Mamoru Chiba (AST)

**Mamoru Chiba** is the reincarnation of **Prince Endymion** and **Sailor Moon'**s love interest. He is the civilian identity of Tuxedo Mask.

## Appearance

Mamoru is a tall man who has dark bluish-black hair and deep blue eyes. He usually wears a black turtleneck tucked in his indigo pants pulled up to his waist with a bright light brown belt, along with a green sweater jacket and black or dark brown loafers.

## Personality

Mamoru is a kind gentleman, being helpful and friendly around others. He also cares a lot about his girlfriend, Usagi; He was always ready to fight by her side and fought his best to ensure her safety.

## Information

Mamoru always had a sixth sense when it came to Usagi. Whenever she was in danger, he could feel it. When that sense was triggered, after getting confirmation from the senshi that she had been kidnapped, he got his affairs in order and took the first flight back Japan he could find. He was greeted at the airport by Haruka and Michiru who took him to Hikawa shrine to meet up with the others. He arrived jet lagged and tired, but determined to do whatever he could to find her.

Setsuna had been flung out of the Space-Time Door when it happened. Luckily she had regained consiousness by the time they got there. She explained that the shape of the future had been irreversibly altered. When Mamoru asked her what that meant for Chibiusa, Setsuna explained that the current timeline was no longer connected with hers. That version was still alive, it’s just that their future was no longer hers. This caused Minako to panicking at the ramifications of what this meant, but Rei was quick to calm her down stating that Usagi was alive and they would find her.

Setsuna who wasn’t even aware that Usagi was missing until now could only tell them that only someone of immense power could overpower the effects of the doorway. After a moment of silence Makoto spoke up and encouraged everyone to go in full force once they have a lead. Mamoru having never met Kasumi was surprised when he saw no disagreement on anyone's face. Rei offered to let him stay at the shrine, both because they had plenty of room, and she would need a ride to Nerima when something came up. Mamoru agreed as it would give her a chance to tell him everything that had been going on, particularly about this Kasumi.

The two were informed to meet the others at Hotel La Bac when it was discovered that Kasumi and the others were there. Sailor Mars, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus, Tuxedo Kamen, and the outer Senshi watched from nearby rooftop. Among the crowd, Makoto was listening in, discretely relaying the plan of how they were going to rescue Kasumi, Shampoo, and Usagi. Mercury scanned the buildings defenses, only for her scans to be blocked. They decided to make their way to the rooftop where whatever was blocking her scans was the weakest and make their way down while the others go in from the bottom.

That left the discussion of what to do when they found Sailor Moon. Venus suggested they try to reason with her, but the plan had little support from the outers. Uranus reminded them that not only did Shadow Moon easily defeat both Jupiter and Ranko, they had no idea what was controlling her, and she was displaying new abilities. They had no choice but to go at her full force and try to deal with things later under more controlled circumstance. Mars was quick to point out that could end up seriously hurting Usagi, only for Uranus to respond that it was better then her killing them.

The stalemate was finally broken by Tuxedo Kamen who advised them to just wait until they had more info, and then improvise from there. It turns out that the building was protected by an anti magic field as they found out when they landed on the field as well as Jupiter when she joined them. Unfortunately without their powers, the La Bac was a very dangerous place. Even with the combined effort of all nine of them, they barely managed to make it 2 floors down, and even that had cost them many bruises and scrapes. They were resting in a hall when the anti magic field decreased in strength one of its power sources having been destroyed.

This allowed Mercury to get local reading, but before she could start searching for Usagi she spotted Shadow Moon walking towards them. Not having expected things to be this easy the group were left confused on what to do next. Scanning Shadow Moon’s body Mercury discovered the nanites contained within it and realized she was being controlled. They were a bit puzzled when she seemed to be hesitating. But before any of them could truly get much hope up that she just might snap out of it, she suddenly attacked. Mercury provided then as explanation of how her new abilities worked while the others tried to fight her off. Having already deal with her before Jupiter was quick to warn them about how dangerous Shadow Moon was.

Sailor Uranus was the first to attack however the confines of the building, combined with the simple speed and power of Shadow Moon's ability had quickly demonstrated the flaw in a frontal attack. In had taken less than a minute for Shadow Moon to disable the outer senshi, leaving them scattered throughout the hall. The inner senshi, after seeing their comrades in trouble, were nearing the same fate. With brutal efficiency, Shadow Moon blocked their attacks and attempts to reach the others. Tuxedo Kamen was also afforded no mercy as he was violently whipped around by the arm, before being tossed down the hall where he collided with Sailor Mars.

