Cherry Blossoms; Soul of Stars
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of it's characters.
Ch.5
Stories of loss
Usagi took in a sharp breath. She knew she should preparing for that question, but couldn't bring her self to it. "A lot has happened since I last saw you Ail-kun. Peace lasted not a month before a new enemy had shown up. Black Moon. Many things happened there, and we even had to go into the future to fix it all. That was when I met my future daughter, Chibi-Usa. After that, Pharo90, where we gained three new senshi, and battled another powerful enemy, along side my senshi and future daughter. I was forced to go Super for that. Wasn't strong enough as normal Sailor Moon. Then, Dark Moon Circus. Gained an ally, and my daughter went Super with the nessicity.We thought we had peace, and Mamo-chan was going off to college...." Her eyes darkened.
"And then he was killed. In human form no less. The evil scum didn't have it in them to kill him in a fair battle, no, they had to murder him right in front of me. I had a lapse of memory there, and didn't remember it until it was too late to save him. More allies were added. New Senshi, the starlights. And all the senshi were killed, picked off one by one, until I was left. I tried, I swear, to battle Chaos myself, but he was too strong. In despair, I became Cosmos, trying to beat him, but still to no avail. He didn't stop, until everyone on Earth except me was killed. Not even the animals and plants survived .I finally went into the past, to try to fix things before everyone had died. And I did..... in their time." She started sobbing.
"I came back with so many hopes, that I would be reunited with my friends, my family, and my love, only to find that the Earth was still in ruins. Chaos was gone, content in his handywork, but I had nothing left. So I went into space......"
From her place on the moss, she curled up in a fetal position, and cried. Ail looked at her numbly. He couldn't comprehend what she was saying. If her words were true, than she had not only lost the person she loved so much, she would sacrifice to save, and her daughter, she had lost everyone. Her family, which he had met a couple times and could tell cared about her, her friends, which she had loved as close as sibling, and every other person she held dear. From what she said, even the friends he had made at the school, in his short stay there, were dead as well. He lost Ann, and the pain of that was horrible, but she had lost so much more than that. He couldn't imagine the pain she was feeling. He moved to try to comfort her.
He put a hand on her back akwardly. She stiffened, and looked up at him with a despairing look in her eyes, before throwing herself in his arms, sobbing. She leaned against his chest, crying, and he moved to wrap his arms around her. He sat there, rocking a crying Usagi, in his arms, putting aside his own despair, to comfort a person he owed more than he could ever repay, and cared for dearly.
She cried for all the pain she had ever aquired in her short life, pain unlike any other, and pain that a pure soul like her didn't deserve to face. She was still young, yet had had the burdan of the safety of an entire planet on her shoulders. When she failed, her responsiblities grew. Now, somehow she was expected to defend the entire universe. It was too much to ask!! She calmed down, and looked up at Ail with saddened eyes. She saw her own saddness reflected there, and wondered what loss her had to be like that. What had he to lose? Her eyes widened with realization.
Ann! Where was she? She knew it was probably going to hurt him, if her assumption wsa ture, but she needed to know. "Where... is Ann, Ail-kun?" As his eyes darkened with depression and despaor, she knew her quess to be correct. He pointed heavily to a close outcropping of trees, and she stood up. She lay her hand on Ail's shoulder, patting it breafly, before slowly walking over there, trying not to fall. She had not experienced gravity for some time now, and it was difficult to stand.
She parted the willowy branches, and walked into the center of the circle made of the beautiful pink and lavender trees. In the center, was two recently dug graves. One was a larger grave, and flowers had been placed atop it. Another.... was a small grave, and it couldn't have been for anything but a newborn. The way that a couple carefully homemade toys had been placed on it, that was her guess. She nodded to herself, before slowly walking back to the mossy area Ail was at.
He was on his knees, his hand covering his face, as his shoulders shook with silent sobs. She walked up behind him, unnoticed, and wrapped her small arms around his shoulders. "I'm so sorry Ail-kun," she whispered to him. "I'm sorry I couldn't do anything, or prevent it from happening. I wish I could have helped."
"What could you have done?" he replied, his voice raspy and low. He turned around, to see her eyes saddened in pain, but not for herself, but for her friends. "It's my fault." She said painfully. "If I had gotten here sooner, I could had healed her, or stopped whatever killed her. But I was to wrapped up in my own pain to notice anyone elses. I am senshi of the Cosmos now, and if I had opened my blinded eyes, I would have realized that you needed my help." She turned her face away in shame, shaking slightly.
He grabbed her arms. "You can't blame yourself for that Usagi-chan. What happened to me was nothing compared to your own pain, so I don't blame you if you couldn't sense it. Here, I don't expect you to be a hero, so you don't need to prove yourself. To me, you are merely Usagi-chan, my dear friend. Don't even try to blame yourself for something that has already happened, and there was no way for you to prevent." Tears started falling down Usagi's face at this. "Oh Ail-kun!" she cried, again in his arms. Again, they held each other but Usagi wasn't the only one crying. They cried for each other, and their own losses, and tree limbs wrapped around them, the Makaiju trying to comfort them. They cried for hours apon hours, until they were down to dry sobs, and fell asleep exhausted, wrapped in a cradle of leaves and branches.
And the Makaiju watched them contently, healing with the energy of a love slowly forming.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of it's characters.
