The next day Ami was at the docks when somebody's hand was on her shoulder. She turned around to see Nephrite in his human form. Flaming red hair, a black shirt, and black pants. His icy blue eyes holding his love. She smiled then turned back around. Nephrite came aside her. She tried to hide tears, but couldn't for long. She wiped them from her face.

"Mercury, are you alright?" Nephrite turned her to face him and looked at her.

"I'm just happy you're alive. Even if you're under the control of Beryl" She smiled and sniffled. He smiled and kissed her. She closed her eyes and snaked her arms around his neck. He grabbed her waist and pulled her close. After a while their lips parted. Nephrite and Ami smiled as they held onto each other for a few seconds longer, smiling at each other. Nephrite's smiled faded as he yelled out in pain. Ami, frightened, let go of him. He fell to the ground. She rushed to his side.

"Nephrite! What's going on!" She worried. She had just got him back, and now, he was hurt. She felt tears. She fought back with all her strength. She had to be strong. She couldn't breakdown now.

"Beryl-sama…has figured out…I betrayed her…by…" He choked out. He was cut off by his coughing. Coughing...blood.

"By what? Answer me Nephrite, please! Keep talking to me. Please!" She begged. She was praying to God, Princess Serenity, her Queen, and to the planet Mercury that Nephrite would be ok in the end.

"By…loving a senshi." Ami gasped. He loved her. She gulped down a sob. Then, she realized what he was saying.

"Nephrite, no. You can't leave me. All alone. Don't you dare! I can't lose you. I love you too much. Please, keep talking to me. Please, stay alive. STAY ALIVE!" She grasped his hand in her trembling one as she could no longer fight. Her tears sprang from her eyes. Nephrite brought up his spare hand and brushed them away.

"Don't…Cry. It'll…be o.k. You'll move on. You'll forget about me. It'll be ok. Please, Don't Cry." He breathed heavy. Ami brought her body into her lap and started to comb through his hair. Her hand shaked, also shaking his. He took one more gulp before he said his last words to her.

"I…Love…You…Ami." He choked out until darkness overtook him and he closed his eyes, slipping into his eternal slumber. His hand slipped from her face and her hand, lifelessly.

Ami's eyes widened. She screamed out to her lover. "NOOOOO! Nephrite, come back! Please! Don't go! Please. I can't continue." Ami sobbed onto his body. "Please, come back." She picked up his limp body and cradled it to herself, sobbing, begging him to come back, but he never did.

Meanwhile, in an empty parking lot, a boy's head jolted up. He owned black orbs for eyes, brownish-black hair, and pale skin. He was wearing a black T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. He could hear a girl crying. He looked around, no one was there. A realization dawned him. He knew whom it was. His love. She wanted him. She had lost him, but she wouldn't accept it. She kept begging him to return to her. To kiss her. To hold her. To return to her and never leave her, for as long as the both of them lived. But how could he? She wouldn't recognize him, in the state he was now. But, what if she did. If she did, then they could be together. He was free of Beryl's grasp and he could live his life the way he wanted to live it. He stood to go find her. Only muttering a few words. "I shall fulfill my promise to you…Ami-chan." He walked off. He bumped into a black haired man. The man carried a box of supplies. They quarreled. He ended up working for him, never being able to actually finish what he set out for. But each and every day, he would promise himself he would.

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