Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ After the Battle is Over ❯ Ressurection ( Chapter 6 )

I'm sorry it took so long to get this one out. I wasn't able to put it up right away as I've been out camping with my Lone Ranger unit. I hope you enjoy this.

Disclaimer: Refer to Chapter 1.

Chapter 6

Endyimon's POV

I lay there and watched over her while she slept. I loved to do this but I hadn't gotten the opportunity often. Having a such a young girlfriend tended to limit the number of times I could see her asleep. The one I remember the most, was the time she had been injured in battle and Makoto-chan had covered for me by calling her parents and saying she was at her house. She had claimed Usagi had fallen asleep studying and she didn't have the heart to wake her. Thank heavens they had believed it and Usagi had gotten to stay with him. It had been wonderful, being able to watch her sleep and waking up with her beside me. She was such an angel while she slept, more at peace, more serene. Luna had mentioned once, in passing, that she was a really rough sleeper demo she couldn't have been more wrong. When she slept beside him she hardly ever moved. No more than a normal person would anyway.

But something was wrong now. She's starting to get restless. Her head's jerking on the pillow. After a while her hands started to flutter above the sheets. All of a sudden she started grabbing at me, but she never seemed to be able to grip hard enough to pull. Suddenly it dawned on me, she's having a full blown nightmare! Having lived alone I'd never seen another person have one! Oh, I'd experienced my own but that was only after I'd woken up.

I gently took hold of her flailing arms and started to murmur to her, hoping to calm her down. It seemed to work for a moment but then she started to get worse. I was starting to panic, what should I do?

"Chibi-chibi!"

I reared back on the bed as she sat bolt upright and wrenched her hands out of mine. Her eyes were open but she didn't seem to see me as she started grabbing wildly at the air in front of her.

"NO!! Chibiusa!" Her crying intensified.

In desperation I grabbed her and held her tightly against me, talking to her all the while. She struggled for a few minutes but then suddenly stopped. The fight just seemed to drain out of her and she went limp in my arms.

"Mamo-chan?" I looked down to find her staring up at me with confused and tear filled eyes.

"You were having a nightmare, Usako."I told her. "Daijobu?"

She started to cry again but not as violently. "Please Usa, what is it?"

Serenity's POV

How could I tell him? He's never even met her! He wouldn't understand.

"Please, Usa, what is it?" I looked up into his eyes and saw the fear there, fear for me. I had to tell him.

"It's nothing Endy, I just miss Chibi-Chibi and Chibiusa, that's all." I tried to smile, to make my story more believable. I don't think it worked because the look on his face said he didn't believe a word.

"Sere, I know you're not telling me the truth." He wasn't smiling now and I stopped trying myself.

"How do you know?" Maybe I can get him off topic!

"I can feel it."

"Huh?"

"Close your eyes and think of me, then tell me what happens."

Not one to argue with Mamo-chan very often (after all he's a lot smarter then me and he's generally right) I did as he told me to do.

Worry; fear; frustration; love....they call came flooding into me, along with the single thought.....SURPRISE!

Endyimon's POV

I watched as her facial expression went from teary, to totally shocked, to completely confused, to total comprehension in the space of about 15 seconds. It looked like quite a roller coaster. I tugged her hands down from her cheeks (where they had flown in surprise) and asked again, "What's wrong, Odango Atama?"

Now I watched her expression turn to one of sadness, demo, I was rewarded with "Okay, fine."

She brought her knees up to her chest in an almost protective gesture and started to talk, not looking at me at all. I knew why and I kept my distance. This bond was going to come in very useful. Usa-chan was an emotional person and having an insight into why those moods came about would be a great asset in the future. As for now, I had some listening to do.

"I hurt her. I saw her unconscious after the sword fight. How could I do that, knowing it was her? She's dead and I helped." She was rocking now, her face buried in her knees.

