Whispers in the Wind
AN: Hey! First off, I am really pissed right now. I already typed up the author's note, disclaimer, and first part of Chapter Three in school. I, being the avid fanfic author that I am, brought in a floppy disk containing my fics that need to be finished. I luckily had time left over in FOT (about 30 min) so I decided to work on this fic…the one that I've had writer's block for. I finally got a great rhythm going and I was so excited. Well all good things must come to an end…so I hit save. Normally there is a box that comes up saying "Only saves to floppy disk are allowed". Then I hit okay, save to floppy and its all good. However, this time, that little warning box DIDN'T pop up and it saved though. I assumed onto the disk, since it's the only function allowed on school computers. Well it didn't save right so I tried a few more times, still didn't work. I had to go so I took my disk and the computer's screen went black. So now all day (this happened first period) I'm worried that it didn't save all of it. As soon as I get home, I run down to my computer (the GOOD one I'm on now) and put my floppy disk in. I try to call up the fic yet it says it didn't save under .DOC so I'm screwed and can't do anything! Not only that, but it screwed my computer up and I had to reboot, and was forced to delete the fic from the disk. Luckily, I still have this fic on my hard drive so I can continue. Now, I fear that this chapter won't be as good as it was going and I will forget a vital point that I had made in my first rendition of this chapter. Therefore, I apologize ahead of time if this chapter sucks. ::sigh:: sorry for the long-winded author note.
AN #2: This is the real one I originally had…okay ::thinks really hard, brain's wheels going a mile a minute:: Let's see if I remember this. Well, first I'm sorry that it took so long for me to get this chapter out! Second thanks for sticking with this! Now I have been quite disappointed with the lack of reviews I've been receiving (on all my fics) and I think I figured out a reason. Well…since I don't update very often, most people probably forget what my fic is about, and don't feel like reading the first chapters over again. Thus, no read and reviewies from them! So, I've decided to finish these fics as soon as possible even if it kills me. In order to accomplish this I am going to have to pause my other two fics until this one is completely done. I will announce this to the readers of the other two in those fics…but to anyone who does read those also…I apologize.
Disclaimer: Due to the long-winded Author Notes, I have decided to shorten my witty and charmingly funny disclaimer that I originally had ::grumbles about cheap ass school computers:: to a simple, I don't own. Nuff said.
Thanks: From now on, the thanks will be at the end of each chapter. So, look for that once you finish reading!
So now, without further ado, I give you Chapter Three!
Last Time: (basically) Ami was told to choose between true love and true friendship. She has reached her decision and it is…
Chapter Three: The End is Inevitable
"I choose…"
***End Flashback***
"Mizuno-san. Mizuno-san. Wake up!" the nurse beside me said. Shaking me what some would call rather violently, until of course they saw what I was wearing.
"Huh?" I whispered groggily, still delirious from the daymare I was roused from moments ago. No…technically it wasn't, since it was a memory.
"It's time to leave Mizuno-san. Let's go." The nurse stated with hostility.
"Feh. Fine." I grumbled, angry with myself for slipping so deeply into the memories like that. The nurse nodded and injected a "happy dart" into my vein. Foolish mortals, as if that would stop me if I really wanted to escape. In all honesty, I stayed there because I choose to. I feel safe at the institution. No one can betray me there, because I already know that they are just pretending to be my friends. But, it didn't matter anymore. My time there was done. I would be leaving soon.
I was again roused from my musings by the nurse. She roughly pushed me in the direction of the awaiting van, two guards on either side of me. They then carefully seat-belted…more like strapped me into place. My eyelids grew heavy as my mortal body tried to fight off the drug and its effects.
The next sound I heard was the slamming of my cell door. Damn, they certainly aren't kind to their "guests" now are they? I sighed deeply, pulling my knees up to my chest, my chin resting comfortably on the makeshift pillow. I guess it's time to finish my story, ne? I should since the final stage will be completed in the morning.
***Flashback***
Before I could finish my sentence, sirens interrupted me. I was still weak from the extreme rush of memories. I was defenseless, and I knew it. I laid my head back, giving up.
"What's going on Ami-chan?" Usagi questioned, clearly confused as to why the cops would be rushing up the Shrine's stairs, guns aimed at me. She pulled me closer, trying to protect me from the world.
"This wasn't my first stop Hime." I could see her visibly flinch at my formal tone. I released a forced laugh, "No, not in the slightest was this my first stop."
"Step away from the women, now!" the police chief called out his arm shaking with fear. He had been the one who told me to stop when I killed the two hotheads. Figures. I begin to laugh, a maniacal laugh really. I knew I was finished. I made my decision and I was going to have to live with it. I slowly made my way to my feet, pushing Usagi down in the process. She looks up at me with tear stained eyes.
"Ami-chan, what did you do?" I smirk at her, relishing in the pain she is going through right now.
"You don't want to know Hime, you don't want to know." I started walking towards the cops, my hands in the air. This time it was Makato who stopped me.
"No! Ami-chan couldn't have done whatever you think she did! She's innocent." Her arms were spread eagle, protecting me. Or so she thought. Innocent, such a funny word. I don't know ANYONE innocent in this world. I put my hand on Makato's back and center my energy on it.
"Ah!" she screamed out falling to the ground, on her back I have left a smoking hand print. I shrug it'll heal, I know she's had worse. The other senshi look at me with hatred. Rei especially, I guess now she realizes just how evil I am.
"Now walk real slowly towards us," the cop instructed, I'm sure I can see a little wet spot on the front of his pants. I follow the officer's instructions and slowly walk towards my fate.
"Wait!" Rei calls out; I stop but do not turn. "She is evil." This time it was directed at the officers. "I can feel it," this causes me to smirk; finally she understands just what I had to fight off. "allow me to do a binding spell." She requests the officers. The look at each other confused. The head officer shrugs,
"Sure, why not? Nothing else has been able to stop her." Rei nods and takes out one of her scrolls. She slowly begins chanting, softly. Then the pace speeds up as well as the volume. Finally she chants the last word in the incantation and the scroll shoots out towards me.
