Sailor Moon NeoStars: What The Future Holds

Author's Notes: I posted this once, but didn't get a lot of reviews. Also, the chapters (in my opinion) were to short. Therefore I have combined chapters 1-3 as well as my newest chapter (chapter 4) into 1 longer chapter. The next chapter most likely won't be this long. However, it will (hopefully) be longer than the previous chapters I wrote. Anyways, hope you enjoy. And as always: REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!

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In a secluded area of Jubban Park (after all, doesn't everything surrounding Chibiusa begin in Jubban Park?), a bright, multicolored light appears in the sky. Green, Blue, Red, and Pink all swirl together creating a sort of portal. The light grows brighter and brighter as the portal hits the ground, then disappears as quickly as it came.

Four children are left behind - one of which is all too familiar. Chibiusa, in full Senshi form, seems to lead the group. Behind her, three boys of about 12 dressed in full armor, look around stunned. The first is a black-haired boy with intense purple eyes that study and almost seem to interrogate his surroundings. His armor is fire red with the sign of Mars reflecting from the chest and a matching sword on his right side. A red cape is fastened to the back, and the sign on his forehead shows the mark of his royalty.

The second male child is slightly shorter than his teammate. His blue hair draws immediate attention giving less credit to his intelligent emerald- green eyes. He wears pale blue armor and a sword each inscribed with the sign of Mercury. A dark blue cape is fastened to the back, and the sign on his forehead shows the mark of his royalty.

The third male is an absurdly tall brown haired boy who looks closer to 14 or even 15 than his mere 13 years would suggest. Were his eyes open, they would be dark brown - deep and challenging and seemingly fearless. As it were, however, his eyes were closed overtaken by the black of unconsciousness.

A powerful oncoming attack had taken the last of his strength as he managed to protect the Small Lady, his princess, from its eminent doom. His armor was deep forest green and bore the sign of Jupiter across the chest. Like his friends, he too held a sword at his right side; however, unlike his friends, he also held a second sword fastened to his left. A long green cape attached to the back surrounded him in his resting place on the ground, and his brown hair all but covered up the green mark on his forehead, the sign of his royalty.

"Ok." The black-haired boy replies still a little stunned by the sudden way the Small Lady had managed to pull them from the midst of battle and into that strange warp . . . thing. He turns his gaze accusingly on the Princess of Earth. "Small Lady, what have you done this time?"

"I think I just saved your backside, Damien-chan." Chibimoon spits out in annoyance. (Using -chan as in insult not a sign of closeness.)

"Can it, Yam-head." Damien shoots back.

"Stop calling me that!!" While Damien and Chibimoon glare at each other beginning a sort of starring contest, the blue-haired boy pulls out a purple mini-computer and begins scanning the surroundings. "So, we're in the 20th century. Makes since . . ." He begins muttering to himself. Kneeling down by Triston, he begins scanning his friend.

Chibiusa gasps as if suddenly remembering about the unconscious member of the group. "Triston! Is he alright, Antiny?" She sits down on her knees next to Triston.

"He's hurt pretty bad . . . and he's unconscious, which is never a good thing." Chibimoon starts sniffling. Antiny ignores her continuing his evaluation. "He's got a nice size gash on his left side that needs to be looked at."

"But . . . but he's going to be ok. Right?"

"He's not going to die, if that's what you're asking." Antiny replies absently. He quickly types something into his computer. "If my calculations are correct, he should wake up in 5 to 15 minutes."

"That's all well and fine," Damien replies. "but I think we have more important things to deal with right now."

"Like what!?" Chibimoon snaps.

"Like a powerful aura approaching us at an unwelcoming speed."

"Huh?" Chibimoon jumps to her feet. "Where?" Damien points off in the direction of a large group of trees. Putting his computer away in his dimensional space pocket, Antiny rises to his feet as well.

Before long, a rustling in the trees confirms their suspicions. Damien and Antiny draw their respective swords stepping in front of Chibimoon who quickly got annoyed by the action. "Hey! You don't HAVE to stand in front of me. I can fight too you know!"

"What's your point?" Damien replied unmoved. Chibimoon glares at him.

"You're parents asked us to protect you." Antiny replied with all the firmness of a true guardian. "And that's what we're going to do, weather you like it or not."

