Hidey ho. Here we are again. The next chapter in this strange and
unusual fanfic. Alas, where we left off, Makoto had just left Nephlite for
Shinozaki....things aren't going well are they?
I don't own Sailor Moon or anything affiliated with it. I'm just borrowing it to fit into the story. He he.
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~Makoto~
I stood in my kitchen with Shinozaki, nervous as hell. He had brought me here for the quiet...I still hadn't figured out what that meant.
"Well, what do you want to talk about?" I asked while Shinozaki took me in his arms.
"I realized how rediculous I was being by denying all possibilities that I was the father. It was a selfish thing to do. Love can't be chosy and just leave at any sudden change in the normal routine. I never want to hurt you like that again." He told me, gazing into my eyes.
I stared into the depths of his rich blue eyes and almost melted into a puddle. Without genuinely noticing, I felt Shinozaki take my hand and pull out a ring with a large diamond in the center, and two emeralds on the side. My jaw dropped in disbelief.
"Mako-chan, I don't care who the father is, I want to spend the rest of my life with you and this baby. Will you marry me and stay with me until the end of time?" Shinozaki asked.
I stood there in complete shook for a moment, then nodded my head and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Of course, there's no one else I would rather be with. Ashiteru." I whispered in his ear.
He smiled and gently placed the ring on my finger, hugging me tightly.
"So, what are we going to name the baby?" he asked gently. My eyes, which I did not know were shut, flew open. Ran was the name Nephlite and I had chosen years ago. I would have to leave here soon because I was to be with Nephlite. Ran, that was her name. My baby girl.
"Mako-chan, the phone."
I pulled away and picked up the phone, irritated at the interruption of an intimate moment.
"Moshi moshi."
"Mako-chan, what happened there? You ran off so fast I couldn't tell what was going on. I thought for sure things were going well."
"Sorry, wrong number." I replied shortly at the sound of Nephlite's voice, hanging up the phone.
My stomach was officially in my throat by then. I managed to get it halfway down after putting my arms around Shinozaki when the phone rang again.
"Moshi moshi." I managed.
"What's going on?" Nephlite demanded. I hung the phone up in response. Shinozaki eyed me curiously.
"Do you want me to answer the phone if it rings again." He asked.
All I could do was nod. When the phone rang again, I heard a click when Shinozaki answered. Shinozaki shook his head and took me over to the couch, where I leaned on him in an attempt to relax myself. Then my communicator beeped. Damned contraption wanted to add to my nerves already. The conspiracy of the electronic devices.
"Shimatta!! I have to go! Gomen nasai! Ashiteru! Ja ne!" I shouted, running out the door.
~~~
I arrived just as Nephlite grabbed me and held me firmly against a tree. My nerve hit the ground and I stood there frozen. More than likely with a look of pure guilt on my face. Damn him. I should have guessed he'd use the lowest tactic possible to get me to talk. I looked up, then darted right back down. I stared at the ground until he forcibly pulled my chin up.
"Now will you talk or do I have to force it out of the male who answered the third time?" He asked sternly. I could feel all color drain out of my face as I could do nothing but stare into his overly perfect green eyes. Damn those eyes. I could never talk whenever he looked at me with them for too long. My life was perfect until that night. This was far from right. Then something added to my day...
***
"Come on Mako-chan, this won't cause anything bad to happen, I promise."
Drukenly, I followed the voice into a room. There was a sudden spasm, and I snapped my eyes open to meet a pair of eyes that didn't belong to Shinozaki...they were emerald green.
***
I stared at Nephlite in shock, then shook my head.
"Kami-sama...iie." I barely spoke the words.
Nephlite looked at me with curious concern, then I had broken free and was running away before any other reaction occured. It started raining out of nowhere. Then pouring. My head started spinning and I collapsed against a tree, my sobs racking my brain, which was already in a whirlwind that made me think I was still moving. I sat there with my head buried in my hands for what seemed like an eternity before I realized there was something over me that had prevented the rain from reaching me. I prayed it wasn't a male. It was Usagi.
"What's the matter, Mako-chan?" Usagi asked, kneeling down in front of me.
"Everything." I said bitterly.
"Well, do you want to talk about it over cookies? It is rather cold out here." Usagi offered.
I managed half a smile. "I'm baking, right?" I asked.
Usagi smiled at my comment and helped me up, then we headed back over to my place. It would be nice to have someone that might understand there.
~~~^_^^_^~~~
~Makoto~
I didn't know whether to expect Nephlite or not, all I know is that the minute I saw his car there, I simply kept on walking, and ignored him and Jadiete completely the minute I walked in where Rei was with them. Rei smiled and Nephlite had a look of shock, but I pretended not to see.
"We're playing babysitters so you can actually get some sleep tonight." I grumbled by way of greeting.
"Alright, just put your things in the back room." Rei replied.