"Ahhhhhh!" I scream in pain. I've never felt the burn of one of her spells before and it hurts like hell. I fall to the ground, convulsing in pain. I never see the tears that fall out of Rei's eyes as she watches her spell take effect. I finally succumb to the pain, and lose consciousness.
The next thing I know, I'm in a cell of some sort with a doctor looking person standing over me. I jump back reflexively, but am stopped by straps on my wrists and ankles. The doctor too jumps in surprise, almost dropping his needle.
"Where am I? Who are you?" I demand, my voice as cold as ice. The doctor shivers a bit,
"Tokyo mental hospital. Your trial is in three days." The doctor manages to say once he has calmed his racing heart.
"You didn't answer my other question." I growl narrowing my eyes into small slits. The doctor again pales,
"That is of no importance." He starts. I squirm wildly, trying to release myself from the binds.
"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!" I scream over and over. So loud and long do I scream that my voice is soon shot to nothing more than a whisper. Four guards rush in and hold me down so that the doctor can inject whatever is in that needle of his. I soon become extremely frightened. This wasn't what I had in mind.
"Stop, please stop, don't…" the last of my words drown out as the doctor injects the serum into my veins, the tears are still flowing down my face. The world begins to spin; I blink my eyes several times, tying to clear my fading vision.
I whisper in my mind, I can feel him wince inside my head.
"I'm alone…" I whisper quietly in the darkness of my cell. The three days up until my trial passed by quickly. With only the occasional, visit from my lawyer who for the record was terrified of me. He decided that pleading insanity would be the best option, seeing how it was the only option that would keep me alive. I just shrugged and signed the dotted line under guilty, it didn't bother me. I was alone now; no one cared about me, why should ~I~ care what happened to me now?
***The Trial***
"Mizuno, Ami, you are charged with 45 counts of 1st degree murder and 20 counts of attempted manslaughter. How do you plead?" the judge questioned. I looked around quickly and saw the senshi's shocked faces. I guess they were never told the total number of people I killed. I then shifted my gaze to my lawyer who was standing beside me. He looked at me with sympathy, pity. I HATE pity. I quickly re-focused my gaze onto the judge.
"Guilty." I said, my voice would be considered monotone if it weren't so icy.
"My client pleads insanity." My lawyer quickly supplied the judge. The judge nodded and started his speech.
"Well, ladies, and gentlemen of the jury. I see no need to continue. The defendant has already pleaded guilty, and I really do not wish, as am sure you don't; to venture into the mind of this twisted young lady. So, if it's all right with both the defense and prosecution, I move to skip directly to the sentencing."
"Prosecution has no objection your honor." The sleezy lawyer with the slick hair said, grease seeping even from his cheesy smile. My lawyer looked over at me. I kept my gaze on the judge. I think I saw him shudder. I smirked, at least some people still feared me.
"No objection your honor." My lawyer sighed. The judge nodded and turned to the jury.
"If you please," he gestured to the door. "a decision on the punishment. I would like to remind you that capital punishment is not an option in this case, since the defendant had made a confession." He nodded to them indicating that they begin. They slowly stood, most taking second and third glances at me before shaking their heads and walking into the jury room.
It couldn't have been more than five minutes when we were ordered to stand again and the jury was back in the courtroom. The judge looked at me quickly before looking at the jury.
"What condemnation did the jury find the defendant?" the judge asked. The foreman rose from his seat, a yellow paper clutched in his hand.
"We the jury of Tokyo, having found the defendant already guilty, and after reviewing the evidence, sentence her to life in Tokyo's Mental Institution with no chance of parole." The chaos that ensued was worth those lives. I smirked watching the senshi cry out.
"Ami-chan, tell them it wasn't you. Tell them that you would never do anything like this. We need you!" Usagi cried out.
"Please Ami-chan! You are our best friend!" Minako said rather loudly, tears flowing freely from her eyes. Makato hugged her and stared at me,
"Ami-chan, you can't leave us." Rei just glared at me,
"Fight it Ami-chan, fight it." She whispered, amazingly enough it was her words that I heard over everything else. I turned to my "friends" and smirked.
"Ami-chan is dead, you made sure of that. Your pathetic attempts to bring her back are worthless." I sneered. Usagi fell to the ground, heart-wrenching sobs tore from her throat. Mamoru hugged her to his chest and glared at me. As if that glare could take all the pain, I caused his little Hime away. Foolish mortals, I shook my head and turned back to face the judge.
"Bailiff." The judge called. The man in uniform walked over to me and ordered me to turn around. I complied; there was no need to fight them yet. I let him handcuff my hands behind my back and allowed him to lead me to the awaiting car for immediate transportation to Tokyo's Mental Institution.
***End Flashback***
"Mizuno-san, Mizuno-san!" My guard hollered at me. I sneered at him,
"What?" I practically hissed. His eyes went as wide as saucers and he began to stutter,
"You..rr…vis..it..or." I smirked, and nodded my head. He quickly scrambled off to get my visitor. I wondered which of the senshi it would be, as the other guards strapped my arms to the bed, so that I was in a sitting position. I heard Usagi's bubbly voice from down the hall. This would just make my job easier. She walked into the room slowly, as if testing the waters. I sat straight up, starring at the wall.
"Hello, Ami-chan." She greeted, pulling up a chair and sitting in front of me. I didn't even shift my eyes, they stayed on the spot on the wall. I kept my eyes hard, so that Usagi couldn't read how I was really feeling. I saw her wince and resisted smiling in pleasure.
"Ami-chan, please talk to me. It's been two years, you can't…how many times and in how many ways can we apologize?" she pleaded with me. I ignored her, waiting for just the right moment. "Chibi-Usa will be one next month. She's going to be the flower girl in Rei's wedding. Did she tell you? Her and Chad are getting married! He finally popped the question. Makato and Ken are getting serious, and Minako is still ga ga over Suki…" she stopped when she realized what she was saying.
