Title: Touch Me There
Rating: T
Genre: Romance, Angst, Humor
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon but I am working to own Disney. ;)
Author's Note:
Yay! I know you are all buku excited so I won't
waste your time. Just know I'm sorry it took so long but I couldn't
send it out without knowing I was giving you the best. I still don't
feel it is but… it was too cruel for me to not keep sending it. May
you love this next chapter and understand why I chose Seiya as the
candidate. It's just going to be so much fun.
He stood quietly in the darkened hallway. Usagi. Her name haunted him to no means, her face teasing his mind every time he closed his eyes. He let out a breath and felt the front door to his penthouse apartment close.
"Seiya!" The voice growled with anger into the room and he didn't flinch. "Where are you!" The voice roared and suddenly the white haired man appeared in his view. He stood in the only lighted portion of the apartment as the sun shined through the large windows into the living room.
"There is no need to yell Yaten." Seiya's voice replied softly as he stuffed his hands lamely into his pockets.
"You bastard…" Yaten hissed walking towards him as another figure entered into the room. "How could you leave her? You're Princess!" Yaten screamed and Seiya's jaw tightened as he looked away.
"Did you not love her? Was that your problem?" His other brother accused in a deep voice. Surprisingly… it had taken his two brothers a while to find him. That was unusual… especially since they should have known exactly where he had gone…
"I didn't love her the way I needed to." Seiya replied quietly and Yaten was before him and the shorter brother grabbed his lapels and yanked him into the light of the living room.
"You still love that earthling?" Yaten hissed and his other brother approached.
"As if you could doubt Yaten. And she isn't an earthling… she is a Princess, the one of the Moon to be exact. If anything he chose pretty high in wanting the most powerful creature in the universe." Taiki mumbled and Seiya's eyes flashed and he shoved Yaten off of him, the younger one stumbling.
"That is not the reason. If anything our stations tore us apart! Our Princess knew this… she let me leave and I have to chose my own path and if it be here with Usagi and her people than so be it." Seiya hissed and his eyes were as hard as stone and his two brothers stared at him. Seiya had never been more serious about anything in his life... he had always loved their princess but Usagi Tuskino had captured something about him that made her like a drug… he loved her… to the point that he was willing to sacrifice who he was and his duty to be with her. That Yaten couldn't allow.
"What if her story has come to pass already brother? Do you not know her history? She is already claimed if memory serves me correctly." Yaten taunted and Seiya turned away from them, curling his fingers into fists to prevent him from striking them.
"History does not need to repeat itself… if she loves me… it doesn't matter about destiny… we can create our own." Seiya hissed and suddenly he heard the rustling of paper. "She should not be forced to be with someone her past self chose."
"No… her past self didn't just chose this person… their worlds went to war over their love, jealousy was formed so hot that everything in this galaxy was destroyed because of it… love like that doesn't just die from each passing life Seiya. This time she will start another war yet it will not be her people who will suffer with her but ours!" Yaten yelled and Seiya stared at him, the words pricking at his heart like a sore wound.
"You think this will win her heart over from such a once heated affair?" Taiki asked holding up the daily paper. Across it was his and her picture in the announcement of 'Seduce This'. Seiya glanced away from it into the rising dun.
"I can only hope so." He whispered quietly.
"What if she does not want you… it's been three years Seiya." Yaten snapped, his voice losing some of the edge. He saw the pain etched on his brother's face… this had been the hardest decision he had ever made and in his mind he believed it to be the right one. What a folly love had made him.
"I can only try." Seiya said and quietly moved towards the door. Taiki watched him alarmed suddenly realizing he was dressed in his jacket and shoes.
"Where are you going?" He snapped.
"I'm not going to wait for her to see me at the show… she has a right to know why I left and why I came back." Seiya said as he neared the door. "I have to find her."
Yaten glanced at his brother and they both turned incredulous eyes on their older counterpart. The door opened and closed and in a span of seconds their brother was gone.
Yaten swore in his native tongue, the sound coming out as a warble as the two rushed towards the door and after their still famous brother on this planet.
-------
-------
Rei quickened her pace as the four warriors trotted after their Princess.
