Chapter 2: Torn Between Thoughts
"Where ... wh.. am I ..." the voice was that of Chiba Mamoru. As things would slowly pan outward, his form would
be seen hanging in the middle of a darkened room. His vision returned to him slowly, the regaining of his physical senses
alerting him to the pain in his wrists. "Ohh .. my .. " starting to comment on the dizziness he was filling, but the sight
of his rope-bound wrists were enough to stir those immediate thoughts. "What's ... going on?" he said to the air,
looking about for any signs of a responsible person or creature. "Endymion ... it almost pains me to see you like this."
It was that same female voice from before, standing just behind him though hidden from his view. "Who are you?"he asked
quietly, realizing quickly that he was in no position to act foolishly in fear of his own safety. "Questions.. questions,"
she taunted him, brushing the tips of her fingernails over the small hairs of his raven hair. "You shouldn't worry so
much, dear Prince." He cringed lightly at her touch, releasing a deep breath as the rope tore into flesh just a little more.
"Release me." he said, not demanding, but moreso in a pleading tone. "In due time, Endymion. You have to be... conditioned..
first."
Makoto stopped at the scene of what was considered to be a traffic accident,"What happened here?" she asked a near
person, the feeling of butterflies bouncing in her stomache as she was sure someone would recall seeing a monster. "There
was a man here.. in the road. He .. he wouldn't listen.." she turned her head away from Makoto, obviously uneasied by what
it was she wanted to say. Makoto brushed a hand over the woman's shoulder, stepping away from her and into the street where
the officers had been gathered. There, in the middle of the street, argued the driver's of the two vehicles that had collided
into one another. "I'm telling you ... there was a guy in the street .. I moved to avoid him!" yelling much more dramatically
than what was obviously necessary. "If that's true, where is he?" everyone fell silent. No one knew exactly. They had all
seen the guy that was walking in the street. Could they have all been hallucinating something so bizarre? The officer shook
his head, taking notes of something in a small book. "Sounds like youma.." Makoto decided to herself. With that she moved
around the scene of the accident to keep on her search for Mamoru.
Luna paced around the Meeting Place, a small room in the Crown Center that was hidden from all non-senshi affiliated.
"Usagi-chan..." as she leapt up to the table, staring over into her face. "You are the princess, you don't have time to sit
here like this. Beryl-sama knows you are the princess.. she will send her minions after the Ginzuishou!"Usagi looked down to
her sadly,"I ... am the princess." This, almost moreso than the nightmare about Mamoru, was still a shock to her and would
probably continue to be. "I know Luna." she said simply, lowering her gaze to the tabletop. In that moment, Hino Rei,
would push the door to the hidden room open - it vanishing behind her."Rei-chan?" Usagi asked, watching her as she descended
the steps. "Is everything alright?" Luna asked first, moving to the edge of the table closest to her. "Mm." nodding her
head in response. "Rei-chan .. do you believe that dreams can be real?" Luna sighed,"Usagi-chaaannn..." Rei looked between
them, not very sure how to answer her.
"So, Chiba Mamoru, as they call you now..." the female figure began to circle him, moving so that she would be
standing in front of him for the first time. He lowered his hazy gaze down upon her, trying to take in what of her he could.
"Do you recognize me?" she asked him, cupping his chin in her hands tenderly. She squeeled with delight, spinning joyfully
before him,"I wouldn't imagine so... I have changed.. since last we met." She was a figure of about 5'6", with stunning
royal purple eyes, a physically fit build and short, maroon hair that fell just to the top of her shoulders. She was dressed
in an attire consisting of a one-piece leather dress that fell to her knees, only accentuating the curves of her form.
"I.. don't know you." he said after a moment of thinking, but even as he said this there was a pain in his chest that suggested otherwise.
"Oh Endymion.. how could a love as ours be ruined so .."laying her head upon his chest tenderly. "It was meant to be
forever. Then.. you met her." Growling at the mention of a her. "Her?" he asked, trying to hold his head up, but there was
little strength in his body. "The Moon Princess.. you do remember her, right?" her voice suddenly changing to that of spite.
"You and I were happy.. until you met her. Then ... I was nothing!" she nearly spat upon him, her hand slipping to her back.
"But.. I have grown .. the arrival of the Negaverse showed me the true meaning of power." a devious smirk almost slicing
through the once pain-stained frown that had occupied her face. "I have found that there is no purpose in hating you forever.
I can rectify things.. now." pulling from behind her a whip, noticeable only as the tattered end of it fell to the ground.
"I hurt Endymion... for a long time. This may only start to heal that pain," bringing the whip over her head in one sweeping
motion to crack it against the air. Mamoru's face filled with fear. It was only in that moment that he'd realized the true
mistake in his curiousity, recklessness. "Usagi."
