As the Tears Fell

by MCRK

It was a time of friendship and love. Of untold secrets and broken promises. A tale of betrayal and loyalty. Of laughter and tears. The birth of new lives and the end of others. This is the Silver Millenium

14. Chapter 13

Sorry this took so long, I had a burst or creativity on Ever Forever Ever, so I figured I should work on that while it lasted. It will be out one day, I promise.

As for this, this chapter can get slightly confusing at certain points as to who is saying what. If you aren't sure of something, please visit: it's the same content, just color coded for convenience.

Also, I attempted to replace Chapter 12 with a slightly modified version, and ff.net wouldn't let me for some reason. So thank you to all the reviewers from Chapter 11 that I never got to thank. Also, I changed the song that they dance to in Chapter 11, and the reasons for why that song is used will come in to play when I eventually rewrite Courage Under Fire.

Thanks to all the reviews from the previous chapter!

Missy: Yes I am trying to do this basically how it happened, but unfortunately, I don't remember the episode with any details of how the silver millennium ended, so things mite not quite fit with the original. The basic concept is the same though.

Pyro*Chic: I'm not quite sure I understood your comment, but im assuming it was just the simple statement of it? Either way, thank you for still reading them! I promise one day I'll have new stuff that no one has read!

Hello: I do have that website address for you actually, its simply, and for anyone else who is curious, it's a great archive of Senshi/Shitennou fanfics, and mine are posted there yes. The site seems to have been abandoned though, I'm not sure what happened there. But it still holds a fairly decent amount of wonderful fanfics. Another great place to try is www.shitennou.com and go through the forums.

One last thing, I said before im a sucker for a happy ending, and that is true, except in the case of this story. This chapter is sad and I'm sorry to say does not have a happy ending, just a fair warning. Enjoy and please continue to review!

Flashbacks that occur between Rei and Jed's final scene are marked off by ~~ at the beginning and at the end.

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As the Tears Fell~Chapter Thirteen

By MCRK

****************************** "War?" Rei asked, making sure she had heard correct.

Serin nodded her head, confirming the nightmare. "An attack is expected any moment, we're all supposed to head to the main conference room for instructions."

She stood there for a moment, still in shock. 'This isn't happening. I must be dreaming.' She thought.

Serin gently placed a hand on her arm, which snapped her out of her thoughts. "I know what you're thinking Rei, and I know how you feel, but it's true."

She nodded, finally admitting the truth, it really was true, and the only thing they could do now was kick Beryl's ass. A sudden thought occurred to her. "She didn't get Endymion did she?" She asked, fearing the answer.

Serin shook her head and Rei could see the relief that was clearly written on her face. "No, he's still safe. I think she moved all her troops off Earth actually. I guess she decided to send them here instead."

Rei nodded. "She has what she wanted from them. She figures that without the generals on Earth, they're pretty much screwed anyway."

She nodded quietly in agreement.

Rei suddenly realized what Beryl was planning on doing. "Serin, don't you see what's she's doing?" She asked slowly, the entire plan forming in her head as perfectly as if she had thought of it herself.

She gave her a confused look. "Rei what are you talking about?"

"She started out small, just sending a few youma to try and scarce us, let us know that she was coming," Rei started as she paced the room, the thoughts coming so quickly she could barely get them out before more poured in. "Then she somehow convinced Zoisite to join her, because she knew not only would we lose him, but we would also lose Ami then because of that."

"And then she crashed the ball, and told you the whole thing about your father, knowing that it would make you unable to use your fire," Serin filled in, starting to realize where Rei was going with this.

"Right." She said. "Then she was able to get Jade, and that made us lose him, and me even more then before. Plus she must have known that at the very least, I would blame myself, and it would start to turn us against ourselves. At that point she most have decided she was strong enough to attack Earth, and while there, she was able to capture Nephlite and Kunzite who were most likely to stunned by seeing their former comrades turn against them, to fight properly."

Serin appeared confused again. "But what does that have to do with us?"

"Well now that she has them, she's ready to come here. She knows that there is no way any of us are going to be able to fight against the ones we love, and she knows that Endymion would die protecting you..." Her voice trailed off as her ultimate plan became clear. "Serin, what if we're next?" She asked quietly.

Serin looked over at her first surprised that she would say that, and then fear slowly replaced the look of surprise as she realized how possible that statement was. "Come on." She said grabbing Rei's hand and dragging her out the door and started down the hall.

"Ren, where are we going?" Rei asked as she freed her hand from Serin's tight grasp.

"We have to go talk to my mom. Everyone's in the main conference room. Hurry, we may not have that much time left before she strikes again."

* * *

Beryl lounged in her throne, champagne in hand, legs crossed, with a pleased smile on her face. She sipped her drink before summoning her four generals.

Four flashes appeared and four men stood in front of her, all with their heads bowed.

"Rise." She said carelessly.

"You called my Queen?" Kunzite asked once they had risen.

Beryl uncrossed her legs and stood, looking over her generals. "It's time for you to learn your ranking in my army. You're positions, if you will."

The four stood waiting.

"Kunzite is the commanding general, the highest ranked, then Zoisite, Nephlite, and lastly Jeadite." She told them.

"What is our first mission your highness?" Zoisite asked.

"Now that we have declared war on the Moon," She started. "That is where we are headed. I want you four to take care of the Princess' guards, and I'll take care of the Prince and the Princess." She said, a smile creeping along her face.

"Do we have specific assignments to each guardian?" Jeadite asked.

A look came over Beryl's face before she replied. "Yes. Kunzite you will be fighting Princess Minako of Venus, Zoisite will fight Princess Ami of Mercury, Nephlite will fight Princess Makoto of Jupiter, and Jeadite will fight Princess Rei of Mars." She paused for a minute before adding. "And when I say fight, I mean to the complete death."

"Your majesty, please excuse me for questioning your orders, but wouldn't it make more sense to switch the opponents of Jeadite and Zoisite?" Nephlite cut in.

The Queen nodded in agreement. "I realize what you are saying and I took that into consideration when I made this assignments. But I do have special reasons for the way I assigned the guards to each one of you. In the long run, I assure you this will work better." She said giving a silent sigh of relief that no one had said anything about their positions as guards of Endymion's. After that whole thing between Jeadite still remembering some things, she had to make sure their brainwashing was complete enough for them to completely forget everything about their past lives.

"Are we using swords, or powers?" Zoisite questioned.

The Queen smiled. "Whatever kills them quicker."

* * *

"Now, does anyone have any suggestions about--"

"WAIT!"

Queen Serenity and the others looked towards the door as Serin and Rei ran into the room. "Serin, what's wrong?" She asked in concern.

"Don't do anything yet, Rei figured out her plan." She explained.

The others all turned to Rei waiting for her to continue. Looking around the room she noticed that Terra was sitting next to Ami and Minako. "Maybe Terra shouldn't be here." She said.

Queen Serenity was about to nod to one of the servants to escort her back to her room when Terra spoke up. "No." She said firmly.

"Terra, this isn't going to be the most pleasant, or the happiest conversation." Serin tried to explain.

"I don't care." She said. "I know that Endymion sent me here to get away from the war, but now it's here, and I'm gonna be involved eventually no matter what. Besides, Jade, Nephlite, Kunzite, and Zoisite were as close as brothers to me. I want them back just as much as you guys do and I want to do whatever I can to help, and that includes knowing what's going on. I'm not leaving." She said quietly.

Queen Serenity looked hesitant for a moment but turned to Rei and nodded for her to continue.

She quickly repeated what she had just told Serin moments before, and everyone sat there for a few minutes in silence.

"Rei, are you sure that this her plan?" Serenity asked.

She shrugged. "No not really. But it's the most plausible thing that she could do. I mean, what does Beryl want more than anything?"

"To rule the universe." Ami spoke up quietly.

"Exactly, and who are the two most powerful planets in the solar system?" She pressed.

"The moon and The Earth obviously." Minako stated.

Rei nodded. "Making the King and Queen of each planet, and Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity the most powerful people in the solar system."

"And since we were powerful and skilled enough to be their guardians, to protect them from any and all danger, then we must be right behind them in power..." Makoto slowly.

"If not more because you guys control the elements, as do Endy's guards." Terra said softly.

"And if she wants to rule the universe, what would be the best way to go about it?" Serenity asked.

"To turn us against each other, and kill the rest of us, by using our own loves against us." Serin responded.

"Yeah, but then why wouldn't she have taken Endymion? Or at least kept her troops on Earth until she killed him?" Makoto asked.

"Think about it, if she has us fight Endy's guards, well," She paused for a moment, "We won't be around to much longer after that. And she knows Endymion will protect the princess with his life, but once he has his four guardians against him, that won't a problem for too long." Rei explained.

"Oh come one, we're capable of beating Endy's guards! Just because they're evil now doesn't mean anything, we'll be able to defeat them, and turn them back to our side." Minako argued.

Serin sadly shook her head and was about to respond when Ami cut in softly.

"No we won't Minako. Don't you remember that first day at sparring? With the exception of Rei, we were all beaten by the generals."

"She's right." Serin said. "They always beat us, and rather easily, but we never gave much thought to it, because as I said that day, we'd never have to worry about it, because we'd always be fighting on the same side, and as long as that was true, we were unbeatable."

"But now we aren't on the same side anymore." Rei said quietly.

"And now they're evil, meaning that they don't remember the love that they had for any of you." Terra pointed out.

"Meaning that they aren't going to care what they do to us." Makoto grimaced.

"If I know anything about Beryl, it's that she is not going to take any chances with this. I wouldn't be surprised if she brainwashed specifically to harm each one of you." Serenity commented.

"What are we going to do?" Serin asked in a whisper.

Terra jumped out of her chair as an idea popped into her head. "Serin!" She said excitedly running up to the older girl.

"What is it Terra? Do you have a plan?" She asked.

"You can use the crystal!" The little girl exclaimed, delighted that she was able to help.

Serin turned to her mother in worry. "Do you think the crystal is strong enough to defeat Beryl and unbrainwash the others?"

Serenity let out the breath she had been holding as she shook her head. "I really don't know. I was never really told how much power it contained." She admitted.

"Which means that our main mission during the attack will be keeping the Princess safe, otherwise we are screwed." Makoto said.

Rei nodded. "We gotta make a pact guys. We have to promise that if it comes to it, we won't hesitate to kill the guardians. If and only if our lives or the princess' is in danger."

Ami immediately shook her head. "Rei, I don't know if I'll be able to do that. Especially if it's only my life that's in danger. I would rather die than live without Zoisite anyway."

The others nodded their agreement.

She swallowed hard. 'How am I going to explain this to them?' She wondered. She did know how they felt; she didn't want to be unsympathetic. Truthfully, she felt the same way. 'But duty comes before Love, just like Minako's always taught us.' She reminded herself. "Guys, I know how you feel, and I know you don't want to, but think about it. If we are killed, who is going to protect the princess? Endymion can only protect her so much. Our job comes first! We have a duty to protect Serin, to protect the one person who might be able to save the universe. Emotions and feelings have to be pushed aside, we're in war now and we can't take and risks. Right now, the generals aren't thinking right and they will kill any of us without a second thought. We can not let it come to that!" Rei exclaimed slamming her hand on the table for emphasis.

