The chapter you've all been waiting for!!

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Chapter 13

Usagi sat in the shadows, waiting, pondering. A slight part of her mind had been tugging at her since she let Mamo-chan in. She kept asking herself why.

"Isn't it obvious?" she asked. "I'm tired of this destiny. I want to live my life."

A droplet began to form in her eye and she turned her head and brushed it away.

"Minna. Why am I pushing you away?" She asked sadly.

Her eyes flickered and again Usagi become devoid of emotion. "Stop whining." She said to her inner self. "It's bad enough that you let the two of them in, let alone that I had to put up with your sniveling."

She stood and walked to a lone crystal which contained a mirror. Holding her hands out, she said, "Ginzuishou come forward," to which the shining rock of silver came forth. It was almost fully covered with red.

"Finally I am strong enough. I must purify myself of you." She stated, and a wave of silver-red light began to surround her and circle upwards.

"No!" she heard herself cry, but it was too late. Finally, they were separate. In the mirror appeared a crying, whimpering Usagi, pressed up against the glass. The crystal lowered and stopped shining, covering itself completely in red.

"Guess you'll get to live in a mirror for awhile. I'd like to see Mamoru try to free you now! Ta-ta!" she said to the Usagi in the mirror, just before disappearing.

Meanwhile, Mamoru and Clark were standing in front of a very large boarded door.

"Guess this is it." Clark stated.

Mamoru looked at him. "Ready?"

"Yeah."

Both guys ran at the door repeated times, and finally the force caused the door to collapse. Mamoru and Clark fell to the floor. A large crystal jutted upward.

"Is that a mirror inside?" Clark asked.

Mamoru looked up at the crystal and saw a tuft of blonde hair. His eyes glistened with tears as he ran to the mirror and looked tenderly at her.

"Usako."

"Mamo-chan."

Clark walked over to see the couple pressed up against opposite sides, looking at each other lovingly. He noticed a black glow from his pocket, and took the black kryptonite out. It glowed more and more until it eventually engulfed the mirror and broke it, causing Usagi to appear and fall to her knees, fading.

Usagi looked up at Clark. "Thank you." She said, and turned to Mamoru.

"Usagi, you're..." Clark began.

"I know. She left – the other me. She took the crystal with her. It's red now." Usagi said with tears in her eyes. "And for once, I don't know...I can't..."

"Shh..." Mamoru quieted her, holding her. She was almost completely transparent, disappearing in his arms.

Uncomfortable, Clark rooted around his pockets. His hand clasped an oval shaped object, which he pulled out. Letting it go, it floated to Usagi. She looked up with hope in her eyes.

"My star seed," Usagi stated contently. A wave engulfed her and the star seed was gone, but Usagi had stopped fading. She stood up, as did Mamoru, still embracing her.

She ran over to Clark and began to hug him madly.

"Hey, it's ok, we're here now." Clark said.

"Clark, Mamo-chan, I'm so glad. I thought you were..."

"But we're not." Clark said, causing Usagi to embrace him harder. "Hey, do you think by any chance that you could use this?"

Usagi looked at the black rock, and took it out of Clark's hand. It immediately caused Usagi's star seed to come out and shaped itself into a ginzuishou shape. The remaining black crystal now had bits of all colors coming from it, even the deadly green inside.

"It's like the ginzuishou, but how?"

"Usako, I don't know what happened, but we have to hurry before this gets out of hand."

"Then let's go catch her." Usagi said, as she placed the new crystal into her brooch, and led the guys through the narrow hallways.


The new Usagi stood at the peak of the tower. She looked down at the senshi.

"Usagi?" the senshi exclaimed.

But Ami wasn't fooled. Clicking on her earring and activating her visor, it scanned this Usagi. "It's not Usagi, minna. She has the ginzuishou but she's different. There's an unusual energy coming from her. I can't tell if the energy is evil or not."

A dark wave of electricity passed the senshi, knocking them down. Everyone watched as it floated to the top of the tower, combining with Usagi.

"Usagi!" Rei yelled.

"Rei-chan." Mako said. "It's ok. We'll get her back, if it kills us."

Keiko sat on the grass, looking up. She was powerless to do anything, as were the rest of the senshi. Then something crucial dawned on her – the wave of electricity, the blackness joining with Usagi – it was... "Chaos!" She yelled. "No!"

It had been waiting for the right time. She knew it had not simply disappeared. It was too sudden, too simple of a victory. Unshed tears came through now as she felt for Usagi, and remembered her own plight long ago.

Usagi, Mamoru and Clark emerged at the top of the tower.

"I will not let you get away with this, even if you are my darker half! For love and justice, the pretty soldier in a sailor suit! Sailor Moon!"

