Only you
By Moonlight Bunny
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters.
A/N: I know the last chapter was unexpected… gomen… ^_^;;; here's another chapter and I have to warn you that you might not like this chappie. Oh well, either you love or you hate it.
Chapter eight: Rei's premonitions
At the shrine
Rei was rocking back and forth while sleeping. She was dreaming, but the look on her face didn't seem like it was a good dream. Sweat beads fell down on her forehead as she was sleeping. Some words came out of her mouth. Mumbling quietly, she suddenly opened up her eyes and stared at the ceiling. After a few seconds she closed her eyes again and went back into dreaming.
Dream Sequence
Rei was walking through a long hallway. It was dark and narrow. Rei continued walking, but suddenly got a strange feeling of that someone was following after her. Turning around, she saw no one. She continued to walk, but then started to hear sounds of clicking from a pair of shoes.
"Who's there?"
"Show yourself!"
"I know someone's out there!" Rei yelled in the dark.
Turning back towards her destination, she mumbled,
"When I get my hands on you, whoever you are, I'm going to bang your head up to the ceiling, and rip you limb from limb. And then serve them as steaks."
As Rei was walking and muttering curses at the unknown person, she suddenly sees the hallway separate into two different ways. Rei didn't know which way to take, so she just took the left one. But then suddenly, a voice said,
"You're going the wrong way."
Rei turned around to see whom it was, but no one was there. Determined to find out who it was, she took the left side, but was once again stopped by a voice.
"You're still going the wrong way."
The voice was serene and melodious. It reminded her of someone she knew, but couldn't place a finger on whom.
"Who are you? Why should I listen to you, when you don't even show yourself?" Rei cried.
"You'll find out soon, if you listen to me." said the voice.
Rei without any choice took the other side, where the voice wanted her to go.
Walking through the dark corridor, she suddenly sees a light at the end of it. Running towards it, she felt lighter. It was like she was floating among the clouds instead of running through a hallway. There at the end, she saw a woman.
The woman was beautiful and looked majestic. She was walking elegant while her dress floated graciously. A pair of angelical wings grew on her back. Her hair looked like it was made out of gold, which shone in the light, flowed gracefully. Who was she? Was she an angel? Did Rei die in her sleep and then went on to heaven?
Rei couldn't see who it was, but she could guess that the person was smiling at her. Walking towards the person, she saw,
"U… Usagi? Usa-chan, is that you?"
"Rei-chan! So how was your vacation?" Usagi asked smiling.
"Vacation? What are you talking about, Usa-chan. And what's with the dress?" Rei asked, while looking at Usagi from top to toe.
Usagi was wearing a dress that reminded her of Neo-Queen Serenity's dress. But instead of those shimmering butterfly wings, she had real angelical wings. Around her neck hung a golden moon pendant, with a blue star in the middle of it. And her crown was kind of different too. It was more like a tiara made out of diamonds with a golden moon pendant in the middle and on top of it was a blue star.
"What's what with my dress? Are you feeling okay? "
"Huh? What?"
"Oh dear. Maybe you should rest. The trip must have exhausted you. I'll go tell them that you can't go with them to the park tod…" but Usagi was cut off of her sentence, when two little kids ran to Rei.
"Mommy!" a raven-haired girl shouted, while the blonde girl said,
"Aunt Rei! Aunt Rei! You're back! How was your visit on Mars?"
"Huh?" Rei was clueless on who these little girls were.
Both of them seemed to be six years old. They looked like night and day, just like she and Usagi. The girl, who called her "Mommy", had raven hair, which was flowing freely behind her back. She had brown eyes, while the other girl had her silvery blonde hair up into two pigtails and had dark blue eyes.
"Girls. Rei can't take you to the park today." Usagi said to the girls.
"Oh, mommy. Why not? Keiko-chan and I wanted to see all the flowers," asked the blonde girl.
"Because, small lady, aunt Rei is a little bit tired. Maybe we can all go tomorrow instead and look at the flowers?" suggested Usagi.
"Okay, mommy. Oh, I forgot daddy wanted to give you this." The blonde girl said, while taking out a red rose.
