~Chapter twenty~

"It is time," said a female voice.

"Aw yeah," exclaimed an excited girl's voice, "I finally hetto meet the turtles!"

"Hotaru," said another female's voice, "Calm yourself."

"She's just excited to meet the prince's brothers," said another, "I'm also the same."

It was in an excluded area of the airport where you would find ten women and one little girl.

These eleven females were actually the Senshi in civilian form.

Little Hotaru was excited because she got to meet the future turtle husband of her princess, Leonardo.

Hotaru also knew that the Prince's guardians and mate were stalking them, waiting for the final battle to be over.

She just couldn't wait for the two weddings, though Serena's and Leo's are in 1 and a half years, Mikey's and Zemon's are in 4 months, Hotaru can wait.

Yet, Setsuna forbade Hotaru to tell the others about the future outcome. Hotaru pouted at the thought, but then got excited once more at the thought of the future king and official mates.

At the beginning of all of this, the Inners and Haruka were gasping at the three women known as the Starlights, for they didn't know that the three were ACTUALLY female, just having a male magical body.

Haruka got over it quickly due to her also posing as a guy for laughs, but the Inners needed time to adjust. It wasn't until their flight was called to board the plane straight to New York City.

"I can't believe that Mamoru-kun isn't coming along," sighed Rei.

"I don't think he wants to fight anymore," replied Makoto.

"Well, can you blame him," asked Minako, "He was the first to disappear in the Sailor Wars."

"Ladies," stated Michiru, "Let's board the plane before we miss it."

"I wonder if the princess and prince was successful in gathering the fragments," said a thoughtful Ami as all of them walked to the check in gate.

"We'll see once we meet up with Odango and Mini Prince's brothers," said Seiya.

"Let's talk about this on the plane," said Taiki as he presented his passport to the gate person.

"Good thing that we booked the first class tickets for us to have it all to ourselves," said Yaten, shrugging.

"And meet our new king," muttered Hotaru.

"You four, your time is soon, wait for us in New York, for you will meet Mitsuki again," said Setsuna, talking to the four guardians, as she boarded the plane last.

"Hai," muttered the four, coming out of the shadows.

In space:

"Argh," growled Raph, "we failed!"

"Is Earth going to be doomed once more," asked April.

"Come on red, don't be so gloomy," said Casey, "There's got to be another way!"

It was the last chance to gather all three fragments and destroy it. However, with the wave of Lord Dregg and the Triceratons combined, the gang lost all three fragments to the Triceratons and was in the spaceship healing.

Serena really wanted to heal all of them, yet Mikey forbade her to do it. She was still a bit drained from using her magic to take out most of Lord Dregg's bug army while they were taking out the Triceratons.

"Thanks Leo," said Serena, "I didn't say it before, but thanks for saving me from the lava."

"U-Uh," said Leo, "It's not a problem."

"Yeah, big brother" said Mikey who was smiling, "Thanks for saving Nity!"

"Anyways," coughed Donnie as he looked at the Professor, "What are we going to do now?"

"Now," started Mikey, releasing anxious but excited pheromones, "we can finally explain more things to you!"

"Eh," chorused everyone besides Serena who had her head on Mikey's shoulder.

"What do you mean by that," asked April.

Mikey looked at everyone as he bit his bottom lip. He was nervous because last time, he was doing sibling bonding with his brothers and his little sister.

But, now, he was going to reveal something that he knew at the beginning of the journey. Serena could tell that Mikey was conflicted and squeezed his hand in reassurance.

She knew that it was time to come clean about how she and Mikey got to the spaceship and the plan that they had with the Senshi.

"Remember how we didn't tell you about HOW we got onto the spaceship," started Serena for Mikey.

"Yes," said Donnie, "It's been in my mind for the better part of this journey."

"Are you FINALLY going to tell us how you two got to the spaceship," asked an eager Raph.

"Yeah," said Mikey, "So, it all began after defeating Sailor Galaxia and driving Chaos into the depths of the Galaxy Cauldron..."

Flashback:

"Our home," said a sad Ami.

"We SAVED the galaxy to have our home destroyed," cried out an angry Rei. "What the heck?!"

"And what is with the rat," asked Minako.

"Hey," said Serena, "Don't dis my papa!"

"Hehe, yeah!" Agreed Mikey, giggling at how protective his sister was.

"Papa," asked Makoto while everyone looked on in surprise.

"My name is Hamato Yoshi," said Master Splinter, "But, I changed my name to Splinter when I was mutated into a rat."

"Woah," muttered Makoto as Splinter told his life story.

"Sailor Pluto saved me from dying by the hands of Saki," said Master Splinter.

