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     1.4 +Author’s Note: This songfic was originally meant to be part of the
     1.5 +manga series that I was working on, but after taking nearly two years
     1.6 +to finish merely the S season, I don’t think I’ll be able to finish
     1.7 +SuperS or Sailorstars as I had originally planned. On the other hand,
     1.8 +this afforded me the opportunity to write another songfic that I had
     1.9 +wanted to do for quite a while. I thought that the song ‘Kryptonite’
    1.10 +by Three Doors Down fit this scene perfectly, so I wanted to
    1.11 +incorporate it into the story. This takes place late in the Bishoujo
    1.12 +Senshi Sailormoon Sailorstars manga right up near the end. All of the
    1.13 +Senshi have been killed with the exception of Sailormoon, ChibiChibi
    1.14 +(Sailor Cosmos), and Sailor Chibimoon. The Quartet survived this
    1.15 +encounter in the manga, but were knocked unconscious by two of the
    1.16 +Inners. I thought it would have been much more fitting had they been
    1.17 +killed by the girl who had positioned them as ChibiUsa’s guardians in
    1.18 +the first place, Hotaru. All of the other Senshi have been brought
    1.19 +back by Galaxia as dark versions of themselves to halt Sailormoon’s
    1.20 +progression into the Shadow Galactica and the Cauldron. This story is
    1.21 +a what might have been if Saturn had been able to confront Chibimoon
    1.22 +instead of Chibimoon simply dying when Mamoru got killed. The
    1.23 +characters are copyright the wonderfully talented Naoko Takeuchi and
    1.24 +whatever other parties are involved while the song is performed by
    1.25 +Three Doors Down. I’m just borrowing all of these elements for a
    1.26 +romance story starring one of my absolute favorite couples. ^-^
    1.27 +Please enjoy!
    1.28 +
    1.29 +// means song lyrics.
    1.30 +
    1.31 +
    1.32 +
    1.33 +Kryptonite
    1.34 +by The Amazoness Duo
    1.35 +amazonessduo@hotmail.com
    1.36 +
    1.37 +
    1.38 +
    1.39 +	The Silence Glaive swung down in a long arc towards the pink haired
    1.40 +Sailor Senshi. ChibiUsa barely outdistanced it, the sweep of air
    1.41 +passing along her bare skin. Blank violet eyes met her gaze as she
    1.42 +looked pleadingly at the girl she loved. Saturn lunged forward, again
    1.43 +trying to cut the future princess in two. “Hotaru-chan, please! You
    1.44 +have to listen to me!” In answer, the raven haired Senshi of Death
    1.45 +and Rebirth merely took another swipe at her former lover. Chibimoon
    1.46 +lifted her wand, ready to attack, but she couldn’t get herself to
    1.47 +concentrate. Saturn took advantage of the slight hesitation, bringing
    1.48 +herself within inches of the other girl before bring her Glaive
    1.49 +sweeping towards ChibiUsa. The blade serrated cloth and skin alike as
    1.50 +a biting pain flared in ChibiUsa side. Blood dripped down her side
    1.51 +from the cut, seeping into the white cloth.
    1.52 +
    1.53 +//I took a walk around the world to 
    1.54 +Ease my troubled mind. 
    1.55 +I left my body laying somewhere 
    1.56 +In the sands of time. 
    1.57 +I watched the world float to the 
    1.58 +Dark side of the moon. 
    1.59 +I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah//
    1.60 +
    1.61 +Reeling back, ChibiUsa let out a stifled cry. She didn’t have time
    1.62 +to fully dodge Saturn’s next attack, a sharp explosion of pain and
    1.63 +color appearing in her right arm. Saturn was still moving towards her
    1.64 +from the movement of her attack, but it would take vital seconds to
    1.65 +get her Glaive ready, giving ChibiUsa a perfect chance to attack. She
    1.66 +quickly lifted the wand with her left hand, her vision blurring with
    1.67 +hot tears. This wasn’t Hotaru. It was her body being used by Galaxia
    1.68 +to fight them. Hotaru was dead, her Sailor Crystal stolen. 
