SAILOR MOON ETERNAL
The 6th Season of the Sailor Moon Saga
By Haruka Kou
Part Three
Sailor Moon is the property of Naoko Takeuchi, Toei Animation and DIC
You're drifting through a sea of clouds, someone is calling to you, calling your name over and over but you can never find her. It is a woman's voice, a familiar voice, a voice you've never heard before, a voice you've always known. Who is it? You can never figure it out. What was she saying? You can never quite understand. The words are jumbled though she's speaking clearly. You see her shadowy form but cannot make out her face. She is surrounded by light, a bluish-green aura envelops her. What does she want? She wants what you want, but you're confused. How could she know what I want? What do I want? The question so important suddenly. I've always known what I want&emdash;I want to find my Princess&emdash;I want to be with my Princess. Why isn't it enough anymore? Why do I still ask these questions?
Suddenly the clouds turn into a rough ocean, you're drowning and you don't know which way to go. Which way is up? Which way is down? Where am I? What do I want? The question still sears through your mind. Am I dying? I'm scared. Will I see my family again? I'm comingÉ.
No! I must find her before I leave. I can't be without her anymore. She's calling my name again, I'm here, I'm listening!! Where are you?!
I call out to her. I'm not drowning anymore. I see her on the horizon. Then I suddenly feel something. Something touches my shoulder, I turn quickly. An angel takes my hand and glides upward; we're flying towards my lady wrapped in light. The angel's carrying me to her, leading my wayÉÉ
A silver-haired young man snaps awake from his dream, shaking with a fuzzy awareness that something was happening, something was about to happen. Then Robin remembers the woman in his dream in a blue-green haze. And then the angel in his dream, the angel who touched his arm, who spoke to his heart, he wasn't sure who the woman was, but the angel&emdash;the angel he knew.
"Sailor Moon," he says aloud.
Simultaneously, the three "brothers" recognized Serena's presence, recognized her message, the moonbeam from a galaxy away had accomplished its mission.
They hurry to find each other, eager to share what they each have discovered. Sayer finds Terry first, knowing how he practically lived in that library of his. One look in his eyes, and Sayer knew Terry heard the same message. "It's her. It's Meatball. She wants us to come to her wedding," Sayer simply states, trying to hide his emotions. But he couldn't hide them from someone who knew him so well, his adopted brother, his best friend, his conscience. Terry knew Sayer had feelings for her. "How hard this must be for him," he thinks.
"Sayer, are youÉalright with this?" Terry asks gently.
"Of course," he answers a little too cheerily, a little too quickly, to be convincing. Terry wanted to ask more, want to help Sayer somehow but was, for once, at a loss for words. Just then Robin runs up, breathless.
"Sailor Moon came to me in my dreams, she wants us to come to her wedding," he spills altogether in one breath, purposely omitting the rest of his visions.
"Yeah," Sayer looks out a window, "we know," he crosses his arms, eyes fixed on the stars.
Robin exchanges a worried glance with Terry and then both turn to Sayer. Robin realizes what he must be going through, he had this thing for Serena, then had become close but she was in love with someone else. Did he still think of her in that way? Robin sighs. Why does life always have to be so difficult? It was ultimately Sayer's decision if they were to go or not, they wouldn't push him. Still, as Robin's eyes catch a glimpse of a flickering distant star, he secretly wishes that they will go.
"What do I say to him," Terry questions himself anxiously. I think I understand his feelings&emdash;I know what it's like to be lonely, to have a fantasy of someone&emdash;an unreachable goal. I feel like I have to do something, say something that will make it alright. I've always been responsible for him, for both of them, really. Sayer needs to be taken care of in his way. He's my little brother and if he doesn't want to go, I won't protest. ButÉ.I believe that if he is ever going to get over his loneliness, he must confront his feelings. Then answers to his loneliness lie on that distant star, and strangely, perhaps, I feel right now mine might too." For in Terry's mind her eyes shine even more brightly than ever.
Sayer stands perfectly still, his gaze transfixed on that star, the one now he was sure was earth. Emotions churn inside him, though the questions remained the same. Do I love her still? Is this shock I'm feeling really pain? I still don't know. What should I do? I'm not going to run from this anymore. I'm going to find out once and for all, and I have to see her again to know. I have to make sure she's happy. I can do this.
"What are you two looking at? Let's go ask the Princess for some leave!" he grins that wicked grin of his making his brothers smile with relief.