Prologue:
Ami quietly walked down the street, away from school with her briefcase held in front of her and her head held down. It was a beautiful sunny day, the rays from the sun seemed to dance around her short blue hair, giving it a nice highlighted look. But of course, she didn't notice the beautiful sunny sky with her deep blue eyes pointed down, just walking thinking about her life and it's purpose.
What was her purpose? She felt bad to admit it, but she liked it a lot better when it was just her and Usagi out fighting all the monsters that would attack. A LOT better. At least in those short days she felt like she had a purpose. A real purpose. Now, with ten sailor senshi,(not including the starlights) what was she needed for? She is in fact the weakest member of the group. The only thing she was good for was locating weaknesses in monsters, and they don't even need her for that now that Rei had improved her fire reading abilities.
Ami let out a sad sigh and continued to walk towards Rei's Temple. For some reason Setsuna had contacted all of them last night in their dreams and told them to meet up. It would be the first real scout meeting since Chaos was destroyed almost a year and a half ago. Even though the Guardian of the Time Gates said it was very important, Ami wasn't too worried. Even though she knew she should be.
'What's the point?' She thought miserably to herself. "They don't need me there at all" She said aloud while turning up to the sky. Usagi had matured a lot since she had first become a sailor senshi, and it comforted Ami on some level that at least their princess needed her, and let her know it too. Usagi could act like a true blue blonde sometimes. Although she would never admit it to anyone, Ami was somewhat jealous of Usagi's long blonde hair which was always neatly done up in two buns on top of her head with a long stream of hair coming down from each one and ending at her knees.
They had the same eye colour so there was nothing to be jealous of there. Ami gave a small smile while still staring at the sky and not watching where she was going. Unknown to the others, Usagi and Ami were a lot closer than they all thought. In fact you could almost call them best friends. Ami knew things about Usagi that no one else knew and Usagi knew things about Ami that no one else knew. Like how she really *didn't* like studying. It was just a force of habit that she had pounded into herself to get her mother to stop nagging at her. And how Ami didn't feel all that pretty by comparison to the other senshi.
Sometimes she just felt like the lowest living thing on Earth and no one, not even her Okaasan who was always away working at the hospital seemed to care. Usagi told Ami everything. She was after all her first sailor senshi. That was the only real reason that she stuck around, because Usagi made her feel important in the group by confiding in her so much. While the others just started to ignore her almost completely.
Ami smiled again, only this time it was deeper. Knowing some of the things about Usagi that would make the others drop dead of shock. Like how Usagi wasn't as stupid as Rei had always accused. In fact she had a brain that could keep even her challenged! It turns out that Usagi just knew everything they were teaching in school and wasn't being challenged enough. That's the real reason why she would fall asleep in class. Or how she was starting to grow away from Darien.
Ami still wasn't looking where she was going and unfortunately bumped into an old lady, knocking her over. "Hey!! Watch where you're going!!" She sneered angrily. "Gomen, I wasn't watching where I was going" Ami quickly said and helped her up. She then ran off before the old lady who wasn't even hurt could yell at her some more. 'I can't believe it! I'm getting to be as bad as Usagi!' She thought to herself in amazement, but then a depressing thought occurred to her. 'I forgot, Usagi fakes it.' She let out another deep and depressed sigh before slowing to a walk again.
Finally she made it to Rei's Temple without knocking anyone down and began to climb the steps. She wasn't worried about what Setsuna had to say, whatever it was. Chaos was said to be the last enemy they would fight before Crystal Tokyo emerges, and even if there is a new enemy the others would be able to handle it easily.
"Hey, Ami!" she heard Usagi call. 'Well now this is a first.' Ami thought in a small state of shock. 'Even with Usagi faking being a total ditzt, I still should've made it here first. Oh well.' Usagi ran right up to her good friend, grabbed her hand and dragged her excitedly over to the group. "I can't believe that Setsuna is coming to see us!" She said in that bubbling cheerful way only she could pull off.
"Usagi! Setsuna isn't coming for just a routine visit you know!" The raven hared priestess scolded. "She never leaves the Time Gate unless it's for an emergency you baka!" She was yelling now.
"Rei why are you always picking on me!!" Usagi yelled before bursting out into tears that looked real. Ami saw Darien standing nearby with an expression on his face that said he didn't know whether or not to go and comfort her. She knew that they were growing apart, and at this point it was obvious to her that the only reason they were still together was Chibi-Usa. The others didn't seem to notice their change in behaviour towards one another though. Not even Chibi-Usa herself, who was in fact supposed to be their future daughter.
She looked over to see Chibi-Usa standing near Darien and an interesting thought occurred to her. Darien had short black hair and blue eyes and Chibi-Usa had dark pink eyes with sugar pink hair. Where did she get that from. You would at least think she would have blue eyes like both of her parents.
Ami, still seeing Darien not making any move, went over and put her arm around the sobbing princess's shoulder. She took one last look at Darien and saw him give her a grateful look for helping him. She wasn't angry at him for not comforting her, she understood completely. They just felt awkward around one another that's all.
Ami glanced around and saw that everyone was here except for Haruka and Michiru. "Hey Minako," She called. "Where is Haruka and Michiru?" Minako looked at her somewhat confused before answering. "Don't you remember?" She said. "They went on vacation for their anniversary, and Hotaru is staying with Makoto."
"Oh ya. I guess Setsuna didn't want to bother them." Ami thought out loud.
"You know Ami, you should seriously take a brake from all that studying you do." Rei interrupted. "You're starting to forget all the simpler things, and if you keep that up you'll be just like Usagi" She said with a bit of an evil smirk. This made Usagi cry even harder.
That did it. "You know Rei you really sicken me sometimes!!" Ami yelled before thinking. Everyone stoped what they were doing and just stared at her in shock. She couldn't really blame them, after all, she never did just blow up on anyone like that. She looked at Usagi and saw that she had even stopped crying and was giving her a grateful look for sticking up for her. 'Well, no turning back now.' She thought glumly to herself. "Rei you are suppose to be her friend and fellow senshi. Usagi is our leader and without her we would all be nothing and the Earth itself would have been destroyed many times!" She yelled unable to stop now that she had started. "Yet you are always teasing her and picking on her even though you know how badly it hurts her feelings!"
"It's not my fault that she's an immature, irresponsible, whiner!" Rei interrupted not letting the surprise of Ami's outburst get to her. She did *not* like getting yelled at. She looked over and saw that Usagi was still tearing slightly. Couldn't she take a simple joke? "Besides there's no way that she could have saved the world all those times without us!!"
