Chapter 17: To Remember or to Forget? That is the question.
The all stood in shock.
"What were you thinking?" Diamond asked looking over at Lady Garnet breathing hard.
"I don't know. It was a sudden impulse." She answered looking wide eyed at the man she just saved. She put her hand to her face trying to shake it off.
"You remember, I know you do." Tuxedo Mask said looking up at her, slightly writhing in pain from previous blows. "Common, Serena you know I'd never hurt you."
She looked into his midnight blue eyes for a moment.
"He's lying!" Diamond said to her almost desperately, trying to grab her hand.
Wicked Lady and Melanite were staring down at the scene from above, looking at each other with a raised eyebrow. They seemed amused.
The scouts were scattered along the ground warn from battle. The black moon clan remained above, slightly tattered and torn but still standing.
"It's over, we won!" Diamond said breaking the silence, raising his arms to show off the broken scene in front of them.
Lady Garnet looked all around to see the sailor scouts on the ground, and the laughing Black Moon Clan above. She should be happy…why wasn't she happy? Was this not the revenge that she wanted for all the times they had isolated her? But why was it that she protected Tuxedo Mask? Why was it she was some what sympathetic for the other scouts?
Then Wicked Lady got an idea.
"Lady Garnet, why don't you do the honors of finishing off?" She smiled deviously.
They all looked to her.
"You are our new Queen now, or soon to be. It would be fitting." Melanite backed her up.
"I…I…" It was all she could answer.
"My princess, what troubles you?" Diamond grabbed her hand, but instead she retracted it before he could fulfill his grasp. He looked at her, and to the ring. It still was glowing with power, why was she still questioning this decision? It was more powerful than Wise Man's power could have been to small lady!
"Serena!" Tuxedo Mask called out. Her head suddenly lifted to meet his gaze. Tuxedo Mask saw her eyes; they weren't the same eyes he'd once fallen in love with. Something clouded them. Mercury said it was the ring, but he couldn't get it off without risking being killed, which would be simple failure. But beneath it all she was still there. Sure she looked more like a vixen, but he missed the innocent Serena, the one who would fight all evil and put her own self on the line to save her friends. Then he remembered.
She walked closer. The Black Moon watched questioning if she was going to finish him off or aid him, as her face was black without emotion.
"What could you possibly want from me? I am Lady Garnet-"
"No you're not. Your Serena. My Serena. Sailor Moon, Princess of the Moon Kingdom." He said, as she approached him. He wouldn't give up now. He hoped that this would work.
She stared at him. She remembered her past life, but not like he spoke of it. She remembered their taunting and teasing. She remembered him walking away from her, crushing a rose from disgrace, and joining Rini away from them. "Lies, I am Lady Garnet, ruler of all of the black moon and soon to be earth."
"But you know that's a lie. You saved me before when I lost myself Serena, I want to bring you back." Then he reached into his coat pocket. Diamond was frozen with anticipation, and Lady Garnet prepared herself for a rose to be flung in her direction. But instead he knelt before her with a little golden star in his hand. "Don't you remember, I gave this back to you, after long ago you gave it to me. It's a symbol of us Serena."
Then she heard the melody, as the crescent moon revolved around the small circle, and something inside struck her.
Short Chapter? Yes. But what would be a chapter if not for some suspense? muahaha. Dont worry i am already writing the next one as we speak...will she come back? Will Sailor Moon return or will it not be enough? And what about Wicked Lady? I mean hell i'm rewriting the whole story so will it really be that easy to bring her back too? ...oh the suspense of it all ;)