"Fate" - A Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Series
Fire Angel

AUTHOR'S NOTE 1: Okay guys, this series is just a little thing I thought up, but each story is
only a one-part fan fic, and they are all separate stories (ie. Their outcomes do not affect the
other stories). Their outcomes will not reflect on my future fan fictions. Any comments? E-mail
me at rinoa_heartilly86@hotmail.com

AUTHOR'S NOTE 2: I came up with this idea while listening to 'Anata no Sei Janai'. The lyrics in
the song really made me think. It seems like the song is supposed to be about Mako's 'Sempai'…
her old boyfriend, and how she really still cares for him. And I've called this sempai 'Freddy'
(dub name, as he never had a Japanese name) and he's from America. So deal with it. That's all I
can really think of to say. Hope you enjoy it, everyone! If you want to flame me, go ahead. I
don't think one fan fiction author gets through without a flame of some type ^_^


Fate
Part 6: Don't Love, So As To Forget It

PROLOGUE
She was alone again, lost in the cold, dark prison of her thoughts. There was nothing she could
do to change the past. She could only hope for the future.
Tears trickled down her face as she remembered what had been. There was nothing much she could do
with her life now; she was destined to be forever lonely. She had loved him, but he had left her
long ago. He had been the only person she could ever care about. Ever. She had been in love with
her ex-boyfriend, her 'sempai', for as long as she could remember. She had never told any of her
friends much about him; they knew that practically every cute guy she saw looked like him, but
that was all.

She had been on an exchange trip to America when she had met him. He was her host; the person
that looked after her while she was there. Even though she didn't speak much English at the time,
and he knew no Japanese whatsoever, it was almost like the two could understand one another. Over
time, they fell in love. For the last couple weeks she was there, they shared a beautiful
relationship.

When she left America, he promised that he would write to her.
He never did.
Freddy. It hurt her just to say his name.
Every day, she prayed and wished that maybe, somehow, he would be brought back to her.
Her wish came true. But not in the way she hoped it would…


CHAPTER 1
"Mako-chan, snap out of it!" a voice yelled angrily.
Kino Makoto broke out of her thoughts and looked dazedly around. She was in the Hikawa Shrine,
with her friends Hino Rei and Aino Minako. They were trying to help her study for a test. Rei
looked angry, but Minako looked concerned. Makoto didn't usually daydream, or got lost in her own
little world. That was an Usagi problem, not a Makoto problem. But lately, Makoto had been in her
own world more than she'd been in the real world.

"How do you think you're going to pass this test if you won't listen to me?!" Rei ranted. "You
told me you needed help, so I've worked my butt off all morning so I'd be allowed to have you
over this afternoon, and you're not even listening!" She pressed a hand to her forehead. "Excuse
me, I'm going to go get a drink," she murmured, her eyes closed. "I'm not feeling well."

Makoto watched, tears welling in her eyes, as Rei walked off. She tried to blink them away, but
one got free and rolled down her cheek.
"Mako-chan!" Minako gasped. She fumbled in her school bag for a tissue, and when she found one,
wiped the tears away from Makoto's eyes. "Mako-chan, are you all right?" she asked, concerned.
"You haven't been yourself lately. You never cry at anything, Mako-chan. You're supposed to be
the tough one, but now you're crying because Rei-chan yelled at you. And you've been daydreaming,
and you don't usually daydream, and…"

"I'm fine, Minako-chan," Makoto said stiffly, swallowing the lump in her throat. "There's nothing
to worry about."
"Really?" Minako asked. "Or are you just telling me that to shut me up? Because if you're lying,
Mako…"
"Really," Makoto insisted. "I'm perfectly fine."

She was fine.
She wanted to believe it, but she didn't know if she could…

* * * *

Knock, knock, knock. Knockknockknock.
"All right, I'm coming, I'm coming!" Tsukino Usagi yelled. She was home alone, and someone had
been incessantly ringing her and knocking on her door for the last half hour. She'd been told not
to answer the phone or the door, but the knocking got too loud for her to do her homework, so she
stormed downstairs and flung open the door.

