Chapter 3 - And Now My Heart is in Your Hands
The sun was slowly hiding the light of the moon, golden light pouring in through the window that Mamoru had forgotten to close and illuminating both of the slowly awakening forms. Neither Usagi nor Mamoru remembered falling asleep, or being in each others arms, but there they were, holding each other tightly. By the waterspots covering the window and the humidity outside, it had rained last night, and now the sun was slowly beginning to take it's place in the sky, burning away the fog and warming the air. It was a beautiful morning, and a perfect sunrise, but the only beautiful sight that Mamoru and Usagi saw were each other. They gazed into each other's eyes, Mamoru holding Usagi's face in his hands, Usagi slowly tracing down his muscular body, with his shirt off in the way he likes to sleep. Her slender, graceful fingers traced down his neck, over his shoulders and his pecs, down his perfectly toned stomach and up again, stopping with a start on the hard lump of scarred flesh over his heart. She kisses his scar, his lips, and his eyes, speaking softly so as not to wake up Luna asleep next to her. "You still have that mark, Mamo-chan?"
His hands slid under his shirt that she was wearing, gently cupping her breasts but then moving to where an almost indentical scar laid above her heart. "As do you."
"Yes..." Her sky-blue eyes looked sad momentarily as she remembered. "From when we fought Metallica. Both times." Her hands move away, to be clasped in her lap.
He picked up her hands, holding them in his. "Well, we're alive, that has to mean something good." He began kissing all of her fingers, and she laughs slightly as it tickled. "Through all of these battles, even with Galaxia, we are alive. You know that means something good." He stops as he gets to her left ring finger, the one wearing the ring he gave about five years ago, what seems so long ago. "Usako?" He closed his eyes and grasped both of her hands in his.
She looked up at him, now smiling sweetly, he always knows how to make her happy. She held both of his hands in response. "Yes, my Mamo-chan?"
"Do you remember when I gave you this ring?"
"Yes, of course, Mamo-chan. It was right before you got on the plane to go to America, forever and a day ago, it seems." She smiled, but her face then droped again. "Right before Galaxia killed you."
"Remember, alive!" Her smile returned. "Well, due to that interuption, I was unable to ask you the most important question I can think of." He pulled her up and slid off the bed, dropping to one knee and kissing the ring. Her face looked stunned as she realized what he's about to ask. "Tsukino Usagi, light of my life, and love of my heart," he paused, smiling and blushing, "will you marry me?"
"Oh!!!" She grabed Mamoru in her arms, dancing around in circles with him and laughing with pure joy. Mamoru's Sunshine looked brighter than he had ever seen her. "Oh, Mamo-chan, Mamo-chan! Yes, I will! I will!!!" They both fell onto the bed in each others arms, laughing and crying with joy.
"I love you, my Usako." Mamoru whispered when they had settled down, thinking again about how incredibly beautiful his Usagi is, even in the shirt he had worn the day before, and how kind and gentle she is, how soft her skin and hair was, and how her laughter and her happy voice was like music. The only thing he ever wanted at that moment, was for her to be happy. He must be the luckiest guy in the world for this angel in his arms to be his.
"I love you too, my Mamo-chan." Snuggling against his firm naked chest, Usagi thinks once again about how strong and handsome he is, how warmly and gently he held her in his arms, how his eyes were so beautiful, and how warm, happy, and safe he made her feel. She must be the most specail girl in the world for this prince who held her to be hers.
"What is going on here? You both woke me up." Luna yawned widely, looking at the two on the bed out of the corner of her eye. "Usagi, I am amazed! You're awake this early!"
Usagi was too happy to let Luna's tease touch her right now, and just laughed and cried harder. "No, Luna, not Usagi, not soon! Mrs. Mamoru Chiba!"
Luna fell off the bed.
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Hana carefully peeked at her exhausted brother. Good. He was still asleep. As mean as it may seem, she was secretly happy that he didn't sleep much last night, because that meant he'll still be asleep for a while this morning. She felt extremely happy for some reason, and it gave her a burst of energy. Very carefully, she reached into the pocket of the clothes from last night which he was still wearing, pulled his wallet out of them, and his bus pass out of that.
//There are advantages of this body\\, she thought to herself, having to stiffle a giggle as she snuck back into her room to wash up and get dressed, //for example, I don't have to buy my own bus pass!\\ Shutting the door behind her, she fully broke out into giggles, making it ever harder to brush out her already difficult hair, being quite thick and longer than she is tall. But she does get it done, grimacing slightly that she doesn't have Seth's help on this one thing, and throws on a quick sweatshirt and jeans, washing her face and brushing her teeth, turning off the alarm to her house and carefully opening her window, with a thought of happiness that she keeps it well-oiled and that the balcony is near her window. It was an easy jump from out her open window to the balcony, and from there it was quite simple to uncoil the huge heavy rope she has there and slide down the five stories of their apartment complex to the ground. She swung on it at the bottom, and propeled herself over the wall, landing light as a cat. She had to sit momentarily to catch her breath, cursing her never-healing injuries, but after that she saunters off, whistling to herself as she walked to the bus stop. Their sister is alive, why can't Seth beleive that? She's alive and very happy right now, and headed towards the park!
