Hotaru's Love
By:  Tupie Harrison (EVictoria@aol.com)

"Hotaru? Hey! Hotaru, wait up!"
Hotaru turned to look at the calling person, in the year of 3000. Neo-Queen Serenity ruled the Earth, and all was at peace, most of the time... But whenever evil attacked the earth, the Sailor Senshi would unite once again, and destroy it forever.
"Oh, hi, Chibi-Usa..." She said quietly. The senshi were destined to live eternally, and they had aged very slowly. Chibi-Usa was just barely becoming the age of a young-woman, and Hotaru had become one a few years ago.
"What's all this I hear about a boyfriend, dear Hotaru?" Chibi-Usa asked, nudging her.
Hotaru blushed. "Me? A boyfriend? Where did you hear this??"
Chibi-Usa laughed. "That's easy, Makoto, Minako, and Rei. They're always full of the latest romance news."
Hotaru grumbled. "Let this be the last time I ever tell them anything about my relationships!" She folded her arms. "Hmph."
Chibi-Usa chuckled. "It's all right, Hotaru, I won't tell anyone. But I want to know about this boy!"

The two walked off, laughing to themselves. Hotaru opened the door to her quarters in the palace, and the two entered, quietly removing their shoes along the way.
The two sat down across from each other at the small table on the floor, and Hotaru pulled out some tea that she had made before she left, which was still warm.
"Well, so tell me!" Chibi-Usa demanded.
Hotaru sighed. "It happened a pretty long time ago... He thought I was 'kawaii' and I thought the same of him. He's a very handsome man, Chibi-Usa... And he's one of the few people out of this group of the Senshi whom actually understands me, and how I feel... It's nice, talking with someone who understands..." Chibi-Usa nodded. "He sounds like a nice guy. How did you meet him? Does he know that you are Sailor Saturn?"
Hotaru nodded. "Yes, that is how we met. A long, long time ago- I don't remember when... I saved him from a collapsing building with my Silence Wall after a youma had blown up the whole thing. He was amazed that a Sailor Senshi would even care about his life, and he just couldn't stop thanking me. I don't know why, but when he saw me- Hotaru - leaving the palace and walking around Crystal Tokyo, he ran up to me and demanded if I was Sailor Saturn. He told me that he knew it sounded strange, but that I looked just like her, and that he felt as though I must be her." She blushed. "Strange, hmm?"
Chibi-Usa nodded. "How long have you two been going out?"
Hotaru turned bright red. "Going out? Well- almost... hmm... half a year now, I suppose."
Chibi-Usa gawked, and slammed her fist down on the table. "Half a year and you never told me?!?!" She flailed. "I can't believe it! You never told me! I didn't know this guy existed!!!"
Hotaru blushed. "Well, sorry... But it was rather personal, after all..."
"What's his name?" She asked.
"Maiven. His name is Maiven."
Chibi nodded, but looked in her bag quickly, and then glanced back at Hotaru. "Hmm- I left something in my room... It'll take just a second, I'll be back, okay?" Hotaru nodded to her, as Chibi-Usa ran out of the room and down the hall. She smiled to herself. Yes, she thought, It is nice to have a boyfriend. Especially one who understands...
Her communicator suddenly went off, and she glanced down at it, to see Chibi-Moon's upset face on it. "Hotaru, we need Sailor Saturn! Please, hurry!!" Hotaru nodded, closed the communicator, and raised her hand to the air.
"Saturn Eternal Power! Make up!" She transformed into Eternal Sailor Saturn, her strongest stage, and ran out the door with her glaive. Chibi-Usa's door had been completely exploded off of its base, and the only thing left inside were charred remains of what had been Chibi-Usa's belongings. Eternal Sailor Saturn turned, and ran down the long staircase, heading outside.

A youma floated down from the air in front of Hotaru's room. "Hmm, so Hotaru is Eternal Sailor Saturn? And she has a boyfriend, aye? A perfect target to get the Sailor Senshi to not fight back..." She dissapeared into thin air.

