It's chapter six! Writing this might be a bit tricky. Let's just say, dun dun DUN!!! Although really, sometimes people just can't stay out of other people's relationships. I'm not gonna point fingers or anything but some people need to stop somehow messing things up. So without further ado...

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. (But I know waaaay too much about it.)

Warnings: Angst, teenagers, romance, video games, and Hotaru!

            Will Rei stop being quite so vague? Will Setsuna sue Rei for trying to steal her position as vaguest senshi of all time? Will Setsuna reply to that with 'I can't tell you that'? Will Mamoru and Usagi get a chance to talk? Will there be more kissing? Or will Seiya come back and start calling dibs on the Odango Atama? Will Seiya and Mamoru get into a fistfight over the matter? Will everyone ask for a fistfight? Will Yaten ever be able to draw again or will he be uninspired for all eternity? Will Taiki get some spotlight? Will Luna and Artemis get more spotlight? Will Artemis explain anything? Will somebody explain what the Starlights are doing on Earth anyways? Will Hotaru and Setsuna do some more devious scheming? Is it really all that devious? To picture it just...

Close Your Eyes

Chapter Six

"All my life I've been searching for something,
Something never comes never leads to nothing,
Nothing satisfies but I'm getting close,
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope,
All night long I dream of the day,
When it comes around then it's taken away,
Leaves me with the feeling that I feel the most,
The feeling comes to life when I see your ghost,"

                               -All My Life by the Foo Fighters

            "Bye mom!" Usagi called as she ran out the door. She wasn't late this morning, a bit of a shock all around but Usagi had a hard time sleeping that night. Tossing and turning and waking up early. It wasn't like her at all.

            But then it wasn't like Mamoru to be standing outside her house as she left. She stopped dead in her tracks.

            "Mamoru-san!" Usagi exclaimed in surprise.

            "I brought your books. You didn't get any of your homework done." Mamoru handed her the small stack of books. "Sorry."

            "It doesn't matter; I barely get my homework done anyways." Usagi shook her head and smiled. "Usually Ami-chan has to help me the whole time."

            "I'll see you later at the arcade, right?" Mamoru asked before he turned to go.

            "Okay." Usagi nodded. "Bye!" And with that, Mamoru went his own way. Usagi looked back at him for a moment and then kept going.

            I want the day to go by as fast as possible. I want to see him again.

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            "You guys do realize that you spend more time at this arcade then anyone else excluding the staff." Motoki pointed out to the five giggling girls as he gave them their food.

            "And you're complaining...?" Rei trailed off with her eyebrows raised.

            "Nah, just commenting. So Usagi-chan, where's Mamoru?" Motoki elbowed the blonde who began to choke on her soda.

            "Yeah, speaking of Mamoru, start talking Usagi." Minako crossed her arms. "Why were you at his place yesterday?"

            "You were at Mamoru's place yesterday?" Motoki looked surprised and excited all at once. "I didn't realize Mamoru was so bold."

            "We were doing homework!" Usagi protested immediately.

            "Uh huh." Makoto agreed skeptically. "So that's what you call it."

            "You guys! We were doing homework!" Usagi insisted.

            "What is this about?" Seiya appeared next to Motoki and suddenly all five senshi were acting as innocently as possible. "What are you guys arguing about?"

            "Seiya-kun!" Usagi greeted him happily.

            I still haven't told anybody about that kiss. And last night...

            Mamoru kissed me...

            What am I supposed to do?

            "I haven't seen you lately Usagi-chan." Seiya smiled at her. "Would you like to go see a movie with me tonight?"

            "So pathetic..." Yaten appeared talking about something with Taiki.

            "Hi Yaten-san!" Minako waved from her place at the table.

            "I have to go." Yaten told Taiki. "See you later." Yaten left the arcade in a hurry to avoid Minako, which was something he didn't want to even think about right then. On his way out, he paused as he caught sight of Tomoe Hotaru entering the arcade.

            "Tomoe Hotaru."

            Yaten shook his head and kept walking, not noticing the green-haired woman studying him with inquisitive eyes over her newspaper.

            Meanwhile, back in the arcade, Hotaru was trying to think of a good way to approach the others. She decided to just sit at the table next to them.

            "Um...maybe..." Usagi answered Seiya's question, pushing her two index fingers together unsurely. "I'd have to check with my parents."

            "Of course!" Seiya nodded eagerly. "So here's my number." He took out a pen and started to write it on a napkin. "Just call me and let me know."

            "I will." Usagi was smiling but her eyes were clouded with worry and confusion. Rei was giving Seiya a withering look.

            "That's a good book, I've read it before." Taiki commented on the book that Ami was reading.

            "Oh really? I'm enjoying it so far." Ami smiled at him. "I'm Mizuno Ami."

            "Kou Taiki." Taiki shook her hand. The two were soon lost in their own conversation about books.

            "Can I get you anything?" Motoki asked Seiya. Seiya shook his head and then Motoki leaned towards Usagi. "Hey, is the girl in the next booth a friend of yours? She looks kind of lonely."

