I DON'T own Sailor moon!
A/N: Hey! whats up everyone! i know i know i haven't updated in FOREVER.. well here's a nice long chapter for you all. (hopefully it makes up for it a little bit of my disappearing act. Anyone who knows me personally will know why.) anyway here's chapter 11, get ready your in for a bumpy ride.
Chapter 11: Dire Situations and Desperate Measures.
Last Time on TSK:
"This is it guys. The shadow in time where it all took place. Once we go through the real fun begins. I can't say what we will find on the other side, but it won't feel like it does here. This thickness is going to feel gross and it'll be hard to move. From here on out keep on your guard be ready for anything and everything. Also keep in mind on the other side of this passage you will all come in contact with things you won't ever want to see. That is the reality of the void. Remember keep Chibiusa safe at all times." Saturn warned carefully.
This was it and they knew it. This was where the stories they had only heard about in hushed whispers took place. Where their parents had died and where one of the most hellish battles took place. Now they were all going to experience it first hand through the eyes of the undeath. No one, not even Saturn, could fathom a clue of how hard it would be or what might be seen. All they knew for certain was that some of the worst nightmares were bound to make an appearance, and when they did everyone had to be ready.
This Time on TSK:
The air was extremely thick past the barrier they had all crossed into. It was very humid making any type on movement difficult. It was as if they were walking through a large block of petroleum jelly. Breathing was hard, sweat collected on their brows as they continued to march onward through the thick mass. Talking was impossible, nothing could be heard when someone opened their mouth to speak. Out of all of them Saturn was the least fazed by environment. She knew what they would eventually find and as the seconds ticked by she felt the true weight of the tasksettle heavily over her shoulders.
Even if she showed no outward emotion Saria knew it was just a poker face. Then again She was a time mage just like her mother. Of coarse she would know how the many events could or would play out. This also meant she knew why Saturn was so highly strung inwardly. She said nothing as she walked next to the Senshi of death and rebirth, keeping a careful eye on the surroundings.
Chibiusa was having the most difficulty with the long trek through the thick atmosphere. She shouldn't become tired so quickly Quicksilver reasoned. Eventually finding it hard to continue seeing the girl struggle, she carried her on her back. The walk continued for what seemed like hours, shadows played along the area casting images into the depths.
At first it was simple images. People walking to school, praying at a shrine, friends eating lunch. Simple happy images morphed over time to show battle after battle. Youma dieing or being purified left and right. One in a jewelry store, another in a class room, a shrine, many more followed. Each one more detailed then the last. Each time they took a step forward a new memory seemed to implant itself into the minds of the young Senshi. Some were happy and full of laughter, others full of tears and sorrow. The faces were obscure however the voices that echoed within each memory made it clear who they belonged too.
The memories continued until they walked to the end of the barrier. Walking through the opening the atmosphere stabilized it was as if they had gone back to the very same spot they came from. Perhaps they had, and yet perhaps not. The air was very cold, as if a blizzard surrounded them. This was an odd feeling since there was no snow, nothing should make it feel this cold thought Quicksilver as she stood in awe of the area before her. Outside a purplish pink light streamed through a glassy looking dome.
It was as if they stood in a house of glass. Before them they saw four ghosts. Each one grieving and each one a Senshi. All were screaming, crying to be freed from the dome that housed them. Shouting the name of the one they wished to be with. Mars was burned deeply, they were so bad that even as a ghost it looked as if she could reduce to a small pile of ash at any moment. Venus was cut in many places, vines covered her body as she too continued to pound to the glassy dome that caged her. Jupiter was covered in a crystallized substance from the waist down, her hair slightly frizzed.
Then, there was Ami. She was also badly burned, kicking and screaming with all of her might. On the ground next to her was the dilapidated Ice-Nine computer with a dent in the corner. All of them cried out as each aura surrounded them, disappearing from the glass that housed them. Tears lined Silver's eyes at the sight. No words came into her mind, and it was only the reminder that her daughter was, in fact, alive back at the gates that her gave any sort of comfort.
Then she saw more figures. Some were babies, others children, and a few adults, all surrounding them. All were cased in an unearthly light, or so they looked. Four men stood before them, full of a deep distaste. They were the men from some of the memories. Two were hand in hand looking through the Senshi. It looked like they could be seen as nothing but a mere illusion. The only one that the men even recognized was the Senshi that governed death. They were at her mercy, every spirit here was powerless in comparison to Saturn. Stepping fourth the afore mentioned Senshi spoke.
"What are you all doing, loitering in this state of unrest, have you no place of calm in which to return?"
They did not speak. The men looked on as if to see past her, knowing that others were with her, even if unseen. Emotions ran high in each of the men, among them were many others hidden with the depths of shadow. The soft cry's of children from the past filled Silver's mind. The screams of a past war tore at her heart and looking around she noticed that it was also effecting the kids, out of all of them it was Saria who seemed most effected. However it wasn't the noise that caught her attention, it was the men before her.
"Damn you all! Speak when you are addressed! I will not tolerate any more lies from you or the Dark Moon. Have you forgotten me, us, did you really think you could leave us behind!"
The young time mage was indeed angry. Annoyed at these men, but for what reasons Silver was still unsure. Four pairs of eyes hardened at the voice as if they could see her and one of them approached. Stepping out from hiding, a very effeminate looking male knelt down to Saria. His eyes were a clouded in mystery.
"You were always your mother's daughter weren't you. Both of them, though you would never admit it. Funny, you take on the look of Pluto, yet that venom, you are most clearly not Pluto. I did not know the daughter of ones so powerful would stand here amongst the dead. This leads me to wonder, Why have you come here, and why do you direct your vengeance to us?" The man asked honestly, clearly interested in why this child stood before them now, so very angry.
"You know damn well Zoi! Your memories have returned fully in death once again. You will continue to be reborn, and history will repeat! It will happen over and over. Each time a new incarnation will appear, one with new hardships, new battles. However each time you will join an uprising and start a war zone! Fate never ceases to piss me off. Because of your stupidity I have lost my mother! Time lines may be different, but I still lost her! I lost you all as well, look at this shit, what the HELL do I have to do to get this to stop!" Saria yelled pounding on the mans chest before her as she fell to the ground.
The others saw this and had no idea what to think. She knew these men, and very well apparently. Three more moved towards her, looking on in careful observation. One knelt down next to the man now known as Zoisite, embracing him in sort of a half hug while placing his other hand on Saria's shoulder. The other two seemed a bit more standoffish only standing closely by.
