Title: Touch me There

Rating: Um.. looks like it's rated M now… hm… Mature audiences only? Nah… Not mature… just good readers only since I'm such a complicated writer! Warning though… this chapter will earn it's M rating now see that it is M and not NC 17 so don't be freaks and yell at me if it's not graphic! I'm not that kinda writer.

Genre: Humor/Romance/ DRAMA

Disclaimer: Usual stipulations apply. I am not the legal tender of Sailor Moon or it's affiliates yet do exercise the right to express my appreciation for the manga/anime through outrageous expressions of creative writing in any manor I thus chose as long as correct legal stipulations are performed as was thusly done above.

Author's Notes:

Well, the good news is that you've all calmed down a bit over the "who's the celebrity guest thing"… the bad news is because I smacked you with such emotional turmoil that you all most likely cried at the end of the last chapter like I did… Eh… it doesn't really get better. I'm trying to fix it! This chapter isn't funny but the next one will be because… it's three days before the competition and hopefully everyone remembers what happens three days before the competition!

Anyway, here is a super long chapter I hope you enjoy. I know I make Mamoru look horribly insane but if this was all happening to you and someone told you you had to love this person from the past that was sending your loved ones death threats… yeah… you'd snap and try and kill them too… oops… giving away too much.

Enjoy!

Oh one other thing… apparently somehow… I lost a day. So day 10 just vanished. Oh well. Onward!

Day 11

3:35 am

Mamoru-san's Apartment

He turned once more, his head pounding as if anticipating a ten pound ball to drop on it at any moment. His eyes clenched as his dreams over took him.

For once everything was clear. He stopped and felt at his chest. Solid. Ocean eyes glanced around his surroundings and he took a step forward and the sound of his shoe upon marble entered into his sphere of sound. His eyes glanced at the polished floor and moved upwards looking at his lavish surroundings. It was an outdoor white marble pavilion hidden by foliage. It's long interior was marked with nothing but columns and winding green vines that seemed to overtake it. Yet, why was it so polished and why did it gleam?

"Endymion." The whispered word carried like the wind and he spun looking for its source and immediately all of the air left his lungs. She was approaching with a hurried step but he could never mistake her… her eyes twinkled like glistening pools of blue diamonds, cobalt orbs that he had once made fill with tears from his teasing. His hand reached out for the first thing he could and fell upon a white column. Her frame rushed towards the middle of the pavilion, delicious curls of the purest white silk traveled down her perfect frame from two… odangos, the same odangos he had come to adore upon her. Quiet giggles left her frame as she suddenly rushed into the arms of a man in black. Mamoru straightened and the muscles in his back twitched.

"Oh my Darling Serenity… what are you doing here? I could never bear to see you get hurt… you must away." His soothing voice washed over the glowing girl yet she shook her head, her hands moving towards his shoulders as their eyes met.

"Forgive me of my treason my love… I had to be with you." Her voice was like music, she was refined, elegant perfect… though she looked exactly like his odango-attama their were stark differences. Was his mind playing tricks on him? Was this even real? Mamoru glanced away discreetly as he watched their lips touch and mesh together with incredible passion.

"Doste?" He asked into the air quietly as he glanced at the floor. He could feel their love from here. Something in his heart throbbed at seeing them. He took in a deep breath and glanced up yet the couple had vanished. Only she remained sitting on the floor and he took a step forward in alarm. Tears that shimmered like crystals were slipping down her pale cheeks and dropping to the floor.

"Please… let me be with him… Let me stand by his side and defend his planet… let me love him in such a way that he will always feel whole… please let me be with him." She was praying. Crying out more like it with sad bursts of tears. "I will do anything to linger in his presence, let me always be beside him….. Endymion!" Her voice rose in a cry at her last plea and her body heaved forward to cry upon the white marble.

Without thinking his feet traveled towards her and he slid onto the floor grasping hold of her delicate shoulders and pulling her up. Silken hair fell before her face and gently he removed it and his heart stopped.

"Why me? Why do you want me?" His words were quiet and strained and she looked at him with a dazed expression. Her image began to fade and panic rose into Mamoru's chest. "No! Answer me please! Why me? Was this all for this destiny… all for our love?" His voice became frantic and just as it had begun everything abruptly ended.

