Disclaimer: all rightly everyone repeat after me 'I do not own Sailor Moon or any sailor' I'm just gonna play a bit them but I promise to return them in time….*Evil*, cutting the crap we all know that Sailor moon and the sailor senshi belong to Naoko Takeuchi and we are glad of that aren't we?
Rating: This is NOT a lemon (yet! *evil* na the next one might but not this one…); this is just a piece of anguish and romance…about Haruka and Michiru…
Yuri content: yep this is a Haruka and Michiru stuff, yes they are in love…yeah…with each other, nothing graphic on this fic….
A/N: if spelling or grammar is not excellent I apologize, it's been a while since I wrote something on English.
Time line: Well I hope you have figured out how is this ff…is like a retelling of the story in some way.
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Prelude to Destiny III
After their near death experience with Eudial, the senshi fought to find the messiah, unfortunately they found the Dark messiah first…and it was none other than Hotaru Tomoe, former Sailor Saturn. The senshi tried to kill her first, but Usagi stopped them saying that they could save the world with out sacrificing the small girl (which has become the best friend of her future daughter Chibi-Usa). This caused more conflicts between Inners and Outers, because as they knew, Haruka was too damn stubborn, and to make matters worse Setsuna and Michiru were on her side.
The final battle came and they tried to enter Mugen Gakuen, but it was now full of daimons. Pluto sacrificed herself and the Inners were badly injured. The only ones that were capable of stand up and fight were Uranus, Neptune and Moon. Uranus and Neptune tried again to kill Saturn who has now 'evolved' into the evil Mistress 9, but she was too powerful and they were caught. So in the end there was just Moon against Mistress 9 (and Pharaoh 90 who has already got the Moon cup). No one knows what happened exactly, because it happened very fast but in a matter of seconds Usagi had defeated mistress 9, and Sailor Saturn awoke again, but now no one had enough power to defeat Pharaoh 90…amazingly Usagi asked all the senshi for power with that extreme action she saved Saturn and the world, although she never told anyone what happened after she entered the black ball of energy to fight the alien.
However, this changed everything, Haruka and Michiru no longed had a school since Mugen Gakuen was literally swept from the city. They said their particular goodbyes…in a weird way, fighting Sailor Moon for real, after their defeat they both swore loyalty to the future Neo-Queen. Their lives had acquired a calm and peaceful rhythm…that was until Setsuna arrived with a baby….Hotaru Tomoe.
"Setsuna what a surprise!" exclaimed Michiru as she went to greet her friend.
"Michiru, it's nice to see you again" she answered smiling and carrying the small baby in one arm. Haruka appeared from nowhere and asked slyly pointing the baby. "and this, what is it? A gift? You never told us you had someone…bad girl"
Setsuna mocked a laugh "ha ha ha, Haruka…this is Hotaru" she lifted the baby cloth that was protecting her face and Haruka and Michiru were now happy, they haven't seen the baby in a long time.
"Hime-chan" Haruka said with a strange light on her eyes and motioned to have the baby in her arms "How are you princess?" she asked while she cradled the little infant.
"Ohhh who would have thought that the insensitive senshi had a heart after all" mentioned the time senshi with a charming-sweet annoying voice.
"Hey! I have my moments" Haruka defended herself.
"What is she doing here Setsuna, has something happened to Tomoe-san?" Michiru asked worried.
"No, not to him" she answered in a serious voice that took their attention.
"What is happening?" asked Haruka with a frown on her face.
"I have sensed something…maybe you have sensed it too, a big wave…"
Michiru nodded with concern, last day she told Haruka that the sea was extremely troubled, and that a wave was coming… the biggest they have ever seen.
"It's so big that I know we will need Saturn…so I brought her to take care of her, while she re-awakens"
"So I suspect you are planning to stay here" the wind senshi tried to break the ice that the news created, giving a light but true smile.
"Of course she is going to stay here" Michiru answered before the older woman could "Isn't it Setsuna?"
"I knew you'd said that, thanks" answered the wise senshi "Nice that you changed your apartment for a house"
"We needed more privacy" answered casually the green haired girl, making Haruka cough and blush deeply.
"I wonder for what" Setsuna added playing obtuse.
"Well, let's take your baggage inside shall we?" interrupted Haruka before they could make her blush more than what she was. She hated that, she hated to be vulnerable in front of other people; she only showed that side to Michiru but no one else.
The time went like that the three outer senshi taking care and raising Hotaru, the little baby has been growing at an inhuman rate, she stayed as a baby a couple of months more, but now she looked more less as a six year old girl, she was a very intelligent girl, growing both mental and physically. She was a cute girl that called Setsuna and Michiru mama, while Haruka was called papa. In a weird form they were a family. Haruka loved the girl; she really loved her as if she was her own daughter. Michiru, which was the more maternal of all, took care of the little girl and although Hotaru loved them all, she had a slight preference for Michiru. Suddenly out of nowhere the time came, and Hotaru grew again, now she looked like a 12 year old girl, the wave of evil energy was becoming closer with everyday.