"There is nothing you can do. When we are eventually reborn we will gain memories again. We cannot guarantee that we won't target the Moon Kingdom, or anyplace else for that matter. Surely you know the lines of fate, this is our curse. Be it in another life, or another timeline, history will always repeat. You cannot change that." The man with long white hair looked at the girl before him with pity, that was something rarely seen and she knew it.
"Your lying… again, your lying. You promised afterward you'd come home safe! Most of your family is dead because of you. Yet you still continue to lie. You still say it can't be helped… Once was one thing, two strikes, just fine and dandy, but this is too far. Fate can and will happen, it always does, but to not fight it, to just bow down willingly to the events that unfold… That is a cowardly excuse! Why do you choose to be reborn if all you cause is death!" Saria scolded, clearly not willing to listen to his reasoning.
"You wouldn't understand. You are a mere child, a little girl no less, seeking a place to vent. If that is your wish do not place the blame on Kunzite, or anyone of us! Blame your mothers, blame your queen, blame the past, anything but us, because all we did was follow an uprising. We never intended to become ensnared into every damnable battle the Dark Moon wishes to fight!" Another man retaliated, this one with short blond hair.
"You say that now, but when you are reborn, no matter what things say, no matter how a future is foretold, there will be hardships, and you WILL waver. Now I'll ask you this, you killed those who meant something of importance to you before, can you do it again? Can you bring yourself to hurt more people should another war arise from the ashes, it Will happen. When it does, I'll be forced to fight you, perhaps even kill you, and you will hold the same obligations to me. Do you want that!?!" Saria asked. It wasn't a simple question, she demanded to know, enraged eyes staring down the man who she still detested to this day.
"Calm down, both of you…" Zoisite said sighing "It was not our intent to harm people, but it was our intent to make a certain point known. Like you say, history will always be bound to repeat itself in someway, shape, or form. In that event you know our jobs will come with a price. However we like to live, we like to feel alive. That and the unknown of the other side scares us, but, what hurts the most in it all is not being able to feel anything. It was not our intent to get tangled up in this twisted string of fate. Doomed to never be freed from the life of a solider, whether to protect the White Moon and the King, or to rebel against it, no matter what we are stuck." The man sighed as he stood up along with Kunzite looking for all the world lost in the eyes of those around them.
"No, that may not have been your intent. However that has been the result of the countless reincarnations you have been given. I as the Senshi of death and rebirth cannot, will not, allow such destruction take place by your hands anymore. I will release you from this world, diminish the anger you pass along, and allow the past to stay exactly that, the past." Saturn said raising her silence glaive into a defensive stance, and then she hesitated.
In a moments notice the others were ready, combat positions in place, ready to back up Saturn whenever their help was needed. Eyes of children meet the eyes of the adults. Staring each other down in a battle of wits, Saria had also backed away from them men. It was clear that some wished to be freed from the fate they continued to hold. Others wished to see the destruction, cause it in masses, with hopes to calm the raging emotions from within.
"Stand down! Do not attack, for I will if I must!" Saturn commanded sternly, this was a dangerous situation. She could protect herself and the others at the cost of her life within an instant, however if she did there would be no way for the others to leave the void. There was one way though, and for a moment Chibi Moon had thought she saw a single tear pass down the Senshi's cheek.
The other's in the shadows emerged now. Most of the ones they now faced were children and teenagers, all with eyes of fury. Some were heavily armored to the teeth with swords and other weapons, others were in tattered cloths, a clear sign of the difficulty they faced. Those who were older stood in front of the younger ones, as if to protect them.
Then she saw one of the older girls pass off a very small child too another in the group. As she and a slightly younger male stood next to the four men. They had no weapons, no way to defend themselves, but that didn't seem to matter. Saria knew who they were, she once played with them, called them family. Here they were now, the same as she could clearly remember long ago.
"It doesn't matter anymore… Not now.. Not again. Saturn! Finish this now! Stop hesitating! You know you're the only one who can! just do it already!" Saria yelled. This standing around was pointless. What needed to be done was far over from being completed. The only real thing stopping Saturn was the cost to correct the imbalance.
"Very well." Saturn said before turning over to Silver. "This battle has just begun, I Need you to swear to me you will protect Chibi Moon in my place. Once my task is complete, I will no longer be able… and tell my mama's and Papa that I love them… and that I'll be back one day."
Not waiting for a reply Saturn stepped forth with her glaive in the air. "Chibi Moon, come here." The pinkette did as she was told and Saturn embraced her with one arm.
Light surrounded them as both pink and purple auras flared and covered the room. It felt warm and inviting, as if you were to be protected by such a wondrous feeling. Chibi Moon could feel Saturn getting weaker, and then she realized what was actually happening. She was trying to heal all of them at once from her power while using Chibi Moon's powers to heal the emotional scarring. Saturn acting as a converter for it all.
Finally the light grew so much, it got so strong that Saturn could feel her own light spark coming along. She knew this feeling well by now, this time however she held a smile as she whispered once last thing to the girl in her arms. Light exploded everywhere, Small orbs floated throughout the space as the crystal space shattered. One light floated now past Chibi Moon and up past the sky. Now here they stood at D Point. A blizzard surrounded them and the cries of the future princess echoed through the wind.
"Saturn! Come back! Please! Just come back…" The princess cried as she was so weak she dropped her transformation and sunk into the snow.
"As Chibiusa's screams continued to echo they saw a missive light explode in the distance, it was blindingly powerful and very strong. Auras filled the sky in an amazing spectacle of different hews, cascading past the girls and enveloping them, protecting them. It was odd as everyone felt the presence of people who souls were dead around them, warm as ever. Then, just like that it was gone, the world wasn't there, but it wasn't gone. It was as if it was going in reverse, and yet ahead all at the same time.
After a few moments of eternity everything came back into vision and it looked the same as before. Yet, it wasn't. Saeko knew this to be fact, she could feel it. Certain memories were implanted, and she had forgotten others. And she had faces within her mind that she swore had a different name before, but couldn't remember what it was for the life of her. Looking around she noted the still crying Chibiusa, they still knew of the death, they still knew most of everything, only things happening at slightly different moments, however the majority of fates plan had stayed linear and not much of that had veered off coarse.
Silver wordlessly picked up the crying Chibiusa and Saria tore a new hole through a time gate. They were again at the castle. Saturn had completed her part of the job, now it was just a matter of making sure history didn't repeat again. Walking through the doors all wore grim expressions. Yumi, Yasu, Mari, and Saria decided to take Chibiusa to rest. Saeko had agreed to talk with the others and found herself standing in the sitting room being stared at after explaining what had transpired.
