Inner Strength
Chapter 7
By: Siren

Authors notes- Not much to say... enjoy the story, and remember to review. Also, I will try to work more on this story than my others. That should make the chapters come out sooner.
Disclaimer-Not mine, but you all know that, don't you?

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I walked through the gray place, looking around me. I wasn't quite sure what it was that I was looking for, but I felt that there had to be someone, or something out there. I never looked when I was with Heero, but then again, I had all I could ever want right there.

Now I had nothing, and I didn't even have the one thing that I had always longed for. I was sure that I would obtain peace with the thrust of the knife, but something went wrong. Now I had to find a way to fix the terrible mistake that had cursed me to forever only being able to dwell on the pain of my life.

I don't know how long I walked, searching. It could have been hours, or days, or even years. There was no way that I could tell time, but it felt like forever.

I was startled out of my trance by the sound of a voice. It was a young voice, yet old at the same time. It sounded like the person who owned the voice had all the knowledge in the world, yet at the same time had already accepted that he knew nothing. Some may wonder how I read all of these things in a few words, yet it seemed so obvious.

" It's so good to finally meet you, Usagi..." The mysterious voice said.

My head shot up, and I got my first good look at him. He had short gold hair, and dark blue eyes. He didn't look like he was any certain type of race, but more likehe was one all of his own. A mizture of every race around the world. For some reason though, I got the impression that they were part of him, not him part of them.

He had a kind face, and very knowing eyes. There a open kindness in his eyes, yet beneath that, there was a hard look, showing that he can be stern in need be.

"Who-who are you?" I barely manage to stutter out the words through the overwhelming feeling of fear, and awe I felt because of his mere presence.

"My name is kanshisha, and I am the guardian of this place you find yourself in. As to how I know who you are? How could I not know after all of the time you've spent with your friend Heero here?"

"All-right Mr. Know-It-All. I only have one question for you. HOW can you possibly be the guardian of my head? You claim that you are the guardian of this place, but this isn't a place. It's just a world that I've made up in my head. It isn't real! I know only that my subconsious mind has made this place up for me to protect me from the pain, and now I'm trapped here, and you somehow found your way into MY world."

"Usa, usa." He spoke in a almost fatherly voice. "How can you possibly believe that this is your own made up world? I know that deep down, in your heart and soul, that you know that this place is more real than the real world, that you normally inhabit.The boundries that the world has placed over your mind, simply won't allow you to believe in it. Even after all you've been through, my dear Princess Serenity, you have problems in believing in unexplained events. Even after all the magic you've witnessed, and in time come to accept, you still need ot find a explination of your world to explain mine."

I gasped when I heard him mention Princess Serenity. I never told Heero about my double life, so how could he know? There was more to him than met the eye...

Then the full ramificatins of what he said hit me like a sledgehammer.

I stared at him in shock for a moment. He was smiling at my shock, obviously enjoying this. "Could this place possibly be real? And if it IS real, would that make Heero real too?"

I noticed in shock (AN: she is easilly shocked, ne?) as kanshisha started fading away. The whole place was fading away! I tried in vain to reach out to the smiling face as he started disappearing from my view. I look down at myself, and see that I am covered in blood! Then, there is only darkness..........

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I know, this chapter REALLY sucked, but atleast it's out! I also know it's short, but I have so many idea's for this story, I just don't know how to put it into words...I'll REALLY try to get the next chapter out soon though.

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