Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Because of You ❯ A Promise created and a Vow is made. ( Chapter 2 )

Title: Because of You

Author: Cheska

E-mail Address: Minnashime@aol.com

Rating: PG or PG-13

Chapter: 2

Disclaimer: *booming voice* You will let me own SM&GW. You will let me

own SM&GW. You will let me own SM&GW. You will let me own SM&GW.

You will let me...*stops and coughs* own SM&GW. You will let me own

SM&GW. You will let me own SM&GW. *a little swirling hypnotizing device

is in front of the owners of the shows* You will let me own SM&GW.

You will let me own SM&GW. *voice gets weaker and tired* You will

let me own SM&GW. You will let me own SM&GW. *coughs and voice cracks*

Aww dang, lights! *light pops out of nowhere in the darkness* *sigh*

Not working...*sigh* *owners of the shows have a huge sweat drop* No duh!

Cheska: Oh shut up! Get out of here...

Owners: And the disclaimer.

Cheska: *weak voice* I don't own SM&GW.

*they scurry off*

Cheska: Darn, big shots...*glares*

Author's Notes: Lalala...Chapter 2 is up. Thanks for reading, folks!

Appreciate it so much! *smiles grandly* ^_^ Yeyyy!!!

Now on with the ficcie!

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It's because of him, I'm so happy. I'm content and my light could

only grow stronger with each passing day that I'm with him. But I also

knew that with every happiness comes sadness, however I don't let that get

to me. No, because he told me that I shouldn't let bad things hold me down.

It isn't worth it to become depressed amongst others. I should smile

and laugh, let others be happy even if you should be crying on the inside.

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One year later:

Summer Time

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"Duo!" Usagi was beaming over a smile toward his way, once the little

blond spotted him from the tree top.

Duo noticed his friend wearing a yellow summer dress with matching

sandals. Her hair done up in the normal odangoes but slightly longer

and her eyes filled with mirth at the sight of him. He grinned over

at her and carefully hid his present for her.

Sister Mary and Father Maxwell told him her birthday was today. At the

mention of the date, he ran off and disappeared in order to find the

right gift. Just for her.

"Duo, where were you?" Usagi jumped off the tree and approached him.

"I thought bunnies didn't climb trees," Duo grinned.

Over the past year they've known each other, he taught her how to climb

and play certain games. In return, she taught him what she knew. One time

the nun and the priest caught Usagi climbing a rooftop and instantly knew

that Duo was behind it. However, they didn't say anything because in their

hearts they could trust the ruffian.

As for the bunny statement, well that was another story.

"Yeah, well this bunny can," Usagi lightly pouted toward him.

"Hey Duo,"

"What is it Usa?"

"When did you start calling me bunny?"

"I didn't, not really. You just looked like a bunny up in the tree.

After all, you do like bunnies. Remember when Sister Mary brought home that white rabbit?" Duo pointed out.

"Hai, I do. It was so adorable."

"Just like you," Duo smiled.

Usagi only smiled in return and cocked her head to the side, observing

her friend. His hair was now just past his shoulders by a few centimeters

and his height lengthened to three inches taller than her size. Nothing

that really concerned her, but just as she was going to turn around the

blond girl saw that he was hiding something in back of him.

"What's that you're hiding, Duo?" Usagi straightened up and pointed in

back of him.

"Knew you'd spot it sooner or later," Duo grinned.

"What is it?"

"Close your eyes first," Duo requested.

Usagi did as she was told.

"And no peeking, Usa!" Duo added as he spotted his friend about to open her eyes.

"I won't…" her voice slightly playful at acting depressed.

Duo held up one of his gifts in front of her.

"Open!"

Usagi opened her eyes to see a pink rose dangling in front of her. Perfect

in every way. She happily took it into her hands and continued to bathe

in its beauty.

"Arigatou,"

"That's not all. Here," Duo revealed a carefully wrapped gift and handed it

to her.

It was of medium size and appeared to be a rectangular container. What was

inside, was anybody's guess.

"Aren't you going to open it?" Duo wondered out loud.

