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1 My username, Amara
2 My e-mail, keriisgo@hotmail.com
3 my story,
5 I have made this story for enjoyment but some may find it offensive.
6 Also, I
7 don’t own these characters and they belong to Naoko Takeuchi…you know
8 the
9 rest.
12 “That’s it” Usa smiled evilly.
13 “Aww, not again.” Hotaru said exasperated. Usa had just beaten her
14 (again)
15 at cards.
16 “How do you always manage to beat me Usa-Chan?” Hotaru asked.
17 “I don’t know, I just can.” Usa said.
18 “OW!” Hotaru suddenly shouted out in pain, dropping all her cards. Usa
19 moved
20 forward to her friend.
21 “What is it?” she asked concerned. Hotaru closed her eyes and then
22 opened
23 them again.
24 “Nothing, don’t worry.” Hotaru answered. Usa did worry but could see
25 that
26 Hotaru didn’t want to talk.
27 “I have to go.” Hotaru said and got up. Usa got up too.
28 “I’m sorry.” Usa said. Hotaru looked shocked.
29 “Why are you apologising?”
30 “Well, if I didn’t insist you stay, you wouldn’t have been hurt.”
31 “Usa, I am not hurt.” Hotaru smiled at her friend and left the house.
32 Hotaru
33 ran down the driveway and turned slightly to wave at her friend. Usa
34 waved
35 back.
36 “Why don’t you tell me what’s wrong Hotaru-Chan?” Usa thought to
37 herself.
38 Usa went inside and looked at the mass of cards that Hotaru had dropped
39 in
40 her sudden pain. Usa started to pick up the cards but stopped as she
41 saw one
42 of Hotaru’s schoolbooks. Usa flicked through it and saw something on
43 the
44 middle page, which should have been blank.
46 It was in Hotaru’s handwriting and was slightly messy.
47 Usa hesitated but read it anyway.
48 It said:
50 I know it is useless to write this down but it is better than keeping
51 it
52 inside me.
53 I have been having terrible seizures again, worse than ever, and they
54 always
55 follow an incredibly sharp pain that tears through my body.
57 Usa looked up and remembered Hotaru shouting out in pain. She put two
58 and
59 two together and knew she left because she was going to have a seizure.
60 “HOTARU-CHAN!” Usa cried out as she ran out of the house and down the
61 street
62 calling Hotaru’s name. She didn’t know where she was going so she just
63 let
64 her feet lead her. Down alley after alley she ran. She skidded to a
65 halt and
66 looked down a dead end alley, it was Hotaru!
67 “Hotaru-Chan!” Usa cried and ran up to her friend. Hotaru was kneeling,
68 breathing heavily. She looked at Usa shocked and cried out as the pain
69 grew
70 inside her.
71 “Help me Odango-Chan!” Hotaru cried. Usa was slightly shocked; Hotaru
72 hadn’t
73 ever called her that before. She felt her heart beat even harder.
74 “How, Hotaru-Chan?! How can I help you?!” Usa cried in despair.
75 “I Don’t Know.” Hotaru cried out between breaths.
76 Usa took out her ginzuishou and tried to help Hotaru but she was
77 resisting
78 the power of the ginzuishou somehow.
79 “I can’t help you!” Usa cried in complete despair. Hotaru started to
80 gain
81 control again and between deep breaths she asked
82 “How did you know where to find me?”
83 “I don’t know, my legs just took me here.” Usa replied.
84 “How did you know to come looking for me?” Hotaru asked and Usa looked
85 away.
86 “Usa?”
87 “I am sorry Hotaru, I read that note in the middle of your work book.”
88 Usa
89 cried.
90 “Oh, Please don’t cry, my Odango-Chan.” Hotaru said gently. Usa looked
91 up at
92 her.
93 “Odango-Chan?” Usa whispered.
94 “Oh, Usa, I love you!” Hotaru cried, tears now staining both their
95 faces.
96 Usa just stared in shock but Hotaru thought that Usa was angry and ran
97 away
98 shouting
99 “Gomen Usa, Gomen (sorry).” Hotaru stopped when she reached the park
100 and
101 noticed that it was the same spot in which she had first met Usa.
