Title: The Love Remains Series 1: At Your Own Risk
Author: Princess Destiny
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Couple: Usagi And Mamoru
Rating: PG 13+
Summary: 'One Hour Challenge' #47: Response Fanfic. A seemingly harmless game of 'Never Have I' turns into a nightmare as Reika and Motoki discover that Mamoru and the girls are ALL hiding a big secret. And then Mamoru's apartment building catches on fire and there's no longer any way to hide their secret identities...
Chapters: 1/3
Status: Completed
Year Completed: 2002

Comments: Hi everyone! Old Fanfic from back in 2002. Yep, I'll be posting them all up here at FF DOT net one by one. I'm trying to only put up the completed ones so you all don't have to wait for me to write them. This was a fun Fanfic to write and I wrote all three Chapters in a few hours one after the other. As you might have noticed, I specialise in Fanfics that have Usagi and Mamoru finding out each other's secret identities. Hehehe. I just love those types.

In case you don't know what 'Never Have I' is, here's the explanation for the game: You go around the group, saying something like 'Never Have I...been a superhero'. Everyone who is a superhero takes a drink of alcohol. Those who aren't don't drink. The object I believe is to get as drunk as quickly as you can, and also find out interesting stuff about your friends. LOL.

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The Love Remains Series 1:

AT YOUR OWN RISK

By Princess Destiny

Chapter One

It was a Friday night and the girls had all been invited over to Mamoru's place to have a party, celebrating the passing of his medical exams. Okay, so inviting the girls was Motoki's idea, but now Mamoru was glad. They weren't too bad company. Even the Odango.

But it was Reika's fault that they were currently drinking champagne and Reika's fault that they started this game. 'Never Have I' she called it.

The rules were simple; you gave each person a glass full of champagne, then you went from person to person and they had to say something that they'd never done. If someone else had done it, they had to take a drink from their glass. If not, then you took no drink. Mamoru guessed that the game ended when the glasses were empty. Whoever drank the most by the end of the game lost. And for the game to work, you had to tell the absolute truth.

"Are your parents okay with this?" Reika asked the girls, wondering suddenly if they'd snuck over. And maybe that it wasn't such a good idea to give fifteen year olds alcohol. They were already looking sort of tipsy!

"Oh, sure!" Usagi waved a hand about negligently. "Mom thinks I'm at Ami's."

"Mom thinks I'm at Usagi's." Ami said, blushing slightly with guilt.

"Grandpa thinks I'm at Usagi's too." Rei said easily.

"You girls don't feel bad about saying you're one place and being another?" Motoki asked with surprise.

Rei, Usagi and Ami exchanged a swift glance, thinking the same thing. They always did that! They were the Senshi and often had to lie to be at a battle. Not that it was a good thing to lie, but they couldn't feel as bad about it as anyone else, because they saved the world regularly with their lies.

"No." They chorused simultaneously, giving secret smiles.

"I er...didn't have anyone to ask." Makoto looked down at her glass moodily.

Usagi knelt forward and patted Makoto gently on the head. "You can ask me if you like, Makoto," she offered. "I'm your family!"

Mamoru, who'd been about to say something sarcastic at her first words, abruptly closed his mouth. Sometimes, Odango was really sweet. He sighed and wished he had someone to be his family. Was Makoto an orphan too?

"Can I go to Mamoru's party and get drunk, Usagi?" Makoto cooed, grinning like a maniac and cheered up no end by Usagi's words.

"Lemme think about it." Usagi said, trying to look serious and adult. She smirked and ruined the image. "Sure!"

"Thank you," Makoto saluted the blonde. She looked at Motoki expectantly. "Your turn."

"Okay,." Motoki's face scrunched up in thought. "Never have I...saved someone's life." Motoki said, grinning around.

An uncomfortable silence grew and Ami, Usagi, Rei and Makoto exchanged a swift look, then simultaneously took a long swig from their glasses.

Motoki and Reika and Mamoru stared in disbelief.

"What?" Mamoru exclaimed, taking a long swig himself before glancing into each of their faces. "You've all saved someone's life?"

"It's a love-job." Usagi muttered cryptically.

"Usagi!" Makoto slapped a hand swiftly over the blonde's mouth, giving Mamoru, Motoki and Reika a swift look of guilt.

The blonde pulled Makoto's hand from her mouth and stared at Mamoru with the same disbelief that he'd regarded her with. "You've saved someone's life!"

