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Wednesday

Three more days until the festival

After the festival prep, Usagi rushed home. Once she was in the privacy of her own room, she glanced at her alarm clock. It was 4:30. There was only one hour and thirty minutes until her date with her secret admirer. Maybe whoever the person was could help her take her mind off of Mamoru. Who knew—this was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

Was there enough time to change into something other than her school uniform? She looked to her open closet and immediately spotted an outfit that she felt would be perfect.

Usagi slipped out her uniform and put on a pink blouse with ruffles in the sleeves. The fabric bunched at the bodice of the blouse and the sleeve met, allowing her brooch to be the perfect accent. She wore a white skirt as well, completing the ensemble with a pink belt tie and a pair of pink flats.

She opted to keep her usual style, the only variation being to curl the ends. The only makeup she decided to wear was some lip gloss.

The blonde smiled when she looked into the mirror. She felt and looked great. She chuckled, "And not like someone that has recently had cake thrown in her face."

She checked the clock again. There was one hour left until her date. Could the day get any better? She had a date, she looked wonderful, and she was good on time!

The doorbell rang. "I have it!" Ikuko's voice sang through the house.

Usagi walked out of the door and to the balcony of the stairs. Was her secret admirer here? He knew where she lived?

"Oh, hello, Umino-san!" Usagi's eyes widened. Umino was her secret admirer?!

"Hello, Tsukino-san," the boy's smile could be seen from the door. "Is Usagi-chan home?"

Ikuko smiled. "Hold on for second." She turned towards the blonde. "Usagi, Umino is here."

Usagi gave her mother a nod and walked down the stairs. Ikuko walked away, making room for Usagi in the doorway. "Hi, Unimo-kun. What is it?"

"I saw your argument with Yuri-san and I wanted to warn you!"

Usagi frowned. "Warn me? What are you talking about?"

"Yuri-san isn't normal! Just look!" He pulled out his cell phone and scrolled to the picture he took only a few days before.

He handed the phone to Usagi. Usagi looked at the screen for a while. "Is…is she…glowing?"

Umino nodded. "I think she may be a Sailor Senshi. Who knows—she might even be Sailor Moon!"

"I seriously doubt that," Usagi mumbled under her breath. She typed in her number and sent herself a copy of the picture. "But it's definitely interesting. Thanks for sharing, Umino-kun."

"You know, you can always thank me with a kiss." He leaned towards her.

She sidestepped to avoid his waiting lips. "Actually, Umino-kun," she handed his phone to him. "I'm late for my date." She emphasized the word date, hoping the boy would take a hint.

He did and backed away. "Oh, I see. Well, I just wanted to show you. See you tomorrow, Usagi-chan." The brown haired boy walked away.

Usagi sighed with relief when Umino was out of sight. She pulled out her phone and looked at the picture of Yuri once again. She knew there was something off about the raven, but she could never put her finger on it. Did this prove that Yuri was truly evil? She sent the picture to Makoto, Ami, and Rei, hoping at least one of them had something to say about it.

Once the picture was sent, she looked at her cell phone's clock. It was 5:30. She frowned after realizing that she managed to burn thirty minutes just speaking to Umino!

"Mama!" she called, "I'm going to the arcade. I might not be home in time for dinner!" She stepped out of the house and pulled the door closed behind her.

Usagi managed to make it to the arcade with 15 minutes to spare. She ignored the closed sign and gasped when she walked inside. The arcade she knew was completely transformed! Soft and romantic music filled the air and lit candles were the centerpiece of every table. "Wow," Usagi whispered.

"Usagi," the blonde turned to the counter to see Motoki. "You're early. You look great."

"Thank you," Usagi smiled. "You knew about this, didn't you? Who is it?"

Motoki chuckled. "You'll see."

"Where is he?"

"In the back. He's still getting ready."

Usagi raised an eyebrow playfully. "I have to wait?"

Motoki grinned. "It's not his fault you're early for once."

The blonde stuck her tongue out at him and crossed her arms. "Oh, have my own brother no faith in my ability to show up—dare I say it? On time?"

The blonde clerk laughed. "You're being overdramatic, as always, I see. That's what I like about you, Usa-chan. You're overdramatic, and fun, and…forgiving."

Usagi frowned. "What are you talking about?"

