A/N: Sorry for the long wait, I have been off sick and having an operation and soon I have to have another on as well as work being busy, so here is a long installment for you all. Again, I own nothing except the OCs.
Hotaru was trying to get used to being on Earth with her new family. She had fallen in love with Chibichibi and also the wandering senshi, she had formed a crush on Tariq that he was aware of. The outer senshi began to home school her, Setsuna taking time away to come and help out when needed. Cleo had finished her first year at college and then planning for the wedding was in full swing. She was now at home with the senshi relaxing after the busy period of college and they were all enjoying the sun in the back garden. "Cleo-chan, can I ask you something?" Hotaru asked her and Cleo removed her sunglasses to look at the child. She sat up and allowed her to sit on her lap.
"Of course, what can I help you with?" she said.
"Well, I wanted to know why I grow up so fast whereas Chibichibi is still a child. She hasn't said many words and yet I grow older each month." She said as she began to swing her feet.
"Hmm… you see Chibichibi is from the future, she is my daughter. You are one of us, a senshi who is here to protect the future. Chibichibi will age, but naturally with you, you need to get ready to receive your powers, to know how to handle them." She said as she looked into the eyes of the senshi before her. "I have something for you, but you will get it on your next birthday." Cleo said as she ruffled the girl's hair. She let out a small groan as she stood up.
"Can you teach me how to back flip like you?" she asked, this took Cleo by surprise and nodded as she left the sun lounger and they both walked into the sports hall.
It was late at night and Cleo was in the hall, dressed in her star pajama bottoms and black t-shirt listening to her iPod. She was singing to the song and dancing the dance she had made up.
"'Cause the only time I think of you, is everyday and all night through." She sang, moving to the moves that she had created. She had a whole idea of a show in her head that she had never put forward to anyone, but it was written down in her book that she had left on the benches. She put her iPod down as she began to refresh her dance moves, singing out loud as she went.
"Got to let me know, when you're coming home." She sang as she danced and smiled as she did this. It was another of her outlets that she had to help her think about everything. She paused as she lay down on the mat and closed her eyes.
"I wish… I don't know what I wish." She said to herself. "I wish someone would tell me what I am supposed to do and how to make my choices." She said as she turned on her side and then onto her stomach. "How am I supposed to fight when I am too weak? How am I supposed to get married when all I do is doubt every choice that I make? How can I love someone when I fear that my heart my belonged to another?" she said in a whisper. She reached over to where her book laid and grabbed her brooch. "What if I didn't want to be who I am anymore?" she said as she looked at it. "Would the future turn out the same?" she continued as tears fell down her cheeks. "What if I am doing what I am doing just because it is destiny?" she said, the brooch looked at her and shone. She threw it to the side and turned ignoring it. The brooch flew open and the star crystal began to shine. Cleo ignored it as the crystal called to her. "All I am doing is what you say to me, but what if I don't want to? What if I want to actually do my own thing? Love who I want to love? Why must I do what you say?" she yelled at the crystal. It shone in response to her questions; Cleo heard it talking to her in her head. "Everyone tells me about duty, destiny, fate, responsibility, things that I am not ready for." She said as she began to calm down. The crystal glowed pink as Cleo felt her moon crescent appearing, she looked at the brooch it as an image of her mother appeared. She bowed down to the image as it looked at her, sadness expressed on her face.
"Little One, I can see how confused you are and things are hurting you, but the decisions you make are for love. You love the king of the Earth Kingdom, even in your time here on the Star Kingdom. You played with the other senshi as children; you loved each and every one of them as brothers and sisters as they loved you and protect you now. I wish I could be there to show you how to run a kingdom, how to become the senshi I always knew you would be, the queen and amazing person I can see every time I look at you. Remember Little One, I love you, and you are loved and I wish I could be there for you." She said as the image began to fade.
"Mom, your highness, please don't go!" Cleo said as she grabbed the brooch, the crystal faded down and she closed it, crying uncontrollably until she finally fell asleep.
Makoto came into the hall and saw someone asleep on the floor. She saw a book over by the benches and looked into it, noticing Cleo's handwriting. She smiled as she read it and closed the book and went over to the person lying there. She knew it was Cleo from her pajamas. She went up to the child and saw that her moon crescent was on her forehead and that she had tear-stained cheeks. Makoto gasped as she looked at how vulnerable the senshi was.
"Momma, please come back, I can't do this alone." Cleo murmured in her sleep as she held onto the brooch tighter. Makoto picked the girl up who briefly stirred in her arms before cuddling up to her and returning back to sleep. Makoto made her way into the house, seeing Tariq in the kitchen.
"Is she okay?" he asked her and Makoto shook her head.
"I think she didn't sleep at all last night, she said something about her mom, and something must have happened last night that has made her like this." She said as she handed her to Tariq. "Can you take her upstairs? I think that she will feel safer in your arms than mine." She said as she went back into the hall. Cleo let out a small moan as she moved closer to his chest.
"No, take the crystal, just don't hurt them!" she murmured as she let go of her brooch. It fell in Tariq's chest, resting between her and him. He let out a sigh, knowing that he could not move to take the brooch without waking her, until he heard footsteps coming downstairs.
"Shush, I am not sure what happened but she needs her bed. Can you take her brooch from there and put it in my pocket?" he asked as Ami looked at him and her. She nodded as she moved the brooch into the pocket as he asked and he nodded as he took her upstairs to her bedroom. Tariq looked at the child as he pulled her blanket over her. Chibichibi came into the room and watched him.
"Pol'is!" the child said as she went up to him.
"Hey Chibichibi how are you this morning? Did you sleep well?" he asked her as he bent down to pick her up, she nodded and smiled at him in response. "Come on, let's go and get you and your bunny some food and let mommy sleep." He said as he took her downstairs and into the kitchen to get her something to eat.
Cleo looked down at herself and saw that she had transformed into her senshi form. She looked around and knew that she was in the Star Kingdom of the future. She saw the castle shining in the distance and began to walk there, noticing how happy all of the people were and that they were prosperous. She walked though the barriers of the castle and saw an older version of herself dressed in a long purple gown waiting for her next to the fountain.
"Welcome to your future. Gomen, I can not show you too much but I have called you here since I heard your wishes in the crystal last night." She said as she walked up towards the senshi. "Please join me?" she asked, Stardust bowed before the queen and made her way to the fountain with her. "I know that things are harder, and you have our daughter with you and she will stay with you until she is ready. Everyday I miss her, but I knew that it was what we were supposed to do. By the way, tomorrow is her birthday, she will be four." She said as she winked at the senshi who smiled. "I know that you have feelings for Tariq, as he has for you but I know that your love for Justin overcomes everything. Things are confusing; you think it is the crystal telling you what to do when it is only pointing you in the right direction. Sometimes when I see our mom from it, she helps me understand what I am going through." She said as she reached to her chest and held onto her brooch. She let out a loud sigh. "You know how strange it is to see the things I, well we will see? There will always be a lot of tests that we have to overcome, and we are strong enough to do this. I wish I could explain what I am trying to tell you but know this, you are not weak, never ever think that you can not fight because you are weak. You have the power; it is just not ready to be shown yet." She said as she stood up. "Now, you need to wake up and take care of Chibichibi for us." She said as she stood up, holding out her hand to the senshi. "Believe in yourself and everyone around you and everything will fall into place." She said as they walked towards the barrier. Stardust nodded as she turned and looked at the queen.
