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Hello! It's been a while since I updated.....Gomen! But I am just sooo busy with school! I got to do this thesis and other stuff. I just really extremely busy. And still now happy. Yeah, I don't enjoy school very much but still I have to put up with it. (Lol, a year more and I'll be out of this country forever! German here I come!) *Grins* didn't expect that one! *Grin* Just proves to show you all that I'm full of surprises. Anyway, I'm still at work with the next chapter of 'Unexpected Love' and 'Love through Friendship' (Actually, I am working on both of them at the same time, including this one!) Anywayz, I also very glad to that I got so many reviews for FAND, I can see that it is doing well. LOL, you guys should keep on guess who those three people are. If you'll guess right then I'll give you a cyber cookie!
Kaio: *appears out of nowhere* I know, I know, I know who they are! I'm going to teeeeeeell!
Me: *Glares* No you don't! *Grabs a vacuum*
Kaio: They're ..... AHHH! *Gets sucked into the vacuum*
*Giggles nervously* Forgive my damned house ghost; she's a bit high. She ate some chocolate today but still I wonder how she ever digested it. But anyway, now is the time to tell you guys to stop reading this and go read this chapter! I hope you guys like this one, took me a long time to get out!
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Disclaimer: I do not own, I repeat do not own, Harry Potter and any related characters, they belong to JK Rowling. And also, I do not own Sailor Moon and any related characters, they belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I only own the visitors of the Magic Room Uncle Sam, Kurosawa-san, Emory and Mrs. Hadley. So don't sue!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Setting/Place~
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Chapter 10
"Finding out"
Usagi glared at her reflection in the mirror the next morning. After disappearing from Harry and the others yesterday and almost bursting into tears infront of them, she decided to head over to the hot baths and drown her worries away. it helped though, well not with her worries but minimizing the soreness of her body from yesterdays battle. Her stomach grumbled angrily in need of food. Last night she decided against it to get some dinner in her, feeling that she didn't want to be near Harry or the others at that moment. After tying up her hair into its usual French braid, and adjusting her sleeveless white shirt and jean skirt, she marched out of her room, deciding it was time to get some food in her.
"Mornin'" she said lightly to one of the guests, after stepping out of her room. 'Maybe its best if I eat breakfast in the kitchen,' she mused while slowly descending the staircase. She heard the loud chatter coming from the dinning hall, no doubt that the guests were all talking about yesterdays attack. Usagi stopped at the foot of the steps and stared into the hall, eyeing one particular table by the huge bay windows. She quickly looked away as one of its occupants looked up and made eye contact with her. Green met blue for a brief second. Usagi painfully turned away from Harry's soul searching gaze and quickly scurried towards the kitchens.
~Dining Hall~
"Something wrong Harry?" asked Hermione, her brown eye clouded with confusion after following his gaze but finding no one in particular.
Harry shook his head and silently sipped his tea, his thoughts wandering back to yesterday's events. The attack, the senshi, Sailor Moon, and then to Usagi. He wondered what had caused Usagi's sudden display of emotions. He grew more worried by the minute after seeing her just a second ago and staring into her unusually dull blue eyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley have gone off to the ministry early that morning. Mr. Weasley was very much ecstatic about the attack yesterday that he went back to Japan's main ministry at the crack of dawn. Uncle Sam didn't join them for breakfast since he was very much over the head with busy preparations for the ball this Saturday. This left only the teens behind eating breakfast. They were unusually silent though, thinking over yesterdays events and their near to death experience. But still one topic weighed heavily in the air ..... Usagi.
"Why do you recon she just disappeared?" wondered Ron, staring at the unusually silent Shingo.
"I don't know ..." mumbled Shingo, but in truth knowing exactly about Usagi's sudden display of emotion.
~In the kitchens~
Usagi frowned lightly while staring into her now empty bow of cereal. 'You fool, why are you avoiding your boyfriend?! He will be leaving in a week and half and you go and avoid him.......some girlfriend you are,' she mentally berated herself.
She frowned again, 'Every time I get too close to somebody, they are bound to get hurt. I don't want to lose Harry because of my damn duty as a senshi. I don't want him to get hurt! I almost lost him and my brother, as well as my friends yesterday,' she countered back, while taking the bowl to the sink.
'So you are afraid,' confirmed the foreign voice. Usagi could almost picture it nodding its head in affirmation.
"No," she whispered to herself. She sighed loudly upon realizing she was afraid. She was afraid yesterday, afraid she might lose again. 'So I am,' she mused silently.
"Usagi, there you are!" exclaimed Uncle Sam across the kitchen; he expertly dodged a flying frog that Emory somehow jinxed. He quickly crossed the busy kitchen and reached Usagi in no time.
"I need to ask you a favor," Uncle Sam said, giving her a little pleading look.
Usagi sighed, 'There goes my 'do nothing today' regimen,' she thought dryly. Eyeing her Uncle's desperate look, she sighed again and nodded her head. "Fine, what do you want?" with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"I need you to go to Tengu alley, and check if my tuxedo that I ordered is done, if it is....would you be a dear and bring it back here?" he asked, again giving her a pleading look.
Usagi sighed, "Ok, ok, I'll go now," she mumbled under her breath. She got ready to step out of the steel double doors when she was called yet again by her Uncle.
"Oh and be a dear and get me all of this," he added quickly, shoving into Usagi's hand a long piece of parchment before quickly exiting the kitchen before Usagi could even protest.
"Damn, fooled again," she mumbled darkly. Wearily she eyed the parchment, it turned out to be a list of supplies. Parchment, quills, the sorts. A bit of grocery as well. Mentally cursing her Uncle, Usagi stuffed the paper into the jean jacket before exiting the kitchen.
"Usagi?" she heard a soft voice coming from the lobby. Usagi stopped in her tracks, another sigh escaped her lips. 'Don't avoid them,' a small voice chided into her mind. 'Remember, they'll be here for a week and a half,' it added. 'I don't want to deal with them right now.....' she mentally whined. Everything was so confusing for her. Her feelings for Harry, the difficult situation that she was in and the emotional break down lately.
"What?" answered Usagi, which to Harry sounded a bit irritated. He watched as Usagi eyed them all wearily, as if not very much pleased to see them at all. Her eyes rested on him for a while, they made eye contact for a second before she looked away and stared at the unusually silent Shingo. It surprised him as he saw Usagi's stare harden.
"Are you angry on us? I'm sorry, I-I-I..." Said Ginny, after calling Usagi and getting an irritated 'what?' as an answer. She took an uneasy step backward, as she watched Usagi's gaze harden at Shingo.
"Huh? Oh no, I'm sorry," said Usagi after faintly hearing Ginny's apology. 'Apologize for what?' she wondered. She stopped staring at her brother, she wasn't easily going to forgive for what he did. She almost lost him yesterday, they'd made a promise not lose each other and he almost broke it. Switching her gaze to the troubled red head, Usagi gave her weary smile.
"No, no, I'm not angry. Just have a lot on my mind, I'm sorry," she heaved a little sighed, not really staring at any of her friends but looking to the side.
"You alright? You look tired," said Harry, his voice full of concern. He wanted to know what happened to her yesterday, why she just disappeared. But he would just her later, when they'd get a time alone to talk. He took a cautious step forward, but it surprised him when she took a step backward.
'I feel lousy, I got the whole world on my shoulders, my life is at stake, and I crashed into a stall yesterday. So generally I'm just fine, peachy, I feel like leaping over a whole damn building,' she wanted to say but soon figured out that her boyfriend was asking that particular question and not a senshi, she quickly gave him a more heartily smile before answering. "I'm fine, don't worry," she said with a wave of her hand dismissing it. She wished she were fine. She felt her heart twist, as she saw pain flash briefly in his eyes as she took a step away from him.
"Well, we are going to Tengu Alley, want to come with us?" asked Hermione, sensing the little situation between Harry and Usagi. She silently wondered what was going on. Harry and Usagi had been doing fine with their relationship a few days ago and now the last couple of days Usagi had grown a bit distant from him and them.
"Yeah, we're going to do some shopping. Maybe we'll get lucky again and see Sailor Moon," added Ron oblivious the whole situation.
'Well, consider yourself lucky. Sailor Moon is just standing in front of you,' she thought dryly. She wanted to have some time alone, go to Tengu alley by herself. Have some serious thinking time. To think about the whole Voldemort situation a bit better and try to figure her emotions out also.
"I guess, why not?" Usagi found herself agreeing to go with them. And before she knew it, she was outside and all six of them were walking in silence.
Walking up infront of the group, she took an uneasy glance back at Harry wondering what he might be thinking of her right now. 'What a wonderful girlfriend you are,' she thought sarcastically.
"You two had a fight?" whispered Ron to Harry, switching his gaze between him and her. He knew something was up, but not quite sure what.
Harry shock his head, "No, I wish we had though, at least then I would know what's troubling her," he said while watching Usagi's back.
"Do you know what's wrong with her?" asked Ginny, looking at her boyfriend expectantly.
Shingo sighed, while eyeing Usagi for a second. 'Yeah I know what's wrong with her. She's having a little crisis that's all. A lot is on her mind, what you ask? Well, there's Voldemort, the whole world to save, the future and perhaps even her past. Being Sailor Moon is not an easy task you know,' he wanted to say to them all. He looked at Ginny and shook his head. "No I don't know," he said as they were slowly nearing the alley to where the entrance of Tengu Alley was. "Let me talk to her, okay?" he said to Ginny, letting go of her hand. He was very much sure that Usagi was also mad at him, for being so stupid yesterday. He needed to talk to her; he couldn't handle the silent treatment any longer.
"Usagi, wait up," shouted Shingo walking a bit faster to catch up with Usagi. He caught up to her but got no response. 'Why can she be so thick headed sometimes?' he wondered. "Don't be angry at me," he said in Japanese not wanting the others to hear their conversation.
Usagi stopped walking and turned to face her brother. This reaction caused the others to stop too and watch as she and Shingo began talking in Japanese.
(AN: The conversation between Usagi and Shingo will be in Japanese, so that Harry and the others wont understand what they are talking about)
"Why should I be angry at you?" asked Usagi her voice sounded irritated and angry. A frown and glare graced her face as she stared at her brother.
"I....I thought..I" Shingo was lost at words. Not quite sure what to say to her. She was angry at him alright. "About yesterday," he said.
Usagi's expression hardened, which made Shingo cringe. Sure he was taller than her by a couple of inches and he was a guy but still he was very much afraid of Usagi when she became angry. "Gomen Nasai," he whispered bowing his head.
"You're sorry?" said Usagi, not as a question but her voice sounded a bit mocking. She grabbed his chin and forced him to look at her. This action caused Harry and the others to gasp a little in surprise. They had never seen the usual friendly, nice Usagi be so angry with anybody. "Sorry?" she repeated, her eyes burring hard into his own. "How can you be sorry for what you did yesterday?"
"But....I....didn't mean..." he mumbled, he winced a bit as she applied a bit of pressure in holding his chin.
"Stop it! I had enough! You promised me that I wont lose you! You made a promise! And you almost broke it yesterday! How could you?! Do you know how hard it is for me to wake up everyday and realize that I have lost our parents and it was my entire fault? And now to add it more up, I could have almost lost my own brother?! Do you know how hard it is for me to do everything, to make everything look normal, like everything is alright? I don't want to lose you! I have lost so much, so much already! And you go running around and get almost killed by a youma! And to make matters worse, you brought our friends with you! Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Harry. You got our friends almost killed yesterday. You got my boyfriend almost killed yesterday. Harry means everything to me, I don't want to lose him or you. You know that Harry was placed in the line of danger yesterday, you know it! I think about it constantly, if I had lost either one of you, if I had lost you or Harry....it makes me wanna cry!" she said bitterly, glaring at her brother. Several tears trickled down her cheek but she quickly wiped them away.
"Do you get anything of what they are saying?" asked Ron to Hermione while watching the little scene between Usagi and her brother.
Hermione shock her head, "No, I only get our names that's all," she said. She was still quite surprised at Usagi's sudden behavior.
Harry watched silently as Usagi continued to say things in Japanese angrily at Shingo. He watched as she cried a little but she wiped the tears away. He watched as she restraint more tears that were threatening to spill. He wished he knew what they were talking about, but somehow he had a feeling that he already did. And he somehow felt he plight but he wasn't sure how.
"I'm not angry, I'm frustrated. You out of all people should know that it would be dangerous to be getting near to a battle. You didn't do anything to hold them back, but instead you went along with them. How could you just let it happen? Damn it Shingo, I'm not angry with you. Call it Disappointed, frustrated, but not angry. If I'm angry then I should be angry at myself! I make all the problems, I create all the battles. If I think about it, if I weren't there yesterday, then you'd be dead! I would have lost you, Harry and the others! What if I wasn't there, I think about it all the time. What if I had lost....what if I had lost Harry.....what if....."She said, no longer anger but sadness was in her voice. She released his chin and let her hand drop to her side.
"But.....I'm sorry," Shingo said, staring at Usagi. He felt truly sorry, now he understood her a bit better than before.
*SMACK*
Shingo's head snapped to left, as flesh hit flesh. Usagi slowly lowered her right hand while staring at him angrily. He felt his left cheek sting painfully, he never knew that his sister could slap him that hard and so fast. 'She's a senshi you know,' he thought dryly. In the back of his mind he wondered why she did it, but it somehow made perfect sense to slap him. But still he was very much surprised of being slapped, he didn't expect it at all yet alone his sister being the slapping kind. He stared at her with a mixture of shock and surprise while touching his stinging cheek with his left hand.
"Don't do it again, understand?!" Usagi said in English this time. She glared at her brother, hoping that would make him keep his promise. Her expression didn't change as he nodded guiltily. She didn't want to slap him at all, but she felt was compelled to do it. She watched him as he briskly walked away from her, heading into the alley still holding his cheek. It was then that she became aware of Harry and the others staring at her with shock as they had gasped at her actions.