Before Motoki could answer, a voice called. "Motoki! I need help with this ti—." Usagi turned and immediately gasped. "U-Usagi? You're early…"

"You're my secret admirer?" the blonde glared at him. She turned back to Motoki. "And you knew!"

"Calm down, Usa-chan," Motoki backed away nervously. His 'little sister' was kind of like a hamster—she seemed sweet, but if you made her mad, you would lose a finger.

Usagi huffed. "Goodbye." She started to the door.

"Wait!" Mamoru grabbed her arm in order to stop her. "Listen. The Aragawa thing wasn't my fault. All I'm asking for is a second chance to get our first date right. Come on, Usagi-chan. The food is good, the music is great, and there's no dessert."

Usagi laughed despite herself. "Too bad, I was kind of craving ice cream."

Mamoru grinned. "Did I say no dessert? I meant no dessert except ice cream."

Usagi felt as if she had given in a little too easily, but she still liked him even with the cake incident fresh in her mind. Another side of her felt terrible. Even if he believed Yuri over her, the incident wasn't really his fault. He was just trying to do a nice thing for her and she blew everything out of proportion. She sighed. "I'm sorry, Mamoru. For the way I've been acting lately. Even when you were trying to make things right, my pride got in the way."

Mamoru pulled her towards her and capture her in a hug. "I'm sorry that Yuri got between us."

Usagi nodded into his shirt. "Me too."

The blonde clerk smiled at the scene in front of him. Of course, he'd have to have a talk with his friend to make sure his little sister wouldn't get hurt or humiliated again. For right now, though, he would let the couple have their moment.

"Come on, Usagi-chan," Mamoru took her hand in his and guided her to a booth. "Motoki has prepared some great food for us."

"What are we eating?" Usagi asked.

Mamoru shrugged. "I'm not sure. He just told me to bring my appetite."

"That's assuring," the blond said sarcastically as she took a seat at the booth.

Mamoru chuckled. "I'll be sure to tell Motoki how you feel about his cooking."

"Please don't," Usagi with wide eyes and a laugh. "He'd kill me."

The two joked and laughed until Motoki came out with their drinks. "Root beer for the lovely Usagi," he said as he placed a full glass of soda in front of the blond girl. "And for Mamoru, black coffee." He sat the cup of piping of coffee in front of him.

Usagi made a face. "Black coffee? Really?"

"Says the girl that drinks root beer," Mamoru said before taking a sip. "Have you tried black coffee?"

"No," Usagi mumbled. She quickly added, "But I've heard that it's ridiculously bitter. Have you ever tried root beer?"

Mamoru chuckled. "How about this: I'll try the poison you called soda if you try the deliciousness that is black coffee."

"Deal." They exchanged drinks and took a moment to look at the new drinks in front of them. Usagi took a deep breath. "Okay. One…Two…three." They both took sips of the drinks and immediately gagged.

"How can you drink this stuff?!" they cried at the same time. They couldn't return the drinks to their rightful owners quickly enough.

Usagi chugged the root beer. Once the soda was three quarters of the way gone, she stopped to take a breath. "Finally, the taste is gone…"

Mamoru laughed at his date's antics. "It wasn't that bad."

"Yes it was!" Usagi insisted. "That was torture!"

They continued to laugh through the delicious dinner prepared by Motoki.

Usagi placed the spoon in her empty bowl and sighed happily. "Aside from the black coffee, the meal was absolutely yummy! Motoki has outdone himself tonight."

"Hey!" Mamoru pouted. "Tonight was supposed to be about me impressing you—not Motoki's cuisines!"

"If you were competing against my food, you knew you were going to lose!" Motoki laughed from behind the counter.

"Lose? Not true!" Mamoru replied immediately. "For I can do something that Motoki's food cannot!"

Usagi raised an eyebrow with a smile on her face. Something told her that she was going to enjoy what was going to happen next. "Please share, Mamoru."

He held his hand out to her. "Would you like to dance?"

Usagi smiled and accepted his hand. She stepped out of booth. "I'd love to."

"You know, I'm a pretty good dancer," he mumbled to her. "When I was little, the other kids said I had skills."

Usagi intertwined her hand with his and chuckled. "In that case, I try to keep up."

