Sailor Moon NeoStars: What The Future Holds

Chapter 6: To the Beach, Minna

Author's Notes: I DID IT!! YAAA!!! I have finally managed to finish a story that I started. The next chapter will be the last chapter of "Sailor Moon NeoStars: What The Future Holds." I hope you have enjoyed reading it. For all you Minako fans out there do not worry. I have something extra special planned for her in the next chapter. And Of Course, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!!!!

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For those of you who want to know more about the little girl Haruka and Michiru saw, be looking for the 2nd story in the NeoStars series "The Outers Meet Their Match."

For those of you who want to know more about the men Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako end up with and how they meet, be looking for "Sailor Moon NeoStars: A Knight To Remember."

If anyone happened to be curious about the man Sailor Saturn / Hotaru married AKA Terrance AKA Endymion's little brother, you will want to keep an eye out for "Sailor Moon NeoStars: Blast From The Past."

A summary of each of these stories will be published at the end of Chapter 7 if you are interested. So, tell me what you think, ok?

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At the Aino house, Aino Minako sat on the couch boredly flipping through old Sailor V comic books. Minako sighed. The other girls were all with their future kids probably finding all about their future lovers and here she was with no clues whatsoever. Life was soooo unfair!! "Briiing!!"

"Minako, it's for you!" Minako's father called. "It's Usagi."

"Coming." Walking into the kitchen, Minako took the phone from her father. "Hey, Usagi-chan. What's happening?"

"Minako, how would you like to go to the beach?"

"Nani?"

"I already called Rei and Damien and Ami and Antiny and they're all coming. You are coming, hai?"

Minako thought about it. Of all places, the beach was the best place of all to pick up hot guys. "Hai! Hai! When are we going?"

"Tomorrow. Don't forget your bathing suit." With that, Usagi hung up leaving Minako in a panic trying to figure out which bathing suit to where.

"Ok. You are off. Now, give me the phone." Chibiusa demanded of Usagi.

Usagi grinned teasingly. "Why do you want to call Makoto so bad?" She asked. "Is it because you want to talk to Triston?"

"Usagi!! Give me the phone!!"

"Get it yourself."

Chibiusa growled. Snatching the phone up off the hook, she began dialed in Makoto's number. After a moment, a deep voice came in from the other side. "Hello. Makoto's busy. This is Triston. Can I take a message?"

Chibiusa grinned a slight blush creeping up her cheeks. "Hello, Triston?"

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"Minna!!" Usagi called out excitedly running up the steps to the Hikawa Shrine with Chibiusa so her heels. Everyone was there. Ami, Rei, and Makoto stood in a group discussing the little knowledge they'd picked up on their future husbands. Minako listened to them hoping to pick up tidbits about her own future husband, but stood slightly aloof form the group. She couldn't help but be a little jealous. Off to the side, Antiny, Triston, and Damien form a private group of their own.

Smiling, Usagi ran over to join her friends. Chibiusa stopped at the top of the stairs frowning. "Where's Hotaru?" She questioned.

"Don't worry, Chibiusa-chan." Rei told her. "Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru are going to meet us there later. They had some errands to finish first."

"Oh." She replied disappointed. "Ok."

*Honk. Honk*

"That must be Mamo-chan!!" Usagi squealed with delight.

"It is about time." Rei commented. "He's obviously been hanging around with Usagi to long. Usagi glared at her.

"So, let's go!" Minako chirruped happily. "Who knows? Maybe our future husbands will be there!!"

"Hai!" Rei, Ami, and Makoto agreed. The three boys exchanged looks. Damien rolled his eyes.

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"We're here!"

"Someone get the cooler."

"Watch it Yam-head!"

"Don't call me that!!"

"Minako, be careful!"

"ACK!!!"

After about 15 minutes of utter chaos, the 4 inner Senshi, Mamoru, Chibiusa, and the boys had managed to set up their stuff on the beach. "So, that's done. Now what?" Antiny questioned.

Damien took in a deep breath of hot summer air. "I can not say for the rest of you, but I am heading for the water. "Pulling off his shirt, he tossed it down in the general direction of Rei's stuff.

"Sounds good to me." Triston agreed. "Wait a second." Promptly, he stripped down into his swim trunks fully revealing his abs, which were just starting to become defined from all the training he had done with his father. From the side, Chibiusa stared wide-eyed.

"So, are you coming or what?" Damien asked impatiently.

Triston grinned. Last one there is a Negascum!!" With a word of warning, he took off running towards the water.

"Hey! You cheater!!" Damien quickly ran after his long-legged friend. "Triston no baka!"

Chibiusa stayed rooted to her spot starring after the two older boys as they headed for the water. The older girls silenced each other as Antiny winked at them and began to sneak up behind her. Walking up behind Chibiusa, he whispered into her ear. "Are you drooling, Princess?"

