Chapter 01 - A Newcomer
Disclaimer: anything that resembles the manga and anime serie "Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon" is trademark and copyright of Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Toei Animation, Japan.
"Destiny Kishi" characters are of Tieko Aikawa and X/MADS! authory.
Sentences that are marked with ** are thoughts. Whispers and other things will be in "".
***
Arthur's alarm clock rang almost thirty minutes before the time he had set on the previous day. Still sleepy and cursing the ones who had made that stupid 'chicken alarm clock' that always woke him up with a 'Good Morning' greeting, the teenager just picked up the 'stupid and dumb white clock' and tossed it on the poor wall.
"AWRK!", quacked the clock for the last time. "Good... morniiiiing... AWRK!"
"Have YOU a Good Morning, stupid thing...", he mumbled, wondering who had had the fabulous idea of giving him that white chicken... and, when he finally remembered WHO had given it to him, he jumped out of the bed, almost in panic.
His shouts could be heard downstairs, where almost all his colleagues of the student's dormitory were having breakfast.
"Let me see... someone - and I won't tell WHO was - had Arthur's clock set up AGAIN thirty minutes earlier than he wanted to, am I right?", asked an older girl, pouring hot chocolate in a cup. "Why don't you just leave him alone?"
"It's just funny to see him angry like that", answered one boy, stabbing a pancake with his fork. "Hey, pass the maple syrup!"
"Very funny... I wondered if that happened to any of you, what would you do", said the girl, almost pouring the maple syrup on the boy's head. "Can't you just see that he likes to remember his last girlfriend and that he has just been transfered to Fallen High?"
"It's not our fault if he had to come here", said another one, sitting at the table.
"You're all disgusting. I hope you're all happy, because I'll no longer be here to make breakfast for you all. From tomorrow on, there will be another girl to cook for you. You'd better start your prayers... I don't know if she cooks like Melinda."
Everybody who was at the table gasped when they heard Melinda's name. Nobody could ever forget what she had done to the kitchen... it took almost six months to clean the ceiling to make it WHITE again, after she almost turned kitchen into hell itself. And nobody could forget her curry rice or apple pie or chocolate chip cookies or pancakes neither.
"PLEASE, Samantha, we're trying to EAT!"
"But... why aren't you staying with us?!"
"Don't you remember the rules? The newcomer girls have to do chores around the school and my turn on cooking is over. I'm going to take care of the Computer Centre now. She must be arriving in a few minutes..."
The sound of footsteps coming down the stairs silenced everyone and the ones who were busy talking started to eat their pancakes before they got cold. Samantha went to prepare more pancakes since there still were people sleeping on the rooms.
Arthur Crossroads entered the kitchen without saying a single word to his colleagues and specially to his roomate. The only one to whom he said something was to Samantha, when she served him some pancakes and cereal with milk.
"Thank you, Samantha."
"Y're welcome, Arthur. I think you heard what I said some minutes ago."
"That you're being transfered to the Computer Centre now? Yes. Congratulations, Samantha. At least you won't be forced to prepare breakfast to this bunch of guys", he answered, picking up his spoon. "Who will be the poor girl to come in your place?" *God, just PLEASE let me wish that she cooks better than Melinda, PLEASE!*
"Well, that we'll have to see...", Samantha started to say, when someone rang the bell.
All the boys at the table, with ages between fourteen and nineteen, because the dormitory was also to the boys who attended Fallen Junior High, gasped and had to pick up a glass of water or any other liquid that was nearby to drink and make the food go down to their stomach. Some of them were shaking a little bit, maybe nervous of meeting another girl... or maybe afraid of what she would be able to cook there. Hm... make the second option the right one.
After some minutes, Samantha came back to the kitchen, bringing a Japanese-looking girl, of black eyes and very black hair, that almost looked like blue. She had it short cut and wore glasses. Wasn't too tall, but she wasn't too short, though.
