Konnichi wa! Argh, everyone, I am so sorry about that last cliffy. That
one might have been beyond even me, though you know how much I love
cliffies. I just had to stop because the story was running away without
me and I was getting all confused! I had to stop and rethink the story
so I could figure out the ending. I had to cut it off. You understand,
right?
Thank you soo much for all of your wonderful reviews! I was just a giggling mess reading them. You have no idea how much I adore reviews. Even bad ones. I just love them.
And, here it is! The grand finale!
-Moon Pie
PS: If I could get to one hundred reviews on this... I would be sooo happy. And if anyone is waiting on that sequel to "In Happy Hiding"... that would make me go much faster! LOL! Please read the rest of my stuff too! Domo Arigatou!!!!!!!! Aishiteru, minna!
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Episode 12
Sailor Moon disappeared. Forever.
In her place was the much more powerful Princess Serenity.
Serenity was Serena's true self. Who she was, who she is, who she will always be. There was no disguise magic on Princess Serenity. Therefore, the Princess of the White Moon, winged and all, floated before her enemy, fully nine months pregnant.
Beryl saw. Her eyes began to glow red. "How marvelous!" She roared, clapping her hands. "It will be my pleasure, Serenity, to destroy you and the child only I was meant to carry!"
Serenity was repulsed, and visibly shuddered. But, when she felt her friends powers flare up within her, she regained composure.
"Have you any last words, Beryl?" The princess asked calmly. The air around her shimmered with her raw power.
"Hah! MY last words? What about yours, girl?"
Serenity considered it. "I'm sorry."
With that, she closed her eyes, and all of her energy poured out of the crystal in a huge beam of energy. Beryl screamed as she scrambled to deflect it with her own black beam. The two collided with a bang, but there was a stalemate.
"Endymion...I need you." Serenity whispered.
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Tuxedo Mask jerked as he heard the whisper. He glanced at the Senshi, now in their princess forms. They were deep in the trance of power, providing Serenity with all of their strength.
He smiled. He had wanted a better view.
With a golden flash, Tuxedo Mask was no more.
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Prince Endymion appeared behind Serenity. He took her hands, working around her wings, cupped around the crystal, and gripped them tightly, supporting them. She smiled. As the Golden Crystal's golden power wrapped around the silver beam, they began to win.
Endymion was worried. Serenity's hands were trembling uncontrollably in her weakness.
Beryl was enraged at Endymion's presence. However, she forgot about it as she began to falter. She was using too much energy.
"You will die too, Serenity! I will still conquer!" Beryl roared desperately.
The Princess only smiled. "If I'm not mistaken, so will I."
With that, the silver and gold beam, fused with rainbow energy of the scouts, crushed Beryl's last feeble attack. The beam went straight through her, its purity cleansing and burning away every last trace of the most evil woman to ever live.
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Serenity and Endymion's feet gently touched the ground. At that moment, the two of them lost their transformation and the Princesses became Scouts again. Before anyone could say anything, Serena swooned to the ground like a rag doll. Darien scrambled to catch her.
She felt it. Fluid rushed from her and down her legs.
"Min...na..." she heaved, breathless. "The...ba...by... is...com..ing... right... now!"
All the color drained from Darien's face. Serena would never survive childbirth like this. "Not now! You're not strong enough!" He brushed hair from her face, wincing at the cold, clammy feel.
She managed a weak smile, through heavy eyelids. "No...choice...she...al...ways... was....im...pat...ient." She looked around. "Minna... to... day... was...Sail...or...Moon's...last...fight. And...Tuxe...do... Mask... too. Quick...ly. You... must... teleport... us... to the... hosp...i...tal."
Tears ran down their faces, though they didn't understand what she meant. Mercury assumed she was delirious from her utter weakness.
"Yes, Princess." She answered. They formed a circle around the two. And then, they were gone.
They reappeared, still transformed, in the waiting room of Tokyo General. Sailor Mercury, glad for the familiar territory, took charge. The patients and families and the staff were speechless at the appearance of the Sailor Scouts in their waiting room.
