"Luna! Where did they go?" Ami asked, desperately as she turned to Luna who sat atop the computers of the control center.
The computer screen flickered, and Luna pressed her paws to the screen.
"It's hard to tell. As whenever the tracking has gone over this area it gets all wonky…though it looks like they are headed North!" Luna spoke over the various noises the computer made.
Ami looked at Luna and the computer screen and watched as the screen slowly stopped flickering, and displayed a location.
"That's the polar circle…the north pole to be exact. This is a location I've been keeping an eye on for a while now. It's likely the Dark Kingdom's headquarters!"
Rei swiftly turned around and spoke,
"We've got to follow them before we lose track of them completely! Right Luna…?" Rei looked back at Luna only to see the cat was struggling to stand.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me. I'll stay here and guide you! Just go! Hurry before it's too late."
The three remaining Sailor Senshi nodded and took each other's hands, ascending into the air. They would end this long battle today.
_
Rei looked down, a bit in awe, and maybe she felt a little bit frightened. Below them, the waves of the Arctic Ocean fought violently with each other below. A cold wind blew in the air, and Rei shivered.
"That's the Arctic Ocean…so this must be D Point," Ami spoke, her voice shaking due to the cold.
Fog encased the world around them, and Rei could see nothing but the violent waves of the freezing ocean below. Where could they have gone? Venus…Usagi, and Endymion? Rei felt uneasy and all her senses were screaming that this place was dangerous. Something dark resided here.
"This isn't ordinary fog. It's warping space itself. It's an evil presence that resides in this area." Rei spoke, trying to see through the fog.
Almost immediately after Rei spoke, an icy wind blew violently, and the fog parted. There as the fog parted Rei saw the land masses of ice in front of them.
The communicator buzzed, and Luna's voice came through.
"I've got their location…they're deep underground!"
Underground…so that's where they had to go. Rei wouldn't let anything stop them.
"Alright Luna, we're going underground now!" Ami spoke, and Rei steeled herself. They could do this.
_
"So you followed me here." Endymion spoke, and Usagi's eyes wandered until she saw Venus and the sword lying behind Endymion.
Usagi watched Endymion closely as he drew closer to her. Closer and closer until he was only inches away from her face. Did he remember her then? Was he going to…kiss her? Usagi didn't know how to feel about that. She didn't love Endymion anymore, but if a kiss would free him then she'd let him. Endymion didn't deserve this horrible fate. Usagi closed her eyes, and wished with all her heart…she wished that Endymion would be free.
Endymion brought his hands up close to Usagi's face. Suddenly Usagi couldn't breathe. She forced her eyes open. Endymion…was choking her. His hand was wrapped tightly around Usagi's neck.
"Tell me! If this is really the Silver Crystal why doesn't it shine? Why won't it show its powers? Is there another Silver Crystal one that holds more power than this and that pitiful little sword?"
Usagi struggled in Endymion's grasp, and struggled to speak,
"N-no…" was all she managed to say.
This couldn't be happening. The Endymion she once knew would never hurt her.
"And what about the Power of the Great Moon? Is its power summoned by another Crystal? Where is it?"
Usagi reached out for the Silver Crystal…she needed it. If only she could use its power now.
The Silver Crystal which lay in Endymion's hand responded to Usagi's heart and started to glow. It started to glow with a powerful light, and both Endymion and Usagi were knocked back. And the Silver Crystal fell to the ground.
Usagi stood up and watched as Endymion did the same, a wicked smile on his face. Endymion laughed, a cruel dark laugh.
"Oh…so is that it? Do you control the Silver Crystal Princess?"
As Endymion spoke a dark mist filled the room, and a deep chilling voice spoke,
So you've all finally come…
Usagi stared in horror at the creature made of dark mist, it had piercing red eyes. Was this it? The ancient creature they were supposed to destroy?
"Sailor Moon!"
Usagi looked behind her to see Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, who held the holy sword, standing behind her.
"Sailor Moon! Listen to me! I'm sorry but you need to kill Endymion! There is no other way! The sword gives instructions on who to destroy Metellia! But we will never do it with him here! It's all up to you Sailor Moon!" Venus spoke, looking Usagi in the eyes.
