Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or the Chibi Scouts. I wish I did.
Then I'd have all kinds of money. Anyway, I decided to have the Sailor
Scouts children from the future do a little time trip. If you see any
characters that you don't know then that means I created them! OMG! Ravyn
has an original idea! The world is ending! Aaaahhhh! This will be rated
PG to PG -13 as later chapters get a little dark.
Big Trouble, Little Brother -- By Ravyn Knyght
-The New Arrivals-
Pluto greeted the time travelers at the Gates of Time as they came through. After all of them were accounted for, Pluto lead the group to the conference room to where the Sailor Scouts were holding a meeting about the recent attacks. She looked over the group of young men and hoped that they were prepared to handle the tremendous task ahead of them. "Everyone is waiting, although I didn't tell them about all of you yet so some of them might be a bit surprised when they first meet you." she said with three of the young men specifically in mind.
The other Scouts sat and waited for Setsuna to arrive with whatever or whoever she was bringing. "Do you think it'll be our grandchildren?" Raye thought aloud thinking what Brooke would look like now that she was older. "I don't know." Serenity answered, "She said it would be a group from the future to help us fight this new Negaverse invasion.". "I hope it's our grandchildren too." Hotaru added thinking about Hannah, that sweet little girl Chelsea showed her. As they all talked about who the new arrivals would be a knock came at the door. Pluto entered and following behind her were a group of eight young men. The Scouts and Knights stared at them not knowing what to say. "These are the ones that are going to help us and our daughters?" Lita said looking at the young men. "Well it would be nice if you introduced yourselves, or would you all like to be called 'Hey You!'" Serenity said. They looked to Pluto who nodded.
The oldest of the group stepped forward and started things off with the hope that the Sailor Scouts would not be too shocked. "I'm Brad Aino. I'm the leader of the group. It's nice to meet all of you.", bowing to them respectfully. Mina and Asai stared at the man, then realized a slight resemblance to Asai could be seen. "Who are you excactly?" Mina prodded. Brad gave a sigh thinking about her reaction, "I'm your future son. In fact we are all your sons. From the future of course." he made a hand motion to the seated families who sat gawking at the men. Brad went on to introduce the rest of his team as the Scouts and their husbands got up to meet their future children.
Brad first introduced Greg and Amy to they're son, Snow. " This is Snow 'Please shut the Hell up!' Mizuno. He's an egg head like you two so I'm sure you'll have all kinds of things to talk about." Brad joked knowing when Snow starts talking he never shuts up. "Next on the list is Foxx 'Punch first and forget about the questions!' Kino." Brad said as he pushed Foxx towards Lita and Ken, "Have fun!" he snickered. "The runt of the litter Alex," Brad said bringing everyone's attention to the behemoth Alex, "Is the pride and joy of none other than Hotaru Tomoe!". Hotaru stared at the towering young man with her mouth hanging open. "How did I..." Hotaru's voice trailed off as Anthony steadied her as she thought about what the pregancy and birth of Alex would be like.
Brad moved on to a set of teen aged identical twins. "Double trouble over here, Shin and Kota, are the adopted sons of Haruka and Michiru. As to which one's which, most girls don't care when they're put flat on they're back." the two boys laughed at their leaders comment. "Oh it's true, it's true!" Shin and Kota boasted. Brad moved on to the last two. "Aunt Setsy knows this one already but for those who need to know this guy's name is Carson 'Hold the' Meioh. He's the quiet type who goes nuts and kills every one." Carson gave Brad a hard stare. "Can we please just get this over with!" grumbled the last boy who seemed less than thrilled to be there. Brad glared at him for a moment and with a heavy sigh introduced the last one to Raye and Chad's surprise. "This little ray of sunshine here is all yours Aunt Raye. Feel free to disown him now." Brad told her as the meet n' greet session was concluded. "There will be a lull in the fighting for the time being so let's use this time to get everything arranged." Pluto shouted over the chattering crowd. "There's no need! If they're our sons then they'll be staying with us." Raye spoke up. "Oh joy." groaned Colt.
As the Chibi Scouts came through the gates they were greeted by the Royal cats. Stardust, Moonbeam, Cresent, and Diana went to their respective owners and informed all of them of some new arrivals. Although worn out from they're recent fight, they all decided to see what the big comotion was about.
Ariel came through the door to find that they had company. Even though she knew she shouldn't, it was a tough battle and Ariel wanted to be with her mother and walked over to the couch and sat on Amy's lap and hugged her. Amy hugged her back. "Ariel. Please introduce yourself to our guest." Amy said reminding her daughter of her manners. "Pleased to meet you, Mr. ...", "Mizuno." Snow said and Ariel looked at him. "This may be a shock to you honey but this is your younger brother, Snow." Amy told her daughter. Being smart, Ariel quickly concluded how that came to be. "I'm going to have a brother in the future?" Ariel asked excitedly. "Yes you are princess." her father told her. Ariel thought for a moment. "How did you get the name Snow?" she asked as a yawn overtook her. The days battle had worn her out considerably. Amy was about to take her to her bedroom, "Would you mind?" Snow asked offering to take over for his mother, Ariel agreed. "Well let's just say that mom has a habit of giving birth in the most unusual places." he informed her on the way to her bedroom. Amy groaned, "Dare I ask?" but then decided she didn't want to know, as long as she knew it turned out well.
