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Uranus and Fighter lay there motionless in front of Cosmos. She began to cry as she struggled as hard as she could to break free of her captivity. "Stop!" Cosmos began to glow with an illuminating white aura.
"The Silver Crystal!" Her captor exclaimed as he felt the power in his hands. "Give it to me." He tried to reach for the broach in the center of Cosmos's chest. Fighter had made it to her feet and was hurrying towards the two with Uranus close behind her. By now as a result of Cosmos's struggles his back was to the two 'supposedly' fallen senshi. Uranus ran past Fighter with her sword drawn and struck.
The blow would be almost fatal to anyone who received it. Good thing that it was almost because at the last minute Kenboushou heard her foot steps and had turned around leaving Cosmos to take the full blow. Cosmos's suit burst open to expose the laceration. Blood made trails down her now exposed back. Uranus just stood there in shock with Fighter behind her. "No, I hurt her." She said in almost a whisper, but Fighter had heard her. Uranus dropped to her knees. In her state she didn't see the power that was about to hit her. Soon she fell unconscious from the blast and lay there motionless once again.
Cosmos appeared limp in his arms as he laughed. "Fools, you did my job for me. You killed the one that you were trying to protect!" He loosened his hold on Cosmos before he threw her dying body towards Fighter.
Fighter caught her and dropped to the ground with her in her arms. "NO!" She screamed. "Please don't leave me.." Tears were streaming down her face and her emotions seemed to pouring out with them. "Odango. Please don't leave me, not now, not ever." Her pain was apparent and agonizing to watch.
"She's gone, now I will put you out of your misery too!" He powered up to blow the fatal blast towards Fighter when he was suddenly hit from the back.
"Not while I'm around." Jupiter's voice rang loud and clear in their ears. Two figures penetrated the darkness and make their presence known. "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" The energy seemed to pass through him as all of their previous attacks had.
It seemed that they were once again defenseless. 'We can only hit him when he's powering up or has a need to make himself solidify.' Fighter thought. She looked down at the crippled body in her arms. "Odango, I'll save us." She placed her body down and stood up to face him. Fighter took one last look at Cosmos, one last adoring look filled with love and threw herself at him.
He caught her and used her as a shield. "Jupiter, NOW!" Fighter exclaimed as she ordered Jupiter to fire her attack. Jupiter knew now that there was no other way, she had seen the perished bodies all around her and knew that they had no choice. Once again, "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" Rang in the air. The colorful attack hit both Fighter and her captive dropping them to the ground.
Fighter was breathing heavy and noticed that he was not dead yet. The two stood once again. He had Fighter by the throat. "You will pay for that you little Bitch!" His hand came up to the side of her head. A single tear dropped down Fighter's cheek.
"Odango." She whispered just before the attack was to hit her.
"COSMOS CELESTIAL HEART BREAK!" Was followed by a blinding light. Fighter was released before the blast hit and looked at Cosmos in her full glory. "You will not destroy the ones I love, not while I'm around!"
Kenboushou lay there utterly destroyed. Cosmos's power was too much for him, he could no longer make himself invulnerable to their attacks.
"COSMOS CELESTIAL HEART BREAK!"
"STAR SERIOUS LASER!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"FLOODING MEMORIES!"
"STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
Everyone turned around to see Venus and Healer standing in the distance. Venus held up a victory sign as Healer flashed them a smile. Kenboushou had his head down after he had been blasted with the attacks and was slowly fading from existence. "I was defeated. How could this be?" Were the last words he spoke before he disappeared completely.
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Meiki had returned to the senshi's dimension to thank them and greet them all. The Starlights were there for their fare well too. All of the senshi's memories were returned to them and they gathered at Rei's shrine. "Thank you all of you. I couldn't have done this without you." Meiki walked over to Makoto slowly. "Thank you most of all Makoto." He took her bandaged hands in to his. "I hope your beautiful hands are not scarred from this." He gently kissed them before letting them go.
"OOOHHHH Makoto!" Minako nudged her. Makoto just blushed as Meiki smiled at her.
"I must be leaving, but we will see each other in the future. You can count on that." The last part seemed to be directed at Makoto as he shot her a wink and waved before he disappeared.
"Do you guys have to leave so soon?" Ami asked Taiki with sadness in her eyes.
"Yes, we have to leave. Our Princess needs us and we are sworn to protect her. I'm sure we'll meet again. We will definitely come to visit more often." Taiki sad as he gave her a hug. They had grown closer now from being together when they couldn't transform. When they regained their memories they did not lose the ones that they had made while they were normal.
Seiya was silent as he listened to the conversations going on around him. He didn't want to leave, but knew that he had to. This time it would be harder though, now his Odango returned his feelings and he had to give her up. It was ripping his heart out and tearing at his mind. He could only imagine what Usagi was going through. She had given up her whole future for him and now he was going to leave her again.
