Title: Children of Fire - Epilogue
Author: Viper Inferno
E-mail: viperdvman@hotmail.com
Rated: G

	Howdy, Sailor Moon Fans. Welcome back to the world of Y2V. 
Revelations, revelations, revelations. It seems to be my little theme for 
Chapter 4. Well, let's just dig a little deeper into Russell, and what 
about Amy. She seems to admire him. What does she think of him now that 
she knows he's Tuxedo Inferno. Let's just read and see, shall we? Here's 
my usual...

...Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and most of the characters ain't mine. They 
belong to Naoko Takeuchi, and I thank that woman for creating such great 
entertainment for all of us with a lot of free time on our hands to enjoy. 
The English dub belongs to DiC Entertainment, and I thank them for 
bringing' it to America, even though they lost the rights. Finally the S 
season's in America, it's a darn good series, I tell 'ya. Anyways, 
Russell Hino, Hino Kyodai, Tuxedo Inferno, and all his other identities 
are MINE (in a deep, dark, growling voice). Titanius is also mine. So, 
please don't sue me, I'm just a lonely college student who's barely 
surviving college payments. Well, y'all enjoy this fanfic and e-mail me.


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                              Children of Fire
                              By Viper Inferno

                                  Epilogue

	Russell gazes into his princess' eyes, glistening like the pond in 
the Earth's light. He can't help but to succumb to her beauty. He can't 
hold back his surprise any longer. The time to unveil his surprise gets 
no better than this. He reaches into his suit, but leaves it there as he 
backs up from her and dwells on the glistening blue eyes and the ocean 
blue hair flowing in the breeze. "Your beauty reminds me of the 
enchanting oceans of Earth," he complements, "I've heard from Tuxedo Mask 
about the legendary mermaids. Half-woman, half-fish, just the mere sight 
of these goddesses of the sea captures the hearts of travelling sailors. 
The glitter in your sparkling eyes is like the ocean glistening in the 
moonlight, and your hair is like the gentle sea breeze, guiding the 
sailors across the vast beauty of the ocean. Like the ocean, my princess, 
you are so full of life, I just can't help but to fall deeper in love 
with you. The serene ocean within you has tamed the raging inferno 
burning inside of me. I know now that you are the perfect one."
	He pulls his hand out of his suit, revealing the ring box. He grabs 
it with both hands. "I have searched for something that truly represents 
you, something that brings out the features of the ocean, and of your 
divine beauty," he says as he opens the ring box.
	She looks on, her eyes shimmering in complete awe as she looks at 
an elegant ring made from white gold with an ice blue crystal in the 
shape of a pair of dolphins. Like Russell said, it truly captures the 
beauty of the ocean. 
	"Oh, Russell," she gasps, "It's absolutely enchanting. It's 
perfect."
	Russell kneels down on one knee, while taking her right hand with 
his left. "My dear, sweet princess, will you marry me?"
	Tears roll down her delicate cheeks as she pulls Russell up and 
gives him tight embrace, crying into his shoulder. Russell returns her 
embrace, wondering why she's crying after he had proposed to her. "What's 
wrong?" he asks.
	She lets up from Russell, with tears still rolling down her cheeks. 
"I'm fine, I've just never been so happy in my life," she whimpers, then 
gasps as she tries to hold back her sobs, "Of course I'll marry you."
	Russell removes the ring from its box and gently slips it onto 
Amy's fragile finger. They then embrace again, knowing that they'll be 
together for eternity, but eternity doesn't seem to be long enough...

