~~ The New Generation ~~
~~ Joo no Seishi ~~
~~ By Tsuki ~~
Author's Notes: I do not own Sailor Moon. I don't claim ownership, and I'm not being paid to write this
fanfic. Thank you and please review because that's the only "payment" I get for writing this.
~~ x ~~
"No."
That one voice stood out among the others, the other frantic voices that were all bubbling together,
throwing questions at no one in particular, spreading worry in unnecessary places.
Kino Makoto had had enough. She slammed her fist onto the floor of the temple and shouted, "No!"
Everyone stopped and stared at her.
Makoto sighed and leaned back a little, trying to leash her temper. This was never an easy task for her, but
with Usagi's calm eyes watching her intently, she knew she could manage. With that one around, she was
certain that she could accomplish anything.
"Listen to me. We were sworn to defend our world, yes, but we are the servants of the princess of the
moon. Usagi would have to risk her life to make us happy, and I don't think we have the right to demand
that of her!"
Hino Rei nodded, leaning on her broom, sighing. "I see where you're coming from, Mako-chan. There's no
way to really know if any of the people you grant immortality to would ever feel resentment to you. I mean,
what if, somewhere along the line, a few millennia from now, one of them decides they're tired of living
forever, and feels anger toward you for granting it to them? Even that resentment, that momentary, passing
emotion, can destroy her. For what? For us to be happy, we'd risk the peace and happiness of the rest of the
world?"
Minako looked sheepish, but at the same moment felt her heart sinking into some dark, deep part of her,
and was worried that it would stay there. To never feel love after that...or to feel love from so many
different people that she'd probably eventually forget her true love...whoever that was.
Usagi was watching Minako carefully, reading the emotions flashing in her wet eyes. Usagi reached over
and placed a hand on Minako's shoulder, trying to comfort the girl.
"Please, Mina-chan, tell me what I can do. Tell me what you want me to do."
"I want you to live. And I want love. The kind of love that will stay with me throughout the rest of my
life." Minako heard the tears in her voice, felt them trailing down her already red cheeks. "I can't have
both..."
"You know..." Mamoru said thoughtfully from his position behind them all. Everyone looked up, startled
that he'd spoken. Mamoru had remained quiet for so long, only listening as the girls argued about their
dilemma. "Children are love."
Minako and Makoto looked slightly confused, Rei looked like she thought Mamoru was insane, and Ami
looked like she might understand where he was going with this. Usagi nodded, a smile tugging at her lips.
"Of course."
Now they all looked her. "Well, think about it. When you have a child, all you have is pure, unconditional
love towards you. A child loves you regardless, stays with you in your heart forever, like a memory that is
firmly imprinted in yourself. A child is a part of you. And you are a part of them. They will be with you no
matter what..."
Ami smiled, eyes shimmering with tears. "If we had children, they'd not only be ours forever, but they'd
also be a new generation of protectors, someone to fight in case something happens to us."
"It'd probably be the strategical thing to do." Makoto said, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. "That is, of
course, providing that our children could, in fact, transform. Who knows? They might not have the
proper...oh, whatever it is we have." She looked frustrated at not being able to think of the proper word.
"Plus, if we had children, who's to know if they'd be immortal? In Greek times, a child of an immortal-
mortal relationship was always mortal. They wouldn't live forever beside us."
Usagi was shaking her head. "We're not immortal right now. That's why we still age. That's why, every
time we get sick, we have to worry if it might kill us. That's why we still get our shots and so forth." Her
eyes were smiling. "However, if, and this is a big if, you were pregnant when you became immortal, then
your children would be too."
"That wouldn't trap them forever at that age?" Minako asked, for the first time in a while looking hopeful.
Usagi shook her head firmly. "My mother was an immortal, as were our parents. They seemed to age, but
never much. I think what immortality means for us is that we will never die of old age, but we can continue
to age, just extremely slowly. Your children wouldn't age quite as slowly at first, but gradually they'd
reach the age where their body would stop the aging process."
"How can you be certain?" Rei challenged, not wanting to go through something like this on a "probably"
or an uncertainty.
Usagi smiled in a way that reminded the other's that she would one day be queen of the Earth. "My
daughter, Chibi-usa. Does she not age? But she is immortal, I know, because both her parents are. She had
to have been born and she's obviously grown up."
The other's couldn't argue with that, but there was still something that bothered Ami.
