Disclaimer: Sailormoon was created by Takeuchi Naoko. I'm just borrowing
her characters.
Inside the Time Gate, it was comfortable, but Setsuna shivered despite the temperature. Something was not right. She turned around and looked into the mist, waving her staff about, trying to chase away the clouds. She then saw the shadowy figure standing in front of her.
Mugen.
Pluto's senshi shivered again. "Why do you grace me with your presence, Lord Mugen?" She asked the question though she knew perfectly well why he had come to visit her. "How can I serve you?"
"You upset the flow of time, Guardian." Mugen came closer, still hunched over, allowing the hood of his cloak to shield his face. Setsuna remembered the rumors she had heard in Serenity's Palace about Mugen. It was said that Mugen, out of a terrible rage, killed those who saw his countenance. Setsuna looked away.
She had been visited by him only twice before. Each visit for altering the flow of time. Mugen had told her on the third disturbance that Setsuna would be severely punished. Setsuna began to sweat in the mist, wondering if her punishment would be execution. In the back of her mind, Setsuna knew such a punishment would be too easy to hope for.
"What is to be my punishment, Lord Mugen?" Setsuna gripped the time staff tightly, her knuckles beginning to whiten.
Mugen remained silent for what seemed like an eternity to Pluto. "Why did you risk your life for that moon child?" He asked in a whisper. "You had not defied me in half a millennium, why now?"
"The child, the princess . . . befriended me, Lord Mugen." The tears were beginning to flow down Pluto's cheeks. "I was so lonely and she . . . was the only one who seemed to care. I couldn't let her die."
"I see." Mugen nodded to himself, "Foolish girl . . . do you not understand what you have DONE? Do you know what is to come because of your recklessness?"
Setsuna cowered and cried in body-wracking sobs. She fell to her knees in front of Mugen, humiliated, but at this point unable to control her tears. "I am so sorry!"
"I know you are sorry, foolish girl, but you will be sorrier still." Mugen's furious voice hissed. "Your punishment will be to watch, powerless, as Crystal Tokyo is reduced to rubble."
Setsuna stiffened. "For my punishment, you would destroy-"
"Hardly. I will do nothing of the sort. Your precious princess will." With that, Mugen disappeared, leaving Setsuna to weep in the mist.
Inside the Time Gate, it was comfortable, but Setsuna shivered despite the temperature. Something was not right. She turned around and looked into the mist, waving her staff about, trying to chase away the clouds. She then saw the shadowy figure standing in front of her.
Mugen.
Pluto's senshi shivered again. "Why do you grace me with your presence, Lord Mugen?" She asked the question though she knew perfectly well why he had come to visit her. "How can I serve you?"
"You upset the flow of time, Guardian." Mugen came closer, still hunched over, allowing the hood of his cloak to shield his face. Setsuna remembered the rumors she had heard in Serenity's Palace about Mugen. It was said that Mugen, out of a terrible rage, killed those who saw his countenance. Setsuna looked away.
She had been visited by him only twice before. Each visit for altering the flow of time. Mugen had told her on the third disturbance that Setsuna would be severely punished. Setsuna began to sweat in the mist, wondering if her punishment would be execution. In the back of her mind, Setsuna knew such a punishment would be too easy to hope for.
"What is to be my punishment, Lord Mugen?" Setsuna gripped the time staff tightly, her knuckles beginning to whiten.
Mugen remained silent for what seemed like an eternity to Pluto. "Why did you risk your life for that moon child?" He asked in a whisper. "You had not defied me in half a millennium, why now?"
"The child, the princess . . . befriended me, Lord Mugen." The tears were beginning to flow down Pluto's cheeks. "I was so lonely and she . . . was the only one who seemed to care. I couldn't let her die."
"I see." Mugen nodded to himself, "Foolish girl . . . do you not understand what you have DONE? Do you know what is to come because of your recklessness?"
Setsuna cowered and cried in body-wracking sobs. She fell to her knees in front of Mugen, humiliated, but at this point unable to control her tears. "I am so sorry!"
"I know you are sorry, foolish girl, but you will be sorrier still." Mugen's furious voice hissed. "Your punishment will be to watch, powerless, as Crystal Tokyo is reduced to rubble."
Setsuna stiffened. "For my punishment, you would destroy-"
"Hardly. I will do nothing of the sort. Your precious princess will." With that, Mugen disappeared, leaving Setsuna to weep in the mist.