Sailor Moon NeoStars: What The Future Holds

Chapter 4: My Future; My Son (Part 2: Makoto and Triston)

After leaving Mamoru's apartment, Triston followed Makoto down the sidewalk. For about five minutes the two walked in complete silence. Triston turned to look at his future mother. She sure was a lot different than his mother in the future - not nearly as overprotective. "So, where are we headed?" He asked finally.

"Umm - I'm not sure. Does Tokyo Park sound alright?"

"A park - as in the one we were in last night?"

"Yeah, that's the one."

Triston shrugged nonchalantly. "Sure. Ok." Running out of things to say, Triston began to watch the scenery unfold around him. Everything here was so primitive. He watched as a "modern-day" car drove by; the only place he'd ever find on of those in Crystal Tokyo would be in an antique shop.

Makoto watched her future son curiously. There were a million questions she'd love to ask him, but was having the hardest time finding suitable words. "So, Triston, um." Triston looked back at her raising his eyebrows curiously. "How come your mother's so, umm -?"

"Overprotective?" Triston finished for her. Makoto nodded.

Triston thought it over. "Father says it is because Mama is afraid I will get killed again, and Queen Serenity-sama won't be able to revive me in time."

"Again?" Makoto asked with surprised. "When was the last time?"

"I don't remember the first time, but the last time was during the Dark Moon Attack." Makoto listened with interest.

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Inside the Conference Room within the Royal Castle at Crystal Tokyo, the Sailor Guardians, Serenity, Endymion, and the four head generals of the kingdom are holding an important meeting concerning the latest Nemesis threat. While the adults all sit around a large conference table, Princess Lita of Jupiter sits in a window seat nearby looking out at window at the three boys - Triston, her older brother, Damien, and Antiny - playing in the garden below.

She wondered silently where Small Lady might be. She had last seen her running off after being scolded by one of the maids for breaking a vase. Oh, well. She let the thought run to the back of her mind. After all, there were more important things to worry about right now, like Nemesis for example. What was Prince Diamond after anyway? It seemed he was all the adults talked about these days.

Sighing, Lita let her eyes wander up to the sky. She gasped. It was the middle of the afternoon, but the sky had suddenly turned black. "Mama, what are those?"

Jupiter as well as a tall brown-haired General looked up from the table. "Lita." The General warned. "You promised you would stay quiet if we let you stay in here."

"Gomen nasi, Papa. But, the spaceships."

The Senshi and Generals looked up. "What spaceships?" Jupiter inquired of her daughter. Getting up from the Conference Table, she headed over to the window followed by the rest of the Senshi. "Oh my goodness!!" The sky was dark and stormy. What looked like a million ships hovered above the city - CRASH! - and they were beginning their attack on the city of Crystal Tokyo.

Lita starred at the whole scene in shock and was glad at that very moment she was safe behind the castle walls. The slamming of a heavy door caught her attention. Getting to her feet, she ran after her parents. This was one storm she didn't want to be alone for.

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"You have a sister?" Makoto inquired.

"Hai. My Otoota-chan, Lita." Triston explained. "You know she saw you when you fought Emerald in our time."

"Really? Where was she? We only saw King Endymion."

Triston shrugged. "Her room, I suppose. I do not know, really. I was dead, remember?"

"Oh, right. So, what happened?"

"Poison gas."

"Poison gas?"

"Hai." Triston and Makoto stopped, turning to face each other. By this time, they found themselves in an open area of Tokyo Park. Triston grinned. "This place reminds me of the practice field where Lita and I have martial arts matches." Silently, Triston wondered what it would be like to challenge his mother in a martial arts match. "Think you could take me?"

"In Martial Arts? No problem."

"Prove it." Triston grinned again daringly. Makoto found herself growing more and more comfortable with her future son. Maybe being a mother wouldn't be so bad. As the match commenced, Triston continued his account of Nemesis' attack.

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The Guardians and Generals raced into the control room along with Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion. King Endymion, Mercury, and a blonde-haired general named Nicholas, manned the main computer database scanning the city. Lita followed soon after choosing a place near to her mother and strategically out of the way. She had learned quickly, if she stayed quietly out of the way, she could sit on the majority of the meetings of her mother and the other Senshi.

"Where are the Outers?" Venus inquired. "Are they planning to help us, or not?"

"Uranus and Neptune are in Tokyo somewhere, and Saturn and Pluto can not help us with this battle." Serenity explained.

"So, what are we standing around here for?" Mars yelled. "We should be out there fighting!" Jupiter and Venus nodded their agreement.

"No, wait!" Nicholas yelled. "First, scan that cloud the Nemesis' ships are covering Crystal Tokyo with." Endymion scanned over the city. People were falling like flies.

Mercury turned back to the computer. "Oh, my goodness!" She yelled with surprise.

"Nani?" Everyone asked.

"It's poisoned gas!!"

