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     1.4 +Title: Space for hope. 
     1.5 +Author: Jerry-rose
     1.6 +E-mail: sleeping.soul@hotmail.co.uk No flames please but critisism
     1.7 +i'd love ^^ And yes i know my spelling and grammer are terrible =P
     1.8 +<AN: just something i pulled together recently. Really short yes but
     1.9 +eh, i'm supposed to be working xD Enjoy>
    1.10 +
    1.11 +"Say, Hota-chan?" Hotaru turned in the pink bed covers to face the
    1.12 +girl that said her name with such affection. The girl had long black
    1.13 +hair that reached her lower back, but had pink highlights in the
    1.14 +fringe, and adoring pink eyes that were staring in her direction.
    1.15 +Hotaru tilted her head so her black air fell over her face slightly,
    1.16 +then pushed her fringe aside with a finger.
    1.17 +"Hai, Chi-chan?" Hotaru had moved closer and put an arm over her
    1.18 +lovers flat stomach, then her head against her chest. Usagi was
    1.19 +sitting up in bed, her back against the head post.
    1.20 +"What's out there?" Hotaru blinked and sat up to look at her.
    1.21 +"Out where..?" She asked suspiciously and Usagi held her hands up in
    1.22 +a form of surrender or self-defense, laughing slightly.
    1.23 +"Well, out in the universe. I mean can you blame me for wondering?
    1.24 +All our enemies came from there with the exception of very few... Is
    1.25 +there a bad influence or something that creates these people or their
    1.26 +hatred?" Hotaru smiled warmly and leaned forward, pressing her
    1.27 +forehead gently to the other's.
    1.28 +"All very wise things to want to know. And because you're so special
    1.29 +to me, I'll let you into a little secret, but you have to promise not
    1.30 +to tell anyone else. ok?" Usagi nodded and leaned forward slightly,
    1.31 +as if enthusiastic and in need to hear.
    1.32 +"Well, you know lately i haven't been around as much as i used to
    1.33 +be?" Usagi blushed lightly and the other girl stopped. "What did
    1.34 +Haruka-papa tell you?" Her tone was serious but also slightly amused
    1.35 +so Usagi figured she'd say, she wanted to ask a few questions about
    1.36 +it anyway. Like if it was true for one thing.
    1.37 +"She said you were taking stripping lessons." Hotaru blushed a deep
    1.38 +crimson and leapt out of the bed, vaulting her suitcase and then
    1.39 +Usagi's as if they were hurdles and flung the door open, running into
    1.40 +the bedroom opposite them, who's door was open, and yelled inside.
    1.41 +"HARUKA-PAPA!!!"
    1.42 +
    1.43 +Michiru laughed and Haruka blinked nervously, turning slowly to face
    1.44 +the living room door.
    1.45 +"I'm dead when she gets down here! Michiru, you have to hide me!"
    1.46 +Michiru laughed harder and shook her head.
    1.47 +"Not on your life. This one's been coming your way since you started
    1.48 +telling Usagi-chan that." Haruka sweat dropped and dashed for the
    1.49 +kitchen... too late. Hotaru flew through the closed door and slammed
    1.50 +Haruka from behind in a rugby tackle. Haruka fell forward into the
    1.51 +floor and Hotaru laughed, her fingers finding her papa's most tender
    1.52 +tickling spots as her delicate fingers spidered over her skin.
    1.53 +"You shall pay, oh ticklish one!" Haruka laughed and squirmed on the
    1.54 +floor, but was too weak to get up as she laughed harder and harder
    1.55 +until Michiru intervened.
    1.56 +"Come on now Hotaru, we need Haruka alive to drive us all to the
    1.57 +shopping center." Hotaru slowed to a stop and sighed.
    1.58 +"I guess you're right, mama." Michiru nodded and Hotaru got up off
    1.59 +Haruka, letting her recover and then sit up, watching as she ran a
    1.60 +hair through her short blonde hair.
    1.61 +"You're getting too strong for my own good, kiddo." Hotaru waggled a
    1.62 +finger at her, winking and laughing.
    1.63 +"No papa, i just know you're tender areas!" Haruka raised an eyebrow
    1.64 +suggestively and Michiru laughed, she knew what was coming next.
    1.65 +"Actually i think you'll find only Michi knows my tender area's."
