Chapter one
A Heavenly Angel is Brought Upon Us
Makoto's POV
What a boring morning this was. Nephryte was at work, while I had two hours to go
before I was to go in. Of all the senshi, I was the only one to have my dream job, a chef and a
florist, yet I wasn't as busy as everyone else. My career was slow, so I spent most of my time
watching over my pregnant friends, Ami, Rei, Minako, and Haruka. All four were pregnant,
though they weren't at the same points in their pregnancies. Rei was about due, Minako was
midway through, Haruka was about 1/4 way through, and Ami was only a few weeks through.
My other friends had already had kids. Usagi was the most recent, giving birth to Chibi-Usa on
her birthday, then giving birth to a son on Mamoru's birthday, who was named Chibi-Mamo.
Michiru gave birth to a daughter named Ike, Hotaru gave birth to twins, a boy named
Prometheus and a girl named Pandora, which is amazing considering she is the youngest senshi,
the smallest, and was only 18 when she went into labor! Of all the senshi, Setsuna and I were the
only ones who weren't moms.
Well, enough blabber about that. Today was uneventful. I didn't have anyone to what or
help today. I wouldn't be babysitting any of the senshi's kids until that evening with Nephryte. I
was bored, bored, bored . . . Suddenly . . . CRASH! Right on my head landed something. I
toppled over into the herb garden, narrowly missing a stepping stone.
When I gathered my senses, I searched for what had hit me on the head. Finally, I spotted
a mess of black, purple, and light brown in a bush at the end of the steps. I noticed a river of red
flowing from the light brown area and recognized that this thing was a child. I tried to stand up,
but my legs were really unstable. I finally managed to crawl over to this kid. When I reached it, I
gently turned it over. There, in my arms, was a slightly battered little girl. She appeared to be
breathing well; I could feel a steady pulse; she seemed to be simply unconscious. I gently
cradled her in my arms. Strangely enough, my head stopped hurting. My legs felt strong again. I
could feel a strange energy pulse rising from this child. I didn't stop to think of it any further.
I quickly arose from the herb garden and ran into the house. I laid the child down in the
bath tub, retrieved a cool washcloth from the sink, and immediately began to clean the bloody
wound. When it finally stopped bleeding, I took a large bandage and covered the large cut. Her
black and purple clothes didn't appear to have any blood on them, so I took her from the tub and
laid her on the sofa in the living room. I reached for my communicator, but all the links were
blocked. Everyone had mentioned having some sort of meetings and lectures, so there was really
no way to reach them. I turned back around and gazed at the child resting on the sofa. She
looked a lot like I had when I was little, and looked like Nephryte as he was now. Is this child
from heaven? Was she brought here as a child for Nephryte and me? Have our prayers been
answered? So many questions raced through my head that it began to hurt.
I started to get up to get a glass of water when I heard a sound. I looked toward the sofa
to see the child waking up. My heart raced as the child tried to sit up. I quickly got over to the
sofa and propped the child up on the pillows. She looked up at me with wide blue eyes. They
were blue as sapphire, wide as the ocean. They were filled with wonder and confusion. She
didn't speak, but instead curled in my lap like a puppy, that was thankful for a warm lap, would.
I instantly felt that the gods had answered my prayer for a child and had delivered her to me.
Later that night
Kino Residence
6:30 P.M.
"Nephryte, is that you?" I called as I heard someone open the door.
"Hai, it's I," he replied, "where are you?"
"I am in the living room. Come here, I have a surprise for you," I replied in a quieter
voice.
"You're not pregnant, are you?" he asked as he wearily walked into the living room,
"Setsuna just found out that she is three weeks into her pregnancy. She and Toki are ecstatic."
"No, it's even better. Be quiet though, I just got her to sleep."
"Got who to sleep? Why are you sitting alone in the dark?"
"I'm not alone. That is the surprise," I said. I turned the light onto the lowest setting. The
lamp dimly lit the room, but it lit the living room just enough to where my husband could see the
little girl sleeping on the sofa.
He stood there, confused. "Surprise? Explain. I don't understand," he said. I explained
what had happened that morning and even showed him the goose egg on my head and the gash
on the child's. He wasn't confused anymore, but he couldn't understand why I would think of all
this as a good thing or a wonderful surprise.
"The gods have answered our prayers. They have sent us a child!" I exclaimed.
