Goodbye, Sailor Moon

By Lady Sylver

Chapter 1: A Senshi Falls

A young couple walks hand-in-hand through the park as a young girl runs in front of them. They finally find a place to set up their picnic. As they lay out the blanket, the young girl looks at them with bright eyes and a smile that could get her anything her heart desired. The couple looks at each other and smiles before looking back at the young girl.

"Go on, Chibi Usa, go find your friends to play with."

Chibi Usa runs over to the couple and gives them each a big hug. "I love you, Mama and Papa."

"Small Lady, watch about saying that in public." Mamoru warns. He looks at the young girl with pink hair. Her smile slowly fades from her face. Mamoru picks her up and pulls her close to him. "I love you, Usa, but you know that we aren't your parents yet. If the wrong people hear you, it will be very hard for Usagi and I to explain."

"It's all right when we are in private, Usa. I love you, now go play, Spore." Chibi Usa turns to glare at her future mother, but sees the smile on Usagi's face and knows that she is just playing. The smile reappears on Chibi Usa's young face before she leaves the company of her future parents to go play.

Mamoru turns to look at Usagi who is standing next to him. He sees the tear run down her cheek and fall to the ground. "What is wrong, Usako?" He asks as he places his arms around the young woman that is so dear to him.

"I am going to miss her when she is gone." Usagi whispers.

Mamoru encircles Usagi with his arms and pulls her close as the tears fall down her cheeks. "We'll see her in the future."

"That's so far away." Usagi sobs into Mamoru's chest. He reaches down and wipes the tears from her cheek. He leans down to kiss her on the head when a scream is heard from the play area.

Usagi's head rises and looks in the direction of her future daughter. The sorrow that she is feeling completely disappears with the sight that is seen. A youma that stands about six feet tall stands on the edge of the play area. He raises his arm into the air and begins to drain the energy from the children. Without a second thought, Usagi's arm rises into the air. "MOON CRYSTAL POWER!" As she transforms, the only thought that runs through her head is Chibi Usa's safety.

As the transformation ends, she runs straight for her future daughter. As Sailor Moon approaches Chibi Usa, she looks to see where Tuxedo Kamen is. She sees that he has the monster under control. Sailor Moon picks Chibi Usa and holds her close. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, Mama." Chibi Usa looks up at her with bright eyes.

"I need to get you out of here." Sailor Moon looks around to see what direction to go. She sees an area that she can get to where she can hide Chibi Usa. "As I run, Chibi Usa, I want you to call the Sailor Senshi on my communicator. Can you do that for me?"

"Yes." Chibi Usa pushes the buttons on the communicator and is rewarded with Raye's face on the view screen. "Raye, we are being attacked by a youma."

"We'll be there soon." Comes the response from the communicator.

As Sailor Moon runs toward her original target, she is stopped in her tracks as a youma appears in front of her. She puts Chibi Usa down on her feet and swings Chibi Usa behind her. Sailor Moon immediately takes a fighting stance in front of her future daughter.

"Hand the child over, Sailor Moon." The youma sneers at her.

"Over my dead body." As Sailor Moon finishes her statement, a blast of energy heads toward them. She knows that in order to protect Chibi Usa, she must take the blast. She turns and wraps her body around Chibi Usa. As the blast hits her back, she pulls Chibi Usa as close as she can. Both of them scream as the energy hits Sailor Moon and sends them through the air. As Sailor Moon's body and head collide with a boulder, she lets out a slight moan. "Must stay awake and protect Chibi Usa," she whispers as she tries to get up from the ground.

"Mama, are you all right?" The only answer she receives is a weak smile.

Sailor Moon finally makes it to her feet. "You will not have her!" She reaches behind her and pulls out her Moon Scepter from its hiding spot.

"MOON…SCEPTER…ELEMINATION!" She screams, but it is too late. The youma has already sent another energy blast at her. The Scepter's blast is too low to counteract the blast from the youma. The youma's blast strikes her in the face causing her to scream out in pain. The youma screams in pain a second after she does, when the Scepter's attack makes contact with him. Sailor Moon falls to the ground and instantly de-transforms.

Chibi Usa scoots closer to Usagi's still body. Chibi Usa turns Usagi so that she can see her face. All she can see is are burn marks that surround her closed eyes and a small amount of blood on her head from the impact with the boulder. "Mama, wake up." Tears start to fall down her face as she watches Usagi's still form. "Mama, please."

In the distance, Chibi Usa can hear the other Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen. She hears their shouts of joy as the youma falls, but she cannot feel any join. She pulls Usagi's head into her small lap and brushes Usagi's hair back. She can hear the Senshi getting closer, but her back is to the direction they are coming from.

"Usagi and Chibi Usa, the youma is gone." Chibi Usa hears Raye's voice, but she doesn't move. She can't leave Usagi.

She hears a gasp and knows they see Usagi's body on the ground. She leans her small body over Usagi's face so they can't see it. She turns her head enough to look up at her friends that now stand in front of her. Her tears run down her face as a testimony of what she hides. "Chibi Usa," she feels her father's hand on her shoulder.

She slowly lefts her body up from Usagi's face so that the others can see. She hears the gasps and cries come from them. She does not see their reaction because her eyes are closed. She does not want to see the damage that was caused again. She feels Mamoru's hand close tighter on her shoulder as he kneels down next to her. She turns to look at Mamoru. The man that is so strong is now so weak because the woman he loves lays unconscious on the ground in front of him and he can do nothing to heal the wounds.

Ami is the first to compose herself. She squats down next to Usagi and checks for a pulse. A smile crosses her face as she feels a weak, but steady, heartbeat. "We have to get her to a hospital. She needs a doctor's attention now." She didn't have to say those words twice. Mamoru pulls her up into his arms and heads for the car before anyone can say differently. Ami runs to keep up with his long strides, she is going to go with him to try and keep Usagi comfortable.

Chibi Usa begins to run after her family, but a firm and gentle hand holds her in her place. She turns to look up into Minako's bright blue eyes. "We'll meet them there, Chibi Usa." Minako can see the conflict in the young eyes that stare up at her. "There is not enough room for all of us, and Ami really needs to be there in case something happens on the way. Do you understand, Chibi Usa?" Minako is answered with a nod and a tight grip on her hand.

Raye takes Chibi Usa's other hand. Chibi Usa looks up at the priestess and can see the pain in her eyes. She turns her head to look back at Makoto. She can see the anger and the pain that lies in her eyes as well. Chibi Usa knows that the Sailor Senshi feel guilt because they feel that they have let their princess and friend down, but Chibi Usa feels the guilt of it being her fault. If Sailor Moon hadn't been protecting her, then she would be okay.

The walk to the hospital is made in silence.