I do not own Sailor Moon, nor do I pretend to.
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(Note: Seeing as this is the last chapter, I want to thank all of you for reviewing, especially one of you
that has been my most active reviewer, you know who you are - Thank you! From what I've been hearing, every
fan out there has their favorite and would like to see more of their respective soldiers. I'm currently planning
another story that delves into each character. PLEASE, please, email me with ideas, profiles of their favorite
characters, unique things about your favorite character that you would like to see in a story, etc, if you want
to see this story come about.
And finally, thank you all for sticking by me and reading this first fan fiction of mine, and making it a success!
-dew)
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Soul Eaters
-dew
Chapter 10. Faith.
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Mamoru twisted the key into the door of his apartment and entered, throwing his jacket on the nearest
chair. Not bothering to turn on the light, he walked towards the sliding glass doors that opened out to his balcony
and stood watching the rain for a few long moments.
His posture relaxed as he rested his forehead against the cold door, staring at the picture reflected in
the glass.
The face staring back at him looked worn, sad, and defeated. Mamoru didn't think he's ever looked
so horrible.
It's all her fault.
How could she do it? How could she cheat on him?
When a colleague had approached him earlier that morning at the conference, voicing his apologies at his
and Usagi's recent break up, Mamoru couldn't have been more surprised. When Mamoru asked what his friend
meant, he replied that he had heard that Usagi had been seen with another guy recently, and he had just assumed
that they had broken up.
"I heard that they looked very…intimate," his friend had said.
Mamoru beat his fist against the door, making the glass shudder in its frame.
The phone on the table against the wall, rang. Mamoru reached out and answered it automatically.
"Hello."
"Mamoru? So you are home early. I was hoping you would be. This is Rei. Usagi is with you, then?"
Mamoru grit his teeth against a wave of pain. "No. I haven't seen her."
"You haven't. Okay, listen. We've found out who the guy is that's been murdering the people around
Tokyo lately, and we think that he may be after Usagi. If you see him or Usagi, please, tell us right away."
Mamoru sighed. Great, just what he needed. Some maniac is on the loose and Usagi is out cheating him.
"Who is he?"
"His name is Fuhiro. He's tall, with brown hair. He dresses rather well and he's rather good looking."
Mamoru straightened. The man Usagi was with…
In his mind he saw the man stumble into the street as Usagi started after him. Tall. Brown hair. Good
Looking. It can't be a coincidence.
Mamoru dropped the phone, letting it dangle on its cord and swing back and forth in the air.
"Mamoru? Mamoru?? Are you there??"
Mamoru rushed out of his apartment, slamming the door behind him.
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Rei frowned at the phone's receiver and looked around at the group surrounding her. Despite warnings
and advocations of bed rest, Minako and Makoto had both somehow made their way to the temple, and were now
sitting anxiously along with Ami and the cats.
"I think Usagi is in big trouble."
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"What…what are you doing? Get away from me!"
Usagi pushed Fuhiro away and backed up a dozen or so steps.
"You are mine now, Sweet Usagi."
"Is this some kind of joke?? Are you playing some kind of prank on me??"
"Silly 'Rabbit'," whispered Fuhiro with a smile. "Tricks are for kids."
He lunged at her suddenly, his arms outstretched. Usagi shrieked and stumbled away, but she wasn't
quite fast enough - for when he fell, Fuhiro managed to grab a hold of Usagi's ankle and pull her down towards
the wet sidewalk.
"You will love me, Usagi. Give it time. All relationships start off rocky, at first." Fuhiro's voice was
gentle and his face was kind.
Usagi struggled back up to her feet. "Are you kidding? I will NEVER love you! I love Mamo and
Mamo alone!"
Fuhiro, now standing, clenched his fists as they dangled at his sides. His jaw firmed and his kind
expression faded into something… darker.
"I will have you, Usagi. One way or another. In life…
Or in death."
Usagi broke into a run, racing into the park. The trees were nothing but a blur to her as she sprinted
through to a clearing up ahead, where the benches and small pond was. She stopped beside the water's edge
and raised her hand into the air, calling her transformation phrase.
Ribbons and feathers enveloped her body, making her over into a sailor suited warrior.
A hand reached through the aura of light and warmth to grab Usagi's brooch before the transformation
was complete, pulling it from her body as if it were a simple jewel, and casting it onto the grass.
The light receded, revealing Usagi in civilian clothes, staring in shock at her brooch as it lay on the wet
earth.
