Title: Forgotten Memories
Part 2
Author: DarkOuters7
E-mail: DarkOuters7@yahoo.com
Rating: PG (WOW! I actually have a PG story...cool...)
This is part two of the Forgotten Memories series. I've decided that this is going to need more than 2 parts and an epilogue. I don't know how long it'll be. Well, part 1 was all serious, but part 2 is more of a comedy than anything. It will get serious again though. Well I am starting to have fun with this so I think I'll continue writing, unless you guys think this is getting really stupid. I'd like to thank Megan and Serena for e-mailing me and telling me I should write more : ) . Well, please email me with all comments and flames! Yup, even flames. Well...enjoy
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Haruka woke up dazed and confused. She sat up to see she was floating in the air. She looked up and saw the endless sky. She looked down and saw the endless sky. She looked beside her and saw Michiru getting up too.
'This is still the dream! I'm still in the dream,' Haruka thought to herself.
"Haruka?" Michiru asked.
"Michiru, we're still in the dream," Haruka said.
"Where's Setsuna-chan and Hotaru-chan?" Michiru asked.
"Michiru-mama? Haruka-papa?" they heard Hotaru call out. "I'm over here."
Haruka stood up and walked on the sky over to Hotaru. Setsuna, who was lying next to her, was just getting up.
"It worked?" Setsuna asked.
"Yes, we're all here," Michiru said.
"Now what?" Haruka asked.
Silence answered them.
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"What are we supposed to do, then?" Haruka asked after everyone had seated themselves to think things through.
"I don't know. I thought maybe this would all be over if we just followed through with the dreams and died, but it seems as though nothing is happening," Setsuna stated.
"Well, are we stuck here?" Michiru asked nervously.
"It seems like it," Haruka answered.
"We'll wake up sometime, won't we? We can't sleep forever..." Hotaru said.
"I don't know..." Setsuna answered.
"Well, I'm not just gonna sit here and wait for whatever is going to or not going to come. I'm gonna look around," Haruka said.
"What is there to look at?" Michiru asked looking at the endless sky.
"I don't know. Well, it's better than sitting here and waiting for something that might never come," Haruka stated.
"Haruka-papa has got a point. Maybe we should go look around," Hotaru said.
"Ok then," Michiru said getting up.
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"How long have we been walking in this endless place?" Haruka groaned.
"Don't complain. You're the one who wanted to look around, remember?" Michiru said.
"Maybe we should have just stayed where we were," Setsuna said.
"Does anyone know the way back?" Haruka asked.
No one said anything.
"Well then. I can see why we were afraid of the memories. They bored us to death," Haruka said.
"Let's just settle down here for the night. Or, well...the day. Or well, I don't even think we need sleep if we are sleeping..." Michiru said confused.
"It seems so real...is anyone tired or hungry though?" Setsuna asked.
"No...I feel perfectly ok except for the boredom," Haruka said.
"Me too," Michiru said.
"I'm hungry!" Hotaru exclaimed.
"You're always hungry, Hotaru-chan," Haruka said.
"Well, do you really need food, because I'm afraid we don't have any with us," Setsuna said.
"No, I can live," Hotaru said.
"Ok, so what is our plan?" Haruka said.
"To settle down here...I guess. Is everyone ok with that?" Michiru asked.
"Ya."
"Yes."
"If I must agree I must. I'd rather go home,though," Haruka said.
"Haruka! We don't know how to get home. If you have any idea how, please tell us and we'll leave," Michiru said angrily.
"Sorry...I was just saying that I wanted to go home," Haruka said.
"I understand, Haruka. I want to go home, too..." Michiru said.
After finding a comfortable place to lay down, everyone attempted to sleep, but it was impossible because they were already sleeping.
"Sigh..." Haruka exclaimed into the endless silence. "I could be..." but she couldn't finish.
"You made it," a gentle voice was heard.
"What was that?" Michiru asked.
"Did you hear anything?" Hotaru asked.
"Sorry it took so long for me to find you. You had dispeared from the place you were supposed to be," the voice said again, echoing through the sky.
"Who are you?" Haruka asked.
"I am the Guardian of the Gates of Time. I am Sailor Pluto," the voice replied.
Everyone looked towards Setsuna and saw she was sitting there looking as shocked as the rest of them.
"But I am the Guardian of the Gates of Time," Setsuna said standing up.
"So you are," the voice replied. "And as the Guardian of the Gates you should realize that I am your past self. I have come to the future. Don't you remember me?" A figure appeared before the Outer senshi. She was an identical twin of Setsuna with the same crimson eyes and long dark green hair. She held the Time Staff in her hands. There was something different about her though. She looked younger almost. Like she was 16 or 17. Not in her early 20's.
"Setsuna-mama?" Hotaru asked looking back and forth between the past and present Setsuna.
Haruka was still suspicious of the Sailor Pluto who stood before them.
"Why are you coming from the past?" she asked.
"To show you. To tell you. To make sure you remember..." she answered.
"What if we don't want to remember?" Haruka asked.
"What you want and don't want has no part in this. It just has to happen," The past Sailor Pluto answered.
"Where from my past are you from?" Setsuna asked.
"Before the events that changed your lives. I was Sailor Pluto. The events changed me and although the past remains and plays itself over and over again as the future changes, I am not in it. A different me is in it. You are in it," she replied.
"How come I don't remember you as myself? How come I don't remember the things that changed me into who I am. If what you are saying is true, then I should be able to remember you as myself. Instead I see you as I totally different person," Setsuna said.
