AN: And so the long wait is over for here is the final chapter of Realisation...enjoy...
The golden beam pulsed quickly and shot into Beryl, the light expanded engulfing everything and everyone. Everyone shielded their eyes against the intensity of the powerful light. They all felt peace and warmth fill them. Endymion felt his transformation fade returning him to his normal self. His eyes widened as he felt the body pressed up against him slide down his front and fall to the ground with a sickening thud. The light faded, everyone gasped, and one desperate man screamed.
Chapter 26
Beryl's black ashes blew away in the chilling wind as Mamoru collapsed to the ground next to a still body. A body of a girl no more then the age of 14 with long golden gleaming hair was lying motionlessly around her body from two Odango's. Mamoru's heart stopped in his chest as he reached out to touch the petite blonde before him.
"Oh my god, Usagi" Greg whispered, the guys all stared at the couple meters away from them.
Mamoru stared blankly at her. Not believing his eyes.
"Usagi?" A weak voice whispered above him, he looked up into the watering eyes of Sailor Mars.
"Ami is she…?" Venus couldn't finish the sentence she buried her head into Jupiter's shoulder and wept silently.
The guys all ran over to their dates and wrapped assuring arms around them.
Mercury was typing away furiously on her computer, tears trickling down her cheeks.
An ear piercing scream filled the empty sky. Everyone turned to see Naru running as fast as she could towards the group with Umino right behind her.
"USAGI!!! USAGI-CHAN!!" She screamed at the limp body of the floor, she dropped down beside her and sobbed, Umino bent beside her and brought her into a loving embrace letting her sob into his chest, his own eyes welling up with tears.
Mamoru just continued to stare at Usagi's motionless body, her eyes were closed and her face was rested peacefully. Slowly he reached out a shaky hand and brushed back some bangs that fell over an eye, he jumped as her soft cold skin brushed underneath his fingers. A tear fell down his cheek, then another and then another.
"U…Usako…" He whispered barely hearable
"NOOOOO!" Mercury suddenly cried, falling to the floor, her shoulders shook with her cries. Greg gathered her in his arms and Mars walked over to her and wrapped her into a hug she looked in her friends hand to see the Mercury computer with a straight red line going across the screen, tears fell from her eyes.
Everyone new at that point that she was gone. This was the end. Usagi was dead.
A small choked sob escaped Mamoru's throat as he gathered the cold girl into his arms, he held her close and sobbed into her golden limp hair.
"Usako wake up!! Please wake up!!! You can't leave me" Mamoru cried, stroking her cheek tenderly. Her eyes remained closed and her body remained still. Mamoru shook uncontrollably as more sobs burst from him. He closed his eyes tightly, tears leaking quickly from his eye lids.
All the Senshi were crying on their dates, Naru was clenching Umino's shirt and he was holding her tightly crying into her hair. (AN: For BloomAmber, just imagine this being the end and you get the ending you wanted, and they all lived miserably ever after. Lol!!) Neither of them noticed how Mamoru started to glow a light silver colour. Venus suddenly sensed an overwhelming amount of love surround them and she turned from Jupiter's shoulder and gasped.
The others looked to see what Venus was looking at and they also gasped.
"What is that?" Jupiter whispered in awe, staring at the glowing sobbing Mamoru.
"Ami-Chan can you're mercury computer tell us what that is?" Mars asked
"She doesn't need to. I already know…" Venus stated
"…But it's so rare, has only happened once…" Mercury continued
"…A thousand years ago…" Venus finished
"Will one of you tell us what the hell is going on!!?" Mars demanded
"It's a legend…a myth…nobody knows if it's real" Venus explained, turning her gaze onto the other Senshi.
"What!" Jupiter nearly shouted
"A thousand years ago, when the battle against the moon kingdom and Metalia, Endymion and Serenity were killed, however their bond, their love, created a silver string attaching each other for ever. Because of that bond, that love, they were reborn a thousand years later destined to find each other and be happy again, the string drawing them closer and closer together till they finally found each other…" Mercury concluded
Everyone stared at the blue senshi with eyes as wide as dinner plates.
