'NO! Her pulse beats every four seconds, that is NOT good!' Tuxedo Kamen thought as he lifted her up and began raceing to his car; trying his best to ignore the screaming pain in his stomach and torso. The sounds of the night, the wind, the rustleing of the trees and grass, seemed far awayt as he feared for Sailor Moon's...his Usako's life. He leaped into his car and carefuly set Sailor Moon in the passenger's seat. He started the car and rammed his foot against the gas petal just as the other senshi hopped into the car as well.
In less than a minute they were in front of the apartment complex again, Tuxedo Kamen makeing a rather skillful, half-circle as he parked. He stepped on the brake quickly and turned the key and pulled it from the ignition.
"What am I going to do?" Tuxedo Kamen muttered frustratedly to himself as he jammed his car keys into his pants pocket. He gently and quickly picked Sailor Moon up into his arms and leaped out of the car. The other senshi following closely behind. The senshi took the steps up to the complex by two's, Tuxedo Mask by fives and received peculiar looks as they raced into and out of the lobby.
When they reached Mamoru's appartment, Mamoru kicked the door open and ran into the apartment and into his bedroom, he placed Sailor Moon on the bed and allowed his transformation to fade. He turned on the light so he could see better and he turned back to Sailor Moon, unsure of what to do. The other senshi were in the room and had un-transformed.
"How do you un-do her transformation?" Mamoru asked Makoto.
"Like this..." Makoto spoke as he reached for Salor Moon's brooch and squeezed it's border with her index finger and thumb. Usagi's sailor fuku reduched to ribbons and returned into her brooch as she appeared in the clothes Mamoru has provided her with, the brooch falling onto her chest then slipping and falling onto the bed, unnoticed. Mamoru sat next to Usagi and held her hand as he racked his brains trying to figure out what to do. Usagi groaned and her back arched slightly as her tear-flow became heavier.
"Usagi?" Mamoru spoke as he tightened his grip on her, warm, fragile hand. Usagi let out a sigh and her back fell against the bed, her tears stopped flowing and her face became peaceful, unusualy peaceful. Mamoru grabbed her wrist and felt for a pulse...nothing. "NO!" He spoke as he franticaly moved his thumb around her wrist, thinking, hopeing he had simply put his thumb in the wrong place.
"That's it, Mamoru...she's-NO!" Mamoru cut the crying Setsuna off, "She is Not..not...". He couldn't bring himself to say it, it couldn't be true...she was dead, she was truly dead. 'I lost her just as fast as I had gotten her...' Mamoru thought as his eyes began to leak tears.
"Wait, Mamoru...I have an idea, can you leave the room for just a moment?" Makoto spoke. Mamoru nodded and stood up. He glanced back at the lifeless body of Usagi as he let go of her hand and left the room.
Rei closed the door behind him and turned to Makoto who had transformed back into Sailor Jupiter, "What are you going to do?".
"Give her heart a little zap of electricity, to try and start it again." Jupiter said, "Can one of you please remove her shirt for me?".
Outside of the door Mamoru had his head in his hands and didn't bother to attempt to stop the tears from comeing, 'What is Makoto going to do? If Makoto can't help her...if Makoto can't do anything to help Usako, I...Oh, Usako!'.
A moment later there was a 'YES!' of girls voices on the other side of the door and a few laughs.
A voice that made his heart stop spoke, "Girls!...Where is Mamo-chan? I want to see him!".
The door opened and Mamoru turned to see a overjoyed Rei beaming at him, "You can come in now Mamoru.".
Mamoru stepped past her and around Minako and Ami and to his bed. There, Usagi was struggling to get up but collapsed in effort. She tried again but Mamoru sat beside her and spoke, "Be careful." before wrapping his arms around her and pulling her into a warm embrace.
"Come on, let's go so they can be alone." Minako whispered to the others as she turned to leave; the others followed her. Usagi could feel Mamoru's hot tears fall on her neck, moistening her skin.
