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1 Author’s Note: This songfic was originally meant to be part of the
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2 manga series that I was working on, but after taking nearly two years
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3 to finish merely the S season, I don’t think I’ll be able to finish
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4 SuperS or Sailorstars as I had originally planned. On the other hand,
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5 this afforded me the opportunity to write another songfic that I had
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6 wanted to do for quite a while. I thought that the song ‘Kryptonite’
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7 by Three Doors Down fit this scene perfectly, so I wanted to
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8 incorporate it into the story. This takes place late in the Bishoujo
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9 Senshi Sailormoon Sailorstars manga right up near the end. All of the
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10 Senshi have been killed with the exception of Sailormoon, ChibiChibi
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11 (Sailor Cosmos), and Sailor Chibimoon. The Quartet survived this
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12 encounter in the manga, but were knocked unconscious by two of the
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13 Inners. I thought it would have been much more fitting had they been
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14 killed by the girl who had positioned them as ChibiUsa’s guardians in
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15 the first place, Hotaru. All of the other Senshi have been brought
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16 back by Galaxia as dark versions of themselves to halt Sailormoon’s
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17 progression into the Shadow Galactica and the Cauldron. This story is
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18 a what might have been if Saturn had been able to confront Chibimoon
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19 instead of Chibimoon simply dying when Mamoru got killed. The
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20 characters are copyright the wonderfully talented Naoko Takeuchi and
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21 whatever other parties are involved while the song is performed by
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22 Three Doors Down. I’m just borrowing all of these elements for a
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23 romance story starring one of my absolute favorite couples. ^-^
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24 Please enjoy!
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25
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26 // means song lyrics.
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27
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28
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29
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30 Kryptonite
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31 by The Amazoness Duo
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32 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
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33
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34
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35
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36 The Silence Glaive swung down in a long arc towards the pink haired
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37 Sailor Senshi. ChibiUsa barely outdistanced it, the sweep of air
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38 passing along her bare skin. Blank violet eyes met her gaze as she
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39 looked pleadingly at the girl she loved. Saturn lunged forward, again
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40 trying to cut the future princess in two. “Hotaru-chan, please! You
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41 have to listen to me!” In answer, the raven haired Senshi of Death
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42 and Rebirth merely took another swipe at her former lover. Chibimoon
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43 lifted her wand, ready to attack, but she couldn’t get herself to
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44 concentrate. Saturn took advantage of the slight hesitation, bringing
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45 herself within inches of the other girl before bring her Glaive
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46 sweeping towards ChibiUsa. The blade serrated cloth and skin alike as
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47 a biting pain flared in ChibiUsa side. Blood dripped down her side
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48 from the cut, seeping into the white cloth.
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49
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50 //I took a walk around the world to
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51 Ease my troubled mind.
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52 I left my body laying somewhere
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53 In the sands of time.
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54 I watched the world float to the
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55 Dark side of the moon.
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56 I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah//
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57
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58 Reeling back, ChibiUsa let out a stifled cry. She didn’t have time
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59 to fully dodge Saturn’s next attack, a sharp explosion of pain and
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60 color appearing in her right arm. Saturn was still moving towards her
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61 from the movement of her attack, but it would take vital seconds to
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62 get her Glaive ready, giving ChibiUsa a perfect chance to attack. She
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63 quickly lifted the wand with her left hand, her vision blurring with
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64 hot tears. This wasn’t Hotaru. It was her body being used by Galaxia
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65 to fight them. Hotaru was dead, her Sailor Crystal stolen.
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66 The wand fell from numb fingers, clattering uselessly to the floor.
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67 The princess couldn’t accept that. She couldn’t just give up on her
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68 best friend, her love. “Hota-chan! I know this isn’t you.. Please,
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69 please.. please...” Tears rolled down her cheeks
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70 as she kept her gaze on the cold form of Saturn before her. “Hota-
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71 chan, I love you. Please fight this. Don’t let her use you.” ChibiUsa
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72 barely had time to dodge the swipe to her legs, hopping back. “Please
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73 remember. Hota-chan, I love you. Don’t you remember me?”
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74
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75 //I watched the world float to the
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76 Dark side of the moon.
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77 After all I knew it had to be something
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78 To do with you.
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79 I really don't mind what happens now and then
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80 As long as you'll be my friend at the end.//
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81
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82 A stab of fear shot through her, tenfold worse than the pain in her
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83 side and arm. Hotaru had just killed the Sailor Quartet, her
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84 guardians. The guardians she’d decided to have protect ChibiUsa. What
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85 if she was wrong? What if there was nothing left of the girl she
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86 loved in there? Had she just made a terrible mistake? No. Even if she
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87 died, she knew that she could never fight Hotaru. She had to get
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88 through to Hotaru the only way she could. She -had- to. “It’s me,
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89 ChibiUsa. Hota-chan, you’re important to me. Can’t you remember that?
