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     1.4 +Until We Meet Again.
     1.5 +
     1.6 +
     1.7 +Hello! Alright, first and foremost, I hate all those terrible echhi fanfics 
     1.8 +about Chibi-Usa and Hotaru. (Fortunately, there aren't many!) I felt like 
     1.9 +cleaning up the whole Chibi-Usa-Hotaru deal in my own way, and what I think 
    1.10 +they will be. I was inspired, alright?! Comments are appreciated, as I have 
    1.11 +stated in many varied terms before. Questions too!
    1.12 +
    1.13 +All rights to Sailor Moon all all affiliated characcters belong to: Naoko 
    1.14 +Takeuchi, Kondansha comics and Toei Animation. (To my knowledge.)
    1.15 +
    1.16 +This fanfic was written by Hotaru/Amber.
    1.17 +
    1.18 +E-mail at: tomoechan@hotmail.com
    1.19 +
    1.20 +
    1.21 +Until We Meet Again.
    1.22 +
    1.23 +
    1.24 +        "Small Lady Serenity, the time has come for me to leave this planet," 
    1.25 +Saturn said, looking eye-to-eye with the princess.
    1.26 +        "Hotaru-chan..." Small Lady's eyes were brimming with tears. Ever since 
    1.27 +she had returned from the Tokyo of the past, become friends with Saturn, she 
    1.28 +had realised that the senshi of destruction never remained on a planet other 
    1.29 +than her own for a long time. Not to mention, she had been on earth when 
    1.30 +Galaxia had attacked. If Hotaru had been dormant on Saturn, she may have been 
    1.31 +able to destroy earth before Galaxia stole her sailor crystal.
    1.32 +        "Princess Small Lady Serenity, the world will go on without me!" Saturn 
    1.33 +smiled, her eyes filled with tears too. Her comment had been kind of redundant.
    1.34 +        "But...but...Hotaru-chan!!!" The pink haired princess began crying and 
    1.35 +hugged the sailor senshi before her. "It's...it's only one week!!! Couldn't you 
    1.36 +wait just one week?"
    1.37 +        "No, my Princess. I will be there in spirit, always."
    1.38 +        "I was looking forward to seeing you there..."
    1.39 +        "Your coronation will be beautiful, Chibi-Usa. Just like you, I promise." 
    1.40 +The two looked in each others eyes, and Small Lady stepped back quietly. Saturn 
    1.41 +summoned the Glaive and disappeared in a flash of violet light. 
    1.42 +"Farewell....Small Lady..." Her voice lingered behind in Small Lady's heart 
    1.43 +long after the figure of her friend had faded into a dreamless oblivion.
    1.44 +
    1.45 +
    1.46 +A Week Later,
    1.47 +
    1.48 +
    1.49 +        "On this most important day, I hand my crown down to Lady Serenity, next 
    1.50 +in line of the noble blood of the Silver Millennium, which has rised like the 
    1.51 +phoenix from its ashes on the Moon to begin once more on the planet of Earth," 
    1.52 +Neo-Queen Serenity said as she took her crown off her head, "And so forth, each 
    1.53 +planet in the Millennium gives alliance to our new Queen, so that the strengths 
    1.54 +and weaknesses, the gifts and the burdens, can be shared through our peace," 
    1.55 +Each senshi of the Old Court stood up. The blue haired Queen was first.
    1.56 +        "On behalf of the planet of Knowledge and Water, Mercury, I assign my 
    1.57 +world to the allegiance of the Earth and Moon." 
    1.58 +
    1.59 +Behind her, the black haired Queen of fire walked up and made her royal 
    1.60 +proclamation.
    1.61 +        "On behalf of the planet of War and Fire, Mars, I assign my world to the 
    1.62 +allegiance of the Earth and Moon."
    1.63 +
    1.64 +The next Queen, standing regally in her long green dress,
    1.65 +        "On behalf of the planet of Protection and Thunder, Jupiter, I assign my 
    1.66 +world to the allegiance of the Earth and Moon."
    1.67 +
    1.68 +Finally, the leader of the Inner Senshi made her decree,
    1.69 +        "On behalf of the planet of Love and Gold, Venus, and as leader of the 
    1.70 +Inner Senshi, I assign my world to the allegiance of the Earth and Moon."
    1.71 +
    1.72 +The next three Queens stood taller than those that came before, each with a 
    1.73 +degree of severity unmatched in the age. The first came forward and bowed 
    1.74 +before the new queen.