"Hai, I will!" Usagi grinned and stooped down to place the rose down and knelt. Hastily, Usagi unwrapped it to reveal a pink and white bunny inside the box: a pink satin collar around its neck.

"Thank you, Duo!" Usagi squealed in glee as she ran into Duo's arms.

"Happy Birthday, Usa."

Out in the distance, Sister Mary and Father Maxwell watched the two.

"They're good for each other, aren't they?" Sister Mary commented.

"If it's God's will, then so be it..."Father Maxwell nodded.

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*Six years later*

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A ten year old Usagi with long blond hair done up in odangoes and

her hair reaching over to her waist was running down the street.

A smile on her face as she ran off.

"Can't catch me, slow poke!" Usagi yelled over her shoulder.

"Slow poke! Just wait till I catch you, Usa!" Duo yelled out as the young boy drew nearer with each passing step.

Duo's chestnut brown hair was done up in a braid as it has been for

many long years. It now reached over to his back, only three inches

from reaching his waist. His eyes sparkled with determination,

excitement, and glee at his pursuit. His prey. His friend.

"Usagi! Duo! What are you two doing?!" an adult climbed down the stairs,

eyeing the two as they slowed down and came to a stop in front of a

church. They winced and bowed their head at the familiar figure.

An older woman dressed in a traditional black nun outfit stood over them,

hands placed on her hips.

"Greeting, Sister!" Usagi put on her best smile as she greeted the elder.

"Greetings, Usagi. Duo. Now tell me, why are you running about the street? At this time?" pressed the nun.

"Uhh...well..."Duo began to speak.

"Now don't try getting out of this, young man. Every other child is in church as they very well should be. But you two..."the nun trailed off.

"Sister, I see you found the two…" a male voice interrupted the conversation

from atop the stairs and at the entrance of the church.

"Father, I was just talking to the children about not being in church..."explained Sister Mary.

"I see…" Father Maxwell came up beside his colleague and gazed at the

two with friendliness.

"Father," Usagi bowed politely to the older man while Duo merely nodded.

"Now, why don't you go inside you two. You've missed the first reading," Father Maxwell waved towards the building.

"Hai, Father Maxwell..." Usagi nodded in understanding and obeyed.

Immediately, her legs carried her off into the church while catching a glimpse

of Duo's unmoving figure.

"Duo? Won't you come inside?" Father Maxwell questioned.

"I don't believe in God!" Duo protested.

"Oh, my…" Sister Mary placed a hand over her heart at the outburst.

"Why not?" the priest inquired.

"The only God I believe in is Shinigami! The God of Death." Duo told them.

"Shinigami?"

"Yup!"

Father Maxwell stared momentarily at Sister Mary whose eyes widened at the

comment but refused to say a word.

"If that is your belief, then very well. You don't have to attend church..." Father Maxwell didn't push his beliefs so he turned to go back inside alongside Sister Mary.

"It is..." Duo muttered and stared at the retreating backs of the two adults.

Once inside, the boy ran off to go back to the orphanage to wait for them.

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"Why weren't you in church, Duo?" the familiar feminine voice of Usagi inquired.

"I don't believe in your God, Usa…" Duo answered, not looking back at her.

Duo sat on a tree branch, gazing up at the stars.

"Then what do you believe in?"

"Shinigami..."

"The God of Death? Why?"

"Why base your beliefs in a God who gives out sayings on life all the time? Life everlasting? Shinigami doesn't say that. Because people die all the time and they don't come back to life, do they? Shinigami is powerful and he's the God of Death. He presides over death, something that everyone has in common because people die all the time. Like my parents..."Duo muttered bitterly.

"I won't push you in your beliefs Duo. If that's what you think, then I support you. But don't ask me to change my beliefs…"

"I won't Usa…" Duo smirked.

"Duo?"

"Yeah?"

"You're my friend right? You won't leave me?"

"Of course you're my friend!" Duo exclaimed.

"You won't leave me?"

"Only if you won't leave me."

"I won't."

"Then I won't either."

"What will happen if we do leave each other? What then?"

"What do you mean?" Duo furrowed his brows together, his cobalt blue eyes

filled with wonderment.

