Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Final Destination ❯ Book One ( Chapter 1 )

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In a world where
everything is detroyed, Tsukino Usagi is forced to gather the gundam pilots to
help stop a mad scientist, who has the intention of building off of the earth,
and take over the colonies. To
create a world of her own.

***
Final
Destination .:. Book One
by Chibi
Michi
***

"Are you Trowa
Barton?" she asked him. Trowa
looked up and eyed her warily.

"Yeah...and you
are?" he asked.

"My name is
Usagi Tsukino, I am the last survivor of earth" she
answerwed.

"The only
survivor? I find that hard to believe" stated Trowa as he continued to get ready
for his next performance.

"Believe
it. In this age of time, I was
suppose to be the Queen of Crystal Tokyo.
I know it's hard to believe, but, it was suppose to happen. But, when you and the other gundam
pilots appeared, it caused a flaw in our time" she
explained.

Trowa turned to
her. "How do you know of us being gundam pilots? And what do you mean flaw in
time?" he questioned.

"You five, you
were a fluke that was not suppose to happen according to my resource. Now, a scientist by the name of Washu
has destroyed all of earth being flooding it, as you could say, and now,
everyone was killed" she responded.

"Then how did
you survive?" he asked again.

"My powers
enable me to do that" she replied.

"Powers?" he
questioned. Usagi
nodded.

"If you could
gather the rest of the pilots, I could explain it all at once, instead, of
having to repeat it" said Usagi as she began to turn away.

"What about
Relena, Noin, Sally Po and Dorothy?" he asked.

"I saved them,
Relena is with Heero, Noin is with Zechs, Sally Po is with Wufei, and Dorothy is
with Quatre" she answered.

"Zechs is
alive?"

Usagi
nodded. "He didn't die in the first
place" said Usagi, then she walked away.

After a few
moments, Catherine appeared. "We're
up next Trowa" she said.

***

"Duo!" exclaimed
Quatre as he saw the familiar braided ex-pilot and Hilde.

"Hey Quatre!"
waved Duo.

"Do you know why
we are here?" asked Quatre.

"We were called
here by Trowa, he should be able to tell us when he gets here" spoke a
voice.

"Hey there
Heero!" greeted Duo as he came into view with Relena.

"So, who are we
missing?" wondered Duo as he surveyed the people here.

"Us, Maxwell"
stated another voice, and up popped Wufei and Sally Po.

"I believe that
is everyone" said Dorothy, who everyone just took notice of
her.

"Everyone but
the guy who called us here" said Duo while rolling his
eyes.

"I'm here" spoke
Trowa as he approached them.

"Great, now
everyone is here" said Hilde.

"Not everyone"
spoke the familiar voice of Lucrezia Noin (::sighs dreamily:: She is so
cool....). Everyone turned to see
Noin and...

"ZECHS?!"
exclaimed everyone, with the exception of Trowa and Noin.

"Brother..."
muttered Relena.

"How is it he's
alive?!" exclaimed Duo.

"When she gets
here, she can explain it" answered Trowa.

"Who she?" asked
everyone.

"That she, be
me" answered another person. Again,
everyone turned to see a blonde, in a white t-shirt and blue
jeans.

"Who are you?"
asked Wufei (I think I've given Duo enough lines, and Wufei can't call her a
weakling yet, it's just the beggining of the story).

"My name is
Tsukino Usagi. I'm the last
survivor of earth, of present day Tokyo" she stated. She then turned to Relena, Dorothy,
Sally Po, and Noin. "I'm glad my
transportation spell work. I need
all of you to be alive" she smiled.

"You saved us
from us suffering the same death the rest of earth?" wondered
Noin.

She nodded. "Yes. As of now, the mad scientist, Washu, is
planning on taking over the colonies" Usagi said.

"Why would she
wanna do that?" asked Sally Po.