"This is sooo cool!" exclaimed Faith when she found out that Shin and Kota were sports nuts like her, and quickly took to the new additions to her family. Hope was disappointed that neither of them had anything in common with her and immediately felt left out of the trio's conversations. Seeing this, Kota asked Hope to show him some of her paintings. This cheered her up a little, and was even happier to know that both boys admired her talent. Haruka and Michiru found themselves a bit out numbered and wondered how in the world they were going to manage, as they had the most children to look after. The boys could see that their past gaurdians were having a little trouble telling them apart. Haruka and Michiru studied the two boys closely to try to find some difference they could use to identify them. "Would it be too much to ask for one of you boys to get a hair cut or tie it back, or something!" Michiru pleaded, wanting to know wich one was which. With Faith and Hope, the two dressed differently and had different tastes and interests. The two women were at a loss though when it came to Shin and Kota. Kota took his coat off and rolled up his sleave. "When in doubt, check the label!" he said showing a star birth mark on his shoulder. Haruka and Michiru commited the mark to memory.
"So can I get you something to eat? You must be hungry." Hotaru offered as she went to the kitchen. "Chicken? Steak?", A herd of cattle? she thought to herself, the young man declined. Hotaru came back to the living room and sat down next to him. She instantly felt as if she didn't exsist sitting next to him. Madelyn was a little intimidated by him at first but soon found out Alex was a lot of fun. After Madelyn went to sleep the three sat down to talk. "So in what way are you going to help us?" Anthony asked wondering why they were sent instead of they're sisters or nieces. "The Crystal Scouts haven't been activated yet and both the Sailor Scouts and Cosmic Scouts are engaged in battle as we speak. We were the only ones available to come back. We've all had special training in using energy- based attacks, so we should be able to help out with the current situation.". A thought came to Hotaru's mind. "Well if you are here, then who's protecting our grandchildren?" sounding fear-filled as to the safety of her future grandaughter. "They're fathers are in charge of protecting them so don't worry. The main concern now is ending Chandelle and her forces here so that they can't achieve their goals and prevent the future resistance." Relieved to know that their grandaughter was safe for the time being, Hotaru asked a more trivial question. "Do I survive the birth?". Alex looked at her and gave a deep laugh as he responded, "Yes, you do."
Still a little keyed up from the fight, Daisy decided to go to the palace gym and work off her excess energy, Foxx came with her. Daisy didn't know what to say at first and even now was still at a loss for words. "So you're my kid brother from the future?" she asked as she started her workout. "Yup." Foxx simply said as he held the heavy bag for her. "Are you a good fighter?" she asked and he gave her a coy look. "I'm a Kino aren't I?" he said smiling at his sister's past self. "Mom's kinda mad about that too because I looked up to you so much. Daisy the world's greatest fighter!" Foxx boasted of his sister's future, Daisy blushed a little. "Mom doesn't like me fighting." she commented. "If you think she's bad now just wait until the future comes around." Foxx told her as he corrected her form. "Huh?" Daisy asked not knowing what he meant. "Mom tried to raise me to talk my way out of fights but you kinda overstepped her when I kept getting beaten to a bloody pulp." he explained as Daisy listened. "Thanks for the warning!" Lita said coming in, "Now I know to try extra hard to keep Daisy away from you. Raising one bruiser is enough.". Foxx laughed hard when he thought about the future and all of Lita's and Daisy's feisty children. "Please tell me fighting isn't the only thing you're good at." Lita said in a weary tone, Foxx thought for a moment. "Well the two of you tried to teach me how to be a chef but when I burned down both your kitchens, a royal decree was hammered out by princess Rini that I am to be banned from open flame." Daisy laughed while Lita groaned. Foxx hugged the two women, "Don't worry! It all works out and no one's the worse for wear." he assured them.
Setsuna decided to leave her post for a few days to help Carson get settled in. She tried to spend as much time as she could with all of her children but found it hard sometimes. Like all of Setsuna's children, Carson understood why his mother was away so much and didn't mind because he knew that even though she was away a lot she loved him and was there when he really needed her. After dinner, they all sat around and talked about what was to happen. "It's going to be a tough fight, but Mag-Pie here is pretty sure we'll handle things without any problems.". Setsuna gave Carson a look as Maggie questioned the nick name. "Mag-Pie?" she asked looking up at the older man who would be her little brother. "It's just my little way of getting under your skin in the future." Carson said laughing as he thought about how Maggie got mad when ever he called her Mag-Pie. "I kind of like it. How can that bother me in the future?" Maggie asked and got a stern look from her mother as did Carson. "Let's just say it's not the name that bothers you it's what happened to you that started it." he told his sister, Setsuna couldn't help but giggle as she thought about the incident that would befall her daughter in the years to come. Maggie started to get a little angry at her family for leaving her out of the joke, "Come on! Tell me!" she demanded.
Apon Brad's insistance both the Aino and Hino families ate together, Brad wanted to make sure there wasn't any trouble before it's time. Both Raye and Mina were staring at their future still in a mild state of shock. Mina couldn't believe the difference between Brad and Gloria. Even though he was grown up, he was well mannered, Mina was shocked to learn he was always like that. She often wondered if she would have more children, and if she did would they be like Gloria. Mina was glad to know that Brad gave her an easier time than what she had with Gloria. Despite his out going, friendly attitude he seemed a bit on the soft side, like Annika. Of all the times she wished Gloria had that trait, it seemed to have been held in reserve for Brad. "So, like, what do you do in the future? Do you help out in the fighting?" Gloria asked. Brad thought, then answered, "Well unlike you all we have what you call real jobs and we work for a living." he told his sister, his comment brought out an immediate response from his sibling, "Hey!" Gloria started but Mina silenced her. "Jerk!" she muttered, "Bedroom, now!" ordered Mina and Gloria stormed off. "Maggie was right. She really was like that!" Brad remarked then continued talking. "As for fighting, we weren't born with the abilities that you have. In us they are a bit more latent. We've all gone through special training to help draw those powers out and use them if they are needed. For the most part though we have normal lives both inside and outside the palace."