    1.66 +Haruka laughed as Hotaru pulled a face and then ran to the door,
    1.67 +turning happily. Haruka and Michiru looked at their 16 year old
    1.68 +daughter, with her shoulder length black hair and her plain purple
    1.69 +shirt reaching her thighs. She had a shapely body, a real hourglass
    1.70 +figure if ever there was one, and a pale complexion. Her deep purple
    1.71 +eyes glittered happily as she waved a hand and set off up stairs,
    1.72 +back to her Chi-chan.
    1.73 +Hotaru stepped back into her room to see Usagi with her elbows on
    1.74 +the balcony railing. She shut the door gently so she didn't bring the
    1.75 +slightly smaller girl out of her daydream and smiled at her back.
    1.76 +Times sure had changed. If anyone had shown her this future only a
    1.77 +few months ago she would never have believed it. She walked out and
    1.78 +leant on the balcony fence beside Usagi.
    1.79 +"Chi-chan?" Usagi looked up to her and smiled warmly, cuddling her
    1.80 +tight and pointing up to the clouds.
    1.81 +"That one rminds me of you." Her finger lined up with a smaller
    1.82 +cloud that had furry edges, it was wispy and very spread out, almost
    1.83 +like mist. Hotaru laughed.
    1.84 +"I'm small, wispy, rough around the edges and spacey. Yes i know."
    1.85 +Usagi also laughed, but then moved in front of Hotaru and took her
    1.86 +hands, winding them around her and leaning back onto the taller girl.
    1.87 +"That's what others might see, yes. But me... I see a soft skinned
    1.88 +cloud with a wonderful look to it, not tense and tight, but
    1.89 +wonderful, so if I might touch it, my hand would be welcomed and
    1.90 +absorbed, not pushed away, I also see a cloud that doesn't look like
    1.91 +it's all there, but when you get deeper intoit, it seems to never
    1.92 +end. Hota-chan, that is what i see. And I love that cloud very much
    1.93 +now." Hotaru was smiling warmly and kissed the back of her head,
    1.94 +twirling her around and out of her grip so they were facing each
    1.95 +other. 
    1.96 +"And I'm sure that cloud loves you too." Usagi smiled warmly and the
    1.97 +two embraced, together in a world of their own.
    1.98 +Hotaru was bought back into reality as she thought.
    1.99 +"Chi-chan, did i ever tell you that secret?" Usagi shook her head
   1.100 +and laughed.
   1.101 +"No, i believe you went off to slaugter Haruka-san before you said
   1.102 +anything." Hotaru nodded and leant back on the balcony once more,
   1.103 +looking up into the sky.
   1.104 +"Well, you know i haven't been around much lately?" Usagi took the
   1.105 +spot just to Hotaru's right and smiled, nodding gently and looking at
   1.106 +her. Hotaru was leaning over the balcony, facing out, and Usagi was
   1.107 +sitting on the fence, facing in.
   1.108 +"Well, that's because I've been doing research. I've been taking
   1.109 +small trips into the stars to check things out. I've found nothing in
   1.110 +the majority of this solar system, there is nothing here to endanger
   1.111 +anyone, the sailor scouts have done very well in protecting it, so i
   1.112 +could take you out into the stars and show you, if you like. You can
   1.113 +see for yourself what's there." Usagi had been listening with
   1.114 +seemingly no interest, but when Hotaru finished and silence met her,
   1.115 +she looked up and straitened, coming off the balcony fence to look
   1.116 +into Usagi's face and see a small tear fall down her cheek. Hotaru
   1.117 +moved forward and hugged her tightly.
   1.118 +"Let's go tonight, ne?" Usagi nodded into her chest and smiled.
   1.119 +"I'd like that more than anything in the world." Hotaru smiled in
   1.120 +return and hugged her tighter for a few seconds before stepping back. 
   1.121 +"In that case, i need to go and make the arangments, please wait
   1.122 +here until i get back." Usagi nodded and leant back over the balcony.
   1.123 +"Please hurry, Hota-chan." Hotaru nodded and walked from the balcony
   1.124 +into the bedroom, then on through the door and down the stairs into
   1.125 +the living room.
   1.126 +
   1.127 +"Haruka-papa. Usagi would very much like to acompany me on tonights
   1.128 +journey. Haruka bought her head out of the newspaper and stared at
   1.129 +Hotaru.
