Passing Destinies- Aftermath

Chapter 3- Changes

By Miko of da Shinigami

Miko's Note~ Here's the next chapter…

Disclaimer~ Well…guess what!!! I DON'T OWN IT!!!! BUT NEITHER DO YOU!!! SO THERE!!! ALSO THE PLOT IS MINE…STEAL IT AND YOU HAVE A DATE WITH THE SHINIGAMI!!! (but not the romantic kind…so there :P) Sailor Yoru is MINE!!! With permission, you may borrow her.

***

Soon the arguments stopped and the group just sat there, thinking. Minutes became hours and the silence was heavy on their shoulders. It weighed them down. Finally after hours of this, the doorbell rang.

Usagi jumped up, running to the door. She thought maybe it was Wufei, but when she opened the door, a girl came running into the house. She was gasping for breath and clutching her side.

"Please," she said. "You have to help me!" then she collapsed.

"What's going on?" Mina asked as she and the others ran into the hall.

"I don't know," Usagi said. "Trowa! Bring her to the bedroom. Duo, boil some water. Ami, you better go help him. Mina, get some stuff for her wounds. Lita and Quatre, I want you to come with me."

"Aye, aye Captain!" Duo shouted, marching off to the kitchen.

"Where are we going?" Lita asked when she went with Usagi and Quatre to get their jackets.

"We're going to find Wufei," Usagi said. "Something's out there, and if it hurts him, it will die. Moon Heavens Unite!"

Lita followed her lead. "Jupiter Rage Unite!"

"Altair Heavens Transform!"

Sailor Heavens, Sailor Peal, and the Altair Knight disappeared with a flash.

"How come I'm always stuck with the lame jobs. OUCH!" said Duo, as he burned himself on the stove.

"Just shut up and concentrate on what you are doping, Duo," Ami sighed. "Only you could burn water."

"Shove it," Duo mumbled, getting a new pot.

***

"I've seen her before," said Trowa, deep in thought. "I know I have."

"Does she go to our school?" Mina asked, tending the girls wounds.

"No. She's too young."

The girl rolled over a little bit. Her short black hair plastered to her forehead with sweat.

"God," Duo said, walking into the room with a bowl of warm water.

"What took you so long?" Mina asked, taking the bowl from him.

"Be careful with that," Ami laughed, walking in behind him. "It took him three time to get it right."

Duo walked over to the window, looking outside. He saw that it was raining pretty hard, and a bolt of lighting crossed the sky.

"I think…" he started, not really knowing what he had to say. "I have to go help Lita!" He shouted. "Hyades Heavens Transform!"

The Hyades Knight disappeared in a flurry of black stars.

Trowa looked out the window. The sky was clear, and it was a beautiful night. "I wonder what he saw that made him flip out like that?" Trowa said quietly to himself.

"Something's definitely up," said Ami, walking up to him and resting her head on his shoulder.

"Should we follow him?" Ami asked.

"Yes," Mina said. "I'm coming in a second. Just let me finish taking care of this girl."

"Hurry Up," Ami said. "Something isn't right. Mercury Arctic Unite!"

"Capella Heavens Transform!"

Just after they disappeared, the girl woke up.

"I'm glad to see your still alive," said Mina.

"Well I'm feeling much better," she said, slowly opening her eye. Eyes so dark they seemed black. "Thank you."

"What's your name?" Mina asked the young girl.

"My name…" she said. "My name is Taju Asahi. Who are you?"

"I'm Mina. Can you tell me what you saw."

"Yes," the young girl pulled the blankets tightly around her. "I was walking though the park when I saw this man crying."

"What did he look like?" Mina inquired sharply.

"Chinese," she said. "With a small ponytail."

"Wufei."

"Yeah well I went up to him and I asked him what was wrong," she said. "He just got up and started walking away. Suddenly this energy ball came out of nowhere and hit him straight on. I tried to help but there was this boy holding me back. He had armor of some sort. Black hair and blue eyes. Then this girl came up to me. She had Black eye and hot breath. She whispered in my ear. She said 'Run.' So I did. I didn't get a good look at her though. She was in some kind of sailor costume. Purple black and green. It was so strange. I guess I must have ended up here."

"I want to stay in this building, Taju," Mina said, getting up. "There is food in the fridge. I have to go."

Mina left the room. Taju got out of bed and walked to the door. She could hear Mina in the hallway.

"Venus Love Unite!"

