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Chapter Ten

Serenity looked about her surroundings, lost within a great expanse of mist. She had no idea what to expect but this clearly wasn't what she thought would be happening.

"Mamo-chan?" Serenity called out. She then saw a figure of herself, as Tsukino Usagi, smiling and waving. Serenity wasn't sure what this was. She started to walk towards the image of herself but the image disappeared. She then saw herself again, but this time her Mamo-chan was there, holding a scrunched up paper whilst she was still on the ground.

"Are you trying to give me Odango's like you?" his strong but calm voice said before that image disappeared. Serenity looked around again, struggling to see anything apart from odd images of her past with Mamoru.

"Please Mamo-chan, help me find you? I am so lost without you. You are my strength, you always have been…I need you" Serenity cried out as she continued to walk within this great expanse. She suddenly stopped when she saw an evil shadow with dark red eyes looking at her, laughing.

"Did you expect to find anyone here Moon Queen?" Serenity felt a horrible shiver run down her back as Chaos, in his shadowy form grew bigger and bigger until he almost filled the entire expanse.

"Chaos…." Serenity whispered as the evil entity kept laughing.

"You really are a fool for trying this but then again, you were always good at breaking the rules when you wanted to, much like your doomed relationship with the Earth Prince" Chaos teased.

"SHUT UP, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! How can you possibly understand?" Serenity said through tears as she kept looking for Mamoru.

"I have you now Moon Queen and you will not escape me" Chaos taunted as the whole expanse started to quake. He then shot out a ball of dark energy hitting Serenity in her chest and making her land on her back. She struggled to breathe as she tried to get up only for another ball of energy to hit her again.

"Come on Moon Queen, do something, show me your power!" Chaos yelled as he snickered. When he went to attack again, Serenity was ready as she used the power of the Silver Crystal to fight back. The Golden Crystal had allowed her in but it hadn't done anything since. Standing firmly, she held Chaos back.

"Oh, now I can see the power I have searched for all these years, it is finally in my grasps" Chaos said as he pushed out more dark energy.

"You can never destroy our dreams Chaos; you can never take away our hope. Hope makes us strong and Endymion has always had hope. He is still here and I will free him from you" Serenity shouted as the crescent moon on her forehead glowed brightly.

"You have to find him first Queen of the Moon!" Chaos shouted, feeling angry now as he still hadn't managed to beat her.

"Why fight for someone you have never felt good enough for? You know he only stayed with you because of your past" Chaos started to relentlessly try and hurt Serenity, and it was working.

"You never felt he loved you so you kept doing all you could to make him love you. How pathetic! At least with me, you won't have those worries anymore, in fact, you won't need to use that brain of yours again" Choas added wickedly. With Serenity now allowing doubt to well up within her, she started to feel the dark energy crawling on her skin.

'Is he right?...is that how I really feel? Is that the truth? Does Mamo-chan even love me?' Serenity kept thinking as she tried to stay strong.

Suddenly, a golden light joined with her light, hitting Chaos straight on. Chaos let out a maddening cry as the figure of the true King Ednymion appeared, holding his Golden Crystal.

"How dare you say such evil things! I love Serenity with my whole being. How can you ever understand what love is when all you do is hate. I will not allow you to hurt my Usako anymore, be gone!" King Endymion shouted out furiously as his Golden Crystal and the Silver Crystal combined. Chaos couldn't break out of the hold of the soul Amalgamation. Chaos was stuck and knew his time was up. As the two crystals combined, slowly disintegrating Chaos, he left a chilling warning.

"I will be back Queen of the Moon and I will destroy all those you hold dear. I will break you, I will kill your hope and make you wish you were dead with them but you will carry on living, not knowing what to live for, what to fight for? I will return Serenity for our fates are tied and forever will be. We are destined to be together Serenity, you will see…." Chaos last words left a true fright in Serenity as Chaos was finally destroyed. The great expanse was now clear of mists and it was just the two of them. King Endymion's hair was shorter, like it normally was and his eyes were clear.

"Usako…" King Endymion said as he pulled Serenity into his arms and held her whilst she cried.

The effects of freeing King Endymion's soul and mind was massive.

The dark hold that had once been placed on him was lifted, thus fulling cleansing the Shitennou, Zachary and Helios. The Senshi, whilst shocked that they hadn't been attacked by the Shitennou were amazed at how happy Pluto looked. Tears ran down the sides of her cheeks as she knelt down on her knees shaking.

"She did it, she did it!" Pluto said. They didn't need her to expound on her words. They could feel the changed happening rapidly. The darkness that had shrouded the earth had been lifted. The citizens of earth, who had been brainwashed, were now free.

"But Serenity….she's still…." Mercury said as the quartz casing disappeared.

"Give her time…she'll be weak when she wakes up" Pluto said.

