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the author used japanese name of the scout
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the love story
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Sailor Universia
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re: the love story
Wow, someone is obsessed with lesbians and frequent cussing. 
The author is a good writer, but a bit ecchi (that story was rated--by the author--Kindergarden and up! It should be more like Teen or Mature!)
The author is a good writer, but a bit ecchi (that story was rated--by the author--Kindergarden and up! It should be more like Teen or Mature!)-
shinobi88
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re: the love story
I agree. I like it where as she understood Hotaru and Rei's love triangle..but no kissing. Do me a favour. Copy and paste the first chaper and put the authour's name by to give her credit. Oh also I've writen a Case Closed Prelude fic: It's called the The Fallen Detective It'saboutJimmy's first incounter with the Sailor Scouts and the Introduction to a Big Story Called: Universial Heroes YouCan Check out the story out line on my profile under Jay Nel.
Hope You Like It
I've Taken The Titles from Star War You see why
Hope You Like It
I've Taken The Titles from Star War You see why
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Sailor Universia
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re: the love story
Okay, here is the LONGEST POST IN THE HISTORY OF THE FORUMS (and the image of Hotaru-chan as a lesbian. Ewwww!)
Fallen From Grace
By: Bluest Angel Dust
Loving someone is hell. Well, only if you can't have them. Unrequited love, cliché yet at the same time, rather appropriate. Just one more thing to add to the list of tragedies that is my life.
Perhaps I'm being a bit melodramatic. Well, guess what?
Screw all of you.
"Hey, Hotaru! What are you doing just sitting there for?!"
The raven haired girl snapped around to look at the person calling her. The person turned out to be a beautiful young woman, around 25 or so. Her shimmering blond hair was done up in the most peculiar, yet adorable, style of two buns, one on either side of her head. Her blue eyes twinkled as they watched her, an ever present smile on her pink lips.
"Sorry, Usagi. I was just thinking."
The younger girl stood and felt the blond link her arm through hers. Without another word, the young woman began leading her through the park. Soon, the sounds of laughter reached her ears. Even she had to smile at the scene before her.
The blue-haired genius that was Ami Mizuno was chasing Makoto Kino, who had in her procession a book, which would appear to belong to Ami.
"Mako! Give that back!"
The brunette ignored the shouting of her friend. Uncharacteristically, Ami threw herself at Makoto, managing to make the taller girl fall, rather ungracefully, to the grass. However, the tall brunette managed to throw the book at Haruka.
"Is this your book Ami?" the blond teased with a trademark grin.
"Haruka," Michiru whispered huskily as she smiled up at the blond, "be nice and give Ami back her book."
Haruka looked from the book to her girlfriend, then from her girlfriend back to the book. Decisions, decisions...
Suddenly, a blur appeared out of no where and snatched the book out of Haruka's hand. Everyone turned their eyes on the last blond of the group.
Minako stood there, looking quite smug as she nonchalantly flipped through the pages of the book.
"Ami-chan, it's a BEAUTIFUL Saturday afternoon and you're with you friends. Yet you STILL insist upon reading? How unthoughtful can you be?"
Ami hesitated when she saw Minako's quivering lip. With a sigh, she relented and allowed Makoto to drag her towards Haruka and Michiru.
"All right! Let's play tag!"
"Isn't that a bit childish?" Haruka asked as Minako began jumping up and down.
"Ruka, it should be fun."
The blond took one look at the expression on her lover's face and relented. By now, Usagi was dragging Hotaru at a fast pace towards them.
"Hey, guys! Wait for us!"
"Come on, Usa! Hotaru, are you joining us?"
Feeling Minako's questioning gaze on her, Hotaru shook her head.
"No, I'd rather watch."
"But, Hotaru!" Usagi whined as Minako joined in.
"Oh, leave her be. Unlike you, Mina, Hotaru doesn't want to make a fool of herself."
"Rei! You're so mean!"
The other dark-haired woman only rolled her eyes at the blonde's whining. Really, she was going
to become a powerful queen? You sure as hell couldn't tell right now.
With a "hmph," Usagi dragged everyone else as she began explaining what was safe and what wasn‘t. Hotaru
looked at Rei and gave her a tiny smile.
"Thanks, Rei-san.”
The older girl smiled at her. "We've known each other too long for you to still call me ‘Rei-san.'
Call me Rei-chan, like everyone else."
Hotaru blushed as she nodded. "Yes, Rei-sa... I mean, Rei-chan."
It was rather awkward to call the miko that. Hotaru looked away quickly, trying to hide her embarrassment. The shorter girl quickly walked away from the clearing, heading back to her sanctuary.
Rei's brows furrowed as she watched the younger girl walk away. Now, what was up with Hotaru anyhow?
Sure, she didn't know the girl as well as she used to, but something was definitely bothering her.
Judging from her expression, the far-away eyes, as well as the vibes coming from her, it
was big.
‘Well,' she thought to herself dryly, ‘you are a miko, and you ARE supposed to help people. So... move your ass along!'
With a frustrated sigh, Rei quickly ran to catch up with the young girl. She really needed to stop talking to herself... it was getting weird.
~*~*~*~
Hotaru cursed herself as she sat down on the fallen log. After keeping her secret for years, a single smile from the miko sent her heart soaring. She has never been one to show emotions, or to feel anything except pain so easily. And after getting to know the senshi and living with Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna, everything now came so easily. Joy, love, happiness, admiration, fulfillment and everything else she's never tasted or felt.
So did it surprise her to realize one day that she love someone? Not in a family sort of way, but really loved someone?