"I changed. I changed a lot. I changed into you. I am younger. Still new to the job. Now look at you and then look at me. See the difference? You seem young but you have the wisdom of eternity. I seem young. Truth is I am young. I have knowledge and power but not to the extent of yours. I am nothing compared to you. And so, because I am not truly you, I have come to show you the past...to show you the memories that you have forgotten along with your past selves. It might have seemed like it was something really horrible in your dream. Maybe it is really horrible. It doesn't seem that way to me. I didn't live through it. Well, just the beginning of it. I just tell it. That's what I'm here to do," the past Sailor Pluto said.
"We all have a past self that is nothing compared to what we are now?" Michiru asked.
"Yes...and now I will begin the telling. Or you will begin the seeing. What you see of yourself is not what you see of yourself now. All of your past selves are just like me compared to Setsuna. They are all younger, more free, and hold less knowledge than you do now. They have all changed...you have all changed. The change is what you need to remember..." the Past Sailor Pluto said raising her Time Staff and making everything go pitch black...
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"Blah blah blah," Haruka said moving her hands in a motion that made them look like a moving mouth while Former Queen Selenity was speaking.
Michiru giggled and received glares the Former Queen.
"Neptune-hime, did I hear you talking?" the Former Queen asked with her raspy old voice.
"Um...no. I mean yes. I mean...sorry..." Michiru said bowing her head in shame.
"Don't do that again! And now I'd like to present, my daughter, as you all should know...newest queen in the line, Queen Serenity!"
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"Wait a minute!" Haruka shouted breaking the vision.
"Haruka!" Michiru scolded, wanting to keep watching because she was interested as to why she once was so rude.
"What is it?" the past Sailor Pluto asked.
"What is up with the Former Queen Selenity-sama stuff? Why is Queen Serenity-sama so young?" Haruka asked.
"Haruka-chan, don't you think we should just watch. The answers..." Setsuna said but was interrupted by her past self.
"I've forgotten to tell you. Silly me. Well...Former Queen Selenity just gave the throne up to her daughter, Queen Serenity. She and King Tamanokoshi rule the Moon Kingdom now. You and all the other Outer senshi dutifully protect her..."
"Where's Princess Serenity and the Inner Senshi?" Haruka interrupted.
"Well they aren't born yet..."
"But we look 16. They should be alive..." Michiru said.
"Well...you guys need to just remember...I don't think I can tell you all this. It's hard to explain."
"How old am I?" Hotaru asked.
"You are 8. But I think that's enough questions. Time can't be wasted," the past Sailor Pluto said.
"We will watch the memories and try not to interrupt," Setsuna said.
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"Hello Outer Senshi and all the staff of the Palace," Queen Serenity said greeting everyone in the large room. "I just wanted to say I am really glad to have all of you serve me as you have served my mother. King Tamaonokoshi wanted to be here, but he already had some Kingly things to accomplish so please excuse his absense..."
"She is so incredibly booooooooooooooring," Michiru said.
"I know...it's like some sorta tape or something," Haruka said.
"Watch everyone, I can make a farty sound," Hotaru said putting one fist under her armpits.
Luckily the sound didn't come out properly.
"Aww...I could do it yesterday..." Hotaru said disappointedly.
"Be quiet everyone, she's talking," Setsuna scolded.
"Well duh she's talking," Michiru said.
"Listen!" Setsuna hissed.
"Sorry..." Michiru said a little bit too loudly.
"IDIOT! DON'T SHOUT!" Setsuna shouted.
All eyes turned on the Princess of Pluto who was slowly turning redder and redder.
Hotaru giggled but quickly muffled her laugh.
Queen Serenity just gave Pluto a sad glance, then started talking again.
"Way to go, Setsuna-chan," Haruka said.
"Be glad she's nice. Unlike her mother. Yuck," Michiru said.
"If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have yelled," Setsuna hissed.
"I'm sorry, Setsuna-chan. Forgive me?" Michiru asked.
"Of course..." Setsuna said.
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"I'm sorry, but I can't watch that!" Michiru said, the vision once again breaking.
"Michiru, I didn't know you were like that. So fun..." Haruka said going off into her own thoughts.
"Haruka! Am I not fun anymore?" Michiru asked.
"YES, of course you're fun. More fun than even before, I bet..." Haruka said.
"Setsuna-mama, you were so...mean," Hotaru said.
"Sorry..." Setsuna said her face red from experiencing the memory.
"I think we should continue," the past Sailor Pluto interrupted, her tone sounding a little less patient.
"Sorry...continue, but I just can't stand the way I act..." Michiru said.
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After the assembly was over, the four Outer Senshi began making their way to their rooms.
"Wait one second!" that old creaky voice called out.
They all groaned.
"Yes, your former queeness?" Setsuna said.
"I want to talk with you. All of you..." Selenity said pointing at everyone. "To my quarters!" she shouted and began leading them.
"God, what did she eat? Her breath stinks!" Haruka said.
"I don't care about her breath. It's that voice. Yuck. Eww..." Michiru said shuddering.
"She looks sorta funny," Hotaru said.
"Shut-up, you guys!" Setsuna began to shout again but lowered her voice to a whisper.
"In!" Selenity commanded when they reached her rooms.
The Outer Senshi slowly walked in.
"SIT!"
They all sat down on the large couch which appeared before them.
