Part VII
    Kuno sat in the kitchen with an ice pack on his head. "Dammit Akane! Why did you hit me! I finally meet the girl of my dreams and you knock me out!", Akane rapped him on the head. "Ouch!"
    "Look meat-head! The way you court girls is all wrong, ruthlessly chasing them with poetry and roses and jumping them every few minutes isn’t going to help your love life any! If you want a girl, be nice, the roses and the presents are fine, but to an extent! Short and sweet is what I say!"
    Kuno groaned, "Just let me die in peace!"
    "Not a chance!" She hit him again.

    Makoto leaned into the hall and glanced in both directions, then seeing no one, she eased herself into the hall. "Hey Mako!"
    Makoto screeched and jumped a foot into the air. "Ami! Don’t do that! I thought you were that weirdo Blue Thunder!" she gasped.
    Ami blushed, "Sorry, why are you so up tight? I thought you’d be glad, he seems real nice."
    Makoto sweat dropped, "Seems nice! First time he actually looks at me, he’s on his knees spouting poetry! It’s creepy! That stuff belongs in Haruna-Sensei’s love poems!", she quipped.
    Ami grimaced, "Wow. There he is!" Makoto braced herself for a wave of love poems, but was surprised when he only winked as he passed.

    Kuno held in all the professions he wanted to make and restrained himself to a cool wink. As he turned the corner he sighed. "That was harder than I thought!"
    Akane patted his shoulder, "I know, you’re an expressive person. Just look!"
    Kuno stole a peek at Makoto, she was staring at the corner he had just rounded, a small blush decorated her sculpted features. Kuno smiled, "Wow, it did!" he said in a low voice.
    Akane grinned, "Once I’m through with you, she won’t be able to resist, now Usagi tells me she’s into cooking and flowers…"

    Kuno stood over the stove and silently pledged Ukyou his eternal servitude for those cooking lessons. Makoto wandered into the kitchen, "Wow! What’s cooking? Oh! Kuno! It’s you!"
    Kuno nodded, "Get a plate, it’s almost done."
    Makoto smiled and reached over for a plate. "Hey, you never told me for a cook!"
    Kuno chuckled, "Well, I was kind of hungry so I thought, why not? Want some? Plenty of it for two!"
    Makoto smiled. "What is it?"
    Kuno shrugged, "It’s a recipe Akane gave me. Oh dear…"
    Makoto blinked, "What’s wrong Kuno-kun?"
    Kuno shivered, "I just remembered how bad Akane’s cooking is. I should have asked Ramna. I’ll take the first bite, I wouldn’t want to inflict one of Akane’s recipe’s on an innocent.", he groaned.
    "I heard that!" Akane’s irritable voice came from the hall. "I’ll have you know that, this particular recipe is one of Kasumi’s!", she snapped and left.
    "I’ll still take the first serving!" Kuno whispered to Makoto.
    "KUNO NO BAKA!" Kuno dodged a flying mallet. "Hey! Let me go! Ramna no Baka! What the hell! Get back here! You can’t leave me like this!", she shouted.
    "Uh, sorry, you’ll have to continue your conversation with Akane later. She’s a little, Um, tied up right now." Ramna winked, "Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do!"
    Kuno blushed, "Which is nothing! Get thee hence!" A grinning Ramna dodged a flying sauce pan and made a hasty retreat.  Ramna made one last peek at Kuno and Makoto, who were staring at each other dreamily, that is until spattering grease brought them back to the food.
    "Ahem.", Ramna looked over at the voice. Akane stood before him with the ropes he had tied her to the tree with in hand. The grin faded from his face as Akane approaching his with a lurid smile tugging at her lips. (Insert the rest here.)

    Usagi sighed as love sprouted all over Hiwaka Jinja. She looked over to Mamoru, who was sprawled on the grass beside her. "Poor baby. He’s been through a lot." she leaned over and planted a light kiss on his lips. Suddenly his arms fastened around her and he rolled over so he was laying directly on top of her. "You sneak! Let me up!"
    Mamoru had an impish smile on his face, "Not a chance."
    Usagi stopped struggling. "Oh really?"
    Mamoru smiled, "Yes." They went for each other at the same moment. Soon the only thing that could be heard from the cherry grove was muffled gasps and groans.

    Diamond leaned against the back of his throne. "Brother? There is something I think you should see."
    Diamond looked to Sapphire. "Yes?"
    Sapphire bowed, though not as much as anyone unrelated to the ruler of nemesis would. "I have been keeping an eye on the traveler as you instructed. I have positively identified her as Neo-Queen Serenity. There is something you should see." Sapphire gestured and a picture appeared in the center of the room. Mamoru and Usagi lay together, Mamoru was slowly undoing the buttons on Usagi’s blouse.
    Diamond bolted upright. "No! Do something! Stop it!" Sapphire nodded, he made a sweeping gesture and an explosion sounded a few blocks away from Hiwaka Jinja. Mamoru and Usagi scrambled up and ran towards it, frantically trying to put their clothes back in proper order.

