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1 Title: Space for hope. | |
2 Author: Jerry-rose | |
3 E-mail: sleeping.soul@hotmail.co.uk No flames please but critisism | |
4 i'd love ^^ And yes i know my spelling and grammer are terrible =P | |
5 <AN: just something i pulled together recently. Really short yes but | |
6 eh, i'm supposed to be working xD Enjoy> | |
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8 "Say, Hota-chan?" Hotaru turned in the pink bed covers to face the | |
9 girl that said her name with such affection. The girl had long black | |
10 hair that reached her lower back, but had pink highlights in the | |
11 fringe, and adoring pink eyes that were staring in her direction. | |
12 Hotaru tilted her head so her black air fell over her face slightly, | |
13 then pushed her fringe aside with a finger. | |
14 "Hai, Chi-chan?" Hotaru had moved closer and put an arm over her | |
15 lovers flat stomach, then her head against her chest. Usagi was | |
16 sitting up in bed, her back against the head post. | |
17 "What's out there?" Hotaru blinked and sat up to look at her. | |
18 "Out where..?" She asked suspiciously and Usagi held her hands up in | |
19 a form of surrender or self-defense, laughing slightly. | |
20 "Well, out in the universe. I mean can you blame me for wondering? | |
21 All our enemies came from there with the exception of very few... Is | |
22 there a bad influence or something that creates these people or their | |
23 hatred?" Hotaru smiled warmly and leaned forward, pressing her | |
24 forehead gently to the other's. | |
25 "All very wise things to want to know. And because you're so special | |
26 to me, I'll let you into a little secret, but you have to promise not | |
27 to tell anyone else. ok?" Usagi nodded and leaned forward slightly, | |
28 as if enthusiastic and in need to hear. | |
29 "Well, you know lately i haven't been around as much as i used to | |
30 be?" Usagi blushed lightly and the other girl stopped. "What did | |
31 Haruka-papa tell you?" Her tone was serious but also slightly amused | |
32 so Usagi figured she'd say, she wanted to ask a few questions about | |
33 it anyway. Like if it was true for one thing. | |
34 "She said you were taking stripping lessons." Hotaru blushed a deep | |
35 crimson and leapt out of the bed, vaulting her suitcase and then | |
36 Usagi's as if they were hurdles and flung the door open, running into | |
37 the bedroom opposite them, who's door was open, and yelled inside. | |
38 "HARUKA-PAPA!!!" | |
39 | |
40 Michiru laughed and Haruka blinked nervously, turning slowly to face | |
41 the living room door. | |
42 "I'm dead when she gets down here! Michiru, you have to hide me!" | |
43 Michiru laughed harder and shook her head. | |
44 "Not on your life. This one's been coming your way since you started | |
45 telling Usagi-chan that." Haruka sweat dropped and dashed for the | |
46 kitchen... too late. Hotaru flew through the closed door and slammed | |
47 Haruka from behind in a rugby tackle. Haruka fell forward into the | |
48 floor and Hotaru laughed, her fingers finding her papa's most tender | |
49 tickling spots as her delicate fingers spidered over her skin. | |
50 "You shall pay, oh ticklish one!" Haruka laughed and squirmed on the | |
51 floor, but was too weak to get up as she laughed harder and harder | |
52 until Michiru intervened. | |
53 "Come on now Hotaru, we need Haruka alive to drive us all to the | |
54 shopping center." Hotaru slowed to a stop and sighed. | |
55 "I guess you're right, mama." Michiru nodded and Hotaru got up off | |
56 Haruka, letting her recover and then sit up, watching as she ran a | |
57 hair through her short blonde hair. | |
58 "You're getting too strong for my own good, kiddo." Hotaru waggled a | |
59 finger at her, winking and laughing. | |
60 "No papa, i just know you're tender areas!" Haruka raised an eyebrow | |
61 suggestively and Michiru laughed, she knew what was coming next. | |
62 "Actually i think you'll find only Michi knows my tender area's." | |
63 Haruka laughed as Hotaru pulled a face and then ran to the door, | |
64 turning happily. Haruka and Michiru looked at their 16 year old | |