"Now..." Selenity began pacing back and forth, "I'd like to begin by saying that I knew all your mothers.Well, except Pluto that is... They were my guardians, and oh, what great guardians they were! Neptune was so polite and elegant. Uranus was fierce and stubborn, but she was so kind towards me. Saturn was quiet and shy, but when it came time to fight, she was always by my side. Pluto...well...let's just say you are just like you've always been. Rude, unkind, careless, and extremely irresponsible. Just like all of you! You are the worst guardians I've ever known. You're the worst senshi for that matter! Aren't you ashamed?" she asked.
Everyone looked up at her with blank stares wondering if she had just insulted them or complimented them.
"Fools! You should be ashamed. I trust my daughter's life in your hands and in the hands of that incredibly ditzy King. You better clean up your act because if a danger ever presents itself, I need you all to help her! Understand??" she shouted.
She was greeted with even more blank stares.
"ARGHY DOODLES!" she exclaimed to the sky.
"Arghy doodles?" Michiru snickered.
"What did you say?" Selenity hissed.
"Nothing..." Michiru said.
"GET OUT RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FORGET WHAT I SAID!" Selenity shouted.
They scampered out of the room and ran into their own attached quarters.
"She is so incredibly annoying," Haruka said.
"I know," Michiru said chewing loudly on a wad of gum.
"What does she mean by protecting to Queen? I thought we just had to like be nice to her," Hotaru said.
"You guys are all so incredibly stupid! I mean you have to protect her from monsters and junk like that," Setsuna said.
"Oh...I see..." Hotaru said deep in thought.
"Well, I am going back up to the Gates. Duties call, ya know. I'm glad I don't have to be here with the old Selenity," Setsuna said.
"I thought you hated the Gates," Haruka asked.
"I do, but I hate that witch even more. It wouldn't suprise me if she like tried to take over the universe or something," Setsuna said, and with a swipe of her Time Staff, she disappeared.
"Well, I'm gonna go talk to that guy who works in the kitchen. Maybe he'll teach me how to do more neat noise tricks!" Hotaru said skipping out the door.
"Well, I guess it's just you and me," Haruka said getting closer to Michiru.
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"STOP!" Haruka said.
"What is it now?" the past Sailor Pluto asked.
"How come we have to see what me and Michiru are doing? Can't we go to Hotaru's point of view or something?" Haruka asked.
"No...the most important parts are the parts you see..."
"Well, I'm sure me and Michiru weren't gonna contribute anything to this part of the important memory movie thing, so why don't we watch Pluto guard the Gates of Time?"
"I don't think so..." the Past Pluto said.
"I think Haruka has a point there," Michiru said nervously.
"You guys, I'm just trying to do my stupid job ok? Make it a bit easier on me, will ya?" the Past Pluto shouted.
"Sorry..." Haruka and Michiru both said.
"Setsuna-mama, I didn't know you were like this..." Hotaru said. She received a glare from the Past Pluto.
"Can I continue this or what?" the Past Pluto said impatiently.
"Can we finish some other day?" Haruka asked.
"YOU STUPID IDIOTS! I COME ALL THIS WAY TO SHOW YOU THESE MEMORIES AND YOU DON'T EVEN WANNA LOOK AT THEM AND YOU ARE ALL SO ANNOYING!" she shouted. "Sorry...was that me? No...of course not. Can we continue?"
"If we must, we must..." Michiru said.
"Ok..."
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Haruka took a seat next to Michiru.
"So, what do you wanna do?" she asked.
"I dunno..." Michiru said getting closer to Haruka.
"I know..." Haruka whispered her face inching even closer.
"Outer Senshi?" the voice broke the moment.
"WHO IS IT?" Haruka shouted angrlily.
"Queen Serenity. I was just wondering if I could talk to you..." she asked as she walked into the room.
"About what?" Michiru asked.
"Well, I just wanted to privately say hi to you and well I just wanted to let you know that I want you and I to be friends...Hey...where are the other two?" she asked.
"Hanging out somewhere. I dunno," Haruka said.
"Ok...well I'll continue this for you. I want to be friends with you guys. Like real friends. Talk to me about whatever you like as a friend not a subject. And I'll talk to you guys too. Is that ok?" Queen Serenity asked.
"Of course," Haruka said.
"So...is that all?" Michiru asked.
"Well, do you guys have time for some girl talk?"
"Uh..." Michiru said looking at Haruka.
"Not..."Haruka started but was jabbed in the side by Michiru.
"Of course," Haruka finished. She hated girl talk and besides there was something else she could be doing, but she had to listen to the Queen. Michiru was actually being polite for once. Interesting, Haruka thought.
"So...isn't he hot?" Queen Serenity squealed. Haruka didn't know what she was talking about because she had been lost in her own thoughts for a while.
"I don't know," Michiru said.
"How can you not know? Oh, are you not going to answer because you're afraid to?" Queen Serenity asked.
"No..." Michiru said.
The silence was getting awkward. Haruka decided to help.
"Michiru and I don't stray that way," Haruka said.
"What do you mean? You don't consider guys as hot or...Oh...I get it..." Queen Serenity said embarrased.
"What about Setsuna and Hotaru?" she asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I don't think I can think of Hotaru as hot.." Michiru said.
"Oh, no...I meant..." Queen Serenity started to say.
"They are perfectly straight if that's what you mean," Haruka said.
"Yes. Well just wondering. You guys can be however you want as long as you are my friends. You know, sometimes I feel like I have no friends. Those are the times I need to talk to you," she said.
"Well come whenever you want. Just knock first," Haruka said.
"Thank you. Oh! Tamaonokoshi is going to be here soon! I got to go now! Bye!" she said as she rushed out the room.