And is it really surprising who it turned out to be? In a nutshell, yes.
Who knew she would fall for her? Of all people? She half thought herself to be crazy. She expected herself to fall in love with ChibiUsa. Who the hell knew she'd fall for her instead?!
Life is such a bitc-
"Hotaru-chan."
Rei watched as the pale girl jumped out of her seat. Violet eyes turned and glared at her, body tense. The miko smiled apologetically as the girl relaxed. Rei walked over to her as Hotaru sat back down.
"Are you all right?"
"What?" Hotaru asked as she looked at Rei, snapping out of her thoughts once again.
Rei's gaze softened as she brushed a stray strand of hair from Hotaru's eyes.
"I asked if you were okay. You seem to have a lot on your mind lately."
Damn, so much for keeping it hidden. Was she that obvious?
"No, I'm fine," Hotaru replied quickly, shrugging a bit.
"You're a pretty bad liar, you know that?"
Hotaru fell forward, and would have landed on her face, if a strong hand hadn't grabbed her wrist. Rei tugged on Hotaru's arm, frightened that the girl would get hurt. The younger girl crashed most ungracefully back onto the log.
"Hotaru! Are you okay?"
Hotaru groaned as her hand instinctively reached to rub her sore ass. Then, remembering who was with her, she quickly stopped.
"Um... yeah, thanks Rei."
"For what? Bruising your cute butt?"
Hotaru pitched forward again, down right shocked for the second time in 10 seconds. This time, Rei decided against grabbing Hotaru's wrist, knowing she might tug on the girl too hard, causing something to come out of its socket or bruising her butt again.
So, instead, she wrapped her arms around Hotaru's thin waist. With a single move, the violet-eyed girl stumbled backwards... right into Rei's lap.
Hotaru felt two strong arms holding her, strong... but comforting. And, she noticed she was no longer sitting on the hard log. Instead... whatever she was sitting on, was very warm... and very soft.
Violet eyes opened and looked straight into a pair of lavender ones. She knew she was staring on Rei's lap, because there was only one person who could possibly have eyes that beautiful. Orbs of purple, lighter than her own. The fire those eyes held both excited her and scared her at the same time.
It was then she realized she was sitting in Rei's lap.
Jumping to her feet, Hotaru bowed as she blushed.
"I'm sorry! Thank you for catching me!"
Lavender eyes twinkled with amusement as she watched the usually calm and collected senshi stutter. The blush on her cheeks was a definite, and cute, contrast to her pale skin. Rei couldn't help but notice how her silky hair fell in her eyes as she continued to bow.
"Hotaru-chan, it's fine," she said laughing. "I'm just glad you're okay."
The blush on the senshi of death's face lessened, though there was still a bit of pink left in her cheeks. She let her eyes wander to the pond.
"It's beautiful here..."
"Yes, it is."
Rei studied Hotaru. Hm... she has grown again. The last time she had seen her, which was about a month ago, the senshi still looked around 17. Now, she looked 19, six years younger than herself. Unlike the first reincarnation, Hotaru's health was much better this time. There was no demon living inside of her, so her growth was for the most part normal. But then again, being a senshi meant there was no normal, ever.
Still, she has matured wonderfully. No longer the shortest, Ami now claimed that title. Her black hair was actually a bit past shoulder length, giving her less of a childish appearance.
"So, what's been bugging you?"
Hotaru couldn't help but sigh. Of course, when has Rei Hino ever given up?
"Nothing."
"I've already told you you're a bad liar, which has sent you plunging forward."
Hotaru turned and glared at the senshi of fire in annoyance. Rei merely responded with a chuckled.
"Come on Hotaru, you might not think so, but you're pretty bad at hiding it."
"No, I'm not," Hotaru snapped quickly. "I believe I'm quite good at it. It's simply that you're a bit
more observant than everyone else."
"So, there is something bugging you."
Rei heard an uncharacteristic curse slip from Hotaru's pink lips.
"Come on, you can tell me."
"No, I can't."
The miko frowned when she saw Hotaru wrap her arms around herself. All right, whatever it is, it must be more serious than she had thought. Rei placed a hand on Hotaru's shoulder.
"Hey, you can tell me anything. I'm always here to lend a helping ear."
"It's nothing really. Just some small things.”
"Hotaru-"
Before Rei could continue, a scream shook the park. Hotaru decided that she was, for the first and last time, thankful for a youma attack. Her senses were tingling as she and Rei ran towards the direction of the scream.
When they got there, the other girls were already present, but not transformed. With one look at the youma, they quickly transformed as well.
"Mars Star Power!"
"Saturn Start Power!"
The youma's ugly head turned to the two new senshi and sneered. Mars looked at the others, puzzled as to why they haven't transformed yet.
"Mars! Saturn!" Usagi yelled, the panic clear in her voice. "We can't move!"
"[censored]," Mars whispered. One looked at the youma and she knew it would take a lot to bring it down. It was the size of three football players for god's sake! And she didn't particularly like that sword attached to it's right arm.
"Damn, I thought I got all of you pests!" It screamed, black eyes trained on Saturn and Mars.
"We're not pests!" Mars yelled back, already starting to lose her temper.
Meanwhile, Saturn's cold eyes were studying the situation. The youma was about ten feet from the other girls, so an attack would most likely not hurt them. But, she couldn't take the chance, especially not with the Princess standing in the front. Damn, why weren't the rest of the senshi in front of her?
"You are a bunch of pests! All talk and no action!"
