I'm back!!! Yesterday night I read the first 3 chapters and suddenly, I was so inspired that I couldn't stop! I'm so happy!

Anyway, here is chapter 4 of my story! Enjoy!

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Usagi woke up to the sound of a man chuckling and a woman giggling. She opened her eyes slowly. When she saw the old man and woman in the room, she remembered what had happened before she had fainted, and her body tensed. She almost screamed when she saw that the old lady's robe was not tied anymore... And that there was a big hole in her stomach which she could see through.

She stopped herself from letting out a sound in her panic. Maybe she could fake her sleep while figuring out a way of getting herself out of the mess she was in.

There was no more doubt in her mind that they were indeed the famous Star-Crossed Lovers of the legend. Which led her to a disturbing question. Why would they waist their time with her and Mamoru? Not only were they not a couple, but they didn't even have feelings for each other... 'Why don't I believe myself when I say that?' she thought.

Just then she noticed that there was no more sound in the room, so she opened her right eye and took a peek.

Nothing.

She did the same with her left eye.

Nothing.

Now sure that she was alone, though she couldn't remember hearing the couple leave the room, she let out a sigh of relief and sat up. She looked around again and saw no one, so she got up and ran to the door. But before she could get there, she felt a cold hand on her shoulder. She stopped dead in her tracks and froze. She was too scared to even turn around and see who was there – Mamoru... or a ghost.

'Please let it be Mamoru, please, please, please...' she thought as tears sprung to her eyes. Youma, fights with Rei and Mamoru and even homework, she could take them all on, but anything to do with the paranormal scared her like nothing else and made her want to curl up into a ball on the floor and cry.

"What's wrong little rabbit," she heard in a voice that was barely above a whisper, "you look like you've just seen a... ghost," the man said, which gave Usagi goose bumps and cold sweat..

Usagi took a deep breath and turned slowly around... to see that she was still alone. As if in a trance, Usagi turned back to the door and took the few remaining steps that let her to it. Just as she was about to try and open it, the woman's voice resonated in the room.

"Where do you think you're going, little rabbit?" asked the woman.

Usagi looked back, expecting to be alone again, but saw the woman, sitting on an old looking couch, a book resting on her lap, with a fire burning in the fireplace, a few meters away. She let go of the handle and faced the old woman. She knew she had no other choice but to face the situation. So she said nothing and waited for her companion to say something.

After a while, the lady looked up to her and motioned for her to sit down, which Usagi did. She didn't really feel like it, she was too nervous, but didn't want to upset the ghosts before she knew what was really going on in this house.

"So, little rabbit, did you like your present?" she asked, malice sparkling in her eyes.

Usagi shuddered at the thought of what she had previously seen in that gift box, but didn't say anything. She didn't want to give the one who kept her prisoner the joy of seeing her scared, which was obviously what she wanted. Seemingly not disturbed by the lack of reaction from her captive, the lady continued to talk.

"You do know that this house is cursed, don't you, little rabbit?" said the lady as Usagi tried her best to not scream at the woman to stop calling her 'little rabbit'. She had no right to, but it disturbed her even more because it proved that, somehow, she knew a lot about her.

But still, she kept quiet.

"You and your boyfriend came here knowing that every couple that ever came here for the last decades has died..."

This time Usagi could not hold it in.

"We're not a couple," she said matter-of-factly.

The woman smiled secretly, happy that the girl had finally talked... This would be easy, as usual.

"Oh and do you kiss all of your friends like you did with him earlier? You are rather fickle aren't you, little rabbit?" the lady answered, the amusement barely hidden in her voice.

Usagi was boiling with anger inside. How dared she insinuate things about her like that? That kiss had been... an accident, right? They were both scared, they just needed reassurance... Right? But she didn't have time to answer, because the ghost-lady went on.

"But I think that it was more than that for your... 'friend', little rabbit. And I would be careful if I were you. That man has been alone for as long as he can remember, and for some people, loneliness can be devastating, to the point of leading them to insanity. Do you really think it is a coincidence that you are stuck in THIS house, on THIS day? Hmm?"

Usagi stared open-mouthed at the woman. Was she really implying what she thought she was? That Mamoru had brought her here tonight because... he wanted to kill her?

"You don't seriously think that I'm going to believe you, do you?" Usagi asked as if the lady was telling her that Christmas was in July.

"Well you should. I'm telling you this for your own good. That Mamoru guy is a very lonely person, and has always spent every Christmas alone. Put yourself in his place. Always alone. Wouldn't you want it all to stop? To die... not alone?" she said, but was interrupted my Mamoru, who was suddenly screaming and knocking frantically on the other side of the door.

"USAGI! USAGI open the door now! I heard your voice!" Mamoru screamed on the other side of the door. He sounded desperate.

The lady looked at Usagi and added, before slowly disappearing, "Is that the voice of a sane person?"

Usagi listened as Mamoru kept screaming for her to open the door, and was plagued by doubts. He really DID seem... agitated. On the other hand, who wouldn't be in such a situation? But then she remembered the lady's words.

'That man has been alone for as long as he can remember... Wouldn't you want it all to stop? To die... not alone? '

The words repeated over and over in her mind until she couldn't ignore Mamoru's banging and screaming anymore.

She was still torn between her doubts and her faith in Mamoru, when the door suddenly swung open to reveal a very stressed looking man. He walked quickly to her, grasped both of her arms and squeezed.

"Why didn't you open the damn door huh?" he almost screamed.

Usagi felt her throat tighten as tears sprung to her eyes. The lady's words came once more to her mind. 'To die... not alone. ' She tried to break free from his grasp, but he was holding her too hard. She was sure there would be bruises later... If she could survive the night that is.

"Let me go Mamoru, you're hurting me," she whimpered, which seemed to bring back a little of the sanity he had lost. He let her go and walked away from her.

He turned to her again and looked at her. He was angry, that much she could tell. The wild sparkle that she could see in his eyes scared her to no end, and broke her heart. Right at that moment, Usagi wanted the old Mamoru, her Mamoru, back. She wanted their fun arguments back, she wanted his mocking smiles back, she wanted to go back to the time when she tried to hide the fact that being close to him excited her and made her giddy.

She realised, at last, that she loved that Mamoru with all of her heart.

But looking at the Mamoru that was in front of her, she feared that he had disappeared. Then she remembered all that she had learned being Sailor Moon, that is that love could save lives and souls.

As she was about to tell him that she loved him, that she wanted both of them to get out of this cursed house and live, he produced a rose seemingly out of thin air, and transformed into Tuxedo Kamen.

Before Usagi could even gasp, he threw a rose at her, straight to her heart, and everything went black.

There you go! Don't kill me just yet okay??? The story is far from over. It just felt like the BEST place to stop. evil laugh The people who remember the episode of The X-Files this fic is based on must have a good idea of what is going to happen next ;;

The next chapter should be coming soon, my writer's block for this story is GONE!!!!! Finally!!!

Review, please!!! If you don't I'll think no one is interested anymore... (though that would be my own fault for waiting for like 3 years before continuing it...). So please tell me what you think!