Here's my next chapter! It's finally up, so here's the continuation. More mysteries are introduced as well as some explanations. Read on! You know the drill...
Miraged Encounters
~*Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos*~
"What are you talking about, Pluto?" Makoto asked. "I mean, how could we have been transported from Earth all the way to Saturn without any announcement of any power or something? How come we can breathe here anyhow? I thought Saturn was high on hydrogen and helium!" When Pluto didn't reply, she raised an eyebrow and folded her arms stubbornly and glared at Mercury. "Well? Well?"
Mercury looked down at her computer, tapping away.
The wind blew as they looked out to the scenery again.
"We must find Hotaru," Moon said softly. "We must."
Uranus only glared at the moon senshi.
"I think I've got it, you guys," Mercury said after a moment. "The portal in Hotaru's room was a gateway of time and space linking her place to this shambled place on Saturn. Because she is the senshi of this planet, there was bound to be a connection." She shook her head. "I told you guys to watch where you were going."
"Sorry, we were in a rush," Uranus stated simply.
Mercury huffed angrily. "Well, anyways, I think we might as well look---"
"Where's Mars?!" Usagi shrieked. They turned to her with a startle to see Moon trembling with her knuckles to her mouth. "She was here just a minute ago! Ooooh...why did we have to go here? I know we had to find Hotaru, but this planet is freaking me out!!!!!"
Sweat drops.
They split up looking for both Hotaru and Sailor Mars. Jupiter went with Moon, Pluto with Uranus and Mercury went by herself since she was getting annoyed enough by the other senshi.
"I see something!" Jupiter hollered from some jagged rocks forming themselves into some sort of shelf. "It's faint, but I think, I think---Rei? What the---"
Mars looked up from the rocks, ragged and dirt-ridden. "I found her."
A moment later, they were all together. Uranus and Jupiter came about to help Mars carry the limp body of Hotaru out of the rocks where she was hiding. They placed her in the open ground, to see that she was in strange clothing like a senshi uniform, but not.
Pluto stroked some hair tendrils out of her forehead. "Poor child."
"What was she doing in there?" Jupiter asked curiously, bending down to examine the girl. "She looked like she just came out of a fight."
"She probably did," Pluto said faintly.
Uranus glared at Pluto. "You know, Pluto," she said snidely, "Apparently, you're the one who knows what is going on. We don't. We're sure as heck don't. So maybe it's time to actually start explaining. It would be nice." She folded her arms as a conclusion.
Pluto sighed, looking down at Hotaru and then up at the other senshi. "Alright," she responded. "I will tell you. Back when we battled the dark enemy yesterday, it kept saying Chaosis. By the way it said it, I wasn't sure what it was talking about until I saw the portal and you were talking about destruction."
"So who is Chaosis?" Mercury asked.
"The ultimate opposite of Silence," Pluto replied gravely. "Yes, we battled Chaos during the battle with Galaxia, but Chaosis is more powerful than Chaos. Chaos was like his instrument of eternal sovereign in the universe."
"Why Silence?" Jupiter pressed.
"Because that is what stops Chaos," she said. "A long time ago, during the time of the Silver Millenium, Saturn's job was not only to be princess and represent her planet in your court, Sailor Moon. Her job was also to stop the terrible dangers from ever influencing our solar system. She made a lot of enemies, mind you, because of her duty and the love of life. She, in a way, was like our protector, protector from Chaos.
"Chaosis was her greatest nemesis, a powerful one, her opposite. During the time that Queen Serenity held the ball and the Negaverse approached, Saturn was in battle. I remember her send a courier to you, Moon, saying that she was unable to attend the ball. Oh, how she wanted to see you and the prince so very much...but she went off to battle."
Uranus nodded slowly. "What were the results?"
"The battle was halfway when she got a communique...from me...that the Negaverse had attacked. She had no time to destroy Chaosis...and as I initially recall, she only locked him out of our world."
"He must have weakened the bonds somehow," Mercury supposed. "Or Hotaru wasn't strong enough to do a permanent bond. Either way, she must have thrown him into the Negaverse or something so deep, we probably won't be able to figure it out."
"Now that he's out, what are we going to do?" Moon asked.
"Nothing." They turned to see Mars standing by the boulder nearby. Her hair was floating in the air as she turned to the others. "That's right; my visions. They told me that we can do nothing at this point; this is simply her battle and hers alone, as was Sailor Moon's when she battled Queen Beryl. We just can't do anything for her."
"This is just great," Uranus muttered. "We entered here for no reason?"
"It appears so," Jupiter said. "Hey, she's waking up!"
Hotaru groaned as she started to stir from where she lay. She then sat up, much to Pluto's distress, rubbing her eyelids and blinking.
"Hotaru, take it easy," Pluto said gently.
But she wasn't. Her eyes were wide open and alert, darting about here and there like mad. She wasn't focusing on anything, but on everything as she got to her feet despite the others' protests.
"What's up with her?" Moon demanded.
"Something's wrong," Rei said immediately. "There's an evil presence in the air. I can feel it."
