"...Mmmphhhhhhhh?"
Gaaaaaaah. No, six beer-and-shouchuu cocktails had not been a good idea. ...Well, she thought it was six, anyway.
Probably. Maybe.
Her head was doing a fair imitation of a festival drum... Which reminded her...
"Awwwk! Drum-practice!"
Hotaru sighed.
"It's still before 11. The summer festival rehearsals at the Shrine is from about 2, right?"
"Well, um, yeah. Aaargh. My head..."
"Serves you right for giving m'papa beer and shouchuu."
Hotaru pouted. Haruka sighed.
"C'mon Hotaru, it was a celebration! Your papa's gonna be teaching at the Uni again, even if it's part-time. Aren't you happy?"
Hotaru gave her a mock-glare.
"Of course I'm happy. You still shouldn't have given him all those shouchuu cocktails, though."
"Hey, Michiru's the one who brought the special shouchuu made in Shinano someplace."
And a sea-green head moved, beneath the towels.
"Bleah... My head... Did somebody mention my name?"
"Yes, me. I didn't bring the Shouchuu..."
"But you did drink more then half of it, I'm afraid. Awww. Hotaru-chan, could you be a dear and give me some water? Haruka and your papa probably would want some too..."
"I got Rei-san's special mix."
Hotaru took a glass decanter out from behind her back, filled with iced herb tea. And some glasses.
"Oh, goodies!"
Hotaru watched Haruka and Michiru guzzle down the tea and sighed, yet again. Her papa was still out like a light, but maybe it was better this way...
"OK, Haruka-papa, Michiru-mama. Now I want you to transform?"
"...Eh?" Haruka blinked. "Sure, that might get rid of the hangover, or at least put it on hold for a while, but..."
"Just do it, 'kay?"
Hotaru repeated patiently. Michiru blinked, and pulled at Hotaru's sleeve.
"Eh? Oh, alright, alright..."
Among the usual light show, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune made their appearance, mostly as usually except for a couple of hiccups in the middle. Hotaru quietly went Saturn, as she didn't want to increase the possibility of waking her papa.
"Alright then, Saturn, what is it?"
And Saturn took a deep breath.
"Ahh, Uranus, Neptune - do you two remember anything about a "Sailor Sagittarius A*0-1"?" Because, you see, it looks like she managed to reincarnate right in the Solar System - right near here, actually..."
Uranus and Neptune blinked, looking at each other.
"And, she's active. We think. Well, some other high-energy somebodies might be too, but..."
Uranus blinked.
"And just what were they doing during the Galaxia mess, and all the other messes before that for that matter? - Oh, never mind, they probably were busy doing something else, like the Inners before we got to knew them."
Uranus sighed, putting her hand to her head. Neptune nodded.
"And the Galaxia thing turned out... Well, not to bad, so..."
"Alright, at least most of my headache is gone for the moment - Sailor Sagittarius A*0-1, hmmm, sounds somewhat familiar, but - wait. A*0-1, that'll be "Alpha Prime" or something like that, right? So - Sailor Sagittarius Alpha Prime? Does that ring any bells, Neptune?"
Neptune was staring at the wall.
"Errr... Neptune?"
Uranus poked her partner. Neptune wasn't moving.
"...What?"
Neptune still wasn't moving.
Except for a lips, that is.
"Once upon a time, there was a Sailor Senshi who turned out to be linked to a bloody black hole."
Uranus stared at Neptune. Then at Saturn. Then at Neptune again.
"Sailor Sagittarius Alpha Prime. Sailor Overkill? The Destroyer of Star Systems?"
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