(/ This is the final chapter. I know I said there would be there or two more, but what the hell this is it and its longer than most of them, all of them I guess. Enjoy. /)
She closed her scarlet eyes and shook her head, her fingers choking her garnet rod. A girl with lavender eyes and hair watched her, "Are you okay?" Hotaru asked.
"Yes," Setsuna said.
Setsuna was punished with teaching Hotaru how to live an everyday life. Setsuna had accelerated time to age Hotaru, so she could save her father, but she failed anyway, and now The Council had given the task of training Hotaru to Setsuna. They sat in a small room everyday for the past month. A small couch, table and refrigerator were the only items inside the room.
"Are you sure?" Hotaru asked, looking into the void to see more.
Setsuna nodded.
Hotaru could sense something was wrong. Did the images of the handsome man and the gypsy cause her to behave this way? Suddenly the door opened, and in walked Katsumi. Her eyes on Hotaru, "Setsuna, The Council has asked that turn over your power as Timekeeper." She said extending her hand to take the garnet rod.
Setsuna backed away, "Why?"
Katsumi's face became stern. "You disobeyed orders and took her to Earth." Katsumi said, groping for the rod.
"I'm not giving up anything; Hotaru is an innocent girl how would you like it if you were imprisoned for a crime you didn't commit?" Setsuna said, grabbing her mother's wrist.
"Take it up with The Council." Katsumi said, grabbing the rod.
The two engaged in a tug-of-war, "Let go." Setsuna grunted, kicking Katsumi onto the floor.
"It's all that boys fault, you never started behaving this way until you met him." She said, pointing to Setsuna and getting to her feet, "You are aiding and abetting the universe's destroyer. Haven't you read the Anima Sol prophecy?"
"Yes, I have, Wiseman is going to destroy us all by tomorrow." Setsuna said.
"How do you know?" Katsumi snapped.
"He knows where Omni-Cannon is," Setsuna said triumphantly.
"What?" Katsumi said, her anger vanishing.
"Now, you can fight me for my time key, or you can let us go and try to stop him." Setsuna said.
"Your father would never," Katsumi began, but she was cut off by Setsuna, "Wiseman killed daddy, so what's it going to be?"
Katsumi's mind began to wrestle with her heart, as she said, "No, you aren't going anywhere."
Setsuna slammed her rod into her mother's throat; Katsumi gasped and tumbled to the floor.
Hotaru gasped and backed away.
"She's just knocked out," Setsuna informed. Setsuna raised her rod, opening a time gate, "Come on, she won't sleep forever."
Hotaru nodded and walked through the door; Setsuna gazed at her unconscious mother and quickly turned her head walking through the gate.
She sipped her coffee slowly, her eyes on her daughter. Her eyes red and puffy, from all the tears of joy she shed the moment her daughter entered her sight. Inside her home, she sat on her sofa; her daughter Ami Mizuno and her daughter's friend Rei Hino sat on the couch opposite her.
"Mother, did anything near fatal happen to me when I was younger?" Ami asked.
Ms. Mizuno nodded, "We were in a car accident and you were missing for a week, but the police found you."
"Where," Ami asked.
"At the bottom of the lake," Ms. Mizuno said softly. She didn't want to talk about the car accident, but she wanted to talk about anything. It felt as if her and her daughter were slowly drifting away from one another.
Ami nodded, "Its true then, was I hurt?"
"No, not a scratch was on you, they just gave you CPR and you were good as new." She said, swallowing more coffee.
"What about you," Ami asked.
"I had to get stitches, I cut my head open on the windshield, I was in the hospital for a week or two, I think." She said.
Ami nodded, Mesno was right.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Ms Mizuno stood and peaked through the peephole. "Jehovah Witnesses," She scoffed opening the door.
"Good afternoon," A sly voice said, "Are you prepared for Jehovah's return?"
"Umm, no," She said sarcastically, slamming the door.
She shook her head walking back to the couch. A boom filled the house as the door tumbled to the ground. Ami and Rei stood, ready to fight, Ms. Mizuno shrieked and watched to see who blasted the door.
