I'm so glad that everyone liked the last chapter!!! I was a little nervous
about having it so angsty, but apparently you all took it well. Don't
worry, I'm PRETTY sure that it's all gonna go uphill from here. I have an
idea for how to end it but I want to think on it more before I decide if I
am going to use it. Well, by now you all know that I DON'T own Sailor Moon
. . .
~o~O~o~
The phone picked up on the third ring. "Hino residence," stated the voice at the other end.
Usagi wiped away a tear that was dripping down her cheek. "Rei-chan?"
There was a pause. "Usagi," Rei stated coolly. "What's wrong?"
Usagi took a moment to collect herself and then replied, "Mamoru hates me, Rei. Mamoru hates me just when I learned to love him!" A sob escaped her in a harsh gasp.
Rei paused again. "Usagi, love is not something that you learn. Love is something that you feel. Besides, you love Tuxedo Kamen."
Usagi laughed. "They are one in the same, Rei!!! Besides, my feelings for Tuxedo Kamen were naught but a petty infatuation."
"What about Motoki?" replied Rei. "I could have sworn that you were in love with him as well."
Usagi gasped, finally realizing her best friend's betrayal. "YOU told him those lies!!!" she cried. "Rei, why the hell would you do something like that?!! You KNEW how I felt about him!!! Why would you lie to him?!!"
She could practically feel the enmity seeping from Rei. "You bitch," she whispered, and then the phone went dead.
Usagi let loose another sob. Why would Rei do something like that? how could she feel so much hatred for her when she had been the one coaxing Usagi to have feelings for him.
Unless . . .
"Iie," whispered Usagi to herself. "That couldn't be it."
---
Rei knocked on the door to Mamoru's apartment. "Leave me the fuck alone!!!" cried his muffled voice from inside the room.
"Mamo-chan, it's me," she called back, leaning against the door. "Hino Rei."
The door was pulled opened so quickly that she lost her balance. "Never, ever, call me that again," he replied before motioning her inside. "That is what she called me."
Rei nodded fearfully before walking into the apartment. She had never seen Mamoru in such a rage before.
Sighing, she removed her shoes and sat down on his white velvet couch. Suddenly, she remembered why she had come.
"I have an idea, Mamoru," she stated, turning to him. "It involves our little issue with Usagi."
He stiffened, but motioned her to continue.
"Usagi is a highly jealous creature. She believes that she can fall in love with any man while with someone," he shot her a pained look, but she continued anyways, "but that the person she is with cannot even look the way of another woman."
"What is the point of this, Hino-san?" asked Mamoru, interrupting her.
"Make her jealous," replied Rei brusquely, irritated by the formality of his comment.
"Ah," said Mamoru, finally understanding. "And I take it you would want to be the woman that I am to be with?"
"But of course," Rei responded, feeling hopeful that he would go along with her.
"I suppose," he said after a while, "although I really don't want to hurt her any more than I already have."
"Did that ever stop her from hurting you?" she asked softly.
He looked up at her. "Where would she most likely be?"
"The arcade."
He held out his arm to her. "Shall we go?"
---
Usagi sat on the stool next to the counter, sipping on a soda. "I don't think he meant it, Usa-chan," stated Motoki, who was wiping a glass behind the counter.
Usagi sighed. "I know he did. I have never been more sure of anything in my life."
"But he was so in love with you. How could his feelings so drastically change?"
Usagi swiped away at a tear that was threatening to slide down her cheek. "One of my closest friends told him some very cruel lies about me," she replied softly, not wanting to draw the attention of any of her other friends who she knew were watching her closely.
"He must have been crazy to believe them," Motoki responded. "It is so obvious that you are in love with him and no one else."
"Perhaps, but I can see how he would have believed them. Btu I will not lie, I love him more than life in itself. I miss him." A tear trickled down her cheek before she could stop it. She laughed sadly. "And I just can't seem to stop crying, either!" she laughed again, not trying to stop the tears falling down her cheeks.
