rlm@0: Author’s Note: This songfic was originally meant to be part of the
rlm@0: manga series that I was working on, but after taking nearly two years
rlm@0: to finish merely the S season, I don’t think I’ll be able to finish
rlm@0: SuperS or Sailorstars as I had originally planned. On the other hand,
rlm@0: this afforded me the opportunity to write another songfic that I had
rlm@0: wanted to do for quite a while. I thought that the song ‘Kryptonite’
rlm@0: by Three Doors Down fit this scene perfectly, so I wanted to
rlm@0: incorporate it into the story. This takes place late in the Bishoujo
rlm@0: Senshi Sailormoon Sailorstars manga right up near the end. All of the
rlm@0: Senshi have been killed with the exception of Sailormoon, ChibiChibi
rlm@0: (Sailor Cosmos), and Sailor Chibimoon. The Quartet survived this
rlm@0: encounter in the manga, but were knocked unconscious by two of the
rlm@0: Inners. I thought it would have been much more fitting had they been
rlm@0: killed by the girl who had positioned them as ChibiUsa’s guardians in
rlm@0: the first place, Hotaru. All of the other Senshi have been brought
rlm@0: back by Galaxia as dark versions of themselves to halt Sailormoon’s
rlm@0: progression into the Shadow Galactica and the Cauldron. This story is
rlm@0: a what might have been if Saturn had been able to confront Chibimoon
rlm@0: instead of Chibimoon simply dying when Mamoru got killed. The
rlm@0: characters are copyright the wonderfully talented Naoko Takeuchi and
rlm@0: whatever other parties are involved while the song is performed by
rlm@0: Three Doors Down. I’m just borrowing all of these elements for a
rlm@0: romance story starring one of my absolute favorite couples. ^-^
rlm@0: Please enjoy!
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: // means song lyrics.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Kryptonite
rlm@0: by The Amazoness Duo
rlm@0: amazonessduo@hotmail.com
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 	The Silence Glaive swung down in a long arc towards the pink haired
rlm@0: Sailor Senshi. ChibiUsa barely outdistanced it, the sweep of air
rlm@0: passing along her bare skin. Blank violet eyes met her gaze as she
rlm@0: looked pleadingly at the girl she loved. Saturn lunged forward, again
rlm@0: trying to cut the future princess in two. “Hotaru-chan, please! You
rlm@0: have to listen to me!” In answer, the raven haired Senshi of Death
rlm@0: and Rebirth merely took another swipe at her former lover. Chibimoon
rlm@0: lifted her wand, ready to attack, but she couldn’t get herself to
rlm@0: concentrate. Saturn took advantage of the slight hesitation, bringing
rlm@0: herself within inches of the other girl before bring her Glaive
rlm@0: sweeping towards ChibiUsa. The blade serrated cloth and skin alike as
rlm@0: a biting pain flared in ChibiUsa side. Blood dripped down her side
rlm@0: from the cut, seeping into the white cloth.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: //I took a walk around the world to 
rlm@0: Ease my troubled mind. 
rlm@0: I left my body laying somewhere 
rlm@0: In the sands of time. 
rlm@0: I watched the world float to the 
rlm@0: Dark side of the moon. 
rlm@0: I feel there is nothing I can do, yeah//
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Reeling back, ChibiUsa let out a stifled cry. She didn’t have time
rlm@0: to fully dodge Saturn’s next attack, a sharp explosion of pain and
rlm@0: color appearing in her right arm. Saturn was still moving towards her
rlm@0: from the movement of her attack, but it would take vital seconds to
rlm@0: get her Glaive ready, giving ChibiUsa a perfect chance to attack. She
rlm@0: quickly lifted the wand with her left hand, her vision blurring with
rlm@0: hot tears. This wasn’t Hotaru. It was her body being used by Galaxia
rlm@0: to fight them. Hotaru was dead, her Sailor Crystal stolen. 
