Here's the next chapter. ^^ Things are starting to shape here, and you're coming close to the end of this mystery and battle! I hope you enjoy it!
~*Travel through Time and Space*~
~*Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos*~
"Another world?" Rei repeated.
Mr. Tomeo nodded frantically. "Yes, yes! My daughter...she's in another world. You've got to help her, you've got to! She's all alone, oh dear, I hope she's all right---"
"Calm down, Mr. Tomeo," Setsuna said calmly. "What happened?"
He rubbed his forehead, trying to think. "I don't really know," he responded softly. "I was having a nightmare. Some really dark dream. It was horrible. There were two combatants battling each other in this barren battlefield.
Then I saw Hotaru's face cross in my dream. I woke up and decided to check up on her. Then I saw the light coming from below the door, and I tried to open the door. It couldn't. By the time I could, she was gone, and there was this gate on her ceiling." He pointed upward to where the purple disk was, the other side covered with gray mist.
"Just like the dream," Rei murmured.
"Did Hotaru tell you anything?" Setsuna asked.
"She just kept saying for me to stay away," he replied shakily. "You see, I heard her scream---"
"Scream?" Setsuna echoed.
"Yes, scream. It was horrible. It was as if something was changing her..."
"Hmm, we're going to hve to think this through," Setsuna said softly, turning to Rei. "We must talk to the others about this."
Rei nodded, turning back to Mr. Tomeo, who still sat on the floor with a fearful expression. The poor man...losing his daughter with such a surprise...she felt sorry for him. "We'll be back, mr. Tomeo, with help," she said assuringly. "Don't worry, we'll get Hotaru back."
They walked out of the room.
"This is serious," Setsuna said as they walked down the staircase. "The gate is weird enough...but Hotaru screaming? Something is wrong here, something is terribly wrong." She frowned slightly. "This is a very strange mystery, Rei. Very strange. And Hotaru is the mystery. She is as she was; a complete mystery." She shook her head. "The poor child."
Rei sighed as she walked side by side with the time senshi. "I agree," she responded. "This is getting weird. And it all has to do with the dark guy we battled yesterday. Something about Chaosis or something---but didn't we already defeat Sailor Chaos?"
"There may be another one, stronger than it."
"Hmm, I suppose---Usagi! What took you so long?!" Rei shouted by the door.
Setsuna sweat-dropped. Talk about change in personality, she thought.
Usagi scowled, folding her arms. "Not my fault! You run too fast!"
"Yah, well you should run faster!"
Sweat drops.
"Look, someone has to stay here and watch Mr. Tomeo," Setsuna told them.
"I can stay behind," Minako volunteered.
"So will I," Michiru responded gently.
Haruka turned to Michiru. "Michiru---"
"I will be okay," she told her bravely. "The warriors will need a strong soul, someone who won't give up amidst the battle." She smiled kindly and touched her elbow gently. "You must help the other senshi whether you like it or not, Haruka. The firefly is spreading her wings and she needs a wind... go now. Be strong."
Haruka nodded slowly. "Fine then, if that is what you wish."
"We must hurry," Rei intervened. "Hotaru is in another dimension and she needs our help, fast!!! Usagi!"
"Right!" She raised her hand. "Moon...Cosmic Power...Make-Up!"
"Mercury...Star...Make-up!"
"Jupiter...Star...Make-up!"
"Mars...Star...Make-up!"
"Uranus...Planet...Make-up!"
"Pluto...Planet...Make-up!"
After transforming gracefully into the senshi they were, Pluto and Mars led the others up the stairs of the Tomeo residence to enter the portal, leaving Miyako and Michiru standing at the front of the house, looking up to the sky, where the star loomed.
"Will they make it out, Michiru?" Miyako asked.
"For their sakes, I certainly hope so," Michiru responded sadly.
Inside Hotaru's room, Mars pointed to the ceiling like it was a survivor from the Titanic. "There it is!" she cried. "The portal! We must get through quickly! I sence trouble."
"No doubt about it," Uranus told them roughly. "I sence a strangeness."
"Now, wait a minute, you guys," Mercury said cautiously. "This might be a trap. We don't know what's beyond that portal, you know."
"We are senshi," Uranus snapped. "It's in our duty to face those dangers."
Moon looked at Mercury. "I agree with you Mercury, but now is not the time to check. Hotaru is in danger!"
"Whoever this Chaosis is, he's making Hotaru draw to him...or it," Mars told them. "Whatever his plans are, Hotaru must have sensed that they aren't for our benefits. There's a sense of destruction in all this, something---"
Pluto suddenly remembered something, something that she shouldn't have. Her eyes widened, though the others didn't notice for they were too busy worrying about the danger that lay ahead of them. No, she thought to herself, it cannot be! Not again! No, no, no!
