Sailor Neptune, Sailor Pluto, and Princess Serenity landed on the rooftop.

"Are you sure that you are ready to do this, Serenity?" Sailor Pluto asked.

"I am ready for whatever my fate has in store for me." She smiled slightly. "Come now, let's go and see Minako-chan."

"But you can't go down looking like that!" Sailor Neptune exclaimed.

"Of course!" Princess Serenity threw her hands into the air. "Luna Pen! Disguise me as Minako, or Sailor Venus!" There was a flash of light, and Serenity had been changed to Minako. "Works like a charm!" She exclaimed, winking.

Sailor Pluto and Sailor Neptune shot each other worried glances.

"If you think this is right . . ." Sailor Neptune said quietly.

"Yes, it's is right." Usagi opened the door to the roof and started down the stairs. Sailor Neptune and Pluto de-transformed, and followed her.

Haruka paced the room, and Hotaru watched her, sitting on a chair next to Minako.

"I don't like, this," Haruka ruffled her short blonde hair. "I don't like this at all."

Hotaru nodded slightly, touching Minako's hand gently.

Mamoru walked into the room, suddenly, and his eyes seemed to be aflame.

"Where is she?" He was shaking, and Haruka balled her hands into fists by her sides.

"She's right here, Mamoru-san." Hotaru said quietly, and Mamoru walked over to Minako and leaned down next to the bed, touching her cheek gently.

Haruka bit her lip and tried as hard as she could not to say anything, turning her face away from Mamoru. 'I hope Koneko-chan is safe.' She thought angrily.

Usagi walked into the room, and took a small step back at the sight of Mamoru. Setsuna and Michiru walked in behind her, and stiffened.

"M . . .Mamo . . ." She trailed off, swallowing and remembering that she was Minako. "Mamoru-san."

Mamoru turned around and looked at her for a moment, staring at her strangely, and for a moment, Usagi thought that her magic wasn't strong enough, and he saw through her disguise.

"Hello, Minako-chan." Mamoru said after a short pause, a smile breaking out across his face. "Did you come to see Usako, too?"

"Hai." Usagi nodded and took a step closer to Mamoru, and Haruka stepped towards Minako, obviously knowing that this Minako was Usagi.

"Minako-chan, I think that we should talk outside . . ." Haruka took her arm, but Usagi shrugged it off.

Usagi looked up at her for a moment, and her face lost expression. "No, Haruka. You need to let me do this."

Haruka let go of her arm, and immediately backed off, unnerved by Usagi's reaction, but knowing that she had to comply.

"Chiba Mamoru . . ." Usagi planted her feet firmly in front of Mamoru. "You have caused a twist in life, and you need to be punished."

"Nani . . .?" Mamoru took a step back in horror.

Usagi pulled back her disguise magic, and was transformed into Princess Serenity again, and Mamoru gaped in horror.

"But . . .you . . .are . . ."

"Take a look at her, Mamoru." Princess Serenity shook her head, and Mamoru looked over to Minako, and saw her now for who she really was.

"How could you . . ." He shook with anger and rage.

"Chiba Mamoru," Princess Serenity called upon the power of the silver crystal, as the jewel floated in front of you. "You need to be punished."

Mamoru's eyes opened wide in fear, and he stepped back, and screamed as a blinding white light embraced the room. When the light slowly faded, Mamoru's clothes were smoking, and in another flash of light, he was transformed into Prince Endymion

The Outer Senshi opened their eyes to find themselves transformed by the light as well, and they stared at their Princess in disbelief.

"Serenity!" Endymion exclaimed, blinking furiously. He ran towards her and embraced her in a hug, picking her up and twirling her slightly, hugging her tightly.

"Oh Endymion, I know you would come back," Serenity hugged him, smiling.

Endymion cast his eyes down, and released Serenity from the hug. "I'm so sorry for what I did . . ."

"You weren't yourself." Princess Serenity touched Endymion's lips with her fingertips, shushing him. "Mamoru as a person had grown corrupted and wrong, and you had no power over that." She smiled.

"Serenity?" A voice asked, and Serenity turned and looked at the bed, and saw Sailor Venus.

"Venus!" Serenity exclaimed, breaking away from Endymion and embracing her senshi. "I missed you, and I worried so much."

"It's okay now, isn't it?" Sailor Venus smiled at Serenity. "It's started, hasn't it?"

"Yes, I think it has. Fate has finally run its course."

Sailor Pluto took a few steps closer to the group, nodding sagely at Princess Serenity's words. "Serenity-hime, you now know it's time to ascend to your throne?"

Serenity released her senshi and took a few steps closer to Sailor Pluto. "I know it is time." Serenity looked around the room, and felt a pang of longing. She couldn't fight off the tears that came to her eyes as Seiya flashed into her mind.

'I'm leaving you behind, Seiya, because this is the path that I have to take, this is the future that I have set forth for myself. This is the fate that I chose to accept, and the pain from it was my decision to bear. Please forgive me, Seiya.' Serenity lapsed a moment, shedding tears for Usagi's love.

Endymion stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Serenity.

"Are you alright?" He asked, concerned.

"Yes," Serenity wiped her eyes with her hand trying to smile. "I'm just so happy." She lied, then burying her face into Endymion's chest.

"The future is nigh, let us now ascend to Crystal Tokyo." Sailor Pluto said quietly, and the room around them melted as the future became the present.

Author's Note: OKAY! I am SOOOO sorry that I haven't updated in eons, but I would like to thank everyone who read my story and reviewed. In fact, the last reviewer is the one who motivated me to retype my story to begin with. You see, I had back update typed, and then I lost the disk and all motivation to update again, but that last reviewer helped me to remember my love of writing, and my horrible cliffy I left you with last time. So please remember that I am here now, and I will continue to update, most likely within the week, and the story is NOT OVER YET! hugs and glomps to all her fans I'll continue with an update sometime later in the week when I have access to computers. Thanks to all of my fans, so very, very much! Sorry about the teaser in this chapter, but there's hope yet!