Chapter Six

Remember Love

Prince Endymion stared at the beautiful, tearful girl holding the dieing child.

"Who is that...she seems so familiar..."

"Why Darien, Why...." Serena buried her head into Rini's little body. "Oh Chibi-Usa. Don't go. Please. I-I promise If you stay...I will let you have everything you want. My room, my things....Chibi-Usa please don't go. I love you."

"I love you" Those words rung through Darien's head like a beautiful memory that had sadly been forgotten.

"Small Lady!" Diana who's upside down crescent moon had returned to normal ran to Chibi-Usa with the Luna-P ball following.

"M-mommy." Chibi-Usa whispered.  "Diana..."

"Chibi-Usa!"

"I'm sorry mommy...I tried to fight it. The evil...but it was to strong...I wish I was a strong as Sailor Moon."

"Chibi-Usa! It's okay. You are as strong as Sailor Moon." Serena sobbed. "You're even stronger. You're a much better person then me, Chibi-Usa. You can't leave me. I need you. Now and in the future." Serena prayed for her daughter to live.

"I wish I could see them...Puu...My mommy, Neo-Queen Serena" Chibi-Usa coughed and Serena held her tighter "Queen Serenity, Elios, and Hotaru..."

"Oh Chibi-Usa." Serena sobbed.

"*She* isn't Hotaru" Chibi-Usa said lifting her finger weakly at Mistress Nine "Save Hotaru mommy. Tell her she will always be my best friend."

"No, Chibi-Usa you can tell her" Serena insisted.

"And save Darien mommy. Save him and tell him I love him. I love you both." with that Chibi-Usa began fading.

"No..NO!" Serena's back straightened. Fear filled her heart freezing it in darkness. "No. Chibi-Usa! Don't go!"

"I love you." Chibi-Usa whispered.

"Chibi-Usa! Please!"

"I love you......" Chibi-Usa said one last time before fading away completely. At the exact same moment the Luna P-Ball that was floating close by fell to the ground with a thud.

The Princess of the Future Moon...Daughter to the future King and Queen of Earth... Small Lady was dead.

"NO!" Serena screams filled Prince Endymion with such pain. He didn't understand why. "Stop that!" He yelled.

Serena turned to him boldly. "How could you!"

"I told that brat I wanted to finish Sailor Moon."

"How could you kill your only child? Our only child!" Serena yelled.

"Quit your complaining and tell me where Sailor Moon is before I have to hurt you." Endymion demanded.

"Right here, you scum!" Serena help her hand up and yelled "Moon Eternal!".

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Super Sailor Venus waited expectantly for Serena to transform but nothing happened. She felt so weak and she was totally overcome with sadness. Poor Chibi-Usa. She had had such a good soul. Mina had loved that little girl with all her heart. She had loved her as much as she loved all her friends. But...they were all also dead now. All of them except Serena. "I must protect Serena. The Princess."

Super Sailor Venus struggled to stand up. She was able to get on her knees before she finally fell back.

Serena stood in front of Prince Endymion holding her hand out awkwardly.

"M-moon Eternal!" she repeated nervously. Nothing happened.

Prince Endymion frowned. "What is this silly girl trying to do?"

"L-luna! I can't transform!" Serena said naturally calling to her beloved guardian cat for help.

"Luna?" Super Sailor Venus wondered. "Hey where are those cats anyway? The only one I've seen is Diana..."

"Artemis" Venus whispered aloud worriedly.

"Luna?" Serena repeated.

"Oh, I'm sorry..." Mistress Nine said. "Were you talking to this cat?" She laughed wickedly and held out the motionless body of black cat with a crescent moon forehead by the neck. "Or maybe...Were you talking to this cat?" She held an identical looking motionless white cat in her other hand.

"No!" Venus screamed. "NO! Artemis!"

"Mommy...Daddy?" Diana whispered. She suddenly began to fade away.

"Luna! Artemis! Diana!" Serena cried. "NO!"

All three guardian cats were now dead.

"I don't understand..." Venus said crying "Why is it so hard to defeat you? How have you managed to kill all of them? ALL of them" She sobbed, "This has never happened before!"

"Luna!" Serena screamed. She fell to floor and pounded her fists onto the ground.

"You were just lucky before you silly scouts! Darien! Endymion or whatever! You should not have killed Wicked Lady!" Mistress Nine scolded.

Venus felt a tiny flash of hope in her heart overcome with sorrow. She wiped a tear from her eye. "Maybe Hotaru is still in there." she hoped.

"I wanted too!" Mistress Nine laughed.

