Disclaimer in Prologue......
Death and Renewal part 4
by Sarah Lynne
Crystal Tokyo-30th century
The sunlight poured through the crystal
walls of the throne room. The radiant
light set off the white carpets and gold thrones
like a mystical scene. The brilliant gowns
and outfits of the court seemed to magnify the
sunlight a thousand fold. On the thrones,
the king and queen of Crystal Tokyo outshone their
entire court. The queen's pure white
dress with its gold trimmings seemed to set off her
golden hair and sky blue eyes like
jewels. The king's lavender tux and crystal mask
seemed a thing of legend and myth. The
entire setting would have fit in any fairy tale.
Endymion turned his head to gaze upon his
beautiful queen. To see her
determined face getting ready to dispense justice
always made his heart soften. He loved
her with all his heart, mind, and soul. Never would
he imagine what life without her
would be like. Her sky blue eyes shown as the criminal
pleaded his case. Endymion
admired her courage and tireless nature as she faced
case after case. He thought of how
much he loved his Queen Serenity.
As the criminal was led away, his face in
defeat, Serenity turned her beautiful blue
eyes on him. Endymion felt his breath leave his
lungs in a whoosh. He could feel a silent
sending of strength from his love along their soulbond.
Serenity's rosy lips smiled as
Endymion sighed in relief. He loved this woman with
all his heart. He looked deep into
her enchanting eyes and fell in love with her all
over again.
Then something started to nibble in the back of
his mind. Soon it started to worry
him. It felt like his very soul and existence was
being erased. He heard gasps from his
court. He saw horror and shock in the eyes of his
subjects. He turned to his beloved wife
and saw the horror in her eyes and in the shape of
her rosy lips. That's when the pain
started. It came with a tremendous force. Agonizing pain shot
through his body,
centering on his chest. He opened his mouth to scream,
but no sound emerged. It was
like his voice didn't exist. The pain lasted for what
seemed like an eternity. Then it and
everything started to fade. The King's weary blue eyes
opened to meet his queen's eyes.
* * *
Neo-Queen Serenity was glad the trials were
finally over. Now she could get on
to the most important part of her life, her family.
She felt eyes on her. She turned to gaze
into her loving husband's eyes. His sea blue orbs
shone with pride, and deep love. His
sensuous lips were curled into one of those smiles
of his that just made her melt inside.
Her lips could only smile back in return. Then something
started to tug at the back of her
mind. It was a feeling that, strangely enough, was
coming along her soulbond with
Endymion.. Then strange memories started to fill her
mind's eye. Memories of youma
attacks in Rei's old temple courtyard; a glowing portal
with a leg coming through; and
seeing Tuxedo Kamen lying on the ground in a pool of his
own blood with his chest torn
open. Where are these memories coming from?
They never happened. As this was
happening in her mind, Serenity watched her beloved
on horror. His body was slowly
fading. Then the King's back arced in obvious pain.
His mouth opened as if to scream
with agony. No sound emerged in the general hearing of
the crowd, but Serenity could
here her love's agonizing cries in her mind. They
resounded for what seemed like forever.
Then his body settled down and started to fade more rapidly.
Endymion's eyes opened
with a look of weariness in them. The King's and Queen's
met in a last gaze. Endymion
opened his mouth as if say to say something. The only words
Serenity heard were
"I.....love.....you, my......soul" that echoed throughout
her shattered mind and heart.
Suddenly a burst of reddish light shone in the
middle of the carpetway leading to
the thrones. Sailor Pluto stood there, breathing hard.
Her eyes were wide and in obvious
pain. Her whole presence seemed to emanate a anxiety to
get a message across. Her eyes
fell on Endymion and her mouth opened in horror. Pluto
staggered a few steps toward the
King and held out her hand as if to stop the inevitable
disaster. But not hers nor
Serenity's presence could save Endymion for what had
happened had happened in the
past. So both women watched as the most important person
their lives disappeared off the
King's throne. Everyone held their breaths as silence
reigned in the throne room.
Then the sound of the heavy door banging open
shattered the silence. A pathway
opened for the Neo-Princess Serenity to run to her mother.
As Small Lady came to where
Pluto was standing, she suddenly hunched over in pain.
