Chapter 4:
"She did it..." Wufei said in disbelief, "she really did it."
"Yeah. And she has a death grip on it even though she's passed out cold." Trowa said.
"What was it that she was saying about her friends?" Quatre asked.
"Is she going to be okay, Hiiro?" Duo asked, starting to act like the protective brother he should.
"She just needs some rest. She used a lot of energy, I guess." Hiiro replied.
Twenty minutes later, I awoke. I focused my eyes and saw that Hiiro was sleeping with his back propped up against the back of the couch where I was lying. I looked at the Ginzuishou in my hand, "Now they can come back...my friends." I said to myself quietly. I tapped Hiiro on the head with my index finger and he woke with a start. "Hey there, sleepyhead."
"Are you okay?" He asked. Hiiro and I had always had a special connection, we were really good friends, though no one knew that.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied.
"What did you mean by you could bring your friends back?" He asked me.
I looked down, "my friends...I can bring them back with the power of the Ginzuishou, and they aren't really dead, just kind of in a slumber. I can awaken them and have them come help out. But I don't want them to fight, they..." I paused thinking about their eternal mission. "They have a mission... an eternal one. They have to protect the princess of the moon kingdom, aka, me. I don't want them to. Oh, Mother, please tell me that they can lead normal lives this time around." I whispered into the air.
"Why not just make yourself no longer the princess?" Hiiro said.
"I wish it was that easy, but if I do so, every person that has been killed by the power of this," I held up the crystal, "will be reborn...and... I just don't want someone else to be hurt like this." I slid my shirt up to show the huge bruise on my stomach, then I showed him the one on my arm and leg. I laid my cheek on top of his head when he looked down at the floor. "I want my friends, but I don't want them to have to die saving me from something again. They've died..." I counted in my head, "five times already, and every time I had to bring them back, just to die again saving me." I fought the urge to cry but it didn't work. Tears came out of my eyes and fell onto the top of Hiiros head. I soon got up and walked to the balcony.
"Don't feel so bad." I heard Hiiro say from the living room.
"Why not? I can't bring my friends back to life because they'll just be destined to die!" I said fiercely. I felt him grab my arm and turn me to face him.
"Destiny is something that you chose, if they come back, they will chose whether or not they want to die protecting you. They do so because you have a kind heart and they know that."
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Chapter 5:
I still wouldn't look up at his face, I knew he was telling the truth, but I wasn't sure. Sniffling, "you really think that they can come back without dying?"
"I don't think," he said lifting my head up to eye level, "I know." I smiled.
"Okay, I'll do it. Just...err... I'm going to need your help." I said.
"Why?" I looked at him, "oh, okay. I get it." I rolled my eyes and held up the Ginzuishou.
"Please, Ginzuishou, bring back my friends. Give them peace, do not make them die because of me again." I whispered and soon in a flash of light, my four best friends stood before me and Hiiro. I felt my energy drain from my body and I fell back into Hiiros arms.
"Usagi!" They all yelled, then looked at Hiiro in wonderment.
"Her name is Lily. Um, I think she said that someone named Setsuna was supposed to explain this all to you..." He said in his normal monotone voice.
A tall brunette spoke up, "yeah, Setsuna told us. We're just used to calling her Usagi."
"What happen-" Duo trailed off when he saw the four girls standing there and Lily passed out in Hiiros arms again. "Okay, someone better explain what the hell just happened!" He said, then turned back towards the living room, "Babes on the balcony!" Duo yelled.
"Did he just call us babes?" A raven haired girl asked a blonde. The blonde nodded and they walked up to Duo and proceeded to smack him on the head.
I woke up faster this time, I looked up and smiled at Hiiro, then looked over to Duo, Rei and Minako. I jumped out of Hiiros hold and ran to my friends. "Rei! Minako!" I screamed. They stopped and looked at me.
"I've never see her this happy." Trowa said to Quatre.
"Rei and Minako? Weren't those two of the names that she mentioned earlier?" Wufei asked.
Lily looked at everyone. "Guys, these are my friends and protectors. Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei, Kino Makoto, and Aino Minako." I said, pointing to them respectively. "Girls, this is my twin brother Duo Maxwell. And these are my other friends, Hiiro Yui, Trowa Barton, Quatre Winner, and Chang Wufei."
"Weak onnas." I heard Wufei mutter. I rolled my eyes, he was going to get an earful from Rei right about...now.
"WEAK ONNAS?!?! I'LL SHOW YOU WEAK!" Rei screamed, all of us girls ducked to the side, along with all the guys except for Wufei. She dove at him and tackled him down and started to beat him up.
"She has a fiery temper." I said nonchalantly. Everyone nodded and then Makoto pulled Rei off of Wufei, who was looking quite scared. Everyone walked back inside, but I stayed out on the balcony. I climbed up onto the railing and sat down to watch the water of the lake hit the edge of the cliff. Never even noticing that someone was still there with me. I thought about some things, then started to sing a tune that seemed to fit just exactly what I wanted to say to Hiiro.
"Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing me upon it's hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me."
"Why don't you just tell him, Usagi-chan?" Came Amis voice from behind me. I turned and looked at my long time friend.
