Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Destructional Assassins ❯ Sorrowful Goodbyes ( Chapter 5 )

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Oh my God I am so behind! I am so sorry! I'm going to try to get out as many chapters as I can, but school starts THIS Tuesday! AAAAAHHH! I still need to type out a LOT of chapters, so please review to keep my happy!

Destructional Assassins

Hotaru woke up and when she sensed that she was surrounded, she immediately changed herself to be a bear, so that she could defend herself. Glaring at the other occupants in the room, she saw the boy, Heero, he called himself, and then strode over.

"Who are they? Where am I?"

Heero answered, "They are your friends, and you are in your mansion. Please change back." Hotaru looked at him, confused.

"What are friends?" Usagi couldn't take it anymore.

"Friends are people who you talk to whenever you feel down. Friends look out for each other. Friends share secrets and talk to you just because. We are your friends." Hotaru's head snapped to the right where Usagi was.

"I have no friends, nor do I need any." Came her monotone answer. She then looked back at Heero.

"You have a lot of explaining to do."

Heero looked at the other pilots and shrugged.

"Please sit down." Hotaru answered,

"You can't command me to do anything." Setsuna's eyes widened.

"How the heck are we going to get her back?" she whispered to Minako. Suddenly, Usagi jumped up. All eyes were on her again, and she exclaimed,

"Maybe if we share our memories with her, she'll break the memory barrier and remember!" Duo nodded happily and added,

"It's worth a try." So, it was decided that Setsuna would go first, as she did know the most about the assassin. Everyone cleared out of the room and left Setsuna and Hotaru alone. Setsuna poured herself a cup of tea, and then poured a second one, and offered it to Hotaru. Shocked, Hotaru transformed back to her human form and gingerly took the cup.

"No one has offered me anything this civilized." She said. Setsuna looked at her with kind eyes and asked,

"What did you eat for dinner?" Sighing, Hotaru told Setsuna that since she was required to be in her animal form most of the time, she was just given raw meat. Setsuna walked into the kitchen and retrieved a slice of chocolate cake and set it in front of Hotaru.

"I'm sure you are wondering who I am…and why you are here. The professor has obviously given you a memory suppresser, and we are going to try to break the shield." And so the sharing began.

"I first met you in a club, where you were in need of money. I almost lost you when you agreed to sell yourself. I stopped you and you told me your life story. You were trained on a hidden colony…"

Thirty minutes later…

"After you finished talking, I agreed to hire you, and we went to the car. That's when I told you my name, Setsuna Meiou. My code name was Time, and you answered that your code name would be Destruction. We got to the mansion and you quickly met up with the girls. The day after, we had a mission to assassinate a peace leader, and you took it head on. We were so surprised by your tactics and strategy that we appointed you to be the one who organized the missions. You set so many new records for us. After each mission, we would normally take out a little boy called Jacob to the ice cream parlor for a victory celebration. You never liked milk, so you stayed away from the ice cream and got fruit slushies. Then, you started to get smarter, which amazed all of us. Your plans started to become more elaborate and involved getting caught several times. The first plan like that was at a peace conference. You made our part seem like it was very important, but in reality, all that we did had no purpose. You planned on getting us all caught and then breaking out. When you set the sleeping gas off, everyone was asleep, except for yourself. Speaking of sleeping gas, your sleeping gas had a very unique formula to it. Strangely, you were immune to your gas, as you said that you were injected with the DNA of the animals that you used. Anyway, you got us out, and you also completed the mission. From then on, the missions became longer and harder for us to accomplish. I think that you planned the missions to be harder, so that we would get caught. You seemed to have a little humor for the situation, for we were always paired up with the same gundam pilots. A month after, each of us had strange dreams, and we discovered that it was the same one that the others had. We soon developed `abilities.' These were natural, so to speak, for we didn't inject ourselves with anything. Rei could create fire and manipulate it, you had healing powers, Minako's presence would uplift our morale and keep us in top condition, and I could be a natural timer and tell you the specific time. We have yet to discover Usagi's ability, but we know that she has one. The strange thing was that on one of the missions, we all got caught and were brought to the same room. There, Relena Peacecraft questioned us. In the middle of the interrogation, your father stepped in. Heero threatened him, so he left. Relena put Rei into a tank filled with water and commanded you to retrieve her. It seemed impossible because you were handcuffed. Strangely enough, you art the handcuffs and dove into the water. You knocked Rei unconscious and then swam to the top. But, there was a plastic lining that blocked you from escaping and from breathing. The next thing shocked us all. We later found out that you grew something close to gills and grew sharp fangs. In the missions following that, your father made his presence known, and we could all feel tension. A week after, we were in a mission, and we were put to sleep by sleeping gas. We later found out from the boys that your father took you back to the lab. From there we decided to rescue you. That was a year ago."

