Hey there! Sorry it took so long for the update (4 whole days - -") but I have been extremely busy the past few days…behind in hw trying to move into my new room…not to mention my comp is on the fritz…o well. Here is your new chapter! Enjoy

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon (but I want to…someday - . -)

Ch.5: Welcome Back Pluto Knight!

Hikawa Shrine-Chamber of the Sacred Fire:

Everyone was gathered around the fire. "So what happened Seth? How did you escape the attack?" Michiru and Haruka were still a little untrusting of Seth, but for Setsuna's sake tried to be polite. Unknown to them Setsuna still had her own doubts as well.

"Serenity knew we were fighting a losing battle. So she told me to go to the gates and stay there with Sailor Pluto. But she wasn't there when I got there."

Setsuna looked at him with a confused expression. "I left the gates only for a moment. To help with the fight. Serenity found me and sent me back."

Seth considered for a moment. "She did tell me that you came to help with the fight and that she sent you back. When I got there I looked around but you were gone. I figured that you had gone off into time space so I went looking for you."

Setsuna looked like she was deep in thought. "When I went back to the gates I had laid down on the ground, I was so sad. Wait....someone did enter the gates, but I was so depressed I didn't try to stop them. It might have been you." The other girls all stared at them. None of them had ever heard of Sailor Pluto letting someone past the gates alive except for Rini and themselves.

Rini climbed over everyone and onto Setsuna's lap. "I'm just glad I have my best friend back. Oh Puu I missed you so much." Rini hugged Setsuna tightly.

Setsuna smiled and hugged her back. "I missed you as well Small Lady. I'm sorry I had to be so hard on you, but it was for your own good." She and Rini held each other in a tight hug for a long time.

Seth stared at them for a few moments. They treated each other like family. Rini treated Setsuna like a mom and Setsuna treated her like a daughter. He inwardly smiled at the thought of how Setsuna would be a good mother one day. He had to smile outwardly at the happiness that they brought each other.

"Well I had better get going if I wanna be on time for work." Seth stood up gave Setsuna a kiss and headed for the door waving goodbye. He looked back at Setsuna one more time and smiled. He was so happy to have her back with him. He promised himself that this time wouldn't leave her for anything in the world.

Setsuna watched as Seth left, and sighed. Everyone was watching her as she started to blush. She smiled sheepishly. Setsuna stood up and gestured to her friends to do the same. After they stood up Setsuna hugged all of them and gave Serena an extra big hug. "Thank all of you for accepting him. It means so much to me that all of you like him." She smiled a very friendly smile that none of them except Rini were used to seeing. "I must return to the gates for now. I'll return in three days if I can." Rini gave her a big hug and everyone watched as she took out her henshin pen.

"PLUTO PLANET POWER!"A mist of ice and hail surrounded Setsuna and where she once stood was Sailor Pluto.

"We'll see you in three days Sailor Pluto. Ok?" Serena walked over to Sailor Pluto and smiled.

"I will do my best to be back in the three days. See you then everyone." With that Sailor Pluto held up her Garnet Staff and disappeared. Rini smiled. She had her best friend back and to top that she was so much happier than she used to be.

From the shadows a figure watched the girls saying goodbye to Sailor Pluto. She smiled. Pluto trusted her knight so much it would hurt her a great amount if he were to betray her right after she had begun to trust him again. "Hehehehe! You have just sealed your fate Sailor Pluto. You are about to have the most traumatic experience ever!" General Sia smiled wickedly to herself. She was going to capture Sailor Pluto and be rewarded by King Daios. She grinned brightly and disappeared, she was going to need a lot of power if she was going to pull this off. But it was going to take four days at least to get everything she needed for her plan.......

Gates of Time the third day (not that time really passes at the gates):

Sailor Pluto stood poised, ready for anything. She smiled and began to daydream of being held by Pluto Knight. She was snapped back to reality by a tugging at her waist. She had reacted instantly by pointing her staff at the point of the tugging and saying her lines. "These gates are off limits to any who are unworthy and you are unworthy! Now prepare to be destroyed!"

She looked down and realized where the tugging had come from. She was looking down at the frightened form of Rini holding her Luna-P ball. "Oh! Small Lady I'm sorry. You caught me off guard." The small girl had tears in her eyes. Sailor Pluto knelt down and drew the child in a hug and held her till she stopped crying. "Are you ok Small Lady?"

Rini nodded and looked into the face of her friend. "I came to get you, it's been three days Puu." Sailor Pluto checked her watch. But if you looked closely you would notice that it showed a date not time and it could be changed to any year and it would show the date and time for that years present, past or future, depending on what you had it set for. (the fourth dimension is pretty screwy ain't it? '.' but back to the story...) Sailor Pluto put her Chrono-Watch back in her pocket.

"I'm sorry Small Lady I must have lost track of time (no pun intended, plz dun hurt me i dun like puns either ")." Sailor Pluto detransformed and once again became Setsuna.

"Seth has been waiting for you to come back. He wanted to meet you but he had to work so he said he will see you tomorrow. Can we go home now Puu?" Setsuna took the child's hand and the two of them went through the gates to 20th century Tokyo.

Haruka and Michiru's apartment that night:

Setsuna was settling into her bed after a nice dinner and cup of green tea. She smiled and took the bun out of her hair. It was a beautiful night out and she was looking forward to the next day. She got out of bed and walked out onto the balcony. The stars were so beautiful tonight. Setsuna smiled and sat down in the chair that was always on the balcony. It was late and Setsuna was getting sleepy, but it was just so nice out...she wasn't ready to fall asleep yet....

