BISHOUJO SENSHI SAILORMOON
~MIRAI~
PART XI: ANGEL OF MINE

by: Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)

Disclaimer: Sailormoon belongs to Takeuchi Naoko and Kodansha, not me.
Although most of the characters in this fanfiction are original and
created by me.

Some Japanese words I use:
odango = dumpling
kaa-san = mother
onee = older sister

* * * *

With a sad look on her face Chie picked up a flower from the ground.
She looked at the flower for a long time. It was so pretty. So far it
was the only flower that she had found in the garden that wasn't
smashed or destroyed in some other way. Chie closed her eyes and her
hand squeezed the flower tightly. She didn't even want to look at the
garden, or to be more specific, what was left of it. Inside she was
feeling so angry, why did the demons have to show up and destroy
everything? It was always the same thing. The demons showed up,
destroyed something, eventually some Senshi would come and destroy the
demons. But the garden... it was beyond repair.
"Six years of work..." she said to the five people who stood
behind her. "Six years of *my* work and look at it now. It was all
destroyed so fast. There's nothing left."
"It's not all gone," Usagi said with a comforting voice. "You
can still rebuild everything and plant new flowers."
Chie opened her eyes and turned to Usagi, Kenji, Yasha, Hikaru and
Akira. In her eyes they all saw something that they hadn't seen
before. Tears. Although Chie had always struggled to keep her tears
back, they could all see that she was now on the verge of crying.
"I can't just startover!" Chie yelled and startled Usagi. "It
would take another six years to repair everything! It's too much, I
don't have that kind of strength or the patience anymore! I just
can't!"
With that she ran past everyone and back into the house. They watched
her leaving, Usagi did it with a regretful look on her face. She
whirled a look of her pink hair around her finger. For once it wasn't
put up in her usual odango style, instead her hair was gathered in a
loose ponytail.
"I guess that I said the wrong thing..."
Kenji shook his head. "I think she'll calm down eventually. I wouldn't
be so happy either if I were her. Chie's been working with the garden
ever since I came here... and even long before that."
"So... what are we going to do about this now?" Yasha asked
and crossed her arms. She gazed at the destroyed garden. "There's no
way that she'll just calm down and start to clean up things. I mean,
look at this mess."
Akira shrugged. "I guess that we'll have to do the cleaning," he
suggested. "Perhaps she'll get motivated and join in."
"Good idea," Usagi answered enthusiasticly and smiled faintly.
"I'll go and get the things!" She ran towards the storage that lied
next to the garage.
"It looks like she's become happier the last few days," Yasha
pointed out. "That transformation did something good to her. What I
don't get is who that woman she saw was."
Hikaru stood silent, he had been wondering that ever since Usagi had
told them what had happened and how she had transformed. The
description of the woman she had seen matched the woman who had helped
Hikaru saving Yasha. But since he hadn't told anyone about what had
happened, no one except for him knew about her existence. But perhaps
Usagi did. But who was this woman who had twice shown up and helped
them?