Setsuna concluded her memories and then called for Minako to enter the room. Minako bounded in and happily sat by Hotaru. Unnerved by Hotaru's cold stare, she began.

"I joined our little group when Rei, Usagi, and you went to a club. I was there too and you met me and asked me to join you, which I did. It was pretty fun actually, cause I met the totally cute guy from the missions! He's in the other room right now, but that's beside the point. Anyway, I found out that you didn't need much sleep, so whenever I couldn't fall asleep, I would talk to you! Um…I remember! You always carried this laptop with you; it's in the other room! I could never read what you were trying to write, cause it was in some ancient language or something. Here, let me get it for you!" Minako ran across the room and pulled out her old laptop, covered with dust. Minako blew the dust away and set it in front of Hotaru. Nimbly, Hotaru turned her laptop on and began reading. Minako left the room to give her some privacy, but came back when Hotaru called out to her.

"Please stay here." Requested Hotaru. Pleased with her polite manners, Minako went back and sat next to Hotaru.

"I do not know who these people are. There are so many names…it's confusing." Minako nodded and said, let me help. Hotaru began listing out the names.

"Usagi, Rei, Love, Blaze, Bunny, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, Duo, Trowa, Quarte, Wufei, and who are the gundam pilots?" Minako smiled.

"That's easy! My code name is love, and Usagi is a fellow assassin with the code name Bunny. Rei is the other assassin with the code name Blaze. The gundam pilots are 01, 02, 03, 04, and 05. For their real names, 01 is Heero, 02 is Duo, 03 is Trowa, 04 is Quarte, and 05 is Wufei." Hotaru nodded and then continued reading, now understanding who the people were. Minako sent in Rei as she skipped out of the room. As Rei closed the door behind her, she quickly glided over to her friend.

"I have a secret to tell you." She whispered. Hotaru looked up.

"By the way, my name is Rei, code name Blaze." Hotaru nodded and then continued to listen.

"You told me a long time ago that you had a hidden journal or something on your laptop. It had detailed records about every mission that you did, plus profiles on everyone that you encountered. Maybe you should check that out. Also, there are large file cabinets in your room, maybe you should read over the old strategies. I don't have anything different to tell you because whenever I was with you, the other girls were there, so our memories are basically the same. I think that Usagi might know more things though. I'll send her in." Rei ran out the door while Hotaru turned her gaze back to the laptop screen. As soon as Rei had mentioned the secret, Hotaru had opened the folder and was reading the accounts of the past missions and the profiles of her `friends.' When she didn't hear anyone come in, she looked up and her eyes locked onto prussian blue eyes.

Rei had walked to the room where everyone was waiting, and motioned for Usagi to talk to Hotaru. Before Usagi made it out the door, Heero stood up and blocked her from going. "Let me go." Came his monotone reply. Usagi nodded and sat back down while Heero silently made his way towards the living room.

Hotaru put her laptop aside and poured herself more tea. She strangely felt that Heero could provide her with slightly different information about herself. Heero sat in the chair opposite of her.

"This was normally how we met. You were tied to a chair, and I was sitting in front of you, much like how I am doing now." He stated. Hotaru looked at her hands and she whispered,

"I remember something about my hands." Heero smiled inwardly as he knew that they were making progress.

"Your hands were normally tied in loose binds. I can remember the second time we met."

(A/N: The first chapter! Read the beginning…this is where Heero gets this from!)

"I was in a tall building and you were tied up to another chair. I asked you if I knew you, and you said that you did. That was very strange, because I couldn't remember when we met. Anyway, you threw the ropes at me and leapt over the chair, while kicking it at me. I fell and hit my head on the desk. When I woke up, I ran out of the room and into the hall. I saw that something had blown up the entire right side of the wall, and when I leaned over, you were falling, but it seemed like you knew what you were doing. Anyway, from then on, I always caught you, I always forgot to tie the ropes tighter; you would escape, then set off sleeping gas. This went on for a while, until we got to the peace conference."

