Here's the next chapter and it starts with ACTION! Time to eliminate a problem in a cheap tuxedo XD Sorry people who are fans of Mamoru, but I'm so glad COL232 decided to go with this because I hate him D Anyway enjoy the chapter and review and let COL232 know what you think! Love ya~!

~SXS

They were not even back in the Crystal Hall a moment when they heard the sound of shoes clapping on the stairs. There stood the Earth king, but something was different about his appearance. He wore the outfit that he had once donned as the prince in the Silver Millennium but his armor, which had then seemed to shine with a silver lining, was now purely black. Serenity and all the nations in the room were in shock and gasped out loud. Insanity lounged in the eyes of the king as he spoke.

"Well, well. The little moon bitch found out the truth at last, hmm?"

"Mamo-chan…How could you? All this time I thought that we were destined to be together. How could I have missed the truth?"

"You SOB!" Alfred shouted. "You were responsible for her death again and again!"

"And I'll do it once more. Since I've got my title as king of the world now, all I have to do is off you and this planet shall be mine!" He broke off into evil hysterics. "I wonder if this time you won't be reborn? Most likely not, but just to be safe, I'll shatter that crystal into a thousand little bits!" A cruel, twisted smirk grew on his face. "I think I'll enjoy plundering your body as well, something I've yet to have a chance to do."

"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Gilbert cried and jumped forward to defend the queen. The rest of the nations followed quickly.

"Oh, you bunch of washed up losers think you can stop the most powerful man in the galaxy? You are no match for my superior powers! And if you stand in my way, I will personally destroy your countries one by one."

The young queen moved aside Alfred and Gilbert who were directly in front of her. When they looked at her in protest, she shook her head gently and stepped in front of them. She turned to face the man she thought she loved, a grim look in her gentle blue orbs.

"I will not allow you to remain in this place any longer. I trusted you with my life and had no idea you had thrown it away many times before. The evil you have wrought on this world disgusts me." She flicked her wrists and suddenly the nations were encased in a sliver bubble. "This battle is between the two of us, I shall not allow you to drag my innocent friends into the situation."

The bubble floated up until it touched the top of the ceiling. They could see what would happen far below them but would remain unharmed.

"Mon Dieu…she was my Jeanne!" Francis stood gazing upon the two fighters, stunned. "She is a beauty in all her lives and as brave as Jeannie…I never thought I would see her again..."

"Da, my little Anya as well…To see that her death was so violent is bad enough. But to know she had suffered even in past lives..." He smoothed his hand over his scarf tenderly.

They watched in horror as she fought with her husband. He unsheathed a sword and they gasped collectively. However, Serenity was not unarmed. She put out her hand and a staff appeared. The two began circling around each other, fencing with the mismatch of weapons. A few close calls made the nations wince.

Finally, Serenity was through playing games. She shouted, "Cosmic Power, Make Up!" and a shimmering light surrounded her. Her buns had turned to hearts and blond had become sliver as she became Sailor Cosmos, her ultimate soldier form.

In response to this, Endymion grew a large purple and black ball of energy between his hands. Meanwhile, Cosmos flung out the arm holding the staff and a stream of mist filled the air blocking the man's sight and giving her a small advantage. However, he managed to still strike the girl. Cosmos took the purple, crackling ball to her gut and as a result was flung into a crystal wall.

She slid down to her knees in pain and agony, while up above Matthew Williams cringed into his brother, unnerved by the battle below. "Alfred this…this is more frighting then when we've fought..." Alfred could only hold the other as he was rendered speechless for once in his life.

Cosmos remained kneeling upon the ground and Endymion came closer. He tossed aside his sword and in his hand another appeared, more ancient looking and larger than the last.

"Say goodbye, Serenity."

"There has to be some way we can help her!" Gilbert cried. Ludwig put an arm around his brother's shoulders and shook his head sadly.

Little Feli clung to his brother instead of Ludwig, eyes wide, and Lovino didn't push him away. "Fratello, this is so intense, ve…" Even Kiku and Yao seemed to want to reconcile because of the sight, hugging and apologizing to each other.

Just as it seemed to be the end for their new queen, Arthur suddenly said, "Wait! We can help her!"

Gilbert turned to the Brit and grabbed him by the front of his shirt. "How? TELL US!"

"Get off me you fool! I know a spell. It can transfer power to a person. It may weaken us but…She needs it more than we do."

"Well you heard him!"

"We have to save her!"

"Let's do it!"

Everyone chorused in agreement and Arthur explained what they had to do. They all took hands and concentrated while Arthur spoke the words of the spell in a strange language. A glow started to form around them and they focused their energy until a beam of light came from them and shot down onto the queen.

