SailorsPathfinder : Love and Without
By : MakotoJade - makotojade@hotmail.com
Episode 15 : Something I've Waited For
"And then... then we will see," replied Queen Serenity.
"See?!?!" Risa said, anger rising in her voice, "What the hell does THAT mean??
I mean-"
The Queen smiled.
Then they were back on the plains of Sabi, and the battle raged around them once
more.
Risa blinked, Leeota had been next to her, now her friend was gone. Everyone
is back where they were before, like time stopped or something.
She looked around for a moment, then grabbed Sailor Moon and dove to the
ground over Endymion's body to avoid being hit with a rather large sphere of glittering
pink energy. "This is getting really old…" She looked sideways at the other girl, "What
the heck is going on here exactly… and when did you turn back into a senshi… and
what.. what… what the hell are we going to do??!?!"
Sailor Moon smiled sideways back at her. "I really don't know either, sorry."
A blue energy dragon screamed as it slammed into the ground not three feet from
them. A shower of dirt, grass, and water fell over them. Risa groaned. "Great, just
great. Well, now what are we going to do?"
Sailor Moon looked back at her as if trying her best to come up with something,
when they both heard voices calling their names.
Looking up slowly, Risa recognized two of them. She called out to her best
friend. "SAGE!!!"
In moments, a circle of senshi had been formed around them and Endymion's
body and she and Sailor Moon stood and hurriedly dusted themselves off. She moved
behind her friend, "Sage, what's going on??"
Her friend called back over her shoulder, "I thought you could tell me! There was
this flashing bit of light, Pluto said something freaky, I swear I thought I was somewhere
else for a moment, and then the fighting was happening again. Like nothing happened.
But something did, didn't it?"
Risa opened her mouth to shout back at her, when the girl next to Sage grabbed
her arm. She looked up. Pluto looked at her, with meaning in her eyes. Risa swallowed,
then shouted back at Sage, "Let's just say I'm not quite sure myself! Who are the others
with you, I don't know them—"
"Sailor Moon's personal guards, from the same system, you know, Venus and the
like. They weren't under as deep as the others or maybe they're just more powerful."
Risa looked around at the others, "I'd wager on the power bit. I thought there
were more of them though."
"Yeah, well, the fourth is off fighting Leeota for the moment I think. She hasn't
broken free yet."
Leeota… She shouted, "How are the Pathfinders doing, do you know?"
"As far as I can tell, no one has died yet, but I can't say the same about the
soldiers. If only these other senshi would just wake up!"
Suddenly, something occurred to Risa and she turned to look at Sailor Moon.
* * *
Sailor Moon couldn't believe anything anymore, it was all happening too fast.
One moment, she was standing as her Princess self on what had to be the moon, then
back on the field full of Sailor Senshi fighting again. She only dimly remembered the
fighting, like a dream.
The girl who the Queen had called Sailor Sabi had saved her then from an attack,
and a minute later, she saw, relieved, her friends running towards them.
In moments she stood behind Sailor Venus, "I'm so glad to see you guys! You
have no idea."
"What just happened?? I mean, I have no idea even where we are, there was
fighting, Sailor Kioku woke me up and then I got to Venus and Mars, but what was that
light… I thought we were somewhere else for a second." asked Mercury from her left.
She was actively creating a fog around the group.
"We were on the moon, don't you remember?"
"Are you sure, all we saw was a white light, I remember looking for a moment,
and then the battle was still going on," Mars shouted from the right.
"Wait a minute – where's Jupiter??"
Venus screamed a Crescent Beam attack and then shouted over her shoulder, "We
have no idea, she's probably still under the mind control."
Mind control…
She suddenly remembered the Queen's words and turned to find Sailor Sabi…
and found the other girl facing back at her.
"I almost forgot."
"Me too."
She turned back to her friends. "Guys, I'm going to need your help."
"What are we going to do?" called Venus over her shoulder.
"The same thing I was doing for the other girls when I was trying to release their
minds earlier, only bigger. To everyone here."
Mars looked sideways, "You need our power, like in the final battle-"
"Yes, will you help me, friends?"
Mercury laughed. Venus smiled and shouted, "She sure does get all elegant when
she gets princess-ey. Of course, we will." She paused. "We always will."
She looked at Sailor Sabi, "I'm going to try to fix some of this mess… but that
woman, Hydrazite… she's still gonna be out there. Do you know how to defeat her?"
