Title: Rules of Love Author: Sailor Bunny Rating: PG smoonshroom@hotmail.com I've just been inspired with a fic. It's about Mamoru and Usagi, of course, and it takes place when he breaks up with her. I won't say anymore cos I don't want to give away the ending. Please email me with your questions, comments, suggestions, flames, whatever! And go to my site! Luv ya, mean it! http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bridge/7255/smoon.html Sailor Bunny ^_^ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ After my experience with love, I have made a set of rules for love. #1- Never dump a girl who has killer warrior friends *sweatdrop* Okay, maybe I should start from the beginning... I sighed, continuing my usual walk to the arcade. I've been doing pretty bad since I dumped Usako. Today is the first day I've been out of bed since the whole inncident. As much as it's hurting me, it's gotta hurt a million times worse for her. Baka! I'm the stupidest guy in the world, giving up Usagi. As much as it's killing us, I have to. I have to protect Usako. If I don't, she will die. I have come to the conclusion that some one up there reeeally hates me. Or maybe some one up there is jealous cos I have Usako and they don't. Heh..nah can't be. Now I'm not going into the arcade to see my good friend Motoki. Right now it's like Motoki who? I'm going to spy on Usako. Ok, ok Mr. Voice, I know you're not gonna like this one bit, but you can shut up. I know I'm not supposed to be close to Usako, but you didn't say I couldn't SPY on her. Heh heh, Chiba, you are so clever. "Hey Mamoru-san! I haven't seen you here in a while!" Motoki said, immediatly noticing me. Thank you Motoki, for being totally loud. Usako looked up from her chat with the senshi to see me. Thank you Motoki for blowing my cover. You'll never make a good spy Motoki. Remind me to recommend you when there's a suicide mission needed. "Hey Motoki-kun, what's up?" "Nothing. You look majorly trashed, like you just got hit by a garbage truck. No, you look worse than that. But better than yesterday when you hadn't showered or shaved and you stank to holy god." Motoki rambled on. By now, everyone in the arcade was staring at me, and the senshi, including Usako, were all snickering. "Gee thanks Motoki-kun. Yell a little louder, I don't think AMERICA HEARD YOU!!!" I yelled back. "Hey Motoki-kun, you got any popcorn? This is even better than Sailor V!" Usagi giggled. I sighed. Yes, some one DID hate me up there. Well, now that my *dear* friend has blown my cover, I guess I'll book it. "Know what Motoki-kun? I'm leaving. Cya!" I walked out the doors. I sighed, and leaned against the wall. "Hiii Mamo-chan!" A pink haired girl came running up to me, wrapping her little arms around my leg like a leech. I faked a smile and patted her head. "Hey Chibi-usa." "Mamo-chan, how come you're so sad? It's Usagi isn't it?!" Chibi-usa looked up at me. Sometimes that kid is so smart. I nodded. "What'd she do THIS time?" she wrinkled her nose. I stared at her, thinking how much she looked like Usako when she did that. I felt a lump in my throat. "It's nothing. I just...miss her." I mumbled the last part. The little girl looked up at me. "You miss her? You really love her don't you?" I looked down at her and nodded. "So why'd ya break up with her?!" She exclaimed. I shrugged my shoulders. I couldn't speak. "Well if you love her, you should be with her no matter what. Even if she *IS* a mean old odango atama." She said. "I gotta go cya!" the little girl skipped off. I took in her words. I *should* love her no matter what. I smiled. Even if she is a mean old odango. Then I took another side. What she had said to me the day before. About how she didn't care what happened to her, as long as she had me. Tears sprung to my eyes. She's right. