Vent's eyes open wide as she stares at Hotaru. "Y-you!!"
Hotaru smirks as she notices the Draconians' panic. But soon, an emotionless face replaces the smirk. With an effortless movement of her arm, the Ruler of Silence strikes the two enemies down, then collects their gem.
" Hotaru… so, you are the figure from my dream…" whispers Eriol as his scepter fades away.
Hotaru nods and shoves the gems into her pocket. She could use Pluto's help to explain the situation right now… Like if the said Senshi of Time hears her, Sailor Pluto immerges from a gate.
" Aah! An enemy!" yells Sakura.
" No worry, children, I am Sailor Pluto, ruler of the Time realm."
" Ooh! So, you are a Sailor Senshi?" asks Tomoyo.
Pluto laughs and nods, then turns to look at Hotaru. She's about to speak up, but is interrupted by Eriol.
"I though the Senshi had lost their ability to transform…"
Pluto tilts her head to the side and waits for Hotaru to answer the question.
" Hum.. we have, but Pluto is an exception… And she gave me some of her powers so I could call out my staff without being obliged to transform…"
A 'Woé?' from Sakura is heard, along of a sudden burst-out of questions. Pluto waits some minutes to stop the flow of talking.
"We should better go to Eriol-sama's house for any questions and answers, unless you want people to wonder why there's a woman wearing a damn too short skirt and holding a staff while talking to kids in the park."
Everyone nods and follows Eriol to his mansion.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
" Alright! Could we have some answers now?" asks Syaoran when everyone is sitting inside the living room.
Calmly, Pluto sips her tea and finally decides to talk. "What are the questions?"
"Is Hotaru a Senshi?" Eriol's voice asks as he stands up and starts to pace around.
"Yes, she is", answers Pluto.
"Which one?" says Tomoyo.
The Senshi of time looks at the one she had taken care of. She then returns her attention to the group. " Sailor Saturn."
Eriol, Syaoran and Sakura chokes onto their tea. " Wha'?"
"It's true. I am the ruler of the Silence world, Senshi of Destruction…"
Eriol nods, then grins. "So… you used to wear that extra short skirt too? Aaaw, I missed that."
Blushing a red color, Hotaru glares at Eriol, while Tomoyo touches the wizard's forehead.
"Weird… It's not like you to tease someone like that, Eriol-san… Maybe you have a fever? Or maybe… you feel something for a special someone?"
It's Eriol's turn to blush, which makes everyone in the room laugh. The next minutes are filled with laughs and Eriol's attempts to protest at what Tomoyo said. Hotaru looks away as she feels her heart ache at the sight of the two black haired persons seeming so close to each other.
"Silence, now!" shouts Pluto.
As asked, silence soon reigns into the room. With a content nod, Pluto resumes speaking. " For the monsters you've seen, they are Draconians, like the ones from the legend of Saturn. But before telling you anything more, I'd like you to meet an old friend of yours, who strangely just arrived."
Smirking slightly, Hotaru looks at the door as it's being opened and stares at yet another black haired girl. "Hey gang, missed me?" The girl asks, smiling.
"Meiling!!"