Usagi thought for a second. "Okay, maybe not in a sailor suit." She mused. "But all the same, Tsuki ni kawatte! Oshiokyo!"

"And how do you propose that?" Chaos-Usagi asked, in a voice with two separate tones.

The crystal had turned a blood color.

"Chaos?" Usagi gasped.

Chaos-Usagi only smirked, and pulled out the ginzuishou. It glistened and turned into a crystal sword and formed a crystal sailor suit around her. Her eyes changed to black and a wave encased her, turning the suit to black crystal. The familiar bracelets now adorned her hands. Chaos-Usagi's hair turned red.

Ami looked up from the bottom of the tower, and began to analyze Chaos-Usagi. When she did, she looked up with tremendous worry on her face.

"Ami what is it?" the senshi asked.

"I've never seen anything like it. Chaos power levels are off the charts! How is Usagi going to fight Chaos when she doesn't even have a crystal?"

Usagi backed up as Chaos swung its crystal sword. Seeing herself possessed caught her off guard but she was ready to fight now. She called out to her tier. It came forth but now it had a small space at the top for a crystal. Placing the crystal on the tip, Usagi prepared to battle. Reaching to take her tiara off, she realized that she didn't have one.

"Baka!" she said, and instead yelled out, "Moon Crystal Power!"

A wave of white light engulfed Chaos, but Chaos set up a shield and ran toward Usagi with her sword.

The senshi stood taking in the battle. Minako was dancing around, yelling, "Alright Usagi!"

"Our power did reach her after all." Chloe observed.

"Yes, but her newly formed crystal isn't nearly as strong as the ginzuishou. It will hold out, but not for long. Let's hope Chaos doesn't realize that." Ami stated.

Chaos ran directly toward Usagi, who had now set up a magical shield. However it had no effect and Chaos raised the sword to kill her.

Immediately Clark reacted and ran in front of her, stopping the sword mere inches from her face. His hands began to hurt and blood ran down. A look of surprise came across him.

"Usagi!" Keiko yelled. "That crystal shines with all of our powers! Use them!"

Usagi's heard Keiko. Looking at the crystal again, she summoned its full power, shoving Chaos over the edge, hanging on by a hand. A golden stream had also hit Chaos. When Usagi turned her head, she saw that Mamoru had called forth his golden crystal and was helping her. He walked over to Usagi, still using it.

"I'm going to send the golden crystal's power to you, Usako." He said. With that, the black crystal now shone with a golden tint, and Mamoru was knocked back. Usagi felt herself become stronger.

"I can do this." She thought.

Calling forth Mercury's fog, she clouded the air to prepare for her next attack. Chaos would not know what hit her.

"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" she yelled, and a brighter wave with golden edges blasted forth just as Chaos pulled herself up. But the attack turned to feathers, and Usagi fell to her knees. Mamoru put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

Clark used his heat vision to burn Chaos hand, and she dropped her sword. But it had no effect. She simply formed a new one, this time fully ready to stab it through Usagi's heart.

She ran directly through the fog. Yelling she pulled her sword back to gather momentum. Usagi's chest rose as she took a deep breath, ready to face her death. But the blow never came. Opening her eyes, the sword had pierced Mamoru's back, and he was bleeding profusely.

"I believe in you, Usako." He said before fainting.

"Mamo-chan! No!" Usagi cried, holding him. Chaos laughed, and putting her foot on Mamoru's back, she hauled the sword out. Blood covered the top of the tower.

"Usagi, you need more than that crystal to defeat her." Clark said.

"Demo..."

Clark never ever hit a girl, but there was a first time for everything. He first yanked the sword from Chaos' hands and shattered it. Then, he landed a right hook to her jaw, and a blow to her stomach, knocking her back a good ten feet.

"Usagi, use your other strengths, the ones you discovered here, to defeat her. She keeps dodging your attacks. You can move as fast as she can. You're as strong as she is. You can fly." Clark said, helping Usagi up. "You know her better than anyone, because she is you. That also means she has the same weakness we both do, and believe it or not, your crystal now is made partly of that. You can use it to your advantage."

Usagi nodded.

"I can do this, Clark. Please take Mamo-chan to the hospital."

"I won't leave you."

"Onegai! Please!"

Usagi looked at him with pleading eyes. Chaos wiped the blood from her mouth and was gaining.

"Okay."

"Don't worry, I won't die. I'll save everyone."

"I know you will." Clark said, and planted a small kiss on her cheek, giving her that small boost of strength she needed. "Goodbye."

With that, he sped down the tower with Mamoru.