"Mmm." Mamoru nodded to himself, eyes shuttering.

"When?" Usagi pressed, leaning forward to look into his eyes and try to see if he was telling the truth. "'Cause I just don't believe it!"

"And I don't believe You've saved someone's life either, Odango." Mamoru retorted.

"What I find incredible is that Makoto, Usagi, Rei and Ami have all saved someone's life." Reika said aloud, looking askance at the girls.

"And Mamoru too." Motoki added, crossing his arms. "I want to know when, where and who."

The girl's eyes widened and Mamoru looked similarly panicked.

"Well?" Motoki pressed, waiting.

"We're playing 'never have I'. We don't need to explain where, when and who." Rei retorted heatedly, defending herself and the girls. There was no way Motoki, Reika and Mamoru were finding out they were the Sailor Senshi!

Mamoru nodded rather too eagerly. "I agree," he cast a sly look at Motoki. "Otherwise, I'll be asking where, when and who with your former girlfriends."

"I'd like to know that also." Reika said, eyes going to her boyfriend's horrified face.

"Yeah!" the girls all chorused, glad to have the heat off them.

"Okay. Okay! We only answer questions with the game." Motoki gave in with a groan. His eyes rose and he fixed Mamoru with an angry look. "But there's no rules to say that I can't try and get those answers out of you with the game-right?"

Mamoru and the girls all looked like deer's caught in the headlights, each thinking the same thing. 'We're doomed!'

Motoki was too smart for his own good.

"Umm-I was next, right?" Usagi said tentatively, breaking the strained silence. She thought for a long moment. "Never have I...gone out with anyone."

Reika, Motoki and Makoto drank straight away.

Usagi and Mamoru eyed each other with surprise.

"You've never had a boyfriend, Odango?" Mamoru exclaimed. He eyed her closely. "You're fifteen, right? You should have had at least one by now."

"You've never had a girlfriend, jerk?" she retorted. "You're nineteen, so you should have had hundreds by now."

Mamoru winced. Okay, so now he knew Usagi thought he was old. Hundreds of girlfriends? Their age-gap wasn't that big! "I'm too busy." he said finally, reluctant to explain that he'd never found a girl he'd like to get that close too. Then again, there was also the dreams of the Princess.

"Me too." Usagi said promptly, thinking along the same lines as Mamoru, unknowingly.

"Doing what?" Mamoru said, leaning forward to fix her with a mocking look. "Eating? Klutzing out? Failing tests?"

"Ugh!" Rei said, making a face. "Come on guys! We're playing a game here, not starting World War Three."

Usagi stuck her tongue out at Mamoru, then turned away.

Mamoru settled back into his spot with a smug expression. He'd made his point!

Ami cocked her head. "Never have I...been to another country."

Everyone groaned.

"Ami! None of us have. Why didn't you say something more interesting?" Rei exclaimed, rolling her eyes.

"Sorry." Ami blushed.

"Don't tease her," Usagi snapped at the raven-haired girl. "Ami is Ami."

"Yeah, she is," Rei eyes were soft. "Sorry Ami."

"That's okay." Ami blushed brighter. "Mamoru-your turn" she muttered, looking into her drink.

Mamoru sighed deeply, then opened his mouth. "Never have I...played 'Spin The Bottle'." he grinned about slyly, waiting.

Motoki coughed and drunk rather sheepishly.

"Motoki!" Reika gasped, slapping his back in outrage. "Who did you kiss?" she demanded.

"No comment." he muttered back.

Makoto drank deeply, then grinned around at their surprised expressions with glee. "Plenty of times. It's a fun way to meet guys." she informed them impishly.

"Go girl!" Rei snickered.

Usagi stared enviously, wishing she had the guts to do something so daring. But anyway...she'd never have wanted to kiss someone she didn't know. She'd kiss her Soulmate and that was the only person she'd ever kiss. Kissing was personal.

"Makoto? Your go." Reika said, smiling at the brunette.

"Umm-okay." Makoto frowned in thought, cradling her drink to her chest. "Never have I...found my soulmate."

Usagi stared for a moment, mouth slightly open. Weird! She'd just been think about soulmates and Makoto mentions them!

Motoki whistled under his breath. "Deep." he breathed.

"Very good." Mamoru commented, just sitting there and making no move to take a drink.

Usagi and the other girls did the same, while Motoki and Reika took a swig of their glasses simultaniously, grinning at each other.

"You guys are Soulmates?" Ami said, delighted for them.