"You know… I'll give her this. She recovers quick." Rei hissed breathlessly and Minako shot her a look as they rushed to catch up with their Princess's hurried steps.
"Usagi-chan… what are you going to do?" Ami asked quietly rushing to her side.
"When you said crush… what did you mean by that?" Makoto asked from behind her and Usagi stopped and sucked in a deep breath.
"I can beat him! So what if he's my first love… So what if he's a hot rock star… I can beat him right!" She cried and Rei cast a glance at Minako with disbelief.
"Wow." Ami whispered looking at her and Usagi suddenly felt nervous under her gaze. Ami blinked realizing she had drawn everyone's attention. "I'm sorry… I was just reminded why I follow you blindly with uncharted devotion." Ami whispered and Usagi's jaw dropped open a bit. Her eyebrows knit in confusion at that. The way Ami was glowing though she took it as a compliment.
"Thanks." Usagi whispered and Minako rolled her eyes.
"Usagi-chan." Minako tried and Usagi began to walk again, slower this time. "Maybe we should work on a strategy." She mumbled and Usagi nodded.
"I mean… this is just another situation we have to get ourselves out of right?" Usagi asked and Makoto nodded.
"Right." She mumbled from behind.
"And I mean… so what if he was my first love and left me because he was an alien who was actually a girl who lived on another planet and loved another woman… if you guys help me I can get through anything right?" Usagi asked and Rei nodded.
"Of course Usagi-chan." Rei whispered and Usagi stilled and turned to them.
"Than there is no need to be upset right? I mean… as long as I have you my world no matter how screwed up will always be fine… with you I can take on my old boyfriend, a new one who doesn't know I'm the woman he really hates, algebra and acne as it fast approaches my date on tv with millions of people." Usagi muttered and the four girls stared at her with differing expressions though sharing the same common thread. Unconditional devotion. Suddenly a sob broke through the air and Usagi blinked. Was she crying again? She touched her cheek and didn't feel moisture. At this moment… she was kind of shocked she could feel anything.
"Oh we didn't mean to!" Ami was sobbing suddenly as she gripped onto Makoto. Makoto had turned white as Rei and Minako shot a horrified look at their genius. Usagi's face flashed concerned and she reached out to the blue haired scholar. "We just wanted you to lose!" Ami cried and Usagi gasped.
"You wanted me to lose!" Usagi roared and shot a look at Minako and Rei. Minako let out a guilty laugh and shrugged helplessly.
"What can I say… If I had a sword I'd fall on it right now."
Minako mumbled, great remorse in her voice and Usagi's eyes
widened. Damnit! Could the surprises stop coming!
"Oh there
would be no need to fall." Rei hissed and clapped the blonde's
back rather roughly and the leader of their troupe shot their
priestess a glare before returning penitent eyes to their reason for
existence.
"Usagi-chan, we didn't want you to win! You would travel all over Tokyo without us!" Makoto cried as her sobs joined into the spectacle and Rei started to feel her eyes tear up as remorse slammed into her from her other companions.
Usagi could only stare at them. They wanted her to lose because they couldn't bear the thought of being without her?
"Aw guys…" Usagi whispered and Ami dove forward followed by Rei as they clutched onto her. "You know… I think if I wasn't a super hero who hadn't died like twice already… this emotional stress would kill me." Usagi mumbled and Minako nodded as Makoto grabbed onto her Princess as well. "Being a teenager really sucks."
"Geez doesn't it?" Rei muttered. Usagi let out a breath and tried to sort this out. This was starting to get nuts.
"I don't understand… you guys helped me… I thought you wanted me to win." Usagi whispered and Ami looked up at her.
"Well…" She whispered and one by one they began to detail the counter-steps they had taken to sabotage her teaching as well as Mamoru. Usagi gasped putting her hands to her cheeks.
"You guys what?" She screeched, her blonde hair seeming to scream from its roots. "That outfit… the candy… you guys!" Usagi screamed and four pitiful wails erupted into Tokyo's Downtown sidewalk as they clutched onto her.
"Please forgive us!" Minako and Rei cried as Ami clutched to her.