65 daughter, with her shoulder length black hair and her plain purple | |
66 shirt reaching her thighs. She had a shapely body, a real hourglass | |
67 figure if ever there was one, and a pale complexion. Her deep purple | |
68 eyes glittered happily as she waved a hand and set off up stairs, | |
69 back to her Chi-chan. | |
70 Hotaru stepped back into her room to see Usagi with her elbows on | |
71 the balcony railing. She shut the door gently so she didn't bring the | |
72 slightly smaller girl out of her daydream and smiled at her back. | |
73 Times sure had changed. If anyone had shown her this future only a | |
74 few months ago she would never have believed it. She walked out and | |
75 leant on the balcony fence beside Usagi. | |
76 "Chi-chan?" Usagi looked up to her and smiled warmly, cuddling her | |
77 tight and pointing up to the clouds. | |
78 "That one rminds me of you." Her finger lined up with a smaller | |
79 cloud that had furry edges, it was wispy and very spread out, almost | |
80 like mist. Hotaru laughed. | |
81 "I'm small, wispy, rough around the edges and spacey. Yes i know." | |
82 Usagi also laughed, but then moved in front of Hotaru and took her | |
83 hands, winding them around her and leaning back onto the taller girl. | |
84 "That's what others might see, yes. But me... I see a soft skinned | |
85 cloud with a wonderful look to it, not tense and tight, but | |
86 wonderful, so if I might touch it, my hand would be welcomed and | |
87 absorbed, not pushed away, I also see a cloud that doesn't look like | |
88 it's all there, but when you get deeper intoit, it seems to never | |
89 end. Hota-chan, that is what i see. And I love that cloud very much | |
90 now." Hotaru was smiling warmly and kissed the back of her head, | |
91 twirling her around and out of her grip so they were facing each | |
92 other. | |
93 "And I'm sure that cloud loves you too." Usagi smiled warmly and the | |
94 two embraced, together in a world of their own. | |
95 Hotaru was bought back into reality as she thought. | |
96 "Chi-chan, did i ever tell you that secret?" Usagi shook her head | |
97 and laughed. | |
98 "No, i believe you went off to slaugter Haruka-san before you said | |
99 anything." Hotaru nodded and leant back on the balcony once more, | |
100 looking up into the sky. | |
101 "Well, you know i haven't been around much lately?" Usagi took the | |
102 spot just to Hotaru's right and smiled, nodding gently and looking at | |
103 her. Hotaru was leaning over the balcony, facing out, and Usagi was | |
104 sitting on the fence, facing in. | |
105 "Well, that's because I've been doing research. I've been taking | |
106 small trips into the stars to check things out. I've found nothing in | |
107 the majority of this solar system, there is nothing here to endanger | |
108 anyone, the sailor scouts have done very well in protecting it, so i | |
109 could take you out into the stars and show you, if you like. You can | |
110 see for yourself what's there." Usagi had been listening with | |
111 seemingly no interest, but when Hotaru finished and silence met her, | |
112 she looked up and straitened, coming off the balcony fence to look | |
113 into Usagi's face and see a small tear fall down her cheek. Hotaru | |
114 moved forward and hugged her tightly. | |
115 "Let's go tonight, ne?" Usagi nodded into her chest and smiled. | |
116 "I'd like that more than anything in the world." Hotaru smiled in | |
117 return and hugged her tighter for a few seconds before stepping back. | |
118 "In that case, i need to go and make the arangments, please wait | |
119 here until i get back." Usagi nodded and leant back over the balcony. | |
120 "Please hurry, Hota-chan." Hotaru nodded and walked from the balcony | |
121 into the bedroom, then on through the door and down the stairs into | |
122 the living room. | |
123 | |
124 "Haruka-papa. Usagi would very much like to acompany me on tonights | |
125 journey. Haruka bought her head out of the newspaper and stared at | |
126 Hotaru. | |
127 "You told her?" Hotaru nodded guiltily | |
128 "Hai papa, she was so... she wanted to see what's out there so much, | |
