Chapter Ten
Michiru watched as the wind whipped around the tree branches. Haruka walked up with a cup of hot tea in one hand and Lily in the other. She handed Michiru the cup of tea and draped her hand around Michiru's neck. Hana Tenoh walked up toward them her hand on her head. Haruka turned around to see her daughter in distress.
"What's going on squirt?"
"My head hurts really bad and the wind outside isn't helping it much," she groaned.
Michiru glanced at Haruka knowingly, but didn't say anything, as she took Lily from Haruka's hand and went to go sit down on the couch. She knew she needed to get the rest of the children up for school. Something in the pit of her stomach told her something wasn't right. Naiad jumped up on the arm of the couch and pawed at Michiru. Setting Lily down in her playpen, she followed Naiad up the stairs and found Hikaru soaked in her own sweat.
"What's wrong, sweetie, do you not feel well?" Michiru asked.
"Do we live by the ocean now?" Hikaru asked, clutching her head as well.
Michiru tried to hide her shock from her daughter, unfortunately she didn't succeed. Hikaru looked at her mother questioningly. "What do you know?" Hikaru asked her mother in a demanding voice.
Michiru looked at her daughter stunned. She had never known Hikaru to use that tone of voice with anyone. Hikaru took a step closer toward her mother, her fist balling up.
"I know you know something," Hikaru said. Haruka and Hana appeared behind Michiru. "What do you know?"
Haruka whispered something in Michiru's ear and she nodded an agreement. Haruka guided the kids to Hikaru's bed and sat them down, "We were going to wait, but I guess we don't have a choice but to tell you now."
Hana's stomach was twisting in knots as her mom was telling them this. Morgan and Kaimu walked in upon hearing the conversation. Haruka mentally slapped herself for forgetting about her other daughter in all of this. Morgan looked bitterly at Haruka. The little girl snaked her arm around Kaimu and brought him closer to her.
"We already know," Morgan said. "You have special ties with Neo-Queen Serenity and there are real monsters out there. Sometimes called Youma's. We just got off the phone with Taylor. There's something called the Legendary Sailor Scouts?"
"It's just a myth to other people, but it's really not. They're really real and they fighted against Galaxia," Kaimu added. "And I bet you were those Legendary Sailor Scouts."
"It was only a matter of time before we found out." Morgan said. "You've slipped up in conversation sometimes about things that happened way before your time. That'd make you older than what you say you are, but other than that you would just talk about the past eleven years. No childhood memories or anything."
"Naiad said that Hana is the next Uranus Senshi and Hikaru is the next Neptune Senshi." Kaimu finished. Naiad skirted behind Kaimu scared that she was going to be skinned alive. She had finally revealed to Kaimu shortly after revealing to his sister that she could talk.
Haruka sighed in defeat, "You're not in trouble, Naiad, it was only a matter of time that they'd find out anyway. Heck, I would've been more surprised if they hadn't."
Hana's memories flew through what had happened yesterday. She couldn't believe it, but Ginny had been right all along. "No!" Hana screamed and everyone turned to her. "I thought it'd be cool, but it's not. That would mean we'd have to fight these monsters and I don't want to! Why can't Morgan be the next Senshi or whatever they're called."
"It's just the way of the world, darling," Michiru replied. "Haruka-papa was given a decision so I'm sure you will as well."
"Who's the Senshi that can heal?" Hikaru asked, suddenly.
"Saturn." both Michiru and Haruka replied.
"Oh." was Hikaru's only reply as she sank back into her bed from exhaustion. "Any other secrets we should know about?"
Haruka and Michiru looked at one another slightly taken aback by Hikaru's question. Hikaru could only think about Ginny and how her reaction would be when she'd find out she was the next Senshi in line for Saturn. Perhaps, if the grownups hadn't of hidden their past from them they would've been more accepting to the matter at hand. Hikaru rolled on her side away from not wanting anything to do with Haruka-mama or her mother. They had always been taught not to hide things or lie about things, she didn't see how this was any different.
"I'm going back to bed and when I wake up I'll pray that it was only a horrible nightmare." Hana said, standing up she stormed out of Hikaru's bedroom and to her own.
Haruka and Michiru turned toward the other two children, "And you?" Haruka asked with an eyebrow raised.
"I'll go get ready for school…" Morgan said and backed out of the room.
"Me too." Kaimu reluctantly said.