Right at that moment, a door slammed open startling everyone in the room. Damien ran into the room, making a V-line for Sailor Mars. "Mama, Mama we're under attack!!"

Sailor Mars held her son protectively in her arms. "We know that, Damien. The Guardians are already on it."

A blue-haired General watched the boy inquisitively. "Damien, where are Triston and Antiny? Did they come in with you?" Mercury, Makoto, and Tezuku (Triston wouldn't have used his name, but we met him in the last chapter so it's easier to use the name.) turned to listen as well.

"They are still outside."

Four loud gasps could be heard in the room. Mercury turned to her husband, but he was already on his way on the door followed by Tezuku and Sailor Jupiter. Gritting her teeth, Mercury turned back to the screen focusing on the area where the boy had previously been playing. As much as she wanted to help, she had a job to do. Her husband would take care of Antiny. She was sure of it.

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Tezuku and the blue-haired General, having been closer to the door, reached the door to the gardens first. The blue-haired General quickly spotted his son, Antiny, huddled under a tree nearby holding his breath. He looked as if he was about to pass out from lack of oxygen, but he knew breathing in the strange gas could be lethal. Pausing only long enough to take a deep breath, Antiny's father ran out after him. Tezuku paused for a moment in the doorway vainly attempting to locate his son in the fog created by the poison smoke cloud.

Guardian Jupiter followed soon after the men. She didn't slow down for a moment and would have run directly outside had her husband not have stopped her. "Let go of me, Tezuku! We have to find Triston!!"

"I will find Triston." He told her firmly. "You know as well as I do, you can not afford to bail out of this battle. Serenity is going to need you, besides I run faster than you do." With that, Tezuku took a deep breath running out into the fog.

Soon after, Antiny and his father made it back into the building. "Are you alright, son?"

Antiny took deep gasping breaths. "I - I . . . ok." He gasped. "Just . . . air." He continued to gasp.

"Take deep breaths." His father coached him. "You will hyperventilate otherwise. Did you breath in any of the gas?"

Antiny shock his head, no. "I held my breath."

"I can see that. Come on. Your mother will want to know that you are ok." The two left to see Mercury, while Jupiter stayed looking worriedly out into the fog after her son and husband.

More than five minutes later, Tezuku came running in with Triston in his arms. Tezuku breathed heavily holding tightly onto Triston who lay limply in his father's arms. "Oh, no. Triston!! Is he alright?"

"I do not know." Tezuku replied. "He breathed in some of the gas before I got to him." Jupiter's eyes filled with tears threatened to escape.

"Come on. He needs to lay down." 201 4024

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Triston's parents laid him down on the bed in his room. Tezuku covered him up with blankets and sheets. Makoto sat on the bed starring despairingly down at her son. She'd almost lost him when he was an infant, and now - Tezuku knelt beside the bed taking his wife's hand. She squeezed his hand, but couldn't find comfort in it. Triston looked as if he were sleeping. Perhaps he was, but there was no way to be sure. What if he never woke up?

"Jupiter, we need your help!" Venus' voice called from the door. "Small Lady has disappeared."

"So." Jupiter answered not taking her eyes off her son.

"Serenity is going outside to look for her. You have to help us talk some sense into her."

"I will keep an eyes on him." Tezuku whispered to her. She looked down at him. His eyes were tired as if he were fighting to stay awake. Her eyes filled up with tears. "Serenity needs you." She nodded. Getting up, she followed Venus out the door. Before she left, however, she looked back once. Tezuku had laid his head down on the bed. From this angle, it seemed he might only be sleeping. (Author's Notes: Remember. I said Tezuku was outside in the poison cloud for over 5 minutes? Think about it.)

Reluctantly, she ran after Venus. She knew what happened next. They would not get there in time to stop Serenity. She would be hit by the Poison Gas, and they would have to encase her body in crystal in order to protect her. Small Lady would go to the 20th century after the Silver Crystal, and the inner planetary Senshi would draw on their planet powers to protect the Crystal Palace like human batteries. She knew Small Lady would be all right, but would her own son live to see Crystal Tokyo return to life?

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Triston's stomach growled. He blushed red. "I am starting to sound just like Small Lady. Papa says its another growth spurt - just what I need. I already look two years older than I actually am." \ Makoto laughed. "It runs in the family I guess. Come on. We can get something to eat at my house." The Martial Arts match was quickly forgotten at the prospect of food. Makoto and Triston began making their way slowly in the direction of Makoto's apartment. "So, Triston." Makoto began after a minute. "I have another question."

"Nani?"

"You like Chibiusa, don't you?"

"Um . . . Chibiusa who?" Triston grinned.

"Small Lady."

"Oh, that Chibiusa. " Triston laughed nervously. "Well, I -"

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Author's Notes - I think I'll stop there. Chapter 4: Part 3 will follow Rei and Damien. Hope you enjoy it. As always REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!! Drop me a line!! What I really like to read are the slightly longer reviews - LOL - but anything is better than nothing. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!! Ja'ne!!