We are now at Act 18, Volume 5. All the senshi have been taken aboard the space ship of the Black Moon, and only Tuxedo Kamen, Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus are left, gaping at Chibi-Usa who has much to reveal.

"Save the future Earth of the 30th century!"

"Chibi-Usa... You... You came from the future!?"

"I crossed time," she says. "I came here from Crystal Tokyo, from the 30th century. I didn't believe it at first, but it's true. There was a sudden explosion... Crystal Tokyo, and everyone... I want to save my mom. But I don't know how to do it. I don't really know what happened..." She rests in Mamoru's arms.

Artemis and Luna are astounded by what they have heard and worry if the senshi were taken to the future. They ask Chibi-Usa to take them to the future but Chibi-Usa is reluctant and scared...she says she hasn't finished her job here. Minako and Tuxedo Kamen reassure her that they are here to help her. Usagi says they should all go home, and Chibi-Usa happily suggests 'Let's go to Mamo-chan's house!', much to Usagi's annoyance ;)

In this next scene, we see a vulnerable side to Usagi and her feelings for Mamoru, but as always, Mamoru reassures her that everything is all right. Even in the course of true love, doubts and uncertainties arise. What we learn is that talking it through is what is most important.

Chibi-Usa stands in Mamoru's bedroom, wearing one of his shirts.

"You can sleep in this bed," he says. She gets in it, and pulls the covers up. "Can I ask you something?" he says. "Did you come here alone? From the future, I mean."

She picks up her black ball. "Nope, I came with Luna-P."

"Just Luna-P..." Mamoru thinks. "She came to the past to find Sailor Moon and the Mystical Silver Crystal by herself, to save her mother."

"Chibi-Usa," he says. "If you want us to help you, you can't run away anymore. But you didn't run from your problem. You came here. That's great. You're strong."

Usagi listens nervously from outside.

Mamoru comes out of the room. "Where's Mina?" he asks.

"She took Luna and Artemis home," Usagi says. "Hey... Do you mind if I stay here for a while longer?"

"I guess you can," says Mamoru.

"I've never thought much about the future before," says Usagi. "I can't even imagine what the world would be like..."

Mamoru goes into the kitchen and pours a glass of coffee.

Usagi walks around the room, glancing at him occasionally. She picks up a calendar from a table. "It's almost your birthday, Mamo-chan. Right? August 3rd." She smiles. "What do you want? I'll get you anything you like!"

"What's come over you?" Mamoru asks.

"I just want to get you a present," says Usagi.

"Last spring I met Mamo-chan," she thinks. "And in the summer, I came to his place for the first time. And the bed where I slept... Is where Chibi-Usa is sleeping now."

"You're always thinking about Chibi-Usa," she says to Mamoru. She holds onto his shirt. "Is she pretty? Do you like her now?"

Mamoru looks surprised. He quickly drinks from his glass. "But, she's just a schoolgirl!"

"That has nothing to do with it!" Usagi says. "She's just little! She's-!" She stops, and looks down. "I'm sorry... I'm acting weird... It's that girl."

She turns and walks away from him. "I'm jealous..." she thinks. "I shouldn't be thinking about that... What about Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter..."

She feels Mamoru's arms around her. "Mamo-chan!?"

He holds her close. "I didn't know she was feeling like this," he thinks.

"I'm worried..." Usagi says. "I don't want to lose you, Mamo-chan."

He hugs her tightly. "I don't want to lose you either, Usako. I want to be with you, always." He rests her down on the floor and lays over her. "I want to protect you." He presses his lips to hers. She wraps her arms around him...

While Mamoru reassures Usagi of his love for only her, Luna is dreaming. She dreams of a warning from Queen Serenity - NOT to go to the future. Time, she says, is controlled by a solitary figure and entry is not allowed. Luna awakes wondering if Chibi-Usa came through time with the key hanging around her neck.

Chibi Usa awakes the next morning thinking about her friends' offer of help and their warning that if she wanted their help, she couldn't run away again. She stares through the window at the rising sun.

Usagi opens the door to the room. She walks in, wearing Mamoru's shirt over her dress. "Chibi-Usa?"

"I'm going to the future," she says. "Usagi, Mamo-chan. Come with me."

Night falls over the Crown Game Center. Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, and Tuxedo Kamen stand outside with Chibi-Usa, who holds up the key from her necklace. She reveals to the others that they key is a 'space-time key' used to time travel and it is how she came from the 30th Century.

"Small Lady," says the sailor-suited woman. She holds an ornate staff. Her dark hair flows back over her dark skin. "The highway of time isn't allowed. Using it, or even knowing about it is strongly forbidden."

"Usagi and the others may not be able to go to the future," thinks Chibi-Usa.

"Don't let me leave you," she says.

She raises her key into the air. "Time Guardian! Tear apart the sky, and open the space-time door to me! I call the true name of the almighty god of time, the time guardian's father! Chronos! Reveal to me the path of light!"

A blinding vortex of light flashes in the sky above her. Usagi, Mamoru, and Minako all exclaim over the brightness and the overwhelming, crushing pressure around them from the vortex.

Chibi-Usa is drawn by the vortex. Usagi grabs onto her arms. "Chibi-Usa!?" Her grasp begins to slip, and Chibi-Usa flies into the light. "Oh no!!" cries Usagi. "Chibi-Usa!?" The wind roars around her. "Chibi-Usa!?"

At the same moment, Safir and Diamaund realize that the time vortex has been opened by someone without using the black crystal. They know it is Chibi-Usa and that she has broght with her the remaining senshi.

The cloaked figure appears. "Prince Diamaund. The time has come. Now, destroy the Mystical Silver Crystal, the successor to the throne, and the magnificent castle!"

Esmeraude steps in and tells Diamaund that she will present the beautiful, sleeping Queen to Diamaund. She calls upon two of her servants, Kiral and Akiral. They are the Bull Brothers, and they intend to use the power of the Evil Black Crystal to create the maximum chemical reaction, and take the senshi's beautiful leader.

Our three heroes have now been pulled into the vortex and are surrounded by darkness, desperately seeking out Chibi Usa. Suddenly Minako spots a hole opening in the darkness, and Mamoru hears a voice in his head.

"Do not go in there! Stay where you are!"

The brooch on Usagi's chest begins to glow. "The Mystical Silver Crystal... Look!" They see a large wooden door surrounded in mist. "Is that... the door!?"

"Stop!" a voice calls. "From here is the future. You cannot proceed." The woman steps forward. She carries a long staff resembling a key. A sailor suit covers her dark skin. Her dark hair blows in the wind. "I am the watcher of the space-time door, the guardian of the underworld. I am Sailor Pluto! And I will eliminate those who violate the law."

They gasp. "Sailor Pluto!?"

She holds her staff out and shouts, "Dead Scream!"

Usagi cries out in pain as wind whips sharply across her skin.

"Sailor Moon!"

Luna stares at the woman. "Sailor Pluto!" she thinks. "She actually exists here... No one has ever seen her before. The solitary guardian of time...!"

"Sailor Pluto!?" says Usagi. "No way... She's a sailor soldier!? We didn't know about her!"

"Sailor Moon," Sailor Pluto says. "No matter who you are, I cannot allow you to break the law. My mission must be to destroy you." She raises her staff again.

"Wait! Sailor Pluto!!"

She turns around and sees Chibi-Usa running quickly toward her. The girl jumps into her arms and hugs her.

"Small Lady!" says Pluto.