Nephryte just sat at the kitchen table, puzzled. Then we heard something. "Mama? Where
are you? Is papa home?" I recognized the sound as the child's. I hurried into the living room
with Nephryte not far behind me. The child was sitting on the sofa, picking at her bandage. Her
eyes became big and she smiled with her widest grin when she saw Nephryte and me standing in
the doorway. "Mama!" she cried. "Papa, you came home while I was sleeping!" She jumped up,
ran across the room, and gave both of us hugs. Nephryte was still confused, but I simply picked
the girl up in my arms.
"Her name is Kitsune, but we call her Kit for short," I declared.
"Is that a fact?" he replied.
"She told me herself. She seems to believe that we have had her since she was born."
"You believe her? She could be a part of the enemy you know."
"I won't think of that. Something about Kit tells me that she is good and our child. The
god Zeus sent her himself!"
That was the end of that conversation for that night. Something in my husband's tone of
voice told me that he, too, believed what I believed.
The Next Morning
Hikawa Shrine
Nephryte's POV
"So, you both really feel strong about this? What if she is someone else's kid? What if
she is part of the enemy?" questioned Usagi. She, as well as the others were skeptical about us
keeping Kitsune. Makoto had started calling the child names like, "Lil' Kit," or, "Kitty," or even,
"Mommy's little kitten." I simply called her Kitsune. Although I was almost completely
convinced about the child, I still wasn't sure. She had only come to us the day before.
Everyone was just now meeting Kitsune because our babysitting duties were lifted last
night because everyone had a change of plans. Now that they were meeting Kitsune, they
decided to question her to see if the god Zeus really did send her. Haruka started the questioning,
"What is your last name?"
"Kino." Kitsune replied. "That is a silly question. Why wouldn't I know my last name?"
"Why is your last name Kino?" Minako continued.
"My daddy didn't have one, so they used mommy's"
"When is your birthday?" Ami asked, typing notes in her minicomputer.
"November 23. I don't know what year."
"Why do you have blue eyes when your "parents" don't?" Hotaru asked, absent
mindedly.
"Um, I don't know."
"Hotaru, she won't know that. Can you name us off?" Michiru continued.
Kit stared at everyone for a minute or two. Finally, she started naming people off. "Raye,
"she said pointing to the senshi of Mars. She took a few minutes, naming everyone with their
respective names. Finally, she got to Makoto, Usagi, and me. She pointed to Makoto and me and
said, "Mommy and Daddy." She pointed to Usagi and said, with a smile, " Meatball head!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh. It had been a while since anyone had called Usagi by her nick
name, which originated from her distinctive hairstyle. Kitsune looked around, confused at why
everyone was laughing. "I thought Usagi didn't like her nickname. Why are you laughing at
her?"
When everyone calmed down, Setsuna, Usagi, and Raye, three of the ones who didn't ask
questions, looked at each other with questioning stares. A fuss could be heard from the other
room, recognizable as Chibi-Usa's. Mamoru got up and went to tend to her. When he came back,
Raye got on her knees in front of Kitsune and stared her in the eye.
Kitsune went pale. I noticed, out of the corner of my eye, that Makoto went pale, too.
Raye reached her hands for Kitsune's forehead, but Kitsune backed away, whimpering, but not
taking her eyes away from Raye. Raye retreated and said, "Why do you back away? Do you fear
me?"
Kitsune responded, "No, I'm not afraid. I just don't want to be hit." Everyone looked
each other as I felt myself go pale. Everyone stared at Makoto and me, but no one spoke, not
wanting to interrupt what Raye was doing.
"Do you think I will hit you?"
"No, but I don't like being touched by anyone but Mommy and Daddy."
"Why? Who has hit you? Did your mom and dad hit you?"
"No! Mommy and Daddy would never hit me!"
"Who has? Has anyone hit you?"
Kitsune looked down at the floor. She went sickly pale, but answered, "The Bad Man
likes to hit me."
Everyone went pale at that response. Raye recoiled a bit, but stayed at what she was
doing. "Who is the Bad Man? Kit, look at me." Kitsune looked up and stared into Raye's violet
eyes. "Who is the Bad Man?" Raye repeated.
Kitsune looked up and said in an unsteady voice, "The man whom you think sent me to
destroy the senshi, your enemy. I heard Mommy and Daddy talking about it last night, when
Daddy got home, while they thought I was asleep. I don't work for him. I escaped from him to
come home."
