FINALE!
All right, this is the last chapter to this tale. A bit of caution
for those weak of heart. This story does not have the fairytale happy
ending
many might have read in the first two fan fictions of mine. I decided to
make this one a bit on the sad side, but I hope that you will still fine a
single ray of light at the end. I never like to end stories completely
without hope. Hope is an important thing to have and hang onto in life,
and I try to keep that in my stories no matter how it ends.
This story is about the Generals and it
is related to the Manga, taking place not long after the
Dark Moon Kingdom.
This story is rated PG (Nothing serious, so don't worry) ^_~
Everyone please email me, I really really would like some input on
this story. Besides, I love to receive emails from ya' all! ~_~
Usual disclaimers: Sailor Moon and all its characters and likeliness
belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha/Toei. English translation is made
possible by DiC.
My email address: ml_eclipse@hotmail.com
= thoughts
[ ] = author's note
All right, on with the show! I hoped you liked this story.
============================================================================
GEMSTONE'S OATH
========================= By Cosmos ==================================
Chapter 8: Once again...
Never is a thing so tragic as to lose the one you love. And it is this
tragedy that has befallen the four women within this very room…
"You will die and they will live, " Saturn's words echo in their minds.
"Either way, you will lose…." Uranus' words ring like a bell in the hollow
silence of their grieving hearts.
To lose. To be defeated. Fighting against the hands of fate is to gain a
losing victory. But why must this happen to them? To live an existence
forever engaged in an ongoing battle has brought enough misery, must there
be more? Is there no end to this river of sorrow? Is there no peace, no
light at the end of this dark tunnel?
What cruel hands are dealing the cards of this merciless game? To place a
pawn against a King knowing full well he shall be defeated. What cold soul
has so unkindly brought false hope to young hearts in order to break them
when the hope is gone? There are so many unanswered questions and so many
broken dreams.
One can blame it on fate, one can blame it on destiny, one can blame it on
chance, but whomever the blame falls unto, their future has been set…and
this life they must lead.
Mars sits there in misery gazing with dry eyes at the pale face of Jadeite.
Unlike her friends, she refuses to shed these tears threatening to escape
its violet prisons. What good will it do to cry, she thinks.
Only more misery is all these damn tears will bring. How empty her
soul feels, like a large portion of it have died along with him. Tears
once again push against the gates of the spheres that held them, but she
is determined not to let them flow. There is nothing she or anyone can do
for them now. Neptune is right; they are gone. It is something she must
live with and something she must learn to accept. There is no reason to
cry.
'We have returned, why can't they?' Mercury's earlier question echoes in
her grief stricken mind.
Because they were never meant to, she answers mentally.
She knows there is only one thing left for her to do…one thing she must
do…they all must do if they truly love these men. She looks up to catch
three mournful gazes directed at her and each other. Without a word, they
understood each other's thoughts. Without the slightest gesture, an
agreement is made among them.
Mars returns her gaze to her fallen lover. Slowly her pale lips part in a
heartbroken whisper, "I free you of your promise…my love."
Upon the last sound of her voice, the Generals' body begins to glow and
slowly fades from their embrace. It is as if the Generals were still
holding on to any remaining trace of life they had in order to be with
Inner Soldiers as they have promised. But now that Mars has released them
from this binding oath, their souls are at last at peace…and free.
Before Kunzite's body completely vanishes from her view, Venus whispers,
"I will always love you." A single, pure tear slips from her pale face,
falling…
falling…
falling…
falling…
falling toward him….
only to pass right through his faded form to be absorbed by the silent
floor below.
Time continues to flow neither pausing nor stopping in its persistent
journey toward eternity. No pleas or sorrows of any kind can cause it to
cease in its path; and as with time, the shifting of dawn and dusk comes and
goes in the blink of tear adorned eyes.
The nightmare that had occurred now rests uncomfortably in a cushion of
faded memories created over the course of five years. Yet even time cannot
ease the pain of the heart as one might hope. It only smoothes out the
jagged ridges to leave a clean sharp edge behind, an edge that prevented
these four hearts from healing.
Must they always lead a hopeless life with desires forever unmet? Is there a
lesson to be learned from this? If so then life has a harsh way of teaching
it.
Yet, what can they do but continue on this path and hope that perhaps one
day it will cross again with those they have once loved. You may wonder
after all that has happened why they still believe in this.
As Venus and Jadeite once said, "You must believe," because that is all you
have when you have nothing else.
........................
Pale beams of moonlight pierces the shadow in a beautiful dark room and
placed its enchantments on four lonely stones upon a pedestal. Forlorn
sighs escape from pale lips in echo of the chilled reclusive twilight.
The moonlight marks the dawn of night and their awakening once again…
=============== The End =====================
[Well, that's the ending to this story. It is a bit of a rush to finish
this story so this chapter is slightly short, I apologize
for that. Anyway, the rest I will leave up to your imaginations.]