All Raye could do was sit and stare at the young man that would be her son. Raye thought that Annika would be the only child she'd ever have but Colt was sitting across from her contradicting that believe. Raye was lost deep in thought and didn't pay attention to what Brad, Mina and Asai were discussing. All she could think about was being a mother again as she remembered all the joys of raising Annika. Colt noticed that Raye and Chad were staring at him and it was starting to annoy him. "What?" he snapped, giving a cold look to his parents' past selves. His sharp, icy tone broke the both of them out of their trances. "Nothing. It's just that I never expected to have anymore children after Annika." she said still staring him. From the time she first met him until now, she could tell that there was a huge difference between him and Annika. Colt seemed more independant and free spirited than Annika. Although it made her happy to know that she'd have children again and that they'd be more strong willed, she sensed something dark about her future son. He didn't say as much to them about himself like Brad and the others and his attitude was somewhat colder than the others. She wondered how he and Annika got along in the future.
"Do I have a third arm growing out of my head or what?!" Colt griped as Raye and Chad were still staring. "Hey Colt. Relax would ya? Aunt Raye just found out she'll have more kids." Brad said giving him a warning look. Colt gave a sigh, "Sorry." he apologized, "It's just all this sitting around is not my style. We could be launching a first strike while the enemy is regrouping." he complained to Brad. "Well if you want something to do, then hook up with Snow and Carson and start working on the training rooms. We'll start training as soon as modifications are finished." this sounded good to Colt who was more than happy to go. "Finally, that's the first sensible thing you talked about since we got here." Colt said as he left. Once gone, Brad looked over to Annika, "Little brothers are such a pain, aren't they?" while giving her a wink. Annika managed a shy smile. "Is he always like that?" Raye asked trying to find the reason for the attitude. "No. He started off all right but in the last five years...." Brad gave a shrug not wanting to get into it at the moment. Raye dropped it for now.
There was something Mina couldn't help but notice since she first met her future son, a gold band on his finger. Mina grabbed his hand and brought it closer to her eye for inspection. "You're married?" she gasped, thinking that she'll soon have more than one grandchild. "Uh, yeah, about two months ago." Brad said trying not to say too much about the future. Mina then eyed a gold heart locket around his neck with the inscripted name, "Midori", and went for it curious as to who Midori was. "Mom!" Brad yelled as he tried to keep her from opening it. "It's bad enough you give my wife the third degree in the future, I'm not going to have you stalk her in the past!". Asai and Chad laughed at the battle being waged. Raye was still thinking about Colt though and wondered what caused his cold attitude.
After their first full day in the past, the men were looking tired. They're parents kept them up late trying to pry out information about their lives in the future. Brad and Carson were on they're way to the training room to check on Colt and Snow's progress. "I'm telling you right now, every woman named Midori is going to be hunted down until she finds the right one." Brad told Carson who laughed. "Yeah. Maggie's mad at me because I won't tell her why I call her Mag-Pie." Brad remembered the incident too and laughed with Carson. "So how goes things?" Brad asked as they arrived at the training room. "We're just getting the personal training simulations loaded. The gravity engine and shielding are all ready installed." Snow reported, Colt was in the room giving everything one last check. "Okay bring it on-line." Colt said coming out. Haruka and Mina were overseeing the final installations and having the new system explained to them. "So who's first?" Colt asked. "Shin and Kota, because they're training was not completed. Where are they anyway? They were supposed to be here." Brad said looking around and then to Haruka.
Just then the two boys came down the hallway with Daisy between the two, drooling over both of them. The men whispered and snickered amongst themselves about the trouble Haruka and Michiru have with the twin's girlfriends. "Okay you two. You're with me in training. Carson, tell the rest that there will be a briefing about what we're going to do." Brad told them, this made Colt happy. Brad then turned to Haruka and Mina, "We'll also be training both you and our sisters, family will train family, we'll work out schedules after the meeting.". Mina watched as Brad instructed everyone what to do. It seemed that leadership qualities ran in the family, she hoped it didn't skip Gloria when the time comes. "Well we should get going to school young lady." Haruka said pushing a flirting Daisy along, Mina stayed behind to watch her future son a while longer.
After the children went to school, Raye joined the other Scouts and watched the group train. Each one stood by their respective child, they all smiled as they looked at Hotaru standing next to Alex. Mina, Haruka and Michiru stood at the window watching their sons train. "It's hard to believe that they are at 85X gravity!" Michiru said in awe, as she watched them move about as if they were feathers. "Yes it is hard to believe. They should be at 120X gravity but they lack discipline." Colt critcized the twin's performance. "And you can do better?" Raye said raising an eyebrow to her cocky off spring. "Definitely. I train at 289X gravity. If I was training them they'd pull their weight or get out of my sight." he answered back conceitedly. All the women looked at him with astonishment. "How can you even move in such conditions?" Amy asked, trying to understand how their bodies could handle such a tremendous strain. "You'll find out once we start training you." Snow told his mother. Colt's eyes narrowed as he thought about training Annika, I can't believe Brad is making me train that crybaby!, he thought, then berated Shin and Kota over the intercom. "Geez Colt! Back off! They're doing their best." Foxx spoke up, defending the youngest members.