Makoto's POV
Everyone was dead silent when I stood up to Kit's sniffles. I rushed forward and picked
Kit up in my arms. I gave everyone dirty looks, even my husband, and rushed out into the yard. I
sat under a cherry blossom tree, cradling my daughter in my arms. I felt hot tears run down my
cheeks. I couldn't believe them. They were supposed to be my friends. How could they put a
child, my daughter at that, through what they did? I knew that Raye had put Kit through more
than what you could see. I looked down at Kit. She had fallen fast asleep. I smiled and looked for
Jupiter in the sky. I saw it, not far from the moon. Then, for some reason, my heart began
pounding rapidly. Then I heard a terrifying screech come from behind me. I jumped up and ran
toward the shrine just as everyone came running out. Suddenly, everything became a blur. When
everything became clear again, all of the senshi were transformed and captured in tangles of
vines. Even I was transformed and caught in the tangle. I then realized that Kit was no longer in
my arms. I searched for Kit and found her . . . right I the hands of the monster. I wanted to cry
out, but I felt frail. Then came a sight nobody expected. Kit swung her right leg up and nailed the
monster in the chin. The monster dropped Kit. Kit landed of her rear-end and quickly stood up
on her feet. She stepped back a bit with a scared look on her face. "Mommy! Daddy!" she cried.
I wanted to rush over and hold her, but the current situation didn't allow it.
"Mommy and Daddy are over here, Kitty! Now, run away, Kitty! Run away and hide!" I
yelled. Kit looked my way, but did not run. That split-second that she used to look at me gave
the monster enough time to recapture Kit. Before anyone knew what had happened, Kit was once
again in the monster's arms. This time, however, Kit needn't kick her way out.
A black light burned on her forehead, assuming the shape of the sign of Jupiter. Kit was
instantly released from the monster's arms, then engulfed in a waltz of black and purple ribbons.
Before we knew it, there stood a sailor senshi, the smallest we had ever seen. She had a black
skirt, black gloves with purple glove bands, a purple body suit, purple knee boots with a black
strip on the top, a purple, oval-shaped brooch, a purple collar with two black stripes, a purple
choker with a black Jupiter sign, black hoop earrings with purple Jupiter signs hanging from
them, black shoulder bands, and the black sign of Jupiter burning on her forehead. To add to the
surprises, two blurry figures appeared by Kit's side. When they stopped, you could see a female,
siamese cat with blue eyes on one side, and on the other side was a male, black, long-haired cat
with green eyes. This was the start of an interesting journey.
A Heavenly Angel is Brought Upon Us
Makoto's POV
What a boring morning this was. Nephryte was at work, while I had two hours to go
before I was to go in. Of all the senshi, I was the only one to have my dream job, a chef and a
florist, yet I wasn't as busy as everyone else. My career was slow, so I spent most of my time
watching over my pregnant friends, Ami, Rei, Minako, and Haruka. All four were pregnant,
though they weren't at the same points in their pregnancies. Rei was about due, Minako was
midway through, Haruka was about 1/4 way through, and Ami was only a few weeks through.
My other friends had already had kids. Usagi was the most recent, giving birth to Chibi-Usa on
her birthday, then giving birth to a son on Mamoru's birthday, who was named Chibi-Mamo.
Michiru gave birth to a daughter named Ike, Hotaru gave birth to twins, a boy named
Prometheus and a girl named Pandora, which is amazing considering she is the youngest senshi,
the smallest, and was only 18 when she went into labor! Of all the senshi, Setsuna and I were the
only ones who weren't moms.
Well, enough blabber about that. Today was uneventful. I didn't have anyone to what or
help today. I wouldn't be babysitting any of the senshi's kids until that evening with Nephryte. I
was bored, bored, bored . . . Suddenly . . . CRASH! Right on my head landed something. I
toppled over into the herb garden, narrowly missing a stepping stone.
When I gathered my senses, I searched for what had hit me on the head. Finally, I spotted
a mess of black, purple, and light brown in a bush at the end of the steps. I noticed a river of red
flowing from the light brown area and recognized that this thing was a child. I tried to stand up,
but my legs were really unstable. I finally managed to crawl over to this kid. When I reached it, I
gently turned it over. There, in my arms, was a slightly battered little girl. She appeared to be
breathing well; I could feel a steady pulse; she seemed to be simply unconscious. I gently
cradled her in my arms. Strangely enough, my head stopped hurting. My legs felt strong again. I
could feel a strange energy pulse rising from this child. I didn't stop to think of it any further.