Usagi closed her
eyes and sighed. "After a while,
Washu had lost interest in her experimentations and then started to make a
device that could destroy the world.
She wasn't planning on using it at first, but, some how, she had lost
sanity, and used it. Luckily, my
friend had forseen this. I then
used my power to save Relena, Noin, Dorothy and Sally Po. But, I have a feeling there is something
more behind that" finished Usagi.

"What about the
other people? Why couldn't you save them?" retorted
Relena.

"No, I couldn't,
I haven't been able to reach my final form, meaning my powers are limited"
responded Usagi.

"What exactly
are you?" asked Duo.

"I was once
known as the Princess of the Moon, Serenity, The kingdom was destroyed, and I was
reincarnated as Tsukino Usagi. I
take three forms, Princess Serenity, Tsukino Usagi, and the warrior once known
as Sailor Moon" answered Usagi.

"You were once
Sailor Moon?!" exclaimed Hilde and Relena.

"Sailor Moon?
Who was that?" wondered Duo.

"She was a
famous heroine who killed the youmas that roamed all over Tokyo" answered
Relena.

"Heroine?
Heh...a weakling like you defeated youmas" scoffed Wufei.

Usagi then got
angry, and growled at Wufei. "You
want me to give you a taste of my power!?!" exclaimed Usagi, and Wufei
scrutinized at her.

'Onnas are
scary...' he concluded (I know, he outta character, but, I no care, no da!
^.^).

"What do you
want from us?" asked Heero. Usagi
turned to him, her eyes set like stone.

"I thought that
after all I had told you, you'd want to help me in making sure Washu doesn't
succeed in her plan" stated Usagi.

"How do we know
you don't work for her?" asked Wufei.

"I think her
story is believable" spoke up Sally.

Noin
nodded. "I remember the news of the
whole ordeal with Washu. Not many
people know of it though. The earth
has been isolated for some time now, even before this, and the colonies never
even questioned it" said Noin

Usagi
nodded. "Since Relena was unable to
take the role as the "communcator" between the two, things started to make a
tragic road" explained Usagi.

"Don't be so
suspicious you guys" said Hilde.

"But Hilde..."
started to object Duo.

"No buts, I
believe her" stated Hilde firmly.

"All that are
with me, raise your hand" instructed Hilde.

All the women of
the group rose their hands.

"All who
oppose?" wondered Hilde. The glares
that the men recieved from the woman, told them that if they did, they'd be dead
if they even raised a finger. Trowa
sighed. 'This is pathetic...' he
thought.

Usagi smiled at
Hilde, and mouthed a 'thank you'.
Hilde just smiled back.
"Alright, I have some leads that can help us figure out Washu's true
goal. One, is to go and visit the
Princess of Jurai" said Usagi.


"How exactly are
we going to get there?" wondered Trowa.

"By a space ship
of course. Everyone meet in the
Space Port hanger in 0800 hours tomorrow, alright?" instructed Usagi. Everyone nodded, and went back to their
respective homes.

Usagi turned to
look at the moon. "Ayeka...it's
been so long since I last saw you...how are you and Sasami...?" she wondered to
herself. She then walked along the
path to her home.

***

"Is everyone
here?" asked Usagi. Everyone
nodded. "Alright, let's get on"
said Usagi. As everyone got on,
Noin turned to Usagi.

"I've never seen
a space carrier of that model.." she stated.

Usagi
smiled. "That's because it is of
alien technology" answered Usagi.
Noin gasped in astonishment.


"Is there really
anything such as alien technology?" asked Sally.

Everyone
listened to her intently.
"Yes, this is one of the Jurai ships" she replied. Usagi then turned to Zechs, Heero, Duo,
Trowa, Quatre and Wufei. "Now, I
have asked my friends, Kiyone and Mihoshi to bring your gundams at a meeting
point near Jurai" said Usagi.

"Thank you Miss.
Usagi" thanked Quatre.

"It is
nothing. But, please, don't call me
Miss" stated Usagi. Everyone then
boarded the space craft. Usagi went
to the main controls, immediately with Noin and Sally.

"What are the
features on this craft anyway?" wondered Noin.