"We're unworthy!" Makoto wept and Usagi rolled her eyes and started to turn a bright red as passerby's began to notice the petite blonde with four young teenagers clutching to her feet in tears.
"Get up before I hurt you all." Usagi hissed through a clenched smile as she waved at a stranger. Immediately the four girls stood, suddenly composed as they ushered the blonde away from the outdoors and towards the one place she definitely needed to go… she needed chocolate.
--------
--------
"I'm glad this is a meeting place." Motoki said into the tense air and Mamoru shot him a look. "I mean… we all know to come here… like home… it's very important for developing teenagers to become young adults to find a place that centers them." Motoki said, his voice unsteady as his best friend paced the floor slowly and methodically. He had been waiting an hour for his 'Usako' as he called her to arrive. He had gotten the jist of what went down the previous evening when their usually sparsely dense population in the café was mounted by new additions that both immediately recognized. For the last thirty minutes he had been the only one who had said anything at all besides the eerie buzz of arcade games in the background.
The sound of rushing feet continued outside on the busy sidewalk until a hiss of air was heard as the doors slid open. A blonde rushed in, four girls following after her and immediately cobalt eyes met ocean.
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi cried and rushed towards him, the dark haired college student stilling to open his arms for her. "You won't believe how the girls have been playing us!" She snapped and Minako frowned miserably behind her as they approached. Usagi rushed into his arms and Mamoru tightened his grip around her as the blonde shot her bodyguards a look. "When I tell Mamo-chan he'll be so…" Usagi was hissing at them when she suddenly noticed Ami's expression. While the other three had fluttered after her Ami had stilled a step behind and her attention was turned to the other part of the room. Usagi's gaze followed her friend's and her body tensed. The other three girls necks shot that way and Minako let out a low curse.
"Good to see you again as well Minako." A male voice mumbled quietly as he stood tall before them, regal and handsome as ever, his hands stuffed lazily into his pockets. He looked tired and vulnerable but also determined. It was the determined part that made Rei uneasy.
"Mamoru." Usagi mumbled and lifted a finger and Mamoru nodded pulling her more into his arms.
"I know." He whispered and Usagi took a step back from him and Mamoru felt his heart constrict. "Usako." He whispered into her ear yet her eyes were stolen. They were trapped in Seiya's brown depths as he seemed to communicate to her. Finally the entire situation came crashing down yet again and she let out a gasp and pulled roughly away from everyone.
"Oh come on people!" She cried and Rei took a step behind her, waiting to catch her if she fainted. "I am only allowed one dramatic recovery and I already used it! This is so not fair!" She whined and stomped her foot childishly on the tiled floor. "You're all out to make me lose my mind aren't you!" She snapped casting all of the culprits in the room a shrewd glare.
"Odango…" Seiya whispered and Usagi gulped as her lips clamped shut and she stared at him once more. Motoki's muscles tensed as he watched Mamoru's back straighten.
"What did you call her?" He asked quietly and Rei's eyes widened.
"Uh oh." Makoto hissed and Usagi broke out of her trance as she realized what was going on around her. Oh shit! Her old boyfriend was in front of her new with no doubt intentions of wanting her back and her best friends were all dirty liars who liked to make her look like a whore so she could be embarrassed forever in front of all of Tokyo. She grumbled. They at least had honorable intentions in the end but their methods sucked. That was definitely a bad situation.
"Wait!" Minako suddenly called stepping between them. Her eyes glanced around the shop and realized that they were the only ones present save Motoki. "Now is really not the time." She muttered and Rei nodded as she gently wrapped an arm around Usagi's frame and began backing towards the door. Usagi just stared. Ami moved towards Seiya as Makoto fell in behind Mamoru. "Usagi is having an incredibly emotional day… with old boyfriends returning… the show coming… I think we all just need a little bit of a breather." Minako said with a cheerful smile and Seiya shook his head and let out a breath.
"I need to speak with her." He insisted and Mamoru narrowed his eyes.
"There is nothing to say. She has already moved on with her life." He spat and suddenly Seiya's calm nature melted like an ice cream cone in a volcano.
"And who are you to say such things?" Seiya hissed, his eyes narrowing.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Mamoru bit back walking towards him when he felt Makoto grip onto him.