Chibiusa nearly jumped out of her skin spinning around to face him. The girls as well as Antiny cracked up. "Antiny! I was NOT drooling!!" This, of course, only caused them to laugh even harder.

Chibiusa blushed a deep crimson red and began looking for a way out. "Mamo- chan!!" She whined at her future father. "Can we go get ice cream?"

"Sure, Chibiusa-chan. Come on." Both father and daughter let out a sigh of relief. Chibiusa was glad to get away from the teasing, and Mamoru wasn't quite ready yet to face his future daughter's newfound interest in her male peers.

As the father/daughter pair left together, the laughter slowly died down. Antiny wiped at his forehead glancing down at the water where Triston and Damien were. A dip didn't sound like such a bad idea in weather like this. "I will catch up with you later, Ami-chan." Antiny replied while in the process of removing his shirt. "If it is alright, I am going to join Triston and Damien."

"Sure, ok." Antiny grinned at his future mother and headed for the water.

"So, now what?" Usagi questioned as Antiny made his way away from them.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to drop in on those cute guys at the volleyball net.

"Cute, where?!" Rei and Makoto squeaked eagerly looking around. "Oh, they are cute."

"So, what are we waiting for?" Minako replied. Taking one last look over her revealing two piece bikini, (What other kind is there?) she ran off towards the net with Rei, Ami, and Makoto at her heals.

"Hey, wait for me!!" Usagi cried. " I wanna play too!"

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Meanwhile in a somewhat secluded area of the beach, Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn (about 12 years) stand together searching the area. "Are you sure this is where you felt the energy coming from?" Saturn queried her adoptive parents.

"Hmm. Yes. The sea is definitely stronger here."

"Destroy, destroy, destroy . . ."

"Do you hear that?"

"DESTROY!!"

"There!" Saturn pointed.

There, coming towards them on the beach, was an extremely ugly looking slug – like monster. Spotting the trio, the monster stopped cocking its head curiously. "Opponent?"

"Uranus World Shaking!!"

"ACK!!" The monster screeched barely dodging Uranus' attack. "Enemy! Enemy!!" She cried out turning tail to speed off in the other direction.

Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn all sweat dropped (Anime – style!! ^_^). "Mama, Papa, are you sure that thing is even worth destroying?"

Uranus sighed. "Might as well 'warn' the inner senshi." She replied with a roll of her eyes.

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"Oft." Usagi groaned as she did a face plant in the sand for about the third time that day. "Beep. Beep!" Usagi looked up. "Huh?" Getting up, she made her way to the sidelines and pressed a yellow button on her communicator.

"Hey, kitten. There is something – strange – headed your way."

"Nani"?" Usagi looked up. There, at the edge of the beach was one of the ugliest looking slug monsters she had even laid eyes on. "Uh, guys?" She called out to her friends.

Obviously, though, she wasn't the only one surprised. "AH! MONSTER!! HELP!!!"

The four inner senshi looked up. The guys they had been playing with had already fled with the rest of the beach goers. "EW!" Minako exclaimed. "What IS that?"

"That is the thing that attacked us when we first got here." Antiny told them.

"So, what are we waiting for?" Makoto cracked her knuckles.

"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER!"

"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MARS CRYSTAL POWER!"

"MOON ETERNAL POWER!"

MAKE UP!!"

The three boys each reached for something inside their sub-space pockets and pulled out a crystal – each in their own planetary color. Grasping their crystals tightly in their hands, they concentrated their energy powering up into their armor.

"Hey, wait for me! MOON TERRIAN POWER, MAKE UP!!" Chibiusa powered up while running up from the ice cream bar.

Attracted by the show of lights, the monster turned to stare at the group. She recognized the children from the previous night immediately. "My opponent!!" She declared looking to Sailor Terramoon. The guys instinctively moved to protect her.

"Wait." Damien, Antiny, and Triston turned to see Prince Endymion standing behind them. "Let her do this." Antiny turned to watch the senshi and relaxed. He had seen them annihilate worse than that. Damien was skeptical as to Small Lady's ability to fight but figured worse come to worse – and it WOULD come to worse – the senshi would protect her from harm.

Triston gritted his teeth as an image of Small Lady lying unconscious ran through his mind. He began moving toward her until Endymion placed a firm hand on his shoulder. Triston tried to pull away. "We are supposed to protect her."

"She will be fine."

"But –"

"NO." Reluctantly, Triston stayed back – but only because Prince Endymion was holding tightly onto his arm. Worry etched across his face.

"MUST DESTROY OPPONANTS!!" The monster declared preparing her attack.

"I will take care of it!!" Terramoon declared.

Damien smirked. "Oh. This should be good." Triston tried once again to escape Endymion who refused to let him go.

Taking the tiara from her head, Terramoon called out. "MOON TIARA MAGIC!!" The slug monster laughed at her. Throwing out a powerful energy attack, she destroyed the tiara easily.