His eyes shot open and he sucked in a shattering breath. A thin layer of perspiration blanketed his forehead as he attempted to sit up. He fell back down and his eyes stared upwards towards the ceiling. He felt heartbroken as if a part of him had been ripped from his side.

Was that a vision or just a fabrication of his mind? It was so different than any other dream he had ever experienced yet this one felt the most real… he was really there. That place had really existed, he was sure of it. Yet, why was Usagi in it? It was different but it was her image none the less. He growled grabbing his head. Was his mind playing tricks on him or was he unconsciously revealing what his heart truly wanted? Did he love Usagi? Love her so much that he would drag her into his past and a future that was still so uncertain? Would he defy a Princess for her? Would he remove the so called Princess that haunted his existence to keep her forever? His eyes blinked open as questions rolled through his mind, none with clear answers. He needed to talk to someone… needed to figure out what he was supposed to do now.
Now that he knew… he had feelings for Usagi… and Sailor Moon was the Princess he had been searching for… she was alive, not a figment of his imagination and she would eventually come to claim him. Her prayer was desperate and a desperate woman would do much to keep the man they loved.

"Geez… Couldn't I have an easy life?" He growled into the open air before he collapsed back onto the pillow.

Day 11

8:20 am

Juuban High front entrance

Four days before the Competition on Friday.

She sighed and felt a smile light her features. Ami was proud of her. She was taking it all so well.

"Over here Usagi-chan!" Ami's voice called with a gentle wave as the blonde turned and she and her escort walked towards the petite frame of Mizuno, Ami. By escort she meant the tall brunet that was flanking her left side as the two approached. The three fell into step together and Ami's arm inserted into the crook of Usagi's as they walked.

"I think I finally figured it out." Usagi's voice was quiet yet surprisingly contemplative.

"Figured what out Usagi-chan?" Ami asked casually as they stepped into the building. Usagi turned and looked at her with the tired eyes of one whom had seen more tears than sleep the night before.

"He knew." The two words wafted out of Usagi's lips accompanied with a soft sigh. She turned than and walked into their waiting classroom.

Ami stood silent watching the blonde retreat into the mundane activities of junior high.

"Knew what?" Makoto asked into the air standing beside Ami and Ami felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up.
"We should tell her." Ami suddenly announced and Makoto looked at her with confusion. First Usagi was spouting nonsense and now Ami was losing her marbles… was Monday really going to be that bad of a day?"

"Tell her what?" Makoto asked gently and Ami nodded resolutely as if she had made a finite decision in her mind.

"Tell her about his dreams." Ami replied and took a step forward. Makoto's eyes widened and an incredulous breath escaped her lungs. Her hand reached out and yanked the petite girl backwards.

"Nani? Yes… let's tell our beloved Princess who is madly in love with her enemy that he has nightmares about her… that will solve everything." Makoto bit out into Ami's ear and Ami gulped slightly staring at the placid form of their princess. Usagi turned their way and looked at them curiously. "Smile at her." Makoto commanded and the corners' of Ami's lips turned upwards. "She's fishing for answers… he knows nothing. He has no clue that she is Sailor Moon or the Princess. He did none of this purposely to hurt her. They are both trapped in the worst week ever." Makoto whispered relinquishing her grip on Ami's shoulder. Ami stood tall and turned her head towards the cook. Absently Makoto dusted off Ami's shoulder as if she was trying to erase the fact that she had handled the girl so roughly a minute ago.

"What if he does know? Know everything… is that why he's always treated her that way?" Ami's voice was quiet and Makoto stared at her as that idea tossed about in her brain. She had always just thought that was they way they flirted. Like first graders who treat those they like as dirt. The bell rang and both silently made their way inside. What the hell really was going on?

Makoto stepped into the classroom and walked towards her seat when her eyes cemented upon Usagi's delicate form. Her eyes were staring off towards Naru's direction yet when Makoto glanced that way… nothing was there. She was thinking… no… plotting… Makoto sucked in a deep breath. Poor Usagi-chan… what could she be thinking? Quietly she pulled out her cell phone and began texting a message to Minako… She would want to know about this.

