Kiss From A Rose Chapter 7. By EternalSenshi. Don't own SM.
Minako felt a sharp pain on the side of her head. It spread slowly around her head like an ace bandage, and she felt her eyes throb.
*Itai...(ow)* she thought.
"Minako-san...wake-up, Minako-san."
"Alan..." she said dreamily. "Massage my temples, please..."
She opened her eyes to see a surprised, embarrassed, and flushed Tuxedo Kamen.
"Oh!" she cried. She sat up straight, and laughed embarrassedly.
"So..." Mamoru said, regaining composure. Or, at least, trying to.
"Gomen nasai." Minako mumbled, trying not to laugh. "So...where are we?"
"I don't know." Mamoru said, looking around. They were sitting in a giant marble room, with nothing else around them-not even walls.
"It's so dark..." Minako said.
Mamoru nodded. "I hope they come soon."
Minako looked up at his face. "You know..."
He looked down. She smiled.
"Top-Hat-Cape, I think you're perfect for Usagi." she said firmly.
Mamoru smirked. "Why am I Top-Hat-Cape?""
Minako laughed. "My own reasonings."
***
(A/N: Actually, Top-Hat-Cape came from my friend Katie (Candy Angel 1). It all came from a conversation at lunch, when I was obsessing over SM (again), when she said, "You know, why is he called Tuxedo Mask? I mean, it's like they picked two random pieces of clothing, and called him that. I could just as easily call him Top-Hat-Cape." And that's how that was born. Just so you all know. Okay, back to Usagi and Co.)
***
Usagi ran as fast as she could towards the Hikawa Jinja. She had to be on time, for once. Two important lives depended on her. She wasn't going to let them down.
"Usagi!" Rei cried. "You're here! Finally!"
"I'm not late! I'm early!" Usagi shot back.
Rei snorted, and looked at her watch. "Didn't you get the message to be..." she stopped when she noticed that Usagi was, indeed, early.
"How...how did you..."
Usagi giggled. "To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, and to be late is to be inexcusable. Mamo-chan told me that."
(A/N: Marching band. Enough said.)
"Why didn't you listen to that before?!" Rei cried.
"Gomen nasai!" cried a voice. Makoto and Ami came running up, and stopped in the middle of the bickering.
"Everyone ready?" Ami said, catching her breath.
Usagi stayed silent, then said, "I'm not going to lose anymore people who are important to me. MOON PRISM POWER..."
"MERCURY POWER..."
"MARS POWER..."
"JUPITER POWER..."
"MAKE-UP!!!!"
Colored lights danced around the ground and the pillars of the jinja. After they faded away, the Sailor Senshi stood, ready for action.
"Saa, iku wa yo! (Now, let's go!)" Rei said, and they ran to the park.
*I hope we get them in time.* Usagi thought desperately.
***
"Go fish." Minako said.
"No cards." Mamoru said.
"Tag?" she suggested.
"Too tired."
"I spy?"
"Stupid."
"House?"
"We're not in kindergarten."
"Toilet tag?"
"What the hell is that?"
"Drawing?"
"We don't have a pen OR paper."
***
"SUPREME THUNDER!!!"
A huge lightning bolt flashed through the park, with Zoicite dodging it.
"Is that the best you can do?" he laughed.
"Rin, pyou, to, sha, kai, jin, retsu, zai, zen...AKU RYO TAI SAN!!" Mars cried, throwing an ofuda on his head.
(A/N: Ofuda's are anti-evil parchments. Rin pyou...that's the original Evil Spirit's Begone speech. Hey, you learn something new everyday.)
"What the..." Zoicite said, unable to move.
Jupiter grabbed him by the arm and flipped him over her shoulder, throwing him to the ground. The ofuda flew off his head.
"Where are they?" Rei cried.
"I won't tell you." he said. He stood up and shot power at Mars and Jupiter.
"Shabon spray!! (Bubble spray)" Mercury cried. Zoicite was enveloped in a thick mist.