They were distracted from their pain by the sound of the Doctor from the speakers. He advised them to surrender revealing that he knew who they were and threatened to make their civilian lives difficult. Given that Usagi disappeared the same day as Sailor Moon it was just a matter of cross referencing her friends and acquaintances. Jupiter was unable to hide her worry at how bad their situation was. He informed him that Shadow Moon was instructed to keep them there, to give them time to think about his offer. For one last taunt he asked that they not stop fighting as he wanted to see what Shadow Moon’s full capabilities were.

While they were able to feel the immediate affects when the second stone was destroyed they still proved to be no match for her. They were given a brief rest when Shadow Moon paused as she received another instruction. Though it ended the moment the buildings self-destruct alarm sounded. Just as they were once prepare to attack Shadow Moon, the Doctor showed up. Uranus jumped to her feet threateningly only for Shadow Moon to respond by moving directly in front of him. He had decided to cut his loses and while there was no time left to gain control of them, the nanites had complete control over Shadow Moon.

Much to everyone’s surprise Shadow Moon refused his order to come with him. Initially the Senshi and Kamen had hope that she was coming around. That hope was dashed when after informing the Doctor that he had served his purpose and thus is no longer required she killed him. The Senshi could only look at this in shock. The man was doubtless evil, but to see him cut down so casually by their princess was not an image they could easily accept. However, as she turned back towards them, they realized their situation had yet again become worse.

The seriousness of the situation was clear, they had three options, attempt to retreat, attack, or die. Shadow Moon blocked the only way down, and up lead only to the roof. Even at best it would take them nearly a minute to initiate the teleport and that left Shadow Moon plenty of time to intervene. So really, there were only two options. Unfortunately their earlier fight made it clear that simple physical attacks were useless and that left only their magical ones which would doubtless hurt her, and none of the Senshi were willing to do that. Even Uranus drew the line at attacking Usagi full force. Simply lying down and dying wasn’t an option either.

This time it was Sailor Venus who broke the stalemate, as much as they didn’t want to, if they didn’t attack Shadow Moon would kill them and still be destroyed. Sadly she proved to be to strong Mar was launched violently away, Mercury tried to think up a way to deal with their situation as she checked up on her but none came. Sadly by this point the nanites had gained full control of Sailor Moons magic as shown when Shadow Moon summoned the Moon Stick.

It took little more then a second for her to completely decimate them. In a last desperate stand Sailor Saturn shielded everyone using her Silence Wall against the worst of the attack, but even her strength quickly faded under Shadow Moon's onslaught. To prevent this Usagi having become aware of what was going on destroyed her star seed. Shadow Moon after gasping in pain suddenly lost all her strength and fell to the floor only to be caught by Tukedo Kamen. Sailor Moon’s consciousness reasserted itself seconds before all life left her body. Then as Tuxedo Kamen began to register what just happened she was suspended in the air as she transformed into Eternal Sailor Moon. Her uniform started to disintegrate leaving nothing but her wings which continued to grow, before unleashing a purifying wave of light.

Just as Usagi was about to fall to the ground she was plucked out of the air by Seiya. Both groups could just stare at each other in confusion not knowing what was going on. They came out of it when Seiya noticed how lifeless Usagi was. Mercury checked up on her and determined that she was alive, though she needed a more proper examine. Tuxedo Kamen took Usagi from Seiya as they made their way outside, deciding they’d figure out what to tell everyone when the time came.

Uranus however broke off to go and find Kasumi. Neptune appeared pensive, but made no move to stop her partner. Likewise, although worry showed on the other Senshis' faces, they too made no move to stop her. Teleporting back to where they left Artemis and Luna Mamoru de-transformed and rushed off to find a doctor.

Mamoru waited in Usagi’s waiting for her to awake with Seiya who had received permission to stay. When he noticed her stirring he went over to check up on her. Usagi didn’t know what was going so had been pretending to sleep, but with the jig up she opened her eyes and asked if this was real. Mamoru explained to the confused Seiya about the nanites that had been controlling her. Mamoru assured her that she was awake, but the just led to the question of how she was still alive. She looked to Mamoru and Seiya for an answer, but since they didn’t have an answer Seiya decided to change the subject to the mystery of how she was teleported to Earth.

