(Charon Palace, Pluto: nine years later)

Meika walked down the long hall to a room at its end. She opened the door and found a young man getting dressed. His dark green tresses cascaded down his back and stopped just above his rear. "Oh! I'm sorry Shizuo-kun!" she said turning away and walking out the door.

"It's ok Meika-sama, I'm decent." Shizuo said tying his hair back into a simple ponytail. He straightened his robes and smiled at her.

"It still feel's weird you calling me Meika-sama when for so many years you called me Meika-mama. I'm still getting used to it." She said noticing his blush and giggled at him.

"I can't call you –mama anymore, it's embarrassing." He said adjusting his prism blades which where his talismans.

"Speaking of mama, a formal dispatch was sent out by the crystal palace on earth. There calling all of the children of the second generation to begin training." She said sounding unhappy about it as much as she felt Shizuo should have stayed with Setsuna she had grown attached to the boy.

"Well it is time isn't it? Aren't most of us coming of age? Anyway, what does this have to do with me calling you Meika-mama?" Shizuo asked

"Well with that dispatch was a letter from her Excellency." Meika continued.

"My mother? What did she have to say? Probably that she loves me and wants me to continue to do well." He said sardonicly.

"Meioh Shizuo! Your mother really does love you! And she's summoning you to earth to live with her and the other outer Senshi." She said.

"Mother finally wants me to come live with her? Something must be happening." Shizuo said straightened his desk while listening.

"Your ORSF had been fueled up and your departure in 5 hours." She said looking off into the distance.

"I have to leave now? Well I guess it can't be helped." Shizuo said flatly.

"Please come back and visit." Meika asked remembering how lonely she had been before.

"Don't worry Meika-mama, I'll come back to visit you." Shizuo said walking past her and into the halls on his way to the military complex.

(Over Crystal Tokyo: 24 hours later)

Shizuo adjusted his controls as he rolled through the troposphere heading for city. He nudged the stick slightly and pulled back the throttle.

"Crystal control do you read?" Shizuo said on the intercom.

"This is crystal control, state your business inbound craft." The air traffic control for the Crystal Palace said.

"Crystal control this is PL-002. ID number 999902, Meioh Shizuo of the house of Charon. Please confirm?" Shizuo said going through the procedures.

"PL-002, you are confirmed. Welcome to Crystal Tokyo Prince Pluto." The controller said in Plutonian.

"Thank you, PL-002 10-4" Shizuo said switching off the radio and guiding the craft towards his new home.

(Outer Manor: ten minutes later.)

Ten'ou Michiyo sat on the grass with her books strewn about in front of her. Her dress tucked under her legs she picked up a book and scribbled something in a notebook.

"You're doing homework now? We just got home an hour ago!" Haruko protested approaching wearing a boy's school uniform.

"I like to get my work done soon as possible and not wait to the last moment like you Ruko" Michiyo responded and continued with her homework.

"Well I don't have to do mine until the last minute. I'm just that good I don't have to try." Haruko stated.

"You lie about as well as dad; Mom had a cow when she saw your grades last term." Michiyo sounded off.

"Yours were just as bad if I remember right. You just care about if mom will let you keep doing fun stuff." Haruko said straightening her tie.

"I don't do anything fun Ruko, I play piano and mom would never cut that off. You how she is about us playing some sort of instrument." Michiyo said blowing a dandelion she just picked. "Imagine how it would look if Kaiou Michiru's children couldn't play music?"

"That's why you should do some stuff. You need to come out with me sometime." Haruko said proudly.

"Whenever I go with you I get in trouble! No way Ruko! You sould study or let Hotaru tutor you." Michiyo said.

"Not all the time, and I do let Hotaru tutor me." Haruko said flipping through Michiyo's textbook

"Only right before exams. And late at night so I don't get any sleep" Hotaru said approaching the other two. She straightened her business suit and pulled at her dark locks.

"So how was the day at the Doctor Mizino's office Tomoe-san?" Haruko sounded off smartly Hotaru had gotten a job working in Ami's office while she still was in medical school.

