Title: It's In Her Kiss...
Chapter Two
Author: KissThis
Rating: Pg-13...might change to R in later chapters.
Summary: Takes place about a year after the fight with Galaxia and the leaving of the Starlights. Visions plague Healer, and she desires to return to Earth. And a romance ensues with many obstacles and bumps along the way. Usagi/Yaten
Disclaimer: All Sailormoon paraphernalia belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. The plot, though, was dutifully thought of and recorded by my faithful plot bunnies.
A/N: Um...I'm babysitting my little brother and watching Justice League with him so...yeah. I might be a little out of it, while I'm writing.
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Wide, blue eyes shimmering like the depths of the ocean darted to the luminescent red numbers along a whitewashed wall. The woman shifted almost nervously in the hard seat upon which she waited, as Flight 291 docked at Tokyo International.
Long and pink manicured nails tapped impatiently upon the plastic armrest of the airport seat. Usagi craned her neck trying to catch sight of Mamoru over the large crowd of passengers swarming from the Gate exit. The beginning measures of the Sailor Moon Theme song rose in techno beats from Usagi's purse.
"Moshi Moshi?" She inquired into the mouthpiece of her cell phone.
"Usako!"
Usagi laughed nervously and looked around, "Hi Mamoru." She replied, fake cheeriness filling her voice.
"Where are you?" He asked.
"Mamoru..." She started.
"Never mind. I'll find you Usako."
The nickname that had once filled her with a warm and fuzzy feeling now made her cringe in shame and sadness for what she couldn't help but feel inside. Her free hand tugged on one of her braids and she turned around again searching for any sign of her boyfriend. "Listen..." She urged. "Things are...different since you left..." The dead tone from Mamoru's cell phone rang in her ear, and she whipped around.
The black duffel bag that had been his carry-on slipped from Mamoru's quickly numbing fingers. Navy blue eyes widened beneath their cover of raven locks as they took in Usagi's new appearance.
Her once floor length hair had been hacked off to the point where it reached just beneath her shoulder blades. The flaxen, golden locks were twisted into two braids but tiny bands of silver streaked throughout the caramel mass; hinting at her approach to Neo-Queen Serenity. A white blouse was buttoned loosely over newly developed curves and the thing white material didn't hide the hot pink bra beneath. His eyes trailed down her flat, toned stomach to wear a flash of metal caught his eye. A star-shaped earring pierced the flesh of her belly button. Dark denim flares hung low off her hips and the thin, pink waistband of her string panties peaked above the waistline.
"Hi..." Usagi said weakly.
Mamoru was at a loss for words. As if to reassure himself, that it was really his Usagi standing before him he reached out to touch her face. Usagi pulled away thrusting her fists into the pockets of her jeans. "Can we talk?"
Mamoru nodded and followed he woman to the waiting area of Gate D5. Her height was now practically a match to his own 6'2" and with a glance at her feet he found her to be wearing flip-flops and that her newly acquired height was not due to 3" heels.
"Usagi? I was only gone a year!" He exclaimed running a hand through his hair. Usagi wrung her hands unsure of how to continue. The feel of cold metal beneath her fingertips set her back on track, and she turned to Mamoru. "A lot happened in that year, and I've realized things that I wasn't allowed to even think about when you were here..."
She examined the ring upon her finger briefly, her sapphire eyes blinking closed against the memories of the paste when she had received the symbol of love and promise. Then she slid it off her finger, and placed in Mamoru's hand, curling his shocked fingers around the metallic band. "It's just not going anywhere...I'm really sorry."
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Yaten breathed in deeply and exhaled slowly. Her dusty silver hair fell in waves around her body and face and causing her ivory cheeks to appear glowing. She stepped out of Gate D6 on black heeled feet and leaned against the wall to wait for her sisters. In boredom, she readjusted her black Prada purse several times and brushed imaginary particles of dust from the same blue sundress in a rather compulsive manner.
Finally, she turned at a tug on her arm. It was Seiya, but her troubled indigo gaze was not on her, but focused on an unknown point, to her, in the distance. She stood on her tiptoes and craned her neck in an attempt to look in the same angle as her sister. Yaten let out a frustrated sigh, and Seiya laughed slightly and helped point out the object of her scrutiny.
"Isn't that Mamoru?" Seiya asked.
"Where?"
"The next gate over; D5."
Yaten's heart deflated as she spied the ebony haired man sitting by himself in the aforementioned gate. Her glowing appearance slipped into shadowed dullness while the jade-eyed woman silently berated herself for forgetting that crucial detail. Her over-analyzing brain picked up on the depressing facts of the matter.
Usagi loves Mamoru...
She would always love Mamoru...
Mamoru was tall, dark, and handsome...
And what was she? Short, annoying, and impulsive...and female.
Usagi needed Mamoru for Crystal Tokyo...
...Needed him to produce an heir...
Yaten could never her give her that...
The same darkness that plagued her visions consumed her and she was instantly filled with an unconquerable sense of exhaustion and utter defeat. Her body sagged and she turned away from the stealer of her love's heart. Her brilliant eyes dimmed as she fought back the tears of self-pity, "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea..." She whispered.
