Last Chapter

AN at the end. Thanks for reading, as always. All constructive criticism welcome.

"So?"

Mina, seated in a chair in the lounge, glanced up from the chic magazine she was reading without moving her head, peering with bright eyes at the girls in the doorway. Amy, Lita and Raye stood there with gleeful, expectant looks on their faces.

She went back to the magazine.

"Miiiiiiinaaaaa!"

She glanced up at them and then down to the mag again, feeling her cheeks warm, and wishing they didn't know her so well.

Raye jumped into the room with a gleeful

"Aha! I knew it! Your face is going red!" she pointed at Mina's bright cheeks.

Mina dropped the magazine, and it fell to the floor. She put her hands to her face. It was hot.

"It is not!" she protested from behind clamped fingers.

Amy giggled behind one hand, "You are red, Mina."

Lita took two steps and threw herself down on the opposite couch and grinned in a silly fashion at the blonde.

"As a beetroot." She added with a snort

Amy and Raye high fived each other, laughing.

"Stop teasing me!" moaned Mina.

"So its all good then?" asked Amy, settling herself on the floor.

Raye sat on the end of the couch. "And how good is good?" she asked eagerly, making Amy giggle.

Mina was, by now, red all down her neck as well.

Raye sniffed airily, "Not that I care, of course. No one could be better than Jed."

Lita raised her eyebrows, "Excuse me? I beg to differ, oh fiery one. Nephrite is the best."

"You're both incorrect." Amy chimed before Raye could retaliate, "Zoisite wins. Hands down." She said it so confidently that Lita laughed.

"You're all wrong!" declared Mina, grabbing a cushion from the couch, "Malachite all the way! Hiiiiyah!" she threw the cushion and it caught Raye in the face. Raye let out a surprised 'oomph' and toppled backwards, landing with a thump, upside down on the floor.

"My my, your sailor skills need some major reflex work, Mars!" the Venurian said, arming herself again as Lita began her own assault of cushions.

"I'll show you Sailor skills!" cried the brunette, and the pillow war began.

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Malachite was sitting comfortably on the steps to the veranda, the sun on his face. He seemed to be in another world. Endymion watched him from where he sat swinging seat in the veranda, a cold drink in his hand. On one side of him Nephrite too lounged with a drink and a smirk. Jadeite was sprawled along the railing, without a drink but with a newspaper. A newspaper that he wasn't paying any attention to. He too was watching Malachite with a mirthful smirk.

They exchanged a glance, and a snigger.

"Gone." Pronounced Endymion.

"Whipped." Agreed Jadeite.

"Totally under her thumb." Announced Nephrite, "but then, he always was, really."

"True."

They tapped their glasses together,

"Cheers!"

Endymion heard female laughter from inside and wondered if Serenity was laughing too. He didn't hear her laugh, but it didn't mean she wasn't there.

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Serenity, as it happened was not with the girls.

She was sitting on the roof.

The day was nice, albeit a little damp after the storm last night.

But the clear blue sky stretched from left to right above her. A slight breeze ruffled her golden hair, and the peaceful day enveloped her. Here she could think.

"New world, huh?" she said softly to no one.

There was no answer of course, so she stood and looked out over the property, and at the city beyond it.

For a second she saw it all as it was. Concrete and glass, asphalt and metal. Then her vision blurred, wavered, and cleared and when she saw again what she saw before her was a great city. It stretched from horizon to horizon, a jumble of different, gleaming shapes and streets. At the centre a great palace rose majestically above the skyline, its protective presence comforting and regal. Its towers were tall and splendid, shining silver in the sun. A crystal city, full of peace, hope and love.

She blinked and it was gone, but she knew what it was anyway.

The future.

Her future.

For a second the weight of that responsibility bore down on her and she felt the oppressing, constricting feeling of that duty tighten around her. The burden of millions and millions of lives resting in her hands, their safety and happiness was her calling. Her job.

Then the weight was gone, taken away by the sound of laughter from below her, muted but audible because of an open window. That happy, flighty sound whisked all her fear and pain away in an instant.

And she smiled.

Her job, her duty, and her calling, but not hers alone.

They would all be there with her. Endymion would be there with her. Her heart swelled with peace and contentment.

Her job, her duty and her calling, but not hers alone and not yet, either.

The city she had seen was far, far in the future.

Not here, not now.

She slipped off the roof, landed two stories down with a soft bump and wandered in the direction of her friends, complacence showing in every movement. Her future, their future, would come, and soon enough. But for now, she had her friends, and her family and her gorgeous prince.

That was far more than enough.

For now.

AN;

That's it folks. Thanks again for reading. Much obliged. I will not be continuing this one, however, I will be writing other Sailor Moon Fics in the future so look out for them! Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy writing them! I will also be writing other anime fics, including Hellsing, Naruto and hopefully Princess Tutu. If you're a fan of them, keep coming and having a look at my profile!

Also, some real constructive criticism would be welcome, please! Did I end it right? It took me ages to decide how I wanted to end it. And should I have added the extra characters in there or just kept it with the main senshi and the general at the end? Opinions please!