Day 11

10:02 PM

Hikawa Shrine

Violet eyes once again peeked upwards to spy the blonde that was stretching before her.

"It's been a long day." Minako sputtered out mid-yawn and than looked tiredly over to the priestess. "Why are you looking at me like that? If anything I should be looking at you… you've done nothing all day!" Minako complained and Rei's eyebrows rose in indignation.

"Nani? What the hell was I suppose to do? What did you do!" Rei yelled and Minako stood.

"I am keeping her far away from him… I know Usagi… she wants nothing more than to confront him, especially after what she told Ami and Makoto this morning."
"So, that is what you have been doing all day? Keeping a watch on her?" Rei asked, hand on her hip as she eyed the girl. Minako was starting to think stopping off to fill Rei in was a mistake.

"Of course. Don't you agree she will?" Minako asked and Rei looked away for a moment and than nodded.

"Of course…. Anyone who knows Usagi knows she will. But we can't make her a prisoner." Rei spat and Minako rolled her eyes as she walked towards the door.

"Of course we're not! We're just with her 24/7. Ami is sleeping at her house tonight and…" The chime on the temple door's entrance chimed and Rei paused.

"Did you say Ami?" Rei asked interjecting through her leader's thought out plot and Minako looked towards the hallway with curiosity.

"I didn't know you expected visitors so late Rei-chan." Minako said contemplatively and than her eyes widened with horror as the figure walked through the door with a tired sigh.

"How the hell is Ami watching Usagi-chan when she's supposed to be tutoring me?" Rei asked, her decibel rising and Ami's eyes widened in shock as she caught Rei's words. She stared at the Miko and than turned to Minako whose face was quickly draining of color.

"You didn't!" Ami cried accusingly at Minako and Minako tried to recount her steps. She was hanging out with Usagi and went to her phone to call Ami when that cute guy walked by and… shit…

"You mean no one is with her right now?" Rei yelled and Minako let out an aggravated cry as she raced towards the door. Ami growled and followed after her, the miko as well in hot pursuit. They knew exactly where Usagi was going.

They rushed down the steps in the darkness knowing their way by heart when suddenly Rei stopped hearing a small cry of alarm. Minako halted and turned as they looked up towards the steps making out three figures, two sprawled on the steps and the third standing over them.

"Ami-chan?" Minako cried out and Ami let out a small whimper of pain as the figure on top of her attempted to pull her up.

"Where are you girls off to in such a rush?" The voice wafted over them and Rei stepped towards them, her eyes examining the two that stood, the taller one holding the surprised Ami in her arms.

"Haruka-san? Is that you? What are you doing here?" Rei asked skeptically and finally her eyes adjusted to the darkness. She made out the chin and the short blonde hair and than Michiru came into sight.

"We sent you an e-mail… Haruka has some publicity racing stunt this weekend." A musical voice said gently with a whim of annoyance.

"Michiru-san… you're back. It's wonderful to see you but we're in the middle of a crisis right now." Minako said suddenly as she reached forward and grasped onto Rei's hand. Ami gulped feeling Haruka's hands tighten around her.

"Um…" The usually quiet genius began and Michiru glanced at them curiously and gently tried to pry Haruka away from the aquatic Princess.

"What crisis?" Haruka asked and Minako shook her head.

"We'll explain on the way." Minako said quietly and tugged freeing Ami from Haruka's hold and they began down the steps once more. Haruka glanced at Michiru and than towards the three retreating senshi.

"Where is Usagi?" Their voices joined together in unison and then they took off after the three Senshi, their bags forgotten on the steps.

Day 11

10:06 pm.

Mamoru' s Apartment

Motoki sat placid as his best friend buried his head in his hands rubbing his fingers through the dark onyx locks before he lifted his face to spy Motoki's reaction.