"What is her real name? I want to be able to call her by her proper name." she said as she turned back, the queen paused.
"When she was born, we called her Sitara, I think she still keeps this name now in her galaxy, it has been some time since I have seen her all grown up." She said as she looked up to the sky. "She uses her real name, but I think that the wandering senshi still call her Chibichibi when she is with just them alone." She said as she smiled at the senshi before her. Stardust nodded as she began to walk away, back to where she arrived.
Cleo woke up in her bed. She wondered how she got there but smiled, knowing that the senshi had taken care of her somehow. She sat up and saw that her brooch was lying on her bedside table. She grabbed her dressing gown and brooch and made her way downstairs. The senshi and her brother were all gathered around the kitchen table looking at a book. When they heard footsteps, they closed the book and put it in Ami's bag since she had brought it down with her.
"Feeling better?" Makoto said as she came up from behind Cleo and she nodded in answer as she got herself a glass of juice.
"Chibichibi?" the girl said as she pulled down on her bath robe. Cleo bent down and picked her up.
"There you are, don't run off like that little madam!" Tariq said as he ran after Chibichibi and found her. Cleo laughed as she hugged the child close.
"Mina, we have a birthday to plan for. Tomorrow is Sitara's fourth birthday." She said and the senshi looked at her strangely.
"Who is Sitara?" Minako asked.
"Why our Chibichibi here of course; I had a visit from my future self and asked for her real name. Now four is going to be such a big age right Chibichibi?" Cleo asked the child who smiled and nodded. "So we should make her party here on earth as big and pretty as possible, so this is what we do…" she said as the senshi gathered around and began to plan things.
Justin had just finished his training to take him mind off Cleo being asleep. He heard footsteps as he was under the shower, knowing that the men had finished their training, he grabbed a towel and went out to find Cleo sitting on the bench in her pajamas still.
"This is unfair; you have more clothes than me." He said as she walked up to him and ran her hands through his wet hair. He pulled her closer, she laughed as she kissed his lips lightly.
"Yum, wet and still…" she said as she kissed him harder. He wrapped his arms around her and she let out a small moan as she opened her mouth, allowing his tongue entrance. She ran her hands through his wet hair again and then began to trace circles on his back. He put his hand up her top, causing her to shiver at the coldness of his touch. She pulled away and looked up at him.
"We have a birthday party to plan for our daughter." She said as she took a step away, admiring his body. He walked up behind her and grabbed her close, she could feel his desire through the towel and this made her want him more. He kissed her neck as she closed her eyes and moaned.
"You know I love you right?" she said as she turned and looked at him in the eyes. He nodded as he began to kiss her cheek, moving down to her neck again. "And no matter how much I wish we can continue we should stop. We need to go shopping for our daughter." She said as she let out a small moan.
"We haven't had any chance to be alone, maybe I should change that?" he said as he continued to kiss her. He met her lips as she pulled him closer, deepening their kiss.
"Now is not the time for that you two!" a voice came from the door of the changing room. "I swear I can't leave you two alone!" Cleo sighed as she recognized her brother's voice.
"Give me a break! Should you not be watching Chibichibi?" she asked as she looked over Justin's shoulder at her brother.
"Tariq is getting her dressed, and why still call her that, why not her real name?" he asked.
"I think she likes it. And anyway, if she didn't I think she would have said something against it. Anyway, I like her name here on Earth, just like mine is Cleo here but Zara in my kingdom, the same applies to her." She said as she waved to her brother. "Now be a good big brother and get ready, we need to go to the mall." She said as she bent back down, kissing Justin one last time before following her brother out of the changing rooms. Justin sighed as he walked back to the showers, now for a cold one.
Chibichibi went with Craig and Tariq to the decorations store while Justin and Cleo went to try and find a present for her. The other senshi also went their own ways accordingly to help get things ready for the party tomorrow. Cleo and Justin were walking hand in hand and looking in one of the toy shops, Cleo shook her head, she knew that she had enough toys; she wanted to get her something different. She smiled as she saw a jewelry store and began to pull Justin.
"Cleo, if you want to go somewhere just ask please don't pull." He said as he walked next to her.
"But if I can't pull you away from people looking at us, how would I be able to kiss you?" she said as she stopped at the shop's window. Justin smiled at her as she began to look at the bracelets for children. Justin put his arm around her as she saw something she liked. She pointed it out to him and he nodded, walking with her into the shop.
The day went quickly with all of the preparation. Tariq and Cleo had taken Chibichibi to the pool and swimming to keep her out of the den where the party was going to be held. One by one the senshi also joined them and they played with the girl. Once she climbed out of the pool, Rei dried her and wrapped a towel around her; Ami was playing with the water, Rei was using her abilities to dry people, Cleo sighed, somehow jealous that all of the senshi could do something in their normal forms but she could not.
"Be happy, you have enough problems no?" Hoshi whispered as he sat down next to her.
"Hoshi, you love Ami-chan no?" she asked and he blushed as he nodded slightly.
"I would do anything to make sure that she would never come to any harm." He said as he looked at the water senshi who was making Chibichibi laugh by levitating water bubbles to her. Cleo watched the child as she was playing with the senshi and smiled, she knew that she was lucky to have her, in the future and knew that the wandering senshi would guard her with their lives when needed. It was still confusing for her that she was going to be the princess of two kingdoms, she looked at Hoshi who was starring at Ami and she gently nudged him. He looked at her and smiled. She stood up and went outside, the sun beaming down onto her body. She looked up at the clear blue sky and wondered how bad things could happen, how people could want to destroy this planet.
"A penny for your thoughts?" a voice said as someone wrapped their arms around her, Cleo smiled as she felt his embrace and kisses on her neck.
"It's nothing of great importance." She said as she turned into Justin's chest.
"It must be if it caused you to pull such a face, come on, we need to be honest with each other if we are to be together." He said as he pulled her closer.
"I just don't understand how people can destroy this planet, I mean it is amazing and yet we have fought off two enemies, both bent on the destruction of the planet." She said as she looked up at him. "Can you not feel it? The planet turning, moving, everything just happening beneath our feet." She said as she looked at him, he nodded.
"I try to block it, sometimes it gives me a headache and I can not control it. I can feel the planet's pain when someone hurts it. It is as if the planet is connected to me since I am important to it, just like you felt when you first saw your kingdom on the moon." He said and she blushed. "I know how this kingdom feels, and somehow I also know how your kingdom feels, just as you feel the planet moving, I am also now connected to your kingdom." He said and she nodded as she began to understand what he was saying to her.
"Our daughter is going to be princess of two different galaxies." She said as she looked into the pool area through the glass.
"Maybe we have another child who will take care of our kingdoms so that Chibichibi can take care of hers." He said as he bent down and kissed her, she smiled against his lips.
"I am sure that I would like that very much." She said as she kissed him back.
Chibichibi woke up the following morning to see a hologram of her mother in front of her.
"I am sorry that I can not be there for you Sitara, but know that me and your father from your time love you so much and know that you are being such a good and big girl. I would like to be there in person to give you your present, but I can not, but I hope you like it my little one. Sailor Pluto will have it for you; it is something special and we hope that you do not lose it. I am sure that Sailor Stardust will help you when the time comes. Happy Birthday Little One, remember that we will love you no matter where you are." The image disappeared, Chibichibi called out for her mother. Cleo woke up as she felt the child move and call out.