"What is wrong with you?!" asked Ginny, it had been more of an insult than a question. She stared accusingly at Usagi before quickly running after Shingo to see if he was alright.
Usagi stared at Ginny's back as she followed Shingo to the alley and she swallowed hard. A hard lump had formed in her throat that she wasn't quite aware of she had earlier. 'Must be from holding back all those tears,' she mused lightly.
"Usagi?" she heard Hermione's soft voice ring in her head. She looked up to see the three concerned faces of Hermione, Ron and Harry...Harry....Usagi quickly averted her eyes away from him; she couldn't bear to look at him right now.
All of the sudden they heard a shrill cry coming from the alley. The alley where Shingo and Ginny had disappeared to, the entrance of Tengu alley. The cry sounded oddly familiar, it sounded like Ginny.
"Ginny?!" cried Ron in alarm.
"Something's wrong," said Harry, for a brief second his eyes rested on Usagi but he quickly stared at the entrance of the alley. He had to talk with Usagi later, that was for sure. He, Ron, and Hermione quickly made their way to the entrance of the alley.
"Shingo....no," whispered Usagi in alarm, she ran towards the entrance of the alley. She ran past them, reaching the entrance a second before they did. She saw nothing but a frightened Ginny and a shocked Shingo both pressed hard against the entrance of Tengu Alley, both of them were staring up at roof of the right brick building. When she looked up made her blood run cold.
"Oh no," she heard Hermione whisper from behind her.
Up on the roof, looking down at them stood the familiar purple youma from yesterdays battle. The one that Usagi had been well acquainted of. It made a growling sound, which sounded oddly like a laugh. Its yellow eyes switching between the two groups. It crouched near the end of the roof, seeming ready to jump off any minute and attack.
"Bloody hell! Ginny you alright?! Don't worry we'll be right there!" shouted Ron.
"C'mon we gotta, do something!" shouted Harry, pulling out his wand from his pocket. Hermione and Ron followed his suit and got their wands. Before Usagi could even protest, he and Ron and Hermione quickly crossed the alley and reached Shingo and Ginny. The three of them standing infront of them and pointing their wands up in the air, directly at the youma.
"Aren't you going to do anything?!" asked Hermione, switching her gaze to Usagi who stood rooted to the spot.
"Usagi?" asked Harry, somewhat surprised to see her still staring at the youma not breaking contact. He wondered why she wasn't helping them out. He suddenly had an inking feeling that something was going to happen.
Ginny shrieked loudly as the youma suddenly jumped down from the building and landing in the middle of the alley between them and Usagi. She began to tremble as it turned its attention to them, its eyes burring into them.
"Don't come any closer! We got wands," said Ron, a hint of fear was evident in his voice. His wand arm began to tremble a little as the youma slowly approached them. They began to back up, pressing themselves harder against the wall.
"We warn you, we got wands," said Harry threathingly, he narrowed his eyes at the youma. To his surprise it smirked.
"Harry Potter," it snarled, taking another step towards them. His eyes fixed on Harry, perhaps now he'll get the chance to get the boy. The Moon princess will just have to wait. It gave a loud growl, which made Ginny shriek and Hermione tremble loudly, exposing its gleaming fangs that looked sharper than any knife. It made a lunge forward, getting ready to attack the boy and grab him.
"I thought I told you to give up!"
Harry heard the youma growl in pain, and watched in shock as it was slammed against some trashcans. He, as well as the others, stared in shock at the youma but quickly averted their gazed to Usagi, who looked a bit, pleased of herself. 'How did she....' he wondered silently.
"Do you have a hearing problem? Or does you boss never give up? Give up!" Usagi said glaring at the youma as it struggled to stand up. She had an option, she could either transform and expose herself to the others and her secret would be out or she could just go in hand in hand battle with a youma and see if she'll come out alive. 'We'll see if I need to transform' she thought. But she knew, that she could never take on a youma as powerful as this one.
"The Moon child....." growled the youma, somewhat pleased to see her. He quickly stood up, completely forgetting about Harry. This time he'd get the Moon Princess that was for sure.
Usagi frowned, that youma had a serious mental problem that was for sure. "You five just stay there and dot move a muscle! Don't do anything until I say so, or else you'll be dead before you can say 'I'm dead'," she ordered, quickly glancing at the five teens before turning back to the youma.
"This time you are coming with me," the youma sneered triumphantly, as if already knowing that it had won.
"What does that mean?" whispered Harry in confusion. 'This time?' he repeated in his head. He felt totally confused. Why does Usagi feel so in control about the situation? What does Moon child mean? He somehow had a feeling that he was going to find out soon.
Usagi frowned, "Like hell I am," she muttered. Turning back to the others, she eyed them seriously. "When I tell you to run, you run. Understand?!" she ordered them, a serious gleam in her eyes.
"But, we cant leave you here!" protested Hermione while eyeing the snarling youma.
Usagi completely ignored her protest, "See that fire escape staircase? You guys climb up to it, and stay up there!" she nodded to the black metal stairs leading to the roof, behind the youma.
"But," Harry tried to protest but Shingo cut him off.
"Alright," said Shingo, he nodded at Usagi as if understanding her plan.
Usagi sighed, blood was going to be spilled, her blood for sure. "So you were saying?" she asked the youma, a smirked appeared on her lips.
"You are coming with me," the youma snarled loudly, getting ready to lunge forward again to grab her.
"We'll see," Usagi said and getting into a fighting stance. She waited till the youma got ready to attack her before doing her move.
"NOW!" she yelled bolting towards the youma and slamming into it with full force. Because of her unexpected attack, the youma lost its balance and fell backwards, but in process bringing Usagi with him.
"C'mon," urged Shingo, pushing Ginny and the others towards the stairs. He cast an uneasy glance towards his sister, who was still struggling with the youma trying to keep it on the ground.
"But what about Usagi?!" yelled Harry, as they reached the stairs and began noisily clambering up. He looked back down and found her pinning the youma to the ground. He had an odd feeling about this. He tried to turn back around and climb down but was stopped by Shingo.
"Don't, you'll just make things more complicated. She knows what she is doing, now c'mon!" said Shingo in a serious tone and pulling Harry up to the next flight of stairs.
Usagi let out a grunt of pain as the youma dug its teeth into her right shoulder. Fighting the urge to cry out in pain, she kicked the youma roughly into its stomach sending it flying across the alley. She gasped as blood gushed out through 2 punctured holes coming from the wound on her shoulder. Staggering backward, she took several deep breaths and clamped her left hand over her shoulder to ease the blood. She heard the cries from her friends coming from the stairs, they probably have seen the whole thing.
"Blood....." sneered the youma, licking its lips as blood trickled down them. The kick seemed not to have affected him at all, seeing that he was in a very happy mood actually.
Usagi growled in frustration. 'What is wrong with these things?!' she wondered dryly. She winced as she felt the burning sensation of the wound intensify. 'I don't have any other choice,' she thought finally making up her mind. If she continued to fight like this she would surely die. But being Sailor Moon gave her more possibilities.
"Moon....Eternal MAKE-UP!"
Harry and the others stopped climbing the stairs as they heard Usagi shout something. Harry gawked as silvery bright light engulfed Usagi, making everything too hard too see. Yet they all felt a strong magical power surrounding her. When the light died down, what he saw almost made him lose his balance and fall off the stairs.
Down below, standing in the place where Usagi had stood just second before now stood Sailor Moon, senshi of love and justice. Harry blinked a couple of times, trying to digest what he was seeing right now. He watched as Usagi, no, Sailor Moon smirked at the youma and made her staff appear. 'Usagi is Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon is Usagi. That explains a lot. Somehow that is.....I can't believe this,' he thought.
"Oh bloody hell," breathed Ron in amazement. His eyes wide as saucers, as he took in the scene below.
"Usagi....is...Sailor Moon...." Whispered Hermione in astonishment.
"Took her long enough," muttered Shingo lightly. He pushed the speechless Ginny forward a little signaling her to continue climbing the stairs. "C'mon, lets go. The youma might attack us," he said while following Ginny.
"Now let's even things up a bit, shall we?" said Sailor Moon, a smirk appeared on her face. The pain on her shoulder minimized, but still it hurt a lot. Blood slowly began to soak up her fuku around the area of her shoulder.
"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!"
Sailor Moon stumbled a bit, moving her shoulder hurt like hell. She winced as she lowed her right arm that held the staff. She watched in satisfaction as the youma grunted in pain as it collided with the wall and soon lost consciousness. Seeing that this was her opportunity to get away from it, she swiftly jumped up the fire staircase, and within seconds she collapsed on the roof of the building gasping for breath.
"Damn," she mumbled lightly sitting down on the railing and eyeing the wound. 'Now this is definitely going to leave a mark,' she thought dryly, completely ignoring the four wide-eyed teens infront of her.
"Usagi?" Sailor Moon looked up sharply as she heard Harry's soft voice.
"Wow, you ARE Sailor Moon," breathed Ron as he gave Usagi a cocky grin.
Sailor Moon wasn't sure if she should smile or frown at them. Instead she shrugged lightly but soon hissed in pain, feeling the burning sensation of her shoulder. "Uhhh," she mumbled, mentally cursing her luck.
"Usagi..." said Harry as he watched Sailor Moon wince, clamping her shoulder with her left hand. He wasn't quite sure if he understood everything right, Usagi was Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon was Usagi. So she kept a secret from him, so how should he feel about all of this? Betrayed? Hurt? Amazed? Surprised perhaps. Yet he wondered why she hadn't told him about it. Now he definitely had to talk with Usagi.
"You're hurt," whispered Ginny staring at Usagi with shock. Now she felt ashamed to yell at Usagi like that earlier.
"You should call the others," said Shingo seriously. He quickly walked by the others and approached Sailor Moon.
"Here," said Sailor Moon, throwing him her pink communicator. She winced again in the process. "Make them hurry," she added, before sitting down again on the railing.
'So he knew.....' mused Harry as he watched Shingo catch something that Sailor Moon threw at him.
"What's that?" asked Hermione curiously, she walked up to Shingo and looked over his shoulder. She was surprised to see him holding a small pink computer, and him pressing a button with the planetary symbol of Uranus.
"Communicator," answered Shingo curtly. After pressing Uranus' symbol he waited for a second before Haruka's face appeared on the small screen.
"WHOA!" breathed Ron, also looking over Shingo's shoulder at staring wide- eyed at the small screen with Haruka's face on it. "That's....that's Haruka! How did she get so small?" he whispered to Hermione in bewilderment.
"What the hell is going on?!?!?!" shouted Haruka from the other line as she saw Shingo's serious face as well as Hermione and Ron's faces on her communicator. "What are they doing?!" she shouted again, causing the communicator to vibrate and go a bit static on the screen.
"Tell her to hurry, it looks like more youmas are on the way!" informed Sailor Moon, she looked down again and saw a portal open. She swallowed as she saw a youma step out and she was quite sure that there would be coming more as she saw the enraged cry of it as he saw the purple one knocked out. 'This does not look good,' she mused silently.
"We need help, we got attacked a few minutes ago. Usagi transformed, so they already found out. More youmas are coming, and Sailor Moon can't handle it on her own. So hurry up!" said Shingo, frowning at the glowering Haruka.
"What's your location?" asked Haruka, her expression turning serious.
"Entrance of Tengu Alley, Roof of the right building," informed Shingo before the screen turned static. He closed the communicator and placed it in his pocket.
Sailor moon watched silently as two more youmas came out of the portal before it closed. One she recognized from yesterday. The yellow one with a serous speech problem. The other one had greenish skin with purplish blue warts and yellow ooze coming out of them. It was the biggest of the four and by the judge of the muscles, also the strongest. The last one looked more like a mutated scorpion than a youma. Still, it walked around on two legs but had a huge stinger on its rear end, and for sure it was poisonous. Like a scorpion it had two scissor-like hands and had a red outer shell. She watched as the three of them crowded over the one that she knocked out. She frowned, they didn't look happy. She heard the green one growl angrily and look up sharply as if sensing her watching. Sailor Moon gasped and took several steps away from the railing, they had been discovered.
"What's wrong?" asked Harry taking a cautious step towards the alarmed Sailor Moon.
"Run," urged Sailor Moon in alarm, pushing Harry away from her. "Hide! Don't let them see you!"
Shingo understood immediately and nodded his head, "This way!" he said while pulling a frightened Ginny with him.
Hermione shrieked loudly as three enraged youma's appeared infront of Sailor Moon. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, no," she whispered somewhat hysterically.
"You're coming with us," rasped the green youma taking slowly stalking towards Sailor Moon.
"Master will be pleased," muttered the yellow youma, his eyes swiveling widely in their sockets.
"Moon child," whispered the scorpion youma, its huge stinger hitting the ground lightly, making it shake.
"Like hell I am," said Sailor Moon, taking a step backwards. She wobbled a little as the roof shock. 'Finally!' she thought as she saw four shadows move swiftly infront of her, which were unnoticed by the youmas.
"You're coming with us," sneered the green youma again, this time he formed a sort of
"Do you really think so?" asked a mysterious voice coming from the rooftop behind them.
The three youma's were only able shriek out in pain as four different attacks hit them from behind and sending them crashing back down to the ground.
"What took you so long?" asked Sailor Moon, a smirk playing on her lips.
Sailor Uranus shrugged lightly, "Traffic,"
The four outer senshi swiftly jumped over to the rooftop, gracefully landing infront of Sailor Moon. Uranus however frowned disapprovingly as she saw the group of teens standing a few feet behind Sailor Moon. "So they found out?" she asked, she unconsciously gave Harry a glare before turning back her attention to the hime.
