A/N: OK, got a new story out. This is a first SM fic for me so, let me know what you all think. And this isn't a Anyone/OC romance… well not yet. All the respective couples are going to be with each other.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or anything related to Sailor Moon. I do however own Solarity and Asiray.
CHAPTER 1
~*~ Dream ~*~
"Solarity… help me…," a dark figure cried out to her. The person was deeply shadowed so there was no way to tell who the figure was. Fog around the person began to clear and the silhouette of them became more apparent. She could now define the person as female with two odd buns on her head. From the two buns streams out what could be known as ribbons or her long tresses. The girl had on a long flowing gown, which clung tightly at her bodice and flared out at her hips to the floor. Solarity was confused. Who was this mysterious person?
"Who are you? How can I help you?" Solarity questioned trying to reach the figure. However, Solarity found that with each step she takes, the girl would move further away. Determined to find out what this girl wanted, Solarity stop moving and waited for the girl's answer.
The girl's figure began to gain color and vibrancy. She had crystal clear cerulean colored eyes that showed compassion and love. Her hair began to show a dazzling golden hue that flowed down from each golden bun. Her hair framed her heart-shaped face. A face that mirrored her own, only it was lighter and beheld little to no pain. Raising her alabaster hand to cup where her heart would be, she whispered gently, "Don't you remember? It's me… Serenity."
~*~ Dream End ~*~
Solarity shot out of bed, gasping for much needed breath as she tried to tame her quickened heartbeat. Shaking the sleep out of her eyes she began to focus where she was. For a few seconds she was confused of her surroundings, but as the seconds and minutes wore on she realized she was in a hotel in Tokyo. Looking at the clock beside her table, she saw that it was already 2:36 A.M. She glanced around the room looking for everything yet nothing at the same time. The room was spotless; her bags were right where she left it: by the chair next to the coffee table. When she had arrived six hours earlier, she had been too tired to unpack anything but her nightclothes and a towel. She had taken a hot, steaming shower to relax her sore, aching, muscles. Afterwards, she promptly fell asleep on the cold hotel bed.
Shaking her head, she knew that sleep would no longer come to her again this night. She slid out of bed and began to put on a pair of blue jeans and a black, long-sleeved turtleneck. After she was done, she slowly grabbed her thigh length leather jacket, room keys, and she left the hotel. It was winter in Japan, as well as three in the morning, there was no one out. Ignoring this fact, Solarity walked to a park she had seen when she made way to her hotel she currently was staying.
Reaching the park she found a bench and sat down. Current events in her life ransacked her mind; thoughts came and went in her mind as she stared at nothing.
'She's here. I know it, but where? The dreams become clearer and clearer each day. I'm close I know it. My life is so jumbled right now I don't know what to do. My life has changed so much since destiny took hold of my life. It's not fair.' Solarity paused, and then laughed bitterly. 'When has life ever been fair to me? I'm destiny's bitch. Isn't that fitting?'
For four years, ever since she regained her memory, Solarity had been training to control and harness her powers. During this period, Solarity Cathryn Tsuki, realized that she had two alternative sailor soldier forms: Eternal Sailor Shadow Moon and Eternal Sailor Solaris. Remembering her days of fighting and training in the Silver Alliance, she perfected and developed her techniques she had acquired from the different planets she visited. She remembered how she had overloaded with the information on her past, so much, that she had almost fallen into a coma. After she had regain control over her thoughts she knew she had to escape the Negaverse, or die trying again. She could remember the series of events that had occurred before her departure. Chuckling with humorless mirth, she thought of the cause of all her problems that had started with a visit of a certain injured general and then rest of his friends following.
*Flashback*
"Cathryn! Child! General Jedite needs a healer right away! Go to his room this instance!" A plump woman with silver hair said frantically, trying to hurry Cathryn outside her bedroom.
