Act 10
The recap opens with a curtain revealing Ariel in her pajamas on her bed holding her giant, deformed bunny doll. "Belle-chan and them think that Tuxedo Mask is the enemy, because he had spoken to the media about the Illusionary Silver Crystal." She is contained in a pink crescent moon as we see images from the previous episode. "Why did you tell everyone about the Illusionary Silver Crystal?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I also need to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal," Tuxedo Mask replied. "I want to know who I am."
Ariel's crescent bubble pops up again, "I think Tuxedo Mask has some reason for finding the Crystal, but we don't even know ourselves, either." As she finishes what she is saying, the scene switches to Belle in her shrine at night. A large banner on the wall says "Picture Story Show Little Mermaid." Before it and under the light of a lamp, Belle is drawing a picture and smiling softly. She finishes a line and sets the pencil down onto the table. She looks up and remembers seeing the Princess Pearl story on a bed as a child. She smiles ad then stands. Belle opens a sliding door and looks up at the moon with a big smile.
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Inside the Tsukino house, Ariel and Ikuko-mama are having an argument. Ariel gets in her face, "You are so mean because you never listen to what I have to say!"
"When have I never listened? You always object my opinion!"
"I haven't objected your opinion, you never listen," Ariel says as Shingo eats a slice of bread with jelly on it and drinks some milk.
"I always accept your opinion! I'm fed up with your selfishness," Ikuko says.
"I'm also fed up with your selfishness!" They glare at each other.
"Uh huh! I don't have to do anything for you, including wash you clothes, make your dinner… Ah! It's so good for me!" Ikuko sits at the table while Shingo continues at his meal under it.
Ariel puffs her cheeks at this, "HUH?! I, I- Damn it!" She shouts and leaves the dinning room.
Shingo arises from under the table, "She's running away." He sips at his milk.
Ariel throws down a cute duffle bag onto the floor and begins to pack it. "She's so annoying… It won't fit! That woman is not my mother!"
"What were you fighting about?" Melody asks.
Ariel flips around in a red light, "Whether we make a cheese or plain omelet."
"Oh my gosh! Well, where will you go?"
"Umm… What should I do?"
At Karaoke Crown, Ariel enters with her head down. She comes through the automatic doors and is shocked to see Eric behind the counter. She expresses this with a, "Huh?!" and alerts Eric's attention toward her.
"Why are you here?"
Ariel remembers him grabbing her handkerchief, or rather, hand back in the house of mirrors after their separation. "What are you doing?" Ariel asked. "I can't stand to be separated again. Let's go." "Alright…" Ariel looks down.
"Oh! Ariel-chan!" Aladdin calls from the back, exiting while removing his bag, "I have to go out, so I asked Eric to stay in place of me."
"Oh, I see," Ariel replies. She glances back at Eric.
He looks down and begins, "How many hours would you like to stay?"
"No, Ariel gets in free with her one-year pass," Aladdin shoots back.
"No, not today. Bye!" Ariel corrects him then leaves. Eric watches her go. Ariel pauses at the door and thinks, "I don't know why I couldn't get myself to go in…" she then takes off.
At Naru's place, Ariel rings the bell. She repeats with no answer. "Naru-chan isn't home, is she?"
Mulan walks out of a building and is greeted by Ariel, "Mulan-chan! Are you going to cram school?"
"No, I'm going to the Library. Today, my mama is off, so I want her to sleep well. I also want to research for where Sailor V's base is," Mulan says.
"Ah, I see."
Looking down at Ariel's bag, Mulan asks, "Ariel-chan, are you going somewhere?"
Ariel shakes her head, "No, nowhere in particular."
Outside Jasime's apartment, Usagi is talk to Jasmine, "Jasmine-chan, why are you wearing these clothes?"
With a red bandana on and home improvement habiliments, Jasmine replies, "Oh, I'm remodeling right now." She raises a mallet in her hands at the end of her sentence.
"Why do you need a mallet to remodel?"
"Huh?"
"I brought this treat for you because I thought my might be remodeling, here," Ariel smiles and hold up a small white box. She passes it to Jasmine and bids farewell as she departs. Jasmine peeks out the door at Ariel as Ariel sighs, "What should I do?"
