***Part Eight***


Disclaimer: Sailormoon is a Japanese comic copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi. It was then turned into a popular Japanese anime. Theeeeeeen. Someone translated it. And now we have it in English, too! Well, I guess that's it. (A lady stumbles on stage and whispers something into my ear) **Whispers back "What? She refused to pay for my story!?"** Ohy. And…I'm not making profit of this story. **Innocent grin**
Oh yea! Sorry Ash. ^. ^



Chibiusa sat down, watching TV, awaiting the arrival of Usagi. Her and the girls had gone to Minako's funeral and hadn't yet returned. Mamoru couldn't make it to the funeral, he had a very important meeting to do, and it couldn't be canceled. She herself was too afraid of breaking down in tears to go, so she stayed home. Minako and her weren't very close, anyways. They had shared a few things together, and she was one of them, but they never knew each other and a personal basis. She flipped through the channels and found something she liked. About five minutes later, she heard the door quietly shut. "Usagi?" She asked. No answer. She flipped off the TV and waiting. "Usagi?" She spoke once more and got up. Glancing around, she looked to see if someone was in the room. No one. Walking over to the door, she continued to look around. "Usagi, this isn't very funny!" She whispered. "Come out. If you want to talk about..." She looked at the man who stood before her. And it definitely wasn't Mamoru. "May I… help you?" She asked. "If you're one of Usagi's friends, she isn't…" She was once again cut off. A young girl with silver hair appeared. She would have been a stunning site, if not for her cold smile.
"I'm a friend of Usagi's, but I'm not here to see her…" The man, who was very handsome, spoke up.
"Oh. Well no one else is home. I'm sorry." Chibiusa stated, practically drooling over the guy who stood before her. And Usagi's worried about Mamoru doing something with someone else, she thought.
"We're here for you." The silver-haired woman spoke up. "For your life, anyways. I guess I can spare a small introduction. I'm Anetka. And this is my brother, Bishonen."
Chibiusa shook her head, not sure if her ears were deceiving her. "Excuse me?"
Bishonen stepped back, letting his sister take the stage. Anetka drew her golden tipped arrow and placed it in the bow. "Say goodnight, dear child." She let go.


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Rei hummed softly, walking back towards the temple. She didn't want to think about what happened, not at all. So her mind was on other things, mainly Mamoru. Knowing she couldn't have him made her upset and angered at the same time. I know I have to move on, she thought, but there's no one else around…Bishonen…but he'll probably be taken…already.
She continued walking until she got to the temple steps. Her grandfather was such a softly. She didn't have to do extra chores, only her usual ones. Things were normal again, with the exception of a missing friend. The thought of the doctors not knowing how Minako died struck Rei. She stopped dead in her tracks. The same feeling she got on the day Minako died came to her. She dropped her bag and headed for Usagi's house.

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Usagi swallowed down more tears. She couldn't stand the thought that she would never come across Minako's smiling face again. And the thought that no one ever knew, the thought that they weren't prepared…hurt. She didn't know what to do, where to go. Looking up at the sky, she sighed. Exams were over, and graduation was in two days. Usagi had a totally kawaii (cute) dress. That Minako helped me pick out, Usagi thought, a single tear making its way down her cheeks. Usagi was awoken by her unpleasant thoughts. A dark figure was running down towards her house. "What's going on?" She asked to herself. The figure looked a lot…like Rei. Usagi picked up the pace and ran faster to her house.

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Ami walked along side Makoto. Not wanting to be the cause of tears, she didn't talk. She didn't know what to say. Makoto's best friend just died, what could she say? Looking out towards the afternoon sun, she sighed.
Makoto looked at Ami. "What's wrong?" Ami looked back, dazed.
"Nothing," she lied.
"Look," Makoto started, "I know you're upset because Minako died, hence the reason you aren't talking, but she died. It's in the past, and you can't change it. I mean…sure. I'm probably going to be a little depressed over the next few days…but I'll get over it. We have our graduation to look forward too 'n all."
Ami nodded in agreement. "Two days." She stated, "It's a shame Minako will never get to see it."
"Oh, she'll see it…" Makoto said, looking up towards the sky, smiling.
"Yea…" Ami agreed, and looked ahead. "Hey, Makoto. Who's that? Isn't she heading towards Usagi-chan's house?"
"Hai, hai…" Makoto nodded, shading her eyes from the sunlight to look at the figure. "It looks an awful lot like Rei…" she stated.
"Yea. I guess…shouldn't we follow to see what's going on?" Makoto nodded and they started towards Rei's house.


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Mamoru sighed. He passed a few places as he drove. He was going to apologize to Usagi and he was going to do it now. He couldn't wait any longer. There had been a gut-wrenching feeling in his stomach ever since Usagi and him and fought. They had had their ups and downs, but he couldn't recall ever doing something this awful. There was only so much temptation a guy could resist, though. Knowing that it wasn't all Rei's fault, he still blamed most of it on her.
A look of confusion worked its way across Mamoru's face. He saw four girls all rushing towards Usagi's house. He slowed down a little and saw that the girls were Rei, Usagi, Makoto, and Ami. Staying at a slow pace, he decided to follow them.


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Rei stopped outside the house. Knowing that at least Makoto and Ami were following, she wanted to wait, just in case anything happened. Ami and Makoto showed up.
"What's…going on?" Makoto asked, out of breath from the jog.
"I never told any of you, because I didn't think it was important. But on the day Minako died, I had a feeling that something was wrong. I can't explain it at all, really, but I have that same feeling now. And…something just led me here." She said, shrugging.
Ami sighed. "You don't think…that…"
"That what!?" Usagi asked, staring at the people in front of her house. She looked about. "What are you all here for?"
"Well…" Makoto started, "We saw Rei running towards your house and we basically started to follow."
"And I saw all of you…" came a voice from behind, "and I decided to check out what was happening."
Usagi turned around and looked at Mamoru. Her eyes stung with tears. Mamoru walked towards Usagi and took her in his arms. "Usagi…I want to say" He was cut off by a loud scream.
Rei looked around. She opened the door. "Usagi, you don't usually lock your doors when someone's home, do you?"
"No…" Usagi stated, "but Chibiusa mi…" She ran grabbed her key immediately after Chibiusa's name was mentioned and flung open the door. No one was there. She looked around, and everyone followed her. They saw a movie playing on TV, one of those scary ones. Then they saw a big pink fluff, which they assumed was Chibiusa's hair. There was a long, deep sigh of relief. Usagi walked towards the couch and touched the young girls shoulder. The body tipped over and showed a deep crimson liquid coming out of Chibiusa's chest. Usagi shook her head back and forth, denying that this was happening, telling her self it was only a dream, blood wasn't really spilling out of her future daughters heart. She wasn't…dead. She couldn't be, Usagi wouldn't allow it.
"Oh, boohoo…." Came a cold, sarcastic voice from the corner of the room. A low snickering was heard.


***To Be Continued***


^Okay. Kill me. It's short. But I kind of like the ending part, ya know? I tried to get this done as soon as possible. I figure one…maybe two more chapters will do it. Sooooo!! The End will be coming soon. ^. ^!!