"Hey its okay, I am right here Chibichibi, you must have had a vision." She said as she held the child. "Don't cry, today is a happy day since it is your birthday. Come on, let's go and get you some presents!" she said as the girl began to stop crying.
"Mama, love mama." She said as she hugged Cleo.
"I love you too so much Chibichibi." She said as tears began to fall down her cheeks. Chibichibi's forehead glowed as a small pink moon crescent appeared. Cleo held the child closer as she felt the warmth from the light. She felt the light move from the child to her own forehead as her moon crescent also appeared. Cleo looked at the child and smiled, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Come on, let's go downstairs and eat some breakfast. I am sure that papa is cooking something for us." She said as she picked the child up. She walked downstairs and could smell the bacon cooking. Cleo knew that Chibichibi was hers since they both liked the same kind of food, the child began to laugh and wiggled out of Cleo's arms and ran to Justin who was cooking.
"Ommph, hello little one, you hungry?" he asked as he bent down to the child.
"Papa, pancakes!" she said as she nodded at him, Justin smiled as Cleo walked over to him and kissed him. "Then sit down and I will bring you some food." He said as the child let go of his legs and made her way to the table. Cleo got some juice and Justin put food on the child's plate and she began eating. The other senshi and Craig began to come downstairs, a portal opened and Sailor Pluto stepped out and smiled at everyone.
"Puu! Mama present." Chibichibi said when she saw the senshi. Pluto powered down and looked at the child.
"Breakfast first, presents later at your party." She said as she went over to Craig and kissed him. Setsuna looked at Cleo's forehead and Cleo shrugged. She knew that her moon crescent was present, and so was Chibichibi's and therefore they all assumed it was something to do with the child.
The day went by and was full of happiness and laughter. Chibichibi enjoyed her presents, but Setsuna was still keeping one from her.
"Puu?" the child asked after a while. Setsuna smiled at the girl and handed her a small box. She opened it and saw a brooch inside. Cleo smiled as her brooch reacted with it. She looked at the brooch and pressed the button, inside there was a small pink crystal and also three crystals surrounding it, Cleo knew what they represented.
"This is your transformation brooch, like mommy has. These small crystals represent the wandering senshi, Hoshi, Tariq and Austin. This is your star crystal." Cleo said as she pointed to each of the gems and the people they meant. "When you grow up, I will teach you how to use your powers." She said, thinking that four was too young for the child to learn to be a sailor senshi. "Just say "Chibi stardust power make up" and everything should take place. Shall I show you?" Cleo asked and the girl nodded. Cleo reached for her brooch and stood up. "Eternal crystal stardust power!" she said as Chibichibi looked at her and watched her transform. When she felt the ground beneath her feet she smiled. Chibichibi looked at the senshi that was standing before her.
"Mama?" she said and Cleo nodded.
"When you transform, sometimes something changes. Not only do you get a cool outfit like this, but your hair style may change to adapt something. When we are transformed, we do not revel to each other by our real names, I am Sailor Stardust, the senshi for love, justice and peace in the galaxy. With the help of your papa and the other senshi here, we fight to protect everyone and everything here." She said as she bent down to the child. "Do you want to try?" she asked the girl who smiled and nodded. She grabbed hold of her brooch and reached up as Stardust had done. "Chibi stardust power make up!" the child said as she was engulfed in pink light. When the light dimmed and she touched the ground, Stardust smiled. She had a similar outfit as she did for her first transformation. She wore a white leotard and a pink skirt with purple hemming. Purple short gloves covered her hands along with black boots on her feet. Her moon crescent was replaced with a tiara which had a purple stone settled in it. Around her neck however she had a golden chain made of stars, Tariq came forward and looked at the chain and smiled.
"Like when we transform." He said as he looked at her. "You truly are our princess." He continued as he bowed down to the child.
"She would not understand this yet Tariq, however I think it is time that Chibichibi is to be schooled in being a princess and your history. She needs to learn how to read, write, maybe she was scared and would not talk to us much, but now she has gotten to know us she should speak more, am I right Chibichibi?" Stardust asked and the girl nodded.
"Feel safer now here arigato." She said as she looked up at Stardust.
Cleo powered down and went outside to the lake while the other senshi played and entertained Chibichibi with their puppet show that they had planed. She sat down next to the water edge and looked at her reflection.
"My queen?" a voice said from behind her, she turned and saw a shadow; however the sun was blocking her view. She stood up and turned to face the person as they came closer. She smiled as she looked at the person who came up to her.
"You of all people should know I hate formalities." She said as he stood beside her.
"You have to get used to it sooner than later, same as your daughter." He said as he looked out to the lake.
"She is more than likely used to them more than me; she grew up being called a princess, being treated as one, she never knew anything different. She knows my kingdom in the future, knows how to act, how to be treated." She said as she let out a sigh. "I would never be able to get used to that at all." She looked at the person in front of her.
"Not only are you not sure of who you are, but you need to prepare yourself for the future. You need to begin training Chibichibi despite your feelings that she is too young. She will more than likely need her powers sooner than anyone would wish upon her." He said as Cleo looked back to the lake.
"Professor, please advise me, how should I proceed?" she said as she let her thoughts wander.
"Show her the kingdom now, maybe the wandering senshi can take her to their home too. Is it really true that they change to girls?" he asked, Cleo laughed.
"You have already met Tariq in his senshi form, well one of them anyway." Cleo said as she looked up at her professor, friend and advisor. He paused to think about it and then remembered, blushing as Cleo laughed. "You are right my friend, we should show Little One the star kingdom, would you care to join me?" she asked, he held his arm out for her and smiled.
"Nothing would make me happier my queen." He said as they walked back to the house.
The senshi gathered around Cleo as she explained her idea, they smiled and began the preparations for going to the Star Kingdom. All of the senshi transformed, including Chibichibi and they took hold of Craig's and the professor's hands as they formed a circle.
"Sailor teleport." Cleo said as they were engulfed and left the planet. When they opened their eyes, they were outside the barrier to the castle. The senshi's outfits had changed to dresses, all except the wandering senshi where Creator had transformed into his male form and was dressed in black trousers and a white shirt, whereas the other two were in female form and wore dresses in black.
"Ah yes, last time we were here we were still female and yet Creator there chose the male form." Protector said and Creator stuck his tongue out.
"You can still choose, just don't confuse the locals!" he said as he followed the senshi past the barrier and onto the castle grounds. Cleo froze when she saw that the professor was missing from her group. She let go of Justin's arm and went back out of the barrier and saw him standing there looking around.
"We are on the moon, and yet we can breath. How is that possible?" he asked.
"The kingdom here has changed the way the air works somehow, I don't really understand it, and I let my advisor take care of everything. Ah, speaking of the devil here he comes!" she said as she heard footsteps approach.
"My queen, welcome back. To what do we owe this pleasure?" Alekos asked as he bowed down before her. She smiled as she went up to her advisor and hugged him.
"How fares the kingdom Alekos?" she asked.
"Everything seems to be fine your highness. If I may, we are gathering in the throne room for your unexpected council. I have already called on the other advisors when I felt your teleportation taking place." He said as they walked into the castle grounds, Cleo holding the arm of the professor as he looked around. "The wandering senshi have joined you as well as your future daughter and the senshi of time I see." He said as he walked them to the throne room.
