Title: Shy Love
Chapter: Two
Rating: PG-13
Author: Vikki
E-mail: MoonBunny166@hotmail.com
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/gohanluver15/index.html
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon....period!
Author's Notes:
Shy Love
Chapter Two
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"So, who's that guy I saw you hanging with yesterday?" Lita asked, taking
a drink of her soda. Her, Amy, Raye, Serena, and Mina all sat on the floor
in Cherry Temple for their traditional 'scout' meeting. All five of them
had been Sailor Scouts for nearly two years now. They were used to being
'abnormal'. A youma would pop up, and they'd kill it. None of it bugged
them any more, except for the fact that they usually missed out on the fun
things that teenagers their age were supposed to do. Serena looked up
from her Sailor V magazine to stare at Lita.
"Yes. You didn't even walk home with us." Amy added, setting down her
textbook.
"Oh, him. His name's Darien. He saved me from being run over by a car."
The blonde blushed in remembrance. "He told me he was a senior that
transferred from Azubu High. So, I showed him around."
Raye rolled her eyes, crossed her arms, and shook her head. "Same Meatball
Head. You wouldn't pay attention to save your life." Serena glared at
her and stuck her toongue out.
"Shut up!"
"Wait! Don't tell me....You were daydreaming again."
Serena let her eyes drop. "Maybe...."
Raye threw her hands up in the air in irritation. " Ohhh, you're impossible!
I swear! We won't be around to save you every time you're in trouble
and neither will anybody else. You're lucky Darien just happened to be
walking your way, or you would be as flat as a pancake!!"
"Shut up, pyro. You're such a pain!"
"And you're such a meatball head!"
Amy sighed as the arguing duo began their tongue war. Her watch began
beeping, and she popped it open. Luna appeared on the screen with a frantic
look on her face.
"Amy! Youma in the park. Hurry!!" Amy nodded and closed it.
"Quit arguing. We need Sailor Scouts."
Serena and Raye glared at eachother one last time, before nodding and
beginning their transformations.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Serena heaved a sigh as she ran behind her friends. She hated when Raye
reprimanded her. She was actually worse than her own mother. Sometimes
Raye would get so angry with her that Serena thought she hated or even
loathed her. But, of course, Serena never spoke a word of her thoughts
to anyone, for fear of hurting Raye's feeling, which would only make
matters worse.
The five rounded a corner, nearly stoping at the sight before them, but
only ran harder. Serena was the first to speak, doing her traditional
speech and pose, followed by the scouts. Mars ran to the side of the youma,
dodging a large hand that would have literally tossed her across the park.
Pulling her hands together, she closed her eyes in concentration.
"Mars....fire....ignite!"
The youma ducked, letting the fire collide with a tree. Snarling, the
youma extended its hand and grabbed Mars by the neck. It picked her up,
pulled its hand back, and threw her to the scouts. Moon gasped and crouched
to Mars' level.
"You alright?"
"Fine. Nothing like being tossed around like a bag of potatoes." Mars
grabbed a hold of Moon's offered hand and pulled herself up. "Maybe we
should team up."
"That's a given." Moon stated, earning a glare from Mars.
"Alright. Mercury, Jupiter, you go with Moon, and Mars will go with me."
Venus said. The group nodded and seperated. Moon led her group to the side
of the youma. She nodded her head at Jupiter and Mercury as to keep
from talking so the youma wouldn't notice their presense. The two did a
'thumbs-up' and began their attacks.
"Mercury...."
"Jupiter...."
The youma stilled at the words and slowly turned its head toward the
sources.
"Bubbles...."
"Thunder...."
It grinned and lifted its hand, gathering a black ball of energy. Moon's
eyes widened at what was happening, and she ran towards Jupiter and Mercury.
"No! Run!" She became frantic when they didn't hear and momentarilly
stopped. She swong her head to the side to look at the youma and then at
her friends. Damn, they were too caught up in their attacks, plus the
noise around them, to even hear her. Moon screamed when the youma released
the attack and ran towards it. Jupiter and Mercury's eyes flew open just
as Moon threw herself in front of them and took the attack. A blood-curling
scream was emitted from her at the emense pain. Her arms were crossed in
front of her to try and block the blast, but fell limply, along with her
body, when it stopped. Jupiter fell to Moon's side, followed by Mercury.