"That doesn't matter! And even if Usagi is immature and irresponsible she is still young and is allowed to be, and from what we saw of Crystal Tokyo it's obviously something that she'll grow out of!"
That caught Rei by surprise and left her speechless. She lowered her head suddenly ashamed of herself. Ami was right and she knew it. From what they saw of the future, Usagi was a responsible well behaved, well poised queen who was managing to keep the world beautiful and peaceful with Darien at her side. "I'm sorry Usagi." Rei whispered, and she really meant it too.
"It's alright Rei." Usagi said, tears forgotten and a genuine smile on her face.
"Well it's nice to see that you are all still friends." A familiar mystical voice behind them said softly. They all turned around to see Setsuna in her sailor uniform. Her dark green hair done up partially in a bun and the rest going down her back and ending just past her knees and (as usual) holding her staff in her right hand. It looked like a long thin, light purple skeleton key that was slightly taller than her with a red crystal ball on the top. She had a sad look on her face as she faced them.
"Pluto!!" Chibi-Usa called out happily before running up to her. Sailor Pluto got down on one knee and hugged Chibi-Usa with her fee arm. "It's good to see you again Small Lady" She said warmly.
"O.K. Pluto what's this all about? Why did you summon us for a scout meeting?" Makoto said, quickly getting to the point. Pluto let go of Chibi-Usa and stood up. "Yes Pluto, what's this all about?" Hotaru finished. "And why do you look so sad?" Pluto let out a deep sigh. "Before I can tell you anything I must take you all to the Time Gates." And without another word she turned around and with a flick of her wrist a portal opened up and she stepped through it.
Chibi-Usa followed her immediately with Luna and Artemis at her heals, everyone else was somewhat hesitant about stepping through a pitch black portal, but eventually they all stepped one-by-one inside.
When inside they all noticed that they were in their sailor uniforms, which was quite strange considering that none of them had transformed on their own. "Hey, why are we in our senshi uniforms?" Jupiter asked. "Ya, why?" Saturn finished.
"Because I put you in them to save some time. There are too many of you and I want to get this done quickly. You're transformations would have taken too long." Pluto answered simply.
Ami didn't really care how Pluto had the ability to change them all without them knowing it. It felt really good to be Sailor Mercury again. "I didn't know you had that power, Pluto." Eternal Sailor Moon said wonderingly. Pluto merely nodded. "So why are we all here?" Venus asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
Once again Pluto let out a deep and sad sigh. "About six months ago. She began. I detected something strange in the time space. You are all fully aware that no one can go back and forth through time without my at least knowing about it?" She asked. Everyone nodded. "Well someone has been doing just that."
Shock immediately ran through the entire group as well as a huge gasp from everyone. 'What does she mean? Someone's been going through time without her knowing it?' Mercury thought frantically.
Pluto continued her story now that everyone seemed to have taken in what she had just said. "You see someone from another dimension has found a way to go back and forth through time without using the magic of a Time Key."
"You mean," Mercury interrupted. "that someone has discovered a way to use technology to get through the Time Gate?" She just couldn't believe it. She had heard of the possibilities to create a machine that could travel through time, but never expected to hear about one that had been built let alone one that works!
"It's not that simple Mercury." Pluto continued. "The machine that was built seemed to have bypassed the Time Gate completely. This person had already gone back and forth through time several times before I even noticed." Once again a series of gasps ran through the entire group.
"What does this mean, Pluto?" Eternal Sailor Moon asked with worry in her voice. "Is it a new enemy? What is this person doing to time? Do we have a threat to our world? Why didn't you pick this up sooner?" Pluto had to cut her off before she got another question out. "I'm sorry that I didn't pick up on this sooner. As Guardian of the Gates I should be able to detect that kind movement no matter what dimension it happens in, but no one has ever found the technological formula to travel through time like that. I think that is why even I did not pick up on it. I didn't even know there was a formula to create a working time machine so I never worried about it. As to whether or not he is a threat, I can tell you that he isn't."
"Oh so it's a he is it?" Venus said with a blush on her face at the prospect of meeting a new boy. Pluto just gave her a "Get-serious-or-else" look, and Venus immediately got serious. "I have done a check on this young mans past, present, and future. After seeing all of these horrible things, I immediately understood his reasons for going through time, that's what this is all about."
"Who is he, Pluto?" Mercury asked curiously. The red crystal ball on top of Pluto's staff began to glow, and in front of them a projection of very handsome young man appeared. Mercury blushed almost instantly while Mars, Venus and Jupiter had hearts coming out of their eyes. "He's so cute!! Venus and Jupiter squealed in unison. 'Yes he is.' Mercury couldn't help but mentally agree.
His hair was a lavender colour in some kind of mushroom cut. His eyes were so sad yet hard at the same time, as if he had seen Hell itself. He was wearing a black tanktop with a blue jean jacket with a peculiar symbol on the front. It looked like two C's. He was very muscular with baggy black pants and a sword strapped to his back. He looked about nineteen or twenty, the same age as all of them.
'He is by far the most handsome man I have ever seen.' Mercury's blush got deeper at the realization of what she had just thought. "His world was torn up by death and destruction." Pluto said with a sad note in her voice. "He is the only fighter left in his world. A majority of his family, friends and fellow fighters all killed at a young age. He is like all of us you see." She explained. "He is a prince of a planet that has been dead for many years, he also has special abilities as well as the ability to change his appearance."
The crystal ball on Pluto's staff began to glow again and the young mans hair changed from a lavender colour to a pure blonde that spiked up at the sides, his eyes also changed from their deep blue to a teal colour. At this point Mars, Venus and Jupiter were all drooling and the hearts in their eyes got bigger. "Wow, and he's a prince too!" Jupiter said dreamily.
"You said that he was just like our girls, Pluto, but how come Artemis and I didn't know about him?" Asked Luna. Pluto looked at her a moment before answering. The two guardian cats had been so quiet up until now that she forgot they were even here. Finally she found her voice. "I have already told you, he if from another dimension and he has no counterpart of any kind in this world. In fact, the planet that he descended from never even existed in this world." Luna nodded in understanding.
"So why has he been going back and forth through time?" Tuxedo Mask asked. Again the crystal on top of Pluto's staff glowed and another projection appeared above them. It was the image of the young man with his sword drawn. He was fighting and losing against two people. A woman with shoulder length blonde hair, and a man that looked a lot like her only with shoulder length black hair. Mercury then noticed something. 'No wonder he's losing! Those two are ganging up on him!' A surge of anger swept through her. She saw him up there defending innocent people, taking the beating of a lifetime and still getting up for more whenever they knocked him down, and all those two did was laugh at him!
