"Close Every Door"
   A songfic of sorts by Sara Jaye


	Yes, my still-unfinished Slayers songfic was supposed to be my 
second one. ^^;; But I got lazy and kinda forgot about it...that, and 
I had that "Can't put the emotions into text" problem again. X_x 
I didn't plan on writing this one, but all of a sudden it just came to 
me. I was listening to an mp3 of "Close Every Door" from "Joseph and 
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", and reading some lyrics, and 
suddenly I was hit with the inspiration to write this. So this will be 
my second songfic. :P Well, I dunno if I can call it a songfic...more 
like a version of the song with the Dark Kingdom Generals each singing 
a few lines, with a bit of narrative at the beginning and end and the 
lyrics altered near the end. ^^;;
	But that's enough talking for now. On with the story! :P

[Disclaimers: Sailor Moon is the property of the ever-gifted Naoko 
Takeuchi-sama and Toei animation. None of the characters belong to me.
The song "Close Every Door" and the musical "Joseph and the Amazing 
Technicolor Dreamcoat" are property of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim 
Rice. Only the alterations of the lyrics near the end are mine.
This story is for entertainment purposes only, so please don't sue me.
This story is very introspective and rather angsty, so if you aren't 
into/don't have the patience for that kind of thing, I suggest you 
leave now instead of reading this, then flaming me. :P It'd also be a 
good idea to leave if you aint into shounen ai, cause there's a bit 
of that in here also. ^-^ Otherwise, enjoy! ^_^]

				~

	"You better not fail next time or else!"
	The four men nodded. "Yes, Queen Beryl-sama," they said before 
the woman dismissed them. They said goodnight to each other, then one 
slid his arm around the other and headed for their room. The other 2 
silently headed their separate ways, sighing.
	Jadeite sat down against the wall, drawing his knees up to his 
chest and resting his chin on his hand.
	Nephrite leaned against the wall as he stood in a dark corner 
of his observatory, gazing out at the night sky.
	Zoisite lay on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. Kunzite 
sighed, his back against the headboard as he looked down at the man 
lying next to him.
	Back in his room, Jadeite found himself beginning to sing out 
loud...a rather melancholy song. Soon, the others joined in...



Jadeite:
Close every door to me
Hide all the world from me.

Nephrite:
Bar all the windows
And shut out the light.

Zoisite:
Do what you want with me
Hate me and laugh at me.

Kunzite:
Darken my daytime
And torture my night.

All:
If our lives were important, why,
We'd ask will we live or die
But we know the answers lie
Far from this world

Kunzite:
Close every door to me,

Zoisite:
Keep those I love from me,

Nephrite:
For those of the Dark Kingdom

Jadeite:
Are always alone.

All:
We pray that we shall find
Our own peace of mind,
And that someday we will be
Granted lives of our own.

	Jadeite sighed, brushing away a tear and staring into the 
darkness of the room.
	Nephrite took one last glance at the stars, then looked down, 
his eyes closing as they filled with tears.
	Kunzite drew Zoisite closer against him, his silver eyes 
slowly meeting his lover's teary emerald ones. Zoisite looked sadly 
at his lover.
	"Will we ever break away from this, Kunzite-sama?" he asked 
softly. Kunzite sighed.
	"I don't know, Zoisite...I just don't know..." he said.
	The same question lay heavily on the minds of the 4 generals 
the rest of the night.
	"Will we ever break away from this...ever find our peace?"

				~End~