Seiya decided to inform the others that she was okay, leaving Mamoru to explain to Usagi as much as she could about what had happened. After hearing that all she remembered was destroying the crystal and this voice Mamoru began to relate his side the events. Despite Mamoru’s protest Usagi insisted that he returned to America not wanting him to miss his classes on her behalf. Haruka drove them to the airport so that she and Usagi could head to the transport point after dropping him off. While on the plane Mamoru was pondering the current situation, now that the future was no longer certain. It was then that saw what appeared to be a shooting star outside the window only for it to change directions and head towards the plane. It was giving off feeling disturbingly familiar to Sailor Galaxia causing him express his shock out loud. This brought the attention of the other passengers and soon they too were peering out at the strange incoming object.

Refusing to let history repeat itself Mamoru made is way to the isle, when all of a sudden all of the passengers froze in place. Noting that even the sounds of the plane's engines had ceased Mamoru transformed as a mysterious woman entered the plane. She wore nothing at all to cover herself, save a strange metallic mask covering her eyes. Taken aback by the unusual encounter, Tuxedo Kamen found himself at a loss for action. He finally shook himself free from his stupor when she called him Terra. The woman was hurt that he didn’t know who she was, but expected it. Before he could react she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. For some reason after she released him her name came to mind Eris.

Discovering that he knew Eris' name was just the height of the weirdness. As he tried to figure out what was going on things took a rather uncomfortable turn when the plane shuttered with an impact. Eris told him not wo worry as the door was ripped open and in walked in a a creature of pure darkness along with Orcus. Orcus demanding to know what Eris was doing. Eris used the excuse that the rules were made before Usagi woke up so no longer apply, but Orcus didn’t buy it.

Tuxedo Kamen suddenly raked with fear when she turned to look at him , but could make no move. Before anything could happen, though, Eris moved to block the gaze. She told Orcus that she’d set every thing right. Upset Orcus agreed and left. Kissing Mamoru again Eris told him they’d talk later. He woke up on the plane an instant later as if nothing had happened. The woman next to him asked if he was okay after noticing he looked rather puzzled, but he brushed it off as a weird dream.

Mamoru knew that was a lie and spent several days trying to ponder what had happen. One morning he found a note pushed under his apartment door asking him to meet at a local park. He waited for nearly an hour in hopes of getting some answers to this whole strange affair, but the only person who showed up was Venessa a classmate from his English class. It turned out this was actually Eris possessing her.

Eris told that she and he were former lovers,  and before he could say anything she explained that it wasn’t Prince Endymion, but many incarnations before him. Getting the same feeling he had from Chaos he realized that she and Orcus were senshi, they called themselves Ascended Senshi. She told him that Usagi had reawakened her nature as Cosmos and out of respect for their previous relationship, warned Mamoru that there was a possibility that it might turn out badly for her, despite knowing that he would stand with her even knowing he would be facing nearly a dozen ascended by doing so. Her suspicions were confirmed.

All of this was just the worse case scenario, but either was she promised to help him. For her final warning she told him that he couldn’t tell the others, they weren’t allowed to interfere and even what she was doing was risky. Once again getting a final kiss both for her and the girl she was possessing Eris left before she was noticed. Mamoru’s only thought was that Usagi was not the only one who's having troubles with love it seems.

The Ascended Senshi believed that Usagi was reawakening as her former incarnation of Cosmos and were worried about her being unable to control her power. At Quaoar's request the senshi had been invited to speak on her behalf. Mamoru was brought to the moon kingdom by Orcus and seeing Usagi in suspended animation rushed over to her only to be blocked by the barrier. The others who had already experienced this focused more on Orcus’ causing Rhadamanthus to order her to remove her cloak.

He greeted Eris before explaining how the two met, he would have warned the others, but given their power it wouldn’t have helped, which Quaoar confirmed. Quaoar more ran through the introductions. Ixion grabbed most of Mamoru's attention due to looking almost exactly like him. However, other than a nod of greeting, the man said nothing.

Quaoar went into detail about the history of the Ascended Senshi as well as the rise and fall of Cosmos’ kingdom. From there the conversation moved to Sailor Moon. Quaoar showed them an image of Usagi’s star seed showing how different it was from the average senshi. The conclusion was obvious she was Cosmos reincarnated. While it wasn’t conclusive as they never saw Cosmos’s star seed, but that is what the Ascended believed. This is what led them to decide to create the moon kingdom leaving the normal senshi to their own devices.

