UsAgI iS dEaD uSaGi Is DeAd HiP hIp HiP hOoRaY
by DARK DAY FOR
ANIME

Diclaimer - Sailormoon is owned by Takeuchi Naoko and Bandai, so

these characters really belong to them.  I'm just abusing them in a

manner most would describe as nothing short of scandalous.  I hope 
nobody
sues me for it.  I really don't have anything close to enough 
money to
cover even a millionth of the court costs....

Part One (revised)
I Left My
Heart in a Tokyo Schoolyard


	It must have been close to three hours after
everything had 
gone quiet....  at least 3am, that Usagi's spirit had sat
on the 
wall lining the school courtyard within which she died.

	Parts of
her still remained there.  At least, the blood and a 
few small lumps of
flesh.  The rest of her had long been carried 
away to whatever morgue was
her destiny to be taken to.

	She stared long and hard at the spot where
she had fallen.  
The police hadn't even bothered to outline her body, so
damaged was 
it.  Blood, bone and organs had been scattered across a
fifteen foot 
radius behind her.  She shuddered at the memory.

	After what
had been a brutal day at the hands of her teachers, 
Usagi met up with
Makoto, Ami and Naru, and after a few minutes 
chatting, they began their
way home.  For some reason, Naru seemed a 
little nervous, but always
seemed to fob it off somehow.

	Then they arrived at the site of her death.
 She was chuckling 
over something that Makoto had been saying, something
to do with Rei 
and Yuuichiro, when Naru let out a cry.  She turned to Naru
to ask 
what was wrong, and then was hit.  By something that hurt.  Lots.


Fortunately, it didn't hurt for long.  She felt herself flying 
backwards,
somehow missing Ami, who had been standing behind her.  
Usagi landed on
her feet and looked up to see what was happening.  
Blood showered in her
direction from somebody in front of her, and 
she screwed her eyes shut,
putting her hands over her head, 
expecting to get splattered.  The blood
landed all around her, but 
somehow failed to hit her.  When it stopped,
she looked up.

	Makoto, who had been standing to her left, was now against
the 
wall Usagi would later be sitting on.  Her face was a mark of shock

and horror, unable to move.  Usagi turned to the other side to see 
Naru,
lying face-forward on the ground, moving slowly.

	"Naru-chan...."  Usagi
cried out as Naru slowly lifted herself 
up, aided by another student Usagi
recognised as Koto-san.
	"Naru-chan, are you okay?"  Usagi turned further
to her right 
and saw Ami getting to her feet.  Ami trotted across to where
Naru 
was sitting, apparently staring in shock.  Usagi looked around her

as she stood up.  Several other students had arrived on the scene.  
There
were cries of horror, whimpering, and one even brought his 
lunch up.
Usagi stepped over to where Naru was being consoled by an 
equally upset
Ami.

	"Jeez, guys, what happened just now?"  Usagi leaned down to 
them.
For some reason they seemed to be ignoring her.  Naru 
continued to whimper
and stare off ahead.  Usagi sighed and turned 
back to where Makoto was
leaning against the wall, being held by a 
couple of girls.  Between Usagi
and Makoto lay a body.  Usagi's 
body.

	Or what remained of it.

	It was
amazing the top had remained attached to the bottom of 
the body, there was
so little left of the trunk.  Naturally, Usagi 
went into a kind of denial.
 She shook her head for a few moments, 
then turned to Ami and Naru.


"That can't be me, can it?"  They didn't reply.  "C'mon, say

something...."  Still no reply.  "You can hear me, can't you?"  
Silence.
"Well CAN'T YOU???"  Usagi made to grab Ami's shoulder, 
and fell straight
through her.  At that moment, she felt a huge pull 
on her body, dragging
her away from the scene.  She turned as she 
flew through the air, staring
at the rapidly growing crowd.  

	It disappeared as she passed through a
neighbouring building.

	She wasn't travelling very fast.  Before she
reached her 
destination, she could hear the sirens of police and
ambulances.  
She was in too much of a state to be able to take notice of
what was 
going on around her.

	Dazedly, she turned, and spotted her
destination.  The Hikawa 
shrine.  This confused her even more.  If she was
dead... the fact 
seemed to be seeping into her mind... why should her
spirit be drawn 
here?  Because of its religious nature?  Because of
Rei-chan's 
connection to her.  Before she knew what was happening, she was
in 
the fire room.  And there she stopped.

