It's a part three !!! Okay, I just read through some of my fics, and I realized I didn't finish "Hogosha no Kokoro". So until I get some reader feedback on that fic (email or the fanfic form on my page) then I won't continue it. My site is here: www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/8524/fanfic.html And I don't own Sailor Moon, as you all know. But I *do* own a rather nice collection of Sailor Moon cards... This is Part Three of Speak Your Mind, btb, and I want to dedicate it, the entire series and most of my other fics to my bestest online buds, all those great authors, and then some. You all know who you are ! Much love to you all !!! In addition, I apologize for the excessively long author's notes, blabberings and rambles. Thanks for all the feedback, and continue with the super-niceness ! Okays, I'm REALLY going now... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speak Your Mind PG-PG13 Azurite/Meriellen5/Andromida/sailor_andromida@yahoo.com www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/8524/ Part Three ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recap: Sailormoon lost her voice in part one, to a wicked and vile droid known as Vocala. Because of this, Sailormoon lost her ability to speak... and de-transform. But after some work, Sailormoon managed to de-transform. She also learned to telepathically communicate to the senshi and Mamoru, who had been caring for her the past few days. Vocala reappeared again in the last part, and wreaked havoc on the Music Hall. The senshi arrived to dust it, but were severely injured. Just as the end was coming, *SAILORMOON* arrived on the scene, having telepathically transformed. She had been shocked by some strange sonic waves that came from Vocala's Negacrystal and was knocked out. The other senshi were out cold, and Tuxedo Kamen was about to join them... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Usako...I love you so...' Tuxedo Kamen thought to himself as Vocala descended upon him. What happened next was so fast, he hardly noticed... those golden bolts that had shocked Sailormoon to unconsciousness on the ground had sunk into her skin, and that charred skin inside her throat vanished. Sailormoon stirred suddenly, becoming aware of her surroundings, predicament and bodily state. But what made her suddenly stand up, inhale and then scream was the fact that Vocala was descending on her one true love... 'Usako...I love you so...' 'And I will DIE protecting him, Mother.' Sailormoon recalled 'saying' that to her mother. Endymion had died for them, and if need be, she'd die for him as well. "MAMO-CHAN !!!!!!!!!!!" Sailormoon screamed, hurling herself nimbly in the way of Vocala. The flurry of blue, white and gold sped by Tuxedo Kamen so fast, his brain had hardly enough time to resister it as Sailormoon. A sudden crackle of light burst in front of him... right where Usagi had been. "USAKO !" Tuxedo Kamen screamed, terrified. No, no, no... he had NOT just lost her again... he could see nothing... a light had blinded him, and he could see nothing in the whiteness. 'Mamo-chan... Mamo-chan...' Tuxedo Kamen looked around for Usagi, whose voice touched him in this white oblivion. Where was she ? Where was he ? Where were they ? Not... 'Usa... where are you ? Where are *we* ?' 'Mamo-chan, I am home... I love you Mamoru. I love you.' 'Usako, you can't mean...' 'I love you...' And then the whiteness faded away, and Tuxedo Kamen blinked. The senshi were still unconscious, but their wounds from Vocala... who was gone, had healed. Rubbing his eyes, Tuxedo Kamen looked around for Sailormoon, but could not see her anywhere. 'Usako... where are you ? USAKO !?' *I love you...* echoed in his mind with a sad finality. 'No, Usako, you *PROMISED* you would be here, be here, now, for me, Usako, I need you !' Silence. 'USAKO !' "Mamo-chan..." Tuxedo Kamen looked around abruptly, and saw a battered Sailormoon lying on the ground near his knees. He lifted her gently, feeling the hot stickiness of blood on the back of her head. Her arms hung limply at her sides, and he lifted them so they were clasped over her chest. She rested her lower back on his knees, and he held her up as best he could with his arm underneath her. "Usako...I'm here, it'll be okay..." "Everyone ?" "They'll come to soon, they'll be okay..." "Good... I succeeded then... I love you..." "Succeeded ? Usa... don't...don't leave me..." "I was meant to protect... you... my only love... protect them... protect this Kingdom..." "Usako, stop talking like this !" Tuxedo Kamen persisted. He blinked back painful tears that slowly tracked their way down his reddened face. Sailormoon weakly brushed them away with her hand. "You'll be okay, I promise..." "Promise... you'll never forget..." "USAKO !" Sailormoon's hand went limp at her side, and her labored breathing slowed to a halt. "UUUUUUUUUSSSAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'I'm home... I'm finally home...' Usagi surveyed her surroundings... a large, welcoming castle loomed above her, more spectacular than the Taj Mahal. Great waterfalls, fountains and gardens arched over the walkways, decorating the Lunarian landscape, over a thousand years old and still lush and beautiful. A sudden figure appeared from the palace, life-size and beautiful as the day the kingdom had been destroyed... 'Destroyed...that's right... none of this is real...*where* am I, anyway ?' "You're home, Serenity." "But I can't be *home*... my home was destroyed !" "But like all those who died, you have come back here." "I'm...I'm dead ?" Usagi asked in disbelief. "Yes, my daughter. And now it is time for you to make a choice. What is more important ?" "What ? Just what are you asking me, mother ?" The surroundings around them dimmed, and the pair of Royals were inside the 'palace'. Images of the four guardian princesses, and four more, shadowed, in the background, appeared. "They never got to be princesses again... and all because of me." "Not because of you. They can't be princesses because their desire to protect you." "Me? But... but why? If I have so much power, why can't *I* protect them? My friends... my family... Endymion?" "You must decide soon, my daughter." "What a decision ? Choose to live an illusion of my past, or go back to the people who love and care for me, who can be what destiny intended them to be in I stay to protect them?!" "That... in a way. But also, your wish to protect them if you were not there physically would also be granted." "If I died, and stayed here, I'd still be able to protect them? But... how ?" "It is the powers of the moon. Just as I protected you for 1000 years." "This choice is hard. Get rid of the responsibility, still be able to protect them... or be there, and still have to fight, for all eternity... and risk losing them because they wanted to protect me... instead of the other way around, as it seemed as it was meant to be." "Your decision ?" The image of Queen Serenity asked. "I choose to go back." With a flash of light, Usagi was gone... