And moving on:

---

    Meanwhile, a thousand years into the future in the Happiest
Place on Earth...

    Birds were chirping, the buildings shining, and repair crews
with wands worked on the damage caused by the latest rebel assault.

Rebel assaults don't generally imply things are that happy in the 'Happiest
Place on Earth.'

    Ah, the future, full of such wonders, blah blah blah. A lovely
bit o' utopian society it was, let me tell you.

But then, that's what every current regime claims their society is like. :P

    Crystal Tokyo? No! This was that OTHER Magic Kingdom.

    Disneyland.

Ohhh. Now that was a good one.

    "Are we gonna die, Setsuna?"

    "Yes, my love!" Setsuna exclaimed with a smile and her hair
rippling in the wind, "We're going to die!"

Heh

    "This bites!"
    "That was lame!"
    "Too short!"
    "And way too slow!"
    "Let's go back to Space Mountain."

I assume it actually reaches the upper atmosphere now.

    "Shh, save those words for when we go on Splash Mountain."
Setsuna stood and placed her fiance on the ground. Ranma stumbled
along side

alongside

 her, his hand in hers, through the exitway, and straight

into the giftshop. "See anything you like, Love?"

    Ranma didn't say a word for a few minutes. They left the
giftshop and walked through Critter Country.

    *Munch-munch* A giant Kodaic Bear idly gnawed on a tourist,

Too bad. Figured it would be a Care Bear doing the dirty work.

    The ride operator actually looked a bit surprised to see this
particular Crystal Tokian here. After all, Sailor Pluto was famed as
the Sailor Senshi that had absolutely no vacation time whatsoever.

Which would be ironic since she can time travel.

    Setsuna glanced sideways at her fiance and thought of a few past
instances when she had allowed someone to become close to her; the
times when she dared to open her heart to another. Rare was the man
that could get her to do that, and nonexistent was the one that had
stayed.

Or at least survived. :P

    On the dead list, one man stuck out like a rotten badger on
Groundhog Day. OOOOOOOOOOOOH, how glad she was that he was
gone. The jerk, he used her like no one else ever DARED.

But Ataru Morobishi had been like that.

###

    'Twas the last decade leading toward the end of the Great
Silver Millennium, and all was relatively calm in the solar system.
The worlds were at peace with each other, though the political
situation grew tense with Earth's recent surge in military power.

    The few skirmishes that existed were often between would-be
interstellar conquerors

That Tenchi boy and the Jurai. Those so-called 'Goddess' from someplace
called Heaven and claiming that they could bring true peace to the galaxy
when everyone knew Queen Serentity already had. Annoying people like that.

    Nevertheless, all eventually managed to acquire a romance that
stayed, and good thing too, because otherwise it would be difficult
to maintain the planetary monarchy, which still went by direct
lineage to transfer powers and authority. This provided for a very
stable, long-lasting form of government.

Unless some of the kiddies were psychos or free thinkers. :P

    "Disable all weapon systems immediately."

    [You got it.]

    A number of spots on the schematic went yellow.

    "Now transmit your authorization code."

    [Uhh, code?]

Heh. Well, he almost managed it.

    *Beep-beep!* Spokesman Alpha manipulated the panel in front of
her. "Permission granted.

Oh. Heh.

    "On behalf of His Majesty, Kull, the Great King of Earth,"

Heh. Nice touch.

    For now, though, it seemed enough just to spend a few moments
together; feel their closeness and be able to look into each others'
eyes.

So Sugary I'm ready to go into diabetic shock.

    It was clear that he had ambitions as well. Eventually, he
kind of wanted to rule the solar system. Hey, why not? That was
actually a good point; who wants a husband with no goals?

Heh. I like the rationale she's using.

    This was a most difficult thing to allow, Sailor Pluto thought
over, her mind in turmoil. She indeed loved him, but could he be
trusted there? They had gone this far and all had been very well
planned out, very patiently. Never had he made such a request...

    'Timothy

Stray quote there.

    'Timothy

Stray quote again.

    Sailor Pluto regained her balance and clutched her neck with
one hand. She saw the captain reach the gate and place his hand
against it.

    All this time, had he deceived her?!

    "In the name of our love, stop!"

    'Timothy's

Seem to be there in every case.

So, what did you think? ^_^

Nice work. Much more dramatic in tone that the other chapters. Nice change
of pace that worked for me.

D.B. Sommer

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