Ok I'm a little iffy about this one so I'm praying you like it. Thank you for the favorites, follows, and reviews everyone. I'm so happy you're enjoying it as much as I am writing it, -grins happily-. Sorry if it's short.
Disclaimer:
This is purely fan-based. I do not own Sailor Moon and the characters. I only own the plot and the original characters and enemy, and the ending song.
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2:
The Goodbye letter (Part 2—Kou Seiya and Tsukino Usagi)
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He found it ironic as the wind blew through his ink black hair, a sad smile placed on his lips. Ironic that on the day his Odango and him part was as sunny as the day he first saw her, maybe it was a sign…
He sighed and shook his head. No, his feelings were unanswered, unreturned, and his head tells him to move on from this silly crush.
But his heart, on the other hand, knew the truth of the feelings and the future the young couple shared and screams at him to not to listen to the foolish thoughts in his head, no matter what the pain. Because one day she will be his, she will be here waiting for him to return to the new home he had made in the year they shared with the Moon warriors. The destiny in of the young singer and princess had been molded together since he first laid his eyes on her, they just didn't know it yet.
The red-headed princess noticed the sadness on the Stars' faces and felt the pain they were in by bidding the solar senshi, and she frowned deeply. Did the time come? She looked at the male Fighter.
Seiya watched Usagi rush forward to give each of them a hug, his longer than the first four, and he enjoyed it for a moment before he quickly placed the letter into her skirt's pocket, not noticing the stare his princess was giving him:
"I'll never forget you, Odango." Seiya promised, letting her go, as he blushed a little at the promise. He noticed a blush formed onto her face too as she backed back to the spot next to Chiba Mamrou, seeing that sent a joint of hope through his body, but he didn't say anything and just enjoyed one more bright smile:
"We won't forget you guys, too. We will be friends always."
They met eyes, and in that moment, the couple was the only two standing underneath the setting sun. In that moment, every emotion he felt intensified, and he knew he wouldn't listen to his head, but his heart. He will fight for her, because his Odango was the only one for him. He smiled sweetly at her before Seiya shifted his gaze to the man holding his world to his side:
"Mamrou, protect her with all you got." He coldly warned, glaring into the blue eyes of the future doctor, earning a firm nod and another chance to see that lovely blush on Usagi's cheeks. He hid a smile.
But his smile faded as the sadness grew as the final goodbye inched closer and the year had come to an end. He was sure his brothers felt it too, by their intense stares pointing to the other blonde and the bluette looking down:
Unlike Seiya, Taiki and Yaten didn't really realize their feelings for the Moon warriors until it was too late to do anything about them.
For the pig-headed silver-haired Yaten, Minako annoyed the living hell out of him with her fan girl actions. But as time went on, he found her amusing; her laugh and smile became his favorite things, and when she was upset or sad, he wanted the only one to cheer the goddess up. Yaten had fallen in love with Aino Minako, and it crushed him that they were leaving before he had a chance to tell her his true feelings. Taiki wished that he had realized his feelings sooner, but dumbly the male genius didn't listen to his heart or the hints life gave him into his own feelings, and now the three brothers and their princess were returning to their home planet, to return when he couldn't be sure.
He met his brother's green eyes, making a silent vow with him that, when they do return to Earth, they would hold their feelings back no longer and tell their girls the truth, they smiled with a wink as Usagi voiced her request that they would return:
"Of course we will, Odango. Don't worry." Their brother grinned widely in assurance as the light slowly swallowed their bodies, sending them through the sky and home.
The group gasped as they took in the sight of their now peaceful planet. Once dark with Galaxia's darken soul, Kinmoku was once again colorful and bright. Seiya walked forward, his mouth turned up into a sad but proud smile, with the help of Sailor Moon and the Sailor senshi, they were able to heal Kinmoku.
"Those friends of yours are quite amazing." Princess Kakyuu mused, smiling as she walked to the palace, taking in the restored sights.
She couldn't wait to start rebuilding the kingdom, but the young princess could sense the change in her beloved senshi, the loving stare each had given the three Sailors had also clued her in, and Kakyuu could only guess why the change happened.
She smiled to herself, a little sad about it, but the red-head wanted them to be happy, even though it meant letting them go. It was time for them to live their own lives and free of their duty, they deserved that. She nodded to herself, and then she smiled at the three 'men':
"Yes, they are truly amazing." Taiki breathed as he and his brothers followed their princess to the thrown room, his head hung a bit low:
"Especially Sailor Moon…"
The other two boys nodded solemnly at Seiya's low whisper, causing their princess to snicker quietly and shake her head amusedly as she sat down. Oh, love is beautiful, she thought bemused as she used her hand to motion them to sit.
