Hi minna-san. Thanks for the reviews. Even though I only got
three......C'mon people....review. Thank you f.a.y.e. I'm glad someone
likes my story. Mária.....I'm glad you like this. How bout my other one.
Someone please go and read it. And please review.....im one of those
authors that need reviews to boost thier very low morale. And
Kimmie....thanks. I'm glad you like it.
Well I posted chapter one the other day.....so I might as well do chapter two today. This is what happens when certian authors *coughcoughhotaru- chancoughcough* decides to go home early. And your muses are in one of those annoying modes. Yeah....all you authors out there know what I'm talking about....the hyperactive mode, where they drive you nuts until you get a whole frigging chapter written and posted...and then the cycle continues until you finish the story.....the more reviews...the better my story will be. Trust me on that.
Well heres chapter two...hope you like it. (I'm attempting to type this as my sister is playing with my hair...meaning that shes using me for a human barbie doll. And *Itai*she's yanking on my *Itai* head. And *Itai* she's yanking hard.)
~In the end, there is always hope and Re-birth.~
~Sailor Saturn~ SM manga Vol. 10
Thats one of my favorite quotes. As you can guess by now....Hotaru is one of my favorite characters.( for one, she wears my favorite color. Black. 2 Her favorite color is one of my favorites.) I like Usa.....sort of, Mamo- baka......no comment.*You can tell by my use of the suffix that I hate that pairing...and I hate him period.
Chapter Two.........
Hotaru shuffled into the house, shutting the door behind her. Several things were running though her mind at the moment. One of which....was why in the hell had Kinomoto-san showed up with a talking lion. It just didn't make sense...but then again. Not many things in her life ever did.
"I wonder why that woman was after that guys pure heart crystal. He didn't look very powerful....but maybe he had some hidden power that he knew nothing about. Today would've been almost perfect...if not for that stupid woman, the shadow remlace and those snobby brats back at school." She muttered, flopping on the couch, to have an afternoon channel surfing session. Her homework had been finished in class.
The phone rang suddenly, making Hotaru fall off the couch.
'Hotaru no Baka it's just the phone...what are you so jumpy about' she mentally scolded herself. She went to the kitchen and picked the phone up on the next ring.
"Moshi-moshi." she greeted.
"Umm....is Hotaru Tomoe there?" the voice on the other line asked.
"Hai..this is her. Who is this?" She asked.
"Kinomoto Sakura. Ano....I want to talk to you about something..it's important....if thats alright....could you meet me at the clock tower at ten o'clock?"
"Yeah. I'll meet you there. But why do you want to meet me at the clock tower so late at night?"
"Please..I'll explain later." She said. Hotaru got a uneasy feeling in her stomach.
"Alright. I'll be there. Ja mata Kinomoto-san." She said.
"Ja mata, Tomoe-san." Sakura said, hanging up the phone. Hotaru hung up the phone, and sighed.
"Maybe she just wants to have a discussion where not a ton of people are around. I don't blame her...she's the most popular girl in school." She said, resigning herself to the couch again to turn the tv on. The reporter on the tv was droning on about some corporate mishap.
She flipped through the channels. She finally came across one that was halfway decent. There was some futuristic anime on, and some kid was blowing up a building.
Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka walked in some 20 minutes later, arms loaded with food.
"We didn't feel like cooking, and chinese sounded really good." Haruka said, flashing Hotaru a sheepish grin.
"So what do we have here?" Hotaru asked, looking at the bags.
'Uh....some sweet and sour chicken, chow mein, a little stir-fry and a few other things that Haruka ordered. Without us knowing." Michiru said, straining the Without.
Haruka waved her hands."Hey! I like this stuff. Don't kill me...cause I paid for all of this." She said.
They ate dinner, and the focus of the conversation was centered on thier new enemy." Ok we know what they want, and why they want it...but we still don't know who they are. We need the inners to help on this one." Setsuna said.
"How....theyre 2 hours away." Michiru said
"Get them to transfer here. It isnt that hard." Haruka countered
"Where would they stay?" Hotaru asked.
"Here.....this is a mansion you know....theres a ton of room."
"Wouldn't that be a bit suspicious, if they all came and started living here?" Setsuna asked.
"I agree......unless they can rent some apartments on the other side of town, I mean they are seniors in highschool now." Hotaru said.
"That could be arranged.....we could be thier patrons." Setsuna said.
"Well we need to give them a call." Hotaru said, grabbing the phone and the address book.
"Ok usagi........your first." she said, dialing in numbers.
The phone rang about six times before a haggard sounding Usa answered.
"Moshi-moshi?"
"Koban'wa Usa-chan. Ano......you sound buisy." she said, overhearing the loud music playing in the background.
"Were having a little celebration for Ami...she was accepted by that big college over by you guys."
"Well actually..I was calling because we've discovered the enemy has been loitering around here....and we need your help." Hotaru said.
Usa shouted in the background.
"Shut that music off! this is Scout buisiness!" she yelled. Minako got up and hit the stop button. And the four inner scouts crowded around the other phone.
The five of them listened intently to what Hotaru had to say.
"We need your help here. And soon. We know where you can get some apartments on the other side of town, and well be your patrons." Hotaru explained.
"Well...I don't know.....if my parents will agree with that Hotaru-chan." Usagi said wryly.
"It doesn't hurt to ask....besides, you graduate in a few months anyway, so your going to go to college. And besides, this is the closest one besides tokyo university...."
"Fine.....all the other scouts will be able to go anyway. Makoto lives alone, Amy's going to college early there. Minako's mom is always so drunk theres no problem asking her. And Rei's got chad and her grandpa to take care of the shrine. It's just Ikuko-mama and Kenji-papa that I have to worry about. Dad'll probably go nuts because of the boys, since I broke it off with Momaru. And Mom will try to convince me to stay, like she always does."
