A short little fic that just popped into my head so I just wrote it up. 
Sorry if there are any grammar or spelling errors.I don't know where 
to set this story in the SM storyline so I may have made some errors 
about that too.  
		

      Silence

                                      Hotaru Tomoe , also known as Sailor Saturn,
 was walking home from school. Her head was down since it was another 
day of being continually insulted by her classmates for her ability to heal. 
< Why don't they just leave me alone ? > thought Hotaru as she walked 
towards her home. She was feeling a bit tired so she decided to sit down 
on a nearby bench. She sat down to rest for awhile, setting her bag down 
by her side. 

                                              She was sitting for about a minute when 
he came. He was a person in a long coat and was staggering a bit. His 
face was quite pale and his disheveled hair and rumpled clothes showed 
that he was quite sick. He covered his mouth as a wet cough made his 
body shudder. He held onto the bench and dropped his fragile form into it. 
He spit out and Hotaru could see blood in the spit. The person that was 
breathing heavily beside her was seriously sick. She could use her healing 
ability to help him but he may just act like her classmates and insult her 
or even worse run away from her. Then she saw the man's body wracked 
once more by another cough. The man definitely needed help. Hotaru steeled 
herself to ask the man a question.    

' Umm.. Mister ,  you're quite sick.'

' Tell me something , I don't know, little lady.' The man said managing a 
crooked smile before another cough racked his body. Hotaru waited him 
to finish coughing.

'  The doctors say it's lung cancer. Too much cigarettes and all that. Three 
months they say and I get to rest a long time. Just feel sorry about my wife 
and kid that's all.' 

At this Hotaru felt sorry for the man, so she decided that she would try and help.

' I think I can help you.'

' You ? Help me ? No offense youg lady but I can't see that happening.'

' I can heal people, Mister. I think I can try healing you.'

' Well, Doctor says that I'm a hopeless case,. But I'll let you try anyway. ' He said 
with a patronizing smile before he had another coughing fit.

< He must think I'm crazy or something. Well, I'll show him.> thought Hotaru.

She brought her hand up to the man's chest. It glowed yellow for awhile as she 
concentrated. When she brought her hand down, the man's face registered surprise. 

' I don't know how you did it , kid. But the pain's gone. Heck , even my cough's 
gone. Thank you.Thank you very much. ' He stood up and started to move away 
when he noticed that Hotaru was tired.

' You seem to a bit winded , kid. Let me help you home. It's the leat I can do.' 

Hotaru agreed and the amn helped her up and got her bag and he followed Hotaru home.

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The man walked down the street. He had just helped Hotaru into her home and 
he said goodbye and went away. He snickered for awhile as he sensed someone's 
presence beside him.

' Old friend, There is no need for you to hide. I can sense you as you are.'

A form shimmered beside him as it faded into existence. It was of a woman. She 
could only be described as an older version of Hotaru as her and body would match 
what Hotaru would look like if she were in her twenties. She worte a black dress 
that reached her knees and she held a glaive similar to the Silence Glaive that 
Hotaru had when she was in her Senshi form.   

' Shouldn't you hide that thing ?' asked the man pointing towards the glaive.

' No, old friend. My powers hide it from mortal eyes as they hide me.'

' So, came here to talk ?'

' That and business.' 

' Hmmm. Your business ?'

' Yes. My business.'

' Do we talk after or before ?'

' There is no need. My business is to the left of you.'

The man looked  the left. He saw a car accident. The mess was a total wreck, but 
he could still sense life in the wreckage. He looked to his companion to see that she 
was already at the place of the accident. She had raised her glaive. He could see 
the soul of the person leave it's body. He could see the bindings of the soul to the 
body. He knew what his companion was to do. He could hear her say words of comfort 
to the soul, which was obviously in pain as it was still bound to the body. In his mind's 
eye, he could see her raise the glaive once again. He could hear her say the words that 
he had heard many times before.

' Rest , young one. Rest for your journey is at end. The Silence will take you and you 
will be able to rest.'

 When he opened his eyes, he could sense no more life in the wreck. He saw her 
standing beside him, with a grim look on her face. 

' Let's go.'

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' The body was in pain. The soul beyond the Silence's influence. If I had not arrived 
the child would have suffered more. '

' Yes, I know. You don't have to explain.' Said the man to her as they walked in the 
park.

' Your duty is to bring peace. I say you do your job quite well. You're kind to the 
souls you have to release and you're still one of the cutest girls I'ver ever met.' He said
with another smile.

' You have met my succesor ?'

' I did the old  'fatal disease' routine. She's a kind and a very good person. You chose 
well to give her your power. She's also as cute as you.  ' he added with a widening grin.

The woman sighed.

' The Silence will soon take me, as it takes all things. She will learn the same lessons 
that I learned a long time ago. She will learn to manipulate the power within her. 
When she has gained that level of knowledge, the office of The Bringer of Silence will be 
passed onto her. And I will be given the rest I deserve.' 

' Don't worry I'll do the same thing for her as I did for you.' 

' Yes, I know , old friend. But still I worry. The Darkness still strives to claim her, to 
corrupt the office.You have already seen it done.' 

' Do not worry, I assure you, both as your bondsman and as your friend. The Darkness 
will claim her after it has gone over my mangled remains.'

' I thank you for your promise, bondsman. I must go now. The Silence beckons to me, 
another soul in pain, another life is suffering. Farewell, old friend.'

With that she raised her glaive and she shimmered out of existence.

The man stopped and listened to the silence of the evening looking up to the white moon.

He turned around and whistled a tune he learned a long time ago.
                                         
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This fic came about because I'm quite a big fan of Hotaru. 
I'm also a big fan of Sylia Stingray, Miyu and Akane Tendo.
Notice that all four are capable of beating me into a bloody pulp.

OK, I'll be waiting for C&C.
                                                      
  


' Writers are the torchbearers of civilization. We're set in a corner only we
can illuminate.Some of us are searchlights, able to cast a beam into the 
far reaches of the human soul.Some of us are candles , barely able to 
sustain a glow against the darkness. Nevertheless the words I write 
are important, because light is additive. Another's light  doesn't diminish
 my own. Our lights together make us stronger.'   
                   - (After much paraphrasing and reaaranging) Roger Martin