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Destiny, by Kristii

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This story is based loosely on an idea from Ayashi no Ceres--that

Hino Rei and Mars are, in fact, totally separate entities, who just

happen to be sharing a body.

And like Aya and Ceres (or two people sharing rooms/lockers/just about

anything...), there's just one little problem with this arrangement:

what happens when Mars' duty and Rei's desires point in separate

directions?

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Sailor Mars and affiliated characters (c) Naoko Takeuchi

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So this is it: the final battle.

God, how bitter this shall make our victory...

I can't ask this of Mars, I can't--not now, of all times. I

can't ask her to break one set of vows for another--not now, when I

have seen the horrors that will befall her; not now, when I know so

well that it will break her...

She has been out of a fuku for seven years, God--seven years!

I cannot make this her first call to duty since that day she left us

for America. For seven years, she has lived free of that curse called

duty--entered Harvard, gotten married, assumed control over the

conglomerate that is her mother's last legacy; now, after seven years

of bliss, I must shatter her world, bring her back from the illusions

of normalcy…

God... What a bitter irony: I still can't believe it. The

"champions of love and justice" must, in this last crucial moment,

abandon all pretenses and play dirty to preserve humanity...

I'm so sorry, Mars. I'm sorry. I wish there was some way to

prevent this, but... all the powers of Pluto cannot change the course

of destiny; all the wealth of your mother's company cannot buy a

different future. This is Fate, Mars--the three sisters, jealous. You

should have known from the beginning that the Senshi must live

lonely; trying to cheat your destiny would only bring their wrath

upon you, with a vengeance...

So this is it, Mars: the last battle--your battle.

I'm sorry, Mars, I'm sorry...

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