Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the Sailor Moon characters, they belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I own Reitou, all of my characters and my plot. I should mention, Reitou is now 15, Rei and the inner senshi are 11, Reitou's scouts are all 9.
Last Time: "We will talk when we're all together again" Reitou said. "First, we need to find everyone."
Meanwhile, in an apartment across town, two girls were getting ready for school. Ami is in fifth grade and her sister, Koori, is in third grade. Koori, like Ami, is smart but has chosen not to jump ahead and skip a grade. She doesn't want to skip a grade because she wants to remain in the same class as her friends Ai and Rinsei (yes, Reitou's inner senshi are in the same class and already know each other).
"Girls, hurry up or you'll miss the bus" their mom says.
The girls finish their breakfast, grab their bags and lunches, hug their mom and go to catch the bus.
Back at the shrine
"Enkou, hurry up. You don't want to be late for your first day at public school, do you?" Reitou asks.
"What if no one likes me or the kids pick on me? Reitou, I'm scared."
"Don't worry. I'm just a couple floors up. If anything happens, they'll pull me out of class. Because dad's so busy with politics and Gramps has the shrine, I've been named your legal guardian."
"Okay. I wish Rei didn't go to that Private Girls Academy."
"Well, if dad wasn't insistent on me being so perfect and everything, maybe I could go to a public school."
"Oh, morning Rei. You know he only wants the best for you. And don't take it out on Enkou, she was home schooled before this."
"Morning. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were home schooled. I just really can't stand him. He's never around and he kept you hidden from us all these years. I know it was mom's wish so Reitou wouldn't try to take care of both of us but still. *sigh* We'd all better get to school now."
The girls head to their respective schools. Reitou goes to school early with Enkou to help her get settled in. Once settled, Reitou goes to her class.
Class starts for Enkou, whom is introduced to the class and told to sit next to Rinsei. The class starts off with math, then history, English and breaks for lunch.
At lunch, Enkou goes outside and sits by herself by a big tree. She's about to take her first bite when Ai comes over.
"Hey, Enkou, right? Mind if my friends and I join you?" Ai asks, Rinsei and Koori with her.
Enkou just nods, thinking to herself 'as outgoing as ever, I see. How interesting all three of them are in the same class as me.' The three girls sit down with her and start eating. Koori notices how quiet she is.
"Everything ok?" Koori asks.
"Huh? Oh, yea, just a little lost in thought." Enkou replies.
"What about?" Ai asks.
"Nothing really, just some people you remind me of." Enkou says.
They all nod and finish their lunches. When they're all done, Enkou invites them to the shrine after school. The girls agree and they head to class.
During gym, one of the boys is a little mean to Enkou. They were playing volleyball and the boy hit her twice with the ball. The teacher told him to knock it off but he did it one more time and Enkou had to go to the nurse.
When school got out, Enkou had recovered and met Koori, Ai and Rinsei at the gate. She was told about the boy being given detention for the week and Koori told her that she (Koori) is going to fill her (Enkou) in on classes and help with tonight's homework.
Enkou smiled, "Thank you so much! I thought I wasn't going to make any friends here and that everyone would be mean to me because I was home schooled for so long."
"Sure the boys can be kind of mean, well some of them but the girls are really nice." As Ai said this, they overheard a group of girls gossiping.
"Did you see the new girl in gym today?"
"Yea, she had to go to the nurse cuz of that kid Daisuke (no, not Daisuke from D. N. Angel)."
"I guess the pampered, home schooled princess never had gym class before."
"She probably thought everyone would be nice to her and help her get used to the school. Even be her friends."
"Friends, ha, she probably thinks she's too good for us. Her dad is a politician after all."
Reitou was walking by and overheard everything.
"Excuse me ladies, you better not be talking about my sister."
The girls started apologizing because they knew they were in trouble otherwise.
"We're sorry Reitou-san, we didn't know she was your sister." One of them said.
"Oh my gosh, girls, Hino Enkou. We should've known. We're so sorry for being so stupid." Another said.
"You've realized your mistake, all is forgiven just don't do it again. And maybe try to get to know her." Reitou said and headed toward Enkou.
