Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Happily Ever After or Something Like That ❯ Calm Before the Storm ( Chapter 6 )
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By: deadlydiva 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.19.2004 | Updated On: 08.20.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.3K | Visits: 361 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 06.19.2004 | Updated On: 08.20.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.3K | Visits: 361 | Status: Work In Progress
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the plot and I probably don't even own that.
Taiki drove as an eerie silence took over the vehicle. Ever since Yaten told Seiya where Usagi was and what she was doing, Seiya was silent.
'That's what I felt. Usagi has completely given her heart to Mamoru,' Seiya thought. 'She really did see me as nothing but a friend.'
FLASHBACK
Usagi was kneeling in the rain on the roof of the high school's gym. She was crying over Mamoru. Usagi wanted to see him desperately. The pain in her eyes was evident. It was too much for Seiya to take. He walked over to Usagi and lifted her chin with his hand.
"Am I not enough?" Seiya asked Usagi. Blue met blue as Usagi looked into Seiya's eyes. No words were said, but the answer was unmistakable.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Where is she?" Seiya whispered. Taiki and Yaten threw each other worried glances. This was the last thing they expected to find out when they returned to Earth. Taiki and Yaten did not want Seiya to cause a scene and ruin this day for Usagi.
"Damn it Yaten! Where is Usagi? I need to see her."
Yaten closed his eyes. He was determined not to tell Seiya where Usagi was. Yaten loved Usagi as if she were their beloved princess. Usagi deserved happiness with Mamoru. Her love for Mamoru has helped her overcome every obstacle. Yaten knew that Seiya could not compete with a love that transcended time and space. Yaten sought a way to delay Seiya.
'If I can keep him away from the reception long enough, Usagi might be able to leave for her honeymoon without a incident.' Yaten thought.
"Yaten!!" Seiya yelled. "Where is she?!"
Yaten opened his eyes and looked at Taiki. "I -- I don't remember. The girl said something about a hotel. The rest must have slipped my mind."
Taiki was fully aware that was a blatant lie. Under normal circumstances, he abhorred lies. However, this was not a normal situation. Seiya was becoming more undone with every second. Taiki was unsure of what Seiya would do if he actually saw Usagi.
"That's bullshit and you know it." Seiya hissed.
Yaten was unnerved by Seiya's tone. He had never heard Seiya like that, so desperate, so menacing. Before Yaten could respond, Seiya grabbed Yaten's white-blond ponytail. Yaten's head slammed against the headrest.
"What the --" Yaten was cut off by Seiya's hand wrapping around his throat.
"Taiki, pull over. I need to have a talk with little Yaten."
Taiki looked over at Seiya and Yaten. Yaten was gasping for air. He wouldn't last long with Seiya's grip. Taiki had no choice but to pull into the parking lot ahead.
"Now, let's try this again, shall we?" Seiya loosened his grip slightly. "Where is Usagi?"
Yaten began coughing. He knew that Seiya was strong, but he had never been on the receiving end of his rage. This was not good. If Seiya would attack him, Seiya would attack Mamoru. Or even worse, Usagi.
Makoto and Nephrite slowly turned toward Naru, the forgotten variable. Makoto slowly withdrew from Nephrite's embrace, but she did not leave his side.
"How is this possible? I saw Zoisite's minions kill you." Naru's voice was ripping Makoto's heart apart.
'What if Nephrite goes back to Naru? She was able to touch his heart when he was under Metallia's control. Even I couldn't do that.'
Nephrite saw the defeated look in Makoto's eyes. He knew what she must have been thinking. This was his chance to show Makoto with whom his heart belong. Nephrite placed his hand on the small of Makoto's back. She looked up into Nephrite's eyes. All her fears were alleviated.
"Naru," Nephrite began. "There are some things that I need to explain."
"What is it Nephrite?" Naru reached for Nephrite's hand. He recoiled. 'Why won't he let me touch him? I held him in my arms as he died. And now that he's back I can't touch him.'
"You remember the people that I was working with before?" Naru nodded. "I think I should tell you how I came to be a part of that."
Naru listened as Nephrite wove a tale of dark magic and lost loves.
Instead of understand, Naru became angry. She had put everything on the line for Nephrite and she was merely a place holder. She had nearly been killed trying to protect him. For what? To have him come back and be with someone else. That could not be what Nephrite was telling her.
