Gomen for the long wait in me updating, but I've kind of gotten bored with this fic... U_U... and I've had some personal issues that really needed my attention. (No, it's not like a rash on my butt or anything!) *sweat drops * You people... Anywho, there's only one last part to this fic, I promise I'll get around to writing it soon. *crosses her heart *
Part XIII
The three were staring at me and I could feel their eyes borrowing holes through my body, which made me shift uncomfortably. Kakyuu walked back a few steps to come up next to me. "I'm sure you've already met the newest member of your team." Her hand came up to rest on my shoulder as she spoke these words.
"Nani?!" The three said in unison. "But how?"
Kakyuu smiled at me and then turned to the lights. "By now I'm sure you've realized that I've been hiding ever since I came to Earth. I came here once again on a mission, and Odango here was to help me along with Helios."
"But why didn't you tell us? We could have helped you." Seiya said desperately trying to understand what was going on.
Shaking her head, Kakyuu walked across the room to sit down but I made no motion to join her. I didn't want to be involved in any of this, although it seemed that I had no choice. "Sailor Pluto from the future came to me just before I tried to convince you three to come to Earth. She told me of a horrible tragedy that would come to be if I didn't bring you here to this planet."
"What? What tragedy? We haven't seen any enemies or anything like that." Yaten was confused and the wheels in his head were turning about a mile a minute.
"Does Shakaku know of any of this?" Taiki asked narrowing his eyes at his Princess.
I tried to think back to all of the episodes that I had seen and couldn't recall the name, it didn't sound familiar from the manga either. "Who's Shakaku?" I asked not really intending on speaking out loud, it just kind of slipped out.
Kakyuu turned her head to face me. "Shakaku is my older sister, the rightful heir to the throne of Kinmoku."
"So you're not the ruler of Kinmoku?" I asked now intrigued with this new turn of events.
"No, I'm not." Kakyuu looked down at her hands. "I assumed temporary rule of Kinmoku and it's people once my sister was taken by Galaxia, but that was and is the only time that Kinmoku would be under my power."
"But Princess, why did you come?" Yaten was not pleased with the detour this conversation was taking.
Kakyuu gazed over at Seiya with what appeared to be a loving look. "One of you would have died in the future if we didn't come back to Earth."
"Why are you looking at me that way?" Seiya asked getting a little nervous. "I'm the one who died?" He asked incredulously, then looked at Taiki and Yaten.
"Yes, you would become more miserable than you were before in the future and end up taking your own life. By coming back to Earth you were given the one thing that could save you. And that was my mission, to help you find that one thing." Kakyuu had a warm smile on her face.
Seiya looked at me with a cocked eyebrow. "So that's why you were always protecting me from Haruka beatings and making excuses for me to be with Odango?"
I laughed a little nervously. "We did a good job, ne?"
"What good did any of this do?" Taiki started in on his ranting again. "Were you planning on breaking his heart?" He pointed back at Seiya as his voice grew louder.
"Nani?" I asked. Why was he directing his anger at me? I didn't concoct this plan, but then again, he really couldn't vent his frustrations on his princess.
"Maker!" Kakyuu snapped at him. "I will not be the cause of anyone's heart break, I don't know what you assumed but apparently you've misjudged the situation."
"But Princess, now that we've found you we're going home, you are going to separate them again." Taiki didn't understand for once in his life, either that or he didn't want to see the solution right in front of him.
"As I said before, welcome home my Starlights. Earth is to be our new home, the five of us." Kakyuu stood and looked straight at me.
"The five of us?" Seiya questioned looking at me also.
"Since you three took it upon yourselves to attack my helper, and my friend, I had no choice but to transform her into a Starlight to allow her to get away from you without revealing myself." Kakyuu walked over to me. "Sailor Star Maker, Healer and Fighter, may I present to you the newest member of our Starlights, Sailor Star Traveler."
The Light's eyes went wide and I couldn't do anything else but stand there. "She is not of this world, and is also going to call this Earth her new home. I hope you will show her the same kindness that you have shown one another."
Seiya smiled at me. "I have no problem with her, after all, she is partially to thank for getting Odango and I together, ne Morgan?"
"Well, you see..." I started but was cut off by Kakyuu.
"Morgan is not her real name. Her name is Odango."