"What if we're separated? Not out of our own free will? What then?" Usagi

questioned.

"Then we'll find each other."

"Hai, I'll find you and you'll find me! Promise?" Usagi held out her pinkie.

"What are you doing?" Duo cocked his head to the side, wondering why she extended out her pinkie.

"It's a pinkie swear, silly!" Usagi giggled and caught Duo's pinkie.

"Weird," Duo shook his head and stared at Usagi's glistening eyes. Shining

in the beautiful night, as bright as the stars and the moon itself.

"Promise," Usagi and Duo stated in unison.

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That pact was made in one night and deep in my heart I knew that had

to be fulfilled, no matter what.

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*Two years later*

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"WHAT?!?!" an exclamation rang out throughout the whole building.

Inquisitive children lined up against the wooden door, trying to listen into the conversation going on inside. Apparently, whatever it was wasn't making a certain blond girl happy.

"Calm down, Usagi. Please?" Sister Mary pleaded to the raging girl.

"I can't! How could you do this to me? How?" Usagi shook her head and stomped over to the doorway and opened it, taking one last look at the two people she trusted before storming off.

"Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to do that to her," murmured Sister Mary.

"It was out of good intentions," Father Maxwell sighed.

The small children that were listening into the conversation saw Usagi's

betrayed face and hardened expression with painful eyes. Eyes they haven't

seen on her face since coming to the orphanage. Whatever it was, it must've

stung her good. One girl saw it and smirked in amusement. One of the few

in the building that disliked the girl: Terry.

"How could they?" Usagi shook her head in disbelief.

(What about mother? She told me she'd come back. She said so herself. Okaa-san, you're supposed to come for me. Right?)

"How could they what, Usa?" a familiar voice intruded her thoughts.

"Duo…" Usagi was startled at the sound and whirled around to face a 14-year old boy. His braided hair reaching his waist and his eyes filled with happiness but frowned once he noticed her expression.

Tears fell down Usagi's eyes and stained her cheeks. At the view, Duo wiped them away with tenderness.

"You're crying, babes like you shouldn't…" Duo grinned.

"Oh you," Usagi instantly batted him off with a playful slap over to his arm.

"There you go, smiling…" Duo chuckled.

Usagi nodded and stared over at the tree. The tree that they've met over in throughout the years they've known each other. Still standing, still strong,

and still flourishing with beautiful leaves.

"What's got you so down, beautiful?" Duo playfully questioned in a gentle manner.

"Long ago, okaa-san...mother, told me to wait at this bench for two friendly

people. A nun and a priest. Sister Mary and Father Maxwell. She said they'd

take care of me. And she told me she'd come for me when she can. I've waited for her ever since...."Usagi murmured.

"She'll come, don't cry…you know I detest that," Duo stated.

Usagi whirled around to him, her eyes filled with sorrow.

"You said I shouldn't cry. Said I should smile because it suits me better.

I've tried, Duo. I've tried but I can't. I just can't...not with what they're going to do to me!" Usagi shouted out and bent her head.

"Usa..."

"They're sending me to Earth! Earth Duo! To live with a new family: I've been adopted!" Usagi cried out and broke down, crying.

"Adopted...?"Duo stared in shock over at Usagi's crying form.

All his years, he believed that they'd be together. They wouldn't separate

but now he sees he's wrong. Terribly so.

"When?" Duo asked his voice filled with strength.

"Today, they're shipping me off to the next shuttle. I don't even know where I'll be stationed..."sighed Usagi in depression as she wiped off her tears to stare at him.

"I thought okaa-san would come for me. Believed she will; someday."

"Hey, Usa. Don't talk like that, okay? Like I said..."

"It doesn't fit you," both stated in sync and they broke into a grin.

"Maybe I'll be able to visit you, Duo, in a few months, maybe?" Usagi

hopefully asked.

"Yeah, I'll be here. You know where to find me..."winked the sly boy and

extended out a hand towards her.

"Like we said two years ago. We'll find each other…" Usagi recalled.

"Yup!"