@2000
All right, this is the last chapter to this tale. A bit of caution
for those weak of heart. This story does not have the fairytale happy
ending
many might have read in the first two fan fictions of mine. I decided to
make this one a bit on the sad side, but I hope that you will still fine a
single ray of light at the end. I never like to end stories completely
without hope. Hope is an important thing to have and hang onto in life,
and I try to keep that in my stories no matter how it ends.
This story is about the Generals and it
is related to the Manga, taking place not long after the
Dark Moon Kingdom.
This story is rated PG (Nothing serious, so don't worry) ^_~
Everyone please email me, I really really would like some input on
this story. Besides, I love to receive emails from ya' all! ~_~
Usual disclaimers: Sailor Moon and all its characters and likeliness
belongs to Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha/Toei. English translation is made
possible by DiC.
My email address: ml_eclipse@hotmail.com
= thoughts
[ ] = author's note
All right, on with the show! I hoped you liked this story.
============================================================================
GEMSTONE'S OATH
========================= By Cosmos ==================================
Chapter 8: Once again...
Never is a thing so tragic as to lose the one you love. And it is this
tragedy that has befallen the four women within this very room…
"You will die and they will live, " Saturn's words echo in their minds.
"Either way, you will lose…." Uranus' words ring like a bell in the hollow
silence of their grieving hearts.
To lose. To be defeated. Fighting against the hands of fate is to gain a
losing victory. But why must this happen to them? To live an existence
forever engaged in an ongoing battle has brought enough misery, must there
be more? Is there no end to this river of sorrow? Is there no peace, no
light at the end of this dark tunnel?
What cruel hands are dealing the cards of this merciless game? To place a
pawn against a King knowing full well he shall be defeated. What cold soul
has so unkindly brought false hope to young hearts in order to break them
when the hope is gone? There are so many unanswered questions and so many
broken dreams.
One can blame it on fate, one can blame it on destiny, one can blame it on
chance, but whomever the blame falls unto, their future has been set…and
this life they must lead.
Mars sits there in misery gazing with dry eyes at the pale face of Jadeite.
Unlike her friends, she refuses to shed these tears threatening to escape
its violet prisons. What good will it do to cry, she thinks.
Only more misery is all these damn tears will bring. How empty her
soul feels, like a large portion of it have died along with him. Tears
once again push against the gates of the spheres that held them, but she
is determined not to let them flow. There is nothing she or anyone can do
for them now. Neptune is right; they are gone. It is something she must
live with and something she must learn to accept. There is no reason to
cry.
'We have returned, why can't they?' Mercury's earlier question echoes in
her grief stricken mind.
Because they were never meant to, she answers mentally.
She knows there is only one thing left for her to do…one thing she must
do…they all must do if they truly love these men. She looks up to catch
three mournful gazes directed at her and each other. Without a word, they
understood each other's thoughts. Without the slightest gesture, an
agreement is made among them.
Mars returns her gaze to her fallen lover. Slowly her pale lips part in a
heartbroken whisper, "I free you of your promise…my love."
Upon the last sound of her voice, the Generals' body begins to glow and
slowly fades from their embrace. It is as if the Generals were still
holding on to any remaining trace of life they had in order to be with
Inner Soldiers as they have promised. But now that Mars has released them
from this binding oath, their souls are at last at peace…and free.
Before Kunzite's body completely vanishes from her view, Venus whispers,
"I will always love you." A single, pure tear slips from her pale face,
falling…
falling…
falling…
falling…
falling toward him….
only to pass right through his faded form to be absorbed by the silent
floor below.
Time continues to flow neither pausing nor stopping in its persistent
journey toward eternity. No pleas or sorrows of any kind can cause it to
cease in its path; and as with time, the shifting of dawn and dusk comes and
goes in the blink of tear adorned eyes.
The nightmare that had occurred now rests uncomfortably in a cushion of
faded memories created over the course of five years. Yet even time cannot
ease the pain of the heart as one might hope. It only smoothes out the
jagged ridges to leave a clean sharp edge behind, an edge that prevented
these four hearts from healing.
Must they always lead a hopeless life with desires forever unmet? Is there a
lesson to be learned from this? If so then life has a harsh way of teaching
it.
Yet, what can they do but continue on this path and hope that perhaps one
day it will cross again with those they have once loved. You may wonder
after all that has happened why they still believe in this.
As Venus and Jadeite once said, "You must believe," because that is all you
have when you have nothing else.
........................
Pale beams of moonlight pierces the shadow in a beautiful dark room and
placed its enchantments on four lonely stones upon a pedestal. Forlorn
sighs escape from pale lips in echo of the chilled reclusive twilight.
The moonlight marks the dawn of night and their awakening once again…
=============== The End =====================
[Well, that's the ending to this story. It is a bit of a rush to finish
this story so this chapter is slightly short, I apologize
for that. Anyway, the rest I will leave up to your imaginations.]
@2000