Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Seven Days ❯ Chapter 14 Surprise! ( Chapter 14 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: CattyKitty 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.01.2013 | Pages: 4 | Words: 7.5K | Visits: 435 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Hentai / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.01.2013 | Pages: 4 | Words: 7.5K | Visits: 435 | Status: Completed
CattyKitty
(Standard disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sailor Moon characters of which I am writing about. The story is my original and I write for fun without compensation. All characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi.)
Seven Days
Chapter 14
Surprise!
*Motoki*
Motoki woke up the most annoying sound he's ever heard in his life: Cass yelling. He turned around in his bed and tried to look out the closed shades of his window. Light was pouring in through the sides. So it was already morning and according to the clock on his nightstand, he'd overslept. He got up briskly when he heard Cass yell again and threw on a robe to cover his morning wood as he went to open the door for her.
He mumbled grumpily as he went to open the visitor's door to his apartment and saw Cass standing there with a huge smile on her face. The whole hallway was littered with bags and packages of crap that had been delivered to him overnight, all probably from his family. Cass held out a huge box in her hand for him to take.
"Happy Birthday, Toki-chan!" she exclaimed as he grabbed the box from her. He held the door open for her as she brought in some bags of food and followed her into the kitchen. He placed the box on the counter assuming that it was probably a cake she'd brought for him and turned to face her.
She really looked stunning in a curve hugging short pink dress along with some sexy white, strapped heels. Her hair was amazing as always, loose and curled around her face. She stepped closer and gave him a hug, kissing his cheek.
"I wanted to surprise you! Hope I'm not too early." He smiled at her enthusiasm and liked that she had come to surprise him, but unfortunately knew that he wouldn't get the chance to spend long with her; he had a meeting today that he had to get ready for.
"I'm sorry Cass, but I have a meeting in an hour. Maybe we could meet up at lunchtime," he suggested apologetically. She looked a bit disappointed, but tried to hide it and continued to smile up at him. "Thank you for the surprise," he whispered, embracing her tightly in gratitude. "It means a lot."
"You're welcome handsome," she teased before pushing him into the bathroom to get ready. "Oh, and I'm going to open some of your gifts." He shrugged. It really didn't matter to him, he usually re-gifted them out to his help anyway.
He went into his bathroom and quickly started brushing his teeth while giving himself a quick shave, jumping into the shower afterwards. He wanted to rush so that he would get to spend as much time with her as he could before he had to go. He dried his hair as thoroughly as he could before spritzing on some cologne and finding an appropriate suit to wear. When he was finally done, he walked out into the living room to find Cass in the midst of a whole bunch of ripped wrapping paper and opened cardboard boxes.
"My favorite so far is this one," she said, holding out a crystal figurine of a large lion. "It's from Kunzite." Motoki studied it carefully; it really was a nice piece, a little random maybe, but in good taste. "And Mamoru got you a painting. Its actually really nice." She pointed to it from the floor as it sat propped against a closet and he nodded appreciatively; it was nice. "So I've organized the rest of the gifts into food, art and trash." He raised his eyebrow at her categories.
"Trash? Which are those, the ones you don't like?" he wondered, staring at a pile of unopened presents. Cass smiled at him innocently, holding one of the packages that she had labeled 'trash' up to his face.
"No, these are the ones that are from females I don't know," she answered, pointing to a tag that read 'Haku'. "I wonder why so many women are sending you gifts," she huffed and he rolled his eyes at her fake jealousy.
"So what did you bring so we could eat together before I go?" he asked cause he was pretty hungry. She beamed at the change of conversation and pulled him to the kitchen bar where she had already set up the food for them to serve themselves. He looked at the wonderful variety she had brought and sat down on the stool across from her.
"So what are you doing today?" she asked him, serving herself some Belgian waffles. He thought carefully about his agenda and swallowed down the piece of bacon before answering.
"Well, I got that meeting that I'm probably going to be late for because of you."
"You're welcome," she interjected.
"And then I'll probably pass around Mamoru's office sometime in the afternoon until the party starts."
"It doesn't start until eight, you know that right? What are you going to do for all those hours?" she asked and he shrugged.
"You can never too sure about how long those meetings are going to take. I wouldn't be surprised if it went all the way until four in the afternoon," he said grumpily.
Stupid meetings with the CINC board always tended to be ridiculously long due to the fact that almost all of the old geezers Chiba Senior had left in charge never seemed to agree with any of Mamoru's decisions. Honestly, the better part of their meeting time was usually spent on some kind of argument going on between the new committee (Mamoru, Kunzite, Max and Zoi) versus the old committee (everyone else). It made him wish sometimes that he wasn't on the board, just so he wasn't mandated to attend the damn meetings.
"Ugh, that's horrible." Cass shivered in fright at the idea of having to be stuck in a meeting for almost seven hours. "Thank goodness Sapphire is our rep and not me," she breathed gratefully.
"So what happened with your meeting yesterday; was he able to reschedule?" he asked her. Yesterday, she'd called him fuming about how Mamoru wasn't picking up his phone and that he missed an important meeting concerning their franchise.
"Yeah, thank goodness!" she muttered, but she was smiling widely; because like him, she was just as passionate about her business. "He just called the guy up and managed to get him to come back tomorrow, can you believe it? And he's coming all the way from Thailand! And I had felt proud that I had managed to get him to meet with me. I should of just had Mamoru set up the meeting in the first place if I would have known it was going to be this easy for him. This probably would have gotten done a long time ago." He nodded in agreement; Mamoru knew a lot of people and those that didn't know him, wanted to know him. It was no wonder that he was able to pull so many strings out of thin air sometimes.
"Yeah, well I'm just so glad that everything worked out," he said and she agreed. "I'm going to start heading out," he told her reluctantly after he finished his food. As much as he wanted to stay alongside her all day, he couldn't.
They were going to see each other later on at his birthday party and so with that thought alone in his mind as the single motivator, he grabbed his bag to leave. Cass walked him to the foyer and stopped him before he pressed the button to call the elevator. She reached over to straighten up his collar and he quickly stole a kiss from her before she backed away.
She gave him a cute grin before pulling him down into a longer kiss and he could already feel himself being consumed by her. Their bodies connected, their tongues dancing and sweet smell of her skin and hair wafting all around them was more than enough to drive him crazy. It was impossible to pull away from her.
He knew that he had to go, but he really didn't want to and with them in this wondrous position, it was becoming more difficult by the moment. His feelings towards Cass were always jumbled and confusing, but times like these when she did sweet, unexpected things like surprise him with breakfast, the fog in his head cleared and it only made him want to be with her more.
"Toki," she mumbled between their kisses. "There is no meeting." He broke away and looked at her curiously; what was she talking about? "I had Mamoru tell you that there was so that I could have you for myself," she whispered and he smiled as it all sank in. What a genius plan! He had thought that it was weird that the board would meet again; it was usually only once a month. "I have you until four."
"Well, this day seems to just keep getting better and better..." he smiled, relieved at the turn of events and started unbuttoning his stupid work shirt. "Now all we have to do is figure out what we're going to do for all these hours," he teased and she smirked as he pulled her lips back to his.
"Don't you worry about that," she promised naughtily. "I have it all planned out."
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*Usagi*
Naru finally came to school on Tuesday and she finally got to tell her all that happened over the weekend. She nearly yelled in class when she'd read the note Usagi had passed her about Mamoru. Although she hadn't written anything that suggested they gone past kissing, Naru was still surprised.
"Oh my goodness, Usagi-chan, you are so lucky! He's so hot and totally into you! I knew there had to be a reason why he loved bothering you so much!" she squealed after class.
She hadn't been able to concentrate much throughout the school day (much to no one's surprise), and could only think about what she should do about Mamoru. Should she call him to find out what happened yesterday that had him leaving the arcade so fast? As much as she wanted to know, she understood that it wasn't any of her business about whatever was going on with him and Cass, but she still wanted an excuse to call him.