    1.75 +        "On behalf of the planet of Flight and Sky, Uranus, I assign my world to 
    1.76 +the allegiance of the Earth and Moon."
    1.77 +
    1.78 +The second, in her aqua-green dress, hair trailing behind her in waves, made a 
    1.79 +slow curtsy to the new queen, and held hands with the first.
    1.80 +        "On behalf of the planet of Embrace and Ocean, Neptune, I assign my world 
    1.81 +to the allegiance of the Earth and Moon."
    1.82 +
    1.83 +Finally, came forth the last senshi. Dark green hair swirled around her, giving 
    1.84 +her an aura of mystery. Her black dress trailed behind her, covering the carpet 
    1.85 +placed out for the royals to walk on like a shadow from the skies. Her garnet 
    1.86 +eyes stared into the queens own.
    1.87 +        "On behalf of the planet of Reformation, Time, and Earth, Pluto, and as 
    1.88 +acting leader of the Outer Senshi, and as last planet in this solar system, I 
    1.89 +assign my world to the allegiance of the Earth and Moon." The old queen nodded 
    1.90 +to each of them as they made a circle around the new queen and bowed. The queen 
    1.91 +finally rose the crown above her head.
    1.92 +        "These Seven planets, Earth and Moon, make our Millennium. Rise to hail 
    1.93 +the new queen! I present to you, Second Queen of Crystal Tokyo, Queen Lady 
    1.94 +Serenity!" All the court rose and cheered. Serenity was now to make her first 
    1.95 +royal decree.
    1.96 +        "Each of these planets are at peace with us as so declared today in the 
    1.97 +Crystal palace. Any member of Earth has a right to be on these planets to newly 
    1.98 +populate them. Only the Silent planet, Saturn, is outside the Millennium, and 
    1.99 +not to be touched. Now, let peace live forever!" The queen stood triumphantly 
   1.100 +as cheers rose again. Her prince bowed once to her, and the two set off to the 
   1.101 +throne room. She was disappointed that Hotaru had not decided to join the 
   1.102 +Millennium. No one had been able to contact her, and she hoped that her decree 
   1.103 +would help keep things that way. It would be her friends wish.
   1.104 +
   1.105 +
   1.106 +Two Years Later,
   1.107 +
   1.108 +        "Helios..." Queen Lady Serenity looked deep into the blue eyes of her 
   1.109 +prince. Today, today, thousands of years after they met, they would finally be 
   1.110 +wed. The Asteroid senshi each were her bridesmaids, the original senshi in the 
   1.111 +front row with her mother. Pallas had insisted on daisies with the roses, and 
   1.112 +had made each senshi carry a small bunch of them. Vesta had argued long 
   1.113 +afterwards, but Juno had said that the daisies were a nice contrast to the 
   1.114 +Queen's red roses. Ceres had even gone to the trouble of making Vesta leave her 
   1.115 +whip on a nearby table, so she could get it if she needed it, but wouldn't look 
   1.116 +like a complete fool carrying it in the middle of a wedding ceremony. the four 
   1.117 +had quarrelled for hours, but Queen Lady Serenity ignored them all, her 
   1.118 +thoughts only to her and her prince finally being together, forever. Her father 
   1.119 +had walked her down the aisle. In her hands, she carried the bouquet of red 
   1.120 +roses, grown especially for her wedding by her father. She knew she must look 
   1.121 +beautiful, her white gown shining, her odangos trailing behind her, pink and 
   1.122 +airy. Her veil was almost transparent, and her golden moon ensigna was glowing. 
   1.123 +Helios' earth symbol had begun giving off a soft glow as well. The priest 
   1.124 +coughed
   1.125 +        "And in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish," He conituned, 
   1.126 +but Helios and Serenity didn't seemed to hear him. When he stopped, Helios 
   1.127 +said,
   1.128 +        "I do. I have always,"
   1.129 +        "And do you, Queen Lady Serenity, take this man, to be..." his voice 
   1.130 +continued. Now, both the bride and grooms' eyes were filled with soft tears.
   1.131 +        "I do." Serenity said.