"Ami-chan I'm so sorry. I just thought…that well you may want to know about your friends lives." The urge to respond was so great that I had to blink and clench my jaw tightly. I doubt Usagi saw the movement, and if she did she made no indication of it. She looked back into my eyes,
"The girls all miss you Ami-chan. We wish you would just talk to us! Please." She bent her head in her hands and began sobbing. The guard knocked on the door indicating that it was time for her leave.
"I'm coming" She sniffed; the guard nodded and began unlocking the door. As she stood and turned to leave I, decided that now was the time.
"Bring everyone here tonight at midnight."
"Ami-chan? Did you? What? How there isn't visiting hours that late?" She whispered obviously confused out of her little blonde mind. I smirked.
"Your smart girls, figure it out." Then I again adjusted my eyes and attention to the wall. She stared at me completely dumb struck.
"Miss? Miss, visiting hours are over now." The guard gently said to Usagi.
"Uh, huh." She nodded dumbly following the guard out of the room.
***Midnight***
I lay on my bed staring at my ceiling. It was about midnight, the girls would be here any minute. I wasn't disappointed when I heard a key in my lock. I smirked; yes everything was falling into place. I heard the door creak open and saw a blonde head poke her way in the room.
"Ami-chan? We're here." Moon said quietly. I nodded and stood up. I walked over to the door and opened it all the way. I saw all the inner senshi and to my surprise the outers as well. I exchanged a knowing glance with Pluto before leading the girls to the lobby. They all followed in awe. I went to the front gate.
"Ami-chan? What are you doing?" Jupiter asked, voicing the question on all their minds.
"Escaping" I responded simply. I held my hand out and concentrated. My hand shone a brilliant blue, I then waved it over the lock and the gate clicked open.
"But, Ami-chan! You can't…"
"I just did." I cut Venus off. "The correct statement is you won't, but again disproved because I just did, and would do it again. The final stage must be completed. If you want to witness, follow, if not go home and go to bed. I won't think you a coward." I said softly. All the senshi looked at me with a determined look on their face. I nodded, "Have it your way."
"Where are you going?" Jupiter asked.
"I didn't invite you along so that you could question me. I just thought you might want to witness this." I said testily.
"Sorry…" I heard her mumble under her breath. I rolled my eyes and continued walking. We finally reached the outside and I had to stop and look at the stars. I hadn't seen one in two years. I felt moisture running down my left check and quickly wiped the lone tear away. I walked over to the small garden that the institution had. It was a large circle with a fountain in the middle. I walked over to the fountain and turned to the senshi.
"If you want to help you may." I spoke
"Help with what Mercury?" Uranus questioned with hostility. Neptune placed her hand on her lovers arm to quiet her. I smiled.
"Valid question. I'm finally going to full fill my destiny my senshi. Everyone has a purpose and it took me two years to realize that.
"Ami-chan…you knew everyone had a purpose when you first became a senshi." Jupiter said.
"No, she knew THAT. She just didn't want to rise up to meet hers." Mars filled in; finally, it was clicking. I nodded. Pluto lowered her head,
"If you senshi knew hers you wouldn't want to either. This is all my fault…"
"Pluto-chan! You were the one who got me through my time in there. You were the only one I could talk to! Don't, this isn't your fault. It is mine and we all know that. I choose the path I did and I must follow it out." I spoke, tears running down my face.
"Ami-chan your back!" Moon said, tears falling from her eyes as well. I shook my head.
"No Hime, I never left. That was me, this IS me. I haven't changed. I was just hiding." I said almost inaudibly. "Please, just help be there for me, once just be there without question. Just because I'm your friend and you really, do care…please…" I trailed off. Moon had tears running down her already flushed face.
"Of course, Mercury-hime. We are there for you." Moon spoke bowing to me. The others followed her example and they too bowed.
"I thank you." I closed my eyes in concentration reaching deep down in my soul for the energy I had left so dormant all these years. When I opened my eyes again, I saw all the senshi's shocked faces staring at me. I looked into the fountain's water and was taken aback.
I was wearing a long baby blue gown. The back consisted of nothing more than several blue strings crisscrossed. The top was tightly fit to my body like a second skin. Once it reached the waist it gently flowed out from my hips. The material looked as if it was made of water, it flowed so well together. At first glance, I thought it to be baby blue, but now it looks as if all the shades of blue were swirling in the dress.
My neck was adorned with a blue choker of the same material. The center had a metal symbol of Mercury dangling. Blue earrings were on my ears, three on each side. A silver arm cuff on my right arm also held the Mercury symbol. A bluish gloss decorated my lips, looking like sparkling sapphires were hand painted onto the red appendage. My heeled boots when up to my mid-calf. They were deep blue; the strings lacing it up were a light blue. Finally, seeming to complete the look, the Mercurian symbol glowed brightly on my forehead.
"You truly are a hime." Saturn gasped. I turned and smiled.
"Was there ever any doubt?" I replied jokingly. "It is time to complete the ritual."
"Yes, you know what to do Ami-hime." Pluto said.
"Wait! You knew all along that she was going to do this?" Moon finally asked.
"She is the one who told me how. Serenity-hime." I replied. Moon looked shocked. I again closed my eyes and concentrated. Presumably out of no where eight circles appeared on the ground. Each glowing the respective color and symbol of a senshi.
"You really did need us Ami-hime." Mars said knowingly. I smiled a sad smile,
"Yes, but each of you had to come willingly and must be willing to do whatever I instructed." I responded.
"Don't worry I will." Mars said nodding to me. The other inners and outers nodded when I looked at them. I smiled brightly,
"Thank you, all of you. You really are my true friends." I motion Hotaru or Sailor Saturn to follow me. I led her to her circle.
