Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sanctuary ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Title: Sanctuary
Author: Maetel
Email: maemaechan@yahoo.com
URL: N/A
Rating: M 15+
Summary: When Sailor Moon witnesses the death of an innocent, Usagi ends up turning to Mamoru in her darkest hour. Minor alterations have been made on the timeline so that Mamoru knows who he is, while Nephrite is around.
Chapters: 4/?
Status: Incomplete
Year Completed: Incomplete

I remember everything you said that night
In your loneliness, your heart was with me
And I know you were confused, I felt your fright
But you held my hand, and stood so bravely - Kristine Sa‘s Version of Real Emotion

As Tuxedo Kamen returned to the blonde’s house, he saw that who he could only suspect to be her mother and father were running out of the house, calling out their daughter’s name. He looked down at the slumbering blonde in his arms and sighed. “No wonder you lead Nephrite away from the house,” he murmured quietly, so not to disturb her. He quietly leapt down behind the woman with long blue hair that looked quite disheveled, and cleared his throat.

“Excuse me,” he said causing her to turn around.

Ikuko turned and gasped when she saw her baby resting in the masked man’s arms, though she wasn’t sure if the girl was unconscious, or had simply fallen asleep. “Usagi-chan!” she exclaimed softly. “Is-Is she all right? What happened to her?”

“I’m sorry to say that a creature from the Dark Kingdom was following her, and had attempted to attack her,” he informed the worried woman. “Sailor Moon managed to take care of the creature, but on the way back, you’re daughter happened to have fallen asleep.

Ikuko laughed softly, both at the humor of what he had just described, and out of relief, though worry was still evident on her face. “Mi-Might I ask why she was being attacked?”

Tuxedo Kamen looked down at the blonde in his arms before returning his gaze to the older woman who watched him curiously as the man he guessed to be Usagi’s father walked up behind her.

“Ikuko-chan, who is- What are you doing with my daughter?!” he exclaimed as he saw his daughter in the arms of the masked man.

“Kenji-chan, calm down. He was just about to tell before you walked up,” Ikuko said, as she placed a comforting hand on her husband’s arm. “It seems she was targeted by something that the Sailor Senshi fight.”

Tuxedo Kamen nodded and said, “We’ve been keeping track of her since she witnessed an attack earlier today. They attacked a short while ago, and she ran from the house to make sure that none of you were put into any danger. Once Sailor Moon defeated the creature, she was exhausted, and I volunteered to bring her back home.”

Ikuko nodded and smiled gently. “Thank you for taking care of her. You certainly have explained something that I had been wondering about since Usagi-chan came home earlier.

“Ikuko-chan, are you sure that it is wise to tell him our daughter’s name? How can we be sure that he isn’t what attacked her? I’ve never heard of any one else fighting aside from the Sailor Sen-”

“That is because I’ve only appeared when absolutely necessary, and leave once I am assured that Sailor Moon is safe. I choose to remain a background player, in which no one is ever quite sure of,” he explained. “Besides, I already knew your daughter’s name. I tell you this in the strictest confidence, but I know her when I am not wearing the mask, from day to day life.”

Ikuko looked at him curiously before her attention was drawn to her gradually awakening daughter as she muttered softly, “Everyone’s too loud…”

“Sorry, sweetie,” said Ikuko as she noticed her daughter opening her eyes and looking right at her. “We’ll let you sleep once you are back inside.”

“Okay, okaa-san,” Usagi muttered as she noticed her father standing behind her mother. “Hi, ‘tou-san.” She then allowed herself to try and go back to sleep, until she realized who she’d just spoken to, and what position she was in. “Oh, no…”

“It’s all right, sweetheart. This young man explained everything, so don’t worry about being in trouble. I’m very proud of the fact that you made sure to get away from the house so that we wouldn’t be in danger, but you should have been more careful. What do you think would have happened if Sailor Moon and-” She looked to Tuxedo Kamen, unsure of what to call him. “This young man hadn’t been there? You could have been injured or worse.”

“Gomen nasai, okaa-san,” Usagi said as she lowered her gaze.

“It’s all right, Usagi-chan,” her father told her. “Now,” he looked up to Tuxedo Kamen. “What are we going to do if something else comes to attack her? Is there anyway that we can get one of the senshi to come and stay with her?”

“The senshi exhausted themselves in battles that took place earlier today. Their attacks drain them greatly, and they need to rest. They-”

“Do you mean like the attack that took place at a school earlier today?” questioned Shingo as he stuck his head in between his parents. “I hear that someone got hur-”

Tuxedo raised an eyebrow and cleared his throat. “Should you be asleep by now, young man?”

“Who can sleep when their sister sneaks out late at-” retorted Shingo as he finally noticed that his sister was in the arms of the man before them. “Whoa, what happened to her?”

“Nothing, she’s just tired, Shingo. Now go back inside and go to sleep,” Ikuko told her overly excitable son before looking to her daughter and Tuxedo Kamen. “Since the senshi are too exhausted, would you mind making sure that our little girl is protected tonight. I’d just hate the idea of her being attacked.”

