Confucius say, " Do not claim to own what you do not." Okay you old
geezer, I don't own Sailor Moon!
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The Light of Dawn. A Zoo Breakout?!
Things looked grim for the senshi. They had survived being killed countless times, but one small girl had just torn them apart. On one side, in defense of Gwenhwyfar/Tentei stood Usagi, Ami, Hotaru, and Luna. On the other, Rei, Makoto, Minako, and Artemis saw death for the tortured soul as the only option. Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna were, of course, staying out of the fight. It had been three days since Tentei had stumbled into their lives. It had taken some convincing to get her parents to take in the girl and ignore the hole in the ceiling. That afternoon, the two girls were talking quietly together as Tentei braided the older girl's hair, a childish custom that the now eighteen Usagi missed. The split of the team weighed heavily on the blonde leader as well as the young girl. She felt that the split was her fault and on more than one occasion had attempted to leave. " Tentei-chan?" " Yes, One-chan?" " I have been crying to you about my problems, but not once have you shared yours. How did this happen to you?" Tentei paused in her braiding, " I do not mind to hear your grief for I have caused it, but I will not expose you to the filth that lives within me." Usagi turned to the younger girl, " Why are so hard on yourself? Whatever happened cannot possibly be your fault." Tentei hung her head, " As a child I learned something terrible about myself. I cannot yet bring myself to tell it, but you will know in time. This knowledge filled me with despair and a great rage against my home. Blind in my anger, I traveled far from this system and ended up on a cursed planet. In my fear and weakness, I allowed a thing of darkness to plant a seed within me. I left my natural time with him and came to your recent past. He used me as a tool to bring about the end of everything. " So...this evil being, brought you to Earth recently?" " Yes," she shivered, " but I sought to overthrow him and take my vengeance against the world in my own way. During that time, I tried to kill you on several occasions, as I did a few days ago. But I fell among you and was partially healed by your loving heart." " I think I remember that, was it, was it Lucis and Aion who sent you home?" " Yes, I'm surprised that you remember. Through their strength and teaching I learned to control my changes with the help of another soul. A Silmarie, or soul vessel in the Old Tongue, helps me to bear this burden. Without one I will surely be destroyed by the war within me. My outbreaks are fiercer now, for I have no Silmarie and without one I am a danger to you." Usagi looked thoughtful, " So a Silmarie would take half of the darkness into themselves?" " Yes." " I'll do it." " No! No, Serenity-sama, I cannot let this impurity defile you. Your sanctity is too precious to this universe. You hold more power than all the rest combined; this power sleeps in you." " Ten-chan, how old are you? You speak like a person with much wisdom, but you must be young." " In Earth years I am fourteen, younger than you, but in reality, I was not reincarnated, so I am over a thousand years old." " How long exactly is the life span of the Moon people?" " It depends on how strong in powers you are and your strength of love. Mother lived a very long time and I know you will too. My time is almost up, I feel myself thinning." " What do you mean, you are only a teenager!" " Yes, but I was in hyper sleep for one thousand years and I did not age, while I look young, my time clock is running short," Tentei gave a huge yawn. " You look tired Ten," Usagi smoothed her hair, " Please get some rest." " Okay, Mom!" the younger girl grumbled, " You always were so bossy and motherly." Usagi smiled to herself as the door whispered shut behind her.