"So. You are her and she is you." He walked closer to Usagi, stepping on her brooch as if it were of no
consequence. "I have no true use for crystals or wands or any other magical paraphernalia. There is only one
thing that I am after."
Fuhiro grabbed Usagi before she could run, twisting her long ponytails around his hand and yanking
them painfully, causing her to whimper.
"Do you know how valuable you are, Usagi? Do you have any idea… Sailor Moon?"
"Let me go!" She screamed, pounding her fists against Fuhiro's chest and kicking out with her feet.
He growled and slapped her hard across her face with his free hand, causing Usagi to fall into a horrified stupor.
Smiling at the sudden silence and compliance in Usagi's body, Fuhiro wrapped his free hand around her slender
neck.
"With the energy you contain in your precious body, I will be invincible. Too bad. You could have
joined me in life, but, you refused. And so, now, you will be infinitely valuable to me in death."
Fuhiro's hand tightened, crushing Usagi's airway.
Tears rolled down her face as she struggled to breathe in vain. 'They will come for me,' she thought
dimly. 'My soldiers… my friends… they …will…come…I just… I have to hang on…'
Black spots appeared in front of her eyes, blurring her vision.
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
Usagi, suddenly devoid of support, crashed to the ground, gasping for air.
Sailor Jupiter, with her leg wrapped from ankle to knee, limped painfully into the clearing. "Hurting
girls is unforgivable! You've caused us more frustration than you are worth! From the planet of lightening,
Jupiter, I will defeat you!"
Sailor Mars jumped from some height to join the injured Sailor soldier. " The Sacred Flame knows all!
From the planet Mars, born amidst the holiest of fires, I will chastise you!"
She was quickly joined by Sailor Venus, pale still from loss of blood, and her arm bandaged to her elbow,
but standing firm beside the other soldiers. "You cannot force anyone to love you! Girls trying to shop everywhere
are mad! From Venus, the planet of Love and Beauty, I will whip you into shape!"
Sailor Mercury was the last to join them, completing the formation of furious warriors. "It takes more
than a few injuries to stop us! From the planet of ice, I am Sailor Mercury. Check Mate!"
Fuhiro cast a glance at each soldier in turn, smirking. "You have got to be kidding me. You will find
that I am not so easy to overtake as my student, Subaru.
But first…"
He reached out and grabbed up Usagi, who was still gasping on the ground.
"But first, you will watch her die while Watanabe Fuhiro becomes the most powerful man in the world!"
"Not if I stop you first!"
Fuhiro groaned and turned his head to look behind him. "Who now??"
"A girl's life is a precious thing, especially if she is loved. I will not allow you to take it."
"Ma…Mamo?" croaked Usagi, recognizing that voice.
Fuhiro's eyes narrowed at the man in the tuxedo. "So you are Chiba Mamoru. What are you doing
here? You should be somewhere else, devastated by Usagi's betrayal! You believed it - I see it in your eyes."
"What do you mean?" Tuxedo Kamen walked slowly and cautiously from behind Fuhiro, in a wide circle,
to catch sight of Usagi and see if she was alright.
"I mean you fell for it, you fool! I set it up so carefully and you fell for it, just like I knew you would."
Tuxedo Kamen stopped short. Never taking his eyes off of Usagi, he spoke in a calm voice that belied
his anger.
"So, you mean, the Director…"
"A close friend of mine. I am a very influential man."
"And the rumors?"
Fuhiro smiled and inclined his head, taking credit for them.
Suddenly whipping Usagi around, Fuhiro crushed her close to him and lowered his head to kiss her
with possession, causing Usagi to whimper and Tuxedo Kamen, along with the other soldiers, to shout in outrage.
"Now you will watch your beloved Usako's soul be put to a better use."
Taking Usagi's head in his hands, he began squeezing, trying to crush her skull with his super human
strength. She slumped with the pain, her body unintentionally shielding Fuhiro from any sort of attack, and yet
his hands remained pressing ever harder.
'Mamo…Mamo will save me,' she thought dimly. 'The soldiers… they will risk their lives to help me…
I just …I just have to give them a chance…'
Slowly, Usagi straightened and, despite the immense pain that wracked her body, turned to her right,
exposing Fuhiro's chest.
And then he stopped squeezing.
The soldiers that were already advancing stopped in shock as Usagi fell to the ground in a heap while
Fuhiro stumbled backwards - a simple rose protruding from his heart with it's stem sunk in as far as the petals.
Tuxedo Kamen stood emotionless as Fuhiro fell backwards towards the wet earth - dead before he hit
the ground.
