Unfortunately some of the readers of this story are under the impression that this story was written solely to please them. Now I'm sorry if you don't care about the minor characters of Sailor Moon like Hotaru or Yaten but being that they are some of my favorite characters they get a large part in my story. If you want to read something that is nothing but a Usagi/Mamoru/Seiya love triangle then go read one of the hundreds of others in this section. As for me, I've got secondary characters to write about! The SM universe is a vast place and full of characters whose potential I cannot waste. So read on.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.

Warnings: Angst. As much I hate to say it…the thing we've been dreading…just read, I cannot say it. This chapter is a little…violent.

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Close Your Eyes

Chapter Eighteen

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Usagi opened the door. Seven days since the Dark Kingdom took Mamoru. She couldn't think anything else. Today she hadn't eaten, telling everyone she felt sick. She hated to lie to the others.

I remember…Mamoru waited for me here…

The blonde frowned as she walked inside. She heard a whimpering noise from the living room.

What could that be?

Usagi's eyes went wide with shock and horror as she stepped into the living room.

Mamoru was there. Standing there with a look on his face she had never seen. Cold and empty. A shell of his former self. Then she saw the rest of the living room and cried out.

Her family was hanging from manacles. Mamoru transformed into his armor and a sword. Shingo was trying not to cry as he hung there. Ikuko had tears falling down her face and Kenji struggled as if he thought he could get free.

"Usagi!" Shingo exclaimed hopefully as his sister came into view.

"Okaa-san! Otou-san! Ototo-chan!" Usagi began running towards them. Mamoru drew his sword, the soft metal sound stopping her in her tracks.

"Good." Mamoru smirked. "You learned the first lesson, Sailor Moon."

"Let them go!" Usagi turned towards him, tears in her eyes. "Mamoru! Mamoru! Why are you doing this?"

"I am Endymion, the Prince of Earth." Mamoru's emotionless voice stopped her from going nearer to him.

"No…you are that but you're Mamoru too…" Usagi kept going. She went to hug him but put the sword in between them.

"Give me the Ginzuishou." Mamoru stated, her family's cries filling her ears. "Or they die."

"No, y-you can't." Usagi trembled. "You wouldn't!"

"Oh?' Mamoru raised an eyebrow. Before Usagi could react, Mamoru plucked a rose out of thing air and threw it with deadly accuracy. It embedded itself in Shingo's throat.

Shingo gasped for breath, a strange gurgle sounded as his punctured windpipe filled with blood. He struggled for a few more moments before his small body went limp.

"Shingo!" Usagi started to run towards Shingo's body but was thrown back by an invisible barrier. Pain wracked her body. "Gomen nasai…gomen nasai…"

"Give me the Ginzuishou if you want to save your parents." Mamoru gestured towards the two surviving members of Usagi's family.

"U-Usagi-chan…" Ikuko began weakly, her voice cracking.

"Okaa-san!" Usagi sobbed.

"Get up, you're a big girl." Ikuko went on. "I sometimes though…Sailor Moon looked like you…you grew up so fast. Don't give in Usagi…"

"Okaa-san…I have to." Usagi took off the necklace that she gotten to hang the Ginzuishou off of.

"That's right, give me the Ginzuishou." Mamoru beckoned. Usagi began to step forward.

"You are the Moon Princess."

"You are the protector of the Ginzuishou."

"It's a lot of responsibility but I know even an Odango Atama like you can handle it."

"We believe in you Usagi-chan."

"I suppose being the princess would be hard but you can do it."

"Usako…you found it…the Ginzuishou."

Usagi hesitated. Mamoru was unfazed by this.

"Let me show you," Mamoru began. "Let me show you why you should obey faster. Like my roses." Mamoru pulled out another one.

Why?

What did they do to him?

