Konnichiwa, minna! *g* Any comments or critz will be accepted and appreciated! goddess_avalon@hotmail.com I do not own Sailor Moon, the creator and all of the companies that dub and all that kind of thing do. Don't sue me, I'm just a wanna-be author *g* Now ONTO THE STORY! *g* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Usagi ran and tried to steady herself against the shaking while talking to the other scouts at the same time. She got knocked to her feet and fell down, and Seiya tripped over her as well. "Sorry, Seiya-kun." Usagi said and quickly got to her feet. "The others are on their way!" Usagi shouted to any of the others in the house who could hear her over the loud booms and crashes. Usagi ran blindly until she reached a spare bedroom. She and Seiya ran to a corner where there wasn't anything that could fall on top of them and Usagi huddled in the corner. Seiya sat down next to her and shielded himself from any plaster that might fall from the ceiling. "Seiya-kun! I'm scared!" Usagi cried and Seiya put his arms around her. Usagi ducked as another blast racked the house. She pushed against Seiya's arm backwards and he had to move it to prevent from getting crushed. When Usagi relaxed again he put his arm back around her and Usagi winced hard as the ground began to shift violently under them from the blasts. Usagi started crying more and more with every blast that hit the house, until it finally stopped. "Is it over, Seiya-kun?" Usagi managed to say between sobs. "I think it is." Seiya said, and stood up. He helped Usagi stand up and they looked around the room. Many pictures and glass items had fallen and shattered with the shaking. They walked out of the room, Seiya supporting a still shaky Usagi, and walked back to the living room, only to find Heavy Metal Papillon the only one there. "Hey, I think it's over now, Papillon." Seiya said, and Papillon slowly climbed to her feet. "Are you sure?" She asked, shakily. Seiya nodded, "He probably used up quite a bit of energy with that." He said, and he and Usagi continued on, looking for the others. They found them scattered throughout the house. When they finally found all of them, the met in the kitchen once again. "Are you all right, Usagi-chan?" Seiya asked as everybody took seats around the room. Usagi nodded, but she was still shaking. "Come here." Seiya said, and led her to a chair near the head of the table. He sat down next to her to make sure she calmed down all right. "Mako-chan's gone, Kakyuu-chan's gone, if this house doesn't get destroyed from the outside it will from the inside! Illsus-baka is just too powerful!" Hotaru said, gesturing to the mess around her. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door and Hotaru went to answer it. It was Hotaru's current boyfriend. "Jimmy!" Hotaru cried and threw her arms around his neck. "Hi, Hotaru." He said, genuinely glad to see her. "Are you busy?" Jimmy asked. "No! I was just talking to some friends in the kitchen. Come and meet them!" Hotaru led Jimmy into the kitchen. "Jimmy, these are all of my friends... want me to introduce them?" She asked, and giggled. Everybody was shocked, as Hotaru wasn't normally the type to giggle. Jimmy shrugged, "Why not?" He said. "Ok, I'll point to them as I say their name." Hotaru moved next to Seiya and Usagi. "Seiya-kun, Usagi-chan, Taiki-kun, Ami-chan, Ilene, Christi, Gwen, Corie Lynn, Laura, Michiru-mama, Setsuna-chan, Jessica, Veronica, Yaten-kun, Minako-chan, Seion-chan, Pricilla, Daniel, Harriet, Haruka-papa, Rei-chan, Chibi-Usa-Chan, Tammy, Celeste, Amber, Paige and Phyllis." Jimmy's eyes widened. "That's sure a lot of friends." He turned to Hotaru. "Listen, there's a dance tonight at the University... would you like to go?" He glanced around the crowded room. "It's couples only, though. If any of you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, you're welcome to come along." Seiya glanced at Usagi, "You want to go?" He asked. Usagi nodded. "Might do me some good to get out of this area." Usagi turned to Luna, "Call me if anything happens." She whispered and Luna nodded in response. Usagi turned to Seiya. Yaten, Taiki, Minako, and Ami had stood up as well. "Just give us time to get ready!" Usagi, Hotaru, Minako, and Ami said in unison. They dashed up the stairs to their rooms and emerged half an hour perfectly dressed for the dance. Usagi was wearing a slinky gold and black dress, and was wearing the heart wand like an ornament in her hair. "You look wonderful, Usagi." (an-no, that is not a mistake. In case you hadn't noticed, Seiya-kun's been making a lot of mistakes lately in Japan, if you use just their name with no -chan or -sama or anything like that at the end, it signifies a really close relationship. *g*) Seiya complimented as they walked to the Limo that Jimmy had rented for the night. "Thanks." Usagi said, blushing. She slid into the Limo and Seiya slid in after her, followed by Jimmy and Hotaru, Yaten and Minako, and Taiki and Ami. To correct his earlier mistake, Seiya looked at Minako and Ami. "You both look great, too." Minako laughed. "Save it for Usagi-chan." She said. Seiya only smiled and nodded in response. When they reached the school, Seiya escorted Usagi in and they immediately started dancing to a slow song. "It's going to be slow all night." Jimmy said as he and Hotaru floated past. "I wonder how late this goes." Usagi wondered out loud as she and Seiya moved around the dance floor. Eventually, both Usagi and Seiya lost all track of time as they danced. Six hours later, the band started the final song. Usagi moved closer to Seiya and they danced, with Usagi's head resting on Seiya's chest and Seiya's arms wrapped around Usagi. "Odango..." he whispered, staring down at her pony-tails. He