Her Love
SilverRain
Thank all of you for reviews, that's what keeps me updating and motivated. And finally my late LATE chapter-
Suddenly a shadow separated itself from the said area of the particularly large and shady trees. As it came under a streetlight, two cool blue eyes and a cascade of silver could be seen. Sailor Scouts gasped and tensed. Luna meowed urgently.
"Scouts, get ready to fight," she hissed.
"Psh! Like you could beat me! And we all know the statistics," she flashed a brilliant smile at Sailor Mercury. For a second she looked like she developed a pair of short and sharp fangs and her eyes turned wintry and cold. Mercury shook her head and the illusion disappeared.
"Now, now, I'm not here to fight. So behave," she drawled. Luna hissed and jumped at Usagi. But Usagi just raised her hand and a force field erupted into being. Luna bounced off of it and landed on her feet. (An ability any cat has, perfected by thousands of years of adaptation.)
"Luna, now, stop that. It's not like you to act on impulse without a well- thought out plan. Can it be that you're losing your touch?" Luna just hissed, backing away slowly. Usagi laughed.
"I came here to discuss our. situation. Here are your choices: join me and be all-powerful or fight against me and perish." Usagi surprised herself. She hasn't been planning on giving them yet ANOTHER chance but seeing all of them here assembled reminded her so much of the old times when she was just a more-or-less carefree teenager and not an evil mistress of darkness- the days when they cheated on her, lied to her, and dissed her mercilessly she thought as she mentally pull herself together. Rei's temper flared out again, this time a tiny flame turning into a huge white-hot inferno directed at Sailor Moon.
"How can you say that without knowing? Wasn't it us that always saved you just before the lethal stroke was dropped? Wasn't it us who got your back and distracted your opponents in order for you do reach ultimate victory? And just how can you do this without us and, moreover, against us?"
Usagi cringed to herself from this mental blow which hurt her worse than any physical one would have ever done but on the outside she remained calm and superior. Rei, unknowingly, dropped the last droplet. Usagi's lips tightened almost unconsciously and the last of the lukewarm undercurrents beneath the ice of her eyes froze. However none of the Scouts appeared to notice that change. She replied to Rei calmly and leisurely.
"Scouts make your choice. Either you with me or against me. It is your choice to make and not only Sailor Mars's." She shot an icy glance towards rather shot-tempered and impatient Mars. Then, in turn, she looked at each Scout with a varying degree of ice in her gaze.
Rei also looked at each Scout in turn, fire blazing into the depths of her night-violet eyes. The gaze held a challenge and a threat. It wasn't asking it was commanding the Scouts to agree with her. Or else. Slowly, as if coming from the trance of Rei's imposing eyes, Mercury shook her head no. She tore her eyes away from Sailor Mars and looked a little forlornly into the ice of blond girl's eyes. 'Forgive me, Princess. There is no other way. We were sent here to defeat the dark. Now you are our enemy. Good-bye Serenity.'
As Usagi felt the words enter her consciousness through the link she understood. She reveled in the pain but she knew from the tranquil intensity of Mercury's eyes that her choice was made.
Slowly, agonizingly she looked at Jupiter for she knew what she was to find there. A slow shake of the head. It felt as though Jupiter was almost doing it against her own will. 'Forgive us. Be happy with the path you chose. This is all I can give you,' resonated in her head.
Then, at last, Venus was to make a decision. Usagi felt that Minako understood her better than any of them. She looked at her friend and the ice in her gaze melted a bit under the warm lipid of Venus's uncertain gaze. She looked like a child lost in a maze of mirrors, her expression blank but her eyes hesitant. She met Sailor Moon's look and held it for what seemed like an eternity. Usagi could feel the unsteady, too loud beat of her heart. She felt the pounding as if it were her own heart racing.
'Minako, you see how much I love him. You know that our love is worth its price. You are my friend and I want to keep it this way,' conveyed Sailor Moon through their mental bond.
'I know that this kind of love is a rare and beautiful gift but is it enough to throw your life and friends for?' replied Minako.
'Make your choice Venus for I already have made mine.'
'I'm truly sorry my princess but there is no way for me to become that you wish me to be. Always know that I am your friend even when we're on the different sides of the battle.'
Their gazes broke apart and with a gasping, choking breath Usagi turned into a shimmer of silver and disappeared. But not before she saw a crystal tear glisten in her true friend's eye.
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"Usako, listen to me. It is not your fault. They betrayed you. I loved you and I still do but there's nothing either one of us can do. They are determined to destroy us and for that reason they must be destroyed first." Diamond's soothing tone entered Usagi's brain which was clouded with the agony of this new betrayal, this one of a different sort.
"Yes," she agreed absentmindedly, the empty sound of her words echoing in the dark hall of the palace.
"I think I want to think this over. I'll be in my bedroom."
"Sweetie just please don't do something you're going to regret later on."
"Don't worry, I won't."
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As Usagi fell on her huge bed she willed herself to calm down. She decided to sort out her feelings about this later on for she was almost as tired as Opal who was sleeping her fifth day waking up occasionally to eat and sit near her fireplace for an hour or so. As she fell into a restless blackness of her slumber she felt something press urgently in the back of her head. Something about Opal. But a moment later she drifted off to her nightmares.