"You are hurt!" exclaimed Uranus loudly eyeing Moon's bleeding shoulder. She looked up at the smiling sheepishly Moon princess, "I told you to be careful!" she glared.
"It's nothing just a scratch," Moon shrugged nonchalantly but winced in pain as her shoulder moved.
"Let Saturn heal it," suggested Pluto calmly.
"I think we should do this else where," commented Neptune as she looked down and saw the four youmas slowly taking consciousness.
"How are we going to get them out of here?" asked Saturn while eyeing Harry and the others.
"We teleport," said Sailor Moon with her hand still clamped over her shoulder to stop the bleeding. She smiled triumphantly as she received reluctant agreements from the outers, since they all knew that it would take a great amount of energy just teleport with out the inners and bringing with them the group of teens.
"Guys we should get going. You are coming with us," said Sailor Moon as she took several steps closer to Harry.
"What?" asked Harry, as he eyed Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn. He visibly cringed as Uranus sent him a familiar death glare over Sailor Moon's shoulder. He had an odd feeling that he knew those four, that glare that Uranus gave him was so familiar...like.....just like.....he visibly paled as it hit him. Those four girls that Usagi met yesterday were them! Everything seemed to be slowly coming together. 'Now I don't have a girl on my throat for dating Usagi but instead I have a senshi on my throat who hates me!' he thought sarcastically.
Sailor Moon ushered them into the center of the small circle that the four outer scouts formed. She took her position in between Saturn and Pluto and they all joined hands. "You guys just stand there and don't move. We'll teleport out of here," assured Moon with a weary small. Soon the five senshi began to glow with their respective colors.
"Sailor Teleport!"
~In the Forest of Juuban Park~
Five senshi and five very shocked teens landed in a small cave. The cave filled with different colored lights, lightning it up completely before gradually dying down.
"Whoa! That was bloody brilliant!" exclaimed Ron excitedly but still a bit wobbly on his feet as the teleport was a different that traveling with floo powder.
"Everybody alright?" Neptune's voice rang through the cave; she was a bit out of breath and tired. Teleporting with five people in tow took a lot out of them. There were a series of yes as answers and sharp intakes of air from her fellow senshi but all in all everybody were fine, except for Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon collapsed to her knees, feeling totally drained. She took too much of her energy to teleport Harry and the others with them and the throbbing pain in her shoulder wasn't helping much. Leaning heavily against the cool wall of the cave, she took several uneven breaths of air and closed her eyes trying to clear out the pain from her shoulder. It was then that Saturn had noticed her.
"Princess! Are you alright?" asked Saturn quickly kneeling next to the Moon senshi.
"I'm fine," mumbled Sailor Moon, while heavily leaning against the rough cave wall.
"Me and the others will be around the area checking if there are any youma's in the area. Saturn, you stay behind and take care of Sailor Moon," stated Pluto, she cast her eyes towards the entrance of the cave, sensing a disturbing presence nearby.
"I don't need anybody to take care of me! I'm not a baby!" countered Sailor Moon from the ground but soon winced as Saturn touched her shoulder.
Neptune smiled at Sailor Moon, "That's what you said yesterday and now look at you,"
Uranus nodded in agreement, she then turned to Harry and glared down at him, "Now you behave yourself! Remember I'll be watching you," she snarled and with a final glare at Harry, she, Pluto and Neptune disappeared out of the cave.
There was a heavy silence in the cave with the occasional wincing and whining of Sailor Moon as Saturn healed her. Shingo stared silently at his sister, as different thoughts ran through his mind. 'You-know-who was almost close in capturing Usagi,' he thought sadly.
Harry still wasn't quite sure how he felt about all of this. He watched silently as Saturn placed her hand over Moon's injured shoulder, it glowed light purple and he watched in amazement as the bleeding stopped and he presumed that the injury was gone. 'So she was lying to all of us? Why? Couldn't she trust me?' he thought, feeling a bit betrayed of her keeping such a secret.
Sailor Moon smiled gratefully at Saturn, "Thank you, that helped a lot," she said.
Saturn shock her head, dismissing it, "Its my duty," she said with a grin. All of the sudden her communicator began beeping, she quickly got it out of her sub-space pocket and switched it open. "Yeah?"
A static picture of Pluto appeared on the small screen, "We need back up! Get over here quick Saturn! Leave the princess there, she'll be save!" and after that the screen went black.
"I need to go," mumbled Saturn to Sailor Moon and without waiting for the Moon princess to reply she darted out of the cave trying to get to the others as quickly as possible.
Sailor Moon let out a string of curses under her breath. Sometimes they all considered her as a little child. Now that her injury was gone she could have helped the others in battle, but still she felt a bit tired. But honestly, right now she would rather be fighting with the others with her injury rather than staying in the cave with Harry and the others. She didn't know how to act with them right now.
Sighing Sailor Moon stood up and looked around the cave. It was dark but still everyone was able to see, but she felt a bit chilly. She didn't like the dark; it made her feel that someone was watching her. Avoiding everybody's gazes, she kicked some twigs and leaves into a mound and with a little bit of lunarian magic, a roaring silver fire ignited. She smiled in satisfaction feeling the warmth of the fire comforting. She still hadn't lost her touch with lunarian magic.
"How...how....did you do that?" asked Hermione in bewilderment, cautiously stepping closer to the silvery flames and eyeing them with awe.
Sailor Moon smiled mysteriously at Hermione before sitting down close to the fire, "Magic," she replied simply and gazed into the dancing flames.
Feeling a little chilly as well, the others quickly followed Sailor Moon's suit and sat down infront of the silvery flames gratefully taking in their warmth. Sailor Moon however sat farther away from them and silently watched Harry across from her looking deep in thought. She bit her lip, wondering what he was thinking at the moment. 'Is he angry at me?' she wondered.
"Thank you," mumbled Ginny, causing everybody to look at her with surprise. "Thank you," she repeated again, looking up and staring at the Moon senshi across of them.
Sailor Moon cocked her head to the side and watched Ginny across the fire. "For what?" she asked wondering why the girl was thanking her.
"For saving us," replied Ginny, she blushed a little. She had been so mean to Usagi earlier but still she had saved them and it had almost cost her life. "I insulted you but still you saved me," she added and stared on the ground.
Sailor Moon smiled and stared at the regretful girl, "You shouldn't thank me," she said. Nobody ever thanked her or any of the senshi after they saved people's life. She had grown accustomed of the people to just scurry away and give them those frightened stares or sometimes they just passed out.
"But you saved her life, OUR lives you saved, we should thank you," protested Hermione. "So, thank you," she added a small smile on her lips. She was slowly getting used to the idea that Usagi was Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon shook her head, "There is no need to thank me, it is my duty to save people. Even if it would cost my life. I was trained that way, we were all trained that way," she informed. She smiled at Ginny with laughter in her eyes, "And even if people would insult me, make fun of me, or even hate me, I still will help them. And besides, I have been insulted far worse than what you said to me," she added.
"How long have you been Sailor Moon?" asked Ron, he was totally excited that his friend was a senshi and not just any senshi but Sailor Moon herself!
Sailor Moon didn't mind the questions, at least she was having a conversation with them. She just wished Harry would join in, just to make sure that he was alirght with all of this. "I became Sailor Moon when I turned 14, it wasn't very exciting though," she said and grimaced at the memory of finding out being Sailor Moon and getting into her first battle. She was pathetic back then.
"Whoa" breathed Ron in amazement.
"It was hard to believe that when she was 14, she was t so klutzy that she was actually Sailor Moon!" laughed Shingo remembering Usagi's constant klutz attacks.
"Hey! That's not nice, remember I saved you!" retorted Sailor Moon glaring accusing at her brother who laughed.
"So you knew she was Sailor Moon?" asked Harry eyeing Shingo, who stopped laughing, somewhat accusingly.
Shingo sensed that something was wrong with Harry and stopped laughing. He shrugged and nodded his head, "Yeah,"
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Harry wanting to know the reason why.
Sailor Moon sighed, almost fearing that this would be coming. "I couldn't," she mumbled, looking away not bearing to stare into his eyes. She would have told them, if only Voldemort would not be after her.
"Why?" urged Harry, wanting to know more.
"She can't, she's not allowed to," said Shingo coming to aid his sister.
"Then why do you know?" asked Hermione in puzzlement.
"I had to tell him," mumbled Sailor Moon, casting her eyes away from Harry in guilt. She felt guilty now that she hadn't told him about her secrets.
"So.....you ARE a princess," said Ginny her eyes growing wide and stared at Sailor Moon with awe and excitement.
"Princess Serenity," mumbled Harry, he had completely forgotten that Sailor Moon was supposed to be a princess. It was so hard to believe that his girlfriend was a princess, a princess from a kingdom of the Moon a thousand years ago.
Sailor Moon blushed lightly to be acknowledged as princess, "I....I...I am," she sighed. She never really liked being princess.
"This is so bloody amazing!" exclaimed Ron happily, finding the idea of having a princess as a friend totally brilliant.
"I never thought we'd meet royalty," said Hermione sounding thoughtful.
"So.....are those wings real?" asked Ron, again asking more and more questions. He eyed the pearly white wings coming from Moon's back with amazement.
"Oh," said Sailor Moon turning her head and staring at her wings for a moment. "I totally forgot hey were there," she mentally sweatdropped. Turning back to the excited Ron, she nodded her head, "Yeah they're real. They are a part of my lunarian form. Though I find them a bit of annoying sometimes," she said smiling lightly. She stood up, and brushed of some dirt on her skirt. She shifted her wings a little, letting some white feathers flutter to the ground and began to glow light silver. Concentrating, she closed her eyes and let her wings slowly vanish in a swirl of white feathers. She opened her eyes again and turned her head to look at her back, instead of seeing her usual white wings, a red cape that almost reached the ground had replaced them. She grinned in satisfaction, the heavy feeling on her back now gone, "That's better," she mumbled to herself, totally ignoring the four astonished teens.
"Brilliant," whispered Ron in awe while staring up at Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon smiled at them but her smile didn't last long. It soon turned into a frown as she felt an evil presence nearing their cave. She turned around and faced the entrance of their cave, excepting to see someone or something.
"What's wrong?" asked Harry in alarm, as he watched Sailor Moon frown at the entrance. He felt his stomach churn, expecting something bad to happen any minute.
Sailor Moon was about to reply but couldn't because a youma appeared in the entrance. She had no time to react nor could she register which youma had attack her but the only thing she could feel was the sharp thing that passed through her stomach and 4 long sharp glistening white fangs imbed themselves into her shoulder yet again. She felt her body be pushed roughly into the cave wall, as the youma began to crush her. She could faintly hear the screams of terror coming from somewhere in the cave. Sailor Moon tried to scream but she couldn't find her voice to do so. She tried to struggle against the youma but her strengths were failing her. She could feel the youma's hot breath on her shoulder as it grunted with satisfaction biting deeper into her shoulder.
"USAGI!" shouted Harry in shock, he watched helplessly as Sailor Moon was being slammed into the cave wall, which shock lightly on impact. He felt his blood run cold as he saw her pale face with pure shock written all over it. Her face grew paler, as her eyes widened and they became unfocused. But what made him gasp and what made Hermione and Ginny scream was the huge bloody puddle of blood on the ground by Sailor Moon and the youma, and it grew bigger by the second.
"No!" screamed Shingo as he watched in horror, as a pain expression crossed Sailor Moon's face before her eyes became unfocused.
Hermione, Ginny and Ron watched helplessly as the familiar purple youma attacked Sailor Moon. Hermione stared in shock as the youma gave a loud grunt of satisfaction. She gasped as she saw Sailor Moon wince and slowly close her eyes.
'This is it, I'm going to die,' thought Sailor Moon as her vision began to darken. She could feel the excruciating pain from her stomach as the spike drove deeper into her. She finally recognized the youma, as the purple one after seeing the purple scaly skin. She swore she heard the youma growl into her shoulder, "Revenge is sweet," as he bit deeper into her. She again tried to struggle but found it too hard and so, Sailor Moon slowly drifted into unconsciousness. But before she could, an attack yell rang through the air.
"SPACE SWORD BLASTER!"
Sailor Moon watched as the youma turned into dust and crumbled to the ground, mixing up with her blood. She gasped out for breath, trying hard to get the needed oxygen into her lungs. Staring wide-eyed at the battered outer senshi she uttered one word before collapsing to the ground, "Help...."
"No!" cried several voices in unison as they watched Sailor Moon collapse.
"Damn," cursed Uranus loudly, quickly sprinting towards the bleeding princess. She gasped as she saw the state of her body. 'This will take a hell lot of healing,' she thought. Placing her gloved hand on Sailor Moon stomach she tried to stop the bleeding as much as possible, even her own tattered fuku turned crimson as it soaked up the princess' blood.
"Oh no," she heard Harry's voice from behind her.
Harry felt his stomach churn, as he saw Usagi's blood. Never in his life had he seen so much blood, and it made him feel sick. But he shoved away the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach, as he was too worried about his girlfriend at the moment and the horrible state she was in.
"What can I do?" he asked, his voice holding much worry. He didn't want to lose Usagi right now, he had lost so much. He began to feel so strongly for Usagi, like they were connected, it was like he was able to feel her pain. And somehow he did, he could feel a slight pain in his stomach. He realized that his feelings for this girl turned out to be much deeper and stronger and now that he found the girl that he loved, some cruel twist of fate decided to take her away from him. But he wouldn't allow it.
Uranus instructed him to pull off his jacket and apply pressure on her wound on her stomach. Together the both of them carried Sailor Moon to the others, who all gasped as they saw the now very pale Moon senshi.
"We'll have to teleport directly to her room, there we can take care of her," instructed Pluto. The outers quickly formed a circle and held hands. Harry and the others were inside of the circle readying themselves for the quick teleport. Harry held the Sailor Moon close to his body, while still keeping a firm pressure on her wound trying futilely to stop the bleeding. Shingo knelt next to him and also had his jacket removed and applying pressure on her wound on her shoulder.