Later, while Tentei was still sound asleep, Usagi was watching the news with her parents. Normally, she hated the news and would rather study, but she had actually already done that and was bored out of her mind. It was better than training with Luna. Her parents still looked a little grouchy about the visitor, but Usagi couldn't figure out why. Then it occurred to her that the other times they had been happy cause they had been hypnotized by Chibi-usa's Luna-P. That little toy could really come in handy sometimes. She was startled out of her daydream by the emergency broadcast. " Attention Juuban, just a few moments ago, a huge white tiger escaped from the zoo. It is being considered highly dangerous and civilians are warned not to attempt to take on the beast themselves. Lock all doors and windows and keep lights off. Above all, stay indoors. The tiger was a specimen in the research facility and the subject of much controversy. The female, named Glacier by her handlers, is unusually large and has a strange mark on her forehead that resembles a star..." Here, pictures were shown of the tiger and Usagi gasped at the mark. It was a five-point star surrounded by five smaller ones, all of a goldish color like Luna's sigil. Its face bore an intelligent look and she was sure the tigress could talk. Usagi's parents gave her a funny look but continued watching the program. " ...another anomaly, the tiger seems to have human blood instead of tiger, type O- in fact, and an enormous intellect. Although a rare treasure, the animal is to be destroyed upon capture as a danger to the public." " Thank you, Yumi, and now, for sports..." Usagi was no longer listening. She kissed her parents good night and headed up to her room. Checking Tentei quickly, she grabbed her broach and jumped lightly from her window, fading into the night. She had to find the tigress before the authorities and time was against her.
Tentei tensed when she woke. It was dark and not a sound was heard except for the sighing of the wind. The city, for once, was quiet and that made her uneasy. Moonlight shone brightly into the room, illuminating Usagi's empty bed. The curtains stirred in the breeze and Tentei leaned out the window and peered at the ground. The grass there was trampled as though this exit had been used many times. " Usagi must have gotten an urgent call from the others," she mused, " I'll wait up for her." The blue haired girl sat on Usagi's bed, hugging her knees. She had just started to drop off to sleep again from this position when she felt the familiar pain in her chest. She strained against it, fighting the dizzying sensation. " No. Not now!" she panted, " I've...been okay for...three days..." With one last breath, she fainted and lay still. Minutes ticked by and still the girl lay motionless on the bed. All at once, she pushed herself to a sitting position and looked around dazedly. " How did I get here?" She was in the room of the enemy. The angry gash in the floor was proof enough of that. The princess had wisely fled, but why she had been taken in, she could not explain. The last thing she remembered was the click as the front gate shut behind her, and then, nothing. Tentei looked out the window and saw the worn patch on the ground. " I will find you Serenity, it is useless to hide from me," and the girl slipped into the night, following the power of the ginzuishou.
Following her instinct, Usagi found the tigress in a tightly circled clearing. She had been pawing at the air and Usagi, not sure what to do, had gotten down on her hands and knees. " Excuse me, Glacier," she spoke in a quavering voice, " I do not wish to harm you. I am Tsukino Usagi, Princess Serenity, Sailor Moon. You have the mark of a guardian and your life is in danger." She held her breath, perhaps she had been wrong, what if this was just an ordinary tiger? The tigress looked closely at the girl, as if she were studying her. Usagi bit her lip, trying to keep from crying as the silence lengthened. After what seemed an eternity to Usagi, the tigress spoke in broken Japanese, " You Moon Kingdom." " Yes! Oh, I knew you were a guide! Quickly, you must follow me, you are to be destroyed when found!" The animal made a weird huffing noise that seemed to be laughter, " Not find easy." The clearing was suddenly filled with warm light and the blonde shut her eyes against the hot brilliance. She was filled with intense joy and her fatigue seemed to melt away. The glow faded but not entirely and Usagi opened her eyes to a strange sight. In place of the tiger, a beautiful girl, scarcely taller than herself, stood. A corseted dress of pinkish-gold fell to the floor and a velvet cape of the same color was clasped at her neck. She shyly fixed her strawberry blonde bob behind her ear and pale blue eyes looked sweetly into crystal blue. " Me Borealis," she made a delicate curtsey, " Greet you Highness." Usagi clumsily imitated the woman, " It's nice to meet you." " Sorry me speak no good, I no very good at languages," here she made a sick face and Usagi burst out laughing. " Well, I don't know what we're going to do with you. I would offer you a room at Rei's shrine, but we aren't on speaking terms right now." " Who Rei?" " Oh, Sailor Mars." " Princess Elena here too?" " Do you know when you are?" The woman nodded gravely, " Reincarnated, Moon Kingdom dust." " Not anymore!" Usagi squealed excitedly, " It's been rebuilt!" " Rebuilt?" " Yes! I could take you there if you would like." Borealis shook her head, " No, find Gwenhwyfar." " Oh! You mean Tentei! You know her? She's at my place already..." she trailed off at the look of horror on the redhead's face. " She at you house? You not safe here, she troubled." " I know that already, she's attacked me, but she's all right now."