"Usagi-chan! About time! I've been trying to reach you for the last half hour!"
It was Mizuno Ami, one of her school friends, and one of her fellow Sailor Senshi. Usagi let her
in.
"I'm so glad it's you, and not some axe-murderer!" she gasped.
"You thought I was an axe-murderer?" Ami laughed. "Now, I've heard some funny things in my time,
Usagi-chan, but that takes the cake."
"No, I didn't think you were an axe-murderer," Usagi said haughtily. After a second she added in
a small voice, "I was hoping you weren't an axe-murderer."

Both girls cracked up laughing, and when they finally stopped, Usagi asked, "So what brings you,
Ami-chan?"
"News of a new enemy," Ami sighed. "I had a letter from Urawa-kun…" she stopped, blushing, as
Usagi winked at her, and then went on after a moment's hesitation. "…and he said he saw danger in
the near future for the Sailor Senshi… and that there'd be lots of pain involved for Mako-chan."
"Pain?" Usagi squeaked. "You mean she'll get hurt?"
"Yes, Usagi-chan… but not in the way you're thinking. You're thinking body-pain. Mako-chan's hurt
will be in her heart."

"I wonder how a monster can cause Mako-chan pain?" Usagi said thoughtfully. After a second, she
added, "Poor Mako-chan."
"But he said there'd be a happy ending."
"I didn't know he could predict the future," Usagi muttered.
"He can sometimes," Ami said. "But not all the time. That's why the details aren't very clear."

At that moment, the phone rang, and forgetting her mother's orders, Usagi picked it up.
"Hello? Oh hi, Rei-chan!" she said excitedly. "What's up?"
She listened for a few minutes, her face going dead white. When she hung up, she turned to Ami
and said, "Rei wants us to go to the Hikawa Shrine. She had a premonition…"
"What of?" Ami asked.

Usagi's face was grave.
"A new enemy."


CHAPTER 2
"It's so cold!" Minako complained, wrapping her arms around herself and shivering. "Why did you
have to call us out, Rei?"
"Because the Earth is in danger," Rei replied solemnly. "There's a new enemy on the way… a far
more powerful enemy than we've ever faced. As Sailor Senshi, this will be our biggest challenge
yet."

"I spoke to father," Meiou Setsuna said quietly. "He gave me some more information. This enemy -
it calls itself the Midnight Warrior - has been around since the fall of the Moon Kingdom,
destroying colonised planets."
"On each planet, he takes a different consort," Rei chipped in. "And he spies on the planet using
this 'host' for a couple of years. Then he goes in for the attack. The host's spirit, unless the
Midnight Warrior is killed while inhabiting its body, is lost forever and doomed to wander the
Earth like a ghost."
"Two years ago, Midnight Warrior stole the body of an American boy to inhabit," Setsuna added.
"And now he's on the way to Japan. He figures the way to destroy Earth is to destroy the
warriors that protect it - us. Once we're gone, the Earth is his for the taking."

"Is there a way to kill the Midnight Warrior without killing the boy?" Usagi asked, suddenly
thinking of Makoto. Maybe this boy… maybe he would be the cause of Makoto's pain.
"There would have to be, but no one knows how," Setsuna said grimly.
"The only known way is to fatally injure the host," Rei agreed. "The host would be free for a
very short time before dying."
Usagi looked at Ami, whose eyes were welling with tears. She suddenly had the feeling that Ami
had been told more by Urawa-kun than she had let on.

"Well, the only thing to do is to kill the host," Kaiou Michiru said softly. Shame and sadness
glimmered in her eyes for just a second, but then they were replaced by determination.
"Why are you always so calm about doing that?!" Usagi screamed, leaping to her feet. "You're just
happy to throw human lives away like they're the monsters that we fight! Why?! You were willing
to give up Hotaru; you were willing to give up yourselves!"
"It's for the good of the world, Odango," Teno'u Haruka, trying not to let the lump in her throat
turn into tears. "One life is nothing compared to the amount of lives we'll save."

"And at least the host will understand what's going on before he dies," Rei agreed. "If we let
Midnight Warrior escape, the host loses his life anyway… and the rest of the Earth lose theirs,
too. And there's no other known way to destroy Midnight Warrior. I'm sorry, Usagi, but
Michiru-san and Haruka-san are right."
"You don't understand!" Usagi screeched. "None of you understand! You'll NEVER understand!"

With tears streaming down her face, she fled the Hikawa Shrine.