"You've got it wrong!" says Chibi-Usa. "I brought them here! Don't kill them! I'm sorry... I broke my promise. I had to bring others with me."

"Small Lady..." Pluto says. "Where have you been!?"

"I thought the Mystical Silver Crystal carried by the soldier of legend, Sailor Moon, would be much stronger than ours. So, I went to the past..."

"The power of the crystal is everlasting," says Pluto. "In any time, it would be the same. It doesn't matter. You broke your promise to me, stole the space-time key, and went to the past without permission."

"Please, don't get mad at me!"

"But, you're safe... Oh, Small Lady! Please don't make me worry like that." She kneels down. "Forgive my rudeness, Princess."

"Princess!?" says Usagi. "Chibi-Usa!?"

Chibi-Usa stands up. "That's right! I hadn't told you about it, but I am the princess. And since you are just ordinary people, you should all be more polite to me."

Usagi grimaces. "So you're a princess? Well, then who are your parents! And didn't they teach you any manners?"

"What!?" says Chibi-Usa. "How dare you talk to me like that!"

Pluto smiles as she watches them. "Your family has had me here since long ago. Now go. The door has opened." She motions toward the door.

Chibi-Usa holds onto Usagi's arm. "This is it, Usagi."

"Wait," says Usagi. "What about you, Sailor Pluto?"

"I cannot leave here," she says. "Visitors, please protect Small Lady."

Usagi, Chibi-Usa, Minako, and Mamoru stare at the light shining through the large doorway. "On the other side... The 30th century..." They walk through.

They find themselves looking at a large city before them. The buildings are made of crystal and glass. The moon shines in the sky.

"The moon is so close..." Usagi says. "It's just hanging there."

As they walk forward, the door closes behind them and vanishes.

"This... is the future..." thinks Usagi. "Crystal Tokyo... Such a quiet city."

"This doesn't feel right," Minako says. "It's too quiet. We should look a little closer."

Chibi-Usa holds onto Mamoru's arm, looking at the ground.

They see buildings devastated and torn down. "Everything's ruined..." A fog surrounds them as they walk further into the city.

"Why aren't there any people?" asks Minako. "Oh my god!" She sees decaying corpses scattered across the ground.

Mamoru looks out and sees a giant black column of stone in a clearing. "A black monument... What is that?"

Chibi-Usa hugs him tightly. "Chibi-Usa!? What's wrong? Is this painful for you?"

"Don't come any closer."

"That voice again..." he thinks. "Who is it?"

"This place looks dangerous," he says.

"What on earth happened here?" asks Minako. "What is this? It just looks like some cluster of rocks..."

"There was an unbelievably huge explosion," Chibi-Usa says. "Afterwards, this was all that was left. In one moment, the flash of light leveled all these buildings. Since then, Crystal Tokyo has been veiled in mist. I don't know why I survived while everyone else... died... As time went by, their bodies deteriorated..."

"Was it the Black Moon that attacked?" asks Usagi.

"I don't know..." she says. "You should meet my mom. Let's go to where she is. To the palace. The Crystal Palace!"

"The Crystal Palace!?" They approach the large palace before them. They disappear outside the crystal wall, and reappear inside. But this is a trap. The two servants of Esmeraude appear. Akiral multiplies and comments on what an honour it is to meet the Rabbit and the soldier of legend, Sailor Moon. He shoots electricity at the four of them creating a wall around them. Usagi takes out her moon rod and tries to use her 'Moon Princess Halation' attack but the moon rod won't work. Akiral informs her that there is a magnetic field that prevents her power.

Esmeraude appears in the air. "So you've cornered them... In this lovely monument. These people from the past are no match for the power of the Evil Black Crystal. Behind me is the real palace. It was blown away."

"That's a lie!" yells Chibi-Usa. "My mom's inside the palace! It can't be destroyed. And you can't defeat us!"

"You're sure a brat," Esmeraude says. She raises the crystal barrier higher around them. "Such a sad end... Kiral and Akiral will make a chemical reaction causing an explosion, and you'll all be blown to bits."

Mamoru hears the voice in his head. "Listen! It's not real crystal! Break it!" He raises his arms and smashes through the crystal. "Get down!" He grabs the others and drops to the floor. "Get down!"

The crystal barrier explodes around them.

"No!" says Kiral. "It didn't work right!"

"Now!" yells Minako. She stands up and swings the chain from her waist. "Venus Love-Me Chain!"

"Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber!"

The attacks shoot at Kiral and Akiral, and they're destroyed in a burst of light. Esmeraude leaves.

Mamoru looks back. "The voice..." he thinks. "Who is it? Who's palace is this? Who are we here to save?" They see a large palace standing before them. "The crystal towers..."

"Is this the Crystal Palace?" asks Minako.

Chibi-Usa runs to the front of the palace, where a large door appears. They walk inside. The rooms are constructed entirely of crystal. Pillars line the spacious halls they pass through. They enter a smaller room, set off by an ornate curtain. A stone table is in the center, with a crystal chamber set on top. They stop abruptly as they see it.

Chibi-Usa runs to the front of the palace, where a large door appears. They walk inside. The rooms are constructed entirely of crystal. Pillars line the spacious halls they pass through. They enter a smaller room, set off by an ornate curtain. A stone table is in the center, with a crystal chamber set on top. They stop abruptly as they see it.

Usagi stares inside at the unconscious woman with two long ponytails flowing from balls of hair. She lies in a white dress. She looks just like Usagi.

"Chibi-Usa..." mumbles Usagi. "Inside that crystal... Who is that?"

"It's Neo-Queen Selenity."

Chibi-Usa hears a meow behind her. She turns and sees a small gray kitten. "Diana!?" She runs to the cat and picks it up. "Diana! You're alive!"

The cat jumps from her arms and runs over to the curtain. "Diana?"

A gloved hand scratches under the cat's chin. A man steps out from behind the curtain. A mask covers his eyes below his short dark hair. He wears a formal suit with a cape. A star-shaped watch dangles low from his neck.

Shocked, Usagi and Mamoru stare at the masked man wearing a suit and cape. "A lavender suit... The color of evening... Tuxedo Kamen!?"

Chibi-Usa steps forward. "Dad...!?" She runs to the man, and passes through him.

"'Dad'!?" thinks Usagi.

"She went right through him!?" says Minako.

"Dad!?" calls Chibi-Usa. "Your body..."

"You're safe," the man says. "Your journey to the past was dangerous, but your judgment was fit for a princess, Small Lady."

"Dad..."

He turns to the others. "I'm glad you've come to the future in Crystal Tokyo to visit our palace. There's been a terrible battle. I wouldn't want you to see this future. I wanted to meet you, but... this body..." He turns around and starts to walk around the room. "It's possible there was a misunderstanding with the enemies, so I was surprised when it happened."

He passes by a mirror in the wall. His image doesn't show on it.

"That man..." thinks Usagi. "There's no reflection in the mirror..." She looks at the floor below him. "No shadow, either!?"

"This form isn't solid," he says. "My real body is asleep in a separate room. This spirit is sent out from it. I am King Endymion."

Mamoru's eyes widen. "King... Endymion!?"

"Don't look so shocked," the man says. "That's right. I am your future self, Tuxedo Kamen."

"The future Tuxedo Kamen!?" thinks Usagi.

"Come on, Small Lady," says the king. "Have you properly introduced yourself?"

