Name of the Storyline:  Beyond the Borders: The Past Emerges 
Name of the Creator(s):  Addelyn, JupiterThunderCrash
Forum: Tokyo 
Advanced or Relaxed: Relaxed
Plot Summary:  
This story takes place after the second mission to Zenar, with Soul and Ganymede haven returned to their time in Tokyo. A few weeks have passed since Amina has returned from Zenar. Having forgotten Pluto’s invitation at the start of the mission to see if one of her moons was Amina’s, the blonde was surprised to find an invitation sitting on her kitchen table one day. 

Inviting Yuuta and Fuyoku along, they head for Pluto, planning on exploring Sailor Ganymede and Europas moons on the return trip, hoping that it would unlock some more memories for the Galilean senshi.  They explore each of Pluto’s moons one by one only to find that none resonate with Soul. As they are about to leave and head back to Pluto’s castle, Soul senses something. The next day they head off in the direction that Soul was feeling. The roleplay explores the journey of Sailors Soul, Ganymede, Europa as they learn more about their pasts and who the mysterious woman they meet is. 

Details on any necessary information:  


Restrictions:
No Otaku characters and any required cannon characters will be NPCed by either Addy or JTC. 


Source(s): N/A

OOC Thread: N/A

Member to Character List:

Yuuta/Sailor Ganymede- JupiterThunderCrash
Fuyuko/Sailor Europa- JupiterThunderCrash
Amina/Sailor Soul- Addelyn
Setsuna/Sailor Pluto- Addelyn
Eisuke/Sailor Vanth- Addelyn

Amina groaned as she carried the last bag of groceries into the house. Ever since she and Yuuta had gotten together, the Galilean senshi had begun to use her apartment as an unofficial meeting place; which also meant most meals were eaten here too. Placing the last bag on the kitchen counter, she spotted a purple envelope sitting on her kitchen table out of the corner of her eye. What the? How had that gotten here? It hadn’t been here when she left. Approaching cautiously, she picked up the envelope that had her name written in beautiful calligraphy. She opened it carefully, and found a letter in the envelope.
 
Dearest Amina,
 
I had told you when the return mission to Zenar was complete I would show you my moons. I hope you have enough time to settle back into your life and recover. I encourage you to bring friends with you as support as this will be an emotional journey for you.
 
Send word when you are ready to come.
 
~Pluto
 
Huh. Truth be told, Amina had completely forgotten about Pluto’s offer. She wandered over to where she had placed her cellphone while she re-read the letter.
 

“Hey, you wouldn’t believe what I just found,” she said when the person on the other line picked up.

Yuuta was in his room when his cellphone rang. He was sitting at his desk with a large sheet of paper in front of him, in the middle of designing a building. After returning form his second stay in Crystal Tokyo, he had gotten a lot of architecture ideas and wanted to try a few out. Crystals made interesting shapes to build with... After the first few rings, Yuuta finally heard and picked up the phone.

"What did you find?" Yuuta asked, still drawing as he spoke.

"I found a letter from Pluto. Remember when she said during the briefing meeting for the return mission of Zenar, that she would show me her moons? She just sent me an invitation. It was handwritten," Amina said, biting her lip as thoughts began to form in her mind.

"Pluto?" Yuuta put his pencil back down. He could never really wrap his head around how she worked. The concept of time travel was a little difficult to grasp. He wasn't even going ot try ot think about how she had delivered that letter. "Well, do you wanna go with her?" he asked.

"Kind of, but I'm also kind of scared." She paced her apartment as she mulled over the decision. "What if I really am the senshi of one of her moons? But at the same time, what if I'm not. I was perfectly fine not knowing this entire time. Could I deal with that kind of disappointment?" 

But there was the chance she could find her moon. All the other senshi seemed stronger when connected to their planet. She was on par with many of them without being connected to hers, so the idea that she could be stronger both intrigued and terrified her.

Yuuta laughed, imagining how Amina was probably pacing around the room on the other end of the line. "Why don't you just go? If you don't, you'll never know. Just get it over with," he suggested. "Just think about going into space on a non-threatening mission for once! Did Pluto say anything else in her letter?"

"Umm, she said to bring some friends with me," she said. Amina hesitated asking Yuuta if he would come with her, not wanting him to have to give up that much of his free time. She could handle going on her own, right?

"Uh, I don't know if you're already thinking about inviting someone else, but..." Yuuta stalled on the phone. He didn't want to just force himself on her. This was a personal thing, after all... "I'll go with you, if you want me to that is."

"I wasn't sure if that would be something you wanted, but I'd love for you to come!" Amina said. "Would any of the other Galilean senshi like to go? We could probably swing by your guys's moons on the way back in and check them out." If she couldn't find out aything about her past life, the least she could do it help them with theirs.

