sm_monthly May Theme 21: Empire [Sailormoon Manga: Selenity and Friends]
Title: The Price of Peace
Author: bjfactory
Theme: sm-monthly's Empire-cracktastic
Genre: Drama
Version: Manga
Rating: PG
"Are you sure?" Sailor Pluto asked her for the third time that evening. Impatiently she sighed and rubbed her temples. Her own doubts were troublesome enough, but to have the calm, older woman questioning her judgment was gritting on her nerves.
"Yes, I'm sure," young Queen Selenity hissed as she turned sharply to her companion and advisor. Luna bristled slightly at her feet, feeding off of her Queen's current animosity. The hems of her gown brushed her ankles, caused by her violent movements, wrapping sharply around her slender frame as she faced down the dark-haired woman who followed her.
Pluto raised a brow at her sovereign and Selenity hated that look. It made her feel like she was the Princess again and too young to know better. "It is as the Oracles have stated. Lives were lost for this prophecy to come to the Capital and I'll be damned if I don't make that worth something."
Selenity looked sharply away then, feeling that burdensome thing called emotions that once she had believed so much in and now it just tired her out. To be a sovereign, to make the right decisions, to protect your kingdom from inside and outside evils... Sometimes she wondered if she was fit for this job she was born into. The cost, it was always just a little too much.
"This price they asked of you," Pluto observed after a long silence between them in the halls of the palace, "you do not seemed pleased by it." Luna's tail slinked between her back legs and Pluto knew then that the feline advisor knew more than either of her audience were willing to reveal.
Selenity gave it all away by cringing ever so slightly, but her shoulders straightened and her chin came up in a regal tilt. "You presume to know me too well, Pluto." Selenity told her guardian coldly. "The preservation of the Kingdom's peace, the future of the Lunarian race and all those who had allied themselves with us, that is worth any price that I must pay as their sovereign. Whatever it may be, stop questioning me about this." Selenity warned her companion before turning sharply again and gracefully stalked towards the doors of her own chambers.
Pluto watched the young queen go with her lips tilted in a small, sad smile. "Still so naive," the guardian observed quietly to herself. Because as a sovereign, Selenity still seemed to speak of payments so easily. The lessons on such things would be painful for her queen, and as Queen, Selenity will learn of sacrifice again and again, until the pale ruler learned there was no such thing as equal trade or worthy values. Peace and power, be it individual or shared, had no set price to it but people gave up a lot for it nonetheless, even if it led them to very little happiness.
How heart-breaking, Pluto thought a bit mockingly to herself. Beside her the Gates of Time appeared in the wall and Pluto turned as well to go to her place of duty. After all, she was the Guardian of Time and Space itself, and she needed to know what this price that Selenity must give was. What every Queen before her had given to secure the safety for the kingdom for another thousand years, she knew every one of them. Not for the sake of knowledge only, but because no one else would remember such a burdensome price and for such sacrifices, someone, even if Pluto would never speak of this to another living being, should acknowledge it.
And from what Pluto had seen, the Price was what made the Queen.
---
"Luna," Selenity smiled softly as she stroked the dark fur of her companion cat. The feline stretched luxuriously beneath her fingers before shooting Selenity a heartfelt look of worry. "I know what you are thinking," Selenity sighed. "But, the oath I made... It must be done."
Luna looked down sadly at her paws. "I am just a kitten still," the advisor sighed as she glanced up at the pale-haired soverign. "I do not know the workings of a human heart, but there must be another way! Even I can see that you are in pain..."
Selenity shook her head and gently smoothed her fingers down each of the kitten's ears, until Luna purred beneath her hand. "To give up my happiness for that of Lunaria and the new age that will be remembered as the Silver Millennium? I am just one woman, Luna, it is but a small price to pay."
Luna sighed. "Have you told her yet?"
A small blush spread across Selentiy's cheeks. "I-I.. no, not yet," Selenity murmured guiltily with a sigh.
And though neither Luna nor Selenity said it, between them hung the words neither dared acknowledge out-loud. It was not just the Queen's sacrifice and it was not just her happiness that must be paid. It was a price for two, and even if Selenity denied it, this would tear her heart to pieces.
---
"Selenity?" a soft voice called to her as a pale hand gently and gracefully plucked a long strand of her hair, riding on the wind, and kissed it. "You called for me?"
Selenity blushed. "Y-yes, I did." She looked away guiltily, unable to meet the violet eyes of her friend and consort.
