Hi minna - this is the second part and your still reading?? YAY!!
*twitches* I don't know why I'm so nervous about this story... maybe
cause I've never written anything but romance and happy endings.
Well, you know the drill... I don't own Sailor Moon or in any
way, shape, form or fashion am I making money from this - so there!
hehe...
HUGE thanks to everyone who has emailed me **HUGS**
Even bigger thanks to my editor, who without her, I would most
assuredly been with many spelling and grammar errors ^^ **HUGS**
Also want to give a shout out to my twin, Serenity Raye!!
And to Heather-chan! Gomen that I haven't talked to you!

Later minna!
luvs -n- hugs

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	All of my years of studying, trying to be 
able to help Usagi all I could whenever she 
needed me.  And yet I never saw this coming - 
you would think with everything I can do with my 
technology I could have somehow known about this. 
Or maybe I'm just desperate to lay blame somewhere. 

	I'm not religious, but I believe that the 
Fates had it out for those two. Why not let them 
be happy? This is the never-ending question in my 
mind.

	She's so sad all the time, it hurts to see 
her like this.   	It hurts more to know that we 
cannot do anything for her. She wants him.  


Why is that the one thing I can't give her?
                                       -Ami.

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Don't Let Me Go: Broken Promises
Chapter: 2
By: Bethany
Edited by: Meara
Rated: PG
Send all comments, suggestions and 
Tiggers to Bethany212@aol.com
Send all cows to Serenity Raye ^_^
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	Rei rushed out of the temple, still 
pulling a jacket on to help against the wind. 
She didn't think to bring anything but herself. 
The call was quick and painful. Ikuko had called 
Rei first and asked that she bring the girls over. 
When Rei had heard what happened, she immediately 
left.

	Around the corner she bumped into Ami. The 
two girls silently ran side-by-side towards Usagi's 
house. Without knocking they went in and up the 
stairs. 

	Rei stopped to catch her breath before opening 
the door.  "Remember, don't say his name," she warned 
Ami. The smaller girl nodded and pushed open the door.

	Usagi was laying on her bed, her face buried 
in her pillows and sobs racked her slim body. 
"No... Mamo-chan.. no!"

	Ami felt her heart break at the scene. Her 
best friend, their princess, crying so hard, 
screaming in pain from heartbreak.

	Rei walked over to the edge of the bed and 
sat down gently.  "Usagi, are you okay?" Ami felt 
like smacking Rei as soon as the words left her 
mouth.

	Usagi sat up and pushed the girls hand 
off her. "Am I okay?!  AM I OKAY?! NO! I'M NOT 
OKAY!" she screamed at the older girl.   "He's 
gone..." her voice faltered and tears streamed 
from her blue eyes. "Oh Mamo-chan... why?! WHY 
damn it?! I.. I can't -- no!!"

	Rei was stunned, at the least, from her 
outburst. Her first reaction was to get angry, 
but then she realized that it was the raw pain 
that was talking. Usagi's heart was in pieces, 
her true reason for living gone forever. Fighting 
against Usagi's hands hitting her in the chest 
and shoulders, Rei hugged her friend.

	Usagi struggled for a moment before falling 
into Rei's arms and crying. Her whole body was 
shaking and tears poured salty rivers down her 
face. "Why?" she whispered. "I want Mamo-chan, 
Rei. I want him..."

	"Shhh, I know Usagi. I know. I'm sorry... 
so sorry," Rei whispered, her own tears falling.

	Ami watched from across the room, her 
tears falling silently as well. Suddenly a large 
hand laid on her shoulder and she turned to see 
Makoto and Minako in the doorway. Ami turned 
and took the offered comfort her taller friend 
was offering. 

	Minako was in shock. Something was wrong.... 
dreadfully wrong.  And it wasn't just the fact 
that Mamoru was gone, it was the fact that she 
could *feel* his love for Usagi still there. Was 
his spirit with her? Minako didn't know, but she 
knew something was tugging that invisible string 
that held the Princess and Prince together.  

	After long minutes that seemed to go on for 
hours, Rei noticed that Usagi hadn't moved in a 
while. Slowly she laid her back on the bed and 
found she was asleep. 

	"Sleep is the best thing for her kind of 
emotional state right now," Ami said softly. She 
still thought scientifically no matter what.  

	Rei nodded and brought the bunny blanket 
over her friend and sat down on the floor next to 
the bed. "I can't believe this."

	Following her lead, each of the girls found 
themselves somewhere to sit. "It's not fair," 
Makoto blurted, tears welling up in her eyes. 
"Haven't they been through enough?"

