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: 6/9
Status: Completed
Year Completed: 2003
Comments: Hi everyone! I think people misunderstood about the Sequels for this Fanfic, The Art Of Seduction and Lost In Your Eyes. These can be viewed up at my Archives, and certainly the lemon contact ones will be...but they have not been written yet. I will be letting you all know when this happens so you can read them. :)
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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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CHRISTMAS WISH-LIST
By Princess Destiny
Chapter Six
Tuxedo Kamen stood flabeghasted for a moment, mind going blank.
Mars was right!
He was usually gone by then, but something kept him there. Something that had been nagging in the back of his mind, that he couldn't quite put a finger on.
"So I am." he murmured wryly, throwing an ironic look at Sailor Moon. Part of him was there for her. He had been so sure that Sailor Moon was Usagi, but now seeing her there totally threw him off. Where did he go from there?
In his heart, he had really hoped that his worst enemy was the girl he had fallen for. Someone he already knew. Someone he could grow to like very much. Someone who he was now seeing in an entirely different light and had had a sudden, unexpected attraction for.
He closed his eyes briefly. Damn.
"Hello, Tuxedo Kamen?" Usagi said, worried. She was surprised when his eyes open and stared at her intently. Why was he looking at her that way?
"Camera crew at eleven O'clock!" Jupiter said in concern, eyes on the approaching news team. They obviously wanted an interview and had been filming the battle. Tuxedo Kamen could wait for another time.
"Let's go!" The brunette said briskly, bending swiftly and scooping her Leader in to her arms.
Usagi gave a squeak as her world tilted and she found herself in Jupiter's arms. Wait, what about Tuxedo Kamen? He looked as if he wanted to say something. And wasn't he finding it weird that she was being carried from battle by one of her Senshi?
"Let's go," Mars agreed.
"Wait!" Tuxedo Kamen called desperately, his mouth falling open as the Senshi swiftly leapt off of the decimated stage and rushed off through the Mall.
Why had they been carrying Sailor Moon? Was she hurt and he hadn't noticed. He had to follow them to find out if the young girl he so adored had sustained a bad injury. Perhaps when the Christmas tree had been on fire?
"Tuxedo Kamen, could we have a moment?" A breathless reported asked, scrambling over some rubble and holding a microphone out before her. The camera was aimed at the hero and it was clearly filming.
Not bloody likely!
Tuxedo Kamen threw the camera crew a dry look and then swiftly leapt past them, disappearing the way of the Senshi.
Behind him, excited voices started to talk, the people remaining in the Mall coming out from hiding.
"My pageant!" Someone wailed in outrage.
"Like, this is bad. Does this mean I don't win?"
"You win? You're deluding yourself, girl."
"I'm not paying for this mess!"
"Oh my god! My beautiful hair! Make-up!"
"Tuxedo Kamen, wait. Wait! Just a few words!" The female reporter hollered after the vanishing hero.
"Not bloody likely," Tuxedo Kamen muttered, abruptly falling into a foul mood.
The contestants could fight it out and the reporters could interview them. Now that the battle was over, he could think with a clear head about his fumble regarding one Tsukino Usagi.
How the hell had be made such a mistake? She must be at home, laughing her head off at him. The 'Miss Christmas' pageant wasn't something the blonde would miss, he was sure.
"Great going, Kamen." he berated himself, closing his eyes briefly as he swiftly exited the open doors of the Mall and leapt onto the rooftop of the nearest building.
How could he have thought that Usagi, of all people, was Sailor Moon?
They had nothing in common! Usagi was definitely the last person on the planet, that anyone would give the responsibility of saving the world, to. His lips twisting in disgust, he made his way quickly home via the rooftops.
Praying on his mind was the question of whether Sailor Moon had been injured, however after a fruitless search of the surrounding around, Tuxedo Kamen realised that they had most probably de-transformed and he would not even recognise them.
He could only hope it was minor and that she healed as well as he did because of his superpowers.
As he reached his apartment and flew down to his balcony, he was still wondering at his stupidity.
"Usagi!" he ranted, as he slid open the balcony door and stepped inside. Throwing his hands over his head in utter disgust, he stomped over to his couch and flopped there ungracefully.
