Author: Princess Destiny
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Rating: M 15
Summary: 'One Hour Challenge' #1 and 657 Combined: Response Fanfic. Eleven years ago, Mamoru's father married Usagi's mother. It's now almost Usagi's sixteenth birthday and she has to juggle her secret life as Sailor Moon, on top of school and a job at Motoki's shop. Her life is turned even more upside down when she begins to suspect the masked hero she is falling in love with is actually her awful step-brother!
Genre: Romance/UST/Comedy/Adventure/Action/Angst
Couple: Usagi/MamoruRei/Mamoru
Category: SMTK
Chapters: 23/?
Status: Unfinished
Year Completed: N/A
Size: 610 KB
Comments: Hi everyone::surprised look:: Wow, it looks like we have whole bunch of Rei-haters reading this story! LOL. That's why I put a note on the last Chapter explaining that they wouldn't together for long. As you'll see in this Chapter and the next, it was important that they be together at the same place and time. :) I will say no more, as it will ruin the storyline. Onto the date.
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A KISS IN THE DARK
By Princess Destiny
Chapter Twenty-Three
Ikuko was returning from shopping, her arms full of bags, when she spotted her daughter's friend Rei and her son departing from the house. They didn't notice her on the sidewalk across the street, so she had a quiet moment to observe them. The raven-haired girl had her hand tucked into Mamoru's arm and they were both smiling.
"Well, isn't that just so sweet?" She said happily. It looked like whatever had been wrong with her son had been resolved. She wondered if Usagi was as happy. The air had been so strained between her children for the last week, after what she had heard in the bedroom...well, it was wonderful to see that things were back to normal. Perhaps she and her daughter could have a nice cup of coffee when she rose from bed around noon and they could have a talk about things.
Lately, Ikuko had a feeling that her children were slipping slowly away from her. This most likely was just in her mind, as she was concerned about the state of her marriage, but even Shingo wasn't at home as much.
She continued on towards home without calling out to the lovebirds, as they looked like they were on a date. Mamoru's first date, to be precise. She was so proud of him! "He's a handsome boy, after all, and I know that Rei is a nice girl." She told herself, smiling brightly. Her son was seventeen after all, and a guy that age should be interested in girls. He was just a late bloomer.
"Mom! Hey, mom!" Usagi's voice broke into her thoughts and she looked up in surprise to see her daughter leaving the house. She had a bag over her shoulder, and her hair and clothes were mussed as if she'd gotten ready in a hurry.
Her daughter up before noon? Was the world ending? "Hello, darling," Ikuko smiled at her Usagi's animated face. She didn't look unhappy today either. Had the two of them talked? Last night, her expression had been a big worry. She had large dark smudges under her eyes still, but the problem that had been bothering her and Mamoru looked like it had been cleared up. 'Thank god.'
The Senshi of the Moon rushed towards her mother and eyed her anxiously. "Did you see Rei and Mamoru on your way home?" She questioned, hopping from foot to foot as if she couldn't stand to stay in one place. She tugged on her white skirt to pull it into place better and flipped her hair out of her face with an irritated hand.
"You aren't going to bother them, are you, Usagi?" Her mother's eyes narrowed warningly and she couldn't help looking guilty. Mamoru's first date would not be ruined because her daughter liked to stick her nose in his business. To be fair, Mamoru was exactly the same where his sister was concerned. They had always been close, which was proved by the way they had beat up that granny robber together as if they had choreographed it!
"No?" Usagi said tentatively, bending over and to pick up Luna under the arms and thrusting the cat up to her mother's face. "I'm taking Luna for a walk." She lied without remorse.
Luna and Ikuko stared at each other in surprise, their noses almost bumping, and then the poor cat hissed and her tail began to swish about.
Oh my, if looks could kill, her daughter would have been a burnt smudge on the driveway right about then. How amazing that a cat could looked so ticked off. How human! "I don't think you should hold her like that, dear." She advised, stepping past her daughter. She reluctantly nodded in the direction she had seen the two lovers go. "Mamoru went that way. Please don't bother him. It's his first date."