"These are two Androids, and they are the reason why he went back to the past in the first place. They had been terrorizing his world for years so he went back to the past to warn his family about them. They were all fighters so they trained hard and defeated the Androids. When he returned to the future he was strong enough to defeat them on his own and he did." Pluto explained.
"Then why is this such an emergency if his world is peaceful again?" Artemis asked.
"Because his world is not peaceful anymore," Pluto said. "In fact it has been completely destroyed." She finished sadly. No one could believe it. They had just watched that man defeat those two monsters and free his world. 'What could have happened?' Mercury thought frantically.
As if reading everyone's mind, Pluto answered the question that no one had asked. "You see, these two Androids were the only threat to this world for almost twenty years, there was nothing else to try and fight against him. But in the past that he had travelled to, because of the changes made a new enemy showed up a mere seven years later, and even with all of the warriors alive and fighting they still managed to beat this creature by just barely. However because these two Androids were beaten so much later than the ones in this worlds past, it did not stop this creature from appearing anyway and destroying almost all life on this Earths counterpart. This young man is the only one left alive in this world. Not even animals are left."
Everyone suddenly got very pale at hearing that. The idea that something could have so much power and be so evil was very scary. 'But.. What happened to that man?' Mercury worriedly thought.
The projection above them suddenly changed without the need to voice her concern, and this time they all saw that young man trying hard to fight a big fat pink monster. That pink thing had an arrogant smirk on its ugly face. As if it enjoyed causing so much pain. Its eyes were squinted so tight Mercury had to wonder how it could see. The young man was covered in blood that was obviously his own considering that pink thing didn't even have a scratch on it. He was trying very hard to catch his breath and he looked very tired.
"Hey, he needs help fighting that thing!" Jupiter yelled angrily.
"The images you are seeing all happened a few weeks ago so there is nothing we can do for him now." Pluto explained sadly.
They all returned their attention to the projection above them. The giant pink thing began to laugh at the man like he was some kind of joke. The man then seemed to lose it. He charged at the pink monster jumped up and kicked it hard in the face with so much speed the group could barely see it. He then landed back on his feet with the grace of a true professional fighter and punched it directly in the chest. The pink monster just smiled evilly. When they all took a closer look they could see that his fist was stuck in the monsters chest!
"You go bye, bye now!" It said with an extremely annoying voice. If anyone had blinked they would have missed it, but a split second after the fat monster had said that, flaps of its skin had stretched out grabbing the young man preventing him from moving. "What are you doing!!" He yelled. "Let me go!!" He struggled against it but it was no use, he was stuck. Everyone watched in horror as that thing pulled him into his stomach and looked on as the young man slowly disappeared into it.
"W-where did he go?" Mercury asked fearful for the young man's safety. "What did he do to him?"
"He absorbed him," said Pluto calmly. "But he is still alive, Just being tortured." She said it as if that made everything all better, but Mercury could tell by the look in her eyes that these events disturbed her a grate deal. No one deserves that!
"I have taken a look into this worlds future, and while this monster is very powerful it is also very stupid. In a few more weeks it will become bored of torturing this young man, and with no one else to kill, it will destroy the world for the fun of it. Not realizing that he is still on it, killing himself and the young man inside of him."
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!!!" Everyone screamed in unison. "Pluto isn't there anything we can do to help him?" Chibi-Moon asked with tears in her eyes. "You said that this monster won't destroy his world for a few weeks now right?"
"That's correct Small Lady." Pluto said. "You must all realize that both this creature and young man have the power to destroy entire planets if they wanted. But I have looked into this young mans heart and that is something he would never do. That is another reason why I wanted all of you here. If any of you think that he holds too much power and do not trust that he would try and do something to harm this world then say so." She then turned to Sailor Moon. "Usagi-Hime, in the long run the decision to bring him here is yours. If you also feel that someone with that kind of power could be a threat then tell me not to send help for him and I won't."
Eternal Sailor Moon thought for a moment before asking: "Can't we just destroy the monster?"
She shook her head. "No. I've already told you, that monster is too powerful. In fact it is stronger than all of us put together." She said seriously.
Eternal Sailor Moon thought again before saying: "I trust you when you say that he has a kind heart, Pluto. Lets go and get him." Mercury let out a sigh of pure relief. The way Pluto had worded what kind of power he had, she had become afraid for a split second that Eternal Sailor Moon would say that it was too big of a risk.
"So, Lets go and get him already!" Jupiter said as impatient as ever.
"It does not work that way, Sailor Jupiter." Pluto said calmly. "Because this is in another dimension it will take more energy to send someone, so I can only send one person. And even then because of the energy required to get back, who I send will have to stay their for two weeks so that the young fighter can help by giving some of his own energy."
At hearing that Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Chibi-Moon all ran up to Pluto practically begging to be the one she sent to save him. Mercury gave a light smile wondering who she would send. They not only wanted to meet him but danger or no danger whoever was sent would be spending two weeks alone with him. 'Saturn will most likely get picked because she is the second most powerful,' Mercury thought rationally. 'It can't be Sailor Moon she sends, it would be far too dangerous. If Saturn doesn't get picked because she is a little younger then it would probably be Jupiter that goes.'
She glanced over at Pluto and the swarm of girls still begging to be the sent. Pluto just stood there, unmoving and quiet. Waiting for the chatter to stop. Soon it died down and Pluto looked at them all before saying: "Actually, I have already chosen who will go."
"Really? Who?" Venus asked while impatiently tapping her foot. Pluto looked at Mercury with a light smirk on her face. "Mercury will be the one to go." She said with that same mystical voice.
"WHAT?!?!" Everyone yelled in shock, including Mercury. Did she hear that correctly? Send her? Why? Why on Earth would Pluto think that she should go? She was the weakest member of the group, what good could she do?! These thoughts raced through her brain, trying desperately to find an answer, but unfortunately found none. She just stared at Pluto, with her mouth hung open in shock, wondering if the Gouldian of the Gates had gone mad. Everyone else with the exception of Sailor Moon was giving her that same dumbfounded look.