As if on cue, the source of their worries choose that moment to make itself known. It was a strange-looking monster. A mixture of green, blue, and purple covered its tall and slender slug-like body. It held mostly feminine characteristics, but with monsters you can never be completely sure of gender.

Half-walking and half-slithering, the multi-colored slug-like creature laid its one eye upon the two guys and Senshi that stood before it. Why didn't they run like all the others? Did they dare challenge her? (We're assuming it's a her - he he) "Must . . . destroy. . .opponents."

Damien sweat-dropped. (anime-style) "Is it just me, or do these monsters keep getting stranger and stranger?"

Antiny groaned. "Why me?"

"MUST DESTORY OPPONENTS!! DESTROY! DESTROY!!" With one finally battle cry, the slug monster began running towards the group at break-neck speed leaving a trail of slime behind her.

"Let me take care of it!!" Chibimoon insisted. Forcing herself out from behind her two "guardians," She began her speech. "I don't know who you are . . . or what you are, but in the name of the future moon, I'll punish you!!" Behind her, Damien snickered. Putting her hand up to get her tiara, Chibiusa called out her newest attack phrase. "Moon Tiara, Magic!!" The little pink tiara flew through the air towards the slug-monster who looked at it curiously. She watched as it came closer and closer . . . and knocked her right in the head.

"Uhn." The monster grumbled rubbing her forehead. Chibimoon sweat-dropped. Damien cracked up, while Antiny bit his lip in a sincere effort not to. "Errr. You're going to pay for that!!" Taking advantage of the distraction, the slug-monster powered up her first attack - a huge slim ball - and heaved it at the three.

Damien, still wrung with laughter, didn't notice; nor did Chibimoon who was in the midst of screaming at him to stop. Only Antiny seemed to take any notice. Quickly deciding this to be a disgusting but weak attack, he jumped out of the way leaving his two hotheaded teammates to take the full front of the attack.

Chibimoon and Damien were still going at it, when the slime ball came down on top of them with a large "SPLAT!!" Chibimoon screamed. Damien quit laughing - fast.

"EWW!!!" Chibimoon wailed. "GROSS!!" Both she and Damien were now covered in slime.

"ANTINY!!!" Damien yelled angrily.

Facing away from them, Antiny let an unnoticed smirk cross his face before preparing for the monster's next attack. "Get it together, you two. The next attack won't be so innocent." Annoyed but deciding to put off killing his teammate until a later date, Damien turned his attention to the monster.

"You call this innocent!!" Chibimoon screamed indicating the slime she was covered in.

"YES!!" Damien yelled back at her. "Now, get out of the way and let the real soldiers take care of this."

"Real?! I am a real . . ."

Ignoring Chibimoon's antics, Antiny and Damien exchanged a knowing look. "You go that way. I'll go this way." Antiny explained. "We'll surround her." Damien nodded. While Antiny went to the right of the monster, he went to the left.

Confused, the less than bright monster tried unsuccessfully to watch both of them at once. When she watched Antiny, Damien moved closer. When she watched Damien, Antiny moved closer. The monster seemed at a loss for what to do.

"Hey, what about me!!" Chibimoon yelled suddenly realizing the others had left without her.

Looking up, the slug monster focused on the pink - haired Senshi right in front of her. She grinned. Now, there was an easy target. Running forewords away from the two boys, the monster powered up an energy attack and directed it at Chibimoon. "Waaahhh!!!" Chibimoon wailed trying to jump out of the way; but at such close proximity, she couldn't move fast enough. The attack hit her head on, throwing her back and knocking her unconscious.

"Small Lady!!" The three male voices cried out. (Author's note: wait a minute. Three voices? Yes, three voices.) The monster turned to face her last two opponents, but before she could something else caught her one- track attention span.

"Varrooom!!!" Was that a battle cry? Her curiosity getting the best of her, the slug monster forgot about her previous opponents and went off to find this new one.

Damien sweat-dropped. (anime-style) "Stranger and stranger." Sighing, they resheathed their swords and headed over to check on Chibimoon.

As they came closer, Damien and Antiny found a very weak Triston watching over the Small Lady. (now out of Senshi form) "Damn." He cursed himself. "If only I'd been able to protect her."

Antiny kneeled down next to them. "Are you two all right?"

