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Chapter 3: The elevator
(Usagi's note: okay this is a really really super short chapter, 1. I'm lazy 2. It's late 3. I'm still semi~blanking 4. I'm lazy! ;p well, sorry this is short! Enjoy!)
~Moonlit Rose Apartments~
The entire way home, Mamoru's mind replayed the scene over and over. How could have I not known it wasn't Usako?! He entered the elevator and made his way to the 2nd floor. The elevator doors opened and as he exited and a young woman with extremely long blonde hair that flowed all the way down passed her knees, quickly walked by him, leaving a scent of strawberries and champagne behind her. He noticed the top of her head, her hair was wavy while the rest was straight and curled at the ends. At that instant he realized who it was.
Maybe she was waiting for me. . . The doors began to close but he held his hand in between the doors to stop it from shutting. He immediately got back inside the elevator. The girl had her back towards him.
"Usako, listen to me. Johnny set it up. You kow I would never do that to you. . ." There was a long pause.
"Usako. Say something to me or at least look at me." She slowly turned and faced him. She had completely changed.
Gone was the ever so cheerful, sweet, warm-hearted, always smiling little rabbit, that Mamoru and everyone loved. There in front of him stood a woman who's stare that could send a chill up and down your spine. A woman who's heart was tainted by evil. And since her heart and the Emperium Silver Crystal (Usagi's note: I don't know how that's spelled!!) were connected (Usagi's note: not literally!), the crystal too was affected.
"You expect me to believe that? It all makes sense to me now Darien. All those times you said that you were too busy, or you had to cancel on me, you were with her! To think that I died for you in my last life!!" she began to poke him in his chest. "All those times you said that you loved me. . .all lies!" she screamed. Mamoru grabbed her and kissed her. Her eyes flashed back to blue, but immediately went back to pink and she pushed herself away from him. And backed away. The doors finally opened. And she bolted out of there with Mamoru behind her. . .
~The Chase~
As Usagi continued to run away, Mamoru was right behind her. She turned a corner and ran straight into Andrew and fell back, but as she was falling back Mamoru caught her. "Nice catch Mamoru." Andrew said.
"Hey Andrew."
"Don't touch me you creep!" Usagi yelled at the top of her lungs and immediately left Mamoru's arms to hide behind Andrew. She then began to fix her hair back to their usual odangos, which took a few seconds. "Andrew, please keep this jerk away from me."
"Usagichan, your eyes. Did you get color contacts? That's the first time I've seen pink."
"Uh, you could sort of say that."
"But why are you mad at Mamoru?"
"Why don't you ask him" Usagi's eyes narrowed as she glared at Mamoru. "I'm outie. I'll see you later Andrew~oniichan." (Usagi's note: 'oniichan' means older brother. But you can say that to those who are older than you) And with those last few words Usagi took off running.
Mamoru began to go after her but Andrew stopped him and demanded what was going on. "What did you do to make her so angry at you Mamoru?"
"It's a long story."
"Well, I'm off for the rest of the day. . ."
"But I really need to go after her."
"I think you should let her cool off for a little bit. In the meanwhile you can tell me what happened."
Mamoru surrendered and they headed to the Crown Arcade. . .
~Usagi~
Usagi continued to run back home. When she finally got home she was greeted by Luna. "Usagi? Why are you back so early? Isn't there a meeting today?"
"It got canceled." she said coldly as she headed towards her room.
"What's wrong? Your eyes. . .he is not dead?" Usagi quickly faced her four legged companion. "Who isn't dead?"
There was a long pause. "Johnny Chiba. . ."Luna shuddered as she uttered the name.
"Who? Johnny Chiba? I don't know who you're talking about Luna. Your just being silly." Usagi's eyes were back to blue as she smiled and kneeled to pet the feline. "Besides, that last name is the same as Darien. And you know as well as I do that he doesn't have any relatives."
Luna instantly realized that she had called Mamoru, Darien and not her usual 'Mamochan'. "Usagichan, you know you've always been a terrible liar, even when your mind is shadowed by evil."
Usagi's eyes immediately returned to pink and they were glaring at Luna. "Can't fool you huh?" She grabbed the cat. Luna struggled to get free from the tight painful grip. Luna then bit and clawed Usagi. "Ooooooooouuuucccchhh!! You little fucker! You'll pay for hurting me! Just like that Earthian Prince!. . .Moon Cosmic Power! Make up!" Luckily her family wasn't home. She immediately grabbed Luna and opened a portal. . .