Flashback Interrupted:

"Master Splinter was ALIVE," yelped out Raph.

"And you didn't tell us until NOW," yelled Leo, releasing frustrated pheromones while Raph let out upset pheromones.

"We've been mourning for Master Splinter since the beginning," accused Donnie.

"That's messed up, yo," said Casey.

"Papa Splinter told us not to tell you before we landed

here, said Serena.

"I think that you have more things to tell us," said April.

"Yeah," said a sighing Mikey, "It was after the Earth got annihilated by the Triceratons..."

Back to the flashback:

"Hey, Puu," said Mikey.

"Yes my prince," asked Setsuna.

"Do you think my sister and I can travel to where my brothers are and change the situation?" Asked Mikey, "we could help them save the world, please?"

"Well" said Setsuna, "I believe so. However, I don't have that much power. To make sure that OUR battle is over before the huge battle between your brothers and the Triceratons, we would need to change the outcome of Japan's Sailor Wars to fit this time. We wouldn't want to battle Sailor Galaxia again."

"I'm sorry for the troubles that I have made," said Galaxia, bowing her head to Serena, Mikey, and Kakyuu.

Mikey smiled and mouthed "it's fine".

"Not to worry," said Kakyuu, "Everyone deserves a second chance."

"Puu," asked Mikey.

"Yes my prince," asked Setsuna.

"If we all would give you the power to change Japan's outcome to match with the one we have BEFORE Earth's black hole incident," suggested Mikey, "Would that be enough that we take over our past selves and then send Serena and I to where my brothers are?"

"We too can lend a hand," piped up Sailor Aluminum Siren.

"Where did YOU guys come from," shouted the others.

Flashback interrupted:

"So, where DID the other Senshi come from," asked a curious Honeycutt.

"They were brought back to life after we defeated Chaos," said an offhanded Serena.

"Say what," yelped April.

"That's a lot of magic, right," asked a worried Leo.

"We were fine," said an exasperated Mikey while Serena giggled.

"If you say so…" sighed Leo.

"So, you are saying that OUR Splinter took over the PAST Splinter, if I am following the story correctly," said Donnie.

"Yes," said the two, "We ALL, except for you five, replaced our past selves with the one that got out before the black hole incident."

"That's a lot to take in," said Casey, "The world isn't big enough for TWO Casey Jones."

"'m not so sure," said April, shrugging, "I always wanted a twin."

"Can we get back to our story," asked Serena politely.

"Sorry," said Casey and April.

"Anyways," said Mikey, "By the combined powers of the Senshi, we got OUR Japan and ourselves to replace the past..."

Flashback:

Galaxia giggled as her Sailor Animates told them what had happened after Galaxia was free from Chaos' control.

Anyways, Setsuna Smiled and said that with the combined energy, they could just tweak the time stream to let them all win the battle AND make sure the other planets would be safe too.

"Let's do it," said the siblings as they glowed their respective colors.

"I sure hope that we have time to help out with the Triceratons," said Michiru as she glowed, "We need to book plane tickets!"

"I'm sure my Starlights can stay for a while to help out too," said Kakyuu as she glowed.

"Great," said a sarcastic Yaten as she glowed, "More work."

The others laughed as they all glowed and poured their energies towards Setsuna. Setsuna transformed and created a space/time portal to take everyone, including Galaxia and the Star Seeds, back. The Senshi saw that time was rewinding, but Japan looked like a hurricane hit and destroyed most buildings.

Setsuna said that due to them reaffirming themselves into the past like this, the cameras that shot those live footage of them, including the transformation of Mikey, never happened.

"Ah," said Galaxia, "It's time for me to return these Star Seeds."

"Can you drop us two off on the ship," asked Serena.

"Of course Princess," said Galaxia.

"Now, wait just a mi..." trailed off Haruka just as Galaxia, Mikey, and Serena disappeared with the Star Seeds.

The end of the flashback:

"So, THAT's how you got into the spaceship," said Donnie.

"That teleportation technique sure would have come in handy with other issues we faced," pointed out April.

"I blame Suki," said a teasing Serena.

"Hey," said a smiling Mikey, not at least offended.

"So, why did you tell this to us now," asked Leo, "Why not when we asked?"

Mikey and Serena looked at each other before turning back to the group in front of them. Mikey was the one to explain that they weren't really ready at that time since they DID finish off fighting a big baddie.

Then, he went on about the journey they had and the two just completely forgot to tell them how they got here. Serena was the one that explained that Master Splinter wanted the turtle brothers to focus on reconciling with their baby brother.

He wanted his news about being alive and well to be the last priority. The turtles nodded begrudgingly as they thought about what their father wanted.

