Temporary Insanity
By Kanashimi
eiennokanashimi@juno.com
***
"At the cost of the world..."
Setsuna moaned, her eyes closed, as her hands
tightened their grip on the blankets. "No," she
whispered. "No!" She opened her fever-glazed eyes. "I
won't let this happen... I won't!" Shoving the covers
aside, Setsuna sat up in her bed, then stood and
stumbled out the door.
Once she was outside of the room, she suddenly stood
straight up. Her eyes crinkled and she began to laugh
maniacally. "Nothing can stop me! I am free!" Setsuna
spun around in a circle, then skipped off to a
distance. She skidded to a stop in front of a grove
of trees and let out another gleeful giggle (yes, she
giggled!). "Nothing! I'm _free_! _FREE_!"
***
Michiru sighed. "Ne, Haruka... I'm worried about
Setsuna."
Haruka nodded, wrapping her arms around Michiru
comfortingly. "I know, Michiru.. I am too."
Michiru bit her lip. "You know how people can get
when they're sick, hallucinations and all." She
blinked.
"And with all that power she has.." Haruka's eyes
widened with sudden realization. "Kami-sama!" She ran
to Setsuna's room with Michiru following quickly
behind, only to find the room empty.
"Oh, no.." Michiru's eyes widened and she sucked in a
breath.
Haruka slammed a fist against the wall. "Shimatta!"
Michiru's eyes met Haruka's. "Do you think..?"
Haruka nodded grimly. "Hai. Let's go find her."
'Before it's too late', Michiru added silently.
***
Setsuna giggled and raised her Garnet Rod to open the
Time Gate. As the doors opened, her eyes lit up. "The
world is at my mercy," she whispered gleefully,
stepping through the Gate into solid darkness.
***
Chibi-usa ran up to Pluto. "Puu!" she cried out
tearfully. "Puu!"
Pluto held out her arms to the child. "Small Lady!
What's wrong?"
"I-I..." Chibi-usa started crying. "Mommy needs help,
Puu, but I.. I lost the ginzuishou!"
Pluto feigned a gasp. "How _could_ you, Small Lady?
How could you be so irresponsible?!"
"I didn't mean to!" Chibi-usa sobbed. "I only wanted
to look at it!"
Pluto sighed. "There's nothing we can do now.."
Chibi-usa blinked. "Can't Sailor Moon help us?" Her
voice was pleading.
Pluto shook her head. "I'm sorry, Small Lady. I can't
do anything that will endanger the timeline. You will
have to figure something out by yourself." With that,
she walked back into the shadows, into the Gate,
seemingly through the wall, and disappeared.
***
Pluto reappeared in her room, laughing. Triumphant,
mocking laughter. "They're all going to DIE," she
crowed, "because of ME! They're going to die! They're
all at my mercy! AT MY MERCY! _I_ am in control! I am
_GOD_!" The last came out as a shriek of laughter as
she began rolling on her bed. "I AM GOD!"
***
Chibi-usa stared at the wall Pluto had disappeared
into. She was alone in Crystal Tokyo. Alone. Her
mother and father were gone, the Senshi were gone...
everybody was gone. Chibi-usa let out a whimpering
sob. "I want my mommy.."
Laughter was heard about her. Chibi-usa looked up and
gasped as she saw Rubius. He grinned down at her.
"What's the matter, Rabbit? Are you scared?"
Chibi-usa raised her chin defiantly. "No!" Her voice
only trembled a little.
Rubius laughed again. "Not yet, huh? Well, you'll
learn to be soon enough!" He swooped down and grabbed
her, oblivious to her wild struggling. "Where is the
ginzuishou?" he hissed.
"I-I don't have it!" Chibi-usa shrieked as the hand
around her throat tightened.
"Yes, you do! Stop lying, brat!" The hand tightened
further. Chibi-usa clawed at the hand desperately,
unable to breathe, but to no avail. The pressure on
her throat didn't lessen any. Slowly, she lost
consciousness.
And so the Rabbit died.
