KH: Well, this will be tough, but I'll see that it turns out okay.
Wufei: Yeah because the baka onna doesn't have the brain capacity-.
KH: ::hits Wufei over the head:: BAKA! I spent all night decorating cookies for you guys and you dare to insult me?!
Wufei: -.- They were half burnt.
KH: And that's my fault?! My sister is the one who made them! Not ME!!!
Duo: I still loved them! The teddy bears were so KAWAII!!!!!!
KH: ::grabs Duo into a hug:: Arigato Shinigami!!! You're so nice!
Duo: ::smiles:: Wufei...you're girl still loves me more!
Wufei: -.- How many more times do I have to say this? Kawaii is Heero's girl.
Duo: O_O...Nani?
Heero: ::points gun at Duo's head and clicks off safety:: Omae o korosu, osage baka.
Duo: EEP!!! ::runs off with Heero chasing him::
KH: ::giggles insanely:: Poor Duo-chan...I guess I should stop this.
::bullets are heard::
KH: ::smirks cynically:: After the story of course!
Duo: ::can be heard from a distance:: YOU'RE SO MEAN KAWAII!!!! JUPPY'S GONNA BE REALLY MAD AT YOU!!!!
KH: ::glares:: You're the one who ate the christmas cookie card I was going to send.
Duo: It was calling my name!
KH: No shit Sherloch! It was on the Internet and it had your bloody name on it!!!
Duo: Oh...oops...

Hours Later...
::shots can still be heard::
KH: ::blinks:: You'd think he'd run out of bullets by now.
Quatre: Maybe you should stop them?
KH: Yeah...::clicks on sound byte on computer::
Relena's Voice: HEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
::everything comes to a halt and everyone screams bloody murder, then the voice stops::
Heero: ::glares at KH:: Why did you do that?
KH: ::smiles:: If you kill off the Shinigami, how is Relena-baka ever going to die?
Heero: ::remains silent but puts gun away::
KH: Arigato. Now, do the disclaimer.
Heero: Hn.
KH: ::glares:: Oh! Onegai?
Heero: Hn.
KH: ::rolls eyes:: Baka. ::grabs the hilt of Wufei's sword::
Wufei: KAWAII!!! THAT'S THE WRONG HILT!!!
KH: ::blushes and immediately let's go:: DAMN WUFEI!!! THAT'S DISGUSTING, HENTAI!!!
Wufei: ::blushing:: You're the one grabbing for it...ecchi onna.
KH: ::shudders and grabs the REAL hilt of Wufei's sword and points the blade at Heero's throat:: Say it or omae o korosu.
Heero: Hn. Kawaii and Juppy do not own Sailormoon or Gundam Wing.
Everyone but Heero: O.O'
KH: Hee-chan...
Heero: ::glares:: Nani?
KH: You...you said our nicknames...
Heero: I always say your nickname...oh.
KH: ::blushes:: That's enough for today!!! ^^'

(Last Time)
"Now, bring me Devotion. If he refuses to join us, I will have to kill him as well." Makoto said smirking. She sat on the couch and waved the three women away. "I will not let the humanity in me take control. I will do whatever I have to do to win, even if that means killing those I used to hold dear."

(NOW)

Saturn, Mercury, Trowa, Heero, and Duo stood silently in the dungeon. Ami and Heero were leaning against the wall, both in identical positions. Only, Ami stared intently at the floor while Heero's eyes focused on Hotaru.

Hotaru paced the floor, Duo pacing beside her. Her face held a very serious, very analytical expression. Duo stared at the ceiling, obviously thinking. Trowa stood in the corner, tapping his elbow, his arms crossed.

Hotaru held her head and stopped. "Ugh!!! This is getting us nowhere! Why can't I figure anything out?! What is our purpose here? Are we supposed to go find Mako-chan and bring her back and let Usagi heal her? Or are we supposed to defeat the entire Negaverse? What?"

Duo placed an arm around her shoulders. "We'll figure something out, Taru-chan. Or...we'll just play it by ear."

Hotaru nodded. "Play it by ear...yeah, that sounds like what I'm used to." She said with a hint of amusement.

Before anyone could say or think anything, they could hear footsteps approaching the dungeon.

"Damn it! What are we going to do?" Duo asked.

Saturn stood in front of the door. "You gonna help? There are probably more than one. Remember, they KNOW that I'm in here with Trowa. And they KNOW I'm going to try something and that Trowa will retaliate."

The others nodded. The door opened and immediately, Saturn brought out her glaive and sliced one in half. Duo punched one in the stomach and kicked her to the side. Heero kicked one and hit the back of his head. Trowa swept the feet from underneath one of them and caught him, hitting the back of her head as well. Ami punched one in the face. She sent her into the wall. Saturn stepped over the bodies and grabbed the one Ami had punched by her collar.