Usagi struggled to her elbows, lifting her head to see Fuhiro's motionless body just a few feet from her.
"That… That was it?" she croaked, her voice box bruised and her head pounding. "All of those victims,
the fight with Subaru… and finally, in the end, all it took was a simple rose?"
Tuxedo Kamen approached Usagi to stand in front of her. "Sometimes, good doesn't always win with a
dramatic battle, but with a simple act of love." Tuxedo Kamen gave Usagi a meaningful look. "And saving you,
Usako, was an act of love."
To Usagi's surprise, he dropped to his knees beside her as the other soldiers formed a crescent
behind him.
"Usako… Usako… I'm so sorry. I didn't trust you. Please… Forgive me?"
Usagi grinned and got only as far as her knees before throwing herself into Tuxedo Kamen's arms.
"Of Course I Forgive You, Mamo!"
Tuxedo Kamen smiled. It seemed that, even though he knew Usagi had the biggest heart of anyone he
has ever known, it will never cease to amaze him how easily she can forgive.
Usagi lifted her head from Tuxedo Kamen's chest to look around at the girls surrounding them. "I knew
that you guys would come for me."
"Remember what I told you, Usagi?" Sailor Venus asked, smiling down at the pair. "Different attributes
are needed to win a battle, but to win a war… Well. Sometimes all it takes is a show of faith."
Sailor Mercury pointed towards Fuhiro's body suddenly, drawing everyone's attention.
"Look!"
Tuxedo Kamen's rose was drawing itself out of Fuhiro's chest and floating in the air. With a great rush of
energy, the souls that Fuhiro had taken seemed to explode from his chest, spiraling upwards towards the sky.
Quietly, the people gathered watched this dramatic display with tears in their eyes.
"I do have faith," whispered Usagi. "Faith that good will always overcome evil. Faith that this world, no matter
how chaotic and scary it gets, will always turn out all right, in the end."
She tilted her head up, watching as the souls disappeared into the sky. "Look at all of them. Different people,
different beliefs, and all going to the same place." Watching the spiral, Usagi fancied she saw a young girl's face,
Saeka's face, smiling at her, before floating up to the heavens.
"Yes, Minako, I do have faith. I have faith that, whatever we believe - when we die…
We go home."
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Dew_drop@myself.com
_____________________________________________________________________________________
(Note: Seeing as this is the last chapter, I want to thank all of you for reviewing, especially one of you
that has been my most active reviewer, you know who you are - Thank you! From what I've been hearing, every
fan out there has their favorite and would like to see more of their respective soldiers. I'm currently planning
another story that delves into each character. PLEASE, please, email me with ideas, profiles of their favorite
characters, unique things about your favorite character that you would like to see in a story, etc, if you want
to see this story come about.
And finally, thank you all for sticking by me and reading this first fan fiction of mine, and making it a success!
-dew)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Soul Eaters
-dew
Chapter 10. Faith.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Mamoru twisted the key into the door of his apartment and entered, throwing his jacket on the nearest
chair. Not bothering to turn on the light, he walked towards the sliding glass doors that opened out to his balcony
and stood watching the rain for a few long moments.
His posture relaxed as he rested his forehead against the cold door, staring at the picture reflected in
the glass.
The face staring back at him looked worn, sad, and defeated. Mamoru didn't think he's ever looked
so horrible.
It's all her fault.
How could she do it? How could she cheat on him?
When a colleague had approached him earlier that morning at the conference, voicing his apologies at his
and Usagi's recent break up, Mamoru couldn't have been more surprised. When Mamoru asked what his friend
meant, he replied that he had heard that Usagi had been seen with another guy recently, and he had just assumed
that they had broken up.
"I heard that they looked very…intimate," his friend had said.
Mamoru beat his fist against the door, making the glass shudder in its frame.
The phone on the table against the wall, rang. Mamoru reached out and answered it automatically.
"Hello."
"Mamoru? So you are home early. I was hoping you would be. This is Rei. Usagi is with you, then?"
Mamoru grit his teeth against a wave of pain. "No. I haven't seen her."
"You haven't. Okay, listen. We've found out who the guy is that's been murdering the people around
Tokyo lately, and we think that he may be after Usagi. If you see him or Usagi, please, tell us right away."
Mamoru sighed. Great, just what he needed. Some maniac is on the loose and Usagi is out cheating him.
"Who is he?"
"His name is Fuhiro. He's tall, with brown hair. He dresses rather well and he's rather good looking."
