Chapter 5: Two Princesses?
Rini sat down on Hotaru's bed, brushing Hotaru's hair.
"Can you believe that Mina is expecting a child?", Hotaru asked.
Rini giggled. "If not for Aria standing right next to her, I wouldn't have believed it."
Hotaru sighed. "It's not possible to dismiss her claim when Aria looks just Haruka only with Michiru's teal hair."
"Whose going to take care of her?"
"Mina will when the children are in training, but Setsuna offered to take her in when Mina's child is born."
Rini was worried. Mina was rather old to be having a child. True she didn't look it, but Rini would breathe easier when Ami could reassure her. She also hoped Ami could find out why she had been so sick the last six weeks.
"Are you still sick Rini?", Hotaru's voice was concerned.
"Yeah. Normally in the morning or right before bed. At least Helios and Serenity haven't caught it yet."
"Hotaru do you still go searching for Haruka?"
"Not since I met Saiki."
"Do you miss them?"
"Not much. When I came back with you to the 30th century, I knew that part of my life was over. Then Setsuna adopted me, so I still had my family."
"I miss Michiru.", Rini confessed. "She treated me as something special the very first moment we met. After you and my Mother defeated the Death Busters, she lent me her Talisman Mirror so it could help me become a stronger senshi. I cried more for her than I did for Usagi and Mamoru. I knew I'd see mother and father when I got home. But growing up I had never met Haruka or Michiru."
Hotaru gasped. "You knew?"
Rini shook her head. "Not really. Mother didn't tell me until much later. I think she was afraid that I might try to go back to the past and change things."
Hotaru nodded. "There is much in the past that should not be changed."
. . .
Mina walked with Ami through the palace garden.
"Mina, I don't think you'll have any difficulty giving birth. But I am worried that you running the training program right now, could harm the baby."
Mina clenched her teeth. "The palace in confining."
"Then visit some of your friends. Better yet, ask Setsuna if you and the children can stay at Charron Castle."
"Setsuna would be a big help in training those two. Why all the concern?"
"Rini is sick. I can't worry about both of you."
"Thanks." Mina said sarcastically.
Helios and Princess Serenity walked over to the two senshi. Serenity's hair was done up in two little ondangos.
Mina looked at the little princess. "She hasn't gotten very big has she?"
Helios shook his head.
"It's probably just the normal slowing." Ami said.
"Yes we age slow, but normally the princess at least catches up the other senshi. Aria and Arashi look their age, but Serenity looks no older than she did on her second birthday."
Ami changed the subject. "How's Rini?"
"Mama's sick.", Serenity whispered.
Mina narrowed her eyes at the little princess.
"Mina think about what I said.", Ami told her. The other three left for the castle.
Mina sat down to think. She had been seven years old when Usagi had been born. By the time Mina was ten, the two girls looked the same age. Rini had grown slow however. But then again Rini didn't have any young senshi around as a baby. Mina couldn't get the idea that Serenity's growth had something to do with Rini's lingering illness. Ami would laugh. After all, what did Mina know about it? Mina decided. She would discuss it with Setsuna when she went to Charron Castle.
. . .
Setsuna closed the gates of time. She was looking forward to when Minako would come. Training wouldn't start until after Minako's baby was born, but there was still much to do. She wondered at what she had seen in the depths of time. The other girl looked so much like Rini. The question was why. It wasn't Princess Serenity. Serenity was a picture of Usagi except she had the silver hair and aquamarine eyes of her great grandmother. It wasn't possible to have two princesses. Was it?
. . .
Helios sat down beside Rini. "Well at least we know why you are so sick."
Rini buried her head in her skirt.
"What's wrong love? Don't you want to have another baby?"
"I'm scared Helios." Rini burst into tears.
Helios was startled. "It's ok There is nothing for you to be afraid of."
Rini wiped her face. "I forget. You have always been guardian of Elyasion. You never learned all that much about the Moon Kingdom. You were concerned with the Earth. The royal line of the Moon Kingdom had always produced just one child, and always a girl. What happens to this second child. An heir already exists. Another daughter? She would forever be in Serenity's shadow. A son? How would he react knowing the most he could hope for in life was a Chancellor's's position in his sister's court, or married to a senshi?
"You think raising a child in the shadow of the heir would be damaging?"
"Yes. The heir will be loved by everyone. My time and the senshi's would be first reserved for Serenity. How do you explain that Mother is busy, because sister is more important?
"But after Serenity gets big enough, she will join Mina and the other senshi for training. Then we will have another little one at home to raise. Then we can help our child choose their own destiny."
Rini smiled.
Character Profile
Arashi Kurenokoru (Sailor Saturn)
Age 15
Birthdate Jan. 4
Height: 5' 7
Hair: Black, worn loose to waist. Eyes: Violet
Likes/Hobbies: Ballet, the sea, lightening storms, writing poetry.
Fav Flower: Cherry Blossoms
Fav Food: Cheesecake
Fav Class: Composition
Least fav food: Asparagus soup
Least fav class: Algebra
-Hope you liked the character profile -Hikari (p.s the age and height are from how they look starting in chapter 7)
Rini sat down on Hotaru's bed, brushing Hotaru's hair.
