Author: Shirley aka Slytherish

Title: Fate So Beautifully

Genre: Romance

Warnings: Character-Death

Claimer: Story …

Disclaimer: Every character in here, every background information belongs to Naoko Takeuchi.

Plot: Mamoru can't escape the feeling that Usagi's love for him isn't how it used to be anymore. Usagi herself doesn't seem to notice, though. But before Mamoru can find out what's really going on, he gets in a fatal accident … Now there is only one person left who can get Usagi out of her sadness – and make her smile again.

A/N: So yeah, this is it. My second "Sailor Moon"-FanFiction - well, the first part of it. Currently I'm on the third (and final) part. I'm actually writing in German, so I'll try and translate this story if you are interested, and I hope you are! Also I hope my English is not that bad in here. Translating isn't as easy as I expected :D So, enjoy and let me know how you think about it! I'm trying to upload the first chapter asp, because everybody knows this scene in the prologue, so, yeah. Have fun. :3

Prologue

Night has already stretched over Tokyo. The moon stood high above, and the sky was so clear that you could see every single shining star. And somewhere out there … they were. Fighter, Healer, Maker … or just Seiya, Yaten and Taiki. It didn't matter how Mamoru named them. He didn't really know them. But he was truly grateful – they supported Usagi in the battle against Galaxia so much, and saved the live of so many people. And now … Now everything was in peace, the Evil was defeated. It was finally defeated. And they were happy.

A hand touched his arm and Mamoru averted his gaze from the spangled sky – just to look into a pair of eyes that was shining so much more beautiful and brighter than a thousand stars. Usagi timidly looked up at him.

"Mamoru …?"

He smiled gentle. "Hm?"

"Say …" Hesitatingly she looked down to the ground and linked her arms with him. "Do you love me?"

"Yes." Mamoru answered without thinking about that question. Of course he loved her – more than anything else in this world. And she knew that.

But still … "Really?"

He chuckled a little bit and nodded. "Yes!"

Usagi smiled, but then she looked inward and blushed. "And … How much?"

Mamoru sighed in his thoughts. Always everyone thought he would be so romantic – and he was indeed, but still … It wasn't that easy to put his feelings for her into words. Besides – what are words for? Even without words this moment was just … perfect. "Why do you want to know that now?"

She frowned indignant. Her voice was impatiend and a little bit excited. "Tell me!"

Now he really sighed but smiled, too. "So much that I …" He stopped and averted his gaze from her. Surely his own cheeks were so much more pinker than Usagis. "… that I'll never …" Slowly he looked down to her again and into an eagerly pair of eyes. "… leave you alone again, Usako."

The shine in her eyes became brighter and slowly she got tears in her eyes. A delighted smile appeared on her lips as Mamoru turned towards her and put his hands on her shoulders.

It was a promise. And he was serious. Mamoru would never ever leave her alone again – the decision to go to the USA for a whole year … How could he have been that stupid? But it was useless to feel terrible because of that. He was here, with her – forever.

Slowly he bended forwards to her and touched her lips with his own. It was the first kiss since their goodbye back then, and he put all his love, all his feelings into that kiss. For one thing because he was yearning for that moment for such a long time, just like she did – and for another thing because he wanted to clear his promise with this kiss.

Yeah, it was a promise … But how could he have known, that he had to break this promise very soon …