    1.69 +The wand fell from numb fingers, clattering uselessly to the floor.
    1.70 +The princess couldn’t accept that. She couldn’t just give up on her
    1.71 +best friend, her love. “Hota-chan! I know this isn’t you.. Please,
    1.72 +please.. please...” Tears rolled down her cheeks 
    1.73 +as she kept her gaze on the cold form of Saturn before her. “Hota-
    1.74 +chan, I love you. Please fight this. Don’t let her use you.” ChibiUsa
    1.75 +barely had time to dodge the swipe to her legs, hopping back. “Please
    1.76 +remember. Hota-chan, I love you. Don’t you remember me?” 
    1.77 +
    1.78 +//I watched the world float to the 
    1.79 +Dark side of the moon. 
    1.80 +After all I knew it had to be something 
    1.81 +To do with you. 
    1.82 +I really don't mind what happens now and then 
    1.83 +As long as you'll be my friend at the end.//
    1.84 +
    1.85 +A stab of fear shot through her, tenfold worse than the pain in her
    1.86 +side and arm. Hotaru had just killed the Sailor Quartet, her
    1.87 +guardians. The guardians she’d decided to have protect ChibiUsa. What
    1.88 +if she was wrong? What if there was nothing left of the girl she
    1.89 +loved in there? Had she just made a terrible mistake? No. Even if she
    1.90 +died, she knew that she could never fight Hotaru. She had to get
    1.91 +through to Hotaru the only way she could. She -had- to. “It’s me,
    1.92 +ChibiUsa. Hota-chan, you’re important to me. Can’t you remember that?
    1.93 +You were everything to me. You are everything to me. Please.. I won’t
    1.94 +fight you. I don’t care what’s at stake. I can’t. You mean too 
    1.95 +much to me.” Another slash, another cut. ChibiUsa’s lungs were
    1.96 +starting to burn, aching with each breath. She was laboring to keep
    1.97 +up her pace. At this 
    1.98 +rate she knew there was no way she could keep dodging Saturn. 
    1.99 +Saturn leapt into the air, bringing the Glaive down as she landed.
   1.100 +Some wisps of pink hair fell slowly to the floor. ChibiUsa’s vision
   1.101 +blurred further, blood mixing with her tears. Her gloved fingers
   1.102 +brushed the wound on her head and she 
   1.103 +immediately wished she hadn’t. Pain shot through her, a wave of
   1.104 +dizziness engulfing her. She stumbled back, catching another swipe in
   1.105 +her side. The pain 
   1.106 +was becoming unbearable for the pink haired girl. She wanted to curl
   1.107 +up, for this to all go away. To wake up back in her own bed back in
   1.108 +Crystal Tokyo. 
   1.109 +
   1.110 +
   1.111 +//If I go crazy then will you still 
   1.112 +Call me Superman? 
   1.113 +If I'm alive and well, will you be 
   1.114 +There holding my hand? 
   1.115 +I'll keep you by my side with 
   1.116 +My superhuman might. 
   1.117 +Kryptonite//
   1.118 +
   1.119 +Chibimoon slowly regained her resolve as she remembered why she was
   1.120 +there in the first place. When she’d found out in the future that
   1.121 +something was wrong, she knew she had to come back, to help Hotaru.
   1.122 +Finding out that Galaxia had killed her love had torn her up inside.
   1.123 +The only thing that kept her going was the hope that Sailormoon would
   1.124 +be able to bring her back along with the others when this was all
   1.125 +over. Seeing Hotaru here at the Cauldron had caught her off guard.
   1.126 +That had cost the Quartet their lives. In her moment of jubilation at
   1.127 +seeing Hotaru alive, Saturn had attacked, killing the Quartet as they
   1.128 +took the attack that had been meant for her. 
   1.129 +
   1.130 +//You called me strong, you called me weak, 
   1.131 +But still your secrets I will keep. 
   1.132 +You took for granted all the times 
   1.133 +I never let you down. 