"She did it..." Wufei said in disbelief, "she really did it."
"Yeah. And she has a death grip on it even though she's passed out cold." Trowa said.
"What was it that she was saying about her friends?" Quatre asked.
"Is she going to be okay, Hiiro?" Duo asked, starting to act like the protective brother he should.
"She just needs some rest. She used a lot of energy, I guess." Hiiro replied.
Twenty minutes later, I awoke. I focused my eyes and saw that Hiiro was sleeping with his back propped up against the back of the couch where I was lying. I looked at the Ginzuishou in my hand, "Now they can come back...my friends." I said to myself quietly. I tapped Hiiro on the head with my index finger and he woke with a start. "Hey there, sleepyhead."
"Are you okay?" He asked. Hiiro and I had always had a special connection, we were really good friends, though no one knew that.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I replied.
"What did you mean by you could bring your friends back?" He asked me.
I looked down, "my friends...I can bring them back with the power of the Ginzuishou, and they aren't really dead, just kind of in a slumber. I can awaken them and have them come help out. But I don't want them to fight, they..." I paused thinking about their eternal mission. "They have a mission... an eternal one. They have to protect the princess of the moon kingdom, aka, me. I don't want them to. Oh, Mother, please tell me that they can lead normal lives this time around." I whispered into the air.
"Why not just make yourself no longer the princess?" Hiiro said.
"I wish it was that easy, but if I do so, every person that has been killed by the power of this," I held up the crystal, "will be reborn...and... I just don't want someone else to be hurt like this." I slid my shirt up to show the huge bruise on my stomach, then I showed him the one on my arm and leg. I laid my cheek on top of his head when he looked down at the floor. "I want my friends, but I don't want them to have to die saving me from something again. They've died..." I counted in my head, "five times already, and every time I had to bring them back, just to die again saving me." I fought the urge to cry but it didn't work. Tears came out of my eyes and fell onto the top of Hiiros head. I soon got up and walked to the balcony.
"Don't feel so bad." I heard Hiiro say from the living room.
"Why not? I can't bring my friends back to life because they'll just be destined to die!" I said fiercely. I felt him grab my arm and turn me to face him.
"Destiny is something that you chose, if they come back, they will chose whether or not they want to die protecting you. They do so because you have a kind heart and they know that."
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Chapter 5:
I still wouldn't look up at his face, I knew he was telling the truth, but I wasn't sure. Sniffling, "you really think that they can come back without dying?"
"I don't think," he said lifting my head up to eye level, "I know." I smiled.
"Okay, I'll do it. Just...err... I'm going to need your help." I said.
"Why?" I looked at him, "oh, okay. I get it." I rolled my eyes and held up the Ginzuishou.
"Please, Ginzuishou, bring back my friends. Give them peace, do not make them die because of me again." I whispered and soon in a flash of light, my four best friends stood before me and Hiiro. I felt my energy drain from my body and I fell back into Hiiros arms.
"Usagi!" They all yelled, then looked at Hiiro in wonderment.
"Her name is Lily. Um, I think she said that someone named Setsuna was supposed to explain this all to you..." He said in his normal monotone voice.
A tall brunette spoke up, "yeah, Setsuna told us. We're just used to calling her Usagi."
"What happen-" Duo trailed off when he saw the four girls standing there and Lily passed out in Hiiros arms again. "Okay, someone better explain what the hell just happened!" He said, then turned back towards the living room, "Babes on the balcony!" Duo yelled.
"Did he just call us babes?" A raven haired girl asked a blonde. The blonde nodded and they walked up to Duo and proceeded to smack him on the head.
I woke up faster this time, I looked up and smiled at Hiiro, then looked over to Duo, Rei and Minako. I jumped out of Hiiros hold and ran to my friends. "Rei! Minako!" I screamed. They stopped and looked at me.
"I've never see her this happy." Trowa said to Quatre.
"Rei and Minako? Weren't those two of the names that she mentioned earlier?" Wufei asked.
Lily looked at everyone. "Guys, these are my friends and protectors. Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei, Kino Makoto, and Aino Minako." I said, pointing to them respectively. "Girls, this is my twin brother Duo Maxwell. And these are my other friends, Hiiro Yui, Trowa Barton, Quatre Winner, and Chang Wufei."
"Weak onnas." I heard Wufei mutter. I rolled my eyes, he was going to get an earful from Rei right about...now.
"WEAK ONNAS?!?! I'LL SHOW YOU WEAK!" Rei screamed, all of us girls ducked to the side, along with all the guys except for Wufei. She dove at him and tackled him down and started to beat him up.
"She has a fiery temper." I said nonchalantly. Everyone nodded and then Makoto pulled Rei off of Wufei, who was looking quite scared. Everyone walked back inside, but I stayed out on the balcony. I climbed up onto the railing and sat down to watch the water of the lake hit the edge of the cliff. Never even noticing that someone was still there with me. I thought about some things, then started to sing a tune that seemed to fit just exactly what I wanted to say to Hiiro.
"Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing me upon it's hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me."
"Why don't you just tell him, Usagi-chan?" Came Amis voice from behind me. I turned and looked at my long time friend.