By
Moonlight Bunny
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the SM characters. Takeuchi Naoko-sama owns them.
Summary: Usagi and her friends finally graduate and live a normal life, after their last battle against Galaxia. Just as they thought that everything would be ok, something happens which put the whole future in danger. Mamoru goes back to the States to finish his studies, the Three Lights are back and accidents starts to happen, as well as broken hearts.
Previously...
Usagi picked up the phone,
"Moshi, moshi. "
"…"
"Oh, hi Mamo-chan!"
"…"
"Tomorrow? Where?"
"…"
"I love you too."
"…"
"Okay, bye!"
Usagi hung up the phone again; turning back to her friends she gave them a weakly smile. Then her friends, all of a sudden, saw Usagi falling down on her knees. She started to sob uncontrollably, while mumbling "Mamo-chan".
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At another place, in an apartment, a man had just hung up the phone. A pair of slender arms came and wrapped him. Smiling, he turned around and bent his head down towards the woman. The woman had long blonde hair that covered parts of her body. Her green eyes were deeply staring in his. She gave him a playful smile as she whispered softly into his ears,
"Now where were we?" as she kissed him and pulled him back to the bedroom…
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Chapter five: Surprises are fun, part 1
The girls immediately ran to their friend's side. Worried over, what just happened. They all wanted to know what happened during her conversation with her boyfriend, but right now wasn't the right time to ask.
"Usa… Usagi-chan, what's happened?" asked Rei.
"He… tomorrow… heard… why…? Mamo-chan…" was heard from Usagi.
The inners looked at each other, blinking clueless, before saying,
"Huh?""I said… leaving… background… don't know…" words that no one could hear except Usagi, were once again heard.
"Did anyone hear that?" asked Makoto.
"I think I speak for everyone when I say, NO!" Rei said.
"Oh, Usagi. What did Mamoru-san say?" Minako asked.
"He… he said that… that he'll be leaving tomorrow, so he had to cancel our date. And then… and then…"
"Usagi-chan, you don't have to tell us now. You can tell us later, when you feel for it."
"No, no… I can tell you now. It'll be harder later."
"Okay"
"I heard someone laughing in the background, a woman's voice. But I'm not sure. She was calling him Mamo-chan. But I… but I pretended that I didn't hear it."
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/ Flashbacks"Moshi, moshi."
"Hey, Usako. It's me."
"Oh, hi Mamo-chan!"
A long silence occurred, but then Mamoru said,
"I hope that you won't get mad, but I have to cancel our date for tomorrow. Something came up and I have to fly back to the States."
"What? Why?" Usagi thought, but then asked,
"Tomorrow? Where?"
"Yes, can you meet me at the airport at five? My teacher wanted me to show all her colleagues some of my work." Mamoru started to tell, before saying,
"I have to start packing. But I'll see you tomorrow then. I love you."
"I love you too."
A woman's laugh was heard in the background.
"…Mamo-chan! Are you finished talking to that little girl? God, sometimes I wonder why…" but the woman's voice was suddenly quietened by a low shush.
"Ehm… I have to go now. Bye, Usagi."
"Usagi? Did I hear it right? No, it can't be…" Usagi thought, while saying,
"Okay, bye!"
/ End of Flashbacks
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Usagi finished her story. Looking down sadly, she didn't notice Makoto clenching her fists and Rei frowning, cursing Mamoru under her breath. Ami was just shaking her head, while Minako seemed to be exploding anytime soon. Suddenly Makoto stood up and started to run out of Usagi's house. Usagi and the others got quickly up and ran fast after Makoto. They knew where she was headed to and worried that if they didn't get to her then something terrible might happen.
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Makoto dashed down the streets. Ignoring the people who stopped to see what was going on, she quickened her pace. She could hear her friends call out after her, but didn't listen. She didn't stop either. She had only one thing in her mind and that was to find out what was going on with the man, who was supposed to be her best friend's lover.
