Authors note: I forgot to add this last part into chapter three. Heh.

Chapter Three-

A young girl with long violet hair, that could wrap around her body easily, slid down a long tube. Her feet landed on cold cement. She adjusted the bag that she carried on her shoulder and walked onto the carpet.

"Tarvos." she begin in a small, shaky voice.

A boy with dark red hair turned around to her, shooting the death glare at her, "Have you found it yet?"

"N-no." her hands were shaking violently. "There's no sign of the Pearl of Life. W-what sh-should I do?"

"Find it, idiot. The Queen doesn't believe you are fit to be in her court. She will kill you if you can not prove to her that you can do a simple task." Tarvos shot out. "And how many times have I told you to call me Kanaye."

"I'm sorry Tar- I mean Kanaye," she said, bowing. "I don't see why we must sacrifice someone's life, though."

"Phoebe," he groaned. "Your own life depends on this. Why is it even in question?"

"I understand," she said sadly. She bowed and was on her way toward the exit when Tarvos added,

"Remember all the good that the Queen will do once she receives the pearl, that was rightfully ours."

Phoebe breathed in deeply. She didn't understand how the queen could possibly do any good, when in Phoebe's eyes she only saw evil. She exited through a door and went up the stairs. She had tried to see it from her -mother's- the Queen's point of view, but so far she hadn't been able to. The Queen had said that Phoebe was the weakest out of all her children, and therefore she would always make it difficult on Phoebe.

Chapter Four- The Outers

Chou sat up in bed, clenching onto the sheets, as she looked around the extremely dark room. An unexpected tear rolled down her cheek, and then as if that were queue the other's followed silently after. She wanted to get up and look around, but her legs were shaking violently.

"Mamma…" she called out silently. A full shower of tears erupted from her eyes. She couldn't find it in he r to be brave. "Mamma." she choked once more.

The door creaked open, and a black haired young lady stepped through, looking very confused. Chou's eyes widen in horror, as she sees the figure of someone heading toward her. She shot under the covers, her entire body shaking violently. She wanted to scream out for help, but couldn't find her voice.

"Hello?" Hotaru said, she was just as scared. She didn't want to hurt the child that was in a panic, but she had no idea what to say or do. "I promise I won't hurt you."

"St-st-stay away," Chou screamed, moving further down the bed. She couldn't hear what the crazy woman was saying, but she knew she wanted to stay away. Hotaru bit her bottom lip. She had no idea what to do or say. She thought about calling her mom and papa, but they wouldn't have any better luck than she.

"I only want to help," Hotaru said, her voice slightly strained. She lifted the covers up off the child. She kicked and screamed. "Shhh. Shhh."

Chou rolled off the bed, and the woman walked over to her. "Are you alright?" Chou wiped the tears out of her eyes. She saw the woman for the first time. Her stomach twisted and turned, she cupped her hands over her mouth and spewed all over them. Vomit ran down onto her pajama's. Chou started crying again, this time embarrassed.

Hotaru was slightly grossed out by this, but she had remembered several times when she had done this to herself. She remembered what Michiru and Setsuna-mama would do in a time like this. Hotaru bent down to the child's level, "It's okay, sweetheart."

Chou went to wipe her eyes with her vomited hands, but Hotaru stopped her. She grabbed a tissue from her night stand and wiped the tears out of her eyes. "You know what would make you feel better?" Chou shook her head. Hotaru smiled, "A nice warm bath, and a nice glass of spearmint tea."

Chou smiled for the first time. She noticed how much the woman resembled her mother. The only difference was, she looked younger. Hotaru helped the little girl up and walked her to the bathroom. "My name is Hotaru, what's yours?"

"Chou." she whispered.

Hotaru smiled, "What an adorable name. Your name means Butterfly. Mine is Firefly."

