Title: Christmas Wish-List
Author: Princess Destiny
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Rating: M 15+
Summary: 'One Hour Challenge' #122, 124, 303
and 329: Response Fanfic. Usagi asks Mamoru what he would wish for,
if he could have anything in world for Christmas-and he blurts out
"Sailor Moon"! Who'd have known such an innocent question
could start a chain reaction?
Couple: Usagi And
Mamoru
Chapters: 5/9
Status: Completed
Year Completed: 2003
Comments: Hi everyone! Guys, can I please ask that those of you demanding new Chapters and updates to other Fanfics NOT email me with those questions? I don't mind if you ask, but demanding is just rude. I am not only writing for this Fanfic and I have other duties I have to do besides a very busy job. Authors are also not machines and despite you seeing me send out several Chapters a week, then common Author will be lucky to get out one Chapter a week or even as month. I run a HUGE Fanfiction Archive, as well as writing, so a lot of my time has gone to that for the past 10 years. I also write for many, many Fanfics, so if you don't see a Chapter up here at FF .net, then it's most probably because it's been posted to my Archives, or my Mailing List. I don't like to post up Fanfics here unless I know they're finished, or I'll be continuing them soon. I also get writer's block every few months. The worst case was for two years. A horrible thing, but it does happen. It's just as frustrating for me as it is for you. If you don't see a Fanfic completed up here, please check the Archives. Chances are, it has been either Completed or Updated, but I haven't done so up here at FF .net.
For the record, at the moment I am working on the following Fanfic projects:
A Future Voice / Cat Got Your Tongue/ Gift-Wrapped (The Sequel to 'Christmas Wish-List'.) / Lost In Your Heart (The Sequel to 'Lost In Your Eyes'.) / Memories Of You / Mine / Never Talk To Strangers / Sending Over The Edge / Spin The Bottle 3 / The Art Of Passion (The Sequel to 'The Art Of Seduction'.) / Twists Of Fate
This does not include any Weekly Round Robin Challenge Oneshots I write and post to the Archives. I do my very best, and I'm sorry if it's too slow for some people, but as you can see above, I'm doing what I can to Complete the above Fanfics, which are the ones in most demand by fans right now. Oh and everyone Lost In Your Eyes is finished. It's all been uploaded her to FF .net and you can read it by going to my Profile. The Sequel will come out when I can set aside a week or so and write all Five Chapters in a row. Please excuse the above rant, but after receiving several demanding emails and reviews over the last week, I wanted to make sure you all know what's happening with my writing. Grins Now, go on to the Chapter and enjoy!
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This Fanfic is a result of a Fanfiction One Hour Challenge. You pick a Challenge, which comes in the form of either a 'Scene' or 'Sentence' and then you have an hour to write a Fanfic around that Challenge. I created this List and site Challenges back in 2001 when I was bored and it became a big hit.
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Princess Destiny
CHRISTMAS WISH-LIST
By Princess Destiny
Chapter Five
"That's all very well to say that, Mars, but we all know that as Leader of the Senshi, I attract the Youma's attention like a magnet." Usagi said weakly, paling. She was right! She arrived at battle, said her speech and drew attention to herself while the others did their best to weaken the beast.
"She's right," Mercury said, biting her lip. She moved restlessly from one booted foot to the other, trying to think of a way to keep her friend from harm.
"You don't do your speech then. And let we three triple-team it to kingdom-come!" Sailor Mars said, smiling for her best-friend's benefit.
Usagi looked so scared and pale...probably the same look was on all their faces. But they had to make the best of a bad situation...and kill Chiba Mamoru later.
"I mean, how dare he steal your broach! How bloody stupid was that considering he's guessed that your broach is your way to transform?" she seethed, eyes narrowing dangerously.
"Don't think about it." Jupiter advised, walking over to Usagi's side. She smiled slightly and then slid an arm under the blonde's back and legs, hoisting her easily into her arms.
Usagi grinned faintly at the picture she must have made. The Leader of the Senshi been cradled gently in the arms of the taller Senshi. She briefly wondered what Tokyo would make of it if someone were to see her as she was now.
Usagi bit her lip, blowing the bangs from her eyes as the other girls raged over Mamoru's reprehensible behaviour. Why had he done something so stupid? Did he really think that she did nothing in the battle? He knew that it was her tiara that destroyed the Youma's-did he want to know that she was Sailor Moon that bad?
"-and then we'll corner him in the arcade and beat the crap out of him." Jupiter finished gleefully, green eyes gazing upwards to the top of the building. In a few seconds, she had crouched slightly and leapt upwards out of the alley, landing on the ledge of the building above.