Head down, Tentei strode through the desolate streets. A momentary surge of energy caught her attention. The ginzuishou was nearby, with another. " It couldn't be possible," she hissed between her teeth, " She is dead!" Heading towards the spot she recognized the park she had landed in. The clearing was just ahead and faintly glowing. With a snarl, she cut the massive branches that shielded the thicket and burst through. " Atu," she growled through gritted teeth. " Gwenhwyfar," Borealis breathed, " A bele atu!" Usagi didn't understand a word they were saying, but she saw Tentei's naked sword and the unarmed Borealis and went into action. " Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make-up!" " Ah, so the princess shows her true colors. Pardon me if I don't bow, but I have a score to settle with both of you. I could handle both at once, but I would prefer if the half breed stepped up first." " Gwenhwyfar, no hurt Sailor Moon, no hurt me, no want!" The redhead pleaded with the impassive girl. " Still struggling with languages Borealis? But you are right, I don't want to hurt, I want to kill!" she raised the sword and with a terrible cry swung at the unflinching woman. " Silmarie Bond!" Borealis gathered her hands over her head and Tentei staggered back as if hit. " Wha-What have you done to me?" Eternal Sailor Moon stared on dumbfounded as an inky blackness poured from Tentei's face. Her ears, her eyes, everything poured forth the stuff like blood. It massed in a pool on the ground reflecting back the stars in its cold surface. Just as suddenly, Borealis opened her mouth and the blackness surged in, knocking her onto the ground. The two had collapsed on the ground with Eternal Sailor Moon standing horrified between them. Slowly, they got to their feet and Tentei ran to Borealis. " Oh, I'm glad you got me in time. How is it that you are here Rea?" " Me reborn in zoo. Remember past when you mother speak in dream." " Rea, we really have to work on your Japanese." The short woman nodded. Usagi at last spoke up, a look of extreme relief on her face, " I thought you had killed each other! What was that?" Tentei looked at her strangely, " Our souls have bonded, and my burden is lightened. Borealis was the one who helped me in the past though only for a brief time." " Well, what are we to do with you now?" the blonde asked Borealis, " You need a place to stay and my parents sure won't do it." Tentei looked thoughtful, " What about Rei-san?" " Nani? You know she wants you dead!" " But she doesn't know who Borealis is. She could get a job at the shrine, you told me she's always looking for extra hands." " That's true," Usagi mused, " But what about her clothes and her name, and the mark on her forehead. Rei would get suspicious." Tentei motioned the two to follow her. On the other side of the clearing, she made a strange pass with her hands and a glistening black ship faded into being. " Cool! A UFO!" Usagi squealed. Tentei shook her head, " One-chan, detransform and keep your voice down." The blonde sweat dropped, " Sorry!" Steps lead up into the craft and the door slid open at Tentei's touch. " I have a pretty large cargo, I was taking all our things to our Aunt Gwenhwyfar's kingdom. I should have a few things that fit her. I also need to pick up a few things. The mark on her forehead, however, that might be a bit difficult." The group had entered the cargo hold and proceeded to open crates and chests, rifling through their contents. Borealis looked up from the treasure chest she had just opened. " I make it disappear." Tentei's reply was muffled with her head in a crate of ball gowns, " Mwhedfs?" " Nani?" Usagi said then looked at borealis with a shrug. " I said, you can?" on top of her head was a ruffle-covered hat, " What's so funny?" The two shorter girls were collapsing on the ground in laughter. The subject of the joke took off the hat with a look of disgust. " This is one of yours, you know?" Usagi stopped laughing and turned crimson. " Yes, can. Very hard, but try." She closed her eyes and look of deep concentration came over the red head. At first, nothing happened, but then a low hum filled the room. Suddenly her eyes snapped open and her hair flew about her face. With a final crack, the hum vanished and Borealis collapsed on the ground. Tentei rushed over, " Rea! Rea, are you all right?" " Yes, fine," she shivered. " Your sigil is gone!" Usagi cheered. Tentei looked grim, " You must feel strange Rea, sit down." The curvaceous woman sat heavily on the nearest box, her head in her hands. Usagi turned to her sister, " What now?" " Now you go home and get some sleep. Your parents won't notice me missing, but they will notice you. Rea and I will work on her Japanese tonight and will think up a name for her." Usagi nodded and left. On way back home, she passed a zoo patrol and smiled.
