Pluto returned to Crystal Tokyo only a few days later.
"Well, did you find anything?"Mars asked anxiously.
Everyone stood around, waiting.
"Apparently,"she began. "it looks like her soul has somehow escaped from the river Styx."
"Escaped?! From the river of the dead?!"asked Artemis. "But how?"
"I'm not sure."Pluto admitted.
"Well, I guess I can understand why someone would want to escape."said Nephrite. "I just never thought it was possible."
Pluto frowned.
"No one should escape from the river. No one. No soul."
"And what do we do about it now."asked Mercury.
Pluto looked up.
"We return her to the river. That is why the souls are so restless."
"But what if she escapes again? And we'll never get her to go willingly."
"No."she hesitated. "If she will go…where the current is strongest? And she will go to the Underworld. No one could ever return from there."
"And how do we make sure she gets there."
"We'll have to lure her. Once she crosses the river, and steps onto the opposite bank, her soul won't be able to come back."she explained.
"And how do we do that?"
Pluto gave King Endymion one of her keys.
"I don't think this is such a good idea."said Kunzite.
He and the other three shitennou seemed very uneasy. The queen as well.
"This might be the only way."he told them.
Pluto led him towards the river. Once on the bank, she held her Orb over it, and a conjured a bridge over it, and they both crossed it. All at once the scenery changed. They could still see the river, still hear it, however, the opposite bank was completely empty. Afterwards, she crossed the bridge again, just before it disappeared.
"Fine, that's part one."said Mercury, crossing it on a list she was holding.
"Now, part two."said Zoicite. "We'll have to lure Beryl over here."
"That won't be necessary. We can take the river to her, the river can be accessed from anywhere. The portal can be opened anywhere, to the dead."Pluto explained.
"But she's not dead."
They traveled to the asteroid belt, and located Beryl. Pluto opened the portal. Looking up, Beryl could see the figure of King Endymion, almost as he were walking towards her. Endymion held his arms to her, gesturing her towards him. Everyone looked surprised to see that she had tears in her eyes. They'd never thought she would cry. Slowly, she walked towards him, until finally, she stepped into the river, and swam towards him. Once she surfaced on the bank, Endymion disappeared.
"No!"she cried out. "Endymion!"she ran to the spot where he had stood only seconds before.
Pluto sealed the portal, and the souls in the river went back to its usual steady self.
"Things are really never dull around here, are they?"said Zoicite.
"What do you mean, they're never dull!"demanded Nephrite. "Except for that little, er, adventure, things are pretty much routine."he said.
"That's true."agreed Pluto.
"And frankly, I think I prefer it that way."said Uranus.
"By the way,"said Luna. "whatever happened to the, um, annulment-"
"Oh, we won't worry about that anymore, Luna."said Venus, cheerfully.
"Ha! I don't see why you all look so surprised."said Artemis. "Or maybe you haven't gotten to know Venus that well. Don't tell me you weren't expecting her to change her mind!"