Chibi-Usa curtsies. "Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are in good health. My name is Usagi Small-Lady Selenity. I am the daughter of Neo-Queen Selenity and King Endymion, the first princess of the Silver Millennium. It is a pleasure to meet you all."

"Good job," says King Endymion. "Being able to do a polite introduction is the first step to becoming a queen-like lady."

"Daughter..." says Usagi.

"Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Kamen," the king says. "This child is your daughter."

Usagi and Mamoru stare at Chibi-Usa, bewildered.

"Chibi-Usa's... my daughter!?" Usagi thinks. "And Mamo-chan's!?"

"Chibi-Usa's their daughter!?" says Minako. "Then, Neo-Queen Selenity would be..."

"Right," the king says. "The queen of the Silver Millennium, and now the queen of Crystal Tokyo... Neo-Queen Selenity is your future self, Sailor Moon."

Usagi walks up to the crystal and stone tomb holding the queen. "Myself... In the 30th century..."

"Is that the Mystical Silver Crystal encasing the queen?" asks Luna. "Why is she like that? King, what happened to her? Is she sleeping? Or... is she..."

"I don't know..." he says. "If she's alive, or dead..."

Diana, Chibi-Usa's small gray cat appears. "The queen was leaving the palace," says Diana. "She was in a big hurry..."

"In one moment..." says the king. "One blast... Then a huge explosion. A sudden attack. Everything was blown away... With the Mystical Silver Crystal, we left the Crystal Palace. Afterwards, the land was still with the air of death. To protect the princess, she was closed in crystal. But near her were her four guardian soldiers. Sailor Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus. They and I... We took a direct hit, and were defeated... We closed the palace down after that, but they used poison gas. One after another, people started dying from it..."

Chibi-Usa shudders as he describes it.

"My daughter Chibi-Usa and Diana were the only ones who weren't affected, so they were saved. I had often told her stories of when the queen was Sailor Moon. The strongest soldier of legend, Sailor Moon. Then it occurred to me to send her to the past to get help. Since Diana couldn't leave the side of Luna and Artemis, she stayed here."

"Diana?" asks Luna.

"Luna, Artemis," the kitten says. "How do you do. I am your daughter, Diana."

"Our child!?"

Diana smiles. "Meow."

"Why aren't you growing old?" Minako asks the king. "How are you keeping your bodies from changing?"

"The lifespan of people in the Silver Millennium is about one thousand years. After adulthood is reached, the aging process is stopped. When Selenity was 22, she ascended to the throne and gave birth to the first princess. After that, she maintained the same figure. It's all because of the power of the Mystical Silver Crystal. I have also become a member of the Silver Millennium, and so have the same longevity. Crystal Tokyo, like the Silver Millennium, entered the age of long life when we ascended to the throne in the 21st century. Now most of the people on Earth enjoy long lives from the power of the crystal. We lived on Earth in peace. That is, for a time. Now Crystal Tokyo is in ruin. Only the Mystical Silver Crystal can save the world. But Neo-Queen Selenity is the only one who can use it, and she won't wake up. So there's nothing we can do..."

He turns and starts to walk away.

"King!" calls Minako. "Was it the Black Moon who did all this!? Who are they? Where are they now!? And what on earth is that black megalith?"

"Follow me." He leads them to an operations room, with a bank of keypads and readouts below a huge monitor that reaches to the ceiling. He hits a button. The monitor displays a view of space, focusing on a glowing black planet.

"What is that...?"

"Nemesis," the king says. "The tenth planet of the solar system. We weren't able to calculate it's orbit, so we weren't sure of its existence. The mystical planet of darkness...From the area we estimate it's located, we've discovered a huge amount of negative energy being released. Because of that, we are certain it's there. For centuries before that, they sent criminals there in place of capital punishment. After a while, they stopped and left the planet alone. Then, Nemesis turned its eyes toward our huge energy. So we began to investigate the planet once again. We found that it had been taken over by the Black Moon."

"They are the descendants of traitors," says Diana. "Their warlike group rejects our society. They provoke disputes and slaughter their enemies. They built their headquarters on the planet of darkness, and then they came to attack Earth."

"Their real goal," says King Endymion, "is probably to defeat us, steal the Mystical Silver Crystal, and take this planet for their own."

Luna remembers the black monument they saw on their way to the palace. "Releasing negative energy... Artemis! That monument is the Evil Black Crystal!"

"The Evil Black Crystal!?" the king asks.

"The Black Moon used it as the source of their energy when they attacked," she says. "It carries negative power." She remembers the black earrings. "Even small stones of it have considerable strength. King! The Black Moon came right after Small Lady, looking for the Mystical Silver Crystal. Using their crystal, they're beginning to invade the earth of the past too. So is it in danger as well...?"

"Invading the past!?" says the king. "If that's true, this is very serious indeed. They're using the time warp...!"

Usagi holds her head and leans over.

"Usagi?"

"I'm okay," she says. "It's strange... My head's spinning..."

Minako gasps as she sees one of Usagi's legs through the other. "Your legs!"

Usagi holds her hands in front of her face. "I'm transparent!? What's happening!?"

"Oh no!" says the king. "You have to hurry and get back to the past! There can't be two of one person in the same place and time. And since you're here, it's causing a space-time distortion. You've already been here for a while, so the effect is showing up. I'm sorry I've kept you here so long."

"No," Usagi says. "We came because of our own reasons, King. We have to save Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter..."

"They've probably been taken to Nemesis..." says the king. "We can work together to rescue them. That will give us a better chance of success. I want to give you my strength. Come back here again."

"Of course!" says Minako. "We'll be back, King."

"Small Lady," King Endymion says. "I cannot stay by your side and protect you. Can you take care of yourself and help them?"

"Dad...!"

"King," says Mamoru. "Leave Small Lady's life with me. I'll protect her."

The words ring in Usagi's ears. "Leave Small Lady's life with me. I'll protect her."

"This feels so amazing," says the king. "My self of long ago right here, talking with me. Anyway, let's hurry to the space-time door. It can be opened from inside the palace."

"King..." Minako says. "About Sailor Pluto... We didn't know she existed. If she's the same kind of sailor soldier, why didn't we?"

"Sailor Pluto's mission and situation are entirely different from that of Princess Selenity's four guardian soldiers. She carries the blood of the god in charge of time, Cronos. She lives between time, the solitary guardian of the door of the underworld. Time is the last inviolable territory. Since ages ago, the space-time door has been off-limits, and Sailor Pluto was the one who enforced that."

"King Endymion!?"

"Pluto," he says. "Ordinarily, this door is not to be opened, but this is an emergency situation." He holds out his hand. "The key."

"Yes," says Sailor Pluto. She takes one of several keys off the loose belt around her waist, and gives it to the king.

He places it in the hands of Usagi. "This is the space-time key. Wherever you are, you can use it to return here to Sailor Pluto. Wish on this key, and the warp will open. Sailor Moon, Venus. Sailor Pluto has had a longer life than anyone. She has lived through every era, so she has extremely wise judgment. Do take advantage of it."

"Okay," says Usagi. "Nice to meet you, Pluto." They shake hands.

The king leaves. "Be careful."

Pluto kneels to him as he goes.

Usagi uses the key. Their surroundings disappear in a burst of light, and they fall to the ground.

Minako looks around. "Oh man! Ichinohashi Park! We made it back safely!"

"V-chan... You're heavy!"

She looks down and sees that she landed on top of everyone else. She jumps up. "Oh!! Are you okay!? Sorry! Hold on to me, Usagi."

