Well, wow, it's time for the story to finish. I have a feeling I'll have pissed off readers after this, but I think the ending was only appropriate for how the story was. Either way, I'd appreciate any input on how it was!

Thank you guys for reading this, and though it isn't my best, it will always hold a special place in my heart thanks to all the readers and reviewers.


Chapter 15: Point of the Sword

Usagi shot up, her heat pounding as she stifled her scream. As she looked around Rei's room, to her fallen friends, everything that had happened in the past day came rushing back.

"Give yourself and your crystal to me, and the rest of your friends can live," whispered through the air, ruffling her hair lightly.

She stood slowly, her body moaning in agony. It felt like she had been shot through with dark energy- wait, he probably had shot her. That was probably why she had those nightmares. They had scared her more than reality ever could. The destruction and pain within it had been inhuman. Nobody could suffer as much as the girls and the man in those nightmares had- but she knew if she didn't do as Courat ordered, that would be her Senshi and Mamoru.

She walked to the door, looking back at her Senshi, "I love you guys"

Ami moaned in her sleep, her eyes fluttering open with difficulty, "Don't you do this, Usagi"

Makoto sat up slowly, her eyes attached to Usagi's as she conveyed the pain it took her to get up, "You're not going anywhere"

"We're in this together, Usagi," Rei said from her spot, short breaths coming from her

"We won't let you suffer, not anymore," Minako said, swaying as she got to her feet

Usagi looked out the window, feeling the wind rustling the leaves. He was watching- and he would make sure she could get by them.

"I'm sorry," Usagi whispered, "But you know I have to do this"

"No, you don't!" Minako cried, "We're strong enough to beat him!"

"We're not!" Usagi cried, tears falling from her eyes once again, "Don't you see? He killed the strongest out of us- Hotaru, Setsuna, Michiru and Haruka are gone! And Kakyuu-hime and the Starlights tried! But they didn't get anywhere either! There aren't any other choices left!"

"…we're not going to let you do this, Usagi," Ami said as she struggled to her feet, "We aren't letting that son of a bitch take you away from us"

At any other time, the girls would have been amazed that Ami had cursed, but at that moment, there was no amazement. Because they wouldn't have said it any other way.

"I'm sorry," Usagi whispered again, "But I have to"

She closed her eyes tiredly, "Go ahead, Courat. Let them drift for a little bit away from where I betray them"

"Sleep" fluttered over the four of them and with one last look at their Princess, they collapsed to the floor

"Usagi…" Ami whispered, "Don't…"

Usagi turned her back on them as she walked out of the room, "I love you guys," she said again.

As she walked slowly down the steps, she knew where she would find Mamoru. It was no surprise to her that he was keeping watch on her. She approached the car slowly, looking within it. He didn't wake, his eyes moving rapidly beneath his eyelids. He was dreaming.

"Dream a happy dream," she whispered, her hand against the glass of the car.

Mamoru visibly relaxed as he slept on, murmuring peacefully.

"I love you, Mamo-chan," she said emotionally, "So much"

He mouthed the words she knew so well in his sleep, "Love you, Usako"

She turned once again on her one true love and began walking towards her home. At the end of the block she turned to face the temple and the car that sat in front of it.

"Everything will be okay now…" she whispered back to them, "You all can live on"

She closed her eyes, her tears slipping from her eyes, "I am sorry- for everything"

She transformed silently, and immediately flapped her wings as she sailed off towards the home she had always known.

Her window was wide open, as if waiting for her to enter and she climbed in. She quickly wrote a letter to her family, explaining that everything would be fine now. Her parents were sleeping peacefully in their room, and she kissed them goodbye, whispering her apologies to them.

Lastly, she crept quietly to her brother's room. The door opened with a creak and she approached the bed slowly, "Love you, little brother," she whispered as she pecked him on the cheek, "Regardless of how I treated you, I've loved you always"

She turned to exit, but a whisper made her freeze, "…Usagi?

