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Walk to my Lovers Arms

By Sugargurl

Chapter 6

Hearing the door close quietly behind her, Usagi looked about the room, with a sigh she settled back into her chair exhausted from that mornings exercise. Wheeling over to her bed, she pulled herself up, and lay back upon the sheets before closing her eyes for a short nap. Unfortunately it was not to be, as no sooner than she'd closed her eyes the door creaked open.

Some time later Makoto entered the room and watched as her room mate slumbered peacefully. Silently she wheeled over to Usagi's side of the room, to look longingly at the many pictures of Usagi and her friends. Heaving a sigh, Makoto wheeled back to her side, and slipping a chain from about her neck unlocked a wooden box where she proceeded to pull out a slender photo album.

"you said you would always be there" she whispered softly to the pictures inside as she turned the pages, each smiling face, a reminder of what she had. Her at a birthday party, her on a motorcycle… and always, always surrounded by friends.

"look at me now, oh god guys just look what happened" she whispered as tears leaked from emerald eyes, her throat choked as she kept herself from crying,

"boys don't cry" she whispered to herself and with a little laugh turned yet another page in her album "too bad, I'm not a boy"  

Usagi opened her eyes, hearing strangled sobs, and a low keening. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes she pulled herself up, startled as she realized it was Makoto who was making the pitiful sound.

"Mako?" she questioned as she slipped into her chair. "you ok?"

Makoto ignored her, lost in her own memories, as she turned each page, faster, more frantically.

Not knowing what else to do, Usagi wheeled over gently wrapping an arm about her sobbing room mate, and as Makoto turned to bury her nose in Usagi's shoulders, Usagi murmured,

"you want to talk about it?" even as she soothingly stroked Mako's chestnut tresses.

   Makoto didn't reply, just continued cry, until she had no tears left, before finally pulling back and whispering,

"I'll be ok now… just, I'm never going to be able to do any of these things again… and well my dad hardly ever comes to visit me anymore. He feels that he's responsible for my accident, but how could he know that was going to happen… how could he know?" Makoto whispered, her slender frame rocking back and forth.

"and now… I'm never going to get married… never have kids, I'll be trapped here forever… forever and ever stuck in a chair" she continued, eyes completely devoid of emotion as they looked about her. Usagi shuddered, never before had she seen such a blank look, and oh god would she give anything to have someone enter the room right then, but unfortunately no one came, and Makoto continued her strange chant too far gone into herself to realize just what she was muttering about.

A knock sounded on the door, and then opened as Kevin wheeled in, his grin dying on his lips as his eyes alighted upon Makoto's clearly shaken form

"what happened?" he demanded facing Usagi

"I don't know… I woke up and she was already clutching that book…"

Kevin glanced to where Usagi had pointed, the lines of puzzlement smoothing out of his forehead as realization dawned.

"oh…" he mouthed stepping gingerly towards his girl friend.

"Makoto…." He began hand reaching under her chin to tilt it upwards so that he could look into her deep emerald eyes

"... alone… so lonely" she muttered eyes still focused on some inner horror

"Mako-Chan… please snap out of it… everything's going to be fine" Kevin whispered, his thumb stroking down her cheek, as he pulled her as close as he could to himself, "Shh baby, I'm here for you"

Usagi looked on, slightly jealous of what they had, for it was painfully obvious that Kevin would do anything for Makoto…

"Kevin… promise you'll stay with me" Makoto finally whispered coming back to herself as she clung tighter to her boy friend, knuckles white.

"Shh… I'm here, and I'm not leaving" Kevin promised.

Embarrassed at the scene before her Usagi wheeled out of the room, and down the hall towards the dining room, puzzling over what she had learned.

Makoto was no where near as strong as Usagi had thought, in fact the opposite was true. Makoto was probably weaker, as it seemed the other girl had lost a lot more than the use of her legs.

"hey Odango… you're blocking the door" Mamoru's familiar sneer interrupted her thoughts. Usagi denied him an answer, opting instead to wheel straight to their table.

"hi guys" she greeted Calvin, and the other people already seated around the table.