"Yes, I assume you were somehow aware of this happening?" she asked and he nodded. "I thought that my future self would make something clear." She muttered to herself as Alekos opened the doors to the throne room. Justin was sitting on his throne; Chibichibi had her own seat next to him as did Craig next to her. She let go of the professor's arm and Alekos showed him to his place. Cleo walked up to the throne and sat down.
"Welcome one and all. I am sorry for my unexpected visit, but today is princess Sitara's fourth birthday, and I wanted to show her the kingdom from the past." She said as she looked around at all of the people who had attended. "Sitara comes from the future Star Kingdom, sent by myself and King Darien in order to help our new friends the wandering senshi find their lost princess. Unfortunately, she was killed by the enemy, but her spirit resides in Sitara's body. This means that she is the princess of both galaxies." She continued; mummers began to be heard in the room as the advisors spoke to each other about this piece of news. "I would like today to be a celebration for Little One for her birthday. We will reside in the castle for the next few days, this will give me a chance to catch up with my councils and also get updated on everything. Is there anyone who has any objections?" she asked, the room fell silent. "In that case, Alekos if you please would you set up a banquet for everyone. The whole kingdom is invited." She said as she stood up, Justin standing up next to her and was followed out by the senshi and their advisors.
Cleo showed the wandering senshi to their rooms and a new room had appeared near Cleo for Chibichibi. The child was happy as she recognized the room as her own and began to play with toys there. Cleo and everyone joined in the banquet where nearly the entire kingdom came to meet her, this causing it to go through the night as Chibichibi fell asleep on her chair, Creator picked her up and took her to bed, allowing Cleo to get to know the people. She loved meeting everyone and tried to talk to them all as much as she could. She learnt about their new lives and their past lives on Earth. Justin stayed by her side the whole time in case she needed him. She loved having him near her, feeling his strength and support. People would congratulate the couple on the engagement and talk to them both about everything and anything. The sun had begun to rise when the last of the guests left. Cleo was exhausted but knew that she had a whole day of meetings ahead of her, as well as wanting to call a war council. Alekos came up to her and bowed before them.
"My queen and king, if I may suggest you get some rest; I will push the meeting to midday and therefore set up lunch in the meeting room for us all." He said to them, Cleo smiled and nodded, leaning on Justin as he took them to her room. Once she was changed, she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, feeling Justin's embrace behind her.
She woke up a few hours later and saw that Justin had already dressed and was no longer by her side, but she found a note from him saying that he was already in the war room taking council and for her to relax a bit more. Cleo smiled as she got out of bed and dressed in the purple gown that was hanging in her wardrobe. Again, she knew that Alekos had been taking care of the things that she and her senshi needed while she was not there. She went out of her room and into Chibichibi to make sure the girl was okay. When she walked in, she saw Creator helping the girl write. He looked up and bowed as he saw her come in.
"Your highness, I hope that you slept well?" he asked, Cleo nodded.
"Creator, you are my closest friend and one of my advisors, you do not need to bow down or be formal towards me." She said as she reached out to him.
"If I may your highness, you need to get used to it, even behind closed doors." He said as he kissed her hand and stood up. Cleo leaned in and kissed him lightly on the lips, driving him crazy.
"At your command my prince, how are you doing today Little One?" Cleo said as she bent down to see what she was writing.
"I am learning about the wandering senshi history mama." She said as she showed Cleo the picture she had drawn. It was a picture of a planet and the three wandering senshi transformed and a beautiful princess that Cleo remembered from the last battle.
"You are doing amazingly Little One. Are you going to be okay with Prince Creator here with you?" she said as she shot Protector an evil glance.
"Of course mama, will you be joining us for dinner?" she asked, Cleo hugged the child.
"I hope to make it Little One; it will depend on the meetings today." She said as she held the child close.
"Don't be mad at Polaris, he is confused." The child whispered in her ear, Cleo nodded at her daughter and stood up to leave, bowing before Creator as she left.
Cleo was mad and the palace knew it, she was glowing gold when she walked out of the room. How could he, one of her best friends after everything that they have been through be so formal? She shook her head as she walked outside the barrier, knowing that Justin would have felt this and went to the river nearby.
"Your highness?" a voice said behind her as she began to stop glowing. She turned to see Creator standing a few steps away. "I dare not come closer in case you would hit me; we trained you too well I fear." He said as he let a small smirk come across his face. Cleo looked at him and nodded and he stepped closer. He put his arms around her and pulled her towards him.
"Cleo, I am sorry for the formalities before, but I had to show your daughter how to respect royalty, and if she does not see it from you, at least here in your kingdom then she will not learn." He said as she rested her head on his shoulder. She let out a sigh, knowing that he was right, but she still was not sure if she was up for the title of queen, let alone trying to rule a kingdom.
"We as your advisors are always by your side, and we will make sure that you make the right choices. I have sent Austin to attend the meetings on behalf of the wandering senshi and Hoshi is currently with Little One teaching her how to read." He said as he turned her around so that she could face him. "You did something evil back in that room and you know it." He said as Cleo smirked this time.
"And you can not do anything about it now can you?" she asked as she moved her head closer to his so that their lips were almost touching.
"I wish I could, but I would be careful when we are back on Earth if I was you, your highness." He said as he stepped back and bowed. "If I may escort you to the next meeting, I said to Austin that we would switch." He said as he held out his arm, Cleo smiled and took his arm as he led her to the meeting room.
Cleo listened to all of the advisors and allowed Justin to answer on her behalf, Tariq could tell that she was bored and smiled. He reached out and called on his powers as he let a shooting star fly across the room. Cleo smiled at her friend's distraction and looked up at it.
"If I may take that as a sign to stop for now, I promised Little One that I would join her for dinner. If I may ask the senshi, professor and Craig to join me?" she said as she stood up, Justin walked over to her and escorted her into the dinning room.
"Creator, did you have to be such a show off?" Craig asked as they walked up.
"If you were not bored as your sister was, I think it brightened up the meeting a lot." He said as he put his hands behind his head and smiled at him, Craig smiled back and rubbed the back of his neck.
"The meetings were extremely long and tedious today." He said as they walked into the dinning room and sat down. Austin, Hoshi and Chibichibi joined a few minutes later and soon everyone was in deep conversation about stuff. Cleo sighed as she turned to look at Justin.
"Any chance that we can not go to meetings in the morning?" she asked him as she leaned towards him, he smiled at her and kissed her forehead.
"Only two more and then we are done, I promise you." He said as she turned to listen to something that Hoshi had asked her.
"Sorry Protector, what did you ask?" she said as she looked at him.
"If I may your highness, we wish to take Little One to see our home planet for a few days. Princess Mercury and also Princess Venus have also shown interest in accompanying us there; I would therefore like to extend the invitation to you and the king." He said as she looked at Justin. He shook his head and she knew that she could not go. She began to pout but again he shook his head.
"I can not, and neither can Justin, however the other princesses are more than welcome to join you on your trip." She said as she began to play with her food. She got an evil look from her brother as she put her fork down and stood up. "Please excuse me; I need to attend to something." She said as she walked out of the room and to the water fountain in the gardens.
"You highness?" a voice said as she was watching the water, she let out a small sigh as she turned to face her advisor.
