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Chapter Seven



Somewhat unfortunately, Luna was coming home from Ami's house after cooling down 
and saw the departing hero. At first, she was stunned, then furious. She ran up 
to the window, scrambled her way up the tree branches and into her charge’s 
room. "USAGI! Tsukino Usagi! You tell me what is going on, immediately!" she 
bellowed.
Usagi opened her eyes, gasping in shock at the furious look in her guardian's 
eyes. "What?! What?" she questioned, confused. She was still in rapture from the 
AMAZING-yet somehow weird-dream. Usagi’s dreamy expression slowly faded into 
sadness. ["I wonder what Mamoru’s kiss would be like?"] she thought in 
depression. One of the men she loved had just kissed her-and it had been beyond 
wonderful. But Usagi just wasn’t sure if the RIGHT guy had given her her very 
first kiss.
"HIM! That man!" Luna screeched indignantly, checking over her charge closely. 
Her red eyes narrowed on Usagi's swollen lips. "HE KISSED you? I'll kill him! 
The cad!"
"What?" Usagi's head reeled under the onslaught. "Who-he kissed-how do you-?" 
Her thoughts were bewildered as her cat continued to glare at her murderously. 
["How did she know about my dream?! And does she know about the ones with 
Mamoru? Oh no!"]
"I saw him leaving! Coming brazenly out of your window. I can't leave you alone 
for a second, Usagi. I thought you knew better than to have a grown man in your 
room at night! What did he touch-"
"Arrgghhh!" the blonde yelled, clapping her hands over her ears. Her cheeks 
flamed. "He didn't touch anything! Only a kiss....I swear!" Usagi stopped dead, 
the color draining abruptly from her face. ["She SAW him? Oh. My. God."]
Luna was startled to see her charge’s eyes go impossibly wide, cheeks like 
alabaster. "Usagi?"
"You...SAW....Tuxedo Kamen...leaving my room?" the blonde asked weakly. "Am I 
still asleep?" She bit her lip. "TELL me I'm still dreaming!"
"YOU most certainly are NOT!" Luna bellowed. "You had that man in here and....He 
KISSED you? USAGI!"
"ARRRRGGGHHHHHH!" Usagi screeched. ["Tuxedo Kamen was REALLY here? And he KISSED 
me! OH MY GOD!"] Her head reeled in supreme shock. Another thought occurred to 
her, making her pale again. ["What about Mamoru? I ENJOYED Tuxedo Kamen’s kiss! 
HOW can I like two guys?!"]
Luna flew off of the bed, landing ungracefully with paws in the air. ["Not 
again!"] She tried to focus her dizzy eyes, seeing nothing but pink. ["Pink?"] 
the cat thought, frowning. She blinked-and then stared up into the hated face of 
her nemesis…the pink bunny.
The door burst open. The two looked up, Usagi with mouth still open and Luna 
upside down beside the enormous bunny. Kenji stood there, a broom held 
menacingly out, eyes alert and glasses askew on his nose. Ikuko and Shingo stood 
behind him, staring blearily about for the danger.
"Where is he?" Kenji roared, jumping into the room. He whipped the broom left, 
then right, menacingly.
"Who?" Usagi asked innocently, covering her red cheeks with her hands. ["How did 
he know Tuxedo Kamen was here?!"] she thought frantically. ["He’ll kill him! 
Wait-I’LL kill him! He tricked me!"] she thought furiously.
"The intruder!" Kenji replied, broom drooping to the floor. He looked about in 
bewilderment. "There's-no on here, Usagi," he added in a strangled voice.
"Why did you scream young lady?" Ikuko demanded, taking charge.
"I uh-had a nightmare?" the blonde offered. She turned her eyes away to hide the 
rage.
Shingo rolled his eyes, snickered and went back to his room. ["Ditz."]
"Usagi," Ikuko growled. She sighed, frowned, took her husband by the arm and led 
him out of the room. Just before the door closed, she looked at her daughter. 
"We'll talk in the morning, Usagi!"
Then Usagi and Luna were alone again. The cat was still prostrated on the floor, 
stunned.
"Thank god, I thought Daddy knew!" Usagi gasped, falling to the floor beside her 
cat. Then her eyes widened. She picked Luna up, shaking her frantically. "Did 
you mean it? You saw Tuxedo Kamen leaving my room?" She HAD to be sure!
