Dreamscape
By Musou Misora
Standard disclaimer applies.
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Chapter Six: Harukaze, Spring Wind
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They're gone. They've left me all alone.
The day before Setsuna died she asked me to forgive Usagi, because Mamoru was lying to us. I know that she's killed all of them, so it only fuels my rage.
I walk through my room, and then Setsuna's, and finally Hotaru's. My eyes tear up as I think her name. The little firefly was too young to die so horribly...maybe this is what I receive for treason. But Usagi doesn't blame me for hating her.
She doesn't blame me for anything.
Usagi hates me.
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I never thought that our sweet, innocent princess could be so filled with hate. I never thought that she was capable of all she's done. But now it's almost over. I know she will come after me next. It's not hard to read the signs.
The story will come to its unhappy ending very soon.
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I sit patiently on a bench in the garden. The scent of roses surrounds me, and a spring wind caresses me. I don't know exactly what I'm waiting for, but I know it will come very soon.
"Very soon..." I murmur to the flowers. I feel secure in this garden, but even its charm cannot keep me from thinking about my impending death.
"Michiru."
"Ohayo, Usagi. How are you?"
"Very well, domo arigato. I have a question for you, as Setsuna told you I would."
"Of course."
"What do you dream of?" I smile at the princess I have served in so many lifetimes.
"Usagi-chan, you should already know the answer. I dream of nothing. Now, I have a question for you."
"Hai."
"How will I die?"
Usagi shakes her head. "You are the only one who has answered my question the way I think they should have. I may not have asked them all the way I did to you, demo I know you all so well. You will live for a little while longer."
She turns to leave, but I stop her. "Usagi...one more thing."
Usagi nods at me.
"Take care of the spring wind for me, onegai."
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I finish washing my plate and fork from supper, and turn on the television to watch the news. Bank robbery...rape victim...new store opening...another murder...
My mind wakes up when I hear that headline, and my hand rushes to turn the sound up.
"...in the past few weeks, there have been seven suicides or murders reported. According to the parents and friends of those people, the seven were close friends, along with three others, one of whom went missing just before the first murder occurred. One of the last two was apparently thrown from the top of his apartment building late last night, as the body was not discovered until ten this morning. The victim, Chiba Mamoru, was a medical student..."
Mamoru. Dead. Killed. I knew I should've warned him...but, then again, maybe he deserved that for lying to us about Usagi-chan; except now all she was guilty for was murder of eight people.
"...also this morning, the parents and younger brother of Tsukino Usagi, the girl that's been missing for a month and friend of the eight dead, were found burned alive in their home. With the bodies of the three, Usagi's best friend Naru was stabbed repeatedly through her chest. That's all for the headlines..."
My heart almost stops. So Usagi wasn't just after the Senshi and Mamoru. She probably wouldn't stop until all the people in her way were obliterated...I have to warn someone, but I don't want to...
I give myself a mental slap. Your life for Usagi's "friends"? It's worth it.
I suddenly thank Usagi for letting me live a bit longer.
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(Okay, so I like Michiru too...if any of the readers are mad that their favorite characters have died, please be assured that they will be returning. I think.)
---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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