Chapter 3: Heart to Heart


Usagi and Taro are almost heading to Mamoru's house, they rung the doorbell for a few times for waiting for response.

"Mamo chan is not here?"

"That's weird."

Usagi felt awkward after what Mamoru promised her in the end of the final battle, that she would treat herself better in the future, and he would never leave her alone. She assumed Mamoru had already remembered what he just vowed. But she knows Mamoru Is still being slow and haven't respond her Throughout these days. This made her felt suspicious on what he was doing.

"Seriously, Mamo-chan? You promised me to be more active and respond to me, although you were busy!" Usagi exclaimed.

"Usagi, calm down. Maybe Mamoru really have something to do that he was unable to respond your calls." Taro said.

"But he won't be that late and respond me!"

"What's the matter, Usagi?"

"It's just Mamo-chan, in the past when we were together, Mamoru almost all of the time, he ignored me as if he didn't care about me. He even said I have no feelings for me."

"Weren't you a couple together?" Taro asked.

"It's just like, I don't understand. Taro san, if he really have no feelings for me, then why he needs to be with me? He should have rejected me in the first place!"

"Since when did he say that?"

"It's actually a few years ago, I have to take care of Chibiusa, and Mamoru was with me, He suddenly said this phrase."

"I thought Mamoru was a good person what you mentioned before in the North Pole?"

"He didn't really treat me that well, Sorry for not mentioning this before." Usagi said as she lowered her head.

"Oh, and if that's the case, then I should be more careful."

"Why does Mamo-chan still treat me like this? This promise is a few months ago!"

"If you see Mamoru, It's better ito tell him your thoughts."

"I guess so." Usagi nodded.


Taro started to know a little more about Usagi, Although the moment when he was in North Pole, able to share his experience about how did he go through as a brother in the Ultra Defense Force. Of course, he just met her, And being a guardian without any cognition to her, does not know how to react when meeting an anime character, comparing to him, as an alien. To him, in this extremely cold weather, he was assigned by King to see whether there are any danger happening. To his surprise, he saw Usagi alone in the North Pole, feeling hopeless on the deaths of her friends.

At first, He thought the person who is lying on the ground was a villain that tricked him for earning his sympathy, He was very careful at that time, since they have to be alert, no matter if a person who is in trouble, they may deceive them and set a trap for them. So he decided to keep his spear hidden, but what he saw, was not a random person, it was Usagi. The person who was assigned by King to be her partner; she is crying; with hidden tears forming in her eyelids. She blamed the red ultra that he didn't save her earlier; to his perspective, how a villain can blame him for being late, it doesn't make sense to him. Afterwards, He slapped Usagi very hard, because on how Usagi said to him he was stupid. He was angry; and that's his only way to stop her for slandering.

A few minutes later, Taro clamed himself and shared some experiences to her; Usagi immediately burst into tears after what he said. She clunged him tight and bawled loudly. After seeing Usagi's action by hugging her, he remembered when he was a child, he was also being useless and cried on his parents arms. This time, he saw Usagi crying hard, her cries were painful. He felt shocked to see how Usagi is hugging himself tightly, the thoughts of him before treating her as a villain had gone, now he felt sympathetic to her. She said to him that she lost her friends, he also didn't know that she had gone through a lot, he also has no idea on how a senshi could gone such excruciating, challenging, how they need to suffer a lot of injuries through the battles.

Taro saw Usagi hugging him, his only thing is to do is to hug her. He embraced her tightly by comforting her on that her friends were still with her. And that's true. The spirits of the inner senshi encouraged her to move on. It's his first time to comfort a human; and this is his first time feel how crying looks like. His eyes filled with sparkles, these are the tears of the Ultras; of course, he holds his tears for not to let Usagi know he is weak; so he held it.


"Taro san…. I'm scared Mamo-chan would die or something."

"You don't have to be scared, Usagi, I'm here." Taro said as he comforted her.

"Taro san… This embrace, remembered me when you first appeared and hugged me in the North Pole." Usagi said.

"Really, Usagi?"

"You are really helpful; I wouldn't have done without you."

"I didn't know you have gone a long time, Usagi, what you told me about losing your friends, it does reminds me of losing my brothers."

"About my friends, they were with me, it feels like during the times, we fought together a lot, suddenly feel like there is no support."

"The inner senshi, right? I noticed them, they died really that painful."

"It were the DD girls, my friends are still able to have a chance to kill them before they die."

"You have to appreciate the hard work to them."

"Yes, and because of this, the villains are reduced."

"You were lucky to have me with you, Usagi. Now I know much deeper about you."

"I was happy also, Having you to be with me."

"Don't mention it, Usagi."

"Can I hug you, Taro san? I would like to repay you for encouraging me."

"No problem, Usagi." Usagi hugged the red ultra tightly.


Mamoru then hid behind the wall, with his knife hidden in his baton, he was wondering if he could kill him, but he also considered the moment if he killed him earlier, Usagi might treat Mamoru as a killer. So he just watched to see what was going on.

"Was the demon in my dream not the one that killed Usako? Or was I just thinking things?" Mamoru thought.


"Taro san, Can we go to somewhere else? If Mamo-chan was not here, we could just go somewhere else."

"Sure, Usagi chan."

"How about you stay in my house for a night, and I'm now living alone and my parents were out."

"Your parents were out?"

"Just only me at my house, So, I was wondering if you could stay with me?"

"I guess so, but we have to be very private."

"I can introduce my partners to you, Taro san."

"Partners?"

"I have a cat though, she is the one that find me and this is the first time I transformed to Sailor Moon." Usagi said.

"Sounds interesting. I could get to know your cat when I got to your house."

"And would you stay with me when sleeping? Without Mamo-chan, I feel so lonely."

"You sure?"

"Sometimes I have a lot of nightmares in the past, where I lost all my friends again, it's kind of painful. And I need comfort, Taro san. That's all."

"Alright then, Usagi, I will stay with you for this night."

Taro saw her eyes filled with sadness; his heart felt a sympathetic for her to hear what she mentioned. Although he knows Mamoru is probably following him or simply just cannot be able to answer her calls, he still treat her as the person to protect. He knows he must keep distance to Usagi, for not letting people know Usagi is cheating on Mamoru. From now on, he needs to fulfill her promise. That's enough for him. The duo left Mamoru's house as they head back to Usagi's house.

Mamoru, on the other hand, noticed the sun had gone down, he decided to go back home, waiting for the duo to leave. He temporarily stopped the investigation.

"Seems There's nothing wrong with Usako and that demon, I guess I'll ask Usako later if she wants to speak, I must not let my guard down to them. He will kill her tomorrow." Mamoru said as he got back home, he put down all the belongings to the drawer, and drifted to sleep, after almost a day for investigating.


For the moment on how Usagi meet the taller ultra, check "Burning In The Ice" for more details.

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