Luna clawed her way free, eyes dazed. "Yes! And I'm shocked, let me tell you!"
"You and me BOTH, Luna!" Usagi muttered, feeling nauseous. "I thought it was a 
dream!" Oh gods, the things she had said to him! She paled. Made him DO! She 
buried her head into her hands and felt like the Earth ought to swallow her up. 
"I-hugged him!" She paled even more. ["I LET him kiss me. And-and-I think I love 
Mamoru! Oh god, what am I going to do? I enjoyed it!"]
"Hugged? Dream?" Luna looked at her charge with horror. "You mean, you didn't 
know it was really him? You thought it was a dream?"
"Yes." The mutter came from beneath Usagi's hands. "I want to die, I swear. I'll 
never fight again-WAIT A MINUTE!" She threw herself to he feet, eyes blazing. 
["He said my name! My real name. He knows who I am! Arrgghhhhh!"] She was 
abruptly frightened. She’d been right, before the weird thought that it was all 
a dream had hit her. He DID know she was Sailor Moon. But HOW? ["No wait-he 
never once referred to ME as Sailor Moon…and he seemed so surprised when I asked 
him to call me by her name. He DOESN’T know!"] She didn’t know whether to cheer 
or cry. He HADN’T kissed her because she was Sailor Moon-he’d kissed her because 
she was Usagi.
"What? What?" Luna asked frantically, feeling as if she had missed something 
momentous. ["Usagi looks shell-shocked."]
"He doesn't know I'm Sailor Moon though. I'm sure of it," Usagi replied, staring 
at nothing. "Which leaves-how IS it that he knows ME? And what was he doing 
here?" She stood there, frozen. ["DID he see me de-transform after that battle 
with the clone? Or has he known for awhile?"] And more bewildering, ["Why did he 
come here tonight? And what did he really want?"]
"That's what I want to know," Luna gritted. She wanted to say more, but Usagi 
suddenly got an absolutely stunned look in her eyes. Without a word, she padded 
to the light-switch, turned it off, then headed for bed. Luna sat there as Usagi 
pulled the covers up and made not a sound. "Usagi?"
"Tired, Luna," Usagi muttered. "Need sleep. School." She desperately tried to 
keep from shrieking in fury and disbelief at her revelation. There was only one 
explanation that she could think of. And it both excited and frightened her with 
the intensity.
"All right," Luna sighed. She blinked, jumped onto the bed and closed her own 
eyes. ["What was that all about?"]
In the darkness, Usagi's eyes were wide open. She was in utter shock and the 
only way she had discovered Tuxedo Kamen’s true identity was by remembering his 
very first words.
["We can continue the conversation we were having when you so rudely ran away 
earlier. And THIS time, you aren't getting away, Usagi!"]
The ONLY person that she had fought with that day, and walked away from no 
less…had been Chiba Mamoru. ["No,"] she thought. ["It can't be!"] Her most hated 
enemy and her greatest crush were one and the same. Chiba Mamoru…was Tuxedo 
Kamen? Her eyes narrowed. ["And he DOESN'T know I'm Sailor Moon,"] she thought 
evilly. ["How dare he not tell me who he was! How dare he let me say all those 
things? How dare he…kiss me?"] She shook her head disbelivingly. The kiss had 
been-wonderful. Nothing could describe it and maybe later, she could think about 
it and enjoy it. But for now. "I think a certain college student is going to get 
a surprise visit from a certain super-heroine."
Usagi was FIT to strangle a certain college student. ["I’m going to MURDER him 
for this stunt! EVEN though I KNOW now that both of the guys I love are the same 
person."] Usagi felt exhilaration and rage. Mamoru HAD finally kissed her. But 
he had TRICKED her! And that was unforgivable. NOT only that-he’d hidden from 
her that he was Tuxedo Kamen. Somehow. ["So it was really Mamoru saving me all 
those months. Holding me close. Arguing with me and making my life hell!"] Her 
mind seethed with rage. She must have made some small sound of fury, because the 
black cat at the end of Usagi’s bed stirred and raised her head inquiringly.
"What was that, Usagi?" Luna mumbled, bordering on sleep.
