Disclaimer: I dun own SM or GW or their characters. I own the other people.
****Last Time**** The quartet fell to the ground, exhausted and pasted out. The only crystal still active was the Mercurian crystal because its master's emotions were still unsettled. The castle around them crumbled as a faint blue light surrounded them and they disappeared.
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~"Sayonara.."~
She woke with a start, panting as she wiped the sweat from her brow. It didn't make sense. She couldn't remember a thing about her dream and yet it shook her up so much. The only thing that came to mind was the word 'sayonara' but why did that have any relevance? The black haired girl sighed inwardly, shaking off her 'freaky' dream. She looked at her alarm clock; it read 5:00 am. "It looks like I'm not going to get much sleep today," she thought, grumpily but she felt like she didn't need it. Her body felt heavy like it had been sleeping for days. "Iie, that can't be it. Hotaru, you're thinking to much into things," the girl told herself as she slid out of her bed and went to dress.
As she stepped out of her bathroom, an odd feeling came over her. It was loneliness. That didn't make sense either. 'Why do I feel so empty and alone now? I've been alone for along time so why is it bothering me now? Mama and papa have been gone for a while now. I don't get it. Why do I feel this way?' One word came out of her mouth, "Sayonara." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~"Sayonara"
She rubbed her head as she rose from her slumber. 'Why does my head hurt so much? I don't remember falling on it. Actually I don't remember anything at all.' Another girl told herself, seclusion closing in upon her mind. "Amnesia? Iie. I remember who I am," she paused for a second, "Mizuno Ami. Birthday: September 10. Age: 16. I just don't remember what happened to me."
Her mind rang with the word 'sayonara.' "Sayonara means good-bye so why.? Why does this word have an influence on me?" she questioned herself. The voices that spoke the word sounded full of sorrow. The voices were also familiar and yet she, Mizuno Ami, could not place them. She then looked to her clock to see it was 5 o'clock in the morning. She knew there was no way she could return to the land of dreams so she stood to shower and dress.
A half an hour later, she stepped out of her apartment building; her destination was the park. Her azure hair swayed in the morning breeze as she walked to the park, a book in hand. She continued to stroll down the empty street until a young man ran into her. "Gomen nasai. I didn't see you." Ami said as he bent down to pick up her book. He gave it back to her and grunted as his prussian blue eyes examined her before he left. The blue haired girl opened her mouth without realizing it, "Sayonara Heero." Now that caught the guy's attention. "What did you just say? How do you know my name?" the questioned escaped his lips, his tough façade faded away as a look of what? Happiness? Shock? Recognition? She couldn't tell. "I-I-I don't know. I just said it."
She didn't know why she said anything. She didn't think she even knew the guy-scratch that. She couldn't remember him, somewhat, but his eyes made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. His eyes spoke of pain, bloodshed, loss, and loneliness and yet she couldn't see how he would know of any of it. The boy continued to watch her cautiously, "Who are you? You know my name so you must have known me. What has happened to me over the last few months?" "I said I don't know, Heero-san. I can't remember anything as well. I am out to find something that will help me remember. I am of no use to you so could you please let me go on with my life?" she wasn't really frustrated with him but with herself and she had to take it out on someone.