"What if they resent being immortal? What then? Would that kill you, since they were made immortal by
you?"
Usagi shook her head. "In the final battle, should we win, our true destinies catch up with us. That's when
we become immortal, not by my power, but by the power of fate." She shrugged. "So their resentment
wouldn't be directed towards me, but perhaps towards the destinies that did that to them. It would present
no harm to me."
Makoto was rocking on her heels. "The final battle is coming soon. And there's always the chance that we
might not carry our children throughout it. Unless there was some way to protect them while in our
wombs."
Usagi hadn't thought of that, but felt the answer was a negative within that deep part of her. The part that
reminded her of her mother.
"No, in Senshi form you yourself are protected from blows that would kill any other person. So I would
think this same thing that protects you would protect your unborn children as well." She nodded firmly.
"However, I do believe you when you say the final battle is near. I've been feeling the same thing. If you're
going to do this thing, you should really do it soon."
The four girls, the guardians of the princess of the moon, looked at each other, uncertainty in their eyes.
They were all raised the same way, to believe that premarital sex was to be avoided at all costs. Ami shifted
uncomfortably and looked over at Minako, who was obviously having an inner battle of her own. Against
her morals, against her personal fears, against doubts and everything that thought this was a bad idea.
Usagi and Mamoru got up to leave, nodding to them. Usagi said one more thing before stepping out of the
room. "You do what you need to, and I understand that this is a big decision to make." She smiled in her
royal, wise way. "But I know you will all make terrific mothers." With that and a gentle tug from Mamoru,
she was gone.
Rei blinked after her, then sat down in the space she'd occupied, sighing heavily. "What to do?"
"First off, how should we choose the guy? I mean, it's easy enough for Rei-chan, she has Yuuichirou. And
Ami-chan has (Greg). But what about Mina-chan and me? Do we randomly choose a guy?"
Rei shook her head. "Wait a minute and backtrack here. Do you even understand the full weight of this
decision? We have to decide if we can take the time to be parents. If we're willing to take the responsibility
for another human being. If we can possibly do this on our own. Or even if we're willing."
"Here's a question for you, Rei-chan." Minako spoke in soft, low tones. The tone of acceptance. "Would
you rather have a child that would be with you forever, or have one that you would have to live to watch
die, and then go out and have another to fill the void of absence you're last child left? You'd have to
continually live your life like this. Or you could have one child with someone you truly care about, and
have a child to live with you for the rest of your life."
Rei looked at her hands, which rested in her lap. With a sigh she nodded. "You're right..."
"So, are we going to do this? Because if we are, we should do it soon."
"I agree with Mako-chan. And I'm in." Ami nodded. "(Greg)'s visiting now...so I guess I'm set..."
Rei sighed. "I'll do it."
Minako smiled slightly, running a hand through her hair. "I'd rather have a lover throughout my life, but a
child will be a blessing that I will welcome."
Makoto nodded. "Same here. I suggest that Mina-chan and I find some male friends or something..."
Minako nodded. "One of my guy friends is a pretty nice guy, and I know he's attracted to me."
"I've got a few guys in mind." Makoto smiled, then laughed slightly. "Hard to believe we're plotting to get
pregnant." A thought occurred to her. "How can we be certain that it works? What if we have sex and
there's no child conceived?"
"I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm get ready to...well, be fertile, I guess you could put it." Rei
muttered. "So I'm good."
"I just finished." Ami suddenly looked panicked. "What do I do?"
The four girls remained quiet for a long time.
"Perhaps...Usagi...could help us?"
Everyone looked at Rei uncertainly. "Why do you say that?"
"Oh, come on. What can't she do?"
"But, I mean..."
"Can't hurt to ask." Makoto broke in, activating the communicator to get in contact with Usagi.
"What's wrong?" Usagi answered immediately.
"Well, what if...we aren't...fertile?"
Usagi laughed. "So you're going to do it?"
"We all agreed, but some of us our worried—"
"Don't be worried." Usagi cut her off, still laughing slightly. "Leave that up to me. Just see me before you
go to...your men. Are you going to do it tonight?"
"Hai. Might as well get it over with. Plus, we don't have all that much time."
"OK. Don't worry about a thing, you guys. I promise that you will be carrying children when you become
immortal."
Minako sighed as the communicator was turned off. "As much as I love you guys, I still would rather not
love forever."
The other girls laughed, but it was laughter laced with worry at what was to come that night.