"I won't. I know it is. Thanks mom!" Usagi's replied to each question in order, her eyes bright with glee. She tucked Luna under one arm as she dashed away, summoning the Communicator with the other hand.
"The communicators are not telephones!" The small black cat yowled. Her charge picked up speed into that loping run that she was infamous around those parts for, and Luna tried not to throw up her lunch as she was bounced around alarmingly. "For godsakes-!" The cat slapped a paw over her mouth and went rather green.
"Not to worry, Luna, we've almost caught up, I think." The blonde girl skidded to a halt as she spotted the familiar long dark hair of her best friend. Rei was clinging to Mamoru's arm and smiling up at his face as they walked. Something dark and unwanted rose within Usagi's heart just then, and she squeezed her guardian until the cat's eyes almost popped out.
Luna had enough of it all and quickly scratched at her charge's arm. She was dropped swiftly, with a curse and glared upwards with fur bristling. "If you do that to me again, young lady, I'll do much more than scratch you a little!" She yelled. "And I am not accompanying you on this ridiculous mission of yours to spy on your brother."
"Er-Luna-" But the cat didn't listen and took off quickly, getting swallowed into the daytime crowd. "Damn it." She muttered, rubbing at her wounded arm. It wasn't bad, but it sort of hurt. Not as much as her arm, however. Usagi winced and gingerly moved it about. It had almost healed over completely in the week that she had been fighting with Mamoru, and now it was just a faint scar with an ache. In another week, there would be no trace of the wound at all. However, carrying a cat on that same arm hadn't been a smart idea!
"Hellooooo?" Makoto shouted from somewhere nearby. When the blonde looked everywhere and couldn't find her friend, she realised that it was coming from the Communicator. She had pressed the symbol for Jupiter and then not answered it because she had been talking to Luna.
"Oh, sorry Makoto," She said sheepishly, holding it up to her face. Her friend looked rather harassed, before holding up a backpack in the view screen. "I have all the things we'll need for another successful stake-out."
"Must you really drag me along on this caper?" Ami demanded rather scathingly from the background.
"Hey Ami!" Usagi said cheerfully. She peered at the screen, but couldn't make out the blue-haired girl behind Makoto. They were somewhere close-by from the looks of the scenery she could make out behind her friend. "I'm near Sanity, where the heck are you too?"
"That CD/DVD store on fifth street? We're just around the corner." The Senshi of Mercury said knowledgably.
"And I-" The blonde girl quickly looked about her in dismay, but didn't spot either Mamoru or his new girlfriend. "Have lost the quarry." She said miserably.
Makoto's hand fell onto her friend's shoulder from behind, almost scaring the life out of her. "There, there, Usagi," She said soothingly, looking about her as well. Even with her superior hight, she didn't spot the couple. Ami was beside her, looking rather resigned. "Where did they say they were heading?"
"For a boat-ride at the park."
"Like before? Ooh, how bold of Rei to try that failed date again," The brunette chuckled. "Let's go catch up then." She grabbed Ami's hand and dragged her along, knowing that the Senshi of Mercury would just as soon bolt than be stalking Usagi's brother and Rei.
It was a beautiful day, and Rei leant back into the back of the boat with a relaxed smile on her face. Mamoru was rowing and the two of them were sharing a companionable silence. They had already had a few sandwiches bought from a vendor near the lake and everything seemed perfect.
Her lashes rose when the paddles stopped moving in the water. To her dismay, her date was staring at her rather pensively, as if debating about where to talk to her about something.
"Would you like to talk about Jaedite, Rei?" He asked her finally, coming to a decision. It was important to him that she not bottle all of her emotions inside, as a friend of Usagi's and himself. And also because he was now dating her. It didn't bother him as much as it ought to have, finding out that she had willingly dated him to get over another guy. He was doing the same with her, after all.