   1.132 +        "Then I now pronounce you," He didn't finish, as Serenity kissed Helios 
   1.133 +passionatly on the lips. The entire court of Queen Lady Serenity stood and 
   1.134 +applauded. (Along with a few hollers and whistles, too.) The old queen gave the 
   1.135 +woman she would always think of as Small Lady a quick embrace, as did her 
   1.136 +father, resplendant in his lavender tuxedo. Helios bowed befor the pair, and he 
   1.137 +and his new wife ran down the aisle. The original senshi through daisies at 
   1.138 +them, filling the air with white petals. The Queen looked back for only a 
   1.139 +moment, searching for the one person who had not come, wishing on the heart of 
   1.140 +a wish that the familiar purple eyes would look back at her, but the only hue 
   1.141 +of purple was the lavender of her fathers tuxedo. The Queen looked at her 
   1.142 +husband again and smiled. This was the life she had chosen, and she should not 
   1.143 +regret it.
   1.144 +        "Goodbye, Hotaru...my friend."
   1.145 +
   1.146 +
   1.147 +Five Hundred Years into the Future,
   1.148 +
   1.149 +        Time passed into the waves of time, and the forces of Chaos rose once 
   1.150 +more from the hearts of darkness in the seas of beginning. Earth became the 
   1.151 +battle field, the final war for the blue planet had begun.
   1.152 +
   1.153 +        The earth ravaged with darkness under the attacks. Cosmos had led the 
   1.154 +army, and had finally fallen. Her staff shone brightly over her head, still 
   1.155 +giving her strength.
   1.156 +        "We fight on! Chaos will not have this world!!!" The black storms sliced 
   1.157 +through the fallen forests, the crumbling mountains. Grey stone flew through 
   1.158 +the air and black lightning crackled over head. All that could be seen of their 
   1.159 +mysterious enemy was the black rolling clouds, sometimes a set of red eyes 
   1.160 +appearing from the mists, only to reappear miles away a minute later. Laughter 
   1.161 +boomed above them, but Cosmos fought on, her planet staff glowing brightly in 
   1.162 +her hands. In minutes, the entire army but Sailor Cosmos was broguth to its 
   1.163 +knees. The storm flew past, now moving towards the crystal palace.
   1.164 +
   1.165 +        Inside, the queen sat on her throne, breathing heavily. Her odangos 
   1.166 +trailed behind the throne, somehow looking as exhausted and weary as her. Her 
   1.167 +husband had died in the first battle, and now she was alone. Alone, by the 
   1.168 +final battles of her home, planet and kingdom. Cosmos, some vague power, a 
   1.169 +ghost of what had once been her mother, led the armies with such bravery and 
   1.170 +fierce determination that she had to wonder if the stories of Cosmos' origins 
   1.171 +were true. She had heard of her from the Asteroids, gaurenteeing peace for a 
   1.172 +thousand years, until Chaos was reborn. Now Chaos and Cosmos were at eternal 
   1.173 +war, nothing seeming capable of defeating either. Queen Lady Serenity stood up 
   1.174 +and walked to a glass case, in which, embedded in stone by the tip of its 
   1.175 +blade, was a sword. It had not been used for nearly two thousand years, but 
   1.176 +Venus and Neo-Queen Serenity had made sure to keep it safe. On the sword were 
   1.177 +the powers and words to encase evil, and good, in a seal. As the Queen of 
   1.178 +Crystal Tokyo, she had the right and power to use it. Venus had lead the first 
   1.179 +line of battle, the leader of the Outer senshi long since having faded into the 
   1.180 +memories of her past. The gold senzshi had raised the blade in defiance against 
   1.181 +Chaos, glowing with energy. Each senshi had fallen, until the soldier of love 
   1.182 +had been the only one left standing, protected by the enchanted blade. She had 
   1.183 +lunged against Chaos, her golden enrgy shattering it only for a moment before 
   1.184 +the darkness had consumed her. She closed her eyes, and as she cried, the 
   1.185 +ginzhuishou reformed for her. Glowing from her tears, it sparkled silver before 
   1.186 +her. She must win this battle. The soldiers sacrifices would not be in vain. 
   1.187 +She lifted the case, the ginzhuishou glowing beside her. She would have to seal 
   1.188 +Cosmos and Chaos to properly seal it. The sword glowed orange for a moment, a 
   1.189 +glowing reminder of the senshi who had taken out half of Chaos' forces in a 
   1.190 +glow of golden light before being struck down, dead, by that monstrosity. The 
   1.191 +sword pulled easily from the stone, and was lighter than she had expected. She 
   1.192 +held the blade in her right hand, the silver crystal in her left, and she 
   1.193 +filled the palace with power.
   1.194 +
   1.195 +        Outside, The last of the armies were incinerated in the black blast. 
