It wasn't that far to the next city where Ami was, so I took a taxi. Too my
great surprise, Sailor Pluto hadn't showed up at all. I wondered if I had
done things right, and I almost hadn't gone today to get Ami back here.
Yet, I knew that I had come too long and too far to leave room for
hesitation now. If Pluto didn't like it, then she'd interfere.
"Leave me here" I said to the taxi driver as we were in front of the
hospital that I needed to be at. Leaving him the money for dropping me off
here I walked into the hospital and managed to sneak in, undetected, and
walk around for a bit. I had my eyes on my subject. Dr. Mizuno was walking
down the halls talking lowly with her assistant, Ami.
How could I get the most popular doctor to transfer, along with her promising daughter? That was going to be tough, and I was far away from home, had spent the last few hours in a car, and I needed something to eat. It was still relatively early, so I had time. I was glad that I had brought a small suitcase with me, a few days worth of clothes and a few other essentials that would be necessary. Setting a few things up in the hotel room that I had stolen. Well, not really. Ok, maybe. Not my fault that I had powers of persuasion! I had checked the listing to find what hotel rooms weren't taken for the next few days then I just showed up in it, making sure that the computer thought it was taken, but it really technically wasn't. It helped to have skills in all departments. Knowing computers hadn't been easy for me, but I had learned, after all I had helped work some of the ones on the moon! And plus, I worked my small computer. I mostly kept the entire lives of all the senshi in their but when necessary I could get information from anywhere with it if I wanted. Hell, if I told it too, it could hack into the United States Pentagon Database! I could take over the world with this thing, I had to admit, and the thought was appealing.
'Now, to get back to the thought at hand' I muttered to myself, thinking of how I was going to get Ami and her mom to transfer. I couldn't cause a catastrophe in her life, there was nothing to cause. Her mom obviously had no financial problems. Ami's dad was an artist off in who knows where, and even though it would be easier to get him to come to Japan, she wouldn't leave her mother. Perhaps, a catastrophe in Tokyo where they need the best of the best. Would that work? Of course, I could always make the computers switch two doctor's, one of them being Ami's mom, but that would cause suspicion. I had to be careful; I was working with extremely intelligent people now.
My plan would have to be, to yet again, injure normal people and then send a call around the area for the best doctors, and then I'd have to find a way to keep Ms. Mizuno there. Which wouldn't be hard with the victims that I'm more then sure are going to start appearing. And, what better way to train her daughter?
Ami was going to be one of the best doctors in the system. Everyone knew that, she showed such promise that they were letting her help with operations already! And she wasn't even in High School yet.
Another thing about Ami was that she could have skipped a lot of grades now, but she kept insisting that she shouldn't because there were some things that you weren't taught in one grade, but were in another. Ami's mother had proudly kept most of Ami's schoolwork. All through school Ami had had mostly straight A's on her report card, only a few subjects were ones that she didn't. And even then, over the years that had improved. Except gym. At first, that had been amazing, her teacher had said that Ami had amazing talent in gymnastics, jumping, swimming, and was good in every other sport imaginable, including track.
Over the years however, as Ami's intelligence became known, the kids began to pick on her and tease her. They asked her how much she paid the teacher to say that she was amazing, and how much it had cost for her to build a robot of herself; surely the genius could do that. Ami grew saddened, and silent. Once the people that were her friends now teased and taunted her. They forced Ami into a silence and books. Ami became even smarter because all of her time was spent reading and working on the computer. She became at least 10 chapters ahead in every subject and in some subjects she was a full year or two ahead! Ami's mother hated to see her daughter like this, but she could never spend a lot of time with Ami and when she did it was always in the hospital.
Now fate had given me the chance to give Ami some real friends, for I knew that Sailor Mercury's analytical skills would be a strong back bone for the inner senshi. In fact all of the senshi were important, but Ami and Usagi were probably the most important, from what I knew. Sure, Rei's strength, Makoto's brawns, and Minako's experience were all important, but without Ami they wouldn't last. Rei also had some very good battle strategy, but Ami was better at knowing weak points and being able to scan the area for anything, plus her ability with computers would prove helpful to the senshi in time.
So it was decided. Go back to Tokyo, wreck havoc, and get Dr. Mizuno transferred permanently over there. There was no time for me to get my emotions involved, but this would screw up her life. I had to wonder if she wanted it, or not. I tried to push thoughts like these away. It really wouldn't matter if she did or not. She had to, that was what this fate of ours was. I tried to tell myself that she'd be a lot happier because she'd have friends, but who was I to say that?
