Minako sat up and looked around. The room was dark. The air was chilly, but Minako was still warm from the sheets and blankets. Ami seemed to be asleep still. Or was she? Minako looked down at the bed next to her, and Ami wasn't there. A dark silhouette suddenly covered the moonlight that shown through the dingy window. The blue haired girl was standing, staring out the window in a thin cotton nightgown. "Ami?" whispered Minako.
"I'm here Mina-chan." Said Ami in an equally quiet tone.
"Did you see things from the gem?"
"I suppose you could say that. Words, images, sounds, emotions. They flooded my mind. Why?"
"I saw things too. I was told I couldn't tell the others, until they got their gems. I don't know why. But what did you see?"
Ami walked into the bathroom and splashed some water on her face. Minako followed Ami and swung around the corner on her arm. Ami finally spoke. "There was a city, I think it was Tokyo. And I saw a meeting in a park. There were nine girls there. And four were leaving. The four transformed into legendary Sailor Senshi, and disappeared in flashes of light. The remaining five wept and left. The strange part was that one of the weepers looked like me.
Then I saw the girl who looked liked me growing. She completed high school, college, and medical school. The girl became very beautiful and was a successful physician. She had little time in her life for romance, but she was happy because she had good friends and a nice profession.
A man came into her life. This is when the memories become fuzzy. The girl, Ami she was called, like me, fell very much in love with him and he loved her back. Then it blacks out for several years. The next thing I saw was the other Ami transformed into Sailor Mercury and fighting the man who had fallen love with her."
Minako had slid down to the floor, her back against the doorframe and her long legs at angles against the door. She shoved a long hank of hair out of her face with her thin hands and then spoke. "I didn't see the four soldiers leave, but I did see other things. I remember seeing a girl like you, the other Ami, in school. A girl who looked like me, I saw her leaving for America on a plane. She was older; I think she was going to college. She led a whirlwind life; she went to an arts college in California and then became a successful movie star.
She never met the perfect man, though she suffered through several romances ending in heartbreak. But she was still happy and went to visit her friends in Japan often. Several years later, the me-girl got an urgent call from her old friend Usagi on the phone. Ami had a battle with a mysterious enemy and they needed their Venus soldier back. The girl got on the first plane to Japan available and flew to Tokyo. There were no more occurrences, but Minako, (she shares my name I found) started a late, but none-the-less successful idol career in Japan."
"It sounds like we are seeing the past. The lives of the legendary soldiers after their duties ended." Whispered Ami, worried of wakening Rei and Makoto, the later had snored and rolled over.
"We need the emerald and the ruby now. It's imperative to discover the meaning of these visions. Since I got the topaz, I've felt more alive, real; I've felt the way you do after a long charge up. A sort of refreshment." Minako cocked her head as Ami nodded in agreement. "Lets get back to hibernation mode." Said Minako softly as she crept over the empty bed and fell into the soft sheets.
The next morning Makoto got up and found that Rei Ami and Minako were waiting in the lobby of the little motel chatting while Makoto finished sleeping. She wandered into the lobby herself after putting on some clothes and told her friends they needed to get to a helicopter or a plane or something like that.
When Ami asked why Makoto explained. "When I was locked in the storage room in that creepy Marine Cathedral, I fell into rest mode and had a dream, or a recall or something. I saw an island and a Mayan temple. I felt connected to the dream somehow. I felt like something was trying to call me there. I think we should check around on some South American islands for the emerald."
"There are lots of islands and hidey holes in South America Mako-chan! We'd never find the right one." Said Ami frankly.
"Well, we have to start somewhere and the Mars ruby is still a mystery, so why not follow a lead, even a tiny one like this. Besides, I had a dream last night. I saw a gull flying along. And it flew from a peculiar shaped inlet to the island. Please?" Makoto pulled out her big puppy dog eyes and pleading voice.
Ami sighed and said they should at least research islands with temples on them. So all four of the girls pilled into the little car they had hijacked after landing back in Japan and drove to the very large library in downtown Tokyo.
It was midnight. The girls had locked themselves in a study room and been forgotten. Makoto had fallen asleep at her desk. Minako jerked awake as she heard the chair Makoto had been sitting in slide back. Makoto was walking in rest mode. Sleep walking… "Mako! MAKO! WAKE UP MAKOTO!" Minako shouted. But Makoto stayed asleep. Minako stood up suddenly and her chair tipped over.
