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They sang and it was beautiful.

As soon as they let their manager know that they were going to do it, things turned into a whirlwind. A car showed up outside the apartment for us within minutes. I carried Chibi-Chibi in my arms as I climbed inside. She was still sleeping but she had gradually been showing more signs of becoming conscious; she was aware enough to curl into me when I picked her up, and I thought that, even sleeping, she might like to be there for the memorial service. Yaten, Taiki and Seiya were all dressed in green, lavender and red suits, respectively, with white shirts. The colors looked good on them and I knew no one would notice that they weren't technically male anymore. I, of course, was in the black dress with the pink jacket, which fit perfectly.

Seiya was sitting beside me during the ride and she had her arm wrapped almost absently around my shoulders. I allowed the contact, delighting in the fact that she wanted to touch me. I craved it. I leaned against her, shifting Chibi-Chibi carefully in my lap, and said, "Are you nervous?"

"No," she said, and the rapidity of her response told me it was an honest answer. "I think it's going to be hard to say good-bye, though." Her thumb rubbed my shoulder idly and I knew she was thinking of Princess Kakyuu. "But I'm glad that we've agreed to do it. She always liked the sound of our voices. We used to sing for her sometimes back home."

I stared, fascinated by the idea of hearing more tales about Kinmoku. The things that Seiya had told me about their planet had been achingly brief, with little detail. "Did you have a civilian life on Kinmoku?" I asked curiously. I tried to imagine the three of them hanging out at a place like the Crown Arcade but I couldn't quite picture it.

"Not really. Everyone knew who we were and what our job entailed," Seiya replied. "Sometimes we went around in our civilian forms, but not like you do. It was very strange to come to Earth and realize that no one knew who you guys were. We'd never had that before."

"I'm glad you got to experience it," I said softly, wondering what it would be like if people knew who I was. That I, klutzy little crybaby Tsukino Usagi, was the beautiful sailor senshi Sailor Moon. Would it be easier? I wouldn't have to hide anymore. I wouldn't need to worry about finding a private place to transform or be concerned that someone might see me, or hope that those rare people who had found out kept their silence. But at the same time I knew it had the potential to be so much harder, not the least of which because my family and friends would immediately be in danger.

"I am too," Seiya said, pulling me out of my thoughts. "In the end, I'm glad that we came to Earth, Odango. Even though things didn't exactly turn out the way that we thought it would…" She trailed off and looked into my eyes. I stared back at her, feeling my heart pound just a little bit quicker.

The car stopped and I looked away, feeling my cheeks flush. What was that? I didn't have time to think about it too closely. Yaten took a deep breath and then flung the door open. The crowd that was waiting for the ceremony to begin stirred when they caught sight ofthe Three Lights. A few people cried out excitedly. Yaten got out first, followed by Taiki, and then Taiki reached her hand in to me. I took it and allowed her to pull me out, and the resulting silence was deafening. I pretended not to notice as Seiya stood up next to me. She took my free hand and put it on her arm. It was harder to carry Chibi-Chibi with one arm and eventually Yaten took her from me, balancing Chibi-Chibi on her hip with an ease that surprised me.

Taiki took the lead, striding towards the little stage that they had set up. Just beyond that was the curved wall inscribed with thousands of names. Candles and flowers had been set up in front of the wall and in the twilight they looked luminous, lighting the carved names, a final farewell to the dead. I looked out at the water and remembered, suddenly, being in a rowboat with Mamo-chan on the day that Chibi-Usa first appeared to us. He had lifted me out of the boat and, being the eternal klutz I was, I'd tripped and fallen into his arms. He'd kissed me and our daughter had fallen out of the sky onto my head. She'd been a holy terror at first, driving me crazy, but I'd loved her from the moment I knew she existed, even before I knew who she was.

Seiya's hand tightened on my arm and I looked at her, startled, realizing that I'd stopped walking. I gave her an apologetic smile and stepped forward, keeping pace with her as we finished the walk to the stage. Tokyo's mayor took the microphone and began a speech about those who had been lost. I didn't listen. I didn't need to hear about a country pulling together in the wake of what they believed to be a natural disaster. My heart felt heavy in my chest and I placed a hand on my stomach. I'd looked forward to the day when I would have Chibi-Usa growing inside of me. Knowing that I would never have that was a bitter pill to swallow. She was my baby, my little girl, and I would never see her again.

Hot tears pricked my eyes and I turned my head, pressing my face to Seiya's shoulder. Her hand tightened on mine and a moment later she tilted her head to rest on top of mine. It was a comforting weight, especially when Yaten stepped closer so that her body was a warm presence on my other side. What would I have done without the three of them? My friends had always admired me for being so strong, but what they didn't seem to understand was that I was only strong because I drew from their strength. They were the ones who made me strong. The Starlights had kept me floundering but without them…

Yaten took my hands and wrapped them around Chibi-Chibi as Seiya stepped away. I watched them walk up onto the stage and take their places. It hadn't been so long ago that they were playing their final concert, but it felt like years. I closed my eyes and pressed my nose into Chibi-Chibi's soft hair as their music began. God it was comforting to hear. I'd never been a fan of the Three Lights, not until I met Seiya and realized what she would come to mean to me. Now I found their music sweeping through me, filling up a spot inside of me that was aching with emptiness. This time I couldn't hold the tears back and they came freely, sliding down my cheeks.