"Guys, I'd like to introduce Tieko Aikawa to you all", said Samantha, trying to smile, not to laugh when seeing the boys' faces.
"Err... ple- pleased to meet ya...", said one of them, standing up from his chair. "I'm Bradley Cooper."
"William Hashimoto here", said another one. "By your name, I guess you're Japanese, right?"
"Almost", she answered. "I'm Brazilian. My grandparents were Japanese."
"I'm Daniel Luders", greeted the third boy, with a light accent on his English. "I'm Brazilian too, hope you like here. Are you going to study at Fallen High or at Fallen College?"
"I'm going to Fallen College."
"Any problems, you can always talk with me, Rick or Martin. We're all Brazilian", continued Daniel. "Actually, Rick's real name is Henrique, but nobody seemed to be able to say that clearly, so..."
"... so that I think I should thank you for introducing myself, Daniel?", said a teenager, walking down the stairs. "I'm Henrique Luders. People call me Rick."
Tieko looked at Daniel and Rick, blinking twice before trying to say anything.
"Are you brothers?"
"NO!" they shouted at once. "I'D NEVER BE HIS BROTHER! WE'RE JUST COUSINS!"
"I can see that they like each other very much", she giggled, placing her school bag on the table.
"They do", said Samantha, almost laughing. "Hey, where's Martin? Still sleeping?"
"Nope. He's already at the Computer Centre", answered Rick, pulling a chair. "Did you really think that he would be sleeping at nine o'clock in the morning?" *Even in a Saturday?*
"Well, I think that everyone is here, except for Martin", said Samantha. "They're all yours, Tieko. Your everyday chores are written on the board schedule."
"OK, Samantha. Thank you for everything."
"On Monday, a girl from Fallen College will take you for a 'welcome tour' through the building, so you don't get lost. Nevertheless, you recieved a town map and the girls' dormitory is the next dull-orange building. Good luck."
Tieko kept looking at the door with a huge sweatdrop on her head, while Samantha walked out of the boys' dormitory and slammed the door. Some people said afterwards that she sighed in relief after leaving the building.
"What did she mean with 'good luck'?", Tieko asked, looking puzzled.
"Never mind", answered the only one that hadn't introduced himself to the newcomer. "She must be with PMT, that's all. Anyway, my name's Arthur Crossroads", he continued, without looking at her face, just eating his pancakes.
"Nice to meet you, Arthur", she said, walking through the dining room to get to the board schedule. "Now... looks like I'm supposed to cook breakfast and dinner for you all during weekends and only breakfast during the week. I just have to say one thing before starting my duties."
"And that wouldn't be 'sorry guys, I can't cook', would it?"
"Take it easy, Daniel. I can't cook very well, but I can manage to make you not die of hunger", and she picked up a book from her bag. "There's always something that I can do with a Cooking Book."
"Can we get scared?", asked William, swallowing his last piece of pancake.
"No, you can't", answered Tieko, giggling. "Any other questions?"
"..."
"As I thought...", she continued giggling while taking the dishes of the boys that had finished their breakfast to the kitchen. "Hey, I forgot to say that...! HEY!"
But nobody was there to hear what she had to say. Everyone had already vanished into the game room, struggling to get the remote control, as their shouts could show. Something as 'today is MY turn to choose the channel!' or 'no, gimme that control, you damm...' and things like that.
Sighing, but still smiling, Tieko picked up an apron from inside her bag and weared it, looking at the HUGE pile of dishes and spoons and forks and glasses she had to wash.
"Well, at least I don't have lessons today", she said, opening the water faucet and letting the water fall on the dishes.
"But do you have anything else to do today?" Arthur asked, coming from behind her, placing his dish and his cup in the sink.
"I... I... no... I was... just planning to...", Tieko gasped, feeling her face hot and blushing. "... to... bake a cake later on..."
"Would you mind if I helped you?"
** A few hours later **
A strange group of teenage boys walked like they were an only being, crawling from bush to bush, from mailbox to mailbox and... whatever. They were just trying to hide themselves from the couple that was walking to the nearest market in town.
