Startled, Titania stopped her attack. She turned towards the direction of the voice and found herself looking at five more Senshi. Sailor Moon stepped forward and pointed at Titania. "If you destroy our friends, you will still have lost. You can't win this fight." "Then maybe I can destroy their precious Princess!!" Titania hurled a tremendous blast at Sailor Moon. In return each of the Senshi threw a potent attack towards Titania. "Sparkling Oak Evolution!" "Mars Flame Sniper!" "Aqua Rhapsody!" "Love and Beauty Shock!" Titania fell back, coughing and choking. "I may never win this battle, or the war, but I can take love from all of you. The way it was taken from me." Uranus ran over to the fallen Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon laid her head back, smiling. "I told you, Titania, you cannot win." And smiling, she rose into the air, transforming to Princess Serenity. "Only love wins, Titania." Serenity held her crystal before her and blasted Titania with the power of the Silver Millenium. Titania screamed and burst into flame. "No!!!" A voice came from the side and a figure ran towards the burning body. Uranus ran to intercept it, stopping Oberon from hurling himself into the flame. Serenity stood before Uranus and touched her arm. "Let him go." Oberon ran to the burning figure. "No, Titania, don't let hate win. I still love you." The flames began to die. Oberon collapsed, sobbing. The flames disappeared. A body fell to the ground. Oberon looked in astonishment, as Titania sat up and looked at him, smiling. "Oberon, why do you cry?" She reached out to catch a tear on her finger. He held her hand to his face. Titania looked up to see the Senshi gathered around her. She frowned in puzzlement. "I feel strange. Did I faint?" Oberon sobbed again. Sailor Moon stood over Titania, "You have been reborn by love." She paused. "It'll feel a little funny for a while, but you'll be okay!" The Senshi all choked. Uranus and Neptune, leaning on each other, addressed their Princess. "How did you know?" "Sailor Mercury figured it out, actually!" Mercury blushed. Uranus stared at Sailor Moon grimly. "This was my fight. Thank you for your help, but..." Sailors Mars and Jupiter both stepped forward, but Sailor Moon held them back. "You're wrong too Uranus. There won't ever again be a fight for one of us alone. Or two or three." She looked meaningfully at Neptune and Pluto. "From now on it's all or nothing. That's going to be the first rule of Crystal Tokyo. None of us will be isolated anymore." Her face was determined. Uranus closed her eyes, then smiled and opened them again. "Thank you, Sailor Moon." Looking around she said, "Thank you all." "Let's go home." said Sailor Moon. ------------------------------------------------------------ Epilogue "Michiru..." Haruka began, but Michiru put her finger on Haruka's lips. It was evening and the lights of Tokyo flooded into their room. They had just made love and were laying, legs and arms intertwined, in their bed. "I almost killed you." Haruka removed the finger gently. Michiru laid her head against her lover's chest, hearing her heartbeat, calm and slow. She sighed. "What you did, you did because a thousand years ago, you did what you had to do. If you hadn't done it, the old Neptune would be waiting there still. It's a new age. A new Millenium. Let's move into it gladly." Haruka kissed Michiru's head. Michiru looked up and laughed that laugh... And in the Crystal Palace of the Silver Millenium, Neptune and Uranus danced until the sun rose.
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