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****Author's Note: Hey! You don't think Logan's really the type to give up something that's his, do you? Of course not! But he's going to keep his promise...or can he? This is the sequel to You Sang To Me, and inspired by The Cult's Painted On My Heart, (found in the movie Gone In Sixty Seconds). Assume that everyone speaks Japanese. Read and review please!
Ja Ne!
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The night air proved to be quite brisk, the stars twinkling merrily. A shooting star flew across the sky, but instead of passing right by earth, it flew straight towards it. A comet landed in the outskirts of the city, greenery seemed to seep through the strange looking rock, smoke cleared from the crater it left in the ground.

Two forms stepped out from the rock, one had blue hair, the other pink, but both had a green skin, and elf-shaped ears. They looked around at their surroundings, one lifted a card into the air.
"Time for an energy booster." She said, and a youma appeared in thin air.


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Usagi shot up in her bed, a sudden flash of a blurry vision startled her sleeping. She looked down at her black cat with the strange marking on it's head, and noticed the cat awake as well.
"You sensed it too, Luna?" Usagi asked the cat, it seemed to think to itself, but leapt onto the bed, to face the young blond.

"Gomen nasai, Usagi, but I have to give you your memory back, I sense the Negaverse." Usagi was ready to scream at hearing her pet speak, but she was stopped when a beam of light from her crescent moon mark, hit the forehead of the blond girl. Luna was passing memories of the scouts, only slightly altered, as Luna remembered how Usagi wished to forget the X-Men.

Soon Sailor Moon was re-born and her scouts were brought back with her, and a new mission had begun....


****


Logan sat quietly on the park bench, listening to the star locket's haunting melody, the song Usagi had sung over and over again. It had been almost two weeks since the X-Men had gone back to America, Jean had made a long-distance call to check up on him, Rogue had been quite confused and upset, but she was doing alright. Scott Summers had interesting tales to tell about his time running the Institute during the Professor's absence, there were a few new arrivals including a strange German young man. He had an extra attribute besides his teleporting power, he had blue fur and only three fingers on each hand, and three toes on each foot. He also had a rather peculiar tail, with a point, his name was Kurt Wagner, he had made friends with the others quite quickly, considering his boundless sense of humor.

A sudden gust of wind carried a familiar scent, a very sweet one. He turned around sharply only to see the golden-haired beauty that had left him only weeks before.
"Gomen nasai", she said, "I was just admiring that beautiful music", she motioned towards the star locket, "did your girlfriend give you that?" Logan's attention returned to the musical bauble, he quickly closed the lid, sharply cutting off the endless melody. Usagi blushed and smiled, walked over to the bench and sat next to Logan. "Watashi wa Tsukino Usagi, what's yours? I don't believe I've ever seen you before, you're definitely not Japanese, especially when you have a Canadian flag patch on your jacket." Logan looked at her, remembering the promise he made, he answered smartly.

"Didn't your okaasan ever teach you not to talk to strangers?" He asked in flawless Japanese. Usagi laughed, her voice ringing like a million bells.

"True, but you know my name, so now we're not strangers". This made Logan chuckle, he held out his hand and shook her hand.

"The name's Logan, Usa." The nickname shocked Usagi, making Logan curse himself silently at the slip, but Usagi's expression turned into a grin.

"Usa...I like it! Do you work around her, Logan-san?" Logan shook his head, "I go to college, but I work part time", she noticed the time on her watch, "I have to go meet with my boyfriend, Mamoru, no, maybe I'll see you around, ne? I work part-time, maybe I'll see you there sometime, ja!" With that the blond bounded from her seat and disappeared as mysteriously as she appeared.

"Mamoru", he said the name to himself a couple times before getting up to leave, Mamoru had gotten her, which angered Logan to no ends, "I can't let that stand", he said to himself, but had no clue how he could change it, because of his promise to Usagi.


Down Town Tokyo, Japan

It was the evening in Tokyo, now, Logan made his way down the street looking for a place that served alcohol, he had never actually scouted Down Town, so it was intriguing doing it now. There was only one bar within the close area, he walked in ignoring the music playing and the dancing girl at the front, which seemed to be a quite common feature of Japanese bars. He made his way towards the bar where he quickly ordered his drink.

"The name's Kenji, I don't believe I've met you before", the friendly bartender said, Logan stayed silent and listened to Kenji's chatter.



~I thought you'd be out of my mind
And I'd finally found a way to
Learn to live without you
I thought it was just a matter of time
'Til I had a hundred reasons
Not to think about you


Suddenly the place erupted in cheering as a new dancer took her position on the small stage, she was turned around and wore a dark suit and a black hat with her hair tucked inside. Kenji whistled,
"There she is!" He talked directly at Logan.

~But it's just not so
And after all this time
I still can't let go
"That's my girl, business doubled since her arrival", Logan turned his attention towards the dancer, who threw her hat off revealing very long golden blond hair, and glassy sapphire eyes. It was his Usagi.