"Nothing, Luna," Usagi whispered, thinking hard. There were plans to make. Okay, 
so now SHE knew that Tuxedo Kamen was Mamoru. But he-wasn’t aware that the girl 
he constantly rescued in battle as Sailor Moon was HER. So, in point of 
fact-Usagi had the upper hand. "Nothing at all." She smiled into the darkness-a 
very un-Usagi-like smile. And inside, she felt a barrage of emotions. Mischief, 
anger, excitement and fear.



The morning dawned bright and warm, shining its light through a cat-sized crack 
in the pink curtains and directly onto the blonde’s sleeping face. But, as 
usual, despite the glory of the day a certain Tsukino did NOT rise.
Luna’s eyes opened slowly. She glanced at the clock, noted that her charge still 
had an hour before her alarm went off and then promptly closed her eyes again. 
She sighed peacefully, mind starting to drift back into sleep.
Then suddenly-the alarm on the bedside table started ringing. It had the effect 
of a blazing claxon.
The cat leapt straight up into the air, screeching in shock. "Mrrooooooooooowl!" 
Luna shrieked, clinging to the closest stable object in her trajectory-the light 
globe. Her razor-sharp claws dug firmly into the pink plastic, keeping her 
suspended upside down from the ceiling.
Usagi’s eyes opened quickly, immediately alert. Unlike MOST mornings, this one 
was special. She had plans for a certain guy named Chiba Mamoru. And BOY was he 
going to pay for the night before’s embarrassment. She seethed quietly as she 
stared at the clock, ignoring the alarm for the moment. The numbers flashed 7:00 
at her. A fresh start! ["Right. Now to work out a plan."] The blonde threw back 
the sheets, leaping out of bed enthusiastically. "Ha! Today is the day, Chiba!" 
she shouted, thrusting a hand triumphantly into the air above her head, a wicked 
smile on her pretty face. It faded as she thought of the actual meeting. It 
required her to be cool, calm and collected and ABSOLUTELY NO thoughts of 
kisses! "Oh dear. This is going to be harder than I thought," she whispered.
Usagi stared around the room, befuddled. Then she reached out to turn off the 
alarm. ["Where is Luna?"] she wondered in surprise. The cat had been there when 
she went to sleep! "Oh well, she must still be angry about the bunny." To 
placate Luna, the stuffed animal had remained on the floor at the end of the 
bed. Usagi shrugged, then walked purposefully to her bedroom door. She turned 
the knob, wrenched the door open-and startled the hell out of her brother.
"Arrggggggh!" Shingo shouted, falling flat on his face at her feet. A jug of 
water flew from his grip, splashing all over his prone form and the carpet in 
the hall.
Usagi stood there with hands on her hips, glaring. No doubt, her lovely brother 
had been about to sneak into her room and throw the water over her while she 
slept! Her face turned slowly red with anger. "Just WHAT do you think that you 
are DOING, Shingo?" she demanded furiously. ["As if I don’t have ENOUGH troubles 
with a super hero and an annoying jerk rolled into one!"]
"Umm-" Shingo groaned, then got to his knees. He stared up at his sister in 
surprise, then down at his wet clothes in chagrin. ["She was AWAKE?!"] he 
thought incredulously. ["Now I KNOW that the world has ended!"]
"You were going to throw that on me-right?" she asked sweetly, eyes burning in 
to his. "Admit it and I might go easy on you!"
He flushed with embarrassment, hastily scooped up the jug and raced down the 
hall at top speed. ‘You can’t prove a thing!" he shouted back gleefully, 
disappearing down the stairs.
"Huh!" Usagi muttered, feeling the wet carpet squish under her feet. "It MUST be 
April Fools Day. He pulls this stunt every year." She grinned triumphantly. 
"BUT! Unlike other years, Tsukino Usagi has foiled his plan!" She walked down 
the hall to the bathroom, then stepped inside and locked it behind her. Usagi 
went to the mirror and looked a her face critically. "Does this look like a 
devious face?" she asked her reflection. "I must be crazy to be up this early 
and for THIS reason!" She groaned. "Fight or flight-right Usagi? Mamoru went too 
far this last week. He made me embarrassed! He made me want a kiss! And he DID 
kiss me, parading around my room in that totally dreamy get-up. Arrgggh! That’s 
it, he’s toast when I see him!"



After she had finished her shower, Usagi walked back down the hall to her room, 
keeping a wary eye out for Shingo. His plans had been interrupted, so it was 
entirely possible that he would try another trick. And she’d be ready for him! 