"So they're going to be taken away from us?? So they can be reborn a thousand years from now!!" Mars cried, turning back to the glowing Mamoru who still had his eyes closed and was sobbing.
"No. In the moon kingdom both of them died…" Venus said
"So what's happening now?" Josh suddenly spoke for the first time in ages.
Mars gasped and everyone turned their attention back onto the couple. They watched in awe as a single silver glowing tear fell down Mamoru's face and on to Usagi's still chest. Immediately her whole body burst into the same silver pulsing light. Mamoru opened his eyes and gasped.
"Usako?" He whispered, his voice broken from his cries. He took her hand in his and stroked it tenderly with his thumb, to his surprise it was warming up. He looked up at the Senshi with surprise and Venus and Mercury smiled reassuringly at him. He looked down at his princess and shook her gently.
"Usako? Can you hear me…?" He whispered again. Suddenly her chest started to move up and down slowly and the noise of her light breathing filled his ears. His eyes went wide.
"Usako!!!" He cried, tears filling his eyes with happiness as he watched her chest move up and down. Naru pulled away from Umino and gasped watching as her best friend's eyes started to flutter. They suddenly opened wide and a crystal blue.
Everyone gasped.
"M…Mamo-Chan?" She whispered in a hoarse voice
"Hai, it's me Usako…" Mamoru smiled, tears rolling down his face.
"Im alive?" She looked down at her body, touching her legs and then her stomach and then her face.
"You're alive" Mamoru cried, starting to shake.
"Beryl's…" Usagi started
"Gone" Mamoru finished
"Metalia's…"
"Banished…"
"You're crying… Usagi noticed, reaching up and gently brushed his tears away, however they just kept on falling. He smiled then wrapped his arms around her, startling her. Slowly she wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his chest, letting him sob into her neck. The Senshi all smiled, tears of joy pouring down their cheeks.
"The bond…" Mars sniffled, smiling brightly.
"Their love…" Jupiter also smiled
"Healed her…" Venus grinned
"Saved her…" Mars wiped her tears away
"And it's stronger then ever before" Mercury finished, wiping her tears away with the back of her hand.
The sun finally started to rise along the horizon, painting the sky a warming orange. Usagi was lying down in the grass talking to Naru and Umino with Mamoru by her side while the girls, now detransformed, were saying goodbye to their dates.
"Gomenasai Naru-Chan!" Usagi cried, wrapping her weak arms around her friend "Demo…I couldn't tell you for you would be in danger and you to Umino…" Usagi said looking up at her geeky friend.
Naru smiled warmly "I understand Usagi-Chan, we will keep your secret, I promise. Wont we Umino," She turned to her boyfriend who was looking around the sky. "Umino," She scowled. He turned to her and grinned.
"Hai Usagi-Chan, your secret is safe with us…" He swore with a hint of laughter with in his voice. Usagi broke out into a grin and pulled out of Naru's arms and fell back against Mamoru's muscular chest.
"Even though you never even told me about you being a PRINCESS and destined to fall in love with a PRINCE!!" Naru squealed, Usagi giggled, pushing her over playfully.
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Ken held tightly onto Makoto and refused to let her go, he sighed deeply with content as she rested her head on his shoulder.
"All of this has put everything into perspective" He suddenly broke the comfortable silence. Makoto looked up into his large green eyes and frowned slightly.
"What do you mean?" Makoto asked
"It's made me realize how much I care for you Mako-Chan, and how much I don't want to loose you" He said warmly, gazing into her eyes.
"N…Nani? What are you saying…?" She gasped
"Will you be my girlfriend Makoto?"
She gasped, searching his eyes for sincerity and found it 100. She grinned.
"Hai!!! I'd love to be your girlfriend Ken!!" She cried
He smiled bending down and capturing her lips in his own.