"Alright you baka, you're going to get your ass whooped today!" Usagi said.

Calling forth Chloe's power, she healed herself. Mercury's power brought forth the fog again. She used all the power to give herself armor, and a shimmering white surrounded her.

"It seems I underestimated you. You're not as big of a wimp as I thought." Chaos remarked.

"It's not the first time either." Usagi said flatly. She sent a wave of multicolored light at Chaos, this time with new realization that it contained kryptonite, and it was strong enough to damage Chaos, completely surpassing the ginzuishou's shield. However, Chaos was still strong.

Usagi closed her eyes. "I need more power. Outer senshi, I need your power. Starlights, I need your power. Mermaid, Coronis, Chuu, Mau, Lethe, Mnemosyne, Papillion, Chi, Phi, and Kakyuu, I need your power. Senshi across the galaxy, send your power to me!"

A massive nova of energy came into the atmosphere and continued to enter Usagi's crystal. She struggled, and an incredible wave of energy surrounded Chaos-Usagi, sparkling.

"Cosmos Healing!" Usagi shouted, and the ginzuishou separated from Chaos-Usagi and the red was washed away. Chaos, no longer interested in Usagi's body, separated from her, restoring her usual appearance. She lay unconscious in her normal clothes.

Chaos sent a wave of darkness at Usagi, and both parties struggled. The ginzuishou began to shine and combined with the crystal Usagi currently held. Brightness surrounded her and the crystal and the two combined, expelling the green inner core, which then crumbled to nothing. "Cosmos Moon Power!" she yelled, and the wave of light overtook Chaos, completely dissipating it into air.

Usagi stood confidently. Her tier had morphed into a cosmos staff. She walked over to her other half and helped her up.

"I am sorry for suppressing you. There are times I do wish my life was different, and my destiny too. But then I look at the good things that have happened to me – everyone I love, everything I've fought for. So, let's accept the future, together." She said.

"I'm...afraid." Her other half said.

"Don't worry. I promise I'll protect you, and we'll see this through."

The other Usagi nodded and the two embraced. Then both became one again. The tower immediately began to shrink and eventually Usagi was standing on solid ground. Her clothes blinked to Cosmos' fuku and then faded again to her normal attire.

"Usagi you did it!" everyone exclaimed, each running over to hug her and express how proud they were. Keiko walked over to Usagi, and everyone parted for her.

"Usagi-san, I have to express my greatest gratitude to you. You've taught me to have faith."

Usagi smiled. "Give me your hand." She said.

Keiko complied.

Usagi traced the symbol of the galaxy on Keiko's hand and it glowed and her bracelets broke.

"You're free now. I have faith that you will continue to protect this world and others, so I am bestowing upon you the full power of the galaxy. You are its new official protector, Sailor Galaxia. How do you feel about being an ambassador between planets?"

Keiko's eyes lit up. "I would be honored." She said, bowing.

Chloe spoke up. "Usagi, there is still a problem."

"Ah, yes, the outer senshi." Usagi said, walking into the caves. She raised her staff and immediately everyone returned to their normal selves, all except Lex.

"Usagi, you did it!" Hotaru exclaimed.

"Koneko, I knew you would." Haruka said.

Michiru smiled.

"Arigato, minna-san." Usagi replied.

"Perhaps we should be referring to you as Usagi-san now." Michiru pointed out.

"Never. You are all my friends. I'm always Usagi-chan to you."

That brought about a laugh.

Usagi then turned and noticed Lex.

"You've ruined my plans." He stated.

"Hush, and be healed. I'm expelling the last of Chaos from you. Cosmos Healing!"

A quick white light passed through Lex and a small bit of darkness appeared and was destroyed.

"Usagi? What the hell just happened? All I remember was being in the caves and this girl..." Lex began.

"I'll explain later, but first I have something to attend to." Usagi said, and rushed outside. "Minna-san, I have to get to the hospital. I'll meet you all at Lex's."

"But..." Chloe protested.

"I won't be long." She said, as she began to float. "I'm taking the quick route."

The senshi watched as she disappeared into the sky.

"Ami, how could she possibly...?" Rei asked.

"She did the impossible."

The senshi and Lex stood contemplatively looking at Ami.

"She did the impossible. Not even my computers could calculate what she did. Usagi united all of the power in the universe: all of the sailor crystals, and defeated Chaos. She increased her power by millions and she is not even tired. It's a miracle." Ami said. "Unbelievable."

Everyone stood in awe, except Lex, who had no idea what was going on.

"It's finally over." Chloe said.

Next: Will Mamoru be okay? How will Clark react to the fact that magic hurts him? Usagi visits the caves before her trip home and gets a surprise.