As she strained towards her
mother, she started to fade as well. The Queen finally
found her voice. Her denying
scream rang throughout the room. She leapt from the throne
and tried to catch her
disappearing daughter. But she was too late. Just as
she reached the spot, Small Lady
was gone. Erased from existence. With her went Serenity's
world. Her husband and
daughter. Her beloved family. Her life. GONE!! Serenity
fell to her knees, tears falling
down her white cheeks. The court was quiet as they watched
their Queen grieve. The
four inner Senshi ran to their Queen's side. Serenity was
soon surrounded in a comforting
hug.
Serenity felt her Senshi's succoring presence's only
dimly. Her body had gone
numb with shock. Then something again started to nibble in
the back of her mind. This
time it wasn't a memory. A small corner of determination
in her mind refused to just give
up her family. The new memories mixed with the old as she
came out of the shock. Her
mind centered on one new memory. She saw her younger self,
Sailor Moon, wailing over
the body of Tuxedo Kamen. The ragged cry seemed to echo
through Serenity's mind.
Images flashed around this central picture. Pictures of
beautiful walks in the palace
gardens with her husband. Images of birthday parties for
her daughter. Romantic
dinners...Childish laughter...resting in her husband's
arms at night...watching her child
sleep peacefully. These images knocked the shock out of
her system. Already these
memories were fading. Soon she would never remember her
family! She must act
quickly! Only one thing could be done. She must go back
in time and help her younger
self bring Tuxedo Kamen back to life.
Serenity's blue eyes flashed as she swung her head
up. No longer was the Queen
of Crystal Tokyo held by the trauma of her family's
disappearance. New belief and life
shone in her magnificent eyes. Her voice rang out strong and
clear as she called to Sailor
Pluto. "Pluto, take me to the time gate as soon as possible.
I must use the ginzuishou to
help my younger self."
The court and the Senshi were startled and mystified.
No one had ever ordered
Sailor Pluto to use the time gate. Everyone turned to Pluto,
who's look of pain had dulled
somewhat to be replaced by a look of determination. She
have a sharp nod in agreement
to Serenity's idea. Pluto knew that something had happened
to the younger Endymion
that was not part of destiny. He had met an early death
that was not supposed to happen.
As the Guardian of Time, it was her duty to right the
timestream of any disturbances. She
would take her current Queen to right this wrong.
Dark green hair flared as Sailor Pluto turned to
open the portal to the Time Gate.
Dark fog swirled onto the marble floor as the portal was
opened. Queen Serenity closed
her eyes and called mentally to her chief weapon, the
ginzuishou. The throne room
flashed with light as the many-faceted crystal drifted
down from above to rest in her
Majesty's hands. Serenity stood, dragging her Senshi with
her. As she moved toward the
portal, the Senshi, including the newly arrived Outer
Senshi, arranged themselves behind
their Queen and prepared to follow her to 20th century
Tokyo.
The portal closed behind the nine women as the
dark nothingness took over where
the sunlight left. Before the Senshi could even think,
Pluto had opened the time gate with
her garnet rod. Twirls of multi-colored light exploded
out of the Time Gate as the great
doors thundered open. (I've only seen the time gate opened
once in SMR and that was a
while ago so I've kind of forgotten what it looked like
when it was opened.) The Queen
and her Senshi backed up a little, shielding their eyes with
their arms. The burst of wind
from the door blew the Senshi's skirts around their legs.
The ginzuishou glowed with
power as Pluto led the way into 20th century Tokyo and left
the guardianship of the time
gate to the capable hands of Father Time.
* * *
All Sailor Moon's mind could comprehend was
the desolation and pain of
Mamo-chan's absence in her soul. The resounding
wail went through Usagi's mind as a
dying echo.
Each Sailor Senshi awoke to this ever-continuing
wail of pain and loss. They all
painfully go to their feet, blood dripping from small
gashes and breaks. Sailor Venus still
felt the shock of the jolt of electricity. No one
was really hurt except for Mars whose limp
was more pronounced and her face squinched in pain
every time she had to put pressure
on her sprained ankle. The blood ran down into her
violet eyes from the gash along her
forehead. Her heart swelled with pain for her leader
and Princess. Mars had been terribly
shocked to see Tuxedo Kamen dead. Her memories of her
time with Mamoru in the park
and maltshop were numerous and heart-wrenching. Her
old crush on him made her
empathetic to Sailor Moon and her now eternal pain.
