Ok this was a one shot songfic I decided to do more with. Thought it would be better without the song and more details. This chapter is Minako and Kunzite but when I continue it I will add the other senshi in it. I hope you enjoy reading!

Disclaimer: Are you reading this? Are you reading this on a fan fiction site? Can you read the word FAN? Well if you are reading this on a FANfiction site and not an author with too much time on their hands site, therefor it is reasonable to assume a fan is writing it and doesn't own any of it. BUT I do own a purple and black feather boa (Tim Curry anyone?).

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The only thing she could feel was empty pain, a hollowed out thudding of pain. Minako turned her head to look out at the rain that was falling on the other side of the window pane. Her face stared back at her, twin streams of tears fell across her cheeks, mirror images to the rain drops on the other side. Her mood matched so perfectly to the weather. Minako laughed quietly; it sounded so much like a book.

Minako closed her eyes as she thought of Kunzite, surprised she still gets upset over something that happened so long ago. He left her a thousand years ago cold and broken, and alone; always alone. She spent life times getting over the pain; throwing a couple of Crescent beams at him this time around helped some of course. It was so much easier to hate him when he was evil, but when he came back last year very much alive and very much back on the side of "good" hating him just didn't seem fair or right.

Minako sighed heavily and got up to drag herself to get ready for the party. Usagi was turning 20 and there wasn't a viable excuse to miss the party. Besides Minako didn't really want to miss the party, she loved spending time with her closest friends. So what if he was going to be there, its not like they really had to spend any of the time together. There would be more than enough people to keep her busy; she would make sure of it.

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Minako smiled brightly at Usagi, as her best friend blew out the candles on her birthday cake. The crowd cheered and Mamoru pulled the blond ordango in for a quick hug. Minako's eyes drifted to their right and locked briefly with dark gray irises and she was lost in lunar memories.

A movement behind me had me turning swiftly towards my interior door. The first general of Earth stood silently against the door frame. I smile slightly at the static person as he moved into the room, closing the door behind him. "Kunzite! I am happy that you came, we need to talk. I want to tell.." but the words died on my lips with one harsh glare from him. Confused I ask him "Kunzite, is everything OK?"

My name came out in an almost silent sigh. "Minako" His eyes just a bit darker than I remember never leave mine as he took a half step forward. "I just wanted to tell you I m sorry." Even more confused, I glanced up to stare at his frozen face.

"Sorry? Sorry for what, you haven t done anything." His face flashed a painful look before he quickly turned it away. When he finally turned back around to me he wore the mask he so often wore. He started to lift a hand to my hair, he always like my hair, but he stopped inches from my head. He let his hand fall stiffly back to his side and then turned to leave. "Kunzite what s going on?"

He turned slightly back to me a ghost of a smile on his face, "I would tell you if I could. You ll find out soon enough; and when you do you will understand. I can t stay anymore, it wouldn t be right." He walked to my door and with his hand on the door knob he glanced quickly over his shoulder. "One day I hope you will get to tell me what you wanted to tonight. Goodbye Minako" Silently he walked out of the door. I sat slowly on my bed, more confused than ever.

The next day was the worst day of my life, hell any of my lives. Barely dawn I was awakened by battle alarms ringing out in the kingdom. I went instantly into fighting mode. I knew it must be Beryl attacking, we have been ar a constant struggle with her since Earth was accepted into the silver alliance some three years earlier. I was surprised that she was attacking so soon after the last battle, we left her weak and she usually needed time to gather energy from whatever entities were helping her.

Mere moments after the initial alarm I was in senshi mode and out to the area of disturbance. There was destruction everywhere, I was soon met by the other senshi. "I don t understand, she shouldn't have this much power". Mercury stated, "how?"

Our answer came soon enough as the four generals from Earth appeared standing in a defense stance in front of Beryl herself. Jupiter grasped and Mercury was visibly shaken. "How, why? What s going on?" Makoto whispered, her eyes moving quickly between the generals and us.

"Who cares, if they are with her, they are against us." Mars drew her fiery bow and stepped forward to face off with her once lover. I followed suit drawling out my Artemis sword. The battle was fierce, moon knights and youma alike fell. One by one the other senshi and generals exhausted; and on a lone battlefield Kunzite and I were locked sword to sword. We were both tiring but neither one would quit. Finally I was forced to my knees, all my energy drained.

I looked up and watched as Kunzite brought his sword in a arch across my chess. Pain tore threw my heart, but some how I doubt it was from my wound. He stared down at me before lifting his hand to my hair taking a handful before dropping it back to frame my face. My eyes locked once more with his rocky gray ones before lifting the Artemis sword and plunging it into his heart. He fell to the ground, instantly dead.

As I was dieing I crawled over to his body and laid my head across his chest. "I was going to tell you that I loved you."

"Minako, MINAKO? Are you OK?" Minako was pulled out of her daydream to find everyone s eyes locked onto her. Her eyes found his easily and a look of understanding passed over his face briefly. Shaking her head slightly she smiled, "Sorry blond moment!" Flashing her signature V and mega watt smile, she turned her attention back to Usagi's party. She kept her mind on the party for the rest of the day. She was one of the last ones to leave. Hugging the princess, Minako walked out of the door of the Crown Arcade and into the pale glow of the full moon. Silently she made her way towards her apartment. Turning the final corner she was surprised to see the very man the occupied her mind and thoughts to be sitting on the stoop to her building.

Minako blinked "What are you doing here?" Realizing she sounded rude she added quickly to her statement, "Not that I mind, its just.." for a lack of a better word she settled for "Odd."

Kunzite stood up walking towards her, lifting his hands in the familiar gesture to hold her hair, dropping his hand again before actually coming in contact with her hair. Minako squinted her eyes as she stared up at her once lover. "Mina, I, I was wondering if tonight, when you blanked out a little bit at the party. Were you, were you remembering what happened, you know back on the moon?"

She nodded slowly, confusion still evident in her eyes. Kunzite sighed, "I think about it every day, I always have, even when I was in Beryl s control I remembered. There wasn't anything I could do about it though. I am not even sure how I came and saw you that night; how I did nothing to stop it. So now I think and I hurt and I want to say sorry and to explain."

Tilting her head slightly to the left she moved back two steps so she could look up into his eyes. "You already did that, you already apologized. You did that on the moon. You have no need to do it again or explain it to me. Its not like you owe me anything. The person you were committed to was Mamoru and he forgave you."

"No your right, I don t owe you anything, I owe you everything." Minako looked at him intensely, "Without you I wasn't even sure I was human, so cold and indifferent to people and life. You made me whole in a way no one else could have."

"And you gave me love. My whole life was based on love. Its what my planet is all about. Without you I don't think I would have understood just what it took to be the senshi of Venus, so thank you."

"I said one day I hoped you would tell me what you wanted to tell me that night and I want to know Minako, I have got to know."

Minako smirked before turning away from him, walking up the stone steps to the front door. She stopped as she laid her hand on the knob, turning her head back towards Kunzite, she smiled, genuinely smile at him before whispering. "I've already told you, you were just to dead in your heart to hear me." Slipping quietly into the building she shut the door to her apartment building and on her broken heart.

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Ok that's it for the first chapter. It could stay a one shot but most likely I will continue it and make them come together now. But I figured they would have to be forgiven for previous misdeeds before anything could happen this go round, so I wanted to do that. Now with a healed heart Minako is free to fall in love for real again!

By the way what does CANNON mean? And whats a beta reader? and does anyone know why I am so addicted to reality TV?

Always: Aphrodite