"Speaking of that...How's small lady?"
"She's fine.....since the future that was layed out for us isn't going to happen any longer....Pluto let her stay here.....though she still misses her future mother. But she'll eventually realize that i'm her mother. She's still acting the part as my little sister." Usagi said.
"I see. Wait....what about small lady...she's going to need to come too...she's a scout as well." Hotaru said.
"Um....I don't know. I probably could convince mom and dad to let her come....she acts like shes attached to me at the hips anyway."
"True. Go ask your parents......and call me back."
"Alright...i'll relay this to the others. And ask my parents."
"Thanks a bunch Usagi."
"No problem."
"ja."
"ja."
Hotaru hung up the phone.
"She's going to ask. Her father is as stubborn as you are Haruka-papa. SO don't expect much." Hotaru said, giving her "Father" a wry look.
Haruka rolled her eyes and continued eating. Soon Hotaru noticed the time.....it was 8:30.
"Mama...I need to borrow the car.....i'm supposed to meet a friend."
"What time?" Setsuna asked.
"10:00." she answered.
"Go ahead.....while your out...look for something....i'll appreciate it." Michiru said. dangling her set of keys over Hotaru's outstreched palm.
"Come on mom!" she said.
"Impatent....geez." Michiru said dropping them into her hand.
"Thank you." she said, pocketing them.
The phone in Hotaru's hand rang again. She answered it.
"Hello?"
"It's me again."
"So....."
"They agreed."
"Good..... After school tommorow, were going to go get the transfer slips for you, and fill them out. Take the bus to the bus stop in Town.....we'll meet you there." Hotaru said.
"Thanks. We appreciate you doing this for us you guys." Usagi said.
"Do itamashite. It's no problem. Besides this is important." Hotaru said.
"Yeah..."
"Well I'll see you tommorow. tell the others we said hi." Hotaru said.
"ja."
"ja." Hotaru said, hitting the end button.
"Well, im gonna go....im supposed to meet Sakura at 10 and it's 9 already." hotaru said, throwing the rest of her dinner in the trash. And going out the door.
An hour later, she sat at the parking lot across the street from the tower. She got out and waited at the front door to the maintenece entrance.
Sakura walked up about five minutes later. Followed by the young man from earlier.
"Ok.....I wana know...why did you want me to meet you here?"
"Oh just to talk and stuff.....I saw how you reacted to Ryoko's snide comment and I just wanted to say, that you reacted a lot better than I would've."
"I normally would've tried to lunge at her and rip out her vocal cords but since today was my first day, I decided to make a good impression." Hotaru said, raising her eyebrows.
"That would've been the same thing I probably would've done." Sakura admitted.
"Oh...ano.....who's your friend?" Hotaru asked, as she felt the begginnings of a blush spread across her face.
"Watashi wa Tsukishiro Yukito desu. I'm a close friend of the family." he said, with a kind smile.
'Man he's cute......wait! Get ahold of yourself firefly........you don't even know this guy yet!...But his smile........Shut it!' She mentally cursed herself.
"And you would be..."
"Tomoe Hotaru.....I'm a new student at the highschool. I transferred from Juuban."
"Aa. So how are you liking our boring little town.....well I shouldn't say that....some wierd woman attacked me and then this fuku clad, glaive wielding, girl came along and threw some sort of shield around me.......then her friends showed up. The woman disappeared into a portal and there was some monster that showed up. And it was sliced into bits by the girl....I think she introduced herself as Sailor Saturn...or something like that.......she was kinda cute. Come to think of it." he said...a blush creeping across his face.
"Ehe...That's definitely wierd..." she said, scratching the nape of her neck nervously.
'Your lucky that the spell on the scout forms inables any one from knowing your identity.'she thought
"Your telling me....then they have the nerve to tell us to forget they existed." He said. pouting cutely.
"Uh huh.....Maybe it was for your own good....maybe they don't want you trying to find them or something." Hotaru suggested.
'Well DUH you don't want them to know who you are.'
"Probably......but*Sigh* I don't know...." he said.
"I'm guessing you don't have a social agenda either?" Hotaru asked.
"Slim to nil chance of that ever happening. My best friend.....Her brother Touya, gets all the girls.....not that I mind...because they're ditzy. But still it sucks....i'm always off to the sidelines." he admitted.
"I know the feeling. It's annoying." she muttered.
"Hey.....do you guys want to go for coffee or something......" Sakura asked.
"Uh...sure I guess." Hotaru said.
"Did you walk or drive?" Sakura asked.
"Drove. I live way on the other side of town....over by Tomoyo."
"We walked. The café isn't only but a block away. We can walk." Sakura said.
A few hours later...they were being driven home by Hotaru.
"Hahahahahahahahaha.....I can't believe you did that to your brother Sakura- chan! I imagine that you took pictures.....I hope."
"Oh...you bet....I used a whole roll of film....it's in my room in my "box of items to blackmail Touya into doing things for me."
"I gotta see those......your brother dressed in drag...thats just too funny...how come you never told me?" Yukito asked, hanging over the front seat.
"Because.....it slipped my mind." Sakura said.
"Uh huh....sure it did."
"Hey..this is your stop. I'll see you at school tommorow. If you want..I can walk with you...I'm meeting up with Tomoyo."
"That's great...i'll see you then." Sakura said.
"Yep. Ja!"
"Bai, bai."
"Ja ne!"
The two got out of the car and shut the door. Hotaru sped off into the night in her shared black convertible.
"Sakura?"
"Nani?"
"Do you think you could hook me up with her?"
"What!?!"
"You heard me."
"She's two years younger than you....scratch that.....and besides what about you- know-who? I don't think he's going to appreciate that."
"We are no longer seperate entities......I didn't tell you this, but now we are the same person.There is no longer any line that seperates our personalities or my conciousness."
"That would mean....what exactly..."