Ototo-chan…gomen…I wasn't fast enough…

"No!" Usagi rushed towards the barrier again but was once more thrown back, hitting the wall opposite. Instantly cuffs wrapped around her wrists, her arms pinned by her sides, her legs clamped in metal clamps a little apart, the Ginzuishou still tightly clamped in one fist.

"Now," Mamoru got right next to her face, more tears splashed down her cheeks. So close she could feel his breath on her face. "Now you learn to obey."

"Stop it!" Usagi cried. "I'll give you the Ginzuishou."

"Good." Mamoru smiled, really just showing his teeth. "That's a good little rabbit."

"Usagi-chan, don't!" Ikuko insisted. A rose was suddenly sticking out of her leg, blood blossoming on her dress.

"Quiet." Mamoru pulled out another rose, brushing the petals up against Usagi's cheek. "It's hard to think of one killing you when it's so soft, isn't it?"

"Why…Mamo-chan?" Usagi whispered. "Please stop."

"Stop? Queen Beryl wishes for you to suffer." Mamoru moved the rose down her neck. "I obey the Queen."

"Don't you remember? It's me! You're Odango Atama! My prince…Tuxedo Kamen…" Usagi tried to get through to him.

"Odango…A…tama?" Mamoru faltered, his eyes a whirl of confusion. His head felt like it was splitting.

"Odango Atama."

"Odango Atama."

"Odango Atama."

"Mamoru no baka!"

"I said that…" Mamoru murmured, hope shone from Usagi's eyes. He straightened. "It doesn't matter anyways. And just for that…" Mamoru pulled out a hand full of roses, throwing them at Usagi's parents all at once.

"Usagi-chan!"

"Usagi!"

The sound of the roses hitting their targets echoed in the room. Usagi's cry sounded through the whole house.

"NO!"

"You…" Usagi croaked. "I will punish you. Your deed will never be forgiven."

"Shall I make them dance for you too?" Mamoru seemed amused by her pronouncement. Usagi watched in horror as the three corpses began to dance, they looked like puppets on strings. Her empty stomach heaved at the sight.

"Stop it!" She yelled. The corpses did stop, going back to how they were, as if they had never moved.

"I want that Ginzuishou." Mamoru's tone had a low growl in it.

"I-I won't." Usagi squeezed her eyes shut and held even tighter to the Ginzuishou.

"I thought you would learn…" Mamoru trailed off as if it were a great tragedy to him. "What a stupid girl you are…" Even though his mind was flooded with thoughts of his absolute devotion to Beryl, something about this girl was different. She was so innocent, so pure, and being this close, her scent wrapped around him, it was doing something to him.

I know her…

I want her.

Mamoru shook his head. If he wanted something, he had the power to take it. That's what his mind told him. He was cruel and merciless. If the Queen wanted it, he obeyed.

"Maybe it's time to try something else?" Mamoru was so close now that his lips brushed against her ear as they moved. She shivered. "The Queen wants you to suffer…I can think of a few ways that would be a lot more fun for me." Usagi's eyes widened.

"You can't be him…he's not like this!" Usagi moved her head as far from him as she could. "Endymion…don't you remember?"

"No." Mamoru sheathed his sword. "I am Endymion, sworn to my lady and queen, Beryl."

"You once said…we couldn't be together because you were destined for a princess…" Usagi remembered that time so long ago. "I'm the princess."

"Princess?" Mamoru's harsh, almost robotic voice asked.

A princess…

"Endymion!"

"The Ginzuishou."

What is this?

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Minako looked down at her grocery bag as she approached the Tsukino house.

"Usagi-chan…I brought some things to cheer you up." Minako said to herself. Her tone was sad. She cleared her throat and put on her best smile. She had to be happy for her princess.

The important thing is to make Usagi smile.

Minako wanted to finally tell Usagi about her past, about the ace of hearts, and mostly about Danburite, Kaitou Ace…Adonis. Maybe it would make her feel better somehow.