            "Who?" Usagi stood up and looked. "I've never met her before, have you guys?" The others looked.

            "It's Tomoe-san." Seiya commented. The dark-haired girl turned her head at the sound of her name. "Why are you hiding over there?"

            "I-I'm not hiding." She blushed and looked down.

            "Come join us." Makoto offered in a friendly manner.

            "Er, alright." Hotaru got up and walked over to where the five senshi were sitting in the booth while Taiki was now sitting in a chair and Seiya was standing.

            "What's your name?" Usagi gave her an encouraging smile.

            "Tomoe Hotaru." Hotaru introduced herself.

            "I'm Tsukino Usagi, that's Aino Minako." Usagi pointed at Minako who waved a little. "Kino Makoto, Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei, Kou Taiki, and Kou Seiya."

            "Are you two related?" Hotaru asked questioningly. Setsuna had never really explained that. Actually, Setsuna hadn't explained anything about the three of them.

            "No...we're...um...cousins." Seiya got out and Taiki raised an eyebrow at him briefly. "Our other cousin Yaten isn't here right now."

            "Oh." Hotaru thought briefly about the silver-haired young man.

            "I'll remember you."

            "Hotaru-san, are you okay? You look a little red." Usagi commented in concern. Hotaru shook her head rapidly.

            "I'm fine." Hotaru felt joy in the presence of the princess that she was sworn to protect. Even if Usagi didn't know who she was.

            "Usagi-san." The group looked up at Mamoru who was holding Usagi's coat. Seiya gave him a cool look which he return before saying, "You forgot to get this last night when you were at my place."

            "Uh oh..." Minako nudged Rei pointedly even though everyone could see that the blonde thought this was just as great if not better then her romance manga.

            "Thank you Mamoru..." Usagi blushed as she took it. "I still have your coat."

            "Don't worry about it; you can give it to me later." Mamoru told her. Then he looked sideways at Seiya. "You can come over again tonight; hopefully we can get our homework done without any distractions."

            Minako, Makoto, and Rei's jaws dropped simultaneously. Motoki looked as though Mamoru had announced that the building was on fire. And Usagi's face went a brilliant shade of red.

            "Well, Chiba-san, I don't think Usagi will be able to make it tonight as I'm taking her to the movies." Seiya informed Mamoru with a small smirk before leaning over and actually kissing Usagi on the cheek. "I'll talk to you later Usagi-chan."

            "Over my dead body." Mamoru murmured, not realizing that Seiya had heard him.

            "What was that?" Seiya gave him a challenging look.

            "Mamoru, do you want a cup of coffee?" Motoki decided to jump in before any damage to the arcade was caused. He was practically yanking Mamoru away.

            "No, I'm going home." Mamoru looked at Usagi who was looking at him with a worried expression. He left through the doors of the arcade without another word.

            Usagi stood up, looking distracted. "I'm sorry, I can't tonight Seiya-kun, my mom said I had to do something tonight, I just remembered." With that she went out the doors. Rei noted that Usagi went the same direction that Mamoru had gone.

            "I've gotta go too." Minako ran after Usagi before Rei could stop her.

            "I suppose I should go home. Nice meeting you Tomoe-san." Rei bowed her head towards the dark haired girl before realizing that Seiya wasn't there. Had he left before or after Minako?

            "Nice meeting you, I've got to leave now or my aunt will be mad." Hotaru bowed her head quickly before leaving in a hurry.

            "This is just too weird." Makoto commented to no one.

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            "Mamoru!" Usagi yelled after him. He turned towards her and she stopped a foot from him. "Mamoru I-"

            "Shouldn't you be going home? You've got a date tonight." Mamoru's words stung Usagi. "Aren't you lucky Odango Atama?" Usagi's eyes grew round with hurt.

            "I don't know Mamoru-baka." Usagi's face was strangely stone-like as she spat his name out. "You...you..." She felt tears well up. "Why are you being like this? You always say that I must hate you but you know what I think? I think you hate me!"

            "How could I hate you?" Mamoru asked her. Usagi didn't answer. "I can't hate you."

            "That's not the way you act!" Usagi accused him. "You're nice one moment...I wanted to see you today..."

            "I just...Usagi, I can't watch another man kiss you!" Mamoru looked shock by his own confession. Usagi's book bag slipped from her hand.

            "Why do you have to say things like that?" Usagi asked him, a tear sliding down one of her cheeks. "It makes it sound like..."

            "I'm sorry Usagi..." Mamoru went forward and swept her up in a hug. Usagi was so surprised by this that she didn't know what else to do and just let him hug her, feeling lost in his warm arms.

            "Mamoru..." Usagi hugged him back. "It's okay."

            "How can you forgive me just like that?" Mamoru asked as he inhaled the scent of her shampoo feeling perfectly content.

            "Because people always forgive me, even when I'm being selfish so I have to be able to forgive them back." Usagi explained.

