The wind began to whip wildly as Usagi stood by the shrine entrance with the Higurashi family, waiting for the girls to arrive.
"My, the wind is going crazy." Mrs. Higurashi noted. Usagi stood in thought staring at her feet when she sensed her friends cresting the steps. Minako walked up to Usagi an gave her a hug in reassurance.
"Don't worry Usagi-chan we'll bring her home." Embracing her a little tighter before letting go. They walked back over to the Higurashi family and Usagi introduced everyone and then laid out another quick explanation of the nights events.
Rei had seemed to cool off when she realized the events she had seen in her vision were coming to fruition.
"Well we'd better get this show on the road." Rei said.
"But what are you going to do?" Mrs. Higurashi asked.
"Bring her home of course!" Makoto answered optimistically.
"But how?" Mrs. Higurashi asked back.
"Hmm that's a good question." Makoto replied while tapping her chin. "What do you think we should do Ami?" Makoto asked.
Ami took out her mini computer and scanned the surrounding environment.
"Well we can't go through the Bone Eaters Well, the portal has closed. I suppose we could either teleport to the moon and use the time door there, or use the Space-Time key to go directly to Pluto. You still have the key, right Sota?"
Sota held out the key and broken chain.
"You mean this?"
Ami nodded and Sota handed it to her. "Thank you Sota."
Grandpa Higurashi took a small step back and leaned in and whispered into Mrs. Higurashis ear.
"Are these girls crazy? Teleporting to the moon? Who are they? Or maybe my old age has finally caught up to me." He said.
"I don't know grandpa but I'm sure we'll learn soon enough." She reasoned.
Minako thought for another minute and turned to the Higurashi family.
"Does this well take you to another time or another dimension?"
"We're not entirely sure." Mrs. Higurashi answered.
"I think it would be better to go directly to Pluto then, that way we can make sure we end up in the right place." Minako said to Ami, who nodded in agreement.
"Alright, then it's decided. That's what we'll do." Makoto said as she hit her hand with her fist.
"Mrs. Higurashi the time has come for us to reveal our secret. I can't thank you enough for the help tonight." Usagi bowed and then joined the girls in a circle. The girls then began their transformation.
"Moon Cosmic Dream action!"
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
"Mars Crystal Power!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
"Venus Crystal Power!"
The Higurashi family stood wide eyed in disbelief as the girls transformed.
When they finished, Sota blurted out an obvious realization.
"You guys are the Sailor Senshi, no way." They all gave him a small smile in response. Then it hit him. "Then Chibi-Usa must be Sailor Chibi Moon!" Mrs. Higurashi looked from her son to the Sailor Senshi. Looking for answers. "Yes, you're right Sota, but remember this is a secret for us to keep." Sailor moon said as she approached Mrs. Higurashi.
"Thank you again."
"No, thank you, usa- I mean Sailor Moon, I'm sure you'll do fine, but please be careful and give Kagome a hug for me." She replied while wiping a tear.
Usagi nodded and then proceeded to put some distance between the senshi and the Higurashi family with Sailor Moon in the middle Sailor Mercury handed the key over and the rest of the girls formed a circle around Sailor moon. The Higurashi family looked on as sailor moon raised the key in the air and with a looked of determination on her face began to speak.
"Guardian of time! Tear apart the sky and open the Door of Space-time to me! I call your true name, the almighty god of time, the guardian of time's father, Chronos! Guidance to me! Protection to me! The path of light to me!"
A column of pink light came down from the sky, and enveloped the five senshi, the girls began to levitate off the ground and then after a few brief moments they disappeared in a flash of light leaving the Higurashi family behind.
The fog was thick in the clearing before the door, but instead of being nearly beheaded by Sailor Plutos staff, Sailor Moon remembered to called out instead.
"Sailor Pluto, It's me, Sailor Moon, I'm here with the senshi. Can you hear me?"
"Yes, I'm here, the fog should clear momentarily, just follow the sounds of my voice."
