Under a Crystal Moon By Lady Sylver ________________________________________________________________________________ Epilogue A portal opens. Usagi steps from the portal and looks around. On a bench near the lake, she sees Mamoru sitting there. She walks toward him. He hears her footsteps and turns. He looks at her for a moment before he puts his arms out to her. A tear runs down her face as she looks at him. As he opens his arms to her she runs the last few steps and collapses into his arms. She cries into his chest as he holds her close. "Usako." He whispers in to her hair as his own tears begin to fall. "I've missed you." She puts her arms around him and looks up toward his midnight blue eyes. "No more misunderstandings." He says. "Truth always." She agrees. He bends his head closer to hers and gives her a passionate kiss. As he pulls away, he looks into her eyes. "When are you leaving?" She looks away from him. "I'm not." She turns to look at him with a smile. "Reanna is going to come out tomorrow night at her make up concert. Will you be there?" "Yes." He smiles at her. She hands him six tickets. He gives her a puzzled look. "They've already been." "Tell them this is a special event." She kisses him and walks away. ******************************************************************************** Chibi Usa stands in the distance and watches. "All is right again." "You knew it would be, Mama." She turns to look into a pair of dark brown eyes. "Yes, Mark, but without you and your Papa it may have never happened." "Well, My Queen, are we ready to go home?" Chibi Usa throws her arms around her husband. She stands there with his arms wrapped around her. "Are we ready?" "Not quite, Josh." She looks into his eyes. "One more thing we have to do." ******************************************************************************** There is a knock at the door. Usagi puts on her mask and answers the door. Her eyes gaze into a pair of midnight blue eyes. She grabs his hand and pulls him into her dressing room. "Are they here?" "Yes, but it took some convincing. Chibi Usa helped. She wanted to come again." He gives her a sly smile. "You better get back to them." She kisses his cheek. "I love you." "I love you." He squeezes her hand as he gives her a kiss. He starts to walk from the room. He turns back toward her. "Are you sure you want to do this?" "Yes, I'm not leaving you again." A smile crosses his face as he turns to leave the room. ******************************************************************************** "Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, please help me in welcoming Reanna." The concert hall erupts into applause as she walks out onto the stage. All the applause abruptly stop as mouths drop open and the audience stares at Reanna. Instead of her normal black dress, she is dressed in a long crimson dress. Her mask is of white feathers and decorated with red sequins. Her long, light blonde hair has been French braid and laced with crimson red roses. A bright smile lies upon her face as she turns to look out toward the audience. As her eyes fall upon the audience, she sees three familiar figures. Her smile widens as she sees Josh put his arms around Chibi Usa and she puts her arms around Mark. The three wave to her as a portal opens and they walk inside. A tear escapes her eye, but is caught by her mask. "Goodbye, Children." She thinks to herself. She takes a deep breath and turns her attention back to the audience. "Last night, the concert was disrupted by a youma attack. Tonight, I would like to do the song that was to debut that night." She looks across the audience. Her eyes fall upon Raye, Minako, Chibi Usa, Ami, Makoto, and Mamoru. "The song is called 'Whispering Winds.'" The music begins to fill the concert hall. Her voice begins to mix itself with the music. As the song comes to a close, all look upon her in awe. The applause fill the auditorium once more. Her eyes fall upon Mamoru as the applause fill the air. He smiles to her and nods. She nods back as she opens her mouth to speak. "While I have been here visiting, I met a young man that lives here." She looks across the audience. "My heart was broken many years ago. That is the reason for the sad songs and for the mask. "This young man has found the part of me that had died when my heart was broken." She looks down at Mamoru. "Tonight is my last concert. My heart belongs to this man." She puts her hand out toward Mamoru. "Mamoru Chiba, I have waited a long time to love again and I know the person that I love is you. I love you with all of my heart and soul. I am going into retirement to spend the rest of my life with you." All eyes turn to look at Mamoru. Minako, Makoto, Raye, Chibi Usa, and Ami stare in disbelief. He stands and gazes up at her. He walks toward the stairs that lead to the stage. He walks up and takes her hand. "I love you with all my heart. Never will I hurt you or will I leave you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." "No!" A shout rings through the audience. Chibi Usa stands up and glares at them. "You are suppose to love Usagi Tsukino. She is your heart and soul. You said you'd love her forever." Tears run down her face. "Small Lady, don't cry." Chibi Usa looks up in shock at the name. She looks into Reanna's blue eyes. A small smile plays on her lips. "Mamoru, you can't do this." Minako pleads with him. "Minako, you are the one who knows about love." Reanna gives her a knowing look. "You are his friends. Don't you want to see him get on with his life and let Usagi rest in peace." She looks toward each of them. "Let him be happy. I won't take him from you." She turns toward him and kisses him. As the kiss ends, he goes down on one knee. The whole audience is in tears at the display of love between the two. "I never want you to be apart from me again. I love you as much this day, if not more, as I did when we first met over six years ago." Minako, Makoto, Raye, and Ami look up at the couple. Chibi Usa smiles as she begins to understand. She runs up onto the stage. "Will you take care of my Mamoru?" "I always will, Usagi." She says as she picks her up. "Will you marry me," he pauses for a moment, "Usagi Tsukino?" "Yes." As she answers, Chibi Usa removes the mask from her face. Applause erupt from the audience. Minako, Makoto, Ami, and Raye run up onto the stage and embrace their friend. "Home at last." She whispers. ******************************************************************************** A crystal moon slowly rises over Crystal Tokyo. Queen Usagi and King Josh look out over their city. "You did well, My Love." He pulls his wife close. "Our son did very well." A tear falls from her eyes. "We almost lost everything. I must do a better job in the future." "Usa, you can't be every where all the time. From now on, we do it together." She smiles up to her husband. "Together." "Will everything be fine now, Usa." She waves her hand in front of them. An image begins to form in the air. They both turn their attention to the image. ******************************************************************************** Usagi and Mamoru walk by the lake. The moon slowly rises above the lake. Usagi stops and gazes up at the moon. "I use to look at the moon and cry. I wrote most of my songs after looking at the moon." "That is the past, Usako." He looks down at her. "May I have this dance, Princess Serenity?" He asks as he bows to her. "All my dances are yours, Prince Endymion." She answers as she curtsies. "Let's dance under the Crystal Moon." He looks at Usagi as she begins to hum the song 'Under a Crystal Moon.' He takes her into his arms and begins to dance with her.