Author's Note: I should probably explain something before people get too confused. For the sake of my story, Usagi, Sailor Moon, and Princess Serenity are all separate entities. The power of the Silver Crystal in my story allowed them all to generate in one body. Corny, you may think, but the people outside of the sailor senshi are people, too, dangit! Seiya and Fighter are two separate entities in this story, and so are Usagi and Serenity. Just to clarify. I know it sounds sort of ridiculous, but it's my story . . .lol And I'll do with it what I want!
Sailor Star Fighter felt her body go limp as her power supply started to dwindle. She barely noticed as she floated to the floor, her grip still tightly on Usagi. Her grip lessened when the two were softly laid on the ground by the red light. Fighter fell back to the ground, eyes rolling back into her head.
Usagi's head rose from its resting place on Sailor Star Fighter's shoulder, and her eyes fluttered open. Her legs were straddling Sailor Star Fighter's body, and her hands gently placed on the senshi of the star's shoulders.
"Fighter?" Usagi's brain slowly clicked with recognition. She felt better than she had; she looked at her own hands, and realized they were more physical now . . .
Usagi gasped and shook Sailor Star Fighter. "Fighter . . .you?"
Fighter opened her eyes slowly and let a weak smile run across her face. "Seiya . . . he wanted to save you no matter the cost. Seiya . . ." Fighter gasped in pain and started to cough.
"No! Fighter, I…this was my decision, it shouldn't affect you or Seiya because of my mistakes!"
"Too late, Odango," Fighter smiled weakly again, her power fading, and transforming back into Seiya.
Usagi felt angry, sad, confused, all at the same time. What had she done to Fighter? Why had she been so selfish?
"Seiya, you big baka!" She shook his shoulders. "I didn't ask for this . . .I . . "
"What's done is done, Odango. Take . . . this chance to figure out what you must do. I've helped you all I can . . .I've bought you extra time in this form, and that is all I can do . . ." Seiya's voice started growing soft, and his head fell backwards, eyes rolling back into his head, going unconscious.
Usagi leaned down onto Seiya, sobbing quietly. "I didn't ask for this sacrifice from you! I didn't want it!" She gripped the material of his shirt tightly with her hands, so engrossed was she in her own feelings and the lacking in Seiya's spirit, that she didn't even feel the power fluctuation as Endymion, Uranus, and Mercury transported into the room.
As the three stood in the room, their energies retreating, they stood in shock of the sight before them.
Sailor Uranus felt the hair on the back of her neck rise. "Koneko?" She asked.
Usagi's head turned to them, and her face registered with shock.
"Usagi-chan?" Sailor Mercury asked, unsure of what was happening.
Usagi slowly got to her feet, body shuddering. She had not expected this at all . . .but with Serenity out of commission . . .
"Do you feel the shift in energies?" Sailor Star Maker shouted to Sailor Star Healer.
Sailor Star Healer nodded, feeling her adrenaline surge. "Intruders. They will not be tolerated."
"Usako . . ." Prince Endymion was confused. "I don't understand, what is going on?"
"He did this, didn't he?" Sailor Uranus strode over to Seiya, and pulled him up by his shirt.
"Uranus, don't do that!" Usagi exclaimed, tugging on Uranus' arm.
Endymion grabbed Usagi and pulled her away.
"I don't understand what is going on, but you're coming back with us, and we're going to sort this all out . . ."
"No, Endymion, you're hurting me!" Usagi exclaimed, struggling.
Suddenly the door to the Throne Room burst open, and Sailor Healer appeared in the doorway.
"STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!" She yelled, throwing her attack into the air.
Prince Endymion dodged the attack, pulling Usagi to the side, and Sailor Uranus dropped Seiya to avoid the attack, pulling out her space sword, ready to fight.
"Intruders!" Sailor Star Healer yelled, walking into the Throne Room, not recognizing the senshi of the Earth. "Next time you won't be so lucky!"
"Healer!" Mercury shouted. "It's us, from Earth!"
But Sailor Star Healer couldn't hear them, she was so upset, she was in a void of anger, this time she wasn't going to let her planet be destroyed . . .
"STAR . . .SENSITIVE . . ." She charged up, as Seiya slowly opened his eyes, coming back to consciousness.
"Yaten!" Usagi screamed, as she broke away from Prince Endymion.
"Koneko!" Sailor Uranus yelled as she reached after Usagi.
"INFERNO!" Sailor Star Healer put all of her energy into the attack and blasted the 'enemies' as hard as she could, aiming straight for Usagi.
"YATEN-KUN!" Usagi shouted with all of her might as she felt the attack buzz closer and closer to her.
Usagi closed her eyes and braced for the attack, hoping that at least death would release her from her horrible fate.
Sailor Mercury had charged up her energy, and even though it was mostly in vain, she ran to push Usagi out of the way. "AQUA RHAPSODY!"