"Well, it would
take a normal space craft about 2 months till they would reach the the planet
Jurai. But, with this, it should
take a week" responded Usagi.

"That is a major
difference. Also, a time saver"
spoke Sally.

"We need all the
time we can get. Washu is the
smartest scientist there is, no doubt that she could be almost done that device"
said Usagi darkly. Soon, the space
ship had reached the right space altitude, and the ship became nice and
smooth. Wufei was muttering stuff
about injustice throughout the entire time. Heero had taken on a silent reverie,
Duo, was bugging Wufei as he muttered about injustice. Hilde was making sure Wufei didn't try
to kill Duo. Sally was also a
referee between the two. Noin and
Zechs had held up a card game, and Relena latched herself to Heero. Dorothy and Quatre were drinking a
refreshment.

"Has anyone seen
Trowa or Usagi?" asked Quatre out of the blue. Everyone stopped what they were
doing.

"No" answered
Noin.

"It's not they
could have gone anywhere Quatre" spoke Heero. Suddenly, the space ship reached
turbelance.

"What the
hell?!" exclaimed Duo. The first
one out the door was Heero, to go see what was going on, then, the rest followed
him.

"The control
room is this way!" said Noin as she then took the lead. They entered the control room, where
Usagi was already there with Trowa.

"What's going
on?" demanded Wufei.

"The Space Pirot
Ryoko is attacking us" answered Usagi, sorrow filled her voice. "She was a being created by Washu. I shouldn't be surprised that she'd use
Ryoko against us" muttered Usagi.

"So what do we
do?" wondered Dorothy.

"What else is
there? We fight" stated Usagi finally.

"How do we do
that? Without our gundams" spoke Quatre.
Usagi smiled.

"Don't worry,
this ship is armed, though, out ship is not as fast as Ryo-oh-ki, Ryoko's ship"
explained Usagi as she then set the ship's target. The firements held up good at first,
but, they turned into a defensive attack, instead of
offensive.

"Anymore
ideas?!" exclaimed Duo. Usagi's
face was serious, and comtemplating some alternatives.

"Nope" she
answered, everyone facefaulted.
Suddenly, there was a fire at the ship Ryoko was piloting. "What the?"
wondered Usagi. A communication
link was opened, and up popped a girl with green hair in a Galaxy Police
uniform. "Hey there Usagi, need a
hand?" she asked cheerfully.

"Kiyone!"
exclaimed Usagi. "Sure could" she
answered back.

***

"Dammit!! I
didn't expect the Galaxy Police to be involved with this" muttered
Ryoko.

"Ryoko, you can
return. Your mission will not be
completed, it won't make any difference anyway" came the monotone voice of
Washu.

Ryoko
nodded. "Right" she said, "C'mon
Ryo-oh-ki, time to go home and see Tenchi"

***

"She stopped..."
muttered Usagi in awe.

"Isn't that a
good thing?" asked Duo after he stopped celebrating.

"I know...knew,
Ryoko and she's not the one to let up that easily" replied
Usagi.

"Usagi, when we
reached the planet Jurai, we will unload the gundams you aks us to bring" spoke
Kiyone. Mihoshi then popped
up.

"Hewwo Usagi!!!"
greeted Mihoshi.

"Hi Mihoshi, how
is everything?" asked Usagi.

In the
background....

"They look just
like twins..." whispered Duo.
Quatre nodded in agreement.

"Scary, ne?"
wondered Hilde.

"No, one is
dumber than the other" spoke Trowa as he saw that Mihoshi was blabbering away to
Usagi, and Kiyone got mad and hit her upside the head, and closed the
link.

Usagi then
turned to them with a bright smile.
Everyone seemed kind of taken aback, this was the first time Usagi's face
even resembled happiness. "What's
wrong?" she asked everyone as she noticed everyone staring at her
weirdly.

***

"Ayeka!!" called
Sasami as she ran to her big sister as she was handing some political
matters.

"What is it
Sasami?" wondered Ayeka.

