Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Silver Rose ❯ Broken Ties ( Chapter 9 )

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Chapter Nine:

Usagi looked into the blue eyes of one of the men responsible for the most embarrassing, hurtful nights of her young life. Her blue eyes flashed dangerously with the pent up anger that longed for release.

"You bastard". She hissed slapping the man hard across the face.

"Usa, what's wrong with you?" Ami asked pulling the angry girl from her brother. She should be angry, but she was more so shocked. She had never seen Usagi raise her hand to hit anything. This was a girl who pleaded for a rat's life when one was found in their dorm room. She insisted on capturing the disgusting creature herself in a pillowcase and then released it in the park five miles away from the University. Ami couldn't believe this was the same girl, whose face was flushed with her anger.

"You don't understand!" She shouted pulling away from Ami. The partiers stopped dancing finding the display Usagi was putting on more interesting.

"I take it that you two know each other, Jed?" Neph asked looking at an angry Usagi and the calm blond haired man holding his stinging cheek.

"Yeah". Jed said.

"We've met". He said looking down at Usagi.

"Maybe we should take this outside".

Zack said noticing the crowd that was beginning to form around them.

"Yeah that would be a good idea".

Makoto said noticing the same thing.

"Come on, Usa".

Makoto said grabbing the smaller girl by the arm leading her to the door. She was curious to know what was going on, and she was sure everyone else was as well.

"So, I take it that you're still mad".

Jed said smirking once they made it outside the dorm.

"What do you think, after what you and that heartless jerk did to me?"

Usagi spat back shaking from her anger.

"What did my brother do to you, Usa?"

Ami asked looking from Usagi to Jed. Jed was her older brother. He always looked out for her and she loved him dearly, but she knew that her brother was a player. He left a chain of broken hearts wherever he went. She just hoped Usa wasn't one on his list; she lost more friends that way.

"I can't talk about this, I refuse to let him upset me, its not good for the ba… for me".

She said having almost given away her secret, and she surely didn't want Jed to know. He would just go back and tell Mamoru, and she wasn't ready for him to know yet.

"Ami, I appreciate you trying to find me a date, I know that you all have been worried about me lately, and I'm sorry that I ruined your night, but I can't be here around him now, not now".

"Usa, just tell us what's going on. Let us help you". Makoto said reaching out to the girl.

"No! Not now. I can't deal with this now, Mako. He used me, and I let him… I let him." Usagi said tears coming to her eyes as she thought about the way she foolishly allowed Mamoru to take her virginity and even more foolishly allowed herself to get pregnant by a man that obviously only wanted her for one thing.

"Usagi, if you would just let me explain…" Jed started.

"No, I don't want to hear, I don't want to talk about it, just stay away from me, and tell that boss of yours the same thing".

Usagi said and ran from her friends, from Jed, and from everyone's questions.

"I'm not Mamoru, Usa, I'm not going to chase after you, but I'll tell you one thing, he's not going to leave you along". Jed yelled at her retreating form, not knowing if she heard him or not.

"What the hell is going on here?" Neph asked angrily.

"Ask Usa. It's not my story to tell". Jed said calmly.

Usagi ran back to her dorm as fast her legs could carry her. She just couldn't handle their questions right now but she knew that soon she would have to face them. A person can't run forever. More importantly, Mamoru will now know where she was, but maybe that didn't matter, he had already gotten what he wanted from her. What more could she possibly have to offer him?

Mamoru swiftly walked from the elevator onto the third story of the large corporation know as Beryllium Inc. He saw the secretary of his intended party sitting at her desk carefully filing her nails. The woman, who appeared to be in her mid forties, looked up at Mamoru's domineering presence disinterestedly.

"Where's Beryl?"

He boomed, anger evident in his voice.

"Mrs. Shisou is in with a client right now, Mr. Chiba. She can't be disturbed".

The secretary informed him still filing her nails

"Well, is that so? This can't wait I'm afraid. Beryl will see me now, so if you'll excuse me Mrs. Harahan."

Mamoru said and quickly walked past the secretary's desk and into Beryl's office door with Mrs. Harahan on his heels.

Beryl and the gentleman sitting before her desk looked up at the intrusion.

"Mamoru?" She said looking at the tall well-built man that had entered her office so rudely.

She almost forgot to be angry with him after taking in his handsome form, and who could blame her, black certainly was made for him. In his all black attire he radiated sensuality and mystery.

"Mrs. Shisou, what is the meaning of this?" Beryl's client asked.

"Mr. Washington, this is my fiancé, Chiba Mamoru".

Beryl said introducing Mamoru, trying to gain control of the situation.

"Mr. Washington, I have some very important matters to discuss with my fiancé so if you don't mind". Mamoru said saying fiancé with as much disgust as he could muster.

"Well ok, we were about done anyway. I'll get those figures to you soon, Mrs. Shisou. It was interesting meeting you Mr. Chiba".

Mr. Washington said as he stood to leave.

He looked from Mamoru to the frighten secretary standing warily behind him. He figured whatever the young man wanted to discuss with Beryl would not be pretty. He walked out of the office nodding at the secretary when he passed her.

"Mrs. Shisou I tried to stop him".

The secretary said pleading her case. She knew Beryl was practically trigger-happy when it came to firing employees and she didn't want to become one of her unwilling targets.

"That will be all Jenny".

Beryl said dismissing her secretary. Her cold green eyes stared intently at Mamoru. The secretary quickly left the office closing the door behind her.

"Darling, did you miss me so much that you had to break up one of my meetings to see me". Beryl said walking up to Mamoru who stood beside her bookcase.

"Don't be ridiculous. You know why I'm here. I wanted you to know that I got your little message". Mamoru said his dark blue eyes glaring coldly down at Beryl.

"Whatever are you talking about?"