Chou giggled. She knew this young woman was her mother, but she got the feeling she was in the wrong timeframe. She was too afraid to speak and ask questions. She listened to what Hotaru instructed her to do. "I have some clothes for you. Luckily, I saved a box from when I was a child." Hotaru laughed. "Never thought I'd actually need to use them." She ran the bath water for Chou and went to get the box out of her closet. She couldn't help but feel a strong connection between her and the girl. She wondered if there was a possible chance that they were related somehow. She knew she needed to get over to The Mansion and talk to her family about this. Strange things were always happening to them because they were Senshi.

Setsuna Meioh was sitting alone in a quaint café, sipping a warm glass of tea. She still lived with Haruka and Michiru inside their mansion. She had to admit since Hotaru had moved out things had gotten a lot quieter. Michiru had taken up painting and more recitals, and Haruka went back to racing full time.

The woman walked back up to Setsuna, "Is there anything else I can get for you?"

"No thank you," Setsuna said.

The woman looked into the seat across from her. "Awwh, is that your daughter. She's adorable. Would she like anything for hen she wakes up?"

"Huh?" Setsuna said, and peered over the table. She was shocked to see a little girl curled up on the booth. She turned back to the waitress and smiled, "I'll have to see what she wants first."

"Alright, I'll be back when she wakes." she said.

Setsuna leaned over the table again, "Kid, wake up."

The child stirred around in the seat. Rubbing her eyes, she sat up, startled she was in a café. "I don't usually sleepwalk." She stuck her bottom lip out, she turned to look at Setsuna, "Mom, how'd I get here?"

"Mom?" Setsuna asked.

Megumi's face fell, "Please, don't play games."

"I'm not…" Setsuna said truthfully.

"But you are Setsuna Meioh, aren't you?" Megumi asked extremely confused.

Setsuna nodded slowly and Megumi continued, "You're the gatekeeper. Guardian of Time."

"Yes, but we usually don't address these things in public," Setsuna explained.

"I'm so sorry," Megumi said, and cupped her hands over her mouth. "My name is Megumi Meioh, I'm eleven years old, and I usually live in the palace."

"You're in the wrong time, sweetie." Setsuna said. "The time of Neo-Queen Serenity's reign hasn't begun."

"Hmm… I wonder how I ended up here," Megumi said. The waitress came back and asked Megumi if she wanted anything to eat. She looked at Setsuna looking for permission to order something. Setsuna nodded, and Megumi ordered a strawberry muffin, with a glass of orange juice. Setsuna asked the waitress if they could get it to go. She nodded and swept away to go place the order.

"You don't remember how you ended up here?" Setsuna asked. "You weren't told that you were coming to the past? Are there…other's of you?"

"Yes ma'am," Megumi said. "There are eight more of us, assuming that everyone is here. Perhaps we are here for training? Our parents don't want us fighting the current enemies, due to our ages, and such."

"How old is the youngest?" Setsuna asked.

"Well, there are two five year olds." Megumi explained. The woman came back with the food and a check. Setsuna quickly dropped some change there and hurried the little girl out.

"We're going to the mansion so we can figure this out," Setsuna explained, opening the passenger side for the girl. Megumi got in and Setsuna shut it. She got in on her side and cranked the car up. Megumi wondered what was in store for them when they got to the mansion. She could tell that Setsuna was not pleased with her sudden arrival, but she wasn't sure why.

Haruka Tenoh was placing her helmet on, when her manager walked up to her. He had a huge big grin on his face. He placed his hand on Haruka's shoulder, "We're glad to have you back fulltime."

Haruka flashed a smile, "It's good to be back."

Something caught the managers attention, and he turned to look inside Haruka's car. "Eh, Haruka, we usually don't allow kids in races. I thought all your kids were grown."

Haruka's looked at the man bewildered. She looked into the car window and sure enough there was a child curled up in the passenger seat. "I'll take care of this." Haruka said. The manager nodded and walked off. Haruka opened the door and pulled the brown haired girl out of the front seat, "Just what do you think you're doing?"