***
The timeline was altered. Chibi-usa had died, so
there was no Black Lady. The Inners and their
Princess defeated the Black Moon Family easily. When
the Death Busters appeared, Hotaru couldn't become
Mistress Nine without Chibi-usa's pure heart- and she
also didn't make any friends. Sailor Moon managed to
turn into Super Sailor Moon with the Holy Grail, and
she defeated the Witches Five with the three Outers'
help. When the Dead Moon Circus appeared, there was
nobody to protect the Pegasus since Chibi-usa was
gone. So he died-and Sailor Moon didn't get her
power-up to become Super Sailor Moon permanently, but
the Outers were there since Hotaru hadn't been
reborn, and they could form the Holy Grail for Usagi.
They defeated the Dead Moon Circus, which leads us to
Galaxia and the animamates...
***
Haruka growled in frustration. "We're of no use to
them!"
"I just don't understand why we can't transform,"
Michiru whispered. "If we don't... the Inners will
surely..." her whisper dropped further.
Haruka scowled. "We won't let them! I won't let the
Princess die! URANUS PLANET POWER, MAKE-UP!" When
nothing happened, she slammed a fist into a wall.
"Damnit! MAKE-UP! Kami-sama, LET ME HENSHIN!" Haruka
collapsed to the ground, sobbing.
Michiru wrapped her arms around the distraught
Haruka. "Ara, Haruka.." she murmured, cuddling the
tall girl in her arms. "It will be alright..."
Haruka whimpered, "She can't die..."
***
The evil entity inside Hotaru was still there. She
couldn't take over her completely though, because
there was no pure heart crystal. And Hotaru couldn't
become Sailor Saturn since she hadn't been reborn -
and thus she couldn't help the other three Outers
power up to their Super forms, which meant the future
did not look good for the Inners and the rest of the
world.
***
Galaxia laughed, loudly, at the remaining two Senshi.
"What are you going to do now, Sailor Moon?" she
taunted. "You can't stop me, you weakling-I already
have most of your senshi in my grasp."
Mars hissed and threw herself at Galaxia, but Galaxia
only laughed. Mars suddenly froze in mid-leap, and
Galaxia shot her with her bracelets. Mars gasped in
pain as her star seed appeared, then fell to the
floor as Galaxia released her mental grip.
"REI-CHAN!" Moon fell to her knees, tears sliding
down her cheeks. "No! No!" She stumbled to Mars'
rapidly dimming body. "Rei-chan!" Moon held onto
Mars' hand tightly. "Don't leave me alone!"
"I'm sorry, Usagi.." Mars' eyes closed as she faded
away. Moon sat there, sobbing.
"Rei-chan..."
Galaxia strode over to Moon and kicked her. "You are
nothing without them, Sailor Moon. Nothing. Stand
up!"
Moon glared at Galaxia through her tears. "Give them
back! Give me my friends _back_!" She threw herself
at Galaxia, sobbing hysterically. "I WANT MY FRIENDS
BACK!"
Galaxia only snickered and threw Moon to the ground.
"Too bad." Her voice was mocking. "You can't have
them back." She raised her arms. "Now get ready to
DIE!"
Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna ran in. "I can't allow
you to harm our Princess." Haruka's voice was cold.
Galaxia laughed yet again (she does that too much,
ne?). "And who are _you_ to stop me?"
Haruka's eyes flashed dangerously. "You know who we
are."
Galaxia smiled mockingly. "Of course I do. I also
know that you can't transform. I know your age. I
know about your relationship with Sailor Neptune. I
know _all_ about you." Again, the loud, ringing
laughter. "ALL about you! MWAHAHAHAHA!"
The three Outers and Moon sweatdropped.
"Just because we can't transform..." Haruka muttered.
"She doesn't have to _laugh_ at us.." A peeved
Michiru gave Galaxia a look.
"We don't deserve this," Setsuna sighed deeply. She
closed her eyes, confused. 'This isn't supposed to
happen...'
Galaxia stopped laughing, finally noticing their
expressions. "Um, sorry, I got a little carried away
there." She let out an embarrassed cough.
"Just a _little_," Haruka muttered.
"AHEM! Anyway...you're all GOINGTO DIE!" More insane
laughter. "You're going to die, you ugly hags!"
Laughter. More laughter.
Sweatdrop.