A man cloaked beneath a purple robe, with an aquamarine crystal ball in between his neon hands floated inside and said in a cold virtual voice, "You should be."
Mamoru in her arms as the Ferris wheel rose, Usagi couldn't be happier. Usagi jumped as a sharp jolt ran through her body, whether or not it was adrenaline or not, she wondered. She stared at her broach, inside it a grey jewel sat inside. The gem had changed after Leo fought Wisemoru. The perfect moon came into view and she turned to Mamoru ready for her kiss but it was halted by a call as Ami's voice screamed, "Help! He's here, my house!" The rest of the call was scrambled with static. Usagi and Mamoru looked at each other, and as the Ferris lowered, they slipped out of the bars and leapt onto the grass and dashed for Ami's house.
Usagi ran inside the house quickly, couches, tables and bookshelves were overturned and pinned beneath them lay a young woman. Her teeth gritted, as she pushed to lift the aftermath of the battle.
"Rei," Usagi and Mamoru yelled, running to her aid and throwing the furniture off her.
"What happened?" Mamoru asked.
"Wiseman, he came and took Ami, him and some guy. He wrecked the whole place, saying Usagi's next and he wants what's his." Rei said.
Usagi looked down at her broach, knowing what Wiseman wanted.
They all stood in the park, they sat on park benches, as Usagi paced back and forth "That son-of-a-bitch is going down." She said. All they waited for were for the park to empty of the pedestrians.
"Ami's not on Earth anymore," Artemis said, looking at Rei's watch. "She's on a small planet or satellite not far from the Earth, it's behind the moon."
"Where's Leo?" Usagi asked.
"Right here," A calm voice called.
The senshi all turned around to see Leo, eating a cookie, his back against a tree.
"You think you're to cool to sit with us?" Minako asked.
Leo looked at the blond; apparently, she was still scarred by the battle between the two. He silently ate his cookie, ignoring her.
"The nerve," She muttered, turning her back to him.
"Don't mind him, he can't stand crowds." Haruka said.
"Looks like we're getting along just fine," Mamoru said sarcastically, as the park began to empty.
The senshi all raised their transformation pens, Mamoru his rose. A variety of colors filled the park as they all teleported, or almost all of them.
Leo tasted his cookie once more, before throwing it into the grass, as a series of footsteps approached him. He turned around to see the gypsy, dressed in pink, limping towards him. Her eyes glazed as the veils fell from her face. She fell, but Leo caught her in his arms.
She spoke in her whiny voice, "You don't recognize me do you?"
He simply stared into her eyes, "Kisenean?"
She grunted, "Yes."
Leo released her from his arms, watching her plummet into the ground.
"Please, listen, Wiseman, he's going to fire…Omni-Cannon, you know where it is, don't you?" She gasped.
Leo nodded.
"Please stop him, for me, he used me." She said as Leo stared at the blood on his palms. "She's a lucky girl, you'll do anything for her, it hurts, I can't be her, tasting your lips, but…" She gasped, before she died.
Leo outstretched his bloody palm; a platinum orb encircled his body, making it the size of a tennis ball, soared into the sky.
Usagi and the others gazed at the open doors of the fortress, made of diamonds.
"You remember that summer a few years ago?" Haruka whispered to Michiru.
"Yeah," Michiru replied with a smile.
"Let's make this as much fun." Haruka smiled, tangling her fingers with her lover's, as the senshi entered the castle. The inside was surreal, purple, black, and every color a child's imagination could concoct rolled across the glossy diamonds. Usagi and the others were ready to fire, as an army of Daimon's approached them, but the creatures, backed away at the sight of the gray crystal. Usagi and the walked past the hordes of Daimon's until they came to a long stairway. The stairs seemed to go on forever as they climbed them, millions of chandeliers hung over their head as they climbed the stairs following their instincts.
"We've been climbing these stairs, for like forever and it fells as if we're getting nowhere, I'm tired." Minako whined.
"Let's take a break, or something." Mamoru said stopping.
"Ami could be getting tortured or her brain getting stomped in and you guys want to take a break?" Usagi asked outraged.