"You're embarrassed again," the other sighed but smiled indulgently at her. "That's kind of cute."
"Sh-shut up!" Selenity stuttered as she put her hands to her cheeks, feeling the burn and unable to hide it as it spread throughout the rest of her face.
"I wonder how far that blush has gone today," the other said nonchalantly.
"You've been spending way too much time with that perverted pair! I didn't ask you to meet me here for that!" the Queen huffed in exasperation, her skin still flushed with shy embarrassment.
"Hm, that's a first," her lover laughed. "Even when we were children, you'd at least steal a kiss."
"Idiot," Selenity muttered and silently blamed Uranus for this corrupted person beside her.
"So why am I here then, Selenity-sama?" The other asked softly, stepping back as dictated by decorum. Selenity immediately regretted her earlier words and the sudden distance between them. "What other services can I provide for you this evening?"
At this, Selenity cringed and for a long moment, she was silent. "The Oracle," Selenity spoke on gathered courage and a forced sense of duty, "the messengers sent for it have arrived today."
"Uranus and Neptune," her companion answered with a sigh, "I have not seen them for a long while. I heard the rest of their party didn't fair as well."
"No, the rest of them didn't make it." Serenity answered and looked away sadly again. "It has been awhile, hasn't it?" Selenity asked with a nostalgic smile.
"It must not have been good news, then," Selenity looked sharply up at the other when she heard those words. "If it were we would be celebrating with a party. Neptune wouldn't let you get away without it, she's always plotting to get Uranus into dresses whenever she could."
Selenity smiled sadly at this. "She does that, doesn't she?" A silence fell between them. Very gently pale hands pulled Selenity's face down to meet those hypnotic eyes. Tell me, they seemed to say. And then, soft lips met hers and Selenity kissed back for the first time with tears falling down her cheeks. It will never be like this again, she thought to herself. When we meet again, we will be strangers.
And word by word the prophecy came. Power and prosperity beyond imagining, an unforgiving destiny of a destructive path that could not be avoided and could only be delayed. And despite all hope seeming to be gone, Selenity clutched her partner's shoulders and let herself be held by those steady arms and that steady heart, by the person who understood sacrifice and duty better than she had ever understood herself. The person she loved and admired above all others and must now tell the truth to.
"So," Selenity stuttered again from the pain radiating from her chest.
"So," the other echoed softly. "I am to sleep for a thousand years."
It was not a question, but a confirmation. Selenity closed her eyes and held on because soon all she would have would be memories, the touch of ghosts. And, if anything her mother had taught her, it was this, that Time wore away all things. In a thousand years, all the happiness and heartache, all the precious things that warmed her and hurt her, they would cease to matter if she did not tend to it carefully, and even then...
"I'm sorry," Selenity sobbed softly, tears falling like crystals beneath the pale, blue light of the Earth. "I'm so sorry, Saturn."
"Shh," Saturn soothed her as the smaller woman pulled back and held her face. "It's alright, my Serenity," Saturn reassured her with a smile, despite the fact that she was the one sentenced to sleep for time longer than any could imagine. That childhood name she was once called by, when they were still girls learning to speak the sounds of their native tongues. Saturn had been unable to pronounce her Lunarian title and had called her Serenity. Since then, it was always used as an endearment, less so when they were older, but a reminder of the past. "I will always protect you. Those dreams you hold dear to your heart, whatever you shall wish for... even if it's painful for me, I'll do it willingly and happily. That is love and it has never failed us. We will get through it, dear heart. Somehow, we'll find a way."
Selenity smiled softly then with all the trust and all the sadness and disbelief that she had held in her heart, even then. "All right, my firefly," she sighed. "You were always such the dreamer."
---
"Will you be able to go through with it?" Pluto asked as they passed each other in the hallway.
Saturn raised an equally cool brow at the other. "Anyone can sleep for a thousand years," she said coldly.
"But you know what would happen, right?" Pluto replied. "Your body will be hidden away and Selenity, in the future, she will bear a child. And when the thousand years are up, you will wake to destroy all that our Queen has built. That is your destiny as told by the Oracle."
"A great tragedy in a thousand years?" Saturn questioned. "I thought you would have more faith in our Queen than this."
"The Oracle has never been wrong," Pluto answered gently. "It has little to do with my faith in our Queen Selenity."
"A thousand years is a long time to change that fate," Saturn raised her head haughtily.
"And if it cannot be changed?" Pluto asked.