Hotaru interrupted him. "Setsuna told me about that. I also read over my mission notes. You talked to me, and then I put you to sleep. It also says that one time when I awoke, you hadn't tied me, so I told you my name."

Heero nodded and added, "That's when I vaguely remembered the first time we met. It was when we were little kids. After you told me your name, the missions after that became easier on my part. I knew that you were going to get away anyway, so I just stalled you, not that I think you minded. We were on pretty good speaking terms, and I felt like I could actually talk to you. I felt myself change whenever I was around you, and I think that was when I started to get back some of my emotions, I think. I felt like that was the same with you, because when I first met you, you were cold, and you didn't care a bit about me. I remember one of the last missions that you did. I woke up, and you asked me if you had woken me up, which startled me a bit considering that you really shouldn't care. Then, you made preparations so that the dangerous substances that you filled the air with wouldn't harm me. Once, you filled the place with an airborne virus, but you gave me the vaccine a week before you did the mission. Sure, I was a bit weak after injecting myself with it, but it saved my life. That's it for now. We, the pilots, need to get back to our house, so I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

Hotaru nodded and waved her good-byes to Heero. Five minutes later, Minako came back into the room. "Hotaru?" Asked Minako. Hotaru's eyes lifted and she gave a small smile.

"Hotaru, whom do you love?" Hotaru sighed, answering,

"I do not know. The animal instincts are telling me that I really like someone, while the blasted memory device won't allow me to remember. May I ask you whom you love?" Minako giggled like a schoolgirl and happily said,

"Quarte Winner." Hotaru shrugged and then replied,

"So that's why…"

When she saw Minako's confused look, she then continued.

"I was reading over the past missions and I noticed that I planed everything in pairs. I had researched where the pilots would be doing their shifts and molded the missions around them. Tell me…does Setsuna love Trowa? Does Rei love Wufei? Does Usagi love Duo?" Hotaru suddenly felt like this was very important to her. Minako giggled again.

"It's all true. Just do yourself a favor…and don't tell anyone that you planned this! Sure, I bet that we all enjoyed your help, but it can be quite embarrassing…"

It was 4 in the morning when Hotaru finished reading her basic notes. There were still four more folders of information that she had to read, plus the files in the cabinets. But, that could wait, she thought. She gingerly stepped up the stairs and took a good look around the place. Finally reaching the bedrooms, she began letting her fingers trace the designs on the walls. She passed a door with a red plaque that said, "Blaze." She passed by three others that had the names Bunny, Time, and Love on them, with their respected color. Reaching the last room, she noticed that the plaque that read, "Destruction." Seemed to have collected quite a lot of dust. Gingerly putting her hand around the doorknob, she opened the door and slipped in. As her eyes gazed around the room, she admired her own decorative skills…it had a lot of simplicity. She walked to the bathroom and turned on the shower. When she got out, she changed and got into her warm bed.

(A/N: Okay, everyone needs to know this. All five of them need to meet three people. The princess, the scout, and their present day person. Setsuna, Rei, Usagi, and Minako do not have to meet their present day person because they have their memories. I am making the Sailor Scouts come early. For example…Hotaru needs to meet the Princess of Saturn to come to her in a dream so that she remembers the Silver Millennium. She needs to meet Sailor Saturn to get her memories from the 19th century. Then, she needs to meet Hotaru in order to gain back the memories that she lost when she was an assassin. Got that? If not, then refer back to the Sailor Starlights when Hotaru aged by meeting Sailor Saturn…)

