Title: Dancing Earth
Type: new senshi
Rating: PG
Author: Artemis Luna Diana
E-mail: artemislunadiana@yahoo.com
Home Page: http://www.caspermoon.com

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This is the seventh installment of Dancing Earth. Which as you know is about the discovery of
Sailor Earth and her companions. If you don't like reading "extra senshi" stories...STOP NOW!
So is the story interesting? Are you enjoying yourself? GOOD! I'll let you read it now,
seriously, stop reading this. Read the story! Hello! Why are you still reading this?! READ
THE STORY!

Oh yeah, I don't own Sailor Moon, yada yada yada....BUT ALIA AND THE KNIGHTS ARE MINE!

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Alia, Taiki, Ami, & James sat at the Crown Arcade drinking sodas. Alia was grilling him on
his life and his memories of the Silver Millennium. They had established that he had been
the Priest of the Spirits of Earth, hence his abilities to call them forth with the aid of
the Staff of Holy Light. In this life he was a novelist. He had traveled from his home in
New York City to research for his next novel. He was 26 years-old but already very popular
in America and Europe. He was highly intelligent and could speak many languages, among them
Japanese, English, Latin, Russian, French, and Arabic. Alia, Taiki, and Ami listened
enthralled as he told them his history. However, his memories of the Silver Millennium
were sketchy at best. Other than being a priest, he didn't really remember anything.

"Maybe you have to meet someone to remember," Ami said.

"Or say somehting," Taiki added thinking of when the Starlights had said Alia's name.

"If I am suppose to say something, what do I say? If I am suppose to meet someone, who is
it?" James asked thoughtfully.

"Maybe we should have a senshi meeting and see if anyone can remember anything about James,"
Alia said.

"Good idea," Ami replied and the four left the arcade. They glanced around and made sure
they were out of eyesight before Ami called the senshi, and Taiki called the starlights, and
Alia called the knights. The three hid their comunicators and the group headed to Rei's.

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Ami, Alia, Taiki, and James were nearly the last to arrive. Only Setsuna, Chibi-Usa, Hotaru,
and Diana were missing. The four headed in surprising everyone with James's appearence. The
senshi took in the 6'5" young man with waist length pure white hair and were speechless.
Shawn, Ival, and Mamoru took one look at him and new exactly who he was.

"James!" Shawn said and started laughing. Mamoru grinned and Ival joined Shawn in laughing.
"Long time no see!" This comment sent Ival to the floor. Mamoru gave the two a disgusted
look and muttered "Dancers..."

That comment caused Alia to glare at him and he grinned at her. James couldn't help the slow
smile that began to spread across his face. Not one for showing much emotion, it surprised
everyone when he let out a whoop and jumped the three knights and embraced them.

Haruka gave a disgusted snort, "Men..." This sent the whole group into gales of laughter.
Alia jumped into the group hug of the knights. Growing up in America had changed James a
bit, he was more open and ready to laugh. Alia remembered that in the Silver Millennium,
James had always seemed so sad, and it was only a few weeks before the end that he had come
to her laughing his head off (which had scared the crap out of her) and said he'd done the
impossible by falling in love. After that he had been cheerful and friendly with everyone.
It had made everyone so happy, James had finally come out of his shell. But then Beryl had
come and that love had been destroyed, as hers had been. James had never even told them
her name, he had wanted to introduce her instead.

The group hug tightened then broke apart as James and Shawn began swapping stories. Mamoru
walked over to Usagi and kissed her forehead. Ival walked over to Makoto and slung an arm
around her sholders bringing her close to his body. Rei walked over to Shawn and he slipped
an arm around her waist. James laughed as she reminded him of something that happened in
the Silver Millennium. Haruka and Michiru held hands as they talked to Alia. Seiya had
both his arms wrapped around Alia's waist and her back was pressed against his chest. Taiki
and Ami had retreated to a corner of the room and were working on Ami's data computer with
Luna, Artemis, Alex, and Rose. Minako and Yaten were munching on some food Makoto had
brought over. The door opened and in walked Hotaru, Chibi-Usa, and Diana. Diana went and
politely greeted Usagi and Mamoru before dashing over to her parents. Shawn and Rei
introduced James to Chibi-Usa while Hotaru dealed with the memories of James returning.

James was also dealing with an overload of memories. With every comment and look and gester
made by his friends he was reminded of something in the Silver Millennium. He decided to go
outside for a breath of fresh air and some time to recoperate from the latest batch of
memories he had recieved after talking to Minako and Yaten.

