A/N: I don't own anything. This is a Sei/Usa fic, with a female Star Fighter, so if you hate that kind of thing, perhaps you shouldn't be reading this.
Chapter One: Shooting stars.
After the Galaxia battle and Usagi' s goodbyes to the Star Lights, she went home and slept. Usagi longed for rest. Her body ached, her mind spun from trying to sort things out, but most of all, her heart hurt. More so than when Mamoru went to America. More so than when he didn't return her letters or calls. More so than when she found out that he was dead. Usagi stayed home in her room all alone. Luna tried talking with her, but to no avail. Usagi paid the black cat no attention. Usagi listened to Three Lights music nonstop, desperately hoping for a hidden message from Seiya. She never found it. Later, she would realize, how could she? She had been listening to a recording, from a studio.. and the only message that could have been hidden was one for Kakyuu. Usagi was a bit jealous. It was several days before Usagi could pull herself together. In those days of moping around was when Usagi realized just how hard Sailor Star Fighter defended her in that final hour. More than Mamoru ever did, or possibly even could. It wasn't Mamoru' s fault, Usagi knew that very well but...Fighter refused to give up, and refused to let Usagi give up, either. Usagi deeply regretted not thanking her properly. She regretted not properly getting to know each other the way they promised, as well. But hadn't she? She had understood much about Star Fighter and the Starlights during that battle. Why they were so cold..except for maybe Seiya. Why they were so determined...why they sang. Why their hearts were so heavy with guilt. Even.. why they loved their princess so. The day Usagi finally got her act together and left her room was a Monday. School wouldn't resume for a while. It had been severely destroyed by Galaxia's wrath. Usagi was startled from her thoughts by a hand on her shoulder. She looked up...Mamo-chan!
"Glad to see you're finally up," He said cheerily.
"Yeah.." Usagi scratched the back of her head, a goofy smile illuminated her face. Her stomach rumbled, and Mamoru laughed as he always did when she was hungry.
"Come on, I'll treat you," he said, winking at her.
"Lucky!" She shouted, clinging to him.
"What shall we get? Pizza? Noodles?" he asked.
"Dumplings!" She exclaimed with a toothy grin, squeezing his arm tighter.
"Hey, hey." He said affectionately.
The next few days went by slowly and uneventfully. Usagi and Mamoru spent every waking moment together, reuniting and listening to Usagi' s rendition of the events that occurred. One night, while sitting in a park Mamoru asked,
"Were you lonely with out me?"
"Of course!" was her cheerful reply. Mamoru swore he could hear the words she'd say before she even said them. So predictable.
"You seem to have made out okay, I'm glad,"
"Rei, Minako. Makoto, Ami...made me feel less alone,"
"They're great friends to have," He agreed.
"But...when I was my saddest...when I thought I couldn't go on...that I had to give up..."
Usagi eyed him carefully. He was listening intently.
"Seiya would appear and cheer me up," she paused, "he's what really helped me keep at it."
"I'm glad th-" Mamoru was cut off.
An ear piercing scream broke the stillness of the night. Nodding at another in agreement, they headed towards the noise.
"Give me your energy, the fire that burns in your soul!" said a strange looking monster, resembling a candle was draining a girl's energy. Tucking behind a water fountain, Usagi prepared to fight once more.
"Moon Eternal Make-up!"
Sailor Moon didn't see Mamoru anywhere, but did not think about that until later.
"Attacking a maiden on a moonlit walk is unforgivable! Agent of love and justice, pretty girl in a Sailor Suit, Sailor moon! In the name of the moon, I shall punish you!" she said her usual skit and posed. The monster threw two balls of energy at her, she dodged both easily.
"Nothing compared to Galaxia." she said.
She reached for her scepter, but it was gone. Destroyed in the battle against Galaxia, she remembered.
"Not good...definitely not good..." She said.
Smack. She was thrown backwards onto the ground.
"Shoot." She tried to stand up, but couldn't. Another ball of energy raced towards her. Then, on top of a streetlamp she saw...him. With a rustle of his cape he leapt forward and protected her with his own body. He fell to the ground and lay still, the guardian of the Earth.
"Sailor Moon, you have no choice but to run!!" he managed to spit out. She stood there a moment, tears in her eyes not wanting to leave, then took off to the trees. Using her communicator, she contacted the others.
"What? How Bothersome, Usagi." Rei said.
"I'll be right there!" Minako chirped.
"I'll come as quickly as possible." Makoto said.
Ami could not be reached.
Usagi sighed and looked to the sky. "Seiya..." she whispered, "Where are you when I need you?"