~~ To Be Continued... ~~
~~ Joo no Seishi ~~
~~ By Tsuki ~~
Author's Notes: I do not own Sailor Moon. I don't claim ownership, and I'm not being paid to write this
fanfic. Thank you and please review because that's the only "payment" I get for writing this.
~~ x ~~
"No."
That one voice stood out among the others, the other frantic voices that were all bubbling together,
throwing questions at no one in particular, spreading worry in unnecessary places.
Kino Makoto had had enough. She slammed her fist onto the floor of the temple and shouted, "No!"
Everyone stopped and stared at her.
Makoto sighed and leaned back a little, trying to leash her temper. This was never an easy task for her, but
with Usagi's calm eyes watching her intently, she knew she could manage. With that one around, she was
certain that she could accomplish anything.
"Listen to me. We were sworn to defend our world, yes, but we are the servants of the princess of the
moon. Usagi would have to risk her life to make us happy, and I don't think we have the right to demand
that of her!"
Hino Rei nodded, leaning on her broom, sighing. "I see where you're coming from, Mako-chan. There's no
way to really know if any of the people you grant immortality to would ever feel resentment to you. I mean,
what if, somewhere along the line, a few millennia from now, one of them decides they're tired of living
forever, and feels anger toward you for granting it to them? Even that resentment, that momentary, passing
emotion, can destroy her. For what? For us to be happy, we'd risk the peace and happiness of the rest of the
world?"
Minako looked sheepish, but at the same moment felt her heart sinking into some dark, deep part of her,
and was worried that it would stay there. To never feel love after that...or to feel love from so many
different people that she'd probably eventually forget her true love...whoever that was.
Usagi was watching Minako carefully, reading the emotions flashing in her wet eyes. Usagi reached over
and placed a hand on Minako's shoulder, trying to comfort the girl.
"Please, Mina-chan, tell me what I can do. Tell me what you want me to do."
"I want you to live. And I want love. The kind of love that will stay with me throughout the rest of my
life." Minako heard the tears in her voice, felt them trailing down her already red cheeks. "I can't have
both..."
"You know..." Mamoru said thoughtfully from his position behind them all. Everyone looked up, startled
that he'd spoken. Mamoru had remained quiet for so long, only listening as the girls argued about their
dilemma. "Children are love."
Minako and Makoto looked slightly confused, Rei looked like she thought Mamoru was insane, and Ami
looked like she might understand where he was going with this. Usagi nodded, a smile tugging at her lips.
"Of course."
Now they all looked her. "Well, think about it. When you have a child, all you have is pure, unconditional
love towards you. A child loves you regardless, stays with you in your heart forever, like a memory that is
firmly imprinted in yourself. A child is a part of you. And you are a part of them. They will be with you no
matter what..."
Ami smiled, eyes shimmering with tears. "If we had children, they'd not only be ours forever, but they'd
also be a new generation of protectors, someone to fight in case something happens to us."
"It'd probably be the strategical thing to do." Makoto said, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. "That is, of
course, providing that our children could, in fact, transform. Who knows? They might not have the
proper...oh, whatever it is we have." She looked frustrated at not being able to think of the proper word.
"Plus, if we had children, who's to know if they'd be immortal? In Greek times, a child of an immortal-
mortal relationship was always mortal. They wouldn't live forever beside us."
Usagi was shaking her head. "We're not immortal right now. That's why we still age. That's why, every
time we get sick, we have to worry if it might kill us. That's why we still get our shots and so forth." Her
eyes were smiling. "However, if, and this is a big if, you were pregnant when you became immortal, then
your children would be too."
"That wouldn't trap them forever at that age?" Minako asked, for the first time in a while looking hopeful.
Usagi shook her head firmly. "My mother was an immortal, as were our parents. They seemed to age, but
never much. I think what immortality means for us is that we will never die of old age, but we can continue
to age, just extremely slowly. Your children wouldn't age quite as slowly at first, but gradually they'd
reach the age where their body would stop the aging process."
"How can you be certain?" Rei challenged, not wanting to go through something like this on a "probably"
or an uncertainty.
Usagi smiled in a way that reminded the other's that she would one day be queen of the Earth. "My
daughter, Chibi-usa. Does she not age? But she is immortal, I know, because both her parents are. She had
to have been born and she's obviously grown up."
The other's couldn't argue with that, but there was still something that bothered Ami.
"What if they resent being immortal? What then? Would that kill you, since they were made immortal by
you?"