"You dumb ass!" Mars yelled back, "THEY CAN'T MOVE!"
"Oh yeah! I'll release them just to prove my point!"
Saturn could only blink as the youma turned to the frozen senshi and brought his hands up. Suddenly, he paused. Its head snapped back to Mars, black eyes narrowing dangerously.
"You [censored]! I'm not going to fall for that."
Mars simply sighed. Well, so much for that idea. She and Saturn barely had time to dodge as the youma came running towards them, swinging its blade dangerously.
Saturn felt the blade cutting into her calf. Thank god it was only a small cut. Either way, it forced her to lose her balance as she fell to the ground.
"Saturn!"
The senshi from Saturn quickly rolled to her left as the blade narrowly missed her head. Bringing her Silence Glaive up, she was able to block the youma's thrust.
"Mars Firebird Strike!"
The youma shrieked as the phoenix hit its side and the force of the attack sent it flying through the air. Saturn scrambled to her feet, leaning slightly on her glaive.
"Saturn, you okay?"
The Outer Senshi nodded, eyes still trained on the fallen beast.
"Any ideas on dusting it, Mars?"
"We need Moon to dust this one. Any thoughts on how it's freezing them in place?"
Saturn shook her head and tensed when the youma moved. Her eyes gazed at the senshi besides her.
"Negative. But, whatever the case, we need to do something fast."
"How's your leg?"
"It's healed now."
"Good. I don't think it's using anything to freeze them, more like a power. And why didn't it do it to us anyhow?"
"My guess is our powered up state gives us immunity."
The two senshi threw themselves in opposite directions as an energy ball launched by the youma came flying towards them. Without another word, Mars raced forward.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
Yellow eyes looked around frantically, fire surrounding on all sides. Spotting an exit, it leapt and hurled itself at Mars, sword drawn.
Violet eyes narrowed in panic when Saturn realized the youma figured out Mars' weakness in close combat. The fire senshi dodged as the lion struck over and over again with lightning speed. Who knew this bulky beast was so damn fast?
Purple eyes met as Mars looked over to the youngest senshi for help. The small break in concentration was all the youma needed to send Mars flying through the air and into a nearby wall. Before she could even fully feel the force of impact, the world became dark.
"Mars!"
The beast snarled triumphantly at the sight of the unconscious body sliding to the ground, a trail of blood staining the white stone. It didn't have much time to soak in its victory when instincts sent its body springing to the side. Still, cold metal cut through its right arm like a hot knife through butter as blood splattered on the ground.
There was no time for the beast to grief for its loss as the Silence Glaive came swinging towards its head. This swipe it was able to dodge, though losing a few strands of orange fur.
"You'll pay for hurting her."
The beast visibly shuddered as it turned to the remaining senshi. Violet eyes glared at the monster, burning with a cold and vicious fire. Despite the enemy's small size, yellow eyes narrowed in fear. A gloved hand gripped the Glaive tightly.
In an instant, Saturn surged forward, her Glaive ready. Without its sword, the youma could only dodge. It seemed the senshi of Death would win when the lion youma opened its mouth and out shot a beam of ice.
"Damn," the raven-haired senshi mumbled as it became increasingly harder to kill the enemy. How the hell was she supposed to kill it when she couldn't even get close to it?
‘I can't use my attack,' Saturn thought angrily. ‘It'll destroy the world. Ugh, as if I didn't have enough teen-angst to think about, I have to worry about killing a large monster that has my friends frozen and that knocked out the love of my life. Great.'
Saturn was quickly forced into a defensive position, playing a game of tag with large beams of ice. Half the park was covered in slippery ice, from the benches to the ground to the trees.
‘Mars could really help right now.'
At the thought of the older senshi, Saturn looked over at the prone form on the ground. The head wound was bleeding profusely, Mars needed help, fast.
‘Don't think about the way her silky hair looks. If it hits me with that ice beam, we're all screwed. Moon is the one that's cut out for this whole, "the safety of your loved ones and the world rests on your shoulders" kind of crap. I'm just the girl that cleans up the mess should she fail.'
Saturn's eyes gazed at Mars once again. The anger seized her, rushing through her veins. All other thoughts disappeared as she focused on the task at hand. She weighed each option carefully, the possible outcomes, draw backs and her own limitations. Oh hell, she practically was power. Just charge the damn thing and be careful of beams of ice threatening to turn her into a Popsicle and the slippery ground. And if that didn't work, well, they were screwed.
She broke into a run, her glaive posed. The beast smirked, this was the opportunity its been waiting for. Slowly, its snout opened. The blue-white beam rushed at the oncoming senshi.
~*~*~
"What the hell is she thinking?!" Haruka exclaimed.
"She's not!" Makoto screamed back.
The senshi and princess could only watch as the ice beam headed for their friend. Even stranger, she didn't appear to plan on dodging.
"You're right," Minako whispered, a small smile playing on her lips.
"What are you smiling at? Do you know something we don't?" Makoto growled in annoyance.
The blond senshi of love rolled her eyes dramatically. Makoto was ready to pounce on the leader of the inner senshi and beat some sense into her, if not for the fact that they were frozen.
"You mean, Mako-chan, you haven't noticed?"
While Makoto and now Haruka glared at Minako, Usagi observed Saturn. The fire in those violet eyes and the barely controlled rage was unusual for the girl to possess. She has never seen the calm and deadly Saturn so... irrational and impulsive.
"Are you two blind?"
"Just tell us, Minako!"
"Calm down," Michiru scolded her impatient lover. She could not, however, hide the amusement in her voice.
