CHAPTER FIVE

I'm sorry for the long wait (about two weeks) but I just got a bit lost. It's the breaks and everything so expect me to update less...

I tried to write this in the present tense. It might not flow well for some of you, but I tried my best to make it fluent so I hope it's okay.


The walk to Mamoru's house is quiet and a little bit nerve-wracking for both of them.

Quiet, because they don't have anything worth talking about.

Nerve-wracking because they are afraid what will happen to them during Usage's stay in Mamoru's apartment. They both don't know what to expect from the visit.

However, the pressure is more on Mamoru's shoulders than Usagi's, since it is his apartment that they are heading towards and not hers. He doesn't know if Usagi will like his apartment or not.

Although they are not a couple, Mamoru desperately wishes that Usagi will find it likable. If she doesn't find it...her type, he fears that his entire world will shatter.

And he had have enough earth-shattering things that happened to him in his life time, thank you very much.


Usagi takes a peek at Mamoru and frowns. He seems to be having a debate with himself because his expressions keeps shifting from one to another. She looks down at the floor, then at her shoes. They were minuscular compared to Mamoru's. It is a little bit scary; even though she knows that it is because of his height.

His height…

How tall is Mamoru?

Curiosity churns inside her, and her attempt to calm it down only helps her release a strangled laugh from her mouth.

In an attempt to avoid further embarrassment, she quickly ducks her head down to her shoes (again)and stops walking. She shuffles her feet and holds her hands in front of her, twisting it (a nervous habit that never went away.) She silently prays that he will not notice that she has stopped because she needs time to think about this. She isn't sure if Mamoru likes her or not. And though the incident earlier proved that he did have feelings for her, the way he closed off his demeanor makes her doubt that he even cares.

But… he is taking her to his apartment…so that should mean something..right? He did care for her…a little bit at least.

She looks up and sees that Mamoru has walked off. Usagi starts to panic. Where did he go?

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Damn. That. Communicator.

She flips it open with a heavy feeling in her gut. "This is Usagi. Youma attack?"

Ami's grim expression confirms her suspicions and she informs her, "It's near the rose gardens. The one you usually go to. Be there quick. It seems like the Youma this time isn't going to be so easy to beat."

The screen flashes and Ami's face disappears, leaving the face of the communicator black. Usagi sighs and walks to a nearby park, deciding that Mamoru could come later.

"Moon Crystal Power!" She whispers out.

Red ribbons burst out from the brooch and wraps themselves around her body. But, instead of ending with the usual uniform of Sailor Moon, The ribbons forms into a dress.

A…White Dress. To be exact.

Usagi stands inside the building and curses. This isn't her usual outfit. It was Princess Serenity's. It was the white dress that she had worn in the Silver Millennium. The same one she had worn at her last ball.

The dress clings to her upper body and highlights her curves. It puffs out from the bottom and flows gently as the wind blew. Usagi sighs and looks up to the Moon; its warm glow bathing her in a silver light. Standing there, gazing longingly at the Moon gave bystanders an impression of a beautiful goddess that watched over them. Those goddesses that always looked over them, and protected them.

But all of that is broken when she sees a ghostly mirror appear on her left side.

Her blood grows cold and her head starts to pound.

Broken Mirror. Shards of it on the floor. 7 years of bad luck. Mamoru. Senshi. Dress. Youma. Tuxedo-Kamen. Evil laugh.

All of these nightmares swirls inside Usagi's head and she stumbles back a few steps, crashing into a tree trunk

"What do I do now? I can't go to and fight like this! The enemy…will know that I'm Serenity. God I hate how I broke that mirror! WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME!" Usagi screams, shushing when she sees authorities walking her way.

"Shoot. Looks like I've got to run." And with that thought, Usagi runs off, her white dress flowing gently with the wind; her elegant bow that tied the loose ends together at the waist twisting and bending as the wind flew across it.


It is when Usagi's footsteps are no longer heard behind him that makes Mamoru realize that she wasn't trailing behind him anymore. He whips his head back and his fear of losing Usagi is confirmed when he sees no odangos.

"Shimatta what have I done? When did I become so entangled in my thoughts that I would forget someone so important? Stupid Mamoru baka." Mamoru lectures himself for not being caring and looking after the bunny.