"You were gone! Usako, you were gone! I thought it was over!" Mamoru spoke. Usagi began to cry too, "I'm here, Mamo-chan...I'm here.". Mamoru held Usagi tightly as if he thought that if he didn't, she might dissapear again. Mamoru eventually cried himself to sleep and his breathing steadied. Usagi smiled faintly and took him off of her shoulder and placed him under the covers of the bed.
"Good night, Mamo-chan..." Usagi whispered as she pulled the covers back over him and kissed his forehead. She walked to the door and stopped, looked back at Mamoru and smiled at him before turning the door knob and leaving the room.
Usagi smiled as she wrapped the blankets on her cott around her, suddenly glad to be alive and thankful for all that she had.
"She's staying at my temple or at one of you're houses!" Rei's voice came from far away, it seemed.
"Oh, come ON already!" Minako's voice rang out in an exasperated whisper.
"Do you mind? Bunny's sleeping!" Ami hissed.
"I don't know, mabey Rei is right. I doubt Mamoru would do anything to her, but..." Makoto whispered.
"Do you honestly beleive I would do something to her? Oh, come ON!" Mamoru whispered angrily.
Usagi opened her eyes and saw the white wall next to her, 'What are they doing, trying to get me out of here again? Rei, honestly...'.
"I'm telling you, Chiba wouldn't do anything to her- Unless she wanted to, I know! Thats what I'm afraid of, I don't trust Bunny's thinking!" Rei's harsh whisper broke into Haruka's voice.
"Even if she wanted to, I doubt Mamoru would do anything, he has her best intrests at heart." Michiru whispered unsurely.
"OF COURSE I WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING EVEN IF SHE WANTED TO! OF COURSE I HAVE HER BEST INTRESTS AT HEART, WHAT KIND OF A PERSON DO YOU THINK I AM? HOW COULD YOU GIRLS DOUBT THAT?" Mamoru's voice broke into a yell instead of a whisper.
Usagi sighed and sat up, rubbing her eyes. The sunlight filtering through the balconey doors, illuminated the disscussing group. Mamoru's fists were clenched at his sides as he looked at the other girls. Rei glanced over at Usagi and her eyes lit up. She walked over to Usagi and grabbed her firmly by the upper arm and pulled her out of bed, "Usagiiiiii, come on, you're comeing to stay at my temple".
"Leave her alone!" Two voices, one male, one female spoke together. Rei stopped just before the appartment door and turned to see who had spoken. Mamoru and Haruka were heading toward Rei and Usagi.
"Why can't you trust Chiba, Rei? Didn't you just hear him?" Haruka spoke as she made to pry Rei's hand from Usagi's arm.
Haruka didn't need to do that though, for Rei let go of Usagi and got up in Mamoru's face, "If I hear one WORD that you did something to Usagi, I'm gonna come looking for you!". With that last word, she turned and left the apartment, slamming the door hard behind her.
Everyone just stood where they were for a moment, glancing at eachother, all unsure of what to do or say. Minako looked at her watch and did a double-take.
"OH, MAN! I'M DEAD! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT WORK AN HOUR AGO! OH, NO!" Minako yelled as she looked at her watch and placed a hand on her head. Without another word, she jet across the room and past Mamoru, haruka and Usagi and out of the apartment.
"Did you know she had a job?" a shocked Makoto spoke to an equally shocked Ami. Ami shrugged.
"Where was Setsuna during our little "Chat"? Not that we needed anymore people..." Makoto asked Michiru.
"Oh...she...um...had to do something." Michiru replied back. Makoto raised an eyebrow to her.
"I have to go...I have to practice playing the piano. I'm takeing lessons now." Michiru spoke as she followed Minako and Rei's tracks out of the apartment. Haruka sighlently followed, 'I don't need them asking ME about Setsuna, now.".
"We have to go too. We are going to the movies. See ya later." Makoto spoke to Mamoru and Usagi as she pulled Ami along with her out of the appartment, leaveing Mamoru and Usagi alone by the door.