Minako slowly nodded her head in agreement, realizing Rei's point. "Rei's right you guys. As much as we don't want to, we aren't going to have much choice in this. I don't want to have to kill them any more than you guys do, but we have to protect the Princess. That's our job, that's our destiny, and if we die, or if our loves die while doing our job, then so be it."

"Minako, if it's our destiny to be killed by our loves while protecting our princess, then there isn't anything we can do about it. We're pretty screwed then." Makoto pointed out gently.

"Maybe it is our fate to die protecting the princess, and maybe it's our destiny, but only if we let it be! If we sit here and let this war happen to us, and let the people we love be brainwashed to try and kill us, *then* we're screwed. If we go out there, knowing that we can't be beat, then we won't be! You have to believe that we can make our own destiny!" Minako said passionately.

Ami shook her head. "You can't fight destiny, it happens whether you want it to or not."

"You can't fight it?" Minako asked. "Well I'm sure as hell gonna do my best to fight it."

"Minako, just face it, it's hopeless." Serin sighed. "Whatever happens, happens."

Minako and Rei exchanged worried glances. Even Serin was giving up.

"Well if that's how you feel that why even bother fighting?" Rei asked shrugging.

Minako shot her a desperate look and she replied with one saying to go along with it.

"What are you talking about?" Serin asked in alarm. "We can't not fight."

"Well if we are just going to die anyway," Minako said, joining in on the plan. "Then why even bother?"

"Because it's our job! We have to protect the princess no matter what..." Makoto's voice trailed off as she realized what she had just said.

Ami gave a smile. "Reverse psychology. Nice technique." She commented. Her smile disappeared. "But I'm still unsure about this whole killing them idea."

"I know." Rei said. "And I know how you all feel, and I know how much you all love them. So think about it like that." She suggested.

Minako threw her a confused look. "What are you talking about?"

"What's the reason that you get up every day? The reason that you fight so hard to keep the universe free? The reason that you have for living, even when you feel like dying? The reason is *them*." She pressed. "They mean everything to you, but think about the pain you are going through because Beryl brainwashed them. Would you really want others to have to go through that?" Rei asked.

"How are others going to go through this?" Terra asked.

"If we don't stop her, she's going to continue to do this. How many people has she kidnapped already and turned into youma? Hundreds too many. There are so many people out there who have already lost their loved ones, we shouldn't make it any greater then it has to be because of our own selfishness. Freedom has its cost." She said softly.

The room was deadly silent for a full minute before Serin spoke. "She's got a point guys. Anyone else who agrees that this is what we should do, stand up." She said as she moved out of her chair.

Terra was the first of the others to stand, quickly followed by Minako, and even Queen Serenity was standing. Makoto and Ami sat fidgeting trying to decide what to do.

"They all mean as much to me as they do to you guys. But we can't get them back without your help, please?" Terra asked softly.

Makoto looked at the young girl's face and felt all her emotions wash away. 'This isn't a time to be selfish.' She thought standing up.

Ami gave a deep sigh before slowly standing up. "Can't let you guys have all the fun now can I?" She asked.

The others smiled and cheered.

"All right, here's what's gonna happen..."

* * *

Rei silently walked the familiar path to the garden where she had visited so many times. 'This is where I last talked to Jed.' She realized on a sad note, but as the memories of Jed started to flow back to her, although allowing them to come freely, she refused to let more tears fall. She folded her arms in front of her and sighed softly. "I miss him..." She whispered, reaching down to pluck a small violet flower from the garden. A small smile crept across her lips as a game she had done when she was younger came into her mind. She quickly strode over to the bench a few feet away and sat down, staring at the flower in her hand. She pulled off a petal watched as it gracefully fluttered to the ground. 'He loves me...' She thought. She repeated the process. 'He loves me not...' The smile grew wider at the immature game she was playing. She continued plucking petals however, softly repeating the rhyme over and over. "He loves me...he loves me not...he loves me...he loves me not...he loves me...he loves me not...he- -" Her breath caught in her throat as she stared down at the petal and realized which half of the rhyme she was up to.

There was one petal left.

"He loves me..." She whispered pulling the last petal and letting it die a slow graceful death as it fluttered to the ground. After a minute of complete silence she started giggling. 'That was insane!' She thought. 'Jed isn't even here any more, and he doesn't love me.' Before the tears that were sure to fall came, her mind quickly added. 'Besides, even if he does, he'll be able to tell me once we get him back, not some silly flower.' She glanced down at the flower that lay dead at her feet, petals flown all over, and she suppressed a laugh. 'It was fun though.' She mused.

"My my, Princess Mars you have quite a likeness for killing things don't you?"

She slowly turned around, already knowing who had spoken, and dreading the conversation that was coming next.

"Surprise!" Beryl said smiling, when Rei finally came face to face with her.

"That was no surprise." She said bitterly.

She frowned. "Well I'll just have to try harder next time won't?"

"Hopefully there won't be a next time." Rei muttered.

"What was that dear? I couldn't quite hear you?" Beryl said innocently.

Rei glared up at her. "Look, let's just get this over with. What do you want now?"

"Well first, I might as well offer you the chance," She paused for a minute.

"If this has anything to do with helping you then the answer is no." Rei said flatly.

"Oh really?" Beryl asked raising an eyebrow at her as an evil smile crossed her face. She had just come up with the ultimate plan. Mars was a powerful scout and her passion for fighting added to her power. Beryl had just realized the perfect way to get her to join the Negaverse. "Not even if it was to save your friend, Jeadite?"

* * *

"I wish Endymion would beat Beryl already." Terra said sighing as her and Serin walked the palace halls.

"Am I that bad of a hostess that you want to go home already?" Serin asked joking.

Terra shook her head fiercely. "Of course not, you're an awesome hostess, and the moon is the coolest place! Much cooler then anywhere on Earth. It's just that," She paused for a minute. "Never mind, I don't want to sound like a baby or anything." She quickly added.

"No way!" Serin exclaimed. "You can't start a sentence and not finish it!" She stopped moving. "I'm gonna stand right here until you tell me what's wrong."

Terra smiled and shook her head as she stopped walking. "It's not that big of a deal!" She said.

Serin said nothing but stood there smiling at the smaller girl.

She sighed. "Okay, it's just that I miss Endymion and the others, and I miss my parents. I mean don't get me wrong, I love the moon, and you and the other princesses are really nice to me and it's lots of fun and everything, but."

"But it's not home." Serin said gently interrupting.

Terra looked up in surprise. "How did you know that?'

Smiling, Serin knelt down to eye level with the girl. "Everyone gets homesick sometimes. I may not be the best person to talk to about it because I live on the moon, but what about the others? They are all from different planet, just like you and they all get homesick from time to time." She explained.

"Yeah that's true. I just hope the war is over soon." Terra said.

"Same here. I'm not too big a fan of wars." Serin agreed. She was about to continue when a flash of pain ran through her. She gasped.

"What's wrong?" Terra asked in immediate concern.

Serin didn't respond for a moment, as she herself tried to figure out what exactly was wrong. 'I don't think its Endymion, something must be wrong with Rei.' The thought had barely entered her brain when she felt the familiar pull towards the garden. "Come on." She said jumping up and grabbing Terra's hand as they raced down the long hallways.

"What happened? Where are we going?" Terra asked, desperately trying to keep up.

"We gotta find Rei. Something's wrong."

* * *

Rei felt her resolve and anger wash away, replaced by hope. "You would let Jed come back?" She asked, her eyes shining.

"I'm a reasonable person...of course I would let him come back," She said shrugging casually.

It was all Rei could do not to scream in excitement. 'Jed's coming back!' She thought.

But Beryl wouldn't be a villain if there weren't a catch.

"That is, if you are willing to take his place." She added calmly.

Rei's eyes widened as she realized what her choice was and what Beryl was saying. "If I take his place?" She whispered.

Beryl nodded as she picked a small flower, the same kind that Rei had picked earlier. "A general of Earth is a valuable warrior, but the fiery Princess of Mars, a far better choice, don't you agree?" She asked.

Rei was mute as her mind raced different views and opinions were flying through her head confusing her even more. 'I have to do this! I have to try and save him, I love him, how can I not do everything in my power to get him back?' One voice told her. 'You can't!' The other screamed. 'What about the Princess?' She shook her head free of the voices as one won out over the other.

"Have you made a decision?" Beryl asked, eagerly anticipating the answer.

Rei nodded. "I've decided, but first promise me that if I join you, you won't hurt Serin or my friends? And that you'll let Jed go?"

"Of course. Whatever you wish dear." Beryl said sweetly, crossing her fingers behind her back. "So have you decided?"

"Rei wait!"

Rei and Beryl both turned to the path in surprise, as Serin and Terra came running up.

"Don't do it Rei." Terra pleaded as the two princesses reached the other two.

"Stay out of this, it's her decision." Beryl snapped.

Rei looked back and forth between her friends and her enemy. "Serin, don't you see, I have to do this!" She exclaimed.

"Rei, I'm begging you, please don't do this!" Serin begged.

"Princess Rei." Beryl called.

Rei turned to look at her and was immediately entranced by the look in her eyes.

"Rei, you want to save Jeadite don't you?" Beryl asked in a soothing tone.

She nodded.

"All you have to do, is come join the Negaverse, and he'll be free to come back. Besides we aren't that bad, it's Queen Serenity that's been putting all these ideas in your head." She said gently.

Rei nodded again. "All bad ideas." She said in a trance like state.

Beryl threw a triumphant look at the two princesses. "Ha! See, she's ready to join the Negaverse."

"Not if I have a say in it." Serin muttered. She ran over to Rei, who was still in a trance, and started violently shaking her shoulders. "Snap out of it!" She exclaimed.

After a minute Rei shook her head and pulled free from Serin's embrace. "Umm okay Serin thanks." She said in confusion.

Serin threw her own triumphant glance at Beryl. "Sorry but I had to snap you out of it. You were ready to join the Negaverse!" She said, smiling happily, now that Rei was out of the trance, she would come to her senses.

"Serin you don't get it do you?" Rei asked. "That had nothing to do with the trance, I'm still ready to join the Negaverse." She said softly.

Serin's face fell as Beryl's brightened in a smile once again.

"Rei are you insane? You can't do this!" Terra pleaded.

"I have to! She has Jed, and if I go, she'll let him free." She admitted softly.

Serin looked deep into her friend's eyes and realized that she was dead serious. "Rei you can't believe that! This is Beryl we are talking about! The person who took Nephlite, Kunzite, Zoisite, and Jeadite. She's the one who took Jade from you in the first place, why would she give him back?" She exclaimed.

"Hush child!" Beryl snarled as she shot her hand out against Serin's head, sending her flying to the ground.

Terra quickly raced over and helped a now unconscious Serin. "Rei, look what she did to Serin, she isn't going to keep her promises." She said, knowing that was her last chance to keep Rei on their side.

Rei looked over at Serin, then back at Beryl. "You hurt Serin." She whispered. "You promised you wouldn't, and you broke your promise.LIAR!" She screamed.

"Rei, please, I only did it because they were trying to confuse you into thinking I was the evil person here when obviously it's the Queen." Beryl said nervously, backing up as Rei slowly advanced towards her.

"Queen Serenity isn't evil, you are the evil one. You're an evil wench!" Rei exclaimed. Reaching out into the air, her wand came flying into her hand. She thrust her hand in the air and shouted, "MARS STAR POWER!"

