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Warning : Major Usagi and Mamo-chan devotees will not like this... ^^
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Note: This is after Sailor Moon saved the world once again, Princess Fireball came back, and all the other senshi and Tuxedo Kamen gets reincarnated...again...and the world is at peace...again. Read the summaries for the ending of the Stars if you have to, but remember, this is AFTER.
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G*L*O*W*I*N*G* STARS
Part II (completed July 2000, edited a bit June 2001)
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Ami ran toward the starlights' apartment. It was their last day on earth and she suddenly became very aware of that fact. Knocking on the door breathlessly, she clutched tightly onto the book in her hand. The door flashed open.
It was Taiki.
"Ami-chan...what...hi...what are you doing here?" he stuttered.
"Um, I came to give you, this," Ami handed over the book to Taiki.
Taiki stared at the title. It was a scientific book about earth. The blue planet was printed on the cover.
Ami gave him a bright smile, "Don't forget your times here. Ne?"
"Ami..." Taiki breathed.
"Taiki! Who is it at the door?" a yell from Yaten was heard. "We need your scientific mind here genius!!" The Starlights were discussing the current situation on Kinmoku.
Taiki rolled his eyes. "Gimme a second!"
"You want to come in?" Taiki suggested.
Ami shook her head. "No, I just came to give you the book, I have computer club in..." she glanced at her watch. "oh...5 minutes, so well, ja ne..." she said, a bit uncertain.
"Um...well...I guess...I'll see ya..." what kind of reply is that? He probably will never see her! Taiki wanted to smack himself.
"Yeah...bye."
Taiki watched as Ami faded away, thoughts sprawled upon his mind. How they always tied in every single exam. How she's always so determined. How she's so fragile yet stronger than any other being he had known. How she took the blast for him with Galaxia. How she had taught him about love and hope and dreams. Taiki felt like there was something he needed to say...but he can't bring himself to it. He was going to miss her wasn't he? "Arigatou Ami-chan" he whispered softly.
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Huff...puff...huff...puff...
Seiya ran toward the sunset, making his way to Usagi's. There's no way is he leaving this planet without tying some definite answers. He rang the doorbell, clutching on the wall for balance. The door flashed open and there she was, Odango with that usual cute face. Seiya tried to
catch up with his breath.
"Seiya..." Usagi exclaimed, "What are you doing here? Is something wrong?" her big blue eyes were full of worry.
Seiya shook his head, "I have to talk to you."
Usagi looked at him uneasily as she closed the door behind her. "Yeah?"
"Odango..." Seiya held her by the shoulders, "I need to know something..."
Usagi stumbled back just a little. "Seiya..."
"No, let me finish, I need to know if you have any feelings for me at all?" Seiya pleaded with his eyes, as if the wrong answer could crumble his 5'5 built.
"I..." Usagi stuttered. "we are friends Seiya, we'll be friends forever..."
Seiya loosened his grip on Usagi. "So I'm just a friend ne?"
It turned out that Usagi isn't as clueless as she looked. "Seiya, my heart belongs to Mamo-chan, it's always been and it always will..." she asserted.
Seiya's whole body kind of deflated as he nodded. "I know...but I..." Seiya rose his head toward the sky. "I thought if I tried...you would give me a chance..."
Usagi smiled softly. "Seiya-kun, you are a wonderful friend, and I will never forget you, but my destiny is to be with Mamo-chan...you know that right?"
"Right...right..." Seiya nodded again, though he felt his heart had been crumbled, shattered, then misplaced. "Odango, I...good luck, with everything."
Usagi smiled, "yes, thank you, you too, maybe someday I'll visit Kinmoku and you can give me a tour ne?"
"Yeah..." Seiya mumbled, "I'll go now."
"Take care Seiya." Usagi waved as Seiya faded in the sunset, a cold feeling suddenly settled around her body. "I'll never forget you..."
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The evening was cool as the wind carried the sweet scent of cheery blossoms. Minako studied her hand under the bright moonlight. Pondering how she could have died then lived...again. She sighed then laid her head back on the grass, deep blue eyes staring into deep space, the millions of stars ornamenting the sky made her feel so diminutive and insignificant. Earth was just a tiny molecule floating in the big universe. Just a tiny speck. The truth frightened her.
"Deep thoughts?" a sonorous voice slid into the serene atmosphere.