Usagi accepted the rose and said,
"Oh, what a beautiful rose. Can you say thank you to daddy for me?"
"Okay." The little girl smiled at Usagi.
"ChibiUsa-chan! C'mon now, maybe we can play with aunt Minako, aunt Makoto and aunt Ami." suggested Keiko.
As the girls ran, Rei could have sworn that the blonde girl's hair shone pink while the other girl's hair shone red. After the girls had gone, Rei turned to Usagi and said,
"Was… was that… Is that my daughter? And the other girl is ChibiUsa? Your… Your daughter?"
But before Usagi could answer to all Rei's questions, it suddenly got dimmed and Rei fell into a bottomless pit.
She was screaming for help, but no one could hear her. When Rei started to think that she was going to hit the bottom, she woke up. Sweat pearls were streaming down on her forehead, as she was breathing hard. She could feel her heart beat fast. Who was that girl that looked so much like Usagi. Was she ChibiUsa? But why was she all blonde? Weren't she supposed to be all pink? Who's the father then? And who was the other girl? Was it her future daughter?
Rei was so deep into her thoughts that she didn't notice that the sun rose. She has to find out if Usagi really loved Seiya. The thought of the future changing had scared her, but after seeing her dream she didn't feel as much scared now like she did yesterday. Rei went and took a shower before changing into her temple outfit. Outside was her grandfather training with Yuuichirou. Rei smiled and went to do her chores. Maybe she'll stop by Usagi's gallery later and see if Usagi's there. Then maybe she could ask her.
At the art gallery
Usagi was hanging up her paintings, when she saw a picture that wasn't meant to be there. She held it up and looked at it as she smiled sadly. The painting was of a woman stretching out her hand to the night sky. Reaching for a star that seemed so far away. It looked like she was trying really hard to reach it, by the look in her eyes. Determination, sorrow, love and fear showed all the same time. As she was trying hard to reach it chains were around her feet, her hands, all over her body. Winds were swirling around her.
Usagi put down the painting and wiped away a few tears. Weren't she already happy with Mamoru? Didn't she have a bright future? Why was she so unhappy? Or was she selfish? Thoughts ran through her mind. Questions that she needed answers but couldn't find.
"No, I'm only being selfish. Stop it Usagi-baka!" Usagi said to herself, putting down the painting.
As she continued to hang up more paintings she heard the door open. Turning around she saw Rei. Smiling at Rei, Usagi turned back to her painting.
"What? No hi, how are you?" Rei teased.
"Hi, how are you?" Usagi then replied.
"I'm fine, thank you. And you?"
"I'm fine."
"A lot to do?"
"Iie, this is the last one." Usagi said.
"Okay, need some help?"
"No thanks, I got it." Usagi answered as she was hanging the last painting.
"Usa-chan, want to eat lunch?"
"Sure, I'm a bit hungry. I didn't had the time to eat this morning because of the paintings." Usagi said as she went to get her bag.
As they walked out of the gallery, Rei sensed something and turned around. Usagi noticed that Rei was tensed and asked,
"Is everything okay?"
"Huh? Oh, yes everything's fine. I just… well, never mind." Rei said, trying not to worry Usagi.
Usagi frowned, but then let it go. The two women walked to Usagi's car and soon drove off. A few metres away stood the same shadowy figure that was hiding among the trees earlier at Usagi's house.
"Soon I'll get what should have been mine a long time ago."
Usagi and Rei drove off to the Crown. As they went inside they see Motoki talk to his sister Unazuki.
"Konnichiwa Motoki-kun o Unazuki-chan." Usagi and Rei greeted.
"Hi Usagi-chan, Rei-chan!" Unazuki smiled.
"Ogenki desu-ka?" Motoki asked.
"We're fine." Rei smiled.
"Do you want to order something?" Unazuki requested.
"Yes, I'll have a cheeseburger with fries and a diet coke. What do you want Usagi?"
"I think I'll have the same as you and a blueberry pie."
"Sure, I'll come with them later." Unazuki said as she trailed off.
Usagi smiled and then turned to Motoki. Motoki stared at her for a second and then smiled.