Motoki lifted up a hand and softly wiped her tears away. "Usa . . ." he whispered. "Oh, how I knew I never had a chance. Usagi, Mamoru is beneath you. If he cannot realize that you are deathly in love with him, then he does not deserve you."
"Motoki . . ." Usagi whispered, barely believing her ears.
She was about to say more when they heard a low growl behind them. Rei looked panicked at the irate man besides her. She struggled to get him to release her arm, but he wasn't paying attention to it in his rage. All he could see beyond the red haze over his eyes was his best friend stroking the woman he was in love with's cheek.
"Usagi . . ." he whispered angry, but Rei gave her opinion first.
"You bloody whore!!!"
Usagi stepped back in shock. She was terrified by what she was seeing; Mamoru glaring at her with such hatred and longing, and Rei looking just as longingly at Mamoru and just as jealously at herself, all the while struggling to free herself from his hold. Minako, Makoto, and Ami all looked up in shock from the games they were playing to watch the four of their friends in their tense battle. This was more exciting and terrifying that any youma battle they had ever had.
"Mamo-chan . . ." whispered Usagi tearfully, but he cut her off with a sharp slice of his hand. His gaze slid to Motoki.
"I could just kill you," he muttered angrily.
"Mamoru, you are a fool," replied Motoki with a look of scorn on his face.
Mamoru let out a roar of anger and anguish and squeezed Rei's arm as hard as he could in reproach. Usagi winced at the sound of bone snapping and shuddered as she saw Mamoru throw Rei from him in disdain. He charged at Motoki, grabbing him by the cuff of his shirt and dragging him over the counter and onto the floor before pounding his face to a bloody pulp. Usagi screamed. She could not believe they were doing this!!!
Motoki threw Mamoru off of him, charging at him and throwing himself into his waist. Mamoru doubled over and punched at the back of Motoki's knees, causing him to fall to the ground. There they lay, sprawled over each other, punching, kicking, biting, and screaming curses at each other, while Rei lay on the ground clutching her broken wrist and all of the people in the arcade either stumbled as quickly out of there as they could, or stood where they were, too shocked to do anything.
Usagi couldn't believe them. Why didn't anyone do anything?!!
Make him love me . . .
What a foolish wish. She had been so selfish then, only searching for a love from someone that she didn't even know; a love that she didn't deserve. Mamoru had shown her how it felt to cherish someone as though they were your salvation, because they were your salvation. But that had gone so painfully awry . . .
Rei looked up at Usagi through tear glazed eyes, although she let none of her tears fall. "Gomen-nasai, Usagi," she whispered. "I deserve none of you forgiveness, I know, but I love him so much. All I wanted was him. All I wanted was the thing that you got so easily. Gomen-nasai!!!"
Usagi looked down at her in pity, seeing the self-loathing crossing her best friend's face. "You need not apologize," she whispered. "I would most likely have done the same thing in your place."
She smiled down at her, and looked over at the man she loved brawling with his best friend. "Excuse me for a moment," she whispered to Rei.
She walked over to the men lying on the ground and went down on her knees beside them, ignoring the blows dealt unmindfully to her by the two of them. She pushed Motoki off of Mamoru and leaned over her love.
"Aishiteru," she whispered softly, smiling down at him with a look of absolute adoration, looking as pure as an angel. He went as to push her away, but before he could, she leaned down and kissed him as lustfully as she could, knowing that nothing else she did could get through to him.
He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back painfully and just as wantonly as Usagi was doing, but then he pushed her back. She nearly started sobbing again when he picked her up, walked into the large broom closet of the arcade, and locked the door behind him.
He looked into her eyes, his own filled with desire and his sense of betrayal. "You love me?" he asked, his voice filled slightly with anger and chock full of passion. "Then prove it to me."
He took a step towards her, slowly taking off his shirt.
~o~O~o~
^-^ You all must hate me for this ending SO much right now, but I couldn't resist. The story is only going uphill from here, I decided, everything will be resolved soon. I haven't decided if there are going to be one or two more chapters, probably two knowing me, but don't worry, THIS IS NOT THE END!!! The story will not end until I think everything is perfectly resolved. Well, I really hope you liked it. Please review!!! Ja!!!