The Senshi made their approach as the fog cleared.
"Please tell me, why are you here, and where is Small Lady?" She asked.
Sailor Moon bowed her head slightly before mustering up the courage to tell Pluto what happened.
"Sailor Moon, please let me reassure you of something, this is all a part of a greater purpose, Small Lady will be fine, please know that this was supposed to happen."
"What do you mean?" Sailor Venus asked.
"This is all apart of a specific chain of events that is supposed to be taking place, Small Lady is destined for more than she realizes, and this is all apart of that plan."
"Where is she, can you help us get to her?" Sailor Moon asked, almost pleading,
Pluto nodded with a lighthearted smile and then responded. "Yes, I can help you get there, but you'll need this key." Pluto said as she took a key off of her belt and exchanged it for the other that Sailor Moon had. "This key helps you navigate to different plains of existence."
"What?!" Sailor Mercury blurted out. "So she's not even in this realm?"
"I'm afraid not." Pluto replied. "Unfortunately I can't reveal too much without breaking taboo. What I can say is this. She is in what we simply refer to as the Demon Realm. In this realm people live among demons, some are peaceful and others are not. You will need that key to get there and back to here. You can use the same incantation as the Space-Time Key."
"Is there anything more you can tell us Pluto?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Just please be careful and remember who you are. You will all be tested, and in ways that you could never imagine. Please bring back Small Lady safe and sound and be safe!" Sailor Pluto replied as a send off.
The girls once again formed a circle and around Sailor Moon who raised the key to the sky and said the incantation out loud.
One minute they were there and the next Sailor Pluto was once again all alone, left to guard the gates of time.
Chibi-usa looked up as Kagome stopped talking abruptly as though she had been interrupted.
Inuyasha picked his head up and Miroku stopped and looked out towards the Bone Eaters Well.
"What on earth is this power that I'm sensing?" Miroku asked.
"It's the Sailor Senshi." Chibi-usa replied.
"How would you know that?" Kagome asked.
"Who the hell are these Sailor Senshi?" Inuyasha spat.
"Their guardians of love and justice and fight for peace." Chibi-usa replied, while ignoring Kagomes question.
"Love you say?" Miroku asked with a smirk on his face.
"Get your mind out of the gutter Monk!" Sango said with a slap up the side of his head.
"Sorry Sango." He replied as he rubbed his head.
"We'd better get going." Chibi-usa said as she headed out the door. Everyone else followed suit.
Just as they came into the clearing, a bright flash of pink light appeared and a column of light reached the ground, inside they could see the five Sailor Senshi levitate to the ground, then the light vanished.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi-usa cried out as she ran towards the group of girls.
"Oh Chibi-usa!" Sailor Moon ran towards her and embraced her in a long hug as everyone looked on. "I was so worried, I'm glad you're alright!" She said as she squeezed her harder.
Sesshomaru stopped in his tracks as Jaken was babbling on. Rin stopped to as Jaken still strolled on.
"What's wrong Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked looking up at him.
That scent he thought to himself. "She's here."
"Who Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked. Not realizing he was talking to himself rather than answering her questions. "Rin, get on A-Un we must be heading back to the Bone Eaters Well." He instructed her.
"Yes my Lord." She said while hopping on the demons back. She looked around as the demon lifted off of the ground, and saw Jaken off in the distance.
"Goodbye Master Jaken!" She said as she waved.
Jaken looked around in a panic and began to run, "Wait for me! Wait Lord Sesshomaru!" His cried went unheard as the took off into the night. "Great, now I have to find them all over again!" he said with a pout and headed off in the same direction they flew off in.
Hey guys thanks for being patient as I updated this story. This chapter was harder than all the others, and I think it was because I was trying to fit so much into it. Hopefully the next one will be easier as everyone is in the same realm now. I hope you had a great Halloween! Please leave a comment and remember feedback is always appreciated. Until next time. Take care!