I quickly arose from the herb garden and ran into the house. I laid the child down in the
bath tub, retrieved a cool washcloth from the sink, and immediately began to clean the bloody
wound. When it finally stopped bleeding, I took a large bandage and covered the large cut. Her
black and purple clothes didn't appear to have any blood on them, so I took her from the tub and
laid her on the sofa in the living room. I reached for my communicator, but all the links were
blocked. Everyone had mentioned having some sort of meetings and lectures, so there was really
no way to reach them. I turned back around and gazed at the child resting on the sofa. She
looked a lot like I had when I was little, and looked like Nephryte as he was now. Is this child
from heaven? Was she brought here as a child for Nephryte and me? Have our prayers been
answered? So many questions raced through my head that it began to hurt.
I started to get up to get a glass of water when I heard a sound. I looked toward the sofa
to see the child waking up. My heart raced as the child tried to sit up. I quickly got over to the
sofa and propped the child up on the pillows. She looked up at me with wide blue eyes. They
were blue as sapphire, wide as the ocean. They were filled with wonder and confusion. She
didn't speak, but instead curled in my lap like a puppy, that was thankful for a warm lap, would.
I instantly felt that the gods had answered my prayer for a child and had delivered her to me.
Later that night
Kino Residence
6:30 P.M.
"Nephryte, is that you?" I called as I heard someone open the door.
"Hai, it's I," he replied, "where are you?"
"I am in the living room. Come here, I have a surprise for you," I replied in a quieter
voice.
"You're not pregnant, are you?" he asked as he wearily walked into the living room,
"Setsuna just found out that she is three weeks into her pregnancy. She and Toki are ecstatic."
"No, it's even better. Be quiet though, I just got her to sleep."
"Got who to sleep? Why are you sitting alone in the dark?"
"I'm not alone. That is the surprise," I said. I turned the light onto the lowest setting. The
lamp dimly lit the room, but it lit the living room just enough to where my husband could see the
little girl sleeping on the sofa.
He stood there, confused. "Surprise? Explain. I don't understand," he said. I explained
what had happened that morning and even showed him the goose egg on my head and the gash
on the child's. He wasn't confused anymore, but he couldn't understand why I would think of all
this as a good thing or a wonderful surprise.
"The gods have answered our prayers. They have sent us a child!" I exclaimed.
Nephryte just sat at the kitchen table, puzzled. Then we heard something. "Mama? Where
are you? Is papa home?" I recognized the sound as the child's. I hurried into the living room
with Nephryte not far behind me. The child was sitting on the sofa, picking at her bandage. Her
eyes became big and she smiled with her widest grin when she saw Nephryte and me standing in
the doorway. "Mama!" she cried. "Papa, you came home while I was sleeping!" She jumped up,
ran across the room, and gave both of us hugs. Nephryte was still confused, but I simply picked
the girl up in my arms.
"Her name is Kitsune, but we call her Kit for short," I declared.
"Is that a fact?" he replied.
"She told me herself. She seems to believe that we have had her since she was born."
"You believe her? She could be a part of the enemy you know."
"I won't think of that. Something about Kit tells me that she is good and our child. The
god Zeus sent her himself!"
That was the end of that conversation for that night. Something in my husband's tone of
voice told me that he, too, believed what I believed.
The Next Morning
Hikawa Shrine
Nephryte's POV
"So, you both really feel strong about this? What if she is someone else's kid? What if
she is part of the enemy?" questioned Usagi. She, as well as the others were skeptical about us
keeping Kitsune. Makoto had started calling the child names like, "Lil' Kit," or, "Kitty," or even,
"Mommy's little kitten." I simply called her Kitsune. Although I was almost completely
convinced about the child, I still wasn't sure. She had only come to us the day before.
Everyone was just now meeting Kitsune because our babysitting duties were lifted last
night because everyone had a change of plans. Now that they were meeting Kitsune, they
decided to question her to see if the god Zeus really did send her. Haruka started the questioning,
"What is your last name?"
"Kino." Kitsune replied. "That is a silly question. Why wouldn't I know my last name?"
"Why is your last name Kino?" Minako continued.
"My daddy didn't have one, so they used mommy's"
"When is your birthday?" Ami asked, typing notes in her minicomputer.
"November 23. I don't know what year."
"Why do you have blue eyes when your "parents" don't?" Hotaru asked, absent
mindedly.
"Um, I don't know."
"Hotaru, she won't know that. Can you name us off?" Michiru continued.