It wasn't until last night after she had tried to call Rei that she noticed she had his phone number stored in her list of contacts. At first she thought that it had been a mistake, trying to remember how the hell she had gotten it. She'd even considered a couple of times calling it just to see if it was really his, but eventually decided against it once she'd remembered that he had taken her phone during the party on Saturday. That was the only way she could have gotten it, if he had put it in there himself and she did remember him typing things in to her phone.
She almost wished that she didn't have his phone number, because just knowing that she did made her antsy. What if she called him by mistake when she was trying to call Minako or Makoto? It would be so embarrassing because she had this feeling that he'd given to her without thinking, probably accidentally. They'd seen each other plenty of times since the party and he'd never even mentioned anything about calling him. So it was probably safe to say that he'd forgotten about it and thus she deemed it unimportant to ever mention it again by reminding him.
Besides, what would she have to say over the phone that couldn't wait to be said in person? Nothing; that's what. Whatever the hell was going on between them wasn't even all that serious to constitute conversations over the phone. Hell, she even knew of real couples that didn't call each other, so there was no reason for her to do it. But still, the thought of her and Mamoru talking over the phone sounded cute to her and it made her giddy. Even though realistically, the conversations would probably be forced and awkward (what would they say to each other?), it would still symbolize something that went deeper than what was going on now.
Because unfortunately, she already knew that she had probably fallen hard for Mamoru. It hadn't manifested itself quite well yet, but she knew that one of these days it was going to come bite her in the ass and she was going to regret that all this had ever happened between them. Until then, she'd already come to the conclusion that she was going to enjoy the ride as much as she could (but maybe not as figuratively as she'd told Motoki!) and just throw this odd relationship into the pile of 'Spring Flings' and (try to) think nothing more of it.
She went to Rei's temple after school as usual with Ami and Makoto (Minako hadn't shown up to school yet again) and they gossiped like they always did about stuff. Usually it was Rei that had the most to say because she was the most popular girl in her school. She was the leader of a whole bunch of activities and programs as well as Student President, so she was kind of a big deal and knew everything about everyone.
While Rei talked on about what 'horrible' ideas the other members of the Senior Prom Committee had planned for next year's graduates, Usagi thought about whether or not she should bring up the topic of Mina living with Kunzite. Although she had no idea how to handle the situation herself, she didn't know exactly how the rest of the panel would deal with it either and wasn't exactly sold on telling them. Besides, as leader of the group, they'd probably leave it to her to resolve anyway and would suggest that she'd talk to Mina privately about the situation.
She wondered if Artemis knew or even noticed that Minako wasn't staying at home because she was sure that he would have brought it up. He couldn't possibly know though, because then Luna would have been flipping out and considering that she hadn't heard from her beloved house pet in a few days, the cat must of not gotten out the bag yet. She turned her attention back to the girls as she realized that their conversation had turned back to guys, namely: Chad.
"Should I say yes?" Rei asked skeptically, a huge smile on her face as the girls all gushed around her. She moved in closer, trying to find out what they were talking about.
"Say yes to what?" she asked, hungry for the gossip.
"Chad asked her out on a date!" Mako squealed.
"OMG! You have to do it!" Usagi yelled excitedly; Ami and Mako shook their heads violently in agreement with her. Rei bit her lip in contemplation, stuttering reasons why it was probably not a good idea, while the rest of them shot each point down one by one.
"We don't even know each other!" Rei complained and Makoto rolled her eyes.
"Who cares? The point of the date is to get to know each other!"
"He's so much older than me!" Rei continued, to which Ami replied cynically.
"He's only three years older than you..."
They could see her scrambling to try to find another argument to say no, but they all fixed her with a stern look and she finally gave up.
"Fine! I'll do it!" Rei exclaimed reluctantly, but it contradicted the huge grin on her face.
They all huddled around her as she picked up her phone and called Chad to confirm their date. They tried to eavesdrop on the call as they spoke, but after about five minutes, they all were getting bored already. Rei had comfortably laid down on her futon and propped herself up against a pillow, giggling at everything that Chad said. He was doing most of the talking, but she would respond flirtatiously with the same lines: "Oh really?" *giggle* "You're lying!" *giggle* "Wow!" *giggle*giggle*
"Oh c'mon Rei!" Ami complained annoyed, trying to get her back to studying, but Rei just threw her pillow at them and turned around, going back to her conversation; "You're so funny, Chad!" *giggle*
All three rolled their eyes and started packing their things to get the hell out of there. They clearly were no longer invited as Rei chatted it up in the corner of the room, absentmindedly doodling on a notebook while she laughed at more of Chad's hysterical jokes. Ugh.
Where were they supposed to go now? She didn't feel like going to the arcade since she knew that the guys weren't going to be there because they were probably celebrating Motoki's birthday, and she really didn't feel like going home so early. Thankfully, Ami suggested for them to go back to her house and she and Mako agreed happily.
They hadn't visited in a while since Ami tried her hardest to avoid home because it was almost always empty. She lived with her mother who was a doctor and worked around the clock, leaving Ami in a huge house alone 96% of the time. Even though Usagi and her brother would always get super excited whenever their parents went out of town for the weekend, it was a completely different thing to be in Ami's shoes; it was like she just lived by herself.
Unlike Mako, who also lived alone, Ami's parents were actually alive (and divorced), but just appeared to be as unreachable as Mako's dead ones. The upside to Makoto's situation was that even though she lived alone, at least she could do whatever she wished. Ami's overbearing mother still imposed her wishes and ideals onto Ami with the constant pressure to be as successful as her, even though Mizuno-san's horrible parenting skills made her an even worse role model.
Despite the fact that there was no home cooked food from Ami's, the good thing about going there was that Ami hated studying while she was home. She would always come up with an excuse to do other things; they would usually end up ordering in and playing board games or watching sappy romantic comedies the whole night. Not that the girls would ever complain about skipping out on studying, but they never asked Ami why she did so and understood that it was her own way private form of getting revenge to her controlling mom in her own home.
As expected at the Mizuno residence, they'd ordered pizza and played three games of Monopoly back-to-back while watching reruns of the live action TV shows 'Codename: Sailor V' and 'Bishoujo Sailor Senshi'. They laughed at the comical interpretations of the so-called 'youma' which were all men dressed in weird robotic space suits (hadn't they noticed by now that almost 98% of the youma were always female?). And even though Mina didn't play Sailor V and it wasn't actually them doing the appearances of the Sailor Soldiers, it was pretty fun to watch themselves on TV. It was like a weird alternative reality experience and they would always find themselves yelling at the show about its inaccuracies.
"Are our skirts really that short?" Ami asked horrified as the Sailor Soldiers ran around trying to dodge an incoming attack and Sailor Mercury's skirt flew up in the momentum revealing her under lacy garments. Makoto shook her head and rolled her pair of dice; muttering about the sick male perverts that the producers of the show were targeting.
"Again? Seriously?" Mako asked disbelievingly as she landed yet again on Ami's property, forcing her to sell her last hotel to pay Ami's rent. "I fucking quit! Why can't I ever win at this damn game?!" Mako fumed, folding her arms in front of her angrily, turning back to the TV. "OH COME ON! It's Sparkling Wide Pressure! Not Sparkling Wide Fissure! Idiots, I swear!"
"I can't believe that's supposed to be Tuxedo Kamen!" Usagi ranted on with Mako because she'd already lost most of her property to the bank and Ami had bought pretty much the entire board, so she was trying to stall. "And where do they get all these actresses from? We are so much prettier than all of them!"
"Usagi-chan, do you give up?" Ami teased, seeing right through her tactics. Usagi begrudgingly sighed in defeat, nodded and started helping organize the money to put the game away.
They headed home soon after because it was already late and Ami's mom was due home any moment. She and Mako shared a cab home and it dropped her off first, speeding away into the night as she walked up the path to her doorstep. The first thing that she did when she got in her bedroom was throw her phone onto her bed and shed her clothes before soaking herself in a long hot bath.