Michiru growled, annoyed that this _woman_ was
laughing at her and Haruka, and calling them ugly to
boot. "Not in this lifetime!" She and Haruka threw
themselves at Galaxia simultaneously, but Galaxia
simply raised her hands and blasted them away.
"Fools," Galaxia scoffed, striding towards the fallen
Outers leisurely. "You can't hurt me; you're weak."
She kicked Michiru in her side.
Michiru curled up in pain, biting her lip to keep
from crying out. Haruka's eyes flashed dangerously as
she got up on her knees slowly.
"You might as well give up," Galaxia's eyes glowed.
"You're going to die anyway."
"Never," Michiru hissed, standing up.
"Three times the fool." Galaxia smiled cruelly and
blasted Michiru with her bracelets, then Haruka. The
fell down almost at the same time, crying out in pain
as their star seeds came out, shining brightly, and
began to float towards Galaxia. They began to fade,
slowly, then faster.
Frozen with shock, tears ran down Moon and Pluto's
faces.
"Haruka.." Michiru whispered.
"What is it?" Haruka turned her head slowly towards
Michiru.
"I want to touch you..." Michiru reached out her
hand, Haruka doing the same. As Haruka's hand brushed
across Michiru's lightly, Michiru smiled. "Haruka...
I can see the light..."
"It's warm.. Michiru.. I love you."
And then they were gone.
Screaming, totally losing her composure, Setsuna
threw herself at Galaxia, her fingers splayed out as
claws. Galaxia simply blasted her, and her star seed
came out.
"NO!" Moon ran over and fell to her knees besides
Setsuna's rapidly fading body. Tears streamed down
her face. "No! Setsuna-san!"
Setsuna reached up a hand, flickering dimly. Moon
took it in her own, holding onto it tightly.
"Princess," Setsuna's whisper was labored. "I'm so
sorry.. I failed you.."
"No," Moon whispered desperately. "You didn't fail
me! You didn't!"
Setsuna only smiled sadly and disappeared completely.
"NOO! Setsuna-san! Setsuna-san!" A heart-wrenching
wail escaped from Moon's lips.
Galaxia snickered. "What are you going to do now,
Sailor Moon? You're all alone."
"All alone..." Moon whispered, eyes wide with shock.
"They're gone.. all of them.. gone..." Tears fell
from her eyes, unnoticed, as she thought about her
friends, her mind going elsewhere...
***
Cloud swirled by peacefully. Usagi took a deep breath
of the flower-scented air. "Minna-san!" Her face
broke out into a delighted smile as her friends
walked up. The smile faded, and she blinked in
confusion as they all stared at her solemnly. "Na-
nani?"
A tear slid down Rei's cheek. "Sayonara, Usagi."
"Rei-chan?" Usagi looked at Rei. "What's wrong? Rei-
chan, what's wrong? Please! Don't cry!"
"We have to leave you, Usagi-chan..." Ami looked sad.
"But.. but.. why?" Usagi blinked back tears.
"Because.." Minako gave Usagi a tearful hug.
"Why?!" Usagi cried. "Answer me!"
One by one, Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki came up to Usagi.
Taiki blinked at Usagi. "Sayonara."
"Gomen nasai," Seiya whispered as he hugged her.
"Arigato," Yaten nodded coolly.
Tears fell from Usagi's eyes. "Yaten-kun, Taiki-kun,
Seiya-kun... why are you leaving me?"
Seiya shook his head and walked away, followed by the
other two Starlights.
"No," Usagi whimpered. "Come back!"
Mamoru wrapped his arms around Usagi. "I'm sorry,
Usako," he murmured.
Usagi buried her face in Mamoru' strong chest. "Why?"
It was a plaintive whisper.
"Sayonara, Usagi-chan..." Makoto gave a half-wave and
walked off with the rest of the Senshi. Mamoru left
as well, after giving Usagi a goodbye kiss.
"Aishiteru..."
"No.. no!" Usagi fell to her knees. "Mamo-chan! Rei-
chan!" Tears fell and were soaked up into her
ponytails as she whimpered, "Don't leave me alone,
minna-chan.. Mamo-chan.."
The three Outers appeared suddenly and walked over to
their Princess. They knelt down before her, then
Michiru got up and hugged the younger girl. "We're
sorry we failed you, Princess."
