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copyrights. Ranma 1/2 is the creation and intellectual property of Rumiko
Takahashi. Sailor Moon is the creation and intellectual property of Naoko
Takeuchi. All original content is the creation and intellectual property of
Samuel Phoenix. Recognition is given to John Sanchez for a small kick of
inspiration that helped produce this story.

                   Awkward Consequences
              Prologue: A Nights Contemplation
                PsyckoSama (syp104@psu.edu)

Tomoe Hotaru stared blankly at her alarm clock. 4:30. She would have to rise
in two hours, but she knew sleep would not come. Her mind was too active,
too disturbed, too afraid. She knew that tonight there was no rest for the
weary.

She turned to the shadowed walls of her room. Even with light adjusted eyes
she could see but the outline of her rooms contents. Everything muddled,
nothing sure. Like her life, both future and past.

Why and how had she come to this choice? The damnable choice, of life and
death. She wiped the nights tears from her face and closed her pinked eyes
for a moment of reflection.

He past was a dark story fitting her position. Senshi of Death and Rebirth.
She mused on her father and his pact, the Witches 5, Death Busters, her
personal sacrifice when she used her powers save the world. The Death Reborn
Revolution. It turned her into a baby. Began the more positive part of her
life.

Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa. They took her in, raised her, and gave her the
love she lacked all her life. They were her family, the other senshi were
her friends. They gave her what she lacked so long, and asked for little in
return. And that is why she did her duty. She was the Sailor Saturn, and she
knew that part of them feared her for it.

Parts of their minds were still under the shadow of Mistress 9. They feared
the possibility that she could go rogue. Farthest from truth. They gave her
everything. Her reason for life, her happiness. With out them she was
nothing but a solitary weapon. Their love gave her strength, their passion
gave her hope. She knew she was a weapon. The most powerful known. She could
split worlds, devastate civilizations, and lay all in her path to dust. She
was their weapon. The mighty scythe of death forever posed to strike down
their enemies. She was forever at their hip, fighting with them for a bright
future. A future that was dimming for her.

Things were looking so well, so calm, so happy. There had not been an attack
since Galaxia. She had a final growth spurt bringing her body to par with
her true age. Everything was wonderful.

It is amazing how everything you fought for, bled for, could be disrupted by
a single dazed exploit. A foolish blunder you could not, did not realize
until it was complete. A single moment could bring you to a crossroads with
no light at the end. She was at the fork of this road. How would the history
of her future be written. What path would she chose.

Life or Death. Dishonor or Conspiracy. Duplicity or Truth. What would the
others say? What would they do? What would they think? What would they ask
of her? The choice, these questions, all weighed on her soul in a way her
powers and responsibility never could.

She had disposed of the evidence. No one would know, at least for now.
Should she hide it, what should she do, was she alone, who will she tell?

Hotaru shed another tear in dread. She was alone in this.

Hotaru's eyes burst open and she bolted up with power rarely vested in her
fragile frame. There was one other. One other who had a part, one other with
a choice, one other with a responsibility. Regardless of choice. That person
deserved to know more then anyone.

She had to locate him. She had to find Saotome Ranma.

 Notes: Please comment. All C&C will be appreciated, applause will be
happily accepted, criticism will be considered, ideas would be useful, and
flames will be quickly discarded. Thank ye! ^_^

Comming soon: "Chapter 1: Unexpected Revelations" Where the questions are
answered! Will Hotaru find Ranma, what will he say, and what the hell is
this actually about? Wait and see! -_^


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