My favorite ships
Canon ships
Petz and Saphir
Usagi and Mamoru
Haruka and Michiru
Off canon ships
-Professor Tomoe and Kaori
I like to believe that they did love each other. Maybe many years after Hotaru's mom died, after years of grieving, he met Kaori at work and he allowed himself to love again before they all became corrupted by Pharaoh 90.
I believe they could have been close to getting together as a couple or even engaged possibly, and that could be why Kaori still believed in his love and did everything for him, even when they were evil. The last time Kaori died by Mistress 9, Tomoe was possessed by germatoid at the time so there was no reaction from him at all.
Also another point is when she died the first time. He did bring her back to life.
Was that actually Professor Tomoe himself who wanted her back because he loved her and didn't understand it because he was so far gone, being controlled by germatoid?
I wonder too if Kaori was actually nice to Hotaru before everything happened. I like to believe that Kaori did care about her before and she still did when she was evil. Possibly deep inside, she care but she pushed her to stand up for herself and be strong. Kaori went a little too far though, to the point where it turned bullying and resentment at times. However in the end, Hotaru did become more confident and was able to be strong and defeat Mistress 9. Maybe she had a lot of help from Kaori pushing her and from Sailor Saturn who gave her strength to save herself and the world.
Anyways I'm getting off topic but I just think it would be interesting to see Kaori redeem herself at the end as she is my favorite villain that I could write an au for and redeem her. She almost turned semi good near the end of S but germatoid kept pushing her to the wrong direction.
Sorry I didn't expect to write so much about this, but I enjoy making up theories about my favorite characters and ships,.even if they are a bit cheesy and silly at times and this ship somewhat does make sense.