The youma screamed when Mars and Venus attacked it from behind. It gave
one final swoop of the hand, before disappearing. Mars and Venus ran up
to the trio at the sight of their fallen leader. They all sighed in relief,
excluding Moon, to see that she only had a few cuts here and there. Mars
placed her hands on her hips and glared half-heartedly at Moon.
"What did you do now?"
Moon winced as she sat up. Man, this was really going to hurt tomorrow.
Mercury broke in, a look of guilt and gratitude on her face.
"She didn't do anything. It was our fault." She gestured to herself and
Jupiter. "We weren't paying attention. She saved us." Jupiter nodded, a smile
on her face.
Moon's jaw nearly fell in shock when Mars grinned down at her.
"Good job, Sailor Moon. Didn't know you had it in you."
Mercury stood with Jupiter, and helped Moon up. "How about we head home.
I don't know about you guys, but I've got a test tomorrow." The others
sweatdropped and sighed.
"You guys go ahead. I want to calm down and think before I go home." Moon said.
Jupiter rose her eyebrow.
"You sure about that? How about one of us stay with you?"
Moon rolled her eyes. "I can't very well think if I have one of you
hovering over my shoulder."
Mars grabbed the other three and began pushing them. "Lets go. Meatball
Head actually wants to THINK. Lets go before she changes her mind."
Venus gave Moon an uncertain look. "Alright. As long as you're sure
that you're fine...."
Moon threw her hands up. "I'm fine! See!"
The other four left, sleepiness evident in their walk. Moon heaved a
sigh when she could no longer see their figures and let the appearance
she'd held, drop. Immediatly, large wounds appeared. There were several
gashes on her body. Two or three on each leg, one across her upper arm,
and one on her chest. Black and purple buises trailed her body, including
a couple on her delicate face. She was definately not in the best of
shape at the moment and showed it when she fell to the ground, arm wrapped
tightly around her stomach, while the other propped her up. A lonely tear
fell from her eye, and she furiously wipped it away.
'I will not cry!' Moon gasped at the sound of footsteps and spun around.
A tall figure, covered by the shadows, approached her. She screamed and
backed away as fast as she could, wincing at every movement she made. "Stay
away from me!"
It didn't stop though, only quickened its pace. When it finally reached
her, it crouched down and placed a hand gently on her shoulder. She jerked
and opened her mouth to scream, but was quieted when it clamped its hand
over her mouth.
"Shhh. Don't worry. I'm here to help you."
Moon's eyes widened in terror when the figure lifted her and carried her away.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
'Where did this guy take me?' Moon wondered as he landed on what
looked like a balcony. She had long since stopped struggling, since there
was no chance in him letting her go at the moment. His grip was like
iron, yet gentle at the same time. From what she could make of him, he
had short black hair. His face had revealed nothing of what he was feeling.
She inhaled his scent deeply. Roses. How she loved roses....Wait. What
was she thinking? This man was her kidnapper, and here she was thinking
of how good he smelt. His grip on her loosened a bit, and she began her
struggling yet again. Off guard, he let go, causing her to fall on her
butt. She spotted the open door and flew through it, running to the
front door of the apartment. Why would this guy take her to an apartment?
What was he planning to do with her? She grabbed a hold of the door knob,
but didn't get the door open for an inch before it was slammed shut.
Moon turned around and suddenly found herself stuck between the man and
the wall. She gulped and tried ducking under his arm, but he caught her
and moved his body even closer to hers so that not even a piece of paper
could slip between them.
"What do you want from me?" She whispered.
"To help you."
"To help me?! You think kidnapping me is helping me?!"
The man chuckled. "I brought you to my apartment so that I could treat
your wounds, but then you tried escaping me."
Moon blushed. "Well, how was I to know? You never said anything."
"You never asked."
"Should I trust you?" Her eyes narrowed.
"I don't know. Should you?" He whispered, leaning forward. Her heart
beat quickened as his breath tingled her lips. He pulled back and let
his arms fall. Reaching one behind his back, he pulled out a rose, and
bowing, gave it to her. "Now, I do believe you should sit on the couch,
while I get the necessary things to tend to your wounds."
