BISHOUJO SENSHI SAILORMOON
MIRAI PART XXIII: THOSE THAT REMAIN
by: Komillia

Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, etc. Chie, Hikaru, Yasha and the other original characters belong to me.

Note: As I was going through some files I discovered to my horror that I had forgotten to post the epilogue to this story. I apologize to any readers who still remember this story and have uploaded the ending now (5 years later...). The writing remains as it was 5 years ago when I first wrote it, so I also apologize for any grammar and writing mistakes.

"There, under those debris!" Sailormercury said, pointing a pile of debris in the middle of the street. She looked at her computer again, it was showing that someone was lying there and was still alive. Sailoruranus and Sailorjupiter started to dig through the pile to save whoever was buried under the debris.

With combined efforts and with the help of other Senshi who were still in Crystal Tokyo, the original Sailor Senshi had managed to chase off the demons in a few hours. Now they were trying to save people who had been injured because of the demons, or as in the case of this person, trapped.

Sailoruranus lifted a heavy metal plate and tossed it aside.

Her eyes widened in shock when she saw who had been lying under the metal plate. Archangel.

Her fuku was torn and dirty, she had bruises all over her skin. But her eyes were open and she appeared to be breathing normally.

"Uranus, you found someone?" Sailorjupiter called from the other side of the pile. She looked at Sailoruranus over her shoulder and rushed to her side.

"Tomo..." Sailoruranus whispered, dazed. Archangel could do little but smile at her grandmother.

"I'm okay," she said lightly. Sailorjupiter and Sailoruranus pulled her up and over to Sailormercury. Sailormercury typed on her computer and the computer performed a scan over Archangel's body.

Sailoruranus watched her granddaughter with worry as Sailormercury looked at the results that came up.

"Her vital organs are undamaged," she said, talking as if Archangel wasn't there. "Nothing has been broken. The bruises will heal in a week or two"

Sailoruranus let a sigh in relief and gave Archangel a hug.

Sakura Chie put up two framed pictures on the wall with a weak smile.

She then backed two steps in order to get a better look. The two pictures seemed perfect on the wall, like they were meant to be there.

One of the pictures was a picture of Kenji, the other was a picture of Sachiko.

Joining Kenji and Sachiko on the wall were pictures of Chie's parents. Chie smiled to the picture of her mother and knew that somewhere her mother was watching her and returning the smile.

The Shin Senshi were no more. One by one, everyone had left.

Chie had believed that the Shin Senshi would be forgotten, what they had accomplished would never be known. But she had been wrong.

After Kenji's death, his identity had been revealed to the public. Some people had witnessed his last moments and in their eyes he was considered a hero. A few months after the Shin Senshi had been disbanded, Neo-Queen Serenity had died and Usagi had ascended to the throne as the new queen. One of the first things that Usagi, or Queen Selenity as she was called to not be mistaken with her mother, had done was to start peace talks and negotiations with the leaders of Earth.

The negotiations had been successful and two months later the Moon Kingdom and Earth had opened up. People were now allowed to travel between the two places again. Things were pretty much back to the way they had been before. Demon attacks hadn't vanished completely but decreased a lot. Who was now controlling the demons no one knew, but the demons were no longer the threat they had been before. Every time a demon showed up, there was always a Senshi nearby to take care of it or else the local police force would step in.

Selenity had held a public speech about the Shin Senshi, with Chie's permission as long as their names, real and Senshi names, weren't revealed. Because of Selenity's speech people started to think of the Shin Senshi the same way as the people used to think about the original Sailor Senshi in the end of the 20th century. When it was revealed that Odin had been a part of the Shin Senshi and that Selenity had been taken care by them, their popularity had grown even more.

A few years ago Chie would have never believed that this could be true. However, she wished that Kenji could have been alive to see the beginning of a new time. A more peaceful time.

She also wished that Sachiko was alive. Nature had been found dead in the hall where Hermes and Lilith had last seen her. Hecate was also dead. Both had used all their strength to fight each other, in the end no one had won. Sachiko was buried on the Moon Kingdom, close to her husband and daughters.

Tomo had been the first one to leave the Shin Senshi. After clearly explaining that she had to focus on her mission to find the remaining two Protectors, she had dropped out of school and left. Once in a while she sent a postcard to Chie for all kinds of places. Africa, Peru, Russia, the Moon Kingdom, Mars, Kinmoku sei and even places beyond Kinmoku sei. Callisto, or Sakurai as she was normally called, had offered to help and look after Tomo. Chie had no idea where the two currently were.

Amelia had returned to the Moon Kingdom, of course. Jun had gone with her and after a few months Mai had followed. Chie hadn't heard from them since Mai had left.
Hikaru had gone back to America to take care of the old lady who had raised him. Yasha had gone with him. After the old lady had died, they had decided to stay in America. Chie had been shocked when Yasha had called her, saying that she and Hikaru had married and that they were expecting a baby. What surprised Chie even more was that Hikaru was studying to become a teacher.

Chie had only met Freya once, during Kenji's funeral. She had asked Freya what she would do now that Kenji was gone and the Zealots no longer had a home. Freya had answered that she was planning to take the Zealots with her and move to Mars. Later she had gotten permission to do so by working out a deal with the government. Last time Chie had heard from Freya, Freya had told her that she and the other Zealots were for the first time living normal lives.

And Akira... he had been the first one who had joined her and the last one who had left. It was Akira, Hikaru and Yasha that Chie was determined to keep in touch with. Akira had moved to the Moon Kingdom to do research on the Silver Millennium and to work for Sailormercury who had offered him a job.

Chie heard nothing about Misao for years until she one day had lunch at a restaurant called Kurisutaru Bara, only to discover that Misao was the owner. Misao had done well. She was married to a businessman and had three daughters, the oldest being almost sixteen. It appeared the Misao had given up on her life as a Sailor Senshi the day she had left the Shin Senshi but she seemed happy enough.

As Chie left the room and went down the stairs she couldn't help feeling lonely. The house was cold and empty now that she was living on her own. But as she reached the hallway she saw the mail that she had brought in just a few minutes ago. On the top of all the bills was a postcard with a killer whale on it.

Chie picked up the postcard and smiled to herself when she read the message. It was from Tomo. Apparently she was in San Diego at the moment and had taken a day of from searching to go to Sea World. Tomo had always wanted to go to Sea World.

Chie put down the postcard and went to put her shoes on.

After doing that, she picked up her bag and left the house. She'd be late for work if she didn't hurry.

While driving to the hospital, she turned on the radio for some music. The moment she turned on the radio music streamed out from the small speakers. Chie couldn't help feeling that the song that was being played and it's lyrics fitted in with the past adventures perfectly.

"After an endless dream, in this world of nothingness It seems as if our beloved dreams will lose"

[Did we loose? Chie asked herself. [We stopped Hel and Crystal Tokyo has become a little safer. But did we truly win In a battle which countless people had died on both sides, there was no winner. Now that the Shin Senshi had disbanded, who would be there to stop the next Hel? Would there be another team of Senshi to save the day?

The Child of Destiny that Tomo and Sakurai searched for, where was he or she? With so many people in the world, would they ever find the Child of Destiny?

"Even with these unreliable wings, covered in images that tend to stay I'm sure we can fly, on my love."