A/N: Oki, here ish another chapter…I write this so that I can gain inspiration on "Vampyr". This chapter is kind of gory…you have been warned. And yesh, it is a SxU, oh, and thanks to my two first reviewers:D I really appreciate the comments! They keep me going!!! mwuahahahahaha

Until the Day I Die

Amber3392

Chapter 2: Suffering

Queen Serenity sat in the throne room, alone. So much had happened so very fast, and she could do nothing about it. Her king was dead, and there was longer a chance for the small lady also known as Chibi-Usa. Feeling a surge of liquid moving rapidly up her throat, she got up, and attempted to run to a bathroom, but didn't make it. Tripping over her long dress, she fell to the ground, and her mouth opened. Dark ruby poured from her tongue to the ground, and she could barely stand the harsh pain that came with it. Sailor Saturn entered the room, to give news that the Starlights were here, but stopped mid-step, gasping. Running over to her queen, she screamed for help. Serenity was still throwing up by the time the Outers and Inners rushed in, along with the two Starlights.

"Koneko-chan!" Uranus screamed, but Serenity waved for her not to come closer. Ruby tears were trickling down her cheeks. Sailor Mercury was trying to figure out her illness, but was baffled, for she had never seen such a thing as this.

Serenity finally stopped, and tried to hold herself up, but was having trouble. It was difficult enough just to stay awake, much less keep herself from falling face first into her own pool crimson.

"How long has this been going on?!" Sailor Neptune asked her queen, concerned for her health.

"Since Endymion died…a few days ago…" She barely breathed. Sailor Venus helped her up, and the Starlights stood silent, horrible memories flashing in their minds. It was then that Serenity seemed to notice them.

"Welcome, Senshi of the…Stars…" She whispered, noticing that one was missing.

"Queen Serenity…Our Princess has requested your presence…If you cannot come at this present time…" Healer informed, but stopped, considering the poor woman's condition. She looked almost as bad as Seiya, for her eyes were haunted and she skin was close to ashen. No doubt it had hit her fast, as it had taken Seiya years. But she would still not bear the worst of it for a while.

"I will go…I just need to…change…Sailor Mars, can you help me?" She asked gently, and the Senshi of flames nodded her head.

Until the Day I Die

He was in the bathroom again, leaning over the toilet which was stained a ruby color from the many times he had let go of the blood over the years. He sat in the small bathroom, and wondered on whether or not Usagi would actually come. If she did, would she throw destiny in his face again, and only promise friendship? The thought of her rejection of him brought tears to his eyes. Soon, he was screaming and sobbing at the same time, for his eyes were bleeding now because he had ran out of tears a year ago. So much pain. It was now something he considered a daily occurrence. Upon screaming, blood trickled down his lips, and then down his neck. In a matter of moments, he was a mass of blood. And it hurt. He could feel every muscle in his body stripping, and trying to repair itself.

He was so pre-occupied with screaming, he didn't notice Kakyuu running into the room, and trying in vain to calm him.

"Seiya, please!" She screamed at him, feeling so useless when he screamed in pain over and over again.

"GOD IT HURTS!" he screamed, and the shaking began again. Kakyuu stared in utter dismay as she witnessed another seizure. However, this one was different from the other one. He was coughing up blood and bleeding from other places that were never bleeding before. She put her hands to her mouth, and only prayed that the others got here soon.

It ended, and the cuts on his body disappeared. He was on the bathroom floor, unmoving. She was thanking the gods that his chest was rising and falling. Calling upon her other senshi, they all moved him to his bed. Kakyuu stayed there, and shooed the others away.

"Seiya…" she whispered, placing a kiss on his forehead. She loved him like a sister to a brother and a sister to a sister when he was in her senshi form. Taking a cloth beside the bed, she began washing the blood from his face.

There was a knock on the door, and one of her senshi appeared, and she had news.

"Queen Serenity is here, along with a few of her senshi…and Sailor Star Maker and Healer say they must speak with you before you see her."

"Arigato, Sailor Star Nebula," Kakyuu said, smiling gently, and walking to the throne room. The faces on the two Star senshi told her something was wrong.

"What is the matter?" She asked, and they saluted her.

"Queen Serenity has started showing the same symptoms…She says ever since her King died a few days ago…"

"Well…Is she ok now?" Kakyuu asked, not wanting to witness another episode as she just saw.

"Hai…How is Seiya?" Healer questioned, and Maker nodded, wanting to know the condition of their comrade.

"It was bad…he started bleeding from his eyes, and screaming, and going into another seizure, and there was more bleeding…" She sobbed as she told them. The two senshi hugged their princess in effort to comfort her.

"Which senshi did she bring?" Kakyuu asked suddenly.

"The Inner Senshi," Maker answered, and Kakyuu sighed in relief.

"Please show them in," Kakyuu said, and they nodded.

"How will we inform her about Seiya?" Healer asked, and Kakyuu shook her head.

"We cannot tell her he is dying…He will tell her that in time…" She replied simply. The two senshi nodded, and went to get the Queen of the Moon as well as Earth.

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Seiya awoke in his bed, and put a hand to his forehead. He immediately sensed her shine, though it was dull. Trying to get up, he suddenly realized there was another's weight on the bed. Looking to his side, he was surprised to see Usagi halfway laying on the bed. Smiling a small, yet small smile, he stroked her hair gently, knowing she wasn't his to hold, to hug, to kiss. He moved over to the other edge of the bed, and put his head in his sweaty hands.

"Seiya..?" he heard her whisper, and turned back to stare into her sapphire eyes. They were haunted. He shook his head, and did his best not to cry. If he did, she would witness what his Princess had.

"I told them not to tell you…" he whispered.

"Tell me what?" She whispered, but he didn't hear.

"Why else would you look at me with haunted eyes, Odango-Atama?" His sadness turned to a small rage, and he punched the space beside him. :I told them not to tell you, dammit!"

"Tell me what?!" She practically screamed, and he looked at her again. She really didn't know?

"You don't know?" he asked, and she quirked an eyebrow.

"Tell me what?" She asked again, getting aggravated.

"Nothing…"

"Seiya…do you not trust me..?" She asked, and her eyes became even sadder. He held her chin firmly, and kissed her firmly. To his surprise, she did not object. When he pulled away, he looked at her again.

"Why did you not stop me?" he asked, in a tone that was both somewhat curious and tortured at the same time. Tears formed in her eyes.

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry…You reminded me of him…just for a moment…" She sobbed, and she saw the shock, the hurt and utter dejection in his eyes.

"I am just a reminder of your husband?" he asked, not being able to hold back the painful bloody tears that trickled down his cheeks.

"He's dead now, Seiya…" She confessed, and started crying herself. "I…don't think of you as a replacement-"

"I am dying, Usagi," Seiya cut in, and she went wide-eyed.