* * *
Sailor Pluto wasn't really hurt physically as
her powers were strong enough to
keep her basically unharmed. But her heart and soul
were wounded beyond compare. She
felt guilt for not seeing the impending disaster.
She felt even more guilty at the death of
Endymion.
Pluto resolved herself to the oncoming sea
of guilt. She had allowed, unwitting as
it may be, the Prince to die. So she must right
this wrong, and bring him back using the
Time Gate. She raised her time staff, readying a portal
to the Time Gate when a portal
suddenly opened to her right, right in front of a dazed
Sailor Mercury. The Inner Senshi
and Sailor Pluto wearily tensed for more battle as
Sailor Moon sat in another world,
cradling her lost love's head in her shaking lap.
A bright light shone through the portal as the
white-clad figure of Neo-Queen
Serenity came through the black portal surrounded by her
much older Senshi. Needless to
say, the younger Senshi were startled to see their older
selves. The most startled was
Sailor Pluto. Having two Plutos in one time period was
a little unnerving. (Can this
happen? Would this create a time paradox or something?
My mind hurts just thinking
about it. Sorry if yours does too.) Neo-Queen Serenity
and Super Sailor Saturn ignored
the dazed, younger Senshi and started for Sailor Moon.
Sailor Jupiter (younger one)
stepped out as if to defend Moon. Her forest green
eyes met Queen Serenity's peaceful
blue ones, and she stopped. The Queen's calm and
determined aura convinced Jupiter that
Sailor Moon was in no danger. The young, chestnut
brown-haired girl backed off and
allowed the beautiful Queen and the tranquil Sailor
Saturn to pass.
* * *
Sailor Moon's pained mind felt the balming
presence of something brushing
against her soul. She turned to see a gentle, white
light surrounding her future self,
Neo-Queen Serenity. Serenity's soft, pink lips curved
into a soothing smile as her hands
came to rest on Sailor Moon's shoulders. Moon's watery,
blue eyes opened in wonder as
Serenity said, "Don't cry, Sailor Moon. I have a way to bring
Tuxedo Kamen back. Let
us use the two ginzuishous to guide his soul back from
oblivion."
"But what if we do get him back? His body is
destroyed. He wouldn't live for
five seconds more," Sailor Moon asked.
Queen Serenity said reassuringly, "Don't worry
about that detail. Super Sailor
Saturn shall heal him while we work."
Sailor Moon looked over at the little girl whose
violet aura filled surrounding
space with an eerie glow. Sailor Saturn?.....
Sailor Moon thought.
No more time could be spent in contemplation.
Sailor Moon steeled herself. She
would do anything to bring her Mamo-chan back. She
would even risk getting lost in
oblivion for him. She pulled the brooch off her chest
and opened it. The crystal winked
and glittered in the auras of the surrounding Senshi.
Sailor Moon shouted out her famous
line as Serenity silently envoked her crystal. The blaring
light that resulted blinded the
surrounding Senshi, old and young alike. Both odango-topped
females began frantically
calling for their lost loves within the dark emptiness of
oblivion.
* * *
Mamoru floated in a sea of nothingness.
He was still in his Tuxedo Kamen identity
as he wondered where he was. The last he remembered
feeling was excruciating pain in
his chest and the heart-wrenching sorrow as he left his
Usako behind. Just thinking about
her lovely blue eyes and shining face made a pain of
separation start way deep down in his
chest. He now knew that he had to be dead. There was
no other explanation. He would
never see Usako again. Tears of mist and nothingness
appeared in his ghostly eyes as he
remembered the time he had had with her in the park
and in other places around Tokyo.
He remembered when she had accidentally thrown that test
on his head. He remembered
calling her meatball head. Even though after that he
made fun of her and called her names,
deep down, he really loved her. He always had and he
always would. Never would
another person replace Usagi as the most important person
in his life. That was until he
had died. Now there was no way that he could see her or
kiss her again. He would never
say how much he loved her again.
Just as his thoughts were heading in this
despairing direction, he saw a bright light
far to his right. He thought he heard faint voices
calling his name as well. How could that
be though? There was nothing here but the endless
darkness. Then those voices began to
take on a familiar dimension. Why, they sounded like
two versions of his Usako!! That
just couldn't be. How could Usako find her way into
this place?! It just wasn't possible.