"I've just
gotten word from Kiyone that her, Mihoshi, Usagi and the gundam pilots are on
there way here" answered Sasami, excitement twinkled in her
eyes.

"Really? Then we
will have to go great them" said Ayeka with a smile. 'Usagi, Kiyone, Mihoshi, It's going to
be so great to see you again' she thought as she allowed Sasami to drag her.


***

"Usagi! It's so
good to see!" exclaimed Sasami as she went over to hug Usagi. Usagi hugged her with opened arms. Usagi smiled brightly at
her.

"It's good to
see you too Sasami" giggled Usagi.

'How is it that she is so close with the
Princess of Jurai?' wondered Relena in her mind. Ayeka then stepped forward. Her gentle face revealed a serious type
expression.

"It's good to
see you again, sister" greeted Ayeka.

"SISTER?!"
exclaimed the others. Usagi giggled
nervously, arm behind her head.

"Well...you
see....Our parents both got married for the purpose of creating an alliance
between the two planets...hehe...." explained Usagi.

"And how long
were you going to keep this from us?" asked Trowa calmly. Usagi then played with her fingers
nervously.

"Well, if Ayeka
hadn't mentioned anything....never" she answered. Wufei snorted at
her.

"Well weak onna,
how many other secrets are you holding from us?" he
demanded.

"Well...I don't
think there are anymore..." spoke Usagi thoughtfully. Kiyone then
intervened.

"Now, this is
not the time or the place. Where
are you planning to head on from here, Usagi?" wondered Kiyone. Usagi turned to her and
Mihoshi.

"To Earth" she
stated firmly. "I first, need to
get something from Ayeka"

"Earth?"
questioned Noin. "If we are going
to fight Washu now, we need a plan"

"Who said we are
going up against Washu. We need to
learn of Washu's true purpose in all of this. I have a friend on earth who is
commanding a base there" said Usagi.
Sally then tried to think of who she could be talking about, but, only
one person fluttered in her mind.

"Would this
person go by the name of Lt. Carrot Glace?" wondered Sally
outloud.

Usagi
smiled. "I had a feeling you would
figure that out"

Duo gave a
confused look at them all. "Who is
this Carrot Glace?"

"Duo, he was
once in charge of leading the group of Sorcerer Hunters, now, he leads the
military organization that is allied with the Preventers" replied
Quatre

"Long story,
now, we will be leaving tomorrow, get some rest everyone" dismissed Usagi, as
she avoided the questions. Soon,
all was left was Usagi, Kiyone, Mihoshi, Sasami and Ayeka. Ayeka then turned to
her elder sister.

"Usagi.....would
you like to go get it now?" she asked.
Usagi nodded quickly.
Mihoshi then became confused.

"What?! What do
you need to get now Usagi?!" wondered Mihoshi frantically. Kiyone then hit her upside the
head.

"Think Mihoshi!"
she ordered. Mihoshi thought....and
thought...and thought....and thought...and thought....and thought....and thought
some more (a few more thoughts and she would have been trying to think like
Gourry).

"I still don't
know" she stated finally. Kiyone
facefaulted.

"After all
that!?!" she exclaimed. Ayeka then
ushered the rest of them to a room.
The door, was silver, with two golden cresent moons back to back at the
crease of the opening of the two doors.
Usagi walked up to a small ontrol panel. She placed her hand on a finger print ID
scan and closed her eyes as her crescent moon birthmark
shone.

"Princess
Serenity" she stated. The doors
opened. The entire room was
silver. But, in the center, stood a
glass case. Usagi walked over to
it, the others in tow. Usagi lifted
the glass. A white light reflected
off of the walls as it was lifted.
Kiyone and Mihoshi had to sheild their eyes. Usagi picked it up and was instantly
transformed into a fighting armor of pure silver.

Usagi turned to
Ayeka in question. "Both you and
the ginzuishou have grown. That
means, you are now able to weild the crystal and become the legendary warrior,
just as the legend fortold" she replied.