Morgan tore threw her dresser looking for her school uniform. She had no idea where she had put it and was thinking about what Kaimu and her own sister had said. Somehow, it had been discovered that Hana was the next one in line as the Senshi, though, Morgan was clearly older and she secretly thought she should be Uranus. She was a lot more mature than Hana, and would be a great Senshi.
Her memories rushed through the other day when they had promised each other that they'd never let something come between them again. Morgan shook her head, she couldn't allow this to come between them. Especially, when Hana had no control over it.
"Looking for this?" a voice said. Morgan turned to see Michiru standing there with her uniform in her hands. "You left it on the dryer."
Morgan blushed, "Thanks." She took her school uniform from Michiru, fiddling around with the bow anxiously on the blouse. "What's it like to be a Senshi?"
"Well, it's quite frightening to be honest. You're putting your life on the line, sometimes for a complete stranger and sometimes for friends or family." Michiru began to explain. "Come on, Haruka's going to give you and Kaimu a ride to school."
Morgan nodded, and Michiru departed from her room so she could change. Morgan had about another thousand questions on her mind. She guessed her sisters did as well, but she could only guess they didn't want to know considering this had just been sprung on them. She couldn't blame them really. From one minute they're life was perfectly normal and then they had been suddenly flung into this super hero world. Morgan feared that she wouldn't always understand everything Hana and Hikaru would go through, but she'd try her very hardest to be there for them.
As soon as she was dressed she went downstairs to meet an extremely quiet little boy and Haruka-papa. Morgan was shocked to see that Kaimu was being quiet this morning and hadn't thrown a single fit about having to go to school. She assumed he was exhausted from all the things he had learned within a matter of an hour. It would take time for it to sink in.
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Ginny was sitting on her bed with tears streaming down her eyes. She couldn't understand the unusual power she had received and it was beginning to take it's toll on her. She attempted to wipe them away when her father and mother walked in, but it didn't work they saw her attempt and looked at each other with worried expressions.
"Is everything alright, dear?" Matthew asked, grimacing. Kaemon was beating on his leg from behind, so his facial expressions continued to change.
"I don't know…" Ginny began and then flung herself into her mother's arms. "My hands were glowing!" The little girl screamed at the top of her lungs.
Hotaru gasped, when it hit her just what she was speaking of. She pulled Ginny off her bed and forced her to look up at her. "Sweetie, it's okay. It's perfectly normal."
"How? Glowing hands isn't normal!" Ginny pointed out. "Hands just don't glow and- and- and-"
"Heal wounds?" Hotaru asked.
Ginny nodded and Hotaru began to explain everything to her. Though, they had chosen to share the news when they were altogether next month she knew she couldn't wait any longer. When Hotaru was finished with telling Ginny her full Senshi background, the little girl turned to her and asked,
"Am I going to die then?" the corners of her mouth wilted. "I don't wanna die!"
"No die, Gingin." Kaemon said shaking his head. "No. No. That bad."
"How about we go for some ice cream?" Hotaru asked.
"Ice cream! Good. Good!" Kaemon giggled.
Ginny smiled at her little brother's silliness. She didn't know if he could tell that she was upset and was trying to cheer her up, but he was being adorable for once and Ginny found it cute. "Okay. What about school though?"
"Evil!" Kaemon replied.
Hotaru and Matthew narrowed their eyes down at Ginny when their son said school was evil. Ginny shrugged her shoulders, "Well, it is." Ruffling, Ginny's short black hair they decided not to question it any further.
"No school today. It'll be okay if you skip out on just one day." Hotaru explained. She had a feeling that her perfect attendance wasn't going to stick anyway, considering their new circumstances. She kissed Ginny's forehead and then they picked out some clothes for the day.
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Makoto and Isamu came into Lilac's room shocked to see her thrashing about, as if she was trying to beat someone else up. Isamu, worried for his sister, ran over to her and started shaking her. Both of her feet turned toward him and she kicked him in the stomach; sending him flying back. Makoto caught her son.
"Perhaps, that was a bad idea." Isamu grunted.
Makoto nodded an agreement, "We'll have to coax her out of the dream."
"I don't think that's a dream." Isamu pointed out.
Lilac sat up screaming bloody murder, at that instant Makoto flew over to her and gathered her baby up into her arms. Isamu shuddered, as he thought about just how terrible the dream had been. Out of eight years, Lilac had never had a nightmare that sent her screaming.