She didn't even see it coming.
The next thing Yaten knew she was sporting an awful headache and nursing the back of her head. She glared in surprised anger at her brunette sister, "What the f-" She started to shout.
"Honestly, Yaten. You are such a drama queen sometimes." Taiki taunted in annoyance.
Yaten's jaw dropped at her sister's complete shift in personality and manner.
"When have you let something like this stop you before?" She lectured, assuming her "mom voice".
Seiya nodded her charcoal head in agreement, "Find her, woe her, and don't let anything stand in your way!"
It was in that moment; when all hope had faded. That Yaten grasped tight her sisters' words and drew her strength from them. Darkness, Yaten's enemy for countless sleepless nights and haunted days, was defeated. Yaten had this one chance to dispel the darkness forever and she wasn't going to let it slip through her fingers.
"This town needs to be shaken' up a bit." She declared with a devilish air.
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Usagi stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror for a minute or two before turning on the faucet and washing her face. The water was cool against her skin and comforted her. The splash of the water against the porcelain bowl of the sink helped to wash away the past from her body.
She turned the taps to staunch the flow of water and proceeded to dry her hands. Digging through her purse she extracted a golden bracelet. From the thin chain dangled three jeweled stars; one of diamond, one of amethyst, and one of ruby. Thinking about the givers of the bracelet made her run a single finger along it in a sweet longing.
She grabbed her cell phone and punched in a memorized number. Her long nails tapped against the pink face-cover of the mobile device that was decorated with gold crescent moons and tiny stars.
"Moshi Moshi?"
"Hey 'Ruka-chan!"
"Koneko...how did it go...?"
"He, uh, took it pretty well..."
"You dumped him and ran didn't you?"
Usagi blushed and pushed open the bathroom door with her free hand. "Not exactly...now what did you want for din-"
Usagi looked up as the crowds of people rushing off to their own destinations parted, revealing a small group of women. Three women. All of them: Drop Dead Gorgeous.
"Usagi?" Haruka's voice buzzed in her ear.
"Three babes, at 10 o'clock."
"Honestly, Koneko! You're impossi-"
Usagi hung up on the older woman and threw her cell back in to her purse. She slid on her sunglasses and ran after the three women she had spied out earlier. "Hey Gorgeous!" She called out, flagging the trio down.
She looked down on them with a sexy grin, because they were all shorter than her, save for the brunette who was approximately the same in height.
"Are you talking to us?" The fair one asked.
Usagi giggled, "Of course! Do you see any other gorgeous women here?"
"You-" the brunette clapped a hand over the mouth of the woman with onyx hair, but not soon enough to stop the blush that rose in Usagi's cheeks.
"Do you need a ride anywhere?" She asked.
"We're looking for an old friend..." The brunette explained.
"Who? I might know them."
"Usagi Tsukino."
A sly grin slid onto her face and she licked her sugar pink lips. "Really...why?" She started walking towards the doors of the airport and surprisingly enough the women followed.
"It's kind of complicated," The raven-haired one explained.
"I've got time," Usagi insisted sweetly motioning to her pink VW bug convertible that was parked in front of them. They climbed in and Usagi peeled out of the parking lot with a squeal of tires and the smell of burning rubber.
"Juuban District." The brunette instructed, but found that their driver was already on the exit towards it. "How did you know?" She asked suspiciously.
"I live there too." Was her simple answer, "So why are you looking for this Usagi girl."
"Well Yaten here is madly in love with her," The raven-haired woman said, indicating the red faced, fair one. "Seiya!" The woman exploded. Usagi smirked when she realized just whom she had picked up.
"But I'm available," Seiya flirted leaning forward into the front seat.
"Taiki!" Yaten pleaded.
"Honestly, Seiya!" Taiki reprimanded shoving the woman backwards and out of Usagi's vision, "We've been here less than an hour."
"Well this doesn't have to be all about Yaten! We left home too. I want a hot babe, and excuse me for finding one right away!" Seiya defended as if it was obvious.
"SEIYA!" The women screamed in embarrassment, but Usagi just shook her head. "I think it was me who found you." She pulled up to a Japanese take-out, and ordered an obscene amount of food.
"That's not all for you is it?" Seiya asked bluntly.
Usagi glared at her and retrieved the bags of food, "Of course not. Girls night out..."
"And you're in charge of food." Yaten finished.
"Exactly, you guys are welcome to come if you want it's at my place..."
Just then her phone rang.
"Moshi Moshi?" She inquired while turning sharply around another corner.
"I'm hungry!" A husky voice whined.
"Honestly, 'Ruka-chan! You are bent on ruining my love life aren't you?"
"I try, Koneko."
"I just got the food, but it's taking a while, what with two of them already confessing they have the hots for me..."
Usagi laughed at the sounds of her guardian choking, "Two?!"
"Wait...how do you know Haruka-san?" Taiki voiced, curiously.
"And it was only Seiya who......unless......"
Usagi pulled off her sunglasses and winked her cerulean blue eyes at her shocked passengers. "Oops." She grinned, "Hi, I'm Usagi Tsukino."
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R & R!
KissThis
