Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Simple Knock ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

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Title: A Simple Knock
Author: Maetel
Email: maemaechan@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.geocities.com/dawnbabu/
Rating: M 15+
Summary: I'll let the plot of the story remain a mystery until people
start reading.
Chapters: 6/16
Status: Incomplete
Year Completed: N/A

Makoto nervously paced the floor, her eyes darting between the dark haired woman and her friend. She wasn't sure what was happening, or whether or not the dark haired woman was really Luna, but she was sure that she wanted to destroy the youma that caused all of what was happening to her friends.

Usagi had been asleep for almost two hours, with no sign of waking any time soon, and Luna had been unconscious for almost an hour and a half before she even started showing signs of coming around. Ami kept doing all that she could think of to make sure that the two were all right. Rei had to go back to the temple after receiving a call from her grandfather but promised to be back as soon as she could.

Thirty minutes had passed since Rei had left, and Makoto jumped when she heard a knock at her door. She wondered who it could be. Rei lived almost twenty minutes away from her apartment, and no one else could possibly want to come due to the attack earlier in the day being so near her apartment complex.

Makoto cleared her throat and asked who it was. She blinked when she heard Mamoru's voice come from the other side. "One minute please," she replied.

"Who is at the door, Mako-chan?" questioned Ami from the living room.

"Mamoru-san," the brunette answered. "I suppose he is wanting to make sure that Usagi is all right, but I can't remember telling him which apartment I lived in."

"Maybe you can ask him when you let... Oh dear, we've got to get Luna out of sight," the petite blue haired girl muttered.

"I'll get her out if you let him in once she is out of the room," Makoto suggested. Ami nodded and watched as the taller girl walked over and carefully lifted the dark haired figure off of the ground.

Once she heard Makoto's door shut, Ami opened the door and allowed Mamoru to enter the apartment. Mamoru looked at her curiously.

"Wasn't I just speaking with Makoto?" the dark haired upperclassman asked.

"Yes, but-"

"You don't have to explain. I was just checking to make sure that I wasn't getting the all of you confused," he explained. "Anyways, I came by to see if I could speak with Usagi-chan."

"Um... She's asleep right now, Mamoru-san," Ami told him. "Perhaps you can wait until you see her at the arcade next. She was rather exhausted when she and Mako-chan were brought back."

"You don't understand, Mizuno-san, I need to talk to her," he said almost pleadingly.

"Mamoru-san... I... I don't..."

"It's all right, Ami-chan," said Usagi as she slowly walked up behind the blue haired girl. "I've been awake ever since he knocked. It just took me a while to decide to get up."

"Are you sure, Usagi-chan?"

The blonde nodded. "Privacy or no?" she asked the tall young man.

"I think that would be best," Mamoru insisted. "It'll only be for a while."

"All right," she insisted. "Um.. Ami-chan, can you make sure Makoto doesn't disturb us?"

The blue haired girl nodded silently before walking back in to the living area, leaving Mamoru and Usagi in the small kitchenette.

"What did you need to speak about, Mamoru-san?" Usagi questioned nervously as the two of them took a seat at the small table.

"Well, first, I wanted to see how your head was doing?" he stated.

"Oh... um... I am beginning to think that you are right... I think I might really need to go see a doctor," she told him. "I had another lapse, and this time... It just wasn't at the best time to have one. The only bad thing is that I haven't told me parents about what happened, and I have a feeling that they aren't going to be happy about keeping it from them."

"Well, if you want... I can be there when you do tell them," Mamoru offered.

"Oh... um... arigato," she said uncertainly. "Well, is there anything else that you wanted to talk about? I mean you did say first."

Mamoru sighed when he guessed what she meant when she had told him the last occurrence happened at not the best time.

"Usagi-chan, I know your secret. I know that you are Sailor Moon," he admitted silently, his eyes staying on her face to see her reaction.

"Me... Sailor Moon? What are you talking about, Mamoru-san?" she laughed nervously. 'Oh... no... Luna is going to kill me when she finds out that someone knows who I am..."

"Don't worry. I only figured it out because of the last time you had a memory lapse. When you had to destroy the youma," he explained.

"But you weren't there, were you?" she asked curiously as she looked at him, confusion shown clearly on her heart shaped face.

"Yeah, I was. I've been there for almost every battle that I know of," he told her. "Granted, I have been in a less recognizable form, and throwing around roses instead of insults."

"Tux- Tuxedo Kamen-sama..." Usagi whispered softly in disbelief. She paled visibly when she saw him nod. She blinked and started thinking aloud to herself, "I've been getting into arguments every morning with the guy I have had a crush on ever since my first battle. Kami-sama..."

Mamoru smiled before her expression went from one of disbelief back to confusion.

"Usagi-chan, daijobu?" he questioned, his voice laced with concern.

"Hai, demo I was wondering, could you tell me what happened during the battle. I remember passing out, and then hearing you knock on the door. What exactly clued you into my being Sailor Moon?"

"Well, after you passed out because of the pain you were in, you regained consciousness, and it was almost as if you were a completely different person. You couldn't remember fighting, and you were just... well, not you," he tried to explain. "It was pretty much the same thing that had happened earlier at the arcade. I put it all together after I got back to my place after the battle. It was when I figured out who you are that I realized just how much danger you could be in."