Usagi shook her head. "In the final battle, should we win, our true destinies catch up with us. That's when
we become immortal, not by my power, but by the power of fate." She shrugged. "So their resentment
wouldn't be directed towards me, but perhaps towards the destinies that did that to them. It would present
no harm to me."
Makoto was rocking on her heels. "The final battle is coming soon. And there's always the chance that we
might not carry our children throughout it. Unless there was some way to protect them while in our
wombs."
Usagi hadn't thought of that, but felt the answer was a negative within that deep part of her. The part that
reminded her of her mother.
"No, in Senshi form you yourself are protected from blows that would kill any other person. So I would
think this same thing that protects you would protect your unborn children as well." She nodded firmly.
"However, I do believe you when you say the final battle is near. I've been feeling the same thing. If you're
going to do this thing, you should really do it soon."
The four girls, the guardians of the princess of the moon, looked at each other, uncertainty in their eyes.
They were all raised the same way, to believe that premarital sex was to be avoided at all costs. Ami shifted
uncomfortably and looked over at Minako, who was obviously having an inner battle of her own. Against
her morals, against her personal fears, against doubts and everything that thought this was a bad idea.
Usagi and Mamoru got up to leave, nodding to them. Usagi said one more thing before stepping out of the
room. "You do what you need to, and I understand that this is a big decision to make." She smiled in her
royal, wise way. "But I know you will all make terrific mothers." With that and a gentle tug from Mamoru,
she was gone.
Rei blinked after her, then sat down in the space she'd occupied, sighing heavily. "What to do?"
"First off, how should we choose the guy? I mean, it's easy enough for Rei-chan, she has Yuuichirou. And
Ami-chan has (Greg). But what about Mina-chan and me? Do we randomly choose a guy?"
Rei shook her head. "Wait a minute and backtrack here. Do you even understand the full weight of this
decision? We have to decide if we can take the time to be parents. If we're willing to take the responsibility
for another human being. If we can possibly do this on our own. Or even if we're willing."
"Here's a question for you, Rei-chan." Minako spoke in soft, low tones. The tone of acceptance. "Would
you rather have a child that would be with you forever, or have one that you would have to live to watch
die, and then go out and have another to fill the void of absence you're last child left? You'd have to
continually live your life like this. Or you could have one child with someone you truly care about, and
have a child to live with you for the rest of your life."
Rei looked at her hands, which rested in her lap. With a sigh she nodded. "You're right..."
"So, are we going to do this? Because if we are, we should do it soon."
"I agree with Mako-chan. And I'm in." Ami nodded. "(Greg)'s visiting now...so I guess I'm set..."
Rei sighed. "I'll do it."
Minako smiled slightly, running a hand through her hair. "I'd rather have a lover throughout my life, but a
child will be a blessing that I will welcome."
Makoto nodded. "Same here. I suggest that Mina-chan and I find some male friends or something..."
Minako nodded. "One of my guy friends is a pretty nice guy, and I know he's attracted to me."
"I've got a few guys in mind." Makoto smiled, then laughed slightly. "Hard to believe we're plotting to get
pregnant." A thought occurred to her. "How can we be certain that it works? What if we have sex and
there's no child conceived?"
"I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm get ready to...well, be fertile, I guess you could put it." Rei
muttered. "So I'm good."
"I just finished." Ami suddenly looked panicked. "What do I do?"
The four girls remained quiet for a long time.
"Perhaps...Usagi...could help us?"
Everyone looked at Rei uncertainly. "Why do you say that?"
"Oh, come on. What can't she do?"
"But, I mean..."
"Can't hurt to ask." Makoto broke in, activating the communicator to get in contact with Usagi.
"What's wrong?" Usagi answered immediately.
"Well, what if...we aren't...fertile?"
Usagi laughed. "So you're going to do it?"
"We all agreed, but some of us our worried—"
"Don't be worried." Usagi cut her off, still laughing slightly. "Leave that up to me. Just see me before you
go to...your men. Are you going to do it tonight?"
"Hai. Might as well get it over with. Plus, we don't have all that much time."
"OK. Don't worry about a thing, you guys. I promise that you will be carrying children when you become
immortal."
Minako sighed as the communicator was turned off. "As much as I love you guys, I still would rather not
love forever."
The other girls laughed, but it was laughter laced with worry at what was to come that night.
~~ To Be Continued... ~~