The other girl gave her a lop-sided grin, "If we did, we never would have tried to
bring you here in the first place."
Recognition dawned in the back of her mind, a thought of a certain crystal. "You,
you were the one who took Mamoru in the first place!"
"And I haven't regretted anything more, ever. But, I'll apologize later. Now we
have work to do."
Tsukino Usagi screamed, threw a fit, cried out from the agony of pain and
heartbreak she had gone through in the past weeks, and wished for the life of her that she
could blast the girl standing before her. On the outside Sailor Moon nodded. "Yes, we
do."
"U—Usagi-chan??!?!" They both swung towards the source of the new voice.
Sailor Moon gaped, "Ann-chan!!!"
Ann and Alan had somehow made their way towards the group and had shoved
their way into the circle between Sailor Kioku and the green-haired senshi she hadn't met
yet. Venus and Mercury turned around and stared in shock for a moment before Mars
shouted at them to keep the circle up.
"Ann… Alan, what in the world-- planet-- universe-- what are you doing here?!?"
"We'll tell you later," said Alan as he laid a hand on her shoulder and gestured
down at Mamoru. "But what just happened here?"
Sailor Moon looked down. She opened her mouth to reply, when Sailor Kioku
screamed from behind Ann.
* * *
Risa cried out at the sight of her friend as she dove to her side. Sage's shoulder
and upper arm were smoking and it looked as if at least one layer of skin had been burned
off. She heard her mumble something about, "damn people, hit me in the same place
twice" and then she passed out.
Risa pulled her back towards Endymion, who still lay lifeless, and then jumped to
fill the position in the circle.
She shouted behind her, "Have the reunion later, fix everyone now Sailor Moon,
before someone dies!!" She bit back other angry words and fired out a Red Power Blast
to intercept a glittering wave of purple hearts that were flying towards them.
* * *
Sailor Moon nodded. It was time. She shouted back, "But you still think about
that woman!"
She turned and smiled at Ann and Alan, "Is there anyway I can borrow some of
your power?"
They looked at each other, then back at her. "Of course," they answered in
unison.
"Good. Can you put your hands on my shoulders?" They complied and then she
turned and put her hands on Venus's shoulders.
She turned to look at the others. "Mercury, Mars, put your hands on Venus when
I say now." She waited to hear them shout back, then closed her eyes.
Not quite sure of exactly what she should do, she began to think about how she
had been treating the other girls earlier, helping free their memories. Then she thought of
Makoto, somewhere out there. Then she thought about the faces, the countless faces of
all those girls… reaching out, to all of them.
A net began to form in her mind, and she could almost see all of them fighting.
Their minds were cold, blank. She touched one of them. She felt a chill as she looked
for the real person the girl once was. It seemed like she was exploring an empty shell—
and then suddenly, she saw a glimmer. From below.
Kind of like a blanket, covering them up. Now I know how…
She concentrated all of her power, "Okay… NOW!!"
* * *
Risa wasn't sure exactly when it happened. She had heard Sailor Moon scream,
and then there was nothing. But then she felt a wave of power behind her, and saw the
light as a glint out of the corners of her eyes. And, suddenly, no one was firing towards
her anymore. No one at all.
She lowered her hands and watched. Hundreds of girls stood on the field, staring
at their hands, at each other, and at the confused people Risa knew as soldiers staring
back at them.
The entire plain was still for what seemed like an eternity.
Then the sky screamed in anger. "WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!"
Everyone turned to stare up at the now darkened sky as the image of Hydrazite
filled the view.
Shitshitshitidunnowhattodoshitshitshit. Risa spun around to find Sailor
Moon staring defiantly at the image in the sky. The other girl opened her mouth and
shouted, "I have freed my friends, what to you want to do about it?"
Hydrazite seemed to look down and see the small group for the first time. Her
eyes filled with anger as she looked at Sailor Moon. "YOU. I never should have used
you. I should have destroyed you before, just as you should have been a millennium ago.
But I will rectify that mistake NOW before ANYthing else happens here." The image in
the sky glittered into nothingness. Then the ground began to shake. Everyone fell to
their knees as a laugh began to fill the air.
"SAILOR MOON!!" Risa heard the shout as she saw a senshi stumbling towards
them. Leeota was at her heels.