"Another injury? I don't understand. Why are so many being injured, and so severely? It must be getting worst if General Jedite needs a healer." Cathryn shook her head, causing her mid-thigh length black hair to swirl around her body, as the old women ushered her towards her to her destination.
"You my dear sweet girl, need to hold your tongue, less you want to find yourself at the Queen's mercy." The old woman admonished impatiently.
"The Queen never pays attention to one low as me. My comments are never heard away from your ears Asiray." Cathryn's green eyes sparkled in laughter.
"You best not let anyone else hear, these days one can never tell when someone is going to betray you. Why in my day there was trust in a clan. No one had to worry about…"
"Asiray, with all due respect, when it was back in your day, you got places by riding on horses, and damsels in distress needed to be saved by a rusty knight." Cathryn cut in humor at the expense of the closest thing she had to a mother.
"No respect. This generation is going to perdition I tell you!" Asiray cried in frustration.
"And Asiray, now we say, 'Hell', no one says, 'Perdition,' anymore. This is hell." Cathryn joked as they stood in front of the general's private room.
Snapping playfully, Asiray, thrust the medical bag into the young girl's awaiting arms and began to fuss with her appearance. She checked Cathryn's hair and made it look presentable. She eyed the rest of the girl and found herself hoping that the General wouldn't be too… liberal with his hands. "Now go in there and do your job, less you stay any longer and make me turn you over to tan your hide!"
Laughing softly, as Cathryn watched the old woman walked away, she silently wondered about the recent events. There had been more injured soldiers then usual. This meant that Beryl's plan would be slowed, which was a good thing, but the soldiers never deserved their beatings. They only follow her orders. 'Despite what Asiray thinks, there are good soldiers here. They are just mislead in their cause. Very mislead.' Shaking her head of her idle thoughts, she knocked on the door, and waited patiently for the occupant to open up. When she heard a voice yelled to her to come in, she opened the door slowly and faced the interior of the room.
The room was magnificent. The room was circular instead of the usual square. The walls were a bluish hue that almost looked black. There were three doors in the room not counting the entrance. Two seemed to lead to a closet, and the last, which was opened, led to the bathroom. That in itself was enormous. From the outside she could see a large Jacuzzi, which could easily fit 4 people comfortably, embedded into the center floor of the bathroom. Next to the Jacuzzi, was a large shower, with three showerheads. Looking back into the main room, she saw an extremely large, four poster bed, that included curtains that could be drawn.
This wasn't what had caught her attention. It was the man lying on the bed. Even as he lied on the bed with various cuts and bruises, she could see he was a good-looking man. He had short-cropped sand blond hair, that slightly fell over his eyes. His eyes were a deep blue that seem to be endless in dept. Abruptly she stopped and realized she was staring. For how long she didn't know but she began to move closer to see the damage. Remembering her manners and her position, she bowed.
"My Lord, I was sent to come and bandage you."
The man on the bed gave her a questioning look. Why had he not seen her before? She had long black hair with a hint of red when under direct light. She was well-proportioned and short, about five feet, or five feet, one. Her emerald colored eyes shown with kindness and compassion, something he hasn't seen outside his circle of friends for a long time. Nodding to her for her to continue on with her work, he watched her as she began to gather the things she needed to accomplish her task. She grabbed a basin and filled it with warm water and set it down by his nightstand. When she was ready, she began to clean his wounds. Before he could stop himself he asked her, "Why are you here?"
Startled she looked up from cleaning off the dried blood on his arms. Staring at him for a second, she finally said, "You sent for me, My Lord… To clean your injuries?"
"No, I mean, what are you doing here? In the place?" he amended.
"I know of no other home, I have no place to go if I leave," replied as she began to clean his wound again.
"What do you mean?" Jedite was confused, 'Surely this girl with her skills as a healer can go anywhere she pleases.'