She heard Mamoru scream in pain and tears welled in her eyes. She ran back to him. He was laying on the g round, handsomely spread out. She listened to him breathing...just barely. His body was already getting cold.
"Mamo-chan..I love you." she whimpered, clutching on to him. The monster advanced.
"You will now give me your energy!"
"Hold it right there!"
Sailor Moon looked at the interruption. Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus,and Sailor Jupiter stood in the moonlight.
"Sailor of fire and passion, Sailor Mars! In the name of mars I will punish you!"
"Venus...love and beauty shock!"
The monster stumbled in its run towards the Sailor Senshi.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution!"
The monster dropped to it's knees.
"Mars flame sniper!"
The monster struggled, slowly standing up.
"Now, Sailor Moon!" Mars shouted.
"I can't." She whined.
"What do you mean?" Venus asked.
"The scepter, was destroyed." She told them.
"It can't be..." Mars trailed off.
"Deep...Submerge!"
"World...Shaking!"
"Dead Scream!"
The three attacks combined and turned the monster to dust.
"Uranus! Pluto! Neptune!" Sailor Moon yelled.
"Hey, koneko-chan." Uranus said playfully.
"I must return." Pluto said, garnet orb glowing.
"What's going on?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Someone is trying to enter the solar system." Pluto said, quietly disappearing.
"Sailor Moon, be careful if you can't fight anymore." Neptune said.
"I will do my best to protect you, but.." Uranus trailed off, the one she was talking to wasn't paying any attention. She was instead, clutching onto Mamoru.
"Mamo-chan, hang in there, wake up please!"
The others came over, but remained at a distance.
"He's not waking up!" Tears streamed down Sailor Moon's face.
"Call an ambulance." Rei said quietly.
At the hospital:
Usagi sat at Mamoru's bedside for hours holding his hand.
"Please Mamoru, wake up! I love you!" she cried.
The nurses found nothing wrong with him. But, he would not wake up. She fell asleep there, crying at his side. Early in the morning the nurse told Usagi to leave so doctors could perform tests. At home, Usagi listened to Three Lights music for hours. She sang with Seiya, wishing he was there to receive her message of loneliness.
"I wonder what Ami-chan's doing." she said to herself suddenly. Ami Mizuno always had a way of explaining things to keep Usagi going, so she decided to call. The answering machine picked up.
"Hi Ami-chan, it's Usagi! Call me back, bye!" She hung up and flopped backwards onto the floor. Usagi lay there for a while, until her mother came in.
"Usagi! You're going to school tomorrow. I got a letter from Rei's school saying until Juuban High is restored, you can attend there.
"What?" Usagi sweat dropped as she gave her mom a silly face.
That night Usagi looked out her window at the stars, hoping to find a shooting one to wish on. She fell asleep before she found one. The next morning Usagi woke up at 8:00 a.m. Lazily, she looked at the clock, then screamed.
"Rei's going to make fun of me for being so late!"
She dressed quickly, pulling her socks on as she stumbled down the hall. She grabbed her lunch and bag and ran out the door. She arrived to school at 8:30. Half an hour late. Usagi walked in, meekly.
"Tsukino Usagi, right?" the teacher asked.
"Yes." Usagi said, embarrassed. Rei was going to tease her for days about this.
"Welcome to our class. You may sit anywhere you like."
Usagi obediently found a seat and sat in it.
"Tsukino-san?" The teacher asked.
"Yes?"
"Have fun mopping after school." t he teacher said, writing something on the chalkboard.
Usagi' s head hit the desk in defeat. She could hear Rei giggling at her. Usagi balled up a piece of paper and threw it at Rei in spite.
"What the?" Rei yelled, standing up.
"Miss Hino, thank you for volunteering to help Miss Tsukino after school today." the teacher said.
Rei' s face turned red in anger. Usagi' s thoughts drifted to Mamoru. Her heart ached. When would he wake up? She missed him already. When you miss someone...it's your heart saying you need that person in your life, she thought. Before long, the bell rang,and she proceeded to mop the room with Rei. She kept her head down, worrying about Mamo-chan, being unable to fight..and strangely enough, Seiya.
"Cheer up, Usagi." Rei said, trying her hardest.
"How? With Mamo-chan like this will Crystal Tokyo ever be formed? What about Chibi-usa?"
"The fact that you met Chibi-Usa means that you and Mamoru made it to the future." Rei smiled.
"Maybe you're right." Usagi murmured.
"Hey look, we're done! Let's go to crown for a milkshake, my treat!"
Blurry eyed, Usagi said "Thank you Rei-chan!"