A/N: Not sure if anyone is reading this, if so I am sorry for the update delay, I have been sick.
Disclaimer: I own none of the Sailor Senshi except Stardust, Justin and Craig. The rest is not mine nor do I claim it to be. I write for fun and entertainment, and make no money from it, please don't sue!
The last two months past very quietly, no attacks and this only put Cleo more on edge. The other senshi were helping her in different aspects of life, be it Ami with studying and preparing for life at college, Minako with problems of feelings, Makoto with being a lady and a queen or Rei with defending herself as well as trying to learn how to fire read. Justin tried to take away any other stress he could when possible, but he was finding it hard as well as he had to keep his grades up for his scholarship. He spent most of his time trying to find the enemy base with Shadow and Sunspot. He collapsed on his bed as the cats sat near him. They had both been spending a lot of time with the prince since he was to be future king, they were advising him during the time that they were searching.
"The enemy will show itself soon, I have a feeling that time is running out for its plans." Sunspot said and Shadow nodded.
"In 4 months, Cleo becomes the queen, and in 2 months, most of you go off to college, this is going to get hard." Shadow said; Justin nodded as he closed his eyes.
Rei had been fire reading, she needed to since she sensed something evil had been growing and was ready. She looked into the flame and saw it, then gasped. It was nearly time and she needed to get to the entrance as soon as possible. Cleo busted into Justin's room.
"Rei has found their entrance, we need to go now!" she said, the cats and Justin nodded as they ran out of the door, transforming as they ran to save time that they had so little of.
The Sailor senshi stood in front of a big black hole, the cats nodded and they all walked into the unknown. The prince felt their entrance and laughed, his plan was working as he needed. He appeared before the Sailor senshi and looked at all of them, his eyes finally resting on Sailor Stardust.
"Before the end of the day, you will be by my side Sailor Stardust, this I swear to you."
"Not if we can stop you!" Minako said the other senshi and the Silver Soldier then protecting Sailor Stardust.
"Do you really think that you could defeat me?" he asked, he laughed at the mere thought. "By the end of the day, you will all know what it is like to suffer. Now, continue, if you dear!" he said as he faded. Sailor Stardust closed her eyes, trying to visualize the future; so far all she could see was darkness and was not sure what to do.
"We need to keep moving!" Sailor Mercury said, they all nodded and continued their journey through the tunnel. They reached a place that divided into two. They did not know which way to go. The Sailor senshi paused as Sailor Mars concentrated on finding out where they needed to go. After a few minutes she opened her eyes. "Left." she said as they all continued to run down the left tunnel. The prince appeared at the intersection and blocked off the entrance to the tunnel and laughed.
A light was appearing at the end of the tunnel. Finally they had made it out and to the base of the enemy. It was snowing, and they had figured out that they were at the North Pole. Sailor Mercury took out her computer to try and find which way to go while Sailor Mars used her fireball to help warm everyone up. After a few minutes, Sailor Mercury put away her computer and the senshi began to follow her.
"Prince Igor, the senshi and that meddling Silver Soldier approach us, are you ready?" the queen asked him.
"Hai, my queen, any minute now, the rest of the senshi will be trapped leaving Sailor Stardust for us alone." he said as he watched them walk towards the lair. The queen nodded as she faded away.
"Sailor Stardust, I am surprised at how far you have come. All we ask is for the star crystal and no one needs to die." the prince said as his image appeared in the sky.
"Never, I would rather die than let evil take over the power of the star crystal." Sailor Stardust said, the prince laughed.
"Then you shall watch your loyal servants die before you become mine!" the image faded and then 4 monsters flew down to attack them, each one attacking one of the senshi, leaving Sailor Stardust alone.
"Bubble spray freezing!" Sailor Mercury said as the monster flew down to her; it crushed her attack and picked her up. She screamed as she attacked the monster again, making it drop her in the snow. The monster dived one last time, Sailor Mercury already weak. She did one last attack, killing the monster, but it was too late, the monster crashed into her and she went down into the crater with it.
"No!" Sailor Stardust screamed as she ran to the crater. Sailor Mercury opened her eyes one last time to see the princess.
"Arigato" she said, as he eyes closed and Sailor Stardust sensed that she had died.
"No!" she screamed louder as she felt someone pull her away. She turned to see Sailor Mars and the Silver Soldier still with her.
"We need to move now!" Sailor Mars said to the distraught Sailor Stardust, she picked herself up and nodded. She knew that Sailor Venus and Jupiter were also in trouble, she arrived to see them both dying side by side after the monsters had destroyed them too. Sailor Stardust cried; her nightmares were coming true. She went up to their bodies and touched their hands, each opening their eyes to the princess.
"Gomen" was what they both said until she knew that they had gone.
The two senshi and the Silver Soldier made it to the entrance of the base. Sailor Mars froze.
"Gomen, but this is where I leave you both! Burning soul firebird!" she said as the monster behind them attacked them. Sailor Stardust and the Silver Soldier dived into the entrance and made their way. After a few minutes, Sailor Stardust stopped and fell to the ground.
"Rei-chan, Ami-chan, Minako-chan, Makoto-chan are all dead because of me!" she said as she allowed the tears to fall. The Silver Soldier put his hand on her shoulders and helped her stand up, allowing her to sob in his embrace.
"What a loving sight!" a voice said, a female voice. This made Sailor Stardust turn around.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Why, I am Queen Katharine, and you, Sailor Stardust are going to help me awaken my queen. As for your friend here..." she said as she shot a blast of dark energy towards the Silver Soldier. Sailor Stardust dived in between the blast, taking it all, screaming as she and the Silver Soldier fell to the ground.
"Baka! How could you take my blast for him?" she asked.
"I love him and would die for him a million times over so not to see him hurt." she said as she stood up and turned to face the queen. The queen laughed at her.
"Such a useless emotion, love!" she said as she aimed another blast of energy to Sailor Stardust, this time, the Silver Soldier took the blast. The queen, mad shot another one and then another one at him until he was at the brink of death.
"Gomen Sailor Stardust, it will appear that I may not be able to keep my promise of marriage after all." he said as he died in her arms. Sailor Stardust felt the last person from her life go away and began to cry. The queen laughed.
"And what does love bring for you now?" she asked the girl.
"I can not forgive what you have done. You have killed my friends and now my prince and you wish to destroy the Earth, no I can not forgive you!" she screamed as she stood up. She reached out and her staff appeared in her hands.
"Star cosmic power ignite!" Sailor Stardust said as the attack went to the queen, it had little effect on her.