Mamoru straightened. The man Usagi was with…
In his mind he saw the man stumble into the street as Usagi started after him. Tall. Brown hair. Good
Looking. It can't be a coincidence.
Mamoru dropped the phone, letting it dangle on its cord and swing back and forth in the air.
"Mamoru? Mamoru?? Are you there??"
Mamoru rushed out of his apartment, slamming the door behind him.
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Rei frowned at the phone's receiver and looked around at the group surrounding her. Despite warnings
and advocations of bed rest, Minako and Makoto had both somehow made their way to the temple, and were now
sitting anxiously along with Ami and the cats.
"I think Usagi is in big trouble."
----------------
"What…what are you doing? Get away from me!"
Usagi pushed Fuhiro away and backed up a dozen or so steps.
"You are mine now, Sweet Usagi."
"Is this some kind of joke?? Are you playing some kind of prank on me??"
"Silly 'Rabbit'," whispered Fuhiro with a smile. "Tricks are for kids."
He lunged at her suddenly, his arms outstretched. Usagi shrieked and stumbled away, but she wasn't
quite fast enough - for when he fell, Fuhiro managed to grab a hold of Usagi's ankle and pull her down towards
the wet sidewalk.
"You will love me, Usagi. Give it time. All relationships start off rocky, at first." Fuhiro's voice was
gentle and his face was kind.
Usagi struggled back up to her feet. "Are you kidding? I will NEVER love you! I love Mamo and
Mamo alone!"
Fuhiro, now standing, clenched his fists as they dangled at his sides. His jaw firmed and his kind
expression faded into something… darker.
"I will have you, Usagi. One way or another. In life…
Or in death."
Usagi broke into a run, racing into the park. The trees were nothing but a blur to her as she sprinted
through to a clearing up ahead, where the benches and small pond was. She stopped beside the water's edge
and raised her hand into the air, calling her transformation phrase.
Ribbons and feathers enveloped her body, making her over into a sailor suited warrior.
A hand reached through the aura of light and warmth to grab Usagi's brooch before the transformation
was complete, pulling it from her body as if it were a simple jewel, and casting it onto the grass.
The light receded, revealing Usagi in civilian clothes, staring in shock at her brooch as it lay on the wet
earth.
"So. You are her and she is you." He walked closer to Usagi, stepping on her brooch as if it were of no
consequence. "I have no true use for crystals or wands or any other magical paraphernalia. There is only one
thing that I am after."
Fuhiro grabbed Usagi before she could run, twisting her long ponytails around his hand and yanking
them painfully, causing her to whimper.
"Do you know how valuable you are, Usagi? Do you have any idea… Sailor Moon?"
"Let me go!" She screamed, pounding her fists against Fuhiro's chest and kicking out with her feet.
He growled and slapped her hard across her face with his free hand, causing Usagi to fall into a horrified stupor.
Smiling at the sudden silence and compliance in Usagi's body, Fuhiro wrapped his free hand around her slender
neck.
"With the energy you contain in your precious body, I will be invincible. Too bad. You could have
joined me in life, but, you refused. And so, now, you will be infinitely valuable to me in death."
Fuhiro's hand tightened, crushing Usagi's airway.
Tears rolled down her face as she struggled to breathe in vain. 'They will come for me,' she thought
dimly. 'My soldiers… my friends… they …will…come…I just… I have to hang on…'
Black spots appeared in front of her eyes, blurring her vision.
"SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!"
Usagi, suddenly devoid of support, crashed to the ground, gasping for air.
Sailor Jupiter, with her leg wrapped from ankle to knee, limped painfully into the clearing. "Hurting
girls is unforgivable! You've caused us more frustration than you are worth! From the planet of lightening,
Jupiter, I will defeat you!"
Sailor Mars jumped from some height to join the injured Sailor soldier. " The Sacred Flame knows all!
From the planet Mars, born amidst the holiest of fires, I will chastise you!"
She was quickly joined by Sailor Venus, pale still from loss of blood, and her arm bandaged to her elbow,
but standing firm beside the other soldiers. "You cannot force anyone to love you! Girls trying to shop everywhere
are mad! From Venus, the planet of Love and Beauty, I will whip you into shape!"
Sailor Mercury was the last to join them, completing the formation of furious warriors. "It takes more
than a few injuries to stop us! From the planet of ice, I am Sailor Mercury. Check Mate!"
Fuhiro cast a glance at each soldier in turn, smirking. "You have got to be kidding me. You will find
that I am not so easy to overtake as my student, Subaru.