'Don't die on me,' the two boys thought each having their own reasons why Usagi should stay alive and not die.
The outer senshi concentrated hard, as each one of them began to glow with their respective colors. This teleportation would be hard to do, since they were lacking one vital senshi, Sailor Moon. This teleportation would take a lot of energy out of them, and Saturn wasn't quite sure she would be able to heal the princess after this exhausting teleportation. It looked like the chances for the princess's survival looked slim.
~Back in the inn, Usagi's room~
Usagi's room filled with light suddenly, illuminating the whole room and leaving no dark area. The light quickly died down as the four outer senshi collapsed with exhaustion. They all landed in the center of Usagi's room, with Harry and Shingo still having a firm hold on Sailor Moon.
"I'll lock the door, so no one will get in and might see this," announced Hermione quickly, her voice wavered a little showing her distraught. Tears brimmed her eyes as one thought always crossed her mind that they would be losing Usagi and she wasn't ready to accept that fact. She scurried across the room and quickly locked the door shut, making sure that no one would enter.
Ginny began to tremble with fright as she watched Harry and Shingo gingerly place the bleeding Sailor Moon onto the bed. Tears began to build in her eyes and before she knew it she silently began to cry. She wasn't ready to lose a friend; she didn't want Usagi to die. She had been so mean to her earlier, and now Usagi was almost dying. 'Oh god no, please don't let Usagi die,' she begged. She stood next to Hermione, seeking comfort in the older girl as both of them watched as the boys and the outer senshi began to try their best and save Usagi's life.
"We unhenshin her," instructed Neptune, she reached out and was about to grab Sailor Moon's locket and pull it off from her fuku when Uranus stopped her.
"If we unhenshin her, then she might be in greater pain," said Uranus with a frown.
"We must, the detransformation may heal the wounds just a little bit," said Pluto. Turning to an over concerned Harry she said, "Please retrain her, she might wake up and scream or do something like shot energy balls. Once she is unhenshined, she will become more aware of the pain and she might wake up,"
Harry nodded; he let Ron take his place in holding his jacket to her wound and sat down on her bed next to her, ready to do help out in anyway possible. He stared down at Usagi's ghostly pale face, and silently prayed to who ever might hear his prayer, that Usagi would be alright after this.
It turned out that what Pluto and Uranus said was true, as Neptune pulled off the locket Sailor Moon dehenshined and reverted back to Usagi. She immediately snapped her eyes open, and let out a pain filled scream as she became aware of the excruciating pain. True, the detransformation did heal hear wounds, but just a little bit, it still continued to bleed. Usagi tried to scream again but her scream was muffled as a warm hand covered her mouth. She looked up and found Harry's concerned eyes gaze down at her with worry and fear. Tears brimmed her eyes, as the pain became unbearable, she began to trash around in her bed. She wanted the pain to stop, to make everything stop.
"C'mon Saturn do something," urged Neptune, as Usagi began to cry silently. To her horror, Usagi's immaculate white shirt now turned into a pure red shirt of blood.
Saturn nodded, she quickly moved forwards standing between Neptune and Pluto. She instructed Uranus to take off Usagi's shirt, which earned much blushes from the boys and a loud grunt of disapproval of Uranus. But in situations like this, Uranus obliged and quickly tore off Usagi's shirt leaving the girl only in her skirt and now bra. Uranus silently swore to herself, if this ordeal would be over she'd personally kill Harry for seeing Usagi in her undergarments.
Saturn was horrified to see such a deep wound on he princess' stomach but quickly got over it. "I can only do so much as stop the bleeding and minimize the pain so that it will be bearable. I don't seem to have enough strength to do much more," informed Saturn before going to work. She and Usagi began to glow faintly purple, as she concentrated hard on healing her princess putting in as much pf her power as possible.
"It's going to be fine," assured Harry in a low whispered, still staring down at Usagi who by now began to writher in pain. He could feel her agony; his heart went out for her. He couldn't bear to see her cry in pain, as he felt her hot tears on his hands. With his free hand, which was covered completely in blood, he began to stroke her face trying to assure her that it'll all be done soon.
~30 minutes later~
Saturn soon fainted out of exhaustion after using up all her energy. Her job was done, Usagi's wounds stopped bleeding and the pain was bearable. Collapsing to the ground, Saturn dehenshined automatically, turning into Hotaru and began to sleep soundly on the floor.
"That....was.....close," breathed an exhausted Uranus. She was happy to see that everything turned out to be fine.
By now, Usagi's bed sheets that were formerly blue, were now a dark shade of crimson. And everybody in the room had at least some hints of blood on them. Neptune finished placing a white bandage on Usagi's shoulder before gently covering the girl with some fresh bed sheets.
Harry sighed in relief, it was over. He silently watched as Pluto carefully changed the bloody sheets, being careful not to wake Usagi. He stared at Usagi's sleeping face and began to wonder what would have happened if she had died. 'I'd be alone again,' he thought sadly.
"Thank god," whispered Shingo in relief, being happy that everything turned out just fine.
"Should we tell her Uncle?" whispered Hermione, who by now had gone hoarse from all the crying. She was so happy that Usagi was fine, that she hugged Ron.
"Later, all she needs now is rest," said Pluto. "We all need rest," she added firmly after taking in their tiered and worried states.
Shingo nodded, "Why don't you guys take a nap or something. Take the room next to this. Looks like Hotaru needs much rest," he said pointedly while eyeing the sleeping Saturn.
The outers, minus Saturn, nodded in agreement, they were all very tired. They quickly dehenshined, reverting back to their former selves. Haruka gently picked up the sleeping Hotaru. "We'll see you guys later," she said before quickly walking out the room.
Michiru and Setsuna followed Haruka out but not before giving the sleeping Usagi a worried look. "Thank Selene," whispered Setsuna, thanking the Moon goddess for letting everything turn out just fine.
"Their right, we should all take a rest," said Ron, he now gradually got over the shock of the mornings events.
They all nodded, seeing that they were all exhausted and needed some sleep. Even though it was only early in the afternoon, they felt as if they had been awake for days. As each of them retired to their respective rooms, the only ones who were left were Shingo and Harry.
"Don't you want to rest?" asked Shingo giving Harry a worried look. He wondered how he was taking all this information, but to him it looked like he was taking it fairly well. He smiled silently, as he saw how worried Harry really was for his sister. He was happy to know that there was someone new in Usagi's life and that somebody cared for her so deeply.
Harry shock his head in refusal, he was sitting next to Usagi's bed and holding her hand, hoping that she would feel his presence. "No, I want to be here when she wakes up," he said firmly. He didn't want to leave, he wanted to make sure that she would be alirght when she would wake up.
Shingo smiled lightly and nodded is head in understanding, "Of course," he said. "Though I might take a while," he added with a rueful smile. He was still very much worried about his sister. He also wanted to be there and take care of her but seeing that Harry would be more fitted he decided that Harry should be the one there.
Harry smiled, "I know, but I can wait," he said.
Shingo nodded in understanding, he began to exit the room when he again turned around and faced Harry. He smiled lightly, "Thank you,"
Harry looked confused, "For what?" he asked, not understanding why he was thanking him.
"For taking such great care of Usagi. It really means a lot," replied Shingo before quickly slipping out of the room, leaving Harry and Usagi alone.
Harry sighed, his attention back to the sleeping Usagi. His hand clutched hers tightly as one thought crossed his mind. Just an hour ago, she could have been gone from his life forever. That prospect sent chills down his spine. 'I love you,' he thought, staring intently at Usagi, wishing that she would soon wake up.
~Next room, with the Outers~
"I don't get it," mumbled Haruka in confusion, as she slouched deeper into the sofa.
"Don't get what?" asked Michiru, coming into the small sitting room after tucking in the sleeping Hotaru.
"Why that youma almost killed Usagi," said Haruka with a frown.
Michiru nodded, true it was quite confusing. "Don't they want Usagi-chan alive?" she asked, giving Setsuna a puzzled look.
Setsuna sighed, "It seems like they want her alive or dead," she said. "It really makes no difference anyway," she added with another heavy sigh.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Haruka startled.
"Even if the princess would have died, there would still be enough power coursing through her body to fully raise the dark lord to power.....or even make him much stronger." Said Setsuna. There was a long pause before she continued, "But I highly doubt that the Dark Lord would want the princess dead,"
Michiru nodded in understanding, "We have got to be more careful,"
"Today's attack was a tough one," said Haruka in a tired tone.
Setsuna rose from her seat, "I do believe we should all take a little rest before we go back to the mansion and inform Luna and Artemis about the attack," she said.
Michiru and Haruka nodded in agreement, "But do you think it would be wise to just leave the princess here all alone without protection?" asked Haruka as they were making their way to the bedrooms.
Setsuna stopped infront of her bedroom door and smiled lightly, "Of course it would be safe here," she said before each of them disappeared into their rooms to take a little nap.
~Later in the Evening, 10 pm~
By now, Uncle Sam had been informed by the Outers of the attack and Usagi's current condition. He had taken it fairly well, though it was quite evident that he was shocked as he saw Usagi sleeping in her bed. The outers left later in the afternoon, saying that they still had to discuss some important matters with some people.
Everyone else retired into their rooms for the night as they all had a very tiring day. Harry on the other hand, had refused to go to his own room to rest. He insisted in staying with Usagi for the whole night, refusing to leave her bedside even for dinner. Shingo tried to switch with Harry for a few hours, so that he may have some sleep but Harry completely refused the offer.
So now here he was, it was already 11 pm and still Usagi hadn't woken up yet. Clutching Usagi's limp right hand, Harry hoped that she would wake up soon. But soon sighed when he realized that it would take a while before the Moon princess would. He carefully brushed away several stray strands of golden looks as they fell into her face. The moonlight bathed the two in its silvery light, creating a light silvery aura around them.
"Usagi," whispered Harry into the darkness. He turned his attention to the window above her bed and stared out at the darkened sky. He was surprised to see a full Moon tonight, though it wasn't expected to be full at all tonight. 'Strange,' he mused, his gaze fixed on the silvery orb in the night sky. A thought crossed his mind, was that Usagi's home? Usagi wasn't human, she's a princess.....from the Moon. And more or less a thousand years old. Harry sighed, fixing his gaze back to the sleeping girl, sometimes he wondered why such strange things happen to him. 'If it didn't happen, then you wouldn't have met Usagi, now would you?' chided a small voice in his brain. True, he wouldn't have met the girl of his dreams. Harry smiled, sometimes he was lucky to have strange things happen to him.
"Harry?" came a small voice barely above a whisper. It sounded tired and exhausted.
Harry looked down at Usagi startled. A wave of relief washed over him as he watched Usagi groggily open her eyes and look up at the ceiling with confusion. "You're up," he whispered happily. He quickly stood up from his chair and switched to sit on her bed, sitting next to her and gazing down at her. He gripped her hand close to him, happy to feel her respond and squeeze back lightly.
"Harry," Usagi repeated his name again. She was so happy to see him, so happy that he was by her side. She was so happy to know that he was there for her the whole time. Even though she was asleep, healing silently while she slept, she was very much aware of his presence. All the time, she could feel his comforting warmth near her. She felt his confusion and fears. She was able to feel his mixed up feelings, yet she was so much over whelmed when she felt his love in the end. While she slept, she was overjoyed to hear his thoughts....'I love you,'....over and over again. It brought new strength to her, making her heal faster. Through this, she was able to realize her own feelings much better, as she realized one thing......she loved him too. She loved Harry with all her heart and soul.
"I'm so glad that you are alirght," whispered Harry, smiling lightly at the tired Usagi. With his free hand he light touched her cheek and rubbed it affectionately.
Usagi smiled as she felt his warm hand against her cheek. It made her feel so much at ease and made her momentarily forget to throbbing pains that still disturbed her very much. Very slowly she reached up and touched his cheek tenderly, she was happy to be able to touch him again and began to regret the times that she avoided him.
Harry removed his hand from her cheek and touched her cool one that lingered on his cheek. It still was cool, a simple reminder on how close to death she was. Yet her cool hand soon became warm after he held on to it. After letting go of her hand, he gave her a scolding look, "Don't do that again and scare me like that," he said.
Usagi wanted to say that she couldn't promise him that but instead found herself nodding her head. She smiled and looked up at him lovingly, "I'm glad you're here," she whispered her hand holding onto his as if she were afraid that if she'd let go he might be disappear.
Harry smiled and squeezed her hand lovingly, "Me too," he whispered. He saw that she began to grow tired and said. "You better rest now," he slowly leaned down and kissed her forehead affectionately and was surprised to see an upturned crescent moon shine lightly. But it soon faded away and Harry couldn't help but smile.
Usagi sighed contently as she began to drift off to sleep again. She could feel the Moon's light upon them and she was quite sure that her mother was with them. Before sleep could claim her, she opened her eyes again and looked at Harry intently, "I love you," she whispered.
Harry was surprised to hear those words. So he was loved, so she really loved him! They both were in love! He smiled down at her before saying, "I love you too," and then very slowly he leaned down yet again but this time he claimed her lips with his and they exchanged a feathery, love-filled kiss that filled both their needs.
The Moon shone brightly as the two lovers kissed under its light. It shone brighter than ever, as its princess again found happiness and love. It sent her strength and made her heal more quickly than ever expected. True, love heals everything. The late Moon queen couldn't help but shed tears of happiness as she watched the little scene before her. Her daughter was in love, truly deeply in love. She watched as her daughter and the young boy wizard kiss in the Moonlight and silently she sent her blessings to both of them, wishing them all the best. Through this shared kiss, Usagi and Harry became soulmates, their lives woven into one.......their future became one.