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A few hours later, I was walking in the park, thinking about everything; the stupid dreams, Chibi-usa's advice, Usako, how much my life sucks..when a I felt something run into my chest. My normal reaction? Yell. "Hey! Why don't you look where you're going?!" I yelled, hoping it was my clumsy Usako. I looked down. It wasn't. "Why don't YOU look where I'M going!" a tall, and very mad brunette yelled. "OHH! It's YOU!!!" I looked down, almost afraid of here. "Oh..heh..hey Makoto-san. How's it going?" Smooth, Chiba, real smooth. "Well, our leader is totally DEPRESSED 'cause a certain ex-BOYFRIEND DUMPED her, so she can't lead the Sailor Scouts, which could lead to the destruction of the entire universe. Other than that, things are just peachy." She growled. Okay, Chiba, you can get yourself out of the clutches of the evil Kino Makoto. There's only one of them. That's not so-- "HEY MAKO-CHAN!! THERE YOU ARE!!" The three other senshi made their way towards us. Spoke to soon. "Ohh HEY Mamoru-san." Rei hissed, making my name sound like the worst thing ever. The other girls glared at me. Hoo boy, if looks could kill, I'd be a dead man. The girls crept closer and closer to me, like one of those bad horror movies. I started to back up. Hey, I'm not going to lie, these girls scare the heck out of me. They've killed hundreds of monsters, so could easily crush me without even transforming. Okay, Chiba, play it cool, real cool. "Soo.. Ami-chan, how's your studying? Finals are soon, right?" Good, Chiba. Go for the weakest one. Much to my surprise and dismay, Ami was creeping up on me also. "Ohh they're perfect. Usagi-chan's not doing so well, though. She never does, but now she's even WORSE!" She glared at me. I sweatdropped. "Oh, heh heh, too bad. Welll I've got a..a..a CLASS to go to, so cya later girls!" I started to turn and run away, when four girls tackled me. "Oh no you don't Chiba!" The four girls tackled me. "ACK! SOME ONE HELLLP!" I screamed. I *know* I screamed like a girl that time, but hey, under the circumstances... "Ahem. What's going *on* here?" I looked up to see my Usako..eh.. Usagi *grumble* with a fake angry expression. I could see her trying to hold back a laugh. I pushed the girls off me, and put my hand behind my head. "Ehh heh heh hey Usak..um..Usagi-chan..no san. Heh heh." *sweatdrop* Chiba, you are the stupidest man alive. She stifled a giggle. "Hi Mamo..um..Mamoru-chan..no..san. What's going on here?" "I dono. You're dumb friends attacked me." I shrugged. "DUMB?!?!?!?!" They all screamed, about to attack me. I backed up, a thousand billion sweatdrops forming. "Girls, girls!" Usagi scolded. "Now how many times do I have to tell you..no beating up ex-boyfriends, guys who hit on me, innocent people, etc.?!" I felt jealousy rearing its ugly head. "Guys hit on you? Exactly how many ex-boyfriends *do* you have?" I asked. She tossed her pigtails. "Why does it concern you that about 3 guys hit on me a day, and I have 5 ex-boyfriends?" She said innocently a sly smile creeping up her beautiful lips..Focus Chiba. "THAT MANY?!?!?!?!" My eyes bugged out of my head, and I swear steam came out my ears. "Well what'd ya expect? You were the only guy who likes..er.. liked me?" "Uhhh..." Darn. Beaten. She *was* beautiful, no reason why guys *wouldn't* hit on her..but she was still MINE! "Yours?" She said coyly. "Huh?" The I remembered. She can read my thoughts. Wow I *AM* stupid! "Heh heh heh..ya see..umm.." Torture. She's torturing me. And enjoying it too! I stammered on, acting like a 'complete doofus' as she would say. I finally looked up, seeing the whole group laughing at me. Oh great. "Welll..anyways, I better get home. I..uhh..gotta study! Yah, you know..exams! Yup, those darn college exams." Saveeed! "I thought exams were a month ago." Lita smirked. Darnit! "Uhh..well..I'm getting a head start on next semester's exams! Yah! Don't wanna fail or anything.." They all looked at me, obviously seeing through me. I snickered. They saw through me. Huh huh huh..ahem.. "Ehhh gotta go Cya!" I took off, hearing the girls laughing. See right through me..huh huh.. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The next day was beautiful. Absolutly beautiful. I walked the streets of Tokyo (AN: corny, huh?). "Now let's see, what should me and Usako do.." Then reality hit me like..like..something that hits you really hard. (AN: Why yes I'm blonde, howevere did you figure that out? DO OVER!) Then reality hit me like a big kick in the butt. (AN: Eh, it's better). "SHUT UP LINDZ YA DITZ!" (AN: Yeesh Mamoru, don't get your panties in a wad) Ok, I'm gonna continue my story now. This is Mamoru by the way. (AN: Can you tell I'm havinga psycho meltdown?) Grrr, ANYWAYSSSS..where was I? Oh yeah. Reality kicked me in the butt. Usako and I weren't together. My good mood clouded and not just from that stupid writer. (AN: SHUT UP!) "Hiii Mamoru-san!" I looked up to see Lizzy (AN: heh, whoops, forgot her Japanese name). "Hey Liz." "Whoa, you look really sad! What's wrong?!" She asked, concerend. "Nothing." I grumbled. "Nu uh Chiba. Something's up. You ok?" "Welll.." I hesitated, but I HAD to tell some one. "I broke up with my girlfriend a couple days ago." "WHAAAAT?!?! You had a GIRLfriend and didn't tell MEEE?!" Her eyes danced. "What happened?" "I don't wanna talk about it." "Well at LEAST tell me who your girlfriend was!" She's just like Usagi, Minako, and Makoto. Gossip hounds. "Usagi." I grumbled, hoping she didn't hear. She did. I braced myself. "WHAAAAAAAAAT!!! USAGI!!!!!" She screeched. She sounds just like Usagi. "I thought you HATED her!" "No I never hated her. I've always-" "MAMORU!!!! THERE YOU ARE!!!" *gulp* I looked up to see four steaming warriors. "Ohh heh heh..hey..*gulp*..girls.." I started to make my way back. Nice..and slow... "AAAAHHHH!!!" The girls attacked me. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "What a beautiful day." I mimicked myself, scrached, bruised, and otherwise, badly beaten up. "I hate life. I HATE IT!" I screamed to no one. "Hate what?" An angelic voice asked. I whirled around to come face to face with..GODZILLA! ACK! Heh heh, naw, just kiddin. It's Usagi. My mood brightned a little. "Um, nothin. Hey I gotta go, cya." I tried to brush past her, but she grabbed my arm. I forgot how strong she is. "You're hurt." She said simply, looking me strait in the eye. I hung my head. "Yeah." "How'd this happen?" "Uhh heh heh.." I coudn't really tell her. "Ohh, it's the girls, huh?" She smiled slightly. "Who else?" I laughed halfheartly. "Ugh. I told them over and over to stop threatning you, and to not hurt you. I even threatned them with the Crystal!! (AN: I can't spell the Japanese name for my life heh)" She rolled her eyes. "You threatned with the Crystal? Geez, how many times were they threatning me?" I laughed. My mood was cheering up a bit. "Umm about everytime I saw them, or they saw you! They're way too overprotective. Especially Rei-chan, which is a BIG surprise!" She giggled. Her eyes twinkled. I laughed. "You and Rei-chan are just like sisters." Her giggling died down, and for a moment, we were just staring at each other. It took all of my willpower not to kiss her. She cleared her throat. "Well." "Well." I looked down. The sidewalk was becoming very interesting now. "Umm..Mamo..Mamoru-san? Can I ask you something?" Usagi looked up at me pleadlingly. I knew what was coming and I groaned thinking about it. "No I have to go." I couldn't move though. "No..Mamoru-san..it's not about..us." She choked out the last part. I looked down at her. "Have you seen Chibi-Usa?" The question took me by surprise. "Uhh..no, why? Did she run away again?" "No, no! We're playing hide and go seek." She giggled. I joined in."And you're cheating by asking me, huh?" "Welll you know how bad I am about not being able to find anything, and that Chibi-Usa is a darned good hider than I've ever seen." She tossed back her hair. I stopped laughing, took her by the shoulders and on a sudden impulse, leaned down and kissed her. After a while, well make it a LONG while, I pulled away, looking in her eyes. "Usako, I can't lie anymore. I don't not hate you." I saw her confused face and remembered how..ahem..less educated..she is. "What I'm saying is I love you. I've always loved you. I've never stoppped." "Then why did you say you did? Why did you lie? Why did you break up with me?" Usako demanded with tears in her eyes. She started to leave, but I grabbed her shoulders, and to my surprise, she didn't struggle. "I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry you don't know how sorry and stupid I was. I had this dream. You..you died. And I was so scared I didn't know what I could