Chibi-Chibi stirred in my arms. I gasped and looked down at her, at the big blue eyes distantly focused on me. Her lips formed a tiny smile and she reached up a little hand to pat my damp cheek. "Chibi chibi, chii chibi," she said sleepily.

"Chibi-Chibi..." I said breathlessly, and I'm sure she barely heard it over the sound of the music, but she smiled. I couldn't believe that she was finally awake after I'd been waiting for her for so long. I hefted her higher and pressed a kiss to her forehead, overwhelmed with relief. "Thank god you're finally awake, Chibi-Chibi."

"Chibi... chibi chibi," she mumbled, gazing somewhere behind me. I didn't understand until someone tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around, surprised. My eyes widened in shock when I saw who was standing there. Koan smiled back at me.

"Hello, Usagi-san," she said. Her three sisters were standing close behind her. Berthier waved at me with a cheerful grin. Calaveras and Petz both merely nodded at me.

"Koan! What are you doing here?" I cried. I hadn't seen the four of them for a long time. I knew that Rei had kept in touch with Koan, but we'd been so busy that I'd never gotten around to asking her about them. I was happy to see that all of them looked good, like normal humans only with exceptional taste in fashion. Even at a memorial service they managed to stand out in small but distinct ways that had more than one man eyeing them up.

"We came to pay our respects," Berthier replied kindly. "And we wanted to make sure that you were okay."

The fact that she hadn't asked about the senshi made me wonder if they already knew. I looked at her. "I'm okay," I said hesitantly. "It was... a hard fight."

"We saw the names on the wall," Calaveras said, gesturing over her shoulder. There was pity in her eyes and for once it didn't seem like she was making it up. "We knew that it was bad from the fluctuating energy levels but..." She studied me for a moment and then shifted her weight awkwardly.

"Yeah, well..." I put my hand over Chibi-Chibi's forehead and smoothed some hair away from her face.

"Is that your daughter?" Koan asked curiously. "I didn't realize you had another child." Her brow furrowed and she looked confused. "Is that Small Lady? She doesn't like look like the Rabbit but I didn't think you had more than one."

"I didn't. I do now," I replied. It was a shock to remember that Koan, Berthier, Calaveras and Petz knew everything about Chibi-Usa and Crystal Tokyo. That's where they were from, after all, even if they were living in the past. I wondered if they realized that if they'd still been in the future, they would have been destroyed as well. "This is Chibi-Chibi. Chibi-Usa... Small Lady... I don't really have... She won't… my future husband passed away before the battle began. His starseed was stolen and he's not coming back. Without him I can't have her."

"Oh." Understanding dawned in Koan's eyes, followed quickly by sympathy. Out of all the enemies we had faced, they knew of my love for my daughter more than anyone. I'd protected Chibi-Usa from them countless times. She said, "I'm sorry" and I could tell that she meant it.

My throat felt tight. "Thanks."

"What will you do now?" Petz asked, glancing over her shoulder. She was half-facing away from us, looking out at the crowd.

"I don't know. Crystal Tokyo probably won't happen," I said, and saying it out loud was hard. It was harder still to face the looks on their faces when they realized that their time in Crystal Tokyo as law abiding citizens had been torn away from them before it even began. "My husband was the ruler of Earth. Chibi-Usa would have been his heir." I looked at the ground, realizing that I'd never really stopped to think about this. Who owned the throne of Earth now? Me? "And I don't know if I could do it without the senshi. I always depended on their power to help strengthen the ginzuishou."

"Hmm, how unfortunate," she murmured.

"Look." Calaveras stepped closer to me. "There's a reason we sought you out."

"What's that?" I looked at her curiously.

"Can't tell you here. It's too open, and if we tried to take you somewhere to talk I think that cute musician up on stage would hit me over the head with his guitar," said Koan, looking far more amused than she had the right to. I glanced past her, towards the stage. Seiya was openly watching us while she sang, her eyes narrowed, and I could tell that she was trying to assess the situation and see whether or not she needed to intervene. Taiki and Yaten were being much more subtle but I had no doubt that their attention was on us too.

"We could meet up," I offered. "Somewhere else."

"As soon as possible," Berthier said, holding a piece of folded paper out to me. "This could mean your life and hers."

My grip tightened on Chibi-Chibi as I took the note. Some small part of me didn't want to know what they had to say, but there would be no burying my head in the sand, not this time. "I'll be there."

For those who grew up with the dubbed, like me:
Koan = Catsy
Berthier = Birdy
Calaveras = Avery
Petz = Prisma

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