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*LAST CHAPTER* Review for sequel!
Sorry for delay. I have worked very hard to make this a great final chapter. For the sequel, I am thinking one of the following topics, tell me which one you like most:
1) How Usagi met Diamond
2) How Neo-Chibi-Usa grows up without a father
I hope you like this final chapter, please review if you do! I'm looking for a 1/3 ratio to chapters for reviews (For those mathematically challenged [like me] that's 75 reviews)
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Tying the knots
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Mamoru stared at Usagi, who spoke. "Mamoru, I've made a decision." she paused "As much as we've fought over the last few weeks, and all the bad things that have come up, can we just forget it all and be a good couple again?"
"Wha... What the heck? Why are you saying this all of a sudden? We... We've been through so much trouble, and you just want us.... I mean... me to put it all behind and... continue on our destiny?!"
"Well... yeah. I know it's sort of awkward, but I've decided that you're the only one I love. Diamond... he was nice... but I really love you much more." She took his hand in hers. "Can we make up and... well... I know this is asking a little much of you... but..." She looked down. "I understand if you think I'm just a desperate little girl who can't even stay with a decent guy... but..."
"Usagi! I didn't mean that! I just said that because I was angry with you, and just took that anger out on you! I'm sorry!" He realized how stupid he sounded, and blushed. "Usagi... I apologize for that. I wish... things had worked out differently. I'm sorry."
Usagi put her arms around him. "I'm sorry too, Mamoru. This is all my fault." Tears came to her eyes. "No it's not, Usako. It's mine. I still love you." She looked up lovingly at him. "I love you too, Mamo-chan!"
He smiled at her. "Does this mean we can go back to being happily married?" Usagi nodded cheerfully. "And raise Chibi-Usa together?"
Usagi looked down. "Mamo-chan... I... I..." He put his hand around her. "It's ok, Usako. I understand." Usagi looked at him queerly. "You understand I want to have an abortion?!" Mamoru fainted. "JUST KIDDING!! Hey, Mamo-chan, are you awake?"
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Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten sat together in their apartment. "So... since we're girls... we're going to stop seeing girls, and start dating boys." Seiya repeated what they had finally agreed on. "Oh well, it's all for the best. (Omigod, the three lights- STRAIGHT! How weird...____)
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Diamond watched Usagi from his spaceship (He seems to do that a lot) "Farewell, Usagi-chan... we will probably never meet again..." he pressed the time-travel button to the future. "I have some work to do." as he left that time forever.
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Serenity had gotten back to the future, and walked into her bedroom, relaxing on her bed from the tiring journey. "Finally! Now I know what to do! I will make up with Endymion!" She went around the castle, calling "Endymion! Endymion?!" He was no where to be found. "That's peculiar... wonder where he could be..."
Venus walked up to Serenity. "Are you alright, Serenity? Do you need anything?" Serenity asked her "I'm looking for Endymion. Have you seen him?" "No, I haven't. Let's ask Pluto." she realized that Pluto had left right after she had transported Serenity to the future again.
Pluto was standing by the front gate. She was leaning against the wall, with tears in her eyes. Serenity and Venus walked up to her. "Pluto, what's wrong?" Serenity asked softly. Pluto gasped. "You haven't heard yet?!" Serenity shook her head. "Heard what?" Pluto sighed. "Come with me.
The three of the walked for a little bit, until they came to the edge of the garden wall, where a huge crowd of people were gathered. Most of them had tears in their eyes. A hundred feet below the fence was a little stream, flowing clear water. Serenity used to love to look at the cool, crisp water so far down below.
Now the water was a reddish color. Serenity, Venus, and Pluto pushed up to the front of the front so they could see. People stared at her, and the noisy crowd instantly quieted down, and backed away to make a path for them to walk through to the front. There were a bunch of news cameras and reporters.
Several of the Senshi were up there crying. A huge gap in the fence, which seemed to have been broken off by something had been marked off by caution tape. Serenity began to panic "Alright, what happened here?! What happened?! Someone tell me, now!!!"
Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter were there, looking like someone had died. Mars walked up to Serenity, and gently put an arm around her. "Serenity... I don't know how to tell you this... but..." Jupiter and Mercury rose, Pluto took her hand. They looked very sympathetically at her. "Stop it!! You're freaking me out! Just tell me what happened!!!! What?!?!"
Mars said very gently and cautiously. "Serenity... Usagi-chan... its... Endymion...." Serenity gasped. Suddenly it all made sense- the red water, the missing Endymion, the cracked railing, the crowds of crying people. Jupiter said softly "We found his body down there. The police think it was suicide." Serenity shook her head violently, tears already falling. "No! No... That can't... it can't..."
She wanted to run away, to make it not true, but she stayed rooted to the spot where she stood. It couldn't be true. He couldn't be dead. Serenity's eyes went wide as her mind accepted it as the truth. He was dead, gone forever. She started scream "No!!!! No, Endymion!!!! YOU CAN'T BE DEAD!!!!!!!"
She started to run, fast, faster, away from the crowd, away from the Senshi trying to stop her, trying to talk to her. Serenity ran until she could run no more. She collapsed on the ground, breathing hard, sobbing. She whispered slowly "Endymion... why did you do it...? Couldn't you... didn't you love me? Why did you leave me here, alone?" Serenity put her head in her hands, and hugged her legs to her chest.
Chibi-Usa saw her mother sitting on the ground. She went up to her, oblivious to everything that had just happened. "Mommy... are you alright?" Serenity looked at her daughter, sadly. She stroked her hair, and whispered "No... not at all... but you shouldn't worry about it." Chibi Usa looked quizzically at her. "Why not?"
Serenity realized that this child would be growing up without the man she had called 'daddy' for the last few years, and had known as her father. She wouldn't understand if she told her everything now. Maybe when she was older, she could understand it all. "Something happened to your daddy, but I'll talk to you about it later. Let's go inside now!" trying to cheer her daughter up, the two of them walked inside.
Despite the happy smile on Chibi-Usa's face, and the promise of a bright future, Serenity still felt cold inside, for Endymion's suicide, for lying to her daughter, for acting so immature and messing everything up.
Later that night she stood on the balcony which looked over the garden wall, still caution taped off. Tears flooded her cheeks. "Endymion... I love you... I'll miss you... goodbye." Serenity said a finally goodbye to Endymion as she walked away form him, putting a wall between him and her, and vowed to go on with her life. She crept into her bed, now to big for just herself, and went to sleep.
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Far above her, Diamond watched from his space ship (How often does he do that?) "Serenity... I'm sorry to hurt you... but it had to be done, for love." He didn't regret pushing Endymion off the balcony. He wasn't good enough for Serenity, anyway.
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Usagi lay in bed, next to Mamoru. A cool breeze blew into the room, through the window. She stirred, but then went back to her happy sleep, unaware of the inevitable troubles written for her in the future.
She didn't know about them.
But someone else did.
Someone had known about them for a very long time.
And that someone watched Serenity's sorrow, and Usagi's happiness, and made a decision.
"She isn't going to live for much longer"
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I thought I would leave no more cliff hangers, but I did! I will answer that one in the sequel, which there will probably be.
So, that's it! The entire 25 chapter story, finished, finally! I am so relieved! I think I'm going to put the sequel off until after summer, or I may not. Please tell me how you liked it or not, and if you have any questions, I'd love to answer them.
It takes courage and will power to review. Not all of you have that, so I'm going to make it easy for you. If you want to review, but are too lazy to write a real one, copy one of the texts below which corresponds to your opinion!
1) It was great! I loved it! Please write a sequel soon! It is so cool!
2) Nice story. Keep up the good work! I'd like a sequel to this!
3) Pretty good. I would suggest [insert comment here] in a sequel.
4) I didn't really like/understand [insert question here] Try to explain it more in a sequel.
5) Not my kind of story. I'm reviewing because I'm a nasty smelly bag of crap who loves to flame people and make fun of stories because I'm too dumb to write my own or do something decent with my time.
Please, I need your reviews! Tell me what I should do in a sequel to this! (I lied. There is going to be one, but I may put it off until summer's over)