129 I couldn't help but tell her. I can make her dreams come true..." | |
130 Haruka shook her head and Setsuna walked in. | |
131 "And if you two get hurt?" Hotaru shook her head defiantly | |
132 "No, mama, I've been hundreds of times into the safe parts of this | |
133 solar system, and in fact the galaxy too... I don't see how anything | |
134 threatening could move in so fast. And anyway, i'll protect her, as i | |
135 have already sworn I will." Hotaru seemed so sincere and her heart | |
136 was in the right place so Setsuna shrugged and moved back into her | |
137 study. Michiru peeked out of the kitchen and smiled to Haruka, who | |
138 sighed. | |
139 "I think it's a great idea, Ruka, she should go and have fun. Why | |
140 not take her to see the moon or even Saturn? I'm sure she'd enjoy | |
141 both." Hotaru nodded and ran from the room, opening the front door to | |
142 look into the twillight. She stuck her head into the living room and | |
143 smiled. | |
144 "We'll be leaving in a few minutes, we should be back by morning!" | |
145 Haruka stood and ran to the door as Hotaru shot up the stairs. | |
146 "You had better be back by morning! Else you'll be fried!" Hotaru | |
147 laughed and ran out of sight, bursting into her room and out onto the | |
148 balcony. usagi turned and smiled at her. Hotaru took her hands gently | |
149 and jumped daintily onto the balcony railing. | |
150 "Come... Chi-chan." Usagi took her hand and smiled warmly as she was | |
151 lifted onto the balcony railing, then into the air. Joining their | |
152 other hands, they made a loop, then vanished into the oncoming | |
153 darkness. | |
154 Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna stood on the roof and watched a shooting | |
155 star sail across the darkening sky. | |
156 "The wind is blowing in the scent of fear, something is not right." | |
157 "The waters of the earth are disturbed, i agree." | |
158 "Time sees a distortion, we must set this right." The three parents | |
159 joined hands, with Setsuna in the middle, and dissapeared to follow | |
160 their daughter and her girlfriend. | |
161 | |
162 "Chi-chan, you'll catch stars if you don't close your mouth." Hotaru | |
163 giggled and Usagi closed her mouth, which had been gaping widely as | |
164 she looked around the stars and planets. | |
165 "G-gomen." Hotaru smiled warmly and looked straight ahead, she | |
166 intended to take Usagi to the Moon. She turned away from the other | |
167 planets and headed towards the moon. It was full and shined | |
168 beautifully into the darkness surrounding it, it was easy to see how | |
169 it's light spread to the earth and gave its people hope. Usagi | |
170 noticed they were heading towards it and sqeezed Hotaru's hand | |
171 tightly. | |
172 "We're going to the moon?" Hotaru nodded and smiled. | |
173 "We are." Usagi was smiling to herself and Hotaru looked at her | |
174 curously. | |
175 "Chi-chan... What's that smile for?" Usagi smiled openly to her and | |
176 leaned forward, kissing Hotaru gently on the lips. | |
177 "You said before, about the catching the stars? Well, I already have | |
178 one... It's you." Hotaru blinked gently and reached out, unlinking | |
179 their hands to touch her cheek and return the kiss. | |
180 "Chi-chan..." Usagi broke the kiss and smiled warmly, placing her | |
181 free hand over Hotaru's stomach. Hotaru smiled softly and kissed her | |
182 once more. | |
183 "Are you sure about this? It's not my place." Usagi put a finger to | |
184 her lips and Hotaru hushed. | |
185 "Hotaru-Chan, i've never been more sure about anything in my life." | |
186 Hotaru put her hand to Usagi's stomach and smiled back. | |
187 "You know... If we both go through with this, then we'll have to | |
188 find someone else to watch over us." Usagi nodded and looked towards | |
189 the moon, which was getting dramatically bigger with each passing | |
190 second. Their hands reclaimed the others and they held tightly as | |
191 they flew down through the bright glow of the moon. | |
192 "Chi-chan, i have been working on a gift for you for some timje now. | |
193 I hope you like it." Usagi moved to enquire about the gift but Hotaru | |
