A Twist of Fate

Chapter 12-epilogue

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This is it!! The last chapter of the story!! YAY!! I finished my story!! (this is a first) LoL…anywayz…its been a month since I started writing this story… do you want a sequel?



Thanks to: SaturnActingChick, Haato Tenshi, Black Aura, Hotaru Maxwell, Silver Sorceress, Princess Raye Fire, Ladysaturn9, RubyRedDragon05, piscesangel, Serena Yuy, Rogue Angel Barton, Pearl Namek, bluebell, Leriku, Sailor Shadow, OniiStar, Meio-chan, Neptunelil, Saturn's Hikari and Firely for reviewing!!!

To: SaturnActingChick…. aww.. don't worry!! Hotaru's my favourite character!! I won't kill her=)

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The scouts and pilots fought off their enemies, each of them worrying about Hotaru. Glancing up, they noticed that Akuryou was glowing a dark mist. In a second, Akuryou exploded, blasting Hotaru and the others away. The youmas and mobile dolls disappeared along with their master.

"HOTARU!!!!" Haruka yelled, watching in disbelief as Hotaru was lost in the explosion.

"What happened?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Hotaru destroyed Akuryou and in turn she was destroyed." Heero said sadly as the gundam pilots exited their gundams.

"What!?" Michiru asked, a little dazed.

"So…are you saying that Hotaru is…d-dead?" Rei asked.

"Yeah…" Wufei answered, trying to hold in the tears threatening to fall.

"Wait a minute!!" Usagi said, "Do you hear that?"

They stood there for minutes, straining to hear something.

"All I can hear is the wind." Ami said, shaking her head.

"Listen very carefully." Usagi instructed.

They paused, closing their eyes to block out sounds made from their mind, they listened. Soft footsteps were heard.

"Who is it?" Quatre asked.

"Could it be… Hotaru?" Lita asked.

"Let's go see."

Instead of Hotaru, they found Mistress 9.

"What do you want?" Haruka asked.

"I came to pay back a favour." She said, "A life for a life. Hotaru saved my life, now I will save hers."

They stared at Mistress 9.

"And why would you do this?" Lita asked, defensively.

"As I said, a life for a life. She saved mine and I would like to thank her for it."

"What will happen to you?" Usagi asked

"I shall perish." Mistress 9 simply replied.

Mistress 9 closed her eyes and began to glow a soft purple light. When the light got to the brightest it could be, it left Mistress 9's body and formed into the shape of a baby. Slowly, each feature became visible until instead of a purple light, there was a baby. The baby slowly descended until it laid on top of the two halves of Saturn's glaive.

"Take care of her. She is truly one of a kind." Mistress 9 said before collapsing one final time.

"Is she Hotaru?" Haruka asked

"It's Hotaru all right." Heero said, "What I want to know is how is it possible?"

"Hotaru was reborn." Michiru said softly, "This isn't the first time it has happened, but this time, she had help."

Wufei bent down and picked up baby Hotaru. Hotaru instantly stopped crying and started to wave her little arms in the air.

Michiru and Haruka smiled.

"We have to take her home now." Usagi said quietly.

Wufei and Heero gave her a death glare.

"I know that both of you love Hotaru very much but…. She must return." Usagi answered their unspoken question.

"Why can't she stay here? We can take care of her." Quatre said.

"You don't understand. What if Sailor Saturn was to be re-awakened? Our world needs her just as much as your world needs the gundam pilots" Usagi said, "Perhaps one day, we will meet again."

Wufei and Heero looked at the baby form of Hotaru.

"Take care of her." Heero said, "Or I will kill you."

"I will miss her." Wufei said, "Goodbye, little sister."

Duo walked up, "And the shinegami will say farewell to the shinimegami. Come back soon."

Usagi smiled sadly as she took Hotaru from Wufei.

"Farewell."

The gundam pilots watched as Usagi walked back to the scouts before fading away to nothing, and taking Hotaru with her.

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That night Heero was outside holding the broken halves of Hotaru's glaive, remembering the first day she came and how he had wanted excitement in his life. He closed his eyes trying to stop the flow of tears. *Hotaru, we will meet again. This is swear.*





















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OoOoOoOoOoOoOo….so what do you think?? Finally done writing this story!! Hehehe it didn't take as long as I thought… it only took a month to finish…

Should I write a sequel where they meet again? After all….it seems kinda mean to separate them…*sighz* anywayz…don't forget to review!!