Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ A Simple Knock ❯ Chapter 15

Title: A Simple Knock

Author: Maetel

Email: maemaechan@yahoo.com

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Rating: M 15+

Summary: Once again, I am back to no summaries. I suck at summarizing so meh.

Chapters: 15/16

Status: Incomplete

Year Completed: N/A

When Serenity awoke, she found herself lying in a strange bed with dark blue sheets and light cascading in through a balcony doorway. The last thing she remembered was Endymion causing her to lose concentration when she had tried to erase her senshi’s identities from the memories from the people who had gone to Usagi’s party.

She sat up and looked around to see that the room was empty of people, but on a nearby chair rested a green jacket that looked slightly worn, but nice nonetheless. It was then that she remembered where she had seen it before.

“Endymion,” she whispered. “This must be his chamber, but where is…”

She was cut off when the door to the room opened and Mamoru walked in.

“I thought I heard something coming from in here,” he said softly, wondering just who was in control right at the moment. He cast those thoughts aside and walked over to sit on the edge of the bed. “How are you feeling?”

“The crystal’s effects are still weighing down upon me, but I feel fine otherwise,” she told him with a small smile. “Though I think I am doing better than my modern day counterpart. She’s… She’s no longer under the Dark Kingdom’s control, but she remembers all that she had done. Whenever she comes close to awakening, I can feel how much guilt she feels when she recalls her actions, but she usually drifts back into slumber before I have a chance to talk to her.”

Mamoru nodded and sighed. Everything that he was thinking was contradicting itself. He’d been searching for his princess for so long, and yet when he finally found her, within the very person he’d grown attracted to, why did he suddenly just want the girl she was before he found out the truth. He didn’t want the princess, and yet he wanted the very person she was born to be in this life.

Serenity sensed his distress and reached out to place a comforting hand on his. “You’ve cared for her longer than you care to admit, haven’t you?” she asked softly.

Mamoru nodded and looked down. “I more than care for her honestly. I love her. I don’t know how long I have, but I know that I do. For all of this time, I’ve been looking for you, and yet… It’s confusing. I’ve cared for her in some way or another ever since I first met her when I was in the hospital. I’d all but forgotten about her until I felt her test bounce off of my head a few months ago, and now… I’ve never been so scared of losing anyone in my life, despite how I’ve tried to distance myself from her as much as I possibly could.”

Serenity nodded. “So that explains the term odango atama. That seems to be the one thing that floats from her to myself, that and what I am guessing is your name in this life, Mamoru?”

“That’s right,” he told her. “I have one question, if you do not mind my asking. Is there anyway that the two of you are ever going to be able to… Well… You are separate beings in one mind, but that’s not the safest way for you to be. Especially with the battles that I know are going to be coming up in the future.”

“I’m guessing that there is. It is only logical isn’t it? Usagi is going to be the one to determine that in the long run though,” the young princess said. Her spirits had been sinking ever since his admission, and yet she understood his reasons. He hadn’t fallen in love with her, but with her Tokyo born counterpart instead, and in a way, that was for the best. At least he wasn’t in love with her out of obligation, and in a way, that would have been a major concern.

Mamoru noticed that the blonde had gone silent and looked at her, concern etched into his features. “Daijobu?”

She smiled at him and nodded, though her eyes didn’t reflect the emotions that the smile was supposed to convey. “I’m fine, Mamoru, though I am starting to wonder how long I was asleep,” she told him before her stomach growled softly.

“I was wondering about that. You’ve been asleep for the past forty eight hours, and I was expecting you to ask for food the moment you waked up,” he told her. “Just give me a few minutes to get something ready and call the girls and then I’ll come back and get you.”

“The girls?” questioned Serenity.

“The senshi. They’ve been calling every so often to make sure that you were all right, and to ask why I hadn’t called to let them know that you’d woken up when you hadn’t,” he informed her. “They were worried about you.”

“Thank you,” she told him as she once again felt Usagi start to stir within her mind. She watched as he closed the door behind him before closing her eyes and leaning back against the pillows she’d slept on.

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As Usagi woke, she noticed that she was being watched by the princess whose mind she shared.

“Daijobu?” questioned Serenity.

Usagi sighed and shrugged, not wanting to answer, causing the princess to frown.

