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I do not own the original Sailor Moon characters, but I do admire them. The villans and the Watcher belong to me.Chapter 3
Enter the Guardian
Yoake looked to Helios with a faint smile. "Helios. It's been a very long time." She looked around at the other faces that surrounded her. "Such a long time." Her eyes stopped as they met Darien's.
"Yoake."
Yoake turned to look at Sailor Pluto. There would be questions from the Time Guardian, she knew. Pluto rarely looked to the Past unless something endangered the Future. But she never looked back to the old Kingdom. Yes, there would be questions.
Pluto cleared her throat. "Yoake, you've changed from how I remember you last." Pluto stopped, not sure how to continue. Saturn stepped forward.
"Where have you been?" she asked quietly.
Everyone gaped confusedly at Saturn. Pluto looked at her.
"What do you mean, Saturn? Yoake has obviously been reborn along with the rest of us." But Saturn was shaking her head, not taking her eyes off Yoake.
"No ... she wasn't reborn."
"WHAT?!" Several voices exclaimed ... and chaos ensued as each scout demanded an explanation. Only four were silent as the others nagged Saturn. Pluto, Helios, Darien and Sailor Moon.
"I remember you," said Sailor Moon quietly and a soft flash transformed her into Princess Serenity. The other Senshi fell quiet as the Princess stepped forward.
Yoake fell to one knee, her head bowed and staff lowered.
"You were Mother's Messenger. The intermediate between the Moon and the Earth. Mother trusted you with my care when she had a meeting that went long into the night. You were ..." Serenity tilted her head in thought, "of Earth. The only Earthling to be given such a high position of trust among the Court. But you were not a Sailor Scout." Serenity offered her hand to Yoake, who placed her own inside of it. She raised her head, but did not rise.
"I was among the Court, my Princess, but I was not a part of it. I was the chosen Messenger to go between the Earth and the Moon, as you remember. I was chosen by my family to be so and the Queen was favourable of the choice. I was an excellent diplomat. I had a way of finding truth and maintaining good feeling between the parties. It was part of my heritage to do so."
Serenity nodded and pulled on Yoake's hand, getting her to rise. "And yet, I remember there was something more about you. Something important." She gazed at the Watcher thoughtfully and sighed. Her memories were so fuzzy.
Tuxedo Mask transformed himself into Prince Darien and came up behind her, placing his hand on her shoulders. He smiled lovingly at his Princess and looked up at Yoake in hopes of remembering something himself. He met her eyes and was startled by the love and longing he saw in them. Serenity had looked back up and noticed it as well. She was still holding Yoake's hand and felt a wave of love - but not the love between lovers ... those eyes ...
"Helios," called Serenity, not looking away from Yoake's eyes, "who was Yoake?"
Helios looked startled. "Should you not ask her?"
Serenity turned her head and looked at Helios. "No, I think you should be the one to introduce this woman."
Darien broke his gaze away from Yoake's as he turned look at Helios adding his own silent command to Serenity's. 'Who is this girl?' he wondered, 'she seems, she feels, familiar.'
Helios nodded. "Princess Serenity, Prince Darien, Sailor Princesses of the Solar System ... Yoake was, and still is, a Princess of Earth. I present to you, Guardian Eos. Her story is her own however, and I can tell you no more." And he turned and re-entered the temple.
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I'm stopping here ...
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