   1.134 +You stumbled in and bumped your head, 
   1.135 +If not for me then you’d be dead. 
   1.136 +I picked you up and put you back 
   1.137 +On solid ground.//
   1.138 +
   1.139 +Now here she was, face to face with the girl she loved, pain
   1.140 +wracking her young body as they squared off. This was it, all or
   1.141 +nothing. The last hurrah. She had come back for Hotaru. And now was
   1.142 +her one and only chance. Mustering the last of her strength, the pink
   1.143 +haired girl stood up as she 
   1.144 +locked eyes with her raven haired counterpart, her arms held in
   1.145 +front of her chest. Those dark eyes.. so many other times she’d gazed
   1.146 +into them, losing 
   1.147 +herself in their mysteries. This time it was like looking into those
   1.148 +of death itself. “You can fight this, Hota-chan. I know that. I know
   1.149 +you. You were 
   1.150 +always such a mystery, but I finally understand. You’re the strong
   1.151 +one out of us, Hotaru. You always overcome the pain, the obstacles in
   1.152 +front of you. You 
   1.153 +fought off Mistress 9’s control to save my life. You survived a life
   1.154 +that I never could have hoped to live through. You’ve fought off
   1.155 +Saturn’s control for me. You came to fight with me again, even after
   1.156 +Elios. Hota-chan, this won’t defeat you.” A small smile 
   1.157 +crossed her soft lips. “Because I believe in you, Hota-chan. I know
   1.158 +you can overcome this. I know you. I love you.” 
   1.159 +
   1.160 +//If I go crazy then will you still 
   1.161 +Call me Superman? 
   1.162 +If I'm alive and well, will you be 
   1.163 +There holding my hand? 
   1.164 +I'll keep you by my side with my 
   1.165 +Superhuman might. 
   1.166 +Kryptonite//
   1.167 +
   1.168 +ChibiUsa’s arms opened as her smile 
   1.169 +grew, realization dawning upon her. Her sparkling crimson eyes met
   1.170 +dark violet. “You always said you needed me, but you were wrong, it’s
   1.171 +I who needs 
   1.172 +you. I can’t live without you. I need you.” 
   1.173 +Saturn thrust forward in a fluid motion. The future princess hadn’t
   1.174 +the time nor will to dodge. The Glaive cut deep into ChibiUsa’s small
   1.175 +body. Time seemed to freeze as the pink haired girl crumbled to 
   1.176 +the floor. Saturn stood over the fatally wounded princess, dark
   1.177 +blood dripping from the end of her Silence Glaive. The color had
   1.178 +drained from ChibiUsa’s usually warm skin. Pain burned through her
   1.179 +entire body like a forest fire, catching everything in its path.
   1.180 +“Hotaru...?” the future princess got out weakly, her voice sounding
   1.181 +like it was coming from the long forgotten past. All she could see
   1.182 +was Sailorsaturn standing over her, Silence Glaive held tightly in
   1.183 +her hand as blood dripped down the curved blade. And even that was
   1.184 +fading quickly. What hurt more than the searing pain that now claimed
   1.185 +every inch of her being was the thought that she had been wrong, that
   1.186 +there was nothing left of the girl she loved inside of her killer.
   1.187 +But even through that sense of betrayal, even though she knew she lay
   1.188 +dying, she couldn’t completely give up hope. There had to be
   1.189 +something left. Coughing painfully, a small cloud of blood further
   1.190 +blurred her vision. 
   1.191 +
   1.192 +//If I go crazy then will you still 
   1.193 +Call me Superman..? 
   1.194 +If I'm alive and well, will you be there 
   1.195 +Holding my hand..? 
   1.196 +I'll keep you by my side with 
   1.197 +My superhuman might. 
   1.198 +Kryptonite...