"You are in my world now. If I remember the prince wants you." she said as prince Igor appeared. "Get me the star crystal and she is yours." the queen said, the prince smiled. He went up to Sailor Stardust and held her arm tightly in his. She kicked him in the face, glad that she had taken fighting lessons. The Prince stumbled back, startled.
"If you can not take care of a little girl, then I will kill you!" the queen told him. Sailor Stardust closed her eyes; she knew what attack she had left. A ball of light appeared in her hands, she opened her eyes and said "Star light purify!" This hit the prince, this time killing him and went though to the queen. It hit her and she gasped as it hurt her.
"How, how can you do this?" she said, she looked at Sailor Stardust ring, the one that Justin had given her and smiled, it was the power of love that was attacking her. She vanished down into the caverns to where her queen was resting.
"My queen, lend me your power so that I can finally defeat the puny girl!" she asked, At once, the queen was stuck by an evil beam as her energy increased ten fold. She grew and surfaced. Sailor Stardust ran to the Silver Soldier's body and moved him away from the falling rocks.
"Mina, please protect me as I take on this evil." she said as she looked one last time at the Silver Soldier and ran out of the cave to face the queen.
"Now no one can stop me from taking over the Earth!" she said.
"No, I won't let you!" Sailor Stardust said "Star light purify!" She increased the attack, however it was not working. The queen laughed as pink light engulfed Sailor Stardust, turning her into princess Zara. She opened her eyes and increased the power into the beam as much as possible. Even though it worked, it was not enough. She reached into her locket and opened it, revealing the star crystal; she knew what she had to do and closed her eyes.
"Mina, lend me you powers so that I can protect the Earth that we love." she said. All of a sudden she felt everyone's hands on her as she opened her eyes.
"Mercury crystal power!"
"Mars crystal power!"
"Jupiter crystal power!"
"Venus crystal power!"
She felt the presence of the Silver Soldier, silent by her side as he passed his power onto her.
"Moon crystal stardust power!" She said as the star crystal joined her command, pushing the evil away until she felt something give, and heard screaming, knowing that she had succeeded, she whispered her final wish as she succumbed to the darkness that had surrounded her.
"Am I dead?" Cleo asked as she opened her eyes and saw light engulf her.
"You should be, and the same with the other senshi, but your final wish has not made this so my Little One." Cleo heard her mom speaking and saw her standing there. "You used the star crystal, you should be dead, but the love from everyone protecting you and also your wish means that you have mastered the star crystal more than I ever would have been able to." the queen said as she walked towards Cleo. "I am so proud of you; you were able to kill what I could not. Also you have made a wise choice with the prince of Earth. Now is not the time for us to be together again, but you will see me when you need me. Until then, Little One, everyone is waiting for you." she said as she faded away. Cleo closed her eyes and allowed herself to be taken back to wherever she was.
Cleo allowed herself to open her eyes. She knew that she was home and was in bed, in what state she was not sure. She saw the senshi sleeping around her bedside and the cats by her feet. She looked up and saw Justin on the balcony looking over the night sky. Ami stirred and opened her eyes.
"Cleo you are awake oh thank the stars!" she said, which alerted everyone else to wake up. Ami hugged her so hard that Cleo couldn't breath, all the time her eyes still on Justin as he turned and smiled at her. He walked up to her bedside and listened to all of the sailor senshi talking to her at once.
"How long have I been out?" she asked.
"Several days, we teleported to a safe place after we started to wake up and remember what had happened, had heard your final wish. You laid there, in your princess outfit, not moving and we all feared the worse. Justin picked you up and we got you home to bed. Somehow you powered down without realizing it and we took it as sign that you would wake up, that was yesterday." Makoto explained to her. Cleo nodded absorbing all of the information. Cleo tried to move her arm but it hurt, she gasped in pain.
"Gomen, I have been attending to your injuries while you have been asleep. You may be stiff for a few days, so no training!" Rei said as she looked at her arm. Cleo noticed that she was in her pajamas.
"You did it, it is over now." Sunspot said to her, knowing what she was about to ask. Cleo smiled at everyone. She looked down at her hand, the ring still on her finger, unscathed regardless of what had happened. She looked up at everyone, alive, not dead as her memories had just shown her. All that she wanted was in the room and she was happy.
The senshi left, promising to come back in the morning, leaving Cleo and Justin alone at last.
"Your brother had perfect timing to go to more conferences, it was easy to get you upstairs while you were still transformed without him finding out." he said as he sat beside Cleo on her bed. "You scared me, I thought I was going to lose you." he said as he caressed her face.
"I did lose you and all of the Sailor senshi." she said as she remembered them dying one by one. She tried to push it out of her head as tears fell down her cheeks; Justin took her head and pulled it to his chest, hoping to calm her down.
"You brought us back, and for that we could never be thankful." he said as he raised her head to his and kissed her. Cleo had never wanted to kiss him so badly. She wrapped her arms around him and opened her mouth, allowing him to deepen the kiss. Justin lay down next to Cleo, so that she would be more comfortable, this allowed their bodies to get closer. Cleo shivered as his hand reached up her pajama top and let out a small moan as he pulled her closer to him. They stopped kissing and looked into each others eyes.
"I couldn't lose you once I found you. I wanted you to live, even if it meant the cost of my own life." Cleo said to Justin, he looked into her eyes.
"If it would have cost you your life, then I would take mine just so that I could be with you forever." he said as he closed the gap between them and kissed her again. Justin began to kiss Cleo's neck, this causing her to moan more in pleasure. No matter how much she wanted to continue, she knew that they could not. She put her hand up Justin's t-shirt and pulled him closer to her and he started to kiss her on the mouth again. They both had an understanding, and knew that they had to wait. Justin pulled away from Cleo before he lost what little self control he had left. Cleo did not like this but knew that they could not. Justin laid on his back and Cleo put her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat and knowing that he was real and she fell asleep in his arms, finally at peace.
The weeks turned into months, and soon the Sailor senshi were saying goodbye to each other as three of them headed for college, as well as Justin. This day was hard for Cleo, but Minako was there for her and they began to spend more time with each other. Soon, it was the day before Cleo's 16th birthday. She woke up to find rose petals on her floor, not only red ones, but some silver ones were also visible. She smiled as she got out of bed and followed them to her balcony. She looked down and saw Justin with the biggest bunch of flowers that she had ever seen. She smiled at him.
"Happy birthday, my queen." he said, she laughed.
"My birthday is not until tomorrow! Therefore technically I am still a princess." she said, he nodded.