"Really, why are you blaming her while you're Hotaru's father and should know what Minako does? You should be ashamed you haven't realized it already."
Usagi watched as Saturn jumped out of the way in the last possible second. However, the youma had already moved its position, making the charge useless. Saturn's actions were being controlled by her emotions...
"Mako," Ami mumbled, a sign that Usagi took as the blue-haired genius blushing. "Haven't you noticed that Hotaru's been acting a little weird lately?"
"Ami!" Haruka bellowed, jumping to defend her daughter.
"NO, Haruka," Minako sighed in exasperation. "She means how Hotaru's been blushing a lot, stuttering, spaced out all the time and avoiding people."
"Really? She's not avoiding me, or it doesn't seem like it."
"Well," Michiru giggled, "that's because she's only avoiding one person."
There was silence. The Princess took in the sight of Saturn slicing the youma's chest, a smirk playing on the senshi's lips.
"She's in love with Rei."
Usagi felt all eyes turn to her.
"She's in love with Rei, am I right? Minako? Ami? Michiru?"
"Wow," the blond senshi of Venus whispered. "Usa-chan, I didn't know you'd figure it out before Makoto."
The future Queen ignored the unintentional insult. But she wouldn't have been able to comment anyhow seeing as how Haruka screamed loud enough to wake the dead.
"What?! That's impossible! Rei?! Why Rei?! How!?"
The senshi of Neptune mumbled under her breath at the outburst of her girlfriend. Finally, it only took years for Haruka to realize the truth.
"Ami?" Makoto called. "When did this happen?"
"About a year, I suspect. Or, at least I have evidence of it for only a year. Who knows how long Hotaru's really cared for Rei."
"We're talking about Hotaru here, do you guys know for sure?"
"I'm the Goddess of Love! I should know, Makoto!"
"That," Haruka sulked, "is not good enough. She can't be in love with Rei."
"No," Usagi said, cutting in. "She isn't just in love with Rei, she's head over heels in love with Rei."
~*~*~
Saturn dodged yet another beam of ice. The youma was showing no sign of fatigue. She, however, was starting to feel her body shutting down.
‘All right, let's hope this one works.'
Once again, she charged. Damn, if her Saturn Death Reborn didn't work, they were all screwed. The lion snickered. This remaining senshi was stupid and young. Her anger clouded her mind much too easily. Using the other one against her was a great idea. Now, it all endsSaturn saw the ice beam come towards her. She gripped her glaive.
‘Please, work.’
Suddenly, a pair of hands pushed her out of the way and to the ground. As she fell, her expression twisted into one of horror.
"Mars! No!"
Before her eyes, Mars was enclosed in a thick layer of ice and fell to the ground.
~*~*~
The others watched in disbelief. Mars was frozen solid!
"No," Ami whispered.
"Damn it!" Makoto screamed, trying again to move.
"Saturn..."
All eyes turned to their Princess, confused as to why she whispered ‘Saturn' and not ‘Mars."
~*~*~
Saturn pulled herself to her knees, eyes wide. Slowly, her gloved fingers brushed against the ice that surrounded the fiery senshi.
"Hah! Now that I've got her, she's going to stay frozen!"
"Until you die you mean."
Yellow eyed widened when it heard the cold voice. It soon found herself staring into a pair of violet eyes burning with hatred. And at that point, the youma knew it was going to die.
"This ends now."
Saturn rose to her feet and released her Glaive. The weapon began spinning wildly as an eerie purple light surrounded the senshi. Her tiara disappeared, the sign of Saturn glowing brightly on her forehead.
"Saturn."
The other senshi gasped, the raw power coming from the girl was amazing.
"Hell."
The ground shook violently while the lion youma stood frozen with fear.
"Summon!"
Saturn grabbed the Glaive and slammed it into the ground. A large crack raced towards the youma, splitting to surround the panicked beast. Purple light shot from the ground and enveloped it.
As the lights dimmed, the beast was gone, leaving nothing. Minako screamed as she suddenly regained control of her body. But being in the running position she was in for so long did nothing to help regain her balance once she was free from the spell and sent her crashing to the ground. While she got up, sore, everyone else ran over to
Saturn.
The violet-eyed senshi was kneeling with Mars' head in her lap. One hand rested on the defrosted woman's neck to raise her head slightly while the other slipped to rest on the back of Mars' head. A purple glow appeared, highlighting the unconscious woman's blood soaked hair. As the others watched, Saturn continued to heal her wounded comrade.
‘Let her be all right.'
Saturn had no idea how Mars survived the severe head wound, much less wake up in time to save her. And then being encased in ice, the woman was lucky to be alive. Violet eyes opened tiredly as the glow disappeared. She panicked when she had done all she could for Rei yet the woman was still unconscious.
Ami placed a hand on Saturn's shoulder and knelt down on Rei's other side. After checking the woman over, the computer genius asked Haruka to bring over her car.
"She's fine," Ami reassured everyone, though looking at Saturn. "But she's running a fever and I think she has a concussion. The sooner we get her home and in bed, the better."
Saturn nodded numbly and almost whined when Makoto picked up the unconscious girl from her lap. She scolded her quickly. Rei was hurt and no matter how strong she was, she would never be able to carry the miko to the car.
A hand appeared in her line of vision, offering to help her up. She looked up to discover Usagi smiling down at her, the blond then pulled her to her feet.
"I know you're worried," her soft voice soothed. "But you're still in your fuku."