A shriek made her pause as she went for the doorknob. A flash of something, pain and misery ran through her like an electric current. The bag hit the ground.

"The princess is in pain!" Minako took out her henshin pen.

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Stop!" Usagi twisted away from the evil Mamoru. His hands continued up her skirt. "Mamoru!"

"If you loved me so much," Mamoru began mockingly. "You wouldn't mind. I guess you are a liar. So everything you say is a lie."

"No! I'm not lying!" Usagi tried to get her arms free. Nothing budged. "Don't you understand; you're brainwashed!"

"Am I?" Mamoru cocked an eyebrow at her. "Now give me the Ginzuishou."

A flying object streaked by, cutting one of Mamoru's arms. An ace of hearts. Usagi looked over to see a young man standing there, a mask, just like the one Tuxedo Kamen wore adorning his face, another card held in between his index and middle fingers.

"I heard a cry of distress from my princess…" The blonde-haired man explained.

Princess?

Is he talked about me?

"Crescent Beam!" Sailor Venus blasted into the room, hitting a still partially stunned Mamoru. She turned slowly as she noticed the person beside her. "What…"

"I'll tell you later princess." The masked man shook his head at her. Minako turned towards Mamoru.

"Get away from her!" Minako geared up for another attack. "How dare you try to harm the princess?"

"You are interrupting me." Mamoru snarling, pulling out more roses. Usagi saw nightmarish flashes of her parents dying. Would he kill Minako? And make her dance?

"Don't hurt her!" Usagi struggled. "Please, not her! It's yours!"

"No Usagi!" Minako started to run towards them. Usagi opened her clenched fist but the Ginzuishou wasn't there.

"What?" Mamoru's hand went to her throat. "Give me the crystal!"

"It was here!" Usagi began to cry, cure that he would kill Minako now.

Minako found a barrier between her and the princess. It wracked her body with pain when she hit before she flew backwards several feet, but was caught by the masked man.

""Kaitou?" Minako looked up at him before he set her down.

"I knew you were in danger still." The masked man told her. "Now, Venus, the senshi of love, we may be able to save him."

"H-how?" Minako asked fearfully as Endymion's hands kept their tight grip on Usagi's throat.

"The jack of hearts, the memory of love." The masked man pulled out a card. "I'll open the barrier for you."

"Kaitou, I—" Minako began.

"No, not now. Your princess is first." The masked man reminded her. He hit the barrier with four aces. Minako ran in between them, jumping and landing with a flip to slap the card on Endymion's back.

"Venus Power!" Minako yelled. Mamoru's eyes grew wide and he shook violently, releasing Usagi. The cuffs faded and Usagi fell to the ground. The cards dropped as the barrier disappeared. Endymion passed out on the ground.

"Usagi!" Minako ran to her.

"Mina-chan…" Usagi looked past her, her parents and Shingo had faded too. "I thought it was a nightmare…"

"It's okay, Usagi-chan." Minako comforted her. "It's okay." Minako looked up at the approaching masked man.

"Princess Venus, it's good to see you again. I must go." The masked man bowed. "I'll come back soon to see you."

"Kaitou!" Minako called out. He turned and gave her a two-finger wave. Usagi?" The blonde went limp, her eyes closing. "Usagi!"

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Another scene I wrote a year ago. Now before a bunch of angry reviewers bombard me with why evil Mamoru was so evil, give me a chance to explain. Evil Mamoru in the manga is much more evil than the one in the anime. He kills one of Motoki's friends and goes under his name to try and mess with Usagi's mind. Plus he seemed hell bent on killing Usagi when he was evil until of course she either a) stabbed him in the manga, or b) pulled out the magical locket of love in the anime. Plus, for those of you who are Fushigi Yugi fans, Tamahome turned evil and he did all sorts of really evil stuff. Like beat up Tasuki! (Even though that is my favorite fight…) So, yeah, I feel pretty okay with Mamoru being evil. But what will happen now? Find out!