Helpless and fearful, Beryl stood watching as fire encircled the girl, until the powerful Sailor Mars stood before her.

"Now, about you breaking your promise." Mars fiercely, a new fire in her eyes and soul, as she clasped her hands together and began her attack. "Mars.Fire.IGNITE!" She opened her eyes to see if her attack had reached her target.

"Over here." The voice called.

She whirled around to see Beryl standing behind her, a faint smile traced on her lips. "Its called transportation." She said, in such a tone that if one didn't know better, they would think Beryl was talking to a five-year- old.

Her infuriation growing by the minute, Mars clasped her hands together again, this time her eyes dark with anger. She started the attack. "Mars.Celestial." But before she was able to finish Beryl lifted herself off the ground, hovering above the three princesses.

"I'm sorry I won't be able to stay and finish this little.game of pretend." She said in mock sorrow. "But I really must be getting back. I assure you we will finish this later Princess Rei. Until then." With that said, she disappeared.

Mars cursed under her breath, directed at the spot Beryl had just occupied, which was already looking as if no one had been there, before detransforming and running over to see how Serin was doing. "How is she Terra?" She asked in worry.

She looked down at Serin, then back up at Rei. "Not too good I'm afraid. She's still knocked out. I've been trying to wake her, but it's not working. Do you think she's going to be okay?"

Rei looked down at the little girl, and noticed the pure fear in her eyes. She also noticed that the innocent look that was usually there was replaced by one of maturity and understanding. And at that moment, even if only for a second, Rei knew she wasn't so little anymore. "I think she'll be okay. It's just like if she fainted, she'll come to in a few minutes. But just to be safe, we should get Ami to take a look at her."

Terra agreed and helped Rei lift her into her arms as the two headed towards the palace.

* * *

"What the hell happened?!" Minako exclaimed as she paced Serin's bedroom floor.

"It was my fault, Beryl was there, and it was my fault." Rei said quietly, not caring to elaborate at that moment.

"Don't be mad, it wasn't her fault." Terra broke in.

Rei and Terra had carried Serin back to her room in the palace and had immediately called Ami, who had quickly called the others, along with the cats. They reached the room at the same time, and burst in, wanting to know what had happened to Serin.

"We aren't worried about whose fault it was, but what happened?" Makoto pressed.

"I was in the garden," Rei started. "Just walking around, when Beryl showed up. I figured the least I could do was attempt to be civil, and not just attack right away. So we talked for a few minutes, and I asked her what she wanted that time. And she told me that she wanted to offer me a chance," She paused for a minute.

"A chance for what?" Artemis asked.

"A chance to save Jed."

There was silence in the room for a minute until the others managed to find their voices again.

"She was going to allow you to save Jade?" Makoto asked, hoping that her face wasn't so revealing that it showed she was somewhat jealous that she hadn't been offered the chance to save her love.

Rei nodded.

"Wait, there had to have been some kind of catch," Minako said suspiciously.

"There was. She would allow Jed to come back, if I took his place." She said softly.

"You were going to weren't you?"

The others turned to Ami, who until now had been silent, working on Serin, who had a serious look on her face. "You were weren't you?" She asked again.

Rei looked her in the eye, ignoring the gaping looks of the others and nodded. "I had too." She tried explaining, turning to the others once again. "I couldn't not do everything I could to save him."

"So how did Serin get hurt, and how did you not end up going with her?" Luna asked curiously.

"That was the point that me and Serin came up to stop Rei from going." Terra spoke up. "Serin knew that Rei was in trouble because of the connection the two of them have. She was able to sense the danger that Rei was in, and we ran to save her."

Rei nodded. "And right before they came, I had made Beryl promise that if I joined her, that she wouldn't hurt you guys, or Serin, and that she would let Jed free."

"Did she agree?" Minako asked.

"Yes. And I had decided that I had to go. I had to do everything in my power to save him. But then, thank God, Serin and Terra showed up telling me not to go." She stopped to throw a grateful look at girl sitting next to her. "And Beryl argued with them for a few minutes, as they argued with me, both trying to convince me that they were right, they were the good side, and the other was wrong. Eventually Beryl got annoyed at Serin, who kept trying to convince me she was wrong, and she lashed out at her, knocking her to the ground, and she became in the state she is now." Rei explained.

"So why didn't you go with Beryl anyway?" Artemis asked.

"Well then Terra had good enough sense to show me that Beryl had already broken a promise. She had promised that she wouldn't hurt Serin, and yet, there was Serin, lying on the ground unconscious, because of her. So who was to say she wouldn't break other promises? I started to realize at that point what I was doing, and I tried to attack. She transported away before I got a chance."

"And then you brought Serin here and called Ami, who called the rest of us." Makoto said.

"Who is going to be just fine, she should be waking up in a few minutes." Ami said.

As if to prove her point, Serin's eyes fluttered open a minute later.

The group ran over to her, with the exception of Rei, who hung back for a moment.

"How are you feeling Serin?" Luna asked.

"Are you okay?" Minako asked, clearly worried about her princess.

Serin moved to sit up, holding her throbbing head. "My head is killing me, but other than that, yeah I'm fine." She said managing a faint smile. She looked around and when she didn't see Rei amongst the others, her smile disappeared. "Where's Rei?" She asked.

"I'm here Serin." She stepped out from behind the others so she was visible to the Princess lying in the bed. She gave a small smile. Serin breathed a sigh of obvious relief when she saw Rei. "I thought you would have." She let her voice trail off, unsure of whether or not the others knew what had happened.

"Iie."

Serin waved her hand at the others. "Do they."

"Know? Yes I told them already what happened." Rei responded, still rooted to the spot she was standing in.

"Why?"

"Why what?" She asked in confusion.

"Why didn't you go with Beryl than? How come you didn't try to save Jade?" She asked looking down at her hands, which she had placed in her lap.

"Because, no matter how much he means to me." Rei started slowly. "No one could ever mean more to me than you." She turned to the others before continuing. "Could you guys leave us alone for a few minutes, I need to talk to Serin."

The others all nodded and quickly left the room.

"What made you change your mind?"

Rei turned back to Serin, who was still sitting on the bed. "Well after she hit you, Terra made me see that Beryl was the one that had hurt you, after she had promised me that she wouldn't hurt you. And thankfully, Terra was able to convince me that if she had broken that promise, what was to say she wouldn't break her other promises also." She explained. "By the way," She added. "Arigato."

"For what?" Serin asked.

She shrugged. "For being there and for stopping me."

"I'm just glad you didn't go." Serin said smiling.

Rei smiled back. "Yeah me too."

* * *

Ami sighed in exhaustion as gazed at her surroundings. The consequences of war were definitely starting to take effect on her and the others. Ever since Beryl had declared war on the moon two days ago, the attacks had almost been nonstop. And her, seeing as she was one of the protectors of the Princess and of the moon, was needed for all of these attacks. Which meant that she got little to none sleep and that was not a good way to fight. She heard a noise behind her and before they could attack, she whipped around, sword already in hand, plunging it deep into the creature's heart. That is, where there heart would be if they had one. The youma didn't even have time to scream as it collapsed to the ground, dead. Ami yanked her sword back and continued walked. That was another change. Because of their lack of sleep, the scouts were unable to pull of as many attacks as usual; it took all their energy to pull of even the smallest one. So they were instructed not to use magic unless absolutely necessary, and were forced to use swords as their weapons instead. 'It's times like this that make me wish we had done more practice with the swords instead of our powers.' Ami thought wistfully as she killed another youma. 'I wonder how many innocent people Beryl trapped and forced into this job.' She thought. Looking around the field, she guessed hundreds of thousands. 'I wonder how many of them I killed.' She thought shuddering. That was a number she didn't care to know. 'This isn't a time to feel guilty.' She scolded herself. 'I've got to keep going, keep fighting through it. It will all be over soon and then we can get Zoi and the others back.' The thought of her love brought a small smile to her face and gave her the strength she needed to carry on. She heard a shrill scream behind her and the smile disappeared. She knew that only humans made that sound, and another innocent soldier had been killed. This was going to be a long fight.

* * *

Makoto paused for a minute to wipe the sweat that was dripping from her forehead. "Who ever thought it would be so hot in these uniforms." She muttered to herself. Then again, it could have just been the fact that she had been walking in the burning sun all day. 'I would love to be swimming right now.' She thought sighing as she trudged her way along. 'Actually, I would rather be almost anywhere other than here.especially if that anywhere was in Nephlite's arms.' She shook her head, forcing herself to keep her mind clear, as she continued walking through what had quickly become the valley of death. She quickly sliced her sword through a youma that had unsuccessfully attempted to attack her. She sighed. She didn't get it. 'We've killed hundreds of youma, and Beryl has only killed half that number of our army. Obviously we are winning, so why doesn't she just give up?' She wondered. 'I guess it's just the glimmer of hope that is always there about things you know can never happen.' She thought, answering her own question. 'Kinda like the glimmer of hope that I have that Nephlite is going to come running about that hill, perfectly fine, holding his arms out to me. But I know it isn't going to happen. Not now anyway.' Not wanting to think depressing thoughts about Nephlite, she wearily looked around the battlefield, which had fallen unusually quiet. She wasn't going to question it however; she was too tired to fight. She groaned inwardly as she saw a small group of youma coming up the hill, and starting to run when they saw her. 'I guess I spoke to soon.' She thought as she moved into battle stance. This was going to be a long war.

* * *

Minako quietly walked amongst the dead bodies, trying not to notice them, as she scanned the area for Makoto and Ami. Not seeing them, she crept on, trying to stay low and not be seen. Her and Rei had been fighting on the other side of the palace, and they hadn't been doing too good. When there was a lull in the battle Minako had set off on her current search of finding Makoto and Ami for help. The search was not working too well so far though. A shrill scream of horror and fear broke her out of her thoughts and Minako rushed over to see what was wrong. She crept up behind the hill, trying not to be seen, but also trying to make sure that she could see what was going on. A soldier, wearing the colors and symbols of the Negaverse, was standing there laughing hysterically as he tortured someone. Shifting her position slightly, Minako got a better view and was able to see that the victim was a civilian of the moon, who looked no older than her earlier thirties. She watched helplessly as the soldier took out his sword and with the flick of his wrist, cut off her head. The cries that she had heard only moments before had now turned into hysterical sobs and Minako turned her head towards the noise to see who was there. Two young girls, one a few years older than the other, sat a few feet away from the soldier. The younger girl was sobbing uncontrollably and Minako could see tears stream down the face of the older girl as she attempted to comfort what seemed to be her sister.

"Shhhh.it's okay, don't cry." The older one said gently, rocking the younger girl in her arms.

The girl however continued to cry.

"Don't think about it." She soothed. "Mommy's in a better place now. A place where no one will ever hurt her again."

Minako resisted the urge to throw up as she watched the two girls. They had witnessed something that no one should ever have to see, and Minako was sure that they would be traumatized for the rest of their lives. 'However long that may be.' She realized as she saw the soldier grinning as he advanced on the unsuspecting girls. Quietly as possible she ran down the small hill and went behind the soldier. Before he could detect her presence, she plunged her sword into his back, and he fell to the ground, never even screaming. After making sure that he was dead, she removed her sword and walked over to the two girls, both of who were still crying. "I'm so sorry for your loss." She said gently.