Walking down a street, Melody suggests, "Will try Belle's Shrine, next?"
"Belle's so intense, she'll scold me." Ariel turns into the Hikawa Shrine and meanders about.
She sees Belle hand a thin pile of papers to a young girl, "You can use this paper to draw on. Bring them to me when you're done."
"Okay!" She takes off running with a smile.
"Ariel! What's wrong?"
"You're busy, aren't you?"
"Of course."
"I see. Bye."
"Just a minute, Ariel!"
"Huh?"
"You ran away, didn't you?"
"How did you know? Did you use your ESP?"
"No way, I've had experience in such things," Belle says as she flips around to head back into the building.
Ariel lowers her head and begins to leave, but Belle stops in her tracks and says more, "If you have no place else to go, would you like to stay at the Shrine?"
"Huh? Really?!"
Inside the Shrine, pictures are spread about the table Belle has been working at. Ariel picks one up, "Ah, are you making a picture story show for the Shrine?"
"We are doing a show here, please help me paint these," Belle says as she picks another one up and then sits down, handing the picture to Ariel.
"Oh! It's 'Princess Pearl'!"
"What is 'Princess Pearl'?" Melody pops up.
Ariel looks at her and begins to explain, "Huh? You don't know the story? The main character is Princess Pearl is a mermaid living on the ocean floor. She soon falls in love with a prince and went to the sea witch to have legs. In trade she lost her voice but got a chance to be with him. The ending varies depending on the story."
"Princess of the sea? You have such a story in Japan?"
Ariel nods, "I think the author had a dream that he went to the ocean floor and saw one and if there was a sea kingdom. I want to go to the sea and not home!" She picks up a paintbrush and begins to color Belle's drawing as she goes on about, "Perhaps, she is not my real mom!"
"It may not be a dream."
"Huh?" Ariel says turning her head. Belle also looks up at Melody.
"Ah, never mind," Melody says.
Ariel smiles, "Did you believe that story? It's not possible! In the sea-"
"When I was a child, I believed there was a sea kingdom. My mama liked the story and always read it to me," Belle says.
"Ah!" Ariel says nodding.
"So, don't say such a thing in front of the children, understand?"
"Yes," Ariel nods again.
In the Dark Kingdom, Shang stands before Queen Ursula, "Lady Queen Ursula, I'm so sorry! I haven't been able to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal, yet."
"I told you, Shang, you're looking for the Illusionary Silver Crystal only for me, I think it is lovely."
Shang rises from his bow, "Lady Ursula, I will surely find the Illusionary Silver Crystal for you!"
Ursula nods and smiles slightly. She then perks up and asks, "What is Philip doing?"
"He's trying to make a requiem before he kills the princess. He is creepy."
"I heard Philip can match his soul with people. I want to try that myself."
In Philip's piano room, he works on composing his "Requiem for a Princess". He ads a not to his sheet music, but then rips it from its bindings and throws it behind him onto the floor, which is scattered with previous mistakes. He tries new notes.
Back at the Shrine, Ariel whines about her mom, "I wanted to make the omelet with cheese, but mama wanted to make it plain, and she made it plain without my consent! My mama is so sefish!" As she sifts through the colored drawing, Ariel notices, "Huh, you don't have the last scene when Pearl goes back to the ocean, do you?"
"Yeah, the girl wanted to draw it, so I gave her paper to do it on."
"Ah! That girl from earlier! She likes this story?"
"She wants to be a Princess Pearl. She thinks that her late mother stays in the ocean."
"Huh?"
Belle once again remembers looking at the book 'Little Mermaid' on a bed as a child. She appears to be in a hospital room. "My mom didn't die, she went back to the sea," she thought, then smiled. "It's kind of like a dream," Belle says presently.
The young girl from before then enters the room. "Belle-chan!"
"Erika! What's wrong?"
"I messed up."
"Oh, the paint jutted out of the lines."
"What should I do?"
"It's all right!" Belle then paints the picture of the girl's hair black, "Paint like this."
"Ah! Belle-chan, you're amazing!" Erika smiles.
"This picture of Princess Pearl looks like you! Do you imagine going to meet your mom?"