   1.130 +"You told her?" Hotaru nodded guiltily
   1.131 +"Hai papa, she was so... she wanted to see what's out there so much,
   1.132 +I couldn't help but tell her. I can make her dreams come true..."
   1.133 +Haruka shook her head and Setsuna walked in.
   1.134 +"And if you two get hurt?" Hotaru shook her head defiantly
   1.135 +"No, mama, I've been hundreds of times into the safe parts of this
   1.136 +solar system, and in fact the galaxy too... I don't see how anything
   1.137 +threatening could move in so fast. And anyway, i'll protect her, as i
   1.138 +have already sworn I will." Hotaru seemed so sincere and her heart
   1.139 +was in the right place so Setsuna shrugged and moved back into her
   1.140 +study. Michiru peeked out of the kitchen and smiled to Haruka, who
   1.141 +sighed.
   1.142 +"I think it's a great idea, Ruka, she should go and have fun. Why
   1.143 +not take her to see the moon or even Saturn? I'm sure she'd enjoy
   1.144 +both." Hotaru nodded and ran from the room, opening the front door to
   1.145 +look into the twillight. She stuck her head into the living room and
   1.146 +smiled.
   1.147 +"We'll be leaving in a few minutes, we should be back by morning!"
   1.148 +Haruka stood and ran to the door as Hotaru shot up the stairs.
   1.149 +"You had better be back by morning! Else you'll be fried!" Hotaru
   1.150 +laughed and ran out of sight, bursting into her room and out onto the
   1.151 +balcony. usagi turned and smiled at her. Hotaru took her hands gently
   1.152 +and jumped daintily onto the balcony railing.
   1.153 +"Come... Chi-chan." Usagi took her hand and smiled warmly as she was
   1.154 +lifted onto the balcony railing, then into the air. Joining their
   1.155 +other hands, they made a loop, then vanished into the oncoming
   1.156 +darkness.
   1.157 +Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna stood on the roof and watched a shooting
   1.158 +star sail across the darkening sky.
   1.159 +"The wind is blowing in the scent of fear, something is not right."
   1.160 +"The waters of the earth are disturbed, i agree."
   1.161 +"Time sees a distortion, we must set this right." The three parents
   1.162 +joined hands, with Setsuna in the middle, and dissapeared to follow
   1.163 +their daughter and her girlfriend.
   1.164 +
   1.165 +"Chi-chan, you'll catch stars if you don't close your mouth." Hotaru
   1.166 +giggled and Usagi closed her mouth, which had been gaping widely as
   1.167 +she looked around the stars and planets.
   1.168 +"G-gomen." Hotaru smiled warmly and looked straight ahead, she
   1.169 +intended to take Usagi to the Moon. She turned away from the other
   1.170 +planets and headed towards the moon. It was full and shined
   1.171 +beautifully into the darkness surrounding it, it was easy to see how
   1.172 +it's light spread to the earth and gave its people hope. Usagi
   1.173 +noticed they were heading towards it and sqeezed Hotaru's hand
   1.174 +tightly.
   1.175 +"We're going to the moon?" Hotaru nodded and smiled.
   1.176 +"We are." Usagi was smiling to herself and Hotaru looked at her
   1.177 +curously.
   1.178 +"Chi-chan... What's that smile for?" Usagi smiled openly to her and
   1.179 +leaned forward, kissing Hotaru gently on the lips.
   1.180 +"You said before, about the catching the stars? Well, I already have
   1.181 +one... It's you." Hotaru blinked gently and reached out, unlinking
   1.182 +their hands to touch her cheek and return the kiss.
   1.183 +"Chi-chan..." Usagi broke the kiss and smiled warmly, placing her
   1.184 +free hand over Hotaru's stomach. Hotaru smiled softly and kissed her
   1.185 +once more.
   1.186 +"Are you sure about this? It's not my place." Usagi put a finger to
   1.187 +her lips and Hotaru hushed.
   1.188 +"Hotaru-Chan, i've never been more sure about anything in my life."
   1.189 +Hotaru put her hand to Usagi's stomach and smiled back.
   1.190 +"You know... If we both go through with this, then we'll have to
   1.191 +find someone else to watch over us." Usagi nodded and looked towards
   1.192 +the moon, which was getting dramatically bigger with each passing
   1.193 +second. Their hands reclaimed the others and they held tightly as
   1.194 +they flew down through the bright glow of the moon.