The two ignored her. "I want mommy back!" The younger girl sobbed.

"I know. But mommy is in a happier place now. No more worries." Her sister said soothingly.

"Is she with daddy?" The younger girl asked her crying ceasing for the moment.

The older girl nodded.

"That's good I guess then. I don't want either of them to have to be alone anymore." She said softly.

Minako felt her heart breaking at the sight before her. She had never really paid attention to how the war affected everyone else on the moon. Now, however, she was realizing it by learning the hard way just how horrible war was. Deciding she should leave them alone to grieve with a little privacy, she went back off on her search for the others. She was finally starting to realize that war affected everyone, and everyone who was affected, was affected for life. Whether the war ended eventually or not, the memories would haunt you for the rest of your life.

* * *

Through most of her life, starting around the age of five, the time when her daily lessens first started, Rei was taught one thing about war. That it was total and complete hell. Now that she was living the experiences of war first hand, she was beginning to see that war was worse than hell. Even burning eternally had to be better than what they were currently going through. She shuddered at the though of eternally burning, she was too close to having an image of her father in that situation. Thanks to Beryl, she was almost afraid to use her fire and was actually thankful that they were almost forbidden to use their powers. It made things much easier for her. 'Then again, if it weren't for Beryl, things would be completely different right now. The others would still be here.' She thought. 'And you would have been able to tell Jed that you love him.' Her heart silently added. She shook her head, chastising her self. 'This isn't the time to regret what you didn't tell him Rei!' She peered out from her hiding place to glance up at the palace and say a quick prayer the Serin was safe. Beryl's armies had left Earth moments after she declared war on the moon, so when Endymion heard about her new declaration of war, he had transported to the palace as soon as possible. Rei knew that as long as he was there, Serin was safe and that he would protect her with his life. She was just hoping it wouldn't have to come to that. She ducked back into hiding as she saw two Negaverse guards pass by. Thankfully they didn't notice her. 'Where is Minako with the others?' She thought desperately. She heard a pair of footsteps behind her and she whirled around, sword in hand, ready to attack if necessary.

"Don't swing!" Came the frightened voice from behind the pair of hands.

Rei sighed, immediately recognizing the voice as Minako's. "Minako! Don't you know any better than to sneak up on someone during war?" She scolded.

Minako smiled. "Whatever. Look I found reinforcements!" She said, pointing to the two scouts behind her.

Rei's face softened when she saw the others. "Thank God you guys are okay!" She exclaimed. "When Minako took so long finding you I started to think the worst."

Ami smiled reassuringly. "We're okay Rei, it just took us a while to get back."

Makoto nodded in agreement before anxiously asking, "Do you know how Serin is?"

The smile vanished from Rei's face as she gave a troubled look towards the palace once more. "I'm not sure. I know Endymion's there but." She let her voice trail off, not wanting to say what they were all thinking, for fear that it could come true.

"But if something happened to her, you would feel it, right?" Minako asked worriedly.

Rei gave a sigh of relief as she remembered that. "Yeah I forgot about that. Well I haven't felt her pain or anything like that, so as far as I know, she's okay."

The others breathed obvious sighs of relief. "That's good to know." Makoto said.

Ami nodded. "Just asking, what are we doing hiding out in here? Shouldn't we be out fighting?" She asked.

Minako nodded as she gripped her hand in her sword.

"Sorry, that's my fault." Rei apologized. "I couldn't keep up with them by myself, so first chance I could, I ducked in here to hide out while I waited for you guys."

"Well that's understandable. But now that we are all here, let's go kick some Negaverse ass!" Makoto exclaimed as she ran outside, the others behind her. A small group of youma quickly attacked them, which they vanquished easily.

"This is too easy." Minako observed. "They should be getting harder to kill, not easier."

"Maybe we are just wearing down her defenses. She may not have many strong youma left." Ami suggested.

"Who cares? Don't jinx it know." Makoto said. The four continued walking, killing a youma here and there, but for the main time, walking in silence.

After what felt like hours, they saw four figures walking in the distance.

Squinting, Rei attempted to see what side they were on. "Uh oh you guys, this doesn't look good."

Makoto groaned. "I don't want to fight anymore!" She exclaimed.

"Well maybe they will be on our side." Minako suggested, trying to keep a positive outlook on things.

The others all gave her doubtful looks.

She gave a small smile.

Ami already had her visor on and her computer out, trying to at least see what side the soldiers were on. Typing away for a few minutes, the soldiers got closer and closer. "Well they are definitely not on our side, that is one thing for sure, and give me a minute," She paused for a minute before gasping. "You guys are never going to believe who the soldiers are." She whispered.

Makoto suddenly felt a tug on her heart and butterflies started flying around in her stomach. There was only one person in the world that made her feel like that. "Nephlite." She whispered through a choked voice.

"And Kunzite." Minako said flatly, no emotion in her voice.

"Jed."

"And Zoisite." Ami concluded, closing her computer with a snap and putting away her visor. "Everyone.remember this isn't the people that we love, she's changed them."

"Oh God, what did she do to them?" Rei whispered in horror as they neared. Staring mainly at Jed, she noticed that his normally bright blue eyes had turned midnight blue, almost black. And the amount of evil energy she was receiving from them was unbelievable! She shivered, despite the warm sun beating down on her.

Makoto stared at the person that was once her love as he neared closer and closer. "She turned them against us." She said softly. She knew, that even if she lived to be one thousand years old, she would never, never forgive Beryl for doing this to them. "Nephlite." She whispered, letting the name roll off her tongue into the hot stale air.

"Come on guys." Minako said unsheathing her sword. "We came out here to fight and we aren't going without one." The others saw right through her, and they knew she was hurting just as much as they were.

"It's now or never." Ami said as she stared at the person nearing towards her. The person that looked very much like her love, but was really just an empty body, a tool for an evil spirit. And that was not the person that Ami had fallen in love with. And now was the time to get the real Zoisite back.

It seemed to the four scouts that the entire world had fallen silent, almost as if they knew that this was the start of something big. This was the point where either the moon won the battle, or they lost it. Even if the generals didn't kill them, the silence was starting to.

Rei watched as they neared closer and closer, swords in hand, and listened as each footstep sounded like thunder echoing through the field.

::Step::

*Boom*

::Step::

*Boom*

::Step::

*Boom*

::Step::

*Boom*

After what felt like eternity, the generals stopped, now only a few feet in front of the women that they once loved, no sign of emotion on their face.

There was silence for a few two minutes, the pairs simply staring at each other. Each woman with love, each man with hate.

* * *

Makoto stared willingly at Nephlite. What she wouldn't give to run into his arms and hear him say how much he loved her. 'I miss you Nephlite.'

* * *

Nephlite stared at the woman in front of him. Her long brown hair and her emerald eyes tugged at his brain, and his heart. As if he should know her.he shook his head as he looked away, that was ridiculous. And yet, he glanced at her one more time.there was something about those eyes.

* * *

Ami forced her gaze to land anywhere but at the man who stood across from her, his eyes boring into her face. She refused to look at him, she refused to let herself break down again in front of everyone. Especially because it was the loss of someone who wasn't really there, it was just a face, not really him. As long as she followed her brain, and not her heart, she would be fine. 'Hey, it's always worked before? Why stop now.' She thought even though deep down, she knew that this time, it was different.

* * *

Zoisite stared at the woman in front of him. She was small and frail and he wondered how she was still alive, she didn't look like she could last through an attack with a youma. He silently gave an evil laugh. Beryl had assigned the scout of water, Mercury, which was obviously the woman in front of him, to kill. This was going to be fun.

* * *

Minako glanced nervously back and forth between the man in front of her, Kunzite, and the brightly shining engagement ring on her finger. Her mind replayed the scene when the two of them had kissed for the first time, and the time when he proposed to her. He had promised that he would come back as long as she was there waiting. 'Well I'm waiting Kunz. Where are you?'

* * *

Kunzite stared at the girl in front of him, his assigned partner in the spar to their death. Well, her death anyway. A small smile crept upon his face as he thought of the different ways he could kill her while she begged for mercy. He was going to enjoy this. So why.why was there a small nagging at his brain that wouldn't go away? Why was there a small voice telling him that he didn't want to do this? He shrugged if off, assuming it was nerves about his first assignment as Captain of Beryl's guards. But that voice seemed to return, and return, and return, and return.

* * *

Rei stared with sorrow filled eyes at the man she once knew. The man who had once been her best friend, the love of her life. But he was gone now, replaced by someone evil, something that was not capable of love, emotion, or anything of the sort. 'I wonder if I'll ever get the chance to show him how much I love him?' She thought as she felt her heart break in two at the thought of not being able to. One thought ran through her mind over and over again. Beryl will pay.

* * *

Jeadite glanced nervously at the girl in front of him. Even though he should have been the one staring her down in fear, she was intimidating him for some reason. Maybe it was her huge violet colored eyes that seemed to be windows into her soul. He looked into them once, for only a second, and he felt like he knew everything about her, like he knew everything that there was to her, every little thing that made her who she was. He felt like he knew what made her afraid, and it made him feel like he wanted to comfort her. To hold her in his arms and tell her everything would be all right. And it scared him. He tried to shake the feeling off. This wasn't the time, he wasn't supposed to be falling in love with the enemy.

* * *

The four stared each other down until Kunzite finally took the initiative to speak. "Prepare yourself guardians, it's time to die." He said smirking at them.

Minako found herself growling at him in anger, her previous feelings forgotten. "Maybe it's time for you to die, but it sure as hell isn't time for us."

"Prepare to fight then." Zoisite said, raising his sword to Ami.

The others followed his lead as did the scouts.

"What are the rules of this 'fight'?" Makoto asked.

Nephlite smirked. "Simple, we fight without powers, and you scouts are the ones that die."

Rei gripped her sword tightly. 'Hey Jed, looks like you kept your promise...you always said you would come back...'

'Nephlite I know this isn't really you, I forgive you...'

'Hey Zoi, just wanted to let you know, I miss you...'

'I'm still here waiting Kunz...please come back to me...'

Kunzite smiled evilly. He couldn't wait to start killing. 'It returns, and returns, and returns, and returns...'

'Why do I feel like I know you so god damn well?'

'Would you give us the signal already...I need to kill someone already!'

'Her eyes are as green as a cat's...where the hell did that come from?'

The field fell silent once more as each princess said a silent goodbye to their loves, their soul mates, until the noise broke the silence. Who administered it, is unknown, not that it really matters. It was the cry, the one that started the deaths, the betrayals, and the forgiveness.

"FIGHT!"

* * *

Endymion ran through the halls of the palace in a state of semi insanity. Beryl had just arrived on the moon and she was at the palace gates. He had to find Serin. He grabbed a passing servant by the shoulders. "Where's the Princess?" He yelled.

The poor servant started to shake. "I, I don't know. Please, Your Highness, forgive me."

He threw her to the side and continued his search, racing down the hallways, when he spotted her familiar hairstyle at the end of the corridor. "Serin!" He yelled out, trying to catch up to her.

She turned around at the sound of her name and gasped in delight as she saw Endymion. She immediately ran to him, hugging him tightly. "Please, don't ever leave me again." She whispered, burying her face in his embrace.

"I promise." He said kissing the top of her head softly before breaking apart from her.