Usagi shook her head, hair falling forward to cover her face. "Do they even know what it means to have a Soulmate?" she whispered.

"What was that, Odango?" Mamoru said, leaning past Ami to stare in shock at the blonde. He'd heard what she'd said quite clearly, though no one else seemed to have. But he was stunned at her words. And he had been thinking them himself. Motoki and Reika thought they were Soulmates, but Usagi was right, did they even know what that meant?

"Huh?" the blonde glanced up at him, blinking at the intent expression on his face. "Oh...nothing." Usagi finished awkwardly, blushing.

"Hmm." Mamoru sat back with a thoughtful expression. Usagi thought differently from the way everyone else did, which was blatantly apparent now. She thought like him. And that was scary.

"Never have I..." Rei began, pursing her lips. "Abandoned someone in need."

No one drank and they all smiled at each other. It was good to know that!

Rei smiled rather evilly, knowing it was her turn now. "Never have I...french kissed someone!"

Usagi choked.

Reika looked rather guilty and took a sip, avoiding Motoki's shocked gaze.

"Reika!" Motoki almost howled at her. "You were at me for playing 'Spin The Bottle', but you've frenched someone!"

"I was young." she explained, blushing slightly. Then her chin rose. "So there!"

"No explanations, remember, Motoki." Mamoru said slyly.

If looks could kill, Mamoru would be a pile of ashes right now.

"Right." Motoki grumbled, expression moody.

Makoto snickered, then took a swig.

Usagi and the other girls gaped at her. "Makoto!" They all yelled.

"What?" The Senshi of Jupiter demanded, eyebrows lowering ominously. "You think I've had all those boyfriends and never stuck my tongue down their throats?"

Mamoru snorted in amusement. "Delicately put." he said devilishly.

Makoto just grinned at him.

"My go." Reika murmured, smiling at the brunette. She was beginning to like Makoto even more every moment! She reminded her of herself when she was younger.

"So-we're getting naughtier are we?" she said, an evil smile like Makoto's spreading over her face. "Never have I...had a big secret that I could never tell another soul about." Lets see all the skeletons you have!

Mamoru and the girls immediately took huge gulps of their drink. Motoki and Reika gaped in surprise.

"Oooh, I'm feeling really weird." Usagi groaned, light-headed. She felt sort of fuzzy and nice.

"Me too." Ami and Rei said, grinning like fools.

"Eh." Makoto said indifferently. She'd been drunk before. This light buzz was nothing.

"You're tipsy." Motoki informed them. Then his eyes narrowed. "You four and Mamoru have huge secrets you can never tell another soul about?" he demanded in disbelief. "All of you?"

"Uh huh." The girls said together.

"Yep." Mamoru muttered, running a distracted hand through his dark hair. He noticed Usagi staring at her feet and gave her a disbelieving look. "You've got a huge secret, Odango? I find that hard to believe."

"Why?" she snapped, irritated. "I can keep a secret."

Mamoru chuckled. "I doubt that very much."

Usagi's face went red in anger and her hand clenched about her glass tightly. That jerk! How dare he say she was lying? "I do know a big secret! The biggest in the world."

"Usagi!" Rei, Ami and Makoto shouted in shock, all leaning over to clap their hands over her mouth.

"The biggest in the world?" Mamoru scoffed, throwing her a cynical look. "Yeah right." he looked down at his drink. "Now, I know the biggest secret in the world." he muttered to himself.

"Mmmp! Yeah right." Usagi threw his words back in his face, glaring at him from behind three pairs of hands.

"Usagi!" Makoto hissed at her. "Shut up!"

Reika and Motoki looked from girl to girl and then his best friend, eyebrows raised. "You four seem to know Usagi's secret." he commented.

They stared back at him with wide eyes.

"Mmm, they do." Reika agreed. She transferred her eyes to Mamoru. "And what's your big secret, Mamoru? You think you know the biggest secret in the world?"

"Ha!" Usagi shouted, throwing all the hands off her mouth and glaring at her friends. "I wasn't going to tell them!" she said angrily, crossing her arms.

The girls reluctantly returned to their places in the circle, but were ready to muffle their Leader again at a moment's notice.

"Tell 'them'?" Motoki and Reika chorused, eyes afire with curiosity.

Usagi's eyes boggled in shock when she realized what she'd said. "Ehehe." she said sheepishly when three pairs of eyes glared at her accusingly.

