From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Final Act - The Five Sailor Senshi Surpassed Their Previous Lives   
      
   Endymion is dead. Inside a cave, Sailor Moon cradles his body in her   
   lap as first the senshi approach from one direction and then Beryl   
   from the other. As the senshi shield SM from Beryl, she accuses SM of   
   taking everything she loved from her, Endymion and now Metalia.   
      
   Still in a daze, Sailor Moon slowly realizes the extent of what she   
   has done. In her grief, she transforms into Princess Sailor Moon   
   vowing to destroy the world. But first she attempts to attack Beryl.   
   However, Jadeite whisks Beryl away before she could be injured.   
      
   PSM starts to solemnly walk down the cave corridor as the senshi   
   debate on what they must do to stop her. Ami convinces them that if   
   they must, they should kill PSM because that is what Usagi would want   
   them to do. The three transform and give chase. (Note that they had to   
   shorten the transformations to hide the senshi's smiling faces).   
      
   As the senshi close in, PSM calls up her own horde of Arabian-garbed   
   youma to delay them. Each of the senshi convert their tambourine into   
   a weapon, sword for Mercury, spear for Jupiter and in the case of   
   Mars, two swords because she also used Venus' tambourine.   
      
   The Dark Kingdom is crumbling. Beryl has come to peace with her   
   pending death and removes the spell of enslavement from Jadeite. He   
   looks at himself in puzzlement, but then restates that Beryl is his   
   master and he will stay by her side even into death. He reverently   
   reaches for her hand as they are crushed by the falling rocks.   
      
   The senshi continue to battle the youma, but are beaten down. PSM   
   activates the Silver Crystal and rises, glowing above the ground.   
      
   And then with a blinding explosion, the world is destroyed.   
      
   Luna T. and Artemis - gone; Ikuko and Shingo - gone; Momoko, Naru and   
   Kanami - gone; Haruna-sensei - gone; Motoki and his turtle - gone;   
   Nephrite still trying to buy Ami those horns - gone; Rei, Makoto and   
   Ami - gone. The whole world is gone, replaced by an empty desert.   
      
   Surrounded by desolation, Usagi falls to her knees, finally waking up   
   to the enormity of her actions. She hears her name and looks up to see   
   Endymion standing in front of her. She runs into his arms crying that   
   she had failed him. He tells her that it is not over yet, that she can   
   still unleash the power of the crystal to restore the world. However,   
   it will likely mean her life to do so. She gladly agrees if that means   
   everyone else will be saved.   
      
   As Prince and Princess, they approach a stone arch where Mamoru places   
   a ring on her finger. They kiss for the second time in this life and   
   the world is restored. Endymion and Serenity are left lifeless on the   
   desert sand, their joined hands holding the Moon Phase watch.   
      
   We see the world restored, and everyone is healthy, happy and doing   
   what they love. Ami, Naru, Rei, Makoto and... yes... even Minako. With   
   the cheerful C'est La Vie blasting through the air, the girls are   
   happy... until they suddenly all remember something very important   
   that they had forgotten... Usagi.   
      
   They call her name as they all run to a common destination. Hearing   
   her name, Usagi awakens in a dimly lit place. In her hand, the Moon   
   Phase watch has started ticking. To one side she sees Mamoru. PSM   
   approaches and tells her that as long as her friends remember her, she   
   can not die. The Silver Crystal is shattered, but it left her with her   
   life. Mamoru, who was not given such a gift, tells her to go back   
   without him. However, all four generals appear and tell him to live   
   for their sake. They tell him that they will always be with him and   
   respond if he needs them.   
      
   Mamoru takes Usagi's hand in a glow of white light and they run back   
   to their world. As the girls gather, they see Usagi come running   
   towards them. As Mamoru and the cats watch from his motorcycle, the   
   five girls rush together in a joyful reunion.   
      
   Tomorrow, the marriage four years later.   
      
   --   
   Phoenix   
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