(Outfit she changes into)
I walked towards the slide where Naru was sitting, her head laying on her knees. I smiled sadly, sitting on the ground beside her. I sighed softly, "Hey Naru, how are you holding up?"
Naru didn't say anything and I placed my hand on her back gently, "I'm sorry Naru, is there anything I could do?"
Naru sniffled, "Even though he's a bad person, I still love him."
I nodded, knowing that she can't see me, and started rubbing her back in comfort. Naru whispered, "Usagi, you have someone you like, right?"
Tuxedo Mask flashed in my mind as I replied, "Yeah..."
Naru lifted her head, but didn't look at me, "So, you understand how I feel."
I smiled sadly, not answering her this time. I just hope she understands that he doesn't love her and is most definitely planning on using her love for him to his advantage.
___TIME SKIP___
"Usagi, you have a phone call!"
I groaned loudly, climbing out of my bed slowly. I blindly cut on my light, stumbling my way out of my room and down the stairs. Miraculously, I made it down with no injures and walked to the phone, muttering, "Who could be calling me in the middle of the night?"
I yawned loudly and held the phone to my ear, "Hello person who's ruining my beauty sleep."
No one said anything and I got annoyed, repeating, "Hello?"
I blinked, waking up as Naru spoke, "Usagi...sorry to bother you at this hour..."
I frowned, "Naru, what's wrong? Are you okay?"
Naru sighed, "You were the only one I felt like I could talk to..."
I asked again, "Naru, what's wrong? What happened?"
Naru finally answered my questions, "Well, Mr. Sanjoin...He is...looking for the whereabouts of Sailor Moon. Mr. Sanjoin is in trouble...but I can't do anything to help..."
I looked down at Luna, questioning, "What happened to Sanjoin?"
Naru started crying and my heart broke for her, "Naru, are you crying? Do you need me to come over?"
Naru sniffled, "Sorry...for calling you in the middle of the night...just forget it...don't want to ruin your beauty sleep."
I shook my head, "Naru, I'm serious, do you need me to come over?"
Naru replied, "No, really, it's alright. Talking to you has calmed me down. Thanks Usagi."
I sighed, biting my lip, "Are you sure?"
Naru didn't say anything, I'm assuming she nodded her head. The phone call ended with a soft click and I looked down at Luna, "Let's go."
I quickly ran back upstairs as quiet as I could. I quickly changed into something casual and headed back downstairs, heading right for the door. I grabbed a pair of shoes and my keys, quickly and quietly sneaking out of the house. I slipped my shoes on and started running straight to Naru's house, Luna right by my side. I shouted, "Nephrite has probably been closing in on Naru."
Luna nodded but we both stopped as the world started turning and the colors change around me. I yelped, eyes wide, "Whoa, what is this?! Is this the work of a monster? Where are you? Show yourself!"
I looked around, trying to find the source of this madness but couldn't. I sighed, clenching my fists, "Fine then! Moon Prism Power Make Up!"
There was an evil chuckle, Nephrite's chuckle, as he spoke, "You revealed your true identify, Sailor Moon."
The world turned back to normal and I blinked in confusion as Nephrite appeared in front of me with an evil smirk. I cursed underneath my breath as he stared at me, "Sailor Moon is actually Usagi Tsukino. I've seen it with my own eyes."
I waved him away, "You're runny, I'm not Usagi Tsukino. I am Aria Delgado; she must look exactly like me for you to confuse me with her."
He gave me a look and I held my ground, raising my eyebrow at him. Luna sighed with a shake of her head, whispering, "You are one strange girl Sailor Moon."
I gave her an innocent smile before turning to Nephrite, smirking, "I wish you the best of luck telling people about Usagi being Sailor Moon. That girl is a super klutz so no one would believe you."
Nephrite sweatdropped, "There's no need to hide it anymore."
I shrugged, "Like I said, you got the wrong gal."
Nephrite shook his head, holding his hand up, "Don't worry. You're going to die here."
I huffed and quickly dodged the massive green blast. He continued to fire at me as I dodged and jumped away to avoid them. I panted heavily as I looked at the damage he did to the road. Nephrite glared at me, "Prepare to die, Sailor Moon!"
