Aftermath of the ambush; takes place on Moon City...

“So in the end, we lost anyway?”

The last thing that Sailor Tsui recalled in the battle was herself charging towards General Benitoite, with nothing but red, hot anger burning within her and determination to keep her going, despite the obvious power difference between them or the spear that he held that could have easily ended her life in a single blow. Her own mortality didn’t seem to register in her own mind in the middle of a battle. Why would it have? All Tsui could focus on was enemy that stood ahead of her, and even that focus was forced away from her when he simply disappeared from sight. Had he left? Where did he go?

This question remained on her mind, even when the police sirens were going on outside the building. She had stood there, staring at the spot that Benitoite used to be and merely getting a glimpse of Kallichore before a silver light rushed over them.

And now, here she was on the moon, with other confused and relieved Senshi, Knights, Chibi and guardian cats around her. She felt some relief, but it was short lived. They had managed to survive, but they lost the fight. They lost horribly. And now, here they were, standing in the outskirts of a fallen kingdom, and Chibimoon’s story had entered her mind briefly. Even the sight of Queen Serenity, the Moon Queen, had not been able to remain in Tsui’s mind for long. Not when her fuku was tattered and stained with blood, blood of her enemy and comrades she failed to save. Why hadn’t Queen Serenity acted sooner? Why didn’t see save everyone?

She was certain that Kallichore or Pasiphae would be looking for her, and she even caught a glimpse of Kallichore as she was moving towards the Jovians, but Tsui didn’t approach them. She couldn’t approach them. She had no right to. They spoke of having peace with the Negaverse and the Dark Mirror Court, and she had spoken up with them. Yet, she threw a punch without a second thought, and the thought of killing them had crossed her mind more than once. She even struck at Valhalla... because he was standing his moral ground and being true to his words.

And she didn’t regret it.

Instead, Tsui took a step back, away from the Jovians and moved further away from the others, from the Castle that they were welcomed to go to. Tsui had no interest in what laid in that castle; what use was the past to her now? Zirconia had warned them of such things, as did Lina, and she hadn’t listened then. Why should she have cared now? The truth of the Negaverse and the DMC were utterly clear in Tsui’s mind now, and Zirconia’s and Lina’s words came with a painful truth.

”There... can’t be peace with the Negaverse. Nor the Dark Mirror Court.” Tsui thought bitterly to herself, finding a spot to where she could be alone and taking a seat, to stare at the Earth below. She didn’t care for what was going on behind her, and she couldn’t dare face her comrades now. All she wanted to do was sit down and stare at the planet that she called home, a planet that the Chaos faction had a firm grip on, a planet that didn’t seem to need, or want, any of them. Her own words at the meeting were coming back to haunt her now, and it hurt to hear how incredibly naive, insensitive... foolishly idealistic she had sounded. Her own words echoed throughout her mind, and Tsui never cried often. Except for this night. This night, she cried at the sight of a page being ripped to shreds, at the sight of many dying, being twisted and corrupted against their will. And now she cried because she was wrong. There couldn’t be peace now between either side. She was wrong to think so. And because of that, many were dead. Many would have family members that would never know the truth of their child’s or loved one’s disappearance.

Tears streamed down her face, and she lowered her head, hoping that the silence would not carry her sobs to the rest of them. She didn’t want them to see how young, how truly pathetic she looked right now. She failed to save anyone this evening, and she failed to stick true to her own code of peace when the time came. And now, she failed at being able to accept her failure with enough pride to approach any of them, even after the fighting was over.

”There can’t be peace now. There can’t. I’m sorry.” Tsui thought to herself, doing nothing to stop the tears but trying to keep the sobs soft and to herself. She clenched her blood stained hands into fists, and continued to cry, even when Queen Serenity had sent them all away. It may have been a wasted opportunity for the Tiger Senshi, but now, she truly didn’t care. All she wanted to do was cry. And cry in solitude. She’d deal with the rest of the world later... for now, she simply cried.

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