"Yaten-kun, you made it..."
"Of course, sorry to keep you waiting, we were discussing how to repopulate our planet," Yaten sat beside Minako,a smile printed on his face. It's amazing how his mood can change ever since he saw his princess...
"Is your planet up there somewhere?" Minako pointed to the sky as she questioned softly.
Yaten heard a hint of pain in her voice, desperate pain that can't be helped. He glanced at Minako, her profile reflected by the moonlight. Shimmering blue eyes carried so much agony under those thick, long eyelashes.
Shaking his head, he replied. "Huh-eh...Kinmoku is far far away."
"So, you're just leaving tomorrow?" she turned to face him, eyes pleading and glowing, wishing for something she already knew the answer to.
Yaten's lips parted for a second, about to say something but then dug something out from his shirt. "Don't forget me," he whispered, holding a single yellow rose to Minako's now blurred vision.
Minako touched the rose petals gingerly, as if a rough motion would instantly ruin it. Moving her hand downwards till it entwined with Yaten's. "...I can never forget you..."
Yaten wanted to gather the blonde girl in his arms. He wanted to ask her to come to his planet and be with him. He wanted to share his dreams and secrets with her...but all he could do was sit there, in a fazed mode as the breeze brought down a few cheery petals...
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A shooting star streaked across the sky. The Starlights had left to their planet, leaving the world where they learned about love and friendship. Everyone seemed happy as perhaps, peace had finally made its way to earth. Usagi was back with Mamoru, and they had never been better. Rei went back to her life at the shrine, occasionally flirting with Chad. Minako was doing great as the volleyball captain of Juuban high, leading them to championships. Ami was occupied with her schoolwork and academics competitions as Makoto was at heaven during
cooking club. The outer senshi's were finally letting their guards loose and each tried to chase their own dreams. Their constant laughter rang beside the sea.
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1 year and 5 whole months later
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Seiya, Taiki and Yaten were watching the sunset. Kinmoku's time was a lot different from Earth's. Although about identical in size, it takes Kinmoku 776.34 days to revolve around their star. Of course, their suns was rather myriad comparing to the one in the Milky Way galaxy. For they are in a binary system of 2 stars. Which creates breathtaking sunsets. Each 15 hours, it will rise and then set at the next 15 hours. Daylight is quite long on Kinmoku. During the season of summer as it is called on Earth. Plants of many brilliant colors blossoms and decorated the
hills of Kinmoku. It truly is a beautiful planet. Enduring so much, but now enliven with so much beauty, pleasing Kakyuu and her loyal protectors.
"I wonder what Odango's doing...maybe she's watching the sunset too." Seiya chuckled softly as he blinked at the iridescent creature that resembled a butterfly on Earth. Yaten turned to look at Seiya whose face was dyed golden brown by the sunlight. The black haired ex-idol hadn't mentioned the name 'Odango' since...well, a long while ago. All of
them had struggled to abandon their memories on earth. It was like a dream, a beautiful dream, blissful but fleeting. Nonetheless, each light had their occasional slips of 'Earth memories'.
For Taiki, it was through his comments on his new discoveries.
"I'll bet Ms.Mizuno didn't think of this," he would say with a triumph grin on his face.
The other two lights would usually stare at him oddly then turn away, recalling their own memories.
Seiya was obviously a tortured soul, all his memories were confined into the words, "Odango" or "Odango Atama" or "Odango Kawaii." It made him happy though, a heavenly smile would always grace his face, making him look somewhat like a god.
As for Yaten-kun, it was less obvious. Though somewhat too obvious for
the other two lights to understand. Yaten would have these strange phases when he would just stare at the ceiling, green eyes intense and never blinking. Once Seiya dropped by to visit him and Yaten had completely ignored him as if Seiya didn't exist. It wasn't until the doctor had arrived did Yaten blinked and mumbled. "Don't you ever knock Seiya?" There were clues on what was bothering him though, too many little ones no one had paid much attention to. Like that golden album he would always look at every night. Running his hand over a picture imprinted in his head. Like how he suddenly decided he wanted to see the planet of Venus through Taiki's complicated telescope. He had failed as he didn't bother to listen the instructions Taiki had given him.
So that about sums it up. The three lights were three lost souls. Can never be content where ever they are placed...
