Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 6: Chapter 16 'Elite'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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BRING! The roar of eager children rumbled through the halls of Juuban Elementary. At the side of the exit gateway, a blonde-haired teen waited to pick up one the students.
"Usagi! You're on time!" Gasped Chibi-Usa who came running to greet her.
"Well, Flamingo, I did promise to take you and Kisaki around, didn't I?" Usagi just grinned at Chibi-Usa's expression.
"I guess so." She agreed, then pouted. "But don't call me 'flamingo'!"
"Alright…" Usagi glanced around. "Kisaki's usually on time, isn't she?"
"Yeah. I wonder where she is."
"You DID tell her to meet us HERE, right?"
"Of course! I'm not a ditz like you!" She snorted.
"Grr… Why you…!" Usagi reached out for her.
"Ulp! Hey! Wait! Let's find Kisaki first!"
"Fine." The two headed toward the school in hopes to find their missing friend.
"Chibi-Usa-san!" Kisaki ran through the doors and approached them. "I apologize for being late. I had some trouble with the other students."
"Again?!" Chibi-Usa complained. "One of these days I'm going to tell them off!"
Kisaki giggled. "That isn't necessary, I believe. But I appreciate the effort."
"Well, alright. Hey! We'd better get going if we're going to see a lot of stuff!"
* * *
Sage glanced in the direction of the unconscious Kaylyn and grinned again then glanced back at the viewing mirror to once again see the fight between the Senshi and the twins. "So the pink-haired rabbit is Sailor Chibi-Moon – a new Senshi. Interesting…" She frowned when she noticed a blurred image, preventing her from seeing a few people. "Hmm… Why is the image blurred?" When she tried to fix it the entire image vanished. "A shield. So they don't want to be seen, eh?" She shrugged. "Whatever. I'll find out who they are soon enough."
"SAGE!" Morpheus voice yelled.
"What now?!" Sage grumbled and teleported to the Hikawa School.
Mars put her hands on the glass and called out to Kaylyn, as she tried to ignore the cries of all the helpless souls trapped. "Kaylyn? Kaylyn are you alright?"
Kaylyn stirred and sat up. "Yes, thank you. Were you hurt, Princess Mars?"
"No. But… I'm curious… Why are you helping us so much? If all you need is the Heart to be able to defeat the Negafleet, why make us stronger? And don't tell me it's because you want to help somebody, or it's your mission, or you want to get revenge or something like that, because I can tell it's not that. Why?"
Kaylyn sighed. "I knew one of you would ask that someday… and… the answer… I can't reveal that yet. I'm sorry… I just can't."
"It's alright… I shouldn't have pried."
* * *
"It's alright, Odango, I understand." Haruka spoke through the communicator. "We'll tell you what we talked about later."
"Thanks. I'll see you later." Usagi shut the device and broke the link.
Haruka turned to the others and shook her head. "Usagi can't make the meeting. So let's start without her."
Setsuna nodded. "Right."
"We need to get Mars back – that's our first priority." Makoto said firmly.
"Agreed." Mamoru nodded. "And with Usagi not being able to turn into Sailor Moon, it makes it all the more difficult."
"This keeps getting worse and worse." Minako groaned.
"Not for long!" Haruka protested. "We're going to win this!"
Ami silenced them. "Not with so little powers we have."
"What do you mean?!"
"There are only three of us strong enough to fight them." She sighed. "It took all of us plus the Sailor Starlight's to win against Shadow Galactica and the Anima-Mates and it's obvious that Morpheus and the Negafleet are stronger than them. With the force we have now… it would be impossible…"
Setsuna nodded. "If we were to fight them now we would all die in vain."
"Then…" Haruka was speechless. [We must become stronger!]
"Would… an Elite Senshi help?" Mamoru asked.
"What?!" Hotaru gasped. "How do you know about Elite Senshi?"
"What is an Elite Senshi?" Michiru wondered.
Kouhi sighed. "An Elite Senshi is a Senshi with different responsibilities than any other. They follow different rules and different jurisdictions."
"Different rules…?" Luna asked. "Like Uranus and Neptune?"
"No, not quite they protected the four sacred dimensions. Only the Queen and those Senshi ever knew they existed."
"But then… how does… and… how do you…?"