"Gomen," he muttered before looking to the sky, "I am only a ex-soldier trying to find himself in the future. Your eyes tell me the same story and yet you are unaware of it yourself." This shocked the blue haired genius but his words made sense. A few tears rolled down her cheek before he wiped them away. "I hope you find what you are looking for." he told her before walking off. The girl sat there and watched him; a small blush crept onto her face. "I hope you do too, Heero-san," she whispered to his fading figure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He had sat down next to her in the park. His soft eyes sent a greeting to her and she nodded in response. Hotaru felt strange around him. Something about him created butterflies-no wait- fireflies in her stomach. Anxiety? Maybe. Fear? No, she wasn't afraid of anything. A crush? Could be but highly unlikely. They had just meet. She didn't know anything about him. Maybe it was better that way. His smooth voice broke her thought train. "Ano.what did you say?" she asked, a little embarrassed now. "I asked do I know you from somewhere?" he repeated. "I don't think so. Why?" she replied. "It just seems like I've meet you before." he stopped and smiled, "Gomen nasai. I didn't mean to be rude. My name is Quatre Rabarba Winner and you are?" "I'm Hotaru. Tomoe Hotaru." she answered again. "Tomoe Hotaru. Firefly of the Earth, that's a nice name." he told her and she blushed. "Hai. My papa named me. It's a nice name until people tease you about it." she notified the blonde. "You shouldn't pay attention to them. Your name is wonderful. My first name is a French number and I'm not of French descent." He did have a point. Hotaru began to giggle and he laughed with her.
Time passed and soon the black haired girl had to leave. "Gomen nasai, Quatre-san. I have to go now because school starts soon," she stated, giving the boy of Arab origin a small smile. He returned it, "I'm sorry if I interrupted you before. It's just that you looked very sad sitting here alone." "Domo arigato. You must be empathic or something. Sayonara Quatre- san." she spoke but then froze. That word came up again. She shivered a bit at the thought of the word. 'Sayonara means good-bye.' After a moment, she left. Little did Hotaru know the word had the same affect on Quatre as it had her. "Sayonara, Hotaru-chan." he finally said, getting ready to attend his classes at the newly rebuild Sank Kingdom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The bell rang, signifying that the school day should begin. Students yapped on about their weekend and gossiped about the pilots in their class. The 5 ex-Gundam Pilots sat in the back of the room, away from the rest and yet they always seemed to be in the spotlight. The teacher, Maya-san entered the room and the noise level eventually died down. "Today class, we are lucky to have 2 new students. These two girls are extremely bright for they have skipped two grades in order to get into this class. Ladies, you can come in." a mid-aged red haired woman spoke, ushering 2 girls, "Please introduce yourselves."
"Mizuno Ami, I'm glad to be here."
"Tomoe Hotaru, it's a pleasure."
That caught two of the pilots' attention. 'The girl from earlier!' Quatre and Heero thought at the same time as the teacher continued to praise to new students. "You all should try to do at least half of what these two young ladies have done. Now Mizuno-kun, Tomoe-kun, please take your seats. There are a few empty seats in the back of the room." And so they made their way to the back of the room, all eyes watching them, except for the teacher who was writing the assignment on the board. Each girl made brief eye contact with the pilots before sitting down next to each other.
Half the day was over and it was lunchtime. Ami and Hotaru had become friends already, despite their shyness. For some odd reason, both of them seemed to be at ease with each other, blocking out the normal insecurity. They also acquired a few more friends. Lina and Toni were two girls in class that had come up to them and acted civil. The rest of the kids seemed a bit jealous. And a girl named Dawn joined them a little later; she was a friend of Toni. So the little group of girls sat down with each other, talking about irrelevant things like why the sky was blue and why grass was green but that was interrupted when a short, red headed girl tripped over the blue haired genius. Both of their food went flying all over the ground and the ants began their feast on it.
"Gomen nasai, Oneesan. I didn't really see you," the red head said, continuously bowing before Ami. The she saw the mess she had made, "I'm really sorry about your lunch too. I'll make it up to you, I promise. Just wait here please." The short girl ran off in a flash before Ami could open her mouth. "That was odd. That girl looked familiar." Dawn began. "Yeah I think she's on the fencing team." Toni inserted into the conversation "Oh yeah she that freshmen." Lina told, knowing of course because she was on the fencing team herself. "What's her name?" Hotaru asked. "I don't remember. She doesn't really talk to many people in practice but she is pretty good." the girl of Latin American descent stated.