	Rei was chanting in front of
the flame.  Usagi wondered how 
she got home from school so quickly to be
here now.  She put it out 
of her mind as a vision appeared within the
flame.  Rei stopped 
chanting and stared, Usagi following her lead.  It
showed the death 
scene.

	Usagi was surprised when Rei quickly got to her
feet and 
turned, walking through her.  For a moment, Rei seemed to shiver
and 
looked around, as if she had felt Usagi's presence.

	Usagi tried to
latch onto her arm, hoping that this momentary 
recognition would work in
her favour.  But Rei shrugged it off and 
quickly stepped out.  It only
occurred to Usagi later that Rei's 
expression was not that of someone who
had just witnessed the death 
of a friend.

	Usagi sat in the fire room for
hours, hoping that Rei would 
return, but she didn't.  An intense desire to
return to the scene 
filled her, even though she didn't want to see her
body again.  The 
sight was far too horrible, but some morbid fascination
swept 
through her, and once more she found herself flying through the air,

back towards the school.

	When she got there, the crowd had been moved
away from the 
scene.  The area was cordoned off, and her body had been
taken away.  
There was no sign of Ami, Makoto or Naru, not that she
expected 
there to be.  It was more than likely that, if they weren't being

questioned by the police themselves, they'd all gone into shock and

needed hospitalisation.  Usagi just hovered over the scene as 
several
investigators scowered everything around it.  Eventually 
they all returned
to their commanding officer, a woman they referred 
to as Captain
Kikotsuka, and shrugged.  Their amazing 
professionalism in their efforts
to find clues to her death 
astounded Usagi.

	Very little.

	Eventually,
it went dark and the crowd that surrounded the 
scene began to disperse.
Even the few media OB vans that had 
arrived were leaving.  Obviously, with
very little to say other 
than a young girl had exploded, their interest in
the story 
rapidly waned.  Then even the main body of the investigating
team 
began to depart, leaving only a couple of officers to watch over the

scene, making a few last attempts at uncovering clues.  Then even 
they
were gone.  The scene was empty.  It was midnight.

	Three hours later,
Usagi sat on top of the wall, staring at 
where she died.  "Death", she
thought, "Its not quite as I expected 
it to be."  She wondered at all the
things she would no longer be 
able to do.  Eat.  That was the first thing
that entered her 
thoughts.  What a horrible concept.  No need for food.
She mourned 
the loss of that small but intense pleasure.

	Nobody to talk
to, either.  None of her friends were dead, 
yet.  Not that she had
expected any of them to die.  After all, 
wasn't she destined to be Neo
Queen Serenity?  Seems destiny had a 
few cruel tricks up its sleeve
today.

	Her family....  What must they be going through, now.  For a 
few
moments, she felt a desire to travel to her house, to see them 
in their
grief.  But she couldn't.  She couldn't bring herself to 
witness that,
just yet.

	And Mamo-chan....

	She wanted to break out into tears.  The
thought of never 
being able to hold or kiss Mamoru again went through her
like an icy 
spark.  But no tears would come.  A spirit was, obviously, not

allowed to cry, either.

	Slowly she lifted herself from the wall and
floated 
approximately twenty feet from the ground.  She stared up into the

sky, holding out her fist.

	"Well, Kami-sama, I'm here.  I'm dead now.
Do with me 
whatever you will...."  She shook her fist up at the sky,
almost 
defiantly.  She was surprised when she heard a chuckle.  Not from

the sky, but from the ground below.  She turned.  A familiar figure 
stood
there.  Short blond hair....  Piercing, intelligent eyes.  He, 
however,
was not dressed in the Youma General's uniform that Usagi 
expected.  Nor
was his expression as hard and embittered as she 
remembered it to be.


"Jadeite!"  Usagi exclaimed.  For some reason, the arrival of 
the General
seemed to make things fall into place.

	"Hello, Sailormoon.  Or should I
say Tsukino Usagi.  It 
doesn't look like you're in the best of health
right now."
	"Jadeite!  You!  You're the one who did this to me!"
	Jadeite
raised an eyebrow questioningly.  "Did what?"  He 
thought for a few
seconds.  "Oh...  You mean KILLED you?  No, sorry, 
I'm afraid I'm innocent
on that count.  I was just passing by when I 
saw you floating into the
sky.  I didn't think the reincarnation of 
the Moon Princess could fly, so
it was a tad unexpected."