Raye pulled him aside to talk to him. "What is with you! Why the attitude?" she demanded to know. "Gee at least you notice that I exsist in this time. If you want an answer then fine! I hate weakness and weak people! So I'll tell you here and now when it's time for me to train both you and Annika I won't molly coddle her the way you do! Is that understood?" he barked out. Raye lost her temper. "Look! You know full well that in this time Annika has a hard time with people picking on her and is easily upset! I will not have you doing anything to ruin the progress I've made with her! Now am I making myself understood!?!" Raye yelled. Serenity lead her away to calm her down. Every one turned from the window to witness the argument, even Brad and the twins stopped to see what was going on. Colt pushed his way past everyone on his way to the intercom, "If you and the boyscouts are finished playing there are some of us who would like to get some real training in!" Colt then turned to the shocked spectators. "What the Hell are all of you staring at?". Before a larger argument started, Brad came out. "Colt! Take a walk. Now!" he ordered and Colt left. "I'm sorry...." Brad apologized to the onlookers. He sighed heavily as he watched Colt walk out of sight, then went back to training the twins.
Later on in the afternoon, when the children returned from school, Brad started the briefing. "Chandelle is the new Negaverse queen in the future and she is determined to wipeout the Sailor Scouts at any cost." he started as he displayed photos of Chandelle and her three generals. "These three head up her attack forces here in the past. The reason she came back in time is to help them with eliminating all of you before you are strong enough to fight her and her forces in the future." he reported then the projector slide changed to a close up of each of the generals. The first picture was of a young woman with platinum hair. "The first is Frost. She's a lot colder than her name implies. She's the weakest of the three so she'll more than likely be the first we encounter. All of the youma in her command utilize speed and agility to make up for their weak attacks. They also attack in numbers and have the ability to drain your life force. That's why we installed gravity training devices. Training in heavy gravity will strengthen many of your abilities so that when you return to normal gavity you will be both stronger and faster so you can keep pace with Frost and her soldiers.".
Brad then handed over to Foxx, "Due to the fact that Chandelle knows who you all are, you must be prepared at all times for battle. For this reason we'll be pairing up mother/daughter training sessions. Also we'll be around to keep an eye on you at all times." Foxx stated as Brad changed the image to the next general as Shin and Kota whistled. "This sweet little nymph is Aroura. She's the second strongest and has the fewest youma but they are the strongest ones adept at elemental attacks like your own. It might be a good idea to run from her and her followers if you encounter them and let us deal with them instead.". "You hear that boy scouts. When these guys show up just leave them to me." Colt tormented the twins who quickly shot back. "All right! Settle down!" Brad ordered as he continued where Foxx left off. "The last one, I'm sad to report we haven't encountered yet and have no idea what she looks like, what type of attacks she uses. If she's like the others then we can guess that she'll use time and gravity attacks like her youma.". "Not to worry, whoever she is she'll die screaming like the rest." Colt assured them all with a cold smile, "Just stay out of my way when the fighting starts." he finished, glaring at the Chibi Scouts, Annika in particular. His cold look made Annika shrink in her seat. Raye saw this and made a note to discuss Colt's training of Annika with Brad.
The next photo was of a ominous construct on a deserted island in the South Pacific. "This is where they are based in this time period. The only way in is to defeat the three general and acquire their talismans which allow them to enter the island. Should I have to remind some of you..." Brad glared at Colt who gave snide look, "...if the opportunity arises, take either of the first two generals prisoner for the purpose of interrogation in order to acquire information on the third general and Chandelle. With the exception of training rotations, that concludes this briefing.". Colt left and headed for the training room while the Scouts and their daughters stayed behind to discuss what the details of the training would be, Raye had a few suggestions she wanted to run by Brad herself.
"I'm sorry Aunt Raye. But the training pairs stay as is. I know you're worried about Annika and I'll do my best to keep Colt from causing to much trouble." Brad told her. Raye was hoping that Brad or the others could train Annika instead of Colt, because they seemed more sensitive to Annika. He knelt down to her, "I know he might seem cold but he knows what he's doing and you can learn a lot from him so just do your best, okay?" he tried to shore up Annika's confidence. "I will." Annika told him. "As for everybody else training starts tomorrow morning." Brad's statment brought out a unanimous groan from the young girls. "Tomorrow's Saturday!" Gloria protested loudly. "Since you're so thrilled about it then we will go first!" Mina told her daughter, "Five-thirty a.m. sound good to you?" Brad teased, "There's a five-thirty a.m.?" Gloria grumbled, her question made everyone laugh.
"So what are your excuses for failing in the task I assigned?" Chandelle said glaring at her two leading officers, "In this time period the Sailor Scouts and their daughters are supposed to be weaker." she snapped at the two women before her. The two bit their toungues to keep themselves from mouthing off to her. "We were supposed to have a third general helping us here. If we had they're help we'd have defeated them by now!" Frost reported. "Yes who will it be and when will they join us in the fight?" Aroura asked wanting to know who their partner would be. "The third is someone I haven't chosen yet but I have the perfect person in mind." she laughed as she called up the image of the person in the crystal sphere of her sceptor.