Kit stared at everyone for a minute or two. Finally, she started naming people off. "Raye,
"she said pointing to the senshi of Mars. She took a few minutes, naming everyone with their
respective names. Finally, she got to Makoto, Usagi, and me. She pointed to Makoto and me and
said, "Mommy and Daddy." She pointed to Usagi and said, with a smile, " Meatball head!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh. It had been a while since anyone had called Usagi by her nick
name, which originated from her distinctive hairstyle. Kitsune looked around, confused at why
everyone was laughing. "I thought Usagi didn't like her nickname. Why are you laughing at
her?"
When everyone calmed down, Setsuna, Usagi, and Raye, three of the ones who didn't ask
questions, looked at each other with questioning stares. A fuss could be heard from the other
room, recognizable as Chibi-Usa's. Mamoru got up and went to tend to her. When he came back,
Raye got on her knees in front of Kitsune and stared her in the eye.
Kitsune went pale. I noticed, out of the corner of my eye, that Makoto went pale, too.
Raye reached her hands for Kitsune's forehead, but Kitsune backed away, whimpering, but not
taking her eyes away from Raye. Raye retreated and said, "Why do you back away? Do you fear
me?"
Kitsune responded, "No, I'm not afraid. I just don't want to be hit." Everyone looked
each other as I felt myself go pale. Everyone stared at Makoto and me, but no one spoke, not
wanting to interrupt what Raye was doing.
"Do you think I will hit you?"
"No, but I don't like being touched by anyone but Mommy and Daddy."
"Why? Who has hit you? Did your mom and dad hit you?"
"No! Mommy and Daddy would never hit me!"
"Who has? Has anyone hit you?"
Kitsune looked down at the floor. She went sickly pale, but answered, "The Bad Man
likes to hit me."
Everyone went pale at that response. Raye recoiled a bit, but stayed at what she was
doing. "Who is the Bad Man? Kit, look at me." Kitsune looked up and stared into Raye's violet
eyes. "Who is the Bad Man?" Raye repeated.
Kitsune looked up and said in an unsteady voice, "The man whom you think sent me to
destroy the senshi, your enemy. I heard Mommy and Daddy talking about it last night, when
Daddy got home, while they thought I was asleep. I don't work for him. I escaped from him to
come home."
Makoto's POV
Everyone was dead silent when I stood up to Kit's sniffles. I rushed forward and picked
Kit up in my arms. I gave everyone dirty looks, even my husband, and rushed out into the yard. I
sat under a cherry blossom tree, cradling my daughter in my arms. I felt hot tears run down my
cheeks. I couldn't believe them. They were supposed to be my friends. How could they put a
child, my daughter at that, through what they did? I knew that Raye had put Kit through more
than what you could see. I looked down at Kit. She had fallen fast asleep. I smiled and looked for
Jupiter in the sky. I saw it, not far from the moon. Then, for some reason, my heart began
pounding rapidly. Then I heard a terrifying screech come from behind me. I jumped up and ran
toward the shrine just as everyone came running out. Suddenly, everything became a blur. When
everything became clear again, all of the senshi were transformed and captured in tangles of
vines. Even I was transformed and caught in the tangle. I then realized that Kit was no longer in
my arms. I searched for Kit and found her . . . right I the hands of the monster. I wanted to cry
out, but I felt frail. Then came a sight nobody expected. Kit swung her right leg up and nailed the
monster in the chin. The monster dropped Kit. Kit landed of her rear-end and quickly stood up
on her feet. She stepped back a bit with a scared look on her face. "Mommy! Daddy!" she cried.
I wanted to rush over and hold her, but the current situation didn't allow it.
"Mommy and Daddy are over here, Kitty! Now, run away, Kitty! Run away and hide!" I
yelled. Kit looked my way, but did not run. That split-second that she used to look at me gave
the monster enough time to recapture Kit. Before anyone knew what had happened, Kit was once
again in the monster's arms. This time, however, Kit needn't kick her way out.
A black light burned on her forehead, assuming the shape of the sign of Jupiter. Kit was
instantly released from the monster's arms, then engulfed in a waltz of black and purple ribbons.
Before we knew it, there stood a sailor senshi, the smallest we had ever seen. She had a black
skirt, black gloves with purple glove bands, a purple body suit, purple knee boots with a black
strip on the top, a purple, oval-shaped brooch, a purple collar with two black stripes, a purple
choker with a black Jupiter sign, black hoop earrings with purple Jupiter signs hanging from
them, black shoulder bands, and the black sign of Jupiter burning on her forehead. To add to the
surprises, two blurry figures appeared by Kit's side. When they stopped, you could see a female,
siamese cat with blue eyes on one side, and on the other side was a male, black, long-haired cat
with green eyes. This was the start of an interesting journey.