"Then I will play my part." Saturn answered through clenched teeth, annoyed that her loyalties were questioned.
"Good," Pluto answered after staring at Saturn for a long time before Pluto turned her back to her fellow soldier. "You might want to say goodbye to Uranus and Neptune," the dark-haired senshi suggested. "Who knows what you will dream up in these thousand years. At least, maybe the pleasant memories may keep you company." Saturn didn't deem that worthy of a response and turned to go. Pluto interrupted before she was out of ear-shot. "And Saturn," Pluto said to her stiffened back, "remember that Selenity... she will always love you. The day you realize that..."
Saturn looked over her shoulder sharply at Pluto, but the other had already turned back to the view of the Earth and did not elaborate. If anyone else had said such a thing, it may have had been soothing but Pluto's words sounded infinitely more foreboding as Saturn made her way down the corridors of the Lunarian palace. This was the place she grew up in since she could walk, and now it echoed like a tomb with shadows of possible futures stretching between the pillars and the skies.
A thousand years of sleep suddenly sounded ominous enough to rattle her stoic mask.
Selenity, she had offered to try another way. But in the end, this was for the best, Saturn rationalized. Even if disaster was only postponed, even if they could not change destiny, a thousand years meant many generations of prosperity and peace for the people of the Alliance and every happy life they could preserve. In the end, it would be worth it...
Despite these words, as Saturn neared Uranus and Neptune's quarters, she could feel her will falter. What would Selenity be like in a thousand years, with a child, no less? Would she really still be loved or even remembered? Selenity who has grown and changed after all that time and she who had slept and changed not at all, bound to destroy everything Selenity spent all her time building. Would Selenity hate her then?
Saturn cringed at Uranus and Neptune's door, unable to move forward. To be hated by the woman she loved the most, could she do it? Destroy that love because it was her duty, her promise to Selenity? Her arms twitched.
"My, my," Neptune's melodic voice interrupted her depressing thoughts. "Did a stray wonder to our door to wait for the owners to come back and feed it?" The aqua-haired Senshi studied her quiet form, eyes softening a bit with sympathy at whatever it was that she'd found.
"Meow?" Saturn good-naturedly played along with a tilt of her head, effectively hiding her earlier thoughts.
Uranus grinned and leaned seductively next to the door. "Want to come in?" the other girl asked with her husky, suggestive voice.
And for a little while longer, Saturn smiled and tried to gather all these precious memories to her. For soon, soon all she would have would be dreams, sleeping till the day she and her powers would be needed. When that time comes, she would no longer act as Selenity's shield but as her spear, the spear that will shatter the paradise her Queen would build in her absence...
An Empire that was destined to crumble at her waking feet.
End.
Hey... Selenity, a thousand years and no man? It was ASKING for it! And the angst! CHIYA!! I had to do this crack-pairing. Hmm.. wonder if it's been done before. Well, I had fun with it XD I went for a slightly more cheerful and emotional Saturn. Maybe I'll write a sequel to this after the thousand years and how this changed her to the Saturn we now know or awakened inside of Hotaru when she was "reborn" after fighting Pharoh 90. Kukuku... ANGST! You know I'm all about the ANGST!!
Selenity and Serenity are pronounced about the same way in Japanese... but I thought I'd do this since it would be kind of cute if Selenity named her daughter after a nickname given to her by her beloved *__* A reminder for a seemingly immortal Queen... and I've written a lot of Evil!Selenity. Thought I'd give the poor woman a break. This is also Selenity as a thousand years younger version of herself, full of ideals and passion and uncertainties of her position. I liked to contrast that to the woman we meet in the anime who sacrificed herself so the survivors of the Moon would live and fight another day. She couldn't always have been calm and serene and whatnot... that comes with age and experience, though I did try to make it somewhat a part of her nature so it's not too deviant. But, a thousand years, man, she has a lot of time to change into that woman the viewers meet in manga and anime. I kept U&N in their relationship. I just like their banter and sexual innuendoes... can't help myself. And Pluto's not young in this one and rather cold, but I thought Pluto has a lot of time to change over-time as well. To be always alone up to Sailor Moon Tokyo time, that must meant she may not have had a relationship with Selenity past Senshi-Queen... and if that's the case, then in the beginning she might even have been very cold to the inexperienced Queen of Silver Millennium, who was sovereign but so young and naive in Pluto's eyes. I thought that would be an interesting relationship too... XD Had fun reading it? Good. I hope it gave you tons of plot-bunnies to clutter the space beneath your bed!!!