Rei came in from the restricted section and saw Makoto headed out towards the door. "Mako?" asked Rei.
"Get her down…she's going to cross a circuit and pop a fuse if she keeps going in two modes." Shouted Minako. Rei chased after Makoto, who had already gotten over to the stairs that lead down to the front door. Giving a flying leap from the top of the long staircase, Rei tackled Makoto from behind and they rolled down. The added weight on top of Makoto and the forced of the blow, combined with the steep, hard concrete stairs wasn't a good mix. When the two rolled onto the floor bellow, Makoto had popped out of rest mode and was on one track again. Her right arm was badly smashed and mangled.
"Oh no!" Minako was horrified when she looked at the damage. " That's her right arm!"
"Her gem socket is totally smashed! Even if we do find the emerald, what good will it do like this?" Rei was feeling very hopeless.
"We can't go to a repair shop, we aren't normal humans. They might freak and try to do something with us." Said Makoto as she came out of her deep hibernation.
Ami had remained deeply asleep through out all the commotion and had only woken up when she heard Minako's horrified shriek. When Rei and Minako helped a shaken Makoto up the stairs again, Ami was looking through more books.
"You said that inlet looked like the sign for Jupiter, Mako?" said Ami, sighing.
"Yes. But there is a slight problem." Said Makoto. Ami looked down at the mashed arm and had a horrified look on her face. Minako was nervously rubbing her fingers over the gem in her hand.
"I just found the inlet…" whispered Ami.
"Lets still go and check it out. We can still try and get the emerald. It's better than Adimus getting the emerald." Said Minako, trying to sound hopeful. Everyone agreed and Ami tore the maps out of the book.
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Hello everyone! I decided it was time for me to leave all you nice people a little note, I wanted to be able to say hi and thank all of you for reading my little fiction here and to say thanks to all of the reviewers as well, so far everyone has been super nice to me. ^_^ I'm sorry if this is a little short, I kinda am busy this week, but I'll write more next time. It's hard, but fun since I'm doing this off the top of my head with very little idea of where it may go. Wheee! Well, I just wanted to thank all of you for being so nice as to read this and write sweet reviews and to ask for more. I'll keep pumping out the chapters when ever I get a spare moment and you'll see it up on this nice server pretty soon. I hope all of your little endevors go well and arigotto gozamas!
~Ane Hoshi, the humble author.
"I'm here Mina-chan." Said Ami in an equally quiet tone.
"Did you see things from the gem?"
"I suppose you could say that. Words, images, sounds, emotions. They flooded my mind. Why?"
"I saw things too. I was told I couldn't tell the others, until they got their gems. I don't know why. But what did you see?"
Ami walked into the bathroom and splashed some water on her face. Minako followed Ami and swung around the corner on her arm. Ami finally spoke. "There was a city, I think it was Tokyo. And I saw a meeting in a park. There were nine girls there. And four were leaving. The four transformed into legendary Sailor Senshi, and disappeared in flashes of light. The remaining five wept and left. The strange part was that one of the weepers looked like me.
Then I saw the girl who looked liked me growing. She completed high school, college, and medical school. The girl became very beautiful and was a successful physician. She had little time in her life for romance, but she was happy because she had good friends and a nice profession.
A man came into her life. This is when the memories become fuzzy. The girl, Ami she was called, like me, fell very much in love with him and he loved her back. Then it blacks out for several years. The next thing I saw was the other Ami transformed into Sailor Mercury and fighting the man who had fallen love with her."
Minako had slid down to the floor, her back against the doorframe and her long legs at angles against the door. She shoved a long hank of hair out of her face with her thin hands and then spoke. "I didn't see the four soldiers leave, but I did see other things. I remember seeing a girl like you, the other Ami, in school. A girl who looked like me, I saw her leaving for America on a plane. She was older; I think she was going to college. She led a whirlwind life; she went to an arts college in California and then became a successful movie star.
She never met the perfect man, though she suffered through several romances ending in heartbreak. But she was still happy and went to visit her friends in Japan often. Several years later, the me-girl got an urgent call from her old friend Usagi on the phone. Ami had a battle with a mysterious enemy and they needed their Venus soldier back. The girl got on the first plane to Japan available and flew to Tokyo. There were no more occurrences, but Minako, (she shares my name I found) started a late, but none-the-less successful idol career in Japan."