The attack met with Healer's in the air, slightly lessened the power, and then Sailor Mercury took the brunt of the attack, falling to her knees. "We're not your enemies, Healer." She stammered, and Sailor Star Maker rushed into the room.
Sailor Star Healer's heart dropped into her stomach.
"You attack your friends and allies?" Sailor Uranus shouted, angry.
Sailor Star Maker placed a gentle hand onto Healer's shoulder.
"We are only responsible for protecting our planet. Attack first and ask questions later is a method that we should have employed while Galaxia was attacking us. And if you are meaning to visit another planet, there are certain channels you must go through . . ."
"Damn your channels!" Sailor Uranus shouted. "You attacked us, it was unprovoked. You sit aside while our planet is in grave danger, while you attack our friend, while you allow the Silver Crystal to come to your planet!"
"The silver crystal?" Sailor Star Maker and Sailor Star Healer had just noticed Usagi's presence.
"How is that even possible?" Sailor Star Healer asked.
"It shouldn't be." Sailor Mercury stood, flinching.
"Mercury!" Sailor Uranus rushed to Mercury's side, helping her up.
"This is unforgivable. Allowing the Silver Crystal to come into your planet, with or without your knowledge is unacceptable!" Sailor Uranus raised her space sword, ready to fight.
"Stop it, Uranus!" Usagi shouted.
The group all turned their eyes to her. "This is not their fault; it is not Seiya's fault. It is mine and mine alone."
Princess Kakyuu arrived, standing in the doorway, watching quietly.
"I understood the risks, and I understood the great sacrifice that I was asking Serenity to perform, I asked her and she allowed it."
"You're killing her." Endymion whispered, tears in his eyes. "Can you be that selfish, Usagi? You want to ruin Serenity because you can't get over some little fling?"
"How dare you!" Usagi yelled, for the first time, losing her temper. She paused, panted for a moment, and steeled herself.
Seiya sat up, slowly, energy mostly still gone. "None of you understand, and I'm not going to ask you to try." Everyone's attention went to him. "This is not something that I can explain with words, it is only something that I knew had to happen." Seiya grinned, despite feeling dizzy. "All is not what it seems, ne Endymion? Trouble in paradise?"
"Seiya!" Sailor Star Maker gasped.
Prince Endymion walked over to Seiya and tugged him to a standing position. "You don't know anything about her." He glared. "You think that you can just come in and take her away from me? Well, you're wrong. I know that you're behind this. You probably want our Kingdom to fall, you'd probably be glad if we all perished."
"No," Seiya gritted his teeth. "You never appreciated what you had. Usagi left you because you hurt her in ways that you can't even begin to fathom. You don't deserve her."
Endymion lifted his hand to smack Seiya, and Usagi grabbed it, and pulled it back down.
"No, Endymion, he is right."
Suddenly, the group felt a large tug at their consciousnesses.
"Serenity is dying." Sailor Mercury whispered.
Sailor Uranus walked to Usagi and grabbed her arm. "Usagi, playtime is over, we are returning to Earth right now to hand the crystal back to Serenity."
"No!" Usagi shook her head. "He almost died to give me more time!"
"This is not something we're discussing. I'm not going to let you kill her. You need to come back with us," Sailor Uranus added, calmly. "You need to give Serenity back the crystal . . ."
Usagi pulled her arm away from Sailor Uranus, forcefully. "All my life people have told me what I have to do." She shook with anger. "They have told me I had to be Sailor Moon, I had to save the universe, I had to watch my friends die, I had to marry Mamoru . . ." She scowled. "And now look what's happened! For one time in my life, I know exactly what I want to do, and now I can't!"
"Your destiny . . ." Endymion started.
"I've had enough with destiny!" Usagi shouted, "And I'm sick of it." With this, the moon symbol on her face started to glow bright red. "And if I can't live with the love of my life, then Serenity's not getting this crystal back!"
"Usagi-chan!" Sailor Mercury tried to run to her friend, but felt her legs glued in place.
"My destiny . . ." A bright light started to fill the room. "Is what I make it!"
Suddenly the room grew hot, and the blinding red and white light poured from Usagi's body.
Then, as the light died down, the senshi opened their eyes, and both Seiya and Usagi were gone from the room.
Author's Note: Yes, I know it has been a year since I updated. I apologize. Actually, what really happened is that I wrote the ending and then hated it, and left it completed for a long while. I didn't want this to turn out like Sealed With A Kiss where I was ashamed of and hated the ending.
And yes, every time someone reviews, I still get the review. I have received several reviews as of late to update and some Private Messages as well. It wasn't nice of me to leave the story like this. I'll try to add more and get another chapter out soon…as soon as I figure out what is happening next, that is. Thank you for your encouragement and reviews. They do not go unnoticed. And I apologize to you, personally. I should not have made you wait. Thank you for reading, I'll be working hard.