~Mamoru and Andrew~
"Mamoru. How could you do that? I understand why Usagichan is angry, but the strange thing is, you would expect her to be crying. . ."
"Andrew, you have to understand that my brother set me up."
"I can't believe that you have a brother. You guys thought he had died but he really didn't. And he is in love with Usagichan."
"Obsessed Andrew, obsessed. I have to go find Usako now. I'll catch you later."
"Mamoru, don't break her heart more than it already is."
Mamoru left the Crown in search for his love. . .He went straight to Usagi's house. He rang the doorbell, Usagi's little brother Sammie and sister Kei greeted him. "Hi Mamoru!"
"Mamoru~oniichan!" Kei said happily.
"You're looking for the meatball headed baka right?"
Mamoru chuckled at the nickname but nodded.
"She's not here. . ."
"And Luna must have gone with her because I've searched the whole house for her but she's not around." Kei finished. "Alright thanks you guys. I'll see you later k?"
"Come back soon Mamoru~oniichan!" Kei waved good-bye.
Luna must have known about Usagi's change. . . Usagi must be redoing what she did the first time. I better hurry before Luna is lost forever.
Mamoru dailed on his cell. "Setsuna, it's Mamoru. Can you take me to the gate of time?"
"Why Mamorusan?"
"No time to explain just meet me at the Crown. Hurry."
~One Missing Cat~
Since Sailor Moon had gloves on, all of Luna's efforts to bite and scratch were pointless. Sailor Moon and Luna exited the pink portal and were in front of the Gate of Times. The doors began to open. Sailor Moon held Luna by the soft fur on the back of her neck. "How are you able to open the doors??!!" Luna exclaimed in shock.
Sailor Moon shook her head. "Honestly Luna."
"She has help." Sailor Pluto appeared behind them.
"Setsuna!"
Pluto gave her a devilish grin. "Sorry Luna." She turned to Sailor Moon, "So were shall we send her?"
"To the future where Johnny~sama and I reign. . .hmmmmm. . .she doesn't deserve such an honor. Let's just send her to a sub-dimension that mentally show her all the cruel things the world has to offer. All the suffering and pain my heart and soul have gone through."
"Sounds like a plan to me." The Gate of Time then showed only a dark empty dimension. Sailor Moon threw Luna through the doors and immediately she was incased in a pink sphere.
Sailor Moon winked at Luna, "Great color huh?" Luna unable to communicate because the mental images were already entering her mind. "Hmph. She didn't even say good-bye. Oh well. We better get back. Remember the plan."
"Yep, yep. Everything is going well."
"We can't fail."
"Don't worry Usagichan. Do we ever fail?"
The doors shut close. . .
~The wait part1~
~Later on at the Crown~
"Seti, goregous, why did you transform earlier when you left?" Steve questioned as the two waited for Mamoru.
"A youma had attacked on my way back to the dorms. It was no big deal. It was a level 1. Or at least when I defeated it, it felt like a level 1."
"As long as you're alright. . ."
Mamoru ran through the Crown's door. "Let's go." he ordered as he looked at the table where Steve and Setsuna were sitting. The two immediately stood up and left with Mamoru. They left for Mamoru's apartment. Once they arrived, they transformed and Tuxedo placed one hand on Pluto's shoulder while Saturn held Pluto's hand. Pluto focused on the Gate of Time and in an instant they were there. "Usako?" The 3 warriors looked around and there was no sign of Usagi. "She's not here" Tuxedo said in defeat.
They returned to Mamoru's apartment and detransformed. Mamoru sat on his couch and ran his hand through his hair. "What am I going to do? Every second that goes by I go insane because I know that she is in pain but full of anger. You should have seen the way she glared at me. He did something to her and everything about her is altered. . ." Setsuna and Steve just listened to his despair.
"Well all I can say is we wait until midnight. I know she doesn't want any of us guys there but we'll go without her knowing. Maybe she'll explain something to the girls and we can straighten everything out." Steve said.
"Until then we wait." Setsuna added.
"Well, I guess we'll meet at the temple at 11:30. Call the others and let them know the time."
Both Setsuna and Steve nodded and left. Leaving Mamoru with his thoughts.
~The temple with Ami, Greg, Rei and Chad~
"This is beginning to get hopeless Greg."
Greg's head whipped to the left to face Ami. "Ami, that's the first time you've ever declared something as hopeless. Is everything alright?"
Ami faced him half smiling, "Of course everything is fine. It's just that. . ."
"It's just that, what?"
"While I was captured they played mental images in my mind. ..not only images but emotional feelings as well. . ."
