Disclaimer/Author's Notes: I don't own anything on page one. The song "Eternal Melody" is my attempt at an rhyming English translation for "Eien No Melody" (Hope y'all know it!) from Episode 52 of Sailor Moon. I don't own Brian Adams, nor do I own the rights to "Everything I Do, I Do It For You", but it is such a beautiful song I just had to include it.

Also, I've made up my mind about who ends up with who in the end, but I'm not going to say anything. I've also written the final chapter which will not be up for a LONG time.

One final thing, I GOT 25 REVIEWS! W00T! I'd like to take this opportunity to personally thank Princess Ren again for all her wonderful reviews and I hope that you continue to enjoy this story 'till the very end. Thanks to everybody else who's sent in a review, and keep 'em coming!

Anyway, now to the latest installment of "All the small things in life."

Chapter X: Comfort In Sound.

Int. Apartment 211, Hiwaka view apartments - September 23rd 2002, 10:10 pm.

Mark returned to the apartment that evening to discover in an unusually happy mood. Much to his suprise Mark opened the apartment to find Jack and Sarah dancing along to a flamenco that Chad was playing on his acoustic guitar. Mark simply quietly closed the door behind him and nodded his head to the lively spanish beat, smiling at Jack and Sarah's very impressive dancing. The pair finally stopped several minutes later when Sarah kissed Jack after the final chord. Jack opened his eyes in suprise, but decided to deepen the kiss. The pair were greeted by wolf whistles and applause from Mark and Chad when they finally broke the kiss, resulting in red faces on the dancers.
"So, Jack, will you go out with me?" Jack burst out into a fit of embarrased laughs, very unusual for a man of his personality.
"Of course. I'd love to be with a chick like you." The pair kissed once more in what seemed like a scene from a fairlytale. Mark and Chad couldn't help but feel happy for them. Jack was clueless as to why Sarah would make a move for him, as was Chad, but Mark had more of an idea. It was him who had given Sarah the confidence to go for Jack.
"Congrats, guys!" Sarah smiled at Mark as he made his way to the keyboard and begame to play a ragtime dance piece. Chad joined in with his guitar as Sarah and Jack danced once more.

"Dude, I wanna tell you something." said Chad as he pulled up a stool next to Mark and sat down.
"What is it?" Mark was extremely worried, worried that Chad would talk about Raye.
"I'd like to apologise for all that shit I've caused about Raye." Mark was shocked. He was trying his best to continue playing while listening to Chad, but this was a complete turnaround by Chad. Nethertheless he continued playing.
"There's nothing to apologise for, man. You've done nothing wrong." Chad smiled with relief.
"I insist. I've been, like, acting really selfishly and I've ended up, like, just making a total ass of myself in front of Raye. The reason why she, like, hates me is cause of my selfishness. You're, like, one of my only buddies I've got left round here and I don't want anything as..." Chad paused to find his words. "as silly as woman problems to, like, get between us, capishe?" Mark quickly ended the song.
"Fine by me." Chad shook Mark's hand, however, there was one question still bugging the back of his mind. "Do you... still like Raye though?"
"Dude, I'd be lying if I wasn't, but the chances of me getting back with her are, like, zero at the moment. She's a very sweet girl, so I don't, like, want to ruin anyone else's relationship with her." Chad looked very pained as Mark began to feel slightly guilty. "One thing, don't make the same mistake as I did. Always keep her at, like, the top of your list of priorities. I'll be onto you majorly if you don't." Chad smirked before Mark joined him laughing.
"Glad to see that peace has returned to this place." Jack held a glass of water in the air, Sarah holding onto his shoulders. "I'd like to call a toast to the four of us, living together in peace."
"Cheers." The other three flatmates raised their glasses in agreement.

"Right, any requests anyone?" Mark was in the mood for plenty of music that night, despite being very worn out.
"Oh yeah! I got one!" called Sarah. "Brian Adams, Everything I Do." Chad jumped slightly. That song was Raye's favourite song of all time, and he remembered how he had performed it to her many times when they were going out. It would bring back bad memories, but he knew he had to get her out of his head.
"Heh. I know the bass tabs to that one. Gimmie a few minutes to get my bass." Mark and Chad looked at each other in suprise.
"Dude, did that guy just say he was a bassist?"
"I think so. Didn't know he played an instrument." Sure enough, Jack emerged from his room with a blue and white electric bass in one hand, a small amp in the other. After a few moments of tuning he was ready to go.
"A 1, 2, 3, 4..."
Mark played the piano intro before he and Chad began to serenade Sarah with their magnificent singing voices. The sound they produced was magnificent for only three instruments, and they were all spot on with the notes. The end result left Sarah in tears of joy.