rlm@0: The wand fell from numb fingers, clattering uselessly to the floor.
rlm@0: The princess couldn’t accept that. She couldn’t just give up on her
rlm@0: best friend, her love. “Hota-chan! I know this isn’t you.. Please,
rlm@0: please.. please...” Tears rolled down her cheeks 
rlm@0: as she kept her gaze on the cold form of Saturn before her. “Hota-
rlm@0: chan, I love you. Please fight this. Don’t let her use you.” ChibiUsa
rlm@0: barely had time to dodge the swipe to her legs, hopping back. “Please
rlm@0: remember. Hota-chan, I love you. Don’t you remember me?” 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: //I watched the world float to the 
rlm@0: Dark side of the moon. 
rlm@0: After all I knew it had to be something 
rlm@0: To do with you. 
rlm@0: I really don't mind what happens now and then 
rlm@0: As long as you'll be my friend at the end.//
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: A stab of fear shot through her, tenfold worse than the pain in her
rlm@0: side and arm. Hotaru had just killed the Sailor Quartet, her
rlm@0: guardians. The guardians she’d decided to have protect ChibiUsa. What
rlm@0: if she was wrong? What if there was nothing left of the girl she
rlm@0: loved in there? Had she just made a terrible mistake? No. Even if she
rlm@0: died, she knew that she could never fight Hotaru. She had to get
rlm@0: through to Hotaru the only way she could. She -had- to. “It’s me,
rlm@0: ChibiUsa. Hota-chan, you’re important to me. Can’t you remember that?
rlm@0: You were everything to me. You are everything to me. Please.. I won’t
rlm@0: fight you. I don’t care what’s at stake. I can’t. You mean too 
rlm@0: much to me.” Another slash, another cut. ChibiUsa’s lungs were
rlm@0: starting to burn, aching with each breath. She was laboring to keep
rlm@0: up her pace. At this 
rlm@0: rate she knew there was no way she could keep dodging Saturn. 
rlm@0: Saturn leapt into the air, bringing the Glaive down as she landed.
rlm@0: Some wisps of pink hair fell slowly to the floor. ChibiUsa’s vision
rlm@0: blurred further, blood mixing with her tears. Her gloved fingers
rlm@0: brushed the wound on her head and she 
rlm@0: immediately wished she hadn’t. Pain shot through her, a wave of
rlm@0: dizziness engulfing her. She stumbled back, catching another swipe in
rlm@0: her side. The pain 
rlm@0: was becoming unbearable for the pink haired girl. She wanted to curl
rlm@0: up, for this to all go away. To wake up back in her own bed back in
rlm@0: Crystal Tokyo. 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: //If I go crazy then will you still 
rlm@0: Call me Superman? 
rlm@0: If I'm alive and well, will you be 
rlm@0: There holding my hand? 
rlm@0: I'll keep you by my side with 
rlm@0: My superhuman might. 
rlm@0: Kryptonite//
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Chibimoon slowly regained her resolve as she remembered why she was
rlm@0: there in the first place. When she’d found out in the future that
rlm@0: something was wrong, she knew she had to come back, to help Hotaru.
rlm@0: Finding out that Galaxia had killed her love had torn her up inside.
rlm@0: The only thing that kept her going was the hope that Sailormoon would
rlm@0: be able to bring her back along with the others when this was all
rlm@0: over. Seeing Hotaru here at the Cauldron had caught her off guard.
rlm@0: That had cost the Quartet their lives. In her moment of jubilation at
rlm@0: seeing Hotaru alive, Saturn had attacked, killing the Quartet as they
rlm@0: took the attack that had been meant for her. 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: //You called me strong, you called me weak, 
rlm@0: But still your secrets I will keep. 
rlm@0: You took for granted all the times 
rlm@0: I never let you down. 
rlm@0: You stumbled in and bumped your head, 
rlm@0: If not for me then you’d be dead. 
