Usagi felt restless, tossing and turning in her bed. She was sure to move Luna to the table so that the poor cat could actually sleep instead of dealing with her and her current incapability to sleep.

She sighed lowly before getting up and creeping out of her room to the kitchen. She grabbed a glass and began to fill it with water.

"You got real sloppy, you know?" The glass fell and shattered at her feet before she could take a sip. She only turned her head since moving would possibly cause her to cut her feet and that was the last thing she needed.

"Sailor Moon, the supposed leader of the scouts, got sloppy with her identity." Endymion taunted. She could see the smirk upon his face.

"I never said I was perfect..." She couldn't continue looking at him. He had Mamoru's face and voice, but the two were nothing alike. "So... What brings you to my house at... " Her eyes gazed over to the clock. "Four in the morning?"

"I just have a... plan, in store. It involves getting rid of Beryl and Metalia..." He spoke, walking towards her as her back was facing him.

The sound of his shoes making the glass crack a bit alerted her of his movement. "Really? You expect me to believe you'd go against your queen?" She crossed her arms, aware of his closeness to her back.

"Not really. However, trusting me will be the key to their destruction..." He whispered into her ear.

"So what...? I can't trust you no matter what. How do I know you won't just kill me?"

"You don't. It's a leap of faith." His voice was closer.

"... If I don't, I assume you'll threaten to hurt my family and friends...?" She leaned away from him, trying to not let him try distract her thoughts.

"Most likely, yes." She sighed at his reply.

"Figures... Just let me leave a note..." Usagi went to move before remembering the glass and she held her foot up, afraid to put it down. "Aw come on...!"

Endymion rolled his eyes before picking her up and placed her in an area with no glass.

"Thanks...?" She grabbed a pen, a sticky note, and she wrote about how she was going to spend the night at Rei's because of a weird dream she wanted her to decipher. A stupid lie, but whatever.

"Grab your crystal first." Endymion demanded after she stuck it to the table.

"Clean the shards first." She demanded back. He frowned, but snapped his fingers and the shards were all gone. Then Usagi smiled, satisfied, and slowly walked to her room so to not wake her family or Luna.

Speaking of the cat, she saw the aforementioned feline in a deep sleep and she gently pet her before grabbing her brooch and walking down the stairs to an impatient Endymion.

"I got it. Now what?" He grabbed her arm and immediately teleported them to the Dark Kingdom castle. "What are you..!" He covered her mouth with his hand and pushed her small frame onto a nearby wall with his taller form.

"Shut it, Princess! You don't want to be caught, do you?" He growled through his teeth. Usagi shook her head and moved his hand.

"Fine! Just take me to where I can get rid of them!" She whisper-yelled at him, already agitated from lack of sleep.

He sighed, knowing this would be a very difficult morning for him. This girl just knew how to mess with his head, and he wasn't sure how to feel about it.

Using his cape and height to his advantage, he snuck the girl into his living quarters. She huffed the whole time about it, but quietly, so no youma heard.

"Why take me here? I thought you'd just poof us to Metalia, and boom! She's gone." Usagi dramatized with her hands. She mooved to look around and she noticed the dark decor and couldn't help but frown.

"It's a matter of just getting you in there quickly so you can deal with both of them at once..." His focus was on her sudden frown.

"That it?" She asked, not noticing him.

"Yeah... sure..." He shook his head and looked away from her.

"What is going on?" He wondered.

"Okay. Do you know when Beryl and Metalia will be in the same room?" She inquired.

"Are you just full of questions...?" He asked, exasperated. She crossed her arms and he sighed. "She typically tells me telepathically. It happens often."

"Hm... okay." Usagu figured she ought to not ask anymore questions.

"Right now... I have a clear shot of him.. I could purify him here and now... but maybe he'll notice my movements if I suddenly transformed and used the Silver Crystal on him." She stared. "Maybe after this with Beryl and Metalia..."

"Does something interest you about me, Princess?" He smiled smugly. She realized she was staring at him.

"Well, he noticed that..." She blushed a bit before turning her back to him.

"It's nothing that concerns you!" She declared and after that, she heard him chuckle a bit.

Then things went quiet for what felt like forever.

"Hm... I may need to keep tabs on her if I let her go free after this. Or not." Endymion stood up, something forming in his hand.

He proceeded to grab her left forearm and ordered her to release her fist. Once she finally agreed to do so, after a few minutes of defiance, he slid a black ring onto her wedding ring finger.