102 “Gomennasai, Usa, and Domo Arigatou (I’m sorry, Usa, and thank you).”
103 Hotaru
104 said aloud and then fainted. Usa skidded round the corner just in time
105 to
106 hear what Hotaru had said.
107 “Hotaru-Chan! Don’t say things like that!” She ran forward and
108 supported her
109 friends head, She noticed how pretty Hotaru was as she saw her black
110 hair
111 mask her closed eyes,
112 “It sounds to much like a goodbye.” Usa looked over her friend and
113 noticed
114 that she wasn’t breathing,
115 “So, it was a good bye.” Usa cried. She leaned over her friend and
116 kissed
117 her softly on the lips and then again, but deeper, and more passionate.
118 “Aishiteru, Hotaru.” Usa cried and kissed her again. Hotaru’s chest
119 started
120 once again to rise and fall.
121 “Hotaru!” Usa cried.
122 “YOUR O.K!”
123 “Domo Arigatou.” Hotaru said.
124 “Iie, Domo Arigatou.” Usa replied and they kissed again, with the love
125 of
126 futures and pasts, also the present time, which they wished could last
127 forever.
129 Later, Hotaru and Usa were at Hotaru’s house; Hotaru’s Mama’s and Papa
130 were
131 out.
132 “They won’t be back until tomorrow evening. So, we have all tonight and
133 tomorrow alone.” Hotaru said slyly. Usa smiled but then became serious.
134 “Are you sure you are O.K?” She asked looking at Hotaru. Hotaru avoided
135 her
136 eyes and said
137 “Of course Usa, I am always fine around you. Would you like something
138 to
139 eat? It is getting to be about 9:00 (pm).” Usa sensed that her friend
140 was
141 lying but didn’t say anymore.
142 “Yeah! I am sooo hungry.” Usa replied. Hotaru tilted her head to one
143 side
144 and smiled at her friend.
145 “I will make dinner, you can go and watch T.V.” Hotaru said.
146 “Oh, can’t I help?” Asked Usa enthusiastically. Hotaru knew she only
147 wanted
148 to help but to put it bluntly; Usa didn’t mix well with the kitchen.
149 “That’s O.K Usa; I can do it.” Hotaru said. Usa looked sad but smiled
150 and
151 turned around, and then walked out.
152 Hotaru cooked a feast, A roast dinner that was fit for a king. Chicken,
153 potatoes, parsnips, carrots and all sorts of side dishes.
155 She called Usa and as she came in her eyes widened.
156 “You made all this?!” Usa asked in disbelief.
157 “Yes.” Hotaru said quietly and indicated to a chair. Usa sat down and
158 started. Hotaru didn’t eat much but Usa didn’t notice, Hotaru smiled as
159 Usa
160 ate her weight in food.
161 “MMMMMMM” Usa muffled through her last mouthful.
162 “Where did you learn to cook like that?”
163 “I often watch Setsuna-Mama when she cooks and she helps me to cook
164 sometimes too.” Hotaru smiled at the awestruck look on Usa’s face.
165 “Wow!” Hotaru said
166 “What?”
167 “It’s ten o’clock!”
168 “So?”
169 “It’s time for bed…” Hotaru finished and was wearing a sly and playful
170 smile.
171 “Oh, O.K” Usa said.
172 “You go ahead while I clean up.” Hotaru said.
173 “O.K then, I’ll be waiting…” And with that Usa left the kitchen and
174 went to
175 Hotaru’s room. Hotaru finished clearing up and went upstairs. She got
176 half
177 way up the stairs when she had to stop. She backed up a few paces
178 holding
179 her chest in pain. She gasped for air and tried to call for Usa’s help
180 but
181 nothing came out. She tried to get to her room but as soon as she got
182 her
183 door she felt as if she was going to die of pain. She fell forwards
184 into the
185 door, it opened and Hotaru fell into her room.
186 “Hotaru-Chan!” Usa cried in shock.
