Without You Chapter 8- Usagi's escape, and vow
Kent descended down the stairs. Kent stopped three stairs from the bottom and looked at the couple laying on the floor with their arms around each other. His eyes narrowed. They looked too peaceful to him.
Smirking, Kent walked over to Usagi. As he descended on her frail form, he got an idea. Bringing his foot back sharply, he kicked Usagi hard in the back.
"AHHHHHHHHG." Usagi cried out as she was thrown with some force into Mamoru's chest. Mamoru's eyes shot open immediately filling with concern.
"Usak-." He stopped and looked up at Kent who was grinning like an idiot. ((A/N: couldn't resist.)) Mamoru shot a look at Kent before turning a frantic gaze down to Usagi who was shaking and had her eyes clenched shut in pain.
"USAKO?!" he yelled frantically. Usagi whimpered and nodded.
"I. . .I'm okay Mamoru," Usagi whispered quietly and pulled away. "What do you want Kent," she snapped.
"Dakota wants you upstairs Usagi," Kent replied. Usagi nodded and turned to Mamoru kissing him lightly on the forehead reassuringly before she got up. Mamoru sat up as well and watched longingly as she left him on the floor and walked upstairs after Kent.
Usagi turned and smiled at Mamoru at the top of the stairs before the door closed out her figure and left Mamoru in Darkness once again.
~*~*~*~*
Usagi walked painfully into the living room. Dakota looked up. "Ah . . . Usagi!" He said pleasantly before noticing her face contorted in pain. "what's wrong with you?" he asked.
Usagi nodded at Kent. "Ask him," she spat. Kent shrugged. Dakota looked at him dangerously.
"Don't . Do . That . Again ." Dakota said slowly. "Got it?" Kent nodded and Dakota turned to Usagi.
"So Usagi, you know that your parents have to pay 1/2 million dollars for your return . . ." Usagi nodded. "so this is how it's gonna work. Your mother or father will bring the money to the corner where you and I first met. Your parents will give me the money in exchange for you. You will go home, and we take our money and leave. Sound good?"
Usagi took a deep breath and sighed before asking the most dangerous question in the situation she was in. "W. . .what about Mamoru?" Usagi asked timidly. Dakota's eyes flashed.
"You don't need to worry about Mamoru. . .he's our business." Dakota said slowly.
Usagi gasped then hung her head. 'They're gonna kill him!' she thought to herself. A lone tear fell from her eye and she nodded in defeat.
Dakota nodded. "Good," he grunted. "now, when the drop is made you will stay in Kent's grasp until he releases you to go to your parents where you will walk slowly to your parents and not turn back for any reason. Understood?" Usagi nodded again. "Good," Dakota said then nodded to Kent. "Take her back downstairs."
Usagi stood slowly and started to return to the stairs before turning back to Dakota and looking timidly at him. "Dakota. . ." Dakota grunted his response. "P. . .please don't kill Mamoru," Usagi whispered quietly.
Dakota's eyes flashed and he got to Usagi in a few strides. Studying her for a moment, Dakota grabbed her chin roughly and forced her to look at him. "You, are in no place to be making requests." Dakota growled before pulling his hand into a fist and striking her across her jaw.
Usagi cried out and fell to the floor where Kent picked her up by the arm and forced her back into the basement. As Usagi hit the floor, Mamoru was at her side instantly touching her shoulder as they watched the door close up above leaving the couple again.
~*~*~*~*
"Usako?" Mamoru croaked looking at Usagi's bent head. Usagi turned her face to look at him and Mamoru stifled a gasp as he looked at Usagi's red jaw from where she was hit. The hit had also split open Usagi's lip and it was bleeding down her chin slowly.
Mamoru looked and the blood before placing his fingertips tenderly on her cheek and slowly brushed away the blood with his thumb. Usagi winced noticeably and Mamoru finished brushing away the blood.
The two just stared at each other for awhile until Usagi pulled closer to Mamoru putting her head on his shoulder and her legs across his lap. The two stayed like this for awhile before Usagi started to cry.
"Usako. . .it's okay. . .you're gonna be fine. . ." he soothed.
Usagi continued to sob. 'But you won't be.' Usagi thought to herself and the thought made her cry even more.
