Usagi holds up the long moon stick as the crystal glows. "I am Sailor Moon! And in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] Act 13 - Ending and Beginning / Little Stranger Originally appeared in Nakayoshi, March 1993. Written by Takeuchi Naoko. Translated by Alex Glover. Version 2.0, 4.98. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The shining flower-shaped crystal locks on to the crescent of the moon stick. Power blasts forth. The cloud of darkness continues approaching. "Metallia is unaffected!?" cries Usagi. "Sailor Moon!" calls Mamoru. "Don't hesitate! Pray! Use all your strength!" "Waken the great power of the moon... Pray to the sacred tower of the moon... For peace..." "What is written on the sword is the method for the seal," said Luna. "I won't give up!" she thinks. "Stronger! Power! Great power of the moon! Awaken! I put in the strength of all my heart and soul! To that thing's weak spot!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The sword and the four pens rise into the air. Their power shoots into the sky, toward the moon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Luna!!" says Artemis. "The tower...! The Crystal Tower is growing!" The spire rises high above them. "Luna," says the queen. "Come this way. This is the heart of our sanctuary, the Moon Castle. The room of prayer." She leads Luna into the room. "And that is the Crystal Tower. The tower of prayer. If anything should ever happen to this planet and the ones we love, pray to that tower. If you do that, this planet will protect them. Our moon." "Prayer," says Luna. "Prayer is making the Mystical Silver Crystal... grow!? This power! Can it be...!" She senses Usagi's spirit. "Usagi-chan...!! Usagi-chan is fighting on the surface! She's praying!" "Luna!?" says Artemis. "Together with Usagi-chan...! Make us one! Now open the great power of the moon!!" The ruins rise around them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mamoru looks up into the sky, squinting. Bright light shines down. "This white light is pouring into my blind eyes... The true brilliance of the moon. The same brilliance as the Mystical Silver Crystal!" "Ohh!" says Metallia. "This brilliance of the moon! This is it! The enormous power I have been searching for!" The light shines on the cloud of darkness. "I can't reach it!! What pressure!! My body... is being broken through!!" "Begone!" says Usagi. She holds up the crystal rod. "With the power of this sacred light!! Turn to dust!" Light shines from the crystal to the mark on Metallia's forehead. Metallia screams as the light penetrates. The cloud of darkness blasts apart into nothingness. Usagi's eyes widen and she falls forward. The brooch on her chest shatters. She collapses wearing her school uniform. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luna's spirit returns to her body. "Luna...!" calls Artemis. "Artemis... We did it...!" "You looked like a holy figure just now," he says. "Just like the moon goddess, Selene..." thinks Luna. "I became one with Princess Selenity..." "Artemis...!" she says. "Look! The Moon Castle... Our kingdom, the Silver Millennium..." The palace stands restored before them. "Usagi-chan's Mystical Silver Crystal led it... It was resurrected with the great power of the moon." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The wind blows around Mamoru as he looks into the sky. "I don't feel the strong light of the moon that was just here," he thinks. "Has it returned to the normal, subdued light of the moon? I wonder if it saved this planet." He feels the ground. "My planet... It's only a little injured. If it's like this... It will be all right." He sees Usagi lying on the ground. "Sailor Moon?" He lifts her in his arms. "Her body's... cold... Did she use up her strength? All of her strength..." He leans down and kisses her deeply on the lips. Her eyes slowly open. She looks into his white eyes. "I can see..." he says. "Your face... I can see it clearly!" "Endymion?" "Selenity!!" "Endymion...! We're together... Finally!" - "I can see..." thinks Luna. "The princess was wakened by the kiss of her prince." - "Mamo-chan...! I'm so glad...! Mamo-chan..." "Usako... I've always wanted to hold you like this, Usako." "We were born here to bind together." "Selenity." "Endymion." She looks at him. "Mamo-chan, I love you... We won't be apart anymore." She hears the voices of her friends. "Usagi-chan..." "Usagi-chan..." "We're glad..." "Everyone...!" says Usagi. She turns around. "Everyone? My allies?" She looks over the empty field. "Where are you?" Mamoru takes her hand. "It's all right. I'll search." "Mamo-chan?" He presses his hand to the ground. "I can see," she thinks. "Holding his hand, images of this planet... Endymion, this is your power, isn't it. This is your power from this planet." The four soldiers lie dead on the ground. Usagi gasps. "Everyone!? No... It can't be...!" "Usagi-chan? Usagi-chan, can you hear me?" "Luna!? she says. "Luna, is that you!? Where are you!?" "The moon. Usagi-chan, come to the moon." "Luna! What about them all!? Oh no, did Queen Metallia!? I have to save them all! Luna, my brooch... My transformation came undone. I can't transform anymore. I don't have any power anymore..." She holds the shattered brooch in her hands. "You can make it to the moon now, Usagi-chan. Pray to the Mystical Silver Crystal that's become one with the moon stick." She picks up the rod. Mamoru holds her. "To the moon!