187 “Why does this keep happening?!” Usa asked.
188 “I don’t know!” Hotaru cried out in pain.
189 “Please Usa, Call Michiru-Mama and Haruka-Papa and Setsuna-Mama!”
190 Hotaru
191 cried between breaths.
192 “I don’t know their number.” Usa said helplessly.
193 “On the dresser by the phone.” Hotaru managed before her attack got
194 even
195 worse, hardly allowing her to breath.
196 “I can’t leave you.” Usa cried.
197 “PLEASE!” Hotaru screamed in pain as it got worse and worse. Usa ran
198 downstairs and picked up the phone, she was very scared but her hand
199 was
200 still steady as she dialled the number on the pink note.
201 “Hello?” It was Michiru.
202 “MICHIRU!”
203 “Usa?! What’s wrong?!”
204 “It’s Hotaru! She’s having a really bad fit! Please help us!”
205 “Hold on just a while longer, go to her, we will be there shortly
206 thanks to
207 Setsuna.”
208 “HURRY!”
209 Usa hung up and sprinted upstairs as fast as she could.
210 “HOTARU-CHAN! THEY ARE COMEING! HOLD ON!” Usa shouted and burst into
211 her
212 room, Hotaru was on her hands and knees.
213 “Usa-Chan…” Hotaru said and then everything around her went black.
214 “HOTARU-CHAN?!” Usa cried in complete despair.
215 “We’re here!” Setsuna said and they burst into the room, they saw Usa
216 lying
217 there holding the unconscious form of Hotaru.
218 “Let go, Usa.” Setsuna said and Usa did as she was told, Haruka picked
219 Hotaru up and went to lie her on the bed but Hotaru’s body began to
220 glow and
221 powered up, Haruka was thrown backwards by the force of Hotaru’s light.
222 Michiru ran to Haruka’s side. Setsuna transformed into Sailor Pluto
223 “Pluto
224 planet power, make up!” and grabbed Usa by the back, She held her
225 talisman
226 at arms length and it glowed. She pushed Usa back to Michiru and Haruka
227 who
228 held her tight. Setsuna’s Talisman set up a shied around them just as
229 Hotaru’s Power exploded and everything in the room was demolished,
230 except
231 what was in the shield.
232 “What’s happening?” Usa cried. Setsuna ignored the question from Usa
233 and
234 Shouted at the outers.
235 “TRANSFORM!”
236 “Uranus planet power, make up!”
237 “Neptune planet power, make up!”
238 They transformed and so did Usa.
239 The four were unable to move the shield and didn’t have the power to
240 hold
241 the shield as well as prepare the sailor teleport and Setsuna couldn’t
242 hold
243 the shield as well as teleport them so they were stuck.
244 “We can’t keep this up forever!” Uranus exclaimed.
245 “What is happening to her?” Neptune asked Pluto.
246 “I don’t know.” Pluto said solemnly. The power emanating from Hotaru
247 suddenly grew massively and the four senshi cried out in pain as they
248 tried
249 to hold the barrier. In a bright flash of light, Hotaru transformed
250 into
251 Sailor Saturn, without her transformation stick and without saying
252 ‘Saturn
253 planet power, Make up!’
254 The four other senshi were completely confused.
255 “We can’t just stand here and let her destroy us!” Uranus shouted.
256 “But what can we do?! She is our daughter!” Setsuna cried out in pain
257 as
258 another power surge hit the shield.
259 “She wouldn’t want us to be destroyed, even if that meant her own
260 demise.”
261 Neptune said quietly, but even though it was quiet, everyone heard.
262 Silent
263 tears fell down Usa’s face but she knew that Michiru was right.
264 “O.K. Ready, and remember, we don’t want to destroy her, just knock her
265 so
266 she can’t use her powers.” Uranus said.