"I'm fine, I'm fine. Anyway, I think we should take a break."

Mamoru bends down. "Are you all right, Chibi-Usa?"

Usagi looks over at him.

"Usako, I'm responsible for her."

"What? Aren't you going to take me home? Chibi-Usa again... Since you promised to watch out for her?"

"Usako..."

"After everything, Mamo-chan... More than Mars, Mercury, Jupiter... and the future... More than me... You care about Chibi-Usa!?"

"Usako!" he calls.

"Well that's fine with me!" yells Usagi. She turns and runs off.

"Usagi!?" calls Minako.

Usagi lies on her bed, her eyes wet. "I'm jealous of Chibi-Usa..." she thinks. "It's so stupid... She's our kid. It's natural that he would think she's important. Still... Why can't we take care of her together? Oh, Mamo-chan..."

Mamoru stares out the window, deep in thought.

Chibi-Usa watches him from her bed. She looks down and turns over. "Dad..."

"Ohh... Those two..." Minako gazes up at the stars, next to Luna and Artemis. "I wonder if things will turn out all right... Really..." She looks at the moon. "Nemesis... We can save our friends... I know it..."

Mamoru sits up, holding his head. "I slept on the couch...?" He gets up and goes to the bedroom, which is empty. "Chibi-Usa?"

"She's gone!?" says Minako.

"She hasn't been here, either," says Usagi.

"I see..." says Mamoru.

"Then where the hell is she!?" Minako says.

"Maybe..." says Mamoru, "Maybe she's gone back to the future."

Sailor Pluto sees Chibi-Usa walking toward her, with Luna-P. "Small Lady!? What happened!? Where are Sailor Moon and Venus!? Coming back by yourself could be dangerous!"

"I'm okay," Chibi-Usa says. "I've been by myself up until now. Can I just stay with you? You said you were my friend."

"Yes, you're a good girl. I love you, Chibi-Usa."

"Hmph..." she thinks. "I'm not good at all..."

Chibi-Usa walks through the hall of the palace. She looks at a crystal coffin. In it lies the body of King Endymion. "Dad?" She passes four others, holding the four sailor soldiers. She leans over as she walks by Luna, Artemis, and Diana. She softly strokes Diana's fur. "Diana... You're thinking of your parents..." She slowly approaches the center, where, in a large crystalline casing, the body of Neo-Queen Selenity lies. "Mom... Mom, please. Open your eyes." She presses her hands against the holding. "What can I do? How can I get you to wake up? Mom..." She clasps her hands together as she sits down in front of it. The spirit of King Endymion watches her.

While all this is happening, on Nemisis, Prince Diamaund clicks the button on his keypad. The generated image of Neo-Queen Selenity appears in the air. He stares up at it. He then turns and sees Esmeraude and Rubeus arguing. Esmeraude assures the Prince that she will get the Rabbit, Sailor Moon, and the Mystical Silver Crystal with a new plan.

Chibi-Usa wipes a tear from her eye as she leaves the Crystal Palace.

Esmeraude appears in the air above her. "Well, well. Seems you're defenseless. What happened to your attendant? You came out of the castle all by yourself..."

Chibi-Usa feels two hands wrap around her neck from behind. The Luna-P ball beeps.

King Endymion runs out. "Small Lady!?"

Esmeraude laughs as the hands choke the girl. They raise her into the air. "Well, Rabbit. You have the blood of the Silver Millennium, of Neo-Queen Selenity. Show me your power."

Chibi-Usa tries to breathe. "You have the blood of the Silver Millennium, of Neo-Queen Selenity. ...your power..." "Power..." she thinks. "I have power..."

"Chibi-Usa!!" calls Usagi. She rushes toward her, followed by Minako and Mamoru.

"Venus Love-Me Chain!"

The chain slices through the hands, freeing Chibi-Usa. She falls into the arms of Mamoru. Usagi glances at them before looking up and seeing Esmeraude throw down one of her black earrings. "Watch out!" calls the king. "Get out of the way!" They drop to the ground as the earring strikes and explodes.

Usagi gets up and holds out the moon rod. "Moon Princess Halation!" She looks at the rod in horror as it glows dully. "The halation didn't happen!? Again!?"

Six more hands reach out from Esmeraude, grabbing onto the necks of Usagi, Minako, and Mamoru and strangling them.

"It hurts..." thinks Usagi. "The strength's leaving my body... I'm losing my power..."

The spirit of King Endymion stands behind Mamoru. "Tuxedo Kamen!! Now! I'll help you!" Mamoru lunges forward. "Tuxedo... La Smoking Bomber!!"

Esmeraude screams as the attack tears into her body. She disappears in a flash of light.

Usagi drops to the ground. "What's happening!? Again, I couldn't use my rod. Why!? Why am I the only one who can't use my power!?"

"I think I might know..." says the king. "Can you really not use it? The same object can't exist in the same time. Since two Mystical Silver Crystals exist so close together... They're affecting each other. The power of the crystal is distorting. That could be the reason."

"I can't use the power of my Mystical Silver Crystal in the future!?" says Usagi. "But... Then... If I can't use the power... I can't defeat the Black Moon! Or save the others!"

Diamaund appears in the air behind her. "They blew away Esmeraude..."

The Wiseman appears beside him. "But, I don't think it was done by the Mystical Silver Crystal."

Usagi turns around and looks at them.

"I hope you're pleased with your future, Sailor Moon, Sailor Venus, Tuxedo Kamen. In the 30th century, things will be very different."

"Black Moon!" yells Usagi. "What do you want!? What are you doing with this planet!? Where are our friends? Tell me!"

"It's..." thinks Diamaund. "Those eyes... From when... she was staring at me..." The black moon mark on his forehead changes into a small diamond-shaped emblem.

Usagi gasps. "I can't move my body! I can't even move my eyes."

"Sailor Moon!" the king calls. "Don't look into his eyes!"

A beam of energy shoots from the emblem on Diamaund's forehead. Minako jumps to the side. Mamoru grabs Chibi-Usa and drops to the ground. The blast strikes Usagi dead-on. Her body stays frozen as she slowly starts to fade away.

"Sailor Moon!?"

Usagi's body stays frozen as she slowly starts to fade away.

Mamoru rushes forward. "Usako!!"

She vanishes entirely. Prince Diamaund and the Wiseman disappear with her. The moon rod falls to the floor.

Minako drops to her knees. "Oh my god...! Sailor Moon! Noooo! Sailor Moon!!"

Chibi-Usa stares at the rod. "Sailor Moon!"

The air is filled with darkness.

"Where am I?"

Two people appear in the distance. A man with short, dark hair embraces a woman with two ponytails flowing from pointed balls of hair.

"Mamo-chan?" The woman looks back. "Chibi-Usa?" Usagi runs toward them. "Wait!" The two people run away from her. "Where are you going? Don't leave me!"

Usagi opens her eyes. She sits up on the ground. "My head hurts... What happened to me...?" She sees herself wearing an elegant white dress. "What... What am I wearing!? My brooch!" She looks around for it and finds it on the floor next to her. She stands up. "Where is this?" She sees the image of a woman being projected above a stone pedestal. "Is that me?" She walks up to it. "No... Neo-Queen Selenity?"

"I find that hologram pleasing."

Usagi turns around and sees Diamaund.

