Setsuna and Ga-netto appeared in front of the palace of Queen Serenity beside Haruka and Michiru, already transformed into Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune. Setsuna quickly transformed into Sailor Pluto. She then grabbed Ga-netto's hand and faced the enemy before them.
Legions of dark creatures, more monster than man, marched towards them. At the head of the army was a demonic, fire-haired woman, fangs visible in her evil sneer. Immediately behind her were her four generals, one of them Nephrite, banging their shields with their spears and shouting to their minions.
Sailor Pluto, Ga-netto, and the rest of the Senshi and Knights stood ready, clutching their weapons and gathering their energy. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune stood in silence, taking comfort from each other in silence.
"Tenshi," Ga-netto whispered squeezing Setsuna's hand. "I love you more than anything. If I don't make it out of this alive. . ."
Setsuna interrupted him. "Hush," she said fiercely. "You will survive. I don't want to hear any goodbyes." She felt dizzy. Is all of this just a dream? Will I wake up in Ga-netto's arms, and everything will be all right? But Setsuna knew it was real, and that the chances were she would lose people she loved.
With wild war cries that drowned out the feeling of doom, the Dark Kingdom attacked. The Senshi screamed back the names of their attacks only to have their brightly colored energy disappear in the advancing black mass. Sailor Pluto fought bravely beside Ga-netto, who used the sword that he had gotten from Nephrite himself. She destroyed dozens of enemy creatures only to have them be replaced by more. She heard screams as senshi after senshi and knight after knight were struck down. She smelled the blood of her fallen comrades and could only see darkness as enemy soldiers surrounded them.
Setsuna heard a piercing shriek to her right and looked just in time to see Sailor Uranus fall to the ground dead. "Haruka!" Sailor Neptune screamed as she dropped to her knees beside her lover's side.
"Ruka-chan," Sailor Pluto whispered, tears filling her eyes.
"No, Haruka! No! You can't leave me, Haruka! Wake up. . ." Sailor Neptune sobbed. "I can't live without you, Haruka," she said quietly as the minions attacked her, leaving her dead on top of her lover.
"No!" Sailor Pluto cried, struggling to fight off the soldiers. They were overwhelming her. Sailor Pluto saw a blast of energy flying at her and realized that she had noticed it too late. . .
Suddenly something flew between the blast and her. That something was hit by the blast and fell to the ground. Setsuna saw that it was Ga-netto who had saved her. "NO!" Setsuna screamed, as she destroyed all the minions near her. She kneeled next to Ga-netto and rested his head in her lap.
"Tenshi," he gasped. "I must tell you something. I was a spy. For them. But then I fell. . .in love. . .with you. . .and I. . ." He could not finish speaking.
A river of tears flooded Setsuna's face. "Sshhh," Sailor Pluto said, caressing his face with her shaking hand. "I don't care. Just please Ga-netto, don't leave me. I have nothing else but you."
"My tenshi," he whispered, his eyes no longer able to focus on her. "My beautiful tenshi," his eyes closed as he drew one last ragged breath, then died.
Setsuna sobbed and held his body close, not caring about what went on around her. She heard his voice in her head, telling her that everything was going to be fine. "You lied," she whispered softly.
She suddenly looked around her and noticed that all of the Dark Kingdom was gone. "We won? How could we win when you're dead?" She stood up, leaving the body of her lover. She went over to the bent figure of Queen Serenity, the only other survivor of the bloody battle. The Queen was weeping over the body of her daughter, slain alongside her lover, Prince Endymion. The Queen noticed Sailor Pluto and tried to dry her eyes.
"What happened?" Sailor Pluto asked, her voice in a stony monotone.
"I imprisoned the Dark Kingdom for about a thousand years," Queen Serenity replied. She gazed at the corpses of the Senshi. "They don't deserve this," she sobbed. She looked up at Setsuna. "You don't deserve this." Queen Serenity stood up. "Setsuna, you must live. I will send my daughter and her court one thousand years into the future. You must send them memories of the past when the time is right. You will know when. It is also your job to awaken Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune at the right time."
Setsuna looked into Queen Serenity's tear-filled eyes hopefully. "Ga-netto?" she asked tentatively.
The Queen shook her head, "I am sorry, Setsuna. I am not strong enough. But you will have his child. . ."
Setsuna's eyes flew open wide and her jaw dropped. "Child?! How could you. . . .But we. . ." Setsuna paused. "But how could I raise a child? It won't have friends, a home, a father. Just an uncaring, emotionless mother," she said bitterly.
Queen Serenity knew Setsuna's fear. "You will not become your mother. Your mother was much weaker than you are. And what your grandmother thought. . .can be done."
"Queen Serenity, please. Send my child into the future as well. I cannot raise it now. It can be someone else's child. Perhaps your daughter's" Setsuna begged. Queen Serenity nodded and picked up the Silver Crystal.
The next thing Setsuna knew she was at the Time Gate. She sighed and leaned against the cool pillar of the Gate and prepared herself for the next thousand years.