Usagi
nodded. 'And with this
weapon....I'll bring everything back to the way it was...' she
swore.

***

"You guys think
she is hiding anything else?" wondered Duo, as he layed on his bed, in the room
he shared with his fellow pilots, excluding Zechs (Zechs and Noin kinda partnered up in
sharing rooms, but, they are not doing anything!)

"I don't think
she was" stated Quatre naively.

Heero just
looked at him incredously. He
wondered how someone that innocent could have aided in the killing of so
many. "It doesn't matter. We have come this far, we can't go back
now"

"He's right"
added Wufei. Trowa remained silent
as he was thinking. He had to agree
with Duo, she seemed to be hiding something, but, he just wasn't sure what it
was. He shrugged off his thoughts,
he'd have to see what happens when it happens.

***

"Serenity has
her full power now?" Ryoko smirked.
"Now, it's payback. She took
Tenchi away from me, and I won't let her try to turn him against
me"

***

Usagi stayed
dazzily awake at the controls. She
was reverting to her old self. She
smiled at that thought.

"I don't see how
amusing it is for you to fall asleep at the panels" spoke a voice from
behind.

Usagi turned to
see the gravity hair defying boy himself. "You wouldn't understand Trowa" Trowa just took a seat next to
her.

"You can go to
your room and sleep, I'll make sure the ship stays steady" stated Trowa. Usagi shook her head and waved a finger
infront of his face, a playful smile on her face.

"Now, how would
you plan to do that when all the characters here are written in the language of
Jurai?" she questioned coyly. She
then sighed, her smile dissapating.
"I know you're just trying to help, but, I have to fulfill my duty
here"

"Duty?" asked
Trowa. He had a feeling there was a
little more behind that meaning of duty.
Usagi nodded.

"You see, it's
all my fault this happened. I was
scared" Usagi then hugged herself reassuringly. "If I had become the Queen at my time,
then, Washu never would have been consumed by the evil spirit. That spirit had brought out the worse in
people. But, the cleansing would have prevented that. But, I was too scared to perform the
cleansing" Tears welled up in
Usagi's eyes. "And now, because I was too cowardly...too scared...I cost the
lives of millions. My friends....my
fiancee....my family....all of them, gone..."

"I guess, if
anyone was in your position, they would be scared too" stated
Trowa.

"But Trowa, look
at Relena, she became the Queen with no hesitations. Don't tell me that the circumstances are
different for the two of us, because, they aren't. Believe me" she cried. "But now,
Ryoko....she's threaten to kill me now that she thinks I want
Tenchi"

"Tenchi?"
questioned Trowa at the unfamiliarity he felt to that
word.

Usagi
nodded. "Tenchi is my earth cousin,
and, I never even thought of trying to take him from Ryoko. I was trying so hard to help Ryoko be
with Tenchi, that soon, Ayeka was nearly hating me. But, I didn't care, Ryoko was my friend,
and I could see, Ryoko truely loved Tenchi"

"You're hiding
alot more from us aren't you" he stated.
Usagi only nodded. "Why?" he
asked, his emerald gaze focusing on her, in accusation. Usagi cringed under his
gaze.

"It was because
I thought you guys would see that it was my problem, and that it had nothing to
do with you. Then, you wouldn't
help me" replied Usagi. Her eyes
then went downcast. "Also, it was
too painful to retell those memories...."

"Why'd yout tell
me?"

"I don't know! I
just feel this connection with you, that I can trust you. Maybe it's because you actually listen
to people" cried Usagi exasperated.

"Everyone is
going to find out sooner or later.
Especially once we reach earth.
But, there's one thing I don't understand. From what you've told us, you have all
this power, and you seem to be able to easily defeat Washu on your own, so, why
do you need us?" asked Trowa

"Because, if I'm
in the situation where I have to kill Washu or Ryoko, I probably won't be able
to do it. Please, Trowa, make sure
I do, when it is of the upmost necessarity" begged Usagi. Trowa numbly nodded. "Thank you" Usagi whispered
softly.

