From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Act 37 - The Princess Will Cause a Catastrophe!?   
      
   Usagi, still unconscious, is laid down on the couch at the secret base   
   (Wow, that must have been a walk for someone). They observe that she   
   was a different person when she changed. Usagi wakes up and notices   
   that her watch had stopped at the moment that Mamoru disappeared   
   (actually, it must have jumped back about five seconds and then   
   stopped as it was still running in the last episode).   
      
   Rei, usually cold and distant, is the one to reassure Usagi which   
   Makoto points out to her. Rei dismisses it, but I think she is still   
   pleased that she could help.   
      
   We finally get a look at where (and what) the DK minions eat in the   
   Dark Kingdom. Soggy mittens, chicken claws and green eggs? Yummy! You   
   know, if they would just invest in a few lighting fixtures and get a   
   decent caterer, I'm sure that it wouldn't be so darn dark and gloomy   
   there all the time. Are they trying to save money on electricity?   
      
   Mio encourages Mamoru to eat (so she is still around), but he wants to   
   see the generals first. Mio says that they are safe, but one is gone,   
   dropped off somewhere. Mamoru starts eating. At Metalia's tower, Beryl   
   wonders what is giving Metalia so much power outside of her own   
   efforts.   
      
   Usagi wakes at home with a golden glow. She gets out of bed and leaves   
   the house via the window. Luna wakes up and gives chase but can't find   
   her. However, she does hear this mysterious harp music.   
      
   The next morning, Ikuko-mama comes to wake up Usagi and we see her   
   dozing in bed face down. It turns out that it is Ami, disguised as   
   Usagi (odango and all). Suddenly Ikuko returns and Ami and Luna think   
   they are busted, but Ikuko doesn't catch one (check out Luna's   
   'surprised' eyes). Ikuko lost her contacts so she can not see clearly.   
      
   The scene switches to the studio where Minako and Rei as talking about   
   Usagi's absence (and we hear a tiny snippet of the helicopter right as   
   the scene changes). Minako and Rei are interrupted by a stagehand and   
   they pretend to be practicing the script to give Rei a cover for being   
   there. Rei says "Kupi" at Minako's prompting (poor Rei ^_^).   
      
   Back in Usagi's room, Ami, Luna and Makoto speculate that Usagi had   
   turned into the princess when she disappeared and that they must   
   search for this harp music to find her. Ami and Makoto play rock,   
   paper, scissors to determine who will stay behind and pretend to be   
   Usagi. Makoto loses and ends up doing a really poor imitation despite   
   Luna's 'helpful' prompting ("Be more like Usagi-chan"). Ikuko thinks   
   her eyes are getting even worse because Usagi looks bigger then before   
   to her.   
      
   The three remaining generals (Nephrite is not there) and Mamoru are   
   together in the piano room. Zoisite encourages Mamoru to leave, but he   
   refuses. Mamoru says that he once betrayed them, but he wants it to be   
   different this time if he can figure out what happened. Kunzite still   
   resents Mamoru's earlier betrayal. There is a flashback, where we see   
   Endymion being training  in swordplay by Kunzite. Kunzite says that he   
   will be the sword to aid Endymion. Back in the present, Kunzite said   
   that he lost everything on that day of destruction and he will   
   eliminate everyone concerned with that loss. Mio steps in as Kunzite   
   attempts to kill Mamoru and escorts Mamoru to Metalia's room.   
      
   Minako finally reveals to Rei that Metalia's power, wielded by Beryl,   
   brainwashed the people of Earth into going to war. She says that Beryl   
   broke into the Moon Temple and on that day, something destroyed the   
   Earth which also lead to the destruction of the moon as well. Rei (now   
   in a Nako Nako costume) questions her about the cause, but Minako   
   doesn't know, saying that perhaps only the Princess and Endymion would   
   know that.   
      
   Ami continues to search for Usagi, passing by what turns out to be the   
   human form of Nephrite. Nephrite stands up and gives an evil laugh,   
   cursing Beryl's name.   
      
   Mamoru and Beryl face off. Beryl tells Mamoru how long she has waited   
   for this (tens of thousands of years?). Mamoru asks if she is   
   satisfied now. Beryl says that Mamoru was the top of everything,   
   power, wealth, happiness, beauty. Mamoru calls it a delusion, that he   
   is just a normal human. Beryl introduces Mamoru to Metalia, saying   
   that when her power is complete, they will rule the planet. However,   
   she is still puzzled as to why Metalia is strengthening despite a lack   
   of energy.   
      
   Ami hears the harp music and calls everyone to come to her location.   
   The four senshi and Luna T. gather at a city park where they continue   
   to hear the music. Suddenly, Metalia's youma appear and everyone   
   henshins to give battle. The ballet-fu is pretty good this time with   
   some awesome backflips and cartwheels. For someone suffering from   
   anemia, Venus is quite athletic. They destroy the youma, but then see   
   more heading in one particular direction. The youma appear to be   
   converging on the Princess.   
      
   It must have been a long trip because it is dark by the time they   
   reach their destination. They destroy the youma and then hear the harp   
   again. They look up and there is Princess Sailor Moon sitting in a   
   round opening in the wall with a glowing light behind her. It looks   
   just like she is somehow sitting on the moon, playing this stringless   
   harp. Ami calls out to Usagi, but Rei points out that this is the   
   princess.   
      
   Beryl commands Mamoru to kill the princess saying that her existence   
   calls forth calamity. Princess Sailor Moon herself admits that she   
   destroyed the planet. The senshi are shocked.   
      
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