I had to I had no choice. It wasn't important what Ami wanted; she'd be better off defending the people then getting herself killed by a youma or something. My resolve to have her in Tokyo hardened as I went to get something to eat. I walked into a small noodle joint, and just had some cold noodles with some vegetable tempura.
After eating I went back to the hospital. I just had to observe Ami for a few days.
And, a few days later I had all of her info in front of me, including a copy of her birth certificate. Ami Mizuno. Her birthday was November 5. Her mom was Dr. Andra Mizuno; her dad's name was left off of the certificate.
She had born a healthy baby of 6.8 pounds. No birth defects, no problems. Later on in life, it seemed that she had always been physically fit, had no allergies, and rarely got sick. She had had a broken bone, once, but that was it. Little Ami had been quite an adventurer! Rina had hacked into Ami's home computer and had gotten all the info that her mom kept documented. Ami's mom had kept an extensive documentation on Ami's entire life. Ami was her only child and she was very fond of her.
It took me a few weeks, but I finally got Ami getting where she needed to be. I was now back in Tokyo, sitting there drinking my tea. Ami was on her way here as we speak, and just in time, or so I'm told. I hoped that Usagi would be easy on her, although Luna hadn't been told much just "prepare for the next one."
"Rei. You will get Rei." A soft voice came from behind me sounding much like a whisper in the wind. "I know Sailor Pluto, I know." "How do you plan on doing this?" Sailor Pluto inquired "I have no idea." I whispered. "She's a stubborn one. And what of Brian?"
"Brian means nothing in all this! And Rei, well, I'll get her, somehow." "Use Luna. Just point her out to Luna. It'll work" Setsuna whispered "Alright, thanks for the break"
Later on that week, just three days later to be exact I stood on the steps to the temple with a red transformation pen in my hand. I was trying to calm her emotions down. I didn't really know what to do. I just knew that I was told to find Luna.
In my lifetime, I had studied everything about Rei, and yet. she barely knew that I existed. I hoped that after this, she would forgive me for bringing her into a life of pain, and she would become my friend.
I left the pen at the top of the steps; I knew Rei and Luna would see it there. Then I turned around and left, I had better things to think about then this.
About a month later I was told that I didn't have to find Sailor Jupiter, Luna would do it! I heard, later on, that Makoto had been transferred here. Apparently, she had gotten kicked out of her old school for fighting, and sent here. Usagi had been the first to befriend her. After that, Makoto had helped Sailor Moon in a fight, Luna had seen the symbol, and that was that.
I went back to England, as I was instructed to. Minako was probably going to be the easiest one to deal with. After being a senshi for a year she was probably used to weird things happening.
Finding her, however, proved to be a challenge. She had no real written records of herself, and the government files of her existence didn't have a real address on it, yet to them, it seemed real. The only way to find her would be too catch her in battle.
A big break came for me. I was one lucky senshi! She was fighting a squid type monster, which had about 6 eyes. Jumping from a tall building, she landed a kick into its main eye, and just before she threw her crescent boomerang, I managed to throw a fire of fire at it, to destroy it, and get her attention.
"What the..." she said, her head immediately snapping in my direction, her eyes narrowed, her face ready scrunched up. She was ready to attack me.
"Hello, Sailor V" I said, jumping down, looking at her.
"I thought you left." She said, looking at me in shock
"I'm back"
"Why?"
"Well, V, we need you in Japan. You are to become Sailor Venus and join the other senshi. You are to take rank right under Sailor Moon."
"I have friends here." Minako whispered sadly. The look on her face was of anguish, and shock.
"I know, but you must do this. If you stay here, then the others might die." I whispered to an old friend.
"Alright. how will I just leave? The people can't think that I just left like that."
"We'll fake your death." I said as I looked at her sympathetically.
"Alright.how?"
"Next time you face a monster, we'll blow the building up, and hopefully, everyone will think that you got caught in the blast.."
"You'll blow the building up?" Minako said looking at me.
"Probably." I said
"Alright. How will we make sure that I don't actually get blown up?"
"We'll have to hope." I said, squeezing my eyes shut at the horrors of that answer. If she died, I'd never forgive myself.