"She's here." Serin said quietly, knowing that they both knew who "she" was.

"I know." Endymion said. He grabbed her hand and started pulling her towards the nearest exit of the palace.

"Endy where are we going?" Serin called as she tried to keep up.

The two finally reached the outdoors, but Endymion didn't stop. He turned back to glance at her. "I've gotta get you someplace safe. Somewhere away from." He stopped short as he ran into someone. Seeing the frightened look in Serin's eyes, he slowly turned around, dreading the person in front of him.

"Somewhere away from who?" Beryl asked innocently.

He glared menacingly at her before responding, "You." He said spitting in her face.

A look of disgust came across her face as she slowly wiped the saliva off her face and shook it to the ground.

She raised her head and the look that was on her face actually made Endymion's knees tremble and he felt a shiver go up his spine. "Get behind me and stay there." He whispered to Serin who nodded and quickly moved out of the way. He unsheathed his sword and held it in front of him. "What do you want?" He asked flatly.

"Well I wanted to talk to the Princess for a minute but somebody had to go and piss me off." She growled.

Endy motioned for Serin to stay behind me. "Over my dead body."

She glared at him. "That can be arranged."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "Oh really? I'd love to see you try."

Serin pulled on his arm from behind, trying to keep him from fighting. "Endy please, don't fight her." She begged.

He turned around for a minute, "Serin I have too. I have to protect--" His words were cut off by a yelp of pain as he clutched his arm and fell to the ground. Mustering his strength, he stood up and faced Beryl once more, glaring at her for causing a wound that was obviously painful.

She smiled sweetly at him. "Never turn your back on the enemy. I would have that you would have known that Prince Endymion."

He was about to respond when he felt Serin tap his shoulder. "What's wrong?" He asked, making sure not to turn around but stay facing Beryl.

She smiled. "Kick her ass."

* * *

"Mercury.Bubbles.BLAST!" Ami yelled, desperately trying to give the scouts a small advantage of having the time to run. She started to run, trying to get as far away from Zoisite as quickly as possible. She turned the corner of the building that Rei had been hiding in later and screamed when he popped out in front of her.

"Don't bother screaming Ami, the others are too busy trying to save their own lives, they aren't going to come for you." Zoisite said laughing.

She backed away slowly. "Please, this isn't you, Zoi, please come back to me." She pleaded.

He frowned. "Would you stop with that? I don't know what you are talking about, I was never with you, and I have always been a general of Beryl. Now, if you don't mind, I have a job to do and I'm not leaving till it's finished."

She swallowed hard. There was only one thing left to try, other than that, she was out of ideas. "Ai shiteru Zoisite." She said softly.

He threw back his head and let out a loud booming laugh. "That's nice, really it is. But lying is not going to help you get out of this situation." He looked her over. "I know Beryl wants you dead, but I have a feeling that if you were to come back with me to the Negaverse, she would let you stay."

"I have no intention of joining you." She said.

He shrugged. "Oh well, it was worth a try. It will be such a waste to kill you, you would make a wonderful concubine for the generals." He mused.

That was the last straw for Ami. This was all she needed to prove to herself that this was NOT Zoisite. "No. It will be a waste when you die."

He smiled. "And who is going to kill me? You? Come on little girl, take your best shot, I dare ya." He taunted.

She closed her eyes and gathered her energy. "Shine.Aqua.ILLU" She was cut off by Zoisite slamming the handle of his sword against her hands, making her drop them in pain.

"Ah ah ah." He said smiling at her. "No using powers, remember? Besides, you already cheated by using your bubbles earlier in the fight."

"If you aren't going to fight by the rules, why should I?" Ami asked.

"I may not be the nicest man in the world but I am a fair fighter. And now, it's time for you to die."

"Didn't we go through this already?" Ami growled. "You are the one who is going to die today, not me." She ran at him with her sword up, but was blocked at the last minute by his.

"You seem to forget that I am a general of the negaverse, and will not stand to be killed." He snarled as the two continued to block blow after blow.

"Fine, then you can sit while I kill you." She yelled as she managed to knock him to the ground. "Any last words Zoisite?"

* * *

Rei ran as fast as she could, knowing that her life depended on it. 'Thank God for Ami's bubbles.' She thought. She knew, however, that that was the only help they were going to get. Without powers, they were dead. She stopped running for a minute in an attempt to catch her breath, hoping she had lost Jeadite anyway. No such luck.

"Rei what's wrong? You don't want to fight?" He asked in mock sadness appearing right behind her.

Ignoring the question she jumped into a roundhouse kick launched at his head. He grabbed her foot though, right before the connection was made and pushing her backwards, she fell to the ground.

"Not too experienced are we?" Jeadite asked smirking at her.

She glared at him and picked herself off the ground so she was standing in front of him once again. She paused for a minute, allowing her anger to dissolve before she spoke. "Jed, why can't we just talk about this, before either one of us does something we are going to regret?" She pleaded.

He sneered at her. "My name is not 'Jed'. It's Jeadite, General Jeadite. And I am not here to 'talk about this' I am here to kill you, and I assure you, there will be no regret in my mind once I accomplish that."

She took a deep breath. "If you are so intent on fighting, fine we'll fight. But the outcome will not be my death I can tell you that right now. Prepare yourself."

The two moved into battle stance.

"Ha, that's a joke." Jeadite said laughing. "I'll kill you within five minutes of this so called fight, then I can venture on and be the one to kill the Queen, and I will take the position that is rightfully mine, as Commanding General."

Although Rei was shocked at the news of their plot to murder the queen, she tried not to let herself distracted, and attempted to distract Jed instead. "Well what is your position now?" She asked as the two circled each other, blocking the occasional blow.

"Fourth ranking general." He replied.

"Fourth?" Rei asked in confusion. "You do know that I am second in command of the scouts right?"

He nodded. "And you should be fighting our second in command general, Zoisite, but he is fighting your fourth in command, Mercury."

Rei's mind spun in confusion. 'But when they were Endymion's generals, Zoisite was fourth ranked, and Jed was second.why are they switched now? And if they are then why aren't they fighting against.' Rei suddenly understood why Beryl had chosen to put the second ranked and fourth ranked against each other. She knew of the love that they all held for one another, and she was using it as their downfall. "Shit!" She swore, not realizing that she had said it out loud until Jed commented.

"What's wrong? Did you finally realize that there is no way you can ever beat me?" Jeadite asked smirking.

"Not exactly." She said slowly, trying to figure out what to do.

"Well then prepare yourself to fight." He said raising his sword to her once more.

She raised her also, although not making any swings of her own, only blocking his. She had to come up with a way that would get both of them out of this alive. "Jed, please you don't want to kill me. It's me, Rei, your best friend. Please, Jed you have to remember!" She pleaded with him.

"What is with you and the name Jed." He asked in annoyance. "My name is General Jeadite of the Negaverse.and it always has been." His voice started to sound unsure by the end of his sentence.

Rei felt her spirits is in hopes of him starting to remember. "Except for when it was General Jeadite of Earth, and except for when you were little and it was just Jeadite." She said slowly in hopes of jolting his memory.

He shook his head. "No you are just trying to confuse me!"

She shook her head. "Jed I would never do anything to confuse you or harm you. Ever. You have to believe me!"

He was silent for a moment. Unsure of what or who to believe anymore. "Was I," He hesitated for a minute. "Do you swear to me that you are telling the truth? Was I really a general of Endymion?" He asked inwardly wondering what he was doing.

She nodded. "You were second in command of the General's of Earth. You were one of the four protectors of Endymion, much like us scouts are the four protectors of Princess Serenity." She explained.

He stood there for a minute, silent, letting the information sink in.

"You were born on the sun, then you moved to Mars when you were nine, and you lived with me at the palace. We were best friends. Then when you were twelve, it was time for you to start your training as one of Endymion's guards, so you left for Earth. You were there until a few months ago, when you and the other guardians came to the Moon. Then Beryl took you." She explained quietly.

"Who are the other guardians?" Jeadite asked.

"Nephlite, Zoisite, and Kunzite. Beryl took all of you and brainwashed you so that you would fight against us."

His mind was in a panic. Who was telling the truth? As far as he knew, he had been born in the Negaverse, that is where he grew up, as did the other generals. But now this girl was telling him something completely different, and he wasn't sure who was telling the truth. 'Well it's more likely that Beryl is telling the truth, I mean she has no reason to lie to me, whereas this girl could just be trying to confuse and distract me with these nonsensical lies.' He reasoned.

"Jed." She asked cautiously, seeing the confusion on his face.

"STOP CALLING ME JED!" He screamed before running at her with his sword.

He came at her too quickly for her to move, and the two of them gasped, one in surprise, the other in pain, as the cold metal sliced through her flesh.

* * *

Ami held the sword above his chest, breathing hard, ready to do whatever it would take to keep the princess safe. "Any last words Zoisite?" She asked.

He sighed shaking his head. "How many times do I have to tell you? I am *not* dying today!" he exclaimed as he kicked himself upward, knocking Ami's sword to the ground and her along with it. "I thought you were the smart one?" He asked. "I would have thought you would have figured out that you have absolutely no chance against me and your death will occur within seconds." He smirked at her before asking. "Any last words?"

"Hai." She said softly. "Ai shiteru."

He grinned. "That's nice. It was nice knowing you!" He said happily before twisting the sword deep into her heart.

Ami felt the pain almost immediately, but it didn't matter anymore. She would be dead in a few seconds and she wouldn't have to feel it anymore. Her last thought before she drifted off to eternal sleep, 'How ironic.fatally stabbed in the heart by the only man who has ever been able to steal it.'

* * *

Serin gasped as she felt a small piece of her heart break off and disintegrate.

Beryl and Endymion stopped their fight for a minute. "What's wrong?" Endy asked.

Serin glared at Beryl. "What did you do you monster?!" She yelled.

"Serin, calm down, what happened?" Endy asked again.

"Why don't you ask her." Serin said glaring at Beryl.

Endy turned back to Queen Beryl. "Would someone explain what is going on?" He exclaimed.

"I did nothing. I just sent the generals to fight against the scouts, nothing major." She said shrugging. She turned to Serin with a smile on her face. "So who was it?"

Serin stood there defiantly with tears streaming down her cheeks, resolving not to give her the satisfaction of an answer.

"It must have been Ami right? She was the weakest, I figured she would be the first to die." Beryl said carelessly. "Oh well one down, four more to go."

"You had them kill Ami?" Endymion managed to gasp out.

"You fucking bitch. I hate you. You know that?" Serin said to Beryl. "You are the first person that I have ever come across that I have truly hated. I hope you rot in hell when you die."

Beryl smiled, not at all offended by the speech. "You hate me now? Just wait till the day is over.you haven't seen anything yet."

* * *

Minako stood there, not moving, just staring at the man in front of her. She had barely moved since they had revealed themselves. She took a deep breath. 'Don't think about him as being Kunzite, he isn't Kunz anymore.' She told herself over and over again.

"You are Minako, scout of Venus, I assume." Kunzite said coldly.

She nodded. "You don't really think you can beat me do you?"

He smirked. "Oh so you are planning on beating me?"

She glared at him. "Prepare to meet your death."

"Actually, I was all prepared to watch you meet yours." He exclaimed as she swung his sword at her.

