Chaper 2! Yay! Again, I don't own Sailor Moon.


He was freezing.

No, colder. His very bones were made from ice and stone.

His own element turned on him. Fate's last laugh at him.

His eyes were closed, sealed shut with the ice. But the blissful numbness that so often accompanied cold eluded him. He stayed half frozen, unable to move or see his surroundings.

She had been of Fire. Warmth and passion; often burning him with the intensity.

He was devoid of such warmth now. But Jadite would have gladly triggered the wrath of Mars if it meant he would be free of this accursed cold.

Mars. Now Hino Rei. She was still the same as she had always been; all fire and spice. Mysterious and elegant. Kind-hearted and afraid to let anyone see it.

The cold pulled him away from her remembered warmth. He wouldn't be allowed to die, he knew that. Fate was not so merciful.

A faint light began to glow beyond the cold. Surely something must exist beyond the cold, even though it felt endless…

The pink light seeped under his frozen eyelids. The light grew stronger. It was as if a strong sunbeam was shining into his face. Slowly, inch by inch, the cold vanished.

He felt warm again. Human, no longer a statue of ice and stone.

"This is my mercy for you." A soft voice whispered.

Thank you, he thought, whoever or whatever you are.

Then he was no more.


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