* * * *

"He'll arrive by plane tomorrow afternoon," Ami told Rei, browsing through Urawa-kun's letter.
"He doesn't know what time… but he said that… Mako-chan, you'll apparently be able to recognise
him."
"Me?" Makoto said vaguely.
Ami nodded. "Urawa-kun said that when you see him, you'll know."
A cold sensation shot through Makoto, but she ignored it and kept listening to Ami.

"So… I think we should meet at the airport at… say, one?" Ami asked, looking at her watch.
"Tomorrow afternoon at one."
"Mako-chan, we'll be relying on you, so you can't snooze," Rei said firmly. "We need you to
identify him so we can surprise him."
"Minako-chan and I will stay with Mako-chan," Ami said. "We'll be the lookouts. Rei-chan,
Setsuna-san and Hotaru-san, I want you transformed and posted in the toilets, just in case.
Haruka-san and Michiru-san can wait outside in Haruka's car and follow him to wherever he's
staying… that way we can keep an eye on him twenty four hours a day."

"Should we be transformed?" Michiru asked weakly. "In case he tries to attack us?"
After a minute of thinking, Ami answered, "Yes. But stay in the car at all times, and if it comes
down to it, call for backup. You two cannot get hurt. Understand?"
"Right. And Usagi-chan?" Haruka asked.
"She's not involved," Rei said quickly. "She's not well at the moment, and she may stuff it up.
This is a spy mission, not a battle. No one is to tell Usagi that we'll be at the airport
tomorrow."

"Yes ma'am," Makoto muttered under her breath. Everyone laughed, although Ami's laughter was
slightly more nervous.
God, if we get there tomorrow and she freaks out when she sees who it is, we're stuffed, she
thought. I wish Urawa-kun knew, so I could tell her and lessen the blow. But I'm as much in the
dark as she is. Goddammit.

"Ami, are you okay?" Haruka asked.
"What? I mean, yes, yes, I'm perfectly fine. I've just got a headache. I might go home and lie
down for a while."
As she walked away, Ami had a feeling the Senshi wouldn't be all smiles when this new enemy was
gone.


CHAPTER 3
"Hello, anyone home?" Usagi asked, poking her head into Makoto's apartment. "Mako-chan, are you
here?" When no one answered, she walked inside and shut the door. "Silly, you left the door
open."

In a way, she was glad Makoto wasn't home. She wanted to do a bit of snooping. Making her way to
Makoto's desk, she opened the top drawer and searched through it. School papers, magazines, CDs
and lots of other unimportant documents.
"Nothing," Usagi muttered to herself. "Come on, Mako-chan. I need some info about this guy. Maybe
I can save him."

She closed the first drawer and opened the middle one. Still nothing. With a sigh of frustration,
she opened the last one. Under a pile of meaningless papers, she found a large box with 'Makoto'
written on it in neat handwriting.

Usagi pulled the box out and closed the drawer. Sitting on the floor, she opened the box and
emptied its contents. A photo, with Makoto's handwriting on the back. In Japanese, it said,
'Freddy and I at Florida Disneyland'. Usagi turned it over. It was a photo of Makoto, a couple of
years younger, and a young man.
"I wonder who Freddy is," Usagi murmured. "Why hasn't Mako-chan told us about him before?"

Putting down the photo, Usagi picked up an un-opened envelope. It had an American address written
on it, with a large circle around it and 'RETURN TO SENDER' written in English. It took Usagi a
minute to decipher the words, but then she understood that this was a letter Makoto had written
to someone, and it had been sent back without being opened.

Usagi slid a fingernail underneath the sealed part of the envelope, and tore it open. Unfolding
the letter, she read:

My dearest Freddy,
Why haven't you answered my letters or my phone calls? Every time I call you, your mother just
tells me you're not at home, and whenever I write you a letter it just gets sent back to me. You
promised me you'd write, Freddy. Why haven't you?
It's been a year since I met you. Every day I've been hoping and wishing that you'd write to me,
or call me, even. I've been busy, but I've managed to find the time to write this. I know I've
been writing you every month, and I'm sorry if it's annoying you… but I just miss you so much.
I want to go back in time to those two weeks we had together. We were so young, but we had so
much fun, and I admit, I guess I really did fall in love with you. I was so happy when you said I
could call you my 'sempai', but now all that happiness is fading away.
Freddy, this is going to be the last time I write you, unless you reply to me. Please, if you get
this, just remember that I love you, and that I always will.
Yours truly, Kino Makoto.