She faced her little brother who was sitting up and blinking blearily at her, "Is that you?"

"Hey, Shingo," she said, stepping towards him, "I didn't mean to wake you"

"It's okay," he whispered, "I was dreaming about you"

"You were?" she asked, feeling the emotions lodge in her throat

"You shone like an angel," he said, smiling at her sadly, "Chibi-Usa too"

She bowed her head, "That's sweet"

There was a short silence as Shingo yawned tiredly.

"Are you going somewhere?" he asked quietly

She grimaced slightly, "I have to do something, something to help out some people"

"Will you be back soon?"

Tears slipped from her eyes, "I don't think so"

"I do," he said as he rose from the bed and came to her. He had grown so much in the past few years that he reached her shoulders now. He looked up at her lovingly, "You'll come back to us"

She smiled slightly, "Maybe"

"And I'll protect you better this time," he said, smiling sadly up at her, "Like I should have last time"

"That wasn't your fault, Shingo," she said, bending down and engulfing him in a hug, "Not at all"

So much love for the small person she was hugging engulfed her that she never wanted to let go. She missed all the fights they had had when they were young, all the times she had yelled at him for yelling at her. And she missed the nice nights that they would just get along after being tired of fighting with each other.

"I love you, Usagi," he said into her chest, "I'm sorry for everything"

"Love you too, kid brother," she said, stepping out of the hug. She led him back to the bed and helped him in. She pulled the covers up to his chin, "Now get some sleep, big day ahead of you"

She gave him a kiss on the forehead and turned to leave once again.

"Stay safe, big sister," she heard him whisper as she exited the room, closing it softly behind her.

It had taken all of the past few months for her to truly come to appreciate her brother. And she knew she did, more than she had ever appreciated him before. She loved him with all of her heart. She'd miss him lots while she…

She sighed deeply as she spread out her wings and jumped from the roof.

Gaining speed, she let the wind caress her one last time. It felt amazing. She had never truly just gone for a flight, and she couldn't believe what she had missed. It felt like all her problems just fell away, seeming smaller than the toy houses that housed the families she knew deserved more than the darkness that had encompassed the town in the past day.

She landed skillfully on Tokyo Tower, the tallest tower in all of Juuban. She detransformed and sat down tiredly on the edge, watching the rain drizzle from the clouds above her. Soon the tears were mixing with the tears that she had held in during her goodbyes, seeming never-ending.

She looked down at the ground, wondering if she just fell to it if everything would turn out for the better. She wondered how it would feel to fall through the sky, probably freeing. The wind could erase all thoughts of death from her mind and just take her…away…

She sighed to herself, looking away from the ground, "Stop it, Usagi. You know that won't solve anything- probably mess it up even more"

She felt his approach long before he announced it. His presence plunged her into the darkness once more, draining her of hope that it would work out all right.

Who was she kidding?

The first thing he had proved to her as his evil self was that he would hurt the ones she loved. Or maybe she had just done it for him?

She had ripped herself away from them- but it had been to keep them safe.

She sighed deeply, pushing away her fears, they would be fine.

"Said your goodbyes, Serenity?" he asked from behind her, his tone victorious

She wiped the last of the tears from her eyes, "Yeah, I have" her eyes were drawn once more to the distant ground, which was looking more and more inviting as each second passed.

"Does this make you happy?" she asked quietly, "All this pain that I feel?"

"It doesn't make me happy," he said simply, "But it is necessary, Serenity. Be happy I even let you say your goodbyes"

She breathed the cold night air in deeply, allowing it to clear her head.

"Are you ready?" he asked

She looked up at the full moon in the sky. It twinkled at her brightly; telling her it'd be all right in the end.

"Yeah," she said, standing slowly, "I'm ready"

She faced the fall of the roof of the tower, balancing on it precariously.