“If that was all right with Usagi-chan herself, then I believe I could,” Tuxedo Kamen replied as he looked down to the blonde in question. “Would it be all right with you?”

Usagi nodded slowly and smiled. “I would be honored to have one of the defenders of our city guarding me tonight.”

“He stays on the roof!” exclaimed Kenji before Ikuko shot him a warning glance. “Fine, but I do not want him touching my daughter unless it is absolutely necessary.”

Shingo, who had stayed despite his mothers order, raised an eyebrow at his father’s words. “Why would anyone want to touch Odango Atama? She’d probably pass on the klutz curse or something!”

Usagi glared at her little brother, willing him to shut up, but before she could snap at him, she heard Tuxedo Kamen start. “You seem like a smart young man, and yet you talk so harshly about someone who saved your life this very night. Your sister risked her life in drawing the creature that attacked away from your home. If I were you, I’d be thanking her instead of insulting her.”

Shingo blinked and nodded. Normally, he had heard others insult his sister. He had picked up the name Odango Atama from some guy who seemed to know his sister, but if one of the people who saved Tokyo was insisting that he shouldn’t be insulting his sister, then who was he to argue. Besides, he could always argue with her later.

Ikuko looked to the two male members of her family and then to Tuxedo Kamen. “I suggest we get inside. No need for Usagi or Shingo to be getting sick, and you need to rest,” she said looking at her husband before once again returning her attention to the young man holding her daughter. “Could you take Usagi-chan up to her room? It’s the first door on the left. You’ll be able to tell it’s hers when you see it.”

“Arigato, Tsukino-san, for trusting me, and allowing me to take care of your daughter,” Tuxedo Kamen said with a respectful bow.

Ikuko shook her head. “Don’t. Just make sure that she’s all right.” She then turned and ushered her husband and son into the house, followed by Tuxedo Kamen.

Usagi remained silent until they reached her room and made sure that the door was closed behind them. “Thank you,” she said. “I had no idea what I was going to tell my family. I hate lying to them.”

Tuxedo Kamen nodded. “I think I understand. I’ve hated lying to everyone who I have ever had to reschedule something with, or whoever I was supposed to meet for a study session.”

“So you’ve never had to tell your parents ab-” She stopped when she noticed the pained look on his face behind the mask he wore. “What’s- What’s wrong? Was it something I said?”

He shook his head. “No… It’s all right.”

She looked down quietly before a scratching at Usagi’s door broke her out of her thoughts. “I should noticed that Luna wasn’t in here.”

“You go lie down, and I’ll let Luna in,” said Tuxedo Kamen as he set the blonde on her feet. He watched as she shuffled over to the bed with the blue comforter with moon designs on it. She climbed into the bed and nodded, signaling to him to let Luna into the room.

“Usagi-chan, are you all right? I heard about what happened by listening to your parents downstairs,” said Luna. “But somehow I doubt that it was a simple youma that attacked.”

“I am fine, and it wasn’t, Luna. It was one of the Dark Kingdom Shitennou. He… I had to get him out of here, so I led him away from the house. When I managed to land an attack on him, he then sent a youma after me.”

Luna looked horrified before hopping onto the bed and acted more like a feline than Tuxedo Kamen had ever seen of the black cat as she gently nuzzled the girl’s arm. “As long as you are all right. The girls wanted to hold a senshi meeting tomorrow, but perhaps it would be best if you stayed home tomorrow and rested. You deserve it after all that-”

“No, Luna. I don’t want any sort of pity. I just… I just want to go on like normal. I’ll be fine. I just… If the girls want to hold a senshi meeting tomorrow, then I will be there, late as always,” Usagi said as she scratched the cat behind the ears. “Hey Luna, would you mind spending the night with Ami. She needs to be told what happened a little while ago, and I don’t feel like digging out my communicator.”

“I’m not sure if that is such a wise idea, Usagi-chan,” Luna said quietly.

“Luna, it’s not like he’s going to try anything. I assure you that I’ll be fine. Besides I have a feeling that you’d have a better night’s rest at Ami-chan’s considering how I woke you up earlier.”

The cat looked from her young charge and then to the masked figure standing by the door. “I’ll trust you, Usagi-chan, but if there is any trouble, I want you to contact the other senshi, understand?”

Usagi nodded and muttered a soft thank you to the cat before Luna walked over to the window and walked out. She sighed and looked up to Tuxedo Kamen. “I kinda figured that you might get tired of wearing the mask and hate after a while, and I don’t think you want everyone knowing you’re real identity.”

Tuxedo Kamen nodded. “Thank you. I appreciate that, and you‘re right. These things do get annoying after a while.”

Usagi smiled before a thought occurred to her. “Ano… Would you like to sit down? I mean, I know that there isn’t much space, but I could always scoot over to give you some room to sit down.”