"Finally. She can talk forever if nothing was there to stop her," Michiru said.
"I know. Sigh, and we have to be her friends and junk. I mean why can't we just be normal people. Why do we have to do this senshi thing?" Haruka asked.
"I don't know. Well...today is our day off...we should enjoy it..." Michiru said inching closer to Haruka.
"Of course..." Haruka whispered. Once again right when their lips were about to meet someone broke the moment.
"Haruka-chan! Haruka-chan!" Setsuna shouted as she ran into the room.
"What is it now?" Haruka asked angrily. "Couldn't you see I was busy?"
"King Tamaonokoshi is here!!!" Setsuna squealed.
"And who cares...?" Haruka asked.
"You have to come greet him! Common courtesy towards royalty. Duh!" Setsuna said.
"But I've seen him before..."Haruka said.
"YOUR DUTIES AS A SENSHI ARE CALLING. COME AND SAY HI TO THE KING!" Setsuna yelled.
"Ok...Ok..." Haruka said standing up.
"Do I have to come?" Michiru asked.
"Yes!" Setsuna said.
They all followed her to the dining room where Hotaru was already waiting.
"It's dinnertime already?" Haruka asked.
"Yes..." Setsuna said, but was interrupted by the King.
"Hello my senshi! Hello!" his voice boomed.
"Hello, your highness," the Outer Senshi said bowing.
"Sit down! Eat! Yummy food there is for all!" the King said.
"Thank you," Setsuna said before taking her place. The rest of the senshi followed suit.
The eating began and the silence was overwhelming. Former Queen Selenity decided to break it.
"Well, how was your first kingly assignment?" she creaked.
"Uh...Kingly. HAHAHA. I crack myself up! Actually it was very interesting," the King said.
"Interesting. You know as King you should be using other words. Like charming or appealing or fascinating or gregarious," Selenity said.
"Grego...?" the King said confused.
"The ruler of the kingdom is an idiot!" Selenity sighed.
"Mother! That was awfully rude of you! Tamaonokoshi is very sweet and smart!" Queen Serenity said.
"He doesn't seem that way to me..." Selenity said.
"Mother...why do you insult the people who are dear to me?"
"I don't insult myself..." Selenity said thinking she was actually dear to her daughter.
"Mother..." Queen Serenity said pushing back her chair and running from the room.
Haruka couldn't hold it in any longer and her laughter filled the silent room. Michiru started laughing too.
"FOOLS! GO TALK TO HER!" Selenity said.
The Outer Senshi quickly got up from the table and ran out of the room to follow the Queen.
"HAHAHA what was that all about?" the King said not understanding the current situation.
"IDIOT," Selenity hissed loudly as she continued eating.
"Ok..." the King said continuing to eat also.
"Queen Serenity? Are you ok?" Hotaru asked while the senshi were standing infront of the door to the Queen's room.
"Outers?" the Queen's voice was heard.
"Yes," Hotaru said.
"Come in."
Everyone walked in to see Queen Serenity sitting on her bed, crying.
"Um..." Michiru said not knowing how to reassure her Queen.
"I can make a farty noise with my armpit! Wanna hear?" Hotaru asked.
"No, that's ok," Queen Serenity said, a smile appearing on her face.
"What's wrong?" Haruka asked thinking, It better be something short. I have other things planned...
"It's mother," the Queen started. "She just can't let go of the idea that she's not Queen anymore. She bosses me around and tells me what to do and what to wear and everything! And the poor King! How can he stand her?"
"He's really stupid and he doesn't get it when she insults him," Setsuna stated, then realized her mistake. Fortunately the Queen had not heard because she was too into her own thoughts.
"I mean can't she accept that fact that I rule the Moon Kingdom and that I will rule it properly? It's not like I'm going to bring it to an end and have to reincarnate everyone on Earth or something. I wish she'd just leave me alone. I mean what kind of mother is she to insult the King, my husband, every chance she gets. I feel so sorry for him. Sometimes I wish that I had not married him just so his life could be better. I love him that much. I don't know how to get her out of my life. How to do anything to make her go away. She criticizes everything I do. Everything. I wish she would just go away!" Queen Serenity said bursting into another fit of tears.
"There there. It's ok..." Setsuna said holding the sobbing Queen.
All the senshi sat there and waited for the Queen to go to sleep. By that time they knew that this Queen was the nicest, kindest, sweetest, that there was and that they needed to help her.
"We need a plan!" Michiru announced as they walked back into their room.
"For what?" Hotaru asked.
"To get rid of Selenity," Setsuna said.
"To make the Queen happy," Haruka said.
"To make us happy, too," Michiru said.
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That's part 2! So...did u like it? Hate it? Think I should/shouldn't continue? Please e-mail me and tell me. I know it's sorta weird how Michiru is all rude and how Setsuna is all mean and how they all are really weird. But it's just the way this one turned out, I guess. I was thinking...it always seemed like the Queens of the moon kingdom were all nice and kind and stuff so I was like, What if they all aren't like that? So that's where the Former Queen comes in. Also, I've never heard of any Kings and I don't even know if Queen Serenity had a husband but she does in this fic. He's sorta stupid but that's ok... The timing and stuff like that is off...what I mean is the Outer Senshi are alive and in their teens (well except for Hotaru) even when Princess Serenity isn't even born yet. But I'll smooth out the wrinkles (that sounds weird...I just made it up...hehe)...in the parts that are to come. Well email me! Thanks! : ) !!!
