Summary: Hints of Seiya/Usagi, eventual Seiya/Haruka The final battle. My
way. Poor Haruka and Seiya.
Rating: PG-13
Winds of Love
"Galaxia, NO!!" Fighter screamed as she jumped in front of the sword being thrust at Sailor Moon. The sword pierced her stomach causing Fighter to close her eyes and gasp in pain.
"Baka!" yelled Galaxia removing the sword from the wound. "Ah well, now you'll just die sooner." she said laughing evilly as Fighter fell through the sky.
"Fighter!!" Maker and Healer screamed running to where she had fallen. Healer pulled Fighter into her arms as she and Maker prayed that the unthinkable had not happened and that their leader was still alive.
Fighter's eyes slowly opened and she looked at Sailor Moon who had fallen to her knees in anguish at having watched another of her close friends take a blow meant for her. She buried her head in her hands and her body shook with sobs. This hurt Fighter more than the sword that had nearly killed her. The pain in her heart was so intense she nearly closed her eyes again but first she looked at her comrades' faces which mirrored the sadness she was feeling.
"Healer. . . Maker. . ." Fighter choked out as she reached out to them. Healer grabbed her hand in a grip that told Fighter everything she couldn't put into words.
"Please," gasped the wounded Starlight.
"Yes, anything. . ." Maker responded.
"Tell Sailor Moon. . . tell her that I love her. . . and tell her that. . . I'm sorry."
"Sorry? What could you possibly have to be sorry for. . .?" Healer asked, her tears running unnoticed down her cheeks.
"Tell her I'm sorry. . . I couldn't. . . protect her." Fighter whispered as she sank into the darkness. Her hand falling limp in Maker's grip. The anguished cries of her closest friends were the last things she heard before all of her senses faded into nothing.
****
Fighter could feel herself floating. Something had awakened her, but she couldn't remember what it was. Then she heard it again, a familiar voice calling out her name. She struggled to open her eyes but they felt like two lead weights. She was just about to give up and return to her peaceful slumber when the voice called her again, this time she recognized it. It was Pluto and she sounded very urgent.
Fighter willed her eyes to open and this time she was able to force them to thin slits. The sight before her made her open them completely and sit up quickly with a gasp. Then she moaned in pain, grasping her head and closing her eyes as her vision swam.
When the dizziness had faded, Fighter opened her eyes again. All hopes that she was hallucinating were lost when she realized the sight before her wasn't going to go away.
"Now I know I'm dead," Fighter said as she looked around at the ghostly figures of the other senshi surrounding her. Each and every one of them had given up their own lives to protect their princess. Fighter's guilt washed over her again and she could no longer look into their sorrowful faces as her own eyes filled with tears of shame.
"I'll never forgive myself," she whispered, hitting the floor with her fist in anger. "I let her down. I let everyone down. I'm probably better off dead. At least then I can't hurt her anymore."
"Don't say that Fighter," said Sailor Mars, bending down to put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You did the best you could."
"Oh yeah," she said her voice showing the contempt she felt for herself as she looked at Mars. "Then why am I here? Why am I not still there protecting her?" She searched Mars' eyes for an answer, but finding none, she seemed to sink down into herself in defeat.
The other inner senshi knelt around Fighter trying to find a way to show her that what she did had been protecting Sailor Moon, but she wouldn't listen to them. Nothing they told her could make her forgive herself.
Fighter was so engrossed in her own self loathing that she didn't notice the outer senshi standing a little ways off. Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto all had similar looks of exasperation on their faces. They couldn't believe how stupid Fighter was being, of course she hadn't let everyone down. Uranus, on the other hand, was clenching her fists in anger. Neptune placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder to try to stop her, but finally Uranus couldn't take anymore of Fighter's pathetic ramblings.
"Stop it!" she screamed pushing through the other senshi to stand in front of Fighter. "Just stop it!" She paused, looming over the Starlight, waiting for a reaction. When there was none, she tried again. "Tell me why you think you're here Fighter." When she didn't respond, Uranus pulled her up by her shoulders so that they were face to face. "Come on, tell me." [1]
Fighter refused to look Uranus in the eyes so Uranus pushed her away in disgust.
"You're pathetic, you know that. You sit there telling everyone how you failed. How you couldn't protect Sailor Moon. Well that's where you're wrong. You're here because you protected her not because you failed at it." This made Fighter look at her in surprise. She opened her mouth to protest, but Uranus gripped her shoulders again refusing to let her speak.