*Flashback*

"Usagi!!"
exclaimed Ayeka outraged. Usagi
turned as she saw her younger sister approached her, in an angry fit. "From what I've learned, you are helping
that...that...space pirate in getting MY Tenchi" spat Ayeka
angrily.

Usagi
backstepped slightly in fear.
"Ayeka....you've just got to understand, it is for the best of all of us
if this happen" Ayeka shook her
head angrily.

"I will not
allow that...THING to corrupt my Tenchi" yelled Ayeka.

"I...I Hate
YOU!" stated Ayeka angrily as she turned away. Tears welled up in Usagi's
eyes. Those words, from someone
that means so dear to you, stings.
But, for Usagi, they stung even worse then a normal human could
take. Ryoko then appeared next to
Usagi's side.

"Usagi...I go
explain eveything to Ayeka, if you want" suggested Ryoko. Usagi had done all this, in spite of her
sister's love for Tenchi. Usagi
numbly nodded, then she turn and ran inside the house. Ryoko blinked back her anger. 'Ayeka
shouldn't have said that....' she thought.

***

"Usagi? What's
wrong?" asked Tenchi when he saw Usagi crying. Usagi looked at him in surprise, then,
she turned away and ran up to her room.
Tenchi followed, his goal to see what was bothering the usually cheerful
Mihoshi duplicate. Tenchi stopped
her before she entered her room.

"Come on
Usagi...what's wrong?" asked Tenchi.
Usagi turned away.
"It's...nothing, Tenchi" she answered. Tenchi frowned. "Don't you trust me?" he
asked.

Usagi whirled
around. "No! I trust you!" she
objected. "Then tell me what's
wrong then" said Tenchi firmly.


"Ayeka and I got
into a little fight, but..." Usagi trailed off as she let the tears flow. Tenchi then hugged her reasssuringly and
made comforting sounds. Usagi
clutched Tenchi's sleeve. 'Thank
you....Tenchi. I don't know where I
would be with out you...' She continued to let the sobs rack her
body.

Ryoko then
stumbled across on the two in their embrace. Ryoko saw red as she watched in
anger. 'I thought she was helping
me, and here, I thought she was my friend.
But, all she wants is Tenchi, all to herself' she thought in
anger.

*End*

Usagi awoke from
her memory of the past as something beeped. "Huh?" she muttered, half
daze.

"Good, your
awake" stated Trowa.

Usagi looked at
him sharply. "How long have
I...been asleep?" she questioned.

"About a good
hour" he replied. Usagi shook her
head to clear it.

"What's going
on?" she wondered.

"Seems as if we
are under attack" he answered.

Usagi then
checked the ship for any damages, so far, just a couple of scratches. Ryoko's face then popped
up.

"Hey there
Princess" she sneered.

"Ryoko, what do
you want?" asked Usagi in astonishment.

"How about we
have a little one on one?" Ryoko suggested.

Usagi nodded
immediately. "Of course Ryoko. Meet you in 10 minutes" she
answered.

"Good then,
princess" Ryoko then closed the vid-link between the two.

"You shouldn't
have done that" stated Trowa.

"Why not? This
will now give me a chance to at least try to talk to Ryoko" responded
Usagi.

"From what you
told me, I think she's going to be out for blood" said
Trowa.

***

Ryoko smirked as
Usagi came out in her armor. "Shall
we get started princess?" asked Ryoko coyly.

Usagi
nodded. "Ryoko, I don't wanna hurt
you, but, if it means you will revert back to normal self, I'll do it!" Usagi
then brought out a silver handle sword.
Ryoko also brought out a sword, that had a dark
handle.

Usagi had never
battled in space like this before, but, she'd try. They both charged at each other. There swords clanged together, they
sepearated, then, charged again, same result. They soon began moving and coming with
the same result. Everytime the meet
together, Usagi would speak.

"Ryoko, I never
tried to take Tenchi from you!" exclaimed Usagi.