"No!" Venus suddenly leapt up filled with energy. All of Venus's hope was crushed. She felt so much sorrow she felt she couldn't handle it. "I'm sorry Serena but no! I cannot let them live anymore! They must die! You can never heal those wicked hearts!"

Sailor Venus suddenly let out a powerful blast that sent Mistress Nine and Prince Endymion crashing into an abandoned brick building at the side of the alley.

Serena looked at Venus shocked.

"N-no Venus! We have to try!" She cried out.

"No! They will suffer for the pain they have caused me! The will suffer in hell!" Venus screamed.

"Oh Venus...have you become evil too? That is not how the Sailor Scout of the planet of love should be talking." Serena said worriedly. She walked to her friend and gave her a hug. Serena sobbed into Venus's shoulder.

"Your annoying goody-goody hugs are no good Serena" Venus said coldly as she pushed Serena away from her. "You dumb meatball head! You are supposed to be the strongest senshi! For the strongest senshi you are such a weakling! I should be leader!" She shouted angrily.

"S-Sailor Venus" Serena whispered. Venus's word cut through her heart like a sword hurting her even more then she had already been hurting. "You-you don't mean that, do you?"

"I do mean it!" Venus screamed. "When I was leader of the scouts on the Moon Kingdom this never happened!"

"B-but Venus..." More tears flowed down her cheeks at she looked at one of her best friends.

"Go home, Serena" Venus replied icily. "You may have been able to beat Beryl, Metallia, Nepherenia, and Chaos but you can't beat them. So just go home. Go home so you can be the little baby like you always wanted to be."

Serena' tears stopped. A look of determination passed through her face as she stepped towards Super Sailor Venus. "Stop the act. Mina."

"What act?" She asked.

"Please. Stop." Serena said. "I know you feel you have to protect me. But I can do this. We can do this. The beautiful moon and the planet of love. Sailor Moon and Sailor V." Serena grabbed Super Sailor Venus's hand and suddenly a beautiful flash of gold hit them.

When the flash disappeared the original beautiful Sailor Moon in her plain blue and red uniform and the original gorgeous Sailor V in her blue and red sailor suit with mask on were left standing in a fog of golden power.

"I'm sorry, Serena. I was acting. I want to protect you, princess." Sailor V whispered bowed down to Sailor Moon. She kissed Sailor Moon's hand.

Sailor Moon smiled and pulled on Sailor V's arm to get her up.

"We will beat them together. Right, Sailor V?

Sailor V frowned. "Sailor Moon...I think you have to do this alone..."

"Wh-what?!?" Sailor Moon asked. "But this is new, we haven't done this before!"

Sailor V giggled. She suddenly transformed back into Super Sailor Venus.

"Thank you for trying to include me. I have always wanted to be a star." Super Sailor Venus began to give one of those wonderful speeches that those senshi just love giving. "I used to run around as Sailor V when I was young to help out the police and become a famous female super heroine. Meeting you and becoming Sailor Venus fulfills my dream. I haven't realized it until now." Venus giggled. "Remember when I would chase around the Star Lights just to get a chance to be a star?" Venus got serious and took Sailor moon's hand. "Now you Sailor Moon, you must defeat them."

"I can't fight Darien." Sailor Moon whispered.

"You are not fighting Darien. You are fighting evil itself." Venus said.

"You're right..."

"Defeat them." Super Sailor Venus said. "For Chibi-Usa, Luna, and everyone else."

"Can't I save them?" Sailor Moon asked.

"You can try. But if it can't be done...please Serena?"

"Don't worry Mina, I will save the world." Tiny tears began to form again at the corner of her eyes "Again" she whispered. "No matter what it takes."

"One last time." Super Sailor Venus added.

Suddenly a black rose came flying at Sailor Moon.

Super Sailor Venus cried out and dodged in front of her.

The rose that had been flying straight for Sailor Moon cut through Sailor Venus's heart in a flash.

"No! Sailor Venus!" Sailor Moon cried "Not you too!"

"Don't worry, princess" Super Sailor Venus smiled holding her hand against her bloody chest. "This was supposed to happen." She glowed yellow as she began fading away just like everyone else did.

"But, Sailor Venus!" Sailor Moon whimpered.

"Be strong, Serenity. Please defeat the evil. I will be with the others." One more bright and cheery smile flashed onto Sailor Venus's face as she faded away. "Remember love..." she whispered. Her last words.

The Sailor Soldier of the planet of love was now dead too.

"I will. I will, Mina. Always! I'll always remember love!" Sailor Moon then turned to her own love. Prince Endymion.

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Prince Endymion stared at Sailor Moon with such great hatred. He could feel the hate pulsing through his veins.