"I think I could ask you the same question." Seiya growled and Ami stepped in front of him planting her feet as she pushed her back into his chest but the alien behind her was a lot stronger than her shoes would let her be and they slid across the floor towards a straining Makoto and advancing Mamoru.
"I am her boyfriend." Mamoru hissed and Usagi felt a small flutter at those words said out loud. She smiled slightly when she suddenly realized the two heads that were about to clash.
"Crap crap!" She hissed and Rei nodded as they stumbled forward, Minako already on her way.
"A mortal?" Seiya hissed and laughter bubbled from him as he stopped advancing. He turned an evil glare to Minako and the blonde eeped.
Usagi knew Seiya. He was a private man who held their secrets so she had no doubt that he would not tell Mamoru that she was Sailor Moon, the woman her boyfriend outright hated. Though… would he? She felt her stomach turn inside out. She was going to throw up…. Thank God she only had toast this morning.
Mamoru and Motoki raised an eyebrow at the man and finally their suspicions were confirmed. This man was off his rocker. Figures… all celebrities were.
"Yeah freak… mortal… and apparently more in my right mind than you are." Mamoru snapped and Seiya felt fury boil through his blood.
"What did you say to me?" He hissed and Mamoru narrowed his eyes warningly. Usagi gasped and jumped in between them.
"Stop!" She cried and the two men stilled and took a step back. "I don't want a war… stop this fighting." Usagi whispered and Seiya felt his heart jump. She glowed like she always did before him… she was beautiful… he gulped and reached to touch her to make sure she was real. When his fingers scrolled across her bare arm she reacted closing her eyes with an intake of breath. He understood the meaning of her words and he felt deep sympathy for her. All her life she had been faced with war… Immediately he felt something in the pit of his stomach. Was he too late? Would he start another war for her affections as had once been done for his? He closed his eyes and drew away from her. He was not the evil one. He wasn't. His love was pure for her. She deserved the choice.
Mamoru on the other hand had frozen in place. I don't want a war… the words echoed in his head yet became more distant as a foggy memory poked around his cerebellum trying to be accessed. He put a hand to his head and shook it as if it would help but it did nothing. His heart had stilled. He had heard those words before… where? When… how? He turned his attention back to the matter at hand and let his body relax until his competition reached out and touched her. Seiya's hand slipped out and slipped into hers gripping her fingers as he pulled her gently towards him.
"Usa." Mamoru whispered into her ear and her eyes snapped open and she almost violently tore herself away from the celebrity. The doors to the parlor slid open and Motoki held his breath. Two young men strode in and the girls looked up towards them.
"Seiya." A voice hissed and Seiya let out a curse and Usagi blinked and took a step away from him giving him a reproachful stare as she detatched her fingers completely. His brothers stood glaring at the door and Seiya turned once more to his goddess. He reached out and automatically she lifted her hand and he kissed it tenderly.
"Please… we must talk soon… I have to explain everything to you my Odango." He whispered huskily against her skin and Usagi felt shivers run up her spine. "Oganai." He whispered and she didn't move as he leaned forward to kiss her cheek but Mamoru took a step forward. Seiya looked at him and cocked an eyebrow with a smirk. He leaned forward and kissed the tender flesh anyway and Usagi gulped stepping back as he retreated. "Until next time my princess." Seiya whispered and released her hand to walk towards the sliding doors. Usagi backed up and turned rushing into Mamoru's chest and he immediately wrapped his arms around her.
"Wow… that was smooth." Makoto whispered and Motoki glanced at her.
"Yeah but we're rooting for the home team remember." He hissed back and Makoto blinked then nodded quickly. Motoki glanced at the brunet as her eyes were locked on her friend and than quickly did something impulsive. He grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it gently. Makoto gasped and turned to stare at the suddenly recognized flesh and than her emerald eyes met Motoki's sky blue and she blushed. Minako suddenly burst through them and their hands fell as the two turned shyly from one another. Minako let out an annoyed breath. She may be the love goddess but now was certainly not the time.
