Usagi vampire slayer part 10 by Danielle Nikita1041@aol.com Hiya everyone! I want to give thanks to all the people who e-mailed me and instant messaged me telling me how great my story was. So thank you!! I also want to say thanks as always to Cassima for the idea that she gave me. Also, all you people out there should read "Love from beyond eternity" by Rini-Usa Chiba. I think it is a wonderfully written story, and I recomend it to everyone. *Disclaimer* I do not own Sailor Moon, or any other peice of genius that I borrow from. I do own, however, all the other characters that appear in my story. If you would like to borrow them, I don?t mind, but a note saying that you will be using them would be nice. Thanks and Enjoy! ************************************************************************ Morning came to find Usagi asleep in bed, alone. Mamoru had been worried about what Mina would think if they slept in the same bed, so he had been sleeping in "his" room for the past nights. Usagi had a problem with this, though, so to solve it, she slept in one of Mamoru?s tee shirts as a substitute. As the rays of the sun landed on her face, she began to stir slightly. ~ Usako, time to get up. I made coffee! ~ Mamoru called to her in her head. ~ Just another half hour........ ~ She groggily called back. ~ But it?s all ready 1 in the afternoon. You really need to get up. ~ ~All right, all right. I?ll get up, in a half hour! ~ Usagi sent back, then shut him out of her head. ~ Oh no you don?t Usako! ~ Mamoru thought to himself. He went up to her room, and opened the door. He quietly crept over to where her sleeping form lay, and carefully picked her up into his arms. He stalked towards her bathroom, and gently deposited her in the shower. He closed one side of the shower door, and reached through the other side, and turned the cold water switch on high. As he ran out of her room, he heard a high pitched scream, and laughed his way down the stairs. "MAMORU!!!!" Usagi screamed from the shower stall. ~ Hey, at least you are up! ~ Mamoru thought back to her, laughing. ~ Just you wait till I get you! You are going to be so sorry that you did this! ~ Usagi thought back. Mamoru pulled on his second shoe, and ran toward the front door, passing Mina on his way out. "Hey, Mamoru, where ya off to?" "Can?t say, but I will be back in an hour. Oh, and watch out for Usagi, she is going to be pretty mad." With that, Mamoru was out the door and running. Mina watched his dissapearing form and shook her head with dissaproval. She shut the front door just in time to see a drenched Usagi appear at the top of the stairs. Mina laughed and went upstairs to help Usagi. ************************************************************************ Mamoru returned an hour later, and cautiously knocked on the front door. Thankfully, Mina answered the door. "Is she still mad?" "Not so much anymore, but I would tred very carefully around her." Mina said, moving to give him room to enter. Mamoru walked in, and peered around, seeing Usagi sitting on the couch in the living room. "I am going to go talk to her, Mina." "Good luck, Mamoru." Mina said, exiting the foyer through on of the other doors. Mamoru walked into the living room, and sat down next to Usagi, who promptly scooted about a foot away. "Usagi, I......." "No. You don?t get to speak to me unless it is an apology." "That?s what I was going to do, apologise. Usagi, I am really sorry for doing that to you this morning." Mamoru said, looking appropriatly appologetic. Usagi looked at him, and sighed. "All right, I forgive you. That was just really mean, you know?" Usagi said, looking up at Mamoru. "I realize that now. I didn?t think you would get so mad at me for it though." Mamoru said, moving over to where Usagi now sat. He took her hands into his, and made her look into his eyes. "I would never truly hurt you, Usako." Mamoru said in a low voice. Usagi looked deep into his eyes and saw all sorts of emotions floating around in them, the most prominent being love. Usagi closed her eyes, and felt Mamoru envelop her body in his embrace. ~ I love you, Usako. ~ ~ I love you too, Mamo-chan. ~ Mina walked into the room, and opon seeing the couple, loudly cleared her throat. Usagi looked up first, and said, "Yeah, Mina?" "Usagi can I talk with you for a minute?" "Yeah, sure." Usagi said, untangling herself from Mamoru?s embrace. She got up from the couch, and followed Mina into her room on the first floor. As soon as Usagi had entered, Mina closed the door. "Usagi, I wanted to give you something." Mina said, taking a jewelry box from atop her dresser. It was a very lovely box, made out of cherry wood, and had an Opal inset into the top. Mina took it over to Usagi and handed it to her. "Open it, Usagi." Usagi undid the front clasp and opened the box. Inside on a bed of white satin, lay a large, oval amber stone. Usagi was dumfounded that Mina had revealed her crystal. "But Mina, I thought....." "I decided last night that you had proved yourself to me. When you didn?t resort to your powers when attacked last night, I knew that you were all right now. I want you to have my crystal, for three reasons. One, I know you need it. Two, My powers will be next to useless if it is gone from me. And three, I trust you to do the right thing." "Oh, Mina! This means a lot to me." Usagi said, giving Mina a big hug. "But are you sure you don?t want your powers?" "I have never been more sure of anything in my life. I don?t want them, all they will do is disrupt the normal life I have tried to create for myself."Mina said. "Thank you so much, Mina. I am glad to have you as a friend." "Me too, Usagi. Me too. Now, you had better go get finished packing for that plane." Mina said, leading Usagi out of the room and back to Mamoru. "Now, go get packed, and then we will all go to the air port." ************************************************************************ "Last boarding call for Flight 3743, Northern Brazil." A voice over the intercome proclaimed. "Well, looks like you two need to go." Mina said. "I am going to miss you so much, Mina. I am glad that I got to see you again." Usagi said, giving Mina a hug. "I am glad I got to meet you, Mina. Take care." Mamoru said, smiling at Mina. "You two have to go!" Mina said, ushering them toward the gate. They handed their tickets to the attendant, and went down the ramp, pausing to wave one last time. The door closed after them, and then they were gone. Mina turned around, and headed out of the airport. ~ Good luck, Usagi. ~ Mina thought to her. ~ Take good care of her, Mamoru.