Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong


Sailor Moon: The final night



     The moon was shining brightly over Tokyo that night, its light ominous
and sullen. The leaves on the trees swayed back and forth that night as the
gentle winds blew through the streets. The streets were empty, most of the
residents home, sleeping peacefully under their blanket, all nice and warm,
not a care in the world. The night was quiet, only the rustling trees
breaking that silence. That was how it would look to the average person whom
happened to have looked out their window. It would look like a peaceful
night. But it was anything but peaceful that night. It was a night where the
lives of many would forever change.
  Usagi lay motionless on the gurdey as the medical team wheeled her
into the hospital. Her face and outfit was covered with blood, most of it
belonging to the opponent she had defeated, but some of it also belonging to
her. Her kness were bloody, layers of skin having been torn off from the
landing when she made that heroic dive to save Rei's life. Her hands were
raw and bleeding, for thee were only thing that kept her from hitting the
pavement at full force. Her hair was matted to her forehead from the dried
up blood. Her tiara was bvlood-stained, no longer as glittering in the
moonlight as it used to be.
  As the medical team wheeled the unconscious Usagi through the corridors of
that vast hospital, the other Sailor Senshi were following suit. Tears were
flowing from all of their eyes, they never having been in a situation like
this, none of them ever having been hurt this badly.
  Ami's heart raced like the rest of the Senshi. In her hands, she held
Usagi's moon scepter. The scepter was held close to her chest, a form of
symbolism that their hearts will be on her recovery. Ami was unaware that
tears fell from her crystal blue eyes, dropping off her chin, and onto the
scepter.
  Makoto seemed to be taking this better than most of them. Albeit
tears fell from her eyes, they weren't flowing as freely as the rest of
them. She was confident that Usagi would be all right. They had been
in situations as bad than this, and they had come out all right. She
remembered the time when Tuxedo Kamen had died in Usagi's arms when
Zoisite tried to kill Usagi, Tuxedo kamen having jumped in front of her to
take the killing blow. He recovered from that mortal wound. Makoto
quickly snapped back from her little reverie, realizing that her mind
shouldn't be wandering at a delicate time like this.
  Minako's head was buried in one of Rei's arms. The blond could recall the
times when she and Usagi spent time together, getting to know each other.
She remembered the time when she went over to Usagi's house, on hopes of
bringing Usagi out of her slump when she lost Momaru to the Dark Kingdom.
She recalled the time they spent when she offered to give Usagi's a
makeover, to perhaps give her a new look by getting rid of her dumpling-like
hairstyle. Salior Venus immdeiately recovered, snapping back from her
memories. Albeit she was back to reality, her tears never stopped flowing.
  Rei looked at Minako as she contnued to cry. Rei was in the worse shape of
all, but she never showed it. Inside, she was a wreck. Her insides churned
from the thought that she might never see Usagi again. She regretted ever
having been mean to her and critical of her irresponsiblities. She now knew
just how dedicated and loyal a friend Sailor Moon was, she having risked her
life to save someone who always yelled and argued with her. She remembered
watching as Usagi took that blast full force, sacrificing her body as a
shield to protect her, watching in horror as Usagi was sent sprawling to the
stone pavement, unmoving, seeing her body twitch a few times before going
limp.
  Why did she hafta do that? Rei thought to herself. She didn't have
to go out and act like a hero. At that thought, Rei couldn't believe
what she was thinking. How could she dare have thoughts like those when her
friend was in need?
  The Sailor Senshi watched as their friend, Usagi, was wheeled into
the emergency room. They were about to follow her in until they were told
by a nurse to wait in the waiting room, a room on the other side of the
entire hospital.
  "No," Rei said "I want to be there, to see if she's all right"
  "I'm sorry," one of the nurses said, a bit nervous with the thought of
having to restraint the black-haired girl "I can't let you in. The emergency
room is authorized to no one but hospital personnel. I can't let you or your
friends in"
  The nurse was a bit surprised when she saw Rei bite her lip and storm off
towards the waiting room. She watched as the other Senshi gave her a
pleading look, and then headed off with Rei.
  The nurse couldn't help but wonder just how much pain those girls must
have been going through, seeing a friend in such a horrible physical state.
She felt extreme symapthy towards those girls, knowing that no one should
ever go through what they were going through right now. The images of each
of the Sailor Senshi's visage was burned into the nurses mind.
  Sighing to herself, the nurse turned around, and then entered the
emergency room where she was needed.
  "We can't do anything" Minako said, desperately trying to calm
Rei down "We've done all that we can, now it's time to let the
doctors take over"
  "C'mon, Rei, there's nothing elase we could do" Makoto concurred "All we
could do is wait"
  Rei sighed, knowing it was true, there was nothing else they could do. She
sat down in one of the lush couches that furnished the waiting room, placing
her face in the hands, hiding the tears as she started to cry.

