Makoto groaned as she awoke from her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes to see a worried Usagi sitting next to her. "Are you alright," Usagi asked. "Feel like I was rocked to sleep," Makoto said, rubbing her head. "With a very large rock." She sat up. letting her eyes adjust to her surroundings. "Where am I?" "Your place. Yung Hu brought you here after he woke up," Usagi said. "You wouldnt wake up..." Makoto looked at her. "I wonder why...I wasn't even hit that hard...was I?" "Don't think so," piped in a little voice. Makoto looked to the edge of her bed to finally notice Luna sitting there. "But I want to know something, Makoto-san." "Uh..okay." "When did Ace give you your memory back?" "I didn't give her anything back," Ace said in defense, walking into the bedroom. "She never lost it." "Nani??" "He's right, I didn't. Morning after the battle with Beryl, I woke up with all of my memories." "Why," Usagi asked. "How," Luna asked at the same time. "I don't know. Ace didn't either. He kept quiet as I left that day. I thought the rest of the group had their memories back as well..." "What made you realize we didn't," Usagi asked. "I went to talk to Minako a few days after I was well and she didn't remeber me," Makoto said, looking down at her blanket. "I just kinna guessed none of the rest of you did either." Usagi sighed and flung herself backwards onto Makoto's bed. "Huh...wonder why you were so special?" Makoto shrugged, then blinked. "What happened to Naru, Usagi?" "Oh, she left after she woke up. Sailor Moon told her to leave and that Usagi had gone for help. So she bailed," Usagi said smiling. Then her smile faded. "I hate lying to her." "Hai," Makoto nodded. Makoto kicked her blankets off, taking care to not hit Usagi in the head as she did so. "What day is it?" "Its saturday," Usagi said. "You've been out cold all night." "Better than all weekend," Makoto aid standing up and streching. She yawned and made a noise that reminded Usagi of Luna when she woke up from her cat naps. "I'm gonna take a shower.," she said. Makoto then smiled at Usagi. "Afterwards, how about lunch? My treat?" Usagi smiled from ear to ear and nodded. "Hai!" ------------------------------------------------------------ Makoto was as good as her word for after taking her shower and getting dressed, she and Usagi (along with Luna and Ace who were tucked neatly inside their coats) went to sea food resturant for lunch. The place wasn't eaxactly fancy, but it was some what expensive. Usagi was a little worried about Makoto spending too much on her, but Makoto waved it off and smiled. After ordering there food and getting their drinks, Makoto decided to start a conversation. "So, Usa-chan," she started. "How ya been?" "Oh I've been alright. Schools goin about the same. But Iam happy to report that I *will* be graduating with my class in spring." Makoto smiled. "Thats great, Usagi. I'm very proud of you. You going to college?" Usagi sipped her tea as she thought. "I dunno yet. I want to, but I don't. Sides, I'm not good in anything. What could I major in?" Makoto shrugged. "I dont know. Perhaps you have a skill you're good at but you need to brush up on." Usagi half smiled. "Yea well, gaming isn't exactly a great career move, now is it?" Makoto chuckled. "Iie, I suposse not." Once their food arrived, they began to eat. To Makoto's surprise, Usagi didn't woof her food down. She ate like a normal human being instead of imtating a vacuum cleaner. "So, Mako-chan," Usagi said after taking abite of her shrimp. "Do you still perform?" Makoto was slightly caught off by the question, but nodded. "Hai, I do. I still perform wih Yuurichio's band." Usagin blinked, and Luna popped her head out of Usagi's jacket and stole the piece of shrimp for herself. "How?" "Well," Makoto said, taking anoher bite of her lobster. "It seems that me and the band met a different way. I remeber it one way and they remeber it as another. They were holding audtions for a memeber and they saw me perform one night and asked me to join. But I remeber how it really happened." Usagi nodded. "Do you talk to Rei at all?" Makoto shook her head. "Iie. I see her whenever I'm over there, but we've never spoken. Its kind of weird." Usagi nodded again. "You still write songs? Minako told me you did." Makoto nodded. "Hai, I do. Although my work is now alot more dark than it use to be." "Can I see any of it," Usagi asked, Luna playing the lil theif again. "Hai," Makoto said, slipping a piece of lobster tail down her coat for Ace to eat. "You'll hafta wait till we get back to the loft tho, alright?" "Ok," Usagi said smiling. "Will this be all," The waitress asked looking at the two women siting at the table. Makoto nodded. "Hai." The waitress smiled and handed Makoto the bill and left. Makoto removed her wallet and paid the tab, leaving a tip for the waitress. ------------------------------------------------------------ The girls went back to Makoto's loft, but decided to take a short walk in the cool afternoon air. They walked in silence for the most part. Luna and Ace sitting on their respective owner's shoulders. "So..."Makoto started, but had no idea what to say. Usagi looked up at Makoto, then back to looking ahead. And with