"First things first. Are Usagi-chan and Hotaru-chan alright?" she asked. He nodded and she let out a sigh. "Now I'm guessing you want the whole story as to what I did, what I am, and what the hell went on?" they all nodded. "Well it's a long story, so don't blame me if you miss dinner." at that she told them of the moon kingdom, it's senshi, and the battles after they were reborn on earth. Everyone stayed quiet throughout the explanation. That is until she was finished.
"How are we to believe what you say onna?' Wufei asked.
"Well I thought my little show was proof enough. But if not then I really don't care if you do believe me. Technically I'm not supposed to tell anyone, and I wasn't going to until Mr. Stick up my Ass saw me transform." she said gesturing to Heero, who threw her a glare which she countered. Quatre got between them.
"Guys this in no time to be arguing. The enemy knows where this base is located. We have to move everyone out quickly." Minako looked at him now worried.
"But Hotaru-chan can't be moved much. Just moving her down to the basement could have killed her." she said.
"I know, but it's better to risk it then stay here and have everyone die." Minako hung her head and nodded. Hotaru wouldn't want to risk everyone's lives for hers. Even if they hated or feared her. Irea suddenly sprang into the room. She whispered something to Quatre and he followed her out.
"Something's wrong." Trowa said. Minako wasted no time in slipping out of Heero's grip and ran after the two. Heero cursed and the rest of the g-boys followed her. Minako read a sign that she past. It said hospital wing on it. Which meant either some of the soldiers were having trouble or Hotaru was. She saw the door to the room was opened and skidded to a stop. The site before her sent her body almost into shock.
Usagi was crying in the corner. She was clutching her head and curled up. She kept shacking her head as tears rolled down her face. But what scared Minako the most was lying on the bed. Hotaru lay there and she was jerking uncontrollably. Her eyes were open but looked as if they had rolled to the back of her head. She was having a seizure. Someone pushed past her and went to Usagi. Irea was giving Hotaru a shot, which looked very hard considering she might tear the vein. Quatre was checking the monitors looking for the cause of this sudden attack.
"Ho-hotaru? Hotaru-chan!" Minako screamed and tried to run to her friend only to be pulled away and out of the room. She fought her capture, she needed to get back to Hotaru.
"Minako there's nothing you can do." came a voice behind her. It was Heero who was holding her.
"She needs me. This isn't right, her seizures should be gone." she said. At that Heero turned her around to look at him.
"You mean she's had them before?" she nodded as tears started gliding down her cheeks. "You told us about them, but weren't they caused by that daimon Mistress 9?" he asked again to which she nodded.
"That's why I need to go. What if something's trying to take over her again. In her state something like that can kill her." she said. Heero nodded and opened the door. Hotaru was still jerking violently. Minako held up her hand and called on her guardian planet's power.
"Venus Crystal Power! Make-up!" a golden light flashed then faded as she stood in her fuku. Quatre and Irea backed away from her as she walked up to Hotaru's body. She scanned her over with her eyes. Something defidently didn't feel right here. She turned to Usagi who was crying on Duo's shoulder. Her hime must have felt it to, and didn't understand what it was. She suddenly felt the dark energy grow and turned back to see Hotaru was sitting up. Her whole body glowing. The sign of Saturn shone on her forehead.
"She's fighting it. Even in her coma she's fighting the invader." Venus whispered.
"What is she fighting?" Wufei asked. Venus took out her chain and stood ready for battle.
"A Daimon." she hissed. "And it looks like she's about to force it out." Hotaru was breathing heavily and clutching her chest. Her eyes were black and looked fogged. Grunts of pain escaped her mouth and looked like she was about to vomit. Her head fell back and she gasped as a black hand came out of her mouth. "Got it! Venus Love Me Chain!"
The chain wrapped around the hand and the senshi yanked as hard as she could. A huge dark mass sprouted from the girls mouth as she fell back into the bed still in her coma. The dark daimon landed on the floor in front of everyone. It slowly rose up. Without warning it shot towards Venus and tackled her out the window. Pain ripped through her back as she hit the glass. She felt herself fall and cloosed her eyes.
"Minako!" Usagi shouted as she rose and went to the window. Something flew up past her. Venus had called on her wings in time to avoid the fatal ground. The daimon however wasn't so lucky. It rose up clutching it's arm. The bone in it was shattered. It looked like a black ooze woman without clothes. (Think the red daimons in SMS at the end of the series.) It screeched and jumped up.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock." Venus shouted as she kissed her hand and lashed it out to the side. Orange hearts shot out and hit the daimon hard. It plummeted back to earth. Venus flew down till she was behind it. "This is for nearly killing my friend. Venus Crystal Power!"