She needed to relax; lately she's had so much going on in her mind and it was mostly Mamoru related, but now she had a new problem with Mina and had no idea what to do. Then with the ending of the school year, it brought up other things that she hadn't thought about in a while: her career. Who was she? Usagi hadn't quite found out her passion in life yet and with next fall being her last year in high school, she had no idea where her life was going. Not to mention, she was always struggling to understand how the role of Sailor Moon played into her life.
Usagi wasn't good at anything really; she wasn't a great writer and had exceptionally poor mathematical understanding. She didn't get woozy around blood, but knew that anything in the medical field would not be her calling, not to mention way too demanding for her attention span. And considering that she was a borderline sloth, she didn't think that that there was anything really that she could love enough to apply herself fully to. She wasn't dedicated like Ami, nor had the skills to multitask like Makoto and she didn't want to be famous like Rei or Minako, so where did she stand? Maybe Sailor Moon was all she would ever be...
Her heart sped up frantically at the thought of her being Sailor Moon forever. She took a deep breath as she tried to wash the panic attack away by sinking further into the tub, but it was no use. What if she was forced to fight against the Negaverse for the rest of her life? How would she live? When she eventually found the right person that she wanted to be with, she would be forced to put them in danger by having to admit who she was. The issue didn't present itself much right now, but what about when she had children? How often would she be forced to leave them and her husband in the middle of the night to fight youma? Not to mention the risks that would be involved if she were to fight while she was pregnant. She could be killed fighting in that condition!
She gasped for breath as she reached the surface of the water that she had submersed herself in. No... she had hope; there must be an end sometime near and the Negaverse had to be defeated for good. She couldn't be Sailor Moon forever... she just couldn't.
Her cell phone beeped the unique high pitched sound of battle and she stayed in the tub longer than she should, contemplating on whether or not she should go answer it (why did it always seem like she made bad things happen just by mere thought?). It was rare that the girls would ever call her through the frequency (Artemis had installed a hack into their cell phones to replace them with their old communicators), so she knew that there was a youma attack somewhere in the city, but she just wasn't up to it at the moment. If only she could stay in the bathtub and ignore it, then she'd be able to have a little more peace for herself.
It beeped loudly again and she gave up her resolve; there was no way that she could ignore her duties. She'd tried to so many times over the years, but it was impossible; just the idea of her skipping out on a battle nipped at her conscious and drove her insane with guilt. What if someone had gotten hurt because of her? Because she didn't want to perform the duties required of her; she would never be able to forgive herself. She had to be strong; she was their leader and her team counted on her.
She dried herself off and put on some underwear quickly before throwing on a robe after the insistent noise from her phone had her realizing that she didn't even have time to fully get dressed. She made sure to lock the door to her bedroom and transformed, before climbing out her second story window and leaping into the humid night. She followed her instincts as it pulled her west into the city and right when she got inside her favorite park was when she heard the familiar sounds of a fight.
Sailor Mars and Mercury were already there and Jupiter had just arrived right behind her, running into the middle of the battlefield to drag the collapsed couple in the middle of the dirt path that the youma had been targeting. Mars yelled for her help and she quickly threw her tiara toward the monster and broke the venom oozing vines that were reaching out toward them. Jupiter attacked at the same time and the youma dropped to the floor in a smelly heap of burning wood.
The girls gathered up and waited for Mercury to thoroughly scan the monster for it's weak points, when they heard someone approach them from behind. Venus finally arrived, which was indeed surprising since they hadn't spoken or seen her since the beach trip. Panting, Venus ran into the scene and threw in her attack once more as the youma tried to get up.
"So what's its weakness, Mercury?" Minako asked as if she had been there the whole time. Ami ignored her and continued typing away furiously while they stood around watching the youma, making sure that it wasn't going to attack again.
The couple that had been attacked started to wake up and Usagi ran to their side to make sure they were ok. The guy was bleeding from the side of his head, but it didn't look like a deep gash; the woman however had various cuts all over her arms and legs from when the plant-youma had dragged her, but otherwise seemed fine too.
"It's just some minor cuts, nothing to worry about, Sailor Moon." She turned around to surprisingly see Luna and Artemis watching over the scene. She nodded at Artemis and got up to follow him to where the other Senshi were huddled around Ami.
Suddenly, she felt something sharp wrap around her midsection and she screamed as she felt herself being pulled backwards into the dark part of the park. The Senshi all turned to her in surprise and were ready to attack the youma that had snuck up on her as she was slammed roughly up against a tree. Thankfully Tuxedo Kamen showed up right at that moment to cut her loose from the thorny vines and carried her up onto a nearby tree to hide.
"Are you ok?" he asked her and she looked at him dumbly; he'd never really spoke directly to her before! She looked at his face, wishing that she had the courage to one day rip that stupid mask off his face and find out once and for all who was this man that always selflessly saved her from danger. "Are you hurt?" he asked again when she didn't answer him and she quickly shook her head, embarrassed at her needless staring. He nodded before dropping them down to the ground and nudging her in the direction of the ongoing battle.
She ran to where the rest of the Senshi were and Mercury yelled for her to aim at the crown on the youma's head. She quickly did as she was told and threw out her tiara once more before hearing the agonizing screams of the dying demon. She turned around just in time to see Tuxedo Kamen disappear into the foliage behind them and sighed. It didn't appear as if she would ever be able to get any answers from him.
Luna told them to gather up and they all did so, listening to Artemis's rundown of the current Negaverse situation. She tried to listen, but couldn't stop chanting in her head for Artemis to shut up already; she just wanted to go home! She was tired and her suit was ripped to near rags from the thorny ropes and she yearned for the hot bath waiting for her when she got home...
"KUNZY!" she heard Minako yell beside her and everyone stopped and turned in surprise.
Kunzite was standing no more than 40 feet away from them with a small smile on his lips as he watched them all carefully. Rei gasped at the realization of what Mina had just done and Mako stood with her mouth agape; everyone was thinking the same thing, 'WHY had Mina just done that?'
Minako obliviously started running happily toward Kunzite and he looked no more surprised to see Sailor Venus than if you'd just told him his name. So Kunzite obviously already knew about her being a Sailor Senshi... she should of known. But now he would easily be able to identify the rest of them because of Mina... What the hell was wrong with her?
Before she was able to understand fully what happened, they were suddenly engulfed in an eerily thick fog that separated the Senshi from their surroundings. They saw Minako nearly trip as she was trying to leave, but realized that it was because her legs were encased into a block of solid frozen ice. It wasn't until Mina stared daggers at Ami that suddenly everything made sense; it was Ami that had done this!
"HOW DARE YOU?!" Minako screamed at Ami. Everyone looked at Ami in equal surprise since none of them had even heard her mutter her attacks; Usagi had no idea that their attacks even worked on each other... "Get this off me!" she demanded as Ami gave her scathing look before waving her hand and the ice melted off of Mina's feet.
"What is wrong with you, Sailor Venus?!" Ami yelled and everyone took a step back as Venus and Mercury stood face to face.
Usagi was really scared about what was going to happen next; she had never seen Ami so angry before, ever! And now that she had learned that they could use their powers against each other, it made the situation all the more frightening. She understood why Ami was so pissed at Mina though; calling out to Kunzite super irresponsible!
"Don't you ever try that on me again, or I swear you will regret it!" Mina threatened her, but Ami boldly stepped up closer to Mina.
"Do you have any idea how much I risked, how much I sacrificed for this team?" Ami asked her and everyone gulped; even the cat's hairs were standing on end! "For you to irresponsibly and selfishly put us all in danger so stupidly for some guy you just met!" Mina narrowed her eyes at Ami. "You're a stupid WHORE who doesn't deserve to be on this team!" Ami spat and everyone's breath caught in their throat at Ami's appalling words.