"I know I just wanted to take this opportunity to do this, since tonight there is the sleep over, I wouldn't have the chance!" he said as he looked up at her. She smiled back down at him. "Now, get dressed, or stay in your pajamas if you like. I have made us your favorite breakfast. Get down here before Craig eats it all!" he said, she laughed one last time as she grabbed her dressing gown and ran downstairs, the smell of bacon and pancakes hitting her nose as she reached the bottom. She saw Justin putting the roses in a vase for her, seeing the single silver rose she smiled at him. Every weekend since he had been in college, they had been studying and training together, but they always left Saturday evening as their night alone to be a normal happy couple, giving her Sunday afternoon with the senshi before Justin drove them all back to college. This piece of normality and the fact that there had been no new enemies had helped Cleo nearly accept her future and what was to come the following day. She sat down as Justin poured her a glass of juice and she helped herself to the food that was waiting for her.
"There is enough food to feed an army!" Craig said as he walked down the stairs.
"Or just three very hungry people!" Cleo said as he joined them at the table. Craig smiled at his sister, he had allowed her to have the weekend off training, not that she wasn't going to do some freely of course, but she knew that it was then just for fun. Craig began to pile his plate as Justin turned off the stove and sat down on the other side of Cleo and also helped himself to the food.
"So… big day tomorrow!" Craig said.
"In more ways than you can imagine." Cleo whispered so that Justin could hear. Both knew that something was going to happen tomorrow, they just were not prepared as to what.
"So, your friends are coming over this afternoon to get the decorations up and then you are all heading to the video store to rent DVDs and I heard then slumber party in the den until god knows what hour!" Craig said as he filled a second plate of food.
"Yes, and no boys allowed, that means both of you!" Cleo said, even though she regretted doing this, she just wanted to be with the senshi tonight and that was all. It was rare for them to have a girl's night, and this was the perfect chance due to holidays for both school and college. Cleo put more food on her plate, she was really enjoying what Justin had made for her, she thought that she could get used to this sort of spoiling.
"Don't get used to this; you are supposed to be in training and on a diet! Justin should know this above all!" Craig said.
"Aww bro come on! Once a year I celebrate my birthday, at least let him spoil me!" she said, Craig smiled and nodded.
"Technically it is not your birthday until tomorrow!" he reminded her.
"Yeah, that I can not forget." she said as she sighed and began playing with her last slice of bacon. She was not 100% sure if she was ready to become a queen, let alone rule the kingdom. She let out a sigh.
"Cheer up, one day left of being 15. Go on the trampoline. It's fun and not exactly training for you!" Craig said to his sister, Cleo smiled at this suggestion as she stood up and went upstairs to get changed in her trampolining gear. Justin looked at her now empty plate.
"Sometimes I wonder about her." Justin said and Craig nodded.
"You want to be part of this family, so get used to it." Craig said, Justin smiled at this remark and returned to his pancakes.
Cleo ran into the sports hall. Trampolining was one of her favorite past times. She saw that it was already out and climbed on it as she began to get height. Then she started performing the basic moves before she moved onto the harder stuff. Being a nationalist gymnast, it was easy for her.
"Wow, Cleo that is amazing!" she heard a voice say as she completed a full triple back somersault with a 1 and a half twist. She did a straight jump and then stopped as she looked to who was talking to her. She saw Ami and Rei walking towards her. Cleo smiled as the girls ran up to her and hugged her.
"What are you doing here so early in the afternoon?" Cleo asked.
"Here to see you of course. The others should be arriving in an hour, so we thought that we could use this time to go swimming!" Ami said as they both pulled off their jackets reveling their bikinis. "Don't worry, we told the others to meet us in your pool once they come." she said. Cleo smiled some more as she raced into the house to get her bikini on.
"Hey, speedy, where you off to?" she heard Justin's voice say from the kitchen.
"Bikini, going swimming with the girls in the indoor pool!" she shouted down the stairs. She rummaged through her stuff and found her favorite purple bikini and put it on, placing a pair of black tracksuit bottoms and a matching jacket over the top. She grabbed a towel from the closet in the hallway on her way down the stairs. She stopped when she got to the kitchen and went over to Justin. She gave him a kiss.
"Thanks for breakfast my king." she said to him as she then ran off to where Ami and Rei were waiting for her.
Just as they said, an hour later the other senshi arrived and they dived into the pool with Ami, Rei and Cleo. Justin was off somewhere, no one knew where, but it looked like as if the cats were keeping a secret.
"Sunspot, Shadow, why not join us!" Cleo said as she looked at the cats. They were both nervous around the water and were scared that they would get splashed, plus the fact that they were hiding Justin's whereabouts only added more to the nervousness.
"They know something we don't know!" Minako said in a sing song voice. Cleo smiled, that was all she wanted to know. She whispered something into Ami's ear and the girl smiled. The princess of the water planet got out and lay on a lounger near where the cats were. Over the past few weeks, each princess had found out that they had a natural ability to control their planets elements while on Earth, this was still unknown to the cats, but not to Cleo. Ami smiled as she levitated a big bubble of water out of the pool and dumped it on the cats.
"Ami-chan!" the cats shouted as they looked at the water princess, her planet symbol shining on her forehead, this being the give away that she had done anything. The girls laughed as they looked at the wet cats.
"Shadow, Sunspot, that would teach you from keeping a secret from us, now tell me where is Justin!" Cleo added as she approached the cats. The cats looked away from the princess, again trying to hide their knowledge.
"Come on, if he is doing something stupid, should I not be made aware of it? You are both my trusted advisors so please..." Cleo asked as she bent down to the cats.
"Cleo, for once please trust us and wait for the surprise?" Shadow said and Cleo nodded.
"Gomen, about the whole water thing I will get Rei to dry you out. Hold on a sec, REI!" Cleo shouted. The princess of the fire planet looked up from where she was treading water.
"WHAT?" she shouted back.
"Can you come and dry these two off please, but don't burn them!" Cleo warned her. The fire princess sighed as her planet sign appeared on her forehead. As she got out of the water, she was dry in a matter of seconds. She picked up the cats that snuggled against her warm body and were soon dry.
"Arigato Rei-chan." they both said as her symbol faded. She put the cats down and smiled as she joined Ami on the second lounger.
The girls were settling down on the many bean bags that were in the den. All of them dressed in their pajamas, they had decorated the kitchen for Cleo's birthday since everyone she wanted to be there were already there. The cats were sitting in front, watching the last DVD with the girls. Once it was over they turned to face them all.
"So, how long have you known about being able to control your elements?" Shadow asked.
"I wanted to do some fire reading, but was annoyed that I had no fire, so I wished for it, and it appeared in my hand," Rei explained as she showed them. "Once I had done this, I got in touched with everyone and the ones at college, we met up and Cleo and Minako met up too. We all discovered that we could control our elements." The other girls nodded, except for Cleo.
