"There, what do you think?" Saruka held up her artwork to her cat guardian.

"Hmm… you need more here." The kitten told her, pawing the sketched dress.

Saruka sketched in some more shading on the dress, then added a bit more to shadow the far arm. "How's that?" She asked.

"It's good, but what about that necklace she always wore? The… the… what was it called?" The kitten asked.

"Dragon Lily. It was her favourite." Saruka said, suddenly recalling the pendant.

"Yes, she needs that to make her purr-fect!"

Saruka smiled and drew her pencil across the neck of the woman, creating a chain. She added a small oval, then shaded it perfectly. "Perfect." Saruka whispered.

"Yes, perfect." The kitten said staring at the drawing. "Mina looks so much like her."

"Yeah, mother always said I got my looks from my dad, and Mina got more from her." Saruka said. She suddenly felt very sad and empty, "I miss her and father so much."

The kitten only pawed her affectionately.

It had been no more than a month since she had been sent from the Moon Kingdom to the future and she was already forgetting her parents. Queen Serenity told her it would happen as a side effect of the charm used to send her here, but she must never forget her mission. She was sent here for a reason, and she had been trusted not to let them down.

Saruka knew she could do it, she had sworn she could. But it would take time, and that was what would make it so hard.

"It was great seeing her again, though." She told her guardian quietly.

"Who?" The kitten asked.

"Mina… I missed her so after the attack at the Moon Kingdom. It took six long years before I had gained enough power and knowledge to be sent here. All the while… I never quite…"

"I know," the kitten laced her tail around her arm sympathetically, "I know."

Saruka scratched the kitten's ears. "Thank you, Comet." She was happy the street was nearly deserted so no one would notice them carrying a conversation. Comets' being able to talk was a secret, and was supposed to stay that way.

Saruka took one last look at her drawing, then placed it in her binder full of every drawing she had sketched since the attack at the Moon Kingdom. After that she had been influenced to take up an art to deal with the pain, so she did. That was when she realized she really was good at it. She had drawn images of past memories of hers at the Moon Kingdom, special parties and gatherings, certain people that stuck in her mind. She also liked to draw things that had come to her in dreams, or distinct places and beings she created herself with her own imagination.

But her favourite things to draw were the scouts. Ever since she could remember she had looked up to and admired them, and seeing them last night in person again after six long hard years was unbelievable joy itself, but she could never show it.

They didn't remember her; Mina didn't remember her, or anything that had happened on the Moon Kingdom. That was why she was sent there, and that was how she would complete her mission. She had been trusted to return them to the past to defeat their enemy, their ultimate enemy.

"Saruka! Grab it!" Comet yelled fiercely, as a sudden gust of wind ripped a drawing from Saruka's binder.

"Oh no!" Saruka shouted as she groped at the air for her drawing. She missed. "Come on!" Saruka called to Comet as she closed her binder and tucked it under her arm. "We may still be able to catch it!"

Saruka ripped down the street after her drawing. Any drawing but that! She thought to herself, Why did it have to be that drawing? Why?

She caught glimpses of the sketches as she torn down the road after it. It was her favourite drawing, on she had spent weeks perfecting. It had been her reminder of the good times with the scouts, a motive for her training to be a scout just like them. Now it was gone, or would be if she didn't hurry.

Saruka turned the corner and tore down another road, dodging through the people and vehicles as they came at her. I won't loose it, I won't loose it. Saruka told herself, as once again she turned a corner.

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"Serena!" Rei said in anger, "That's your fifth shake! Why don't you cut it out already?"

"Mmmm, yum, Mmmm!" Serena responded.

Ami stared up as she walked beside them, "But really, you guys. We should be discussing the possibility of a new scout. The girl who showed up to us yesterday looked strangely familiar, and I'm not sure if that's good or bad."

"Ami's right," Lita commented, "I mean, this girl saved our lives, right? But there was something about her when she destroyed that Goxard guy. It was like she didn't fear him at all. Do you think she could be some kind of super scout?"

"Doubt it," Rei said, "But, when she appeared, I got totally weird vibes from her. They weren't bad, and felt so familiar. It was like I knew her, but I don't recall ever meeting anyone like her before so…"

"Mmm, yum! What do you think, Mina? You're being awfully quiet back there." Serena said, turning back to see Mina ten steps behind them.