Moments later the girl returned, huffing, with what looked like sandwiches and Coke in her hands, "Here you go, Oneesan. I hope you like it." "Iie. I can't accept this. You have it." Ami said, pushing the food back at the younger girl. "I can't. I would feel guilty if I knew you didn't have anything to eat because of my klutz attack. Take it please." the girl begged. This back and forth of the sandwiches lasted for about ten more minutes until Ami finally gave up. She munched on the food as the others talked. The freshmen had begun to get up and leave, "Chooto matte, what's your name?" the raven-haired girl inquired. "Saotome Molly." the red head answered. "Why don't you eat with us Molly-san?" Ami invited. "Well I'm not that hungr-" her stomach growled and she put her hand behind her head, "Okay, so I am hungry. I don't have any more money for food." That made the blue haired girl feel guilty, "Well you should have gotten yourself some lunch instead of buying me some." "Don't worry about it. I can last a few hours until I get home." the red head told.
The lunch bell rang. "Oh minna-san, I don't know your names." Molly told. "I'm Ami and this is Hotaru, Dawn, Toni, and Lina." "Well it has been nice meeting you. Sayonara." Again with the damned word! All of them felt it. Why did this word string a cord deep within their souls? The red head's smile faltered as she silently cursed herself for using the fateful word. Then just as the eeriness came, it left with the group as they disperse. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The day was over, finally. No, Ami didn't think that because the work was too hard. The work was too easy to her. She thought that because everywhere she went, everyone she talked to used that word. She then stopped in her tracks. Someone was following her. A rushed panic came over her, filling her petit figure with adrenaline. She closed her eyes, turned, and swung at the person behind her, her fist making contact with flesh. She was about to reel her arm back to make another blow but it was caught in mid air.
She opened one eye and found herself, once again, staring into pools of prussian blue. "Heero-san?" He rubbed his cheek that was now bruising, unfazed by her attack, "Do you always attack people behind you?" The girl broke into a large blush, "Gomen.but you shouldn't sneak up on people like that. Why are you following me anyway?" The boy paused for a moment as if he were trying to think of what to say. "Because I feel I have to protect you," he told her, slowly. "Nani? Protect me? Why?" she questioned. "The same reason you knew my name. I don't know myself. I am just fulfilling a promise I made to someone. They told me to follow my heart and it's telling me I need to protect you." There was a long, welcomed silence as the two kids stood there, the sun melting behind the horizon behind them. Ami nodded her head, smiling, "My mind says that's crazy but my heart says it's just fine. I'll take your 'someone's' advice as well."
A woman, looking the age of 23, stood in the shadows watching the Japanese pilot and senshi of ice, with a smile on her face. She then disappeared, reappearing at the spot where the Arab pilot and the senshi of death and destruction sat. Her last stop was to see a little blonde boy and his older sister returning home from school with his new pastel haired girl friend. "Good luck minna-san. I will be watching over you." She walked away with 14 keys in her palms, one for each of the Sailor Senshi and princes, excluding herself. The time portal opened as she transformed into the Keeper of Time and stepped through.
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Inside the chaos of Time stood four lonely soldiers as Pluto entered. "Now you are sure that you do not want your memories erased like the others?" she questioned the triplets. They stood in silence for a while. Each shook their heads, "I love Quatre-sama too much. If I am to lose my memories, I may interfere in his relationship with Hotaru-san." Melari told. "And I love Ami-san too much. I may jeopardize her and Heero-san's relationship." Tari stated. "I love Ami-hime and Quatre-sama too much. I may screw up both of their lives." Mari said, tears building up in the back of her eyes, "We shall become solitary soldiers and watch over them as they lead their normal lives. We will fight so they do not have to. That is what Ami-san wished for. To end the fighting and live normal lives." The senshi of Time turned to the fourth person, Jadeite, "And you Jadeite?" "You know that it is my place here as Chronos. I cannot abandon my duties or you." the ex- Dark Kingdom crony stated. "Very well." the warrior of Time ended. "Sayonara minna-san." the three chorused, each of the princes and senshi hearing it.
