Ami walked into Crown. It had been a week since the death of Nephrite. She looked up when his head sprang up with widened eyes. "You!" Ami backed away. She was frightened by his remark. Then she noticed him say something very quietly, but she heard it just fine. Thought she didn't want to. "Mercury" he had said.

Ami backed away. How did he know I was Sailor mercury, unless, impossible. She thought, but shook it away. Nephrite is dead. I saw it with my eyes. He died in my own arms! But, he reminds of him. So many times. He owns my heart, just like Nephrite did.

Ami turned around and ran. "Wait!" the boy called. The boy was indeed Nephrite. He had been killed by Beryl's power when she found him with Ami, confessing his feelings to her with a kiss, and then dying in her fragile arms. But he was reincarnated as a human. He thought she would have remembered him, but she never did. This wasn't his old human form she saw before, this body was different. Instead of his red hair, it as black. His ice eyes had morphed into black orbs. Nephrite considered to run after Ami, but didn't. He had been in Tokyo for only a few days and didn't know the city very well. But Ami had lived here her whole life, so she did. He hung his head, but an idea popped in and decided his mind was a good place to live. He couldn't believe what he was about to do. "Motoki."

He called for the turtle-boy that had given him a job at Crown. "Yeah, Nefurin?" Motoki was sorting through some accessories for Crown.

"Can I borrow a map? And leave early today?" Nephrite thought he sounded like a little kid.

"Sure. Maps are over there." Motoki pointed to a cabinet behind the counter. Nephrite opened it, grabbed a map of Tokyo, and left.

When he was outside, he opened the map and tried to look for a place Ami would go. "Knowing her," he thought, "she'll probably go someplace quiet. I'll check the libraries" He closed the map and ran for a library near the edge of town. After he had checked every single library and Ami wasn't there, he almost gave up. But then he thought of a place nobody had gone to for a long time. He ran. When he reached his destination, there was Ami, kneeling on the ground, a few feet away from him.

Now I've found her. He thought But what do I do? Should I go up to her or just stand here till she notices me. He started to walk a few inches toward Ami then stopped.

Ami was in this field because this is where the war of Beryl for Mamoru/Endymion was fought. Nephrite, as a Shitenno, had died in that specific spot. Ami remembered how her heart was torn when he stabbed himself and dropped lifelessly to the ground.

Nephrite walked toward the girl without hesitation, but stopped a few centimeters away from her and kneeled down. He tried not to disturb Ami, or she might have run away again. Nephrite noticed that Ami was slightly crying. He could see a tear drop from her face. He put his hand gently on her shoulder. Ami was scared by the feel of a hand on her shoulder and quickly turned around to see Nephrite. She stood up and backed away. Nephrite got up as well, but didn't move. Neither did Ami. They just stood facing each other. The wind rustled. Neither one talked.

Then Nephrite started to move closer. Ami didn't move away. "How?" she wondered how Nephrite got onto earth.

"I don't know" Nephrite answered. He didn't know at all how he wound up on Earth. He just knew it had happened for a reason. The silence came back. Nephrite again moved closer.

He was in front of Ami. He tried to wipe the water her tears left behind, but Ami moved his hand away from her face before he could touch it.

Ami turned away and tried to run, but Nephrite caught her arm in a tight grip. "Let me go! Please!" She yelled.

"I just want to talk to you." Ami turned back to her old love. How could she talk to him and just forget about his death. Forget about the hurt he had put her though when he gave up his life, leaving her all alone in the world. Forget about him letting go of his promise? She had loved him, only him. He had loved her, than left her in a breath. She hadn't been able to forget about him and move on. She had become less social, not talking to her friends, not returning outside after school, letting her grades slip. But neither had she accepted the fact that he was absolutely gone. She should be jumping for joy now. But her heart wouldn't let her. But her brain had decided to let him explain to her everything. She relaxed her arm and Nephrite let go. They sat down as Nephrite told is tale of his quest to fulfill his promise and return to his love.

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