"We can't fight if we're tired." Minako said, but the stairs began to quake. The senshi watched as the diamond stairs began to split. The senshi backed away as a massive creature leapt out of the torn ground. Blood leaked from it. It was enormous, the size of a monster truck. It growled, spewing its hot, nasty breath at the senshi, its three smoking eyes on the gray gem.
His eyes were on the sea of golden sand around him. The orange sky above him contained not a cloud. Leo gazed at the miles of sand around him. He had to stop Wiseman from activating Omni-Cannon. He knew he was wrong for not protecting Usagi, but he couldn't protect her if he was dead. He spat onto the dry sand, and shifted his eyes on a sand cyclone a mile away from him. That's it. He thought, raising his palm to the tornado. Slowly, the spiral of sand evaporated, and in its wake, left a pale red sphinx behind. The sphinx was the size of a skyscraper, its pink body standing out to in the gold sand. He walked to the sphinx's entrance with a purpose, his tracks littering the sand. He glared at the entrance; an eye with black swirls was stamped on the door, beneath it a drawing depicting a hand sat beneath the eye. The sphinx groaned softly as the door rose, allowing Leo entry. Leo walked inside, his eyes scanning the enormous chamber. Pillars held the ceiling high above his head; many staircases were in every nook and cranny of the shrine. Leo gawked at the sight of what stood before him. Its sallow head brushing the ceiling; its stretched arms blocked its crimson cape, a colossal platinum jewel in its breastplate, a golden sword in its right hand, giant sapphires on its shoulder pads that draped the scarlet cape down to its ankles.
Leo gasped, as his memory forced the words, "Eden", from his throat.
In the left arm of the immense machine, the coveted Omni-Cannon lied dormant, the giant cannon was all white, with the words: Sirius, inscribed on it. Somehow, the name felt familiar to Leo. This is it, Leo thought drawing his sword. He pointed the blade at the cannon and called, "Diamond Ber," but his words were cut off by a blast, the dull gray blast of Wiseman. Leo rose to his feet, sword raised, but he couldn't move. He stared at the icy blue eyes of Wiseman. In front of his eyes stood a man with icy blue hair, and glasses, inside his hand was a syringe. He grabbed Leo's arm, and choked it, revealing a vein and inserted the needle. Instantly, Leo felt a sharp pain inside him, as Wiseman released the mind numb. Leo's sword fell to the floor; the pain strangled every nerve in his body without mercy. Leo's fell beside his sword, his eyes wide as tears of pain fell from his eyes, he could feel his body began to numb as the pain began to shut down his brain, his lungs aching from all the screams of pain.
Wiseman smiled on his skeletal face, as he said, "Ready Omni-Cannon."
Mesno bowed, "Yes, master." He said, walking to a staircase.
Haruka spat of pint of blood onto the glossy stairs, her body loaded with cuts. She fired her World Shaking at the creature, but it continued to come towards them. Its three eyes on the gray crystal, the senshi were all worn out, from the pain and the battle with this Super Daimon. Some had already welcomed defeat, but others swore to protect the crystal with life, but their promises were useless, as the creature raked the field with its massive arm, throwing the senshi against the handrail. Usagi slammed against the rail and rolled down the stairs, towards the creature that opened its sharp claws and caught the unconscious leader. It growled, ready to pluck the gem, but quick pains in the creature's spine made it drop the princess into the arms of her future husband. The creature turned around to see two women, one with long jade green hair, red eyes and a rod in her hand the other with lavender hair and a glaive in between her fingers, both poles pointed at it. It growled in anger and swiped for them, but its arm froze an inch from them as the one with olive green hair raised her pole above her head.
Mamoru nodded at Setsuna, "Up the stairs." He called to the senshi. The all dragged their battered limbs up the staircase, which now, for some reason ended at a wooden door. Mamoru tackled the door open, inside the room was pitch-black and with Usagi in his arms, he wouldn't be able to defend himself, "Cover me." He called.
Okays of agreement followed as he slowly walked through the chamber. He looked the chamber up-and-down, side-to-side. The room was lit by an eerie blue light, the passage was narrow and the walls were decorated with black crosses with the emblem of the Death Phantom in the center.
