Will Sosoru return? Why is her mother so cold?
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Chapter 9


Sosoru was sprawled out on her bed, crying. She had cried more in the
last 24 hours than she had in her entire life. Her eyes burned from the
sensation that was all but familiar. The energy she expelled had made her
feel even weaker. The physical pain she endured on earth had subsided, but
the emotion pain made the previous hurt feel like child's play. Still in what
her mother called "Earth Clothes", she rose out of the bed and went to the
right of the massive room. She opened the doors and on the other side was
an extensive walk-in closet. She turned on the light and it illuminated rows
and rows of gorgeous dresses and accessories. Toward the back, more casual
clothes were found, clothes that she had received from her time on Earth. In
the collection there were dozens of sundresses and shorts, tank tops, tee-
shirts and sandals. To the left of this collection, there were several sets of
exercise outfits. She grabbed one and changed quickly. She sat down on the
couch provided and laced up her gym shoes. She briskly walked out of the
closet and turned out the light. She shut the door and turned around. He
mother was standing before her, with an emotionless expression on her face.
Sosoru looked at her for a second, then went to her drawer and pulled out a
towel and walked to the door of her chambers. "Sosoru," her mother said
sternly. She threw the towel over her shoulder and turned around. "What do
you want, Mother? Go yell at the servants or something, I'm not in the
mood." She turned back around and walked out of the room and her mother
followed. As the Queen and Princess walked down the hall, all of the
servants bowed out of respect. Sosoru found the act degrading and kept her
eyes forward.


After a brisk walk, Sosoru had entered another room, which looked
similar to a gym. The room was entirely made out of glass, and thousands of
plants lined the walls. The room was warm, lush, and quiet. It was Sosoru's
sanctuary and no one was allowed in. She put her towel on a bench and
walked to the door where her mother stood, waiting. "Mother, do you insist
on being a pest," Sosoru said, agitated. Her mother folded her arms and gave
Sosoru a cold look. It had no effect on her, she was used to it. "I am
concerned about you, Daughter. I know you are not considering going back.
You never should have taken that assignment in the first place. You should
have just stayed with Mamoru." Sosoru balled up her fists and walked away
from her mother. Angered, her mother yelled, "Why couldn't you have
stayed with Mamoru? I would have finally been rid of such a worthless
daughter. You are not worthy to wear my crown." Sosoru stopped in her
tracks and slowly turned her head to meet her mother's glare. She threw her
towel on the floor and moved so quickly toward her mother it appeared as if
she were floating. Sosoru stood eye to eye with her mother, her breathing
fast, but controlled. "You, Mother Dearest," she spat, "have no business
wearing that crown. A woman with dignity, respect and love in her heart
deserves to wear the crown, and that woman is not you. Do you not even
care that an entire planet was destroyed? What about the billions of innocent
people that died? You may be goddess, but you are lower than the dirt my
plants grow in. I am ten times the woman you will ever be, and when the
people open their eyes and strip you of your title, they will put someone on
the thrown worthy of their loyalty." Her mother stood unmoving, unaffected
by her daughter's verbal assault. She simply smiled and gracefully placed
her hand to her face. "Daughter, I believe I have angered you. I will make it
up to you. Since you seem to hate my guts so much, as soon as you recover,
you can stay on Earth…forever. I do not care if you ever come back again, it
will be no lose of mine. If you do return, your death will be waiting for you."
Sosoru's expression broke and she reeled back. "My death? I cannot be
killed, I am immortal." Her mother smiled. "Then we will have to make you
mortal." Her mother lunged at her with a foil in her hand. Sosoru dodged the
attempt and ran over to wall lined with a collection of foils. She quickly
grabbed one and turned about to meet her mother's blow. "Mother, I have
trained in fencing since I was a child, you know my skills are unmatched.
How are you planning on making me mortal with this weak assault!"


Her mother took off the little metal ball that covered the tip of the foil
and placed a drop of liquid from a vile onto the sharp point. Sosoru's eyes
widened. She realized her own mother was going to poison her. "How did
you make that? What type of person are you?" Her mother smiled. "I made it
the same way I made the potion I gave you before you left. You know it's
the thing that made you feel weak and tired. This is all that is needed to
finally make you mortal. One scratch from this foil and you are mine!"
Sosoru stumbled back and almost fainted with disbelief. She fell onto one of
her plants and dropped her foil. Suddenly, she felt her energy coming back
to her. She stood up, sweat dripping from her brow. "Why would you do
this, Mother? It is true we do not like each other, but you are my mother, we
are blood." Her mother walked over to her, readying herself for the match.
"Why, with you out of the way, the Demons will have no trouble at all
destroying Earth." Sosoru grabbed her foil and got in her stance. "You,
Mother, are responsible for all of those deaths! I don't know how you did it,
but it will not be forgiven. You will die." With that, her mother lunged
forward and Sosoru blocked with her own weapon. The two began battling
fiercely, Sosoru dodging and blocking blow after blow, but she could not
land a hit of her own. "You aren't half bad, Mother," Sosoru taunted, "Too
bad you won't live to battle me again." The Queen lunged at her again,
almost connecting a hit. "Always so sure of yourself. It will be you
downfall!"