Lilac clung to her mother tightly, "Mom! Something's wrong! Monsters are real."
"Shhh… it was just a terrible dream," Makoto said, figuring she could use it as an excuse. "It's going to be okay."
"Ginny has healing powers. It's not going to be okay." Lilac kicked her foot out of aggravation. She wanted answers and she wanted them now. She didn't want anymore of the circling around big issues.
Makoto's heart sank, "Are you positive?"
"Yes, it was an accident, but Ginny went to give a girl a Band-Aid and when she did her hand went all glowy and the cut was gone! That's not normal and don't tell me I was stressed and seeing things. The others saw it too." Lilac said the last part and then regretted it. She hoped her mother wouldn't question the others, at least before she had the chance to tell them how she told it to her mother.
"Mom. I know about the Youma's. I don't understand everything about it, but me, Morgan, and Taylor have been looking into it for a while now. Youma's are a lot like monsters," Isamu explained. "We may be kids, but we know that you're keeping secrets."
"And there's a reason why they're secrets." Makoto said defensive.
"If they're secrets that can hurt us why would you keep them a secret?" Isamu pressed on. Makoto was taken back by the question, she hadn't thought about that but now that she thought about it, it did make sense.
Hesitantly she explained, "Yes, Youma's do or did exist. We defeated evil, but I suppose evil never dies. Neo-Queen Serenity came to warn us about a dark shadow." She went on to explain about her background and what Lilac would face.
"Neo-Queen Serenity was Sailor Moon?" Isamu asked disbelieving his own words that had come out of his mouth. He would have never of believed in the Legendary Sailor Scouts to be real, but ever since him, Morgan, and Taylor had been investigating his beliefs were slowly turning to they could've existed. Now it was seeming that they, in fact, did exist.
"Yes, Neo-Queen Serenity's Sailor Moon. I'm Sailor Jupiter. Minako, Sailor Venus. Hotaru, Sailor Saturn. Michiru, Sailor Neptune. Haruka, Sailor Uranus." Makoto explained.
Lilac laid back down in her bed. She was feeling dizzy and like she was going to pass out. All of this was too much to take in at once. She listened, while her brother asked the questions.
"Where's Mars and Mercury?" Isamu asked.
"They live inside the palace, with the queen," Makoto explained. She decided to leave out the possibility of them moving inside the Palace. Her daughter, she thought, wouldn't be able to handle too many changes at once.
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Earlier that morning, Taylor got up early and went and woke her parents up purposely. She leaned against their doorframe biting her nails nervously. What she was about to do was rebellious and it made her stomach twist in knots, but she deserved to know their family secrets.
"It's five-thirty in the morning," Hiro complained. "What's got you up at this time of night?"
"Secrets." Taylor replied.
Minako grumbled, "Oh boy."
"I've been listening for years now about battles, Sailor Senshi's, Youma's, and Neo-Queen Serenity. Morgan, Isamu, and I have done our research to do. Which, it's quite hard, actually. They have The Legendary Sailor Senshi's listed as a myth, but we decided to take it to heart. Well, Isamu's been a bit reluctant in believing." Taylor began. "Lady Galaxia was the last battle, that's what we understand anyway. There's eight planets and then Sailor Moon, making nine Senshi's altogether, and of course a strange little pink haired girl that called herself Chibi Moon."
"It's myth." Minako tried.
"You lie though. I can feel it in my heart that you are lying to me and that really burns," Taylor replied, strongly. "Tell me the truth or I'm not going to school today."
Minako laid in bed thinking that her daughter's threat was the strangest she had heard, yet. Sighing inwardly, she understood that her daughter was trying to get answers out and even though it might've been hard for her to rebel in such a way, she'd do what she'd have to do to get answers. She rolled over on her side and turned on the light. Scooting up to the headboard she directed Taylor to sit down.
Hiro, grumbling, sat up and tried to stay awake as his wife explained to their daughter about everything there was to know about a Senshi. She found some parts difficult to tell. She thought her daughter was old enough to hear them though. "There were a few times that we died, but were brought back to life by the Silver Imperial Crystal."
Taylor threw her arms instantly around her mother, as a few tears slid down her face, "I'm so sorry!"
Minako chuckled, "It's alright. We had an extraordinary Princess. Her love was undying and still is to this day."