***In Hotaru's Dream*** (Hotaru is Hotaru1 and the dream Hotaru is Hotaru2…got it?)

She's walking in a large room with purple tile. There is a thick white mist covering the floor. Hotaru1 looks down and sees herself wearing a purple silk gown and feels a tiara on her head. She continues walking forward as her heals click on the ground. Then, a large throne appeared, and a woman holding a glaive was seated in it. Hotaru1 felt like she was in the presence of royalty, so she bowed slightly. At that, the princess giggled saying, "Do not bow down to what is yourself." Clearly confused, Hotaru1 took a step closer and meekly asked, "Who are you?" The princess leaned forward and answered, "I am you. You are I. I am the crown princess of Saturn, gifted with powers dealing with destruction and rebirth. You are the crown princess of Saturn, gifted with powers dealing with destruction and rebirth. I have a brother. You have a brother. My brother is the crown prince of Saturn gifted with the powers of death. You have a brother that is the crown princess of Saturn that is gifted with the powers of death. Do you follow?" Slowly, Hotaru1 shook her head, still trying to contemplate that she was talking to herself. Eventually though, she got the hang of it. "So, what am I doing here? I mean, since I don't know, and you are me, then you must not know as well." She said, trying to reason everything out with logic. The other Hotaru2 shook her head. "I am here to revive your past memories about the Silver Millennium. You have to wait for the other two future me's to talk to you…does that make sense?" Cocking her head to the side, Hotaru1 shrugged. "Worth a try." Hotaru2 lifted her glaive and placed the very tip of the blade to Hotaru1's forehead. There, a bright symbol of Saturn gleamed bright, while it brought forth memories that she had no knowledge about. When the light died down, Hotaru1 looked up at Hotaru2 and said, "Thank you." Hotaru2 smiled and said; "Anytime…say hello to dear Shinigami for me, okay? I haven't seen him in a good thousand years, for he is guarding the gates of Hell with Hades." Hotaru1 nodded and exited the room, when she woke up.

***End of Dream…duh***

Hotaru bolted upright as she remembered her dream…and the Silver Millennium. She walked over to the mirror and noticed that the sign of Saturn had begun to fade. She shrugged…it would be much easier to explain. One thing still bothered her, and it was that she had no idea what had happened between her previous life. She stepped outside to read over the materials in her laptop. As she turned it on, she heard footsteps and she saw a light go on in the kitchen. Interested, Hotaru got up and walked into it, when she saw Setsuna.

"What time is it?" She asked, voice a bit groggy. Setsuna looked at her and said,

"Still before sunrise. You have about 43 more minutes left. If you want the exact time, it is 6:42 in the morning. How did you sleep?" Hotaru knitted her brows together as she answered,

"I had a very interesting dream. It dealt with the past, although I am not sure if it is real or not." Setsuna walked over to where she was sitting and pushed a mug of coffee into Hotaru's hand.

"To wake you up." She explained.

"I also had an interesting dream. It was about planets at war, and a certain planet intrigued me…Pluto." Hotaru's head snapped up at the mention of planets.

"Is it possible?" she thought to herself. Making up her mind, she ventured,

"Was there anything, by any chance, something about crown princesses with powers over certain elements?" Setsuna looked into her purple eyes and whispered,

"You look like someone from my dream." Hotaru looked at Setsuna's familiar green hair and meekly asked, "Pluto?" the same time that Setsuna asked, "Saturn?" The moment that they each registered what the other had said, smiles lit their faces as they hugged each other, glad to have found someone that they knew from their past. Ten minutes later, the other three girls walked in on Setsuna and Hotaru talking about the past.

"Um…correct me if I'm wrong, but did one of you say something about the Silver Millennium?" Usagi asked. Rei and Minako looked at her like she was crazy.

"That's what I want to know!" They exclaimed at the same time. Setsuna and Hotaru studied the three girls intently. Setsuna asked Hotaru,

"Does Usagi seem a bit like the Moon Princess?" Usagi turned her head to Setsuna.

"How do you know about that?" Rei said,

"Maybe we should all sit down…"

Ten minutes later

"So, we have it all sorted out." Hotaru analyzed.

"Usagi is indeed the Moon Princess, Minako is Venus, Rei is Mars, Setsuna is Pluto, and I am Saturn. We all got our memories by dream…is that correct?" The other four girls nodded their heads.

"This is all too weird…" she whispered to herself.

"This is very awkward. First, you are trying to help me remember my past from this time period, while I remember my past from another time period. Well, since I knew you all then, I guess I can trust that what you tell me it true…" Hotaru announced to the other people in the room.

"We have made a breakthrough!" observed Minako happily.

