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077. FANTASY

Double identity deal?

Check.

A hero who might be the bad guy? (The Senshi weren't wrong in distrusting him. He wouldn't trust himself.) Add a brooding personality and a mystery in his past.

Check.

A powerful heroine with legs that went onto forever? (He wasn't blind, you know?)

Check.

A beautiful princess in danger? (Well, he supposed she was in danger. She better be, or she shouldn't be haunting a man's dreams.)

Check.

Magic, talking animals and one evil witch.

Check. Check. Check!

Mamoru sighed deeply. When had his life become a fantasy novel, and why couldn't he stop it?

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078. ADDICTION

At three twenty-nine in the afternoon, Mamoru entered his favourite cafeteria for a cup of coffee.

At three thirty, he looked out the door and waited.

…and waited.

…and waited.

After Mamoru's eighth cup of coffee, at six forty-five in the evening, Motoki informed him that Usagi's friends had said that she'd been kept for detention and would go straight home afterwards.

Mamoru frowned and stood up, just remembering he had a quiz test the next morning.

Motoki shook his head as he watched his friend go. Such denial. Really, the first step was to admit you had a problem….

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079. NAUGHTY

"You…. You pervert!" the Odango screeched.

Mamoru's eyebrows rose. He hadn't been talking by himself. Why did she take it out on him alone?

"Usa…" Motoki tried to placate her.

Her glare diminished only minimally as she turned to the blond. "And you, Motoki-kun. How could you?"

Mamoru rolled his eyes. "Chill, Odango. What's wrong with saying that Sailor Moon is beautiful?"

"You didn't say it like that," she mumbled.

Well, there had been a reference to that mini-skirt. And Motoki had no idea that newspapers pictures did those legs no justice. "Well, she is beautiful."

Was the Odango blushing?

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080. PANDORA'S BOX

He didn't know what he'd signed up for. Tuxedo Kamen had been forced upon him, and if Mamoru Chiba had ever had a choice, then that time was long past.

His life now contained war and worries, and the tingle of Sailor Moon's distress. He must survive evil monsters, and the knowledge that maybe their agenda wasn't different to his. Didn't both of them fight against the Senshi?

But it was okay.

He was willing to fight against the evilest creatures, to compromise his own soul. Anything, as long as his Princess' smile awaited for him like the brightest hope.

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