Sailor Moon pulled her tiara off of her forehead. "Moon Tiara..."
The fog was whisked away, and Zoicite stood, smirking. Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter were tied together, just as Mamoru and Minako were.
"Let them go!" Sailor Moon cried, tiara still in her hand.
"Nope, I can't do that." Zoicite said.
"Moon Tiara ACTION!!" Usagi cried, throwing her tiara. It cut through the ties, and the senshi started to fall to the ground.
"No way." Zoicite said. He snapped his fingers, and the senshi were tied together again.
"You can't stop me!" he said, glaring at Usagi.
***
"Jan Ken Pon (Rock Paper Scissors)?" Minako asked.
"No." Mamoru sighed.
Minako stayed silent. "Why did you call me to the park?"
He looked at her. "Usako."
Minako stared. "Minako."
Mamoru stared. "What?"
"I'm Minako."
"I KNOW you're Minako!"
"Then why'd you call me Usagi?!"
Mamoru sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. *Man, Usako really picked some weird friends.*
Minako looked at him. "I'm kidding. But, did something happen to Usagi-chan?"
Mamoru nodded. "She ran away. She seemed...frightened of me."
Minako stayed silent. "Frightened?" she said softly.
He nodded again. "She screamed and ran."
Minako thought for a moment. Maybe she was trying to give up Mamoru? Or maybe he was the enemy, and she was trying to run...
Mamoru held his head in his hands. "I don't know what's wrong. I really want to help her...but I don't think I'm strong enough."
Minako smiled gently and put a hand on his shoulder. *He's not the enemy,* she thought. *Not if he truly cares for her like this.*
"I think you're strong enough for her." she said warmly.
***
Usagi was torn. What could she do?
Zoicite laughed. "What are you going to do, Sailor Moon? Without your friends, you're helpless."
Usagi's eyes filled with tears, knowing he was right. "What do you want?" she asked quietly.
Zoicite narrowed his eyes. "All the Nijizuisho you have, and I'll let your friends go."
"NO!" Makoto cried.
"You can't, Usagi-chan!" Ami cried, struggling against her bonds.
"Urusai(shut-up)." Zoicite said coldly, electrocuting them. They screamed.
"YAMETTE!(STOP!)" Usagi cried. "You win, Zoicite! Let them go!" She held out the Nijizuisho that she had in the palm of her hand.
"No, Usagi-chan..." Makoto said weakly.
"Don't let him have them..." Rei said.
Zoicite waved his fingers in a beckoning way, and they flew up to him. He grabbed them, and his eyes widened in delight.
"At last!" he cried. "I'll have them all!!"
"Now, let them go!" Usagi cried.
Zoicite laughed. "Why should I?"
Makoto, Ami, and Rei felt their bonds tighten around their bodies. Rei screamed out, "USAGI!!"
The last syllable echoed in the park as the senshi disappeared. Usagi stood there, shocked.
"Minna...(everyone)" she whispered.
Zoicite laughed. "You wanted a real fight, right? You and me, in two nights time. There's time for you to get used to being the last senshi."
Usagi started shaking from head to toe. "Minna...kaeshite... (everyone...return them...)" she whispered. She glared at Zoicite, hatred burning in her eyes. "KAESHITE!!" she screamed as loud as she could.
"I think...no." Zoicite said, teasing her. He shot a bolt of electricity at her, and watched her dodge it.
"That's a warning. See you two nights from now, same time, same place." he said, and disappeared.
"KAESHITE!!!" she screamed, her voice growing hoarse. She banged her fist on the ground as a way to get rid of her anger and frustration.
"Kaeshite..." she whispered. "Mamo-chan...minna..." It was hopeless. They were gone. And there was nothing she could do. Not for two days.
***
Minako helped the others recover, and she and Mamoru listened to their version of events.
"He's got most of the Nijizuisho?" Mamoru asked.
