Chapter 7
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out! . I have been swamped by homework. Gomennasai! .
"Why did you come! I could have handled it by myself!" Zarin shouted angrily. The pink haired woman to a small step back before gathering the nerve to speak.
"If I had not intervened you would have been killed! That is the last thing I want!" she shouted, her voice heavy with emotion.
"I would not have died! You treat me as if I was still a child, incapable of taking care of myself!" Zarin shouted back, unaware of the emotions plain in both her eyes and voice.
"Perhaps you are still a child, considering you are incapable of fulfilling the missions I have given you thus far," the mysterious figure growled menacingly as it appeared from the shadows.
"Forgive me," Zarin begged bowing low to the figure. The pink haired woman simply stared darkly at the figure, one hand clutching a lock of hair with white knuckles.
"Do not fear. I am not as foolish as my predecessors who got rid of anyone who made the slightest mistakes. However, you will no longer be in charge of destroying the sailor scouts. Instead you will return to your training," the figure stated.
"Thank you, you are most generous," Zarin said erecting himself. He shot the pink haired woman a loathsome glaring before stalking out of the room. The pink haired woman placed her left hand over her chest, staring after him with the look of a lost puppy.
"Momo!" the voice commanded and the woman whirled around to face him. "You will take over for Zarin, I trust that you will do a better job then he," with that the figure vanished as suddenly as it had appeared.
"What am I supposed to do now…" the woman, Momo, whispered softly, staring at the space the figure had been.
"No way are you telling her! We all know that your story is going to be totally biased!" Rei shouted angrily.
"As will yours, but as her mother I have more right to tell her then you, don't I?" Star Cosmos asked darkly. Rei opened and shut her mouth a few times before snapping it shut and glaring at Star Cosmos.
"I suppose the first reason things are so different is the fact that Mamoru and I are no longer together," Star Cosmos began.
"What?! You're no longer together? Why not?!" Chibi-Moon asked fearfully.
"It's difficult to explain…" Star Cosmos said. Suddenly, with Chibi-Moon's pleading eyes staring up at her, she couldn't bring herself to be blunt. She wanted to make it as gentle as possible, realizing that she was explaining why Chibi-Moon might soon no longer exist.
"Please, I want to know!" Chibi-Moon begged.
"I don't love Mamoru, and he doesn't love me. In the end it won't work," Star Cosmos explained. At least it was true… just not a whole lot of the truth.
"But why not! Mommy and Daddy back home are in love! Why aren't you in love here?" Chibi-Moon cried, tears starting to spill from her eyes.
"I… don't know, I'm not really sure…" Star Cosmos wondered what truly had gone wrong. Did King Endymion have that conversation in Chibi-Moon's time, did Neo-Queen Serenity hear it the way she had? Had she reacted the same way? Would she end up with Mamoru anyway? Star Cosmos hoped not, Seiya treated her far better then Mamoru ever had. She wanted only to spend the rest of her life with Seiya and her true friends.
"You two will get back together, though. Won't you?" Chibi-Moon begged.
"No, we will not," Star Cosmos said firmly before she had a chance to think. That would seal Chibi-Moon's fate. She, and her world would cease to exist because Serenity and Endymion would never be together.
"You… You… I hate you!" Chibi-Moon shouted before running off. Rei, Ami, and Minako ran after her, Rei pausing just long enough to give Star Cosmos a venomous glare.
"It had to be done," Star Uranus said placing a comforting hand on Star Cosmos's shoulder.
"I know, but that doesn't make it any easier. I wish I could have spared her, I may not love Mamoru, but she is my daughter and I do love her," Star Cosmos said. The three Star Sailor Scouts vanished just before the first civilians cautiously approached.
A/N : Sorry that was so short. I promise to make the next chapter longer as soon as I have more time to work on it.