"Don't you get smart Haruko. I may be your sister but I'm your older sister." Hotaru said sitting down under the cherry blossoms.

"I am older then Chiyo though." Haruko pointed out as she always did.

"By three minutes! Three minutes Ruko!" Michiyo snapped. "For the love of the gods Ruko it's three minutes does it really matter?"

"Of course it matters three minutes or three seconds I'm still older!" Haruko retorted.

"Oh kami-sama, not this again." Hotaru said getting ready to get up and walk away. Just then a screech of a jet craft could be hard from above. It got really loud and all three could see its source.

"What the hell is that?" Haruko asked.

"Whatever that is, it's coming this way." Hotaru said.

"An enemy?" Haruko asked starting to put her arm out to call her henshin.

"I doubt it. Don't call your henshin." Hotaru said.

It got even louder and closer causing Haruka and Michiru to come out and look up in the sky. "It sounds like a …" Haruka said buttoning her shirt back up.

"It looks like an aircraft" Michiru said smoothing her skirt.

The craft got closer until it was right over them. It started to pull down and put its landing struts out. "That's no normal aircraft, that's an ORSF, a new one too." Haruka said looking up at it as it's VTOL vents came down guideing it down.

"What in the world is a space fighter doing here?" Michiru asked as it landed right in the flowerbed under it. "My roses!" she said with a sad look on her face.

"An ORSF? Here?" ask Haruko. Haruka looked at the tags on its fin.

"It's a variant III. That's even newer then the one I have." She said glaring at Michiru.

"You mean the one I made you leave on Uranus?" Michiru asked.

"Papa aren't those markings for Pluto?" Michiyo asked.

"Yea they are and …" Haruka stopped and nudged Michiru.

"What Ruka?" Michiru asked. Haruka pointed to the line on the tail fin and the symbol along it.

"That's a fighter straight from Charon palace. It even has the markings of a royal family member." Haruka said

"Haruka, the only living member of the house of Charon is Setsuna, which means…" Michiru said.

"Yup" Haruka responded. The craft powered down and the canopy opened. A suited figure stepped out and jumped over the side and walked towards the group. They stopped in front of them and pulled off their helmet to reveal dark green locks secured by a tieoff.

"He looks like Setsuna!" Michiyo said.

"No kidding" Haruka said.

Shizuo stepped forward and saluted and then spoke. "Greetings, I am Meioh Shizuo, crowned prince of Pluto and descendent of the house of Charon …" His accent a very heavy Plutonian.

"Shizuo!" screamed a voice from behind. Setsuna tried to run but took her heels off and nearly tackled Shizuo to the ground. "My baby boy! It's been years since I've seen you! I missed you so much." Setsuna said nearly crushing Shizuo, who was embarrassed by the greeting.

"Baby boy …?" Michiru said

"Uh huh, can't you see the resemblance?" Haruka said

"Setsuna-mama had a kid?" Michiyo said

"Whoa, for a second there I thought he was a girl. If that had been the case I would have shown him a few things." Haruko said slyly.

"Oh, my" was Hotaru's only response.

"Oh! Where are my manners?" Setsuna said.

"The same place your hourglass figure went." Haruka whispered. Setsuna glared at her and turned to face them.

"Let me introduce you to everyone!" she said started at Haruka. "This is Lady Uranus." Shizuo bent down to kiss Haruka's hand but she put it out for him to shake.

"Haruka-san is fine." Haruka said. "Or just Uranus if you must you formal titles."

"Lady Neptune." Setsuna said. Shizuo bent down and kissed Michiru's hand and then moved on down the line to Hotaru.

"Lady Saturn." Shizuo repeated the same action he did with Michiru and moved to Michiyo.

"Princess Neptune." Setsuna said

"Please, call me Michiyo or Chiyo." Chiyo said offering her hand to him shyly. This caused Haruko to cough.

"Princess Uranus." Setsuna said ending at Haruko and getting a grunt from Haruko she hated being called that.

"A girl?" Shizuo asked.

"Yeah! What did you think I was!" Haruko said annoyed.

