Author's Notes: AHHHH!!! IT'S CHAPTER 10!!! FINALLY!!! My God, it's been forever! And guess why I'm writing this? I'm home sick!! Shocking, right? That's the only time I get to write... ^_^;; Don't expect Chapter 11 for a bit after this...

Disclaimers: IT'S A CANOE!!!

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Heaven's Flames

Chapter 10

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Rule #1: Find yourself a place to hide and stay there.

Rule #2: Don't piss off the vampire.

Rule #3: Keep your mouth shut.

Rule #4: Stay away from anything with black eyes.

Rule #5: If you need help, only go to the fairies.

Rule #6: Don't get attached to anyone.

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Usagi sniffled. She hastily ran the back of her hand over her eyes to wipe away her tears. She was cold. So, so cold... The blonde sneezed.
"Excuse me...? Miss... Usagi is it?"
Usagi jumped up into a standing position. She whipped around.
The blonde blinked. A little fairy was floating a foot or so infront of her.
"Uh... Yes...?" Usagi croaked nervously.
The fairy giggled a flew away.
"H-hey! Wait!" Usagi called, chasing after it. "What was that all about?!" she yelled at the retreating fairy.
Usagi skidded to a halt as she came to clearing with a gigantic lake in the middle of it. The rising sun's beams danced off the water. A unicorn stood admist the rippling lake.
Usagi took a shaky step foward, remembering the last unicorn she saw. The one with the black eyes...
The blonde let out a sigh of relief. This unicorn's eyes were gold.
"Uh, I... I'm sorry, if I'm intruding on your land..." Usagi's eyes skittered around nervously. "I was following a fairy and..."
"That was my fairy."
Usagi blinked. She looked to the unicorn. "Oh... Uh... Do you... uh..."
"I sent her." The winged horse stepped out of the water. "I wanted to talk to you."
"Um, about what?" Usagi asked hesitantly.
"Mamoru."
Her heart sank. "I'd rather not..."
"He loves you, you know."
Usagi gasped. "What? Uh, no, I'm sorry. You must have the wrong guy. He just told me early today he had no fellings about me what-so-ever."
"He lied."
Usagi leaned against a nearby tree. "What... What do you mean...?"
"He told me, just an hour or so ago, that he loved you." The unicorn stretched his wings. "You see, I'm one of the very few creatures in this forest he gets along with. So, when he has a problem, he comes to me. And, well, he did, earlier." He paused and took a long look at Usagi. "I could hardly understand half the things he was saying at first, because he was sobbing so badly."
Usagi's eyes widened.
"Blood-tears streamed down his face. He buried his head in my side and mumbled many things that I couldn't comprehend." He turned to the side. A blood smear stained his coat of - otherwise - perfectly white hair. "The faires and I finally got him to calm down and tell us what happened."
"He was very upset!" a little fairy squeaked, resting on Usagi's shoulder. "He said that you two got into a bit of a fight."
Usagi bit her lip. She nodded.
"He told us," another fairy began, "everything you had said to him."
"He wished he could have said the same," The unicorn began again. "He said that he wanted to tell you how he felt so badly, but he didn't know exactly what he was feeling in the first place."
"I asked him," the fairy on Usagi's shoulder started, "if he was in love, but he didn't know. 'How am I supposed to know what love feels like if I've never felt it?' he asked."
"'Does you heart beat like crazy when you see her?' I asked him," the other fairy told Usagi. "He said yes. 'And does your head get all dizzy when you think about her?' He said yes again."
Usagi's throat tightened. "He... really said yes?"
The unicorn nodded. "I asked him that, if he had the choice, would he want to spend the rest of his life with you, and he replied yes, without even thinking about it."
Tears welled up in Usagi's eyes. She took a shaky breath.
"He said yes when I asked him if he wanted to take care of you no matter what."
"And he said yes to me when I asked him if when he doesn't see you it hurts." The fairy on Usagi's shoulder smiled. "And he even said he can't sleep anymore because he thinks of you every minute."
Usagi sobbed once. Her heart was summersaulting in her chest. Oh God, Mamoru! her mind cried. Why didn't you tell me?!
"We told him," the unicorn informed the blonde, "that that was love. He just stood there dumbfounded. He gulped, looked around a bit, and then just dashed off. I don't know what he meant by that... But he defenitely loves you."
Usagi was shaking all over. She could hardly see past her tears. The fairy on her shoulder flew off because of all the shaking the blonde was doing.
"I don't know if he's in denial or something, but just don't tell him we told you all of this. He might not ever trust me again." The unicorn looked to Usagi for confirmation, but all he was met with was a blonde with pale skin, flushed cheeks, and drooping lids. Before he could even ask her what was wrong, she collapsed.

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Author's Notes: HAHAHAHAHA!!! CLIFF HANGER!!! MWWWHHHHAAAAAHHHHAAAAHHHHAAAAAAA!!!!! At least you don't have to doubt Mamoru anymore! Yes, everyone, he loves her, as if you didn't know that already... But... WILL USAGI SURVIVE FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY TELL HER HIMSELF?! OR WILL HER EVIL TWIN SISTER ISABELLA GET TO HIM FIRST??!!! NEXT TIME ON: As Our Stomaches Churn...