Her brother came into the room.
"They're one person...instead of two. The spell Clow Reed placed on Yue when he was sealed away, has lifted. They were originally one person, but after clow sealed him away, Yue became bitter. And discarded his emotions....remember that Gundam Wing movie we watched last weekend....?"
"Yeah."
"Well remember when Heero was in the shuttle with Duo and he was remembering the death of that little girl....that's when he lost his emotion....he became stoic and cold. Like Yue used to be.
After you awakened Yue, he had to face the music......thats when he and Yuki started to become one person again. I noticed this a long time ago....because....for one...I started to notice when my muchacho here, started to lose some of that cheerful optimism of his. And Yue actually started to care about things. Other than the fact that he has to do whatever you force him to. Which...is never going to happen. Because you can't even force me to do anything and I'm your sibling."
"Want to bet money on that.....theres always the pictures of you dressed in drag...I could post them all over school if I really wanted to....just gotta use the darkroom....I still got the negatives." she said
"You wouldn't"
"Oh...yes...I would. Blackmail is such a wonderful method of sibling torture." she said.
Yukito laughed."Thank god the only sibling I have....isn't capable of hitting the shutter button of a camera in either form."
"Shut it you." touya warned, throwing him a mock glare.
"OOOH.....I'm so frightened.....I could take you on anyday. Anytime pal. And you know it." He said. A self satisfied smirk on his face.
"So you want me to ask her out for you......your going to owe me."
"I know. If you do this for me....and get a yes answer......I'll buy you lunch for a week."
"Two weeks, and you have yourself a deal." she said.
"Deal." he said. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The next morning, Hotaru was once again....rudely awakened by the sound of the alarm clock. Muttering some obcenities, she hit the snooze button. But was then dragged out of bed by her feet by the ever so punctual Setsuna Meioh.
The following morning...by her standards....sucked royally...except for the fact that Ryoko ate her teeth when she opened up her mouth to a upperclassman. ************(A/N...I forgot to mention this earlier...but I tampered with some of the characters ages.
Sakura, Hotaru, Tomoyo, Sayoran, Eriol, And Chibi-usa.(rini) are 15
Touya, Yukito, and inner scouts(excluding rini) are 17
Haruka -24 michiru -23 Setsuna- appears to be in late twenties to early thirties. but we all know shes a lot older than that.)************
At the end of the day, she was more than glad to be having no homework. She quietly walked to the busstop. To wait for the inner scouts to arrive.
Suddenly a familiar voice spoke up.
"What brings you here?"
"Oh...Hi yuki. Waiting for some of my friends from home...they're moving here, and my parents are thier patrons...I have to go and get them settled."
"Oh. Do you mind if I stay, uh...I have nothing better to do." He asked.
"Sure go ahead. Dang it's cold out here." she said, rubbing her arms.
"Here....." Yukito said, taking off his jacket and wrapping it around her shoulders.
"Arigato. But aren't you cold?" She asked.
"The cold really doesn't bother me too much. Sorta like the sunlight....I can spend all day in the garden weeding flowerbeds, or laying out on the beach, with enough tanning lotion on to roast a pig...and not even get tan." he laughed."I never knew why.....it's very strange."
"I have the same problem. I spent all summer outside...and I didn't even get a tan line." She said
"I wondered why your so pale." He said.
"Ditto."
Suddenly the wind picked up...and snow began to fall.
"Whats with this....I feel...tired."
"The snow....it's not natural.....we need to get out of the snow....now." she said grabbing Yukito's arm and running toward her car. They barely made it. She shoved him in before he could fall asleep.
"Wake up." she said. He started to drift off.
"You wana play this game......so be it." she said. She threw in her favorite cd. And cranked the volume up all the way.
Yukito awoke with a start. Hotaru meanwhile, was typing away at a small laptop. It was dark purple and had a strange sign emblazened on the back in gold. Ami had created copies of her mini-computer and gave them to the outer scouts.
"Damn it." she cursed.
"What?"
"This is exactly what I thought it was.....can you keep a secret?"
"Depends on what kind. I have my own secrets to keep." he said
"I can't read coordinates very well. Give me a hand here." she said.
"Ok...by what your computer says....the source of the storm is Eriol Hiirigizawa's mansion.....that's odd."
"Why?"
"He shouldn't have the power to do this anymore........he's got less than half his powers left.....so I know him and his guardians aren't causing this......no wonder......this things throwing a dummy signal. I should've known."
"What are you rambling about?" She asked, getting out of the car.
"Remember when I said I had my own secrets to keep....I wasn't lying. What are you doing?" he asked.
"The snow won't effect me....Now remember when I asked you if you could keep a secret.......this is the secret." she said.
The sign of Saturn appeared on her forehead as she took her henshin stick from her sub-space pocket...
"Here goes...........Saturn Crystal Power!!!!!!!" she yelled.
Her clothes disappeared and Black ribbons started to wrap themselves around her body. In a flash of light, the senshi of death, destruction, and re- birth appeared where Hotaru Tomoe once stood.
Yukito blinked."Y...your that girl....."
"Hai....I am....I have a mission to fulfill.....and I'm going to be needing your help......the outer senshi are out of town. And I can't reach them." she said
Yukito got out of the car. And stood up to face Saturn.
"This form may be human....but It's just a mask to hide behind." he said.
"What?" she asked.
"I'm not really human...why else would that crazy blonde woman be after me?"
"Good point. Whatever your going to do...do it fast...we need to find whoever is causing this and stop them. Before the town is one giant popsicle." she said.
He closed his eyes, and a symbol appeared beneath his feet. Two huge wings appeared on his back and wrapped themselves around his body like a coccoon. several seconds later, they drew back, to rest at half span on his back. Where Yukito Tsukishiro had just stood, a tall, strangely dressed, white haired man, which strongly resembled an angel....except for his eyes...they were a light amythest, swirled with flecks of silver. And the pupils resembled those of a cat.