Mercury snagged a nurse by the collar. "Listen up! This woman is incredibly weak and she's just begun labor! And this is her husband! Take care of them!"
The woman was petrified, but she yelled for the maternity unit, and they loaded the practically asleep Serena onto a stretcher. Darien sprinted along side the stretcher, gripping her hand and encouraging her. They disappeared down the hall.
The Senshi looked around at the staring people. "Out of here, Mercury!" Jupiter hissed. They teleported away to an empty alley, detransformed, then headed back to the waiting room. They were shocked to find their families, the Tsukinos, and their boyfriends.
"Wha?" Mina asked, mouth hanging.
They group gathered together. Mrs. Tsukino took charge, and began to whisper.
The Senshi found out that Serenity had awaked all of them, but instead of draining their memories, she'd given them all knowledge of the past and the present and a touch of the future.
"We've been recuperating for the last few weeks in Elysion. Helios cleared up all our questions. Now we're just waiting like you for word from Serena and Darien."
The large group huddled together in the corner as the hours began to pass.
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Suddenly, they spotted Darien walking slowly, in a daze, down the hall. His feet dragged.
"What happened, Darien?" Trista asked. She stood, and went to his side.
Darien gave them a weak smile. "It's a girl. Our own little Rini." But something dark lingered in his eyes and voice.
"What else, Endymion?" Trista prodded gently.
He sighed long. "Her heart stopped. They sent me out."
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An hour later, a nurse brought Rini out to Darien. They waited in the room that Serena would move to if-- when she woke up. He raised his eyebrows hopefully. She looked sad, and shook her head.
"It doesn't look good, but she could still pull through if she's a fighter," the woman says. "We had no time for any kind of pain killer or C- section and she was already weak. That's why her heart gave out under so much stress. She's on respirator now, and unconscious. She tried to breathe on her own, but she wasn't strong enough. That's good and bad."
Darien, though a doctor himself, wasn't thinking clearly, and asked, "How is that good?"
The nurse smiled wearily. "Well, she tried to breathe, didn't she? She has the will. And we haven't had to restart her heart again." She smiled bigger. "Don't concentrate on it; think of your beautiful little one! Serenity Rose... what a beautiful name. She's just fine, too."
With that, the nurse left them. Darien cradled Rini gently in his arms. He gazed into her beautiful eyes, open just slightly. "Welcome to the world, little one. Just as beautiful as your mother, I see..."
He looked up at the hand on his shoulder. It was his father-in-law. "Don't worry, son." Darien felt himself warming at the word. "All of us know just how much of a fighter my daughter is. More than those doctors know." Ken still thought of Serena as his daughter, though the memories he received reminded him that, on the moon, he and Irene had been Princess Serenity's godparents, and that the Queen had chosen them to parent her child in her next life.
Darien offered a small smile, and reluctantly gave his daughter to the hovering Senshi. They wouldn't get a chance to hold her once the nurse came back. However, one remained.
"Darien... Prince Endymion... I must ask you a question and I must know the answer."
Only the Princess of Uranus would speak so boldly to the Prince. Even Raye wasn't quite so brash. He didn't mind, and raised a tired eyebrow at her.
"Ask."
She took a deep breath, not sure if she wanted to know the answer. "What did she mean when she said it was Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask's last fight?"
Darien's own blood chilled. He was not sure of the answer but he did have his suspicions. And if he was right, none of the Senshi could be told until it happened. "Exactly what she said," he answered blankly.
Amara knew by the look on his face that he would say no more. And for the first time in a very long time, the Senshi of Uranus began to cry.
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Princess Serenity found herself on the moon again. She looked around, and found herself alone. She wandered around, taking in the sights. She flexed her wings and giggled, and flew slowly around the Kingdom, remembering everything from her past life. She flew to the balcony Endymion had climbed to be with her. And there, she met her mother.
"I remember how he made you blush, Serenity. And you were so confident and care-free, no man could ever make you blush until Endymion."
