Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Chaos Theory

Act 17: The Final Battle Against Chaos

It is about time for the sleeping Princess to wake up.

Princess Serenity slowly opens her eyes. She stares at her surroundings as she tries to determine where she is. After a few minutes she realizes she is in someone's living quarters. She rubs the side of her head as she remembers being separated from Chaos. She sits up in bed and raises her arms over her head as she stretches. She threw the blanket off her and stands up. She nearly fell over but is able to steady herself. She had underestimated how stiff she was and wonders how long she slept. A picture on a shelf caught her eye. It is Usagi and Mamoru. She feels excited as she realizes where she is. She was still wearing her formal gown. She straightens the gown and quickly rushes out of the room.

Mamoru heard a noise behind him. He nearly drops the glass he held when he saw her. He is speechless.

"Endymion!" Serenity shouts with tears in her eyes. She rushes forward toward him.

Mamoru had just enough time to put the glass down before he is tackled by Princess Serenity. She wraps her arms tightly around him. He returns the embrace.

"I'm so happy to see you," she said between tears. "But I don't understand what is going on."

"Let's sit down and I'll explain it to you," he said as he guides her over to the couch. As he spoke to her of how she was separated from Sailor Cosmos. Mamoru notices several differences between Serenity and Usagi. Serenity is quicker to gasp the information and he didn't need to simplify his explanation to her. As a whole, Serenity is more mature than Usagi. In that regard they are two entirely different people.

Mamoru did his best to answer all of her questions about recent events but after a while he couldn't keep up. "I'm sorry I don't have all the answers for you."

"Is...there someone else that might know?" Princess Serenity asks.

Mamoru is taken aback by her question since it was unlike Usagi. After a moment he said, "Sailor Galaxia might know but I'm not sure where she is at the moment."

Princess Serenity frowns at his response. "Thanks for telling me everything you know Endymion."

The entire time they had been talking she had called him by his former name. It is making him a little uneasy. "My name in this time is Mamoru---"

Before he could finish Princess Serenity burst into tears and said, "but you will always be Endymion to me! No matter how many times you may be reborn and renamed."

"Call me Endymion then," he said as he realizes how important it is to her. He brushes a few tears from her eyes. He hates to see her so upset.

Princess Serenity places her own hand on top of his and sighs. "I've missed you so much," she said as she looks into his eyes.

Mamoru was amazes at the emotions she conveys in her eyes with only one look. It is loneliness and a longing for him. "Serenity," he whispers unable to break away from her gaze.

Princess Serenity leans forward and kisses Mamoru.

The kiss caught him by surprise. Usagi was typically never this forward.

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Taiki stares at the cauldron Sailor Galaxia left on the table before she left. He is amazed at how something so small can have so much power. The key to everything is right in front of him and it is such a small object considering what it contains. Yet without the cauldron they couldn't stop Chaos.