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Katsuko wearily trudged up to her room, but instead of undressing and slipping into bed, she sat at her windowseat, leaning against the cool glass, eyes on the stars. The tears finally spilled over and she sobbed her pain, her sorrow.
Mane! I need you!
"Katsuko? Suko watashi wa? Are you in there?"
Katsuko sat up with a start, quickly wiping away her tears. Yaten was giving her bedroom door a royal beating and would probably break it down if she didn't answer.
"Yes, I'm here," she called out, turning away from the window.
"May I come in? Please,Suko-chan?"
"Hai. Yes, of course."
The door opened and Yaten rushed in, still in workout clothes. Searching his beloved's tired face, he dropped to his knees in front of her, clutching her hands.
"Michiru-chan told me what happened. She said...she said you..."
"Almost killed her?" Katsuko's voice was uncommonly flat. "Hai. Yes, I did. For a moment I thought...I thought she was Galaxia."
"Galaxia? You fought Galaxia?" Yaten was stunned.
Katsuko looked at him in surprise, then remembered the years long space since she had seen Yaten or any of the StarLights last. "Yes, we all did. Mane was holding off Galaxia while your lady escaped. Do you remember?"
Yaten did. Sailor Lynx fighting with all she had, fending off Galaxia's strongest attacks, yelling at them to protect the princess, he remembered it all. In coming to Earth, he was so consumed with finding the princess, fighting phages and allying with Sailor Moon, he didn't even think about Sailor Lynx again.
Katsuko was speaking again. "We...the Elite, I mean, we arrived after gathering our forces and tracking her down by the planets she destroyed. By the time we reached Kinmoku, you and the StarLights must have already left." Katsuko went quiet, Yaten's head in her lap, her fingers stroking his hair. He chose to wait for her to speak again. She needed to talk about this, he knew that and no matter how long she took, he would give all the time she needed.
When Katsuko spoke again, her voice was wavery. "Mane was..fighting so hard. She gave Galaxia everything." There was a sob and Yaten immediately sprung to his feet, joining her on the windowseat, holding her as close as possible. "Galaxia was laughing. Laughing like a madwoman. She cared for nothing, no one, not even a fellow senshi. She..killed..her.." Fresh tears streamed down her cheeks like waterfalls. "She laughed while she did it. I still hear her voice in my sleep." Katsuko covered her ears with her hands as though trying to drown out the maniacal cackling. She groaned softly, reliving the horror of seeing her best friend and sister Guardian pass away. Yaten stayed silent, but tears were falling from his emerald eyes as well. Sailor Lynx had not been as close to him or the other StarLights as Katsuko, but they had appreciated her and the good times they shared. Katsuko sighed as she lay against her love, exhausted.
"She died in my arms...."
Yaten went stiff in shock and his head swiveled to look at her, but Katsuko had already drifted off to sleep.
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