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Looking at her peaceful face, it almost seemed as if she was only asleep. That at any moment my sweet Usako will open her eyes and give me that smile of hers that always made my heart melt. Yet the coldness from her limped body and the echoing cries of the mourning senshis told me otherwise.

Still I refused to believe my princess to be dead. She cannot die this way! Here on a floating asteroid away from the greeneries of the Earth she had always loved even back in the Silver Millennium. She cannot be dead because she had promised we would all return home together safe and sound. Usako always kept her promise.

Her broken brooch seemed to be mocking me. It demanded I see the truth of its owner's death. The fragments of the Ginzuisho continued to give off dim sparkles. That all powerful crystal which blessed my princess with the ultimate power also cursed her with heavy responsibilities that required her to sacrifice so much.

My sweet, innocent Usako had always desired a normal life. I wonder what that would be like...to just live. One thing was certain, I would always love only her. Whether as Usagi, Serenity, Sailor Moon or any other identities she takes, I would always love her. Any life we have, I would find her for she is my everything. My soul would always yearn for her...crave for her...no, demand for her.

Coming out of my thoughts, I once again gazed at my princess. I can faintly hear the cries of each senshi demanding our princess to wake up. Frustration, helplessness, desperation and defeat were laced into each of their pleas.

Yet I remained the only one not to have shed a single tear. I would not accept it! Such a selfless, loving and trusting angel should not have to perish this way. Usako cannot be dead!

There must be some way...any way for my love to awaken!

Right at that moment, I heard a voice I had thought would never be heard again.

"Mamoru."

Looking up, I found Fiore kneeling across from me. The darkness that had been in his eyes were gone and his eyes once again held a look of gentleness I remembered from when we were children. The smile of my first childhood friend brought a slight spark of happiness, but the feeling of lost and emptiness remained.

"Thank you. You and Sailor Moon rescued me from Kisenian's evil grasp. Now I can keep that promise I made so long ago," Fiore revealed a sparkling flower in his hand with a smile, "This flower contains my life energy. Give its nectar to Sailor Moon."

As I followed Fiore's instruction, my heart was filled with gratitude toward my childhood friend as well as happiness from the knowledge that Usako will soon open her eyes again.

'Thank you Fiore.'

As I watched the nectar take effect, I could feel a light movement of her body in my arms. Ever so slowly, Usako opened her eyes. If I had bothered to look, I'm sure I would have saw the senshis staring wide-eye at the slowly awakening princess, but during that time, I couldn't have cared less.

"I told you guys I would protect everyone," I heard her say in that musical voice of hers.

Hearing that voice, the entire situation finally hit me at full force. No longer feeling numb, I could not help the tears that began to flow out as only one thought filled my mind, 'She's alive.'

A/N: Just something that popped into my mind as I waited for my class today. I had always felt it was infuriating that Mamoru had seemed so emotionless when he held the dead Usagi in his arms during the end of the R movie. I guess I used this fanfic to try to justify what was going on in his mind.