"When I was young, too young to remember, my parents were murdered. The people who robbed them for any money ran off, leaving me alone with their bodies. As I lay there crying, Asiray came upon me and took me in, cared for me. I've been living here ever since. If I left, who would be left to care for Asiray in her old age? So you see, I cannot go anywhere," Cathryn spoke as she gently washed the grim and blood from his face.
Jedite was silent as he observed her caring for his injuries. 'She shouldn't be here,' he thought impulsively, 'Her aurora is too pure…yet, at the same time its saddened with dark memories…of what though… what am I saying? I'm starting to sound like Neph!'
It was a long period of silence before Jedite asked, "What's your name?"
Startled by the question the girl flushed a light pink on her softly tanned cheeks. She was so surprised she dropped the cloth she had been using to clean his face. Embarrassed by her sudden foolish behavior, she bent to retrieve the fallen cloth, and returned to the basin of water.
Amused by her behavior, Jedite slowly scooted over to the side of the bed until he was right behind her. When he got there without her noticing, he whispered, "You still didn't answer my question. You still didn't give me your name."
Gasping at the sudden rush of warm air that blew down her neck, she glanced at the General who had moved. Angered by the fact that she was caught unaware, she said bitingly, "Maybe I do not wish to give it to you, My Lord."
"Come now, do I not deserve to know the name of the tenshi who made me well again?" Seeing that she would not yield, he tried to compromise. "I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours."
"My Lord, I already know your name and who you are, but just to humor you, My Lord, my name is Cathryn." She stated quietly.
Smirking triumphantly, Jedite crooned, "Now that wasn't so hard now was it? Cathryn… what a lovely name. It's nice to know the name of the girl taking care of me. And for the sake of manners, my name is Jedite. Please to make your acquaintance."
~
'But that's another story. A long jacked up story. I won't go there. I won't hurt myself any longer. They're with their true loves.' Solarity paused, and then thought cynically, 'and where am I? Searching for a past that had caused me pain beyond comprehension. Searching for a family that might as well abandoned me…It wasn't Sere's fault, it wasn't anyone else either. We all suffer from the same cruelty of destiny. Lord, the Goddesses must have despised me so to give me such a card to handle. I've come this far nothing will get in my way now. I will find you Serenity. Come on suck it up Tsuki, you'll get through this.'
Deciding that it would do her no good to continue thinking about this, she stood up from the old wooden bench to shake of the numbness of her limbs from sitting too long. She glanced at her watch and was shocked when she saw that it was already 7 A.M. She had been out here for four hours. Four hours of walking down memory lane. Sighing she started to walk to the nearest café to have a meager breakfast. It took her nearly two hours to find a place where she could relax. It took so long due to the fact that she wasn't really looking for anything in general.
Finally she stepped into Crown's Arcade. From what she could tell, it was a gaming place in the afternoon when children and teenagers were released from school. This morning; however, was just full of early raisers looking for a relaxing meal. She looked around and slid into a seat in a booth for more privacy, while waiting for a waiter.
Just as she finished her thought a man appeared. At first she was almost stunned speechless. 'He looks like J- impossible your imagining things.' She shook her head in disgust. He looks nothing like him. This man was too tall and had a different almost a golden shade of choppy blond 'Not like Zoi-,' instead of his pale blonde locks. The waiter had a wider built, 'but not as much as Kunzun-No not go there,' as well as a pale shade of blue for his eyes. 'J's eyes were a deep ocean blue hue. I could get lost-'
"Miss? Are you there?" The waiter inquired worriedly.
"Oh? What? Sorry… It's a bit too early, I still haven't gotten used to the time change. Could you please repeat what you said?" Solarity berated herself for letting her thoughts stray and ruining her concentration.
"It's quite alright. I have a friend who was just like that; only her excuse is that she didn't get enough sleep," he chuckled and then continued by saying, "Good morning, my name is Motoki, how may I help you?"
"Could I please get two over-easy eggs, a side of hash browns, two strips of bacon, and coffee?" She requested politely.