"All these years I've tried to eliminate you. As long as you've been around I haven't been able to take over. And now…The time has come." The psychotic king continued to walk forward.

Suddenly, Cosmos began to rise up, and held her hands before her. Endymion was shocked and stopped his approach. A crystal appeared in her palms and she began to speak with her eyes shut as if in prayer. "O Holy Crystal that is my soul, hear my heartfelt prayer! Help me purify the once prince of Earth until there is no longer Chaos with in him!"

The nations never broke their concentration as down below them the light grew in intensity. At last the evil man dropped his sword in an attempt to shield his eyes from the bright purity. Eventually the nations had to turn their gaze away from the burning energy.

When they could look once more the queen stood alone, a small seed in her hand that bore all the malice in the world with in it. The bubble containing the nations floated safely down to the ground and popped. Changing back into Serenity, she turned and walked to a mirror. She shut her left eye and used one hand to force the tiny seed into her right eye before slumping to the ground panting harshly.

Gilbert and Alfred ran to her immediately and helped her over to one of the couches. As the others came around her, she whispered, "Th-Thank you."

"Serenity-sama. How did this happen?" But before she could answer, eight women burst into the room.

"Koneko-chan!" shouted one with short blonde hair and in a dark blue-themed uniform. "What happened?"

"We heard a commotion and came as fast as we could!" the one they recognized as Venus added. Four of the soldiers who the nations had met earlier skidded to a halt near their queen. Four that they didn't know stood on the outside waiting.

"Mars…Venus…It's alright. He's gone."

"Who? Who's gone?" Mars asked frantically.

"Endymion," one of the outer girl said suddenly.

"What?" the other soldiers cried.

"Pluto? You knew?" Serenity said in shock.

"Hai," the soldier called Pluto replied. Her uniform was a dark gray theme and she had long forest green hair. "Gomen, Serenity, but I only recently discovered it myself. The moment that you left with the nations Endymion's spell was broken. I realized that he had tricked us all into believing that he was truly good. He wiped the knowledge of the nation's presence from all of our memories."

"The fact that I reduced him completely to a star seed means that every inch of his body was pure evil…How could this have happened?"

"I don't know. Sometimes evil powers like that can trick the pure powers that we have," Pluto explained.

"Endymion evil? All these years?" the new blond asked.

"I always felt that he was a little off," a sea-green haired soldier said.

"At least he's gone now. And we'll never have to see him again," the smallest soldier, a black-haired girl, said.

"Serenity-sama, are you alright?" Kiku asked, approaching his queen.

"Yes. I am just a little weak. Thank you, Kiku-kun." Serenity sat up gingerly and smiled around at her friends. "Ah, my nations, I'd like to introduce the Outer Senshi. They are Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto." She pointed to the blond, sea-green, black-haired, and forest green haired girls in turn.

They all bowed and said, "Please to meet you all." The nations did the same.

"Well, what are you all still doing here," Serenity said after a minute. "Go back to work you sillies. I'm fine."

"Koneko-chan…"

"Uranus. I'm ok." She stared at her soldier until she broke and shook her head.

"You amaze me sometimes, Koneko-chan," Uranus said. "Alright, let's go!"

The senshi bowed and took their leave, the nations and Serenity left in the hall alone. The queen looked around at them and finally rested her eyes on Arthur. "It was you wasn't it?"

"Huh? I beg your pardon?"

"You were the one who gave me more strength! I know that you have some magic within yourself." She stood and walked over to the Brit who started to flush.

"W-Well, it wasn't just me…I mean it was my spell though." Serenity stopped in front of him and kissed his cheek before throwing her arms around his neck.

"Thank you so much! You saved my life! All of you!" she added, turning to face the rest of them. "He would have finished me off had it not been for your help. You gave your life-force for me, and for that, I owe you everything."

"We would do anything for you, mon ami," Francis said. "We had no idea that you had been an integral part in our pasts. We are the ones who owe you." He genuflected with his head bowed. The rest of the nations followed suit.

Serenity was not used to this show of respect and blushed herself before telling them all to rise. "Please, I don't like much of this formal stuff. We're all friends!" All of them were smiling widely as she looked from one to the next. Eventually she came to Gilbert and couldn't help an extra flush. After discovering that they had actually eloped in the past, she was hoping to rekindle a little of that flame in this life.

Gilbert also reddened slightly under her gaze. He knew that he liked her when he first saw her that day, but he had no clue that he had been reborn from a previous life where they had been in love. He had to find a time that they could be alone. He wanted to talk to her about everything, to get to know her again.