* Special Note:
Nope, this isn't the sequel to "Caffeine". I've decided that instead
of having a lot of short stories in my profile, I'd put them into
one collection. So, here is songfic #2: "Persistence".
* Author's Notes:
A short stand-alone "moment" 'fic based on a certain episode in the
Sailor Moon S season: Mamoru finds that a kiss with Usagi comes at
a very high price.
* Disclaimer: Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, not yours truly.
Persistence
by Phantasy Star
--------------------
"In Italy, when a boy and a girl kissed, they have to get married -
That's how important a kiss is."
The others looked at Usagi, and Minako leaned over with a mischievious
smile, "Usagi-chan, isn't there someone who is always doing that very
important kiss?"
Before Usagi could respond, Ami was picking up textbooks off the
coffee table and was ushering them over to their seats, "Yes, now we
have to worry more about studying than going out with boys. Let's
start studying!"
Usagi blinked and quickly slipped away, escaping into the balcony
where Mamoru was. She let out a breath of relief as she realized the
others hadn't noticed. Usagi found Mamoru staring at the view of the
city below them. Quietly, she went to stand next to him.
"It's a good thing that Unazuki-chan recovered," Mamoru said, staring
into the distance.
"Yeah," Usagi said, "... and Unazuki-chan's important dream."
Mamoru nodded, "The first kiss..."
"Unazuki-chan's dream is wonderful," Usagi said with a sigh, "I'm
glad I'm the one who got to protect it..."
Usagi turned to him and was about to continue when she caught him
giving her that "look".
She blushed and closed her eyes slowly, her breaths becoming shallower
with anticipation. Mamoru slowly leaned over, unable to wait any
longer...
------@
* At a crescent-shaped chalet, I take off my star piercings...
What do I do? My heart, my heart is full...
Should the fireworks become stars...
Should love be put out in the dark...
Please don't take the kiss away...
------@
"Mamo-chan..."
"Huh?"
Mamoru opened his eyes, only inches away from Usagi's face. Usagi
backed away slightly.
"Do you remember *our* first kiss?" she asked, her eyes sparkling with
pure innocence.
Mamoru's blinked and reluctantly pulled himself away. He looked
nervously down at the city below, and became slowly aware of the sweat
beginning to form on his dark brows.
"That's... um..." he said hesitantly, frowning.
Usagi leaned over to get a closer look at his face, and she blinked
her eyes, confused. Then she gasped.
"Mamo-chan... it can't be! You don't remember?"
------@
* It's okay if you steal me away with the scent of velvet...
To a love that this heart met out in the galaxy!
The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"That's..." Mamoru said, then gave her a weak smile, "It's okay..."
"No," Usagi said, her small fists clenched, "It's *not* okay! Our
first kiss is *important*!"
Mamoru turned away from her and returned to looking at the beauty
of the city at night. Then he glanced up. "The moon is beautiful
tonight..."
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi said, voice rising, "How could you forget?"
"Usako, relax," he said gently, "It's only a kiss."
The look in her eyes made his throat run dry. His eyes were filled
with horror as he realized that he had said the wrong thing. In fact,
he had said a bad thing.
A very, very, very bad thing.
------@
* The canary music box softly fades out...
What do I do? My heart, my heart is plugged...
Should the tears become stars...
Should the carousel disappear...
Please don't take the kiss away...
------@
"Only a kiss?" Usagi echoed, her voice hushed with rising anger, "Is
that how you feel about kissing me? What about me, Mamoru? Am I
*only* a girl?"
Mamoru wrecked his brain trying to come up with a way to soothe his
girlfriend. Surely, as the romantic and mysterious Tuxedo Kamen, he'd
be able to calm a pretty girl in distress!
He desperately looked at her face for clues. Her eyes weren't giving
anything away - they were too filled with rage. Her lips... What
were her lips trying to say?
Her lips... Mamoru found himself beginning to lose focus. Her lips...
Usagi gasped when Mamoru's arm shot out to grab hers, and another
slipped around her waist. Before she knew it, he had bent her back
slightly to allow him better access to her mouth.
Usagi couldn't take it anymore. With all her strength, she raised
her small hands to his chest and gave him a great push.
"Whoa!" Mamoru exclaimed, his arms shooting out for balance. He let
out another strangled cry as he flew over the balcony fence and ended
up on the other side, the ground fifty feet below him. He quickly
slammed one hand against the railing and gripped it tightly, and
raised his other arm to do the same.
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi screamed.
