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The light of Venus
Serenity stormed out of the conference room, past the guards and out the doors of the palace to the gardens for some fresh air. She hated to admit it but she was still stunned from the words Mina had spoken, she could tell Mina had changed, there was a hardness, a coolness that had replaced Mina's fun loving personality with a sorrow.
After several moments Serenity lost all track of where she was in the gardens, when she heard a familiar voice call to her,
"Usagi chan", it was Mina. Serenity chuckled slightly, the scouts still called her Usagi, it was a name that no one that had known her before the Crystal Millennium could give up, but that was ok, Serenity swivelled around to see Mina sitting on a small, wooden bench.
"Hey Mina chan" Serenity smiled broadly,
"Hey" Mina smiled back, Serenity could tell she had been crying, concerned she walked over to Mina and sat next to her,
"What's the matter?" Serenity asked compassionately, Mina turned and stared at her best friend,
"It's just that….. " Mina stumbled,
"Yes?" Serenity urged her; Mina swallowed the lump in her throat and continued,
"I'm sorry, im such a bad person" Mina whispered, Serenity mused for a minute remembering Mina's story of the hundreds she had killed, and after a few seconds responded,
"See this is the way I see it Mina chan, you can't change what you did, but you can change what you do, If you're sorry for what you did, I'm sure you can get a clean slate… a second chance" Serenity spoke, turning her head to stare into the oblivion of the sky. Mina thought for a moment, would it be that easy?
"Do you really think so?" she asked curiously,
"I do" Serenity spoke, facing Mina again, then continued,
"You're a good person Mina, even if you can't remember it….. you always risked your life to save the people you loved, even as Indigo, you tried to do the right thing… so yes I do think you can a second chance, that's if you want it" she responded lightly, Mina nodded in approval, while looking on curiously as Serenity's eyes began to well up in tears.
"I missed you so much Mina chan" Serenity spoke, small tears trickling down her face, Mina smiled sincerely, reaching over to her friend and wrapping her arms around her,
"I'm so sorry Usagi chan" Mina comforted Serenity, finally after several minutes they broke a part, Serenity looked at Mina calmly.
"Are you ready?" she asked compassionately,
"Yeah" Mina whispered shakily, unknowing if what she spoke was the truth, never less turning to the sky to stare into the beautiful abyss and there, in the distance a small light shone, Mina smiled as she recognized that light…. Finally the light of Venus was shining again.