"Except for the ones you have." Ami said, nodding. "Usagi's left alone, unless he's killed her."
"Iie(no)." Minako said. "He can't kill her.
"She's the one who protects the princess-you, Sailor V- so it's better to kill-" Rei started.
"I'm not the princess." Minako said softly.
Everyone stared at her. Minako sighed. "It's too complicated to explain now."
"Try us." Makoto said.
Minako looked at them, then hugged her knees tightly, looking at the floor.
"A long time ago..."
***
Usagi quietly closed the door behind her, and flopped on her bed.
"Two days?" Luna asked quietly.
Usagi nodded. "I'm not sure if I want to save them."
"What?" Luna exclaimed.
"Maybe...maybe if I die, then they'll die, then we won't be needed as Sailor Senshi. Then, we'd be reborn happily, and we wouldn't need to be like this."
"Usagi-chan..."
"But if I don't save them, then we won't be reborn, and I'd still be all alone." she said, her voice quavering. "I don't want to make them suffer on my account."
"Just get some sleep, Usagi-chan." Luna said.
"I can't stand it! I don't want to be all alone! Mamo-chan, Minako-chan, Ami-chan, Rei-chan, Mako-chan...I don't want to fight without them!" Usagi cried, becoming hysterical. She started sobbing, and rocking back and forth.
"Usagi-chan..." Luna whispered.
***
A few hours later, Usagi had finally fallen asleep on her bed-probably dreaming of happier times with her friends and her true love. Luna looked out the window and gazed at the full moon.
"Queen Serenity...onegai!" she cried softly, so she wouldn't wake up Usagi. "Please help us!"
As usual, the response was Usagi's snoring. But tonight, that seemed like the best answer of all.
***
I must say, cliffhangers are fun. Whee! See ya next chapter! Please R&R.
*~*EternalSenshi*~*
To those not in high school yet, if your school does offer Geosystems, do not, I repeat, DO NOT take that course. It's horrible, and I'm stuck in it. It's the Twilight Zone. :p
Minako felt a sharp pain on the side of her head. It spread slowly around her head like an ace bandage, and she felt her eyes throb.
*Itai...(ow)* she thought.
"Minako-san...wake-up, Minako-san."
"Alan..." she said dreamily. "Massage my temples, please..."
She opened her eyes to see a surprised, embarrassed, and flushed Tuxedo Kamen.
"Oh!" she cried. She sat up straight, and laughed embarrassedly.
"So..." Mamoru said, regaining composure. Or, at least, trying to.
"Gomen nasai." Minako mumbled, trying not to laugh. "So...where are we?"
"I don't know." Mamoru said, looking around. They were sitting in a giant marble room, with nothing else around them-not even walls.
"It's so dark..." Minako said.
Mamoru nodded. "I hope they come soon."
Minako looked up at his face. "You know..."
He looked down. She smiled.
"Top-Hat-Cape, I think you're perfect for Usagi." she said firmly.
Mamoru smirked. "Why am I Top-Hat-Cape?""
Minako laughed. "My own reasonings."
***
(A/N: Actually, Top-Hat-Cape came from my friend Katie (Candy Angel 1). It all came from a conversation at lunch, when I was obsessing over SM (again), when she said, "You know, why is he called Tuxedo Mask? I mean, it's like they picked two random pieces of clothing, and called him that. I could just as easily call him Top-Hat-Cape." And that's how that was born. Just so you all know. Okay, back to Usagi and Co.)
***
Usagi ran as fast as she could towards the Hikawa Jinja. She had to be on time, for once. Two important lives depended on her. She wasn't going to let them down.
"Usagi!" Rei cried. "You're here! Finally!"
"I'm not late! I'm early!" Usagi shot back.
Rei snorted, and looked at her watch. "Didn't you get the message to be..." she stopped when she noticed that Usagi was, indeed, early.
"How...how did you..."
Usagi giggled. "To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, and to be late is to be inexcusable. Mamo-chan told me that."