The Princess turned to look on her mother. "Mother...!" she sighed, falling into her open arms. Then she looked up.
"Is my child alright?" The Princess wondered.
The Queen smiled tolerantly. "Why, yes, my daughter. You are the one who is not okay."
The Princess shrugged and winked. "So? Didn't think about it."
"Of course you didn't." The Queen chuckled and took her daughter's hand. "I'm so proud of you, my daughter. You were so brave today. You defeated the enemy that I could not beat. For that, the entire universe is in your debt."
Serenity frowned. "You were not defeated, Mother. You chose what would save your people. You died for us!"
The Queen of a thousand years past smiled sadly. "As you have died for you child?"
The Princess froze. "I'm...dead?"
"In a sense." At her daughter's confused look, she continued. "The three personas that used to be you have passed away. Sailor Moon died in the last battle when she was not strong enough to win. You gave up that form when you could not win with it. And Serena Tsukino just died in childbirth."
The Princess was still utterly baffled.
"And you, Princess Serenity, are no longer needed. The time has finally come. Because you have shown the willingness to die for your friends and family and planet, I have assumed that you will have the same willingness to sacrifice for the Kingdom that will now be born. Not only this, but you have defeated the enemy that destroyed us long ago, as I could not. You are ready. From now on, you are Neo-Queen Serenity. This is who you are."
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Just after Serena was placed very gently in her hospital bed, she burst into silver light, and wings pushed from her back. A crown found its way to her hair, and a silver staff with a Crescent Moon came to her hand. A white dress formed on her, and its fell to the floor covering her petite feet. The girls and Darien were with her in the white void as this happened. She quickly balanced her staff, and opened her arms. Darien grinned, and began to run across the white plain to her. As he ran, the violet tuxedo of King Endymion formed around him, along with a golden crown. He ran gently, so he wouldn't disturb the sleeping child. He placed the child in her arms, then kissed his wife passionately. The Senshi looked on happily, not noticing as their clothes changed to their royal gowns. When the couple pulled apart, they approached.
Neo-Queen Serenity smiled and hugged them each individually. As she hugged them, fairy-like wings of their respective signature color appeared on their backs.
Rei spoke. "This is what you meant."
The Queen grinned. "Yes. Isn't it wonderful? As we speak, the Earth and the Moon and all the other planets and all the people in our system are finally awakening."
Haruka frowned. "But... Serena... Sailor Moon... the Princess?"
Again, only a peaceful smile. "All of these are a part of me. I am Neo- Queen Serenity." She nuzzled her daughter with her nose.
The King also grinned and added his two cents, arm protectively around his wife. "Yes. And while I am no longer Darien or Tuxedo Mask or Prince Endymion, these are also all a part of me. I am Neo-King Endymion."
The Queen gave her husband a loving look. "Yes." She turned back to her friends, caressing her child. "You my friends have ceased to be Amy, Raye, Lita, Mina, Hotaru, Amara, Michelle, and Trista, though these are still part of you. You are now the respective Queens of your own planets and Ambassadors to the Crystal Court, and Sailor Senshi, as the Scouts are still needed. But I am not. You no longer need me in that fashion. Because Beryl is what ended the Silver Millennium, now that she is finally defeated, our Kingdoms can flourish again. My mother can finally stepped down."
The whiteness faded, and they found themselves looking down at their System. It seemed to sparkle with the reborn joy of its people.
The Queen laughed at her friends' confused faces. In her eyes, Endymion could see the mirth of Serena, the courage of Sailor Moon, and the passion of Princess Serenity all rolled into one.
"Well... this is the unexpected, ne?" She asked, smiling, motioning to her child and the newly born Crystal Millennium.
They all laughed. Together, they went to meet their future.
THE END
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Wow. I can't believe it's finally done. I can't believe it. And yes, this is the unexpected... I did not plan for it to end this way, but I do like it! Let me know what you think! I loved the ride, and thanks to everyone who reviewed. If I can only get to 100, I'll be so happy! Hope you enjoyed the story! I sure did! Please, please review!
