Sailor Nemesis
Chapter 8
She left the Arcade at a run. She ran and ran; she didn't want to think about stopping. She just knew she wanted to get out and away from that place.
How could he just say that? Does he have no heart? What did she see in him to start with?
Trying to figure out the answers to those questions she had just thought up she wasn't paying attention to where she was going and she ran into someone, a guy.
"Oh sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going, I am so sorry...,"She looked up to see who she had run into and to her surprise she knew him. "Mamoru?"
He laughs and says, "I wasn't paying attention either."
Their little reunion got cut a little short when they saw who was just walking past them in a daze. It was Sam, and it seemed she didn't even know they were there at all. It seemed like she was in a hurry to. Bunny and Mamoru looked at each other and nodded, they were going to follow her.
As they went to follow her they didn't see the girls, so whatever she was doing one thing was obvious, she had apparently wanted to do it alone. It took awhile, but finally she slowed down and she stopped. Then after looking around she turned around, and crossed the street.
Mamoru looked at Bunny and said, "I just realized something, this is the way to my school." Bunny looked thoughtful, but didn't say anything so neither did Mamoru.
They kept on following her till they got to a building, which Bunny assumed it was Mamoru's school. They watched her sit down on the steps, the top one. They hid close and in the brushes, which was next to a lot of trees.
They waited for a little while and then a guy came out. He walked right past her down the steps, then stops as if he just realized something, they were close enough to see the look on his face, and the expression was confusing to Bunny and Mamoru. His face looked horrified, shocked and stunned all at the same time; as Sam looked at his back she could tell his heart stopped beating, just for a couple of seconds, as if he just realize something so suddenly that was beyond shocking.
He shook his head and went back up the stairs and sat next to her, it was her turn to look shocked and stunned.
Mamoru's face looks horrified as he says, "Oh damn, that's James, he is like my best friend and rival at the same time. All this time, though I've felt like I know him, from somewhere before. Maybe its part of the past that I lost you know. The thing is I've never put this together before now, not till I saw them together."
As he sat down next to her, she turned to look into his eyes; something caught her breath, his eyes. They looked just like Mamorus, but hasn't she seen them before?
'Could he have been the older Prince of Earth?' She thought looking at him curiously. They both looked at each other for a long time, trying to figure the other out. After they both surrendered, and stopped looking for something that wasn't there, he spoke first.
"Hi, my name's James."
She looked at him again, and then said after she thought about it, "I'm Samantha."
He held out his hand for her to shake, but she stared at it, the look on her face clearly said what am I suppose to do with your hand? He laughed at himself; he should have known she wouldn't know what to do. He put his hand down.
"Do you go to school here?" he asked, trying to be friendly.
She shook her head, "No, my friends, the ones I am living with right now, they went to Infinity College."
"Did you know that the owner, Dr. Tomoe disappeared about two years ago? Him and his daughter?"
"Yes, my friend, who was researching the school, told me."
He looked at her funny and said, "This persons name is?"
She looked at him and thought, 'Did he know Mamoru?' she sighed and said, "Mamoru."
His gaze as he looked at her went from funny to questioning. After what seemed like forever he smiled, "Mamoru huh, is he tall, dark hair, and lost his memory when he was young?"
Sam nodded her head. "Do you know him?"
His head nodded, "Yeah we go way back. Is he your boyfriend? I heard he had a girl, was it you?"
She looked at him hard and shook her head, he sighed with relief inside, 'it seemed like she hasn't done anything yet.'
She looked down at her feet, he thinks, 'damn why did I bring this up? She isn't over this yet.'
"We would have been together if the one he was going out with now had not butted in, I mean sigh we were going out but I guess it didn't work. No use worry over the past, nothing good can come of it, except your death. The past distracts you and your enemy sneaks up and kills you."
He knew he had to cheer her up, everything inside of him is screaming at him to do it. But he didn't have a chance to do it; some people had walked up to them.
Sam was the first to speak, "Hey Mamoru." As she stood up so did James, "How's it going Mamoru?" James said.
Bunny came into view and Sam stayed where she was but said in a monotone, "Hello little sister."
James took a step back, and looked between Bunny and Sam. 'They kind of look alike, Sam looks older of course; her hair isn't in buns though.' James thought as he was looking between the two.
Sam looked at Bunny and said, "I would have thought you would be in the Arcade with your beloved Andrew."
Bunny went red and looked down. Mamoru shook his head. James was the next to speak, "Hey I know Andrew, wait don't tell me you're Bunny? He talks a lot about you."
That's when Bunny went up to Sam and said, "Dear sister, can we talk over there," she pointed as she walked.
James and Mamoru waited till they were out of earshot and James went off on him, "Mamoru she is a high school girl, in case you can't do math that is a little bit younger then you don't you say?"
'Like I can talk,' James laughed bitterly at himself.
"Then my friend, you ditch the older for the younger? How low can you get? So wrong, Sam is still hurt Mamoru, you can see that can't you?"
Mamoru was so stunned at what his friend had said, but it was all true, though some of it wasn't his fault. He shook his head.
"There is nothing going on between me and Sam, I honestly never thought there was to begin with." Now that he thought about that was true, if Sam was the first one he interacted with then yeah he never loved her, but maybe she never loved him, was there a chance that it wasn't him she was mad at? He knew that was a lie, but wasn't all together sure.
"Then can I go out with her?"
"NO!" Mamoru said, his face was so surprised, "I mean, she is like a sister to me, she doesn't have a brother so someone has to act like one for her."
James was still suspicious, but he let it go. Mamoru would never admit it but deep down he did like her. Who wouldn't?
Bunny was upset yet again at Sam. "Why are you here? Where are you little goons? Why aren't they here?"
Sam just laughed and then sighed, "Little Serenity, (Bunny got madder when she said that) I was here to find Mamoru, and I came on my own. Happy now, little sister, this discussion is over, if it could be called that."
She didn't even listen to Bunny when she protested, she walked over to the guys and Bunny followed. Bunny was first to speak.
"Don't you have to go Sam? (She gave her a hard look) Don't you have to meet Haruka?"
Sam thought, and was about to speak but James interrupted. "Haruka Tenou, that famous race car driver? He is the youngest racer in a long time."
His heart and all of the hope he had went down while he was thinking she was going out with him, but the next thing was even more of a let down.
"Yeah, this is one of the friends that I live with." Sam said.
Now that killed him right there.
"Yeah they are waiting for you aren't they Sam?" Bunny said.
"Sigh they are, Michiru and Sestuna both." She turned to leave, but looked at James one more time, trying to remember something but then gave up and left.
James too sighed then started to leave.
Mamoru looked at Bunny and wondered why she said that, "I have a paper due soon, I have to go." Everyone turned to James, "Oh and Mamoru, good luck with your love life my friend."
Mamoru knew that he loved Bunny with everything he had, but when Samantha showed up, telling him what had happened, a part of him knew it was true, no matter what his heart said, he knew that the reason him and Bunny were together was because of Sailor Nemesis, the Eldest Daughter of Queen Serenity.
No more noticed which direction James took, it was the same one that Sam took.