They did so, but their eyes were vacant, thoughts of the time they had spent on Earth running through their minds for a few minutes before Kakyuu cleared her throat, the sound echoed in the big room and the Lights jumped to their feet, searching feverly for the source. Kakyuu placed her hand over her mouth to hide her laughter.
Maybe it is truly time for them to retire as her guards, she thought fondly, their hearts and minds were back on Earth, things would be the same, and maybe it was for the better. She stood, folding her hands, and a sad smile danced across her beautiful face:
"My beloved Fighter, Maker, and silly Healer, thank you for the memories we made together and coming to look for me, I cannot thank you enough. But I think it's time for you three to move on. Live your lives and be happy, you gave your all to me in these years we had, now you deserve to have your lives to do with as you please." Kakyuu stated, laughing out loud at the shocked expressions on each of their faces.
"And leave you unprotected? No way!"
"No disrespect, your highness. But are you insane?! There is absolutely no way we're leaving you!"
"Yeah! What are you thinking?" All three screamed, their voices bounced off the walls, making the princess smiled sweetly at their concern for her safely and she walked towards them, shaking her head sadly:
"Boys, I thank you for caring so deeply for me, but you three don't belong here anymore, your hearts are back on Earth, I can't possibly ask you to protect me and stay with me when I know you're unhappy. You're my best friends, not just my protectors, and I want you to be happy. Letting you go is the only thing I know to do and I am going to do it. My mind is made up." Kakyuu said in a kind firm tone, placing her hands on two of the warriors but her red eyes stared into all three Stars' eyes.
Seiya felt horrible at the princess's decision, and even more when he saw the firm expression in her eyes, her mind is made up. And the Starlights knew that there was no changing it back, she was stubborn when she wanted to be. They were retiring from their job, no matter what they said and what they tried to change her mind. The Kou siblings were going to be free.
The brothers looked at each other before transforming into their senshi form, kneeling in front of their princess, frowning:
"Princess, we thank you for thinking of us but we can't, and will not, leave you unprotected. You need to realize that." Fighter told her princess, her sharp blue eyes met the red eyes of Kakyuu. The princess nodded, smiling wide as she waved them to stand.
"And you won't, Fighter. I have been thinking of this long before we went to Earth,, but I knew if I brought it up then when you three had no propose outside of being my guards, you would have flat out refused. But now you do, don't you? Those girls have captured your hearts, haven't they?"
And there was silence, deafing silence, because the now female warriors couldn't deny that. They have fallen victims to love, and to the girls whose smiles had won their hearts, but they wouldn't leave their princess for them. Wouldn't they?
Kakyuu giggled, knowing the answer, and went to the window with a feeling of peace in her heart, letting the words fall from her mouth. She knew that they would seal the deal, that after she said them, they would be on different paths and they might never see each other again. But if her beloved Stars were happy, than it was worth it in the end, she smiled at that thought:
"See? You didn't answer the question and that speaks volumes to me. Your hearts and minds aren't here with me anymore, beloved friends. You belong on Earth with the solar senshi, with your loves. I can't keep you from your new path, so Stars, you are no longer my senshi but my equals."
She picked a flower and brought it to her nose to smell it before she turned to face them.
"Your equals?" Maker questioned, standing like the good solider she was, but a mask of confusion was placed on her face.
"Yes, Maker, equals. Seeing that all you three were knighted, you can become sirs/madams, whichever you choose to be when you are not in your senshi form, and you can live on their planet freely. All you need to do is train the new Starlights, then, you'll be free to be happy, and it also will give us a year to have. What do you say, my friends? Please follow your hearts."
Follow their hearts? Could it be that easy to be able to go back? They shared a look, a thousand thoughts raced through the sisters' minds:
Although Fighter was sad at the thought of leaving behind her life as a Star and memories she had made on Kinmoku, she didn't want to live her life without her Odango and new friends, they had become her world, when her world should have been the princess. And it was the princess, but being with Usagi changed that in one moment. It created a new chapter in her life, there was no turning back to the old chapter, no matter how good it was, there was only going forward from here on for Fighter. Her heart was no longer there. She sighed and powered down, becoming Seiya once more.
He mouthed 'sorry' to his sisters as he walked to his beautiful princess, placing a kiss on her cheek before whispering two words into her ear:
"Thank you."
