She stared at her once thriving planet, now nothing more than smoldering ashes. She tried to turn away from it, but everywhere she looked, it was there. She whished she had a shoulder to cry on, but they had taken even her beloved Kurai.

"Kurai," she whispered. "Where have you gone?" She knew he wasn't dead...she hoped so, at least. Perhaps, perhaps he was just gone...gone to another planet, inhabiting another body. It is the spirit that lasts forever, she reminded herself, not the body. If that was true, then his spirit was out there, somewhere, perhaps asking the same questions she was.

She turned, and walked down from the high hill on which she stood. The wind ruffled her long dark hair, and at the same time, seemed to whisper the young princess's name...

"...Eclipse..."

Chapter 1

"Usagi?" cried Shingo, trying to talk through his laughter, "You? A tutor?"

"Yes, me, a tutor!" said Usagi, staring at her 19-year-old younger brother. He had grown into a handsome young man, as tall as Mamoru with glittering green eyes and soft brown hair. He was charming too, to just about every one but his sister. "It's a community service project one of my professors assigned to us! We have to help out younger people in some way, and I chose tutoring! The girl's name is Shinda Kaiki."

Shingo tried to insult Usagi some more, but he couldn't through his laughter.

"Oh, shut up, Shingo!" said Usagi.

"You two, stop fighting!" exclaimed Mr. Tsukino, peering over the newspaper at them. "Fight someplace else besides my breakfast table!"

"I think it's wonderful that Usagi is tutoring," put in Mrs. Tsukino.

"And, if I do I decent job, and we all know I will, I'll get an A for the year. You know what the means?" asked Usagi.

"What?" asked everyone.

"I'll graduate from college this year AND I wont have to take summer school!" Before her brother could make a remark, Usagi heard a knock at the door. "That's Mamo! Bye every one!"

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That afternoon, Usagi came home with a younger girl, probably fifteen or sixteen, trailing behind her. She had bright green hair in a large bun on either side of her head. She had matching eyes. Her skin was light, but not extremely. She was short, only an inch or two taller than Usagi's petite 4 feet 11 inches. She looked delicate, like if she tripped, she'd break when she fell to the floor.

The house was empty, except for the two girls, of course. Usagi decided to lay out their supplies on the kitchen table.

"Are you hungry?" she asked Kaiki.

"Uh-huh!" said the small girl with a nod. Usagi laughed.

"So'm I, I'm always hungry!" Kaiki smiled at the older girl, she liked her immediately.

Usagi got out a snack, and then they began to do some math problems. Most of them Kaiki ended up explaining to Usagi, but she did so in a way that Usagi still felt as though she were doing the tutoring, not Kaiki.

About a half an hour into the tutoring session, Shingo walked in.

"Kai-chan," said Usagi, motioning to her brother. "This is my brother, Shingo."

"Hi, Shingo," said Kai. She immediately liked the older boy, for some reason she couldn't place. The older boy seemed to barely notice her.

"Hey, Kai," said Shingo. He grabbed a snack, and left the room.

"That's brothers for you!" said Usagi with a shrug. Kai nodded.

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"Ohmigod!!" exclaimed Usagi. "Mamoru and I are going out in fifteen minutes! Oh no! What am I gonna do?" She and Kai had been at the table for a while, helping each other with homework and she had lost track of the time. "How'm I gonna get you home?"

As if on cue, Shingo walked into the room. "Shingo! My most favoritest darling younger brother dearest!"

"Nope," he said.

"What do you mean 'Nope'?! You don't even know what I was going to ask!"

"No, but I already know the answer. 'Nope'," he said.

"But why?" asked Usagi, whining.

"Because, I'm going to hang out with some people from school," said Shingo.

"Its ok," said Kai. "I can walk home."

"No you can't!" exclaimed Usagi. "You live on the opposite side of Tokyo!"

"Its okay, really. I like walking," Kaiki said.

"Where exactly do you live?" asked Shingo with a sigh. Kai explained it to him. "Well, I guess I could give you a ride. The place I'm going is ten minutes away from the apartment complex."

"Thanks a bunch, Shingo!" exclaimed Usagi. "You're the best!"

"Can I have that in writing?"

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Kai sat in the front seat of Shingo's car next to Shingo.

"Do you mind if I take my hair down? Its starting to hurt my head," asked Kai with a shy smile.

"I'm not surprised, that's a lot of hair. I thought Usagi had a lot of hair, but you have twice as much and its gorgeous," said Shingo. For a moment he wasn't sure why he had just told Kai that he thought she had gorgeous hair...it wasn't like he wanted to go out with her or anything. He shrugged the thought off.

