REAWAKENING
Book One of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon CosmicStars
by Nashie (aka ShadowSamurai)
December 1999 - April 2000
Revised - Summer/Fall 2002
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and her friends belong to Naoko Takeuchi. The author takes no credit for any of the original storyline. However, all the new characters belong to me and I'd appreciate it if you didn't take any without requesting permission.
Episode 218: A time of farewell exchanged. The start of a new era
The inner girls gathered silently at a park. It had been unbelievably hard to tell the guardian cats about the final battle. Chibiusa had sunk into a state of depression and had shut herself up in her room for an entire week. The decision was made that she should return to the future.
"Well, Chibiusa," Usagi whispered, staring at the pink-haired girl. She was wearing her bunny backpack and her blue school uniform. Luna-P floated above her while Diana sat on her head. She took the little girl into her arms. "I guess this is good-bye." Chibiusa nodded her head.
"I might come back someday," Chibiusa whispered, hugging Usagi tightly. "But I miss home. And I miss some other things too." The inner soldiers didn't bother to ask what things she meant. They knew.
"Keep up with your studies," Ami said, trying to sound cheerful. "A good soldier is really smart." Chibiusa smiled shyly.
"And you watch for your horoscope," Rei added. She smiled. "You could get some good luck." Chibiusa shrugged.
"You never know," she replied. She turned to Mako and Minako for their farewells.
"Next time, come stay at my house," Mako said. "We'll have to eat something real nice that day, okay?" Chibiusa nodded.
"Say hello to your Mom and Dad, 'kay?" Minako added, tossing her blonde hair dramatically.
"Of course," Chibiusa answered. Then there was silence as the little princess walked up to Hogoshi. The two girls stared at each other for awhile. Chibiusa glowered at Hogoshi. "I can NEVER forgive you for what you did. But I hope that you can at least protect my mom and her friends."
"Chibiusa!" Usagi snapped. Chibiusa didn't even give her future mother attention.
"I'll always HATE you," Chibiusa continued, her voice growing louder. "I will NEVER EVER forgive you, no matter what." Hogoshi stared at the tiny girl. When she had first met her, this little girl seemed like a little girl. Now, she had seemed to mature faster than she had ever seen anyone mature before. Hogoshi wanted Chibiusa to forgive her, but she knew…she knew that what she had done was unforgivable.
Chibiusa raised the time key in the air. Tears threatened to flow down her cheeks. Grasping the time key firmly, she closed her eyes. "Moon crystal key! Take me back the future! Guardian of time, father Chronos! Open the Cherry Way to guide me safely back to the future." The clouds split open, revealing a beam of pink light. Chibiusa turned back to her friends before stepping into the beam of light.
"Good-bye you guys," Chibiusa whispered. "Maybe I'll see you again someday."
"Bye," Diana added. The tiny kitten sat perched uncomfortably on Chibiusa's head. Chibiusa walked back into the beam of light and disappeared. The beam flickered out.
"Good-bye Chibiusa-chan," Usagi whispered. It was coming down on her now. The outer soldiers had left her a week ago and now Chibiusa and Diana were leaving too? Fighting tears, she looked up at the sky.
"We will see each other again someday," Usagi thought, feeling her friends' presence at her side. Intertwining with destiny and fate was a terrible game. It usually ended with death. And there had been death. Destiny costs them terribly this time. Usagi was determined never to let it happen again.
The past is the past and you can only look forward to the future. Even if life seems shattered beyond repair, take a deep breath and start over again. Usagi looked up at the stars, thinking about the outer soldiers. Tears pinched at her eyes so much that they cascaded over onto her cheeks. They had saved her in so many ways tremendously.
"I'll keep my promise," Usagi said, her voice seemingly mystical as the crescent moon appeared on the horizon. "Just like you kept yours."
The night spread through the city like an eagle on flight. Stars glittered in the velvet black sky. There was always hope for a beginning even if there was an end.
End Reawakening
THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S NOTES: So, how did you like it? I know the ending was somewhat corny, but it needed to be sad and that was the closest I was getting. I know it was really depressing the outer soldiers died, but that's life. There is always tragedy in life. You see it around you every day.
Anyway, this story took me a couple of months to write, but stay in tuned for part 2: "Elements for Eternity". Some very familiar characters show up. The inner soldiers show up a whole lot more in this story. There are many secrets yet to be revealed in that part. But as they say…that's a whole 'nother story…
Author's Notes: Finally. Reawakening is completely done. Forever. (Well, maybe not forever – there are these little things called REWRITES). But I don't plan on doing anything of the sort for awhile. It might be this summer, it might be a few years from now. But as far as I'm concerned, I don't have to worry about the Reawakening arc anymore. A little over four years from when I started it, and I'm DONE. Done, done, done, done! You know how good it is to say that?
I want to thank those who reviewed my story – you guys are troopers! Troopers, troopers, troopers! I promise you, "The Second Mobius" is going to be a lot deeper than this, with more three-dimensional characters, and the revealing of the ultimate plot for CosmicStars. So hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen, 'cause HERE WE GO!