Blood Money
Rated: PG
By: Kohan

Disclaimer: Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and not I. This story belongs to me.

Summary: AU. Revenge is sweetest when served with blood. Drabble.

A/N: For Sailormoon100's Challenge #4: Angel. Full challenge after the fic.

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The dull click in the darkness cleared his head for the final smiting of life.

He grinned in what he had chosen would be a malicious way. The expression, however, fell somewhat short of what he had wished to accomplish. No matter--no one could see him in such darkness. An advantage, he knew.

His eyes squinted at his target, and his finger shifted on the trigger. One...

She smiled her ever-forgiving smile and gave a sweet kiss, placing it kindly on his forehead in a strange, mature manner that she rarely seemed to have. "It's okay...thank you for the flowers."

"I'm really sorry, Usa-ko. I forgot..." He offered, trying again. Her eyes held nothing but radiating love and deep forgiveness.

"Humans forget," she said with a smile, and the scene was at an end.

Two...

"Mamo-chan! Look at the snowflakes!" She twirled in a flurry of white fluff, her pink tongue stretched as far as it would go, her face turned heavenward. A powdery flake caught on her nose and melted there. Flakes dotted her cheeks and soon became water. She ran over to him, like the child she had always been, always would be.

She hugged him. He could still feel her arms about his middle, her cheek resting upon his shoulder. "Each snowflake is such a wonderful gift..."

Three...

"Usagi? Dokode...?" He flipped on the switch, but the light didn't spark with life as it should have. He recalled frowning deeply and moving forward in slow motion, his hands searching counters, cupboards, floors for flashlights. Grasping one, he switched it on and moved the beam about the small house.

"Usa-ko?" He shined the light upon the floor, upon her room, upon the couch. Her presence lingered, though he couldn't find her, couldn't see her. Something heavy pressed upon her soul, but still, she was here...Somewhere...

"Nansut--eh?" Something glimmered on the floor, and the beam immediately found it.

Crimson stained the carpet; dull, lifeless eyes stared blankly into the unknown. A sharp intake of breath, and...

"USAGI!!!!"

Whoosh. He didn't hear the bang, only the sound of the bullet flying through the air. It flashed across his eyes in slow motion, and as it sunk its deadly spores into the man who had killed his beloved, Mamoru felt something of a sigh flutter across his heart.

He had done it. She was avenged.

The body thudded to the floor.

The world was made right, and spun once more. But...

Her missing presence still stung like fire.

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A/N: Word Count: 419

Full Challenge: Angel Episode Title. Use any title from any episode of the TV series 'Angel' as the title of your story. You don't have to including anything about 'Angel' in your story, merely use the episode title as you wish.