--End of part 1 : The New Arrivals--
--Next, Part 2 : Ariel -- Where Did Snow Come From?
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Big Trouble, Little Brother -- By Ravyn Knyght
-The New Arrivals-
Pluto greeted the time travelers at the Gates of Time as they came through. After all of them were accounted for, Pluto lead the group to the conference room to where the Sailor Scouts were holding a meeting about the recent attacks. She looked over the group of young men and hoped that they were prepared to handle the tremendous task ahead of them. "Everyone is waiting, although I didn't tell them about all of you yet so some of them might be a bit surprised when they first meet you." she said with three of the young men specifically in mind.
The other Scouts sat and waited for Setsuna to arrive with whatever or whoever she was bringing. "Do you think it'll be our grandchildren?" Raye thought aloud thinking what Brooke would look like now that she was older. "I don't know." Serenity answered, "She said it would be a group from the future to help us fight this new Negaverse invasion.". "I hope it's our grandchildren too." Hotaru added thinking about Hannah, that sweet little girl Chelsea showed her. As they all talked about who the new arrivals would be a knock came at the door. Pluto entered and following behind her were a group of eight young men. The Scouts and Knights stared at them not knowing what to say. "These are the ones that are going to help us and our daughters?" Lita said looking at the young men. "Well it would be nice if you introduced yourselves, or would you all like to be called 'Hey You!'" Serenity said. They looked to Pluto who nodded.
The oldest of the group stepped forward and started things off with the hope that the Sailor Scouts would not be too shocked. "I'm Brad Aino. I'm the leader of the group. It's nice to meet all of you.", bowing to them respectfully. Mina and Asai stared at the man, then realized a slight resemblance to Asai could be seen. "Who are you excactly?" Mina prodded. Brad gave a sigh thinking about her reaction, "I'm your future son. In fact we are all your sons. From the future of course." he made a hand motion to the seated families who sat gawking at the men. Brad went on to introduce the rest of his team as the Scouts and their husbands got up to meet their future children.
Brad first introduced Greg and Amy to they're son, Snow. " This is Snow 'Please shut the Hell up!' Mizuno. He's an egg head like you two so I'm sure you'll have all kinds of things to talk about." Brad joked knowing when Snow starts talking he never shuts up. "Next on the list is Foxx 'Punch first and forget about the questions!' Kino." Brad said as he pushed Foxx towards Lita and Ken, "Have fun!" he snickered. "The runt of the litter Alex," Brad said bringing everyone's attention to the behemoth Alex, "Is the pride and joy of none other than Hotaru Tomoe!". Hotaru stared at the towering young man with her mouth hanging open. "How did I..." Hotaru's voice trailed off as Anthony steadied her as she thought about what the pregancy and birth of Alex would be like.
Brad moved on to a set of teen aged identical twins. "Double trouble over here, Shin and Kota, are the adopted sons of Haruka and Michiru. As to which one's which, most girls don't care when they're put flat on they're back." the two boys laughed at their leaders comment. "Oh it's true, it's true!" Shin and Kota boasted. Brad moved on to the last two. "Aunt Setsy knows this one already but for those who need to know this guy's name is Carson 'Hold the' Meioh. He's the quiet type who goes nuts and kills every one." Carson gave Brad a hard stare. "Can we please just get this over with!" grumbled the last boy who seemed less than thrilled to be there. Brad glared at him for a moment and with a heavy sigh introduced the last one to Raye and Chad's surprise. "This little ray of sunshine here is all yours Aunt Raye. Feel free to disown him now." Brad told her as the meet n' greet session was concluded. "There will be a lull in the fighting for the time being so let's use this time to get everything arranged." Pluto shouted over the chattering crowd. "There's no need! If they're our sons then they'll be staying with us." Raye spoke up. "Oh joy." groaned Colt.
As the Chibi Scouts came through the gates they were greeted by the Royal cats. Stardust, Moonbeam, Cresent, and Diana went to their respective owners and informed all of them of some new arrivals. Although worn out from they're recent fight, they all decided to see what the big comotion was about.
Ariel came through the door to find that they had company. Even though she knew she shouldn't, it was a tough battle and Ariel wanted to be with her mother and walked over to the couch and sat on Amy's lap and hugged her. Amy hugged her back. "Ariel. Please introduce yourself to our guest." Amy said reminding her daughter of her manners. "Pleased to meet you, Mr. ...", "Mizuno." Snow said and Ariel looked at him. "This may be a shock to you honey but this is your younger brother, Snow." Amy told her daughter. Being smart, Ariel quickly concluded how that came to be. "I'm going to have a brother in the future?" Ariel asked excitedly. "Yes you are princess." her father told her. Ariel thought for a moment. "How did you get the name Snow?" she asked as a yawn overtook her. The days battle had worn her out considerably. Amy was about to take her to her bedroom, "Would you mind?" Snow asked offering to take over for his mother, Ariel agreed. "Well let's just say that mom has a habit of giving birth in the most unusual places." he informed her on the way to her bedroom. Amy groaned, "Dare I ask?" but then decided she didn't want to know, as long as she knew it turned out well.