"Jupiter!" she heard one of the other girls call back.
Leeota fell to the ground next to Risa, "What are we going to do?!?"
She just stared back at her.
Then, to her horror she saw the ground re-forming beneath where the image in the
air had been. It began to form a pillar. As soon as it was formed, the air above it
shimmered and Hydrazite fell through a hole in the sky. Face first.
Risa might have laughed, had not the immediate future of her own mortality felt
so dim in her mind.
Hydrazite screamed, and then stood, pointing towards Sailor Moon. "You, and all
your friends, YOU WILL DIE."
There was a horrifying sound, and then hundreds of DarkNites poured into the
field. Screams erupted as frightened senshi, who had just been awakened and who did
not have Hydrazite's command overriding their thoughts and actions, tried desperately to
use their newfound powers.
Sailor Moon was suddenly at her side. "Have you thought of anything yet?"
"No."
The other girl smiled. "Well, I'll just try what I know best."
She stood then, and walked towards Hydrazite.
"You are the enemy of the light, and I cannot let you win."
* * *
Sailor Moon had fought this battle before, she remembered how it was supposed
to go. She clenched her scepter in her hands before her and thought for a moment.
Then Princess Serenity of the Moon stood, eyes defiant.
"I shall crush you little girl!" shouted Hydrazite from her pedestal as orange
power flared about her in a wild aura. "I've gained more power in the past centuries than
you can imagine. You will never win against me."
"True… I would never win… but we all, we ALL shall triumph over you." She
brought the scepter up to point straight at the dark queen. "I offer you now, this chance
to surrender, and come to the side of the light--"
Hydrazite screamed in fury, and the orange buckled around her, "I will destroy
your friends, I will destroy you, and I will CRUSH your PRECIOUS LIGHT!!" Orange
energy exploded from her and shot towards Serenity.
But the Princess was ready, and her pink energy met the orange in a brilliant crash
of energy and power. They roiled, snapping and flashing, meeting almost dead center
between the two.
"Never. You will never destroy the light."
Serenity called over her shoulder. "Sailor Sabi, please get Endymion away from
here."
She didn't even have to ask for the others, in seconds they were at her side. After
a moment's hesitation, Ann and Alan came to stand behind her, putting their hands on her
shoulders again.
She looked down at the already burning scepter, and then, screamed into the air.
"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!!!"
* * *
Risa heard Serenity ask her to move Endymion and she did so, immediately,
without thinking, directing Leeota to grab Sage.
They were just far enough away when they heard Serenity's battle cry. Power
blazed behind them and they fell forward. Risa pushed herself up and turned to see a
wall of pink energy erupting from the seven.
"Good God."
Then suddenly Leeota blocked her view, blocking a DarkNite attack. "Risa!!
Help! We have to figure out a way to get rid of the DarkNites!!"
But Risa found she couldn't move. Too fast… everything is happening too
fast!!!
Suddenly purple eyes stared into hers. "Sailor Sabi… remember the words of the
Queen."
Pluto. The Queen.
"You and Sailor Sabi must now save this world. I have given
her the power to use the power of others... Then together, you two must
save Sabi."
The Power. She stood.
"INTERTWINED RED THUNDER!!"
The DarkNites around her and Leeota disintegrated. Leeota turned to look at her.
"Leeota, we have to call out to everyone… I need their help."
Leeota, who had always questioned everything, simply nodded and held out her
hands.
"Can we help, too?"
Risa turned to see Endymion on his feet, helping up Sage. Sage grinned at her
tiredly, "Have a good idea for once?"
She grinned, "For once, yes."
She opened the circle to grasp Sage's hand. Endymion took Leeota's left and
Sage's right.
Risa smiled at them. "Just think of the Pathfinders… and tell them… tell them to
concentrate, and send their power to me."
"But they'll be defenseless!"
"Don't worry, we'll tell the soldiers to cover them, and it's not the DarkNites we have to
worry about anyway. If we destroy the source, I have a feeling they won't be any
problem."
"The source," asked Endymion, "But Sailor Moon will—"
"Not without me. I have it on a reliable source."
"I believe it will work better if you stand in the middle." Sailor Pluto stood next
to her suddenly. "I'd like to take your place in the circle, if you don't mind."
Risa thought for a moment, then nodded released Leeota and Sage's hands to let
Pluto into the circle. She stood in the middle, facing Endymion.