It was true that Ami had given up many times over her studies and career just to stay here in Tokyo with them as a Sailor Senshi. She'd passed up incredible opportunities abroad just because she knew that it was always her first duty to be part of their team. The Sailor Senshi would always need Sailor Mercury; there was no way they could do it without her. So it was definitely an insult in Ami's mind that Minako would try to have it all, especially at their expense, but for Ami to say what she did, was really out of line... Usagi didn't think that it was her place to judge Mina like that.
What came next was as much of a surprise as it was expected, but no one was able to look away as Minako slapped Ami so hard that she staggered backward onto Rei. They all stood frozen in time for about a quarter of a second, before all hell broke loose.
She knew that Makoto was going to punch Mina the moment she angrily took a step toward her, but Usagi she did nothing to stop her (despite the guilt forming in her stomach). As good of friends as they all were, Mina just got here a couple of weeks ago; the rest of them had been friends for years before she came along... Mina had to recognize that she was still the outsider.
Artemis hissed and ran protectively in front of Mina before Makoto got too close, but it was pointless. Mina had started glowing a bright shiny orange and Ami's artificial fog disappeared instantly. Makoto had hesitated in moving forward at Mina's strange state, which was a good thing because her Love Me Chain appeared out of nowhere and was glowing like a rope on fire as it surrounded Mina protectively.
"I am your leader and I will demand your respect! So YOU need to watch the way you talk to ME, Mercury!" she yelled at Ami. "I've sacrificed more than even you could ever imagine!" she screamed at the rest of them, fire burning in her eyes. They all stared at her; Usagi was now in complete shock, surprised at the words coming out of her mouth.
"You can't just proclaim leadership; who do you think you are?" Rei demanded appalled, while looking at Luna and Artemis with uncertainty. They were all thinking the same thing: was Sailor Venus the real leader of the Sailor Senshi?
"Minako," Kunzite called her; he was right behind them now. "Let's go," he commanded, offering his hand for her to take. Minako finally stopped glowing, her chain dissolving into the uncomfortable silence and she took his hand, visibly calming at his touch. She turned back to face Ami once more.
"I deserve to have it all..." Mina whispered to her fiercely, a clear conviction in her voice that none of them have ever heard her use before.
The tension was high between the girls, but everyone relaxed as soon as Mina turned her back to go with Kunzite, concluding the fight with a curt dismissal. The rest of the girls stayed glued to the spot for a brief moment, before Ami briskly left, Mako hot on her heels.
"I'm warning you now, Kunzy. We WILL hunt you down if you ever say anything about this to anyone!" Rei warned. He looked at her amused, but nodded curtly, obediently. Clearly he had to have known that they were all the same girls that he'd gone to the beach with. Rei left and took Luna and Artemis with her.
Usagi hesitated before leaving even though Mina and Kunzite were already walking away from her. She didn't know if she should say anything to them, but ultimately decided against it. What could she possibly say to fix this? How could they even be friends anymore...?
Her throat tightened and she tried to stop the tears from forming, but it was no use. It was as if all her greatest fears were becoming a reality way too fast; apparently Sailor Moon had even less of a purpose now than she originally thought. She felt even more lost now than ever.
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*Mamoru*
Motoki's birthday party had been going great up until Mamoru had to leave. He told Motoki that he had to go get some more 'condoms', but knew that Motoki had gotten the real message. Only Motoki knew the real him and knew everything about him (like how he always, always carried at least three condoms with him at all times); there weren't many secrets between them. Even though in the beginning, before he understood fully what was happening to him, he'd easily dodged giving him explanations for his mysterious disappearances, but Motoki had eventually cornered him and made him fess up.
He'd been surprised of course, but then started calling him the modern day--and much cheesier--version of 'Batman' (Motoki always made fun of his alter ego's costume and Mamoru would always gruffly explain to him that it wasn't his fault, the outfit just happened whenever he became Tuxedo Kamen). Frankly, he loved the resemblance he had to Batman; it made him feel cooler than he already was. So what if Tuxedo Kamen was slightly less threatening than Batman, Mamoru was Bruce Wayne in his real life. Also since the youma attacks were so few and far in between, he could still have a social life, which was exactly what his comic book equivalent lacked, so that technically made him 10x better anyway. He was Batman with bitches. Also, unlike Batman, he actually existed.
Thankfully the youma fight had been really short, so he was able to get back to the party relatively quickly; he'd only been gone for fifteen minutes. Cass approached him a couple of minutes after he'd returned, making the girl he was currently talking to tense.
"There you are! I was looking for you." She pulled him aside as the girl beside him glared daggers in their direction. She held out her hand. "Give me the keys to the flat." He raised his eyebrows, but still reached into his pocket.
"Why can't you just use Motoki's copy?" he asked before handing her his set. She snatched them up quickly and threw them in her clutch.
"I just want to make sure you don't drop by to interrupt!" she smiled. "We're leaving now, by the way." And with that, she turned to leave, but he called her back.
"But it's barely midnight. This party was for him; you can't take him now!" he complained, but she looked up at him with a sly smile.
"He'll be having much more fun with me, I promise." She smirked before patting him in the cheek and sauntering away. He tried not to grunt, but dammit; it was like Cass was always trying to take his best friend away from him...
But he didn't hate her for it, not even a little, because he knew that Cass was pretty fucking awesome. Any guy would be lucky to have her; she was fun and adventurous and above all super sexy. Not even he could resist watching her bodacious curves walk away from him; not even after she grabbed Motoki's hand and dragged him out the club. Her body was just that amazing and he really did believe her when she promised that Motoki would be having much more fun with her.
Cass had asked him permission to put a stripper pole in their flat uptown as a surprise for Motoki; that was the reason why she hadn't given Motoki his keys back for the past month. She had made him promise not to say anything and he hadn't, letting Motoki believe that he hadn't known much of Cass's whereabouts either. As much as he hated to admit it, Cass truly cared a lot about Motoki, but he couldn't really imagine them together permanently; in his opinion, they just wouldn't work out.
But that hardly mattered at the moment anyhow, because tonight Motoki's lucky ass was going to get the best lap dance of his life and he couldn't help feeling jealous. He looked over to the girl he had been previously talking to and was utterly disappointed. After having just seen Cass's massive ass squeezed into her tiny dress, every other chick just looked like the loch ness monster.
He walked over to the bar and ordered a couple of drinks, watching the drunken women make complete fools of themselves trying to impress him. None of them mattered to him anyhow; they weren't seductive as Cass--nor as appealing as Usagi.
Honestly he couldn't believe that he'd just compared the two, but it was true, those two were the hottest girls he knew. The thing was, they couldn't be more opposite from each other. Cass was glamorous and sophisticated, while Usagi was geekier and much more childish. Even though they were both witty and a little goofy sometimes, what set them the most apart was their sexual appeal.
Cass was the aggressor; she oozed her sexuality with every move she made. She was hot and she knew it and with every look she gave you, she knew that you knew it too. Usagi was a whole different type of hot; she was subtlety seductive, with her large innocent eyes and naive demeanor, she was entirely virginal.
With sex, Cass was the type of girl that liked to ride on top, but not Usagi. He had a hunch that she'd lie there and spread her legs invitingly, letting him entirely take control; which was exactly what he liked, what he wanted. He enjoyed playing the dominant role and girls like Usagi drove him insane because they were his biggest turn on.
He felt a hand boldly land on his lap and looked down as red fingernails massaged at his hard on (he couldn't believe how horny he'd gotten just thinking of Usagi). He freaked out temporarily, thinking for a brief moment that it was Cass touching him, but thankfully it wasn't; it was just the hoe he'd left waiting from before.
She rubbed him some more and he let her; fuck, why not? They were both enjoying themselves. She stuck her tongue in his ear, nipping his earlobe and pulling him off the stool. She led him into the private VIP lounge and closed the thick curtains behind them. Ok, so maybe she wasn't as bodacious as Cass and she definitely was nowhere near Usagi's league, but she was hot and willing and he was never one to turn down some pussy.