A light blush colored Saturn's cheeks once she realized she was still in her fuku. Quickly, Hotaru Tomoe took the place of the legendary Saturn.
Haruka's car pulled up. Makoto placed Rei in the backseat then got in herself. Ami jumped into the passenger side seat. Rage enveloped Hotaru again before she suppressed it.
‘Makoto needs to be there to carry Rei up the stairs. Ami is a pre-med student. Haruka-papa needs to drive. Who isn't needed? You.'
Usagi squeezed Hotaru's hand as Setsuna suddenly pulled p in a garnet convertible. Her eyes twinkled as they took in the surprised expression on everyone's faces.
"Need a lift?"
Fallen From Grace
By: Bluest Angel Dust
Loving someone is hell. Well, only if you can't have them. Unrequited love, cliché yet at the same time, rather appropriate. Just one more thing to add to the list of tragedies that is my life.
Perhaps I'm being a bit melodramatic. Well, guess what?
Screw all of you.
"Hey, Hotaru! What are you doing just sitting there for?!"
The raven haired girl snapped around to look at the person calling her. The person turned out to be a beautiful young woman, around 25 or so. Her shimmering blond hair was done up in the most peculiar, yet adorable, style of two buns, one on either side of her head. Her blue eyes twinkled as they watched her, an ever present smile on her pink lips.
"Sorry, Usagi. I was just thinking."
The younger girl stood and felt the blond link her arm through hers. Without another word, the young woman began leading her through the park. Soon, the sounds of laughter reached her ears. Even she had to smile at the scene before her.
The blue-haired genius that was Ami Mizuno was chasing Makoto Kino, who had in her procession a book, which would appear to belong to Ami.
"Mako! Give that back!"
The brunette ignored the shouting of her friend. Uncharacteristically, Ami threw herself at Makoto, managing to make the taller girl fall, rather ungracefully, to the grass. However, the tall brunette managed to throw the book at Haruka.
"Is this your book Ami?" the blond teased with a trademark grin.
"Haruka," Michiru whispered huskily as she smiled up at the blond, "be nice and give Ami back her book."
Haruka looked from the book to her girlfriend, then from her girlfriend back to the book. Decisions, decisions...
Suddenly, a blur appeared out of no where and snatched the book out of Haruka's hand. Everyone turned their eyes on the last blond of the group.
Minako stood there, looking quite smug as she nonchalantly flipped through the pages of the book.
"Ami-chan, it's a BEAUTIFUL Saturday afternoon and you're with you friends. Yet you STILL insist upon reading? How unthoughtful can you be?"
Ami hesitated when she saw Minako's quivering lip. With a sigh, she relented and allowed Makoto to drag her towards Haruka and Michiru.
"All right! Let's play tag!"
"Isn't that a bit childish?" Haruka asked as Minako began jumping up and down.
"Ruka, it should be fun."
The blond took one look at the expression on her lover's face and relented. By now, Usagi was dragging Hotaru at a fast pace towards them.
"Hey, guys! Wait for us!"
"Come on, Usa! Hotaru, are you joining us?"
Feeling Minako's questioning gaze on her, Hotaru shook her head.
"No, I'd rather watch."
"But, Hotaru!" Usagi whined as Minako joined in.
"Oh, leave her be. Unlike you, Mina, Hotaru doesn't want to make a fool of herself."
"Rei! You're so mean!"
The other dark-haired woman only rolled her eyes at the blonde's whining. Really, she was going
to become a powerful queen? You sure as hell couldn't tell right now.
With a "hmph," Usagi dragged everyone else as she began explaining what was safe and what wasn‘t. Hotaru
looked at Rei and gave her a tiny smile.
"Thanks, Rei-san.”
The older girl smiled at her. "We've known each other too long for you to still call me ‘Rei-san.'
Call me Rei-chan, like everyone else."
Hotaru blushed as she nodded. "Yes, Rei-sa... I mean, Rei-chan."
It was rather awkward to call the miko that. Hotaru looked away quickly, trying to hide her embarrassment. The shorter girl quickly walked away from the clearing, heading back to her sanctuary.
Rei's brows furrowed as she watched the younger girl walk away. Now, what was up with Hotaru anyhow?
Sure, she didn't know the girl as well as she used to, but something was definitely bothering her.
Judging from her expression, the far-away eyes, as well as the vibes coming from her, it
was big.
‘Well,' she thought to herself dryly, ‘you are a miko, and you ARE supposed to help people. So... move your ass along!'
With a frustrated sigh, Rei quickly ran to catch up with the young girl. She really needed to stop talking to herself... it was getting weird.
~*~*~*~
Hotaru cursed herself as she sat down on the fallen log. After keeping her secret for years, a single smile from the miko sent her heart soaring. She has never been one to show emotions, or to feel anything except pain so easily. And after getting to know the senshi and living with Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna, everything now came so easily. Joy, love, happiness, admiration, fulfillment and everything else she's never tasted or felt.
So did it surprise her to realize one day that she love someone? Not in a family sort of way, but really loved someone?
And is it really surprising who it turned out to be? In a nutshell, yes.
Who knew she would fall for her? Of all people? She half thought herself to be crazy. She expected herself to fall in love with ChibiUsa. Who the hell knew she'd fall for her instead?!
Life is such a bitc-
"Hotaru-chan."
Rei watched as the pale girl jumped out of her seat. Violet eyes turned and glared at her, body tense. The miko smiled apologetically as the girl relaxed. Rei walked over to her as Hotaru sat back down.
"Are you all right?"
"What?" Hotaru asked as she looked at Rei, snapping out of her thoughts once again.