"Come here," he ordered from behind her, obviously being able to tell what was on her mind.

She turned from the edge and stepped onto the roof. She approached him slowly, wanting to do nothing more than to run the opposite way and launch herself over the edge.

"Good girl," he whispered when she was close enough. He grabbed her waist and pulled her to him, he smiled as he looked down at her, "We'll forever be together"

Then his lips crushed hers as he pulled her even closer, almost molding her with him. Without breaking the kiss, he teleported away, and before she could blink they were standing in the center of a room.

He pushed her backwards, till she went sprawling on a bed. He crawled over her hungrily, kissing her repeatedly.

"You're so beautiful," he moaned into her neck, "You don't know how long I've wanted to do this"

She shivered beneath him, hating what she was being condemned to. There was an intense hunger in Courat's eyes as he looked down at her- and it'd never be filled. She knew that now. He had been deprived of her- and now he would never tire of her.

He pulled her shirt from her slowly, as if enjoying her shiver against the cold, "Beautiful," he whispered huskily as his hands made their way to her pants, loosening the belt. His cold hands passed over her abdomen slowly, as if memorizing every curve.

He pulled his shirt off in a hurry, landing on her hungrily, his skin flushing against hers heatedly.

"I love you," he whispered

Her eyes flew open. What?

No. He couldn't- he didn't have the right to say that!

"You're mine," he whispered as he went to pull his pants off, "Once and for all"

"NO!" she screamed. A bright flash of light burst from her, sending him flying into the wall on the opposite side of the room. She gathered the silk bed sheets around her, covering her body.

"You can't have me! I'm not yours!" she screamed at him as he got up from where he had crunched against the wall.

He glared at her, fury in his eyes, "Yes," he said dangerously, "You are"

And black energy burst from him, coming at her full speed. She pulled her hands over her face in an attempt to protect herself- but the attack never got to her.

A bright shield surrounded her, blocking the black energy from reaching her.

"Do you still think you can stop me, Serenity!?" she heard him roar from beyond the wall, "After everything!? Do you still think you stand a chance!?" and the wall surrounding her buckled under the fury he sent at her.

The black energy caused the wall to collapse and it attacked her, shooting into her rapidly. Pain was the only thing she felt. She convulsed against it, trying to stop it from getting at her. Her voice shook horribly as she screamed shrilly.

Leaving her gasping in pain, he teleported away.

"No…" she moaned, knowing exactly what he was doing. He was going to get the Senshi and Mamoru and bringing them there so she could watch them die. She tumbled off the bed as she moved off of it. She had to get to her pants before he came back for her.

She crawled to the pants that had been thrown haphazardly from the bed, ignoring the pain shooting through her. She had to do this. She'd just condemned the girls and Mamoru, the least she could do was fight with them.

She sighed in relief as she reached them and grabbed the broach from it, holding it tightly in her hand.

She collapsed beside it, feeling her energy leave her as she heard the teleportation in the room.

"Let's go," he grunted angrily as he grabbed her from the floor and lifted her into his arms, "We have something to go watch"

"No…" she moaned, "Leave them alone…"

"You brought this upon yourself," he said down to her as he walked quickly down the dank hallway, "If you had just let me take you, this needn't have happened"

"You would have done it anyway," she whispered, shivering in his hold, knowing she was speaking the truth.

He was just using this as an excuse to kill them off- and he would have done it sooner rather than later anyway. He didn't want her having hope- and they were her hope.

She couldn't live without them. She wouldn't.

He didn't say anything, just dropped her harshly onto the floor of a large empty room.

"Regardless," he spat as teleportations began arriving, "You can watch them die"

Her eyes widened as Rei, Minako, Ami and Makoto stepped from one of the teleportations, and Mamoru from the other.

