Whom Does Usagi’s Heart Belong To? Mamoru Or Seiya?
Usagi’s voice: Mamoru believes that I am in love with Seiya. My friends believe that I am in love with Seiya. Am I in love with him? Am I?
[Title Screen]
Chiyoko is lying on a bed at the hospital and Mamoru is sitting besides her. Chiyoko is very beautiful and attractive: 5’, dark blue eyes, long legs, pearl chain earrings, and lavender curving hair all pulled high that falls to her thighs straggly with few short locks left in the front. Chiyoko is awake now and gets up from the bed slowly. She is still feeling a little dizzy, so she shakes her head.
Mamoru (pushes Chiyoko gently back to the bed): You’d better lie down.
Chiyoko (weakly): Where am I?
Mamoru: You are at the hospital.
Chiyoko: Oh, well, excuse me but, who are you?
Mamoru: I am Chiba Mamoru. I saw you had an accident so I brought you here.
Chiyoko (smiling): Thank you very much, Mamoru-san. I do appreciate for your kindness.
Mamoru (smiling): You’re welcome, Chiyoko-san.
Chiyoko: But Mamoru-san, it was not an accident. I was attacked. I remember some strange men and some strange young ladies. They were attacking each other. Then one of the men attacked me. Then a gentleman came, and he saved me … did you see anything?
Mamoru: I passed the park and I saw you fainted, so I called the ambulance to bring you here. I didn’t see anything you said.
Just then, the door is opened. Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, and Usagi walk in.
Mamoru: Let me introduce. These are my friends, Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei, Kino Makoto, and Aino Minako. And this is my girlfriend, Tsukino Usagi.
Usagi (smiling): How are you feeling?
Chiyoko (smiling): I am fine. (Looking at Rei,) I believe I know you. We are in the same school but in different classes.
Rei (smiled nodding): Yes, are you ok?
Chiyoko: I am perfectly fine.
Mamoru: She still feels a little dizzy. But doctor said she would be ok.
Usagi (with a smiled curious face): So, you are the smartest girl in the world, right?
Chiyoko (blushed): I am not… Actually … I just…
Usagi: Come on. Don’t be shy. I heard that you are very talented. You are even better than Ami (pulling Ami to the front).
Chiyoko (giggling): Oh, so you are Ami-san. I believe YOU are the smartest one.
Ami (blushed): Well, I…
Chiyoko (seriously): Anyway, I just told Mamoru-san that I was not injured by an accident. It might be...
Mamoru: You don't need to worry about it. The police will take care of it. Don't worry. All you need is some rest. Lie down and take a rest.
Chiyoko (looking and smiling at Mamoru): Ok, thank you very much.
Mamoru (looking and smiling at Chiyoko): You are welcome.
Few minutes later, they leave the hospital.
Usagi: What a beautiful girl! And she is smart, kind, and even can jump from danger! She is so ... so perfect! Just perfect!
Rei: Yeah, so perfect. Can't compare to someone here who is just plain stupid!
Usagi (angrily): Rei! Why do you always make fun of me? You are not much better than me!
Rei: At least I won't believe in something called 'world of candy'! At least I won't cry all the time! At least I won't be stupid enough to fail on an open contest! At least...
Usagi (sobbing): You all just know how to make fun of me. You are my friends. You should be supportive, or at least don't laugh at me all the time.
Makoto and Ami: We are not laughing at you all the time!
Mamoru: Ok, ok, stop it. I would like to talk about the new enemy. Luna, do you know what is going on?
Luna: To be honest, I am totally lost. But I think we can trust the Graces. They helped us several times. If they were our enemies, they can just leave us to be killed.
Usagi: Yeah, they are just like Seiya-kun, Taiki-kun, and Yaten-kun. I believe they are fine people. We can totally trust them. By the way, I still think that we should try to convince the Graces Sisters to get the Starlights here. They should be a big help.
Everyone looks at Usagi, especially Mamoru, who is not very happy.
Mamoru (frowning): Your personality will harm you one day. How could you be so sure that they are our friends? You have not been with them long enough. You should not trust any people you meet. You will get hurt easily.
Usagi (speaking unhappily): What are you talking about? How could you say that? That is one of my good personalities. Seiya-kun was so thankful for my trust and always trusted me in return. He even convinced Taiki-kun and Yaten-kun to trust me, so that we could win the last battle.