"Hotaru-hime do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She looked at responds and me the truth in her eyes,
"As protector of the planet Saturn and as the Senshi of Death and Rebirth I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere." I nod and touch my hand to her forehead. She glows a bright violet before closing her eyes and floating above her circle. A column of violet shot up from the circle and went high into the sky.
Uranus was next. "Amara-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She smiled a tight smile before repeating Saturn's words.
"As protector of the planet Uranus and as the Senshi of the Wind I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere."
I nod and touch my hand to her forehead. She too floats to into her column of light; eyes closed, in a deep sleep. I walked over to Neptune next.
"Micharu-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" I asked.
"As protector of the planet Neptune and as the Senshi of the Seas I give you my word and honor, as a fellow water senshi, that I will not interfere." She winked at me. I smiled and touched her forehead. She too was induced into the sleep-like state inside her column of teal. Next, I walked to Jupiter.
"Makato-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She nodded, tears flowing down her tan face.
"As protector of the planet Jupiter and as the Senshi of Thunder I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere." She hugs me quickly before I touch her forehead. She closes her eyes as the green light envelops her. I walk quietly to Venus.
"Minako-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She smiles brightly and holds her hand up in her famed Sailor V pose before responding.
"As protector of the planet Venus and as the Senshi of Love and Beauty I give you my word and honor, girlfriend, that I will not interfere." I nodded and touched her forehead, a radiant yellow light column surrounding her body. I turned to Mars.
"Rei-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She bows at me before responding. A lone tear escapes her eye as she answers,
"As protector of the planet Mars and as the Senshi of Fire I give you my word and honor, which you have without a shadow of a doubt earned, that I will not interfere." I smiled and touched her forehead, igniting her fiery red column. I then turned to Moon.
"Serenity-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" I ask her. She already has several tears flowing down her red cheeks. She wipes her tears away before responding.
"As protector of the Moon and the Silver Alliance and as the Senshi of Love and Pure Hearts I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere. I love you Ami-chan. You were always my first senshi, and first true friend. Remember that."
"Always," I smiled, placing my hand on her forehead. Finally, I reached Pluto. I walked over to her slowly,
"Set-chan, you have gotten me through so much the past two years. I want to thank you, for everything. I promise that I will not let you down." I could no longer hold the tears back. She enveloped me in a tight hug before looking at me expectantly.
"Setsuna-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She smiled,
"As protector of the planet Pluto and as the Senshi of Time and Space I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere." She kisses the top of my head after she finishes. I finally reach my hand up and touch her forehead.
"Honor and strength," she whispers before she too is succumb to the column of light. I look around at my friends before moving to the fountain. I put my arm straight out and lower it and the water lowers with it. Inside the fountain, I can see my symbol glowing intensely. As I step onto the water I raise my arms, and the water carries me upward. I pull my harp out and strum a few notes. The senshi's eyes snapped open and stare at me. This is the part that took me so long to do. Write a song from my heart and sing it to the intended. In this case Ryo-chan. I take a few deep breaths before beginning.
The music seems to pour from my soul, and I just go with whatever comes to my heart. My original song, out the window as new lyrics fill my heart.
Open your eyes
Undo the seem
It's not like before
It's not just a dream
The senshi all glow their respective colors, the column doubling in brightness. I keep strumming on my harp, and continue to belt out my soul.
A hint of a smile
As your hand touches mine
No longer alone
I feel them entwine
I smile; I can feel him holding hands in my mind. He knows what I'm doing and he approves. I open my mind to everything. I un-hide all the truths I have hidden from the past 23 years. It's time to embrace destiny and move on.
Ah ah ah... Eventually
I'm holding your hand
You say quietly
Baby don't go
Stay here with me
Ryo-chan begins to form in front of my eyes. First, it's more like a ghostly apparition than a person. Soon it solidifies and he is left standing there. His blue armor shining brilliantly inside his column. His is a navy blue, deep and rich. Mine has yet to fly up. His wavy blonde hair is blowing frantically in the wind from all the powers I am using.
So this is it
To you I belong
No more goodbyes
We knew all along
His eyes snap open and he stares at me. He reaches his hand out towards me. I would but I still have to finish my song. I look at him and smile a bright loving smile. It's almost time.
Ah ah ah... Eventually
Open you eyes shhh...
It's not just a dream
Ah ah ah... Eventually
There, the final words are sung. My column shoots up in an amazing swirl of colors. All the senshi had sent their light to swirl into one giant twist. It surrounded me and I screamed. Ryo entered my column his navy blue light helping to ease some of the pain. He holds me closely and we scream out together as the light invades our system. I defeated fate. I have my true love holding my closely. My friends and I stopped the destruction. I guess I was a wonderful senshi all along.
The end has come. There is no more life for my lover and I. We are no longer apart of their world. We exist in our own. We will wait for them. They are after all my true friends. And we do have eternity.
***Pluto's POV***
I was the first senshi to awaken. When I did, I saw Ami and Ryo lying next to each other. Their arms wound tightly around one another. I walked over to them and bowed to the ground.
"Please, Serenity-sama protect them in their journey. I know they await our arrival." I look to the sky and stare at a particularly bright star.
"Ami-hime. I promise that we will protect this earth and universe. We will make it peaceful and Crystal Tokyo will be born. We will see you again my friend." I was about to turn to the now rousing senshi when I saw the star twinkle. It then split into two stars. They seemed to hover over the earth before disappearing from my view. And to this day I swear that I heard Ami's voice responding.
"I know you will…"
AN: The End! So? Did you like??? I hope you did and I hope it was worth wait. I want to apologize again for taking so long to get it out! PLEASE read and review! Even though it's the last chapter, I really need the feedback! It helps!!!
Disclaimer: The song used in this chapter was not mine! It was "Eventually" By M2M. It's a great song and sounds really kewl with that part. Please check it out!
Also, if I had any of the senshi's things wrong I apologize. I'm pretty sure that moon isn't the senshi of Love and Pure Hearts but ::shrugs:: it worked. Sorry if I offended anyone!
