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Unchained memory

Chapter One

Juuban district 2:35pm

"So how do you think you did on the exam 'Toki?" a dark-haired boy spoke to his much lighter-haired companion.

"Probably not as good as the future doctor" his friend replied, when the dark-haired boy didn't reply his worry tried to etch in "Mamoru?" he looked at his friend who had that look on his face again and he remembered this look from long ago when a certain dark-haired prince couldn't find his love.

It wasn't until they were going past the public high school that the squealing of brakes and a horn alerted Motoki to the danger his friend was about to be in. With inhuman strength he shoved his best friend back onto the path and the car passed them, missing Motoki by inches.

He looked up at the public high school and saw a blonde-haired girl looking shocked at what just happened. She wasn't with her companions, good. Motoki closed his eyes "Amaterasu, mother, Miranda, Mama, Zeus my patron father let these two forget what they have witnessed for their minds are not ready to observe what is hidden in the depths of their minds."

When Motoki had come back to earth he saw Mamoru was still staring into space and the look of joy and then sadness on the young woman's face, he hated to see her so sad but their time would come soon it had to, the signs were there. Motoki all but dragged Mamoru to the arcade. They would be having a really good talk and he was thankful that his previous mothers had helped him to be able to lie to the future prince and king convincingly.

Crown arcade 2:40 pm

The tinkling of a bell alerted Furuhata Katsuo that two high school seniors were entering his cafe. He looked up and smiled at the teenagers.

"Afternoon, Mamoru-Kun, Motoki-Kun." He grinned at his son and his best friend as he spoke, happy to see them.

"Afternoon Sir." Mamoru sat on his usual stool.

Katsuo put his dishcloth down. "We stopped with the formalities years ago, Mamoru. What happened?"

The black-haired teen looked up at his father figure with tired eyes. "Gomen Katsuo, the dreams are getting bad again."

"You're telling me! You were staring up at the sky so much I don't think you even noticed Usagi-chan staring out the window her face lit up when she saw you walk past the public high school and then the look of pure sadness when you didn't look at the school," Motoki said coming out of the back with his apron on.

"You good here son?" Katsuo asked before the 'boy' talk got more serious.

Motoki nodded his head. "Sure dad. Una-chan will be here soon."

Katsuo nodded and passed his son the keys, "call me if you need anything."

Motoki nodded and his dad left. He turned back to Mamoru. "Dude seriously, you need to give your head a wobble. You nearly got yourself killed out there. I don't know what force stopped you from crossing the path of that speeding car but I thank the kami for it," Motoki said, looking him in the eyes. He really hated lying but it was necessary

Mamoru shrugged and gave a heavy sigh. "Usagi hates my guts, so what do I have to live for?" he asked, not looking at his friend.

Motoki shook his head. "That girl doesn't have a hateful bone in her body. You rile her up as much as she riles you up. Trust me I know I've known that girl since she was born. Even when she was younger and she was bullied she stopped to wonder why they were bullies. If, maybe, they had a hard life and that's why they were lashing out at little kids."

Mamoru shook his head and just hoped his Odango would be at the arcade that day.

Azabu Juban high school

Five girls walked out of the high school together. Usagi heard the others talking, but nothing was registering. She had failed a test. She had maintained a 'B' average since first grade, but now she had failed. "Dumb test," she muttered.

"Usagi-chan, don't be so hard on yourself," Ami, the blue-haired genius, spoke quietly as another girl much taller than her, put her arm around Usagi's shoulders and bobbed her brown-haired ponytail in agreement. Makoto's warm hug made Usagi feel a little better.

"But Ami-chan, you always pass your tests with ninety to a hundred percent," Usagi lamented and stared darkly at the fifty marked in red ink.

Ami shook her head "I barely passed with seventy-four this time. Some of the questions I was completely unprepared for."

"Ami barely passing? A cataclysm must be in the ocean," the other blonde, who could be Usagi's twin, said. She tossed her long hair and adjusted her red ribbon. This made Usagi smile.

"It's 'on the horizon' Minako-chan," Rei, who was a dark-haired Shinto priestess said, pinching the bridge of her nose to fight back a laugh or a growl, she wasn't sure which.