"So what you're telling me is that the feelings you had for me were nothing but the manipulations of dark energy trying to take over the galaxy," Naru said calmly.
'She's too calm,' Makoto thought.
"No Naru. That's not it at all." Nephrite could see where this would go if he didn't diffuse the situation. "What I felt for you was real. I thank you for that. The love you showed me opened my eyes. I saw that what I was doing was inconsequential. Nothing, not power, not glory, mattered without the one you loved by you side."
Nephrite drew Makoto into his arms. Makoto was uneasy. She was uncertain of how Naru would react to the news that she was the woman Nephrite loved. As sweet as Naru was, Makoto knew there was nothing as treacherous as a woman scorned.
"Naru, this is the lost love I told you about."
Naru's eyes began to water. Her body went numb. She thought that she was the one that he came back for. She looked into Nephrite's eyes. Naru was unable to identify what she saw. There was a sadness, but that was not all. Beneath the sadness, she saw a spark, no, rather a brilliance she hadn't seen prior. Naru noticed the way Nephrite held Makoto, the way Makoto's smile made his eyes light up. Nephrite truly loved Makoto. He loved Makoto. Nephrite had never looked at Naru like that. When he was with her, his eyes were always blank, lifeless. Never had they this kind of light.
"How long?"
"What?"
"How long has this been going on Makoto?" Naru focused her attention on the bewildered thunder senshi.
"This is more complicated than you could ever know. You must believe that neither of us meant for this to happen. I --"
Makoto was stopped by a stinging slap.
"Don't you dare tell me that you're sorry!" Naru spat. "You get to be reunited with your love while I have to live without mine. How is that fair?!?" Naru's tears fell unrestricted. "I understand what you're saying Nephrite, but that doesn't make it hurt any less."
"Naru, I'm sorry. I am genuinely sorry. I can't erase the pain. All I can do is tell you that in time it will fade." Nephrite knelt and wiped away Naru's tears. "One day you will find your soul mate. I pray that he will make you as happy as Mako-chan makes me."
Naru stared at the dark haired couple. Naru saw it finally. Makoto was indeed Nephrite's soul mate.
'Dark energy blocked Nephrite's love for Makoto. That's what he said. What if a different energy is making Nephrite forget his feelings for me. Whose to say that it doesn't work both ways.' Naru's mind was working at a fever pitch trying to figure out a way to get Nephrite back.
Taiki drove as an eerie silence took over the vehicle. Ever since Yaten told Seiya where Usagi was and what she was doing, Seiya was silent.
'That's what I felt. Usagi has completely given her heart to Mamoru,' Seiya thought. 'She really did see me as nothing but a friend.'
FLASHBACK
Usagi was kneeling in the rain on the roof of the high school's gym. She was crying over Mamoru. Usagi wanted to see him desperately. The pain in her eyes was evident. It was too much for Seiya to take. He walked over to Usagi and lifted her chin with his hand.
"Am I not enough?" Seiya asked Usagi. Blue met blue as Usagi looked into Seiya's eyes. No words were said, but the answer was unmistakable.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Where is she?" Seiya whispered. Taiki and Yaten threw each other worried glances. This was the last thing they expected to find out when they returned to Earth. Taiki and Yaten did not want Seiya to cause a scene and ruin this day for Usagi.
"Damn it Yaten! Where is Usagi? I need to see her."
Yaten closed his eyes. He was determined not to tell Seiya where Usagi was. Yaten loved Usagi as if she were their beloved princess. Usagi deserved happiness with Mamoru. Her love for Mamoru has helped her overcome every obstacle. Yaten knew that Seiya could not compete with a love that transcended time and space. Yaten sought a way to delay Seiya.
'If I can keep him away from the reception long enough, Usagi might be able to leave for her honeymoon without a incident.' Yaten thought.
"Yaten!!" Seiya yelled. "Where is she?!"
Yaten opened his eyes and looked at Taiki. "I -- I don't remember. The girl said something about a hotel. The rest must have slipped my mind."
Taiki was fully aware that was a blatant lie. Under normal circumstances, he abhorred lies. However, this was not a normal situation. Seiya was becoming more undone with every second. Taiki was unsure of what Seiya would do if he actually saw Usagi.
"That's bullshit and you know it." Seiya hissed.