"Fine" Minako said, as she walked away, her blond hair blowing in the wind, her eyes full of the hardships that she had to endure, and the ones that she knew were sure to come. There was but one hope for Minako, even though she would have to leave her few friends behind, she hoped that she would make new ones with the Sailor Senshi. She could have more friends, and maybe make some friends at school since they just liked to tease her here.
I watched her leave, feeling sorry for her. There was only so much that you can ask of a person, and I had the feeling that Minako had just about had enough. It was a strange feeling to know that I had ruined her life from the moment I started following her.
I jumped from rooftop to rooftop, around the city, planning on watching over it, for Minako, while she gathered her wits for what she now had to do. Scaling the city that night, telling Minako to rest while she can. Staying awake night after night was something that I had, in time, grown used to.
The second night made up for not having any problems on the first night. There were a lot of criminals running the city, and I had to be extra careful with every move I made. The last thing that V and I needed was to have some reporter catch sight of me, and have my face be all over the newspapers.
I often hid in the shadows and threw a ring of fire, something that glowed so brightly, that it looked like light, and could be mistaken for Sailor V's crescent beam. That is, unless you took a closer look but thankfully, my fire was going too quick to be able to make a distinguishable difference.
Finally, around the fourth criminal, Sailor V appeared. She had a very solemn look on her face, and her eyes were misty.
"Are you ready?" I asked her softly, not knowing what else to say. I couldn't console the girl; she probably hated me for what I was doing.
"Yeah" she whispered softly as she avoided looking into my eyes. She was afraid. Afraid that I'd see the truth. Afraid that I'd know how much she was hurting.
"Lets go, we'll have to find one, and lure them into an abandoned building, you'll have to make it look like you died, rip a few pieces of clothing off, perhaps cut a few pieces of hair, spill some blood, do something."
"I will," she told me, in the same monotone voice. Her words were soft, and insensitive, as if she was trying to act as if she didn't care.
"Alright. I can lure them into." I started to say before she interrupted me
"How will London be, without me?"
"The same as they were before you. I mean, Mina, I know you've done wonderful things to this city, and I know that you're amazing at catching the crooks, but. this was all just training that way someone had previous experience. It had to be you because the other senshi got their experience in other ways. Sailor Mars got hers through all the time reading the fire and focusing on her psychic powers. Sailor Mercury had time to figure out all advancement of technology and all that time in the books gave her a very extensive knowledge. Sailor Jupiter was constantly physically training, by fighting, and being in the gym. And you. You were always working on your athletic skills and developing your powers. Also, you are the leader of the inner senshi; you had to have extra training. It is your duty."
"You know Mina, she's right. My memories are fuzzy, but I do remember you being the leader." Artemis spoke up as he sat by Mina's feet.
"That crook over there, we'll go get him. Rina, lure him into that big abandoned building over there. Artemis, go make sure that there's no one there. If there is, then do what you have too to get them out. I'll.. Defeat him.. And go... Pretend to be dead, I guess." Minako said, her voice wavering.
"Alright" Artemis and I chorused at the same time.
"It's time for Sailor V to make her last appearance" Minako said, situating the red mask back on her face, as her eyes grew determined.
It all happened so fast.. One minute I was sending fire beams at the criminal, forcing him into the building, the next, Sailor V was keeping him in there until Artemis gave the report back to me. Apparently, he had had to tell someone that he was a messenger from god, here to save him or her.
The last part of the plan.. "FIRE SOUL!" I screamed, easily setting the building on fire. Now I jumped to a rooftop and lay low, that way no one would see me. I shut my eyes and counted. '1.2.. 3 come on V, where are you? 4.5.6.' Artemis was next to me; his blue eyes were wide as frantically searched.
"She's not out yet," Artemis snapped while looking at me accursedly. "I knew that I should have gone in there with her. I knew it! And yet, I stayed out. Why? Why didn't I go in there? She could be dead!" Artemis said, while still giving me the same look of hatred in his eyes.
"Wait a minute. Artemis look... there's someone over there... crawling out of the build..." and he jumped off and down from the roof before I could ever finish.
"V!" He screamed with joy as he seen her.
"Calm down Artemis" I said as I came up behind him. V was very battered up. She had cuts, bruises, and blood on her body. "Come on V, let's get you washed up." I whispered to her as I pushed down on her tiara and mentally pictured her as Minako. After untransforming Minako, I untransformed myself. It was too risky for me to stay around here in uniform.