"What did Makoto...I mean, Sincerity want?"

"B-b-bitch..." The woman started. Saturn grabbed her actual neck and threw her up against the wall. "TELL ME!" She cried at her.

"D-Devotion...she want Devotion!"

Saturn smirked and loosened her grip. "Good girl." Then she frowned. "But you're still Negaverse scum." She snapped her neck without any sign of remorse. "Well, you heard the girl. She wanted Devotion." Saturn looked over at Trowa. "Go to her...we'll back you up if you need it."

Trowa nodded and walked out of the room. "I just hope somebody knows their way around here..." Trowa replied.

Hotaru smiled. "That's what Ami-chan is here for!" Hotaru led Ami next to Trowa. Ami blushed slightly and nodded.

Hotaru fell behind to walk with Heero and Duo.

They walked in silence for two minutes. Then, Duo spoke up. "Do you think Mako-chan's going to be okay though?"

Hotaru gave him a reassuring look. "Of course. Mako-chan is very strong. We just have to believe that." Hotaru smiled at Heero. "Ne, Heero?"

Heero blushed a little before nodding.

Hotaru blinked and smiled again. "Why are you so happy though?" Duo asked her.

Hotaru shrugged. "I don't know. I guess its because everything has always been all right before...so I guess it shouldn't end now, right?"

Duo nodded.


Trowa walked into the room Makoto was in and stood before her. "Hello...Makoto." He called her by the name he was used to calling her. He wanted to remember her as Makoto...not Sincerity.

Makoto glared slightly. "It's Sincerity now, Devotion." Makoto turned and sat on the sofa her dead father once sat on. "I've summoned you to offer you a proposition. Would you like to join me in my army?"

Trowa remained standing. "Do I really have a choice, Sincerity?"

Makoto shrugged, her elbows on her knees. "Well, yes I suppose. You join me, or you die. So yes, you do have I choice I'd say."

Trowa's expression didn't change. "Sorry, Sincerity. I can't join you."

Makoto sighed heavily. "Why did I figure that you'd turn down my offer? It's a perfectly good offer. Would you think about reconsidering?"

"Never."

Makoto clenched her jaw. "Very well." She said through clenched teeth. "You choose death then." She shakingly raised her hand.

But, before Makoto could do anything, someone ran in front of Trowa. It happened to be the smallest senshi of all.

"Mako-chan...please stop this!" She cried.

Makoto glared at Saturn. "Sailor Saturn...hm...no, I don't think I will. If my dear brother doesn't want to join me, he has to die." Black electricity flew from her hand and towards Saturn. It hit her faster than anyone could even react. Before anyone could say anything,

Saturn's body was flown across the room. She slid down the wall.

"HOTARU!!!" Heero cried as he ran to the fallen senshi of death. "Hotaru...are you okay?" There was no answer. He increasingly became worried. "Hotaru...wake up..."

Makoto blinked back a sudden feeling of regret. 'No,' She thought to herself. 'That wasn't anything unusual...'

From out of nowhere, a sudden blue ball of ice with water and electricity surrounding it flew at Makoto, causing her to temporarily become stunned. "Come now, we have to leave." Mercury brought out her old henshin stick. "Everyone touch this. Heero, carry Hotaru

over! Hayaku!"

The group hurried and touched the henshin stick. "Mercury Teleportation...Winner Mansion!" She cried. Everyone disappeared in a blue flash.

Makoto finally woke up and looked around the room. "Damn it...I had forgotten about Mercury's special ability..."

Back at the mansion, Saturn and Mercury had de-henshined and now Hotaru was in a hospital bed. "She really did a number on Hotaru...even if it was just that one hit..." Ami replied, becoming Hotaru's doctor.

"Mind filling us in on everything? Setsuna and the others have left already." Quatre replied.

The others began explaining what had transpired. Heero held Hotaru's hand firmly and stared at her.

After everyone had left to get some sleep, Heero stayed with Hotaru. She hadn't woken up yet and Heero was become steadily more worried. "Hotaru...you have to pull through this." He commanded her. Her held her small hand in between his two larger ones.

Heero brushed violet strands of silk from her face. She was ice cold. "Heero...you have to get some sleep tonight. We've had a long night."

Heero didn't look to the voice that was Duo's. "I can't."

Duo closed his eyes, leaning up against the doorframe. His arms crossed his chest. "You really like her, don't you?"

Heero's grip on Hotaru's hand became slightly stronger. He remained silent for a moment. "I think I love her."

Duo's eyes became wide. 'It's really not like him...falling this quickly for a girl we really don't know much about. For me, I fell in love with Mako-chan but I had a higher chance of falling for a girl than him. He never lets his emotions get like this...' He thought to himself. Duo shook his head. "Well, good night anyway."