194 shook her head. As they appraoched the surface, Hotaru pulled back | |
195 and they slowed down, making them land gently on top of the uneven | |
196 earth. Hotaru moved towards a long white pillar in the middle of a | |
197 ruined castle and Usagi looked around in awe. Her mother had told her | |
198 of this, the ruins on the moon. The moon kindom lived and prospered | |
199 here until queen beryll attacked. Hotaru took her hand and led to | |
200 stand by the pillar, then whispered softly. | |
201 "My Queen Serenity, please show yourself to your grand-daughter..." | |
202 Usagi's eyes widened as a white haze filled the air, then | |
203 concerntrated in the shape of a woman, Queen Serenity. She smiled | |
204 warmly as she gained a solid body, though she still gave off a gently | |
205 white glow. Hotaru stepped back out of respect and dropped to one | |
206 knee, bowing low. Queen Serenity smiled down to her and lifted a hand. | |
207 "Rise, Saturn.n You have no reason to kneel before me." Hotaru rose | |
208 slowly to her feet and stepped back out of their hearing range, | |
209 turning and walking around the ruins, to give them their space and | |
210 time to aquaint themselves. | |
211 | |
212 "Usagi... Welcome home." Usagi ran forward and hugged her tightly. | |
213 "Grandma..." Serenity laughed and hugged her back. | |
214 "I can't stay long, Usagi, but i wanted you to know how proud of you | |
215 i am, how proud of you we all are. You are very mature, moreso than | |
216 your mother was at your age. You will rise to be a wonderful queen of | |
217 tokyo." Usagi had tears in her eyes. | |
218 "Grandma... I am not who you are proud of. I have disgraced your | |
219 family. I am having children with Hota-" Queen serenity interupted | |
220 gently. | |
221 "No, Usagi. You have not disgraced us. It's the complete opposite... | |
222 You are the rightful leader of the new world. Now, let me see you and | |
223 your future wife together." Usagi smiled warmly and ran in the | |
224 direction Hotaru had gone. She paused as she came to a standing part | |
225 of the castle and wandered inside. She came to a set of large white | |
226 marble doors, now dulled to grey with age and dust. There was a set | |
227 of bright white marks where someones fingers had pushed them open | |
228 such a small amount that they could only just squeeze through. Usagi | |
229 knew it had to be Hotaru and walked through, silently walking through | |
230 the large ballroom, her shoes leaving a set of golden and white | |
231 trails behind her, following on in Hotaru's footsteps. | |
232 "Hota-chan?" Her soft voice echoed throughout the chamber as she | |
233 looked around for a sign of the other girl. There was no sign and the | |
234 other end of the ballroom was open to the air, the rubble from the | |
235 caved in roof littering the floor. Amongst the rubble were the | |
236 remains of tables and plates and goblets. She strode into the rubble, | |
237 following Hotaru's footsteps perfectly. | |
238 "Hota-chan?" She repeated. Peering around rocks and rubble she | |
239 frowned slightly, the footsteps had vanished and Hotaru was no where | |
240 to be seen. Usagi pouted into the darkness. | |
241 "Hota-chan!" Usagi's voice was shaking, panic starting to set in as | |
242 she searched frantically through the rubble. "Hota-chan! Hota-chan!" | |
243 Tears started to form in her eyes as she ran back to where Queen | |
244 Serenity was sitting, tears streaming down her face. | |
245 "Grandma! It's Hotaru, she's gone!" Queen Serenity smiled softly and | |
246 hugged her gently, pointing up into the sky above the ruins Usagi had | |
247 just ran out of. Hotaru had transformed into sailor saturn and her | |
248 hair and fuku were blowing in the gentle breeze. She was facing the | |
249 earth and looking down onto it with concerntration. | |
250 "Listen to your heart, Usagi, can it feel something?" Usagi blinked | |
251 slightly and then closed her eyes, focusing. She thought she heard | |
252 the sounds of many screams and then Neo Queen Serenity's call for | |
253 power. | |
254 "What is it..?" Queen serenity looked towards earth | |
