Author's Note: Ahhh! I am so so sorry, this took me longer than I expected! It has been a crazy week and last night (saturday) was really crazy, but I don't think that's quite an appropriate story to tell in an author's note. hehe.

Anyways, like I said in previous chapters, I didn't expect this story to be very long and I wanted to finish it before I begin my series of autumn and halloween themed one-shots for the month of October. So, here it is, the finale! I hope you guys enjoyed reading this fan fic as much as I enjoyed writing it. I found that it is easiest for me to write while listening to The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X (in case any of you were wondering, but I doubt anybody was. Well, Oasis is playing right now so I should probably wrap this up.)

Like I said before, I do have a series of one-shots that I am planning so be on the look out for those in the next few days and all throughout the month of October! If any of you want to see what I am up to, I do have a tumblr account that I'm willing to share, it's posted in my bio. Anyways, thank you all so much for you favourites, reviews and for following the story, I really appreciate it as this is one of the first real fan fics that I have ever written.

Again, thank you all!

Also, Sailor Moon does not belong to me and all that other stuff that I probably should have posted in earlier chapters.

The Ending

I sit in at my dining room table and stare at a crying Usagi. I am so confused, I hadn't even begun talking about what I had planned to talk about. I scratch the back of my neck nervously and suck in my lower lip. I open my mouth to talk, to explain just want I want to talk about but I'm interrupted by the beautiful woman sitting in front of me.

"I-I I should've known! Oh I am so stupid!" She cries out before turning and narrowing her eyes at me. "You're so stupid you-you baka!" Usagi roars before launching herself across the table at me.

I reel backwards and put my arms out in front of me to not only block the petite woman's attack but also catch her in my arms. Which, is exactly what happens. "Mamoru Chiba, you're nothing but a baka and I can't believe I let myself fall for you!" Usagi starts again, pounding her little fists on my chest.

Okay, now I am officially confused. Usagi is in love with me. My heart is officially soaring, I thought that perhaps she was going to reject me but no! Here she is, right here in my arms, telling me.. Err well, screaming about me about how she's fallen for me and I am so happy. Gone are my days of being lonely, the girl of my dreams is in love with me!

"I just CANNOT BELIEVE YOU MAMORU! I-I I can't believe I fell for your tricks!" Usagi sniffles before burrowing into my chest.

"Wh-What tricks, Usa?" I manage to cough out, pulling her away from my chest and forcing her to look me in the eyes.

Tears silently stream down Usagi's face and I wipe them away with the back of my thumb. I'm not quite sure what is going on but whatever it is I need to fix it. Usagi stares up at me with her big beautiful sapphire eyes, confused.

"Y-you brought me here and took care of me, and made me realize that I've loved you all this time just to tell me that it was all a joke and that you don't love me back," Usagi looks up at me, her eyes glistening and I swear my heart breaks in half. Why, why after all that we have been through in the past 24 plus hours would she think that I would ever hurt her that way?

I don't know what to do but pull her back into my arms and cradle her, rocking her back and forth. Hopefully just hopefully showing her that she has it all wrong that I'm here for good. I'm here to stay.

"No, Usako, no. You've got it all wrong, Usako," I whisper into her hair and hold her so close to my body. It feels right to have her in my arms like this. It's almost as if she's the puzzle piece I've been missing all my life. Usagi Tsukino is what I've been looking for all my life and she's been under my nose the whole time, my missing puzzle piece.

Usagi looks up at me with her huge sapphire eyes, her tears are gone now and her eyes are full of nothing but hope. I can't control my heart rate or how she makes my body react. This golden-haired angel has complete control over me. My Usako.

"Do-do you actually mean that Mamo?" She asks me, her voice small and squeaky.

I lean down and press my lips against hers. She tastes of blueberries and coffee. "Of course I do, Usa. What did you think I wanted to talk to you about? I wanted to talk to you about us."

"How do I know that you're not going to tell me that this is all some sort of elaborate prank?" Usagi sniffs then eyes me suspiciously.

I would be lying if I said that her words didn't sting. I talk a deep breath and mentally prepare myself to begin the elaborate speech that I've been planning all morning. For some reason I can't quite choke the words out.

I swear that my heart has jumped into my throat. I let out a breath and run a shaky hand through my ebony hair.

"Usagi, I love you," I'm cut off before I can finish. Her soft pink blueberry tasting lips on my own and I swear that I don't think I'll ever get enough of this beautiful woman.

"Oh Mamo! I didn't think I would ever hear those word leave your lips," she whispers in my year and I wish, I really wish that I could stay in the moment forever.