"Didn't I tell you guys? I saw they talking on the kitchen in the morning", whispered Bradley.
"Arthur could at least wait one day before asking her to a date, don't you think?", whispered William.
"C'mon, guys... you sound like two old grannies chit-chatting about the neighborhood...", said Rick, bored. "Call me at the bookstore when you're over with that."
"Party-pooper", they said, when Rick and Daniel went to the bookstore. "Let's follow them and..."
"I quite agree with Rick", said a person standing right behind them. "Let them alone, will ya?"
Bradley and William could only look at the tomboy that stood behind them. She wore a baseball cap that made her almost alike a boy, jeans, a green shirt and a leather jacket with the symbol of Fallen College on it. Someone who looked at her for the first time would think that she was a boy, because of her short blond hair that could be hidden by her cap.
"McKinnion!", exclaimed Bradley, startled. "Go... go mind your own business."
"Oh, but I AM. Why are you so interested in what is happening between Crossroads and Aikawa? Leave them alone!"
"Wait. Are you her..."
"Yup. I'm the one who is responsible for Aikawa during her first days on Mornington. So get lost! Scram!"
Tieko and Arthur heard McKinnion's voice and walked back to where she was.
"Thank you, Catherin", said Tieko, looking a bit upset. "I'm sorry to give you all these problems."
"Hey, it's my duty. Fallen College recieves a lot of foreign students and we learn to respect the newcomers. I've been one once, so I do know how life can be with these guys", said Catherin, her hands on her jacket's pockets. "Y'can call me Cat. Going for some shopping or just taking a walk around the town?"
"Actually, we were looking for a store where I could find the ingredients I need to bake a cake", Tieko answered, picking a sheet of paper from her purse. "But no store here sells these kind of things."
"Let me take a look at this. OK, I think I know where you can find these things", and she looked at Arthur with the corner of her eyes. "I see that you're already making friends here."
"Oh, yes. You were my first friend here, Cat."
*Hm... it wasn't about THAT that I was talking about, but...* "Let's make a deal; I help you buy the things you need and I get a piece of cake."
"It's a deal. Hope you like chocolate cake."
"Now you're talking my language", Cat smiled, walking with the couple.
** Back at the Dormitory **
Rick got back from town some hours later, carrying a package from the bookstore he had gone. Daniel was with him, carrying a volley ball he had bought at a sports store. Everything at the dormitory was silent, except for some strange noise that came from the kitchen.
Curious, the two cousins walked carefully into the dining hall and had a look in the kitchen, without going inside. Cat was sitting at the dining hall, reading some magazines, while a cloud of flour was coming out of the kitchen.
"Hi, Cat", greeted Daniel, placing his ball at the floor and holding it with his foot. "Looking for Samantha?"
"Nope. Now I'm responsible for Tieko", she answered, turning a page. "Did you go shopping, guys?"
"Yup. Rick bought some books he wanted to read. C.J.McKinnion, if I'm not wrong... hey, Rick! Stop reading at least for some minutes!"
"They didn't blow up the kitchen, so everything's OK here... huh?", said Rick, closing his book. "Were you talking with me?"
"I was. What were you reading?"
"The latest book of C.J.McKinnion, I've told you already."
Cat smiled and placed the magazine over the table, standing up.
"Hey, you two! I thought you were going to bake a cake, not start World War III!"
"Bake what?", asked Daniel, kicking the ball to the TV room.
"I'm baking a chocolate cake! Don't worry, we're alright!", yelled Tieko, without coming out of the kitchen. "We just had to use more flour than we'd planned to, but I think it'll be fine!"
The main door opened and everyone looked in its direction, hoping that it wasn't the janitor. Cat knew that Mr. Smith didn't like that girls stayed for too long at the boys' dormitory and that they would be in trouble if he saw they there... but he seldom went to check the buildings.
"Yo, Martin!", greeted Rick, as a Chinese-looking boy came inside the building.
