Before The Dawn Book 3
I Don't Want To be Forgotten
Chapter 2
By Michi-chan
"You've been quite active Makoto." Usagi was staying close to her friend. The halls seemed more lonely without Minako's cheeriness and Ami's dull chatter about facts and the teacher's lesson. They were sitting at Minako's desk, which had been emptied out completely. Not even the students remembered ever having a genius and an idol wannabe in their class.
"Oh, well. Stress." Makoto leaned back in the chair and watched Usagi for a little bit before turning her attention to the dying trees outside. Winter was coming. The trees had turned golden with the change in the seasons.
"Yeah…" Usagi looked outside too. "Wanna talk about it?"
"Talk about what?"
"Why you're stressed. We can talk about it… if you want."
"Nothing to say." They were silent. Things just hadn't been the same since Minako and Ami went to sleep. Makoto had been working every night as Sailor Jupiter, hunting down criminals of the night, doing her best to be noticed by the people of Tokyo. It was disturbing to know that they would be disappearing soon.
"Makoto… it's been months. You're so distant… Please talk to me." The students were leaving. The school day was over. It seemed even lonelier with just the two of them in the classroom. Why couldn't she shake this particular feeling? She wanted to do something grand, something big. She wanted someone to know that she had been here, that she had sat at her desk, that she had lived in that little apartment next to the flower shop, that she had existed.
"What's the point?"
"What?"
"Tell me what's the point. We came to this world to protect it, to keep it safe from all who threaten to destroy the happiness of others. Why should we disappear quietly into the night? We've done so damn much. We've sacrificed ourselves and for what? A pat on the back and fleeting memory?" Makoto frowned and closed her eyes.
"But Mako… seeing people happy… isn't that reward enough. Even though they'll forget you they'll never forget the feelings they have because you had once been there." Usagi leaned back on the desk and closed her eyes in thought. "We've changed the lives of hundreds, and if we were to fade right now… their lives wouldn't go back to the way they were. The healthy won't go back to being sick, and the lives we saved won't flee from them."
"You're so optimistic Usagi." Mako narrowed her eyes and stood. Usagi sat up and looked at her friend with confusion.
"Mako..."
"You always try to see the good side of things…" Makoto picked up her school bag. "And it pisses me off." Usagi just stared as Mako left her alone in the classroom. She didn't know what to say. Mako was hurting. For someone who had always been alone Minako, and Ami were the closest to her, and they meant everything to Mako. Usagi knew this, and it pained her heart that she couldn't comfort Mako like Ami or Minako could.
Tears began to fall, but Usagi did nothing to stop them. It was now that she realized how isolated she was from the others. Minako was close to Rei and Mako. Mako and Ami were like sisters. And the only person Usagi had was… Usagi sat on the edge of the desk and cried. Cried because she missed her friends. She cried because she felt so pathetic, helpless, and alone. She cried… because she wanted a second chance.
I think I'm going to end this chapter here. Sorry it's so dang on short, but I really wanted to get this out and about, ya know. If you've read any of my past works, you'll know how hard it is for me to write Sailor Jupiter segments. It's just that I don't find her as deep. But If I were to cut her out I would get a personalized hate letter every day. Anyway, I'm not going to stretch out this "book" any longer than need be, but I'm not going to make it crappy either. So give me a few more days/weeks to develop her story a little more. Thanks.