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Chapter 4
Kagome was practically hopping with energy, it had been hard to leave the house after she told her mother that she would be going on her first date. The raven haired girl's father wasn't the least bit pleased to learn the boy in question was a high school student, her mother on the other hand was pleased as could be. Souta and Shingo had both snickered, and pestered Usagi about why she hadn't gotten a date yet, she was OLDER wasn't she?
So the young blue eyed girl had left in a hurry to get away from the insanity that happened to be her family. The only problem had been the bruise that had been left by the Youma the night before, because of the magic that was involved in transforming then reversing the process most of the bruising was gone and only thin red marks were left. She also left most of her things as school and had changed clothing, going on a date in your school uniform wasn't on her to do list.
Instead Kagome had brought a knee length gray skirt, a blue and green paisley top that tied beneath her chest along with a fun pair of flip flops. It was simple but Kagome thought it made her look cute, most of the girls had been surprised at her choice but that last time she'd seen Mamoru he'd told her it was going to be casual and she intended to take that at face value.
"Ah Mamoru!" Kagome could only wave, she imagined that she looked rather different her hair was curling nicely for once and she thought it made her look different.
"Kagome, you look cute." Mamoru could only smile down at the girl, Kagome hadn't gone overboard but it looked good on the girl. Glancing at her neck, Mamoru couldn't help but smile he was right Kagome was Sailor Moon. Now he was just going to have to figure out how to keep the accident prone girl from getting seriously hurt again in the future. Offering his arm, the older boy delighted at the blush that was again across her cheek and contentment when she took the pro-offered arm. Today was going to be a good day for the two of them, of that Mamoru was sure.
"So I was wondering what you wanted to do?" Mamoru asked, he hadn't made any serious plans. In all honesty, the blue eyed man had thought about simply going to the park for a picnic. Then again there were several good movies out at the moment, and the museums in Tokyo were relatively top notch.
"I don't really know…What were you thinking?" Kagome asked, the wind was blowing today and she was certain it was going to turn her hair into a mess. Hopefully that wouldn't detract from whatever it was that he planned for the two of them. Today was really a nice day to be outside and wondering around, really it was simply a good day to do anything.
"Eh…what about going to Ueno Park? I haven't been in a while." Mamoru replied easily, the taller boy was actually rather fond of the park. It was free to children under the age of 18, and had several attractions, such as an Aquarium, a Zoo and several museums. There was also plenty of room for them to just wonder around and spend time together. They would have to pay for entrance into the museum as well as the Zoo or Aquarium if they so decided to go inside but it they always had nice things on display.
Kagome could only grin up at him before nodding, happily allowing herself to be steered toward one of the train stations that would take them to the park. Usually Kagome didn't have to use the train but it was a nice surprise when Mamoru simply shook his head before paying for her ticket and once more tugging her along gently. This was also a perk as it seemed to discourage any of the older men from come closer.
The ride was thankfully short allowing them to get off the crowded thing, that was the only down side to going somewhere at half Saturday. It was generally when everyone was heading home from school or work, at least in Japan. A quiet seemed to roll over them as they looked around them, Kagome thought that the park was a very pretty place to be. Many people though that Tokyo was nothing but metal and glass. They would be very wrong, there were several places to get away at least for a little while that came with living in such a large city with so many people. Museums, and parks were all over Tokyo not to mention there was a very large area along the beach that could be very relaxing.
Throughout the day, the junior high school girl couldn't help but feel something running along the back of her mind. Eventually Kagome could only smile as they walked through the park, the part they were going through was very much a zoo and she could only grin. It had been awhile since she'd just gone out and done something. It was also surprising to speak with Mamoru, it was obvious that the older boy was incredibly intelligent, and Kagome couldn't help but thing she would have to introduce him to Ami. Both of them were interested in the medical fields and Kagome wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they got on swimmingly
Mamoru also seemed to be interested in Kagome's love of folk tales or mythology, he wasn't surprised in the least to learn that she loved to write or read for that matter. They talked about music and the touched lightly upon family, Kagome was shocked and felt slightly guilty when Mamoru admitted that he'd been living by himself for a very long time. His mother and father had been in a car crash when he was a younger. Thankfully the apartment that they had lived in had been paid for as such he'd had a place to live and the school he'd been going to had been willing to pay his tuition and getting a part time job had paid for his food and water and light bill.