Iie ~ no
Gomen-nasai ~ I'm really sorry
Aishiteru ~ I love you
~o~O~o~
The phone picked up on the third ring. "Hino residence," stated the voice at the other end.
Usagi wiped away a tear that was dripping down her cheek. "Rei-chan?"
There was a pause. "Usagi," Rei stated coolly. "What's wrong?"
Usagi took a moment to collect herself and then replied, "Mamoru hates me, Rei. Mamoru hates me just when I learned to love him!" A sob escaped her in a harsh gasp.
Rei paused again. "Usagi, love is not something that you learn. Love is something that you feel. Besides, you love Tuxedo Kamen."
Usagi laughed. "They are one in the same, Rei!!! Besides, my feelings for Tuxedo Kamen were naught but a petty infatuation."
"What about Motoki?" replied Rei. "I could have sworn that you were in love with him as well."
Usagi gasped, finally realizing her best friend's betrayal. "YOU told him those lies!!!" she cried. "Rei, why the hell would you do something like that?!! You KNEW how I felt about him!!! Why would you lie to him?!!"
She could practically feel the enmity seeping from Rei. "You bitch," she whispered, and then the phone went dead.
Usagi let loose another sob. Why would Rei do something like that? how could she feel so much hatred for her when she had been the one coaxing Usagi to have feelings for him.
Unless . . .
"Iie," whispered Usagi to herself. "That couldn't be it."
---
Rei knocked on the door to Mamoru's apartment. "Leave me the fuck alone!!!" cried his muffled voice from inside the room.
"Mamo-chan, it's me," she called back, leaning against the door. "Hino Rei."
The door was pulled opened so quickly that she lost her balance. "Never, ever, call me that again," he replied before motioning her inside. "That is what she called me."
Rei nodded fearfully before walking into the apartment. She had never seen Mamoru in such a rage before.
Sighing, she removed her shoes and sat down on his white velvet couch. Suddenly, she remembered why she had come.
"I have an idea, Mamoru," she stated, turning to him. "It involves our little issue with Usagi."
He stiffened, but motioned her to continue.
"Usagi is a highly jealous creature. She believes that she can fall in love with any man while with someone," he shot her a pained look, but she continued anyways, "but that the person she is with cannot even look the way of another woman."
"What is the point of this, Hino-san?" asked Mamoru, interrupting her.
"Make her jealous," replied Rei brusquely, irritated by the formality of his comment.
"Ah," said Mamoru, finally understanding. "And I take it you would want to be the woman that I am to be with?"
"But of course," Rei responded, feeling hopeful that he would go along with her.
"I suppose," he said after a while, "although I really don't want to hurt her any more than I already have."
"Did that ever stop her from hurting you?" she asked softly.
He looked up at her. "Where would she most likely be?"
"The arcade."
He held out his arm to her. "Shall we go?"
---
Usagi sat on the stool next to the counter, sipping on a soda. "I don't think he meant it, Usa-chan," stated Motoki, who was wiping a glass behind the counter.
Usagi sighed. "I know he did. I have never been more sure of anything in my life."
"But he was so in love with you. How could his feelings so drastically change?"
Usagi swiped away at a tear that was threatening to slide down her cheek. "One of my closest friends told him some very cruel lies about me," she replied softly, not wanting to draw the attention of any of her other friends who she knew were watching her closely.
"He must have been crazy to believe them," Motoki responded. "It is so obvious that you are in love with him and no one else."
"Perhaps, but I can see how he would have believed them. Btu I will not lie, I love him more than life in itself. I miss him." A tear trickled down her cheek before she could stop it. She laughed sadly. "And I just can't seem to stop crying, either!" she laughed again, not trying to stop the tears falling down her cheeks.
Motoki lifted up a hand and softly wiped her tears away. "Usa . . ." he whispered. "Oh, how I knew I never had a chance. Usagi, Mamoru is beneath you. If he cannot realize that you are deathly in love with him, then he does not deserve you."
