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 			     'Sudden Glimpse'

 

 			            by

 

 		           The Amazoness Quartet

 

 

 

 

 

 Present Tokyo

 

    Minako walked to the end of the hallway, although she wasn't known as 

 

 Minako anymore. She was known as her alias, Venus. She was a Sailorsenshi. 

 

 She wasn't thirteen years old anymore. She wasn't living in her own little 

 

 world. She wasn't able to play volleyball anymore and she wasn't able to 

 

 date anyone since the small cresent-moon-baldspotted kitty walked into her 

 

 life and told her of her past. She was forever changed by that one act. She 

 

 remembered her past, she remembered her present, she remembered period. And 

 

 that one act had so much pain into her life that she was tired of living. 

 

 Even though it had been many years since she left the trail of Sailor V 

 

 behind her she was still a remembrance of her life. Even if no one else 

 

 cared to remember, like the many idols that she had honored and discarded.

 

    But, she also supposed that it wasn't exactly Artemis' fault that she had 

 

 been given her curse of eternal loneliness. It was, in fact, her 

 

 protector's fault. . The man who had told her he was to protect her always 

 

 and then with his dying words left her with almost nothing. No hopes of 

 

 ever being loved and no hopes of ever feeling the happiness that she always 

 

 saw in her princess' face whenever she looked into Mamoru's eyes. It was 

 

 the one thing that made her hate Serenity. But, in all her life, no matter 

 

 what the hate never lasted. Just as she never hated Adonis for what he did 

 

 to her, because he was heartbroken and lost. Just as she was now, and 

 

 because she could understand what he felt in those last few years of the 

 

 silver millennium when he had to watch her love grow for a man that 

 

 ultimately lead to the end of the happiest times of human existence.

 

 

 

 Past Silver Millennium

 

    "Serenity what are you doing her in the Terra sector?" Venus yelled 

 

 grabbing onto one of the pigtails that cascaded down Serenity's back. The 

 

 girl looked to Venus with sobbing eyes, she sighed and cliched onto 

 

 Endymoin.

 

    "Venus don't make me go now," she yelled in her honeyed voice, "I really 

 

 want to stay here with the Prince."

 

    "No," Venus said grabbing the princess from the prince's hands. " Are you 

 

 crazy? Your mother would kill me if you stayed here! She'd have my rank 

 

 stripped and I'd never ever be able to show my face at my home planet!"

 

    "It's all about you isn't it," Serenity said half meaning it, half-joking.

 

    "No I'm just trying to get you to try and not act so childish!" Venus 

 

 yelled, "'You are almost eighteen years old, and able to take over for your 

 

 mother as soon as possible. You know that you are not a child and I know it 

 

 you have to act with some rational thought don't you?"

 

    "You aren't my mother!" she yelled tugging her hand away from her 

 

 protector's grip.

 

    "It must be hard," another male voice intruded into her ears and Venus 

 

 swirled around to find out who it was. "Having a bundle of curiosity for a 

 

 princess."

 

    "Kunzite!" Endymoin yelled at his guard for having such a loose tongue. 

 

 Venus blushed slightly and ducked her head at the Lord Generals presence. 

 

 Venus is shy? He thought, This take-charge-ask-no-questions-girl is shy?

 

    "No need for formalities around Lord Generals now is there?" Kunzite 

 

 asked more to Venus then the others. Venus pushed back a strand of hair.

 

    "No there isn't," she said, "we are equal and should be treated that 

 

 way." 

 

 Then the girl seemed to remember her meaning for being there. "Isn't it 

 

 Serenity?" She reached out and grabbed the princess's pigtail again and 

 

 shoved the girl into the moon transfer beam. Not exactly hurting her 

 

 because she had also grabbed the girls arm in the process. She wasn't about 

 

 to give the princess the benefit of hiding behind the prince again.

 

    When the girls left the Lord General turned to his Prince Endymion. He 

 

 smiled and shook his head laughing at something that he thought was funny. 

 

 Perplexed the Prince asked what was so funny to the guard.

 

    "Nothing Prince," he said, " She must really care for you if she is ready 

 

 to make her protector so angry at her for endangering her life."

 

    "What do you mean?" he asked, "She is safe here. I can protect her."

 

    "You are young and naïve," Kunzite said, "You do not know how dangerous 

 

 it is here. How much protection you and Serenity get from the generals and I. 

 

 Venus is only doing her job by protecting and scolding her princess. She is 

 

 scared. You are a threat. No matter how much you love Serenity you can not 

 

 save her from everything. This planet is still under sedge. It is still not 

 

 safe from all of the dangers that exist. Don't you wonder why the King and 

 

 Queen, your parents, allow you to visit the moon so often?

 

    "No," Endymion said, " They have never put up much of a fight." Kunzite 

 

 nodded his head and motioned for Endymion to follow him.

 

    "It's because you are almost completely safe in the Moon Kingdom." 

 

 Kunzite 

 

 answered, "Queen Serenity has vowed to care for and protect the planet 

 

 Earth and all the people inside it. Because you are the highest order 

 

 prince in this land and caretaker for the people you are the most valuable 

 

 entity in this day. You will not live to see Serenity age. She is immortal 

 

 you know that, don't you? She will live only to see you die, and you to 

 

 become jealous of the fact that she will be forever young. It is a doomed 

 

 match from the start and I do not agree to it flourishing any longer. You 

 

 will get no help from me or from the other generals to see her, and if we 

 

 see her again I have to close all gateways to the Moon Kingdom.

 

    "What!" the young prince yelled a look of total horror on his face, "You 

 

 do not have to power!" Kunzite sighed he turned staring in complete 

 

 seriousness.

 

    "Yes," Kunzite said, "I have the power to cut off all traveling and all 

 

 people from seeing you at all. I have the power to create a total hell on 

 

 earth for you if needed. I will do anything I need to protect you and the 

 

 princess. If you do not understand that then you are in for a amazing treat 

 

 to hear that reality is not all fun and games." Endymion stared at his 

 

 'friend'. The man he trusted with his life, and inside he knew that the man 

 

 was only doing this to protect them his maturity level wasn't at all at 

 

 it's highest. He yelled at Kunzite, and threatened to denounce the Lord 

 

 General from his rank. Then he stalked off, and Kunzite was left alone.

 

    "Ah to be young again," Kunzite said even though the age difference 

 

 between him and Endymion was about three years the phrase was meant as a 

 

 joke.

 

    "They do no seem to understand how much we care for them," Venus said, 

 

 her 

 

 voice making the Lord General to spin around and stare into the sad eyes of 

 

 SailorVenus. They where cold and piercing, as if everything that Kunzite 

 

 had just thought about in relativity to maturity flew out the window at the 

 

 mere sight of them. She wasn't looking at him, but in the direction that 

 

 Endymion had exited from.