"Alekos, please join me." She said as she smiled and patted the seat next to her, he bowed and then made his way over to the seat and sat down next to her. "How can I be of service to you?" she asked him as she turned to face him.
"Your highness if I may talk to you honestly?" he asked her and she nodded. "I know that you would wish to go and visit the wandering senshi's home planet, but you also know what is planned for tomorrow. I am sorry that this is the case for you and your king but formalities need to be kept to if you are to wed on this planet." He said, she nodded as she listened, knowing that she had not only lost her childhood but also her teenage years now through her responsibilities that had been given to her. She looked at her advisor and knew that there was something else that was bothering him.
"Alekos, here I am not your queen, I am your friend, please tell me what is bothering you?" she asked as she put her hand on his shoulder.
"I know how Creator looks at you, and that you and the king are aware of it, but should you not stop this?" he said and Cleo smiled.
"He is one of my closest friends, and if I had not been engaged to the prince of the Earth kingdom, it may have been different. I know that my mother and father were deciding between the two boys and that something happened to the wandering senshi's galaxy that meant I was to be taken by the Earth prince, but it worked out. I fell in love with the prince and love him more than I can love Creator. He knows this and is still always there for me. Reveling himself as a guiding senshi was a surprise, but I had to do that, I need him in my life as much as he needs me." She said as she looked at the water. "If I may, I wish to go around the town as Sailor Stardust." She said as she stood up and reached for her brooch. Alekos stood and bowed as he walked away, Cleo called out her transformation and began to transform.
Once Stardust felt the ground beneath her feet, memories came back of when she was a senshi in training. She smiled as she looked around the gardens and then walked out of the safety of the castle and towards the town that was before her. She smiled as she saw people come out and look at her, children came running up to her and pulled on her skirt. She bent down and smiled at them.
"Are you Sailor Stardust?" one of the children asked and she nodded. "Can you show me your attack?" she asked and the other children smiled and nodded in agreement. She stood up and reached her hand out for the scepter to appear and heard the children gasp in awe. She smiled at them all as she began to twirl the scepter and paused, saying "Stardust eternal slumber!" as she performed her attack out in the open space. She changed it so that not only stars appeared, but butterflies flew around the children who giggled as they touched their skin. Once they faded, she smiled at them.
"I wanna be a senshi too!" one of the children said.
"Gomen little ones, only people of royal blood will have the power of the senshi." She said as she bent down to them once again. They gathered in front of her as she sat on the ground.
"Tell us the story of the princess and the prince." One of the children asked, Stardust smiled as the other children also begged for the story.
"Okay, once upon a time…"
The sun began to set and Stardust created a small star to light the children around her and keep them warm. It was times like this that she wished she had Rei's fire abilities. She continued telling her story as one by one the children were being collected by their parents, all except two girls who Stardust could tell were twins.
"Where is your mama and papa?" she asked them.
"They died and never made it back to the Star Kingdom. We live in the house over there with a nice family who take care of us, but we know that it is not gonna stay that way." One of them said as the other wrapped her arm around her sister as she began to cry. Stardust looked down at the pair as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Justin by her side. The children bowed down as he sat down next to Stardust.
"Your highness, do you know the sailor senshi?" one of them asked.
"Better than you would know." He said as he held out a purple flower for her, Stardust blushed as she reached up for the flower.
"Arigato your highness." She said as she bowed her head and the two children giggled at the show of affection between the two.
"What are your names?" Justin asked them.
"My name is Estralita and my sister here is called Estrella. We are twins your highness." The child said as Sailor Stardust looked up at him. He reached under his cape and pulled out two yellow roses which he gave each child. They blushed at this sign of friendship.
"Shall I let you two in on a secret?" he said to the pair who nodded. He reached once again into his cape and pulled out a silver rose, transforming him into the Silver Soldier. Stardust stood up and once he was transformed, hit him on the arm.
"You jerk, you could have told me you could now control your transformations!" she said as she put her hands on her hips and looked at him.
"Well Sailor Stardust, I am sure that if you maybe asked you would know!" he said, she felt guilty; she knew that she had not been spending enough time with him recently.
"Gomen your highness." She said as she bowed down. The children looked up at the pair and then stood up.
"You are the king and the Silver Soldier, the stories about the prince and princess you were telling us about really happened?" they said together as they looked at Stardust who nodded. Stardust looked at the Silver Soldier who was standing next to her and leaned into his chest, he put his arm around her to warm her up and saw that the children were shaking.
"Would you like to stay in the castle tonight with us and Little One?" he asked them, thinking that it would be nice for Chibichibi to have friends her own age, the children looked shocked and nodded.
"We should ask first." They said as they walked towards their home, Stardust and the Silver Solider following them.
The grown ups received a shock to have the royal pair at their doorstep and listened to the children's request.
"Please can we go? We promise we will be good!" they said as they looked at them, the adoptive parents turned to Stardust.
"If your highness does not mind?" she asked as to which Stardust shook her head. "Then go and get packed, you don't want to keep them waiting." She said to the children who went upstairs and came down a few minutes later with small bags with clothes in them. Stardust could see that they were not fit for the children and felt sorry for them.
"I ask for your forgiveness, it is my fault that I can not provide nice clothes to the people." She said to the adults in the room.
"Your highness, this is not your fault. We all have to start somewhere, and these children would still be on the streets if it was not for your kingdom." She said as she put her hand on the senshi's shoulder. "We know what has been happening on Earth and can feel it too. We know that you are keeping us safe and for that we can never repay you." She said as tears fell down her cheeks. Stardust nodded as she held her hand out for the children and left.
"Is it true that each senshi has a sub space pocket?" they asked as they walked pass the barrier. Stardust nodded as the children continued to ask questions but stopped when they looked up at the castle. They gasped as Chibichibi skipped up to Stardust as she began to power down.
"Mama you have returned." She said as she hugged her legs. Cleo bent down and picked her up and hugged her. "Who are they?" she asked as she saw the children hiding behind the Silver Soldier.
"Little One, we brought you some play mates for the night." Cleo said as she held her daughter in her arms. "They are twins; their names are Estralita and Estrella." She said as the children that were hiding came towards Cleo as she put Chibichibi down. The twins bowed at the princess who looked at them puzzled. She then smiled and tapped one on the shoulder.
"Tag, you're it!" Chibichibi said as she ran off, the girls put their bags down and ran off chasing each other.
"Be careful and stay in the castle barrier and not too long!" Justin shouted to the children.
"Hai papa!" Chibichibi called back as Estrella tagged her. Justin picked up the children's bags and put his arm around Cleo as they made their way towards the castle. Alekos approached them.
"Allow me your highness. May I suggest you two enjoy this time alone? I shall take care of the children. Little One and the others leave tomorrow afternoon for their visit." He said and Cleo nodded.
"Can you please get new clothes for the pair of girls? Also see if you can find them a nice home too." Cleo said as Justin pulled her in the opposite direction, seeing Alekos bow at her command. "Oh and the children know that they are not allowed the leave the castle grounds!" she said as Justin grabbed her hand and pulled her and again Alekos bowed.
They walked to the river hand in hand and admired the Earth from the moon. Cleo let out a sigh as Justin put his arm around her.
"So tell me Mr. "I can transform alone", what else is new?" she said as they reached the river.