"Usagi. . .come now. . .tell me what's bothering you." Mamoru said gently rocking Usagi back and forth.
Usagi shook her head and muttered, "I'mworriedaboutyouMamo-chan." Mamoru laughed softly.
"What was that Usagi? Take a deep breath and try again." He replied.
Usagi took in a lungful of air before whispering, "I'm worried about you Mamoru. . ."
"Me?" Mamoru asked slightly amused. Usagi nodded. "Why?" Mamoru asked.
"C. . .cuz. . .I think they're going to kill you." ((A/N: I KNOW! A little blunt! ;) But it gets the job done.))
Mamoru paled noticeably before laughing softly. Usagi could tell it was forced. "Now don't you worry about me," Mamoru said, "I'll be just fine. You worry about getting back to your family."
Usagi shook her head. "If I lose you, I don't know what I'll do Mamo- chan." Usagi replied.
Mamoru looked at the top of Usagi's head in shock as she hung onto him. 'Did she just call me MAMO-CHAN?' he thought incredulously. Mamoru tilted Usagi's head upwards towards him where he looked her in the eyes and answers, "You would go on, have a happy life with lots of friends and think of me maybe once in a while. . .get married. . .have beautiful children. . .and. . .live happily ever after." Mamoru said with a laugh.
Usagi looked up at Mamoru. "That . Sounds . Nice ." Usagi replied, her face getting closer and closer to Mamoru's with every word.
Just as the two's lips were about to touch, the basement door swung open. Dakota and Kent stood at the top looking down.
Usagi crept closer to Mamoru holding onto his midsection. Mamoru had an arm around her shoulders and was pulling her closer.
Dakota and Kent walked down the stairs and approached the pair. "Usagi," Dakota muttered, "it's time to make the exchange."
Usagi pulled closer to Mamoru. "What about Mamoru?" she asked.
Dakota's eyes narrowed. "I told you earlier to leave that to me. . .now get up." Usagi shook her head. "Not without Mamoru." She replied.
Dakota got her face an inch from Usagi's. "This is not negotiable. . .get. up."
Usagi started to reply back when Mamoru interrupted. "Usako," he said warningly. Usagi looked at him. "Go." Mamoru whispered with a trace of tears in his eyes.
"But," Usagi tried to argue.
"No Usako," Mamoru said quietly. "You have a family waiting for you. I have nothing left. Just go."
Usagi's lip trembled but she nodded and stood. "I'm sorry." She whispered to Mamoru, "I'll always love you Mamo-chan."
Mamoru's breath caught in his throat and he barely managed a, "Me too." Before Usagi was dragged away by Kent and Dakota.
"MAMO-CHAN!" she screamed back at him as Mamoru clenched his eyes shut painfully because he had lost someone else. "I'LL SAVE YOU SOMEHOW MAMO-CHAN!"
Then the basement door was closed.
And he was left in darkness to cry at his loss.
~*~*~*~*
Usagi cried in the car on the way to the drop. 'Mamo-chan. . .' he mind whispered. 'I'll save you! I promise!' she vowed to herself.
Before she knew it, they were at the drop site. Vaguely, Usagi could see her family's car on the side of the road and two figures standing on the corner. Her mind rejoiced. It was her parents.
Dakota and Kent got out of the car. The former walking towards the parents speaking in low tones, and the latter going to Usagi's seat in the back and grabbing her upper arm. Kent forced Usagi out of the car and into the shadows while Dakota talked to Usagi's parents.
"Why Konnichiwa Mrs. Tsukino, Mr. Tsukino. I trust you brought with you the funds I have asked for."
Mr. Tsukino nodded and held up a duffel bag full of money. "Where's Usagi?" Mrs. Tsukino asked quietly.
Dakota nodded behind him and Kent dragged Usagi into the light. Mr. and Mrs. Tsukino gasped. "What happened to her face?" Mr. Tsukino demanded.
"Well. . .Usagi here has quite the spirit. . .it's quite impossible to break." Dakota said.
"Here's your Money," Mr. Tsukino growled. "now let us have Usagi back."
Dakota nodded. "Kent," he said. Kent released Usagi who took a timid step forward while her father did the same. Mr. Tsukino put the money on the ground at Dakota's feet and backed away slowly. Dakota nodded, saluted mockingly then got in his car and drove away.