"Hello... what's happening here?", he asked, seeing something white coming from the kitchen. "Is that a ghost or Melinda decided to come back?"
"Samantha was transferred to the Computer Centre, so there's another girl to stay at her place", answered Daniel. "She's Brazilian too."
"Oh... hi", Tieko said, coughing a bit, and trying to take some flour out of her face. "I'm Tieko Aikawa, pleased to meet you..."
***
Chronos seemed to be sleeping at the chair of the main hall of the palace. He had his eyes closed and the Time Staff placed on his lap, while all sort of things happened in the Timelines. But his attention was focused on only one special mirror.
Moon Fox, Aleph and Firebird walked into the main hall and looked at that special mirror. Aleph sighed, with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
"Y'know... sometimes I miss those years. When we only had to worry with our College grades...", he said, sighing once more. "We have more responsibilities now."
"Looks like that she has already found our counterparts, Aleph", said Moon Fox, smiling. "And also Chronos' counterpart."
"I just hope that this doesn't means that all her story will repeat itself", said Firebird.
"It won't. Daniel and Henrique Luders are there just because I made them go to Mornington", continued Moon Fox, picking up his Silver Pen. "Just in case something happen... but I've already checked that Timeline, there's no chance of any youma or similar go there to mess things up."
"Not even the leader of the Destiny Kishi can beat you, Moon Fox", smiled Aleph. "But... what would happen if a youma got there?"
"She still has her essence on her body, so she can make up into Mercury Destiny Kishi, as Arthur also can. Our counterparts aren't able to do so, but Chronos had everything set up. He sent six Guardians along with Kyn."
"I think this is the first time that we're not protecting Time or Neo-Queen Serenity", said Firebird.
"I agree with you, Firebird. But we always have to be prepared, because there are Senshi in that Timeline and, where are Senshi, there will always be a Princess Serenity."
"But there will always be Guardians for her. Our duty is only to make everything be on its place", said Aleph, looking once more at the mirror.
Disclaimer: anything that resembles the manga and anime serie "Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon" is trademark and copyright of Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, Toei Animation, Japan.
"Destiny Kishi" characters are of Tieko Aikawa and X/MADS! authory.
Sentences that are marked with ** are thoughts. Whispers and other things will be in "".
***
Arthur's alarm clock rang almost thirty minutes before the time he had set on the previous day. Still sleepy and cursing the ones who had made that stupid 'chicken alarm clock' that always woke him up with a 'Good Morning' greeting, the teenager just picked up the 'stupid and dumb white clock' and tossed it on the poor wall.
"AWRK!", quacked the clock for the last time. "Good... morniiiiing... AWRK!"
"Have YOU a Good Morning, stupid thing...", he mumbled, wondering who had had the fabulous idea of giving him that white chicken... and, when he finally remembered WHO had given it to him, he jumped out of the bed, almost in panic.
His shouts could be heard downstairs, where almost all his colleagues of the student's dormitory were having breakfast.
"Let me see... someone - and I won't tell WHO was - had Arthur's clock set up AGAIN thirty minutes earlier than he wanted to, am I right?", asked an older girl, pouring hot chocolate in a cup. "Why don't you just leave him alone?"
"It's just funny to see him angry like that", answered one boy, stabbing a pancake with his fork. "Hey, pass the maple syrup!"
"Very funny... I wondered if that happened to any of you, what would you do", said the girl, almost pouring the maple syrup on the boy's head. "Can't you just see that he likes to remember his last girlfriend and that he has just been transfered to Fallen High?"
"It's not our fault if he had to come here", said another one, sitting at the table.
"You're all disgusting. I hope you're all happy, because I'll no longer be here to make breakfast for you all. From tomorrow on, there will be another girl to cook for you. You'd better start your prayers... I don't know if she cooks like Melinda."