Moon nodded and sat on the black leather couch. Bringing the rose to
her nose, she breathed in the smell. Such a beautiful scent. The man
came back and sat on the edge of the couch next to her. He picked up the
alchohol bottle and put some on the cotton ball. She flinched when he
rested his hand on her leg, causing him to look up at her.
"It'll only hurt a little. Where does this cut end?" He assured. She
grabbed the end of her mini-skirt and pulled it up to just below her
panty line. Moon was so busy in her own embarrassment that she didn't
notice the man in the tuxedo blush beet red. She hissed when he cleaned,
but then he blew on it to make it dry faster. His fingers moved ever so
slowly to the next cut and she shivered.
"So what's your name?" She asked, trying to make conversation.
"You can call me Tuxedo Mask. What's yours?"
"Sailor Moon."
"Well, Sailor Moon. You sure did take a hell of a hit. Why didn't you
let your friends take care of you?"
Moon sighed and looked out the balcony door. " I didn't want to worry
them. I always screw up."
"As I recall, you saved them."
Moon gasped, looking down at him. "You were watching?"
"I caught the last of it and decided to help you. But, of course, you
had mistaken me for a rapist or kidnapper." He stood when he had finished
on both legs. "Now, lay down so I can clean the one on your chest."
She blushed but did so. He took a pair of scissors and cut the
front of the suit off. He winced at the gash and took a cotton ball.
Moon sat frigid at first, but then relaxed at the feel of his hands and
his breath every time he blew on the cuts. She giggled up at him,
earning a grin in return, as he tried working the gauze under her bra
without accidently touching what he wasn't supposed to.
Moon stood ten minutes later, cleaned up and ready to go. Tuxedo Mask
brought out a white button-up shirt and had her put it on before she left.
"How about I walk you home? It's dark out and you never know what
will happen."
"Nonsense. I'm Sailor Moon. I can take care of my self, even if I am
banged up a little. Don't worry about it." She leaned over and kissed
him on the cheek. "Thank you." He blushed and closed the door behind her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chapter: Two
Rating: PG-13
Author: Vikki
E-mail: MoonBunny166@hotmail.com
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/gohanluver15/index.html
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon....period!
Author's Notes:
Shy Love
Chapter Two
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"So, who's that guy I saw you hanging with yesterday?" Lita asked, taking
a drink of her soda. Her, Amy, Raye, Serena, and Mina all sat on the floor
in Cherry Temple for their traditional 'scout' meeting. All five of them
had been Sailor Scouts for nearly two years now. They were used to being
'abnormal'. A youma would pop up, and they'd kill it. None of it bugged
them any more, except for the fact that they usually missed out on the fun
things that teenagers their age were supposed to do. Serena looked up
from her Sailor V magazine to stare at Lita.
"Yes. You didn't even walk home with us." Amy added, setting down her
textbook.
"Oh, him. His name's Darien. He saved me from being run over by a car."
The blonde blushed in remembrance. "He told me he was a senior that
transferred from Azubu High. So, I showed him around."
Raye rolled her eyes, crossed her arms, and shook her head. "Same Meatball
Head. You wouldn't pay attention to save your life." Serena glared at
her and stuck her toongue out.
"Shut up!"
"Wait! Don't tell me....You were daydreaming again."
Serena let her eyes drop. "Maybe...."
Raye threw her hands up in the air in irritation. " Ohhh, you're impossible!
I swear! We won't be around to save you every time you're in trouble
and neither will anybody else. You're lucky Darien just happened to be
walking your way, or you would be as flat as a pancake!!"
"Shut up, pyro. You're such a pain!"
"And you're such a meatball head!"
Amy sighed as the arguing duo began their tongue war. Her watch began
beeping, and she popped it open. Luna appeared on the screen with a frantic
look on her face.
"Amy! Youma in the park. Hurry!!" Amy nodded and closed it.
"Quit arguing. We need Sailor Scouts."