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(Standard disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sailor Moon characters of which I am writing about. The story is my original and I write for fun without compensation. All characters belong to Naoko Takeuchi.)
Seven Days
Chapter 14
Surprise!
*Motoki*
Motoki woke up the most annoying sound he's ever heard in his life: Cass yelling. He turned around in his bed and tried to look out the closed shades of his window. Light was pouring in through the sides. So it was already morning and according to the clock on his nightstand, he'd overslept. He got up briskly when he heard Cass yell again and threw on a robe to cover his morning wood as he went to open the door for her.
He mumbled grumpily as he went to open the visitor's door to his apartment and saw Cass standing there with a huge smile on her face. The whole hallway was littered with bags and packages of crap that had been delivered to him overnight, all probably from his family. Cass held out a huge box in her hand for him to take.
"Happy Birthday, Toki-chan!" she exclaimed as he grabbed the box from her. He held the door open for her as she brought in some bags of food and followed her into the kitchen. He placed the box on the counter assuming that it was probably a cake she'd brought for him and turned to face her.
She really looked stunning in a curve hugging short pink dress along with some sexy white, strapped heels. Her hair was amazing as always, loose and curled around her face. She stepped closer and gave him a hug, kissing his cheek.
"I wanted to surprise you! Hope I'm not too early." He smiled at her enthusiasm and liked that she had come to surprise him, but unfortunately knew that he wouldn't get the chance to spend long with her; he had a meeting today that he had to get ready for.
"I'm sorry Cass, but I have a meeting in an hour. Maybe we could meet up at lunchtime," he suggested apologetically. She looked a bit disappointed, but tried to hide it and continued to smile up at him. "Thank you for the surprise," he whispered, embracing her tightly in gratitude. "It means a lot."
"You're welcome handsome," she teased before pushing him into the bathroom to get ready. "Oh, and I'm going to open some of your gifts." He shrugged. It really didn't matter to him, he usually re-gifted them out to his help anyway.
He went into his bathroom and quickly started brushing his teeth while giving himself a quick shave, jumping into the shower afterwards. He wanted to rush so that he would get to spend as much time with her as he could before he had to go. He dried his hair as thoroughly as he could before spritzing on some cologne and finding an appropriate suit to wear. When he was finally done, he walked out into the living room to find Cass in the midst of a whole bunch of ripped wrapping paper and opened cardboard boxes.
"My favorite so far is this one," she said, holding out a crystal figurine of a large lion. "It's from Kunzite." Motoki studied it carefully; it really was a nice piece, a little random maybe, but in good taste. "And Mamoru got you a painting. Its actually really nice." She pointed to it from the floor as it sat propped against a closet and he nodded appreciatively; it was nice. "So I've organized the rest of the gifts into food, art and trash." He raised his eyebrow at her categories.
"Trash? Which are those, the ones you don't like?" he wondered, staring at a pile of unopened presents. Cass smiled at him innocently, holding one of the packages that she had labeled 'trash' up to his face.
"No, these are the ones that are from females I don't know," she answered, pointing to a tag that read 'Haku'. "I wonder why so many women are sending you gifts," she huffed and he rolled his eyes at her fake jealousy.
"So what did you bring so we could eat together before I go?" he asked cause he was pretty hungry. She beamed at the change of conversation and pulled him to the kitchen bar where she had already set up the food for them to serve themselves. He looked at the wonderful variety she had brought and sat down on the stool across from her.
"So what are you doing today?" she asked him, serving herself some Belgian waffles. He thought carefully about his agenda and swallowed down the piece of bacon before answering.
"Well, I got that meeting that I'm probably going to be late for because of you."
"You're welcome," she interjected.
"And then I'll probably pass around Mamoru's office sometime in the afternoon until the party starts."
"It doesn't start until eight, you know that right? What are you going to do for all those hours?" she asked and he shrugged.
"You can never too sure about how long those meetings are going to take. I wouldn't be surprised if it went all the way until four in the afternoon," he said grumpily.
Stupid meetings with the CINC board always tended to be ridiculously long due to the fact that almost all of the old geezers Chiba Senior had left in charge never seemed to agree with any of Mamoru's decisions. Honestly, the better part of their meeting time was usually spent on some kind of argument going on between the new committee (Mamoru, Kunzite, Max and Zoi) versus the old committee (everyone else). It made him wish sometimes that he wasn't on the board, just so he wasn't mandated to attend the damn meetings.
"Ugh, that's horrible." Cass shivered in fright at the idea of having to be stuck in a meeting for almost seven hours. "Thank goodness Sapphire is our rep and not me," she breathed gratefully.
"So what happened with your meeting yesterday; was he able to reschedule?" he asked her. Yesterday, she'd called him fuming about how Mamoru wasn't picking up his phone and that he missed an important meeting concerning their franchise.
"Yeah, thank goodness!" she muttered, but she was smiling widely; because like him, she was just as passionate about her business. "He just called the guy up and managed to get him to come back tomorrow, can you believe it? And he's coming all the way from Thailand! And I had felt proud that I had managed to get him to meet with me. I should of just had Mamoru set up the meeting in the first place if I would have known it was going to be this easy for him. This probably would have gotten done a long time ago." He nodded in agreement; Mamoru knew a lot of people and those that didn't know him, wanted to know him. It was no wonder that he was able to pull so many strings out of thin air sometimes.
"Yeah, well I'm just so glad that everything worked out," he said and she agreed. "I'm going to start heading out," he told her reluctantly after he finished his food. As much as he wanted to stay alongside her all day, he couldn't.
They were going to see each other later on at his birthday party and so with that thought alone in his mind as the single motivator, he grabbed his bag to leave. Cass walked him to the foyer and stopped him before he pressed the button to call the elevator. She reached over to straighten up his collar and he quickly stole a kiss from her before she backed away.
She gave him a cute grin before pulling him down into a longer kiss and he could already feel himself being consumed by her. Their bodies connected, their tongues dancing and sweet smell of her skin and hair wafting all around them was more than enough to drive him crazy. It was impossible to pull away from her.
He knew that he had to go, but he really didn't want to and with them in this wondrous position, it was becoming more difficult by the moment. His feelings towards Cass were always jumbled and confusing, but times like these when she did sweet, unexpected things like surprise him with breakfast, the fog in his head cleared and it only made him want to be with her more.
"Toki," she mumbled between their kisses. "There is no meeting." He broke away and looked at her curiously; what was she talking about? "I had Mamoru tell you that there was so that I could have you for myself," she whispered and he smiled as it all sank in. What a genius plan! He had thought that it was weird that the board would meet again; it was usually only once a month. "I have you until four."
"Well, this day seems to just keep getting better and better..." he smiled, relieved at the turn of events and started unbuttoning his stupid work shirt. "Now all we have to do is figure out what we're going to do for all these hours," he teased and she smirked as he pulled her lips back to his.
"Don't you worry about that," she promised naughtily. "I have it all planned out."
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*Usagi*
Naru finally came to school on Tuesday and she finally got to tell her all that happened over the weekend. She nearly yelled in class when she'd read the note Usagi had passed her about Mamoru. Although she hadn't written anything that suggested they gone past kissing, Naru was still surprised.
"Oh my goodness, Usagi-chan, you are so lucky! He's so hot and totally into you! I knew there had to be a reason why he loved bothering you so much!" she squealed after class.
She hadn't been able to concentrate much throughout the school day (much to no one's surprise), and could only think about what she should do about Mamoru. Should she call him to find out what happened yesterday that had him leaving the arcade so fast? As much as she wanted to know, she understood that it wasn't any of her business about whatever was going on with him and Cass, but she still wanted an excuse to call him.