"hey, where's Makoto and Kevin?" Calvin asked

Usagi didn't know what to say, and looked around the table imploringly. To her complete surprise it was Mamoru who came to her rescue

"probably making out or something.. You know those two, can't keep their hands off each other."

Calvin grinned wryly, "Yeah… here they come now!"

Usagi turned to face the door, and smiled to herself as she watched them wheel in. Makoto was smiling bravely and her eyes although slightly red, were dry.

"Hey you guys!" Calvin called out, "took you long enough"

Kevin glanced at mamoru for some type of hint,

"sooo Kevin… how long can you hold your breath for now?" he asked with a wink.

Usagi watched as Makoto smiled at him

"hmm… a pretty long time I'd say" she stated parking beside Usagi

Calvin laughed before turning his attention back to his dinner.

For a while they just sat in silence eating. Then Calvin left, and conversation picked up again.

"we're still on for later right?" Mamoru asked looking from Kevin to Makoto

Mako nodded, "of course…"

"k, I'll c you then" he stated wheeling away.

"You ok Mako?" Usagi questioned turning to her room mate

"yeah… I'm fine now. Sorry about earlier, I saw the shrink today, and well…some days are better than others." She replied smiling. They sunk once more into silence, then Kevin spoke up

"so how was your first session"

Usagi shuddered, "awful, it hurt a lot… and Dr. Kerr actually wanted me to go swimming!"

Makoto smiled, "yea… the swimming thing took me a while, but oh does it ever feel good"

Kevin laughed at the disbelieving look on Usagi's face, "true.. it really does feel good…"

"why would that feel good… when every touch burns? I just don't get it"

both her table mates laughed at her logic, but stopped abruptly as Usagi questioned,

"guys… what's the deal with Mamoru?"

they shared a look, before Kevin stated, "he's been here a while… but no one really knows much about what happened to him. Just that he doesn't really participate in treatment…"

"… its as if he doesn't want to get better" Makoto remarked

"yea… and the thing is, that he could easily have a full recovery too…"

"… other than that… you'd have to ask him about…"

Usagi looked from one to the other, and saw that they honestly didn't know any more,

"well…. We have some time to kill… want to go watch Small Ville?"

The couple nodded in agreement, and the trio left for the entertainment room.

Later that night Usagi and Makoto wheeled back to their room. Usagi at a complete loss, as she thought they were going out.

She opened her mouth in protest, but was silenced by Makoto who placed a finger to her lips,

"don't worry… we're still going" she whispered closing the door behind them "just get into bed as usual, but leave your clothes on.

Still puzzled, Usagi did as she was told, and just waited eyes wide open for some type of sign.

Twenty minuets later the door opened, and the light was turned off by a nurse. Makoto lay still on the other side of the room, and still Usagi waited in silence eyes fixed to the clock which read 11:00.

"ok… be quiet" Mako hissed, pulling herself into her wheel chair, and waited for Usagi to do the same.

Together they wheeled over to the door, cracking it open to peek down the hall way.

"coast is clear" Mako breathed, taking off down the hall, Usagi hot on her heels.

Into the elevator they went, Makoto hitting the up button, which would take them to the roof.

The doors dinged open, and the pair wheeled out, Usagi following as Makoto went down the path through the roof top garden.

"we usually meet by the gazebo" Makoto stated by way of explanation.

Usagi nodded, smiling as she spotted the boys up ahead.

"hey girls, I see you made it!" Kevin called.

"you bet you, I wouldn't miss it for the world" Mako stated back smiling gleefully as Mamoru, held up a bottle.

"I brought the drinks" he stated

"and I have the glasses" Kevin remarked,

"yup… and we have the beauty" Usagi laughed gaily taking the proffered cup of juice from the pair.

The small group sat silently sipping their grape juice,

"its beautifull up here" Usagi sighed, staring at the stars.

"mmm you bet" Mako agreed tugging at Kevin's arm "come on Kev. Tell us a story"

Usagi looked over at him, "a story?"

Kevin smiled, "which one Mako-chan.."