Triston responded by glaring at his friend. "All right? She's unconscious; of course she's not all right!! Antiny no baka!!"

Antiny sighed. He could expect no less from his hotheaded friend. It was obvious Triston cared a lot about the young princess, but he'd sooner die than admit it outright. "Let, me see." Although he already knew she was fine and would wake up in an hour or so with nothing more than a headache from the impact, for his friend's benefit Antiny pulled out his mini- computer to do a scan.

"Um, guys." Damien spoke out sounding a bit worried. "We have more visitors."

Triston gave Small Lady another worried look, reluctant to leave her side. "I'll take care of her." Antiny tried to assure his friend. Triston studied him as if judging weather or not he was telling the truth. Antiny sighed. "I won't leave her side. Promise."

Satisfied, Triston stood up to join Damien. Looking ahead, he quickly saw what it was that worried his friend. Before them stood 5 Senshi - one they had never seen before and four they bore a frightening resemblance to the Sailor Guardian - and a man in a Tuxedo and a Mask.

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Attracted by a sudden wave of powerful energy, the five inner Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen found themselves - once again - wandering around Jubban Park after dark. "Can't they EVER come up with someplace original?" Venus grumbled.

"THAT would be a miracle." Jupiter replied rolling her eyes.

Coming into the more secluded easy end of the park, Mars led the group towards what felt like the source of the energy. "Are we there yet?" Sailor Moon whined.

"Just a min . . .uh, yeah." Sailor Mars came to an abrupt halt causing Sailor Moon to crash into her.

"MARS!!" Sailor Moon yelled. "What'd you do that for?" But Mars wasn't listening. Her eyes were fixed on the young boy standing a few feet away. The intense purple eyes, fire red armor, and the sign of Mars shining from his forehead all caught her immediate attention.

"Mars? Hello? Earth to Mars; come in Mars!!" Confused Sailor Moon looked up to see just what had caught Mars' attention. She gasped immediately seeing the problem. "Oh my . . . it's Chibiusa. She's hurt!!"

"Nani? Chibiusa?!" Making his way in front of the Senshi, Tuxedo Kamen starred in horror at the scene before him. Chibiusa - or Chibimoon in any rate - lay on the ground surrounded by three . . .GUYS?! - one of which had to be somewhere around 14. He narrowed his eyes in fury. Determined to figure out just what was going on, Tuxedo made his way towards the group of young males surrounding his future daughter.

Glaring at the approaching stranger, Triston stepped in front of Damien. "Let me handle this." He replied firmly as he walked up to meet Tuxedo Kamen. 'No one threatens my princess.' He thought angrily.

Tuxedo and Triston met up halfway. They stood a mere two feet apart. At such close proximity, Triston had to look up just to meet the 22 year old's gaze. Tuxedo glared at the young man; if looks could kill . . . but Triston remained unintimidated refusing to step down. It was Tuxedo who finally broke down.

Out of the corner of his eye, Tuxedo could still see Chibiusa lying there on the ground. He gritted his teeth as his paternal instincts beat his pride into submission. Breaking the gaze, he moved to go around the insolent pre-teen and help his daughter, but Triston would have none of it. When Tuxedo moved to the right, Triston sidestepped to the right. Wherever his opponent tried to pass, Triston insolently stood in his way. Tuxedo sent Triston a death-glare. "MOVE." He ordered sounding in all ways like his future self.

Triston readily returned the glare. Stepping back, he grasped hold of his two swords - his right hand grasped his left sword, while his left hand grasped his right sword. Pulling the twin swords simultaneously from their sheaths, he brought them forward crossing them in front of him. "If you want her so bad, you're going to have to go through me!!"

He stood rigidly awaiting his opponent's reaction. He'd just made a direct challenge. No matter what his intentions, no self-respecting (male) warrior would turn down such an obvious challenge. As he stood silently giving his opponent time to prepare for battle, he thought over his position; it wasn't a good one.

His gaze remained cool and collected hiding the obvious disadvantages he knew were against him. His look didn't change as he internally winced in remembrance of the large gash he'd taken to his left side during the battle in Crystal Tokyo. He knew he would have to pay particular attention not to reveal this disadvantage to his enemy.

