Chapter Two of Neo Senshi: Journey to the Future
Disclaimer: I forgot the disclaimer (again, *sweat drop*) so here it is. I do not own any of the characters from Sailor Moon, (I do own the Neo Senshi and Charon, though : ) The characters of Sailor Moon belong to Naoko (I love her manga!) Please do not sue me.
All the senshi looked quite disturbed by the situation. Sailor Pluto cleared her throat, "I want to take you all to the future a few minutes before the disaster occurred, from there we might be able to stop whatever is going to happen to Crystal Tokyo." Everyone nodded in approval. The senshi formed a circle around Setsunna who raised her staff to the air and shouted some ancient verses. A gale whistled loudly as the door of time appeared in the sky. The door opened slowly and the gale pushed them up through the door and into the whirlwind of time. Years passed by like seconds, and when the journey was over they were in the far future. Crystal Tokyo looked very peaceful from their view on a hill just on the outskirts of town. "Nothing seems wrong," Makoto whispered. "No, but something is definitely wrong, I can feel it, the wind tells me so," Haruka answered. Usagi sighed; she was really hoping to see Chibi-Usa so that she could be reassured of her safety. Setsunna seemed rather uncomfortable, "Everything seems normal, too normal," Sailor Pluto thought. "What's that!?" Sailor Saturn shouted pointed to a dark cloud slowing inching its way towards Crystal Tokyo. Sailor Pluto quickly looked up, aware of the darkness quickly spreading over the future city. From the cloud emerged dark wisp like beings with no definite hands or legs but penetrating yellow eyes. They swooped down unto the city and the mayhem began. They began to envelope the crystal edifices of Crystal Tokyo, leveling them to the ground. They moved forward at an alarming rate and in less than thirty seconds they had reached the threshold of the crystal palace of Neo Queen Serenity. "We have to stop them," Ami shouted staring at the endless wreckage around them, "before they decimate the palace as well!" Pluto pulled out her garnet orb staff shaped like a key, prepared to go to any costs to stop the disaster, even stopping time itself to prevent it. She raised her staff in the air, but before she could say the words that would freeze time, one of the dark creatures enveloped her staff making it diminish to nothing. Sailor Pluto gasped as her transformation undid, and she became just regular Setsunna. The creature did not stop there; it circled around the senshi and began to close in on each one. First it went for Ami, it tightly held her until she became nothing but a pile of sand. Setsunna watched in horror as the creature sealed the fate of each senshi. It went after Rei next, who tried one of her charms, which failed completely. Then, Minako who attacked it with her chain, but to no avail. Makoto kept up a good fight, dodging the creature continuously, but finally the aggravated demon had her in its grasp as well. Setsunna let her tears flow as the creature devoured the prince and princess, which meant Chibi-Usa would never be born. After all the senshi except for her were gone, the creature stood there as if taunting Setsunna's helplessness. Setsunna stood there, ever ready to face the same fate as the other senshi, but obviously there were other plans for her. As the creature dove for her, Pluto was surrounded by blinding silver light and whisked away to another dimension.
"How many hours have I been here?" Setsunna thought as she floated in a sense of void. "Setsunna," a soft voice kept purring to her. "Who are you?" she managed to say to the voice that seemed to have a sense of familiarity. "I'm surprised you don't remember me," the voice answered. Slowly a figure began to approach her from the side. She stared in awe at the silver dragon flying gracefully towards her. "Charon!" Setsunna exclaimed as a thousand memories flooded her mind about her friend from the Silver Millennium. "Yes, it is me, Charon, the guardian of the Neo Senshi," the dragon answered its blue eyes glimmering. "Neo Senshi," Pluto thought, digging through her head to recall them. "I don't expect you to remember them, because you aren't supposed too," the dragon answered. "I don't understand," Setsunna answered quite confused. "Of course, you should be confused, I do believe that it would be better to show you everything instead of trying to explain it to you," Charon said. Their surroundings began to change, and from absolute void they went to watching the creation of the universe. It was quite a breathtaking phenomenon, seeing the universe fashion itself; though it was the second time she had witnessed it, for she had existed since the beginning of time, which seemed an eternity. But she was something she could not recall in her memory. There were nine seeds that appeared with the creation of the universe each with a powerful aura surrounding it. "What are those?" Setsunna asked Charon. "Those seeds are the hope of our solar system, the Neo Senshi. They have been in existence since the beginning of time, and their one true purpose is to help keep the balance between good and evil. Setsunna, the balance has been broken, and evil has become much heavier than good," Charon explained. "What is there left for me to do?" Setsunna asked hope filling her voice. "I'm going to send you back into the present, but to the American continent. The Neo Senshi are at this moment dormant, and they have been for almost the last thousand years, in fact that last time they had to have the full use of their powers was even before the Silver Millennium began. The nine girls who have the seed of the Neo Senshi power are scattered along the American continent. I will assist you in finding each and every one of them and training them to their full potential so that what you have just witnessed will not happen." Setsunna nodded in compliance. "Ah, by the way, you might want this," Charon said handing her the garnet orb staff. "Thanks," Pluto murmered, as she began to feel drowsy. "Don't worry, when you wake up, you'll be safe in an apartment in America, ready to save our future," Charon said. A silver light engulfed them and they appeared in a neatly made apartment. "Tommorrow," Charon whispered, "We'll begin."