"We better get going." Jadeite said.
Nephrite nodded and the two of them said good-bye, then left. I collapsed on the floor.
"Mako-chan!! You're bleeding!" Usagi shouted.
In an instant Rei had run out and returned with Nephlite. I felt his arms around me and a tearing pain inside. I felt something warm underneath me. This couldn't be happening...I was losing the baby... I was losing Ran. She wouldn't be born.
I jerked up at the sound of Sakura's crying. I wasn't bleeding, it was 2:45 a.m.. Usagi was dead asleep next to me. I got up and went into the nursery, picking Sakura up.
"Well, aren't we up early?" I felt her diaper. No wonder she was screaming at the top of her lungs. "Come on, let's fix this little problem." I carried her over to the diaper changer and opened the diaper. I nearly threw up. I immediately threw the newest atomic bomb away and put a new diaper on. She continued to cry, so I held her and started rocking her in the rocking chair Rei had invested in.
"Don't worry...Mako-chan is here. You can be happy for a little while." I soothed. It wasn't working. I was the only one falling asleep. Funny...I couldn't remember doing this since I got here...as a matter of fact, that was the last thing I remember. I went to get a formula bottle and ran into Nephlite. Great, just what I wanted to wake up to. Wait a second, didn't he leave?
"When the hell did you get here?" I remarked, scooting away and warming up the formula bottle.
"We came back four hours ago. Obviously your brain was fried." He remarked.
"Do you mind? Shut up and get or do something useful." I snapped.
Nephlite took Sakura from my arms and I groaned, sitting down in a chair next to the microwave, waiting for the godforsaken thing to beep so I could go back to sleep and wake up from the real nightmare. I felt Nephlite put a hand on my shoulder.
"Get some sleep, this is the fourth time you've gotten it and ordered everyone else away, and you acted like this every single time." Nephlite insisted.
"I don't feel like having a nightmare again. Especially not that one." I felt like kicking myself the minute the words left my mouth.
"Nani?"
"Sakura's asleep." I tried to changed the subject. It didn't work. I could feel his eyes on me, drilling into my mind.
"Makoto...." Nephlite said in his warning tone.
I groaned and told him the entire dream, and that I didn't remember anything from after we got here. He told me that there had been some conversation, instructions, and Jadeite and he had returned around eleven and had stayed the night also. Usagi had helped Sakura two of the seven rounds. Nephlite put Sakura to bed and before I knew it, Jadeite was looming over the two of us with a smirk on his face. Rei never looked happier. I had no idea what the hell they were grinning about.
I don't own Sailor Moon or anything affiliated with it. I'm just borrowing it to fit into the story. He he.
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~Makoto~
I stood in my kitchen with Shinozaki, nervous as hell. He had brought me here for the quiet...I still hadn't figured out what that meant.
"Well, what do you want to talk about?" I asked while Shinozaki took me in his arms.
"I realized how rediculous I was being by denying all possibilities that I was the father. It was a selfish thing to do. Love can't be chosy and just leave at any sudden change in the normal routine. I never want to hurt you like that again." He told me, gazing into my eyes.
I stared into the depths of his rich blue eyes and almost melted into a puddle. Without genuinely noticing, I felt Shinozaki take my hand and pull out a ring with a large diamond in the center, and two emeralds on the side. My jaw dropped in disbelief.
"Mako-chan, I don't care who the father is, I want to spend the rest of my life with you and this baby. Will you marry me and stay with me until the end of time?" Shinozaki asked.
I stood there in complete shook for a moment, then nodded my head and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Of course, there's no one else I would rather be with. Ashiteru." I whispered in his ear.
He smiled and gently placed the ring on my finger, hugging me tightly.
"So, what are we going to name the baby?" he asked gently. My eyes, which I did not know were shut, flew open. Ran was the name Nephlite and I had chosen years ago. I would have to leave here soon because I was to be with Nephlite. Ran, that was her name. My baby girl.
"Mako-chan, the phone."
I pulled away and picked up the phone, irritated at the interruption of an intimate moment.
"Moshi moshi."
"Mako-chan, what happened there? You ran off so fast I couldn't tell what was going on. I thought for sure things were going well."
"Sorry, wrong number." I replied shortly at the sound of Nephlite's voice, hanging up the phone.
My stomach was officially in my throat by then. I managed to get it halfway down after putting my arms around Shinozaki when the phone rang again.
"Moshi moshi." I managed.
"What's going on?" Nephlite demanded. I hung the phone up in response. Shinozaki eyed me curiously.
"Do you want me to answer the phone if it rings again." He asked.
All I could do was nod. When the phone rang again, I heard a click when Shinozaki answered. Shinozaki shook his head and took me over to the couch, where I leaned on him in an attempt to relax myself. Then my communicator beeped. Damned contraption wanted to add to my nerves already. The conspiracy of the electronic devices.