Mamoru led a stiff dance and it took all of five seconds before Motoki started laughing. "You call that skill?" he teased his friend. "It looks like a modern interpretation of the pee-pee dance to me!"

"Quiet, Motoki!" Mamoru said with a bit of embarrassment in his voice. Why was he like this? As Tuxedo Kamen, dancing was a breeze. Heck—he had even taught Sailor Moon how to dance at Princess D's ball a few months ago!

Usagi laughed. "Motoki, don't tease him. Here," she said. "Relax your shoulders a bit. Don't be so tense. Now, count the beats of the music. One, two, three, one, two, three." She guided him. "Step back, now forward, back, turn."

Within a few second, the couple was dancing as if they had thousands of times before. "I never would have guessed that you were a dancer," Mamoru said with a raised eyebrow.

Usagi gave a mysterious smile. "I had a pretty good teacher a while back."

"Really?" Mamoru asked. "I guess there's more to you than I thought."

"You have no idea. But, some things should stay a secret. Nothing's fun without any mystery, you know."

Mamoru nodded slowly. He didn't understand what secret Usagi had that she felt she couldn't tell him about but her reasoning proved useful for him, too. She wasn't ready to find out that he was Tuxedo Kamen just yet. "That's right."

"Minako-chan, calm down," Artemis watched as his charge paced back and forth in her room.

"I can't!" Minako cried. "You should have seen Usagi's face when I mentioned Mamoru! And I still have met the other senshi. I thought working at the festival would give me the chance to become friends with them, but I've only really spoken to Usagi!"

Artemis nodded. "I understand. Maybe there's another way to meet the senshi."

Minako stopped walking to look at the tomcat. "What are you talking about?"

"It's like they say. There's nothing like the direct approach! I'll talk to Luna tomorrow about a formal meeting. Will you calm down now?"

"No!" Minako quickly replied. Her pacing began again. "There's another thing! With an exception of Sailor Oblivion, the enemy has been so quiet lately!"

Artemis frowned. "Isn't that a good thing?"

"Have you met our enemy? If they're this quiet, it's because they are planning something big!"

Artemis sighed. "There's no pleasing you, is there?"

Nine o' clock came all too soon and Usagi had to get home. "I'll walk you," Mamoru volunteered.

Usagi shook her head. "If you come within 200 yards of my house, I'm pretty sure my father will take your head off. I'll just go by myself." When she saw that Mamoru was about to object, she added. "I'm a big girl. I'll be fine." She stood on her tip toes to place a kiss on Mamoru's cheek. "I have a lot of fun today. This has been the best make-up first date ever. I'll call you when I get home, okay?"

She grabbed her purse from the counter and walked out of the Crown with a wave.

The blonde took a look at her phone. She winced. At the rate things were going, the chances of her making curfew were looking pretty slim.

She sighed. Usagi knew Luna would rip her head off for what she was about to do, but quite frankly, her father after curfew was a scarier sight.

She slipped from the flow of the pedestrian traffic and into her usual alley. "Moon Prism—."

"Finally!"

Usagi gasped and spun around to see a girl's silhouette with two large shadow-like creatures on either side of her. If it wasn't for her voice, to Usagi, she would have been unrecognizable. "Y-Yuri?"

Yuri crossed her arms. "I've waited all day to get you completely alone. It was pretty painful to watch you with my Mamoru-kun, but this is worth it." She snapped her fingers. The shadow creatures let out a hiss and launched towards the small blonde.

Usagi barely had time to respond. The small blonde screamed. "Moon Prism—."

Before she could finish her transformation phrase, the shadow monsters pried the brooch from her hands. "No!" she cried.

Once the monster from by her side once again, Yuri raised a hand. A burst of dark energy shot from it and sent Usagi flying backwards. The blonde slammed into the alley's back fence. She felt herself losing consciousness.

The shadow monster dropped Usagi brooch in Yuri's hand. "Let this be a lesson to you, Usagi. No one crosses me and gets away with it." The three evil beings teleported away.

Tears ran down Usagi's face. She couldn't believe what had unfolded in the last five minutes. Her powers were gone. Yuri knew her true identity. Yuri was Sailor Oblivion.

Everything she learned combined with the pain that was rushing down her spine was too much to handle. She groaned and let unconsciousness overtake her.

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