My Life the Lie Chapter 5: Heero's Shot Heard Around the World
A/N: In this fic I will be using both english and japanese attacks. The reason, I just prefer some of their names in the english version.
Lita quickly ran back to Heero and gave him a kiss. She slid something into his hand and whispered, "Just in case something happens to me, I know you will find me." Mina looked at Duo, "We don't really want to go but somehow it just feels right, like we know them...like we're best friends."
The week went by quickly. The G-boys were getting worried now. It had been a week and a half since they had seen Mina, Lita, or the other two girls. Meanwhile the girls were slowly forgetting about the Gundam pilots and were regaining their memories of Tokyo. Makoto however had dreams of a guy. This guy seemed familiar, but she couldn't think of a name for him. Finally the day came. Ami, Rei, Mamoru, Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna sat in the room.
"Minako, Makoto, will you come back home to Tokyo, or will you stay here?" Setsuna asked the two girls.
"Princess Serenity needs her senshi to protect her. I'm going with you," Minako answered. "Usagi must miss us since we've been gone so long. It will be good to see her." Makoto was going to go too.
Ami still wanted to gather more information so they decided to stay a few more days. Rei noticed they were running low on food and got Mamoru to go to the corner store. Chibi-Usa and Hotaru were at the local school while they were here. Before they had left that morning they had asked Makoto to make her sweet Strawberry Shortcake. Makoto looked in the fridge and noticed they were running out of strawberries.
"I have to catch up with Mamoru. He needs to get some strawberries for the shortcake." Makoto left the room with Rei coming along for the trip. Heero had learned about the sailor senshi during the past week and a half from his computer. He knew what he had to do to keep his girlfriend here in after a.c. 195. He slowly walked the streets getting some fresh air when he saw a brunette race past him. Rei was trying to keep up.
"Lita?"
Rei turned around sharply when she heard the voice. 'Heero,' Rei thought to herself. She wanted to stop and keep him away but she had to keep up with Mako. Heero turned around and followed Makoto at a quickened pace. His eyes sharpened when he saw Makoto come out of the corner store with Mamoru.
"Tuxedo Kamen...I don't like you." Heero saw Mamoru look at him intently.
"Do I know you?" Mamoru was suspicious of this newcomer. Mako walked up close to him.
"I think I know you. I see your face in every one of my dreams. However, I do not know who you are." Makoto looked around for Rei. Rei had taken a wrong turn and wasn't with them.
"Li...Makoto, It's me Heero. Heero Yuy. I'm a friend of your brother, Trowa Barton." Heero felt a finger being placed on his lips. "I'm sorry but I think you have gotten the wrong person. I don't have a brother and I don't know anybody with the name Trowa." Makoto turned around and headed back to Mamoru but Heero growled, "I don't know what they did to you to make you forget me, but I do know what they intend to do. They want to take you back to Tokyo so you can protect some rabbit of the moon. I won't let it happen."
"It's too late Mr. Yuy. My friend Minako Aino and I have decided to go with them. We'll be leaving in a few days." Makoto felt a cold gust of wind and started to shake. Something wasn't right.
"Do you think I would allow such people to take you away from me? Like I said, I won't let it happen. I won't let Crystal Tokyo be formed, that way you won't have to go back." Heero took out his gun and took the safety off. Rei turned the corner of the street and saw the look in Heero's eyes, the shiny gun in his hand, and the terrified faces of Makoto and Mamoru.
"Heero, don't!" Rei screamed at the top of her lungs. Heero's gun went off and Makoto stood there frozen as she watched the bullet zoom past her. Mamoru let out a cry and fell to the ground injured. Rei took out one of her scrolls, chanted, and threw it at 01. A sword slashed it to pieces and Wufei jumped next to Heero.
"What have you done, Yuy!"
"It's time to leave Wufei." Then men felt the temperture rise. Rei sent out her fireball and it barely hit them. They turned back around to see Makoto throwing a thunderball at them. Wufei grabbed Heero and they just dodged it in time. They ran off and Rei was just about to give chase when she heard Makoto yell out, "Rei! Mamoru!"
Rei kneeled down by Mamoru and saw him slowly bleeding out. "Mamo...Mamoru, you just have to hold on. We'll find Hotaru and she'll heal you."
"Her school's too...far away. I won't...be...able to last that long. Tell Usako and Chibi-Usa...I'm sorry." Mamoru's eyes slowly closed for the last time.
"No, Mamoru! You can't leave. Usagi needs you. Chibi-Usa needs you. Without out you here, Crystal Tokyo will never be formed. Usagi will never be Neo-Queen Serenity and she will never have Neo-Princess Serenity. Chibi-Usa will never be born." Rei started sobbing as they watched Mamoru start to glow. Makoto held on to him as tightly as she could but soon her hands were grasping air. Soon nothing was left except the Golden Crystal, Mamoru's star seed. Makoto saw the golden shine in between her hands and dropped it in shock. It landed onto of the strawberry basket.
Hotaru heard the final school bell ring. The class watched the teacher gather her learning materials and leave the classroom. The other students ran for the door leaving Chibi-Usa and Hotaru behind.
"...Hotaru..." Hotaru turned around when she heard a small voice call her name. Her eyes widened at the sight in front of her. Chibi-Usa's body was flickering. "Chibi-Usa!" Hotaru watched the younger girl fall to her knees. She bent down on her own knees and placed her hands on the future princess. Her hands glowed with a healing light but even Hotaru knew that her power of healing would not help in this situation.
"Taru, I think something's happened with Mamoru." Chibi-Usa had tears in her eyes as she grew weaker. Hotaru had seen this before. When Mamoru was under Nehelenia's spell, the future changed so drastically that Chibi-Usa seized to exist.
"I just wished I could see mama one more time." Chibi-Usa closed her eyes and disappeared leaving sparkles behind. Hotaru reached out for the small lady and her hands finally closed around solid. After the glitter display ended she opened her hand. Inside it lied the Pink Moon Crystal, a slightly different version to Usagi's Silver Moon Crystal.
"Chibi-Usa, I promise to get you back. As long as I have this Pink Moon Crystal, there is still a way to restore you sometime in the future. I just hope Mamoru's crystal is intact." Hotaru placed the crystal in her backpack. She gave one look at Chibi-Usa's bunny backpack before carrying it with her home.
"Small lady Serenity!" Makoto cried out. Rei could also feel Chibi-Usa's pain.
"This is all Heero Yuy's fault. I will make him pay for destroying our future." Rei took the strawberry basket from Makoto and stormed back to the house. Makoto took one more look at the place where their future King Endymion had just been. It surprised her just how much the future could be changed in one moment.
Next time on MLTL: The inner and outer girls regroup. The inners confront the g-boys and some of them fight. Saturn and Venus make a shocking and disturbing discovery.
Eternal Sailor Serenity