Had fun?
Author: bjfactory
Theme: sm-monthly's Empire-cracktastic
Genre: Drama
Version: Manga
Rating: PG
"Are you sure?" Sailor Pluto asked her for the third time that evening. Impatiently she sighed and rubbed her temples. Her own doubts were troublesome enough, but to have the calm, older woman questioning her judgment was gritting on her nerves.
"Yes, I'm sure," young Queen Selenity hissed as she turned sharply to her companion and advisor. Luna bristled slightly at her feet, feeding off of her Queen's current animosity. The hems of her gown brushed her ankles, caused by her violent movements, wrapping sharply around her slender frame as she faced down the dark-haired woman who followed her.
Pluto raised a brow at her sovereign and Selenity hated that look. It made her feel like she was the Princess again and too young to know better. "It is as the Oracles have stated. Lives were lost for this prophecy to come to the Capital and I'll be damned if I don't make that worth something."
Selenity looked sharply away then, feeling that burdensome thing called emotions that once she had believed so much in and now it just tired her out. To be a sovereign, to make the right decisions, to protect your kingdom from inside and outside evils... Sometimes she wondered if she was fit for this job she was born into. The cost, it was always just a little too much.
"This price they asked of you," Pluto observed after a long silence between them in the halls of the palace, "you do not seemed pleased by it." Luna's tail slinked between her back legs and Pluto knew then that the feline advisor knew more than either of her audience were willing to reveal.
Selenity gave it all away by cringing ever so slightly, but her shoulders straightened and her chin came up in a regal tilt. "You presume to know me too well, Pluto." Selenity told her guardian coldly. "The preservation of the Kingdom's peace, the future of the Lunarian race and all those who had allied themselves with us, that is worth any price that I must pay as their sovereign. Whatever it may be, stop questioning me about this." Selenity warned her companion before turning sharply again and gracefully stalked towards the doors of her own chambers.
Pluto watched the young queen go with her lips tilted in a small, sad smile. "Still so naive," the guardian observed quietly to herself. Because as a sovereign, Selenity still seemed to speak of payments so easily. The lessons on such things would be painful for her queen, and as Queen, Selenity will learn of sacrifice again and again, until the pale ruler learned there was no such thing as equal trade or worthy values. Peace and power, be it individual or shared, had no set price to it but people gave up a lot for it nonetheless, even if it led them to very little happiness.
How heart-breaking, Pluto thought a bit mockingly to herself. Beside her the Gates of Time appeared in the wall and Pluto turned as well to go to her place of duty. After all, she was the Guardian of Time and Space itself, and she needed to know what this price that Selenity must give was. What every Queen before her had given to secure the safety for the kingdom for another thousand years, she knew every one of them. Not for the sake of knowledge only, but because no one else would remember such a burdensome price and for such sacrifices, someone, even if Pluto would never speak of this to another living being, should acknowledge it.
And from what Pluto had seen, the Price was what made the Queen.
---
"Luna," Selenity smiled softly as she stroked the dark fur of her companion cat. The feline stretched luxuriously beneath her fingers before shooting Selenity a heartfelt look of worry. "I know what you are thinking," Selenity sighed. "But, the oath I made... It must be done."
Luna looked down sadly at her paws. "I am just a kitten still," the advisor sighed as she glanced up at the pale-haired soverign. "I do not know the workings of a human heart, but there must be another way! Even I can see that you are in pain..."
Selenity shook her head and gently smoothed her fingers down each of the kitten's ears, until Luna purred beneath her hand. "To give up my happiness for that of Lunaria and the new age that will be remembered as the Silver Millennium? I am just one woman, Luna, it is but a small price to pay."
Luna sighed. "Have you told her yet?"
A small blush spread across Selentiy's cheeks. "I-I.. no, not yet," Selenity murmured guiltily with a sigh.
And though neither Luna nor Selenity said it, between them hung the words neither dared acknowledge out-loud. It was not just the Queen's sacrifice and it was not just her happiness that must be paid. It was a price for two, and even if Selenity denied it, this would tear her heart to pieces.
---
"Selenity?" a soft voice called to her as a pale hand gently and gracefully plucked a long strand of her hair, riding on the wind, and kissed it. "You called for me?"
Selenity blushed. "Y-yes, I did." She looked away guiltily, unable to meet the violet eyes of her friend and consort.
"You're embarrassed again," the other sighed but smiled indulgently at her. "That's kind of cute."