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"It's your shuttle now," Sister Mary's gentle voice shook Usagi out of

her reverie.

Usagi stared straight ahead, trying her best to put on a cheery smile but it never reached her eyes. Her gaze lingered around the port, trying to find someone. However all was in vain as she only saw the nun and the priest waiting by her side.

"Ano...can you…tell...ano..." Usagi hesitated as she fidgeted around.

"You can tell us, we'll deliver your message.." Father Maxwell urged her

to continue.

Biting her lip, Usagi shook her head and picked up her small bag that carried

what small possessions she had with her and left. Only revealing her pink and

white bunny for eyes to see. Usagi walked forward and was about to give out her

passport and ticket to the flight attendant when a voice cried above all the raucous.

"USAGI!" shouted a fourteen year old.

Whirling around, Duo came running and dodging through people as he tried to reach her. Usagi beamed out a smile and dropped her duffle bag, running to him with her stuffed animal.

"DUO!" Usagi grinned in happiness and was caught in his embrace.

"I couldn't let our time go to waste by not meeting you in the port, right?" Duo whispered in her ear.

"I knew you'd come..." Usagi murmured.

All the while, Father Maxwell and Sister Mary gazed at the two. Their expressions exposing gratitude and a small hint of relief at knowing their friendship didn't end.

"I...wanted to give you this before you go..."Duo placed a small plastic-texture in her hand, closing it with his own.

"Usagi, your flight..."reminded Sister Mary.

Usagi let herself go from Duo's grasp and stepped away, taking one last glimpse of her friend before entering the shuttle without a backward glance.

Neither of them getting to say good-bye.

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Once in her seat, Usagi opened up her hand and looked at the object. It was a picture of the two of them with both standing beside the ever present tree with happiness. It was taken only one week ago before this event. A smile reached across her lips as she fondly stared at it before slipping it into her small bag. Her eyes drifted outside to gaze at the stars once the shuttle took off

for Earth.

(I'll meet you again, Duo. This I vow.)

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*Three months later*

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Fall greeted the Colony at L2. People were bustling around, preparing for the upcoming winter by purchasing gifts for their loved ones and also for Thanksgiving. However, not everyone was quite content with the year.

It was after Colony 194. Only three months ago since Usagi left but now she returned.

"The orphanage should be around here, somewhere..."mumbled the golden haired girl as she wound her way around the streets.

Finally, she stopped as her crystalline blue eyes widening in shock and disbelief at the sight that greeted her eyes. A ruined compound standing

in her wake. Crumbling walls and already fallen pieces. Nothing but

ruins.

"No...No…" Usagi shook her head, tears welling up in her eyes but she forced herself to hold it back as she cautiously approached the destruction.

Bending her head from the low entrance, the blond girl stepped inside.

Choosing wisely as she guided herself through the pitfalls that awaited her.

Nothing but destruction and chaos. Then finally she found her way to a familiar site. The office of the two adults. Opening the door, Usagi went in and saw an opened black box lying on the ground around debris.

"I wonder what was in here..." Usagi muttered, eyeing the object.

From the looks of it, it just appeared as a simple compartment used only for

junk and small pieces. But it was much more to it than that, Usagi could tell. It was fireproof as well as destruction, in case fire occurred and indeed it held up quite nicely through the recent destruction.

"Someone opened this, wonder who…" Usagi mumbled and stood upright at the

sound of small footsteps coming from outside.

Taking one last glance, the blond girl followed the sound. Until she came

to a doorway that would lead her to the site.

(Is anyone even alive from the orphanage? Who would do such a thing as kill them? Who?)Usagi bitterly noted.

As Usagi opened the door, a lone figure stood outside in front of a tree clutching something in his hand. Long chestnut brown hair done up in a braid

reaching to its waist. At one glance, you'd think it was a girl but in reality

it isn't. It's male.

Usagi stealthily crept up to him and studied him from behind. Not knowing

what to say, not knowing what to do.

"They're gone. All of them. Even the Sister and Father Maxwell." Duo began,

not turning around or acknowledging her presence.

(They're gone...)Usagi mourned silently.

