Author's Note: This is a bit of a long story that involves a character of my own making, Kira. It's not really self-insertion cause' Kira isn't like me at all, but I'd like to be her. Anyway, only two of the chapters are adult and I'll mark them ahead of time kay? Otherwise, enjoy! Setsuna sighed as she watched Haruka playfully arm-wrestle their young daughter. The blond-haired senshi was seemingly losing and Hotaru was eating it up. Michiru looked on, amused by her lover's antics. Setsuna knew that Haruka wasn't actually losing. She could out wrestle any of the senshi and most of the women and men in the entirety of Japan. She knew that Hotaru was also aware of the fact. Despite her young age, she was quite grown up and well beyond such silly games. Or so Setsuna thought. Hotaru finally succeeded in pushing her 'papas' arm to the table and was cheered by Michiru. Having lost, Haruka sagged against Michiru, playfully whimpering as Hotaru taunted her. As Hotaru danced Michiru ruffled Haruka's hair and gave her a quick kiss. Reassuring her that even though she'd lost to their 11 year old daughter, she had scored major brownie points. It was that particular sight which had caused Setsuna's rather deep and lamenting sigh. Having to live with the most lovey-dovey romantic couple the senshi had ever and would ever see could take it's toll on you. Added with the mushy seen in front of her came her futuristic knowledge of each of the other scouts. She knew eventually, they would each find their own soulmate and be just as lovey-dovey. And she, would remain alone. Granted, she hadn't looked up her own future and did her best to avoid seeing things that had anything to do with her personal life so she didn't technically know for sure that she would be alone. But with each of the senshi effectively taken out of the picture, and a very few amount of other immortals to choose from, logic dictated that her future was not a happy one. Even her young daughter, the senshi of death and destruction, had a future filled with mushy holidays and much snuggling. With the pink-haired daughter of the Queen of love no less! Setsuna sighed again and turned to look out the window. The phone rang and Hotaru bounded over to it, still high from her victory. "Hello?... Hi Minako-san! Guess what? I just beat Haruka-papa at arm- wrestling!... No she didn't let me win! I did it all by myself!" Setsuna smiled as she watched Hotaru talk elatedly into the phone drawing similar smiles from the other two parents. " When?...Now?...I dunno, I'll ask." Hotaru turned to them and addressed all three at once. "Haruka-papa, Michiru-mama, Setsuna-mama, Minako-san wants to know if we want to go over to Rei-san's and have dinner with everyone." Setsuna smiled at the request. After the last battle with Sailor Galaxia, Usagi had decided that she wasn't close enough to her friends and insisted on regular get-togethers. Usually at Rei's and much to the priestess's annoyment as Usagi never helped to clean up. Exchanging quick glances, all three parents nodded and Hotaru related the information. She hung up and beamed at them. "I'll go get my coat!" She announced and ran off. Setsuna grinned and stood to get her own coat. Haruka and Michiru did the same, standing in unison much to Setsuna's internal annoyment. Hotaru bounded back down the hall, coat in tow, and together they walked out the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Minako grinned as she hung up the phone. "They're on their way." She announced and Usagi cheered. She danced around and Rei snorted. "You just want to see Haruka-san!" She taunted and Usagi turned to stick her tongue out. "Nuh-uh! I have Mamo-chan! You want to see Haruka-san!" "Nuh-uh!" "Uh-huh!" Ami sighed as yet another raspberry fight started. "That's the third one tonight." Makoto said as she sat down across from Ami. "Fourth." Ami corrected. "They had one before you got here." Makoto sweat-dropped and Ami nodded her agreement, as humorous as it was, sometimes the sheer number of fights they had was ridiculous. The fight came to an abrupt halt as a knock on the door sounded. "Yay! They're here!" Usagi cried out and ran over to the door. "That was fast." Minako said. "I just called." "With Haruka-san driving?" Makoto offered and they all sighed. Usagi opened the door and there stood a single figure who was almost as tall as Haruka. "I'm sorry, are you lost?" Usagi asked and the figure shook her head. "Are you hear for the shrine's services? I'm a priestess here. Can I help you?" Rei asked and walked up to stand next to Usagi. "Perhaps you can." The figure, a girl, spoke in a soft voice and lifted her head to meet Rei's eyes. Neither moved for several moments and Makoto and Ami stood. "Rei-chan?" Usagi asked quietly, touching her friend on the shoulder. Rei didn't move and Makoto