"W-why?." Was all she could muster. "Ya, why?" Jupiter and Venus practically yelled at the same time. "I mean... It's just that...Well I'm stronger than Mercury is, so don't you think that you send me?" asked Jupiter with a hint of jealousy in her voice. "And what about us?" Mars demanded, speaking for herself while trying to make it sound like she wanted an equal chance for the others too. "Were strong too. Don't you think that it might be more of a danger to send Mercury?" Mercury winced slightly at hearing this. She knew that she was the weak one of the group but never thought that her "friends" would be the first to agree with this.
'Do they really have so little faith in me?' She thought sadly. She looked over at Eternal Sailor Moon and was happy to see her giving her a confident smile. Knowing fully well what it's like to be criticized.
"Have you all forgotten what I have told you?" Pluto said with a bit of anger in her voice at having her judgement questioned so soon after their princess just said that she trusted her word. "I have already explained that strength is of no value. Even if I could send all of you, the energy required to kill this monster would kill us all from the drain; and that's including if the starlights along with Neptune and Uranus were with us!"
"Then why send me?" Mercury had to ask. Pluto smiled at her before saying: "because you will have the biggest advantage." She just gave her a puzzled look, so she continued. "It's your computer and visor as well as your power to create a fog to prevent enemies from seeing you. Also you must let that creature absorb you." She explained calmly.
"WHAT!!!" Everybody yelled again. Pluto winced at the high pitched sound. How she wished they would stop yelling. "Let me explain." She said softly, trying to calm the now ballistic girls. "You must remember that, that young man is trapped inside of this monster, and for you to get him, Mercury you must first find this monster and convince it that you are worth absorbing. Now this creature has insides that are different from ours but are put together the same and are mainly made up of water." She explained while Mercury listened with interest. "If you were to freeze it from the inside you would be free to find the young man. All you would have to do after that would be to use one of your attacks and break out, create a fog and find safety until both you and he recover enough to use the new Time Key I will give you and get back."
"That's easier said then done, Pluto." said Jupiter firmly still trying to convince her to let her instead of Mercury go.
"Only the first part. That monster will eventually destroy itself along with the planet so no fighting will be necessary. Besides, if I were to send any of you then you might lose track of what the purpose of the mission is trying to get a date with him." At these words Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Chibi-Moon all blushed a deep shade of red, knowing that she was right.
"It's all settled then!" Sailor Moon said proudly. "Mercury goes!"
"Wait a sec! I-I don't know if I can do this! I mean... I'm n-not even strong enough!" Mercury was stuttering now, unable to believe that she had been thrown in this so quickly. "I have already explained that you will have no real need to fight once you have the boy." Pluto said calmly with a look in her eyes that said she knew that she had won the argument before it had even started.
"B-but I won't know my way around! A-and what if I can't find this thing before it destroys that world!" She said frantically. It's not that she didn't want to help him. It was just that if anything were to go wrong, and both of them get killed because of a mistake that she made, then she wouldn't be able to forgive herself!
"I have already downloaded the map schematics of that world into your computer, and your visor will be able to detect the creature to within only a short distance. You have no need to worry, you will not make any mistakes." Pluto gave another deep sigh before continuing. "Mercury, I will not force you to go, but I will only send you and no one else. So if you feel that you are not a good enough fighter then just say no and I will send no one."
Mercury's jaw had dropped in pure shock when she heard that. 'She wouldn't really let him die like that would she?' She though fearfully. 'No, that's not it at all. If I say 'no' then it will be as if *I* had killed him. Pluto is putting the guilt trip on me and it's working!' She began to twiddle her fingers and bite her lip, still trying to think if Pluto would actually go through with it and not send anyone should she say no. 'I can't say no and I know it!' She silently screamed st herself. 'I'm twenty chapters ahead in all of my classes, so I could go and it wouldn't even affect my grades.' She reasoned with herself. "Alright I'll go." She said slowly.
"Alright Mercury!" Sailor Moon said, quickly hugging her. "I knew that you would see things my way." Pluto said smiling. She walked up to her and put her hand out. A small key that looked exactly like Chibi-Usa's appeared from nowhere in her hand. Only it had a silver instead of a gold chain and the Mercury symbol was on it. "I made this especially for you, and when you are done your mission I will not ask for it back."
"You knew that I would say 'yes' from the start didn't you?" Mercury asked accusingly. Pluto smiled that strange mystical smile of hers and nodded her head.
"Well, at least with Mercury going we know that he won't be taken when they get back." Venus said to Jupiter, not knowing how much they had just hurt her. She couldn't help but wince in slight pain when they said that. Sailor Moon saw this and decided to try and help. She hugged her friend close, as if saying goodbye and so no one could hear she whispered in Mercury's ear: "You make sure and nab him before coming home or else I'll be really mad!" Mercury smiled at hearing this and gladly returned the hug.
Then a frightening thought occurred to her. "Pluto what about my Okaasan? She isn't home very much but she might notice that I'm gone for two weeks!"
"Don't worry, Mercury. You're correct you're mother isn't home often. So when she does come home I will just brainwash her into thinking that you are at a study group." She said while waving her hand dismissively.
'That makes sense.' Mercury thought, raising her eyebrows in slight surprise. Would anyone ever figure out the extent of her power?
"Now then, everyone form a circle around Sailor Mercury and join hands." Pluto said, suddenly becoming very serious. Everyone did as she told them to do without question, and even Pluto got in the circle surrounding her.
"Now concentrate all of your energy into her. This will be a huge energy strain so try and brace yourself for afterwards." Everyone was concentrating with all of their mind, body and soul. After a minute all of their tiara's had disappeared and were replaced with the glowing symbols of their planets.
Mercury was also concentrating. Thoughts like: 'Please let me help him!' and 'Please don't let me mess up' were her most frequent thoughts as she silently prayed. Soon everyone including Mercury began to glow the colours that they represented, and the circular space that she was standing in also began to glow; it was as if the full moon itself were beneath her.
"Now Sailor Mercury!" Pluto yelled above the noise. Mercury didn't even realize how loud the rising of their powers had gotten. "Hold up the key and shout as loud as you can: Dimension Key, Take me where I wish to be!!" Mercury held up the Dimension Key and shouted the words out as loud as she humanly possibly could, while her hair whipped about her head.
Another circle of light also similar to the full moon appeared above her and she slowly started to float towards it. She was almost there when another thought occurred to her. It was something important that she should know but didn't. "Hey, Pluto!" She shouted while still rising in the air. "What's his name?" Pluto looked up and smiled through the wind. 'Baka!' She scolded herself. 'How could I forget?'
"It's Trunks!" She yelled back. Mercury quickly nodded her head before disappearing into the light. Headed for another world.
To Be Continued..............................
