chapter 11: battle weary

Travis sat starring up at the moon, it had only been a week since he changed things around and he was now down by seven. Yaten, Seiya, Motoki, and the generals were all out of commission. The generals because their attacks did nothing to the Naga except get them mad and go into bizurker mode. Seiya and Motoki only had some broken bones and would be up in a few months while Yaten unfortunately was in a coma.

Hotaru came up behind Travis, after a week and a half she had come to terms with what she had to tell him but was still a little shy about it. "Travis?"

Her voice barely above a whisper but Travis picked up on it. In both life times he knew her soft, gentle voice that could almost be compared to the wind. He turned to face her and then slowly made his way to her, wraping his arms around her he held her close. He didn't care if she had other reasons for coming to see him he needed her. After a while he let her go and asked, "What can I do for you tonight?"

Hotaru paused. She knew they were down in sailors and that if he knew he may pull her from the ranks. "Why can't life be simple?" she asked herself before answering, "I just came to make sure you were ok."

"A little battle weary but I guess I should get used to it. Being a King will be a lot harder than this," He tried to laugh. "She is hiding something from me. For now though I will let her keep it to herself." He sighed. "Sit with me for a while."

Hotaru nodded and joined him on the swing. In his arms she felt safe that nothing anywhere could harm her. Hotaru contently relaxed under his arm as the future King and Queen of the Sun enjoyed the first silent night in the past two weeks.

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Usagi sat watching from a branch in a near by tree, "Oh, Hotaru. I wish you had told him. There is no telling what will happen, now."

"Did mom tell dad?" Came a familliar voice from behind her.

Usagi turned to face her cousin who had appeared on a branch behind her. "No, Chryseis. Which means that things may get harder before they get easier." Pausing Usagi turned back to the couple, " Tell all of the moon and sun sailors that there is training at dawn and get the new sailors and amazons as well."

Chryseis nodded. "Are you ok, Usa?"

"Things aren't going as they should. Which means Pluto is not going to happy?"

"Come on, Usagi. If we are going to be training at dawn then you need your sleep too." Usagi nodded taking one last look at the couple before teleporting out.

Chryseis smiled at her parents. No one would tell her what the secret that was so important was but she had her own suspitions. "Be safe, Mom and Dad." With that she teleported out to get some sleep.

>>>>>>>>>>Dawn.

As the sun began to peak over the horizon, if found seventeen sailors preparing for training. Usagi taking charge broke them into groups and told them to practice. Alex took the boys to practice sword attacks, Ceres went with them to assist them with defending and practicing energy attacks. The girls were partnered up sun verses moon. Usagi took the new sailors and the three remaining amazon quartet to work on powering up their attacks.

By lunch the group was fairly exhausted but making progress. Mercury was able to do a Aqua Raphsody. Mars had been able to pull of a new attack called Fire Shower, and Venus also got a new attack Blinding Love Storm. Usagi was very impressed, " That was a great training session we will take the weekend off and Monday at dawn meet back here for more training. Everyone is doing great."

The group turned and left leaving Usagi alone. As soon as the others were out of sight she turned, "Alright you all can come out now."

Suddenly there stood four woman three showed definite resemblance to Usagi and the fourth was Trista. "And what do I owe the pleasure, Grandma Selene, Irene, and Crystal."

"We came to commend you on taking charge." Selene smiled at her grand-daughter.

"Not happy to see us, little sis?"

"You mean we're not allowed to visit?"

"Irene and Crystal, you both know that this time is too close to your birth. Your existance is tied into how this war ends." Usagi said her voice steady as to not show the fear that she held at possibly loosing her older sisters.

"That is why I brought them. With the timeline being unstable I got them just before the gates locked up on me. They are here to help."

Usagi nodded "While then lets get back to the house to rest up." Selene waved her hand teleporting them all to bed.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On the sun

Endymion gathered up the orphans and began leading them back to the shelter. "Quickly kids, come on,"

An explosion knocked out the wall beside him knocking the kids to the floor. Calling all the power he could he sheilded them however this left him vulnerable and so the second explosion caught him off guard knocking him unconscious.

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Well there you have it for now.

The next chapter will tell you what happens on the moon

Talk to you later

Ja ne

Tsukia