrugging it off, she called for the powers of her planet. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
"We gotta let it rough us up a little," Mars reminded her.
"Gomen, I got carried away..."
Mercury stepped up to the youma. "I guess we should taunt it?"
"Let's go!" Jupiter exclaimed. "Hey, youma! Yeah, you ugly thing with the horn on it's head!" Jupiter stood still as the creature angrily backhanded her across the face. She swore under her breath as she felt her nose break.
"Jupiter, daijoubou?" Venus asked.
"I've been better..." came her weak reply. She sat up, holding a glove to her nose, which was bleeding.
"Aiee." Minako inhaled, then decided to use her V kick on the creature.
The youma moved out of the way before Minako could land the blow, and it knocked her to the ground. "Itaiiii!"
Mercury ran over to her. "Daijobu? She turned to Luna. Hurry and find Usagi-chan!"
**
Luna found Usagi reading manga on her bed. "Remember this?" she asked, dropping the brooch into Usagi's lap.
Usagi rolled her eyes. "What about it?"
"You need it. The others need you."
"Yeah right!" Usagi laughed. "What would they need with a klutz?"
"Well, say there's a strong youma they can't defeat on their own...and they're right now being beaten in Shiruiken Park."
Usagi gasped at that. She was about to get up when she eyed Luna. "For all I know, you're making this up."
"What do you mean?"
"Anything to get me out there and fighting again."
"Well, do you think I'd ask you if you weren't needed?"
Finally, she gave in. This was Luna talking to her. She wouldn't lie. Nodding, she shouted, "Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!"
Sailor Moon turned to face her guardian. "Don't stand there with that look on your face. This is the last time Sailor Moon will ever be seen." With that, she climbed out of her window and headed to Shiruiken Park.
"Kami-sama..." Moon had arrived on the scene to see Jupiter with a bloodied, odd-angled nose, Venus standing precariously next to her. She seemed to be favoring her wrist. Mercury and Mars were trying desparately to tire out the youma.
"Sailor Moon!" Mars cried.
"Sorry I'm late, minna!" She looked at Venus and Jupiter. "Daijobu?"
"I'll live." Venus said wryly.
"Same here."
Nodding, she turned to the youma. It was absolutely disgusting. "Damn you, youma! You hurt my friends and for that, I will punish you in the name of the moon!"
The youma roared, and charged at her.Sailor Moon winced in pain as the youma punched her stomach. She vaguely heard Mars cry out an attack, which cause the creature to screech and jump out of the way.
She was able to stand up and call for her sceptor. "Moon Princess Halation!" Thankfully, the youma disintegrated.
"Great job, Sailor Moon!" Jupiter exclaimed.
Mercury walked over to her. "Hai, you were fantastic!"
Mercury noticed that her face was contorted in pain. Sailor Moon was holding her stomach. "Daijobu?"
"How badly were you cut?" Minako asked.
"It wasn't deep, but I think he may have opened the wound."
"Nani yo?" Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars were confused.
With a sigh, she looked at Venus, who nodded. Sailor Moon then explained to them what she'd been doing on her own for a while.
After she was finished, Mars asked "why, Usagi-chan?"
"Because people need to be protected from evil other than youmas," she replied.
"But, Usagi-chan, on your own?" Jupiter said.
Tears formed in her eyes. "That's why! You guys don't think I can handle anything on my own!"
"Well, do you have to get yourself nearly killed to prove it to us?" Minako was upset. "I've been there and done that. It's not fun!"
"Hey, it's not like I got hurt EVERY time I went out!" she protested.
"Usagi-chan, that's not the point," Ami said. "The point is, you could have been seriously injured. Especially with the two men you dealt with last night!"
"Demo, you're putting yourself at risk!"
Usagi sighed. "Don't you think I realized that when I started this, Rei-chan??"
"Usagi-chan, we don't want you to get hurt!" Minako interjected. "If I hadn't gotten there in time the other night..."
Usagi was getting slightly fed up with this. She knows what could have happened. She's risking her life for her world, that's what she was reborn to do. So why was everyone making such a big deal out of it. Usagi stood up, eyeing each of the Senshi. "I am going to continue this whether you all like or not. If you want to join me, I'll gladly accept any help. But don't ever make me feel any less than I do! I get enough of that from my parents!" With that, Usagi took off for home.
The girls were dumbfounded. "Minna?" Makoto asked.
"Hai, Mako-chan?"
"Get ready to fight the scum of the night and I'm not talking just about youmas!"
Everyone nodded. "Hai!"
