Chapter 3:
"Sailor Moon? Sailor Moon, wake up! Come on, you have to wake up," Tuxedo Kamen said to the girl in his arms, shaking her slightly as he peered into her face. Usagi and Mamoru moved closer to the pair, along with the Sailor Senshi, but all the masked man was concentrating on was the girl in his arms. The Senshi were becoming a little nervous about the fact that a man, who had never proven his loyalty, was holding their leader in such an intimate way.
"What do you think you're doing?" Sailor Jupiter challenged Tuxedo Kamen, flanked by the three other Sailor Senshi, "Give her to us." Usagi and Mamoru watched curiously as the masked man seemed to ignore the girls in extraordinarily short skirts.
"Sailor Moon, seriously this is no time for jokes, you have to wake up!" Tuxedo Kamen's voice had a faintly desperate tone to it, his eyes darting from her body to her eyes to her lips to her chest, trying to ascertain that she was indeed alive.
Usagi and Mamoru watched as the Sailor Senshi with the blue skirt, Mercury, moved to keep the other three girls from rushing forward and pulling the masked man off their leader.
At that moment, Tuxedo Kamen, other Mamoru, seemed to realise his audience, and looked up at the girls weakly, "She has to wake up, Mercury is there anything you can do?"
"I'll check her vital signs, see if there's any internal damage, but if there is I'm not sure what we'll be able to do…" the blue haired soldier looked to her friends, pulling them close to her so that she could tell them something privately, "He can't find out her real identity, but I'm afraid he'll be the only one who can help…" the girls nodded sadly, and pulled back slightly, moving to make sure that there were no other people nearby.
Mercury pulled out a small blue compact computer, and began typing away, looking up at her unconscious blonde friend every so often, her facial expression becoming more and more worried. "If she doesn't wake up soon…" she began, watching as their sometimes enemy looked up at her with a stricken expression.
"Mercury…" he pleaded, "There has to be something we can do! She… if I had been there a minute sooner this never would have happened…"
"Just…" Mercury stopped, swallowing hard, "Just try to wake her up, please."
Usagi grabbed Mamoru's hand and clenched it tightly, watching anxiously as Tuxedo Kamen shook her alter-ego, then cradled her against his chest, pushing her hair off her face and planting soft kisses on her forehead. Tuxedo Kamen whispered in Sailor Moon's ear, hesitating before pressing his lips against hers, obviously believing he had failed in protecting her, in waking her up, in saving her.
"Please, Sailor Moon, you have to wake up. I know who you are, I think I've known for a long time now, and if I have to go without you, I don't know what I'll do, who I'll become. So, please, for me, for us both, wake up. I can't handle thinking that I've failed you… just… please…" Tuxedo Kamen whispered to Sailor Moon, his dark hair covering his eyes as he spoke, one hand around her waist, cradling her, the other supporting her head against his chest.
They sat there like that for more than a minute, watched by the four Sailor Senshi and the hidden Usagi and Mamoru, each of them becoming more worried by the moment. Usagi even began crying slightly, hiding in Mamoru's side, his arm around her waist, comforting her.
Mamoru bent his head down til he could whisper in her ear, like his alter ego had down minutes before, "Usagi, it's okay. It has to be, we saw the King and Queen in the future remember? Everything will turn out fine." Usagi nodded but made no move to pull herself away from her comforting position at his side.
Mercury was watching Sailor Moon anxiously for any sign of movement, while Mars clenched her hands together tightly, as though she would be able relieve the tension and fear she felt; Jupiter had turned her back on her friend, and was sobbing silently, already given up. Venus watched with a hopeful look on her face, hands playing nervously with her long hair, scarcely breathing or moving.
There was a groan, and each of the Senshi looked to each other to see who had emitted it, even Tuxedo Kamen looked to the girls, before looking down at the blonde in his arms. She had not moved, and Usagi could see him slump back into despondency; there was another groan, and Sailor Moon's eyes fluttered slightly. This time Tuxedo Kamen noticed, and looked up at the grieving girls with excitement in his eyes, then looked quickly back down at Sailor Moon.
"Sailor Moon, Usagi, are you waking up? Are you okay? Come on Usako, you have to wake up." He was desperate now, since he had seen her move, as if she was so close to being conscious that any speech would wake her up.
"No. Hurts too much." Sailor Moon moaned, her eyes staying firmly shut, and Tuxedo Kamen pulled her closer to him.