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Minako's peaceful sleep was interrupted by the beepings of her communicator.
"Senshi are needed at the downtown book store. Now!!" it was Rei, yelling through the communicator.
"Na..nani? Rei-chan what are you..." Minako began groggily but Rei was soon off the screen.
"Is there trouble?" Artemis asked, instantly alerted.
"Hai hai..." Minako nodded, "I knew this was going to happen sooner or later. We destroy an enemy..gets a new one...destroy them...gets a stronger one...destroy them...gets more. Let's see how this time differs," she grumbled. "VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!!! MAKE UP!!!"
Jumping on top of building. Sailor Venus and Artemis arrived at the scene of the crime.
"What, is, that?" She questioned, standing next to eight other dumbfounded senshi with Tuxedo Mask. In front of the book store was well...a spaceship...
"I don't know," Mercury scanned its contents, or tried to. "I can't get any statistics on it..."
"Then let's just crack the thing open," Uranus said as she walked toward it.
"Uranus wait! What if it's a trap??" Mercury cried.
"Well, we can't just leave it there can we??" Uranus replied.
"Wait, let me do something first," Sailor Moon suggested. "Moon tiara...action!!!"
The golden disk hit the spaceship then bounced off of it, chipping part of Sailor Mars' hair on its reflect.
"HEY! WATCH IT!" Mars yelled.
Sailor Moon smiled uneasily. "oops..sorry..."
"Sorry! You are going to be so sorry when I..." and so the infamous fights between Moon and Mars erupts once again.
"It was an accident!" Moon cut it.
The other senshi groaned in exasperation.
"Lemme try," Venus murmured, she would like to get this over with as soon as possible.
"Venus...crescent beam...SMASH!" the ray of energy reflected again, this time smashing right in to Moon.
"Ahhhhh!!!' Sailor Moon yelled.
"Heeheehee...gomen..." Venus laughed nervously.
"Venus...I'll get you for this..." Moon mumbled rigidly.
"Well, I guess it reflects any power we shoot at it," Mercury analyzed.
Uranus walked toward the thing with her space sword, scratching it with it. She mumbled with a frown. "This is just a piece of junk."
Suddenly, the ship opened and the brightest light shone from it. Sailor Uranus backed away as the Senshi stared in awe.
"I've finally found you...." a whispery evil voice echoed from it, followed by a dreadful screeching laugh.
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(Kinmoku, Star Castle)
"It's beautiful!" Yaten exclaimed as he developed the picture. It was a photo of the blue sea on Kinmoku. Looks almost as pretty as Earth's sea, he thought. Flipping through his picture album he came a cross a golden picture...an image of Minako. She was sleeping. Her eyes closed with shimmering hair cascading around her. Then the next page it was of her singing, blue eyes full of dreams and hope, he could almost hear her sing...
Hear her sing...how he would give anything to just hear her voice aginst his ear. She would squeal and tell him how kawaii he was; or maybe offer to feed her lunch to him; or bribe him with her 'made just for him' but don't eat it unless you want some internal injuries cookies; or laugh at his jokes that most people find dull and inappropriate; or tell him that he shined; or...Yaten hugged the album against his chest. Memories flooding through his head. How strange life can be. When he was on Earth, he couldn't wait to get the hell out of there and back to Kinmoku. Now that he's on Kinmoku, he would love to revisit Earth again...
"Good night Minako," he whispered as he closed the album. Suddenly feeling despondent and lost, he dove on to his bed, fingers clutching his pillow. "Good night..."
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"Sailor Moon!!" Tuxedo Mask flung himself toward his love, preventing the ray of energy from hitting her.
"Tuxedo Mask!!" Sailor Moon screamed as she cradled his body in her arms.
"Just give me the silver crystal Serenity!" the voice commanded.
"Mamo-chan! Mamo-chan!" tears streamed down Sailor Moon's face.
"Sailor Moon watch out!" Venus screamed as she took a hit for Sailor Moon, "Ahhh!!"
Venus was hit by a blast of energy.
"Venus!!" Sailor Moon cried.
All the senshi are down and defeated by this 'new' enemy. Who wasn't collecting any kind of energy and just wanted the silver crystal.
"You can have it! You can have the crystal!" she yelled, ready to release her crystal.
"NO!!! Sailor Moon don't!!" Jupiter yelled.