"Usagi-chan." Mamoru said quietly and suddenly Minako pulled her away from him. "Wait… what is going on!" Mamoru snapped and Usagi looked at him and stared. For the first time in her life when she looked at him she felt uncertain.
"I…" Usagi whispered and Rei came quickly to her side. "That was my ex-boyfriend." Usagi struggled out and Mamoru narrowed his eyes in compassion towards her. "He's going to be my competition on Seduce This." Usagi said suddenly as she looked down than back up to him. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you… I mean I would have if there had been time… but there wasn't." She whispered and suddenly she sucked in a deep breath and prepared to let it out in a wail. "I just want to be fourteen again." She sputtered as her voice rose an octive into a whine. Immediately Mamoru enclosed her in his arms and she clung. He smiled comfortingly as he stroked her head.
"Than you wouldn't have known me at all." He whispered with a small grin and Usagi huffed pulling her head back to look up at him.
"Yeah, well I wouldn't have known him either." She snapped with a slight growl and Mamoru couldn't help what happened next. He smiled. He couldn't stop smiling at her. She made him happy. Gently he caressed her cheek and leaned his forehead against her own.
"Wow… they shift gears quick." Makoto mused watching the couple interact.
"Sex does that." Minako said with a sigh as she waited for the right moment to break them apart.
"Anyone else pissed about that?" Motoki asked walking up to them and all four nodded calmly.
"We're going to castrate him later." Ami whispered and Motoki blinked and Rei let out a breath putting her hands on her hips.
"We should get her out of here." Rei mused and Minako nodded.
"Do we want her to win?" She asked and Ami blinked and glanced at her leader and Makoto let out a laugh.
"Against her ex-boyfriend transvestite alien? Hell yes." Makoto hissed and Motoki's eyes widened.
"Trans- what?" He snapped and Makoto smiled innocently at him.
"Usako…" Mamoru whispered quietly and Usagi let out another whine letting her head fall against his chest.
"Boys suck! I wish I would have stayed away from them forever!" She snapped and Mamoru bit his lip to keep from grinning. He bent his head to lean against hers as his lips came near her ear.
"We do have our uses Odango Attama." He whispered softly and his voice tickled down her neck. A deep blush rose on Usagi's cheeks and she glanced up at him. His eyes caught hers and she stilled. "I love you Usagi. I have for years you know." He whispered, his finger gently trailing down her flawless cheek.
"I know." Usagi whispered and gently Mamoru bent down to brush his lips against hers. That was Minako's moment.
"Excuse us!" Minako cried butting between them and Mamoru glared at the girl as Usagi let out a huff. "We have to prepare to fight off Usagi's ex-boyfriend." Minako said grabbing the blonde to drag her out of the arcade. Usagi pouted and reached her hand out towards him but Ami came to her other side closing the gap between them.
"Mamo-chan." She hissed and Mamoru smiled weakly at her.
"Yeah, we shouldn't have to much to worry about." Rei said with a smile towards him and Mamoru turned to her with a false sense of security in her words.
"I mean hell… so what that he hasn't changed a bit… Usagi's gotta be over him by now." Makoto smirked and Rei nodded as the two headed towards the door. Minako and Ami already dragging Usagi through them.
"Let's just hope he doesn't get the chance to kiss her." Rei mused quietly and Makoto nodded.
"Oo… yeah… she wouldn't stand a chance." The doors slid closed behind them and Mamoru's eyes widened and Motoki's jaw dropped.
"Oh
hell no." Mamoru spat angrily and Motoki put a hand over his mouth
and than ran it across his jaw. "I need a weapon." Mamoru hissed
walking towards the backroom. Motoki shook his head and stumbled
after him, the words finally sinking in.
"No!"
----------------
Well… hope that made sense. If not… don't tell me. Pretend and nod. Smile and wave boys. Smile and wave. ;)
Again apologies for taking so long. I hope this chapter was good. Before Usagi had a compelte and total meltdown and it wasn't pretty… I'm going to try and keep my light mood that I began with but it's so hard when this fic can turn so serious and angsty… I'm trying though.
I'd love to hear what you thought! Thank you so much for all your kindness. It means so much to me.
All my love!
Marronett
Good night and God Bless.