"Kaiou Haruko!" Michiru belted out. "I know I raised you to have better manners than that!"

"Yeah, yeah nice to meet you. I'm Ruko." She said grabbing Shizuo's hand and shaking it her gripe quite strong surprising Shizuo.

"Well I think that's everybody, come on in the house and take that suit off." Setsuna said turning towards the door. Haruka and Haruko were still gathered around the spacecraft staring at it.

"Can I drive it dad?" Haruko asked

"Not until I drive it first." Haruka said then paused looking out of the corner of her eye at Michiru. "Have to make sure it's safe."

"Nobody's going to drive it!" Michiru said flatly as she walked into the house with Michiyo and Hotaru following her. Shizuo got back in the cockpit and cleaned out his ration packs that he had eaten during the trip. Haruko and Haruka where hanging into the cockpit.

"Wow this is a two seater! Can we dad?" Haruko asked. Haruka ignored her and asked Shizuo some questions.

"So Shizuo-kun, how fast does this go?" Haruka asked.

"I've never taken it past half throttle but 5.0 MACH." Shizuo said.

"I'd ride this girl until she came, around and back again." Haruko said not trying to hide her power lust.

"So what's it loaded with?" Haruka asked.

"Mostly small ordinance and two energy vulcans on the wings." Shizuo responded having collected all his garbage and stood up to get out.

"Can we sit in it?" Haruko asked.

"Sure, just don't move it." Shizuo said jumping out and walking towards the house. Haruka and Haruko both had a foot in the front seat.

"I want to sit up front dad!" Haruko protested trying to push her way into the seat.

"Ruko, I can't let you do that, what if you bump a button and it blows up?" Haruka said shoving her daughter into the nav seat.

"Real good excuse dad." Haruko said watching her father sit down in front of her. "What's to stop you from doing that? Remember last time you tried to help mom in the kitchen and blew up the blender?"

"Now let's see if I remember how to do this." Haruka said and reached across to a panel to her left she recognized one of the buttons instantly and pushed it. The canopy came down and locked into place and the cabin pressure went green.

"Cool! Now start it dad!" Haruko said excitedly. Haruka reached across and pushed another button and the cockpit came to life in front of her but Haruko's stayed dark save a few panel lights.

"How come yours came on and mine didn't?" Haruko asked.

"I don't know. All these damn switches are in Scionskrit! I can't read them. Um, I still remember how mine was set up though." Haruka said. She pushed a button and Haruko's cockpit lights came on and also a voice that was speaking in plutonian.

"The fuel is low? It shouldn't be the gage says we have are at half." Haruka said poking at the fuel screen.

"It didn't say anything about fuel. It said the weapon systems are active!" Haruko said.

"Since when do you know how to speak plutonian?" Haruka asked.

"I'm in the advanced class. So that's how I know." Haruko said as the light on her sick came on. "I thought the Queen of Uranus was supposed to be fluent in the Outer languages!" Haruko said and Haruka swore in Urainan at the cockpit.

"I'm telling mom you said that!" Haruko said.

"How do you even know what I said?" Haruka asked.

"Dad, if I didn't know the language of the plant I'm to become ruler of. I'd be pretty bad off. I heard you shout it one night when you and mom were... you know and put two and two together." Haruko said then said a word in Neptunian causing Haruka to turn and glare at her. "I'm guessing that means the same in Neptunian and I think you just confirmed it."

Haruka shook her head then said, "Ok yeah I forgot you speak nearly every language in the Solar System. Ruko please tell me this how is it you can speak Neptunian, Uranian, Plutonian, Santernese and even Mercurian but you are failing English?"

"English is a stupid language it doesn't make any sense. I could probably learn Venusian before I figured out English." Haruko said as her stick went hot she flipped up the guard "Ok now if I'm reading this right this button here does." Haruko said then pushed the button down and pulled the trigger. The cannons roared to life.

"Ruko! What are you doing!" Haruka said watching the blue fire spit from the wings.

"Ok so I can't really read Scionskrit! I don't know! The trigger's locked!" Haruko said franticly.