See you in the Sequel to my other Epic, "In Happy Hiding"!
Aishiteru,
Moon Pie
Thank you soo much for all of your wonderful reviews! I was just a giggling mess reading them. You have no idea how much I adore reviews. Even bad ones. I just love them.
And, here it is! The grand finale!
-Moon Pie
PS: If I could get to one hundred reviews on this... I would be sooo happy. And if anyone is waiting on that sequel to "In Happy Hiding"... that would make me go much faster! LOL! Please read the rest of my stuff too! Domo Arigatou!!!!!!!! Aishiteru, minna!
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Episode 12
Sailor Moon disappeared. Forever.
In her place was the much more powerful Princess Serenity.
Serenity was Serena's true self. Who she was, who she is, who she will always be. There was no disguise magic on Princess Serenity. Therefore, the Princess of the White Moon, winged and all, floated before her enemy, fully nine months pregnant.
Beryl saw. Her eyes began to glow red. "How marvelous!" She roared, clapping her hands. "It will be my pleasure, Serenity, to destroy you and the child only I was meant to carry!"
Serenity was repulsed, and visibly shuddered. But, when she felt her friends powers flare up within her, she regained composure.
"Have you any last words, Beryl?" The princess asked calmly. The air around her shimmered with her raw power.
"Hah! MY last words? What about yours, girl?"
Serenity considered it. "I'm sorry."
With that, she closed her eyes, and all of her energy poured out of the crystal in a huge beam of energy. Beryl screamed as she scrambled to deflect it with her own black beam. The two collided with a bang, but there was a stalemate.
"Endymion...I need you." Serenity whispered.
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Tuxedo Mask jerked as he heard the whisper. He glanced at the Senshi, now in their princess forms. They were deep in the trance of power, providing Serenity with all of their strength.
He smiled. He had wanted a better view.
With a golden flash, Tuxedo Mask was no more.
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Prince Endymion appeared behind Serenity. He took her hands, working around her wings, cupped around the crystal, and gripped them tightly, supporting them. She smiled. As the Golden Crystal's golden power wrapped around the silver beam, they began to win.
Endymion was worried. Serenity's hands were trembling uncontrollably in her weakness.
Beryl was enraged at Endymion's presence. However, she forgot about it as she began to falter. She was using too much energy.
"You will die too, Serenity! I will still conquer!" Beryl roared desperately.
The Princess only smiled. "If I'm not mistaken, so will I."
With that, the silver and gold beam, fused with rainbow energy of the scouts, crushed Beryl's last feeble attack. The beam went straight through her, its purity cleansing and burning away every last trace of the most evil woman to ever live.
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Serenity and Endymion's feet gently touched the ground. At that moment, the two of them lost their transformation and the Princesses became Scouts again. Before anyone could say anything, Serena swooned to the ground like a rag doll. Darien scrambled to catch her.
She felt it. Fluid rushed from her and down her legs.
"Min...na..." she heaved, breathless. "The...ba...by... is...com..ing... right... now!"
All the color drained from Darien's face. Serena would never survive childbirth like this. "Not now! You're not strong enough!" He brushed hair from her face, wincing at the cold, clammy feel.
She managed a weak smile, through heavy eyelids. "No...choice...she...al...ways... was....im...pat...ient." She looked around. "Minna... to... day... was...Sail...or...Moon's...last...fight. And...Tuxe...do... Mask... too. Quick...ly. You... must... teleport... us... to the... hosp...i...tal."
Tears ran down their faces, though they didn't understand what she meant. Mercury assumed she was delirious from her utter weakness.
"Yes, Princess." She answered. They formed a circle around the two. And then, they were gone.
They reappeared, still transformed, in the waiting room of Tokyo General. Sailor Mercury, glad for the familiar territory, took charge. The patients and families and the staff were speechless at the appearance of the Sailor Scouts in their waiting room.
Mercury snagged a nurse by the collar. "Listen up! This woman is incredibly weak and she's just begun labor! And this is her husband! Take care of them!"