Cleaning Minako up proved to be harder then I thought. Carrying her around, trying not to be noticed was hard enough, but after getting her in my apartment room was harder. Trying to make sure that there were absolutely no traces of blood proved to be the challenge. Artemis and I had to drag a blanket out from the closet, and cover the couch with it before we could set Minako down.
After that, I got some peroxide, band-aids, Neosporin, some wet rags, and a bowl of hot water, to clean her off with. Wiping her face with the gentlest care and applying a small pressure to the cuts on her face to stop the bleeding. I did the same to her legs, and to her arms. Her fuku had protected her stomach.
We had to rest. We were sure that Minako wouldn't be able to withstand walking around for a little while, plus I was tired, and Artemis needed his catnap.
We all slept, for a few hours. Peacefully, I think. I had no dreams, no disturbances. Artemis slept peacefully curled up by Minako's feet. Minako slept on her back, on the couch, and I went and lay down on the bed in the room. "Rina." came a voice, calling out my name, waking me up.
"Who's there?" I said, my eyes snapping open quickly
"You have to bring V back, later on tonight." Sailor Pluto said, as she looked down at me from her position of standing above the bed.
"I will." I muttered, getting up to start getting ready, and to go get Sailor V packed. It was 3:00am, we had some time, but there were 2 of us, so that'd slow us down a bit.
A month later, everything had worked out. Minako had became Sailor Venus, and I was there to help her on that night. I had led her to the battle, and made sure that she saved Tuxedo Mask and the other senshi. Now, Sailor Pluto and I were relaxing. Everything was going according to the timeline and I had no more senshi to bring around for a while.
"You did a good job, you almost had me worried there while you were trying to find Luna." Sailor Pluto said looking up at me from her cup of tea.
"Thanks, P" I said, calling her an age-old nickname that she had grown on, "What are you going to do now?"
"I'll still periodically appear as I now do, but it will be less frequently. I need to go back to the Gates and make sure that time is not going astray elsewhere in the timeline. The princess does tend to get herself in trouble, and quite often, she is just barely saved."
"I understand."
"Something is troubling you." Pluto just outright stated as she raised an eye to look at Rina.
"Yeah, I have 2 questions. The first being the most important, who is the princess?"
"She's safe. That's all you need to know for now."
"Alright, and what of Brian?"
"I dunno, what of him?"
"Smart ass" Rina muttered under her breath as Pluto laughingly disappeared through a time hole.
How could I get the most popular doctor to transfer, along with her promising daughter? That was going to be tough, and I was far away from home, had spent the last few hours in a car, and I needed something to eat. It was still relatively early, so I had time. I was glad that I had brought a small suitcase with me, a few days worth of clothes and a few other essentials that would be necessary. Setting a few things up in the hotel room that I had stolen. Well, not really. Ok, maybe. Not my fault that I had powers of persuasion! I had checked the listing to find what hotel rooms weren't taken for the next few days then I just showed up in it, making sure that the computer thought it was taken, but it really technically wasn't. It helped to have skills in all departments. Knowing computers hadn't been easy for me, but I had learned, after all I had helped work some of the ones on the moon! And plus, I worked my small computer. I mostly kept the entire lives of all the senshi in their but when necessary I could get information from anywhere with it if I wanted. Hell, if I told it too, it could hack into the United States Pentagon Database! I could take over the world with this thing, I had to admit, and the thought was appealing.
'Now, to get back to the thought at hand' I muttered to myself, thinking of how I was going to get Ami and her mom to transfer. I couldn't cause a catastrophe in her life, there was nothing to cause. Her mom obviously had no financial problems. Ami's dad was an artist off in who knows where, and even though it would be easier to get him to come to Japan, she wouldn't leave her mother. Perhaps, a catastrophe in Tokyo where they need the best of the best. Would that work? Of course, I could always make the computers switch two doctor's, one of them being Ami's mom, but that would cause suspicion. I had to be careful; I was working with extremely intelligent people now.
My plan would have to be, to yet again, injure normal people and then send a call around the area for the best doctors, and then I'd have to find a way to keep Ms. Mizuno there. Which wouldn't be hard with the victims that I'm more then sure are going to start appearing. And, what better way to train her daughter?