Serena and Raye glared at eachother one last time, before nodding and
beginning their transformations.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Serena heaved a sigh as she ran behind her friends. She hated when Raye
reprimanded her. She was actually worse than her own mother. Sometimes
Raye would get so angry with her that Serena thought she hated or even
loathed her. But, of course, Serena never spoke a word of her thoughts
to anyone, for fear of hurting Raye's feeling, which would only make
matters worse.
The five rounded a corner, nearly stoping at the sight before them, but
only ran harder. Serena was the first to speak, doing her traditional
speech and pose, followed by the scouts. Mars ran to the side of the youma,
dodging a large hand that would have literally tossed her across the park.
Pulling her hands together, she closed her eyes in concentration.
"Mars....fire....ignite!"
The youma ducked, letting the fire collide with a tree. Snarling, the
youma extended its hand and grabbed Mars by the neck. It picked her up,
pulled its hand back, and threw her to the scouts. Moon gasped and crouched
to Mars' level.
"You alright?"
"Fine. Nothing like being tossed around like a bag of potatoes." Mars
grabbed a hold of Moon's offered hand and pulled herself up. "Maybe we
should team up."
"That's a given." Moon stated, earning a glare from Mars.
"Alright. Mercury, Jupiter, you go with Moon, and Mars will go with me."
Venus said. The group nodded and seperated. Moon led her group to the side
of the youma. She nodded her head at Jupiter and Mercury as to keep
from talking so the youma wouldn't notice their presense. The two did a
'thumbs-up' and began their attacks.
"Mercury...."
"Jupiter...."
The youma stilled at the words and slowly turned its head toward the
sources.
"Bubbles...."
"Thunder...."
It grinned and lifted its hand, gathering a black ball of energy. Moon's
eyes widened at what was happening, and she ran towards Jupiter and Mercury.
"No! Run!" She became frantic when they didn't hear and momentarilly
stopped. She swong her head to the side to look at the youma and then at
her friends. Damn, they were too caught up in their attacks, plus the
noise around them, to even hear her. Moon screamed when the youma released
the attack and ran towards it. Jupiter and Mercury's eyes flew open just
as Moon threw herself in front of them and took the attack. A blood-curling
scream was emitted from her at the emense pain. Her arms were crossed in
front of her to try and block the blast, but fell limply, along with her
body, when it stopped. Jupiter fell to Moon's side, followed by Mercury.
The youma screamed when Mars and Venus attacked it from behind. It gave
one final swoop of the hand, before disappearing. Mars and Venus ran up
to the trio at the sight of their fallen leader. They all sighed in relief,
excluding Moon, to see that she only had a few cuts here and there. Mars
placed her hands on her hips and glared half-heartedly at Moon.
"What did you do now?"
Moon winced as she sat up. Man, this was really going to hurt tomorrow.
Mercury broke in, a look of guilt and gratitude on her face.
"She didn't do anything. It was our fault." She gestured to herself and
Jupiter. "We weren't paying attention. She saved us." Jupiter nodded, a smile
on her face.
Moon's jaw nearly fell in shock when Mars grinned down at her.
"Good job, Sailor Moon. Didn't know you had it in you."
Mercury stood with Jupiter, and helped Moon up. "How about we head home.
I don't know about you guys, but I've got a test tomorrow." The others
sweatdropped and sighed.
"You guys go ahead. I want to calm down and think before I go home." Moon said.
Jupiter rose her eyebrow.
"You sure about that? How about one of us stay with you?"
Moon rolled her eyes. "I can't very well think if I have one of you
hovering over my shoulder."
Mars grabbed the other three and began pushing them. "Lets go. Meatball
Head actually wants to THINK. Lets go before she changes her mind."
Venus gave Moon an uncertain look. "Alright. As long as you're sure
that you're fine...."
Moon threw her hands up. "I'm fine! See!"
The other four left, sleepiness evident in their walk. Moon heaved a
sigh when she could no longer see their figures and let the appearance
she'd held, drop. Immediatly, large wounds appeared. There were several
gashes on her body. Two or three on each leg, one across her upper arm,
and one on her chest. Black and purple buises trailed her body, including
a couple on her delicate face. She was definately not in the best of
shape at the moment and showed it when she fell to the ground, arm wrapped
tightly around her stomach, while the other propped her up. A lonely tear
fell from her eye, and she furiously wipped it away.