"I am the second Guardian of the mistress of the Sakura cards. My name is Yue." he said.
"Well now that we know eachothers little secrets, let's get a move on shall we." she said, making her glaive re-appear. Suddenly six very familiar voices shouted
"Saturn!"
She turned around, to see the five inner sailor scouts and Chibi-moon.
"We don't have time to have our little welcoming party...the enemy is causing a snowstorm, and it's effecting the mortal population of this town."
"Not only here...but also in the surrounding areas." Mercury said.
"Mercury...try to locate the source. It's throwing a dummy signal to keep us from finding the actual source. I asked." Hotaru said.
"Who's that?" Chibi-moon asked.
"This is an ally. He's going to help us."
"I have something....due south 2 kilometers." Mercury said.
"Good. Let's go." Sailor moon said, taking off after the Now Running soveriegn of silence. And Yue. The other scouts followed.
They came to an old building on the other side of town. Where a familiar blonde had her arm raised upward. She was standing on the edge of a building.
"Do you like my little winter wonderland?" she asked.
"For your information Lady....we don't! Mars Flame sniper!!!" Sailor Mars yelled. making the woman lose her balance and her concentration. The snow immediately ceased.
"You little wretch! You'll pay for that!" the woman sneered.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Yue said, popping up behind the woman. And delivering a spin kick to the back of her head, dropping her out of the air, and sending her flying into the pavement. when she hit, a crater was left.
"Thats payback for yesterdays attack!" he said.
"pheonix inferno!" she yelled. Her attack flew at him. He easily dodged it.
"Paybacks a royal bitch." Saturn whispered.
"Silence glaive surprise!" Saturn yelled, tossing an attack at the off guard enemy. Which sent her flying into a wall.
"Who are you....and who sent you?" Saturn asked.
"Sailor moon....do not interfere with this.....she's an enemy that is not to be taken lightly." saturn hissed back at the blonde scout.
"If you must know....... Queen Beryl sent me. My name is Oni.....which is simply translated as devil. But that is all you will get from me." she said.
"Then you die. I am the soveriegn of silence, And you shall be punished for your deeds." Saturn said, running forward, glaive raised.
"I don't think so. Ja mata. Sailor Brats!" she said, jumping into a portal.
Suddenly....another shadow warrior appeared.
"Chew on this!" it yelled. It was a plant like youma.(think the cassinean(Sp?) blossom thingies from sailor moon R movie. "the promise of the rose")
"Ugh! This thing reminds me of those Cassinean Blossom things." Sailor moon said, dodging a blast of vines.
"Whats that?" Yue asked.
"An old enemy of ours. It's minions looked close to this thing...just not as ugly." Mars said.
"Thats it...this thing is moon dust." Sailor moon said, making her scepter appear.
"Honeymoon....therapy kiss!!" she yelled, pointing the scepter at the youma.....the attack was swiped away.
"What the.." sailor moon said, advoiding another attack.
"Sailor moon!! You have to transform the scepter....!" Luna yelled.
"Or....I could try my glaive again....it worked yesterday...but someone has to attract it's attention away long enough for me to get a clear shot." Saturn said.
"I can do it." Yue said.
"Ill help...this thing could use a shock of it's own medicine." Jupiter said.
"good. I'll draw it's attention. You zap it. That should disable it long enough to argh!" he said. he had been grabbed by the overgrown weed.
It started draining his energy.
"Shit." Saturn said. She charged it with her glaive.....and hacked off that piece that was holding the moon guardian. She aimed her glaive directly at the Youma.
"Silence glaive surprise!!!" she yelled. She charged the plant and sliced upward. the youma disappeared into a pile of dust.
She ran back over to Yue.
"Daijobu desu ka?" She asked.
"Nothing too serious, a few cuts and briuses." he said.
"Here." she said. there was a nasty cut over his eye.
She held her hands over his body and they glowed purple for a few seconds. Then she stood back up.
"Not anymore. Come on." she said, offering her hand. Her took it and she helped him up.
"Soo.......who's this guy huh Hotaru?????"Minako asked.
"My name is Yue."
"Hey thanks for the help...we appreciate it."
"No problem." he said.
"Who's up for a cup of coffee or something?"
"Just as long as....*a...a...a..achoo!* it's scalding hot." Rei sniffled.
"How long have you been sick Rei?" she asked.
"*sniffle* A week. Tatsuya gave me his cold."
"Oh. well....let's get back to the mansion.....i'm in dire need of a hot shower." hotaru said. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N Well here's chapter two. Hope you like it. Please if you have suggestions leave them in the reviews. Well appreciate it very much!
Duo: Hey! you left us out earlier!
Heero: Yeah! Whats the big idea?
Naoko: nothing.....you were in the kitchen making pizza and something else. And using the blender...and forgot to put the lid back on it....also if you don't stay out of my guacamole your going to regret the fact that you were born.
Duo:*mouth full of chips* u pher ayin umthin?
Naoko:*Shakes head* If you wouldn't have been stuffing your face Duo, you would've heard me say stay out of my guacamole dip!
Duo: oh...thats what you said.
Heero:wheres mina?
Duo:I dont have a clue...have you seen her
Naoko:She's visiting my friend tammi. Boot camp might straighten her out.
Duo: boot camp?
Naoko:Tammi is there right now. So is Minako
Duo: Sucks to be Mina
Naoko:If you don't shut it....your going to be the next one to go
Duo: *gulps* eep!*Runs into bedroom.
Heero"........."
Naoko:The look on that face was priceless...wanna see the polaroid I just took?
Heero:hn
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(I got the idea off of the brothers garcia last night. hehe)
Oh yeah...uh whoever asked me if this was going to be a Hotaru/Yukito. I'm happy to say, that yes it is. Iv'e never seen this pairing before so somehow ill work it in.
