Author's Note: This chapter is a little spoiler for the R movie. If you haven't seen it, try to skip over the paragraphs at the end of the chapter.
The next morning, everyone gives an apology to Ash and Misty. "What are you apologizing for?" Ash asks.
"For us being so rude to you," Usagi replies.
"I'm sorry for acting the way I did," replies Ash.
"Me too," Misty states.
"Don't worry about it," Minako states.
"I'm bored," Chibi Usa says in a loud voice.
"Hey, I've got an idea," Brock says.
"What's that Brock?" Chibi Usa asks.
"Let's all go to the movies," Brock replies.
"There's a new Pokémon movie called Mewtwo Strikes Back. Why don't we go see that?" suggests Ash. Everyone agrees. A few minutes later, they arrive at the Pokémax. Mamoru, Brock and Ash decide to treat everyone. They all got their tickets and snacks and went to watch the movie.
When the movie is over, Usagi and Minako say, "That was a good movie!"
Ash asks Misty if she liked the movie and she responds, "Yes, I did."
Suddenly, they hear two familiar voices. "Prepare for trouble. Make it double."
"Can you please shut up, Team Rocket?" Ash asks.
"How dare you interrupt us when we are saying our introduction!" Jessie replies.
"Ok, ok, say the stupid opening lines," Ash fires back. Everyone proceeds to sit down and drink some tea.
"Thank you!" James replied. "To protect the world from devastation. To unite all people within our nation. To denounce the evils of truth and love. To extend our reach to the stars above. Jessie!! James!! Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light. Surrender now or prepare to fight. Meowth that's right!"
Misty asks, "Are you happy now?"
"Yes, we are," Meowth replies.
"Let's battle," Jessie says.
"I'll take care of them this time," Brock says.
"Good luck, Brock," Ash and Misty reply.
"Are you going to chit chat all day with your friends or are you going to battle us?" James says.
"Arbok, go," "Weezing, go!" Jessie and James yell.
"Prepare to lose again like you always do," Brock replied.
"Pick your Pokémon already," James says.
"Onix, go!"
"Arbok, poison sting attack!"
"Weezing, smoke screen now!"
Arbok attempted to bite Onix, but broke his teeth and yelled in pain, "Arrrrbok!" Weezing used its smoke screen attack and nobody was able to see.
"Pidgeotto, I choose you! Blow the smoke away with your gust attack!" Ash yells.
Pidgeotto blows not only the smoke away, but also Team Rocket. "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
"Pidgeotto, return!" Ash holds out the Pokeball, but suddenly, Pidgeotto begins to glow. He evolves into Pidgeot. Pidgeot heads toward the Pokeball, but Onix suddenly moves towards Pidgeot. Onix knocks Pidgeot away from the Pokeball and straight into Misty. She falls off the cliff.
"Ash, help me!!"
"I've got her, Ash," Sailor Venus says. "Venus Love Me Chain!!" A chain of hearts spins around Minako and then shoots towards Misty. Misty grabs onto it and everyone helps Minako pull her back up the side of the cliff.
Ash runs over to Misty and they embrace for a few seconds. After they separate, everyone else comes running over and hugs Misty. "Thanks, guys, but you're killing me here." She turns to Ash and says, "I think I'd prefer falling off the cliff to getting squashed by my friends." They all head back to the Pokémon Center.
* * *
Ash, Misty, Usagi and Mamoru go outside. They sit down at a picnic table and start talking. Misty says, "So Usagi, how did you discover that Mamoru was your lost Prince?"
"It's a long and complicated story," Usagi states taking a deep breath, "I'll try to relate it as best I can. You know about our past from the days of the Silver Millennium. I was just an ordinary girl in the present, actually until about four years ago. One day, on my way to school, I saw some kids beating up on a poor black cat. That cat was Luna. I chased them off and pulled the bandage off of Luna's crescent moon, the symbol of my moon family. She followed me around all day. When I got home and was taking a nap, she opened my window and came in. Luna told me that I was the Sailor Senshi of the moon, Sailor Moon. I didn't believe her until she gave me my transformation locket. When I transformed, I was able to hear my friend Molly screaming for help. I ran to rescue her, but the monster was too strong for me. Suddenly, a man in a tuxedo and mask appeared. He threw a red rose at the monster and spoke a few inspiring words. He identified himself as Tuxedo Mask. That would be the first time he came to my aid. Whenever I was in trouble, he would come to save me. At the same time, I had come into contact with a college student named Chiba Mamoru, who acted like a total creep to me, always calling me 'odango atama'. We went on antagonizing each other for a while."
"Midway through our battle with the Dark Kingdom, one of Queen Beryl's henchmen, Zoisite, dressed up as me and pretended to be captured to lure us into a trap. This trap was designed to make us and Tuxedo Mask turn over our Rainbow Crystals to them."
"When I attempted to free the fake Sailor Moon from her bonds, I was stabbed in the shoulder by Zoisite. He shed his disguise and revealed his true form. While we battled, his partner Malachite had Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter trapped. If it weren't for the timely appearance of Venus, I would have lost my Rainbow Crystals. While she distracted Zoisite, I was able to get away, but not before Queen Beryl, who was watching the battle, discovered who I was," Mamoru says.