"That's good." Taylor said and snuggled in between her parents. Minako turned out the light, but Taylor stayed awake even though she was extremely sleepy. As soon as the sun was shinning through their window, Taylor was up and dialing the Tenoh and Kaioh residence. She hoped and prayed that it would be one of the children answering.
Finally, someone picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Morgan! I have so much to tell you!" She could hear someone whining in the background. It took a few seconds for Morgan to get back to her, but when she did she explained that Kaimu would be listening as well.
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Skylar and Keira were in their tree house whispering to one another, "Do you think they'll come back?" Keira asked.
"Doubtful, not after I said I'd blame everything on the new girl," Skylar sighed. "I was very rude to them, I wish I could make it up to them somehow."
Keira sighed, "There goes our entertainment. There's too many house to go searching for them. Not to mention someone will complain to the Queen."
Skylar rolled her eyes, "Yeah, one of the less deserving ones. I love some of the servants, but some of'em have nasty attitudes."
"Don't call them servants!" Keira growled. "The queen doesn't want them to be called servants."
"That's what they are, no matter how you look at it, they're servants." Skylar explained. Keira didn't respond, because she knew Skylar had a point. Even if the Queen tried covering it up with a fancy word they were just servants to keep the palace in good running.
Chibiusa climbed up into the tree house to find the girls just sitting there casually talking. "I've been looking for you two for half an hour now!" Keira and Skylar looked at her puzzled. "Your moms want you in the conference room."
Skylar and Keira gulped; had they found out about them being in the room with the Silver Imperial Crystal? They followed Chibiusa back to the conference room. They noted the important looks on their parents faces, but didn't dare question it. It was Neo-Queen Serenity who spoke first.
"As you both know, Chibiusa is a Sailor Senshi. She's been to the past several times and has helped defeat some of the enemies there. We believe the time will come shortly that you two will become Senshi's."
Skylar put her hand up, in defense, "Whoa, hold up. Call me crazy! But I don't believe two girls and an almost eleven-year-old can become an entire team."
"There's more coming." Rei explained.
"We hope, anyway." Neo-Queen Serenity added. Skylar and Keira looked at the Queen appalled. They didn't question it any further, as the Queen continued on talking, "Now, I am sure you both know of your heritage. You Keira, are Mars. Skylar, Mercury."
"Aw, man! I wanted to be Mars." Skylar said playfully to Keira. Keira giggled. Rei and Ami rolled their eyes, both secretly agreeing that they couldn't become a mature team. They were too young at only eight-years-old, even though Chibiusa had gone back in the past when she was that age to train.
"A Youma, we believe, broke into the room where we keep the Imperial Silver Crystal and tried to steal the crystal." Neo-Queen Serenity spoke, she studied the girl's faces closely. Both of their eyes faltered and Keira's leg jumped nervously; neither of them spoke up. Serenity continued, "Luckily, they only took the fake crystal. The real one has been hidden someplace else and that place will not be revealed."
"Any other questions?" Ami queued in, almost as if they were being taught a school lesson. Both girls shook their heads, "Dismissed."
Chibiusa, Skylar, and Keira all walked out. The adults waited a few seconds and finally Rei poked her head out to check to see that everyone had left. She came back in a shut the door. Neo-Queen Serenity had this serious look on her face.
"Did you see the look in their eyes when I mentioned about the crystal?"
Ami and Rei nodded.
"I searched my entire house and didn't find the fake crystal anywhere." Ami explained.
"I was able to do a fire reading, it wasn't the children who had taken the crystal, but there were a lot of unclear things in the reading." Rei said. Ami and Serenity looked at her wanting to know more. "There seemed to be four other figures- small ones- and then something flew out of somewhere and grabbed the crystal. I heard a voice."
"A voice?" Ami asked concerned. Hearing voices wasn't exactly a good thing, but since Rei had been doing a fire reading she guessed anything was possible.
Rei nodded, "It asked the intruder 'If you're the protector then what were you doing outside of the room?' It sounded like a child's voice and a very wise one at that."
"Definitely not Skylar." Ami said.
"I suppose only time will tell us what's to happen now." Serenity sighed. She hated not knowing what was to come of them.
Once the three girls were out of earshot from anyone else, Chibiusa turned around to Skylar and Keira and said, "I know it was you two that got into the room where the Imperial Silver Crystal was. I don't know who was with you, but-"
"They live in the palace," Keira said. "If you find them, we'd like to apologize to them."