And since she was in a towel, the brat was likely to snatch it off of her and 
run away! ["Little brothers are the WORST! Who invented them anyway?"] she asked 
herself as she cautiously walked into her room. Blue eyes narrowed in thought, 
as her mind went back to planning her revenge. ["Maybe I should have drawn up a 
game-plan? I want even KNOW when he’s going to crash into me!"]
"Usagi! Close the door!" a voice hissed from somewhere.
Usagi looked around in confusion, vaguely recognizing the annoyed voice as that 
of her cat guardian. "Luna?" The blonde said uncertainly, closing the door 
behind her. She leaned back against it, eyes flickering around the room hastily. 
"Where are you?!"
"Up here! Get me DOWN!" Luna screeched from above.
Usagi’s eyes went upwards, eyebrows almost disappearing into her hairline as she 
finally saw Luna. The cat was hanging upside down-from the light-globe, claws 
dug frantically into the plastic. ["I wonder if I CAN get her claws out of that 
plastic,"] Usagi thought, a giggle threatening to fight past her mouth. "Er-how 
did that happen, Luna?" the blonde asked as she walked until she was standing 
right under the infuriated cat.
"Never mind that! Get me down now!" Luna yelled, fur bristling.
"Okay, okay!" Usagi smiled cheekily at her guardian. She looked around, spotted 
her chair and then reached out for it with one hand while keeping her towel 
around her wet body with the other. "This is turning out to be a really 
interesting day," Usagi noted, climbing up onto the chair. "Hang on a second 
Luna-umm…No pun intended," she added hastily, when the cat gave her an evil 
look. Usagi quickly tightened the towel around her, then reached up for the 
black cat. As soon as she had a hold about Luna’s tense body, the cat let go.
"Oh, thank Serenity!" Luna breathed in relief, clinging to Usagi’s shoulder 
tightly. She buried her face into Usagi’s hair.
"Are-you okay, Luna?" Usagi asked gently, patting her shoulder.
"I’m fine! No thanks to you, you ditz!" the cat yowled into Usagi’s ear, greatly 
offended. She tensed, jumping from Usagi onto the bed.
Usagi watched Luna carefully, not knowing what she had done that time. ["What 
NOW? I have plans to make! She can’t still be angry about the bunny."]
"What are you doing up this early anyway?" Luna questioned, trying to smooth 
down her ruffled fur with her small tongue.
"Let me get this straight," Usagi said, incredulity in her voice. "You’re angry 
BECAUSE I got up early?"
"No-yes-I was you-…Never mind, Usagi. I’m happy for you." Luna trailed off in 
resignation. It escaped her, really, how to explain how she became stuck to the 
roof for ten minutes while her charge had a shower.
"Thank you, Luna." Usagi beamed, skipping over to the closet. She yanked the 
doors open, reaching for her school uniform. "I’m happy for me, too." ["For an 
ENTIRELY different reason!"] she thought gleefully, slipping the clothes on. 
Dressing for battle. Chiba Mamoru wouldn’t know what hit him
"Be careful when you go downstairs. In fact, avoid your parents all together," 
Luna advised from her position on the bed.
Usagi frowned at her, then picked up her brush to fix her long hair. "Why?" she 
asked curiously. She took particular care to wind the buns tightly and 
elegantly. One had to look one’s best for a war-right? At least it wasn’t 
against a Youma. Usagi groaned, dropping the brush with a clatter onto her 
dressing table. ["No, just an utterly gorgeous older guy! Waaaaaay easier to 
fight than anything Zoisite could throw at me!"] she thought sarcastically.
"If you're getting up early had THIS effect on me, think of your poor mother!" 
Luna groaned, covering her eyes with a paw.
Usagi turned to glare at her guardian indignantly. "Very funny, Luna! Ha, ha," 
she sniffed. Then the anger faded and she excitement set back in. She was a girl 
on a mission-well, a Senshi really. And a certain guy was going to get a HUGE 
shock! "Revenge will be sweet," she murmured, lashes falling over her eyes to 
hide their expression from Luna. Without meaning to, she smiled in triumph. 
["You’re going DOWN, Chiba!"]