It wasn't until last night after she had tried to call Rei that she noticed she had his phone number stored in her list of contacts. At first she thought that it had been a mistake, trying to remember how the hell she had gotten it. She'd even considered a couple of times calling it just to see if it was really his, but eventually decided against it once she'd remembered that he had taken her phone during the party on Saturday. That was the only way she could have gotten it, if he had put it in there himself and she did remember him typing things in to her phone.
She almost wished that she didn't have his phone number, because just knowing that she did made her antsy. What if she called him by mistake when she was trying to call Minako or Makoto? It would be so embarrassing because she had this feeling that he'd given to her without thinking, probably accidentally. They'd seen each other plenty of times since the party and he'd never even mentioned anything about calling him. So it was probably safe to say that he'd forgotten about it and thus she deemed it unimportant to ever mention it again by reminding him.
Besides, what would she have to say over the phone that couldn't wait to be said in person? Nothing; that's what. Whatever the hell was going on between them wasn't even all that serious to constitute conversations over the phone. Hell, she even knew of real couples that didn't call each other, so there was no reason for her to do it. But still, the thought of her and Mamoru talking over the phone sounded cute to her and it made her giddy. Even though realistically, the conversations would probably be forced and awkward (what would they say to each other?), it would still symbolize something that went deeper than what was going on now.
Because unfortunately, she already knew that she had probably fallen hard for Mamoru. It hadn't manifested itself quite well yet, but she knew that one of these days it was going to come bite her in the ass and she was going to regret that all this had ever happened between them. Until then, she'd already come to the conclusion that she was going to enjoy the ride as much as she could (but maybe not as figuratively as she'd told Motoki!) and just throw this odd relationship into the pile of 'Spring Flings' and (try to) think nothing more of it.
She went to Rei's temple after school as usual with Ami and Makoto (Minako hadn't shown up to school yet again) and they gossiped like they always did about stuff. Usually it was Rei that had the most to say because she was the most popular girl in her school. She was the leader of a whole bunch of activities and programs as well as Student President, so she was kind of a big deal and knew everything about everyone.
While Rei talked on about what 'horrible' ideas the other members of the Senior Prom Committee had planned for next year's graduates, Usagi thought about whether or not she should bring up the topic of Mina living with Kunzite. Although she had no idea how to handle the situation herself, she didn't know exactly how the rest of the panel would deal with it either and wasn't exactly sold on telling them. Besides, as leader of the group, they'd probably leave it to her to resolve anyway and would suggest that she'd talk to Mina privately about the situation.
She wondered if Artemis knew or even noticed that Minako wasn't staying at home because she was sure that he would have brought it up. He couldn't possibly know though, because then Luna would have been flipping out and considering that she hadn't heard from her beloved house pet in a few days, the cat must of not gotten out the bag yet. She turned her attention back to the girls as she realized that their conversation had turned back to guys, namely: Chad.
"Should I say yes?" Rei asked skeptically, a huge smile on her face as the girls all gushed around her. She moved in closer, trying to find out what they were talking about.
"Say yes to what?" she asked, hungry for the gossip.
"Chad asked her out on a date!" Mako squealed.
"OMG! You have to do it!" Usagi yelled excitedly; Ami and Mako shook their heads violently in agreement with her. Rei bit her lip in contemplation, stuttering reasons why it was probably not a good idea, while the rest of them shot each point down one by one.
"We don't even know each other!" Rei complained and Makoto rolled her eyes.
"Who cares? The point of the date is to get to know each other!"
"He's so much older than me!" Rei continued, to which Ami replied cynically.
"He's only three years older than you..."
They could see her scrambling to try to find another argument to say no, but they all fixed her with a stern look and she finally gave up.
"Fine! I'll do it!" Rei exclaimed reluctantly, but it contradicted the huge grin on her face.
They all huddled around her as she picked up her phone and called Chad to confirm their date. They tried to eavesdrop on the call as they spoke, but after about five minutes, they all were getting bored already. Rei had comfortably laid down on her futon and propped herself up against a pillow, giggling at everything that Chad said. He was doing most of the talking, but she would respond flirtatiously with the same lines: "Oh really?" *giggle* "You're lying!" *giggle* "Wow!" *giggle*giggle*
"Oh c'mon Rei!" Ami complained annoyed, trying to get her back to studying, but Rei just threw her pillow at them and turned around, going back to her conversation; "You're so funny, Chad!" *giggle*
All three rolled their eyes and started packing their things to get the hell out of there. They clearly were no longer invited as Rei chatted it up in the corner of the room, absentmindedly doodling on a notebook while she laughed at more of Chad's hysterical jokes. Ugh.
Where were they supposed to go now? She didn't feel like going to the arcade since she knew that the guys weren't going to be there because they were probably celebrating Motoki's birthday, and she really didn't feel like going home so early. Thankfully, Ami suggested for them to go back to her house and she and Mako agreed happily.
They hadn't visited in a while since Ami tried her hardest to avoid home because it was almost always empty. She lived with her mother who was a doctor and worked around the clock, leaving Ami in a huge house alone 96% of the time. Even though Usagi and her brother would always get super excited whenever their parents went out of town for the weekend, it was a completely different thing to be in Ami's shoes; it was like she just lived by herself.
Unlike Mako, who also lived alone, Ami's parents were actually alive (and divorced), but just appeared to be as unreachable as Mako's dead ones. The upside to Makoto's situation was that even though she lived alone, at least she could do whatever she wished. Ami's overbearing mother still imposed her wishes and ideals onto Ami with the constant pressure to be as successful as her, even though Mizuno-san's horrible parenting skills made her an even worse role model.
Despite the fact that there was no home cooked food from Ami's, the good thing about going there was that Ami hated studying while she was home. She would always come up with an excuse to do other things; they would usually end up ordering in and playing board games or watching sappy romantic comedies the whole night. Not that the girls would ever complain about skipping out on studying, but they never asked Ami why she did so and understood that it was her own way private form of getting revenge to her controlling mom in her own home.
As expected at the Mizuno residence, they'd ordered pizza and played three games of Monopoly back-to-back while watching reruns of the live action TV shows 'Codename: Sailor V' and 'Bishoujo Sailor Senshi'. They laughed at the comical interpretations of the so-called 'youma' which were all men dressed in weird robotic space suits (hadn't they noticed by now that almost 98% of the youma were always female?). And even though Mina didn't play Sailor V and it wasn't actually them doing the appearances of the Sailor Soldiers, it was pretty fun to watch themselves on TV. It was like a weird alternative reality experience and they would always find themselves yelling at the show about its inaccuracies.
"Are our skirts really that short?" Ami asked horrified as the Sailor Soldiers ran around trying to dodge an incoming attack and Sailor Mercury's skirt flew up in the momentum revealing her under lacy garments. Makoto shook her head and rolled her pair of dice; muttering about the sick male perverts that the producers of the show were targeting.
"Again? Seriously?" Mako asked disbelievingly as she landed yet again on Ami's property, forcing her to sell her last hotel to pay Ami's rent. "I fucking quit! Why can't I ever win at this damn game?!" Mako fumed, folding her arms in front of her angrily, turning back to the TV. "OH COME ON! It's Sparkling Wide Pressure! Not Sparkling Wide Fissure! Idiots, I swear!"
"I can't believe that's supposed to be Tuxedo Kamen!" Usagi ranted on with Mako because she'd already lost most of her property to the bank and Ami had bought pretty much the entire board, so she was trying to stall. "And where do they get all these actresses from? We are so much prettier than all of them!"
"Usagi-chan, do you give up?" Ami teased, seeing right through her tactics. Usagi begrudgingly sighed in defeat, nodded and started helping organize the money to put the game away.
They headed home soon after because it was already late and Ami's mom was due home any moment. She and Mako shared a cab home and it dropped her off first, speeding away into the night as she walked up the path to her doorstep. The first thing that she did when she got in her bedroom was throw her phone onto her bed and shed her clothes before soaking herself in a long hot bath.
