Disclaimer : la la la.... somewhere over the rainbow..... *ahem* Yeah, okay so anyway this is a disclaimer stating that the characters in this story are NOT mine because this is a fanfic...I mean, if these characters DID belong to fanfic-ers then we'd sorta be rich by now... ^_-' Oh I might wanna add that they belong to Takeuchi Naoko and ummm some other people? ^_-' BTW, you might wanna know that SASAKI LEONA, YAMADA REIKO (& her family) are my characters ^_^

*NOTE* This is the ending climax...sorry if the events are a little hurried....

The Firefly

THREE

I walked home in a daze and as I approach the lab, I suddenly got a coughing fit again.
"Are you all right?" a sweet and angelic voice asked. "What's the matter?"
I looked up, but it wasn't Reiko. It was a little pink haired girl.
"Bunny...." something inside me growled. Bunny? Bunny? What was that thing growling inside me?
"I'm fine," I smiled. "I always get these coughing fits."
"Can I help?" she asked.
"Chibi Usa!" a man's voice called.
"Mamo-chan!" she cried happily.
A black haired man came running over.
"What's the matter?" he asked. "Are you all right?"
I nodded.
"What are you doing here Chibi Usa?" he scolded her. "Come on, let's go home."
"What's your name?" Chibi Usa asked. "My name is Tsukino Usagi, but call me Chibi usa."
"Tomoe Hotaru..." I whispered. "Good bye."

They left and something inside me growled happily...laughing... I shuddered. When I walked inside father and her were talking. Father looked a little strange.
"Hotaru..." he took a look at me, then walked away.
I ran into my room and lay down. I sobbed. What was wrong with me? Why did father hate me?
"Hotaru chan?" I heard her whisper. "You know it is soon don't you?"
"Yes ma'am," I sobbed.
"Bunny....the bunny... she is nearby," I growled in my 'inner' voice.
"Well done," she giggled evilly. "It's time...."

I felt dizzy.... and it had happened again.... but this time, it was inside me all along. Father had put her there. The being, monster, called Mistress 9. And she had taken over.
"No! They're my friends!" I screamed at her.
"Do I care?" she'd giggle back. "Go away! You're not part of me....you don't exist!"
"I'm still here!" I shouted. "I'll never disappear as long as they still believe in me!"
"Grr... urgh!" she screamed. "Ahhhh... yummy....."
I saw four souls being swallowed : green, red, orange and blue. Senshi. My friends. Chibi Usa's friends. And I had her to take care of after this. I grabbed the souls in my arms to protect them.
"Urgh!" Mistress 9 growled. "Leave me be!"
"Hotaru chan!" Sailor Moon screamed. "You can hear me can't you?"
"Sailor Moon!" I shouted.
Mistress 9 gurgled. "Ughhhhhhh....."
"Hotaru chan! I still believed in you! Hotaru chan!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"It's no use," Sailor Uranus glared.
"Let us destroy Mistress 9," Sailor Neptune said calmly.
Mistress 9 attacked the three of them as I huddled inside. I felt this way before. I was weak, both in mind and will. But now I had to set things straight. I had father, Chibi Usa and the senshi to protect.
"No! I won't let you take them!" I screamed at Mistress 9 as she hurled attacks at them.
I felt like I was floating, then I felt a warm glow in my arms. It was pink and in the shape of a heart. Chibi Usa! I felt dizzy, then I saw her lying in Mamoru san's arms.
"We're friends," I smiled and poured her soul back into her body and disappeared.
This time, I had been strong.... both mind and will. I had done something to overcome my greatest fear. My fear? I don't really know. The fact that maybe, I was the only one who could do something.....
"Sailor Saturn!?" I heard the senshi shout.
"Hotaru chan?" Sailor Moon whispered. "I'm glad...."

I felt a warm glow and then, I saw black, then white...... then a bright white light....
"Hotaru chan," she smiled.
"Mother....?" I whispered. "No...Sailor Moon? Eternal Sailor Moon?"
She brought me back to the world, as a reincarnation..... and I knew..... she was the messiah I had loved for a long time.

END OF PART THREE
END OF THE FIREFLY