Hotaru glanced at Kouhi and Setsuna then smiled slightly. "Some of these Senshi were once Senshi like the Inners, but the Queen assigned them to new missions. They once protected the Queen or the kingdom. But none of them were ever supposed to be known as 'Elite Senshi' among the other Senshi, let alone the public. There are only four:
"The guardian of the third dimension, whose duties were to aid it when a crisis appeared that dealt with the entire galaxy or beyond. She protects the Living Territory of this world, the Protector of the Galaxy - Sailor Galaxia.
"The guardian of the fourth dimension, whose duties were to guard the gates that led to time and the timeline. She protects the forbidden Time-Space Territory, the protector of Time - Sailor Pluto."
The other Senshi listened in shock. Their own friends – Pluto and Galaxia – Elite Senshi?!
Setsuna nodded to Hotaru. "The guardian of the first dimension, whose duties were to insure a just death and afterlife. She protects the Dead Territory of the underworld, the Protector of the Silence – Sailor Saturn."
"The three of you are…" Artemis shook his head.
"Jeez… this is too confusing!" Minako pulled at her hair.
"Then I suppose you're already doing everything you can…" Mamoru remarked.
"Actually… we haven't been doing anything but what a normal Senshi would." Hotaru shrugged. "So far there hasn't been a reason to fight with anymore strength… thankfully."
"But… Sailor Luna is not supposed to exist. Mars has been taken. Sailor Moon can't use her powers. And the Negafleet has infiltrated Earth. This is too much." Kouhi winced. "At this rate we will have no choice… but to correct these problems."
"Didn't you say there was four of you?" Michiru asked after another period of silence.
"Yes." Kouhi nodded. "My partner in protecting Queen Serenity."
"Who?"
"There's no point in hiding it anymore…" Sighed Setsuna.
"The guardian of the second dimension, whose duties were to protect that realm and peoples dreams. She protects the Dreaming Territory of the sleeper, the Protector of the Mind – Sailor Somnus."
"Who's Sailor Somnus?!" Ami gasped.
"Kaylyn…"
"Too many surprises in one day!" Minako wailed. "It's giving me a headache!"
"No kidding!" Makoto agreed.
"Then…" Mamoru's eyes widened. "Sailor Somnus…"
* * *
"This is my favorite toy store!" Chibi-Usa told Kisaki as she tugged her hand and led her inside. Usagi grumbled and followed.
Inside two girls chatted. One had pink hair looped into two tight pigtails. The other had her blue hair pulled back into a bun.
"…and so we're to keep and eye on her this week while…" The light blue-haired girl across the counter said.
"Houshu…" The other interrupted. "There are customers."
"Oh! Hi!" The blue-haired girl greeted them. "Looking for anything in particular?"
"Um…" Chibi-Usa considered something then spoke to Kisaki. "What's your favorite animal?"
"M…me?" Kisaki stammered.
"Who else, silly?" Chibi-Usa giggled.
"But why?" she asked, confused. "I never did anything…"
"You didn't have to help Makoto, but you did." Chibi-Usa smiled. "Usagi and I wanted to thank you somehow. I remembered you had said that when you were little, you real mom gave you a stuffed animal and that your dad had sold it, so I thought maybe we could find one that was like it as a thank you. But I don't know what it looks like so I figured you could choose."
"Oh… thank you, Chibi-Usa-chan… thank you!" Kisaki's eyes lit up happily.
Usagi nudged Kisaki. "Well? What are you waiting for?"
"No… Nothing!" Kisaki exclaimed and ran into the store and through the isles.
"Hey, Miss Chibi-Usa?" Houshu called. "Who's that?"
"That's my friend, Kisaki." She tilted her head. "Who's this?"
"This is my eldest sister, Hana." Houshu introduced the pink-haired girl next to her.
"Eldest?" Chibi-Usa gasped. "How many sisters do you have?!"
"There's four of us all together." Hana explained. "The third oldest is Irori."
"From Mugen Construction?!" Usagi gasped.
"Yep."
"I met her! At Hikawa!"
"Probably." Hana agreed. "Kei is the fourth. She works at the zoo. I work at the flower shop, but I'm off today. And Houshu, here, is the second eldest."
"Wow! What a big family!" Chibi-Usa remarked.
"Houshu giggled. "No kidding."
Just then Kisaki came back holding something in her arms. "This!" She cried as she approached the two. "Mother gave me this – a black tiger with white stripes and scarlet eyes. And a gold armlet on his front left paw. It's the same!"
"That's a really cute tiger!" Hana ruffled Kisaki's hair.
"Thanks." Kisaki turned back to Chibi-Usa. "Can I?"