"This is sooo cool!" exclaimed Faith when she found out that Shin and Kota were sports nuts like her, and quickly took to the new additions to her family. Hope was disappointed that neither of them had anything in common with her and immediately felt left out of the trio's conversations. Seeing this, Kota asked Hope to show him some of her paintings. This cheered her up a little, and was even happier to know that both boys admired her talent. Haruka and Michiru found themselves a bit out numbered and wondered how in the world they were going to manage, as they had the most children to look after. The boys could see that their past gaurdians were having a little trouble telling them apart. Haruka and Michiru studied the two boys closely to try to find some difference they could use to identify them. "Would it be too much to ask for one of you boys to get a hair cut or tie it back, or something!" Michiru pleaded, wanting to know wich one was which. With Faith and Hope, the two dressed differently and had different tastes and interests. The two women were at a loss though when it came to Shin and Kota. Kota took his coat off and rolled up his sleave. "When in doubt, check the label!" he said showing a star birth mark on his shoulder. Haruka and Michiru commited the mark to memory.
"So can I get you something to eat? You must be hungry." Hotaru offered as she went to the kitchen. "Chicken? Steak?", A herd of cattle? she thought to herself, the young man declined. Hotaru came back to the living room and sat down next to him. She instantly felt as if she didn't exsist sitting next to him. Madelyn was a little intimidated by him at first but soon found out Alex was a lot of fun. After Madelyn went to sleep the three sat down to talk. "So in what way are you going to help us?" Anthony asked wondering why they were sent instead of they're sisters or nieces. "The Crystal Scouts haven't been activated yet and both the Sailor Scouts and Cosmic Scouts are engaged in battle as we speak. We were the only ones available to come back. We've all had special training in using energy- based attacks, so we should be able to help out with the current situation.". A thought came to Hotaru's mind. "Well if you are here, then who's protecting our grandchildren?" sounding fear-filled as to the safety of her future grandaughter. "They're fathers are in charge of protecting them so don't worry. The main concern now is ending Chandelle and her forces here so that they can't achieve their goals and prevent the future resistance." Relieved to know that their grandaughter was safe for the time being, Hotaru asked a more trivial question. "Do I survive the birth?". Alex looked at her and gave a deep laugh as he responded, "Yes, you do."
Still a little keyed up from the fight, Daisy decided to go to the palace gym and work off her excess energy, Foxx came with her. Daisy didn't know what to say at first and even now was still at a loss for words. "So you're my kid brother from the future?" she asked as she started her workout. "Yup." Foxx simply said as he held the heavy bag for her. "Are you a good fighter?" she asked and he gave her a coy look. "I'm a Kino aren't I?" he said smiling at his sister's past self. "Mom's kinda mad about that too because I looked up to you so much. Daisy the world's greatest fighter!" Foxx boasted of his sister's future, Daisy blushed a little. "Mom doesn't like me fighting." she commented. "If you think she's bad now just wait until the future comes around." Foxx told her as he corrected her form. "Huh?" Daisy asked not knowing what he meant. "Mom tried to raise me to talk my way out of fights but you kinda overstepped her when I kept getting beaten to a bloody pulp." he explained as Daisy listened. "Thanks for the warning!" Lita said coming in, "Now I know to try extra hard to keep Daisy away from you. Raising one bruiser is enough.". Foxx laughed hard when he thought about the future and all of Lita's and Daisy's feisty children. "Please tell me fighting isn't the only thing you're good at." Lita said in a weary tone, Foxx thought for a moment. "Well the two of you tried to teach me how to be a chef but when I burned down both your kitchens, a royal decree was hammered out by princess Rini that I am to be banned from open flame." Daisy laughed while Lita groaned. Foxx hugged the two women, "Don't worry! It all works out and no one's the worse for wear." he assured them.
Setsuna decided to leave her post for a few days to help Carson get settled in. She tried to spend as much time as she could with all of her children but found it hard sometimes. Like all of Setsuna's children, Carson understood why his mother was away so much and didn't mind because he knew that even though she was away a lot she loved him and was there when he really needed her. After dinner, they all sat around and talked about what was to happen. "It's going to be a tough fight, but Mag-Pie here is pretty sure we'll handle things without any problems.". Setsuna gave Carson a look as Maggie questioned the nick name. "Mag-Pie?" she asked looking up at the older man who would be her little brother. "It's just my little way of getting under your skin in the future." Carson said laughing as he thought about how Maggie got mad when ever he called her Mag-Pie. "I kind of like it. How can that bother me in the future?" Maggie asked and got a stern look from her mother as did Carson. "Let's just say it's not the name that bothers you it's what happened to you that started it." he told his sister, Setsuna couldn't help but giggle as she thought about the incident that would befall her daughter in the years to come. Maggie started to get a little angry at her family for leaving her out of the joke, "Come on! Tell me!" she demanded.
Apon Brad's insistance both the Aino and Hino families ate together, Brad wanted to make sure there wasn't any trouble before it's time. Both Raye and Mina were staring at their future still in a mild state of shock. Mina couldn't believe the difference between Brad and Gloria. Even though he was grown up, he was well mannered, Mina was shocked to learn he was always like that. She often wondered if she would have more children, and if she did would they be like Gloria. Mina was glad to know that Brad gave her an easier time than what she had with Gloria. Despite his out going, friendly attitude he seemed a bit on the soft side, like Annika. Of all the times she wished Gloria had that trait, it seemed to have been held in reserve for Brad. "So, like, what do you do in the future? Do you help out in the fighting?" Gloria asked. Brad thought, then answered, "Well unlike you all we have what you call real jobs and we work for a living." he told his sister, his comment brought out an immediate response from his sibling, "Hey!" Gloria started but Mina silenced her. "Jerk!" she muttered, "Bedroom, now!" ordered Mina and Gloria stormed off. "Maggie was right. She really was like that!" Brad remarked then continued talking. "As for fighting, we weren't born with the abilities that you have. In us they are a bit more latent. We've all gone through special training to help draw those powers out and use them if they are needed. For the most part though we have normal lives both inside and outside the palace."