Naoko and Her muses. Hotaru will be writing the next chappie!
Well I posted chapter one the other day.....so I might as well do chapter two today. This is what happens when certian authors *coughcoughhotaru- chancoughcough* decides to go home early. And your muses are in one of those annoying modes. Yeah....all you authors out there know what I'm talking about....the hyperactive mode, where they drive you nuts until you get a whole frigging chapter written and posted...and then the cycle continues until you finish the story.....the more reviews...the better my story will be. Trust me on that.
Well heres chapter two...hope you like it. (I'm attempting to type this as my sister is playing with my hair...meaning that shes using me for a human barbie doll. And *Itai*she's yanking on my *Itai* head. And *Itai* she's yanking hard.)
~In the end, there is always hope and Re-birth.~
~Sailor Saturn~ SM manga Vol. 10
Thats one of my favorite quotes. As you can guess by now....Hotaru is one of my favorite characters.( for one, she wears my favorite color. Black. 2 Her favorite color is one of my favorites.) I like Usa.....sort of, Mamo- baka......no comment.*You can tell by my use of the suffix that I hate that pairing...and I hate him period.
Chapter Two.........
Hotaru shuffled into the house, shutting the door behind her. Several things were running though her mind at the moment. One of which....was why in the hell had Kinomoto-san showed up with a talking lion. It just didn't make sense...but then again. Not many things in her life ever did.
"I wonder why that woman was after that guys pure heart crystal. He didn't look very powerful....but maybe he had some hidden power that he knew nothing about. Today would've been almost perfect...if not for that stupid woman, the shadow remlace and those snobby brats back at school." She muttered, flopping on the couch, to have an afternoon channel surfing session. Her homework had been finished in class.
The phone rang suddenly, making Hotaru fall off the couch.
'Hotaru no Baka it's just the phone...what are you so jumpy about' she mentally scolded herself. She went to the kitchen and picked the phone up on the next ring.
"Moshi-moshi." she greeted.
"Umm....is Hotaru Tomoe there?" the voice on the other line asked.
"Hai..this is her. Who is this?" She asked.
"Kinomoto Sakura. Ano....I want to talk to you about something..it's important....if thats alright....could you meet me at the clock tower at ten o'clock?"
"Yeah. I'll meet you there. But why do you want to meet me at the clock tower so late at night?"
"Please..I'll explain later." She said. Hotaru got a uneasy feeling in her stomach.
"Alright. I'll be there. Ja mata Kinomoto-san." She said.
"Ja mata, Tomoe-san." Sakura said, hanging up the phone. Hotaru hung up the phone, and sighed.
"Maybe she just wants to have a discussion where not a ton of people are around. I don't blame her...she's the most popular girl in school." She said, resigning herself to the couch again to turn the tv on. The reporter on the tv was droning on about some corporate mishap.
She flipped through the channels. She finally came across one that was halfway decent. There was some futuristic anime on, and some kid was blowing up a building.
Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka walked in some 20 minutes later, arms loaded with food.
"We didn't feel like cooking, and chinese sounded really good." Haruka said, flashing Hotaru a sheepish grin.
"So what do we have here?" Hotaru asked, looking at the bags.
'Uh....some sweet and sour chicken, chow mein, a little stir-fry and a few other things that Haruka ordered. Without us knowing." Michiru said, straining the Without.
Haruka waved her hands."Hey! I like this stuff. Don't kill me...cause I paid for all of this." She said.
They ate dinner, and the focus of the conversation was centered on thier new enemy." Ok we know what they want, and why they want it...but we still don't know who they are. We need the inners to help on this one." Setsuna said.
"How....theyre 2 hours away." Michiru said
"Get them to transfer here. It isnt that hard." Haruka countered
"Where would they stay?" Hotaru asked.
"Here.....this is a mansion you know....theres a ton of room."
"Wouldn't that be a bit suspicious, if they all came and started living here?" Setsuna asked.
"I agree......unless they can rent some apartments on the other side of town, I mean they are seniors in highschool now." Hotaru said.
"That could be arranged.....we could be thier patrons." Setsuna said.
"Well we need to give them a call." Hotaru said, grabbing the phone and the address book.
"Ok usagi........your first." she said, dialing in numbers.
The phone rang about six times before a haggard sounding Usa answered.
"Moshi-moshi?"
"Koban'wa Usa-chan. Ano......you sound buisy." she said, overhearing the loud music playing in the background.
"Were having a little celebration for Ami...she was accepted by that big college over by you guys."
"Well actually..I was calling because we've discovered the enemy has been loitering around here....and we need your help." Hotaru said.
Usa shouted in the background.
"Shut that music off! this is Scout buisiness!" she yelled. Minako got up and hit the stop button. And the four inner scouts crowded around the other phone.
The five of them listened intently to what Hotaru had to say.
"We need your help here. And soon. We know where you can get some apartments on the other side of town, and well be your patrons." Hotaru explained.
"Well...I don't know.....if my parents will agree with that Hotaru-chan." Usagi said wryly.
"It doesn't hurt to ask....besides, you graduate in a few months anyway, so your going to go to college. And besides, this is the closest one besides tokyo university...."
"Fine.....all the other scouts will be able to go anyway. Makoto lives alone, Amy's going to college early there. Minako's mom is always so drunk theres no problem asking her. And Rei's got chad and her grandpa to take care of the shrine. It's just Ikuko-mama and Kenji-papa that I have to worry about. Dad'll probably go nuts because of the boys, since I broke it off with Momaru. And Mom will try to convince me to stay, like she always does."
"Speaking of that...How's small lady?"
"She's fine.....since the future that was layed out for us isn't going to happen any longer....Pluto let her stay here.....though she still misses her future mother. But she'll eventually realize that i'm her mother. She's still acting the part as my little sister." Usagi said.