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Ami quietly walked down the street, away from school with her briefcase held in front of her and her head held down. It was a beautiful sunny day, the rays from the sun seemed to dance around her short blue hair, giving it a nice highlighted look. But of course, she didn't notice the beautiful sunny sky with her deep blue eyes pointed down, just walking thinking about her life and it's purpose.
What was her purpose? She felt bad to admit it, but she liked it a lot better when it was just her and Usagi out fighting all the monsters that would attack. A LOT better. At least in those short days she felt like she had a purpose. A real purpose. Now, with ten sailor senshi,(not including the starlights) what was she needed for? She is in fact the weakest member of the group. The only thing she was good for was locating weaknesses in monsters, and they don't even need her for that now that Rei had improved her fire reading abilities.
Ami let out a sad sigh and continued to walk towards Rei's Temple. For some reason Setsuna had contacted all of them last night in their dreams and told them to meet up. It would be the first real scout meeting since Chaos was destroyed almost a year and a half ago. Even though the Guardian of the Time Gates said it was very important, Ami wasn't too worried. Even though she knew she should be.
'What's the point?' She thought miserably to herself. "They don't need me there at all" She said aloud while turning up to the sky. Usagi had matured a lot since she had first become a sailor senshi, and it comforted Ami on some level that at least their princess needed her, and let her know it too. Usagi could act like a true blue blonde sometimes. Although she would never admit it to anyone, Ami was somewhat jealous of Usagi's long blonde hair which was always neatly done up in two buns on top of her head with a long stream of hair coming down from each one and ending at her knees.
They had the same eye colour so there was nothing to be jealous of there. Ami gave a small smile while still staring at the sky and not watching where she was going. Unknown to the others, Usagi and Ami were a lot closer than they all thought. In fact you could almost call them best friends. Ami knew things about Usagi that no one else knew and Usagi knew things about Ami that no one else knew. Like how she really *didn't* like studying. It was just a force of habit that she had pounded into herself to get her mother to stop nagging at her. And how Ami didn't feel all that pretty by comparison to the other senshi.
Sometimes she just felt like the lowest living thing on Earth and no one, not even her Okaasan who was always away working at the hospital seemed to care. Usagi told Ami everything. She was after all her first sailor senshi. That was the only real reason that she stuck around, because Usagi made her feel important in the group by confiding in her so much. While the others just started to ignore her almost completely.
Ami smiled again, only this time it was deeper. Knowing some of the things about Usagi that would make the others drop dead of shock. Like how Usagi wasn't as stupid as Rei had always accused. In fact she had a brain that could keep even her challenged! It turns out that Usagi just knew everything they were teaching in school and wasn't being challenged enough. That's the real reason why she would fall asleep in class. Or how she was starting to grow away from Darien.
Ami still wasn't looking where she was going and unfortunately bumped into an old lady, knocking her over. "Hey!! Watch where you're going!!" She sneered angrily. "Gomen, I wasn't watching where I was going" Ami quickly said and helped her up. She then ran off before the old lady who wasn't even hurt could yell at her some more. 'I can't believe it! I'm getting to be as bad as Usagi!' She thought to herself in amazement, but then a depressing thought occurred to her. 'I forgot, Usagi fakes it.' She let out another deep and depressed sigh before slowing to a walk again.
Finally she made it to Rei's Temple without knocking anyone down and began to climb the steps. She wasn't worried about what Setsuna had to say, whatever it was. Chaos was said to be the last enemy they would fight before Crystal Tokyo emerges, and even if there is a new enemy the others would be able to handle it easily.
"Hey, Ami!" she heard Usagi call. 'Well now this is a first.' Ami thought in a small state of shock. 'Even with Usagi faking being a total ditzt, I still should've made it here first. Oh well.' Usagi ran right up to her good friend, grabbed her hand and dragged her excitedly over to the group. "I can't believe that Setsuna is coming to see us!" She said in that bubbling cheerful way only she could pull off.
"Usagi! Setsuna isn't coming for just a routine visit you know!" The raven hared priestess scolded. "She never leaves the Time Gate unless it's for an emergency you baka!" She was yelling now.
"Rei why are you always picking on me!!" Usagi yelled before bursting out into tears that looked real. Ami saw Darien standing nearby with an expression on his face that said he didn't know whether or not to go and comfort her. She knew that they were growing apart, and at this point it was obvious to her that the only reason they were still together was Chibi-Usa. The others didn't seem to notice their change in behaviour towards one another though. Not even Chibi-Usa herself, who was in fact supposed to be their future daughter.
She looked over to see Chibi-Usa standing near Darien and an interesting thought occurred to her. Darien had short black hair and blue eyes and Chibi-Usa had dark pink eyes with sugar pink hair. Where did she get that from. You would at least think she would have blue eyes like both of her parents.
Ami, still seeing Darien not making any move, went over and put her arm around the sobbing princess's shoulder. She took one last look at Darien and saw him give her a grateful look for helping him. She wasn't angry at him for not comforting her, she understood completely. They just felt awkward around one another that's all.
Ami glanced around and saw that everyone was here except for Haruka and Michiru. "Hey Minako," She called. "Where is Haruka and Michiru?" Minako looked at her somewhat confused before answering. "Don't you remember?" She said. "They went on vacation for their anniversary, and Hotaru is staying with Makoto."
"Oh ya. I guess Setsuna didn't want to bother them." Ami thought out loud.
"You know Ami, you should seriously take a brake from all that studying you do." Rei interrupted. "You're starting to forget all the simpler things, and if you keep that up you'll be just like Usagi" She said with a bit of an evil smirk. This made Usagi cry even harder.
That did it. "You know Rei you really sicken me sometimes!!" Ami yelled before thinking. Everyone stoped what they were doing and just stared at her in shock. She couldn't really blame them, after all, she never did just blow up on anyone like that. She looked at Usagi and saw that she had even stopped crying and was giving her a grateful look for sticking up for her. 'Well, no turning back now.' She thought glumly to herself. "Rei you are suppose to be her friend and fellow senshi. Usagi is our leader and without her we would all be nothing and the Earth itself would have been destroyed many times!" She yelled unable to stop now that she had started. "Yet you are always teasing her and picking on her even though you know how badly it hurts her feelings!"
"It's not my fault that she's an immature, irresponsible, whiner!" Rei interrupted not letting the surprise of Ami's outburst get to her. She did *not* like getting yelled at. She looked over and saw that Usagi was still tearing slightly. Couldn't she take a simple joke? "Besides there's no way that she could have saved the world all those times without us!!"