Usagi sobbed against her shoulder. "Why is everyone
deserting me? Michiru-san, Haruka-san, Setsuna-san,
please.. don't leave me alone!"
"Gomen nasai, Usagi-chan." Setsuna lowered her head,
sounding formal.
"We'll meet again someday, Odango." Getting up,
Haruka walked over to Usagi and tugged on her
ponytail lightly.
"No," Usagi whimpered. "Please don't go."
"We have to..." Michiru stepped away from Usagi.
"Gomen, Princess..."
***
Sailor Moon awoke to the reality of pain as Galaxia
threw her against the wall. "Fight me, Sailor Moon.
Fight me!"
"Minna-san..." Moon blinked back tears. "I can't do
this without you.." She closed her eyes tightly,
screaming out in pain as Galaxia hit her with another
blast of power.
"You will DIE, Sailor Moon!" Galaxia snarled. "You
will DIE!" Cackling loudly, she blasted Sailor Moon
over and over again. "Die!" Blast. "Die!" Blast.
"Die, damn you, _die_!" Blast; scream; laugh.
Moon lay on the ground, her body trembling from the
pain. As Galaxia took her star seed, she closed her
eyes tightly, her Sailor Moon uniform fading into
ribbons, which in turn faded back into her school
uniform.
Tsukino Usagi, age 16, lay on the ground in a pool of
her own blood. The vibrant blond everybody had known
and loved now lay there, her hair draping over her
dimming body and soaking up the blood around her.
"I'm sorry, minna-chan," Usagi whispered hoarsely. "I
tried, minna, I did.. I'm so sorry..." Her eyes
closed, she sighed-and her body stilled.
And so Tsukino Usagi, the Princess of the Moon, died
at the age of 16.
And Galaxia, once the Golden Senshi, continued to
laugh in the background as Chaos took over her
completely.
The world was now at Chaos' mercy. Humanity ended as
he took star seed after star seed. Earth became like
the Starlights' world -empty and devoid of all life,
but this time, there were no survivors...
***
Michiru ran over to Haruka. "Did you find her?" she
asked.
Haruka shook her head. "No. Do you think she went
back to the house?"
"Maybe." Michiru frowned. "Let's go."
***
Setsuna was still laughing as Michiru and Haruka
burst into her room.
Haruka grabbed Setsuna by the shoulders and shook her
hard. "Setsuna! Wake up!" She shook her more. "Wake
up, damn you!" she growled.
Setsuna blinked at Haruka in surprise and suddenly
stopped her outrageous cackling. "Wh-what?"
"What did you do, Setsuna?" Michiru's voice was soft;
worried.
"I-I..." Setsuna's eyes widened in sudden realization
and horror. "I just destroyed the world."
"WHAT?!" Haruka stared at Setsuna, her eyes
disbelieving.
"I did..." A tear slid down Setsuna's cheek. "I
killed us all..."
Michiru was about to step forward when she suddenly
collapsed to the ground, crying out.
"Michiru!" Haruka whirled around just in time to see
her lover disappear.
Another tear slid down Setsuna's face. "I'm sorry,
Haruka."
"What did you do?! What the _hell_ did you do?!"
Haruka's eyes filled with tears. "Michiru's-" She was
abruptly cut off as the pain hit her.
Setsuna let out a sob as Haruka disappeared. She
rocked back and forth, hugging her knees, crying.
"Haruka, Michiru.. I'm sorry.
Usagi, I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry.. please, forgive
me!" Her words ended in a shriek as a wave of intense
pain hit her. Over and over again, she screamed until
she grew unconscious, died, and disappeared.
"I'm sorry."
The voice was filled with pain and grief.
The voice was Setsuna's.
Screams were heard from all over the world. Within an
hour, all was silent. Within another hour, the world
was in ruins.
All life was ended.
The insanity that held Setsuna disappeared.
This was its price.
~~Finis~~
"Shimatta" is "damn" in Japanese, though I think the
literal meaning is "closed". "Kami-sama" is "God".