"I won't let you," a fatigued Uranus cried as she stood in front of Moon, blocking her.
"Give me the crystal!!!" the voice yelled then blasted Uranus...
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Seiya was smiling.
And yet tears glistened in his blue eyes.
"Odango Odango Odango," he thrust his fist on to the table. Why can't I forget her? Why can't I forget her face? Why can't I? Why can't I? Why can't I!!!! He wanted to scream.
'We'll be forever friends...' he remembered her last words to him. Forever friends. That wasn't enough. He needed her. But he can't have her. What did he do to deserve this????????? Huh? Huh???
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Taiki was talking to Princess Kakyuu, reporting the status for Kinmoku.
"All is well. We need to start exploring the southern territories." Taiki said.
Kakyuu nodded, "I'll send some troops for that...we need to launch more satellites..."
Suddenly a guard came in, kneeling in front of Kakyuu, he said. "We have intruders my queen, but they claim they need help."
"Hmmm? Who are they?" Kakyuu instantly alerted.
"They claim they are from the faraway planet of Earth."
Taiki felt his 6 feet of height settling on his feet, "Earth???"
"Bring them in! Hurry!" Kakyuu gestured in a frenzy.
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Seiya stared oddly as the guards outside were shuffling around and making a lot of noise. Opening his door, he found a servant.
"Hey, do you know what's going on outside??" he asked politely.
"Hai, there are intruders."
"Intruders?!?" Seiya was instantly alerted. "why didn't Kakyuu tell me about this..." his fingers entwining his henshin stick.
"Don't worry Seiya-sama. I heard they aren't bad intruders. They came because they need help. I think their planet has been conquered...or something."
"Oh..." he breathed a little, "okay."
"They are very badly hurt so that's why I have to get a doctor."
"Where are they from?" Seiya questioned.
"Um...oh! Earth, I think, yeah." the boy replied then looked back at Seiya.
But Seiya was nowhere.
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"I miss you Yaten-kun...It's wonderful to see you again."
"...is it...is it really you?"
"Hai Yaten...I..."
'Slam'
Yaten's eyes fluttered opened. "Damn it," he mumbled as he got out of bed. Flashing his door open, he saw servants roaming around in the hallways. Carrying all these stuff...
"Hey! What the hell is going on???" he yelled petulantly, he was not a night person...not a morning one either but that's besides the point.
"Oh Yaten-sama! I'm sorry if we woke you," a servant apologized.
"What's going on?" Yaten questioned again.
"There are these really hurt people from another galaxy. Kakyuu-sama said we have to take care of them, they are in really bad condition."
"From another galaxy?" Yaten rose an eyebrow.
"Yeah, I think Kakyuu-sama knows them, so does Taiki-sama and Seiya-sama, they are talking down there."
"Taiki? Seiya?" Yaten exclaimed. "Where exactly are they from anyhow??"
"I think they are earthlings. Yes, I believe so." the servant replied.
Yaten held on to the door for balance. For the first time in his life. He felt like he needed instructions to be able to breath. Inhale...exhale..
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"Incredibly powerful whoever it is..." Saturn, who was bandaged at the arm, murmured.
Neptune nodded in accord. "Hai, not looking for any kind of energy or star seed or pure heart, it's just trying to get the silver crystal..."
"And if it weren't for Pluto," Jupiter glanced over. "It would have gotten the crystal."
"Do you know why they are trying to get it?" Taiki questioned. "What purpose?"
Pluto sat in silence, then in a daunting voice she began. "I was going to tell you guys this," she looked at the remainder senshi, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Mars who weren't in medical treatment. "I suppose I wanted you all to enjoy the peace as long as possible....but then there is no end to fighting for us sailor senshi..." she took a deep breath as the other senshi thought briefly of their future, was it going to be just to be full of never-ending fights? Will peace ever grace itself to the universe?
"Our enemy currently is Nautica from the far away galaxy of Karamona. Nautica is collecting three key crystals, the bronze crystal, the silver crystal and the gold crystal. When the three pieces are put together. The metallic crystal will form."
"What...what can the metallic crystal do?" Mars questioned.
Pluto held a wry smile, "the metallic crystal is the most powerful crystal of the universe. For it holds all three elements. From the bronze crystal, time, from the silver crystal, heal, and from the gold crystal, destruction. And you guess it. She's planning to rule the universe with it."
