The Promise of the Sun
by Pluto Knight, Website
Copyright © 2002/2004

Copyrights: Sailor Moon™ and all original characters are copyright © 1992 Naoko Takeuchi/Kodansha, TOEI Animation, English Language Adaptation © 1995 DiC Entertainment.

Author's note: Since English isn't my native language; please don't flame me for grammar errors. Spelling errors… guess I'll just have to kill off my computer ^_^;;

Chapter 7

Tokyo Park:

"Where did they go?" Sailor Jupiter asked."

"Sorry Jup, but I don't know." Mercury said, looking around.

"Damn!!" Uranus yelled.

"Uranus, will you calm down already?" Neptune said, "We need to focus on getting Serena back."

"I know," Uranus sighed, "I just wish that our princess was here right now."

The other's nodded and de-transformed.

"I think we have better talk to her tomorrow." Trista said and looked at the three other outer scouts. They nodded and went back to the temple to have a scout meeting, as they usually did after an attack.

Hikawa shrine:

Raye and Lita went to the kitchen and made some tea for them, while the others sat down. Ami was typing at her computer, trying to find out anything about the people that had "saved" them earlier.

"Anything?" Darien asked.

"Not yet," Ami said frustrated, "I don't understand this. My computer will only tell me pieces and none of them makes any sense at all."

Mina placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, "Its okay, Ami. I hope that the Setsuna and the other will have better luck then we hade. I miss Serena so much!" She cried out.

Raye and Lita entered the room, carrying two trays. They sat the trays on the table and poured tea for everyone.

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Night time, the outer scout's mansion:

Hotaru was tossing in bed. She was having dreams about the Silver Millennium. She was dreaming about her love back on the Saturn.

Princess Hotaru of Saturn were sitting by the beautiful lake outside the castle walls, crying. Her parents had just told her that she was to be married to a lord from Saturn. Hotaru hated it. She didn't want her mirage to be "arranged" for her, and especially not with a stupid lord of Saturn. When her step-mother had told her the news she has been devastated and had fled the throne room and had run outside in the garden, it was here she had meet her secret love, Damien. Ever since Hotaru had met him she had thought herself in love with Damien and she had even have her dad appoint him as her knight and guardian, after he had taken the hit from a youma that had attacked the castle. She had hopped that her step-mother wouldn't interfere with her planes to marry Damien. But she had and now there was nothing Hotaru self or anyone else could do about it, especially since it had been made officially.

Hotaru cursed under her breath as tossed a stone in the water angrily. Why do I have to marry a stuck up lord!! She screamed in her mind. Now I know for sure that my step-mother hates my guts. She enjoys my misery. She pulled out of her thoughts when someone placed a hand on her shoulder, "Here you are." The male voice said. Hotaru abruptly turned around and hugged Damien.

"My parents just told me that I have to marry soon." Hotaru cried. Damien hugged her tightly.

"Do you know who it is?" Damien asked.

"My step-mother says it a lord here from Saturn."

Damien sat down next to her. Hotaru snuggled close to him, and was just about to kiss him when...  The clock ringed.

Hotaru sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes. She got out of bed and went to the bathroom for a quick shower. 30 minutes later, she walked down to the kitchen where Michelle, Amara and Trista where sitting and eating break fast.

"Good morning, everyone." Hotaru said.

"Good morning, Hotaru." Michelle chipped.

Hotaru smiled. "Dad called last night she said. He said he wanted me home for next week. Something about something he needed my help with." Hotaru said.

"Oh so now he have time to see you, huh?" Amara said dryly. She had never really liked the professor. There where something creepy about him, like he was possessed or something.

"Amara." Michelle scolded her.

"It's true, Shelly." Amara said. Michelle nodded and smiled. She felt somewhat the same way about professor Tomoe as Amara did.

"Trista-mama...  Who's Damien?" Hotaru asked shyly and blushed slightly, causing the older woman nearly chocked on her tea.

"What!?! Who??" She asked trying to avoid the question.

"Damien," Hotaru repeated.

"I don't know." Trista replied.

"You have better go and get ready for school, Hotaru." Michelle said, noticing Trista's uneasiness.

"Okay." Hotaru said and went up to pack her school bag.

The two other women looked at Trista. But she looked away and Michelle decided to ask later.

Later that day, outside Serena's school:

Amara, Michelle, Mina, Lita and Ami were waiting for Serena outside the school. Amara and Michelle had decided that they should try talking to her.

Amara looked at her watch, "Is she having detention again?" She asked the inner scouts, who nearly fainted at the question.

"No, Serena doesn't have detention anymore. Miss. Haruna is convinced that Ami, Lita and I are the reason for her tardiness. I nearly blew a gasket when she said it the first time." Mina said, a little annoyed with the fact that they had been blamed for Serena's bad sides.

Michelle and Amara looked at each other, shocked once more.

"She doesn't? Michelle asked. The three inner scouts nodded.

About 5 minutes later Serena, Selena and Jasmine came out of the building.

"Koneko!" Amara called. Serena and the two other girls stopped and looked at the 5 girls.

"I highly doubt you have the right to call me that, Miss. Tenou. Serena said icily.

The scouts where taken aback at the coldness in her voice, especially Amara. The hurt of those words were clear in her eyes.

"Serena, please listen to us, please." Michelle pleaded.

"Why should I waste my time with it?" Serena replied coldly. "I have already told you," she gestured toward the three inner scouts, "that I don't want anything to do with this team anymore."

"But you are our princess!!" Ami said horrified.

"Yes well that didn't seem to mean anything when you guys kicked me out, did it? Or was that the whole idea? Now if you don't mind, I have home work to do and place's to go with my friends." Serena replied, emphasizing 'my friends'.

The 5 girls looked down in shame.

"What about the future?" Amara asked her suddenly.

The inner scouts looked at Serena.

"My future is still the same. It's you guys that should be worried about your future."

"And what about the past? What about Endymion and us… the scout team I mean?" Lita asked.

Serena was about to answer them when a woman screamed. The 8 people looked in the direction.

"Moon Cosmic power, Make-up!" Serena yelled.

"Sun Eternal power, Make-up!" Selena yelled.

"Universal Crises, Make-up!" Jasmine yelled.

All three girls where engulfed in silver light and when the light faded the three most powerful scouts where born and ready to kick ass.

The 5 girls gasped, Serena and her two friends where the scouts that had saved them in the park the other night.

"You!!" Amara exclaimed shocked. Serena, or Sailor Cosmic Moon, ignored her.

Three lights appeared in the sky and when they hit the earth they turned into two glaives and a Crescent Moon Staff with the Silver Crystal inside the crescent Moon – like the Moon wand in the first SM season.

The girls stepped back and looked at the glaives in shock. They were 3 meters long and where in their respective colours.

"Do we call the boys and ask if they want to come and play?" Sailor Sun asked as she grabbed her glaive.

"No, we can handle this on our own." Moon said. And then the three of them took off.

"Do we help them?" Mina said.

"I think we should." Michelle said. "She won't accept it, but we are still her guardians and it's our duty to do…"

"Uranus planet power, make-up!" Amara shouted, wasting no time with talk.

"… so" Michelle finished, looking at Sailor Uranus, "Neptune planet power, make-up!" Michelle yelled.

"Venus star power, make-up!" Mina yelled

"Mercury star power, make-up!" Ami yelled.

"Jupiter star power, make-up!" Lita yelled.

They ran towards the battle area.

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Chapter 8 is coming up next, but I guess I don't need to tell you that since this is chapter 7 ^_^!!!!