"Going back to Jupiter would be nice..." Yuuta said. Nine of his team had ever actually visited their home moons since they were reborn. The closest he had gotten to "home" was passing the gas giant by on the way out of the Solar System. Landing on the moons would be a brand new experience.

"I'll have to call them and check," He said. "I think Kazaki is busy with a project this week though." Messing with Kazaki when she was in the middle of her music mixing was always a bad idea... "But Fuyuko should be free."

A week later, they had headed out towards Pluto. Now that she was in no rush to to get somewhere, she had a chance to marvel at the sights around her. Passing by nebula and moons, asteroids, and planets, It was absolutely incredible. She couldn't help but wonder how it was they weren't drawn in to planets or bigger objects gravitational fields. Perhaps it has to do with the magic that gives us the ability to fly through space. It's not like I feel cold or anything. 

Looking to her left, she could see Jupiter.  It was absolutely amazing. The giant red spot, was huge! From what she remembered, the Red Spot was a storm that never ended on Jupiter. 

"Do you remember how Jupiter lived on her planet? It's a gas giant so I don't really see how there would be a castle or anything," Soul asked to Fuyuko and Ganymede.

"Oh, before the Silver Millennium ended, Jupiter had more of a surface," Sailor Europa said as they passed by. There was still a really thick atmosphere of gas, but beneath it was a giant forest. That was where the original castle was located, Castle Sagitta. After the last Sailor Jupiter died, the princess was given a gift by Queen Serenity, Castle Io. That also served as a base for Sailor Io, and the royal family relocated there."

"Every other moon has a fortress or barrack on it too," Ganymede Knight said. "Mine was Fort Ganymede, and her's was Fort Europa. We had a pretty big army spread across the moons."

"So is there any surface left on Jupiter at all?" Soul wondered as they passed by the planet itself. There were still many moons that they still needed to pass. There were an awesome lot, yet there were only four of those moons that had guardians on them. 

"There's so many moons, yet there's only you guys. Are there more guardians or are you guys the only ones?"

"I think there still is, it's just a lot smaller," Europa said. "Without any of the Silver Millennium's magic and technology, the planet's gravity would have compressed it more."

"I don't remember anymore than four of us..." Ganymede said, thinking. "But maybe more will awaken later. Maybe it's just taking a while after everyone died a thousand years ago."

"Well, aren't there like 60 odd moons around Jupiter? You guys would have had a vast army!" Speaking of armies, not all the planets had moons, so did they take her armies from their civilians on their planets? What about the Moon Kingdom?

"So I'm curious. Did all the planets share their guards to help protect the Moon Kingdom? Doesn't that leave your own planets vulnerable or did you plan for that with your forces? What about the planets that didn't have moons? Did they have smaller populations? How did this all work?"

"I think we've got about... nearly 70 right now," Ganymede said, correcting her. "And we were a pretty huge force! There was a small battalion of soldiers on each moon, drawn from the local population."

"The inner planets had their own armies, but smaller and less spread out. I don't think there were any senshi leading them though, just citizens," Europa said. "Jupiter was more of an indirect defensive line. We worked with the outer planet armies to serve as a set of barriers for the inner planets. The Moon Kingdom has it's own smaller army, but the other planets did donate some soldiers to patrol their section of space. The inner planets had slightly smaller populations, but they were tightly clustered and easier to guard."

"Oh, that's kinda cool actually," she said. They continued to chat about the structure of Jupiter's military situation as they made their way to Pluto. Soon, the first moons of Pluto were in sight. Soul closed her eyes, concentrating, seeing if she could pick anything up from the moons. She frowned when she felt nothing. Maybe this was a wasted trip after all. She sighed, trying to not let it get to her. She was fine without a moon or planet up until now, she'd be fine again afterwards. 

"Hey, there's Pluto," she exclaimed. It seemed a lot smaller than she imagined, one of its moons Charon being almost as big as the dwarf planet itself.

Ganymede Knight bit back a laugh when he saw the planet Pluto. After passing three huge gas giants in a row, Pluto really did look tiny. 

"Heh, it's smaller than my moon," he said. 

"Ganymede, be respectful..." Europa said from behind him and Amina.

"I was just making a comment..."

"It is considered to be a Dwarf Planet, and I think it's also part of the Trans-Neptunial Object classification as well." She could be wrong on the last part though. She didn't exactly keep up with astronomy or anything. Soon they began to descend upon the planet. Soul could see Pluto waiting outside her castle and angled her decent to land nearby. 

"Welcome, I trust your flight was an easy one?" Pluto asked, her staff  gently resting upon the ground.