She needed to relax; lately she's had so much going on in her mind and it was mostly Mamoru related, but now she had a new problem with Mina and had no idea what to do. Then with the ending of the school year, it brought up other things that she hadn't thought about in a while: her career. Who was she? Usagi hadn't quite found out her passion in life yet and with next fall being her last year in high school, she had no idea where her life was going. Not to mention, she was always struggling to understand how the role of Sailor Moon played into her life.
Usagi wasn't good at anything really; she wasn't a great writer and had exceptionally poor mathematical understanding. She didn't get woozy around blood, but knew that anything in the medical field would not be her calling, not to mention way too demanding for her attention span. And considering that she was a borderline sloth, she didn't think that that there was anything really that she could love enough to apply herself fully to. She wasn't dedicated like Ami, nor had the skills to multitask like Makoto and she didn't want to be famous like Rei or Minako, so where did she stand? Maybe Sailor Moon was all she would ever be...
Her heart sped up frantically at the thought of her being Sailor Moon forever. She took a deep breath as she tried to wash the panic attack away by sinking further into the tub, but it was no use. What if she was forced to fight against the Negaverse for the rest of her life? How would she live? When she eventually found the right person that she wanted to be with, she would be forced to put them in danger by having to admit who she was. The issue didn't present itself much right now, but what about when she had children? How often would she be forced to leave them and her husband in the middle of the night to fight youma? Not to mention the risks that would be involved if she were to fight while she was pregnant. She could be killed fighting in that condition!
She gasped for breath as she reached the surface of the water that she had submersed herself in. No... she had hope; there must be an end sometime near and the Negaverse had to be defeated for good. She couldn't be Sailor Moon forever... she just couldn't.
Her cell phone beeped the unique high pitched sound of battle and she stayed in the tub longer than she should, contemplating on whether or not she should go answer it (why did it always seem like she made bad things happen just by mere thought?). It was rare that the girls would ever call her through the frequency (Artemis had installed a hack into their cell phones to replace them with their old communicators), so she knew that there was a youma attack somewhere in the city, but she just wasn't up to it at the moment. If only she could stay in the bathtub and ignore it, then she'd be able to have a little more peace for herself.
It beeped loudly again and she gave up her resolve; there was no way that she could ignore her duties. She'd tried to so many times over the years, but it was impossible; just the idea of her skipping out on a battle nipped at her conscious and drove her insane with guilt. What if someone had gotten hurt because of her? Because she didn't want to perform the duties required of her; she would never be able to forgive herself. She had to be strong; she was their leader and her team counted on her.
She dried herself off and put on some underwear quickly before throwing on a robe after the insistent noise from her phone had her realizing that she didn't even have time to fully get dressed. She made sure to lock the door to her bedroom and transformed, before climbing out her second story window and leaping into the humid night. She followed her instincts as it pulled her west into the city and right when she got inside her favorite park was when she heard the familiar sounds of a fight.
Sailor Mars and Mercury were already there and Jupiter had just arrived right behind her, running into the middle of the battlefield to drag the collapsed couple in the middle of the dirt path that the youma had been targeting. Mars yelled for her help and she quickly threw her tiara toward the monster and broke the venom oozing vines that were reaching out toward them. Jupiter attacked at the same time and the youma dropped to the floor in a smelly heap of burning wood.
The girls gathered up and waited for Mercury to thoroughly scan the monster for it's weak points, when they heard someone approach them from behind. Venus finally arrived, which was indeed surprising since they hadn't spoken or seen her since the beach trip. Panting, Venus ran into the scene and threw in her attack once more as the youma tried to get up.
"So what's its weakness, Mercury?" Minako asked as if she had been there the whole time. Ami ignored her and continued typing away furiously while they stood around watching the youma, making sure that it wasn't going to attack again.
The couple that had been attacked started to wake up and Usagi ran to their side to make sure they were ok. The guy was bleeding from the side of his head, but it didn't look like a deep gash; the woman however had various cuts all over her arms and legs from when the plant-youma had dragged her, but otherwise seemed fine too.
"It's just some minor cuts, nothing to worry about, Sailor Moon." She turned around to surprisingly see Luna and Artemis watching over the scene. She nodded at Artemis and got up to follow him to where the other Senshi were huddled around Ami.
Suddenly, she felt something sharp wrap around her midsection and she screamed as she felt herself being pulled backwards into the dark part of the park. The Senshi all turned to her in surprise and were ready to attack the youma that had snuck up on her as she was slammed roughly up against a tree. Thankfully Tuxedo Kamen showed up right at that moment to cut her loose from the thorny vines and carried her up onto a nearby tree to hide.
"Are you ok?" he asked her and she looked at him dumbly; he'd never really spoke directly to her before! She looked at his face, wishing that she had the courage to one day rip that stupid mask off his face and find out once and for all who was this man that always selflessly saved her from danger. "Are you hurt?" he asked again when she didn't answer him and she quickly shook her head, embarrassed at her needless staring. He nodded before dropping them down to the ground and nudging her in the direction of the ongoing battle.
She ran to where the rest of the Senshi were and Mercury yelled for her to aim at the crown on the youma's head. She quickly did as she was told and threw out her tiara once more before hearing the agonizing screams of the dying demon. She turned around just in time to see Tuxedo Kamen disappear into the foliage behind them and sighed. It didn't appear as if she would ever be able to get any answers from him.
Luna told them to gather up and they all did so, listening to Artemis's rundown of the current Negaverse situation. She tried to listen, but couldn't stop chanting in her head for Artemis to shut up already; she just wanted to go home! She was tired and her suit was ripped to near rags from the thorny ropes and she yearned for the hot bath waiting for her when she got home...
"KUNZY!" she heard Minako yell beside her and everyone stopped and turned in surprise.
Kunzite was standing no more than 40 feet away from them with a small smile on his lips as he watched them all carefully. Rei gasped at the realization of what Mina had just done and Mako stood with her mouth agape; everyone was thinking the same thing, 'WHY had Mina just done that?'
Minako obliviously started running happily toward Kunzite and he looked no more surprised to see Sailor Venus than if you'd just told him his name. So Kunzite obviously already knew about her being a Sailor Senshi... she should of known. But now he would easily be able to identify the rest of them because of Mina... What the hell was wrong with her?
Before she was able to understand fully what happened, they were suddenly engulfed in an eerily thick fog that separated the Senshi from their surroundings. They saw Minako nearly trip as she was trying to leave, but realized that it was because her legs were encased into a block of solid frozen ice. It wasn't until Mina stared daggers at Ami that suddenly everything made sense; it was Ami that had done this!
"HOW DARE YOU?!" Minako screamed at Ami. Everyone looked at Ami in equal surprise since none of them had even heard her mutter her attacks; Usagi had no idea that their attacks even worked on each other... "Get this off me!" she demanded as Ami gave her scathing look before waving her hand and the ice melted off of Mina's feet.
"What is wrong with you, Sailor Venus?!" Ami yelled and everyone took a step back as Venus and Mercury stood face to face.
Usagi was really scared about what was going to happen next; she had never seen Ami so angry before, ever! And now that she had learned that they could use their powers against each other, it made the situation all the more frightening. She understood why Ami was so pissed at Mina though; calling out to Kunzite super irresponsible!
"Don't you ever try that on me again, or I swear you will regret it!" Mina threatened her, but Ami boldly stepped up closer to Mina.
"Do you have any idea how much I risked, how much I sacrificed for this team?" Ami asked her and everyone gulped; even the cat's hairs were standing on end! "For you to irresponsibly and selfishly put us all in danger so stupidly for some guy you just met!" Mina narrowed her eyes at Ami. "You're a stupid WHORE who doesn't deserve to be on this team!" Ami spat and everyone's breath caught in their throat at Ami's appalling words.