"It sounds like we are seeing the past. The lives of the legendary soldiers after their duties ended." Whispered Ami, worried of wakening Rei and Makoto, the later had snored and rolled over.
"We need the emerald and the ruby now. It's imperative to discover the meaning of these visions. Since I got the topaz, I've felt more alive, real; I've felt the way you do after a long charge up. A sort of refreshment." Minako cocked her head as Ami nodded in agreement. "Lets get back to hibernation mode." Said Minako softly as she crept over the empty bed and fell into the soft sheets.
The next morning Makoto got up and found that Rei Ami and Minako were waiting in the lobby of the little motel chatting while Makoto finished sleeping. She wandered into the lobby herself after putting on some clothes and told her friends they needed to get to a helicopter or a plane or something like that.
When Ami asked why Makoto explained. "When I was locked in the storage room in that creepy Marine Cathedral, I fell into rest mode and had a dream, or a recall or something. I saw an island and a Mayan temple. I felt connected to the dream somehow. I felt like something was trying to call me there. I think we should check around on some South American islands for the emerald."
"There are lots of islands and hidey holes in South America Mako-chan! We'd never find the right one." Said Ami frankly.
"Well, we have to start somewhere and the Mars ruby is still a mystery, so why not follow a lead, even a tiny one like this. Besides, I had a dream last night. I saw a gull flying along. And it flew from a peculiar shaped inlet to the island. Please?" Makoto pulled out her big puppy dog eyes and pleading voice.
Ami sighed and said they should at least research islands with temples on them. So all four of the girls pilled into the little car they had hijacked after landing back in Japan and drove to the very large library in downtown Tokyo.
It was midnight. The girls had locked themselves in a study room and been forgotten. Makoto had fallen asleep at her desk. Minako jerked awake as she heard the chair Makoto had been sitting in slide back. Makoto was walking in rest mode. Sleep walking… "Mako! MAKO! WAKE UP MAKOTO!" Minako shouted. But Makoto stayed asleep. Minako stood up suddenly and her chair tipped over.
Rei came in from the restricted section and saw Makoto headed out towards the door. "Mako?" asked Rei.
"Get her down…she's going to cross a circuit and pop a fuse if she keeps going in two modes." Shouted Minako. Rei chased after Makoto, who had already gotten over to the stairs that lead down to the front door. Giving a flying leap from the top of the long staircase, Rei tackled Makoto from behind and they rolled down. The added weight on top of Makoto and the forced of the blow, combined with the steep, hard concrete stairs wasn't a good mix. When the two rolled onto the floor bellow, Makoto had popped out of rest mode and was on one track again. Her right arm was badly smashed and mangled.
"Oh no!" Minako was horrified when she looked at the damage. " That's her right arm!"
"Her gem socket is totally smashed! Even if we do find the emerald, what good will it do like this?" Rei was feeling very hopeless.
"We can't go to a repair shop, we aren't normal humans. They might freak and try to do something with us." Said Makoto as she came out of her deep hibernation.
Ami had remained deeply asleep through out all the commotion and had only woken up when she heard Minako's horrified shriek. When Rei and Minako helped a shaken Makoto up the stairs again, Ami was looking through more books.
"You said that inlet looked like the sign for Jupiter, Mako?" said Ami, sighing.
"Yes. But there is a slight problem." Said Makoto. Ami looked down at the mashed arm and had a horrified look on her face. Minako was nervously rubbing her fingers over the gem in her hand.
"I just found the inlet…" whispered Ami.
"Lets still go and check it out. We can still try and get the emerald. It's better than Adimus getting the emerald." Said Minako, trying to sound hopeful. Everyone agreed and Ami tore the maps out of the book.
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Hello everyone! I decided it was time for me to leave all you nice people a little note, I wanted to be able to say hi and thank all of you for reading my little fiction here and to say thanks to all of the reviewers as well, so far everyone has been super nice to me. ^_^ I'm sorry if this is a little short, I kinda am busy this week, but I'll write more next time. It's hard, but fun since I'm doing this off the top of my head with very little idea of where it may go. Wheee! Well, I just wanted to thank all of you for being so nice as to read this and write sweet reviews and to ask for more. I'll keep pumping out the chapters when ever I get a spare moment and you'll see it up on this nice server pretty soon. I hope all of your little endevors go well and arigotto gozamas!
~Ane Hoshi, the humble author.