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Hello! It's been a while since I updated.....Gomen! But I am just sooo busy with school! I got to do this thesis and other stuff. I just really extremely busy. And still now happy. Yeah, I don't enjoy school very much but still I have to put up with it. (Lol, a year more and I'll be out of this country forever! German here I come!) *Grins* didn't expect that one! *Grin* Just proves to show you all that I'm full of surprises. Anyway, I'm still at work with the next chapter of 'Unexpected Love' and 'Love through Friendship' (Actually, I am working on both of them at the same time, including this one!) Anywayz, I also very glad to that I got so many reviews for FAND, I can see that it is doing well. LOL, you guys should keep on guess who those three people are. If you'll guess right then I'll give you a cyber cookie!
Kaio: *appears out of nowhere* I know, I know, I know who they are! I'm going to teeeeeeell!
Me: *Glares* No you don't! *Grabs a vacuum*
Kaio: They're ..... AHHH! *Gets sucked into the vacuum*
*Giggles nervously* Forgive my damned house ghost; she's a bit high. She ate some chocolate today but still I wonder how she ever digested it. But anyway, now is the time to tell you guys to stop reading this and go read this chapter! I hope you guys like this one, took me a long time to get out!
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Disclaimer: I do not own, I repeat do not own, Harry Potter and any related characters, they belong to JK Rowling. And also, I do not own Sailor Moon and any related characters, they belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I only own the visitors of the Magic Room Uncle Sam, Kurosawa-san, Emory and Mrs. Hadley. So don't sue!
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Setting/Place~
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Chapter 10
"Finding out"
Usagi glared at her reflection in the mirror the next morning. After disappearing from Harry and the others yesterday and almost bursting into tears infront of them, she decided to head over to the hot baths and drown her worries away. it helped though, well not with her worries but minimizing the soreness of her body from yesterdays battle. Her stomach grumbled angrily in need of food. Last night she decided against it to get some dinner in her, feeling that she didn't want to be near Harry or the others at that moment. After tying up her hair into its usual French braid, and adjusting her sleeveless white shirt and jean skirt, she marched out of her room, deciding it was time to get some food in her.
"Mornin'" she said lightly to one of the guests, after stepping out of her room. 'Maybe its best if I eat breakfast in the kitchen,' she mused while slowly descending the staircase. She heard the loud chatter coming from the dinning hall, no doubt that the guests were all talking about yesterdays attack. Usagi stopped at the foot of the steps and stared into the hall, eyeing one particular table by the huge bay windows. She quickly looked away as one of its occupants looked up and made eye contact with her. Green met blue for a brief second. Usagi painfully turned away from Harry's soul searching gaze and quickly scurried towards the kitchens.
~Dining Hall~
"Something wrong Harry?" asked Hermione, her brown eye clouded with confusion after following his gaze but finding no one in particular.
Harry shook his head and silently sipped his tea, his thoughts wandering back to yesterday's events. The attack, the senshi, Sailor Moon, and then to Usagi. He wondered what had caused Usagi's sudden display of emotions. He grew more worried by the minute after seeing her just a second ago and staring into her unusually dull blue eyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Weasley have gone off to the ministry early that morning. Mr. Weasley was very much ecstatic about the attack yesterday that he went back to Japan's main ministry at the crack of dawn. Uncle Sam didn't join them for breakfast since he was very much over the head with busy preparations for the ball this Saturday. This left only the teens behind eating breakfast. They were unusually silent though, thinking over yesterdays events and their near to death experience. But still one topic weighed heavily in the air ..... Usagi.
"Why do you recon she just disappeared?" wondered Ron, staring at the unusually silent Shingo.
"I don't know ..." mumbled Shingo, but in truth knowing exactly about Usagi's sudden display of emotion.
~In the kitchens~
Usagi frowned lightly while staring into her now empty bow of cereal. 'You fool, why are you avoiding your boyfriend?! He will be leaving in a week and half and you go and avoid him.......some girlfriend you are,' she mentally berated herself.
She frowned again, 'Every time I get too close to somebody, they are bound to get hurt. I don't want to lose Harry because of my damn duty as a senshi. I don't want him to get hurt! I almost lost him and my brother, as well as my friends yesterday,' she countered back, while taking the bowl to the sink.
'So you are afraid,' confirmed the foreign voice. Usagi could almost picture it nodding its head in affirmation.
"No," she whispered to herself. She sighed loudly upon realizing she was afraid. She was afraid yesterday, afraid she might lose again. 'So I am,' she mused silently.
"Usagi, there you are!" exclaimed Uncle Sam across the kitchen; he expertly dodged a flying frog that Emory somehow jinxed. He quickly crossed the busy kitchen and reached Usagi in no time.
"I need to ask you a favor," Uncle Sam said, giving her a little pleading look.
Usagi sighed, 'There goes my 'do nothing today' regimen,' she thought dryly. Eyeing her Uncle's desperate look, she sighed again and nodded her head. "Fine, what do you want?" with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"I need you to go to Tengu alley, and check if my tuxedo that I ordered is done, if it is....would you be a dear and bring it back here?" he asked, again giving her a pleading look.
Usagi sighed, "Ok, ok, I'll go now," she mumbled under her breath. She got ready to step out of the steel double doors when she was called yet again by her Uncle.
"Oh and be a dear and get me all of this," he added quickly, shoving into Usagi's hand a long piece of parchment before quickly exiting the kitchen before Usagi could even protest.
"Damn, fooled again," she mumbled darkly. Wearily she eyed the parchment, it turned out to be a list of supplies. Parchment, quills, the sorts. A bit of grocery as well. Mentally cursing her Uncle, Usagi stuffed the paper into the jean jacket before exiting the kitchen.
"Usagi?" she heard a soft voice coming from the lobby. Usagi stopped in her tracks, another sigh escaped her lips. 'Don't avoid them,' a small voice chided into her mind. 'Remember, they'll be here for a week and a half,' it added. 'I don't want to deal with them right now.....' she mentally whined. Everything was so confusing for her. Her feelings for Harry, the difficult situation that she was in and the emotional break down lately.
"What?" answered Usagi, which to Harry sounded a bit irritated. He watched as Usagi eyed them all wearily, as if not very much pleased to see them at all. Her eyes rested on him for a while, they made eye contact for a second before she looked away and stared at the unusually silent Shingo. It surprised him as he saw Usagi's stare harden.
"Are you angry on us? I'm sorry, I-I-I..." Said Ginny, after calling Usagi and getting an irritated 'what?' as an answer. She took an uneasy step backward, as she watched Usagi's gaze harden at Shingo.
"Huh? Oh no, I'm sorry," said Usagi after faintly hearing Ginny's apology. 'Apologize for what?' she wondered. She stopped staring at her brother, she wasn't easily going to forgive for what he did. She almost lost him yesterday, they'd made a promise not lose each other and he almost broke it. Switching her gaze to the troubled red head, Usagi gave her weary smile.
"No, no, I'm not angry. Just have a lot on my mind, I'm sorry," she heaved a little sighed, not really staring at any of her friends but looking to the side.
"You alright? You look tired," said Harry, his voice full of concern. He wanted to know what happened to her yesterday, why she just disappeared. But he would just her later, when they'd get a time alone to talk. He took a cautious step forward, but it surprised him when she took a step backward.
'I feel lousy, I got the whole world on my shoulders, my life is at stake, and I crashed into a stall yesterday. So generally I'm just fine, peachy, I feel like leaping over a whole damn building,' she wanted to say but soon figured out that her boyfriend was asking that particular question and not a senshi, she quickly gave him a more heartily smile before answering. "I'm fine, don't worry," she said with a wave of her hand dismissing it. She wished she were fine. She felt her heart twist, as she saw pain flash briefly in his eyes as she took a step away from him.
"Well, we are going to Tengu Alley, want to come with us?" asked Hermione, sensing the little situation between Harry and Usagi. She silently wondered what was going on. Harry and Usagi had been doing fine with their relationship a few days ago and now the last couple of days Usagi had grown a bit distant from him and them.
"Yeah, we're going to do some shopping. Maybe we'll get lucky again and see Sailor Moon," added Ron oblivious the whole situation.
'Well, consider yourself lucky. Sailor Moon is just standing in front of you,' she thought dryly. She wanted to have some time alone, go to Tengu alley by herself. Have some serious thinking time. To think about the whole Voldemort situation a bit better and try to figure her emotions out also.
"I guess, why not?" Usagi found herself agreeing to go with them. And before she knew it, she was outside and all six of them were walking in silence.
Walking up infront of the group, she took an uneasy glance back at Harry wondering what he might be thinking of her right now. 'What a wonderful girlfriend you are,' she thought sarcastically.
"You two had a fight?" whispered Ron to Harry, switching his gaze between him and her. He knew something was up, but not quite sure what.
Harry shock his head, "No, I wish we had though, at least then I would know what's troubling her," he said while watching Usagi's back.
"Do you know what's wrong with her?" asked Ginny, looking at her boyfriend expectantly.
Shingo sighed, while eyeing Usagi for a second. 'Yeah I know what's wrong with her. She's having a little crisis that's all. A lot is on her mind, what you ask? Well, there's Voldemort, the whole world to save, the future and perhaps even her past. Being Sailor Moon is not an easy task you know,' he wanted to say to them all. He looked at Ginny and shook his head. "No I don't know," he said as they were slowly nearing the alley to where the entrance of Tengu Alley was. "Let me talk to her, okay?" he said to Ginny, letting go of her hand. He was very much sure that Usagi was also mad at him, for being so stupid yesterday. He needed to talk to her; he couldn't handle the silent treatment any longer.
"Usagi, wait up," shouted Shingo walking a bit faster to catch up with Usagi. He caught up to her but got no response. 'Why can she be so thick headed sometimes?' he wondered. "Don't be angry at me," he said in Japanese not wanting the others to hear their conversation.
Usagi stopped walking and turned to face her brother. This reaction caused the others to stop too and watch as she and Shingo began talking in Japanese.
(AN: The conversation between Usagi and Shingo will be in Japanese, so that Harry and the others wont understand what they are talking about)
"Why should I be angry at you?" asked Usagi her voice sounded irritated and angry. A frown and glare graced her face as she stared at her brother.
"I....I thought..I" Shingo was lost at words. Not quite sure what to say to her. She was angry at him alright. "About yesterday," he said.
Usagi's expression hardened, which made Shingo cringe. Sure he was taller than her by a couple of inches and he was a guy but still he was very much afraid of Usagi when she became angry. "Gomen Nasai," he whispered bowing his head.
"You're sorry?" said Usagi, not as a question but her voice sounded a bit mocking. She grabbed his chin and forced him to look at her. This action caused Harry and the others to gasp a little in surprise. They had never seen the usual friendly, nice Usagi be so angry with anybody. "Sorry?" she repeated, her eyes burring hard into his own. "How can you be sorry for what you did yesterday?"
"But....I....didn't mean..." he mumbled, he winced a bit as she applied a bit of pressure in holding his chin.
"Stop it! I had enough! You promised me that I wont lose you! You made a promise! And you almost broke it yesterday! How could you?! Do you know how hard it is for me to wake up everyday and realize that I have lost our parents and it was my entire fault? And now to add it more up, I could have almost lost my own brother?! Do you know how hard it is for me to do everything, to make everything look normal, like everything is alright? I don't want to lose you! I have lost so much, so much already! And you go running around and get almost killed by a youma! And to make matters worse, you brought our friends with you! Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Harry. You got our friends almost killed yesterday. You got my boyfriend almost killed yesterday. Harry means everything to me, I don't want to lose him or you. You know that Harry was placed in the line of danger yesterday, you know it! I think about it constantly, if I had lost either one of you, if I had lost you or Harry....it makes me wanna cry!" she said bitterly, glaring at her brother. Several tears trickled down her cheek but she quickly wiped them away.
"Do you get anything of what they are saying?" asked Ron to Hermione while watching the little scene between Usagi and her brother.
Hermione shock her head, "No, I only get our names that's all," she said. She was still quite surprised at Usagi's sudden behavior.
Harry watched silently as Usagi continued to say things in Japanese angrily at Shingo. He watched as she cried a little but she wiped the tears away. He watched as she restraint more tears that were threatening to spill. He wished he knew what they were talking about, but somehow he had a feeling that he already did. And he somehow felt he plight but he wasn't sure how.
"I'm not angry, I'm frustrated. You out of all people should know that it would be dangerous to be getting near to a battle. You didn't do anything to hold them back, but instead you went along with them. How could you just let it happen? Damn it Shingo, I'm not angry with you. Call it Disappointed, frustrated, but not angry. If I'm angry then I should be angry at myself! I make all the problems, I create all the battles. If I think about it, if I weren't there yesterday, then you'd be dead! I would have lost you, Harry and the others! What if I wasn't there, I think about it all the time. What if I had lost....what if I had lost Harry.....what if....."She said, no longer anger but sadness was in her voice. She released his chin and let her hand drop to her side.
"But.....I'm sorry," Shingo said, staring at Usagi. He felt truly sorry, now he understood her a bit better than before.
*SMACK*
Shingo's head snapped to left, as flesh hit flesh. Usagi slowly lowered her right hand while staring at him angrily. He felt his left cheek sting painfully, he never knew that his sister could slap him that hard and so fast. 'She's a senshi you know,' he thought dryly. In the back of his mind he wondered why she did it, but it somehow made perfect sense to slap him. But still he was very much surprised of being slapped, he didn't expect it at all yet alone his sister being the slapping kind. He stared at her with a mixture of shock and surprise while touching his stinging cheek with his left hand.
"Don't do it again, understand?!" Usagi said in English this time. She glared at her brother, hoping that would make him keep his promise. Her expression didn't change as he nodded guiltily. She didn't want to slap him at all, but she felt was compelled to do it. She watched him as he briskly walked away from her, heading into the alley still holding his cheek. It was then that she became aware of Harry and the others staring at her with shock as they had gasped at her actions.