"Sure." Chibi-Usa nodded.
* * *
Coming home from a hard day of football practice, Okugi walked by the principal's office in and stopped when he heard yells.
"SAGE!" The man roared.
"Yes, sir?" Asked a woman's voice inquired.
"I am growing impatient! Where is the Heart?"
"I am working on it, sir. But I have gained new knowledge of the Senshi. Next time, I won't fail. I'll win the next battle." She assured.
"You'd better."
A swoosh of air indicated the abrupt departure of the woman.
"My lord?" A familiar voice asked.
"Yes, Castor?"
"I don't trust her."
"What do you mean?"
"There's something about her… ever since my brother went to confront Sage on her foolishness at Akita… he… he's changed. He isn't the person I knew. And the air around changes when she's here, too. It's almost… death. It feels like tormented souls… I don't like her. And I don't trust her, either."
"Maybe so, but there's little we can do until we have possession of the Lunar Heart. But you should keep an eye on her. I, too, have felt that evil around her. And she's bound to try something sooner or later."
"Yes, Sir!"
* * * That evening…
"…and so we've got to end this. Before the Elite's get down to business." Ami concluded Usagi and Chibi-Usa's over-the-phone update.
"…" Usagi wasn't quiet sure what to say. [Kaylyn…] She already knew this.
"Garsh…" Chibi-Usa said at the other end of the three-way phone line. "But who's Sailor Somnus?"
"Princess Kaylyn - the…" Ami paused suddenly. "Oops, I need to go. Mum just got home. I'll see you tomorrow at the beach. And don't forget to bring the present."
"I won't. See you tomorrow." Usagi promised then hung up the phone. She heard Chibi-Usa rattle around in her room across the hallway followed by the silence of her sleeping. [Rei… where are you… I miss you… please… be safe…] She glanced at the Crystal Spire.
'Call me… If you need me I will come…'
"What should I… do?" Sniffling, she pulled herself into a ball and buried her head. She let the spire fall unto the bed beside her. "I need… help…! I… have to… save… Rei…!"
'Mars is safe… Princess…' A voice came from the Crystal Spire.
Usagi glanced at the glowing object on her bed. "Kaylyn?"
'Yes, Princess…' A full-sized Kaylyn swirled out of the spire and sat next to her on the bed. Usagi noticed that she didn't cast a shadow or reflection and her weight didn't seem to even affect the bed's mattress either. 'Do not worry, Princess Mars has not been harmed.'
"Really?! She's alright?!"
'Yes.' Kaylyn nodded.
"Thank you… that's a relief…" Usagi sighed. "But how did you…?"
Kaylyn smiled. 'I promised I would aid you, didn't I? I can hear you through the Crystal Spire. But I can't appear unless you use the spire or you're asleep.'
"Then I'm sleeping…"
'Correct.'
"You know…" Usagi smiled. "It's nice having someone to talk to. I can understand how Chibi-Usa felt when she got to talk to Elios."
'I got the idea of talking to you this way from them. I could hear Elios' voice as he searched for his 'maiden'… I can hear just about any dream.' She admitted. 'I would be honored, Princess… if you wished to talk to me again like this.'
"I'd love to, too." Usagi giggled. "And please, like I said, call me Usagi."
'Alright, Usagi.' Kaylyn agreed happily.
"Hey! Did I tell you about Chibi-Usa?" Usagi asked.
'I do not believe I have heard about her origin…'
"Well, it all began when she fell out of the sky at the park…"
* * *
Minako tapped on the keyboard again and a new file appeared on the monitor. Artemis, who was laying on Minako's head, peered down at the screen while he twitched his tail in curiosity. "Anything?"
"Nope." Minako grumbled and tried a different file.
"What are you looking for, anyway?"
"Remember when Makoto said that a police officer named Kanshisha had been murdered at Akita ten years ago? I figured that I would look up some background information on Okugi and see if there was a connection. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to locate any data on him. Apparently both Okugi Kokuou and Okugi Kanshisha don't exist in present date. So, I'm looking up the data under a thirty-year timeline and within a five hundred-mile radius."
"You're not as ditzy as you look." Artemis remarked.
"Humph!" She responded as a new file emerged. "Oh! Here! It found something! The file says:
"Name: Kanshisha, Okugi
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Akita, Japan
Born: February 28, 1959/ Pisces
Deceased: March 24, 1982
"Oh, my God… He… he's dead…"
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 6: Chapter 16 'Elite'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
Book 6: Chapter 16 'Elite'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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BRING! The roar of eager children rumbled through the halls of Juuban Elementary. At the side of the exit gateway, a blonde-haired teen waited to pick up one the students.
