I do not own Sailor moon
I wanted to say to everyone, that I had posted so quickly after my wedding, is because we didn't take a honeymoon. His mother had offered to get us a hotel room for a couple nights, but we decided to use that money and get a new bedroom set, complete with a new bed. I know that it sort of takes the fun out of a honeymoon, but we are pretty practical people.
Chapter 10
The trip in the limo had turned from excited to very awkward as soon as the doors were shut. Mamoru had offered Kunzite and Beryl a ride back to the city. Beryl had eagerly agreed; forcing Kunzite to take the offer. Beryl reached out her hand, expecting Mamoru to help her in, but he was already helping Usagi. Instead of Kunzite coming to her aide, he all but pushed her in. Her hatred towards Usagi grew in strength with every touch and kiss Mamoru gave. Beryl was ready to leap forward in her seat when Usagi attempted to converse with her.
"So do you come to the city often?" Usagi kept telling herself to be nice, make small talk and attempt to make the trip go by faster. Beryl seemed to be glaring more dagger's Usagi's way.
"I live in the city, so I would say I go there pretty often." Usagi nodded, and felt Mamoru squeeze her hand. "I hear you live in Selene Acreage? I thought about getting a house there, but the community was so small and shabby I didn't think anyone of high status should step foot there." Usagi tried to ignore the bashing, more determined the be the better person.
"Yes, my mother was one of the lead designers. It was actually how she met my father. He was the lawyer over seeing the paper work." Usagi couldn't help but beam. As ridiculous as her mother could be sometimes, she is one of the most talented artists Usagi has ever seen. Her mother was the reason Usagi perused art in the first place. She was going to continue the conversation and explain that was where her parents got her name from, but Beryl's bored expression kept her mouth shut.
Usagi put her attention back on the guys conversation, but it didn't go unnoticed to her that Kunzite kept looking at his phone. Every once in a while a small, but charming, smile would come and go from his lips. He was trying a little too hard to not act excited. An excited she knew too much about. He had met someone, not just been introduced, but had let someone new into his heart. It was that knowledge that caused Usagi's heart to sink into her stomach. She knew, regardless of what her sister said, that Minako still had feelings for him. Minako didn't just miss Kunzite, she was still hopelessly in love with him, the kind of love that didn't disappear over night.
It was a twisted way of thinking of it, but she was sort of glad that Rei had come home with her baby bump. With their parents being so busy at work, Minako had offered to help Rei go shopping, and start to set things up. She didn't have a case, and her family needed to make sure Rei didn't get into any more trouble. Suddenly Usagi sat up straight, panicking she told Mamoru they needed to pull over. It took her a minute to get his attention off the phone, and by the time the driver had found a spot to do so, she had already emptied her stomach. All over Beryl's new shoes. The whole city had heard her scream, when they exited the limo.
"You stupid slut, how dare you."
"Beryl I am so sorry, please I will pay to get them cleaned."
"Cleaned? Do you fucking think that you can get my one of a kind 4,000 Metalia Nega's cleaned? You must be joking. You are going to buy me a new pair. You are going to buy me a whole new fucking out fit."
"Beryl, I don't have that sort of money." Cars had started to slow down, engrossed in the screaming woman.
"You better hope your father is as good of a lawyer as he hopes he is, because if you don't pay me right this minute, you better bring your father with you too court." Before she could finish her sentence Mamoru put a check in her face. Not just any check, but with a very red 10,000 written in the number slot.
"I hope this will help in getting you to shut up." Mamoru shoved the check in her face." If you do not take this money, and if you ever step foot in my house again, I will show the police the surveillance tape I have from my library." Kunzite looked from Mamoru back to his sister. He went to open his mouth again, but all it did was hit the floor. The look Beryl was giving proved to him that it was indeed not an accident when the book shelf fell on Usagi.
"Mamoru, why would you never want to see me again?" Tears, fake tears, started to well up in Beryl's eyes. She knew what Mamoru was talking about, but she had to be sure.