"I guess I got lucky this time, I mean sure I have enough to face tomorrow without having the ability to control the stars too." she said, Minako put her arm around her friend.
"I guess I already knew mine since I am an Empath, but I did not know that it was anything to do with being a Sailor senshi." she said to the cats. Everyone nodded and lay down. Cleo fell asleep surrounded by her friends. The cats smiled at Cleo as they went out of the room via the cat flap that she had put in.
They scratched on Justin's room, just as he finished wrapping up Cleo's present.
"The girls are asleep." Shadow said as he opened the door.
"You know, I should put in a cat flap like Cleo has in her room." he said as he sat back on his bed and the cats joined him. Shadow jumped into the air and a disk appeared on Justin's bed.
"This is a holodisc for Cleo. Her mom made it for her in case she did not survive." Sunspot explained to Justin. He picked up the disk and looked at the cats and wrapped it for them. He smiled at them as he got changed and settled into his bed for the night.
"Any idea what will happen tonight?" he asked the cats sleepily.
"Cleo maybe transforming, the problem is, that this transformation will stay for the whole day since she will have to wake up the other people of the star kingdom to recognize her." Shadow said as he lay in the basket that Justin had for them. Sunspot snuggled up to Shadow and the two cats fell asleep.
Downstairs, a light engulfed Cleo making her feel warm. Just as it appeared, it quickly disappeared; Cleo continued sleeping, never once anyone waking up from the light. Sunlight shone through the windows and the girls begun to wake up. Makoto gasped as she looked at Cleo, her moon crescent on her forehead.
"Umm guys, we have a problem here." she said as Cleo continued to sleep. The senshi looked at Cleo and saw her moon crescent and knew that this was not her doing. The light engulfed each of the sailor senshi as they changed beyond their control, this they were not expecting.
"No, no no why, why is this happening!" Minako said, the other Sailor senshi looked at themselves.
"Cleo needs to revel herself as the queen today that means her court is to be present, meaning that we will be Sailor senshi for the whole day." Ami said at a guess.
"I hope that Craig can keep a secret, cause if we are like this, and then Justin..." Makoto said as Cleo opened her eyes and looked at the Sailor scouts, all changed into their fuka.
"Good morning your highness." they all said as they bowed down. Cleo looked at herself, she was dressed as she would be for a princess, but her crown was now different.
"No,no no no no!" she said. "If Craig sees this then he will know who we are!" said as she stood up to the Sailor senshi. "And why are you all transformed?" she asked.
"Your highness, you have to present your court today, and for this reason everyone is ready for you to re-awaken the people from your kingdom." Shadow said as he walked into the room. He bowed down to the queen.
"Please tell me it is just for an hour or so?" she asked, the cat shook his head.
"All day." he said, Cleo let out a moan. She heard a knock on the door.
"Cleo, its Craig, come on time to come out birthday girl!" he said. Cleo took a deep breath; she had to face him sometime. She opened the door and exited, leaving the senshi in there.
Craig had his back to his sister as he went to the fridge and poured himself a glass of juice.
"Craig, bro, there is something I have to tell you." Cleo said, he brother turned around and gasped as he looked at her.
"Cleo, what is that? And on your forehead?" he said as he walked up to her and touched her moon crescent.
"As of today, I became Queen Zara of the Star Kingdom." she said as she let out a sigh. Craig laughed.
"This is a joke right?" he said, she reached to her locket and held it.
"Moon crystal stardust power!" she said as pink light engulfed her and she turned into Sailor Stardust. He gasped as she reached her hand out and her staff appeared.
"You're Sailor Stardust?" he asked, she nodded as the light engulfed her, transforming her back to the princess outfit.
"If I may present to you the Sailor senshi." she said as she opened the door to the den. Each one came out one by one.
"Sailor Mercury, princess of the water planet." Ami said as she came out.
"Sailor Mars, princess of the fire planet." Rei said as she came out.
"Sailor Jupiter, princess of the nature planet." Makoto said as she came out.
"Sailor Venus, princess of the love planet." Minako said as she came out. Cleo sighed, the senshi were finally revealed to Craig. He looked at each of them in awe, especially at their foreheads since each had their planet symbol.
"And King Darien, king of Earth, and betrothed to the star kingdom queen." Justin said as he walked down the stairs after he watched the scene with Cleo, Craig and the rest of the sailor senshi.
"Shadow and Sunspot; advisors to the king and queen." The cats said as they approached Craig. He looked at them all in awe.
"Today I must present myself, and I have to awaken the other people from my kingdom and I am not sure how. Craig, we need you to keep this secret for us." Cleo said as she went up to her brother, her eyes pleading him not to tell anyone. He took his sister in his arms.
"For you, anything. Even if it means I will have to die, I will never reveal to anyone your true identities." Cleo smiled at him as he looked around at them. "So, what do heroes like you all want for breakfast?" he said, the Sailor senshi smiled as they all sat down and Craig made breakfast for everyone.
Craig got over the shock of Cleo being the queen and her friends being the Sailor senshi, and also Justin being a king as he sat around them all. Cleo opened up her presents. She looked down at the cats that had brought her something down.
"Your highness, in honor of your 16th birthday, we were told to give you this." Sunspot said. Cleo picked up the package and opened it. A disk fell onto the desk and it turned on at her touch. A hologram of her mom appeared.
"Little One; today is the day that you take your rightful place as queen of the star kingdom. By now I am sure that your Luna advisors had told you that both you and your court will stay transformed for a day, and since you are on Earth, I know that this will shock a lot of people. Gomen, if you wish for them not to know, you can erase their memories. Little One, I wish I was there to spend the day with you to help you present yourself to your people. All you have to do is go outside with your court and with your staff, reach across and say "stardust memories awake!" this should then cause the spell over the people to remember who you are and they will return to your land. Happy birthday Little One, remember that I will always love you." the hologram faded, and Cleo cried.
Craig looked at the disk in awe as he had just seen the message from a woman who reminded him of their mother. Justin had wrapped his arm around Cleo, who then moved to his chest to cry. The Sailor senshi gathered around the king and queen, waiting for their orders. Cleo stopped sobbing and dried her eyes.
"No, today is not the day for sadness, we should be happy, my kingdom is going to be woken today, so, shall we?" she said as she looked at everyone. She reached her hand out and a staff appeared in her hand. In many ways it was similar to the one she used as Sailor Stardust however this was gold, and the pink star that was on top of it was now surrounded by several smaller stars, each the color of the senshi's planets and a golden ring encased them all. Cleo looked down at the staff in awe and smiled. She walked outside and then out of the gates of their house, all the time, the Sailor senshi, Justin, Craig and the Luna cats followed. They paused at the lake as Cleo continued. Craig wanted to stop her as he thought she would drown in the water, but gasped as he saw her walk on it. Justin joined her by her side.
