AN: Hey! I just want to thank everyone who reviewed! I appreciate so much! Well, I haven't updated in a while, but I hope you like this chapter. It's a bit longer, and it's not really action-packed, but it will tie in later. I promise the next chapters will be really good and a lot more exciting!
Setsuna walked leisurely through the park, as the soft breeze ran through her deep green hair, allowing it to shimmer in the sun. Her deep garnet eyes observed the scene around, and she took a deep breadth, trying to fill her lungs with the fresh scent of flowers.
Setsuna couldn't help but enjoy everything around her. It had been so long since she truly let herself go. This can't be real, she thought to herself. It must be a dream, only a fantasy.
But in reality, she knew this all wasn't a dream. She did walk through the Time Gate. She did travel to this time. And she did accept an invitation to coffee with a complete and total stranger.
It all seemed to pile on Setsuna. Her heart began to beat faster, as she realized all the misjudgments she had committed. As Time Guardian, she is forbidden to leave the Time Gate unattended and, other than select few, interact with anybody. With her simple error, she had altered time beyond repair.
Yet she remained calm. "What I have done cannot be erased, but I will do everything in my power to fix it," she said softly to herself.
Setsuna took one last look around. Everything seemed so perfect here, nature blooming, the soft breeze, the joyous people, the warm sun. She didn't know the next time she would experience anything like this.
But Setsuna walked away from it, for a place she could transform, a place in solitude. She walked toward the busy city, where there were, unfortunately, even more people. Maybe I should go back to the park? She thought to herself. There wasn't a crowd there.
Yet being around all those people calmed Setsuna. Throughout her whole life she was alone. But now there were people to see what she sees, remember what she remembers. In some way, it felt liberating for her. But she had to get serious. The Time Gate was her first priority, nothing else.
Setsuna probed for anywhere in solitude. Abandoned stores, behind buildings, old houses, there was always someone near. She couldn't risk anyone seeing her. That would be tremendous damage. Setsuna simply had to look normal, draw no suspicion, and get back to the Time Gate as quickly as possible. Then all would be fine. Yet in her hastened search, she bumped into a young boy.
She immediately looked to apologize, but when her eyes saw the young boy's features she gasped. He had black hair and the bluest eyes.
"Prince Endyiomon?" She asked in utter shock.
"Ummm…I'm sorry," he said in a slightly confused and naturally youthful voice. "But I think I am not who you are looking for."
"Oh, I am sorry. I have had a hard day. I must have thought you were someone else," said Setsuna trying to explain her mistake. Yet Setsuna was cursing herself for revealing such information. For sure this was Prince Endyiomon's reincarnation as a young boy. She could have never forgotten such a face, even after all those years, when she was a young girl.
"That's fine," the child responded, though there was a worried expression on his face.
And Setsuna noticed it. She knew that meddling in the past will only destroy the future, but she had to help this little boy. She had to make sure he was safe. Apprehensively, Setsuna asked the small child, "Is everything ok?"
He looked up to the tall, green haired beauty, dressed in a simple purple dress with saddened eyes and answered, "I am looking for my Mom and Dad, but I can't find them."
Setsuna's breath stopped. His Parents. The horrible knowledge of what will come, struck the emerald-haired woman. "Where is the last time you saw them?" she asked the young boy gently.
He then looked down with his brilliant blue eyes. "We were all walking together, but then when I ran off to the card shop and looked back, I couldn't find them. It was too crowded." Tears began to form in the young boys eyes now, and Setsuna looked at him intently.
In a soothing voice, she told him everything would be alright. "Don't cry, I'll help you find them, promise."
The future prince looked at her, his eyes now lighted and a small smile on his face.
Setsuna then looked around, with height as an advantage, and searched through the crowds for his parents, with him beside her. Even though she knew what fate left for the young boy, it was her duty to accept time as it was. It saddened her deeply, but she had seen so much in her life.
Her garnet eyes probed through the many people walking down the street, until they finally stopped at a middle-aged couple, with a worrisome look on their face. Setsuna could already tell that these were the young boy's parents. "Here, is that your parents?" asked Setsuna, full of hope, pointing to the couple.
The future prince turned his head and a large smile lighted up his face. He ran to his parents, and they opened their arms to a large hug, with looks of worry now replaced with warmth and love.
Setsuna watched at a distance, with images of the future plaguing her. The green haired beauty walked away leaving the family behind.
"Oh, Mamorou" exclaimed the young boy's mother. "Are you ok?" she asked, concerned.
"I'm fine mom," he smiled. "But thanks to the lady over there." He then turned around to look for the tall woman, but she was nowhere to be found. "Where did she go?" he asked concerned
But his mother just hushed him. "Don't worry, Mamorou, all that matters is that you safe here with me."
Setsuna walked through the crowded streets, searching for somewhere she could transform. Meeting the future King of Earth definitely did not amend her intervention in time. Yet she did know his memory of his child hood would be hazy, at best.
But she had to get back to the Time Gate, and fast. Everyone around her seemed oblivious to her distress, just walking leisurely. It was then when she found a dark alley with no one there except for a large garbage bin and a couple of rats.
She turned into the alley and quickly looked around to see if anyone was watching. Yet everybody seemed to be occupied with something else, to the relief of Setsuna.
She then raised her hand and screamed, "PLUTO, POWER MAKE-UP!"
Just in that second, time had stopped. She could feel her self whirling, as if dancing. Her purple dress then transformed in her uniform, and her hair flowed in the wind. She could feel the all energy she was gaining, the greatest sensation. Her hand soon encased the large Time Staff, with the garnet orb. She was truly now the guardian of Pluto.
Sailor Pluto then held the Time Staff in the air, and spoke, "Father Chronos, bring me to the land where time, itself does not exsist!"
She closed her deep garnet eyes with all the sorrow, and then reopened them to find the empty scenery of her home, the Time Gate.