"Don't try to play innocent, Beryl, we both know you're far from that. I'm talking about what you did to my apartment you bitch".

He said his dark and unreadable, a frown tainting his handsome face.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't do anything to your apartment. Perhaps, you got me mixed up with that blond bitch you're screwing behind my back". Beryl spat back, her emerald eyes darkening with anger.

"You mean to tell me that it wasn't you that ransacked my apartment and destroyed my mother's picture last night. What kind of fool do you think I am, Beryl, that type of shit practically reeks of you?" Mamoru snapped at her, his anger almost boiling over when he thought of his mother's picture.

Beryl backed away from Mamoru seeing the malice in his eyes though his posture showed nothing of his anger his eyes said it all.

"Look, before you start shooting off accusations get your facts straight. I just came back from America this morning. Now I know I'm good, but I'm not good enough to have messed up your apartment or destroyed your precious picture thousands of miles away."

Mamoru looked at Beryl through narrowed eyes assessing what she had just told him. When he thought about it, Beryl did tell him last week before she left that she wouldn't be back until today. Even though Beryl was a lying, conniving bitch, he believed she was telling the truth. He could always read her like a book; she couldn't lie to him without him knowing it.

"Ok Beryl I believe you, but if I find out you're lying to me… Well let's just say, that wouldn't be good." He said smiling a cruel, humorless smile. Beryl looked almost frightened when she saw that smile. She knew what Mamoru was capable of, and she didn't want to be on the receiving end of his anger. But she would never let him know that she was afraid, afraid of him. She decided to try a different tactic.

"Darling, how could you even think I'll do something like that? I'll tell you what, I will forgive you, but you are going to have to do some serious making up". Beryl said giving one of her sexiest smiles. Yes she was afraid of Mamoru's anger but she was even more afraid of losing him. It was not that she was madly in love with him or any thing, though she did quite enjoy their bedroom activities, she just wouldn't lose him to that bitch Emily, that would just be too embarrassing, and her friends would never let her live it down.

She walked over to Mamoru, who looked at her with darkened blue eyes that she thought was filled with lust. She slowly slipped her arms around his slim waist licking her lips seductively. Mamoru made no attempt to hold her just stood there unresponsive, looking at her coldly.

"You know what, Darling?" He said sarcastically, mimicking her term of endearment.

"I think I'm ready to end this charade".

He said unlocking Beryl's arms from around his waist.

"I've found someone else, and I'm afraid that I've fallen in love with her". He said coldly.

"Fallen in love! You don't even know the meaning of that phrase! What are you trying to tell me, Mamoru, that you've fell for that conceited whore, Emily"!

Beryl screamed her eyes blazing dangerously.

"Please, Beryl, don't throw a tantrum. We both know that I don't love you and you don't love me. We were only marrying to tie our businesses, hoping to oust the other when the time was right. Well, there has been a change of plans". He said. Beryl looked at him shocked. No man has ever refused her. She couldn't believe that this was happening to her.

"But the wedding, all the planning…"

"There won't be a wedding". Mamoru said cutting her off.

He walked to the door, leaving a stunned Beryl behind.

He opened the door and looked back at the woman he had just dumped.

"Have a nice day, Beryl".

He said smirking and closed the door, narrowly missing a flying object that hit the door and fell to the floor having missed its target. A string of curses followed him to the elevator, as Beryl screamed behind her closed door words that would make a sailor blush.

He walked out the building toward his black Mitshibitshi (did I spell this right?) Eclipse.

If Beryl didn't do it then who did? He thought.

Mamoru finally made it back to his apartment to find Jed outside his door, his fist raised to knock.

"Hey, man". Jed said noticing Mamoru.

"Hey, what do you want, Jed"? Mamoru asked really not wanting to deal with anyone right now. Today had been a bad day, especially with the episode with Beryl. He just wanted to relax and think of ways to find his little bunny.

Jed stood allowing Mamoru to unlock his apartment and followed him inside.

"Chiba, you still down in the dumps?" Jed asked giving his best friend a once over. The taller man looked like hell, not on the surface though. On the surface he looked very much in control, unreadable, but Jed had known Mamoru since they were children, he could tell that Mamoru was not ok, even if Mamoru himself wouldn't admit it.

"Look I don't need this right now, so if you don't have anything important to tell me, then leave". Mamoru said coldly.

Jed didn't back down a bit, he was used to Mamoru's attitude by now.

"Ouch, touché." He said taking a seat on Mamoru's couch.

"As it so happens, Bro, I've got some news that you may find interesting".

"Really". Mamoru said sarcastically. He sat down on the couch. This should be interesting Mamoru thought.

"Yeah, really. You know that little rabbit you had." Jed said pausing for effect and just to irritate Mamoru.

"Man, what are you talking about". Mamoru said getting irritated.

"You know, Chiba, the one that got away".

"Jed, will you make some sense, I never had a rabbit…." Mamoru started, until he caught on.

"Usako! You know where Usako is?" He said jumping up.

"I told you, you would want to hear this". Jed said smirking.

"Whatever just tell me where she is". Mamoru said looking down at Jed. The man always manages to irritate me, sometimes I wonder how we became friends in the first place Mamoru thought. The answer was very simple though, Jed always had his back and Mamoru knew that he could trust Jed with is life.

"She attends UT with my little sister. All this time she's been right under your nose".

Mamoru sat back down beside Jed, saying nothing. He felt relieved that he finally knew where his Usako was, ecstatic that she was still in Tokyo, but new worries came to replace the old ones. Now that he knew where she was, how do he get her to forgive him. How can he get her to love him, as he loves her?

So what ya think? Review, Please. Bet some of you thought that was Mamoru instead huh? Anyway I hoped ya liked this chapter. BTW: Shisou means Shadow of Death.