Haruka was looking to the sky in the balcony of their house and she felt something, a weird energy not from this planet or the solar system she could not sense if it was evil or good…but it was indeed powerful. Michiru hugged her from behind "Something wrong?" she asked concerned at the look of Haruka's face.
"I felt it again….the powerful energy…I can't sense if it's good or evil but it is indeed powerful"
"Let's hope it's a good one…" answered Michiru gently "Guess what?"
"What?" asked the wind senshi simply, in a not so interested voice tone, still concerned about the energy which she has been feeling for the past weeks.
Michiru glared at her lack of emotion, Haruka smiled "Ok…ok I got it, what?" changing to a surprised tone. Michiru slapped her arm playfully "I was asked to play with a pop group…" she waited for the bomb to explode..three, two, one…zero. Haruka disliked pop music, but overall disliked a certain group that has been too close to odango atama and her friends. Haruka turned and begged "Please not them…"
Michiru giggled and just nodded "Shimatta! There are over a thousand of pop-made groups with no talent like them, and you have to end with them…"
"Ara, Haruka, it isn't that bad…you don't have to play with THEM…but it seems rather fun….trying to mix pop and classic…."
"Well…I'm happy for you" said Haruka sounding defeated, and hugged Michiru hardly "When is the concert?"
"Next month…" Haruka groaned again "This…can't be happening…"
Finally the day came; the concert was at hand, the outer senshi found Odango and their friends terribly sad because they have no tickets for the so waited concert. Michiru gave them some tickets knowing that it would be impossible for them to get them this late, and in the afternoon she prepared for her performance. She took her violin and caressed the fine wood, she sighed sadly. She knew that although she played marvelously she couldn't make her dream come true…she can not be a violinist while she is a senshi 'But I'm not the only one that has made sacrifices' she smiled thinking of Haruka 'she also had her dream…and when she was so near to get it I came in her life…she always gets this heartbroken expression every time she sees a race on T.V. on when we drive near the track….' She was lost in her reverie until she felt a pair of arms hugging her "Ready?"
She smiled "Of course, Haruka" and then she surprised the wind senshi kissing her quickly but full of love.
"What was that for?" asked the blonde with a wink and a grin.
"For being with me…" answered the green haired touching her cheek gently.
Haruka looked at her, and her expression changed from playful to a 'lovesick' one vowing "I'll always be with you…" then both kissed deeply, their mouths melt in the loving promise.
The concert was amazing as everyone thought, but the sea senshi felt a strange energy coming from the song played by three lights, she decoded part of a message, something that had to do with a 'princess and a far away land'…In the other hand Seiya felt some strong energy coming from Michiru, he felt as the power of the ocean was in the violin 'strange….I wonder what was that….' Both wanted to know what that energy meant…
Michiru came to her dresser and in that moment Seiya entered 'I want to know what power she has…' so they began to chat…Michiru began to flirt, it was one of her most powerful weapons, but Seiya said nothing, unfortunately in that moment Usagi and Haruka entered the room. 'Oh god…' the violinist thought seeing Haruka's face. Seiya playfully commented that Odango was with a good looking guy (a.k.a. Haruka), Usagi was about to tell him that the he was a she but Michiru interrupted saying that Haruka was 'her special person' Seiya scolded her, he knew perfectly that she was flirting with him. Michiru just smiled charmly. The pop star being the friendly person he was introduced himself and extended his hand, Haruka being the distant one answered the greeting. Seiya was surprised he felt a more powerful energy coming from the blond man, immediately Haruka growled a 'Get out!'
Haruka was angry at Seiya for being in Michiru's dressroom, angry at Michiru for letting that guy in; herself for losing temper. She scolded Michiru for letting Seiya enter in her room but one finger of the sea senshi silenced her thoughts. Haruka lost all ability to form a coherent thought when she felt the warm fingertip on her lips. She smiled, her anger decreasing little by little "Why do you tease me like this?"
Michiru giggled and caressed the face of the wind senshi with her fingertip "Because I love your stunned face…" Haruka blushed deeply; the sea senshi put her arms around Haruka's neck "after all this time you still blush"
Haruka tried to say something but she was silenced by a pair of lips, her brain shut down all its functions and everything she was feeling was the pair of warm, soft lips that were kissing her. She held Michiru tighter, and deepened the kiss an eternity passed and both parted, breathless. "I love you, Michiru" Haruka said with loved filled eyes.
Michiru smiled "I love you too, Haruka" then her smile changed to a playful one "If I knew that being here with that 'Three light' would make you this lovesick I would have tried it sooner"
The blonde narrowed her eyes playfully "next time he will end in the Intensive Care Unit and you…you will be walking home…alone…on foot" she treated dangerously.