"What is wrong with you?!" asked Ginny, it had been more of an insult than a question. She stared accusingly at Usagi before quickly running after Shingo to see if he was alright.
Usagi stared at Ginny's back as she followed Shingo to the alley and she swallowed hard. A hard lump had formed in her throat that she wasn't quite aware of she had earlier. 'Must be from holding back all those tears,' she mused lightly.
"Usagi?" she heard Hermione's soft voice ring in her head. She looked up to see the three concerned faces of Hermione, Ron and Harry...Harry....Usagi quickly averted her eyes away from him; she couldn't bear to look at him right now.
All of the sudden they heard a shrill cry coming from the alley. The alley where Shingo and Ginny had disappeared to, the entrance of Tengu alley. The cry sounded oddly familiar, it sounded like Ginny.
"Ginny?!" cried Ron in alarm.
"Something's wrong," said Harry, for a brief second his eyes rested on Usagi but he quickly stared at the entrance of the alley. He had to talk with Usagi later, that was for sure. He, Ron, and Hermione quickly made their way to the entrance of the alley.
"Shingo....no," whispered Usagi in alarm, she ran towards the entrance of the alley. She ran past them, reaching the entrance a second before they did. She saw nothing but a frightened Ginny and a shocked Shingo both pressed hard against the entrance of Tengu Alley, both of them were staring up at roof of the right brick building. When she looked up made her blood run cold.
"Oh no," she heard Hermione whisper from behind her.
Up on the roof, looking down at them stood the familiar purple youma from yesterdays battle. The one that Usagi had been well acquainted of. It made a growling sound, which sounded oddly like a laugh. Its yellow eyes switching between the two groups. It crouched near the end of the roof, seeming ready to jump off any minute and attack.
"Bloody hell! Ginny you alright?! Don't worry we'll be right there!" shouted Ron.
"C'mon we gotta, do something!" shouted Harry, pulling out his wand from his pocket. Hermione and Ron followed his suit and got their wands. Before Usagi could even protest, he and Ron and Hermione quickly crossed the alley and reached Shingo and Ginny. The three of them standing infront of them and pointing their wands up in the air, directly at the youma.
"Aren't you going to do anything?!" asked Hermione, switching her gaze to Usagi who stood rooted to the spot.
"Usagi?" asked Harry, somewhat surprised to see her still staring at the youma not breaking contact. He wondered why she wasn't helping them out. He suddenly had an inking feeling that something was going to happen.
Ginny shrieked loudly as the youma suddenly jumped down from the building and landing in the middle of the alley between them and Usagi. She began to tremble as it turned its attention to them, its eyes burring into them.
"Don't come any closer! We got wands," said Ron, a hint of fear was evident in his voice. His wand arm began to tremble a little as the youma slowly approached them. They began to back up, pressing themselves harder against the wall.
"We warn you, we got wands," said Harry threathingly, he narrowed his eyes at the youma. To his surprise it smirked.
"Harry Potter," it snarled, taking another step towards them. His eyes fixed on Harry, perhaps now he'll get the chance to get the boy. The Moon princess will just have to wait. It gave a loud growl, which made Ginny shriek and Hermione tremble loudly, exposing its gleaming fangs that looked sharper than any knife. It made a lunge forward, getting ready to attack the boy and grab him.
"I thought I told you to give up!"
Harry heard the youma growl in pain, and watched in shock as it was slammed against some trashcans. He, as well as the others, stared in shock at the youma but quickly averted their gazed to Usagi, who looked a bit, pleased of herself. 'How did she....' he wondered silently.
"Do you have a hearing problem? Or does you boss never give up? Give up!" Usagi said glaring at the youma as it struggled to stand up. She had an option, she could either transform and expose herself to the others and her secret would be out or she could just go in hand in hand battle with a youma and see if she'll come out alive. 'We'll see if I need to transform' she thought. But she knew, that she could never take on a youma as powerful as this one.
"The Moon child....." growled the youma, somewhat pleased to see her. He quickly stood up, completely forgetting about Harry. This time he'd get the Moon Princess that was for sure.
Usagi frowned, that youma had a serious mental problem that was for sure. "You five just stay there and dot move a muscle! Don't do anything until I say so, or else you'll be dead before you can say 'I'm dead'," she ordered, quickly glancing at the five teens before turning back to the youma.
"This time you are coming with me," the youma sneered triumphantly, as if already knowing that it had won.
"What does that mean?" whispered Harry in confusion. 'This time?' he repeated in his head. He felt totally confused. Why does Usagi feel so in control about the situation? What does Moon child mean? He somehow had a feeling that he was going to find out soon.
Usagi frowned, "Like hell I am," she muttered. Turning back to the others, she eyed them seriously. "When I tell you to run, you run. Understand?!" she ordered them, a serious gleam in her eyes.
"But, we cant leave you here!" protested Hermione while eyeing the snarling youma.
Usagi completely ignored her protest, "See that fire escape staircase? You guys climb up to it, and stay up there!" she nodded to the black metal stairs leading to the roof, behind the youma.
"But," Harry tried to protest but Shingo cut him off.
"Alright," said Shingo, he nodded at Usagi as if understanding her plan.
Usagi sighed, blood was going to be spilled, her blood for sure. "So you were saying?" she asked the youma, a smirked appeared on her lips.
"You are coming with me," the youma snarled loudly, getting ready to lunge forward again to grab her.
"We'll see," Usagi said and getting into a fighting stance. She waited till the youma got ready to attack her before doing her move.
"NOW!" she yelled bolting towards the youma and slamming into it with full force. Because of her unexpected attack, the youma lost its balance and fell backwards, but in process bringing Usagi with him.
"C'mon," urged Shingo, pushing Ginny and the others towards the stairs. He cast an uneasy glance towards his sister, who was still struggling with the youma trying to keep it on the ground.
"But what about Usagi?!" yelled Harry, as they reached the stairs and began noisily clambering up. He looked back down and found her pinning the youma to the ground. He had an odd feeling about this. He tried to turn back around and climb down but was stopped by Shingo.
"Don't, you'll just make things more complicated. She knows what she is doing, now c'mon!" said Shingo in a serious tone and pulling Harry up to the next flight of stairs.
Usagi let out a grunt of pain as the youma dug its teeth into her right shoulder. Fighting the urge to cry out in pain, she kicked the youma roughly into its stomach sending it flying across the alley. She gasped as blood gushed out through 2 punctured holes coming from the wound on her shoulder. Staggering backward, she took several deep breaths and clamped her left hand over her shoulder to ease the blood. She heard the cries from her friends coming from the stairs, they probably have seen the whole thing.
"Blood....." sneered the youma, licking its lips as blood trickled down them. The kick seemed not to have affected him at all, seeing that he was in a very happy mood actually.
Usagi growled in frustration. 'What is wrong with these things?!' she wondered dryly. She winced as she felt the burning sensation of the wound intensify. 'I don't have any other choice,' she thought finally making up her mind. If she continued to fight like this she would surely die. But being Sailor Moon gave her more possibilities.
"Moon....Eternal MAKE-UP!"
Harry and the others stopped climbing the stairs as they heard Usagi shout something. Harry gawked as silvery bright light engulfed Usagi, making everything too hard too see. Yet they all felt a strong magical power surrounding her. When the light died down, what he saw almost made him lose his balance and fall off the stairs.
Down below, standing in the place where Usagi had stood just second before now stood Sailor Moon, senshi of love and justice. Harry blinked a couple of times, trying to digest what he was seeing right now. He watched as Usagi, no, Sailor Moon smirked at the youma and made her staff appear. 'Usagi is Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon is Usagi. That explains a lot. Somehow that is.....I can't believe this,' he thought.
"Oh bloody hell," breathed Ron in amazement. His eyes wide as saucers, as he took in the scene below.
"Usagi....is...Sailor Moon...." Whispered Hermione in astonishment.
"Took her long enough," muttered Shingo lightly. He pushed the speechless Ginny forward a little signaling her to continue climbing the stairs. "C'mon, lets go. The youma might attack us," he said while following Ginny.
"Now let's even things up a bit, shall we?" said Sailor Moon, a smirk appeared on her face. The pain on her shoulder minimized, but still it hurt a lot. Blood slowly began to soak up her fuku around the area of her shoulder.
"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!"
Sailor Moon stumbled a bit, moving her shoulder hurt like hell. She winced as she lowed her right arm that held the staff. She watched in satisfaction as the youma grunted in pain as it collided with the wall and soon lost consciousness. Seeing that this was her opportunity to get away from it, she swiftly jumped up the fire staircase, and within seconds she collapsed on the roof of the building gasping for breath.
"Damn," she mumbled lightly sitting down on the railing and eyeing the wound. 'Now this is definitely going to leave a mark,' she thought dryly, completely ignoring the four wide-eyed teens infront of her.
"Usagi?" Sailor Moon looked up sharply as she heard Harry's soft voice.
"Wow, you ARE Sailor Moon," breathed Ron as he gave Usagi a cocky grin.
Sailor Moon wasn't sure if she should smile or frown at them. Instead she shrugged lightly but soon hissed in pain, feeling the burning sensation of her shoulder. "Uhhh," she mumbled, mentally cursing her luck.
"Usagi..." said Harry as he watched Sailor Moon wince, clamping her shoulder with her left hand. He wasn't quite sure if he understood everything right, Usagi was Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon was Usagi. So she kept a secret from him, so how should he feel about all of this? Betrayed? Hurt? Amazed? Surprised perhaps. Yet he wondered why she hadn't told him about it. Now he definitely had to talk with Usagi.
"You're hurt," whispered Ginny staring at Usagi with shock. Now she felt ashamed to yell at Usagi like that earlier.
"You should call the others," said Shingo seriously. He quickly walked by the others and approached Sailor Moon.
"Here," said Sailor Moon, throwing him her pink communicator. She winced again in the process. "Make them hurry," she added, before sitting down again on the railing.
'So he knew.....' mused Harry as he watched Shingo catch something that Sailor Moon threw at him.
"What's that?" asked Hermione curiously, she walked up to Shingo and looked over his shoulder. She was surprised to see him holding a small pink computer, and him pressing a button with the planetary symbol of Uranus.
"Communicator," answered Shingo curtly. After pressing Uranus' symbol he waited for a second before Haruka's face appeared on the small screen.
"WHOA!" breathed Ron, also looking over Shingo's shoulder at staring wide- eyed at the small screen with Haruka's face on it. "That's....that's Haruka! How did she get so small?" he whispered to Hermione in bewilderment.
"What the hell is going on?!?!?!" shouted Haruka from the other line as she saw Shingo's serious face as well as Hermione and Ron's faces on her communicator. "What are they doing?!" she shouted again, causing the communicator to vibrate and go a bit static on the screen.
"Tell her to hurry, it looks like more youmas are on the way!" informed Sailor Moon, she looked down again and saw a portal open. She swallowed as she saw a youma step out and she was quite sure that there would be coming more as she saw the enraged cry of it as he saw the purple one knocked out. 'This does not look good,' she mused silently.
"We need help, we got attacked a few minutes ago. Usagi transformed, so they already found out. More youmas are coming, and Sailor Moon can't handle it on her own. So hurry up!" said Shingo, frowning at the glowering Haruka.
"What's your location?" asked Haruka, her expression turning serious.
"Entrance of Tengu Alley, Roof of the right building," informed Shingo before the screen turned static. He closed the communicator and placed it in his pocket.
Sailor moon watched silently as two more youmas came out of the portal before it closed. One she recognized from yesterday. The yellow one with a serous speech problem. The other one had greenish skin with purplish blue warts and yellow ooze coming out of them. It was the biggest of the four and by the judge of the muscles, also the strongest. The last one looked more like a mutated scorpion than a youma. Still, it walked around on two legs but had a huge stinger on its rear end, and for sure it was poisonous. Like a scorpion it had two scissor-like hands and had a red outer shell. She watched as the three of them crowded over the one that she knocked out. She frowned, they didn't look happy. She heard the green one growl angrily and look up sharply as if sensing her watching. Sailor Moon gasped and took several steps away from the railing, they had been discovered.
"What's wrong?" asked Harry taking a cautious step towards the alarmed Sailor Moon.
"Run," urged Sailor Moon in alarm, pushing Harry away from her. "Hide! Don't let them see you!"
Shingo understood immediately and nodded his head, "This way!" he said while pulling a frightened Ginny with him.
Hermione shrieked loudly as three enraged youma's appeared infront of Sailor Moon. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, no," she whispered somewhat hysterically.
"You're coming with us," rasped the green youma taking slowly stalking towards Sailor Moon.
"Master will be pleased," muttered the yellow youma, his eyes swiveling widely in their sockets.
"Moon child," whispered the scorpion youma, its huge stinger hitting the ground lightly, making it shake.
"Like hell I am," said Sailor Moon, taking a step backwards. She wobbled a little as the roof shock. 'Finally!' she thought as she saw four shadows move swiftly infront of her, which were unnoticed by the youmas.
"You're coming with us," sneered the green youma again, this time he formed a sort of
"Do you really think so?" asked a mysterious voice coming from the rooftop behind them.
The three youma's were only able shriek out in pain as four different attacks hit them from behind and sending them crashing back down to the ground.
"What took you so long?" asked Sailor Moon, a smirk playing on her lips.
Sailor Uranus shrugged lightly, "Traffic,"
The four outer senshi swiftly jumped over to the rooftop, gracefully landing infront of Sailor Moon. Uranus however frowned disapprovingly as she saw the group of teens standing a few feet behind Sailor Moon. "So they found out?" she asked, she unconsciously gave Harry a glare before turning back her attention to the hime.