"There's no fucking way…not Hotaru… not my daughter." Haruka sat flabbergasted, not sure whether to crumple down and cry, or beat the hell out of every youma in current existence.
"She knew… That's why she looked so depressed… She knew going into it she wouldn't be coming back. She never said a word so we wouldn't try to stop her." Michiru spoke softly, taken aback by what she had just heard.
"What was she thinking, pulling a stunt like that, but she told us the truth right? She will be back one day, right?" Makoto stated more than asked, hopeful that what had been spoken was actual truth and not just words of comfort.
"Indeed, she will. In thinking on it, she said she would one day be born to protect Chibiusa. She did tell us, we just misinterpreted what she had said. With that, I think it can safely be stated she will return one day." Ami concluded in a comforting tone.
"I knew we should not have allowed this to happen. We lost her and it's my fault. One of us should have gone. Should have tried to stop it." Minako growled placing the total blame on herself.
"No, don't say that, don't say that when it is clearly mine. Don't pretend your too blame, falsehood won't help anything." Usagi said as tears streamed down her face and she left the room in search of Chibiusa.
"What was Saria thinking telling her to end it. She must have had a reason, but, what would it be to warrant that type of action." Setsuna whispered mostly to herself, she knew Hotaru had some oddity planned, she was just not sure what until now.
"What I was thinking is now that the past has been purified, We need to prevent time travel. Stop it completely so that no more paradoxes can arise." Saria said stepping out of a time hole.
"Oh, and how do you intend to do that?" Setsuna asked still on pins and needles.
"We need to destroy the gates, make it so that no one can jump through time, at all, ever again. Even as mages ourselves, we are far to liberal with our usage. We need to make any types of jumps impossible, and now that the Dark Moon has been purified correctly the future will have changed. You should now be able to read what you could not before."
"Destroy the gates? There's only one way to do that, and I personally don't wish to even attempt that. It would make reading into things impossible and make us useless. Also we would most likely lose our powers. Fate would attempt to correct things and find a new Sailor Pluto, and try to rebuild the gates." Setsuna said trying to debunk the idea with possible flaws, however Saria was equipped with just the right ammunition to solve that.
"All of you close your eyes and I'll give you all the reason you need, to shut up and trust me. I can't give much information, but I can give you some relief." Saria said with a slight air of confidence.
They all did as per instruction and a rally of images sped through their minds. No faces could be seen, no voices heard just shadowy images for most of them. Some were to be feared. People dieing left and right, a very large storm, snowfall, rain, hail, tornados and hurricanes devouring the land. forest fires burnt much of the greenery and Gravity seemed to do odd effects to the planet. Then there was happiness, People standing around in a circle laughing happily at something, people quite obviously pregnant standing together with one much slimmer woman, births of unknown babies, and women holding a large party. Children running around, playing in what looked to be normalcy. Then a final image made it's way into the rally and Setsuna was the only one to see it clear as day.
"You aren't joking are you…" Setsuna said wide eyed as she backed to too the wall and slid to the floor in astonishment.
"No I'm not. However for that to happen we need to ensure a safer tomorrow, the best way to do that is to destroy any means of getting back and forth in time. That would be the gates, and the poles of each planet. Right now the poles of contact are barren in this time meaning they cannot sustain life. however we need to do it in the future as well. Your other halves can do it on that side." Saria explained Simply.
"But if you do that then the children won't be able to go back. That's not a good plan, they belong in that time, there with you and with parents who are far more capable to raise them." Ami retorted out of simple logic.
"No, They do not belong their anymore, nor do I. We have a task to do, a job to finish. Also you all knew they would not return to the future. This war, it's not treaty signings, It's to rebuild both kingdoms. Both of them together. Only way to do that was to destroy all modes of travel. Chronos helped by blocking out what you were able to see, the Dark Moon thought they were the stronger power, so it was easy to manipulate them into an attack. Now the people on both sides think their royalty can be saved and one key factor of the past, or our future, has been altered to both kingdoms advantage. All crystal points are being destroyed via the war because of the connection to the planet." Saria seemed to have known this from the very start and it angered Setsuna that she had not been forewarned even if she knew the necessity behind it.
"What connection would that be? Why is a war needed to destroy a planet point." Minako asked out of confusion.
"If you destroy the point, you destroy any ability the planet has to sustain life. Think of it this way, Saturn had the ability to obliterate an entire planet from where she stood as the Senshi of death, however in the event that she could not awaken at the time a second measure was taken. Just in case balance needed to correct itself." Saria explained in loose terms catching the eye on Ami.
"You aren't saying what I think you are.. That wasn't supposed to happen yet, and we do that in the future, won't we. Oh my god…" Ami said quickly placing her hand to her mouth in sure terror.
"What the hell? We aren't… Shit… Why didn't you say something… ANYTHING would have been a good start!" Makoto half yelled as the meaning behind the words took shape.
"I am now aren't I. The planets of Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mercury have already been alienated, along with them your planet equivalent counterparts. All of Dark Moons planets have as well and their leaders properly taken care of. We are working from the outward in. Mars and Venus will be working their way out soon so that only Earth and it's Moon will remain. When only the final point on the other side remains a cataclysmic disaster will strike on both sides effectively killing off the future and causing a ruckus on our side. From there it will be as fate has chosen. Also, Neo Queen Serenity and our King is under the protection of several warriors until the very end since I cannot be there. On our end help should be arriving at any moment now." Saria explained in great detail, hoping to quell the fears of many, however there were more than a few displeased glances.
"What of the Warriors then? Who are they, if we know them so very well." Rei piped up, not only anger, but concern, and fear as well.
"Relax, will you, we're right here. Lay off her will ya, It's enough, she's had enough to deal with today." Came the snide remark from very familiar voice.
Turning their heads towards the door two women stood in the doorway. One tall, with long brown hair and her trademark collected, quiet, self. The other much shorter looking for all the world like she owned the vary ground she stood on, running her fingers through her platinum tresses.
"Oh god, not this again. If you're here then I take it that playboy wannabe is here as well.." Haruka groaned highly annoyed.
"If you mean Fighter, yes she is here, as am I. You should not speak of her with such distaste, for you also act as a male though hold a female body." A woman said donned in a large amount of armor, stepping past the other two. "She just so happens to be speaking to the King and Queen about this matter at hand. They have come as aid, as per request from her future counterpart, I decided now shall be the time I repay your help with my own, so I tagged along" she said in explanation.