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Barely awake, Makoto grabed the ringing phone to her ear before she threw it across the room. "Moshi moshi?"
Ami was on the other line, laughing for no real reason.
"What's up, Ami-chan?"
"Oh..." She stoped laughing enough to talk. "Usagi just called me. She was so happy! You know how contagious her laughter is." Although Ami couldn't see it over the phone, Makoto was nodding. She did know. "Anyway." Ami cleared her throat, done laughing for now. "She said she has something very important to tell us, and she wanted to know if we could meet in the park where we were last night in a little while, so she could tell us."
Makoto went silent for a while, staring out the window that looks out onto the balcany of her apartment complex. It looked like a little girl was hanging on a rope outside! But that was impossible, her apartment was on the fourth floor! She closed her eyes and vigourously shook her head, and when she opened her eyes again, there was no girl or rope. Must be more tired than she thought, to be seeing things.
"Mako-chan? Hello? Are you there, Mako-chan?"
"Oh! Sorry, Ami-chan. Yeah, sure, why not." Although she might be the only one, Makoto was quite curious about that girl they met, and hoped they could see her again. "I'll be there."
"Oh good! Usagi also called Rei and Haruka, and Rei is calling Minako. We'll probably all be there. See you then, Mako-chan!" As she hung up the phone, Ami silently hoped that the strange young girl or her brother would be there again.
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Seth slowly woke up, yawning and sheilding his grainy eyes from the sun. He cursed silently to himself, just then noticing that he had slept in, and cursed again, not at all silently when he saw his wallet laying on the floor. He dove off the couch, almost running into his little sister's closed bedroom door before he could stop himself, and has to calm down before he could knock gently. No response. He knocked again. "Hana-chan?" Still no response. Not nearly as calm anymore, he pounded on her door. "Hana, are you in there?" After still no response, he pratically knocked the door off the hinges and swore again, not quietly at all as he sees her gone and her window open.
Running back to where his wallet is, he opened it slowly, afraid of what he might find. "Shit!" Not bothering to brush his hair, wash up, or fix his clothes, he ran out the door, barely even bothering to lock it, and propeled himself down the stairs, almost flying in his haste. He knew exactly where his baby sister was, the only problem was that he would have to get there on foot. That little brat stole his bus pass!
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The sun was slowly hiding the light of the moon, golden light pouring in through the window that Mamoru had forgotten to close and illuminating both of the slowly awakening forms. Neither Usagi nor Mamoru remembered falling asleep, or being in each others arms, but there they were, holding each other tightly. By the waterspots covering the window and the humidity outside, it had rained last night, and now the sun was slowly beginning to take it's place in the sky, burning away the fog and warming the air. It was a beautiful morning, and a perfect sunrise, but the only beautiful sight that Mamoru and Usagi saw were each other. They gazed into each other's eyes, Mamoru holding Usagi's face in his hands, Usagi slowly tracing down his muscular body, with his shirt off in the way he likes to sleep. Her slender, graceful fingers traced down his neck, over his shoulders and his pecs, down his perfectly toned stomach and up again, stopping with a start on the hard lump of scarred flesh over his heart. She kisses his scar, his lips, and his eyes, speaking softly so as not to wake up Luna asleep next to her. "You still have that mark, Mamo-chan?"
His hands slid under his shirt that she was wearing, gently cupping her breasts but then moving to where an almost indentical scar laid above her heart. "As do you."
"Yes..." Her sky-blue eyes looked sad momentarily as she remembered. "From when we fought Metallica. Both times." Her hands move away, to be clasped in her lap.
He picked up her hands, holding them in his. "Well, we're alive, that has to mean something good." He began kissing all of her fingers, and she laughs slightly as it tickled. "Through all of these battles, even with Galaxia, we are alive. You know that means something good." He stops as he gets to her left ring finger, the one wearing the ring he gave about five years ago, what seems so long ago. "Usako?" He closed his eyes and grasped both of her hands in his.
She looked up at him, now smiling sweetly, he always knows how to make her happy. She held both of his hands in response. "Yes, my Mamo-chan?"
"Do you remember when I gave you this ring?"
"Yes, of course, Mamo-chan. It was right before you got on the plane to go to America, forever and a day ago, it seems." She smiled, but her face then droped again. "Right before Galaxia killed you."
"Remember, alive!" Her smile returned. "Well, due to that interuption, I was unable to ask you the most important question I can think of." He pulled her up and slid off the bed, dropping to one knee and kissing the ring. Her face looked stunned as she realized what he's about to ask. "Tsukino Usagi, light of my life, and love of my heart," he paused, smiling and blushing, "will you marry me?"
