- [ TORN ] -

- [ Part Four ] -

- [ By: PhoenixStAr ] -

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Disclaimer: Contrary to popular belief,
Sailormoon and all things related do NOT
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"Minna...I don't know why, but my heart's suddenly pounding
really fast."

Minako laughed, "Maybe you've fallen in love with the
enemy!"

The group laughed, but stopped at once when they saw Usagi
wasn't laughing with them. "Usa?"

There was a time when Rei had read each girl her fortune.
In Usagi's, it had stated that it was prophesied that she
would be soulbound with someone forbidden. At that time,
Minako had teased that it would be a member of the Chibas.
Usagi herself had squealed and covered her eyes in jest,
saying "Ewww! What if it's their leader?" Rounds of
laughter had followed, and no one had taken that seriously.
But now...

"Minna, remember when Rei read my fortune?"

"Usa-chan, don't be such a baka! Rei was just teasing you!
It couldn't be true. Could it?" Makoto gave Rei a
questioning look.

When Rei refused to respond, Ami put in, "Well, there
*have* been many reports about prophesies becoming
true...but these are very rare, and the last one accounted
was a bit less than a century ago. And even then, it
could've been mere coincidence. After all, it could've
been but a psychological push that made them live out their
prophecy, and-"

"No, Ami-chan. I had a strong feeling that night I read
that prophecy. I just covered it up, thinking I could
prevent it later on, but..."

"So what are you saying? Usagi-chan's in love and
soulmated with some guy she barely knows? With some
barbaric Chiba that would've been dead without her?"

"MAKO! I'm not the one that writes the prophecies! I
merely read them! Don't yell at me for what's fated!"

"It's fated?" Usagi's quiet question silenced the group.
"That's why I can't keep myself together when I'm around
him...that's why I keep thinking about him...goddess! I'm
repeating my mother's history! She loved a Chiba too..."

"Usagi-chan, you'll have to think about this rationally. I
don't know much about the matters of the heart, or men,"
Ami blushed, "But I do know that whatever you decide could
affect both the Chibas and Amazons very strongly."

Minako muttered, "Our fate is in your hands. How corny is
that? Usa, all I can tell you is this. You love the guy,
right? Run away with him...we'll cover for you! Because
if it really is one of those soulmate things I've read
about, if one of you dies, the other will too, and...well,
with us not knowing what the Leader plans to do..."

Makoto nodded her head in agreement. "Mina-chan's right!
You gotta take this head on. Just be careful, girl,
aright? I don't wanna hafta come after this guy myself."

"Usa! It...it's just a prophecy. We don't even know for
sure what's happening. Like Ami-chan said, you could only
be thinking that you love him because *I* said that you
were meant to love him. And even if you're meant to love a
'enemy', it could be ANY enemy...it doesn't have to be him.
Going after him now would put a lot of people in danger,
Usa! You can't put people in danger like that for your own
pleasure!"

Heads turned to look at Rei in shock. "REI-CHAN!"

"How can you say that? Usagi's responsible, she'll know
where her responsibilities and duties lay, but if she truly
loves him, then-"

"Then she should forget about it! You're right, she DOES
know where her responsibilities and duties lay, and that's
with us! Loving him, nonetheless going with him would
endanger us all from the Leader! We could get kicked out
of Amazons, or worse! What do you say to that, Minako?"

"Mina's right though, Rei! Why do you have to be so
hotheaded? You can't help who you love! Goddammit, after
all this time I still love the man that raped me! I don't
have a choice in that! When you love someone, you can't
help it! You didn't help much by telling her it was fated
either! And now you're turning your back on something
you've started-"

"SOMETHING I'VE STARTED?! I AM NOT GOD ALMIGHTY! I CANNOT
DICTATE USAGI'S FATE! BUT, if she does turn to love him,
that will endanger all of-"

"Endanger all of us my ass! You're just worried about
yourself, aren't you, Rei? Afraid that we'd have no place to go! Let her follow her heart! You can't tell her what
to do! If I have to, I'll bring down all the goddamned
Amazons, if that's what makes Usagi happy!"

"Look at what you're doing, Rei! Look at her! You're
making her choose between her friends and duty and the man
she loves! Stop making this harder for her!"

"I agree with Rei, minna. Usa-chan has responsibilities,
and-"

"STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!" Usagi stood up with a fierce race of
tears on her red cheeks. "STOP FIGHTING!!! I'LL DO WHAT I
WANT TO DO!!! JUST PLEASE, DON'T FIGHT! Don't...fight!"
Guilty faces watched her run out of the room sobbing.

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