	Usagi's expression of rage began to subside.
"I can't believe 
that.  You spent so much of your time and effort trying
to kill me 
in the past.  Why not now.  By the way, I thought Beryl
disposed of 
you?"

	Jadeite shrugged.  "I was sealed away in a crystal.
As soon 
as you destroyed her, I was set free.  But without her and the
Youma 
horde, I was a man alone.  So what's the point of fighting any

further?  I work at a recording studio now."  Jadeite grinned 
smugly.  "A
nice, harmless job, making music and corrupting youth."  
He chuckled for a
few moments as Usagi descended to the ground.

	"You mean....  you really
didn't do this to me?"
	"Course I didn't.  As I told you, there's no point
now."  He 
shrugged.  "To tell you the truth, I was passing nearby and felt
a 
spiritual wave coming from this school.  I knew this to be the 
school
you attended, so curiosity got the better of me."

	They stared at each
other for several moments, the former 
enemies, still not willing to trust
each other.  Jadeite tried his 
best to smile reassuringly.  "Believe me,
I'm not here to hurt you.  
I think you're a little beyond that now."

"Wh...  What am I going to do?"  Usagi looked pleadingly at 
him.  He bit
his lower lip.
	"Damned if I know right now.  I've never had to deal with a

dead person before."
	Something occurred to Usagi.  "You...  You can see
me..."
	"Of course."
	"But nobody else can."
	"Hmm?"
	"I've been all across
town, even around other senshi, and not 
one of them even vaguely
registered my presence.  And yet you can 
see me, as clear as day."


Jadeite shrugged.  "Don't ask me why.  Maybe I'm simply 
attuned to your
spiritual wavelength."  He sniffed.  "So, what are 
you going to do?  Trust
me or not?"

	Usagi stared at him for several moments, then turned away.
"I 
can't trust you, Jadeite.  Not after what happened before.  I'm not

sure if you're responsible for what has happened to me now, or what.  
All
I know is, somebody or something killed me, and then you appear, 
the only
person capable of seeing and hearing me.  I find that more 
than
suspicious."
	"Think what you like.  I have nothing to do with your
demise."

	Usagi floated into the air, looking back at Jadeite.  "I'm

going to the shrine.  If I do find you have had something to do with 
my
death, I will, somehow, warn the senshi about you.  You will not 
get away
with this."  She floated away, disappearing behind some 
buildings.
Jadeite shook his head.
	"My dear, I think you're in for a nasty little
surprise."


	It took a matter of minutes to reach the shrine.  Faster,
this 
time.  Usagi seemed to have started to get the hang of this floating

business.  She arrived at the gates to the shrine and stopped there.

There were voices coming from within.  Slowly, she landed.  It was 
the
sound of her friends, and they weren't sounding too much like 
they were in
mourning.  Usagi tried the old method of walking, now.  
There wasn't any
sound to each step, even though she made an attempt 
to creep.  Slowly, she
made her way to the door of Rei's room.  
There was a light coming from the
room, and the sound of (somewhat 
subdued) partying.

	"KANPAI!"  The sound
of glasses clinging together to the half-
hearted cheers.  Usagi peered
into the room.

	They were all there.  Rei, Ami, Makoto, Minako, Mamoru,

Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Hotaru, Luna, Artemis....  even Chibiusa 
and
Naru.  They were all taking a swig of beer.  Usagi wondered if 
half of
them were legally old enough to do so.  She also wondered 
why they should
be partying after her recent and premature demise.  
Rei turned to Naru.


"So, Naru-chan, how does it feel to be the new candidate for 
the position
of Moon Princess?"
	"Jeez.  I feel a little...  I dunno...."
	"What,
guilty?"  Haruka laughed nervously.  Michiru nudged her 
in the ribs and
Haruka grimaced.  "Why would you feel guilty?  Its 
always been this way in
the Moon Kingdom, so Setsuna has told us."
	Naru sniffed.  "I know.  I just
feel a little sorry for Usagi, 
thats all."  She shook her head.  "I'd
known her for so long, and 
the expression on her face..."
	"Aww, come on!"
 Makoto shouted, looking a little drunk.  "She 
was a loser and you know
it.  She had neither the personality nor 
the will to take up the
position."  Makoto sculled her glass and 
held it out for more.  Most of
the others looked at her.  She seemed 
to be trying a little too hard to
enjoy herself.