   1.195 +"Chi-chan, i have been working on a gift for you for some timje now.
   1.196 +I hope you like it." Usagi moved to enquire about the gift but Hotaru
   1.197 +shook her head. As they appraoched the surface, Hotaru pulled back
   1.198 +and they slowed down, making them land gently on top of the uneven
   1.199 +earth. Hotaru moved towards a long white pillar in the middle of a
   1.200 +ruined castle and Usagi looked around in awe. Her mother had told her
   1.201 +of this, the ruins on the moon. The moon kindom lived and prospered
   1.202 +here until queen beryll attacked. Hotaru took her hand and led to
   1.203 +stand by the pillar, then whispered softly.
   1.204 +"My Queen Serenity, please show yourself to your grand-daughter..."
   1.205 +Usagi's eyes widened as a white haze filled the air, then
   1.206 +concerntrated in the shape of a woman, Queen Serenity. She smiled
   1.207 +warmly as she gained a solid body, though she still gave off a gently
   1.208 +white glow. Hotaru stepped back out of respect and dropped to one
   1.209 +knee, bowing low. Queen Serenity smiled down to her and lifted a hand.
   1.210 +"Rise, Saturn.n You have no reason to kneel before me." Hotaru rose
   1.211 +slowly to her feet and stepped back out of their hearing range,
   1.212 +turning and walking around the ruins, to give them their space and
   1.213 +time to aquaint themselves.
   1.214 +
   1.215 +"Usagi... Welcome home." Usagi ran forward and hugged her tightly.
   1.216 +"Grandma..." Serenity laughed and hugged her back.
   1.217 +"I can't stay long, Usagi, but i wanted you to know how proud of you
   1.218 +i am, how proud of you we all are. You are very mature, moreso than
   1.219 +your mother was at your age. You will rise to be a wonderful queen of
   1.220 +tokyo." Usagi had tears in her eyes.
   1.221 +"Grandma... I am not who you are proud of. I have disgraced your
   1.222 +family. I am having children with Hota-" Queen serenity interupted
   1.223 +gently.
   1.224 +"No, Usagi. You have not disgraced us. It's the complete opposite...
   1.225 +You are the rightful leader of the new world. Now, let me see you and
   1.226 +your future wife together." Usagi smiled warmly and ran in the
   1.227 +direction Hotaru had gone. She paused as she came to a standing part
   1.228 +of the castle and wandered inside. She came to a set of large white
   1.229 +marble doors, now dulled to grey with age and dust. There was a set
   1.230 +of bright white marks where someones fingers had pushed them open
   1.231 +such a small amount that they could only just squeeze through. Usagi
   1.232 +knew it had to be Hotaru and walked through, silently walking through
   1.233 +the large ballroom, her shoes leaving a set of golden and white
   1.234 +trails behind her, following on in Hotaru's footsteps.
   1.235 +"Hota-chan?" Her soft voice echoed throughout the chamber as she
   1.236 +looked around for a sign of the other girl. There was no sign and the
   1.237 +other end of the ballroom was open to the air, the rubble from the
   1.238 +caved in roof littering the floor. Amongst the rubble were the
   1.239 +remains of tables and plates and goblets. She strode into the rubble,
   1.240 +following Hotaru's footsteps perfectly.
   1.241 +"Hota-chan?" She repeated. Peering around rocks and rubble she
   1.242 +frowned slightly, the footsteps had vanished and Hotaru was no where
   1.243 +to be seen. Usagi pouted into the darkness.
   1.244 +"Hota-chan!" Usagi's voice was shaking, panic starting to set in as
   1.245 +she searched frantically through the rubble. "Hota-chan! Hota-chan!"
   1.246 +Tears started to form in her eyes as she ran back to where Queen
   1.247 +Serenity was sitting, tears streaming down her face.
   1.248 +"Grandma! It's Hotaru, she's gone!" Queen Serenity smiled softly and
   1.249 +hugged her gently, pointing up into the sky above the ruins Usagi had
   1.250 +just ran out of. Hotaru had transformed into sailor saturn and her
   1.251 +hair and fuku were blowing in the gentle breeze. She was facing the
   1.252 +earth and looking down onto it with concerntration.