"Yeah!"
"My mama is also in the sea."
"Ah! My mom might be a friend with your mom!"
"Maybe."
Ariel's facial expression becomes shock. She then thinks, "I see… Belle-chan's mama is also dead…"
"In the sea, the crabs make music," Belle says.
"I see!"
Ariel then gets up to leave. "Let's keep painting the pictures," Belle says to Erika.
She responds with, "Okay!"
Melody notices Ariel walk off and turns, "Ariel-chan?"
Ariel walks outside then leans against the frame of her exit door, "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" she says lightly pounding her head. "Belle-chan doesn't have a mom, but I keep complaining about my own mom so much!"
Melody walks out to Ariel's side, "It doesn't matter; you didn't know that."
Ariel signs, "I respect her…" She looks down.
In Philip's piano room, he continues with his song. With a quick, final stroke of his feathered pen, he picks the sheet and echoes, "This 'Requiem for a Princess' is a masterpiece!" He then drops the paper to the floor where they other lie. He starts again. A wind blows the papers about, and picks up Philip's hair and cape. The papers swirl together into a youma. It holds its bladed fingers together, and then separates them as it begins to sing like an opera singer to the music Philip is playing. It does a little puree and we then see a view of Tokyo where its voice echoes about.
In the Hikawa Shrine, Belle and Erika are still painting the remaining pictures. The youma's voice bellows there, too, and a picture of Pearl's face is set on fire. Belle gasps in shock.
At Jasmine's apartment, she looks around for a place to put a lamp. "Over there…" On the TV is a news reporter reporting on the arrival of a foreign princess.
The princess exits her ride, with a smile across her Caucasian face. She waves elegantly, but then hears the youma's voice, which causes her to become disoriented. She holds her head, and then collapses. The paparazzi crowds her and the reporter on Jasmine's TV kneels at her side, "The princess has collapsed!" Jasmine is alerted and flips around, "Huh?"
In a park, two little girls are playing with dolls on a bench. One holds a princess doll saying for her, "I am Princess Kirakira." It then sparks and goes a flame as she throws the doll to the ground.
In a library, another little girl flips through a book and comes across a picture of a princess. It also spontaneously combusts. The girl shouts. Mulan, sitting behind her, looks up.
Back at the Shrine, Erika is sweating and groaning. Belle tells her to take it easy. Ariel comes dashing in asking what's wrong. "It's a youma! You can hear it, right? This voice!" Ariel looks about, then kneels next to Erika and examines the pictures. Princess Pearl's face has been seared from every image. "What happened?! Princess Pearl was targeted?"
"In other words, the enemy might have targeted princesses" Melody says. Belle turns to her.
"I see," Ariel says turning to Belle, "but Erika-chan is…"
"Because Erika compared herself with Princess Pearl," Belle says. Erika continues to cringe.
"How terrible! We have to fight the youma as fast as possible!"
Ariel and Belle rush outside. "Moon Prism Power!"
"Mars Power!" They do a split screen transformation like Jupiter and Mercury did last episode. "Make-up!"
The youma continues to sing atop a building. Mars and Moon run about looking for it. They run up behind it without its notice. "Moon Tiara Boomerang!" The youma is hit and falls to the level the girls are at. "What you're doing is terrible for bestowing pain onto such a small girl! In the name of the moon…"
"In the name of Mars…"
"…We'll punish you!"
The youma begins to sing again, this time firing iridescent musical notes at the soldiers. They prance around, trying to avoid being hit. They then hold their ears as they swing back and forth. The youma then stops singing and flips forward with a screech. It lands behind them and fires a single note at Moon. Mars blocks it and is hit herself. She falls to the ground and Moon screams, "Belle-chan! Belle-chan, Belle-chan! Hold on!"
The youma then prances off, but is stopped by Jupiter and Mercury. "Hold it," Jupiter commands.
"Jasmine-chan! Mulan-chan!"
The youma does the sing and fire notes thing again, and Mercury and Jupiter dance around them. They then need to hold their ears as well, as the youma continues to sing. The two girls are hit and fall to the same fate Mars has. Moon stands up in shock. "Everyone…"
Melody comes up, "Sailor Moon! Put your feelings into your stick!"