"That doesn't matter! And even if Usagi is immature and irresponsible she is still young and is allowed to be, and from what we saw of Crystal Tokyo it's obviously something that she'll grow out of!"
That caught Rei by surprise and left her speechless. She lowered her head suddenly ashamed of herself. Ami was right and she knew it. From what they saw of the future, Usagi was a responsible well behaved, well poised queen who was managing to keep the world beautiful and peaceful with Darien at her side. "I'm sorry Usagi." Rei whispered, and she really meant it too.
"It's alright Rei." Usagi said, tears forgotten and a genuine smile on her face.
"Well it's nice to see that you are all still friends." A familiar mystical voice behind them said softly. They all turned around to see Setsuna in her sailor uniform. Her dark green hair done up partially in a bun and the rest going down her back and ending just past her knees and (as usual) holding her staff in her right hand. It looked like a long thin, light purple skeleton key that was slightly taller than her with a red crystal ball on the top. She had a sad look on her face as she faced them.
"Pluto!!" Chibi-Usa called out happily before running up to her. Sailor Pluto got down on one knee and hugged Chibi-Usa with her fee arm. "It's good to see you again Small Lady" She said warmly.
"O.K. Pluto what's this all about? Why did you summon us for a scout meeting?" Makoto said, quickly getting to the point. Pluto let go of Chibi-Usa and stood up. "Yes Pluto, what's this all about?" Hotaru finished. "And why do you look so sad?" Pluto let out a deep sigh. "Before I can tell you anything I must take you all to the Time Gates." And without another word she turned around and with a flick of her wrist a portal opened up and she stepped through it.
Chibi-Usa followed her immediately with Luna and Artemis at her heals, everyone else was somewhat hesitant about stepping through a pitch black portal, but eventually they all stepped one-by-one inside.
When inside they all noticed that they were in their sailor uniforms, which was quite strange considering that none of them had transformed on their own. "Hey, why are we in our senshi uniforms?" Jupiter asked. "Ya, why?" Saturn finished.
"Because I put you in them to save some time. There are too many of you and I want to get this done quickly. You're transformations would have taken too long." Pluto answered simply.
Ami didn't really care how Pluto had the ability to change them all without them knowing it. It felt really good to be Sailor Mercury again. "I didn't know you had that power, Pluto." Eternal Sailor Moon said wonderingly. Pluto merely nodded. "So why are we all here?" Venus asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
Once again Pluto let out a deep and sad sigh. "About six months ago. She began. I detected something strange in the time space. You are all fully aware that no one can go back and forth through time without my at least knowing about it?" She asked. Everyone nodded. "Well someone has been doing just that."
Shock immediately ran through the entire group as well as a huge gasp from everyone. 'What does she mean? Someone's been going through time without her knowing it?' Mercury thought frantically.
Pluto continued her story now that everyone seemed to have taken in what she had just said. "You see someone from another dimension has found a way to go back and forth through time without using the magic of a Time Key."
"You mean," Mercury interrupted. "that someone has discovered a way to use technology to get through the Time Gate?" She just couldn't believe it. She had heard of the possibilities to create a machine that could travel through time, but never expected to hear about one that had been built let alone one that works!
"It's not that simple Mercury." Pluto continued. "The machine that was built seemed to have bypassed the Time Gate completely. This person had already gone back and forth through time several times before I even noticed." Once again a series of gasps ran through the entire group.
"What does this mean, Pluto?" Eternal Sailor Moon asked with worry in her voice. "Is it a new enemy? What is this person doing to time? Do we have a threat to our world? Why didn't you pick this up sooner?" Pluto had to cut her off before she got another question out. "I'm sorry that I didn't pick up on this sooner. As Guardian of the Gates I should be able to detect that kind movement no matter what dimension it happens in, but no one has ever found the technological formula to travel through time like that. I think that is why even I did not pick up on it. I didn't even know there was a formula to create a working time machine so I never worried about it. As to whether or not he is a threat, I can tell you that he isn't."
"Oh so it's a he is it?" Venus said with a blush on her face at the prospect of meeting a new boy. Pluto just gave her a "Get-serious-or-else" look, and Venus immediately got serious. "I have done a check on this young mans past, present, and future. After seeing all of these horrible things, I immediately understood his reasons for going through time, that's what this is all about."
"Who is he, Pluto?" Mercury asked curiously. The red crystal ball on top of Pluto's staff began to glow, and in front of them a projection of very handsome young man appeared. Mercury blushed almost instantly while Mars, Venus and Jupiter had hearts coming out of their eyes. "He's so cute!! Venus and Jupiter squealed in unison. 'Yes he is.' Mercury couldn't help but mentally agree.
His hair was a lavender colour in some kind of mushroom cut. His eyes were so sad yet hard at the same time, as if he had seen Hell itself. He was wearing a black tanktop with a blue jean jacket with a peculiar symbol on the front. It looked like two C's. He was very muscular with baggy black pants and a sword strapped to his back. He looked about nineteen or twenty, the same age as all of them.
'He is by far the most handsome man I have ever seen.' Mercury's blush got deeper at the realization of what she had just thought. "His world was torn up by death and destruction." Pluto said with a sad note in her voice. "He is the only fighter left in his world. A majority of his family, friends and fellow fighters all killed at a young age. He is like all of us you see." She explained. "He is a prince of a planet that has been dead for many years, he also has special abilities as well as the ability to change his appearance."
The crystal ball on Pluto's staff began to glow again and the young mans hair changed from a lavender colour to a pure blonde that spiked up at the sides, his eyes also changed from their deep blue to a teal colour. At this point Mars, Venus and Jupiter were all drooling and the hearts in their eyes got bigger. "Wow, and he's a prince too!" Jupiter said dreamily.
"You said that he was just like our girls, Pluto, but how come Artemis and I didn't know about him?" Asked Luna. Pluto looked at her a moment before answering. The two guardian cats had been so quiet up until now that she forgot they were even here. Finally she found her voice. "I have already told you, he if from another dimension and he has no counterpart of any kind in this world. In fact, the planet that he descended from never even existed in this world." Luna nodded in understanding.
"So why has he been going back and forth through time?" Tuxedo Mask asked. Again the crystal on top of Pluto's staff glowed and another projection appeared above them. It was the image of the young man with his sword drawn. He was fighting and losing against two people. A woman with shoulder length blonde hair, and a man that looked a lot like her only with shoulder length black hair. Mercury then noticed something. 'No wonder he's losing! Those two are ganging up on him!' A surge of anger swept through her. She saw him up there defending innocent people, taking the beating of a lifetime and still getting up for more whenever they knocked him down, and all those two did was laugh at him!