    Usagi fumbled with the buttons on her blouse, "Fate does not like me.", she muttered,
    Mamo-chan caught her arm and pulled her close for a deep kiss, "We’ll finish up after we look this over!", Usagi nodded.
Akane and Ramna stumbled up in similar condition. "So I guess your engagement isn’t forced now?", Usagi commented wryly. Akane and Ramna blushed, Kuno and Makoto rushed up as well, Kuno’s face was decorated with kiss marks. Usagi sighed and decided not to comment. "Samurai! Transform." she shouted. Akane, Ramna, and Kuno snapped to attention.
    "Hush Chi activate!"
    "Yin Yang Transform!"
    "Blue Thunder Transmutation!"
    "Moon Crystal Power!"
     Sailor Moon, the Samurai of Hush, Yin Yang, Blue Thunder, and Tuxedo Kamen ran off towards the source of the blast, Makoto did a double take, "Hey Wait up! Jupiter Star power!" Sailor Jupiter ran after her companions.
    Usagi gasped, Osa-P lay in ruins. Naru and her mother stood before the ruins holding each other. A youma stood a few feet away, holding a coconut. "Rotten egg bomb!", it pulled an egg shaped earring from it’s ear and threw it at Naru. "No!", Usagi grabbed her tiara and threw it at the Youma, it powered up with her energy. "Tiara Magic!", she shouted, the tiara sliced the bomb in half and sucked the destructive energy from it. "Leave my friend alone!" She shouted. She leapt in front of Naru and her mother. "Be gone or beware!", she hissed.
    Avocado grinned, "Waka wei! Bomb!"
    Hush crossed her arms before her, "Hush! Samurai Shield!", the blast glanced off Hush’s shield harmlessly.
    Sailor Moon held up a hand. She’s mine!"
    Hush smiled, "Finally we get to see our all knowing Sensei in action!"
    Jupiter’s face vaulted, "She’s your Sensei?"
    Hush gave her an evil glance, "Yes, and she’s one of the best. She taught us almost everything we know!"
    Sailor Moon hushed them. "You are in such deep shit . Moon Scepter Elimination!",
    Avocado dodged and staggered up with one of her shoulder’s smoking. "Avocado bomb!" Sailor Moon rushed the bomb, leapt up in a jump kick and kicked it back at Avocado. She blew up with her own bomb. Sailor moon picked up the stone from the pile of moon dust. She touched it and the black moon vanished, but the stone didn’t turn dark it retained it’s luster, if anything, it gained more.
    She threw it to Naru’s mother. "To rebuild your shop."
    Naru’s mother looked it over. "My god! This is worth over two.three billion American dollars! How did you do this?"
    Sailor Moon winked, "I kept it from ashing along with it’s host. It’s worth more if you could use it. It’s an energy Magnifier. But earth will never gain the equipment to use it.", she whispered to Mamoru.
    Jupiter looked at Sailor Moon, "Usa-chan, you’ve grown up!"
    Usagi shook her head. "Nope, just realized my purpose. Come on, I’ll tell the group at Hiwaka Jinja."
 

    "And that’s what happened."
    Rei sweat dropped. "I find the fact that you trained us, very hard to believe! Any of us could whip you! In fact we did once!"
    Usagi got a strange look in her eye, "Then it’s time for a rematch. Me against all of you.", a smile tugged at her lips, as if she knew a secret no one else did. Which…she did.