"What are you grinning about?" Luna said suspiciously. Her red eyes widened in 
horror. "Oh no! Not the April Fools thing again!" The cat looked around 
nervously. "Last year you-"
"No, no. I’d totally forgotten-really!" Usagi giggled, waving a hand at her cat 
dismissively. "I’m just-happy to be up early! And get revenge on that jerk," she 
finished the last words under her breath, grinning like a maniac.
"Uh huh," Luna said, tone dry. ["The day that Usagi is happy to be up early 
is-the end of the world!"] This thought made the cat glance at the blonde 
suspiciously. "Are you up to something?"
"Meeeee?" Usagi replied, sounding offended. She grabbed her broach from the 
bedside table, flicked at her fringe to make it fall into place and then turned 
for the door. "Nah! Really! Bye, Luna!" she called out, racing to the door.
Before Luna could get out another word, the door was opened, the blonde dashing 
out quickly. Red eyes narrowed. "She IS up to something! I KNOW it!" the cat 
told no one in particular. She sighed, head drooping. "Exactly who picked me for 
this job anyway? That ditz is the leader of the Sailor Senshi?"



["We can continued the conversation we were having when you so rudely ran away 
earlier. And THIS time, you aren't getting away, Usagi!"]
The words still rang clearly in her head. Really, she wondered why she hadn’t 
picked up on them earlier. But the very LAST thing she had expected to see on 
her window sill was the cloaked form of the hero of Tokyo! As far as she knew of 
the guy, Tuxedo Kamen did NOT frequent the windows of the girls in Tokyo. "He’d 
better NOT!" she gritted out, walking even slower. The thought of Tuxedo Kamen 
covered with love-sick girls just made her-see red! Because he was Mamoru-and 
she had dibs on him…sort of. He liked her and she liked him. And despite the 
fact that they loathed each other also, she’d scratch the eyes out of any girl 
he even winked at! ["Then, I’ll bash him into next Sunday!"] she promised 
ominously.
And what her even MORE furious was the fact that she STILL wanted to kiss him! 
Was the world going to hell around her ears? When had her crush turned out to be 
her worst enemy? "What exactly is SANE around here?" she muttered, staring at 
the ground. She watched each and every crack in the sidewalk absently, wondering 
if she’d bash into ‘you know who’. Logic demanded that she stare intently at the 
ground, no matter HOW dumb it looked, because she only EVER crashed into that 
jerk when she wasn’t expecting it. Usagi slapped a hand to her forehead, feeling 
the moron. "Since when am I logical exactly?" she demanded aloud. "That’s Ami’s 
forte!"
She was just so-angry! But excited at the same time, which was bewildering. She 
was excited about-bashing into Mamoru? Would wonders never cease? "How am I ever 
going to look at him the same way?" she whispered. She took another step and 
then-crash! She hit a solid object hard-yet not as hard as usual, merely because 
she had been walking. "Arrgggh!" she cried, reaching out to cling to whatever 
she had hit. Her fingers dug into a soft material and a muscled body beneath. A 
person then. She didn’t look up, but merely closed her eyes and-reached out with 
her mind. She felt, excitement, annoyance, a strange thrill of electricity-it 
HAD to be Mamoru. ["Oh no. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. I completely 
forgot how strange he makes me feel when he touches meeee!"] she wailed silently 
in panic.
"Great going, Odango," an annoying voice drawled from above her. Mamoru was 
smiling like a wolf who had captured his prey. After the kiss of the night 
before, he’d been unbelievably anxious to see her again-and maybe sneak in 
another one? ["Good morning, my Odango Atama,"] he thought, looking down at her 
golden hair.
Usagi felt his hands close smoothly around her waist and flushed, hiding her 
face hastily in his chest. She felt him stiffen in surprise at her act and 
swiftly pulled back from him. ["Ugh! Why do I keep DOING that?"] SHE knew that 
he was Tuxedo Kamen, but HE had no idea that she knew! So she had to act-normal. 
And what was exactly normal for them anyway? The amount of times that she’d 
found herself plastered along him entire length was-incalculable. She took a 
deep breath-then let him have it.
"Jerk! Can’t you watch where you’re going?" she shouted at him, faces 
centimeters apart. His breath wafted over her face, making Usagi blink in 
surprise. They were really close. In fact, his hands were still firmly around 
her waist. She looked at his lips tentatively, remembering the wonderful feeling 
she’s experienced when he’d kissed her the night before. And she wanted it 
again-desperately! But revenge first. Usagi took a second to enjoy and define 
the strange emotions his touch sent through her-then she yanked her body away, 
glaring furiously. "CREEP!" she shrieked, as if genuinely enraged. "Hentai!"
