Hiyee! So welcome to Chapter Two! Hopefully you
haven't run screaming from this story and are
enjoying it! To my two sisters, Meriellen5 and
Midnight2050, I give them all my love and luck
in everything they do! To Venus, keep writing
your great stories and remember I'm here for
you.
Once again I make no claim to owning the movie
that this fic is based on.
JLaLa does not own Sailormoon. Don't make me
repeat it. It hurts too much.
PG-13
Long after moments of closeness have passed,
a part of you remains with me
and warms the places your hands have touched
and hastens my heart for your return.
-Robert Sexton
What lies behind us,
and what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where there is great love,
There are always miracles.
-Willa Cather
These three remain- hope, faith, and love
But the greatest of these is love.
-The Holy Bible
The Joy (Chapter Two)
By: JLaLa (jlynpinay@aol.com)
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It didn't even start out as an argument. It was more like a mere
suggestion. They had been driving AGAIN when Usagi had asked him
something that he never ever thought he'd hear. Or wanted to hear
anyway.
"Honey, I think we should get rid of the car", Usagi suggested to him.
*SCREECH* Mamoru looked at his gloriously beautiful girlfriend. Who at
three months had only gained a respective ten pounds at the moment.
She looked at him innocently, one hand on her slightly rounded belly.
"Why would we wanna do that?!", He asked with a stressed out voice.
For the past two months he had not had any sleep. Usagi had the
strangest craving for fajitas every night and fate was cruel enough
to put the closest Mexican resturant two hours out of town. In the
morning he couldn't sleep because poor Usagi had morning sickness
and when he tried to sleep she was up and wanted to TALK. Needless
to say he was horribly tired and the last sleep he got was when he
had fallen asleep at the wheel. Too bad he almost crashed into that
fence.
"Well this is way too small, where will we put the baby?", She asked
with an indignant tone to her voice. "We have to get like a family
a car or something" Now she was nuts. Trade this baby in? Next to
Usagi this car was his second most prized possession. Sometimes
he just stand there and admire her sleek beauty. Ahh his sports
car.
"Why can't you get your own car?", Mamoru said. Usagi couldn't
help but think he was being a little selfish.
"On my pay, I don't think so", She responded and he was quiet.
"No, I won't do it", He told her with a hard tone to his voice.
She raised her eyebrows at him. He was being awfully rude. She
never understood a male's intimacy with his car. Usagi often
wondered about this when she heard her boyfriend cooing at his
car like it was a person.
"What do you want us to do? Strap the baby to the trunk?", Usagi asked
him. When he didn't respond her mouth fell open in anger. "Sometimes
I wonder about you Mamo-chan..." Usagi crossed her arms and he turned
to look at her. A twinge of guilt twisted his heart and he took her
hand in his free hand.
"Usako, you know I love you and I would do anything for you, right?",
He said softly and she looked at him nodding with forgiving eyes.
"Anything BUT get rid of my car"
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Entering the Crown Game Center, Usagi and Mamoru sat down in the
nearest booth they could find. They hadn't set foot in the place
for the last two months for Usagi had no appetite for ice cream.
She could hardly keep anything down. As the third month had come
she was able to anything she wanted and took this news happily by
craving an double chocolate sundae with nuts. Mamoru feeling bad
for refusing to give up his car relented. Looking around he remember
once admiring the beautiful, odango haired girl who spent her
afternoons there. This place was full of memories. Memories of days
spent with his friend Motoki, and memories of Usagi who had grown in
this place practically. How he missed it.
"Mamoru, is that you?", A voice said from behind him. Turning he was
greeted by a sandy-haired young man. Motoki. They hadn't seen each
other in months. "What are you doing here?" The gave each other a
quick embrace.
"I was just taking my favorite girl for an ice cream", He said nodding
at Usagi.
"USAGI!", Motoki said and she in turn ran into his arms. As they pulled
apart he caught sight of her stomach and his eyes widened as he looked
up at her. "Big Usagi!" He hugged her again. "How long?"
"Three months", She said to him grinning.
"Mamoru, is this your doing?", Motoki asked and put an arm around his
friend. "You animal! Both of you, get anything you want, it's on the
house now that I own the place!" Walking off to go on rounds Motoki
left the two alone. For a moment they sat silent eating and as Mamoru
looked at his girlfriend he noticed that she seemed far off. Following
her gaze he saw that she was gazing across the street into a small
bridal shop where a young woman model her dress for her mother. Usagi's
eyes glowed with a sad light.
"Mamo-chan, do you want more?", She asked him after awhile.
"No, I'm not hungry", He responded.
"No, I meant more for us", Usagi told him. "Don't you want things to
change?"
"Now why would we want that?", Mamoru said to her. "Think about it,
we have a great place, good jobs, and a better relationship than
most people who are married, we don't need that kind of thing"
"You're avoiding it, aren't you?", Usagi accused him. It seemed that
ever since she found she was pregnant he had avoided anything that
had to do with getting married. His smile faded with a look of panic.
"W-W-Why w-would you say that?", Mamoru said to her shakily.
"Because you're sttutering", She said knowingly. "Anytime I mention
it, you stutter"
"N-N-No I-I don't", He responded and Usagi chuckled. He kissed her lips
lovingly. "Usako, we are perfect, we don't need any of that" Mamoru got
up from his chair. "We have to go to your parents house, I'll go warm
up the car" Leaving her to her food Mamoru walked to the car, Usagi
felt the tears ready to fall, something between them changed and the
relationship they had was different now.