Their swords clanked together and slowly a crowd gathered
outside the doors of the sanctuary to see what was going on. They were
amazed that the Queen dared entered her daughter's private place, for the
penalty was death for anyone who entered. The guards could not even enter
to investigate what was going on. The battling pair breezed before them and
Sosoru had her mother on her back, her foil ready to pierce her neck. "It
appears you have lost, Mother. Hand me the foil, now!" Her mother smiled
coldly and raised her arm. "If you insist, Daughter!" Her mother leaped up,
knocking Sosoru off her feet. Quickly, her mother grazed her arm with the
poisoned blade and laughed feverishly. "You see, Daughter, I am the winner.
Now, will you please be as kind as to take what's coming to you?" The
Queen then stabbed the blade threw Sosoru's chest and the crowd that
gathered watched in disbelief. Sosoru's body went limp and she attempted to
crawl over to a wall. "Oh," her mother shouted, "Still alive I see. Not for
long!" She ran over to her daughter and kicked her in the stomach. She went
hurling into the wall ands he screamed out in pain as she hit the glass. "Do
you like the feeling of pain, Daughter? Here's some more for you!" She then
took a weight and hit her in the back. Her mother smiled evilly and raised
the foil once more. "I have waiting a long time for this, Daughter. With
Chibi-Usa dead and you out of the way, I will finally rule over this solar
system. No one will stop me!" Sosoru held her side, trying to get up. With
blood streaming down her face, she looked at her mother. Her guards were
about to enter, but she motioned for them to stay where they were. She then
looked up at her mother. The sun was shining brightly behind her, and all
that could be seen was her silhouette and her evil expression. "Mother, you
could have gained control honorably. Why like this?" Her mother lowered
her foil and knelled down to her daughter's level. "Because I am a goddess
and I can do whatever I want." Sosoru, still holding her side, looked into her
mother's eyes. "Mother, can you looked into my eyes?" She moved closer to
her. "Mother," she said weakly, "how much poison was in that vile?" The
Queen smirked. "Enough to kill an immortal," she bragged, "but a drop was
all I needed for you." Sosoru motioned for her mother to come closer to her.
Her lips trembled as the Queen came near her face. "Really? Then I guess
you will die soon," she said in a vigorous tone. Her mother's eyes widened
sharply. "What!?"


Sosoru pointed to her other hand. She had picked the vile from her
when she had her mother on the floor. She then poured the contents onto her
mother's back, and it had already absorbed into her skin. The Queen shook
and slapped Sosoru's hand. She kicked her hard in the stomach and then
stumbled up. She turned to face her subjects; none amused by the display.
"My Friends," she said swaying back and forth like a drunk, "Are you going
to help you Queen?" The faces looked coldly at her as she fell to her knees
and began to breathe harshly. Sosoru rose like a Phoenix from the ashes and
walked over to her mother. The Queen gasped as her daughter walked to her
as if nothing had been done to her. "H…how is this p…p…possible?"
Sosoru picked up her mother's foil and pointed it to her eye. "Every plant in
here has curative properties," she raised the foil and pointed to the walls of
the greenhouse/gym. "Each plant is different. When you kicked me into the
wall, I just so happened landed on the plant that cured whatever illness you
gave me." She laughed. "You see, Mother, you are not as smart as you think
you are." Her mother tried to scramble to the plants, but Sosoru jabbed the
foil through her mother's hand before she could reach. She wailed out in
pain and Sosoru walked away. Before exiting, she turned around and said
mockingly to her mother, "Do you like the feeling of pain?" With that, she
motioned the guards to cease the Queen. As she walked away, they asked
what her punishment would be for entering her sanctuary and loudly she
replied, "Death."


Anxious to uncover the reasoning of her mother, she ran to her
chambers. The guards at her door quickly parted as she walked through. She
stopped as she entered, stunned at what she saw. The entire room was black
and red. The smell that emanated reeked much like burning flesh. She
covered her nose and walked over to her drawer. Inside were letters that
dated all the way back to the Silver Millenium. She pulled the entire drawer
out and sat down on the floor. She began to read a letter that had the seal of
the White Moon.

~ Dear Queen Sosohizu of the Moon Triton,
It is I, Queen Serenity of the White Moon of Earth. Queen Sosohizu, we
desperately need you assistance. We are under attack. I will loose my
kingdom. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Queen Serenity ~


She opened letter after letter, mostly all from the White Moon asking for her
assistance. She spent hours reading each letter carefully. When she was
done, she placed all the letters back into the drawer and put the drawer back
were it belonged. She leaned back and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "She
has been plotting against the White Moon since the Silver Millenium. She
did not even assist when Queen Beryl attacked. She let everyone else do the
dirty work." As she got up, another letter fluttered to the floor. She turned
around and picked it up. It had the seal of Pluto on it. The letter remained
unopened, perhaps her mother thought it was not important. Sosoru opened
it hastily and began to read.

~ Dear Princess,

I hope this letter reaches you before your mother gets to it. Your mother is
evil and she is plotting to take over the solar system. She is planning on
killing my Daughter as well as the Daughter of Neo-Queen Serenity. She
must be stopped. Remember those plants I gave you for your birthday? I
have been told that you made a garden out of them which no one, not even
your mother can enter. You are a smart girl. Remember when I told you that
every plant is curative? Well, the plant with the red flower and the green
stem are anti-evil. They will cure any curse or potion made out of evil…~


Sosoru lifted up her head. "That's the plant I landed on," she thought. She
then continued the letter.


~ If she ever succeeds in killing Chibi-Usa or Setsuna, use the plants to heal
them, then defeat you mother. The Solar System is counting on you. ~

The letter ended with no closing. Sosoru folded the letter back up and tucked
it in her pocket. She then walked out of her mother's chamber and into her
own…so she could return to earth.