'Sayonara. Good-bye. Why does this word have so much meaning to me? Does it have to do with my past?' the two ex-twins of Mercury thought, 'I shouldn't worry. I can't live in the past, only towards the future. And I have friends that can help me. That is all I need. So I say good-bye to my past. Sayonara.' Their partners snapped the two back to their senses.
~As the stars dictated, with the end comes a new beginning. The end of one life starts another. The endless cycle of death and rebirth for the children of the solar system will not stop until the next generation is born. Each of their powers has brought them together for power is attracted to power. You cannot escape fate or destiny for they shape life itself. You can only prolong it. There will come a time again when they will be need to battle for peace cannot last. Peace is too precious for it can break at any second, like glass. The end will come once again, it has been told by the stars, but for now peace shall reign over the universe. ~
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And that's all folks! I'm finished with the story. Epilog, maybe. All I know it that this chapter took me awhile to write. I'm sorry I couldn't post it sooner but I was having writer's block. I had to rewrite this chapter over 3 to 5 times. It's longer than I normally write. It's almost 5 full pages. Anyways I hope you like it. Now my thank yous:
Kaiya-san, do you know how many times I've thanked you? Your middle name must be the same as Usagi-san, ne? Well I like the criticism on the writing. FF.Net loves to not do what I want it to. I can't get Italics. Anyways I would love to try and write a Heero/Ami Yuri though. It sounds extremely interesting. Thanks for always being a reviewer
Christina-Marie (Christina_carmona@yahoo.com), thanks! I mean with new people reading my story I feel really special! ^-^ *CHING* I'm glad ya like
Mistress of Ice, thankies! I would have just ya know, forgot without you there. I'm sorry I'm ending the story though but I think a year and 24 chapters is long enough. ^-^ Arigato Mistress of Ice again.
And I'd like to thank all that read and all that reviewed. Some people just read and not review, I know I used to do it. Anyways I had to get this out now cause I'm going to the Anime Con in Boston this weekend to see the American voice actors for the 5 Gundam Pilots! ::drools:: Okay ja ne for the last time.
~minimerc
****Last Time**** The quartet fell to the ground, exhausted and pasted out. The only crystal still active was the Mercurian crystal because its master's emotions were still unsettled. The castle around them crumbled as a faint blue light surrounded them and they disappeared.
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~"Sayonara.."~
She woke with a start, panting as she wiped the sweat from her brow. It didn't make sense. She couldn't remember a thing about her dream and yet it shook her up so much. The only thing that came to mind was the word 'sayonara' but why did that have any relevance? The black haired girl sighed inwardly, shaking off her 'freaky' dream. She looked at her alarm clock; it read 5:00 am. "It looks like I'm not going to get much sleep today," she thought, grumpily but she felt like she didn't need it. Her body felt heavy like it had been sleeping for days. "Iie, that can't be it. Hotaru, you're thinking to much into things," the girl told herself as she slid out of her bed and went to dress.
As she stepped out of her bathroom, an odd feeling came over her. It was loneliness. That didn't make sense either. 'Why do I feel so empty and alone now? I've been alone for along time so why is it bothering me now? Mama and papa have been gone for a while now. I don't get it. Why do I feel this way?' One word came out of her mouth, "Sayonara." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~"Sayonara"
She rubbed her head as she rose from her slumber. 'Why does my head hurt so much? I don't remember falling on it. Actually I don't remember anything at all.' Another girl told herself, seclusion closing in upon her mind. "Amnesia? Iie. I remember who I am," she paused for a second, "Mizuno Ami. Birthday: September 10. Age: 16. I just don't remember what happened to me."
Her mind rang with the word 'sayonara.' "Sayonara means good-bye so why.? Why does this word have an influence on me?" she questioned herself. The voices that spoke the word sounded full of sorrow. The voices were also familiar and yet she, Mizuno Ami, could not place them. She then looked to her clock to see it was 5 o'clock in the morning. She knew there was no way she could return to the land of dreams so she stood to shower and dress.