* * * *

The sleeping quarters of the Zealots were filled with noise and talk.
Most of it came from the children, the eldest ones talked while
playing with the younger ones. Most of the adults were gone for the
day, Freya had sent them on a scouting mission. Freya herself hadn't
gone because someone had to watch the children and the Zealots had
forbid her to go out that much. Probably because they didn't want
another dead leader.
[I'll have to talk to them about that sooner or later...]
Freya thought as she opened a book since she had nothing else to do.
Before she had time to read through the first page she felt someone
carefully tugging at her shirt. Freya turned from the book and saw
that it was Michie, one of the children.
"Freya, someone has opened the hatch and is coming down here!"
she alerted. Freya frowned, it couldn't be the adult Zealots, she had
just sent them away an hour ago. Freya tossed the book away and jumped
up. She walked towards the entrance, her clothes were replaced with a
Sailor fuku at the same time. She held up her hand and her spear
appeared ready to strike.
Valkyrie held her weapon ready as a woman entered the sleeping
quarters. It was a Senshi, but not one of the Zealots. The Senshi was
tall, with green hair and eyes of the same colour. Her fuku was
mostely dark but her bows were earth brown. When she realized who the
Senshi was, she immediately dropped her weapon and kneeled down.
"Forgive me for my rudeness, Nature-sama."
"There is no need to kneel or apologize," the Senshi, Nature,
replied and helped Valkyrie up. "I understand that you must be on your
guard after what the recent tradegies. But regardless of what has
happened, I desperately need your help."
"The Zealots will be at your service."
Nature smiled faintly. "I don't need that much help. I just need to
find the location of a Senshi. I only know her Senshi name and which
Senshi group she is in. The Zealots have always hold a lot of
information about different Sailor Senshi, which is why I came to
you."
Valkyrie nodded. "I understand, come with me," she said and then
headed for what used to be Dahlia's room. It didn't look any different
from how it had looked when Dahlia was alive, it was because it was
supposed to be Valkyrie's new room but she just couldn't bare to
change anything. The computer was already on and Valkyrie sat down in
front of it.
"What is the name of the Senshi and the group?" Valkyrie
asked.
"Archangel. The group name is the Shin Senshi."
"I know that one..." Valkyrie murmured as she typed in the
names. "The son of Jean Takanera is in that group. And the daughter of
Sailorastarte is the leader."
"Astarte?" Nature repeated in surprise and looked at Valkyrie.
But then she turned to screen again as the information popped up.
"Kamiya Tomoko is her real name," Valkyrie told. "Born 4014
here in Crystal Tokyo. We suspect that she has gone through several
name changes since there are so many suspicious things about her
files. She currently lives with the other Shin Senshi."
"Do you have the address?" Nature asked.
"Of course."

* * * *

Hecate stood in front of the huge doors. The doors were so high that
they almost reached to the ceiling. She looked around at the
crystallized walls and other doors. It was truly a beautiful palace
that Hel-sama occupied. The doors suddenly flung open without being
physically touched by anyone or anything. Hecate wasn't surprised.
"Enter," a dark, female voice commanded.
Hecate slowly walked inside the throne hall. So far she couldn't see
anyone but the throne hall was full on dark crystals. There were
crystals in all kinds of sizes but they all had the same dark, black
colour. The dark crystals formed only one path, right forwards. Large,
mauve curtains that hung from the ceiling at the end of the hall.
Hecate stopped when she was a few metres from the curtain and kneeled
down.
"You called for me, Hel-sama?"
The curtains were slowly pulled aside by an invincible force and
revealed a tall woman sitting on one of the two thrones. Her face
wasn't very visible because of the dark room. The only light came from
a few candles. Hecate could see that Hel-sama was looking the same as
usual. Her straight, purple hair was done in the same way, it even
fell over her shoulder the same way. The usual black dress was being
worn. Although Hecate thought that Hel-sama wouldn't be herself
without the black dress and the straight hair, she wondered for how
many decades Hel-sama had looked that way.
"Hecate, I have a request," Hel said. "Your sister has not
been too successful about the Shin Senshi lately. Her failures will
make her face the same fate as Morpheus."
"My sister is a fool," Hecate replied. "I apologize for her
failures, Hel-sama."
"There is no need to apologize. I need you to eliminate them,
if not all of them then as many as you can."
"I will do whatever you wish to. Just tell me which ones you
want dead."
From where Hecate was she couldn't see if, but Hel smiled to herself.
She was more satisfied with Hecate than she was with Tiamat or had
been with Morpheus. Tiamat and Morpheus had cared too much about each
other, it had been a negative thing. The good thing about Hecate was
that she didn't care about anyone anymore. There were two people who
Hecate truly cared about once, but one was gone and one was Tiamat.
The sisterly bond between Hecate and Tiamat was gone, which was why
Hecate was the most dedicated person Hel could ask for.
"I knew that I could count on you, Hecate. I want you to
eliminate the one who is most vulnerable, the Archangel."