 

    "True," he replied as soon as he had gotten the nerve, " They do no 

 

 understand what we must go through to give them the life that they so badly 

 

 want."

 

    "Even so," Venus said, "If apart of that happiness means we must 

 

 sacrifice 

 

 them to love one another are we hurting them by separating them? My whole 

 

 planet's meaning for existing is to give love to the planets surrounding 

 

 us. I'm going against all of my principals of I separate them like this. I 

 

 can't stand not giving them the love that they apparently have. Am I wrong 

 

 for doing so?" Kunzite looked at her and how she was so close to tears. It 

 

 made him upset to see her that way. In fact it almost killed him to see her 

 

 that way.

 

    "I don't know," he answered, "So much can be compromised by doing so. I'd 

 

 hate to put your princess in so much danger. I know that they love each 

 

 other, but it is too much to just let them be together without thought for 

 

 everyone else."

 

    "Perhaps," she said, " I can allow it in the confines of the Moon Kingdom 

 

 walls. I will have to talk to the other senshi, but I need to talk to you 

 

 first. He is, after all, your top priority."

 

    "I don't know it's a lot to consider." Kunzite answered watching Venus 

 

 get 

 

 up and walk away. She tossed him a small pen with her planets' symbol. It 

 

 was orange and about the height and weight of a regular ballpoint pen.

 

    "Press the handle and you will be able to speak to me at anytime you need 

 

 to. It is untraceable, and no one will be able to hack in to our systems 

 

 when you make the call. If needed you may have the generals talk to me as 

 

 well. I don't have it all figured out though, and I need more time. Okay? 

 

 Goodbye." Then she turned and left.

 

 

 

 Present Tokyo

 

    "Venus-sama," Diana's voice interrupted Minako's thoughts into the Silver 

 

 Millennium. She turned to the small gray kitten that sat next to her with a 

 

 worried expression on her tiny kitty face. She smiled at the 

 

 acknowledgement of the elder senshi to her person.

 

 "Are you alright Venus-sama? You are so quiet right now." Minako sighed and 

 

 stared at the tiny violet-gray eyes of the kitten smiling and purring a 

 

 happy tune into her head. Minako padded the kitten between her ears and 

 

 smiled happily.

 

    "I am alright Diana," she said quietly taking into account that the 

 

 kitten 

 

 had thought of her, "You are just like your father, Diana-chan. As sweet 

 

 and worried as ever, and taking time out to see if I'm okay. Your such a 

 

 sweetie thank you Diana." Diana smiled and then shook her head as quickly 

 

 as possible, as if she was trying to remember the reason why she had come 

 

 to Minako's room at all.

 

    "There is a man here waiting for you," she said in a whisper, "He is 

 

 accompanied by Mamoru-san. He says that you should come down quickly so 

 

 that you may speak with him." Minako jumped up with a sudden bolt of 

 

 electricity.

 

    "He knows you talk?" she asked the kitten quickly grabbing her by the 

 

 shoulders and bringing her close to her face.

 

    "Yes Venus-sama he does", Diana said, " Papa isn't home right now may I 

 

 come with you Venus-sama? Please?" Minako stood taking Diana into her arms 

 

 and placing her onto her shoulders to rest.

 

    "I wouldn't feel safe without you." Minako walked down the flight of 

 

 steps 

 

 on her way to the living room, she was almost shaking because of what Diana 

 

 had told her. She was scared to know that Mamoru-sama had brought someone 

 

 to her house, and that this person knew that Diana could talk no less. Who 

 

 was he? She turned a ways to see Mamoru sitting down and reading the report 

 

 that she had written for her english college class the week before. It had 

 

 been on the American favorite, "The Scarlet Letter". It was like the 

 

 American's reading the many favorite poets and writers of Minako's time for 

 

 their school assignment in their Japanese classes.

 

    "Mamoru-sama?" she said in her soft voice, "Can I help you?" He looked up 

 

 at her and smiled. He closed the report and pointed at the 'A' printed in 

 

 the front.

 

    "Very good Minako," he said, "I'm proud of you." Minako smiled and 

 

 stepped 

 

 to the bottom of the stairs.

 

    "And, yet I know that you didn't come down to congratulate me on my 

 

 english report," she said. Mamoru smiled and stood up letting the report 

 

 lay on the table.

 

    "Your right," he said, "I am afraid I have a job for you. You are the 

 

 only one I felt fit to have do this for me."

 

    "Like what Mamoru-sama," she said, "You only seem to beat around the 

 

 bush, 

 

 and I can't help if you won't tell me what's wrong."

 

    "It's ChibiUsa and Hotaru," Mamoru said, looking down quickly and sat 

 

 down. "I am worried about them."

 

    "Why?" she said looking around her room looking for the other man Diana 

 

 was talking about.

 

    "They're in love you know," he said bluntly.

 

    "Of course I do," Minako answered, "I'm surprised you know. It's only 

 

 been 

 

 a few months maybe a year by now. I haven't been keeping track of any of 

 

 it."

 

    "Why do you think they're so secretive about these things?"

 

    "Maybe because ChibiUsa is the Neo-Princess of Crystal Tokyo, and Hotaru 

 

 is just a senshi. Only there to protect ChibiUsa not love her."

 

    "That should make no diffrence," Mamoru began, but Minako placed her 

 

 fingers on his mouth.

 

    "It does," she said, "It makes a big time difference, and if ChibiUsa is 

 

 to 

 

 marry anyone it would be a crowned prince. Someone like Elios, and not a 

 

 senshi. Do you don't understand much about things like this because you 

 

 fell in love with a crowned princess. You didn't have to worry about things 

 

 like this, ChibiUsa does. What would you do if she came up to you and told 

 

 you that she was in love with a girl, and a senshi no less. If it had been 

 

 you or Princess Serenity you would have been banned from seeing Serenity. 

 

 It's kind of the same thing here, understand?"

 

    "No, I don't understand but then again my memories are clouded," he 

 

 looked 

 

 down thinking a second before answering, "You where one of the only ones 

 

 who have received almost all of your memories. I can't even remember my life 

 

 now, let alone my memories then."

 

    "Perhaps I should talk to them," Minako said.

 

    "No," Mamoru protested, "I do not want them to know that we know. I want 

 

 them to tell us when they're ready."

 

         Minako looked confused. "I don't really know what I could do if you 

 

 don't want me to talk to them."

 

         Mamoru shook his head. "I know that there's something you can do. 

 

 They need to understand that they can tell us that they're in love. But they 

 

 have to be ready to tell us."

 

         "Hmmm...." Minako thought about the situation for a bit. "It's 

 

 getting dark out. Maybe I can come up with something if I sleep on it."