Usagi reached her mother and jumped in her arms. "Momma," she whimpered.
"Shhhh. . .you're okay now Usagi," Mrs. Tsukino whispered placing her right hand on the back of her daughter's head and the other on her back.
Mr. Tsukino joined them and brought Usagi's face to look at him. "That's one heck of a bruise on your jaw and your eye is cut up real nice." He said with a chuckle.
Usagi smiled weakly. "Ya," she replied then hugged her mother tighter suddenly remembering. . . "OH NO!" she shouted suddenly.
"What?!" Mrs. Tsukino asked frantically, "What's wrong?"
"Th. . .they're gonna kill Mamoru Momma, we have to do something!" Usagi said. Then to her mother and father's confused looks she said, "The guy who saved me." She buried her head in her mother's chest once again to hide her blush.
"What about his family?" Mrs. Tsukino inquired.
"Dead." Usagi choked on the word.
"That's terrible." Mrs. Tsukino whispered, "but what can we do?"
Realization came over Usagi and she stiffened then pulled away from her mother. "It's not what WE can do. . .it's. . .what. . . *I* can do."
"What?" Mr. Tsukino asked. "Usagi you cannot do anything. Let's go home and we'll figure this out."
Usagi pulled away from her parents shaking her head and then backed away with a ghost of a smile one her face. "Gomen Nasai. . ." Usagi whispered before throwing her hand up in the air. "MOON CRYSTAL POWER!" ((A/N: sorry I don't know the transformations very well.)) Bright ribbons of light swirled around Usagi's body as she went through her transformation.
As Usagi finished her transformation then bowed to her parents at the look of shock on their faces. "I PROMISE I'll explain when I get back. . .until then. . .GOTTA BOOK IT!" she shouted before leaping up onto the wall. Sailor Moon stood on the wall and glanced at her parents one last time, the wind blowing her pigtails, before she leapt into the moonlight disappearing from view.
~*~*~*~*
A/N: WHOO! That was the longest chapter yet! : ) that was all for you SexyKitten now you can't complain it's too short ;) Well Read and review and the next chapter will be out shortly! : ) *grin* Okay well until then! JA! ^_^
Kent descended down the stairs. Kent stopped three stairs from the bottom and looked at the couple laying on the floor with their arms around each other. His eyes narrowed. They looked too peaceful to him.
Smirking, Kent walked over to Usagi. As he descended on her frail form, he got an idea. Bringing his foot back sharply, he kicked Usagi hard in the back.
"AHHHHHHHHG." Usagi cried out as she was thrown with some force into Mamoru's chest. Mamoru's eyes shot open immediately filling with concern.
"Usak-." He stopped and looked up at Kent who was grinning like an idiot. ((A/N: couldn't resist.)) Mamoru shot a look at Kent before turning a frantic gaze down to Usagi who was shaking and had her eyes clenched shut in pain.
"USAKO?!" he yelled frantically. Usagi whimpered and nodded.
"I. . .I'm okay Mamoru," Usagi whispered quietly and pulled away. "What do you want Kent," she snapped.
"Dakota wants you upstairs Usagi," Kent replied. Usagi nodded and turned to Mamoru kissing him lightly on the forehead reassuringly before she got up. Mamoru sat up as well and watched longingly as she left him on the floor and walked upstairs after Kent.
Usagi turned and smiled at Mamoru at the top of the stairs before the door closed out her figure and left Mamoru in Darkness once again.
~*~*~*~*
Usagi walked painfully into the living room. Dakota looked up. "Ah . . . Usagi!" He said pleasantly before noticing her face contorted in pain. "what's wrong with you?" he asked.
Usagi nodded at Kent. "Ask him," she spat. Kent shrugged. Dakota looked at him dangerously.
"Don't . Do . That . Again ." Dakota said slowly. "Got it?" Kent nodded and Dakota turned to Usagi.
"So Usagi, you know that your parents have to pay 1/2 million dollars for your return . . ." Usagi nodded. "so this is how it's gonna work. Your mother or father will bring the money to the corner where you and I first met. Your parents will give me the money in exchange for you. You will go home, and we take our money and leave. Sound good?"
Usagi took a deep breath and sighed before asking the most dangerous question in the situation she was in. "W. . .what about Mamoru?" Usagi asked timidly. Dakota's eyes flashed.