"Sailor Chibi-Moon!" ChibiMoon stood behind her mother, Neo-Queen Serenity as she transformed. She became Sailor Cosmos, and held her staff up at the enemy, threatning it. Sailor Chibi-Moon leaned back and whispered to Sailor Saturn, "Thank you for getting here so quickly- they've hurt all of the outer and inner scouts so badly that they can't battle anymore. It looks like it's just you, me, mommy, and the Starlights."
Sailor Saturn turned back to the battlefield with a worried face. "We've gotta defeat them! Earth's peace can't be disturbed." Eternal Sailor Chibi-Moon nodded to her. "Let's double team. If nothing else, we gotta protect my momma." Saturn nodded to her, and the two moved back-to-back.
"Moon..."
"Saturn..."
"Princess..."
"Silent..."
"Halation!"
"Death!" The two screamed at the same time, their attacks combinding and hitting the enemy full force, yet they didn't react at all.
Chibi-Moon gawked. "Why isn't it working?! And without Eternal Sailor Mercury, we can't figure out why..."
A figure appeared in front of the youma. "Greetings, Sailor Senshi... My name is Bijounu, and Sailor Saturn, I have a visitor for you..." She opened her cloak, and Saturn gasped as she saw her holding Maiven by the throat. He was slowly suffocating.
"Let him go!" Sailor Saturn screamed at her.
Bijounu laughed. "Not a chance, Sailor Saturn... Unless you give up and surrender Earth to me."
The two young senshi gawked, and Sailor Cosmos behind him pointed the Silver Crystal Staff at Bijounu. "Cosmic Moon-" She started, but Bijounu interrupted. "Don't do it, dear Sailor Cosmos... If you destroy me, you'll destroy him, too." She still held him by the throat, and the boy slowly opened his eyes, staring at Sailor Saturn. Maiven's eyes were red and bloodshot, and he stuttered, "s..Saturn... don't... give upp... ill... i'll be ok..." His body limpened in Bijounu's hand, and she shook him.
"Damn... Now I don't have any blackmail!" She threw him aside, and Chibi-Moon ran up to him, checking for breathing. "He is... he's gone... Sailor Saturn, he's gone..."
Sailor Saturn stared at Bijounu with fury in her eyes. She raised her glaive in anger, and Sailor Cosmos slowly made her way to the boy, looking at him. The two looked over at Eternal Sailor Saturn, whom was still glaring at Bijounu, her glaive raised.
"You destroyed... my true love!! YOU DESTROYED HIM!!!" She screamed at Bijounu. "He was the only one for me!! And you will pay!!"
She closed her eyes, her hair blowing in a sudden wind, surrounding her. "I call Death to my glaive so I may release him upon this cruel witch who destroyed my love." She opened her eyes, which were glowing red. "I call Death to my glaive!! Come forth and destroy her!!!!" A dark, sudden and fast smoke appeared from her glaive, which wrapped itself around Bijounu, slowly murdering her.
The two Senshi stared at the attack, and then at Saturn, whom's eyes were still glowing red. "Sailor Saturn!! NO!!! You can't!! It'll destroy you, too!!!" Sailor Saturn stared at Bijounu. "I don't care! There's no one left for me!! After Centuries of heartache and loneliness, he was the only one for me!! and now he's GONE!!!"
She raised her glaive, and screamed with all of her power, "ETERNAL SATURN SILENT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!!!!!!" The dark attack quickly wrapped itself around Bijounu, and she screamed in horror and in the pain of the death that approached her. She quickly vaporized, and the powerful attack returned to Eternal Sailor Saturn, and stole her own life.
Sailor Chibi-Moon stared in horror at the site, Sailor Saturn's energy being drained away quickly, and her face showing the pain of the despair she must have been in to do it.
The Silence Glaive fell to the ground, and broke in two upon impact. Sailor Saturn crumbled to the floor, her hair just now settling down upon her shoulders again.
Sailor Chibi-Moon screamed in shock, "NO!!!! Sailor Saturn!! HOTARU!! NO!!!" She got up, and stumbled, but didn't stop. She ran straight to Sailor Saturn's side, and kneeled next to her, sitting her up. She looked at her tearfully. "Sailor Saturn... Please.. Don't go..." Chibi-Moon said, crying.
Sailor Saturn slowly opened her eyes, and held Chibi-Moon's hand. "It's all right... Just... remember me- and... know that I am at peace now, because I am with my love..." She glanced over at Sailor Cosmos and Maiven and nodded. She collapsed in Chibi-Moon's arms.

Chibi-Moon sobbed, holding Sailor Saturn, as she turned back into Hotaru, her face paler than ever, her body crumbled and weak. Sailor Cosmos slowly walked over to Eternal Chibi-Moon. She put her hand on her daughter's shoulder, and looked at her with saddened eyes.
"Chibi-Moon..." She shuddered, and looked at Hotaru. "Maiven... He's not dead... He was just- unconscious..." She looked away from Hotaru and her daughter, afraid of what would come.
"What? He's... He's not gone?" She looked back at Hotaru. "Hotaru, please, come back... He's okay! He's waiting for you, Hotaru, come back... Please, come back!!!" She screamed, looking at the moon and stars above her through the broken glass ceiling where the youma had entered. "NO!!!!!"
Sailor Saturn... You will always be my best friend... And she will always be my true love....