All comments, questions, criticism, etc, may be sent
to eiennokanashimi@juno.com ^^; Standard disclaimers
apply, BSSM does not belong to me, and yes, I did
plagiarize a bit in the H & M death scene.. but the
rest of this story is original! ^_^; And yes, this
story _does_ belong to me! So, please don't take it
or use it or anything without my permission. Thank
you, and have a nice day. ^^
By Kanashimi
eiennokanashimi@juno.com
***
"At the cost of the world..."
Setsuna moaned, her eyes closed, as her hands
tightened their grip on the blankets. "No," she
whispered. "No!" She opened her fever-glazed eyes. "I
won't let this happen... I won't!" Shoving the covers
aside, Setsuna sat up in her bed, then stood and
stumbled out the door.
Once she was outside of the room, she suddenly stood
straight up. Her eyes crinkled and she began to laugh
maniacally. "Nothing can stop me! I am free!" Setsuna
spun around in a circle, then skipped off to a
distance. She skidded to a stop in front of a grove
of trees and let out another gleeful giggle (yes, she
giggled!). "Nothing! I'm _free_! _FREE_!"
***
Michiru sighed. "Ne, Haruka... I'm worried about
Setsuna."
Haruka nodded, wrapping her arms around Michiru
comfortingly. "I know, Michiru.. I am too."
Michiru bit her lip. "You know how people can get
when they're sick, hallucinations and all." She
blinked.
"And with all that power she has.." Haruka's eyes
widened with sudden realization. "Kami-sama!" She ran
to Setsuna's room with Michiru following quickly
behind, only to find the room empty.
"Oh, no.." Michiru's eyes widened and she sucked in a
breath.
Haruka slammed a fist against the wall. "Shimatta!"
Michiru's eyes met Haruka's. "Do you think..?"
Haruka nodded grimly. "Hai. Let's go find her."
'Before it's too late', Michiru added silently.
***
Setsuna giggled and raised her Garnet Rod to open the
Time Gate. As the doors opened, her eyes lit up. "The
world is at my mercy," she whispered gleefully,
stepping through the Gate into solid darkness.
***
Chibi-usa ran up to Pluto. "Puu!" she cried out
tearfully. "Puu!"
Pluto held out her arms to the child. "Small Lady!
What's wrong?"
"I-I..." Chibi-usa started crying. "Mommy needs help,
Puu, but I.. I lost the ginzuishou!"
Pluto feigned a gasp. "How _could_ you, Small Lady?
How could you be so irresponsible?!"
"I didn't mean to!" Chibi-usa sobbed. "I only wanted
to look at it!"
Pluto sighed. "There's nothing we can do now.."
Chibi-usa blinked. "Can't Sailor Moon help us?" Her
voice was pleading.
Pluto shook her head. "I'm sorry, Small Lady. I can't
do anything that will endanger the timeline. You will
have to figure something out by yourself." With that,
she walked back into the shadows, into the Gate,
seemingly through the wall, and disappeared.
***
Pluto reappeared in her room, laughing. Triumphant,
mocking laughter. "They're all going to DIE," she
crowed, "because of ME! They're going to die! They're
all at my mercy! AT MY MERCY! _I_ am in control! I am
_GOD_!" The last came out as a shriek of laughter as
she began rolling on her bed. "I AM GOD!"
***
Chibi-usa stared at the wall Pluto had disappeared
into. She was alone in Crystal Tokyo. Alone. Her
mother and father were gone, the Senshi were gone...
everybody was gone. Chibi-usa let out a whimpering
sob. "I want my mommy.."
Laughter was heard about her. Chibi-usa looked up and
gasped as she saw Rubius. He grinned down at her.
"What's the matter, Rabbit? Are you scared?"
Chibi-usa raised her chin defiantly. "No!" Her voice
only trembled a little.
Rubius laughed again. "Not yet, huh? Well, you'll
learn to be soon enough!" He swooped down and grabbed
her, oblivious to her wild struggling. "Where is the
ginzuishou?" he hissed.
"I-I don't have it!" Chibi-usa shrieked as the hand
around her throat tightened.
"Yes, you do! Stop lying, brat!" The hand tightened
further. Chibi-usa clawed at the hand desperately,
unable to breathe, but to no avail. The pressure on
her throat didn't lessen any. Slowly, she lost
consciousness.
And so the Rabbit died.