"Ga-ga-ga…. Galaxia!" Neptune said in disbelief with an air of idiocy.
"Oh shit." This came from Makoto
"Fucking hell, Just lovely.. This again!" Haruka, ever the blunt one.
"Oh dear, this won't be good." Ami whispered quietly to her mother
"AHHH!!!!" Screamed Minako as she ran to hide behind Rei.
"Some combat leader you are, hiding behind your second in command." She commented dryly.
"You're the fatherly figure! Protect your wife and unborn baby!!!" Minako retorted.
"So, if your on our side, then what's all of the fuss about?" asked Saeko out loud into the continuing pandemonium. In the middle of the ruckus many of the Senshi were experiencing some difficulties keeping there elements in check and the room was a mess as the final straw finally burst, and with it, all of the little problems they had been having. Ami had to stand on a desk to keep from shocking the water that was now seeping up the floor.
"Well looks like not much has changed here eh?" Came Seiya walking through the masses of havoc and sat down dragging along Mamoru to his side.
Apparently he had been at Chibiusa's side since they returned home and the others had explained the events too him. Now the young teenager needed a good cry on a shoulder, and some greatly needed venting time, so, Seiya had been asked to remove the reluctant and worried father from the room.
"Let me go already! My daughter is in her room crying-" He was cut off by the woman holding him down as she held his mouth shut.
"With her mother at her side. Both of them need some girly time to sort things out, you being in there is not helping. Nor is your constant arguing with me. What will help is you sitting your ass down, shutting up, and letting her mother handle this like a smart man would. It's one thing to protect her and comfort her, but she's a small woman and thus, what would already be a fragile time has turned into one that could shatter her heart again should you do or say anything stupid." Seiya said in a very gruff tone. She wasn't nearly as angry as she sounded, however when Taiki and Yaten stood ready to help out he realized he was largely outnumbered and settled down.
When the majority of the girls walked out of the room and into the bedroom with a intense eye he grew annoyed again.
"Why the hell can they go and I can't!" Mamoru demanded.
"Because, it's not your place, nor is it mine. They need this, let them have it. She needs it as well…" Haruka scolded with a hard glair at the door, quite obviously worried about Michiru.
"She's right, it would do us no good. They need each other, just like we do. Emotions act differently they cry, but we get angry, that is a bad plan. We stay here, where we can fume in peace, they go cry on each other seeking comfort in ones who react the same. Right now we are all so distraught we cannot comfort them and they can't for us. This is best." Makoto also allowed her eyes to bore into the closed wooden door wishing to see inside.
"That doesn't explain them." Mamoru said gesturing to Setsuna and Saeko who were in the corner talking quietly, backs turned to the rest of them as if holding a very private conversation. Both of them finally holding each other hearing only the occasional sniffle.
This finally pissed Seiya off for the final time and she dragged him into a nearby room. "Here's a hint. Shut up before you really piss people off, Haruka and Makoto are ready to bring hell on earth to anyone right about now, a calm before the storm so to speak. If you anger them right now I don't think they will hesitate in beating you into a pretty little pulp, and if they do I won't stop them. This is just advice, take it as you will." She said simply, yet bluntly.
"I care for my daughter, you will not tell me how to be a father when I see no child with you. If you know so much about it then you would know that what your asking isn't easy." Mamoru verbally fought back, and that's when fighter got pissed and transformed into a man, backing the future king into a wall. If this is what it took to get the point across he would.
"You want to talk about being a dad, here's lesson one. Know your damn limits! Right now your restlessness won't help! That is why I dragged you out and why Makoto and Haruka didn't enter that room!" The now man with long dark hair growled.
"What right do you have to tell me that! If Chibiusa wanted me out she would have said something!" Mamoru growled back fighting to free himself from the wall.
" Lesson Two! Sometimes young girls her age need their mother much more than their father, and vice versa. It just so happens that you need to know the difference! Right now she needs someone who understands women, and unless you happen to be a sudden expert on the subject, I'd say that's best left to the women in that room currently." Seyia attempted again to get through however Mamoru made one last attempt at arguing.
"I think I know Chibiusa and Usagi very well by now. I also think she would have told me if I was unwanted at the time. I'm a worried father right now. I want her to know I'm here for her… Is that so bad… to want to help her. Be with Usagi and be some form of pillar to hold them up, when right now they have so little in way of emotional strength?"
Seiya just sighed and sat Mamoru down on the chair, and began speaking less aggressively, but still very bluntly. "Learn this now, I came here because I was worried, for both your future wife and your daughter. You messed up once, leaving her behind, and the man I know from the future wouldn't act like such a dipshit. He's a real man, a great husband, a wonderful dad, and actually uses his brain. The type of strength you wish to offer is one that's needed only after they are ready to mend their broken hearts. When that happens all of us will be busy attempting to bring comfort to the hurt feelings. However all we can do until then is wait, treading on thin lines of emotion, careful in our actions and words, especially with Chibiusa and the outers. If you must be a nervous wreck do it in here, if you get angry, you have your target right here. Mamoru, Lesson number three, even the strongest of men, great husbands, and wonderful dads, can be among the weakest at times, and that's perfectly ok…" Seiya said quite simply.
As the two men Talked in the room, relying thoughts of worry back and forth, becoming angry, rude, crude, and everything in between. It showed a few new sides to each of them. Finally Mamoru allowed tears of worry, now knowing the future to a degree, the deaths that took place, the present situation, it all fell on him like a heavy weight and Seyia welcomed the tears, even shed a few of his own. And in these tears both men found strength, a sort of power never largely understood, just accepted for what it was. It was in this time Mamoru learned his forth lesson of the day. Sometimes, it really was ok to cry.
No one really slept that night, Taiki kept a close eye on Haruka and Makoto who had been pacing the room for quite some time now. There were many holes in the walls and cracks in the paint. Both were angry, hurt on many levels, worried for the ones they loved, however the tears they cried were not ones seeking solace. Often releasing various strings of invectives that would put even the people with the foulest linguistic skills to shame. They wanted to be near people who would offer them no comfort, yet understand that they needed people by their side, thus giving comfort from a distance. Unspoken, relaxing distance, in a word just offering an existence. This was why Taiki was sitting with his feet propped on the table for the tenth hour in a row in the most relaxed state possible.