Mamoru let go of the blonde’s waist rather reluctantly. He looked down into 
Usagi’s fuming face and had to hide a grin. ["She doesn’t have a clue that it 
was me last night!"] he thought with relief. Surely if she HAD known, she’d have 
slapped him silly-or at least ACCUSED him…Wait a second! "HENTAI?!" he roared at 
her, leaning forward to tower menacingly over her slight form. She had insulted 
him in public-not that there was anyone around. Mamoru swift turned his head to 
look left and then right, scanning for possible witnesses. "What exactly do you 
MEAN, hentai? Odango, you are dreaming if you think that any guy in his right 
mind would WANT to touch you willingly!" He told her scathingly. Immediately, he 
realized his mistake as he saw her face go red with rage. ["Oh no."] He mentally 
slapped himself, groaning with disbelief. ["Way to insult your love, you 
idiot!"]
"WHAT WAS THAT, YOU JERK?!" she shrieked at him, fists clenching at her sides. 
She gave him an evil look from beneath her golden lashes. ["Oh, is he going to 
REGRET that one! Especially when I KNOW he likes to kiss me! Why else would he 
have paraded into my bedroom as Tuxedo Kamen and kissed my lights out?"] She 
still had one over on him, knowing what she did about him. And after School, Mr. 
Chiba was going to get a visit from a beautiful Sailor Solider! ["He’s gone TOO 
far this time. How dare he make me feel unwanted?!"] she growled silently to 
herself, eyes flaming. She was torn between wanting to grab him by that green 
jacket of his and hauling him close for a kiss-and punching that smug expression 
off his gorgeous face.
"You heard me," Mamoru said mockingly, eyes staring down into hers. Once more, 
they were so close that they were practically in each other’s faces, shoes 
touching. They’d ALWAYS invaded each other’s personal space, without realizing. 
Automatically, it seemed. The rules were different with their fighting-but this 
time it was different. He could feel the tension in the air and knew it was from 
their changed feelings…Usagi couldn’t possibly deny what they felt when they 
were that close. They could practically feel each other’s thundering heart 
beats. ["How can you deny this, Usagi? How can you stand this close to me and 
argue and not even want to feel my lips against yours?’] he wondered, looking 
deeply into her eyes and trying to retain his superior smile. All he wanted was 
to take her into his arms.
"You are such-a-" She waved a fist under his nose, then blinked at him, 
startled. ["Oh noooooo!"] They were so CLOSE! She could feel it acutely, more 
than any other time. It had never bothered her before-but NOW it did! She 
disliked him-right? She wanted revenge-right? ["I was supposed to keep my 
distance and I practically throw myself into his face?"] She was horrified! Even 
if he WAS Tuxedo Kamen and the most romantic guy around. HOW could he and Mamoru 
be the same person?
Usagi bit at her bottom lip nervously, staring back into his eyes. They had been 
silent for a few seconds, just-staring at each other. And it was disconcerting. 
"I uh-" Usagi stammered, eyes drawn into his. She mentally slapped herself, took 
a steadying breath and leaned closer into him. When their lips were almost 
touching, she spoke. "You are a total creep, jerk-and generally MEAN person! Get 
outta my face, Chiba!" She winced at the almost physically pain of restraining 
herself from kissing him, when they were that close. But he HAD to learn that 
she meant business! She was Sailor Moon and no one messed with her love life! 
Even her love… ["I am SOOOOO pathetic! Just smack him over the head or something 
and get the revenge over with!"] she whined mentally. ["Then we can get to the 
kissing part."]
"You’re in MINE, Tsukino," her told her mildly, trying to steady his thundering 
heart. His love’s lips were only a breath away! And he couldn’t do a thing! 
["Arrggggggh! What are you doing to me, Odango?"] he demanded silently. He 
blinked at her, then smiled slowly when he realized that he had been silent for 
too long. They both had! "You’re-early?" he asked, looking down at his watch. 
The blonde was actually almost an hour early for school. That, in itself, was 
strange enough. Could it BE, that his love was up to something?