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90 You were everything to me. You are everything to me. Please.. I won’t
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91 fight you. I don’t care what’s at stake. I can’t. You mean too
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92 much to me.” Another slash, another cut. ChibiUsa’s lungs were
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93 starting to burn, aching with each breath. She was laboring to keep
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94 up her pace. At this
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95 rate she knew there was no way she could keep dodging Saturn.
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96 Saturn leapt into the air, bringing the Glaive down as she landed.
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97 Some wisps of pink hair fell slowly to the floor. ChibiUsa’s vision
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98 blurred further, blood mixing with her tears. Her gloved fingers
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99 brushed the wound on her head and she
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100 immediately wished she hadn’t. Pain shot through her, a wave of
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101 dizziness engulfing her. She stumbled back, catching another swipe in
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102 her side. The pain
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103 was becoming unbearable for the pink haired girl. She wanted to curl
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104 up, for this to all go away. To wake up back in her own bed back in
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105 Crystal Tokyo.
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106
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107
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108 //If I go crazy then will you still
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109 Call me Superman?
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110 If I'm alive and well, will you be
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111 There holding my hand?
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112 I'll keep you by my side with
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113 My superhuman might.
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114 Kryptonite//
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115
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116 Chibimoon slowly regained her resolve as she remembered why she was
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117 there in the first place. When she’d found out in the future that
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118 something was wrong, she knew she had to come back, to help Hotaru.
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119 Finding out that Galaxia had killed her love had torn her up inside.
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120 The only thing that kept her going was the hope that Sailormoon would
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121 be able to bring her back along with the others when this was all
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122 over. Seeing Hotaru here at the Cauldron had caught her off guard.
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123 That had cost the Quartet their lives. In her moment of jubilation at
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124 seeing Hotaru alive, Saturn had attacked, killing the Quartet as they
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125 took the attack that had been meant for her.
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126
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127 //You called me strong, you called me weak,
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128 But still your secrets I will keep.
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129 You took for granted all the times
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130 I never let you down.
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131 You stumbled in and bumped your head,
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132 If not for me then you’d be dead.
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133 I picked you up and put you back
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134 On solid ground.//
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135
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136 Now here she was, face to face with the girl she loved, pain
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137 wracking her young body as they squared off. This was it, all or
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138 nothing. The last hurrah. She had come back for Hotaru. And now was
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139 her one and only chance. Mustering the last of her strength, the pink
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140 haired girl stood up as she
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141 locked eyes with her raven haired counterpart, her arms held in
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142 front of her chest. Those dark eyes.. so many other times she’d gazed
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143 into them, losing
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144 herself in their mysteries. This time it was like looking into those
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145 of death itself. “You can fight this, Hota-chan. I know that. I know
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146 you. You were
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147 always such a mystery, but I finally understand. You’re the strong
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148 one out of us, Hotaru. You always overcome the pain, the obstacles in
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149 front of you. You
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150 fought off Mistress 9’s control to save my life. You survived a life
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151 that I never could have hoped to live through. You’ve fought off
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152 Saturn’s control for me. You came to fight with me again, even after
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153 Elios. Hota-chan, this won’t defeat you.” A small smile
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154 crossed her soft lips. “Because I believe in you, Hota-chan. I know
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155 you can overcome this. I know you. I love you.”
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156
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157 //If I go crazy then will you still
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158 Call me Superman?
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159 If I'm alive and well, will you be
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160 There holding my hand?
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161 I'll keep you by my side with my
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162 Superhuman might.
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163 Kryptonite//
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164
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165 ChibiUsa’s arms opened as her smile
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166 grew, realization dawning upon her. Her sparkling crimson eyes met
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167 dark violet. “You always said you needed me, but you were wrong, it’s
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168 I who needs
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169 you. I can’t live without you. I need you.”
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170 Saturn thrust forward in a fluid motion. The future princess hadn’t
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171 the time nor will to dodge. The Glaive cut deep into ChibiUsa’s small
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172 body. Time seemed to freeze as the pink haired girl crumbled to
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173 the floor. Saturn stood over the fatally wounded princess, dark
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174 blood dripping from the end of her Silence Glaive. The color had
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175 drained from ChibiUsa’s usually warm skin. Pain burned through her
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176 entire body like a forest fire, catching everything in its path.