out thinking, she blurted out the question, "Makoto, how long have you been gay?" Luna, Ace,and Makoto all three face faulted. "*WHERE* did *THAT* come from," Makoto asked after picking herself up off the ground. Usagi blinked. "I'unno. You dont have to answer. I'm sorry I asked." "Oh, no its alright." She gave Makoto a reasuring smile tl et her know she was fine with the choice of topics. "Um...I guess since I was real little. I mean, I've never dated any guys, let alone sleep with one-" "You're still a virgin!?" "USAGI!" Luna hissed. "That is none of your business!" Makoto laughed. "No, Luna. Its fine. I don't have a problem with it." Makoto then looked back to Usagi. "Yes and no." Usagi blinked. "Nani??" Ace chuckled and rubbed his head aagainst Makoto's cheek, who then picked him up and laid him in his back in her arms and began to pet his stomache. "I have had sex before, Usagi. So, in that sense, I'm not a virgin. However, because I've never had sex with a guy, pyshically, I *AM* a virgin. Get it?" Usagi blinked several times, a sweatdrop apearing over her head. "I..think I do." Makoto smiled. "Good." Makoto then caught sight of a tall dark haired man who was standing across the street, talking to the owner of the video arcade. "Ne, Usagi, isn't that-?" "MAMO-CHAN!" Usagi squeled and took off across the street, nearly avoiding all the on coming traffic. Luna had jumped from Usagi's shoulder and was now perched on Makoto's as they watched the blonde literally throw herself at Mamoru. Makoto smiled as she watched her prince and princess being reunited. But then her smile faded when she saw Usagi look up at Mamoru and her grip on his arm loosen. She then watched as Usagi dropped her head, bowed and walked back over to her and guardians. "Usagi? Usa, whats wrong," Makoto asked concerned. "He...he doesn't remeber," Usagi choked out over tears. "He doesn't know who I am any more..." ------------------------------------------------------------ Usagi sat with Makoto in a room in the loft Makoto called her studio. This was the largest room in Makoto's apartment, and this was where all of her art work was done. She had a few insterments in there as well, on the other side of the room so the music and art spaces were somewhat seperate. Makoto rumaged thru a drawer while Usagi sat in her desk chair, pulled over close to Makoto's stool. Makoto found a cd she was looking for and closer the drawer and then placed the cd in her cd player. Pushing play, Makoto let Usagi hear her play the guitar notes that completed the song. Makoto explained she played all the insterments sepertely then combined them. She just needed to put the guitar in the mix. The music was slow, but somewhat fast in some places. Makoto had been right. This song seemed darker than the ones she had heard her play at Rei's temple. Makoto sat up a music sheet stand and placed the sheet music on it, which also had the lyrics on it. Makoto then sat on the stool and picked up her guitar and, with her remote, replayed the song she was listening to. When the song started, Makoto began to sing and play. "Take me right now Up your arm, right next to your ear So I can whisper So what if now I forgive you So what if you're not the one I have to rise above you We must be moving on "Take me down there Share your secrets Break the boundries into pieces "Wake me up in time to miss you I won't know it and I won't care And so what if its blown to peices At least you're still alive 'Cause I just can't believe this You just laid down and died "Take me down there Share your secrets Break the boundries into pieces "Just say on the way down you'll wave to me Just say on the way down you'll wave to me "Take me down there Share your secrets Break the boundries into pieces "Just say that you'll break me right into pieces" The song ended with the last word of the lyrics, and Usagi sat there, dumstruck. "Are you depressed, Mako-chan?" Makoto smiled. "I was when I write that song. I was all them yucky feelings I rarely see you experiance." Usagi nodded. She couldn't argue with what Makoto said. She lived a pretty stress free life, except for her senshi duties. Just then, Ace ran into the room, Artemis with him. "Makoto! Usagi! Arty says there is a youma down town tearing everything up!" The two girls looked at one another, nodded and at the same time called out: "Moon crystal power, Make-up!" "Jupiter power, Make-up!" In a bright flash of pink, white, and green, the senshis of Jupiter and the Moon replaced their alter egos. They then took off out Makoto's balconey window with Ace, who was now in his Warrior form. Yung Hu soared above the girls, yelling down at them he was going ahead to slow the youma down. The girls ran as fast as they could to reach the site where the battle was being fought. They followed Yung Hu's light shadow as it soeared quickly over the ground. When it disappeared, they knew they were close. Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter finally reached the fight, but saw Yung Hu wasn't fighting. Instead he stood there, dumbstruck, staring at the fight. When the girls reached him, they saw why he wasn't fighting. Someone..or rather something was already.
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