Haruka looked at Seiya unsure if she should say anything to him or not. She knew that he had a duty to protect his princess just as she had a duty to protect hers. A gentle hand fell upon her shoulder as she turned her head to see Michiru shaking hers. Haruka smiled at this. 'She always knows what I'm thinking.' She brought her hand up to place on top of her lover's.
Usagi walked out of the room and sat on the porch just outside. She looked up at the night sky as she had done many times before. She knew he had to leave. She looked around at the stars and thought to herself. 'Of all of those bright stars up there I have the brightest one right here with me but I can't keep him.' She sighed and put her head in her hands.
Seiya had seen her leave and followed her outside. He took a place next to her, he had stealthily snuck up on her just as he had done before. "Odango." He said in almost a whisper. "Odango. You know that I don't want to leave you."
Usagi picked her head up and looked at him. Tears filled her eyes as her lip trembled. "Please don't leave me again. I don't think that I could take it again." She threw herself into his embrace and cried into his shirt. "Please."
"Odango, I wish I could stay. This is killing me more than you know. I would wish for nothing else but to stay here by your side for the rest of my life making you happy. You must understand that I have no choice." He held her closer to him. He could feel her back convulsing with sobs. "Odango."
"I know. I just want to be selfish, I want to keep you here all to myself, I never want to let you go." She picked her head up off of his chest and looked deep into his eyes, seeing past them into his soul. "So many tears we cry."
"The space between the tears we cry is the laughter that keeps us coming back for more." He smiled at her. "I promise that we'll see each other again Odango." He had to keep himself from crying so as not to make her more upset.
Usagi was still crying, she was trying to stifle some tears but was not succeeding. "I love you Seiya." She said as she as her emotions got the better of her again.
"I love you too Odango." He said as he held her tightly. He couldn't take it anymore and began to sob with her. "I'm so sorry."
She broke away and pulled herself back from him. She sat while enchanted by his eyes. She had stopped crying and only a few stray tears loomed on her cheeks. "I wish this moment could last forever." She said before bringing her lips to lightly brush his.
He felt their warm softness caress his. This kiss was delicate and sweet and left them both longing for more. The kisses became shorter and more frequent as more passion was put into them. Usagi brought her arms up around his neck as he entwined his around her waist. In the shadows created by the moonlight their bodies seemed as one as did their souls.
They both knew that it was time for him to go. There was nothing that either of them could do about it so they reluctantly parted with the hope that one-day they could be together.
The Starlights, who were now transformed said their thanks and goodbyes as they took off into the night sky.
Uranus and Fighter lay there motionless in front of Cosmos. She began to cry as she struggled as hard as she could to break free of her captivity. "Stop!" Cosmos began to glow with an illuminating white aura.
"The Silver Crystal!" Her captor exclaimed as he felt the power in his hands. "Give it to me." He tried to reach for the broach in the center of Cosmos's chest. Fighter had made it to her feet and was hurrying towards the two with Uranus close behind her. By now as a result of Cosmos's struggles his back was to the two 'supposedly' fallen senshi. Uranus ran past Fighter with her sword drawn and struck.
The blow would be almost fatal to anyone who received it. Good thing that it was almost because at the last minute Kenboushou heard her foot steps and had turned around leaving Cosmos to take the full blow. Cosmos's suit burst open to expose the laceration. Blood made trails down her now exposed back. Uranus just stood there in shock with Fighter behind her. "No, I hurt her." She said in almost a whisper, but Fighter had heard her. Uranus dropped to her knees. In her state she didn't see the power that was about to hit her. Soon she fell unconscious from the blast and lay there motionless once again.
Cosmos appeared limp in his arms as he laughed. "Fools, you did my job for me. You killed the one that you were trying to protect!" He loosened his hold on Cosmos before he threw her dying body towards Fighter.
Fighter caught her and dropped to the ground with her in her arms. "NO!" She screamed. "Please don't leave me.." Tears were streaming down her face and her emotions seemed to pouring out with them. "Odango. Please don't leave me, not now, not ever." Her pain was apparent and agonizing to watch.
"She's gone, now I will put you out of your misery too!" He powered up to blow the fatal blast towards Fighter when he was suddenly hit from the back.
"Not while I'm around." Jupiter's voice rang loud and clear in their ears. Two figures penetrated the darkness and make their presence known. "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" The energy seemed to pass through him as all of their previous attacks had.
It seemed that they were once again defenseless. 'We can only hit him when he's powering up or has a need to make himself solidify.' Fighter thought. She looked down at the crippled body in her arms. "Odango, I'll save us." She placed her body down and stood up to face him. Fighter took one last look at Cosmos, one last adoring look filled with love and threw herself at him.
He caught her and used her as a shield. "Jupiter, NOW!" Fighter exclaimed as she ordered Jupiter to fire her attack. Jupiter knew now that there was no other way, she had seen the perished bodies all around her and knew that they had no choice. Once again, "JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" Rang in the air. The colorful attack hit both Fighter and her captive dropping them to the ground.