Dream:

Setsuna was at the gates in her Senshi uniform. She didn't know why she was there, she remembered coming back to the 20th century with Rini. "Is anyone there? Hello?" Sailor Pluto turned around and there was Pluto Knight. "Oh Pluto Knight! Why are we here? I thought we were in Tokyo."

Pluto Knight just stared at her, then he reached out and pulled her into a hug. It was so sweet and warming. "I missed you so much my princess. I won't ever let you go again." Sailor Pluto was a little shocked, but she was happy at the same time. They held each other for what felt like only a few seconds then something strange happened. A force came between them and ripped them apart.

Sailor Pluto yelled at the top of her lungs. "NOOO!" She was struck from behind with something, she couldn't tell what it was. When she hit the ground it knocked the wind out of her. "Uhhhh. What...was...that?" Sailor Pluto tried to roll over but something stopped her.

When she looked forward she saw a blade. It was the blade from a sword. The blade was lifted and she then felt it thrust into her back and through her heart. She just knew she was going to die. The blade looked so familiar but she couldn't focus on it, her body was too weak and her mind to tired to concentrate. The blade lifted up and Sailor Pluto felt it driven into her back again. "AHHHH! STOP! Please….please....stop...."

Seth sat straight up in his bed. It had been such a strange dream. He watched it all as a third person, he cringed when he saw the face of the attacker, that was what had awoken him. He started to worry about Setsuna. "Oh Setsuna I hope your ok...." Little did he know that across town Setsuna had had the exact same dream....

Setsuna screamed. "NOOO!" She opened her eyes she was covered in cold sweat. Her breathing was faster than normal. She realized that she was still in the chair on her balcony.

The door to her room burst open and Haruka and Michiru ran over to her. "Setsuna are you ok?" Michiru put her hand on Setsuna's shoulder.

Setsuna held her chest while tears streamed down her cheeks. "I....I...I'm...fine.."

Haruka stared at her. Setsuna was one of the few friends that she had. "I don't believe you." Michiru and Setsuna turned to look at Haruka.

Michiru looked her in the eyes. "What? Haruka how can you be so mean?"

Haruka stared down at Setsuna. They had to know. "Setsuna how can you say that you're fine? What about the moans and sobbing the other morning? I heard you, it was about 6:00 in the morning!" Michiru stood between them. She looked at Haruka then at Setsuna. Setsuna had more tears running down her face. "I heard you the other morning Setsuna so please tell us what's wrong so we can help." Haruka's expression softened. "We can't help if you won't tell us what's wrong."

Setsuna stood up and looked at her friends. "I'm sorry. I should have told you both last time." Setsuna chanced a glance at the clock it was 3:00 in the morning. "I have been having disturbing dreams at night. I didn't want to worry you. I'm sor..." Setsuna stopped as a bright red light started to shine from her side table drawer.

The light began to pulse. Setsuna went to the drawer and took out her henshin pen. It was emitting a signal light to get her attention. Haruka and Michiru were staring at her. Setsuna's face had gone from being soft and sad to being hard and worried. "Something is wrong. Someone has opened the gates from the inside."

Michiru watched Setsuna for a moment. "Only two people can do that, you and Pluto Knight." Setsuna's face became even more worried.

"I need to go to the gates. If I don't contact you within a half hour get the other scouts and send Small Lady back to the 30th century ok?" Setsuna turned to her friends who nodded. "Thank you." The three of them took out their henshin pens and held them in the air.

"PLUTO PLANET POWER!" Setsuna was encased in a swirling mist of ice and hail, where she once stood was now Sailor Pluto.

"NEPTUNE PLANET POWER!" Michiru was surrounded by a wall of rushing water and mist, where she once stood was now Sailor Neptune.

"URANUS PLANET POWER!" Haruka was surrounded by a wall of dirt and stone, where she once stood was now Sailor Uranus.

The three of them nodded to each other and took off. Sailors Neptune and Uranus leapt out the window and headed for the other scouts homes. Sailor Pluto watched for only a second then disappeared.

From the shadows General Sia watched the panic she had caused. It was beautiful. She smiled and disappeared. Sia had to get back to the gates to watch her brilliant plan take place.

The Gates of Time:

Sailor Pluto appeared in front of the gates. As she had suspected they were wide open. She looked around for whoever did it. Her attention was distracted when a loud screech from behind her made her jump.

"THE GATES ARE FINALLY OPEN! I CAN LEAVE THIS ACCURSED DIMENSION OF HELLISH MONSERS!" It was a demon.

Sailor Pluto turned around and aimed her staff at its chest. "Go back to the pits of that inescapable dimension of demons! DEAD SCREAM!" The attack hit the demon in the chest and knocked it back through the gates. Sailor Pluto quickly took her chance and closed the gates.

"How did...?" A sound behind her made her heart race. She jumped to the side just in time to avoid being hit by a sword. She jumped over behind her attacker and put her Garnet Staff at the attackers back, level with their heart.

"These sacred gates are off limits to those who are unworthy! And you are unworthy! Now turn around and show your face to the guardian of the gates!" Sailor Pluto wasn't sure what to expect when her attacker turned to face her. She had expected a powerful youma or a Negaverse general, but she didn't expect to see him. Sailor Pluto was almost shocked beyond words.

"You......?"

Her attacker grinned and pulled his sword into view. "Yeah me..."

Ok, another finished chapter sorry its probably the shortest one ive written except for maybe chapter 9..hmm anyway I will try to post ch 7 by Monday (I put Monday cause I will be spending my weekend catching up on math biology and literature mumbles about incompetent teachers who send late work) hope u liked this chapter. See if you can guess who/what the attacker is ; ) good luck