Everybody who was at the table gasped when they heard Melinda's name. Nobody could ever forget what she had done to the kitchen... it took almost six months to clean the ceiling to make it WHITE again, after she almost turned kitchen into hell itself. And nobody could forget her curry rice or apple pie or chocolate chip cookies or pancakes neither.
"PLEASE, Samantha, we're trying to EAT!"
"But... why aren't you staying with us?!"
"Don't you remember the rules? The newcomer girls have to do chores around the school and my turn on cooking is over. I'm going to take care of the Computer Centre now. She must be arriving in a few minutes..."
The sound of footsteps coming down the stairs silenced everyone and the ones who were busy talking started to eat their pancakes before they got cold. Samantha went to prepare more pancakes since there still were people sleeping on the rooms.
Arthur Crossroads entered the kitchen without saying a single word to his colleagues and specially to his roomate. The only one to whom he said something was to Samantha, when she served him some pancakes and cereal with milk.
"Thank you, Samantha."
"Y're welcome, Arthur. I think you heard what I said some minutes ago."
"That you're being transfered to the Computer Centre now? Yes. Congratulations, Samantha. At least you won't be forced to prepare breakfast to this bunch of guys", he answered, picking up his spoon. "Who will be the poor girl to come in your place?" *God, just PLEASE let me wish that she cooks better than Melinda, PLEASE!*
"Well, that we'll have to see...", Samantha started to say, when someone rang the bell.
All the boys at the table, with ages between fourteen and nineteen, because the dormitory was also to the boys who attended Fallen Junior High, gasped and had to pick up a glass of water or any other liquid that was nearby to drink and make the food go down to their stomach. Some of them were shaking a little bit, maybe nervous of meeting another girl... or maybe afraid of what she would be able to cook there. Hm... make the second option the right one.
After some minutes, Samantha came back to the kitchen, bringing a Japanese-looking girl, of black eyes and very black hair, that almost looked like blue. She had it short cut and wore glasses. Wasn't too tall, but she wasn't too short, though.
"Guys, I'd like to introduce Tieko Aikawa to you all", said Samantha, trying to smile, not to laugh when seeing the boys' faces.
"Err... ple- pleased to meet ya...", said one of them, standing up from his chair. "I'm Bradley Cooper."
"William Hashimoto here", said another one. "By your name, I guess you're Japanese, right?"
"Almost", she answered. "I'm Brazilian. My grandparents were Japanese."
"I'm Daniel Luders", greeted the third boy, with a light accent on his English. "I'm Brazilian too, hope you like here. Are you going to study at Fallen High or at Fallen College?"
"I'm going to Fallen College."
"Any problems, you can always talk with me, Rick or Martin. We're all Brazilian", continued Daniel. "Actually, Rick's real name is Henrique, but nobody seemed to be able to say that clearly, so..."
"... so that I think I should thank you for introducing myself, Daniel?", said a teenager, walking down the stairs. "I'm Henrique Luders. People call me Rick."
Tieko looked at Daniel and Rick, blinking twice before trying to say anything.
"Are you brothers?"
"NO!" they shouted at once. "I'D NEVER BE HIS BROTHER! WE'RE JUST COUSINS!"
"I can see that they like each other very much", she giggled, placing her school bag on the table.
"They do", said Samantha, almost laughing. "Hey, where's Martin? Still sleeping?"
"Nope. He's already at the Computer Centre", answered Rick, pulling a chair. "Did you really think that he would be sleeping at nine o'clock in the morning?" *Even in a Saturday?*
"Well, I think that everyone is here, except for Martin", said Samantha. "They're all yours, Tieko. Your everyday chores are written on the board schedule."
"OK, Samantha. Thank you for everything."
"On Monday, a girl from Fallen College will take you for a 'welcome tour' through the building, so you don't get lost. Nevertheless, you recieved a town map and the girls' dormitory is the next dull-orange building. Good luck."
Tieko kept looking at the door with a huge sweatdrop on her head, while Samantha walked out of the boys' dormitory and slammed the door. Some people said afterwards that she sighed in relief after leaving the building.