"Mamo-chan…" she whimpered. Mamoru ran to her and picked her up into his embrace, "I'm here, Usako" he whispered into her hair, "I'm here"

"As much as I love this," a mocking voice came at them, "I think I'll end it. It's time to take everything away from you, Serenity. Now stand up, all of you"

Mamoru picked her up as he stood, "No. You will not take everything from her, Courat. She'll leave here once and for all, and you will die," the fury in his voice was more than Usagi had ever heard from him. Mamoru was such a gentle soul that it was against his nature to be furious- except when it came to her safety. Then he would do anything.

"Oh, really?" Courat said, a laugh in his tone, "Have you figured out how to do that? Your best players are dead, and all you have left is these four shits who've died for her countless times," the fury in Courat's voice outweighed anything any of them could ever feel.

"Mercury Crystal Power!"

"Mars Crystal Power!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power!"

"Venus Crystal Power!"

And four voices in unison shouted, "MAKE-UP!"

"It's time to end this, Courat," Mamoru spat as he set Usagi down to her feet and transformed into Tuxedo Kamen in the blink of an eye, "Once and for all"

Courat chuckled as he stepped up defensively, "Couldn't have said it any better myself," his eyes went to Usagi's, smoldering in fury, "Right, Serenity?"

She didn't respond, just raised her broach slowly, watching his eyes widen in more fury than she thought a body could hold, "Moon Eternal, Make-up!"

She landed beside Tuxedo Kamen, her fighting stance ready for a fight for her revenge- and savior.

"I can't do it," she said simply, "I can't give myself to you. They all love me too much"

"Then they can die for it," he spat back at her and dark energy sparked in reaction to his words, surrounding them with the crackle of power.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Mercury shouted as he stepped closer

Jupiter cracked her knuckles, "Jupiter Oak Evolution!"

"Mars Flame Sniper!" Mars shouted, her eyes flashing as Courat grinned at the other attacks

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

The attacks careened together as they flew towards Courat. Courat sneered as he raised a black energy wall, "You think you can-"

"YES! WE CAN!" Mercury screamed and at her command the attack flew back for an instant and went flying ten times faster at Courat

The black energy buckled against the energy and fell. The attack slammed into Courat, sending him flying across the room as he roared.

Without waiting for him to get up again, Sailor Moon sent her attack flying at him while Tuxedo Kamen chucked a rose at the fallen figure struggling to get up.

The attacks met up instants before he got to his feet, and the sparkling rose shot through his chest.

"A Sailor Planet Attack," Venus whispered to the others, "Get him while he's down"

"Tuxedo Kamen," Mercury said quietly, "The power of the Earth crystal is still at your command- not his"

Kamen nodded as he joined the circle

"SAILOR PLANET ATTACK!"

Bright golden light flared from them as it rose, burning away the darkness it touched.

Courat tottered as he pulled the rose from his chest, the smirk for once gone from his face. The power of the Sailor Planet Attack flew at him, but he reached his sword in time and flashed it in front of him, blocking the golden light from reaching him.

Sailor Moon and the others slid to the floor in exhaustion. The attacks had taken too much out of all of them, as they had sent nearly all of their remaining power into their final attack.

Courat roared in exertion as the golden light flared around the sword, attacking his force field relentlessly.

"NO!" he roared, "I am NOT going down!"

However, the precise moment he said that, was the exact moment their attack crashed through the force field and collided with his body. It sent him toppling over to the floor as the energy repeatedly slammed into him.

The golden light gave a last bright flare before it dissipated, leaving Courat lying on the floor.

"Is it over?" Sailor Mars whispered as she sat up with difficulty

"I think it is," Jupiter whispered. She groaned as her transformation slid off of her. They had all used up too much power. They had little to no energy left now.

Seeing Jupiter's detransformation, the others let theirs go, having no energy to hold it up.

"No…" Ami whispered as she looked at the distant figure that was Courat. He struggled to stand up, succeeding slowly.