Mamoru cautiously entered the path, and fell to his knees in pain. His body was going numb from the excruciating pain. Usagi awoke from the blazing pain; she rolled in agony to her senshi who quickly pulled her from the room. She gasped, trying to catch her breath; she soon gained her bearings and yelled, "Mamoru!"
Mamoru was still in the booby trapped chamber, rolling across the floor screaming. Usagi was held back by her comrades who didn't want any harm to befall the queen. She struggled against their grip, calling his name, hoping her voice would lead him back to her, but his all his ears heard was his own earsplitting scream. Usagi shoved her comrades to the floor and ran inside the corridor. Her eyes flooded with tears from the pain she was in, she shut her eyes hoping it would guard her from the pain and it did but only for a moment, she grasped the arm of Mamoru and pulled with all her strength, dragging him to their destination away from her comrades, who watched feeling helpless. Fear held them from going to the side of their leader.
Usagi grunted a final time and instantly the pain was gone. It still tickled her nerves but it was gone. Usagi fell to her knees and propped Mamoru's head up on them and shook him calling his name, until his eyes opened and gazed at the chamber they were in. A small chair faced them; sitting in the chair tied down was Ami's transformation pen.
"He tricked us." Mamoru grunted.
Usagi refused to believe Ami wasn't there; she rose to her feet and called, "Ami!"
When only an awkward silence answered, Usagi called again, "Ami!" She couldn't accept that she had endured all that pain for nothing; she needed something, anything to hold onto as a prize. She fell to her knees in tears, what if Ami wasn't here, what if she was six feet under at this moment; all because of Usagi had taken to long.
He stared into the sapphire orb in between his palms, his eyes on a man wearing a black tuxedo.
"Damn," He grunted, watching the man in black come to a door with the insignia of the Death Phantom upon it.
Mamoru slithered to the side letting Rei through who held a slip of paper with text scrawled on it.
"Evil Spirits Disperse!" She yelled slamming it on the logo, which soon vanished. She twisted the knob and opened the door. The group entered a chamber lit by a blue resonating light, a crystal chair sat in front of a large window. Rei gazed down at her watch; the blue dot blinked madly and was nearly in the center of the watch. Inside the chair sat someone with short inky blue hair.
"Ami," Makoto called running to the chair. Suddenly the chair tumbled through the window. Led by impulse, Makoto leapt after her friend.
"Jupiter," the senshi called after her.
Makoto slipped could see it, the mercury transformation pen falling to before her eyes; she could also see what occupied the chair, its eyes were made of glass and it's face and body plastic, a doll. She looked at the concrete she plunged towards and quickly regretted leaping after her so-called friend.
He laughed against the screams of Leo and called to Mesno, "One down."
"They saved her," Mesno called, from inside Eden.
"How," Wiseman yelled.
"The Timekeeper," Mesno reported.
"Call the Daimon, make a barrier, don't let the senshi through, wait, don't call them, let the queen through, with the grey crystal we could fire the cannon in minutes." Wiseman smiled at his genius.
"Yes, master," Mesno called, pulling a bell from his pocket and shaking it.
Minako loosened the ropes that bound Ami. They had found her inside a shack behind the fortress. The loose rope fell from Ami that stood.
"Are you okay?" Minako asked, handing Ami the mercury transformation pen.
"Yes," Ami nodded, "but we have to get to Solaria."
"Slow down," Haruka called, "Where is Solaria?"
"Inside the sun," Ami said, taking the pen and heading for the door, "I'll explain everything now come on we have to teleport." Ami said quickly.
"Fools," Wiseman chuckled, "they're bringing the grey crystal to me."
"Master, Omni-Cannon is ready." Mesno called.
"Excellent," Wiseman said throwing his eyes on the entrance and on the ten people that ran inside.
Setsuna ran to the side of her screaming boyfriend, "What did you to him?"
"Assisted him," Mesno said, "He'll evolve any minute now and I don't think you'll want to be around when that happens, his kind tends to get pretty nasty."
"Saturn, can you help him?" Mamoru asked.