(A/N: Marching band. Enough said.)
"Why didn't you listen to that before?!" Rei cried.
"Gomen nasai!" cried a voice. Makoto and Ami came running up, and stopped in the middle of the bickering.
"Everyone ready?" Ami said, catching her breath.
Usagi stayed silent, then said, "I'm not going to lose anymore people who are important to me. MOON PRISM POWER..."
"MERCURY POWER..."
"MARS POWER..."
"JUPITER POWER..."
"MAKE-UP!!!!"
Colored lights danced around the ground and the pillars of the jinja. After they faded away, the Sailor Senshi stood, ready for action.
"Saa, iku wa yo! (Now, let's go!)" Rei said, and they ran to the park.
*I hope we get them in time.* Usagi thought desperately.
***
"Go fish." Minako said.
"No cards." Mamoru said.
"Tag?" she suggested.
"Too tired."
"I spy?"
"Stupid."
"House?"
"We're not in kindergarten."
"Toilet tag?"
"What the hell is that?"
"Drawing?"
"We don't have a pen OR paper."
***
"SUPREME THUNDER!!!"
A huge lightning bolt flashed through the park, with Zoicite dodging it.
"Is that the best you can do?" he laughed.
"Rin, pyou, to, sha, kai, jin, retsu, zai, zen...AKU RYO TAI SAN!!" Mars cried, throwing an ofuda on his head.
(A/N: Ofuda's are anti-evil parchments. Rin pyou...that's the original Evil Spirit's Begone speech. Hey, you learn something new everyday.)
"What the..." Zoicite said, unable to move.
Jupiter grabbed him by the arm and flipped him over her shoulder, throwing him to the ground. The ofuda flew off his head.
"Where are they?" Rei cried.
"I won't tell you." he said. He stood up and shot power at Mars and Jupiter.
"Shabon spray!! (Bubble spray)" Mercury cried. Zoicite was enveloped in a thick mist.
Sailor Moon pulled her tiara off of her forehead. "Moon Tiara..."
The fog was whisked away, and Zoicite stood, smirking. Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter were tied together, just as Mamoru and Minako were.
"Let them go!" Sailor Moon cried, tiara still in her hand.
"Nope, I can't do that." Zoicite said.
"Moon Tiara ACTION!!" Usagi cried, throwing her tiara. It cut through the ties, and the senshi started to fall to the ground.
"No way." Zoicite said. He snapped his fingers, and the senshi were tied together again.
"You can't stop me!" he said, glaring at Usagi.
***
"Jan Ken Pon (Rock Paper Scissors)?" Minako asked.
"No." Mamoru sighed.
Minako stayed silent. "Why did you call me to the park?"
He looked at her. "Usako."
Minako stared. "Minako."
Mamoru stared. "What?"
"I'm Minako."
"I KNOW you're Minako!"
"Then why'd you call me Usagi?!"
Mamoru sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. *Man, Usako really picked some weird friends.*
Minako looked at him. "I'm kidding. But, did something happen to Usagi-chan?"
Mamoru nodded. "She ran away. She seemed...frightened of me."
Minako stayed silent. "Frightened?" she said softly.
He nodded again. "She screamed and ran."
Minako thought for a moment. Maybe she was trying to give up Mamoru? Or maybe he was the enemy, and she was trying to run...
Mamoru held his head in his hands. "I don't know what's wrong. I really want to help her...but I don't think I'm strong enough."
Minako smiled gently and put a hand on his shoulder. *He's not the enemy,* she thought. *Not if he truly cares for her like this.*
"I think you're strong enough for her." she said warmly.
***
Usagi was torn. What could she do?
Zoicite laughed. "What are you going to do, Sailor Moon? Without your friends, you're helpless."
Usagi's eyes filled with tears, knowing he was right. "What do you want?" she asked quietly.
Zoicite narrowed his eyes. "All the Nijizuisho you have, and I'll let your friends go."