Sailor Moon stared back with love. She could not hate her prince even if he had just killed their own daughter.

"Don't worry Darien. I will save you, my love." Sailor Moon whispered.

"Save me! Don't even bother!" Prince Endymion scoffed. He held his hand out and shouted "La Smoking Bomber!".

The attack hit Sailor Moon. She fell to the floor. "Darien stop it!" She yelled at him.

Prince Endymion ignored her and drew his sword. He charged at Sailor Moon. Just as he was about to get her a white rose came flying between them.

A masked man in an Arabian Knight's outfit appeared.

Serena looked at the mysterious yet familiar man and gasped.

"Moonlight Knight!" Sailor Moon cried, "Is it really you?"

"Yes it is me, my love." Moonlight Knight whispered in pain. He was crushed because he knew that his true self just killed his beloved daughter, Chibi-Usa.

"Who is that?" Prince Endymion yelled enraged.

"Forget about who that is! Kill Sailor Moon! Now!" Mistress Nine ordered. She was standing on top of a building. Her long black hair flowed all around her moving with the wind.

"Moonlight Knight! How can you be here?" Sailor Moon asked looking back and forth at Prince Endymion and Moonlight Knight.

Prince Endymion was just about to attack Sailor Moon again when the Moonlight Knight intercepted the attack.

"You are very strong! But, I can not let you harm the beautiful princess." The Moonlight Night said with clenched teeth. "Her only wish was to be loved by her love. But you!" He glared at Prince Endymion "You have to attack her instead!"

Prince Endymion's sword clashed with the Moonlight Knight's as they dueled.

"You've shattered her dreams. Her dreams of peace and her dreams to star with her friends a simple play of true love. Now I! I will shatter you!" The Moonlight Knight looked over at Sailor Moon. "Run away, Sailor Moon!" the Moonlight Knight shouted at her.

"But..."

"Go!" He yelled. "I will meet you at Darien's apartment!"

"But Moonlight Knight! What about you?" Sailor Moon asked.

"I'll be fine, now go!"

Sailor Moon looked back at her precious Moonlight Knight and Prince Endymion fought each other. "It's like Darien is fighting himself..." She whispered as she took off.

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Serena lay in Darien's bed crying her eyes out. She held in her hand a picture of everyone: the scouts, the cats, Chibi-Usa, and Darien. "Guys...I wish you were here." Serena weeped.

Suddenly she heard the door open. She turned around and the Moonlight Knight came tumbling in. He held his bleeding arm in his left hand. His mask was down around his neck.

"Moonlight Knight are you ok?" Serena rushed to him immediately.

"I'm okay, my princess." He tried to smile as he looked at his love but ended up cringing instead. His arm heart so much... Small tearlets were falling down Serena's face and  it filled the Moonlight Knight with such pain and sorrow.

"Have you been crying?" He asked wiping a tear from her rosy cheek with his good hand.

Serena nodded.

"I'm so sorry." He said. "I'm even more sorrier, that I can't stay."

"But..." Serena started. "What happened? Why are you hurt? Why can't you stay?" Serena started asking a million questions.

The Moonlight Knight just smiled. "Asking a million questions..." He whispered recalling memories from his past on the Moon Kingdom.

"Darien..." Serena said.

"I'm not really Darien, you know." the Moonlight Knight said. "I'm just part of him. The part that loves you and always protects you. I never thought that I would have to come to save you from myself..."

"Oh, Darien." Serena buried herself into the Moonlight Knight's arms.

"I can't stay." The Moonlight Knight repeated quietly.

"But Moonlight Knight! I can't do this alone!" Serena wailed.

"You don't have to. I came to tell you..." The Moonlight Knight paused as he fell into a fit of coughs. "Oh Princess" he said hoarsely "I am in a battle with myself. A battle I cannot win. The evil is just to strong..."

"What evil?" Serena wailed holding on to the Moonlight Knight dearly.

The Moonlight Knight backed away from Serena. He held her away from him with his hands on her shoulders. He looked her straight in the eye and said "My love. Dear brave Sailor Moon. You are the only one who can defeat the evil. Believe in yourself. Save me my princess. Free me once more. I came to tell you...The outers are still alive. They didn't kill them. They are unconscious at the ends of the earth. You must find them."

Suddenly the Moonlight Knight began fading just like everyone else had.

"Darien!" Serena shouted.

"Find them...Free me once more my love...I wish I could protect you..."

"Please don't go!" Serena pleaded.

"Free me once more..." The Moonlight Knight faded away completely in a flash of white.

"No!" Serena said. She fell to the floor and began sobbing. "No!"

Now the Moonlight Knight was also gone...and Serena was alone again.