"Your highness, may I join you?" he asked her as he bowed down to her, Cleo looked at him and nodded, offering her hand to help him stand. Side by side, Cleo closed her eyes and allowed the staff's power to fill her, the Sailor senshi felt their foreheads glow warm as they were lifted up in a pink light.
"Stardust memories awake!" Cleo said as she felt the power coming from around her into her and then out through the staff. She opened her eyes as she watched the power in the form of dust disperse into the sky. The senshi felt the ground below their feet again as Cleo turned towards them and smiled. They both walked back to the group and looked at Craig. He was grasping his head as if he was in pain. Cleo ran to his side.
"Craig, come on look at me." She said as he looked up. A small pink star appeared on his forehead and Cleo gasped.
"He is a member of your kingdom!" Sunspot said as she saw the small star disappeared. Cleo laughed at the irony of the situation.
"My big brother is ruled by his little sister, Sunspot, is he a prince?" she asked, Sunspot shook his head.
"I am sorry, you were an only child, you should know that." the cat explain, Cleo sighed.
"One can but dream." she said as Craig's pain subsided and he looked at Cleo.
"My queen." he said, she smiled.
"No, you do not have to ever address me as that bro, come on, let's go in and enjoy my birthday." she said as she held out her hand and he took it. The Sailor senshi looked on in awe.
"People will recognize you all since you are part of the royal court, since the queen will not be there, you will all be treated in the same way so be aware of that." Shadow explained to them, they nodded as they followed Cleo and Craig into the house.
Cleo was enjoying having everyone around her as she opened the rest of her presents, she realized that there was nothing from Justin, she looked at him curiously.
"My queen, you will get it later." he said, she pouted. "Now, that is not the look for royalty is it?" he asked, she turned her back on him. "Come on Cleo, trust me on this please!" he said as he put his hands on her shoulders, she let out a sigh and nodded. Sunspot came up to her.
"My queen, we have other important issues to discuss today." Cleo sighed again.
"I have just become queen, can it not wait until tomorrow?" she asked, the cat shook her head. "Fine, tell me." she said as she looked at the cat. The Sailor senshi were outside playing around while Craig was ringing about something, Justin had not left her side at all so far.
"Well, the main thing is we need to send someone to the star kingdom to see how it looks. I am not sure but if I remember correctly the palace is in ruins after the attack, and also some areas of the town. The princesses should also return to their kingdoms to check on their people, since they would have woken up today after your spell." Sunspot said, Cleo sighed this was going to be harder that she expected.
"Fine, we all have a few days to go and check our kingdoms and to see how our people are faring, I will take charge of the star kingdom. I leave in the morning as well as the Sailor senshi." she said as she stood up and went out to the sailor senshi. Sunspot went up to Justin and sat down next to him.
"This is going to be a lot for her to handle." Sunspot said to Justin, he nodded. He knew how his kingdom was, they all lived on Earth. He knew that now his identity had also been reveled to everyone and was not looking forward to going out.
"King Darien, we have an issue that we need to discuss with you." Shadow said as he joined the other Luna cat. Justin looked at them and nodded; they left the room and headed into his bedroom for some privacy.
Cleo went outside and looked at the sailor senshi. They were playing a game of tennis, and despite being in their senshi fukas, they looked like that they were enjoying themselves. She smiled at them as they turned and saw her. They went up to her.
"Your highness?" Ami asked. Cleo was never going to get used to hearing that.
"You each have to go to your own kingdoms and see how your people are. They should have awoken today from my spell and I hope that you will find them all well and your kingdoms intact." she said, they all bowed before her.
"Are you going to be okay without us by your side?" Minako asked; she could feel the fear coming from Cleo.
"Justin will be with me, and I have to go to the star kingdom to see the extent of the damage and begin repairs, so I will not be around. If you need me, you can reach me via the communicators. However, I have a gift for each of you. Please hold out your hands." Cleo said as she walked up to them. She waved her hand over each of the senshi's open hands and a ball appeared in their hands, each one the color of their planet. "These are communication globes. Please leave them in your kingdom. If you people would need you, they can then contact you. Your bracelet will glow when someone for your kingdom is trying to reach you. We can also use them to communicate to each other. Please, allow only one of your advisors to be able to use them." she said, the senshi nodded and bowed once again to her.
Cleo heard a knock on the door and sighed. Craig was on the phone and Justin was no where to be found. She sighed, she just wanted cake and to relax and do nothing, being queen was already starting to bother her. She went to the door and opened it, not caring that she was still dressed in her princess outfit.
"Queen Zara." a voice asked; she looked to see two girls bowing before her at her doorstep, both wearing the same fuka as the Sailor senshi and had planet symbols on their foreheads.
"Sailor Neptune, Sailor Uranus?" Cleo said as her eyes began to fill with tears. The senshi nodded. She hugged them, surprised to see them there.
"I thought you both were banished, never to return!" she said as she pulled away from them.
"You are the new queen, our banishment has ended, and we have come to you for the judgment of the outer senshi." Sailor Uranus explained. Cleo pulled from them.
"Judgment? Outer senshi?" she said as she looked at them questionably.
"The Outer senshi, Sailor Pluto, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn. The four of them were banished after turning their backs on the queen in her time of need." Sunspot said as she approached them.
"But there are only two senshi here." Cleo said.
"Sailor Pluto is guarding the gates of time, and Sailor Saturn is still a baby, her powers are being kept at bay as we speak." Sailor Neptune explained to them.
"You did not turn your backs on my mom, I know this, and I was there when it happened, but I was still so small that I could not do anything against it. Gomen please forgive me for being helpless." Cleo said as she bowed before the two senshi. They gasped, not expecting their new queen to be bowing before them. Sailor Uranus and Neptune crouched down next to her and reached under her chin so that they could see her face, tears falling down all of their cheeks.
"My queen, it was never your fault, we knew what it would look like and accepted the punishment in order to protect you all from afar." Sailor Uranus explained to her. She smiled at the pair as she hugged them both. The senshi, still shocked hugged the queen back and they broke apart and stood up.
"Please pass judgment on us." Sailor Uranus said as they bowed down again and placed their transformation pens in front of them. Cleo smiled.
"Arise Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune. I know the truth of what happened on that day. I revoke your banishment, and that of Sailor Pluto and Saturn. If Sailor Pluto is happy, I would love her to keep guarding the gates of time. Now, please accept this gift." she said as she took their transformation pens in her hand and took the star crystal in the other one. She closed her eyes as the transformation pens changed. She then reached out and touched their foreheads, both of their symbols turning gold.