"What... um... what is that for...?" She asked, blushing a bit seeing as is was the hand where a wedding band would usually be placed.

"Just in case." He said plainly before walking back to his bed.

The ring adjusted itself to grip to her finger, but not stop circulation of the blood. He also made so that only he could take it off of her, which she found out by trying to remove it with no success.

"You'll just have to see it as a form of commitment to our promise." Of course he saw her trying to take it off. "Much like any wedding ring."

She turned a little red. "You think you're really friggin funny, don't you?" She said through gritting teeth. "If that's the case, you ought to have one too...!"

"Oh please, I don't--" She cut him off by yanking his left hand and holding his hand in both of her hands as a bright light emerged between the spaces of her fingers. Once it died down to nothingness again, she removed her hands and he now had a golden colored ring on his wedding band finger.

"There. Now we're even." She smirked as she held up her left hand. Endymion was once again wondering whether he should be amazed or confused.

"What is this power of control she seems to have...?"

Then something spoke to him mentally. "They're together now. Don't transform, unless you can't use the crystal just... like this." He motioned to her in her pajamas.

"I've never tried... But thanks for the idea!" She just smiled at him as if he didn't force her here nearly half an hour ago.

Summoning her Moon Stick with the Silver Crystal on it, he covered her with his cape and they made their way into the room where Beryl and Metalia conversed about taking over.

"Endymion... What suddenly brings you here...?" Metalia's voice echoed as they entered the room. "Have you important news...?"

"Of course. I'd have no other reason to be here if I didn't." He could feel the young girl behind shiver, either from the cold or fear.

"Then speak, boy!" Metalia grew impatient.

"Oh speak nicely to him! He brought you a gift after all." Sailor Moon appeared from the other side of Metalia. Using the Moon stick, she aimed the bright glowing power at the mass of darkness.

"Sailor Moon!" Beryl yelled, angry. She turned to Endymion to order him to attack but found that he had moved behind Metalia as well.

Sailor Moon sent a blast of the purifying light through Metalia, severely weakening her, and the other end hit Beryl straight on.

Youmas began to emerge from the walls, here to come to the defense of their Queen. Moon moved to purify Beryl quickly and was mostly surrounded by youma.

She looked around her to make sure to keep an eye on them as her crystal worked to cleansing Beryl of the darkness.

Once she realized that Beryl was successfully clear of Metalia's evil, she turned to look at the youmas, who all just stood there. Unmoving aside from blinking and breathing.

"They aren't attacking..." It worried her more than it confused her. Then she realized that Endymion was oddly quiet. Detransforming with no reaction from the youmas, she moved past them to look and see how Endymion had a dark black crystal shard.

Uh... what do you got there, Mamo... uh Endymion...?" She asked, worried.

"Metalia. In one of the books I've read while being here, entities without physical bodues can be contained forever in an object. I chose to use this shard that Zoicite dropped when he was killed." He was observing the shard, all of the power in the shard of Metalia just seemed to run through his body after that point.

"So... want me to..." She held up her Moon Stick. He shook his head.

"I'll keep it the way it is... but if you don't mind..." He held out his free right hand. "I'll be taking the Silver Crystal too."

Usagi gripped at the jewel in her left hand tightly. "You... what?! That wasn't what we agreed to, Endymion." Her voice was stern.

"I know, but you're in my domain, Princess."

"That's stupid!" He could see the crystal's glow in her hand as she felt it's warmth.

"Don't make this more difficult than it needs to be." He took a step closer to her. She was not backing down, however. Holding up her left fist that held the Silver Crystal and they both watched as the light diminished in her hand.

"If you're so keen..." She opened her hand for him to see a small amount of light disappearing into her palm. "You'll never get it now."

He frowned before grabbing her arm harshly. "Then you can't leave. If I can't have the crystal, I'll just have you."

"It's not like you can keep me here!" She shouted. He smirked and pointed to the ring in her finger.

"Yes I can." If looks could kill, he'd probably would have dropped then and there.

She yanked her arm from his grip. "Whatever. You won't get my crystal." Usagi smiled. "I guess you're stuck with me!" That happy attitude returned.

"She has her own plan apparently... This ought to be interesting." He smirked as he watched her retreating form out of the room.

He had the youmas take Beryl back to wherever her original home was before encountering Metalia. It felt wrong to just leave her in the cold of this kingdom.

This just kinda interests me a bit. I spent all day yesterday on the cover too. It's supposed to be more M rated as I go along.