"It means the same, Rei-chan," Minako argued. And so the Great Raspberry War's treaty was broken. Little did they know how right Minako was.

"Guys, let's get to the arcade," Makoto said, pulling the smallest of them along.

The air changed ever so slightly as four men who had been watching them disappeared.

None of the girls had seen them, but Minako turned her head, sensing a familiar presence. The shadow of destiny was growing ever closer and more difficult to escape...

"You're right Mako-chan. I could do with some American food and Toki-oni-san's milkshakes." Usagi grinned

"That's our girl," a black cat said, jumping down onto her shoulder, her white counterpart jumping onto Minako's.

"Luna, Artemis? You can talk, you're alive," Ami gasped.

Usagi POV

Shocked was the understatement of the century, Usagi saw them die, she was sure. But it was a lifetime ago, maybe in another life? When Usagi felt the heat of the cat on her body she started, but almost instantly relaxed.

The tension was thick as the two young cats looked at each other with great sadness. Artemis shook his head sadly, they felt so bad not seeing their charges for over 20 years and were just about to bombard them with horrifying memories."We are so sorry."

The five girls were slack-jawed as the two cat's Moon marks began to glow. Slowly a lifetime of memories began to filter into their minds. Their soulmates, their mothers and powers, but the intensity of the darker memories grew worse and worse. When they were done with the horrible cascade of bitter memories, they were all weeping.

The horror was still very evident in their eyes. But they had realized, not only had they walked these streets before but once, the very dead solar system barring the earth they walked on today had once sustained not only them, but billions upon billions of people.

"We will save your husbands," Luna promised.

The four girls nodded, swiping at their tears. "Endymion hates me," Usagi murmured, unable to stop her own weeping.

"We have only just recovered your full memories as much as we can. The dark kingdom is stirring. Unfortunately, your vacation from fighting evil is ending," Artemis said, mourning the loss of his own race all over again.

"Can you redeem Endymion's memories?" Makoto asked.

The cats regretfully shook their heads. "We have tried, but with his crystal being the Golden Crystal it is protecting him until it is time. He is too closely linked to Elysion and the earth."

Crown arcade

Mamoru was getting anxious. It was forty minutes after her high school let out. Where the hell was she? Had something happened to her or the other girls?

He felt a pang of sadness, pain, and then self-loathing. "Endymion," a voice cried out in his head.

"Endy?" he murmured.

"Dude, you're doing it again," Motoki said, waving his hand in front of Mamoru's face.

The bell-ringing bought Mamoru out of his reverie and he jumped up out his seat and stalked towards the odangoed blonde. He looked her over carefully. He had observed she was shrunk in on herself, she wasn't the loud, vivacious cry baby that he had secretly crushed on for many years.

"Mamoru-Baka?" her voice sounded small, even pained.

"You're not hurt." It was a statement, not a question.

Usagi shook her head and hid behind her tall friend. She was scared of him? No, she couldn't be. It was just his actions that spooked her, right?

"Dude," he turned around to see Motoki glaring daggers at him. He grunted like a lion who had just lost its plaything and went back to his coffee.

The girls sat at their usual booth. The girls observed the dark-haired brooding teen somehow Usagi had inadvertently awoken their soul bond, Minako wanted to weep for once it had blazed bright silver and gold, and those who could observe it could not gaze for long. however at this moment it barely shone the two were broken and somehow without her intervening they would have to fix it but it couldn't be forced, no! Then as Motoki approached them Minako broke off her train of thought. "Usual girls?" he asked cheerfully, completely different from the man who not even two minutes ago had been glaring daggers at his best friend.

The girls all nodded and began to talk quietly, each sparing glances at the brooding teen on the stool at the counter, Usagi looking more often than the others, and the longest.

"Mamo-chan," she whispered.

Mamoru looked up and around. He saw Usagi, her black cat, who was her constant companion, sitting on her knee. The white cat was dozing at Minako's feet. Mamoru did a double take he knew those cats but this was the first time he had seen them wasn't it?

"Later Motoki," Mamoru said standing up.

Motoki looked up and then whispered. "You need to calm down dude. I can feel your energy coming off you in waves. Yeesh! Go have a shower and cool down," he ordered.

"My temper is perfectly in check," Mamoru whispered back.