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"Minako, what you do is so dangerous! How do you cope with it all?" Josh asked the blonde infront of him.
"Its not a fact of being able to cope but having to cope, but you get used to it. It's really fun and it feels great saving people. Nothing like this has happened before…I mean one of us…You know…" Minako stuttered, looking away.
"You're so brave, im proud of you" Josh smiled, Minako gasped, her head turning to face him. She watched his smile and her face lit up in her own smile as she wrapped her arms around him.
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"You knew this was going to happen didn't you Greg…" Ami asked the boy infront of him who was staring up at the sky.
"Not exactly, but I saw a great danger coming and a bad feeling told me something really bad was going to happen. That's why I called you, I wanted to be here for you, to protect you…great job I did of that. Mamoru wouldn't let me near you…" He explained
Ami put a small hand on his shoulder and he looked down at her shimmering eyes.
"Im glad he did, I wouldn't be able to bare it if you got hurt" Ami confessed
Greg's eyes widened and then he sighed "But I couldn't protect you…"
Ami smiled slightly "No but I felt your presence and that willed me to carry on fighting, without you here I would have lost it. Arigato…"
Greg grinned as a small blush stained her pale cheeks.
"Oh Ami…" He sighed with content.
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Chad and Rei stood in silence, both facing away from each other. Not knowing what to say, suddenly Rei decided to break the silence.
"Gomen…" She stared turning around, Chad turned round and frowned at her. "For getting you involved in all this… this night was ment to be full of fun and laughter, it turned out to be a total disaster…"
"Iie Rei it didn't. I got to spend it with you. That could never be a disaster" Chad stated
Rei's eyes were glimmering in the warm sun light and she could only stare at him.
"And besides, I found out your secret at last. Now I know why the girls are always hanging around the temple and messing it up so I have to clean it" Chad chuckled
Rei scowled at him then broke into a giggle. Chad stopped laughing as soon as he heard the sweet sound and stared at Rei, admiration shinning through his eyes. Rei stopped giggling when she noticed the strange look on his face.
"What?" She asked, smiling brightly.
"N…Nothing, I just never heard you giggle like that before…" Chad muttered ignoring his goose bumps. Rei's smile widened and then it quickly turned into a playful scowl
"Well don't get used to it!" She said sternly, Chad grinned.
"Im so sorry minna for getting you involved in this…I hope you can all forgive me. Us." Usagi apologized to the guys, Naru and Umino. They all smiled warmly at her and Mamoru put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Usagi, we are just glad that you are alive and well" Umino said, the others all nodded their heads in agreement and Usagi smiled.
"Arigato," She thanked
"We all promise that we will keep your secret," Ken told them all, they all smiled with thanks.
"Hai, your secret is totally safe with us!!" Josh agreed winking at Minako, she giggled and blushed.
"Gomen, I and Umino have to go. Our mothers are going to grill us…" Naru explained
Usagi walked up to the couple and brought them both into a bear hug.
"Thank you for everything guys, you are the greatest friends a girl could have!" Usagi sniffled. Naru smiled warmly and let her go.
"Ja ne minna," Naru and Umino said in unison, waving at the crowd. They waved back and the couple disappeared over the hill.
"I have to go to," Greg sighed "I can already see what im in for," Ami sighed and nodded. He walked up to her and reached up a hand to cup her cheek. Without another warning his warm lips were brushing across her soft ones in a gentle feathery kiss. The Senshi all gasped and Makoto called out 'you go girl!' and they broke into giggles while the other guys oooo'ed and ahhhh'ed.
"Ok guys, nothing to see here, move on…" Usagi finally said, retaining her giggles.
"I better go to," Josh sighed, running his hand through his hair "My mom is going to so totally kill me…" Minako smiled and walked up to him. She reached up on tip toes and gave him a light peck on the cheek, leaving him speechless with a faint blush staining his cheeks.
"Call me" The blonde said smiling brightly and almost giggling at how cute he looked.