"Nani?" The three of them jumped. "Two Odangos?" Yaten smacked his forehead. "And I thought one was bad!"
"It's alright, you can call me Morgan if you'd like."
"No, my name is Taiki and I wouldn't want you calling me Fred!" Kakyuu and I looked at him with a look saying `what the hell was that all about'.
"But Princess, why are we staying here on Earth?" Yaten asked trying to steer clear of Taiki's asinine statement.
Kakyuu smiled and detransformed from being a princess. "You three are my protectors, ne?" The three shook their heads. "Well I will be living on Earth from now on as a galactic diplomat from Kinmoku and you three must stay here to protect me."
The three just looked at her with a smile and saw the extremely far-fetched excuse she must have given her sister to be able to stay here. I was still behind them and in the background. "You just made that up." I said crossing my arms.
"I didn't make it up, it's called improvising!" Kakyuu shot a little victory sign at me and I just sweat dropped.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's all fine and dandy but what happened to your other little helper? You know, Morgan's little `boyfriend'." Seiya asked batting his eyes making some lovey dovey gesture.
Kakyuu's eyes narrowed and seemed to curse Seiya silently for asking the question. "He has gone home... His work here was done."
My eyes went wide. It couldn't be, he left, without even saying good-bye? He left me after he had told me how he was some one I could turn to in this crazy new world I had been thrown into? "Doushite?" I asked in a whisper as I just looked down to the ground.
Kakyuu came up right in front of me and I could feel the three Lights looking at me also. "I'm sorry." She said as she stepped even closer. "I saw him last night... with... Chibi-Usa." By now she had wrapped her arms around me and held me tightly. "He left with her after I saw them kissing in the street."
"No." I said with my arms still at my side. "No, that can't be true..."
"I saw it with my own eyes."
"No, I want to see him before he goes." I cried out. I didn't care how I was going to do it, I had to see him before he went back to the future with her, I had to know why. "I just need to talk to him for one last time."
There were looks of utter pitty and sympathy on the Light's faces as they continued to stare at me. I felt like an ass, I was never one to openly show this kind of emotion, so I didn't. "Seiya, you dumb ass!" I wiped away my tears as he just looked at me strangely. "You're living here on Earth now, and Usagi wants to be with you, what the hell are you still doing here with us?" I laughed at him as he smiled and ran out the door. "Honestly, some people." I just shook my head.
"We'll be back later." Kakyuu said as she took my arm. "We have a little unfinished business to attend to." Taiki and Yaten nodded as we walked away.
~@~@~@~
Haruka put her arm around the smaller woman's waist as they looked out the picture window together. "She'll finally be happy." The smaller woman said as she looked up.
Haruka shook her head. "I don't know how happy she is going to be when she finds out that she plays a major role in the destruction of the little girl that was so dear to her."
"I think things have a funny way of working out." Michiru smiled as she squeezed her loves arms tighter around her. "I think everything will be just fine."
~@~@~@~
"We should get in out of the rain." Mamoru laughed a bit as he generously covered Setsuna with his umbrella.
Setsuna didn't make any motion of following him back to the house. "Mamoru, I must go now."
"Nani?"
"There is something wrong at the gates of time. I can feel it. My past self must have woken up." There was a mixture of emotions playing across her usually placid face.
"Your past self?" Mamoru asked as he watched her transform to Sailor Pluto.
Pluto smiled at the man she loved, and had loved for so long. "I am not the Pluto of this time. I am from the future. I am the one who allowed Helios and Kakyuu to come here at this time."
"You did this?" He asked with wide eyes and now being soaked by the rain again. Soon Sailor Uranus and Neptune were by his side.
"Pluto, we saw you transform from the window, what is it? Is everything alright?" Neptune asked as Uranus just looked from Mamoru to Pluto.
Pluto gave one more look to Mamoru. "Are you mad that I did?" She asked before their conversation was completely lost. Mamoru smiled and shook his head and she had her answer. "There is a problem at the gates of time, I must go." She said facing Uranus and Neptune.
"We'll come with you." Uranus stepped forward.
"Do as you like." Pluto answered.
"Then I'm coming too." Tuxedo Kamen appeared ready for anything. Pluto nodded and the four were engulfed in a strong light, but one more joined their journey before they left Earth.
~@~@~@~
"Transform." She ordered me.
"Why?" I asked, hadn't I learned by now not to ask these kinds of questions of Kakyuu?