rlm@0: I picked you up and put you back 
rlm@0: On solid ground.//
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: Now here she was, face to face with the girl she loved, pain
rlm@0: wracking her young body as they squared off. This was it, all or
rlm@0: nothing. The last hurrah. She had come back for Hotaru. And now was
rlm@0: her one and only chance. Mustering the last of her strength, the pink
rlm@0: haired girl stood up as she 
rlm@0: locked eyes with her raven haired counterpart, her arms held in
rlm@0: front of her chest. Those dark eyes.. so many other times she’d gazed
rlm@0: into them, losing 
rlm@0: herself in their mysteries. This time it was like looking into those
rlm@0: of death itself. “You can fight this, Hota-chan. I know that. I know
rlm@0: you. You were 
rlm@0: always such a mystery, but I finally understand. You’re the strong
rlm@0: one out of us, Hotaru. You always overcome the pain, the obstacles in
rlm@0: front of you. You 
rlm@0: fought off Mistress 9’s control to save my life. You survived a life
rlm@0: that I never could have hoped to live through. You’ve fought off
rlm@0: Saturn’s control for me. You came to fight with me again, even after
rlm@0: Elios. Hota-chan, this won’t defeat you.” A small smile 
rlm@0: crossed her soft lips. “Because I believe in you, Hota-chan. I know
rlm@0: you can overcome this. I know you. I love you.” 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: //If I go crazy then will you still 
rlm@0: Call me Superman? 
rlm@0: If I'm alive and well, will you be 
rlm@0: There holding my hand? 
rlm@0: I'll keep you by my side with my 
rlm@0: Superhuman might. 
rlm@0: Kryptonite//
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: ChibiUsa’s arms opened as her smile 
rlm@0: grew, realization dawning upon her. Her sparkling crimson eyes met
rlm@0: dark violet. “You always said you needed me, but you were wrong, it’s
rlm@0: I who needs 
rlm@0: you. I can’t live without you. I need you.” 
rlm@0: Saturn thrust forward in a fluid motion. The future princess hadn’t
rlm@0: the time nor will to dodge. The Glaive cut deep into ChibiUsa’s small
rlm@0: body. Time seemed to freeze as the pink haired girl crumbled to 
rlm@0: the floor. Saturn stood over the fatally wounded princess, dark
rlm@0: blood dripping from the end of her Silence Glaive. The color had
rlm@0: drained from ChibiUsa’s usually warm skin. Pain burned through her
rlm@0: entire body like a forest fire, catching everything in its path.
rlm@0: “Hotaru...?” the future princess got out weakly, her voice sounding
rlm@0: like it was coming from the long forgotten past. All she could see
rlm@0: was Sailorsaturn standing over her, Silence Glaive held tightly in
rlm@0: her hand as blood dripped down the curved blade. And even that was
rlm@0: fading quickly. What hurt more than the searing pain that now claimed
rlm@0: every inch of her being was the thought that she had been wrong, that
rlm@0: there was nothing left of the girl she loved inside of her killer.
rlm@0: But even through that sense of betrayal, even though she knew she lay
rlm@0: dying, she couldn’t completely give up hope. There had to be
rlm@0: something left. Coughing painfully, a small cloud of blood further
rlm@0: blurred her vision. 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: //If I go crazy then will you still 
rlm@0: Call me Superman..? 
rlm@0: If I'm alive and well, will you be there 
rlm@0: Holding my hand..? 
rlm@0: I'll keep you by my side with 
rlm@0: My superhuman might. 
rlm@0: Kryptonite...
