The Chibi Senshi stirred and one by one sat up. Annika rubbed her head as Rini moaned,
"Who's been using my head for a bongo drum?"
Maggie shook her head and looked around. Lifting her head up, she said softly,
"Arigato Grandfather."
Ariel gasped,
"Where are we?"
One by one, the others saw what had caused the small girl's shock.
Crystal Tokyo was in ruins. The only way the girls could tell it was the same city was because the Crystal Palace still stood in the distance, bright as ever. But aside from that were ruins.
"What happened?" Madelyn asked as she grabbed her bets friend's arm. Rini swallowed,
"I..I don't know. It looks like a twister hit a disaster area in the middle of a war."
Everyone stared at her. She blushed,
"I figure if Gloria was here she'd say something like that."
Annika's eyes misted over, "Hai…she would."
Hope spoke, softly, "So what do we do, Rini?"
Maggie spoke instead, "well, Hope, Faith you said that you were told to sent to the future. This is Crystal Tokyo in ten years."
"No…no."
"Where are we gonna find aid here?" Daisy flung her arms behind her, gesturing to the broken buildings, empty streets and shattered glass.
"Speaking of help, have any of you noticed, we're kinda by ourselves?"
Everyone soon saw that Faith was right. The streets were deserted. No, not deserted. They had been empty for quite some time. In fact, it looked like there had been no one living here for five years at least.
"But, why?"
"We're why, Kino Daisy," a voice answered the girl's inquiry. The children whirled around and saw that same youma.
"YOU!" Daisy exploded. "You're here too?"
"Of course…well, if it isn't the past self of Neo-Queen Serenity the Second." She continued, looking at Rini. The girl swallowed,
"Nani?"
"Allow me to fill you in girls." The youma wasn't attacking but the girls kept their guard up. "See once we had your wands, we used that power to empower our army. After several months, we slaughtered the original Senshi."
Annika's eyes filled with tears and Rini scooped her up, holding her tightly. The youma smiled at her pain and went on,
"With the death of your queen and Senshi, Rini became queen, you were not supposed to go through time. Neo-Queen Serenity the Second evacuated the city. Now for years, she ahs been trying to reclaim her kingdom."
Her evil smile made the girls shiver. The youma cracked her knuckles,
"And now that that's outta the way, you can join your parents and this resistance will cease!"
Rini stood in front of the younger girls. But the youma dove, claws outstretched. Rini closed her eyes.
"Cosmic Silent Shield!"
The youma was thrown backward. She growled, "Curse you!"
The smaller Senshi and Rini opened their eyes as pink rose petals floated by their faces. Hope spoke,
"But I thought our parents…"
"They are!" the sorrow was gone from Annika's voice but now it was filled with hope. She pointed to the crumbling building's roof. "Look!"
A small form dropped from above. She slowly stepped into the light.
She was short, about to Rini's shoulder. She had short chin length black hair and deep purple eyes. Her skin was pale. She wore a brown Senshi outfit, with long violet ribbons. Her boots were lace ups to her knees. Her broach was heart shaped and she had a heart on her choker. She also carried a violet Silence Glaive.
The girl wasted no time,
"My guardian deity is the planet of silence. I'm the soldier of death and rebirth, Cosmic Saturn!"
Madelyn gasped and stepped back as she realized she was staring at her future self. The girl went on,
"Step away from them, youma."
"Or what, Cosmic Saturn. These girls can't transform, who are you gonna call to help?"
But as she nearly started forward, a voice called,
"She doesn't have to."
The youma turned as a tall woman dropped from another building, opposite of Cosmic Saturn. She had long blue hair, bound in a ponytail. Her Senshi uniform was a bright yellow and her bows a dark navy. She wore short yellow boots. Like the other Senshi she had a heart broach and on her choker. She made her introduction.
"My guardian deity is the planet high in the sky, I'm the soldier of the heavens, Cosmic Uranus!"
Before the youma could speak another voice caught her attention from behind the smaller Senshi.
"My guardian deity is the planet of the sea. I'm the soldier of embrace. Cosmic Neptune!"
A soft mature voice came from where she had just turned from,
"My guardian deity is a planet floating in time and space. I'm the soldier of revolution. Cosmic Pluto!"
Cosmic Uranus spoke again,
"The four Cosmic Senshi of the Outer Solar System are being led by a new crisis…"
The other three joined their leader,
"And here we are!"