By the time Usagi finished the letter, she had tears streaming down her face. It was written in a
mix of English and Japanese; obviously Makoto had been trying hard to help him understand what
she was saying. Usagi folded the letter carefully and slid it back into the envelope. Could this
Freddy have been the 'sempai' that Makoto was always talking about? Why didn't he ever answer her
letters? Usagi was getting more confused as she went.

The next thing in the box was a leather-bound book. Usagi opened it, and found it to be Makoto's
diary. She felt guilty about reading it, but she wanted to understand. She flipped through a few
different pages, letting her eyes fall on a few seemingly important phrases.

"I'm so nervous… what if my host family hate me?"
"His name is Freddy, and he's sooooo cute… and really nice too!"
"…and then Freddy told me he loved me. I'm so confused…"
"He said I could call him 'Sempai'. I'm so happy! Sempai Freddy."
"I cried and cried, and he nearly cried, too. But he promised to write, and he gave me a golden
ring with an emerald in it. He said it would help me to remember him. It was his grandmother's."
"I miss him already… why hasn't he written?"
"Sempai Freddy… where have you gone?"

Usagi put everything back in the box, and started to close it, but then she saw a small leather
pouch lying on the floor. She picked up the pouch and opened it. Inside was an ornate gold ring,
with an emerald set in the middle, and little pink zirconias set around it. Holding it up, Usagi
gasped at the way the gems glistened in the light. He must have really cared about her, she
realised. This ring… it would be a family heirloom. But what happened? Why didn't he answer her
calls and letters? Why did he break her heart?

Makoto had fallen in love during her stay in America, and all she had to remind her of it were
photos, letters and her beautiful ring. Sliding the ring into the pouch, Usagi thought of how
she'd feel if her relationship with Mamoru was reduced to that, and she started crying again. She
packed everything back in the box, carefully placing the pouch on top. Then she placed the box
back into Makoto's desk. Leaving the apartment, she made a promise to the setting sun.

"Mako-chan, I'm gonna find that boy of yours, wherever he is, and I'm gonna bring him back to
you."


CHAPTER 4
"What? Would you repeat that, please?" Rei asked disbelievingly, staring at Minako.
"I said I've forgotten the plan. I was so busy worrying about
Usagi-chan and Mako-chan yesterday that it just slipped my mind."
Rei kept staring, but repeated Ami's plan down to the very last detail. "Why didn't you see me
yesterday?" she asked. "It was pretty stupid to leave it until today, Minako-chan."

"I know, I'm sorry," Minako apologised. "I won't do it again. Please don't mention it to the
others; they'll think I'm stupid. I'm not, it's just I was sooooo worried…"
"Okay, okay! That's fine!" Rei exclaimed. "Now, Minako-chan, just go! I have work to do, or
Gramps won't let me out this afternoon… and you know how difficult that'll make things."
"Sorry for bothering you, Rei-chan."

As Minako disappeared down the steps of the Hikawa Shrine and around the corner, her long hair
melted into pigtails, each with a bun at the top, and the bow disappeared. The yellow shirt and
orange skirt she'd been wearing became Usagi's blue over-all dress. She punched her hand in the
air and kissed her Luna Transformation Pen.

"I knew they were up to something," she muttered. "And we're going to help them, Luna Pen. But
first, I'm going to find out if there's another way to kill Midnight Warrior. I refuse to let
Makoto be hurt by all this… and if the boy he's inhabited is who I think he is…"

She looked up as she saw Makoto walking along the street towards her.
"Oh! Hey, Mako-chan!" she exclaimed, shoving her Luna Pen into her satchel. "How are you?"
Makoto looked up absent-mindedly. "Usagi-chan, hello."
"Mako-chan, are you all right? You haven't seemed a hundred percent lately."
"Why does everyone keep asking me that? I'm fine, Usagi. A bit tired is all… and I've got a lot
on my mind. But I'm fine."