  "Rei, wake up" came a voice.
  Rei felt a nudge at her side, which caused her to open her eyes, her eyes
focusing on the figure standing before her, Ami.
  "Huh, what's goin' on?" Rei asked, a bit puzzeled. She had the most
horrible dream where Usagi had sustained a mortal wound and they desperately
waited in the waitingroom for the news on her condition.
  Rei's dream turned into a nightmare when she realized exactly where she
was. Anxiety overwhelmed her when she realized she actually was in the
waitingroom.
  "Is she all right?" Rei asked, concern in her voice. She felt extremely
guilty when she realized she had fallen asleep. But her guilt decreased when
she saw Minako and Makoto sleeping on seperate couches.
  "Yes, the doctor just told me" Ami said "He told me that it's okay if we
want to go see here now.
  "W-what time is it?" she asked.
  "It's around four in the morning" came the reply.
  Rei couldn't believe the time. They had arrived at the hospital
at around midnight, and now it over four hours had passed. She must have
fallen asleep at around one in the morning. Time felt like it zoomed by.
  "C'mon, it's okay to go visit Usagi now" Ami said, a bit on the bright
side. She could always find something optimistic from the worst situations
  "C'mon, lets wake Minako and Makoto up now so when can go see her right
away" she added.

  In the far corner of the room, there was a dim light that shone over a
motionless figure.
  Usagi was lying in a bed, and was sleeping. Next to the bed, there
was metal stand that held a intravenous bag, which slowly dripped its
medicine into the tube that lead to her fully bandaged arm. On the other
side of the bed, there was another metal stand. This one was holding a
blood of whole blood, which was dripping down at a constant rate, into a
tube that was attached to her other arm by a needle. There were massive
amounts of bandages that wrapped around her head, one of her eyes covered
over by them. There was a tube under her nose that had two additional tubes
that went into her nose. Both of her legs were bandaged up all the way to
the top of her thighs. Nearby, there was a respirator, its gentle whirring
breaking the silence of the room. There was an electrocardiograph nearby,
monitoring and recording her weak heartbeat.
  Rei took the sight in and was disturbed to her very core. She couldn't
believe how horrible Usagi's injuries were. She couldn't believe Usagi
actually risked her life to save her. She had always treated her badly,
always complaining about her irresponsiblity, her lack of leadership. But
now, as she gazed down at the broken body of Usagi, all her pent up anger
disappeared. She now knew that she had underestimated Usagi, and for that,
she was actually glad. She was glad to have a friend like her.
  "Usagi" Makoto said softly, gently giving her a nudge "Are you all right?"
  Usagi slowly opened her one good eye, her pupil easily adjusting the the
dim light she was under. She said nothing, but instead, gave a weak smile.
But the smile disappeared as a surge of pain surged through her body. But
she never showed it. She hid the pain, not wanting to let her friends know
how horrible she felt. She didn't want to cause her friends anymore grief as
it is.
  "I'm.....fine" she said in a soft yet barely audible voice. Her voice
sounded dry. She tried to sit upright, but stopped only halfway, her brain
sending signals to her body tell her it was too much of an effort to do.
  "You better rest" Rei said. She placed a hand on Usagi's shoulder, gently
giving it a squeeze to emphasize her words.
  Usagi said nothing, a bit surprised to hear those words from Rei's lips.
She always assumed Rei disliked her and hearing those words was quite a