"Coming right up! Your new in town right?" Waiting for her nod of confirmation, Motoki continued, "I could have some of my friends show you around if they show up this morning."
"That would be nice. Thank you," Solarity was surprised at her openness but never questioned her intuitions.
"All right, the food will be coming right up. And I'll introduce my friend's to you when they come in.
'She reminds me of someone…I can't think of it. Oh well. I'll have Usagi and the rest of the girls show her around today. They should come anytime now. Knowing them, it would be soon.' Motoki laughed at his wandering thoughts as he delivered his costumer's food. It wasn't long before the girls and their boyfriends stepped over the threshold laughing and loud as usual.
"Hey! Motoki! How 'bout hooking us up with the usual?" Mamoru proclaimed loudly.
"Sure thing, but first could you girls do me a favor?" Motoki asked even though he knew the answer would be 'yes'.
"Of course Motoki! Anything," Usagi assured.
"Well, you see on of my costumer is new in town, so-," Motoki was interrupted abruptly by Usagi.
"Say no more. We'd love to! We have nothing planned today. At least I don't." The other girls, all eight of them in total, nodded in agreement.
"Wonderful, let me go introduce you all to her." As Motoki led the group of young men and women (plus two cats) to the new girl's table, he didn't even think of the fact that he never asked for her name. That is, he didn't remember until he was mid-sentence into introducing everyone. Thankfully, the girl caught on early and introduced herself to save him the embarrassment.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Solarity." She said warmly.
"Solarity, these are my friends and they agreed to show you around Tokyo today!" Motoki said, smiling widely hoping no one noticed his blunder with Solarity's name.
"Hi! I'm Usagi. These are my boyfriend, friends, and their boyfriends. This is Mamoru, my boyfriend. Here's Ami-chan and her boyfriend Zoicite, Makoto and her boyfriend Nephrite, Minako and her boyfriend Kunzite, Rei-chan and her boyfriend Jedite. Right here is Hotaru-chan, Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna. OH and these two little ones right here is Luna and Artemis. Luna is mine and Artemis is Mina-chan's." Usagi said all in a surprising little amount of time.
Solarity was in shock…'They're all here. Usagi…Serenity… I found you little sister…Wait damnit… The generals are here too. Shit…they recognizes me…Man… I'm going to have a field day with this… they think I'm dead…The Fates must hate me. That or I must have offended them in my previous life. Probably both. '
Mentally shaking herself out of shock she remembered to be polite. Knowing the generals as she did, she knew they wouldn't cause a scene. No, they would lead the group away from civilization, attack her, and then interrogate her. Noticing that some of the girls were staring at her curiously, Solarity said out loud, "I'm please to meet all of you. Arigato for taking your time to show me around your city."
"It's no problem at all, we love to meet new people and show them around the old block. It's the least we could do," Jedite said cheerfully, but his eyes stated a different matter. His eyes bore into hers showing his anger and accusations of her.
"Would you like to sit and eat with us? Then we can go show you around the best places in Tokyo," Kunzite asked warmly. There was nothing warm about his eyes. Kunzite was angry and when he was angry his eyes bore no emotions or feelings whatsoever.
"It would be my pleasure," Solarity smiled, inwardly she thought, 'I am so dead...'
~
'Michi, does she feel familiar to you?' Haruka inquired privately.
'I feel the same way. I feel as if I know her. Like I should protect her at all cost.' Michiru answered quietly, focusing on her strange feelings towards this mysterious girl.
'Michi-mama! Haruka-papa! This new girl, she seems to be hiding something from us. But I feel no danger from her.' Hotaru informed the others.
'We all have nothing to worry about her. When it is time, we will come to know all. For now, act as if you do not feel anything. No sense in alerting the inner senshis.' Setsuna reassured the outer scouts of their worries.
'Setsuna, do you know something?' Haruka asked impatiently, irritated that she had to wait.
'In time Haruka… In time.' Was all that Setsuna said.