"I…I…er…erm…yea…" He breathed, Minako grinned.
Chad looked from the couple to the raven haired priestess infront of him.
"So, I'll meet you at the temple later then?" He asked as she looked up t him.
"Yea sure, I have to talk to the girls first…you should start helping grandpa with the cleaning, I'll be there soon" Rei explained
Chad nodded "Tonight's been…Interesting…"
Rei smiled slightly "I don't think interesting is the right word….more like…" She trailed off. Chad reached out a shaky hand and gently cupped her cheek. She jumped at the sudden contact and looked directly into his eyes. He stroked her cheek tenderly with his thumb.
"Your cute when you ramble" He mumbled, she gasped, a blush coming to her cheeks. He started to inch closer towards her so they were only a few millimeters apart, there breathes mingling.
"Chad, are you coming back with us dude?" Josh suddenly asked walking over, the couple separated quickly. Both bright red. "Erm, was I interrupting something?" Josh grinned knowingly, restraining the urge to burst out laughing when they both became redder.
"I just don't want this to end" Makoto sighed, hugging Ken tighter. His face was buried in her soft chocolate brown hair.
"Me neither" Came a muffled reply
Makoto sighed once more, pulling out of the warm embrace reluctantly, searching his eyes for emotion. She found both happiness and sadness. She smiled which he returned warmly.
"Come on Ken! Your mums going to kill you!! Trust me!" Greg called from afar, snapping the couple out of their happy gaze. Ken sighed.
"I have to go" He mumbled quietly
"I know…" Makoto bowed her head
"This isn't the end…." Ken told her, taking a step closer to her, he reached out a hand and brought her chin up gently but firmly so she was staring at him. "Its only the beginning"
Makoto's sorrowful face broke into a grin and she nodded.
"I'll call you" She promised, beaming.
"No" Ken replied "I'll call you" He smiled
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Usagi, Mamoru, Minako, Rei, Ami and Makoto were standing side by side waving to the guys who were just about to disappear out of site.
"Ja ne, minna!!!" Usagi called smiling and waving
"Ja ne!!!" She heard them shout back.
She felt a strong warm hand hold her small shoulder and she turned around to see Mamoru smiling sadly at her. She smiled brightly at him, light shining in her crystal blue eyes. The Senshi all turned to the couple and sighed dreamily together.
Usagi and Mamoru laughed.
"Looks like some people have the love bug!!" Usagi teased, the Senshi scowled at her creating Usagi to go into a fit of giggles.
"Shut up Odango! I have not got the love bug!!" Rei defended, glaring at the small blonde almost falling on the floor, giggling.
"Oh Rei, just admit it!! I am," Makoto said, sighing dreamily.
Rei folded her arms in a huff making everyone laugh.
"Lighten up Rei! We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Usagi-Chan!" Minako giggled, and then fell silent when the memory of the past day flooded her. The others fell silent as did Usagi and bowed their heads.
"Come on guys, im ok! Thanks to Mamo-Chan" Usagi said, wiping the tears out of her eyes and smiling warmly up at Mamoru. He was smiling sadly sad. He reached out and brought her into a loving embrace.
The Senshi all smiled slightly as he buried his face in her soft golden locks, not allowing her to breath, she held him just as tightly as her small hands rested on his chest.
"We were so close to loosing you Usagi-Chan," Ami stated sadly
Mamoru allowed Usagi to pull out of his arms slightly to turn around, his hands moved to across her waist.
"But im fine now and that's all that matters really," Usagi smiled
"Well I promise that I will never let you do something that stupid again" Mamoru swore, holding her a little tighter, she leant against him and reached a hand behind her cupping his neck, without looking at him.
"She won't have to!! Beryl is gone! We can be normal!" Minako cheered, Usagi beamed.
"I can concentrate on my studies more!" Ami cheered, everyone frowned then broke out into giggles.
