This is it, the final chapter of my first "epic" fanfiction. Thanks to everyone who read it and I apologize for the long wait between the last chapter and this one. This provided to be very difficult for me to write, but I hope you enjoy it. Things are a little different than what you may have pictured them to be, but I kinda liked how it turned out. Keep in mind, this chapter is broken into segments and they don't follow immediately after each one. (A.K.A. Nothing happens simultaneously.) Anyways, thanks again for reading and please enjoy.

"We did it," Sailor Moon breathed heavily.

Looking around at the frozen tundra that took on the appearance of a frightening graveyard, she caught sight of four figures off in the distance. Tears began to stream down her face as she immediately recognized the bodies of her four best friends. Sailor Moon steeled her determination and stared at the Moon illuminating the night sky.

"Please, Silver Crystal. I don't want this to be our destiny; I wish we all could live our lives with the ones we love."

Clasping her hands in front of her, she closed her eyes and a bright light burst forth from her. The light shot into the sky and covered both the Earth and the Moon in its brilliance.

On the surface of the moon, the light from the silver crystal reflected off all the fallen marble structures and lit up the destruction that had been forgotten over the past one thousand years. Off in the distance, away from where the battle took place, a lone pillar stood tall and untouched in the sea of desolation. The column had not a single speck of dust upon the surface and stood as a symbol of hope to the future of the long lost people of the moon.

The Crescent Moon mark on top of the pillar began to shine as the light from the Silver Crystal reached through the barriers of space to land upon this world once again. The symbol began to glow brightly and kept burning with a fierce intensity, even after the light from the Silver Crystal disappeared. Shooting out a blast of light from the center of the pillar's mark, the Moon became engulfed in its own powerful light source.

While the planet of Earth slept, the Moon began to rebuild and reshape the future.

As the Pillar of Light began to reconstruct the surface of the Moon, four men rose from the ground and gathered together in the center of the courtyard. The men were speechless as they gazed at each other looking immaculate in their shittenou garb. After a few moments, the men began to hug each other and laugh as they took in the reality of their revival.

"Princess Serenity called to me," Kunzite stated, standing apart from the other three men.

Jadeite, Zoisite, and Nephrite sobered up and followed Kunzite's gaze and noticed the enormous sight of the Earth.

"Earth. It looks so beautiful from here," Zoisite whispered aloud.

Kunzite stood and saluted his home planet by standing tall, putting his feet together, and fisting his hand over his heart. The remaining three men did the same and their bodies began to glow. In a flash of light, all four men disappeared from the Moon's surface.

Floating in a circle of eight holding on to her beloved, Sailor Moon found herself surrounded by her friends and family after Chaos' defeat.

"I thought I had lost you. All of you," Sailor Moon cried, pressing her face into Tuxedo Mask's jacket.

"You always save us, Usagi. You are the light and hope to not only us, but the entire galaxy. The brightest burning star," Sailor Venus said, wiping her own tears away with her gloved hand.

After a few moments, all ten warriors began to descend to the ground as they took in the devastation around them.

"Usagi, it is almost time. The future of the Earth is almost upon us," Sailor Pluto spoke, pointing her staff towards the Moon Princess.

"Time has been changed, but not for the worse. You know the words I speak are true. The Moon was rebuilt before and so shall the Earth."

The inner senshi gasped in surprise, hearing of the Moon revival for the first time.

"The Moon….was rebuilt?" Sailor Mars questioned.

Nodding to the remaining senshi, Sailor Pluto took a step to the side and moved to motion behind her. When she moved, four figures were standing a few yards behind them dressed in grey suits. Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter all gasped and began to weep as they took in the sight of their newly revived lovers. They began to run in their direction, stopping short as all four men dropped to their knees in front of the reincarnated princesses.

"Minako, warrior of Venus and goddess of love. I pledge my unwavering loyalty to you and to the protection of you and this planet," Kunzite vowed.

Zoisite, Nephrite, and Jadeite followed their leader and vowed themselves to their lover's reincarnation standing before them.