"Well, as you know training is going well as well as studies. I was not sure how to tell you this, but I have been offered the opportunity to go to the UK for a semester to experience politics in the House of Parliament. I know that this will mean that we will be apart, and if a new enemy appeared, I would not be around to help you. Every time I would feel you transform, I would be worried and scared that something would happen to you." He said as he put his hand under her chin so that he could see the tears flowing down her face. "If you told me not to go, I would stay." He said, she thought about this for a second, yes she wanted him to stay, needed him by her side but she would be selfish to do this and for him to miss the chance to see how things work.
"If I was honest, I want you to stay, but this is something that I can not do. Of course you should go and don't worry. I have the other senshi, the wandering senshi and the new guiding senshi to protect me if anything was to happen. This chance for you to see politics in action would be great for you time when you become king. I mean it is part of who we are right?" she said as she put a smile on her face.
"I will always be there when you need me. If need be, I will learn how to teleport. I am sure that I could do that if I put my mind to it." He said as he held her closer. "But know this, this trip does not mean that anything will change the way I feel and also our plans." He said as he bent down towards her and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"Justin, do you ever think what it would be like to be normal?" she asked him as he pulled away.
"I try not to, why should I when I have everything I want and need right here in my arms." He said as he kissed her again, a bit deeper than the first. She closed her eyes and allowed the tears to flow freely. He could taste them during the kiss and pulled away again.
"Cleo, what is on your mind?" he asked her.
"I have never had the chance of a normal life, being smart, skipping a grade, becoming a senshi and princess and now queen. Sometimes I wish that I could just turn back time, stop Shadow from awakening me and maybe live a close to normal life." She said as she looked out to the river.
"If that happened, we would not be together, you would not have the friends in the senshi, you would not have this kingdom." He said as he turned her around and she looked at the town. "Look how happy the people here now that they are home; of course at first it is going to be slow and hard, but they are here because of you. You know that the Earth would more than likely be taken over by evil if it was not for you and the senshi." He said as he turned her to the planet that was below them. She looked at the planet and tried to absorb what he had just told her. She knew that if she was not woken up, then none of this would have come to pass, and probably would have a pissed Setsuna coming to do the job instead of Shadow. Cleo let out a giggle as she thought about a pissed senshi of time, Justin looked down at her. "What's so funny?" he asked her.
"I was just thinking of Setsuna-chan coming to wake me up instead of Shadow and how pissed she would have been if I changed the time lines." She said as to which Justin smiled.
"So you understand why we can not wish for a normal life? It would not be possible. There are too many powers in this galaxy that are pulling us together, no matter what, this would have happened." He said to her and she nodded. "Clear your mind of things that could have been, these will only pull you down and make you more and more closed like before. And I for sure do not want to see the senshi going into your mind for a third time to get you back." He said as he tightened his arms around her. She let out a sigh and pushed the thoughts out of her mind, knowing that Justin was right.
"Your highness?" a voice said behind them as they were sat on the grass watching the fire flies playing on the water. Cleo turned and saw one of the people from the kingdom standing there and that she was gasping for breath. She bowed before the pair as Cleo stood up leaving Justin's embrace.
"What's the problem?" she said as she looked at her.
"There is a monster destroying my crops. I am sorry for disturbing your time, but if it continues to destroy them, we will not have enough food for the winter." She said as Justin stood up. Cleo grabbed her transformation brooch and began her transformation. Once she felt the ground below her, she looked at the woman.
"Take us there." She said as Justin reached under his cape for a rose and changed to the Silver Solider. The woman nodded as she led them quickly to her field near the outskirts of town. There was indeed a monster destroying her crops. She looked at the Silver Soldier and he nodded as he led the woman to her house and safety.
"Hey you!" Stardust screamed as the monster turned to face her. "Destroying the crops of these people who need them to survive, I can not forgive you. In the name of the stars shining above us, I will make my judgment on you!" she said as the monster looked at the senshi before it. The monster let out a laugh as it ran towards Stardust; she flipped out of the way, confusing the monster, Stardust smiled at this. She reached out her hand for her scepter only for her arm to get hit from the monster's flame attack. Stardust let out a small scream in pain and hit the ground in frustration for letting her guard down for a second. She was out of training. "You will pay for that." She said as she began to glow. A ball of light formed in her hands as she let her anger take control. "Star light purify!" she said; not sure if the attack was powerful enough since it was one from her older transformations. The ball hit the monster who began to waiver. She saw roses hit the monster as well as lightening. She turned to see the Silver Soldier with the other senshi. Venus walked over to Stardust and could see her burnt arm.
"I can not forgive this!" Venus said as she began to close her eyes, orange light engulfed her as she reached out for her powers. "Venus love and beauty shock!" she said as the power emanated from her and the new attack hit the monster. It weakened it further; however it was still not die.
"You used fire against my friend. How dare you! Just die already!" Mars said; her anger also rising as red light engulfed her. "Mars flame sniper!" she said as a bow appeared in her hand. She shot the firing arrow to the monster, it going directly into her heart and it finally turned into dust. The senshi bent down, gasping from breath from the run and also the battle. They walked over to Stardust and saw how bad her arm was.
"Why are my healing powers not working?" she asked them as the burn was not getting better.
"The monster put a curse on the attack. I fear that your healing powers are beyond removing the curse." Mercury said once she had scanned the arm. Stardust let out a sigh.
"Well, there goes my life as a senshi, gymnast and cheerleader." She mumbled; only for it to be heard by Uranus who hit her over the head lightly.
"Do not give up. I am sure that Neptune and Mars can fix this, for now, Mercury if you could?" she said and Mercury nodded.
"Shine aqua illusion." She said as the water went around Stardust's arm and froze it, cooling down the burn and also getting rid of the pain.
"Sailor senshi, arigato for saving the crops." The woman said as they walked back towards the castle.
"It was nothing." Stardust said as the Silver Soldier looked at her arm which was frozen. "Please excuse us; we need to return to the castle." She said as he followed them back.
Once they were past the barrier, the senshi powered down, except for Stardust. She was worried that if she powered down, the pain would get worse. They took her to Mirchu's room where she had some healing stuff. Craig came out to see Setsuna and saw his sister still transformed.
"What happened?" he asked as he moved closer and saw her arm frozen. "Who did this to her?"
"I did, to stop the pain and also the burn effect. I hope that it would stop the curse to it too." Ami said as she used her computer again and the cats joined the room.
"What happened?" Sunspot asked.
"A monster was here attacking the crops from a farmer on the outskirts of the kingdom. I want security tightened around the outside skirts of the kingdom. We are not sure what could be waiting for us on the dark side of the moon." Stardust said as she looked at Ami. "What can you do?" she asked, she knew her arm was not going to feel better any faster but she really hated looking at it. Justin sat next to her on Mirchu's bed and held her in his arms. The wandering senshi ran into the room after taking care of the children.
"Why were we not allowed to fight in the battle?" Austin grumbled as Hoshi and Tariq ran to Stardust's side. Once it had clicked with Austin, he looked at the senshi who were making different creams and also pacing. "What the hell happened?" he asked.
"For the third time, monster, crops, I let my guard down and I got burnt from it!" Stardust screamed. The senshi stopped and looked at her. "Please, just get this better." She said pleadingly to Mirchu. She nodded as she came over with a liquid.
