Lost and Found
By Lady Sylver
It has been a while since I have started and actually finished a story. I may be a little rusty at it, but I hope that everyone enjoys this story.
Please let me know what you think.
Remember, I don't own Sailor Moon.
Lady Sylver
Chapter 1
Mamoru stops on the bridge during his morning jog. He knows there is the possibility that he will see Usagi, but hopes that he will not. Part of him wants to see her and hold her in his arms like he use to, but there is the other part that does not want to for fear of the dreams that he has started having coming true. He would much rather live without being able to hold her and love her then to never be able to see her at all.
"The dreams. Why can't they just go away? Why does it always have to be dreams?" He thinks to himself. "Usako," he whispers. I don't want them to hurt you."
"Mamo-chan!" He hears Usagi's familiar voice call down the road to him.
Mamoru's heart breaks at the sound of her voice. He glances at her without moving his head. He sighs as he sees her racing toward him. All he wants to do is turn and let her run into his arms and to hold her. He wants nothing more then to protect her from the world, but in order to protect her he must hurt her.
He fights with himself about turning toward her and saying forget the dreams, but the memory of those dreams coming rushing back to him. He turns, pretending that he did not hear her and jogs away. "Sorry, Usako." He whispers as he disappears down the sidewalk.
Usagi watches as Mamoru jogs away. Her heart breaks even more as she slows her pace. She doesn't know why he is doing this to her again.
"Why won't you talk to me, Mamo-chan?" She asks herself.
She walks to the spot on the bridge where she had seen him standing. She leans against the rail and stares into the water below. She can still feel the warmth on the sides of the bridge from him leaning there.
As she stands there watching the water, tears begin to fall down her cheeks. She had hoped that he would have kept his promise to her and not have left her again, but it seems that it was too much to have hoped for. He was leaving her again without an explanation.
She feels a hand come to rest on her shoulder. She doesn't want to look at who it is. She does not want their pity. She does not want them to see her crying, but her tears begin to fall harder.
"Come, Usa." The arm moves around her shoulder and pulls her close.
"Raye." Usagi whispers. "He broke his promise." She whispers in a strained voice as she tries not to sob.
"Come, Usa." Raye turns and leads Usagi toward the temple. "We will talk about this at the temple and after you calm down."
A grim look appears on Raye's face. Something has been bothering her for the last few months. She has tried to meditate before the fire, but nothing has come to her.
When she tries to meditate on Usagi or Mamoru, a dark cloud surrounds them both. At first, this did not worry her. Then as Mamoru began to distance himself from them and Usagi, she became more concerned.
She and the Senshi had decided to keep an eye on Usagi while this was happening. They all remember what Usagi was like when he broke up with her before. When they got back together, he had promised that he would never leave her again. They all were waiting for her collapse. They knew that she would be devastated.
Raye tries to quiet and comfort Usagi on the way to the temple, but it is an almost hopeless task. Raye had been keeping a closer eye on her then the others. Raye was the one who saw the dark clouds. The others thought it was a passing thing, so Raye kept watch. She waited for this break down to happen. She had expected this to happen much sooner then it did. Slowly, she helps the mournful Usagi up the stairs to the temple.
As Raye gets Usagi into her room, Usagi totally breaks down. Tears begin to flow harder. The months of trying to be brave catch up to her and she clings to Raye her only support in the sea of despair. "Why did he lie to me, Raye? Why doesn't he love me like he promised he would?"
"Usa." Raye whispers as she tries to help Usagi over to the bed. "Usa, it will be okay." She says as she gets her to lie down. She sits down next to Usagi, and strokes her long hair. "You didn't even do your hair this morning before you went running after him."
"He doesn't love me and I will never have Usa. I will lose them both." Usagi sobs as exhaustion begins to overcome her.
Raye's heart breaks for her friend. "Oh, Usa." She whispers as she sits by her friend and comforts her.
After a while, the sobs and the tears taper off and Usagi falls asleep. Raye waits for a while after this to make sure that she stays asleep. When she is sure, she pulls the cover up around her and walks from the room.