"We're ready."
The others nodded.
She gazed at Endymion for a moment, then closed her eyes.
"Then let it begin."
* * *
Fighting. Everyone fighting. DarkNites everywhere. A voice, a voice in every
Pathfinder's mind.
Everyone, its Risa, and I need your help.
Anything Risa! What do you need?
We, together, we will all defeat Hydrazite, the one who has enslaved our planet
and our people for centuries.
Yes!! But how?
I need your power. The soldiers will watch your bodies. I need your minds
and your power. Send it to me.
We want to, but how?
Think of Sabi, of these rolling fields, of the sisters and brothers you have, or
that you never met because of Hydrazite, of our homes and farms, of our precious
fortresses. Think of the good times, and think of Sabi, always Sabi, and how you want it
to be free.
Freedom!
Sabi.
* * *
Leeota watched quietly and then did as Risa asked in her mind. She saw Sage and
the others close their eyes, but she continued to look at Risa.
And then her friend began to glow.
When she became so bright that she couldn't look anymore, she closed her eyes.
She could feel the heat of the power on her face though, and she could see the light, clear
as day, through her eyelids.
She forgot it all though, and thought of Risa, how she loved her and Sage, and
how she wanted them to be happy. And she thought of Sabi, the elegant, simple planet
that would be free…. free.
Risa.
Sabi.
* * *
Serenity fought. And was visibly failing.
Jupiter fought as hard as she could, pouring her energy into her friend. But she
felt that in another minute, she'd pass out. She glanced at Venus, and found the girl's
eyes staring back at her, worriedly. They'd fought this battle before, what was going on.
Maybe she was too powerful—
"Don't doubt yourselves!!" Serenity cried into the air. "You are my precious
friends, all of you, and you are strong, we will defeat her!"
But her voice was weak.
We can't do this much longer.
She fought on.
* * *
Everyone's thoughts, everyone's emotions, everything flowed through Risa. She
could feel their love for the planet and for her, and there was power, so much power. She
could feel herself glow.
She opened her eyes and screamed, "HYDRAZITE!!!"
She rose up then, and flew, sailing quickly through the air to hover just above
Serenity.
The queen faltered in her attack on Serenity for just a moment, then screamed
back at her. "YOU! I WILL DESTROY YOU AS WELL, AND YOUR GUARDIAN
PLANET!"
Risa just smiled, "Never."
She raised up her hands and cried, "THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE WANTED TO
DO FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!"
She summoned the words of her ultimate Pathfinder Senshi attack, one she'd
never used because of it's potency, but something she'd felt had been saved in her for this
very moment, and poured into it every bit of energy she had collected, and every piece
and fiber of her soul.
"DEATH ALL AROUND!!!"
Blood red energy erupted from every part of Risa's body and slammed into Hydrazite.
* * *
The soldiers whom Sage asked later couldn't even describe it.
"It was an explosion," they said. "A big one. Bright and red, with pink on the
edges." Many said they had been temporarily blinded.
"And then it was over, and Lady Risa… Lady Risa… she fell from the sky like an
angel struck down from heaven…"
* * *
The explosion rocked the field with light and sound, knocking every living thing
flat.
And then after a moment, everything was quiet again. Fighters looked for the
DarkNite enemies they had just been fighting and found them gone.
Then all eyes looked for the pillar, for the queen.
They saw a blackened mound of soil.
Suddenly a cry went up across the field, a joyous shout. Then another, then
another. Smiling people stood, yelled out. An overwhelming sense of a shared
thought… a common idea… the collective dream come true could be felt…
FREEDOM
* * *
As Endymion opened his eyes and struggled to get to his feet, he was smiling. He
felt he would laugh out loud himself as he heard the cries raised up around the field.
They had won!
He helped Sage to her feet carefully. The girl smiled up at him, then looked past
him. Her face contorted with horror. "Risa…" she whispered.
He turned and followed her gaze. She suddenly screamed, "RISA!!" and bolted
past him. Leeota passed him on the right. He ran after them.
He was met with a sight that darkened his soul. On the left Sage and Leeota
sobbing over Risa's lifeless body… and on the right… Mercury, Venus, Mars, and
Jupiter bent over a fallen Princess Serenity…
Usagi!
His mind never considered the left as he ran to the scene on the right. Physically
moving Venus out of the way, he knelt down next to Serenity and touched the side of her
face gently. "Usagi?"