* * * *

"How ambitious..." Tomo murmured to herself while standing by
the window and looking out at the gardens. Chie had taken her car and
driven off somewhere a while ago, about the same time as Usagi and the
others had started to clean up the garden. The garden had been Tomo's
work as well as Chie, even though she had only lived in the Sakura
Mansion for two years. Yet, she felt nothing when she saw the
destroyed garden.
She looked at Usagi's face. Usagi seemed to happy when she was
cleaning the garden and talking to the others. Tomo felt a sting of
jealousy in her heart. She could have been done there as well, helping
them out. But she couldn't do anything, she didn't want to either.
Without her full power she felt as if a part of her was missing.
During the fight she had felt herself getting weaker. Her attack
hadn't done much damage to the demons, the only thing that she could
do without getting exhausted was to fly. She had even tried to heal
Chie's leg but it had done very little.
What kind of angel was she if she couldn't heal?
[I have to go...] Tomo thought suddenly and left the window.
She went downstairs and down to the hallway where she took her shoes
on. After that she grabbed her jacket and left the mansion. No one
would notice that she was gone, they would be to busy with the garden.
At first she slowly walked the empty road. There was very
little traffic, except for the buses that came in the morning and the
afternoon. Tomo pulled out her Star Talisman from her jacket pocket
and looked at it. She touched the angel wings and the jewels with her
fingertips, already in deep thought. This brooch had been belonged to
two Archangels before her, her mother and her mother's sister. At
least that was what Tomo had been told.
"Kaa-san... what would you have done in my place?" Tomo asked
quietly with eyes focused on the Star Talisman. "You and your onee,
the first Archangel... you both perished when your power weakened and
failed you. Will I face the same destiny as well? Will... will I die?"
She stopped walking but continued to stare at the Star Talisman.
Inside her questions was being repeated over and over again. She could
hear them clearly as if she was saying them herself.
Will I die?
Will I face the same destiny you did, kaa-san?
Isn't there something I can do about this?
Tomo slowly sat down on the roadside, she held the Star Talisman even
harder as she began to cry. At first she didn't know why she cried,
she thought that it was because she was feeling sad. But then it just
struck her. She was so scared that she was shaking. The fear inside
her was making her cry.
"I don't want to die..." she murmured to herself between the
sobs. It was true. She didn't want to die. She didn't want to die like
her mother or her aunt. Most of all she wanted to live like a normal
person, she wanted to be able to have close friends without worrying
that they would find out about her Senshi identity, she wanted to live
without fearing NSS and switching names. She wanted to live like a
normal human.
[Kaa-san, what should I do? I wouldn't be myself if I wasn't a
Senshi... but will I live if I continue to be one?]

* * * *

[It's time to make my entrance...] Hecate thought to herself.
She was hiding behind the trees and watching Kamiya Tomo. The girl
seemed to frail and vulnerable when she sat there crying, just like
Hel had told her. Hecate smiled and then took one step to leave her
hiding place. But before she even had the time to take a second step,
a voice was heard through the place.
"Evil one, I can not allow that you get your hands on that
innocent girl."
Luckily Tomo wasn't aware of the voice, she had probably not even
heard it. Hecate frowned and then looked at the person who the voice
had come from. It was a Senshi, no doubt, standing not so far away.
Hecate wondered how she could have arrived without Hecate noticing
her. But this Senshi looked different from those Shin Senshi that
Hecate was used to seeing.
There was something about the Senshi's eyed which gave
everyone the impression that she was far older than she looked like.
Hecate suspected that this Senshi was even older than herself. The
Senshi's hair had a green, rich colour... like emerald green. It was
short and hardly reached to her shoulders. Her eyes had the same
colour as her hair, but only a little darker. The Sailor fuku was
quite plain, it was like the first Sailor fuku that the Sailor Senshi
wore but without the protectors. The colors on the fuku were an
unusual combinations, dark green and brown. The only thing special on
her fuku was a dark cape that was connected to her gloves.
"Who are you? What right do you have to tell me what to do?"
Hecate asked and turned to the Senshi. The Senshi's eyes narrowed in
anger.
"I won't let you have that girl even if it kills me," the
Senshi retorted. Hecate just shrugged. Once she had taken care of this
Senshi she could concentrate on destroying Kamiya Tomo. On the other
hand it wasn't a hard mission that Hel had given her. Kamiya Tomo was
nowadays known as the weakest of the Shin Senshi, especially failing
to fight the demons that Tiamat had sent to the Shin Senshi's home. It
would be a piece of cake to get rid of her.
"If that's how you want it..."
She held out her hand to shoot a blast that would send this Senshi
back to wherever she came from, but the Senshi just smiled. Hecate
frowned again, didn't she realize that she was about to die? But the
Senshi looked at Hecate as if it was the situation was to her
advantage.
"Don't you get it?" the Senshi asked.
"Get what?" Hecate hissed with an annoyed tone. She was
getting impatient. What was with this Senshi anyway? Probably one of
those Senshi who had gone insane because of their powers. The Senshi
smiled again and said:
"You are standing behind a tree, in a place surrounded by
plants and nature itself."
"So?"
The Senshi's smile widened. To her, Hecate looked so ignorant. Hecate
actually thought that *she* could kill her? The Senshi waited a few
moments. She was going to enjoy saying this.
"Oh... did I forget to tell you? My name is Nature."