------@
* I want to be pulled in by your glance of velvet...
To a love that this heart pledged out in the galaxy!
Hold me close, gently, amid the storm of flowers...
Stay near me forever and ever...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"I can't believe I did that..." Mamoru muttered to himself as he
hanged on for dear life, "Chiba, where's your self-control...?"
"Mamo-chan, don't fall!" Usagi cried, "I... I... I'll go get
Makato-chan! She'll come and pull you up!"
Mamoru didn't answer. He waited for her to disappear back into the
doors, but she turned around one more time to give him a warning:
"Don't go anywhere, Mamo-chan!"
With that, his Usako was gone.
'Where else would I go?' Mamoru thought.
Then, he realized something that caused a small smile to appear on
his lips.
'Except...'
------@
* The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"The girls are gone!" Usagi cried as she ran back out, "What am I
going to do? Should I call the police?"
Then she gasped.
"Mamo... Mamo-chan...?"
She ran to the railing and looked at the place where he was hanging
there only a minute ago. Her mouth dropped open as she realized with
horror that - he was gone.
"No..." she whispered, "No, Mamo-chan fell..."
Tears formed in her eyes, and she dropped to the floor in sobs.
"Mamo-chan fell down twenty floors..." she cried, "Just because I
won't let him kiss me!"
Suddenly, a figure landed soundlessly behind her, a figure with a
black cape and a white mask. As quietly as it could, it reached out
slowly towards the girl...
Usagi gasped as she felt strong arms grip her waist. They pulled her
up off the floor. Large hands spun her around to meet a pair of
demanding lips, hard and persistent.
------@
* The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
With an angry cry, Usagi pulled away from him.
"How dare you!?" she demanded in tears as she pushed him away (Mamoru
made sure his feet were planted securely on the ground this time).
She began to pound at his chest with her two fists, "You scared me so
much! I thought you fell!"
Tuxedo Kamen groaned.
In all honesty, he just wanted to kiss her.
"I thought I wasn't going to see you again!" Usagi continued as the
tears kept falling, "I... I was *so* worried about you, and then
you just come out of nowhere and kiss the living daylights out of
me!? Without even-"
Her eyes flew open wide, when she found herself in his tight embrace
again, his lips becoming possessive over hers.
"Hmm..." Usagi murmured in surrender, "Mamo-chan..."
"Usako?" Mamoru said as he removed his lips and backed away slightly,
looking directly into her eyes.
"Yes?" she said softly, dazed.
"Don't talk."
He pressed his lips to hers again.
------@
* The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"You sure it's okay for us to just leave without saying anything?"
"Don't worry, Ami," Minako said reassuringly, "Unazuki-chan's
probably still asleep, and Usagi-chan and Mamoru-san are too into
each other to care."
Ami nodded, and the four girls continued down the street.
"Ohmigosh, you guys!" Makato gasped as she pointed up to the balcony
twenty floors above them, "Is that them?"
The others all looked up and found their mouths hanging open in shock.
Ami's face turned a bright beet red colour, and she quickly looked
down at her shoes.
"Wow..." Rei said softly, "He's... really *mauling* her..."
Minako tried to stop herself from staring but found that she couldn't,
"And I always thought Mamoru-san was such a gentleman... Tsk tsk..."
"Well, men are pigs," Makato said, "Even Mamoru-san..."
"Even Mamoru-san..." Minako agreed with a sigh, "What a shame."
"Hey, what are you guys looking at?"
The girls turned around to see Chibi-Usa behind them, watching them
curiously. They gasped in horror as Chibi-Usa's gaze shifted slowly
upwards, towards a certain balcony on the 20th floor.
"No, Chibi-Usa!" Ami cried and tackled the little girl to the ground.
But it was too late.
"What... what's Mamoru-san doing to Usagi-chan...?" Chibi-Usa managed
to whisper.
Ami tried hard to come up with a reason why Mamoru-san had pushed
Usagi into the wall and was, as Rei put it, "mauling" poor Usagi-chan.
Chibi-Usa wasn't waiting for an answer though.
She just opened her mouth and screamed.
* Author's Notes:
Moral of the story: Don't do anything in public
that you wouldn't want your future daughter to see.
This 'fic was fun to write :) Hope you had fun reading it.
Oh, and the song was "Tuxedo Mirage", by the way (as if
it wasn't obvious enough). It was played in the original
scene in the TV series.
Thanks for reading.
See you in my next pointless songfic!