She ran into the building where Mamoru's apartment was. Following Makoto, Rei could have sworn that she heard Makoto say that she would beat him into a pulp. Usagi ran by the girls and soon gained behind Makoto. She ran in front of the tall girl, which made the tall girl halt instantly afraid of crashing into her friend.
"Usagi-chan, out of my way. I'm just going to beat him up."
"Mako-chan, please don't! I don't want any fight." Usagi said, trying to calm the taller girl.
"Fight? Who said anything about a fight? I'm just going to talk with him calmly, before I start to rip him in pieces!"
"No, you can't!"
"Why not?"
"Be-because!" Usagi stuttered.
"What do you mean because? Don't tell me that you still love him after all he's done to you!"
Usagi bit her lip, knowing that what Makoto said was true.
"Tell me Usagi-chan, how many times have you gone running home, crying because of him? How many times have I heard you defend his sorry excuses? How many times, Usagi-chan? How many?" Makoto practically yelled, tears forming in her eyes.
"You know I 'm right. I've seen it happen a lot of times. I won't let it happen to you again!"
"Mako!"
"Usagi-chan… Remember the first time you came and befriended me?"
Usagi nodded.
"I made a promise that very same day, that no one was ever going to hurt you.
Usagi-chan, you are one of my dearest and bestest friends and you mean a lot to me. I'm hurt, when you're hurt. And now that he's been hurting you, I'm going to hurt him too. Not emotionally, but physically. So if you excuse me, I have to go to that so called boyfriend of yours and…" Makoto was interrupted by the inners, which by now gained to them.
"Mako-chan! Usagi-chan!"
"Thank God, we made it in time." Minako panted.
"Mako-chan, don't do anything that you might regret doing." Ami said under her breath.
"Regret what? I won't regret anything after I'm finish with him and that whore of his."
"Mako-chan!" Usagi cried out.
"Mako-chan, if you're going to deal with him, would you at least let me deal with his tramp?" Rei said, cracking her knuckles.
"Rei-chan!" Ami cried out, comforting Usagi.
"What? Makoto's right. He doesn't deserve Usagi after all he'd done to her." Rei said in defence.
"Maybe, you're right. But that doesn't mean that we have to solve everything with violence. And hurting Mamoru-san won't make Usagi-chan feel better." Ami sighed.
"Ami-chan's right. Let's just go and talk with him. Calmly! Maybe it was just a misunderstanding." Minako said, seeing both Makoto and Rei clench their fists.
Makoto and Rei groaned, while Minako and Ami walked with a crying Usagi. As they were walking towards Mamoru's apartment, Usagi suddenly stopped.
Did she really want to find out? What if it was just a misunderstanding, like Minako said? She didn't want to make everything worse than it already as, and she definitely didn't want the gap between her and her Mamo-chan to grow bigger because of some misunderstanding. She fought for a while with her decisions, before coming to a conclusion that going over to his place was a bad idea, just because she thought she heard a woman's voice.
"I don't want to go in. I don't think I want to meet him, not after today."
The inners looked at each other, before nodding.
"Okay, Usagi-chan. If you don't want to, then you don't have to." Ami said softly. Usagi looked at the rest of the girls, who were all looking at different directions.
"Guys…?"
"Yeah… sure Usagi-chan. Let's walk you home." Makoto responded.
"What about you two?" Usagi asked Rei and Minako.
"Ehm… well, we have to… to…" Minako stammered.
"We have to go to the studio, because Minako's going to try out my new song that I wrote." Rei finished.
"Yeah, that's right! So we'll be coming over later, if it doesn't bother you?" Minako said, nodding her head and sweat dropping.
"No, it's okay. Come over later then." Usagi said and walked.
Ami frowned, but then said,
"Okay, we'll see you later then."
Makoto eyed Rei and Minako suspiciously, before walking with Ami and Usagi.
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After the three went, Rei and Minako looked at each other before they nodded their heads and continued to walk to Mamoru's apartment.
Standing in front of his door, Rei slowly opened the door and walked in. Minako followed in quietly after Rei. Inside they could hear murmurs and laughter turn into groans. Rei and Minako went to where they were hearing noices. The noices led them to Mamoru's bedroom. Minako and Rei opened the door quietly and peeked in.