" This is a good look for you," Tentei held up a casual dress, " Serenity would wear this when she snuck down to Earth." Borealis nodded, " That will go well with the other things we picked up.' The blue haired girl laughed, " See, if you would only try harder, Rea, you'd be very good at languages." " I know, but I hate them, I prefer to speak my own tongue." " Nobody understands that but the Jula and you are a million light years from there now. Now, introduce yourself again." Borealis did a polite bow, " Ohaiyo, watashi no namae wa Aisahino Hikari." " Very good. I think you are ready to fool Rei-san."
In the early morning sunshine, a small woman scaled the steps to the Hikawa Jinja. The cherry blossoms were still closed in slumber, only a few braving the twilight. The soft sound of a broom whispered in the courtyard as she reached the top. A girl in the robes of a priestess was just finishing up her early morning chores. Borealis approached her and gave a short bow. " Ohaiyo, watashi no namae wa Aisahino Hikari. I heard you have positions available here."
Things looked grim for the senshi. They had survived being killed countless times, but one small girl had just torn them apart. On one side, in defense of Gwenhwyfar/Tentei stood Usagi, Ami, Hotaru, and Luna. On the other, Rei, Makoto, Minako, and Artemis saw death for the tortured soul as the only option. Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna were, of course, staying out of the fight. It had been three days since Tentei had stumbled into their lives. It had taken some convincing to get her parents to take in the girl and ignore the hole in the ceiling. That afternoon, the two girls were talking quietly together as Tentei braided the older girl's hair, a childish custom that the now eighteen Usagi missed. The split of the team weighed heavily on the blonde leader as well as the young girl. She felt that the split was her fault and on more than one occasion had attempted to leave. " Tentei-chan?" " Yes, One-chan?" " I have been crying to you about my problems, but not once have you shared yours. How did this happen to you?" Tentei paused in her braiding, " I do not mind to hear your grief for I have caused it, but I will not expose you to the filth that lives within me." Usagi turned to the younger girl, " Why are so hard on yourself? Whatever happened cannot possibly be your fault." Tentei hung her head, " As a child I learned something terrible about myself. I cannot yet bring myself to tell it, but you will know in time. This knowledge filled me with despair and a great rage against my home. Blind in my anger, I traveled far from this system and ended up on a cursed planet. In my fear and weakness, I allowed a thing of darkness to plant a seed within me. I left my natural time with him and came to your recent past. He used me as a tool to bring about the end of everything. " So...this evil being, brought you to Earth recently?" " Yes," she shivered, " but I sought to overthrow him and take my vengeance against the world in my own way. During that time, I tried to kill you on several occasions, as I did a few days ago. But I fell among you and was partially healed by your loving heart." " I think I remember that, was it, was it Lucis and Aion who sent you home?" " Yes, I'm surprised that you remember. Through their strength and teaching I learned to control my changes with the help of another soul. A Silmarie, or soul vessel in the Old Tongue, helps me to bear this burden. Without one I will surely be destroyed by the war within me. My outbreaks are fiercer now, for I have no Silmarie and without one I am a danger to you." Usagi looked thoughtful, " So a Silmarie would take half of the darkness into themselves?" " Yes." " I'll do it." " No! No, Serenity-sama, I cannot let this impurity defile you. Your sanctity is too precious to this universe. You hold more power than all the rest combined; this power sleeps in you." " Ten-chan, how old are you? You speak like a person with much wisdom, but you must be young." " In Earth years I am fourteen, younger than you, but in