Before anyone else could say another thing, a portal opened up randomly on the deck.

"What the shell," yelped Raph as he poised in fighting mode.

"Who could develop that," asked Honeycutt, "It's a portal!"

"Get ready guys," said Leo.

"Guys, chillax," said Mikey, "That's just Puu!"

"Puu," echoed everyone just as Sailor Pluto stepped out of the portal.

"Puu," exclaimed Mikey as he hugged the Senshi.

"§ji-sama," said Pluto as she hugged Mikey back.

"So," trailed off Leo.

"What is SHE doing here," asked Raph rudely.

"Why, Raphael," said Pluto as she stared at him with her stern eyes, "I am here to connect you to the other Senshi so you may plan accordingly."

"Powerful lady says what," asked Casey.

Pluto smiled at the group before her eyes landed on Leo. She knew who Leo would become and was happy to watch him squirm a bit by her stare.

Understanding what Pluto meant, Mikey transformed into his human form, and muttered, "this'll be interesting."

Going to the controls, Pluto looked at the keypad and entered a very familiar pin that only the Senshi knew. Everyone else looked on while Pluto pulled up a screen in front of them.

However, it was what was on the screen that shocked everyone aboard the ship.

"Yaten-kun," exclaimed Serena, "Taiki-san!"

"Hopeless romantic," exclaimed Mikey teasingly, leaning on one of his legs.

"Really," asked a dead-panned Seiya, "Really? When are you going to stop calling me that?!"

"When you stop calling me Mini Prince," teased Mikey.

"So…never," replied Seiya.

"Basically," sighed Mikey, as he shrugged.

"Everyone," said Serena, "I would like to introduce you to our best friends in the universe... The Senshi!"

"Aw, Odango Atama," said Rei on screen, "You always say the nicest things."

"Pyro," growled Serena, "I am NOT an Odango Atamal!"

"Of course you are, Odango," teased Rei.

Serena and Rei glared as they started a tongue war that made everyone around them sweat-drop.

They never knew how childish Serena could be. Sure, she would pull pranks with Mikey from time to time, but seeing Serena so childlike... Leo thought this was kind of cute, but dismissed the thought.

They had more important things to do. Pluto was the one who broke the tongue war fight as she reminded the two on why they all came together.

"Why can't you be professional like Mitsuki…" muttered Pluto.

Mikey laughed, gracefully, as he commented that he hadn't seen that in a long time, "you sure are something else, sis!"

It was Ami who got everyone to come up with a plan, "Right now," said Ami, "We are with Splinter-san in a hidden room and away from the past turtles."

"I can't believe they lived in an abandoned subway system," said Makoto.

"Hey," said Raph, "At least we aren't living in a sewer!"

"True," said Pluto, "Other dimensions live in the sewers before meeting our hime here."

"Ew," exclaimed the Inners and Hotaru.

"Anyways," said Haruka, "How are we going to do this?"

"We are still in space," piped up April.

"Yes" said Honeycutt, "Right outside the Sol System."

"And Pluto's transportation system hasn't been working ever since the fall of the Moon Kingdom," said Pluto.

"Then, they will be back on Earth in approximately the time the Triceratons first invaded New York City," said a calculating Taiki.

"By that time," said Michiru, "Might I suggest we Senshi make sure the turtles' allies are alive and fight in the shadows before showing ourselves?"

"That could work," said Makoto, "We will be the surprise to both the past turtles and the Triceratons, assuming the Triceratons know about us."

"Oh they do," said a bratty Mikey.

Everyone stepped back as Mikey muttered unpleasant things he wanted to do to the Triceratons for harming Serena.

The Senshi snickered and told Mikey not to worry, for they will exact some type of revenge on the Triceratons.

The others looked on and remembered how the Starlights first learned about it.

Seeing the Senshi like this brought shivers down everyone's back. They were thankful that the Senshi were on their side when they saw the murderous intent.

"Save some for me though," said Mikey.

"We will, §ji-sama," said a smiling Hotaru.

"Anyways," said a disturbed Donnie, "Our plan is to destroy the black hole generator before the Triceratons use it."

"And we Senshi protecting your past selves," piped up Minako.

"Sounds like a plan to me," said Casey.

With that, the plan was set in motion. The Triceratons were already on their way to Earth while the Senshi were already in position to help the past selves of the turtles, April, and Casey.

Looking around, Leo could breathe a bit more easily as he knew that there were more allies than before. He just couldn't help the feeling of hope and love wherever he saw Serena and Mikey looking confident.

"We can do this," muttered Leo as he turned to stare at the starry space, "We can win and save Earth. Then, and only then, I'll think of another thing…"