When she came over, Ai, Rinsei and Koori just stood there. They couldn't believe Reitou-san was in their midst. Reitou started giggling.
"Forgive me; I just can't believe how speechless you all are. I'm nothing special."
"Sis, you didn't tell me you were so respected here. No wonder you told me not to worry." Enkou said.
"I'm not always so respected. Our father is the one that is respected and so our last name is respected. A lot of the younger students do look up to me, so I'm told, though." Reitou replied.
Rinsei then responded "You are very respected Reitou-san and not just because your dad is a well-known and respected politician. You are respected because of how you handle confrontations, make decisions as student body president and get good grades. You are also elegant and refined and beautiful. A lot of girls envy you."
Reitou was speechless until Enkou started introducing the three girls.
"Reitou, I'd like you to meet Ai, Koori and Rinsei. I invited them over to the shrine now that school's out. Koori is going to help me catch up on what I missed after gym class."
At the mention of the girls' names, Reitou snapped out of her speechless stupor and lead the way to the shrine.
When the girls got to the shrine, Grandpa met them and started flirting with Ai, Rinsei and Koori. Reitou hit him on the head with her hand and he left to prepare snacks. Reitou then lead the way to the study part of the shrine.
After a while, Reitou left to do chores and consult with Tsumetai.
"Tsumetai, all three of them, love, nature and ice are here. What should I do? I never expected them to be so near and to already know each other."
"I think you should finish your chores and then we'll meet them together. I sense something evil is beginning to awaken. We will need to start training immediately."
Reitou nods and finishes her chores. She then returns to the girls with some cups of tea and then Tsumetai enters the room.
"I didn't know you had a cat" Ai says, accepting the tea.
"She's a beautiful color" Koori says.
"What's the marking on her forehead?" Rinsei asks.
"It's a flame and she was born with it" Reitou says.
"What's her name?" Ai asks.
"Her name is Tsumetai and yes, she has always been that shade of blue" Enkou says.
Koori, Ai and Rinsei then each briefly see a flash of memory of meeting someone that looks like Reitou. They look at each other and are very confused. Tsumetai then decides to speak.
"Hello girls. I know you don't remember anything yet but I see you are confused. What did you all see?"
"Y-you can talk?!" Ai says.
Koori rolls her eyes and tells them she saw a flash of someone that looked like Reitou. Rinsei nods and says she saw the same thing and then Ai finally admits to seeing it too. Tsumetai nods, flips and then hands each of them an item.
"These are your transformation items. You are sailor scouts. Koori, you are Sailor Ice. Ai, you are Sailor Love and Rinsei, you are Sailor Nature."
Hearing their scout names, the girls instinctively say their transformation phrases and transform. When their transformations finish, they recognize Reitou, Enkou and Tsumetai and remember everything from the past.
After a brief Q&A, Tsumetai reminds every one of the time and says they'll talk again and start training tomorrow after school. The girls all nod and Ai, Rinsei and Koori head home.
After they leave, Rei walks in looking shocked.
"Rei?" Enkou asks.
"Are you okay?" Reitou asks.
"I will be if someone can explain what I just saw and why I've been seeing Reitou in my dreams. Only she's not Reitou, she's Reitou-Hinote."
"We are not the ones to answer those questions and I'm sure it doesn't surprise you I can talk" Tsumetai said.
"Who can answer my questions?"
"Your questions will be answered when the time is right and everything will make sense." Tsumetai said.
Rei nods and they prepare dinner and go to bed.
Lady Frozen Rose: So Reitou has her inner team now, Rei just answered what Reitou had been wondering about three chapters ago and the Dark Kingdom is starting to awaken. Next chapter there will be some training, some discussion between Reitou and Tsumetai about wind, silence, ocean and time and there will be a time skip to bring in Luna and Sailor Moon. Please leave a review; I really do enjoy hearing from you.
The four girls gossiping about Enkou in this chapter, I got the idea from Venus's flashback during the Promise of the Rose movie.
Japanese Terms:
Tsumetai – Freezing
Reitou – Freezing
Reitou-Hinote: Freezing-fire (hinote means fire)
Enkou – Flame
Koori – Ice
Ai – Love
Rinsei – Nature