reality, I was not reincarnated, so I am over a thousand years old." " How long exactly is the life span of the Moon people?" " It depends on how strong in powers you are and your strength of love. Mother lived a very long time and I know you will too. My time is almost up, I feel myself thinning." " What do you mean, you are only a teenager!" " Yes, but I was in hyper sleep for one thousand years and I did not age, while I look young, my time clock is running short," Tentei gave a huge yawn. " You look tired Ten," Usagi smoothed her hair, " Please get some rest." " Okay, Mom!" the younger girl grumbled, " You always were so bossy and motherly." Usagi smiled to herself as the door whispered shut behind her.
Later, while Tentei was still sound asleep, Usagi was watching the news with her parents. Normally, she hated the news and would rather study, but she had actually already done that and was bored out of her mind. It was better than training with Luna. Her parents still looked a little grouchy about the visitor, but Usagi couldn't figure out why. Then it occurred to her that the other times they had been happy cause they had been hypnotized by Chibi-usa's Luna-P. That little toy could really come in handy sometimes. She was startled out of her daydream by the emergency broadcast. " Attention Juuban, just a few moments ago, a huge white tiger escaped from the zoo. It is being considered highly dangerous and civilians are warned not to attempt to take on the beast themselves. Lock all doors and windows and keep lights off. Above all, stay indoors. The tiger was a specimen in the research facility and the subject of much controversy. The female, named Glacier by her handlers, is unusually large and has a strange mark on her forehead that resembles a star..." Here, pictures were shown of the tiger and Usagi gasped at the mark. It was a five-point star surrounded by five smaller ones, all of a goldish color like Luna's sigil. Its face bore an intelligent look and she was sure the tigress could talk. Usagi's parents gave her a funny look but continued watching the program. " ...another anomaly, the tiger seems to have human blood instead of tiger, type O- in fact, and an enormous intellect. Although a rare treasure, the animal is to be destroyed upon capture as a danger to the public." " Thank you, Yumi, and now, for sports..." Usagi was no longer listening. She kissed her parents good night and headed up to her room. Checking Tentei quickly, she grabbed her broach and jumped lightly from her window, fading into the night. She had to find the tigress before the authorities and time was against her.
Tentei tensed when she woke. It was dark and not a sound was heard except for the sighing of the wind. The city, for once, was quiet and that made her uneasy. Moonlight shone brightly into the room, illuminating Usagi's empty bed. The curtains stirred in the breeze and Tentei leaned out the window and peered at the ground. The grass there was trampled as though this exit had been used many times. " Usagi must have gotten an urgent call from the others," she mused, " I'll wait up for her." The blue haired girl sat on Usagi's bed, hugging her knees. She had just started to drop off to sleep again from this position when she felt the familiar pain in her chest. She strained against it, fighting the dizzying sensation. " No. Not now!" she panted, " I've...been okay for...three days..." With one last breath, she fainted and lay still. Minutes ticked by and still the girl lay motionless on the bed. All at once, she pushed herself to a sitting position and looked around dazedly. " How did I get here?" She was in the room of the enemy. The angry gash in the floor was proof enough of that. The princess had wisely fled, but why she had been taken in, she could not explain. The last thing she remembered was the click as the front gate shut behind her, and then, nothing. Tentei looked out the window and saw the worn patch on the ground. " I will find you Serenity, it is useless to hide from me," and the girl slipped into the night, following the power of the ginzuishou.
