Disclaimer:
I don't own sailor Moon, that honor belongs to the blessed Naoko Takeuchi. Toei Animation animated the characters so they get
credit too. That said, I'm not making any money off this work. It's a labor of love on my part and the only pay I ask for is e-mail telling me
what you thought.
Also I use North American names with one noteable exception. I don't like the name Trista when the person it's being matched with
is Sailor Pluto, it's just....wrong. That being said On with the story.
Hotaru's Date part 18
by
Lance the Flamesniper
It had been a quiet evening in the Jyuban district and Rei Hino was just getting home from another concert. She paused at the door of
her room when she heard a loud "WHAT?!" echo through the night. Rei shook her head and without saying a word went into her room.
Two districts away James closed his window. "Geez Amara did you have to say that so loud? I bet half of Tokyo heard that."
Amara glowered as she stared at Setsuna. "Just answer the question."
Setsuna shifted uneasily. She could tell this was going to go roughly. "Well you see I was in North America, for a fashion designers convention.
I was on my way back to the hotel when I heard a scream. No one was around so I turned into Sailor Pluto and slipped into the building. I found a youma
that had already took a dream Crystal from a woman and was taking the one from her husband or at least trying to, he was putting up quite the fight... when
their son walked in. I won't say that I recognized him as the prince of Saturn reborn, at the time I was too busy fighting the youma. It wasn't until I was knocked
into him that I looked into those Violet-black eyes. He was scared and when the symbol appeared on his forehead so was I."
"Why were you afraid?" Michelle calmly inquired.
"And why didn't you tell us about him?" Amara growled.
"The answer to your question, Amara, comes later. As for the fear just as Hotaru is thge most powerful Senshi in the universe, her male counterpart is
just as powerful and I was afraid to give that power to someone so young," Setsuna answered.
"But you did so anyway," James countered.
"I didn't have much choice, the Youma had already killed your mom and your dad was not far behind. If I hadn't given you the Amulet both of us would've
been dead too. At this point the youma had pulled the dream crystal from James's father. About that time Somnius appeared. My blood went cold when i saw him,
because I knew that he was bad news. About this time I gave James his amulet. As soon as he touched it the powers that had been building in his young frame suddenly
flared up. But instead of the wholesale property damage that he would have normally caused, the energy focused into the amulet and then over his body quickly turning
him into the Saturn knight. It startled both myself and Somnius...." A Setsuna paused as she collected her thoughts "Somnius Fired off a blast of power at the stunned
James the balst knocked both me and him out of the house. The backlash of the blast made the house explode. I ran over to check James, who'd turned back into his normal
self. He wasn't badly hurt, much to my surprise. I'd have stayed longer but police and ambulances were on the way and I took it as my cue to leave."
"I see. And the trauma from watching the fight is why I forgot it," James said as Hotaru sniffled beside him. James looked at the young woman berside him. "No
tears for me princess," he chided softly as he brushed the tears away with his thumb.
"Never mind that, you STILL haven't answered my question," Amara glowered.
"Well Amara if you must know, I forgot." Setsuna answered.
Amara's face dropped. "You forgot?! You're the Keeper of Time and six thousand years old. How could YOU forget awakening the prince of Saturn?"
Setsuna shifted uncomfortably then said. "Well to be honest, right about that time Galaxia those Sailor Animates showed up. It just kinda slipped my mind and
then we were so busy with our lives that until he walked into our lives I didn't see an need to make that vein in you head bulge like it is now Amara."
Amara's face went bright red and she looked as if she was about to lunge across the room and pummel the hapless Senshi of Time. About that time Michelle put her
hand on Amara's forearm. "She does have a point darling, we really didn't have much time to talk before the whole Galaxia thing, besides you were busy seething at Seiya."
Amara sat back chagrinned. Michelle had a point at the time she'd been too busy keeping Seiya in check to be informed that a being as powerful as Hotaru was around.
"It's quite a story regardless and true to your word you told us all about you, James. It's late though and Hotaru does need to be getting home."
"Understandable," With that he kisses Hotaru gently on the cheek and with a polite smile led his guests to the door.
******
Across the city, in the Jyuban District, there was a knock at a door. Normally, given the time of night most people would be asleep. However the ower of this door to
this particular appartment was not. She opened the door and smiled in surprise.
"Hello Amy," The young man said.
"Hello Greg," Amy responded shyly. Greg had changed a little over the years as now he was rather tall but his eyes and sandy hair had not. "What brings you here in
the middle of the night?"
"I need to talk to the Sailor Scouts, Amy. I know where the next Guardian is."