The many females who had overtaken Chibiusa's room had now migrated to the fire room. Firstly because it was a much larger room, and secondly the fire brought a comforting warmth to the cold they felt inside their hearts. Crying off and on throughout the night, laughing a little, then crying some more. Remembering fond memories, letting go of the past. Galaxia had been camping outside the door making sure to leave goodies every now and again. Juice, cookies, any kind of junk food she knew of left by the door knowing that sooner or later one would leave only to take the food or other items back in with them. This round had been Saeko's idea to make some soup and sandwiches, along with some curry rice, and a bunch of dessert. Cookies, strawberry cake, and anmitsu, pie of all kinds, Hot chocolate for Setsuna..
That was another thing, Setsuna had been attached at Saeko's hip for the better half of the evening, not that she didn't have every right mind you. It was just odd for Saeko seeing this normally strong woman to have the need to cling to anyone for long periods. Usually she would walk away, become very quiet, and not speak for hours, wanting to be alone. Now though, If Saeko wasn't in her eyesight she became worried and emotional. Saeko only saw this one other time, back when she was still getting to know the mage and her slight eccentricities. This type of behavior was right up there with the phobia alert of 'I saw cockroaches,' or 'I had a dooms day dream again' or the much worse mindset of 'I know something I never wanted to find out.' all of them were bad but the look in Setsuna's eye dictated it was the latter that plagued her this night. Noting this Saeko thought it was time for some damage control.
"Setsuna? Stop fidgeting and come here." The solider Mercury sighed as she pulled her lover into an embrace on the bed they shared. When they got into a more comfortable position the soothing embrace seemed to calm the tension. "You know she'll be back Setsuna, she will. I can fully believe her words. I know she will be back." She whispered almost silently.
"I know, but, that's just it. It's knowing that she will comeback only to face this hell again one day. I don't want that for her. Her body will age rapidly again, she will be a teenager quicker than she should be. She will miss out on the things little girls usually love, and at 13 just like clockwork her body will be fully ready to awaken at a moments notice. When that happens the hell that is her life will restart. It's just like last time." Setsuna said as she shivered at the thought.
"What happened last time? What happened to her that was so awful before. She had it rough I know, but honey, so do all of those girls, and so do you. Today I saw the effect of just how hard it's been."
"I'll have to find her, separate her from her family, and again we will be all that she has. That's no way to live koi. Ami still has you. Hotaru won't even know her real family. Only the Senshi posing as her family, filling a void. The truth is we aren't, when we first met we attempted to kill her, the next time we raised her, now she's gone, just like before. Shortly a rebirth will happen and when it does she will repeat that entire hell, being rejected from most of the people she meets because of powers that frighten others and a less than normal family. It's a hard life, Ami could have walked away at any time, still can if she so chooses, Usagi would let her willingly. Hotaru, she will never have that simple luxury."
"So… Your worried because you think your forcing her into destiny by ripping her from a family she will never know. Then be forced to relive this type of life again. Then let me ask you this… If she were one of us, by blood, would that change the fact she's family, would it change her destiny, or her fate? Would she have a better life? Would it change anything?" Saeko asked carefully. Her eyes bore into the time mage seeking answers as to what was happening.
"Yes, it would if what I saw today was anything near a possible outcome in her fate. She can't go through that again. No.. We can't allow it. I never told you this before, but she was sickly as a child during our first encounter. After the rebirth she was no longer so frail. However Saturn has always followed a certain pattern as a Senshi. Sometimes she's very sickly, in fact if she is reborn into a time without massive havoc in which she must destroy things, fate sets her up to fail, weakening her somehow to make her not nearly as strong. Sometimes it's a minor thing, however others are like what it was with our first encounter in this time. That was hard for her, painful in many ways. I don't want that to happen again."
When Setsuna spoke those words she found it hard to not try to mess with the stream and bring her daughter back, so she might possibly keep the life she had. Even if that was an impossible wish.
"Why would being a Senshi help that?" Saeko prodded lightly, hoping to find the cause to this large discomfort that was starting to settle in as fact.
"The Senshi are strong in bloodlines, most of us are needed to run various tasks, like protecting people we are assigned. As long as we have a task to do we have reason to live. Hotaru's only real fate is killing things off so a new cycle can restart. If she has no reason to kill she should not be born, so she is punished by fate for her birth that was not needed. During the three times that happened via a Senshi birth, she was strong, fate did not punish her and for the time she was alive, she was happy and healthy. That's why I feel bad. Because no one revived her from the rebirth, and no one here could carry her and after she is reborn she will be punished by the law of fate. Since we don't know when the rebirth will be it's a discomforting thought to have." Setsuna finished with her voice wavering. Never a good sign.
"Shhh, I swear to you, we will find out, we will know. Until then I need you to at least try to relax. This worrying won't help." Saeko said quietly ending the nights conversation with the mage still in her arms. As they lay in the bed many thoughts pass through her head, one of them seemed just crazy enough to work, now all she needed was a little bit of info and a little help from a few Senshi.
The next morning was pretty silent, all except down in the lab where Saeko and called in Ami for a private discussion, Makoto was on Setsuna guard, the aforementioned woman was still asleep thankfully.
"All I'm asking is if it could be a possibility." Saeko prodded her daughter once more.
"Possibly, perhaps, however I doubt it even crossed her mind. As for the rest of us, we possess no Senshi abilities even close to that of Hotaru. Only Setsuna comes close to any planetary alignments with Saturn. That would be time and death go hand in hand, as does fate. With her healing abilities logic can only be traced to the White Moon bloodline itself. The rest of us don't have anything in terms of healing, well besides perhaps Healer… However I've never actually seen her do any type of healing anything." Ami explained carefully.
"So, your saying it would be nearly impossible to rig it somehow for her birth to take place." With Saeko's field being medicine she had know it to be a slim chance, yet hearing it out loud didn't make her feel any better.
"That's about it yes." Ami confirmed.
"No, it is not. My your studies have fallen since last we meet. You are wrong to say that the deity of Saturn only hold elements to the deity of Pluto. If that is what you think my dear bookworm, you have been neglecting studies more than you think. It was once believed that Saturn was the one deity of the five elements. Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. Now I ask you: What do they all have in common?" Taiki said leaning on the door frame with a smug look on his face.
"You aren't implying that the she's connected to each inner Senshi and Moon are you? That would be ludicrous." Ami retorted, last thing she needed was a hopeful mother in a less than hopeful situation.