"I've never seen them here before and I'm not going to go looking for them. What I was going to say was, since the real crystal is still safe and it's not my business to tell you girls were the cause of the bizarre attack, I'm not going to tell. But if I catch you going anywhere near the crystal again I will intervene and you will be in trouble." Chibiusa said. Her stomach twisted in knots. She didn't want to be mean to them, but all she could think about was the horror that would happen if the Silver Crystal got into the wrong hands. Not to mention, Chibiusa's past memories.
She was about to explain her actions, but paused when she saw Diana running across the lawn on her four paws. Chibiusa sometimes found it hard to believe that Diana had a human form, but the young kitten rarely took it, as she found that being in her cat form was easier and less riskier. She could easily sneak into places that way.
"Well, I'm going to go inside to read a bit," Skylar sighed. She was regretting her words she said to the other girls. "And before ya say anything, I'm reading a very interesting book called Alice wonderland, or something like that."
Chibiusa stared at the girl as she took off. She wondered how much Skylar was paying attention to the book, considering she butchered the title of it. She couldn't understand how two doctors with high IQ's, could have possibly gave birth to the world's laziest daughter; who rarely used her brain. Chibiusa heard the pop of something and turned around to see that Keira had opened up her germ-x and was squeezing it into her hand.
"What. Are. You. Doing?" Chibiusa asked, appalled.
"What's it look like?" Keira asked, rolling her eyes. "Do you want some?"
"No, but your hands are going to crack and get infected, anyway, if you keep pouring that junk on to them." Chibiusa pointed out. Keira shook her head no and put the germ-x back in her pocket. She rubbed together her hands and spread the germ-x all over them and up her arms.
"Keira-chan, friend, sister, cousin. You are going to be a Sailor Senshi, how do you expect to fight if you're covering yourself in germ-x?" Chibiusa asked.
Keira shrugged, "I don't remember me agreeing to it. Just because my mom was one doesn't really mean I will be."
"But Luna's already detected the scout aurora of mars in you." Chibiusa sighed.
"Tell her to undetected it." Keira said. "I'm not going to fight evil when they're so many germs out there. What if-"
"What if someone died because of your stupid condition?" Chibiusa snapped. "You're a Senshi, whether you like it or not. I'm not saying get rid of your fear of germs immediately, but you better quickly because we need you as Chibi Mars. We need your psychic ability and your aid in battle. Without you, our team will be incomplete."
Keira looked at Chibiusa skeptical, "No offense, but there's only Chibi Mercury, You, and me. I don't see how three girls are going to defeat enemies."
"The others are coming."
"When?" Keira asked. "And who are they? And why'd they leave to start with?"
Chibiusa sighed, "They'll come. They left because my mom gave them the choice, but they'll come."
"I don't really believe it." Keira said. "They won't come, why would they? What reason would they have to come back and fight?"
"I'll make a deal with you. If they don't come back you don't have to be Chibi Mars, if they do come back you have to give up germ-x." Chibiusa said.
Keira hesitated for a moment. Believing that they wouldn't return she shook on it and then headed toward her quarters. Chibiusa decided she wanted to go to her Horse Arena. It was just a few miles away from her Quarters, as they had built it far enough in the back of the Palace. She and Diana took off toward it. Diana chattering away as they did.
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An emergency meeting had been set up between Makoto, Fumito, Minako, Hiro, Hotaru, Matthew, Haruka and Michiru. Most of the children were too exhausted and wanted to talk to one another about what they had been told today. For once, they decided not to bother the parents.
"I can't believe they found out." Matthew said. "Poor Ginny was about to completely lose it. She's not very good with keeping things to herself."
"I just hope she won't go through what I had," Hotaru sighed. Matthew wrapped his arm around his wife; trying to let her know that everything would be okay.
"I shouldn't of talked about such things when Taylor was in the house," Minako sighed. She was feeling as though it was more of her fault than anyone else's. It had been her daughter that talked to the two older ones about it. Of course, from what Makoto had said, she had accidentally let a thing or two slip once before.
"I don't think we should worry about those sort of things anymore. We wanted our children to live peaceful lives, as did the Queen, but as long as there are unhappy people in this world there will always be evil. Neo-Queen Serenity was able to beat Galaxia, even if the attacks were hers from the beginning a new evil has taken it's place and now it is our children's turn to train. I only hope that I will be able to remain a Sailor Uranus, until I truly need to retire."