    Sailor Moon stood off the other scouts. The Samurais of Silence cheered her on. "GO Sailor Moon! Yeah Sensei! You can do it!"
    Sailor Moon winked in their direction. "Ready, set, go!" Mars rushed Moon. Moon dodged faster than the untrained eye could see. She planted a boot on the back of Mars’s head, she knocked Mars out of her way and went up against Mercury. Mercury squeaked, her scan was uncompleted and Moon knocked the mini computer from her hands and tucked it into her collar. "I’ll be taking this!"
    Mercury scowled." Mercury Bubbles. Blast!"
    Moon dodged the conformed blast of bubbles, "Moon Tiara! Star dust action!", Mercury fell back rubbing the dust from her eyes.
    "Supreme Thunder! Crash!"
    Moon paled, "Lunar Shields!"  A protective dome formed around Sailor Moon, shielding her from the lightning. She sighed, "Well , that came in handy! Moon Tiara! Split! Trap her and to me!" The glowing discus split into two discuses of the same size, one trapped Jupiter and the other went to Sailor Moon. Sailor moon put it back on her forehead, only it was half the width of her original.
    Venus swallowed, "Venus Love chain! Encircle!"
    The glowing chain sped towards Sailor Moon, she grabbed it, wrapped it around her knuckles, yanked it out of Venus’s grip, with a great show of lasso know how, she hog tied Venus. She went up to Rei, who had de-transformed and sat rubbing the back of her head. "Believe me now? I didn’t have to train you to use your powers, I had to push you to do your best, and that meant having a leader who was a whiny cry baby, so you would push yourselves to the limit and hold nothing back until you extended those limits. I think I have been a success, now I have to train the next group. Just like the army, only the war never ends."
    Rei stared at Usagi with wide eyes. "You are a trainer." she whispered.
    Usagi winked "That doesn’t change me. We’re still friends right?" She handed Rei up.
    "Let’s go."
    "Not so fast!" Usagi spun, A man with white hair floated in mid air. "I am Prince Diamond. And you Sailor Moon, have proved yourself worthy to be my bride!", he watched her face.
    Usagi stared at him, then burst out laughing. "Hahahahahaha! Migod, that’s funny, now what do you really want?"
    Diamond scowled, "Only you.", He gestured and his upside down moon twirled and split into a hazel colored eye. Usagi found her self transfixed in place by that moon, then she began to slowly lift from he ground.
    "Usako! No!", Mamoru tried to go to her, but couldn’t move, slowly a symbol began to light up on his forehead, the tiny cross quartered circle of Earth. It’s green gold glow drove away Diamond’s hypnotism. Then Usagi’s crescent moon flared to life. It’s own light cleared the fog from her mind, forever shutting it Diamond’s influence.
    "Go to hell! ", Diamond scowled, "I won’t stand for this! I summon the power of the dark crystal!",  A huge dark column of dark energy crashed down of Usagi, it was blown away and in Usagi’s place stood Neo-Queen Serenity. "So I was right! You are the Neo-Queen Serenity! You are mine!"
    Neo-Queen Serenity held up her arms and summoned the Ginzuishou. Wordlessly she activated it’s power. "Never. I shall never give into the Dark, if not for me, then for my daughter, and my Husband!"
    Chibi-Usa gasped, "She is my Mommy!", she whispered, then the memories flooded her mind, how she had knocked over that vase, how she had taken the crystal and it had vanished, she felt the energy rising within her and suddenly she knew where it had gone. She ran beside her mother, and held up her own arms. "Silver Crystal! Please give me the strength to help my mommy! I need strength, to fight!", the second Ginzuishou flared to life between her up raised palms.
    Diamond was blown back into his own time and place. "Now! Close the door on Nemesis! So they may never come here again! The door is closed!", they shouted as one. The silver light faded and Usagi and Chibi-Usa crumpled to the floor and passed out.
    Usagi opened her eyes and saw several faces gathered above her. "Would it help if I said we won?", she surveyed their faces, "Guess not.", she muttered, she realized that she had a warm weight clasped around her waist. "Hey munchkin.", she looked down at Chibi-Usa.
    "Mommy! Oh mommy I missed you!"
    Usagi stroked Chibi-Usa’s hair. "I missed you too Kiddo." Usagi tried to stand, but Chibi-Usa refused to relinquish her waist. Finally she managed to heft Chibi-Usa onto her hip and carry her. A golden orb appeared before them, it widened until it was the size to hold two people. Then it faded, Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion stood before them. Usagi whispered in Chibi-Usa’s ear. She nodded and jumped down. She ran to her parents and King Endymion lifted her up.
    "Thank you, Sailor Senshi.", he said. Neo-Queen Serenity winked at Usagi, "It’s not over yet!" she said with Usagi’s good cheer.
    Usagi nodded, "I didn’t figure that it was. It’s rather comforting, knowing I’ll be back." she whispered. "Now we all take our leave! See you in the future.", Endymion waved and Serenity wiggled her fingers in a truly UN-queen-like fashion. Old habits died hard. They vanished, and Usagi took out her Mirror. "OK, vacation’s over, back to work!" She held it aloft. "Farewell my friends, I’ll be back!"
    Mamoru rushed forward, "This time I’m coming too!"
    Usagi smiled, "I hoped you would. Mirror , take us Back!"

    Ramna, Akane and Kuno found themselves home….alone.
    A hologram of Usagi appeared. "I set this up before we left. I’m not coming back. I’ve taught you everything I can, the rest is up to you. Now this isn’t good bye, just see you in a while. You had better have improved by the time I get back!" Usagi’s image winked and disappeared.
    "Do you think she knew all of this was going to happen?", Akane murmured,
    "Who knows?"
    Kuno sighed, "She must be Physic."
    Then an image Usagi appeared once more. "No Kuno, I’m not Psychic." then vanished.
    "I don’t believe this. She’s everywhere!"
 
 
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