"What did she mean with 'good luck'?", Tieko asked, looking puzzled.
"Never mind", answered the only one that hadn't introduced himself to the newcomer. "She must be with PMT, that's all. Anyway, my name's Arthur Crossroads", he continued, without looking at her face, just eating his pancakes.
"Nice to meet you, Arthur", she said, walking through the dining room to get to the board schedule. "Now... looks like I'm supposed to cook breakfast and dinner for you all during weekends and only breakfast during the week. I just have to say one thing before starting my duties."
"And that wouldn't be 'sorry guys, I can't cook', would it?"
"Take it easy, Daniel. I can't cook very well, but I can manage to make you not die of hunger", and she picked up a book from her bag. "There's always something that I can do with a Cooking Book."
"Can we get scared?", asked William, swallowing his last piece of pancake.
"No, you can't", answered Tieko, giggling. "Any other questions?"
"..."
"As I thought...", she continued giggling while taking the dishes of the boys that had finished their breakfast to the kitchen. "Hey, I forgot to say that...! HEY!"
But nobody was there to hear what she had to say. Everyone had already vanished into the game room, struggling to get the remote control, as their shouts could show. Something as 'today is MY turn to choose the channel!' or 'no, gimme that control, you damm...' and things like that.
Sighing, but still smiling, Tieko picked up an apron from inside her bag and weared it, looking at the HUGE pile of dishes and spoons and forks and glasses she had to wash.
"Well, at least I don't have lessons today", she said, opening the water faucet and letting the water fall on the dishes.
"But do you have anything else to do today?" Arthur asked, coming from behind her, placing his dish and his cup in the sink.
"I... I... no... I was... just planning to...", Tieko gasped, feeling her face hot and blushing. "... to... bake a cake later on..."
"Would you mind if I helped you?"
** A few hours later **
A strange group of teenage boys walked like they were an only being, crawling from bush to bush, from mailbox to mailbox and... whatever. They were just trying to hide themselves from the couple that was walking to the nearest market in town.
"Didn't I tell you guys? I saw they talking on the kitchen in the morning", whispered Bradley.
"Arthur could at least wait one day before asking her to a date, don't you think?", whispered William.
"C'mon, guys... you sound like two old grannies chit-chatting about the neighborhood...", said Rick, bored. "Call me at the bookstore when you're over with that."
"Party-pooper", they said, when Rick and Daniel went to the bookstore. "Let's follow them and..."
"I quite agree with Rick", said a person standing right behind them. "Let them alone, will ya?"
Bradley and William could only look at the tomboy that stood behind them. She wore a baseball cap that made her almost alike a boy, jeans, a green shirt and a leather jacket with the symbol of Fallen College on it. Someone who looked at her for the first time would think that she was a boy, because of her short blond hair that could be hidden by her cap.
"McKinnion!", exclaimed Bradley, startled. "Go... go mind your own business."
"Oh, but I AM. Why are you so interested in what is happening between Crossroads and Aikawa? Leave them alone!"
"Wait. Are you her..."
"Yup. I'm the one who is responsible for Aikawa during her first days on Mornington. So get lost! Scram!"
Tieko and Arthur heard McKinnion's voice and walked back to where she was.
"Thank you, Catherin", said Tieko, looking a bit upset. "I'm sorry to give you all these problems."
"Hey, it's my duty. Fallen College recieves a lot of foreign students and we learn to respect the newcomers. I've been one once, so I do know how life can be with these guys", said Catherin, her hands on her jacket's pockets. "Y'can call me Cat. Going for some shopping or just taking a walk around the town?"
"Actually, we were looking for a store where I could find the ingredients I need to bake a cake", Tieko answered, picking a sheet of paper from her purse. "But no store here sells these kind of things."
"Let me take a look at this. OK, I think I know where you can find these things", and she looked at Arthur with the corner of her eyes. "I see that you're already making friends here."
"Oh, yes. You were my first friend here, Cat."