But first…"
He reached out and grabbed up Usagi, who was still gasping on the ground.
"But first, you will watch her die while Watanabe Fuhiro becomes the most powerful man in the world!"
"Not if I stop you first!"
Fuhiro groaned and turned his head to look behind him. "Who now??"
"A girl's life is a precious thing, especially if she is loved. I will not allow you to take it."
"Ma…Mamo?" croaked Usagi, recognizing that voice.
Fuhiro's eyes narrowed at the man in the tuxedo. "So you are Chiba Mamoru. What are you doing
here? You should be somewhere else, devastated by Usagi's betrayal! You believed it - I see it in your eyes."
"What do you mean?" Tuxedo Kamen walked slowly and cautiously from behind Fuhiro, in a wide circle,
to catch sight of Usagi and see if she was alright.
"I mean you fell for it, you fool! I set it up so carefully and you fell for it, just like I knew you would."
Tuxedo Kamen stopped short. Never taking his eyes off of Usagi, he spoke in a calm voice that belied
his anger.
"So, you mean, the Director…"
"A close friend of mine. I am a very influential man."
"And the rumors?"
Fuhiro smiled and inclined his head, taking credit for them.
Suddenly whipping Usagi around, Fuhiro crushed her close to him and lowered his head to kiss her
with possession, causing Usagi to whimper and Tuxedo Kamen, along with the other soldiers, to shout in outrage.
"Now you will watch your beloved Usako's soul be put to a better use."
Taking Usagi's head in his hands, he began squeezing, trying to crush her skull with his super human
strength. She slumped with the pain, her body unintentionally shielding Fuhiro from any sort of attack, and yet
his hands remained pressing ever harder.
'Mamo…Mamo will save me,' she thought dimly. 'The soldiers… they will risk their lives to help me…
I just …I just have to give them a chance…'
Slowly, Usagi straightened and, despite the immense pain that wracked her body, turned to her right,
exposing Fuhiro's chest.
And then he stopped squeezing.
The soldiers that were already advancing stopped in shock as Usagi fell to the ground in a heap while
Fuhiro stumbled backwards - a simple rose protruding from his heart with it's stem sunk in as far as the petals.
Tuxedo Kamen stood emotionless as Fuhiro fell backwards towards the wet earth - dead before he hit
the ground.
Usagi struggled to her elbows, lifting her head to see Fuhiro's motionless body just a few feet from her.
"That… That was it?" she croaked, her voice box bruised and her head pounding. "All of those victims,
the fight with Subaru… and finally, in the end, all it took was a simple rose?"
Tuxedo Kamen approached Usagi to stand in front of her. "Sometimes, good doesn't always win with a
dramatic battle, but with a simple act of love." Tuxedo Kamen gave Usagi a meaningful look. "And saving you,
Usako, was an act of love."
To Usagi's surprise, he dropped to his knees beside her as the other soldiers formed a crescent
behind him.
"Usako… Usako… I'm so sorry. I didn't trust you. Please… Forgive me?"
Usagi grinned and got only as far as her knees before throwing herself into Tuxedo Kamen's arms.
"Of Course I Forgive You, Mamo!"
Tuxedo Kamen smiled. It seemed that, even though he knew Usagi had the biggest heart of anyone he
has ever known, it will never cease to amaze him how easily she can forgive.
Usagi lifted her head from Tuxedo Kamen's chest to look around at the girls surrounding them. "I knew
that you guys would come for me."
"Remember what I told you, Usagi?" Sailor Venus asked, smiling down at the pair. "Different attributes
are needed to win a battle, but to win a war… Well. Sometimes all it takes is a show of faith."
Sailor Mercury pointed towards Fuhiro's body suddenly, drawing everyone's attention.
"Look!"
Tuxedo Kamen's rose was drawing itself out of Fuhiro's chest and floating in the air. With a great rush of
energy, the souls that Fuhiro had taken seemed to explode from his chest, spiraling upwards towards the sky.
Quietly, the people gathered watched this dramatic display with tears in their eyes.
"I do have faith," whispered Usagi. "Faith that good will always overcome evil. Faith that this world, no matter
how chaotic and scary it gets, will always turn out all right, in the end."
She tilted her head up, watching as the souls disappeared into the sky. "Look at all of them. Different people,
different beliefs, and all going to the same place." Watching the spiral, Usagi fancied she saw a young girl's face,
Saeka's face, smiling at her, before floating up to the heavens.
"Yes, Minako, I do have faith. I have faith that, whatever we believe - when we die…
We go home."
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