~ The Final Act ~

Point Zero, or the artic circle as it was known on Earth was a barren wasteland full of nothing but ice and snow for as far as the eye could see. Despite the blistering cold wind, the power of our transformations was keeping us all warm, despite the fact that I was wearing a gown, Mamo-chan was in a tuxedo, and Ami-chan, Rei-chan, Mako-chan and Minako-chan were in sailor fuku's. "We have to keep moving towards the north, the Dark Kingdom must be near or at the pole itself," Minako-chan said leading the way. "I don't like this wind, it reduces our visibility to almost nothing," Ami-chan from the rear yelled out as everyone else nodded; but we all realized that we couldn't stop, one way or another this rendezvous with destiny, woven by the fates themselves but who could truly know such a thing.

"You ok Usa," Mamo-chan asked me. "Hai, I just feel uneasy," I admitted as a gloved hand touched my shoulder. "It will be ok Usagi-chan," Rei-chan said causing me to smile and nod as Minako-chan who had turned to listen only shook her head before turning back around only for Minako to hold up her hand as she whispered, "halt, there is something up ahead." We all looked only to be confused by the woman standing their, she appeared old enough to have had a child, but didn't have grey hair or age lines so she must have been in her late twenties or early thirties. "Mama," I heard Ami-chan whisper after gasping. "Iie, it can't be her, she is working at the hospital," Ami said just as quickly as she came to the front of the group. "Venus, lead everyone else away from this place, I beg of you to leave this to me," Ami, no Mercury asked of the leader of the royal guard. "Be safe," Minako-chan said in answer as Ami-chan nodded.

"Ami-chan," I said my voice breaking as I begged her not to do this without saying the words. "Usagi, you are so much more than simply our princess, you are a friend, a confidant, someone that we all….be safe," she said as Mamo-chan took my hand and I looked up at him to see him softly nod his head. I said nothing as he led me away, away from Ami-chan who blocked us from whatever it was that looked like her mother, I didn't say a single word, and in truth I didn't need to. "Sayonara," I thought I heard Ami's voice whisper in the wind, though if she truly said it or if it was simply a figment of my imagination I would never truly know.

~ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~

"Reveal yourself for who you truly are Yuma, for you are not my okaa-san," I said once I felt that Usagi was safely far enough away. "I should have known I could not fool the tactical expert of the Lunarian royal guard," a hauntingly soft voice, said as the form I recognized as my mother's shifted into a figure that looked like me, but their were differences. Her skin was a deep midnight blue, her fuku black and white in color, the tiara upon her forehead silver and not gold, their was no jewel within its center, as their was a sapphire in my own. "I am Kurai Mercury, Mizuno Ami, iie Sailor Mercury. Think of me as your shadow, the darkness within your own heart; so to say," the Yuma said as I slid into my battle stance. "Guardian of water and knowledge, I am the pretty senshi in a sailor fuku! Sailor Mercury! Dump your head in water and repent, for in the name of Mercury I shall punish you," I said as the Yuma simply smiled. "Kurai Spray," it yelled out as a dark mist so similar to my own filled the air around me.

"Two can play this game Yuma, Shabon Spray," I yelled out as my own mist filled the air, so at least the Yuma was just as blind as myself; though I still felt uneasy. "Die," I heard Kurai Mercury of myself yell out as I just managed to dodge out of the way of a blurring shadow, that when it came to a stop, made me gasp to see her holding a wicked looking blade with a black onyx hilt and a blade that seemed to be formed from ice. "Do you not think I know you, as well as you know yourself," she said leveling the blade at me. "Foolish little girl," she added her smile feral. "Panacea," a voice I recognized as Zoicite's said within my mind. "Zoicite," I asked within my own mind never once lowering my guard to Kurai Mercury. "It is truly me Panacea, you carry my stone with you, use it, call upon my staff….my skill, do not let her get the best of you," Zoicite said within my mind as I softly nodded my head holding his stone within my gloved hand.