"Huh?"
"Hurry! Use your feelings that you want to help everyone."
Moon nods and makes her Moon Stick appear. She holds it before her. "Please… Save everyone!" She turns around and holds the stick out. Pink beams come from it and go to the youma, who counters with its singing. Moon tightens her lips and forces more energy out. The beams begin to overpower the notes and destroy the youma. Moon smiles, "I did it!"
Melody shouts, "Sailor Moon!" as everyone lies on the ground. Moon holds the stick up again, and the pinks beams once again flood the area. Mars, then Jupiter and Mercury are revived. All of the ill and burning princesses are restored. Moon collapses to her knees, "I made it…"
The other three run up to her. "Ariel, good job," Jupiter says.
"You did well," Melody says. Ariel turns to her with a smile. Philip's piano begins to play again and the girls are alarmed. "Now way! Again?!"
Queen Ursula stands, laughing behind them. "Are you Sailor Moon?"
They flip around, "Who are you?"
"You don't remember me, do you? I've changed since the past. You Sailor Soldiers have also changed."
"What are you talking about?" Mars asks.
"Are you, perhaps…" Melody begins.
"My name is Queen Ursula of the dark kingdom, the queen of the Dark Kingdom!"
"Queen Ursula?" Moon repeats.
"You all are wreckage of the fallen Moon Kingdom. You should sleep quietly, together with the princess of the Moon Kingdom. However, it's already too late. I will present a great, dark blessing onto your princess. It is destruction!" She laughs as she disappears.
"Queen Ursulal… She is…" Melody says.
"Melody, that story…" Mercury says.
"What's happening? What is the Moon Kingdom? Is she talking about Earth's moon?" Moon asks.
"Yes, it was my intention to talk to you guys about that time, but… Our princess is the Princess of the moon."
The girls are shocked. "But, the moon is…" Moon says.
"It's true! I too came from the moon. And you guys are the four soldiers of the moon who protected the princess." They all gasp at this.
Moon gets up, "Moon kingdom?"
At the Hikawa Shrine, Erika narrates the story of Princess Pearl with the pictures they have drawn. "The Moon Kingdom is sounds like a dream," Jasmine says lightly. Mulan nods.
"It's real," Belle says. Erika continues narrating, and as Ariel listens, her lips quiver and her watery eyes shed a tear.
She sniffles and Mulan hears her, "Ariel-chan?"
"I don't know why I am crying. And suddenly… I guess I'm surprised."
"Ariel-chan!" Melody says.
Ariel goes on, "Hey, don't we come from the moon? Am I not my mother's daughter?"
As she says, Belle listens with teary eyes, about to cry herself, "Ariel…"
"It's alright," Melody says, "I'm sorry I confused you! It wasn't my intention to speak of this so suddenly." She hops onto Ariel's shoulder, "Don't worry! Ariel-chan is Ariel-chan. You are your mom's daughter! Let's go home, your mom is waiting for you." Ariel nods. Belle looks away from Ariel with tears in her eyes.
Back at the Tsukino house, Shingo is watching the television, and Ariel runs past him. She runs up and hugs her mother, "Mama!"
"Oh my! It's dangerous!"
"I'm home!"
"Yup! Welcome home!"
"Huh? She was only gone a few hours," Shingo says, then turns back to his television. Ariel begins to help Ikuko cook and they chat.
Melody comes into the door, "The enemy is approaching us rapidly. I hope the Princess is safe…"
At Narita Airport, a Northwest commercial jet lands. A paparazzi surrounds Aurora, but she just nods a whole lot.
Meanwhile, Philip is sitting at his piano, with his head back. His eyes open suddenly. "The climax…" His head drops forward, "…begins now!" He begins to play a new, quick tune on his piano.
Exiting the air-port, Aurora and her guard prepare to enter her limo. She stops suddenly as she hears Philip's new tune. She looks about and her guard's attention is caught, "Aurora-chan, what's wrong?" She doesn't answer as a truck comes speeding around a bend and head straight for Aurora. The driver is under the control of the song, and goes for Aurora. She turns shocked.