"tell me about the moon" she whispered gazing at the huge glowing sphere, as it shone down upon them.

"that ones Mamoru's to tell… it is his book after all"

"yeah.. but he never tells it.." Makoto pouted

Usagi watched the exchange, wondering what they were talking about,

"come on Mamoru, tell her about it.."

"no" he stated calmly

"please" Mako pleaded

"no… I don't want to"

her curiosity now fully piped Usagi joined in,

"please Mamoru, tell us… I would like to know"

Mamoru looked at her, and sighed "no" he muttered

"please" Usagi requested again, pouting slightly.

Mamoru looked at her again, 'she's too beautiful' he thought and sighed,

"The legend goes, that at one time the earth was not the only planet people lived on. Mercury, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, all were inhabited, and each planet was ruled by a royal family, sworn to protect the leader of this alliance. There on the silver moon, lived the most powerful warriors, their power drawn from the pureness and goodness in their very hearts, and they used it to keep evil at bay. At a time when the Earth was just joining into this alliance, the earth prince, Endmyion, and the moon queen Selenity's daughter, Serenity fell in love. But it was not to be, as an evil sorceress named Beryl began to conquer the outer planets, her dark power gaining in strength as she moved inwards, attacking and finally conquering the earth before setting her sites on the source off all power with in the solar system. She went to the moon on the day of Serenity's 18th birthday, and attacked. The prince fought bravely not wanting his love to be harmed, but it was all in vain. Beryl was too powerful, and ended up killing him, and as for Serenity she refused to be separated from him, and followed him to his death.

The moon kingdom was in ruins, Queen Selenity was heart broken over the death of her daughter and her kingdom, and vowed to ride the world of Beryl once and for all. Taking the silver imperium crystal she held it too her heart, and poured her entire life force into ridding the world of evil, and to ensure that her beloved daughter, and her guardians would have a second chance at life, along with Endmyion the earth prince. Then she passes away… leaving the future of the moon kingdom in her daughter's hands." Mamoru finished looking up, noticing that Mako and Kevin had wheeled off during his story. Then he glanced at Usagi, as she wiped the tears from her eyes

"thank you…" she murmured reaching out to hold his hand.

"its nothing" mamoru whispered back, pushing a loose strand of hair back behind her ear.

"so are you really writing a book?" she asked

"I was… before the accident…"

"oh…" Usagi mouthed

"but I just haven't had the heart to since my mother died, she was the one encouraging me to write it out…" mamoru whispered looking down to hide his tears.

"I think you should finish it…" Usagi stated, stroking the back of his hand.

"yea.. but I never will… and it won't matter because I'm never going to get out of this place"

"sure you will… you could probably walk out of here anytime you wanted" Usagi insisted

"I won't… I can't… I can't let anyone else die because of me…" mamoru muttered

Usagi looked on puzzled,

"… I don't think you should worry about that happening"

"how would you know!" mamoru spat out "so many people have already died because of me… I'm not worth loving, and I doubt any one ever will…"

"don't say that!"

"yea.. but its true.. my girlfriend dumped me, after the accident, and my friends never visit any more… I'm worth less, useless…." Mamoru trailed off looking away

"don't say that" Usagi implored reaching out to him, "look at me, I am alive, my boy friend dumped me too, after the accident…"

"he was an idiot.."

"what?" Usagi demanded shocked

"he was an idiot to dump you…"

Usagi stared at him dumb founded, as he took her hand, and brought it to his lips,

"he was an idiot to let such a beauty go" Mamoru clarified wheeling away as fast as he could, calling over his shoulder, "although you really are an Odango brain!"

Usagi stared after him in shock… 'What just happened?' she questioned, then shook her head as if to clear it.

"come on Usagi… lets go in" Makoto stated,

Usagi nodded dumbly, still lost in thought as she followed Makoto back to their room, and then got into bed

Her last thought before sleep washed over her,

'could he like me?'

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Authors Note: soo what did u think? Hmm?? Not as much romance on the usaxmamo front as I would have liked in this chapter… but its ok… I got the next one all planned… eek! Some ones making a re-appearance!

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Sugar