"Let's get ice cream with Jacob to celebrate!" shouted an ecstatic Usagi. Hotaru laughed out loud at Usagi's enthusiastic outbreak. Setsuna patted Hotaru on the shoulder.

"It makes me so happy to hear you laugh and smile again."

***Outside the ice cream parlor*** (A/N: Jacob is now at the age of 10!!!!! He's also a very smart boy…)

"So, Taru doesn't remember me at all?" sobbed a crying Jacob. All their hearts went out to the devastated boy. Feeling as if she had done this many times, Hotaru squatted down and ruffled Jacob's hair.

"I don't remember you, but if you tell me about yourself, then I will! The other girls told me about themselves and I remember them!" She said, encouraging. It really wasn't a lie since she did remember them…from another time. She stood up and took Jacob's hand and led him inside.

"Well, I love chocolate ice cream, just like Bunny!" Jacob told Hotaru. Curious, she asked him a question.

"Jacob, why do you call Usagi by her code name?" Grinning with chocolate outlining his lips, he happily answered, "Bunny was way easier for my to remember, so I just stuck with it. I dunno…I'm just used to calling her that. Hey, Taru, have I been a bad?" Smiling softly, Hotaru shook her head no.

"You have been a very good boy, and this is not your fault. Do you remember those mean men that beat me up a while back? It's their fault." Grinning, he said, "You remember!" Setsuna was about to tell him that she discovered the incident by reading her laptop, but Hotaru stopped her.

"Yes, Jacob. I remember. But, I don't remember everything." Glancing quickly at her watch, she added, "How about we get you another ice cream cone and walk you back? I need to be back home soon." Jacob nodded as Usagi slid off the booth to order another scoop of chocolate ice cream.

"Cute kid." Hotaru mused, as Setsuna drove them back the mansion.

When Hotaru got back, she went to her room to read some more files from her cabinet. In the kitchen, Setsuna was making a phone call.

"Hey, Trowa? We're back home, so you can come over now. I love you, too." She added, blushing.

Trowa walked into the living room where Hotaru was waiting. He sat down across from her and her mind flickered to Heero, though she did not know why.

"It seems that I have made a note in the past about you being very silent and not that talkative." Trowa nodded. "Is there anything special that you remember about me?" Hotaru asked. Trowa leaned back, in thought. He opened his eyes and then nodded to Hotaru. He put his elbows on the table, clasp his hands, and leaned forward, concentrating. Suddenly, in Hotaru's mind, Trowa's voice spoke to her. It was then that she figured out why he was supposedly silent…he had telepathic abilities. (A/N: Come on people…it's that simple! He can talk to everyone else without speaking!!!!)

"I remember how one time Heero came back from one of his shifts. He said that you had given him a needle that contained a vaccine. After he injected himself with it, you healed the wound that it made. When I first saw you, you seemed cold and uncaring, but after a few more encounters, I could tell that you really had changed. During the next missions, keeping us, as well as your fellow companions safe seemed to become one of your priorities, for you made sure that no one could harm us."

Hotaru nodded, while answering, "I read over past mission strategies and they all mentioned keeping you all from dying. There was this one time when I was ordered to kill all in the building to prevent witnesses. I took the helicopter and loaded the five of you in it and put the helicopter on autopilot to return you all to your home. I wrote down that since you were no longer in the building, I did not have to kill you."

Trowa nodded while adding, "That is why I believe that you changed. I think that it's such a shame that your memories are lost, for I think that we would have been able to convince you to quit your job and join us. Of course, we know that it is not possible…but still. It would have been nice."

Trowa stood up and started to walk towards the room that the others were in.

"Thanks, Trowa." Hotaru thanked. Trowa turned around and nodded. Quarte was next.

"Hello Miss Hotaru. Would you like some more tea? I must say, Setsuna makes very good tea." Hotaru smiled and replied, "Thanks, but no thanks, Quarte. I think I have drank very much tea in the past two days to last me a while."

"Very well. Now, before I tell you about what I remember about you, let me first start out by telling you something very vital. The moment that your memory is restored, the other pilots and I can no longer meet with you to have a cup of tea. We are natural enemies. You, an assassin, and me, a peacekeeper. I want to thank you for letting me meet Minako, and for that I am so blessed. Without your interference, Minako and I would have never been able to talk, and to fall in love. But, it cannot last."

