Kiss From A Rose: Chapter 8. By EternalSenshi. I don't own SM.
"Mou ichido(Once again)!" Luna cried.
"Again?!" Usagi cried.
"To get in shape! Quit whining!" Luna cried.
Usagi groaned. Sure, she wanted to save her friends, but this was getting so strenuous. She slipped and slid across the grass.
"MOU ICHIDO!!" Luna belted out.
"Again?!?" Usagi whined.
"Stop whining and move it!!"
Usagi groaned again and ran as fast as she could across the grass.
***
Minako took a deep breath. "That's all."
Everyone was silent. "Whoa..." Makoto said after a long period of silence.
"So, you're not the princess?" Ami asked.
Minako nodded. "That's right. I'm just a decoy. I think they might have already known."
"Is Sailor Moon..." Rei asked, trailing off.
Minako shrugged. "She's the only one who really knows anything. Except there's probably a big block in her memory."
Mamoru was a little overwhelmed by the new information. This could possible explain the dreams he'd been having about the mysterious girl-the princess he needed to find.
"Mamoru?" Minako asked. "Do you know anything about this?"
The dream...the Maboroshi no Ginzuisho...the cries for help...he shook his head and sighed. "I don't know anything."
***
Usagi collapsed on her bed and sighed. It had been one day since everyone had been gone, and she was thoroughly exhausted from Luna's workout. She knew she had to work hard to get them back, but did that mean she had to be under the dictatorship of Kaiser Luna, while Artemis (Minako was right-giant white furball)sat in the sun, sleeping and grooming? Not fair. He was the one who needed this training, not her.
"Usagi-chan?" She felt Luna nudge her.
"Go away, baka neko(stupid cat)." she groaned, throwing her pillow to one side, then throwing it back under her head.
"Usagi-chan, training time."
"Luna, I need my sleep!"
"Oh, but I think you'll enjoy this." Luna said, a mischievous glint in her eye.
***
"Now we have enough people to play tag!" Minako cried happily. Everyone groaned, and Rei took off one of her high heels and threw it at Minako.
"You BAKA!!" she cried. "Do you think we want to play games at a time like this?!"
***
Sailor V ran across the video game screen, and blasted away a monster.
"Hey, Luna, I like this training." Usagi said, finally beginning to understand this video game.
"Perfect training." Luna said. "If you see how to do it, you can use it to your advantage."
"Right. Plus, playing for free is fun." Usagi said.
Luna groaned. "That's not the point."
"Whatever."
Luna looked at the clock. "Usagi, it's time to go. Tomorrow, we'll sneak back in, okay?"
"Hold up, I'm on level 9." Usagi said. "Darn it!"
"What?"
"I died."
"Great. Let's go home."
"I wanna play again."
"What? You want to die on level 10?"
***
"So, do we just sit here, or are they going to kill us soon?" Minako asked.
"Thank you, Miss Merry Sunshine." Rei said.
"Minako-chan, are you ever going to shut up?" Makoto said through gritted teeth. Mamoru sat, listening to them argue, but thinking about his Usako. Was she alive? What would happen to her? He wanted to be there for her, but he was stuck here, not even knowing how far away form her she was.
"Wait, will the communicators work?" Minako asked. Everyone looked at Minako, then watched Rei pull out hers. She pressed a button, and watched static come over the screen.
***
Usagi couldn't sleep. It was almost three in the morning, but sleep was the last thing on her mind. She was worried that her friends had already been systematically tortured and killed. And Mamoru...she didn't even want to think about what could have happened to him.
A beeping sound alerted her senses. It seemed to come from her jacket pocket, hanging on the wall. She grabbed the jacket and pulled out her beeping communicator. She pressed a button, and found herself looking at Rei.
"Rei-chan!!" Usagi cried.
"Usagi-chan, you didn't die." Rei said. There was a sound of rejoicing in the background.
"Anata wa doko(Where are you)?" Usagi asked.
"I don't know." Rei replied. "Didn't Zoicite-"
"No. I have one day left to live. Then we fight."
There was silence on both ends. "I'm going to pass this around, so you can talk to everyone okay,? We've all been so worried about you."
"How can you be worried about me?" Usagi said, tearfully but laughing. "You guys are in a worse situation."
Minako's face appeared on the screen. "Usagi-chan, daijoubu?"
"Minako-chan!" Usagi cried. "I'm just happy to see that you're okay!"
"Listen-I want to let you know, just in case there's no time later." Minako hesitated. "I'm not the princess. Now, I know you're going to react, but don't. There isn't a whole lot of time to waste. You need to live to find the princess. You understand me?"
"Uh-huh." Usagi said, sniffling.
"Hey, hey, don't cry, Usagi-chan." Minako soothingly. "Everything's gonna be okay."
She passed the communicator around to everyone, letting them give Usagi words of encouragement. Mamoru took the communicator from Makoto, and looked into Usagi's face on the screen.
"I feel kind of stupid holding a pink communicator." he said, Usagi nodded, and broke down.