"Now listen up Fighter," Uranus said looking her straight in the eyes. "What I'm going to say next is very important, so don't you dare interrupt me. We all love our princess, and even though I hate admitting it, so do you. We all want to do everything we can to protect her. Now, the rest of us can't help her because we no longer have anything connecting us with the real world, but you do."
"N-nani?" Fighter asked in confusion finally coming out of her self loathing.
Uranus stepped back allowing Pluto to take over the explanations now that Fighter was once again listening to reason.
"We each have a little bit of power left in us, even though our bodies disappeared when our Star Seeds were stolen." said Pluto trying to explain. "Since your Star Seed wasn't stolen your body is still on Earth. Even though you received that fatal wound your body is still alive, so your soul can still interact with the people there."
"I'm not quite sure I understand." said Fighter.
"You still want to protect Sailor Moon, don't you?" asked Uranus beginning to feel exasperated.
Fighter nodded.
"Well, the power we can give you will allow you to do that."
Understanding finally dawned on Fighter and her face lit up with happiness.
"I warn you though," said Pluto. "This power won't allow you to stay in the real world for long. Once you give the power to Sailor Moon you will be unable to maintain your presence there."
"I understand," Fighter stated simply. "I don't care as long as I can protect her."
"I thought you might say that," said Pluto as she stepped forward and leaned into Fighter.
"Wh-What are doing?" asked Fighter, taking a step back.
"The easiest way to pass our energy on to you is through the lips." Pluto stated simply.
"Oh. . ."
Fighter paused, blushing, then shrugged her shoulders and pressed her lips to Pluto's. She felt Pluto's energy pass into her own body. When she pulled back she smiled softly in thanks to her, and then turned to Saturn. She continued in this manner until she faced Neptune. Fighter glanced warily at Uranus whose arms were crossed tightly over her chest.
"It's for the princess so I won't stop you." Uranus said calmly. "But, if you ever touch my Michiru again, I'll kill you."
Fighter smiled as she pressed her own lips to Neptune's thinking how lucky she was. Uranus' threat didn't scare her since she was already dead. She then turned to Uranus and as they pressed their lips together she felt rather than heard Uranus say, "You may be dead, but there are still many more ways I can find to torture you."
Fighter pulled back quickly and turned to leave when she heard Uranus whisper, "I know you can protect her Fighter, even if you don't."
Fighter turned back to Uranus and touched her cheek. She looked into the surprised eyes of her reluctant comrade and said just as quietly "I always knew you had a good heart." Then she walked off into the light.
****
Galaxia laughed evilly as she watched the pathetic sight before her. The two Starlights were kneeling over their dying friend completely oblivious to everything around them. Including the fact that they had left Sailor Moon, who was collapsed on the ground sobbing into her hands, completely defenseless. She gave herself a few more minutes to savor her victory before she headed in for the kill.
Galaxia rushed at Sailor Moon once again, her sword raised in preparation for her attack. She was just about to strike the final blow when a bright, white light surrounded her intended target. Galaxia's sword glanced off an invisible barrier and she was thrown backwards as if the barrier had reflected her blow back onto her.
Sailor Moon didn't notice the white light surrounding her until she heard Fighter's voice calling to her faintly. She looked up quickly in astonishment and watched as the girl she thought she'd never see again walked slowly up to her a smile lighting up her face.
Sailor Moon was frozen, she didn't even breathe for fear that if she did Fighter would disappear like everyone else she loved had. When Fighter was finally standing over her looking down with love in her eyes Sailor Moon leaped up to hug her with a cry of joy.
"Fighter!" she cried. "You're alive! I never thought I'd see you again. . ." But as Sailor Moon reached out to Fighter, her hand passed through her as if she were made of air. She pulled her hand back quickly a look of confusion entering her eyes. She looked first at her hand and then back at Fighter, realizing as she did that Fighter's form was hazy.
"I'm sorry odango," Fighter apologized quietly her eyes downcast. "I can't appear to you as anything but a ghostly figure. You can't touch me and I wouldn't be able to feel your touch if you could."
Fighter looked back up into her love's eyes and Sailor Moon saw that Fighter's eyes were misty with tears. Her own eyes began to fill but, Fighter quickly continued. "Please don't cry odango. Seeing you cry because of me hurts too much. So please don't."
"Why are you here?" Sailor Moon asked trying to keep her tears from falling. She didn't succeed and the resulting pain she saw in Fighter's eyes only made her cry harder. Fighter reached forward to comfort her but realizing there was nothing she could do she clenched her fist by her side.