~
'Usako, are you ok? You seem less enthusiastic then usual. More quiet.' Mamoru asked, concerned about his future wife's behavior.
'It's nothing Mamo-kun…' Usagi answered absent-mindedly.
'Usagi… don't say that just to reassure me that everything is fine. I know it's not.' Mamoru told Usagi lightly.
'Really It's… it's just that Solarity reminds me of someone. That's all.' Usagi admitted softly.
'Are you sure Usako?'
'It's just this gut feeling I have right now. Oh well, only time will tell, ne?'
~
The generals were angry…no they were furious. The… The one person who they all cared for, who they all thought had died… was sitting there sitting and laughing with their girlfriends as if nothing was wrong. Wrong? Everything is wrong with that picture. Cathryn was supposed to be dead.
'Do you think she's an imposter?' Jedite mentally asked all his comrades minus Mamoru.
'I don't know. I can't tell, it's too early to jump to any conclusions right now.' Kunzite replied logically, but in his mind he wasn't so sure.
'Kunzite, Jedite, there is a very high probability that this could be her. All her physical and personal characteristic resembles Cathryn very much.' Zoicite hesitantly added to the growing conversation.
'Her life energy is very close to Cathryn's. I don't doubt that this could be her.' Nephrite projected his two cents and sat back to see what the rest of his friends would say.
'LISTEN! For all we know, the Negaverse could have cloned her from her PHYSICAL attributes down to her LIFE ENERGY! This ISN'T her. Cathryn died! SHE'S dead! We saw it with our own eyes. This is an imposter. We have to get rid of her! She could be a threat to our lives, the girls and the lives of the prince and our princess.' Jedite screamed internally, making the remaining three to grimace at the sheer force of it.
'Jed, listen I know you were close to-' Kunzite never got to finish his sentence before his Minako interrupted their mental discussion.
"You boys sure are quiet. You all didn't get enough sleep last night or something?" Minako asked innocently.
"Yeah, what's with all this gloomy attitude?" Makoto teased looking at her boyfriend, Nephrite.
"You all look pissed off. Some one not get their Wheaties this morning?" Rei poked at the tensed Jedite.
"We were up late last night, studying for our exams." Zoicite lied to excuse their behavior. 'You guys, deal with this later. The girls are going to suspect something.'
"Really? That's the first!" Ami exclaimed in a mild sarcastic voice.
Everyone had a quick chuckle. Ami was a quiet girl, but when she decided to be funny, it always takes them by surprise. This is especially true to Zoicite, who is still enjoyed learning every bit of new information about his love.
"You all ready to go?" Nephrite asked cheerfully.
When he got a chorus of 'yes's' and 'uh huh,' the group started to leave their table and on with their tour of the town. The generals decided, with Jedite's persuasion, to attack Solarity when the time was right.
~
Throughout the day, the group showed Solarity around the hottest spot in Tokyo. They went everywhere from the movie theatres to the malls. The girls and Mamoru treated Solarity with kindness and welcomed her into their circle with open arms. The generals were polite and considerate, but not nearly as welcoming as the rest of the group. Finally, late in the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, the group ended up at the park.
This park was the same one that Solarity had been at early that morning. Only now it was cast in a low calming hue that created a serene feeling. The park was filled with dormant trees, hibernating for the winter. The ground was filled with wet green grass that have been partially crystallized from the cold air. There was no one around but Solarity and her new friends. Everyone had gone home to be with their families.
'If they wanted to attack me this would be the-' Solarity spoke too soon for all of a sudden four men in a general uniform stood, replacing Jedite, Nephrite, Zoicite, and Kunzite. Before anyone could get a word out the man with short blonde hair began attacking Solarity with most of his energy. The girls and Mamoru were too shock to do anything, but what shocked them more was that the girl blocked every single one of his attacks. Finally the outer scouts snapped out of their stupor, to transform and fend off the raging mad general and his accomplices.