A half an hour later, she stepped out of her apartment building; her destination was the park. Her azure hair swayed in the morning breeze as she walked to the park, a book in hand. She continued to stroll down the empty street until a young man ran into her. "Gomen nasai. I didn't see you." Ami said as he bent down to pick up her book. He gave it back to her and grunted as his prussian blue eyes examined her before he left. The blue haired girl opened her mouth without realizing it, "Sayonara Heero." Now that caught the guy's attention. "What did you just say? How do you know my name?" the questioned escaped his lips, his tough façade faded away as a look of what? Happiness? Shock? Recognition? She couldn't tell. "I-I-I don't know. I just said it."
She didn't know why she said anything. She didn't think she even knew the guy-scratch that. She couldn't remember him, somewhat, but his eyes made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. His eyes spoke of pain, bloodshed, loss, and loneliness and yet she couldn't see how he would know of any of it. The boy continued to watch her cautiously, "Who are you? You know my name so you must have known me. What has happened to me over the last few months?" "I said I don't know, Heero-san. I can't remember anything as well. I am out to find something that will help me remember. I am of no use to you so could you please let me go on with my life?" she wasn't really frustrated with him but with herself and she had to take it out on someone.
"Gomen," he muttered before looking to the sky, "I am only a ex-soldier trying to find himself in the future. Your eyes tell me the same story and yet you are unaware of it yourself." This shocked the blue haired genius but his words made sense. A few tears rolled down her cheek before he wiped them away. "I hope you find what you are looking for." he told her before walking off. The girl sat there and watched him; a small blush crept onto her face. "I hope you do too, Heero-san," she whispered to his fading figure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He had sat down next to her in the park. His soft eyes sent a greeting to her and she nodded in response. Hotaru felt strange around him. Something about him created butterflies-no wait- fireflies in her stomach. Anxiety? Maybe. Fear? No, she wasn't afraid of anything. A crush? Could be but highly unlikely. They had just meet. She didn't know anything about him. Maybe it was better that way. His smooth voice broke her thought train. "Ano.what did you say?" she asked, a little embarrassed now. "I asked do I know you from somewhere?" he repeated. "I don't think so. Why?" she replied. "It just seems like I've meet you before." he stopped and smiled, "Gomen nasai. I didn't mean to be rude. My name is Quatre Rabarba Winner and you are?" "I'm Hotaru. Tomoe Hotaru." she answered again. "Tomoe Hotaru. Firefly of the Earth, that's a nice name." he told her and she blushed. "Hai. My papa named me. It's a nice name until people tease you about it." she notified the blonde. "You shouldn't pay attention to them. Your name is wonderful. My first name is a French number and I'm not of French descent." He did have a point. Hotaru began to giggle and he laughed with her.
Time passed and soon the black haired girl had to leave. "Gomen nasai, Quatre-san. I have to go now because school starts soon," she stated, giving the boy of Arab origin a small smile. He returned it, "I'm sorry if I interrupted you before. It's just that you looked very sad sitting here alone." "Domo arigato. You must be empathic or something. Sayonara Quatre- san." she spoke but then froze. That word came up again. She shivered a bit at the thought of the word. 'Sayonara means good-bye.' After a moment, she left. Little did Hotaru know the word had the same affect on Quatre as it had her. "Sayonara, Hotaru-chan." he finally said, getting ready to attend his classes at the newly rebuild Sank Kingdom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The bell rang, signifying that the school day should begin. Students yapped on about their weekend and gossiped about the pilots in their class. The 5 ex-Gundam Pilots sat in the back of the room, away from the rest and yet they always seemed to be in the spotlight. The teacher, Maya-san entered the room and the noise level eventually died down. "Today class, we are lucky to have 2 new students. These two girls are extremely bright for they have skipped two grades in order to get into this class. Ladies, you can come in." a mid-aged red haired woman spoke, ushering 2 girls, "Please introduce yourselves."
"Mizuno Ami, I'm glad to be here."
