A/N Well here is another chapter. Sorry for everyone who was waiting. I am a bit busy to keep updating fast. Hope you guys like it. Please R/R.

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Saturn had an eerie feeling of loss, as if she had just lost the battle. But she knew as long as Sailor Moon was with them, there was no losing. She looked at the form of Sailor Moon in front of her. There were slight hints of Usagi in that form, but slight hints of Serenity as well. Hotaru, although, saw that that Usagi and Serenity were very alike. All the confidence Usagi had was a potrayel of Serenity, but confidence had always been Usagi's strength as well, although scarcely shown. Fear was Usagi's weakness, but Hotaru was sure that the only reason Serenity was seen as fearless was because she did not show her fear. Serenity kept it deep inside her, but now the fear had come forward in Usagi.

"Saturn…This feels so…confusing…" Sailor Moon whispered, as if talking any louder would bring wrath of any sort upon them.

"Maybe we should turn around…" Saturn suggested and Sailor Moon nodded, turning around, but gasped when she did so.

Behind them, there was fog developing. There were trees, and hills, and trees, but no sign of a temple…

"What…?!" Sailor Moon was clearly panicking. They turned back the way they were walking and saw a cave.

"This is sickening…"

"Sailor Moon, its illusions. You must trust your instincts." Hotaru told her firmly.

"Yes, my instincts…" she nodded and stepped into the cave, into the dark, and toward her fears.

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"What if they need help?" Seiya asked irritated.

"My answer is still the same one I gave you the last five times you asked that question," Yaten told him impatiently.

"We should go in."

"No, Seiya!" Taiki snapped. He was losing his cool.

"Why not? Let's just go in! How far could they have gone! It's a temple! It can't be that big!" Seiya almost yelled.

"You risk your life, if you want, but I am staying right here," Yaten told him, "They can take care of themselves, when will you learn that?"

"I am going in!" Seiya said getting up from the curb he was sitting on, but Taiki grabbed his arm. Yaten reclined against a tree.

"No, Seiya, think reasonably," Taiki said, "You will be a…distraction to her."

"Taiki, Taiki…" Yaten started, his eyes closing lazily, "People don't learn until they are taught by experience. Let him go. Let him learn. If he survives, at least we can say 'I told you so…'"

Taiki shook his head, and looked at Seiya, waiting for response…

"I don't care…" Seiya wrenched his arm free, "I will go in, and if I die, at least it will be with the knowledge that she loved me." With that he walked into the temple without hesitation. Taiki looked warily at Yaten.

"I value my life," Yaten told him stubbornly.

"Yes, but you value Seiya even more," Taiki smirked, knowing they'd eventually have to go after Seiya.

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Sailor Moon…

"Did you hear that?" Sailor Moon asked Saturn.

"No…" Saturn replied, looking around.

Come to me if you want your friends, come to me…

"There it was again!"

"What did you hear?" Saturn asked.

"So slight, but a voice, asking me to come to it…to save my friends…"

"Which way did it come from?" Saturn asked coming on full alert, holding her staff up ready to hit anything.

"Let me hear once more…"

Silence…utter silence…then…

Freezing the darkness inside…I am freezing the darkness inside you…It will kill you…

And they took off running to the direction it came from.

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The form of Sailor Moon loomed in front of Kyorikara.

"Well, well, little princess, you made it…"

"Who is there!?" The panic was clear in the cracking voice.

"Sailor Moon do you see something?" Saturn voice rang out in the fog.

"I heard a voice, so clear, as if in front of me…" Sailor Moon reached out in front of, grasping empty space.

"Oh, Sailor Moon, you cannot even see the obvious!" Kyorikara called out. The expressions on both of the scouts changed.

"Who is there?" Saturn yelled, coming in front of Sailor Moon, as if to protect her.

"Today, my little Saturn, you will not be able to protect your princess, today your princess is going to be mine." Kyorikara laughed, as the fog cleared. They were in a broken temple again.

"You!" Sailor Moon seethed.

"Yes, me, surprised?" Kyorikara asked arching an eyebrow, "Oh wait, you haven't met me yet, that was the future I believe…"

"Leave here, give me back my friends, or you shall suffer the consequences!" she ventured on bravely, and Kyorikara applauded her bravery silently.

"Maybe you need to see your friends, to get more strength," and then with the smile of a serpent Kyorikara gestured to the shadows behind her.

Sailor Moon squinted, and then she saw horror. She saw her friends, each of their faces frozen in horror, their bodies frozen in ice, their expressions solemn yet pleading. Pleading to be spared, pleading for others. Jupiter's limp expression, Pluto's hard resistant one, Mercury's confused one, Mar's shocked one, Venus's wistful one…each one carrying a meaning, each one bringing tears.

"Sailor Moon, we can still help them…" Saturn started but a shrill scream escaped her mouth as two hands clasped her neck, choking her, pulling her back.

