Thank you so much for the lovely reviews ! I'm glad that it had such a positive reception, and I hope that you'll like the next, and final chapter. Yep, this is it, the last one. It was meant to be a short fic, and maybe, if school-work and reader interest allowing, I'll do a spin-off story.

Thank you once again for reading, and enjoy:

I'm Sorry

Epilogue

The rain poured down upon the Earth relentlessly, but for one person, it was non-existent.

Kou Seiya stared at the marble gravestone that marked the place where his beloved lay:

Tsukino, Usagi

1982-2002

Age:20

Underneath it read:

Our light of hope, the world will be forever dimmed without your beautiful presence. Taken from us by the cruel hands of Destiny, we hope you have found peace at last.

'...the cruel hands of Destiny...'

Seiya thought bitterly as he read the inscription.

'Destiny was cruel to us... I was so blinded by my love for you, that I never noticed how desperately you tried to tell me that you loved me, too. If only I'd known...you waited so long...gomen nasai...'

Tears now silently ran down Seiya's cheeks as he kneeled down in front of Usagi's grave. Gently, he kissed the ice-cold stone.

'Aishiteru, Usagi-chan...rest in peace.'

* * *

Yaten and Taiki glanced worriedly at the closed door to Seiya's room. The dark-haired Light hadn't left it since he came back from the cemetery.

"Do you think we should go in and talk to him ?" Taiki asked sadly.

Yaten shook his head.

"Iie, "He said softly, "Let him grieve. Usagi-chan's suicide must have hit him hard." He now leant back into the seat, a tired and forlorn expression on his face.

"I still can't believe Usagi-chan committed suicide. How can a person with such boundless joy and love for life end up killing themself ? It doesn't make sense !"

"No, it doesn't, " Taiki agreed, "but we didn't see Usagi-chan for the five years we spent on Kinmoku. However, if Usagi-chan truly loved Seiya as much as he loved her, then..."

The sentence was left unfinished as the two remaining Lights recalled the hundreds of times that Fighter had been rushed into the emergency ward of Kinmoku's Royal Hospital, the screams into the late of the night... the broken spirit they encountered every day.

* * *

Seiya read and re-read the final letter that Usagi had addressed to him before her death.

Seiya,

If you ever receive this letter, which means that you have returned to Earth, then know that I'm sorry.

I'm sorry Seiya for not loving you enough, for not being strong enough...brave enough, to let go of my Destiny. I'm sorry for the pain that I had put you through – that I will put you through, but I cannot wait anymore.

This life has no more meaning for me; I see nothing to hold on to, nothing to live for. My senshi love me, I know, but they also have a purpose in life: they love.

I know I am being selfish, wanting someone to love, to be only mine, but I cannot help it. I yearned for it, searched for it. I thought I had found what I have been looking for when I met Mamoru. Our love was that of a fairy-tale's – a love beyond time... but even fairy-tales had endings. Mamoru did not complete my happiness... but then, I found you. The moment I saw you in the airport, I fell in love with your face, the day you called me 'Odango', I fell in love with your voice, and the day you spoke to me, I feel in love with your soul.

My memories of the times we had together, they were cherished beyond all. Whenever the darkness came to claim me, I had those memories of you to hold it back. I waited, Seiya, and the darkness came again... and again. My memories started to fade, I had no strength left to fight, so before the darkness could claim me, I took the only way out.

I'm sorry, Seiya.

Usagi 

~*OWARI*~

And there you have it. Yes, it answers like no questions, it doesn't even focus on Seiya and Usagi's relationship, but this my story, which is supposed to be like a snippet in time, as to what could have happened if Usagi had returned Seiya' love: tragic, yep, but not everything in life can be peaches and cream.

Your lovely crazy, Seiya and Usagi supporting author,

 ~*~//chibichibi-neko\\~*~