Kill Endymion…? She had to…. No! No! No! She couldn't! She was going to free Endymion!
Usagi covered her ears and with tears in her eyes, she screamed.
What should she do? She didn't know! Could she not choose her own fate? She couldn't do this! There was no way she could do this!
_
Haruka sat still in the hospital bed, looking out the window. What was the Princess doing, she wondered? Hopefully, she was safe.
Suddenly a sharp pain grew in Haruka's chest. Instinctively Haruka, brought her shaking hands over the area the pain originated from, and she gripped her clothes tightly.
Haruka leaned forward, and her vision was blurry. What was this pain? Where was it coming from? In her head, a familiar voice rang,
I can't do it! Why don't I have a choice in this? Somebody, please help me…
That voice that was the Princess…. Haruka grits her teeth together trying to deal with the pain. She couldn't help the Princess because she was stuck there. She could only pray that the bright and bubbly girl who was her Princess was safe.
It was then right before Haruka's eyes that a bright light burst out of Haruka. What was that? Was that the piece of the Silver Crystal's power? The pain faded, and Haruka watched as the light disappeared from the room.
Sitting there, breathing heavily, Haruka prayed that her Princess would be okay.
_
Usagi didn't understand! Why did she have to do this? Why couldn't she choose her path?
Usagi turned to Venus, and pulled the sword out of her hands. She could hear Venus shouting at her, but didn't register what she was saying. If she was going to kill Endymion then she'd….
She couldn't take his life! Not unless….
They had been reborn…both of them.
They had their own lives, their own friends, their own dreams.
But it all led to this in the end.
They were reborn together….so….
Usagi ran forward and slashed the sword across Endymion's chest. Endymion's eyes widened, and he fell forward, hitting the ground with a thud.
They…
Usagi stood there for a moment looking at Endymion with sad eyes, and she took a deep breath. Slowly Usagi turned the sword towards herself. Usagi closed her eyes, and with shaky hands she thrust the sword through her chest.
They had been reborn together so they'd die together. That was the only way to make this right.
Usagi fell forward, in pain. Her consciousness is already fading. Upon hitting the ground, a tear fell down Usagi's cheek.
She would tell Haruka and Michiru how she felt. Before she closed her eyes the words she longed to say slipped out of her mouth,
"Haruka…Michiru…I love you…."
_
Venus screamed, looking at the sight in front of her. Her princess…her beloved…adorable princess lay there next to Endymion's body…dead.
Not again…
Why did it have to happen again?
"We…we couldn't have been reborn just for it to happen again." Venus spoke her voice weak, and soft.
This was just a repeat of their past lives! A repeat of the tragedy!
Suddenly a light flew past Venus's eyes, and flew to the Silver Crystal where it lay on the ground by the princess and Endymion. A bright light shone from the Crystal and it lifted off the ground.
Was that the piece of the Silver Crystal that went into Sailor Uranus? Venus watched as the Silver Crystal grew…and grew soon completely encasing the princess and Endymion.
"No it mustn't grow here!" Venus heard Mars yell, and Venus looked up into the red eyes of that ancient creature.
What a strong light, filling this dark palace completely. Finally it is in my grasp. This unlimited power!
Venus watched in horror as Metellia engulfed the princess and Endymion. Venus could only still watch as Metellia rose to the surface while Venus stood there, unable to do anything.
Venus, Mars, and Jupiter were left alone in the cold halls of the Dark Palace.
_
Luna sat in the control center dumbfounded, she had been watching everything from the control center.
Luna's ears dropped down as she knew that her princess…Serenity…Usagi was gone.
Luna could hear words the queen once said echoing in her head.
Luna, no matter how much time passes or how much she changes you must always protect your mistress.
Luna had failed. Usagi…sweet bubbly Usagi…she was dead and it was all Luna's fault.
Tears formed in Luna's eyes…Usagi had been suffering all this time, and Luna had done nothing. She had been too hard on Usagi. She had asked too much of her. She should've never dragged Usagi into this…if only she had known this was how things would end up.