"Shimatta!! I have to go! Gomen nasai! Ashiteru! Ja ne!" I shouted, running out the door.
~~~
I arrived just as Nephlite grabbed me and held me firmly against a tree. My nerve hit the ground and I stood there frozen. More than likely with a look of pure guilt on my face. Damn him. I should have guessed he'd use the lowest tactic possible to get me to talk. I looked up, then darted right back down. I stared at the ground until he forcibly pulled my chin up.
"Now will you talk or do I have to force it out of the male who answered the third time?" He asked sternly. I could feel all color drain out of my face as I could do nothing but stare into his overly perfect green eyes. Damn those eyes. I could never talk whenever he looked at me with them for too long. My life was perfect until that night. This was far from right. Then something added to my day...
***
"Come on Mako-chan, this won't cause anything bad to happen, I promise."
Drukenly, I followed the voice into a room. There was a sudden spasm, and I snapped my eyes open to meet a pair of eyes that didn't belong to Shinozaki...they were emerald green.
***
I stared at Nephlite in shock, then shook my head.
"Kami-sama...iie." I barely spoke the words.
Nephlite looked at me with curious concern, then I had broken free and was running away before any other reaction occured. It started raining out of nowhere. Then pouring. My head started spinning and I collapsed against a tree, my sobs racking my brain, which was already in a whirlwind that made me think I was still moving. I sat there with my head buried in my hands for what seemed like an eternity before I realized there was something over me that had prevented the rain from reaching me. I prayed it wasn't a male. It was Usagi.
"What's the matter, Mako-chan?" Usagi asked, kneeling down in front of me.
"Everything." I said bitterly.
"Well, do you want to talk about it over cookies? It is rather cold out here." Usagi offered.
I managed half a smile. "I'm baking, right?" I asked.
Usagi smiled at my comment and helped me up, then we headed back over to my place. It would be nice to have someone that might understand there.
~~~^_^^_^~~~
~Makoto~
I didn't know whether to expect Nephlite or not, all I know is that the minute I saw his car there, I simply kept on walking, and ignored him and Jadiete completely the minute I walked in where Rei was with them. Rei smiled and Nephlite had a look of shock, but I pretended not to see.
"We're playing babysitters so you can actually get some sleep tonight." I grumbled by way of greeting.
"Alright, just put your things in the back room." Rei replied.
"We better get going." Jadeite said.
Nephrite nodded and the two of them said good-bye, then left. I collapsed on the floor.
"Mako-chan!! You're bleeding!" Usagi shouted.
In an instant Rei had run out and returned with Nephlite. I felt his arms around me and a tearing pain inside. I felt something warm underneath me. This couldn't be happening...I was losing the baby... I was losing Ran. She wouldn't be born.
I jerked up at the sound of Sakura's crying. I wasn't bleeding, it was 2:45 a.m.. Usagi was dead asleep next to me. I got up and went into the nursery, picking Sakura up.
"Well, aren't we up early?" I felt her diaper. No wonder she was screaming at the top of her lungs. "Come on, let's fix this little problem." I carried her over to the diaper changer and opened the diaper. I nearly threw up. I immediately threw the newest atomic bomb away and put a new diaper on. She continued to cry, so I held her and started rocking her in the rocking chair Rei had invested in.
"Don't worry...Mako-chan is here. You can be happy for a little while." I soothed. It wasn't working. I was the only one falling asleep. Funny...I couldn't remember doing this since I got here...as a matter of fact, that was the last thing I remember. I went to get a formula bottle and ran into Nephlite. Great, just what I wanted to wake up to. Wait a second, didn't he leave?
"When the hell did you get here?" I remarked, scooting away and warming up the formula bottle.
"We came back four hours ago. Obviously your brain was fried." He remarked.
"Do you mind? Shut up and get or do something useful." I snapped.
Nephlite took Sakura from my arms and I groaned, sitting down in a chair next to the microwave, waiting for the godforsaken thing to beep so I could go back to sleep and wake up from the real nightmare. I felt Nephlite put a hand on my shoulder.
"Get some sleep, this is the fourth time you've gotten it and ordered everyone else away, and you acted like this every single time." Nephlite insisted.
"I don't feel like having a nightmare again. Especially not that one." I felt like kicking myself the minute the words left my mouth.
"Nani?"
"Sakura's asleep." I tried to changed the subject. It didn't work. I could feel his eyes on me, drilling into my mind.
"Makoto...." Nephlite said in his warning tone.
I groaned and told him the entire dream, and that I didn't remember anything from after we got here. He told me that there had been some conversation, instructions, and Jadeite and he had returned around eleven and had stayed the night also. Usagi had helped Sakura two of the seven rounds. Nephlite put Sakura to bed and before I knew it, Jadeite was looming over the two of us with a smirk on his face. Rei never looked happier. I had no idea what the hell they were grinning about.