"My god that was beautiful!" Jack ran over and comforted her while Mark and Chad did a high-five.
"Dude, that majorly rocked! We rule!"
"Chad, just wondering, you know those autumn concerts that Raye puts on?" He hoped he wouldn't get a negative reaction from Chad.
"Yeah?"
"Did you ever play guitar as part of the band for those concerts?" Chad smiled smugly.
"Yep, sure did. You're, like, lookin' at the best axe player this side of Cherry Hill."
"Cool. Are you coming to practice for this year's concert? Raye said that she's holding the first practice this monday at four at the uni." Chad began to quietly laugh.
"Definately. She hates me, but she knows there's, like, no-one better on guitar." Mark turned back towards Jack.
"You comin' as well? You're a pretty good bassist."
"Count me in. I've always wanted to perform in public."
"Nice one. I'll tell her tomorrow." Chad slapped Mark on the back and laughed once more.
"Dude, what are we waiting for? Let's rock!" Once more the trio began to play, this time Nirvana, Lithium.

Int. "The War Room", Negaverse command centre - September 28th 2002, 9:00 am.

"My Queen, tell me why did we have to leave that battle last night?" Malachite was still fuming at the incompetance of his Queen.
"There was no way we could have won that battle last night. We rushed into battle without the power of Queen Metallia behind us and we payed the price." The evil Queen didn't seem her usual self. She seemed remorseful and was admitting that she had made a mistake. Malachite seemed very suprised.
"You're admitting you made a mistake?!"
"Yes. A very foolish one at that. If you dare question my quality of rulership I will make sure you die a slow, painful death. I learn from mistakes. Anyway, I only anticipated there being five Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask. My lack of judgement lead to our outnumbering."
"So what do we do next?" Malachite spoke quietly.
"We wait. We wait for Metallia to be revived. The reason we lost was because we did not wait long enough for her. Our impatience nearly destroyed us."
"Good advice, my Queen. I shall go collect a report on Metallia's progress." Malachite stood up and walked towards the large door. However, as he went to open it the door seemed to open on its own. Behind it stood a small person completely concealed in a grey robe. His face was impossible to see for it was cloaked in shadows. In his hands was a large crystal ball. At his side stood a man dressed in a white uniform with a blue thorn pattern on his jacket. His hair was crystal white.

"And who might you be?" Malachite looked down on the small cloaked man.
"He is wiseman. I am Prince Diamond. And who, might I ask, are you?" Malachite looked sharply into Diamond's eyes.
"Malachite. General of her majesty Queen Beryl." Diamond shook Malachite's hand.
"Charmed. I've heard of you. Queen Beryl and Queen Metalia were the first to try and kill Sailor Moon, and I hear they were very close as well." Malachite smiled.
"Yes. Close but no cigar, as they say. I'm guessing you were revived by the Americans as well judging by the fact that Sailor Moon is still alive."
"Enough of this foolish chat! I must see Beryl now!" Wiseman sounded very deep and intimidating for someone of such small stature.
"I'm afraid that is not possible at the present moment. Her Majesty is not feeling too well. Shall I inform you when she becomes available?" Wiseman's eyes began to glow as Prince Diamond frowned.
"I suppose so, but tell her that this is a matter of great urgency." The Prince and Wiseman walked off down the hallway as Malachite headed off in the opposite direction.

Int. Hiwaka shrine - September 28th 2002, 10:00 am.

"Raye, I seriously hope you have a good reason for calling us here early on a sunday morning." The six women seemed very tired after the battle the night before. Least impressed was Serena, who always liked to act lazy on a sunday while Darien cooked breakfast.
"Believe me, this is important. It's about that Mars Knight that helped us last night." Raye sounded quite anxious at what her friends would think of her discovery.
"What about him?" yawned Lita.
"You know my boyfriend Mark?"
"That cute guy that was here after the shopping centre attack?" Raye looked jealously at Mina.
"Yeah, him. It turns out that he is the Mars Knight." The women seemed shocked. "No, I'm serious. I saw him transform with my own eyes!"
"No way! Your boyfriend's a senshi?" laughed Serena in suprise.
"Not only that, but he's part of the reason why myself, Mina and Trista are alive today. After our star seeds were taken and we died, the other senshi around the world searched for the star seeds after they found out that the seeds had been scattered around the world. He told me that mine was encased in the white cliffs of Dover!" The women shook their heads in disbelief. "He also said that the Moonlight Knight found the star seeds of Princess Serenity, Sailor Chibi-Moon and Chibi-Chibi on a trip to Tokyo."