"What were they?" Greg asks as he places his arm around her and gives her his full attention.
"They were feelings of being lonely, unloved and unwanted. They showed and made me feel as if you don't love me or need me. As if I was useless. . .Let me tell you, that's not even the half of it and it was not fun!"
"Well, you're safe now and you know all of those feelings and images were just an illusion." He kissed her forehead.
"Now back to business." Ami straightened her posture and became serious. "Usagi said that she was using her crystal to block the background image. Well if my theory is correct, she is most likely to be using the crystal to block us from tracking her. . ."
"Why don't we looker for her energy? Or any energy matching the crystal's?"
Ami shakes her head. "Nope. That won't work."
"Did you try that already?"
"Um, yeah, and the results were negative."
Greg just raised an eyebrow. "Alright. So what do you suggest we do?"
"I suggest we just stop looking for her, like she requested, and wait until midnight."
"I guess you're right. Let's ask Chad and Rei if they want to head to the Crown. . ." Greg's cell rang and Steve gave him the info. . .
"RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIII!!!! Why do I have to train now??!!"
"You're getting weak. You saw how much stronger and faster Johnny's men are. You need to get in shape. You've been pigging out with Usagichan too much!" Rei and Chad were out in the Temple's backyard which was full of trees, green grass and many beautiful flowers. This was one of the best training areas. "Now do 1000 push ups!!" Rei shouted the demand. Chad got on the ground.
"1. . .2. . .3. ."
Greg and Ami approached the two and Chad knew they had something to say and began to get up. "Oh no you don't! Get back on the ground. You're not getting off that easily!"
Chad groaned and continued the push ups. "4. . .5. . .6. . .7. . ."
Ami giggled, "Sorry Chad we tried to save you."
"8. . .9. . .10. . ."
"Everyone is meeting here tonight at 11:30. Then we're all heading to Tokyo Tower, but us guys will be hiding in the shadows, unseen, undetected." Greg informed thm.
"We're heading to the Crown, did you guys want to join us?" Ami asked trying to save Chad from Rei.
"We'll catch up with you later. Chad is in desperate need to train." Rei folded her arms and nodded her head.
"11. . .12. . .13. . .14. . .15. . .16. . ."
And the wait begins. . .
Usagi's note: What do you think? Let me know.
Chapter 3: The elevator
(Usagi's note: okay this is a really really super short chapter, 1. I'm lazy 2. It's late 3. I'm still semi~blanking 4. I'm lazy! ;p well, sorry this is short! Enjoy!)
~Moonlit Rose Apartments~
The entire way home, Mamoru's mind replayed the scene over and over. How could have I not known it wasn't Usako?! He entered the elevator and made his way to the 2nd floor. The elevator doors opened and as he exited and a young woman with extremely long blonde hair that flowed all the way down passed her knees, quickly walked by him, leaving a scent of strawberries and champagne behind her. He noticed the top of her head, her hair was wavy while the rest was straight and curled at the ends. At that instant he realized who it was.
Maybe she was waiting for me. . . The doors began to close but he held his hand in between the doors to stop it from shutting. He immediately got back inside the elevator. The girl had her back towards him.
"Usako, listen to me. Johnny set it up. You kow I would never do that to you. . ." There was a long pause.
"Usako. Say something to me or at least look at me." She slowly turned and faced him. She had completely changed.
Gone was the ever so cheerful, sweet, warm-hearted, always smiling little rabbit, that Mamoru and everyone loved. There in front of him stood a woman who's stare that could send a chill up and down your spine. A woman who's heart was tainted by evil. And since her heart and the Emperium Silver Crystal (Usagi's note: I don't know how that's spelled!!) were connected (Usagi's note: not literally!), the crystal too was affected.
"You expect me to believe that? It all makes sense to me now Darien. All those times you said that you were too busy, or you had to cancel on me, you were with her! To think that I died for you in my last life!!" she began to poke him in his chest. "All those times you said that you loved me. . .all lies!" she screamed. Mamoru grabbed her and kissed her. Her eyes flashed back to blue, but immediately went back to pink and she pushed herself away from him. And backed away. The doors finally opened. And she bolted out of there with Mamoru behind her. . .
~The Chase~
As Usagi continued to run away, Mamoru was right behind her. She turned a corner and ran straight into Andrew and fell back, but as she was falling back Mamoru caught her. "Nice catch Mamoru." Andrew said.
"Hey Andrew."
"Don't touch me you creep!" Usagi yelled at the top of her lungs and immediately left Mamoru's arms to hide behind Andrew. She then began to fix her hair back to their usual odangos, which took a few seconds. "Andrew, please keep this jerk away from me."