"Sh-shut up!" Selenity stuttered as she put her hands to her cheeks, feeling the burn and unable to hide it as it spread throughout the rest of her face.
"I wonder how far that blush has gone today," the other said nonchalantly.
"You've been spending way too much time with that perverted pair! I didn't ask you to meet me here for that!" the Queen huffed in exasperation, her skin still flushed with shy embarrassment.
"Hm, that's a first," her lover laughed. "Even when we were children, you'd at least steal a kiss."
"Idiot," Selenity muttered and silently blamed Uranus for this corrupted person beside her.
"So why am I here then, Selenity-sama?" The other asked softly, stepping back as dictated by decorum. Selenity immediately regretted her earlier words and the sudden distance between them. "What other services can I provide for you this evening?"
At this, Selenity cringed and for a long moment, she was silent. "The Oracle," Selenity spoke on gathered courage and a forced sense of duty, "the messengers sent for it have arrived today."
"Uranus and Neptune," her companion answered with a sigh, "I have not seen them for a long while. I heard the rest of their party didn't fair as well."
"No, the rest of them didn't make it." Serenity answered and looked away sadly again. "It has been awhile, hasn't it?" Selenity asked with a nostalgic smile.
"It must not have been good news, then," Selenity looked sharply up at the other when she heard those words. "If it were we would be celebrating with a party. Neptune wouldn't let you get away without it, she's always plotting to get Uranus into dresses whenever she could."
Selenity smiled sadly at this. "She does that, doesn't she?" A silence fell between them. Very gently pale hands pulled Selenity's face down to meet those hypnotic eyes. Tell me, they seemed to say. And then, soft lips met hers and Selenity kissed back for the first time with tears falling down her cheeks. It will never be like this again, she thought to herself. When we meet again, we will be strangers.
And word by word the prophecy came. Power and prosperity beyond imagining, an unforgiving destiny of a destructive path that could not be avoided and could only be delayed. And despite all hope seeming to be gone, Selenity clutched her partner's shoulders and let herself be held by those steady arms and that steady heart, by the person who understood sacrifice and duty better than she had ever understood herself. The person she loved and admired above all others and must now tell the truth to.
"So," Selenity stuttered again from the pain radiating from her chest.
"So," the other echoed softly. "I am to sleep for a thousand years."
It was not a question, but a confirmation. Selenity closed her eyes and held on because soon all she would have would be memories, the touch of ghosts. And, if anything her mother had taught her, it was this, that Time wore away all things. In a thousand years, all the happiness and heartache, all the precious things that warmed her and hurt her, they would cease to matter if she did not tend to it carefully, and even then...
"I'm sorry," Selenity sobbed softly, tears falling like crystals beneath the pale, blue light of the Earth. "I'm so sorry, Saturn."
"Shh," Saturn soothed her as the smaller woman pulled back and held her face. "It's alright, my Serenity," Saturn reassured her with a smile, despite the fact that she was the one sentenced to sleep for time longer than any could imagine. That childhood name she was once called by, when they were still girls learning to speak the sounds of their native tongues. Saturn had been unable to pronounce her Lunarian title and had called her Serenity. Since then, it was always used as an endearment, less so when they were older, but a reminder of the past. "I will always protect you. Those dreams you hold dear to your heart, whatever you shall wish for... even if it's painful for me, I'll do it willingly and happily. That is love and it has never failed us. We will get through it, dear heart. Somehow, we'll find a way."
Selenity smiled softly then with all the trust and all the sadness and disbelief that she had held in her heart, even then. "All right, my firefly," she sighed. "You were always such the dreamer."
---
"Will you be able to go through with it?" Pluto asked as they passed each other in the hallway.
Saturn raised an equally cool brow at the other. "Anyone can sleep for a thousand years," she said coldly.
"But you know what would happen, right?" Pluto replied. "Your body will be hidden away and Selenity, in the future, she will bear a child. And when the thousand years are up, you will wake to destroy all that our Queen has built. That is your destiny as told by the Oracle."
"A great tragedy in a thousand years?" Saturn questioned. "I thought you would have more faith in our Queen than this."
"The Oracle has never been wrong," Pluto answered gently. "It has little to do with my faith in our Queen Selenity."
"A thousand years is a long time to change that fate," Saturn raised her head haughtily.
"And if it cannot be changed?" Pluto asked.
"Then I will play my part." Saturn answered through clenched teeth, annoyed that her loyalties were questioned.