 

         "Thank you, Minako. I really appreciate this. ChibiUsa's afraid of 

 

 the consequences of being in love with Hotaru. Even though she's the 

 

 princess I want her to know that everything will be fine," Mamoru sighed 

 

 wearily. "I just wish there was more I could do."

 

         Minako smiled. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure we'll think of 

 

 something."

 

         "Oh, before I go I wanted you to talk to someone." Mamoru called for 

 

 someone. A man walked around the corner. Minako gasped as she saw who it 

 

 was.

 

 

 

         Meanwhile, Hotaru and ChibiUsa's thoughts were far from the 

 

 discussion Minako and Mamoru were having. They were both at the house where 

 

 ChibiUsa lived with Usagi's family. The two girl's were locked in a 

 

 passionate embrace on the couch. The lights were off and the only 

 

 illumination was the moonlight that filtered in through the windows. THeir 

 

 tongues dueled as their hands roamed each other's bodies, the thin fabric of 

 

 their clothes the only barrier between them.

 

         They froze when they heard footsteps leading towards them. They 

 

 pulled away quickly. Hotaru was smoothing out her skirt as the footsteps 

 

 approached them. ChibiUsa was looking down nervously.

 

         ChibiUsa looked up. She breathed a sigh of relief. It was Shingo, 

 

 Usagi's little brother, and it didn't look like he'd seen anything. "What 

 

 are you two doing out here with all the lights off?" he asked.

 

         "Nothing," ChibiUsa answered immediately. "We were about to go 

 

 upstairs. We were talking."

 

         Shingo stared at her oddly for a moment before shrugging. He sat 

 

 down on the couch by them and turned the TV on. Hotaru and ChibiUsa both got 

 

 up.

 

         "We're probably off to bed now," Hotaru said with an exaggerated 

 

 yawn.

 

         Shingo looked at the clock. "It isn't that late."

 

         "Yeah, well, we're going back to my room anyway. Goodnight, Shingo," 

 

 ChibiUsa said.

 

         Shingo waved to them as they walked upstairs.

 

 

 

         "You know, one of these days we're going to get caught," Hotaru 

 

 stated matter-of-factly.

 

         ChibiUsa sighed. "We should be more careful. I forget where I am 

 

 when you're around so its hard to remember."

 

         Hotaru smiled, glad to have that affect on the pink haired girl. "I 

 

 know what you mean. I wouldn't really mind if we got caught, though. At 

 

 least we wouldn't have to hide it so much. Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa 

 

 don't hide it like we do."

 

         ChibiUsa sighed again. "I know, but that's a different situation. I 

 

 haven't even been born yet in this time. That and I've always been told what 

 

 responsibilities I have to the kingdom because I'm I have to one day be its 

 

 queen. I'm pretty sure that I've already messed with a few of those 

 

 responsibilities when we fell in love."

 

         Hotaru stroked her cheek gently. "ChibiUsa, please don't worry. I'm 

 

 sure everything will be fine. No matter what happens, I'll be here with you. 

 

 Even if everyone wanted us apart."

 

         ChibiUsa put her hand atop Hotaru's. "I love you, Taru-chan." She 

 

 hugged the dark haired girl to her.

 

         Hotaru returned the warm embrace. "I love you, too, Odango-chan."

 

         They held onto each other reassuringly, knowing the other was there 

 

 for them. They stayed that way for hours as they talked before finally 

 

 falling asleep together.

 

 

 

 *******Minako's Plcae

 

         Minako sat watching the man befor her pace back and forth trying to 

 

 reclaim his thoughts on what brought him here. She could only stare though. 

 

 Because the shock that he was here probably made her speechless, and the past 

 

 was still fresh in her memories. It made her so uneasy to be around him, and 

 

 what made her even more uneasy was the fact that he was supposed to be dead. 

 

 He walked around his long, shoulder length, silver hair tied back into a 

 

 ponytail. His crystal gray eyes flitering in the dark light.Kunzite...she 

 

 thought, why are you here?  Her eyes lined with tears and she was about to 

 

 cry if she hadn't held her breath and waitted for the feeling to go away. She 

 

 stopped though. Then he stopped and stared at her for afew seconds and went 

 

 to her to comfort her. He slipped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her 

 

 on her forehead.

 

           "what's wrong?" he asked. Her eyes trying not to decive her from 

 

 giving away her thoughts.

 

           "I thought you where dead," Minako said slipping herslef away from 

 

 him. "Why are you here?"

 

           "Because I was reborn," Kunzite answered. "When you helpped kill 

 

 Queen Beryal I was released from the bonds of being her slave. So where the 

 

 other generals. But, they won't be reborn."

 

           "Why?" she asked,"Why are you here?"

 

           "Because I heard you." Kunzite said, "I heard you calling for me in 

 

 your dreams. About the silver Millenium. I heard you calling for help. So I 

 

 came."

 

           "Then you know about ChibiUsa and Hotaru," Minako said recalling 

 

 her converstion with Mamoru. You about the and my mission."

 

           "Yes," Kunzite said, "I am also here to help you with that."

 

           "How?"

 

           "We send them back to Crystal Tokyo. We let them see what it's like 

 

 in the future. Let them talk to thier future-selfs and realise that they can 

 

 tell Mamoru-sama about thier secret. I can help you know."

 

           "Send them back?"

 

  **********

 

 

 

 	Hotaru woke up first. She blinked several times as she slowly woke up.

 

 Something felt different. Her left arm was asleep, but that wasn't it. It as 

 

 pinned under the familiar weight of her pink haired lover. She flexed her 

 

 fingers, feeling a tingle throughout her arm. She slowly tried to pull her arm

 

 out from under ChibiUsa. She finally gave up after a couple minutes. She sighed

 

 before kissing ChibiUsa's cheek. 

 

 	"ChibiUsa-chan," Hotaru said as she gently shook the other girl. Hotaru

 

 heard noises from another room. They were different from the sounds she usually 

 

 woke up to. A type of happy chaos she'd grown to find comforting. The sounds

 

 of her Michiru-mama, Setsuna-mama, and Haruka-papa all going about their 

 

 business. The sounds she heard were still happy, but not the same. She couldn't

 

 quite put her finger on what was different, though.

 

 	When she started shaking ChibiUsa again, she realized the sheets 

 

 covering them weren't her sheets. She relaxed a bit when she remembered that 

 

 they'd fallen asleep in ChibiUsa's room. The relief was shortlived however, as 

 

 she looked around the room. The room was much bigger than ChibiUsa's and 

 

 lavishly decorated. There were a lot of lamps in the room and trinkets lying 

 

 around the room collected over the years by the people who lived there. 

 

 	"ChibiUsa," Hotaru said louder, shaking the pink haired girl more 

 

 urgently. "Wake up."