and Ami moved closer. The girl turned and looked at Usagi, meeting her eyes just as she'd done with Rei. Usagi seemed transfixed and blanked out. Now really nervous Makoto moved a bit in front of Ami and into a fighting stance. Minako stood just behind her. "No need for that." The girl said in a soft voice and stared at Makoto as she walked into the room. Makoto, who had been moving forward, froze and blanked just as Rei and Usagi had done. Ami and Minako moved quickly to pull out their wands but the girl shot across the room faster than Ami had thought possible. She put a finger under Minako's chin and lifted her head. At the same time she touched Ami's shoulder and Ami found the suddenly moving didn't seem all that important. Once Minako had frozen like the others, the girl lifted Ami's head and met her eyes. Ami whimpered as she stared into ice-blue eyes and felt her body stop moving and go numb. The girl smiled and stepped away from her. "Sit." She commanded and Ami found herself, and the other girls, walking to the couch and sitting down. Their eyes were clear now and reflected the same fear that Ami's did. Once they had all sat down the girl laughed and pulled down the hood that had masked her face. She was about as young as they were, quite pretty, with short red hair but something about her was off. Aside from her ability to freeze them she had this aura around her, and it chilled them to the bone. "Now, now." She chided in a melodic voice. "Don' t look so scared. I don't plan on hurting you lovely little ladies. In fact, I'm going to help you. Two of you to be exact." She smiled at Ami and Rei who were sitting on one side of the couch. Despite the momentary panic, Ami relaxed marginally realizing that if it was her and Rei she wanted, then she wasn't after Usagi or the Millennium Crystal. The girl opened her mouth to talk again then shut it and cocked her head to the side. After a few mo ments of silence the sound of a car could be heard. "It seems we're going to have company. Be good now." She ordered and went to stand just behind the door seeming to blend into the shadows. The girls had no choice but to sit still. Outside, Setsuna was stepping out of Haruka's car, greatful as always to have survived a trip with Haruka behind the wheel. Haruka and Michiru had started on the path to the house and Setsuna looked to Hotaru. The young girl was frozen, staring at the house. "Hotaru-chan?" She questioned but the girl didn't say a word. Setsuna looked up at the shrine but couldn't see anything wrong. Haruka and Michiru, realizing that there was a problem, now joined Setsuna. "Hotaru-chan, what is it?" Michiru asked, kneeling beside her. "Something is off." She said and Setsuna felt a chill run through her. "What? Where?" Haruka demanded, her hand already going for her wand. "Up there. In the house. Something... something isn't right." She said and focused on Setsuna. The green-haired women nodded and pulled out her own wand. In less than a minute, the outer senshi stood in full dress. Setsuna and Hotaru made their way up the steps and Haruka and Michiru made for the back. As they walked up the steps Setsuna wracked her brain for information. She had no idea what Hotaru was worried about and that scared her. She always knew about important things. She'd even known about Sailor Galaxia, but whatever had Hotaru so bothered wasn't registering and that freaked her out. She used the edge of her staff to knock on the door but no one answered. She and Hotaru nodded at each other and she slowly opened the door. There weren't any bodies strewn across the floor which was usually a good thing . Nor was there any blood, damage, or any sign of struggle. She and Hotaru stepped fully into the room and then spotted the girls, all sitting down on the couch. It seemed anti-climatic save for the absolute fear in their eyes. Each looked absolutely frantic as Hotaru rushed forward to untie them. Much to her surprise there were no ropes. As she searched, Setsuna took another step forward and looked into Ami's eyes. They kept looking at something ...behind her? She spun just in time to watch a figure drop from the ceiling. It stood and turned out to be a girl who met her eyes. Setsuna froze and not just because of the girl's paralyzing abilities. Her heart constricted and she felt tears prick the back of her eyes as she stared at the girl in front of her. She uttered a single word before she was frozen completely. "Kira-chan." The girl started at her name and stepped closer, examining Setsuna. Inwardly, Setsuna realized that Kira would not be able to recognize her as a senshi, if she remembered her at all. "How do you know my name senshi?" She demanded and Setsuna almost whimpered at the sound of her voice. It didn't surprise her that Kira knew they were senshi but they had no time