"Ara, Haruka I was just investigating…"
"Oh, you were interested on him?"
"Yes…I felt something strange on his music…a very powerful force.."
"I felt it too…."
"What do you think it is?"
"I don't know but I think we'll discover it soon…"
In the meantime they discovered the other identity of the 'Three lights' and right away they took the 'defensive stance' that caused more problems with Sailor Moon because she believed that they could all fight together (and also because she had developed a strong bond with Seiya). Shamely the Outers had their own beliefs and it all resumed in 'they are foreign, outsiders, they came from the deep of space and they cannot be trusted so easy'
But before they could investigate more about them the worst happened…Galaxia appeared, and like a black cloth she covered all the word stealing the star seeds of every living human. The outer senshi felt the power of Galaxia, it was the greatest thing they have ever felt…the power of Mistress 9 or of Pharaoh 90 was nothing compared to hers. They tried to organize a plan but it shattered in a second when the inners died in matter of seconds and just Sailor Moon and the star lights remained.
The outers were shocked; the blinders of the windows shadowed their faces "they are gone…" whispered Saturn with her voiced cracked.
Setsuna winced and avoided to look through the window. Neptune put a comforting hand over Saturn's shoulder.
Uranus' face was as a stone mask, no feelings were able to read on her face, she exhaled deeply "well…we have work to do"
The outers were shocked to hear Haruka so cold and without a trace of emotion in her voice, Michiru was the only one that knew that Haruka was deeply sad, and that her heart was mourning, she touched her partner's hand and gave it a light squeeze, Haruka looked down at her and smiled sadly, then she cast her sword and the four senshi walked out of the building.
They tried to attack Galaxia, the four of them together but they were pushed aside with a single finger…Galaxia's finger. The wind and the sea were unable to make a single scratch to the golden armor and instead they were thrown hardly to the floor many times. Saturn and Pluto were as well unable to hurt the enemy. Saturn prepared to sacrifice and cast on her 'death ribbon revolution' but Galaxia just laughed at her saying that she was the one that made possible for Hotaru to be reborn. Pluto sensed something and a vision came to her mind, she knew what will happen to her in a few seconds and her heart ached deeply.
Galaxia keep playing with them, tossing the four senshi from side to side, until she finally offered them a chance to live if they submitted their star seeds to her. Pluto and Saturn refused immediately they preferred to die before change sides, but then they fell silent and watched in disbelief when Uranus said that she was interested in the offer.
"I'm interested…tell me how can I live without my star seed" she watched at the powerful senshi arrogantly.
"I give you these bracelets…then you can live with out it…" Galaxia watched with pleasure how Uranus was falling into the dark side.
The wind senshi look at her partner "I don't care to sell my soul to the devil if I can be with you…" Uranus' eyes softened with love but at the same time they reflected courage and deadly seriousness, in a wordless exchange she asked for Neptune's answer.
Neptune looked at her surprised at first, but she trusted Haruka 'I hope you are planning something….' she pleaded silently and then she answered quietly "Yes"
With that they gave their star seeds to the evil senshi, they glowed beautifully before they disappeared into Galaxia's hand. Saturn and Pluto stared without words. They felt betrayed, hurt, lied and cheated. Hotaru could not believe it, her mama and papa forgot her promise, they forgot their duty…they forgot them.
Uranus' face got an evil smile and Neptune got one similar but with a touch of arrogance. They stood up, they looked more powerful and their eyes had lost their souls. They were no longer Haruka and Michiru but enemies….and two powerful enemies.
"Now to prove your loyalty! I order you to kill them!" yelled Galxia from her throne.
Their smile grew and in no time they were attacking their former friends, Pluto and Saturn discovered that they were fighting for real, since they were almost unable to block their punches. Saturn was afraid she was fighting against her pappa, she admired her, like a child with her parent, Haruka was a great parent, a loving and caring one but now that image shattered as a punch hit her on the stomach, she was unable to defend because she didn't want to. 'I can't' she thought 'I can't fight my pappa' a tear ran down her face. She thought she saw a flash of sorrow on Uranus but it disappeared as a vision. Meanwhile Michiru was giving Setsuna a fighting lesson, Pluto could not stand it anymore, she was confused she had an inner battle with her mixed feelings and before she could attack Neptune she was knocked down by the powerful senshi. She looked at Neptune eyes but all she found was a 'cold dead' stare. The once gentle eyes were now strange killer eyes.
Saturn and Pluto landed together after they were attacked again by their former family. They could not fight anymore…the pain was too much to bear. Uranus and Neptune watched them from above. They watched the fallen senshi one last time and then they shoot the star seeds out of their bodies. Saturn and Pluto began to fade in that moment Sailor Moon arrived; she could not believe what she was seeing. Uranus and Neptune have just killed their friends. "Why?" she shouted with all her strength. The outers did not answer.