The woman was petrified, but she yelled for the maternity unit, and they loaded the practically asleep Serena onto a stretcher. Darien sprinted along side the stretcher, gripping her hand and encouraging her. They disappeared down the hall.
The Senshi looked around at the staring people. "Out of here, Mercury!" Jupiter hissed. They teleported away to an empty alley, detransformed, then headed back to the waiting room. They were shocked to find their families, the Tsukinos, and their boyfriends.
"Wha?" Mina asked, mouth hanging.
They group gathered together. Mrs. Tsukino took charge, and began to whisper.
The Senshi found out that Serenity had awaked all of them, but instead of draining their memories, she'd given them all knowledge of the past and the present and a touch of the future.
"We've been recuperating for the last few weeks in Elysion. Helios cleared up all our questions. Now we're just waiting like you for word from Serena and Darien."
The large group huddled together in the corner as the hours began to pass.
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Suddenly, they spotted Darien walking slowly, in a daze, down the hall. His feet dragged.
"What happened, Darien?" Trista asked. She stood, and went to his side.
Darien gave them a weak smile. "It's a girl. Our own little Rini." But something dark lingered in his eyes and voice.
"What else, Endymion?" Trista prodded gently.
He sighed long. "Her heart stopped. They sent me out."
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An hour later, a nurse brought Rini out to Darien. They waited in the room that Serena would move to if-- when she woke up. He raised his eyebrows hopefully. She looked sad, and shook her head.
"It doesn't look good, but she could still pull through if she's a fighter," the woman says. "We had no time for any kind of pain killer or C- section and she was already weak. That's why her heart gave out under so much stress. She's on respirator now, and unconscious. She tried to breathe on her own, but she wasn't strong enough. That's good and bad."
Darien, though a doctor himself, wasn't thinking clearly, and asked, "How is that good?"
The nurse smiled wearily. "Well, she tried to breathe, didn't she? She has the will. And we haven't had to restart her heart again." She smiled bigger. "Don't concentrate on it; think of your beautiful little one! Serenity Rose... what a beautiful name. She's just fine, too."
With that, the nurse left them. Darien cradled Rini gently in his arms. He gazed into her beautiful eyes, open just slightly. "Welcome to the world, little one. Just as beautiful as your mother, I see..."
He looked up at the hand on his shoulder. It was his father-in-law. "Don't worry, son." Darien felt himself warming at the word. "All of us know just how much of a fighter my daughter is. More than those doctors know." Ken still thought of Serena as his daughter, though the memories he received reminded him that, on the moon, he and Irene had been Princess Serenity's godparents, and that the Queen had chosen them to parent her child in her next life.
Darien offered a small smile, and reluctantly gave his daughter to the hovering Senshi. They wouldn't get a chance to hold her once the nurse came back. However, one remained.
"Darien... Prince Endymion... I must ask you a question and I must know the answer."
Only the Princess of Uranus would speak so boldly to the Prince. Even Raye wasn't quite so brash. He didn't mind, and raised a tired eyebrow at her.
"Ask."
She took a deep breath, not sure if she wanted to know the answer. "What did she mean when she said it was Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask's last fight?"
Darien's own blood chilled. He was not sure of the answer but he did have his suspicions. And if he was right, none of the Senshi could be told until it happened. "Exactly what she said," he answered blankly.
Amara knew by the look on his face that he would say no more. And for the first time in a very long time, the Senshi of Uranus began to cry.
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Princess Serenity found herself on the moon again. She looked around, and found herself alone. She wandered around, taking in the sights. She flexed her wings and giggled, and flew slowly around the Kingdom, remembering everything from her past life. She flew to the balcony Endymion had climbed to be with her. And there, she met her mother.
"I remember how he made you blush, Serenity. And you were so confident and care-free, no man could ever make you blush until Endymion."
The Princess turned to look on her mother. "Mother...!" she sighed, falling into her open arms. Then she looked up.
"Is my child alright?" The Princess wondered.