* * * *

"Daddy, where are you going?"
"Sweetheart... I'm going away for a while."
"Where?"
"To a beautiful place, where you always can see stars shooting
across the sky. I don't know how long I'll be gone, so you have to be
a good girl and take care of your mother."
Those words were the only memory Tomo had of her father. His face and
hugs had been forgotten during the last twelve years and Tomo's mother
had rarely talked about him. As far as Tomo could remember her parents
hadn't fought much, so that couldn't have been the reason why he left
and never came back.
[Then why did he leave? Why did he leave kaa-san and me here
all alone? Where is he now?]
Tomo looked her the Star Talisman once again. It was the only thing
that was left of her mother, why did her loved ones have to eventually
go away one by one? Was she the next one to leave? It wasn't fair how
things have turned out, she used to be like any normal girl living
with her parents. It just wasn't fair.
"Life isn't fair," was what her mother used to say when Tomo
used to complain. "Misfortune and sadness is just a part of what life
is. We just have to accept it and be content with what we have."
[Then why does everyone else seem so happy with their lives
except for me?] Tomo questioned, positive that her mother could hear
her thoughts. [Why does everyone seem to live so happy lives? Am I
just being childish because I wish that I could laugh and smile like
them? Am I being paranoid when I believe that my life could end any
moment?]
What was she going to do? She couldn't quit being a Senshi, but what
would happen if she continued to be one? She could die. She had known
that a long time, but now that her powers were failing her she feared
that possibility more than before.
"I don't want to die... I don't want to die..."
Tears came again and wet her cheeks. One of the tears suddenly landed
on the the Star Talisman. At first nothing seemed to happened, but
suddenly the jewels on the Star Talisman began to glow. Tomo stopped
crying and looked at the talisman. Each jewel was glowing brightly for
some reason.
"What's going on?" Tomo whispered softly. It was her last
thought before everything went black.