"Usagichan, your eyes. Did you get color contacts? That's the first time I've seen pink."
"Uh, you could sort of say that."
"But why are you mad at Mamoru?"
"Why don't you ask him" Usagi's eyes narrowed as she glared at Mamoru. "I'm outie. I'll see you later Andrew~oniichan." (Usagi's note: 'oniichan' means older brother. But you can say that to those who are older than you) And with those last few words Usagi took off running.
Mamoru began to go after her but Andrew stopped him and demanded what was going on. "What did you do to make her so angry at you Mamoru?"
"It's a long story."
"Well, I'm off for the rest of the day. . ."
"But I really need to go after her."
"I think you should let her cool off for a little bit. In the meanwhile you can tell me what happened."
Mamoru surrendered and they headed to the Crown Arcade. . .
~Usagi~
Usagi continued to run back home. When she finally got home she was greeted by Luna. "Usagi? Why are you back so early? Isn't there a meeting today?"
"It got canceled." she said coldly as she headed towards her room.
"What's wrong? Your eyes. . .he is not dead?" Usagi quickly faced her four legged companion. "Who isn't dead?"
There was a long pause. "Johnny Chiba. . ."Luna shuddered as she uttered the name.
"Who? Johnny Chiba? I don't know who you're talking about Luna. Your just being silly." Usagi's eyes were back to blue as she smiled and kneeled to pet the feline. "Besides, that last name is the same as Darien. And you know as well as I do that he doesn't have any relatives."
Luna instantly realized that she had called Mamoru, Darien and not her usual 'Mamochan'. "Usagichan, you know you've always been a terrible liar, even when your mind is shadowed by evil."
Usagi's eyes immediately returned to pink and they were glaring at Luna. "Can't fool you huh?" She grabbed the cat. Luna struggled to get free from the tight painful grip. Luna then bit and clawed Usagi. "Ooooooooouuuucccchhh!! You little fucker! You'll pay for hurting me! Just like that Earthian Prince!. . .Moon Cosmic Power! Make up!" Luckily her family wasn't home. She immediately grabbed Luna and opened a portal. . .
~Mamoru and Andrew~
"Mamoru. How could you do that? I understand why Usagichan is angry, but the strange thing is, you would expect her to be crying. . ."
"Andrew, you have to understand that my brother set me up."
"I can't believe that you have a brother. You guys thought he had died but he really didn't. And he is in love with Usagichan."
"Obsessed Andrew, obsessed. I have to go find Usako now. I'll catch you later."
"Mamoru, don't break her heart more than it already is."
Mamoru left the Crown in search for his love. . .He went straight to Usagi's house. He rang the doorbell, Usagi's little brother Sammie and sister Kei greeted him. "Hi Mamoru!"
"Mamoru~oniichan!" Kei said happily.
"You're looking for the meatball headed baka right?"
Mamoru chuckled at the nickname but nodded.
"She's not here. . ."
"And Luna must have gone with her because I've searched the whole house for her but she's not around." Kei finished. "Alright thanks you guys. I'll see you later k?"
"Come back soon Mamoru~oniichan!" Kei waved good-bye.
Luna must have known about Usagi's change. . . Usagi must be redoing what she did the first time. I better hurry before Luna is lost forever.
Mamoru dailed on his cell. "Setsuna, it's Mamoru. Can you take me to the gate of time?"
"Why Mamorusan?"
"No time to explain just meet me at the Crown. Hurry."
~One Missing Cat~
Since Sailor Moon had gloves on, all of Luna's efforts to bite and scratch were pointless. Sailor Moon and Luna exited the pink portal and were in front of the Gate of Times. The doors began to open. Sailor Moon held Luna by the soft fur on the back of her neck. "How are you able to open the doors??!!" Luna exclaimed in shock.
Sailor Moon shook her head. "Honestly Luna."
"She has help." Sailor Pluto appeared behind them.
"Setsuna!"
Pluto gave her a devilish grin. "Sorry Luna." She turned to Sailor Moon, "So were shall we send her?"
"To the future where Johnny~sama and I reign. . .hmmmmm. . .she doesn't deserve such an honor. Let's just send her to a sub-dimension that mentally show her all the cruel things the world has to offer. All the suffering and pain my heart and soul have gone through."
"Sounds like a plan to me." The Gate of Time then showed only a dark empty dimension. Sailor Moon threw Luna through the doors and immediately she was incased in a pink sphere.