"I thought Darien died as well! How can the Moonlight Knight recover the star seeds for our family if he was dead?" Serena seemed very confused.
"Not that Moonlight Knight. I'm talking about the British equivalent of Sailor Moon, Anna Motson."
"Hey! She stole that name from Darien! She should pay!" The women glared at Serena. "What?"
"You should be thankful that there is a different Moonlight Knight, otherwise you wouldn't be alive today! Anyway, that Moonlight Knight was just another one of Darien's alter egos."
"He's still the best Moonlight Knight! Anyway, that's my future husband you're talking about!"
"You ungrateful little bitch! You'd still be six feet under if it wasn't for her!" It looked like Raye and Serena were ready to tear each other to shreads. Michelle quickly stepped in.
"So, what's his background? Where was he on the final night of the Silver Millenium?" The women edged closer to Raye, longing to hear Mark's story.
"That's the thing. He wouldn't tell me. He just said that it was 'another story for another day'. I've done a hell of a lot of fire readings this morning, but there's nothing. Not one bit of information."
"What? All that for nothing? What's up with that guy?"
"I don't know. I think I'll ask Luna and Artemis later and see if they've got anything on him."

"So, did anyone die in those attacks last night?" Hotaru had always hated herself whenever an innocent person lost their life to the forces of the Negaverse, despite being the senshi of death and rebirth.
"I dunno. Last time I checked the news there were no casualties reported, but that was last night." replied Mina.
"Oh. Good. I'm holding a practice for this year's autumn festival concert tomorrow afternoon. Lita, will you be able to play the drums again this year? You were excellent last year." Lita looked modest.
"Sure. What time does it start?"
"Four o'clock in concert hall 2 of the university. I trust you'll be there to lead the strings section, Michelle?"
"Hey, sure. Playing the violin is my only passion." Amara nudged Michelle. "Apart from Amara, that is." Michelle kissed Amara on the lips to the disgust of some of the other women.
"Save it for the bedroom you two." Raye looked at the other women. "Any of you girls fancy coming along to listen? I'm looking for people to give their opinions on my songs."
"Yeah, sure." All of the other women nodded their heads in agreement.
"That's settled then."

Int. 14 Atherton Street, Knightsbridge, London - September 28th 2002, 10:00 pm GMT.

Anna had spent the past couple of hours in her room, contemplating why Mark had gone to Tokyo. She knew that the Negaverse had reared its ugly head once more in the Japanese capital, but she was clueless as to why he would go there when he knew that the Japanese Sailor Scouts were more than capable of dealing with any threat. Worse still, he had fallen in love with a Sailor Scout and was now going out with Sailor Mars.
"Why?..."
Anna was sitting in her room, a picture of herself and Mark together at a theme park in her hand. Mark had been her best friend for many years and they got along very well. However, in secret she had aways loved him, although she had never let him know. Knowing that he was dating another senshi was crushing for her.
"Mark, I miss you more than words can say. I feel so lost without you."

"Heh. I always knew you fancied him." Anna looked behind her to see a tall woman with long, flowing brown hair. She was wearing jeans and a white shirt. She had a thin golden necklace with a purple pendant attached to it. The light of the desktop lamp seemed to give her a golden aurora.
"Lucy! What're you doin' here?!" Anna seemed embarrased and annoyed at the woman's entrance.
"Ganymede told me that you weren't feelin' too good, so I came to check up on you." Lucy sat down on the bed while Anna moved her chair around to face her. "I'm guessing you've got some new information about Mark." Anna sighed.
"He's definately in Tokyo according Luna."
"Who's Luna?"
"She's one of the Japanese Sailor Scouts' guardians. The Japanese equivalent of Ganymede."
"Oh." Lucy opened her black leather handbag and pulled out a bottle of mineral water. "You want one? I've got another one in my bag."
"No thanks. I'm okay. I just had a cuppa a few minutes ago."
"So did you get anything else about him?"
"Yeah." Anna looked down at the dark floor below her. "He's found himself a girlfriend."
"What? Oh you poor thing." Lucy stood up and hugged the weeping Anna.
"It's not like she's any ordinary girl either. He's only going out with the bloody Princess of Mars, of all people!" Lucy gasped in horror.
"You mean... he's going out with Raye Hino? Raye Hino, the short tempered senshi of fire?" Anna looked up at Lucy, tears streaming down her face. Lucy handed her a tissue.
"The one and only. Tell me how I can compete with that." Lucy thought long and hard, all while trying to keep Anna calm.
"The only thing I can think of is to go to Tokyo yourself and try and claim him. Raye's not a person to mess with though. I've heard that her very insults can kill."
"That's too expensive though. I can't go to Tokyo anytime soon, so what do I do?" Lucy looked very worried at the way Anna was talking.
"All we can do is pray then."