The piece of stone glowed softly within my hands, taking the form of a familiar metal staff as I found myself sliding into a battle stance completely unlike my own. "You know me, Kurai Mercury, but I ask you how well did you know Zoicite," I said rushing forward as the Kurai barely managed to block the attack that I sent towards it with its wicked looking blade. I ducked, dodged and weaved with a precision that only years of practice could bring, it would seem that Zoicite was true in his words to me, and now I was holding my own against this Yuma that had called itself my shadow, though it was not easy, as memories flashed within my mind of a different time, a different place, myself and Zoicite in a courtyard the stars above and the Earth in the background as we had a friendly spare. "You are good," the Yuma said with that same feral smile. "But," she said as her blade found its home within my center. "I think Zoicite forgets it was you who won your spar during the Silver Millennium.

"Iie," I said coughing up red. "It was a draw," I said, and the Yuma gasped to feel the staff tap the back of its head. "Mercury Aqua Mist," I yelled out as the sapphire on my tiara glowed with a brilliant light being joined by the light of Zoicite's staff as a torrent of water filled the air, and the Kurai screamed out in pain as it was reduced to dust. Zoicite's staff fell from my hands, glittering with soft white light, that by the time it hit the snow was once again simply a stone. I lay in the snow, feeling my life force leaving me my body becoming transparent as a soft blue light glittered into the sky. "Aishiteru…." I whispered with my last breath knowing no more as the sweat embrace of death took me into her arms, what I was going to say forever lost, my friends.

~ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~

I fell to my knees, "iie," I said tears freely falling from my eyes as the Illusion Silver Crystal pulsed with an energy that let me know that Ami-chan was gone. "Usagi," Mako-chan said her voice just as broken asked without saying the words as Mamo-chan helped me back to my feet and unable to say the words all I could do was nod my head. "Be strong, do not let her sacrifice be in vain," Rei-chan said as Mamo-chan took me into his arms and Mako-chan taking the miko's words to heart slammed her right fist into her left open palm her eyes hardening as she softly whispered, "your right Rei….arigato," she said thanking Rei-chan for what she had said, as the miko simply nodded her head a soft smile on her lips. "There is something up ahead," Minako-chan said as we all turned to look and Mako-chan let out a hallow laugh, as she looked at the figure standing their, that looked so much like Ami-chan though we all knew it was not.

"This one is mine," she said placing a hand on Minako's shoulder the orange clad soldier simply nodding her head. "Mako-chan, be safe," I asked of her knowing their was no way I could not talk her out of this. "Always am, protect her," she said first to me and then to Minako and Rei who both bowed their heads in acknowledgement. "She is strong Usa, she can survive this," Mamo-chan said squeezing my hand in his own, and once again I let him lead me away from one of those few people I considered truly precious, hoping, praying that what he said was true, and that Mako-chan would come safely back to us.

~ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~

"Show yourself for what you truly are demon, for I know you are not my Ami," I said my gloved clinched in anger, and I could literally feel the electricity in the air reacting to my lightning based powers. "Very well then Jupiter," the creature shifted into a figure identical to my own, but with vile green skin, a black and white fuku, and a silver tiara upon her forehead instead of a golden one, their was no jewel in its center as their was an emerald in my own. "I am your Kurai, Jupiter, I know you just as well as you do yourself," the Yuma said to me a feral grin playing across its lips. "Is that how you did it, how you killed Ami, did she have a Kurai as well," I asked wondering if anything the demon told me would be truth. "Hai, though she took her Kurai with her….somehow," the creature answered, and I wondered why it had paused for just a moment, what was it hiding, but I didn't have time to think as the creature rushed at me and I just managed to block the blow, that was as the Kurai had said as strong as any hit I myself could make.