Ami was going to be one of the best doctors in the system. Everyone knew that, she showed such promise that they were letting her help with operations already! And she wasn't even in High School yet.
Another thing about Ami was that she could have skipped a lot of grades now, but she kept insisting that she shouldn't because there were some things that you weren't taught in one grade, but were in another. Ami's mother had proudly kept most of Ami's schoolwork. All through school Ami had had mostly straight A's on her report card, only a few subjects were ones that she didn't. And even then, over the years that had improved. Except gym. At first, that had been amazing, her teacher had said that Ami had amazing talent in gymnastics, jumping, swimming, and was good in every other sport imaginable, including track.
Over the years however, as Ami's intelligence became known, the kids began to pick on her and tease her. They asked her how much she paid the teacher to say that she was amazing, and how much it had cost for her to build a robot of herself; surely the genius could do that. Ami grew saddened, and silent. Once the people that were her friends now teased and taunted her. They forced Ami into a silence and books. Ami became even smarter because all of her time was spent reading and working on the computer. She became at least 10 chapters ahead in every subject and in some subjects she was a full year or two ahead! Ami's mother hated to see her daughter like this, but she could never spend a lot of time with Ami and when she did it was always in the hospital.
Now fate had given me the chance to give Ami some real friends, for I knew that Sailor Mercury's analytical skills would be a strong back bone for the inner senshi. In fact all of the senshi were important, but Ami and Usagi were probably the most important, from what I knew. Sure, Rei's strength, Makoto's brawns, and Minako's experience were all important, but without Ami they wouldn't last. Rei also had some very good battle strategy, but Ami was better at knowing weak points and being able to scan the area for anything, plus her ability with computers would prove helpful to the senshi in time.
So it was decided. Go back to Tokyo, wreck havoc, and get Dr. Mizuno transferred permanently over there. There was no time for me to get my emotions involved, but this would screw up her life. I had to wonder if she wanted it, or not. I tried to push thoughts like these away. It really wouldn't matter if she did or not. She had to, that was what this fate of ours was. I tried to tell myself that she'd be a lot happier because she'd have friends, but who was I to say that?
I had to I had no choice. It wasn't important what Ami wanted; she'd be better off defending the people then getting herself killed by a youma or something. My resolve to have her in Tokyo hardened as I went to get something to eat. I walked into a small noodle joint, and just had some cold noodles with some vegetable tempura.
After eating I went back to the hospital. I just had to observe Ami for a few days.
And, a few days later I had all of her info in front of me, including a copy of her birth certificate. Ami Mizuno. Her birthday was November 5. Her mom was Dr. Andra Mizuno; her dad's name was left off of the certificate.
She had born a healthy baby of 6.8 pounds. No birth defects, no problems. Later on in life, it seemed that she had always been physically fit, had no allergies, and rarely got sick. She had had a broken bone, once, but that was it. Little Ami had been quite an adventurer! Rina had hacked into Ami's home computer and had gotten all the info that her mom kept documented. Ami's mom had kept an extensive documentation on Ami's entire life. Ami was her only child and she was very fond of her.
It took me a few weeks, but I finally got Ami getting where she needed to be. I was now back in Tokyo, sitting there drinking my tea. Ami was on her way here as we speak, and just in time, or so I'm told. I hoped that Usagi would be easy on her, although Luna hadn't been told much just "prepare for the next one."
"Rei. You will get Rei." A soft voice came from behind me sounding much like a whisper in the wind. "I know Sailor Pluto, I know." "How do you plan on doing this?" Sailor Pluto inquired "I have no idea." I whispered. "She's a stubborn one. And what of Brian?"
"Brian means nothing in all this! And Rei, well, I'll get her, somehow." "Use Luna. Just point her out to Luna. It'll work" Setsuna whispered "Alright, thanks for the break"
Later on that week, just three days later to be exact I stood on the steps to the temple with a red transformation pen in my hand. I was trying to calm her emotions down. I didn't really know what to do. I just knew that I was told to find Luna.
In my lifetime, I had studied everything about Rei, and yet. she barely knew that I existed. I hoped that after this, she would forgive me for bringing her into a life of pain, and she would become my friend.
I left the pen at the top of the steps; I knew Rei and Luna would see it there. Then I turned around and left, I had better things to think about then this.