Phantasy Star
Nope, this isn't the sequel to "Caffeine". I've decided that instead
of having a lot of short stories in my profile, I'd put them into
one collection. So, here is songfic #2: "Persistence".
* Author's Notes:
A short stand-alone "moment" 'fic based on a certain episode in the
Sailor Moon S season: Mamoru finds that a kiss with Usagi comes at
a very high price.
* Disclaimer: Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, not yours truly.
Persistence
by Phantasy Star
--------------------
"In Italy, when a boy and a girl kissed, they have to get married -
That's how important a kiss is."
The others looked at Usagi, and Minako leaned over with a mischievious
smile, "Usagi-chan, isn't there someone who is always doing that very
important kiss?"
Before Usagi could respond, Ami was picking up textbooks off the
coffee table and was ushering them over to their seats, "Yes, now we
have to worry more about studying than going out with boys. Let's
start studying!"
Usagi blinked and quickly slipped away, escaping into the balcony
where Mamoru was. She let out a breath of relief as she realized the
others hadn't noticed. Usagi found Mamoru staring at the view of the
city below them. Quietly, she went to stand next to him.
"It's a good thing that Unazuki-chan recovered," Mamoru said, staring
into the distance.
"Yeah," Usagi said, "... and Unazuki-chan's important dream."
Mamoru nodded, "The first kiss..."
"Unazuki-chan's dream is wonderful," Usagi said with a sigh, "I'm
glad I'm the one who got to protect it..."
Usagi turned to him and was about to continue when she caught him
giving her that "look".
She blushed and closed her eyes slowly, her breaths becoming shallower
with anticipation. Mamoru slowly leaned over, unable to wait any
longer...
------@
* At a crescent-shaped chalet, I take off my star piercings...
What do I do? My heart, my heart is full...
Should the fireworks become stars...
Should love be put out in the dark...
Please don't take the kiss away...
------@
"Mamo-chan..."
"Huh?"
Mamoru opened his eyes, only inches away from Usagi's face. Usagi
backed away slightly.
"Do you remember *our* first kiss?" she asked, her eyes sparkling with
pure innocence.
Mamoru's blinked and reluctantly pulled himself away. He looked
nervously down at the city below, and became slowly aware of the sweat
beginning to form on his dark brows.
"That's... um..." he said hesitantly, frowning.
Usagi leaned over to get a closer look at his face, and she blinked
her eyes, confused. Then she gasped.
"Mamo-chan... it can't be! You don't remember?"
------@
* It's okay if you steal me away with the scent of velvet...
To a love that this heart met out in the galaxy!
The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"That's..." Mamoru said, then gave her a weak smile, "It's okay..."
"No," Usagi said, her small fists clenched, "It's *not* okay! Our
first kiss is *important*!"
Mamoru turned away from her and returned to looking at the beauty
of the city at night. Then he glanced up. "The moon is beautiful
tonight..."
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi said, voice rising, "How could you forget?"
"Usako, relax," he said gently, "It's only a kiss."
The look in her eyes made his throat run dry. His eyes were filled
with horror as he realized that he had said the wrong thing. In fact,
he had said a bad thing.
A very, very, very bad thing.
------@
* The canary music box softly fades out...
What do I do? My heart, my heart is plugged...
Should the tears become stars...
Should the carousel disappear...
Please don't take the kiss away...
------@
"Only a kiss?" Usagi echoed, her voice hushed with rising anger, "Is
that how you feel about kissing me? What about me, Mamoru? Am I
*only* a girl?"
Mamoru wrecked his brain trying to come up with a way to soothe his
girlfriend. Surely, as the romantic and mysterious Tuxedo Kamen, he'd
be able to calm a pretty girl in distress!
He desperately looked at her face for clues. Her eyes weren't giving
anything away - they were too filled with rage. Her lips... What
were her lips trying to say?
Her lips... Mamoru found himself beginning to lose focus. Her lips...
Usagi gasped when Mamoru's arm shot out to grab hers, and another
slipped around her waist. Before she knew it, he had bent her back
slightly to allow him better access to her mouth.
Usagi couldn't take it anymore. With all her strength, she raised
her small hands to his chest and gave him a great push.
"Whoa!" Mamoru exclaimed, his arms shooting out for balance. He let
out another strangled cry as he flew over the balcony fence and ended
up on the other side, the ground fifty feet below him. He quickly
slammed one hand against the railing and gripped it tightly, and
raised his other arm to do the same.
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi screamed.
------@
* I want to be pulled in by your glance of velvet...
To a love that this heart pledged out in the galaxy!