Rei, Makoto, and Ami looked at the shittenou with shame as they offered their allegiance to them and to Usagi and Mamoru. Minako immediately fell into the arms of Kunzite and hugged him tightly against her body. After a minute or two, the other three women fell to their knees in front of their love and stared into their eyes as they cried.

"Minako, Rei, Ami, Makoto, shittenou. We should leave this place. Soon there will be a crowd coming to investigate and we shouldn't be here when the time comes," Sailor Neptune said, sympathy in her voice for cutting the tearful reunion short.

Everyone, including the four sorrowful couples, began leaving the death and destruction left upon the center of Tokyo at ground zero.

Twelve people could be seen sitting around the entrance to the shrine on Cherry Hill. Inside, near the Great Fire, there were two figures knelt down meditating and trying to find their own form of guidance. Occasionally, Usagi's excited wails would reach Rei's ears, but she would tune them out after a few seconds and double her efforts to maintain her concentration.

Jadeite didn't seem to be having the same luck. He couldn't focus on his meditation and would continuously sneak a quick peek at his meditation partner.

"Jadeite," Rei spoke, startling him.

Straightening himself, he bowed his head. "Yes, princess?"

Sighing, Rei dropped her hands to her lap and turned her face to look at him.

"You don't have to be so formal with me. This is a different time and people don't act that way anymore. None of us were raised as a princess, so don't treat us as if we were."

Jadeite blinked, trying to register her words and process them. After a few moments, he apologizes for his behavior.

"My apologies, Prin-"

Jadeite was cut off by the threatening look he received from Rei.

"My apologies, R-Rei. The only defense I have, is it feels like I was drawing my last breath on the surface of the Moon just a few days ago and that yesterday, I awoke and found you again. So for you, it has been over a thousand years, but to me, it's as if it was no more than a few days. Forgive me for my formality. I will try to adapt to this time period."

Listening to his explanation, Rei stared into the Great Fire with a thoughtful look on her face. The fire danced around in a blaze that showed unease and disturbance. Rei supposed it was reflecting her own feelings back at her. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed how contrite Jadeite looked and felt herself reliving the last moments she had spent with him on the Moon.

"Jadeite, the Great Fire in this room is similar to the Fire of Mars back on my planet. I've found this fire to be very peaceful and it only answers to those who have prayed to the fire before. The fire is telling me that we both have troubles on our mind that need to be voiced, otherwise we won't ever be able to deal with our mixed emotions later."

Jadeite nods his head but keeps his eyes to the floor.

"I want you to know that I had a premonition about you before the final battle. After many hours of meditation in this lifetime, I've been shown that the item that Queen Serenity gave me was a holy talisman that I still treasure to this day. The talisman is why I had the premonition and it showed me that you were to become my enemy. I think somewhere along the way, you would have been because that is what I saw. However, because of what I foresaw, I assumed you already were and thus I killed you in order to keep you from harming anyone else."

Jadeite looked up and saw that Rei's eyes were closed as she furrowed her brows to keep her emotions in check. Taking her hand into his, Jadeite stroked her knuckles with his fingers, getting her attention. Raising her eyes, she saw a smirk on his handsome face and blinked.

"Rei, I do not regret our past lives or how our death came about. What I do regret, is never doing this."

With those words out of his mouth, he pulls Rei by her hand and passionately kisses her sultry lips. The Great Fire reacted to their passion and the flame tips could be seen dancing playfully in the shadows.

Behind the shrine, a little ways through the woods, there was a small pond that was surrounded by flowers of all variety and trees that shaded the water to keep it cool to the touch. Nephrite was currently sitting on a rock with his fingers dipped into the water, causing it to ripple at his touch and rock the floating lily pads. His absence from the rest of the group did not go unnoticed.

Makoto was quietly sitting with Usagi and Ami on the steps of the shrine, when she realized that Nephrite had wandered off. She knew he was unfamiliar with the area and didn't think anything of it at first, but after what seemed like forever, she decided to excuse herself and try finding him. After searching the shrine and coming up empty handed, she figured that maybe he was outside somewhere, possibly training.

