Chapter 26: The End of Our Story B

The others froze in place when they heard Usagi's voice. Mamoru slowly turned around, looking right at her with wide midnight blue eyes. The other Senshi were surprised to see her up and talking, but they were all glad to see their friend. The Starlights were just the same, happy and surprised to see Usagi. Luna, Artemis and Diana were amazed to see how much energy Usagi had and to see her familiar, normal smile on her face.

"Usagi!" The Inners yelled.

"Princess!" The Outers added.

"Sailor Moon!" The Starlights replied.

"Mama!" Cried ChibiUsa.

"Usagi!" The Moon cats said.

"Usako!" Finished Mamoru, running over to her, wrapping his arms around her, holding her close, "I thought I lost you." |

"Mamo-chan." She said softly before she heard him sniff, "Mamo-chan, are you crying?"

"I-I'm just glad that you're okay." He answered, his tears soaking her school uniform.

"I'm not angry at you, Mamo-chan." She began, "I thought I was a goner, too. That last battle and breaking the clock took a lot out of me."

"Just..." Began Mamoru, "Don't scare me like that again, Usako. Do you hear me?"

"Yes, I'll bare that in mind." Replied Usagi.

"Except, change that me to us." Haruka said.

"We were all just as scared as Mamoru was." Added Minako.

"But, we didn't stop believing in you and your power, Usagi." Finished Michiru.

"We knew that you were gonna make it." Began Makoto.

"Because we remembered one thing." Ami added on.

"The future." Setsuna said.

"Your future, Usagi." Finished Rei.

"Without you, there would be no Crystal Tokyo." Hotaru began.

"I would not be here." Finished ChibiUsa.

"Minna!" Usagi smiled brightly for her friends, "You're right. Our future is even clearer now."

"Now, let's eat." Paused Makoto, "Before all of this food Michiru and I made goes to waste."

"We spent too much time preparing for it." Michiru replied.

"Breakfast sounds good!" Cheered Usagi."

"And there's our Usagi." Rei said, with a bright smile.

They all gathered in the dinning hall where they all just stayed and talked while they ate. Usagi's smile never faded away from her face. She was thinking of about their future and about their time in the abandoned mansion. She kept thinking about Steve and how his spirit was finally free from haunting that place. She was glad that she was able to help him to finally see the light and help him move on.

"I'm glad that that's all over." Paused Usagi, feeling joy in her heart, "We finally made it out together and no one died this time."

"But, you DID give us quite the scare, Usagi." Replied Rei, "I'm just glad that you're alright now."

"Same with the rest of us." Added Michiru with a small smile against her perfectly shaped lips.

"Thanks, minna." Said Usagi, gratefully, "Now, no more haunted houses for a little while and no more splitting up."

"I think we can all agree to that, Usagi." Haruka said, sipping on some black coffee from her mug.

Usagi smiled brightly for her friends once again, a true Usagi smile. That Usagi smile brought a smile to everyone's face. They all finished eating before they all helped Makoto and Michiru clean up.

"It's good to have you back, Usagi." Said Minako.

"I missed you guy!" Spoke Usagi, giving them each a hug.

"We missed you too." Seiya paused, "You did well, Odango."

"You all fought well, too, minna." She replied.

"Why, thank you, princess." Taiki said.

"You were all very brave." Diana began.

"Your powers have truly grown since the very beginning, Sailor Senshi." Artemis paused, glancing over to the Sailor Starlights, "This includes you, too, Sailor Starlights."

"Thank you, Artemis." Yaten said.

"It's true, we've seen your progress." Luna added on to what Artemis and Diana were saying, "You are all prepared for anything."

"You really think so?" Usagi asked, thinking back to everything she did in the mansion to her friends, "Even after everything I did to you guys while we were in that place?"

"We know that you didn't mean any harm by it, Usako." Mamoru said.

"We were more surprised than anything when we found out, Usagi." Minako added.

"I'm sorry guys." She paused, "I was scared to tell you guys the truth about that place and the fact that we had been there several times and that I went back in time again-and-again."

"And we understand that." Makoto said with a smile.

"Usagi, we have forgiven you for all of that." Ami paused, "Let all of that be a distant memory now."

"Ami's right, Usagi." Setsuna began, "Anything that happened in there made us stronger as a group, as a team. Thanks to you."

"Really?" Usagi asked.

"Yes, we all agree." Hotaru answered.

"Thanks, minna." Replied Usagi.

"Now, let's have that party that we planned while we were in that abandoned hellhole." Haruka smirked.