'Damn!' The three girls were thinking at the same time. 'Usagi's mouth is faster than a speeding bullet sometimes-and just as deadly! Why doesn't she just tell everyone that we're Senshi and get it over with!'

"So you four share this secret?" Motoki said curiously.

The girls stared at him, mouths gaping and uncertain what to do. Reika's question had potentially endangered all the Senshi. If they found out...

"No!" They all said swiftly.

"I think that's a yes." Mamoru said dryly.

"What's your big secret!" Usagi demanded, rounding on him.

"I don't have to explain myself to you." he retorted angrily, eyes flashing.

"Well, neither do I." she shot back just as angrily.

"I don't know-I'm really curious to know all your secrets," Motoki broke in. He glared accusingly at Mamoru. "I thought we didn't keep secrets from each other."

Mamoru looked embarrassed, then wary. "Sorry Motoki...this secret is...dangerous." he said finally. Sadly.

"Dangerous?" Rei repeated.

"Yeah?" Makoto breathed, curious. "What makes you say that?"

"It just...is." Mamoru said with difficulty, heart beating faster. They couldn't find out he was Tuxedo Kamen! The Dark Kingdom might find out and kill them.

"Lets just skip the question." Ami suggested tentatively. "Motoki, it's your go again."

"Okay, I'll drop it for now." Motoki said reluctantly, throwing Mamoru a last glare. "But I'm still angry at you for keeping things from me!"

"Sorry." Mamoru shook his head, smiling slightly. This was one thing he could never tell.

"Hmmp!" Motoki narrowed his eyes at everyone, then smiled slyly. "Never have I...been involved in a fight."

"Hey." Makoto growled.

"I mean just generally." Motoki said hastily, having forgotten that Makoto had been in fights in the past.

"Okay then." Makoto said forgivingly, taking a huge swig.

Once again, Mamoru and the girls all took deep swallows, while Motoki and Reika stared.

"Odango, you've been in a fight?" Mamoru exclaimed, having noticed her taking a drink from the corner of his eyes.

"Sure." Usagi said absently, wondering the same thing he was. "You too?"

"Yeah." Mamoru's expression darkened.

Motoki and Reika had a hurried conversation between themselves, under their breath, eyes going from Mamoru to the girls.

"So umm...let me see if I get this straight." Motoki said finally, raising his voice. "All five of you have a huge secret, have been in fights and have saved lives?"

The girls all grew pale and Mamoru looked uneasy.

"Yeah." They all said reluctantly.

"You know what you sound like?" Reika said slowly, eyes searching.

"No?" Usagi said hesitantly, fiddling with her glass.

"Police!" Motoki gushed out. "Serve and protect and all that!"

The girls all fell over and Mamoru slapped a hand to his forehead.

"No, you idiot!" Reika exploded, slapping the back of her boyfriend's head in exasperation. "They sound like the Sailor Senshi!"

'Oh shit!'

'Oh hell!'

'Oh my god!'

'We are so dead!'

Each of the girls thought silently, eyes wide and stunned.

"Huh?" Mamoru blurted out, gaping at Reika. 'The Sailor Senshi!' His eyes narrowed then in displeasure. "Are you trying to tell me I'm a Senshi!"

"No you idiot!" Reika almost screamed at him, ready to throttle the two stupid males amongst them. "You sound like Tuxedo Kamen."

"Tuxedo Kamen!" The girls yelped, all eyes turning his way.

"Him?" Usagi yelled, eyes wild. "There's no way he's Tuxedo Kamen!"

"And there's no way that ditz is a Senshi!" Mamoru bellowed back, pointing at the blonde.

"He's a creep."

"She's a klutz."

"He's a moron."

"She's lazy as hell."

"He's a stuck-up pig!"

"She eats too much!"

"He's self-centered and an ego-maniac."

"There's no way!" They both finished together, waving their arms in each other's direction.

"Do we look like Senshi to you?" Rei said dryly, eyes trying to hide the truth. 'How the hell did this game get so out of hand?'

"Methinks they doth protest too much." Reika said just as dryly, crossing her arms.

"Uh huh." Motoki said, rather stunned. He kept looking from girl to girl and then to Mamoru, mouth working but no words coming out. Reika had been joking, he was sure, but the over-reactions from the five had made them both wonder. Really wonder.

"Okay, let's test this theory." Reika said, biting her lip. "Motoki and I ask you three questions each within the game rules and you have to tell the truth"

'Oh hell!' Mamoru and the girls all thought, really nervous.