~I've still got your face
Painted on my heart
Scrawled upon my soul
Etched upon my memory baby
I've got your kiss
Still burning on my lips
The touch of my fingertips
Is love so deep inside of me

Kenji kept jabbering excitedly, but became upset when a few over-excited customers tried to grab the now almost half-naked Usagi. Logan too became annoyed.
"Don't you have a bouncer?" He asked Kenji.

"Ha! You show me a guy who can take on half a dozen men at one time, then he's got a job." Kenji exclaimed, Usagi yelled, this made Logan snap, as she was pulled to the ground. Kenji pulled a hand gun from under the bar ready to shoot. Logan moved quickly and punched several of the drunk men with an adimantium-filled fist, he was careful not to unleash the claws.

~I was trying everything that I can
To get my heart to forget you
But it just can't seem to
I guess it's just no use
In every part of me
Is still a part of you

Logan pulled Usagi to her feet, "Logan!" She squeaked in surprise.

~I've still got your face
Painted on my heart
Scrawled upon my soul
Etched upon my memory baby
I've got your kiss
Still burning on my lips
The touch of my fingertips
Is love so deep inside of me

Kenji bounded up to Logan excitedly,
"Do you need a job?" He asked holding out his hand, Logan looked at it then looked back towards Usagi who smiled in encouragement.

~Something in your eyes keeps haunting me
I'm trying to escape you
And I know there ain't no way to
To chase you from my mind

Logan took Kenji's hand and shook it.

~I've still got your facePainted on my heart
Scrawled upon my soul
Etched upon my memory baby
I've got your kiss
Still burning on my lips
The touch of my fingertips
Is love so deep inside of me, baby


Kenji's Bar, Down Town Tokyo, Japan

In the wee hours of the morning, Kenji's place was being closed, after being bombarded with a new job offer, in which he accepted, Logan had drunk his fill of beer. The dancers said their good nights to the other employees on their way out, Usagi stayed, sitting at the bar. She popped a cigarette in her mouth and lit it.
"Kenji-san, I'm so glad you finally found a bouncer." She turned to Logan, "you ever work at a bar before?" Logan snorted.

"Several times", she didn't quite understand the entire meaning of that answer, but brushed it off, she took a drag of her cigarette, "smoking will kill ya', Usa". Logan said, not minding his own cigar, Usagi laughed.

"You too". She said, Logan smirked.

"No it won't", again this confused Usagi.

"Oi...my head hurts, I'll get going". Kenji gave Usagi a concerned look.

"Are you sure you don't want to wait a couple hours?" Usagi shook her head.

"Hai, I'm sure, you should stop worrying so much", with that the blond clad in a short dress headed outside, walking. Kenji looked towards Logan, who seemed to read his mind. He too got up from his seat and walked out the door.


Down Town, Tokyo, Japan

Usagi was studying the street lamps down the street, the night sky was still dark considering it was three in the morning. She failed to notice the group of men leaning up against one of the buildings. They spotted the blond beauty, and moved towards her, Usagi snapped back to reality, she recognized them as the men that had grabbed her in Kenji's bar. Fear shot through her like ice, but she stood her ground, grabbing onto her henshin brooch she silently pondered over using it. They spread quickly around her.

"Hey baby, that wasn't very nice of you to get away from me." He growled and slapped her face hard, knocking her to the ground. She could feel the blood start to seep from various cuts on her now injured body. The man picked her back up and tried to kiss her, she bit his lower lip in response.

"Baka onna!" He screamed in pain, he wound up for another slap and hit her, knocking her into another man's arms. The sound of footsteps made them halt, Usagi slipped limply to the ground. They could only make out a shadow.

"Get away from her", Logan growled, this time, not hesitating to unleash his claws.
"Get lost and mind your own business", the leader shouted towards the shadow, Logan emerged into the light, his face set in a sour expression, the others became frightened and pulled out knives, making Logan laugh.

"She is my own business", he raised his twelve inch long metal claws for them to see, the ran away as quickly as they could, not giving Logan a chance to use his built-in weapons. After they were out of sight, he rushed towards Usagi and lifted her unconscious form into his arms, luckily he wasn't far from his apartment building, so he quickly brought the girl up to the now messy apartment. She stirred slightly, but stayed asleep.




Apartment building, Tokyo, Japan


Usagi woke up to the soft glow lining the city, she looked groggily at her watch and noticed it was only a couple hours after she left Kenji's. She suddenly became frightened when she didn't recognize her surroundings, she let out a scream for help. Logan woke up from his seat, in which he had fallen asleep in only an hour earlier, he got up and opened the door to the bedroom where Usagi had woken up, she spotted him, her features softening.
"You rescued me?" He nodded, "looks like protecting me has become a twenty-four hour job for you, ne?" Logan chuckled and fully entered the room. He motioned to remove the make-shift bandages off of her.

"I don't know where you live, Usa". Usagi smiled. She nimbly got up and waddled over to the mirror and worriedly looked up and gingerly touched the bruises on her face. "You should try a different profession". Usagi shook her head.

"Iie, I wouldn't make enough money doing anything else, I can barely afford school as it is, that's why I still live with my parents." She turned away from the mirror, "Mamoru wants me to move in with him, but I don't want to, he doesn't know about my job. Arigatou for saving me, I should get home before my parents wake up, they don't know either."

