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Chapter 9

Before Saturn could whisper the dreaded word and drop the glaive a portal opened, and Chloe could swear that everything froze. She ran to Clark, who was sprawled on the floor, his eyes open, face frozen in fear, in pain. She couldn't look at him anymore and glanced up, noticing that all of the beams of light had frozen. She walked in between them to look at Hotaru. She was concentrating deeply, in the midst of dropping her glaive and whispering words that Chloe knew would destroy the world.

"Aurora," a voice said softly.

Chloe spun around to face a young woman whose face carried much wisdom. She stepped out of the portal, holding her staff high with both hands, and her uniform faded back to normal clothes.

"You must be the famed Sailor Pluto." Chloe said. "Why have you come now?"

"Hotaru is about to make a big mistake." Pluto advised, still holding her staff up and grasping it tightly. "If this universe is destroyed, it cannot be reborn. Usagi can heal, but not create here. I'm sure you've already figured out that you can heal others and bring them to life. Hotaru can do that to an extent, but that is your true power. I cannot tell you the full story now. There is not enough time. But if we survive this I will. I have stopped time to set things right."

"But that's..." Chloe murmured.

"Taboo. I know. I can't explain it now. You need to put your power together with mine so we can counteract Saturn's destruction of the planet."

Chloe gazed at Pluto's face. It was full of strain. This was killing her. She walked over and put her hands on the staff and a magenta and green light hailed from it. Everything began to go in slow motion and she watched as Hotaru mouthed, "Revolution." The glaive began to drop and the infamous ribbons began to destroy the cave.

"Concentrate...now!" yelled Pluto, and Chloe used her new power to the best extent she knew how.

Red ribbons continued to destroy, as an empty purple void began to cover everything around it. Chloe saw Hotaru brace herself for death slowly.

With a careful maneuver, Chloe and Pluto aimed the magenta-green energy at the void, and it began to disintegrate. Time popped back into place, and the void still receded slowly.

"We need more power!" Pluto yelled.

"Setsuna-mama? Chloe?" Hotaru mouthed. Then she realized what was happening.

"Silence Wall!" she yelled, and it held back the void a little. More and more it began to disintegrate, although the ribbons continued on their way.

Chloe let go of the staff, much to Pluto's chagrin and ran over to heal Rei. Within seconds, Rei coughed up the blood in her system and began to stand. The void began to push back Pluto's energy.

"Destroy the ribbons." Chloe mouthed, and quickly ran over to Pluto, again grabbing the staff.

Again the void began to disintegrate, and Chloe and Pluto struggled.

In the background Chloe could hear Rei yelling out "Mars Flame Sniper!" and "Fire Soul Bird!" to attempt to stop the ribbons.

Usagi then ran in with Haruka not far behind, and despite Usagi's odd behavior earlier, she recognized that this was the end of the world. They were on the opposite site of the void, so they could do nothing to help Chloe and Pluto. Haruka tried using her attack with the space sword, and while it had some effect, the void mainly absorbed it. Usagi took out the Eternal Moon Tier, and it extended to a staff. The staff then sparkled and it became the Cosmos Staff. Using it, Usagi shot a beam of pure white light into the void. Another explosion occurred and Chloe and Pluto were reassured when the last of the void disintegrated. Chloe fell to her knees, and Pluto followed suit. Since the void was gone, the ribbons disappeared. Haruka's attention automatically turned to Usagi, who was still evil. Again, the cave began its tirade of shooting beams and lasers, most of which couldn't be avoided, and Usagi walked directly up to the wall, disappearing inside it.

"We will meet again." She threatened. "That I promise."

Then the bolts ceased and the caves were calm – for now. The first objective was to get everyone outside the caves. That was easier said than done. Chloe was too afraid to heal them inside. Hotaru was still puzzled as to why the world hadn't been destroyed, and Haruka was amazed that Pluto had shown up. Once everyone was outside though, Chloe began healing all of them. The last person she came to was Clark. She pulled a curl back from his face. Looking at him, she couldn't believe that he was dead. His skin wasn't even pale. It was as full of color as the first day she met him. She wondered if he wanted to come back, and if he was in heaven, should she have the choice to bring him back.