She quickly blocked, bring the swords up and pushing them away. "I'm a lot better than you seem to think I am."

"Not possible. You are a girl, a mere excuse for a guardian of the princess." He said carelessly, attempting another swing, which she quickly blocked.

"Oh really? And you are some huge big shot because you are a guard of the Prince?" She asked, only realizing what she had said at the confused look on his face.

"You really are an idiot, I'm a general of the negaverse. I would never serve that sorry excuse for a Prince."

"Uh yeah. Of course, sorry I got confused for a minute." Minako lied, hoping he would buy it.

He rolled his eyes while the two continued to fight. "That's not too surprising, most Venusians are supposed to be a little slow." He commented.

Minako felt her anger rise up at this. It was one thing to insult her personally, but to insult her entire planet? That was taking it a little too far. "No one insults my people and gets away with it." She growled, her anger now obvious.

"Oh really? And what are you going to do about?" He asked smirking.

She didn't respond and only blocked his blows for a minute, making him think that she was incapable of doing anything. When he least suspected it, however, she swiped her sword right below his attempted block and managed to slice a large gash in his arm that started spurting forth blood.

"Ah! My arm!" He yelled in pain, his sword falling to the ground. He glared at her, his eyes fierce with anger.

She stood there motionless, willing herself not to think about what she was doing.

He reached over and took his sword in one hand, using the other to push himself back up. He tried to lift his arm to ready himself for battle once more, but the pain was to great and he yelled out once more. "You bitch, I'll get you for this!" He exclaimed, dropping his arm in defeat. She stared at him, no emotion on her face, no pain or sorrow in her eyes, and he watched in horror as she lifted her sword and rammed it into his chest. "Too bad you won't be alive to get that revenge." She said simply.

His eyes rolled back into his head, and for a split second, Minako saw the whites of his eyes, before they permanently closed. He dropped to his knees, and right before he was about to fall to the ground, she stepped in front of him, and caught him in her arms. She sat there for a minute, staring at her dead love, finally allowing the tears to freely fall from her eyes. "I'm sorry my love." She whispered softly, holding him close to her. "I'm so sorry."

* * *

Makoto wasted no time as she immediately moved into fighting stance. 'If it's a fight they want, than a fight is what I'm gonna give them.' She thought in determination.

Nephlite chuckled lightly at the look of determination on the young girl's face as he moved into battle stance, raising his sword in front of him. "Do you really expect to beat me?" He asked in amusement.

"Maybe not." She said as the two started fighting, sword clanging against sword. "But I'm sure as hell not going down without a fight."

He smiled. "Oh so you can pretend that you are going to die honorably while protecting your little princess, when all that really happened was you were beaten in a sword fight by the enemy." He sneered.

She glared at him. "At least I'm not a sellout like you are. I didn't betray my kingdom, my liege, my love, and my planet."

He paused for a second in confusion. "What are you talking about? I never betrayed anyone!" He exclaimed.

Makoto didn't reply as she swung at his arm, quickly attempting to injure him while he stood there in confusion.

"I don't think so." He said grinning at her as he swung his arm up and knocked her sword out of her hands, landing it a few feet away from her.

She nervously backed up, trying to think of a way to stall him so she could retrieve her sword. 'Think Makoto think!' This wasn't working!

"Now what exactly were you saying about me betraying my people, my home, or whatever the hell it was you were talking about?" He asked, pointing the sword to her chest, pushing her back a few more steps.

"You really don't remember do you?" She asked softly.

He sighed. "Oh God are you one of those people who go insane during the last few minutes of their lives? Cause I do not feel like dealing with a psychopath right now, I'm really not up to it."

She made a face of mock sympathy. "Oh poor baby." Suddenly her eyes grew huge and her mouth fell open in surprise. She lifted a shaky hand and pointed on finger outwards in the direction that was behind Nephlite.

"What's wrong?" He asked, quickly spinning around to see what was behind him that had gotten her so spooked.

Faster than lightening, Makoto knelt down, grabbed her sword again, and was standing, ready to fight, by the time Nephlite had turned around. "Ha!" She exclaimed happily. "I can't believe you fell for that! That's the oldest trick in the book!"

He growled in anger. "Okay now I'm pissed. I was gonna kill you quickly, at least attempt to make it painless."

"No you weren't." She interrupted.

He shrugged. "Okay so maybe I wasn't." The two resumed their fight. He swung towards her head, but was blocked at the last second by her sword. "Ooh getting a little close there aren't we?" He asked smirking at her.

She glared pushing him away. "Not close enough."

"You are just asking to die, aren't you?" He asked, knocking her sword away once again.

Makoto looked around helplessly, she was stuck. 'Maybe.forget it. There's no way that I have enough energy to pull off an attack!' She backed up slowly until her back hit the wall.

He grinned, he had her right where he wanted her. He slowly moved closer until their faces were inches apart, and he could feel her breath on his face. He lifted his sword and lightly traced it along the features of her face. 'She is gorgeous, it would be a shame to kill her.' He mused. "You know," He said, deciding to voice his thoughts. "There are ways out of this."

She shivered as she felt the cold metal trace along her face but she forced herself to remain calm. "And how would that work? If you let me free I come back with you to the Negaverse and become the Generals' whore?" She asked in anger. "I don't think so, just kill me now."

He smiled. "Have it your way." He raised the sword to her head, shaking his own. 'Such a waste.' He thought. He raised his arm back, ready to decapitate the shaking girl in front of him, when she softly spoke.

"Just to let you know, I wasn't going psycho, I was telling the truth." She said softly.

He smirked. "Yeah, right." And with one quick motion, the girl's head had fallen to the ground, her body, no longer functioning, collapsed along side it. He turned away, smiling in satisfaction, about to walk away, when something compelled him to look back at the fallen girl. He did, slowly, almost dreading what he saw. Lying on the ground, in a large pool of blood, lay the severed head. The strange thing was, the girl had died with her eyes opened. Nephlite leaned over to look at her, and the bright green eyes stared back at him, burning into his soul and his mind. He shuddered and hurried away, but all he could see were those green eyes, looking up at him. Her green eyes that had softened when she told him that she had been telling the truth. He stopped for a minute. She said she had told the truth.and those green eyes had shown nothing but truth.but it couldn't be true.could it? He shook it off and continued walking. But still.those eyes.

* * *

Minako walked through the battlefield, her eyes had long ago run out of tears to shed for her love. She jumped and spun around when she heard the snapping of a twig behind her.

"How are you even still alive?" Zoisite growled.

"How are you?" She shot back.

He smirked. "Well Ami died pretty quickly, it wasn't that tough."

Minako gasped at that. She had never thought that.Ami.dead?

"And what about Kunzite?" Zoisite snarled. "He would never just give up and abandon his fight."

She jutted her chin out proudly, feeling no remorse at the moment. "He didn't, unless of course you consider death an abandonment of a fight. And no he did not die in some accident, I killed him."

Zoisite narrowed his eyes. "You bitch." He said lowly, dropping down, ready to fight.

"Oh and what about you?" She accused. "Like you're some saint for killing one of my best friends?"

He shrugged. "It's not my fault she's so weak."

"Shut Up!" Minako yelled as she jabbed her sword at him.

He jumped back before it even came close to hitting him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "And you killed Kunzite how?"

She growled. "The same way I'm going to kill you.and the same way I assume you killed Ami you heartless bastard."

He stopped for a minute and pretended to be upset. "Now that just hurt." He said. "Besides," He added, the evil smile returning to his face. "I'm second in command of the generals, you aren't going to beat me."

"Oh really?" She asked as the two continued their fight. "Then how is it that I managed to beat your first general?"

He scowled at this. "Leave Kunzite out of this.it was an accident I'm sure. You probably used your love me chain to hold him, there was no way you beat him fairly."

"Why? Because I'm a scout, or because I'm a girl?" She asked, her anger growing with each word that her enemy spoke.

He shrugged. "Both actually. You scouts walk around in those showy little outfits pretending you're there to save the world, but when someone actually attempts to fight you, you can't last more than ten minutes. Kinda like your friend, Ami. She didn't last too long."

She glared at him. "Shut the fuck up."

He smiled. "Oh I see we hit a sensitive spot ne?"

She spit at him. "Go to hell."

He smiled. "Only if you come with me."

"Would you just die already!" Minako yelled as she charged at the surprised Zoisite. Not seeing the attack coming, the man stood there stunned, and Minako was able to knock away his sword. She quickly bent down to retrieve it before he had the chance. She smiled at him. "Now who's the one who is gonna die?"

He tried to swallow past the large lump that had formed in his throat. "Minako, you can't kill me." He said.

She raised an eyebrow. "And why not?"

"Because.because." He stalled, desperately trying to find a way out of this.

"You know," She said, moving closer to him. "At least Kunzite had the decency to die with honor, to accept his death and not try to get around it like you are." She lifted his sword in front of her face and looked at it. "And look, you're going to die by your own sword." She laughed. "You know, this is kinda fun." With that said, she slowly pushed the tip of Zoisite's sword into his abdomen.slowly at first, then quickly ramming the entire sword in so that is broke through unto the other side.

He moaned in immediate pain and crumpled to the ground.

"I needed to make sure you die a long, slow, painful death." She said staring down at him. She turned to walk away, but at the last minute, turned back again to coldly add, "That was for Ami."

* * *

"Why don't you just give up? You can't beat me." Beryl said grinning.

Endymion growled as he continued to attempt to wound her. "Maybe I won't, but in the end, neither will you. Good will prevail."

"Ha!" She yelled. "What a joke. We both know that I will defeat the Moon Kingdom. After all, two of your scouts are already dead."

"As are two of my guards." He replied.

Her eyes twinkled in amusement. "Don't you mean my guards?"

He glared at her. "The only reason that they are your guards, the only reason that two of the scouts are dead, the only reason that you even have a slight chance at winning this war, is because you don't fight fairly."

She laughed. "What am I supposed to feel guilty or something now? Besides, all's fair in love and war."

He was about to respond when a small girl came running out from the palace. "Endymion!" She cried.

"Terra get back inside with Serin!" Endymion said fiercely.

"But." She said protesting.

"Terra, Now!"

"Terra, come on, stay over here." Serin said grabbing Terra and pulling her away from the fight.

"And who is Terra?" Beryl asked.

"None of your business." He snarled.

"I'm his little sister, Princess Terra of Earth." Terra supplied from where she was standing with Serin. "Are you the bad person that took Jade and Zoisite away from us?" She asked.

Beryl chuckled. "I see I've already made my mark huh?"

"ENDYMION!" Terra shrieked.

He quickly turned around and gasped, Beryl had sent her youma after Serin, who was now being help hostage by two youma, their arms wrapped around her throat. She was obviously having trouble breathing. "Serin, I'm coming, hold on."

Serin struggled for a moment as she tried to pull the arms away from her throat to allow some air into her lungs. Her eyes widened and she pointed behind Endymion. "Look.out." She croaked.

Endymion was about to turn around to see what she was talking about when the pain hit him. He moaned as he felt the sharp point pierce through his back, and he gasped when he saw it come out through his stomach, a few drops of blood dripping out along with it.

Beryl shook her head. "Didn't you learn in the beginning of the fight never to turn your back on an enemy?" She asked. "You should never make the same mistake twice, it could be fatal."