"Huh? Oh… I was just thinking."

"Really? About what?" Serena asked, stopping in her tracks. She threw away her empty milkshake container and grabbed Mina's arm. "Come on, spill!"

"What? Oh, well…"

"Come on, Mina! Is it a guy? Oooo! Tell me!" Serena pestered.

"Serena, back off. Mina apparently doesn't want to talk, leave her be." Rei said, turning and continuing down the street.

"Actually, I don't mind." Mina said.

"Oh really?" Rei turned back around and hurried to her. She scooped up her other arm and began dragging her down the street along with Serena. "So tell me about this guy!"

"It's not a guy, it's…"

"Yeah?" The four said as one.

"The girl, Sailor NightStar, from last night. I dunno, but, there was something… something in her eyes that was just so… uh, how do I describe it?"

"Suttle?" Ami asked.

"Odd?" Lita asked.

"Familiar?" Rei said, almost knowingly.

"Yeah! Familiar, they were so… familiar! Like I knew them, like I've seen then before. And they seemed so deep, so full of knowledge and trust and honesty. They were warm, and friendly, and… familiar."

"Whoa, you sure can get a lot from eyes." Serena said, walking a head of the rest.

"Yeah, well…" Mina said. She stared off in the distance, not looking particularly at anything, yet seeing all.

"Hey, you guys. What's this?" Serena called back. She bent down and picked up a thick piece of drawing paper that was caught in a bush. The other girls rushed over as Serena gasped.

It was a drawing of the five of them all dressed in their sailor uniforms waving and smiling. With them was a child no more than eight years old dressed in a white nightgown, and on the ground at their feet were Luna, Artimis, and a mystery cat. In the background was a castle with a dome roof, many towers at it's side, and a fountain in front of it. In the sky was the Earth and Four bright stars.

"Oh my gosh!" Ami gasped, taking the drawing closer to her to study it, "This sketch is amazing! Look at the fine lines and perfect angels of the castle dimensions and Earth curves…"

"Ami! Look what's in the picture! It's us!" Rei nearly screamed.

"This is totally freaky you guys." Serena whimpered.

"Calm down you guys! There's gotta be some sort of logical explanation…" Lita argued.

"Oh my… look…" Mina said, pointing to the eyes of the child in the nightgown, "That's her! That's the scout that saved us yesterday!"

The others studied the drawing. When they had all finally seen it in the child too, they stepped back from Serena who still held the drawing.

"This is getting weird!" Ami said.

"Yeah, totally." Rei agreed.

All five raised there heads to the sound of alarm. A police whistle was blowing off in the distance and car horns were all honking. They all looked out at the commotion when a figure came ripping their way.

"Whaaaa!!!" Serena yelled out as the figure ran right into her, knocking her off her feet. The drawing went flying into the air and out of no where a marmalade kitten went flying up with it, snatching it in her mouth and darting away as it landed.

"Are you ok?" The girl asked, shaking her head and pulling herself to her feet.

"Yeah, she'll be fine. But why don't you watch where you are going?" Rei asked coldly.

The girl look up. She didn't seem to be any younger than them. Her eyes opened widely in surprise as she met face to face with a shooken Serena.

"I... I... I..." she stuttered.

"Don't worry..." Serena said dazedly, "I'm ok! Uncle Herb, why don't you make us all some orage-a-lade. Ugh..." and with that she fell back to the ground.

"I really didn't mean to... I was just..." The girl started. She spotted something off in the distance and smiled. She took her gaze back to them and said, "Hopefully no harm done, but I want to make it up to you. How about a round of shakes on me!" She said.

The five of them looked at her in surprise. "Really? You mean it?" Serena asked, half out of it and still lying on the ground.

"Sure!" The girl said. She layed a binder she was carrying on the ground and helped Serena to her feet. "There's a Chocolate-Malt place near by. They have the best-anywhere shakes. Come on."

"Ok, sure." The five girls all said together.

"Great!" The girl said while she reached down and scooped up her binder before throwing Serena's arm around her to help Serena walk.

"Oh, we haven't yet introduced ourselves. This is Ami, Rei, Lita, and Serena there. My name's Mina, and you are?"

The girl smiled widely, "I know who you all are." She said, "and my name's Saruka, Saruka Hino."