	Setsuna, who had been staring off into space, decided it

was time to lecture....  "It has always been the way that if one

candidate for the position of Moon Princess proves to be less than

satisfactory, then she is removed from the right of succession and

another is put in her place."  She paused for a moment, taking a

momentary sip and wrinkling up her nose at the taste.  "This is 
destiny.
You only have to look at Chibiusa to see that."  She 
sniffed and frowned.
Hmm...  Chibiusa, she thought.  Strange that 
she should retain the
name....  Most of the name, anyway.

	Usagi's head was reeling.  Candidate?
 Right of Succession?  
She turned her head towards Chibiusa and clutched
onto the 
doorframe.  Chibiusa....  No longer looked quite like her.  In
fact, 
she looked like....  Looked like....  Na... na... na....

	Usagi
stepped back, but brought the door off its sliding 
hinges.  It clattered
to the ground, making everyone turn.  They 
were all looking at her!  Usagi
stood there, shivering with 
disbelief and rage.

	"You....  All of you....
 How could you....?"

	"Wh...  What was that?"  asked Minako.
	"The door
fell off its hinges."  Haruka, who was the closest 
to the door, stood and
stepped over to the doorway.  She picked up 
the door and placed it back in
its position.  She scratched her head 
for a moment and turned.  "Well,
what did you think it was?  Usagi 
come back to haunt us?"  They all
laughed at this, sweatdrops 
forming on their foreheads, then started
munching out on the cake 
and snacks that were sitting in the middle of the
table, chatting 
away to each other quietly.  Setsuna returned to her
space-gazing, 
whilst Hotaru placed the glass of beer she'd been given,
virtually 
untouched, and sat quietly, watching everyone else with a
somewhat 
strange expression.  Michiru held on to Haruka's arm when the
other 
girl sat back down and began whispering to her.  Haruka seemed

somewhat disturbed by what she had to say.  They both looked over at

Hotaru for a few moments, then turned aside and began to talk more

privately.

	Usagi was completely gone, now.  She couldn't take any more
of 
this.  "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!!!!  I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY

FRIENDS!!!!"
	"Try the coffee cake.  Its nice."  Makoto handed a slice on
a 
plate to Mamoru, who took it with a strange smile.
	"HOW CAN YOU ALL BE
THIS WAY?  WHAT WAS I TO YOU ALL?"
	Rei turned on the television.  "What do
you wanna watch?"
	"Are there any early-morning animes on?"  Minako said,

stuffing chips in her face.
	"Nah, we've missed Hyper Police and Haunted
Junction.  I think 
Maze is over, too."
	"Mi...  Minna..."  Usagi croaked.

"Aren't there reruns of Hana Yori Dango on now?"  Makoto 
wondered.  Rei
screwed up her face.
	"Eeew, I'd rather watch reruns of Dragonball...."

"each to their own, Rei-chan, each to their own."
	"C...  Can't any of you
hear me?"  Usagi whispered.
	Rei switched the stations.  Finally one
playing an anime came 
on.  There was a small cheer from some of the group.
 "Aha.  Reruns 
of Nadesico.  Thought there was something."  Rei said
triumphantly.
	"ANSWER ME!  ONE OF YOU!  ANY OF YOU!"  Usagi screamed.
There 
was no answer from any of them, although Rei turned to the doorway,

blinking for a few moments.  Mamoru looked at her unemotionally, his

questioning tone almost sing-song.
	"What is it, Rei-chan?"
	"Oh nothing,
just thought I heard someone approaching."
	"Its a good thing your
Grandfather and Yuuichiro are away, 
Rei-chan.  This could've looked rather
suspicious, otherwise."  
Michiru commented, turning back to the group.

"Heh...  Yeah well.  It took three months to plan this.  We 
had plenty of
leeway."

	Usagi decided she didn't want to hear anymore.  Letting out a

cry, she ran from the temple, eventually taking to flight.  She 
continued
on and on and on, through the city, until she reached the 
countryside.
Then she went further, until there were mountains.  
And then running away
just seemed stupid, and she sat for several 
moments on one of the mountain
ledges, wondering what to do next.

	Jadeite, she thought.  I must see
Jadeite.  It was the only 
person she could think of.  Surely, now that her
death was proven 
not to have been of his doing, she could trust him.

	She
felt a little resistance to the idea.  But eventually, she 
found herself
flying, latching onto Jadeite's spiritual signal.

END OF PART ONE