"But Sere, she wasn't a real girl. According to what the Starlights told us she was created to hold Galaxia's star seed. She couldn't really be hurt. Anyway, if she was Galaxia's star seed we're lucky she stayed long enough to show me the way back to you."

"But she was real! That's just it. She was a real person. I saw her fear, her happiness. If she wasn't real how could she have felt anything! She was scared of dying, she was happy here. Even if she was just created to hold a star seed what gives us the right to take that existence from her? What gives us the right!!!!?"

Serenity's POV

"I miss them so much!" I rolled over into Mamo-chan's arms. He may not understand but he could give me the comfort I needed right now. He curled his arms protectively around me and I continued to babble.

"First I love and lose Chibiusa and now Chibi-Chibi. The only reason I got through Chibiusa leaving was having you there, and then when you left, Chibi-Chibi showed up and she helped. Now they are both gone and Chibi-Chibi isn't even alive. At least Chibiusa is still alive and we'll see her someday. I'll never see Chibi-Chibi again!"

"Oh honey, there's nothing we can do about it now. Just keep those memories with you and Chibi-Chibi will never really be gone."

I lay there in his arms with the words, "Nothing I can do" repeating over and over in my head. If I had believed that during many of our fights, we'd be dead right now. No! There must be something I can do!

OH gosh! I've got it! There is something I can do. After all, if the Ginzuishou can bring my friends back from the dead more then once, maybe it can.... I quickly scrambled out of his arms and over to the side of the bed where my broach had been laid. I grabbed it up and want to kneel in the centre of the floor. This was going to take a lot of energy and I wasn't really up to full strength yet, but I had to try!

Endyimon's POV

What on earth is she up to? She's too weak to be doing anything with the crystal right now. Not to mention, what is there left to do? All the Sailor animates are gone!

"Sere, what are you doing?" I cautiously moved over to where she was on the floor and crouched down in front of her. As I was reaching my hand out towards her, she suddenly opened her eyes. The look in them stopped my hand cold.

Her eyes were determined. She was going to do something and she didn't want me to interfere...but was she strong enough? I sank down to the floor in front of her watching as her eyes closed again. The Ginzuishou started to glow and as I stared, it became brighter and brighter. I was watching her face closely during the entire thing and after a few minutes I noticed sweat start to bead her brow. She wasn't strong enough, she needed help. I closed my eyes and reached out with my energy. Being permanently in my Prince form really saved time on transforming. I slowly bled my energy into her, bolstering her, allowing her to finish her attempt at...what ever she was trying to do.

I opened my eyes to see the glow surrounding her became a mix of silver, gold and white. Then suddenly there was a breeze blowing through the room and a vortex opened above our heads. I clasped onto Sere to protect her from flying objects and was promptly hit in the head with a flying book. Oh well! Just as suddenly as the wind had blown up it stopped and Usagi pushed me off of her just in time to sit up and catch something as it fell out of the vortex.

Kakyuu's POV

Stunned! I was absolutely stunned. And I thought that my life had been unusual. After all not many people become the ruler of their planet at such a young age. These girls though...they had been through so much more. I was ashamed to realize that I had caused many of their more recent problems. If I had just told my Starlights what I was doing, none of their more recent problems would have occurred, including all the complications that arose between Serenity and Seiya. Oh well! There's nothing I can do about it now, although I would like to apologize to Serenity at some point. Causally, while thinking about her, I happened to glance over to the door of the room that she was currently sleeping in and caught a glimpse of a bright light shining under the door.

"What is that?" Oops, did I say that out loud?

"What is what?" asked a cheerful Sailor Jupiter as she walked back into the living room.

Haruka's POV

I glanced up to see Makoto and Ami standing in the doorway of the livingroom...holding hands? When did that happen? I was distracted from my musings by the Princess.

"That light that's shining out from underneath the door." the Princess replied pointing to Usagi's bedroom door. What light?

I jerked around quickly, just in time to see the light filter off and disappear. What was going on in there? I pushed to my feet and quickly walked towards the door Makoto and Ami, however, beat me to it. After all, they had been standing right beside it.