He closed his eyes tightly, trying to block out the pain. 'God I wish Terra and Serin didn't have to see this.' He thought. He fell to the ground, the pain was too great for him to stand now, and he writhed on the ground, the pain increasing with every second.

Beryl smiled. "This is taking much to long, I have things to do, people to kill." She reached down and yanked the sword out of his back. She motioned to the youma holding Serin. "Release her." She said. Serin and Terra sighed in relief for a moment, hoping that Beryl would leave, and they would be able to get him help. The thought vanished from their minds as she lifted the sword and stabbed him in another spot on his back.

He screamed in immediate pain.

"NO!" Serin screamed as the tears slid down her cheeks.

"Please stop!" Terra begged, covering her eyes, trying to rid herself of the horrible mental image.

Beryl paused for a moment and looked up at the two, smiling sweetly. "What's wrong? Can't stand to watch?" Her smile turned evil. "He'll be dead soon anyway." She once again grasped the sword, ripped it out of his back and proceeded to repeatedly stab the poor man in the back

His screams echoed through the palace grounds, and in Serin's head. And only when they stopped, did Beryl finally cease the stabbing. "You fucking monster!" Serin screamed, ready to charge at her, but was held back once again by youma, this time they stood behind her, holding her arms, not allowing her to run after Beryl.

They had forgotten about Terra.

She quickly ran at Beryl, punching and kicking her, doing whatever she could to attempt to harm the miserable beast.

"Get off of me you little brat!" Beryl yelled, slamming a hand into Terra's head, knocking her to the ground a few feet away. The girl didn't move.

"Let me go!" Serin yelled. "I have to help her or she's going to die!"

Beryl raised an eyebrow at Serin and smiled. "Oh I see, you don't want her to die?"

"Don't touch her!" She screamed.

"Fine, I will not move any closer to the girl." Beryl said agreeing to the Princess' request.

She fell silent for a minute, unsure of what Beryl was up to.

"I'll kill her from here." Beryl said simply. Before Serin could realize what she was about to do, Beryl lifted her sword in front of her, pointed it at the girl and whispered something. Seconds later a blast of power slammed into the unconscious girl.

"NO!" Serin screamed.

Beryl walked over to check for a pulse. "Oh did I kill her? Oops." She said smiling.

"You bitch! You fucking bitch!" Serin screamed.

Beryl smiled. "Well I'll leave you alone for now, I'll be back to kill you later." She snapped her fingers and the youma released Serin, but before Serin could attack, the three disappeared.

* * *

Minako groaned as she heard the approaching footsteps behind her. She forced her weary body to turn around and move into fighting stance. She sighed heavily once she saw who it was. A youma she could have dealt with, but she wasn't sure if she had enough energy, or willpower, to fight another general.

"Are you sighing because you've realized that you're about to die?" Nephlite asked smirking.

She shook her head. "You know this whole 'you're going to die' thing is getting kind of old. I've killed two of you already, what makes you think that you can beat me?" She asked.

Nephlite gave her a strange look. "Two?"

Minako smiled. "Yeah Kunzite died pretty quickly, he was actually really weak. But at least he died with honor, unlike Zoisite who was pleading for his life until the last moment. He was killed with his own sword too.ironic." She added.

He glared at the smiling girl in front of him. "You fucking bitch."

Now it was her turn to become angry. "I am so sick of being insulted by you idiots!" She growled. "Besides, what about the fact that you killed Makoto?"

"So? That was just her. You killed Kunzite and Zoisite." He shot back.

"Just her?" Minako asked in fury. "How dare you say 'just her' she was my best friend! And the love of your life not to long ago."

He held up his hand. "I am really sick of hearing these pathetic lies about how I was really a general of Endymion. As if I would ever lower myself enough to serve him!" He spat out. "Now let's just fight so I can kill you already."

"Fine." She replied and the fight began. Minako started having trouble almost immediately. She had barely any energy left from the previous two fights, and Nephlite was a much better sword fighter than she expected him to be. 'I can't lose this fight.' She thought as she struggled to block his attacks. 'I have to protect the princess.'

"Why won't you just die already?' Nephlite growled as she blocked another one of his shots.

"Because I have a real reason to fight. I'm fighting for freedom, justice, and on behalf of the people in the solar system. Unlike you negaverse trash who want nothing more than more power for yourselves."

"You think you're so smart, well you're wrong. I have just as much of a reason to fight as you do." He shot back.

"Oh really?" She asked. "And what reason is that? So your bitch of a egomaniac bitch of a Queen can rule the Universe and kill everyone who doesn't follow her?" Minako asked.

He narrowed his eyes in anger. "No one calls Queen Beryl and egomaniac bitch, especially not some sailor scout." He yelled, charging at her, sword in hand.

She attempted to block, but her energy was almost nonexistent, and her sword flew to the ground.

Threatening her with his sword, Nephlite knelt down and picked up her sword. "You killed Zoisite and Kunzite.and for that, you're going to have to pay." He smiled as he mimicked her words from earlier. "Killed with his own sword too.ironic" He lifted her sword above her chest. "Nice knowing you." He said as he slammed the sword into her chest.

The affect was immediate as her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she slumped down to the ground, blood pooling out around her. He smiled once more before walking away.

As the life slowly drained out of Minako, once thought ran through her mind. 'Forgive me Princess.I have failed you.'

* * *

*(Quick Note: This part takes place at the same time as the fight between Minako and Nephlite)

"STOP CALLING ME JED!" He screamed before running at her with his sword.

He came at her too quickly for her to move, and the two of them gasped, one in surprise, the other in pain, as the cold metal sliced through her flesh.

Rei doubled over in pain as she felt the blade pushing through her internal organs. She gasped for breath as she fell to the ground.

Jeadite slowly withdrew his sword, staring down at the girl.

Rei saw her life slowly parade before her eyes. 'I guess because I'm going to be dying slowly, my life won't flash by as quickly.' She thought with a sad smile. As her life slowly passed by, she saw herself as a young child, the first time she met Jed, the first time he called her his best friend, and the first time that he had left her. She saw all the promises he had made to her over the years, and it slowly dawned on her that when Jed had betrayed her, he had broken every promise that he had ever made. Everything that she had always been lead to believe by him that would always stay the same, was now destroyed. And the pain of that realization, well that was far worse than any sword wound could every be, and as she lay crumpled on the ground, the life slowly draining out of her, the tears silently started to fall down her cheeks.

"See I knew you were weak." He scoffed.

"Why? Because I'm crying? Crying is a weakness to you?" She asked.

"When you cry because you're dying it is." He shot back.

She shook her head. "You're such an asshole." She said. "I'm not crying because you stabbed me. And I'm not crying because I'm about to die. I'm crying because I just realized that in that one moment, in that one second even, that you chose to fight for Beryl, you broke every promise you have ever made to me."

"Stop talking about how I betrayed you!" He exclaimed. "I didn't betray anyone. I've never met you in my life! I was born in Beryl's army and I will die in Beryl's army. You are just a weak person, trying to get sympathy from me because you're dying." He said.

"I already told you, I'm not crying because my death is inevitably going to occur shortly. Actually, I would rather die than live in a world where you were a traitor." She said.

"STOP CALLING ME A TRAITOR!" He screamed in frustration.

Had she had enough energy, Rei would have jumped at the sudden anger, but due to loss of blood, she simply sat still. "You promised you would always be there for me!" She yelled back. "You promised that we would always be best friends! That you would always be on my side and fight beside me!" Her silent tears turned into sobs. "And you broke your promises. Every single one of them."

"Please, don't cry." Jeadite said softly, sinking to the ground next to the girl, ignoring the blood that had already started to pool around her. "I'm not really as tough as I may seem, and I really hate when people cry. Please stop." He begged her.

She wiped her eyes and looked at the man, the two now back at eye level. "Well I hope it helps to know that you caused me tears in the first place." She said bitterly.

"Why are you doing this to me?" He whispered.

"I didn't do anything to you. You did this to yourself." She replied.

He groaned in frustration. "What is going on?" He asked. "Why are you acting like this towards me?"

She rolled her eyes. "Well one reason could be because you stabbed me!" She exclaimed.

He bit his lip nervously for a moment. Why was he acting this way? 'She's the enemy, and I destroyed her, now lets move on!' He opened his mouth to speak, but stopped. The tears had started again and his heart broke with each one of her sobs.

"Please just leave." She sobbed. "You did what you came to do. You defeated me, you killed me, and you broke my spirit. You ruined my faith, you've ruined my trust, what more can you possibly do to a person?" She asked, turning her head away, not expecting an answer.

"Apologize." He said softly.

She slowly turned her head back to look at the man in front of her. 'He's changed so much since Beryl took him, and yet, he's changed so little.' She thought. "Apologize?" She asked quietly.

He nodded. "I'm not sure why I'm apologizing, but this is the first time that I have felt remorse over someone that I have killed. And I don't know why, but there is something about you, something that makes me feel guilty for what I did. So I apologize. I know it's not going to make you live any longer, and I know it's not going to bring back your faith or anything, but it's the only thing I can offer to you. Please take it."

She moved her position slightly, grimacing in pain, so she could see him more clearly. "You're remembering, aren't you?" She asked slowly.

He shook his head, trying to force away the thoughts that were slowly trying to push their way into his brain. "There is nothing for me to remember." He said stubbornly.

"If you really wanted to apologize, if you really felt guilty about what you did, and if you really wanted to prove that to me, you would let yourself remember." She said softly as a single tear drop rolled off her cheek and slowly fell to the ground.

Jeadite followed the tear with his eyes, the whole world now moving in slow motion, and as the tear fell closer and closer to the ground, layer after layer of the fog clouding his brain that he had not even known was there, started to disappear.

*BOOM*

The tear exploded upon impact and something in Jeadite's mind seemed to break loose. An image flashed into his mind, one with a young boy who he assumed to be himself, and a young girl, that looked an awful lot like the one now in front of him. 'Rei.' His mind urged him. 'The girl's name is Rei.' ~~ She giggled at the image. "Goodbye Jed!" she called as the two got ready to transport. "Bye!" He called back. "And don't worry. I'll come back. We're best friends aren't we?" ~~ The image disappeared almost as quickly as it had come, and left Jeadite with a very confused look on his face. "Jed." He said softly.

Rei paused for a minute when she heard him speak.

He looked over at her. "Are you Rei?" He asked.

She nodded. "And you're Jed." She said slowly, hoping to help jar his memories.

"An image just popped into my head.it was with two children, one looked like me, and the other looked like you, just much younger." He started slowly. "And the boy was leaving somewhere, and the young girl said 'Goodbye Jed.' And than Jed said that he would come back.that the two were best friends.and it feels so familiar but."

A smile started to spread across her face as Rei realized that he was starting to remember. The memory that had just come back to him was of the time that he had left to go back home, right after they had first met. He was remembering!

Jeadite rubbed his forehead. "I think I'm going insane.this isn't right those aren't memories of my life!"

The tears continued to fall from her eyes as she pleaded with him. "Jeadite.Jed, please remember!" She begged as another tear rolled off her cheek and fell to the ground.

Once again, the world moved slowly, as the falling tear captivated Jeadite's eyes. It exploded when it hit the ground.