   1.253 +"Listen to your heart, Usagi, can it feel something?" Usagi blinked
   1.254 +slightly and then closed her eyes, focusing. She thought she heard
   1.255 +the sounds of many screams and then Neo Queen Serenity's call for
   1.256 +power.
   1.257 +"What is it..?" Queen serenity looked towards earth
   1.258 +"It means it is time for you to return and help your mother. Sorry
   1.259 +we couldn't spend longer together..." Usagi nodded and hugged her
   1.260 +tightly, running towards Sailor Saturn and tranforming. Sailor Saturn
   1.261 +looked down to her and jumped off the roof, landing before her and
   1.262 +holding out her free hand, the other holding her Silence Glaive.
   1.263 +"Come." Sailor Moon took her hand and they jumped off of the
   1.264 +surface, moving much quicker than they had on their way there. The
   1.265 +stars whipped by as blurs and the moon was soon only a white sphere
   1.266 +once more. Sailor Moon closed her eyes to the sharp cold hitting her
   1.267 +face and Sailor Saturn noticed, moving into a hug and making her put
   1.268 +her head into her chest, shielding her. They came to a sudden stop
   1.269 +and Sailor Moon looked up. Sailor Saturn had her mouth back in an
   1.270 +evil grin and Sailor Moon looked around, seeing a large ship in the
   1.271 +air above crystal tokyo. Beneath it was the large silver glow of neo
   1.272 +Queen Serenity's power, then each of the colours of the inner and
   1.273 +outer senshi around that. Sailor Saturn was looking thoughtful, the
   1.274 +glow beneath the ship was flickering, the senshi were weakening.
   1.275 +Sailor Saturn pulled away from Sailor Moon and smiled softly.
   1.276 +"Remember to be careful, what you hold inside you is something that
   1.277 +can be killed easily... But they need you down there. I will try and
   1.278 +find a weak spot in the ship, please protect my parents and yours,
   1.279 +and of course the other senshi and people of the earth." Sailor Moon
   1.280 +moved to object but Sailor Saturn had already swung her away in the
   1.281 +direction of the earth, Saturns power surrounding her in a puple glow.
   1.282 +
   1.283 +"Hold on everyone! We cannot give up!" The senshi were all on their
   1.284 +knees, their power flickering greatly. They were all in a circle
   1.285 +around Neo Queen Serenity and King Endimion. They were the only two
   1.286 +standing, his arms tightly around her shoudlers. Her arms were
   1.287 +outstretched, her fingers surrounding the silver crystal, which was
   1.288 +glowing silvery white. The light was strong and warm, the power
   1.289 +radiating stronger than anything else, yet it was weakening fast.
   1.290 +Above them the ship was looming, beams of darkness slamming into the
   1.291 +shield. Each blast caused the shield and the ground beneath them to
   1.292 +shake greatly. The king and queen fell to their knees as a
   1.293 +particularly strong blast hit and the silver light flickered and
   1.294 +died, Serenity falling to her front. The senshi cried out to her and
   1.295 +the king reached to her
   1.296 +"Usako!" A purple flash filled the space between the other senshi's
   1.297 +beams of light and them was replaced by another silver light. Sailor
   1.298 +Moon landed before her mother and held the silver crystal above her
   1.299 +head.
   1.300 +"Please Minna! We need to finish this now!" All the senshi nodded
   1.301 +and struggled to their feet, as did the king and queen. Neo Queen
   1.302 +Serenity smiled to her daughter and her silver crystal flickered into
   1.303 +a glow. The power of the eight senshi lit up the sky and the ship
   1.304 +backed a few feet before creating more blasts, more powerful than
   1.305 +before. Sailor Moon's eyes filled with tears, looking past the
   1.306 +fighting beams to the ship above. "Hurry... Hota-chan."
   1.307 +
   1.308 +Sailor Saturn had entered into the ship through a cargo hold and was
   1.309 +walking silently down the coridoors. She met no one, and so started
   1.310 +to run to the control room. As she entered into the room, expecting
   1.311 +it to be empty she jumped slightly to see a young girl sitting at the
   1.312 +controls in front of the large window. The girl had long black hair
   1.313 +that reached her lower back, her clothes seemed like pyjama's. Soft
   1.314 +white fabric covered her torso and legs in a simple short sleeved
   1.315 +tshirt and trousers.