 

 	"Mmmm..." ChibiUsa rolled over with her back to Hotaru. Hotaru managed

 

 to get her hand out from under the other girl, freeing it. She moved he arm 

 

 around trying to work the feeling back into it. Hotaru sighed in frustration. 

 

 She was worried about where they were. She'd feel a lot better if ChibiUsa 

 

 was awake. She needed the reassurance the other girl's presence always gave 

 

 her. 

 

 	"Odango-chan, please wake up," Hotaru said desperately. 

 

 	"What?" ChibiUsa asked sleepily.

 

 	"Get up," the dark haired girl said, relief evident in her voice.

 

 	ChibiUsa hesitated for a moment, not wanting to leave the comfort of

 

 sleep.

 

 	"ChibiUsa," she heard the other girl say again. 

 

 	"Okay, I'm up." ChibiUsa sat up groggily, wiping the sleep from her

 

 eyes. She blushed and pulled the sheet up around her as she realized her 

 

 state of undress. Hotaru would have found it cute if she wasn't so worried.

 

 

 

 	ChibiUsa looked closely at the dark haired girl for a moment. 

 

 "What's the matter?" she asked. Hotaru looked so nervous. ChibiUsa hoped 

 

 nothing was wrong. She felt an icy pit form in her stomach as she saw the 

 

 frightened look on Hotaru's face. 

 

 	"Do you know where we are?" Hotaru asked her. 

 

 	The pink haired girl looked around the room for a minute. "We're 

 

 in Crystal Tokyo. We're in the palace, but I'm not sure what room." She 

 

 began to lie back down on the bed, glad to have answered Hotaru's question. 

 

 She felt relieved that it wasn't anything big. 

 

 	Hotaru grabbed her arm to keep ChibiUsa in a sitting position. 

 

 "Then why are we in Crystal Tokyo? We were in your room back in the present 

 

 last night, remember?" 

 

 

 

 	ChibiUsa looked around the room again nervously, now fully awake. 

 

 Why were they in ChibiUsa's time? Had her mother brought them there? If

 

 that was it, then why was Hotaru there with her? Did her mother already 

 

 know about them? Had Setsuna brought them? ChibiUsa's head began to swim

 

 with unanswered questions. 

 

 	Hotaru got up and took a closer look as she walked around the 

 

 room while she waited for ChibiUsa to get her bearings. It was the pink 

 

 haired girl's time period after all. For some reason, the room was oddly

 

 familiar and calming. Something caught her eye about some of the lamps. 

 

 She inspected it closely, shocked by what she'd found. 

 

 	"I think I know where we are," ChibiUsa said happily. "They must

 

 have moved all my things to a new room and this is it. Kind of like a 

 

 suprise for when I got back." She lifted up a stuffed bunny doll from off

 

 the bed. "I had this on my bed here in the palace when I went back to the

 

 past. I felt bad because I'd forgotten to bring it along." She smiled and

 

 hugged the bunny to her bare chest. 

 

 	"That's can't be it," Hotaru replied.

 

 	ChibiUsa looked up, confused. "Why not?"

 

 	"Because this is one of the lamps I collected. It's one of my 

 

 favorites."

 

 	"Then where are we?" ChibiUsa got up and walked over to the other

 

 girl.

 

 	"Well, wherever we are, someone must know we're here." The dark 

 

 haired girl said thoughtfully.

 

 	"This is too strange. Why would I be brought back here while I 

 

 was asleep?" ChibiUsa asked.

 

 	"I have no idea, Odango-chan. I'm sure someone can tell us what's

 

 going on, though." Hotaru thought about it for a moment.

 

 	"My mom should know. She might even be the one who had us brought

 

 here." ChibiUsa tried to keep the nervousness out of her voice. If it was

 

 her mother that had brought them both then she probably knew thet they 

 

 were together. ChibiUsa wasn't sure if she was ready to talk to her mom 

 

 about that.

 

 	"Good. Hopefully she can help us," Hotaru said, feeling a little

 

 better about there current situation. 

 

 	ChibiUsa stepped forward and opened the door. The two girls stepped

 

 out of the room. Before they could do anything, a little maroon haired 

 

 girl ran up to them. 

 

 	"Mama! Mama! Shisa won't leave me alone!" The little maroon

 

 haired girl ran up to the two of them looking about ready to cry. She

 

 looked like she was about five or six and her hair was done up in odangos

 

 with pigtails coming out from them. 

 

 	Hotaru and ChibiUsa stood there, not sure what they should do. The

 

 little girl looked up at them with big, teary eyes, waiting for them to say

 

 something.

 

 	Another little girl ran up to them before they could decide what to

 

 do. She had darker hair than they other one and she wore glasses. Her hair

 

 almost reached her shoulders. "Selene doesn't understand," Shisa said. "I

 

 just wanted us to play, but she's been trying to ignore me." 

 

 	Hotaru and ChibiUsa stared at the two children for a moment. ChibiUsa

 

 turned to look at Hotaru, waiting for the other girl to say something. Hotaru

 

 looked back at her and shrugged helplessly. 

 

 	"Mama? Are you okay?" Selene asked, sounding frightened. "Why are 

 

 you smaller?"

 

 	Shisa looked at the two of them as well. "Yeah. What happened?"

 

 	"Its okay," ChibiUsa said soothingly, trying not to worry the two 

 

 girls.

 

 	"And mama, your hair isn't as long as it used to be." Shisa added as 

 

 she looked at ChibiUsa. 

 

 	The two girls turned to Hotaru, but they couldn't notice anything 

 

 different about her other than her size. They turned in unison to look at

 

 ChibiUsa again. 

 

 	"Its a bit confusing," Hotaru said reassuringly. "We don't really 

 

 know what's going on either. But don't worry. I'm certain that everything's

 

 fine." Hotaru put a hand on both of their shoulders and smiled. The two 

 

 girls seemed to relax slightly. "Could I ask you a question?"

 

 	Shisa nodded. "Okay."

 

 	"Who are your parents?" Hotaru asked anxiously.

 

 	The two girls shared distraught looks before Selene answered. 

 

 "You two are."

 

 

 

 Minako walked down the corridors from the palaces marbled floors."How 

 

 did that happen?" Minako asked aloud. Her thoughts were in a jumble. 'Maybe 

 

 I shouldn't have come to the future,' she thought to herself. 'No. I'm the 

 

 Senshi of love. I wanted to help Hotaru and ChibiUsa. But why did I

 

 have to find out who I got with? Setsuna will kill me if she finds out that I 

 

 know. I just had to know, didn't I?' she asked herself. After meeting Kunzite

 

 again in the past, she thought that he might very well be the man she'd marry.

