The Chibi Senshi wasted no time. Swiftly there were groups.
Faith, her elder self, Taylor and Sydney were one.
Hope, her elder self, Grace, and Chasity were another.
Maggie ran to stand with Cosmic Pluto, Elysian Pluto, and Crystal Pluto. The four swiftly began to open the Gates. And they did so, the others got situated.
Daisy was standing in-between Violet and Lily. Her future self was behind her, trying to get her to save her rage for battle.
Annika was in tears and Brooke had lifted her into her arms as Ashley and Cosmic Mars did their best to calm her down.
Ariel was clutching her elder self's hand as Marina and Melody waited for the Pluto Senshi.
Rini was hugging her elder self. To Rini, she had merely seen that as a daydream. But her elder self, Neo-Queen Serenity the Second, had lived it. Chelsea was stroking her hair and Rayna was trying to help.
Madelyn and Cosmic Saturn had sat down. Hannah had her hands on her mother's shoulders while Gisselle stood near Madelyn, trying to offer some comfort. She was usually very aggressive but given the situation, her soft side emerged.
"Okay, Minna,"
Everyone got to their feet at Cosmic Pluto's shout. Elysian Pluto stepped forward.
"alright, we're heading for the thirtieth century, about a week after you vanished. We'll get there by sunrise. But we have to hurry."
The Senshi nodded. Crystal Pluto finished,
"Here's how it works. Think of the time. No matter what, don't let go of one another's hands."
The Senshi nodded. The groups approached and then gradually connected. All the separate groups held hands. Cosmic Mars grasped Elysian Jupiter. Chibi Jupiter took Crystal Saturn's hand. Cosmic Saturn grasped Crystal Mercury's hand. Elysian Mercury took Cosmic Uranus. Chibi Uranus grasped Crystal Neptune's hand. Cosmic Neptune took her queen's hand as Crystal Moon finally took the hand of Elysian Pluto.
"Open Wide the Gates of Time!"
A flash of black light sent the Senshi spinning into the fourth dimension.
Rose kept her gaze on her daughter.
"Jasmine? Are you alright?"
"Mom? Do you really think we can alter history back on course?"
Elysian Pluto sighed, "I hope so."
"But you can't promise it. You don't know for sure."
"Iie, I'm afraid I don't."
"I want to meet Great-grandma."
"I know. I want to save my grandmother as well." She turned to Cosmic and Chibi Pluto.
"I know it hit them hard. Cosmic Pluto was just eleven when Setsuna was killed."
"Why does Hiroshima want them?"
"Their power, Jasmine." Elysian Pluto took a breath, "They have the power she needs to spread her magic over the universe. She's the personification of evil."
Jasmine sighed. She wasn't focusing, but she knew why. This was the hardest battle ever. No other battle in Senshi History had been this intense or this fierce. The only one that came close was the battle against Galaxia. And even that was stretching it.
Rose let the wind of the tunnel through time blow her hair. She was a soldier of time and yet she had no idea what this outcome would be. Her powers could tell her nothing. In fact, the Senshi of Time had been useless even since the event that became known as the Crystal Palace Massacre.
When that happened, the strands of time and destiny(although belonging to two different Senshi) became thrown off course and twisted awry. Cosmic Pluto had done her best by engaging her Time Protection Bubble on 'those generations yet to come.'
She had spared the future generations.
Now it was time to fulfill their duty.
With a slight fall, the group of Senshi ended up in Crystal Tokyo Park as the sun was just peering over the horizon.