Epilogue: No I've Still Got a Lot of Fight Left in Me

xX Somewhere at the end of the 30th Century Xx

"Careful now!" Neo Queen Serenity called after her young daughter. Her eyes seemed to sparkle as she watched the mop of strawberry hair bound across the grounds with her father in tow. This was the world she had fought for, the world she had prayed every day would come into fruition. At least now they could enjoy the peace.

"Still playing the part of the over protective mama bear?"

Whipping her head around, Neo Queen Serenity smiled wildly at one of her eldest friends. "Seiya! I didn't realize you were returning to earth."

He twirled a finger around the chain that hung around his neck. "Promises to keep," he offered, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.

She frowned slightly, recalling the years that had passed since Masuyo's death. With each passing year, Seiya would return and journey to Elysium to pay homage to his lost love. It was beautiful and heartbreaking all at the very same time. "You're welcome here whenever you want."

Seiya smiled fondly, nodding in the direction of the King and his child. "Thinking about another one any time soon?"

Neo Queen Serenity laughed. "When you have children, you'll know the answer to that."

Seiya merely shrugged. He would not be having children, he would not be giving his heart to another again, but he smiled at his Queen none the less. "Where are the rest of your Sailor brats? I owe Uranus a sparring match."

The Queen opened her mouth to speak, but before she could, a loud ripping echoed through the silence, forcing everyone to their knees. King Endymion was screaming something, clutching to Chibi Usa as tightly as he could, reaching towards his Queen. Seiya placed a hand upon her arm, ready to defend her no matter what came forth.

The ripping sound silenced, the air fizzling around them as a small and familiar form collapsed to her knees. She was bloodied and she seemed like she seemed like she would lose consciousness at any second, but she was there. Her head hung, her dirtied bangs hiding her eyes from view, her arms clutched around her chest as if holding herself together.

"Masuyo?" Seiya breathed, unbelieving of his own eyes.

Slowly her head lifted, her cerulean eyes meeting with his. "Sorry it took me so long." She breathed, her lips pulling up into a small smile.

He hadn't even made the conscious choice to move before he was catapulting himself into her. He held her tightly to him, smoothing his fingers through her soft hair and breathing in her scent. Even dirtied he could still smell the lilac and vanilla. The same scent that had haunted him for years. She clutched to him and he could feel her body shaking under her sobs.

"How?" Neo Queen Serenity asked, motioning for her disbelieving king to join them.

"Time bubble." Masuyo whispered, opening her eyes and gazing over Seiya's shoulders into the aged eyes of her brother.

"I thought we couldn't use the bubble again? Setsuna said so?" The Queen asked, tilting her head to the side in her own confusion.

"Kakyuu gave me the idea. A sacrifice does not always take the form you believe in most. We couldn't seal the Daughters in the time bubble without sealing one of us as well. It had to be done from the inside." Masuyo explained.

"And the Daughters?" King Endymion reached out tentatively, lacing his fingers with one of Masuyo's hands.

"Gone." She whispered solemnly. "Time doesn't flow inside the bubble. We fought for years or maybe only moments. I can't be sure… But they fell." She stiffened in Seiya's hold.

"You killed them…" He breathed.

She only nodded, her sobbing continuing as she buried her face against him and her consciousness slipped away.

xX A few hours later Xx

For the first little while, both Seiya and King Endymion had stood sentry, watching over the slumbering form of the unconscious girl. They watched her breathe in and out, watched her eyes flutter beneath closed lids. They simply watched.

It was not long after King Endymion left to oversee his obligations that she spoke, stirring him from the darkness.

"I told you I would come back to you."

Slowly his lips pulled into a smile, leaning forward to capture her in a kiss.

They would spend the rest of eternity happily ever after.

Author's Note: You had to have known I had something up my sleeve! I really hope you all enjoyed this story. It was by far one of my favorites to write. Thanks for all the love!

Always yours,

Kaas.