It was true that Ami had given up many times over her studies and career just to stay here in Tokyo with them as a Sailor Senshi. She'd passed up incredible opportunities abroad just because she knew that it was always her first duty to be part of their team. The Sailor Senshi would always need Sailor Mercury; there was no way they could do it without her. So it was definitely an insult in Ami's mind that Minako would try to have it all, especially at their expense, but for Ami to say what she did, was really out of line... Usagi didn't think that it was her place to judge Mina like that.
What came next was as much of a surprise as it was expected, but no one was able to look away as Minako slapped Ami so hard that she staggered backward onto Rei. They all stood frozen in time for about a quarter of a second, before all hell broke loose.
She knew that Makoto was going to punch Mina the moment she angrily took a step toward her, but Usagi she did nothing to stop her (despite the guilt forming in her stomach). As good of friends as they all were, Mina just got here a couple of weeks ago; the rest of them had been friends for years before she came along... Mina had to recognize that she was still the outsider.
Artemis hissed and ran protectively in front of Mina before Makoto got too close, but it was pointless. Mina had started glowing a bright shiny orange and Ami's artificial fog disappeared instantly. Makoto had hesitated in moving forward at Mina's strange state, which was a good thing because her Love Me Chain appeared out of nowhere and was glowing like a rope on fire as it surrounded Mina protectively.
"I am your leader and I will demand your respect! So YOU need to watch the way you talk to ME, Mercury!" she yelled at Ami. "I've sacrificed more than even you could ever imagine!" she screamed at the rest of them, fire burning in her eyes. They all stared at her; Usagi was now in complete shock, surprised at the words coming out of her mouth.
"You can't just proclaim leadership; who do you think you are?" Rei demanded appalled, while looking at Luna and Artemis with uncertainty. They were all thinking the same thing: was Sailor Venus the real leader of the Sailor Senshi?
"Minako," Kunzite called her; he was right behind them now. "Let's go," he commanded, offering his hand for her to take. Minako finally stopped glowing, her chain dissolving into the uncomfortable silence and she took his hand, visibly calming at his touch. She turned back to face Ami once more.
"I deserve to have it all..." Mina whispered to her fiercely, a clear conviction in her voice that none of them have ever heard her use before.
The tension was high between the girls, but everyone relaxed as soon as Mina turned her back to go with Kunzite, concluding the fight with a curt dismissal. The rest of the girls stayed glued to the spot for a brief moment, before Ami briskly left, Mako hot on her heels.
"I'm warning you now, Kunzy. We WILL hunt you down if you ever say anything about this to anyone!" Rei warned. He looked at her amused, but nodded curtly, obediently. Clearly he had to have known that they were all the same girls that he'd gone to the beach with. Rei left and took Luna and Artemis with her.
Usagi hesitated before leaving even though Mina and Kunzite were already walking away from her. She didn't know if she should say anything to them, but ultimately decided against it. What could she possibly say to fix this? How could they even be friends anymore...?
Her throat tightened and she tried to stop the tears from forming, but it was no use. It was as if all her greatest fears were becoming a reality way too fast; apparently Sailor Moon had even less of a purpose now than she originally thought. She felt even more lost now than ever.
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*Mamoru*
Motoki's birthday party had been going great up until Mamoru had to leave. He told Motoki that he had to go get some more 'condoms', but knew that Motoki had gotten the real message. Only Motoki knew the real him and knew everything about him (like how he always, always carried at least three condoms with him at all times); there weren't many secrets between them. Even though in the beginning, before he understood fully what was happening to him, he'd easily dodged giving him explanations for his mysterious disappearances, but Motoki had eventually cornered him and made him fess up.
He'd been surprised of course, but then started calling him the modern day--and much cheesier--version of 'Batman' (Motoki always made fun of his alter ego's costume and Mamoru would always gruffly explain to him that it wasn't his fault, the outfit just happened whenever he became Tuxedo Kamen). Frankly, he loved the resemblance he had to Batman; it made him feel cooler than he already was. So what if Tuxedo Kamen was slightly less threatening than Batman, Mamoru was Bruce Wayne in his real life. Also since the youma attacks were so few and far in between, he could still have a social life, which was exactly what his comic book equivalent lacked, so that technically made him 10x better anyway. He was Batman with bitches. Also, unlike Batman, he actually existed.
Thankfully the youma fight had been really short, so he was able to get back to the party relatively quickly; he'd only been gone for fifteen minutes. Cass approached him a couple of minutes after he'd returned, making the girl he was currently talking to tense.
"There you are! I was looking for you." She pulled him aside as the girl beside him glared daggers in their direction. She held out her hand. "Give me the keys to the flat." He raised his eyebrows, but still reached into his pocket.
"Why can't you just use Motoki's copy?" he asked before handing her his set. She snatched them up quickly and threw them in her clutch.
"I just want to make sure you don't drop by to interrupt!" she smiled. "We're leaving now, by the way." And with that, she turned to leave, but he called her back.
"But it's barely midnight. This party was for him; you can't take him now!" he complained, but she looked up at him with a sly smile.
"He'll be having much more fun with me, I promise." She smirked before patting him in the cheek and sauntering away. He tried not to grunt, but dammit; it was like Cass was always trying to take his best friend away from him...
But he didn't hate her for it, not even a little, because he knew that Cass was pretty fucking awesome. Any guy would be lucky to have her; she was fun and adventurous and above all super sexy. Not even he could resist watching her bodacious curves walk away from him; not even after she grabbed Motoki's hand and dragged him out the club. Her body was just that amazing and he really did believe her when she promised that Motoki would be having much more fun with her.
Cass had asked him permission to put a stripper pole in their flat uptown as a surprise for Motoki; that was the reason why she hadn't given Motoki his keys back for the past month. She had made him promise not to say anything and he hadn't, letting Motoki believe that he hadn't known much of Cass's whereabouts either. As much as he hated to admit it, Cass truly cared a lot about Motoki, but he couldn't really imagine them together permanently; in his opinion, they just wouldn't work out.
But that hardly mattered at the moment anyhow, because tonight Motoki's lucky ass was going to get the best lap dance of his life and he couldn't help feeling jealous. He looked over to the girl he had been previously talking to and was utterly disappointed. After having just seen Cass's massive ass squeezed into her tiny dress, every other chick just looked like the loch ness monster.
He walked over to the bar and ordered a couple of drinks, watching the drunken women make complete fools of themselves trying to impress him. None of them mattered to him anyhow; they weren't seductive as Cass--nor as appealing as Usagi.
Honestly he couldn't believe that he'd just compared the two, but it was true, those two were the hottest girls he knew. The thing was, they couldn't be more opposite from each other. Cass was glamorous and sophisticated, while Usagi was geekier and much more childish. Even though they were both witty and a little goofy sometimes, what set them the most apart was their sexual appeal.
Cass was the aggressor; she oozed her sexuality with every move she made. She was hot and she knew it and with every look she gave you, she knew that you knew it too. Usagi was a whole different type of hot; she was subtlety seductive, with her large innocent eyes and naive demeanor, she was entirely virginal.
With sex, Cass was the type of girl that liked to ride on top, but not Usagi. He had a hunch that she'd lie there and spread her legs invitingly, letting him entirely take control; which was exactly what he liked, what he wanted. He enjoyed playing the dominant role and girls like Usagi drove him insane because they were his biggest turn on.
He felt a hand boldly land on his lap and looked down as red fingernails massaged at his hard on (he couldn't believe how horny he'd gotten just thinking of Usagi). He freaked out temporarily, thinking for a brief moment that it was Cass touching him, but thankfully it wasn't; it was just the hoe he'd left waiting from before.
She rubbed him some more and he let her; fuck, why not? They were both enjoying themselves. She stuck her tongue in his ear, nipping his earlobe and pulling him off the stool. She led him into the private VIP lounge and closed the thick curtains behind them. Ok, so maybe she wasn't as bodacious as Cass and she definitely was nowhere near Usagi's league, but she was hot and willing and he was never one to turn down some pussy.
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