***
The timeline was altered. Chibi-usa had died, so
there was no Black Lady. The Inners and their
Princess defeated the Black Moon Family easily. When
the Death Busters appeared, Hotaru couldn't become
Mistress Nine without Chibi-usa's pure heart- and she
also didn't make any friends. Sailor Moon managed to
turn into Super Sailor Moon with the Holy Grail, and
she defeated the Witches Five with the three Outers'
help. When the Dead Moon Circus appeared, there was
nobody to protect the Pegasus since Chibi-usa was
gone. So he died-and Sailor Moon didn't get her
power-up to become Super Sailor Moon permanently, but
the Outers were there since Hotaru hadn't been
reborn, and they could form the Holy Grail for Usagi.
They defeated the Dead Moon Circus, which leads us to
Galaxia and the animamates...
***
Haruka growled in frustration. "We're of no use to
them!"
"I just don't understand why we can't transform,"
Michiru whispered. "If we don't... the Inners will
surely..." her whisper dropped further.
Haruka scowled. "We won't let them! I won't let the
Princess die! URANUS PLANET POWER, MAKE-UP!" When
nothing happened, she slammed a fist into a wall.
"Damnit! MAKE-UP! Kami-sama, LET ME HENSHIN!" Haruka
collapsed to the ground, sobbing.
Michiru wrapped her arms around the distraught
Haruka. "Ara, Haruka.." she murmured, cuddling the
tall girl in her arms. "It will be alright..."
Haruka whimpered, "She can't die..."
***
The evil entity inside Hotaru was still there. She
couldn't take over her completely though, because
there was no pure heart crystal. And Hotaru couldn't
become Sailor Saturn since she hadn't been reborn -
and thus she couldn't help the other three Outers
power up to their Super forms, which meant the future
did not look good for the Inners and the rest of the
world.
***
Galaxia laughed, loudly, at the remaining two Senshi.
"What are you going to do now, Sailor Moon?" she
taunted. "You can't stop me, you weakling-I already
have most of your senshi in my grasp."
Mars hissed and threw herself at Galaxia, but Galaxia
only laughed. Mars suddenly froze in mid-leap, and
Galaxia shot her with her bracelets. Mars gasped in
pain as her star seed appeared, then fell to the
floor as Galaxia released her mental grip.
"REI-CHAN!" Moon fell to her knees, tears sliding
down her cheeks. "No! No!" She stumbled to Mars'
rapidly dimming body. "Rei-chan!" Moon held onto
Mars' hand tightly. "Don't leave me alone!"
"I'm sorry, Usagi.." Mars' eyes closed as she faded
away. Moon sat there, sobbing.
"Rei-chan..."
Galaxia strode over to Moon and kicked her. "You are
nothing without them, Sailor Moon. Nothing. Stand
up!"
Moon glared at Galaxia through her tears. "Give them
back! Give me my friends _back_!" She threw herself
at Galaxia, sobbing hysterically. "I WANT MY FRIENDS
BACK!"
Galaxia only snickered and threw Moon to the ground.
"Too bad." Her voice was mocking. "You can't have
them back." She raised her arms. "Now get ready to
DIE!"
Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna ran in. "I can't allow
you to harm our Princess." Haruka's voice was cold.
Galaxia laughed yet again (she does that too much,
ne?). "And who are _you_ to stop me?"
Haruka's eyes flashed dangerously. "You know who we
are."
Galaxia smiled mockingly. "Of course I do. I also
know that you can't transform. I know your age. I
know about your relationship with Sailor Neptune. I
know _all_ about you." Again, the loud, ringing
laughter. "ALL about you! MWAHAHAHAHA!"
The three Outers and Moon sweatdropped.
"Just because we can't transform..." Haruka muttered.
"She doesn't have to _laugh_ at us.." A peeved
Michiru gave Galaxia a look.
"We don't deserve this," Setsuna sighed deeply. She
closed her eyes, confused. 'This isn't supposed to
happen...'
Galaxia stopped laughing, finally noticing their
expressions. "Um, sorry, I got a little carried away
there." She let out an embarrassed cough.
"Just a _little_," Haruka muttered.
"AHEM! Anyway...you're all GOINGTO DIE!" More insane
laughter. "You're going to die, you ugly hags!"
Laughter. More laughter.