Makoto's POV

I rushed into the room just as a little bundle fell from the middle of nowhere into Serenity's arms. She caught it as if she was expecting it.

"What are you doing out of bed, on the floor and what is that?" asked Ami from beside me. She was giving Usagi the 'you've been a bad patient, get back into bed' look and I didn't envy Usa-chan one bit.

"I'm fine Ami. Truly. Mamo-chan stopped me from wiping myself out."

"What were you doing that would wipe you out?" What on earth had she been doing in here? By this time everyone was again gathered in the bedroom, even Minako and Yaten, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere (I hadn't seen them in the living room).

"What are you holding Serenity-sama?" asked Hotaru curiously. She had pushed her way through the taller adults and was now crouched in front of Usagi on the floor.

Usagi smiled mysteriously and pulled the blanket back allowing us all to see a .... baby???

Not just any baby but... "Chibi-Chibi!" Kakyuu-hime ran towards the little girl and bent down closer to see her. The little girl was awake but so far hadn't moved or said a word.

"Yes and no, Princess." Usagi struggled to get off the floor still holding the child. Endyimon stood up and hefted her to her feet, still gazing at the little girl. Not so little when you consider that she looked like a 3 year old, actually. Once she had sat down on the bed she continued.

"This is Hope. She is Chibi-Chibi and has most of her memories, but she's real. She is a real little girl. She can learn and grow and will be a young women in the future."

I grabbed Ami's hand again in shock. How had she done this? Chibi-Chibi hadn't been real to start with! Ami squeezed my hand back and smiled at my worried look. "Trust our Princess, Mako-chan."

Endyimon's POV

I stared down at the beautiful little girl in my Usako's arms. She looked so much like Usagi it was freaky. The last time that had happened I'd gained a daughter. I wasn't sure what to expect this time. I turned my gaze to Serenity and she gazed back, answering my question.

"No, she's not mine. I want to keep her but I don't have the means." she hugged the little girl more tightly and then looked up at the group of girls assembled before her. Her gaze fixed for a few moments on Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru, who were standing together and then drifted over to Makoto and Ami. She stopped there for a moment and after taking a look myself, I realized why. When had that happened? Her gaze then continued on to the Starlights, specifically Seiya and Princess Kakyuu, who were standing close together. "I was hoping one of you would want her."

Suddenly the little girl in her arms became very active and started pulling on her hair. "Onee-chan, Onee-chan..."

Usako smiled down at the little girl and the look she gave her reminded me so much of the one she had given to Chibiusa when she left. My heart was breaking, knowing how much this was hurting her to give up the little girl. But at least she no longer had to worry about Chibi-Chibi being alive. She had taken care of that.

"Me pick! Me pick!" The little girl smiled brightly at her saviour.

"You want to pick your parents Hope?" The little girl nodded vigorously.

"Would you all agree to that? Would you all be willing to be a parent to Hope?" Some heads nodded, other said 'Of course', but in the end there was almost total agreement. Ami and Mina were the only ones who slowly shook their heads, 'Iie' and moved off to the side of the room, disqualifying themselves. This didn't surprise me. After all, both Senshi still lived with their parents and would have to explain where they got the little girl and, especially in Ami's case, there's nowhere for Hope to live in her home, it is just too small. Hope could still have almost any parent she wanted though. I wasn't sure about this myself, but after hearing the entire story from the others, I knew that they had all grown to adore the little girl I had only just met.

Usagi leaned over towards me and whispered "Don't worry Endy, she may look 3 years old but there is more to this child then meets the eye. After all, she's a Sailor Senshi! She knows what she's doing." I smiled to say I understood, even though I don't. But it's Usako, and I'd trust her with my life.