"So this isn't just a worry for the earth senshi isn't it? This is a worry for all senshi..." Kakyuu murmured, more or less to herself.
Pluto nodded, "Indeed."
"Where are the bronze and gold crystal?" Neptune asked.
"Different places in the galaxy, the only thing keeping Nautica from getting them is where they are, she's incredibly powerful and probably can get them if ..." Pluto was cut off by a abrupt screech from the door.
"Where are they!?" It was Kou Yaten, breathless as he yelled into the discussion room.
"Pluto, Neptune...Jupiter...Mars..."
"Yaten-Kun..." Mars whispered.
"Yaten, why don't you sit, we have a lot of things to discuss," Kakyuu gestured for him.
"But, where's Usagi? Where's Minako, Ami, and Haruka?" he questioned.
Seiya, who had been silent through out the whole discussion pipped up, "doctors are taking care of them..."
"Are...are they...okay?"
Silence.
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Usagi groaned as she opened her eyes, it was dark...and cold...she was so cold...pulling
the edge of her blanket as her blue eyes stared into the dim space. Her head was flooded with thoughts and memories...where was she? Is she...alive? Where's...where's...
"Mamo-chan?" she questioned groggily, her voices seem to echo in the dry air.
"Odango?"
Usagi saw a pair of warm blue eyes staring into her own. "Mamo-chan?"
The dark blue eyes seem to sank as a nervous voice conveyed. "No, this is Seiya."
"Seiya..." Usagi whispered, but the name didn't to register. "Where's Mamo-chan?" she questioned again.
Seiya shut his eyes for a second, as if trying to locate the right words, "he...uh...he's at the hospital where they are treating him in intensive care unit."
"Will he be okay?" Usagi asked.
"Ha...hai..." Seiya said quietly.
"Oh...good..." Usagi closed her eyes then pulled the covers till it reached to her eyes, leaving Seiya sitting there, completely destroyed. Not because of Odango's reaction to him but because of his lie...and that haunting conversation..................
"I'm sorry, but he is hurt internally and there's...nothing we can do. The power was too intense, whoever hurt him."
"Are you sure there's nothing...?" Kakyuu pleaded desperately.
The doctor shook his head.
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"Dammit..." cursed Makoto as tears streamed down her cheeks, "dammit dammit dammit."
The other three sat in silence, all were depressed and in a state of despair.Rei buried her head in her mess of dark hair; she was crying as she thought painfully, 'we've failed to protect the king...'
Hotaru was thinking of ways to revive him, can she heal him? She would die for her king, will it work? It wouldn't hurt to try would it?
Setsuna was sitting there quietly as she felt her heart rotting, was this really happening?
"There's nothing we can do now..." a surprisingly scratchy voice came from the usual soothing tone of Michiru, "what's done is done, and what we need to do now is take care of those who are okay and then together we face Nautica." she articulated, determined but was slowly draining from inside, 'they couldn't even protect the king!'
"Usagi-chan..." Rei murmured as her eyes merged to space, "how can she handle this?"
All was quiet.
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"Yaten-san...please...eat something..." a nurse begged as she held a bowl of food, he hasn't eaten since the day before.
Unfortunately for her, the world was inaudible to Yaten at the moment. Minako was lying on the bed, skin deathly pale, body bruised and winded, living with the help from machines.
Artemis was by her, staring melancholy and desperate. Yaten rubbed his green eyes that were dull and bloodshot.
"Minako..." he whispered. "You're finally here..." he chuckled softly. "this is Yaten, remember me? This is the part where you squeal and stalk and bribe and..." his voice slowly drained as liquid started streaming down his cheeks. "Dammit," he mumbled.
A warm hand was felt on his shoulders as Yaten pivoted around, facing Kakyuu.
Kakyuu winced at Yaten's condition.
"My queen..." Yaten fumbled to get up but was stopped by Kakyuu.
"Yaten...is she...?"
Yaten bit his lip. "The doctor said they are not sure if she..."
Kakyuu's eyes sank, she wasn't sure if the starlights had fell in love on Earth. But it was pretty obvious that Yaten looked so bleak because of this girl. "Kou..." she called him by his firstname. "I'm sorry Yaten..." her eyes full of sorrow as she gathered the small light in her arms. "It's going to be okay though, you'll see. Everything's going to be okay..."