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If looks could kill . . . if looks could kill . . . Focusing his energy, Tuxedo Kamen powered up, switching into his royal form. Triston had to shut his eyes at the bright golden light, which surrounded Tuxedo as he powered up. What exactly was he doing? Was this some stronger form of transformation? Tuxedo Kamen, now Endymion, drew his sword prepared to accept this insolent young man's challenge.

The all to familiar sound of a warrior's sword being drawn told Triston that it was time for battle. Gritting his teeth, he fought down the affects of just having returned from unconsciousness. A dim headache pressed at the edge of his mind and he had to concentrate hard to keep his eyes focused and avoid dizziness. Hmmm . . . wasn't there something vaguely familiar about the man he was about to fight? (Author's Note: consider the affects of severe blood loss.)

Prince Endymion stood back for only a second - long enough to size up his opponent. He wasn't that old, but the fact he was ambidextrous (and could therefore fight with two swords as opposed to one) was an advantage in itself. The young man was gritting his teeth in anger, and his eyes were narrowed with intense concentration. "He's probably preparing for battle." Endymion told himself.

Drawing his sword back, Endymion came in with his first assault on the young man who dared threaten his future daughter. Following his instincts, Triston was easily able to block the attack. Metal clashed against metal as the Prince of Earth fought the future Prince of Jupiter.

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From the sidelines, Antiny continued typing into his computer only now it wasn't the Small Lady he was focused on. "Beep." At the first reading, Antiny shook his head; he must have typed something in wrong. He tried again, this time typing in the RIGHT information. "Beep." There was no way this could be right. He had to try on last time to be sure. "Beep."

Antiny stared at the screen in shock. "Oh, shit." He could think of nothing else to say. A nervous look crossed his face.

Curiously, Damien looked back. "What's wrong, Antiny? Small Lady's not hurt is she?" The King of Earth wouldn't be very happy if she was.

"No." Antiny replied with a gulp. "But I have a feeling Triston is going to be." Damien gave him a strange look, but Antiny was pretending to be preoccupied taking care of Chibiusa. Sighing, he turned back to watch the fight.

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Metal against metal. Sword against sword. Prince against prince. Triston fought hard and proved himself to be extremely skilled with the sword. It came naturally to him - like walking, eating, or cooking. Trying to keep an eye on two swords was more difficult than the Prince of Earth would have liked to admit. Still, he was older and more experienced than his younger companion.

Metal against metal. Sword against sword. Endymion quickly realized his advantages despite Triston's sincere efforts to conceal them. The longer they fought, the weaker Triston's attack became. Soon, he was fighting almost completely in the offensive. The longer they fought, however, the stronger Endymion's attacks became. He was anxious to check on Chibiusa.

Metal against metal. Sword against sword. Triston was quickly losing steam. As his energy left him, it became harder and harder not to favor his left side. Endymion, being an experienced fighter, easily recognized the weakness in his opponents attack. It wasn't long before he knew exactly were it was Triston had been hit. Normally, he wouldn't respond to such an unfair advantage. He'd yet to actually hit Triston himself with the sword, though he'd had the opportunity.

Endymion began to aim towards Triston's right side, confusing him. Loss of blood was quickly taking its toll on the young warrior prince, and he easily fell into Endymion's trap. He was having trouble fighting against the force in his opponent's blows. Endymion brought his sword down swiftly; Triston had to use both of his swords and all his strength to hold Endymion back.

In a sudden swift movement, Endymion pulled back from the attack and aimed for Triston's left side. His aim was true; he hit his mark barely 2 or 3 inches from the previous cut. "Ayyieee!!!" Triston cried out despite himself. He grimaced as a sharp pain radiated throughout the entire left side of his body. The pain went through the nerves in his arm to his hand causing him to drop the sword from that hand.

Endymion held back hoping he would give in, not forcing him to do any further damage. He was angry - furious really - with the strange boy, but he had no intension of killing him without cause. Triston took a step back momentarily made dizzy by the returning pain. Suddenly, there were two Endymions, then one, then two again.

"Small Lady." He thought. "I have to protect Small Lady." Gritting his teeth, he tried desperately to shake of the remaining dizziness. He used his now free hand to steady his remaining sword. "I don't give up that easy." He replied through gritted teeth.