With the simple thanks, the young raven-haired man turned towards the exit, heading to his room with three pairs of eyes on his back as he walked.
Kakyuu smiled, so glad one chose to follow their heart, now she only hoped the other two would follow their brother's example. She watched until the door close and then she turned her eyes back onto the remaining senshi:
"Well you two? What would it be?" She questioned, raising an eyebrow, and her lips turned up into a sneaky smirk.
After moments of thinking, the young women sighed in defeat as they powered down, returning to their male forms. They followed their brother's actions, kissed her cheek and whispering their thanks into her ear, before heading to their rooms.
She snickered, shaking her head in amusement, as she turned to the window once again, a grin placed on her lips.
"That's more proof they wanted to go back, that was way too easy. No matter, at least they will be happy now. I will miss you three but this is what you deserve. Be happy, my friends."
After her whisper echoed silghtly in the empty room, she moved further into the room to call the restored Galaxia, her figure faded into the blackness.
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A few hours later in Seiya's room, he sat on his king sized bed, dressed in sweats but nothing else and his black hair hung loosely over his board shoulders; he had tears in his blue orbs as his thumb traced the messy hand-writing on the envelope in his hands.
That sneaky bunny of his, she managed to slip it in without him knowing, but then again, he did it too. Seiya chuckled at his thoughts, despite the tears rolling down his cheeks, then he sobered as his eyes closed. He wanted to be calm when he read, but he knew that by the end of the letter, he'd probably be back in this state
He sighed, opening his eyes once more and finally tore the envelope open, licking his lips nervously as he pulled the letter out. Then with one more sigh, Seiya slowly begun to read the letter, falling deeper into Usagi's hold:
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Dear Sei-chan,
I don't know what to say in this, but I'll start with: thank you. Thank you for the memories, this year was the best time we had, I forgot the pain of Mamo-chan being gone, and you taught me how to smile again, truly smile. It's like I can only smile when you were with me, I can't understand why quite yet but maybe one day I will, huh Sei-chan? It's funny really, when I saw Mamrou, I was happy but I wasn't filled with love like I used to be. Again, the simple question rings in my mind, why? All I know is I don't feel the same for him like I used to and I don't want to live a lie, so thank you for helping me to realize that. Now, we all can happy. Sei-chan, I…well, I need to be perfectly honest with you, Seiya; at first I wanted you to stop the silly flirting because my heart was still belonged to Mamrou, but as the days went on and we hung out more, I begun to care about you deeply and now that we are saying goodbye I feel so sad about the fact we won't able to see each other as often as we wanted to, I'll miss you very much Seiya. Maybe more I can admit in this silly letter. What I'm trying to say is when you return, you have a place now if you'll still want it. But you'd have to work for it ;], so don't think it'll be easy. I'm still unsure about what I feel for you but I think….I'm falling in love with you, Firefly.
So please keep your promise and return, I want to see where this leads us.
Waiting for you,
Bunny
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Seiya jumped to his feet, his heart drummed hard against his chest as he read the last lines over and over. Could it be really true? She loves him, or at least she is starting to. Seiya really had a chance to make his Odango his, only his to hold and love. He grinned his one-of-a-kind grin as he tenderly refolded the letter, hiding it in his side table:
"Don't you worry, Odango. Your wolf is coming for you. This time, I'll never let you go. You are mine and I'll let no one step in our way, not even my brothers." Seiya quietly vowed in the silent room, closing the drawer just as a knock boomed into the room. He sighed annoyed and turned to the door, crossing his arms across his chest:
"Come in."
The door opened and in stepped Taiki and Yaten, dressed in the same matter as their brother, and they walked towards him after the door was closed behind them.
"We were wrong about them, her. And we're sorry, Seiya." Taiki admitted as he sat on the couch against the wall next to the door, his beautiful violet eyes staring into the cool blue eyes of his brother. Yaten nodded in agreement, following his dark-haired brother's actions:
"We had no right to judge her, hell all of them. We just were worried about you, onee-chan, we didn't want you to get hurt."
Seiya looked at his brothers, searching for untruth in their words or on their faces but found nothing but the truth. He sighed, massaging his temples as he walked toward them, and sat in a lounge chair next to the couch.
"I forgave you a long time ago, guys, but next time I want you to trust my judgment on anything, ok? If I didn't have good judgment, I wouldn't be a good leader, right?" Taiki nodded at that, but Yaten crossed his arms, muttering under his breath:
"Oh please, a good leader my ass. He spent half the time chasing after Usagi."