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The sunlight felt too warm for Ami. She winced, opening her eyes as if it she was reborned.
"Ami-chan..." A pair of purple eyes stared in amazement, "hey! You are awake!"
"Rei?"
"Hai. Hey girl-friend, are you hungry? You must be, being unconscious for 3 days, let me get you something." Rei marched toward the door but stopped as Ami questioned,
"Rei! Where are we? What happened?"
Rei turned to look at Ami, "we are at Kinmoku...the starlights, their planet."
The blue eyes of Ami's seem to enlarge as her iris grew smaller. Thoughts rushed to her head as she stuttered. "Where's...where's Usagi? Is she okay?"
Nodding Rei continued to explain what had happened, "Usagi is fine, Haruka and Minako-chan..." Rei lowered her head. "they are unstable, Mamoru-san...he's he's..."
The feeling of stun, despair, sorrow, anger, and failure roamed in Ami's head like a mop of visionless bees, stinging her very nerve. She shut her eyes for what it seemed like an eternity; then asked. "Usagi-chan?" her voice soft.
Rei looked down. "She doesn't know..."
"Oh.."
"We can't tell her you know..." Rei's voice was breaking as her head hung in ambivalence. "She'll crumble...she'll..." her hand went up to her forehead, as if trying to calm her thoughts, sighing in exasperation as she finally popped, releasing the pressure enveloped in her for so long. "We are such failures! We can't even protect the king! And now Usagi will probably never recover for the rest of her life! And Venus and Uranus are about as near dead..." tears streamed down her cheek as Ami watched silently, feeling her own hurt bubble about to burst,
afraid because she doesn't want to break down... "Dammit!" Rei punched the table, "I thought peace had finally came! Why? Why do these STUPID people always try to conquer the universe? Why? Why can't everyone just get along!? I'm so tired of fighting! Tired of dying! Tired of losing people!" Rei deflated to her knees.
"It's what a Sailor Senshi must endure," a stern voice cut in the stiff atmosphere.
"Taiki-san..." Ami murmured, staring at his dark eyes, feeling a gentle tug in her heart.
Taiki reached down for Rei's hand. "Rei-chan, don't cry, you mustn't give up..." he asserted softly it stunned Rei as she hugged herself.
"I don't know why I'm acting so pathetically. I guess I was naive enough to believe that the fights had ended and everyone can live happily
ever after..." she chuckled softly.
Ami bit her lip. "Rei-chan, Taiki-san's right. You mustn't give up," she sat up from her bed as 2 pairs of violet eyes bored in to hers. "Senshi have rough lives, we all know that. We fight because we love, we fight because we believe, and I believe there will be peace someday," she closed her eyes, imagining a world of harmony, where there's always a rainbow after a thunderstorm. Where people laugh until they cry. Where there's always hope. Smiling as she continued confidently. "Everything is going to be well someday...everything..."
Taiki stared in amazement as a lingering smile hung on the face of the Earth senshi. She was so confident and so filled with hope...
"And don't worry about Usagi..." Ami voiced, trying to sound confident but her head knew she was telling a lie. "she'll...she'll bounce back...like she always does. She's the one that taught us about friendship, dreams, and love...she'll be fine..." feeling like she was convincing herself Ami stopped.
"I hope so." Rei murmured softly.
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Usagi woke up to a beautiful room with the a exotic scent. She blinked as she got up, her body felt numb, like she hasn't woke up since a hundred year ago. Where was she?. Getting up, Usagi noticed her condition, she was in a sleeping gown and her odangos were down as her
blonde hair fell like silk to the ground. But something was amiss, what was it? Usagi thought.
What happened to her?
Suddenly, as if someone had literally snapped her to reality, memories flooded in her head. "Mamo-chan..." she whispered then started running aimlessly around the bedroom.
"Mamo-chan?" she greeted the lavish bathroom.
"Mamo-chan?" the scent of flowers apparently came from a green house.
"Mamo-chan?" the closet was as big as her room in Tokyo.
"Mamo-chan?" Usagi yelled into the empty hallway as she flew down the steps of stairs.
"Mamo-chan??" she cried out as she felt the world spinning around her.
She headed toward a big golden door.
