SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 4 out, this is Chapter 5 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 5: The End of the Journey! The Light of the Girl and the Youths!

"Aria…" Ami whispered, getting out of bed as she sensed Aria's fading light. "Holy Grail…" she reached out to the jeweled cup floating before her. "What do you want to tell me?" the Purity Chalice then bursting into full power. "Is that so?" Ami muttered, the Grail revealing Aria's parentage.

"Is what so?" Shun asked, from behind.

"Shun," Ami turned to her husband. "Do you remember the first time we fought against Mars? When the dark meteor crashed before Seiya could end the fight?"

"What of it?" Shun pressed.

"I activated the Holy Grail's power to counteract the meteor." Ami continued. "And in a split second, Aria was born… from the Purity Chalice, from the purest of hearts."

"Wait," Shun blinked. "In other words…"

Ami nodded, "Aria is my daughter, in a sense. And I couldn't save her from Mars."

"Eden!" Aria gasped, sensing Eden surrendering to the darkness. "I don't know what sins I may commit with this power." She admitted. "But I…As long as there are people who need me, as long as there are those who find happiness in my light, I… I want to be the light."

"Then be the light that illuminates the darkness." Ami manifested before her, the Holy Grail in her hands. "My dearest child. Remember, Aria." she soothed, the Chalice's power washing away the darkness. "You might not remember me, but for the last thirteen years, I'm always in your heart."

"Mars!" Koga glared, pulling Aria out of harm's way as Mars appeared before them.

"Light Cosmo…" Mars absorbed Aria's power. "It shines so beautifully. I've been waiting for this."

"Aria?" Koga gasped. "Don't use Aria for your own ends anymore!" he cut off the connection.

"I will not use my power of light anymore." Aria declared. "I'll never use it for you again! On my journey, I learnt of the beauty and kindness of this world's people and their hearts. I want to protect this beautiful world."

"This world is beautiful?" Mars echoed. "This world is awash with greed, jealously, hate and betrayal. And you call it beautiful?"

"Yes." Aria replied. "I want to protect it. I want to use my light to illuminate it forever."

"With your light?" Mars scoffed. "Your light only exists to illuminate my new world. Now return to me. You again, Pegasus boy?" he remarked, Koga pulling Aria off.

"I won't let you have Aria." Koga promised.

"That's right." Yuna agreed, the rest encircling the pair. "We shall protect her."

"You're only Bronzes." Mars growled. "What can you do? Seiya won't come to save your lives this time."

"Let's go!" Koga gave the order and the five Bronze Saints charged.

"Now return, my light." Mars instructed, having blasted the five Bronze Saints' attacks back at them.

"No, I will not go back to you." Aria announced. "I'll protect this world and its people." She hurried over to Koga. "I'll fight with them. Everyone, hahaue, give me your power, the power to dispel that darkness!"

"Aria…" Ami breathed, Aria's prayer having reached her. "Shun." She released herself from her husband. "I have to go. Aria, she needs me."

Reaching into the air, Aria grabbed a golden staff formed by the six Cosmo Crystals.

"That shining form…" Mars gushed.

"Is that…" Haruto breathed, Ami in her Cosmos Mercury form appeared beside Aria.

"Cosmos Mercury!" Mars glared at his adversary. "I'd thought you've lost your powers as a Planet Senshi."

"While it is true that I've lost my Senshi powers after our last encounter," Cosmos Mercury admitted. "It doesn't mean it's gone forever. It just took this long for me to regain them. You've already taken a daughter from me; I won't let you take another! Crisis Power!" she transformed into her Princess Isis form.

"I won't let you to..." Koga swore, getting up. "I'll never allow you to, Mars. We are Saints. If Aria's light is Athena's light, then it's our duty to protect this light."

"Saints?" Mars echoed. "Don't make me laugh! Disappear into the darkness!"

Aria retaliated with a golden energy shield from her Staff.

"As long as the power of Light sustains us, we will never lose." Koga swore.

With an unison roar, the five Saints attacked their enemy again.

"Begone!" Mars blasted them back with his darkness power. "Turn into dust and darkness."

"Are you ready, Aria?" Isis looked at her daughter.

"Yes." Aria nodded and took her hand. "Hahaue."

"As long as we have Athena's light, we will defeat you." Koga repeated, the five Saints standing back up, the 'Cleanser' holding up the shining Purity Chalice. "Pegasus Ryu Sei Ken!" he released his attack, charged up by not only Aria's light Cosmo, and also the Chalice's powers.

"You hit me!" Mars roared, Koga's attack hitting its mark. "Curse you…" he turned to the two glowing females. "You would disobey me, Aria?" blasting Koga off, he turned his attack on the pair. "Aria!" he formed a black lightning spear and tossed it straight into Aria's chest.

"Aria!" Isis caught the fallen girl before she hit the ground.

"Fool," Mars mocked. "You could have been the new world's Athena." Claiming Aria's Staff, he drew out the rest of Aria's light Cosmo. "Farewell." He cut through the cliff's edge, bringing the group down as he rose upward, taking Sonia and Eden with him.

"Aria!" Koga screamed, the rest clustered around the mother-daughter pair.

"Everyone is safe, right?" Aria asked. "Yuna, I'm really glad I met you. Soma, Ryuho, Haruto," she addressed the others. "Everyone… Thank you… For being so kind to me. Koga," she turned to her twin. "I don't have to return to Mars, do I? But you must go, all of you. Stop Mars." She pleaded. "Protect this world. Go, there's no time."

"Aria!" Koga exclaimed, Aria combining the last of her powers with the Chalice to transport the group off.

"Thank you, Koga." Aria smiled. "Thank you… For giving me happiness." She muttered as the area crumbled.

"Planet Teleport!" Isis let her Planetary mark burn on her forehead, teleporting them both off before the area caved in.

"Ami." Shun turned, as a burst of light descended into the house. "Aria!" he noticed the dying child in his wife's arms. "It's too late then." He realized, the tearing Ami tightening her hug around the fading girl.

"Thank you, hahaue." Aria whispered. "For giving me life." With that, she shattered into light particles, returning to the Holy Grail.

Shun just let his wife cry on his shoulder as she lost yet another daughter to the same enemy.

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