A/N: One week exactly until Christmas!!!! But only two until a week off from school! This should be pretty close to done soon. Well, hope ya like!
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Title: Lost Star Light, Burn Bright
Chapter Seventeen
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" It's safe now. We don't have much time though." Four figures appeared in front of the brown haired goddess. One had chin length aqua hair with darker and longer strips of hair to frame her face. Next to her stood a garnet haired woman, the tips of her long hair was a few shades deeper than the majority of her hair. A tall woman with auburn hair to her shoulders that glimmered the color of her eyes. The last being a woman with dark blue eyes and long black hair streaked with a very dark blue.
" Glad to see you gained no harm from the Mikoradiy." Teres smiled happily at them all, they didn't look very different.
" That thing has our old bodies hurting our friends, why are we still here?!" Fighter looked ready to punch the wall, which cause much pain.
" Calm down. Don't get angry or we'll be noticed. The Mikoradiy is very powerful and knows all that happens in her lair." They nodded and Fighter calmed herself.
" So how should we get out of her? Sailor teleport?" With a confirming look from everyone, they moved into a circle, joined hands, and were gone in the blink of an eye.
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Mina was so very tired, she didn't think she could stand another battle. Her wrist was broken anyways. What use was she? They were all going to die, the last of them knew. That was a total of three. Since the death of her two friends, both had been buried in a sacred place deep in the Crystal woods, where only Senshi were to be buried.
Her thoughts brought her back to where she was. In her room, on hers and once her beloved Sets bed, a jar of sleeping pills in her hand. It would be so painless. The life she had now was painful, the look on her Setsuna's face when they came back for the last one needed playing in her mind. Mina took one out and popped it in her mouth, then went to grab her glass.
The garnet doors banged open at that time, disturbing her suicidal thoughts. The Queen she had always protected glared angrily at the blonde. Serenity looked about ready to kill.
" Mina what the hell do you think your doing?!" Tears stung the Queen's eyes, running to catch her friend as she fell.
" Oh Mina, please don't do this. I need you now. Rei and Kirei need you now. Things have been bad, but we'll win. We can't loose. I know she's gone, but please don't fail Setsuna this way!" Serena felt what her Senshi felt, it was a fact. And the feelings Mina gave off were much worse than what she was feeling. Serena understood that Mina felt she had nothing to live for. Unlike her and Rei who had children. Then something in her mind made itself known.
" How can I live Serena? Setsuna is gone, even if I failed her, I could see her again, and that's all that matters to me now." Mina shook with her uncontrollable sobs. Darkness filled her thoughts and she could no longer see the light she fought so hard for in the past.
" Hotaru." Serena smiled when her friends blonde head popped up, crystal blue eyes looking at her confused.
" What?"
" Hotaru. Aren't you and Setsuna the ones who've been raising her since she de-aged? She calls you mother, why can't you live for her? Do you want to cause her that much pain when you go? The first face she saw was yours when she was just toddler. Don't do this to her."
- God I hope she listens. I can't loose another. - Mina looked thoughtful, but stood tall and steady as she could on her own.
" I'm sorry Serenity. Please forgive me for being selfish. I've been thinking that soon Hotaru would regain her memories and not want me anymore… There's that blonde thing again." Mina laughed nervously, she felt so embarrassed now.
" No more suicidal thinking okay? Take a shower and come to dinner. That's an order. " Serena giggled when Mina bowed and ran off to her shower.
Rei was outside the door with the three young ones by her side.
" How could she think that? I will always love her as my mother!" Rei put a hand on Hotaru's purple head, giving her a soft smile.
" It's a hard time Hotaru. She knows now." Rei lead them away from the room then. Her dreams were making a bit more sense to her now, a neutral feeling made Rei feel that they were all safe.
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Outside the Crystal Palace, five figures appeared out of know where. The guards became alert at the site of them and trudged forth to see just who it was. Small acknowledging gasps were heard.
" Senators, is that really you? We've fighting this enemy for so long now, how do we know it's truly you?" They started to glow and the guards allowed them passage into the Palace.