Mars and Mercury followed suit, landing neatly beside their brunette friend. All four girls looked at each other seriously for a moment, realizing what was at stake.
"Ready?" Mercury said quietly, placing her computer back into her sub-space pocket.
"Right!" Jupiter barked, knee bending. "Go!"
The four were off like a shot, forms blurring as they leapt from building to building urgently.
Usagi was passive in Jupiter's arms, knowing that the girl would keep her safe. Her stomach was being eaten up by butterflies, not only because she was defenseless for the coming battle, but because of Mamoru's words. He was going to kiss Sailor Moon at the next battle!
God, what had happened to her ordered life, such as it was?
No one was ever supposed to find out about her secret identity, let alone her worst enemy! Even Naru didn't have a clue.
Something occurred to her and she raised her blue eyes to stare into Jupiter's eyes. The green eyes of the Senshi of lightening were calm and focused. A quick glance at Mercury and Mars revealed similar expressions. But Usagi felt in turmoil. She knew her blue eyes would be reflecting fear and concern; doubt and excitement. The later over that jerk Mamoru.
God, how much she had wanted to feel his lips against hers, and that was wrong. He was her worst enemy and everything had changed between them in the space of an hour. Oh why had he said he wanted Sailor Moon for Christmas and started all this mess? Why had she been so stupid as to prove that she knew the Senshi personally?
"Usagi, we're here. Try not to think about it." Jupiter murmured into Usagi's ear soothingly, briefly touching her forehead to the side of the blonde's head in an affectionate manner.
The four girls stopped on the top of the building across the road from the Mall, looking down with searching eyes. People were running from the Mall, but not as many as one would have expected if a Youma were running rampant inside. Cars were pulling out of the car park hastily-but there were more pouring into the place.
Usagi gasped at the stupidity of the people trying to get a look at the Youma. It was obvious that the 'Miss Christmas' pageant was already filming-and every bugger and their dog was trying to get a look. "I can't believe it!" she groaned, closing her blue eyes in disbelief.
"Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large numbers." Jupiter said dryly, hitching up her ponytail. She crossed her arms and glowered at the Mall's main entrance, where people were fighting to get in, with the people who were fighting to get out.
"We're going to be mobbed, girls," Mercury winced, rubbing a hand over her eyes in a stressed manner.
"I can't hear any explosions," Mars said, cocking her head slightly. Sure enough, there was no noise coming from inside the Mall. Then again, the shouting from the crowds below was rather loud.
"How are we going to get in?" Usagi asked, slipping down from Jupiter's arms nimbly. She absently straightened her skirt and brushing the bangs from her eyes in a distracted way.
Jupiter cast her eyes towards the roof of the Mall speculatively. "Sky-light?" she hazard thoughtfully.
"We'll get glass on the crowds." Mercury shook her head.
The four pursed their lips, displeased with their options.
"Into the lion's mouth it is," Mercury groaned after a few seconds of silence. Her fingers curled and she frowned. "And I get to beat Mamoru up first, for putting us in such a bad situation." she added as an after-thought.
The other three Senshi glanced at her sideways. Mercury was not pleased. And the blue-haired girl was rarely ruffled. Mamoru was in big trouble!
"Fair enough," Jupiter grinned suddenly, then her face firmed. "Let's go to it, ladies. We have a Youma to destroy and a butt to kick!"
"Zoisite's?" Usagi questioned, as Mars slid an arm about her waist and pulled her close.
"Mamoru's." The other three chorused. They laughed briefly, then leapt off the building.
Tuxedo Kamen was not pleased. He also had an insane urge to bite at his fingernails in an aggrieved manner, but restrained himself. His gloves also posed a problem, but a superhero did not make a fool of himself in public. "Where in blazes is she?" he said under his breath, glowing down at the rampaging Youma below.
When he had arrived, the Youma-resembling a large candy-cane, with very female attributes-was trashing the Mall store by store in a blatantly destructive manner.
Zoisite was floating overhead, looking extremely bored. She gazed at the screaming crowds, running here and there to escape the rampaging monster in their midst, her green eyes bored. It was clear that she was also waiting for the sailor-suited heroine of Tokyo, Sailor Moon.
"I get first dibs." he muttered, sinking against a pillar and brooding. He occasionally tossed a rose when it became apparent that the Youma wanted to turn her attentions to the humans, but other than that, he waited.