Sailor Moon winked at Luna, "Great color huh?" Luna unable to communicate because the mental images were already entering her mind. "Hmph. She didn't even say good-bye. Oh well. We better get back. Remember the plan."
"Yep, yep. Everything is going well."
"We can't fail."
"Don't worry Usagichan. Do we ever fail?"
The doors shut close. . .
~The wait part1~
~Later on at the Crown~
"Seti, goregous, why did you transform earlier when you left?" Steve questioned as the two waited for Mamoru.
"A youma had attacked on my way back to the dorms. It was no big deal. It was a level 1. Or at least when I defeated it, it felt like a level 1."
"As long as you're alright. . ."
Mamoru ran through the Crown's door. "Let's go." he ordered as he looked at the table where Steve and Setsuna were sitting. The two immediately stood up and left with Mamoru. They left for Mamoru's apartment. Once they arrived, they transformed and Tuxedo placed one hand on Pluto's shoulder while Saturn held Pluto's hand. Pluto focused on the Gate of Time and in an instant they were there. "Usako?" The 3 warriors looked around and there was no sign of Usagi. "She's not here" Tuxedo said in defeat.
They returned to Mamoru's apartment and detransformed. Mamoru sat on his couch and ran his hand through his hair. "What am I going to do? Every second that goes by I go insane because I know that she is in pain but full of anger. You should have seen the way she glared at me. He did something to her and everything about her is altered. . ." Setsuna and Steve just listened to his despair.
"Well all I can say is we wait until midnight. I know she doesn't want any of us guys there but we'll go without her knowing. Maybe she'll explain something to the girls and we can straighten everything out." Steve said.
"Until then we wait." Setsuna added.
"Well, I guess we'll meet at the temple at 11:30. Call the others and let them know the time."
Both Setsuna and Steve nodded and left. Leaving Mamoru with his thoughts.
~The temple with Ami, Greg, Rei and Chad~
"This is beginning to get hopeless Greg."
Greg's head whipped to the left to face Ami. "Ami, that's the first time you've ever declared something as hopeless. Is everything alright?"
Ami faced him half smiling, "Of course everything is fine. It's just that. . ."
"It's just that, what?"
"While I was captured they played mental images in my mind. ..not only images but emotional feelings as well. . ."
"What were they?" Greg asks as he places his arm around her and gives her his full attention.
"They were feelings of being lonely, unloved and unwanted. They showed and made me feel as if you don't love me or need me. As if I was useless. . .Let me tell you, that's not even the half of it and it was not fun!"
"Well, you're safe now and you know all of those feelings and images were just an illusion." He kissed her forehead.
"Now back to business." Ami straightened her posture and became serious. "Usagi said that she was using her crystal to block the background image. Well if my theory is correct, she is most likely to be using the crystal to block us from tracking her. . ."
"Why don't we looker for her energy? Or any energy matching the crystal's?"
Ami shakes her head. "Nope. That won't work."
"Did you try that already?"
"Um, yeah, and the results were negative."
Greg just raised an eyebrow. "Alright. So what do you suggest we do?"
"I suggest we just stop looking for her, like she requested, and wait until midnight."
"I guess you're right. Let's ask Chad and Rei if they want to head to the Crown. . ." Greg's cell rang and Steve gave him the info. . .
"RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIII!!!! Why do I have to train now??!!"
"You're getting weak. You saw how much stronger and faster Johnny's men are. You need to get in shape. You've been pigging out with Usagichan too much!" Rei and Chad were out in the Temple's backyard which was full of trees, green grass and many beautiful flowers. This was one of the best training areas. "Now do 1000 push ups!!" Rei shouted the demand. Chad got on the ground.
"1. . .2. . .3. ."
Greg and Ami approached the two and Chad knew they had something to say and began to get up. "Oh no you don't! Get back on the ground. You're not getting off that easily!"
Chad groaned and continued the push ups. "4. . .5. . .6. . .7. . ."
Ami giggled, "Sorry Chad we tried to save you."
"8. . .9. . .10. . ."
"Everyone is meeting here tonight at 11:30. Then we're all heading to Tokyo Tower, but us guys will be hiding in the shadows, unseen, undetected." Greg informed thm.
"We're heading to the Crown, did you guys want to join us?" Ami asked trying to save Chad from Rei.
"We'll catch up with you later. Chad is in desperate need to train." Rei folded her arms and nodded her head.
"11. . .12. . .13. . .14. . .15. . .16. . ."
And the wait begins. . .
Usagi's note: What do you think? Let me know.