Sweatdrop.
Michiru growled, annoyed that this _woman_ was
laughing at her and Haruka, and calling them ugly to
boot. "Not in this lifetime!" She and Haruka threw
themselves at Galaxia simultaneously, but Galaxia
simply raised her hands and blasted them away.
"Fools," Galaxia scoffed, striding towards the fallen
Outers leisurely. "You can't hurt me; you're weak."
She kicked Michiru in her side.
Michiru curled up in pain, biting her lip to keep
from crying out. Haruka's eyes flashed dangerously as
she got up on her knees slowly.
"You might as well give up," Galaxia's eyes glowed.
"You're going to die anyway."
"Never," Michiru hissed, standing up.
"Three times the fool." Galaxia smiled cruelly and
blasted Michiru with her bracelets, then Haruka. The
fell down almost at the same time, crying out in pain
as their star seeds came out, shining brightly, and
began to float towards Galaxia. They began to fade,
slowly, then faster.
Frozen with shock, tears ran down Moon and Pluto's
faces.
"Haruka.." Michiru whispered.
"What is it?" Haruka turned her head slowly towards
Michiru.
"I want to touch you..." Michiru reached out her
hand, Haruka doing the same. As Haruka's hand brushed
across Michiru's lightly, Michiru smiled. "Haruka...
I can see the light..."
"It's warm.. Michiru.. I love you."
And then they were gone.
Screaming, totally losing her composure, Setsuna
threw herself at Galaxia, her fingers splayed out as
claws. Galaxia simply blasted her, and her star seed
came out.
"NO!" Moon ran over and fell to her knees besides
Setsuna's rapidly fading body. Tears streamed down
her face. "No! Setsuna-san!"
Setsuna reached up a hand, flickering dimly. Moon
took it in her own, holding onto it tightly.
"Princess," Setsuna's whisper was labored. "I'm so
sorry.. I failed you.."
"No," Moon whispered desperately. "You didn't fail
me! You didn't!"
Setsuna only smiled sadly and disappeared completely.
"NOO! Setsuna-san! Setsuna-san!" A heart-wrenching
wail escaped from Moon's lips.
Galaxia snickered. "What are you going to do now,
Sailor Moon? You're all alone."
"All alone..." Moon whispered, eyes wide with shock.
"They're gone.. all of them.. gone..." Tears fell
from her eyes, unnoticed, as she thought about her
friends, her mind going elsewhere...
***
Cloud swirled by peacefully. Usagi took a deep breath
of the flower-scented air. "Minna-san!" Her face
broke out into a delighted smile as her friends
walked up. The smile faded, and she blinked in
confusion as they all stared at her solemnly. "Na-
nani?"
A tear slid down Rei's cheek. "Sayonara, Usagi."
"Rei-chan?" Usagi looked at Rei. "What's wrong? Rei-
chan, what's wrong? Please! Don't cry!"
"We have to leave you, Usagi-chan..." Ami looked sad.
"But.. but.. why?" Usagi blinked back tears.
"Because.." Minako gave Usagi a tearful hug.
"Why?!" Usagi cried. "Answer me!"
One by one, Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki came up to Usagi.
Taiki blinked at Usagi. "Sayonara."
"Gomen nasai," Seiya whispered as he hugged her.
"Arigato," Yaten nodded coolly.
Tears fell from Usagi's eyes. "Yaten-kun, Taiki-kun,
Seiya-kun... why are you leaving me?"
Seiya shook his head and walked away, followed by the
other two Starlights.
"No," Usagi whimpered. "Come back!"
Mamoru wrapped his arms around Usagi. "I'm sorry,
Usako," he murmured.
Usagi buried her face in Mamoru' strong chest. "Why?"
It was a plaintive whisper.
"Sayonara, Usagi-chan..." Makoto gave a half-wave and
walked off with the rest of the Senshi. Mamoru left
as well, after giving Usagi a goodbye kiss.
"Aishiteru..."
"No.. no!" Usagi fell to her knees. "Mamo-chan! Rei-
chan!" Tears fell and were soaked up into her
ponytails as she whimpered, "Don't leave me alone,
minna-chan.. Mamo-chan.."