255 "It means it is time for you to return and help your mother. Sorry | |
256 we couldn't spend longer together..." Usagi nodded and hugged her | |
257 tightly, running towards Sailor Saturn and tranforming. Sailor Saturn | |
258 looked down to her and jumped off the roof, landing before her and | |
259 holding out her free hand, the other holding her Silence Glaive. | |
260 "Come." Sailor Moon took her hand and they jumped off of the | |
261 surface, moving much quicker than they had on their way there. The | |
262 stars whipped by as blurs and the moon was soon only a white sphere | |
263 once more. Sailor Moon closed her eyes to the sharp cold hitting her | |
264 face and Sailor Saturn noticed, moving into a hug and making her put | |
265 her head into her chest, shielding her. They came to a sudden stop | |
266 and Sailor Moon looked up. Sailor Saturn had her mouth back in an | |
267 evil grin and Sailor Moon looked around, seeing a large ship in the | |
268 air above crystal tokyo. Beneath it was the large silver glow of neo | |
269 Queen Serenity's power, then each of the colours of the inner and | |
270 outer senshi around that. Sailor Saturn was looking thoughtful, the | |
271 glow beneath the ship was flickering, the senshi were weakening. | |
272 Sailor Saturn pulled away from Sailor Moon and smiled softly. | |
273 "Remember to be careful, what you hold inside you is something that | |
274 can be killed easily... But they need you down there. I will try and | |
275 find a weak spot in the ship, please protect my parents and yours, | |
276 and of course the other senshi and people of the earth." Sailor Moon | |
277 moved to object but Sailor Saturn had already swung her away in the | |
278 direction of the earth, Saturns power surrounding her in a puple glow. | |
279 | |
280 "Hold on everyone! We cannot give up!" The senshi were all on their | |
281 knees, their power flickering greatly. They were all in a circle | |
282 around Neo Queen Serenity and King Endimion. They were the only two | |
283 standing, his arms tightly around her shoudlers. Her arms were | |
284 outstretched, her fingers surrounding the silver crystal, which was | |
285 glowing silvery white. The light was strong and warm, the power | |
286 radiating stronger than anything else, yet it was weakening fast. | |
287 Above them the ship was looming, beams of darkness slamming into the | |
288 shield. Each blast caused the shield and the ground beneath them to | |
289 shake greatly. The king and queen fell to their knees as a | |
290 particularly strong blast hit and the silver light flickered and | |
291 died, Serenity falling to her front. The senshi cried out to her and | |
292 the king reached to her | |
293 "Usako!" A purple flash filled the space between the other senshi's | |
294 beams of light and them was replaced by another silver light. Sailor | |
295 Moon landed before her mother and held the silver crystal above her | |
296 head. | |
297 "Please Minna! We need to finish this now!" All the senshi nodded | |
298 and struggled to their feet, as did the king and queen. Neo Queen | |
299 Serenity smiled to her daughter and her silver crystal flickered into | |
300 a glow. The power of the eight senshi lit up the sky and the ship | |
301 backed a few feet before creating more blasts, more powerful than | |
302 before. Sailor Moon's eyes filled with tears, looking past the | |
303 fighting beams to the ship above. "Hurry... Hota-chan." | |
304 | |
305 Sailor Saturn had entered into the ship through a cargo hold and was | |
306 walking silently down the coridoors. She met no one, and so started | |
307 to run to the control room. As she entered into the room, expecting | |
308 it to be empty she jumped slightly to see a young girl sitting at the | |
309 controls in front of the large window. The girl had long black hair | |
310 that reached her lower back, her clothes seemed like pyjama's. Soft | |
311 white fabric covered her torso and legs in a simple short sleeved | |
312 tshirt and trousers. | |
313 "Who are you..?" Sailor Saturn asked, shocked at the age of the | |
314 young girl. She turned around to face Saturn and smirked. | |