Ami: That's true, Mamoru-san...
Makoto (pulls Ami aside and whispers in her ear): Ami-chan, stop it.
Mamoru (unhappily): I was just telling the fact.
Usagi (speaking angrily): Seiya-kun, Taiki-kun, and Yaten-kun saved my life. And so did the Graces. That is the fact! They are my friends, so they should be your friends too. I don't want to ever, ever, ever hear a word from you saying bad things about them, all of them, ever!
Then, Usagi runs away. Luna, Artemis, Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako look at each other. No one moves. Mamoru is very sad standing there.
Mamoru: Everyone, I think we need to talk.
Few minutes later, four inners, Mamoru, Luna, and Artemis are at the Crown.
Mamoru: Usako told me everything about what happened while I was gone. She even told me that Seiya-kun is her forever-best friend, whom she would give up life for. Although she emphasized that he is just her friend, I realized there’s something different about her. When we were on a date, I used to be the one reading books and she used to be the one doing all the talking. After my return, when we were out, she either remained silence and thought to herself, or talked about the great things she shared with Seiya-kun and complained that even as a friend, he went out with her more frequently than I did, and I seldom went out with her on a real date, like going to the playground, disco, and so on. It seems to me that she is comparing me with Seiya-kun. She might fall for him without noticing. Don’t you think?
Everyone looks at each other. All of them are feeling uncomfortable for the topic.
Makoto: Mamoru-san, you’re worried too much. Usagi-chan would give up her life for all her friends, like us. That doesn’t prove that she is in love with Seiya-kun …
Mamoru: Makoto-san, I am the eldest one here, and I have the closest relationship with Usako. I think that I am good enough to notice the differences of my girlfriend. When she told me how she met Seiya-kun, from her story, I had not seen that kind of energy for a long time. I mean, have any of you seen her argued with a man with her full energy? These years, she is becoming more and more mature. But at the same time, she is losing her innocence. Her eyes lit up and were filled with energy and pure, every time she mentioned Seiya-kun. I have not seen those eyes for years, ever since we got our memories back. I am not mad, really. I was afraid to lose her, but I believe the situation is out of my control now.
Ami: Mamoru-san, you are thinking too much. Usagi-chan loves you and you love her. You are the perfect match. You two gave up your life for each other. You two even will have Chibi-Usa-chan. Don’t think of something stupid to lose yourself.
Mamoru: This is what I really want to talk about. I don’t want to marry Usako simply because we need to give birth to a child. If we are not in love any more, we should separate to find our future. After all, we can still have children if we break up. We even can have more than one child in that case. (Chuckles.) Usako’s daughter is still Chibi-Usa. It is just that she may not have pink hair, pink eyes. She may not be the same Chibi-Usa. But she is still Usako’s child and has her own dream, personality, future, and life. I am afraid to lose Usako. But if she does not love me any more, I don’t want us to be forced to be together for responsibility or loyalty.
Minako: Maybe Usagi-chan is still in love with you. You are worried too much. Even if she was touched by Seiya-kun, he left already. She will forget him soon.
Mamoru: If Usako would forget Seiya-kun, then she should forget him already. But she has missed him more and more. She has mentioned him more and more. She has compared me with him more and more and I lost it every time. It is very clear that I am losing her. I can even tell you one more thing to prove it. Right after the Three Lights left with their princess, Usako went to a park with me. We were standing next to a pond. She asked me if I really liked her and I said yes. Then she asked me the same question again! Then she asked me twice how much that I loved her, twice! I did not understand why she acted so strange, so unsecured and so worried. She had never acted like that before. Later, I realized the reason. She instinctively wanted to convince herself that she made the right choice!
Everyone looks at each other. They didn’t know what Mamoru just said. They realize that Mamoru may be right. Usagi may be already in love with Seiya without noticing.
Rei: Mamoru-san, you are too kind and great. You always just think of Usagi. But what about yourself? After all, Seiya-kun already left. He is not going to come back. We don’t even know how to contact him. You two still have a chance to be together.