"I like your thinking, Haruka!" Cheered Usagi.

The others all agreed and they went back to cleaning up before they started on planning on what they should do first for the party.

'I'm glad Usagi's alright.' Rei thought to herself, 'It's time for things settle down for awhile.'

Usagi glanced around, looking at her friends as she smiled brightly again.

"Thank you, minna." She said, again.

"You're welcome, Usagi." Rei paused, "We're friends after all."

"And friends stick together." Finished ChibiUsa.

'I know, and that's why I'm extra happy.' Thought Usagi, 'And now, we will stay all together and we will fight as one!'

"We should be the ones thanking you, Usagi." Seiya paused, "We wouldn't be who we are today without you."

"It's because of you that helps me make each of you a better person." Usagi paused, "I really don't do much. You're the ones who do most of the work."

"It's because of your kind heart, Usagi." Rei paused, "Your selflessness and kindness helps us be the better versions of ourselves and we want to thank you for that."

"Well, you are welcome!" Replied Usagi, grinning.

'Yeah, this is why we are a strong group of friends.' She thought to herself, 'Nothing can tare our friendship apart. We even have friends from the past that we can help us. No matter what, I will protect you and the Earth, my friends, I promise you that!'

Usagi glanced out of the window of the shrine to look up at the blue sky. She took a deep breath and exhaled it before she smiled.

...

The scene starts fading into black as Usagi glanced at her friends yet again before the scene finally came to an end and the dream you had slipped into started to come to an end. You start to wake up, feeling the pain from what you had seen from that horrid dream, the light that you saw inside that mansion and the lessons you learned from the Sailor Senshi, Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Starlights and the Moon cats and their battle while they were trapped deep inside that abandoned mansion.

You soon come to ask yourself, 'Was it all real? Or was it all just a dream?'. It is unknown if it was real or not, but you'll never forget what you read and what you saw in your mind. Deep down inside, you feel happy with a bit of sadness from all of the death, pain and anger all of the Sailor Senshi, Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Starlights and the Moon cats went through while they were trapped inside.

You take Usagi's words and place them inside your heart, 'Nothing can tare our friendship apart'. Something tells you that Usagi was right about that. Plus, you've watched "Sailor Moon", so you know about the future. But, you are filled with happiness that no one died that final time and that they all made it out of that mansion together as a team, a strong group of friends.

Soon, a familiar song begins playing within your mind. It fills your heart with even more happiness, but it also makes you start tearing up and you have no idea why you're crying. Maybe it's because of the dream you had. Without a second thought, you began singing along with it:

'Gomen ne sunao janakute

Yume no naka nara ieru

Shikou kairo wa Sho-To sunzen

Ima sugu aitai yo

Nakitaku naru youna Moonlight

Denwa mo dekinai Midnight

Datte junjou dou shiyou

Hatto wa mangekyou

Tsuki no hikari ni michibikare

Nandomo meguriau

Seiza no matataki kazoe

Uranau koi no yukue

Onaji kuni ni umareta no

Mirakuru Romansu'

'Our adventure to that abandoned mansion has come to an end. On behalf of the Sailor Senshi, we hope that you learned something from this experience and hope that you will take that remember that lesson for the rest of your life, it might be beneficial in the future for you. I, Sailor Moon, the Pretty Guardian of Love and Justice will continue to fight evil along side with my friends to protect you from the darkness and evils of the universe.' A voice echoes in your mind, 'Thank you for joining us on this adventure, seeing the pain and terror of what that mansion was like, seeing the monster kill my friends time-and-time again and for you to know all of my lies that I told in that place. I hope that you will forgive me for what I did there. I apologize for my actions. In the name of the Moon, I will punish all evil until the Earth and the universe is safe. Thank you, reader, for keeping up with our story.'

That familiar voice, you know belonged to your hero: Sailor Moon, Usagi Tsukino. Those words made your heart feel heavy once again. Now you understand the truth behind your dream, maybe it was real and we as fans didn't know about it. Perhaps, there are several stories we as fans don't know what the Sailor Senshi have been through. This is why, we dream, we find stories of these dreams and we read about them. Maybe through these stories, there are lessons we can learn how to grow as a person and try to change the world ourselves, just like the Sailor Senshi. Reader, head the words of Sailor Moon, they can help you in life, believe me. This dream might have not meant something to you, but, at least take something out of it. There were lessons in this story. And if you learned a lesson or two from this story, apply those in life and it will help. Thank you, reader, thank you so very much.