(A/N: Hello everyone! I'm at it again. A new story based on a collection of prompts! Thanks to Tumblr for these specific ones! Please enjoy, and as always, please review! Reviews make me smile. ~The Rising Phoenix~)

Cosmos - 736 Words - Prompt #25

"You have done well Usagi." Replied Cosmos

She stood with Usagi, floating amongst the clouds.

"I must tell you however, that you shall all be reborn. But, there has been a...change." Cosmos replied, unable to form her words in the way she wanted.

"You mean there's been a mistake? With what?"

"No...it was not a mistake. For in this lifetime, things played out how they should have."

Usagi looked at Cosmos confused. "Even with Mamoru and Seiya...all of that?"

"Yes. Things progressed exactly how they should have, especially with you saving me. But for the next lifetime, a different opportunity shall arise. You may not notice it at first."

"What's happening? Is everyone going to be okay? What about Crystal Tokyo? Wait, wait, this lifetime? Reborn? Cosmos, what is happenin!g? Why? What did we-What did I do wrong for us to start all over again?" Cosmos did not miss the panic in her voice, nor her taking sole responsibility for her team.

"You have done nothing wrong Usagi. Nothing. I can assure you of that."

"Then why are we starting over?" Usagi's eyes filled with tears, but she was much more mature than when she started out and refused to let them fall. She didn't quite believe Cosmos.

"I cannot tell you that. You know that. Now, as I was saying, a new opportunity will present itself that you won't see right away. But when you do, I'd like you to take it."

"What will happen then?"

"You will go through that life however it is supposed to go."

"What of Crystal Tokyo?"

"Usagi, there will come a time where will you have much doubt about everything, especially yourself. While that is nothing new for you, it is really important you trust yourself; that you trust your heart."

"What will happen if I don't? What will happen if I make a mistake or I let my doubts win?"

"All I can say is that Crystal Tokyo will not nearly be as bright…"

Usagi swallowed hard, a large lump having formed in her throat. To her that implicated total destruction; obliteration of Crystal Tokyo. She shook her head, her eyes still wide.

"Usagi, you just saved me. Don't you dare think you are incapable of following your heart. Yes, your doubts are very powerful, but your heart is even stronger."

"I can't. Please don't make us start over. We're all dead anyway. Why do we have to go back?"

"Sweet Usagi. Please don't worry. You will be alright."

"Wait, if we're starting over, will we remember anything?"

"I can say that you and the inner scouts will be around 16 years old, and there will be a slight alternate: The Inner and Outer Scouts will be united from the beginning, including Saturn. Additionally...Haruka is your older sister. You and the scouts will know that. However, the starlights will not appear."

Usagi felt herself beginning to have a small panic attack. This wasn't happening. Her friends, every single one of them: new, old, loyal to a fault...They all just perished right in front of her.

What was the point of any of this if she was going to have to watch them all die in front of her again?

What was the point when she couldn't save them?

Why couldn't they all just be done and live in eternal peace?

"How will I know what to do?"

"Trust your heart. That's all I can tell you."

"What if it leads me wrong?"

"Has it ever lead you wrong before?"

"I'm beginning to think so…" Usagi muttered more to herself than Cosmos.

"But what about you?" Usagi said after a moment of silence between the two.

"Me? Honey don't worry about me. I won't be apart of this."

"Why not?"

"This won't involve me. I'll be watching. I'll always be watching, with your mother."

"I'll miss you." Usagi finally let her tears fall, as she launched herself into Cosmos awaiting arms in a crushing hug.

"Close your eyes."

"I'll miss you." Usagi repeated, as she did as she was instructed and felt Cosmos place a kiss to her forehead.

"Sweet Usagi…" Cosmos said, as Usagi faded away into nothingness "You won't remember me until it is time to remember me." She finished sadly, as one by one she watched every single sailor scout, including Chibiusa and Tuxedo Mask slowly disappear just like Usagi.

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