Galaxia was pleased, her new toys were pretty powerful, she smiled and gave one more order "Uranus, Neptune! Kill Sailor moon and bring me her star seed!"
They just nodded, Moon was shocked when Uranus and Neptune attacked her but like a miracle Star Fighter stood up and fought for her. Uranus smiled inwardly, she wanted to teach Fighter a lesson and this will be her chance. She put fighter in the floor plenty of times while this one shouted to her that she was a traitor and a killer. That enraged her more and finally knocked the starlight down.
Finally Uranus and Neptune, stop playing and put themselves on the top of a roof now with the star lights down they prepared to finish Sailor Moon….but before someone could say something the wind caressed their faces and their eyes returned to normal, then they jumped and attacked Galaxia in a try to steal her star seed. But the victory was short and they fell to the ground shocked. Galaxia did not have a star seed. Everything was futile. The sacrifices were in vain.
Neptune fell to her knees destroyed, she had killed one of her best friends all in a try to kill the evil senshi but it was useless, they were dead and Galaxia was still alive. Then she thought about Hotaru, her daughter…she was also dead, a lump grew in her throat….her chest felt heavy , it was all lost…everything was in vain.
Uranus was in the same state that Neptune just that her guilt was greater, she has killed her daughter…and she failed the mission, she betrayed them….all of them, but this was how she fought. "We'll really see in hell Michiru…" she stated matter of factly. They knew that if that place existed they would go there because of their betrayal, but at the same time although they hoped to go together they knew that if that place existed they would never be together.
Galaxia laughed "I never thought that someone could break my spell…your strength is truly remarkable…what a shame…." said this she destroyed the bracelets. The two senshi cried loudly, the pain in their bodies was great, they felt like if someone crashed their lungs and shredded all their bones. Their bodies began to disappear…
'We failed' Uranus thought as she felt her life force leaving her 'I'm sorry'
Neptune felt her chest heavy, it was painful to breathe, painful to move and the cries of Sailor Moon were not helping…'We failed…' she thought as well.
Fighter yelled at them asking why, same as Moon, they both wanted to know why they have done what they did, they wanted to understand their actions but the distant senshi only answered 'this is our way…' Fighter still yelled at Uranus asking her if she was not going to help and protect Sailor Moon, Uranus smiled and answered that it was now her duty. As if it were slow motion the senshi fell to the ground heavily, they both have lived together for a long time and now they were going to die together, but apart, one was on the upper level of the rooftop and the other was in a lower part, it all seemed as a cruel scheme from destiny.
Haruka began to felt dizzy, her strength was almost gone, her voice cracked with pain, voicing her own fears she asked "Michiru…Michiru are you afraid?"
Michiru tried to breathe deeply but she was unable, a sharp pain on her lungs prevented her from doing it, she tried to look at Haruka but was terrified when she saw that her lover was out of sight on the upper level of the rooftop, she tried to focus her eyes but now they were glassy. She was dying and she knew it. She could hear the voice of the star lights and of Sailor Moon, but it was like if they were far away and distorted, but just one voice got her out of her thinking….Haruka's voice, asking if she was afraid. Summoning all her strength she answered weakly "Har….Haruka….I…I want to touch…you"
Haruka's face lightened a little, she smiled sadly 'This is end here and now…after all I was not able to outrun destiny…' She clenched her teeth as the pain for moving was unbearable, she crawled slowly, agonizing….all her forces focusing on moving towards Michiru, to the person she most loved in the entire world. Finally after some excruciating seconds, she was finally able to touch the tip of Michiru's fingers, warmth spread on her, and in a second all her life passed through her eyes, How Michiru and she met, how they fought together, their first kiss, how they died in the Marine Cathedral, the first time they made love, the smile of the violinist, their concerts, everything….tears welled up on her eyes, and getting forces out of nowhere she stretched and held Michiru's hand completely, trying to absorb that feeling for a last time…for one last time. Michiru smiled after being completely afraid now she was calm Haruka was there and it was all that mattered, her eyes were now closed; she exhaled a last time and whispered "I can see the light…"
Haruka's eyes closed too, she felt Michiru squeezing her hand stronger but her hand was numb she could no longer feel, she saw a tunnel in her mind and she felt a strong energy pulling her soul out of her body, but she was not afraid…not anymore, Michiru was there with her "It's warm…Michiru" she whispered weakly, regretting that she never told her enough times how much she loved her or how much she meant to her. She finally stopped fighting the pain was too much to bear she exhaled her last breath, their hands still linked tightened their grips but then they weakened suddenly and both senshi died at the same time disappearing completely from this plane of existence…
The End….for now ;)
Ps. Should I continue? Should I not? You tell me.