   1.196 +Cosmos finally stood squared to Chaos.
   1.197 +        "You cannot defeat me, Chaos!"
   1.198 +        "Nor you me..." it said in its deep voice. Cosmos began to glow a fierce 
   1.199 +white light, born of the cleansing forces of good, and Chaos mimiced the same, 
   1.200 +in the forces of darkness.
   1.201 +        "We shall end this battle here..."
   1.202 +        "So you are the last player in this game...I thought as such." The two 
   1.203 +locked, blue eye for red eye. Suddenly, a great shattering noise came from 
   1.204 +behind them.
   1.205 +        "What?" Said Cosmos. The crystal palace had begun radiating strams of 
   1.206 +light, faster and faster till the glass like shards filled the air. Both Cosmos 
   1.207 +and Chaos protected themselves from the flying daggers.
   1.208 +        "Who is there..." asked Chaos.  A single pillar of crystal rose from the 
   1.209 +center of what had once been the palace, and on it stood the Queen. She raised 
   1.210 +her sword and pointed it at Chaos.
   1.211 +        "You shall not rule this world!" Shouted a voice, standing in the rubble 
   1.212 +of what had once been the pintacle of Tokyo.
   1.213 +        "I belive that I will," Queen Serenity's eyes began glowing, and she rose 
   1.214 +the sword above her head. The ginzhuishou embedded itself into the hilt. 
   1.215 +        "Cosmos! Give me your power!!!" The crystal shone, and the blade of the 
   1.216 +sword filled with light. Beams of light began falling from the sky, slowly at 
   1.217 +first, until light fell in waterfalls. Cosmos' aura had expanded, all the 
   1.218 +energy being sucked into the ginzhuishou. Each ray of light sliced at Chaos... 
   1.219 +Like a thousand shooting stars, Serenity thought, to punish this evil. "For 
   1.220 +love and Justice, and on behalf of the Moon, Chaos, and for my kingdom, I will 
   1.221 +punish you!!!" The sword filled with light, and the sky grew brighter in a 
   1.222 +final display of dazziling light. Her power spent, Serenity fell to the ground, 
   1.223 +the sword clattering beside her, falling slowly, until it shattered against the 
   1.224 +now blackened earth.
   1.225 +
   1.226 +
   1.227 +        "Small Lady....Small Lady..." A voice came from above her. I have not 
   1.228 +been called that in years...she thought to herself. The voice continued, 
   1.229 +changing tones... "Queen. Awaken. There is work to be done, and choices to be 
   1.230 +made." Serenity grogilly got up and looked at the figure before her. Tired, her 
   1.231 +head hung low, she could still make out the purple boots. Please, she pleaded, 
   1.232 +don't let this be a dream...don't let this be a dream.
   1.233 +        "Hotaru?"
   1.234 +        "Small Lady," a gloved hand helped her up and she looked into the purple 
   1.235 +eys once more. She ran to hug her, but the now silent figure merely pointed to 
   1.236 +the west. "Look," was all she said. The world was barren, no life, no trees. 
   1.237 +Even the highest mountain range that protected Crystal Tokyo had crumbled. The 
   1.238 +earth itself had become dark. If she could see it from space, Serenity would 
   1.239 +realise how much the Earth had begun to look like the long forgotten Nemisis.
   1.240 +        "Where are Chaos and Cosmos?"
   1.241 +        "Sealed in the crust of this earth. More so, binded to this earth. Both 
   1.242 +are like star seeds from this earth, Queen. And can be destroyed with it."
   1.243 +        "You mean...." she looked at the soil beneath her. It had turned black. 
   1.244 +"Where is everyone else?" Saturn looked away.
   1.245 +        "Dead,"
   1.246 +        "My mother? On the Moon?" Saturn put her hand gently to the Queen's face 
   1.247 +and moved the tear that glistened there away. She nodded.
   1.248 +        "No... oh heavens...no...." Saturn looked around. Black clouds filled the 
   1.249 +sky once more, and the Earth rumbled in anger.
   1.250 +        "Small Lady...this kingdom is no more. You have saved the universe once 
   1.251 +more, but it is not permenant."
   1.252 +        "You returned....your sight... the appearnce of Saturn means..."
   1.253 +        "The death of the world. You remeber your lore well, Small Lady."
   1.254 +        "Isn't there something we can do?"
   1.255 +        "Save the world, and we release Chaos."
   1.256 +        "Won't destroying it be the same?"