The others were up and alert now. Pluto was walking about catiously with her Time Staff at hand as was Uranus with her Space Sword. Mercury finally put away her computer gizmo as Jupiter prowled around, searching for some sign of the enemy. Moon was still shaking.
"I don't like this dream," Moon whined. "Can we go home now?"
The others ignored her.
Moon scowled, grumbling, "Baka-somos. All to busy thinking that there's something up---up---up---oh, hi," she said shyly at a tall man in black who just appeared behind her. He was clad in rich clothing, his raven hair drawn back, such intense eyes and complextion. It made her swoon while a part of her was scolding, No! Remember Mamoru?
The man grinned. "Konnichiwa," he said politely in a rich, tenor voice. "You don't happen to be Queen Serenity, now are you?"
He knows who I am! "Why, yes!"
He sighed. "Hmmm, how very interesting," he said richly. "I have heard so much about you. You know, you deserve a lot of attention, y'know. Being Queen and all...you don't have to be treated like dirt like the others do. You deserve to be treated like the Queen you are..."
Moon smiled smugly. She definitely liked this guy!
"What is that?!" Jupiter cried from where she stood, looking down. "How cute!" She picked up the stubby little puppy, who was drooling and giving her puppy eyes. "I always wanted a puppy!"
Soon the other senshi were too busy looking at incredulous things that just magically appeared; Moon and the handsome dark man, Jupiter with a cute puppy, Mercury with a high-speed laptop, Mars with a box filled with music and barnotes, Uranus and the latest motorcycle she was dying to bye and Pluto with an extensive array of wardrobes. Everyone was too busy to see Hotaru walk away into the rubble.
Silence loomed over...
Hotaru could no longer hear the other senshi gabbering away.
A figure slowly walked through the mist of the ruins around them. It was only the two of them in a strange sort of way as Hotaru slowly began to feel her power rise as well as her blood and nervousness. The skirt fluttered in the wind as did her hair as the stranger became visible to her dark lavender eyes.
It was a guy, with dark hair that reached his ears. He had a calm expression, muscular in frame, clad in black, pitch black, everything matching. He carried a metal staff in his right hand and his complextion was pale yet powerful. His gray eyes fell upon hers.
Hotaru felt a shiver go down her spine, as if the man was looking directly to her very soul. She felt as if she knew those eyes, those very eyes, as if she knew them all her life.
"Princess," he said from his perfect mouth, "it's been a long time."
~*End of Book 8*~
What do you think? ^^ Could the hot dude be Chaosis? And why does Hotaru feel like she knew him all her life? Ooohh...dum-dum-dum-dum (hahaha, my friend and I like doin that). Please R&R!
Miraged Encounters
~*Apocalypse of the Silence and Chaos*~
"What are you talking about, Pluto?" Makoto asked. "I mean, how could we have been transported from Earth all the way to Saturn without any announcement of any power or something? How come we can breathe here anyhow? I thought Saturn was high on hydrogen and helium!" When Pluto didn't reply, she raised an eyebrow and folded her arms stubbornly and glared at Mercury. "Well? Well?"
Mercury looked down at her computer, tapping away.
The wind blew as they looked out to the scenery again.
"We must find Hotaru," Moon said softly. "We must."
Uranus only glared at the moon senshi.
"I think I've got it, you guys," Mercury said after a moment. "The portal in Hotaru's room was a gateway of time and space linking her place to this shambled place on Saturn. Because she is the senshi of this planet, there was bound to be a connection." She shook her head. "I told you guys to watch where you were going."
"Sorry, we were in a rush," Uranus stated simply.
Mercury huffed angrily. "Well, anyways, I think we might as well look---"
"Where's Mars?!" Usagi shrieked. They turned to her with a startle to see Moon trembling with her knuckles to her mouth. "She was here just a minute ago! Ooooh...why did we have to go here? I know we had to find Hotaru, but this planet is freaking me out!!!!!"
Sweat drops.
They split up looking for both Hotaru and Sailor Mars. Jupiter went with Moon, Pluto with Uranus and Mercury went by herself since she was getting annoyed enough by the other senshi.
"I see something!" Jupiter hollered from some jagged rocks forming themselves into some sort of shelf. "It's faint, but I think, I think---Rei? What the---"
Mars looked up from the rocks, ragged and dirt-ridden. "I found her."
A moment later, they were all together. Uranus and Jupiter came about to help Mars carry the limp body of Hotaru out of the rocks where she was hiding. They placed her in the open ground, to see that she was in strange clothing like a senshi uniform, but not.
Pluto stroked some hair tendrils out of her forehead. "Poor child."
"What was she doing in there?" Jupiter asked curiously, bending down to examine the girl. "She looked like she just came out of a fight."
"She probably did," Pluto said faintly.
Uranus glared at Pluto. "You know, Pluto," she said snidely, "Apparently, you're the one who knows what is going on. We don't. We're sure as heck don't. So maybe it's time to actually start explaining. It would be nice." She folded her arms as a conclusion.
Pluto sighed, looking down at Hotaru and then up at the other senshi. "Alright," she responded. "I will tell you. Back when we battled the dark enemy yesterday, it kept saying Chaosis. By the way it said it, I wasn't sure what it was talking about until I saw the portal and you were talking about destruction."