* * * *

Chie stopped the car immediately. If it wasn't for her seatbelt she
might have knocked her head right into the car window. She looked
what, or to be correct, who was lying on the road not very far from
her car.
"Tomo?" Chie whispered and took of her seatbelt. She pulled
the keys out and got out of the car. She ran over to Tomo and bent
down. Tomo was lying there unconsious but there was no trace of a
wound or something that hinted about a fight.
"Tomo, wake up," Chie said as she pulled the girl up in her
arms and shook her. "Wake up!"
As she shook Tomo, something began to happen. Tomo's body suddenly
felt lighter and to Chie's great shock and panic it began to look
transparent. Chie looked at Tomo in shock, she had heard about this
before. She had read about Sailormoon's battle against Galaxia and
what had happened to the Inner and the Outer Senshi. They had died but
revived once they got their Star Seeds back. Was the same thing
happening to Tomo? Impossible, in the past two millenias there had
been no report of demons being able to take people's Star Seeds. Then
what was going on with Tomo.
"Tomo, listen to me!" Chie said even though Tomo was almost
gone. For the second time that day tears were formed in her eyes.
"Hold on, don't give up!"
What could she do? Nothing. Her medical education had taught her
nothing about this. There wasn't a physical injure on Tomo's body, it
was something else that made her disappear. What was it? Chie cried
hard as she hugged Tomo tightly. Eventually she just disappeared.
There was nothing left of Tomo when Chie opened her eyes. She was just
gone.
"No..." Chie whispered and covered her face with her hands.
"No... not you too... Tomo..."
All of the sudden someone jumped out on the road. Chie looked up and
her eyes narrowed in anger when she saw who it was. It was Hecate.
They had fought Hecate once before, when Yasha had become injured.
Hecate had almost killed Yasha and now Tomo...
"Where did she go?!" Hecate yelled when she discovered that
Tomo was gone. Chie stood up.
"You!" she screamed and pointed at Hecate. "You did this to
Tomo!"
She pulled out her transformation pen from her pocket and held it
tightly as she looked at Hecate with eyes hard as rock. "I will not
let you go away unpunished. Ishtar Star Power! Make up!"

* * * *

"I feel some kind of strange energy."
Everyone stopped their work in the garden and looked at Usagi. She had
already put her things down and her eyes had a strange look. They all
gathered around her.
"What is it?" Yasha asked.
Usagi frowned. "I don't really know..." she murmured. "To be honest I
don't have a clue. It's just that... something is going on. I can't
really put my finger on it."
"Maybe it's an attack by the demons," Akira suggested. Usagi
shook her head.
"No, it's not that... It feels different when there are demons
around. This is something different. It feels so familiar but I can't
figure out what it is."
A discussion about what to do or what the energy could come from
suddenly broke out between the four others. It didn't stop until Misao
suddenly came into the garden from the garage and caught their
attention. Everyone went silent and their gazes turned to her, even
Usagi's.
"Good morning, everyone!" Misao greeted happily. "I rang the
doorbell but no one came, so I assumed that you were out here."
"No one opened?" Kenji wondered, surprised. "Aren't Tomo and
Chie inside?"
Misao shrugged. "I don't know. But when I came through the garage I
noticed that one of the cars were gone. Perhaps they drove off
somewhere."
The others looked at each other, all of them knew that the strange
energy that Usagi had felt could be coming from Chie or Tomo. And that
they could be in trouble.
"Let's look for them," Hikaru decided and everyone else agreed
with him.