Part 2
Author: DarkOuters7
E-mail: DarkOuters7@yahoo.com
Rating: PG (WOW! I actually have a PG story...cool...)
This is part two of the Forgotten Memories series. I've decided that this is going to need more than 2 parts and an epilogue. I don't know how long it'll be. Well, part 1 was all serious, but part 2 is more of a comedy than anything. It will get serious again though. Well I am starting to have fun with this so I think I'll continue writing, unless you guys think this is getting really stupid. I'd like to thank Megan and Serena for e-mailing me and telling me I should write more : ) . Well, please email me with all comments and flames! Yup, even flames. Well...enjoy
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Haruka woke up dazed and confused. She sat up to see she was floating in the air. She looked up and saw the endless sky. She looked down and saw the endless sky. She looked beside her and saw Michiru getting up too.
'This is still the dream! I'm still in the dream,' Haruka thought to herself.
"Haruka?" Michiru asked.
"Michiru, we're still in the dream," Haruka said.
"Where's Setsuna-chan and Hotaru-chan?" Michiru asked.
"Michiru-mama? Haruka-papa?" they heard Hotaru call out. "I'm over here."
Haruka stood up and walked on the sky over to Hotaru. Setsuna, who was lying next to her, was just getting up.
"It worked?" Setsuna asked.
"Yes, we're all here," Michiru said.
"Now what?" Haruka asked.
Silence answered them.
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"What are we supposed to do, then?" Haruka asked after everyone had seated themselves to think things through.
"I don't know. I thought maybe this would all be over if we just followed through with the dreams and died, but it seems as though nothing is happening," Setsuna stated.
"Well, are we stuck here?" Michiru asked nervously.
"It seems like it," Haruka answered.
"We'll wake up sometime, won't we? We can't sleep forever..." Hotaru said.
"I don't know..." Setsuna answered.
"Well, I'm not just gonna sit here and wait for whatever is going to or not going to come. I'm gonna look around," Haruka said.
"What is there to look at?" Michiru asked looking at the endless sky.
"I don't know. Well, it's better than sitting here and waiting for something that might never come," Haruka stated.
"Haruka-papa has got a point. Maybe we should go look around," Hotaru said.
"Ok then," Michiru said getting up.
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"How long have we been walking in this endless place?" Haruka groaned.
"Don't complain. You're the one who wanted to look around, remember?" Michiru said.
"Maybe we should have just stayed where we were," Setsuna said.
"Does anyone know the way back?" Haruka asked.
No one said anything.
"Well then. I can see why we were afraid of the memories. They bored us to death," Haruka said.
"Let's just settle down here for the night. Or, well...the day. Or well, I don't even think we need sleep if we are sleeping..." Michiru said confused.
"It seems so real...is anyone tired or hungry though?" Setsuna asked.
"No...I feel perfectly ok except for the boredom," Haruka said.
"Me too," Michiru said.
"I'm hungry!" Hotaru exclaimed.
"You're always hungry, Hotaru-chan," Haruka said.
"Well, do you really need food, because I'm afraid we don't have any with us," Setsuna said.
"No, I can live," Hotaru said.
"Ok, so what is our plan?" Haruka said.
"To settle down here...I guess. Is everyone ok with that?" Michiru asked.
"Ya."
"Yes."
"If I must agree I must. I'd rather go home,though," Haruka said.
"Haruka! We don't know how to get home. If you have any idea how, please tell us and we'll leave," Michiru said angrily.
"Sorry...I was just saying that I wanted to go home," Haruka said.
"I understand, Haruka. I want to go home, too..." Michiru said.
After finding a comfortable place to lay down, everyone attempted to sleep, but it was impossible because they were already sleeping.
"Sigh..." Haruka exclaimed into the endless silence. "I could be..." but she couldn't finish.
"You made it," a gentle voice was heard.
"What was that?" Michiru asked.
"Did you hear anything?" Hotaru asked.
"Sorry it took so long for me to find you. You had dispeared from the place you were supposed to be," the voice said again, echoing through the sky.
"Who are you?" Haruka asked.
"I am the Guardian of the Gates of Time. I am Sailor Pluto," the voice replied.
Everyone looked towards Setsuna and saw she was sitting there looking as shocked as the rest of them.
"But I am the Guardian of the Gates of Time," Setsuna said standing up.
"So you are," the voice replied. "And as the Guardian of the Gates you should realize that I am your past self. I have come to the future. Don't you remember me?" A figure appeared before the Outer senshi. She was an identical twin of Setsuna with the same crimson eyes and long dark green hair. She held the Time Staff in her hands. There was something different about her though. She looked younger almost. Like she was 16 or 17. Not in her early 20's.
"Setsuna-mama?" Hotaru asked looking back and forth between the past and present Setsuna.
Haruka was still suspicious of the Sailor Pluto who stood before them.
"Why are you coming from the past?" she asked.
"To show you. To tell you. To make sure you remember..." she answered.
"What if we don't want to remember?" Haruka asked.
"What you want and don't want has no part in this. It just has to happen," The past Sailor Pluto answered.
"Where from my past are you from?" Setsuna asked.
"Before the events that changed your lives. I was Sailor Pluto. The events changed me and although the past remains and plays itself over and over again as the future changes, I am not in it. A different me is in it. You are in it," she replied.
"How come I don't remember you as myself? How come I don't remember the things that changed me into who I am. If what you are saying is true, then I should be able to remember you as myself. Instead I see you as I totally different person," Setsuna said.