Hold me close, gently, amid the storm of flowers...
Stay near me forever and ever...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"I can't believe I did that..." Mamoru muttered to himself as he
hanged on for dear life, "Chiba, where's your self-control...?"
"Mamo-chan, don't fall!" Usagi cried, "I... I... I'll go get
Makato-chan! She'll come and pull you up!"
Mamoru didn't answer. He waited for her to disappear back into the
doors, but she turned around one more time to give him a warning:
"Don't go anywhere, Mamo-chan!"
With that, his Usako was gone.
'Where else would I go?' Mamoru thought.
Then, he realized something that caused a small smile to appear on
his lips.
'Except...'
------@
* The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"The girls are gone!" Usagi cried as she ran back out, "What am I
going to do? Should I call the police?"
Then she gasped.
"Mamo... Mamo-chan...?"
She ran to the railing and looked at the place where he was hanging
there only a minute ago. Her mouth dropped open as she realized with
horror that - he was gone.
"No..." she whispered, "No, Mamo-chan fell..."
Tears formed in her eyes, and she dropped to the floor in sobs.
"Mamo-chan fell down twenty floors..." she cried, "Just because I
won't let him kiss me!"
Suddenly, a figure landed soundlessly behind her, a figure with a
black cape and a white mask. As quietly as it could, it reached out
slowly towards the girl...
Usagi gasped as she felt strong arms grip her waist. They pulled her
up off the floor. Large hands spun her around to meet a pair of
demanding lips, hard and persistent.
------@
* The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
With an angry cry, Usagi pulled away from him.
"How dare you!?" she demanded in tears as she pushed him away (Mamoru
made sure his feet were planted securely on the ground this time).
She began to pound at his chest with her two fists, "You scared me so
much! I thought you fell!"
Tuxedo Kamen groaned.
In all honesty, he just wanted to kiss her.
"I thought I wasn't going to see you again!" Usagi continued as the
tears kept falling, "I... I was *so* worried about you, and then
you just come out of nowhere and kiss the living daylights out of
me!? Without even-"
Her eyes flew open wide, when she found herself in his tight embrace
again, his lips becoming possessive over hers.
"Hmm..." Usagi murmured in surrender, "Mamo-chan..."
"Usako?" Mamoru said as he removed his lips and backed away slightly,
looking directly into her eyes.
"Yes?" she said softly, dazed.
"Don't talk."
He pressed his lips to hers again.
------@
* The cloak of the night extends outward in rainbow colors...
Love me more and more...
Tuxedo mirage...
Tuxedo mirage...
------@
"You sure it's okay for us to just leave without saying anything?"
"Don't worry, Ami," Minako said reassuringly, "Unazuki-chan's
probably still asleep, and Usagi-chan and Mamoru-san are too into
each other to care."
Ami nodded, and the four girls continued down the street.
"Ohmigosh, you guys!" Makato gasped as she pointed up to the balcony
twenty floors above them, "Is that them?"
The others all looked up and found their mouths hanging open in shock.
Ami's face turned a bright beet red colour, and she quickly looked
down at her shoes.
"Wow..." Rei said softly, "He's... really *mauling* her..."
Minako tried to stop herself from staring but found that she couldn't,
"And I always thought Mamoru-san was such a gentleman... Tsk tsk..."
"Well, men are pigs," Makato said, "Even Mamoru-san..."
"Even Mamoru-san..." Minako agreed with a sigh, "What a shame."
"Hey, what are you guys looking at?"
The girls turned around to see Chibi-Usa behind them, watching them
curiously. They gasped in horror as Chibi-Usa's gaze shifted slowly
upwards, towards a certain balcony on the 20th floor.
"No, Chibi-Usa!" Ami cried and tackled the little girl to the ground.
But it was too late.
"What... what's Mamoru-san doing to Usagi-chan...?" Chibi-Usa managed
to whisper.
Ami tried hard to come up with a reason why Mamoru-san had pushed
Usagi into the wall and was, as Rei put it, "mauling" poor Usagi-chan.
Chibi-Usa wasn't waiting for an answer though.
She just opened her mouth and screamed.
* Author's Notes:
Moral of the story: Don't do anything in public
that you wouldn't want your future daughter to see.
This 'fic was fun to write :) Hope you had fun reading it.
Oh, and the song was "Tuxedo Mirage", by the way (as if
it wasn't obvious enough). It was played in the original
scene in the TV series.
Thanks for reading.
See you in my next pointless songfic!
Phantasy Star