   1.199 +Yeah!!//
   1.200 +
   1.201 +
   1.202 +This couldn’t be the end. There was still so much she had wanted to
   1.203 +say, so much she had wanted to do with this dark haired girl. She
   1.204 +wanted to spend her life with her, to follow its trail wherever it
   1.205 +led alongside the pale woman. But now that future she had so longed
   1.206 +for was slipping through her fingers like grains of sand. Cold tears
   1.207 +slipped their way unnoticed down her cheek. She tried to speak again,
   1.208 +but nothing came out as her lips trembled. Trying desperately to
   1.209 +remember Hotaru’s words from so long ago, dismay overcame her as they
   1.210 +eluded her. She was so tired. Fear of her own imminent death clung
   1.211 +franticly to her heart, but it was short lived. She could already see
   1.212 +Death coming for her. Her unseeing eyes followed Death’s movements as
   1.213 +she came closer, a raven haired girl wearing what amounted to a white
   1.214 +cloth. Bending down gently, Death pulled her close, her pain replaced
   1.215 +by a warmth that flooded through her being.
   1.216 +
   1.217 +
   1.218 +As the life slowly drained from ChibiUsa's eyes, she quietly let out
   1.219 +a single word.. "Hotaru..."  Driving the scythe of the goddess of
   1.220 +death deeper into the pink-haired girl's body, the phage of Saturn
   1.221 +finally spoke. "Farewell, ChibiUsa." She was mildly uneasy about the
   1.222 +way ChibiUsa’s crimson eyes had been following something that wasn’t
   1.223 +there, but she hardly had time to concern herself with it. The deed
   1.224 +was done. Blood stained her white gloves and the skirt and bodice of
   1.225 +her costume. The blood of her lover. She brought her fingers to her
   1.226 +lips, briefly rubbing the still warm liquid into them. She had done
   1.227 +Galaxia’s bidding, had been reincarnated by the Golden Senshi for
   1.228 +this specific task, just as the other Senshi had been brought back to
   1.229 +stop Sailormoon’s progress. 
   1.230 +But what Galaxia hadn’t counted on was that Rebirth was Hotaru’s
   1.231 +role in the grand scheme of things. She was the one who was behind
   1.232 +rebirth, the one who guarded the thresholds of death. One did not
   1.233 +resurrect Saturn and expect to command her. She was no one’s tool.
   1.234 +But to get to Galaxia, to put a stop to her mad attempt at finding a
   1.235 +purpose in this swirling mass of confusion, she had to get to her.
   1.236 +And the only way to do that was to appear controllable, to follow the
   1.237 +commands of her new ‘mistress’. Which is why she had to kill the only
   1.238 +one her lonely heart had ever truly loved, the only one that could
   1.239 +quell the darkness that reigned over her lonely world. “ChibiUsa-
   1.240 +chan, I’ll join you soon,” she whispered as she watched the unmoving
   1.241 +corpse of her future princess. 
   1.242 +No, things ended here. No more games. No more enemies. Saturn’s job
   1.243 +was to put an end to things when they got out of control. She would
   1.244 +accomplish that task once and for all. She would follow Sailormoon
   1.245 +and Galaxia to the heart of the Cauldron, to the heart of Chaos
   1.246 +itself and she would put an end to everything. Let Galaxia find her
   1.247 +purpose in death. Let Sailormoon find peace in eternity. When she
   1.248 +brought down her Glaive this time, all life in the galaxy would
   1.249 +cease, the Cauldron feeling the true power of the Goddess of Death.
   1.250 +She would lead all of the souls to their final resting place. And
   1.251 +there she would finally be able to spend forever with her pink haired
   1.252 +princess. Her heat pained her at that thought, at the betrayal that
   1.253 +must have coursed through her lover as the blade pierced her soft
   1.254 +skin. But it had to be done. And she had told ChibiUsa long ago that
   1.255 +with death came hope and rebirth.
   1.256 +Hoisting the Silence Glaive up in front of her, the Silent Messiah
   1.257 +turned on her heel and ran into the darkness. The end was nigh.
   1.258 +
   1.259 +//If I go crazy then will you still 
   1.260 +Call me Superman? 
   1.261 +If I'm alive and well, will you be 
   1.262 +There holding my hand? 
   1.263 +I'll keep you by my side with my 
   1.264 +Superhuman might. 
   1.265 +Kryptonite//