"I see. Wait....what about small lady...she's going to need to come too...she's a scout as well." Hotaru said.
"Um....I don't know. I probably could convince mom and dad to let her come....she acts like shes attached to me at the hips anyway."
"True. Go ask your parents......and call me back."
"Alright...i'll relay this to the others. And ask my parents."
"Thanks a bunch Usagi."
"No problem."
"ja."
"ja."
Hotaru hung up the phone.
"She's going to ask. Her father is as stubborn as you are Haruka-papa. SO don't expect much." Hotaru said, giving her "Father" a wry look.
Haruka rolled her eyes and continued eating. Soon Hotaru noticed the time.....it was 8:30.
"Mama...I need to borrow the car.....i'm supposed to meet a friend."
"What time?" Setsuna asked.
"10:00." she answered.
"Go ahead.....while your out...look for something....i'll appreciate it." Michiru said. dangling her set of keys over Hotaru's outstreched palm.
"Come on mom!" she said.
"Impatent....geez." Michiru said dropping them into her hand.
"Thank you." she said, pocketing them.
The phone in Hotaru's hand rang again. She answered it.
"Hello?"
"It's me again."
"So....."
"They agreed."
"Good..... After school tommorow, were going to go get the transfer slips for you, and fill them out. Take the bus to the bus stop in Town.....we'll meet you there." Hotaru said.
"Thanks. We appreciate you doing this for us you guys." Usagi said.
"Do itamashite. It's no problem. Besides this is important." Hotaru said.
"Yeah..."
"Well I'll see you tommorow. tell the others we said hi." Hotaru said.
"ja."
"ja." Hotaru said, hitting the end button.
"Well, im gonna go....im supposed to meet Sakura at 10 and it's 9 already." hotaru said, throwing the rest of her dinner in the trash. And going out the door.
An hour later, she sat at the parking lot across the street from the tower. She got out and waited at the front door to the maintenece entrance.
Sakura walked up about five minutes later. Followed by the young man from earlier.
"Ok.....I wana know...why did you want me to meet you here?"
"Oh just to talk and stuff.....I saw how you reacted to Ryoko's snide comment and I just wanted to say, that you reacted a lot better than I would've."
"I normally would've tried to lunge at her and rip out her vocal cords but since today was my first day, I decided to make a good impression." Hotaru said, raising her eyebrows.
"That would've been the same thing I probably would've done." Sakura admitted.
"Oh...ano.....who's your friend?" Hotaru asked, as she felt the begginnings of a blush spread across her face.
"Watashi wa Tsukishiro Yukito desu. I'm a close friend of the family." he said, with a kind smile.
'Man he's cute......wait! Get ahold of yourself firefly........you don't even know this guy yet!...But his smile........Shut it!' She mentally cursed herself.
"And you would be..."
"Tomoe Hotaru.....I'm a new student at the highschool. I transferred from Juuban."
"Aa. So how are you liking our boring little town.....well I shouldn't say that....some wierd woman attacked me and then this fuku clad, glaive wielding, girl came along and threw some sort of shield around me.......then her friends showed up. The woman disappeared into a portal and there was some monster that showed up. And it was sliced into bits by the girl....I think she introduced herself as Sailor Saturn...or something like that.......she was kinda cute. Come to think of it." he said...a blush creeping across his face.
"Ehe...That's definitely wierd..." she said, scratching the nape of her neck nervously.
'Your lucky that the spell on the scout forms inables any one from knowing your identity.'she thought
"Your telling me....then they have the nerve to tell us to forget they existed." He said. pouting cutely.
"Uh huh.....Maybe it was for your own good....maybe they don't want you trying to find them or something." Hotaru suggested.
'Well DUH you don't want them to know who you are.'
"Probably......but*Sigh* I don't know...." he said.
"I'm guessing you don't have a social agenda either?" Hotaru asked.
"Slim to nil chance of that ever happening. My best friend.....Her brother Touya, gets all the girls.....not that I mind...because they're ditzy. But still it sucks....i'm always off to the sidelines." he admitted.
"I know the feeling. It's annoying." she muttered.
"Hey.....do you guys want to go for coffee or something......" Sakura asked.
"Uh...sure I guess." Hotaru said.
"Did you walk or drive?" Sakura asked.
"Drove. I live way on the other side of town....over by Tomoyo."
"We walked. The café isn't only but a block away. We can walk." Sakura said.
A few hours later...they were being driven home by Hotaru.
"Hahahahahahahahaha.....I can't believe you did that to your brother Sakura- chan! I imagine that you took pictures.....I hope."
"Oh...you bet....I used a whole roll of film....it's in my room in my "box of items to blackmail Touya into doing things for me."
"I gotta see those......your brother dressed in drag...thats just too funny...how come you never told me?" Yukito asked, hanging over the front seat.
"Because.....it slipped my mind." Sakura said.
"Uh huh....sure it did."
"Hey..this is your stop. I'll see you at school tommorow. If you want..I can walk with you...I'm meeting up with Tomoyo."
"That's great...i'll see you then." Sakura said.
"Yep. Ja!"
"Bai, bai."
"Ja ne!"
The two got out of the car and shut the door. Hotaru sped off into the night in her shared black convertible.
"Sakura?"
"Nani?"
"Do you think you could hook me up with her?"
"What!?!"
"You heard me."
"She's two years younger than you....scratch that.....and besides what about you- know-who? I don't think he's going to appreciate that."
"We are no longer seperate entities......I didn't tell you this, but now we are the same person.There is no longer any line that seperates our personalities or my conciousness."
"That would mean....what exactly..."
Her brother came into the room.
"They're one person...instead of two. The spell Clow Reed placed on Yue when he was sealed away, has lifted. They were originally one person, but after clow sealed him away, Yue became bitter. And discarded his emotions....remember that Gundam Wing movie we watched last weekend....?"