Ch.5
Stories of loss
Usagi took in a sharp breath. She knew she should preparing for that question, but couldn't bring her self to it. "A lot has happened since I last saw you Ail-kun. Peace lasted not a month before a new enemy had shown up. Black Moon. Many things happened there, and we even had to go into the future to fix it all. That was when I met my future daughter, Chibi-Usa. After that, Pharo90, where we gained three new senshi, and battled another powerful enemy, along side my senshi and future daughter. I was forced to go Super for that. Wasn't strong enough as normal Sailor Moon. Then, Dark Moon Circus. Gained an ally, and my daughter went Super with the nessicity.We thought we had peace, and Mamo-chan was going off to college...." Her eyes darkened.
"And then he was killed. In human form no less. The evil scum didn't have it in them to kill him in a fair battle, no, they had to murder him right in front of me. I had a lapse of memory there, and didn't remember it until it was too late to save him. More allies were added. New Senshi, the starlights. And all the senshi were killed, picked off one by one, until I was left. I tried, I swear, to battle Chaos myself, but he was too strong. In despair, I became Cosmos, trying to beat him, but still to no avail. He didn't stop, until everyone on Earth except me was killed. Not even the animals and plants survived .I finally went into the past, to try to fix things before everyone had died. And I did..... in their time." She started sobbing.
"I came back with so many hopes, that I would be reunited with my friends, my family, and my love, only to find that the Earth was still in ruins. Chaos was gone, content in his handywork, but I had nothing left. So I went into space......"
From her place on the moss, she curled up in a fetal position, and cried. Ail looked at her numbly. He couldn't comprehend what she was saying. If her words were true, than she had not only lost the person she loved so much, she would sacrifice to save, and her daughter, she had lost everyone. Her family, which he had met a couple times and could tell cared about her, her friends, which she had loved as close as sibling, and every other person she held dear. From what she said, even the friends he had made at the school, in his short stay there, were dead as well. He lost Ann, and the pain of that was horrible, but she had lost so much more than that. He couldn't imagine the pain she was feeling. He moved to try to comfort her.
He put a hand on her back akwardly. She stiffened, and looked up at him with a despairing look in her eyes, before throwing herself in his arms, sobbing. She leaned against his chest, crying, and he moved to wrap his arms around her. He sat there, rocking a crying Usagi, in his arms, putting aside his own despair, to comfort a person he owed more than he could ever repay, and cared for dearly.
She cried for all the pain she had ever aquired in her short life, pain unlike any other, and pain that a pure soul like her didn't deserve to face. She was still young, yet had had the burdan of the safety of an entire planet on her shoulders. When she failed, her responsiblities grew. Now, somehow she was expected to defend the entire universe. It was too much to ask!! She calmed down, and looked up at Ail with saddened eyes. She saw her own saddness reflected there, and wondered what loss her had to be like that. What had he to lose? Her eyes widened with realization.
Ann! Where was she? She knew it was probably going to hurt him, if her assumption wsa ture, but she needed to know. "Where... is Ann, Ail-kun?" As his eyes darkened with depression and despaor, she knew her quess to be correct. He pointed heavily to a close outcropping of trees, and she stood up. She lay her hand on Ail's shoulder, patting it breafly, before slowly walking over there, trying not to fall. She had not experienced gravity for some time now, and it was difficult to stand.
She parted the willowy branches, and walked into the center of the circle made of the beautiful pink and lavender trees. In the center, was two recently dug graves. One was a larger grave, and flowers had been placed atop it. Another.... was a small grave, and it couldn't have been for anything but a newborn. The way that a couple carefully homemade toys had been placed on it, that was her guess. She nodded to herself, before slowly walking back to the mossy area Ail was at.
He was on his knees, his hand covering his face, as his shoulders shook with silent sobs. She walked up behind him, unnoticed, and wrapped her small arms around his shoulders. "I'm so sorry Ail-kun," she whispered to him. "I'm sorry I couldn't do anything, or prevent it from happening. I wish I could have helped."
"What could you have done?" he replied, his voice raspy and low. He turned around, to see her eyes saddened in pain, but not for herself, but for her friends. "It's my fault." She said painfully. "If I had gotten here sooner, I could had healed her, or stopped whatever killed her. But I was to wrapped up in my own pain to notice anyone elses. I am senshi of the Cosmos now, and if I had opened my blinded eyes, I would have realized that you needed my help." She turned her face away in shame, shaking slightly.
He grabbed her arms. "You can't blame yourself for that Usagi-chan. What happened to me was nothing compared to your own pain, so I don't blame you if you couldn't sense it. Here, I don't expect you to be a hero, so you don't need to prove yourself. To me, you are merely Usagi-chan, my dear friend. Don't even try to blame yourself for something that has already happened, and there was no way for you to prevent." Tears started falling down Usagi's face at this. "Oh Ail-kun!" she cried, again in his arms. Again, they held each other but Usagi wasn't the only one crying. They cried for each other, and their own losses, and tree limbs wrapped around them, the Makaiju trying to comfort them. They cried for hours apon hours, until they were down to dry sobs, and fell asleep exhausted, wrapped in a cradle of leaves and branches.
And the Makaiju watched them contently, healing with the energy of a love slowly forming.