Usagi blinked back at him, surprised that he had even noticed. "Umm-yeah?" She 
frowned at him, leaning back slightly to see his face better. "Sooooooo?" she 
demanded, drawing out the word in suspicion. She just KNEW that he was going to 
say something to make her steamed! He always did. She waited with expectancy and 
resignation as Mamoru opened his mouth-and signed his death-warrant.
"Amazing!" he shouted theatrically. He reached out a hand and laid his hand 
against the smooth skin of her forehead. "Hmm, you don’t have a temperature…"
Usagi’s eyes closed involuntarily beneath his arm hand, lashes brushing against 
his palm. Electricity filled her whole body at his touch. It felt so good-Her 
lashes swung up, eyes meeting his surprised gaze. Obviously, he wondered why she 
had closed her eyes. Usagi jerked her face back from him, glaring fiercely. NOW 
she was really angry! Was he trying to make her turn against herself? ["What 
does that creep think he’s DOING, touching me like that!"] Her thoughts were in 
chaos. "Don’t TOUCH me!" she hissed angrily, terribly frightened and angry. The 
way he made her feel was scary. Just a touch-and she wanted to stay with him 
forever. But she would NOT! He was Chiba Mamoru-her enemy…and she still had her 
revenge to get! "NEVER touch me! I can’t STAND you!"
"Violent much, Odango," Mamoru muttered at her, eyebrows rising with 
incredulity. Her reaction had been extreme to say the least. ["Maybe too 
extreme. She looked-scared of me."] He stared at her hard. Was she frightened of 
him? The thought made his skin crawl. His love-not only hating him, but scared 
of him too. ["I feel ill. I had NO idea that she hated me so much,"] he thought, 
feeling dizzy.
Meanwhile, Usagi was staring at him with horror. ["Did I just SAY that? Oh my 
god! I didn’t mean to-he must think that I totally LOATH him!"] Her mind was in 
chaos. She felt sick to the stomach. Sure, it was Mamoru, but-he was also the 
guy she thought that she loved. And she had just told him that- "Mamoru?" she 
began timidly, "I didn’t-"
"You’re going to be late," he told her curtly, turning his face away from hers. 
He stood there, stiff as a board, determined not to look at her.
Usagi stared at him silently, actually close to tears. ["What have I done?"] she 
asked herself. And WHY did it matter? Surely she didn’t care about him THAT 
much? ["Do I?"]
Abruptly, Mamoru turned back towards her. He reached out quickly, fingers 
curling about Usagi’s slender jaw. Before she could blink, he leaned in and 
kissed her lightly on the lips. She tasted sweet, like flowers. Her lips were 
soft and even though he felt her stiffen beneath his fingers, she didn’t pull 
away. After a moment, he pulled back and studied her face. Usagi’s eyes were 
blank. Not a good sign. Or maybe-it WAS. Had he stunned her? He’d sure stunned 
himself! "There. I’m sure you’re sufficiently revolted, Odango Atama, and I 
really don’t care!" he told her coldly. His eyes glinted angrily. "Be assured 
that Chiba Mamoru will NEVER touch you again," he added curtly, then strode past 
her and down the street. He never looked back, afraid of what she might say or 
do. ["Chiba, you are an IDIOT! You’ve well and truly blown it!"]
Usagi stood there, totally stunned. Her mind was blank and felt like goo. "Oh. 
My god," she breathed. "Mamoru just kissed me-in public! MAMORU!" She couldn’t 
believe it. What was he thinking? As Tuxedo Kamen, he’d thought that he had 
anonymity-but if he’d actually dared to kiss her as himself. He DID care about 
her! "Wait, wait," she breathed, trying to think. "What did he say?!"
["Chiba Mamoru will NEVER touch you again."]
"Oh no! I mean-yes! I mean-oh god! This isn’t happening." Usagi felt like 
sinking to the ground and crying. He’d done it as a PUNISHMENT! To show her how 
much he really hated her! It was a goodbye kiss-but with anger and hate and 
loathing in it. She touched her lips tentatively with her fingers, wincing. "But 
it was so sweet. Not at all like last night’s kiss," she whispered. Usagi 
started her slow walk again towards School. There was so much to think of-but 
this much was a surety-Mamoru HATED her! "Well, that’s FINE with me!" she 
announced in a trembling tone. It would make the revenge so much easier that 
afternoon. Now, all she had to do was get through the entire School day without 
her friends knowing anything was wrong…





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