Chapter 17: An Enemy Emerges?
Author's Comments
Sorry it took so long to post the next chapter, but at least it wasn't as long as last time. I would have posted it sooner, but I had a major case of writer's block. I knew a small portion of what I wanted to occur, but didn't know how or in which order. Then when I finally figured it out and then sat down to write it only to realize I couldn't figure out how to write it. I eventually got past my writers block and am already thinking of the next chapter so hopefully it won't take so long next time since I know everyone will probably be very anxious to see what happens next.
For those of you who may not remember, Kumo is Usagi's cousin and Mamoru's half-sister. She appeared in chapter 5 with her guardian Arachne bearing anniversary gifts.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
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Chibi-Usa sat on the bed beside Usagi who was currently squeezing her tightly and crying tears of joy. After a few moments like this the pink haired girl began struggling to get out of the woman's grip. She seemed oblivious to the situation, or that was until the child spoke.
"Too tight," Chibi-Usa gasped. With that Usagi loosened her grip, but continued to hold her daughter. When she caught her breath she asked the blonde, "Why would you think I was dead?"
"Everyone kept telling me I couldn't have children. I didn't believe them at first and thought it must be some enemy's scheme. After awhile I began to think it might be true, but now that you're here I know they must be wrong." Usagi replied as she looked down at her future daughter and smiled.
"But..." Chibi-Usa began when she was interrupted by a jingling sound.
"What's that?" Usagi asked as the door flew open and a smiling white face appeared.
In stepped a woman who looked similar to a jester. She was wearing a white and silver jester suit with a big pink bow on her chest and another one was on her back. On her face she wore a smiling white mask with gold trim and a pink jewel. She had a gold bell hanging from each ear and there were four similar bells hanging from four flaps of what looked to be a jester hat. With lightening fast reflexes the woman pulled three daggers from behind her back and began juggling them.
Instantly Usagi begin screaming and clutched tighter onto Chibi-Usa. After a few seconds the she began to calm down, but then to her horror, a dagger suddenly flew at Chibi-Usa's head. Upon impact the pink haired girl fell backwards off the bed and hit the floor with a thud.
"CHIBI-USA!" Usagi screamed in shock as she glanced down at her daughter's body crumpled on the floor. With her eyes full of tears she looked up at the jester. "Why? Haven't I been hurt enough?" she asked.
The jester woman was staring down at the floor where the other two daggers had fallen at her feet. She seemed rather embarrassed at the situation and was oblivious to Usagi's questions. Quickly she pulled out four colored balls from behind her back and looked up at the blonde. When she saw the look on the pig-tailed woman's face she began to shake nervously as she backed up into the wall.
Usagi glanced at what she was holding and gasped. "What now you want her dream mirror? I won't let you get away with what you've done," she said before jumping off the bed and shouting, "Moon Eternal, Make-up!"
Before Usagi could even finish her transformation the jester ran out the door and down the hall screaming, dropping the balls behind her.
Eternal Sailor Moon began to chase her, but only managed to get her wings stuck in the door. "Come back here you Dead Moon Circus reject! I won't let you get away!" she cried as she struggled to fit though the doorway.
Meanwhile in the living room Mamoru and Setsuna were arguing with another woman.
"Usagi already has a visitor," Mamoru said. "They need some time to themselves."
Suddenly the jester ran out of the hallway screaming frantically. "She's going to kill me!" the jester shouted as she hid behind the other woman. Seconds later Eternal Sailor Moon emerged in the living room with tears streaming down her face.
"Usagi?" Mamoru said sounding quite shocked as he saw what his wife was wearing.
"Where did she go?" she asked, ignoring Mamoru.
"Who?" Setsuna asked.
"That evil jester," Eternal Sailor Moon said.
"You mean her?" the woman said as she pointed to the jester behind her.
"You must be Galaxia's minion," she said as she spotted the jester crouching behind the woman. She looked up at the woman's face to see who was blocking her path to her victim. The woman had half white and half black hair, and eventually Usagi found herself staring into all too familiar red eyes, it was her cousin Kumo. "Kumo-chan, why are you protecting her?" Eternal Sailor Moon asked.
"What did you do?" she asked angrily as she turned around to face the jester and placed her hands on her hips.
"My hand slipped, it was an accident" the woman replied nervously.
"Slipped? You call what you did to Chibi-Usa an accident!" Usagi screamed.
"What's a Chibi-Usa?" the jester asked the woman standing in front of her.
Kumo, who was just as clueless, shrugged and replied, "How am I suppose to know?"
"What happened to Chibi-Usa?" Mamoru asked worriedly.
"You know what a Chibi-Usa is?" Kumo asked her brother.
"Yes, she's my daughter," he replied.
"You cheated on Usagi? No wonder why she's crying," his sister said angrily. "It was with her wasn't it?" she said pointing to Setsuna. "Look lady I don't know what right you think you have to go around sleeping with other people's husbands and breaking up marriages!" she told the green haired woman as she began to step towards her.
"How dare you accuse me of such things. I am nothing but loyal to the King and Queen," Setsuna said sounding insulted.
"Don't go Kumo-chan. If you leave she's going to hurt me," the jester said as she held onto the woman's feet, but it did little good and Kumo dragged her behind her.
"No it's not like that, " Mamoru said blocking his sister's path to Setsuna. "She's Usagi's child." he told her.
"Do you think I'm stupid? Usagi can't have kids so this Chibi-Usa you speak of can't be her daughter," Kumo said angrily.
Upon hearing her daughter's name, Usagi detransformed and sank to the floor. "S-she's dead," she said.
"What?" Mamoru said in shock, completely forgetting about the incident with Setsuna and Kumo.
"She killed her!" the blonde said as she pointed to the jester woman.
"I did what?" she asked sounding rather confused.
"You threw a dagger at her head!" the blonde cried. Mamoru gasped and looked as if he were about to faint, but he quickly pulled himself together for his wife's sake. He dropped down next to Usagi and wrapped his arms around her letting her cry upon his shoulder for the loss of their daughter.