From there I dive into what I've felt for her for the past five, almost six years. And she just sits there and takes it all in. Of course she already knew of my past, I somehow managed to spill about that about 4 years ago. Instead I go into how lonely I've been my whole life, how I thought that I'd never feel love or be loved but then she bursted into my life and changed it all.

Usagi hugs me and consoles me at all the right times and best of all she even forgives me for all the times I've taunted her and teased her. And then it happens and I swear my heart stops.

"Don't worry Mamo, I'm here, I'll be here forever. I'm your family now, Mamo," she looks up at me with her big blue eyes and they're full of sincerity. "I love you too, Mamoru,"

And when those five words come tumbling out of her mouth, my heart constricts in my chest and I feel my throat tighten up. I crush Usagi into my chest and just hold her there and I don't know why but I feel a little bit less lonely.

9 MONTHS LATER

**- BEEP BEEP BEEP -**- BEEP BEEP BEEP- ** - BEEP BEEP BEEP -**

I jolt awake, feeling a sense of deja vu. I attempt to roll over and check the time on the annoyingly bright pink alarm clock that looks mysteriously out of place in the dark toned room. I end up failing at rolling over and checking the time seeing as if I am basically pinned down on the bed.

The alarm continues to blare and I eventually free myself from the tangle of various limbs and sheets. Upon seeing the time I attempt to shoot out of the bed but I fail for the second time that morning as a pair of strong arms curl tighter around my waist.

I can't help but let out a giggle as I feel a pair of wet lips assault my neck from behind. Turning in his arms to face him, I place a gentle kiss upon his luscious lips. "Good Morning, Mamo," I breathe out.

Mamoru's eyes don't even fly open at my greeting, he just lazily holds me closer to his chest before pulling me closer for another kiss. This kiss is more passionate than the first and I can't help but moan into his mouth before he moves lower, placing light kisses and suckling on the sensitive skin of my neck.

I thread my fingers through his dark ebony hair and bring his face back up towards mine. He slowly opens his beautiful royal eyes and just stares at me, a strange glimmer in them that I can't quite place. "Good Morning to you too, Usako," he draws out in that incredibly sexy sleepy voice of his.

A place one last kiss upon his lips before casting my eyes upon the annoying alarm clock. "As much as I would love to play," I stare up at him through my lashes. "We have to start getting ready."

He sits up and rubs his eyes before nonchalantly glancing over at the alarm clock.

10:30

Upon seeing the time, Mamoru immediately shoots out of the bed, dragging me with him out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. "C'mon Usako, we have to get you into the shower or you're going to be late." Mamoru teases as he thrusts the handle of the shower and cool water begins to stream out of the head.

"I am so proud of you, Usako," Mamoru breathes out between kisses and I can't help but let out a giggle as the warm water cascades down our bare bodies. I can't help but think about how great these last nine months with Mamoru have been. He still makes my head spin and I don't think I'll ever be able to overcome that.

Once out of the shower, I throw open the closet doors and pull out a cute white sundress that I have been saving just for the occasion.

"You know," Mamoru says as he creeps up behind my and winds his arms around my towel clad waist. "I think asking you to move in was the second best decision I have made in my entire life." He continues before placing a small kiss on my bare shoulders.

I can't help but smile up at him before moving the dress onto our large bed and moving back towards the closet before grabbing Mamoru's dress clothes out. The past nine months have really moved in a blur and I can't help but be grateful for that stupid spat Mamoru and I got into at the arcade that one dreadfully wonderful day.

I shake the memory out of my head before I finish dressing and head towards the kitchen to begin preparing coffee. Since Mamoru and I began dating, I picked up a few of his nasty habits. Though, none of them actually being nasty as the habits that I did pick up from him consisted of just keeping the apartment almost immaculately clean on a borderline obsessive level (It's a joint effort, which my friends find quite strange as I wasn't the cleanest roommate when I lived with them) and I began religiously drinking coffee.

"You ready to go, Usa?" Mamoru calls from the hallway before meeting me in the kitchen and taking his to-go cup full of coffee. "I'll take that as a yes," he says, leaning down for a kiss, thanking me for the coffee. In a matter of minutes we're both out the door, hand in hand.

I sit in the large crowd nervously, my long legs moving up and down in anticipation. "Do you think that you can maybe, I don't know, hold still?" Rei hisses at me from my left.

I stare the dark-haired fiery girl right in her violet eyes ready to hiss something back at her when I feel a hand on my shoulder from the right. I advert my eye's from Rei and toward Ami who is giving me a look of reassurance.

Out of all of my Usako's friends I think I enjoy Ami and Makoto the best, finding Minako to be annoying as all hell. I wouldn't mind Rei if she didn't remind me of myself before Usako brightened dark world.

