Waiting impatiently for Ami to finish her calculations the Senshi, Mamoru and the cats sat in one of the many rooms of the temple.
"It's all my fault! Chibi-Usa would be safe if I didn't yell at her!" whined Usagi.
"Usagi-chan, don't say that! You tried to keep her safe. Don't put yourself down."
"Mako-chan is right Usagi. It's not your fault. You only yelled at her because you were worried about her. I'm sure you didn't mean it," said Minako.
"Thanks guys." Usagi smiled at her friends. She turned her attention to Mamoru who was leaning against the wall behind her. "Are you ok Mamoru-san?" He did nothing. She looked up at him, his figure seemed so cold and distant. How could she have been so stupid? Mamoru cared for Chibi-Usa so much and now that she let her get captured he would never love her again.
Usagi turned her head away from him to face her friends. A weak smile came across her face trying to hide her hurt, it wasn't working. Then Mamoru turned to face her, "You are an idiot," he said bluntly. Everyone in the room, even the cats, turn and stared at Mamoru. Usagi couldn't believe what he said, she wouldn't.
"What did you say?" asked Usagi hoping she didn't hear him correctly.
"You heard me, you know what I said and you know it's true. You wanted Chibi-Usa to vanish, you wanted her to get caught, you are happy she's gone.?
"No-"
"Let me finish Usagi. You don't care about her and you never did. If the sisters do ever show up again I hope they take you!!" He stared at her for a spilt second and then marched towards the door. Before he walked out Luna jumped in front of him.
"Mamoru that was completing uncalled for. You know everything you said is not true. How could you even think such horrible thoughts? I have always had bad feelings towards you, and I just started thinking you weren't that terrible and Usagi loves you so you can't be that bad. But I can't see anyone loving such a cold, down right mean creature like you. I hope you realize the huge mistake you've just made and rethink what you have said before coming back here or you will not be welcome." She walked out of his path and Mamoru continued to walk right out the door.
"Those were good words Luna," commented Minako. All the Senshi petted Luna to show their appreciation, but soon their attention was on Usagi, who sat through the whole ordeal quietly, staring at a blank wall. Small tears dripped from her face.
Makoto walked over to her and held her shoulders. To make her feel better Makoto offered her some double fudge cookies she made herself.
"Here Usagi-chan. I made these for you. I know they're your favorite."
"No thanks Mako-chan. I'm not hungry." All the Senshi are taken back in shock.
"Mamoru really did a number on her, she's refusing food!" Minako whispered to Rei. Ami, who has been working non-stop on her computer, looks up excitedly.
"Guys, I got it!"
"Ami tell us what you've found," said Artemis.
"Well, from my calculations the sisters teleported to a large structure directly above Tokyo. It's hovering in one of Earth's orbits. I have the coordinates right here."
"Well let's transform!!" shouted Rei, when Mamoru slowly walked into the room.
"Guys, can I talk with Usagi-san, just for a minute?" All the Senshi stepped in front Usagi shielding her from Mamoru.
"Ok....go ahead," said Makoto crossing her arms.
"Alone," stated Mamoru. "Please guys."
"Well.....alright."
"AMI-CHAN!!" shouted all the Senshi.
"Guys, I don't see any harm in it. C'mon." Ami walked out the door. The rest of the Senshi and the cats reluctantly followed.
"Fine....but we're listening at the door," stated Makoto as she eyed Mamoru on her way out.
Mamoru went up to the door and slid it closed. They were now alone.
"Usagi," Mamoru began. "I'm...well I'm......sorry. I-I didn't mean it. Everything I said was a lie. I'm just pissed off about Chibi-Usa, and it has nothing to do with you. Forgive me please Usako."
Silence. The room was filled with only silence. Usagi sat with her back towards Mamoru, wondering what she should say next, one thought stuck in her mind.
"That's the first time you've called me Usako since.........well since you know."
"I guess old habits are hard to break. So you forgive me?"
"Of course," she turns to face him. They stare at each others ocean blue eyes. "I can never stay mad at you."
Suddenly the Senshi come bursting in.
"The sisters just appeared out of nowhere. Luckily they didn't see us. We need to transform!" shouted Rei.
"Right!" commented Usagi.
* * * *
The sisters all floated in the air over the temple?s courtyard.
"The Wiseman said they would be here. So where are they?!?" asked Caraberas.
"We're right here!" yelled Sailor Moon. All the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen were all standing below the sisters in battle stance.
"Well look who finally decided to show up," stated Cooan coldly. "I guess you weren't as chicken as we thought you were."
"Let's cut the chit-chat and get to the fighting!" screamed Mars.
"Fine with me. Eat ice." Beruche blasted the Senshi with ice and they easily dodge it. Tux throws a group of roses at Petz who quickly moves out of the way.
"Not as easy as you thought, huh?" She smirked at Tux.