"I'm glad you've come to the castle of the Black Moon on our planet Nemesis, Sailor Moon- no, the future Neo-Queen Selenity. That is a more suitable name for you. I am Prince Diamaund, of the Black Moon. I want to talk with you. Have a seat." He motions with his hand and Usagi falls back onto a chair. He sits on a stone pedestal. "My attack fully used the power of the Evil Black Crystal. You woke up quickly. As expected, your body is influenced by the Mystical Silver Crystal. But, this planet might be tough on that body."

"Oh no..." Usagi thinks. "This... is Nemesis?" She looks at the man. "You're the one who attacked Crystal Tokyo! Diamaund!"

"Yes," he says. "I wanted to show you that the Mystical Silver Crystal isn't the only thing that carries immense strength. The fantasy world of long life and infinite power... Our planet Earth... We didn't like it." Diamaund stands with Safir, Rubeus, and Esmeraude. They stare at the sparkling Crystal Palace.

The Wiseman appears.

"Young traitors," he says. "If you desire power, go to Nemesis. If you want to have everything... Get the Evil Black Crystal."

"We took the Evil Black Crystal and put it to use," Diamaund continues. "The planet turned into a planet of death. It had power far beyond our expectations. We were fed up with the influence of the Moon Kingdom. We wanted nothing to do with that Earth. We would create a new Earth. To the past, before the Moon Kingdom's influence started. We went to the past. We would rewrite history. That is our magnificent Replay operation. The recreation of history."

Usagi gasps. "The recreation of history!?"

"Long life and peace are deceptive. With the Mystical Silver Crystal, the people don't age. That's blasphemy toward god. Their bodies must die. We will repeat the fight of the past, and return to our correct history."

"You're crazy!" Usagi says. "Go to the past and start history over again!? That's insane!"

"All time and space is merely energy," says Diamaund. "The all-powerful planet of the Evil Black Crystal. If we control the still unknown power of the planet, and the crystal, we will be able to take all the planets, all the dimensions of the universe. That the Mystical Silver Crystal came first means nothing. This has a larger power. And that beautiful planet will be ours."

A large explosion blasts in the city of Crystal Tokyo. Toxic gas fills the air. People on the streets begin to choke. They fall to the ground, coughing. A young girl cries.

"You noisy brat!"

Two hands wrap around the girl's neck. The skin on her body dissolves.

The queen rushes out. "Small Lady!?"

"I saw her then. A woman like I couldn't even have dreamed of. She lived in the palace, and so I had never seen her before. An almighty goddess. Neo-Queen Selenity. Such a beautiful queen. But she despised me. She thought I wasn't even human. Her eyes rejected me."

Neo-Queen Selenity stares defiantly at Diamaund.

A mark on his forehead glows. A beam of light shoots at the queen.

She falls back, and is shielded in a mass of crystal.

"That was the first time I saw that terrible power. The power of the Mystical Silver Crystal. Then the queen was taken back into the palace. Since then, I haven't been able to forget those eyes. I wanted to meet her again, and make her kneel before me. And I got her. In any form, at last, I have her." He approaches Usagi and holds her head. "Those eyes. The beautiful ruler of the beautiful planet, Neo-Queen Selenity."

Usagi's eyes widen as he kisses her deeply. She shoves him away. "No!!" She grabs her brooch. "Moon Crystal Power! Make Up!!"

Diamaund laughs as nothing happens.

"I can't transform!?"

"This planet is imbued with the energy of the Evil Black Crystal," says Safir. "It absorbs all kinds of power, and turns them into nothingness. Even the power of the Mystical Silver Crystal. You are free to wander around the palace," says Rubeus. "Sailor Moon, this is your eternal resting place. Ahaha!"

"They're all crazy!" Usagi thinks. "They aren't human... They're demons!"

The body of Neo-Queen Selenity lies in a crystal tomb. "Who is that? Something is disturbing my sleep... Intense fury and spite... Fierce desire... My precious ones... are in danger!"

King Endymion's head jerks back.

"King?"

He looks around. "...It's nothing." He turns back to the large viewscreen with Minako and Mamoru. "Nemesis has disappeared from its orbit again. But even though we can't see it, it's still releasing strong negative energy."

"It disappeared..." says Mamoru. "The Evil Black Crystal is distorting space?"

Luna types into the computer. "There's radiation from line X... The orbit of Nemesis is sucking in gases and light. It's just like a black hole."

"A black hole..." says the king. "The end of a star. Nemesis is a planet of unstable growth. But, still, like a black hole, it takes in surrounding gases and light while it grows. Since the Black Moon captured that planet, its activity has been rapidly increasing. It's dangerous."

"King!" Mamoru says. "Sailor Moon, and Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury are on that planet! We have to save them at once!"

"I know," he says. "We have to find a way to get there. The Evil Black Crystal draws and distorts all the energy around it. Such a terrible stone... The polar opposite of the Mystical Silver Crystal. A horrible planet... Nemesis."

"We can only rescue them with the power of the Mystical Silver Crystal," says Minako. "But without Neo-Queen Selenity or Sailor Moon, we can't use it. What can we do?"

"Chibi-Usa," Luna says. "Since Chibi-Usa is the daughter of Neo-Queen Selenity, she should be able to use the crystal. She carries the blood of the Silver Millennium, so she must..."

King Endymion looks down. "Small Lady has no power. How old do you think she is? She may not look it, but she's nine hundred years old."

"Nine hundred!?"

"Yes... One day, she suddenly just stopped growing. She never acquired any power, or the ability to transform. She was born as a new child of Earth, carrying the blood of the Silver Millennium. We don't fully understand her."

"But if Small Lady doesn't carry any power," Minako says, "and she's Neo-Queen Selenity's successor to be the next queen..."

"No," says the king. "It will definitely awaken! It will be her mission to protect this planet."

"King," says Luna. "How long has this dispute with the Black Moon been going on? When did they first appear?"

"Once... Centuries ago... In Earth's most beautiful and peaceful Crystal Tokyo. He brought crime and slaughter. The leader appeared... The insane ruler, Phantom. A black crescent moon mark adorned his forehead. The defender of the until-then quiet Crystal Tokyo, Neo-Queen Selenity, rose up against him. She captured him and banished him to Nemesis. Then she blocked the planet off. Peace soon returned, and in time people forgot. Then the traitors appeared and declared themselves the Black Moon. They said they would kill the Moon Kingdom."

"The same black moon mark on their foreheads..." says Luna. "Are they the descendants of Phantom?"

"They don't have the system of long life. Phantom was buried centuries before, so we don't know whether they are or not..."

Mamoru sees the moon rod lying on the floor. He picks it up. "It's cracked..." he thinks as he looks at it. He closes his eyes and looks down. "We made it together... The rod... The mark of the queen...! I swore that I'd protect her. Usako! I will rescue you! Usako!!"

"Mamo-chan!?" Usagi sits up in her bed. "Must have imagined it... Mamo-chan... Venus... I'm too far away for their voices to reach me. I'm scared... I can't even transform. I'm really alone..." Tears streak from her eyes. "Someone besides Mamo-chan kissed me. Oh, Mamo-chan... I might never see you again... When I was fighting, I was only worried about Chibi-Usa and Mamo-chan. I wasn't paying attention... And now I could be dying. Damnit, Usagi, open your eyes. But, now... It's too late... I can't transform or use my power. What about my mission... Will somebody tell me what to do? I don't want to die here!"

"Princess Selenity, remember..." Usagi sees an image of her mother, Queen Selenity. "The Mystical Silver Crystal depends on your spirit."

