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No Need For Kiyone and Mihoshi
Chapter 7:
"We're too late!" Kiyone exclaimed in horror. The clock on the wall read 23:39. Kiyone now knew that she had twelve minutes left to live. And then what? She wondered. She rushed out the door behind Mihoshi and prayed for a miracle as Trista followed.
"It takes at least fifteen minutes to get from our apartment to the diner." Kiyone said. "And that's taking the fastest route we know!" She watched as Mihoshi turned down the next street. "Kami sama!" Kiyone exclaimed. "She's going the wrong way!"
Kiyone watched helpless as the pit in her stomach grew.
"This route is in almost in a direct line though, isn't it?" Trista asked, suspiciously unworried.
"Yes... But it's blocked off! There's a fence running along the alleyway behind the shops on this side of the street..." Kiyone checked her watch. Almost out of time!
They came upon the fence that Kiyone had spoke of and continued to follow Mihoshi. It was then that Mihoshi came to the gate in the fence.
Mihoshi pressed against it and it swung open, catching Mihoshi off guard as she nearly tripped at this point. Kiyone was also caught off guard.
"Wait a minute..." She said in an astonished whisper. "This gate is always locked..." As Mihoshi wandered through the open gate. Kiyone and Trista followed behind her. Mihoshi proceeded straight ahead and through a narrow gap between two of the shops...
Kiyone saw as Mihoshi's eyes lit up in that childlike manner of hers as she saw her partner standing next to the hovercar.
"Kiyone!"
Kiyone Makibi checked her watch. 23:50. She looked on in overwhelmed relief as history; the correct history, Kiyone added to herself, repeated itself.
"FREEZE!" She heard her past self shout at the driver. "DON'T MOVE A MUSCLE!" The past Kiyone backed up slightly, never wavering her attention and instructed the driver to carefully open his door from the outside. As he did so, she instructed him to lay spread out and face down on the ground and proceeded to handcuff him.
"What are you doing here Mihoshi! Trying to get me killed? You're supposed to be home studying!" She yelled.
She's such an idiot! Kiyone thought as she observed herself. Who would have believed it? It was that crazy 'Mihoshi Luck' that just saved us all!
"You knew how this would turn out all along! Didn't you?" She said, turning on Trista, whose face bore a calm and serene smile.
"Yes." Trista admitted. "But it was more important for you to see how this happened."
Kiyone gave her a rueful smile as she acknowledged the truth of Trista's words. Then she shook her head...
"Can we go home now?" She said feeling exhausted. "I'm dead...!"
"No you're not." Trista replied with a mischievous look in her eyes as the orb glowed one more time...
Kiyone awoke in the onsen with a start. She looked around at her surroundings and wondered. What was that? Was that just a dream? Everything was so vivid! She rose from the warm water and reached for her towel. After drying off, she turned to put on her fresh clothes, where she saw the note laying on top of them. Curious, Kiyone opened it:
Treasure your friends and all their unique gifts.
Trust in them as they trust in you.
Believe in yourself and trust in your heart...
Sailor Pluto
So it wasn't a dream! Kiyone thought. It looks like I've got a few things I need to take care of. She told herself as she reached for her clothes. And that generator isn't one of them...
"Mihoshi!" Kiyone called as she looked for her partner. "Mihoshi...!
"Ah! There you are!" Kiyone exclaimed as she saw her partner come out of the living room looking sad and repentant. "Listen Mihoshi..." She began.
"I'm sorry I always cause so much trouble Kiyone." Mihoshi interupted. "I guess I'm just a big clumsy stupid doofus..."
Kiyone shook her head. "No you're not." Kiyone said. "You are the best friend I could ever hope to have." She said putting her hands on Mihoshi's shoulders. "Someone gave me a chance to take a little time and think about things...
"And I've been neglecting some of the most important ones of all.
"And Mihoshi... If anyone EVER calls you a 'clumsy stupid doofus'... You tell me.
"Cause I'll kick their butt so hard they'll clear the gravity well! Got that?"
Mihoshi nodded at her, not really understanding.
"Good!" Kiyone said with a big smile. "Now get your jacket! We're going out for sundaes! My treat!"
"Okay!" Mihoshi said happy that her best friend wasn't angry at her any more. In her excitement as she turned to go get her jacket, she tripped over her own feet and fell. Kiyone helped her up, shaking her head.
"Mihoshi... Don't ever change."
From her lab, Washu closed the barely cracked door with a smile as she turned to her guest.
"Well, Setsuna! Since we're all still here, I take it that the integrity of the timelines has been preserved?"
"Indeed it has." Sailor Pluto smiled. "Time has resumed its proper course."
"I guess you didn't tell Kiyone about the predestination paradox. Did you?"
"No." The Guardian of Time answered. "For Kiyone... It wasn't important for her to know."
"Nice work with Kiyone by the way." Washu commented.
Pluto shrugged. "She merely had a chance to see what she already knew in her heart."
Washu nodded. "Oh! I'll have those modifications to that Luna Ball of yours complete by the end of the day!"
"Thank you, Little Washu." Pluto teased the genius slightly. "I appreciate that."
Their conversation was interupted by the sound of a crash and angry shouts coming from outside the lab. Washu and Pluto peeked out the door to look...
"Get back here Ryoko! This instant!" Ayeka demanded loudly. Her demands were met with scoffing laughter.
"Haha! Just make me, Princess!" Ryoko replied.
"I don't suppose there's anything you can do about those two, is there?" Washu asked.
"I'm afraid not." Pluto answered as she turned away from the door.
"I'm just the Guardian of Time. I don't do miracles..."
The End