267 “O.K!” came the reply from the other three senshi. All at once they
268 broke
269 the shield and fired their attacks. All four attacks went forward and
270 just
271 as they were about to hit Sailor Saturn, they were all dispersed by her
272 power. The same surge of power that destroyed the attacks was about to
273 destroy the senshi when…
274 “MOON CRYSTAL POWER!!” Sailor moon arrived and set up a new shield to
275 protect the senshi. The shield was put up just in time as the surge
276 hit and
277 Sailor moon was forced back.
278 “Usa! I know there is something special between you and Hotaru!” Sailor
279 moon
280 cried.
281 The three outers were shocked.
282 “You can use your love to get through to her!” Sailor moon said and was
283 forced back a few more steps as another surge hit her shield.
284 “How can we help?” The three outers asked.
285 “You are to drained to help, any further fighting may cause you more
286 harm
287 than good, I can keep up this barrier on my own for now, but Usa,
288 please
289 hurry. Usa nodded and sat down. She closed her eyes and concentrated on
290 Hotaru. She heard Hotaru screaming, arguing with someone or something
291 inside
292 her head.
293 “GET OUT AND LEAVE THEM ALONE!” Hotaru cried.
294 “You don’t command me, I command you, and you will obey, you have no
295 choice.” Said a creepy, old voice.
296 “You can no longer inhabit me if I am dead, and if that is the only way
297 then
298 so be it!” Hotaru said boldly and at that point Usa was forced out.
299 Back in
300 the real world:
301 “She’s getting stronger! I can’t hold it back!” Sailor moon had tears
302 rolling down her cheeks from the pain.
303 “Usa? What happened? Why is her power growing?” Sailor moon asked
304 worriedly.
305 “She was arguing with someone, I don’t know who, She said… She said…”
306 Usa
307 burst out crying and Michiru hugged her to comfort her.
308 “What did Hotaru say?”
309 “She said if the only way to get rid of that thing and save us was to
310 kill
311 herself then… she said she would do it, Oh Michiru! She’s going to
312 kill
313 herself!” Usa buried her face in Michiru’s stomach and cried. Michiru
314 rubbed
315 Usa’s back reassuringly. Sailor moon turned round to look at Usa and
316 was
317 caught off guard by a power surge. She screamed in pain as a black
318 lightning
319 whipped around her.
320 Pluto instantly stood up to reinitiate her shield and try to help
321 sailor
322 moon. Sailor moon looked down and saw what Pluto was trying to do. She
323 shouted to Pluto not to and Pluto was shocked, therefore she stopped.
324 Sailor
325 moon screamed again as she was entangled in the lightning and it
326 shocked her
327 harshly. Pluto had got over her temporary shock and continued to try to
328 activate her talisman, but she was too weak and it wouldn’t activate,
329 neither would the other outers so they were all helpless.
330 “Mama!!” Usa cried out to see her past mother in so much pain. She ran
331 towards Sailor Moon but Sailor Moon held out her hand to stop her.
332 “Don’t you dare get yourself hurt Usa!” Sailor moon said sternly. The
333 silver
334 crystal flickered and went blank. Sailor Moon’s eyes seemed to do the
335 same.
336 “MAMA!! NO!!” Usa cried out as she watched a silent tear roll down
337 Usagi’s
338 cheek.
339 Sailor Saturn seemed to stir from the powerful state she had been in.
340 She
341 called forth the Silence Glaive and stared at Usa until her feet softly
342 touched the floor. Her eyes changed, they were no longer empty and
343 cold, now
344 they were filled with love and guilt.
345 “I am sorry Usa, I had no control.” Sailor Saturn said as she let Usagi
346 down
347 from the lightning.
348 “Wait! She is still alive!” Sailor Saturn exclaimed. Sailor Saturn ran
349 forward and pressed her hand on Usagi’s heart, She poured her Ki into
350 Usagi
351 and Usagi’s eyes flicked open.
352 “Thank you.” Usagi said.
353 “Do not thank me, Sailor Moon, It is I who needs to thank you for
354 saving
355 them from my power.” Sailor Saturn answered.
356 “O.K Sailor Saturn, You can stop now, I am healed.” Usagi said.