"Can you believe that Mina is expecting a child?", Hotaru asked.
Rini giggled. "If not for Aria standing right next to her, I wouldn't have believed it."
Hotaru sighed. "It's not possible to dismiss her claim when Aria looks just Haruka only with Michiru's teal hair."
"Whose going to take care of her?"
"Mina will when the children are in training, but Setsuna offered to take her in when Mina's child is born."
Rini was worried. Mina was rather old to be having a child. True she didn't look it, but Rini would breathe easier when Ami could reassure her. She also hoped Ami could find out why she had been so sick the last six weeks.
"Are you still sick Rini?", Hotaru's voice was concerned.
"Yeah. Normally in the morning or right before bed. At least Helios and Serenity haven't caught it yet."
"Hotaru do you still go searching for Haruka?"
"Not since I met Saiki."
"Do you miss them?"
"Not much. When I came back with you to the 30th century, I knew that part of my life was over. Then Setsuna adopted me, so I still had my family."
"I miss Michiru.", Rini confessed. "She treated me as something special the very first moment we met. After you and my Mother defeated the Death Busters, she lent me her Talisman Mirror so it could help me become a stronger senshi. I cried more for her than I did for Usagi and Mamoru. I knew I'd see mother and father when I got home. But growing up I had never met Haruka or Michiru."
Hotaru gasped. "You knew?"
Rini shook her head. "Not really. Mother didn't tell me until much later. I think she was afraid that I might try to go back to the past and change things."
Hotaru nodded. "There is much in the past that should not be changed."
. . .
Mina walked with Ami through the palace garden.
"Mina, I don't think you'll have any difficulty giving birth. But I am worried that you running the training program right now, could harm the baby."
Mina clenched her teeth. "The palace in confining."
"Then visit some of your friends. Better yet, ask Setsuna if you and the children can stay at Charron Castle."
"Setsuna would be a big help in training those two. Why all the concern?"
"Rini is sick. I can't worry about both of you."
"Thanks." Mina said sarcastically.
Helios and Princess Serenity walked over to the two senshi. Serenity's hair was done up in two little ondangos.
Mina looked at the little princess. "She hasn't gotten very big has she?"
Helios shook his head.
"It's probably just the normal slowing." Ami said.
"Yes we age slow, but normally the princess at least catches up the other senshi. Aria and Arashi look their age, but Serenity looks no older than she did on her second birthday."
Ami changed the subject. "How's Rini?"
"Mama's sick.", Serenity whispered.
Mina narrowed her eyes at the little princess.
"Mina think about what I said.", Ami told her. The other three left for the castle.
Mina sat down to think. She had been seven years old when Usagi had been born. By the time Mina was ten, the two girls looked the same age. Rini had grown slow however. But then again Rini didn't have any young senshi around as a baby. Mina couldn't get the idea that Serenity's growth had something to do with Rini's lingering illness. Ami would laugh. After all, what did Mina know about it? Mina decided. She would discuss it with Setsuna when she went to Charron Castle.
. . .
Setsuna closed the gates of time. She was looking forward to when Minako would come. Training wouldn't start until after Minako's baby was born, but there was still much to do. She wondered at what she had seen in the depths of time. The other girl looked so much like Rini. The question was why. It wasn't Princess Serenity. Serenity was a picture of Usagi except she had the silver hair and aquamarine eyes of her great grandmother. It wasn't possible to have two princesses. Was it?
. . .
Helios sat down beside Rini. "Well at least we know why you are so sick."
Rini buried her head in her skirt.
"What's wrong love? Don't you want to have another baby?"
"I'm scared Helios." Rini burst into tears.
Helios was startled. "It's ok There is nothing for you to be afraid of."
Rini wiped her face. "I forget. You have always been guardian of Elyasion. You never learned all that much about the Moon Kingdom. You were concerned with the Earth. The royal line of the Moon Kingdom had always produced just one child, and always a girl. What happens to this second child. An heir already exists. Another daughter? She would forever be in Serenity's shadow. A son? How would he react knowing the most he could hope for in life was a Chancellor's's position in his sister's court, or married to a senshi?
"You think raising a child in the shadow of the heir would be damaging?"
"Yes. The heir will be loved by everyone. My time and the senshi's would be first reserved for Serenity. How do you explain that Mother is busy, because sister is more important?
"But after Serenity gets big enough, she will join Mina and the other senshi for training. Then we will have another little one at home to raise. Then we can help our child choose their own destiny."
Rini smiled.
Character Profile
Arashi Kurenokoru (Sailor Saturn)
Age 15
Birthdate Jan. 4
Height: 5' 7
Hair: Black, worn loose to waist. Eyes: Violet
Likes/Hobbies: Ballet, the sea, lightening storms, writing poetry.
Fav Flower: Cherry Blossoms
Fav Food: Cheesecake
Fav Class: Composition
Least fav food: Asparagus soup
Least fav class: Algebra
-Hope you liked the character profile -Hikari (p.s the age and height are from how they look starting in chapter 7)