"Hn."

"She'll wake up Heero, I promise you."

Heero looked at him and once again, Duo was completely shocked. At the corners of his eyes were two small tears. Duo shut his mouth. "How do you know?"

Duo smirked, but it didn't quite reach his eyes. "I'm the Shinigami after all. I can sense when Death is about to happen."

Heero turned back towards Hotaru. "Hn."

Without another word, Duo walked out of the room.

Heero remained staring at Hotaru's still form. He glared at the spot where the attack had hit her (in the chest). It was on her heart.

Ami had bandaged it up because it was bleeding, but nothing else could be done. Ami told them that only Hotaru was born with the ability heal people. Heero hesitantly placed a hand on the wound over her heart. Suddenly, Hotaru's eyebrow twitched and both furrowed.

Heero's eyes widened. "Hotaru?"

Hotaru began to make small noises as if she were in pain.

~*Dream Sequence*~
In a cold, vast, dark area, Hotaru stood alone in the centre with a white light around her. "W-where am I?" She asked quietly.

Suddenly, the cold became unbearable and Hotaru began shivering. She held her arms. Then, a powerful gust of wind hit her and an entire army blew past her. She was then standing on a dark cliff, over-looking the army assembled. "Nani?" She asked quietly again.

She recognized the armour and uniforms the soldier wore. On their shoulders, they bore the insignia of Saturn. The lower ranks held a Katana while the highest ranks held Glaives. She peered down at her own attire and found that her clothing had changed.

She now wore her senshi fuku. But the usual white body suit was silver armour. The usual blue-violet held an eerie violet shade. It was eerie because it seemed to be glowing almost. Her bows were midnight black. She held her Glaive proudly in her right hand. Over her usual blue-violet boots she wore silver armour. Her boots were now black. Her gloves were black underneath silver armour that covered her arms. She blinked in confusion.

"Are you all right, Hotaru? You seem a bit confused."

Hotaru's head shot towards the voice. "D-Duo?!" In fact it was Duo. He wore mostly all black with armour across his chest and forearms only. He wore a very long black cape with dark blue underneath. He held a Scythe in his right hand.

Duo tilted his head just a bit. "Yes...who else did you think it was?"

Hotaru stared back at the troops, distantly. "I don't know..." She position her hand where it seemed as if she were about to bite her thumbnail. "Duo...what's happening here?"

Duo sighed. "You're still on about that? You still can't seem to accept that we are going to war."

Hotaru looked down and to the side. "Who are we going to war with?"

Duo nearly fainted. "Damn, Hotaru! Are we going to go through this every time we try to take over a planet? Right now we're working on Earth. Then we'll get the moon and rule the galaxy."

Hotaru nodded as if she understood all this fully. "Of course, I had forgotten. Sorry." She paused. "Earth's allies are strong, you know. We may not come out victorious."

Duo smirked. "When my sister thinks something's not going to come out victorious, you've got to be a bit scared. But don't worry. That foolish prince Endymion will not stop us."

Hotaru nodded again. But thought for a second. 'Sister?'

In a split second, Hotaru found herself on the battlegrounds on Earth. Hotaru held her own, fighting against the prince's bodyguard.

Duo was going to assassinate the prince. "This...isn't the way it was..." Those were Hotaru's last words as everything faded away and Hotaru fell into a deep, dark abyss.
~*End Dream Sequence*~


Hotaru jolted away, sitting straight up - startling her visitor. She panted heavily. A cold sweat swept her body and she stared at the bed rail on the foot of her bed. "No...that's not it...it wasn't that way."

Heero blinked twice. "Nani?"

Hotaru looked at Heero. "I wasn't trying to stop him...I wasn't second-guessing our decision...it was him. He tried to stop me...I was the one who went to assassinate the prince..."

By now, Heero was beyond confusion. "What are you talking about?"

Duo walked into the room. "Hey, Hee-chan. Just figured you'd like something to-." Duo stopped dead when he saw Hotaru sitting up.

"You're awake!" He cried with a sudden excitement.

Hotaru nodded. "Yes...Duo. Stay in here. You need to hear this too...unless of course...you've recovered your memories already."

Duo tilted his head to the side. "Nani?"

"Didn't think so. Sit. It's important you hear this."

Duo sat in the chair next to Heero's. Only Heero and Hotaru remained unaware that Hotaru's hand was still in Heero's hands. Duo smiled slightly when he saw it.

Hotaru stared at her white bedsheets. "Before the Silver Alliance was established, there were many wars between the nine planets and one moon on who would be the ruler of all the galaxy. There were three groups then. There was the Moon, Mars, and Venus. They were part of the original Silver Alliance. Then there was Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. They were part of the Black Alliance. And finally, there was Pluto, Jupiter, and Mercury. At the time, Mercury and Jupiter were nearer to Pluto than the other planets. They had formed a sort of rebel group. They never fought for or against the Black Alliance and the Silver Alliance. Well, the Black Alliance

wanted to conquer all of the planets within the Silver Alliance. The ruler of Saturn was me and my brother." Hotaru looked at Duo. "Duo, you were my brother back then."