 

 When Hotaru and ChibiUsa had been sent to the future, she decided to go too so 

 

 she could help them, and possibly find out who she ended up with while she was 

 

 there. Her love life never worked out for her and now she finally had renewed

 

 hope for it. And with Kunzite's reappearance, she had a burning curiosity to

 

 find out how things would turn out for her. This had all made her start thinking

 

 about the past again, but she'd never thought that a certain part of her past

 

 would be such a big part of her future. 

 

 	When she'd gone to find out who her one true love really was, she'd seen

 

 her future self in the arms of Natsuna Sakurada. Natsuna had been a police chief

 

 when Minako was Sailor V and she'd fallen in love with Sailor V. Minako had only

 

 been thirteen at the time compared to Natsuna who had been about ten years older

 

 than her. It hardly seemed to matter to Natsuna, though. She'd quickly had some

 

 of her officers out trying to get Sailor V so she could talk with her. It had 

 

 frightened Minako to have the older woman chase after her like that. Eventually

 

 she'd even found out that Sailor V was Minako. Things between the two of them

 

 had left off unresolved because Minako's family had moved to England a short

 

 time afterward. She was shocked to find out what had become of that whole

 

 situation.  The idea scared her. Had she really been in love with Natsuna all

 

 this time? She wished Artemis was there. She stopped before the ornate doors

 

 of what she was fairly certain were the goup of rooms Hotaru and ChibiUsa 

 

 shared with their daughters. She'd asked a bit about the future and for the

 

 directions from her future self so she'd be prepared to help the two younger 

 

 girls. She'd planned on asking her future self about what had happened between

 

 her and Natsuna, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything about it. She

 

 took a deep breath and composed herself before entering the room.

 

 	When she opened the doors to the bedroom she saw Shisa and Selene 

 

 jumping up and downtrying to get the two naked girls to comply with thier 

 

 needs. She smiled andcleared her throat trying to get the attention of the 

 

 two tiny girls. They stopped and looked at her.

 

         "V-sama!" Shisa yelled jumping to Venus' arms and kissing her on the

 

 cheek in adorance. Selene pulled on Minakos fuku.

 

         "V-sama, Shisa is being mean to me agian," Selene whinned, sticking her

 

 tounge out at Shisa.

 

         "You two know better then to just barge in on your parents like that,"

 

 Minako said. Shisa stuck her tounge out at Selene and looked tirumphantly at

 

 Minako. "And, you know that Selene doesn't always like your games. You have

 

 to leave her alone sometimes. Try and practice your senshi skills with Jupiter and

 

 Mars."

 

          "V-sama," Shisa yelled, "I want to practice with you!"

 

          "Later Shisa," Minako said. "Just leave us now." The girls left and

 

 Minako closed the doors to the bedroom and smiled at the two nervous,naked

 

 girls. Hotaru had pulled the sheet over the girls and held her close to the

 

 cornor."Why are you two hiding from me? You've been married quite a while now."

 

           "M-married?" ChibiUsa asked. "What do you mean married? We're only

 

 sixteen!"

 

           "Not in this world your not ChibiUsa-chan." Minako said, handing over

 

 the clothes to a hamper, and turned and pulled out a gown that resembled

 

 Serenity's princess gown. She turned to ChibiUsa and grabbed her away from the

 

 sheet. She pushed the dress on her and released her hair from the tangled

 

 odangos. She began to brush the hair very gently, and when the tangles where

 

 gone she turned to Hotaru. Hotaru stared at her  from the sheet and watched her

 

 pull out another dress that resembled a senshi's attire but was decorated with

 

 tiny sequins that where shapped like tiny moons and stars. In the middle of her

 

 bow was a small locket that had the Saturn and Moon symbol on it. In the middle

 

 of the symbols was a tiny crystal that was colored black with silver lining on

 

 it.  Hotaru put on the dress and boots that laced up her legs almost to her

 

 knees.

 

            "How do you know we're not from this world," Hotaru asked, "How come

 

 your being so calm about this?"

 

            "Because I am from your world 'Taru." Minako said, "I am only posing

 

 like you and ChibiUsa. There is much that you need to know. Those two girls are

 

 the new princess' of Crystal Tokyo, they are your daughters."

 

             "Look at us Mina-san," Hotaru said, "We're girls. How can we have

 

 children?"

 

             "Ever heard of cloning? It's kinda like that but a bit harder to

 

 understand. Let's just say they've done a lot between our time and this one."

 

             "Then how did you get here Mina-san?" ChibiUsa asked "How did you

 

 get to the Future Tokyo?"

 

             "I was helped just like you two where," Minako smiled, "By someone

 

 you'd never guess." 

 

 	    ChibiUsa & Hotaru both looked at her. Minako sighed. "Its pretty

 

 confusing. Trust me." 

 

 

 

 *******

 

 

 

      "Natsuna" Venus' voice breathed in the ear of her lovers. She kissed her

 

 sweetly on the cheek,tracing the jawline of her face with her gloved hand.

 

 Natsuna smiled sweetly her hair spilled over the fluffy pillows that litterd

 

 thier bed. She reached up pulling Minako's face to her own, kissing her fully on

 

 the mouth.

 

     "I missed you today lover where have you been?" she asked, "I thought you

 

 would teaching the girls how to use thier powers by now."

 

     "Not today," Venus said, "Today is our day to be together. You know that,

 

 it's our anniversary." She traced Natsunas creamy white breast with her

 

 fingertips bringing shivers down her spine. She loved every minute of this.

 

 Making her lover shiver underneath her touch and kisses. Strange how it just

 

 seemed so right after having shared so much with Natsuna in her past, Minako was

 

 able to share the future as well. It was perfect.

 

       But there was the unresloved issue of Kunzite. What would he do if he

 

 fould her younger self wondering around. It wasn't like it was easy for him to

 

 let go of the fact that she and Natsuna where married. He'd always belived that

 

 they would get together and stay together no matter. Much Usagi and Mamoru's

 

 relationship, but in the end she couldn't wait for true love of the past to come

 

 to her. When there was the chance of being with such a sweet human being as

 

 well. She just hoped that her younger self could understand that so

 

 early.Chibi-Usa and Hotaru must be awakeing by now, she thought, I wonder what

 

 thier reaction on thier faces are right now....

 

 

 

 ********

 

 

 

 	"Minako, what's going on?" ChibiUsa asked her worriedly.

 

 	Minako hesitated before replying. Maybe Setsuna should be doing all

 

 this. She was the Senshi of Time after all. "Well, you two have been hiding 

 

 your relationship for a while now. You shouldn't do that. The rest of us 

 

 care about you and all we want is for the two of you to be happy. So I thought

 

 if you saw the future, or at least some of it, you'll realize that you can 

 

 tell all of us about the two of you without worrying."