   1.316 +"Who are you..?" Sailor Saturn asked, shocked at the age of the
   1.317 +young girl. She turned around to face Saturn and smirked.
   1.318 +"I am the thing that lurks in space. The thing that you missed on
   1.319 +your rounds." Saturn's eyes widened and she stepped forward, the
   1.320 +glaive glittering ominously in the light of the battle outside the
   1.321 +window.
   1.322 +"What are you here for?" The girl laughed so softly it seemed she
   1.323 +couldn't possibly be evil.
   1.324 +"I am here to get rid of you all! You cause war and hatred
   1.325 +throughout the whole solar system. You are the reasons for war on
   1.326 +earth. Humans destory everything! I'm here to set the world free from
   1.327 +your hatred" The girl lunged forward and aimed to punch Saturn, who
   1.328 +simply jumped aside and took her Glaive in both hands. 
   1.329 +"You're wrong. The people of Crystal Tokyo try to save this planet!
   1.330 +They protect this world from everything that tries to destory it!"
   1.331 +The girl lunged forward again and punched her hard in the stomach.
   1.332 +Saturn cried out and fell to her knees, preying to all she held dear
   1.333 +for the safety of the life growing inside her. Looking out of the
   1.334 +window she saw all the senshi on their knees, then watched in horror
   1.335 +as Sailor Moon and Neo Queen Serenity fell likewise. With a shout of
   1.336 +anger she dug the Glaive deep into the control panel of the ship, the
   1.337 +sparks of elecricity flying out over the room. Yanking the Glaive
   1.338 +from the controls she smashed it into the window, shattering it and
   1.339 +letting the air get sucked out. The girl behind her screamed as she
   1.340 +was sucked towards the window, crying out and drawing a dagger. As
   1.341 +she was pulled off her feet and towards the window she whipped the
   1.342 +dagger out and it sliced down the length of Sailor Saturns right arm,
   1.343 +slicing deep into her flesh and leaving a deep wound from her
   1.344 +shoulder to her wrist. Saturn cried out and pulled back, however
   1.345 +after catching a glimpse of her eyes she instinctivly jumped from her
   1.346 +position and out of the window to follow her. Her Glaive caught
   1.347 +either side of the window and she was pulled back, the only piece of
   1.348 +the girl that Saturn could reach was the end of her dagger. Closing
   1.349 +her eyes tightly she grabbed the dagger and held it tightly, the
   1.350 +blade slicing into her palm and fingers. Her blood dripped down the
   1.351 +blade and down the girls arm. The young girls eyes widened as she
   1.352 +shouted out.
   1.353 +"Don't!" Saturn was surprised and pulled her closer, the dagger
   1.354 +digging deeper into her fingers.
   1.355 +"Why shouldn't I? No one deserves to die!" The girl was crying and
   1.356 +shook her head.
   1.357 +"Leave me! Look at what you're doing to your hand!" Saturn shook her
   1.358 +head, looking down to the glow of the Senshi. The black blasts had
   1.359 +stopped and the glow was reducing slightly as the senshi all powered
   1.360 +down.
   1.361 +"I won't let you fall! Look how far it is, you'll die!" Saturn was
   1.362 +still trying to pull back but the dagger sliced into her skin deeply
   1.363 +and slipped from her grasp. The girls shrill scream filled the air
   1.364 +and Saturn made the choice in a matter of a few seconds, letting go
   1.365 +of her glavie, leaping from the ship window and diving down towards
   1.366 +her. The ship behind them creaked loudly and the same sparks as the
   1.367 +control panel lit up on the outer ship. It started to fall with them
   1.368 +and Saturn made herself more streamlined, grabbing the girl's hand in
   1.369 +her right and pulling her close, into a hug. The girl's eyes widened
   1.370 +and she held on tightly to Saturn. Saturn smiled softly to her as the
   1.371 +wind swept past them.  Saturn looked up to the ship to see it falling
   1.372 +after them towards Tokyo and lifted her left hand.
   1.373 +"Saturn planet..... power!" Her cry echoed into the atmosphere and a
   1.374 +purple light erupted from her, the ship being absorbed and slowed
   1.375 +down. With a quick sweep of her Glaive the ship was fired out into
   1.376 +space harmlessly. Saturn was gasping for breath but smiling warmly,
   1.377 +the earth was safe. The girl in her arms was watching her and Saturn
   1.378 +smiled down to her. 
