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Sorry for all of those who like the stories that I usually

write. (and thank you so much for the great reviews, I love hearing

from you all ^_^). anyhoo. if you don't like it, please don't stop

reading my other stories. my usual routine is not far behind. again,

I just had to get this one out of my head. have fun! Oh yeah, I know, I know, I don't own Sailor Moon, but hey, Naoko, if you happen to read this give me a call!!

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The Princess told me that I could go back to Earth to

see her when I finished helping the others rebuild our planet.

I worked as hard as I could everyday, putting my all into what I

was doing. Healer and Maker saw this and tried to slow me down.

Sure I was happy to be home, and rebuilding our planet, but she was still on my mind.

I needed to go back to Earth to see her. Even if I saw

her in the arms of another it would still be closure. Perhaps I

could go back and she would see how much she missed me and want

to be with me forever. A small chance in hell. Hey at least it was a chance.

How I envied Mamoru. To have that angel love me as much

as she loved him would be all that I could ask for in this life.

Many sleepless nights I lay awake and toiled with the agony of

being away from her. I only needed to see her one last time. The

time that we had spent on Earth was way too short. Sure we had

gone there with a mission and had completed it but there was still

something calling me back there. Her.

The days went by and work seemed to be the only thing

that took my mind off of her. Ironic isn't it, that I was working

to see her yet working was the only thing that took my mind off

of her. I know that the princess saw how hard I was working and

must have become worried about me. She told me that I could go

back early to see her. I was so excited that I didn't even tell

the others good bye, I just left.

Earths cycle was different from ours. One week to us

was an entire year to them. I had been gone for six years now.

Usagi and the girls would be about twenty-one when I return. As

I neared their planet I was shocked at what I saw. Ice. Ice covered

the entire planet. What was going on? What had happened? I had

to get a closer look to see what was going on.

As I got down on the ground I walked around on the ice.

People were frozen in midstride next to me. It seemed as if they

would come to life any second. The planet must have frozen suddenly

and without warning. No one seemed to be in defense. I walked

towards the park that was nearby. There were no signs of the Earth senshi anywhere.

Large icecicles hung from the buildings and a cold wind

blew small snow drifts around. It had become a waste land. I spotted

a group of colorful people in the middle of the park, it had to

be them. It was them. They were all dead with the look of horror

on their faces. Neptune was frozen in a position of running. As

I looked farther ahead a bit I saw that she had been running towards

Uranus who looked as though she was powering up. Saturn was face

down on the ground with her glaive next to her. Pluto was on her

knees next to her with wide eyes just staring at the ground. Further

along I spotted the inner senshi. The all appeared to be in the

middle of an attack. Their mouths were wide open and their hair

was suspended around them giving them the look of eternal movement. Eternal. Where was she?

I looked around to see where she was and found him instead.

He was dressed in a tuxedo with a top hat and a mask. He appeared

to watching the inners. As I looked behind him I saw her. My beautiful

angel frozen for all eternity. She appeared to be blocking an attack

from hitting him. He must have had no idea what was going to hit

him. She had tears in her eyes. A sadness seemed to still linger in them.

I walked over to her and put my hand up to her cheek.

I looked into her eyes and began to cry. Why? Why did it have

to end this way? Where was I when she needed me? Why didn't he

protect her? I should never have left. Well it was closure I wanted

and closure I got. I would have rather seen her in the arms of

another than dead in front of me. I had to go. There was no reason for me to stay here.

I traced my finger along her frozen face. Crystalized

tears were frozen mid stream down her face. I brushed them away

and said "Shh, don't cry. I'm here now." I couldn't help it.

I leaned forward and kissed her lips with all of the love that I

had for her, giving it back because I had failed in keeping her

safe. Even if she was frozen I couldn't let her go. I kissed her

until my lips felt numb and then backed away. I looked into her

eyes one last time and took off. I would have to live the rest

of my life with a broken heart.

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###ON EARTH###

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Usagi's eyes slowly blinked. She had seen her. She

had seen Fighter. Her voice had still been frozen and couldn't

speak. Slowly her body began to move and she turned around. She

saw Mamoru behind her he was walking towards her. She didn't think

that he saw Fighter. She thought that he had still been frozen.

She was wrong.

As the rest of the planet thawed out and life returned

back to its people Crystal Tokyo was built and Neo-Queen Serenity

ruled with her husband Endymion. Endymion never let on that he

had seen Fighter that day, he never told his wife how he had seen

her kissing her. He would not admit that it was Fighter's love

for Usagi that thawed out the dead planet and not the silver crystal.