"Just open your eyes, and I'll know you're going to be okay, I have to know you're going to be alright."
Sailor Moon sighed slightly, but her eyes flickered open, looking at her saviour with faintly angry eyes, "Happy now?"
"You have no idea." He grinned at her, and then looked up again at her Senshi, who were celebrating, grinning at each other and hugging happily, before moving towards their leader.
Mercury had her computer out again, and was smiling faintly as she typed, "I was right!" she exalted as she closed it and put it back in her sub-space pocket, "She's going to be fine, a little sore for a few days, but just fine."
"Ames, you're always right, we never doubted you. You said she'd be fine if she woke up, and we believed you." Venus said to her blue haired friend, moving with the girls to circle Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon looked up at her friends from her position in Tuxedo Kamen's lap, and smiled softly at them, "I'm fine, you guys. But I think we have a problem, I can't exactly go home. Mama and Papa will worry when I wake up tomorrow morning and can barely walk."
Venus, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter looked at each other worriedly, with Mars speaking first, "I'm so sorry Usagi, Yuuichiro has a friend staying with us tonight, someone from that so-called band he's trying to start. I think I'll have to kill them if either of them start singing; but he's taking up the spare room."
The other three gave similar excuses, Ami's mother didn't allow visitors, Mako's apartment was still unpacked (even after three months of living there) and her spare bed was somewhere in the garage probably inhabited by rats (which put Usagi off completely), and Mina's house didn't have a spare room or bed.
Sailor Moon looked thoughtfully at her surroundings, and settled on Tuxedo Kamen's face, "I know. Rei, can you call my parents and tell them I'm staying with you? That I have enough clothing and we're studying in a group for that maths test next week?"
Rei nodded and Usagi continued, "And I'll stay with Mamoru, if that's alright with him?"
Tuxedo Kamen looked at her with a shocked look on his face, "You know who I am?"
"What, did you think I was completely dense? I'm not an idiot, Mamoru! Can I stay with you or not?" Usagi looked outraged, but made no move to shift out of his lap.
He smiled at her, "Of course you can stay with me, just make sure your father won't be coming after me with that infamous gun of his."
"Good, then it's settled. Let's call Mama now, and then Mamoru can carry me home, I don't think I can walk just yet," she grimaced as she tried to move one leg so she could stand up, and decided against any further movement.
Usagi and Mamoru smiled at each other as they watched their alter-ego's, until Usagi laughed slightly, "I can see why the girls get so sick of watching us sometimes, we're just too adorable." Mamoru laughed with her, resting his head atop hers, "But it's just so much fun," he protested.
The Senshi took care of the situation with Moon's parents, and then dispersed, leaving their leader in the care of Tuxedo Kamen, who stood and adjusted Sailor Moon so that he would not drop her. Usagi and Mamoru watched as he ran and leapt atop the closest building, seeing their forms slowly disappearing into the dark as they ran towards Mamoru's apartment. They then found themselves in the apartment's bedroom, watching as Tuxedo Kamen de-transformed back into Mamoru and placed Sailor Moon gently on his bed, settling her into place. She too de-transformed and lay against the cushions, getting comfortable.
They watched as Mamoru moved to leave and Usagi reached a hand up to stop him, "Please, don't leave." Mamoru smiled gently at her, and walked back towards the bed, lying down next to her and adjusting her so that her head was against his chest, wrapped his arms around her waist. "Thank you," Usagi whispered and settled herself into the crook of his arms, "Thank you so much for saving me," her eyes fluttered shut, "I love you."
Mamoru placed a kiss on her forehead, "I love you too."
Hey everyone!
Long time no see (and I know, its completely my fault - please, feel free to blame me entirely - it certainly isn't your fault!), things have been unbelievably hectic lately, so I'm sorry this hasn't been updated in what... a year now? I'm so ridiculously sorry in fact, because I left this at an awfully cliff-hangery moment. So I hope you've stayed with me and can actually remember what happens in this story.
I'll be glad to get any reviews considering that laughs
So yes, sorry again, and I hope that I'll be updating soon (though I wouldn't count on it too badly - its my final 6 months of school and my trial HSC is coming up :S) But after all that hectic-ness goes away, I promise I'll finish each and ALL of my stories, most likely this will be completed, along with the sequel to To Save Her, definitely Inversion will be finished, and feel free to ask me to finish (or write more) of any of my other stories :)
Thank you so much for staying with me,
xx Usa