   1.379 +"Are you all like this on earth?" Saturn nodded slightly and smiled
   1.380 +warmly.
   1.381 +"The sailor Senshi are yes. Likewise the people of the earth. And
   1.382 +especially the king, queen and princess. They would all give anything
   1.383 +they have, their lives included, for the safety of this world." The
   1.384 +girl rested her head on Saturn's chest and sighed.
   1.385 +"I didn't realise..." Saturn nodded gently
   1.386 +"No one does." They were getting evercloser to the surface of the
   1.387 +earth and Saturn was starting to glow purple once more.
   1.388 +"If you have any power at all that would be helpful." The girl shook
   1.389 +her head and looked sorrowful.
   1.390 +"Are we going to die?" Sailor Saturn shook her head and smiled
   1.391 +slightly.
   1.392 +"No, we won't die. So what's your name?" The girl smiled in return
   1.393 +and hugged her gently.
   1.394 +"Well, my name's Emily... And incase you were wondering I'm 16.
   1.395 +Saturn looked surprised and tilted her head down to the small girl.
   1.396 +"No offense, but you don't look a day over 9." The girl nodded and
   1.397 +sighed
   1.398 +"I know. It's a disease. I won't grow anymore than i have now."
   1.399 +Saturn blinked
   1.400 +"Tough break." the girl nodded and looked down to Sailor Saturn's
   1.401 +arm. The blood was soaking quickly into the girls clothes as she was
   1.402 +being held and Saturn was slowly loosing the feeling there, finding
   1.403 +it a nice change from the pain that was there before. The small
   1.404 +purple glow around them had grown and they were within a few hundred
   1.405 +metres of the earth surface. From the ground Sailor Moon noticed the
   1.406 +purple glow streaking to earth and shouted out to the senshi,
   1.407 +pointing up to her.
   1.408 +"Please, Minna!" They all nodded and got to their feet, their hands
   1.409 +raised. They could help her down, but she had to get within their
   1.410 +power circle. As they all powered up the circle gradually formed,
   1.411 +colour by colour. in the centre was the two white beams of the
   1.412 +imperial silver crystals.
   1.413 +"Hota-chan!!" Sailor Moon was screaming out into the sky, she knew
   1.414 +there was no way she would hear, but hopefully she'd feel. ""Move to
   1.415 +the middle of our power! We can help you down!!" Sailor Saturn hadn't
   1.416 +heard, as suspected, but she had felt the power surge and seen the
   1.417 +light. As she looked towards the tube of light, Sailor Moon's words
   1.418 +echoed in her head. She moved her left arm out, her right embracing
   1.419 +the girl tightly. With a quick burst of power they started moving
   1.420 +towards the beam. The girl's eyes were wide as she watched the
   1.421 +spectrum of colours approaching. Saturn held her tighter as
   1.422 +encouragment and the girl smiled, burrying her head in Saturn's fuku.
   1.423 +The two came within touching distance of the beam and Saturn held out
   1.424 +her hand, touching the blue beam of Sailor Mercury. They passed
   1.425 +through the power and a sudden wind hit them, parting them. Saturn
   1.426 +grabbed the girls hand in her right and flinched, reaching to take he
   1.427 +same hand in her left also. Looking up the girl was terrified, but
   1.428 +Saturn smiled warmly. She was reminded of the time passage she
   1.429 +patrolled with Sailor Pluto occasionally.
   1.430 +"Don't worry, Emily-san! Nothing bad can happen as long as you're
   1.431 +with me." Emily nodded and they both pulled closer, so they had both
   1.432 +hands joined. They fell until they could see the Senshi below them in
   1.433 +enough detail to recognise their expressions. Saturn looked to the
   1.434 +worry on Sailor Moon's face and found she had to look away. What if
   1.435 +she had lost the baby? As she averted her gaze she found herself
   1.436 +looking up into a streak of blood drops falling from her arm. She
   1.437 +found mild interest in them and them before they were hit with the
   1.438 +sensation one gets when stopping in an elevator, their feet touching
   1.439 +the floor gently. Saturn fell to her knees, as did the other girl,
   1.440 +their legs now unacustomed to the gravity of the earth from space to
   1.441 +falling. Everyone ran forward and Saturn smiled up to them all, they
   1.442 +were all ok. After a few seconds, however, a rain of crimson started
   1.443 +to fall over them, and looking up they realised it was the blood that
   1.444 +had fallen from Saturn's arm. Saturn looked down to it and held the
   1.445 +wound tightly. Sailor Moon knelt beside ehr and kissed her gently.