There was also another important reason he needed to know what she was feeling, but he quickly suppressed that thought, as he was aware that Rei was partially psychic and might pick up on what he was thinking. Sometimes, he remembered things from his dreams with Endymion and the Moon Princess. Her face was still not clear, although she sometimes appeared in the bright moonlight, her face turned up towards the Earth high in the sky.
He had almost collapsed the first time he realised that he was seeing his home planet from the moon, and that there was oxygen. And the ruins were quite extensive, so there had been a massive civilisation where the Moon Princess and her Prince met every night when Mamoru closed his eyes.
It had been something he wanted to discuss with Usagi, before their great open confession about their alter ego's liking each other. Perhaps the talk would wait till later. He was frankly still confused as to why he was dreaming of the Princess and her Prince. Maybe the Senshi also had those visions at night?
Rei almost choked when Mamoru asked her to express her feelings. This was something she had kept deep inside, and hurting, for the last couple of months. If she had brought this up with Usagi and the others, they would have been furious. Not that she didn't believe they would have stayed angry with her for a long time over it, but they would not have as much trust for her knowing that she had loved an enemy.
"Jaedite? You want to know about him?" She said idly, relaxing back on her seat again. What could it hurt to tell her new boyfriend, when he didn't even know the guy and wouldn't be judgmental? Although, she was sure it wasn't normal for a new boyfriend to ask about the old ones with nothing more than idle curiosity.
"Sure," The dark-haired man said carefully, also settling back onto his seat, with his elbows resting on the front end of the boat. Rei was sad inside over Jaedite, even if he had been an enemy, and she had never shown any of it to her friends. Bottling this sort of thing inside was never a good thing, and he should know. "Tell me anything you like." It would also take his mind off of his step-sister. He was trying hard not to think about her and him, and it was difficult. But he was doing this for them.
"He had the most beautiful pair of blue eyes. And his voice was very smooth and sexy," She whispered, becoming lost in thought. Jaedite had been a real charmer. "He pretended to be part of my Temple employees and used it as a base for a short time. He was master of illusions, which explained why I didn't recognise him as the General Jaedite at first. Eventually, he tried to lure the Senshi and I into a trap, but we outsmarted him. That was the last time we ever saw him." Her throat tightened. He had flirted with her, but he had never been serious. It had all been for the mission for his Queen to gather energy. But still, Rei had fallen for him hard.
Her words were very telling. And he remembered that last fight at the airport well. Mamoru sighed deeply and stared up at the bright blue sky. There were a couple of clouds up there, and he tried to make sense out of the shapes. Rei wanted to talk about Jaedite, but she was holding a lot back, and he didn't blame her.
The priestess cleared her throat when her date didn't look back at her, and she wondered if he was a little disturbed about her being in love with an alien from another world. The same guys who were regularly attacking Japan and hurting people. She could see how he wouldn't be happy with it from that perspective. "I never got to know the real him, because he was always pretending to be someone else for a mission. And I could never get close to him after he left the Temple. The weird thing is, Mamoru, he had always felt sort of familiar to me, right from the moment we met."
The upperclassman's head jerked down, eyes wide with surprise. "You'd met him before?" He questioned, frowning. "Before he was here to collect energy?"
"Wow, you and Usagi sure had a good talk," Rei noted, also surprised. "She told you what the Dark Kingdom was after, huh?"
Mamoru cursed his wayward mouth before listening as the girl went on. He had to remember that the other Senshi didn't know he was Tuxedo Kamen, and would therefore have to be very careful in whatever he said to them.
"It was weird, you know...but his face was familiar to me and I was certain we hadn't met anywhere before. Like, something from a dream or a memory from a long time ago." She shrugged and sat up, smoothing out her dress. It was a good thing that the boat was sturdy, because she couldn't swim in the damn thing, and it was her best dress.
The dark-haired man also sat up, his dark blue eyes moving over her face assessingly. "Amazing!" He murmured, a little stunned that she had remembered something from a past life. Yes, he knew about the Generals of the past. Endymion had discussed them often. Apparently, the Dark Kingdom Generals that the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen were fighting were nothing but clones. The real Generals had died in a battle on the Moon Kingdom, along with the Senshi and their Princess. Endymion had also died, which sort of explained why he was able to appear in dreams, but not why he was haunting Mamoru. Or why the Princess was haunting him as well. Her only words said directly to him was about finding the Silver Crystal.