After Soul landed, Ganymede Knight landed behind her a little more heavily, hovering with his metal wings before letting his boots touch the ground at Castle Charon's entrance. Sailor Europa had a much softer landing, and she fixed her cape and hood before jogging over to the rest of the group, scythe attached to her back.

"Sailor Pluto, it's a pleasure to meet you," Europa said, giving a short bow.  Ganymede looked confused before realizing that they had never met before. 

"Uh, this is one of my teammates, Sailor Europa," he said, introducing her.

"It is a pleasure to meet you as well young one," Pluto said, nodding her head towards the new senshi in respect. It seems like Amina has made herself several friends, that's good, it's hard to be alone as a senshi.

"The flight was well. Every time I've been in space I haven't had time to admire the view, but this time, it's just amazing Pluto! I wonder how much we still don't know about the Universe?" Amina smiled in her excitement.  

"Come, we should retire into the Castle. Even with the protection of our powers, it does still become cold on Pluto when one remains still for periods of time." With that she turned, walking back towards her castle, fully expecting the trio of senshi to follow her. 

"Most of the castle is closed and in disuse. I ask for your own safety, not to go into those areas. It has been a millennium since I have been in some of these wings and I am not quite sure of their safety or what is behind closed doors. This castle has always held is secrets and dangers, even when it was fully active." She lead them down a series of hallways, too fast for Soul to keep track of where they were going. Despite this, the glances of the paintings and the architecture gave hints towards it's grandeur in it prime.

"I have opened two rooms in this wing. If you should need me, my room is at the end of the hallway. One room is meant for one occupant, while the other is meant for two. I trust this is acceptable?" Pluto asked, her eyebrow raised in a teasing question.

Ganymede Knight stared at the interior of Castle Charon as Pluto led them around, taking in the sight. It looked like an old castle in Europe, yet it had an otherwordly feel to it. Nothing on Earth could hope to compare. He really wanted to take pictures to bring back...

"U-uh..." He stammered when he started thinking about the rooms. Sailor Europa held back a giggle.

"You two wouldn't mind if I took the single room, right?" she asked Soul and Ganymede, her smile no longer looking as innocent.

Soul couldn't help the blush that stained her cheeks at Pluto's rooming suggestions and Europa wanting to take the single room. It wasn't as if her and Ganymede hadn't shared a bed before, frequently falling asleep on her couch or bed, curled up watching movies, but this would be the first time they would go to bed with the intention to sleep and share the bed. She, herself was fine with it, but was unsure if he was comfortable with the idea. She looked at him shyly, waiting to see what his response was.

Ganymede was lucky he was still wearing his helmet, because he was pretty sure his face was burning up underneath it after what Europa had just insinuated. Did he want to sleep in the same room as Soul? Well, he had technically done that already, but this would be more deliberate. This was a step in their relationship. They were a couple now, right? Couples could sleep in the same bed if they wanted to, he was just being silly and over thinking the issue. 

"That's fine with me." Without saying anything else, his hand took Soul's and gently squeezed it. Of course he wanted to be with her.

Soul squeezed Ganymede's hand in return, smiling. She stuck her tongue out at Europa, teasingly, as the younger woman continued to giggle in amusement.

"So how is this all going to work?" Amina asked. Would they visit all the moons on the same day?

"However you would like it to, I am open to suggestions," Pluto replied, leaning her weight easily on her staff.

"Hm....Maybe we should do this one moon at a time, so we don't exhaust ourselves," Europa said. "We can take our time exploring each one then." Considering that they only had so much energy to spare, rushing to get to every moon seemed silly. They might as well take their time and rest at Pluto's castle between tries.

Soul nodded in agreement. As much as she wanted to just get it over and done with, Europa had a point. She was still worried that this entire trip was a giant waste of time. She had no idea why she had ever thought this was a good idea. 

"Since Charron if fairly close, we can leave tomorrow after lunch," Pluto said. "As for now, I will leave you to relax and unwind after your flight. You should find everything you need in your rooms."

"Well...I'm going off to bed now. See you two tomorrow!" Europa said, turning to walk to her designated room. "Oh and, try not to stay up too late, alright?" She smiled at Soul and Ganymede and closed the door behind her, leaving the two alone. Ganymede Knight looked around, realizing that Pluto had also left them.

"So..." he coughed, the toe of his boot scuffing the floor. "Uh, you wanna go in?" he asked, looking at Soul.

"Probably a good idea unless you want to stay out in the hall all night," She said, the blush moving down her neck. She could feel the heat radiating from it. Goddess, this was so embarrassing! What was Pluto thinking about making them share a room? The most they had ever done was fall asleep on the couch together after watching some movies. 

Stepping up to the door, she grabbed the handle, taking a deep calming breath. 

"Ready?"