Mamoru: I am not great, and I am not kind. If she still loves me, I won’t give her up. But we would not be happy if we were together and she was in love with someone else. I am just a normal man. I need a girl who is deeply and only in love with me and care me. I won’t break up with her right away. After all, I have waited these months without giving up. But I will not wait forever. If I meet someone, I won’t hesitate.
[CM Break]
After talking with Mamoru, the four inners, Luna, and Artemis go to the four outers’ home. All except Hotaru, who is sleeping in her room, sit on the sofa around a tea table. All seven girls have serious faces.
Ami: What should we do now?
Setsuna: Nothing, absolutely nothing. There is nothing we can do, or we should do. There are too many relationships ruined by friends’ opinions. We should be smart enough to not to do that.
Michiru: She is right. This is their choice. As long as they are happy, we should only be supportive without saying a word.
Minako: But it seems to me that they act like two childish children. Their love is not as simple as that, isn't it? What about Chibi-Usa-chan? What about Crystal Tokyo? Do you think Seiya-kun is able to have a child? I mean, after all, we do need a heir for our kingdom, right? Usagi-chan has her responsibility. We cannot forget that.
Rei: Hey, how could you say that? Seiya-kun is a boy, not a girl. Sailor Star Fighter is a girl, but not Seiya. Like Mamoru-san said, we can still have Chibi-Usa-chan, only her father is a different person. She can still have her own dreams, and her own future. Crystal Tokyo still exists, only with another King. Usagi has enough responsibilities on her shoulders. Are we going to put her marriage into some old stories, like Romeo and Juliet? And don’t forget. Usagi-chan’s largest dream is being a normal girl and getting married. She has never wanted to be a queen. If it were not because of the people she loved, she even would not become a pretty soldier. She has fulfilled her responsibility. It is our turn to fulfill ours – be supportive for her.
Setsuna: Rei-chan is right. I am the one who has the closest relationship with Small Lady. I really concern about her. But I concern more about Mamoru-san’s and Usagi-san’s true feelings. Like Mamoru-san said, I don’t think that’s good for them to be together for just giving birth to a child. If he is going to break up with her because he feels that she is in love with Seiya-san, all we can do is to be supportive.
Haruka: I agree with her. I don’t care whom our princess would be with, as long as he is the one she truly loves. That is all we should concern about.
Michiru (smiling teasingly): Oh? I thought you didn’t like Seiya-kun. What? You changed your mind?
Haruka: I did not like him because I thought he was going to hurt our princess. But I realized that he would never hurt her because he loved her so much. I think that all we can do now is wait. Wait to see whom she prefers to be with.
Everyone relaxes, nods and agrees. Meanwhile, when the seven sailor soldiers are talking, Usagi is sitting exactly the same place where she waited for Seiya in the Ichinohashi Park. She is thinking about what she said to Mamoru.
Usagi (thinking): Was I too overreacted? But Mamo-chan actually said something that hurt my feelings. Seiya and the others are my friends. How could he say something like that about my friends? He even insulted me! Although Seiya teased me from time to time, he had never insulted me, or even argued with me actually. Oh, I miss Seiya so much, and the others too. How can I contact them? I should try one more time to ask the Graces to get them. Yes, I should try to convince them …
Just when Usagi is still thinking how to get Seiya back, she hears a scream.
Usagi: Moon Eternal, make up!
At the same time, Notus and Boreas just brought out some Hope and Love Crystals from the people in the park. But none of them is the right one.
Notus: We failed again. Nemesis is going to be really mad.
Boreas: Don’t worry. We still have time.
Moon (shouting): No, you don’t!
Boreas (looks up): It’s you again.
Moon: Why do you love to choose the people in the park to attack? But no matter what, I won’t allow you harm anyone. For love and justice I am the beautiful sailor-suited soldier Sailormoon! In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!
Moon jumps from a tree to the ground. Unfortunately, she steps on a rind of a banana and slips. Both Notus and Boreas get sweat-drops on the back of their head.
Notus: I just thought you might be Princess Irene, but I think I was out of my mind.
Moon (getting up angrily): You shut up!
Boreas: Freezing Ice!
Tuxedo Kamen comes, holds Sailormoon, and jumps away to a tree.
Moon: Thank you, Tuxedo Kamen.
Tuxedo Kamen: You are welcome.
Notus: Crying Forest!