Without thinking, she leaped and disappeared in the portal.
"Setsuna!" Moon cried.
"Pluto!" Uranus roared.
Mars looked up, where Pluto had disappeared. She must've sense some kind of danger...or maybe a clue to this peculiar puzzle, she thought. I must find the answer as well. She then leaped and disappeared.
"Where does she think she's going?!" Mercury demanded.
"To save Hotaru," Jupiter responded, following them in.
Mercury sighed heavily. "Why isn't anyone listening?" She then followed in behind an eagar Uranus and a concerned Moon.
One by one, the senshi appeared in a strange scenery. They stood on a cliff facing flat land, meters below. On the side, jagged rocks were seen with other cliffs such as the ones that they stood on. There was rarely any vegetation here, only brown and grays of the sand, dirt and rock. Amidst it was marble columns, fallen over by age across the flat soil. The sky was an odd purple-grayish-blue, with faint clouds. Amidst the sunlit sky, there were three moons, close to each other, as if revolving around each other, held in position up in the sky.
"It's so...beautiful," Moon awed.
"I never saw something so...amazing in my life," Jupiter said softly.
Mercury tapped in her computer gizmo.
Uranus breathed in softly. "Where are we?"
"The Kingdom of Saturn."
They turned to see Pluto look to a distance, holding her delicate time staff, her hair played by the wind.
Moon turned to Mercury. "Well?! Is she right?!"
Mercury looked up to the other piercing eyes. "My computer clearly states that we are no longer on Earth," she responded hotly. "Yet it still shows that we are still in our solar system---"
"It's a simple yes or no, ice senshi," Uranus snapped.
"Yes, we are on Saturn," she finished.
"Why are we on Saturn? Is this where the portal led us?" Jupiter asked.
"Maybe Pluto can answer that question," Mercury said pointedly.
The eyes went to Pluto again. Again, they saw nothing in her face. Finally, Pluto sighed, licking her lips. "Yes, this is the renassaince of the Satrun Kingdom. This is where the final battle will begin."
~*End of Chapter*~
What do you think? Sorry if I made Mercury/Ami so snobby. I'll change that (hopefully) in the next chapter. I'm trying to add some more talking and a little more action with Jupiter/Makoto. She seems to silent here. Anyways, R&R!
~*Travel through Time and Space*~
~*Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos*~
"Another world?" Rei repeated.
Mr. Tomeo nodded frantically. "Yes, yes! My daughter...she's in another world. You've got to help her, you've got to! She's all alone, oh dear, I hope she's all right---"
"Calm down, Mr. Tomeo," Setsuna said calmly. "What happened?"
He rubbed his forehead, trying to think. "I don't really know," he responded softly. "I was having a nightmare. Some really dark dream. It was horrible. There were two combatants battling each other in this barren battlefield.
Then I saw Hotaru's face cross in my dream. I woke up and decided to check up on her. Then I saw the light coming from below the door, and I tried to open the door. It couldn't. By the time I could, she was gone, and there was this gate on her ceiling." He pointed upward to where the purple disk was, the other side covered with gray mist.
"Just like the dream," Rei murmured.
"Did Hotaru tell you anything?" Setsuna asked.
"She just kept saying for me to stay away," he replied shakily. "You see, I heard her scream---"
"Scream?" Setsuna echoed.
"Yes, scream. It was horrible. It was as if something was changing her..."
"Hmm, we're going to hve to think this through," Setsuna said softly, turning to Rei. "We must talk to the others about this."
Rei nodded, turning back to Mr. Tomeo, who still sat on the floor with a fearful expression. The poor man...losing his daughter with such a surprise...she felt sorry for him. "We'll be back, mr. Tomeo, with help," she said assuringly. "Don't worry, we'll get Hotaru back."
They walked out of the room.
"This is serious," Setsuna said as they walked down the staircase. "The gate is weird enough...but Hotaru screaming? Something is wrong here, something is terribly wrong." She frowned slightly. "This is a very strange mystery, Rei. Very strange. And Hotaru is the mystery. She is as she was; a complete mystery." She shook her head. "The poor child."
Rei sighed as she walked side by side with the time senshi. "I agree," she responded. "This is getting weird. And it all has to do with the dark guy we battled yesterday. Something about Chaosis or something---but didn't we already defeat Sailor Chaos?"
"There may be another one, stronger than it."
"Hmm, I suppose---Usagi! What took you so long?!" Rei shouted by the door.
Setsuna sweat-dropped. Talk about change in personality, she thought.