"I've got to find her. With her natural beauty, she's bound to attract attention. I've got to protect her…" With that thought, he runs off, unknowingly following the link that held him and Usagi together as a whole.


"Mercury! Can you do a scan of this monster again? Find it's weak chink that we can fire our attacks at!" Mars shouts at her.

Mercury types away furiously away at the keyboard and awaits for the weak spot with a heavy heart. Somehow, she knew that this monster wouldn't have an obvious weak spot. She somehow knew that it could only be defeated by multiple shots from the Moon Scepter that Usagi possessed. A "No weak spot found" on the screen confirmed it.

"There's no weak spot Mars. I think that it can only be defeated by Sailor Moon's scepter. Until she comes however, we have to keep weakening it with our powers." Sailor Mercury informs Sailor Mars.

"Well, it seems like we will have to fight it for another twenty minutes seeing how she didn't show up yet for the past twenty minutes." Mars mutters under her breath.

Sailor Mars isn't mad at Sailor Moon. Well, she is. But it's because she actually cares a lot about Usagi. She didn't want her getting hurt. She only hid it with derogatory remarks about her because she wanted Usagi to know that her friends are being put to danger because of her lateness for every battle.

"Mars Fire Ignite!" Mars yells out as the monster shot a iron nail towards her. The fire melts the nail into a liquid iron.

"Shabon Spray!" Mercury hollers. Her attack successfully slows down the nail flying towards the other sensei and she sighs a breath of relief.

"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Jupiter's attack sends the attack at the youma's chest, only managing to make it stumble a few feet before it shoots new nails at the senshi.

"We can't defeat this thing without Sailor Moon!" Jupiter says with distraught.

"I know. But we have to keep going. Venus Love-Me CHAIN!" Sailor Venus tells her. "we have to keep faith in Sailor Moon. She's probably being held back because something serious happened."

"Isn't there a curse? The curse that she mentioned?" Mars asks before screeching at a nail coming her way. She ducks and continues, "The curse of breaking a mirror because of her bunny, Maron?"

"Yes, she did mention the curse. But how do we know that it is true? Can we really take this curse personally and take it seriously?" Mercury fathoms.

"Guys, watch out! Supreme THUNDER!"

"Whatever guys, focus! We need to continue weakening this youma. Here ugly! VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"

Jupiter spits out the question that everyone has been thinking in their heads since thinking about Usagi, "Where is Sailor Moon when you need her?" She shakes her head dejectedly


"AHHH Kami-sama! I'm not a criminal! Lemme go!" Usagi struggles against the handcuffs that the policeman has put around her delicate wrists. They cut deep into her, making her scream out in agony. Warm blood makes its ways to her elbows and Usagi starts to sob. She shouldn't have broken that mirror. That mirror made everything happen. She was so doomed if this luck made the police want to execute her by putting a bullet through her chest or head. She was utterly terrified.

Usagi feels a cold object press against her back and she shivers. She risks a look behind her and sees a gun pointed to her back. Her whole body stiffens and her heart starts to thump. She swore that the officers could hear her heart thump, too, for they were laughing at her. Like she was a small bunny that was trapped in the corner.

Well, she had to fight back. She couldn't sob all day.

She waits for the right timing.

The police that is pointing the gun to her back has to be knocked cold first. He is the main threat to her for now.

Then she would have to run as fast as she could for assistance. She needed someone to protect her. Her wrists were handcuffed. That was an impediment she had to overcome. She'll find a way to break those handcuffs. If she had to smash her delicate wrists against the rocks to break it, she would do it.

Usagi shakes her head. The curse was getting to her. It was clouding her positive thoughts; her optimistic thinking. She had to prevent it from getting to her.

She had to.

Usagi continues to walk ahead of her and notices something strange.

All of her officers had this…faraway look in their eyes. As if…they were being controlled.

Controlled.

Her mind connects it to the Megaverse and she cringes. How have she been so…unobservant? She has been clouded by the worries of her mind that she have failed to make the connection.

Well, now she new why they were taking her with a fierce grip. She knew why she was handcuffed. And,

she knew where she was heading towards.


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