(Outer Manor: in house: same time)

Michiru could hardly believe the blue rounds blazing past her windows. "How did they get in there?" She asked.

"They asked me if they could sit in it." Shizuo said. "I didn't know they would."

"Shi, you should have brought your chip with you when you cane in the house." Setsuna said.

They run outside keeping their distance from the craft Michiru fuming as her rose garden is completely destroyed. "How long will that cannon fire?" Michiru asked even though she knew the flowers were toast.

"She's been holding it steady for over a minute. It should run out soon.' Shizuo said then turned to Setsuna, "Mother, I'm sorry I didn't know they would do that when I let them sit in it."

"It's alright with those two this really doesn't surprise me but you really should have brought your chip with you." Setsuna said as the cannons ran dry and stopped firing.

Haruko looked out the window of the craft seeing the others standing below mainly seeing Michiru. "Uh dad mom looks really pissed." Haruko said.

"Yea she does. Ok this one should open it." Haruka said pushing a button causing a parachute to shoot out the back of the craft. "Or maybe this one." Haruka said pushing another button this time the cockpit opening. She stood up then climbed out of the craft helping Haruko down before turning to Michiru. "Michi dear..."

"Ten'ou Haruka don't you dare Michi dear me!" Michiru nearly shouted.

Setsuna put her hand on Shizuo's shoulder, "Now would be a good time to get that chip." Shizuo nodded then climbed into the craft to get the chip. He reached under the console pulled out a chip small enough to fit in the palm of his hand then climbed down walking about over to his mother who took the chip, "Thank you."

"Mother!" Shizuo said protesting her taking the chip.

"Trust me it's safer with me." Setsuna said then turned back to Haruka and Michiru the latter still yelling at her wife.

"Hey mom when do I get one of those?" Haruko asked once Michiru was finally done.

Michiru turned and looked at Haruko fire in her eyes, "Kaiou Haruko don't you even start you're father may have been your partner in crime this time but you are not off the hook." Michiru said turning to Haruka, "Neither are you."

"Michi I'll call the gardener tomorrow and get your roses fixed." Haruka said.

Michiru ignored her and turned to Setsuna, "This can't stay here."

Setsuna nodded then handed the chip back to Shizuo, "I'll let you take it to the crystal palace military bunkers for storage. There and back only. The palace has choppers I'll call ahead and tell them to give you a lift."

"Oh mom can I go with him!" Haruko said. "Please!"

"Haruko get in the car." Michiru said, "Haruka you too."

"What why?" Haruka asked, "Where are we going?"

"To the hardware store you two are replanting my garden tomorrow." Michiru said.

"Shi you better get going by the time you get back dinner should be ready." Setsuna said to which Shizuo nodded and climbed in the ORSF starting the engines and taking off.

"Awesome." Haruko said as she stood there watching it Haruka right next to her.

"Haruka, Haruko car now!" Michiru said pushing them both that way.

"Michi why am I replacing the garden? This is why we have a gardener." Haruka said getting in the car.

"We have a gardener to tend to the garden not rebuild it every time you destroy it." Michiru said getting in the car.

Michiyo sat down in the back seat of the car next to Haruko who still watched Shizuo fly away even though he was almost out of view, "Mom can we get that koi pond you've been talking about?" Michiyo asked.

"You know I think we can especially since Haruka and Haruko have volunteered to dig it for us tomorrow." Michiru said.

"Michi I was going to put a new exhaust on one of my cars tomorrow! Digging a koi pond and replanting your roses will take all day!" Haruka said.

"Mom I was going to take Kimi to the new amusement park tomorrow!" Haruko said.

"Guess you are not anymore." Michiru said. "You should have thought about that before you decided to attempt to fly his ship. What happened?"

"Dad's Plutonian sucks." Haruko mumbled.

"The controls were in Scionskrit and I guess they moved a few of them around in the changes between his model and mine." Haruka said.

Author's notes: Sorry it went so long but We had to cover seventeen years. This is the last of this fic. The next stage will be up shortly

ORSF – Outer Rim Space Fighter