The three Outers appeared suddenly and walked over to
their Princess. They knelt down before her, then
Michiru got up and hugged the younger girl. "We're
sorry we failed you, Princess."
Usagi sobbed against her shoulder. "Why is everyone
deserting me? Michiru-san, Haruka-san, Setsuna-san,
please.. don't leave me alone!"
"Gomen nasai, Usagi-chan." Setsuna lowered her head,
sounding formal.
"We'll meet again someday, Odango." Getting up,
Haruka walked over to Usagi and tugged on her
ponytail lightly.
"No," Usagi whimpered. "Please don't go."
"We have to..." Michiru stepped away from Usagi.
"Gomen, Princess..."
***
Sailor Moon awoke to the reality of pain as Galaxia
threw her against the wall. "Fight me, Sailor Moon.
Fight me!"
"Minna-san..." Moon blinked back tears. "I can't do
this without you.." She closed her eyes tightly,
screaming out in pain as Galaxia hit her with another
blast of power.
"You will DIE, Sailor Moon!" Galaxia snarled. "You
will DIE!" Cackling loudly, she blasted Sailor Moon
over and over again. "Die!" Blast. "Die!" Blast.
"Die, damn you, _die_!" Blast; scream; laugh.
Moon lay on the ground, her body trembling from the
pain. As Galaxia took her star seed, she closed her
eyes tightly, her Sailor Moon uniform fading into
ribbons, which in turn faded back into her school
uniform.
Tsukino Usagi, age 16, lay on the ground in a pool of
her own blood. The vibrant blond everybody had known
and loved now lay there, her hair draping over her
dimming body and soaking up the blood around her.
"I'm sorry, minna-chan," Usagi whispered hoarsely. "I
tried, minna, I did.. I'm so sorry..." Her eyes
closed, she sighed-and her body stilled.
And so Tsukino Usagi, the Princess of the Moon, died
at the age of 16.
And Galaxia, once the Golden Senshi, continued to
laugh in the background as Chaos took over her
completely.
The world was now at Chaos' mercy. Humanity ended as
he took star seed after star seed. Earth became like
the Starlights' world -empty and devoid of all life,
but this time, there were no survivors...
***
Michiru ran over to Haruka. "Did you find her?" she
asked.
Haruka shook her head. "No. Do you think she went
back to the house?"
"Maybe." Michiru frowned. "Let's go."
***
Setsuna was still laughing as Michiru and Haruka
burst into her room.
Haruka grabbed Setsuna by the shoulders and shook her
hard. "Setsuna! Wake up!" She shook her more. "Wake
up, damn you!" she growled.
Setsuna blinked at Haruka in surprise and suddenly
stopped her outrageous cackling. "Wh-what?"
"What did you do, Setsuna?" Michiru's voice was soft;
worried.
"I-I..." Setsuna's eyes widened in sudden realization
and horror. "I just destroyed the world."
"WHAT?!" Haruka stared at Setsuna, her eyes
disbelieving.
"I did..." A tear slid down Setsuna's cheek. "I
killed us all..."
Michiru was about to step forward when she suddenly
collapsed to the ground, crying out.
"Michiru!" Haruka whirled around just in time to see
her lover disappear.
Another tear slid down Setsuna's face. "I'm sorry,
Haruka."
"What did you do?! What the _hell_ did you do?!"
Haruka's eyes filled with tears. "Michiru's-" She was
abruptly cut off as the pain hit her.
Setsuna let out a sob as Haruka disappeared. She
rocked back and forth, hugging her knees, crying.
"Haruka, Michiru.. I'm sorry.
Usagi, I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry.. please, forgive
me!" Her words ended in a shriek as a wave of intense
pain hit her. Over and over again, she screamed until
she grew unconscious, died, and disappeared.
"I'm sorry."
The voice was filled with pain and grief.
The voice was Setsuna's.
Screams were heard from all over the world. Within an
hour, all was silent. Within another hour, the world
was in ruins.
All life was ended.
The insanity that held Setsuna disappeared.
This was its price.
~~Finis~~
"Shimatta" is "damn" in Japanese, though I think the
literal meaning is "closed". "Kami-sama" is "God".
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plagiarize a bit in the H & M death scene.. but the
rest of this story is original! ^_^; And yes, this
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