"But wouldn't that be like me starting all over with no knowledge of my powers? I mean I had to learn everything in the first place," she stated. "Besides, as Sailor Moon I have always been in danger in the battles. I've been in danger outside of the battles because of where they take place. I'm going to be in danger until the ginzuishu and the princess are found"

"Yes, but..." Mamoru was at a loss. She was right, but her last response made him realize that she didn't know who she was. "Usagi-chan... what if I could tell you that I knew who the princess was, and that you could stop searching for her. Would that halt your going into battle until the crystal was found?"

"I can't stop. I have to... Wait a minute. You know who the princess is? I thought you said that you were trying to find her," the blonde inquired, her blue eyes staring into his own, peering for some sign as to whether or not he was telling the truth. Just like when he was Tuxedo Kamen, his eyes were unreadable.

"I was, but that was before I realized who she was. Don't ask me to tell you, please. I'll tell you, but just not now," he requested.

She nodded before answering the question he had asked her earlier. "Well... like I said, I can't stop going into battle, memory lapses or not. I may not like the idea of fighting, but I don't like the idea of innocent people being hurt more. It's my duty to protect the people until the princess is found and can put an end to Beryl's terror." She lowered her head to hide the tears that were forming in her eyes. Now that she was thinking about it, she was realizing just how much of a sacrifice she had been asked to make when she was given the brooch. "And after that, I am to protect the princess herself. My life is bound by duty, and I can't just give up what I have to do. No matter how scared I am. No matter how much pain I feel. No matter how many times I have almost been killed..."

Mamoru saw a small tear fall down the blonde's cheek and reached out to wipe it away. "You must be so scared," he breathed as he felt her lean into his touch. "You shouldn't have been given duty so young..."

"But Luna didn't have much choice... Jadeite was already sending youma to Earth. Besides, I suppose that it is better that we are so young. I mean the older people get, the less believing they become, and for some, the more attached to their lives they become," she replied with a shrug as she fought back sobs. "Yeah, I'm scared, but I just figure that anyone older would be more resistant to the idea of fighting. That and anyone older will have made more attachments while here on this planet. If I died in the next battle, no one would miss me..."

Mamoru saw the heart breaking look on her face and carefully pulled her into his arms. He leaned down and spoke softly into her ear. "You're wrong Usagi-chan... Motoki would miss you. Your friends would miss you. Your parents would miss you. I would miss you."

Usagi couldn't say anything. Everything in her mind was thrown out at the feeling of his warm breath on her neck sent shivers through her. The only thing that had registered in her mind out of everything that he had said was that he would miss her.

"Would you really?" she said as she pulled away enough to look up into his eyes.

"More than you know," he admitted as he lifted his hand and gently brushed a lock of hair out of her face.

"Mamoru-san... I..."

Before she could say anything else, Mamoru leaned down and kissed her softly. The moment his lips had touched her own, electricity had ripped through her, causing her legs to suddenly feel like jelly. Her arms moved up his chest and wrapped around his neck to keep from falling to the ground. A soft moan was elicited from her as his tongue slipped into her mouth to dance with her own.

Neither of them heard the door to the apartment open until the clatter of a purse shocked them out of their reverie.

"Oh, kami-sama..." the two heard Rei whisper softly.

"Rei-chan!" Usagi called out as the raven haired miko turned and ran out of the apartment. "Oh no... I- I need to go after her. I need to make sure that she is ok..."

"I'll go with you," Mamoru said as he walked up to the door with her.

Usagi shook her head slowly. "I think it would be better if I talked with her. I mean she's liked you for a while and to be honest, I don't think she would want to see the both of us so soon after seeing us kissing."

Mamoru sighed and nodded as he watched her slip on her shoes. "All right, but if anything happens, and I mean anything, I want you to get out of there. No transforming. Not until you have been looked at about those memory lapses."

Usagi nodded before running out of the apartment and in search of her friend.

"What exactly was happening in here?" asked Makoto as she and Ami walked up behind the dark haired man. The taller one heard Usagi call out and wondered if Rei was in some sort of trouble, and if so, had Mamoru caused it. The dark haired girl felt a stranger sense of distrust towards the upperclassman, and it was only increased whenever she heard him insult her.

"Well, um..." Mamoru tried to think of a way to explain what had just happened while trying to avoid the both curious and death-promising gaze of the brown haired girl. "Usagi and I... Well... we were kissing... Then, Rei walked in and ran out. Usagi went after her."

"Poor Rei-chan..." murmured the blue haired genius.

"Mind explaining why you two were kissing?" the Amazon like young woman questioned.

"Oi..." Mamoru sighed as he ran his hands over his face. "Maybe you should ask Usagi that instead of me. No offense, Makoto-san, but I think that she would be better at explaining-" He groaned softly as he raised a hand to his head.

"Mamoru-san, daijobu?" asked Ami as she took a step towards him.

"I told her not to transform this time..." he groaned as he instinctively pulled a rose from his subspace pocket and transformed into Tuxedo Kamen. "Usagi just turned into Sailor Moon. She might be in danger."

The two looked at each other before nodding. If he knew who Sailor Moon was, then it wouldn't be long before figuring out who the senshi were.

"Tell anyone about this, and you'll learn what a lightning rod feels like," Makoto snapped, as she and Ami summoned their henshin wands. The two called out their henshin phrases, and seconds later, the two girls were replaced by the senshi of Mercury and Jupiter.

By the time their transformations were completed, Mamoru was out of the window and leaping from the fire escape. The two followed him, knowing that he would lead them to their friend.