"By the way, Usagi-chan. Did Mamoru-san call you?"
"No, I haven't heard from him since he left."
"That's weird. He should have called you as soon as he arrived." Motoki frowned.
"Well, you all know Mamoru-san. Always busy." Rei said, forcing up a smile as she thought,
"He's busy alright. Busy screwing with that trash."
Minutes laterUsagi, Unazuki and Motoki were happily chatting about her upcoming event. Rei was sitting quietly thinking, when she suddenly sat up straight and looked at nothing. Motoki, Usagi and Unazuki noticed this and waved a hand in front of Rei's face. Rei started to breathe heavily, which scared her friends. Usagi shook her a couple of times before Rei woke up from her state. Rei shrugged and saw Usagi's terrified eyes and Unazuki's and Motoki's worried looks.
"What?"
"Rei-chan you were breathing hard a couple of seconds ago. What happened?" Motoki asked worried as Unazuki nodded her head.
"Ehm… nothing."
"Nothing? Are you sure? Are you okay?"
"Hai, Motoki-kun. Gomen-nasai if I scared you all to death."
"It's okay, you really got us worried. Do you want me to take you home?" Usagi requested.
Rei nodded and said,
"Okay, I think I'm a bit tired."
Usagi and Rei said goodbye to Motoki and Unazuki, reassuring them that they will be fine. Usagi helped Rei to the car and drove off. As Usagi was driving, Rei thought of what she had seen earlier. Did she just have another premonition? But compared to the dream she had a couple of hours ago, this was scaring.
Flashbacks
Rei was running through a thick fog.
"Help!" a voice cried out. It was full of fear and sorrow.
"Who are you? How can I help you?" Rei cried out as she turned around trying to see the person.
"Help me!" the voice cried, as it went further and further away.
"Wait!"
Rei was running, not caring to where she was running.
"Somebody, please!"
A scream was heard, then silence.
"NO! Wait!" Rei panicked as she ran faster to where she heard the scream.
As she neared the spot, she saw a woman hanging in the air. Chains were around her hands and arms. The woman seemed to be beaten up as if someone had tortured her. Rei couldn't see her face, so she went closer. As she went closer she noticed that the woman chest was bleeding. She also noticed that the woman had blonde hair. Pulling away a few hair strains, she saw the woman's face.
"U… Usagi?" Rei gasped.
Usagi's face was full of bruises and it looked like she has been crying because of the tearstains.
"Usa, no!!!" Rei cried as she tried to free her dear friend from the chains, but without any luck.
"Noooo…!!!" Rei screamed in agony as tears fell down her cheeks.
End of Flashbacks
"Kami-sama, please let not this one premonition go true." Rei prayed silent.
"Usa-chan, could you please drive to the park. There's something I have to ask."
"Sure, Rei." Usagi nodded.
At the park
"So what was it you wanted to ask me about?"
"Usagi-chan, please don't be mad, but I have to know."
"Okay…?"
"You love Seiya-kun, don't you?" Rei asked.
Usagi turned around, stunned over what Rei had said, she responded,
"What makes you think that?"
"Well, by the look in your eyes and plus that I've been knowing you for so long I can sense that you're trying to hide something. And right now, a million thoughts are disturbing you, am I right?"
Usagi looked down for a minute and sighed,
"Yes. Yes, I'm in love with Seiya. Please don't get angry at me, but I can't help it."
"Why should I be angry at you? It's your feelings not mine. I don't decide who you have feelings for, but I wished you could have told me sooner instead of hiding it. Than maybe I could have helped you instead of seeing you become more distant to us."
"I know, but I had to."
"For Chibi-Usa's sake, right?"
"Maybe I'm being selfish? I mean who wouldn't want this future."
"You don't. You feel trapped, don't you?"
"Yes, but I'm evil by thinking of not following the path that's meant for me." Usagi tried to hold back her tears.
"Usa, don't say that! You're not evil and you're definitely not selfish." Rei exclaimed.
"You're warm and kind and generous. Heck, it should be us who should be called selfish. We wanted you to stay with Mamoru-san, when we really knew that you didn't want to. And for what? Because we wanted to live in that future."