He sighed, relieved, as he realized she was still breathing. "Usako," he
whispered, "my princess, please wake up." He carefully pulled her into his arms. He ran
his hand again down the side of her face.
She smiled softly and then opened her eyes. They were instantly filled with tears.
"Endymion. Mamo-chan." She swallowed, "I've missed you."
The joy he had been feeling surged back into him, and doubled. "Shhh, you're
tired… rest." He found himself crying as well.
She shook her head and was suddenly pulling herself up and into his arms. He
pulled her up the rest of the way and held her, trying not to sob into her hair. He shut his
eyes, trying to fight the tears. He finally gave up and opened them. Jupiter and Mars
smiled teary-eyed at him… and beyond them… Sage…
Risa!
He released his love and looked down into her confused eyes. "My friends, I
have to help them."
She smiled and nodded
He moved quickly the short distance to where Risa lay. She lay there, unmoving,
as Sage and Leeota cried over her. Several other Pathfinders had begun to gather around
as well. He reached fingers out to find her pulse, and discovered that she didn't have one.
"Risa PLEASE!" Endymion looked to Leeota as she cried out. "Please come
back! The dream will be for nothing if you die! Risa!" She sobbed and cried into her
hands.
He looked down at the girl whom had dragged him away from his love, away
from his world, but whom had been as great a friend to him as any other… Risa
Suddenly he turned and looked over his shoulder, only to find that Serenity was
always standing there. "Princess, do you think that maybe--"
She was already moving towards the older girl. As Sage and Leeota saw her, they
moved away and gazed at her, hope beginning to dawn on their features.
Serenity placed Risa's head in her lap, placed her hands on the side of her head,
and closed her eyes.
* * *
Risa was standing once again in a flowing red dress amidst the ruins of the Moon
Kingdom. "Well, at least this time at least I can be sure I am dead."
"Ah, but you aren't my dear child, trust me, you wouldn't be here had you
perished. My daughter brings you back as we speak."
"Queen Serenity?" Risa called as she turned to find the source of the voice… but
there wasn't anyone. It was just a voice. "Queen Serenity??"
"I am sorry, but I have no strength left to appear in any form. My power is finally
spent. I'll be moving on to the other side very soon."
"But--"
If a voice could smile, Risa heard it. "Do not worry my Senshi…
"Now that your freedom has been gained,
the dark night's fumbling will be undone;
Only the one brought by the light will remain.
The outworlders left will be but one…"
Risa turned to look around again, "What does that mean, I don't understand."
"Only you can make the right."
* * *
Suddenly Risa was no longer on the moon. She was lying somewhere, and she
hurt, all over. And people… people were crying over her.
She slowly opened her eyes. Endymion filled her view. He was smiling brightly
at her. She slowly smiled back at him and then someone was hugging her fiercely. The
mass of green hair in her eyes could only mean Sage. Sage crying.
"Oh Risa! I thought you were gone!"
Sage moved away after a minute and grinned at her, teary-eyed. "We won! You
won. You did it."
Risa discovered several people surrounded her. All of the moon system senshi,
Leeota and Sage, Endymion… then she looked directly up.
The eyes of a goddess stared back down at her.
Risa gasped. "P- Prin- cess-, I-I…" her mind jumbled her words.
"Shh, you were hurt very badly. You'll be in pain for a little while, but right now
you need to rest. Just rest and let yourself be taken care of." She smiled, "You've won
your world." she paused, "My friend."
Now that your freedom has been gained??
She looked at Leeota, who grinned at her.
Then a startled cry rose from the field. Those surrounding Risa turned to look in
that direction. Risa struggled to push herself up to see. The Princess absently tried to
make her lay back down, but Risa broke her light grasp and in the end Leeota helped her
to her feet.
She gasped along with the others at what they saw. Senshi were rapidly
disappearing from the field. One after another they vanished in a wash of their respective
colors.
The dark night's fumbling will be undone
Dark nights? DarkNites?
"Oh no." she voiced aloud, "It's happening… just like she said…"
The others turned to look at her, "What's happening?" asked Endymion carefully.
"Something, well, now that the evil is gone, the DarkNite actions are being
reverted."
Venus suddenly smiled brilliantly, beaming, "We all get to go home!!"