"Tomoe Hotaru, it's a pleasure."
That caught two of the pilots' attention. 'The girl from earlier!' Quatre and Heero thought at the same time as the teacher continued to praise to new students. "You all should try to do at least half of what these two young ladies have done. Now Mizuno-kun, Tomoe-kun, please take your seats. There are a few empty seats in the back of the room." And so they made their way to the back of the room, all eyes watching them, except for the teacher who was writing the assignment on the board. Each girl made brief eye contact with the pilots before sitting down next to each other.
Half the day was over and it was lunchtime. Ami and Hotaru had become friends already, despite their shyness. For some odd reason, both of them seemed to be at ease with each other, blocking out the normal insecurity. They also acquired a few more friends. Lina and Toni were two girls in class that had come up to them and acted civil. The rest of the kids seemed a bit jealous. And a girl named Dawn joined them a little later; she was a friend of Toni. So the little group of girls sat down with each other, talking about irrelevant things like why the sky was blue and why grass was green but that was interrupted when a short, red headed girl tripped over the blue haired genius. Both of their food went flying all over the ground and the ants began their feast on it.
"Gomen nasai, Oneesan. I didn't really see you," the red head said, continuously bowing before Ami. The she saw the mess she had made, "I'm really sorry about your lunch too. I'll make it up to you, I promise. Just wait here please." The short girl ran off in a flash before Ami could open her mouth. "That was odd. That girl looked familiar." Dawn began. "Yeah I think she's on the fencing team." Toni inserted into the conversation "Oh yeah she that freshmen." Lina told, knowing of course because she was on the fencing team herself. "What's her name?" Hotaru asked. "I don't remember. She doesn't really talk to many people in practice but she is pretty good." the girl of Latin American descent stated.
Moments later the girl returned, huffing, with what looked like sandwiches and Coke in her hands, "Here you go, Oneesan. I hope you like it." "Iie. I can't accept this. You have it." Ami said, pushing the food back at the younger girl. "I can't. I would feel guilty if I knew you didn't have anything to eat because of my klutz attack. Take it please." the girl begged. This back and forth of the sandwiches lasted for about ten more minutes until Ami finally gave up. She munched on the food as the others talked. The freshmen had begun to get up and leave, "Chooto matte, what's your name?" the raven-haired girl inquired. "Saotome Molly." the red head answered. "Why don't you eat with us Molly-san?" Ami invited. "Well I'm not that hungr-" her stomach growled and she put her hand behind her head, "Okay, so I am hungry. I don't have any more money for food." That made the blue haired girl feel guilty, "Well you should have gotten yourself some lunch instead of buying me some." "Don't worry about it. I can last a few hours until I get home." the red head told.
The lunch bell rang. "Oh minna-san, I don't know your names." Molly told. "I'm Ami and this is Hotaru, Dawn, Toni, and Lina." "Well it has been nice meeting you. Sayonara." Again with the damned word! All of them felt it. Why did this word string a cord deep within their souls? The red head's smile faltered as she silently cursed herself for using the fateful word. Then just as the eeriness came, it left with the group as they disperse. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The day was over, finally. No, Ami didn't think that because the work was too hard. The work was too easy to her. She thought that because everywhere she went, everyone she talked to used that word. She then stopped in her tracks. Someone was following her. A rushed panic came over her, filling her petit figure with adrenaline. She closed her eyes, turned, and swung at the person behind her, her fist making contact with flesh. She was about to reel her arm back to make another blow but it was caught in mid air.
She opened one eye and found herself, once again, staring into pools of prussian blue. "Heero-san?" He rubbed his cheek that was now bruising, unfazed by her attack, "Do you always attack people behind you?" The girl broke into a large blush, "Gomen.but you shouldn't sneak up on people like that. Why are you following me anyway?" The boy paused for a moment as if he were trying to think of what to say. "Because I feel I have to protect you," he told her, slowly. "Nani? Protect me? Why?" she questioned. "The same reason you knew my name. I don't know myself. I am just fulfilling a promise I made to someone. They told me to follow my heart and it's telling me I need to protect you." There was a long, welcomed silence as the two kids stood there, the sun melting behind the horizon behind them. Ami nodded her head, smiling, "My mind says that's crazy but my heart says it's just fine. I'll take your 'someone's' advice as well."