Propping his feet up on one end of the couch, his shoulders against the other, Tuxedo Kamen brooded.
And the more he brooded, the darker his expression became. Usagi would be laughing in his face when she saw him next.
Idiot Mamoru, who said she was Sailor Moon.
Idiot Mamoru who had told his worst enemy that he wanted to kiss Sailor Moon at the next battle...
Tuxedo Kamen gasped and bolted upright, smacking his forehead with the palm of his hand. "I forgot to kiss her!" he groaned in disbelief. What a lost opportunity too! She'd been in his arms.
He fell back onto the couch, sighing. Well, it didn't really matter, since Usagi was not Sailor Moon. The poor girl would have wondered why her hero had suddenly lip-locked with her. And her Senshi would have beat him senseless!
"Good going, moron!" he growled, displeased.
He suddenly remembered the broach and reached into his breast-pocket for it. As he pulled it free, something else fell and landed on his chest. He looked down in surprise to see a Rainbow Crystal. To his shock, the golden broach in his hand pulsated the same color as the Rainbow Crystal.
Tuxedo Kamen gave an exclamation of amazement, as he raised the Crystal to his face, glancing from the broach, to it in fascination. Usagi's golden broach continued to steadily pulsate with the same deep blue color of the Rainbow Crystal-and then it stopped.
He could only gape at it for a long moment, then stupidly shook it and the Crystal. "What the hell was that!" he demanded, blue eyes wide.
Okay, he revised his opinion again.
Usagi was most certainly Sailor Moon!
Only something attached to the Senshi would have such a reaction from a Rainbow Crystal. Then... "Usagi is Sailor Moon," he said, bolting upright again. But, she had her broach on!
"Wait, wait," he muttered, thinking hard. He looked from the broach to the Crystal, realization breaking over him. Sailor Moon had been wearing a broach, but now that he thought about it,. he had not seen her use her tiara once.
"Which means what?" he asked himself, wracking his brains for the answer. Which meant...she was wearing a disguise?
"Right!" he said triumphantly. Somehow, Usagi was wearing a disguise to make her look like Sailor Moon. "So, the broach really does make her transform." he grinned, then it vanished abruptly, leaving him pale.
Usagi had been in battle defenseless! Oh god and she's been hurt too!
"Of course she was, idiot!" he groaned and swung his legs around so that he was now sitting on the couch. He dropped the Crystal and the broach into his lap and covered his face with his hands. He had been counting on Usagi not going to the battle at all, if she was un-transformed, but she had gone in disguise.
How utterly stupid of her, but how incredibly brave at the same time. If he had not been there to scoop her out of the way of that Youma, Usagi would now be dead.
Tuxedo Kamen shuddered slightly. How could he have been so stupid? He sat up abruptly, hands falling form his face. He had to see Usagi! To make sure she was okay.
Moments later, Mamoru was dashing from his apartment, car keys in hand.
"-And the Mall was totaled!" Makoto recounted, shaking her head. She twirled a piece of hair around her fingers absently, green eyes bright.
The girls were all seated at the counter, telling Motoki all about the battle. Naturally, they had not told him they were the Sailor Senshi and had just gone there to do Christmas shopping.
Motoki continued to gape at them all in stunned amazement. "So, the Pageant was cancelled?" he managed, wiping his cloth across the bench for the 20th time. He was so shocked by the news the girls had told him, that he didn't even realize the bench was spotless. He was operating on auto-pilot!
"I'll say," Rei said, wincing. "Which is a real shame. I saw the contestants the other day and they were all so beautiful and talented." she said dreamily, wishing it had been her in the pageant.
Usagi smiled knowingly and leant against the counter, watching her friends. The girls had all been so wonderful in the battle, covering for her like that. And Tuxedo Kamen had sure given her a fright hanging around like that. He had obviously noticed something was amiss with the Leader of the Senshi and had waited around to try and find out what it was.
She sighed and tapped her fingers on the counter-top, brooding. Mamoru had probably watched the entire thing from home and therefore he had seen Sailor Moon at the battle...and the girls had swung by his place and the Arcade, in order to demanded her broach back, but there was no sign of the jerk.
Luckily Rei knew where Mamoru lived, but he appeared to have gone out. She paused, fingers half-way to the counter. What if Mamoru had seen it on TV and had gone to the Mall to check it out?