The two of us traded blows, no hit truly finding its mark, but with our strength still doing damage to our arms or legs that we were both using to block. The Kurai of myself did a back flip to put distance between us. "Kurai" it yelled out as I screamed "Supreme," both of us shouting out "Thunder at the same moment as dark black currents of lightning met with brilliant white the force of the attacks sending both myself and the Kurai of me sliding backwards from the force. "You will fall if you continue in this way, Horea," a familiar voice said within my mind. "Nephrite," I whispered within my mind never allowing my focus to waver from the opponent still standing before me. "Hai, Horea it is I, my stone use it, call upon my weapons and skills, the demon you face will then have to fight us both," Nephrite's voice said within my mind and I nodded taking his stone that I always kept with me into my hand to see it was glowing as smiled as two familiar daggers came into my hands and I slipped into a familiar and more appropriate stance for such weapons.

"It would seem the Shitennou are determined to aid you," the Kurai of myself said as a dark black staff with a bolt of lightning shaped blade upon one end that seemed to be crated out of onyx appeared within its hands. "So, this is how Ami defeated your comrade then," I asked as the Kurai only nodded before launching itself at me and I gladly responded in kind, launching myself at her as well. There are those that say that a fight to an onlooker is like a deadly intricate dance, and with the way we were both moving in and around each other I could see where the thought had come from, for in a strange way I felt I was dancing, but this was a dance that would only lead to a single end, death….be it for me, the Kurai of myself or us both, that I could not say. "Ha," the Kurai said striking out with a blow that caught me sending her spear through my side just below my heart, the strike was fatal.

"Now you die Jupiter," the Kurai said as I simply smiled at her. "I will not be alone demon," I whispered and she looked down to see the daggers in my hand implanted through her center and side. "Flower Hurricane," I yelled out as a plethora of pink sakura blossoms rose and cut with deadly force through the air causing my Kurai to scream out in pain as it was reduced to nothing more than dust. My hands still clutched tightly upon the hilts of the daggers within my hands I felt myself falling looking up at the stars above as green sparkling energy filled the sky my body fading away to once again wonder amongst the stars. "Ami….I…." but no other words escaped my lips as my eyes closed and the surprisingly warm grip of death took me away. "Sayonara minna," my last thoughts drifted and somehow I knew that Usagi, my sister in arms, my princess, my friend would be able to hear them because of the Illusion Silver Crystal she carried.

~ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~

I stopped, unable to move as I felt a pulse emit from the Ginzuishou. "Mako-chan," I said and if it had not been for Mamoru I would have fallen to my knees as the knowledge that she too had been lost to us fell upon my shoulders like a weight that I could not bare alone. "Usagi," Rei-chan said sharing a look with Mamo-chan who nodded allowing the miko to take me in her arms. "It is ok," was all she said as with a nod I buried my head in her chest and let the tears fall freely from my eyes. "What are we facing," I heard Minako-chan whisper out loud none of us knowing what to say. "Usa, be strong, Makoto would not want you to greave over her but remember the good times you shared," Mamo-chan said as I raised my head. "Hai," I said as Rei-chan allowed me to step once again into my prince's embrace. "Look out," I heard Minako-chan said as she pushed me out of the way of wicked looking trunk of some dead tree wrapped around her.

"Go, Reiko, take the princess and run," was all she said as with a grim nod and a hardening of her eyes Rei-chan grabbed my arm and did as she was told Mamoru, behind us making sure that we were not about to be ambushed again, "Iie, we can't leave her, we can't lose anyone else," I cried out trying to get Rei-chan to see reason, but she did not listen could not listen, her soul purpose now to protect me, she was the only member of the Royal Guard who could now, and I realized in that moment that it was Mars who was in full control of Rei's emotions, the miko could not allow her own thoughts, her feelings to interfere in her duty, the cross she bared as a senshi….to protect me.

~ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~

"For the leader of the royal court, you have fallen far easier than I would have first thought," the demon that looked so much like myself but with orange skin, a black and white fuku and a silver tiara that was without a jewel unlike my own golden tiara that had a orange amber stone within its center. "You underestimate me Yuma, that is your first mistake. Crescent Beam," I yelled out as the golden energy pulsated around my body freeing me from the tangles of the dead tree like trunks wrapped around me. "Hm, perhaps this will be interesting after all. I am your Kurai, the darkness within you, I am here for your head Venus, nothing less," the creature said showing off its elongated teeth, that made its smile feral as a blade came to the creatures hand, it was a one handed blade, long in length with a black hilt the sword itself seemed to be carved of onyx. "O princess protector. O Sacred Blade of Light; let lose your brilliance once more," I said as an elegant blade appeared in my right hand.

Only once before had I held this burden, the greatest one given to those of the royal guard, this blade would take away our ability to ever henshin again, but for her, I knew it was a sacrifice myself and Reiko would only to gladly make. "Venus Power," I said forming a mind link with Reiko, a feeling of understanding coming across our bond as her voice filled my head with the words, "Mars Power." and for a moment I thought I heard upon the Ami, and Makoto whisper, "Mercury Power," and "Jupiter Power," they were gone in flesh, but not spirit it would seem. "Prepare yourself Kurai," I said rushing forward with a surge of energy the dark onyx meeting the pure Lunarian silver of my own golden handled blade. Her style reminded me so much of my own, but the fool did not know everything of me, and I used knowledge given to me in training spars from oh so long ago.

I could almost hear Kunzite's voice in my mind as I wielded the Sacred Blade of Light with both hands instead of one, fought in a stance so unlike the one I was used to, but I had seen used so many times that I knew every in, and out of confusing the Kurai that did not seem to recognize the style of the leader of the Shitennou, who I knew was gone, I had felt him leave, it was part of the bond that in a way we still shared. The sorceress may have taken his soul to do with his body as she pleased, but Kunzite's heart, that I knew I would always hold as long as this destiny and fate of our meeting played out upon the stage known as life. "Fool, you lower your guard," my Kurai said slashing down with the blade in her hand, but I only smiled as I raised my own. The dark onyx pierced through my shoulder only inches above my heart, the Lunarian silver had gone through her ribcage just below her own heart.

"You….would die for her," the Kurai asked of me as we both sank to our knees neither of our grips loosening upon our blades. "Hai, for Usagi, and Reiko….only to gladly," I said with a cough, that stained my lips red. "Sayonara. Rolling Heart Vibration," I yelled out as large golden shaped heart of energy spiraled in the air around the two of us causing my Kurai to scream out in pain as it was reduced to dust, while my own body began to fade and orange glistening like dust, my life energy I realized began to drift into the sky above, back towards my ancestral home, back to the place where I had once been so happy; oh so long ago, "Forgive me my que…." but my sentence was never finished as the darkness of death took me my words though still heard by Selene's spirit from her dais in the ruins of the moon kingdom. "Forgive me my queen, I could not stay with her till the end."

~ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~

When I saw Usagi fall to her knees I felt a pain in my heart, and as heart retching sobs escaped Usagi who was being comforted by Mamoru, I allowed my own tears, to silently fall for the loss of Mina-chan, because without even having to ask I knew that this is what had happened. "Usagi-chan, onegai! Stand up, do not let their sacrifices be in vain, we need you, now more than ever," I said placing a hand on her shoulder. "She speaks the truth Usa, we have to keep moving, we can't give up. Do it for Ami, and Makoto, and of course Minako," he said looking at myself when he said the last name. "O…okay," Usagi-chan said as she allowed us both to help her to her feet. "I sense something up ahead, it feels like the energy of those that took Ami, Mako-chan and Mina-chan," I said and was surprised when Usagi clung onto my fuku using all of her strength.