"I'll try," She nodded, running to the screaming Leo.
"Go ahead, you can't heal him because it isn't a disease or a plague, this would've happened next month we just gave him a little push, he'll transform any minute now." Wiseman said.
Usagi gritted her teeth and drew her scepter.
Hotaru worked her magic on the screaming Leo, but as Wiseman said, it didn't work, "I can't help him." Hotaru announced.
Wiseman's eyes glowed at the sight of the queen ready to fight, "Death awaits you."
The senshi all fired their attacks to silence Wiseman, but the massive hand of Eden shielded him.
"Take the leftovers," Wiseman ordered, "I want the main course, " He smiled licking his rotten teeth and outstretching his neon hand to Usagi who walked to her opponent and slapped his hand to the side.
"I took you for a sportsman," Wiseman smiled, "Ready to die?"
"Moon gorgeous," She began, but her words were replaced with grunts of pain, her whole body had cramped up and become stiff.
"You've always been so naive." Wiseman grunted. "I could turn you into a pile of ashes, but I want you to see."
"See what?" She groaned.
"The horror of your end." He laughed, plunging one of his kaleidoscopic hands into her chest and tearing the grey crystal out.
Usagi's eyelids began to droop as her energy began top fade.
"What do you want out of life?" He asked her.
"To...I want to get married." She gasped.
"To whom?" Wiseman asked.
"Mamoru," She gasped.
"Are you sure?" Wiseman asked.
"Yes, I love hi," but her voice was cut off by a tranquil voice that repeated Wiseman's question, "Are you sure?"
Usagi saw a layer of platinum hair fall to her chest, tickling her nipples; she raised her eyes to a pair of blue-green eyes with black swirls. "Leo?" She gasped, but her voice was eaten by an ardent kiss. She wanted for him to take her away from it all, to rescue her. She felt his hand massaging her breast, but she could care less, if she could move or speak she would have encouraged him, if only we did this on the mountain, she thought. When he tore his lips from her she called after him, "Don't go."
"Are you sure?" A virtual voice asked.
Usagi's eyes broadened as she watched the shards of Leo's face shatter and fall revealing the skeletal mug of Wiseman.
Usagi spat the saliva she traded with him on the floor, the screams of Leo ringing in her ears once more.
"Breaks my heart," Wiseman said raising the grey jewel in the air, it drifted slowly to Eden's chest and merged colossal platinum jewel turning it grey, "Five minutes till Omni-Cannon fires." Wiseman said, pointing to the indicator on the side of the cannon his voice combating the rising screams of Leo, "Shut him up, Mesno!" Wiseman screamed, releasing the mind numb.
Eden followed the movements of its pilots, Mesno raised his hand, preparing to slice Leo's torso in half. He looked at the carnage he left behind, all the senshi were unconscious in a corner or the limestone floor Kamen was pulling his future wife to her feet.
Usagi in the grasp of Mamoru raised her eyes to the machine Eden its blade raised ready to strike down Leo whose screaming could wake the dead.
Mesno brought his hand down to silence Leo.
The blade plunged for Leo, whose was surrounded by a large platinum aura.
"Not now," Mesno gasped from inside Eden.
Leo rose to his feet his eyes glowing pink, he bared his teeth showing a pair of fangs he screamed once more as a pair of platinum wings sprouted from his back, the wings were featherless like a gargoyles. He spat a pint of blood onto the limestone and gathered his sword.
"He's still no match for me," Mesno said thrusting Eden's foot in Leo's direction. Mesno screamed at the sight of the platinum angel charging at Eden. His scream filled the sphinx and ceased a moment before the explosion of Eden drowned out his wail. The impact blew all inside the sphinx into the hard walls. Omni-Cannon tumbled to the ground.
Usagi awoke a few minutes later, gasping for air; she was still weak from her separation from the crystal. Flames skipped in the air as the wreckage of the sphinx lay before her. Standing over with the shining silver crystal in his palm was Leo. Behind him, Wiseman stood beside Omni-Cannon, it's time indicator about to run out in exactly a millisecond, Usagi gazed at the area around her. Mamoru stood behind her, his tuxedo torn, the senshi all stood behind him, Setsuna stood her garnet rod raised.