"He wouldn't be that stupid, would he?" she wondered aloud.
"Who?" Motoki said, tossing the cloth to the side and going to the cupboard to get some glasses out for the girls' drink. He had completely forgotten them, as they told him about the fiasco at the Mall.
"Oh, no one." Usagi said, waving her hand about negligently and blushing. Her blue eyes were thoughtful though and she knew her friends were looking at her questioningly. "Hey, Motoki?" she said suddenly, straightening. "Did Mamoru come back in here?"
"After he dragged you out to help him with a Christmas present?" Motoki said dryly, grinning. "What did you decide on? I know he wants Sailor Moon for Christmas-who doesn't want a Senshi as a present?-but I can't see him getting his wish, even if you do know her" he chuckled, then paused, throwing her an eager look. "You can't get him a Senshi for Christmas, can you?" he demanded.
Rei and Ami choked and Makoto giggled. Did Motoki have a crush on a Senshi?
"Er...no." Usagi said, eyes skittering away from Motoki's. Her blush brightened and she bit her lip. Did Motoki want her for Christmas too? She did have a crush on Motoki, after all. Not the same as the crush on Tuxedo Kamen, who she was beginning to love, but still...she turned her blue eyes back to the blonde.
"Who did you want for Christmas, Motoki?" she asked curiously.
All four Senshi fixed him with an intent gaze and Motoki squirmed, looking sheepish. "Umm...Sailor V actually..." he admitted. "But I know she's just an actress." he added.
"Not a real Senshi!" Rei said, exasperated. Motoki wasn't the first person to wonder if the mysterious Sailor V was a part of the Senshi, operating in England.
Ami smiled slightly and rolled her eyes. What was it with guys and actresses? They went to Movies just to drool over them! "No, she's just an actress-but I'm sure she'd love some fan-mail or something." she suggested, doubting the mail would ever reach Sailor V.
Still...Motoki did have a point with thinking that the actress had a Senshi name. How strange that coincidence was.
Usagi's skin suddenly crawled and she knew that Mamoru was behind her. How she knew, she couldn't say, but her heart-beat sped up and she felt her face flushing. It wasn't the sort of skin-crawling that came from dislike, but more awareness.
Attraction.
And all that without looking at him. She bit her lip and waited, back tensing.
Mamoru parked his car on the opposite side of the Arcade and got out, blue eyes already going to the glass doors. He couldn't see Usagi or her friends at the video games.
He checked both ways and then crossed the street quickly, frowning. He had no idea where Usagi lived! If she wasn't inside, then maybe one of her friends were...one of her Senshi were, he amended himself silently. It all fit, really. Usagi had been hanging out with no one until Ami appeared, then Rei and then Makoto. Rei went to a private girl's school too. It was possible that Usagi had just met the Miko-in-training at the temple and become good friends, but those four were REALLY close.
And they just happened to look vaguely like the other three Sailor Senshi. He suspected that they were still protected by their glamour and that he could tell Usagi was Sailor Moon now because he had figured it out.
The glass doors slid open and he threw a hurried look about. Almost immediately, he spotted Usagi and her friends at the counter, talking animatedly with Motoki.
His eyes narrowing on his target, he stalked up quietly behind Usagi, so close that his chest almost brushed her back. He saw her stiffen and a slow smile spread over his lips. It was gratifying to know that she sensed when he was near.
"Who's an actress?" he asked easily, hearing the end of their conversation.
Motoki waved at Mamoru with one hand as he filled four glasses with coke from the machine. "Hey buddy," he greeted. "Did you hear what happened to the Mall?" he demanded.
Mamoru blinked slightly and slid into the seat next to Usagi, who was leaning against the counter. His thigh pressed into the back of her knees and he set his arm casually on the counter, pressing lightly into the base of her back. He was quite happy to invade her personal space and he was delighted to see Usagi tense even more, though she did not turn around and acknowledge him.
"You heard about that?" he asked Motoki, surprised. Were the girls really so blase about their secret identities that they openly told Motoki that they were there at the battle?