"Yeah."
"Well remember when Heero was in the shuttle with Duo and he was remembering the death of that little girl....that's when he lost his emotion....he became stoic and cold. Like Yue used to be.
After you awakened Yue, he had to face the music......thats when he and Yuki started to become one person again. I noticed this a long time ago....because....for one...I started to notice when my muchacho here, started to lose some of that cheerful optimism of his. And Yue actually started to care about things. Other than the fact that he has to do whatever you force him to. Which...is never going to happen. Because you can't even force me to do anything and I'm your sibling."
"Want to bet money on that.....theres always the pictures of you dressed in drag...I could post them all over school if I really wanted to....just gotta use the darkroom....I still got the negatives." she said
"You wouldn't"
"Oh...yes...I would. Blackmail is such a wonderful method of sibling torture." she said.
Yukito laughed."Thank god the only sibling I have....isn't capable of hitting the shutter button of a camera in either form."
"Shut it you." touya warned, throwing him a mock glare.
"OOOH.....I'm so frightened.....I could take you on anyday. Anytime pal. And you know it." He said. A self satisfied smirk on his face.
"So you want me to ask her out for you......your going to owe me."
"I know. If you do this for me....and get a yes answer......I'll buy you lunch for a week."
"Two weeks, and you have yourself a deal." she said.
"Deal." he said. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The next morning, Hotaru was once again....rudely awakened by the sound of the alarm clock. Muttering some obcenities, she hit the snooze button. But was then dragged out of bed by her feet by the ever so punctual Setsuna Meioh.
The following morning...by her standards....sucked royally...except for the fact that Ryoko ate her teeth when she opened up her mouth to a upperclassman. ************(A/N...I forgot to mention this earlier...but I tampered with some of the characters ages.
Sakura, Hotaru, Tomoyo, Sayoran, Eriol, And Chibi-usa.(rini) are 15
Touya, Yukito, and inner scouts(excluding rini) are 17
Haruka -24 michiru -23 Setsuna- appears to be in late twenties to early thirties. but we all know shes a lot older than that.)************
At the end of the day, she was more than glad to be having no homework. She quietly walked to the busstop. To wait for the inner scouts to arrive.
Suddenly a familiar voice spoke up.
"What brings you here?"
"Oh...Hi yuki. Waiting for some of my friends from home...they're moving here, and my parents are thier patrons...I have to go and get them settled."
"Oh. Do you mind if I stay, uh...I have nothing better to do." He asked.
"Sure go ahead. Dang it's cold out here." she said, rubbing her arms.
"Here....." Yukito said, taking off his jacket and wrapping it around her shoulders.
"Arigato. But aren't you cold?" She asked.
"The cold really doesn't bother me too much. Sorta like the sunlight....I can spend all day in the garden weeding flowerbeds, or laying out on the beach, with enough tanning lotion on to roast a pig...and not even get tan." he laughed."I never knew why.....it's very strange."
"I have the same problem. I spent all summer outside...and I didn't even get a tan line." She said
"I wondered why your so pale." He said.
"Ditto."
Suddenly the wind picked up...and snow began to fall.
"Whats with this....I feel...tired."
"The snow....it's not natural.....we need to get out of the snow....now." she said grabbing Yukito's arm and running toward her car. They barely made it. She shoved him in before he could fall asleep.
"Wake up." she said. He started to drift off.
"You wana play this game......so be it." she said. She threw in her favorite cd. And cranked the volume up all the way.
Yukito awoke with a start. Hotaru meanwhile, was typing away at a small laptop. It was dark purple and had a strange sign emblazened on the back in gold. Ami had created copies of her mini-computer and gave them to the outer scouts.
"Damn it." she cursed.
"What?"
"This is exactly what I thought it was.....can you keep a secret?"
"Depends on what kind. I have my own secrets to keep." he said
"I can't read coordinates very well. Give me a hand here." she said.
"Ok...by what your computer says....the source of the storm is Eriol Hiirigizawa's mansion.....that's odd."
"Why?"
"He shouldn't have the power to do this anymore........he's got less than half his powers left.....so I know him and his guardians aren't causing this......no wonder......this things throwing a dummy signal. I should've known."
"What are you rambling about?" She asked, getting out of the car.
"Remember when I said I had my own secrets to keep....I wasn't lying. What are you doing?" he asked.
"The snow won't effect me....Now remember when I asked you if you could keep a secret.......this is the secret." she said.
The sign of Saturn appeared on her forehead as she took her henshin stick from her sub-space pocket...
"Here goes...........Saturn Crystal Power!!!!!!!" she yelled.
Her clothes disappeared and Black ribbons started to wrap themselves around her body. In a flash of light, the senshi of death, destruction, and re- birth appeared where Hotaru Tomoe once stood.
Yukito blinked."Y...your that girl....."
"Hai....I am....I have a mission to fulfill.....and I'm going to be needing your help......the outer senshi are out of town. And I can't reach them." she said
Yukito got out of the car. And stood up to face Saturn.
"This form may be human....but It's just a mask to hide behind." he said.
"What?" she asked.
"I'm not really human...why else would that crazy blonde woman be after me?"
"Good point. Whatever your going to do...do it fast...we need to find whoever is causing this and stop them. Before the town is one giant popsicle." she said.
He closed his eyes, and a symbol appeared beneath his feet. Two huge wings appeared on his back and wrapped themselves around his body like a coccoon. several seconds later, they drew back, to rest at half span on his back. Where Yukito Tsukishiro had just stood, a tall, strangely dressed, white haired man, which strongly resembled an angel....except for his eyes...they were a light amythest, swirled with flecks of silver. And the pupils resembled those of a cat.
"I am the second Guardian of the mistress of the Sakura cards. My name is Yue." he said.