"The next day, I was on my way to a meeting at Rei's temple. I came across Mamo-chan and slapped him in the shoulder area, claiming there was a bee there. A minute later, after he started walking away, I realized he wasn't acting right and he was bleeding, so I decided to follow him," Usagi says. "When Zoisite engulfed him in an energy bubble, I got caught in it and fainted. I awoke a few minutes later to see Mamo-chan and Zoisite arguing. I thought they were after me and then I found out otherwise."
"Under Beryl's orders, Zoisite challenged me to a duel, but was also under orders not to harm me. I threw a rose at him and cut his face, so he disregarded Beryl's orders."
"The floor started breaking apart and we got trapped in the elevator where we kind of had a heart to heart talk. Zoisite launched a fireball at us from above and I made a split second decision to transform into Sailor Moon in front of Mamo-chan. That decision saved us from the fireball. Then, I discovered that Mamo-chan was Tuxedo Mask."
"Zoisite and I were to duel and Usako tried to convince me that together we could beat him. I was too stubborn to listen and was stabbed in the chest with an ice crystal. I told Usako that it was up to her to get the crystals from Zoisite."
"As I held Mamo-chan's body in my arms, I started to cry. My tears formed the seven rainbow crystals into the Ginzuishou. I was revealed to be the Moon Princess."
"I got my memories back and was revealed to be Usako's true love, Prince Endymion from Earth. Eventually, we were to be married, but we were killed before we could."
"I remembered the last time I saw Mamo-chan. It was the day that Beryl attacked the moon and destroyed my kingdom. After that memory, we both passes out. I woke up a while later only to find Jupiter carrying me. Then, I found out our enemies had taken Mamo-chan. I fought like mad to break the spell Beryl had cast on him. Eventually, I did, but he, like my friends, died so I could live and defeat our enemies."
"And I would die a million deaths for you, Usako," Mamoru says, leaning over and kissing her softly on the lips."
"How sweet," Ash and Misty say together.
"What happened after that, Usagi?" Misty asks.
"We were brought back to life by the Ginzuishou, but without our memories. Luna revived the Sailor Senshi, but Mamo-chan was still without his memories. We got back together only to have him break up with me a short time after that which broke my heart."
"Why did you do that, Mamoru?" Ash asks.
"I had been getting nightmares that told me if I stayed with Usako something terrible would happen to her. She had been getting them as well. When we went back to the 30th Century with Chibi Usa to free her mother, Neo Queen Serenity, we met my future self, King Endymion. He sent us those nightmares to see if our love for each other was strong enough to get us through the battle with the Royal Family of Nemesis. We proved our love was strong enough to defeat them. They then turned Chibi Usa against us. Wiseman convinced her that nobody loved her and he turned her into an evil, twisted adult version of herself called Black Lady. We defeated her as Black Lady and then she used the Ginzuishou of the future to aid Usako in defeating Wiseman. Then, she returned home."
"That's sweet," Misty says.
"So was your declaration of love yesterday," Usagi replies.
Ash says, "Speaking of yesterday…when you guys were in your room, were you…were you…?"
"Yes, we were. Why?" Mamoru says.
"Because we heard everything that was going on between you," Ash replies. Usagi and Mamoru's faces turn bright red.
"It's a miracle that you two have managed to stay true to each other for so long, considering what you've been through," Ash states.
"Ash, we love each other. We always have and we always will. We already know about our future. We know that we do get married and have a child, Chibi Usa, and that in the 30th Century, after we awaken from almost a millennium's sleep, we become the King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo. We shouldn't even know that about ourselves, but because of Chibi Usa getting us to help save Usako, we found out. When I first met her, Usako was a humongous crybaby who was always whining about something or another. She's come quite a long way since then and I realize every day how lucky I am to have her. She would sacrifice herself to protect her friends."
"A while back, we were out on a date and the other Senshi and Chibi Usa were there too. We were at a nursery when all of a sudden, a person I knew as a small child appeared. He had promised to find a flower to give me so I'd always remember him. He had found one, but it possessed him. He tried to kill Usako in the middle of a battle, but seriously injured me instead. He took me to his base to heal me. Usako and the other Senshi came to rescue me and stop him from destroying the earth. After I broke free of the healing chamber he had put me in, I went to aid Usako and the others. She had to choose between her friends or the Cutie Moon Rod, which could destroy all of the plants. She chose her friends over the wand. They were angry with her, especially Rei, but they understood what they meant to her. She meant the same to each one of them. Fiore later realized what the Kisennian was doing to him and destroyed it. He disappeared only to later reappear with a flower that gave life through its pollen."
"Usako had died protecting us on our re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere with the Ginzuishou. We no longer cared about our lives, we cared about the one who we had lost, who meant so much to all of us, me most of all. Then, the pollen from Fiore's flower brought Usako back to life."
"Wow, Usagi! You're lucky," Misty says.
"I know," Usagi replies.