"Welcome to my court, please accept my gift of power to the both of you. Say "Neptune crystal power make up!" and "Uranus crystal power make up!" for your new transformations to take place. She explained as they took their transformation pens back. Both girls looked at each other and nodded.
"Neptune crystal power make up!"
"Uranus crystal power make up!"
The girls were engulfed in light and as their transformation was complete, they looked at each other and then at Cleo.
"Your highness, we have nothing to give you back in return." the said to her.
"I want nothing in return, just your loyalty. And please, my name is Cleo here on Earth. Come on, I want to introduce you to everyone else." she said as they stood up and went in the house.
"Craig, we have two more party guests!" Cleo shouted at her brother who was still on the phone, he looked up briefly and nodded. The outer senshi looked at her. "He is my brother, also just found out he is a member of my kingdom. He is fine. Oh, I am sorry; I forgot to ask your names here on Earth." Cleo said as she paused and reached for a bottle of water from the counter. The senshi followed suit as they took one each.
"Michiru, as Sailor Neptune I have the power to control the oceans." Sailor Neptune said.
"Haruka, as Sailor Uranus I have the power to control the air." Sailor Uranus said. "When we woke up, we had transformed and then we heard your spell and all our memories came back, so we teleported here to see you. Don't worry, only Sailor senshi can do that." she said as she saw Cleo's mouth fall down.
"Good, I don't need people ruining my birthday." she said as they went outside to the other senshi.
"Oh, your highness, we forgot about your birthday, please accept our apology!" Michiru said; Cleo waived this away.
"Allow the sailor senshi to introduce them; since we can not power down today, I say we extend the sleepover to another night and get to know the two new outer senshi." Cleo said as the senshi came up to her. "Tomorrow we leave to check on our kingdoms, of course I hope that you both take this chance to do the same, oh wait." Cleo said as she closed her eyes, her hands opened and there were two balls there. She gave the deep green one to Michiru and the deep blue one to Haruka. The sailor senshi looked at the outer senshi and smiled. Cleo left them all to get introduced and went and sat on the sofa in the living room, finally closing her eyes briefly.
She felt a weight on her legs and opened one eye to see her brother. She smiled as she sat up and he joined her.
"So sis, how is your birthday going?" he asked.
"More surprises than I expected. Craig I have to go away for a few days, do you want to come and see our home?" he said, Craig pondered about this.
"How will we get there?" he asked, Cleo looked at him.
"Trust me it is better you don't know." she said as she wasn't going to go into the explanation of sailor teleporting. He nodded at her and she smiled. "Great, now where is my cake?" she asked.
"Well, your friends are supposed to be taking care of that, so who are the new ones?" he asked as he looked outside.
"They are two from the Outer Senshi. They came after feeling my spell re-awaken their memories. I am not sure if they want to tell you their identities, but I am sure you will find out in the morning, we are extending the sleepover." she said as she looked outside at the senshi as they talked. She sighed.
"Craig, you know that now I am of age, I have to get married and everything, so technically Justin is keeping his promise, it is just earlier than you expected. I fear darkness is coming, and I need to get everything ready so that when it comes, we will be able to battle it. I can't lose our kingdom again." she said as she let a tear fall down her cheek.
"Cleo, don't worry about it." he said as he hugged his sister. At that moment, the Sailor senshi came in with the biggest birthday cake Cleo had ever seen filled with 16 candles and they began singing happy birthday. Once they had all finished, she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Make a wish your highness." she heard Justin say, she smiled as she blew out the candles and everyone cheered. She looked at the cake, it was here and all of the Sailor senshi transformed in their fuka standing and posing. She smiled as Craig began to cut the cake and offer it around; even the cats shared a piece.
"Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, welcome." Justin said; the senshi bowed before their king. "I know that today is supposed to be full of formalities, but please, rise. I am called Justin here on Earth, also you will see me as the Silver Soldier." he explained to them.
"Michiru, your highness." Sailor Neptune said.
"Haruka, your highness." Sailor Uranus said. Justin nodded at the pair.
"Well, there goes the surprise!" Cleo said as she looked at the two scouts who looked confused, Cleo let out a little giggle. She was finally happy. She had everything she ever wanted, but she knew that the struggle was about to begin.
Michiru let out a gasp as she dropped her plate. Haruka caught it before it hit the carpet. Cleo went to Michiru and put her arm around her shoulder.
"Your highness..." she whispered.
"I know, please I don't want them to know yet, let them try to lead normal lives on this planet, be it for a short period of time. We have already destroyed one enemy, I know that many would have sensed my spell today, it is inevitable." Cleo whispered and Michiru nodded. She knew that something was coming, and somehow Sailor Saturn was going to play a part in this.
"Sailor Neptune, are you okay?" Minako asked. She looked up at the girl and smiled.
"I am fine Sailor Venus, come on, please do not let me ruin your birthday your highness." She said to Cleo.
"Trust me, you have nothing to worry about there." she said as she looked outside. The sun was setting, she was hoping that they would have returned to normal by now, but she knew that it was not going to happen, not yet. She stood up and went outside, Craig was about to follow her when Sailor Uranus reached out and stopped him.
"No, she needs to be alone." she said, Craig looked at the senshi and nodded. Sailor Uranus let go of his arm and Craig sat back down next to Craig.
Cleo watched the sun go down. She reached out her hand and her staff appeared there.
"Your highness, I wanted to say that you did the right thing forgiving the outer senshi." Sunspot said as she walked up beside her. Cleo looked at her staff; four new crystals had joined the other ones outside the golden crescent. She touched them, knowing that the new senshi were now part of her court.
"It was not their fault what happened to mom, I know that, however regardless that they knew they were innocent, they took the banishment and protected us all from their homes. My mom forgave them, otherwise they would not have been brought to Earth, I think that they knew this in their hearts and yet, they still came wanting my forgiveness for a crime I knew they never committed." Cleo explained as she looked down at the cat. "I need to go and see Sailor Pluto." she said as she stroked the cat. "How do I get to the gates of time?" she asked. Sunspot jumped and a small key fell into Cleo's hands.
"Use this key, call upon the guardian of time; call upon her to grant you safe passage." Sunspot said. "Good luck your highness, and please be careful." the cat said as she went back indoors. Cleo held the key in the sky.
"I call upon you, Sailor Pluto, guardian of time. Grant me safe access so that I can speak to you!" she said, the key glowed a deep red color and the light engulfed Cleo as she vanished.
Cleo opened her eyes to find herself in a dark passage. She held onto her staff as she approached the door nearby, and saw a women standing next to it. She was a lot older than any of the Sailor senshi on Earth. Cleo walked closer to her, and the senshi looked up at her and bowed when she recognized who was there.