Int. Concert Hall 2, South Tokyo University - September 29th 2002, 4:00 pm.

For the past couple of weeks Raye had been advertising for musicians to provide the backing music for her songs, and the concert hall at the university was alive with scores of people wanting to take part. It was a long shout from Raye's first concert six years ago where she only had a drummer, a bassist, a guitarist and a pianist on the synths. Now she had virtually a full orchestra to choose from. Virtually everyone in the hall was creating some sort of noise or tuning their instruments.

Several of Raye's friends had joined her as instrument players. Michelle was an acclaimed violin player who had even performed a solo in Raye's concert the year before. Mark had taken his place at the grand piano and was busy playing a few jazz medleys with a trumpet player. Raye allowed Chad to take part as the guitarist purely on the basis that he was an extremely good guitarist. She still hated his guts, but knew that there were no guitarists this side of Tokyo that were better than him. Jack had turned up with an electric bass and had beaten off the competition. Lita sat behind on the drum stool; She had been taking drum lessons for nearly three years and found playing them a good way to relieve stress. Raye's other friends sat in the corner of the hall, giving their opinions of this year's songs.

"Okay guys, could I have some quiet please?" Raye's voice echoed through the hall as she entered wearing a microphone headset. She was wearing black trousers and a red short sleeve t-shirt, "Danger! High Voltage!" printed on the front. She was greeted with a large round of applause and a few wolf whistles, which caused her to blush. "Sorry guys, I'm already spoken for." She looked over towards Mark as a few boos could be heard from the brass section. Mark just chuckled and shook his head.
"Aww no. That's ruined our chances of being together then. Amara's starting to get boring." joked Michelle, greeted with giggles from everyone else in the hall.
"I can assure you Michelle, I'm straight at the moment." chuckled Raye. Michelle grinned.
"So there's still some hope for the future then, eh Raye?" Raye couldn't stop giggling.
"Maybe, who knows?" Wolf whistles filled the room as Raye and Michelle blushed. Mark had exploded into a fit of laughter. Even Chad had a smile on his face.

"Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone here for turning up for practice, and I'm so glad that the concert's attracted so much interest. This is the second year in which I've had a full set of sections at my disposal, and I've learnt a lot from last December's concert, so this year the music should be much better. As you'll see from the music packs which you will all get in a few minutes I've opted for a mixed bag this year. A bit of swing, some dance and some ballads to wash it all down. If one person from each section could come up and collect the parts for their section, each box is labeled. Chad and Jack, you'll have to play from a five line stave since I don't know how to write tabs. You can figure out tabs if you find it easier though." Making life easy for Chad was the last thing on her mind, but this was her music that she had spent the last eight months composing. She didn't want her music to be poorly played, and Chad was a very good musician despite being a seemingly selfish person in her eyes. It was an acceptable compromise. Several people stood up and collected the boxes from the table behind Raye before handing out the dark red folders to their fellow musicians.

"Right, I'd like to start with the end. Could you all find 'Eternal Melody' please?" The sound of rumaging and paper flickering filled the room as the musicians found their sheets. Raye opened the large score book to the beginning of the final song, browsing through each part. "Mark, you're on the synths for this one. Search for a sound called 'Crystal Chime'. I think its number 55. Chad and the Brass section can take five for this one. Strings, you're very important for this one, especially the viola in the second verse. Wind, I want you to hit those stacatto notes directly on the beat otherwise the whole thing'll just sound crap." A small giggle came from the Brass section. "How old are you lot? You're supposed to be in high school or university! It's not like you haven't heard swearing before!" She turned back towards the rest of the band. "Everybody ready? I'll count in. 1... 2... 3... 4..."

Mark, Jack, Lita and the low strings kicked in with the introduction to the ballad. All went quiet as Mark, Lita playing only symbals, Jack and the woodwind section provided the serene backing music as Raye began to sing.

Living life under the golden sun
In my heart you are forever with me
I need no words, only your love
Your touch, your soul, everything that you may be

Oh, your bravery sweeps me off my feet,
In my heart, I believe we were destined to meet,
The light of our love, shining bright,

Oh, my love, those under the velvet sky and stars
My love, we shall never be apart
Not 'till the very end
The Eternal Melody of us
Our song we send.