"Maybe you met him in a past life?" Mamoru said jokingly, watching for her reaction with narrowed eyes.
How oddly her date was looking at her! Rei felt like she was a bug under a microscope and she bristled. "Don't be silly, Mamoru." She almost snapped. Her nerves felt frayed after the talk, and she wished she hadn't said a thing. "Can we go back to land now?"
"Sure," Mamoru put down the oars and began to row back the way they had come. "I'm sorry, Rei." He told her gently, not knowing how to comfort her. It was hard knowing the things that he did, and not being able to tell anyone else. Not even Usagi. Though, he had planned on telling her a few things last night. He had gotten home from Rei's far too late to have their cocoa and he had known this morning that she was not happy with him because of it. And he really didn't like seeing an unhappy Usagi. What she must have been feeling this morning, knowing that he and Rei were now dating...
The Sailor Moon part of her must have been very unhappy seeing the guy she had a crush on dating someone else. Of course, being Usagi, she would also be feeling relieved because he was also her step-brother and they could never have anything but sibling affection for each other. His feelings for her as Tuxedo Kamen were very confusing and ran deep. It was perhaps best that she never learn about his fantasies regarding her alter ego. He winced. He was a seventeen year old guy, after all! It was normal to fall for an attractive girl that you saved the life of regularly. People in dangerous situations generally formed some strong bonds.
He sighed again as they pulled back into the dock and handed the boat over to the guy who was renting them. Mamoru helped Rei to dry land and they began to walk down the path beside the lake. "Would you like to get an ice-cream or something?" He asked the girl awkwardly. He knew Usagi's likes, but he had no clue what other girls liked, since this was his first date.
Rei looked at him sideways and noted his faintly-anxious expression. She had been on dates before, but Mamoru had not. "Sure, I like vanilla." She said, stretching her arms over her head. She watched his eyes to see if they fell to her chest, as any normal guy would-but he looked away with disinterest. She frowned and lowered her arms. The dark-haired man was with her, but was he really trying with this date? He had seemed distracted the whole way through, though he had tried to give her the attention she deserved. His mind was not really with her...
Two girls suddenly ran past them, screaming. They didn't even stop when Mamoru and Rei turned towards them in surprise. A moment later, a man dashed past as if his rear end was on fire. A Youma? Here? Again?!
Once again, a Dark Kingdom scumbag was ruining her date with Mamoru and the priestess felt anger slide through her. "I'm seeing a common theme here," Rei growled, looking in the direction the people were running from. It was further into the park, and whatever was there was blocked by the trees. "What do you want to bet that it's a Youma or Zoisite?" She blinked in surprise then, startled by how natural it had been to mention this to Mamoru. Oh dear, she had been so caught up in him knowing about his sister being Sailor Moon, that she completely forgot that he wasn't aware her friends were the Sailor Senshi.
"I think the odds are really good that it's a Youma," He replied absently, totally missing the uneasy look that she threw him. Mamoru looked angry, as they quickly hurried in the direction of the Youma.
The two of them went to their knees as they got closer to the disturbance and peered over some bushes. A Youma was there alright, and draining all the couples and families having picnics on the grass.
Should Mamoru transform into Tuxedo Kamen, or could he slip away somewhere and do it where Rei wouldn't see? He was uncertain right then, if he was unhappy that the Dark Kingdom had interrupted their date, or insanely pleased. It had not been something he wanted to do in the first place, but he wanted to get over his feelings for Sailor Moon. Rei understood this, and was also trying to get over her lost love for Jaedite. But somehow, illogically, he felt as if he were cheating on Sailor Moon.
Therefore, he didn't feel too badly when the happiness over the interruption outweighed the angry part of him.
