Epilogue

The rain had finally stopped, the sun high in the sky shining down on Makoto as she leaned against the gazebo. Silent tears ran down her cheeks though she wasn't quite sure what she was crying for. Freddie was gone now, gone for good and she couldn't help but miss him despite it all.

Once the plan was in place she thought she could go through with it. It had been Ami's idea.

The plan had been for her to fool Freddie with a fake imperium crystal while the other senshi got in place for an attack. But Freddie had realized the trick early on in the game.

Sailor Moon hadn't wanted to hurt Freddie, hadn't wanted to kill him. But what else could she do when he threatened to come back? When he'd broken Makoto's heart again with his words? Freddie had been destroyed, turned to moondust and though Makoto missed him she couldn't say she regretted what had to be done.

Makoto hastily wiped her tears, hating the feeling of weakness she got from crying. No more Freddie, no more enemies, life was normal again. At least for the time being.

"Ready to go Mako-chan?" Usagi asked gently as she walked up to her friend, the other girls trailing solemnly behind her.

"Yeah, just about." Makoto smiled at them as they approached. Her friends. Her family. There would be dark clouds when she thought of Freddie, always be the troubled past, the lonely childhood, she decided. But at least with her friends there, the future looked bright, cloudless.

Placing a single pink rose in the center of the gazebo for her lost love Makoto whispered. "Goodbye Freddie," before turning to join her friends. The sun never seemed to shine brighter, the skies never bluer than on that day.

Owari

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Thanks to all of you for reading and reviewing my story! It's really meant loads to me! Look out for my next 'Makoto-centered fic' (She's my fave senshi!) really soon! Ja ne!