"Well I am. Think about it. To die, to be reborn, the elements with which everyone carries. It makes sense. To destroy an entire planet would take massive power, each of you has that, however what would happen if one held precedence over the other powers? The destruction wouldn't stop. I feel Saturn would be the bridge within it all. Her death being the cost of the rebirth needed, including her own. The Serenity bloodline is incapable of killing masses for the soul purpose of having a rebirth, that's the one flaw in the bloodline. That's why Saturn often cleans up the mess." Taiki explained simply while taking a seat on a nearby counter.
"Ok Then What about the outers? Especially Pluto and The inner Senshi.. We aren't Brash, hurtful people. Not as you seem to claim. We aren't like that, non of us, not even you." Ami rebuked in annoyance.
"No, we may not be, however we do have the power to be. Think about it, all of us were saved by Usagi, we follow her because she gives us hope, we would die for that hope and understanding. We would bare all the pain in this world for her if we could. That alone gives us power. In the wrong hands that's a very bad thing. Look at last time we meet for a prime example. It ended better than any could have wished, however that was luck, nothing more, nothing less. Just pure luck." Taiki said again while stretching out along the counter. Once an idol always an idol it seemed as her air of cockiness apparently had never subsided.
"Luck? Is that what you call it? I call it hell on earth and back again! The only thing that could even come close to that was D point! They go back and now look what happens! Tell me this Maker how do you know so much of Saturn! How do you know what she went through!" Ami's eyes bore into the eyes of the tall starlight catching her off guard.
The one in question just sighed before sitting strait up again and carefully answered her intellectual bluenette friend. "My name says it all Mercury. I am that of a womb, I feel rebirths just as Saturn does. In fact this woman next to you should know exactly as I'm implying. Lights are souls some die and stay dead, others die to be reborn. All of the starlight's hold powers equal to that of Saturn, just as you all hold powers to elements. However think of this, those elements must come from some place…deities. All of us have one, or in the case of your children there are multiple."
"Just what are you getting at? If you have something to say then say it clearly. I am in no position to hear banter from a person with whom I've just meet who claims to know so very much on this topic." Saeko slightly barked at the brunette.
"Like mother like daughter I see, even now I annoy you hmm? Well, anyway put on your thinking caps and pay careful mind to what I'm about to say. We are all very strong however, we are not invincible, either together or alone. Well all have reasons to waver. We follow the light that comforts us, the purity that will warm our hears. However we are no better than the Dark Moon, none of us. We will fight wars and kill others if we believe it to be the only way we know to survive. This is what's happened in the far future. We know now we are no better and all that we've done is succeed in a massive killing spree. That's why those children are here now, the new light. We all have the ability to become Saturn in a way. It's just where she would stop, die, and be reborn, we would not. So when Saeko asks of the possibility of a rebirth within the Senshi, I say yes it is possible. However there is only one of us capable of granting a wish of that magnitude." Taiki finished speaking, walking out of the room leaving behind a flabbergasted Ami and a very confused Saeko.
The two of them continued the back and forth discussion of what went on and attempted to find some explanations too it all. Finding none Ami finally sighed and told her mother to find Usagi seeing as that was the only possible way they could even come up with. That was why currently Usagi was sitting in a meeting with most everyone else except the children, Starlight's, and Setsuna. The latest one still asleep refusing to move from a coma like state. Apparently that was her norm during a devastation like this from what the outers had said, so Saeko let things be for now.
"I don't know how to bring her back. I don't even remember exactly how it happened last time. I was just holding her, awaiting her, or something. I'm not exactly sure what was going on, it was a blur." The future queen sighed as she recalled the last incident tears falling down her face. One little white light, the very one that seemed to go with her almost everywhere took notice.
While it was true that she was not supposed to make herself speak in any type of human tongue without the approval of Saturn this once she was going to break the rules founded by the Senshi of death and rebirth. After all, in this case it would be certain all would be forgiven.
"Dear child, how you've grown." The melodic voice called from what seemed of air. "You are a young woman now, and tears are unbecoming of such a face."
"Mother?" Usagi's eyes shot up looking for the body of the voice, alas all she could see was the light in front of her, floating whimsically around her.
"I know what everyone seeks within their hearts, and that is why Saturn can not be reborn yet, or rather why she has not. Last night Small Lady made a wish on her crystal. She wished for Saturn to say with her, and apparently, oddly enough that wish overrode the rebirth. The wish must be mutual, seeing as her soul is currently within the crystal Small Lady carries." The Late Queen said in her soothingly calm voice.
"I don't understand, if she is in a crystal has she chosen to not exists?" Ami asked slightly confused.
"It is not that exactly. She went to the crystal because Small Lady called out for Saturn and the soul came to the voice it wished to not betray. This is similar to what had happened before. She as well was born from the crystal in her last life. However that one was just a continuation of the life she had lead, just with a few new alterations due to the speed of the rebirth. If she were to be reborn from the crystal now her life would be different, and she would not remember most of the past as that too seems like a mutual wish among them both." Came the simple calm reply as the light took perch on Usagi's shoulder.
"Then what do they wish? What is it they want?" Haruka chimed in hopeful, her little girl was safe in a crystal, didn't want to come out, but at least she was safe.
"To be together. That's all. However Hotaru will never live a normal life, and she hates Death. Put it simply, she wants a life where she will never have to kill, she's tired and done of it, every soul has a limit, she had reached hers. It is true all of you have a connection to each other. In other lives it would be safe to state that though you all don't change the way you look, you do change powers, merge them, loose them, the soul of each Senshi is very versatile to change depending on the death. When I sealed you all to be reborn via the crystal, you were all happy as you were, thus you had no need to change the powers with which you carried. There have been times some of the other carnations with whom looked like you that did carry the role of Saturn, however that was long before Pluto was even born, so she would hold no first hand recollection to that." Spoke the light as she explained the finer details less spoken of Senshi lifestyle. Only people who knew that type of information were usually that of the dead, or Luna. The latter never mentioned a thing about it ever though.
"She wants to be reborn as a Senshi that doesn't kill? We all have killed something, someplace, that wish she knows is Impossible." Makoto huffed annoyed and a little guilty. Cursing the life they were all forced to lead. Even if some of it she wouldn't change for the world, when bad things did happen it was a far heavier weight than most normal people held.