"Damn it! I'm going to have to transform, Mamoru. You stay here," She reached for her transformation wand, knowing that he was about to find out his new girlfriend was a Sailor Senshi, the same as his sister. It couldn't be helped and she would have to explain later.
Mamoru grabbed her arm. "Don't you think that you should wait for the other Senshi first?" He asked her softly, trying to keep quiet. He realised when he had showed no surprise about her saying she needed to transform, that she quickly figured out he already knew she was a Senshi. The look of surprise and unease on her face almost made him falter. But she would assume that Usagi had told him.
The Youma had drained the energy of most of the people and the clearing was no ominously silent. If he could have transformed into Tuxedo Kamen and helped her, he would. If the others didn't get here soon, that was exactly what he was going to do. Even if it revealed to them his secret. He would not allow Rei to go into danger on her own.
Rei gave her date a tight smile and moved her arm out of his hold. He seemed like he was determined not to let her go out there alone, but as a human, he could do nothing to help her. "I'm sorry, Mamoru, but this is what a Senshi does. We fight the Youma and keep it from getting away with all that energy until the others arrive." She explained gently.
As he always came to battle with the pull from Sailor Moon, and had rarely been first on the scene, he did not know that the Senshi usually fought one on one till the others came. It was scary, really, to hear her words. They were so young. Okay, not much younger than himself, but fighting on their own against monster and Generals was just hair-raising. Is this what Usagi did also? If so, he was going to have a long talk with her when they got home. There was no way in hell he was allowing his step-sister fight against the Dark Kingdom on her own from now on!
"Mars Star Power, Make-up!"
Mamoru's first thoughts were that the transformation was so much more fancy and pretty than his own when he turned into Tuxedo Kamen. A few seconds and 'poof!' he was dressed in a snazzy tuxedo and ready to wield some lethal roses. The Senshi apparently turned all naked before gaining their clothing and the upperclassman had to half-cover his eyes until she was more decent. He wondered briefly if the girls were aware that their bare bits were flashing before all the world every time they transformed.
He also wasn't in the least interested in staring at Rei's admittedly impressive bust before it was clad in clingy white bodysuit.
And he sure as hell was never, ever, allowing Usagi to transform anywhere but inside the house from now on. If it was in public when the Youma attacked, he would order her to go into a public bathroom, or at least wear a swimsuit under her fuku in case of emergency. Mamoru blinked as Sailor Mars shot away from him after an impressive-and irrelevant-pose after her transformation was over. "Wait!" he called out, cursing under his breath when she didn't pause.
Sailor Mars raced up to the Youma, who looked like an oversized vacuum cleaner and said her usual battle speech before attacking with her fire. She hoped that Mamoru wouldn't be stupid enough to come out of hiding and help her. He seemed the sort to dash headlong into a fight in a girl's honour without really thinking it over carefully.
Without realising, she was looking back in his direction, and therefore was surprised when a huge gust of air from the Youma sent her careening into the air at an alarming rate. Her back and head slammed into a tree and knocked the breath, and consciousness, out of her. She felt pain and despair that she had left Mamoru undefended a moment before darkness rushed in.
Mamoru's mouth stared in horror at the scene, and then he was running out of cover and kneeling by her side before the thought had even crossed his mind that he should be careful. "Rei? Rei, can you hear me?" he said desperately. His hand went into her long hair to cradle her to his chest and he felt wetness there. Oh god, what if her spine was broken? He had no idea if the Senshi were more resilient than a normal human, or even if they recovered well from their battle. Usagi's badly cut arm had taken more than a week to be anywhere near healed, and that had been because he had diligently treated it.
Sailor Mars never stirred in his arms and he felt anguish overcome him. He had been on a date with her, she was his girlfriend now, and yet he had let her go into battle on her own and get hurt. Damn him and his stupid pride! He was Tuxedo Kamen! Who really gave a shit right now that he was keeping it a secret from Usagi's friends? "Damn it to hell." He snarled, looking towards the Youma heading his way. It didn't seem concerned that he would retaliate.