"Oh!!!" She grabed Mamoru in her arms, dancing around in circles with him and laughing with pure joy. Mamoru's Sunshine looked brighter than he had ever seen her. "Oh, Mamo-chan, Mamo-chan! Yes, I will! I will!!!" They both fell onto the bed in each others arms, laughing and crying with joy.
"I love you, my Usako." Mamoru whispered when they had settled down, thinking again about how incredibly beautiful his Usagi is, even in the shirt he had worn the day before, and how kind and gentle she is, how soft her skin and hair was, and how her laughter and her happy voice was like music. The only thing he ever wanted at that moment, was for her to be happy. He must be the luckiest guy in the world for this angel in his arms to be his.
"I love you too, my Mamo-chan." Snuggling against his firm naked chest, Usagi thinks once again about how strong and handsome he is, how warmly and gently he held her in his arms, how his eyes were so beautiful, and how warm, happy, and safe he made her feel. She must be the most specail girl in the world for this prince who held her to be hers.
"What is going on here? You both woke me up." Luna yawned widely, looking at the two on the bed out of the corner of her eye. "Usagi, I am amazed! You're awake this early!"
Usagi was too happy to let Luna's tease touch her right now, and just laughed and cried harder. "No, Luna, not Usagi, not soon! Mrs. Mamoru Chiba!"
Luna fell off the bed.
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Hana carefully peeked at her exhausted brother. Good. He was still asleep. As mean as it may seem, she was secretly happy that he didn't sleep much last night, because that meant he'll still be asleep for a while this morning. She felt extremely happy for some reason, and it gave her a burst of energy. Very carefully, she reached into the pocket of the clothes from last night which he was still wearing, pulled his wallet out of them, and his bus pass out of that.
//There are advantages of this body\\, she thought to herself, having to stiffle a giggle as she snuck back into her room to wash up and get dressed, //for example, I don't have to buy my own bus pass!\\ Shutting the door behind her, she fully broke out into giggles, making it ever harder to brush out her already difficult hair, being quite thick and longer than she is tall. But she does get it done, grimacing slightly that she doesn't have Seth's help on this one thing, and throws on a quick sweatshirt and jeans, washing her face and brushing her teeth, turning off the alarm to her house and carefully opening her window, with a thought of happiness that she keeps it well-oiled and that the balcony is near her window. It was an easy jump from out her open window to the balcony, and from there it was quite simple to uncoil the huge heavy rope she has there and slide down the five stories of their apartment complex to the ground. She swung on it at the bottom, and propeled herself over the wall, landing light as a cat. She had to sit momentarily to catch her breath, cursing her never-healing injuries, but after that she saunters off, whistling to herself as she walked to the bus stop. Their sister is alive, why can't Seth beleive that? She's alive and very happy right now, and headed towards the park!
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Barely awake, Makoto grabed the ringing phone to her ear before she threw it across the room. "Moshi moshi?"
Ami was on the other line, laughing for no real reason.
"What's up, Ami-chan?"
"Oh..." She stoped laughing enough to talk. "Usagi just called me. She was so happy! You know how contagious her laughter is." Although Ami couldn't see it over the phone, Makoto was nodding. She did know. "Anyway." Ami cleared her throat, done laughing for now. "She said she has something very important to tell us, and she wanted to know if we could meet in the park where we were last night in a little while, so she could tell us."
Makoto went silent for a while, staring out the window that looks out onto the balcany of her apartment complex. It looked like a little girl was hanging on a rope outside! But that was impossible, her apartment was on the fourth floor! She closed her eyes and vigourously shook her head, and when she opened her eyes again, there was no girl or rope. Must be more tired than she thought, to be seeing things.
"Mako-chan? Hello? Are you there, Mako-chan?"
"Oh! Sorry, Ami-chan. Yeah, sure, why not." Although she might be the only one, Makoto was quite curious about that girl they met, and hoped they could see her again. "I'll be there."
"Oh good! Usagi also called Rei and Haruka, and Rei is calling Minako. We'll probably all be there. See you then, Mako-chan!" As she hung up the phone, Ami silently hoped that the strange young girl or her brother would be there again.
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Seth slowly woke up, yawning and sheilding his grainy eyes from the sun. He cursed silently to himself, just then noticing that he had slept in, and cursed again, not at all silently when he saw his wallet laying on the floor. He dove off the couch, almost running into his little sister's closed bedroom door before he could stop himself, and has to calm down before he could knock gently. No response. He knocked again. "Hana-chan?" Still no response. Not nearly as calm anymore, he pounded on her door. "Hana, are you in there?" After still no response, he pratically knocked the door off the hinges and swore again, not quietly at all as he sees her gone and her window open.
Running back to where his wallet is, he opened it slowly, afraid of what he might find. "Shit!" Not bothering to brush his hair, wash up, or fix his clothes, he ran out the door, barely even bothering to lock it, and propeled himself down the stairs, almost flying in his haste. He knew exactly where his baby sister was, the only problem was that he would have to get there on foot. That little brat stole his bus pass!
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