"The Church was burnt down and the orphanage lies in ruins. I tried to stop them, pleaded and bargained. Saying I'll steal a suit for them. A mobile suit, but they only laughed and said deal. They never thought I could do it. Not one of them, so when I came back with it....I only saw destruction. Nothing left..."Duo rambled on.

(oh Duo...)

"Father Maxwell left me with something though; his cross, a silver cross for me to wear in memory. And so...I'll wear it; for him. I'll become not just Duo. But Duo Maxwell."

Duo revealed something shining in the faint outline of light and put it around

his neck, not evening turning around.

"Why don't you turn around and let me see, Duo?" Usagi spoke up.

Duo tensed slightly at the intrusion and turned around. He still appeared the same as ever but with only the slight alteration of expression. Tears stained his facade.

"Tears and that frown of yours doesn't suit you, Duo. Smiles and happiness do..."Usagi murmured and wiped the tears from his face with a small smile.

"Usa..."Duo muttered and grasped her hand, feeling the warmth of her hand

against his cheek.

"I'm here, Duo. Just like I promised. We'll meet again," Usagi reminded him.

"Yeah..."Duo let the hand go and it dropped away to her side.

"Who killed them? Who did you try to stop?" Usagi interrogated, stepping

closer.

"I don't want you involved, Usa. That's why I'm leaving, leaving this place..." Duo shook his head.

"Leaving? When? Why? Where?" Usagi berated him.

"Yes, leaving. I met this guy; he's going to help me get back the guys who did this to the Church and orphanage. They're Oz, Usa, the new organization."

"But why did they do this?"

"I…don't know, Usa. I really don't know..."

"Duo..."

"Usagi, I'm leaving soon. Tonight. So you should get going."

"Will we ever see each other again, Duo? Are you really going to fight

them? I don't want you hurt.."

"I have to fight, Usa. Who else will stand up against them? I have to

do something."

"You can let the others handle this!"

"No, I can't. I'm the only one who lived through this wreck, so I'll

avenge them."

"Then let me fight with you!"

"You know you don't like war, Usa. It's not you," Duo's eyes held a certain

twinkle at this.

"And you, Duo? You like fighting in a war?"

"Hey, I'm a street kid. I'll manage," Duo winked.

Usagi fell silent, not knowing what else to say to him.

"Hey," Duo touched her shoulder and she tensed up at the touch. With that,

his hand fell.

"I don't know if we'll ever see each other again. What about our promise, Duo?"

"It's because of you, Usa that I managed to get through all these years.

It's because of you that I can actually have some sense in my head. And

it's because of you, I'll have something to think about to get me through

this war." Duo listed out, his voice steady.

"And it's because of you, I came back here Duo. And because you're my

friend. You let me gather happiness within myself and why I'm so cheerful. So please, Duo. Live through this!" Usagi gazed up at him in hope.

"We made that promise, didn't we?" Duo grinned and then turned around and left.

"Hai, Duo. We did.." Usagi whispered out as he watched his friend disappear down the hill.

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That was the last time I saw Duo. He took up that name: Maxwell. And

it suits him, although, he's not Christian or Catholic. Nor is he related

to the priest by blood. But he is related to him through past relations.

The day that Duo left was the day I went back to Earth. Wishing and hoping

in my heart that someday I'll get to see him again. And I have in television.

It shocked me to find out that he got captured by Oz. I worried and prayed

that he'd be alright. And over the years, I've changed. Through

destiny and through my attitude. But never have I altered in the ways of

my heart and soul. Never.

I may have become Usagi Tsukino. I may have become Sailor Moon and Princess

Serenity. But I haven't changed who I am inside. The one who was a little girl

alone in the streets waiting for the nun and priest. The one who cried because

of a bully in the orphanage. The one who was befriended by a young ruffian

named Duo. And the same one who made a promise. A promise to one day meet

him once more. And that promise I shall keep to the end of my days.

I will find you again, Duo. And I know you'll keep your promise to find me

as well. We'll meet each other, I know it.

To be continued...

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There goes Chapter 2 of this new story written by me. ^^;;