Rei's gaze softened as she brushed a stray strand of hair from Hotaru's eyes.
"I asked if you were okay. You seem to have a lot on your mind lately."
Damn, so much for keeping it hidden. Was she that obvious?
"No, I'm fine," Hotaru replied quickly, shrugging a bit.
"You're a pretty bad liar, you know that?"
Hotaru fell forward, and would have landed on her face, if a strong hand hadn't grabbed her wrist. Rei tugged on Hotaru's arm, frightened that the girl would get hurt. The younger girl crashed most ungracefully back onto the log.
"Hotaru! Are you okay?"
Hotaru groaned as her hand instinctively reached to rub her sore ass. Then, remembering who was with her, she quickly stopped.
"Um... yeah, thanks Rei."
"For what? Bruising your cute butt?"
Hotaru pitched forward again, down right shocked for the second time in 10 seconds. This time, Rei decided against grabbing Hotaru's wrist, knowing she might tug on the girl too hard, causing something to come out of its socket or bruising her butt again.
So, instead, she wrapped her arms around Hotaru's thin waist. With a single move, the violet-eyed girl stumbled backwards... right into Rei's lap.
Hotaru felt two strong arms holding her, strong... but comforting. And, she noticed she was no longer sitting on the hard log. Instead... whatever she was sitting on, was very warm... and very soft.
Violet eyes opened and looked straight into a pair of lavender ones. She knew she was staring on Rei's lap, because there was only one person who could possibly have eyes that beautiful. Orbs of purple, lighter than her own. The fire those eyes held both excited her and scared her at the same time.
It was then she realized she was sitting in Rei's lap.
Jumping to her feet, Hotaru bowed as she blushed.
"I'm sorry! Thank you for catching me!"
Lavender eyes twinkled with amusement as she watched the usually calm and collected senshi stutter. The blush on her cheeks was a definite, and cute, contrast to her pale skin. Rei couldn't help but notice how her silky hair fell in her eyes as she continued to bow.
"Hotaru-chan, it's fine," she said laughing. "I'm just glad you're okay."
The blush on the senshi of death's face lessened, though there was still a bit of pink left in her cheeks. She let her eyes wander to the pond.
"It's beautiful here..."
"Yes, it is."
Rei studied Hotaru. Hm... she has grown again. The last time she had seen her, which was about a month ago, the senshi still looked around 17. Now, she looked 19, six years younger than herself. Unlike the first reincarnation, Hotaru's health was much better this time. There was no demon living inside of her, so her growth was for the most part normal. But then again, being a senshi meant there was no normal, ever.
Still, she has matured wonderfully. No longer the shortest, Ami now claimed that title. Her black hair was actually a bit past shoulder length, giving her less of a childish appearance.
"So, what's been bugging you?"
Hotaru couldn't help but sigh. Of course, when has Rei Hino ever given up?
"Nothing."
"I've already told you you're a bad liar, which has sent you plunging forward."
Hotaru turned and glared at the senshi of fire in annoyance. Rei merely responded with a chuckled.
"Come on Hotaru, you might not think so, but you're pretty bad at hiding it."
"No, I'm not," Hotaru snapped quickly. "I believe I'm quite good at it. It's simply that you're a bit
more observant than everyone else."
"So, there is something bugging you."
Rei heard an uncharacteristic curse slip from Hotaru's pink lips.
"Come on, you can tell me."
"No, I can't."
The miko frowned when she saw Hotaru wrap her arms around herself. All right, whatever it is, it must be more serious than she had thought. Rei placed a hand on Hotaru's shoulder.
"Hey, you can tell me anything. I'm always here to lend a helping ear."
"It's nothing really. Just some small things.”
"Hotaru-"
Before Rei could continue, a scream shook the park. Hotaru decided that she was, for the first and last time, thankful for a youma attack. Her senses were tingling as she and Rei ran towards the direction of the scream.
When they got there, the other girls were already present, but not transformed. With one look at the youma, they quickly transformed as well.
"Mars Star Power!"
"Saturn Start Power!"
The youma's ugly head turned to the two new senshi and sneered. Mars looked at the others, puzzled as to why they haven't transformed yet.
"Mars! Saturn!" Usagi yelled, the panic clear in her voice. "We can't move!"
"[censored]," Mars whispered. One looked at the youma and she knew it would take a lot to bring it down. It was the size of three football players for god's sake! And she didn't particularly like that sword attached to it's right arm.
"Damn, I thought I got all of you pests!" It screamed, black eyes trained on Saturn and Mars.
"We're not pests!" Mars yelled back, already starting to lose her temper.
Meanwhile, Saturn's cold eyes were studying the situation. The youma was about ten feet from the other girls, so an attack would most likely not hurt them. But, she couldn't take the chance, especially not with the Princess standing in the front. Damn, why weren't the rest of the senshi in front of her?
"You are a bunch of pests! All talk and no action!"
"You dumb ass!" Mars yelled back, "THEY CAN'T MOVE!"
"Oh yeah! I'll release them just to prove my point!"
Saturn could only blink as the youma turned to the frozen senshi and brought his hands up. Suddenly, he paused. Its head snapped back to Mars, black eyes narrowing dangerously.
"You [censored]! I'm not going to fall for that."
Mars simply sighed. Well, so much for that idea. She and Saturn barely had time to dodge as the youma came running towards them, swinging its blade dangerously.
Saturn felt the blade cutting into her calf. Thank god it was only a small cut. Either way, it forced her to lose her balance as she fell to the ground.