"We can't get to the gates of time this way, we must be in senshi form." She explained just before she changed into her senshi form.
I knew she could see the excitement in my eyes. We were going to find Helios.
TRAVELER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!!
~@~@~@~
"Pu, what happened to you?" Sailor Chibi-Moon asked as she ran towards Pluto pulling Helios by the hand behind him, which only made him think of the way Odango would get excited and drag him around.
The past Pluto shook her head. "Nevermind that, you must get back to your time."
"Thank you Pu." Chibi-Moon smiled as she gave a rough tug on Helios.
"No!" Helios yelled as he struggled free of his captor.
"You're going to ruin everything!" Chibi-Moon yelled.
"Quick, you must not let him get out of here." Pluto said as she held her staff tightly and looked as though she was going to attack him.
"No Pu! Wait, I'll do it, mine won't hurt him nearly as bad as yours would." Chibi-Usa said as she ran off after him.
~@~@~@~
"Something is wrong." Seiya's head came up. He was waiting in Usagi's living room for her, since she hadn't been expecting him she was upstairs getting out of the shower. Her mother had insisted on him waiting in the living room.
"I'm ready to go!" Usagi said as she hopped down the stairs, but then stopped when she noticed Seiya's serious face. She nodded and waited until they were out of the house to ask what was the matter.
"I felt Kakyuu and Morgan transform, there must be trouble." Seiya said as he searched Usagi's face for her reaction.
"Then we must help them." She smiled as she took out her broach. Once the two were transformed they set out to find Mercury and Maker to help locate the two.
~@~@~@~
The blasts were coming at him faster than he could dodge sometimes. He had been hit a few times and knew that if he was hit just once more that he would be done. Chibi-Moon was hot on his tail as he had circled around and was now heading back towards the gates where Pluto stood. He had to get back, he couldn't go to the future, he couldn't leave her behind.
"Helios, just stop running and come with me, like you're supposed to." Chibi-Moon called and a blast followed that hit him dead on. He was out cold. Chibi-Moon bent down and picked his limp form up and carried him back to Pluto.
"You've done it." Pluto said as she watched Chibi-Moon set him down still cradling him in her arms.
"NO!" They heard a scream and looked to where it had come from. There was a Starlight fallen to her knees on the floor in front of them, she had grayish silver bands around her arms and neck and long blond hair pulled back in a low ponytale.
Setsuna recognized the woman that had come up behind her as Kakyuu and could only assume that this Starlight was Odango. "Chibi-Moon now!" Pluto called as Chibi-Moon stood holding Helios close to her as she made her way towards the great doors.
"Stop right there!" Kakyuu called to Chibi-Moon who ignored her call.
DEAD SCREAM!
The magenta orb flew through the air and straight towards Kakyuu and Traveler.
DEAD SCREAM!
The same attack flew up from behind them and collided with the first to burst wide open with an oray of colors. Kakyuu and Traveler quickly turned around to see anther Sailor Pluto, Tuxedo Kamen, Uranus, Neptune and Hotaru standing behind them. "Chibi-Moon, drop him." The Pluto from
"Pu?" Chibi-Moon was confused. "But why?" She asked turning away from the door and looking towards the past Pluto to see her reaction.
"Chibi-Moon, he doesn't belong to you any more." The future Pluto said standing next to Tuxedo Kamen. "Let him be where he wishes."
Traveler looked from Chibi-Moon and Helios to the Pluto behind her with the tears still in her eyes. Were the outers trying to help her now?
"Chibi-Moon no, don't listen to her, they're trying to mess up your future." The past Pluto warned. "If you leave him here, Usagi and Mamoru will never get back together, and you'll never be born."
"Usagi and I..." Mamoru began but was cut off by a small girl barging by him.
Hotaru charged up to the future Pluto. "You can't let Chibi-Usa never be born, you just can't!" She screamed up at her. "Setsuna-mama, what are you doing?"
"Hotaru..." Mamoru began as he saw those small purple eyes turn to him in anger.
"How can you do this to her, she's your daughter! Don't you love her?" Hotaru was near hysterics and all of the shouting must woken Helios.
"Chibi-Moon?" Helios questioned weakly. He could see the tears streaming down her cheeks and noticed that she wasn't paying attention to him.