~ ************************************************************************ * 12 hours later * ************************************************************************ Mamoru and Usagi entered into the air port terminal, intent on heading for the baggage claim. "Usagi! Over here!" Shouted a tall woman. "Makoto!" Usagi screamed out, running toward her. Usagi nearely toppled the woman over due to her overly enthusiastic hug. Mamoru approached the two shortly after Usagi had gotten there. Makoto was a fairly tall woman, Mamoru saw. She had long auburn hair done in a high ponytail, with just a few strands left to frame her face, and her green eyes sparkled with happiness at seeing Usagi again. She wore a large khaki button down shirt and khaki pants, with large lace up black army boots. Mamoru certainly thought that she looked like she belonged in the jungle, due to her exotic looks and her attire. "Hey, Usagi, who is this with you?" Makoto asked, looking up at Mamoru. "Mako-chan, I would like you to meet Mamoru. Mamoru, this is my best friend Makoto." "It is very nice to meet you, Makoto." Mamoru said, extending his hand for her to shake. She took it, shaking it firmly. "Same here, Mamoru. Well, come on, we gotta get moving if we want to get back to the village before night fall." Makoto said, leading them toward the baggage claim. They got their bags, and exited the air port, heading for the parking lot. Makoto led them to her forest green jeep. They got inside, and Makoto took off for the Jungle. ************************************************************************ They reached the tree camp just before nightfall. Makoto showed them the way up into the tree top village, and then showed them to their hut. They were led to a fairly large hut at the end of a rope walkway. Inside it looked just like a large room, with a bed in the middle, a desk against one wall and a place for clothes to be put. "Put your stuff inside, and then I will fill you in on the latest events." Makoto said, leaving for the main part of the village. Usagi and Mamoru entered the hut, and set their bags against one of the walls. Usagi ended up changing her shirt due to the considerable humidity, so Mamoru stood outside as she changed. She pulled off her long sleeved navy blue top, and rummaging around in her bag, pulled out a coffee brown tank top. Slipping it over her head, she went over to the small mirror against one wall, and proceeded to tie her hair up into a high ponytail. When she was done, she called Mamoru back inside, and then she went out while he changed. He slipped out of his green button down shirt and pulled on a black tank top that looked quite nice on his slightly musclely phisique. He ran a comb through his hair, and called out to Usagi, who entered with Makoto. "So are we ready?" She asked them both. "Ready when you are, Mako-chan." Usagi said. "Yeah, I am ready to go." Mamoru said, nodding his head. "Right then, follow me." Makoto said, walking out of the hut, and across one of the many rope bridges. Mamoru and Usagi carefully across the bridge, finding it only mildly dificult to walk on. Once they reached the other side, Makoto let them to the village look out spot, where they saw the vampires waiting. "What are they waiting for?" Usagi quietly asked Makoto. They are waiting for a weaker member of the village to come withing their reach so that they may feed. They no longer can get up here to the village, so they wait for us to come to them. We?ve managed to decrease the number of people they carry off, but they do manage to still plague us." "Is this why you called me here?" "Yes, this is why. You, Usagi, are the chosen slayer of the vampires, and therefore, we need you. I have managed to do what I can, but only you can fully rid us of them." "I will do what I can." "We both will." Mamoru added. Mamoru took Usagi?s hand in his own, and she smiled at him. Makoto gave Usagi a look that said, you had better explain. Usagi smiled at her. "For now, Makoto, keep everyone together, and take this," Usagi said, handing her a UV ray light. "This should keep any suckers that do get up here at bay. Tomorow morning, we shall talk, but for now, Mamoru and I have some ?business? to attend to." Usagi said, and with a nod from Makoto, Mamoru and she went down from the village to take care of some ?business?. ************************************************************************ "Ahh, they are sending two offerings down to us. How considerate." One vampire hissed from the shadows. All the vampires made agreeing sounds at that statement, and licked their lips in anticipation. Usagi and Mamoru jumped down from the last foot hold onto the floor of the Amazon, and started to slowly walk toward the vampires. As they neared closer, the vampires started to emerge, totaling about 6. They slowly stalked out of the shadows, looking very much like the preditory animals that they were, with their glowing yellow eyes and their exotic natures. "Well well, they sent us a girl. How I love to feast on girls, they are so sweet to taste!" The