"You are hurt!" exclaimed Uranus loudly eyeing Moon's bleeding shoulder. She looked up at the smiling sheepishly Moon princess, "I told you to be careful!" she glared.
"It's nothing just a scratch," Moon shrugged nonchalantly but winced in pain as her shoulder moved.
"Let Saturn heal it," suggested Pluto calmly.
"I think we should do this else where," commented Neptune as she looked down and saw the four youmas slowly taking consciousness.
"How are we going to get them out of here?" asked Saturn while eyeing Harry and the others.
"We teleport," said Sailor Moon with her hand still clamped over her shoulder to stop the bleeding. She smiled triumphantly as she received reluctant agreements from the outers, since they all knew that it would take a great amount of energy just teleport with out the inners and bringing with them the group of teens.
"Guys we should get going. You are coming with us," said Sailor Moon as she took several steps closer to Harry.
"What?" asked Harry, as he eyed Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn. He visibly cringed as Uranus sent him a familiar death glare over Sailor Moon's shoulder. He had an odd feeling that he knew those four, that glare that Uranus gave him was so familiar...like.....just like.....he visibly paled as it hit him. Those four girls that Usagi met yesterday were them! Everything seemed to be slowly coming together. 'Now I don't have a girl on my throat for dating Usagi but instead I have a senshi on my throat who hates me!' he thought sarcastically.
Sailor Moon ushered them into the center of the small circle that the four outer scouts formed. She took her position in between Saturn and Pluto and they all joined hands. "You guys just stand there and don't move. We'll teleport out of here," assured Moon with a weary small. Soon the five senshi began to glow with their respective colors.
"Sailor Teleport!"
~In the Forest of Juuban Park~
Five senshi and five very shocked teens landed in a small cave. The cave filled with different colored lights, lightning it up completely before gradually dying down.
"Whoa! That was bloody brilliant!" exclaimed Ron excitedly but still a bit wobbly on his feet as the teleport was a different that traveling with floo powder.
"Everybody alright?" Neptune's voice rang through the cave; she was a bit out of breath and tired. Teleporting with five people in tow took a lot out of them. There were a series of yes as answers and sharp intakes of air from her fellow senshi but all in all everybody were fine, except for Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon collapsed to her knees, feeling totally drained. She took too much of her energy to teleport Harry and the others with them and the throbbing pain in her shoulder wasn't helping much. Leaning heavily against the cool wall of the cave, she took several uneven breaths of air and closed her eyes trying to clear out the pain from her shoulder. It was then that Saturn had noticed her.
"Princess! Are you alright?" asked Saturn quickly kneeling next to the Moon senshi.
"I'm fine," mumbled Sailor Moon, while heavily leaning against the rough cave wall.
"Me and the others will be around the area checking if there are any youma's in the area. Saturn, you stay behind and take care of Sailor Moon," stated Pluto, she cast her eyes towards the entrance of the cave, sensing a disturbing presence nearby.
"I don't need anybody to take care of me! I'm not a baby!" countered Sailor Moon from the ground but soon winced as Saturn touched her shoulder.
Neptune smiled at Sailor Moon, "That's what you said yesterday and now look at you,"
Uranus nodded in agreement, she then turned to Harry and glared down at him, "Now you behave yourself! Remember I'll be watching you," she snarled and with a final glare at Harry, she, Pluto and Neptune disappeared out of the cave.
There was a heavy silence in the cave with the occasional wincing and whining of Sailor Moon as Saturn healed her. Shingo stared silently at his sister, as different thoughts ran through his mind. 'You-know-who was almost close in capturing Usagi,' he thought sadly.
Harry still wasn't quite sure how he felt about all of this. He watched silently as Saturn placed her hand over Moon's injured shoulder, it glowed light purple and he watched in amazement as the bleeding stopped and he presumed that the injury was gone. 'So she was lying to all of us? Why? Couldn't she trust me?' he thought, feeling a bit betrayed of her keeping such a secret.
Sailor Moon smiled gratefully at Saturn, "Thank you, that helped a lot," she said.
Saturn shock her head, dismissing it, "Its my duty," she said with a grin. All of the sudden her communicator began beeping, she quickly got it out of her sub-space pocket and switched it open. "Yeah?"
A static picture of Pluto appeared on the small screen, "We need back up! Get over here quick Saturn! Leave the princess there, she'll be save!" and after that the screen went black.
"I need to go," mumbled Saturn to Sailor Moon and without waiting for the Moon princess to reply she darted out of the cave trying to get to the others as quickly as possible.
Sailor Moon let out a string of curses under her breath. Sometimes they all considered her as a little child. Now that her injury was gone she could have helped the others in battle, but still she felt a bit tired. But honestly, right now she would rather be fighting with the others with her injury rather than staying in the cave with Harry and the others. She didn't know how to act with them right now.
Sighing Sailor Moon stood up and looked around the cave. It was dark but still everyone was able to see, but she felt a bit chilly. She didn't like the dark; it made her feel that someone was watching her. Avoiding everybody's gazes, she kicked some twigs and leaves into a mound and with a little bit of lunarian magic, a roaring silver fire ignited. She smiled in satisfaction feeling the warmth of the fire comforting. She still hadn't lost her touch with lunarian magic.
"How...how....did you do that?" asked Hermione in bewilderment, cautiously stepping closer to the silvery flames and eyeing them with awe.
Sailor Moon smiled mysteriously at Hermione before sitting down close to the fire, "Magic," she replied simply and gazed into the dancing flames.
Feeling a little chilly as well, the others quickly followed Sailor Moon's suit and sat down infront of the silvery flames gratefully taking in their warmth. Sailor Moon however sat farther away from them and silently watched Harry across from her looking deep in thought. She bit her lip, wondering what he was thinking at the moment. 'Is he angry at me?' she wondered.
"Thank you," mumbled Ginny, causing everybody to look at her with surprise. "Thank you," she repeated again, looking up and staring at the Moon senshi across of them.
Sailor Moon cocked her head to the side and watched Ginny across the fire. "For what?" she asked wondering why the girl was thanking her.
"For saving us," replied Ginny, she blushed a little. She had been so mean to Usagi earlier but still she had saved them and it had almost cost her life. "I insulted you but still you saved me," she added and stared on the ground.
Sailor Moon smiled and stared at the regretful girl, "You shouldn't thank me," she said. Nobody ever thanked her or any of the senshi after they saved people's life. She had grown accustomed of the people to just scurry away and give them those frightened stares or sometimes they just passed out.
"But you saved her life, OUR lives you saved, we should thank you," protested Hermione. "So, thank you," she added a small smile on her lips. She was slowly getting used to the idea that Usagi was Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon shook her head, "There is no need to thank me, it is my duty to save people. Even if it would cost my life. I was trained that way, we were all trained that way," she informed. She smiled at Ginny with laughter in her eyes, "And even if people would insult me, make fun of me, or even hate me, I still will help them. And besides, I have been insulted far worse than what you said to me," she added.
"How long have you been Sailor Moon?" asked Ron, he was totally excited that his friend was a senshi and not just any senshi but Sailor Moon herself!
Sailor Moon didn't mind the questions, at least she was having a conversation with them. She just wished Harry would join in, just to make sure that he was alirght with all of this. "I became Sailor Moon when I turned 14, it wasn't very exciting though," she said and grimaced at the memory of finding out being Sailor Moon and getting into her first battle. She was pathetic back then.
"Whoa" breathed Ron in amazement.
"It was hard to believe that when she was 14, she was t so klutzy that she was actually Sailor Moon!" laughed Shingo remembering Usagi's constant klutz attacks.
"Hey! That's not nice, remember I saved you!" retorted Sailor Moon glaring accusing at her brother who laughed.
"So you knew she was Sailor Moon?" asked Harry eyeing Shingo, who stopped laughing, somewhat accusingly.
Shingo sensed that something was wrong with Harry and stopped laughing. He shrugged and nodded his head, "Yeah,"
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Harry wanting to know the reason why.
Sailor Moon sighed, almost fearing that this would be coming. "I couldn't," she mumbled, looking away not bearing to stare into his eyes. She would have told them, if only Voldemort would not be after her.
"Why?" urged Harry, wanting to know more.
"She can't, she's not allowed to," said Shingo coming to aid his sister.
"Then why do you know?" asked Hermione in puzzlement.
"I had to tell him," mumbled Sailor Moon, casting her eyes away from Harry in guilt. She felt guilty now that she hadn't told him about her secrets.
"So.....you ARE a princess," said Ginny her eyes growing wide and stared at Sailor Moon with awe and excitement.
"Princess Serenity," mumbled Harry, he had completely forgotten that Sailor Moon was supposed to be a princess. It was so hard to believe that his girlfriend was a princess, a princess from a kingdom of the Moon a thousand years ago.
Sailor Moon blushed lightly to be acknowledged as princess, "I....I...I am," she sighed. She never really liked being princess.
"This is so bloody amazing!" exclaimed Ron happily, finding the idea of having a princess as a friend totally brilliant.
"I never thought we'd meet royalty," said Hermione sounding thoughtful.
"So.....are those wings real?" asked Ron, again asking more and more questions. He eyed the pearly white wings coming from Moon's back with amazement.
"Oh," said Sailor Moon turning her head and staring at her wings for a moment. "I totally forgot hey were there," she mentally sweatdropped. Turning back to the excited Ron, she nodded her head, "Yeah they're real. They are a part of my lunarian form. Though I find them a bit of annoying sometimes," she said smiling lightly. She stood up, and brushed of some dirt on her skirt. She shifted her wings a little, letting some white feathers flutter to the ground and began to glow light silver. Concentrating, she closed her eyes and let her wings slowly vanish in a swirl of white feathers. She opened her eyes again and turned her head to look at her back, instead of seeing her usual white wings, a red cape that almost reached the ground had replaced them. She grinned in satisfaction, the heavy feeling on her back now gone, "That's better," she mumbled to herself, totally ignoring the four astonished teens.
"Brilliant," whispered Ron in awe while staring up at Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon smiled at them but her smile didn't last long. It soon turned into a frown as she felt an evil presence nearing their cave. She turned around and faced the entrance of their cave, excepting to see someone or something.
"What's wrong?" asked Harry in alarm, as he watched Sailor Moon frown at the entrance. He felt his stomach churn, expecting something bad to happen any minute.
Sailor Moon was about to reply but couldn't because a youma appeared in the entrance. She had no time to react nor could she register which youma had attack her but the only thing she could feel was the sharp thing that passed through her stomach and 4 long sharp glistening white fangs imbed themselves into her shoulder yet again. She felt her body be pushed roughly into the cave wall, as the youma began to crush her. She could faintly hear the screams of terror coming from somewhere in the cave. Sailor Moon tried to scream but she couldn't find her voice to do so. She tried to struggle against the youma but her strengths were failing her. She could feel the youma's hot breath on her shoulder as it grunted with satisfaction biting deeper into her shoulder.
"USAGI!" shouted Harry in shock, he watched helplessly as Sailor Moon was being slammed into the cave wall, which shock lightly on impact. He felt his blood run cold as he saw her pale face with pure shock written all over it. Her face grew paler, as her eyes widened and they became unfocused. But what made him gasp and what made Hermione and Ginny scream was the huge bloody puddle of blood on the ground by Sailor Moon and the youma, and it grew bigger by the second.
"No!" screamed Shingo as he watched in horror, as a pain expression crossed Sailor Moon's face before her eyes became unfocused.
Hermione, Ginny and Ron watched helplessly as the familiar purple youma attacked Sailor Moon. Hermione stared in shock as the youma gave a loud grunt of satisfaction. She gasped as she saw Sailor Moon wince and slowly close her eyes.
'This is it, I'm going to die,' thought Sailor Moon as her vision began to darken. She could feel the excruciating pain from her stomach as the spike drove deeper into her. She finally recognized the youma, as the purple one after seeing the purple scaly skin. She swore she heard the youma growl into her shoulder, "Revenge is sweet," as he bit deeper into her. She again tried to struggle but found it too hard and so, Sailor Moon slowly drifted into unconsciousness. But before she could, an attack yell rang through the air.
"SPACE SWORD BLASTER!"
Sailor Moon watched as the youma turned into dust and crumbled to the ground, mixing up with her blood. She gasped out for breath, trying hard to get the needed oxygen into her lungs. Staring wide-eyed at the battered outer senshi she uttered one word before collapsing to the ground, "Help...."
"No!" cried several voices in unison as they watched Sailor Moon collapse.
"Damn," cursed Uranus loudly, quickly sprinting towards the bleeding princess. She gasped as she saw the state of her body. 'This will take a hell lot of healing,' she thought. Placing her gloved hand on Sailor Moon stomach she tried to stop the bleeding as much as possible, even her own tattered fuku turned crimson as it soaked up the princess' blood.
"Oh no," she heard Harry's voice from behind her.
Harry felt his stomach churn, as he saw Usagi's blood. Never in his life had he seen so much blood, and it made him feel sick. But he shoved away the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach, as he was too worried about his girlfriend at the moment and the horrible state she was in.
"What can I do?" he asked, his voice holding much worry. He didn't want to lose Usagi right now, he had lost so much. He began to feel so strongly for Usagi, like they were connected, it was like he was able to feel her pain. And somehow he did, he could feel a slight pain in his stomach. He realized that his feelings for this girl turned out to be much deeper and stronger and now that he found the girl that he loved, some cruel twist of fate decided to take her away from him. But he wouldn't allow it.
Uranus instructed him to pull off his jacket and apply pressure on her wound on her stomach. Together the both of them carried Sailor Moon to the others, who all gasped as they saw the now very pale Moon senshi.
"We'll have to teleport directly to her room, there we can take care of her," instructed Pluto. The outers quickly formed a circle and held hands. Harry and the others were inside of the circle readying themselves for the quick teleport. Harry held the Sailor Moon close to his body, while still keeping a firm pressure on her wound trying futilely to stop the bleeding. Shingo knelt next to him and also had his jacket removed and applying pressure on her wound on her shoulder.