The little girl barely had time to catch her balance. "No-nothing," she looked at the car confused, and back at Haruka who had her by the neck. She pulled back away from her, slightly aggravated. She was quite aware that this was not the Haruka she knew. She stomped her feet, and crossed her arms. "You have issues."

"I do?" Haruka asked, her eyebrow raised. "I'm not the one playing inside people's cars."

"Well, I wasn't playing. I was originally sleeping peacefully in my bed! And then I end up in your car." Sora growled. She glanced at Haruka's gear. Her name was written all over it. She knew spatting out her name wouldn't be very effective. "Where's Michiru-mama?"

"Who?" Haruka asked, slightly aghast.

"I think you're fully aware of who I'm talking of." Sora said.

"I have a race to win." Haruka said, and went to shut the door, but Sora slid in just as it shut.

Cursing, Haruka got into the driver seat, "What do you want kid?"

"I need to speak to Michiru-mama and find my sister," Sora explained. "I'm not getting out of this car until that happens."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Haruka said. "Now get out!"

Sora shook her head, "Sailor Uranus, you better listen to me now. I have the ability to tell your identity to the world."

Haruka glared at the little girl. Her manager walked back up to let her know the race was about to start. Haruka tried to show that she was not irritated, "Something's come up."

"Haruka Tenoh…are you forfeiting?" he asked completely shocked.

"I'm going to have to," Haruka said gripping the steering wheel.

"This will be the first race…ever"

"Please, don't say anything else. I have to go." Haruka said, cranking the car up. She slammed he foot on the pedal and took off. She couldn't believe she had to quit for the first time ever. She was far too ticked off to try and speak to the girl.

Kiya Kaioh's eyes popped open. She blinked several times to see if she was dreaming. The ceiling was painted with angels. She smiled, and sat up. Yawning, her eyes bounced back and forth trying to grasp her new surroundings. Her feet touched the ground and something small, and furry came up to them and begin licking them.

"Eeeee!" Kiya squealed. She looked down to see a small puppy looking up to her. "Oberon!" The puppy yelped, excitedly. Kiya bent down to pick him up. "You're so adorable! I've never seen you as a puppy. You're all old in my time."

The puppy licked her face. Kiya stood up from the couch. She needed to find out why she was here, and why her puppy had been kidnapped- dog napped. She was amazed at how big the house was, and the breathtaking scenes. She passed by a huge kitchen, that could easily fit twelve people in it. She wondered who lived in this mansion. She was shocked that there weren't a gazillion different people going all over the place. She heard a soft humming melody coming from upstairs. She looked down at the puppy, gulping.

"Ready to go find the culprit?" she asked. The puppy licked her feet. Kiya giggled. She started tiptoeing up the stairs. Her insides were squirming, as she knew she was about to encounter a possible thief. She wasn't sure how she was going to confront the horrible person, but she knew she had to. She felt nauseated when she got to the last step, to see a hall full of rooms. She wanted to scream. She had never seen so many rooms, and them to be all empty. At home, they had only five bedrooms, but there was often people coming in and out of them.

She spotted an open door, and walked up to it. Peering in, she saw a woman, with her hair pulled back into a hat. She was painting a beautiful picture. Kiya's eyes grew large when she recognized the picture. She gasped, and walked into the room, "You stole that picture!"

Michiru's paintbrush went up through the picture, startled. She turned around to see a small little girl standing there, pointing her finger at her, and the puppy at her feet. Michiru smiled, "You're quite adorable."

"No, you can't kidnap me too!" Kiya squealed, she went to make a run for it, but stopped and stared into the woman's eyes. "You look very familiar."

"Do I?" Michiru asked, very amused.

Kiya nodded indefinitely, "Why did you kidnap Oberon? That's not very nice."

Michiru laughed, "I'm afraid I bought Oberon fair and square. He was a gift from Haruka."

Kiya whirled around and came back to face Michiru. "How do you know Haruka? I know Haruka, you can't too. You're an evil kidnapper." She bent down and picked the puppy up. "I'm taking Oberon back!"

Michiru nodded, "I agree, you should. Do you need a place to stay? I have a room, but it's going to cost you."