rlm@0: Yeah!!//
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: This couldn’t be the end. There was still so much she had wanted to
rlm@0: say, so much she had wanted to do with this dark haired girl. She
rlm@0: wanted to spend her life with her, to follow its trail wherever it
rlm@0: led alongside the pale woman. But now that future she had so longed
rlm@0: for was slipping through her fingers like grains of sand. Cold tears
rlm@0: slipped their way unnoticed down her cheek. She tried to speak again,
rlm@0: but nothing came out as her lips trembled. Trying desperately to
rlm@0: remember Hotaru’s words from so long ago, dismay overcame her as they
rlm@0: eluded her. She was so tired. Fear of her own imminent death clung
rlm@0: franticly to her heart, but it was short lived. She could already see
rlm@0: Death coming for her. Her unseeing eyes followed Death’s movements as
rlm@0: she came closer, a raven haired girl wearing what amounted to a white
rlm@0: cloth. Bending down gently, Death pulled her close, her pain replaced
rlm@0: by a warmth that flooded through her being.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: As the life slowly drained from ChibiUsa's eyes, she quietly let out
rlm@0: a single word.. "Hotaru..."  Driving the scythe of the goddess of
rlm@0: death deeper into the pink-haired girl's body, the phage of Saturn
rlm@0: finally spoke. "Farewell, ChibiUsa." She was mildly uneasy about the
rlm@0: way ChibiUsa’s crimson eyes had been following something that wasn’t
rlm@0: there, but she hardly had time to concern herself with it. The deed
rlm@0: was done. Blood stained her white gloves and the skirt and bodice of
rlm@0: her costume. The blood of her lover. She brought her fingers to her
rlm@0: lips, briefly rubbing the still warm liquid into them. She had done
rlm@0: Galaxia’s bidding, had been reincarnated by the Golden Senshi for
rlm@0: this specific task, just as the other Senshi had been brought back to
rlm@0: stop Sailormoon’s progress. 
rlm@0: But what Galaxia hadn’t counted on was that Rebirth was Hotaru’s
rlm@0: role in the grand scheme of things. She was the one who was behind
rlm@0: rebirth, the one who guarded the thresholds of death. One did not
rlm@0: resurrect Saturn and expect to command her. She was no one’s tool.
rlm@0: But to get to Galaxia, to put a stop to her mad attempt at finding a
rlm@0: purpose in this swirling mass of confusion, she had to get to her.
rlm@0: And the only way to do that was to appear controllable, to follow the
rlm@0: commands of her new ‘mistress’. Which is why she had to kill the only
rlm@0: one her lonely heart had ever truly loved, the only one that could
rlm@0: quell the darkness that reigned over her lonely world. “ChibiUsa-
rlm@0: chan, I’ll join you soon,” she whispered as she watched the unmoving
rlm@0: corpse of her future princess. 
rlm@0: No, things ended here. No more games. No more enemies. Saturn’s job
rlm@0: was to put an end to things when they got out of control. She would
rlm@0: accomplish that task once and for all. She would follow Sailormoon
rlm@0: and Galaxia to the heart of the Cauldron, to the heart of Chaos
rlm@0: itself and she would put an end to everything. Let Galaxia find her
rlm@0: purpose in death. Let Sailormoon find peace in eternity. When she
rlm@0: brought down her Glaive this time, all life in the galaxy would
rlm@0: cease, the Cauldron feeling the true power of the Goddess of Death.
rlm@0: She would lead all of the souls to their final resting place. And
rlm@0: there she would finally be able to spend forever with her pink haired
rlm@0: princess. Her heat pained her at that thought, at the betrayal that
rlm@0: must have coursed through her lover as the blade pierced her soft
rlm@0: skin. But it had to be done. And she had told ChibiUsa long ago that
rlm@0: with death came hope and rebirth.
rlm@0: Hoisting the Silence Glaive up in front of her, the Silent Messiah
rlm@0: turned on her heel and ran into the darkness. The end was nigh.
rlm@0: 
rlm@0: //If I go crazy then will you still 
rlm@0: Call me Superman? 
rlm@0: If I'm alive and well, will you be 
rlm@0: There holding my hand? 
rlm@0: I'll keep you by my side with my 
rlm@0: Superhuman might. 
rlm@0: Kryptonite//