"Beryl, you can drop the act. I have it all on video." Usagi took a few minutes longer to figure out what was going on. The phone call Mamoru took was from Artemis. He was calling to tell Mamoru that it was no accident, and Beryl was the wrong that pushed the self on Usagi. "The only reason that I am not calling the cops right this second is because of what you did after. You went for help. I don't care if you were trying to play the hero or if you wanted to make yourself look less suspicious, but if you were as evil as I hope you aren't you would have just left her there."
"Beryl, I knew you were a bitch, but I can't even believe you had stooped to this level." She looked up at Kunzite. He had moved even closer to Mamoru and Usagi.
"Why Beryl, why would you try and hurt me?" Usagi was on the verge of a panic attack. She couldn't believe that Beryl would hate her so much, after just meeting her, that she would attempt to hurt her.
"Because I have known Mamoru for years, and he is supposed to be in love with me. He is supposed to want to marry me. Not some two bit whore he met at his queer brother's wedding. You should have heard the way he talked about you Usagi when he got back. Mamoru was disgusted with you. He couldn't believe the nerve you had, or the way his brother kept trying to introduce you." She leaned in closer. "He even said that the shrill sound of your voice made his ears want to bleed and he had to keep drinking in order to make sure he didn't use the fork to stab his ear drums." Usagi walked over and slapped Beryl in the face. Beryl went in for her own slap when Usagi came back in with a punch. It wasn't a hard punch, but the shock of it all caused Beryl to take a step back. Mamoru went over and pulled Usagi away. Kunzite held Beryl back from going after Usagi again.
"That is enough. Mamoru I am going to put Beryl in a taxi, and take her home. Then I am going to call father and have him come deal with her. Usagi I am so sorry. I am just." She smiled and touched his arm.
"Please, it's okay." She turned her attention to Beryl. "I'm sorry that my relationship with Mamoru was too much for you to handle, and stopped us from being friends. I hope that in time you will be able to move on from this, and that one day you find your soul mate. I hope that one day you find someone who will love you as well." Beryl had real tears running down her cheeks. Her red hair was clinging to her cheeks.
Usagi stayed and watched the two get into the taxi and head down the street. Her hand was bothering her, but her stomach hurt even worse. It was all too much. Mamoru came over and put his arms around her.
"You are amazing. I was having a hard time handling myself."
"Did you really say all of those things?" Mamoru sighed.
"I was annoyed, and you had just happened to be the target of my frustration. The second part, about my ears, was said, but not about you. I had the unpleasant experience of meeting a woman at the bar. She took my gesture of letting her go a head of me in line as a pick up line. It took me twenty minutes to get a way from her, which was when my brother had found me." Usagi laughed.
"Take me home now, I have had too much excitement, and I seriously need to lay down."
When they finally got to Usagi's house, neither could ignore the large amount of cars in the drive way. Usagi, felt like she shouldn't have been too surprised when they entered the house to find a surprise congratulation party waiting for them. Usagi was pulled away by awaiting female family members, and she had just enough time to watch Mamoru walk into her father's office.
The tent was hung in blues and pinks, presents piled the tables and everyone was dressed in their best tea party attire.
"Oh my goodness Usagi! I can't believe you, I thought you hated him?" Makoto cried out. Her attempt at a whisper failed, and instead brought the whole party in silence at the explanation. Usagi wiggled in her chair a little, uncomfortable at the audience.
"Well, I admit, I was put off by his first impressions, but it all turned out to be a misunderstanding. I just had to take the time to listen."
"What was the misunderstanding?" Her mother asked, clearly unaware of everything that had been going on. Usagi took the time to explain things to her mother in a very slow, carefully worded detailed way. She knew if she told the whole story her mother would most certainly focus too much on the fact that Usagi was a bit judgmental herself. By the end, her mother sat in silence. She was processing the new information her daughter had just given her.
"So that is it mother. You are now up to date."