"Where ... wh.. am I ..." the voice was that of Chiba Mamoru. As things would slowly pan outward, his form would
be seen hanging in the middle of a darkened room. His vision returned to him slowly, the regaining of his physical senses
alerting him to the pain in his wrists. "Ohh .. my .. " starting to comment on the dizziness he was filling, but the sight
of his rope-bound wrists were enough to stir those immediate thoughts. "What's ... going on?" he said to the air,
looking about for any signs of a responsible person or creature. "Endymion ... it almost pains me to see you like this."
It was that same female voice from before, standing just behind him though hidden from his view. "Who are you?"he asked
quietly, realizing quickly that he was in no position to act foolishly in fear of his own safety. "Questions.. questions,"
she taunted him, brushing the tips of her fingernails over the small hairs of his raven hair. "You shouldn't worry so
much, dear Prince." He cringed lightly at her touch, releasing a deep breath as the rope tore into flesh just a little more.
"Release me." he said, not demanding, but moreso in a pleading tone. "In due time, Endymion. You have to be... conditioned..
first."
Makoto stopped at the scene of what was considered to be a traffic accident,"What happened here?" she asked a near
person, the feeling of butterflies bouncing in her stomache as she was sure someone would recall seeing a monster. "There
was a man here.. in the road. He .. he wouldn't listen.." she turned her head away from Makoto, obviously uneasied by what
it was she wanted to say. Makoto brushed a hand over the woman's shoulder, stepping away from her and into the street where
the officers had been gathered. There, in the middle of the street, argued the driver's of the two vehicles that had collided
into one another. "I'm telling you ... there was a guy in the street .. I moved to avoid him!" yelling much more dramatically
than what was obviously necessary. "If that's true, where is he?" everyone fell silent. No one knew exactly. They had all
seen the guy that was walking in the street. Could they have all been hallucinating something so bizarre? The officer shook
his head, taking notes of something in a small book. "Sounds like youma.." Makoto decided to herself. With that she moved
around the scene of the accident to keep on her search for Mamoru.
Luna paced around the Meeting Place, a small room in the Crown Center that was hidden from all non-senshi affiliated.
"Usagi-chan..." as she leapt up to the table, staring over into her face. "You are the princess, you don't have time to sit
here like this. Beryl-sama knows you are the princess.. she will send her minions after the Ginzuishou!"Usagi looked down to
her sadly,"I ... am the princess." This, almost moreso than the nightmare about Mamoru, was still a shock to her and would
probably continue to be. "I know Luna." she said simply, lowering her gaze to the tabletop. In that moment, Hino Rei,
would push the door to the hidden room open - it vanishing behind her."Rei-chan?" Usagi asked, watching her as she descended
the steps. "Is everything alright?" Luna asked first, moving to the edge of the table closest to her. "Mm." nodding her
head in response. "Rei-chan .. do you believe that dreams can be real?" Luna sighed,"Usagi-chaaannn..." Rei looked between
them, not very sure how to answer her.
"So, Chiba Mamoru, as they call you now..." the female figure began to circle him, moving so that she would be
standing in front of him for the first time. He lowered his hazy gaze down upon her, trying to take in what of her he could.
"Do you recognize me?" she asked him, cupping his chin in her hands tenderly. She squeeled with delight, spinning joyfully
before him,"I wouldn't imagine so... I have changed.. since last we met." She was a figure of about 5'6", with stunning
royal purple eyes, a physically fit build and short, maroon hair that fell just to the top of her shoulders. She was dressed
in an attire consisting of a one-piece leather dress that fell to her knees, only accentuating the curves of her form.
"I.. don't know you." he said after a moment of thinking, but even as he said this there was a pain in his chest that suggested otherwise.
"Oh Endymion.. how could a love as ours be ruined so .."laying her head upon his chest tenderly. "It was meant to be
forever. Then.. you met her." Growling at the mention of a her. "Her?" he asked, trying to hold his head up, but there was
little strength in his body. "The Moon Princess.. you do remember her, right?" her voice suddenly changing to that of spite.
"You and I were happy.. until you met her. Then ... I was nothing!" she nearly spat upon him, her hand slipping to her back.
"But.. I have grown .. the arrival of the Negaverse showed me the true meaning of power." a devious smirk almost slicing
through the once pain-stained frown that had occupied her face. "I have found that there is no purpose in hating you forever.
I can rectify things.. now." pulling from behind her a whip, noticeable only as the tattered end of it fell to the ground.
"I hurt Endymion... for a long time. This may only start to heal that pain," bringing the whip over her head in one sweeping
motion to crack it against the air. Mamoru's face filled with fear. It was only in that moment that he'd realized the true
mistake in his curiousity, recklessness. "Usagi."