'I will not cry!' Moon gasped at the sound of footsteps and spun around.
A tall figure, covered by the shadows, approached her. She screamed and
backed away as fast as she could, wincing at every movement she made. "Stay
away from me!"
It didn't stop though, only quickened its pace. When it finally reached
her, it crouched down and placed a hand gently on her shoulder. She jerked
and opened her mouth to scream, but was quieted when it clamped its hand
over her mouth.
"Shhh. Don't worry. I'm here to help you."
Moon's eyes widened in terror when the figure lifted her and carried her away.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
'Where did this guy take me?' Moon wondered as he landed on what
looked like a balcony. She had long since stopped struggling, since there
was no chance in him letting her go at the moment. His grip was like
iron, yet gentle at the same time. From what she could make of him, he
had short black hair. His face had revealed nothing of what he was feeling.
She inhaled his scent deeply. Roses. How she loved roses....Wait. What
was she thinking? This man was her kidnapper, and here she was thinking
of how good he smelt. His grip on her loosened a bit, and she began her
struggling yet again. Off guard, he let go, causing her to fall on her
butt. She spotted the open door and flew through it, running to the
front door of the apartment. Why would this guy take her to an apartment?
What was he planning to do with her? She grabbed a hold of the door knob,
but didn't get the door open for an inch before it was slammed shut.
Moon turned around and suddenly found herself stuck between the man and
the wall. She gulped and tried ducking under his arm, but he caught her
and moved his body even closer to hers so that not even a piece of paper
could slip between them.
"What do you want from me?" She whispered.
"To help you."
"To help me?! You think kidnapping me is helping me?!"
The man chuckled. "I brought you to my apartment so that I could treat
your wounds, but then you tried escaping me."
Moon blushed. "Well, how was I to know? You never said anything."
"You never asked."
"Should I trust you?" Her eyes narrowed.
"I don't know. Should you?" He whispered, leaning forward. Her heart
beat quickened as his breath tingled her lips. He pulled back and let
his arms fall. Reaching one behind his back, he pulled out a rose, and
bowing, gave it to her. "Now, I do believe you should sit on the couch,
while I get the necessary things to tend to your wounds."
Moon nodded and sat on the black leather couch. Bringing the rose to
her nose, she breathed in the smell. Such a beautiful scent. The man
came back and sat on the edge of the couch next to her. He picked up the
alchohol bottle and put some on the cotton ball. She flinched when he
rested his hand on her leg, causing him to look up at her.
"It'll only hurt a little. Where does this cut end?" He assured. She
grabbed the end of her mini-skirt and pulled it up to just below her
panty line. Moon was so busy in her own embarrassment that she didn't
notice the man in the tuxedo blush beet red. She hissed when he cleaned,
but then he blew on it to make it dry faster. His fingers moved ever so
slowly to the next cut and she shivered.
"So what's your name?" She asked, trying to make conversation.
"You can call me Tuxedo Mask. What's yours?"
"Sailor Moon."
"Well, Sailor Moon. You sure did take a hell of a hit. Why didn't you
let your friends take care of you?"
Moon sighed and looked out the balcony door. " I didn't want to worry
them. I always screw up."
"As I recall, you saved them."
Moon gasped, looking down at him. "You were watching?"
"I caught the last of it and decided to help you. But, of course, you
had mistaken me for a rapist or kidnapper." He stood when he had finished
on both legs. "Now, lay down so I can clean the one on your chest."
She blushed but did so. He took a pair of scissors and cut the
front of the suit off. He winced at the gash and took a cotton ball.
Moon sat frigid at first, but then relaxed at the feel of his hands and
his breath every time he blew on the cuts. She giggled up at him,
earning a grin in return, as he tried working the gauze under her bra
without accidently touching what he wasn't supposed to.
Moon stood ten minutes later, cleaned up and ready to go. Tuxedo Mask
brought out a white button-up shirt and had her put it on before she left.
"How about I walk you home? It's dark out and you never know what
will happen."
"Nonsense. I'm Sailor Moon. I can take care of my self, even if I am
banged up a little. Don't worry about it." She leaned over and kissed
him on the cheek. "Thank you." He blushed and closed the door behind her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*