Why do you keep saying that, Mako-chan? No one believes you.
"All right, Mako-chan. I'll seeya later."
"Yeah, okay. Catch ya later."
I'll see you sooner than you think…

* * * *

"That woman over there looks kinda suspicious," Makoto murmured to Ami, pointing to a blonde lady
sitting five seats away from them in the airport's waiting area. The lady kept looking into a
compact mirror nervously, as if she was worried her appearance would kill her, and then around
the waiting area, as if she was waiting for someone. Then she'd look at the three anxious girls
sitting near her.

"I have to agree," Ami said.
"Why does she keep looking at us?" Minako asked, as if one of the others could answer her. Makoto
looked at her derisively.
"Would you like me to go ask her?" she asked coldly. "Stop being such a ditz, Minako."
Minako looked over at Ami, who just shrugged in reply.

"Flight 12C from Los Angeles is now landing, I repeat, Flight 12C from Los Angeles is now
landing."

"That could be it," Ami said gently to Makoto. "You're gonna have to watch really carefully,
because…"
"I know already!" Makoto hissed. Ami cringed, and she said, "Look, I'm sorry. I'm just really
nervous. Why should I be able to recognise this person when you all can't?"
"I don't know," Minako said. "But I guess we're gonna find out. Here they come."

Makoto watched carefully as a string of passengers came down a flight of stairs. A tall woman
with a baby. No. A fat man and his wife. No. A gangly girl with glasses and freckles. No. Person
after person. No, she didn't know any of them. Except… there was one figure that looked familiar
to her. A tall, slim boy, whose back was to her. As he turned to look around the airport,
Makoto's breath caught, and her heart stopped beating for an instant. No. It couldn't be. He
couldn't be the host.

It was Freddy.


CHAPTER 5
Everything had gone according to plan. Freddy had been trailed back to his hotel room, and for a
week he had been under careful watch by Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna, with Rei, Minako, Hotaru and
Ami helping out on weekends, when they didn't have school. Makoto and Usagi weren't allowed to be
involved. No one had noticed when Makoto burst into tears at the airport, and started calling his
name, but they couldn't risk it again.

"We need to wipe him out before he finds out who we are," Haruka said urgently. "He's almost
caught us a few times now, and once he knows…"
Rei paced up and down the path to the Hikawa Shrine's main building, frowning. "I realise we've
gotta sort this out," she said. "But I'm really worried about Mako-chan."
"We can't afford to worry about her now," Michiru snapped. "We'll worry about her after this is
over with. But the lives of the people of Earth are at stake! I realise she loves him, but
sometimes you have to give up the ones you love."

"How would you feel if you had to give up Haruka?!" Rei yelled. "I've had to give up love before;
it's harder than you think it is!" After a second, she said dejectedly, "But we've got no other
choice. Fine, let's get this over with as soon as possible. Tomorrow is D-Day," she said firmly,
tears in her eyes. "Let the others know… but not Usagi-chan… she doesn't need to know. And
Mako-chan… I'd like to go see her myself."

As Haruka and Michiru walked off, Rei closed her eyes and whispered, "Sorry Mako-chan. Sorry."

* * * *

"I'm sorry, Mako-chan. But it's the only thing we can do. Otherwise he'll be left as a wandering
spirit. At least this way…"
"I understand, Rei-chan," Makoto said, wiping the tears from her eyes. "You don't have to
explain. I'd rather he died being free."
Rei hugged her friend, burying her face in Makoto's shoulder to keep from crying herself.

"If it's all right with you, I'd rather not come," Makoto whispered.
"I understand," Rei agreed, pulling away. "Do you want me to pass on a message for you?"
"Tell him I love him," Makoto said simply. "That should be enough." She explained the words to
Rei in English, carefully and precisely. Rei smiled, and with another hug for her friend, left
the apartment.

* * * *

The next day, Makoto opened the box in the bottom drawer of her desk, and pulled out her old
diary. She hadn't written in it since the year before, when she had sent her last letter to
Freddy. For some reason, she needed to write again, and tell someone what was happening. She
picked up a pen, and started to write.