"You care about her a lot, don't you?" asked Kai. Shingo was startled.

"Who?"

"Usagi."

"No, I think you've got it all wrong - "

"You two are both scared to admit that you love each other. I can see why. You two will be separated soon, and you want it to be easier," said Kai, with a faraway look on her face.

"How - what - ?"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything." She pulled out the ribbons that held up her two huge green buns, and slightly wavy hair came cascading down. Shingo couldn't help but do a double take as he looked at her. She was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. Kai giggled softly.

"Sorry..." mumble Shingo.

"What about?" asked Kai. Shingo shook his head.

"Nothing." There was a moment of silence, Kai was a very quiet person, who normally wouldn't talk unless spoken to, so it was up to Shingo to start the conversation. "How's the tutoring going?"

"Its ok," she said, unsure what else to say. She didn't want to say anything bad about Usagi's tutoring, like how it was Kai who was doing the tutoring, and Usagi was being tutored.

"I bet you're a strait A student already. Why would they give you to Usagi to tutor? Wouldn't they give tutors to the dumb kids?"

"I'm pretty new here, so they assume I'm dumb."

"Being new sucks."

"That's one way to put it, Shingo," she said with a soft laugh.

They talked and laughed like old friends. They soon reached Kai's apartment complex, and neither were very eager to have the green haired girl get out of the car.

Randomly, or so it seemed, Shingo asked, "What days do you come to be tutored?"

"Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every other Friday," said Kai as she hopped out. "Bye, Shingo."

"Goodbye, Kaiki," said Shingo. As he drove off, he muttered, "Damn! Tomorrow's Tuesday!"

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Mamoru and Usagi had had a wonderful dinner at a the grand opening of what was supposed to be one of the best restaurants in Tokyo, there were movie stars and rock stars and nearly every kind of celebrity at the opening. Mamoru had only been able to get passes because his uncle was the head chef.

Now they walked, still attired in their eveningwear (Usagi; a lavender dress and matching shawl and shoes. Mamoru; a dark suit), through a park. The summer night was beautiful, and every single star could be seen. The moon was out, it was very nearly full, and lit up the walk way for them.

"This was a wonderful evening," whispered Usagi to Mamoru. "Thank you so much."

"Anything for you," he whispered. They sat down on a bench, and looked at the stars.

"They're so beautiful," whispered Usagi.

"This is a very beautiful galaxy, kept beautiful by its Senshi," said Mamoru.

"Senshi that most of the citizens don't even believe in," said Usagi with a small sigh.

"Does it matter?" said Mamoru.

Usagi shook her head. "What matters is protecting this star. With you."

"We haven't had to protect it in a long time. Do you think perhaps the galaxy is finally at peace?" asked Mamoru.

"I hope s-" Usagi was interrupted by a scream.

"I jinxed it, didn't I?" said Mamoru.

"Guess so," said Usagi. "Moon, Eternal, Make, UP!"

Eternal Sailor Moon ran off, following the screams. Tuxedo Kamen was not far behind.

They came to a fainted couple underneath a cherry tree. They saw a dark figure running off.

"Hey! You! Get back here!" Eternal Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen ran after the figure. The figure stopped, and turned around to meet them.

The girl had long, long, strait dark blue-black hair. Her skin was deathly pale, and she had dark lips and eyes. Her skirt was navy blue, as was her collar. Her bows, one on the front and one on the back, were a slightly lighter shade of blue. Her gloves, if they could be called that, were black and they went all the way up her arm down to her knuckles. Her pale fingers were bare. She had no boots, only thick dark ribbons that twisted down her legs. Her feet were bare, and the long ribbons had been tied in bows behind her ankles, to keep her from tripping over them, most probably.

"Who are you?" Eternal Sailor Moon asked the girl who looked like death herself.

"I? I am Sailor Eclipse! And just who are you?"

"I'm Eternal Sailor Moon, and I'll not have you doing this to my people and my planet!" cried Eternal Sailor Moon.

"Its not going to be yours for long, Sailor Moon!" said Sailor Eclipse.

"And why's that?"

"TOTAL ECLIPSE!" screamed Sailor Eclipse. A dark ball of what seemed like pure, thick, dead, darkness was flung at Eternal Sailor Moon.

"No!" shouted Tuxedo Kamen, who pushed Eternal Sailor Moon out of the way, not a split second before the ball of darkness reached the spot where his love had been not a moment before. "Why are you doing this? You're - you're a monster!"

The girl ran off, tears streaming down her face.

***Just a nice intro chapter, that's why its not the most exciting chapter in the world ^^***