"Your highness, happy birthday." she said to her. She put her transformation pen on the ground; Cleo bent down and picked it up.
"Arise Sailor Pluto. I know the truth of what happened on that day. I revoke your banishment. If it pleases you, would you mind guarding the gates of time and space for me?" Cleo asked the senshi in front t of her.
"Your highness, it would be my honor." she said as she looked up at the queen.
"Please accept this gift." she said as she took the star crystal in her other hand, with the transformation pen already in the other one. She closed her eyes as the transformation pen changed. She then reached out and touched her forehead, her symbol turned gold.
"Welcome to my court, please accept my gift of power. Say "Pluto crystal power make up!" for your new transformations to take place." Cleo explained as she handed back the pen to the senshi standing in front of her.
"Pluto crystal power make up!" Sailor Pluto said who was engulfed in a dark red light. When she returned, she had the same tiara as the other senshi. Cleo smiled at the new senshi. Pluto bowed down to her once again.
"My queen, if you ever need me, please call upon my assistance. I will be there in a heartbeat." she said. Cleo nodded and started to walk back.
"My queen, before you leave. Please take this as a token of our friendship." she said, Cleo held out her hands and saw a small heart shaped deep red gem in her hand. "This will keep your nightmares at bay if you wish." she said, Cleo looked up at the senshi with tears in her eyes. "If you want to talk about them, please come and see me. Your company is always welcome here my queen." she said, Cleo hugged the senshi who was taken aback. She never had much human contact since she was alone here. She put her arm around her queen who began to sob on her shoulder.
"No more tears should be shed today your highness. When you return to Earth, I will make sure that all of you have powered down. I know that this will make it more comfortable for you." she said, Cleo pulled away and nodded.
"Arigato Sailor Pluto. If I may, do you have an Earth name?" she asked as she began to fade.
"Setsuna, your highness." she said as her voice faded.
Cleo saw that she was back on Earth and that she had indeed powered down, however was wearing a flowing white dress with her moon crescent still on her forehead, but she knew that her powers were at bay. She looked at the other sailor senshi, who were also now in free flowing dresses, however each senshi had a different color. Their symbols were clearly shown on their foreheads still, however were no longer gold, they matched the color of their dresses. Ami was wearing a light blue dress, Rei was in a red one, and Makoto was wearing green while Minako was dressed in yellow, Michiru was wearing a sea green dress and finally Haruka was wearing a dark blue dress. She looked at Justin, he was still in his prince outfit. She smiled at him as he looked out at the window and saw that she had returned.
"Have a nice trip to the gates of time?" he asked as he walked up to her, she nodded. "Then how come you have all somehow powered down to an extend and yet I am still the same?" he asked, Cleo laughed.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to wear our fuka all day!" she said.
"No, but you were not in your fuka!" he pointed out.
"True, but wearing a crown all day and the dress was just annoying me!" she said to him as she leaned into his chest. Justin wrapped his arm protectively around her. "And anyway, I prefer you like this, my king." she said as she looked up and smiled at him. Justin bent down so that their mouths met in a kiss.
"The perfect end to a confusing day." Cleo said as they pulled apart. Justin put his arm around her as they looked up at the moon.
"The day is not yet over. And tomorrow, we visit your kingdom." he said, she nodded. Justin turned Cleo around and both of them walked back into the house. Cleo opened her hand and saw the gem that Sailor Pluto had given her. Justin looked down at it.
"And that is?" he asked
"A gift from the senshi of time." she replied as she tighten her grasp around it.
Everyone looked up as Cleo and Justin re-entered the room. The senshi smiled at her and so did Craig.
"So birthday girl, what do you want to do now?" he asked. Cleo had an evil glint in her eye; she knew perfectly well what she wanted to do. She pushed herself away from Justin and ran away from the senshi, laughing. All in the room looked at each other confused as they ran after her. Cleo was in the indoor pool room and the senshi looked at her as she jumped in, fully dressed. As she surfaced, she was laughing. The senshi looked at each other and laughed as they jumped in after her. Justin looked on the ground and saw that Cleo had dropped the gem on the floor. He picked it up and put it in his pocket as he took off his jacket.
"My king, Craig, will you not join us?" Cleo said to them, both shook their heads. "Ami-chan, if you please." Cleo said; Ami smiled as she knew what Cleo wanted her to do. Ami closed her eyes as she started to rise up from the water. She held her hands above her as a bubble of water floated over to the pair of them and fell, soaking them both. The senshi laughed.
"You should know that Ami-chan is the senshi of water, if you want more, I have the senshi of the sea here." Cleo said as she motioned towards Michiru. Craig looked up in shock of getting drenched. He pulled off his jumper and his jeans so that he was wearing his boxers and jumped in after Cleo. She laughed as she swam away from her brother, but he was faster, catching her under the water and pulling her under. As they surfaced, both of them were laughing. Justin looked at them all, playing and having fun. He sat down on the lounger and the cats jumped up and joined him.
"You are not going to join them?" they asked him, he shook his head.
"We have other things to attend to. I think we should make our exit now while Cleo is not looking." He said to the cats who nodded. Justin picked up his jacket and left the senshi and her brother playing in the pool.
After an hour, Cleo and everyone started to get out.
"And now we are drenched!" Craig said; Cleo looked at Rei who smiled. She closed her eyes and heat began to radiate around everyone, drying their clothes in a matter of seconds.
"Senshi of fire." Cleo said to her brother as he picked up his jeans.
"Missed these!" he said, Rei sighed as she brought up a fireball. "Okay, joke, just joking!" he said, but Rei stopped. Having fire in her hands had enhanced her fire reading capabilities. She gasped as she saw the darkness approaching. Michiru and Cleo looked at her, knowing that she had seen the same as them.
"Sailor Mars!" Cleo said in a stern voice. Rei put out the fireball and went to the queen. Cleo shook her head, and Rei understood what she meant, bowed and nodded in agreement. Cleo looked around and did not see either Justin or the Luna cats. She rolled her eyes and they all made their way back into the living room to order pizza for the evening.
"Craig, get the door!" Cleo said as she and the other senshi were watching a movie. Cleo knew it was the pizza man and did not want to have someone starring at her forehead; she already had enough stuff to take care of than someone else gawping at her. Craig went over to the door and opened it. He smiled.
"Cleo, it's for you!" she said as she stood up and went to the door.
"No more Sailor senshi, no more people recognizing me, just please I want a quiet evening before I have to go away tomorrow." She mumbled to herself as she went to the door. She opened it and saw Justin standing there.