"I don't want to disappear." She shook and said in a low whisper. "I don't want to disappear..."
"Hold it right there!" A new voice rang in the conversation. "I am the pretty suited sailor senshi Sailor Moon"
"We know who you are!" Mars said coming up behind her nudging her in the side.
"No, I don't know her." Moon pointed to Traveler who was staring back at the new group.
"That's Sailor Star Traveler." Fighter answered her question. The inners and the Starlights had now joined the group.
"Great, can we get any more senshi in here?" Uranus rolled her eyes. Everyone just sweat dropped and turned their attention back to the past Pluto standing between them and Chibi-Moon cradling Helios.
"Mama?" Chibi-Usa whispered but only Helios could hear.
"Chibi-Moon." He said looking up at her finally drawing her attention to him. "Chibi-Moon, I will go home with you to the future."
Chibi-Moon's eyes went wide. "Honto?" She asked and saw him shake his head.
It was fine in theory, their plan, but when confronted with the consequences of their actions he just couldn't go through with it. Helios couldn't erase from his heart what was once shared between himself and Chibi-Usa, and he couldn't bring her life to an end. He knew that it would break Odango's heart to see him leave, but it was better for one to live with a broken heart than to have another not live at all, ne?
Helios stood to his feet. "Don't, this is all senseless." He said to the group of senshi standing across the room from him. "Don't be mad at Chibi-Usa, she didn't do anything wrong. I will go back to the future with her, I don't belong here."
"Helios! What are you doing?" Kakyuu yelled to him and Traveler just stared on. The inners and outers, no longer seeming a part of this event faded a bit to the background as they watched the small soap opera playing out before them.
Helios's eyes fell on Traveler's for a moment but were quickly taken away. "Kakyuu, could you kill some one just to see some one else's life happier?" He asked in a low whisper.
"Damn you!" Kakyuu was enraged and almost screaming. "You should have thought about this before! Odango warned you about this, but you some how found an excuse around it then. So why now, why now that you've found a love that accepts you and sends you the same endearment in return, have you decided to give up and forget your mission."
"I was wrong." Helios said. Traveler turned her gaze from the situation before her and walked back through a break in the wall of senshi behind her. Helios watched her go and felt a pain in his heart as it felt as though something inside him was dying. "This is for the best." He said in a whisper as he took Chibi-Moon's hand who was just staring at him.
"Thank you Helios." A young Hotaru came running up to him and wrapped her pink haired best friend in a hug. This stung Helios' heart even more for her knew he would have to witness this sight everyday.
"Do you honestly think that if you go back to the future now that anything could be the same?" Tuxedo Kamen asked from behind Helios. "Do you think that just because you aren't here, that Usagi and I will get back together?"
"Mamoru?" Helios questioned him as he turned around now with a completely puzzled look on his face. "You must be with Usagi... you have to... you can't let Chibi-Usa disappear."
"She won't disappear." Yet another voice was heard, this time it came from behind Chibi-Usa and Helios.
Everyone turned to see who this new presence was and when the light faded a woman with brilliant cloth wings could be seen. "Neo-Queen Serenity!" All of the senshi bowed except the Starlights and Kakyuu.
"Chibi-Usa, or should I say Issetsuna, you left the future just before Usagi and Mamoru broke up, that is the only reason that you appear here the way you are." NQS moved closer to the pink haired girl. Helios backed away while Issetsuna just stared on in disbelief. NQS bent down and kissed the shorter girl on the forehead and she was instantly engulfed in ribbons.
"Chibi-Usa..." Both Plutos gasped as they saw the transformation. The once pink hair was replaced by mint green and once red eyes were replaced by a deep plumb color.
"Arise Princess of the Earth, Princess Issetsuna." The newly transformed girl arose and bowed before the senshi who were still knelt down before her. "Mamoru," She smiled at him after saying his name. "Usagi," She turned to her past self with love and compassion. "You have finally made the decision that will make you happy in your future, you truly owe your new found happiness to this man here. Helios." The Queen bowed to him and surprised everyone. "Arigato." She said as she, Issetsuna and the Pluto of the future slowly began to fade.
"Take care of him as I know only you can!" The future Pluto winked at her past self.
Helios stared at the women as they disappeared and he couldn't help but think why he didn't return to the future with them. He turned to the group of senshi standing opposite him and noticed one missing. She was gone, Traveler had left during their whole escapade. Helios ran towards the exit in hopes of catching up with her but saw no signs of her.