315 "I am the thing that lurks in space. The thing that you missed on | |
316 your rounds." Saturn's eyes widened and she stepped forward, the | |
317 glaive glittering ominously in the light of the battle outside the | |
318 window. | |
319 "What are you here for?" The girl laughed so softly it seemed she | |
320 couldn't possibly be evil. | |
321 "I am here to get rid of you all! You cause war and hatred | |
322 throughout the whole solar system. You are the reasons for war on | |
323 earth. Humans destory everything! I'm here to set the world free from | |
324 your hatred" The girl lunged forward and aimed to punch Saturn, who | |
325 simply jumped aside and took her Glaive in both hands. | |
326 "You're wrong. The people of Crystal Tokyo try to save this planet! | |
327 They protect this world from everything that tries to destory it!" | |
328 The girl lunged forward again and punched her hard in the stomach. | |
329 Saturn cried out and fell to her knees, preying to all she held dear | |
330 for the safety of the life growing inside her. Looking out of the | |
331 window she saw all the senshi on their knees, then watched in horror | |
332 as Sailor Moon and Neo Queen Serenity fell likewise. With a shout of | |
333 anger she dug the Glaive deep into the control panel of the ship, the | |
334 sparks of elecricity flying out over the room. Yanking the Glaive | |
335 from the controls she smashed it into the window, shattering it and | |
336 letting the air get sucked out. The girl behind her screamed as she | |
337 was sucked towards the window, crying out and drawing a dagger. As | |
338 she was pulled off her feet and towards the window she whipped the | |
339 dagger out and it sliced down the length of Sailor Saturns right arm, | |
340 slicing deep into her flesh and leaving a deep wound from her | |
341 shoulder to her wrist. Saturn cried out and pulled back, however | |
342 after catching a glimpse of her eyes she instinctivly jumped from her | |
343 position and out of the window to follow her. Her Glaive caught | |
344 either side of the window and she was pulled back, the only piece of | |
345 the girl that Saturn could reach was the end of her dagger. Closing | |
346 her eyes tightly she grabbed the dagger and held it tightly, the | |
347 blade slicing into her palm and fingers. Her blood dripped down the | |
348 blade and down the girls arm. The young girls eyes widened as she | |
349 shouted out. | |
350 "Don't!" Saturn was surprised and pulled her closer, the dagger | |
351 digging deeper into her fingers. | |
352 "Why shouldn't I? No one deserves to die!" The girl was crying and | |
353 shook her head. | |
354 "Leave me! Look at what you're doing to your hand!" Saturn shook her | |
355 head, looking down to the glow of the Senshi. The black blasts had | |
356 stopped and the glow was reducing slightly as the senshi all powered | |
357 down. | |
358 "I won't let you fall! Look how far it is, you'll die!" Saturn was | |
359 still trying to pull back but the dagger sliced into her skin deeply | |
360 and slipped from her grasp. The girls shrill scream filled the air | |
361 and Saturn made the choice in a matter of a few seconds, letting go | |
362 of her glavie, leaping from the ship window and diving down towards | |
363 her. The ship behind them creaked loudly and the same sparks as the | |
364 control panel lit up on the outer ship. It started to fall with them | |
365 and Saturn made herself more streamlined, grabbing the girl's hand in | |
366 her right and pulling her close, into a hug. The girl's eyes widened | |
367 and she held on tightly to Saturn. Saturn smiled softly to her as the | |
368 wind swept past them. Saturn looked up to the ship to see it falling | |
369 after them towards Tokyo and lifted her left hand. | |
370 "Saturn planet..... power!" Her cry echoed into the atmosphere and a | |
371 purple light erupted from her, the ship being absorbed and slowed | |
372 down. With a quick sweep of her Glaive the ship was fired out into | |
373 space harmlessly. Saturn was gasping for breath but smiling warmly, | |
374 the earth was safe. The girl in her arms was watching her and Saturn | |
375 smiled down to her. | |