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Usa... no...no..." Tuxedo Kamen whispered over her fragile body. She had gone ice cold within the past three minutes, and this feeling, along with the numbness that she had died FOR him, that he couldn't do anything about the fact now... he had failed, ultimately, and didn't deserve to live. Blinking back hot tears, he reached for his sharpest, steel-tipped rose and placed its point on his wrist, just under his glove line. He never noticed the slight movement of Sailormoon's chest as she warmed again, and began breathing. Seconds later, her vision cleared and she saw what Tuxedo Kamen was about to do. She weakly lifted her hand and touched his wrist, startling him. "Mamo-chan ?" Sailormoon asked quietly. She knew her voice had returned, she had felt it, and known it in that brief second before she had shielded Tuxedo Kamen from Vocala's blast. "Usa..." Tuxedo Kamen dropped the rose, and it vanished into the concrete like water does into a puddle. He looked at her with those eyes of ocean blue, and they melted into pools of concern and caring, love and hope. "I love you, Mamo-chan." Sailormoon sighed as she collapsed into a sleep. Tuxedo Kamen looked down at her, a small smile plastering his face. He gently picked her sleeping form up on his back, as one give a child a piggyback ride. The senshi had awoken some time later, and helped Tuxedo Kamen get Sailormoon to his apartment, where she could rest. The damage to the Music Hall repaired itself, as did all the buildings and parks after a droid or youma fight, and the five figures, one carrying another, walked off into the sunset. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Usako ? Can you hear me ?" Mamoru whispered in her ear. It had taken some explanation, but Mamoru had told the senshi how Usagi had just... up and arisen, blocked the attack from Vocala, and then everything had gone white. Time slowed, and he felt Usagi die, but she came back... and here they were. "Mmm... Just five more minutes." Usagi murmured, turning in bed. Mamoru brushed her now clean strands of golden hair aside, careful to avoid her bandage. The senshi had helped her get fixed up, bandaging her head wound, which was gone at the present, though still a possible sensitive area, and washing her hair and school clothes that she had worn before the fight. She was now resting in bed, in a spare outfit of Minako's that she had... from one of her many after-school shopping excursions. Clean, only slightly bruised and back to 'normal', Mamoru prepared himself for the barrage of questions he would get when she awoke. Chibi-Usa had heard about this latest incident and decided to stop by, with a message from Ikuko and Kenji, wondering how Usagi was doing. Currently, the girls and Chibi-Usa were playing cards in the living room, to pass the time and give something to occupy Hurricane Chibi-Usa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Mmm...." "Go fish." Makoto told Minako. Minako groaned in despair. "Can't we play something more challenging, like chess ?" Ami suggested. Everyone present sweatdropped and groaned, while Ami went "What ? What'd I say ?" "How 'bout poker ?" Rei suggested. "You'd use your ESP to find out what cards everyone else had !" Minako protested. "If that's true then how come I'm not doing it now ?" Rei retorted. "Oh yeah... good point..." Rei smirked. "Got any threes ?" "What ?! Why you... !!" Minako grumbled as she gave Rei her card. Rei smirked again. "*sigh* This is so boring..." Chibi-Usa sighed. She *could* have some fun though... "Luna P MAGIC !" Chibi-Usa cried, startling everyone out of their arguments. From the pink smoke came a small box, wrapped in bunny paper. "What are you doing, Chibi-Usa ?" Makoto asked. "I'm going to give this to Usagi, whether she's awake or not." Chibi-Usa ventured towards the door and knocked. No response. She opened the door slowly, the other four senshi at her heels. They all exhaled in what must have been relief, for they saw Mamoru and Usagi sound asleep again, tangled in each other's arms. "Awww..." "Odango ! Wake up !" Chibi-Usa cried, pouncing on the bed. "Mmm....go away Luna... dumb cat..." "I am not a dumb cat !" Chibi-Usa frowned, smacking Usagi with a pillow. "Owwwwwwww...... !!!" Usagi groaned, rubbing her sore head. She sat bolt upright, waking Mamoru in the process. "Say what ?" "Owwwwwwwwww... !!!" Usagi repeated, whining pitifully. "Here." Chibi-Usa cried thrusting forth the 'gift'. Usagi took it, her unhappy frown fading away, and bright sparkles overtaking her eyes. She ripped off the paper and was astonished when... it turned back into Luna P and floated back to Chibi-Usa, who was laughing hysterically. "Hey ! You little !" Usagi jumped from the bed and bounded after Chibi- Usa, who was giggling and wreaking havoc on the house. "At least they're both back to normal." Rei remarked. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing ?" Minako asked. "I heard that !" Usagi and Chibi-Usa said at the same time. Laughter sprung from the twosome and the small group in the bedroom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Part Three. Gomen, I know it's short, but I wanted to post this because I have missed the past MONTH'S posting deadlines (I was kicked offline) and please my fans (THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!) Many thanks to the gang (you know who you wonderful people are) and to anyone and everyone that emailed me, even those with only one-sentence messages. :-) See you later, Azzie/Andi/Meriellen5