See You Next Lifetime – Chapter 2
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"I will do as you say…" Usagi advised the cloaked figure. She put the bottle in her purse and turned to walk home. She felt dazed, like an unforeseen power was directing her back to her house. Once inside she made her way to her bedroom where Luna was waiting.
"Usagi! You had me worried!" Luna began but stopped when she saw Usagi's expression. "Usagi-chan, are you ok?"
"Yes, Luna, I am just really tired and would like to go to bed." Usagi changed into her pajamas and slipped into bed. She knew she had a big day tomorrow.
The three Starlights looked around on their desolate planet. Galaxia had destroyed everything and they were going to have to work day and night to even make it habitable again. The Princess was checking the palace grounds while Fighter, Maker and Healer were checking to see if there were any survivors. There was not when they left the planet, of that they were sure of, but seeing the other Senshi come back after Chaos's defeat made them hopeful. They had only been back a few hours, and had not found anyone yet but there was still time. Fighter transformed back to his male form.
"Seiya? What are you doing in that form?" Healer asked. "You know we don't have to do that anymore, right?" The male forms were one they adopted for Earth. Their goal was to become a popular idol group to locate their Princess, and they succeeded. Back home, they did not need to keep up the façade.
"I know, but I want to keep it for a bit. I grew fond of Seiya." He said sadly.
"Grew fond of Seiya, or fond of Tsukino-san?" Maker asked. He knew that Seiya had fallen in love with the girl and for a while resented her for it. After a while he began to understand Seiya's feelings. He himself had grown attached to Mizuno Ami.
Seiya glared at his team mate and didn't answer his question. "We have things to do here, it doesn't matter which form I take to complete it." He went off in search of some form of life. While searching his thoughts went back to his Odango. He wondered what she was doing, if she was happy now that she had her boyfriend back. He wondered if she even missed him. It wasn't a long time that they had spent together, but it was enough for him to fall in love. He had never met anyone like her, who shined like she did. Being with her had filled the hole in his heart ever since their planet had been destroyed. If they had not found their Princess, Seiya was certain he could have spent the rest of his time on Earth as long as she was with him. He was grateful to Sailor Moon for restoring peace as well as bringing back his Princess, but there came a price. They had to leave. He had to leave her in the arms of someone else. He wondered if she would find the CD and letter he left for her. Before they left for Kinmoku, he slipped into her room and hid a recording of a song and poem he had written for her along with a letter. There were so many things he had wanted to say, but never could. At least she would know at some point how much he had really cared.
"Quickly, everyone, come!" he heard the call from his Princess in his mind. He ran to the palace gates and saw Maker and Healer coming as well. He transformed back to Fighter and went into the palace yard. Kakyuu was surrounded by the three Senshi that had perished in the original fight. Sailor Star Peace, Sailor Star Creator and Sailor Star Wind were kneeling next to Kakyuu. Sailor Moon's wish did not stop at Earth; it appeared everyone who had their star seed taken from them had been returned. "Come, let us all talk. We have a lot to discuss." Kakyuu lead the way to the palace with the others following behind.
Fighter looked up into the sky towards the direction of the Earth. "Thank you, Sailor Moon. I wish I could see you again…"
The next day Usagi woke up, grateful she did not have to go to school. She could not believe the dream she had last night. Mamoru going back to America? Magic potions? She laughed to herself, thinking herself to be such a silly girl. Luna looked at Usagi, not wanting to say anything to her in fear of her getting upset.
"Luna! I had such a bad dream! I dreamt Mamo-chan was going to America." Usagi grabbed her purse and felt around for her phone. She wanted to call Mamoru and tell him about her dream. She felt something strange and looked in. She saw the blue bottle at the bottom. She looked to Luna, her eyes glazed when she saw the bottle. "It wasn't a dream, Luna."
"Usagi-chan…" Luna began, but Usagi walked out of the room with her phone in hand.
"Mamo-chan, can I come over later?" Luna heard Usagi ask. "Great, I will come over now." Usagi came back into the room and got dressed.
"Usagi, would you like me to come with you?" Luna asked, concerned for her friend.
Usagi looked sadly at Luna. "No, Luna. I have to go alone." She walked out the door without saying anything more.
Luna used her Senshi communicator to get in touch with Rei. "Rei-chan, I think we have a problem…" Luna began. She wanted to get the Senshi together to go over the developments with Usagi. Last time, Usagi kept everything to herself, and Luna was not going to let her go through that again.
Usagi reached Mamoru's apartment building and knocked on the door. "Usako…" Mamoru started to say but stopped himself. Last night, she had objected to his use of that name for her. He didn't want to fight with her, not anymore. He wasn't sure what he was going to do anymore; maybe he would stay with her. He knew it was selfish to want to go especially after all that happened.
"Mamo-chan, I want to talk to you, but first can I make some tea for us?" Usagi asked. He didn't notice the glazed expression. He was just happy that she wanted to talk.
"Sure, you know where everything is. I will wait in the living room." He stepped to the side to let her in and went into the living room. He straightened it up a bit, putting some pillows on the floor for them to sit on.
"I will do as you say…" she whispered taking the bottle out of her purse and pouring half in each cup. She poured the tea over it watching a blue smoke rise from the cups. When it had faded she brought the cups to the table and handed one to Mamoru.