Kagome was in a slight bit of awe of Mamoru, she wasn't sure she could have managed to do the things that the older boy did. The dark blued eyed boy wasn't so much of a boy as he was a man, in most circumstances they were considered adults at the age of twenty. Kagome felt slightly inadequate and very young when she thought about what the older boy had to deal with. Though there was something she had noticed since she'd gone out with Mamoru, there were comments about the two of them almost constantly as they walked through the park. Many of them seemed to know who the older boy was and that left Kagome confused and more than a little baffled.
"Ah, what time was it that your mother wanted you to get home?" Mamoru asked, breaking Kagome from her thoughts. The dark haired girl simply looked up at him with amusement, that wasn't the sort of question she'd expected. Mamoru while generally very serious was also something of a tease and pestered her verbally with endless banter. The Tsukino girl couldn't help but enjoy the attention that she was being showered with.
"About 10 tonight, my dad didn't even want me to come." Kagome grinned, when Mamoru made a small face at that. She had accidentally walked in while Motoki had given the older man a talking to about what was acceptable on a date and what wasn't. Needless to say Kagome had broken down in to helpless giggles while Motoki had blushed and Mamoru had looked less than pleased.
Mamoru simply nodded, before taking her hand with a slight smirk at the blush that fluttered across her cheeks. The quiet between them was nice, and made the older boy wonder why he hadn't dated more often until he taught about all the twittering girls that he went to school with a wince. What neither of the two of them expected was the loud cry from down the way or the large amount of people rushing toward them. Kagome felt herself pale Youma, of all days they had to interrupt it had to be today.
Eventually in the confusion the two of them were separated, Kagome felt like she was about to cry couldn't they at least leave the Saturday's and Sunday's alone? It was about the only time Kagome and Ami got anything resembling a break. It was odd at how quickly the park seemed to empty all the while it was obvious to see that the animals were the ones that seemed to had been possessed. Finding a decent place to hide, Kagome pulled out the transformation broach and quickly changed. It was amazing how well you could learn to run in high heels when your life was in danger.
The thing in front of here was a new type of youma, it was large, larger than the others that she'd seen. Shoulder length scraggy hair, seemed to create something of a mane while the face was lined in black like that of a cheetah. The body was similar to that of a cat standing on its hind legs except it looked grotesquely stretched, the young woman couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman and she didn't want to. The thing didn't seem able to talk but it could point and she seemed to be the target, instead of saying anything Kagome repeatedly moved of jumped out of the line of fire.
Scowling Kagome could only hiss in pain as the youma itself began to come after her with cat like hisses and sharp claws. Large saber like teeth were bared demanding attention, Kagome pulled her foot back slightly before pulling it around in a half circle to slam into the creatures face. The yowl of pain only made the young girl smirk, she was going to have a little vengeance.
It didn't take long for the youma to get back up before its nails grew in length, it began to whip it's hands forward and the sharpened and enlarged nail shot forth like bullets causing Kagome to weave out of their way. Shifting onto one foot Kagome could only think that she wished that she had a better weapon versus being forced to simply rely on the small tiara for everything.
Leaning backwards, Kagome could only gasp as sharp fast claws shaved off the tips of her hair. Dropping to the ground, Sailor Moon drew her legs to her chest before kicking up and outward forcing the monstrous creature to bounce backwards and roll along the ground. Retaining her ground, the masked heroine pulled the tiara from her head "Moon Tiara Boomerang!"
The glowing spinning saw ripped through the creature, what Kagome didn't expect was the rough hateful laughed that rolled around her with spiteful intentions. Sailor Moon could only cry as a large ball of energy was thrown at her feet, sending the girl to the ground. The dark haired girl quickly rolled away from the approaching feet only to look up to find a man glaring down at her with a sinister looking on his face. Just as quickly he disappeared feet away as the tiara swung back into Kagome's hands.
Sailor Moon could only frown before scrambling to her feet, the man in front of her wasn't like the others. Something stood out about him, his was tall and seemed to be rather imposing in figure. Incredibly light blue eyes stared down at her with almost a leering smirk, while soft curling blond hair feathered around his head. The man before her was wearing a formal uniform, with red piping along the seams.
"Who are you?" Kagome couldn't help but ask, she had no idea who the hell this joker was! He just seemed to powerful for her to even compete with! Scowling, Kagome had to jump as another bolt of energy crashed toward her.