"Yeah right! I
saw how close you were to him. But
now, he is mine!" yelled Ryoko.
They then seperated and charged at each other
again.

"Tenchi is
nothing more than my cousin! He's family to me, that's
it!"

Ryoko glared at
her. "I don't believe you....how
can you stand here and lie to me!?" said Ryoko harshly.

They seperated
again, but before they charged at each other again, Usagi felt a energy heading
their way. She turned, and saw a
beam pass her, and aim for Ryoko.
Usagi's eyes widened in fear.
"RYOKO!!!" she exclaimed.
Ryoko turned around too late.
Usagi discarded her weapon and quickly went to take the blast for
her.

Ryoko looked at
Usagi in astonishment.
"Usagi....why...?" she whispered to herself as her weapon left her
hand. She hadn't the will to even
try to hurt Usagi worse than she was at this point. Ryoko then lifted Usagi in her arms and
went towards Usagi's ship with her companions. Ryoko took Usagi's sword with her as
well.

"Ryoko....you
are still my friend, and, with that, I can't let you die. You still mean so much to me" stated
Usagi. "Just like everyone else in the world does" Usagi then slipped into
unconciousness. Ryoko let tears
roll down her cheeks. She hugged
Usagi's body close to her.

'Usagi...I was
mistaken...and for that, I will not let ANYONE hurt you....' she thought
solemnly to herself.

***

I never wanted
this....
But, this is
what I owe the world....
I let them down,
because of my cowardness...
This....this is
what I deserve,
I deserve to
die....

***

"What happened
out there?" wondered Trowa to Ryoko as they watched over Usagi. Quatre was extremely worried about her
condition, as was the rest of them.
Ryoko was the only one at the moment who could supply answers for
them.

"She took a shot
for me. Someone was watching our
fight, and shot a beam at me, intent on killing me. Usagi took it for me" supplied Ryoko
with clenched fists. "Dammit...even
now, Usa will risk her life for me.
Why the hell doesn't she understand we are enemies?!" muttered Ryoko
harshly.

"Do you have any
idea what is allowing her to live, even though her condition is in such a
terrible state" wondered Quatre.
Ryoko nodded.

"The
ginzuishou. It is in her body, and
is allowing her to stay alive. The
only reason being is because Usagi wants to be alive right now. In Usagi's present state of mind, she'll
probably command the ginzuishou to stop sending her life force" explained
Ryoko

"Would she
really want to kill herself?" questioned Trowa softly. Ryoko nodded. She noticed a tender note in the boy's
voice. If Ryoko didn't know any
better, she would say that he had become attached to the little
rabbit.

"Is there anyway
to keep her from not killing herself?" asked Noin. Ryoko shook her
head.

"None that I can
think of. From all Usa told me in
the past, she had died of a total of about 5 times, I think. Each time, she was reincarnated with the
help of her friends, and the crystal.
But, all of the senshi are dead now..." stated
Ryoko.

***

Usa....

*She could hear
her voice.*

I am so
sorry...I should have listened to you.
Now, you are going to die on the account of me.

*She could feel
the earnesty and the sorrow behind those words of her best
friend.*

But please Usa,
if you go, Washu will continue this evil game, and
Tenchi....

*She still cared
for Tenchi.*

And then...I'll
be all alone again....

*Ryoko was
sad....she didn't want her to be...and, she didn't want for her to be
alone.*

***

Ryoko cried as
she was knelt next to Usagi's bed, where Usagi layed. She didn't want to be alone. She felt a hand on her shoulder. It felt unfamiliar, at first though, she
had thought it was Ryo-oh-Ki. Ryoko
looked up, tears in her eyes. They
widened as she saw the smiling face of her eternal friend,
Usagi.

"Ryoko...please
don't cry...I didn't mean to..." Usagi's words were caught off by the abrupt hug
from Ryoko. Usagi, after her shock
period, returned the hug.
"Ryoko...we'll get everything back the way it was...I promise..." she
whispered.