"She's gone." Kakyuu said from behind him.
Part XIII
The three were staring at me and I could feel their eyes borrowing holes through my body, which made me shift uncomfortably. Kakyuu walked back a few steps to come up next to me. "I'm sure you've already met the newest member of your team." Her hand came up to rest on my shoulder as she spoke these words.
"Nani?!" The three said in unison. "But how?"
Kakyuu smiled at me and then turned to the lights. "By now I'm sure you've realized that I've been hiding ever since I came to Earth. I came here once again on a mission, and Odango here was to help me along with Helios."
"But why didn't you tell us? We could have helped you." Seiya said desperately trying to understand what was going on.
Shaking her head, Kakyuu walked across the room to sit down but I made no motion to join her. I didn't want to be involved in any of this, although it seemed that I had no choice. "Sailor Pluto from the future came to me just before I tried to convince you three to come to Earth. She told me of a horrible tragedy that would come to be if I didn't bring you here to this planet."
"What? What tragedy? We haven't seen any enemies or anything like that." Yaten was confused and the wheels in his head were turning about a mile a minute.
"Does Shakaku know of any of this?" Taiki asked narrowing his eyes at his Princess.
I tried to think back to all of the episodes that I had seen and couldn't recall the name, it didn't sound familiar from the manga either. "Who's Shakaku?" I asked not really intending on speaking out loud, it just kind of slipped out.
Kakyuu turned her head to face me. "Shakaku is my older sister, the rightful heir to the throne of Kinmoku."
"So you're not the ruler of Kinmoku?" I asked now intrigued with this new turn of events.
"No, I'm not." Kakyuu looked down at her hands. "I assumed temporary rule of Kinmoku and it's people once my sister was taken by Galaxia, but that was and is the only time that Kinmoku would be under my power."
"But Princess, why did you come?" Yaten was not pleased with the detour this conversation was taking.
Kakyuu gazed over at Seiya with what appeared to be a loving look. "One of you would have died in the future if we didn't come back to Earth."
"Why are you looking at me that way?" Seiya asked getting a little nervous. "I'm the one who died?" He asked incredulously, then looked at Taiki and Yaten.
"Yes, you would become more miserable than you were before in the future and end up taking your own life. By coming back to Earth you were given the one thing that could save you. And that was my mission, to help you find that one thing." Kakyuu had a warm smile on her face.
Seiya looked at me with a cocked eyebrow. "So that's why you were always protecting me from Haruka beatings and making excuses for me to be with Odango?"
I laughed a little nervously. "We did a good job, ne?"
"What good did any of this do?" Taiki started in on his ranting again. "Were you planning on breaking his heart?" He pointed back at Seiya as his voice grew louder.
"Nani?" I asked. Why was he directing his anger at me? I didn't concoct this plan, but then again, he really couldn't vent his frustrations on his princess.
"Maker!" Kakyuu snapped at him. "I will not be the cause of anyone's heart break, I don't know what you assumed but apparently you've misjudged the situation."
"But Princess, now that we've found you we're going home, you are going to separate them again." Taiki didn't understand for once in his life, either that or he didn't want to see the solution right in front of him.
"As I said before, welcome home my Starlights. Earth is to be our new home, the five of us." Kakyuu stood and looked straight at me.
"The five of us?" Seiya questioned looking at me also.
"Since you three took it upon yourselves to attack my helper, and my friend, I had no choice but to transform her into a Starlight to allow her to get away from you without revealing myself." Kakyuu walked over to me. "Sailor Star Maker, Healer and Fighter, may I present to you the newest member of our Starlights, Sailor Star Traveler."
The Light's eyes went wide and I couldn't do anything else but stand there. "She is not of this world, and is also going to call this Earth her new home. I hope you will show her the same kindness that you have shown one another."
Seiya smiled at me. "I have no problem with her, after all, she is partially to thank for getting Odango and I together, ne Morgan?"
"Well, you see..." I started but was cut off by Kakyuu.
"Morgan is not her real name. Her name is Odango."
"Nani?" The three of them jumped. "Two Odangos?" Yaten smacked his forehead. "And I thought one was bad!"
"It's alright, you can call me Morgan if you'd like."