"So who is Chaosis?" Mercury asked.
"The ultimate opposite of Silence," Pluto replied gravely. "Yes, we battled Chaos during the battle with Galaxia, but Chaosis is more powerful than Chaos. Chaos was like his instrument of eternal sovereign in the universe."
"Why Silence?" Jupiter pressed.
"Because that is what stops Chaos," she said. "A long time ago, during the time of the Silver Millenium, Saturn's job was not only to be princess and represent her planet in your court, Sailor Moon. Her job was also to stop the terrible dangers from ever influencing our solar system. She made a lot of enemies, mind you, because of her duty and the love of life. She, in a way, was like our protector, protector from Chaos.
"Chaosis was her greatest nemesis, a powerful one, her opposite. During the time that Queen Serenity held the ball and the Negaverse approached, Saturn was in battle. I remember her send a courier to you, Moon, saying that she was unable to attend the ball. Oh, how she wanted to see you and the prince so very much...but she went off to battle."
Uranus nodded slowly. "What were the results?"
"The battle was halfway when she got a communique...from me...that the Negaverse had attacked. She had no time to destroy Chaosis...and as I initially recall, she only locked him out of our world."
"He must have weakened the bonds somehow," Mercury supposed. "Or Hotaru wasn't strong enough to do a permanent bond. Either way, she must have thrown him into the Negaverse or something so deep, we probably won't be able to figure it out."
"Now that he's out, what are we going to do?" Moon asked.
"Nothing." They turned to see Mars standing by the boulder nearby. Her hair was floating in the air as she turned to the others. "That's right; my visions. They told me that we can do nothing at this point; this is simply her battle and hers alone, as was Sailor Moon's when she battled Queen Beryl. We just can't do anything for her."
"This is just great," Uranus muttered. "We entered here for no reason?"
"It appears so," Jupiter said. "Hey, she's waking up!"
Hotaru groaned as she started to stir from where she lay. She then sat up, much to Pluto's distress, rubbing her eyelids and blinking.
"Hotaru, take it easy," Pluto said gently.
But she wasn't. Her eyes were wide open and alert, darting about here and there like mad. She wasn't focusing on anything, but on everything as she got to her feet despite the others' protests.
"What's up with her?" Moon demanded.
"Something's wrong," Rei said immediately. "There's an evil presence in the air. I can feel it."
The others were up and alert now. Pluto was walking about catiously with her Time Staff at hand as was Uranus with her Space Sword. Mercury finally put away her computer gizmo as Jupiter prowled around, searching for some sign of the enemy. Moon was still shaking.
"I don't like this dream," Moon whined. "Can we go home now?"
The others ignored her.
Moon scowled, grumbling, "Baka-somos. All to busy thinking that there's something up---up---up---oh, hi," she said shyly at a tall man in black who just appeared behind her. He was clad in rich clothing, his raven hair drawn back, such intense eyes and complextion. It made her swoon while a part of her was scolding, No! Remember Mamoru?
The man grinned. "Konnichiwa," he said politely in a rich, tenor voice. "You don't happen to be Queen Serenity, now are you?"
He knows who I am! "Why, yes!"
He sighed. "Hmmm, how very interesting," he said richly. "I have heard so much about you. You know, you deserve a lot of attention, y'know. Being Queen and all...you don't have to be treated like dirt like the others do. You deserve to be treated like the Queen you are..."
Moon smiled smugly. She definitely liked this guy!
"What is that?!" Jupiter cried from where she stood, looking down. "How cute!" She picked up the stubby little puppy, who was drooling and giving her puppy eyes. "I always wanted a puppy!"
Soon the other senshi were too busy looking at incredulous things that just magically appeared; Moon and the handsome dark man, Jupiter with a cute puppy, Mercury with a high-speed laptop, Mars with a box filled with music and barnotes, Uranus and the latest motorcycle she was dying to bye and Pluto with an extensive array of wardrobes. Everyone was too busy to see Hotaru walk away into the rubble.
Silence loomed over...
Hotaru could no longer hear the other senshi gabbering away.
A figure slowly walked through the mist of the ruins around them. It was only the two of them in a strange sort of way as Hotaru slowly began to feel her power rise as well as her blood and nervousness. The skirt fluttered in the wind as did her hair as the stranger became visible to her dark lavender eyes.
It was a guy, with dark hair that reached his ears. He had a calm expression, muscular in frame, clad in black, pitch black, everything matching. He carried a metal staff in his right hand and his complextion was pale yet powerful. His gray eyes fell upon hers.
Hotaru felt a shiver go down her spine, as if the man was looking directly to her very soul. She felt as if she knew those eyes, those very eyes, as if she knew them all her life.
"Princess," he said from his perfect mouth, "it's been a long time."
~*End of Book 8*~
What do you think? ^^ Could the hot dude be Chaosis? And why does Hotaru feel like she knew him all her life? Ooohh...dum-dum-dum-dum (hahaha, my friend and I like doin that). Please R&R!