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AN: Hey! First off, I am really pissed right now. I already typed up the author's note, disclaimer, and first part of Chapter Three in school. I, being the avid fanfic author that I am, brought in a floppy disk containing my fics that need to be finished. I luckily had time left over in FOT (about 30 min) so I decided to work on this fic…the one that I've had writer's block for. I finally got a great rhythm going and I was so excited. Well all good things must come to an end…so I hit save. Normally there is a box that comes up saying "Only saves to floppy disk are allowed". Then I hit okay, save to floppy and its all good. However, this time, that little warning box DIDN'T pop up and it saved though. I assumed onto the disk, since it's the only function allowed on school computers. Well it didn't save right so I tried a few more times, still didn't work. I had to go so I took my disk and the computer's screen went black. So now all day (this happened first period) I'm worried that it didn't save all of it. As soon as I get home, I run down to my computer (the GOOD one I'm on now) and put my floppy disk in. I try to call up the fic yet it says it didn't save under .DOC so I'm screwed and can't do anything! Not only that, but it screwed my computer up and I had to reboot, and was forced to delete the fic from the disk. Luckily, I still have this fic on my hard drive so I can continue. Now, I fear that this chapter won't be as good as it was going and I will forget a vital point that I had made in my first rendition of this chapter. Therefore, I apologize ahead of time if this chapter sucks. ::sigh:: sorry for the long-winded author note.
AN #2: This is the real one I originally had…okay ::thinks really hard, brain's wheels going a mile a minute:: Let's see if I remember this. Well, first I'm sorry that it took so long for me to get this chapter out! Second thanks for sticking with this! Now I have been quite disappointed with the lack of reviews I've been receiving (on all my fics) and I think I figured out a reason. Well…since I don't update very often, most people probably forget what my fic is about, and don't feel like reading the first chapters over again. Thus, no read and reviewies from them! So, I've decided to finish these fics as soon as possible even if it kills me. In order to accomplish this I am going to have to pause my other two fics until this one is completely done. I will announce this to the readers of the other two in those fics…but to anyone who does read those also…I apologize.
Disclaimer: Due to the long-winded Author Notes, I have decided to shorten my witty and charmingly funny disclaimer that I originally had ::grumbles about cheap ass school computers:: to a simple, I don't own. Nuff said.
Thanks: From now on, the thanks will be at the end of each chapter. So, look for that once you finish reading!
So now, without further ado, I give you Chapter Three!
Last Time: (basically) Ami was told to choose between true love and true friendship. She has reached her decision and it is…
Chapter Three: The End is Inevitable
"I choose…"
***End Flashback***
"Mizuno-san. Mizuno-san. Wake up!" the nurse beside me said. Shaking me what some would call rather violently, until of course they saw what I was wearing.
"Huh?" I whispered groggily, still delirious from the daymare I was roused from moments ago. No…technically it wasn't, since it was a memory.
"It's time to leave Mizuno-san. Let's go." The nurse stated with hostility.
"Feh. Fine." I grumbled, angry with myself for slipping so deeply into the memories like that. The nurse nodded and injected a "happy dart" into my vein. Foolish mortals, as if that would stop me if I really wanted to escape. In all honesty, I stayed there because I choose to. I feel safe at the institution. No one can betray me there, because I already know that they are just pretending to be my friends. But, it didn't matter anymore. My time there was done. I would be leaving soon.
I was again roused from my musings by the nurse. She roughly pushed me in the direction of the awaiting van, two guards on either side of me. They then carefully seat-belted…more like strapped me into place. My eyelids grew heavy as my mortal body tried to fight off the drug and its effects.
The next sound I heard was the slamming of my cell door. Damn, they certainly aren't kind to their "guests" now are they? I sighed deeply, pulling my knees up to my chest, my chin resting comfortably on the makeshift pillow. I guess it's time to finish my story, ne? I should since the final stage will be completed in the morning.
***Flashback***
Before I could finish my sentence, sirens interrupted me. I was still weak from the extreme rush of memories. I was defenseless, and I knew it. I laid my head back, giving up.
"What's going on Ami-chan?" Usagi questioned, clearly confused as to why the cops would be rushing up the Shrine's stairs, guns aimed at me. She pulled me closer, trying to protect me from the world.
"This wasn't my first stop Hime." I could see her visibly flinch at my formal tone. I released a forced laugh, "No, not in the slightest was this my first stop."
"Step away from the women, now!" the police chief called out his arm shaking with fear. He had been the one who told me to stop when I killed the two hotheads. Figures. I begin to laugh, a maniacal laugh really. I knew I was finished. I made my decision and I was going to have to live with it. I slowly made my way to my feet, pushing Usagi down in the process. She looks up at me with tear stained eyes.
"Ami-chan, what did you do?" I smirk at her, relishing in the pain she is going through right now.
"You don't want to know Hime, you don't want to know." I started walking towards the cops, my hands in the air. This time it was Makato who stopped me.
"No! Ami-chan couldn't have done whatever you think she did! She's innocent." Her arms were spread eagle, protecting me. Or so she thought. Innocent, such a funny word. I don't know ANYONE innocent in this world. I put my hand on Makato's back and center my energy on it.
"Ah!" she screamed out falling to the ground, on her back I have left a smoking hand print. I shrug it'll heal, I know she's had worse. The other senshi look at me with hatred. Rei especially, I guess now she realizes just how evil I am.
"Now walk real slowly towards us," the cop instructed, I'm sure I can see a little wet spot on the front of his pants. I follow the officer's instructions and slowly walk towards my fate.
"Wait!" Rei calls out; I stop but do not turn. "She is evil." This time it was directed at the officers. "I can feel it," this causes me to smirk; finally she understands just what I had to fight off. "allow me to do a binding spell." She requests the officers. The look at each other confused. The head officer shrugs,
"Sure, why not? Nothing else has been able to stop her." Rei nods and takes out one of her scrolls. She slowly begins chanting, softly. Then the pace speeds up as well as the volume. Finally she chants the last word in the incantation and the scroll shoots out towards me.