"No! Easier!!!" Out of nowhere Jupiter jumps up and grabs Petz in a head lock. As they land on the ground with a thud Petz is grasping for air.
"Petz!" shouts Beruche. Caraberas and Cooan beginning to lunge towards their sister. Jupiter tightens her grip,
"Don't move any closer!" she screams.
"Give us the Rabbit and we?ll let your sister go!" shouted Sailor Moon who protectively stood in front of Sailor Jupiter, along with the other Senshi.
"Ok, if you want her........you can have her." Caraberas snapped her fingers and a pink crystal appeared floating in the air.
"Very pretty," shouts Mars. "Now where?s the Rabbit!?!"
"Look closer and you will see," was all Cooan said. Tuxedo Kamen looked once again at the crystal and saw a limp figure inside. He began to walk closer to it and the nearer to the crystal he got the more distinct the figure became. Then it all became clear, "CHIBI-USA!!" He screamed. He lashed a dozen roses at the crystal and they all did the same thing. A few inches before contact with the crystal all 12 roses dissolved into thin air.
"Oh, I'm sorry your little pathetic roses didn"t work,? stated Cooan. "By the way, cape boy, who uses roses anyway? They're so....so...girly."
"Watch it tutu girl." Tux threw back at her.
"Ooohhh I'm shaking!"
"Enough you two! We have work to do!" Sailor Moon scolded.
"Yes, yes we do." Stated Beruche as she hurled a wave of sharp ice at the Senshi. They all jump out of the way, including Jupiter, who unwilling lets go of Petz. All four sister started a brutal attack on the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen. Everywhere they moved a Sister was there with a blast of harsh energy, bruising the Senshi and Tux greatly.
"Mercury do something!!!" shouted Sailor Moon as aching pain went through her whole body.
Mercury bravely stepped forward and yelled,
"Shabon Spray!" A thick mist surrounds the Sisters, making it impossible for them to see even their hands in front of their faces.
"What happened? Where'd they go?" inquired Cooan.
"I'm not quite sure, but they have to be here somewhere..." answered Petz as she goes higher into the air trying to go above the fog which seemed endless.
Meanwhile, the Senshi and Tux regrouped behind a wall of the Temple.
"Did you get a good look at Chibi-Usa, she looked so helpless." stated Jupiter
"What I wouldn't give for some of those cookies right about now."
"Usagi!! Is food all you think about, even at a time like this!"
"Look, Mars, if you want to pick a fight-"
"SHUT-UP!!!" Mercury shouted loudly. Everyone shut up after that and just listened to Mercury. "Now, I scanned the Sisters and found that the force-field around Chibi-Usa is linked directly to the high frequency waves that are given off around their cranial region-"
"In English?"
"Sorry, it's linked to their brains. The Sisters have the ability to strengthen the force-field or disable it with just a thought. I'll stay here and try to find a way to the break the connection, you guys gotta go out there and distract them!"
"Mercury, the mist is beginning to clear up. Is there anything else?" asked Mars.
"Yeah, be careful." With thankful smiles all the warriors rushed out onto the battlefield to face the Sisters once more.
Just as quickly as it appeared, the fog vanished and the Sisters could see everything in front of them just as clearly as before. They had floated quite high up, so high the Senshi looked like miniature figurines. As fast as they could they swooped back down ready to attack their enemy.
"Here they come, get ready minna!" warned Sailor Moon. Everyone stood ready expecting the worse. They were right.
Petz, Beruche and Cooan were blasting wildly, while Caraberas flipped her whip around slapping everything in it's path. Tuxedo Kamen threw roses whenever he got the chance praying they would hit the Sisters anywhere that could do some damage and the Senshi were trying every power they could muster, but unfortunately no one was getting anywhere.
"Hold on a second," announced Caraberas, "we seem to be one bratty warrior short. Now if I were a stupid, annoying Sailor Senshi where would I try to hide......" She scanned the scene carefully and found part of Mercury's computer poking out from behind the wall. "Bingo." With a flick of her wrist, her whip went flying into the air and coiled around the slender wrist of Sailor Mercury. Caraberas tugged slightly until she heard,
"Oww!" Mercury's wrist was being tugged at and she dropped her computer as Caraberas pulled her out of hiding .
"Hey, Sisters! Look what I caught!? Caraberas was holding Mercury a tad off the ground, a smile curled on her lips.
"Sailor Mercury!" shrieked Venus. Everyone's attention was turned to Caraberas. Ami was obviously in pain, her facial expressions showed much hurt. Then out of nowhere a spark of fire and a split of lightening cut threw the whip, throwing Caraberas back and dropping Mercury to the ground. Sailor Moon immediately rushed to her side.
"Ami, are you alright?"