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Present at the 'round table of knights' were Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Pluto, Queen Kakyuu and the Starlights. Expressions were grim, voices were somber, all were depressed and on a verge of break down.
contacted senshi from other galaxies. We all need to unite and defeat Nautica." Kakyuu stated. "But right now, all we need to do is nurse all of you back to health. There's no point in fighting when you can't. So rest and don't think too much."
Kakyuu's voice was heard, but none responded until Hotaru whispered, "Haruka-papa and Minako-chan...they aren't going to be okay are they?" her voice, soft as steel, words cutting into the senshi's flesh.
Michiru kept quiet as she dugged her nails deep into her own skin, desperately trying not to cry. Rei, Setsuna, Mako, and Ami-chan remained silent also, staring down as tears emerged. Yaten was sitting there, hands grabbing on to his shirt, feeling dizzy and couldn't breath....
Hotaru continued as tears spilled down from her strained eyes, "it's true isn't it?!?" she cried, voice hoarse and scratchy, "they are never going wake up just like Mamoru-san..." she whimpered.
"Matte," Kakyuu begged.
"You don't know that..." Taiki said, "there's a chance..." he whispered as he studied every detail of the table.
"Yes there is a chance! There is a big chance, please don't give up..." Kakyuu added urgently, trying to drill the words of hope in to the senshi.
A chair screeched as a figure got up and left.
"Yaten..." Kakyuu called but Seiya put a hand on her shoulder. "Leave him be, Kakyuu..." he said. "leave all of them be...they are in a black hole of sorrow right now, it is best to let them think on their own." Seiya stated as Kakyuu nodded.
"Mamo-chan?!?!?!" a voice echoed in the huge meeting room, causing a few gasps around the table.
"Usagi?" Rei cried.
"Minna!" she took a notice of this for about second. "Where's Mamo-chan?" she asked...almost innocently and expecting...
You could hear the rapid breathing of all the senshi.
"Usagi...come here..." Makoto pulled the golden haired girl toward the table then set her in a seat.
"Where's Mamo-chan?" Usagi asked again.
A silence that lasted about what it seemed like eternity ceased when Mars started. "He's...he's at the hospital where the best doctors are taking..."
She was interrupted by a loud slam of the table by Seiya.
"Don't lie to her anymore," he mumbled dejectedly, Usagi's eyes stared into Seiya's. So pure and hopeful and beautiful. Seiya winced at his own words. "He's gone," he stated. The jaws of the Earth senshi literally fell.
Usagi's forehead wrinkled into deep thoughts for a second then her eyes focused back to Seiya. Smiling she said, "Iie, you told me himself that he was fine. Mamo-chan's fine isn't he? Seiya-kun, you are joking right?" Usagi blurted out her thoughts as they never made it to her
central nervous system. Her CNS was mentally cracked.
Seiya felt as if he was draining from inside.
"No no...you are just kidding!" Usagi said in a silly voice. "Mamo-chan's fine! He's waiting for me somewhere and you are just not telling me because...because of your own selfish reasons! Why can't I see him?!?!?" she cried, yelling at all senshi.
"Usagi..." Rei began.
"Oh I know!" she started giggling insanely. "You wanted to scare me, no you wanted to test me...no...you are just playing silly games, hide and go seek? Would Mamo-chan do that to me?" she laughed.
"Usagi-chan..." Ami held her, her blue eyes penetrating Usagi's.
Usagi closed her mouth, staring into Ami's eyes. Suddenly, the world came to focus for her. She felt incredibly nauseous... "Mamo-chan no..." Usagi trailed. Her crystal blue eyes became myriad as white spots filled them. "Mamo-chan no..." she mumbled again. Then the world turned black.
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Awwww...so sad. I'm sorry Usagi!!! Please forgive me! I know, not much Seiya/Usa stuff in this one. Hey actually, not much stuff on anyone. Just laying out everything, you know. During the middle of writing this fic. I realized I was insane. Oh hell, well, oh well. You can deal with that can't you? *smiles sweetly* iris actually getting kind of sick of Yaten and Minako and that's why she made Minako sleeping beauty! *Laughs evilly* By the way, it's 1 a.m right now and I'm listening to weird music and that explains why I'm acting likes this! I feel like laughing!!! Hahaha. Okay, I need help. Lemme stop this before it gets too far. ^^