"Sailor Moon, I am Jadiete the youngest general of the Dark Kingdom." The blonde gave a joking boy, there was a triumphant look on his face. A sharp rose shot across the blondes face a thick line of blood seemed to well up on his face. The blonde snarled, before disappearing completely leaving only the ruined side walk and a shaken sailor moon behind to look at the damage and the obviously ill animals. Just as her eyes were beginning to roll back in her head, a soft movement of black seemed to cover her eyesight before a feeling of being engulfed in warmth.
O o O o O o O
Kagome woke up gasping nightmares had become something of a common thing for her, memories that didn't seem to be hers danced in her head at night and almost all of them chilled her to the bone. Screaming in a golden land, screaming and then she always seemed to awaken at home or the dream would continue on to a white kingdom. The dark haired girl frowned as she came back to herself from the dreams, she was sitting in a rather plain bedroom which was obviously note hers.
The walls were a light cream color and outline in dark cherry would accents, a large window to her left allowed in large amounts of light. Directly in front of the bed were large closet doors as well as an attached bathroom, the her right was another door that probably lead out to the rest of the house. Looking down, Kagome could only blink at the lack of her normal clothing instead she found herself in a man's overly large button down shirt that felt rather silky, and a cotton pair of what looked to be boxers.
The teenager went still when she heard softly spoken words and could only close her eyes and listen quietly. Maybe this would explain why she happened to be naked in a place she'd never seen before, it was actually rather nerve racking for her.
"Really, she should be fine Mamoru!" A womanly voice replied easily. "I think it's really odd that she just passed out like that, it almost seemed like she'd lost all her energy. She'd probably going to freak out when waking up though."
"Thanks, Sango that's just what I was looking forward to. Either way, thanks. I would really worried." Mamoru looked at his neighbor, Sango was a healthy decade older than him and had three children all of whom he'd watched over at some point in time. She worked in a high ranking Law firm, while her husband Miroku happened to be a surgeon at one of the best hospitals in the city. The couple had always been rather kind to him and often times invited him up for dinner, or took him out when he did well with school.
"Don't worry, I expect you to bring her by at some point Mamo-chan!" Sango laughed at the sound of irritation that rolled off the younger man before dancing out the door which shut with a soft snap. Mamoru could only look at the door with an amused look on his face, he was a bit amused by Sango. She was always teasing him and trying to get him to lighten up or be more spontaneous.
"Mamoru?" Kagome finally spoke coming out into the hallway. She was more than a little nervous, she'd never been dressed like this in front of another guy and Motoki did not count. She hadn't seen her clothing and she would be much more comfortable out of what was now obviously Mamoru's clothing.
Dark blue eyes turned on her, and Kagome could only blush she had to look silly in such clothing. The younger girl never expected a gentle calloused hand to brush against her bangs ad forehead, his hand was so warm it almost made Kagome feel like dozing off again. Mamoru was looking at her with warm but serious eyes and a feeling of panic began to hit, had he found her as Sailor Moon?
"You don't have to talk about it you know?" Mamoru looked at Kagome's panicked face and felt a pinch inside himself. He wouldn't make her talk about the fact that she was Sailor Moon yet at the same time she couldn't help but worry of the girl in front of him. "I know what you've been hiding but I won't talk about it."
The older boy felt a slight panic rise up inside him when those big blue eyes turned on him, and seemed to well with tears. Instead he found himself with an armful of the smaller girl, and Mamoru could only sigh before holding her closely and began to run his fingers through her hair. It was hard on the body and on the mind to fight against those things of that he was certain. Generally three to four times a week, Mamoru helped Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury with the recent youma invasion. On some occasions he would arrive to late and the two of them would be falling asleep on one another. He wasn't entirely certain how the two of them were going to school full time and keeping their grades all the while trying to fight youma when they should have been sleeping.
"You don't care?" Kagome finally mumbled out, she wasn't about to let go. She knew that Luna was going to get onto her, but she hadn't told Mamoru. He had unfortunately figured it out himself or likely seen her de-transform, there was nothing she could do about it now. Kagome sighed, normally she wasn't one to snuggle against anyone. It was nice though being held tightly by someone, the gentle fingers running through her hair just made her relax all the more.
