History class had just ended for the Outers and Seiko was trailing Maat into the public courtyard. They both had mathematics next with the court tutor, but there would be a fifteen minute break before they had to be anywhere in specific.

Both Nemesis and Pluto were fond of taking in the air at the courtyards since the Moon family had developed the machinery to generate a breathable atmosphere. Seiko found it soothing to rest on one of the benches and hold idle conversation with the senshi of time.

Maat had a unique view on everything that happens in the solar system. As the fifth generation clone of the original Setsuna Meio, Maat kept the long view in mind of royal matters, especially since she was already the queen of her own planet.

A lot of good that does her, though, since her planet was unpopulated. Pluto contained no people as a further safeguard for the physical entrance to the Time Gates. Maat also had many different experiences with people in general when they realized that she was a clone. They treated her differently. They respected her, of course, because of her position as a senshi, and her friendship with the other heirs, but they also could not accept her on her own terms because she was a clone.

Many thought that she was an abomination; an insult to the Moon's reign since Maat was a clone of the traiter of old, the Time Mistress, Setsuna. Sailor Pluto's legacy was to preserve the memory of what could happen if a senshi let her duty go to her head, and if she misused her powers. That was Maat's burden to bear, just as Seiko bore her own title, and what it represented.

At the moment though, both Nemesis and Pluto were taking time out of their busy school day to stop and smell the roses, little knowing that there would be an incident that would change the balance of power in the solar system.

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A group of zealots stole into the public courtyards, making use of each and every shadow and hiding place.

Their goal? The abomination clone. Their mission? The destruction of the one that could be an infringement of the royal moon house. These people knew that the house of Serenity frowned on assassination, but this group of fanatics would not stand for the presence of the one who almost brought the destruction of the entire population of the solar system.

~-~-~-~ Aiyah! I've just come to the conclusion that ya'll don't know who's who or what's what in the Senshi hierarchy, unless you've been paying very close attention. Well, here's a little list, and I hope it all makes sense in the end.

Mercury -Fukayna - 14 heir

Venus -Tsuki - 14 third heir

Earth -Misatohra - 14 heir

Moon -Rillian - 14 second heir Rilus - 16 heir

Mars -Kita - 14 second heir

Jupiter -Raiko - 14 heir

Nemesis -Seiko - 16 heir

Saturn -Moraine - 15 heir

Uranus -Natsuko - 15 seventh heir

Neptune -Mesikhenet - 15 heir

Pluto -Maat - 15 clone, reigning queen, even though there is noone on pluto