I offer Ami and small smile before clutching the bunch of roses that sits on my lap tighter. I nervously chew on my lower lip and try and forget about all of the people that surround me. If it wasn't for Usako I sure as hell wouldn't be here but because of her here I am. Which, isn't a bad thing, of course I am going to be at the love of my life's college graduation.

After what seems like 3 hours (which in reality was only 45 minutes) her name is announced and I am on my feet, clapping as loud as I can and proudly. I really couldn't be more proud of my Usako having graduated from University with a degree in education a whole year early. I can feel her sapphire eyes seeking me out in the crowd and once she finds me it's like we're the only ones in the room and she moves her tassels from one side to the other, indicating her graduation. Her degree held proudly in her small hands.

As the ceremony commences, I let Usagi mill about with her friends as they congratulate her and make plans to go out to brunch for a celebration tomorrow morning. I hang back under a cherry blossom tree away from the large prongs of people as my Usako flits about to different groups containing various friends and family members.

As much as I would like to proudly stand next to my Usako as she speaks to all of these various people, she understands how I feel around people I don't know and just people in general. She shoots me smiles now and again as she moves from group to group before finally joining me after what seems like an hour.

"I'm so sorry Mamo, I didn't know so many people would be here," she breathes out as she buries herself deep in my arms.

I don't say anything, just pull her away from me slightly before pulling her into a kiss and dragging her into the gardens located behind the small row of cherry blossom trees. Once in the gardens I pull her into a deep and passionate kiss, the roses still in my hands and now behind her back and I snake my arms around her waist.

"Congratulations, Usako," I breathe out as we pull apart before handing her the roses.

"Oh Mamo! They're beautiful!" Usagi explains eagerly before gingerly taking the flowers out of my grasp and putting them up to her small nose for a deep sniff. As she pulls the flowers away from her face, she opens her mouth to say something more but I put a long slender finger to her lips, silencing her before she can even begin.

Confused, Usagi stares at me, her eyes full of bewilderment and I lower myself to the group and on to one knee. She gasps, her hands flying up the her mouth the stifle it, the roses flying out of her hands.

"My Usako," I say, as I lower myself down to one knee and pull out the deep crimson velvet box that has been sitting in the back of my dresser since the night after we came to acceptance with our feelings for one another and began dating.

"You, are the best thing that has ever graced my life and I don't think I would be half the man that I am today without you. I've been in love with you since the day that you threw that dreaded test at my head and being in your life for the past six years has been the experience that I could have asked for. I know that I could not spend another day on this earth without you, I don't want to breathe without you or be without you another day without calling you mine." I begin and tears begin welling up in my eyes. I didn't even know that I, Mamoru Chiba was even capable of crying or showing emotion of this sort. "I want to wake up late with you everyday and I want to be able to hold you in my arms every night. And I know that I am not worthy of your love, but I will try and prove my worth to you every single waking moment of my life. I want to be here to protect you in every single possible way and I want to love you everyday." I continue, looking up at her with hope.

Her blue eyes are full of tear and her hands are still clasped over her mouth in surprise. "I knew from the moment I met you that I wanted to spend my life with you and I showed my affections for you in the worst ways possible and I am so sorry for that, for being such a baka and treating you so poorly. But Usagi Tsukino, I've loved you all along and I will love you forever and I just hope you feel the same way for me." I pull the ring off the cushion and grab her left hand, pausing to look her in the sapphire orbs that hold so much emotion. So much love and adoration for me.

I'm stunned upon seeing just how much emotion she holds in those beautiful eyes, all of it directed at me. I feel my heart swell as the next words leave my mouth. It's almost as if the Earth has stopped for this one moment making everything all more perfect.

"Usako, will you marry me?" I ask, averting my gaze down nervously. I sit there for minutes and she doesn't make a sound. I know in this instant that I have made a mistake. Of course she doesn't want to marry me, I have been so cruel to her and why would nine measly month erase that. I know that I am foolish for thinking that and I hang my head with shame, tears fall from my eyes. This time though they're not with happiness as they were minutes ago, they're tears of misery and agony.

It isn't until I feel her soft hands upon my cheeks, bringing my wet face up to hers. She's no longer rooted to the place she was over five minutes ago, she's now kneeling down level with myself. It isn't until I feel the cool band of the ring on her left ring finger that I notice I'm no longer holding it.

Usagi gives me a tender look full of love and adoration before pulling me in for a soft comforting kiss of reassurance. When she pulls away she's nodding her head softly, a single tear moving down her cheek.

"Of course, of course I'll marry you Mamoru-baka," she breathes out with a giggle before pulling me in for the most passionate kiss of my life.