Nephrite went to fire his blast at me bust was stopped by a red rose. I looked up to see Tuxedo Mask standing on a lamppost, "Defeat does not suit the beautiful Sailor Moon. I will take you on."
Tuxedo Mask jumped down, landing in front of me as Nephrite smirked at him. Nephrite held up his hand, ready to attack but something happened. He looked away from us and I frowned, staring at him as Tuxedo Mask asked, "What's wrong, Nephrite?"
Nephrite replied, "We'll continue this battle later! I know your true identity, Sailor Moon. Now I can attack you any time I want. Better watch your back!"
Nephrite began to disappear as I shouted, "Again, that's not who I am!"
Tuxedo Mask turned back to me, smiling, "Even if he has, don't let that discourage you. Farewell."
He walked away from me and I sighed with a small smile before gasping, "Naru!"
I quickly took off to Naru's, noticing that Luna was long gone. I thought about the way that Nephrite disappeared and knew that something must've happened to Naru. Does that mean he actually cares about Naru? Was Naru right? Can he actually change?
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I jumped at the monster that was about to fire at Naru and Nephrite, knocking her to the ground before jumping off of her and kicking her other friend away. I punched the last one before standing in front of the duo with a glare, "How dare you attack an injured man?! Interfering with two people in love is just despicable!"
Rei and Ami ran over to stand beside me as the monster I kicked snarled at us, "The Sailor Guardians!"
I got into a fighting stance, "In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!"
Ami got into a stance as well, "Cleanse yourself in cold water and repent!"
Rei smirked, ready to fight, "In the name of Mars, I'll discipline you!"
The monsters jumped as us, shouting together, "We're going to deal with you first! Die!"
The fired at us together and we all jumped out of the way, Ami attacking back first, "Bubble Spray!"
The red balls fell down in front of us and covered the area in a thick fog as Ami shouted at us, "Now!"
I reached up and grabbed my tiara, throwing it at the clueless monsters, "Moon Tiara Action!"
Rei fired her attack at the same time as me, "Fire Soul!"
The fire hit my tiara and the monsters were destroyed with the dual attack, the fog fading away once they were gone. I quickly ran over to Naru, kneeling beside her and Nephrite, "Are you both okay?"
Naru looked at me, tears streaming down her face, "Please, help him!"
I gulped, looking over at Luna who shook her head sadly. Tears filled my eyes as I looked at our enemy who saved my friend, "Nephrite..."
He spoke sadly, "Sailor Moon...it looks like no one is going to find out your true identity..."
I chuckled sadly, "I told you, that's not my name..."
He chuckled as well but groaned in pain, clutching his wound. I turned to Luna, "Please, there has to be something I can do for him...for her."
Luna looked away from me, not answering my pleas that I knew were pointless. He turned to Naru, "I'm sorry..."
Naru looked at him, tears falling faster, "No..."
He gave her a sad smile, tears filling his eyes, "It doesn't look like...We'll get to eat those chocolate parfaits..."
Naru shook her head, whispering, "No..."
Nephrite reached over, placing his hand on her cheek, wiping away her tears that kept falling, "I ended up lying to you until the very end...Forgive me..."
Naru placed her hand on top of his, not saying anything as she stared at him. He continued to smile at her, "I'm glad I met you..."
Nephrite closed his eyes and took his last breath, his hand slowly falling from Naru's face. Naru's eyes widened as his hand fell, "Nephrite?"
Sparkles started to surround Nephrite until he became sparkles himself, disappearing from Naru's arms. Naru shouted, "No...you can't! You promised we'd go eat chocolate parfaits together!"
All that was left was the piece of fabric that Naru wrapped around his arm. Naru sobbed loudly and I threw my arms around her, letting her cry into my shoulder. She screamed and sobbed as tears fell from my eyes, listening to her painful cries for the man that she fell in love with.
This chapter was so sad to write :'(
I honestly thought about keeping Nephrite alive but I didn't really know how so he had to go. I was not looking forward to writing this truly but it had to be done. However, I'm excited for the next one so hopefully I have it done soon...
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