Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Crying On Your Grave ❯ The Ending Story ( Epilogue )
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By: Amby-chan 
What happened? How could it turn out like that?
What happened?????
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Suspense | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 07.11.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.1K | Visits: 211 | Status: Completed
What happened? How could it turn out like that?
What happened?????
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Suspense | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 07.11.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.1K | Visits: 211 | Status: Completed
CRYING ON YOUR GRAVE
By Amby-chan
Epilogue:
Five o'clock. Friday evening. Outside the clouds were low and heavy in the sky, looking as if at any second they would simply open up and let loose their burden. But they'd persisted in resisting for hours now, and there was no sign any time soon that they'd let loose their deluge.
Inside of the Cherry Hill Temple, a dozen people were sitting in a rough circle, mugs of hot cocoa and half-heartedly eaten sweets scattered about them. If anyone had come in on them, it would have been said that it looked like they'd just lost their best friend.
And they had.
Mikazuki sat by herself with her back to the Sacred Fire, facing the devastated Senshi team, who were all looking at her, not with anger or hate, but with questions in their eyes. Their pain was unimaginable, and they needed answers.
"The Ending Stone and the Silver Imperial Crystal were opposites, on two completely different ends of the balance. If they met, then the balance would be disrupted, nearly beyond repair. But.. But she… we… we knew that it was the only way… She was so tired, tired beyond all belief, and she just wanted peace. We tried… we really did… We wanted to fix the balance, to put a sort of block underneath it, so it would always stay in the light's favor…. But we overestimated our strength and underestimated the will power of the Universe to have balance. We were too weak."
She wrapped her arms around her, rocking slightly for a moment, her eyes shut, dark hair shimmering in the light of the fire. "We couldn't control it, like we thought we could. We failed…. But.. but right before the.. the back lash, she came to me. I could see her, not in the sense of sight, like we have, but in a way that's impossible to ever duplicate. She was hurting so bad.. There was no happiness, no joy in her. She was like a flower that had been left out in the sun too long, without any water or sustenance. She couldn't go on.
"She touched me, and … And she looked at me with those azures eyes. She said.. She said, "Mikako, I'm going to ask you to do this for me. I can't leave my friends, but I can't fight any more. I just don't have the strength in me to fight. They were right. I was a crappy leader. I was too weak to fight for them."" Tears streamed down Mikazuki's face, soaking the simple robes she wore. "She said, "tell them that I love them. And tell them… Tell them that I will always be there for them, but my place is no longer on Earth. You lost everything, Mikako, and now I'm giving it back to you. You've never known a life without the burden of the Ending Stone, but now I take it onto my shoulders. I want you to know the joy of being able to create and not having to fight not to destroy it. I want you to know what it's like to touch the petals of a flower and not have that urge to crush them in your hands. I want you to live, Mikako. I want you to know the joys I know."
""So Mikako, I am doing this. I am giving you LIFE. I will take the Ending Stone, and I will stay here. I will stay here, in this place where the balance can be affected, and I will make sure the dark side never gains the upper hand on the light. This way, this way you won't have to fight any more. This way, you will be able to live freely and happily, without ever having to worry. Mikako, I take this burden willingly and happily. I am not strong enough to stay on Earth, but I am weak enough to do this small task." She.. she stepped away from me, taking the Ending Stone with her, and tilted her head back. I will never forget the look in her eyes as she whispered "Hai… Hai, I am weak enough to do this, this one last fight for my friends." And then, … then she left me. She left me and she took the pain and she took the urges, and she took my need to hurt and to destroy. She left me… She left me with life."
Mikazuki opened her eyes, her voice still trembling, but finding a strength it hadn't had before. "I will understand if you do not want me to stay in Tokyo. If you cannot find it in your hearts to forgive all that I've done for you, I will not argue. I will take my things and I will find another life, away from you, to leave you in your peace." She lowered her head, closing her eyes. "That is all I have to say."
They looked at each other, and then looked back at her, their minds made up as one. They didn't need to speak, only to look and to know that among them, only one decision was supported, only one decision was right in their eyes.
"Mikako, look at us," Rei said softly, and in those simple words was the promise that Mikazuki would never have to leave. She did as Rei had commanded and found that … they were smiling at her. Each of them, looking at HER, and smiling.
She smiled, reaching up and rubbing tears from her eyes only to have her tears of grief be replaced by tears of joy and happiness. 'Usagi,' her mind whispered. 'Usagi, you gave me something beyond anything I could have asked for. I will not let you down, and I will never let your memory fade'…..
She set her shoulders and looked at her friends. "Arigato… Arigato, minna-san…"
Yes… Her friends.
** I know it's not the nice, happy ending that everyone would have wanted, but I hope you can see that in its own way, it was perhaps the best ending for this story. After all, not every ending is a happy one, but it is the right one.
