Rini raced down the front step as the final bell finished ringing. At the bottom, Celeste was waiting for her.
"How was your day, Rini?"
"Same old, boring classes. How bout yours?"
"Nothing that was interesting, at least not as interesting as last night."
Rini laughed. "I know what you mean. Everything's boring compared to that."
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Diana and Khons were waiting for the pair when they reached Celeste's house. Celeste let everyone into the house and checked the refrigerator note for her mother's standard, "Dinner's in the fridge, I'll be home late" note. She opened the refrigerator and groaned. It was empty except for half a bottle of milk, assorted beverages and a couple other miscellaneous things. She preformed the same check on the freezer and found it just as barren. She made a mental note to remind her mother they needed food. As she shut the freezer door, Rini walked into the kitchen.
"Want something to drink?" Celeste asked, grabbing a bottle of water for herself.
"Water's fine." Celeste threw her a bottle. Rini caught it, almost stepping on Diana in the process. "Sorry, Diana."
"Let's get started. There's so much information to go over and not a lot of time," was the feline's reply.
The quartet sat at the dining hall table. Khons and Diana conferred for a couple seconds before Khons addressed the pair.
"The past couple days have brought the two of you to light as Sailor Soldiers or Scouts. I'm sure you've both heard of the original Sailor Soldiers that lived in the 20th century." Rini and Celeste nodded as Khons continued, "So I'm also assuming you know about Crystal Tokyo". Again, this was met with nods. "Crystal Tokyo as you know will be ruled by Neo-Queen Serenity when it starts in 300 years."
"Of course this doesn't explain why the two of you have been awaken as senshi," Diana added. "But it's imperative to understand it. The original scouts included the Inners, Outers, Animates, and Starlights. In all there were close to two dozen senshi. They fought together for justice and peace. Now you will have to do the same."
"Why us and why now?" asked Celeste as Rini nodded in silent agreement.
"We're still working on obtaining the why now, but we were sent to Earth with the instructions to awaken the Sailor Soldiers when we knew it was time. We would recognize each scout because of your energy signatures and bioscans. In order to obtain this information, we have to watch potential scouts closely. And before you ask why you're been awaken and what makes you scouts, that information will become clear only when all the senshi have been awaken," Khons answered.
"It was a built in precaution," added Diana. "If all the scouts aren't willing to accept their destiny, then the scouts essentially can not be reawakened."
"Reawakened?" Rini asked.
"Yes, each senshi's power's were awakened within her when she reached a certain age," Khons answered.
"So all the scouts are female, then?" asked Celeste.
"Yes. Tuxedo Mask, the guardian of the Earth is the only male, but then again, he's not considered a sailor senshi," Diana replied.
"How do the scouts become reawakened? And if they all must accept their destiny, why are we already able to be reawakened?" questioned Rini.
"Before you answer that, is anyone besides me hungry?" asked Celeste glancing at the clock. It was already 6pm.
"I'm starving," Rini replied, "but I should be getting home."
"Why don't you call your mom and see if you can stay the night. My mom won't be back till dawn and won't care anyway. Pizza sound good?"
"Sounds great. Cheese would be fine." Khons and Diana nodded in agreement. By the way, where is the bathroom?"
"Down the hall to the left," Celeste replied, hand over the receiver.
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After dinner, the group reconvened for more discussion. Rini was still bothered by her earlier question, for the guardians had neglected to answer it.
"Like I asked before dinner, how do the scouts become reawakened? And why were Celeste and I able to be reawakened if all the scouts must accept their destiny first?"
"The two of you are important to the scouts. You were reawakened because you are the true leaders of the group. However, if one of the scouts refuses her destiny, then you'll lose your powers and will once again become dormant senshi," answered Diana.
"What?" Celeste asked. "Are you saying, if one person refuses her destiny, Rini and I go back to being normal?"
"Pretty much. You won't remember any of this either," replied Khons.
"That sucks, but it still doesn't answer the how," was Rini's reply.
"No one knows how the senshi will be reawakened. It has been kept secret so the enemies can't get at the information. Even Central Command can't access that information. The only people who know of the Reawaking is the Senshi of Crystal Tokyo and Neo-Queen Serenity," Diana supplied.
"That helps a lot," was Celeste's sarcastic reply.
"We know. It'll take time. The first step is probably to identify potential scouts. We'll have to work from there," Khons sighed.
Rini sighed. Celeste looked at the clock. "Since there's nothing we can do tonight, I suggest we get some sleep. School tomorrow, though I'm not looking forward to it."
"Me neither."
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"Find anything?" Diana asked Khons, who was typing on the computer. They had went back to Rini's house shortly after Rini and Celeste fell asleep.
"A couple centers of energy. Nothing definite as of yet, but I'm working on it. One of the centers has moved."
"Moved?"
"Yeah. I've been tracking it for a while. It started in the New Mexico area and is slowly moving in our direction."
"Enemy?"
"No idea yet. I'm working on it."
"You think that we'll be able to awaken them in time?"
"I hope so. If we don't, I hate to think of what will happen."
"We both know what will happen," was Diana's quiet reply. "We've seen it."
"Aye, that we have."