"Did my heart make that illusion...?" Usagi thinks. "Every time Mamo-chan took care of Chibi-Usa, I felt uneasy. I had no confidence. I forgot my believing heart. Is that why I couldn't use my power? "I'm the next queen. Neo-Queen Selenity. I will protect Earth, and everyone!"

"Save my mother!" Chibi-Usa cried.

"I want to give you my strength," said King Endymion.

"Sailor Moon!" the girls say. "Usagi!"

"Usako... I'm always thinking of you."

"I'm not alone," Usagi says. "I'm not alone. Believe, Usagi, in your power. I have to act now. I must find Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter. They have to be on Nemesis. Mercury! Mars! Jupiter!"

Ami, Rei, and Makoto lie in darkness. They slowly open their eyes. Sits up, holding her head, and calls out Sailor Moon's name. Slowly they all awake and realize that their transformations reverted, leaving themin their civilian forms. Wondering where they are, they are shocked and disgusted to find themselves surrounded by a pile of rotting corpses. They look around and see rocks lining the walls, all in darkness.

"Are we in a cave?" says Rei. "How did we get here?"

"Let's get out of here," Makoto says, "and talk later. I heard Usagi's voice inside my head."

"I heard it too," says Ami. "Is she nearby!?"

Makoto raises her hand. "Jupiter Star Power!" Rei and Ami follow her lead and shout out their transformation spells, but they remain still in their ordinary clothes.

"We can't transform!?"

The eyes in one of the corpses begin to glow. Gas fills the room.

"What the-!?" says Makoto. "Intense strength... It's taking my power!"

The girls collapse on the ground.

Makoto gasps as she slips out of consciousness. "Sailor Moon!"

Usagi's head jerks up. "Mercury, Mars, Jupiter!? Did I just get some reaction from them!?"

The Wiseman laughs. "Heh heh... Sailor Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter. I no longer have any use for you. In that stone prison, the Room of Darkness, you will shrivel up and rot away." His eyes glow brightly. The face of Chibi-Usa appears in his crystal ball.

Chibi-Usa wanders through the streets. "I went to the past from the 30th century," she thinks. "And I first met Usagi and Mamo-chan..."

"Hey Luna-P, is she my mother from long ago? The legendary Sailor Moon?"

"She was flaky, and she got yelled at a lot... Just like me. That was fun... And now it'll never be like that again... Sailor Moon was never beaten by any enemy."

"Why?" she asks.

"She has a strong heart, and amazing friends, and she carries a matchless power."

"I don't have any power... Even though I'm her daughter."

"She doesn't have the forehead mark of the Silver Millennium!"

"She's going to be short forever!"

"She's nothing like the queen."

"Hey!" the boy calls. "Come on, show me your power! Like the queen!"

Chibi-Usa runs away, crying.

"Small Lady, long ago, the queen was a crybaby too. Small Lady... Someday that name will change to beautiful lady. You are very important to the queen. You're her daughter."

"But I don't even look like my mom. I'll never be a lady like her. I can't be that good... My wondrous mom. My loving dad. She's most important to him."

"Don't you know?" says the kid. "You're not the queen's real kid. That's what everyone says."

"You're a fake princess!"

"No!" she cries. "I'm my mom and dad's kid!"

"Then how come she never takes care of you?"

She looks down. "My mom's busy..."

"If you're the princess, then you can use the Mystical Silver Crystal. Hmph. I bet you've never even seen the crystal! Why don't you show it to us. Otherwise, you're just a liar like I thought."

Chibi-Usa peers into the room. The Mystical Silver Crystal sits in a glass case in the center of the room. She picks up the Luna-P ball and throws it at the case. The glass shatters. She holds the crystal. "This... is the Mystical Silver Crystal."

"Small Lady?"

Chibi-Usa rushes behind the wall.

Neo-Queen Selenity sees the shattered glass. She gasps as she notices the crystal missing. "Small Lady!?"

Chibi-Usa cowers in fear. A noise sounds in the distance outside the palace. A storm blows through the air. Chibi-Usa gets up. "What? What's happening? Mom!? Mom, where are you!?"

A large explosion blasts in the city of Crystal Tokyo. Toxic gas fills the air. People on the streets begin to choke. They fall to the ground, coughing. A young girl cries.

The queen rushes out of the palace. "Small Lady!?"

Chibi-Usa runs up and sees the queen fall back, held in a mass of crystal. She gasps. "Mom!!"

"It's my fault," she says, tears in her eyes. "If I hadn't taken the Mystical Silver Crystal, Mom would..."

Luna-P bounces on the floor. "Abracadabra... Pon." Chibi-Usa looks up. "Abracadabra... Pon."

"Those are the magic words that will raise your spirits, Small Lady," said Sailor Pluto. "Don't cry."

"Pluto..." Chibi-Usa holds the ball. "I'll go to her. She's my only friend."

She walks through the halls of the palace. "Deep in the palace... The very deepest part... At the end of the deepest hallway... I found the door. It opened to my touch. It was so light..."

Chibi-Usa comes upon a large door. She pushes on the door, and it slides open.

Sailor Pluto stands inside, holding a long staff. She kneels down. "Greetings, Small Lady."

"You know me?" Chibi-Usa asks.

"Only kindred of the Silver Millennium can come to this place. My name is Sailor Pluto. I am the guardian of this door. You and the queen are two peas in a pod. Surely, you'll become a beautiful lady too."

"She was the first one besides mom and dad to say that."

"Whenever you're sad, say 'Abracadabra.' That magic word will make you happy."

"Abracadabra?" says Chibi-Usa.

"Pon!" Pluto points her staff out and flowers appear from nowhere, filling the air.

"Wow! That's great!" She looks at the staff. "Pluto, what is that?"

"It's my garnet rod," she says.

"My mom had one too," says Chibi-Usa. "A wondrous rod. With that moon rod, she controlled the Mystical Silver Crystal... and brought miracles."

"That will become your duty soon," Pluto says. "You're the queen's daughter."

While Chibi Usa wanders the streets remembering these thinks, King Endymion has gone to see Pluto, in search of Chibi-Usa.

"I thought for sure she'd come here," says King Endymion.

"Don't worry, King," says Sailor Pluto. "She'll turn up. The princess will be all right. Besides, Luna-P is with her."

"I suppose. Pluto, Sailor Moon has also been taken by the enemies. The situation is very grave. Please lend your strength to Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Venus. I'm depending on you."

"Yes, King." She smiles. "Of course."

Chibi-Usa watches the two in the distance. "Pluto?" she thinks. "This is the first time I've seen her looking so happy. The Pluto I know always looked a little depressed."

Pluto smiles. "This is the first time you've come here to visit me."

"She only smiled around me..." She looks down. "Now there's nowhere for me to go..." The key on her necklace drops to the ground.

Pluto turns around as the king leaves. "Small Lady?" She picks up the key. "This is... the space-time key I gave to Small Lady!? Oh no! Small Lady!!"

Chibi-Usa runs through the black space, with Luna-P following close behind her. "I've gone so far... Where am I? It's dark, and cold... I'm always running through time and space... This is scary. I should go back." She feels her neck, where the silver crystal hangs alone. "The key... It's gone!? Where did I lose it!?"

A dark, cloaked figure appears before her, sitting behind a crystal ball. "Well..." he says. "Look who's come all the way out here... Seems you're lost."

"Who are you?" Chibi-Usa asks.