"These are two Androids, and they are the reason why he went back to the past in the first place. They had been terrorizing his world for years so he went back to the past to warn his family about them. They were all fighters so they trained hard and defeated the Androids. When he returned to the future he was strong enough to defeat them on his own and he did." Pluto explained.
"Then why is this such an emergency if his world is peaceful again?" Artemis asked.
"Because his world is not peaceful anymore," Pluto said. "In fact it has been completely destroyed." She finished sadly. No one could believe it. They had just watched that man defeat those two monsters and free his world. 'What could have happened?' Mercury thought frantically.
As if reading everyone's mind, Pluto answered the question that no one had asked. "You see, these two Androids were the only threat to this world for almost twenty years, there was nothing else to try and fight against him. But in the past that he had travelled to, because of the changes made a new enemy showed up a mere seven years later, and even with all of the warriors alive and fighting they still managed to beat this creature by just barely. However because these two Androids were beaten so much later than the ones in this worlds past, it did not stop this creature from appearing anyway and destroying almost all life on this Earths counterpart. This young man is the only one left alive in this world. Not even animals are left."
Everyone suddenly got very pale at hearing that. The idea that something could have so much power and be so evil was very scary. 'But.. What happened to that man?' Mercury worriedly thought.
The projection above them suddenly changed without the need to voice her concern, and this time they all saw that young man trying hard to fight a big fat pink monster. That pink thing had an arrogant smirk on its ugly face. As if it enjoyed causing so much pain. Its eyes were squinted so tight Mercury had to wonder how it could see. The young man was covered in blood that was obviously his own considering that pink thing didn't even have a scratch on it. He was trying very hard to catch his breath and he looked very tired.
"Hey, he needs help fighting that thing!" Jupiter yelled angrily.
"The images you are seeing all happened a few weeks ago so there is nothing we can do for him now." Pluto explained sadly.
They all returned their attention to the projection above them. The giant pink thing began to laugh at the man like he was some kind of joke. The man then seemed to lose it. He charged at the pink monster jumped up and kicked it hard in the face with so much speed the group could barely see it. He then landed back on his feet with the grace of a true professional fighter and punched it directly in the chest. The pink monster just smiled evilly. When they all took a closer look they could see that his fist was stuck in the monsters chest!
"You go bye, bye now!" It said with an extremely annoying voice. If anyone had blinked they would have missed it, but a split second after the fat monster had said that, flaps of its skin had stretched out grabbing the young man preventing him from moving. "What are you doing!!" He yelled. "Let me go!!" He struggled against it but it was no use, he was stuck. Everyone watched in horror as that thing pulled him into his stomach and looked on as the young man slowly disappeared into it.
"W-where did he go?" Mercury asked fearful for the young man's safety. "What did he do to him?"
"He absorbed him," said Pluto calmly. "But he is still alive, Just being tortured." She said it as if that made everything all better, but Mercury could tell by the look in her eyes that these events disturbed her a grate deal. No one deserves that!
"I have taken a look into this worlds future, and while this monster is very powerful it is also very stupid. In a few more weeks it will become bored of torturing this young man, and with no one else to kill, it will destroy the world for the fun of it. Not realizing that he is still on it, killing himself and the young man inside of him."
"THAT'S NOT FAIR!!!" Everyone screamed in unison. "Pluto isn't there anything we can do to help him?" Chibi-Moon asked with tears in her eyes. "You said that this monster won't destroy his world for a few weeks now right?"
"That's correct Small Lady." Pluto said. "You must all realize that both this creature and young man have the power to destroy entire planets if they wanted. But I have looked into this young mans heart and that is something he would never do. That is another reason why I wanted all of you here. If any of you think that he holds too much power and do not trust that he would try and do something to harm this world then say so." She then turned to Sailor Moon. "Usagi-Hime, in the long run the decision to bring him here is yours. If you also feel that someone with that kind of power could be a threat then tell me not to send help for him and I won't."
Eternal Sailor Moon thought for a moment before asking: "Can't we just destroy the monster?"
She shook her head. "No. I've already told you, that monster is too powerful. In fact it is stronger than all of us put together." She said seriously.
Eternal Sailor Moon thought again before saying: "I trust you when you say that he has a kind heart, Pluto. Lets go and get him." Mercury let out a sigh of pure relief. The way Pluto had worded what kind of power he had, she had become afraid for a split second that Eternal Sailor Moon would say that it was too big of a risk.
"So, Lets go and get him already!" Jupiter said as impatient as ever.
"It does not work that way, Sailor Jupiter." Pluto said calmly. "Because this is in another dimension it will take more energy to send someone, so I can only send one person. And even then because of the energy required to get back, who I send will have to stay their for two weeks so that the young fighter can help by giving some of his own energy."
At hearing that Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Chibi-Moon all ran up to Pluto practically begging to be the one she sent to save him. Mercury gave a light smile wondering who she would send. They not only wanted to meet him but danger or no danger whoever was sent would be spending two weeks alone with him. 'Saturn will most likely get picked because she is the second most powerful,' Mercury thought rationally. 'It can't be Sailor Moon she sends, it would be far too dangerous. If Saturn doesn't get picked because she is a little younger then it would probably be Jupiter that goes.'
She glanced over at Pluto and the swarm of girls still begging to be the sent. Pluto just stood there, unmoving and quiet. Waiting for the chatter to stop. Soon it died down and Pluto looked at them all before saying: "Actually, I have already chosen who will go."
"Really? Who?" Venus asked while impatiently tapping her foot. Pluto looked at Mercury with a light smirk on her face. "Mercury will be the one to go." She said with that same mystical voice.
"WHAT?!?!" Everyone yelled in shock, including Mercury. Did she hear that correctly? Send her? Why? Why on Earth would Pluto think that she should go? She was the weakest member of the group, what good could she do?! These thoughts raced through her brain, trying desperately to find an answer, but unfortunately found none. She just stared at Pluto, with her mouth hung open in shock, wondering if the Gouldian of the Gates had gone mad. Everyone else with the exception of Sailor Moon was giving her that same dumbfounded look.