She took a deep breath before she looked up once again and answered Sailor Moon as best she could.
"I'm here to protect you." Fighter told Sailor Moon staring deeply into her eyes.
"Nani?"
"When I passed out I awoke to find myself surrounded by the spirits of the other senshi. They told me that if I still wanted to protect you, they would give me their remaining energy to allow me to do so." Understanding began to dawn on Sailor Moon and she quickly broke in to stop Fighter.
"But if you give me all the energy left in you. . ."
"I know. . . I'll probably die from it, but that's a risk I'm willing to take as long as I can protect you. Here is all the energy I have left, take it and save the world Sailor Moon. . . Usagi. . . my love."
"Fighter no, you can't!!" Sailor Moon screamed, but it was already too late. Fighter's form began to fade and a whirlwind of energy surrounded Sailor Moon. She could feel Fighter's power rushing into her, giving her new strength.
****
Galaxia, Maker, and Healer watched as the light surrounding Sailor Moon exploded in a flash of color. From the color Sailor Moon emerged a determined look on her face. Her outfit looked different as well. Her wings remained, but her top had been shortened revealing her stomach and the brooch on her chest had transformed into the shape of a star with wings on either side of it.
Fighter, she thought, closing her eyes and holding her hands over the brooch. I won't forget what you've done for me. When I beat Galaxia I WILL find a way to save you. Even if I have to give my own life to do it, I won't let you die because of me. That's a promise.
The promise still ringing through her mind, Sailor Moon rushed forward into the battle that would seal all of their fates.
****
[1] Originally Uranus was going to grab a hold of Fighter's collar.until I realized.Fighter has no collar to grab a hold of.and it would be too painful on skin.so.its shoulders, bear with me people. ;
me: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I've mastered the art of the cliffhanger ending. I even got the great CSF upset.
CSF: *holding rough copy of manuscript* ..how.could.you..?!
me: Hehe, I learned from the best.
CSF: .compliments will not save you from my wrath.
me: What wrath, oh midget writer?
CSF: ITS NOT MY FAULT I HAVE TO STAND ON A DAMN STOOL IN BIOLOGY!!!
me: *puts an arm on CSF's head* yeah, but you make a good arm rest.
CSF: .*TWITCH* Saggitarius.
me: yes.?
CSF: DIE!!! *starts beating Saggitarius with the manuscript repeatedly*
Rating: PG-13
Winds of Love
"Galaxia, NO!!" Fighter screamed as she jumped in front of the sword being thrust at Sailor Moon. The sword pierced her stomach causing Fighter to close her eyes and gasp in pain.
"Baka!" yelled Galaxia removing the sword from the wound. "Ah well, now you'll just die sooner." she said laughing evilly as Fighter fell through the sky.
"Fighter!!" Maker and Healer screamed running to where she had fallen. Healer pulled Fighter into her arms as she and Maker prayed that the unthinkable had not happened and that their leader was still alive.
Fighter's eyes slowly opened and she looked at Sailor Moon who had fallen to her knees in anguish at having watched another of her close friends take a blow meant for her. She buried her head in her hands and her body shook with sobs. This hurt Fighter more than the sword that had nearly killed her. The pain in her heart was so intense she nearly closed her eyes again but first she looked at her comrades' faces which mirrored the sadness she was feeling.
"Healer. . . Maker. . ." Fighter choked out as she reached out to them. Healer grabbed her hand in a grip that told Fighter everything she couldn't put into words.
"Please," gasped the wounded Starlight.
"Yes, anything. . ." Maker responded.
"Tell Sailor Moon. . . tell her that I love her. . . and tell her that. . . I'm sorry."
"Sorry? What could you possibly have to be sorry for. . .?" Healer asked, her tears running unnoticed down her cheeks.
"Tell her I'm sorry. . . I couldn't. . . protect her." Fighter whispered as she sank into the darkness. Her hand falling limp in Maker's grip. The anguished cries of her closest friends were the last things she heard before all of her senses faded into nothing.
****
Fighter could feel herself floating. Something had awakened her, but she couldn't remember what it was. Then she heard it again, a familiar voice calling out her name. She struggled to open her eyes but they felt like two lead weights. She was just about to give up and return to her peaceful slumber when the voice called her again, this time she recognized it. It was Pluto and she sounded very urgent.
Fighter willed her eyes to open and this time she was able to force them to thin slits. The sight before her made her open them completely and sit up quickly with a gasp. Then she moaned in pain, grasping her head and closing her eyes as her vision swam.