 

 	"We've already told my parents," Hotaru said. 

 

 	"Yeah, but you've been dating for a while now and you haven't told 

 

 any of the rest of us. We wish you didn't think you needed to hide from us,"

 

 Minako explained.

 

 	"Wait, how do you know, then?" ChibiUsa asked. 

 

 	"I am the Senshi of Love you know." Minako smiled. 

 

 	Hotaru sat down on the plush couch near them, shocked from all that 

 

 she'd heard. ChibiUsa sat down by her and put an arm around Hotaru, drawing 

 

 her close. Both girls needed comfort from each other at the moment. Things 

 

 seemed so strange. "I can't believe we have daughters," Hotaru said, amazed.

 

 "I never thought we'd be able to. I can't believe it." 

 

 	"So they're me and Taru's daughters?" ChibiUsa asked.

 

 	"Yes. They are the children you wind up having," Minako said.

 

 	ChibiUsa sat in silence. She'd been so worried about what her mother 

 

 would think about her getting with Hotaru. Hotaru was a girl, so ChibiUsa had

 

 thought she wouldn't be able to have an heir. Now it seemed that there wasn't

 

 anything for her mother to worry about other than Hotaru being a Sailor 

 

 Senshi.

 

 	"They were so sweet. Will we be able to see them again before we leave?"

 

 Hotaru asked Minako.

 

 	"I'm really not sure. You might," was all Minako could answer.

 

 	"So they're like clones? Is one a clone of ChibiUsa and one a clone of

 

 me? Or are they both a mix of the two of us?" Hotaru asked.

 

 	"I don't know. I really don't know much other than what my future self

 

 told me. Besides, its probably better that you two don't know about things like

 

 that anyway." Minako started thinking about Natsuna again after she mentioned

 

 her future self. She shook her head and tried to stay focussed on the two 

 

 younger girls in front of her.

 

 	"Are you okay?" ChibiUsa looked at Minako oddly.

 

 	"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something," Minako said, 

 

 sounding distant.

 

 	"This is a lot farther than the future I'm from," ChibiUsa remarked.

 

 	Minako laughed. "Its not as far into your future as you think."

 

 	ChibiUsa blushed a little at the idea of getting married and having

 

 children so soon. Hotaru looked happy about the whole thing.  

 

 	"What should we do while we're here in the future?" Hotaru asked 

 

 confused.

 

 	"You should probably talk to your future selves. That way you can 

 

 see that there really isn't anything for the two of you to worry about. You

 

 should talk to some of us, too, and see how we handled finding out about 

 

 the two of you. You might be surprised about how things have happened to the

 

 rest of us. I know I am." Minako stood up to leave. "I've got to go for now."

 

 	"Where are you going?" ChibiUsa asked her.

 

 	"I've got a lot on my mind. I've got to think. Good luck to you both. 

 

 Ja!" Minako quickly walked out the door, leaving ChibiUsa and Hotaru once again

 

 alone in the room.

 

 

 

 *******

 

 

 

          Minako wondered the sweet smelling halls until she reached the source.

 

 Makoto was cooking agian and the smell drove Minako crazy. It was so nice having

 

 the familiarity of her friends habits then the cold harshness of this world. She

 

 slipped inside hoping to grab a tiny cookie from the steaming batch next to the

 

 unsuspecting Makoto. But, just as she was able clasp one in her grasp Makoto's

 

 spoon slammed her hand down with a rap.

 

          "Ow! Makoto what did you do that for!" Minako whinned, she looked at

 

 the upset Makoto her green eyes flaring slightly.

 

          "Venus, you know you can'thave those." Makoto told her, "And since when

 

 did you start calling me by my given name. You know we only call each other by

 

 our senshi names."

 

          "Sorry," Minako said tapping her heand with her finger, "Stupidity

 

 leak." Makoto smiled slightly at her friends gesture.

 

          "So why aren't you with Natsuna?" Maoto asked. "She was looking for you

 

 a little while ago."

 

          "Oh I have some thinking to do," Minako said, "It is our anniversary,

 

 and I can't think of anything to do with her right now." Makoto turned to her

 

 agian after having checked the cookies one last time. She reached over and

 

 offered one to her friend.

 

          "Yeah I can't belive it's been so long since you and her got together."

 

 Makoto answered, "You and her where one strange couple I tell you. She was

 

 always after with her crush and you where always looking in all the wrong

 

 places."

 

           "You mean Kunzite?" Minako asked.

 

           "Yeah you and the rest of us where always looking for them to come

 

 back and be with us. But, we soon found out that that was just a dumb pipe

 

 dream."

 

           "And where is your lover Jupiter-sama?" Minako asked.

 

           "Probably up in the training grounds agian testing the newest

 

 similation atmospheres. They're a work of art don't you think?" Makoto asked.

 

 Minako rubbed her neck slightly, as if to show physical pain.

 

           "Yeah what can I say it's a work out," Minako answered, "Not like the

 

 training we did with Luna and Artemis." So, Minako thought, Jupiter and the rest

 

 are in the same boat as I am. The generals are apparently not our husbands like

 

 they where in the past. But, like me, it's people who had a large influence in

 

 our lives. My don't I feel special...

 

 

 

 ******

 

 	"Hi, Venus-san!" a little girl said as she ran into the room. She had

 

 short blue hair and light green eyes. She looked like she was around Shisa and

 

 Selene's age. 

 

 	"Hi..." Minako said, unsure. 'Another one?' she thought.

 

 	"Hello, Meimi." Makoto smiled at the younger girl.

 

 	"Makoto-mama, are the cookies almost done?" the little girl asked.

 

 	"Yeah. You better eat some before Minako finishes them all," Makoto

 

 said teasingly. 

 

 	"Makoto-mama? Mako-chan... I mean, Jupiter. You're her mom?" Minako

 

 asked, shock spreading through her. Her future self hadn't said a thing about

 

 Makoto having a daughter. Makoto stared at her oddly. "Of course you are,"

 

 Minako said nervously. "I was just kidding."

 

 	"You're acting strangely, Venus. Are you sure you're okay?" Makoto

 

 asked.

 

 	"Yeah. Like I said, I'm still trying to think about what to do 

 

 about Natsuna for tonight." 

 

 	"Well, if you want to be alone with her tonight, Ai can always spend

 

 the night here with us," Makoto offered.

 

 	"Could she? That would be great!" Meimi said happily. 

 

 	"The kids love playing together, anyway," Makoto gestured at Meimi's

 

 enthusiasm. 

 

 	'The kids?' Minako thought. 'I really should have spent more time 

 

 talking to my future self.' "Umm... Ai?" Minako said, not being able to think

 

 of anything else to say. 

 

 	"You know, cute little red-headed girl. You and Natsuna's daughter?"