"Saturn!"
The senshi from Saturn quickly rolled to her left as the blade narrowly missed her head. Bringing her Silence Glaive up, she was able to block the youma's thrust.
"Mars Firebird Strike!"
The youma shrieked as the phoenix hit its side and the force of the attack sent it flying through the air. Saturn scrambled to her feet, leaning slightly on her glaive.
"Saturn, you okay?"
The Outer Senshi nodded, eyes still trained on the fallen beast.
"Any ideas on dusting it, Mars?"
"We need Moon to dust this one. Any thoughts on how it's freezing them in place?"
Saturn shook her head and tensed when the youma moved. Her eyes gazed at the senshi besides her.
"Negative. But, whatever the case, we need to do something fast."
"How's your leg?"
"It's healed now."
"Good. I don't think it's using anything to freeze them, more like a power. And why didn't it do it to us anyhow?"
"My guess is our powered up state gives us immunity."
The two senshi threw themselves in opposite directions as an energy ball launched by the youma came flying towards them. Without another word, Mars raced forward.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
Yellow eyes looked around frantically, fire surrounding on all sides. Spotting an exit, it leapt and hurled itself at Mars, sword drawn.
Violet eyes narrowed in panic when Saturn realized the youma figured out Mars' weakness in close combat. The fire senshi dodged as the lion struck over and over again with lightning speed. Who knew this bulky beast was so damn fast?
Purple eyes met as Mars looked over to the youngest senshi for help. The small break in concentration was all the youma needed to send Mars flying through the air and into a nearby wall. Before she could even fully feel the force of impact, the world became dark.
"Mars!"
The beast snarled triumphantly at the sight of the unconscious body sliding to the ground, a trail of blood staining the white stone. It didn't have much time to soak in its victory when instincts sent its body springing to the side. Still, cold metal cut through its right arm like a hot knife through butter as blood splattered on the ground.
There was no time for the beast to grief for its loss as the Silence Glaive came swinging towards its head. This swipe it was able to dodge, though losing a few strands of orange fur.
"You'll pay for hurting her."
The beast visibly shuddered as it turned to the remaining senshi. Violet eyes glared at the monster, burning with a cold and vicious fire. Despite the enemy's small size, yellow eyes narrowed in fear. A gloved hand gripped the Glaive tightly.
In an instant, Saturn surged forward, her Glaive ready. Without its sword, the youma could only dodge. It seemed the senshi of Death would win when the lion youma opened its mouth and out shot a beam of ice.
"Damn," the raven-haired senshi mumbled as it became increasingly harder to kill the enemy. How the hell was she supposed to kill it when she couldn't even get close to it?
‘I can't use my attack,' Saturn thought angrily. ‘It'll destroy the world. Ugh, as if I didn't have enough teen-angst to think about, I have to worry about killing a large monster that has my friends frozen and that knocked out the love of my life. Great.'
Saturn was quickly forced into a defensive position, playing a game of tag with large beams of ice. Half the park was covered in slippery ice, from the benches to the ground to the trees.
‘Mars could really help right now.'
At the thought of the older senshi, Saturn looked over at the prone form on the ground. The head wound was bleeding profusely, Mars needed help, fast.
‘Don't think about the way her silky hair looks. If it hits me with that ice beam, we're all screwed. Moon is the one that's cut out for this whole, "the safety of your loved ones and the world rests on your shoulders" kind of crap. I'm just the girl that cleans up the mess should she fail.'
Saturn's eyes gazed at Mars once again. The anger seized her, rushing through her veins. All other thoughts disappeared as she focused on the task at hand. She weighed each option carefully, the possible outcomes, draw backs and her own limitations. Oh hell, she practically was power. Just charge the damn thing and be careful of beams of ice threatening to turn her into a Popsicle and the slippery ground. And if that didn't work, well, they were screwed.
She broke into a run, her glaive posed. The beast smirked, this was the opportunity its been waiting for. Slowly, its snout opened. The blue-white beam rushed at the oncoming senshi.
~*~*~
"What the hell is she thinking?!" Haruka exclaimed.
"She's not!" Makoto screamed back.
The senshi and princess could only watch as the ice beam headed for their friend. Even stranger, she didn't appear to plan on dodging.
"You're right," Minako whispered, a small smile playing on her lips.
"What are you smiling at? Do you know something we don't?" Makoto growled in annoyance.
The blond senshi of love rolled her eyes dramatically. Makoto was ready to pounce on the leader of the inner senshi and beat some sense into her, if not for the fact that they were frozen.
"You mean, Mako-chan, you haven't noticed?"
While Makoto and now Haruka glared at Minako, Usagi observed Saturn. The fire in those violet eyes and the barely controlled rage was unusual for the girl to possess. She has never seen the calm and deadly Saturn so... irrational and impulsive.
"Are you two blind?"
"Just tell us, Minako!"
"Calm down," Michiru scolded her impatient lover. She could not, however, hide the amusement in her voice.
"Really, why are you blaming her while you're Hotaru's father and should know what Minako does? You should be ashamed you haven't realized it already."
Usagi watched as Saturn jumped out of the way in the last possible second. However, the youma had already moved its position, making the charge useless. Saturn's actions were being controlled by her emotions...
"Mako," Ami mumbled, a sign that Usagi took as the blue-haired genius blushing. "Haven't you noticed that Hotaru's been acting a little weird lately?"
"Ami!" Haruka bellowed, jumping to defend her daughter.