"Oww..." Usagi whispered as she looked at the area on her arm where Rei had grabbed her; it was very red. Usagi rubbed it, 'I'm sure Rei didn't mean to hurt me, but, boy, this hurts!'.
"You okay?" Mamoru whispered when he heard her say 'Oww...'. He gently took her arm and looked at where Rei had grabbed her, his touch sent a shiver down Usagi's spine. Usagi closed her eyes, hoping he hadn't noticed this.
"It'll probably bruise and will be quite tender for a few days. I know your freind didn't mean to hurt you, she just cares about you." Mamoru spoke, gazing into Usagi's eyes.
Mamoru sighed, "You know...you can stay at Hino's if you want. Nobody is makeing you stay here i-NO! You need someone to take care of you! What if something happeed to you?" Usagi cut him off.
Mamoru smiled as he saw the determination in her eyes. "Alright," Mamoru paused a moment as he gazed into Usagi's ocean blue eyes. It was a moment before he noticed he was still holding her arm. "Uh, does it still hurt? Oh, forget it; what am I asking for? It obviously still hurts! We'd better put some ice on that to help..".
Mamoru let go of Usagi's arm and walked around her and into the kitchen. When he had reached the freezer he went to grab the handle but dropped to his knees. He screamed out in pain as a pain far worse than before, surged through his wounds.
"Mamoru?" Usagi's voice came as she raced into the kitchen. Mamoru was on the floor, trying to contain the screams that threatened to escape him. 'Something's wrong, he hasn't screamed like this before. I know he's been hurting, but the cream helped for a while!' Usagi thought as she ran across the tiled floor to Mamoru's side. Usagi saw the bandages slowly turning green in the shape of the wounds.
Mamoru groaned shortly as he tried to tear the bndages off. Usagi dropped to her knees next to him and tried to remove the bandages as well, they would not come off.
'They're stuck to him like glue! Something is definately not right, here!' Usagi thought.
"Umm..." Usagi muttered as her eyes searched around the kitchen for something to help pry the bandages from him. Her eyes momentarily rested upon a knife on the counter, but soon moved on; she wanted to get the bandages off, not hurt him. And the knife might've slipped and stabbed him. Usagi saw a glass resting next to the sink, reflecting the golden light of the sun drifting through the window.
She stood up and grabbed the glass. She held it under the head of the fauset and turned the water on. Once the glass was full, not even two seconds later, she bent back down next to Mamoru.
"I am sorry if this hurts, Mamo-chan, but we need to get the bandages off." Usagi spoke a she began to slowly pour the water over the bandages. Mamoru sighed and relaxed a great deal. The water had seized the pain somehow and he rested his head on the floor and his eyes slowly closed.
"Mamoru?" Usagi spoke as she saw his eyes closed. He did not awnser.
"MAMORU?"
Still, no awnser. Usagi started to cry tears of crystal once more as she began to quickly remove the soaked bandaged. A sticky green substanse was stuck to the bandages. Usagi stopped unwrapping the bandages and raced into the liveing room and snatched the phone, hastily from its cradel. She could hear the small 'click' of buttons as she dialed 911.
"Hello?" A male voice spoke on the other end of the line.
"There is an emergency! At the apartment complex on Yakazawa street, floor 30 and apartment number four! Hurry!" Usagi spoke hurriedly. She herself could barely understand what had left her mouth by listening to the words, but apparently the man could because he spoke, "We're on our way!".
Usagi put the phone in the cradle and raced to Mamoru.
"Oh, Mamoru, please be okay.." Usagi whispered as she placed his head on her lap and brung her head down to him and rested her cheek on his.
Author's note:
Well, did you like it? And so I don't end up killing you all by makeing you wait forever for the next chapter, no, Mamoru does NOT die. I couldn't kill him off, not in this fanfic at least. Please reveiw:)
-SilverCarnation