"Saturn!" Sailor Moon turned around to strike the attacker, only to find herself face to face with Mamoru. He looked gaunt, as if not fed for days. His skin was pale, the colour of lemons, and his eyes…they were the most horrible sight of all, they were dead. His lips curled into a thin smile, and he pulled Saturn into the shadows as Sailor Moon gaped at him.

"Oh little princess you cannot do anything. You are broken." Kyorikara snickered. Sailor Moon looked up at her.

"I swear…!" Sailor Moon spoke with determination, tears stains on her face, "I swear you will pay for this!"

"Oh I am scared…!" Kyorikara laughed but her attention was diverted as Jeriko voice in her mind reported that three figures were coming toward them.

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Sailor Moon felt weak, as if all the energy had been sucked out of her like a vacuum. She felt a void inside herself. Looking at her frozen friends gave her sudden chills herself, and she did not know how to go on but right then Mamoru appeared before her, only this time she was ready to strike him if she had to.

But for a second his eyes lit up, a pleading crossed his face, and one word was uttered from his thin lips…

"Usako…"

"Fool!" Kyorikara screamed, causing Sailor Moon to jump in shock. A beam of light shot from Kyorikara's hand and hit Mamoru. His eyes went wide, his features were shocked, and his hand was reaching. He was reaching for her, for Usagi, but Usagi was not there any longer for him. Sailor Moon watched as her former lover fell onto her feet, not breathing, not moving. And she felt pity, not remorse, but pity. Not a tear fell from her eyes for this man her eyes were dry. And she felt guilt. She felt guilt and pity pierce her heart and she felt so very alone.

"No, Usagi!" she heard a voice call her. Turning around she saw Seiya, and Yaten and Taiki, only Yaten was supporting the badly injured Taiki. Seiya had a gash across his forehead. Yaten's face was covered with cuts.

"No, No! Fools! Stop interfering! You're ruining it! No!" Just then a man appeared behind Yaten, hitting him in the back with electricity. Seiya looked away from Usagi in surprise and then everything went in slow motion.

A beam pierced Seiya's body, his eyes widened more in shock then in pain. He looked back at Usagi, his eyes locking with hers. And then he fell. Fell to the ground. There was a loud thud. Usagi heard an ear-piercing wail, and was surprised to know it came from her mouth. And then she found it, that little glowing light of hope inside her. A surge of energy like none other she had ever felt.

Her pigtails whipped around her body as she turned her tear stained face to Kyorikara.

"You…" she whispered. Kyorikara did not hear her, nor did she pay attention.

"You!" Sailor Moon yelled, "You…will…pay!" Kyorikara snapped her attention back to Sailor Moon as silver beams of light engulfed her form. For about 2 seconds Sailor Moon heard shouts and yells, of people in pain, and then she lost that glimmer of hope and she fell toward the ground…

I did it…I embraced the knife of ice…Incoherent thoughts filled her mind and then with a sickening thud she fell into oblivion.

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As Usagi opened her eyes, she found herself on the cold temple floor. Suddenly she remembered her friends. She tried to bolt up but that caused waves of pain to go through her entire body.

Groaning she righted her limbs and sat up straighter. Looking around she could make out figures on the ground. Then she hard her name being called. Turning around she saw Chibi-Usa.

"Usagi! You did it! But Mamoru! He's not moving! Do something!" tears were running down her small face, a mirror of almost Usagi's own face. Despite her pain Usagi struggled up to go with Chibi-Usa.

"Usagi! Chibi-Usa!" They turned to see Ami running toward them and an injured Makoto limping with the help of Minako and Rei.

"Guys…"Usagi whispered, falling to her knees. Ami rushed to her side.

"It's okay, everyone is okay, don't worry about it." Ami told her gently. Everyone ignored Chibi-Usa for the minute.

"Where is Setsuna and Hotaru? And Michiru and Haruka?" Usagi asked.

"We're here!" Hotaru said. She was struggling to support Michiru. While Setsuna was holding Haruka up on her feet.

"Oh…and Mamoru…?" Usagi looked at Chibi-Usa.

"He's here! Come!" Chibi-Usa tugged on her hand and Usagi limply followed. Then she saw a body, Mamoru's body. She remembered the beam and shuddered. Hotaru set Michiru onto Ami and rushed toward them. Looking down at Mamoru, she smiled.

"No worries, he is alive." She closed her eyes, scrunching her eyebrows together and a glow appeared at her. Usagi realized she was healing Mamoru. Trying to bring him to stable state. That probably meant he had been at the edge of death, but she had only said he was okay to calm Chibi-Usa down. The colour slowly returned to Mamoru's features and Hotaru let the healing stop, her breath rushing out and her face strained.

Usagi sighed, relieved. But then it hit her. Seiya, the beam, the thud…her yelling…light…and pain. Her heart constricted in pain again as she looked around frantically.