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177 “Hotaru...?” the future princess got out weakly, her voice sounding
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178 like it was coming from the long forgotten past. All she could see
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179 was Sailorsaturn standing over her, Silence Glaive held tightly in
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180 her hand as blood dripped down the curved blade. And even that was
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181 fading quickly. What hurt more than the searing pain that now claimed
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182 every inch of her being was the thought that she had been wrong, that
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183 there was nothing left of the girl she loved inside of her killer.
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184 But even through that sense of betrayal, even though she knew she lay
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185 dying, she couldn’t completely give up hope. There had to be
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186 something left. Coughing painfully, a small cloud of blood further
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187 blurred her vision.
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188
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189 //If I go crazy then will you still
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190 Call me Superman..?
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191 If I'm alive and well, will you be there
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192 Holding my hand..?
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193 I'll keep you by my side with
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194 My superhuman might.
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195 Kryptonite...
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196 Yeah!!//
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197
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198
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199 This couldn’t be the end. There was still so much she had wanted to
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200 say, so much she had wanted to do with this dark haired girl. She
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201 wanted to spend her life with her, to follow its trail wherever it
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202 led alongside the pale woman. But now that future she had so longed
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203 for was slipping through her fingers like grains of sand. Cold tears
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204 slipped their way unnoticed down her cheek. She tried to speak again,
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205 but nothing came out as her lips trembled. Trying desperately to
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206 remember Hotaru’s words from so long ago, dismay overcame her as they
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207 eluded her. She was so tired. Fear of her own imminent death clung
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208 franticly to her heart, but it was short lived. She could already see
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209 Death coming for her. Her unseeing eyes followed Death’s movements as
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210 she came closer, a raven haired girl wearing what amounted to a white
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211 cloth. Bending down gently, Death pulled her close, her pain replaced
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212 by a warmth that flooded through her being.
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213
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214
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215 As the life slowly drained from ChibiUsa's eyes, she quietly let out
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216 a single word.. "Hotaru..." Driving the scythe of the goddess of
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217 death deeper into the pink-haired girl's body, the phage of Saturn
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218 finally spoke. "Farewell, ChibiUsa." She was mildly uneasy about the
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219 way ChibiUsa’s crimson eyes had been following something that wasn’t
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220 there, but she hardly had time to concern herself with it. The deed
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221 was done. Blood stained her white gloves and the skirt and bodice of
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222 her costume. The blood of her lover. She brought her fingers to her
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223 lips, briefly rubbing the still warm liquid into them. She had done
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224 Galaxia’s bidding, had been reincarnated by the Golden Senshi for
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225 this specific task, just as the other Senshi had been brought back to
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226 stop Sailormoon’s progress.
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227 But what Galaxia hadn’t counted on was that Rebirth was Hotaru’s
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228 role in the grand scheme of things. She was the one who was behind
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229 rebirth, the one who guarded the thresholds of death. One did not
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230 resurrect Saturn and expect to command her. She was no one’s tool.
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231 But to get to Galaxia, to put a stop to her mad attempt at finding a
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232 purpose in this swirling mass of confusion, she had to get to her.
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233 And the only way to do that was to appear controllable, to follow the
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234 commands of her new ‘mistress’. Which is why she had to kill the only
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235 one her lonely heart had ever truly loved, the only one that could
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236 quell the darkness that reigned over her lonely world. “ChibiUsa-
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237 chan, I’ll join you soon,” she whispered as she watched the unmoving
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238 corpse of her future princess.
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239 No, things ended here. No more games. No more enemies. Saturn’s job
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240 was to put an end to things when they got out of control. She would
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241 accomplish that task once and for all. She would follow Sailormoon
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242 and Galaxia to the heart of the Cauldron, to the heart of Chaos
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243 itself and she would put an end to everything. Let Galaxia find her
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244 purpose in death. Let Sailormoon find peace in eternity. When she
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245 brought down her Glaive this time, all life in the galaxy would
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246 cease, the Cauldron feeling the true power of the Goddess of Death.
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247 She would lead all of the souls to their final resting place. And
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248 there she would finally be able to spend forever with her pink haired
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249 princess. Her heat pained her at that thought, at the betrayal that
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250 must have coursed through her lover as the blade pierced her soft
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251 skin. But it had to be done. And she had told ChibiUsa long ago that
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252 with death came hope and rebirth.
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253 Hoisting the Silence Glaive up in front of her, the Silent Messiah
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254 turned on her heel and ran into the darkness. The end was nigh.
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255
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256 //If I go crazy then will you still
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257 Call me Superman?
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258 If I'm alive and well, will you be
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259 There holding my hand?
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260 I'll keep you by my side with my
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261 Superhuman might.
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262 Kryptonite//
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