            You're so beautiful...but I can't tell you how much I think that...Usagi...

            I wish I could tell you that...

            "Usako..." Mamoru barely said it but Usagi still caught it. She stiffened and pulled away.

            "What did you call me?" Usagi cocked her head to one side.

            "Nothing." Mamoru shook his head. "Why don't you go home now Usagi? I'll see you tomorrow, alright?"

            "I'll see you, Mamoru..." Usagi turned but before she could he caught her wrist. She turned with baited breath but then saw he was trying to hand her briefcase to her. As he put it in her hands, they stood there looking into each other's eyes for a few moments. Then they parted ways.

            "Well, I'm glad that turned out alright." Minako smiled to herself as she turned, intending to really go home. That's when she saw Seiya looking at where Mamoru and Usagi had been a few moments ago with a completely crushed look. He turned and walked away.

            I'm so glad they resolved that so I didn't have to do anything.

            Hotaru came out behind the tree she had been hiding behind. Still, something was making her feel uneasy, was something bad going to happen?

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            Seiya trudged to the place him, Yaten, and Taiki shared. No one was home right now to his knowledge. Yaten was probably off somewhere trying to get inspired so he could start painting for his exhibit at the art museum and he had left Taiki at the arcade.

            He didn't turn on any lights, just sat down on the couch. He stared up at the ceiling, knowing that beyond it were the stars and a planet he had left behind.

            "Forgive me...this is the way it has to be..."

            "Seiya..."

            "This doesn't change anything between the four of us."

            But it changed everything...

            "Or I could just abandon everyone like you did!"

            "Seiya, you don't understand!"

            "Don't I?"

            "I can't stand it here, I can't stand this planet!"

            "We request permission for a vacation to Earth."

            "Permission...granted..."

            "If this is what you really want Seiya."

            "No, but then I can't have what I really want."

            "Sayonara Seiya."

            "What the hell are you brooding about in the dark?" Yaten's voice asked as he flipped a switch on and the living room was filled with light.

            "Nothing!" Seiya snapped at him.

            "Thinking about Kakyuu?" Yaten inquired, leaning against a wall.

            "Does it matter?" Seiya fired back.

            "Yes! I want to know how much longer we have to stay on this stupid planet and when you're going to stop chasing after some girl!" Yaten was obviously frustrated with the matter.

            "She's not just some girl!" Seiya shouted back at Yaten. "And no one is forcing you to stay here anyways Yaten."

            "She's not Kakyuu." Yaten stated.

            "I know that!" Seiya stood up, obviously done with the argument. "Did you ever think that if you weren't such a prick you'd have friends? Maybe then you could actually draw something worth looking at." Seiya knew he had just gone too far but he didn't really care at the moment.

            "Maybe if you weren't such an idiot, she wouldn't have gotten married to somebody else." Yaten walked out of the room, getting the last word in the argument. Seiya knew it wasn't fair to take out his frustrations on Yaten but sometimes he wondered if Yaten went out of his way to aggravate people. To keep them away.

            We've trained together since we were five, you'd think by now that Yaten would open up a little to us...

            But him and Taiki are so quick to judge me.

            I can't help it...those blue eyes, so full of concern and love for everything...

            Why can't she feel that way about me?

            I don't think anyone can ever love me.

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            There was fog all around and he was lost in it. Where was he going? Somebody was out there.

            "Endymion! Help me!" A voice cried out. "Help me!"

            "Serenity!" He felt the words come from his mouth even though he didn't know who he was calling to.

            And then there she was. Long golden hair and that beautiful white dress, her face was shadowed and as she turned to him, he knew that it was for her that he would live and die.

            "The Ginzuishou...please find it...I need your help..." Her words, the same words that she always spoke. He reached out to touch her but suddenly his vision was clouded with red.

            "Endymion!"

            Mamoru sat up in bed, sweating and shaking. The dream that had been haunting him for some time was there again. He hadn't been thinking about the lovely woman, the princess who asked him to find the Ginzuishou. The woman he had devoted his life to when there was no one else.

            I care about her...I can feel it...I think I love her...

            But...I love Usagi too. I have to find the princess and the Ginzuishou, the only link to memories I can't ever have back.

            The princess is supposed to be the most important thing and I forgot her.

            Who is she?

            "Disgusting filth, I'll teach you to harm the princess."

            "And he called Minako the princess?"

            "Could this mean...?"

            "Well I am the princess of-"

            Could Aino-san be the princess I'm looking for?

            Guilt rose up in him. If he was supposed to be looking for her and helping her, then he was failing at it.

            What do I do now?

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                Yep, this isn't just going downhill anymore, it's fallen off a cliff and into the ocean where it's sinking rapidly. What's in store for our people? Find out next time when Jade decides that 100% angst is what every fanfic needs! ^_^. Oh! And everybody should go and read Teresa's story Pain Inside, which is her first Sailor Moon fanfic! Melody's Song, I think you might enjoy it. ~_^ Reviews are greatly appreciated.