"Well isn't it obvious? Mamoru-san has split his soul in two."

The revelation was met with silence, not exactly the dramatic gasps that Venus was hoping for, but it'd have to do.

"The Moonlight Knight," She gestured towards the man standing, "Is Mamoru's love, concentrated in a form that is meant only to protect the Princess." She moved her arms to the left like a model in a car commercial. "And on our left, is Mamoru-san! The heartless man we all know and love!"

"He's not heartless!" Sailor Moon growled, and Venus flapped a hand dismissively.

"But if that's true...then how was Mamoru-san able to kiss Usagi at the bowling alley?" Mercury asked pensively, and then blushed when the other Sailor Senshi turned to her incredulously.

"Wha- you saw?!" Sailor Moon had turned bright red.

"Wait- it's true?!" Jupiter felt her fist clench involuntary. Man she knew that it was an eternal romance and all that, but did he have to ravage her Princess in front of the entire bowling alley like that?

Venus seemed equally shocked. Her blue eyes were wide and then she shook her head.

"Amazing. He must have more willpower than I thought. Splitting your soul is an incredibly painful process, and being near the one you love when you don't have your heart..." She shuddered, "I can't even imagine it."

Sailor Moon's lip trembled and she let out a whimper. "Mamo-chan..." Her hand tightened without thinking about it around the Moonlight Knight's, who returned the gesture warmly.

"Well, how do we fix it?" Rei asked impatiently.

"Well...I'm...actually not sure." Venus grinned a little sheepishly, "I'm not even sure how it happened. This sort of thing is usually self inflicted, so I don't see how-"

"That's right. I did this." It was Mamoru's voice, sounding as if it was very far away from his body. His eyes were glassy and disconnected, as if he wasn't seeing where he was. "Our love almost destroyed the world, and so I... made it go away..."

Sailor Moon could almost hear her heart break and her legs moved on their own accord as she rushed towards him. She fell to her knees, clutching at his hands desperately.

"You can't think that!" She cried, "You can't possibly think that!"

Like always, her tears called to something inside him that made his name true. Protect. He automatically covered her smaller hands with his. Strangely, he felt stronger, and his head cleared a little. Small bouts of pain suddenly wracked his body and he grimaced. Since the apparition of himself had entered the room, he had felt his entire body and mind go numb, perhaps blocking him from the pain that would surely be there. Sailor Moon's hand in his made him think clearer, but it came with a price.

"Usagi..." He hissed through clenched teeth, his blue eyes looking at her tear struck face.

"How can we fix this?" It was Mars again. Venus looked at her helplessly and shook her head.

"We can't... Only Mamoru-san can. He has to want that part of him back."

Mamoru, for his part, was valiantly struggling against the pain because for the moment, there was something more important than pain on his mind. Something that was on the edge of his memory. Sailor Moon was crying softly into his lap, and it was taking all his willpower not to reach down and kiss her again. The feeling seemed familiar. His memory was flickering with all the moments he'd spent with Usagi. There she was, bumping into him. There she was, smiling at him. There she was, defending him at the arcade. There she was, crying after a terrible battle.

Crying.

He felt something shift in his brain and he could remember. Her face, right before her final battle with the Negaverse. She was weeping softly, cradling his head. He remembered thinking something... Something he had carried with him into death.

He never wanted to see her so sad again. And if he was the source of that sadness-

Something had happened. A split. His wish had been fulfilled by the silver crystal.

Mamoru groaned and slid off the bed so that he and Sailor Moon were at eye level.

"Usagi..." His hands had found the way to her face, "Don't cry. You can't cry because-"

Because what?

His mind was desperately searching for the words. He knew them. They were so simple. He felt his heart leap at how she was looking at him. He could feel his body shaking, trembling with the force of what he was trying to remember. Without knowing why, he looked over at the stranger in the room. Their eyes connected and something like relief passed over his face as he looked into the blue eyes in front of him again.

"Usagi I love you."

There was a flash of light that left him blinded for a second, and when it cleared he found himself staring into those beautiful blue eyes again. He couldn't waste another moment.

He kissed her, crushing her mouth with his, oblivious to the other senshi in the room. They sighed happily as they watched the reunion of their princess and prince, and then, when they saw that the kiss was going a little beyond propriety, shuffled uncomfortably.

"Sh...should we leave?" Mercury asked, her face bright red.

"Like hell!" Jupiter finally spat, stomping over and pulling Usagi off Mamoru. They might be her ideal romance, but her Princess was still way too young for this behavior.

"Huh? Mako-chan?"

Jupiter ignored her and whirled in on the Prince. "She's still fourteen, buster! I don't care how deep your passion is, reign it in a little." With a sharp nod, she stomped out of the room, pulling a struggling Sailor Moon behind her. Mercury followed shortly, and Venus had to be dragged out of the room by Mars because she'd collapsed on the ground in a fit of giggles.

Mamoru was still somewhat dazed that his girlfriend had been ripped out of his arms unexpectedly.

"Tch." He said suddenly with a quiet laugh, shaking his head, "What did I expect? I really wasn't holding back at all." Mamoru got up and stretched happily. It didn't matter, anyway.

He knew had all the time in the world to spend with Usagi. It was exactly as it should be.

xoxoxo

Author's note:

Well that's it! I hope you all enjoyed it! Thank you so much for following me and reading my chapters as I put them out. I know this chapter is a little short... I got broken up with a few days ago, so I'm still recovering from heartache. It's hard for me to write anything happy right now, but I didn't want to let you all down, so I decided I had to at least finish the ending. Again, thank you so much to all of you. This has been a really fun for me. Yay fanfiction! :) I don't think it's the last thing I'll ever write... I will probably write more UsagixMamoru, because they are my forever OTP. I've been seeing a lot of those 'tattooed sailor moon' drawings lately and i'm kind of inspired to write something a little grungier... less faithful to the show. Who knows...it might be fun. Anyway good bye! Thanks again!

Angelina