"No, my name is Taiki and I wouldn't want you calling me Fred!" Kakyuu and I looked at him with a look saying `what the hell was that all about'.
"But Princess, why are we staying here on Earth?" Yaten asked trying to steer clear of Taiki's asinine statement.
Kakyuu smiled and detransformed from being a princess. "You three are my protectors, ne?" The three shook their heads. "Well I will be living on Earth from now on as a galactic diplomat from Kinmoku and you three must stay here to protect me."
The three just looked at her with a smile and saw the extremely far-fetched excuse she must have given her sister to be able to stay here. I was still behind them and in the background. "You just made that up." I said crossing my arms.
"I didn't make it up, it's called improvising!" Kakyuu shot a little victory sign at me and I just sweat dropped.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's all fine and dandy but what happened to your other little helper? You know, Morgan's little `boyfriend'." Seiya asked batting his eyes making some lovey dovey gesture.
Kakyuu's eyes narrowed and seemed to curse Seiya silently for asking the question. "He has gone home... His work here was done."
My eyes went wide. It couldn't be, he left, without even saying good-bye? He left me after he had told me how he was some one I could turn to in this crazy new world I had been thrown into? "Doushite?" I asked in a whisper as I just looked down to the ground.
Kakyuu came up right in front of me and I could feel the three Lights looking at me also. "I'm sorry." She said as she stepped even closer. "I saw him last night... with... Chibi-Usa." By now she had wrapped her arms around me and held me tightly. "He left with her after I saw them kissing in the street."
"No." I said with my arms still at my side. "No, that can't be true..."
"I saw it with my own eyes."
"No, I want to see him before he goes." I cried out. I didn't care how I was going to do it, I had to see him before he went back to the future with her, I had to know why. "I just need to talk to him for one last time."
There were looks of utter pitty and sympathy on the Light's faces as they continued to stare at me. I felt like an ass, I was never one to openly show this kind of emotion, so I didn't. "Seiya, you dumb ass!" I wiped away my tears as he just looked at me strangely. "You're living here on Earth now, and Usagi wants to be with you, what the hell are you still doing here with us?" I laughed at him as he smiled and ran out the door. "Honestly, some people." I just shook my head.
"We'll be back later." Kakyuu said as she took my arm. "We have a little unfinished business to attend to." Taiki and Yaten nodded as we walked away.
~@~@~@~
Haruka put her arm around the smaller woman's waist as they looked out the picture window together. "She'll finally be happy." The smaller woman said as she looked up.
Haruka shook her head. "I don't know how happy she is going to be when she finds out that she plays a major role in the destruction of the little girl that was so dear to her."
"I think things have a funny way of working out." Michiru smiled as she squeezed her loves arms tighter around her. "I think everything will be just fine."
~@~@~@~
"We should get in out of the rain." Mamoru laughed a bit as he generously covered Setsuna with his umbrella.
Setsuna didn't make any motion of following him back to the house. "Mamoru, I must go now."
"Nani?"
"There is something wrong at the gates of time. I can feel it. My past self must have woken up." There was a mixture of emotions playing across her usually placid face.
"Your past self?" Mamoru asked as he watched her transform to Sailor Pluto.
Pluto smiled at the man she loved, and had loved for so long. "I am not the Pluto of this time. I am from the future. I am the one who allowed Helios and Kakyuu to come here at this time."
"You did this?" He asked with wide eyes and now being soaked by the rain again. Soon Sailor Uranus and Neptune were by his side.
"Pluto, we saw you transform from the window, what is it? Is everything alright?" Neptune asked as Uranus just looked from Mamoru to Pluto.
Pluto gave one more look to Mamoru. "Are you mad that I did?" She asked before their conversation was completely lost. Mamoru smiled and shook his head and she had her answer. "There is a problem at the gates of time, I must go." She said facing Uranus and Neptune.
"We'll come with you." Uranus stepped forward.
"Do as you like." Pluto answered.
"Then I'm coming too." Tuxedo Kamen appeared ready for anything. Pluto nodded and the four were engulfed in a strong light, but one more joined their journey before they left Earth.
~@~@~@~
"Transform." She ordered me.
"Why?" I asked, hadn't I learned by now not to ask these kinds of questions of Kakyuu?
"We can't get to the gates of time this way, we must be in senshi form." She explained just before she changed into her senshi form.