* * * *

[Where am I? It's so dark and cold here... I can't see
anything... Is this... Is this what death is like? Am I... dead?]
Tomo opened her eyes. She couldn't see anything. Everything was black
and dark. There was nothing. She couldn't even see herself. Where was
she? What was this place. She put her arms around herself in an effort
to warm up. It didn't work. She was still feeling cold.
"Can you handle the power?"
She saw something. Something very little but bright. It was so far
away, Tomo couldn't see what it was. But eventually the bright object
came close enough for her to see what it was. It was her Star
Talisman.
"Can you handle the power?" a voice asked again. Tomo didn't
answer, instead she reached out her arms and touched the Star
Talisman. She felt her body being warmed and the darkness around her
disappearing. The darkness was being replaced by a bright background.
Tomo slowly fell and reached a bright floor. She had been transformed
into Archangel, somehow. After examining herself, she looked around.
She was standing in some kind of hall, with pearl white walls and
floor. On the ceiling were paintings of different angels. Some of the
angels were portraited the traditional way, with halos and white
clothes. Other angels were portraited as Senshi, all with either blue
or white fuku.
"Can you handle the power?" a voice asked for the third time.
Archangel looked forwards and saw a woman standing in front of her.
The woman bore a strange resemblance to her mother, but her hair was
light blonde and put in a braid. She wore a Sailor fuku, almost
identical to Archangel's. The difference was that everything was white
and her wings were larger.
"The angels are the messengers," the woman told Archangel. "We
Archangels were sent to Earth with a mission."
"You are the first Archangel..." Archangel suddenly whispered,
about the same time as she realized it herself. "Then you must be my
mother's older sister, Aozora."
Aozora nodded. Archangel noted how much she looked like her own mother
when she did that.
"You are correct," Aozora replied. "I was once called
Archangel, before my death."
A worried look came across Archangel's face when she heard what Aozora
had just said. She had been called Archangel, before her death. Then
how could Archangel be talking to Aozora if Aozora was dead?
"Does this mean... that I'm dead as well?" she asked. Aozora
shook her head slowly.
"No..." she answered. "You are yet not aware of your real
mission, Archangel. Neither was I or your mother while we were alive.
The angels are the messengers, the Archangel were sent to Earth with a
mission to complete. It is why the Archangel must never die. If one
Archangel die, the power will just be passed on to someone else until
the mission is completed."
"Then why are my powers failing?" Archangel asked. "And why
did my mother's powers fail her?"
"It is because you aren't aware of the power or the mission,"
Aozora told. "Your mother could have completed the mission, but she
chose to live a normal life over living as a Senshi. I became aware of
the power just before my death, but it was too much for me. I couldn't
handle it and in a last desperate attempt to get rid of it, I only
suceeded in destroying myself."
"So why am I different?" Archangel asked. "I don't have the
strength to be a Senshi. I am afraid, deeply afraid."
"Fear has a lot to do with everything," Aozora said. "But we
all have faith in your, the third Archangel. We all have faith... that
you will complete the mission and you will survive."
The Star Talisman appeared floating in the air between Archangel and
Aozora. Aozora touched the Star Talisman. Something inside told
Archangel to do the same thing. She reached out her hand and touched
the Star Talisman with her fingertips.
The Star Talisman shone with a bright light and started to
change. The old jewels were being replaced by white pearls and the
white colour on the brooch changed to silver. The wings on the brooch
even grew a little larger. Aozora releaed the Star Talisman and it
placed itself in Archangel's hand. Archangel stared at the Star
Talisman and suddenly realized what the mission was about.
"Go now," Aozora urged softly. "Complete the mission. For all
of us."