SilverRain
Thank all of you for reviews, that's what keeps me updating and motivated. And finally my late LATE chapter-
Suddenly a shadow separated itself from the said area of the particularly large and shady trees. As it came under a streetlight, two cool blue eyes and a cascade of silver could be seen. Sailor Scouts gasped and tensed. Luna meowed urgently.
"Scouts, get ready to fight," she hissed.
"Psh! Like you could beat me! And we all know the statistics," she flashed a brilliant smile at Sailor Mercury. For a second she looked like she developed a pair of short and sharp fangs and her eyes turned wintry and cold. Mercury shook her head and the illusion disappeared.
"Now, now, I'm not here to fight. So behave," she drawled. Luna hissed and jumped at Usagi. But Usagi just raised her hand and a force field erupted into being. Luna bounced off of it and landed on her feet. (An ability any cat has, perfected by thousands of years of adaptation.)
"Luna, now, stop that. It's not like you to act on impulse without a well- thought out plan. Can it be that you're losing your touch?" Luna just hissed, backing away slowly. Usagi laughed.
"I came here to discuss our. situation. Here are your choices: join me and be all-powerful or fight against me and perish." Usagi surprised herself. She hasn't been planning on giving them yet ANOTHER chance but seeing all of them here assembled reminded her so much of the old times when she was just a more-or-less carefree teenager and not an evil mistress of darkness- the days when they cheated on her, lied to her, and dissed her mercilessly she thought as she mentally pull herself together. Rei's temper flared out again, this time a tiny flame turning into a huge white-hot inferno directed at Sailor Moon.
"How can you say that without knowing? Wasn't it us that always saved you just before the lethal stroke was dropped? Wasn't it us who got your back and distracted your opponents in order for you do reach ultimate victory? And just how can you do this without us and, moreover, against us?"
Usagi cringed to herself from this mental blow which hurt her worse than any physical one would have ever done but on the outside she remained calm and superior. Rei, unknowingly, dropped the last droplet. Usagi's lips tightened almost unconsciously and the last of the lukewarm undercurrents beneath the ice of her eyes froze. However none of the Scouts appeared to notice that change. She replied to Rei calmly and leisurely.
"Scouts make your choice. Either you with me or against me. It is your choice to make and not only Sailor Mars's." She shot an icy glance towards rather shot-tempered and impatient Mars. Then, in turn, she looked at each Scout with a varying degree of ice in her gaze.
Rei also looked at each Scout in turn, fire blazing into the depths of her night-violet eyes. The gaze held a challenge and a threat. It wasn't asking it was commanding the Scouts to agree with her. Or else. Slowly, as if coming from the trance of Rei's imposing eyes, Mercury shook her head no. She tore her eyes away from Sailor Mars and looked a little forlornly into the ice of blond girl's eyes. 'Forgive me, Princess. There is no other way. We were sent here to defeat the dark. Now you are our enemy. Good-bye Serenity.'
As Usagi felt the words enter her consciousness through the link she understood. She reveled in the pain but she knew from the tranquil intensity of Mercury's eyes that her choice was made.
Slowly, agonizingly she looked at Jupiter for she knew what she was to find there. A slow shake of the head. It felt as though Jupiter was almost doing it against her own will. 'Forgive us. Be happy with the path you chose. This is all I can give you,' resonated in her head.
Then, at last, Venus was to make a decision. Usagi felt that Minako understood her better than any of them. She looked at her friend and the ice in her gaze melted a bit under the warm lipid of Venus's uncertain gaze. She looked like a child lost in a maze of mirrors, her expression blank but her eyes hesitant. She met Sailor Moon's look and held it for what seemed like an eternity. Usagi could feel the unsteady, too loud beat of her heart. She felt the pounding as if it were her own heart racing.
'Minako, you see how much I love him. You know that our love is worth its price. You are my friend and I want to keep it this way,' conveyed Sailor Moon through their mental bond.
'I know that this kind of love is a rare and beautiful gift but is it enough to throw your life and friends for?' replied Minako.
'Make your choice Venus for I already have made mine.'
'I'm truly sorry my princess but there is no way for me to become that you wish me to be. Always know that I am your friend even when we're on the different sides of the battle.'
Their gazes broke apart and with a gasping, choking breath Usagi turned into a shimmer of silver and disappeared. But not before she saw a crystal tear glisten in her true friend's eye.
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"Usako, listen to me. It is not your fault. They betrayed you. I loved you and I still do but there's nothing either one of us can do. They are determined to destroy us and for that reason they must be destroyed first." Diamond's soothing tone entered Usagi's brain which was clouded with the agony of this new betrayal, this one of a different sort.
"Yes," she agreed absentmindedly, the empty sound of her words echoing in the dark hall of the palace.
"I think I want to think this over. I'll be in my bedroom."
"Sweetie just please don't do something you're going to regret later on."
"Don't worry, I won't."
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As Usagi fell on her huge bed she willed herself to calm down. She decided to sort out her feelings about this later on for she was almost as tired as Opal who was sleeping her fifth day waking up occasionally to eat and sit near her fireplace for an hour or so. As she fell into a restless blackness of her slumber she felt something press urgently in the back of her head. Something about Opal. But a moment later she drifted off to her nightmares.