He was breathing heavily, his hair flopping lifelessly as he ran a shaky hand through it, "Good job" he said to the Senshi and Mamoru, "Looks like you guys pulled through- just a bit," he brought his sword to his forefront, "But not enough. And now you're all defenseless," there was a tone of respect in his voice, but it was overridden with the anger.

Usagi stood slowly, shivering in the cold. Only her undergarments remained on from Courat's previous attack on her body, but she ignored it.

"Wait, Courat," she said shakily as she stepped towards him slowly, "What would you gain if you killed them? They have nothing to do with this. All you want is me-"

"Again, Serenity?" he snapped, his sword barely shaking in his hands anymore, "You're going to try that again? I only have SO much patience! These Senshi will go home, regain their power and come right back again, and then you'll join their side and fight till you can't fight anymore!" the dark energy crackled around him angrily, "And every time the same thing will happen! I'll always be the only one left standing! Don't you understand that!?" he brandished his sword towards the Senshi who were coming to stand beside Usagi slowly, "I am tired and I want you beneath me! SO NO! NO more fights with these worthless Senshi! It is the end! SAY GOODBYE!"

And black energy burst from his sword, flying straight at the Senshi, who quivered in front of Usagi, eyes closed, as if ready to accept it.

They were struck with the energy and fell to the floor slowly.

"NO!" Usagi cried, falling as well as pain shot through her heart at the sight in front of her, "MINAKO! AMI! REI! MAKOTO!"

Ami breathed with difficulty, straining to stand up, but collapsed against the floor once more, "We'd die countless times to save our Princes…" she whispered

"Yeah," Makoto coughed in agony, "We would. We love you, Usagi"

"Please," Minako whispered, "Know that, Usagi. We didn't mean to fail you," tears fell from her eyes thickly.

Usagi struggled to Rei who was directly in front of her, "REI!"

Rei looked up at her, her eyes brightening slightly, "Usagi…be strong"

"No…Rei…we promised to be together till the end," Usagi sobbed, holding Rei's hands in hers tightly, "Please, don't leave me alone!"

"Sorry I can't protect you…" Rei whispered, looking up at Usagi one last time. She faded away along with the other Senshi, smiling at the light that reached for them.

"We're with you, Usagi," Minako whispered, "Always,"

"NO!" Usagi sobbed helplessly into the floor, "REI! DON'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE! MINAKO! AMI! MAKOTO! Please…"

The pain wouldn't leave her as she sobbed, crying on the floor where her best friends had sacrificed their lives for her again.

"Bring them back…" she whispered uselessly as she sat up, looking at Courat, "Please, I'll do anything"

"No," he said simply, "It's time you learned your lesson"

She continued to sob. She had lost everything.

A wild roar came from her side and she looked up in fear as Tuxedo Kamen went running at Courat, his sword raised, "You bitch!"

Courat brought up his sword just in time to block Kamen's sword from cutting his torso in half, a smirk on his face, "Thanks for coming right to me, Endymion"

Kamen roared as he brought his sword around and slashed viciously at Courat, who hissed as it cut through his arm, leaving a bleeding slice.

"That's for USAKO!" Kamen cried as he slashed again.

But Courat blocked his blow and pushed him back, "And that's for me!"

Courat parried his blow, and using his sword, he knocked Kamen backwards. He stood above him, glaring down at him, "Die, Endymion!" and he released energy upon the scrambling Tuxedo Kamen

"NO!"

Usagi scrambled as fast as she could to the twitching body, "STOP! COURAT! DON'T!"

There was no answer and she landed beside Mamoru's body.

"Mamo-chan…?" she whispered, shaking as she looked down at the man she loved more than life itself.

He looked up at her, pain in his eyes, but it touched nothing to the love that shone through for her, "Usako…" he whispered painfully, grasping her hand and pulling her closer, "I love you…"

The grasp on her hand loosened, and his hands flopped to the floor lifelessly.