"You don't need to worry about Mamoru. . .he's our business." Dakota said slowly.
Usagi gasped then hung her head. 'They're gonna kill him!' she thought to herself. A lone tear fell from her eye and she nodded in defeat.
Dakota nodded. "Good," he grunted. "now, when the drop is made you will stay in Kent's grasp until he releases you to go to your parents where you will walk slowly to your parents and not turn back for any reason. Understood?" Usagi nodded again. "Good," Dakota said then nodded to Kent. "Take her back downstairs."
Usagi stood slowly and started to return to the stairs before turning back to Dakota and looking timidly at him. "Dakota. . ." Dakota grunted his response. "P. . .please don't kill Mamoru," Usagi whispered quietly.
Dakota's eyes flashed and he got to Usagi in a few strides. Studying her for a moment, Dakota grabbed her chin roughly and forced her to look at him. "You, are in no place to be making requests." Dakota growled before pulling his hand into a fist and striking her across her jaw.
Usagi cried out and fell to the floor where Kent picked her up by the arm and forced her back into the basement. As Usagi hit the floor, Mamoru was at her side instantly touching her shoulder as they watched the door close up above leaving the couple again.
~*~*~*~*
"Usako?" Mamoru croaked looking at Usagi's bent head. Usagi turned her face to look at him and Mamoru stifled a gasp as he looked at Usagi's red jaw from where she was hit. The hit had also split open Usagi's lip and it was bleeding down her chin slowly.
Mamoru looked and the blood before placing his fingertips tenderly on her cheek and slowly brushed away the blood with his thumb. Usagi winced noticeably and Mamoru finished brushing away the blood.
The two just stared at each other for awhile until Usagi pulled closer to Mamoru putting her head on his shoulder and her legs across his lap. The two stayed like this for awhile before Usagi started to cry.
"Usako. . .it's okay. . .you're gonna be fine. . ." he soothed.
Usagi continued to sob. 'But you won't be.' Usagi thought to herself and the thought made her cry even more.
"Usagi. . .come now. . .tell me what's bothering you." Mamoru said gently rocking Usagi back and forth.
Usagi shook her head and muttered, "I'mworriedaboutyouMamo-chan." Mamoru laughed softly.
"What was that Usagi? Take a deep breath and try again." He replied.
Usagi took in a lungful of air before whispering, "I'm worried about you Mamoru. . ."
"Me?" Mamoru asked slightly amused. Usagi nodded. "Why?" Mamoru asked.
"C. . .cuz. . .I think they're going to kill you." ((A/N: I KNOW! A little blunt! ;) But it gets the job done.))
Mamoru paled noticeably before laughing softly. Usagi could tell it was forced. "Now don't you worry about me," Mamoru said, "I'll be just fine. You worry about getting back to your family."
Usagi shook her head. "If I lose you, I don't know what I'll do Mamo- chan." Usagi replied.
Mamoru looked at the top of Usagi's head in shock as she hung onto him. 'Did she just call me MAMO-CHAN?' he thought incredulously. Mamoru tilted Usagi's head upwards towards him where he looked her in the eyes and answers, "You would go on, have a happy life with lots of friends and think of me maybe once in a while. . .get married. . .have beautiful children. . .and. . .live happily ever after." Mamoru said with a laugh.
Usagi looked up at Mamoru. "That . Sounds . Nice ." Usagi replied, her face getting closer and closer to Mamoru's with every word.
Just as the two's lips were about to touch, the basement door swung open. Dakota and Kent stood at the top looking down.
Usagi crept closer to Mamoru holding onto his midsection. Mamoru had an arm around her shoulders and was pulling her closer.
Dakota and Kent walked down the stairs and approached the pair. "Usagi," Dakota muttered, "it's time to make the exchange."
Usagi pulled closer to Mamoru. "What about Mamoru?" she asked.
Dakota's eyes narrowed. "I told you earlier to leave that to me. . .now get up." Usagi shook her head. "Not without Mamoru." She replied.
Dakota got her face an inch from Usagi's. "This is not negotiable. . .get. up."
Usagi started to reply back when Mamoru interrupted. "Usako," he said warningly. Usagi looked at him. "Go." Mamoru whispered with a trace of tears in his eyes.