*Hm... it wasn't about THAT that I was talking about, but...* "Let's make a deal; I help you buy the things you need and I get a piece of cake."
"It's a deal. Hope you like chocolate cake."
"Now you're talking my language", Cat smiled, walking with the couple.
** Back at the Dormitory **
Rick got back from town some hours later, carrying a package from the bookstore he had gone. Daniel was with him, carrying a volley ball he had bought at a sports store. Everything at the dormitory was silent, except for some strange noise that came from the kitchen.
Curious, the two cousins walked carefully into the dining hall and had a look in the kitchen, without going inside. Cat was sitting at the dining hall, reading some magazines, while a cloud of flour was coming out of the kitchen.
"Hi, Cat", greeted Daniel, placing his ball at the floor and holding it with his foot. "Looking for Samantha?"
"Nope. Now I'm responsible for Tieko", she answered, turning a page. "Did you go shopping, guys?"
"Yup. Rick bought some books he wanted to read. C.J.McKinnion, if I'm not wrong... hey, Rick! Stop reading at least for some minutes!"
"They didn't blow up the kitchen, so everything's OK here... huh?", said Rick, closing his book. "Were you talking with me?"
"I was. What were you reading?"
"The latest book of C.J.McKinnion, I've told you already."
Cat smiled and placed the magazine over the table, standing up.
"Hey, you two! I thought you were going to bake a cake, not start World War III!"
"Bake what?", asked Daniel, kicking the ball to the TV room.
"I'm baking a chocolate cake! Don't worry, we're alright!", yelled Tieko, without coming out of the kitchen. "We just had to use more flour than we'd planned to, but I think it'll be fine!"
The main door opened and everyone looked in its direction, hoping that it wasn't the janitor. Cat knew that Mr. Smith didn't like that girls stayed for too long at the boys' dormitory and that they would be in trouble if he saw they there... but he seldom went to check the buildings.
"Yo, Martin!", greeted Rick, as a Chinese-looking boy came inside the building.
"Hello... what's happening here?", he asked, seeing something white coming from the kitchen. "Is that a ghost or Melinda decided to come back?"
"Samantha was transferred to the Computer Centre, so there's another girl to stay at her place", answered Daniel. "She's Brazilian too."
"Oh... hi", Tieko said, coughing a bit, and trying to take some flour out of her face. "I'm Tieko Aikawa, pleased to meet you..."
***
Chronos seemed to be sleeping at the chair of the main hall of the palace. He had his eyes closed and the Time Staff placed on his lap, while all sort of things happened in the Timelines. But his attention was focused on only one special mirror.
Moon Fox, Aleph and Firebird walked into the main hall and looked at that special mirror. Aleph sighed, with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
"Y'know... sometimes I miss those years. When we only had to worry with our College grades...", he said, sighing once more. "We have more responsibilities now."
"Looks like that she has already found our counterparts, Aleph", said Moon Fox, smiling. "And also Chronos' counterpart."
"I just hope that this doesn't means that all her story will repeat itself", said Firebird.
"It won't. Daniel and Henrique Luders are there just because I made them go to Mornington", continued Moon Fox, picking up his Silver Pen. "Just in case something happen... but I've already checked that Timeline, there's no chance of any youma or similar go there to mess things up."
"Not even the leader of the Destiny Kishi can beat you, Moon Fox", smiled Aleph. "But... what would happen if a youma got there?"
"She still has her essence on her body, so she can make up into Mercury Destiny Kishi, as Arthur also can. Our counterparts aren't able to do so, but Chronos had everything set up. He sent six Guardians along with Kyn."
"I think this is the first time that we're not protecting Time or Neo-Queen Serenity", said Firebird.
"I agree with you, Firebird. But we always have to be prepared, because there are Senshi in that Timeline and, where are Senshi, there will always be a Princess Serenity."
"But there will always be Guardians for her. Our duty is only to make everything be on its place", said Aleph, looking once more at the mirror.