Luna pops up again. "It's said that the love of the Princess and Prince will destroy the world, but," she hangs her head, "this kind of parting..."

In the secret room, Makoto pulls a pink blanket over Usagi, who's lying on the red couch.

"Usagi seemed like a different person," comments Ami.

Luna and Makoto nod.

"It seems like the Princess Serenity of the Past awakened that way," says Luna, "Even though the form is different."

 Rei remembers just after Usagi collapsed. "Usagi!" Mercury calls gently, touching Usagi's cheek. "This, too?" asks Mars tearfully of Venus, "All of this, too, are they all things burdened on us from the Past?!"

As Rei looks sadly at Usagi, Usagi starts to stir. She lets out a little groan, causing Ami, Luna, and Makoto to turn and run to her side.

"Usagi!" calls Ami.

"Are you okay?" asks Makoto.

Usagi takes a moment to take in her surroundings. "Yeah," she responds, slowly sitting upright. A slight pull around her neck makes her look down at the Moon Phase watch, where it's hanging in front of her chest. She takes it in both hands, gazing at it sadly while remembering the first time she called Mamoru by his name, right before he left to go with Beryl. "I see..." she says, "He's gone."

"Usagi..." Makoto says, gazing at her sadly.

Ami touches on the shoulder and nods.

"Usagi!" Rei plops herself on the couch next to Usagi and commands, "Cheer up now! Even though our Past is stupid, you can't let her take away a person important to you!"

The others all look at Rei in surprise, and Usagi smiles and nods. "That's right!" She gets up off the couch. "He said that he'd return for sure. If I sit around crying, he'd call me stupid and get mad. It'll be okay."

Ami nods.

Makoto turns and tells Rei, "You said a good thing."

"It was nothing," says Rei, standing up in a huff while the Makoto and Ami watch her with knowing grins.

Usagi looks at the watch and says quietly, "It'll be okay, right."

Mamoru sits at the end of a banquet table in a dim room.

"You're not eating!" complains Mio, who's seated at the other end, "It's good, you know!"

The dishes are all strange resembling something like a stuffed animal, birds feet with toes like human fingers, and some strange blue plant.

Mamoru just looks at the food, his stony expression never changing.

"There's no poison or anything in it," insists Mio. She stands up and walks to his end of the table. "When you're done, I'll take you to Queen Metalia's room." She grabs one of the birds feet and starts to nibble it.

"Before that, let me meet Zoisite and the others," he says, "They're safe, aren't they?"

Mio nods and heads back to her seat, "Yeah, even though one is missing. I dropped him off somewhere. It's okay!" She drops into her seat. "The Shitenno are simply servants, right?"

Mamoru turns his gaze to the food and picks up some kind of meat. He bites into it noisily and Mio laughs to herself.

"Queen Metalia's power is getting stronger," Beryl says to herself, her arms lifted at her sides. "As I thought," she muses, "it's that..." Before her, Queen Metalia emanates a strong pink energy.

It's dark in Usagi's room and plushie Luna slumbers contentedly on a giant bunny pillow on the table. She doesn't stir when a sleeping Usagi glows with a golden light and awakens. She sits upright in bed and sets her feet on the ground, pausing to look up and whisper, "Endymion..." She stands.

The light fades and Luna's eyes pop open. Sleepily, she looks around, rubbing her eyes. With a gasp, she notices Usagi is missing and hops onto the floor. "Usagi!" She runs towards the open window, curtains billowing in the wind. "Usagi!"

"Usagi!" Chibi- Luna runs around the streets in the night. "Usagi!" She stops and looks around. "Which way?" Gasping, she looks up and puts a hand to her ears. There's harp music playing. "This sound..." She gazes up some more and then turns her gaze back to the street. "Usagi!" she yells, "Where are you?!"

Jadeite paces in Zoisite's room, punching his palm. He turns and faces towards Zoisite, who's at his piano, and Kunzite, who's leaning against a wall. "Queen Beryl..." he begins, "went this far..." He remembers... "The Shitenno are resurrected by me," Beryl says, arms raised at her sides, "With one word, they'll run themselves through." The Shitenno’s weapons come to life against them, and Nephrite is stabbed by his own sword. "Why?!" Jadeite asks angrily, "Even though we swore our loyalty to her!" He falls to a knee and punches the floor.

"The one you should serve is not Beryl," says Zoisite, standing from his piano, "It should be Master Endymion. Remember!"

Jadeite clasps his head in anguish while Kunzite looks on coldly.

Just then Mamoru enters.

Jadeite stands and Kunzite turns his gaze on him.

"Master!" exclaims Zoisite.

It's morning at the Tsukino household. An odango-headed figure sleeps with her face in the pillow. "Usagi!" calls Ikuko, "How long are you going to sleep?" Ikuko opens the door and steps into Usagi's room. "I said...Usagi! Give me a response!" She gives her hips an angry shake.