Gasping, they saw Mamoru in bed with another woman. Rei quickly closed the door. Shocked over what they saw, they turned into anger. Minako was now cracking her knuckles, while Rei was tightening her fists. They pushed the door open, startling both Mamoru and the woman. Realizing that they were caught, Mamoru stuttered out,
"R-Rei-chan? Minako-chan?"
"That's Hino for you!" Rei said, walking to Mamoru.
"And Aino!" Minako followed.
"Hey! Who do you think you are? Storming in here?" the woman said angrily.
"Who do we think we are? Who do you think you are? Stealing someone else's fiancée!" Minako growled to the woman.
"Humph… She never deserved him anyway!" the women spat back, but soon regret it as Minako pushed her to the wall.
"You better think first before saying anything!"
"Hey, wait a minute now…" Mamoru said, but was stopped in the middle of his sentence by Rei's slap.
"How dare you? You… you cheating bastard!"
Mamoru looked at Rei, who by now had tears in her eyes.
"Rei, I…"
"Usa-chan never deserved this. I honestly thought that you would treat her well. But I guess I was wrong."
"I can explain…"
"There's nothing to explain here. We've seen it all and this whore is a walking evidence!" Minako interrupted Mamoru, still pinning the woman to the wall.
Rei went to Minako and looked at the woman with spite in her eyes. The woman looked at the two young women, fear were starting to show in her green eyes. Observing her, Rei noticed that she had met her before and let out a gasp of shock.
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/ Flashbacks"Hey, Mamoru-san. How are you?"
"I'm fine."
Long silence occurred between them before hearing a woman's voice behind Mamoru.
"Chiba-san, there you are!"
The woman ran to them.
"I've been looking all over for you. Now don't forget that I want that report of yours by friday."
"Yes, Namiki-sensei. Oh, by the way! Sensei, this is Rei-chan. She's a very good friend of my fiancée's and mine. And Rei-chan, this is Namiki Ayame-sensei."
"Pleasure to meet you" Rei said, smiling at the woman.
/ End of Flashback-
"So Ayame, did you two have fun?"
"Ayame? You've met her before, didn't you Rei-chan?" Minako said.
Rei paused for a bit before nodding and answering Minako.
"Yes Mina-chan. I've met her before. Mamoru introduced her to me. She's his teacher or at least, that's what he said."
Minako gasped. Watching Rei eyeing the woman, she turned to Mamoru with disbelief in her eyes. It couldn't be true. It couldn't be! He loved Usagi above all. He had always been faithful to Usagi, but maybe he wasn't, after what she had just witnessed.
"Is… Is this true?"
Mamoru turned away, answering,
"Yes… yes, it's true."
"You son of a bitch. You've done this for a long time now, haven't you? And we always told Usagi to stay with you, that it was important for everyone even though we knew that your relationship were already falling apart." Minako nearly screamed.
She felt sad for her friend, who was completely clueless. How will they tell her? What would happen to the future? Most importantly, what would happen to Usagi when she finds out? Minako didn't know what to do. She looked from the woman to Mamoru. It was hard for her to understand, if there ever was an explanation to it all.
She wanted to cry, cause she could feel inside that the love link between her friend and him was slowly fading away. The powerful link that had always shined was starting to tear apart. And it was sad to know that love was once again taken away from two lovers. It was sad… she could feel her heart cry, but put it aside, when she looked at the man in front of her. Now wasn't the time. The pain was soon replaced by anger. And that anger was directed towards him and the blonde woman, but mostly to him.
Ayame, who was still pinned to the wall, smirked
"Why? He would have sooner or later left her. Left her for me. Stupid girl! I bet that all she was good for was…" Ayame never got to finish her line, because of Rei's hard slap.
Holding her cheek, she looked up to Rei. Fears were now showing in her eyes. The fiery priestess looked at Ayame, glaring at her she hissed,
"Don't you dare say anything about Usagi. Not in front of me."