At those words, Hotaru felt like her entire body was crumbling. She quickly asked Quarte to leave and to let her think things over, which Quarte hesitantly did. She rolled over to her side and brought her legs up on the sofa. Closing her eyes, she recalled a few sentences that she had typed out in the past on her laptop.

"Am I doing the right thing? The girls are happy whenever they are with the pilots, but am I unintentionally hurting them in the future? They can never be together, and it might tear them apart when they realize that they can never be together. If her friends get their hearts broken, then I will take the blame."

***Next day***

"Did anyone have anymore interesting dreams?" asked Minako. Hotaru numbly nodded.

"Sailor Scouts. I was Sailor Saturn, The Messiah of Silence, and the bringer of the feared silence."

"I was Sailor Moon, Champion of Justice, Super Sailor Moon, and Sailor Cosmos."

"I was Sailor V, Sailor Venus, and the Senshi of Love and Beauty."

"I was Sailor Mars and the senshi of the flames."

"I was Sailor Pluto, keeper of Time."

Hotaru looked over at her companions. "I wonder if I am ever going to get my complete memories…I mean, from what we know now, the next time period that we were sent was this one, so that means that no one will be visiting you in your dreams. Is that the same with me? Am I ever going to know what happened to me?" Giving a comforting pat on the back, Minako shrugged and said, "Why waste time wondering? I want to be with Quarte for as long as I can." Hotaru stood up and quickly excused herself. She remembered reading something that she wrote on her laptop. According to her entries, she had another plan. Quickly, she uploaded the file and printed it out, making sure not to touch it directly so that her fingerprints would not be on the paper. Folding the paper carefully underneath her gloves, she slid the paper into an envelope and walked out of the mansion. Vaguely, she remembered where the police station was, so transformed into a falcon and carried the envelope in her talons. She flew over the building and dropped the envelope on an officer's head. By the time the officer looked up, she was already out of sight. When she got back, she was shocked to see that everyone was there.

"What's going on, Puu-mama?" She asked, using her past nickname. Setsuna explained, "We never did finish sharing our memories with you." Rei chirped in, "Yeah, Odango Amata still has to tell you her part. Then, Fei-chan needs to talk to you."

"Hey! What about me?" complained Duo. Shushing him, Usagi leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "If you don't talk to Hotaru, then that means more time with me!" Hotaru felt her lioness senses overwhelming her body as she could feel Usagi's obvious happiness. The instant that Hotaru's mind thought about having to separate them, she unknowingly growled and transformed into a wolf, and stalked out of the room.

"What is the matter with Miss Hotaru?" asked Quarte. Setsuna looked up from her chess game with Trowa and answered, "She is torn. Half of her wants her memories back, while the other half knows that we will be separated once she remembers." Heero looked out the window and saw a very depressed looking cat. Walking out to the backyard, he sat on one of the benches, observing the cat. When the cat noticed his presence, it slowly walked to his feet. Heero picked it up and set it in his lap, stroking the fur gently.

"It's okay, Hotaru. You don't have to worry about anything. The others will find a way to overcome the obstacles and they won't get hurt. Please, you have to trust me." The cat rested her head on Heero's arm as he continued. "It may seem like they are in pain at first, but they will find a way to get together again. That's how love works, I guess. Tell you the truth…I'm not sure I know what it is. Maybe you should ask Minako. Her code name is Love, after all." Hotaru jumped off his lap and landed gently in the space next to him. The next second Hotaru de-transformed.

"Thanks Heero." She said, kissing him lightly on the cheek. Standing up, she waited for Heero to follow her. So, the two of them walked back to the rest of the group and the memory sharing continued.

***One month later***

Hotaru was at the gym training with her glaive. "Darn it! Why can't I remember! We've done everything that we can to try to revive my memories, but as for now I have no freaking clue whom the heck I am! All I know is what the others told me…that isn't enough! I don't know if I'm some psychopath killer, or a caring friend. This is not good!" With that, she threw up her glaive, which was sucked into her sub-space pocket, transformed into a firefly, and then flew up to her bedroom. She was exhausted from not sleeping at all the past week, and she was thankful that the others were on dates. Sighing, she threw the covers over herself and dreamed a dreamless sleep.