to finish the conversation. Hotaru ran past Setsuna and Kira jumped back. Setsuna almost sighed. She knew very well that Kira could take her out, as well as Haruka and Michiru if she'd trained at all in the past thousand years. * Kami-sama. Has it really been that long? * she asked herself. But indeed it had been. Since before the fall of the Millennium Kingdom. Kira had already captured Hotaru, holding her in what seemed like a hug. Setsuna watched as Hotaru went limp and the straightened, now under her spell. Satisfied, Kira released her and walked back over to Setsuna. "I asked you how you knew my name. You can talk now." Setsuna felt the power on her voice drop but her throat was still tight and her mouth dry. Kira frowned and went to step closer then cocked her head. "Didn't four of you get out of the car?" Timing was everything and Haruka and Michiru had it down. They choose that exact moment to burst through the back door . They charged but stood no chance. Using her super-human speed, Kira grabbed Michiru and took her across the room giving her enough time to paralyze her before Haruka got to them. A few more twists and Haruka was as motionless as the others. Kira pointed to the couch and they all walked and joined Ami, Makoto, Minako, Usagi, and Rei. "My my. What are the senshi doing here? Surly I'm not a big enough threat to warrant all of you?" Kira taunted and no-one moved. Kira sighed and now addressed Setsuna again. "You. I asked you before how you know my name. Answer!" Still, Setsuna said nothing. Most humans would have talked by now, and Setsuna could certainly feel the pull to tell her everything but being a senshi had it's ups and resisting demons was one of them. Instead she sat, able only to gape in wonder at the woman before her. Kira sighed. "Oh well. Not a big deal. But honestly, what are the senshi doing here? Unless... No! You guys are senshi too?" Kira giggled and leaned over Ami. "Let's see there's supposed to be a pocket somewhere here..." Ami whimpered as Kira pulled out her wand in triumph. "You are a senshi! Mercury by the symbol right? Wow. This'll make you taste even better." Ami's eyes widened as did the others and Kira laughed. "Geese, calm down. I'm no cannibal. Taste like this. " She said and opened her mouth allowing gleaming fangs to show. Setsuna shuddered remembering the feel of the sharp teeth teasing her neck and watched Ami shudder to. Though not for the same reason. "See? I'm a vampire. And relax, I wasn't planning on killing you. If I wanted you dead, you would be already. It's more beneficial to keep you alive. Especially now that I know you're a senshi. You're lucky I'm such a nice girl. Do you know how much you'd each be worth where I come from? Especially the Princess. I mean, that you're all alive is incredible." They all looked clueless and Kira gr inned. "Vampires are immortal you know. I was around before the Kingdom went ku-put. Everyone thought you were all dead. Granted, most people I knew were thrilled by the idea. So, for you all to be alive, I'm guessing you were re-incarnated. So, let's see who you all are." Setsuna watched as she removed each girls wand and set them down in a pile on the table behind her. "So, the princess was re-incarnated too huh? What about your mom?" Usagi ducked her eyes and Kira nodded. "I didn't think so. Now, about you guys. How to get you to detransform..." Setsuna whimpered in the back of her throat. If they de-transformed, Kira might recognize her. "But there is a problem. There's too many of you. Unless, the 'crown price' was re-incarnated as a girl? That would explain it. So, who is it?" She reached out and pulled away Haruka's wand. She grinned and Haruka appeared in normal clothes again . "You're Uranus. Nice, maybe I should take you too. The Outers were supposed to be powerful and I haven't had a good fight in decades. Besides, you're pretty hot." Haruka just growled and Kira laughed. She walked and put the wand with the others then returned and pulled away Michiru's. "Neptune. A true pleasure I assure you." She grinned and again, put it with the others. She faced Setsuna and Hotaru. "So it must be one of you. Let's try you first little one. You have a lot of strength coming off of you." She pulled away Hotaru's wand and her jaw dropped as she looked at it. "Saturn? You're Sailor Saturn? You're not supposed be alive. Hot damn. No wonder you have so much power. That would explain it. But you're just a kid." Hotaru glared. "Too bad you're not older. The harbinger of Death? I can't imagine a taste sweeter." She grinned as she talked and forced Hotaru's head up. "I could always take you with me now and wait till you grow up. If I were an evil vampire, I'd just take you right here. Witnesses or no. I know many who'd consider you worth so much more as an innocent child." She whispered the last line as she stared into Hotaru's eyes. Haruka strained against the paralysis and Kira pulled away and laughed. "Calm down. I said if. I'm not that bad. " She grinned and turned to Setsuna. "Now, for you. Let's see who you really are and find out why a senshi knows who I am. 