Serenity looked around her beautiful blue planet with wonder. This was it. They'd all lead new lives from this day forward.
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I had revived all of my friends successfully and am beginning my life as Neo-Queen Serenity, but it seemed that I was missing something. Albeit a happy time for all of us, Crystal Tokyo didn't get me as excited as it used to. Why shouldn't it? I now had a daughter who has five senshi friends, a loving husband and a friend who is finally married to the love of her life. That friend is Mako-chan, her husband is Motoki and my husband is Mamo, which means my daughter is Chibi Usa. But there's a hole in my heart these days, one that embeds itself in my mind to the point where me being alone means I'm plagued by it. And the source of that was the woman who died longing for me. The woman who loved me more than anything. Seiya. Something makes my heart race when I think of her. Maybe I felt more than a friendship would blossom between us. Something makes me wonder what made me reject her all those five years ago.

I looked down at my dress, wondering who I'd become. This wasn't me. I wasn't some dumb princess who married her husband just because he was the only partner destiny would permit me to have, was I? Was I a fool for rejecting Seiya, or was there anything else behind it apart from 'destiny denial'? I didn't know and maybe didn't want to. But something gave me the urge. Something was telling me to call her, to talk to her. Galaxia was nearly finished giving back Sailor Crystals to their respective owners, a task she'd begun five years ago and was yet to finish. I understood why she did it. She may have thought that if she seemed better, she would be better. But I wasn't so sure about that.

I glanced upward to the roof of the palace, and ran past servant upon servant. This wouldn't wait any longer. Endymion - or Mamo-chan, as he prefers - has guards that protect him and our family from harm. Hopefully we'd stay protected, but I'd had this niggling feeling that it wasn't to be that way. I had made it to the phone room in record timing and called Seiya. I knew she and I had different planetary time zones, but I needed to ring her for something very important. It wasn't like anybody could stop me, anyway. Haruka would try, but she'd fail - I know that for a fact. The phone rang in with some crackling and I placed my ear against the receiver.

There was more crackling. "Seiya, if you're available, please get on the line. I want to talk to you." I frowned when she didn't answer. "Seiya, it's your Odango," I whispered into the receiver.

There was more crackling, and I heard running from her side of the line. "Seiya, is that you on the line?"

"Odango, of course it's me," I heard Seiya's voice ring out from her side of the line. "How's everything? Do you need us back? Is there a problem? Are you abdicating? Is there anything I can do to help? Are you breaking things off with Chiba-san?"

"No need to worry about me abdicating, as I won't be doing that in a hurry," I told her. I blushed when I remembered how concerned she was about me and how she protected me five years ago. "But it does have something to do with my and Chiba-san's relationship, and destiny as whole."

"I'm intrigued by that answer, Odango," Seiya's words echoed playfully through the speakers of the headset. "Elaborate?"

"I don't feel as strong a connection to him as I felt when I had first regained our memories of our past love as Serenity and Endymion. I don't know if he and I should be together. I'm not entirely blinded by destiny anymore, Seiya, and I know how you long for me, which has resulted in my realisation that I long for you, too, more than I ever longed for Mamo-chan. I denied your feelings for me and mine for you five years ago because I was destiny blind. And now... Now I'm not so sure if this is the future I wanted." I wanted to see her face. To see her laugh, to see her smile. I didn't care how long she was there for. All I wanted to do was see her...

"Odango... Do you want me to come and see you?" She asked, and I nearly flew with excitement. I kept my hand on the receiver.

"Yes, koneko-chan," I whispered back. "Please come, Seiya. Please, I beg of you."

"Of course I will, odango-chan," she replied. "Anything for you. I love you, and I want you to know that. I'll just tell Kakyū-hime that I'm going to visit, shall I?"

"Yes," I coaxed with a smile. I then hung up and put the telephone back.

I smiled and walked towards my room where I would write a notice that I would get one of my people to pin up on the notice board. The Starlights were coming in three weeks, as is Galaxia, so I might as well prepare my kingdom for their arrival. Everyone went back to their perfect lives after Chaos was expelled from her body - which was what made her yearn for the Silver Crystal in the first place. I glanced over at Haruka and Michiru, who were gazing at each other lovingly as Hotaru tugged Michiru's hand to get them moving. I chuckled when they were towed off by Hotaru, who lead them to their sleeping quarters.

I went to my room myself and sat down with a piece of paper, beginning to write: 'THE STARLIGHTS AND KAKYŪ-HIME ARE COMING TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Please prepare for these visitors, as it takes approximately two weeks to arrive from Kinmoku.' I beckoned one subject over and she nodded, moving towards the notice board. Everyone of Crystal Tokyo needed to know about this. I then began to write to Seiya, but before I could get past 'Dear Seiya koneko-chan' I was interrupted by a knock on the door. I didn't let that stop me. Whoever wanted to come in could let themselves in for all I cared.

When I finished the letter - I was ready to walk out the room to phone Seiya - I remembered that there was the mysterious voice that was calling me, beckoning me to the door. I couldn't help it at this point. I needed to let whoever it was in, as much as I didn't want to.

"Who is it?" I snapped, annoyed.

"Usako!" The voice shouted.

"Mamo-chan? Oh goodness," I whispered and let him in.

"Usako, what were you doing just now?" He asked.

"Nothing, Endymion!" I insisted. It wasn't his business who I loved, was it?