"Yes, I do care. But there isn't much that can be done about it can there? If you aren't destroying those things then, well Tokyo would be overrun. I'm not the only one that's noticed how exhausted you are ever day Kagome. Motoki worries about you just as much," Mamoru paused, he'd been plagued with indecision especially now that he knew that his idea was the truth. In the last two months, Mamoru had come to know Kagome every well considered her to be important to him. He even managed to control himself around Usagi, who he still wasn't exactly fond of something about the blonde girl just rubbed him the wrong way.
Sighing, Mamoru simply leaned back before grabbing the mask that he wore when he became Tuxedo Mask. Recently, he'd found himself fighting more and more of the youma sometimes with the Sailor Scouts and on a few occasions he'd been forced to go it alone. During those times a brilliant golden light came from him and destroyed them, it confused him more than he could say. "Besides you're not the only one with a night job."
Kagome frowned, only to look up and be utterly surprised to see the blue eyes that she knew so well looking down at her from behind a very familiar mask. Her own eyes were wide with shock and then worry, what would Luna say? Should she even try to explain it to the dark cat? The talking feline seemed to dislike Mamoru and Tuxedo Mask, she wasn't sure exactly why, he'd done nothing but be kind. Instead of saying anything, Kagome simply shook her head before burying her face against the strong chest that seemed to wrap her up in safety.
Mamoru snorted, in amusement before dropping his chin down onto the top of her head content to just let her bury herself against his chest. Removing, the mask the dark haired man placed it on one of the tables before returning his attention to the younger girl. Eventually Kagome calmed down enough, afterward the older boy returned her clothing and thought about how the smaller girl had looked in his clothing. That was something he'd had to reassure Kagome about. It had been his neighbor that had changed her clothing not him, Mamoru highly doubted that Kagome's father would like to hear about this particular date.
"How did you come about being Tuxedo Mask?" Kagome finally asked, while she had put most of her clothing back on the warm silky button up shirt was left on. It was large and comfortable, the sleeves even rolled up twice over the cuff barely showed her fingertips. The tail of the shirt fell around her thighs not much above her knees.
Mamoru sighed, before sinking down into the large over stuffed couch behind him. It was such a complicated question. It had taken him awhile to be aware of his own nightly wondering, but the search for the jewel that he'd spoken off had been something he'd been searching for years. The dreams thought… they had stopped or changed. He as a person had become more aware of the earth how it rolled and functioned and the urge to find the Silver Crystal had finally stopped as had his former dreams. Kagome had changed everything, the dreams and stopped almost as if meeting the smaller girl had stopped whoever was sending them to him.
"When I turned thirteen, the year after my parents had been killed I began to have a dream. At first it was only mist floating in the forefront of my mind, eventually it began to change shapes and I would see the figure of a woman. I couldn't see any details, just a vague shadowy outline. I didn't really uncover my own change until recently, I've been sleep walking for close to three years looking for that jewel. Then…then I meet you at the arcade, and again when you fought that youma at your friends jewelry store. That night the dreams had stopped. Then I began to see you as Sailor Moon on a regular basis, the dreams that had stopped changed becoming something completely different. That day you went after Ami, when she became Sailor Mercury it was then the dreams turned into war. Screaming, shouting, pleading….I wasn't a High School student in Tokyo anymore." Mamoru look frustrated and slightly in pain, and it rang in Kagome for some reason. War was a whisper in the magical Heroine's dream, she knew that were she had been was going to be engulfed in the war that danced along the pretty blue planet that had been invaded by monsters that had destroyed the Sun.
Kagome simply looked at him she felt slightly conflicted, she didn't know how to feel that he had abandoned his dreams because they had met. Yet at the same time it caused her to wonder at the change in the dreams and what they would mean for the two of them in long run. Kagome just sighed, before slipping past the older boys knees and sitting on the couch with him. Looking at the clock on the mantel, Kagome simply used him as a prop and could only sigh when one arm wrapped around her shoulder.
They spent the rest of the afternoon simply resting against each other until it was much later at night before they left to Kagome's home. The young girl of course changed clothing because her father and quite possibly her mother would not appreciate her state of dress if she returned home wearing Mamoru's clothing. After being walked, home Kagome ignored all the questions before locking herself into her room. There were just so many things she didn't understand, closing her eyes Kagome willed herself to sleep.