He stepped outside and shut the door behind him. The brisk wind played with his hair and
he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He heard footsteps and quickly opened them.
He was not prepared for the shock of what he saw. A tall, green haired woman was walking
towards him. She hadn't noticed him standing there. She was staring down at the
ground as she walked. She was exactly the way he remembered her. It was almost
like how they had met.

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{flashback begins}

Soundless footsteps walked the garden path. Unfocased eyes stared at the ground.

Soundless footsteps walked the garden path. Focused eyes stared in concentration at a book.

BOOM! SMACK! OW! WHAT THE HE-- CRASH!

Sprawled on the ground was a tall young man and a tall young woman. The man had pure white
hair and the woman had deep forest green hair. Irriated sky-blue eyes stared at the woman.
"Why don't you watch where you're going next time!" He untangled himself from the woman and
stood. He held out a hand to help her up which she ignored and stood. He was struck by her
beauty but basing his decision on the murder in her eyes decided this was not the best time
to tell her she was the most beautiful creature he'd ever seen.

{flashback ends}
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"Why don't you watch where you're going next time."

Setsuna gasped and looked up. "James?" she breathed.

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{flashback begins}

"I've loved you since the first moment I met you!"

"The first time you met me, you yelled at me!"

"Setsuna, please! Why won't you accept my love?"

"Because I am Sailor Pluto, I must guard the Gates of Time. Nothing can interfer with that!
Not even my love for you!"

"Setsuna, I want to marry you! I want to be with you for the rest of my life!"

"James, I can't!" she sobbed.

{change}

"Setsuna, why do you refuse his offer? He loves you."

"Your Majesty, I can let nothing get in the way of my duties. I am responsible for guarding
the Gates of Time."

"Does your duties forbid you from being happy?"

"I-I don't know, Your Majesty."

"They don't. Do you think that you must guard the gates alone?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"You do not."

"Your Majesty?"

"Setsuna, the position of Sailor Pluto is a lonely one, but only until she falls in love. The
one she falls in love with, can marry her and stay with her, help her to guard the Gates of
Time."

"You mean..."

"Yes."

{change}

"James?"

"Yes, Sailor Pluto? What do you wish of the Priest of Earth?"

"James, look at me."

Sad, sky-blue eyes took in the appearance of Setsuna. "Yes?"

"James, I spoke with the Queen..."

A flicker of hope crossed over his face, then was carefully masked.

"James, she said... she said that you could live with me at the Gates... she said... we
didn't have to be apart..."

"Setsuna..." he said softly and pulled her close to him. He kissed her, and the kiss
erased all the hurt her tearful rejection had caused.

{flashback ends}
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"Setsuna..."

"James!" she cried and rushed into his arms. Their kiss was full of passion and longing.
They didn't notice when the door opened and nine senshi, three starlights, three cats, two
dragons, and three knights stared dumbstruck. They had heard shouts and had been expecting
another plant monster and instead found Setsuna and James kissing.

"Wow! Look at the steam coming off of them!" Minako said gawking.

"Get a room!" Shawn said laughing.

Setsuna and James broke off their kiss to look at the sea of watching faces. Setsuna blushed
at the knowing grins from her friends. "Details!" Rei said cheerfully, "We want details!"

"He's quick," Ival commented.

"Yep, he's good, learned from me," Mamoru said nodding sagely. This look was replaced by
one of pain when Usagi delievered a sharp elbow to the stomach.

"Shhh... We want to see Setsuna-mama kiss James again!" Hotaru said adding her thoughts to
the drama. Her comment was immediately backed by Chibi-Usa, and the group stared at them
again.

"Don't mind us," Makoto said.

"Pretend like we aren't even here," Ami added.

"Go away," James said softly with a smile on his face and pulled the door closed. They could
hear the chorus of groans that his action had caused through the door, and they grinned. Their
lips met again in a kiss that renewed all of their declerations and all their hopes.

"When do you think the wedding will be?" Minako asked loudly enough to be heard through the
door. Setsuna and James chuckled.

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Well...what did you think?! E-mail me! I crave attention!

I'm making up for lost time! Next chapter already completed, can you believe? I can't! I
haven't really been doing much with the villians and so that is what the next chapter is
going to focus on. And yes, I realize this chapter is short, but I really wanted to end
with Setsuna and James in this chapter and begin the next with the villians. Don't worry,
my characteristic long chapters will return!

Thanks to Andrea for posting my little fic! Thanks to everyone who has sent me an e-mail. It
makes me feel loved......send me e-mail. And thanks to everyone who
is reading this as well as the story!

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~Artemis Luna Diana~