The group ran as fast as they could through the crystal halls. Nothing was more important than getting to their family now. Happiness roamed their faces at the site of the massive doors. Just a few more steps.
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A loud bang rang through filled the room and made them all look towards the doors. Both had been pushed open so hard they banged the walls. Five stood in the doorway. Surprise mingled with shock as they sprang from their seats to greet the new people.
" Terri!" Rei's voice drowned all the rest as she flew into Terri at warp speed.
" Your back! Oh god I've missed you so!" Terri hugged her back and then captured her lips in a long kiss that had been postponed for too long.
" You look different, what happened?"
" We-" Teres was interrupted when Neptune looked at her with worry.
" Where's Amara and Ami?" Five faces fell, tears suddenly welling up in Neptune's and Jupiter's eyes… Both had died.
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Serenity sighed. How much more could they all take? She hated having to do that to both of them. The blonde had to though. Ami and Amara's deaths kept displaying themselves in her mind. Ami being hit by Black Lightning's "Storm Stiller". Then Amara dieing from Dark Sea's " Drowning Deep". The new Lita and Michelle were doing nothing now but crying in each others arms. Both pulling comfort from the other. Now even a week later, life had been so calm. It was frightening. The months gone by had been long and felt like hell. Now there was white snow on the ground. Making the city a wonder winter land.
Terri and the rest weren't much different now since their 'rebirths'. The Senshi now knew more about the Dumioron crystals. Terri had explained what she was allowed, and confirmed the note Queen Serenity left low under the article was in fact true. The Teres Queen had had to break the tablets, it was the only way to keep the crystals safe. It hadn't mattered anyways, since the Mikoradiy could understand many languages.
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" Twilitite!" Mikoradiy frowned at the fact that she had been calling her minion for more than a minute now. What was taking that demon so long? Sitting up straighter she called only one more time…he didn't come.
" Lost Star! Dark Sea! Black Lightning! Corrupted Time! Deep Fear!" Her five loyal minions appeared at her call, bowing immediately.
" Find Twilitite, then bring him too me." The demons nodded and were gone into the shadows.
Lost Star ran into the room where its Lady kept the crystals stolen from the Senshi. An odor that smelled of blood filled its senses. Looking around Lost Star found the body of Twilitite, dried blood around him, and half of him looking like it was blown away. Becoming paranoid ( if it was possible), it looked into the crystalline case that supposedly held the Dumioron crystals. All were gone. Grabbing the dead body of Twilitite, it made its way back to the throne room.
Mikoradiy frowned even more at the site of her dead right hand evil.
" The crystals are gone correct?"
" Yes, My Lady. All five have disappeared." Mikoradiy shook her head.
" They didn't disappear my demon star."
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" Kirei really likes the snow." Terri leaned into Rei, watching their daughter play from a large window.
" She doesn't get it from me. I hate the cold."
" How can you hate something so beautiful?" She felt Rei hold her closer.
" I don't hate all beautiful things." Rei grinned brightly, this was such a nice change. She'd been so lethargic the ten months Terri and the others were gone. Now January was here and it amazed her at how slow and cruel time could be.
" So tell me again how you're here, and not dead some where's?"
" The Dumioron crystals were able to retrieve our souls when the demons took over our bodies, there for we regenerated into new, almost identical, ones. Now we're back and ready to fight. It's just a step under total rebirth." Terri smiled, though she did remember the fact that she had a planet to rule and protect, ten months had gone by with out her. She needed to return.
" How can we be so happy when Lita and Michelle are grieving over Ami and Amara? It doesn't seem right."
" There's nothing we can do for them but let them both grieve and comfort each other. It will all be over soon." Terri kissed her and walked away from the window.
- How can she be so sure? - Rei followed soon after. Completely missing the dark clouds starting to loom over the group playing in the snow…
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A/N: Done with this chap!! Sorta slow at the moment, it's all coming soon!!! Review Review Review!!!!!!!!!!! C ya!
JupeJupe ^_^