"What the hell!" Taju said quietly. She could see Mina through the crack between the door and the wall. A golden light surrounded her and soon Sailor Amorous was standing there. She disappeared just as Taju walked into the hallway.

"What the hell?" Taju said again. The air in the hallway still felt warmer than usual.

***

"They need your help, Hotaru!" Sailor Epoch said. "Whoever this is, their strong. I can feel their powerful aura surrounding this whole dimension. Please."

"I can't," sobbed a young girl. Hotaru Tomoe, to be specific. But she had changed. Her short purplish hair now reached mid back and her warm, violet eyes now seem colder. They were trying to hide how she felt, but her red eyes and tears still trickling down her face betrayed her emotion. "I can never go back. NEVER!" She threw herself to the floor. "Please Epoch-san. You know I can never go back. I'm weak and I'm useless. I'm…I'm so sad."

"Oh honey," Epoch picked up the young girl and held her in her arms. "I'm sorry, Taru-chan. You know I am. But you're not weak or useless. They need you and miss you terribly. He wouldn't want you to be sad forever. He would want you to go and save the world, just like he did."

"I'll never know what he wanted," she sobbed. "I'll never know!"

"He wanted you, and he wanted you to be happy. Hotaru, Saturn, Sailor Shino; You are needed on this mission. Do you except?"

"Hai."

***

"Wufei!" Heavens shouted. The air in the park was so cold.

Amorous had gathered the sailor scouts and brought them to the park. She told them what Taju had said. Now the group was searching the park for and signs of Wufei or Sailor Yoru.

"It's no use," Hyades said. "They must have him already."

"Don't say that Hyades-chan," said Peal. "We're not done looking yet."

They heard a groan from the bushes.

"Wufei," Heavens ran toward the sound. Sure enough, Wufei was lying the bushes.

"Oh on," Glacial said. "He looks pretty bad."

He did look bad. He had a long gash on his cheek and his leg was broken. What was worse was the tear in his side. It was deep and bleeding. But he was alive.

"Oh god," Hyades said quietly.

"Wu-chan…"

There was a blinding flash of light and a figure appeared in front of them.

Everyone but Heavens, who was still holding Wufei, got ready to fight.

It was Capella who recognized her.

"Hotaru."

It was Hotaru, sort of. She was Sailor Shino. Her costume was black now, or mostly black. It shined with purple and blood-red highlights. Her glaive was clear with a black staff now. She looked beautiful, beautiful and sad.

"Yes, and no," she said. Her voice was clear and held limitless power. She was changed. "I am Sailor Shino, the guide to death. I am here claim the deceased, and bring him where he belongs."

"IIE!!!" Heavens shouted, clutching in to Wufei for dear life.

Shino raised an eyebrow. "I'm just kidding." She walked over to Wufei's body. "I said I'm just kidding. Move," she commanded Sailor Heavens, who was still in shock and would no let go of her lovers body. Lita pulled her away.

"Thanks Peal-san," Hotaru bent over the body. She placed her hand over Wufei's leg. The air around her suddenly became full of her power. Wisps of purple light surrounded her, forming a ball of pure energy in her hands. She let it rest on his leg, slowing healing and mending the wound.

"Oh my god!" Hyades shouted. "She's sucking out his soul!"

She healed the wound on his stomach next. Then she stopped.

"What about his cheek," Heavens said quietly.

"It will heal on it's own," she said quietly. "I have not he strength left in me anymore."

"That's weird," Amorous said. "I mean, you always used to push yourself to the limit, but you don't even look tired."

"Well now I've learned my limit."

"We missed you a lot," Peal said. "And we're glad you came back."

"I missed you too," she replied, but her tone of voice made it sound more like she was saying it to make them happy, not saying it was true.

"Thank you," Heavens said, kneeling next to Wufei and tracing his with her fingertip. She looked blithe.

All Hotaru could say was "Hn."

***

R/r please! ^.^

Happy writer = faster writing.

Hahaha! I've never written the next chapter so fast!!! This is kewl!!! You will be seeing the next part very soon (I'll try for tomorrow or the next day!)

"Hear You Me"- Jimmy Eat World

There's no one in town I know
You gave us some place to go.
I never said thank you for that.
I thought I might get one more chance.
What would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
So what would you think of me now,
so lucky, so strong, so proud?
I never said thank you for that,
now I'll never have a chance.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
And if you were with me tonight,
I'd sing to you just one more time.
A song for a heart so big,
god wouldn't let it live.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.
Hear you me my friends.
On sleepless roads the sleepless go.
May angels lead you in.
May angels lead you in.