"I got it!" comes the muffle response, "Give me a minute!" she waves Ikuko away.

"Your breakfast will get cold!" says Ikuko, "Its bitter melon omelet with avocado sauce!" She leaves, shutting the door behind her, and Luna immediately opens her eyes and the girl next to her gets up revealing Ami.

She quickly gets to her knees.

"Ami, thank you!" says Luna, "Usagi's Mama would have been in an uproar!"

Ami shakes her head, indicating that there's no need for thanks. "More than that, we've got to find Usagi quickly," she says and starts to unbutton the pink pajama top she has over her clothes.

"Mako-chan said she'd come here afterwards," Luna says, "Rei said she's trying to go to where Venus is."

"What should we do about Usagi's Mama?" asks Ami, settling along the edge of the bed and taking off the pajama top. "This kind of deception, we can't pull it off any longer."

Just then, the door opens and Ikuko barges in.

Ami's eyes go wide. "Hey, Usagi! WHAT?!" Ikuko stops and look in shock. After a second of silence, she blinks and asks, "You're awake?"

Luna's eyes bulge in disbelief and Ami just looks at Usagi's mother in confusion.

"Hurry up and eat!" Ikuko says and then goes to pick up some clothes off the ground, "I have to do laundry and clean up, too. Oh! There's some packages coming, so can you take care of it, please! Mama lost her contacts." We now see that her gaze is extremely blurry and that she's unable to make out Ami's face clearly. "I've got to go and buy them." She leaves and shuts the door.

Luna relaxes and gets a glint in her eye. "We can do this!" she says.

"Eh?" asks Ami.

Ami picks at the avocado sauce omelet. She picks up a spoonful and then holds it up to examine it skeptically from different angles. She starts to bring it to her mouth but then hesitates and draws back. The door opens and Ami gives a start and turns around.

Shingo looks back at her with a confused look on his face.

Ikuko sticks her head in the door and says, "Usagi! Hurry up and eat!" The doorbell rings. "Yes!" Ikuko shouts and goes to get the door.

Ami blinks at Shingo, who sighs and says "What are you doing?" He heads back to his room, leaving Ami to sigh in relief.

"Ah, Mako-chan!" comes Ikuko's voice, "It's been awhile! Oh, you ate already? Oh, too bad! I made avocado sauce omelets." She appears at the dining room door. "Usagi!" she calls, "It's Mako-chan!" Ami turns around, and while the smile on Makoto's face doesn't fade, her eyes widen in surprise. "Sorry, it's so messy!" says Ikuko "Make yourself at home!"

She leaves and Makoto chokes out, "Usagi?"

Ami laughs nervously.

Minako walks with Rei around a set of a mini city.

Both have scripts in their hands.

"I've asked Artemis to search for the Princess now, as well," explains Minako, "She hasn't come to where I am."

"I see," says Rei.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Minako says while passing the half-costumed Turtle Fighter.

He mumbles a reply back at her.

"But," asks Rei, "why did the Princess suddenly appear that way? Luna said her form was different from what it was in the Past, but..."

"It certainly was different," agrees Minako, "Probably, it's because of what became of Endymion, I think. It's just that, that power..." Minako flashes back to the last battle. [Insolent girl!" Beryl shouts and unleashes a spiral of energy at Princess Sailor Moon. The attack is absorbed by a star-inscribed shield and is returned to Beryl with a huge explosion. ] Artemis says it's too strong," Minako says, sitting herself down into a chair.

"Too strong?" repeats Rei.

"What in the world is that Princess..." mutters Minako.

"In the Past, what did she do when it was time for battle?" Rei asks.

"That battle..." muses Minako.

She's interrupted, however, by a man carrying a large rocket.

"Huh? Is this Minako's friend?" he asks.

"She's a new star Mars Reiko," Minako replies quickly.

"Nice to meet you," says the man, and Rei smiles back awkwardly.

Minako stands. "I thought we'd read through the scenario!" she says and thumbs open her script for "Turtle Fighter vs Squid Kick."

"Why?" she reads, "Why won't you answer me? Please! Answer me!"

Rei looks at the script, brows furrowed.

"Please! Answer me!" repeats Minako.

Rei looks at her almost pleadingly and the man looks between the two of them, confused.

Minako nudges Rei with her elbow and Rei shakes out, "Ku-kupi."

Hiding her smile, Minako says, "You're not very good."

Rei glares at her. In her script it says "Nakonako: 'Kupi.'"

Minako picks up a Nakonako doll and hat. "You're not putting any feeling into it," she says, "We'll start off with your appearance." She plops the hat on Rei's head, causing Rei to sigh.