"My wrist......I think it's broken. I can't even move it!" Tears of pain began to roll down her checks. "Oh, Usagi-chan, before I was grabbed I found that to break the link we need a great power, a force big enough to effect their brain activity.......we don't have anything close to that!" Sailor Moon took one good look at her friends, who were still fighting the evil Sisters. They were battered and bruised and she couldn't take much more. She wanted to end it all. She looked down at Mercury with such a stern face, Mercury was shocked for she has never seen Sailor Moon that serious before.
"You're wrong Mercury, we have such a power." She rose with such elegance and stepped in front of her friends holding her head high, determination was all over her face.
"No, Usagi, you can't! Someone stop her!" screamed Mercury. Her scream got the attention of everyone, even the Sisters.
"Sailor Moon? What are doing?? inquired Mars. Sailor Moon stood her ground. She held her hands above her head, the Ginzuishou appeared between them. The Sisters were excited they have found what they were looking for. Little did they know what was about to happen.
Tuxedo Kamen began to run towards Sailor Moon hoping to stop her in time.
"Usako!!"
"Moon Cosmic Power!!" A bright, white light surrounded Sailor Moon. It spread like wild fire until everyone was engulfed in the magical light. The Sisters were blinded and completely helpless. A sudden force began to pull at their skulls and they all grabbed their heads in agony. Somehow Mercury was able to find her way back to her computer. She tried to read the screen through the blinding light and after straining her eyes for a few minutes she discovered the force-field was coming apart.
'C'mon Usagi just a little bit more....' she urged Usagi on in her thoughts.
After what seemed like an eternity to the Senshi, the force-field was down.
"She did it! Hit the crystal!" ordered Mercury. Tuxedo Kamen heard her yell and threw one single rose at the pink crystal holding Chibi-Usa. The crystal shattered into a million pieces and Chibi-Usa fell in to the arms of Sailor Jupiter. At that exact moment the light ceased and Sailor Moon fell to the ground with no energy left with in her. The Sisters lay on the ground still clutching their heads. They were in so much pain they were unable to speak and just vanished as they once did before.
* * * *
Usagi?s eyes fluttered opened. She was laying in a bed, in what appeared to be a bedroom. After looking around she recognized the room as one the guest rooms at Rei's temple. Over to her right was a sleeping figure sitting in a chair against the wall "Mamo-chan?" she whispered. He had fallen asleep, his hands supported his heavy head as his elbows rested upon his knees. He looked so peaceful Usagi hated to wake him up. "Mamoru," she said a little louder. He stirred a bit at the call of his name. Usagi decided to go over and shake him. So she carefully lifted herself up and on unsteady legs made her way over to him. With a tap on his shoulder Mamoru's head fell threw his hands and he shot up fully awake.
"Wha-" he mumbled.
"You fell asleep,"she stated simply.
"You're awake?" They stared at each others ocean blues eyes for what seemed like a while until Mamoru broke the silence. "Usako-"
"Yes, Mamo-chan?" Usagi interrupted. Hope ran through her body praying he will say something meaningful.
"Usako, what are you doing standing up.......you should really stay in bed." And with that he lifted the very disappointed Usagi up and carried her back to bed. "I'll go tell everyone you're awake, they've been very worried." Before he had a chance to leave Usagi grabbed his hand and held it tight. She looked up at him with wide eyes.
"Thank you......thank you for taking care of me and staying with me. It means a lot to know-"
"It was nothing, really," he snapped. "Everyone took turns, it's not that big of a deal." Usagi dropped her head in disappointment.
"Well, thanks anyway." She let go of his hand and he hurried out the door. The whole scene made him seem so emotionless, but Usagi swore as he walked out of the room he heard him mumble under his breath "You're welcome." She smiled slightly and laid down on the bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was fast asleep again.
* * * *
"Hey there sleepy head time to get up." Mako-chan tickled the tip of Usagi's nose waking her up. "Sorry to disturb you but when Mamoru told us you were awake we got so excited we just had to see you!" All of the Senshi, including Luna and Artemis surrounded they tiny bed Usagi laid in, all of them had smiles on their faces.
"We are very happy to see you awake Usagi. I hope you slept well," commented Luna.
"How long was I asleep for?" Usagi asked.
"Two days," Ami answered. "The crystal took a lot out of you. After the force-field was broken we tried to wake you, but you just wouldn't get up. I did a scan of your body and found-"
"That's enough Ami. I don't think she wants to hear all the scientific stuff," Minako interrupted with a smile.
"Oh...well, I'll just tell you later, when you are fully recovered."
"Gee, Ami, can't wait." Usagi answered. She looked at her friends and was so glad that they care about her so much, everyone should be so lucky. Just then Usagi realized she slept through two whole days! A million question popped up in her head. "What about my parents? What did you tell them? And isn't today Tuesday, shouldn't we be at school? What happened to the Sisters? Did the crystal destroy them.....did I destroy them? And whammmph mumm-"
"Whoa, Usagi. Slow down, take a chill pill." Rei covered Usagi's mouth with her hand. "First of all, it's Sunday and we told your parents we were having a big sleep over weekend, which is actually the truth because we all did sleep here the whole weekend."