Rei let go of Ayame and started to walk out of the room. Minako followed; before she walked after Rei, she glanced at the woman. Eyeing her up and down, she felt disgusted, to know that there were really other women who would stoop low as to steal someone elses. Mamoru ran to Ayame and helped her up. Rei and Minako went towards the door, but before they went out they turned around.
"Go back to the states and bring that whore with you. There, you two can fuck in peace or what ever. I don't care, but remember this!" Rei started
"Don't you come near Usagi-chan…" Minako continued.
"Ever again. If you do, then we promise you that we will hunt you down like the cheating scum you are…"
"And we will rip you apart, limb from limb…"
"Starting with that manhood of yours that we will shove down your throat. Are we understood?" Rei ended as they both turned around and walked out of Mamoru's apartment, leaving a shocked Mamoru and a frightened Ayame.
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At another place"The waves are angry." A woman said.
"I feel it. The winds are changing roughly."
"Something must have happened. Haruka, do you think…" Michiru said, as she turned to her partner.
"I think so, Michiru."
A girl stepped inside the room and said with tears in her eyes,
"The prince is leaving the princess. A new destiny is shaping."
"A new destiny?" Haruka frowned.
Hotaru nodded as she continued,
"Yes, but there are two different paths that the princess must choose."
"And those are?" Michiru wondered.
"One is going to lead her to love and happiness."
"And the other one?" Michiru asked.
- Silence -"Hotaru?" Haruka frowned, worried over the little girl's silence.
"The other one will lead her to sorrow and loneliness…"
Hotaru paused, but then continued,
"And possibly her death."
Haruka and Michiru gasped at Hotaru's answers.
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After Rei and Minako left Mamoru's apartment, they started to walk towards Usagi's house. They didn't know what to think. They were pretty much shaken with the event that just happened. Never in a million years, would they have thought of Mamoru as a two-timer. But there it was, clearly. Mamoru had just done what others before him did… being unfaithful. Now how were they going to tell this to the others, to Usagi?
All of a sudden Minako started to laugh. Rei stopped in her tracks and gave her a what-the-hell-just-happened? -stare. Minako was trying hard not to fall down, while Rei just stood there and stared dumbfound. Was it too much for her blonde friend to take in, that she became crazy? Rei had thought.
Five minutes later…Minako stopped and tried to catch her breath. When she had calmed herself down, she glanced at Rei before she started to laugh again. Rei, who started to get tired of Minako's sudden behaviour, gritted her teeth, as her eyebrow twitched. Minako finally stopped, when she noticed that Rei was glaring at her. Minako looked at her questionably, as Rei said,
"Are you finished?"
"Finished what?" Minako just stood there staring at her.
"What do you mean finished what? A few minutes ago, you were laughing like a hyena. What was that all about?" Rei shouted angrily. Minako, which by now remembered, started to giggle. As she was trying hard not to laugh like a hyena again, she answered back,
"Honestly, Rei-chan. You're just like Ami-chan. A miss Goody-to-shoes!"
"What do you mean, goody-to-shoes?"
"Come on! Manhood? Admit it. You can't say the word, because you're too embarrassed." Minako teased, as she stuck her tongue out.
"What do you mean I CAN'T? I can say that word, but I choose not too because unlike you I was raised as a proper lady."
"Oh sure. And I'm not? Please…" Minako rolled her eyes as she continued,
"Remember Rei-chan, when we all went to that princess seminar? You, me and Usagi were the only ones who failed at the exams. So that means, we are not lady-like if we failed the tests…"
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/ Flashbacks
Usagi was dancing with a guy and stepped on his foot. Then Usagi tripped over her own dress. Rei, Ami, Mako, and Minako were there too. Ami and Mako were dancing very gracefully. But Rei and Minako were bad at dancing. Rei, Minako, and Usagi stepped on their partner's feet. All of the girls passed the princess seminar except for those three.