Or was it? He started to move his ghost-like limbs in
an attempt to reach his love. Yet
something held him back. He felt a gentle tug on his
chest. He looked down to see the
frayed cord of his life. Of course he couldn't move.
He was dead. He would never be
able to reach her. She would have to reach him. He
knew his voice wouldn't work so he
used his undying love for Usako to guide her to him.
He sent waves upon waves of warm,
gentle feelings of devotion out to Usako, hoping against
hope that she would receive his
sendings.
* * *
Sailor Moon looked around at the darkness of
oblivion and shivered in fear. She
hoped never to come here. She feared that her self,
the person who she was, would just
wither and disappear into the blackness. She felt the
reassuring presence of the Queen at
her back, her calls blending in with Sailor Moon's as they
both looked for Tuxedo Kamen.
Sailor Moon was beginning to despair of ever finding her
love, when a wave of love hit
her heart and soul. It was Tuxedo Kamen!! She could
feel his sweetness and his fear that
she wouldn't find him. He must have seen her and the
Queen and heard their calls. She
closed her eyes and let her heart guide her to the limp
form of Tuxedo Kamen. He hung in
the darkness without any movement whatsoever. Just
looking at him made Sailor Moon
shiver. She hoped he was strong enough to come back.
Her light form silently made its
way to her love.....
* * *
The Senshi outside the oblivion struggle
watched in wonder as Super Sailor Saturn
concentrated on Tuxedo Kamen's prone body. A warm,
violet glow surrounded her hands
as she sent healing energy through the dead man's
body. (I've never seen Sailor Saturn
heal anyone so sorry if the description is off.)
The gaping wound started to close and the
blood to go back into him or to evaporate into the air.
After five minutes of tense waiting,
all that was left of the wound was a rough red scar.
By that time, Sailor Moon and the
Queen were showing signs of life again. An arm twitched
here and an eyelid twitched
there. Before the Senshi could take two breaths,
both the Queen, Sailor Moon, and
Tuxedo Kamen opened their eyes. The Senshi stayed
still out of shock for the total time
to two seconds before they descended on the three in
wonder and joy. The future was put
back into place. Now was the time for the older
Senshi to go home. The older Sailor
Pluto smiled benevolently down at the young Sailor
Moon who was cradling her
resurrected love's head and whispering nonsense into
his attentive ear. She turned her
gentle ruby eyes to the Queen to see tears in her eyes.
Now the King would be back in
Crystal Tokyo. She would now have a love to go back to.
A portal formed as Super
Sailor Pluto twirled her garnet rod. The older Senshi
happily left the twentieth century
behind as they headed back home. The last to leave were
Neo-Queen Serenity and Super
Sailor Pluto. They both turned to look one last time
upon the now happy couple. Smiles
of pure pleasure broke out as the two ladies of power
left through the portal.
* * *
The birds twittered as the sunlight filtered
through to strike the enshrined pair that
sat under the cherry blossoms. White light glittered
off blonde and black hair as two heads
huddled together in a sweet hug. Mamoru and Usagi
seemed inseparatable nowadays.
When Usagi was at school, Mamoru would skip classes
to sneak peaks at her through the
windows. When Mamoru was at late night classes, Usagi
would sneak out and see him
afterwards. Their loving relationship knew no bounds
as the snuggled together this
beautiful afternoon. Usagi felt the warm arms around
her waist. She cuddled even closer
to her Mamo-chan. The soothing feeling of his love for
her made her day complete. She
didn't know why she felt very protective of him. It was
as if she had lost him. But when
could that have happened? All this thinking was too much
for her. Her eyes drooped as
she listened to Mamoru's heartbeat and slow, steady
breathing.
Mamoru couldn't believe how much he loved his Usako.
His heart didn't beat
once without a thought of her inside his head. He slowly
looked down at the female in his
arms and smiled gently. Her golden hair in the wonderful
odango style shone in the
sunlight. Her small frame seemed to just fit his body.
He slowly ran his long fingers
through the loose strands of hair that fell from her odangos.
His fingers felt their silkiness.
Her scent of rose perfume and chocolate-chip cookie dough rose
to his nose. He breathed deeply
of his love and settled down more comfortably. Just holding
his love soothed disturbing
feelings in his chest. It felt like he had lost her at one
time. But how was that possible?
Neither one of them had died, had they? All this thinking
made his brain spin. Just
holding his Usako and listening to her breath was enough for him.