"Artemis…please take me to the Moon." Luna asked her head down, and her voice weak.
_
Michiru watched, standing there in a park. She watched as everything around her turned to stone. The wind blew harshly, and violently. People were passing out all around her.
Michiru watched with wide eyes, this was a repeat of the past. This is what happened to the Silver Millennium back then.
Her princess…what had happened to her princess?
Michiru's heart leapt out of her chest full of fear. As the wind continued to blow violently around her, all Michiru could think about was her princess. Was she okay? Was she alive? Michiru gripped her clothes tightly, and knew she needed to….She needed to transform. She needed to find her princess!
Please…please be okay.
Please let her be alive!
Please don't let her be dead!
Michiru was able to raise her hand in the air to transform, when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Michiru…you can't." Michiru heard Setsuna's voice behind her.
Michiru turned around, angry. As the world died around her she glared at Setsuna, a fire raging in her eyes.
"Why? Why can't I!? I need to find the princess! To protect her! She could be dead!"
Setsuna looked at Michiru with knowing eyes, and Michiru found she really hated that look.
"I promise you the princess will be okay. She'll come back safely, I swear."
Michiru looked at Setsuna still angry and she spoke her voice low and dangerous,
"If she doesn't…I will make sure you'll regret it."
Michiru didn't care if Tokyo burned, all that mattered right now was her princess.
_
Mercury stood there along with Mars, Jupiter and Venus in the now petrified D-point. She stared up at the sky at Metellia who grew larger and larger by the second. What do they do? They've tried to fight again and again.
"We can't stop Metellia not by ourselves…but we can make a chance to stop her!" Venus spoke, and in her hand she held her pen tightly.
Mercury looked at Venus confused, unsure of what she meant.
"If we sacrifice the sacred power of our pens we should be able to bring our princess back!"
Mercury slowly processed what that meant. Sacrificing their pens that would mean….
It would mean…
"Venus! If we sacrifice our pens it'd be giving up our own lives!" Mars shouted in protest,
Venus nodded and picked up the Holy Sword from the ground,
"I am prepared to give up everything…even my life if it will put an end to this. You understand that only Sailor Moon can stop this don't you?"
Mercury nodded that it was true, they needed to do this. Mercury was scared but even still she needed to be brave. If it meant putting an end to all this, and saving life, the one that was so precious to her then she'd do it.
Mercury took a breath and raised her pen in the air,
"Mercury Power!"
Mercury waited for a moment to see if Mars and Jupiter would follow suit. They looked like they understood.
"Mars Power!" Mars raised her pen in the air as well.
"Jupiter Power!"
"Venus Power!"
The four of them combined, together they would save that person.
"Make Up!"
That person that they were connected to by fate. Their Princess. Mercury was sure that she'd meet that person again one day.
Yes, they'd meet again one day.
_
Princess! You're sneaking out to meet that Prince again!
Venus! You've never been in love before you don't know what you're talking about!
Must be troublesome taking care of a curious princess.
Princess! You're hear again?! We're going home!
When you look down from the Moon how does this planet look?
It looks just like a blue crystal ball.
Stop this! We can't let this kind of hatred continue!
I had a terrible feeling that this love would end in sadness. That lover from the Earth and Moon.
Endymion!
I will seal everything away, even the Moon.
I Entrust The Future To All of You.
You have such pretty eyes. You must have been a princess in your past life.
I'm Kaiou Michiru. It's nice to meet you Usagi.
Usagi this is Tenoh Haruka.
It's nice to meet you. Do you mind if I call you Usagi?
You're so funny Miss. Tsukino!
Ummm…you're Usagi right? Miss. Mizuno's friend?
It's dangerous to stop in the middle of the street. Please be careful.
You've done well so far Sailor Moon.
Usagi it's alright. You're not going to die, I promise you this. Haruka and I will protect you.
I'm glad I got to protect you after all you are my precious princess.
Serenity had been reborn as Usagi and she had hidden the Silver Crystal within her heart…
Now shrouded in darkness Usagi opened her eyes. Where was she?