/ End of Flashbacks
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"Well, I wouldn't have failed, if that guy's foot weren't in the way." Rei huffed as she pulled away a few hair strands from her face.
"Anyway, I'm glad that we failed, if not then we would have been turned into living statues. But what are we going to do?"
"Do what?"
"I mean, how are we going to tell Usagi that we just caught Mamoru, her boyfriend, fiancée, future king and soul mate, in bed with another woman?"
"I know. I hate to tell her. It would kill her, if she finds out the truth. Demo she has to know."
"Maybe we should wait?" Minako suggested.
"No, she has to know, even though it's going to kill her. It's better we do it now then later."
"Maybe we should ask Ami-chan first of what to do?"
"Maybe, but you better restrain Makoto first then." Rei answered back, remembering Makoto's last actions.
"Poor Usagi-chan, I really thought that Mamoru was a nice guy. Now I know that he's just like the others. Only thinking about power, money and women." Minako sighed, as they walked away towards Usagi's house.
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Usagi's house
Rei and Minako walked up to Usagi's room. They knocked before going inside. Usagi was sitting by her window,staring outside. Ami was sitting by the bedside, concern was showing all over her face, while Makoto was leaning by the wall, lost in her own thoughts. Minako went to Ami saying that they needed to talk, while Rei gave Makoto a signal of going outside. The inners went out to the hallway.
"What is it?" Makoto asked.
"Okay, before we tell you, we need to be a bit quiet. And Mako-chan, don't blow up now like you did the last time." Rei whispered.
Makoto glared at Rei, before nodding. Rei held her breath before she started to let them know,
"Minako and I didn't go to the studio, because… because…"
"Because we went directly to Mamoru after you all three went." Minako finished.
"When we went inside, we heard voices. One was Mamoru's and the other one belonged to a woman." Rei continued.
"Guys, we caught Mamoru in bed with another woman." Minako said.
Both Makoto and Ami gasped at Rei's and Minako's story. Shocked over finding out, Ami clenched her fists. Makoto was just standing still, not saying a word. Rei and minako started to get ready for Makoto's outbreak, but nothing happened.
Ten minutes went…Makoto was still standing, not saying anything. Not even her eyes moved. The girls were staring intensely at her, waiting for any movements. Anything… They were afraid of that Makoto would run back to his place and beat him up, but this time to death. Ami and Rei exchanged worried glances, but then sweat dropped when looking at their blonde friend.
"Ehm… Mako-chan? Hello? Anyone there?" Minako waved her hand in front of Makoto's face.
"Do you think that the news was too much for Mako-chan to take, that she went into a coma or something?" Minako asked, turning around.
"No, I don't think so. She'll be fine. She's just shocked." Ami responded.
"Do you think Usagi's and Mamoru's break up will traumatize her?" Minako asked.
"I hope not." Rei sweat-dropped,
"Anyway, Ami-chan. What are we going to do?"
"I don't know. Maybe we should wait and see." Ami suggested.
"But…"
"That's what I told her too, but nooo…" Minako cut off.
"Minako!" Rei hushed.
"What?"
"How loud can you get? Usagi is on the other side of that door." Rei pointed,
"If you were in Usagi's place, would you want to be the last one to know?"
"No, you're right. But this is Usagi we're talking about." Minako reminded.
"I know, but Usagi's strong. She can handle the truth." Rei said.
"And if she don't?" Ami asked.
The inners stood quiet, looking at each other until,
"I'm going to kill that bastard, slowly and painfully." A voice said out loud.
Rei, Minako and Ami turned around and saw that Makoto had woken up. They were right. Makoto was going to run once again to Mamoru's place, but she didn't even get the chance to move her foot,cause Minako, Ami and Rei trapped her to the ground.
"Let go of me." Makoto yelled, but Minako put a hand on her mouth to silence her.
"Quiet, Usagi-chan mustn't find out!" Rei hissed. A muffle was heard from Makoto.
"What?" Minako said. Another muffle was heard.
"Minako-chan, maybe you should take your hand away from Makoto's mouth?" Ami suggested.
