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"What do you think is going to happen if we don't?" he asked. Usagi just shook her head in defeat.
"I don't know," she said. A single tear fell down her cheek. "I guess I don't know much anything." Mamoru looked over and questioned her. "I can't, I believed that we could pull this off, and look at us now," she said.
"You seem to be forgetting something," he said as he grabbed her shoulders.
"Yeah? What?" she asked.
"We haven't lost anything yet," he said giving her a look of reassurance.
Usagi looked up and weakly smiled. "But what about Rei and her visions?" she asked.
He sighed. There was no way that he could tell her that there was nothing to worry about. He knew how often Rei was right, and this time, she most likely was. Wrapping his comforting arms around Usagi, he gently stroked her hair. "I don't know," he said. "But I do know that right now there is no one that I would leave you for."
Usagi just stared forward. She believed him, she just didn't know if he was going to be okay. All she wanted was some reassurance. Something to let her know that it was all going to turn out all right.
Neo Queen Serenity slowly walked along the porch of the palace. She was doubled over and her face twisted in pain. She kept gripping on to the fence to help pull herself along, but it seemed to be more like dragging herself now. She then started to fall, but was caught once her knees hit the ground. She turned around to see who the gentle hands belonged to. Once she saw the face, tears swelled in her eyes and she looked away. She almost looked to be ashamed of either herself or the other person.
Rei stared across the room over at a picture that she had kept from when every one gathered at the beach. She was staring to wonder why her dreams only had Mamoru and Usagi. If she was in trouble, weren't they supposed to be there to help? Where were the others? She was starting to wonder if they had left her.
"Too bad this might all happen on your birthday," she said and then closed her eyes to try and go back to sleep.
Her eyes opened back up as soon as she had a suspicion. Sitting p, she looked out towards the window. "Who's the man that she was supposed to marry?" she asked herself. Rei checked the time and noticed that it was midnight. It might have been late, but it was urgent.
Usagi laid in bed in the comfort of Mamoru's arms. As hard as she tried, she couldn't sleep. The conversation that she had with Rei just kept going through her head. All she wanted to know was if every one was going to be okay. If Mamoru was going to be okay.
The phone began to ring from out in the hall by the door. Being careful not to wake him, she slid out from under his arm and got out of bed.
"Hello?" she asked as she held on to the receiver.
"Hello? Usagi-chan? It's Rei," she said.
"What are you doing? Do you realize what time it is? Some of us are trying to sleep," In her case, the key word was trying.
"Do you think that I would call if it wasn't important?" Rei asked getting annoyed.
"Sorry. What is it?" Usagi asked.
"What was the name of the man that your parents were trying to fix you up with?" she asked.
"His first name was Hideo, but I don't remember his last name," Usagi answered. "Why?" she asked becoming more worried.
Rei sighed. Right now was not the time that she wanted to be explaining everything to Usagi. First she wanted to find out what was really going on. There was no reason to jump to conclusions at this time. Not now when she had the time to investigate it a little. "I just need to know. I think he might have something to do with Queen Beryl and her return."
Usagi could hear a tone of deep concern. "Rei-chan? What's wrong? Really, you can tell me," Usagi said trying to at least get a small explanation from her. She also knew that there was something that brought the thought on. She called late, that meant that this was all very recent within the last couple of minutes.
"The same thing that I was talking about earlier today," Rei answered rather quickly.
"Rei-chan? Did you have a vision about Hideo?" Usagi asked.
"No," she answered.
"Then what have you been having visions about? I know they're about Mamoru and I. Why don't you just tell me?" She begged on the verge of tears.
"Because, I don't feel the need to worry you right now. I know absolutely nothing other than what I see. I couldn't tell you what is actually going on. Nor could I tell you why," she explained.
That struck a nerve. Now Usagi was worried. "Rei-chan? What were the visions?" she asked. "I have a right to know. If it is about something that endangers either my or Mamo-chan's life, I need to know," she said trying to steady her voice and stay calm.
She was right. Rei hated to tell her, but she was right. The last thing that she wanted to do right now was add more stress to her friend's life. "All right. I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to go crazy or act on it until it is known what is actually going on."
Usagi sighed and looked down. "All right, I promise," she said.
"Okay. At first it was one of you and Mamo-chan. You two were just facing each other with swords in your hands, but then you just walked away from each other. You both seemed like you wanted to be with each other, but couldn't," She explained.
Usagi didn't think that was all that bad. That right there could have been anything at all. She closed her eyes and nodded. "Okay," she said.
"The one I just had was of you walking around at the palace. You looked like you were in pain, but then some one grabbed your shoulders. I don't know who it was, but you about ready to cry. Of course, that could have been from being in pain," she said.
That again wasn't so bad. She didn't like the idea of pain, but at least it wasn't anything real bad. "That's not nearly as bad as what I thought I was about to hear," Usagi replied.
"Wait, there's one more. I saved the worst one for last. So brace yourself. All right?" Rei said.
Usagi looked up with concern. Now gripping the cord, she readied herself for what she was about to hear. "Okay," she answered with her voice starting to get shaky.
"You were lying on the ground with Mamo-chan kneeling over you. You looked scared, and he looked angry. He raised a sword up and lowered it. I'm assuming that he stabbed you, but I didn't see where the sword went down. When he pulled it back up, there was blood on it. The next thing I saw was his hand on your belly, and once he lifted his hand, there was blood," she said.
Usagi's mouth fell open as her eyes watered. It felt like the ground had just been removed from beneath her. "Mamo-chan," she softly whimpered as she turned to face the room.