The others smiled and cheered as the hundreds of senshi on the field continued to
disappear.
Risa was still troubled… what was the other part…
Only the one brought by the light will remain
Brought by the light? Who…
Her soul went cold.
* * *
Suddenly the Princess saw Sailor Sabi's face pale. Her first thought was that the
girl was going to faint again. But then the older girl turned and looked in her eyes, and
she knew it was more, much more… and she knew exactly what was going to happen.
She instantly sought out Endymion and dove at him with a strangled cry.
Startled, he looked down at her, "What's wrong?"
She looked in his eyes, then looked back out to the field, hoping he would
understand. She couldn't voice it, she couldn't even think it.
Only a third of the alien senshi still stood on the field.
She looked back into his eyes then, hoping he understood, wishing the world
would stop and that what she knew was about to happen would not.
A great pain tore at her heart… it hurt… oh how it hurt…
His eyes suddenly filled with shock, then with anger, "NO!!" he shouted, pulling
her against him tightly. "NO! It won't happen, I swear it! If you go, I'm going too—
otherwise you're staying… NO!!"
She held him back fiercely. Everything else faded out. It was just they, alone,
fighting to stay together.
She sobbed against his chest, clinging to him. Her whole body shook.
He was murmuring into her hair, nothing would happen, he said, he'd hold her.
His voice was broken, shaky, but his arms held her tightly, almost painfully, against him.
She felt his tears and his pain.
Suddenly she heard a cry and knew Venus was gone. She sensed Jupiter, then
Mars, then Mercury go as well…
She was the last one left. And then, within her, she felt herself teleporting. She
fought it desperately, with all the strength she had left. It wasn't helping…
She looked up at her Prince. His eyes were red, his features wrought with agony.
"No." he whispered, "Please, no…"
She could feel herself surrounded with light.
"I love you," she whispered.
* * *
And then she was gone.
* * *
Endymion's arms, so abruptly empty, tightened around himself.
No… He closed his eyes, then opened them, hoping to wake up from the
nightmare, but never was such a hope so unreal. It was true all right, all of it, and so
vividly real.
He fell to his knees, with his head in his hands. Then flung them away, screaming
into the air, "NOO!!!"
Then he screamed pain as he began to glow and his armor shredded from his
body. Without Serenity…
The body of Mamoru Chiba fell to the ground.
* * *
As Risa watched the scene, something… many things inside of her hurt.
the outworlders left will be but one
She looked at Ann and Alan for a moment. They were ignorant of everything
else, clinging to each other, crying.
Only one outworlder, huh. So they have decided to stay…
Then she turned, as she heard the cry as Serenity disappeared.
Endymion fell to his knees, and then his armor…
Risa moved forward and ended up falling, pained, to the side of Mamoru's body.
"Mamoru!!"
Nononono, why is this happening! Why why! This is all my fault!
He was awake, suddenly, crying out in pain. She tried to touch him, but he
shoved her away as he tried to get to his feet.
"Usagi!" he sobbed. "No, no, NO!"
He moved suddenly, as if to run, and she flung herself onto him. "You can't!
You can't run off again! Your pain… I know, I'm so sorry I—but you can't run off, you
just can't--"
He looked into her eyes. They were empty. She gasped. Then suddenly they
were filled with tears.
"Usagi.." he moaned. He cried.
She held him. Sage and Leeota moved to hold her. Ann and Alan stood, unsure.
Oh Serenity, this is all my fault… I'm so so sorry. Why!! Why does it have to
be like this!
It does… or does it?
Only you can make the right
End Ep. 15
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My Spot :
I now have writing music recommendations. For this story I set up winamp to cycle a
bunch of songs, but the ones I found most useful were Kimura Yuki's "Deep Sky Heart"
and Ace of Base "Waiting for Magic (Total Remix)". I don't know why, but a good beat
is nice when you are writing attack sequences. And I looped Moon Romance and Power
of Love (I like that song okay, give me a break) for the final battle. I still don't know
which one I liked better in the scene.
Oh, and I thought about the clinging then disappearing thing four years ago, long before
I ever saw Fushigi Yuugi, and I wanted it like that, so I left it that way.
Yes, this was the last episode. But, there will be an epilogue to wrap things up.
Sailor Moon is ©Naoko Takeuchi
But I © this to me, ©2000 MJade Productions
… And I truly hope she doesn't mind …