	"Hai, I thought it was over. That finally 
we all had some time to be happy," Minako mumbled, 
her eyes on a picture of Usagi and Mamoru on the 
nightstand.

	Luna came in quietly, Artemis in tow. Each 
laid down with their wards and purred softly. 

	"Should we call the others?" Makoto asked 
quietly.

	"Hai," Rei answered, grabbing the bunny 
phone from Usagi's nightstand. Her fingers shaking 
as she dialed the numbers and waited for someone 
to answer.

~~~ Kaiou Residence ~~~

	A lovely melody filled the halls of the 
mansion that Michiru, Haruka, Hotaru and Setsuna 
shared. The violin strings were hit at just the 
right note to create a wonderful tune.  

	A distant ring caught the aqua haired 
girl's ear and she stopped the movement of the 
bow in her hand. Again it sounded.

	Michiru laid her violin down and made a 
small beeline for the ringing phone. She twisted 
the phone cord in her hand. "Moshi, Moshi."

	"Michiru-chan?" a tear filled voice asked.

	The petite woman made a face of worry. 
"Rei-chan?"

	"Hai," Rei answered. She took a deep 
breath. "Is everyone there?"

	"No, Haruka took Hotaru out to get ice 
cream and Setsuna is at the time gate. Something 
about a disturbance in the time line."  Her voice 
grew more quiet when she thought about what Setsuna 
had said before leaving. 'That wasn't suppose to 
happen, I have to go.'

	"What's wrong Rei-chan? What happened?"

	Rei thought about the ways to say this, 
but none sounded right.  She decided on the 
blunt approach. "Mamoru's dead."

	Silence. 

	Michiru felt a dark shadow moving over 
her soul. "Dead?" she squeaked.

	"Hai, last night there was an explosion 
at Harvard." 

	"How's Usagi-chan?"

	Rei swallowed deeply. "She's taking it 
pretty hard, not doing good at all. I think it's 
best that her friends be here for her right now."

	Michiru silently nodded her agreement. 
"We'll be right there."

	After hanging up the phone, Michiru stared 
at her mirror. Picking it up, she swallowed 
deeply. "Submarine..." then stopped. "I can't.  
I don't want to know how he died," she whispered 
and picked up the phone to call Haruka.

~*~ Later - Tsukino Household ~*~

	Usagi sat up and looked at the afternoon 
sun peeking trough the clouds. She damned the 
sun; it shouldn't be out. The world should feel 
like she did - alone, sad and grieving. Instead 
birds sang, and children played. Abruptly she 
sat up and closed the blinds. 

	Rei opened her eyes at the sudden movement. 
She had cried herself to sleep, but it was a 
troubled sleep. "Usagi?"

	Usagi slowly turned and found Minako and 
Ami asleep in her bedroom floor. Rei was watching 
her with pity and understanding.

	Her minds eye played the television message 
over and over in her head. Explosion... Harvard 
Labs... students killed.  Her eyes found the line 
of pictures on her dresser, the ones of her and 
Mamoru over the three years they had been dating. 
Tears started forming again and she buried her 
head in her hands. 

	"Oh Usagi," Rei mumbled, hugging her friend. 

	"Why Rei-chan? He promised to come back to me... 
he said he loved me and wanted to marry me! We... 
we're suppose to get married! What... what about 
Chibi-Usa..? What.. will sh- not be born?" she 
cried in her friends shoulder.

~*~ Downstairs - Tsukino Household ~*~

	The constant ticking of the clock was wearing on 
Makoto's nerves. Hours had passed, and all five of them 
continued to sit in silence. It was nerve wracking.

	"I'm going to check on Usagi-chan," a small voice 
said, her petite form leaving the room. Everyone looked 
up to see Hotaru quietly climb the stairs.

	"I... I need some fresh air. Haruka?" Michiru 
stood up and stretched; motioning for Haruka to join 
her.

	Setsuna stared in space, seeing something in her 
mind.  It wasn't suppose to happen, she never seen it 
coming. And what of the future? Something was blocking 
her from seeing too far into the future... why? What 
did it mean? Would Usagi be able to save the world 
after the great freeze without Mamoru by her side? For 
once she didn't know, and this scared her. She never 
realized how heavily she depended on her knowledge of 
time to see her through normal life. Now she felt lost.

	"Setsuna-chan?" a voice interrupted her thoughts.

	The green haired woman looked up to see Makoto 
staring at her. "Hai?"

	"You didn't know, did you?" 

	Setsuna summoned her time staff and stared at it 
blankly.  "No Mako-chan, I didn't."

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short again, but I'll be releasing these four chapters
a week
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