“I’ll sit on the floor so I don’t take up more space than I have to,” he told her as he walked over and took a seat leaning against her nightstand, next to her bed he looked up at her and saw that she’d laid back and was currently looking up at her ceiling. He removed his mask and hat since they were the only ones in the room

“Can I ask you a question?” she said softly.

“You can ask me anything, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to answer the question,” he told her simply.

“Why do you always were that ugly green jacket?” she asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Hey, I like my jacket!” he retorted. “Besides, it kinda grows on you after a while, because I honestly thought it was an eyesore when I first got it after my first modeling job as a gift from one of the women on the set. I never saw the woman again, but it was still a warm jacket.”

Usagi blinked and held back a laugh but nodded anyways. “One more question. Why did you become Tuxedo Kamen? I told you why, well how, I became Sailor Moon, and figured that it was only fair.”

Tuxedo Kamen nodded and smiled at her. “That’s a fair question, and to answer, I’m not sure. I’ve been Tuxedo Kamen for as long as you’ve been Sailor Moon I suppose. I can’t remember part of the time, but… I suppose that’s all I can answer when concerning the subject.”

“Wow…” Usagi muttered. “Well, um…”

Tuxedo Kamen smirked after a moment. “How about I ask you a question?”

“Depends on the question, and get that smirk off of your face,” she replied with a mock glare.

He chuckled softly, but did as he was told. “All right. For the random question, why don’t you have a boyfriend?”

Usagi blushed bright red, and stammered for a moment before glaring at Mamoru who was currently looking quite evil in her eyes. “That was low… But I suppose since you answered two questions, I should answer this one… No time since becoming a senshi, daddy is over protective, and no one has ever seemed like the right person.”

“The right person?” he asked curiously. “You’re one of those people who believes that there is one person out there for everyone aren’t you?”

Usagi blushed brighter before sticking her tongue out at him. “And what if I am? I like the idea, and when I look at my parents, I can’t help but feel that way. They’ve been married for sixteen years, and they’re still happy together.”

“I suppose that makes sense,” he said as she turned onto her side to look at him.

“Is there anything else that you want to ask? I mean I asked two questions, so it is only fair that you get to ask two questions.”

He thought for a moment, trying to come up with a question, but… There was only one thing that he could really think of, and he doubted that he would get the answer he wanted since she’d been too young to remember what had happened. “Hmm… I can’t really think of anything to ask. Call me odd, but I think I know enough about you for right now.”

“All right,” she said with a yawn. “I guess I’d better get to sleep, but… I wanted to thank you. For staying here. I-It really means a lot to me.”

He shook his head and smiled gently at the young blonde. “I do it because I want to. You mean a lot to me, even though I may not act like it a lot of the time.”

Usagi smiled as her eyes drifted closed, with a softly mumbled, “Oyasumi nasai.”

“Oyasumi, Usagi-chan,” he whispered. After a while, he looked around at her room, and even began counting the rabbits she had, reaching the number 33, before stopping when he heard her whimper softly.

“Endymion…” she called out quietly as she reached her hand out as she slept. A moment later, she started thrashing as if something were holding her down, and tears began to fall from her eyes. “No…” she whimpered as Mamoru, who had moved from his spot on the floor to kneeling beside her, held down her arms in a grip that was both firm and gentle, in an attempt to make sure that she didn‘t injure herself. He whispered her name softly as he tried to wake her up. “Usagi-chan, wake up… You‘re dreaming, Usagi-chan. Wake up… Onegai…” As he realized that his method wasn‘t working, he took both of her hands into his own, and his free hand reached up to gently stroke her face, worried by the pained look that was on her face. “Usagi-chan, it‘s me, Mamoru. You need to wake up. You‘re having a bad dream.”

Slowly, the blonde came around and opened her eyes, which still looked haunted by the nightmare which she’d been having. “M-Mamoru-san…” she whispered as tears began to fall.

He nodded and gently pushed a slightly damp bang off of her forehead. “You were having a night mare… Do you want to talk about it?”

Usagi shook head as scenes continued to flash through her mind. She had been dreaming of the man in the dream since before she was Sailor Moon, but never had she ever dreamed anything so vivid. He’d never died before…

Mamoru saw the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes and gently pulled her to him, wrapping his arms around her. His heart went out to the young girl as he felt her tears soak through the jacket of his tuxedo. He rubbed her back soothingly as he rested his chin on the top of her head, and after a few minutes, she’d fallen asleep in his arms, having exhausted herself.

When he was sure that she wouldn’t wake up, Mamoru tried to carefully lay the girl back on her bed, but found that even in sleep, she was clinging tightly to him. Sighing, he shifted so that he was leaning back against the headboard so that they would be more comfortable, wondering when she would eventually let him go, while part of him hoped that she wouldn’t.

Mamoru eventually felt his eyelids grow heavy, and fell asleep, never noticing how his henshin faded.

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There’s chapter four. Kinda slow, I know. The next chapter should be out soon, and for those of you who are waiting for A Simple Knock, I just finished it. I just need to get it off of my laptop.