"I changed. I changed a lot. I changed into you. I am younger. Still new to the job. Now look at you and then look at me. See the difference? You seem young but you have the wisdom of eternity. I seem young. Truth is I am young. I have knowledge and power but not to the extent of yours. I am nothing compared to you. And so, because I am not truly you, I have come to show you the past...to show you the memories that you have forgotten along with your past selves. It might have seemed like it was something really horrible in your dream. Maybe it is really horrible. It doesn't seem that way to me. I didn't live through it. Well, just the beginning of it. I just tell it. That's what I'm here to do," the past Sailor Pluto said.
"We all have a past self that is nothing compared to what we are now?" Michiru asked.
"Yes...and now I will begin the telling. Or you will begin the seeing. What you see of yourself is not what you see of yourself now. All of your past selves are just like me compared to Setsuna. They are all younger, more free, and hold less knowledge than you do now. They have all changed...you have all changed. The change is what you need to remember..." the Past Sailor Pluto said raising her Time Staff and making everything go pitch black...
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"Blah blah blah," Haruka said moving her hands in a motion that made them look like a moving mouth while Former Queen Selenity was speaking.
Michiru giggled and received glares the Former Queen.
"Neptune-hime, did I hear you talking?" the Former Queen asked with her raspy old voice.
"Um...no. I mean yes. I mean...sorry..." Michiru said bowing her head in shame.
"Don't do that again! And now I'd like to present, my daughter, as you all should know...newest queen in the line, Queen Serenity!"
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"Wait a minute!" Haruka shouted breaking the vision.
"Haruka!" Michiru scolded, wanting to keep watching because she was interested as to why she once was so rude.
"What is it?" the past Sailor Pluto asked.
"What is up with the Former Queen Selenity-sama stuff? Why is Queen Serenity-sama so young?" Haruka asked.
"Haruka-chan, don't you think we should just watch. The answers..." Setsuna said but was interrupted by her past self.
"I've forgotten to tell you. Silly me. Well...Former Queen Selenity just gave the throne up to her daughter, Queen Serenity. She and King Tamanokoshi rule the Moon Kingdom now. You and all the other Outer senshi dutifully protect her..."
"Where's Princess Serenity and the Inner Senshi?" Haruka interrupted.
"Well they aren't born yet..."
"But we look 16. They should be alive..." Michiru said.
"Well...you guys need to just remember...I don't think I can tell you all this. It's hard to explain."
"How old am I?" Hotaru asked.
"You are 8. But I think that's enough questions. Time can't be wasted," the past Sailor Pluto said.
"We will watch the memories and try not to interrupt," Setsuna said.
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"Hello Outer Senshi and all the staff of the Palace," Queen Serenity said greeting everyone in the large room. "I just wanted to say I am really glad to have all of you serve me as you have served my mother. King Tamaonokoshi wanted to be here, but he already had some Kingly things to accomplish so please excuse his absense..."
"She is so incredibly booooooooooooooring," Michiru said.
"I know...it's like some sorta tape or something," Haruka said.
"Watch everyone, I can make a farty sound," Hotaru said putting one fist under her armpits.
Luckily the sound didn't come out properly.
"Aww...I could do it yesterday..." Hotaru said disappointedly.
"Be quiet everyone, she's talking," Setsuna scolded.
"Well duh she's talking," Michiru said.
"Listen!" Setsuna hissed.
"Sorry..." Michiru said a little bit too loudly.
"IDIOT! DON'T SHOUT!" Setsuna shouted.
All eyes turned on the Princess of Pluto who was slowly turning redder and redder.
Hotaru giggled but quickly muffled her laugh.
Queen Serenity just gave Pluto a sad glance, then started talking again.
"Way to go, Setsuna-chan," Haruka said.
"Be glad she's nice. Unlike her mother. Yuck," Michiru said.
"If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have yelled," Setsuna hissed.
"I'm sorry, Setsuna-chan. Forgive me?" Michiru asked.
"Of course..." Setsuna said.
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"I'm sorry, but I can't watch that!" Michiru said, the vision once again breaking.
"Michiru, I didn't know you were like that. So fun..." Haruka said going off into her own thoughts.
"Haruka! Am I not fun anymore?" Michiru asked.
"YES, of course you're fun. More fun than even before, I bet..." Haruka said.
"Setsuna-mama, you were so...mean," Hotaru said.
"Sorry..." Setsuna said her face red from experiencing the memory.
"I think we should continue," the past Sailor Pluto interrupted, her tone sounding a little less patient.
"Sorry...continue, but I just can't stand the way I act..." Michiru said.
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After the assembly was over, the four Outer Senshi began making their way to their rooms.
"Wait one second!" that old creaky voice called out.
They all groaned.
"Yes, your former queeness?" Setsuna said.
"I want to talk with you. All of you..." Selenity said pointing at everyone. "To my quarters!" she shouted and began leading them.
"God, what did she eat? Her breath stinks!" Haruka said.
"I don't care about her breath. It's that voice. Yuck. Eww..." Michiru said shuddering.
"She looks sorta funny," Hotaru said.
"Shut-up, you guys!" Setsuna began to shout again but lowered her voice to a whisper.
"In!" Selenity commanded when they reached her rooms.
The Outer Senshi slowly walked in.
"SIT!"
They all sat down on the large couch which appeared before them.