Damien fought the urge to laugh. Triston groaned. "Err. This is ridiculous." He turned to look at Endymion. "She is going to get herself killed."

"Not likely." He answered unconcerned. "The Senshi have not fought a monster that weak since Beryl." (Author's Notes: Think how much stronger they have gotten since the 1st series.)

"Alright, I am taking care of this." Sailor Venus replied. "VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY– "

"Venus don't!" Sailor Moon cried out. "Just distract it."

"Nani?" Venus turned to stare at her. "Why? I could destroy that thing in one blast!"

"Just distract it!!" The Senshi started with surprise. Their leader never took charge like that. Ignoring the stares of her fellow senshi, Sailor Moon looked down at her future daughter. "Terramoon, look at me."

"Huh?" Terramoon, who was quite embarrassed at not being able to use the tiara correctly, looked up at Sailor Moon. The tiara had been Sailor Moon's first attack. It should have been easy to master.

"Hey. Contrary to popular belief," Moon gave Mars a dirty look. "the tiara is not an easy attack to master."

"What am I doing wrong?" Terramoon asked quietly. 'I can not believe I just asked clumsy Usagi to help me with my powers.'

"You need to hold on to the tiara longer. You aren't giving him it time to power up."

"Destroy Opponent!!" The monster declared becoming impatient.

"VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN ENCIRCLE!!" Aiming for the monster, Venus trapped the monster with the chain.

"Alright." Sailor Moon told Terramoon. "It's trapped. Now, destroy it."

Terramoon nodded. Grabbing the tiara from her head, she held it out in front of her. "MOON TIARA MAGIC!!" Letting go, she aimed her tiara at the monster.

"WAAAAHHH!!!! REFRESH!!" The monster cried out as it was destroyed. (Author's Notes: Sorry. I just love it when they say that. Hehe ^_^)

Damien and Antiny stared dumbstruck. Triston took a deep breath relaxing and Endymion finally let go of his arm. "Maybe she's not such a kid after all." He murmured.

Damien and Antiny exchanged looks. "Would you talk to her already?" Damien replied rolling his eyes.

"Come on. You know she has the biggest crush on you." Antiny put in with a grin.

Triston blushed. Damien and Antiny grinned mischievously. "Oh, alright." Triston relented.

'WOW! I can not believe I actually destroyed it by myself.' Terramoon grinned happily.

"Small Lady." Terramoon turned around finding herself face – to – face with her #1 crush. A small blush crept up into her cheeks. Triston paused unsure of how to continue. The Senshi were silent all watching the pair. "Well, It looks like you finally got the hang of your tiara."

Terramoon AKA Small Lady AKA Chibiusa blushed a deeper shade of red. "Yeah, I guess so."

"Good Job."

Terramoon looked up at him. "You think so?"

Triston grinned mischievously his pride getting the better of him. "Of course. You finally decided to act like a Senshi and not a scared bunny rabbit." From the side, Damien laughed encouraging Triston to go on. Triston smirked. "Maybe one of these days you will be a real lady."

Damien smirked. "Yeah, like that is ever going to happen. Come on, Triston. I bet I can beat your ass in a sword fight."

Turning around, Triston ran after his two friends. "In your dreams! I will take you both on!!"

For a minute, Terramoon just stood there starring. In his own way, she knew his sarcastic remarks were – in their own way – meant to be complements. At least, that was as close as he would come to complementing her as long as Damien was around. She sighed.

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Later that night, nine girls and four guys sat upon the beach watching the sun go down. Mamoru and Usagi were locked in a passionate kiss. Haruka and Michiru sat side-by-side enjoying the sound of the sea and the gentle wind blowing across the beach. Ami, Makoto, and Rei were each lost in their own little world daydreaming about their future husbands. Minako watched them and sighed wishing someone would give her a clue about HER future lover.

Damien and Antiny sat nearby watching the past versions of their mothers and discussing a variety of topics. From a spot near to her parents, Hotaru looked out at the edge of the water where Chibiusa and Triston had cleverly managed to escape to as soon as everyone else was occupied.

Triston was dressed in a pair of green swim trunks while Chibiusa wore a kid-sized bikini. Lying back on the sand, Triston watched Small Lady as she absently splashed her feet in the ocean water. Noticing his intense stare, Small Lady blushed and immediately stopped.

Triston grinned. "Do not stop your play on my account, Princess."

Chibiusa smiled happily. "The sunset is beautiful is it not?" She questioned lying down next to him. He breathed easily nodding his agreement. "Triston?"

"Hmm?"

"I – well – " She blushed. "I never got a chance to thank you for saving me back in Crystal Tokyo."

Triston smiled gently at her. "I will always protect you, my princess." He whispered to her.

Small Lady absently laid her head in the crook of Triston arm. "I know."

The two grew silent unable to find the right words to express their newfound feelings for each other. As they relaxed listening to the sounds of the beach, they slowly drifted into an easy sleep.

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