"Right, stop there." The hall went silent as everyone stopped playing their instruments. "I don't quite know what went wrong there but the wind section seemed a little flat there. Could the flutes play an F sharp please and hold it?" The flutes began to play the one note. "Now Mark, could you play an F sharp?" Mark held down the black key. "Hmm... okay, could all the wind section play the first note and hold it? I should be getting a chord of G major seventh." Much to Raye's suprise the woodwind section didn't play, instead the Moonlight Densetsu theme rang out of Serena's mobile. Raye glared at Serena who blushed as she flipped it open. A large cry of "HELLO!!!" erupted from the brass section as Serena put the phone to her ear.
"Serena! Could you turn that off after you've finished?" Serena gave a thumbs up sign to Raye before shaking her fist at the brass section.
"It's for you Raye. I don't know why they called my phone." Raye took off her headset and placed it beside the second headset on the table before taking Serena's phone outside the hall to answer the call.

"Dude, now's our chance." Chad and Mark rushed over to the table and put the headsets on.
"Give me a good old microphone anyday." Mark's voice echoed through the hall as he ran back to the piano. He took a book of movie themes out of his bag before opening it out to "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves."
"Dude, you ready?" The hall chattered as Chad checked with Jack and Mark.
"Ready as ever. This is a bit of a well-known theme in the movie world."
"And this is, like, also the favourite of a certain singer who is taking a call at the moment." The hall erupted into cheers.
"1, 2, 3, 4..." The atmosphere in the hall was electric as Mark began to play the into to the Brian Adams song he, Jack and Chad had performed the night before. It was Chad that began to sing first after Mark finished the intro.

Look into my eyes - you will see
What you mean to me

Mark took over from Chad as he sang the second part of the verse. The musicians in the hall cheered once more as Lita began to lighly tap the drums.

Search your heart - search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more

Tears started to form in the eyes of some of the women, including Mina and Hotaru, as the two men sang in harmony for the chorus.

Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

Meanwhile, outside the building, oblivious to what was happening inside, Raye was on the phone.
"Hino. Who's speaking please?" A young woman's voice replied in broken japanese.
"Hi. I'm Anna Motson, is Mark Davison there please?" Raye instantly recognised that name. Anna Motson. She was the English Moonlight Knight, the one that had recovered her star seed from the white cliffs of Dover. Raye peered back through the door to see Mark, Chad and Jack playing away.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I haven't seen him today." Raye wondered what was going on inside the hall.
"Okay. You are his girlfriend, aren't you?" Raye seemed suprised at Anna knowing this.
"Yeah. Why d'ya ask?"
"Could you pass a message on to him please?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Tell him to call Anna Motson as soon as possible, but not when I'm at the university. I've got something important to discuss with him. I'm an old friend of his." Raye couldn't help but feel slightly suspicious.
"Okay, I will do."
"Thank you very much." Raye knew this was probably going to be one of her only opportunity to speak to Anna, so she had to thank her for one last thing.
"Thanks for getting my seed for me, Moonlight Knight." There was a brief pause.
"Anytime, Sailor Mars." Raye didn't seem too suprised at Anna knowing her true identity. The Moon Kingdom senshi database was open to all senshi, so anyone could find anyone else's true identity. Raye headed back to the music hall, but froze outside the door as she heard what was being sung.

Look into my heart - you will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am - take my life
I would give it all - I would sacrifice

Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
Ya know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

She was stunned by the way the men sung in perfect harmony. She had always loved it when Chad serenaded her with this song, but now that Mark was singing as well it had seemed like the song had been become a thousand times more beautiful than it already was. Hands over her face, she was almost brought to tears like a teenage girl watching her favourite pop idol in concert.

There's no love - like your love
And no other - could give more love
There's nowhere - unless you're there
All the time - all the way

The musicians clapped to Lita's beat as Mark and Chad turned their instruments up to full blast for the bridge.

Oh - you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
I would fight for you - I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you - ya I'd die for you

The hall went silent as Mark and Chad reached the final bars. The only thing that could be heard was the sniffling of some of the women in the hall.

Ya know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

Raye walked back into the hall clapping sarcastically. She snatched the headset from Chad before placing it back on her own head. Mark put his headset back on the table as the musicians applauded and whistled.
"Okay, thank you Bryan Davison and Bryan Kumada. No kudos for either of you though." Raye took off her headset and whispered in Mark's ear. "Someone called Anna Motson just rang for you. She said she wants you to call her back ASAP, but not when she's at the university. How she got Serena's number I don't know." Mark eyes opened in shock as Raye mentioned Anna.
"I will do when I get home." Raye put her headset back on and went back to the scorebook on her table.
"Okay, let's try that again from the top. 1, 2, 3, 4..." The band began to play Eternal Melody once more, but Mark had something else on his mind.

"Why is she calling me? I must complete my mission without interference..."

End of Chapter 10.