“You’re friends are worried about you, and Mamoru is wanting you to wake up,” Serenity said simply.

“So they can have me hand in my broach as punishment for turning against them the way I did,” Usagi replied simply.

“No… They have been worried about you. They stopped me from using the crystal because they didn’t want to lose you, Usagi. You’re friends love you…” Serenity stopped for a moment to think about whether or not she should tell Usagi what Mamoru had said. “I- I wanted him to tell you this himself, but Mamoru loves you, Usagi. He told me himself that he wants you to come back to him. He cares more for you than you realize.”

“Only because-”

“No, he told me that he may have been looking for me, but he truly loves you. He said it himself. If you do not believe me, then look into my mind and see what he has told me,” Serenity stated emphatically.

“H-How do I do that?” Usagi asked as she looked at Serenity curiously.

“The decision is yours, but there is only one way, and it is quite permanent. The way to see what I have seen is to allow yourself to become the princess completely, which you would have done eventually anyways,” explained the princess. “It will take a small bit of energy and the use of the crystal, but it would work. I know it would.”

“You mean I’d remember everything that you know, and you would know everything that I know?”

Serenity nodded and held out her hand with the crystal in it. “As I said, the choice is yours. All you have to do is take my hand, and we’ll become one.”

Usagi looked at the princess and then at the crystal, thinking. “I… I don’t… Are you sure that it is smart for us to become one? What if the Dark Kingdom captures me, us again?”

“The senshi will not let that happen. Besides as I recall, all four of the shitennou are dead. Kunzite was the most powerful, meaning that the only person who could come after us now is Beryl, and there has to be a reason as to why she hasn’t come to Earth. I think that it is safe to say that we are not going to be captured by the Dark Kingdom again.’

Looking down, Usagi thought for a moment before nodding. “I’m ready.’

Serenity smiled and head out her hand for the other blonde to take.

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“I’ll tell her, Rei-chan,” said Mamoru. “I just hope that Usagi-chan is all right. According to what the princess said, she is being very hard on her self.”

“I’m sure that Usagi-chan will be fine. I mean she is Usagi-chan after all,” replied the miko as Mamoru heard the door to his room open.

“I’ve got to go. I’ll speak to you later, Rei-chan,” Mamoru said before turning to see the blonde looking around at her surroundings. “I thought I said that I would come and get you.”

“You did, but I just wanted to see what your place looked like before I got distracted,” replied the blonde as she kept her gaze lowered, though Mamoru still noticed a minor difference in her behavior.

“Usagi-chan?” he said softly as he walked up to her. She didn’t look up at him until he lifted his hand to her chin and made her look at him. When he saw her face he blinked in confusion. There were the blue eyes of Usagi, but on her brow was the mark of the princess he had dreamed of so often. “H-how?”

“The princess gave me the option of becoming one with her, and I agreed,” she said, making it sound like she’d been choosing which shirt she was going to wear.

“What does that mean exactly?”

“I- I remember everything, but I’m still Usagi,” she told him. “I know everything that the princess did, but I still feel everything I did before I became one with the princess.” As she spoke her hand reached out to touch Mamoru’s hand before drifting up and gently resting against the side of his face. She smiled softly as he lightly kissed her palm. “I also remember everything that you told her when she was in control, and… I love you, too, Mamoru.”

He smiled down at her before a playful look entered his eyes. “What happened to Mamo-chan?” he asked, causing her to turn bright red.

“But… I… I called you th-”

“I know that it was during your time in the service of the Dark Kingdom that you called me that, but I liked it. What can I say, Usako? I love you, and the names that you have for me, aside from jerk or Mamo-baka.”

Usagi was as red as a tomato, but never removed her gaze from his face once he uttered his own pet name for her. “I-I… I don’t know what to say…’ she admitted.

“You don’t have to say anything. Just knowing that you came back is good enough for me,” he told her before leaning his head down and kissing her softly.

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Whoo! One more chapter and this fic will be finished. I hope everyone has enjoyed it, and I promise that I will have the final chapter out ASAP. I’m considering doing a sequal, but… I’m not sure. Depends on how happy I am with my ending in the next chapter.

And for those of you waiting on the next chapter of Sanctuary, that’ll be coming along shortly. I’ve already started it, and I am actually about half way through with chapter four. I’ll have that posted soon as well.

Until then.