Just then, he heard a battle cry and the Sailor Senshi ran out onto the green, absolute fury on their faces. To his surprise, it was Mercury who lead the way, her powers exploding all around her body. The Youma got hit dead on by a barrage of ice and water, it's shriek swallowed up. It was then electrocuted by Jupiter.
Sailor Moon came bolting up to him, her eyes on the girl in his arms. "Oh my god, Rei. Is she alright?" The anguish on her face was enough to send fresh rage through Mamoru.
"Look after her, Usagi." He ordered, fists clenching about the back of Rei's red dress.
"Alright," She whispered, tears falling down her face. She softly touched her friend's face, noting how pale it looked.
The dark-haired man gently placed Mars on the ground behind the cover of the thick tree and turned to face the enemy. "You really picked the wrong person to piss off." He told it menacingly, reaching into his sub-space pocket for a rose. Without ceremony, he transformed into Tuxedo Kamen and began a deadly barrage of roses down on the Youma's body. Several pierced her arms and legs and even her chest.
The sound of her screaming was music to all their ears.
Twenty Minutes Earlier
"Don't shove me!" Makoto hissed, trying to keep her balance on her heels behind the bushes lining the lake. Mamoru and Rei seemed to be having a really good time, but it was like deja vu with this date.
"What are they doing now?" Usagi demanded, squinting out over the water. She could make out the boat and even more vaguely, it's occupants. She just couldn't help herself. She was jealous, and denying it was not going to change the fact at all. Mamoru was Tuxedo Kamen, and even finding out that it was her step-brother could not kill off her feelings for him that easily. He seemed to be the same way, which was a comforting fact. Her hands clenched into the bush, ignoring the sting from the rough nettles.
Ami sat with her back to them both, with a book on her lap, and eating from a packet of chips that Makoto had brought for the stake-out. "You two should mind your own business." She noted absently, turning the page. Mamoru and Rei dating didn't rank high in her things to do today, and so she left the other two girls to the spying.
"Whoo!" The Senshi of Jupiter gasped, mouth falling open.
Usagi and Ami looked up at her quickly. "What?" They said together.
"I had no idea Mamoru was so buff," Makoto breathed in awe, eyes glued to the binoculars. He and Rei were rowing back towards the dock, and his shirt was buttoned down low, so she could clearly see the play of muscles as he worked the oars. Her green eyes glazed over a little. "Can I date him after Rei?" She asked dreamily.
"No!" Usagi blurted out rudely, snatching at the binoculars. She felt like she had protect her brother from Makoto's boy-eating ways. She had accepted Rei dating him, but she wouldn't accept her other friend! He wasn't some prized horse at the auction. The blonde's expression darkened as she glanced towards the boat and saw what Makoto was drooling over. 'Button up your shirt, you moron!' She almost shouted. She moved the view to Rei and was surprised to see an angry expression on her face. Oh dear, what had her brother said to piss the priestess off?
Despite the fact that her best friend was angry, Usagi felt insanely happy that the date apparently was not going well. And then she felt depressed for thinking something so nasty. Mamoru was doing this for himself and her. He had wanted to have his first date with someone he loved and it had come to this. She sighed and sank down behind the bush as they got out of the boat and headed in their direction.
Makoto peered through the bushes, trying to get another look at Mamoru's impressive chest. It was glistening a little with sweat and she felt her mouth dropping again. Usagi's brother had never been one to hang around them, even when they visited the house, so she had never really gotten a good look at how hot he was. She knew he was gorgeous, with those eyes and that hair and his height, but naked skin was a whole other turn on! She grinned foolishly, and let her blonde friend yank her down out of sight. "He's hot! And I mean, really absolutely drop-dead gorgeous, and totally edible."
"Don't make me gag you!" The Senshi of the Moon hissed back, eyes dark and stormy. She smacked Makoto on the arm for good measure and the three of them listened as Rei and Mamoru walked past, not talking at all.