'Don't die on me,' the two boys thought each having their own reasons why Usagi should stay alive and not die.
The outer senshi concentrated hard, as each one of them began to glow with their respective colors. This teleportation would be hard to do, since they were lacking one vital senshi, Sailor Moon. This teleportation would take a lot of energy out of them, and Saturn wasn't quite sure she would be able to heal the princess after this exhausting teleportation. It looked like the chances for the princess's survival looked slim.
~Back in the inn, Usagi's room~
Usagi's room filled with light suddenly, illuminating the whole room and leaving no dark area. The light quickly died down as the four outer senshi collapsed with exhaustion. They all landed in the center of Usagi's room, with Harry and Shingo still having a firm hold on Sailor Moon.
"I'll lock the door, so no one will get in and might see this," announced Hermione quickly, her voice wavered a little showing her distraught. Tears brimmed her eyes as one thought always crossed her mind that they would be losing Usagi and she wasn't ready to accept that fact. She scurried across the room and quickly locked the door shut, making sure that no one would enter.
Ginny began to tremble with fright as she watched Harry and Shingo gingerly place the bleeding Sailor Moon onto the bed. Tears began to build in her eyes and before she knew it she silently began to cry. She wasn't ready to lose a friend; she didn't want Usagi to die. She had been so mean to her earlier, and now Usagi was almost dying. 'Oh god no, please don't let Usagi die,' she begged. She stood next to Hermione, seeking comfort in the older girl as both of them watched as the boys and the outer senshi began to try their best and save Usagi's life.
"We unhenshin her," instructed Neptune, she reached out and was about to grab Sailor Moon's locket and pull it off from her fuku when Uranus stopped her.
"If we unhenshin her, then she might be in greater pain," said Uranus with a frown.
"We must, the detransformation may heal the wounds just a little bit," said Pluto. Turning to an over concerned Harry she said, "Please retrain her, she might wake up and scream or do something like shot energy balls. Once she is unhenshined, she will become more aware of the pain and she might wake up,"
Harry nodded; he let Ron take his place in holding his jacket to her wound and sat down on her bed next to her, ready to do help out in anyway possible. He stared down at Usagi's ghostly pale face, and silently prayed to who ever might hear his prayer, that Usagi would be alright after this.
It turned out that what Pluto and Uranus said was true, as Neptune pulled off the locket Sailor Moon dehenshined and reverted back to Usagi. She immediately snapped her eyes open, and let out a pain filled scream as she became aware of the excruciating pain. True, the detransformation did heal hear wounds, but just a little bit, it still continued to bleed. Usagi tried to scream again but her scream was muffled as a warm hand covered her mouth. She looked up and found Harry's concerned eyes gaze down at her with worry and fear. Tears brimmed her eyes, as the pain became unbearable, she began to trash around in her bed. She wanted the pain to stop, to make everything stop.
"C'mon Saturn do something," urged Neptune, as Usagi began to cry silently. To her horror, Usagi's immaculate white shirt now turned into a pure red shirt of blood.
Saturn nodded, she quickly moved forwards standing between Neptune and Pluto. She instructed Uranus to take off Usagi's shirt, which earned much blushes from the boys and a loud grunt of disapproval of Uranus. But in situations like this, Uranus obliged and quickly tore off Usagi's shirt leaving the girl only in her skirt and now bra. Uranus silently swore to herself, if this ordeal would be over she'd personally kill Harry for seeing Usagi in her undergarments.
Saturn was horrified to see such a deep wound on he princess' stomach but quickly got over it. "I can only do so much as stop the bleeding and minimize the pain so that it will be bearable. I don't seem to have enough strength to do much more," informed Saturn before going to work. She and Usagi began to glow faintly purple, as she concentrated hard on healing her princess putting in as much pf her power as possible.
"It's going to be fine," assured Harry in a low whispered, still staring down at Usagi who by now began to writher in pain. He could feel her agony; his heart went out for her. He couldn't bear to see her cry in pain, as he felt her hot tears on his hands. With his free hand, which was covered completely in blood, he began to stroke her face trying to assure her that it'll all be done soon.
~30 minutes later~
Saturn soon fainted out of exhaustion after using up all her energy. Her job was done, Usagi's wounds stopped bleeding and the pain was bearable. Collapsing to the ground, Saturn dehenshined automatically, turning into Hotaru and began to sleep soundly on the floor.
"That....was.....close," breathed an exhausted Uranus. She was happy to see that everything turned out to be fine.
By now, Usagi's bed sheets that were formerly blue, were now a dark shade of crimson. And everybody in the room had at least some hints of blood on them. Neptune finished placing a white bandage on Usagi's shoulder before gently covering the girl with some fresh bed sheets.
Harry sighed in relief, it was over. He silently watched as Pluto carefully changed the bloody sheets, being careful not to wake Usagi. He stared at Usagi's sleeping face and began to wonder what would have happened if she had died. 'I'd be alone again,' he thought sadly.
"Thank god," whispered Shingo in relief, being happy that everything turned out just fine.
"Should we tell her Uncle?" whispered Hermione, who by now had gone hoarse from all the crying. She was so happy that Usagi was fine, that she hugged Ron.
"Later, all she needs now is rest," said Pluto. "We all need rest," she added firmly after taking in their tiered and worried states.
Shingo nodded, "Why don't you guys take a nap or something. Take the room next to this. Looks like Hotaru needs much rest," he said pointedly while eyeing the sleeping Saturn.
The outers, minus Saturn, nodded in agreement, they were all very tired. They quickly dehenshined, reverting back to their former selves. Haruka gently picked up the sleeping Hotaru. "We'll see you guys later," she said before quickly walking out the room.
Michiru and Setsuna followed Haruka out but not before giving the sleeping Usagi a worried look. "Thank Selene," whispered Setsuna, thanking the Moon goddess for letting everything turn out just fine.
"Their right, we should all take a rest," said Ron, he now gradually got over the shock of the mornings events.
They all nodded, seeing that they were all exhausted and needed some sleep. Even though it was only early in the afternoon, they felt as if they had been awake for days. As each of them retired to their respective rooms, the only ones who were left were Shingo and Harry.
"Don't you want to rest?" asked Shingo giving Harry a worried look. He wondered how he was taking all this information, but to him it looked like he was taking it fairly well. He smiled silently, as he saw how worried Harry really was for his sister. He was happy to know that there was someone new in Usagi's life and that somebody cared for her so deeply.
Harry shock his head in refusal, he was sitting next to Usagi's bed and holding her hand, hoping that she would feel his presence. "No, I want to be here when she wakes up," he said firmly. He didn't want to leave, he wanted to make sure that she would be alirght when she would wake up.
Shingo smiled lightly and nodded is head in understanding, "Of course," he said. "Though I might take a while," he added with a rueful smile. He was still very much worried about his sister. He also wanted to be there and take care of her but seeing that Harry would be more fitted he decided that Harry should be the one there.
Harry smiled, "I know, but I can wait," he said.
Shingo nodded in understanding, he began to exit the room when he again turned around and faced Harry. He smiled lightly, "Thank you,"
Harry looked confused, "For what?" he asked, not understanding why he was thanking him.
"For taking such great care of Usagi. It really means a lot," replied Shingo before quickly slipping out of the room, leaving Harry and Usagi alone.
Harry sighed, his attention back to the sleeping Usagi. His hand clutched hers tightly as one thought crossed his mind. Just an hour ago, she could have been gone from his life forever. That prospect sent chills down his spine. 'I love you,' he thought, staring intently at Usagi, wishing that she would soon wake up.
~Next room, with the Outers~
"I don't get it," mumbled Haruka in confusion, as she slouched deeper into the sofa.
"Don't get what?" asked Michiru, coming into the small sitting room after tucking in the sleeping Hotaru.
"Why that youma almost killed Usagi," said Haruka with a frown.
Michiru nodded, true it was quite confusing. "Don't they want Usagi-chan alive?" she asked, giving Setsuna a puzzled look.
Setsuna sighed, "It seems like they want her alive or dead," she said. "It really makes no difference anyway," she added with another heavy sigh.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Haruka startled.
"Even if the princess would have died, there would still be enough power coursing through her body to fully raise the dark lord to power.....or even make him much stronger." Said Setsuna. There was a long pause before she continued, "But I highly doubt that the Dark Lord would want the princess dead,"
Michiru nodded in understanding, "We have got to be more careful,"
"Today's attack was a tough one," said Haruka in a tired tone.
Setsuna rose from her seat, "I do believe we should all take a little rest before we go back to the mansion and inform Luna and Artemis about the attack," she said.
Michiru and Haruka nodded in agreement, "But do you think it would be wise to just leave the princess here all alone without protection?" asked Haruka as they were making their way to the bedrooms.
Setsuna stopped infront of her bedroom door and smiled lightly, "Of course it would be safe here," she said before each of them disappeared into their rooms to take a little nap.
~Later in the Evening, 10 pm~
By now, Uncle Sam had been informed by the Outers of the attack and Usagi's current condition. He had taken it fairly well, though it was quite evident that he was shocked as he saw Usagi sleeping in her bed. The outers left later in the afternoon, saying that they still had to discuss some important matters with some people.
Everyone else retired into their rooms for the night as they all had a very tiring day. Harry on the other hand, had refused to go to his own room to rest. He insisted in staying with Usagi for the whole night, refusing to leave her bedside even for dinner. Shingo tried to switch with Harry for a few hours, so that he may have some sleep but Harry completely refused the offer.
So now here he was, it was already 11 pm and still Usagi hadn't woken up yet. Clutching Usagi's limp right hand, Harry hoped that she would wake up soon. But soon sighed when he realized that it would take a while before the Moon princess would. He carefully brushed away several stray strands of golden looks as they fell into her face. The moonlight bathed the two in its silvery light, creating a light silvery aura around them.
"Usagi," whispered Harry into the darkness. He turned his attention to the window above her bed and stared out at the darkened sky. He was surprised to see a full Moon tonight, though it wasn't expected to be full at all tonight. 'Strange,' he mused, his gaze fixed on the silvery orb in the night sky. A thought crossed his mind, was that Usagi's home? Usagi wasn't human, she's a princess.....from the Moon. And more or less a thousand years old. Harry sighed, fixing his gaze back to the sleeping girl, sometimes he wondered why such strange things happen to him. 'If it didn't happen, then you wouldn't have met Usagi, now would you?' chided a small voice in his brain. True, he wouldn't have met the girl of his dreams. Harry smiled, sometimes he was lucky to have strange things happen to him.
"Harry?" came a small voice barely above a whisper. It sounded tired and exhausted.
Harry looked down at Usagi startled. A wave of relief washed over him as he watched Usagi groggily open her eyes and look up at the ceiling with confusion. "You're up," he whispered happily. He quickly stood up from his chair and switched to sit on her bed, sitting next to her and gazing down at her. He gripped her hand close to him, happy to feel her respond and squeeze back lightly.
"Harry," Usagi repeated his name again. She was so happy to see him, so happy that he was by her side. She was so happy to know that he was there for her the whole time. Even though she was asleep, healing silently while she slept, she was very much aware of his presence. All the time, she could feel his comforting warmth near her. She felt his confusion and fears. She was able to feel his mixed up feelings, yet she was so much over whelmed when she felt his love in the end. While she slept, she was overjoyed to hear his thoughts....'I love you,'....over and over again. It brought new strength to her, making her heal faster. Through this, she was able to realize her own feelings much better, as she realized one thing......she loved him too. She loved Harry with all her heart and soul.
"I'm so glad that you are alirght," whispered Harry, smiling lightly at the tired Usagi. With his free hand he light touched her cheek and rubbed it affectionately.
Usagi smiled as she felt his warm hand against her cheek. It made her feel so much at ease and made her momentarily forget to throbbing pains that still disturbed her very much. Very slowly she reached up and touched his cheek tenderly, she was happy to be able to touch him again and began to regret the times that she avoided him.
Harry removed his hand from her cheek and touched her cool one that lingered on his cheek. It still was cool, a simple reminder on how close to death she was. Yet her cool hand soon became warm after he held on to it. After letting go of her hand, he gave her a scolding look, "Don't do that again and scare me like that," he said.
Usagi wanted to say that she couldn't promise him that but instead found herself nodding her head. She smiled and looked up at him lovingly, "I'm glad you're here," she whispered her hand holding onto his as if she were afraid that if she'd let go he might be disappear.
Harry smiled and squeezed her hand lovingly, "Me too," he whispered. He saw that she began to grow tired and said. "You better rest now," he slowly leaned down and kissed her forehead affectionately and was surprised to see an upturned crescent moon shine lightly. But it soon faded away and Harry couldn't help but smile.
Usagi sighed contently as she began to drift off to sleep again. She could feel the Moon's light upon them and she was quite sure that her mother was with them. Before sleep could claim her, she opened her eyes again and looked at Harry intently, "I love you," she whispered.
Harry was surprised to hear those words. So he was loved, so she really loved him! They both were in love! He smiled down at her before saying, "I love you too," and then very slowly he leaned down yet again but this time he claimed her lips with his and they exchanged a feathery, love-filled kiss that filled both their needs.
The Moon shone brightly as the two lovers kissed under its light. It shone brighter than ever, as its princess again found happiness and love. It sent her strength and made her heal more quickly than ever expected. True, love heals everything. The late Moon queen couldn't help but shed tears of happiness as she watched the little scene before her. Her daughter was in love, truly deeply in love. She watched as her daughter and the young boy wizard kiss in the Moonlight and silently she sent her blessings to both of them, wishing them all the best. Through this shared kiss, Usagi and Harry became soulmates, their lives woven into one.......their future became one.
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