"That was so much fun, Duo! We should go miniature golfing again!" exclaimed Usagi, while wrapping her arm around his. Duo looked down and answered, "Anytime, babe."

"Where's Hotaru?" Rei asked. Looking around, Wufei turned back to Rei and said, "She can take care of herself. As for you…" With that, he dipped her and she smiled. "You can't even keep your feet on the ground!" He used his other hand to pick up her feet and he set her down gently on the couch as he sat down next to her.

"Quarte, would you like some more tea? Um…Quarte? Where are you?" asked Minako, head searching for her blonde lover. A pair of hands suddenly covered her eyes as a voice said, "Guess who?" Minako spun around and faced him. "I'll never forget you, Quarte." She sealed her promise with a kiss.

"Stalemate." Announced Setsuna, signaling the end of the chess game. Trowa's voice entered her head as he asked, "Since we tied…in a way we both won. When would you like to collect your bet?" Setsuna stood up and walked over to him whispering, "Now." Trowa gave a rare smile and stood up as well. Cupping her face with a hand, his other arm slinked around her waist. Setsuna leaned forward, as did Trowa, as their lips met, and held. (A/N: I can't write good kiss scenes…sorry!"

Heero was sitting on the floor in the corner of the room, observing everyone. One leg was propped up as his elbow rested on his knee, and the other leg was laid out. Leaning back against the wall, he searched the room. A sudden movement caught his eye. A small dove was seated on a branch, looking in. As he kept his gaze on Hotaru, he noticed that she was looking around the room. When she had enough, she flew away. Knitting his brows together, he walked out to the backyard once more. Surprised when he heard human crying, he quickened his pace as he ran to the site of the crying. Shocked, he saw Hotaru huddled in a ball, crying bitterly. Walking up to her, he sat down next to her and put his arms around her, providing comfort…for what, he didn't know. Hotaru sat up and looked at his prussian blue eyes. "I'm sorry." She whispered. Cocking his head to the side, he asked, "Whatever for?" Hotaru sighed and answered, "For crying…for messing up everyone else's life." Heero stood up and helped Hotaru get up as well. Taking his hands, Hotaru held them, and then looked up at him once more. "Heero…I know that we both care about each other…but it cannot be. We must never see each other ever again. She…my memories…they're back…you should go." Hotaru dropped his hands and took off running back to the mansion. Heero walked over to the bench and collapsed, holding his head in his hands. "God…what can I do now?" he softly asked.

The door opened and all eyes were on her. Walking over to where Minako and Quarte were happily kissing, she put a hand on Minako's shoulder. "I am so sorry." Walking back to the center of the room, she announced, "Thank you all for helping me. It is greatly appreciated. I…I apologize for ruining your lives. I apologize for my wishful thinking, that everything would be all right. I apologize for making you go." She transformed to a small firefly and flew out of the room, but they didn't see her come right back in and rest on the banister, watching everyone.

"I guess this is goodbye." Whispered Setsuna. Walking Trowa to the door, he reached down and gave her a farewell kiss, the other boys doing the same. Tears fell down Minako's cheek, and with each tear, Hotaru felt her heart crumble, making her feel like a monster. When Usagi's kiss ended, she wrapped her arms around Duo's neck and Duo pulled her close. "I'll miss you, babe." Wufei looked into Rei's eyes and whispered, "I'll never forget you, onna… my onna…" Rei broke down and cried onto his shoulder, and he held her for support. Heero walked in and walked out the door. Taking a last look behind him, his eyes noticed the firefly. He put a hand to his lips, and held up his hand towards the firefly. He pulled out a letter and set it on the table. Motioning the other boys to follow suit, he left, never to return again. The four girls crowded around the door, watching their loved ones leave them behind. Not one of them looked back, for they knew that the tears would make them stay. Hotaru watched all with sorrowful eyes, cursing herself every second. Noticing the note, Usagi picked it up and read the name. "Hotaru…this is for you." Flying towards her, she transformed back to a human and took the letter. Sitting down on a chair, she opened the envelope and read the letter.

"Hotaru, I want you to know that goodbye doesn't mean forever. ~Heero."

End!

Author's Notes: DON'T READ THIS! IT IS NOTHING IMPORTANT! READ THE NEXT CHAPTER NOW!!!!