surprise. She looked up into Rei's eyes and saw the sincerity.
  "I will" Usagi replied, lying back down.
  "You gave us quite a scare there" Makoto said.
  "Yeah, we thought you weren't goin' to make it" Ami added.
  "Right now, we're glad you're okay," Minako said "and that's all that
matters"
  "Thanks guys" Usagi said, blushing a bit. She was glad to have friends
like them, always by her side, always there when she needed them. She then
noticed Makoto pulling up several chairs "What're you doin' Mako-chan?"
  "Oh, I'm pulling up some chairs" she replied as a matter of factly "We're
goin' to spend the night here"
  "No, don't" Usagi said "I want you to go home and tell my parents I'm all
right"
  "Are you sure?" they asked in unison.
  "Don't you want us here?" Minako added.
  "Of course I want you here, but I think it's better you head on back so
you can tell my parents" Usagi said "Besides, I would like a little time
alone.....you know, to think over what had just happened"
  "Are you absolutely sure?" Rei asked again, she really wanted to be by her
side. She pretty much owed her her life, and felt a little guilty about
leaving her.
  "Yeah, I'm sure" came the reply.
  "Fine, but we'll be here first think in the morning" Minako said, giving
Usagi a friendly wink.
  "Yeah, and I'm definitely lookin' forward to it" Usagi said with a smile.
  "C'mon," Ami said, almost outside in the hallway "lets leave Usagi alone
so she could rest"
  With that said the group all gave Usagi a gentle hug before they left the
room. Outside in the hallway, as the four girls were about to leave the
hospital, Rei suddenly realized something.
  "Guys, can you hold up for a sec?" Rei said as she headed back down the
hallway towards Usagi's room "I'll be right back"
  "What're you doin'?" Makoto asked.
  "I forgot to thank Usagi for what she did"

  "Usagi"
  Usagi opened her one good eye again.
  "What's wrong?" she asked "I thought you left already"
  "No, I came back" Rei replied.
  "How come?"
  Rei sighed as she dug deep into her self to bring up those words "I just
wanted to come back to thank you.....for all that you've done. Please, get
better ya hear. We don't want to lose you. We need you"
  Usagi noticed tears forming around Rei's eyes.
  "Don't worry 'bout it, Rei" Usagi said "I'll be fine"
  "Okay then, take care. I'll be back first thing in the morning" Rei said,
giving Usagi a gentle hug, before she headed for the door.
  "I'm lookin' forward to your visit" Usagi said, right before she closed
her eyes and went to sleep.
  "G'night" Rei said softly as she left the room.
  Out in the hallway, Rei caught up with the group, and they all left the
hospital together, intent on coming back in several hours to check up on
their friend.
  It's too bad they never stayed by her side, even if it was against her
wishes because......
  That night, Usagi died.

  
<End for now>

     OneShot strikes again ;) If ya read any of my other works, especially
the Maison Ikkoku one, then you would've seen this coming from a mile away.
Besides, the title should've given it away. First off, without Naoko
Takeuchi, I would've never've written this fanfic. Second, I hope you
enjoyed reading the story. I hope it had some form of impact on how you
view Usagi, no matter how minute. I'm sorry if the ending seems rushed; I
was starting to get impatient. Also, I'm sorry for any grammatical or
spelling errors. Please send comments. I would really appreciate it.


PS-If you want any of my other fanfics, please let me know.


                                   Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong


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