“Hai, Mama.”
“Demo, it’s been three hours already! Where could she be?”
Shingo didn’t have any clue. He and Ikuko called all of Usagi’s friends, but there had been no answers. Suddenly, the phone rang. “Usagi?” Ikuko said, picking it up.
“Moshi moshi? Ikuko, what’s wrong?”
It was Kenji. “Oh, Kenji! I can’t find Usagi anywhere, she was supposed to be home three hours ago!”
“Nani?”
“I also can’t get a hold of any of her friends, I’m worried sick!” Ikuko told him, putting a hand to her head.
During their conversation, Shingo had been looking out the window when he noticed Usagi’s friends coming up the walkway... without his sister! Shingo flung the door opened and glared at Usagi’s so-called protectors. “Where’s Usagi?”
“Kenji, hold on,” Ikuko said looking at the Senshi.
“Shingo-kun, I... we...” Ami stammered.
“BAKA!” Shingo growled at them. “All of you! Why didn’t you protect Usagi like you were supposed to? I hate you all!” He then ran upstairs.
“Ikuko, what’s going on?” Kenji asked over the phone.
“Come home as fast as you can.” Ikuko hung up and looked at the heartbroken teenagers.
~~~~~~~
Usagi slowly opened her eyes. She had no idea where she was and her knee was pounding. Looking around, Usagi noticed that she was in a small, dimly lit room, lying on a cot. “Where am I?” she wondered aloud.
Usagi then remembered what had transpired for her to be where she was. “Mamo-chan!” Usagi got up, concern etched on her face. “Itai!” she screamed in pain as she put pressure on her right leg. “Baka!” Usagi then began to cry. “How can I save Mamo-chan? I don’t have any clue as to where he is and my knee is killing me. What can I do?”
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“Ruroni!”
“Hai, my Queen.”
“Where have you put the Princess?”
“In a room by herself.”
“Good, keep her there for the time being. I know you want her, but until the Prince denounces his love for her I can’t have them running into each other.” Ruroni bowed and left. “Youma!”
“Nisei-sama...” the youma replied.
“Come with me, we have some convincing to do.”
“Hai!”
~~~~~~~
Shingo sat alone in his room. He couldn’t believe that his sister was gone, maybe even forever. He knew the Senshi tried their hardest to save her, but he needed someone to blame and they were the easiest targets. “Iie!” Shingo shouted. This wasn’t supposed to happen! He should be able to see his sister get married and graduate from school. “Usagi... don’t leave me, onegai!” he said through tears.
~~~~~~~
Kenji looked at the four worn out teenagers asleep in Usagi’s room. How big of a responsibility do these girls have? *I am so glad that they all weren’t spirited away. If they were, I don’t know if I’d ever get my little girl back.*
~~~~~~~
Ikuko sat at the table in the kitchen, an untouched cup of tea in front of her. She didn’t know what to do. What could the girls do? She knew they could save Usagi, but at what cost?
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He looked around the room he’d been in for the past few days. At least, it seemed like it had been a few days. How long had it been? He thought about Usagi non-stop. “Daijobu, Usa-ko?” he whispered.
Mamoru looked up when the door was opened. A beautiful woman with long, red hair entered followed by a Youma. “Prince Endymion, are you ready to become my husband?”
"Who are you?" Mamoru demanded.
“Nisei, Queen of the second Moon of the Earth.”
“Second Moon?”
“During the Silver Millennium, the Earth had two moons. There was the Moon of Queen Serenity and my Moon. As Queen Metallia’s followers grew stronger, my Moon, very small compared to Serenity’s, was falling into ruin.
Myself and Ruroni went to Earth to seek help from the King. That’s where I first saw you, Endymion. I fell in love with you immediately, but you seemed to only be interested in the daughter of Queen Serenity.
While we were on Earth, Metallia attacked our Moon and destroyed it. I was devastated! All my friends, family, and people were gone. Queen Serenity felt pity for me, that is all, and sent for myself and Ruroni. However, before we reached our destination, Queen Metallia captured us and put us into a cold sleep. We were to be awakened when the Princess reached her 14th year, to take our revenge.” Nisei sighed and looked at Mamoru. “I wanted you to hold me in your arms, to tell me that you loved me the way I loved you.”
Mamoru gave her a sideways glance. “You fell in love with me after seeing me only one time?” he asked.
“Hai, and now we’ll be together forever, Endymion.”
“My name is Mamoru, and the only one I will ever be with is Usa-ko!” Nisei than telepathically spoke to her youma, who disappeared. Snapping her fingers, an image of the youma hovering over Usagi’s sleeping form appeared. “Usa-ko! Yamete!”
“Only if you denounce the love you have for her!”
Mamoru was shocked. “Iie, I could never do that!” Nisei told the youma to suffocate her. “Don’t! Onegai...” She looked at him. His eyes were filled with tears and his voice cracked as he whispered, “I denounce all my love for Tsukino Usagi.”
“What was that, Mamoru?”
“I denounce all my love for Tsukino Usagi.”
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Looking up, Usagi yelped when she saw the youma. “Nani?”
“Don’t! Onegai...” *That was Mamo-chan!*
Usagi heard him whisper something but she couldn’t make out the words. “What was that, Mamoru?” Nisei asked.
“I denounce all my love for Tsukino Usagi.”
Tears sprang to Usagi’s eyes. “Mamo-chan!!!”
The last voice she heard was Nisei’s, laughing evilly.
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