"Queen Zara, please accept these flowers, though nothing can be compared your beauty." he said as he handed her a full bouquet of moon lilies, she had not seen them since she was in her kingdom. She gasped at the beauty of the flower as she took the bouquet from his grasp. The Sailor senshi hid behind the wall, watching their interaction take place.
"Ar... arigato King Darien." she said as she curtsied at him. Justin took her free hand and helped her stand up.
"Queen Zara, as you know, I have already asked for your hand in marriage, and you have already agreed to the binding. However, you were still a princess, and now, as queen, I ask you again. I have loved you and I will always love you until the last breath leaves my body. Please allow me to have your hand in marriage." he said as he got down on one knee. Cleo blushed as she nodded.
"Yes King Darien, I accept your proposal." she said as he stood up and hugged her. They heard clapping and cheering behind them and turned to see the Sailor senshi and Craig watching the scene.
"My queen, accept my apologies for the lateness of your birthday present." He said as he handed her a wrapped box. "I had to make a few finishing touches, but there is still something missing." he said to her, she looked up at him and he nodded as she opened it. There was another box with a button, she pressed it and inside was a brooch in the shape of a star. It was golden on the outside, and in the middle was the deep red gem that Sailor Pluto had given her this evening. She opened it and inside it was still gold and also a circle of gems of different colors, representing all of the senshi and outer senshi. In the middle, there was a hole, but it was empty. Cleo reached out to her locket and took out the star crystal and placed it in the hole. The star crystal grew brighter, causing all of the gems that surrounded it to grow bright too. Cleo felt warm as did the other senshi as the symbols on their foreheads glowed. Cleo was lifted up by the light as it engulfed her, causing her to transform. The senshi looked at her in awe as she returned to the ground; the new brooch was now placed in the center of the purple bow on her chest. Cleo looked at her fuka, nothing had changed. She reached her hand out for her staff, and instead of the one with just the pink star crystal on it, it was the same she had this morning. She smiled, knowing something had changed her attack. She closed her eyes as she concentrated on powering down. Light engulfed her as she retuned to her dress. She looked up at Justin and smiled.
"It's perfect." She said as she walked towards him and kissed him. Justin wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer as the senshi and Craig backed away leaving them alone.
"Finally!" he whispered in Cleo's ear as he bent down and picked her up off her feet. She giggled as he took her upstairs to his room for some privacy. Sunspot saw this and went into the living room where everyone was watching the movie.
"You trust them Craig?" the cat asked him.
"She may be queen, but I know that both of their heads are in the right place. They won't do anything more than kissing." He said; the cat looked back at the stairs, unsure of what the queen and king were planning. Justin closed his door as he laid Cleo on his bed. She smiled at him as she sat up, and he sat down next to her.
"I wanted to take you away from everyone, be it just for an hour so that you can finally relax." He explained to her, she dove on him and knocked him backwards. She straddled his chest as she leaned down at him. This gave him a great view of her cleavage through the top of her dress.
"First you save me from bad guys, and now you are saving me from my own Sailor senshi. You should be ashamed about that!" she said as she bet down and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I am, after all, their queen, they need to defend me!" She said as she leaned in and kissed him lightly again.
"So, I should never save you from bad guys again?" he asked her, she smiled.
"No, you shouldn't tear me away from my council; we have important matters to discuss before leaving tomorrow." She said as she kissed him lightly for a third time.
"Well, I will, once again not see you until tomorrow, and then we have to rebuild the kingdom. I think that stealing you from your council for an hour is acceptable." He said as he wrapped his arms around Cleo's head, pulling her down and kissing her fully on the lips. Cleo let out a small moan as she parted her lips, allowing the kiss to deepen. Justin pulled her closer to him; this caused Cleo to lie on top of him. Cleo put her arm around Justin's head as she pulled him on top of her. Justin pulled away briefly as he looked down at his bride to be. She looked at him and smiled.
"You are so beautiful, do you know that?" he said to her, she frown as she looked at him. "And when we are finally married, we can get closer than this." He said as he stood up. Cleo sat up, confused as to why Justin stopped.
"Do you not love me?" she said in a low voice, Justin turned and ran back to Cleo, kneeling before her.
"Never ever think that. I love you so much I would do anything for you!" he said as he looked at her face.
"Then why stop?" she said.
"Cleo, we are not ready, we have too much to do first before we can even think about taking that step, not that I haven't thought about it, god I have thought about it so much, but I have to respect my duties to you, to our kingdom first before I can allow us to become completely one." He said to her. Cleo looked at him and he wiped away her lone tear falling down her cheek. He pulled her face down and kissed her, showing her with all of his passion exactly how much he wanted her and loved her.
The movie ended and Shadow was getting worried about how quiet it was upstairs. He sneaked away from the group and scratched on Justin's door. He heard footsteps as Cleo appeared and opened it for him.
"Cleo, should you not be downstairs enjoying pizza and the movie?" he said as he looked in at the room. Justin was sitting on the chair next to his desk, the bed looked fine and neither of them were blushing or clothes adjusted. Shadow let out a breath of relieve, he had nothing to worry about. Cleo nodded at the cat as she went into her room to get changed, Shadow went up to Justin.
"Your highness..." he began.
"Shadow, I would not do anything to Cleo until we are married, right now we have to take care of the royal duties. No matter that I am a man, and yes, we both want to, we both know that we have to wait." he said as he turned to the cat. "Tomorrow we go to the star kingdom on the moon and the last thing I want is for Cleo to be worked up from today. I took her away from everything, diverted her attention even though the time was brief." he said, Shadow nodded.
Cleo went downstairs and saw all of the senshi, except for the outer ones in their pajamas. Cleo threw a pair of pajamas towards the two.
"I hope that they fit, you two are older than me. If not, then you can use these from my mom." she said as she laid down two extra set of pajamas on the table.
"Arigato." they said as they went to go and get changed. Cleo went into the kitchen to get something to drink, Minako followed her.
"Cleo, you need to talk?" she asked.
"Minako-chan, tomorrow I see my kingdom for the first time, I do not know what to expect." she said as she put down the glass of water on the table as the senshi of love joined her. Minako looked at Cleo, she could see that she was worried about what to expect.
"Cleo, after the final battle, a lot was destroyed in your kingdom, if you need anything, contact any of the senshi, we can send people from our planets to help you rebuild." she said, Cleo looked up at the senshi and smiled. "Now come on, let's grab the extra blankets and watch this movie in the den." she said smiling, Cleo smiled as she went into a cupboard near the den and got the extra pillows and blankets and went into the den, Minako gathering the rest of the girls. Before long, exhaustion overtook Cleo and she fell into a deep sleep.