Ryoko
smiled. "I want that. I actually miss Ayeka, Sasami, Kiyone
and Mihoshi. God, how I've missed
the old days...."

"Me too. Me too, Ryoko"

***

Every turned as
they heard the door open. They all
revealed surprise expressions as they saw Usagi, smiling in good healt, with
Ryoko next to her. "What? You guys
act like you've seen a ghost" joked Usagi as she saw all their
expressions.

Usagi's
expression then took one of seriousness.
"We will be near earth's atmosphere soon, so, we might have to go through
some thing's before we can actual reach the base on earth"

"So, now will
you tell us who this Carrot Glace is?" asked Duo.

Ryoko turned to
Usagi. "Why would he want to know
about that eechi?" Ryoko asked in confusion.

"Eechi?"
questioned Duo. Usagi glared at
Ryoko.

"He is not a
eechi! He's my best friend! He's been protecting Tira, Marron and Me since we
were little!" exclaimed Usagi in her other best friend's honor. Ryoko snorted.

"I heard the
little eechi has gotten weaker then the last time we met up with him" she
said. Usagi dismissed her
comment.

"Anyway, he'll
be letting us stay there until we can figure out how to deal with Washu" said
Usagi.

"What about
her?" demanded Wufei as he pointed to Ryoko.

"Ryoko will be
helping us. She understands the
situation now" smiled Usagi brightly.

After that was
said, everyone went their seperate ways.
Ryoko went to go get Ryo-oh-ki, before she tore the ship up looking for
some carrots. The only ones left in
the room were Usagi and Trowa.

"Trowa..."

"Yeah..."

"You didn't keep
your promise you made to me" stated Usagi.
Trowa looked at her, incredously.
Usagi smiled. "But, I'm glad
you didn't" Usagi then stood up on her tip toes. "Thank you" she whispered into his ear
and then, pecked him on the cheek.
She then bounced out of the room, a new air of happiness around
her.

Trowa, well, he
just stood there (Like all anime guys do after be kissed ONLY on the cheek. What is so shocking about
that?)

***

"Jeez
Carrot....sometimes I wonder how you even became a leuitenant..." sighed Tira as
she adjusted her huge glasses. She
was becoming angrier by the moment as she saw her sister Chocalote trying to
undress Carrot and herself. But,
she was containing her angry with stride.
Well, the reason she hadn't malleted Carrot yet was because Marron was
calmly holding her back by the collar.
Gateau just stood off on the side, acting as if nothing was
happenning.

Suddenly, on the
vid-link, a blonde then appeared on the screen. Carrot, then knocked Chocalote away from
him, and drooled at the new girl.
"Hello!" she greeted.

Carrot then
regained his composer. "Now, what
can I do for you?" asked Carrot, trying to pull off a suave sounding voice. The blonde
giggled.

"Why Carrot, you
don't remember me?" she asked.
Carrot then gave her a blank stare.
She again giggled. "Why,
it's me, Usagi" she answered.

"USAGI?!?"
exclaimed everyone of the former Sorcerer Hunters.

***

Usagi and
company then safely made it to the
base and were greeted by Carrot and co.
Carrot and co. approached
Usagi. Carrot was keeping a warily
eye on Ryoko, he remembered last time he tried to get with Usagi, Ryoko had
given him a beating. "Man
Usa....didn't think you'd develop THAT much" he muttered as he eyed Usagi's
body.

Quatre blushed
slightly. "Did he just say what I
think he said?"

Duo was in
shock, along with everyone else, with the exception of Ryoko. Ryoko just nodded in a 'I told you so'
manner. "And this is just the tip
of the iceberg"

Gateau then
walked up to Usagi, gently placed a hand on her face. "Beautiful...." Usagi blushed slightly. Then, Gateau did a
pose.

"LOOK AT ME!!"
he yelled. Usagi and everyone else
stared blankly at him. Usagi then
shook her head in dismay.

"You guys
haven't changed one bit, have you?" muttered Usagi
outloud.

***

End of Book
one.