If the situation had demanded it, he would be down there right then, battling it out...but for some strange reason, the Youma had been instructed not to hurt the humans, but rather, damage and decimate the stores. Stores filled with Christmas gifts, bright decorations and corny music.
One the ground floor, near the stage was a camera crew, eagerly filming everything happening. Vultures!
Zoisite floated to near the huge tree in the center of the stage and she bounced off lightly, turning to glower at it. With a flick of her wrist, dark fire was flung at the green tree, which was several stories high, and the top was consumed.
To Tuxedo Kamen's horror, the plastic branches and fronds quickly caught fire and raced downwards, burning out along the suspension wires and consuming all the decorations along it. He leapt upright and grasped the balcony tightly, blue eyes seeking out the panicking crowds below. Where were the Senshi!
Just as he was about to leap down and try somehow to put out the huge fire, rapidly spreading, the Senshi arrived in rather a dramatic way.
"Mercury Shabon Spray!" A thick layer of ice shot through the air and consumed the tree from root, to tip.
"Jupiter Lightening!"
The Senshi had great timing! Tuxedo Kamen watched in admiration as the burning tree was extinguished, the same time as lightening smashed into Zoisite and sent her hurtling through the air. She flew past him at an impressive speed and crashed through the front window of a lingerie shop.
He grinned, then spun back to face the Senshi, eagerly seeking them out. Finally, he would have the proof that he needed to trap Usagi! His blue eyes alighted on the group of girls as they raced onto centre stage, their backs going to the crisping Christmas tree. It now resembled a giant melting snow-cone.
No way! To his utter shock, standing next to Mars was...Sailor Moon!
Tuxedo Kamen gaped in utter disbelief, his shoulders slumping. She was there! How was that possible? "No. I won't believe it!" he muttered, glowering down at the blonde. She was moving from foot to foot in a nervous manner and his eyes narrowed. Yes, she was wearing the damned broach.
He absently reached up to pat his left breast-pocket, feeling the reassuring weight of Usagi's broach. So...it was a cheap knock-off after-all.
And he had been so sure!
Usagi glanced upwards as she sensed someone watching her and she met Tuxedo Kamen's eyes. He looked furious! Her blue eyes widened at the expression on his face and then she looked about her and felt anger also. The Youma had destroyed the Mall!
The 'Miss Christmas' pageant stage was in ruins-and the Christmas tree looked like a sick representation of it's former self. "How dare Zoisite do this?" she growled under her breath, eyes narrowing.
Speak of...where was the woman? She glanced upwards and saw Zoisite standing behind Tuxedo Kamen, swaying like a drunken sailor. Before the blonde woman could call a warning to the man, the General had vanished in a swirl of pink petals, face very pale. Whatever plans she had had in store for the Senshi and gathering of energy, she had discarded.
Usagi was not inclined to be worried, given how bad the General looked. She suspected that Zoisite had a concussion. Did that mean that the General's really were human?
"She certainly destroyed Christmas here," Mercury murmured, looking around carefully. She also noticed Zoisite's retreat, but was scrutinizing the situation anyway. "Did you see her face? I think she was really hurt by Jupiter's lightening."
"Good!" The Senshi in green said promptly, giving herself a mental pat on the back. If there was only the Youma to deal with, they could probably get rid of it easily, with a minimum of damage.
Wait...where was the Youma!
"Wasn't there a Youma here a moment ago?" Jupiter said uneasily, sidling closer to Sailor Moon. Mercury backed up slightly so she was shielding Usagi and Mars moved closer on Jupiter's opposite side, the melting Christmas tree at their back.
They should have been expecting to be attacked from behind, but they weren't.
The Youma sprang from the blackened branches, just level with the first floor, where Tuxedo Kamen was standing.
Tuxedo Kamen shouted a warning and he watched, breath catching as the creature dove towards the Senshi's unprotected heads. Before he could think, he had dove from the balcony, the sole vision in his mind of an injured Sailor Moon. His hand blurred as he flung roses rapidly at it and then his hands were scooping the blonde to his chest and safely out of harm's way.
Usagi could have screamed with relief as the masked man appeared in a blur, slid an arm about her knees and behind her back and cradled her against his chest as he leapt away.
She quickly looked over her shoulder to see if her Senshi were alright and was relieved to see them scatter in different directions just as the Youma hit the stage. There was an explosion of wood chips as the stage was ripped to pieces and then Youma plummeting into the darkness within.
"Are okay, Sailor Moon?" Tuxedo Kamen breathed into her small ear, heart hammering hard in his chest. That had been so close! And as usual, the Leader of the Senshi had been too stunned to move. But there had been more this time...he could have sworn that he saw fear in her eyes a moment before he reached her.