Remember to let me know what you think, whether it's reviewing it or dropping me an email at amby-chan@sailormoon.com. I'd really like to hear what you guys thought of it.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you in my next story!!!
JA NE,
Amby-chan **
By Amby-chan
Epilogue:
Five o'clock. Friday evening. Outside the clouds were low and heavy in the sky, looking as if at any second they would simply open up and let loose their burden. But they'd persisted in resisting for hours now, and there was no sign any time soon that they'd let loose their deluge.
Inside of the Cherry Hill Temple, a dozen people were sitting in a rough circle, mugs of hot cocoa and half-heartedly eaten sweets scattered about them. If anyone had come in on them, it would have been said that it looked like they'd just lost their best friend.
And they had.
Mikazuki sat by herself with her back to the Sacred Fire, facing the devastated Senshi team, who were all looking at her, not with anger or hate, but with questions in their eyes. Their pain was unimaginable, and they needed answers.
"The Ending Stone and the Silver Imperial Crystal were opposites, on two completely different ends of the balance. If they met, then the balance would be disrupted, nearly beyond repair. But.. But she… we… we knew that it was the only way… She was so tired, tired beyond all belief, and she just wanted peace. We tried… we really did… We wanted to fix the balance, to put a sort of block underneath it, so it would always stay in the light's favor…. But we overestimated our strength and underestimated the will power of the Universe to have balance. We were too weak."
She wrapped her arms around her, rocking slightly for a moment, her eyes shut, dark hair shimmering in the light of the fire. "We couldn't control it, like we thought we could. We failed…. But.. but right before the.. the back lash, she came to me. I could see her, not in the sense of sight, like we have, but in a way that's impossible to ever duplicate. She was hurting so bad.. There was no happiness, no joy in her. She was like a flower that had been left out in the sun too long, without any water or sustenance. She couldn't go on.
"She touched me, and … And she looked at me with those azures eyes. She said.. She said, "Mikako, I'm going to ask you to do this for me. I can't leave my friends, but I can't fight any more. I just don't have the strength in me to fight. They were right. I was a crappy leader. I was too weak to fight for them."" Tears streamed down Mikazuki's face, soaking the simple robes she wore. "She said, "tell them that I love them. And tell them… Tell them that I will always be there for them, but my place is no longer on Earth. You lost everything, Mikako, and now I'm giving it back to you. You've never known a life without the burden of the Ending Stone, but now I take it onto my shoulders. I want you to know the joy of being able to create and not having to fight not to destroy it. I want you to know what it's like to touch the petals of a flower and not have that urge to crush them in your hands. I want you to live, Mikako. I want you to know the joys I know."
""So Mikako, I am doing this. I am giving you LIFE. I will take the Ending Stone, and I will stay here. I will stay here, in this place where the balance can be affected, and I will make sure the dark side never gains the upper hand on the light. This way, this way you won't have to fight any more. This way, you will be able to live freely and happily, without ever having to worry. Mikako, I take this burden willingly and happily. I am not strong enough to stay on Earth, but I am weak enough to do this small task." She.. she stepped away from me, taking the Ending Stone with her, and tilted her head back. I will never forget the look in her eyes as she whispered "Hai… Hai, I am weak enough to do this, this one last fight for my friends." And then, … then she left me. She left me and she took the pain and she took the urges, and she took my need to hurt and to destroy. She left me… She left me with life."
Mikazuki opened her eyes, her voice still trembling, but finding a strength it hadn't had before. "I will understand if you do not want me to stay in Tokyo. If you cannot find it in your hearts to forgive all that I've done for you, I will not argue. I will take my things and I will find another life, away from you, to leave you in your peace." She lowered her head, closing her eyes. "That is all I have to say."
They looked at each other, and then looked back at her, their minds made up as one. They didn't need to speak, only to look and to know that among them, only one decision was supported, only one decision was right in their eyes.
"Mikako, look at us," Rei said softly, and in those simple words was the promise that Mikazuki would never have to leave. She did as Rei had commanded and found that … they were smiling at her. Each of them, looking at HER, and smiling.
She smiled, reaching up and rubbing tears from her eyes only to have her tears of grief be replaced by tears of joy and happiness. 'Usagi,' her mind whispered. 'Usagi, you gave me something beyond anything I could have asked for. I will not let you down, and I will never let your memory fade'…..
She set her shoulders and looked at her friends. "Arigato… Arigato, minna-san…"
Yes… Her friends.
** I know it's not the nice, happy ending that everyone would have wanted, but I hope you can see that in its own way, it was perhaps the best ending for this story. After all, not every ending is a happy one, but it is the right one.
Remember to let me know what you think, whether it's reviewing it or dropping me an email at amby-chan@sailormoon.com. I'd really like to hear what you guys thought of it.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you in my next story!!!
JA NE,
Amby-chan **