"You stopped time?" Usagi gasped.
"Yes, the minute I release it the world will end, it is inevitable, I cannot hold it forever, if I do I'll use up all my life energy and die." Setsuna said, drawing gasps from the senshi. Leo walked to Usagi and slammed the silver crystal into her chest Usagi fell back in recoil and felt Leo kiss her forehead. Her energy back, she looked into his returning eerie eyes and heard him saying as he walked away, "It never would have worked out between us anyway."
Leo walked to Mamoru an smiled punching him in the chest, "My first friend, take care."
"What are you talking?" Mamoru said, giving Leo a puzzled look.
"It's been fun," Leo said, waving to the inner senshi.
"Huh, it has," Minako said, giving him a puzzled look too.
He stepped to Michiru and smiled pulling her into a hug; "I'll remember that day forever."
"I know you will," Michiru said, sounding conceited and looking puzzled also.
He turned to Haruka and gave her a smile.
"You never smile, you should though you look cuter that way." Haruka said.
Leo kissed her on the cheek and said, "I can't forget you, take care of your new daughter." He said looking at Hotaru he said, "be good."
Hotaru nodded.
Setsuna poured her energy into the garnet rod, struggling to hold the doomed world together. She grunted softly, trying to quench the thirst of the rod. Setsuna watched Leo walk to her, "Let it go." He said, wrapping his fingers around the Garnet Rod. Setsuna couldn't look him in the eye, she felt the sorrow building in her throat, chest and eyes. Her lips trembled, tears escaping her eyes, she hid them in his heart, throwing her free hand around him and pulling him into her permanent embrace. "I can't," She sobbed. She gazed at him with her crimson eyes; pleading to him, don't go.
Leo looked down at her, his wings wrapping around them, shielding them from the watchful eyes of their friends.
"Don't leave me," She begged, entombing her eyes in his heart.
She couldn't foresee life without him. What man or woman could love her, gone for nearly a year and back for only a week? She would find another Leo, he was unique, couldn't be cloned or duplicated, the one and only.
"Please," She said, looking into his eyes.
"Je suis désolé." He said, submerging her lips into his intense kiss, slowly his wings spread as he laced his fingers with hers, plucking them from the garnet rod.
Suddenly, the graphic laughter of Wiseman filled her ears and the roar of Omni-Cannon firing baited everyone's eyes.
Leo stomped and leapt into the air, Setsuna grabbed the Garnet Rod once more and froze time.
The frozen faces of the senshi displayed panic. Leo turned back to Setsuna, "You have to let go."
"I love you and I'll never let go." She sobbed.
Leo shut his eyes and turned them from her, trying to guard his heart from her words, but he couldn't since he felt the same. "I love you too," He said, descending to her side, "But you can't hold onto me forever."
"I'm not giving you up, not without a fight." She said, clenching her free hand into a fist.
"I chose to walk this path, I'll finish or die trying." He said.
"You die no matter what happens," She shouted.
"At least you'll live." He said.
"I won't let you go." She said.
"Fine," Leo said, plucking his cross from his neck and throwing it at her.
Startled, Setsuna ducked, dodging it.
Leo clenched his fingers and chopped her in the thoat, knocking her out and into the sand, her fingers fell from the rod and time returned to normal.
Usagi and the others glared at Wiseman. Hovering in between his palms was the black jewel of the NegaMoon family.
"It's a bit late for a rematch." Wiseman said, "This world will be gone in a minute."
Usagi outstretched her hands, drawing the silver crystal out.
The uniform of Sailor Moon became transparent as Usagi's body was stripped naked; ribbons trailed behind her and so did the eyes of Mamoru.
"Didn't your parents tell you you'd go blind, oh, that's right you don't have any?" Wiseman laughed, gathering energy.
"You bastard!" Mamoru shouted, charging for Wiseman, who quickly blasted, the prince. Mamoru fell to his knees, his eyes wide from shock and pain, they quickly shut as he fell into the sand.