"Rei, it's not like I don't want to stay with Mamo-chan, but it seems like we've been drifting apart lately."
"You don't have any idea." Rei thought.
"Rei, what am I going to do? I feel being teared apart. Like being caught in the middle of nowhere. And either which way I choose, I only end up hurting the other one."
"Usa-chan, you should do what your heart tells you to do. God, we're not senshis of love for no reason." Rei smiled as she held Usagi's hands.
Suddenly it started to blow hard and out of nowhere two cats fell from the sky and onto Rei's and Usagi's head. Rei and Usagi, who didn't see that coming, fell backwards on each other. The cats jumped down from their head. One was white, while the other one was white and both had a moon on its forehead. Usagi recognized them as Artemis and Luna, smiled and said,
"Luna, back early? I thought you wouldn't be coming back from the future until next week?"
The black cat stepped forward, worries were shown all over her face as she replied,
"Usagi-chan, something happened!"
"What?!" Both Usagi and Rei sat up quickly.
"The future is falling apart!" Artemis started to tell.
"What do you mean falling apart?" Rei replied angrily.
"We don't know when it happened, but it was horrible. We saw the scouts' death, the Crystal Tokyo's downfall." Luna cried.
"King Endymion vanished and for Chibi-Usa, she started to fade away."
"The queen, Artemis and I were the only ones left."
"Darkness surrounded us, especially the queen. She fought hard against it, but then soon fell on her knees out of exhaustion." Artemis held his head down.
"She used her last strengths to send us back here, but before we got through the tunnel we saw the queen grasping for air before… before…" Luna cried.
"Before what? Luna? Artemis? Before what? What happened to Neo-Queen Serenity?" Rei asked annoyed.
"We saw a black fog surrounded the queen as she used the silver crystal and we saw her fall into oblivion. And after that we saw a bright light and then nothing."
"And before we knew it, we fell out of the sky and landing on your heads." Artemis ended.
The cats turned to Usagi, wanting to ask her of what had happened while they were gone. A few tears fell down as Usagi wiped them away. Shaking her head she stood up and said,
"It's me. I'm the cause of it."
"Usa-chan, don't say that. We don't know that yet." Rei said, trying to calm the blonde.
"No, it's me! I'm the one who's caused it and because of my actions, the future, the people, Chibi-Usa. All of them paid the price."
"Usagi-chan, please calm down. We'll sort things out." Artemis said.
"No. We can't sort this thing out. What's done is done and nothing we can do or say can erase the fact of that I caused the destruction. I'm… I'm sorry!"
And with that Usagi started to run away from them crying. Rei and the cats started to run after her. Usagi was too sad to notice that something was coming at her. Too late she noticed the car that was driving fast. Usagi barely had the chance to run out of the way before getting hit by it.
"USAGI!!!" they screamed.
Rei arrived first at the scene. She ran to her friend, falling down on her knees as she held the small woman tightly.
"Usagi, no you can't do this to me!!! You promised me that we will be together until the end, so don't you dare die. You hear that, Odango Atama? Seiya needs you. We need you. I need you." Rei cried.
Looking around and sniffing she saw a crowded people around them, wanting to see what had happened. Rei glared at them behind the tears, yelling,
"What are you all bakas standing there for? Can't you see she's hurt? Are you that stupid that you can't even call an ambulance?"
Looking back at Usagi, she whispered,
"Please don't go. There's so much you have to do. You have to finish your paintings for your big events party, and… and you have to kick Mamoru-baka's butt because you're going to get together with Seiya. Usagi, please don't leave me here. I don't know what to do without you."
Rei cried and held the younger woman tight to her chest, not wanting to let her go. Soon the ambulance came, taking Usagi to the hospital. Rei followed them, hiding the two cats in her basket.
"Please, let her make it through this." Rei prayed desperately as she watched the blue sky outside.
A/N: Love it? Hate it? I know, killing Usagi was a bit harsh. Sorry, but like I said on my last chapter. I have my reasons of doing it and I promise you that I'll make it all up to you guys… @__@