They had spent the last hour recounting everything from the very beginning… from the time Motoki stumbled across him injured as Tuxedo Kamen and the beginning of his search for the Silver Crystal up until his haunting dreams. Motoki pressed his lips together. Mamoru was beyond the point of emotional break… he was heavily starting to fear he would snap. This had all gone way too far…. He had to tell him…. He had to know the truth about what was really going on around him. Who Usagi was… before he made a huge mistake. The way he talked he acted as if he had spent the whole day contemplating it as if he had been given a decision… love Usagi forever or re-embrace a past with a woman you've never met who was sort of obsessive about you. He had made his decision and it was not at all favorable for Sailor Moon. In fact it even sounded as if he had to get rid of one of them to secure his happiness with the other… this was not going well and Mamoru was under the firm belief that he had to free himself from having his own life as Chiba, Mamoru not ruled by someone else's past. This was all spinning into a mad circus. Finally he leaned forward determined to spill everything. Tis better to break a secret than to lose a friend's life from withholding it he always said.

"Mamoru… I think there is something I should tell you. I'm so sorry I should have told you sooner when I found out… but I was…" He began rambling and Mamoru glanced at him with curiosity. Motoki considered the fact that Mamoru would be pissed to discover that his new love Usagi was actually his old love from the past and whether he wanted to or not he was madly in love with her and he figured if it did snap the rest of Mamoru's sanity, at least he would be there to help put it back together. Wind rattled violently against the balcony doors and Mamoru stood suddenly causing Motoki to cut off his ramblings mid sentence. Motoki stood and stared at Mamoru than the direction he was gazing towards the balcony doors. They watched in silence as the door handle slowly lowered and Motoki's eyes widened.

"Stay back." Mamoru mumbled and the door slowly opened, wind whipping inside followed closely by the sound of boots. Heeled boots. Two inches if Motoki were to think about it. How those girls kicked ass in two inches he would… his mind stopped.
"Oh shit." He cried aloud as his hands rushed to his head and traveled frantically through his hair. "Mamoru! I have to tell you!" Motoki tried again rushing to his best friend's side and Mamoru held up a hand to silence him. She was shrouded with darkness but Motoki knew who was standing before them. It was Sailor Moon in all her ravishing glory, pigtales dancing and ribbons swaying in through the chilled breeze.

"Forgive me for cutting your time short Motoki-kun but I have to have a few private words with your friend." Motoki felt his heart chill. Was that Usagi-chan? Her voice sounded so cold… so… refined… Suddenly he felt fingers grasp onto his upper arm and lead him gently towards the door.

"This is unexpected. Perhaps destiny wants me to make desiscion as soon as possible… Motoki… I love Usagi… even though I shouldn't… but… she completes me in her own odd way, I don't want to lose that just because someone else had a previous claim." Mamoru's words were whispered into his ear and Motoki felt his heart go out to his friend. Mamoru and Usagi belonged together yet he needed to be told that Sailor Moon was Usagi! "I'll call you later and tell you everything. I promise I won't do anything rash… I just… I have to live my own life Motoki, I can't let her or anyone else choose it for me." Mamoru said quietly into his ear and Motoki began to panic.

"No! Mamoru you don't understand!" He cried but was shoved out of the door. With desperation Motoki banged on the door. "Mamoru! Don't hurt her! Please don't hurt her! Sailor Moon he doesn't know! He doesn't know!"

Mamoru sucked in a deep breath trying to drown out Motoki's cries. The figure in his living room stiffened hearing the man's incoherent cries behind the now closed door. He was going to hurt her? Sailor Moon's eyes widened… he doesn't know what? Slowly Mamoru turned away from the door and walked back towards the living room. He figured there was no point in his secret identity any longer… Venus knew why wouldn't Moon.

He felt trapped. For the first time in his life he felt trapped and his flesh wanted more than anything to escape. He felt his logical thinking fly out of the window as his first thought left his mouth.

"Come to claim your prize?"

Sailor Moon's eyes watched him carefully through her mask. He was moving stealthily around the room… had Mamoru ever walked like that before in front of her? Crap… she hadn't seen Tuxedo Kamen in over two years, she couldn't remember if he walked that menacingly. This was a dumb idea. Why was she…she gulped remembering her nerve as her heart reminded her why she had come here.