Now that their theory had been confirmed they’ve returned to earth to decide what should be done with Usagi. Rei angrily demanded to know what that meant only to withdraw when Orcus called her out for not listening to their warning of Cosmos’ power. Rhadamanthus eventually ordered her to calm down. The fact remained they had serious concerns about weather or not Cosmos can control her power.  While they didn’t have to like it they all agreed to it when they chose to be reborn that the final decision is up to the Ascended. The group used the time they waited for the arrival of Huya and Deucalion to consider what they would say. The Senshi, luna cats, and Mamoru had huddled together to the side to plot strategy. Mamoru broke away from the group to sit next to Eris who stuck to her assessment that they would choose the good path for Usagi. Even if she couldn’t say it with a certainty.

When Huya and Deucalion arrived she immediately rushed towards Ami and Michiru and hugged them. Rhadamanthus began to recount recent events for all. There was little to dispute, until she got to Eris’ transgressions. Since that matter would be discussed only with the Senshi she moved on. Finally came to the decision of what to do with Usagi. Do they let her go, keep her in the stasis field indefinitely, or terminate her before her power grows?

Luna suggested that they just restore the stasis field if she does lost control. Rhadamanthus agreed that a conditional release was reasonable. With no other proposal they began to discuss there options. Mamoru gave a sigh of relief when termination was eliminated, though he considered permanent stasis to be little different, which Eris encouraged him to argue.

Minako suggested that they just train her, but Huya pointed out that it would go against their rule about not getting involved.  Michiru tried to argue that they could restrict themselves from such, but she wasn’t willing to do that. Ultimately the Ascendant weren’t willing to risk the danger Usagi possessed. Eventually Eris spoke up and called them out for being motivated solely by fear. Mamoru could feel the change in the tide of the room at this.

The discussion ended and those without a voice were told to wait in the courtyard. Gathered around a destroyed fountain in the central plaza of the ruins of the Moon Kingdom, the Senshi, luna cats and Mamoru waited nervously for nearly an hour. Eventually Rei couldn’t take it anymore and despite knowing how powerful they were planned on marching back in and stopping them. Several of the others rose in response and nodded their agreement, only for Ami to remind them that their chance of victory was nonexistent.

They unanimously agreed to let Usagi live. They decreed that they will continue their pact of noninterference. Usagi must be allowed to discover her powers on her own. Them interfering could simply slow that process down, and potentially lead her astray. However, since the senshi were now aware of them, the block on contact was removed. All Ascended Senshi will be allowed to converse with them normally. They may not, however, use their powers to knowingly help or hinder any Senshi within this star system, save in their own self defense.

Because of Eris actions Rhadamanthus also effectively blocked their power while they were in this star system. It was revealed that because of Seiya’s exposure to Usagi’s energy she was evolving into an Asended as well. This meant that she needed to be replaced on Kinmoku. Her request to go back anyway was denied since supposedly if she was away from Usagi the process could stall. Setsuna ended up offering her a room at her place. Quaoar had Eris take the senshi back to Nerima while she returned Mamoru to his university, much to her annoyance. As Usagi left to go get Quaoar Mamoru turned to look at Seiya, considering, but before he could decide on a course of action, she turned away and walked off.

Much to Mamoru’s shocked and confused Usagi suddenly appeared before him. Somehow she had teleported herself to America. Contacting the others Ami was able to calm everyone down by reminding them that she could use the Moon Kingdom's teleportation system though it would take some time. With the plan discussed and agreed upon, the communication ended, leaving Usagi once more with Mamoru who couldn't help but laugh. Usagi realized that the reason she teleported there was that she wanted talk.

Their talk had been very disorganized to say the least, jumping from topic to topic. Usagi was naturally dodging around the core issue, touching on it, only to quickly retreat to something safer each time. To be honest, Mamoru had guessed what was going on quite quickly, but having his own situation had indulged this manner of discussion for a fair while. After several months of little time together, and now with a full night to wait for an update and no potential for interruption, unsatisfied feelings slowly began to take over during that time.

Mamoru woke up the next and let Usagi sleep in while he left to get breakfast. However much to his horror he returned to find Eris there. Mamoru was so stunned he could do little more than give way and watch as the ascended senshi departed. Saying she’d see him later Eris closed the door heavily behind her, leaving Mamoru and Usagi once more alone together. After some awkward fidgeting Mamoru assured Usagi that this was the first time he’d Eris since her returning. The two talked some more and when it was time to return home Mamoru informed Usagi that he was returning to Japan. He had already been looking into getting his credits so after wrapping up his classes he’ll be back. It wasn’t until after she left that he realize he had no way of knowing if things went well.

He was planning on returning home to call when Eris suddenly appeared by his side again assuring him that Usagi was fine. While Mamoru couldn’t control Eris’ actions he could tell her to stay out of  Usagi's love life. She agreed although with a clear reluctance.