"Good," Pluto answered after staring at Saturn for a long time before Pluto turned her back to her fellow soldier. "You might want to say goodbye to Uranus and Neptune," the dark-haired senshi suggested. "Who knows what you will dream up in these thousand years. At least, maybe the pleasant memories may keep you company." Saturn didn't deem that worthy of a response and turned to go. Pluto interrupted before she was out of ear-shot. "And Saturn," Pluto said to her stiffened back, "remember that Selenity... she will always love you. The day you realize that..."
Saturn looked over her shoulder sharply at Pluto, but the other had already turned back to the view of the Earth and did not elaborate. If anyone else had said such a thing, it may have had been soothing but Pluto's words sounded infinitely more foreboding as Saturn made her way down the corridors of the Lunarian palace. This was the place she grew up in since she could walk, and now it echoed like a tomb with shadows of possible futures stretching between the pillars and the skies.
A thousand years of sleep suddenly sounded ominous enough to rattle her stoic mask.
Selenity, she had offered to try another way. But in the end, this was for the best, Saturn rationalized. Even if disaster was only postponed, even if they could not change destiny, a thousand years meant many generations of prosperity and peace for the people of the Alliance and every happy life they could preserve. In the end, it would be worth it...
Despite these words, as Saturn neared Uranus and Neptune's quarters, she could feel her will falter. What would Selenity be like in a thousand years, with a child, no less? Would she really still be loved or even remembered? Selenity who has grown and changed after all that time and she who had slept and changed not at all, bound to destroy everything Selenity spent all her time building. Would Selenity hate her then?
Saturn cringed at Uranus and Neptune's door, unable to move forward. To be hated by the woman she loved the most, could she do it? Destroy that love because it was her duty, her promise to Selenity? Her arms twitched.
"My, my," Neptune's melodic voice interrupted her depressing thoughts. "Did a stray wonder to our door to wait for the owners to come back and feed it?" The aqua-haired Senshi studied her quiet form, eyes softening a bit with sympathy at whatever it was that she'd found.
"Meow?" Saturn good-naturedly played along with a tilt of her head, effectively hiding her earlier thoughts.
Uranus grinned and leaned seductively next to the door. "Want to come in?" the other girl asked with her husky, suggestive voice.
And for a little while longer, Saturn smiled and tried to gather all these precious memories to her. For soon, soon all she would have would be dreams, sleeping till the day she and her powers would be needed. When that time comes, she would no longer act as Selenity's shield but as her spear, the spear that will shatter the paradise her Queen would build in her absence...
An Empire that was destined to crumble at her waking feet.
End.
Hey... Selenity, a thousand years and no man? It was ASKING for it! And the angst! CHIYA!! I had to do this crack-pairing. Hmm.. wonder if it's been done before. Well, I had fun with it XD I went for a slightly more cheerful and emotional Saturn. Maybe I'll write a sequel to this after the thousand years and how this changed her to the Saturn we now know or awakened inside of Hotaru when she was "reborn" after fighting Pharoh 90. Kukuku... ANGST! You know I'm all about the ANGST!!
Selenity and Serenity are pronounced about the same way in Japanese... but I thought I'd do this since it would be kind of cute if Selenity named her daughter after a nickname given to her by her beloved *__* A reminder for a seemingly immortal Queen... and I've written a lot of Evil!Selenity. Thought I'd give the poor woman a break. This is also Selenity as a thousand years younger version of herself, full of ideals and passion and uncertainties of her position. I liked to contrast that to the woman we meet in the anime who sacrificed herself so the survivors of the Moon would live and fight another day. She couldn't always have been calm and serene and whatnot... that comes with age and experience, though I did try to make it somewhat a part of her nature so it's not too deviant. But, a thousand years, man, she has a lot of time to change into that woman the viewers meet in manga and anime. I kept U&N in their relationship. I just like their banter and sexual innuendoes... can't help myself. And Pluto's not young in this one and rather cold, but I thought Pluto has a lot of time to change over-time as well. To be always alone up to Sailor Moon Tokyo time, that must meant she may not have had a relationship with Selenity past Senshi-Queen... and if that's the case, then in the beginning she might even have been very cold to the inexperienced Queen of Silver Millennium, who was sovereign but so young and naive in Pluto's eyes. I thought that would be an interesting relationship too... XD Had fun reading it? Good. I hope it gave you tons of plot-bunnies to clutter the space beneath your bed!!!
Had fun?