"Hey, none of that." he said softly. "Don't cry, Usako."
Usagi shook her head. "I miss you! I need to see you, Mamo-chan! I'm...gomen nasai! I didn't mean to leave you!"
"Shhh..." Mamoru said, trying to calm her down. "It's okay. Live on, okay? You can beat Zoicite anyday."
"Hontou ni?" Usagi said, sounding like a child.
"Of course." he said. He smiled. "I love you."
Usagi smiled through her tears, like the sun through the rain to Mamoru. "I love you, too." Suddenly, she heard footsteps in the background.
"Hold on." Mamoru said. He put the communicator in his jacket pocket, leaving Usagi with a black screen.
"What is it?" Rei cried.
"I don't know." Makoto said.
Suddenly, Usagi heard someone scream, then they all started screaming. The communicator started buzzing, fading in and out. "MAMO-CHAN! MINNA!"
She heard a thud, as Mamoru fell to the ground, unconscious.
"MAMO-CHAN!!! MINNA!!" Usagi was screaming. Luna entered the room, looking worried and frantic. "Usagi-chan? Nani?"
Usagi gasped as Zoicite's face appeared on the screen. "Sailor Moon, no, Usako, you have less than 24 hours to live. I suggest you use it well." He laughed. "Do you think you'll save your friends and lover?" The communicator shut off, leaving Usagi alone. She burst into tears, and collapsed on the bed.
"Usagi-chan..." Luna whispered.
Usagi sat up, tears falling down her face. "He knows who I am...Luna. I have to train. Let's go."
***
Usagi screamed, and slid across the grass.
"Usagi, come on, we've been working for 12 hours straight. It's 3:30 in the afternoon. You have four and a half hours left. You need some rest." Luna said.
"Four and a half hours to work." Usagi said. "Let's do it again."
Luna sighed. "You need rest, or you'll be exhausted by this evening."
"I need to train!" Usagi protested, trying to get up, but falling to the ground again.
"You need to rest. It's part of your training, okay?"
Usagi struggled, but finally gave in. Later that evening, as dusk was approaching the park, Usagi got up.
"8:25. Five more minutes." she said.
"Time to get ready." Luna said. "Ganbare(go for it), Usagi."
Usagi nodded. Suddenly, a whole storm of cherry blossoms surrounded her, and nearly knocked Usagi off of her feet.
Zoicite was standing in the air in front of Usagi.
"Well, let's get started." he said, glaring his eyes.
***
Thanks to all those who've read this. See ya!
*~*EternalSenshi*~*
"Mou ichido(Once again)!" Luna cried.
"Again?!" Usagi cried.
"To get in shape! Quit whining!" Luna cried.
Usagi groaned. Sure, she wanted to save her friends, but this was getting so strenuous. She slipped and slid across the grass.
"MOU ICHIDO!!" Luna belted out.
"Again?!?" Usagi whined.
"Stop whining and move it!!"
Usagi groaned again and ran as fast as she could across the grass.
***
Minako took a deep breath. "That's all."
Everyone was silent. "Whoa..." Makoto said after a long period of silence.
"So, you're not the princess?" Ami asked.
Minako nodded. "That's right. I'm just a decoy. I think they might have already known."
"Is Sailor Moon..." Rei asked, trailing off.
Minako shrugged. "She's the only one who really knows anything. Except there's probably a big block in her memory."
Mamoru was a little overwhelmed by the new information. This could possible explain the dreams he'd been having about the mysterious girl-the princess he needed to find.
"Mamoru?" Minako asked. "Do you know anything about this?"
The dream...the Maboroshi no Ginzuisho...the cries for help...he shook his head and sighed. "I don't know anything."
***
Usagi collapsed on her bed and sighed. It had been one day since everyone had been gone, and she was thoroughly exhausted from Luna's workout. She knew she had to work hard to get them back, but did that mean she had to be under the dictatorship of Kaiser Luna, while Artemis (Minako was right-giant white furball)sat in the sun, sleeping and grooming? Not fair. He was the one who needed this training, not her.
"Usagi-chan?" She felt Luna nudge her.
"Go away, baka neko(stupid cat)." she groaned, throwing her pillow to one side, then throwing it back under her head.
"Usagi-chan, training time."
"Luna, I need my sleep!"
"Oh, but I think you'll enjoy this." Luna said, a mischievous glint in her eye.
***
"Now we have enough people to play tag!" Minako cried happily. Everyone groaned, and Rei took off one of her high heels and threw it at Minako.
"You BAKA!!" she cried. "Do you think we want to play games at a time like this?!"
***
Sailor V ran across the video game screen, and blasted away a monster.
"Hey, Luna, I like this training." Usagi said, finally beginning to understand this video game.
"Perfect training." Luna said. "If you see how to do it, you can use it to your advantage."
"Right. Plus, playing for free is fun." Usagi said.
Luna groaned. "That's not the point."
"Whatever."
Luna looked at the clock. "Usagi, it's time to go. Tomorrow, we'll sneak back in, okay?"