"I thought we didn't have to explain anything." Rei bit out.

"It's the only way to disprove this." Motoki said reasonably.

The girls all looked at Usagi for guidance in an unconscious way.

Motoki and Reika waited, not noticing.

Mamoru did. 'Why are they looking at Odango for the okay?'

"Sure." Usagi said finally, shifting nervously from foot to foot as she knelt on them.

The girls all gasped.

"But-" Usagi went on in an authoritative tone that made Mamoru's eyes widen in startlement. "If you fail to find out your suspicions, you never bring this up again. And you can't directly ask a question. Make it a general question that you can answer also. Don't ask straight out."

"Good girl." Ami whispered.

Rei and Makoto threw Usagi rather proud looks. All three had recognized Sailor Moon's 'Leader' voice when she spoke. Thank god Usagi wasn't too tipsy to realize the danger they were in!

"Agreed." Mamoru said in a deeper tone, unconsciously sounding like Tuxedo Kamen.

He never saw Usagi's startled look.

"Okay then...so Motoki and I think you're the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen. Now's your chance to prove us wrong," Reika grinned at them. "Not that I think you are, but this will be a big laugh, right?"

"Right." The girls and Mamoru said rather weakly, smiles sickly.

"Me first," Reika murmured thoughtfully, a finger on her chin. "Okay-never have I...seen a monster."

Mamoru and the girls reluctantly raised their glasses to their mouths, throwing each other stunned looks. This was bad!

"Okay, me now," Motoki said, surprise in his eyes. Okay, so Juuban got attacked a lot...so maybe all five could have seen a monster at some time or another. "Never have I...been in danger of my life."

Once again, Mamoru and the girls drank.

"Never have I...said the names of the planets on a regular basis." Reika murmured, watching them all carefully.

'Oh no.'

Mamoru stared as the girls all drank, Usagi looking remarkably pale. He drank then and looked at Motoki warily.

"We do have Astrology and Astonomy at School." Ami said calmly. "It's our Science class this semester, actually. And I'm sure Mamoru has something similar."

Reika made a face and Mamoru and the other girls looked very relieved.

"Right!"

"True."

"Of course we do!"

"It's mandatory."

"Okay." Motoki thought hard about the next question. He had two left and Reika one. This was getting interesting! Could Mamoru and the girls possibly be who he and Reika thought? The though was mind-boggling! And of course, he and Reika were at a disadvantage. They only knew as much as the TV and papers had told them of the Senshi...

"Never have I...hmm...gone around in a mini-skirt."

The four Senshi cracked up.

"Motoki you idiot!" Reika groaned and slapped her forehead.

"What? What?" Motoki said, confused. "The Senshi wear mini-skirts!"

"So do all girls at some stage!" she yelled at him.

"And Tuxedo Kamen doesn't wear one." Usagi giggled. Her hero was much too handsome and dashing to be seen dead in a skirt!

Mamoru grinned. Darn right he didn't! He wore a stylish tuxedo and looked quite dashing!

Rei and Makoto dissolved into giggles also as they pictured Tuxedo Kamen in a mini-skirt.

"Crap," Motoki said, crestfallen. He'd been sure that was a give-away! "Damn, I should have said tiaras."

The girls' smiles were wiped of their faces in seconds and they looked at Reika in apprehension. No normal girl wore a tiara! It would be a dead-give away.

Reika thought for a long moment. Hmm, it was tough to think of something. She'd only read what was in the paper. "Never have I...risked my life to save another."

The girls and Mamoru drank quickly and he exchanged a look with an equally startled Usagi.

'Is she hiding something?'

'Is he hiding something?'

They looked at each other searchingly.

"No kidding." Motoki said, gaping at them again. They'd all saved a life too? Okay, now he was starting to doubt his sanity.

He looked at Reika, but she shook her head. It was still inconclusive evidence. They'd have to come up with something absolutely conclusive to prove that their friends were the legendary Senshi...as unbelievable as it seemed.

Whew. Rei groaned in relief. And here she'd thought Reika was going to drop a bomb on them! Heaps of people could say they've risked their life for another. It was certainly a generalized question, as promised.

"Last one, Motoki," Reika muttered to him under her breath. "Make it a good one!"

'A good one. A good one. Hmm.' Motoki stared hard at his shoe, thinking. 'Reika will kill me if I mention something like mini-skirts again!' And then it suddenly came to him. "Of course! Never have I...used supernatural powers."

To Be Continued...

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