Following her instinct, Usagi found the tigress in a tightly circled clearing. She had been pawing at the air and Usagi, not sure what to do, had gotten down on her hands and knees. " Excuse me, Glacier," she spoke in a quavering voice, " I do not wish to harm you. I am Tsukino Usagi, Princess Serenity, Sailor Moon. You have the mark of a guardian and your life is in danger." She held her breath, perhaps she had been wrong, what if this was just an ordinary tiger? The tigress looked closely at the girl, as if she were studying her. Usagi bit her lip, trying to keep from crying as the silence lengthened. After what seemed an eternity to Usagi, the tigress spoke in broken Japanese, " You Moon Kingdom." " Yes! Oh, I knew you were a guide! Quickly, you must follow me, you are to be destroyed when found!" The animal made a weird huffing noise that seemed to be laughter, " Not find easy." The clearing was suddenly filled with warm light and the blonde shut her eyes against the hot brilliance. She was filled with intense joy and her fatigue seemed to melt away. The glow faded but not entirely and Usagi opened her eyes to a strange sight. In place of the tiger, a beautiful girl, scarcely taller than herself, stood. A corseted dress of pinkish-gold fell to the floor and a velvet cape of the same color was clasped at her neck. She shyly fixed her strawberry blonde bob behind her ear and pale blue eyes looked sweetly into crystal blue. " Me Borealis," she made a delicate curtsey, " Greet you Highness." Usagi clumsily imitated the woman, " It's nice to meet you." " Sorry me speak no good, I no very good at languages," here she made a sick face and Usagi burst out laughing. " Well, I don't know what we're going to do with you. I would offer you a room at Rei's shrine, but we aren't on speaking terms right now." " Who Rei?" " Oh, Sailor Mars." " Princess Elena here too?" " Do you know when you are?" The woman nodded gravely, " Reincarnated, Moon Kingdom dust." " Not anymore!" Usagi squealed excitedly, " It's been rebuilt!" " Rebuilt?" " Yes! I could take you there if you would like." Borealis shook her head, " No, find Gwenhwyfar." " Oh! You mean Tentei! You know her? She's at my place already..." she trailed off at the look of horror on the redhead's face. " She at you house? You not safe here, she troubled." " I know that already, she's attacked me, but she's all right now."
Head down, Tentei strode through the desolate streets. A momentary surge of energy caught her attention. The ginzuishou was nearby, with another. " It couldn't be possible," she hissed between her teeth, " She is dead!" Heading towards the spot she recognized the park she had landed in. The clearing was just ahead and faintly glowing. With a snarl, she cut the massive branches that shielded the thicket and burst through. " Atu," she growled through gritted teeth. " Gwenhwyfar," Borealis breathed, " A bele atu!" Usagi didn't understand a word they were saying, but she saw Tentei's naked sword and the unarmed Borealis and went into action. " Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make-up!" " Ah, so the princess shows her true colors. Pardon me if I don't bow, but I have a score to settle with both of you. I could handle both at once, but I would prefer if the half breed stepped up first." " Gwenhwyfar, no hurt Sailor Moon, no hurt me, no want!" The redhead pleaded with the impassive girl. " Still struggling with languages Borealis? But you are right, I don't want to hurt, I want to kill!" she raised the sword and with a terrible cry swung at the unflinching woman. " Silmarie Bond!" Borealis gathered her hands over her head and Tentei staggered back as if hit. " Wha-What have you done to me?" Eternal Sailor Moon stared on dumbfounded as an inky blackness poured from Tentei's face. Her ears, her eyes, everything poured forth the stuff like blood. It massed in a pool on the ground reflecting back the stars in its cold surface. Just as suddenly, Borealis opened her mouth and the blackness surged in, knocking her onto the ground. The two had collapsed on the ground with Eternal Sailor Moon standing horrified between them. Slowly, they got