I promised this one to be longer so enjoy. Again I own none of the Sailor Moon cast.

Chapter 5

Makoto pulled her car into the cemetery. Fifty years ago she had sat in the back of Mamoru's car to come to this place. At the time she couldn't understand what was happening. Her mind had refused to work, trying to protect her from the pain, but reality wouldn't let her escape.

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Usagi was in the front seat crying, Rei was leaning over the seat trying to calm her princess because Mamoru was driving and couldn't give her the attention she needed. Makoto watched them puzzled because she couldn't understand why Usagi was crying. The only time she had seen her like this was when Mamoru had broken up with her, but he sat in the car, taking them somewhere. Makoto just realized she didn't know where they were going.

Mamoru finally stopped the car. Makoto looked out the window and saw nothing but vertical tombstones. Makoto exited the car looking around. Where were they? Makoto turned to ask Rei why they were here when she noticed the crowd of people hovered not to far away and saw that Rei and Mamoru were both helping Usagi up to the crowd. Rei looked over her shoulder with red eyes and beckoned Makoto to hurry. Makoto took large steps to meet up with her friends. The people standing around moved for Usagi and her entourage. Mamoru sat her down next to Ami's mother who was also crying. She stopped to look at Usagi. Both stopped crying for a moment and then embraced to cry into each others arms.

Makoto tilted her head to watch them. This was indeed odd.

Makoto looked around. If Mizuno-sama was here Ami should also be. Where was Ami? Makoto turned to see a distraught Michiru being carried toward them in Haruka's arms. Behind them Minako walked tall and solemn, but her eyes betrayed her, she had been crying. Of course, behind her Setsuna appeared as she always did, distant.

Makoto saw the monk come through the chairs and heard him start a chant. Makoto was still very puzzled. Why were they at a funeral? Makoto looked at the name on the vertical stone. However as hard as she stared at the words it was like she couldn't read them. Her mind just refused to understand. The just when Makoto was going to give up, it was like a door had been open and she could see the name on the stone.

"Mizuno Ami." Makoto said. She blinked a few times and walked to the stone. Mamoru reached his hand out to stop her but she stepped past him. Makoto touched the stone and traced the name with her fingers. Ami was dead.

"Oh my God." Makoto whispered.

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She started to run then. She ran from everything, everyone. She ran right into the hands of the Devil to escape the pain, but it still followed her in dreams. Always chasing her. She left everything she knew to escape the death of the woman she had loved.

Now here she was again. Makoto found herself at Ami's stone. Lost among all the others. Just another dead among the masses. Makoto sank to her knees in front of the stone.

"Oh Ami." Makoto put her head in her hands. The day that Ami had died haunted her dreams. It had been such a good day that had ended so badly.

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Makoto knocked on the door of Ami's bedroom. Makoto had been given a key to the apartment because of the amount of time she spent at the house. Mizuno-sama thought that Makoto should have a key. Of course, Mizuno-sama was blind to the feelings that Makoto had for her daughter.

Makoto heard Ami shuffling in her bedroom and waited for the door to open. Ami opened the door and looked perplexed at Makoto's presence.

"What are you doing here Makoto?" Ami asked as she let Makoto into her bedroom. Makoto walked over to Ami's bed and sat down. She looked down at her lap. Makoto had come over to confess her love to Ami, she had finally gathered enough courage to say the words, now she just had to follow through with the plan.

Makoto cleared her throat and looked up at Ami. Ami was watching her, her eyes steady upon Makoto. Makoto lost herself in her eyes for a moment, drowning in those blue eyes. Makoto shook her head and tried to start again.

"Ami, I came over today because I have something I need to tell you." Makoto gulped and stood. She walked up to Ami who was still watching her. Makoto reached out and put her hands on Ami's arms. She took another deep breath. "Come on Kino you can do this." She told her self. "Ami, I'm in love with you. I have been for a long time now and I needed to tell you." Makoto stood there waiting for Ami to reply.

"Oh Makoto." Ami replied with a sigh. "I have loved you for so long too. I was just too scared to ever tell you." Ami put her arms around Makoto and hugged her, Makoto hugged her in return. They remained like that for a few minutes when suddenly Makoto's communicator came to life. Makoto let go of Ami and looked at her watch, it was Rei.

"There's a youma near the school we need you to get here. Find Ami and bring her."

"She's here with me. We'll be there soon." Makoto looked down at Ami. "We'll talk about this more later." Makoto said. Ami just nodded her head.

Makoto never remembered transforming or even how she came to the location of the youma. Like many that they had been battling as of late, it was a straggler after the fight with Galaxia. Another hideous creature doing the only thing it knew how to do. Find energy and fight, and eventually die at the hands of the senshi.

Makoto was in a bit of a daze, understandably. She wanted this battle to be over with as quickly as possible to give her more time to talk to Ami.

Ami was typing away at her small computer trying to find its weakness, but she wasn't fast enough to be any help to the girls right now.

Rei was trying to use a ward on the monster when Ami yelled that she had something. A large burst of blue fire from the monster flew toward Ami. Makoto was too far away. She could only watch as the monster killed her love. The fire hit Ami and threw her against a wall leaving a dent in the bricks. Rei, Usagi and Minako all had run to Ami's side trying to put out the flames that ignited Ami's clothing.

Something inside Makoto snapped. That power with her element flowed to the surface of her skin. She could feel the rush of the hot electricity boil in her blood. She could feel the earth below her and the air around her like never before.

She screamed and with her mind searched for something. She didn't know what at first, but then she found it. Hiding behind a mountain a small rain storm. Makoto's mind pulled at the dark clouds, forcing them to obey her. She commanded the cloud to grow, to become stronger, as it flew to her location.

The air around them became violent. The sudden chaos started the youma as well as the other senshi. Makoto raised her hands to the sky. She knew somehow that this gesture wasn't needed, but she wanted to feel the full force of the storm as it flowed through her. Makoto's eye her black as she looked for the youma that had killed her love. Her fearsome sight spotting finally the grotesque monster.

"I call upon the Earth herself to strike revenge upon the murderer of her guardian." Makoto reached into the thunder storm that surrounded them and tore open the clouds bringing down the rain. "I call upon forces of light to destroy the darkness!" Makoto screamed above the raging wind. Her hair was soaked and wrapping around her face.

The other senshi covered Ami's body with their own, all too afraid to approach the angered Makoto.

"YOU DIE NOW!" Makoto's words were echoed by a thunder clamp. A lightning bolt struck Makoto, she absorbed the energy of the blast and pointed her hands at the youma. The lighting traveled through the air from her out stretched hands and struck it. The screams from the burning youma were whispers compared to the screams of the heartbroken Makoto.

Suddenly the lightning stopped, the rain no longer fell, and the wind quieted. Makoto was panting as her eyes returned to their own color. The burnt youma felt to the ground, dead.

Makoto dropped to her knees and she passed out as the other senshi ran to her.

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Makoto's mind had refused to function correctly after that. She had refused to accept Ami's death until she had seen the grave, and even then she had run from the pain. Makoto was no longer whole, she had died that day.

In her piteous state Makoto had not heard the entrance of another person. But the sound of an ever familiar clink upon stone steps brought Makoto back to reality. Without lifting her head she knew who it was.

"Hello Pluto."

Well I think I'll stop there and make the next part for chapter 6. I'm glad you'll are enjoying this. Please review.