"Ahhhhhh!" I scream in pain. I've never felt the burn of one of her spells before and it hurts like hell. I fall to the ground, convulsing in pain. I never see the tears that fall out of Rei's eyes as she watches her spell take effect. I finally succumb to the pain, and lose consciousness.
The next thing I know, I'm in a cell of some sort with a doctor looking person standing over me. I jump back reflexively, but am stopped by straps on my wrists and ankles. The doctor too jumps in surprise, almost dropping his needle.
"Where am I? Who are you?" I demand, my voice as cold as ice. The doctor shivers a bit,
"Tokyo mental hospital. Your trial is in three days." The doctor manages to say once he has calmed his racing heart.
"You didn't answer my other question." I growl narrowing my eyes into small slits. The doctor again pales,
"That is of no importance." He starts. I squirm wildly, trying to release myself from the binds.
"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!" I scream over and over. So loud and long do I scream that my voice is soon shot to nothing more than a whisper. Four guards rush in and hold me down so that the doctor can inject whatever is in that needle of his. I soon become extremely frightened. This wasn't what I had in mind.
"Stop, please stop, don't…" the last of my words drown out as the doctor injects the serum into my veins, the tears are still flowing down my face. The world begins to spin; I blink my eyes several times, tying to clear my fading vision.
I whisper in my mind, I can feel him wince inside my head.
"I'm alone…" I whisper quietly in the darkness of my cell. The three days up until my trial passed by quickly. With only the occasional, visit from my lawyer who for the record was terrified of me. He decided that pleading insanity would be the best option, seeing how it was the only option that would keep me alive. I just shrugged and signed the dotted line under guilty, it didn't bother me. I was alone now; no one cared about me, why should ~I~ care what happened to me now?
***The Trial***
"Mizuno, Ami, you are charged with 45 counts of 1st degree murder and 20 counts of attempted manslaughter. How do you plead?" the judge questioned. I looked around quickly and saw the senshi's shocked faces. I guess they were never told the total number of people I killed. I then shifted my gaze to my lawyer who was standing beside me. He looked at me with sympathy, pity. I HATE pity. I quickly re-focused my gaze onto the judge.
"Guilty." I said, my voice would be considered monotone if it weren't so icy.
"My client pleads insanity." My lawyer quickly supplied the judge. The judge nodded and started his speech.
"Well, ladies, and gentlemen of the jury. I see no need to continue. The defendant has already pleaded guilty, and I really do not wish, as am sure you don't; to venture into the mind of this twisted young lady. So, if it's all right with both the defense and prosecution, I move to skip directly to the sentencing."
"Prosecution has no objection your honor." The sleezy lawyer with the slick hair said, grease seeping even from his cheesy smile. My lawyer looked over at me. I kept my gaze on the judge. I think I saw him shudder. I smirked, at least some people still feared me.
"No objection your honor." My lawyer sighed. The judge nodded and turned to the jury.
"If you please," he gestured to the door. "a decision on the punishment. I would like to remind you that capital punishment is not an option in this case, since the defendant had made a confession." He nodded to them indicating that they begin. They slowly stood, most taking second and third glances at me before shaking their heads and walking into the jury room.
It couldn't have been more than five minutes when we were ordered to stand again and the jury was back in the courtroom. The judge looked at me quickly before looking at the jury.
"What condemnation did the jury find the defendant?" the judge asked. The foreman rose from his seat, a yellow paper clutched in his hand.
"We the jury of Tokyo, having found the defendant already guilty, and after reviewing the evidence, sentence her to life in Tokyo's Mental Institution with no chance of parole." The chaos that ensued was worth those lives. I smirked watching the senshi cry out.
"Ami-chan, tell them it wasn't you. Tell them that you would never do anything like this. We need you!" Usagi cried out.
"Please Ami-chan! You are our best friend!" Minako said rather loudly, tears flowing freely from her eyes. Makato hugged her and stared at me,
"Ami-chan, you can't leave us." Rei just glared at me,
"Fight it Ami-chan, fight it." She whispered, amazingly enough it was her words that I heard over everything else. I turned to my "friends" and smirked.
"Ami-chan is dead, you made sure of that. Your pathetic attempts to bring her back are worthless." I sneered. Usagi fell to the ground, heart-wrenching sobs tore from her throat. Mamoru hugged her to his chest and glared at me. As if that glare could take all the pain, I caused his little Hime away. Foolish mortals, I shook my head and turned back to face the judge.
"Bailiff." The judge called. The man in uniform walked over to me and ordered me to turn around. I complied; there was no need to fight them yet. I let him handcuff my hands behind my back and allowed him to lead me to the awaiting car for immediate transportation to Tokyo's Mental Institution.
***End Flashback***
"Mizuno-san, Mizuno-san!" My guard hollered at me. I sneered at him,
"What?" I practically hissed. His eyes went as wide as saucers and he began to stutter,
"You..rr…vis..it..or." I smirked, and nodded my head. He quickly scrambled off to get my visitor. I wondered which of the senshi it would be, as the other guards strapped my arms to the bed, so that I was in a sitting position. I heard Usagi's bubbly voice from down the hall. This would just make my job easier. She walked into the room slowly, as if testing the waters. I sat straight up, starring at the wall.
"Hello, Ami-chan." She greeted, pulling up a chair and sitting in front of me. I didn't even shift my eyes, they stayed on the spot on the wall. I kept my eyes hard, so that Usagi couldn't read how I was really feeling. I saw her wince and resisted smiling in pleasure.
"Ami-chan, please talk to me. It's been two years, you can't…how many times and in how many ways can we apologize?" she pleaded with me. I ignored her, waiting for just the right moment. "Chibi-Usa will be one next month. She's going to be the flower girl in Rei's wedding. Did she tell you? Her and Chad are getting married! He finally popped the question. Makato and Ken are getting serious, and Minako is still ga ga over Suki…" she stopped when she realized what she was saying.