Ami ran over, still a bit weak. "Chloe, are you okay with this?" she asked.

"No, I'm not. Clark's dead, Ami. Do I have the right to bring him back from whatever paradise he's in?" Chloe said.

"I've seen the way he looks at you." Ami said. "You are his paradise."

Chloe managed a smile between the tears. "Thanks Ami." She said. Then she took Clark's hand and quickly began to heal him. It took a slight bit longer but after a few minutes, he woke up.

"Chloe? Where am I" Clark asked as he looked into her eyes.

"It's alright Clark, I'm here now." She told him.

"Chloe, I was...did you just...don't tell me that you..." Clark stuttered.

"Yes, Clark, I can heal people. I just brought you back – from wherever you were. I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?"

"Sorry for bringing you back from whatever paradise you were in."

"What paradise? Chloe, you are my world. Without you, I couldn't possibly be in paradise."

With that, Chloe hugged him as tears spread down her face. Ami, who was watching the whole scene unfold, smiled.

There was only one thing that Chloe's power couldn't do for others, and that was give them full strength. They still needed to rest, and Clark had taken a rather large pummeling. She helped him up and they walked over to where the rest of the senshi had gathered. Standing around Sailor Pluto, everyone stared in awe. No one could believe the events that had occurred. Everyone stood silently, waiting for an explanation. Pluto cleared her throat.

"I will explain as best I can the events which happened here." She began. "When I realized that Hotaru was about to destroy the world I came here to stop her. This was not because I thought Hotaru to be devoid of judgment, but she was ill-informed of something she could not know. Normally, the death of the world would be a wise move in our universe, but not so here. Once this world is destroyed, it is gone forever. Nothing, not even Sailor Cosmos' power, could return it to normal. I had to come to stop it. With Sailor Earth's help, we managed to hold the void back and Rei, once revived, helped to destroy the ribbons. Usagi helped us as well, although she is still evil, and later disappeared into the cave wall."

"How did you stop it?" A shaken Hotaru asked. "The void I mean. T-That's never happened before."

"I stopped time, to allow us a chance to gather our power and use it."

"But that's taboo!" Michiru gasped. "How are you still here?"

"I am Sailor Pluto from the future. Neo-Queen Serenity knew that if you were all to be destroyed here, you would not be able to be reborn, especially if Aurora were to die. Therefore she sent me back to stop this. The queen removed the taboo for one time by lending me some of her power. That way, I would not have to use my own to stop time. Keiko, the queen sends you her regards. I will inform her that you are attempting to do your job."

Keiko sighed and nodded, looking at her bracelets forlornly.

"The Sailor Pluto of your time is still struggling with opening the portal to Tokyo again. Once you destroy Chaos and restore Usagi she should have no trouble. I am confident that you can. I must return now, or the future will be upset. Good luck and goodbye." Setsuna said, before disappearing into a portal.

"What do we do now?" Minako asked.

"We rest up, and come back again when we're ready for this." Hotaru said.

"Wise words, little firefly." Haruka said. "Let's. It'll restore our strength for the battle ahead."

Mamoru looked a little sad. "Usako." He whispered.

Clark walked over to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "We'll save her, Mamoru. Don't worry. I know what's wrong with her, and we can save her."

Mamoru glanced up at this revelation, as did everyone else.

"Remember when I told her to watch out for the red type of meteor rock? Well, just before she disappeared from the loft with Carmen, Carmen was holding a piece. I don't know where it is, but if we can get close to her, we can find it. It's probably in a pocket or something." Clark explained.

"It's as simple as that?" Ami asked.

Clark nodded. "But we have to get to her first."

"How come you didn't tell us before?" Mako asked.

"I was a little busy being thrown by explosions." Clark said, irritated.

"Don't get saucy with us, little man. It's our duty to protect the princess, and even one piece of information like that could have helped." Haruka scolded.

"You know, I've been thinking." Clark mused. "And I realized something."

Chloe looked at Clark, wondering what he was going to say.

"Technically, since my mom and dad are one and the same as Usagi's, I must be half lunarian." Clark began.