*BOOM*

Another memory came flying into his head. ~~ "Hey dork! Don't splash me!" He said splashing her back. "Hey, I am not a dork!" Rei exclaimed. "Fine I have come up with a new name for you. You shall now be referred to as dorkus." Jeadite decided. Rei couldn't help but laugh. "Dorkus? Where did you come up with that?" She asked. ~~ As the image slowly drifted away, he turned his eyes to the girl in front of him. "Dorkus.?" He asked softly.unsure of what he was really asking. The name sounded so familiar, but there was something.something pushing it away telling him that this was all lies.

She nodded. "You used to call me dorkus when we were little." Another tear, this time one of joy and hope that he might be remembering her, rolled off her cheek and hit the ground.

This time Jeadite had no time to watch the tear fall as another memory slammed into his brain. ~~ Just as he finished the door opened. The four boys looked up to see a young boy walk in. "Jeadite I presume?" The Prince asked. He nodded as he sat down. "Sorry. I just got here a few minutes ago and it took me while to find the conference room." Endymion smiled at him. "Don't worry about it. We just all introduced ourselves. This is Kunzite, Nephrite, and Zoisite." He said pointing to each one respectively. "And I'm Prince Endymion." ~~ "Endymion." He whispered. "My Prince.and Kunz, and Neph, and Zoi."

Rei tried to smile but ended up biting her lower lip to keep herself from screaming in pain. The joy that she felt at that moment though, almost made up for the pain she was feeling. He was remembering!

The tears fell faster now, and the memories came just as quick. ~~ The guards reluctantly released the five men who proceeded to turn around, ready to greet their savior. The sight before them though caused their jaws to drop without any words coming out. The girl before them was gorgeous. She had long raven hair that gracefully flowed down her back. She had large raven eyes that entranced whoever looked towards them. She was wearing a tight fitting white body suit with a purple bow in the back, and a very very very short red skirt. "Rei?" Jeadite finally managed to get out. ~~ Another one came quickly afterwards. ~~ "You wouldn't." Jade said softly, his tough exterior broken. "I really don't think you can afford to try me can you?" She asked. He sighed in defeat. "What do you want from me?" He asked. She leaned closer to him and whispered, "I want you. I want a strong, fierce determined warrior who will lead in for the Dark Kingdom in the battle against the Moon Kingdom. And you are the perfect person for the job." He felt his breath get caught in his throat. She really would do it, and there was nothing he could do to stop her other then going over to the side of the Dark Kingdom. "If I join you," He started slowly; "Will you promise that she will be left alone?" ~~ And as the tears fell, one by one, Jeadite's memories came rushing back to him. Tear by tear, memory by memory . ~~ "Rei, I could never hate you, you're my best friend!" He exclaimed. ~~ Memory after memory came flooding back to him. ~~ Jade felt his stomach drop at her words. So that's what her plan was! She already had Zoisite, he was next, and then she was going to go after Kunzite and Nephlite! 'There is no way that the scouts will be able to defeat us once we are evil!' He realized, as he thought back to their first day at sparring. 'True their elements are more powerful, but they will have to be fighting against their loves.' ~~ Another quickly followed. ~~ He hugged her back and whispered. "I'm gonna miss you too. But don't worry we'll see each other again I promise. Good bye my princess. And remember we are best friends forever. That will never change." ~~ Jade looked up at the girl in front of him."Best friends forever." He whispered.

She nodded, smiling happily. "Do you remember?"

He nodded, and as he did, one final memory came back to him. ~~ 'As long as you are in love with her, you can't be happy if she is with someone else.' ~~ "Hey dorkus." He said softly.

"Jed, you remember!" She cried happily, attempting to smile before crying out in pain.

"Are you okay?" He asked in immediate concern, moving closer to her.

"Yeah. I'm fine." She managed to gasp out, holding her hand over the wound on her stomach.

"Oh God Rei! I'm sorry! I, I." He let his voice trail off unsure of how to apologize.

"It's not your fault." She said.

"Don't try and take away my guilt. I did this to you, I killed you, this is my fault." He said shaking his head sadly.

She gasped in pain for a moment as the blood seeped through her fingers. "It's *not* your fault!" She exclaimed. "Beryl did this to you." She reached out and grabbed his hand. "And at least you remember. That's all that matters."

He looked into her eyes and all his love that he had previously felt for her come rushing back. "Rei, there's something I've wanted to tell you for a long--"

"Jeadite!"

He was interrupted by the voice behind him and he immediately recognized it as Nephlite's. "Shit." He swore, hastily pulling his hand away from hers. "Over here." He called.

"I know where you are, what are you doing, just kill her already." Nephlite called over.

"I'm just making sure she's dead. We don't need any surprise attacks." He yelled.

"Okay, well hurry, we have to go after the queen next, the others are all dead already." Nephlite called back.

Rei's eyes widened at this. "The others are gone?" She asked.

Jade turned back to her. "The others were fighting this whole time. It was only likely that everyone would eventually die." He said quietly.

"I guess that's what happened between us huh?" She asked softly.

Tears filled his blue eyes, which were once again sky colored, and quickly overflowed. "Rei I'm so sorry." He said. "I never meant for things to turn out like this.I.I never imagined that this would happen."

She tried to smile as tears once again filled her own eyes. "Just promise me one thing?" She asked, barely able to speak anymore, due to the blood loss she had suffered.

"Anything."

"Promise me." She paused for a minute, trying to get enough breath to finish her sentence. "Promise that you'll never forget me?" She asked.

He reached over and squeezed her hand. "Of course not dorkus. You're my best friend." He paused for a minute. "I love you." He admitted.

Rei felt her heart break at the words. 'Not that it wasn't broken already.' She thought miserably. He had said the words she had been waiting for, but she knew that he didn't mean it the way she wanted him too. She knew that he only meant it as love between friends, and that wasn't the love she felt towards him. "I know you do. I love you too." She said, as always, hiding her true feelings about how she felt, not letting him know that she meant her I love you in a different way than he meant his. It was too late for that.

He cringed inwardly. She obviously didn't feel the same way. She took his I love you as a mere friendship love, and love shared between two best friends, not between lovers. "Please don't go yet. I'm not ready to let you go, I can't do this without you." He said softly, his voice getting choked up as the realization that his best friend was going to die, finally hit him.

"Can't do what without me?" She asked.

"Live." He replied. "I can't live without you. You mean the world to me!" He exclaimed. "Please, don't leave me."

"I have to Jed. I'm sorry, I'll see you on the other side." She whispered. Her eyes glazed over and slowly closed.

"Rei?" He whispered. He felt her hand go limp in his own and the rising and falling of her chest stopped. "NOOO!" He screamed as the tears came uncontrollably now. "Rei!" He sobbed, holding her limp body to his own. "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." He whispered. He moved her body away from his and took one last look at her. Her long black flowing hair which, even in death, looked perfect. Her closed eyes giving her a look of grace and innocence. And her lips. The lips that had tempted him since the day he set foot on the Moon, but had been untouchable for many years before that. The tears continued to fall from his eyes, silently now, as he leaned his head over hers, and briefly touched his lips to hers. It was pure heaven. He lifted his head away. "Our first, last, and only kiss." He whispered softly, laying her gently on the ground.

"Traitor!"

He quickly turned away from Rei's body, dreading the fight that he knew was about to occur. "Nephlite." He said quietly.

"You're a traitor!" Nephlite accused him. "You fell in love with the enemy, and now you allowed her to mess with your mind."

He shook his head. "*She* isn't the one who is the enemy, and *she* isn't the one who messed with our minds." He said, not even bothering to deny the accusation of his love for her.

"See? See what she's done to you!" Nephlite exclaimed.

"No! She didn't do anything to me except brought me back, she showed me the truth. Beryl is the enemy Neph! She kidnapped us, brainwashed us, and made us fight against the people we love more than anyone in the world." He tried to explain.

"Love. What a waste of time." Nephlite spat out.

Jade closed his eyes for a minute, an image of his love appearing in his mind, as he shook his head. "You're wrong, love is the most beautiful, most powerful thing there is." He was about to continue when he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He gasped in pain and opening his eyes, he looked down to see Nephlite's sword pushed into his flesh, blood seeping out around the wound. He slowly lifted his head to look at the man in front of him.

"Love makes you weak." Nephlite said, his face and voice emotionless. "That girl made you weak."

"That girl, meant more to me than anyone in the world, I love her and I am not going to stand here while you ridicule her. Dying or not!" He exclaimed, lifting his own sword into his hand.

Nephlite's eyes widened as he realized that his only defense was his sword, which was busy killing Jeadite at the moment. He raised his hands in front of his face, not wanting to watch.

Jade's eyes softened for a moment. "I'm sorry Neph, but I can't let you hurt anyone else." He said quietly as he lifted the sword and mustering as much energy as he could, he rammed it into his heart.

Nephlite fell to the ground silently, and lay there, quietly, motionless. He was dead.

Jade fell to the ground as sobs wracked his body. "I just killed two of my best friends, and the love of my life.I have no reason to live." He said softly to himself, pulling the sword away from his stomach. He gave one last look at the people around him. "Forgive me." He whispered softly before plunging the sword into his heart.

Moments later, Jade had joined the many others who had fallen that day.

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Everyone was gone now. Endymion.Terra.Rei.Jade.Zoisite.Ami.everyone. "They're gone." She whispered sinking to the ground, curling herself into a ball. "They're all gone." She whispered again as the tears started to fall from her eyes. "Please.you can't all leave me here alone." She cried out, not expecting anyone to answer. She raised her head, Endymion's body was lying in front of her. She crawled over to him and turned him around, cradling his head in her lap. "I love you Endymion." She said softly, kissing his forehead. Her quiet tears now became sobs as she mourned the loss of all her friends. "Gone.all gone." She whispered hysterically. Looking down at her beloved once more, she noticed that his sword was lying on the side of him. She slowly reached over and picked it up, admiring the way the sun glinted off the sharp blade. "My time has come now." She whispered to herself. Then looking at Endymion she spoke louder. "I'll be joining you soon my love, please wait for me, I'm on my way." She kissed him softly one last time, noting that his body had already grown cold, and lifted the sword above her own chest. "It is time now, for this sword to be sheathed in a new place. For it to rust as my body decomposes. It is time now for me to free my soul, and end the aching I feel inside." She spoke softly. She looked at the sky above her and smiled lightly. "I know that you all died because of me, and trying to protect me, and I thank you for it. And I know that we will all be together again someday." She quickly brought the sword down straight into her heart. She fought back the urge to scream in pain and after a few seconds her eyes fluttered closed.

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The End of Chapter 13 of As the Tears Fell

Translations:

Arigato: Thank you

Ai Shiteru: I love you

Hai: Yes

Iie: No

Ne: In this case, almost used as no. Ex. I see we hit a sensitive spot ne? I see we hit a sensitive spot no? Yeah its cruel I know, but trust me, things had to end this way to fit with my future stories. I did warn you! ^_^ Anyway, this isn't quite the end, there is an epilogue which will be out as soon as I can get it out. I'm moving back to college tomorrow and things (writing wise at least) will slow incredibly I've no doubt. So I'll do my best though to keep updating. Okay, a few explanations: Zoisite never started to remember because he was with Beryl the longest and had been brainwashed the longest, etc. As I stated earlier, I don't know the details of who kills who and in what order, so this was my creativity on the subject. Hope you enjoyed, stick around for the final piece! As always, thanks for reading and review please!