022900 There was nothing left anymore. There was no hope for the future... there was no future. Everything was so dark, everything held so much negative power. A voice called out to her, as her head snapped up. "Who are you?" The voice it seemed to boom, standing up, she looked at the girl who stood before her. Her senshi uniform ruffled, torn up, ripped apart. Her eyes were dark, caused by endless tears and lack of sleep. Blood stained her gloves, as so her skin. Usagi's eyes widen at the sight of her. "M-ars?" She questioned, as the dark haired senshi nodded, as she came up and embraced her. Mars looked at her, her eyes seemed so much wiser, older, as she softly said, "I did not think you lived anymore. The King and Queen said you wished to see Setsuna, and you never came back. That was so long ago..." Mars' voice started to crackle. "After you left, things started to happen." Mars said, "Endymion, he became with drawled. He said that the only way he would become apart of the alliance is if he married you. He said he loved you... "That was the fall of earth. Soon, a darker force came along, destroying all of earth..." "Endymion-! Is he okay?" Mars looked at her, her eyes closed. "He was one of the first to die." Tears flowed down more rapid as her body shook uncontrollably. "Iie... iie... I escaped my reality to have him forget me, but... ...the only thing... ...I did was make him... ...love me again... ...and die because of me... ...again..." ~~~ "That day I couldn't protect you, I can only hold my remorseful tears, What was left was pain." - Nagareboshi He (Shooting star) Forgive Me and Forget Me Chapter 9 By Eternal Angel Usako9@hotmail.com http://cherryblossoms.cjb.net/ I smile, You frown. I laugh, You look away. I touch you, You pull away. I catch you, You let go. I come closer, You walk away. ~~~ The fire senshi soothed the girl, "The other senshis had gone... died in the hands of this newfound evil. The enemy is so strong. So damn strong. It just stormed through one day, killing thousands..." "Senshis... dead?" She repeated, her head spinning. "Iie... it can't be..." "Everything is destroyed. I just wished we were strong enough..." Usagi cried, lying on the ground as tortured cries escaped her lips. "No... it's all my fault. None of this would have happen." Tears streamed down her face. 'When I was alive, the moon kingdom was destroyed... but everyone else was restored on earth... living in happiness...' "Usagi, how is it your fault? You did not want this to happen." Usagi let out another cry, "Don't you get it. I caused this. The world would be in prosperity... but then I ruined it. I didn't want you to look at me the way you did. I didn't like the way you yelled at me... I didn't like that was Mamo-chan walked away from me. I was fed up! I was so fed up!" She cried. "And then, I used the crystal to have you guys forget me. I didn't know that would happen! I just thought that I wouldn't be remembered for now... but I was wrong. In the beginning you guys did not know me... but slowly, time began to change. It changed so much that my damn parents didn't even know me! It hurt so much Rei!! It hurt so much!! But Minako, Ami, Makoto, you, and Mamo-chan seemed to have everything you wanted. Happiness seemed to fill out your soul! I felt so damn useless then. As if I caused you all the pain!" Bending down, the fire senshi knelled down beside her. "You changed time because you though we hated you?" The blond was now curled up in a ball, her eyes racked with so much sorrow as she nodded. "Usagi, listen to yourself. I don't know how I was before, but right now, sitting next to you right now, I can say I never can hate you. Look at you. The pain inside of you, the pain you have been through... all those things you been through because of us!! We are the ones you should hate... we caused you do lose all faith in the future, we caused you to think that you are the cause." With a soft sigh, she looked up in the sky. "You are never the cause. You are the savior, the messiah of light. If it wasn't for you, we would have died that day in the ballroom so long ago. If it wasn't for you, we would have that extra thousand years of peace. Don't ever think you are not needed, because you are." "You have the power to change things back to normal. You have the power to bring this universe that happy ending that it is to get." Rhea smiled at the girl who's shaken had ceased as she seemed calm. Rhea held the girl in her arm, feeling her warmth around her. "You have the power to change everything. Prosperity, peace, happiness, everything can be that way if you let it be." Usagi looked at her, her blue eyes meeting the violet eyes. "Really?" "I believe in you Usagi. You can bring a brighter future for us all. Please, save us all from this future, this fate." Usagi nodded, stumbling upward. The stream of tears still flowed, as she embraced her friend. "Rhea, Rei, I will never forget what you have done for me." With that, she took out her crystal; it shinned brightly in her hand. Holding it close to her heart, she closed her eyes and made a wish. "Please save my universe." The silver light escaped from the crystal, absorbing everything around it. The beautiful light blinded Rhea, as she felt all the blood once on her disappear. She could feel all the pain inside of her slowly die away as it was replaced with something. Hope. ~~~ Sunrise. Sunlight. Colors. Rising. Beautiful. Awaken... ~~~ "Tsukino Usagi, wake up before I..." Ikuno opened the door, only to see that the girl had already left the room. Her eyes widen in surprise. "My my, that girl has already left... that is the first..." With that, she closed the door and smile. 