"The cloaked spirit of darkness... Without saying farewell to your world, you can't come here to the end of the earth. Awaken your knowledge!"

A glowing crescent moon mark appears on Chibi-Usa's forehead.

"I am what you have been seeking... I need you... Come with me." He holds out his hand. "Come..." She slowly reaches for it. "Take my hand, and come with me."

The key begins to glow in Pluto's hands. "Small Lady!?" she calls.

Chibi-Usa takes the Wiseman's hand. A blinding burst of light flashes in the darkness.

Pluto stares in horror. "That storm...!? I have to stand guard. I must call for order! Nothing like this has happened before. Chaos is storming... Small Lady!? Something's happened to Small Lady!! I can feel... danger... danger... King Endymion!!" She falls to the ground. The garnet rod hits the floor next to her.

Mamoru, Minako and the King are in the palace. The king briefly sees a vision of the frozen queen. "What...!?" he thinks. "I felt something in my chest."

Mamoru looks up from the book in his hands. "King?"

"I'm going to see Pluto," he says. "I have a bad feeling."

Mamoru feels a sensation. "Oh no!" he thinks. "Something's happened to Chibi-Usa!!" "I'll go with you, King," he calls.

"Wait for me!" says Minako.

"You stay here, Venus," the king says. "We'll be back soon."

She watches the two caped men leave. "Oh, jeez. I never get to do anything! Man... This isn't fair!"

"Venus," calls Luna. "Look, we've found something." She sits at the computer with Artemis. "It's a file on the incident in question." She reads from the screen: "'Death Phantom. Among the highest class of criminals of the past. Has these special abilities: death hands and evil vision.' According to the records, he destroyed Crystal Tokyo all by himself. He made it like a city of crime. He brought it to ruin. It was a terrible time. The enemy was human, but with his special powers, the queen couldn't kill him. So she banished him to the most distant planet of the solar system. He was sent to the cursed planet, Nemesis. From then on, nobody was allowed to approach that planet."

"The constant disasters..." Artemis says. "The fights we lost... They were all caused by that cursed planet, Nemesis."

King Endymion approaches the space-time door. Strong winds blow through the air. He sees the fallen guardian. "Pluto!?" He runs over to her. "Are you all right?"

"King," says Mamoru. "This storm... What happened!?"

"King," Pluto says. "Small Lady... She dropped her key. I saw her vanish in the distance."

"Chibi-Usa!?" Mamoru thinks.

"This storm came from the direction she was in. Something happened to her. For a moment, I felt a strong reaction... She went through some kind of change. The change created this storm in space-time."

"Chibi-Usa vanished on the other side of this storm..." says Mamoru. He runs off into the storm.

"Tuxedo Kamen!?" Pluto calls. "Stop! With the key gone, you shouldn't go there! Come back! Tuxedo Kamen!"

"Chibi-Usa!!" he yells.

Back on Nemisis:

"Was that really them?" Usagi thinks. "Mars... Mercury... Jupiter... I'm sure I felt something from them. But in a moment, it was gone. I feel something evil..." She wanders around the palace. "The Black Moon's castle is like a maze... I walk around and around, and everywhere looks the same. Where are they!? Where? They have to be in this castle. What am I going to do..." She leans against a wall, next to a door. "I've only been walking for a little while, but I'm getting so weak..." She hears voices coming from the other side of the door. "People talking...?"

"What's wrong with our prince?" asks Rubeus. "And where he put the future Neo-Queen Selenity? We should put the place to good use. It's full of the power of the Evil Black Crystal. Bodies don't last long in there. Are the three soldiers still alive?"

"We only captured them to lure in Sailor Moon," says Safir. "We no longer need them. We'll leave them in the Room of Darkness, where they'll just rot away.

"They're alive!?" Usagi thinks. "The Room of Darkness!? They took the others... to get me!?"

"Nobody wants to get near that underground prison," says Safir.

"I know..." says Rubeus. "It has no doorways. Its inhabitants ceased to be people of this world long ago... All that remains are gruesome corpses. Anything can happen in there. That place is most unpleasant. We should deal with it quickly. What are you afraid of? I don't know what happened in the past, but the tales say the prison was used."

"This planet is dangerous," Safir says. "It feels like its intentions are changing. We can control here, but... We might only be pawns..."

Usagi lies on the floor. "They're in the underground prison... The Room of Darkness..." She drifts off to sleep.

Diamaund enters the room and picks her up in his arms.

Mamoru runs through the storm in the darkness.

Diamaund sets her down on a bed.

"Mamo-chan..." she mumbles.

Mamoru calls out, "Chibi-Usa!!" He holds the moon rod in his hand.

"Mamo-chan!?" Diamaund slaps her across the face. He stares at his hand in shock.

Usagi sits up, holding her brooch. "Don't touch me...!"

"Hold yourself together, Usagi," she thinks. "If you ever want to see him again, you can't die here!"

"Where are my friends!?" she says. "Where's the underground prison!?"

"They're pretty," says Diamaund. "But they're no longer alive."

"They are alive!" Usagi shouts. "I'll find them!" She runs away.

Safir stands outside in a circle of stone pillars. In the center is a glowing black beam of light, rising into the sky. "Veneti. Aquatiki." Two amorphous figures appear in the black pillar of light. They address him. "Safir-sama."

"You have been using large amounts of energy to make finished droids," he says. "The droids are good. Your plans have never failed us."

Usagi rushes out of the castle and stops as she sees Safir standing before the stream of light. "What is that...!?"

Safir turns around. "Hello, future Neo-Queen Selenity. The beautiful ruler... You've come to the core of Nemesis, the reactor of the Evil Black Crystal."

"The Evil Black Crystal's reactor!?"

"This reactor is the only release of the power coming from the inside of this planet. You, too, have come from here to this planet. This is where we sent off the droids to the past, for our project."

Usagi gasps. "Their project to change history..." she thinks.

"Breathtaking, isn't it? The power of the Evil Black Crystal. But it's like we're sitting on dynamite. It's growing... Upsetting the balance of this planet. It's dangerous. My brothers don't understand. Time travel, and making droids, takes huge amounts of energy. We're putting a lot of strain on the fusion reactor, using all that energy. We don't know what kind of effect that has. This planet is like my brother. He's ruinous. His plans always went wrong. He put the Evil Black Crystal into Earth, and made it a planet of death. That wasn't part of the plan. I'd like to let you go... Then he appeared before us. The Wiseman. He guided us. I wonder if that's what he came to do. On this cursed planet, it takes in light and energy, and turns it into negative energy. That stone distorts time and space..."

"The time when we will take everything is coming," Diamaund says.

"That's correct," says the Wiseman. "Not just that beautiful planet, but the entire universe will be ours. The only possible obstacle is the one with the Mystical Silver Crystal. That is the only thing that can equal the power of our Evil Black Crystal. Crush it! Erase it from that world!"

"The Mystical Silver Crystal... I want to see it. Something that carries that much power. If I attack that planet, the queen will surely show up with it!"

"Brother?" calls Safir.

"We haven't seen the full power of the Evil Black Crystal yet. This would be a fine opportunity to test it."

Usagi gasps. She fingers her brooch in her hands.

"My brother was taken over... By this planet, and the Evil Black Crystal. Now no one can stop him. We will proceed with the Replay operation, to the Earth of the past. We'll start to change the path of history. Then when we warp back to the 30th century, disturbances will start to occur. We're in danger... Us. This planet, Nemesis. Earth. Everything." He looks up at Usagi. "You won't repeat this to anyone."