"I say we celebrate!" Usagi announced
"I agree to that!" Rei said
"Nani?! You're agreeing to something Usagi said?" Makoto asked, her eyes almost bulging out of her head. Rei blushed and Minako giggled.
"I think we should check her temperature Mako-Chan!" Usagi declared, smiling.
"Hush, Odango. Make the most of it, it doesn't happen often that you say something wise" Rei retorted, Usagi stuck out her small pink tongue in return.
"So where shall we celebrate?" Makoto said, deliberately interrupting the oncoming tongue war. Usagi scrunched up her face in thought.
"How about the arcade? I want to see Motoki-Onii-San" She suggested smiling, everyone nodded with agreement. They all began to walk home together. Usagi and Mamoru's fingers were entwined as they walked close. Everyone was talking excitedly. Suddenly Ami spotted two cats running towards them.
"USAGI-CHAN, THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE OK!" The black one cried, running up to the small blonde, tears streaming down her face. The white cat lowered its head, catching his breath. Minako bent over and picked him up, stroking him with a confused frown.
"Of course Luna…How do you..." Usagi was cut off by Luna's small sob. The blonde separated from Mamoru and picked the black feline up, stroking her comfortingly. "It's ok Luna, Im fine!" She reassured, looking to the white cat for an explanation.
"W…We felt the strong power of the moon princess come forth…" The white cat explained
"We felt you grow weaker and weaker Usagi!! I... I couldn't do anything" Luna sobbed. Usagi gasped and held her cat firmly but gently.
"We felt you fade gradually. Then you were gone…" Artemis's eyes filled with water as he remembered the feeling of a great darkness, loss and emptiness.
"Demo, she's not gone now Artemis! She's very much alive" Minako smiled, petting her friend comfortingly.
"Then we sensed a great force of love, we both saw it, a silver string tying two souls closer together. Closer than ever before…." Luna continued, smiling slightly, looking at both Usagi and Mamoru.
"By this time we were half way here, we thought you would probably be alive…" Artemis carried on
"But we weren't sure…"
"But now we are"
"And we're go glad, Usagi-Chan" Luna finished with a grin, tears of joy streaming down her wet fur. Usagi smiled at Luna lovingly
"Hai" Artemis agreed, smiling at the blonde.
After Luna dried her tears she jumped down from Usagi and the group started to walk again. Artemis jumped down and walked beside Luna. Mamoru captured Usagi's hand in his once more.
"So where are we heading?" Artemis asked the gang
"The arcade of course!" Usagi said with a large smile
"Surely you can think of a better way to celebrate!" Luna said
"Nope, what better way to celebrate than with the people you care about" Usagi replied
Everyone smiled at the giddy blonde.
"So what are you girls going to do now that evil is gone?" Artemis asked
"Well, im going to train harder as a priestess!" Rei exclaimed
"Im going to concentrate on my cooking skills, since I became a Senshi I've had no time to bake!" Makoto said with a sad smile. Usagi suddenly let out a squeal of joy at the mention of Makoto's baking. The gang smiled.
"Im going to take up volley ball again, with josh" Minako said with a faint blush. Everyone looked at Mamoru next.
"Medical school!" Mamoru said with an excited smile. Usagi grinned at his enthusiasm.
"What about you Ami-Chan?" Luna asked
"We all know the answer to that one" Rei said with a smile
"Im going to concentrate more on my studies, of course, I've fell so behind since becoming a Senshi. I'm only 10 chapters ahead on most subjects!" The blue haired girl said. Her voice was laced with despair.
Luna smiled, knowing she should have known the answer.
"Usagi-Chan what about you? Going to try boast up your grades, like Ami?" Artemis asked the blonde.
"Yeah right, Like Odango would ever do that!" Rei snorted
"Rei-Chan," Ami scowled "Have more faith in Usagi-Chan,"
"Iie, she's right. I wouldn't study if I was the most bored person on Earth!" Usagi exclaimed. Her face was scrunched up with disgust at the thought of all those books and words. Everyone giggled.