"What's wrong?" Minako asked.

"Seiya!" she gasped. Please be here, please be here! She ran to look around when she heard a voice.

"Wait!" she turned to look at Yaten and Taiki, carrying Seiya between them. Their eyes were bloodshot and their expressions dead.

No! She ran to them as they placed Seiya on the ground. She leaned over her love, running her fingers down his cheek.

"Seiya!" she yelled, "Wake up! Please wake up!" Everyone stared at her. Chibi-Usa was shocked.

"Tell me he's okay!" she begged Taiki and Yaten, "please tell me he's okay!"

"He's gone…" Yaten told her, softly, tears gleaming in his eyes.

"No!" her body shook in sobs as Yaten's word sunk in, "No! Please no! Seiya come back! Please come back!"

She heard the girls gasp. Yaten and Taiki pulled away from her. She saw that her hands on Seiya's shoulders were glowing and so was the rest of her body. But right then she didn't care.

"Seiya…" she whispered at first tears sliding down her cheek, then she screamed toward the sky, as if to call come force to help her.

"SEIYA!!" Her shrill voice rang toward everyone and for a second time that day she saw everything cover with light and then she lost consciousness.

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Minako watched Usagi's limp body on the hospital bed. There were IV on her arm. Next to her stood Rei. Ami was with Michiru and Haruka and Hotaru and Setsuna were with Makoto. Chibi-Usa was with Mamoru. Taiki and Yaten were with Seiya.

Before Usagi had gone unconcious, her body had glowed. And then a light had shot from Usagi's body to Seiya's. That's when Seiya had coughed and started to breathe again while Usagi had collapsed. It had been living hell for the girls, who at one point thought that Usagi had placed her life into Seiya.

But then Ami had realized that Usagi was still breathing. And things had calmed down. It had also been very hard to convince the hospital why there were so many injuries without having any sort of real injuries, like broken bones or such. Except for Makoto, everyone else seemed too weird to be actually been injured. But Chibi-Usa had used her magic to fool half the staff, including Ami's mother.

For now things were in control. Minako looked at Rei, who was obviously having the same thoughts. But they both knew it would be very hard to work things out between Usagi, Mamoru, and Seiya once they were all awake. Sighing, Minako looked back at Usagi frail body and kept her mind blank.

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Mamoru had woken with the sight if Chibi-Usa and Hotaru by him.

"Chibi-Usa!" he gasped, "How come…why are you here?"

"Mamo-chan…" She whispered quietly then ran and hugged him. Hugging her back, he gave Hotaru a confused look. She smiled weakly in return.

"There has been a lot going on, Mamoru-san." She told him. Chibi-Usa opened her mouth to speak, but Hotaru quieted her with a pull on her arm.

"What do you mean?" He frowned, "Where is Usagi? What happened to me? Why am I in the hospital?"

"You had been possesed by an enemy of future Usagi, Serenity. Chibi-Usa came back to warn us about her and to help us. Usagi was injured after the battle. She is okay now, but resting. You'll see her soon enough." She explained slowly.

"Oh god…" he slumped back against his pillow, "She must have gone through so much alone…and I wasn't there to help her."

"It doesn't matter!" Chibi-Usa blurted out before Hotaru could do anything, "She doesn't need you anymore! Oh Mamo-chan!" She collapsed, sobbing.

"What happened? What does she mean?" He asked Hotaru, wide eyed.

"I…I cannot explain this well…You must wait till Usagi comes and ask her about this." She explained hesitantly.

Mamoru just stared at Hotaru's solemn eyes and Chibi-Usa did not seem to contribute any more. He knew he had to wait for Usagi.

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Seiya groaned as he felt pain shooting through his body. He slowly opened his eyes to the blinding fluorescent lights. His memory was a big fuzz. He couldn't remember anything at the moment. Suddenly Taiki's face loomed on top of him.

"Welcome to the world of the living," he smiled. Seiya managed a weak smile, and looked around instantly for Yaten.

"He went to grab a bite," Taiki said, as if reading his mind.

"Oh…" suddenly his memory kicked in place, "And Usagi?"

"She's resting," Taiki told him gently. Just then Yaten walked in with a cup of coffee and big cookie.

"Oh good, he's awake," Yaten said as soon as he entered, "Bout time too. He'll have to face that Mamoru guy soon enough. Hotaru said he's awake too. Usagi should be up and about soon. Ami said that we can leave in a couple of days if we want."

"Oh," Seiya thought, his mind wandering. Mamoru was awake. That meant Usagi had to make a choice again. He closed his eyes as Yaten and Taiki talked about the girls. He wished he had died, because he was afraid she'd choose him again. Life was so unfair.

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A/N Gomen nasai…I keep saying just one more chap, but it keeps dragging on and on. I'll try to finish it soon. Sorry about the lame battle scene. I am a bit sick of these sorta battles. Please R/R.