"Why did you do it?" Her voice was steady and she was surprised at that since her insides felt like jelly. Her eyes glanced around the naked room and gulped. They had made out there… there… over there on the couch…. Such memories…

"What? Not chose you?" He asked his eyebrows furrowing in wonder and Sailor Moon blinked taking a step back. "You break into my house… I feel like you should answer my questions first. Why did you do it?" She opened her mouth to yell at him. He knew darn good and well why she did! She had no choice… she had to go on that stupid game show and the girls advice was awful and… "Just because we were lovers once means nothing… Times change, people change… I may have the same spirit as Endymion with the same duty to this planet yet I am a different person and I'm not willing to give up my future choices for ones made by a past life." His words were strong and sharp, almost in a hiss as he neared towards her. Sailor Moon blinked. What… were they having the same conversation. Oh God… did he… know who she was.. well other than the pig-tailed girl he had been making out with lately?

"Um… This is not about destiny." Sailor Moon blurted out and suddenly he vanished into the shadows. She gasped and her eyes searched the darkness for him. It was the first time she had ever been with him where she didn't feel safe. In fact, she was terrified of what would happen next. When did the room become so dark? When he took Motoki out… he shut off all the lights… what a… She gulped as she felt something sharp press against the sensitive skin of her neck. Her eyes widened in horror as his arm wrapped around her shoulders pinning her to him.

"Don't lie to me! I know everything you've been doing… the dreams… the threats…" He hissed into her ear and Sailor Moon planted her feet upon the floor. Her mind was split. One was wondering what the hell he was talking about and was horrified that he had pulled a dagger to her throat… the other was thinking of a way out of it.

"What are you talking about?" She breathed out slowly feeling the blade come in contact with her skin and she whimpered.

"Serenity…" He whispered against her neck and she felt a shiver travel down her spine. He knew? He knew she was the Princess too? Her mind whirled and she felt as if all of her emotions were a tidal wave headed towards her head in a deathblow. Her hand reached up and grabbed onto his wrist trying to pull the dagger away from her throat.

"Endymion… please don't do this…" Her voice was frantic and he brought the dagger closer to her skin. Fear jumped through his heart. He had never really killed someone before… certainly never a woman… He gulped and held her tighter. It was as if the entire week finally came crashing upon him. He saw things clearly for the first time… holding Serenity in his arms as a living breathing person… all he wanted was… Usagi.

"I don't want this." He whispered out and Sailor Moon struggled against his arm completely focused on an emanate death. "I don't want to live a life already lived for me… I want to be with the one I, Mamoru Chiba fell in love with… not with the one Endymion chose before me." He said loudly and Sailor Moon gasped and finally pushed with all her might, sending her frame sliding to the floor. Her hand rushed to her neck. Blood. Panic rose in her chest and to her throat. A small cut but… he had cut her… Had he lost his mind? She just wanted to confront him about how he knew she was Sailor Moon and had been playing games with her with this whole Seduce This thing… yet he was spouting words about destiny and the past life! How did he know all of that? Had he always known that… and who the hell was he in love with if it wasn't her?
"What are you talking about?" Sailor Moon cried and he began to walk towards her. She felt sobs rise in her chest. She crawled towards the coach and away from him.

"I will never love you." He said quietly, without emotion as he stood over her shocked frame. "I have chosen another and none of your threats will keep me away from her. I love Tsukino, Usagi… and if you ever touch her, I'll kill you." He said quietly and Sailor Moon's jaw dropped. Her heart beat faster in her chest and tears jumped to her eyes. He loved her? Holy Shit! Didn't he know that she was Usagi? "All my life I've been haunted by you… your dreams… your figure… calling to me asking me for the silver crystal." He began and his voice began to choke, the dagger hung lifeless in his fingers. Sailor Moon's eyes rose to stare at him and her hand crossed her broach. Hello… why would she be asking him for it if she had it?

"You've had dreams about me?" Her voice was quiet… innocent. He shook his head and stumbled towards her.

"You've been sending them! Making me want to mold into this destiny… tied to this woman… tied to you but it won't work. You can't control people's lives Serenity no matter how badly you think you love someone!" He said sternly and Sailor Moon gasped as an image flashed before her eyes. It was Endymion… and he had just slapped her smack across the face sending her flying to the floor. "All this time you've vied for my affections… and the sad fact is you'll never have them. As someone I once admired you've only now made me hate who you are and if I had the power I'd send you back into space where you belonged… far away from me and my people."