357 “Don’t even try to lie to me, I can feel that you are still really low
358 on
359 energy.” Sailor Saturn said and poured even more of her energy into
360 Usagi’s
361 body, Usagi’s Broach began to glow and she transformed into Sailor
362 Moon.
363 Sailor Saturn removed her hand.
364 “There, that’s better.” Sailor Saturn said.
365 “Thank you.” Sailor Moon said again. Sailor Saturn smiled and turned to
366 face
367 the outers and Usa.
368 “I must also return your energy.” Sailor Saturn said. She held her
369 hands out
370 in front of her and made a ball of her energy. She smiled and the
371 energy
372 started to spiral around the room and restored everything, while
373 returning
374 the others power to normal. Sailor Saturn changed back into Hotaru.
375 “Hotaru! Please stop!” Usa cried.
376 “I can’t.” Hotaru said solemnly.
377 “Why on earth not?!” Usa asked.
378 “Because if I stop then I will live, and if I live then I will end up
379 killing you all.”
380 Usa started to cry all over again, she ran forward and hugged Hotaru,
381 She
382 looked up at the slightly taller girl and said
383 “Please, Hotaru, if you die, then I will have to die with you,
384 Aishiteru.”
385 Hotaru was shocked but then recovered herself and said
386 “Aishiteru Usa. But this is for me alone to do, I will be re-born and
387 therefore we will meet again. I am sorry Usa.”
388 “What are you sorry for?” Usa asked.
389 “For this.” Hotaru said and pushed Usa back to the outers and Sailor
390 Moon.
391 “Hotaru! What are you doing?!” Hotaru ignored the question. She
392 transformed
393 once again into Sailor Saturn and called forth the Silence Glaive.
394 “DEATH REBORN REVOLUTION!” She shouted, the others were so shocked and
395 scared to hear her signature move. They thought she was going to kill
396 the
397 world with her, but they were wrong. Ribbons shot out from her Silence
398 Glaive first and made a bubble around her, it was containing her power.
399 The
400 ribbons stopped coming forth and the light began to emanate from her
401 Silence
402 Glaive. The glow got brighter until Usa was the only one still able to
403 see
404 Hotaru. Hotaru gave a weak smile to Usa.
405 But just at that moment her eyes started to change again. She spoke in
406 a
407 voice that wasn’t her own.
408 “Hotaru! Do you think that you will really keep yours and my power
409 cooped up
410 in this pathetic shield??” The words came from her mouth but she wasn’t
411 saying it. Everyone was shocked to hear a voice and then the light
412 became
413 stronger.
414 “We should set up the shield, just in case.” Sailor Pluto said.
415 “O.K” the others agreed. Usa saw the silhouette of Sailor Saturn, She
416 fell
417 to the ground in pain and shouted out as her shield was destroyed by
418 the
419 power coming from her own body. The power hit the shield with full
420 force and
421 then died down a little. The 3 outers and Usagi held the shield but Usa
422 was
423 crying to see Hotaru in so much pain. She made up her mind in a split
424 second
425 and stopped crying, she ran out of the shield, to the absolute despair
426 of
427 the others but there was nothing they could do except watch. Usa
428 struggled
429 forward into the light and fell over something on the floor. She looked
430 behind her and realised it was Hotaru!
431 “HOTARU! Are you O.K? What a stupid question, of course your not O.K.”
432 Usa
433 was in hysterics and crying over Hotaru.
434 “Please wake up Hotaru-Chan!” Usa pleaded. Hotaru’s eyelids flickered
435 but
436 still didn’t open.
437 “Hotaru?” Usa asked worriedly. Hotaru’s head fell to one side but Usa
438 wasn’t
439 that worried because she heard Hotaru inhale. Hotaru didn’t move her
440 face
441 from her sideward position but still said
442 “Usa-Chan, thank you for believing in me. But we have to get out of
443 here.”
444 “Why?” Usa asked. Hotaru looked up.
445 “That power, it is a type of spirit, I can’t keep it under control. I
446 am
447 sorry Usa, I tried to stop it but it overpowered me, but I promise…”
448 Hotaru
449 was stopped as Usa put her finger on Hotaru’s lips. Hotaru pushed it
450 away
451 and continued.