All Raye could do was sit and stare at the young man that would be her son. Raye thought that Annika would be the only child she'd ever have but Colt was sitting across from her contradicting that believe. Raye was lost deep in thought and didn't pay attention to what Brad, Mina and Asai were discussing. All she could think about was being a mother again as she remembered all the joys of raising Annika. Colt noticed that Raye and Chad were staring at him and it was starting to annoy him. "What?" he snapped, giving a cold look to his parents' past selves. His sharp, icy tone broke the both of them out of their trances. "Nothing. It's just that I never expected to have anymore children after Annika." she said still staring him. From the time she first met him until now, she could tell that there was a huge difference between him and Annika. Colt seemed more independant and free spirited than Annika. Although it made her happy to know that she'd have children again and that they'd be more strong willed, she sensed something dark about her future son. He didn't say as much to them about himself like Brad and the others and his attitude was somewhat colder than the others. She wondered how he and Annika got along in the future.
"Do I have a third arm growing out of my head or what?!" Colt griped as Raye and Chad were still staring. "Hey Colt. Relax would ya? Aunt Raye just found out she'll have more kids." Brad said giving him a warning look. Colt gave a sigh, "Sorry." he apologized, "It's just all this sitting around is not my style. We could be launching a first strike while the enemy is regrouping." he complained to Brad. "Well if you want something to do, then hook up with Snow and Carson and start working on the training rooms. We'll start training as soon as modifications are finished." this sounded good to Colt who was more than happy to go. "Finally, that's the first sensible thing you talked about since we got here." Colt said as he left. Once gone, Brad looked over to Annika, "Little brothers are such a pain, aren't they?" while giving her a wink. Annika managed a shy smile. "Is he always like that?" Raye asked trying to find the reason for the attitude. "No. He started off all right but in the last five years...." Brad gave a shrug not wanting to get into it at the moment. Raye dropped it for now.
There was something Mina couldn't help but notice since she first met her future son, a gold band on his finger. Mina grabbed his hand and brought it closer to her eye for inspection. "You're married?" she gasped, thinking that she'll soon have more than one grandchild. "Uh, yeah, about two months ago." Brad said trying not to say too much about the future. Mina then eyed a gold heart locket around his neck with the inscripted name, "Midori", and went for it curious as to who Midori was. "Mom!" Brad yelled as he tried to keep her from opening it. "It's bad enough you give my wife the third degree in the future, I'm not going to have you stalk her in the past!". Asai and Chad laughed at the battle being waged. Raye was still thinking about Colt though and wondered what caused his cold attitude.
After their first full day in the past, the men were looking tired. They're parents kept them up late trying to pry out information about their lives in the future. Brad and Carson were on they're way to the training room to check on Colt and Snow's progress. "I'm telling you right now, every woman named Midori is going to be hunted down until she finds the right one." Brad told Carson who laughed. "Yeah. Maggie's mad at me because I won't tell her why I call her Mag-Pie." Brad remembered the incident too and laughed with Carson. "So how goes things?" Brad asked as they arrived at the training room. "We're just getting the personal training simulations loaded. The gravity engine and shielding are all ready installed." Snow reported, Colt was in the room giving everything one last check. "Okay bring it on-line." Colt said coming out. Haruka and Mina were overseeing the final installations and having the new system explained to them. "So who's first?" Colt asked. "Shin and Kota, because they're training was not completed. Where are they anyway? They were supposed to be here." Brad said looking around and then to Haruka.
Just then the two boys came down the hallway with Daisy between the two, drooling over both of them. The men whispered and snickered amongst themselves about the trouble Haruka and Michiru have with the twin's girlfriends. "Okay you two. You're with me in training. Carson, tell the rest that there will be a briefing about what we're going to do." Brad told them, this made Colt happy. Brad then turned to Haruka and Mina, "We'll also be training both you and our sisters, family will train family, we'll work out schedules after the meeting.". Mina watched as Brad instructed everyone what to do. It seemed that leadership qualities ran in the family, she hoped it didn't skip Gloria when the time comes. "Well we should get going to school young lady." Haruka said pushing a flirting Daisy along, Mina stayed behind to watch her future son a while longer.
After the children went to school, Raye joined the other Scouts and watched the group train. Each one stood by their respective child, they all smiled as they looked at Hotaru standing next to Alex. Mina, Haruka and Michiru stood at the window watching their sons train. "It's hard to believe that they are at 85X gravity!" Michiru said in awe, as she watched them move about as if they were feathers. "Yes it is hard to believe. They should be at 120X gravity but they lack discipline." Colt critcized the twin's performance. "And you can do better?" Raye said raising an eyebrow to her cocky off spring. "Definitely. I train at 289X gravity. If I was training them they'd pull their weight or get out of my sight." he answered back conceitedly. All the women looked at him with astonishment. "How can you even move in such conditions?" Amy asked, trying to understand how their bodies could handle such a tremendous strain. "You'll find out once we start training you." Snow told his mother. Colt's eyes narrowed as he thought about training Annika, I can't believe Brad is making me train that crybaby!, he thought, then berated Shin and Kota over the intercom. "Geez Colt! Back off! They're doing their best." Foxx spoke up, defending the youngest members.