I don't own sailor Moon, that honor belongs to the blessed Naoko Takeuchi. Toei Animation animated the characters so they get
credit too. That said, I'm not making any money off this work. It's a labor of love on my part and the only pay I ask for is e-mail telling me
what you thought.
Also I use North American names with one noteable exception. I don't like the name Trista when the person it's being matched with
is Sailor Pluto, it's just....wrong. That being said On with the story.
Hotaru's Date part 18
by
Lance the Flamesniper
It had been a quiet evening in the Jyuban district and Rei Hino was just getting home from another concert. She paused at the door of
her room when she heard a loud "WHAT?!" echo through the night. Rei shook her head and without saying a word went into her room.
Two districts away James closed his window. "Geez Amara did you have to say that so loud? I bet half of Tokyo heard that."
Amara glowered as she stared at Setsuna. "Just answer the question."
Setsuna shifted uneasily. She could tell this was going to go roughly. "Well you see I was in North America, for a fashion designers convention.
I was on my way back to the hotel when I heard a scream. No one was around so I turned into Sailor Pluto and slipped into the building. I found a youma
that had already took a dream Crystal from a woman and was taking the one from her husband or at least trying to, he was putting up quite the fight... when
their son walked in. I won't say that I recognized him as the prince of Saturn reborn, at the time I was too busy fighting the youma. It wasn't until I was knocked
into him that I looked into those Violet-black eyes. He was scared and when the symbol appeared on his forehead so was I."
"Why were you afraid?" Michelle calmly inquired.
"And why didn't you tell us about him?" Amara growled.
"The answer to your question, Amara, comes later. As for the fear just as Hotaru is thge most powerful Senshi in the universe, her male counterpart is
just as powerful and I was afraid to give that power to someone so young," Setsuna answered.
"But you did so anyway," James countered.
"I didn't have much choice, the Youma had already killed your mom and your dad was not far behind. If I hadn't given you the Amulet both of us would've
been dead too. At this point the youma had pulled the dream crystal from James's father. About that time Somnius appeared. My blood went cold when i saw him,
because I knew that he was bad news. About this time I gave James his amulet. As soon as he touched it the powers that had been building in his young frame suddenly
flared up. But instead of the wholesale property damage that he would have normally caused, the energy focused into the amulet and then over his body quickly turning
him into the Saturn knight. It startled both myself and Somnius...." A Setsuna paused as she collected her thoughts "Somnius Fired off a blast of power at the stunned
James the balst knocked both me and him out of the house. The backlash of the blast made the house explode. I ran over to check James, who'd turned back into his normal
self. He wasn't badly hurt, much to my surprise. I'd have stayed longer but police and ambulances were on the way and I took it as my cue to leave."
"I see. And the trauma from watching the fight is why I forgot it," James said as Hotaru sniffled beside him. James looked at the young woman berside him. "No
tears for me princess," he chided softly as he brushed the tears away with his thumb.
"Never mind that, you STILL haven't answered my question," Amara glowered.
"Well Amara if you must know, I forgot." Setsuna answered.
Amara's face dropped. "You forgot?! You're the Keeper of Time and six thousand years old. How could YOU forget awakening the prince of Saturn?"
Setsuna shifted uncomfortably then said. "Well to be honest, right about that time Galaxia those Sailor Animates showed up. It just kinda slipped my mind and
then we were so busy with our lives that until he walked into our lives I didn't see an need to make that vein in you head bulge like it is now Amara."
Amara's face went bright red and she looked as if she was about to lunge across the room and pummel the hapless Senshi of Time. About that time Michelle put her
hand on Amara's forearm. "She does have a point darling, we really didn't have much time to talk before the whole Galaxia thing, besides you were busy seething at Seiya."
Amara sat back chagrinned. Michelle had a point at the time she'd been too busy keeping Seiya in check to be informed that a being as powerful as Hotaru was around.
"It's quite a story regardless and true to your word you told us all about you, James. It's late though and Hotaru does need to be getting home."
"Understandable," With that he kisses Hotaru gently on the cheek and with a polite smile led his guests to the door.
******
Across the city, in the Jyuban District, there was a knock at a door. Normally, given the time of night most people would be asleep. However the ower of this door to
this particular appartment was not. She opened the door and smiled in surprise.
"Hello Amy," The young man said.
"Hello Greg," Amy responded shyly. Greg had changed a little over the years as now he was rather tall but his eyes and sandy hair had not. "What brings you here in
the middle of the night?"
"I need to talk to the Sailor Scouts, Amy. I know where the next Guardian is."