"You don't have to do this Rei-chan, I….I can't lose you as well," she said as the tears began to fall from her soft baby blue eyes once more and I gently brushed them from her eyes with my gloved hand as I softly smiled at her. "I think this is the part I must play. Remember the story Selene told us. It seems the fates wish for you and Mamoru to face her alone once again. "Take care of her Mamoru, iie Endymion, do not let Serenity die at that witches hands," I said fixing the tall masked man with a look that left no room for arguments. "I shall, take care Rei, iie Mars," he said holding out his hand to Usagi who looked first to me, and I only nodded before with a shaky breath she allowed Mamoru to take her hand and gently lead her away. "Rei," it was all Usagi said her voice breaking, but I understood, it was her way of saying farewell, as we both knew that it was very likely that like my three sisters in arms before me, I would not walk away from this encouter, but I would face it none the less.

I could not help the hollow laughter that escaped from me when I saw what form the demon that I had sensed with my miko training had taken. I had only seen her in pictures that I kept in my bedroom at the shrine, but their was no denying that the Yuma had taken the form of my mother who had died long ago, it was a dirty trick on the deamons part. I did not know if it thought I would truly fall for the trick, or grow angry and lose my focus dulling my skills when the two of us fought, yet I would not give this….thing the satisfaction of either. "You do neither I or yourself credit by taking this form demon, reveal yourself for what you truly are," I said slidding into my fighting stance as the demon laughed, high and cruel, as its form shifted to one that looked so much like me. Yet her skin was bright red, she wore a black and white fuku and the silver tiara upon her forehead contained no gem like my own golden one housed a round ruby in its center.

"As you wish Sailor Mars, or would you prefere I call you Hino Rei," she said, and I hid my surprise; if this creature knew that, what else did it know. "I am your Kurai, the darkenss that resides within all of mans hearts, no mater how pure, sin I think is the word you humans use," the Kurai of myself said with a feral smile showing off its elongated teeth. "Kurai," the creature yelled out and reacting quickly I yelled out "Fire," just managing to yell "Soul," at the same time as my Kurai my red and golden flames of energy meeting dark black and grey the two attacks causing an explosion that sent both myself and my Kurai skidding backwards, but neither of us where detered as we dashed towards one another, and exchanged blows that matched each other perfectly, the Kurai would strike, I would block or vise versa, neither of us seemed to hold an advantage when it came to hand to hand combat, and realizing this we both backflipped away from each other, as my Kurai called upon a deadly looking rapier made of black steal with a matching hilt, once again giving me that feral grin.

"Onegai Alexa, let me help you in this," I heard a familiar voice whisper from within my mind. "Jadeite, it is you ne," I asked as I could almost see him nodding within my head. "My stone Alexa, use it, call upon my weapon and style, together we are stronger than apart, able to hold our own against this force," he said and I silently nodded as I brought his stone within my hand as if formed his familiar blade, and I slid into a fighting style so unlike my own, but one I had seen in our many spars with one another in a time, lost to the histories of this Earth. "Those fool Shitennou, helping you even from beyond the grave," my Kurai said dashing forward with it blade that I met with my own the clinging of the steel of both blades filling the air. "I see," I said thinking of my sisters in arms as the two of us continued to duck and weave around one another, as I felt that the Kurai had revealed more to me that it had wished.

Ami, Makoto, Mina-chan, they where gone, but I realized so where their Kurai's. "Ha," my Kurai said her rapier puncturing my lung, but Jadeite's blade had done the same. "Rin, pyou, tou, sha, kai, jin, ritsu, zai, zen. Akuryö Taisan," I whispered with my last breaths placing a flaming ofuda scroll upon my Kurai's forehead, causing it to scream out in pain as it was reduced to dust, I could feel and see my own spirit leaving me as the red sparkling energy floated into the heavens. "Mina-chan, I am coming," these where my final thoughs as I allowed deaths surprisingly warm embrass to wrap around me, as darkness clouded my vision and I knew no more.

~ Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon ~

"Usako," Mamoru said when I stopped and turned my head. "She is gone," I said my voice broken, my tears spent, I felt so empty; they were gone I realized. "You are not alone Usa," Mamo-chan whispered in my ear as I softly nodded. "I know," was all I said grasping my hand when I could practically feel the dark energy in the air, Mamo-chan held me to him tightly as a dark orb of energy swirled around us, moving us through the air at a high velocity before the dome around us was no longer transparent, and myself and Mamo-chan shared a look as we felt the shift that had occurred, we had been transported somewhere. The dome around us fell like a curtain being drawn, to reveal a dark throne room; and a woman setting on a large obolisk like throne.