Endymion starred at him in disbelief. Did this kid have a death wish? Or did he just enjoy getting beaten into the ground? Why was he being so stubborn? Triston was able to throw about three attacks before dizziness uninvitingly returned. Each time, Endymion blocked the attack fighting the urge to return fire. It would've been too easy.

As he was preparing to make another attack, Triston was hit by a wave of darkness he couldn't fight. He had to shake his head blinking his eyes rapidly to keep his opponent from fading out. The dizziness hit him strong, and he suddenly found himself on the ground with his sword a few feet away.

Desperately, he made a last attempt to reach for his sword and pull himself back onto his feet. Before he could clear the grayness in front of his eyes, however, Endymion had his sword pointed directly at Triston's throat.

Triston gulped feeling the point that just barely touched his throat. He breathed heavily catching his breath. His eyes locked helplessly with his attacker's. Endymion glared at him hardly; when Triston made no attempt to get up, he looked back at the Senshi. "It's safe now." He told them. "Go get her."

Her? Her who? Small Lady?! He couldn't let the enemy take her. It was useless to fight; that was obviously, but he had to protect her. He struggled again to get up. His attacker was looking the other direction. Maybe he could . . .

No such chance. Turning back to his "opponent," Endymion gave a hard look pressing his sword back against Triston's throat. Triston gulped again, this time swallowing his pride. "Please, don't. "He pleaded. "Don't hurt Small Lady. I . . ." He tried desperately to fish through the ocean that was currently flooding his mind and find something that might change the enemies' mind. Endymion continued to glare at him unwavering. "Please, she's not that strong. I . . . take me instead. I'm . . . stronger . . . a better fighter. She's just a pampered princess." Triston gritted his teeth. His pleading obviously wasn't getting through. "Please . . ." He tried again.

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The Senshi - particularly Jupiter - had stared in awe as Prince Endymion fought the strange boy who refused to let anyone near Chibiusa. Having near actually seen Prince Endymion make extensive use of his sword, Sailor Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars watched him with interest. Jupiter, however, was lost in thought - trying to figure out why she had the sudden urge to throttle Prince Endymion. An image ran through her mind of using her Oak Evolution Attack to . . . best not to finish that thought. (^_^)

"It's safe now. Go get her." Endymion told them.

"Huh? Oh." Jupiter looked up realizing she had zoned out - big time. She was just about to wonder what had gotten into her when her eyes fell upon Endymion and Triston. Triston had a rather sick look on his face as he focused on the sword Endymion had pointed at his throat. Jupiter's heart rate doubled. "How dare he . . ."

"Aren't you coming Jupiter?" Venus questioned.

"Oh, right. Yeah, I'm coming." Forcing herself to look away from the scene of Triston and Endymion, she refocused her attention to Chibiusa. Chibiusa needed them now - better to think about that.

With Sailor Jupiter causing a holdup, Antiny had time to finish scanning over the Senshi with his computer and confirm his suspicions. The 5 Senshi - with Sailor Moon in the lead - went around Endymion and Triston coming towards Chibiusa, Damien, and Antiny. Damien gritted his teeth reaching for his sword as soon as they got what he felt was to close. The group stopped starring at him.

"Damien stop." Antiny replied coolly raising to his feet. Damien looked at him oddly. "We're in the 20th century, Damien. These are the past selves of the Sailor Guardians and Neo-Queen Serenity."

"Excuse me?" Damien quickly forgot about the sword. Antiny nodded.

Damien turned back to stare at Sailor Mars. "That means my mother's barely 6 years old than me." Damien replied out loud to no one In particular. "Gross." Antiny sweat dropped (Anime-style ^_^).

Sailor Moon ran to Chibiusa. "Chibiusa, Chibiusa are you alright?!" Mercury came over kneeling down next to Sailor Moon and Chibiusa.

"I'll bet she pulls out the computer." Damien muttered hiding a smirk.

Pulling out her . . . mini-data computer (^_^), Mercury did a quick scan over Chibiusa and breathed a sigh of relief. "She's fine; just unconscious. She should wake up . . ."

"in a couple of hours with a minor headache." Antiny finished for her. Mercury turned to stare at him. The sign on his forehead was a dead giveaway as to his identity. Antiny blushed at his future mother's stare and quickly found someplace else to focus his attention. He turned to Sailor Moon. "Your majesty?"