The other Senshi had fanned out around the room, giving the little girl a lot of room to move around if she wanted. She didn't. The moment her feet touched the floor she made a direct bee-line for the Starlights. The others, especially Makoto and Rei, looked upset about this but they were distracted from their thoughts by Hope's next move. She had ran right up to the 3 Starlights and their Princess and stood there looking at them. Suddenly she walked up and grabbed Princess Kakyuu's hand, "Hime-mama!" To say that Kakyuu-hime was surprised would be the understatement of the millennium but she composed herself rather quickly. She let go of Fighter-san's hand (when had they starting holding hands?) and knelt down in front of the little girl.

"You want me to be your okaa-san?" Hope just nodded her head vigorously, looking cute. "Onegai?"

I wasn't really surprised at the little girls choice. Although she had become friends with all of the other Senshi, she had protected and been a part of Princess Kakyuu for even longer. They must have developed a bond during that time that the little girl still felt in her human form.

"I'd love to be your mother Hope-chan." Hope's smile got even wider but when Kakyuu-hime went to pick her up she resisted. Instead she held out her other hand to Sailor Star Fighter. "Seiya-papa!"

Yaten's POV

I'm not sure who was more surprised out of those in the bedroom. The only person who didn't seem the least bit surprised was Serenity-sama! She sat as calm as could be on the bed and just smiled in our direction. Me, I just stood stunned. I finally turned back to look at my Princess and my best friend, who looked like she'd been hit with a small planet.

"Nani? I don't understand little one." Seiya looked like she was about to fall over. I don't understand either. What was this kid getting at?

Hope only tugged harder on her hand. "Otou-can."

"It looks like Hope has chosen her parents. Do you accept this child as your own?"

Seiya and Kakyuu looked at each other and it was then that I noticed their other hands. They were together. They were holding hands! With Hope holding onto their other hands they formed a complete circle. As one, the two adults nodded their heads and looked back at Serenity-sama. "We accept."

Then my eyes were suddenly blinded as a sheet of white light flew from Hope and surrounded the small group. When it was gone everyone looked at each other. It wasn't until we heard Seiya's yelp of surprise that I looked down at my new 'niece'. She had changed subtly. Her hair was still red but it had darkened down, more the shade of Kakyuu-hime's hair. Her facial features were the same but she had more of the pixy look of Seiya now. It wasn't a huge difference but it was noticeable. All Seiya-chan and Kakyuu-hime seemed to be able to do was stare at the little girl so I asked instead.

"WHAT HAPPENED??"

Kakyuu's POV

Shinji nai. I stared dumbly at the little girl in front of me. I used to think nothing could surprise me anymore demo I was quickly finding out how wrong I was. This was about the 50th surprise I'd gotten in one day, and it wasn't even over yet! I didn't know what to think. One minute I'm dead, then it's was just me, then Seiya shows back up and....things change. Then all of a sudden I have a daughter, then a partner and now...now I'm just lost in a sea of changes.

I looked up at Yaten's agitated question and stared into Serenity's eyes. She was still sitting on the bed being held by her prince and her smile was soothing and reassuring. "She is yours, just as you said she was. She is now of your blood." That's when it sunk in. Hope really was ours!

I quickly looked over at Sei-chan. She was staring at me as if she had just been woke from a long sleep, sorta glazed and out of it. I knelt down and picked up Hope, who snuggled into my arms for a moment, and then put her hands out towards Sei-chan. "UP!" As if by reflex Seiya reached out and took the little girl. As she settled into her arms the most beautiful look came over her face and she stared down at Hope, then looked up at me. I squeezed her hand and nodded. We were going to be a family.

Serenity's POV

They look so right together. I know Hope made the right decision. I want so badly to keep her but I know I can't, and she understands.

"Congratulations you two." I smiled as I shifted position against Endyimon. I was still sore and achy from the energy drain of the battle and bringing Hope back but I didn't want any of the others to know. I was pretty sure Ami-chan suspected but she hadn't said anything yet and I wasn't going to announce it. If I did, Endy would never let me out of bed.

"So, does anyone have any suggestions as to how I should tell with my parents about all of this?"