Three heads popped up curiously as the two went ahead down the lake path. "Do you think it's going badly?" Ami whispered, craning her neck. The body language was not good, she noted. Mamoru and Rei were walking a few feet apart such as they would have with a friend, and they didn't look at each other very often. There was not even any attempt at hand-holding, or a getting to know you sort of conversation flowing back and forth. Were these two really into this date, or what?
Usagi fervently hoped it was going badly! She slapped her forehead when that thought crossed her mind. This was her best friend and her love-life after all. She should give them her blessing. "Should we do something?" She wondered aloud. "That idiot didn't even think to bring her flowers!" She glowered at Mamoru's back, perversely angered at the thought that he wasn't even trying to romance Rei properly.
Just then, a couple of girls fled past, shrieking at the top of their lungs.
The three Senshi stood up alertly, looking in the direction they had come from. The direction that Mamoru and Rei had just headed.
"Oh shit, this isn't happening!" Makoto groaned and covered her eyes. "This happened the last time the two of them tried a date!" Well, Mamoru hadn't known it was a date at the time, to be fair. But a Youma attacking in the same place, at the same time these two were together and doing the same thing as they had the last time? "Zoisite is going to pay for this one." She said, cracking her knuckles.
"Let's go!" Usagi barked out, already bolting out of the bushes and down the lake path. The Youma was going to pay this time. Oh yeah. It was just the sort of thing that would let the blonde vent her anger and frustration on. Ruin Mamoru and Rei's date would it?
... Honestly, she didn't know whether to beat it into a bloody pulp, or shake its hand in gratitude...
Fire lit up the sky as they got near to the battle, and they knew that Rei had transformed and was now fighting the Youma. "She didn't even worry about Mamoru finding out who she was?" Makoto said in surprise. "She must really trust him."
And that made Usagi feel absolutely wretched. Did Rei truly care for her brother after all? This was getting complicated. "Transform!" She told the others as they came in sight. They all reached for their wands and broach and transformed.
As they finished their poses, they heard the sickening sound of bone meeting wood and stared in complete horror at the sight of Mars' limp body. They saw Mamoru rush out of hiding to her side and carefully take her into his arms. He was now in danger also.
"Get the bitch!" The words weren't as shocking as the person they had come from. Sailor Mercury's face was dark with rage as she bellowed her words and then rushed out of hiding. The other two weren't far behind.
"Oh my god, Rei," Sailor Moon whimpered as she reached Mamoru's side. "Is she alright?"
Whatever he said was lost in a haze of tears that filled her eyes and the rushing sound in her ears. She was limp as he placed her behind the tree and asked her to look after Mars. And then he attacked, but she was busy checking over every inch of her Senshi's form. Mars writhed in pain as Sailor Moon's gloves went to her back and shoulders and Sailor Moon shuddered. She had seen what her friend had been thrown into, and it was likely that her back was badly injured. Possibly broken.
"We should have gotten here sooner," She whispered in self-loathing. Never mind that they wouldn't have arrived here and now at all if they hadn't already been trailing the date. "I'm so sorry."
The blonde Senshi looked up from her sitting position beside Mars to watch the fight. The Youma had never stood a chance, really. It was already bleeding from numerous wounds and was whining almost constantly as she was ruthlessly attacked by water, ice, fire and sharp roses.
It therefore wasn't any surprise when it had finally had enough and attempted to run away from them.
"I have her!" Jupiter shouted, rushing after the fleeing monster.
"I'm right behind you!" Mercury yelled back, hot on her heels.
Tuxedo Kamen hesitated, face dark with rage, and then he turned his back on the three and went back to where the other two Senshi were. He knelt at his step-sister's side and put a gentle hand on her bent head. She looked achingly fragile right then and he wanted to hold her in his arms, but Mars was the first priority. "We need to get her to the hospital-" He began, then noticed that the leaves in the trees and bushes around them had suddenly began to flutter madly.
The wind about them picked up and the two turned in horror to see a dark portal opening up behind him.
To Be Continued...
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Sorry for the cliff-hanger guys, but the rest really needs to be in the next Chapter. LOL. The next Chapter will be out in a couple of days.
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Princess Destiny