He took a sip and was delighted by the taste. Usagi was not known for her skills in the kitchen but this tea was really good. His head started to swim and he noticed Usagi was already done with hers. He finished his cup and looked to her.
"Usako, I am sorry for the pain that you went through when I was not here. I hope you can understand why I would want to go to America…" he almost couldn't finish the sentence. Why was it so hard to remember what he wanted to say?
"Mamo-chan…I don't want you to remember the past anymore. I don't want you to remember our relationship any longer. I don't want you to remember Tuxedo-Kamen. I want you to have a normal life now. Can you say that to me?" Her voice was robotic, her expression dull. Her eyes were downcast.
"I will not remember the past, I won't remember you and I, I am not Tuxedo…" Mamoru slumped to the ground.
Usagi got up and let herself out. She walked outside slowly, mumbling as she went. "I will not remember my past. I will not remember Sailor Moon. I will not remember anything having to do with the Sailor Senshi…" She made it to the corner, repeating her mantra, until she too fell to the ground.
Usagi woke up in a strange room. Everything was white and there was a strange man looking at her. "Tsukino-san? I am Dr. Fujioka. How are you feeling?" Her mother ran into the room, happy to see her awake.
"Usagi! I am so happy you are awake! I was so worried about you!"
"Eeeehhh? What happened?" Usagi had a slight headache, but other than that she felt fine. They explained that someone had seen her faint while walking down the street. After checking her vitals and making sure she had some fluids in her, they allowed her to go home.
Ami jumped up from the waiting room when she saw Usagi walking with her mom. "Usagi! Are you ok?"
"Mizuno-san? I am fine. What are you doing here?" Usagi was unsure why her classmate would be at the hospital unless she was waiting for someone. "Is everything ok with your family, Mizuno-san?"
Ami was taken aback by Usagi…why was she treating her so formally? She wasn't sure what was going on but she didn't want to push it further.
"Oh, I am fine. My mom is a Dr. here and I am meeting her. I am happy you are well, Tsukino-san." Ami turned away and went to a phone to call the rest of the Senshi. There was something going on and she hoped it was just something temporary.
Usagi went home and went straight into her room. Luna had already talked to Ami, but she couldn't believe that Usagi would not remember Ami other than being school mates. She waited until Usagi was lying in bed before approaching her.
"Usagi-chan?" Luna looked to her. There was something about her that was different. Something she couldn't place.
"Eeeeehhhhhhhh?" A talking cat?" Usagi jumped straight up. She was about to bolt out of the room when Luna stood in front of her.
"Usagi, stop! Yes, a talking cat. You know me. I don't know what has happened, but we will get through it together. Do not go running right now!"
Usagi slumped to the floor, confused over the talking cat. How could cats talk? Today was so confusing. She remembered getting up, but she didn't remember what she did after she woke up. Why was it so foggy in her mind? She didn't even remember having a cat, but her mom had pet her when she brought Usagi into her room.
"Usagi, you don't know me?" Luna asked. She didn't know what to say or do. Usagi had lost her memory before, but Luna had done that herself. Usagi shook her head. Something felt strange, she felt that this talking cat should be familiar. She felt she could trust this cat, but she didn't know why. "Usagi, it seems like your memory has been tampered with. I don't know how much you know, or what you don't know, but I would like to try something to repair it if it is ok."
Usagi nodded at the cat. Why did she feel so sad? She was so happy when she woke up at the hospital but this talking cat made her feel like something was wrong. The cat stared at her and the crescent symbol on its head began to glow. Usagi started to feel afraid, and then a beam came from the moon shape right into her eyes! A warm light filled her, she was not afraid anymore. She felt peaceful and loved, but nothing further came to her. The light stopped. "Usagi…" the cat said hopefully.
"I'm sorry, cat-san, but I don't know who you are. I can tell you aren't going to hurt me. Can we start with you name?" Usagi said cheerfully.
Luna looked crestfallen. "My name is Luna. Please don't tell anyone in your family that I can talk. This needs to be our secret. I am going to find a way to help you, ok?" Luna left the girl sitting on her bedroom floor and jumped out a window. She called Ami with her communicator. "Ami-chan, we have a really big problem. Can you call everyone together for a meeting? One more thing, can you ask one of them to check on Mamoru before they go to Rei-chan's?" Luna started for Rei's temple hoping they would be able to find a solution to this.
Makoto knocked on the door of Mamoru Chiba's house. She had gotten the call from Ami and volunteered to go as she lived the closest. Mamoru opened the door, rubbing his head. "Can I help you?" he asked, yawning.
Makoto looked at him, her mouth open. She was not prepared for this, for him not to know her. All the battles they had fought together. She had heard something was wrong with Usagi and something could possibly be wrong with Mamoru, but she had really hoped it wasn't true. "Um, yes, I was wondering if you wanted to subscribe to the newspaper for Sunday deliveries." It was the only thing she could think of off the top of her head.
"Oh, no thank you. I am leaving soon for America and I don't think you would deliver there." He said with a chuckle.
Makoto smiled at him. "At this time, no. Sorry for bothering you!" She quickly walked away and sped to Rei's. "What the hell is going on?" she thought to herself.
The cloaked figure laughed watching the girl run away from the apartment building. "Now everything can truly begin…"
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