Hi guys! Hope you remember me… again lol. Well here's the next part of A Night in a Haunted House! I THINK it's worth it ;) And I have good news! This is the fifth chapter, but the sixth and the epilogue are already done, so you won't have to wait more than a week, or until I think I have enough feedback (wink wink) to send the rest. Cool no? lol

Well, enjoy!

Mamoru opened his eyes and brought his right hand to his head. He felt like he had been hit by a truck. He looked around and tried to remember what he was doing sleeping on the floor, but couldn't. He could recall talking to the crazy man who had tried to trick him into believing that he was hallucinating a brick wall, and then trying to go through the door, but nothing after that.

"What happened?" he asked himself aloud.

He looked around again when he realized something else.

"Where is Usagi?"

He turned to the door, which was now closed. He walked to it and tried to open it, but soon realized that it was locked again.

He tried to remain calm, but his eyebrow twitched. He was beginning to loose patience, which was not a regular occurrence. Mamoru was always the rational one, thinking everything through, never panicking, and always finding solutions. But this time, everything that surrounded him made no sense to him, which irked him – a lot.

And even worse. He had no idea if Usagi was alright and of where she could be.

"Where is she?" he asked himself aloud again, the frustration he was feeling evident in his voice.

"She's dead Cape Boy. And you killed her," a man's voice drawled behind him. Mamoru whirled around to look at the man who could utter such accusations, but, of course, saw no one.

Mamoru froze. He didn't move, even to blink or breath. Not because he was scared, but because he couldn't take any of these silly "games" anymore.

It was at that point that he cracked. He was tired of all of the non-sense and angry and stressed out for loosing Usagi. He was really worried that something bad had happened to her.

"That's enough! This has gone far enough. Show yourself!" Mamoru all but screamed.

"Why?" answered the voice. "So that you can kill me like you did with your little friend? Oh, that's right, I forgot. You can't kill me, I've been dead for nearly a century," laughed the voice, before appearing before Mamoru's eyes. He looked very amused.

Mamoru, who was still very angry, walked quickly to the man and took him by the collar of his shirt.

"Will you stop that? I wouldn't kill anyone, especially not her!" he yelled.

The man, clearly not moved in the slightest, removed the hands that restrained him from his shirt and walked away slowly. After a few seconds, he turned back to Mamoru. He didn't look amused anymore, but like a father about to reprimand his child.

"You know why you did it right? I can understand that you'd be jealous of her. After all, she's got everything that think you've ever wanted! Good friends, a normal life, a past, a family, love… All the things that you don't have. But still… that was no reason to KILL the poor girl."

Mamoru listened, his anger replaced by hurt. Sure he envied her or all of that, and he would forever be haunted by the lack of love in his childhood, but he would never kill anyone for that, and especially not Usagi! He was lonely, but not mad.

"I would never hurt her" he simply said looking at the door. If only he could go look for her. Instead he was stuck with this magician who was playing tricks on him and trying to drive him crazy.

While Mamoru looked away, a forlorn expression on his face, the other man couldn't help but smile maliciously. Those two were easy prey! It would be over in no time!

"So you don't believe me young man? Then go see for yourself" he said as he motioned or the door.

Without hesitation, Mamoru ran. He felt relief flood him when, at last, he succeeded in opening the door. This time, there was no brick wall, but a vision of horror. The sight that greeted him on the other side of that door shook him to the core.

Usagi was laying there, on the floor, in a sea of blood, a rose as red as her blood piercing her heart.

Mamoru's heart stopped. Everything seemed to slow down as he ran to her and kneeled beside her. He delicately took her head and put it on his lap, feeling the coldness of her skin. He noticed he was crying as a tear fell on her cheek. He felt for a pulse and found one, although it was very weak. His frantic heartbeat slowed down a little with the hopes that she might survive, until his heart stopped once more, when he took a better look at the rose that pierced his love's heart. It was one of the roses he used as Tuxedo Kamen! He looked at her face, not knowing what to think or do.

"Usagi wake up!" he cried. "Please wake up, you can't die on me like that!"

To Mamoru's greatest relief, she slowly opened her eyes. Not minding the blood that now covered his entire front, he hugged her closer to him.

"It's okay Usagi, I'll get you out of here and take you to the hospital" he told her reassuringly. But before he could make a move, the girl in his arms was engulfed in a pink light that was so bright he had to close his eyes.

When he opened them again, he was shocked again. It wasn't Usagi that was resting on his lap, but Sailor Moon. She looked pained, apparently, the wound on her chest was very deep. She looked at him with angry eyes and powered up her tiara as Mamoru looked down at her, dumbfounded. What was going on?

"You did this to me you bastard. You're no better than those Dark Kingdom youmas. In the name of the Moon, I shall punish you!" Sailor Moon accused him.

He tried to back away, but wasn't fast enough. It was already too late. He looked at the bloody girl, in shock, as she called forth her attack.

"Moon Tiara Action!"

The tiara hit him scare in the chest.

He fell to the floor, pain taking hold of his senses. He took a last look at Sailor Moon and saw her detransform and close her eyes, energy spent. He didn't know why she had done this to him, but his groggy mind refused to let him think too hard. He vaguely remembered the two corpses Usagi and him had found in the box earlier. But before he let the darkness envelop him, he heard a chuckle coming from the body beside his.

Well, that's it for now… It's TOO GOOD to make cliff-hangers like these… I think I'm addicted, sorry… MOUAHAHAHA! Remember, the more feedback, the sooner the end comes! ;) But don't worry, I won't make you wait more than a week, I promise ;)

Moon Rabbit