Usagi sat in her dressing room. Usagi liked to apply her own make up. For some reason the real make up artist could never get her look right. She looked in the mirror. She looked so different without her odangos. She looked so much more serious and important. Usagi missed her old look. It was more carefree and happy and even slightly childish. It made her feel happier. Thinking more and more about Mamoru, Usagi realized that she would probably never wwear her hair with odangos for another thousand years.
Mamoru had one our she unconsciously thoguth. To her Mamoru and her were over. There is no way that Mamoru could be able to get it her nor did she think he'd try. But in the back of her mind, which she was thinking without out really admitting it to herself, she believed he was coming and that he would find her.
Usagi looked up at her clock. He had an hour ti find her. After than her concert would be over and she would spend the rest of her days as Velora until it became her time to rule in Crystal Tokyo. She would miss her old life. Maybe she would go visit the Sailor Scouts in the summer. But for now, this would be her life. She had friends here, and even had a boyfriend. A good job, people loved her more. She was made fun of a lot more ate as much as she wanted without being made fun of. Usagi was liked here, she just wasn't totally sure that she would have the gut to leave everything behind.
***
Mamoru was two blocks awat from Usagi's or as she was called in California, Velora's concert. There were police everywhere and security guards. They were everywhere, and it wasn't hard to tell. It seemed they were trying to make sure everyone knew how much security was around Velora. Actually, Mamoru thought it was just to let Mamoru know that he couldn't get anywhere near her. She was repelling him, trying to make sure she ever saw him again. He hope she could forgive him. He loved her more than anything and that only was proven by his over protectiveness of her. But perhaps he had taken in a step too far. He had only wanted to love and he would chase her forever no matter what. Even if that meant he had to run for thousands of miles and never stop, or fight through a thousand youma. He needed here to live, to survive. It was practically her energy and love he lived for and off of. Without her, he was nothing.
And tonight, he would make it up to her. In the alley he hid in, Mamoru picked up the Luna Pen.
"Luna Pen power! Turn me into Usagi's make-up artist."
Mamoru had a simple tee shirt and dark jeans on and tied around his waist was a makeup kit held in several pockets. Inside one pocket was a badge with Mamoru's name and face on it. This outfit was perfect. Mamoru left the alley and walked over to the entrance of the conert. He went up to the security guard and showed his badge and said, "I am Velora's new make up artist."
The man simply nodded and let him through. The backstage area of the concert was like a maze. Mamoru felt hours go by as he meandered his way through chaos. Finally he tapped on the shoulder a small woman in a short black skirt and a risque black top.
"Excuse me? Do you know where Usa- I mean Velora's dressing room is?" He asked.
"Yea, your standing on it."
"Excuse, what did you say?"
"Just look below you!"
Below Mamoru was what looked like a trap door. A small handle was cut into it like a car door. As the woman walked away, Mamoru opened up the door and looked down and a huge set of stairs trailing off into the dark with a small lights on the ceiling. But as he started on his way down the long endless stairs, Mamoru suddenly felt like he was walking in circles. Turns out he was. After circling around for about 15 minutes, Mamoru finally realized that there was a door below him that looked just like the one he entered from. Mamoru opened that up and poked his head in. There was no stairs this time, just the dressing room. Usagi was sitting in from of a huge mirror in a brightly lit room. There was a rack of clothes laid out and stack of music laying on the floor. A small plain white couch was sitting off in the corner with a small teddy that looked like it was from a fan.
"Come in Mamoru." Usagi said, very plainly with a monotone.
Mamoru jumped down from the floor above. She didn't look at him. She just kept combing her hair and staring into the mirror.
"I've missed you." Mamoru mentally kicked himself. That was the best he could come up with?
"Oh did you? So where is everyone else? I doubt you found me alone." Usagi blankly said.
"Everyone else went home. You seem happier here. They thought it would better for you to stay here. It didn't bother them as long as you become Neo-Queen Serenity."
"Is that so? So how did you find me?"
"Shingo told us where you were staying and accidentally called Hikaru Jayden."
"Ah, so you just flew over here and found me?"
"Saw the huge poster from your concert and figured out Velora must have been you. After that, all I had to do was use the Luna Pen you left behind and turn into your makeup artist and viola I get here." Mamoru recapped.
"Hmmmm... I made this too easy for you."
"Too easy, what are you talking about?"
"Do you love me?"
"Of course I do!" Mamoru said as he ran up to her side. He turned her chair to make sure she was facing him. "You light up my life, no, you are my life. You make my world go round. Without you by my side, it's as if a flame inside of me ha died. My heart feels empty as the house I can't sleep in because it's not filled with your laughter. And even if you don't accept my apology today I will chase after you forever. There is no one else on the Earth or the moon or the universe who can life my spirits or make me smile like you do. You're the first thing I think of in the morning, and the last thing I think of as I go to sleep. You the reason I even get out of bed in the morning and no matter how much security you put around yourself, no matter how many endless mazes you sit yourself in, I will find a way to you."
Usagi sat there and made no reaction. She turned around, threw off her cloak and walked out the door, but just before she left she mentioned, "You might wanna watch the show, since you're here. You're saving youself a good deal of money on the ticket price."
He followed her up the dark stairs wondering what she meant, whether she had rejected him, accepted his apology, or simply hadn't made up her mind. Once they got to the main floor there was no way stick with her. She was surrounded by a crew of people preparing her mic and what not.
Once she had entered onto the stage, her from the right side and Hikaru from the left they started singing a pop song duet while the crowd screamed at the top of their lungs. Mamoru stood with a crowd of people backstage. After Usagi got on stage, it seemed that they all gathered to watch her sing from the side of the stage, out of view from the public.
After several other duets, as Mamoru was about to leave, Hikaru left the stage and Usagi said, "I'm gonna let relax for a sec. You have no idea how hot these lights are. The next song I'm gonna sing, I'd like to dedicate to my true love."
The crowd went wild. The roar was louder than all the others combined. The sounded echoed through the arena as if it were a valley stretching miles around.
Mamoru stood in his place listening to the song. He smiled slightly.
"I should have known." He thought.
My Life Would Suck Without You(All rights go to Kelly Clarkson and RCA Records).
Guess this means
you're sorry
You're standing at my door
Guess this means you
take back
All you said before
Like how much you wanted
Anyone but me
Said you'd never come back
But here you are
again
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united
here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My
life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Maybe I
was stupid for telling you goodbye
Maybe I was wrong for tryin'
to pick a fight
I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty
messed up too
Either way, I found out I'm nothing without you
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here
somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life
(my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Being with you
Is so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you
But I
can't let you go
Oh yeah
'Cause we belong together now,
yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck)
without you
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever
united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Usagi was sooooooo Mamoru's.