Dear Diary,
I know I haven't written for a year. It's because this was originally my travel-diary, for when I
was in America, but it ended up becoming a Freddy-diary. And there's another story in the
Freddy-saga, so I may as well tell it. Two years ago, shortly after I left America, Freddy was
possessed by a demonic being from another planet, who's intent on destroying the planet. But
before this creature, called the Midnight Warrior, can destroy the planet, he needs to destroy
its guardians - the Sailor Senshi. No, they're not a myth, as some believe, they're real.
I know this because I am a Senshi. I'm the soldier of protection, and I hold the protection of
the planet Jupiter. Sailor Jupiter, the soldier of love, courage, with the power of thunder and
lightning.
So, guess who has become my new enemy?
The only way to kill the Midnight Warrior is to destroy his host along with him… it means killing
Freddy. I couldn't bring myself to do it, so I'm sitting here, writing. The others are probably
out there right now…

Suddenly, Makoto dropped her pen. "What am I thinking?" she asked herself. "I've got the chance
to see Freddy again and I'm gonna waste it?! Mako, you stupid, stupid, girl!"
Fumbling through the box, she ripped the ring from the pouch and slid it onto her finger. Then,
grabbing her transformation pen and her communicator, she ran from her apartment and into the
daylight.

* * * *

She found them a short while later. Freddy was slumped against a tree, and while she could tell
by his eyes that the Midnight Warrior wasn't gone yet, she knew her friends almost had him. But
she could tell her friends were weakening, too.
"Do you think we've got him?" Sailor Mercury asked from the ground. She was bleeding from a cut
in the side of her face, and bleeding badly. Her hair was matted with sticky red blood.
"I don't know," Sailor Venus replied. She was standing with Sailor Mars by another tree. The
Outer Senshi were surrounding Freddy.

"You haven't got him," Sailor Jupiter said, walking forward into the clearing. "He's almost gone,
but not quite."
"Mako-chan!" Sailor Mars gasped. "You came!"
"I decided that I had to see him," Sailor Jupiter said softly. "I really do love him, you know."

"You weakling Sailor Senshi… you think you… can defeat… me with the power of… love?"
Sailor Jupiter looked over at him, hate in her eyes. "I don't know why you chose to possess
Freddy. But never again will you possess a living being. Your time ends here, Midnight Warrior."
Walking calmly to Sailor Uranus, she said, "Your Space Sword."

"Are you sure you can do this?" Sailor Uranus asked, handing the sword to her.
"I'm sure," Sailor Jupiter said. "This… thing… he took Freddy and now for that they both have to
die. I lost a love I shouldn't have lost." With every word, her voice got stronger.

"This is for killing my Freddy," she snapped, slamming the sword into the boy's stomach.
Three screams filled the woods as three very different creatures died - a human boy, a demonic
beast, and the heart of a lonely human girl.


EPILOGUE
"You're wearing my ring."
Makoto looked down at her hand. She'd almost forgotten she'd put it back on. Blushing, she
replied, "I know. I took it off when I didn't get a reply from you, but when I found out that
beast was controlling you… oh, Freddy, I don't want you to die!" Her voice broke off into
frenzied sobs, and she held him tightly against her.

Freddy pulled away from her. "Mako, why are you crying? You just… just saved the world."
"I've saved the world lots of times," Makoto sobbed. "But I've never lost anything because of
it."
"Mako… all heroes, at some stage… lose something or someone… that they love. It's… your turn
now."
"But why is it you I have to lose?" she wailed. "I haven't seen you for two years, because of
that… thing… and now…"
"You lost me two years ago, Mako," Freddy said softly. "You lost me when you left for Tokyo. The
Midnight Warrior fed on my pain and used it to control me; take over me."

Freddy winced, and looked up at her, pain in his eyes.
"Mako, I don't have much longer."
"Freddy…"
"Shh…" He put his finger up against her lips. "Let me tell you something. That ring… as long as
you wear it, I'll be with you. I love you more… than anything, Makoto Kino, and I'm not… going to
let death stop me from doing that."
"I'll never take it off," she promised, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I love you, Sempai
Freddy."
"I love you too, Mako. Remember me."

His hand slipped away as his spirit left his body, never to walk, never to laugh, never to cry
again. But she knew that his spirit, at least, would always love her.
"I'll remember."

* * * *

There are a lot of things she doesn't know. She doesn't know if she believes in re-incarnation,
or life after death, or anything like that. She doesn't know whether he'll be allowed to watch
over her, or whether she'll meet him again in the afterlife. But there's one thing that she's
sure about.

As long as she wears his ring, she'll have sweet dreams…


~Fin~