* * * *

"I will not let you get away with this..." Ishtar hissed once
her transformation was done. Hecate sighed.
"I don't know what happened to the girl but I had nothing to
do with it," she replied. "Honestly."
Ishtar clenched her fist in anger. "Liar!" she yelled and raised her
right arm. Two crescent moons appeared above her fingers and
disappeared as she pointed at Hecate. "Crescent Beam!"
Hecate disappeared and the beam hit a tree instead. The beam caused
the tree to split in two and the highest part fell down across the
road. Hecate appeared again once the danger was over and raised her
own hands. Yes, she had intended to kill Tomo but she had nothing to
do with her disappearance. But that didn't mean that she was going to
take it easy on Ishtar.
"If you want a fight, then that's what you'll get!" Hecate
called. "Quake!"
The ground began to shake and the road began to shatter. Ishtar lost
her balance and fell. The quake had caused the road to shatter in the
middle and created a huge crack. Without control of anything, Ishtar
began to fall towards the chasm. She tried desperately to cling on to
something, but she couldn't. Just as she fell over the edge she felt
something being wrapped around her and pulling her up. Before she knew
it she was lying on safe ground with something that looked like a
liana wrapped around her waist.
"You're not through with me yet," an unknown voice said.
Ishtar looked up. Next to her stood a female Senshi with a dark cape.
Hecate just rolled her eyes.
"You never give up, do you, *Nature*?"
"Nature?!" Ishtar repeated in shock and looked at the Senshi
who had saved her. "You're *the* Nature?!"
Nature smiled faintly. "At least someone who knows my name," she
answered and released Ishtar. "It's nice to meet you, daughter of
Astarte."
"What?" Ishtar questioned and but then remembered what she had
heard about Nature. There wasn't time to ask or explain anything. The
ground began to shake once again but luckily Ishtar grabbed on to
something and kept her balance. Nature looked at Hecate with full
confidence in her eyes and then slowly raised her hands.
"Don't mess with the forces of nature," she warned and smiled.
"But most of all, don't mess with me."
She looked up at the sky and whispered a few words to herself. The
blue sky suddenly switched from being blue to being dark grey. Dark
clouds covered the sky and somewhere thunder was being heard. Hecate
frowned and knew what would happen. Lightning struck down just a few
metres from her and more was about to come. Hecate realized that this
was a fight she couldn't win. Nature was too powerful, at least at the
place they were at now. Hel was going to be disappointed with her, but
she would find some other way to kill the Shin Senshi. When Nature
wasn't going to be around to protect and help them. If Hecate would
fight Nature somewhere else, she could win. But right now there was
nothing she could do but to retreat.
"Are you getting scared, Hecate?" Nature asked with a mocking
tone. Lightning struck once again. "Or are you giving up?"
"I'll deal with you another time," Hecate answered and floated
up in the air. "And I'll find other ways to kill the Shin Senshi when
you're not around. But trust me, we'll be seeing a lot of each
other... Nature."
Those were her last words before she disappeared. The dark clouds
disappeared and the sky turned blue again. It was like nothing had
changed at all. Ishtar got up slowly. Her face was filled with
sadness. She had wanted to fight Hecate, but what would she do now?
Tomo was gone anyway.
"What is it?" Nature asked.
"My friend..." Ishtar said slowly and tried to hold her tears
back. "Hecate killed her. Or caused her death somehow. Nothing is
going to bring her back, not even killing Hecate and avenging her. She
was like a little sister to me and now she's dead."
"She's not dead."
Ishtar looked at Nature with shock. "How do you know that?" she
wondered. "I saw her getting transparent and then just disappearing. I
know what I saw."
Nature smiled faintly, just like she had before.
"I know what I'm seeing right now," she replied and nodded
towards another direction. Ishtar turned around. On the other side of
the road a figure was being materialized. The figure was about as tall
as Tomo, but Ishtar didn't dare to hope. But eventually the figure
showed features and when a fully materialized person stood there, it
couldn't be anyone but Archangel. Her fuku was a little different. The
most of the blue had disappeared from the fuku and had been replaced
by white. Her wings seemed to be larger than before. But when
Archangel looked up and into Ishtar's eyes, Ishtar knew that this was
the Tomo she had learned to love and not the depressed one. Archangel
smiled faintly.
"... I'm back."
"Tomo!" Ishtar called. She ran over to Archangel and they both
hugged each other tightly. Nature watched their reunion with a
satisfied smile.
[The daughter of Miyako and the daughter of Natsu...] she
thought proudly. [Miyako-chan, Natsu-chan, you would have been proud
over your daughters.]
"I thought that you were dead..." Ishtar said while crying and
hugging Archangel at the same time. Archangel had a hard time holding
her tears back as well.
"So did I, Chie... So did I."
[The mission will be completed,] Archangel thought and shut
her eyes tightly. [I swear that I will complete it. For my mother, for
my aunt. For everyone.]

* * * *

"Hel-sama, forgive me," Hecate apologized and kneeled down
before Hel. "I failed you."
"It doesn't matter," Hel answered from her throne. "It was a
good thing that you retreated. At least now we know that Nature is
still alive and that she is still on Earth."
"What about Archangel?" Hecate wondered. "I failed to kill her
because Nature distracted me, but something else happened to her that
I had nothing to do with."
Hecate thought that she saw Hel smiling. She wondered why. Why would
Hel be so pleased with her failure. She had expected a punishment but
instead it seemed like Hel was happy that she failed.
"We'll take care of her in time," Hel answered. "It won't be
very fun if everyone dies too quickly."













Okay, another part is finished. I've written about Archangel's loss of
powers and I've thrown in another Senshi into the story. You might
wonder who Nature is and why everyone (Except for Hecate) knows about
her. Well, you'll find out soon enough.

Komillia (komillia@hotmail.com)
21 April, 2001

Next:
Sailormoon Mirai Part XII: Crisis
Tiamat, angry because of Morpheus' death, has found out that Hel wants
her dead. She comes up with one final plan to kill the Shin Senshi as
well as killing the one who killed Morpheus.