A/N: Hmmn, if anyone actually needed to ask when this happened and on what episode of Sailor Moon R, then I pity you. Ever so truly, gut ripping pity you (this is one of the highlights of this series-err, at least I think so)… To those pitiful few who could not remember, this was the one where Usagi read to Chibi-Usa the fairytale of "Sleeping Beauty", and end up in a deep sleep herself after a drone's attack.
I do not own Sailor Moon (this disclaimer applies to all previous chapters and the succeeding ones, capeesh?)
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-Wake With a Kiss -
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She tried to hold onto herself, with utter desperation. Her finger clutched the life preserver near her, as a face appeared in the sky. His face.
She wanted so badly to weep.
The numbness, creeping slowly inside her body, chased away the warmth, while her blue eyes stared at the apparition in front of her. 'Why are you always so hard to reach, Mamo-chan?' she cried silently, too dumbstruck with fatigue and weariness to speak out the words vocally.
She choked on the water as she went under for the first time and the salt burned her eyes. With a hint of her former defiance, she broke to the surface and was rewarded by his face still seemingly etched in the blue sky. "I love you," she sobbed, "Please … come back to me."
The vision shimmered, mocking her words.
Defeated, she let go of the red white circle, the one thing keeping her afloat and allowed the sea to engulf her.
Forgive me, Usako ...::
She heard the words as if it came from a far distance. The words were laced with regret, desperation and fear. 'Liar,' she thought. 'You don't even care anymore.'
That was when she felt it: a soft pressure on her cold lips.
With trepidation, she opened her eyes and saw blue, such a deep blue that one almost drowned at the sight.
"Mamo-chan…" Her voice came out weak and disbelieving.
In the background, she heard someone whisper with astonishment, "The fairytale came true."
She looked at him, hoping against hope, that he has changed his mind. His blue eyes turned cold again, and she realized her hoping was in vain. 'I woke up for this?' she thought in mute pain, 'I guess this is how my fairytale story ends….'
He moved away, his face emotionless.
' With your kiss, so shall I wake,' she thought with resignation, her blue eyes dull, watching as the most important person in her life stood up to leave, 'And with your kiss, so shall I die…'
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A/N: Special mention to my two drabble beta readers...Lady Katherine2 and Miss Gina Araner. These two have dilegently forced me to learn the proper use of English grammar ( unintentionally, of course) because I felt like wilting everytime I saw the red marks on Lady Kate's editted version and the step by step changes of Miss G. on her edited version. Nyahahaha...