to their feet and Tentei ran to Borealis. " Oh, I'm glad you got me in time. How is it that you are here Rea?" " Me reborn in zoo. Remember past when you mother speak in dream." " Rea, we really have to work on your Japanese." The short woman nodded. Usagi at last spoke up, a look of extreme relief on her face, " I thought you had killed each other! What was that?" Tentei looked at her strangely, " Our souls have bonded, and my burden is lightened. Borealis was the one who helped me in the past though only for a brief time." " Well, what are we to do with you now?" the blonde asked Borealis, " You need a place to stay and my parents sure won't do it." Tentei looked thoughtful, " What about Rei-san?" " Nani? You know she wants you dead!" " But she doesn't know who Borealis is. She could get a job at the shrine, you told me she's always looking for extra hands." " That's true," Usagi mused, " But what about her clothes and her name, and the mark on her forehead. Rei would get suspicious." Tentei motioned the two to follow her. On the other side of the clearing, she made a strange pass with her hands and a glistening black ship faded into being. " Cool! A UFO!" Usagi squealed. Tentei shook her head, " One-chan, detransform and keep your voice down." The blonde sweat dropped, " Sorry!" Steps lead up into the craft and the door slid open at Tentei's touch. " I have a pretty large cargo, I was taking all our things to our Aunt Gwenhwyfar's kingdom. I should have a few things that fit her. I also need to pick up a few things. The mark on her forehead, however, that might be a bit difficult." The group had entered the cargo hold and proceeded to open crates and chests, rifling through their contents. Borealis looked up from the treasure chest she had just opened. " I make it disappear." Tentei's reply was muffled with her head in a crate of ball gowns, " Mwhedfs?" " Nani?" Usagi said then looked at borealis with a shrug. " I said, you can?" on top of her head was a ruffle-covered hat, " What's so funny?" The two shorter girls were collapsing on the ground in laughter. The subject of the joke took off the hat with a look of disgust. " This is one of yours, you know?" Usagi stopped laughing and turned crimson. " Yes, can. Very hard, but try." She closed her eyes and look of deep concentration came over the red head. At first, nothing happened, but then a low hum filled the room. Suddenly her eyes snapped open and her hair flew about her face. With a final crack, the hum vanished and Borealis collapsed on the ground. Tentei rushed over, " Rea! Rea, are you all right?" " Yes, fine," she shivered. " Your sigil is gone!" Usagi cheered. Tentei looked grim, " You must feel strange Rea, sit down." The curvaceous woman sat heavily on the nearest box, her head in her hands. Usagi turned to her sister, " What now?" " Now you go home and get some sleep. Your parents won't notice me missing, but they will notice you. Rea and I will work on her Japanese tonight and will think up a name for her." Usagi nodded and left. On way back home, she passed a zoo patrol and smiled.
" This is a good look for you," Tentei held up a casual dress, " Serenity would wear this when she snuck down to Earth." Borealis nodded, " That will go well with the other things we picked up.' The blue haired girl laughed, " See, if you would only try harder, Rea, you'd be very good at languages." " I know, but I hate them, I prefer to speak my own tongue." " Nobody understands that but the Jula and you are a million light years from there now. Now, introduce yourself again." Borealis did a polite bow, " Ohaiyo, watashi no namae wa Aisahino Hikari." " Very good. I think you are ready to fool Rei-san."
In the early morning sunshine, a small woman scaled the steps to the Hikawa Jinja. The cherry blossoms were still closed in slumber, only a few braving the twilight. The soft sound of a broom whispered in the courtyard as she reached the top. A girl in the robes of a priestess was just finishing up her early morning chores. Borealis approached her and gave a short bow. " Ohaiyo, watashi no namae wa Aisahino Hikari. I heard you have positions available here."