She held out her palms in front of her as a golden light shot out of them engulfing the daimon in it's light. When the light cleared the daimon was gone. Venus flew back threw the window and fell to her knees. Her fuku faded and she was back in her normal clothes. Usagi hugged her.
"Hey Usa-chan. Sorry I worried you." she turned back to the people in the room. "If that wasn't proof of my power, then I don't know what is. And yes that was a real daimon. Only why it was even here is strange."
"Why is that?" Quatre asked.
"Because we killed all the daimons on Earth before the start of the first war. After that we only had people to deal with. And I doubt that's the only one. It wouldn't have risked itself unless there was more." she said. Then turned to Irea. "Is Hotaru-chan ok?"
Irea who had no idea what was going on nodded. Minako smiled. "Good. Now I think I'll sleep." with that she fell to the ground unconscious. Usagi giggled at her as Heero lifted her up and set her in the other bed. With that the boys left. Only Irea stayed behind to make sure everything was ok with Hotaru and Minako.
Dream...
"Minako you did well on your own." came a voice behind the Senshi of love. She turned and realized she was in her princess form. A dark red light shone in front of her she looked up to see the senshi of time standing there. Only it looked more like a ghost.
"Pluto is that you?" she asked.
"It's all of us Mina-chan." came another familiar voice. A brighter red light appeared and Rei in her own princess outfit stepped through it. Like Pluto she looked more like a ghost. The others soon emerged from their own lights all in the gowns and in Mamoro's case knight uniform. She smiled at all her friends, but that soon turned into a frown.
"Why haven't you all been reborn?" she asked. Makoto looked at her sadly.
"Only through the power of the Imperial Silver Crystal are we able to be reborn. But unfortunately because of Usagi-chan's condition she is unable to use it. Even if she could call it out she no longer has the ability to fully control it like before." she explained.
"And what about Rini-chan? Sh-she's dead now. Tell me. Was that supposed the happen?" she cried. Pluto shook her head. She was the only on in her fuku.
"No. None of this was even foretold. My gates have always shone me the future of Crystal Tokyo. But I'm afraid even the Gates of Time can be wrong." she said hanging her head.
"How could the future we knew and even saw have changed so much? How could all of this have happened in such a short amount of time? How were those stupid humans able to kill us with only bullets!" she asked tears forming in her eyes. They could tell that the girl was enraged.
"We're not sure how or why this happened. All we know is there's no changing it. As to the humans, well those were not humans piloting those machines." Michiru said. Minako looked confused. Haruka sighed.
"Daimons are responsible for our deaths. They disguised themselfs as humans and started a new organization. E.D as they call themselves. Which for the humans stands for Edward Dorian the man that so called started the organization. When in truth E.D actually stands for Earths Destruction." the Princess of Uranus said.
"Earths Destruction. You mean the daimons are using the humans to destroy their own planet?" Minako asked. Ami nodded.
"We're afraid so. Minako please take care of the others. They as well as you are the last defense this planet has. Up against the soldiers the Gundam piolets can handle it. But bullets can not harm daimons enough to really do any damage. We will give you our powers to help."
"But Usagi-chan can't fight." Minako stated.
"True but you and Hotaru-chan can." Mamoro said sadly.
"And Hotaru-chan's in a coma. How is she going to help?"
"She will wake up soon. With her Neptune and I will give our powers to. As well as Earth from Mamoro. For you the powers of Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter. Good luck our friend. And Remember keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." Uranus said. At that her, Michiru, and Mamoro's crystals floated out in front of them. They combined into a dark looking crystal that drifted into Minako's hand. Then Ami, Makoto, and Rei's crystals formed into a light looking crystal that went inside of Minako fusing with her Venus crystal. She looked at her friends who began to fade one by one, until only Pluto was left.
"I however can not give up my crystal. I am still needed at the Gates of Time. You still must protect our Hime. Now that she can't defend herself the daimons will be targeting her for her crystal. But what they don't know is that yours as well as Hotaru-chan's are now equally as strong, but only if you two are together. Do you understand?" she asked. Minako nodded.
"Good. Now I must leave. Farewell Minako-chan. The fate of this solar system now rests in yours and Hotaru's hands." with that she jumped back and faded away. That was when Minako awoke from her sleep.