Hotaru
"Himie do you want us to come with you," asked Haruka pulling up to the mansion which used to be Hotaru's home.
"No Haruka-papa. I need to talk to Tomoe-papa on my own to explain everything properly," said Hotaru as she got out of the car. Getting out of the car she straightened her skirt and waited for Haruka to drive off. Gathering her courage she walked towards the house she once called home. After she rang the doorbell she felt it was an eternity before he answered the door.
"Hello. May I help you?" asked Professor Tomoe.
"Professor Tomoe," Hotaru asked knowing it was him.
"Yes," he replied.
"May I please come in? I have come to talk with you about your daughter," Hotaru said quietly.
"I am sorry but my daughter died many years ago along with my wife," Tomoe replied solemnly.
"Please I need to talk to you. Your daughter is not dead," Hotaru stated carefully. After a moment Tomoe agreed and let Hotaru in the house.
As they made their way to the living room Tomoe said, "How could she be alive? My little Hotaru was caught in the middle of a lab explosion." Hotaru cringed at the memory. "You never told me your name."
"I did die that day but you made a pact with an evil force to save me," said Hotaru. "My name is Tomoe Hotaru."
"Impossible!" yelled Tomoe.
"Please father," begged Hotaru.
"No my daughter is dead! Get out!" yelled Tomoe not looking at her.
Hotaru took a deep breath as the sigil of Saturn blazed on her brow. She walked towards Tomoe and touched his brow with her finger as the sigil of Saturn and her eyes burned bright purple. After a few moments and years of memories flashed in their minds Tomoe feel to his knees with tears in his eyes.
"My little firefly," he said quietly. Hotaru smiled and nodded. "I am so sorry for everything I did to you."
"All is forgiven father. I know it was not you but that you were controlled by Pharaoh 90. There is more we need to talk about. As you saw I am the Senshi of Saturn but there is more I must tell you," she said leading him to the couch and sitting down beside him. "I was originally born on the planet of Saturn a thousand years ago during a time called the Silver Millennium." Once she has finished her story of the end of the Silver Millennium as only she could tell it since she is the only one that was there at the end, she stopped and looked at her father. "Serenity along with her husband Mamoru and the other Senshi and I are to help form Crystal Tokyo. This will be the capital of the world united under Neo-Queen Serenity. I want you with me father."
Professor Tomoe stared at his daughter as everything sank in from what she had just told him. "Thank you for your time," Hotaru said clearly disappointed as she began to stand.
"Hotaru wait," Tomoe said coming to her side. "My answer is yes. I have nothing here and I do not want to loose you again."
"Thank you father," Hotaru told him as she hugged him. "In a little while you will go to sleep and when you wake up it will be a thousand years later. You will have a place at the Crystal Palace as one of the top scientist. You will report to Sailor Mercury, Dr Mizuno Ami who will also be the head doctor of the Royal family." Hotaru turned around when she got to the door with a smile, "See you in a thousand years okasa."
Before Crystal Tokyo by DavisJes
Before Crystal Tokyo © DavisJes March 2008
Sailor Moon © Naoko Takeuchi