About a month later I was told that I didn't have to find Sailor Jupiter, Luna would do it! I heard, later on, that Makoto had been transferred here. Apparently, she had gotten kicked out of her old school for fighting, and sent here. Usagi had been the first to befriend her. After that, Makoto had helped Sailor Moon in a fight, Luna had seen the symbol, and that was that.
I went back to England, as I was instructed to. Minako was probably going to be the easiest one to deal with. After being a senshi for a year she was probably used to weird things happening.
Finding her, however, proved to be a challenge. She had no real written records of herself, and the government files of her existence didn't have a real address on it, yet to them, it seemed real. The only way to find her would be too catch her in battle.
A big break came for me. I was one lucky senshi! She was fighting a squid type monster, which had about 6 eyes. Jumping from a tall building, she landed a kick into its main eye, and just before she threw her crescent boomerang, I managed to throw a fire of fire at it, to destroy it, and get her attention.
"What the..." she said, her head immediately snapping in my direction, her eyes narrowed, her face ready scrunched up. She was ready to attack me.
"Hello, Sailor V" I said, jumping down, looking at her.
"I thought you left." She said, looking at me in shock
"I'm back"
"Why?"
"Well, V, we need you in Japan. You are to become Sailor Venus and join the other senshi. You are to take rank right under Sailor Moon."
"I have friends here." Minako whispered sadly. The look on her face was of anguish, and shock.
"I know, but you must do this. If you stay here, then the others might die." I whispered to an old friend.
"Alright. how will I just leave? The people can't think that I just left like that."
"We'll fake your death." I said as I looked at her sympathetically.
"Alright.how?"
"Next time you face a monster, we'll blow the building up, and hopefully, everyone will think that you got caught in the blast.."
"You'll blow the building up?" Minako said looking at me.
"Probably." I said
"Alright. How will we make sure that I don't actually get blown up?"
"We'll have to hope." I said, squeezing my eyes shut at the horrors of that answer. If she died, I'd never forgive myself.
"Fine" Minako said, as she walked away, her blond hair blowing in the wind, her eyes full of the hardships that she had to endure, and the ones that she knew were sure to come. There was but one hope for Minako, even though she would have to leave her few friends behind, she hoped that she would make new ones with the Sailor Senshi. She could have more friends, and maybe make some friends at school since they just liked to tease her here.
I watched her leave, feeling sorry for her. There was only so much that you can ask of a person, and I had the feeling that Minako had just about had enough. It was a strange feeling to know that I had ruined her life from the moment I started following her.
I jumped from rooftop to rooftop, around the city, planning on watching over it, for Minako, while she gathered her wits for what she now had to do. Scaling the city that night, telling Minako to rest while she can. Staying awake night after night was something that I had, in time, grown used to.
The second night made up for not having any problems on the first night. There were a lot of criminals running the city, and I had to be extra careful with every move I made. The last thing that V and I needed was to have some reporter catch sight of me, and have my face be all over the newspapers.
I often hid in the shadows and threw a ring of fire, something that glowed so brightly, that it looked like light, and could be mistaken for Sailor V's crescent beam. That is, unless you took a closer look but thankfully, my fire was going too quick to be able to make a distinguishable difference.
Finally, around the fourth criminal, Sailor V appeared. She had a very solemn look on her face, and her eyes were misty.
"Are you ready?" I asked her softly, not knowing what else to say. I couldn't console the girl; she probably hated me for what I was doing.
"Yeah" she whispered softly as she avoided looking into my eyes. She was afraid. Afraid that I'd see the truth. Afraid that I'd know how much she was hurting.
"Lets go, we'll have to find one, and lure them into an abandoned building, you'll have to make it look like you died, rip a few pieces of clothing off, perhaps cut a few pieces of hair, spill some blood, do something."
"I will," she told me, in the same monotone voice. Her words were soft, and insensitive, as if she was trying to act as if she didn't care.
"Alright. I can lure them into." I started to say before she interrupted me
"How will London be, without me?"
"The same as they were before you. I mean, Mina, I know you've done wonderful things to this city, and I know that you're amazing at catching the crooks, but. this was all just training that way someone had previous experience. It had to be you because the other senshi got their experience in other ways. Sailor Mars got hers through all the time reading the fire and focusing on her psychic powers. Sailor Mercury had time to figure out all advancement of technology and all that time in the books gave her a very extensive knowledge. Sailor Jupiter was constantly physically training, by fighting, and being in the gym. And you. You were always working on your athletic skills and developing your powers. Also, you are the leader of the inner senshi; you had to have extra training. It is your duty."