'The girl is finally growing up.' ~~~ Usagi looked at her watch, there was still an hour to spare until she was due at school. She walked up the shrine steps, to see her friend in her school uniform sweeping up around her. "I never can hate you." The words repeated in her mind, as she held the crystal in her hands, it still was chained around her neck. "Rei-chan!" She exclaimed, as the dark haired girl turned to her, her eyes looked at her in surprise. "Usa- chan! What are you doing here... what are you doing up this early?" "I wanted to talk to you," Rei nodded, as her eyes had a dark shadow cast upon it. It almost looked as if she was ashamed to look at her. "Usagi... I'm so sorry about the other day. I was so upset. I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that... you see, that day was my mother's death anniversary. I was so upset, and the whole idea that a youma would attack on that day made me so angry. I was so upset... and since you came along..." "I don't know, but I didn't mean to take it out on you. I'm so sorry, I never meant to push you away." She let out a sob, as Usagi came next to her, holding her in her arms. "I found that out. Rei-chan, I can never hate you... you have brought me so much hope, you have let me see something that I never saw before. The love that each and every one of you guys has for me. I'm very happy because of that..." Rei smiled at her, "I'm so happy to have you back as leader Usagi... just try not to be *too late* next time." Usagi laughed, for the first time for the longest time. ~~~ Sunset. Moon. Glow. Light. Beautiful. Eternity. ~~~ The battle was dismiss as Sailor Moon stood there, her body standing in the middle for the crowd of girls. The crystal dangled from the golden chain around her neck, along with a key. "Tuxedo Kaman," she said, to the man about the retrieve. He turned around to her, his eyes looking at her. "I need to talk to you." He stood there, uncertain, but then something took over him. His need to be with her. His need to hold her in his arms. The need was like an intoxicating drug, as he nodded, grabbing her in his arms and jumping up in that air. The other senshis watched them with a sigh. Sailor Moon embraced him closely, smelling him. The scent of roses lingered in her mind, as she felt as if she could spend eternity in his arms like this. He took her to the rose garden, as he placed her onto the ground. The feeling of warmth and completion had gone away from him as he wanted desperately to have her back in his arms. The dreams that stole away his sleep for so long had lessen, and now, he was so confused. "Have you ever wished you haven't met me before?" She asked him, powering down before him. "Do you wish that I, Tsukino Usagi, was not the princess?" Her words were simple, yet so hard for him to understand. "Have you ever regret that I'm your princess?" He stood there, not knowing what to say. He had never regretted that in his whole life. He had always felt as if he was blessed to have her. She, Tsukino Usagi (not Serenity), has always loved him unconditionally. She always brought hope and love into his heart. She gave him a family - her. "I..." "What's holding you back Mamo-chan? Do you want me to tell you what I have been through? How much everything around me caused me so much pain?" "Oh Kami Usako!! I had horrible dreams. They all said you were going do die as long as you were with me..." tears easily fell down from his eyes. She stroked him. He had let her go in thinking this would prevent her death. "Mamo-chan, I'm dead without you." He raised his head to see her eyes. She was right, she was dead without him as he was without her. They were nothing without each other. "I'm so sorry..." He said, stroking her hair. "I know... I know..." "Usako..." he cried out. "It hurt knowing that I was pushing you away, possible into another's arm. To possibly never be able to know you, to hold you, to kiss you... to love you." He was like a child in that arms of the mother. "Shh Mamo-chan, I'm here..." They stayed locked in each other's embrace. ~~~ Dawn. Bright. Beautiful. Forever. New beginnings... ~~~ Fin ~~~ Yah!! I'm done!! I got lost in the middle, thinking 'what am I doing', but I got it done!! Now I just have to write gomen ne... ::sighs:: sadly enough, anyhow, visit my page and sign my guest book!!