   1.446 +"Don't worry, we'll get it cleaned up." Saturn nodded and held her
   1.447 +hands out to the girl, who took them gently.
   1.448 +"This is Emily-san. Please minna, may she stay here with us?"
   1.449 +Everyone smiled and nodded, waving greetings. Neo Queen Serenity
   1.450 +stepped forward and the senshi cleared her path, moving aside so she
   1.451 +could see the small girl.
   1.452 +"I see," the queen started, putting a hand to the girls head "You
   1.453 +are unlucky to have this disease. But in this palace you will be
   1.454 +treated your true age as everyone else. You will always be welcome
   1.455 +here, so feel free to stay as long as you desire." Emily seemed
   1.456 +mildly surprised and bowed low.
   1.457 +"H-hai! Arigato." Saturn stood and Sailor moon did likewise, taking
   1.458 +her good hand. The rain slowed, then stopped altogether, and everyone
   1.459 +seemed to be favouring red clothing. They all shared a laugh as they
   1.460 +took in each others appearences, before Saturn and Moon left for
   1.461 +their room in the palace. Emily watched after them and smiled softly.
   1.462 +"Arigato..."
   1.463 +
   1.464 +"Sheesh Hota-chan. Anyone would think you let her hack you apart."
   1.465 +they both laughed and Usagi dabbed a cotton wool pad gently over her
   1.466 +upper arm. She got a new piece and dabbed downwards to the elbow,
   1.467 +then down again to the wrist. She sighed and leaned back, wiping hair
   1.468 +from her face. "It's no good, Hota-chan. It won't stop bleeding long
   1.469 +enough for me to clean it all and put a bandage on. Lets go to the
   1.470 +medical room." Hotaru shook her head.
   1.471 +"Just wrap it. I will be fine, i promise." Usagi nodded gently and
   1.472 +took the plastic from a bandage, wrapping it tightly around her arm
   1.473 +and smiling warmly.
   1.474 +"Thank you, Hota-chan. We wouldn't have been able to do it without
   1.475 +you." Hotaru smiled and hugged her gently.
   1.476 +"Iie. You would have managed just fine, Chi-chan. I'm glad you're
   1.477 +ok." Hotaru suddenly jumped and lept off the chair, runnning out of
   1.478 +the room. Usagi followed her at a sprint but still the slightly older
   1.479 +girl pulled away. She turned a sharp corner and Usagi had to skid to
   1.480 +make the turn. She watched as Hoatru made turn after turn, finally
   1.481 +bursting through a door and into a dark room.
   1.482 +"Setsuna-mama!!!!" She shouted into the room and Setsuna came out of
   1.483 +her bedroom into the living area.
   1.484 +"Hai, Hotaru-hime?" Hotaru was panting slightly from the run and
   1.485 +shut the door behind her, Usagi was hiding around the corner and put
   1.486 +her ear to the door.
   1.487 +"Setsuna-mama! I need to know if it's ok!" Setsuna understood and
   1.488 +indicated for her to take a seat by the fire. Hotaru nodded and
   1.489 +accepted the seat, sitting on the edge uncomfortably. Setsuna took a
   1.490 +seat opposite Hotaru and moved to begin, but Hotaru held a hand out.
   1.491 +"Chi-chan. Come on in would you? No need to hide." An embarrest
   1.492 +Usagi moved into the room and shut the door behind her. Usagi took
   1.493 +Hotaru's hand and knelt before her, resting her head on Hotaru's
   1.494 +knees.
   1.495 +"Hotaru, Usagi. You will have two healthy children. You need not
   1.496 +worry. Time favours you both, and althouhg many challenges lie ahead,
   1.497 +you will defeat all problems as long as you face them together. Just
   1.498 +as our King and Queen had to, you two must overcome the same
   1.499 +hardships. Go now, you need not hear any more. But you will each have
   1.500 +a healthy baby girl." The two girls nodded and stepped out of the
   1.501 +room, tears in each of their eyes. They shared a hug and moved
   1.502 +together as one back to their room. They would hace anything sent
   1.503 +their way. They were sure of it.
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