"Hold up, I'm on level 9." Usagi said. "Darn it!"
"What?"
"I died."
"Great. Let's go home."
"I wanna play again."
"What? You want to die on level 10?"
***
"So, do we just sit here, or are they going to kill us soon?" Minako asked.
"Thank you, Miss Merry Sunshine." Rei said.
"Minako-chan, are you ever going to shut up?" Makoto said through gritted teeth. Mamoru sat, listening to them argue, but thinking about his Usako. Was she alive? What would happen to her? He wanted to be there for her, but he was stuck here, not even knowing how far away form her she was.
"Wait, will the communicators work?" Minako asked. Everyone looked at Minako, then watched Rei pull out hers. She pressed a button, and watched static come over the screen.
***
Usagi couldn't sleep. It was almost three in the morning, but sleep was the last thing on her mind. She was worried that her friends had already been systematically tortured and killed. And Mamoru...she didn't even want to think about what could have happened to him.
A beeping sound alerted her senses. It seemed to come from her jacket pocket, hanging on the wall. She grabbed the jacket and pulled out her beeping communicator. She pressed a button, and found herself looking at Rei.
"Rei-chan!!" Usagi cried.
"Usagi-chan, you didn't die." Rei said. There was a sound of rejoicing in the background.
"Anata wa doko(Where are you)?" Usagi asked.
"I don't know." Rei replied. "Didn't Zoicite-"
"No. I have one day left to live. Then we fight."
There was silence on both ends. "I'm going to pass this around, so you can talk to everyone okay,? We've all been so worried about you."
"How can you be worried about me?" Usagi said, tearfully but laughing. "You guys are in a worse situation."
Minako's face appeared on the screen. "Usagi-chan, daijoubu?"
"Minako-chan!" Usagi cried. "I'm just happy to see that you're okay!"
"Listen-I want to let you know, just in case there's no time later." Minako hesitated. "I'm not the princess. Now, I know you're going to react, but don't. There isn't a whole lot of time to waste. You need to live to find the princess. You understand me?"
"Uh-huh." Usagi said, sniffling.
"Hey, hey, don't cry, Usagi-chan." Minako soothingly. "Everything's gonna be okay."
She passed the communicator around to everyone, letting them give Usagi words of encouragement. Mamoru took the communicator from Makoto, and looked into Usagi's face on the screen.
"I feel kind of stupid holding a pink communicator." he said, Usagi nodded, and broke down.
"Hey, none of that." he said softly. "Don't cry, Usako."
Usagi shook her head. "I miss you! I need to see you, Mamo-chan! I'm...gomen nasai! I didn't mean to leave you!"
"Shhh..." Mamoru said, trying to calm her down. "It's okay. Live on, okay? You can beat Zoicite anyday."
"Hontou ni?" Usagi said, sounding like a child.
"Of course." he said. He smiled. "I love you."
Usagi smiled through her tears, like the sun through the rain to Mamoru. "I love you, too." Suddenly, she heard footsteps in the background.
"Hold on." Mamoru said. He put the communicator in his jacket pocket, leaving Usagi with a black screen.
"What is it?" Rei cried.
"I don't know." Makoto said.
Suddenly, Usagi heard someone scream, then they all started screaming. The communicator started buzzing, fading in and out. "MAMO-CHAN! MINNA!"
She heard a thud, as Mamoru fell to the ground, unconscious.
"MAMO-CHAN!!! MINNA!!" Usagi was screaming. Luna entered the room, looking worried and frantic. "Usagi-chan? Nani?"
Usagi gasped as Zoicite's face appeared on the screen. "Sailor Moon, no, Usako, you have less than 24 hours to live. I suggest you use it well." He laughed. "Do you think you'll save your friends and lover?" The communicator shut off, leaving Usagi alone. She burst into tears, and collapsed on the bed.
"Usagi-chan..." Luna whispered.
Usagi sat up, tears falling down her face. "He knows who I am...Luna. I have to train. Let's go."
***
Usagi screamed, and slid across the grass.
"Usagi, come on, we've been working for 12 hours straight. It's 3:30 in the afternoon. You have four and a half hours left. You need some rest." Luna said.
"Four and a half hours to work." Usagi said. "Let's do it again."
Luna sighed. "You need rest, or you'll be exhausted by this evening."
"I need to train!" Usagi protested, trying to get up, but falling to the ground again.
"You need to rest. It's part of your training, okay?"
Usagi struggled, but finally gave in. Later that evening, as dusk was approaching the park, Usagi got up.
"8:25. Five more minutes." she said.
"Time to get ready." Luna said. "Ganbare(go for it), Usagi."
Usagi nodded. Suddenly, a whole storm of cherry blossoms surrounded her, and nearly knocked Usagi off of her feet.
Zoicite was standing in the air in front of Usagi.
"Well, let's get started." he said, glaring his eyes.
***
Thanks to all those who've read this. See ya!
*~*EternalSenshi*~*