"I'll help you study if you like, Usako. I can be your tutor" Mamoru suggested, Usagi turned to look at him and smiled gratefully.
"Argiato Mamo-Chan, demo… I don't study" Usagi ended with a giggle. Mamoru smiled at the blonde and leant down, capturing her lips in a sweet short kiss. The girls all looked away.
"Ewww! Gross!" Minako giggled
"Get a room you two," Rei called behind her
Ami just blushed furiously and Makoto gave Usagi two thumbs up when they broke apart. Usagi and Mamoru blushed. The girls continued to walk down the hill, the couple lagging behind. Mamoru stopped, pulling the petite girl back. She almost fell over in surprise but Mamoru caught her before she fell. She smiled up at him then noticed how his eyes glimmered in the warm sunshine with unshed tears.
"Mamo-Chan what's-"She was cut of with Mamoru's shaky words
"I was so scared" He confessed, her eyes widened and she stared up at him. "Of loosing you, I…I don't know what I would have done if….if…" He looked away from her shining eyes, unable to continue his sentence.
"Mamo-Chan, im ok, thanks to you. Im alive and that's all because of you" Usagi cupped Mamoru's chin with her small hand and turned his head so he was facing her. She smiled lovingly. A tear escaped his barrier and slid down his cheek. Usagi went up on tip toes and brushed it off with her soft finger, he lent into her warm touch. He sighed deeply.
"If you d…died, I would have nobody left. I'd be all alone again, I don't want to be alone again Usako! Please don't leave me alone!" Mamoru cried suddenly, a chocked sob catching in his throat. Usagi gasped, not understanding what he was saying. But she didn't push him, he would tell her properly in his own time, when he was ready.
So she did the only thing she could do, she wrapped her arms around the upper class young man. His arms came around her small waist as he cried into her hair. After a while of silence and when Mamoru's tears had finally subsided, Usagi pulled away from him just far enough so she could see his face. She reached up a hand and gently wiped away his remaining tears.
"I promise Mamo-Chan I will never leave you alone, I shall always be with you" She swore, smiling up at him. He smiled back, pulling her back into his arms.
"I love you Usako" He whispered softly in her ear, sending shivers down her spine.
"I love you to Mamo-Chan" She replied smiling warmly up at him. He closed the remaining gap between them in a deep passionate kiss.
The girls and the two felines suddenly called out from infront of them.
"Come on you two love birds!! We haven't got all day" Rei yelled out, her voice echoing around the couple lost in each others taste. Usagi moaned into Mamoru's mouth and tilted her head back, deepening he kiss.
"Come on Ussssaaaagggggiiii" Minako whined loudly "Im hunnngrrrryyy"
Mamoru heard Usagi grumble in annoyance at the interruption and chuckled into her small sweet mouth. They finally broke apart reluctantly and Usagi turned around with a sigh and spotted her friends quite far away in the distance.
"Coming!!" Usagi yelled, she grabbed Mamoru's hand quickly. "Come on, if we make them wait any longer they're likely to Spork my eyes out" Usagi sighed pulled her boyfriend along towards the group. Mamoru chuckled after her and the joyful couple ran over to the Senshi and two grinning cats.
Together, linked arm in arm, hand in hand (or paw in paw) the group disappeared into the distance, laughing, chatting and simply enjoying the fact that the earth was once again peaceful and safe from the negaverse at last. Or so they think.
AN: So finally we're at an end to this very long fanfic! wow!! im in tears! i dont want his to end ( i've enjoyed writing this sooo much and all of your reviews mean so much to me!! thank you all sooo much!! i am thinking about doing a sequel and i have a plot in mind, however, if you have a plot you would like to share with me then PM me!!! thank you all sooo much again!!! i really really really do hope you enjoyed this! a special thanks to BloomAmber, MeatballHeadedPrincess14 and GilmoreGirlsRocks for being so supportive thoughout the whole story!! and so this is the end. Take care everyone!!! xXx Sophi xXx