"Yeah perfect", She whispered to herself before getting up.
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Walking through the biggest toy store in Tokyo, Mamoru, Yuuichirou,
Motoki, and Haruka went through the bask number of toys. Who knew a
kid would need so much? Yuuichirou excitedly put a number of basketballs,
baseballs and anything else that had to do with a sport in his cart.
"Yup, he's definitely gonna need this", Yuuchirou remarked putting
one of those action figure things in his cart.
"So you're definitely sure it's gonna be a boy?", Mamoru asked.
"Yeah, you see I made Rei this drink that assures us we are gonna
have a BOY", Yuuichirou said putting another toy in the cart.
"That's crazy!", Mamoru said with a laugh.
"Hey you've got to try this", Haruka said and threw the silly putty
that she held. "Wow, this is SO COOL!" She started to play around
with the other toys.
"What is the big deal with this doll called Barbie?", Motoki asked
holding up the blond haired doll. "I mean all you do is dress her up
and then drive her around in a HOT PINK corvette. What's the big deal
about that?" He looked at all the accessories. "On the other hand these
outfit are kinda cute..." Mamoru looked around in exasperation, how can
they be into this stuff?
This was gonna be one, LONG day.
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On the other side Rei and Usagi walked thorugh the aisle as they
searched through the baby clothes. Usagi was quiet, pensive and
the look of sadness drew concerned from Rei. It was just so unlike
the bubbly girl she was usually.
"What's wrong Usa?", Rei asked and put an around her friend. Usagi
looked up at her and Rei saw the tears in her deep blue eyes. "What's
going on?"
"You see it's just Mamo-chan, ever since he found out about this baby
he's changed", Usagi said quietly. "He's totally uncooperative, he
hardly talks about the baby, much less tell me if he's happy about
it" She gave her friend a small, forlorn smile. "I don't know why
but I'm thrilled about it, why can't he feel the same way?"
"He's just acting like that because now that a baby is coming he
has to grow up and that freaks him out", Rei told her. "But Usa
when you hold that baby in your arms every sacrifice you made
is SO worth it"
"I wish Mamo-chan knew that", Usagi whispered chokingly and Rei
wiped the tears from her best friend's eyes. "I love Mamo-chan
and I wanna spend the rest of my life with him and have children
with him and grow old with him" The tears fell from her eyes. "All
he has to do is ask"
Rei put a hand on her mouth to stifle her own cry and with her
other hand gathered Usagi in loving embrace.
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"All right!", Yuuichirou said excitedly and grabbed an action figure
that he had been lookng for. Mamoru had never seen a man so excited
about a doll. Well maybe except for Motoki who they had lost in the
Barbie aisle and Haruka who was currently playing Pretty, Pretty
Princess with a seven year old in the board game aisle. "I've been
looking all over for this"
"Excuse me", A man next to him said. He looked like he was in his
forties and wore a loud orange shirt. "I think that was my toy"
"Sorry but I didn't see it in your cart", Yuuichirou said smugly
and put it in his.
"You're right", He said nodding with a smile and as they turned
to leave they heard him mutter "You long haired freak"
"Excuse me?!", Yuuichirou said, his temper rising. He rushed
towards the man and Mamoru held him back before he could sock
the guy in the stomach. "What did you say Mister?!"
"Nothing you must be hearing things", The man said innocently and
they walked off when they heard him say "Stupid pansy!"
"NOW I HEARD THAT!", Yuuichirou said and rushed forward. Mamoru held
him back AGAIN.
"Don't listen to him, he's just some jerk", Mamoru assured him and
ONCE more they walked away when they heard him remark once more.
"Yeah, run to your preppy boyfriend", The man said. This was the
last straw.
"Why you son of a-", Mamoru said and suddenly had the guy in a headlock.
Yuuichirou ran forward and punch the guy in the face. Managing to get
up the man landed a few punches on Mamoru AND Yuuichirou. He was
surprisingly strong for an old guy. The fighting continued for a few
more minutes and none of the three seem to notice that several children
were watching. Motoki, Haruka had come to see what the commotion was
all about. Minako, Makoto, Ami, Mirichu, Setsuna, and Hotaru who had
been shopping for presents were surprised to see that both the daddies
to be were tag teaming a middle aged man. Actually Minako was just
laughing at Motoki who STILL holding his Barbie doll and Mirichu was
laughing at Haruka who was at the moment wearing a princess crown and
a lot of fake beads. The most surprised was Rei and Usagi who had just
rounded the corner to see Yuuichirou on top of the man smacking him
while Mamoru tried to choke him at the same time.
"What a jerk!", Rei said under her breath and Usagi shook her head.
"On the other hand sometimes marriage isn't the best thing" Yuuichirou
looked up to see his VERY angry wife and Mamoru to see his VERY
embarassed girlfriend.
"You guys are SO immature", Usagi said as she and Rei walked off
angrily. Mamoru quickly got up to begged forgiveness from Usagi
while Yuuichirou continued hitting the guy.
"YUUICHIROU!"
"Coming honey!", He responded and got up to leave. But not before
he landed another punch in the guy's face.
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