When the dizziness had faded, Fighter opened her eyes again. All hopes that she was hallucinating were lost when she realized the sight before her wasn't going to go away.
"Now I know I'm dead," Fighter said as she looked around at the ghostly figures of the other senshi surrounding her. Each and every one of them had given up their own lives to protect their princess. Fighter's guilt washed over her again and she could no longer look into their sorrowful faces as her own eyes filled with tears of shame.
"I'll never forgive myself," she whispered, hitting the floor with her fist in anger. "I let her down. I let everyone down. I'm probably better off dead. At least then I can't hurt her anymore."
"Don't say that Fighter," said Sailor Mars, bending down to put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You did the best you could."
"Oh yeah," she said her voice showing the contempt she felt for herself as she looked at Mars. "Then why am I here? Why am I not still there protecting her?" She searched Mars' eyes for an answer, but finding none, she seemed to sink down into herself in defeat.
The other inner senshi knelt around Fighter trying to find a way to show her that what she did had been protecting Sailor Moon, but she wouldn't listen to them. Nothing they told her could make her forgive herself.
Fighter was so engrossed in her own self loathing that she didn't notice the outer senshi standing a little ways off. Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto all had similar looks of exasperation on their faces. They couldn't believe how stupid Fighter was being, of course she hadn't let everyone down. Uranus, on the other hand, was clenching her fists in anger. Neptune placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder to try to stop her, but finally Uranus couldn't take anymore of Fighter's pathetic ramblings.
"Stop it!" she screamed pushing through the other senshi to stand in front of Fighter. "Just stop it!" She paused, looming over the Starlight, waiting for a reaction. When there was none, she tried again. "Tell me why you think you're here Fighter." When she didn't respond, Uranus pulled her up by her shoulders so that they were face to face. "Come on, tell me." [1]
Fighter refused to look Uranus in the eyes so Uranus pushed her away in disgust.
"You're pathetic, you know that. You sit there telling everyone how you failed. How you couldn't protect Sailor Moon. Well that's where you're wrong. You're here because you protected her not because you failed at it." This made Fighter look at her in surprise. She opened her mouth to protest, but Uranus gripped her shoulders again refusing to let her speak.
"Now listen up Fighter," Uranus said looking her straight in the eyes. "What I'm going to say next is very important, so don't you dare interrupt me. We all love our princess, and even though I hate admitting it, so do you. We all want to do everything we can to protect her. Now, the rest of us can't help her because we no longer have anything connecting us with the real world, but you do."
"N-nani?" Fighter asked in confusion finally coming out of her self loathing.
Uranus stepped back allowing Pluto to take over the explanations now that Fighter was once again listening to reason.
"We each have a little bit of power left in us, even though our bodies disappeared when our Star Seeds were stolen." said Pluto trying to explain. "Since your Star Seed wasn't stolen your body is still on Earth. Even though you received that fatal wound your body is still alive, so your soul can still interact with the people there."
"I'm not quite sure I understand." said Fighter.
"You still want to protect Sailor Moon, don't you?" asked Uranus beginning to feel exasperated.
Fighter nodded.
"Well, the power we can give you will allow you to do that."
Understanding finally dawned on Fighter and her face lit up with happiness.
"I warn you though," said Pluto. "This power won't allow you to stay in the real world for long. Once you give the power to Sailor Moon you will be unable to maintain your presence there."
"I understand," Fighter stated simply. "I don't care as long as I can protect her."
"I thought you might say that," said Pluto as she stepped forward and leaned into Fighter.
"Wh-What are doing?" asked Fighter, taking a step back.
"The easiest way to pass our energy on to you is through the lips." Pluto stated simply.
"Oh. . ."
Fighter paused, blushing, then shrugged her shoulders and pressed her lips to Pluto's. She felt Pluto's energy pass into her own body. When she pulled back she smiled softly in thanks to her, and then turned to Saturn. She continued in this manner until she faced Neptune. Fighter glanced warily at Uranus whose arms were crossed tightly over her chest.
"It's for the princess so I won't stop you." Uranus said calmly. "But, if you ever touch my Michiru again, I'll kill you."
Fighter smiled as she pressed her own lips to Neptune's thinking how lucky she was. Uranus' threat didn't scare her since she was already dead. She then turned to Uranus and as they pressed their lips together she felt rather than heard Uranus say, "You may be dead, but there are still many more ways I can find to torture you."
Fighter pulled back quickly and turned to leave when she heard Uranus whisper, "I know you can protect her Fighter, even if you don't."