	Just as they are about to kiss, a shrill noise breaks the 
tranquility of the night. Russell then wakes up to hear his alarm clock 
going off. He hits the snooze button and takes a look at the time. "7:24, 
but I set it for 9:00 since there's still no school," he says to himself. 
He plops back down on his pillow as thoughts of his recent dream flow 
through his mind. "Who is that princess?" he asks himself, "Why doesn't 
Luna remember her?" 
	Russell forgets about trying to figure it all out and gets up to 
walk over to his wardrobe. He looks inside to see what's available to 
wear, but is irrelevant since he'll be wearing his leather bomber jacket. 
"Think I'll wear white over blue jeans," he says to himself as he grabs 
his desired clothing. Thoughts of that princess continue to run through 
his mind, then he thinks about Sailor Mercury and how she ties in to the 
Silver Millennium. 
	"Sailor Mercury must've been one of the Moon Princess' royal scouts," 
he says to himself. After he gets his clothes and his jacket on, thoughts 
of Amy begin roaming through his head. "But Amy, I wonder what she thinks 
of me now that she knows I'm Tuxedo Inferno," he says to himself. He 
walks out of his room and walks by Raye's room. He stops by the door and 
takes a peek through the cracked door, only to see that she's still 
asleep. Russell then proceeds toward the front door and out of the temple.
	"Sailor Mercury is my favorite scout," he thinks aloud, "She's 
smart, strategic, yet the more modest of the Scouts. Her attacks may be 
the weaker of the bunch, but her intelligence more than makes up for it. 
It's great to be fighting side-by-side with her."
	He makes it to his car and hops inside, a little more easily since 
there's no ice to scrap off. "And Amy; now I know why Sailor Mercury's 
her favorite. She IS Sailor Mercury. She's intelligent, just like Mercury, 
strategic, just like Mercury, and a good friend to my sister and very 
trusting, just like Mercury even when I was under Negaverse control," he 
thinks aloud, again, "But unlike Mercury, she's got this silence to her. 
To think, the very girl I like is my favorite Sailor Scout."
	He begins driving toward some undetermined destination. "She's got 
those eyes, that short blue hair that seems to wave in the wind despite 
its length, and this delicate face. Yet I wonder, if I was the Prince of 
Mars, then that must make Raye the Princess of Mars. I don't know if she 
was the only princess of the Scouts, but I also wonder if perhaps Amy, 
Sailor Mercury, and that princess in my dreams are the same girl."
	He looks at the storefronts and snow-covered streets and sidewalks 
as he drives along. He then sees a picture of the Sailor Scouts on the 
side of a bus stop as thoughts come to his head. "Now that I think about 
it, Amy does look good in that blue Sailor Suit. It blends with the color 
in her eyes and hair."
	He then remembers how she looked as she studied at the café, how 
even the cold snowy environment didn't distract her from her studies, and 
how she smiled at him when their eyes met. "I had feelings for Amy even 
before I ended up observing for her Physics class, and even when I was 
under Negaverse control. Now that I know she's Sailor Mercury, my 
favorite Sailor Scout, it just makes me fall deeper in love with her." 
Russell drives off through Tokyo, as he makes since of his feelings for 
Amy.

	Park...

	Amy sits on a bench, in a white snow-jacket, white scarf, earmuffs, 
and gloves. She watches the frozen lake as the sun's rays beat down on it, 
bringing out a fiery glimmer that brings a thought to her mind. She 
immediately thinks about Russell. "Russell is Tuxedo Inferno. He must've 
really cared about me when he tried to get me out of that embassy before 
attacking. The thought of me getting hurt must've been too much for him," 
she thinks aloud.
	"Russell, the prince of Mars and sister of Princess Raye. And he 
fights as Tuxedo Inferno. I wonder why Luna didn't remember him sooner. 
I mean, we doubted him, fought him, and even lost to him," she thinks 
aloud.
	"The thought of the Russell being the Prince of Mars, just brings 
out more in him. How the fire burns in his eyes. Somehow, I remember 
sayin' something about fire in somebody's eyes in the Silver Millennium. 
Someone also told me about my eyes and hair being like the ocean." She 
then goes back to thinkin' of Russell, "But Russell, something about him 
really fascinates me. He's dedicated to his work, he was class 
Salutatorian, Japanese Scholar, and even a star soccer player. He's not 
only a genius, he an athletic genius, a scholar athlete. And he wields 
the power of fire as Tuxedo Inferno."
	She then thinks of her feelings, "I think I'm even deeper in love 
with him, now. Tuxedo Inferno is a great warrior, and I barely doubted 
him. Serena and I were the only ones who saw good in him when the 
Negaverse had control of him. It's odd, really. I never had these kind of 
feelings for Greg. Never. It must be true love I feel towards Russell, 
and he being Tuxedo Inferno just strengthens that feeling." Amy gets up 
from the bench and walks the trail alongside the lake, watching as the 
sun's reflection off the ice continues to bring thoughts of Russell and 
Tuxedo Inferno to mind.


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Well, the foundation for a romance is set. Both Russell and Amy have 
feelings for each other, and stronger ones now that they know the other 
is. Do keep in mind that they were thinkin aloud mostly. Well, this ends 
Children of Fire, and the Warrior of Fire Anthology. Actually, the 
conclusion was in Chapter 4. This is more of an afterward, highlighting 
Russell and Amy. I'ma start on my next project, a highly requested 
romance. Y'all will see it when it comes. I tell you, much will be 
revealed in it. E-mail me with comments, a'ight?

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Have fun Sailor Moon fans,
Viper Inferno
   (Y2V)