"W-why?." Was all she could muster. "Ya, why?" Jupiter and Venus practically yelled at the same time. "I mean... It's just that...Well I'm stronger than Mercury is, so don't you think that you send me?" asked Jupiter with a hint of jealousy in her voice. "And what about us?" Mars demanded, speaking for herself while trying to make it sound like she wanted an equal chance for the others too. "Were strong too. Don't you think that it might be more of a danger to send Mercury?" Mercury winced slightly at hearing this. She knew that she was the weak one of the group but never thought that her "friends" would be the first to agree with this.
'Do they really have so little faith in me?' She thought sadly. She looked over at Eternal Sailor Moon and was happy to see her giving her a confident smile. Knowing fully well what it's like to be criticized.
"Have you all forgotten what I have told you?" Pluto said with a bit of anger in her voice at having her judgement questioned so soon after their princess just said that she trusted her word. "I have already explained that strength is of no value. Even if I could send all of you, the energy required to kill this monster would kill us all from the drain; and that's including if the starlights along with Neptune and Uranus were with us!"
"Then why send me?" Mercury had to ask. Pluto smiled at her before saying: "because you will have the biggest advantage." She just gave her a puzzled look, so she continued. "It's your computer and visor as well as your power to create a fog to prevent enemies from seeing you. Also you must let that creature absorb you." She explained calmly.
"WHAT!!!" Everybody yelled again. Pluto winced at the high pitched sound. How she wished they would stop yelling. "Let me explain." She said softly, trying to calm the now ballistic girls. "You must remember that, that young man is trapped inside of this monster, and for you to get him, Mercury you must first find this monster and convince it that you are worth absorbing. Now this creature has insides that are different from ours but are put together the same and are mainly made up of water." She explained while Mercury listened with interest. "If you were to freeze it from the inside you would be free to find the young man. All you would have to do after that would be to use one of your attacks and break out, create a fog and find safety until both you and he recover enough to use the new Time Key I will give you and get back."
"That's easier said then done, Pluto." said Jupiter firmly still trying to convince her to let her instead of Mercury go.
"Only the first part. That monster will eventually destroy itself along with the planet so no fighting will be necessary. Besides, if I were to send any of you then you might lose track of what the purpose of the mission is trying to get a date with him." At these words Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Chibi-Moon all blushed a deep shade of red, knowing that she was right.
"It's all settled then!" Sailor Moon said proudly. "Mercury goes!"
"Wait a sec! I-I don't know if I can do this! I mean... I'm n-not even strong enough!" Mercury was stuttering now, unable to believe that she had been thrown in this so quickly. "I have already explained that you will have no real need to fight once you have the boy." Pluto said calmly with a look in her eyes that said she knew that she had won the argument before it had even started.
"B-but I won't know my way around! A-and what if I can't find this thing before it destroys that world!" She said frantically. It's not that she didn't want to help him. It was just that if anything were to go wrong, and both of them get killed because of a mistake that she made, then she wouldn't be able to forgive herself!
"I have already downloaded the map schematics of that world into your computer, and your visor will be able to detect the creature to within only a short distance. You have no need to worry, you will not make any mistakes." Pluto gave another deep sigh before continuing. "Mercury, I will not force you to go, but I will only send you and no one else. So if you feel that you are not a good enough fighter then just say no and I will send no one."
Mercury's jaw had dropped in pure shock when she heard that. 'She wouldn't really let him die like that would she?' She though fearfully. 'No, that's not it at all. If I say 'no' then it will be as if *I* had killed him. Pluto is putting the guilt trip on me and it's working!' She began to twiddle her fingers and bite her lip, still trying to think if Pluto would actually go through with it and not send anyone should she say no. 'I can't say no and I know it!' She silently screamed st herself. 'I'm twenty chapters ahead in all of my classes, so I could go and it wouldn't even affect my grades.' She reasoned with herself. "Alright I'll go." She said slowly.
"Alright Mercury!" Sailor Moon said, quickly hugging her. "I knew that you would see things my way." Pluto said smiling. She walked up to her and put her hand out. A small key that looked exactly like Chibi-Usa's appeared from nowhere in her hand. Only it had a silver instead of a gold chain and the Mercury symbol was on it. "I made this especially for you, and when you are done your mission I will not ask for it back."
"You knew that I would say 'yes' from the start didn't you?" Mercury asked accusingly. Pluto smiled that strange mystical smile of hers and nodded her head.
"Well, at least with Mercury going we know that he won't be taken when they get back." Venus said to Jupiter, not knowing how much they had just hurt her. She couldn't help but wince in slight pain when they said that. Sailor Moon saw this and decided to try and help. She hugged her friend close, as if saying goodbye and so no one could hear she whispered in Mercury's ear: "You make sure and nab him before coming home or else I'll be really mad!" Mercury smiled at hearing this and gladly returned the hug.
Then a frightening thought occurred to her. "Pluto what about my Okaasan? She isn't home very much but she might notice that I'm gone for two weeks!"
"Don't worry, Mercury. You're correct you're mother isn't home often. So when she does come home I will just brainwash her into thinking that you are at a study group." She said while waving her hand dismissively.
'That makes sense.' Mercury thought, raising her eyebrows in slight surprise. Would anyone ever figure out the extent of her power?
"Now then, everyone form a circle around Sailor Mercury and join hands." Pluto said, suddenly becoming very serious. Everyone did as she told them to do without question, and even Pluto got in the circle surrounding her.
"Now concentrate all of your energy into her. This will be a huge energy strain so try and brace yourself for afterwards." Everyone was concentrating with all of their mind, body and soul. After a minute all of their tiara's had disappeared and were replaced with the glowing symbols of their planets.
Mercury was also concentrating. Thoughts like: 'Please let me help him!' and 'Please don't let me mess up' were her most frequent thoughts as she silently prayed. Soon everyone including Mercury began to glow the colours that they represented, and the circular space that she was standing in also began to glow; it was as if the full moon itself were beneath her.
"Now Sailor Mercury!" Pluto yelled above the noise. Mercury didn't even realize how loud the rising of their powers had gotten. "Hold up the key and shout as loud as you can: Dimension Key, Take me where I wish to be!!" Mercury held up the Dimension Key and shouted the words out as loud as she humanly possibly could, while her hair whipped about her head.
Another circle of light also similar to the full moon appeared above her and she slowly started to float towards it. She was almost there when another thought occurred to her. It was something important that she should know but didn't. "Hey, Pluto!" She shouted while still rising in the air. "What's his name?" Pluto looked up and smiled through the wind. 'Baka!' She scolded herself. 'How could I forget?'
"It's Trunks!" She yelled back. Mercury quickly nodded her head before disappearing into the light. Headed for another world.
To Be Continued..............................
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