"NO!" Makoto cried.
"You can't, Usagi-chan!" Ami cried, struggling against her bonds.
"Urusai(shut-up)." Zoicite said coldly, electrocuting them. They screamed.
"YAMETTE!(STOP!)" Usagi cried. "You win, Zoicite! Let them go!" She held out the Nijizuisho that she had in the palm of her hand.
"No, Usagi-chan..." Makoto said weakly.
"Don't let him have them..." Rei said.
Zoicite waved his fingers in a beckoning way, and they flew up to him. He grabbed them, and his eyes widened in delight.
"At last!" he cried. "I'll have them all!!"
"Now, let them go!" Usagi cried.
Zoicite laughed. "Why should I?"
Makoto, Ami, and Rei felt their bonds tighten around their bodies. Rei screamed out, "USAGI!!"
The last syllable echoed in the park as the senshi disappeared. Usagi stood there, shocked.
"Minna...(everyone)" she whispered.
Zoicite laughed. "You wanted a real fight, right? You and me, in two nights time. There's time for you to get used to being the last senshi."
Usagi started shaking from head to toe. "Minna...kaeshite... (everyone...return them...)" she whispered. She glared at Zoicite, hatred burning in her eyes. "KAESHITE!!" she screamed as loud as she could.
"I think...no." Zoicite said, teasing her. He shot a bolt of electricity at her, and watched her dodge it.
"That's a warning. See you two nights from now, same time, same place." he said, and disappeared.
"KAESHITE!!!" she screamed, her voice growing hoarse. She banged her fist on the ground as a way to get rid of her anger and frustration.
"Kaeshite..." she whispered. "Mamo-chan...minna..." It was hopeless. They were gone. And there was nothing she could do. Not for two days.
***
Minako helped the others recover, and she and Mamoru listened to their version of events.
"He's got most of the Nijizuisho?" Mamoru asked.
"Except for the ones you have." Ami said, nodding. "Usagi's left alone, unless he's killed her."
"Iie(no)." Minako said. "He can't kill her.
"She's the one who protects the princess-you, Sailor V- so it's better to kill-" Rei started.
"I'm not the princess." Minako said softly.
Everyone stared at her. Minako sighed. "It's too complicated to explain now."
"Try us." Makoto said.
Minako looked at them, then hugged her knees tightly, looking at the floor.
"A long time ago..."
***
Usagi quietly closed the door behind her, and flopped on her bed.
"Two days?" Luna asked quietly.
Usagi nodded. "I'm not sure if I want to save them."
"What?" Luna exclaimed.
"Maybe...maybe if I die, then they'll die, then we won't be needed as Sailor Senshi. Then, we'd be reborn happily, and we wouldn't need to be like this."
"Usagi-chan..."
"But if I don't save them, then we won't be reborn, and I'd still be all alone." she said, her voice quavering. "I don't want to make them suffer on my account."
"Just get some sleep, Usagi-chan." Luna said.
"I can't stand it! I don't want to be all alone! Mamo-chan, Minako-chan, Ami-chan, Rei-chan, Mako-chan...I don't want to fight without them!" Usagi cried, becoming hysterical. She started sobbing, and rocking back and forth.
"Usagi-chan..." Luna whispered.
***
A few hours later, Usagi had finally fallen asleep on her bed-probably dreaming of happier times with her friends and her true love. Luna looked out the window and gazed at the full moon.
"Queen Serenity...onegai!" she cried softly, so she wouldn't wake up Usagi. "Please help us!"
As usual, the response was Usagi's snoring. But tonight, that seemed like the best answer of all.
***
I must say, cliffhangers are fun. Whee! See ya next chapter! Please R&R.
*~*EternalSenshi*~*
To those not in high school yet, if your school does offer Geosystems, do not, I repeat, DO NOT take that course. It's horrible, and I'm stuck in it. It's the Twilight Zone. :p