just got lost in the music. When it ended, he finally checked his watch. "Odango! It's almost three in the morning!" Hotaru hurried towards Usagi at a blistering pace through the crowd. "Usagi-chan, Seiya-kun, we've got to get back, NOW! Mina-chan and Ami-chan have already gotten rides home along with Yaten-kun and Taiki-kun." Seiya nodded and turned to Usagi and while he pulled Usagi towards an exit, she pulled the crystal out of her hair. They hopped into a Taxi with Hotaru and it sped all the way back to Hotaru's house. Usagi hurriedly paid the cab driver and raced inside. Scouts were still pulling themselves up off of the ground. "Another attack?" Seiya asked. Galaxia nodded, "Even stronger this time. Lead Crow and Vesta were killed about five minutes into it." "He's counting down. Seion-chan, I thought you said you were going to be next." Usagi said Seion nodded, "I know what he's doing.... Listen, when I get turned back into Empress Metallia, you have to promise to kill me, Usagi-chan. She can't be healed except for with the imperium silver crystal and the last time you did that you killed yourself as well. You have to kill her." Seion finished, ordering "Seion-chan! I can't kill you!" Usagi exclaimed, rushing to her. "Isn't there anything we can do?" She cried. "It's the only way, Usagi-chan." Seion told her. "We have to protect the universe." She finished, softly. "Be careful." Hotaru warned Seion and the others as well. "We know how powerful this enemy is. We have to be on our guard at all times, especially since they know all of our identities!" Usagi agreed, "Except for Seiya-kun, Taiki-kun, and Yaten-kun. Kakyuu told me last night that there are new warriors on their planet and they can forget about the starlight's if they want to." Seiya silently thanked the princess for training the new warriors. "Well, I say we all get to bed. Who's on the shift now?" Setsuna asked, and checked her chart. "Minako-sama and Vesta..." Setsuna trailed off, "Hm... Will you be all right watching by yourself, Minako-sama?" Minako nodded, "Of course!" She said, and walked up the stairs. "Cosmos is after her." Setsuna said, "You only have an hour, so I'd suggest you get going." Everybody agreed and Seiya walked with Usagi up to her room. "I had a great time tonight." Usagi admitted, finally. "So did I." Seiya responded, and turned towards his own room. "See you... in a few hours, I guess." He said, and walked off down the hall to his room. Setsuna walked up to Usagi, "I can feel the power's getting stronger... your almost there, Usagi-sama. Believe in yourself. Think of what Makoto-sama, Lead Crow, Kakyuu-chan and Vesta never got to have. We all believe in you." She said, then walked off down to her room. Usagi sighed and closed the door to her room behind her. "How can I believe in myself when all that I have left is this?" She asked herself, and held up the old picture of her and Mamoru after they had defeated Ail and Ann. "I may not be in love with him anymore, but I do still love him!" She whispered, and lay down on her bed and fell asleep. ---DREAM--- Usagi was standing all alone at a party, in her queen's attire, watching all the happy couples dancing around. Three tears slipped from her eye. "Mamoru-chan, Seion-chan, Chibi-Usa-chan... I failed you and the enemy's still out there... the battle begins tomorrow and I don't know what to do." She said softly to herself. A few minutes later, the song ended and Neo-queen Serenity stepped up onto the stage to make the closing announcements. "As we face this final night of peace, I hope with all that I have left in me that our princess's and princess will be safe as they enter the battle of the millennium. This may be the last time we ever see the faces we are looking at now, or it may be the last time we see them alive. Let us join together to bring together the powers of the heart wand for one last time." Serenity lifted one of her hands to reveal the wand she was holding. "This wand is what caused this, and it's going to end it." She lifted up both hands. "Rulers of the planets, stars, and galaxies! Unite your powers so that we may defeat this evil that is overcoming our land. Do not let this enemy disrupt our kingdom anymore and let our lands return to peace once again!" The crystal on the wand glowed brightly as in slowly engulfed the whole room. When the light faded, Neo-Queen Serenity was standing with the wands she had collected from her first moon wand to the silver crescent moon tier, swirling around her. "One last time, unite." Serenity whispered, and the wands spun faster and faster, until the combined in a brilliant flash of light right in front of Serenity. She was left standing, with her eternal moon sword at her side, and an ancient looking silver staff with a glowing, swirling, multi-color ball seeming to be levitating above the head of the staff. "It WILL be finished." Serenity addressed the people. "Let us go out and destroy this monster and salvage whatever may be left of our lives." She pushed her sword in the air, and it turned all white. "WE WILL TRIUMPH!" Came a shout from the crowd. A wind picked up and flowed through the room, and rose petals floated past. Serenity dropped her sword and turned to the direction the petals came from. "Mamoru-chan?" She whispered. A shadow fell over the entire gathering and everybody disappeared. Usagi sat straight up, shaking in her bed. She checked the clock. "Time to start my shift." She said. When she reached the balcony, though, she found a shocked Seiya preparing to move Minako from in front of the window to the backyard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh, what the heck is up with these dreams? And another one was killed? When will it end? Argh! ~*~Goddess Avalon