Fighter turned back to Uranus and touched her cheek. She looked into the surprised eyes of her reluctant comrade and said just as quietly "I always knew you had a good heart." Then she walked off into the light.
****
Galaxia laughed evilly as she watched the pathetic sight before her. The two Starlights were kneeling over their dying friend completely oblivious to everything around them. Including the fact that they had left Sailor Moon, who was collapsed on the ground sobbing into her hands, completely defenseless. She gave herself a few more minutes to savor her victory before she headed in for the kill.
Galaxia rushed at Sailor Moon once again, her sword raised in preparation for her attack. She was just about to strike the final blow when a bright, white light surrounded her intended target. Galaxia's sword glanced off an invisible barrier and she was thrown backwards as if the barrier had reflected her blow back onto her.
Sailor Moon didn't notice the white light surrounding her until she heard Fighter's voice calling to her faintly. She looked up quickly in astonishment and watched as the girl she thought she'd never see again walked slowly up to her a smile lighting up her face.
Sailor Moon was frozen, she didn't even breathe for fear that if she did Fighter would disappear like everyone else she loved had. When Fighter was finally standing over her looking down with love in her eyes Sailor Moon leaped up to hug her with a cry of joy.
"Fighter!" she cried. "You're alive! I never thought I'd see you again. . ." But as Sailor Moon reached out to Fighter, her hand passed through her as if she were made of air. She pulled her hand back quickly a look of confusion entering her eyes. She looked first at her hand and then back at Fighter, realizing as she did that Fighter's form was hazy.
"I'm sorry odango," Fighter apologized quietly her eyes downcast. "I can't appear to you as anything but a ghostly figure. You can't touch me and I wouldn't be able to feel your touch if you could."
Fighter looked back up into her love's eyes and Sailor Moon saw that Fighter's eyes were misty with tears. Her own eyes began to fill but, Fighter quickly continued. "Please don't cry odango. Seeing you cry because of me hurts too much. So please don't."
"Why are you here?" Sailor Moon asked trying to keep her tears from falling. She didn't succeed and the resulting pain she saw in Fighter's eyes only made her cry harder. Fighter reached forward to comfort her but realizing there was nothing she could do she clenched her fist by her side.
She took a deep breath before she looked up once again and answered Sailor Moon as best she could.
"I'm here to protect you." Fighter told Sailor Moon staring deeply into her eyes.
"Nani?"
"When I passed out I awoke to find myself surrounded by the spirits of the other senshi. They told me that if I still wanted to protect you, they would give me their remaining energy to allow me to do so." Understanding began to dawn on Sailor Moon and she quickly broke in to stop Fighter.
"But if you give me all the energy left in you. . ."
"I know. . . I'll probably die from it, but that's a risk I'm willing to take as long as I can protect you. Here is all the energy I have left, take it and save the world Sailor Moon. . . Usagi. . . my love."
"Fighter no, you can't!!" Sailor Moon screamed, but it was already too late. Fighter's form began to fade and a whirlwind of energy surrounded Sailor Moon. She could feel Fighter's power rushing into her, giving her new strength.
****
Galaxia, Maker, and Healer watched as the light surrounding Sailor Moon exploded in a flash of color. From the color Sailor Moon emerged a determined look on her face. Her outfit looked different as well. Her wings remained, but her top had been shortened revealing her stomach and the brooch on her chest had transformed into the shape of a star with wings on either side of it.
Fighter, she thought, closing her eyes and holding her hands over the brooch. I won't forget what you've done for me. When I beat Galaxia I WILL find a way to save you. Even if I have to give my own life to do it, I won't let you die because of me. That's a promise.
The promise still ringing through her mind, Sailor Moon rushed forward into the battle that would seal all of their fates.
****
[1] Originally Uranus was going to grab a hold of Fighter's collar.until I realized.Fighter has no collar to grab a hold of.and it would be too painful on skin.so.its shoulders, bear with me people. ;
me: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I've mastered the art of the cliffhanger ending. I even got the great CSF upset.
CSF: *holding rough copy of manuscript* ..how.could.you..?!
me: Hehe, I learned from the best.
CSF: .compliments will not save you from my wrath.
me: What wrath, oh midget writer?
CSF: ITS NOT MY FAULT I HAVE TO STAND ON A DAMN STOOL IN BIOLOGY!!!
me: *puts an arm on CSF's head* yeah, but you make a good arm rest.
CSF: .*TWITCH* Saggitarius.
me: yes.?
CSF: DIE!!! *starts beating Saggitarius with the manuscript repeatedly*