"This will help with the pain; I am going to ask Rei to unfreeze your arm in a few minutes so that we can remove the curse and apply the cream. Hopefully by then your healing powers should kick in too." She said as Stardust drank the liquid in the cup. She liked it since it tasted of peppermint. Once Mirchu was happy that it had enough time to work, Rei warmed up her hands and placed them on Stardust's arm. The ice melted and Stardust held back the need to scream from the pain. Tears fell down her eyes and Justin saw this.
"Hey, what about tomorrow after the meetings we go to Saturn for a few hours? The rings on the planet are amazing and I am sure that they would love to see you." He said as he tried to distract her. Stardust smiled and nodded as Rei began chanting some incantation while her hands were hovering over her arm. She nodded and Mirchu applied the balm to her arm as Stardust's healing powers began to show some effect of working. Once the burns had healed, the senshi could see her arm returning to normal. Stardust let out a small cry from her healing powers rebuilding the skin over the cuts and blisters. Justin lay her down on the bed and put a blanket on her before giving her a rose.
"This will make you sleep. I promise to take care of your wishes." He said as she nodded and smelt the rose, the sleeping mist taking effect right away as she fell asleep. Justin turned to the senshi and sighed. "We need to meet in the war chamber now; I want the professor there and all of the senshi, including your closest advisors that are on Cleo's council. I want guards protecting the outskirts of the kingdom." He said as he walked to the door. "Craig, come with me, I will meet you all in 20 minutes in the chamber." He said and they all nodded as he and Craig left the room.
"Where are we going?" he asked as he ran after Justin.
"Down to the control room, I want this barrier stronger and I may need to use all of my power for this." He said as they got to the door. He put his hand on the sensor and it opened to his touch. They walked in as Justin touched a few buttons and replaced a few crystals. He went over to the main crystal and put his hand on it, golden light engulfed him as he pushed his powers into the gem, strengthening the barrier. The light dimmed and Craig grabbed Justin as he began to waver. Justin held onto Craig and took his powers from him, pushing more energy into the gem. Once he felt that he had nearly weakened them both, he stopped. Craig grabbed his arm and sat him down as he sat next to him, both gasping for breath.
"I told Cleo today that I am going to the UK for the semester." He said as he closed his eyes.
"How did she take it?" Craig asked.
"Better than I expected. She has matured beyond her age and this worries me." He said as he began to stand up. Craig joined him on his feet as the pair made their way to the door.
"I know, but she has handled the situations that she has faced better than anyone could ever do." Craig said as they went towards the war chamber. "Look at how she has grown."
"Yes, but look at how many times she has hidden things, because she has not had time to deal with anything. She has not had the time to face them in her normal life; therefore she is still a child." Justin said as they stopped outside the door.
"I know that she is having doubts, I have seen it in her eyes for several days, a feeling that she has been rushed, missing out on a lot of things. It was hard growing up with just her, no mom or dad around and you know how that feels." He said as he put his hand on Justin's shoulder. "Just trust her and love her, guide her and protect her. The rest is up to her." He said and Justin nodded and opened the door, seeing that everyone was there, he sat down on the throne where Cleo normally sat.
"My friends, we have a situation." He said and the room looked at him in confusion.
Stardust woke up in Mirchu's bed still. She looked at her arm and saw that it was better. She looked outside and saw the sun about to rise. She stood up and went into the room where she knew everyone would be. If they were not there, then why the hell did no one put her in her room? She went up to the doors and took a deep breath. Pushing them open, the room fell silent as they looked at her, she blushed, realizing she was still a senshi.
"Sailor Stardust, you should be in bed!" Tariq said to her as he went up to her. She leaned on her friends shoulder as they looked at her. Stardust smiled as she looked at everyone.
"Arigato mina." She said as she looked at Justin. He went over to her and hugged her, she hugged him back taking in his scent and how he felt in her embrace. She looked up to him as he pulled her back slightly.
"That rose was supposed to keep you asleep for longer." He said and she smiled.
"My love, it is light outside. I think that it is time to break for council for the day so that we can get some rest." She said as she looked up to him and he nodded. She wanted to get him to bed to be close with him after the battle. He let go of Stardust as he turned to the council.
"We can continue this meeting once the senshi have returned from their trip at the wandering senshi's home. Alekos, if I would ask please push Cleo's and mine meetings until the afternoon. Once Little One has woken, please explain to her what happened and that we would like to no be disturbed so that we can rest. The twins are to get new clothes today?" he asked as to which Alekos nodded. "Please make sure that Little One also gets a new dress." He said and he once again nodded. Everyone stood up and nodded at the king and senshi as they left. Justin picked up Stardust as she giggled and carried her to his room.
"Should you not power down?" he asked her.
"I thought that you would like to undress me from my senshi fuku?" she asked, his eyebrow raise suggestively as he put her on his bed.
"When you power down though, I get to undress you in your new dress." He said as he looked at her. "I can undress you in your fuku anytime." He said as she smiled and reached for her brooch and the stardust engulfed her as she returned to normal. He smiled as he saw her lying there looking at him innocently. He let out a sigh as he kissed her fully on the lips. Cleo wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him on top of her and deepened the kiss at the same time. She was suffering and he could feel it, she needed love and he wanted to show her it, she needed him to protect her and he would do anything for her. The emotions all shown in the kiss sent the both in a wild frenzy and soon they were both naked under the blanket. Justin looked down at her beautiful body, all of the scars from previous battles were slowly fading and he smiled at her. He reached into his drawer as he got protection. Once he was ready, they became one. After they were finished, Justin took Cleo in his arms and kissed her. With her in his arms, they fell into a deep sleep.
Cleo stirred as she felt Justin move. She heard a knock at his door and slightly opened her eyes as Justin pulled the blanket more over them.
"If you two are going to spend the rest of the day in bed that is great, however you have meetings in an hour and a half and I think that you should eat before going there." Cleo let out a loud groan as she heard her brother's voice fill the room. "So get up little sister and get dressed. I have seen to your daughter who is now with Hoshi learning some story about their home." He said as he opened the curtains and the sunlight poured into the room and through the blanket.
"Come on Craig, leave us alone please. I had a rough battle yesterday and I want to spend time with the person I love." Cleo screamed from under the blanket.
"Cleo, a bit too high pitched for this hour." Justin said as he let out a moan and kissed her neck.
"And that is why I would like to spend time with you, as well as the other senshi. All of them are worried about you, most of them not slept, including Setsuna. And if she can't sleep then I can't sleep so please get up." He said as she felt him sit on the other side of the bed. Cleo lifted the blanket away from her face and looked at her brother; he looked back at her and smiled. "Plus I want to see if you can still pull off your stuff after that battle." He said as he threw her a dressing gown. She smiled as she put it on and went into the wardrobe to get her training gear. "I think that you have lost your touch." Craig said, knowing that she would bite to that.
"I will show you who has lost their touch, in fifteen minutes in the gardens." She said as he nodded and left. Justin let out a loud moan as Cleo pulled on her training bottoms and a t shirt and grabbed a hair band.
"No, come back to bed." He said as he as she put on her trainers. She ran over to the bed and kissed him.
"Tell you what, you get me a plate of food and I will see you in the garden later with everyone before the meetings?" she said as he nodded she kissed him one last time and ran out of the room to the gardens.
Craig and the wandering senshi were waiting for her. She stood at them and looked, seeing that many people had gathered to watch their training. When Cleo appeared, they bowed before her as she went over to Tariq and hugged him.