After searching the woods, she finally caught sight of a small clearing that had a pond located at its center. The area was gorgeous to the warrior of the elements and the beautiful atmosphere left her breathless. Until she caught sight of the handsome warrior she was searching for. Nephrite had his arm propped on his knee and his face in his hand; frustration rolled off of the silent man in waves.

"Beautiful place you've found here….Nephrite." Makoto spoke softly, so as to not startle him.

Even with her best efforts not to, she still managed to startle him and his foot slipped off the rock and plummeted straight into the pond, soaking his shoes and pant leg up to his calf. Speaking a silent curse to himself for being easily startled, he tried to shake his leg to rid his foot of any access water. Makoto tried with all her might, but couldn't help the soft giggle that escaped her lips. Nephrite glanced up at his intruder and noticed her laughing at his misfortune and found himself smiling in spite of his predicament.

"I figured you would wander off and find some safe haven such as this. I remember you telling me once that you loved nature and how it always provided you with your best meditation sessions."

Makoto stopped speaking and peered at him through her lashes before continuing.

"May I ask what has upset you? Why did you feel the need to wander off and come here?"

Nephrite lowered his eyes to the ground and balled his hands into fists as he fought to come up with an explanation for his former princess.

"I…"

He stopped, closed his mouth, and took a deep breath. Lowering himself onto the rock behind him, he willed himself to continue.

"You are right, I do love nature. This world is no longer like it was. Our home was full of trees and flowers and even the palace was surrounded by such beauty. I was trying to find myself out here in this little piece of nature. I may be a thousand years into the future from when I was struck down-"

Nephrite stopped himself and looked into Makoto's eyes, seeing the pain clearly written there. Unable to stop himself, he raises himself and rushes to her and takes her into his arms.

"Makoto, I am sorry. I never meant to bring that up. Do not ever think I blame you for what happened on the battlefield. I know it was not you that turned against me, but the power of Metallia that filled your mind. You struck me down because you honestly thought I was a threat, not because you were brainwashed, but because you were afraid I was."

Makoto stared into his eyes and felt her tears dripping off her chin. Nephrite reached up and wiped her tears away as he stroked her cheek. After a few moments of holding each other and staring into each other's eyes, they shared a deep, passionate kiss that would be their first in over a thousand years.

Sundown was upon the bustling city of Tokyo and the large group of people residing in the shrine on top of Cherry Hill was slowly beginning to disperse. It was agreed that the shittenou would be staying at the shrine until things settled down with the city, considering the mass destruction that had taken place between the sailor senshi and Chaos.

Ami had decided to head to the library to study and Zoisite asked to tag along so that he could begin to learn the ways of modern technology. After walking for a few minutes in silence, Zoisite cleared his throat.

"So, have you made any technology advances in this era?"

Ami smiled and dropped her head down.

"No, I've lived this life differently than during the Silver Millennium. Being a Princess of Mercury, my entire life was dedicated to the life of science and advanced technology, while at the same time representing our planet with honor. My father, King Hermes, had me doing research at such a young age that I wasn't able to be a kid. Living this life with my mother, I have had all the opportunities in the world to be normal. I still chose knowledge and I bide my time with being studious and learning everything I can, but I've lived a much more normal life this time, thanks to Mom and Usagi. I don't want to give that up."

Zoisite nodded, understanding the true meaning behind her wishes. They continued to walk in silence again after the brief conversation and Zoisite began to notice how Ami kept her distance from him and wouldn't look him in the eye. Frowning, he sought to confront her about it, when she announced that they had arrived at the library.

"Zoisite, if you would like to return back to the shrine, it is more than alright. If you follow this path until you get to a fork in the road, take the left road and it will take you up to the steps to the shrine."

Ami turned and began to walk up the path to the library, when Zoisite grabbed her arm to stop her.

"I would like to join you, Ami. Please," he pleaded, a sad look in his eyes.

Ami looked at his hand on her arm and had a brief flashback to when the last time he touched her, she froze him to death. Shaking her arm, he released her and lowered his eyes, believing he had offended her.