 

 Makoto laughed. "I really hope you didn't forget about her."

 

 	Minako's eyes widened in shock. 'My daughter? Why didn't my future

 

 self mention that? Isn't that something I should know? How could she just

 

 forget to mention that?' "Sure, sounds good. Thanks Mako... Jupiter."

 

 	"Okay. Meimi and I will go get Ai a little later. I'm sure you and

 

 Natsuna would want to be alone on your anniversery anyway." Makoto gave

 

 Minako a conspiratorial wink in front of the innocent little girl. 

 

 	"Huh? Oh yeah. Thanks..." Minako said, trying to sound grateful.

 

 	"When's Ami-mama getting home?" Meimi asked Makoto.

 

 	'Ami-mama? Mako-chan's with Ami? I can't beleive it. I really 

 

 wasn't ready for this. There's so much I need to know,' Minako thought.

 

 	"Pretty soon. Don't worry about it. After she gets home, we'll 

 

 go pick up Ai. How's that sound?" 

 

 	"That sounds good. I hope Ami-mama gets home soon." Meimi looked

 

 thoughtful as she picked up another cookie. "Do you think Shisa and Selene

 

 could come over, too?"

 

 	Minako looked up. "Oh, could they? I'm trying to help Hotaru and

 

 ChibiUsa with something and it would probably help if they were alone."

 

 	Makoto thought for a moment. "I'll have to talk to Small Lady 

 

 and Saturn, but I'm sure that will be fine."

 

 	"Really? Thanks, Makoto-mama," Meimi said happily. 

 

 	"Yeah, thanks, Jupiter. That would help a lot," Minako said.

 

 	"Don't mention it. Its nice having all the girls around here 

 

 anyway. And it distracts Ami from working too hard," Makoto laughed again.

 

 	"I should probably be going," Minako said, standing up.

 

 	"I hope you and Natsuna have fun. Good luck with everything today."

 

 	"Thanks. Bye, Jupiter. Bye, Meimi." Makoto and her daugher waved to

 

 Minako as she quickly headed out the door. 

 

 

 

 ******

 

 

 

         "ChibiUsa," Elder Venus whisphered, "Small Lady, Saturn are you in

 

 here?" She looked to the two figeting girls near the doorway talking to each

 

 other and looking quite frightened. She motioned for Mercury and Mars to come

 

 with her. Surprized that Venus had brought the other senshi with her to the

 

 bedroom they deduced that this was Elder Venus and not the Minako that they

 

 knew.

 

         "Venus-sama, Marsand Mercury," Hotaru asked looking at each of the

 

 senshi. Each looked beautiful grown and matureed to the age of twenty six. The

 

 age that each of them would eventually stop aging at when they reached the 30th

 

 century. Mars looked at Venus andthen to the two girls.

 

          "Well," she said, "If you hadn't told me I wouldn't of ever guessed. She

 

 does look like Small Lady and Saturn of our time. Are they really from the past

 

 Venus-sama?"

 

          "Well don't look at us like we're sideshow freaks," ChibiUsa yelled,

 

 "We are human beings you know!"

 

          "Odango-chan!" Hoatru cursed, reciving looks from Rei.

 

          "Odango chan," she whispered, "That's what I call...never mind. So you

 

 want to hear from us how we reacted to your coming out?" Hotaru looked at

 

 ChibiUsa and clasped her hand into her own, nodding.

 

          "Well," Mars answered, "It really was the best thing for us all. I

 

 made us realize that you two where growen women, fully capatible of caring for

 

 each other. You are 15 years old aren't you? Most of us knew that we cared for

 

 others and didn't know what to do about it. You two had the courage to do what

 

 we never could have at that age. It wasn't until you two started to come out

 

 that I realized my love for your mother Small Lady. Ami started to realize her

 

 love for Makoto and Diana and that friend yours Mamokofelt love for each other

 

 as well. In the end it was the best thing for us all.

 

 	"And Venus-sama what about you?"

 

 	"I fell in love with my dearest Natsuna, and fully understand what

 

 you and Saturn are going through. Haruka and Michiru and Setsuna-san are all the

 

 parents of you too, remember? How did they react?

 

 	"They where proud of us.."

 

 	"Right," Venus answered, "And so where we. We are apart of you as

 

 well Small Lady, we are your family you must always remember that."

 

 	"Thank you minna-san," Hotaru said, "This was a great help to us,

 

 and our lives. We'll tell Usagi and the others as soon as we get home." Mars got

 

 up to leave and Venus followed behind her. Mercury walked up to them, handing

 

 ChibiUsa a small pen. ChibiUsa looked at it with wonderment and with an unspoken

 

 question.

 

 	"Keep this in memorance of this trip Small Lady," Ami said, "So

 

 that you can always remember that we are here for you no matter what." With that

 

 she kissed ChibiUsa and Hotaru on the forhead and walked away.

 

 

 

 ******

 

 

 

 	ChibiUsa wearily leaned against Hotaru for support. "They understand,"

 

 she said quietly. "They really do understand."

 

 	Hotaru smiled gently at the girl she loved. Not only had her parents 

 

 approved, but so had their friends. She nodded. "They do. And they're happy 

 

 for us."

 

 	ChibiUsa smiled back, her hand going up to Hotaru's cheek. All the 

 

 worries she'd been having were washed away. She knew things would work out for

 

 them. They're friends and family cared for them, they were married, and they 

 

 had two beautiful daughters in the future. No matter what happened to bring 

 

 them to that point, it was worth it. Tears lightly clouded her eyes, her 

 

 emotions overflowing. "I love you, Taru," she said. The two girls held

 

 each other closely.

 

 	"Oh, Odango-chan. I love you so much," Hotaru said softly. Her hand 

 

 ran through ChibiUsa's soft, pink hair as her lips met the other girl's. They

 

 kissed passionately, both locked in the feelings of the moment. 

 

 	They stood holding each other for several minutes, neither wanting the

 

 other to let go. ChibiUsa gently stroked Hotaru's cheek, smiling as the other

 

 girl continued to run her hand through her pink hair. 

 

 	"Hotaru-chan?" ChibiUsa's voice finally broke the silence.

 

 	"Yes?"

 

 	"What do you think Rei meant when she mentioned my mom?" ChibiUsa 

 

 asked, curious.

 

 	"I'm not sure. It doesn't matter, though. We'll find out soon enough.

 

 One day, we'll be here. And you heard Minako. It's not as far as we think."

 

 Hotaru kissed ChibiUsa again lightly.

 

 	A smile spread across ChibiUsa's lips. "Yeah. You're right. One day."

 

 The two girls finally let go of each other. ChibiUsa grabbed Hotaru's hand.

 

 "We should probably find Setsuna so we can leave."