376 "Are you all like this on earth?" Saturn nodded slightly and smiled | |
377 warmly. | |
378 "The sailor Senshi are yes. Likewise the people of the earth. And | |
379 especially the king, queen and princess. They would all give anything | |
380 they have, their lives included, for the safety of this world." The | |
381 girl rested her head on Saturn's chest and sighed. | |
382 "I didn't realise..." Saturn nodded gently | |
383 "No one does." They were getting evercloser to the surface of the | |
384 earth and Saturn was starting to glow purple once more. | |
385 "If you have any power at all that would be helpful." The girl shook | |
386 her head and looked sorrowful. | |
387 "Are we going to die?" Sailor Saturn shook her head and smiled | |
388 slightly. | |
389 "No, we won't die. So what's your name?" The girl smiled in return | |
390 and hugged her gently. | |
391 "Well, my name's Emily... And incase you were wondering I'm 16. | |
392 Saturn looked surprised and tilted her head down to the small girl. | |
393 "No offense, but you don't look a day over 9." The girl nodded and | |
394 sighed | |
395 "I know. It's a disease. I won't grow anymore than i have now." | |
396 Saturn blinked | |
397 "Tough break." the girl nodded and looked down to Sailor Saturn's | |
398 arm. The blood was soaking quickly into the girls clothes as she was | |
399 being held and Saturn was slowly loosing the feeling there, finding | |
400 it a nice change from the pain that was there before. The small | |
401 purple glow around them had grown and they were within a few hundred | |
402 metres of the earth surface. From the ground Sailor Moon noticed the | |
403 purple glow streaking to earth and shouted out to the senshi, | |
404 pointing up to her. | |
405 "Please, Minna!" They all nodded and got to their feet, their hands | |
406 raised. They could help her down, but she had to get within their | |
407 power circle. As they all powered up the circle gradually formed, | |
408 colour by colour. in the centre was the two white beams of the | |
409 imperial silver crystals. | |
410 "Hota-chan!!" Sailor Moon was screaming out into the sky, she knew | |
411 there was no way she would hear, but hopefully she'd feel. ""Move to | |
412 the middle of our power! We can help you down!!" Sailor Saturn hadn't | |
413 heard, as suspected, but she had felt the power surge and seen the | |
414 light. As she looked towards the tube of light, Sailor Moon's words | |
415 echoed in her head. She moved her left arm out, her right embracing | |
416 the girl tightly. With a quick burst of power they started moving | |
417 towards the beam. The girl's eyes were wide as she watched the | |
418 spectrum of colours approaching. Saturn held her tighter as | |
419 encouragment and the girl smiled, burrying her head in Saturn's fuku. | |
420 The two came within touching distance of the beam and Saturn held out | |
421 her hand, touching the blue beam of Sailor Mercury. They passed | |
422 through the power and a sudden wind hit them, parting them. Saturn | |
423 grabbed the girls hand in her right and flinched, reaching to take he | |
424 same hand in her left also. Looking up the girl was terrified, but | |
425 Saturn smiled warmly. She was reminded of the time passage she | |
426 patrolled with Sailor Pluto occasionally. | |
427 "Don't worry, Emily-san! Nothing bad can happen as long as you're | |
428 with me." Emily nodded and they both pulled closer, so they had both | |
429 hands joined. They fell until they could see the Senshi below them in | |
430 enough detail to recognise their expressions. Saturn looked to the | |
431 worry on Sailor Moon's face and found she had to look away. What if | |
432 she had lost the baby? As she averted her gaze she found herself | |
433 looking up into a streak of blood drops falling from her arm. She | |
434 found mild interest in them and them before they were hit with the | |
435 sensation one gets when stopping in an elevator, their feet touching | |
436 the floor gently. Saturn fell to her knees, as did the other girl, | |
437 their legs now unacustomed to the gravity of the earth from space to | |