'Crown Prince', or Pluto?" Setsuna's heart rate went through the roof as Kira pulled her wand away. She turned to place it with the others as Setsuna felt herself return to human form. Kira turned back, a smile on her face, and absolutely froze when she saw Setsuna. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened and she looked like she was going to cry. The rest of the girls were absolutely clueless and looked between Setsuna and Kira. Kira walked slowly up to Setsuna and kneeled so they were face to face. Shivering she hesitantly reached a hand out and stroked the side of her face. It took every ounce of will-power Setsuna had not to lean into the touch. "Setsuna-chan?" She whispered and Setsuna had to swallow her tears at the sound of her same. "Setsuna-chan, is that really you?" Kira just stared in awe at her and Setsuna wasn't doing much more. The others were looking to each for answers but no one knew anything. "How are you...I mean, what are you... I mean, you're a senshi?" Setsuna swallowed hard. "I don't get it. If, if you're a senshi, why, why did you... why did you leave? You're immortal too right? So, why did you leave?" Her voice had risen in level and Setsuna averted her eyes as a tear slipped from Kira's. "The law." She whispered out and Kira pulled back like she'd been shot. "The law? What law...?" She stood and took several steps back as it hit her. "The law. You left, because of that?" She looked angry now and Setsuna kept her gaze down. "Answer me dammit! Is that why you left?!" Setsuna swallowed everything. Every bit of pain and fear she had in her and looked up into the face of the only woman she'd ever truly been in love with. "I'm a senshi first." She said, just above a whisper and Kira stepped back again. She sat down hard on the table behind her. "I don't believe it. This whole time, this whole time! I thought you actually gave a damn! I thought that I'd meant something to you! I kicked myself everyday after you left. Every day! Even now, a thousand years later! Cursing myself for being immortal. I thought that somehow, maybe, if I could just stop, that you'd come back. I can't believe you left because of that, because of her!" With that Kira stood and snarled, she lifted Usagi up by her shoulders and growled. "You! It's your mother's fault. Her and her dammed law! I never believed what everyone said. How we were all better off with out her, but I do now." Usagi whimpered and Kira went vampiric fully allowing her eyes to glow and her fangs to gleam. "Stop!" Setsuna yelled and Kira turned to her, dropping Usagi back on the couch. The poor girl looked ready to cry or wet herself. "I left on my own accord Kira-san. I did. She didn't have anything to do with it." Kira barked out a laugh. "Even now you choose your Princess, your Queen. Did she mean so much to you? Does she now? Do they? I was going to take them before, but now it means even more. All those stories of your friends, it's them right? Same names too? So, I'll be taking, who? Ami-san and Rei-san right?" Ami and Rei jumped and Makoto growled as did Haruka. "That would make you Makoto, and which of you is Minako-san?" Minako's eyes widened and Kira glared at her. "Stupid clueless girls. Just as slow in this life as you were in the last. You should be thanking me for taking them and away from the pain you cause. You two must be Haruka-san and Michiru-san. No 'crown prince'? Not a big loss there. Earth's defender was such a loser anyway. We're better off. And you little one, I don't know. You weren't alive then. Oh well. I could find out if it were that important. And maybe I will. Maybe I will come back for you. But right now, I'm taking them. Save for you little one, there's no taste sweeter than a heart that suffers from unrequited love, and you two have it bad." Ami blushed and Rei gaped. "Yeah, I could feel it off you a mile a way. That's why I came. But now I know for sure. You all probably have the same tendencies as you did in the last life." She picked up Rei over her shoulder and held Ami under her arm. They both looked shocked. "It's kinda funny huh Setsuna? The three of us all have something in common. We've all been shot-down by you." Kira spoke with a tear in her eye and Setsuna whimpered again. Brave front or no, she was hurting. "See you later little one. And you, good bye Setsuna-...san." She whispered. With a small puff of smoke that was more for effect than anything else, Kira, along with Rei and Ami, disappeared.
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