"Usagi! You're on time!" Gasped Chibi-Usa who came running to greet her.
"Well, Flamingo, I did promise to take you and Kisaki around, didn't I?" Usagi just grinned at Chibi-Usa's expression.
"I guess so." She agreed, then pouted. "But don't call me 'flamingo'!"
"Alright…" Usagi glanced around. "Kisaki's usually on time, isn't she?"
"Yeah. I wonder where she is."
"You DID tell her to meet us HERE, right?"
"Of course! I'm not a ditz like you!" She snorted.
"Grr… Why you…!" Usagi reached out for her.
"Ulp! Hey! Wait! Let's find Kisaki first!"
"Fine." The two headed toward the school in hopes to find their missing friend.
"Chibi-Usa-san!" Kisaki ran through the doors and approached them. "I apologize for being late. I had some trouble with the other students."
"Again?!" Chibi-Usa complained. "One of these days I'm going to tell them off!"
Kisaki giggled. "That isn't necessary, I believe. But I appreciate the effort."
"Well, alright. Hey! We'd better get going if we're going to see a lot of stuff!"
* * *
Sage glanced in the direction of the unconscious Kaylyn and grinned again then glanced back at the viewing mirror to once again see the fight between the Senshi and the twins. "So the pink-haired rabbit is Sailor Chibi-Moon – a new Senshi. Interesting…" She frowned when she noticed a blurred image, preventing her from seeing a few people. "Hmm… Why is the image blurred?" When she tried to fix it the entire image vanished. "A shield. So they don't want to be seen, eh?" She shrugged. "Whatever. I'll find out who they are soon enough."
"SAGE!" Morpheus voice yelled.
"What now?!" Sage grumbled and teleported to the Hikawa School.
Mars put her hands on the glass and called out to Kaylyn, as she tried to ignore the cries of all the helpless souls trapped. "Kaylyn? Kaylyn are you alright?"
Kaylyn stirred and sat up. "Yes, thank you. Were you hurt, Princess Mars?"
"No. But… I'm curious… Why are you helping us so much? If all you need is the Heart to be able to defeat the Negafleet, why make us stronger? And don't tell me it's because you want to help somebody, or it's your mission, or you want to get revenge or something like that, because I can tell it's not that. Why?"
Kaylyn sighed. "I knew one of you would ask that someday… and… the answer… I can't reveal that yet. I'm sorry… I just can't."
"It's alright… I shouldn't have pried."
* * *
"It's alright, Odango, I understand." Haruka spoke through the communicator. "We'll tell you what we talked about later."
"Thanks. I'll see you later." Usagi shut the device and broke the link.
Haruka turned to the others and shook her head. "Usagi can't make the meeting. So let's start without her."
Setsuna nodded. "Right."
"We need to get Mars back – that's our first priority." Makoto said firmly.
"Agreed." Mamoru nodded. "And with Usagi not being able to turn into Sailor Moon, it makes it all the more difficult."
"This keeps getting worse and worse." Minako groaned.
"Not for long!" Haruka protested. "We're going to win this!"
Ami silenced them. "Not with so little powers we have."
"What do you mean?!"
"There are only three of us strong enough to fight them." She sighed. "It took all of us plus the Sailor Starlight's to win against Shadow Galactica and the Anima-Mates and it's obvious that Morpheus and the Negafleet are stronger than them. With the force we have now… it would be impossible…"
Setsuna nodded. "If we were to fight them now we would all die in vain."
"Then…" Haruka was speechless. [We must become stronger!]
"Would… an Elite Senshi help?" Mamoru asked.
"What?!" Hotaru gasped. "How do you know about Elite Senshi?"
"What is an Elite Senshi?" Michiru wondered.
Kouhi sighed. "An Elite Senshi is a Senshi with different responsibilities than any other. They follow different rules and different jurisdictions."
"Different rules…?" Luna asked. "Like Uranus and Neptune?"
"No, not quite they protected the four sacred dimensions. Only the Queen and those Senshi ever knew they existed."
"But then… how does… and… how do you…?"