452 “I promise, I won’t let any harm come to you Usa.” Hotaru finished and
453 smiled up at Usa. But just at that moment she saw a powerful blast
454 heading
455 their way and in a split second she got up and threw Usa into the
456 shield.
457 “HOTARU!!” Usa cried as she looked up. She saw Hotaru being blasted and
458 in
459 her weak form she evolved into Sailor Saturn and tried to withstand it
460 using
461 the Silence Wall. It didn’t work and her Silence Glaive was smashed to
462 pieces, she tried to stand against the attack for as long as she could…
466 But she was overpowered and the all to familiar black lightning that
467 nearly
468 killed Sailor Moon whipped around Sailor Saturn. She was electrocuted
469 as it
470 concentrated on her…
473 She thought of all the good times she had shared with Chibi-Usa…
477 They seemed so long ago…
478 “Usa… I am so…Sorry…” Hotaru cried and fell to the floor motionless.
479 But as
480 she had said, when she died, the spirit died with her…
481 All things seemed to be undone as a light spread from the now unmoving
482 Sailor Saturn. She turned back to Hotaru and floated for a few seconds
483 before hitting the floor and raising dust. The light faded and the
484 Sailor
485 Soldiers shield was let down.
486 Usa ran forward to her friend and hugged her in a tight embrace; all
487 the
488 lamps in Hotaru’s now restored room lit and a warm glow spread over
489 them
490 all.
491 “Lets leave Usa alone.” Michiru said tenderly. She left quietly and the
492 others followed suit. Setsuna didn’t want to leave and gave a sad look
493 at
494 Usa and her ‘daughter’ before shutting the door. Usa sat next to
495 Hotaru’s
496 body and held her hand.
497 “Wake up! Don’t you dare be dead! I forbid it as the princess of the
498 Future
499 Crystal Tokyo!” Usa was crying. She watched as the lamps glow
500 illuminated
501 Hotaru’s face and noticed something, not for the first time,
502 <She is so pretty, why did she do it?>
503 “Hotaru, why? I can’t live without you… Please, don’t leave me all
504 alone!”
505 Usa cried.
506 “Your not alone.” Usa was shocked and looked at Hotaru but Hotaru was
507 still
508 quite motionless. She looked up and saw an image of Sailor Saturn.
509 “Oh, Hotaru.” Usa said quietly.
510 “Don’t worry, you have lots of friends, my Odango-Chan. And please
511 forgive
512 me.”
513 “For what?” Usa asked.
514 “Hotaru, my human form, is still alive…”
515 “SHE IS?!” Usa asked shocked and shook Hotaru but stopped as soon as
516 she saw
517 that she was causing the Sailor Saturn pain. Usa tore her eyes from
518 Hotaru
519 and met Sailor Saturn’s eyes. They were Hotaru’s, but they only held
520 pain.
521 “Yes, but she shouldn’t be, I am only still here because she is, and
522 she is
523 only here because you are. I am sorry Usa, I can’t allow you to do
524 anything
525 to get in the way.” And with that Usa was teleported downstairs and
526 appeared
527 in front of the others. They stared.
528 “What happened?” Asked Michiru.
529 “Hotaru!” Was the best Usa could manage and ran upstairs, closely
530 followed
531 by the others. She hesitated outside the door because she felt Sailor
532 Saturn’s power building. She opened the door and the four burst in.
533 They
534 just stared at the sight that met their eyes:
535 Hotaru was on her feet and so was the image of Sailor Saturn. They each
536 had
537 a hand touched together, their right hands entwined and as Hotaru faded
538 slightly, the image of Sailor Saturn got more solid until they were
539 both
540 solid. All the others could do was watch.
541 “I love you, Usa.” Hotaru said and Sailor Saturn called forth her
542 Silence
543 Glaive and swung it out in a circular motion, ending at her side. For a
544 few
545 tense moments nothing happened, but then Hotaru fell to her knees
546 clutching
547 her chest. She was not having a seizure, Usa knew that much, she was in
548 pain. Usa ran forward and removed Hotaru’s hand from her chest. Usa saw
549 her
550 hand covered in blood and turned to face Sailor Saturn.