"Doesn't anyone know, besides your fellow employees?" Logan inquired, Usagi shook her head, she moved towards the door, but stopped short.

"Well? Aren't you going to walk me home?" She asked playfully, Logan smirked and slipped his jacket over her shoulders.

"I better, wouldn't want you to get yourself in a dangerous situation again." He answered back with a big hint of sarcasm.

It didn't take long for them to get to Usagi's house, Usagi quickly slipped in the back window, disappearing from view. Logan waited an extra moment before turning to go back to his apartment. He noticed the wind picking up a bit.
"Kuso..." He mumbled, "she's still got my jacket."



Tokyo Polytech College, Tokyo, Japan

Usagi walked happily down the halls of the college towards her first class. She popped open a cosmetic mirror and made sure the makeup covered up the bruises well enough on her face, satisfied, she closed the mirror and slipped it inside of the jacket pocket, which Logan mistakenly left with her. Her fingers brushed against a small object, she pulled it out revealing the star locket she had seen with Logan when she first met him. She smiled at the memory, and placed the locket back in it's original place. She yelped when Naru bumped purposely into her.


"Konnichiwa, Usagi-chan, nice to see you this fine day....where'd you get the jacket?" Naru gave Usagi a suspicious glare. Usagi smiled innocently.

"From a friend, I'll return it later." Naru didn't believe her but shook it off anyways, they were interrupted by the sound of the school bell.

****

Usagi walked down towards the Hikawa Shrine where she would be meeting the other Sailor Senshi to discuss the new disturbance. The slight breeze ruffled her short, black skirt. No fuku was required, considering she was in college, although the other senshi were much younger than her, and still went to Junior High, except her best friend Rei who was enrolled in an all-girl's school. Usagi had her hair tied up in a high pony tail, her large hoop earrings bounced about her neck as she made her way. She was extremely attractive, and several looks would commonly be bestowed upon her, whether she minded it or not. This fact always used to make her nervous about her line of work, but it didn't seem to bother her now, because she had protection, and she didn't know why but this particular man seemed to make her feel oddly...safe.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she noticed she had made it to the shrine. She watched as her fourteen-year-old best friend made her way over there, broom in hand.

"Konnichiwa, Usagi-chan, daijabou ka?"

"I'm doing great, Rei-chan, is minna here yet?" Rei nodded and motioned for them to head inside.

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The evening was that alike any other, a youma had made a disturbance near Central Tokyo, and the senshi were there to meet it. Sailor Moon stood out from the other four, the appointed leader had taken charge as soon as she arrived, and the youma spared no time on attacking. This one had vine-like arms, and tried many attempts at trying to wrap them around her. Sailor Moon laughed gaily as she leapt away, the other senshi just watched in admiration at their leader, she was everything that they had imagined a princess to be like (AN: quite a switch, ne?).

Sailor Moon removed the tiara from her forehead and called out the attack phrase, flinging the discus towards the vines coming for her. In milliseconds the vines were severed, and she was still in no immediate danger.

"Tell me where you came from!" Sailor Moon demanded, standing her ground firmly. The youma responded by lashing out with more vines.

"Mars Fireball Charge!" Sailor Mars called out, a ball of fire burning the intruding limbs. Sailor Moon smirked at her friend.

"A little slow there, Rei-chan". Sailor Mars winked.

"Oops." As Sailor Moon began to laugh, she was caught unaware as several vines shot out and curled around her neck. She gasped in surprise, but could not free herself. The other senshi moved in, but they too were caught by the vines. The youma began cackling at their distress and started to drain their energy slowly. Sailor Moon tried to reach up but could not get a hold of her tiara. Tears started to well from her eyes as she tried out in vain to call out for help, but Tuxedo Kamen was not there to save her at that particular moment.

With blinding speed, a dark figure approached, and severed the vines holding Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon collapsed to the ground and pulled the limp greenery from her neck. She pulled her tiara off and called out the phrase, aiming for the youma's head. It hit it's target, and the youma was tsuki-dusted. Sailor Moon looked around frantically for her savior, but saw no one.

"Tuxedo Kamen!" She called out, hopeful, but he did not appear, this totally had her confused. A few moments later, the one she called for appeared and rushed towards her. "Why didn't you save me sooner?" She accused him. He had a blank expression on his face.

"What do you mean, I don't see anything here to save you from?" Sailor Moon rose her eyebrows.

"You mean, that wasn't you who just helped me?"

"Iie, I have no idea what you're talking about, I just arrived here." Sailor Moon looked towards the other equally puzzled senshi. She looked around her, trying in vein to see where her savior may be, but with no success. She sighed contently, and pulled on her brooch.

"Arigatou, my Moonlight Knight", she whispered.

****

Off in the distance, Logan, clad in his all-black X-Men uniform, kneeled quietly on the roof of a near-by building. He watched as the senshi all de-transformed and made their way out of the park area. He shut his eyes for a brief second and let out a slow sigh, then he re-opened his eyes.

"Looks like protecting you has become a twenty-four hour job for me." He mumbled.