"Ami-chan I'm so sorry. I just thought…that well you may want to know about your friends lives." The urge to respond was so great that I had to blink and clench my jaw tightly. I doubt Usagi saw the movement, and if she did she made no indication of it. She looked back into my eyes,
"The girls all miss you Ami-chan. We wish you would just talk to us! Please." She bent her head in her hands and began sobbing. The guard knocked on the door indicating that it was time for her leave.
"I'm coming" She sniffed; the guard nodded and began unlocking the door. As she stood and turned to leave I, decided that now was the time.
"Bring everyone here tonight at midnight."
"Ami-chan? Did you? What? How there isn't visiting hours that late?" She whispered obviously confused out of her little blonde mind. I smirked.
"Your smart girls, figure it out." Then I again adjusted my eyes and attention to the wall. She stared at me completely dumb struck.
"Miss? Miss, visiting hours are over now." The guard gently said to Usagi.
"Uh, huh." She nodded dumbly following the guard out of the room.
***Midnight***
I lay on my bed staring at my ceiling. It was about midnight, the girls would be here any minute. I wasn't disappointed when I heard a key in my lock. I smirked; yes everything was falling into place. I heard the door creak open and saw a blonde head poke her way in the room.
"Ami-chan? We're here." Moon said quietly. I nodded and stood up. I walked over to the door and opened it all the way. I saw all the inner senshi and to my surprise the outers as well. I exchanged a knowing glance with Pluto before leading the girls to the lobby. They all followed in awe. I went to the front gate.
"Ami-chan? What are you doing?" Jupiter asked, voicing the question on all their minds.
"Escaping" I responded simply. I held my hand out and concentrated. My hand shone a brilliant blue, I then waved it over the lock and the gate clicked open.
"But, Ami-chan! You can't…"
"I just did." I cut Venus off. "The correct statement is you won't, but again disproved because I just did, and would do it again. The final stage must be completed. If you want to witness, follow, if not go home and go to bed. I won't think you a coward." I said softly. All the senshi looked at me with a determined look on their face. I nodded, "Have it your way."
"Where are you going?" Jupiter asked.
"I didn't invite you along so that you could question me. I just thought you might want to witness this." I said testily.
"Sorry…" I heard her mumble under her breath. I rolled my eyes and continued walking. We finally reached the outside and I had to stop and look at the stars. I hadn't seen one in two years. I felt moisture running down my left check and quickly wiped the lone tear away. I walked over to the small garden that the institution had. It was a large circle with a fountain in the middle. I walked over to the fountain and turned to the senshi.
"If you want to help you may." I spoke
"Help with what Mercury?" Uranus questioned with hostility. Neptune placed her hand on her lovers arm to quiet her. I smiled.
"Valid question. I'm finally going to full fill my destiny my senshi. Everyone has a purpose and it took me two years to realize that.
"Ami-chan…you knew everyone had a purpose when you first became a senshi." Jupiter said.
"No, she knew THAT. She just didn't want to rise up to meet hers." Mars filled in; finally, it was clicking. I nodded. Pluto lowered her head,
"If you senshi knew hers you wouldn't want to either. This is all my fault…"
"Pluto-chan! You were the one who got me through my time in there. You were the only one I could talk to! Don't, this isn't your fault. It is mine and we all know that. I choose the path I did and I must follow it out." I spoke, tears running down my face.
"Ami-chan your back!" Moon said, tears falling from her eyes as well. I shook my head.
"No Hime, I never left. That was me, this IS me. I haven't changed. I was just hiding." I said almost inaudibly. "Please, just help be there for me, once just be there without question. Just because I'm your friend and you really, do care…please…" I trailed off. Moon had tears running down her already flushed face.
"Of course, Mercury-hime. We are there for you." Moon spoke bowing to me. The others followed her example and they too bowed.
"I thank you." I closed my eyes in concentration reaching deep down in my soul for the energy I had left so dormant all these years. When I opened my eyes again, I saw all the senshi's shocked faces staring at me. I looked into the fountain's water and was taken aback.
I was wearing a long baby blue gown. The back consisted of nothing more than several blue strings crisscrossed. The top was tightly fit to my body like a second skin. Once it reached the waist it gently flowed out from my hips. The material looked as if it was made of water, it flowed so well together. At first glance, I thought it to be baby blue, but now it looks as if all the shades of blue were swirling in the dress.
My neck was adorned with a blue choker of the same material. The center had a metal symbol of Mercury dangling. Blue earrings were on my ears, three on each side. A silver arm cuff on my right arm also held the Mercury symbol. A bluish gloss decorated my lips, looking like sparkling sapphires were hand painted onto the red appendage. My heeled boots when up to my mid-calf. They were deep blue; the strings lacing it up were a light blue. Finally, seeming to complete the look, the Mercurian symbol glowed brightly on my forehead.
"You truly are a hime." Saturn gasped. I turned and smiled.
"Was there ever any doubt?" I replied jokingly. "It is time to complete the ritual."
"Yes, you know what to do Ami-hime." Pluto said.
"Wait! You knew all along that she was going to do this?" Moon finally asked.
"She is the one who told me how. Serenity-hime." I replied. Moon looked shocked. I again closed my eyes and concentrated. Presumably out of no where eight circles appeared on the ground. Each glowing the respective color and symbol of a senshi.
"You really did need us Ami-hime." Mars said knowingly. I smiled a sad smile,
"Yes, but each of you had to come willingly and must be willing to do whatever I instructed." I responded.
"Don't worry I will." Mars said nodding to me. The other inners and outers nodded when I looked at them. I smiled brightly,
"Thank you, all of you. You really are my true friends." I motion Hotaru or Sailor Saturn to follow me. I led her to her circle.
"Hotaru-hime do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She looked at responds and me the truth in her eyes,
"As protector of the planet Saturn and as the Senshi of Death and Rebirth I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere." I nod and touch my hand to her forehead. She glows a bright violet before closing her eyes and floating above her circle. A column of violet shot up from the circle and went high into the sky.