I knew she could see the excitement in my eyes. We were going to find Helios.
TRAVELER STAR POWER, MAKE UP!!
~@~@~@~
"Pu, what happened to you?" Sailor Chibi-Moon asked as she ran towards Pluto pulling Helios by the hand behind him, which only made him think of the way Odango would get excited and drag him around.
The past Pluto shook her head. "Nevermind that, you must get back to your time."
"Thank you Pu." Chibi-Moon smiled as she gave a rough tug on Helios.
"No!" Helios yelled as he struggled free of his captor.
"You're going to ruin everything!" Chibi-Moon yelled.
"Quick, you must not let him get out of here." Pluto said as she held her staff tightly and looked as though she was going to attack him.
"No Pu! Wait, I'll do it, mine won't hurt him nearly as bad as yours would." Chibi-Usa said as she ran off after him.
~@~@~@~
"Something is wrong." Seiya's head came up. He was waiting in Usagi's living room for her, since she hadn't been expecting him she was upstairs getting out of the shower. Her mother had insisted on him waiting in the living room.
"I'm ready to go!" Usagi said as she hopped down the stairs, but then stopped when she noticed Seiya's serious face. She nodded and waited until they were out of the house to ask what was the matter.
"I felt Kakyuu and Morgan transform, there must be trouble." Seiya said as he searched Usagi's face for her reaction.
"Then we must help them." She smiled as she took out her broach. Once the two were transformed they set out to find Mercury and Maker to help locate the two.
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The blasts were coming at him faster than he could dodge sometimes. He had been hit a few times and knew that if he was hit just once more that he would be done. Chibi-Moon was hot on his tail as he had circled around and was now heading back towards the gates where Pluto stood. He had to get back, he couldn't go to the future, he couldn't leave her behind.
"Helios, just stop running and come with me, like you're supposed to." Chibi-Moon called and a blast followed that hit him dead on. He was out cold. Chibi-Moon bent down and picked his limp form up and carried him back to Pluto.
"You've done it." Pluto said as she watched Chibi-Moon set him down still cradling him in her arms.
"NO!" They heard a scream and looked to where it had come from. There was a Starlight fallen to her knees on the floor in front of them, she had grayish silver bands around her arms and neck and long blond hair pulled back in a low ponytale.
Setsuna recognized the woman that had come up behind her as Kakyuu and could only assume that this Starlight was Odango. "Chibi-Moon now!" Pluto called as Chibi-Moon stood holding Helios close to her as she made her way towards the great doors.
"Stop right there!" Kakyuu called to Chibi-Moon who ignored her call.
DEAD SCREAM!
The magenta orb flew through the air and straight towards Kakyuu and Traveler.
DEAD SCREAM!
The same attack flew up from behind them and collided with the first to burst wide open with an oray of colors. Kakyuu and Traveler quickly turned around to see anther Sailor Pluto, Tuxedo Kamen, Uranus, Neptune and Hotaru standing behind them. "Chibi-Moon, drop him." The Pluto from
"Pu?" Chibi-Moon was confused. "But why?" She asked turning away from the door and looking towards the past Pluto to see her reaction.
"Chibi-Moon, he doesn't belong to you any more." The future Pluto said standing next to Tuxedo Kamen. "Let him be where he wishes."
Traveler looked from Chibi-Moon and Helios to the Pluto behind her with the tears still in her eyes. Were the outers trying to help her now?
"Chibi-Moon no, don't listen to her, they're trying to mess up your future." The past Pluto warned. "If you leave him here, Usagi and Mamoru will never get back together, and you'll never be born."
"Usagi and I..." Mamoru began but was cut off by a small girl barging by him.
Hotaru charged up to the future Pluto. "You can't let Chibi-Usa never be born, you just can't!" She screamed up at her. "Setsuna-mama, what are you doing?"
"Hotaru..." Mamoru began as he saw those small purple eyes turn to him in anger.
"How can you do this to her, she's your daughter! Don't you love her?" Hotaru was near hysterics and all of the shouting must woken Helios.
"Chibi-Moon?" Helios questioned weakly. He could see the tears streaming down her cheeks and noticed that she wasn't paying attention to him.
"I don't want to disappear." She shook and said in a low whisper. "I don't want to disappear..."
"Hold it right there!" A new voice rang in the conversation. "I am the pretty suited sailor senshi Sailor Moon"
"We know who you are!" Mars said coming up behind her nudging her in the side.