Usagi scowled, folding her arms. "Not my fault! You run too fast!"
"Yah, well you should run faster!"
Sweat drops.
"Look, someone has to stay here and watch Mr. Tomeo," Setsuna told them.
"I can stay behind," Minako volunteered.
"So will I," Michiru responded gently.
Haruka turned to Michiru. "Michiru---"
"I will be okay," she told her bravely. "The warriors will need a strong soul, someone who won't give up amidst the battle." She smiled kindly and touched her elbow gently. "You must help the other senshi whether you like it or not, Haruka. The firefly is spreading her wings and she needs a wind... go now. Be strong."
Haruka nodded slowly. "Fine then, if that is what you wish."
"We must hurry," Rei intervened. "Hotaru is in another dimension and she needs our help, fast!!! Usagi!"
"Right!" She raised her hand. "Moon...Cosmic Power...Make-Up!"
"Mercury...Star...Make-up!"
"Jupiter...Star...Make-up!"
"Mars...Star...Make-up!"
"Uranus...Planet...Make-up!"
"Pluto...Planet...Make-up!"
After transforming gracefully into the senshi they were, Pluto and Mars led the others up the stairs of the Tomeo residence to enter the portal, leaving Miyako and Michiru standing at the front of the house, looking up to the sky, where the star loomed.
"Will they make it out, Michiru?" Miyako asked.
"For their sakes, I certainly hope so," Michiru responded sadly.
Inside Hotaru's room, Mars pointed to the ceiling like it was a survivor from the Titanic. "There it is!" she cried. "The portal! We must get through quickly! I sence trouble."
"No doubt about it," Uranus told them roughly. "I sence a strangeness."
"Now, wait a minute, you guys," Mercury said cautiously. "This might be a trap. We don't know what's beyond that portal, you know."
"We are senshi," Uranus snapped. "It's in our duty to face those dangers."
Moon looked at Mercury. "I agree with you Mercury, but now is not the time to check. Hotaru is in danger!"
"Whoever this Chaosis is, he's making Hotaru draw to him...or it," Mars told them. "Whatever his plans are, Hotaru must have sensed that they aren't for our benefits. There's a sense of destruction in all this, something---"
Pluto suddenly remembered something, something that she shouldn't have. Her eyes widened, though the others didn't notice for they were too busy worrying about the danger that lay ahead of them. No, she thought to herself, it cannot be! Not again! No, no, no!
Without thinking, she leaped and disappeared in the portal.
"Setsuna!" Moon cried.
"Pluto!" Uranus roared.
Mars looked up, where Pluto had disappeared. She must've sense some kind of danger...or maybe a clue to this peculiar puzzle, she thought. I must find the answer as well. She then leaped and disappeared.
"Where does she think she's going?!" Mercury demanded.
"To save Hotaru," Jupiter responded, following them in.
Mercury sighed heavily. "Why isn't anyone listening?" She then followed in behind an eagar Uranus and a concerned Moon.
One by one, the senshi appeared in a strange scenery. They stood on a cliff facing flat land, meters below. On the side, jagged rocks were seen with other cliffs such as the ones that they stood on. There was rarely any vegetation here, only brown and grays of the sand, dirt and rock. Amidst it was marble columns, fallen over by age across the flat soil. The sky was an odd purple-grayish-blue, with faint clouds. Amidst the sunlit sky, there were three moons, close to each other, as if revolving around each other, held in position up in the sky.
"It's so...beautiful," Moon awed.
"I never saw something so...amazing in my life," Jupiter said softly.
Mercury tapped in her computer gizmo.
Uranus breathed in softly. "Where are we?"
"The Kingdom of Saturn."
They turned to see Pluto look to a distance, holding her delicate time staff, her hair played by the wind.
Moon turned to Mercury. "Well?! Is she right?!"
Mercury looked up to the other piercing eyes. "My computer clearly states that we are no longer on Earth," she responded hotly. "Yet it still shows that we are still in our solar system---"
"It's a simple yes or no, ice senshi," Uranus snapped.
"Yes, we are on Saturn," she finished.
"Why are we on Saturn? Is this where the portal led us?" Jupiter asked.
"Maybe Pluto can answer that question," Mercury said pointedly.
The eyes went to Pluto again. Again, they saw nothing in her face. Finally, Pluto sighed, licking her lips. "Yes, this is the renassaince of the Satrun Kingdom. This is where the final battle will begin."
~*End of Chapter*~
What do you think? Sorry if I made Mercury/Ami so snobby. I'll change that (hopefully) in the next chapter. I'm trying to add some more talking and a little more action with Jupiter/Makoto. She seems to silent here. Anyways, R&R!