"Zoisite, I-"

Ami swallowed hard, feeling she needed to get this off her chest.

"I'm sorry I turned on you and killed you on the battlefield during the Silver Millennium."

Zoisite jerked his head up and stared into Ami's eyes with disbelief, not truly understanding the internal struggle she was currently suffering from.

"Ami, do not be sorry. I believe your actions to be the enemies doing and you wouldn't have done that if you didn't believe me to be a threat." Smiling, he added, "Besides, there's no one else I'd rather be frozen with than you, Ami."

Ami dropped her eyes and blushed, processing his words as his way of flirting.

"Now, you said you wanted to become a doctor. What advances have there been in the field of medicine?" Zoisite questioned Ami as they both walked into the library, hand in hand.

Kunzite and Minako decided to take a walk away from the shrine when everyone began to leave. Coming across the park, Minako pulled Kunzite down the stone pathway to a bench that sat in front of a Cherry Blossom tree. The sun was setting and the blossoms were hanging from the tree, making it look as if it were sleeping. The young couple sat next to each other, never saying a word and just watching the sun slowly hide away behind the tree line and bringing with it the colorful sky that always followed a sunset.

Kunzite could hardly contain his happiness to finally be with Minako again, but kept it in check when he realized how reserved she had been acting since his return.

"Is everything alright, Minako?" Kunzite asked, turning to face her on the bench.

Minako sighed, nervously fidgeting with her hands.

"You know that I'm not the same Minako that you knew during the Silver Millennium, right?"

Kunzite nodded slowly, still unsure where she was going with this.

"Right, okay, well. How do I say this," she rhetorically asks.

Throwing her hair over her shoulder, she groans.

"My memories can be a little hazy of my past life. I do remember you and I remember the final battle when we both were killed by Beryl. What worries me is, I'm not the same Minako. You loved her; you didn't love me. I still have feelings for you as if we are both one and the same, but ever since you've been back, we haven't reconnected in a soul bond like I thought we would. Well, that is what I thought if we ever met again and since-"

Kunzite raised his finger against her lips to cease her rambling.

"Minako, we have been back for all of half a day. Worry not what the future brings, but what our present holds. You remind me every bit of the Minako I knew in the Silver Millennium. Aside from how your eyes don't hold the same heritage in them, you look just the same as you did a thousand years ago. My soul has been connected to yours through the years and I have never felt more complete than when I was with you then, and when I'm with you now."

Kunzite stroked Minako's cheek as her eyes watered. One slipped down her face and he leaned in and softly kissed her pouty lips. Upon contact, Kunzite and Minako began to glow and their lips were forced to separate. Minako's yellow glow slowly began to wrap around Kunzite, as his purple glow wrapped around her. The Venisuan symbol became aglow on Minako's forehead, shooting out and hitting Kunzite in the same spot on his forehead.

Once again, a thousand years later; the soulmates were reunited.

The period following the battle with Chaos were hard, but no less eventful. The soldiers never saw another enemy advance to their world and try to overcome them, but they had their fair share of adventures. Usagi and Mamoru got married in the spring a year after he was revived from the Cauldron.

About two years after the final battle, the Sun began to expand and started exhibiting a large amount of heat that burnt the Earth's atmosphere. Before it was completely gone, Usagi used the Silver Crystal to place the planet into a deep sleep. During that time, Usagi and Mamoru were expecting their little bundle of joy, Chibi-Usa, at any moment. Usagi gave birth to Chibi-Usa the day before the deep sleep and then encompassed every human into a crystal coffin that kept them alive during the long slumber.

The years following the awakening, Usagi and Mamoru rose to power, becoming Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. They reigned over the Earth as its new rulers and preserved peace for their planet for many years to come. As for the shittenou, they all eventually worked up the courage to ask the woman they loved to marry them, each responding with a jubilant 'yes'.

The proud senshi became known as the planetary protectors, while the brave Earth generals, the shittenou, stood by their leaders faithfully, until the time came for the next generation to take over the reign of the Earth.

It seems that destiny is never as definitive as we think.