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usagi gasps. "The Moon Castle...!" "That's right, Usagi-chan," says Luna. "The Silver Millennium has been resurrected. The master of the Moon Castle is you. Usagi-chan, you will be the new Queen Selenity. The new queen!" "Luna..." says Usagi. "But I have to go home, where my mom and dad are waiting. I may be Selenity, but... I am Tsukino Usagi. The Earth where Mamo-chan is, is now the place where I am." "Usagi-chan," says Luna. The small image of the queen appears on the ground before the tower. "Queen!?" "Please be happy, Selenity," she says. "This time, with the one you love." The image vanishes. On the floor in front of the tower, a small, round brooch appears. Usagi bends down and picks it up. "This is... a new brooch!?" She opens it up and sees a small hole. "Put the Mystical Silver Crystal inside this," says Luna. "Then shout! Moon crystal power, make up! You will be able to use more power than before. You can be strong! Transform, and go save everyone!" "Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!!" She stares at Earth through space. She raises the moon stick with the crystal. "Moon Healing Escalation!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The people on Earth begin to wake up. "Uhh...?" "It's like I've been having a long dream..." Minako, Ami, Makoto, and Rei stand up. "We're...?" Usagi runs down the street to them. "Everyone!" she cries. "Usagi-chan!" She runs into their arms. "I thought I might never see you again!" Tears fall from their eyes as they embrace. "I'm so glad!" "Everyone is returning to their original selves..." says Artemis. "Oh no, did you sacrifice your transformation power to fight!?" Minako picks him up in her arms. "Artemis," she says. "We won't die easily. We have to protect our princess." "The sun's coming up," says Usagi. "We have to go home." "Let's all go back to our homes..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The sunlight shines on the city. Minako leaves her house. "Goodbye!" - Ami steps outside. "Goodbye!" She sees Makoto walking along the street. "Mako-chan! Good morning!" "Hey!" says Makoto with a wink. "Morning." - "Usagi!" "I'm up, Mom," she says, smiling. "Wonderful," says her mom. "Soon you'll be in ninth grade, Usagi..." - Rei sits before her fire in the Hikawa Shrine, holding her fingers together. The fire blazes as an image appears. She sees the face of a man with an evil smirk, and an upside-down, black crescent moon on his forehead. She backs away as the fire goes out. "The fire...! For a moment, a black symbol came through the burning flames... What was it? Putting out my fire of prayer... Ominous..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usagi's mom runs to the ringing telephone. "Coming!" She picks it up. "Oh, Rei-chan!? Good morning. If you want Usagi-chan, she's already left for school, amazingly." "I see," says Rei. "All right, then." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Good morning!" says Usagi. "Naru-chan!" "Morning, Usagi!" She runs over to Naru and Umino. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it is within my power, so that nothing happens..." thinks Rei. "Please, keep peace like this..." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usagi enters Ichinohashi Park with a smile. She sneaks up behind the bench. She leans down and kisses Mamoru on the cheek. "You're late," he says, smiling. "I bet you were in detention again." "No, I was not!" says Usagi. "Look! Your pocket watch." She holds it out. "I had it all fixed up." She reaches up and takes off his glasses. "See? It's moving, isn't it!" They touch lips, close their eyes, and kiss deeply. A small flash of light appears in the sky. A black ball shaped like Luna's head drops down from it, and hits Mamoru on the head. They look up. A huge blast of light appears, and Usagi screams. A small girl falls from the sky. Her hair is tied into two pointed balls, with puffy ponytails coming out. She lands on Usagi, knocking her to the ground. She holds her arms around Mamoru. Usagi steams as she gets up. "My neck is broken!!" she cries. She looks up. "Wh- Who is that!? Hanging onto my Mamo-chan!" The young girl pulls her face close to his. "Mamo-chan...?" She whips her head around, and her eyes widen. "Huh?" says Usagi. "Wh- what? Who is this girl?" "I am Usagi!" the girl says. "Usagi!?" "And who are you!? How come you have an odango atama like me?" "U- Usagi is me!" says Usagi. "Me! Tsukino Usagi! Y- You're the one with my hair!" The girl walks over to her. "You're... 'Tsukino Usagi'?" She pulls out a small pistol. "If you're Tsukino Usagi..." She points it at Usagi's head. "You must have the Mystical Silver Crystal. Give it to me!" Usagi trembles. "Hand it over! Come on, now!" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original manga copyright © 1993 Takeuchi Naoko. English translation copyright © 1998 Alex Glover. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sailor Moon Translations | Sailor Moon Volume 4