"No, I don't know her." Moon pointed to Traveler who was staring back at the new group.
"That's Sailor Star Traveler." Fighter answered her question. The inners and the Starlights had now joined the group.
"Great, can we get any more senshi in here?" Uranus rolled her eyes. Everyone just sweat dropped and turned their attention back to the past Pluto standing between them and Chibi-Moon cradling Helios.
"Mama?" Chibi-Usa whispered but only Helios could hear.
"Chibi-Moon." He said looking up at her finally drawing her attention to him. "Chibi-Moon, I will go home with you to the future."
Chibi-Moon's eyes went wide. "Honto?" She asked and saw him shake his head.
It was fine in theory, their plan, but when confronted with the consequences of their actions he just couldn't go through with it. Helios couldn't erase from his heart what was once shared between himself and Chibi-Usa, and he couldn't bring her life to an end. He knew that it would break Odango's heart to see him leave, but it was better for one to live with a broken heart than to have another not live at all, ne?
Helios stood to his feet. "Don't, this is all senseless." He said to the group of senshi standing across the room from him. "Don't be mad at Chibi-Usa, she didn't do anything wrong. I will go back to the future with her, I don't belong here."
"Helios! What are you doing?" Kakyuu yelled to him and Traveler just stared on. The inners and outers, no longer seeming a part of this event faded a bit to the background as they watched the small soap opera playing out before them.
Helios's eyes fell on Traveler's for a moment but were quickly taken away. "Kakyuu, could you kill some one just to see some one else's life happier?" He asked in a low whisper.
"Damn you!" Kakyuu was enraged and almost screaming. "You should have thought about this before! Odango warned you about this, but you some how found an excuse around it then. So why now, why now that you've found a love that accepts you and sends you the same endearment in return, have you decided to give up and forget your mission."
"I was wrong." Helios said. Traveler turned her gaze from the situation before her and walked back through a break in the wall of senshi behind her. Helios watched her go and felt a pain in his heart as it felt as though something inside him was dying. "This is for the best." He said in a whisper as he took Chibi-Moon's hand who was just staring at him.
"Thank you Helios." A young Hotaru came running up to him and wrapped her pink haired best friend in a hug. This stung Helios' heart even more for her knew he would have to witness this sight everyday.
"Do you honestly think that if you go back to the future now that anything could be the same?" Tuxedo Kamen asked from behind Helios. "Do you think that just because you aren't here, that Usagi and I will get back together?"
"Mamoru?" Helios questioned him as he turned around now with a completely puzzled look on his face. "You must be with Usagi... you have to... you can't let Chibi-Usa disappear."
"She won't disappear." Yet another voice was heard, this time it came from behind Chibi-Usa and Helios.
Everyone turned to see who this new presence was and when the light faded a woman with brilliant cloth wings could be seen. "Neo-Queen Serenity!" All of the senshi bowed except the Starlights and Kakyuu.
"Chibi-Usa, or should I say Issetsuna, you left the future just before Usagi and Mamoru broke up, that is the only reason that you appear here the way you are." NQS moved closer to the pink haired girl. Helios backed away while Issetsuna just stared on in disbelief. NQS bent down and kissed the shorter girl on the forehead and she was instantly engulfed in ribbons.
"Chibi-Usa..." Both Plutos gasped as they saw the transformation. The once pink hair was replaced by mint green and once red eyes were replaced by a deep plumb color.
"Arise Princess of the Earth, Princess Issetsuna." The newly transformed girl arose and bowed before the senshi who were still knelt down before her. "Mamoru," She smiled at him after saying his name. "Usagi," She turned to her past self with love and compassion. "You have finally made the decision that will make you happy in your future, you truly owe your new found happiness to this man here. Helios." The Queen bowed to him and surprised everyone. "Arigato." She said as she, Issetsuna and the Pluto of the future slowly began to fade.
"Take care of him as I know only you can!" The future Pluto winked at her past self.
Helios stared at the women as they disappeared and he couldn't help but think why he didn't return to the future with them. He turned to the group of senshi standing opposite him and noticed one missing. She was gone, Traveler had left during their whole escapade. Helios ran towards the exit in hopes of catching up with her but saw no signs of her.
"She's gone." Kakyuu said from behind him.