"No perhaps that can not be granted, however to be reborn as a Senshi of a different planet the other planet must accept them as a carrier of the deity they wield. However being born as that deity would mean a new Saturn would come into power when they awoke, seeing as there are three people here whom are pregnant that leaves three choices. Remember, just because people are born with Senshi blood does not mean they will follow the commands of the deities they are born into. Some will go to the calling of the deity they most relate within the soul. However even if she stays in that crystal forever, there is a very large possibility one of those babies will become the new Saturn one day." Serenity was growing tired in the form of a light, speaking human was hard in her state without the aid of Saturn, so with little explanation she floated off leaving the Senshi a lot to think about.
Of coarse there was worry after what had just been discussed over if a new baby would become the new Saturn, in reality it was a cruel thought indeed, however if it was possible one could pay the price regardless it had been agreed that Hotaru should be given a new life, and another chance. Wishing some privacy the 6 parents now found themselves in a careful debate over who's deity would be best for the rebirth. Uranus, and Jupiter were shunned from the very start because of the physical hardships that would be present. Pluto's deity was shunned for the emotional pain that so mirrored what Hotaru had already gone through. The child had been a quiet child for both rebirths so Venus was tossed out of the equation for lack of wanting to be overly social. Neptune had been a good idea at first however careful thought proved that it was indeed a bad plan. Michiru had a level of grace and perfection, that word didn't bode well with any Senshi. That was the discomforting thing, most Senshi had a certain personality in regards to the planet. If this was to be believed fully then there was only one planet beside Pluto or Saturn that she could be even possibly be close to matching.
"It's decided then. She will wield my deity." Rei said standing to stretch after four hours of long debate.
"This leads me too another thought. She won't have abnormal aging patterns after she reawakens. Who will raise her?" Ami asked allowed.
"It'll be hard for any of us really. Yumi, Yasu and Mari will be here now, they have no way to return to the future. Once the points are destroyed fully they will be here for good, we are all they have now. In thinking on it, none of us are in the type of position to even raise Hotaru, no matter how much we may want her with us, we can't care for her if she would age normally as a child. It's going to be hard enough to deal with this pregnancy." Minako sighed and Rei plopped back down exasperated.
"Don't forget Saria. Even if she can look after herself, here she would be mistaken for teenager. That'll be a major pain in the ass believe me, to live on your own like that sucks.. Not to mention Setsuna will need to go to court and allow Saria to become an emancipated minor like I had to be. Everyone will have their hands full." Makoto added into the list of possible complications.
"Also, normalcy is an issue. If that's what they wish we can not give her that. She'd be living in a house with a playboy racer and a concert violist. The press barely left her alone last time and lord knows the Senshi as a whole get enough as it is. For her it would be double the trouble all over again. She hated it last time, I'd hate to put her through that again, if I can help it." Michiru tossed in relaying the fact Hotaru never liked being hounded in the first place.
"Well we can't expect to place Hotaru on their hands Michi, not to mention she's our daughter. I know you want this life to be easier for her, but I don't want to just pass her off and say 'Sorry kiddo, we don't want you anymore.' I'd rather drive my car off the highest possible cliff, crash, and then burn, before I even think of saying that to her. She was already treated poorly enough by her peers.." Haruka protested, she knew her lover meant well, they all wanted Hotaru to be happy this was just getting far too hard in more ways than one.
"Also if she takes the form of a new deity it'll be a new slate. She won't remember that past, meaning she won't remember that we raised her. She won't know because she won't be Saturn, and dear, there is still one parent who you so easily forget, one might I add who is so distraught she's been stuck in her own dream since last night. She's lost a daughter as well and she feels completely to blame. Now she can't even fight as a Senshi because she hasn't moved from sleep." Michiru again spoke with a level head.
Makoto gave Ami a look, one she had seen before, and one that when ever she saw it meant 'I want something and I know you'll say no, but I want it anyway'. rolling her eyes she gave a sigh.
"Mako I know that look, we have our hands full. If we attempt this we are taking a rather large bite aren't we?" Ami attempted with reason. Now, Makoto was not a logical thinker half of the time so it really threw everyone for a loop when she brought up a rather interesting point. One that was almost near impossible to turn down.
"If we let Setsuna raise her she may be more readily accepted by Pluto's deity when she awakens no matter what happens. However if we take the forms of her guardians wouldn't that also mean we could enlist the aid of your mother to help, and dragging everyone else along for the ride. No one would need to give her up, we wouldn't run the risk of a deity like Pluto of getting a hold of her. Worst case in this picture is Jupiter or Mercury gets a hold of her should the Mars deity deny the request. No random paparazzi, No needing to lie to family members about how she got here, No foster care or anything like that…She will still be wanted and loved by all of us… Please… Ami…We can do this…. Please." Makoto begged. Ami knew she would, they all knew that the tall brunette was just as big a softy as Haruka under the gruff exterior.
"Of coarse we'll help out!" Haruka jumped in followed by cheers from everyone vowing the same. A quite silence took over the room as the bluenette closed her eyes. It was on her shoulders and Haruka didn't like the fact that Michiru had placed everyone into such a spot. However if Hotaru could have a somewhat normal life, one away from the hell she had once lived Haruka would do everything in her power to make it possible.
"Makoto, we have all done stupid things in our lives, or things we should know better than to do. Now is one of those times. We know better than to do this, we know this is a lot to take in, and we know we will need to provide Hotaru with primary care, all the others will be able to do is help out. Out of all of us, besides you, and myself, the person with whom she would need to become closest to would be Rei to reinforce her deity. All in all we run a risk no matter what we do. You and I don't even have a clue as to how to raise kids, and now…. Are you telling me you want to pull off dealing with Yasu, My being pregnant and our eventual infant by adding raising Hotaru to the mix?" Ami said as she stared Makoto down.
"Yes." was the simple one word reply. Her eyes were glazed over. She knew what the answer would be because of that tone, and yet she looked hopeful. The others had no room to talk and it really wasn't helping that all were silent during the exchange. Seeing the look in the eyes of the woman she loved Ami was conflicted. All the other Senshi did happen to be close to Hotaru though, Chibiusa particularly so. Nothing could be done about Setsuna unless she woke up. There were only a few things currently that would pry the mage out of bed at the moment so that was a useless idea. Her mother loved Setsuna, and that was yet another concern. However she did note that Hotaru wouldn't be an infant for long and would probably age as quickly as last time until a new deity would awaken within her. With all of that in her mind Ami had made her decision.
"Alright, alright. Enough with the face. We will raise her. You better be ready, because I have absolutely no idea why in the name of anything that I am agreeing to this." Ami said with a small smile while shaking her head. This of coarse resulted in multiple hugs from various Senshi and a crying Haruka, tears of joy no doubt, but still crying none the less. "My mother will kill me." Ami added in more as a crude joke than anything else.