A woman, looking the age of 23, stood in the shadows watching the Japanese pilot and senshi of ice, with a smile on her face. She then disappeared, reappearing at the spot where the Arab pilot and the senshi of death and destruction sat. Her last stop was to see a little blonde boy and his older sister returning home from school with his new pastel haired girl friend. "Good luck minna-san. I will be watching over you." She walked away with 14 keys in her palms, one for each of the Sailor Senshi and princes, excluding herself. The time portal opened as she transformed into the Keeper of Time and stepped through.
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Inside the chaos of Time stood four lonely soldiers as Pluto entered. "Now you are sure that you do not want your memories erased like the others?" she questioned the triplets. They stood in silence for a while. Each shook their heads, "I love Quatre-sama too much. If I am to lose my memories, I may interfere in his relationship with Hotaru-san." Melari told. "And I love Ami-san too much. I may jeopardize her and Heero-san's relationship." Tari stated. "I love Ami-hime and Quatre-sama too much. I may screw up both of their lives." Mari said, tears building up in the back of her eyes, "We shall become solitary soldiers and watch over them as they lead their normal lives. We will fight so they do not have to. That is what Ami-san wished for. To end the fighting and live normal lives." The senshi of Time turned to the fourth person, Jadeite, "And you Jadeite?" "You know that it is my place here as Chronos. I cannot abandon my duties or you." the ex- Dark Kingdom crony stated. "Very well." the warrior of Time ended. "Sayonara minna-san." the three chorused, each of the princes and senshi hearing it.
'Sayonara. Good-bye. Why does this word have so much meaning to me? Does it have to do with my past?' the two ex-twins of Mercury thought, 'I shouldn't worry. I can't live in the past, only towards the future. And I have friends that can help me. That is all I need. So I say good-bye to my past. Sayonara.' Their partners snapped the two back to their senses.
~As the stars dictated, with the end comes a new beginning. The end of one life starts another. The endless cycle of death and rebirth for the children of the solar system will not stop until the next generation is born. Each of their powers has brought them together for power is attracted to power. You cannot escape fate or destiny for they shape life itself. You can only prolong it. There will come a time again when they will be need to battle for peace cannot last. Peace is too precious for it can break at any second, like glass. The end will come once again, it has been told by the stars, but for now peace shall reign over the universe. ~
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And that's all folks! I'm finished with the story. Epilog, maybe. All I know it that this chapter took me awhile to write. I'm sorry I couldn't post it sooner but I was having writer's block. I had to rewrite this chapter over 3 to 5 times. It's longer than I normally write. It's almost 5 full pages. Anyways I hope you like it. Now my thank yous:
Kaiya-san, do you know how many times I've thanked you? Your middle name must be the same as Usagi-san, ne? Well I like the criticism on the writing. FF.Net loves to not do what I want it to. I can't get Italics. Anyways I would love to try and write a Heero/Ami Yuri though. It sounds extremely interesting. Thanks for always being a reviewer
Christina-Marie (Christina_carmona@yahoo.com), thanks! I mean with new people reading my story I feel really special! ^-^ *CHING* I'm glad ya like
Mistress of Ice, thankies! I would have just ya know, forgot without you there. I'm sorry I'm ending the story though but I think a year and 24 chapters is long enough. ^-^ Arigato Mistress of Ice again.
And I'd like to thank all that read and all that reviewed. Some people just read and not review, I know I used to do it. Anyways I had to get this out now cause I'm going to the Anime Con in Boston this weekend to see the American voice actors for the 5 Gundam Pilots! ::drools:: Okay ja ne for the last time.
~minimerc