Yaten was unnerved by Seiya's tone. He had never heard Seiya like that, so desperate, so menacing. Before Yaten could respond, Seiya grabbed Yaten's white-blond ponytail. Yaten's head slammed against the headrest.
"What the --" Yaten was cut off by Seiya's hand wrapping around his throat.
"Taiki, pull over. I need to have a talk with little Yaten."
Taiki looked over at Seiya and Yaten. Yaten was gasping for air. He wouldn't last long with Seiya's grip. Taiki had no choice but to pull into the parking lot ahead.
"Now, let's try this again, shall we?" Seiya loosened his grip slightly. "Where is Usagi?"
Yaten began coughing. He knew that Seiya was strong, but he had never been on the receiving end of his rage. This was not good. If Seiya would attack him, Seiya would attack Mamoru. Or even worse, Usagi.
Makoto and Nephrite slowly turned toward Naru, the forgotten variable. Makoto slowly withdrew from Nephrite's embrace, but she did not leave his side.
"How is this possible? I saw Zoisite's minions kill you." Naru's voice was ripping Makoto's heart apart.
'What if Nephrite goes back to Naru? She was able to touch his heart when he was under Metallia's control. Even I couldn't do that.'
Nephrite saw the defeated look in Makoto's eyes. He knew what she must have been thinking. This was his chance to show Makoto with whom his heart belong. Nephrite placed his hand on the small of Makoto's back. She looked up into Nephrite's eyes. All her fears were alleviated.
"Naru," Nephrite began. "There are some things that I need to explain."
"What is it Nephrite?" Naru reached for Nephrite's hand. He recoiled. 'Why won't he let me touch him? I held him in my arms as he died. And now that he's back I can't touch him.'
"You remember the people that I was working with before?" Naru nodded. "I think I should tell you how I came to be a part of that."
Naru listened as Nephrite wove a tale of dark magic and lost loves.
Instead of understand, Naru became angry. She had put everything on the line for Nephrite and she was merely a place holder. She had nearly been killed trying to protect him. For what? To have him come back and be with someone else. That could not be what Nephrite was telling her.
"So what you're telling me is that the feelings you had for me were nothing but the manipulations of dark energy trying to take over the galaxy," Naru said calmly.
'She's too calm,' Makoto thought.
"No Naru. That's not it at all." Nephrite could see where this would go if he didn't diffuse the situation. "What I felt for you was real. I thank you for that. The love you showed me opened my eyes. I saw that what I was doing was inconsequential. Nothing, not power, not glory, mattered without the one you loved by you side."
Nephrite drew Makoto into his arms. Makoto was uneasy. She was uncertain of how Naru would react to the news that she was the woman Nephrite loved. As sweet as Naru was, Makoto knew there was nothing as treacherous as a woman scorned.
"Naru, this is the lost love I told you about."
Naru's eyes began to water. Her body went numb. She thought that she was the one that he came back for. She looked into Nephrite's eyes. Naru was unable to identify what she saw. There was a sadness, but that was not all. Beneath the sadness, she saw a spark, no, rather a brilliance she hadn't seen prior. Naru noticed the way Nephrite held Makoto, the way Makoto's smile made his eyes light up. Nephrite truly loved Makoto. He loved Makoto. Nephrite had never looked at Naru like that. When he was with her, his eyes were always blank, lifeless. Never had they this kind of light.
"How long?"
"What?"
"How long has this been going on Makoto?" Naru focused her attention on the bewildered thunder senshi.
"This is more complicated than you could ever know. You must believe that neither of us meant for this to happen. I --"
Makoto was stopped by a stinging slap.
"Don't you dare tell me that you're sorry!" Naru spat. "You get to be reunited with your love while I have to live without mine. How is that fair?!?" Naru's tears fell unrestricted. "I understand what you're saying Nephrite, but that doesn't make it hurt any less."
"Naru, I'm sorry. I am genuinely sorry. I can't erase the pain. All I can do is tell you that in time it will fade." Nephrite knelt and wiped away Naru's tears. "One day you will find your soul mate. I pray that he will make you as happy as Mako-chan makes me."
Naru stared at the dark haired couple. Naru saw it finally. Makoto was indeed Nephrite's soul mate.
'Dark energy blocked Nephrite's love for Makoto. That's what he said. What if a different energy is making Nephrite forget his feelings for me. Whose to say that it doesn't work both ways.' Naru's mind was working at a fever pitch trying to figure out a way to get Nephrite back.