"What?! That's insane!"

"Is it?" She asked quickly. "Is it really all that insane? We both were given the inheritance of Death and Destruction. I was given more power only because I was to remain a senshi. I carried with me the powers of Silence, Rebirth, and Healing. But that's only because Death himself willed it so."

Duo remained silent.

"Well, we wanted to control the Silver Alliance. So, naturally, we went to war. But Duo, you didn't want to go to war. You were in denial about it. You went along with it because I ordered you to. I was focused solely on controlling everything with my allies, Uranus and Neptune - Haruka and Michiru. When we finally went to war, we attack Earth first so we could sneak up on the moon without doing a frontal assault. We snuck past Mars and attack Earth. It was my job to assassinate the prince so that the love between the moon princess and him could never consummate so no heir could come forth. Duo was battling with the bodyguards while I attended to Endymion...who is Mamoru. I entered his chambers and found him waiting for me. We battled mercilessly. And just when I was about to fulfill my mission, I was stopped. Someone stopped me. To this day, I don't remember who. But I was killed instead of Endymion.

From then on, Saturn had a new ruler. Duo became the new ruler. I remained by Death's side...carrying out his wishes."

Duo nodded. The information seemed to be somewhat familiar. "But what does all this have to do with our situation now?"

Hotaru chewed on her thumbnail for a moment. "While I was with Death, I had followed the path to the "dark side" I guess and had become genuinely evil. Beryl...was my ally at that point. I had arranged the "breeding" I guess you could call it between Devin and Beryl. I'm the reason that Trowa and Makoto were born to them. I had arranged it so that perhaps they could take over the world for me. I knew Beryl would be killed. I counted on it. I hadn't counted on, however, that Sailor Pluto would figure out my plan. She sent Makoto and Trowa to what they are today. She let the moon princess deal with me. Princess Serenity showed mercy towards me and purified me. She sent me to my father, Professor Tomoe to start all over." Tears began at the rim of her eyes. "It seems that in no matter which life I live, evil seems to come after me...I guess what comes around goes around."

"Hotaru..." Heero started.

Hotaru looked up at him, tears now flowing freely. "Don't look at me that way anymore. Don't say my name like that. I don't deserve any of this!" She jumped from her bed and grabbed her henshin stick. "SATURN CRYSTAL POWER! MAKE UP!" In an instant, she

transformed.

Duo and Heero stepped forward. "Hotaru...what are you doing?" Duo asked slowly.

Saturn's eyes became a little more lifeless than before. She pointed her Glaive at them without even hesitating. "Don't come any closer and don't try to stop me."

"What are you doing?!" Heero repeated to her.

"I'm going to stop all of this. I was meant to stop it. I don't know how or what I'm going to do...but even if it means killing them, I will save them from the darkness they are." Saturn replied.

Duo clenched his fists, Heero clenched his as well. "Are you crazy?! Makoto took you out with a single blow before. She's so much stronger."

Heero nodded. "He's right."

Saturn pursed her lips. "I have another form other than this, gentlemen." With that, she disappeared.

Duo looked at Heero. "What do you think she's going to do?"

Heero pounding the wall while saying, "I have no fucken clue!"

KH: Well, that was certainly an interesting chapter. Heh, gomen ne Juppy-chan. I've added an extra twist...didn't mean to though. But I did need to spice this chapter up just a bit. Sorry for the graphic language at the end. I need Heero to be very angry and confused. I think I did just that.

Heero: Hn.

KH: *glares* Oi, you have no imagination whatsoever.

Heero: *remembers the poems, stories, songs, and drawings he's done* Hn.

KH: Whatever. Ne...Heero? Do you think that maybe this chapter was a little long?

Heero: Could be.

KH: Yeah. But you guys like that, right? I hope so. I hope you liked this chapter too. Short recap! Duo and Hotaru are brother and sister from their life before the Silver Alliance. Hotaru had everything to do with the shit Makoto and Trowa are going through now.

She's really torn up about it to. What Hotaru does about this, is up to Juppy-chan. Or, whatever. Juppy-chan could just do something else entirely. But I don't care.

Duo: You don't?

KH: Well, I do care. But...oh nevermind!

Duo: You're confused?

KH: Hai...so anyway, please review. Flames don't hurt my pyro friend Juppy-chan. And flames keep me warm in this long winter. Jya ne!

Duo: JYA NA!!

Heero: Hn.

KH & Duo: ^^'

~*~Kawaii Hotaruchan~*~