Vampire that obviously was the leader said. "And the male, he isn?t bad either. I bet he tastes delicious, just like chocolate." A female vampire said. "I wouldn?t count us as your food, you haven?t gotten us yet." Usagi said, turning all eyes to her. "Oh, really? And who might you be that you could even think of escaping us?" "I am Usagi, the Vampire Slayer, better known to scum like you as the Day Walker. I am here to make sure that you and your kind never bother anyone ever again." "My Queen will be interested to know that her daughter is here." "I am quite sure she already knows. Anyhow, who might you be to challenge me?" "They call me, my lady, Lucien." He said, with a slight mocking bow. "And how about your companion, my lady?" "I am called Mamoru, your Queen knows of me as well." "Ahh, yes, the Queen?s suitor. She has searched everywhere for you, and here you are. I suggest you step back away from us, I am sure the Queen would want you unharmed." "I will not back down! This is as much my fight as it is Usagi?s. I will fight by her side and aide in defeating you." "Brave words for one so doomed. Well, prepare yourselves, we begin." Lucien lunged at Usagi while a female vampire lunged at Mamoru. Mamoru staked the female before she even got close to him, she dissapeared into a pile of dust. Usagi threw Lucien off of her, and staked his shoulder to one of the trees as another vampire lunged at her. She staked that one through the heart, while effectivly decapitating another one with her daggar. Mamoru had just finished killing a third vampire and both he and Usagi killed them all until there was only Lucien. "So you were saying, Lucien?" Usagi said, smirking. "You don?t want to kill me, my lady. You need me, I could be valuable to your cause." Lucien said, trying to save his life. "What a miserable creature you are, Lucien. Begging like the scum you are, you should be begging me to kill you so that your cowardly existence will end." Usagi spat out. "Usagi, just kill him so we can get some rest." Mamoru said, yawning. "Well, looks like thats it, Lucien. Say goodnight." Usagi said, staking Lucien through the heart and cutting his head off. He turned to dust before Usagi turned around. ************************************************************************ Usagi and Mamoru ascended the steps up to the village, where Makoto waited. "So, how did it go?" Makoto asked anxiously. "They are all gone, Mako-chan. We killed them all, but I am pretty sure that there will be more, because the Matriarch knows that we are here." Usagi said, dusting off her jeans. "Well, that will be tomorow night or the next night. Tonight we celebrate!" Makoto said, grabbing Usagi?s hand and pulling her toward everyone else. "Everyone! Listen to me! The vampires that have plagued us night after night are dead!" Makoto shouted out, exciting the people. "More will come, though. Do not think that this is the end. But tonight, celebrate all you want, for tomorow promises more fighting." Usagi said, causing another uprising of joyous shouts. ************************************************************************ Drums beat out mesmerizing patterns on their skin covered surfaces, adding to the hypnotic dance that all the villagers participated in. Usagi and Mamoru sat a short distance away, watching the beautiful patterns of the dance, and drinking a strange drink. Makoto had given them a popular party drink that was made from the sap of the cocoa tree, and was quite alcoholic. Usagi and Mamoru were both feeling quite relaxed and happy, when Makoto returned to them once again. "Usagi, come on. You have to join the dance!" Makoto said, pulling her toward the dancers. "No, no, no, I don?t know the steps! Makoto......!" Usagi protested, unheeded. Makoto took her into the circle of dance that the women had created, and positioning Usagi next to her, taught her the steps. Soon, Usagi was dancing as well as any woman of the village, and Mamoru was captivated. Her body shook and swayed in hypnotic patterns, as her body was thrown back and forth by the dance. She twirled her body round and round, and then jumped in the air. Then the men came and joined the dance with their women, and soon, Usagi was dancing alone. Makoto went back to Mamoru and pulled him toward Usagi, and then went back to her own partner. Mamoru started mimicing the other men, and soon, he and Usagi were dancing together perfectly, never gazing away from eachother?s eyes. Mamoru, on impulse, picked Usagi up and carried her away from the dancing, and back toward their bench. He placed her on the bench, and never leaving her eyes, leaned down and kissed her passionatly. Usagi closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Mamoru?s neck, deepening the kiss. ~ I love you so much, Usako. So much that sometimes it hurts. ~ ~ I love you too, Mamo-chan. You are my everything. ~ Mamoru ended the kiss, and smiled down at Usagi, who had a dreamy expression on her face. He picked her up again, and carried her toward the hut. When he arrived, he looked down at Usagi, only to find that she had fallen asleep snuggled into his embrace. He placed her on the bed, and took off her shoes, socks and jeans. He slipped her into a pair of soft shorts that she often used for pajamas, and slipped her under the covers. He then slipped into a pair of pajama shorts and climbed under the covers next to Usagi, her form immediatly curling into his warmth. ************************************************************************ Makoto watched them leave, and smiled to her partner. "I knew they were perfect for each other." Then she and her partner left to find their own bed. ************************************************************************ So what did we think? As always, send comments, questions, flames, etc to Nikita1041@aol.com Danielle