Four inners, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto come and use their attack to block out Notus’s attack. Notus is hurt.
All seven sailors: We are not going to allow you to hurt them.
Graces (speaking to Sailor Moon’s mind): Sailor Moon, finish him off.
Moon: Silver Moon Crystal Healing Kiss!
Notus is vanished and Boreas is shocked.
Mars (to Boreas): Now you are alone. Give it up!
Boreas: I won’t give up. You killed all my partners. I am going to take revenge on you! All of you! I will kill you all!
Then Boreas disappears. Everyone transforms back to his or her normal form.
Yuko: It seems that we are in good hands. We have a big chance to win the game.
Haruka: I think so too.
Aside, Usagi is talking with Mamoru.
Usagi: I apologize for my attitude but I won’t apologize for what I said. You did say something insulted me, and my friends. I’m going to ask Yuko-chan to bring back Seiya-kun and the others, and I don’t care you are happy about it or not.
Mamoru (smiling sadly): You can do whatever makes you happy.
Usagi is surprised. Then, she smiles.
Usagi: Thank you very much, Mamo-chan. I really appreciate it.
Then, Usagi goes to talk to Yuko. Mamoru and others exchange glances. Usagi puts her hands together in front of her chest. Asks Yuko sincerely and seriously.
Usagi: Yuko-chan, I still think that we should get someone . I know three warriors from planet Kinomku: Sailor Star Fighter, Healer, and Maker. They helped us a lot for our last battle. Actually, they were the only ones who faced Sailor Galaxia with me. I believe that they will be a big help here. They are going to make our job a lot easier. I have a big confidence that we are definitely able to win the game with them. Please go to find them. Otherwise, please tell me the method to contact them. I can go there by myself, or I will ask one of my friends to find them. Please!!!
Yuko: Usagi-chan, I thought I told you the reasons why I didn’t want any extra sailors here. We have just enough people to defend. No one should leave here.
Usagi: Then, we may at least send a message to ask them to come …
Akiko: We don’t know how to do it but I believe that Princess Irene does. We may send them a message after we found her. Is that ok with you?
Usagi is sad and has tears in her eyes, but she nods with agreement.
Keiko: Usagi-chan, may I ask you a personal question?
Usagi (controlling herself): Of course, what is it?
Keiko: Are those sailor soldiers your friends?
Usagi (nodding continually): Yeah, of course, we are really good friends, especially Seiya-kun. He is my best friend …
Akiko: Wait a minute, “he”? I believe that you said that they were Sailor Soldiers.
Usagi: Oh, they are boys in human form. They transform to sailors from boys. It won’t change a thing, will it? You said you wouldn’t mind genders …
Yuko: Usagi-chan, we didn’t mean that. It’s just that we really shouldn’t leave here at this time …
Usagi starts sobbing and is about to cry out loud when she hears this.
Yuko: But I promise you. After we found the princess, we will find them, ok?
Usagi stops sobbing, nods continually and smiles. The others exchange glances.
On a distant planet, a girl is standing in a room. Two other girls, one is taller than her and one is shorter than her, are standing besides her. Their faces are unclear since they are standing in the dark.
First girl: They are in danger. I can feel it. Shall we go back to help them?
Short girl: You are just imaging things. You miss her, don’t you?
First girl: Yes, I do miss her. But it doesn’t mean that I would be imaging things.
Tall girl: You should try to forget her. She has her own life and you have your own. You are two parallel lines that are never going to intercept.
First girl: I told you. Missing her has nothing to do with my feeling of their danger. After all, they are our friends. We should go if they needed help.
Tall girl: Even they are really in danger, they should try to protect themselves and I think they can handle it. You are going to put some salt on your wound if you go back. You would be never recovered.
First girl: I didn’t and don’t expect any feedback or repayment. I just want her to be happy and safe. If she is in danger, I am definitely going back. Nothing can stop me.
The short girl and tall girl remain silence this time and shake their heads. The first girl looks up at the sky.
First girl (thinking): I am definitely going back if she needs me.
It’s Princess Cynthia again! Hum, story is getting interesting. Three Lights appear, but they still have a long way to go back to Earth. Please keep on reading, and send comments to princess_cynthiak@yahoo.com.hk . Thank you. See you next time!