Sailor Moon had been afraid. But why? What was different with this Youma?
He no long considered that Usagi was the sailor-suited heroine, because Sailor Moon was clearly wearing one. His blonde nemesis he would think of later.
Brooding over his changed relationship. But for now, the girl he was falling in love with was safe. He pulled her close and pressed his face into her hair for a moment in utter relief.
Usagi, meanwhile, was stunned. She'd been sure she was going to be flattened under the Youma's body in that moment, though the others would certainly have been only seconds from lifting her out of it's path. Thankfully, Tuxedo Kamen had been there and caught her up in his arms in the nick of time.
As he crushed her to him, face in her hair, she raised shaky hands and stared at them. So damned close she'd been to being squashed. Tuxedo Kamen would never have known that she was just an ordinary girl, pretending to be a Senshi.
Mamoru was going to pay! Her blue eyes narrowed wrathfully. How dare he put them all in danger?
A moment later, she was placed firmly on the ground, the warm arms retreating from around her.
"Do it now, Sailor Moon!" Tuxedo Kamen urged, pushing her slightly forward with his gloved hands on her back. She threw him a curiously uncertain look and then tentatively reached for her tiara. What was wrong? He frowned, wondering why the blonde was acting so strange.
Oh no! Tuxedo Kamen wanted her to use her tiara! Her blue eyes skittered about nervously, remembering the camera crew. They were no doubt filming the battle live! She paled slightly, licking her dry lips.
She spotted Mercury behind a pillar on the first floor, Jupiter on the ground floor with arms crossed and Mars slightly to the left of the stage.
As her fingers touched the tiara, she spared a thought for the jerk who had caused this panic in her. Bloody Mamoru was probably watching the whole thing from his living room. Well, she hoped he enjoyed the show, because Sailor Moon was clearly at the battle.
"Hey! Yeah you Dark Kingdom trash!" she called out, stalling for time. She saw Mars stiffen, as her friend called attention to herself foolishly. "In the name of the moon, I will punish you!"
"Not likely." It cackled, mocking her efforts. It preened, shaking it's red hair two and fro in a mocking manner. Then the candy-stripes along it's body began to pulsate in a hypnotic manner.
Tuxedo Kamen felt his eyes go wide. What the hell was Sailor Moon doing! She could be using her tiara to dust the Youma right then, but instead she was egging it on! And the Youma was about to attack, using an unknown weapon. It's pulsing body reminded him of a rattle snake about to strike...
"Jupiter Lightning!"
"Shabon Spray!"
"Fire Soul!"
Usagi and Tuxedo Kamen's eyes simultaneously glanced from Senshi to Senshi as she called out her power. The Youma could only gape as fire, lightening and ice consumed her.
"Noooooo!" The Youma screamed. There was a spectacular light-show as the powers converged on the hapless monster-and then they fade and there was only a dust pile on the ground.
"Oh, thank god!" Usagi murmured under her breath, so relieved that she could have sunk to the floor in a boneless puddle.
She felt someone moved to her side and knew it was Tuxedo Kamen. She could feel his presence all around her. What was he going to say about her not using her tiara? She tensed.
"Interesting distraction, Sailor Moon." Tuxedo Kamen said, voice strained. He felt like shaking the blonde for such a foolish act, but he considered that she and the Senshi had planned it from the moment they arrived.
As if reading his mind, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury landed in front of them, smiling.
"Out triple-team worked, Sailor Moon," Jupiter said triumphantly.
"Yeah, girl, thanks for the distraction." Mars nodded, grinning.
"You were very brave, Sailor Moon." Mercury said, smiling, but giving her leader a serious look.
The four girls knew what had really happened there. Usagi had gone bravely into battle with no powers and as a normal human girl. They were so proud of her they could have burst!
And then they remembered that there was a stranger in their midst. They turned as one to stare in sudden surprise at Tuxedo Kamen, who was still standing there in bemusement.
"Don't you usually leave about now?" Mars said incredulously.
To Be Continued...
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Chapter Six will be out Thursday. And I'll probably have a few new Oneshots to upload as well, as I'm off to write one right now. LOL.
This Fanfic was a Challenge from the 'One Hour Challenges List'. What you do is pick a Challenge-which is posted daily by me-then a 'Couple' from the 'Destiny's Gateway Romance Fanfiction Archives', then you have an hour to write as much Fanfic as you can. Details are in my Profile.
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Princess Destiny
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