"You know Mina, she's right. My memories are fuzzy, but I do remember you being the leader." Artemis spoke up as he sat by Mina's feet.
"That crook over there, we'll go get him. Rina, lure him into that big abandoned building over there. Artemis, go make sure that there's no one there. If there is, then do what you have too to get them out. I'll.. Defeat him.. And go... Pretend to be dead, I guess." Minako said, her voice wavering.
"Alright" Artemis and I chorused at the same time.
"It's time for Sailor V to make her last appearance" Minako said, situating the red mask back on her face, as her eyes grew determined.
It all happened so fast.. One minute I was sending fire beams at the criminal, forcing him into the building, the next, Sailor V was keeping him in there until Artemis gave the report back to me. Apparently, he had had to tell someone that he was a messenger from god, here to save him or her.
The last part of the plan.. "FIRE SOUL!" I screamed, easily setting the building on fire. Now I jumped to a rooftop and lay low, that way no one would see me. I shut my eyes and counted. '1.2.. 3 come on V, where are you? 4.5.6.' Artemis was next to me; his blue eyes were wide as frantically searched.
"She's not out yet," Artemis snapped while looking at me accursedly. "I knew that I should have gone in there with her. I knew it! And yet, I stayed out. Why? Why didn't I go in there? She could be dead!" Artemis said, while still giving me the same look of hatred in his eyes.
"Wait a minute. Artemis look... there's someone over there... crawling out of the build..." and he jumped off and down from the roof before I could ever finish.
"V!" He screamed with joy as he seen her.
"Calm down Artemis" I said as I came up behind him. V was very battered up. She had cuts, bruises, and blood on her body. "Come on V, let's get you washed up." I whispered to her as I pushed down on her tiara and mentally pictured her as Minako. After untransforming Minako, I untransformed myself. It was too risky for me to stay around here in uniform.
Cleaning Minako up proved to be harder then I thought. Carrying her around, trying not to be noticed was hard enough, but after getting her in my apartment room was harder. Trying to make sure that there were absolutely no traces of blood proved to be the challenge. Artemis and I had to drag a blanket out from the closet, and cover the couch with it before we could set Minako down.
After that, I got some peroxide, band-aids, Neosporin, some wet rags, and a bowl of hot water, to clean her off with. Wiping her face with the gentlest care and applying a small pressure to the cuts on her face to stop the bleeding. I did the same to her legs, and to her arms. Her fuku had protected her stomach.
We had to rest. We were sure that Minako wouldn't be able to withstand walking around for a little while, plus I was tired, and Artemis needed his catnap.
We all slept, for a few hours. Peacefully, I think. I had no dreams, no disturbances. Artemis slept peacefully curled up by Minako's feet. Minako slept on her back, on the couch, and I went and lay down on the bed in the room. "Rina." came a voice, calling out my name, waking me up.
"Who's there?" I said, my eyes snapping open quickly
"You have to bring V back, later on tonight." Sailor Pluto said, as she looked down at me from her position of standing above the bed.
"I will." I muttered, getting up to start getting ready, and to go get Sailor V packed. It was 3:00am, we had some time, but there were 2 of us, so that'd slow us down a bit.
A month later, everything had worked out. Minako had became Sailor Venus, and I was there to help her on that night. I had led her to the battle, and made sure that she saved Tuxedo Mask and the other senshi. Now, Sailor Pluto and I were relaxing. Everything was going according to the timeline and I had no more senshi to bring around for a while.
"You did a good job, you almost had me worried there while you were trying to find Luna." Sailor Pluto said looking up at me from her cup of tea.
"Thanks, P" I said, calling her an age-old nickname that she had grown on, "What are you going to do now?"
"I'll still periodically appear as I now do, but it will be less frequently. I need to go back to the Gates and make sure that time is not going astray elsewhere in the timeline. The princess does tend to get herself in trouble, and quite often, she is just barely saved."
"I understand."
"Something is troubling you." Pluto just outright stated as she raised an eye to look at Rina.
"Yeah, I have 2 questions. The first being the most important, who is the princess?"
"She's safe. That's all you need to know for now."
"Alright, and what of Brian?"
"I dunno, what of him?"
"Smart ass" Rina muttered under her breath as Pluto laughingly disappeared through a time hole.