"It's difficult though," Makoto said. "We haven't used our powers in centuries. They may be rusty and hard to reawaken."
Hiro sat up, "While that may be true, I have a feeling that when we are needed the most is when our powers will let us reawaken."
Matthew frowned, he was the only one in this room that didn't have any sort of power. He was pleased that they allowed him to come into the meeting, of course, Hotaru wouldn't have it any other way. They had always been honest to each other from the beginning. He knew this day would probably come, but he wished he could be of more help than just a listener.
"You may have some truth behind that." Haruka sighed. She didn't want to just sit around and wait for something horrible to happen so her powers could reawaken.
"Has anyone even tried transforming?" Minako asked, suddenly.
"No." Makoto said dolefully.
"I don't think it'd be a good idea, too." Michiru said. "If you tried, and did succeed I have a bad feeling that something terrible will happen."
"Alright." Minako said. "Just a suggestion. Now let's get on to business. Our children know now of their roles- what are we going to do about the Palace?"
Haruka and Michiru looked at one another knowingly, the sandy blond turned back to the others and explained, "We should leave this weekend to the Palace. It'd be better anyway, then returning in June. The children's school will be coming to an end and it will give them time to adjust to all of this."
"We fear that if we wait any longer that it'll be too late. We can start their training and they'll be able to bond with the other children that live in the Palace." Michiru explained.
Makoto, Fumito, Minako, and Hiro nodded in agreement. Hotaru on the other hand was a bit hesitant, "It makes sense. I guess, but…"
Everyone turned to her, eager to hear what she had to say. "I'm a grown woman now, with a child, and I'm married…Chibiusa's not and she was my best friend."
"Are you afraid to see her again?" Minako asked. "I'm sure she'll be happy to see you. The Queen and King probably sent her back. So she'll know who you are."
Hotaru shrugged, "It'll be awkward."
"Well, talk to her about it. I'm sure she'll feel the same way." Michiru replied warmly.
"Alright, then I'll go back as well." Hotaru gave in. Matthew kissed her gentle, tender lips.
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Skylar turned restlessly in her bed. She couldn't sleep. She continued to think about how Maru had looked when she said she'd blame everything on her. Skylar had never seen the girl in her life and within a matter of seconds she had ruined what could've been a very good friendship.
She kicked off her covers because it was beginning to get hot. She wanted to take her shirt of since she was sweating, but kept it on. She kicked the wall with her foot, lightly. She had to make up to the girl. She wondered if they went to school with Hikaru and the others. Perhaps, she did, and even if she didn't she still needed to try and make things up to her.
A tear slid down Skylar's face. She wished she'd think before she spoke sometimes. Keira knew how Skylar was, the others didn't. They hadn't known each other long enough. Skylar hoped and prayed they'd forgive her because what she was about to do could get her in huge amounts of trouble. Praying that her parents would be busy tomorrow, she fell into a fitful sleep.
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Maru was playing chess with Guardian. So far Guardian was winning. "Are you having fun with your new friends?"
Maru shrugged her shoulders and moved on of the game pieces, "Hikaru's the sweetest of the group. Well, I suppose Ginny is as well, but I don't know her too well. She's in a different grade."
"What about Hana? Is she still being rude to you?" Guardian asked. He was very protective over Maru, after all, he was, at times, the only one that was there for her. With her mother being away all the time and her father working at the amusement park, Maru was lonely. It worried Guardian a lot; he tried to be there for her all the time.
"She stuck up for me today against this girl…though, the girl is a lot like Hana. I don't understand how come there's so many rude people. Of course, maybe… they've just had hard life's or something. I don't know." Maru frowned. "I barely know Hikaru. Hana always interrupted her."
"Aww, Maru." Guardian stepped forward to go and comfort his mistress when the front door opened.
"Dad's home." Maru said, and went to wipe away the tears. She turned around and her jaw dropped, her eyes widened, and her heart began to race, "Mom!" She screamed and ran to embrace her.
Authors Note: The huge difference between Hana and Skylar is that, Hana holds grudges a bit longer than what Skylar would. And when Hana knows she's in the wrong she will not admit it until she gets into an argument with the person. Skylar on the other hand can't sleep well at night if she's wronged someone, and will do just about anything to make up to that person. They can both be a bit rude and blunt and love getting into mischief.