   1.257 +        "They are binded, Small Lady. For the first time ever, they have been 
   1.258 +binded. The power of the ancient sword is great. They say it was forged in the 
   1.259 +seas of begings. To the death of this world, to the death of them. Yes, they 
   1.260 +will grow again. But this time, it will be more... permenant. In the seas of 
   1.261 +beginning, there will be new star seeds, which take Milleniums to create, and 
   1.262 +these star seeds will be named Cosmos and Chaos. But for now, to the end of 
   1.263 +this world, there may be peace."
   1.264 +        "Tell me, Hotaru. Please. Did you know that this...this," she said, 
   1.265 +pointing, "Would be the outcome?"
   1.266 +        "This is every outcome, eventually. Everything happens. Every world, 
   1.267 +every soul will have its trial. Most die in it. But in this, we keep Chaos at 
   1.268 +bay, until the end of the universe."
   1.269 +        "What choice is there to make?"
   1.270 +        "You made the seal. You must choose to break it."  Saturn lowered the 
   1.271 +Silence Glaive to the grey shards of stone scattered across the sands of what 
   1.272 +had once been Lady Serenity's kingdom. Glowing purple, they reformed into the 
   1.273 +blade. Serenity picked up the sword and drove it into the earth.
   1.274 +        "On this sword, by my mothers guardians and by my name and power as the 
   1.275 +Queen Serenity of Tokyo, I..." She looked at Saturn. "I..." she paused, crying. 
   1.276 +"How can I ask for a world to end?! How can I ask everythign to end? For me? 
   1.277 +For others?"
   1.278 +        "There is no other to die on this Earth, Serenity. Everyone but you is 
   1.279 +already dead. As for asking for the end of the world...In this case...how can 
   1.280 +you not?"
   1.281 +        "I entrust this blade and earth to its final destruction of destroy the 
   1.282 +heart of Chaos and Cosmos." Saturn nodded as Lady Serenity made her final 
   1.283 +decision.
   1.284 +
   1.285 +
   1.286 +        Lady Serenity had a few minutes to talk to the soldier of destuction, and 
   1.287 +she had so many things to ask...to know. Too much to left unsaid.
   1.288 +        "Hotaru...why didn't you come? Why could you not be there?"
   1.289 +        "I love you too much to let you leave this world with Chaos on it. To 
   1.290 +feel guilty for the destruction of every world in the solar system. This way, I 
   1.291 +still have the power to destroy this world, to doom Chaos. If I had stayed... I 
   1.292 +would not."
   1.293 +        "Will I die here?"
   1.294 +        "If...if you choose. Life is made of choices, Small Lady. We make them to 
   1.295 +help ourselves or help others. It is our chouices inn this life that make us 
   1.296 +who we are."
   1.297 +        "What choice have I?"
   1.298 +        "If I named your choices, they would become mine. You must choose your 
   1.299 +own path, your own destiny."
   1.300 +        "End this world, Hotaru. Sailor Saturn." Saturn nodded, now her eyes 
   1.301 +filled with tears. She did not even say the attack, just brought down the 
   1.302 +Glaive in  a clean `swish,' guiding it to the earth, to the destruction. The 
   1.303 +Queen stepped closer to her, and clung to her shoulders. In her palm lay the 
   1.304 +ginzhuishou.
   1.305 +        "Farewell, Small Lady. I...."
   1.306 +        "I know. Until we meet again, Hotaru. Until we meet again."
   1.307 +
   1.308 +
   1.309 +Saturn.
   1.310 +
   1.311 +        Grey mists swirled around the planet of destruction, as barren as the 
   1.312 +earth that they had left. Sometimes, a purple lightning bolt would flash above, 
   1.313 +but other than that, it was silent. No life lived her, but in all the planet, 
   1.314 +everywehre, you could sense the spirit of another, waiting for some event that 
   1.315 +would signal her to return. After the destruction, Hotaru's spirit return to 
   1.316 +its sleep. But, in the world where spirits are all we are, the floating Saturn, 
   1.317 +silent, was not alone. Another waited for her awakening, when she could look 
   1.318 +into her eyes, the eyes of someone who she still knew, still loved, once more. 
   1.319 +She was carefully pulled into a set of arms, the small figure asleep on 
   1.320 +another's lap. The two odangos trailed behind the figure, holding the smaller 
   1.321 +one, watching carefully over the spirit of her friend. Knowing the unsaid words 
   1.322 +that drifted between them.
   1.323 +        "I know, Hotaru. I know."
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