Raye pulled him aside to talk to him. "What is with you! Why the attitude?" she demanded to know. "Gee at least you notice that I exsist in this time. If you want an answer then fine! I hate weakness and weak people! So I'll tell you here and now when it's time for me to train both you and Annika I won't molly coddle her the way you do! Is that understood?" he barked out. Raye lost her temper. "Look! You know full well that in this time Annika has a hard time with people picking on her and is easily upset! I will not have you doing anything to ruin the progress I've made with her! Now am I making myself understood!?!" Raye yelled. Serenity lead her away to calm her down. Every one turned from the window to witness the argument, even Brad and the twins stopped to see what was going on. Colt pushed his way past everyone on his way to the intercom, "If you and the boyscouts are finished playing there are some of us who would like to get some real training in!" Colt then turned to the shocked spectators. "What the Hell are all of you staring at?". Before a larger argument started, Brad came out. "Colt! Take a walk. Now!" he ordered and Colt left. "I'm sorry...." Brad apologized to the onlookers. He sighed heavily as he watched Colt walk out of sight, then went back to training the twins.
Later on in the afternoon, when the children returned from school, Brad started the briefing. "Chandelle is the new Negaverse queen in the future and she is determined to wipeout the Sailor Scouts at any cost." he started as he displayed photos of Chandelle and her three generals. "These three head up her attack forces here in the past. The reason she came back in time is to help them with eliminating all of you before you are strong enough to fight her and her forces in the future." he reported then the projector slide changed to a close up of each of the generals. The first picture was of a young woman with platinum hair. "The first is Frost. She's a lot colder than her name implies. She's the weakest of the three so she'll more than likely be the first we encounter. All of the youma in her command utilize speed and agility to make up for their weak attacks. They also attack in numbers and have the ability to drain your life force. That's why we installed gravity training devices. Training in heavy gravity will strengthen many of your abilities so that when you return to normal gavity you will be both stronger and faster so you can keep pace with Frost and her soldiers.".
Brad then handed over to Foxx, "Due to the fact that Chandelle knows who you all are, you must be prepared at all times for battle. For this reason we'll be pairing up mother/daughter training sessions. Also we'll be around to keep an eye on you at all times." Foxx stated as Brad changed the image to the next general as Shin and Kota whistled. "This sweet little nymph is Aroura. She's the second strongest and has the fewest youma but they are the strongest ones adept at elemental attacks like your own. It might be a good idea to run from her and her followers if you encounter them and let us deal with them instead.". "You hear that boy scouts. When these guys show up just leave them to me." Colt tormented the twins who quickly shot back. "All right! Settle down!" Brad ordered as he continued where Foxx left off. "The last one, I'm sad to report we haven't encountered yet and have no idea what she looks like, what type of attacks she uses. If she's like the others then we can guess that she'll use time and gravity attacks like her youma.". "Not to worry, whoever she is she'll die screaming like the rest." Colt assured them all with a cold smile, "Just stay out of my way when the fighting starts." he finished, glaring at the Chibi Scouts, Annika in particular. His cold look made Annika shrink in her seat. Raye saw this and made a note to discuss Colt's training of Annika with Brad.
The next photo was of a ominous construct on a deserted island in the South Pacific. "This is where they are based in this time period. The only way in is to defeat the three general and acquire their talismans which allow them to enter the island. Should I have to remind some of you..." Brad glared at Colt who gave snide look, "...if the opportunity arises, take either of the first two generals prisoner for the purpose of interrogation in order to acquire information on the third general and Chandelle. With the exception of training rotations, that concludes this briefing.". Colt left and headed for the training room while the Scouts and their daughters stayed behind to discuss what the details of the training would be, Raye had a few suggestions she wanted to run by Brad herself.
"I'm sorry Aunt Raye. But the training pairs stay as is. I know you're worried about Annika and I'll do my best to keep Colt from causing to much trouble." Brad told her. Raye was hoping that Brad or the others could train Annika instead of Colt, because they seemed more sensitive to Annika. He knelt down to her, "I know he might seem cold but he knows what he's doing and you can learn a lot from him so just do your best, okay?" he tried to shore up Annika's confidence. "I will." Annika told him. "As for everybody else training starts tomorrow morning." Brad's statment brought out a unanimous groan from the young girls. "Tomorrow's Saturday!" Gloria protested loudly. "Since you're so thrilled about it then we will go first!" Mina told her daughter, "Five-thirty a.m. sound good to you?" Brad teased, "There's a five-thirty a.m.?" Gloria grumbled, her question made everyone laugh.
"So what are your excuses for failing in the task I assigned?" Chandelle said glaring at her two leading officers, "In this time period the Sailor Scouts and their daughters are supposed to be weaker." she snapped at the two women before her. The two bit their toungues to keep themselves from mouthing off to her. "We were supposed to have a third general helping us here. If we had they're help we'd have defeated them by now!" Frost reported. "Yes who will it be and when will they join us in the fight?" Aroura asked wanting to know who their partner would be. "The third is someone I haven't chosen yet but I have the perfect person in mind." she laughed as she called up the image of the person in the crystal sphere of her sceptor.
--End of part 1 : The New Arrivals--
--Next, Part 2 : Ariel -- Where Did Snow Come From?
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