438 falling. Everyone ran forward and Saturn smiled up to them all, they | |
439 were all ok. After a few seconds, however, a rain of crimson started | |
440 to fall over them, and looking up they realised it was the blood that | |
441 had fallen from Saturn's arm. Saturn looked down to it and held the | |
442 wound tightly. Sailor Moon knelt beside ehr and kissed her gently. | |
443 "Don't worry, we'll get it cleaned up." Saturn nodded and held her | |
444 hands out to the girl, who took them gently. | |
445 "This is Emily-san. Please minna, may she stay here with us?" | |
446 Everyone smiled and nodded, waving greetings. Neo Queen Serenity | |
447 stepped forward and the senshi cleared her path, moving aside so she | |
448 could see the small girl. | |
449 "I see," the queen started, putting a hand to the girls head "You | |
450 are unlucky to have this disease. But in this palace you will be | |
451 treated your true age as everyone else. You will always be welcome | |
452 here, so feel free to stay as long as you desire." Emily seemed | |
453 mildly surprised and bowed low. | |
454 "H-hai! Arigato." Saturn stood and Sailor moon did likewise, taking | |
455 her good hand. The rain slowed, then stopped altogether, and everyone | |
456 seemed to be favouring red clothing. They all shared a laugh as they | |
457 took in each others appearences, before Saturn and Moon left for | |
458 their room in the palace. Emily watched after them and smiled softly. | |
459 "Arigato..." | |
460 | |
461 "Sheesh Hota-chan. Anyone would think you let her hack you apart." | |
462 they both laughed and Usagi dabbed a cotton wool pad gently over her | |
463 upper arm. She got a new piece and dabbed downwards to the elbow, | |
464 then down again to the wrist. She sighed and leaned back, wiping hair | |
465 from her face. "It's no good, Hota-chan. It won't stop bleeding long | |
466 enough for me to clean it all and put a bandage on. Lets go to the | |
467 medical room." Hotaru shook her head. | |
468 "Just wrap it. I will be fine, i promise." Usagi nodded gently and | |
469 took the plastic from a bandage, wrapping it tightly around her arm | |
470 and smiling warmly. | |
471 "Thank you, Hota-chan. We wouldn't have been able to do it without | |
472 you." Hotaru smiled and hugged her gently. | |
473 "Iie. You would have managed just fine, Chi-chan. I'm glad you're | |
474 ok." Hotaru suddenly jumped and lept off the chair, runnning out of | |
475 the room. Usagi followed her at a sprint but still the slightly older | |
476 girl pulled away. She turned a sharp corner and Usagi had to skid to | |
477 make the turn. She watched as Hoatru made turn after turn, finally | |
478 bursting through a door and into a dark room. | |
479 "Setsuna-mama!!!!" She shouted into the room and Setsuna came out of | |
480 her bedroom into the living area. | |
481 "Hai, Hotaru-hime?" Hotaru was panting slightly from the run and | |
482 shut the door behind her, Usagi was hiding around the corner and put | |
483 her ear to the door. | |
484 "Setsuna-mama! I need to know if it's ok!" Setsuna understood and | |
485 indicated for her to take a seat by the fire. Hotaru nodded and | |
486 accepted the seat, sitting on the edge uncomfortably. Setsuna took a | |
487 seat opposite Hotaru and moved to begin, but Hotaru held a hand out. | |
488 "Chi-chan. Come on in would you? No need to hide." An embarrest | |
489 Usagi moved into the room and shut the door behind her. Usagi took | |
490 Hotaru's hand and knelt before her, resting her head on Hotaru's | |
491 knees. | |
492 "Hotaru, Usagi. You will have two healthy children. You need not | |
493 worry. Time favours you both, and althouhg many challenges lie ahead, | |
494 you will defeat all problems as long as you face them together. Just | |
495 as our King and Queen had to, you two must overcome the same | |
496 hardships. Go now, you need not hear any more. But you will each have | |
497 a healthy baby girl." The two girls nodded and stepped out of the | |
498 room, tears in each of their eyes. They shared a hug and moved | |
499 together as one back to their room. They would hace anything sent | |
500 their way. They were sure of it. |