Chapter 8-The End

Mako grabbed her rival and flung the monster over her head. She leapt out of the way as two other gentlemen charged at her. The opponents continued to pile in, crowding the soldier. Her arms were getting tired and her lungs felt like they were on fire, but Mako continued fighting.

Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see Ami and Rei protecting Usagi. She needed to get to Usagi. Duck, punch, fling. Duck, punch, fling. Mako slowly made her way through a pile of monsters.

Finally, the gentlemen started to get tired themselves and their advances slowed. Mako ran toward Usagi and grabbed the box. She mustered all of her strength and brought her fists down on the wood. A faint crack appeared on the lid. She continued to smash the box with her bare hands.

The gentlemen stopped fighting the others and they all started to converge. Scalpels out, they all floated toward Mako now.

The crack on the lid continued to travel downwards, increasing in size as the pressure on top increased. In one final blow, the crack reached the bottom and the box split wide open. A weird white fog appeared, floating in midair. Then the white fog split into million pieces and some flown into everyone's mouths. The rest flew out of the window.

Usagi felt the white mist entered and penetrated her throat. She remembered the story, how it was suppose to end. The princess needed to scream and killed all the monsters. Yet, Usagi despise the idea of killing.

"Moon cosmic power, make up!" Usagi's voice rang loud and clear and she called forth her power. The gentlemen backed away slowly as all the girls started transforming.

"Lend me your powers, everyone." Sailor Moon pleaded. "Let us heal everyone."

A bright light radiated out of the silver crystal, blinding the gentlemen. The monsters huddled down in fear, preparing themselves for their impending death.

The light filled the basement room and continued to expand. All over the world, the gentlemen and the citizens of the world looked up. All of the boxes in the world shattered and returned the voices to everyone.

The light washed over the gentlemen in the room and all over the world. Instead of exploding or dying, the gentlemen started to shrink….

Sailor Moon collapsed, as her energy was spent. In the room, instead of the monsters, a group of children appeared. They were wearing clothes from different decades. They looked around in confusion…..

Before she lost consciousness, Sailor Moon turned to Sailor Pluto. "Please, just this once, please help these kids. Return them to their rightful home and time. Please…."

Rei replaced the cold cloth on Usagi's forehead. The princess had slept for one day straight already. This time, Usagi had really pushed her power to its limit. After the battle yesterday, Usagi was barely breathing when she collapsed.

Rei took Usagi's hand and gently stroke it. No one would ever know how amazing this girl was. To the people on Earth, the monsters just magically disappeared. To the people on Earth, the last few days were incomprehensible so they blamed it on a virus.

"mmm…yum" Usagi started to stir and mumble.

"Usagi? Usagi?" Rei shook the princess gently.

Usagi grabbed Rei's hand and brought it close to her lips. Rei's heart pounded as her hand inched closer and closer…..Her eyes opened wide with disbelief and hope…

Usagi opened her mouth and bit down hard. Rei yelped in pain and jumped up. Startled, Usagi opened her eyes.

"Usagi…what the hell?" Rei stared down at the teeth imprint on her left hand. Unconsciously, she traced her hand around the indentations.

"Rei? Oh my gosh, what happened to your hand?" Usagi sat up and pulled Rei's hand in for closer inspection.

"You bit my hand…"

"I am so sorry. Hahaha…I was dreaming that I was at a buffet but they kept taking the food away. Finaly, I found a piece of chocolate on the ground. So I picked it up and took a bite…"

"Figures. This is what I get for taking care of you." Rei flicked her finger on Usagi's nose. "In the name of Mars, I will chastise you…for biting me."

"Ow. Rei you are mean to me again….Okay, I am going back to sleep forever then…." Usagi flopped down and closed her eyes. When she didn't hear anything from Rei, she opened one eye and peaked at Rei.

Rei's face was turned. She sniffled and then wiped something away from her face.

"Rei? Are you crying?"

"No! Usagi you baka. It was just allergies." Rei yelled defensively.

Usagi smiled warmly. "I am okay, really, Rei. Don't worry about me. I am alive, aren't I? And thank you for taking care of me…." Usagi reached for Rei's hand and planted a kiss on her injured part. "I am sorry I mistaken your hand as chocolate." She then kissed it again.

"I am gonna go tell the others that you are awake. Mamoru called and said he would be on the first flight back tomorrow." Rei stood up quickly and left the room.

Usagi bowed her head down in sadness. In the past few days, she had felt it more than ever. She was drawn to Rei, she knew that. "Rei, you baka. If I wasn't bound by destiny…If I could choose…."

~The End~

A.N. Thank you to all my readers. A new story Tabula Rasa will be posted on June 1st, which will be a continuation of this story but with a new villain. Once again, the scouts were put into a situation where they couldn't use their powers to stop an apocalypse.

Pairing: Rei-Usagi, Ami-Mako and Michiru-Haruka.