~~This is chapter 6 in my story about Sailor Pluto
STILL retelling her past
	SailorMoon is copyright Naoko Takeuchi, but Zodos and
Orion are my own creations...
	Emaill me at Fairychan@aol.com if u have comments or 
suggestions
	
The Guardian of Time and Her Secret
Chapter 6
by Fairychan

	Princess Jupiter stared at Zodos, the man Setsuna was
to marry.
	His face was angry, that was for sure. If looks could
kill, that would be his greatest weapon.
	Even her, the strong and powerful princess of Jupiter 
felt empowered by Zodos.
	Minako and Rei saw Zodos. They turned to look at the 
dance floor, and Setsuna and Orion were still holding each 
other.
	Oh, no...Minako 's face seemed to say. She turned back 
to Zodos, who stood there, at the edge of the dance floor.
	Setsuna realized her friends looked very worried. What
was Makoto and Minako staring at at?
	She moved her head slightly to see what they had been
looking at.
	She was looking at...
	Zodos.
	
	*Oh, no....* she thought. She stepped away from Orion
and stood there, next to him, and Zodos just 10 feet away.
	His eyes narrowed and anger raged through them.
	Setsuna stepped back as Zodos slowly approached her.
	"Z-zodos...it's not what you think..."
	He quickened his pace, and he stood betweeen her and 
Orion. "Who is this that you were dancing with?"
	"I am Prince Orion, son of Hades," Orion said.
	"Wow, like that's supposed to impress me." Zodos rolled
his eyes.
	He grabbed Setsuna's wrist. "Did you think you could 
get away with sneaking behind my back?! Did you think
that I would never find out?!"
	Setsuna looked around and saw people staring. "Zodos, 
please, not in Serenity's palace!"
	"Fine, then." He stalked out of the ballroom, and 
dragged Setsuna with him.
	Orion's face fell, and he stared after the princess. 
What was going on???
	
	He decided to follow them outside to the fountain.
	Orion hid behind a giant bush, and he could see Zodos
muttering angrily.
	Setsuna looked frightened but she somehow remained calm.
	"Setsuna, god, why the hell did you do this?!"
	"Zodos, I-"
	He didn't give her a chance to explain. "You were 
sneaking around behind my back with that little son of a-"
	"Don't talk about Orion like that!" she yelled.
	"Make me!" Zodos slapped Setsuna across the face.
	Orion gasped. 
	She stumbled backwards and fell to her knees. Orion
could see a red mark on her face.
	Anger boiled inside him. How dare Zodos treat Princess
Pluto like that!!
	He stood up and walked out of the bushes.
	Zodos turned around at the sound of the bushes rustling. 
"Oh, look who we have now...Prince Orion himself."
	Orion looked down and saw Setsuna crying quietly. 
"Zodos, don't you dare hurt her..."
	"Oh, yeeah, like you will stop me."
	He clenched his fist. "Zodos..." He leaned down and 
helped Setsuna up. 
	"AHAHAHA!!!" Zodos kicked Orion on the back.
	"Oough!" He fell to the ground and lay next to Setsuna.
"You...!"
	Zodos laughed and punched Orion in the stomach.
	Orion winced at the pain and he tried to get up. 
"Zodos...stop this..."
	"Ah-hah!" He grabbed Orion's leg and kicked him down.
	Orion's face hit the ground. Setsuna stood up and picked
him up.
	"Orion, no, don't do this, I can defend myself..."
	"Princess..."
	She hugged him tightly. "Orion, please...don't hurt 
yourself..."
	"Uaahhhhh!" she screamed as Zodos hurled an energy ball
at her. It struck her back and she hit the ground.
	Orion took his Garnet Stone badge and it began 
glowing...the red glow covered his body, and then it 
quickly vanished. Left in his hand was a long thin sword
with a gold and silver handle decorated with precious 
gems.
	"AUUGHHHHH!! DIE, ZODOS!!" He charged and managed to
cut Zodos's arm.
	Zodos laughed. "Try again, weakling." Zodos closed his
eyes and waited for the stupid prince to miss.
	"Choughhh!" Zodos's throat tried to make a sound. Down
near his stomach he felt extreme pain...
	He opened his eyes. He had let his guard down for just 
a moment-now he regretted doing that.
	Orion's sword was stabbed into his stomach...he tried 
ripping it out, but it wouldn't come out.
	Orion walked forward and slowly dug the sword out to make
Zodos suffer more. He could see the evil prince wince in pain.
	"Hah, Zodos. Don't you ever hurt Setsuna again!"
	Zodos held his hand aginst his wound, and his clean white 
gloves were becoming bloody.
	"You'll pay, prince of the Underworld. Pay dearly."

                        TO BE CONTINUED