"Your doing it because you love her." Silver said climbing through the window.
"Mother! How long were you out there!" Ami said in shock as she watched the sneaky woman pick a few bits of branch out of her hair undoing her transformation.
"Since we were kicked out of the room." This came from a certain nosy blond.
"Touching moment by the way." came Yaten through the window with Chibiusa on her back. Mari, Yasu and Yumi close behind.
"We should have known by the way you left you had some idea going on in that head of yours." Rei sighed in a half smirk.
Chibiusa had now gotten off Yaten's back and was in the middle of standing in front of Ami and Makoto. "Will you promise she won't be Saturn again?" Chibiusa said holding the crystal in her hands up in the air.
"We promise to try our best." Ami said looking at the crystal when it glowed a small bit before stopping making Chibiusa giggle a bit and she walked over to Haruka.
"Here, she wants to talk to you." Chibiusa said handing the crystal over.
When Haruka looked into it she saw the face of her daughter, smiling happily and then she saw her stick her tongue out while pulling down her bottom eyelid. As rude as it may have been that was what they did all the time to each other. it was the first of many silly faces Hotaru learned from here papa. The memory of how she had learned that replayed in Haruka's head.
The child had been three at the time and the two of them had gotten into an argument. Haruka wasn't particularly good with small children at the time and only fueled the argument more. When Michiru told her to go play nice Hotaru had yelled in annoyance to get out of her room. The yelling continued until Haruka tripped on a toy and the child found it funny. Haruka made the face out of retaliation and Hotaru mimicked it only to fail miserably. Haruka then showed her how and what had been a fight turned into a harmless game of tag and antics. Over time the face was used out of a jester to be funny and the two of them were often the cause of broken objects, or missing sweets from the pantry. For Hotaru to do this through the crystal meant that she was happy, and that Haruka wouldn't have to give her up. She wasn't running from them, just the deity she hated so very much.
Then out of the crystal came a light, dark purple like the ones Saeko had seen before. It collected energy, a lot of it, before a burst happened throughout the room. All felt a presence comfortingly surround them. Then Michiru felt a warmth in her arms and out of pure instinct she cradled the light as if it were a baby. The crystal returned to normal and Chibiusa turned to Makoto and Ami. However there was no Hotaru in sight, then she heard Haruka double over in laughter, looking at Michiru she saw why.
There she was, Hotaru, an infant, and totally nude. What was so funny Chibiusa had no Idea. And when she asked she got her answer.
"She.. Haha…did that…hahaha…purpose…..hahaha!" Haruka said while unable to contain her laughter rather brokenly.
Michiru was also snickering, however not so much as Haruka. "What she finds so highly amusing is the fact that the first time I held Hotaru I was holding her just like this and a growth spurt happened, caught me off guard, and I screeched much like Setsuna does when she sees a cockroach. The second time it happened she grew to twice her size needless to say, she scared me so much I walked around as Neptune for three days. Haruka told her that story so many times I guess she wanted me to relive it." After she finished that sentence she did grow a small bit, Michiru just happened to be prepared this time. Passing her off to Ami and Makoto she explained about the abnormal aging while they swaddled her in a cloth. Shopping was going to need to be in order quickly.
"You'll experience that about once a day for about a week, She'll hit the age range of three in about two weeks, then after that it jumps spastically. I wonder how long it'll be before she hit a normal accelerating pattern this time. Last time it was when she was about six or eight. Then Saturn accelerated her age to thirteen and then fifteen and awakened her. We will need to watch for the signs of Saturn workings and awaken her as something else before hand." Michiru rolled her eyes at the fact that her daughter, if she could even be called that any more, had the gull to pull that one over her eyes. Still, the thought brought back happy memories none the less.
"Anyway, I hate to break up this little love fest however now would be a good time to say until we reawaken Hotaru we must all be on high alert. If not, her deity may want to call her back early, and that would ruin everything. However we all agree that the actual time gates themselves need to be sealed until further notice. With what's going on in the future these gates can not be considered safe any longer. Meaning we need to take shelter some place else." Saria spoke up, dragging with her a sleepy, watery eyed, sniffling, Setsuna with her.
"She's… oh my god… thank the havens!" Setsuna said looking towards the baby. "Thank god.."
"No… Try more like thank the crystal, Ami, and Makoto." Saria clarified simply. "Your fine, she's fine, everything will be normal… now about the gates… as I stated, we don't necessarily need them since we can still teleport in this time, we just can't use the future anymore.. Not that we would want too. I say seal them off, however since we aren't destroying the poles right away it would still be safer to stay in large numbers… perhaps away from a large city, things will be starting soon as far as haphazard weather patterns shortly. When they do happen there will be no stopping it." Saria spoke carefully.
"Well where would we stay? No one of us have room to cram all of us into any of our homes. However Saria, from what your implying we won't need those homes soon will we?" Setsuna asked, clearly she had a good idea where this would be going.
"That is correct. The day you have all awaited for shall soon be among us. When the calamity strikes, there will be little need for you to worry about something so trivial, also there will be little need to worry about returning to the places of refuge, all you need to worry about now is the protection of each other and your future queen. Fate has odd ways of working out. This was it's choice and we will follow through with the demand." Saria affirmed nodding to her mother.
"Then Until that day I say you should stay with me at the shrine, it is by far the largest in terms of space on the outside, and we have enough space for everyone to crash on the floor inside. Plus everyone will be near their families." Rei said offering her home to everyone.
That was the deciding straw. Fate would soon start on it's way to the eventual destruction and when it did they all had to be ready. With three pregnant women and a newly reborn Hotaru a lot could go wrong. Add to that the Starlight's arrival and you could be sure nothing would be the same now that the wheels had been set in motion.
TBC
Well that's chapter 11 out there on the press for all to read finally. As you can see I took a few twits than most writers would. hopefully it's for the better. Let me know what you think. I know some of you may read parts of this and go "WTF were you thinking" or "This is getting confusing" however i'm hoping to take most of the Foretold future that occurs in Sailor moon and give it a more defined meaning. Alot of why this took so long was because of the deep studying i was doing on the mythology and astrology aspect of Sailor Moon and the planets. Now that i have all of my needed knowlage I feel I am better able to capture the events about to unfold. I plan to update within a week or two...i have been very busy lightly so we will need to see how it goes.