SailorStar9: * sweatdrops and mutters curses at FFN* If you people have been wondering where the heck is this fic, FFN took it down for reasons unkown to me. Chapter 14, quite some time since I've updated.

Where we left off last time . . . . Mercury destroyed Jadeite and healed Diamond. Then, Diamond had blasted her back to the traveling trees.

Disclaimers: SailorStar9 doesn't own any of the anime in this fic.

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Chapter 14

The new arrival

Mercury stood up and dusted herself. Tapping on her tiara, she detransformed. Sighing, Ami was about to walk back to the hotel, when, suddenly, a book fell onto her hands. Looking down, Ami gasped when she saw that it was a diary, written in Ancient Mercurian. From the looks of it, it was plain obvious that it was her grandfather's. Putting the book into her subspace pocket, Ami headed back to the hotel.

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Kenny was panicking when Ami had not appeared for the last hour. (The authoress says, " This is definitely the very over-paranoid brother.) Everyone else sweatdropped, nevertheless, although it was quite usual for Kenny to be worried over something, even if it was something trivia.. Just then, Ami came in, slumping onto a chair, obviously exhausted. Everyone looked at her, concerned.

Giving her some time to rest, the rest of the team had gathered around her. Bombarding her with questions, it was Kai's question that eventually got through to her. "So, how was it?" he asked.

Ami looked at her surrogate brother and shook her head. "Gomen ne, Kai, I couldn't save both of them. Jadeite and Diamond crushed their souls after taking over their bodies. I killed Jadeite off and healed Diamond, but Boris and Voltaire will never be back." she whispered. At the mention of the old enemies of the senshi, everyone gasped.

/ Ami, we need to talk./

\ Got you, Pluto. Where?\

/ Balcony./

Ami nodded silently. "Sorry, guys, I have a meeting with Pluto." she said, standing up.

Everyone nodded, the Time guardian has always been the secretive scout and they knew better than to interfere with the evasive meetings she had with the senshi.

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"So, Pluto, what's up?" Ami asked.

"One word, Saturn." the Time senshi replied.

"Hotaru?"

Sailor Pluto nodded.

"You should know how powerful she is. We can't let Endymion get her, once he does, there will be no fighting chance."

Ami nodded, she knew how powerful the Death scout can be. "So, what do you propose?"

Pluto smiled, "Hotaru would be staying here with you and the rest of the planetary princes."

Ami blinked, hard, "Okay . . ."

Sighing, she replied, "Guess I'll have to inform them of this unfortunate cliché."

Pluto nodded, before replying, "Hotaru should have her own blade when she arrives. So, don't worry of giving her one."

Ami nodded, agreeing. Then, the Time Guardian disappeared. Just then, a portal opened, and Hotaru stepped out. Smiling at the ice scout, Hotaru ran forward and hugged her. Ami shook her head, amused, as she ruffled Hotaru's hair.

Holding the 12-year-old's hand, Ami led her back to the rest of the team. Walking back towards her fellow team members, Ami explained the situation to them. Kai nodded, looking at the violet-eyed scout. "So, where shall she sleep?" Tyson asked. Hotaru voiced, "I'm alright on my own." Looking down at the death senshi, Ami asked, "Are you sure?" Hotaru nodded, "I'm a big girl now, Ami. I can take care of myself." Ami sighed, "Alright, but you can come to me if you encounter any problems." Hotaru nodded.

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