do. I had to protect you Usako. I didn't want to lose you. I love you so much, I couldn't lose you too. I made a vow never to let anyone to come close to me, but you came, and everything changed. I tried to deny my feelings, to make fun of you, and hurt you, so you would know how I felt. But the harder I tried, the harder it became to hurt you. I just couldn't do it. I loved you from the first time I saw you. So you see how hard it was for me too to even have the thought of you leaving me. I did only what I thought was right. I had to protect you." I sobbed on her shoulder and her arms were wrapped around me. She hugged me tightly. "Oh Mamo-chan.." She whispered. I straitened up and looked at her beautiful face. She was crying. And smiling. "Mamo-chan, you really love me that much?" "I love you more than any words could ever say. I love you so much it hurts." I held her close. "I love you so much Mamo-chan. But I'm disappointed that you didn't tell me about these dreams. We could've worked through them." I hung my head. "Promise me you'll never lie to me. Promise you'll never keep anything..ANYTHING from me, ok?" I looked into her eyes and nodded. "I promise. I love you." I bent down and kissed her. It felt so good to have her in my arms again. To kiss her. To think all the time I spent teasing or avoiding her I could've been doing this. Yeah, I'm pretty stupid. I ignored my thoughts and continued kissing her. "Ahem..ahem! HeLLO isn't anyone looking for me?" We broke apart to see a very angry Chibi-Usa tapping her foot and crossing her arms. "You guys really suck at hide-and-go-seek!" Usako and I burst out laughing. "I'm sorry Chibi-Usa. I just got.." She looked at me. "..preoccupied." She giggled. "Are you two FINALLY back together?" Chibi-Usa asked, rolling her eyes. "Yeah." I answered quickly. "It's about time! It's no fun having a depressed love-sick "cousin" to play with. Now can we finish our game?" Chibi-Usa demanded. Usako looked up at me with starry eyes. "Ehh..go find a friend or something to play with. Mary or Madeline (AN: hehe that's my baby sister's name) or whoever she is." "MELISSA!! And she's not here. Oh great now I've got a GAGA "cousin" My life really stinks!" I leaned down to kiss her head. "Heyyy what's going on here?" I groaned and looked up to see four curious senshi. "We're back together." I said, smiling, and hugging Usako tighter. She flashed a gorgeous smile at me. "BACK TOGETHER?!?!?!" Four shocked senshi screeched, their mouths wide open. "It's a trick! I know it! He's gonna dump her again! Lemme at him!" Makoto growled, coming at me, but being held back by the other three. "Why would I want to do something stupid like that?" I growled back, standing sort of in front of Usako. "Hmm oh lemme think..oh yah 'cos you did it once before!!!" Makoto said. *Sweatdrop* Oh yah forgot about that. "Yeah well, I was stupid. I've..matured since then. And Usako is gonna be mine forever." I took her back in my arms and held her lovingly. Chibi-Usa, Rei, Makoto, Ami, and Minako all let out romantic sighs. "Ehh..okay, you convinced me. Now..fill me in on all the details bout you guys..huh huh?!" Makoto grinned. "No way! Get back evil senshi!" I laughed, walking away with Usako in my arms. I heard Makoto in the background. "We've GOT to get boyfriends!" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Hahaha! Done! I'm finally done! Yayyy!! I'm done with everything! All my missing work from school. And now school's over! Life is good. Time to kick back, relax, and spend my days sleeping in, pigging out, laying out in the sun in my new beautiful absolutly perfect bikini, and havin as much of a good time as I can with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Now, if I could only get out of my writer's block for It's All About the Money and For You. I'm also working on another fic called "Cupid" so be sure to check that out. Luckily, I already have the story line and hopefully won't have writers block. Please email me with your comments, suggestions, questions, flames, whatever! Luv ya bunches! Oh and go to my site! http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bridge/7255/smoon.html Sailor Bunny ^_^