Their was no denying that she was beautiful in appearance with flowing red hair that reminded me of a comforting fire, pale porceline like skin, flawless in its prefection, was only highlighted by the deep purple gown adorning her hourglass figure, she had long talon like fingernails painted in black, and a silver tiara rested on her forehead, with a single onyx oval cut stone resting in its center. "Welcome Serenity, princess of the moon; and Endymion, prince of Earth. I am Lady Beryl, of the dark kingdom," she said in a voice that was soft and monotone, clearly meant to relax and subdue, but neither myself or Mamo-chan lowered our guard as I called the moon stick into my hands, supprise in my eyes, when it extended into an elegant staff, the Illusion Silver Crystal resting comfortable in the golden cresent moon at its top, its soft silver light illuminating the otherwise dark chamber.

"Ah, the Illusion Silver Crystal, by the time this day has come to an end that jewel will be mine," Beryl said standing a wicked smile crossing her features. "You shall not touch her while I breath sorceress," Mamo-chan said standing before me, and I watched as a soft golden light embraced his form replacing his tuxedo with a white and silver armor, a blade now pointing at Beryl from his right hand. It truly was elegant in its design the silver blade had a golden vine design inscribed into the very metal, the hilt was shaped like a golden dragon the wings acting as a cover for the hand over the hilt. "So you will stand with her, I could give you so much more than that girl could ever dream," Beryl said to "Endymion," I whispered as he turned to look at me with a soft smile upon his lips. "Serenity," his only reply as he turned his attention back towards Beryl.

"You could give me more sorceress, do not make me laugh," Endymion told Beryl causing the smile upon her lips to falter. "You are cold, emotionless, and do not realize what one as warm, as caring, as gentle as she, truly is worth. It is her heart, her very soul that I love; I wonder if you even can claim to have either," Endymion said causing Beryl to hiss. "You fool, then and now, she holds your heart. Die," she said forming a crystalline spear out of dark energy that hurled towards my prince who simply smiled as with a great force he launched his blade through the air, the percission of his through spintering the crystal into shards as the blade sank deeply into the sorceress' middle and she fell to her knees. I didn't realize until Endymion turned to me, what had truly occurred though, he stood before me, the shards of the dark crystalline spear embedded into him, he had shielded my body.

"Mamo-chan," I cried out catching him as he fell guiding us both to the floor below. "Usagi….I….I love you," he whispered as his eyes closed as tears fell from my eyes. "Iie, onegai; don't leave me Mamo-chan; I can't do this by myself, onegai," I said shaking him but he didn't reply but I heard Beryl's high cruel laughter fill the chamber. "He is gone," she said, "but I am not. Metallia….my queen help me, together we can end her and that cursed crystal once and for all," Beryl asked only for a deep, dark menevolent voice to reply echoing in the very stone walls around us. "I shall help you Beryl, but only because the words you speak are true. Do not confuse this with sympathy on my part; even if we are victorias, your body, your soul will belong to me; in essance you shall no longer exist." "I don't care, do it, together we shall end the legacy of Moon Kingdom once and for all," was Beryl's reply and I could only watch in horror as dark menevolent energy surged into the sorceress' body twisting and changing it. Her hair went from red to snow white, her skin was grey and reminded me of stone her fingernails now resembled true claws, like those of birds of prey, her mouth forming a smile that showed off long, sharpened fangs throughout her entire mouth.

