The cloud of shining Starseeds had rose into the blue skies, following Galaxia back 'home', wherever their 'home' had happened to be. And now that terrifyingly long, long day was over at last, the sun was setting and the stars were coming out, Tsukino Usagi and her friends were saying goodbye to the Starlights and their Princess, and -
And...
Meiou Setsuna sighed, looking up at the twinkling stars. The newly de-Chaos'd and now squeaky-clean Galaxia had her work cut out for her - only the Multiverse knew just how long she was going to be going around 'fixing' all the Star Systems she'd gutted when under the influence of that terrifyingly large chunk of Chaos, after all.
Meiou Setsuna sighed, answering absentmindedly as her fellow Outers watched the Starlights go home and talked about wishes.
Well, come on now, Sailor Pluto...the Earth wasn't dead, and neither were they.
That was good...right?
...Right?
Sure it was.
Setsuna blinked then, remembering something that she'd been subconsciously avoiding up till now. Well, seemingly imminent death did tend to concentrate one's thoughts wonderfully, but now that it looked like she (and her friends and comrades) were going to be around for the foreseeable duration after all...
She sighed, then. Oh, dear.
"Hey, everybody? Wait for me a moment - I have to go find a bathroom."
A transparent excuse, but it would have to do for now. She just didn't have the energy to make up one that would sound more convincing, anyway.
Setsuna ducked behind some trees and transformed. Not that she really had to, not for something like this, but...
OK, now. Just do it, Sailor Pluto...
"Calling Crystal Tokyo, calling Crystal Tokyo..."
The reply was slow in coming, the image hovering in front of her fuzzy and wavering.
"...P...Puu? Is it...you?"
Pluto blinked at the small pink-haired figure.
"Small Lady? This should be a direct link to your Mother and Father..."
"Yes, yes it is, I know, but..." The small fuzzy Small Lady Serenity in gulped and swallowed, getting somewhat less fuzzy in the process.
"Um...Puu...are you sure you're...you?"
Pluto blinked yet again. What?
"I mean..."
And that was when the small pink-haired figure was pulled to the side by two slightly bigger ones, one blonde, the other dark-haired.
"Small Lady! Don't - you mustn't -"
"This is supposed to be a secure cha - "
Pluto stared at the still slightly fuzzy images of Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion, both in their sleeping clothes, who were staring at her like their eyes were about to fall out. What in the world was going on here?
"...Your Majesties?"
The answer was a resounding silence.
"Ahh... There are some things that I..."
And that was when a small child popped into the generated holo-screen, going straight for the Queen and King.
"Aaaaah?"
A very cute child, with milk-chocolate colored skin and red eyes...
" - Puu-chan. No."
Pluto stared. And stared. And stared, yet again.
Puu-chan?
Setsuna stumbled back to the car, muttering to herself.
"Hey, Setsuna, that took a while..." Haruka broke off. "Um...What's up?"
Setsuna pushed herself into the backseat, a briefcase landing with next to her with a plunk.
Hotaru was the one to sigh, then.
"Setsuna-Mama..."
"...Yes, yes..."
"You tried to call ahead, didn't you."
Haruka and Michiru looked at each other. Oh, right. ...That.
"So what happened? ...The Lil' Rabbit was alright, right? I mean, you'd probably be gibbering if she wasn't, so..."
"Yes, yes, Small Lady appears to be quite alright. It's just that..."
Setsuna sighed, then, burying her face in her hands.
How the hell was she supposed to explain that there seemed to be another Pluto there, already?
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