Fighter was breathing heavy and noticed that he was not dead yet. The two stood once again. He had Fighter by the throat. "You will pay for that you little Bitch!" His hand came up to the side of her head. A single tear dropped down Fighter's cheek.
"Odango." She whispered just before the attack was to hit her.
"COSMOS CELESTIAL HEART BREAK!" Was followed by a blinding light. Fighter was released before the blast hit and looked at Cosmos in her full glory. "You will not destroy the ones I love, not while I'm around!"
Kenboushou lay there utterly destroyed. Cosmos's power was too much for him, he could no longer make himself invulnerable to their attacks.
"COSMOS CELESTIAL HEART BREAK!"
"STAR SERIOUS LASER!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"FLOODING MEMORIES!"
"STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
Everyone turned around to see Venus and Healer standing in the distance. Venus held up a victory sign as Healer flashed them a smile. Kenboushou had his head down after he had been blasted with the attacks and was slowly fading from existence. "I was defeated. How could this be?" Were the last words he spoke before he disappeared completely.
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Meiki had returned to the senshi's dimension to thank them and greet them all. The Starlights were there for their fare well too. All of the senshi's memories were returned to them and they gathered at Rei's shrine. "Thank you all of you. I couldn't have done this without you." Meiki walked over to Makoto slowly. "Thank you most of all Makoto." He took her bandaged hands in to his. "I hope your beautiful hands are not scarred from this." He gently kissed them before letting them go.
"OOOHHHH Makoto!" Minako nudged her. Makoto just blushed as Meiki smiled at her.
"I must be leaving, but we will see each other in the future. You can count on that." The last part seemed to be directed at Makoto as he shot her a wink and waved before he disappeared.
"Do you guys have to leave so soon?" Ami asked Taiki with sadness in her eyes.
"Yes, we have to leave. Our Princess needs us and we are sworn to protect her. I'm sure we'll meet again. We will definitely come to visit more often." Taiki sad as he gave her a hug. They had grown closer now from being together when they couldn't transform. When they regained their memories they did not lose the ones that they had made while they were normal.
Seiya was silent as he listened to the conversations going on around him. He didn't want to leave, but knew that he had to. This time it would be harder though, now his Odango returned his feelings and he had to give her up. It was ripping his heart out and tearing at his mind. He could only imagine what Usagi was going through. She had given up her whole future for him and now he was going to leave her again.
Haruka looked at Seiya unsure if she should say anything to him or not. She knew that he had a duty to protect his princess just as she had a duty to protect hers. A gentle hand fell upon her shoulder as she turned her head to see Michiru shaking hers. Haruka smiled at this. 'She always knows what I'm thinking.' She brought her hand up to place on top of her lover's.
Usagi walked out of the room and sat on the porch just outside. She looked up at the night sky as she had done many times before. She knew he had to leave. She looked around at the stars and thought to herself. 'Of all of those bright stars up there I have the brightest one right here with me but I can't keep him.' She sighed and put her head in her hands.
Seiya had seen her leave and followed her outside. He took a place next to her, he had stealthily snuck up on her just as he had done before. "Odango." He said in almost a whisper. "Odango. You know that I don't want to leave you."
Usagi picked her head up and looked at him. Tears filled her eyes as her lip trembled. "Please don't leave me again. I don't think that I could take it again." She threw herself into his embrace and cried into his shirt. "Please."
"Odango, I wish I could stay. This is killing me more than you know. I would wish for nothing else but to stay here by your side for the rest of my life making you happy. You must understand that I have no choice." He held her closer to him. He could feel her back convulsing with sobs. "Odango."
"I know. I just want to be selfish, I want to keep you here all to myself, I never want to let you go." She picked her head up off of his chest and looked deep into his eyes, seeing past them into his soul. "So many tears we cry."
"The space between the tears we cry is the laughter that keeps us coming back for more." He smiled at her. "I promise that we'll see each other again Odango." He had to keep himself from crying so as not to make her more upset.
Usagi was still crying, she was trying to stifle some tears but was not succeeding. "I love you Seiya." She said as she as her emotions got the better of her again.
"I love you too Odango." He said as he held her tightly. He couldn't take it anymore and began to sob with her. "I'm so sorry."
She broke away and pulled herself back from him. She sat while enchanted by his eyes. She had stopped crying and only a few stray tears loomed on her cheeks. "I wish this moment could last forever." She said before bringing her lips to lightly brush his.
He felt their warm softness caress his. This kiss was delicate and sweet and left them both longing for more. The kisses became shorter and more frequent as more passion was put into them. Usagi brought her arms up around his neck as he entwined his around her waist. In the shadows created by the moonlight their bodies seemed as one as did their souls.
They both knew that it was time for him to go. There was nothing that either of them could do about it so they reluctantly parted with the hope that one-day they could be together.
The Starlights, who were now transformed said their thanks and goodbyes as they took off into the night sky.