"Huh?" Sailor Moon looked up surprised.

"Well," He paused. "Since you seem to have everything under control here, perhaps I could go help my friend?"

"Oh, ok. Sure."

"Arigato, Majesty." Taking a deep breath, Antiny turned making his way towards Endymion and Triston. Hopefully, he could talk to Endymion-sama before Triston managed to get himself into even more trouble.

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Leaving the group, Antiny cautiously approached his future king and his friend. Endymion's patience was quickly wearing thin. Unconsciously, he inched the sword closer to Triston who barely found the energy to inch back away from it. "What do you want with Chibiusa?!"

Triston answered him with a look of annoyed exasperation. "I . . . know no Chibiusa." Endymion sighed in frustration. This interrogation was getting him nowhere - fast.

Antiny stood back silently studying the scene before him. Now would probably be a good time to interrupt. "Excuse me, majesty?" Endymion's gaze quickly focused on the newcomer. "Forgive me for the interruption, Your Majesty."

"Who are you?!" Endymion demanded to know.

Antiny bowed respectively. "I am Prince Antiny of future Mercury. My friend," He indicated the brown - haired boy at the end of the sword. "is Prince Triston of future Jupiter."

Endymion studied Antiny silently. He was calm and collected and only looked a couple of years older than Chibiusa. His aura, like that of a gently flowing stream, and his subtle respectful manner tended to have a calming affect on those around him.

"I apologize for the misunderstanding, but we just narrowly escaped a gruesome battle in Crystal Tokyo. Small Lady hadn't the time to share with us her destination when she used the Key of Time and Space to bring us here. I'm sure Triston must've mistook you for one of our enemies." Antiny paused looking down at his friend. "Triston was hurt protecting the Small Lady in battle before we arrived here. I fear the affects of severe blood loss are beginning to have a negative influence on him."

Triston breathed a sigh of relief when Endymion pulled his sword away from his throat returning it to its sheath. He wasn't really sure what Antiny had been babbling about, but drawing on his little remaining strength, he reached once again for his sword.

Quickly going to his friend side, Antiny stopped Triston from reaching the sword. "Triston. Triston, stop!!" Triston glared at him confusion mixed with annoyance. "Triston, you're hurt. The enemy's gone. The one you've been fighting is King Endymion."

"Nani?" Triston shook his head as if he hadn't heard correctly.

"King Endymion." Antiny repeated slowly. "You've been fighting King Endymion."

Finally, the message makes it from Triston's ears, through the ocean in his mind, and to his brain. A sick look crosses his face, and he looks back at Prince Endymion. "Your Majesty?" He asked disbelievingly. Endymion nodded. Triston gulps. "I. . .I. . .I. . .I. Gu . . . Gomen. Gomen nasi. I . . .Small Lady." He stammers. "Where's Small Lady?" Triston looks around desperately beginning to push himself up in an attempt to find his feet.

Kneeling down beside him, Endymion lays a firm hand on Triston's chest pushing him back down. Triston resists. "Calm down and quit fighting me." Endymion orders.

Reluctantly, he lies back down. "But, Small La . . ."

"She's fine. She's being taken care of."

"She's with the Sailor Guardians." Antiny points out.

Shutting his eyes, Triston takes a couple of slow deep breaths. When he opens his eyes again, he looks hopeful. "Did . . . Sailor Jupiter make it?"

"Hai. She's right here." He waves his hand towards the Senshi who were now standing almost directly behind him.

"Mama?" Triston asks trying to focus his eyes on her. Starring down at him unwavering, Jupiter loosens her grip on Chibiusa. Sailor Moon takes Chibiusa into her arms, and Jupiter comes closer kneeling down behind Triston. Smiling weakly, he points his finger towards her forehead. He remains unwavering as her tiara disappears and the sign of Jupiter appears. Still starring at him, she sits down to where she is cross-legged.

An image passes in front of her. It is a tall man - taller than herself - with brown hair and deep brown eyes. He is well built and smiles fondly at her. "Mako-chan." He whispers. "My Mako-chan."

As the image slowly fades out, Jupiter finds herself starring down into her future son's trusting, but tired, brown eyes. Lying his head down in her lap, he shuts his eyes, finally able to return to peaceful unconsciousness.

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