Usagi couldn't believe how brazen Mamoru was! She had felt immediately when his warm skin had pressed into her waist and knees and if she had not been standing so stiffly, she would have tumbled onto his lap! She bit her lip hard and narrowed her blue eyes. How dare he act differently towards her just because he thought he knew she was Sailor Moon. They had their boundaries and they kept to them.
She sighed, shaking her head. It was no use. Everything had changed between them and she was not so much angry at Mamoru for touching her so covertly, as she was in heightened awareness of the attraction that was now between them. Thank god he hadn't turned up at the battle and demanded his kiss, even though he obviously had watched it on TV.
She swallowed, blue eyes widening. What if he'd come for his kiss now?
"We told him." Rei said, glaring at him. She tossed her long hair over her shoulder and gave him an angry stare.
"We went there to do some Christmas shopping." Makoto said, cracking her knuckles and throwing him a threatening look.
Ami just gave him a flat, unfriendly stare, then turned her head away and ignored him.
Motoki stared from the girls to Mamoru in astonishment, eyebrows lifting. What on earth had Mamoru done to earn their wrath? Even mild Ami looked pissed at him!
Mamoru grinned faintly, well-aware of their fury. He was angry at himself for putting Usagi in danger also. He sobered abruptly, grin fading. He looked intently at Usagi's back, so close to him and saw how stiff she still was. She hadn't even looked at him or taunted him and it worried him greatly.
Had she been hurt? No, he was sure she wasn't. Tuxedo Kamen had been in time. "Don't you know it's impolite to put your back to someone?" he drawled, deliberately masking his concern.
Motoki was there, after all, and they had to act like they always did...even if he did want his kiss. Maybe he could corner her at the next battle? No, that wouldn't work. She didn't have the faintest idea that he was the man who constantly saved her from danger. But perhaps, some opportunity would present itself. Now that he knew for certain that she was Sailor Moon, he was free to let the attraction between them build.
Usagi's lips pursed and she hesitated, looking over her friend's heads unseeingly. Mamoru obviously wanted to act as if nothing had happened, but she was still furious with him. And so were the girls. On the way back to the Arcade from the battle, Usagi had asked them all to give their word that they would do nothing to Mamoru.
The Senshi did not beat up on upper-classmen, even if they were complete jerks.
She would handle Mamoru her own way. Forcing a smile to her lips, Usagi stepped away from his body-warmth and turned.
As their eyes met, Usagi blushed scarlet. For Mamoru was giving her a blatantly seductive look. "I-I..." The blonde stammered, eyes huge. Why was he looking at her like that? Thank god her back was blocking her friend's view of Mamoru's face!
"You owe me something." Mamoru said silkily under his breath, so that only she heard him.
Usagi's face was on level with his as he sat and their faces were only a few inches away. She stood there just short of touching his arm, but they could still sense each other acutely.
"What?" Usagi whispered in disbelief, blue eyes darkening. She gripped her fingers together, starting to sweat. Mamoru couldn't mean what she thought he did! Sailor Moon had been at the battle. Could he possible...have figured it out? Impossible!
"Unfortunately, I didn't get that kiss." Mamoru went on in a low tone, blue eyes wicked. Usagi looked poleaxed and she was flushing. Oh, he had her alright! She was starting to doubt that her disguise had worked and he had her right where he wanted her.
He cupped his chin in one hand, leaning his elbow against the counter-top and studying her with interest. Poor Usagi. She really had no chance against an older man and Tuxedo Kamen too.
Sailor Moon was all his now.
Usagi swallowed hard, blinking. Mamoru looked so damned knowing. But how could that be? The Luna Disguise Pen was perfect. "But Sailor Moon was at the battle!" she hissed at him frantically, heart beat thundering in her ears.
Damn Mamoru.
And damn the attraction that was acutely between them now.
Why couldn't they have just stayed Odango Atama and the Jerk?
"Yes, she was." Mamoru said casually, gazing at her from under his lashes. "But you see, I was watching and I didn't once see Sailor Moon use her tiara. And so that makes me think that she was wearing a disguise, because I have her broach and she wasn't really transformed after all." he smiled at her wolfishly, knowing he had her when she paled.
He casually patted his jacket pocket, where the broach was sitting safe.
Her blue eyes followed the movement almost frantically and she looked like a hunted rabbit.
Oh yes, he had her alright.
To Be Continued...
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