Uranus was next. "Amara-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She smiled a tight smile before repeating Saturn's words.
"As protector of the planet Uranus and as the Senshi of the Wind I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere."
I nod and touch my hand to her forehead. She too floats to into her column of light; eyes closed, in a deep sleep. I walked over to Neptune next.
"Micharu-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" I asked.
"As protector of the planet Neptune and as the Senshi of the Seas I give you my word and honor, as a fellow water senshi, that I will not interfere." She winked at me. I smiled and touched her forehead. She too was induced into the sleep-like state inside her column of teal. Next, I walked to Jupiter.
"Makato-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She nodded, tears flowing down her tan face.
"As protector of the planet Jupiter and as the Senshi of Thunder I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere." She hugs me quickly before I touch her forehead. She closes her eyes as the green light envelops her. I walk quietly to Venus.
"Minako-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She smiles brightly and holds her hand up in her famed Sailor V pose before responding.
"As protector of the planet Venus and as the Senshi of Love and Beauty I give you my word and honor, girlfriend, that I will not interfere." I nodded and touched her forehead, a radiant yellow light column surrounding her body. I turned to Mars.
"Rei-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She bows at me before responding. A lone tear escapes her eye as she answers,
"As protector of the planet Mars and as the Senshi of Fire I give you my word and honor, which you have without a shadow of a doubt earned, that I will not interfere." I smiled and touched her forehead, igniting her fiery red column. I then turned to Moon.
"Serenity-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" I ask her. She already has several tears flowing down her red cheeks. She wipes her tears away before responding.
"As protector of the Moon and the Silver Alliance and as the Senshi of Love and Pure Hearts I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere. I love you Ami-chan. You were always my first senshi, and first true friend. Remember that."
"Always," I smiled, placing my hand on her forehead. Finally, I reached Pluto. I walked over to her slowly,
"Set-chan, you have gotten me through so much the past two years. I want to thank you, for everything. I promise that I will not let you down." I could no longer hold the tears back. She enveloped me in a tight hug before looking at me expectantly.
"Setsuna-hime, do you promise not to interfere whatever I may do as long as it doesn't endanger civilian lives?" She smiled,
"As protector of the planet Pluto and as the Senshi of Time and Space I give you my word and honor that I will not interfere." She kisses the top of my head after she finishes. I finally reach my hand up and touch her forehead.
"Honor and strength," she whispers before she too is succumb to the column of light. I look around at my friends before moving to the fountain. I put my arm straight out and lower it and the water lowers with it. Inside the fountain, I can see my symbol glowing intensely. As I step onto the water I raise my arms, and the water carries me upward. I pull my harp out and strum a few notes. The senshi's eyes snapped open and stare at me. This is the part that took me so long to do. Write a song from my heart and sing it to the intended. In this case Ryo-chan. I take a few deep breaths before beginning.
The music seems to pour from my soul, and I just go with whatever comes to my heart. My original song, out the window as new lyrics fill my heart.
Open your eyes
Undo the seem
It's not like before
It's not just a dream
The senshi all glow their respective colors, the column doubling in brightness. I keep strumming on my harp, and continue to belt out my soul.
A hint of a smile
As your hand touches mine
No longer alone
I feel them entwine
I smile; I can feel him holding hands in my mind. He knows what I'm doing and he approves. I open my mind to everything. I un-hide all the truths I have hidden from the past 23 years. It's time to embrace destiny and move on.
Ah ah ah... Eventually
I'm holding your hand
You say quietly
Baby don't go
Stay here with me
Ryo-chan begins to form in front of my eyes. First, it's more like a ghostly apparition than a person. Soon it solidifies and he is left standing there. His blue armor shining brilliantly inside his column. His is a navy blue, deep and rich. Mine has yet to fly up. His wavy blonde hair is blowing frantically in the wind from all the powers I am using.
So this is it
To you I belong
No more goodbyes
We knew all along
His eyes snap open and he stares at me. He reaches his hand out towards me. I would but I still have to finish my song. I look at him and smile a bright loving smile. It's almost time.
Ah ah ah... Eventually
Open you eyes shhh...
It's not just a dream
Ah ah ah... Eventually
There, the final words are sung. My column shoots up in an amazing swirl of colors. All the senshi had sent their light to swirl into one giant twist. It surrounded me and I screamed. Ryo entered my column his navy blue light helping to ease some of the pain. He holds me closely and we scream out together as the light invades our system. I defeated fate. I have my true love holding my closely. My friends and I stopped the destruction. I guess I was a wonderful senshi all along.
The end has come. There is no more life for my lover and I. We are no longer apart of their world. We exist in our own. We will wait for them. They are after all my true friends. And we do have eternity.
***Pluto's POV***
I was the first senshi to awaken. When I did, I saw Ami and Ryo lying next to each other. Their arms wound tightly around one another. I walked over to them and bowed to the ground.
"Please, Serenity-sama protect them in their journey. I know they await our arrival." I look to the sky and stare at a particularly bright star.
"Ami-hime. I promise that we will protect this earth and universe. We will make it peaceful and Crystal Tokyo will be born. We will see you again my friend." I was about to turn to the now rousing senshi when I saw the star twinkle. It then split into two stars. They seemed to hover over the earth before disappearing from my view. And to this day I swear that I heard Ami's voice responding.
"I know you will…"
AN: The End! So? Did you like??? I hope you did and I hope it was worth wait. I want to apologize again for taking so long to get it out! PLEASE read and review! Even though it's the last chapter, I really need the feedback! It helps!!!
Disclaimer: The song used in this chapter was not mine! It was "Eventually" By M2M. It's a great song and sounds really kewl with that part. Please check it out!
Also, if I had any of the senshi's things wrong I apologize. I'm pretty sure that moon isn't the senshi of Love and Pure Hearts but ::shrugs:: it worked. Sorry if I offended anyone!
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