I know I know,

I said that the last chapter was the Finale but I left some details 
out that I couldn't figure out how to fit into the story, so I made 
this Aftermath to fill them in.

After this... comes TRIO.

Enjoy and tell me if this was a big waste of time or not at 
MXJK67C@Prodigy.com.

				SAILOR MOON/GODZILLA:
				 ROAR OF THE BEAST
					Aftermath

	Serenity and Godzilla released their most powerful bursts at the 
same instant and Space Godzilla was blown up into a huge fireball.  
All the Senshi cheered.  Jupiter was surprised to hear that hers was 
the loudest of them all.

	A long pause followed and then, without any warning, Godzilla turned 
his head and bit Serenity in half.  Everyone stood, dead silent, 
unable to believe what had happened.  Impossibly loud crunches 
emmited from the monsters mouth as he chewed the mortal remains of 
their friend, followed by a loud gulp.

	Then, a savage growl escaping his lips, Godzilla turned and faced 
the Senshi.  All of them screamed as the giant saurian unleashed his 
red heat beam at them all.  Sailor Jupiter cringed, waiting for the 
end and was surprised when the heat blast didn't hit her.

	The other Senshi weren't so lucky and were atomized in a split 
second, a black scorch mark the only remains.  "NOOOOOOOOO," Jupiter 
cried as white hot lightning surrounded her, "YOU BASTARD!!!"

	She unleashed the strongest lightning blast she had ever unleashed 
in her life.  It turned night into day and left a crater the size of 
a city block.  When the light faded and her eyes adjusted, Sailor 
Jupiter looked and saw.....

	The nightmare creature, the destroyer, the fear bringer, the killer.


	Godzilla.

	He roared, completely unharmed and stormed towards the small little 
mite which had dared to fight him.  He picked Jupiter up with his 
hand and held her so the two were eye to eye.  Then he threw her away 
like so much trash.

	Jupiter flew through the air but it was Makoto who impacted into the 
building.  Makoto looked up through the haze and the blood that fell 
down into her eyes and looked as Godzilla reared back, preparing to 
fire.

	Suddenly, he stopped.  A strange look passed over his face and with 
a small growl, he turned and started to walk away.  "No," Mako 
whispered as she tried to stand on pain numbed legs, "Don't walk away 
from me again.  Finish it.  Ya hear me.  Finish it."

	She broke down and cried, whispering "Finish it," like a plea, over 
and over again.

	That, more then anything else in the dream, was what woke her.

	She sat up, gasping for breath.  She looked around her apartment and 
the fact that it had withstood several monster rampages in the past, 
including this recent one, was enough to get her heart to its normal 
pace.  Her head however, was still racing.

	Elsewhere....

	Usagi thrashed on her motel bed, trying to stop the events of the 
recent days from replaying in her dreams, and was awakened as Chibi-
Usa kicked her sleepily with her legs and mumbled, "Stop hoggin' the 
covers."

	Usagi normally would have yelled at her that she wasn't but the 
current situation stopped her from doing so.  She didn't want to wake 
up the rest of the family.

	Their house, fortunately, had not been destroyed.  However, Godzilla 
had come close enough on his rampage towards Space Godzilla that all 
the utilities, like water and electricity had been knocked out.  So, 
until they were restored, the Tsukino clan had checked into a local 
motel.  Unfortunately, so had just about everybody else in the city 
and they were only able to get one room for the five of them.

	"I need some fresh air," she thought to herself.

	Usagi stood and started to walk but stopped as she almost stepped on 
her brother, who had lost the game of "Rock, Paper, Scissor" and was 
forced to sleep on the floor.  She grabbed her coat and stepped 
outside.  She breathed in the night air and looked at the stars.  
"Funny," she thought, "It was only two nights ago that I was with 
Mamo-chan and was doing the exact same thing.  If I had known that 
shooting star would have caused all this...."

	"Are you all right?" a voice above her asked.

	Usagi looked up and saw a small black cat looking down at her.  
"Hello Luna," she said to the cat, "I'm okay, I guess."

	Luna leaped off the overhang of the door and landed on Usagis 
shoulder.  Luna got a close look at her charge and gasped, "Usagi.  
Your covered in sweat!  You've probably sweated every bit of moister 
out of your body!"

	Elsewhere....

	"Is that why," Makoto thought, "my mouth feels like sandpaper?"

	She stood and walked to her kitchen.  She got a tall glass and got 
some water from the tap.  She gulped the liquid greedily and sat on a 
stool by her table, thinking back to her dream... and to her past 
encounters with a certain overgrown lizard.  She needed somebody to 
talk to.  She went to her nightstand and picked up her communicator.

	Who should she call?  Rei?  No, she'd just growl.  Minako?  No, 
ARTIMIS would growl.  Ami?  No, with all the school work she did on 
top of her Senshi duties, that girl needed all the sleep she could 
get.  One of the Outer Senshi?  Would they even care?

	That left Usagi.  Makoto, for some reason, thought that she had been 
the only logical choice all along.  She hit the button with the moon 
mark on it.

	Back at the motel....

	The coin Usagi put into the soda machine clinked and the orange soda 
fell out with a slight bang.  She drank it up quickly and let out a 
sigh as she finished.  That felt much better.  Suddenly, her 
communicator beeped and she opened it.  On it appeared Makoto, with 
bags under her eyes the size of Saturns rings.  "Mako?" Usagi asked 
shocked at the condition her friend was in.

	"Hey Usagi," Makoto said with a slight smile, "Knew you'd be up for 
some reason.  I need to talk to someone."

	Usagi replied, "Is this about... you know who?"

	"Yes.  It's about Godzilla."

	"I'll be there soon.  I need to talk to somebody too.

	A little later....

