Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. Never have. Never will. Hello duh. And do not own any of its characters. Though I wish I owned Mamoru, tee hee. However Poppy is mine. She makes an appearance in every one of my Sailor Moon fics.

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Love is All You Need

Chapter 5: Death and Resolution

Usagi wept, not only was she ashamed of what had happened, but also Cleatus' crushing weight was making it more and more difficult to breathe. He stirred and she whimpered.

The potion he had used had worn off, but she dare not move lest he wake him. In her thoughts she kept calling out to Mamoru to save her. Cleatus said he was coming to the castle, but was he already here and a prisoner? And worse, what would he do if had seen her with the cruelty that now laid on top of her. From someone else's point of view it would seem like they really were lovers. She wept.

"Love why do you cry?" Cleatus was looking at her with a piercing stare.

"Please," Usagi didn't move as she felt him beginning to grow erect.

"I will soothe your tears," he kissed her hard, and Usagi felt his tongue invade her mouth. She did the only thing she could think of, she bit down as hard as she could. He screamed and she could taste blood in her mouth. He struck her had across the face, and her head swam. Her vision went fuzzy, but she still tried to fight back.

She blindly thrust her knee upward, and it made contact with his abdomen. He grunted and fell backward. Usagi took the opening and ran to the door, but he was too fast. He was soon upon her and thrust his body up against hers crushing her painfully into the door. He grabbed her and threw her too the floor. She struck her head for a second time on the unyielding stone.

Her eyes unfocused she felt him on top of her, "Going to be resistant? I will have my way with you!"

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Mamoru looked through the window again seeing movement. The couple was stirring. Usagi was crying! Fear was written across her face like a man about to be hung. He saw the man named Cleatus kiss her, and she struggled. The man quickly sat up blood dribbling down his chin as he hit her hard.

Medea had been struggling to breathe and pulled a dagger from her waistband. Mamoru saw the flash of metal just in time as her blade swept through the air where Mamoru's throat had been. He dropped her and as she choked for air he drew his sworn and hit her with the hilt on the back of the head knocking her unconscious just as she looked up.

Mamoru looked through the window and saw Cleatus throw Usagi to the floor. She had managed to reach the door but not fast enough. Mamoru screamed, "USAGI!" and tried to punch the window. It cracked but did not break. He could see Cleatus on top of her attempting to rape her. He understood now that Usagi had been raped, and she hadn't betrayed him. Lowering his shoulder he thrust all his weight into the glass, and dove through as it shattered.

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Usagi tried to resist, but the last blow to her head made her disorientated. She heard glass cracking, and saw the mirror was cracked. But it wasn't a mirror anymore, it was a window and Mamoru was on the other side!

She looked back at Cleatus, and blood from his mouth dripped onto her face.

CRASH! Mamoru burst through the window rolling and landing in a crouch ready to attack. Cleatus was too agile though and quickly got to his feet dragging Usagi up with him. He grabbed a dagger from his belt sitting on the small table next to him, and flicked it to Usagi's neck.

"Let her go!"

"She is mine you foul prince, but if you come any closer, she will be denied to both of us. Drop your sword!" Mamoru was so sick of hearing those words that he acted quickly, charging at Cleatus. Usagi felt the cold steel grind across her neck, and she fell unconscious and Cleatus quickly threw the dagger at Mamoru. It pierced him in the left shoulder, and Mamoru yelled, "Usa-ko!"

It gave Cleatus enough time to draw his sword. Cleatus waited to see if Mamoru would recover for as he thought he was the better swordsman, Mamoru wore armor and he was nude.

"You will pay!" tears were streaming down Mamoru's face as looked at Usagi lying motionless on the floor. They engaged in the fight.

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Usagi opened her eyes. Mamoru and Cleatus were fighting. A searing pain came over her and she felt the cut. Cleatus had cut too low and had grazed her collarbone. She watched the men fight, struggling to regain her focus. She managed to lift herself off the floor a few inches when she heard a loud grunt from Mamoru.

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Mamoru and Cleatus fought. Both skilled swordsmen, and both exacting each other's moves; parry, thrust, block. The battle wore on, and both knew the first to make a mistake, was the first to die. Mamoru saw movement out of the corner of his eye and saw Usagi sitting up. That little distraction was all Cleatus needed. Mamoru grunted and Usagi screamed as blood spattered on the floor. Armor clanked when sword hit and slipped beneath the breastplate. Shock was written across both men's faced as Mamoru felt his knees buckle, and he fell to the floor, blood pooling down his side.

Cleatus looked down, satisfaction played in his eyes and he readied for a killing blow. Mamoru thrust upward with his longsword, and the blade cut straight through Cleatus' chest and exited through the back of his neck. Mamoru pulled his sword free and Cleatus' body went limp, crumbling to the floor.

"Mamo-chan!" Usagi rushed to his side blood running down her bear chest.

"Usa-ko, you're ok, I'm so glad," he pushed himself up.

"Don't move," Usagi was crying, and Mamoru wiped the tears.

"It's ok, he only grazed my side, it's a minor wound."

"You mean you faked it being a death blow?"

"I had to."

"How cold you scare me like that! I thought you would die!'

"Oh Usa," he laughed and winced, "It still hurts like hell though."

A woman burst through the door, it was Poppy, "Oh gods!" she looked around at all the blood, and saw the couple, both bleeding from deep cuts, and Usagi naked.

"I put all on the castle in a sleep to escape. Never put a witch in charge of meals. I was coming to rescue you dearie, but it seems you need healing instead." She pulled a pouch from her pocked and undid the drawstring. Inside was a sparkling white dust that she sprinkled on the cuts of both Mamoru and Usagi. She murmured a short incantation and blew the dust away. The only thing left was blood from now nonexistent wounds. Which Poppy quickly wiped away with a cloth also retrieved from her pocket.

"I'm sorry dearie, but I don't have the herbs to ease the pain from the hits."

"Oh that's ok, thank you Po-" Usagi passed out.

"Usa-ko!" Mamoru grabbed her before she hit the floor.

"Oh, she'll be ok, she's just exhausted. No food or water, potions, cuts, beatings, and the like. You'd be exhausted too. Now let's get out of here, I didn't make enough sleep draught to last long." Mamoru nodded. He took his cloak off and wrapped it around Usagi and lifted her into his arms.

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Authors Note: Thank you all who have reviewed! I enjoy reading them very much! Sorry it took me so long, but the epilogue should be up soon to tie things up. Don't miss it!

By the way, yes Cleatus is dead. Dead, dead, DEAD! He cannot come back, and good riddance.