"So, you two are going to fight as girls?" Cleo asked as she began to stretch and they both nodded. "Isn't that kinda cheating, I mean you are both basically in your senshi forms." She said as she reached down to the ground.
"As you wish your highness." Austin said as she transformed into her male form as on Earth, Hoshi following his brother.
"I am sure that Ami-chan and Minako-chan would like this better." She said as she winked at the two senshi who blushed. Craig went up to his sister and went to hit her on the head, only for her to grab his wrist and grabbing his arm behind his back.
"Not bad sis, for someone who is letting her guard down." He whispered in her ear.
"That was a mistake I do not intend to make again." She said as she pushed him away and back flipped out of the way. She closed her eyes and felt the vibrations of the ground as Tariq came closer to her from behind. She let out a small smirk as she jumped his kick and then back flipped out of his way when he attempted to punch her. She opened her eyes and came face to face with Austin, his fist about to hit her face as she quickly ducked. She rolled backwards and then into a handstand as she got back on her feet. People had begun to gather as the training had continued. Cleo was still avoiding attacks for ten more minutes until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and grabbed the wrist, turning Justin's arm behind his back and she pushed him down to the ground.
"You do not sneak up on someone unless you want to get hurt!" she said as she released him and got off him.
"Who said that I did not want to get hurt?" he said as he pulled a rose out of his sub space pocket and threw at her, she back flipped out of the way as it hit the ground. She smiled at him as she reached her hand out, her scepter appearing.
"Wanna do this the easy way or the hard way?" she asked him as they circled each other.
"You have no powers in your normal form." He said confident as he pulled out some more roses, she had a trick up his sleeve. He threw them to her as she threw her hand up, a shield blocking her and the roses hit the ground. He raised his eyebrow in surprise.
"So I guess I am not the only one hiding secrets." He said and she let out a little laugh.
"I have some control over my powers in my normal form. Would you like to continue?" she asked as she threw the shield down and made her scepter return to her sub space pocket. "But this time, no abilities." She said as she threw her brooch to Minako and she caught it. "And no sub space pocket." She said as he nodded and she smiled. "Let's if you may." She said as she paused. The pair began to fight for a good ten minutes, Cleo already weak from dodging the wandering senshi and her brother, but she tried her best. Justin pinned her as she panted for breath.
"Give in?" he said in her ear, she smiled as she flipped him over and reversed the roles.
"Not in this lifetime my love, submit to me?" she said and he nodded. The crowd cheered as Cleo stood up and bent down, gasping for breath.
Cleo rushed and had a shower and then got dressed into one of her gowns. It was a misty pink gown with golden seams and gems on the skirt. She ran into the meeting room, a plate of food was waiting for her as she joined Justin next to him.
"Your highness, if we may talk about you wedding plans. You need to marry here on the planet for it to be seen as a bonding with you and the king and a peace agreement between the kingdoms." Alekos began as she ate the fruit that was before her, she listened to her advisor as he began to explain about formalities as someone came into the room.
"There is another attack." The guard said; Cleo and Justin wasted no time standing up and running to where the battle was happening.
"Mars flame sniper!" Mars said as Cleo reached for her brooch and transformed. A few seconds later she was standing next to the Silver Solider as she watched the battle progress.
"Shooting star brightness!" Creator said as the attack hit the monster but it just laughed as it struck at the senshi, Uranus jumping in front and taking the attack from the senshi.
"Uranus no!" Neptune said as she ran to the senshi's side.
"Dead Scream." A silent voice was heard as Pluto let her attack go. Stardust turned and saw Pluto with Saturn by her side, holding the glaive that Stardust can remember from pictures. Stardust looked back at the battle as she then ran and joined, knowing that she had pondered the situation enough.
"Hey big and ugly! Over here!" she said as she distracted the monster from the new outer senshi that had arrived, knowing her brother would kill her if Pluto got hurt. The monster laughed as it turned and hit the ground, causing it to rumble and for icicles to come out of the ground and trap Stardust. She let out a sigh knowing that it was typical for her to get caught. Mercury looked at Stardust trapped as blue light engulfed the mad senshi.
"Using water against my friend, my element I can not forgive you! Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" she said as a harp appeared in front of her, the notes from ice attacking the monster as Mars went over and melted the icicles, freeing Stardust.
"Now Stardust!" Protector said as she stood up and helped the other senshi to their feet from the last attack. Stardust reached out as her scepter appeared in her hand. She closed her eyes, but in her heart she knew that this would not work, she was not strong enough.
"Do not give up." A voice beside her said as she looked at her mother standing next to her. Light engulfed the pair even more as the star crystal came out of her brooch and into her chest, causing Stardust let out a scream of pain. The ball of light went into her and then shot out, sending the beam to the monster, Stardust weakened collapsed on the ground as the crystal returned to her brooch.
"What the hell happened?" Minako asked as they powered down and went to Stardust.
"Her mother appeared and she overused the power of the star crystal." Setsuna said as she and Hotaru walked towards the inner senshi, the other outer senshi joining her as she walked and the wandering senshi behind them.
"She should be dead." Ami said in a low voice, Rei looked up at her and then went to Stardust's side.
"If you die on me I swear I will get Hotaru to send the spirits of the underworld on you!" the fire senshi said.
"With a threat like that Rei how can I die?" Stardust whispered as she moaned and opened her eyes. "My lung hurts and I wanna puke." she said as she moved to the other side and was sick, all the time Justin held her hair back. Hoshi came over and looked at her chest, feeling a broken rib.
"How can we leave her in this state?" Hoshi whispered as she looked at her brother and sister. Stardust shot her an evil look.
"If you even dare of thinking about saying I can not protect myself then take it back before I hit you!" she said as a golden light engulfed her. She stood up as the senshi took a step back from her. She held out her hand as a new scepter appeared there, Stardust paused as she looked at the golden rod that was now sitting in her hand. Circling a star were gems each of the color of the inner, outer and wandering senshi and in the middle the star which was shining white was floating there. She paused as she watched the star hover in the circle and then looked at her friends.
"You should not be walking with a broken rib and more than that you should say sorry to Hoshi, she was only trying to care about you." Justin said in her ear as he went to her side, the light changing from gold to white as he held her in his arms. She looked at him in the eyes and saw tears falling down her cheeks. "If it was not for your mother, you may be dead and the last thing we need is to lose you. Hoshi is just worried about you as she loves you like the rest of us." He said as she began to calm down. The light still shone around them as she turned to face him, the scepter still in her hands. "Remember that they swore an allegiance to you and they would feel hurt if something was to happen to you while they were away, like the rest of the other senshi." He continued, taking her scepter in his hands as she looked at the gems and then back at Justin. She nodded as the light faded and he put his arm around her and supported you.
"Let's get you back to the castle so that we can fix you up." Minako said as she walked up to her, Stardust nodded as she pulled away and went up to Hoshi.
"Gomen Hoshi, I know that you meant well and I should not have reacted the way I did. Please accept my apology." She said as she bowed before the senshi in front of her, Hoshi smiled at the senshi who had bowed down before her and helped her stand up.
"I am here to protect you and to look after you, to be your friend, enemy and advisor. I just want to take care of you." She said as she wrapped her arm around her waist. "Come on, let's get you fixed up." She said as they all walked back to the castle.