"Well, tried to sleep anyway. We were worried about you," added Minako.
"And the Sisters disappeared into thin air. They didn?t say anything like, 'We'll be back' or 'Just you wait'. They just vanished," stated Mako-chan. "And I say good riddance too, they were annoying" They all had to agree.
Usagi felt so fortunate and happy at this moment with all of her friends surrounding her. She began to think where would she be without their love and support. She wouldn?t be able to be Sailor Moon she knew that. How could she possibly handle school work, her family, saving the world and even Chibi-Usa without them being by her side every step of the way. Chibi-Usa? What happened to Chibi-Usa? Was she ok, did they crystal effect her in anyway? Usagi decided to find out for herself. If she started asking about the well being of Chibi-Usa she was scared her friends might think she's very sick and keep her in bed longer than she needed to be. Slowly, she pulled backed the covers and pushed herself up off the bed, but just as she made it into the air four sets of hands came pushing down on her and she went plop right back down on the mattress.
"And just where do you think you are going?" asked Rei. "You are staying in bed until you have fully recovered. Only you would be stupid enough to think you are ready to just leap back into the real world after being knocked out for two whole days!"
"Rei, I know you aren't mad at me, I can tell you are just concerned for my well being." Rei smiled a little, Usagi saw right through her. "I know all of you are worried but you can't keep me in this bed forever, I have to get out some time." So with that Usagi raised herself out of bed and stood up all by herself. "See? Nothing to it. I can walk perfectly fine." And with that Usagi took her first step and fell to the floor. The Senshi ran to her side and picked her up carefully. Together they all walked outside with the Senshi supporting Usagi. It was a beautiful day. The sun was out and the air seemed so fresh and clean. They walked out to the garden where the flowers were in full bloom. It really was a beautiful sight.
"So Usagi did you have any interesting dreams?" Minako inquired.
"Why, was I talking in my sleep?" Usagi joked.
"Well actually yes. You mentioned something about cookies a few times," Luna answered. "And I think you said something along the lines of 'Endymion, you know I could never get too much chocolate.' I think that's what it was. Usagi blushed and the Senshi giggled a little bit. Luna and Artemis shared a confused look. Luna was going to question the statement when a loud shriek was heard off in the distance.
"USSSSSSSAAAAAAGIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!" All of a sudden Chibi-Usa was running straight towards Usagi with Mamoru trailing way behind her. When she got close enough to Usagi she jumped up into the air and landed in her arms. "I am so happy you are ok!" Usagi, in her weaken condition, was not able to hold up her own weight let alone that of Chibi-Usa's and she fell backwards landing hard on the ground.
Rei quickly pulled Chibi-Usa of Usagi and scolded her for doing such a stupid thing, "Chibi-Usa you should know better. Usagi can't handle you jumping on her like that. Don't ever do that again!" Mamoru arrived just in time to hear Rei's speech. Chibi-Usa went to Mamoru expecting some comfort.
"Mamo-chan I didn't mean to knock her down." She pleaded to him with such sad eyes. He watched the Senshi kneel near Usagi, who still sat on the ground shocked from Chibi-Usa's impact.
"Rei's right Chibi-Usa. You shouldn't have jumped on her, you know she's very weak right now. Next time think before you act." Chibi-Usa looks back at Usagi on the ground. She walks back over to her, the Senshi slowly move out of her way.
"I'm really sorry Usagi, I didn't mean to-" Usagi interrupted her by putting her hand up in front of Chibi-Usa. Everyone waited for Usagi to scold her but instead, a smile came appeared on her face.
"You know you really shouldn't jump on top of anyone at anytime not matter how excited you are. But I'll let this one time pass, you're just excited to see me. Give me a hug!" Chibi-Usa leaped into Usagi's arm one more time and gave a her a huge hug. Everyone stood over the two and all had blank stares on their face.
"Did you guys see what I just saw?" questioned Makoto. They all nod their heads. "Good, I thought I might be going crazy."
"You're not the one going crazy Mako-chan, I think all that sleep left Usagi with a bolt lose," Minako commented. Ami was the first to snap out of the trance and stepped up to Usagi who had just released Chibi-Usa from their hug. The others soon followed.
"Are you ok Usagi?" Ami asked as the others helped her up off the ground.
"Yeah," Usagi said as she rubbed her butt. "But I think I sprained my ass." Everyone laughed as they all walked back into the Temple. "Now how 'bout those double fudge cookies!" Usagi shouted as she sprinted in front of everyone.
"Now that's the Usagi we know!"
THE END.....or did it end in another way?