"Now..." Selenity began pacing back and forth, "I'd like to begin by saying that I knew all your mothers.Well, except Pluto that is... They were my guardians, and oh, what great guardians they were! Neptune was so polite and elegant. Uranus was fierce and stubborn, but she was so kind towards me. Saturn was quiet and shy, but when it came time to fight, she was always by my side. Pluto...well...let's just say you are just like you've always been. Rude, unkind, careless, and extremely irresponsible. Just like all of you! You are the worst guardians I've ever known. You're the worst senshi for that matter! Aren't you ashamed?" she asked.
Everyone looked up at her with blank stares wondering if she had just insulted them or complimented them.
"Fools! You should be ashamed. I trust my daughter's life in your hands and in the hands of that incredibly ditzy King. You better clean up your act because if a danger ever presents itself, I need you all to help her! Understand??" she shouted.
She was greeted with even more blank stares.
"ARGHY DOODLES!" she exclaimed to the sky.
"Arghy doodles?" Michiru snickered.
"What did you say?" Selenity hissed.
"Nothing..." Michiru said.
"GET OUT RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FORGET WHAT I SAID!" Selenity shouted.
They scampered out of the room and ran into their own attached quarters.
"She is so incredibly annoying," Haruka said.
"I know," Michiru said chewing loudly on a wad of gum.
"What does she mean by protecting to Queen? I thought we just had to like be nice to her," Hotaru said.
"You guys are all so incredibly stupid! I mean you have to protect her from monsters and junk like that," Setsuna said.
"Oh...I see..." Hotaru said deep in thought.
"Well, I am going back up to the Gates. Duties call, ya know. I'm glad I don't have to be here with the old Selenity," Setsuna said.
"I thought you hated the Gates," Haruka asked.
"I do, but I hate that witch even more. It wouldn't suprise me if she like tried to take over the universe or something," Setsuna said, and with a swipe of her Time Staff, she disappeared.
"Well, I'm gonna go talk to that guy who works in the kitchen. Maybe he'll teach me how to do more neat noise tricks!" Hotaru said skipping out the door.
"Well, I guess it's just you and me," Haruka said getting closer to Michiru.
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"STOP!" Haruka said.
"What is it now?" the past Sailor Pluto asked.
"How come we have to see what me and Michiru are doing? Can't we go to Hotaru's point of view or something?" Haruka asked.
"No...the most important parts are the parts you see..."
"Well, I'm sure me and Michiru weren't gonna contribute anything to this part of the important memory movie thing, so why don't we watch Pluto guard the Gates of Time?"
"I don't think so..." the Past Pluto said.
"I think Haruka has a point there," Michiru said nervously.
"You guys, I'm just trying to do my stupid job ok? Make it a bit easier on me, will ya?" the Past Pluto shouted.
"Sorry..." Haruka and Michiru both said.
"Setsuna-mama, I didn't know you were like this..." Hotaru said. She received a glare from the Past Pluto.
"Can I continue this or what?" the Past Pluto said impatiently.
"Can we finish some other day?" Haruka asked.
"YOU STUPID IDIOTS! I COME ALL THIS WAY TO SHOW YOU THESE MEMORIES AND YOU DON'T EVEN WANNA LOOK AT THEM AND YOU ARE ALL SO ANNOYING!" she shouted. "Sorry...was that me? No...of course not. Can we continue?"
"If we must, we must..." Michiru said.
"Ok..."
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Haruka took a seat next to Michiru.
"So, what do you wanna do?" she asked.
"I dunno..." Michiru said getting closer to Haruka.
"I know..." Haruka whispered her face inching even closer.
"Outer Senshi?" the voice broke the moment.
"WHO IS IT?" Haruka shouted angrlily.
"Queen Serenity. I was just wondering if I could talk to you..." she asked as she walked into the room.
"About what?" Michiru asked.
"Well, I just wanted to privately say hi to you and well I just wanted to let you know that I want you and I to be friends...Hey...where are the other two?" she asked.
"Hanging out somewhere. I dunno," Haruka said.
"Ok...well I'll continue this for you. I want to be friends with you guys. Like real friends. Talk to me about whatever you like as a friend not a subject. And I'll talk to you guys too. Is that ok?" Queen Serenity asked.
"Of course," Haruka said.
"So...is that all?" Michiru asked.
"Well, do you guys have time for some girl talk?"
"Uh..." Michiru said looking at Haruka.
"Not..."Haruka started but was jabbed in the side by Michiru.
"Of course," Haruka finished. She hated girl talk and besides there was something else she could be doing, but she had to listen to the Queen. Michiru was actually being polite for once. Interesting, Haruka thought.
"So...isn't he hot?" Queen Serenity squealed. Haruka didn't know what she was talking about because she had been lost in her own thoughts for a while.
"I don't know," Michiru said.
"How can you not know? Oh, are you not going to answer because you're afraid to?" Queen Serenity asked.
"No..." Michiru said.
The silence was getting awkward. Haruka decided to help.
"Michiru and I don't stray that way," Haruka said.
"What do you mean? You don't consider guys as hot or...Oh...I get it..." Queen Serenity said embarrased.
"What about Setsuna and Hotaru?" she asked.
"Oh, I don't know. I don't think I can think of Hotaru as hot.." Michiru said.
"Oh, no...I meant..." Queen Serenity started to say.
"They are perfectly straight if that's what you mean," Haruka said.
"Yes. Well just wondering. You guys can be however you want as long as you are my friends. You know, sometimes I feel like I have no friends. Those are the times I need to talk to you," she said.
"Well come whenever you want. Just knock first," Haruka said.
"Thank you. Oh! Tamaonokoshi is going to be here soon! I got to go now! Bye!" she said as she rushed out the room.