	Makoto opened the door to admit Usagi in.  They sat at the table and 
looked at each other before saying at the same time, "You go first."

	They both giggled and then Usagi said, "Your the one who called, you 
get to go first."

	Makoto talked about her dream, not leaving out any of the gory 
details.  She knew she was shocking Usagi but for her to give the 
full effect of how she was feeling, she couldn't hold back.  Usagi 
sat there, white as a sheet.  She licked her lips and said, "I guess..
. I guess I can kind of understand how you feel.  You had a bad 
experience with him.  Your afraid that he'll just kill all you care 
for at a moments notice.  I, on the other hand, am ready to put that 
big lug on a pedestal after what he did for me."

	"WHAT?!!" Makoto yelled, shocked to the core, "How could you feel 
any compassion, even a little, for that BEAST?!"

	"Listen," Usagi said with a raised hand, "I'll explain.  I haven't 
told any of you what happened when I was inside Space Godzilla.  It 
was the reason I was up in the first place.  I was trying to sort it 
all out before I told you.  Now I guess is as good a time as any....
"

	Flashback....

	Sailor Moon fell through Space Godzillas mouth and was being forced 
down, down towards the monsters stomach.  She dropped into the 
stomach and splashed into a veritable river of golden slime.  She 
thought she would drown in it.  Instead, to her surprise, she found 
herself able to take in oxygen in her lungs.  "Oh no," a voice she 
faintly remembered said in her mind, "it won't be over that easily 
for you."

	"Who? What?" she thought back.

	"As intelligent as ever I see," the voice sneered.

	That sneer, the arrogant tone, now she remembered that voice.  
"Rubius," she thought, making the word sound like a curse.

	"Correct," Rubius replied.

	"How did you do this?  Why are you doing this?"

	"How?  Ironically, I never would have been able to do any of this 
had you not destroyed my physical body so long ago.  When my ship was 
destroyed, I used the last one of my magical crystals to force my 
phycic form out of my physical shell.

	"My consciousness floated through space.  Unsure of what to do, but 
knowing that I would have revenge.

	"Then, I sensed it.  This creatures mind, waiting on the dark side 
of the moon.  Waiting to reform.  I merged with the creature and let 
it know of the existanse of the Ginzuishou.  It made a bee line for 
you and my subtle influence let it know how it could use the 
Ginzuishou most effectively and..."

	"Here I am," Sailor Moon finished.

	"Yes," Rubius confirmed, "Here you are.  Making the most powerful 
creature in the cosmos even more powerful.  I could just kill you but 
that would not be enough.  I want you to see your own powers help 
destroy this planet and all the beings on it.  Then we shall travel 
the cosmos and you shall see planet after planet destroyed and this 
creature shall grow more powerful as well and since I control this 
creature I will be the most powerful being in the galaxy.  
HAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

	Sailor Moon replied," You... are completely insane."

	"I may be mad, but I am SUCCESSFUL and mad!  Watch."

	Sailor Moon watched as an image appeared before her of Space 
Godzilla ripping MOGERA to shreds.  Not too long later, Godzilla 
appeared and they began to duel.  "Do you see?" Rubius taunted, "Not 
even the mighty Godzilla can stop me."

	The battle continued and Sailor Moon could see that Godzilla was 
getting the worst of it.  Then, a ball of multicolored light smashed 
into the spot right outside where she was.  "Raaugh," Rubius roared, 
"Blast those Sailor Senshi!"

	Sailor Moon could feel the power and emotions coming from the Sailor 
Senshis attack and instinctively used them to recharge herself and 
transform into Serenity.  "NO!" Rubius growled, "You won't get 
away!"

	Serenity called forth her crystals power and tried to buffet the 
incredible force which Rubius directed at her.  She felt the exertion 
starting to get to her.  She could not keep going much longer.  Then, 
perhaps through divine intervention or dumb luck.  Godzilla smashed 
one of Space Godzillas shoulder crystals.  The mind of Space Godzilla 
redirected some of the power in the body to regenerate and reinforce 
the crystal, then again as Godzilla destroyed the other one.  "NO," 
Rubius yelled, "you stupid beast!  I need all the power to..."

	Serenity, seeing her chance, blazed forth with an incredible force 
that destroyed the consciousness of Rubius in an instant.  Serenity 
floated up and blasted her way to freedom, into the night sky.....

	"...and the rest," Usagi finished, "you know."

	There was silence as Makoto took in Usagis tale.  "So what your 
saying is that if Godzilla hadn't smashed those shoulder crystals, 
you'd still be trapped."

	Usagi nodded.  Makoto let out a "hmph" as she said, "I guess that's 
why you see him as a hero.  I've already told all of you about my... 
experience.  So you can understand why I see him as a villain."

	"I don't see him as a hero," Usagi corrected, "I'm grateful for what 
he did, but I know that he would have done it anyway, even if I 
hadn't been inside.  He's a force of nature, like a tidal wave or an 
earthquake.  You can't fight either of them too."

	"I guess that makes sense."

	Usagi squinted as dawns light started to filter in the window.  She 
stood and said, "I guess I better go.  After what I looked like after 
I came home from the battle with Space Godzilla,  Momma and Pappa 
will have heart attacks if I'm not there," then she asked, "Feel 
better?"

	Makoto nodded and replied, "Yeah," she yawned, "The only good thing 
to come out of this is that there's no school until it gets rebuilt.  
I'm going back to bed."

	"Sweet dreams," Usagi said as she walked out the door.

	Makoto crawled back under the covers and thought, "She's right.  I 
shouldn't be so shaken over losing like that first time.  It's not 
bad to not be able to beat an unfightable foe.

	"Still," she reflected as sleep started to over take her, "It will 
take time to... forget the... roar... of... the... beast."

NOW IT'S REALLY
THE VERY VERY END