Epilogue

Later that night brought one mysterious Sailor Senshi to the park duking it out with a youma. All had been going fairly well until a second creature appeared from out of nowhere. Just in the nick of time, a blue rose (you heard right) pierced through the air temporarily freezing the creature, and giving the Senshi the extra second to escape.

"Blue Knight?" called the mysterious Senshi. A guy dressed in a tuxedo similar to Mamoru's approached the Senshi.

"What the hell did you think you were doing coming here to fight the Dark Kingdom yourself?" he demanded, temper flaring.

Before she could answer, however, the monsters recovered from their shock and launched an attack. Blue Knight noticed it and grabbed Sailor Star to leap away. The force of the attack blew them apart. Noticing their opportunity, both of the creatures doubled their efforts and aimed the final blow at Sailor Star. Being a considerable distance away, Blue Knight couldn't make it in time. Trying to get up, Sailor Star attempted to summon her shield, but couldn't.

Suddenly a scream pierced the air that wasn't her own. She felt her body being thrown from the place of impact. Blue Knight rushed over to Sailor Star and Sailor Moon.

"She pushed me out of the way!" yelled Sailor Star, not entirely believing the situation herself. Tuxedo Mask appeared on the scene, followed closely by the rest of the Senshi. Everyone rushed forward towards the fallen Senshi of the moon.

"Get back!" Tuxedo Mask roared. "And for God sakes, someone get rid of those damn youma!"

While the scouts were taking care of finishing off the creatures, Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Star checked on Sailor Moon.

"I'm so sorry," Sailor Star apologized to Tuxedo Mask, tears welling up in her eyes. "Pluto told me something like this would happen!"

"Can't you heal her with your crystal?" implored Tuxedo Mask.

"You know I would if I could, but my crystal would be useless," Star explained. "She needs her crystal."

"Her crystal?"

"The Silver Empyrean Crystal that belongs to the Moon Princess," she answered.

Tuxedo Mask stared open mouthed at the stellar Senshi. "Usako is-"

"Yes," she answered.

"How do we get this crystal?" he asked eager to do anything to bring his love back.

"She has to open her mind gate with the help of her soul mate," she explained, just as Sailor Pluto had explained to her. "I can get you into her mind with the help of my crystal, but you have to awaken her and help her open the gate."

"I'll do it."

"You have to do it quickly, you only have a little time," she urged. "Or else-"

"Or else what?" he asked.

"Or else she will die and so will I," Sailor Star quietly replied.

The scouts, having destroyed both creatures, looked to the new Senshi in awe as she revealed a small star-shaped crystal.

"Is that the Silver Crystal?" asked Mercury?"

Sailor Star shook her head 'no.' "Good Luck," she mouthed to Tuxedo Mask before he disappeared and she passed out into the waiting arms of Blue Knight.

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Tuxedo Mask opened his eyes. He was in a dark void in the recess of Usagi's mind. Remembering his purpose and limited amount of time, Tuxedo Mask called out, "Usako!"

Suddenly a golden thread shot out from his heart into the darkness. The bond of soul mates, he thought to himself. Deciding to follow it, he wasn't at all surprised to see it led him right to a slumbering Usagi.

"Usako, wake-up," he said, gently shaking her. "Come on you have to wake up."

After trying for a few minutes, Tuxedo Kamen was starting to panic. "Mamo-chan," she unconsciously whispers. On a whim, he leans down and gently kisses her on the lips. Her eyes flutter open as he pulls away.

"Tuxedo Kamen-sama?" she asks.

"Yes Usako."

Usagi goes still at the use of Mamoru's nickname on her. "Mamo-chan?"

"Hai," he answers removing his mask. After a few moments, he remembers their limited amount of time. "Usako, this is going to sound strange, but I am inside your mind. Your body is dying in the real world. We have to find and open your memory gate."

"My memory gate?"

"The place where all your memories from the Silver Millennium are sealed," he explains.

"Let's go!" Usagi grabs Mamoru's hand and leads him towards an old rusted door. "I think this is it."

Mamoru tries to push it open, but it won't budge. "I can't!"

Usagi places her hands over Mamoru's. "Yes we can."

Together they push the door open. A bright blinding light engulfs them, causing them both to close their eyes. When he reopens them, Tuxedo Kamen is sitting back on the ground facing Sailor Star, with Sailor Moon still in his arms.

"Did it work?" he asks looking at Sailor Moon, whose eyes are still closed. All of a sudden before his question could be answered, a spherical crystal shoots out of Sailor Moon's chest incasing her in the same bright light from her memory gate. When it disappears, Sailor Moon's eyes open up.

"Tuxedo Kamen? Minna-chan?" she calls out.

"Sailor Moon!" they shout wrapping their friend in a hug.

Taking this as their cue to leave, Sailor Star and Blue Knight turn to leave. "Wait!" Sailor Moon calls.

Sailor Star turns around facing Sailor Moon. "Who are you?"

Sailor Star smiles, "You know who I am Sailor Moon, Usagi."

"Thank you Lina-chan!" Usagi yells at her retreating figure.

A small knowing smile crosses Lina's face. "No thank you…"

There you have it! The actual end. I want everyone to know that I wrote this almost a year ago. I intended it to be really kawaii and mushy. However, in that time period my writing has matured. I thought about completely rewriting this whole story, especially when I decided to do my own series. Then I reread it and thought, "It's so cute!" So if anyone reads my Sailor Moon-Planetary Guardians story you will notice a ton of changes between my characters there and the characters here.