THE END!!!!!
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Death and Renewal part 4
by Sarah Lynne
Crystal Tokyo-30th century
The sunlight poured through the crystal
walls of the throne room. The radiant
light set off the white carpets and gold thrones
like a mystical scene. The brilliant gowns
and outfits of the court seemed to magnify the
sunlight a thousand fold. On the thrones,
the king and queen of Crystal Tokyo outshone their
entire court. The queen's pure white
dress with its gold trimmings seemed to set off her
golden hair and sky blue eyes like
jewels. The king's lavender tux and crystal mask
seemed a thing of legend and myth. The
entire setting would have fit in any fairy tale.
Endymion turned his head to gaze upon his
beautiful queen. To see her
determined face getting ready to dispense justice
always made his heart soften. He loved
her with all his heart, mind, and soul. Never would
he imagine what life without her
would be like. Her sky blue eyes shown as the criminal
pleaded his case. Endymion
admired her courage and tireless nature as she faced
case after case. He thought of how
much he loved his Queen Serenity.
As the criminal was led away, his face in
defeat, Serenity turned her beautiful blue
eyes on him. Endymion felt his breath leave his
lungs in a whoosh. He could feel a silent
sending of strength from his love along their soulbond.
Serenity's rosy lips smiled as
Endymion sighed in relief. He loved this woman with
all his heart. He looked deep into
her enchanting eyes and fell in love with her all
over again.
Then something started to nibble in the back of
his mind. Soon it started to worry
him. It felt like his very soul and existence was
being erased. He heard gasps from his
court. He saw horror and shock in the eyes of his
subjects. He turned to his beloved wife
and saw the horror in her eyes and in the shape of
her rosy lips. That's when the pain
started. It came with a tremendous force. Agonizing pain shot
through his body,
centering on his chest. He opened his mouth to scream,
but no sound emerged. It was
like his voice didn't exist. The pain lasted for what
seemed like an eternity. Then it and
everything started to fade. The King's weary blue eyes
opened to meet his queen's eyes.
* * *
Neo-Queen Serenity was glad the trials were
finally over. Now she could get on
to the most important part of her life, her family.
She felt eyes on her. She turned to gaze
into her loving husband's eyes. His sea blue orbs
shone with pride, and deep love. His
sensuous lips were curled into one of those smiles
of his that just made her melt inside.
Her lips could only smile back in return. Then something
started to tug at the back of her
mind. It was a feeling that, strangely enough, was
coming along her soulbond with
Endymion.. Then strange memories started to fill her
mind's eye. Memories of youma
attacks in Rei's old temple courtyard; a glowing portal
with a leg coming through; and
seeing Tuxedo Kamen lying on the ground in a pool of his
own blood with his chest torn
open. Where are these memories coming from?
They never happened. As this was
happening in her mind, Serenity watched her beloved
on horror. His body was slowly
fading. Then the King's back arced in obvious pain.
His mouth opened as if to scream
with agony. No sound emerged in the general hearing of
the crowd, but Serenity could
here her love's agonizing cries in her mind. They
resounded for what seemed like forever.
Then his body settled down and started to fade more rapidly.
Endymion's eyes opened
with a look of weariness in them. The King's and Queen's
met in a last gaze. Endymion
opened his mouth as if say to say something. The only words
Serenity heard were
"I.....love.....you, my......soul" that echoed throughout
her shattered mind and heart.
Suddenly a burst of reddish light shone in the
middle of the carpetway leading to
the thrones. Sailor Pluto stood there, breathing hard.
Her eyes were wide and in obvious
pain. Her whole presence seemed to emanate a anxiety to
get a message across. Her eyes
fell on Endymion and her mouth opened in horror. Pluto
staggered a few steps toward the
King and held out her hand as if to stop the inevitable
disaster. But not hers nor
Serenity's presence could save Endymion for what had
happened had happened in the
past. So both women watched as the most important person
their lives disappeared off the
King's throne. Everyone held their breaths as silence
reigned in the throne room.
Then the sound of the heavy door banging open
shattered the silence. A pathway
opened for the Neo-Princess Serenity to run to her mother.
As Small Lady came to where
Pluto was standing, she suddenly hunched over in pain.