"NO, Haruka," Minako sighed in exasperation. "She means how Hotaru's been blushing a lot, stuttering, spaced out all the time and avoiding people."
"Really? She's not avoiding me, or it doesn't seem like it."
"Well," Michiru giggled, "that's because she's only avoiding one person."
There was silence. The Princess took in the sight of Saturn slicing the youma's chest, a smirk playing on the senshi's lips.
"She's in love with Rei."
Usagi felt all eyes turn to her.
"She's in love with Rei, am I right? Minako? Ami? Michiru?"
"Wow," the blond senshi of Venus whispered. "Usa-chan, I didn't know you'd figure it out before Makoto."
The future Queen ignored the unintentional insult. But she wouldn't have been able to comment anyhow seeing as how Haruka screamed loud enough to wake the dead.
"What?! That's impossible! Rei?! Why Rei?! How!?"
The senshi of Neptune mumbled under her breath at the outburst of her girlfriend. Finally, it only took years for Haruka to realize the truth.
"Ami?" Makoto called. "When did this happen?"
"About a year, I suspect. Or, at least I have evidence of it for only a year. Who knows how long Hotaru's really cared for Rei."
"We're talking about Hotaru here, do you guys know for sure?"
"I'm the Goddess of Love! I should know, Makoto!"
"That," Haruka sulked, "is not good enough. She can't be in love with Rei."
"No," Usagi said, cutting in. "She isn't just in love with Rei, she's head over heels in love with Rei."
~*~*~
Saturn dodged yet another beam of ice. The youma was showing no sign of fatigue. She, however, was starting to feel her body shutting down.
‘All right, let's hope this one works.'
Once again, she charged. Damn, if her Saturn Death Reborn didn't work, they were all screwed. The lion snickered. This remaining senshi was stupid and young. Her anger clouded her mind much too easily. Using the other one against her was a great idea. Now, it all endsSaturn saw the ice beam come towards her. She gripped her glaive.
‘Please, work.’
Suddenly, a pair of hands pushed her out of the way and to the ground. As she fell, her expression twisted into one of horror.
"Mars! No!"
Before her eyes, Mars was enclosed in a thick layer of ice and fell to the ground.
~*~*~
The others watched in disbelief. Mars was frozen solid!
"No," Ami whispered.
"Damn it!" Makoto screamed, trying again to move.
"Saturn..."
All eyes turned to their Princess, confused as to why she whispered ‘Saturn' and not ‘Mars."
~*~*~
Saturn pulled herself to her knees, eyes wide. Slowly, her gloved fingers brushed against the ice that surrounded the fiery senshi.
"Hah! Now that I've got her, she's going to stay frozen!"
"Until you die you mean."
Yellow eyed widened when it heard the cold voice. It soon found herself staring into a pair of violet eyes burning with hatred. And at that point, the youma knew it was going to die.
"This ends now."
Saturn rose to her feet and released her Glaive. The weapon began spinning wildly as an eerie purple light surrounded the senshi. Her tiara disappeared, the sign of Saturn glowing brightly on her forehead.
"Saturn."
The other senshi gasped, the raw power coming from the girl was amazing.
"Hell."
The ground shook violently while the lion youma stood frozen with fear.
"Summon!"
Saturn grabbed the Glaive and slammed it into the ground. A large crack raced towards the youma, splitting to surround the panicked beast. Purple light shot from the ground and enveloped it.
As the lights dimmed, the beast was gone, leaving nothing. Minako screamed as she suddenly regained control of her body. But being in the running position she was in for so long did nothing to help regain her balance once she was free from the spell and sent her crashing to the ground. While she got up, sore, everyone else ran over to
Saturn.
The violet-eyed senshi was kneeling with Mars' head in her lap. One hand rested on the defrosted woman's neck to raise her head slightly while the other slipped to rest on the back of Mars' head. A purple glow appeared, highlighting the unconscious woman's blood soaked hair. As the others watched, Saturn continued to heal her wounded comrade.
‘Let her be all right.'
Saturn had no idea how Mars survived the severe head wound, much less wake up in time to save her. And then being encased in ice, the woman was lucky to be alive. Violet eyes opened tiredly as the glow disappeared. She panicked when she had done all she could for Rei yet the woman was still unconscious.
Ami placed a hand on Saturn's shoulder and knelt down on Rei's other side. After checking the woman over, the computer genius asked Haruka to bring over her car.
"She's fine," Ami reassured everyone, though looking at Saturn. "But she's running a fever and I think she has a concussion. The sooner we get her home and in bed, the better."
Saturn nodded numbly and almost whined when Makoto picked up the unconscious girl from her lap. She scolded her quickly. Rei was hurt and no matter how strong she was, she would never be able to carry the miko to the car.
A hand appeared in her line of vision, offering to help her up. She looked up to discover Usagi smiling down at her, the blond then pulled her to her feet.
"I know you're worried," her soft voice soothed. "But you're still in your fuku."
A light blush colored Saturn's cheeks once she realized she was still in her fuku. Quickly, Hotaru Tomoe took the place of the legendary Saturn.
Haruka's car pulled up. Makoto placed Rei in the backseat then got in herself. Ami jumped into the passenger side seat. Rage enveloped Hotaru again before she suppressed it.
‘Makoto needs to be there to carry Rei up the stairs. Ami is a pre-med student. Haruka-papa needs to drive. Who isn't needed? You.'
Usagi squeezed Hotaru's hand as Setsuna suddenly pulled p in a garnet convertible. Her eyes twinkled as they took in the surprised expression on everyone's faces.
"Need a lift?"