"You know I don't believe you, so don't give me that BS. She hasn't given up Mamoru. I am sure by the forlorn look in her eyes that she will be here until closing. Go for a run and come back with your car as she will need a lift home and you will be a gentleman to her." He hissed the last part.

Mamoru nodded, picked up his school things, and spared one glance at Usagi, who held his gaze as a tear slipped down her cheek. He ran out of the arcade when he just wanted to go to her, wipe her eyes and ask who or what had made her cry.

Usagi shook away her tears as Motoki bought them burgers and fries, which made her grin big and forget all her troubles. For a little while anyway.

Mamoru ran. He had scared Usako. His little bunny. Now he was expected to be a gentleman to her? Motoki sure knew how to play his cards.

He didn't realize how long he had been running but he looked up to see he had arrived at his block of apartments. He went upstairs in the elevator and changed out of his uniform and into slacks and the, as Usagi would say, 'dreaded ugly green jacket.'

He picked up his car keys and his wallet and by the time he pulled the car out of the garage, it was edging into darkness for the night. It was chilly so he didn't put his roof down. He arrived a short time later at the crown and saw Usagi sitting on the stool next to his usual spot, her friends having obviously gone home. So she kept Motoki company.

She had obviously been crying again and this time he didn't need to stop himself. He walked up to her and wiped her tears away then gave the all-knowing smirk. "What's up Odango, your friends ditch you?"

Usagi looked up at him with barely any fire. "Mamoru-Baka, no I failed my first test. Mom is going to kill me."

"Parents with high expectations?" Mamoru asked.

"No more like a brother who constantly boasts he is smarter than me and it's rubbing off on mom and dad."

Mamoru pulled her against his chest. "What's the subject?" he asked, to his own surprise, and the surprise of his best friend and the blonde in his arms.

Usagi gave him a deadpan look and he winced. "Math?"

"Hai. I am pretty good with mental math, but the rest of it... even though I wrote notes doesn't seem to stick. Ami-chan has tried bribery, taking away Manga, rewards, and everything else she could think of. I passed middle school math but this is all totally new to me."

Mamoru nodded. "I can tutor you."

Usagi felt the rumble of words through his chest even though her heart was doing flip-flops at that very moment. "You would do that for me... I mean you would do that?" Usagi asked, looking up.

Mamoru nodded.

"Okay, so you tutor me and if I pass my next test you have to stop calling me Odango," Usagi smirked; the fire was back.

Mamoru inhaled, then exhaled and stuck his hand out. "Deal?" he asked apprehensively he hoped for more one day.

"Deal," Usagi replied, shaking the offered hand.

There was the sound of a phone call. Usagi scrambled almost tripping over her own feet to get to her bag. "Hello?"

"Usagi-chan it's close to curfew where are you?"

"Sorry mom, I got caught up talking to Motoki nii-san, I'm on my way now."

"Ten minutes Usa, try and get home before your papa."

Usagi's eyes widened as she nodded. "Love you, mom." She hung up and looked at Mamoru, not really wanting to say goodbye.

"Come on, I will give you a lift. See you later 'Toki," Mamoru said, putting his hand on the small of her back, which made Usagi blush wildly.

Motoki pov

Motoki smiled as they left together, this time they would get their happy ending but he just had to keep up the guise a little bit longer, and then he could be who he truly was and he would be reunited with his twin after over a millennium but first he had a big lie to tell and he wasn't sure whether his cousin would ever forgive him. He shook his head, she always forgave him after all his sister was a warrior princess who stood by her side when duty didn't call.

The two walked around to Mamoru's car and Mamoru let her into the passenger side. He got into his side and they began to drive home. Mamoru just followed instinct and soon they were at the yellow house.

"How do I know where you live?"

Usagi wet her lip. "You walked me home once," she lied. He had walked her home many times before back then .when they all had memories and before the memories, he kept her safe by starting silly arguments until she was home safe

"I really don't like memory gaps," Mamoru huffed.

Usagi reached over and kissed his cheek. Blushing, she retreated out the door and to her gate. "Goodnight Mamo-chan", she whispered, and then she ran to her mother at the door.

"A boyfriend eh?" Ikuko said, her eyebrows wiggling.

"Moooooommmm nooo. Not yet at least," Usagi added, then blushed.