"Well now that we know eachothers little secrets, let's get a move on shall we." she said, making her glaive re-appear. Suddenly six very familiar voices shouted
"Saturn!"
She turned around, to see the five inner sailor scouts and Chibi-moon.
"We don't have time to have our little welcoming party...the enemy is causing a snowstorm, and it's effecting the mortal population of this town."
"Not only here...but also in the surrounding areas." Mercury said.
"Mercury...try to locate the source. It's throwing a dummy signal to keep us from finding the actual source. I asked." Hotaru said.
"Who's that?" Chibi-moon asked.
"This is an ally. He's going to help us."
"I have something....due south 2 kilometers." Mercury said.
"Good. Let's go." Sailor moon said, taking off after the Now Running soveriegn of silence. And Yue. The other scouts followed.
They came to an old building on the other side of town. Where a familiar blonde had her arm raised upward. She was standing on the edge of a building.
"Do you like my little winter wonderland?" she asked.
"For your information Lady....we don't! Mars Flame sniper!!!" Sailor Mars yelled. making the woman lose her balance and her concentration. The snow immediately ceased.
"You little wretch! You'll pay for that!" the woman sneered.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Yue said, popping up behind the woman. And delivering a spin kick to the back of her head, dropping her out of the air, and sending her flying into the pavement. when she hit, a crater was left.
"Thats payback for yesterdays attack!" he said.
"pheonix inferno!" she yelled. Her attack flew at him. He easily dodged it.
"Paybacks a royal bitch." Saturn whispered.
"Silence glaive surprise!" Saturn yelled, tossing an attack at the off guard enemy. Which sent her flying into a wall.
"Who are you....and who sent you?" Saturn asked.
"Sailor moon....do not interfere with this.....she's an enemy that is not to be taken lightly." saturn hissed back at the blonde scout.
"If you must know....... Queen Beryl sent me. My name is Oni.....which is simply translated as devil. But that is all you will get from me." she said.
"Then you die. I am the soveriegn of silence, And you shall be punished for your deeds." Saturn said, running forward, glaive raised.
"I don't think so. Ja mata. Sailor Brats!" she said, jumping into a portal.
Suddenly....another shadow warrior appeared.
"Chew on this!" it yelled. It was a plant like youma.(think the cassinean(Sp?) blossom thingies from sailor moon R movie. "the promise of the rose")
"Ugh! This thing reminds me of those Cassinean Blossom things." Sailor moon said, dodging a blast of vines.
"Whats that?" Yue asked.
"An old enemy of ours. It's minions looked close to this thing...just not as ugly." Mars said.
"Thats it...this thing is moon dust." Sailor moon said, making her scepter appear.
"Honeymoon....therapy kiss!!" she yelled, pointing the scepter at the youma.....the attack was swiped away.
"What the.." sailor moon said, advoiding another attack.
"Sailor moon!! You have to transform the scepter....!" Luna yelled.
"Or....I could try my glaive again....it worked yesterday...but someone has to attract it's attention away long enough for me to get a clear shot." Saturn said.
"I can do it." Yue said.
"Ill help...this thing could use a shock of it's own medicine." Jupiter said.
"good. I'll draw it's attention. You zap it. That should disable it long enough to argh!" he said. he had been grabbed by the overgrown weed.
It started draining his energy.
"Shit." Saturn said. She charged it with her glaive.....and hacked off that piece that was holding the moon guardian. She aimed her glaive directly at the Youma.
"Silence glaive surprise!!!" she yelled. She charged the plant and sliced upward. the youma disappeared into a pile of dust.
She ran back over to Yue.
"Daijobu desu ka?" She asked.
"Nothing too serious, a few cuts and briuses." he said.
"Here." she said. there was a nasty cut over his eye.
She held her hands over his body and they glowed purple for a few seconds. Then she stood back up.
"Not anymore. Come on." she said, offering her hand. Her took it and she helped him up.
"Soo.......who's this guy huh Hotaru?????"Minako asked.
"My name is Yue."
"Hey thanks for the help...we appreciate it."
"No problem." he said.
"Who's up for a cup of coffee or something?"
"Just as long as....*a...a...a..achoo!* it's scalding hot." Rei sniffled.
"How long have you been sick Rei?" she asked.
"*sniffle* A week. Tatsuya gave me his cold."
"Oh. well....let's get back to the mansion.....i'm in dire need of a hot shower." hotaru said. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N Well here's chapter two. Hope you like it. Please if you have suggestions leave them in the reviews. Well appreciate it very much!
Duo: Hey! you left us out earlier!
Heero: Yeah! Whats the big idea?
Naoko: nothing.....you were in the kitchen making pizza and something else. And using the blender...and forgot to put the lid back on it....also if you don't stay out of my guacamole your going to regret the fact that you were born.
Duo:*mouth full of chips* u pher ayin umthin?
Naoko:*Shakes head* If you wouldn't have been stuffing your face Duo, you would've heard me say stay out of my guacamole dip!
Duo: oh...thats what you said.
Heero:wheres mina?
Duo:I dont have a clue...have you seen her
Naoko:She's visiting my friend tammi. Boot camp might straighten her out.
Duo: boot camp?
Naoko:Tammi is there right now. So is Minako
Duo: Sucks to be Mina
Naoko:If you don't shut it....your going to be the next one to go
Duo: *gulps* eep!*Runs into bedroom.
Heero"........."
Naoko:The look on that face was priceless...wanna see the polaroid I just took?
Heero:hn
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please R&R It'll improve our self esteem greatly! help all the poor scrounging authoresses in the world and leave a review?
(I got the idea off of the brothers garcia last night. hehe)
Oh yeah...uh whoever asked me if this was going to be a Hotaru/Yukito. I'm happy to say, that yes it is. Iv'e never seen this pairing before so somehow ill work it in.
Naoko and Her muses. Hotaru will be writing the next chappie!