"Repeat this...? Me? What do you mean!?"

"Veneti. Aquatiki." The two spirits swirl around Usagi. She looks at them in surprise. They throw her back, and she crashes to the ground.

Safir bends down over her, and places his hands around her neck.

"The truth will be that the unbeatable soldier Sailor Moon died. Heh heh... From here, we'll go to the Earth of the past, and recreate history. We'll return to a new future. We don't know what'll become of the earth or this planet! Or you! It's your fault my brother's acting strangely. It's your fault everything's gone wrong!" He takes a large, sharp black crystal. "You awful woman! The existence of you and your Mystical Silver Crystal have upset history." He holds the crystal high above his head. "Die!!"

"An awful woman!?" Usagi thinks. "Me!?" Her hand clutches the brooch at her side. "It's all the fault of my existence!?"

Minako and Mamoru look up.

The crystal holding Neo-Queen Selenity flashes.

The brooch glows brightly as Safir holds Usagi on the ground.

"What!?" Safir says. "That light...!!"

Diamaund and Rubeus turn around.

"Usako!?" calls Mamoru.

"This...!" says the Wiseman. "This light is running through the division of space-time! This light's so strong!!"

"That's right, Wiseman. This is surely the power of the Mystical Silver Crystal." A shadowy woman with two ponytails falling from pointed balls of hair stands behind him. "If you leave Nemesis, I'm going with you."

Usagi stands up, holding her glowing brooch. The two spirits scream and they dissipate into nothingness. "I don't believe it," she says. "The power it had lost! If I do it now, here!"

"This reactor is the only release of the power coming from the inside of this planet."

"I can transform!! Moon Crystal Power! Make Up!!" Usagi becomes Sailor Moon before the three of the Black Moon.

"She transformed!?" says Diamaund. "Damnit!!"

Usagi senses her friends nearby. "Where are they...?" She feels around on the floor. "Where is the Room of Darkness? Deep, deep... At the bottom... The very bottom. There they are!" The three are unconscious on the floor of the cavern. "Mars! Mercury! Jupiter! Wake up!" She presses her hand to the ground. "Wake up!" The ground rips apart before her.

The girls open their eyes. "Sailor Moon!?" They look around. "Sailor Moon!? Where are you!?"

"Mars!" she calls. "Mercury! Jupiter!"

They get up. "Her power reached down here. Sailor Moon's power! What happened!?"

The eyes on a corpse begin to glow, again filling the room with gas.

"Sailor Moon!" calls Rei. "Where are you!? We can't transform here!"

Ami moans, and sways to the side. Makoto catches her. "Stay with us, Ami!"

"You can transform!" Usagi tells them. "I'll help you. Do it! Now!"

"Jupiter Star Power!"

"Mercury Star Power!"

"Mars Star Power!"

"Make Up!!"

The three soldiers burst above ground, joining Usagi.

"Sailor Moon!?" Minako says on Earth. "Mars! Mercury! Jupiter!"

"I don't believe it," says Rubeus.

"They have the kind of power to do this..." Diamaund says. "Wiseman!"

The hooded figure appears. "I'm here, Prince. I am here. Heh heh..." Blackness begins to grow out behind him.

"What the-!?" Rubeus says. "That massive black shadow!? Wiseman!?"

"Heh heh... That Mystical Silver Crystal has awesome power. It crosses time and space. I can use it to increase the negative energy, and free the power of the Evil Black Crystal."

"Amazing power," says Diamaund. "Everyone's after it. That's sure to cause fighting and misfortune."

"No!" says Usagi. "The Mystical Silver Crystal protects peace! It brings love and tranquility! I won't accept your distorted wisdom, and your evil plots! There will be no fighting. Everyone will live in peace!" The crescent moon appears on her forehead beneath her tiara. "Open your eyes! You're misusing the Evil Black Crystal. The way you're using it is wrong!"

The image of the queen shines behind her.

"Sailor Moon!?" the others say. "No... That's... Neo-Queen Selenity!?"

"Love and tranquility is a fantasy," Diamaund says. "Since you have the Mystical Silver Crystal, you cause hate and delusions. That crystal is the source of all misfortune. Isn't that right, Wiseman?"

"Certainly..." the Wiseman says. His eyes shine out from under his hood. "Heh heh... It brings misfortune. All the power hidden in that stone... I will take that power. I won't be swayed by your words. Prince! Kill them!!"

"You won't beat us!" says Usagi.

The castle begins to shake. Stone crumbles from the walls and ceiling. Pillars collapse.

Rubeus looks around. "Oh- If I stay here, I'll die!" He gets up and starts to get out.

"Rubeus?" calls Safir.

"Running away!?" says the Wiseman.

Rubeus turns around. "I don't want to die here, like a dog."

The shadowy woman appears through the darkness behind the Wiseman. "Coward."

Rubeus gasps. "What!? Who's that!? That black shadow... You're not going to convince me! What have you been using us for all this time? Show me who you really are, Wiseman!!"

"You damn fool." A long arm snakes out from the Wiseman, grabbing Rubeus around the neck.

"Prince!" Rubeus calls.

Rubeus screams as his body catches fire. His skin burns off, followed by his bones.

The shadowed woman chuckles as she fades away.

"Everyone!" says Usagi. "Gather your strength! We've got to get out of here."

"Sailor Moon!" Ami says. "That's impossible! How could we!?"

"Pluto!" Usagi holds up a glowing key. "I call on all my power! Pluto! Show us the way!!"

Diamaund's eyes glow, along with the mark on his forehead. "You won't get away from me!"

The girls see a flash of light as they vanish from the Black Moon.

Diamaund gasps.

"Brother!!" Safir calls from the shaking castle.

It crumbles to the ground.

"Looks like Sailor Moon has escaped from this planet," says the Wiseman. "That's frightful power..." The woman stands behind him. He watches Mamoru in his crystal ball. "But, together with the Mystical Silver Crystal, you'll be back here again. Heh heh heh..." The woman smiles.

"Chibi-Usa!!" Mamoru calls as he runs through the storm in the land between time and space. "Chibi-Usa!! Where are you!? I'm here! Answer me! Chibi-Usa!"

He clutches the moon rod. "Usako... Lend me strength. Chibi-Usa, where are you!? Chibi-Usa...! Usako...!"

"This way... This way..." The shadowed woman appears before him, a black moon on her forehead. "Hey, here I am." She holds out her hand. "Come on, this way..." The moon rod glows as he takes her hand.

King Endymion, Pluto, and Minako stare into the darkness.

"Sailor Moon!" Minako calls.

Pluto's rod glows.

"Pluto!"

Usagi, Ami, Rei, and Makoto appear.

"Venus!"

"Sailor Moon! Mars! Mercury! Jupiter!"

"Venus!" Usagi says. "Neo-Queen Selenity gave me amazing power! It helped us get back!"

"You're here!" Minako says.

"The queen's power...!?" says the king.

Usagi feels the power of the moon rod. "Tuxedo Kamen and... Chibi-Usa... Where are they!?"

"Sailor Moon," says Pluto. "Chibi-Usa disappeared... Beyond time and space..." Usagi's face pales. "Then Tuxedo Kamen went after her, into the space-time storm..."

Thus ends Volume 5 of the original manga. Volume 6 is where it gets REALLY good :) Click below to go on and read more.