As she strained towards her
mother, she started to fade as well. The Queen finally
found her voice. Her denying
scream rang throughout the room. She leapt from the throne
and tried to catch her
disappearing daughter. But she was too late. Just as
she reached the spot, Small Lady
was gone. Erased from existence. With her went Serenity's
world. Her husband and
daughter. Her beloved family. Her life. GONE!! Serenity
fell to her knees, tears falling
down her white cheeks. The court was quiet as they watched
their Queen grieve. The
four inner Senshi ran to their Queen's side. Serenity was
soon surrounded in a comforting
hug.
Serenity felt her Senshi's succoring presence's only
dimly. Her body had gone
numb with shock. Then something again started to nibble in
the back of her mind. This
time it wasn't a memory. A small corner of determination
in her mind refused to just give
up her family. The new memories mixed with the old as she
came out of the shock. Her
mind centered on one new memory. She saw her younger self,
Sailor Moon, wailing over
the body of Tuxedo Kamen. The ragged cry seemed to echo
through Serenity's mind.
Images flashed around this central picture. Pictures of
beautiful walks in the palace
gardens with her husband. Images of birthday parties for
her daughter. Romantic
dinners...Childish laughter...resting in her husband's
arms at night...watching her child
sleep peacefully. These images knocked the shock out of
her system. Already these
memories were fading. Soon she would never remember her
family! She must act
quickly! Only one thing could be done. She must go back
in time and help her younger
self bring Tuxedo Kamen back to life.
Serenity's blue eyes flashed as she swung her head
up. No longer was the Queen
of Crystal Tokyo held by the trauma of her family's
disappearance. New belief and life
shone in her magnificent eyes. Her voice rang out strong and
clear as she called to Sailor
Pluto. "Pluto, take me to the time gate as soon as possible.
I must use the ginzuishou to
help my younger self."
The court and the Senshi were startled and mystified.
No one had ever ordered
Sailor Pluto to use the time gate. Everyone turned to Pluto,
who's look of pain had dulled
somewhat to be replaced by a look of determination. She
have a sharp nod in agreement
to Serenity's idea. Pluto knew that something had happened
to the younger Endymion
that was not part of destiny. He had met an early death
that was not supposed to happen.
As the Guardian of Time, it was her duty to right the
timestream of any disturbances. She
would take her current Queen to right this wrong.
Dark green hair flared as Sailor Pluto turned to
open the portal to the Time Gate.
Dark fog swirled onto the marble floor as the portal was
opened. Queen Serenity closed
her eyes and called mentally to her chief weapon, the
ginzuishou. The throne room
flashed with light as the many-faceted crystal drifted
down from above to rest in her
Majesty's hands. Serenity stood, dragging her Senshi with
her. As she moved toward the
portal, the Senshi, including the newly arrived Outer
Senshi, arranged themselves behind
their Queen and prepared to follow her to 20th century
Tokyo.
The portal closed behind the nine women as the
dark nothingness took over where
the sunlight left. Before the Senshi could even think,
Pluto had opened the time gate with
her garnet rod. Twirls of multi-colored light exploded
out of the Time Gate as the great
doors thundered open. (I've only seen the time gate opened
once in SMR and that was a
while ago so I've kind of forgotten what it looked like
when it was opened.) The Queen
and her Senshi backed up a little, shielding their eyes with
their arms. The burst of wind
from the door blew the Senshi's skirts around their legs.
The ginzuishou glowed with
power as Pluto led the way into 20th century Tokyo and left
the guardianship of the time
gate to the capable hands of Father Time.
* * *
All Sailor Moon's mind could comprehend was
the desolation and pain of
Mamo-chan's absence in her soul. The resounding
wail went through Usagi's mind as a
dying echo.
Each Sailor Senshi awoke to this ever-continuing
wail of pain and loss. They all
painfully go to their feet, blood dripping from small
gashes and breaks. Sailor Venus still
felt the shock of the jolt of electricity. No one
was really hurt except for Mars whose limp
was more pronounced and her face squinched in pain
every time she had to put pressure
on her sprained ankle. The blood ran down into her
violet eyes from the gash along her
forehead. Her heart swelled with pain for her leader
and Princess. Mars had been terribly
shocked to see Tuxedo Kamen dead. Her memories of her
time with Mamoru in the park
and maltshop were numerous and heart-wrenching. Her
old crush on him made her
empathetic to Sailor Moon and her now eternal pain.