"Finally. She can talk forever if nothing was there to stop her," Michiru said.
"I know. Sigh, and we have to be her friends and junk. I mean why can't we just be normal people. Why do we have to do this senshi thing?" Haruka asked.
"I don't know. Well...today is our day off...we should enjoy it..." Michiru said inching closer to Haruka.
"Of course..." Haruka whispered. Once again right when their lips were about to meet someone broke the moment.
"Haruka-chan! Haruka-chan!" Setsuna shouted as she ran into the room.
"What is it now?" Haruka asked angrily. "Couldn't you see I was busy?"
"King Tamaonokoshi is here!!!" Setsuna squealed.
"And who cares...?" Haruka asked.
"You have to come greet him! Common courtesy towards royalty. Duh!" Setsuna said.
"But I've seen him before..."Haruka said.
"YOUR DUTIES AS A SENSHI ARE CALLING. COME AND SAY HI TO THE KING!" Setsuna yelled.
"Ok...Ok..." Haruka said standing up.
"Do I have to come?" Michiru asked.
"Yes!" Setsuna said.
They all followed her to the dining room where Hotaru was already waiting.
"It's dinnertime already?" Haruka asked.
"Yes..." Setsuna said, but was interrupted by the King.
"Hello my senshi! Hello!" his voice boomed.
"Hello, your highness," the Outer Senshi said bowing.
"Sit down! Eat! Yummy food there is for all!" the King said.
"Thank you," Setsuna said before taking her place. The rest of the senshi followed suit.
The eating began and the silence was overwhelming. Former Queen Selenity decided to break it.
"Well, how was your first kingly assignment?" she creaked.
"Uh...Kingly. HAHAHA. I crack myself up! Actually it was very interesting," the King said.
"Interesting. You know as King you should be using other words. Like charming or appealing or fascinating or gregarious," Selenity said.
"Grego...?" the King said confused.
"The ruler of the kingdom is an idiot!" Selenity sighed.
"Mother! That was awfully rude of you! Tamaonokoshi is very sweet and smart!" Queen Serenity said.
"He doesn't seem that way to me..." Selenity said.
"Mother...why do you insult the people who are dear to me?"
"I don't insult myself..." Selenity said thinking she was actually dear to her daughter.
"Mother..." Queen Serenity said pushing back her chair and running from the room.
Haruka couldn't hold it in any longer and her laughter filled the silent room. Michiru started laughing too.
"FOOLS! GO TALK TO HER!" Selenity said.
The Outer Senshi quickly got up from the table and ran out of the room to follow the Queen.
"HAHAHA what was that all about?" the King said not understanding the current situation.
"IDIOT," Selenity hissed loudly as she continued eating.
"Ok..." the King said continuing to eat also.
"Queen Serenity? Are you ok?" Hotaru asked while the senshi were standing infront of the door to the Queen's room.
"Outers?" the Queen's voice was heard.
"Yes," Hotaru said.
"Come in."
Everyone walked in to see Queen Serenity sitting on her bed, crying.
"Um..." Michiru said not knowing how to reassure her Queen.
"I can make a farty noise with my armpit! Wanna hear?" Hotaru asked.
"No, that's ok," Queen Serenity said, a smile appearing on her face.
"What's wrong?" Haruka asked thinking, It better be something short. I have other things planned...
"It's mother," the Queen started. "She just can't let go of the idea that she's not Queen anymore. She bosses me around and tells me what to do and what to wear and everything! And the poor King! How can he stand her?"
"He's really stupid and he doesn't get it when she insults him," Setsuna stated, then realized her mistake. Fortunately the Queen had not heard because she was too into her own thoughts.
"I mean can't she accept that fact that I rule the Moon Kingdom and that I will rule it properly? It's not like I'm going to bring it to an end and have to reincarnate everyone on Earth or something. I wish she'd just leave me alone. I mean what kind of mother is she to insult the King, my husband, every chance she gets. I feel so sorry for him. Sometimes I wish that I had not married him just so his life could be better. I love him that much. I don't know how to get her out of my life. How to do anything to make her go away. She criticizes everything I do. Everything. I wish she would just go away!" Queen Serenity said bursting into another fit of tears.
"There there. It's ok..." Setsuna said holding the sobbing Queen.
All the senshi sat there and waited for the Queen to go to sleep. By that time they knew that this Queen was the nicest, kindest, sweetest, that there was and that they needed to help her.
"We need a plan!" Michiru announced as they walked back into their room.
"For what?" Hotaru asked.
"To get rid of Selenity," Setsuna said.
"To make the Queen happy," Haruka said.
"To make us happy, too," Michiru said.
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That's part 2! So...did u like it? Hate it? Think I should/shouldn't continue? Please e-mail me and tell me. I know it's sorta weird how Michiru is all rude and how Setsuna is all mean and how they all are really weird. But it's just the way this one turned out, I guess. I was thinking...it always seemed like the Queens of the moon kingdom were all nice and kind and stuff so I was like, What if they all aren't like that? So that's where the Former Queen comes in. Also, I've never heard of any Kings and I don't even know if Queen Serenity had a husband but she does in this fic. He's sorta stupid but that's ok... The timing and stuff like that is off...what I mean is the Outer Senshi are alive and in their teens (well except for Hotaru) even when Princess Serenity isn't even born yet. But I'll smooth out the wrinkles (that sounds weird...I just made it up...hehe)...in the parts that are to come. Well email me! Thanks! : ) !!!