Three hours had passed before Serenity woke up. King Endymion had already woken up and had been transferred up with his Shitennou through the teleportation system. Zachary remained quiet in a corner with Helios. The Senshi were all unsure how to react to them. The Outers were resentful but for their Queen, they would try and forgive the bad that had been done to them. Neo-Queen Serenity was steadily held up by King Endymion. He held her gently and kissed her forehead when she began to sway.

"Looks like you'll have to stay in bed for a while" Endymion said, guilt laced in his voice.

"We're sorry your majesty, we didn't know what we were truly doing….this is the first time we're fully aware of it now" Nephrite said.

"We will accept any punishment you see fitting for us. We deserve to be punished" Kunzite said.

"You can say that again" Uranus muttered which made Neptune pinch her arm.

"I think the repercussions of your actions will be punishment enough…." Serenity said as she looked at each and every one of her inner Senshi. Mars looked angry but Serenity could see the hurt. Mars would take a long time for Jadeite to open up again. Jupiter was also angry and she had been the first to threaten Nephrite but they all knew how much Jupiter loved him. Her heart had been broken and she was scared to try and pick up the pieces. Mercury hadn't even looked at Zoisite yet but Venus, Venus with her big heart and understanding nature, she wouldn't take as long but at this moment, even she was frosty. The Outers were cold, just as expected. Their court was broken and Serenity knew it would take time to fix everything. But they were all back together again, that was what mattered.

Zachary had made it clear that he wanted to go back to his duties. He didn't care if it was to be a lonely one. It was an important one and he also needed time to heal, to rediscover himself. He was also still very much in love with his Queen so he believed it was best for him to go back. Pluto understood and after explaining some things to her Queen, Neo-Queen Serenity agreed to it. But she made him promise to come and visit them all. With a heavy heart, Zachary left with Helios almost immediately when they all returned to the Palace of Crystal Tokyo. He wished them all luck and promised if they needed him, he would be there. King Endymion said he would come and visit as he had much to discuss with Zachary.

Eventually, the Inner Senshi forgave the Shitennou and they were now attempting to rebuild their broken relationships. The good thing was, they had time on their hands.

As time went on, Serenity never forgot Chaos's last words. He would be back and would be back with a vengeance. It was something she really didn't want to think about. But she couldn't help it. What did Chaos mean? How would he come back? What did that mean for her friends and family? Sat on her soft bed surrounded by plumped pillows, she prayed that she and her friends wouldn't have to experience what Chaos had said. She wanted them all to finally live peacefully.

'Don't think about it Usagi, we're free now, we're finally free' Serenity chided herself as she closed her eyes.

Her dreams had been anything but peaceful. A woman dressed in an almost white Sailor Fuku with a star symbol on her head looked on in distress at the destruction of her world. Her soft blue eyes filled with tears as she gripped her staff. Her hair in a familiar Odango style held in heart shaped buns. Her hair pure white and her heels with little wrings at the back of them.

"What is there to fight for anymore?" her melodious voice echoed, making Serenity's own heart constrict. She felt familiarity with these words and yet, she had never spoken them before…not here….not now. Serenity could hear a menacing laugh surrounding her.

"I will go back, go back to where I should have ended it. I will have no regrets" the woman said as a bright light engulfed her and she changed into a pink haired girl, again with heart shaped Odango's.

Serenity woke up with a start, her heart racing. It was dark and King Endymion had remained asleep, next to her. He too had suffered a great deal so he usually was in a deep sleep if he slept at all. Serenity then looked at her hands, reliving the dream. Who was that woman? Why did she look so familiar? What did it all mean?

"Usako?" Serenity looked to her side to now see Endymion looking worriedly at her.

"Are you alright?" he asked. Serenity wondered if she should tell him, but then she shook her head and smiled at him. Kissing his forehead, she slumped back into her pillow, missing the still worried expression of her husband. She wouldn't tell him, why worry him? Hadn't they all been through enough? That dream probably meant nothing. But then again, she had a vague memory of her time fighting Sailor Galaxia and a feeling of foreboding wouldn't leave her.

'Let us have some peace, let us be free. Whatever the future holds, we'll face it together' Serenity thought as she closed her eyes, thinking about taking her daughter out for a stroll in the morning.

Hi Guys,

well, we're at the end of the story and I must admit, I really ran out of ideas for it. I think half way through the story, I lost sight of where I wanted to take it. I guess that happens when you change the complete plot from what it originally was. I am disappointed with it but I felt I needed to finish it somehow.

Thank you to all those who took time out to read this story.

TropicalRemix -Thank you for your review for chapter 8 :-)

I am going to finish my crossover this week and then I can look at new stories but it might be a while, we'll see.

Thanks to all of you who supported this story, I hope the new one I will put up won't let you guys down :-)