The world stopped.

Usagi was Sailor Moon… It was who she was… her past, her present, her future. She was Serenity. Serenity was Usagi. She felt her breath echo in her ears as she looked up at him. His words hit her like bricks. He hated her… half of her… A tear slowly trickled down her cheek and she stared at the short fuku that adorned her legs. Her gloved hand ran over the fabric and she sucked in a shattering breath. He hated Sailor Moon… He hated Serenity and their destiny… their past… he was denouncing it like it never existed to be with her… Usagi. What the hell! How could life have become to complicated? So heartbreaking? Tears slid down her cheeks unabashed.

Wind whipped into the room and suddenly hands were upon her. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head as her mind gave up and let her slip into unconsciousness. A loud smack was heard in the room and than a body hit the floor as Sailor Moon's began to float. Her last coherent thought was… Mamoru loved her… yet if he knew the truth… he would hate her and every dream she'd ever had… would die. She was in love with Mamoru… and his past yet he said he would never love her like that.

Day 11

10:47pm

Tokyo Park

Her hand gently patted at the pale cheek of her leader. Blonde strands flowed around them as she leaned over her pajama clad frame.

"Usagi-chan… wake up Usagi-chan." Minako whispered quietly over and over gently tapping her Princess's face attempting to get a reaction.

"Her neck is cut." Haruka said, anger biting after every one of her words.

"He didn't mean it… he didn't know…" Rei tried as she leaned over the small form as her hand gently covered the tiny cut. "Usagi-chan… wake up…" Rei pleaded and Minako finally smacked her hard against the face. Usagi gasped and sat up interacting with Minako's now open arms and the blonde clutched to her holding her in her embrace.

"He wanted to kill me…" Usagi cried out into her shoulder and Minako nodded gently rubbing her back as Rei sat beside her wrapping an arm around her fragile frame.

"Why did he want to kill you?" Rei asked quietly into her ear and Usagi's eyes went lifeless as she stared at the white fabric of Minako's shoulder.

"He hates her… me…"

"Who?" Rei asked pulling her back to look at her. Rei's heart stopped. Usagi was deathly pale and full of pain. Minako clutched to her once more as Rei's hands wrapped around her arms.

"Serenity… he hates her. He hates me." Usagi whispered gently touching her chest and tears began to spill down her cheeks like a flowing river. "He would rather die than repeat the past…" She whimpered and Rei shook her head sadly looking at her. Michiru pressed her fingers against her lips as tears filled her eyes. "I haunt him… and he hates me for it." Usagi whispered quietly and Minako shook her head and let out a breath, tears coming to her eyes.

"He doesn't know… he doesn't understand!" Minako tried and suddenly they heard it. Sobs. Minako latched onto Usagi's frame once more and began to rock with her back and forth as the blonde cried with reckless abandon…

"Why…. Why do they always leave me?" Usagi cried and Michiru gripped onto her partner, tears streaming down her face as Haruka studied the scene before her. Minako gently stroked her Princess' head with remorse. "I love him… I love him…." Her broken voice cried over and over as her fingers clutched to the two women before her. "Please… let me be with him…" Her voice trailed off into a silent cry as a violent sob tore through her system. "Do not let him leave me…"

Minako let out a sob and clutched her Princess even tighter.

"I will always protect you Usagi… I will… Please let me take this pain from you…" Minako cried and Rei nodded bitterly as the three sobbed upon the grassy knoll.

Haruka's heart began to bleed. True loyalty… at that moment she would not doubt that Minako and Rei would both sacrifice themselves to spare their Princess one-ounce of pain. She would do it herself in a heartbeat. She felt her partner bury her face into her shoulder and her heart jerked violently. Her Princess had been denied… rejected… tossed aside… Usagi had been hurt.

"It will be ok Usagi… everything will be ok…" Rei's voice began to sooth silently and after a few more minutes the sobs subsided. "Everything will be ok… I promise… everything will work out perfectly in the end… we just have to give it time." Rei whispered and Usagi slowly lifted her head to stare into the Miko's eyes.