Hotaru glanced at Kouhi and Setsuna then smiled slightly. "Some of these Senshi were once Senshi like the Inners, but the Queen assigned them to new missions. They once protected the Queen or the kingdom. But none of them were ever supposed to be known as 'Elite Senshi' among the other Senshi, let alone the public. There are only four:
"The guardian of the third dimension, whose duties were to aid it when a crisis appeared that dealt with the entire galaxy or beyond. She protects the Living Territory of this world, the Protector of the Galaxy - Sailor Galaxia.
"The guardian of the fourth dimension, whose duties were to guard the gates that led to time and the timeline. She protects the forbidden Time-Space Territory, the protector of Time - Sailor Pluto."
The other Senshi listened in shock. Their own friends – Pluto and Galaxia – Elite Senshi?!
Setsuna nodded to Hotaru. "The guardian of the first dimension, whose duties were to insure a just death and afterlife. She protects the Dead Territory of the underworld, the Protector of the Silence – Sailor Saturn."
"The three of you are…" Artemis shook his head.
"Jeez… this is too confusing!" Minako pulled at her hair.
"Then I suppose you're already doing everything you can…" Mamoru remarked.
"Actually… we haven't been doing anything but what a normal Senshi would." Hotaru shrugged. "So far there hasn't been a reason to fight with anymore strength… thankfully."
"But… Sailor Luna is not supposed to exist. Mars has been taken. Sailor Moon can't use her powers. And the Negafleet has infiltrated Earth. This is too much." Kouhi winced. "At this rate we will have no choice… but to correct these problems."
"Didn't you say there was four of you?" Michiru asked after another period of silence.
"Yes." Kouhi nodded. "My partner in protecting Queen Serenity."
"Who?"
"There's no point in hiding it anymore…" Sighed Setsuna.
"The guardian of the second dimension, whose duties were to protect that realm and peoples dreams. She protects the Dreaming Territory of the sleeper, the Protector of the Mind – Sailor Somnus."
"Who's Sailor Somnus?!" Ami gasped.
"Kaylyn…"
"Too many surprises in one day!" Minako wailed. "It's giving me a headache!"
"No kidding!" Makoto agreed.
"Then…" Mamoru's eyes widened. "Sailor Somnus…"
* * *
"This is my favorite toy store!" Chibi-Usa told Kisaki as she tugged her hand and led her inside. Usagi grumbled and followed.
Inside two girls chatted. One had pink hair looped into two tight pigtails. The other had her blue hair pulled back into a bun.
"…and so we're to keep and eye on her this week while…" The light blue-haired girl across the counter said.
"Houshu…" The other interrupted. "There are customers."
"Oh! Hi!" The blue-haired girl greeted them. "Looking for anything in particular?"
"Um…" Chibi-Usa considered something then spoke to Kisaki. "What's your favorite animal?"
"M…me?" Kisaki stammered.
"Who else, silly?" Chibi-Usa giggled.
"But why?" she asked, confused. "I never did anything…"
"You didn't have to help Makoto, but you did." Chibi-Usa smiled. "Usagi and I wanted to thank you somehow. I remembered you had said that when you were little, you real mom gave you a stuffed animal and that your dad had sold it, so I thought maybe we could find one that was like it as a thank you. But I don't know what it looks like so I figured you could choose."
"Oh… thank you, Chibi-Usa-chan… thank you!" Kisaki's eyes lit up happily.
Usagi nudged Kisaki. "Well? What are you waiting for?"
"No… Nothing!" Kisaki exclaimed and ran into the store and through the isles.
"Hey, Miss Chibi-Usa?" Houshu called. "Who's that?"
"That's my friend, Kisaki." She tilted her head. "Who's this?"
"This is my eldest sister, Hana." Houshu introduced the pink-haired girl next to her.
"Eldest?" Chibi-Usa gasped. "How many sisters do you have?!"
"There's four of us all together." Hana explained. "The third oldest is Irori."
"From Mugen Construction?!" Usagi gasped.
"Yep."
"I met her! At Hikawa!"
"Probably." Hana agreed. "Kei is the fourth. She works at the zoo. I work at the flower shop, but I'm off today. And Houshu, here, is the second eldest."
"Wow! What a big family!" Chibi-Usa remarked.
"Houshu giggled. "No kidding."
Just then Kisaki came back holding something in her arms. "This!" She cried as she approached the two. "Mother gave me this – a black tiger with white stripes and scarlet eyes. And a gold armlet on his front left paw. It's the same!"
"That's a really cute tiger!" Hana ruffled Kisaki's hair.
"Thanks." Kisaki turned back to Chibi-Usa. "Can I?"