 

 	Hotaru nodded. "I'm really glad we were broght here," she said. 

 

 	"Me too," ChibiUsa agreed.

 

 	Before they could get very far, they heard footsteps heading towards

 

 them. They turned around when they heard a woman shout for them to wait.

 

 Three women quickly ran up to them. ChibiUsa quickly noticed her mother, Neo

 

 Queen Serenity, and the two other women seemed to be Hotaru and ChibiUsa's

 

 future selves. ChibiUsa's pigtails were longer, but still not as long as her

 

 mother's. She'd grown into a beautiful woman, looking regal in her palace 

 

 gown. Hotaru was just a little taller than ChibiUsa, her dark eyes, now 

 

 behind a pair of thin reading glasses, no longer carried any of the pain from 

 

 her youth. 

 

 	ChibiUsa's mother smiled at her. "My little girl," she said happily.

 

 	"Mom," ChibiUsa gasped. She hadn't seen her mother in several years,

 

 ever since she'd gone back to the past again. She knew Usagi would one day 

 

 be her mother, but it just wasn't the same as seeing Neo Queen Serenity again.

 

 ChibiUsa ran up to her mother and hugged her. "Mom, I missed you." 

 

 	The queen laughed slightly. "I know. I missed you back when you were 

 

 gone too. I know you had your reasons, though." She smiled towards Hotaru. 

 

 "I'm really happy for you. I'm glad you found someone that means so much to 

 

 you. Its more than I could have hoped for when I sent you to the past

 

 to train to be a Senshi."

 

 	Serenity held ChibiUsa at arms length and looked her in the eyes.

 

 "There's a lot you have to face before you reach this point in your lives,

 

 but with Hotaru by your side, you'll get through it just fine."

 

 	ChibiUsa hugged her mother again. "Thanks, mom."

 

 	Hotaru's future self took a step forward. "ChibiUsa, you're just as

 

 beautiful as the day we met." ChibiUsa blushed at the compliment.

 

 	ChibiUsa's future self stepped forward as well. "Good luck telling 

 

 everyone. Try not to worry about it too much. There are still a lot of 

 

 hardships the two of you have to go through, but I wouldn't mind going back 

 

 to relive some of the things you have coming up." With an odd smile on her

 

 face she added, "Like the honeymoon."

 

 	"ChibiUsa," the future Hotaru said, a smile forming on her lips as 

 

 well. 

 

 	Hotaru looked confused. "Does everyone still call Odango-chan 

 

 ChibiUsa?"

 

 	The pink haired girl of the future laughed. "No, only Taru still 

 

 calls me that, even if I'm not chibi anymore."

 

 	Hotaru nodded happily. "That sounds good. I like that name."

 

 	ChibiUsa thought for a moment before asking, "What about Shisa 

 

 and Selene?"

 

 	"What about them?" replied her future self.

 

 	"Well, so Hotaru and I... we wind up," ChibiUsa began.

 

 	"Yes," the future Hotaru answered, smiling at the girls that had once

 

 been her and her wife. "You wind up having twins."

 

 	"But how?" ChibiUsa asked.

 

 	"Its confusing," the future raven haired girl said. "But it doesn't

 

 matter. All you need to know is that some day the two of you will have the

 

 twins. And they'll be a big part of your lives. They're a lot to handle, but

 

 trust me, they're worth it." 

 

 	ChibiUsa and Hotaru smiled at each other and held hands. 

 

 	"Thank you," ChibiUsa said. 

 

 	"Thanks for everything," Hotaru added. 

 

 	Their future selves smiled back at them.

 

 	"Don't mention it," Serenity said. "I'm glad you both got to be here,

 

 if only for a brief time, to see that you shouldn't worry so much about the 

 

 rest of us. We all care for the two of you."

 

 	When the two girls turned around, Setsuna was already standing there.

 

 "Are you read to leave?" she asked them.

 

 	"Hai, Setsuna-mama," Hotaru answered.

 

 	"Good. Then as soon as we get Minako, we'll leave," the Senshi of time

 

 said. The two younger girls followed after her while they're future selves waved.

 

 

 

 	Minako was standing alone on a balcony, looking out over the buildings

 

 in Crystal Tokyo. She sighed to herself. She turned around when she noticed a

 

 shadow near her. She looked over to see Natsuna standing in the doorway.

 

 	"Oh, hi. I hadn't noticed you," Minako said, trying to pass herself off

 

 as her future self.

 

 	Natsuna smiled to herself. "I know you aren't my Minako. At least not 

 

 yet." Minako just nodded, having been caught. "You really shouldn't worry too much

 

 about all of this. You shouldn't fear what your future holds, Minako."

 

 	Minako turned around and looked out at the bustling city again. "I'm not

 

 afraid."

 

 	"You could have fooled me," Natsuna said.

 

 	"Its just that... I wasn't ready for this. I didn't see it coming," 

 

 Minako said quietly.

 

 	"Is that so bad?" Natsuna asked her.

 

 	Minako thought for a moment before answering. "I don't know. I don't know

 

 what to think right now. This is all so strange."

 

 	"I know. If you hadn't come here, things would have happened in their own

 

 time. Instead, you already know what happens between us. You don't understand 

 

 how things developed between us, though. I know I'm not what you're looking for

 

 right now, but eventually..." Natsuna paused. "Eventually we fall in love."

 

 	Minako laughed a little in spite of herself. "I already knew how you felt.

 

 You made that perfectly clear ever since I was Sailor V. I guess I'm just 

 

 surprised at how I wind up feeling. I had no idea."

 

 	Minako was shocked when she saw a little girl peeking out from around

 

 Natsuna. Minako looked carefully at the little girl. She had shoulder length 

 

 slightly curly reddish brown hair. She looked up at Minako and smiled before 

 

 disappearing behind Natsuna again. 

 

 	"Ai," Natsuna said. 

 

 	"That's Ai?" Minako asked.

 

 	Natsuna nodded. "Yep, that's her. We were on our way to Makoto's. I 

 

 knew you were going back soon, so when I saw you out here all alone, I wanted

 

 to say something before you left."

 

 	"Really? Thanks, Natsuna. And you too, Ai." Minako smiled to the little

 

 girl as she peeked around Natsuna again. 

 

 	"Minako?" Minako turned when she heard Setsuna say her voice. "Are you 

 

 ready?" Setsuna asked. 

 

 	"Yeah. I'm ready," Minako said. She looked back at Natsuna and Ai a last 

 

 time before rushing over to Setsuna and the two younger girls. Natsuna and Ai 

 

 waved to her as Setsuna prepared to send Minako, Hotaru, and ChibiUsa back to 

 

 their own time. Hotaru and ChibiUsa weren't too sure who the women and the girl 

 

 were, but they waved along with Minako as a bright light engulfed them.