All has been quiet since the attack of the Black Moon. Well, mostly quiet. All Small Lady did was talk about Sailor Moon. Her favorite topic since she came back. She was also excited that she finally got to transform and got to fight with the Legendary Senshi. She may be over 900 years old, but she still had the heart and mind of a child. She also received a lot of praise for not revealing anything about the outer senshi. Well, other than Pluto. She didn't see any other way to save her mother than get Pluto involved. Nobody seemed mad about that, and she learned in school the kinds of things that happen when you mess with time too much.
Today she was going to see Sailors Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto along with the baby that they cared for. Small Lady was in love with the child that didn't have a name yet. She was always told that they were trying to come up with a name that fit her, but they should have had one by now. This baby was around since she remembered. Even before she could transform. She was so self-involved, like most children, in her own problems growing up that she never thought about it, but she now wondered about this child.
Once Crystal Tokyo was established, the Crystal Palace was built. Of course, that held the Royal Family, along with Luna, Artemis, and Diana. Near the palace that held The Crystal Towers. Which held each of the senshi that were to protect the royal family, since their home planets were no longer habitable. They had enough space that they could have their own lives, but they were still close enough to the Royal Family for protection. The exception was Neptune and Uranus who lived together with their adopted baby. Pluto even had her own tower, although she was with the other two outers often enough that Small Lady knew that she would see her beloved Pu with them. However, she didn't come to live in Crystal Tokyo until after the Black Moon clan was defeated. She helped save Small Lady and Crystal Tokyo by sacrificing herself to stop time, that The Queen told her not to worry about staying at time at the time gate for the rest of eternity. She could do her duties from Crystal Tokyo. Her life of solitude was over.
Small Lady walked up to the door of the tower. She knew they wouldn't mind her walking in, but her mother was trying to instill manners in the young girl, so she knocked. She waited a while and Michiru answered the door with the baby in her arms. "Setsuna is in the sitting room with Haruka." That was all that Michiru had to say and Small Lady ran inside past her yelling "Pu!" They all would rather go by the names that they had used in the past. With as much as they all went through, it was more comfortable that way. If someone called someone else by the name of their planet, you knew there was something serious.
Michiru took the baby into the nursery, put the baby in the crib, and sat in the rocking chair. "Our little princess looks so peaceful," a voice said behind her.
"Oh, Haruka. She is taking so long to get older, it makes me wonder if we will have to worry about the Senshi of destruction." Knowing that Small Lady would end up meeting Hotaru in the future, they couldn't risk telling her the child's name. One of those odd things about time travel, it was annoying but couldn't be helped.
"We won't. Maybe she is just making up for the lost time when she grew up so fast when we first took her in."
"I hope so. What is Small Lady up to?" asked Michiru. The Royal Family was the only exception to the "not using formal names" rule. The Queen wished they were less formal with her, but it couldn't be helped.
"Talking about Sailor Moon to Setsuna." Haruka said laughing. That girl can talk nonstop. She reminds me of her mother."
"She does. I honestly don't know how her father handles them both."Said Michiru walking toward a table to pick up something.
Haruka grabbed her from behind and held her close. "I don't know, but I know how I would like to handle you!"
Michiru smiled, "We are in the presence of royalty, you should behave."
"We are royalty too, even if we don't have our planets." With that, Haruka and Michiru left the room so Chibi-Usa could play with the baby.
Michiru was about to say something when their communicators went off. "Small Lady, I hate to ask this of you, but can you watch the baby?"
With that one question, the Jealousy in Chibi-Usa's eyes turned into excitement. She had only gained the power to transform, but had not begun any type of formal training yet. She wanted to be like her hero, her mother. The fact that she got to be with the baby alone made er forget that there was some kind of senshi business happening and she had to miss it.
When the three outer senshi arrived to the conference room in the Crystal palace, transformed and with talismans in hand, they had seen that the other senshi had arrived just before them. They took their usual places at the table that the queen and king were already sitting at and Neo Queen Serenity began to speak.
"Mars had some very disturbing visions." The fact that the queen was using senshi titles, was all anyone had to hear to know how serious this was. Especially now, since there was no hiding their identities anymore, and were in senshi form most of the time anyway, she usually called them by the names they had used so many centuries ago when they were reborn.
Neptune had a feeling what this was about. She had some visions in her mirror, but they weren't clear enough to worry the queen about. She had discussed it with Uranus and Pluto, hoping that they would get to it before Mars saw anything. It was easier that way. They could take care of things easier than the inner senshi without involving the queen. It was safer for the royal family that way.
Ignoring the look of disapproval Neptune's face, Sailor Mars started to speak. "The vision I have isn't quite clear, but there is evil coming."
The other senshi looked at her, the inners hearing this for the first time of course. It seemed like they had just gotten rid of The Black Moon Clan, and now there is something else to deal with.
"We've got to send our daughter back to the past," Serenity said mostly to Pluto.
"Do you think that's wise?" asked Venus.
"Memories might be fuzzy, but we know she was sent back and she just gained her powers. She hasn't even started training yet."
Neptune spoke up while glaring at Mars, "We don't even know if this is a threat yet. You don't have to rush into a decision."
"Are you trying to say I don't know what I am talking about?" asked Mars rising from the table.
"No, I am saying it's too soon to worry the queen."
Mars was about to say something when Pluto hit the floor with her staff. "This is why you shouldn't have learned anything about your future." She looked right at her queen. This is one of the few times that you could actually see the scared teenager from the 20th century in her face. She had grown so much. Neptune and Uranus looked at Pluto shocked when she said, "Get her ready, we will send her right away."