"Serenity, I'm your mother. You should always know that you can come to me with what ever problem you have. I want you to be safe, taken care of but always most importantly happy. If you are sure that he is going to give you everything you could ever ask for, then do it. At the end of the day you and you alone control your life. Never let anything stand in your way." Her mother got up from her chair and continued to mingle with the rest of the guests. Usagi kept looking around for Minako, but she was no where to be found, and no one had yet to see her. Rei kept glaring at her, rubbing her own stomach, and would attempt to stop anyone who would listen about her own pregnancy. Though the family tried to be as happy for Rei as they could, who could really be happy for anyone who got a fake ID so she could run away and marry a man 10 years older.
It was the worst two hours of her life. She was exhausted, completely dead on her feet by the time Mamoru helped her up the stairs. She didn't have a moment of peace to think let alone get ready for her meeting the next morning. He carefully helped her out of her clothes, and did his best to rub her aching feet.
"You know I have a secret I have been waiting for the right time to tell you." Usagi sat up a little, propping up on her elbows.
"I love a good secret." He moved, laying next to her in the bed.
"You are not the only one who goes by their middle name. My full name is actually Endymion Mamoru Chiba, and you are now one of about 10 people who know that." She shook her head.
"You have got to be joking right? I mean you can not look me in the eye and tell me that is your actual first name." A harsh breath snorted from his nose. He sat up to move a way from her.
"I would never joke about that. I told you something that I never tell anyone, because my first name is special to me." He was clearly angry. Unsure at first, she quickly realized he saw her comment as her way of making fun of his name.
"Please, before you get angrier, let me explain, and I assure you, you too will see the humor that I do. I live here in Selene Acreage, and because this place is so special to my parents they named me Serenity. I was born in October on the night of a full Hunter's moon. My parents took it as a sign. Selene in the Greek mythology was in love with a man named Endymion, a son of Zeus. Some stories have him as Sheppard while other have him as an astronomer. Selene and Endymion became lovers, and it was a love so great that when Selene asked Zeus to put Endymion into an ageless, deathless sleep, he agreed so they could be together always. It is actually my favorite myth." She was happy to see his expression soften. He returned to the position beside her.
"I'm sorry I over reacted. Endymion was the name of my grandfather. I was very close to him when I was young. I can see why you like the myth, it's a bit creepy, but still exciting."
"So what did my father want to talk to you about. I saw you go into his office, and no one but me ever is allowed in there." Mamoru gave a boyish grin.
"Well I knocked up his most precious daughter, I guess that granted me special access." She gave him a very serious stare. "He just asked me a few questions, what my intentions were, how I felt about you and he thanked me."
"I know it was a secret, but it wasn't one I could keep from him. No one else really knows what happened though. He was so worried about everything, and I couldn't leave him in the dark like that."
"He didn't just thank me for saving your company. He thanks me for saving you."
"Hey, let me tell you something. I am not a princess, I do not need saving. I am a Queen, and I got this shit handled." He gave her a puzzling look. "Sorry, I guess I spend a little bit too much of my spare time on pinterest." He gave her forehead a kiss.
"How are you doing. You had a great deal going on today." She pouted.
"This morning is all under the bridge."
"I got a phone call from Kunzite. Their family came, as Kunzite predicted, and he ended up forcing Beryl to come back with him. I guess he threatened to cut her off, so she had no choice." Usagi frowned. She forgot no everyone had a father like her.
"Speaking of Kunzite, he seemed very interested in his phone in the limo."
"I think he is seeing someone new. He has never been one to keep things from me, so when he says he isn't seeing anyone new, all I can do is believe him."
"Well what ever the case is, he was trying a little too hard to not be excited every time he got a text." Mamoru shrugged. "No one has seen Minako today. They were very surprised she wasn't here today. Ami said she got a text from her earlier that read something had come up, and she couldn't get away from it. I haven't really seen her since I left for our camping trip."
"I'm sure you'll see her tomorrow."
"Yes tomorrow, I am so not ready for tomorrow."
So fun fact; I really do have a pinterest problem. I had seen that princess line, and thought it was great! I don't know who wrote it originally, but I give a big kudos!