"He has to find out what he's missing… he's fighting destiny… he's confused… rebelling… nothing will keep you two apart Usagi… nothing." Minako smiled gently rubbing a few tears from her Princess' porcelain face. "Nothing. I mean he already loves you for you without the Princess… give him time, let it be explained to him. His love for you is real… I know it." Minako repeated once more and Usagi sucked in a deep settling breath. He did love Usagi… he loved who she was now and hated who she use to be… he loved… Usagi. Usagi's soft azure eyes glanced at the guardians around her and they started to move to take her home. Yet she wouldn't stay there… she would never be able to sleep after this… did he really love her? Would she be able to settle for him loving just a part of her… was she that desperate for his love? She shuddered fearing the answer she already knew and knowing what was going to happen next.

Day 12

1:12 am

Mamoru's Apartment

He was sitting on his kitchen table. He had never sat on his kitchen table before but he just happened to fall that way. The ice was giving him a headache but he had to make the swelling go down. At least that is what his med-school self was saying. The other part was wanting him to suffer and hoped that he fell asleep and never woke up. He had to admit… the outer blonde one had great strength. He knew she was an outer senshi cause that is what they had always been called in battles… though he hadn't seen that one in years. Yet his throbbing head wouldn't soon forget her or her fist.

He deserved it. He had lost his mind… temporarily he hoped and he actually contemplated killing Sailor Moon or at least deporting her off of his planet. A champion of Justice… a girl whose heart and body had been defending his world for years.

"Asshole." Mamoru sputtered into the air at himself. It started raining thirty minutes after they had left but he didn't feel like closing the balcony. Wind and water splashed in a small spray into his living room but he didn't really care right now.
A small knock entered his head and he winced at the pounding. Was he hallucinating again? With a painful groan he pushed himself from the kitchen table and walked towards the door. It pounded again. Gingerly he removed the ice bag. He wasn't hallucinating. Someone was at his door. He narrowed his eyes suspiciously as he neared towards it. It knocked once more. A weak knock. Slowly his eye glanced through the peep hole and his breath stopped and immediately he flung the door open.

She shivered. She was soaked to the bone and her tear tracks were hidden by the rain on her pale cheeks.

"Usagi… it's almost one in the morning! You could have gotten arrested for being out so late!" His own loud voice was resonating in his head and making it throb once more. He pulled her into the apartment and she slipped off her soaked shoes and stilled. He threw the ice bag towards the kitchen sink and turned to inspect her. Why was she here? Was she all right? Was she hurt? Was she upset? His hands went to her shoulders and than up to her face tipping it forward to inspect her. "What's wrong? Why are you here?" He asked and her eyes glanced up into his own. Her lids looked heavy and her face strained like she had been crying all night. Her fingers reached out and touched his shirt, the digits spreading wide against his upper chest and he looked at her with wonder as she stared at her hand.

"Mamo-chan… tell me you love me." The words were a whisper but they chilled him to his bones. She stepped closer and he felt his breath constrict. Her eyes looked up towards him and they locked with his own. His hands cupped her face gently between his fingers as he stared down at her, blonde hair matted to her head and school uniform soaked. Wasn't this the second time she had run through the rain to be with him? Could it be… she really did love him that it wasn't his imagination? His heart lightened and he sucked in a deep breath.

"I love you Usako…" He whispered, their eyes never wavering from one another and Usagi held her breath.

"For me?" She asked and his lips curled upwards as he nodded.

"For everything about you… I love you. I've given up everything to be with you… and would do it a million times over." His voice went husky and she rose on her tiptoes and their lips touched, yet it wasn't gentle… it was hungry, confirming. A tear slowly slid down her cheek… it was weird… to have one feeling of complete joy knowing that he loved you enough to defy his past, defy his duty and his destiny… and at the same time to have the feeling of complete rejection knowing that you were his past and he no longer wanted you. It was a paradox, confusing as all hell. As his lips moved over hers again she pushed every thought from her mind. Screw the confusion… right now was real and that was all that mattered, they weren't playing a game anymore. This was real life happening right now.
His arms wrapped around her as hers wrapped around his neck keeping her up on her tiptoes. His head swam as his injury was forgotten and her sweet taste was once more floating in his mouth. She felt perfect for him… a piece of him felt complete as he held her in his arms. He loved her. She was young but he knew that he had just made a covenant to stand by her side for eternity. He wanted to marry her, he just hoped she would marry him.