"Motoki . . ." Usagi whispered, barely believing her ears.
She was about to say more when they heard a low growl behind them. Rei looked panicked at the irate man besides her. She struggled to get him to release her arm, but he wasn't paying attention to it in his rage. All he could see beyond the red haze over his eyes was his best friend stroking the woman he was in love with's cheek.
"Usagi . . ." he whispered angry, but Rei gave her opinion first.
"You bloody whore!!!"
Usagi stepped back in shock. She was terrified by what she was seeing; Mamoru glaring at her with such hatred and longing, and Rei looking just as longingly at Mamoru and just as jealously at herself, all the while struggling to free herself from his hold. Minako, Makoto, and Ami all looked up in shock from the games they were playing to watch the four of their friends in their tense battle. This was more exciting and terrifying that any youma battle they had ever had.
"Mamo-chan . . ." whispered Usagi tearfully, but he cut her off with a sharp slice of his hand. His gaze slid to Motoki.
"I could just kill you," he muttered angrily.
"Mamoru, you are a fool," replied Motoki with a look of scorn on his face.
Mamoru let out a roar of anger and anguish and squeezed Rei's arm as hard as he could in reproach. Usagi winced at the sound of bone snapping and shuddered as she saw Mamoru throw Rei from him in disdain. He charged at Motoki, grabbing him by the cuff of his shirt and dragging him over the counter and onto the floor before pounding his face to a bloody pulp. Usagi screamed. She could not believe they were doing this!!!
Motoki threw Mamoru off of him, charging at him and throwing himself into his waist. Mamoru doubled over and punched at the back of Motoki's knees, causing him to fall to the ground. There they lay, sprawled over each other, punching, kicking, biting, and screaming curses at each other, while Rei lay on the ground clutching her broken wrist and all of the people in the arcade either stumbled as quickly out of there as they could, or stood where they were, too shocked to do anything.
Usagi couldn't believe them. Why didn't anyone do anything?!!
Make him love me . . .
What a foolish wish. She had been so selfish then, only searching for a love from someone that she didn't even know; a love that she didn't deserve. Mamoru had shown her how it felt to cherish someone as though they were your salvation, because they were your salvation. But that had gone so painfully awry . . .
Rei looked up at Usagi through tear glazed eyes, although she let none of her tears fall. "Gomen-nasai, Usagi," she whispered. "I deserve none of you forgiveness, I know, but I love him so much. All I wanted was him. All I wanted was the thing that you got so easily. Gomen-nasai!!!"
Usagi looked down at her in pity, seeing the self-loathing crossing her best friend's face. "You need not apologize," she whispered. "I would most likely have done the same thing in your place."
She smiled down at her, and looked over at the man she loved brawling with his best friend. "Excuse me for a moment," she whispered to Rei.
She walked over to the men lying on the ground and went down on her knees beside them, ignoring the blows dealt unmindfully to her by the two of them. She pushed Motoki off of Mamoru and leaned over her love.
"Aishiteru," she whispered softly, smiling down at him with a look of absolute adoration, looking as pure as an angel. He went as to push her away, but before he could, she leaned down and kissed him as lustfully as she could, knowing that nothing else she did could get through to him.
He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back painfully and just as wantonly as Usagi was doing, but then he pushed her back. She nearly started sobbing again when he picked her up, walked into the large broom closet of the arcade, and locked the door behind him.
He looked into her eyes, his own filled with desire and his sense of betrayal. "You love me?" he asked, his voice filled slightly with anger and chock full of passion. "Then prove it to me."
He took a step towards her, slowly taking off his shirt.
~o~O~o~
^-^ You all must hate me for this ending SO much right now, but I couldn't resist. The story is only going uphill from here, I decided, everything will be resolved soon. I haven't decided if there are going to be one or two more chapters, probably two knowing me, but don't worry, THIS IS NOT THE END!!! The story will not end until I think everything is perfectly resolved. Well, I really hope you liked it. Please review!!! Ja!!!
Iie ~ no
Gomen-nasai ~ I'm really sorry
Aishiteru ~ I love you
