Disclaimer:
Welcome to part eight. I'm Lance the Flamesniper and if you don't
like background to a story, I suggest you don't read further, because
this part is all about that. However, I'm getting ahead of myself.
I don't own Sailor Moon, that honor goes to Naoko Takeuchi.
Cloverleaf (way??) owns the video rights. That being the case, I'm not
making any money off this work. But hopefully you'll send e-mails. I love
e-mail.
Execpt for Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn all names will be north
American. The reasons for this is pretty simple. I get confused by the
Japanese names, but detest the name Trista, and well, unless you're from
France, Hotaru is Hotaru.

Hotaru's Date Part 9
by
Lance The Flamesniper

Athena woke up and stretched as the door opened. The sound of
several feet told her that James was not alone. When the group arrived at
the top floor it turned out to be four women and James. Immediately Athena
decided to just play as a normal cat. At least that was the plan.
"Okay everyone this is my gardian Athena. She probably is going to try
to play off as being a normal cat, but she isn't."
"A talking cat?" Hotaru asked.
"Most likely one from the Moon kingdom," Setsuna replied.
"Actually, I'm from the future," The cat replied. "James who are these
people and why did you tell them about me?"
"Michelle was attacked by one of Somnius's nightmares. Turns out My
Hotaru is a Sailor senshi and so are Setsuna, Amara and Michelle."
"And now, we want some answers!" Amara hissed.
"Okay, first My name is James Everwolfe. I'm an artist by nature but for
the last six years, since Athena found me, I've been battling Somnius and his
nightmares," James began.
"So what are they after?" Amara asked.
"They're after Crystal Dreams," Athena intoned.
"And those are?" Michelle asked.
"They're five crystals that form the literal Heart of Crystal Tokyo,"
Answered Athena.
"I thought the neo-queen's palace was the heart of Crystal Tokyo," Hotaru
said. "And what is you're purpose here?"
"My darling, she was sent back to find me and the other Gardians and
Senshi, only with all of them together can Somnius be defeated."James answered
and got a glare from Amara.
"So there's eight other Gardians out there?"
"No, in total there's only six, that is if you count their leader, the
king of Crystal Tokyo," Athena cut in.
"Why only six?" Amara asked.
"I can answer that," Setsuna stated. "And I can tell you which Senshi
won't have Gardians."
"Enlighten us," Amara growled.
"In the Silver Millenium the Moon Princess had her eight memeber court
made up of the Inner and Outer Senshi. In order to be fair to the Golden
kingdom's prince an eight person court was to be made for him. Before the
Final Night of the Moon kingdom four princes and one knight had been put into
the court. Those were from Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto. The
representatives from Venus, Neptune and Uranus never made it to the Moon
Kingdom and were therefore not sent forward with the rest of us."
"Why is it, that you never meantioned these gardians before?" Amara
asked. At least then I could have had a chance to keep James from meeting our
princess.
"Did you ever ask?"
"No. Would you have told me if I had?" Amara shot back.
"Of course not!"
"Why is that?"
"Because I couldn't."
"Oh," Amara said as she sighed. She'd learned a long time ago not to
waste time when Setsuna said she couldn't tell a person something. All it ever
ended in was a mirgrane.
"So, James, can you tell us more about what Somnius is after?" Michelle
asked.
"Well as near as I can tell these Crystal Dream things look kinda like
this," James said as he drew a four sided diamond on a peice of paper. "I've
never seen one myself all I've seen are round Dream crystals."
"What happens to a person when their dream crystal is removed?" Amara
asked as she remembered Michelle writhing in agony .
"As near as I can tell, dream crystals hold what a person dreams to
become in life, when it is removed, it's causes the person to die slowly and
in agony," James said, his Violet eyes saying there was more to it but that it
would be painful for him to tell them it.
"We saw James fight tonight. He used the silence Wall and an attack I'd
never seen before. Does he have any other powers?" Setsuna asked.
There was an uncomfortable silence in the room as James and Athena
exchanged a nervous glance.
"I have one other power," James said as he looked to Hotaru as if trying
to gain strength from her presence. "But it's one that scares me to even think
of."
Hotaru's eyes widened as she realized what the attack MUST be. It was one
she knew she could use and knew it scared her to think of it too. The others
didn't seem to catch on.
"Well what is it?" Amara growled.
"It's the power to shatter a planet, the Death Reborn Revolution," James
said ominously. "I've promised myself I'd never use it, unless things go so dire,
so hopeless, that I have no choice."
Suddenly Amara didn't think it wise to put such strict punishments on James
for kissing Hotaru. Or to upset him in any way. They have the power between them to
kill this planet off twice! Perhaps I should be a little more cautious around him.
"So, what's the plan?"
"I need to meet with the other Senshi and find the Gardians. Soon. Or Somnius
will destroy the future," James said.