"Mamoru," Usagi gasped, going after him.
Wiseman cupped his hands, eyes on Usagi, jaws wide expelling his laughter as he launched a blast for her.
The inner senshi ran, each calling their leaders name, they leapt in front of the blast, feeling the pain and falling in the sand beside Mamoru and an awakening Mamoru and the shifting feet of a man.
"Overtime, cold count, fourth down, penalty shot," Wiseman taunted throwing his hands in the air.
Where's Leo when you need him? Haruka wondered, drawing her talisman.
This is it, Michiru thought, drawing her mirror.
"Game time," Hotaru thought.
"Oh, Leo," Setsuna thought.
Usagi's body as she aimed for Wiseman and called, "Moon crystal Power!"
Wiseman threw his gray blast against the blue, purple, orange, black and silver jets of light.
The gray stream quickly overpowered the others with ease leaded by Wiseman's laughter.
"Wiseman," The sly voice of Mesno called, "You won't win this battle."
"Dumb observation and you claim to know all." Wiseman scoffed, blinded by his ambition for revenge.
Mesno stared at the diamond cross of Leo in his hand. "Thank you for letting me examine Eden, do you know what they say when you die with your eyes open?" Mesno smiled, eyes on the diamond in the center shaped like a lion.
Wiseman continued laughing, ignoring his henchmen.
Mesno slammed the cross into Wiseman's face, changing his laughter into screams as Mesno smiled and said, "You deserved it." He threw the cross in the sand and power-walked away from the scene of the lights vanquishing Wiseman.
Leo flew beside the bullet of Omni-Cannon, side-to-side dodging asteroids, which were blurs to him. He knew he would miss a lot, pissing Minako off, hanging with Haruka and Michiru, watching his niece grow and mature, discussing beautiful celebrities with Mamoru, flirting with Makoto and Rei, watching Ami read like there was no tomorrow, Usagi's whining and Setsuna, in general her. With those thought in mind, it was time for Leo to face his greatest fear; death. He could've stopped the blast already, but the fear of the afterlife gripped him, but the last ounce of sand was falling in the hourglass and he could see Ani-Hole. Leo sighed heavily and flew in the crossfire. He instantly felt the heat of the blast, charring his skin; his scream of pain was heard by not a soul when the blast exploded and scattered its energy across the galaxy, away from Ani-Hole.
Setsuna's tears soaked the sand. She stared at all Leo had left to show for his love, his diamond cross. She had lost the two most important men of her life, her father and boyfriend. She scooped the cross out of the rich sand. All she could think of was the owner of the cross. She would never love another, how could she? His flawless face would haunt her dreams forever. Her tears fell onto the cross. She stood in the sand alone, going over the memories she shared with him. The highs and lows he brought into her life. Nothing could ease or sugarcoat the pain she felt at the moment. The voices of the inners all asking, "What happened, are you okay Usagi?" Having no idea that she was the one who was truly suffering. Setsuna through her eyes into the orange sky, she could see three stars, one brimmed with energy growing incredibly brighter as the enrgy of Omni-Cannon filled it, another exploded the neutron star beneath it collapsed immediately becoming a black hole. Setsuna parted her lips and whistled, hearing the melody of the dove's song, if only he could hear it, he'd be here with me now. She thought gazing around for him, but he was nowhere to be found.
The senshi all turned to watch Setsuna searching the desert for something.
Usagi nodded, walking to her and calling, "Pluto."
Usagi stood at her side, "I don't mean to be nosy, but uh… what did Leo say to you, ya know when he hid you behind his wings."
Setsuna felt more tears diving down her cheek s as she choked out the words, "Goodbye."
Usagi understood, she could feel her sorrow building. She wanted to join Setsuna's pity-party, but she had to be strong for her and Haruka and Michiru who would no doubt take the news hard. "Let's go home," Usagi said, leading Setsuna to the others. Lights filled the sky of Solaria as the senshi headed home.
For every beginning there is an end, or is there
When a star collapses, a black hole is born,
When a star shines brighter than ever, a nova is born,
When a star explodes, a supernova is born,
Does it ever really die?
THE END
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