"Serenity, daughter of Selene. Keeper of the Illusion Silver Crystal, at last we meet," Metalia said to me as I stood my staff at my side. "Metallia, your evil has caused nothing but greaf and strife. You twisted the minds of the Shitennou not only against their prince, but those that they loved as well, my sisters in all but blood, my senshi. You pried upon the desires and fears of a young sorceress and twisted them to match your own goals. I am Princess Serenity, daughter of Queen Selene; on behalf of the moon, I shall punish you," I said leveling my staff towards her, and smiled softly when Metallia had to shield her eyes from the light of the Ginzuishou. "Foolish princess, do you truly think you can stand against me," Metallia said as dark energy began to swirl within her hands, and just before she lauched the menevolent tourant of power towards me I softly closed my eyes and thought of all of those dear to my heart. "Die Serenity," Metallia said launching her attack as I opened my eyes a serene smile on my face as I softly whispered. "Moon Princess Halation," as a tourant of silver and golend energy flowed from the staff in my hands to meet Metallia's attack.

"The light of the Ginzuishou can not hold against me, foolish princess. Why not give up and die," Metallia asked me as the energy of her attack pushed my own back towards me slightly but I never stopped looking at her with anything less than pitty within my eyes. "For those that I love, this planet I was born upon; that is why I can not fail here this day," was my reply as I once again closed my eyes. "Ami-chan, Rei-chan, Mako-chan, Minako-chan. Haruka-san, Michiru-san, Sets-chan….Mamoru. I need you my friends, my love, help me," I asked and I smiled when I felt the spirits that surrounded me. "We are here koneko," Haruka's tenor voice said. "Did you truly think we would let you face this alone," Michiru added her ghostly form standing next to that of her lovers. "You brought us together," Sets-chan said. "Your love bound us together," Minako-chan added staring between myself and Mamo-chan's spirit; though I felt their was more to what she had said than the love we two shared.

"You are our friend," Rei-chan said. "A confidant," Mako-chan added. "Our princess," Ami-chan concluded as the spirits layed gloved hands over my staff. "Sailor Planet….," they said their spirits going into the Illusion Silver Crystal adding their energies to my own. "Now," Mamo-chan said as his ghostly arms wrapped around my middle and I yelled out. "Attack," as a rainbow of colors joined my silver light golden energy softly embracing it all as Mamoru was embracing me. "This can't be….noooo…." Metallia screamed out as the force of the attack overwhelmed the power of her own and covered her in its bliding light reducing her to nothing, as I fell to my knees, Mamo-chan's spirit no longer holding me up the staff in my hands vanishing as the Ginzuishou rested pulsing with each beat of my heart into the palms of my outstretched hands.

"Ginzuishou. Here my final prayer. Give my sisters in all but blood a life free of the burdans of the cross that all senshi must bare. Release my prince from the red strings of fate that have bound us for time immortal; allow him to find and love another. This I pray….in the name of the moon," I thought and softly smiled as with one last pulse of energy the Illusion Silver Crystal Shattered; and my eyes glassed over as I fell fading and leaving nothing behind. A spirit appeared upon the field becoming more solid with each step that she took. Her knowing onxy eyes scanned the battlefield around her as her magenta and white fuku blew in the wind around her. "The Ginzuishou will grant your final prayer my princess," the keeper of the Silent Glaive said as the weapon appeared within her hands.

"O Silent Glaive. Erase the scars inflicted upon this land, let your power purify this place, and reset the hands of time as my princess prayed. Death Reborn Revolution!" These where the final words that Princess Niobe of Saturn spoke as her glaive sliced through the air; while high above from her dias Selene's spirit grieved and rejoiced. Her daughter was lost, the Ginzuishou shattered, her very soul destroyed, but her final wish with the help of a princess who was to forever remain asleep, would at least come true, her senshi, her love they would get a chance to live once again….

Authors Note

I am very humbled by this act more than any other, and hope that you all enjoy reading it, just as much as I enjoyed creating it. Despite the title of this act this is not truly the end. In the tradition set by Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (the live action drama) I shall present one final act for you all to view, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Origins - The Special Act.

So until our next meeting,

I forever remain a . . . .

KuRSeofTime