Kiya looked at her quizzical. "How much?" She reached into her pocket and pulled out some lent. "This is all I have."

Michiru smiled, "That's the right amount of lint I needed." Michiru held out her hand. Kiya looked from her hand to the lint. She bit the top of her lip, and slowly walked toward her. She shut her eyes as the lint fell out of her hand and into Michiru's hand. She quickly pulled her hand back so the kidnapper wouldn't grab her too. Michiru stood up, and put the lint in her own dress pocket. "I will show you and Oberon to your room now."

Michiru led the way down the hall. She came to the second room and opened it, "This will be your room while you stay."

Kiya nodded. She went and placed Oberon on the bed. She looked back at Michiru, "Miss… I'm a little hungry."

Michiru smiled, "What would you like to eat?"

"Ice cream!" Kiya squealed.

"I can do that." Michiru replied.

"And you won't poison it?" Kiya asked.

"I promise," Michiru said. "Besides you paid fair and square."

Kiya nodded in agreement. Michiru shook her head. The child was very creative. The two of them walked into the very big kitchen. Oberon followed close behind Kiya. The front door opened, catching Michiru's attention. She looked around the corner just as Hotaru was coming in.

"Hotaru, I wasn't expecting you." Michiru sad coming toward her daughter. She spotted a little girl quivering behind her. "Oh, I see."

Kiya came out of the kitchen, ice cream smeared all over her face. "You know Hotaru too! Just who are you evil kidnapper?"

Hotaru looked at Michiru slightly confused. She had never seen the girl in her life, and was calling her mother a 'kidnapper'. Michiru smiled, "Are you sure you want to know? Can you handle the truth?"

"Yes, I can handle the truth." Kiya said.

"Alright, if you think so." Michiru said. She took her hat off, causing her aqua hair to cascade down to her shoulder's. Kiya's eyes widened, her mouth dropped open, but she couldn't speak.

Haruka and Setsuna came in the front door, with children of their own. Haruka groaned when she saw that there were other children already there. The little blue haired one gave out a shriek when she saw Megumi and Sora. Chou even went over to the two older girls.

"We need to talk," Haruka said to Michiru directly.

Setsuna took the children into the living room, and then met the other three in a secluded room. Haruka was infuriated, "I had to forfeit my first race ever! Not even when I was Sailor Uranus did I forfeit a race."

Michiru looked at Haruka, shaking her head, "Because there was no reason for you to forfeit. We knew the other girls could handle it, and you and I both know, if we were ever needed than you would have forfeited a race."

"Michiru, these kids are bad news!" Haruka stated. "They show up expecting us to be their parents."

Michiru took a note out from her pocket, "They are our children. Whether you want to believe that or not." The note was passed around. It was written by Michiru from the future. "It'll only be for the summer."

Haruka shook her head, "It's not that easy, Michiru. Our lives are going to change no matter what. I was content with having only Hotaru."

Hotaru's stomach squirmed. She had never seen Haruka so upset about kids. Of course, in her childhood life they tried to eliminate her because they thought she was evil and not possessed. The two bickered back and forth until Haruka just walked out.

Setsuna sighed, "She'll come around eventually. For the time being, though, I must return to my post and see if I can read into the future. There is no sign of an evil presence, and if they're here from the future than our future selves must know something."

"Megumi is staying here than?" Michiru asked feeling exhausted. She had never had an argument with Haruka this bad. She couldn't help but feel as though Haruka felt like her freedom was just swept right out from under her feet. She understood from her perspective, but they were just children and they wouldn't understand that.

"If that's alright with you? I will be back within a couple of days." Setsuna said, she picked up her purse and walked out. She didn't bother to explain to Megumi that she was leaving.

"May I stay here and help you out with the kids?" Hotaru asked.

"That would be wonderful," Michiru said. "I better go speak to them and then I'm going to have to find Haruka."

Hotaru nodded. She had a bad feeling that she was going to be watching four children all at once.