Dreamscape
By Musou Misora
Standard disclaimer applies.
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Chapter Two: Tsuki no Hiko, Vice of the Moon
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I watch as Michiru, Hotaru, and Setsuna pay their final farewells to Haruka's casket. I watch as they ease the box into the ground, and shed silent tears as the priest says the prayers.
Tenoh Haruka. Tenohsei no Senshi.
I wish Usagi were here.
But she's not.
She disappeared about two weeks ago. Chiba-san told some half-assed story about her cheating on him, and using the ginzuishou to seduce other men. Haruka didn't believe it. Rei doesn't believe. I most certainly don't believe it. What I can't understand is why Ami, Makoto, Michiru and Hotaru do. Have they lost their minds? Usa-chan would never, EVER use the ginzuishou to do that, and she also wouldn't cheat on Chiba-san.
That's right. He is no longer 'Mamoru-kun' to me. I hate him for making Usagi leave.
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"Minako."
The name seems foreign to me, even though it is my own. I glance up, and see Setsuna standing before me. Her expression is something I would call 'shame, mixed with a pinch of guilt' in any other situation. But her eyes tell me that this is serious.
Setsuna sits beside me on the park bench. "I...have a question to ask you," she says softly. I nod.
"What do you dream about?"
"Nani?" I blink. "What do you mean?"
Her face falls into sadness. "Oh, it's nothing. I just have a feeling that you'll be next..."
Setsuna gets up and leaves before I can say anything more. Next? I blink again.
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I fall into a fitful sleep. Whenever I close my eyes, strange visions encircle me. They show Haruka, a bright light, and then...red...iie, red is not the correct word. It's scarlet. Blood. I sigh. I'm obviously not going to sleep much tonight, so I go downstairs, careful not to awaken my parents.
I search the cabinets for something to snack on quietly, but nothing is to be found. I close my eyes, wondering what I will do next.
The visions return. A feathery voice calls out to me.
"Do you understand why I'm doing this?"
I'm too scared to answer. The voice is too much like Usa-chan's for my liking. "Who--who are you?"
It laughs. "Can't you tell, dear Mina-chan? I'm the one and only Tsukino Usagi. I've only done one thing that might be worth hating me for. Now, do you understand what I'm doing?"
"What are you talking about? What did you do?"
"Didn't you know? I made Ruka-chan kill herself."
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I must've fainted, because now I'm in my bed with my parents hovering over me.
"Daijobou ka?" my mother asks worriedly.
"Daijobou. What happened?"
"You fainted down in the kitchen, demo you screamed 'iie!' before," replied otou-san. Okaa-san nods as if confirming his story. I smile.
"If that's what happened, okay. I'm really tired, though..."
"Hai," says okaa-san. "We'll leave you alone now."
They do so, and I'm alone once again. I roll over onto my side and sigh deeply. I'm glad Usagi is innocent of what Chiba-san accused her of. But now...
Now I know truly what her vice is.
And as I think those words, I feel a knife plunging into my back, while Usagi laughs in the backround...
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(Hehehe, gomen nasai for killing Haruka and Minako off...don't worry, I think they'll be returning.)
(Domo arigato for all you reviewers (for this story, and 'Pluto's Insanity')!)
---Musou Misora
"Patch me up inside
But I can't take it so I
Run away and hide
And I may find in time that
You were always right
You're always right..."
-Vertical Horizon, "Best I Ever Had"
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