* * *
Sailor Pluto wasn't really hurt physically as
her powers were strong enough to
keep her basically unharmed. But her heart and soul
were wounded beyond compare. She
felt guilt for not seeing the impending disaster.
She felt even more guilty at the death of
Endymion.
Pluto resolved herself to the oncoming sea
of guilt. She had allowed, unwitting as
it may be, the Prince to die. So she must right
this wrong, and bring him back using the
Time Gate. She raised her time staff, readying a portal
to the Time Gate when a portal
suddenly opened to her right, right in front of a dazed
Sailor Mercury. The Inner Senshi
and Sailor Pluto wearily tensed for more battle as
Sailor Moon sat in another world,
cradling her lost love's head in her shaking lap.
A bright light shone through the portal as the
white-clad figure of Neo-Queen
Serenity came through the black portal surrounded by her
much older Senshi. Needless to
say, the younger Senshi were startled to see their older
selves. The most startled was
Sailor Pluto. Having two Plutos in one time period was
a little unnerving. (Can this
happen? Would this create a time paradox or something?
My mind hurts just thinking
about it. Sorry if yours does too.) Neo-Queen Serenity
and Super Sailor Saturn ignored
the dazed, younger Senshi and started for Sailor Moon.
Sailor Jupiter (younger one)
stepped out as if to defend Moon. Her forest green
eyes met Queen Serenity's peaceful
blue ones, and she stopped. The Queen's calm and
determined aura convinced Jupiter that
Sailor Moon was in no danger. The young, chestnut
brown-haired girl backed off and
allowed the beautiful Queen and the tranquil Sailor
Saturn to pass.
* * *
Sailor Moon's pained mind felt the balming
presence of something brushing
against her soul. She turned to see a gentle, white
light surrounding her future self,
Neo-Queen Serenity. Serenity's soft, pink lips curved
into a soothing smile as her hands
came to rest on Sailor Moon's shoulders. Moon's watery,
blue eyes opened in wonder as
Serenity said, "Don't cry, Sailor Moon. I have a way to bring
Tuxedo Kamen back. Let
us use the two ginzuishous to guide his soul back from
oblivion."
"But what if we do get him back? His body is
destroyed. He wouldn't live for
five seconds more," Sailor Moon asked.
Queen Serenity said reassuringly, "Don't worry
about that detail. Super Sailor
Saturn shall heal him while we work."
Sailor Moon looked over at the little girl whose
violet aura filled surrounding
space with an eerie glow. Sailor Saturn?.....
Sailor Moon thought.
No more time could be spent in contemplation.
Sailor Moon steeled herself. She
would do anything to bring her Mamo-chan back. She
would even risk getting lost in
oblivion for him. She pulled the brooch off her chest
and opened it. The crystal winked
and glittered in the auras of the surrounding Senshi.
Sailor Moon shouted out her famous
line as Serenity silently envoked her crystal. The blaring
light that resulted blinded the
surrounding Senshi, old and young alike. Both odango-topped
females began frantically
calling for their lost loves within the dark emptiness of
oblivion.
* * *
Mamoru floated in a sea of nothingness.
He was still in his Tuxedo Kamen identity
as he wondered where he was. The last he remembered
feeling was excruciating pain in
his chest and the heart-wrenching sorrow as he left his
Usako behind. Just thinking about
her lovely blue eyes and shining face made a pain of
separation start way deep down in his
chest. He now knew that he had to be dead. There was
no other explanation. He would
never see Usako again. Tears of mist and nothingness
appeared in his ghostly eyes as he
remembered the time he had had with her in the park
and in other places around Tokyo.
He remembered when she had accidentally thrown that test
on his head. He remembered
calling her meatball head. Even though after that he
made fun of her and called her names,
deep down, he really loved her. He always had and he
always would. Never would
another person replace Usagi as the most important person
in his life. That was until he
had died. Now there was no way that he could see her or
kiss her again. He would never
say how much he loved her again.
Just as his thoughts were heading in this
despairing direction, he saw a bright light
far to his right. He thought he heard faint voices
calling his name as well. How could that
be though? There was nothing here but the endless
darkness. Then those voices began to
take on a familiar dimension. Why, they sounded like
two versions of his Usako!! That
just couldn't be. How could Usako find her way into
this place?! It just wasn't possible.
Or was it? He started to move his ghost-like limbs in
an attempt to reach his love. Yet
something held him back. He felt a gentle tug on his
chest. He looked down to see the
frayed cord of his life. Of course he couldn't move.