This caused both of his brothers to hit him on the head, making him to fall to the floor with swirls in his light green eyes. But he quickly recovered, in chibi form, the sliverette sat up and grabbed his head while he glared hard at his brothers.
"Chikusho! (Damn it!) Sore wa itai (it hurt), you rokudenashis! (Bastards!)" He yelled, making the other men laugh. He growled, but after a minute, he joined in the laughter.
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Meanwhile back on Earth, Usagi and Chibi-Usa walked down the busy streets of Tokyo, heading towards the Crown to meet the girls and Mamrou.
The blonde clutched the little bear around her neck, thankful for the strength that it brought to her and the fact Mamo-chan will be there to back her up, because Bunny knew how her friends would react to her news. Especially the outer Sailors, oh the horror, she thought as images of Haruka's anger flooded her mind.
She sighed as she dropped her head, dreading the conversation when she felt a small hand on hers, and Usagi looked down at her pink-haired daughter:
"It's going to be ok, mama. They'll understand, I just know it!" The girl grinned and the older girl couldn't help but smile back at the sweetie, grabbing her hand into her slightly larger hand while she still held the mini bear to her heart:
"I hope you're right, hun. I don't want another fight with them."
"Another fight with who, mama?"
"With us, little one, and we said we were sorry koneko-kun (kitten)."
Usagi quickly looked up and found the outer senshi smiling reassuringly at her, dropping her hand to her side with wide eyes. Artemis and Luna stepped out of behind Haruka's legs, grinning. Chibi-Usa was confused, looking between them but she shrugged and waved at Hotaru, who returned the wave with a smile::
"Guys, hi."
"Hello there, I see that the princess sensed the change in the future as well." Setsuna winked at Chibi-Usa, earning a giggle from the pink-haired girl.
"Yep."
"Wait a minute, you know? Luna!" The blonde scowled down on the black cat, who giggled nervously.
"I…"
"Don't be mad at her, koneko. I understand now that I know. You deserve to be happy, and I guess that baka can do that, I'm sorry for the way we acted. We will be there for you, always." Haruka smiled softly at her princess and good friend, placing her hand on her shoulder, graining a breathtaking smile from the slightly younger teen.
"That goes double for us!"
The loud yell caused the group turn to find the inner senshi grinning proudly, Mamrou standing next to Rei, all of their thumbs were up and they winked. Bunny laughed giddily as she motioned her friends to her. They ran to her and once they were in reach, they all hugged each other in one group hug.
"Thank you…"
Usagi's whispered thanks and her friends' giggles filled the Tokyo air. They didn't notice the dangerous change in the blowing wind.
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A new enemy is coming, what will they want and what will the Sailors do?
A familiar melody slowly drowned out the happy sounds as a sinfully beautiful woman looked at the happy scene through a mirror, a smirk sat on her lips:
"This is going to be fun…."
The woman laughed darkly and walked into the blackness, her dark pink gown tailed behind her heels. The song begun to become louder until it's all you hear:
You smile at me,
And I think you're fantasy,
The way you love me.
(I fall in love with your smile,
You are my fantasy,
The way I love you.)
I pushed you away,
Afraid to get hurt,
But you stayed with me,
Like an angel protecting.
(You pushed me away,
Fearing that I might hurt you,
But I stayed with you,
Your guardian angel.)
Are you real?
Or are you a dream?
Are we made to fall?
Or is this the story I wanted?
(I'm real,
Not just a dream,
We're made to love,
This is the story you wanted.)
My heart has been broken,
Thinking that they loved me,
But now, I'm afraid that I might lose you and it scares me.
(You've been hurt,
By trusting the wrong person with your heart,
But now, don't worry, I'm here and I am going to protect you.)
I don't want to be without you,
Am I losing my mind?
Or my heart?
(You won't be alone,
Shh, it's alright,
It's love.)
Are you real?
Or are you a dream?
Are we made to fall?
Or is this the story I wanted?
(I'm real,
Not just a dream,
We're made to love,
This is the story you wanted.)
My heart cries to you,
Afraid that you won't hear and come,
Won't you come?
(I hear your heart,
I'm coming,
I'm running to you.)
I don't want to be without you anymore,
I lost my mind and my heart to you,
No use in fighting it.
(You won't be alone anymore,
I'm yours to have,
No more denying, darling.)
Are you real?
Or are you a dream?
Are we made to fall?
Or is this the story I wanted?
(I'm real,
Not just a dream,
We're made to love,
This is the story you wanted.)
I guess I have to wait and see.
(Wait for me, our story's just beginning.)