"But," Usagi tried to argue.
"No Usako," Mamoru said quietly. "You have a family waiting for you. I have nothing left. Just go."
Usagi's lip trembled but she nodded and stood. "I'm sorry." She whispered to Mamoru, "I'll always love you Mamo-chan."
Mamoru's breath caught in his throat and he barely managed a, "Me too." Before Usagi was dragged away by Kent and Dakota.
"MAMO-CHAN!" she screamed back at him as Mamoru clenched his eyes shut painfully because he had lost someone else. "I'LL SAVE YOU SOMEHOW MAMO-CHAN!"
Then the basement door was closed.
And he was left in darkness to cry at his loss.
~*~*~*~*
Usagi cried in the car on the way to the drop. 'Mamo-chan. . .' he mind whispered. 'I'll save you! I promise!' she vowed to herself.
Before she knew it, they were at the drop site. Vaguely, Usagi could see her family's car on the side of the road and two figures standing on the corner. Her mind rejoiced. It was her parents.
Dakota and Kent got out of the car. The former walking towards the parents speaking in low tones, and the latter going to Usagi's seat in the back and grabbing her upper arm. Kent forced Usagi out of the car and into the shadows while Dakota talked to Usagi's parents.
"Why Konnichiwa Mrs. Tsukino, Mr. Tsukino. I trust you brought with you the funds I have asked for."
Mr. Tsukino nodded and held up a duffel bag full of money. "Where's Usagi?" Mrs. Tsukino asked quietly.
Dakota nodded behind him and Kent dragged Usagi into the light. Mr. and Mrs. Tsukino gasped. "What happened to her face?" Mr. Tsukino demanded.
"Well. . .Usagi here has quite the spirit. . .it's quite impossible to break." Dakota said.
"Here's your Money," Mr. Tsukino growled. "now let us have Usagi back."
Dakota nodded. "Kent," he said. Kent released Usagi who took a timid step forward while her father did the same. Mr. Tsukino put the money on the ground at Dakota's feet and backed away slowly. Dakota nodded, saluted mockingly then got in his car and drove away.
Usagi reached her mother and jumped in her arms. "Momma," she whimpered.
"Shhhh. . .you're okay now Usagi," Mrs. Tsukino whispered placing her right hand on the back of her daughter's head and the other on her back.
Mr. Tsukino joined them and brought Usagi's face to look at him. "That's one heck of a bruise on your jaw and your eye is cut up real nice." He said with a chuckle.
Usagi smiled weakly. "Ya," she replied then hugged her mother tighter suddenly remembering. . . "OH NO!" she shouted suddenly.
"What?!" Mrs. Tsukino asked frantically, "What's wrong?"
"Th. . .they're gonna kill Mamoru Momma, we have to do something!" Usagi said. Then to her mother and father's confused looks she said, "The guy who saved me." She buried her head in her mother's chest once again to hide her blush.
"What about his family?" Mrs. Tsukino inquired.
"Dead." Usagi choked on the word.
"That's terrible." Mrs. Tsukino whispered, "but what can we do?"
Realization came over Usagi and she stiffened then pulled away from her mother. "It's not what WE can do. . .it's. . .what. . . *I* can do."
"What?" Mr. Tsukino asked. "Usagi you cannot do anything. Let's go home and we'll figure this out."
Usagi pulled away from her parents shaking her head and then backed away with a ghost of a smile one her face. "Gomen Nasai. . ." Usagi whispered before throwing her hand up in the air. "MOON CRYSTAL POWER!" ((A/N: sorry I don't know the transformations very well.)) Bright ribbons of light swirled around Usagi's body as she went through her transformation.
As Usagi finished her transformation then bowed to her parents at the look of shock on their faces. "I PROMISE I'll explain when I get back. . .until then. . .GOTTA BOOK IT!" she shouted before leaping up onto the wall. Sailor Moon stood on the wall and glanced at her parents one last time, the wind blowing her pigtails, before she leapt into the moonlight disappearing from view.
~*~*~*~*
A/N: WHOO! That was the longest chapter yet! : ) that was all for you SexyKitten now you can't complain it's too short ;) Well Read and review and the next chapter will be out shortly! : ) *grin* Okay well until then! JA! ^_^