He was dead. He would never be
able to reach her. She would have to reach him. He
knew his voice wouldn't work so he
used his undying love for Usako to guide her to him.
He sent waves upon waves of warm,
gentle feelings of devotion out to Usako, hoping against
hope that she would receive his
sendings.
* * *
Sailor Moon looked around at the darkness of
oblivion and shivered in fear. She
hoped never to come here. She feared that her self,
the person who she was, would just
wither and disappear into the blackness. She felt the
reassuring presence of the Queen at
her back, her calls blending in with Sailor Moon's as they
both looked for Tuxedo Kamen.
Sailor Moon was beginning to despair of ever finding her
love, when a wave of love hit
her heart and soul. It was Tuxedo Kamen!! She could
feel his sweetness and his fear that
she wouldn't find him. He must have seen her and the
Queen and heard their calls. She
closed her eyes and let her heart guide her to the limp
form of Tuxedo Kamen. He hung in
the darkness without any movement whatsoever. Just
looking at him made Sailor Moon
shiver. She hoped he was strong enough to come back.
Her light form silently made its
way to her love.....
* * *
The Senshi outside the oblivion struggle
watched in wonder as Super Sailor Saturn
concentrated on Tuxedo Kamen's prone body. A warm,
violet glow surrounded her hands
as she sent healing energy through the dead man's
body. (I've never seen Sailor Saturn
heal anyone so sorry if the description is off.)
The gaping wound started to close and the
blood to go back into him or to evaporate into the air.
After five minutes of tense waiting,
all that was left of the wound was a rough red scar.
By that time, Sailor Moon and the
Queen were showing signs of life again. An arm twitched
here and an eyelid twitched
there. Before the Senshi could take two breaths,
both the Queen, Sailor Moon, and
Tuxedo Kamen opened their eyes. The Senshi stayed
still out of shock for the total time
to two seconds before they descended on the three in
wonder and joy. The future was put
back into place. Now was the time for the older
Senshi to go home. The older Sailor
Pluto smiled benevolently down at the young Sailor
Moon who was cradling her
resurrected love's head and whispering nonsense into
his attentive ear. She turned her
gentle ruby eyes to the Queen to see tears in her eyes.
Now the King would be back in
Crystal Tokyo. She would now have a love to go back to.
A portal formed as Super
Sailor Pluto twirled her garnet rod. The older Senshi
happily left the twentieth century
behind as they headed back home. The last to leave were
Neo-Queen Serenity and Super
Sailor Pluto. They both turned to look one last time
upon the now happy couple. Smiles
of pure pleasure broke out as the two ladies of power
left through the portal.
* * *
The birds twittered as the sunlight filtered
through to strike the enshrined pair that
sat under the cherry blossoms. White light glittered
off blonde and black hair as two heads
huddled together in a sweet hug. Mamoru and Usagi
seemed inseparatable nowadays.
When Usagi was at school, Mamoru would skip classes
to sneak peaks at her through the
windows. When Mamoru was at late night classes, Usagi
would sneak out and see him
afterwards. Their loving relationship knew no bounds
as the snuggled together this
beautiful afternoon. Usagi felt the warm arms around
her waist. She cuddled even closer
to her Mamo-chan. The soothing feeling of his love for
her made her day complete. She
didn't know why she felt very protective of him. It was
as if she had lost him. But when
could that have happened? All this thinking was too much
for her. Her eyes drooped as
she listened to Mamoru's heartbeat and slow, steady
breathing.
Mamoru couldn't believe how much he loved his Usako.
His heart didn't beat
once without a thought of her inside his head. He slowly
looked down at the female in his
arms and smiled gently. Her golden hair in the wonderful
odango style shone in the
sunlight. Her small frame seemed to just fit his body.
He slowly ran his long fingers
through the loose strands of hair that fell from her odangos.
His fingers felt their silkiness.
Her scent of rose perfume and chocolate-chip cookie dough rose
to his nose. He breathed deeply
of his love and settled down more comfortably. Just holding
his love soothed disturbing
feelings in his chest. It felt like he had lost her at one
time. But how was that possible?
Neither one of them had died, had they? All this thinking
made his brain spin. Just
holding his Usako and listening to her breath was enough for him.
THE END!!!!!
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