Chloe realized where he was going with this.

"That means that technically, since I am Usagi's brother, and she is a princess, then I must be a prince. Correct?"

Haruka's face turned white at this. "Urk..."she managed to say.

Even Mamoru smirked at that.

"Therefore, if I lived in your universe, I would also be heir to the throne, and technically, you would have to treat me with as much respect as Usagi, which you haven't been." Clark said, enjoying the fact that he was completely shutting up Haruka.

"And technically, I have the right to be very pissed off and possibly relieve you of your duties."

Haruka just looked at him with fear. "You wouldn't." she said.

"I would. Unless..."

She looked up.

"Unless you actually treat me like person for a change and not blame me for everything that goes wrong." Clark finished.

Haruka sighed. She lost this little battle. "Sure," she said, defeated. "Fine, whatever."

Clark smirked. Once again his wits had helped him. Chloe was already dying with laughter, as well as all the senshi but Haruka.

"Nice job." Mamoru said, laughing.

"Bah, I'm heading back." Haruka said, as she headed toward the sports car that Lex had let her use.

"Yeah, we should all rest up and meet again tomorrow." Minako said.

Everyone agreed, and they headed to their respective 'homes', all except for Chloe who came to Clark's with him. They walked up into the loft, and saw Pete fidgeting continuously with a chain on his jeans.

"Chloe! Clark!" Pete exclaimed when he saw them. "You were gone for so long. I didn't know if anything happened! Usagi didn't come here."

"Usagi is still down in the caves, Pete. We escaped with our lives today." Chloe told him. She was too weak to fib. Reviving people had drained her.

"What do you mean?" Pete asked frantically.

Clark helped Chloe to sit down and then sat down.

"Pete, this was a lot worse than a meteor freak. It wasn't as simple as throw them and turn them into the authorities. Trust me. Usagi is still around the red-k and still not herself. The girl, Carmen, has definitely combined with the entity from Usagi's world called Chaos. It's a very powerful being. We were all terribly wounded, even me." Clark explained.

"So what are you trying to say?" Pete asked.

Chloe looked up. "What he's trying to tell you, Pete," Chloe said, "Is that we all died today, except for me and Hotaru."

Pete looked at them in surprise. "But that's impossible. Clark's right there."

"Well, that's the other part. I was someone called Sailor Earth. Don't laugh!" She said, looking at Pete. "I can heal people since I have the healing power of Mother Nature. I'm not sure if I can do other things, but I haven't really tried. I brought everyone back to life. That's why I'm so weak."

Pete was still trying to take in the fact that everyone had died and came back, when Chloe began to speak again.

"Hotaru has the power to destroy the world, but she must have Usagi so that she can restore and recreate life. That can't happen in our world. Things will die, but nothing can be rebuilt. Today, I helped a mysterious woman, Sailor Pluto, stop the destruction spiral that Hotaru started. We stopped the world from being destroyed, Pete." Chloe said, almost not believing it herself.

Clark put his arm around Chloe. "It's okay, Chloe. It's messed up, I know that. Just take your time and understand it."

Chloe nodded.

"Would you feel better if I had you stay the night and we talked about it?"

"Yes." Chloe said.

Clark looked at Chloe. "Do you want Pete to stay too?" he asked.

She nodded. Pete agreed that he would stay, and sat down next to his friend to try and comfort her.

"I need a coffee. Can we go to the Talon?" Chloe asked.

"Leave it to Chloe to want coffee after a battle like that." Clark joked.

Pete laughed, and Chloe let out a little smile. But coffee was what Chloe wanted, so they walked outside to drive there.

"Erm, Chloe...the truck?" Clark asked.

"Oh, uh, yeah!" Chloe said rather absentmindedly. "See, that's a problem, cuz, well, erm..."

Clark looked at her.

"Well, you see I kind of flipped it..." She said.

Clark raised an eyebrow.

"...five times."

Clark just looked at her with shock. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"F-fine." She said. "Are you pissed?"

"No, why would I be? Chances are, dad's not going to be too happy though."

"We'll take my jeep." she said, and off they went.