"Sure." Chibi-Usa nodded.
* * *
Coming home from a hard day of football practice, Okugi walked by the principal's office in and stopped when he heard yells.
"SAGE!" The man roared.
"Yes, sir?" Asked a woman's voice inquired.
"I am growing impatient! Where is the Heart?"
"I am working on it, sir. But I have gained new knowledge of the Senshi. Next time, I won't fail. I'll win the next battle." She assured.
"You'd better."
A swoosh of air indicated the abrupt departure of the woman.
"My lord?" A familiar voice asked.
"Yes, Castor?"
"I don't trust her."
"What do you mean?"
"There's something about her… ever since my brother went to confront Sage on her foolishness at Akita… he… he's changed. He isn't the person I knew. And the air around changes when she's here, too. It's almost… death. It feels like tormented souls… I don't like her. And I don't trust her, either."
"Maybe so, but there's little we can do until we have possession of the Lunar Heart. But you should keep an eye on her. I, too, have felt that evil around her. And she's bound to try something sooner or later."
"Yes, Sir!"
* * * That evening…
"…and so we've got to end this. Before the Elite's get down to business." Ami concluded Usagi and Chibi-Usa's over-the-phone update.
"…" Usagi wasn't quiet sure what to say. [Kaylyn…] She already knew this.
"Garsh…" Chibi-Usa said at the other end of the three-way phone line. "But who's Sailor Somnus?"
"Princess Kaylyn - the…" Ami paused suddenly. "Oops, I need to go. Mum just got home. I'll see you tomorrow at the beach. And don't forget to bring the present."
"I won't. See you tomorrow." Usagi promised then hung up the phone. She heard Chibi-Usa rattle around in her room across the hallway followed by the silence of her sleeping. [Rei… where are you… I miss you… please… be safe…] She glanced at the Crystal Spire.
'Call me… If you need me I will come…'
"What should I… do?" Sniffling, she pulled herself into a ball and buried her head. She let the spire fall unto the bed beside her. "I need… help…! I… have to… save… Rei…!"
'Mars is safe… Princess…' A voice came from the Crystal Spire.
Usagi glanced at the glowing object on her bed. "Kaylyn?"
'Yes, Princess…' A full-sized Kaylyn swirled out of the spire and sat next to her on the bed. Usagi noticed that she didn't cast a shadow or reflection and her weight didn't seem to even affect the bed's mattress either. 'Do not worry, Princess Mars has not been harmed.'
"Really?! She's alright?!"
'Yes.' Kaylyn nodded.
"Thank you… that's a relief…" Usagi sighed. "But how did you…?"
Kaylyn smiled. 'I promised I would aid you, didn't I? I can hear you through the Crystal Spire. But I can't appear unless you use the spire or you're asleep.'
"Then I'm sleeping…"
'Correct.'
"You know…" Usagi smiled. "It's nice having someone to talk to. I can understand how Chibi-Usa felt when she got to talk to Elios."
'I got the idea of talking to you this way from them. I could hear Elios' voice as he searched for his 'maiden'… I can hear just about any dream.' She admitted. 'I would be honored, Princess… if you wished to talk to me again like this.'
"I'd love to, too." Usagi giggled. "And please, like I said, call me Usagi."
'Alright, Usagi.' Kaylyn agreed happily.
"Hey! Did I tell you about Chibi-Usa?" Usagi asked.
'I do not believe I have heard about her origin…'
"Well, it all began when she fell out of the sky at the park…"
* * *
Minako tapped on the keyboard again and a new file appeared on the monitor. Artemis, who was laying on Minako's head, peered down at the screen while he twitched his tail in curiosity. "Anything?"
"Nope." Minako grumbled and tried a different file.
"What are you looking for, anyway?"
"Remember when Makoto said that a police officer named Kanshisha had been murdered at Akita ten years ago? I figured that I would look up some background information on Okugi and see if there was a connection. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to locate any data on him. Apparently both Okugi Kokuou and Okugi Kanshisha don't exist in present date. So, I'm looking up the data under a thirty-year timeline and within a five hundred-mile radius."
"You're not as ditzy as you look." Artemis remarked.
"Humph!" She responded as a new file emerged. "Oh! Here! It found something! The file says:
"Name: Kanshisha, Okugi
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Akita, Japan
Born: February 28, 1959/ Pisces
Deceased: March 24, 1982
"Oh, my God… He… he's dead…"
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 6: Chapter 16 'Elite'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]