"Oh… sorry." Minako laughed nervously as Rei and Ami sweat-dropped.
"Okay, but before I take away my hand, you have to promise not to talk loud. Okay?"
Makoto nodded her head and Minako took away her hand.
"What do you mean Usagi-chan mustn't find out?" Makoto hissed.
"We've decided to let her find out by herself."
"But that would devastate her."
"We know, Mako-chan." Rei sighed.
"If you all agreed to it, then it's fine by me. Demo could you at least let go of me?"
"NO!" Ami, Rei and Minako said together.
"What? Why not?"
"If we do that, then you must promise not to go to Mamoru-san and kill him." Ami said.
"No! Why not?"
"Because he doesn't deserve that, even though he's a cheating scum." Rei answered back.
Makoto sighed,
"Okay, would you please let go of me now?"
"Promise?" Minako asked.
"No!"
"Then we won't let go of you." Rei calmly said.
"You must promise!" Ami pleaded.
Makoto groaned as she said,
"Okay, but I can't promise you that I'll ignore him the next time I see him."
Rei, Ami and Minako looked at each before nodding their head and letting go of Makoto. This was the best thing they could do. And they couldn't trap her to the ground that long, for Usagi might come out and that would make her suspicious.
"So what are we going to do now? Usagi-chan's going to meet him tomorrow." Makoto asked.
"Shoot! I forgot that!" Minako cried.
"Well, we have to follow her tomorrow and act like nothing happened." Rei suggested, while the rest of the inners looked at her for a minute before nodding their head, agreeing.
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The Three Light's apartmentSeiya was rocking back and forth in his bed. Sweat beads ran down his forehead while he was sleeping. He seemed to have a nightmare and by the look on his face, it was a disturbing one. The one, that would make you quickly sit up and cry.
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/ Dream sequence"Seiya, help me!" a voice cried out. It was filled with fear and sorrow.
"Who are you? How can I help you?" Seiya shouted out.
"Help me!"
The voice cried, as it went further and further away.
"Chotto matte!"
Seiya was running, not caring to where he was running.
"Seiya!"
A scream was heard, then silence.
"NO! Wait!" Seiya panicked as he ran faster to where he heard the scream.
As he neared the place, he saw a form lying on the ground. He ran to it and saw that it was a woman. The woman was lying in a pool of blood. Seiya went on his knees and turned the woman to his side, so that he could see whom it was. Pulling away some hair from her face, he gasped…
/ End of Dream Sequence-
Seiya quickly sat up from his bed. Gasping for air, tears formed and ran freely down his cheeks. He had been having the same dream lately, even on Kinmoku. It had all started when he was outside looking at the stars when this familiar voice came to him. Her voice. It had called out to him that very same night, and afterwards the nightmares began.
"Another one of those nightmares?" Seiya heard a person behind him talk.
"Yes, they just seem to get more and more frightening. I think something's going to happen to her. I just know it!"
"How can you be sure? Dreams don't always have to be right."
"Yeah, but they seem so real. Why do I get the feeling of that something's really going to happen?" Seiya asked, turning around towards Yaten.
"I don't know. But I do know that you should go back to sleep. Tomorrow we're going to have a lot of work." Yaten said, as he went out and shut the door.
"Tomorrow…" Seiya thought.
"Tomorrow, I'll see you, Odango."
A/N:
here's the fifth chapter. Yay! I'm updating fast here… eeep! (ducks from a flying object… then runs and hide behind a chair) Please don't kill me, for making Mamoru look like a jerk. I have my reasons though as to why I did, what I just did. It'll be revealed later. and forgive me for use of language in my story...
By the way, I have some information to tell you. I won't be updating as quick in May as I'm doing right now, cause I'll be studying hard for university exams and I have a couple of concerts that I'll be doing in my little home town. And no, I won't abandon this again… It's just that I won't be updating much during May. But I'll try to update as soon as I can. Until then, just sit tight and wait… Seiya will soon meet his darling princess… hihihi
Ja ne minna-san
/Moonlight Bunny