The world shook around her as she screamed and screamed, crying for her love to come back to her. Tears fell from her eyes, splashing on his still chest, but nothing brought him back. Nothing more than his eyes stayed in her mind and she grasped his body to her, trying to hold on, to make sure he stayed with her. He had to. He…he couldn't- she moaned in pain.

His body began to disappear before her eyes and she cried harder.

She had never felt such pain in her life before. It tore her apart- her world shook constantly, begging to let go of her life so she could be with him.

"MAMO-CHAN!" she shrieked as he vanished from her arms, taking the last of her sanity with him.

Footsteps echoed towards her slowly, stopping where Mamoru had lain seconds before. She looked up in agony, tears dripping from her eyes like a cascade.

"You," she whispered, "You killed him"

He smiled down at her, joy in his eyes, "Yes, I did"

Her vision went red; the only thing in her vision was the monster before her- begging to be hurt.

He grabbed her elbow and heaved her to her feet, "Guess you're all alone again"

She looked at him with lifeless eyes. He had done it. He had finally made her all his. There was no one left who could save her from him anymore. All the people she had ever loved had sacrificed themselves to protect her from him- there was no one left.

There was nothing binding her to the world anymore.

Mamoru had been the one reason she had hung on in the months Scott/Courat had stepped into her life. The one reason she had lived through the agony of losing everyone.

The one reason for life.

"It's over," she whispered, "My future, my past, my present, it's all gone"

"Yes, it's over," he said, pulling her closer to him so she was looking him in the face, "You're mine now"

She blinked slowly; knowing- as she had known the instant Mamoru's body had flopped before her eyes lifelessly- that she wouldn't live on.

She couldn't live on.

Not without her Senshi.

Not without him.

He made to pull her even closer, and she saw her savior. A small smile lighted her face as the irony became clear to her.

Faster than he could react, she seized the sword from his scabbard, pulling it in front of her, she brandished it in front of her.

He let go of her, and she saw a flash of fear in his eyes. She wondered vaguely if it was for what she was going to do- or what he thought she would do.

"I love Mamo-chan," she said to him, her eyes flashing as he stepped closer wordlessly, reaching for the sword.

"Serenity, give me the sword. You know you can't hurt me," he said, holding his hand out for the sword, a frown on his face

She turned it towards her stomach, "It isn't for you," she spat and she seized the handle and held it at her stomach. Without another word, she pushed it through her stomach viciously.

"You'll never have me again," she spat to him as she welcomed the pain that filled her body.

"NO! SERENITY!" Courat screamed as he ran at her, catching her before she fell, "SERENITY!"

Joy filled her at the pain present in his voice. He was suffering- he deserved to suffer.

She lay in his arms, blood falling thickly from where the sword protruded from her stomach, "You'll pay," she whispered, "Someday you'll pay for what you've taken from me"

She closed her eyes for the final time, welcoming the light that was in the distance. She could see the figures as if they were waiting for her. She hurried to them, crying in joy.

"SERENITY!" Courat screamed as he pulled the sword from the still body, "WAKE UP!" he pushed down on the flat stomach, attempting to stop the blood flow. It flowed under and over his shaking hands, almost disregarding them.

Her skin was deathly pale by the time he realized it was useless. He had lost her. He had pushed her to the edge and she had heaved herself over it- to get away from him. He held her still body to him, crushing it in his large hands.

"You'll be back," he whispered down to it, brushing the hair tenderly from her eyes, leaving streaks of red on her pale face, "And then I'll take you- and you won't escape me this time"

For he knew that somewhere in the world, souls were awaiting their rebirth- cursed forever to fight a losing fight for their world. And when they came, he would take what was his- and never let go.

With no one to stop him, Courat took over the world. He made a dark kingdom where he waited in the darkness for his queen to return.

For all who had lost their lives were reborn to continue fighting. Among those would be their leader, and their friend, Sailor Moon. Whose sorrow would forever hover over the world- till she received her vengeance.

-FIN-