551 “You killed her!” Usa yelled.
552 “No, I am only her, I am her spirit and so am controlled by her, she
553 killed
554 herself, but needed someone to actually strike her down, she knew you
555 wouldn’t allow anyone else, so I obliged.
556 “YOU AREN’T SAILOR SATURN!!” Usa shouted, causing the others to jump to
557 their senses. Sailor Saturn smirked.
558 “True, but she really did make the decision. And I have to admit, I am
559 glad
560 to go down with her, because now I can make her after-life hell!”
561 Sailor
562 Saturn turned into smoke and was absorbed by Hotaru. Usa stared and
563 then
564 turned back to Hotaru.
565 “Please don’t leave me alone.” Usa said in a barely hear-able whisper.
566 “I have to.” Hotaru said and a silent tear ran down her pale cheek. She
567 turned her head and she breathed in Usa’s sweet smell.
568 But just as she lost her heartbeat she realised…
569 Usa, She is my reason to live. That is why the spirit was trapped in
570 me! I
571 wanted to die; I had no reason to live! But now I can’t die!
572 “Usa…” Hotaru whispered.
573 “I don’t want to die!”
574 “Oh, Hotaru!” Usa cried and hugged her friend. Hotaru’s eyes closed and
575 all
576 went black; nothing moved but then, out of this nothing; there was
577 light…
578 “Usa?” Hotaru asked. She opened her misty eyes and noticed she was in
579 her
580 bed. She also saw a new lamp, with a few words painted on, she moved
581 forward, ignoring the pain from her chest and saw it was in Usa’s
582 writing.
583 It read:
584 ‘Hotaru and Usa together forever.’
585 Hotaru started to get up and realised just how much pain she was in.
586 She
587 looked down and saw a blood-soaked bandage. She moved along the wall
588 for
589 support until she reached the doorway. She quietly opened the door and
590 walked quicker down the hall, wanting to see Usa. She went down the
591 stairs
592 two at a time but made no sound at all. She turned the corner and put
593 her
594 ear to the living-room door:
595 Haruka: She is really weak, she may not pull through.
596 Usa: Don’t say such things! She is going to be fine! She has to be!
597 Michiru: Oh, Usa, you know that the wound was meant to kill her don’t
598 you?
599 She knew it was strong enough.
600 Setsuna: But she wanted to die then, I think the fact that she wants to
601 live
602 will make a difference. But not even I can see the outcome of this.
603 Usa: I know she will be O.K! She has to be!
605 Hotaru heard Usa running to the door and tried to move back but still
606 collided with Usa as she ran at high speed from the room.
607 “HOTARU!!” Usa exclaimed.
608 “Oww, Hi.” Hotaru rubbed her chest. The others had heard and come
609 running
610 out to see what had happened.
611 “Hotaru?!” They all stared.
612 “Yes?” Hotaru asked innocently, laughing at their awestruck faces.
613 “Oh, It’s so nice to hear you laugh again, we have missed it.” Michiru
614 smiled.
615 “Missed it? How long have I been there?” Hotaru asked.
616 “About 3 weeks.” Setsuna finally said after a long silence.
617 “Wow, thank you for looking after me you guys.” Hotaru said.
619 (A/N: I am now referring to Chibi-Usa as Usagi, seeing as they are both
620 about 20 now.) Hotaru and Usagi were walking through the park.
621 “This is the exact spot we met, Usa.” Hotaru said and got down on one
622 knee,
623 “Usagi, Princess of the Future Crystal Tokyo…will you marry me?” Hotaru
624 asked and showed Usagi a ring with their Sailor Soldier Symbols
625 imprinted
626 and entwined with each other, Hotaru’s side was a purple and Usagi’s
627 was a
628 golden-white.
629 “Oh, Hotaru! Of course I will marry you!” Usagi cried.
631 And they walked down the road, hand in hand, nothing ever to tear them
632 apart
633 again.