They stumbled towards the living room and Usagi felt all of the emotions from the past week slam into her. Frustration, fear, anger, love, disappointment… she pushed harder against him and he held her, sustaining her in her battle. She needed release… needed to be free from the things she had trapped herself with and she knew he needed the same.

Her aggressive form made him more bold as his hands roamed her body until she was pressed against the couch in his living room. His hands pulled up her shirt, untucking it from her skirt as hers began to fiddle with his buttons. He had passed sane long ago… he was ravaging her… yet this time she was ravaging him right back and both were finding strange comfort in that… finding comfort in each others arms as if they were the only anchors left in a world spinning out of control.

Slowly his thumb traced her inner thigh under her blue skirt and she began to tremble. She gasped hooking her arm around his neck as she felt sensations shoot up her body.

"Usako…" Mamoru whispered as his whole body stopped. "We don't have to do this… I love you for reasons other than this. You have to know that." His hand held her cheek and their eyes locked and their breathing was labored. Her frame paused as she stared up at him. She needed him… needed him to prove that he loved her, needed him to fill the gigantic hole he had torn into her life without him. Her knees lifted and wrapped around his waist pulling him forward towards her and his lips smashed into hers once more with more fervor as her arms wrapped around his head. He didn't teach her this… but there were some things that didn't need to be taught.

Day 12

9:20 am

Mamoru's Apartment

Three days before the Show

He groaned painfully. Surprisingly as much pain as he felt he felt the same amount of odd joy. With a breath he rolled over on the carpet and tried to force his eyes open. His hand was the first to move as it traveled up his face. There was a bump there. How did that… His eyes snapped open as memory of last night flooded to him. He turned looking for the figure that he had left lying next to him in his arms.

"Usako…" He whispered groggily as he forced the rest of himself awake. He rose on his elbow and let out a sad breath. She wasn't next to him. He didn't dream it did he? Nope, his body told him clearly that he didn't. "Usagi." He called louder into the empty apartment but was greeted with silence. He rubbed his eyes once more than blinked seeing a small piece of paper on a pillow beside him on their makeshift bed in the middle of his living room. He picked it up quickly and read its contents:

Dear Mamo-chan,

I love you too. I'm sorry to leave your apartment so suddenly but today is the day they announce the celebrity guest for Seduce This and if I don't show up in Tokyo Square at nine sharp the girls will hurt me.

I know everything has been really weird. I just hope that no matter what happens you will always love me Mamo-chan… please remember that. Promise me you will always love me no matter what happens… that we can always be together.

All my love,

Your Bunny (Usako)

Mamoru sat up and rubbed his face over once more. She had horrible Kanji but she was just so darn cute. He suddenly felt as if the clouds were breaking on the worst two days of his entire life. Sure… he and Usagi had illegally consummated their relationship without actually having one but he had made a covenant with her… he would be with her as long as she had him forever… he would love her till his dying breath. She was his choice and was the only one who made his heart beat like it should.

"Of course I will." He whispered in promise as he held the precious paper before him. At that time he suddenly realized the gravity of his situation. He had gone way past home plate with Usagi last night. They were… together. And he didn't just mean that in a physical sense. He sat and chewed on that idea. He wanted her to be with him always. To be with him… together… as in Mamoru and Usagi, two people not separated but… together. He blinked realizing his mind wasn't making sense but in his heart it did. They were a couple now… he wouldn't let that go. This show would pass.. the princess would be pissed but it didn't matter cause nothing could stop them now. They were together. Eat that Moon Bitch.

He looked up into the sun shinning through his open balcony windows and decided he needed to get up. If he knew Usako… and he certainly did now… she right about now would be freaking out to no end and she would need him… He smiled coming to his feet at that small idea. She would need him.

Ok for the requested cool person who asked for more cliffhangers... there you go. And here we go again with... who is the celebrity guest! I know... do you? The next chapter will reveal the past of how Usagi and this celebrity are supposedly connected as Mr. Osaka said before... so... we'll find out next time shall we?

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Marronett