The Queen smiled tolerantly. "Why, yes, my daughter. You are the one who is not okay."
The Princess shrugged and winked. "So? Didn't think about it."
"Of course you didn't." The Queen chuckled and took her daughter's hand. "I'm so proud of you, my daughter. You were so brave today. You defeated the enemy that I could not beat. For that, the entire universe is in your debt."
Serenity frowned. "You were not defeated, Mother. You chose what would save your people. You died for us!"
The Queen of a thousand years past smiled sadly. "As you have died for you child?"
The Princess froze. "I'm...dead?"
"In a sense." At her daughter's confused look, she continued. "The three personas that used to be you have passed away. Sailor Moon died in the last battle when she was not strong enough to win. You gave up that form when you could not win with it. And Serena Tsukino just died in childbirth."
The Princess was still utterly baffled.
"And you, Princess Serenity, are no longer needed. The time has finally come. Because you have shown the willingness to die for your friends and family and planet, I have assumed that you will have the same willingness to sacrifice for the Kingdom that will now be born. Not only this, but you have defeated the enemy that destroyed us long ago, as I could not. You are ready. From now on, you are Neo-Queen Serenity. This is who you are."
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Just after Serena was placed very gently in her hospital bed, she burst into silver light, and wings pushed from her back. A crown found its way to her hair, and a silver staff with a Crescent Moon came to her hand. A white dress formed on her, and its fell to the floor covering her petite feet. The girls and Darien were with her in the white void as this happened. She quickly balanced her staff, and opened her arms. Darien grinned, and began to run across the white plain to her. As he ran, the violet tuxedo of King Endymion formed around him, along with a golden crown. He ran gently, so he wouldn't disturb the sleeping child. He placed the child in her arms, then kissed his wife passionately. The Senshi looked on happily, not noticing as their clothes changed to their royal gowns. When the couple pulled apart, they approached.
Neo-Queen Serenity smiled and hugged them each individually. As she hugged them, fairy-like wings of their respective signature color appeared on their backs.
Rei spoke. "This is what you meant."
The Queen grinned. "Yes. Isn't it wonderful? As we speak, the Earth and the Moon and all the other planets and all the people in our system are finally awakening."
Haruka frowned. "But... Serena... Sailor Moon... the Princess?"
Again, only a peaceful smile. "All of these are a part of me. I am Neo- Queen Serenity." She nuzzled her daughter with her nose.
The King also grinned and added his two cents, arm protectively around his wife. "Yes. And while I am no longer Darien or Tuxedo Mask or Prince Endymion, these are also all a part of me. I am Neo-King Endymion."
The Queen gave her husband a loving look. "Yes." She turned back to her friends, caressing her child. "You my friends have ceased to be Amy, Raye, Lita, Mina, Hotaru, Amara, Michelle, and Trista, though these are still part of you. You are now the respective Queens of your own planets and Ambassadors to the Crystal Court, and Sailor Senshi, as the Scouts are still needed. But I am not. You no longer need me in that fashion. Because Beryl is what ended the Silver Millennium, now that she is finally defeated, our Kingdoms can flourish again. My mother can finally stepped down."
The whiteness faded, and they found themselves looking down at their System. It seemed to sparkle with the reborn joy of its people.
The Queen laughed at her friends' confused faces. In her eyes, Endymion could see the mirth of Serena, the courage of Sailor Moon, and the passion of Princess Serenity all rolled into one.
"Well... this is the unexpected, ne?" She asked, smiling, motioning to her child and the newly born Crystal Millennium.
They all laughed. Together, they went to meet their future.
THE END
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Wow. I can't believe it's finally done. I can't believe it. And yes, this is the unexpected... I did not plan for it to end this way, but I do like it! Let me know what you think! I loved the ride, and thanks to everyone who reviewed. If I can only get to 100, I'll be so happy! Hope you enjoyed the story! I sure did! Please, please review!
See you in the Sequel to my other Epic, "In Happy Hiding"!
Aishiteru,
Moon Pie