"WHAT the HELL do you all think YOUR DOING?!?!?" The angry blonde sailor scout demanded as she matched blow for blow with the blond male general.
"DAMNIT don't stop us! SHE'S a threat! We have to kill her!" The general yelled back as he tried even harder to overcome the sailor scout to finish his mission.
"What the hell? She's a damn civilian! Stop what your doing now!"
Solarity looked on with a worried tension. Each one of the outer scouts were fighting with the generals. This wasn't good. 'If I don't stop this someone is going to get hurt… Face it Solaris, someone is going to get hurt no matter what. Some hurts just aren't visible to the naked eye.' Before Solarity could take any action, someone else intervened.
"STOP IT ALL OF YOU NOW!" Cried out Usagi in a commanding tone.
Abruptly all fighting ceased immediately. All attention was now focused on Usagi and Solarity. No one moved or said a word as time wore on. Finally Usagi opened her mouth to chide her subjects. "I'm appalled at all of you! First you all attack an innocent girl for no apparent reason. Then my scouts and generals fight each other as if all are enemies!-"
"They tried to harm Tiger-chan. It's our duty to protect her!" Shouted a possessed Hotaru. Everything went deathly quiet. No one had known where that had come from save Setsuna, who showed no emotion to the arising subject.
"Hotaru, what do you mean, it's your duty to protect her? You're supposed to protect Usagi…" Rei said slowly and cautiously not knowing what was going on.
No one saw it coming except for Solarity. A sharp dagger was thrown aiming straight for Usagi's heart if she did not move. The dagger was moving at such an alarming speed that there was no time to warn anyone, so Solarity took immediate action. She lunged towards Usagi, causing everyone to jump into attack mode… only to attack her. She succeeded in pushing Usagi away from the dagger, and would have been free herself had it not been for Jedite. He had pulled her back at the last possible second, forcing the brunt of mysterious dagger to thrust deeply in her sides. The sheer force of the dagger and Jedite's grip knocked the wind out of Solarity. Dropping harshly against the ground, Solarity began to breath shallowly facing the floor.
"I told you she shouldn't be trusted! She almost had Usagi!" Jedite said holding her down, forcing the dagger to propel more into her right side. All the Sailor Scouts, Generals, and Tuxedo Kamen stood on the left side of the fallen girl and condemned her with their eyes. Only Usagi and Setsuna, who stood on her right side, saw the bleeding wound on the right side of the girl. The deadly dagger lodged almost to the hilt, causing Solarity to rapidly fade from consciousness. Realizing what the girl had done, Usagi sprung on to her feet and pushed Jedite off of Solarity. Carefully she held the girl while the others looked on shocked.
"Usa! Get away from her! She just tried to hurt- no, kill you!" Mina cried out stepping towards her princess.
"She's right Usa-chan, leave her there! She's dangerous!" Rei agreed, worrying for her princess's safety.
"STOP IT NOW! Don't you REALIZE WHAT she just DID?" Seeing that they didn't understand, Usagi motioned to the protruding dagger, causing everyone to stricken in shock and dismay. "She saved my life. She pushed me out of the way so I wouldn't be killed! So don't just stand there and judge her, GET HELP!"
The Inners immediately sprang into action. Makoto and Minako ran to get an ambulance, while Rei and Ami tried to help Usagi with the girl. The outers ran to Solarity's side and tried to help as well. Mamoru and the generals stood in shock… 'She took Usagi's dagger. She saved Usagi.'
"We can't risk moving her or else we would lodge the dagger in further then it already is. We can't have it take out any more vital organs if it had hit any already. The only thing we can do is keep her conscious and stop the bleeding." Setsuna said with concern for her shadow princess.
"I'll… I'll be fine… don't you all worry… It's not that bad—" Solarity paused mid-sentence wincing in pain. Seeing everyone's shamed expression, Solarity tried to reassure them she was ok. "It's ok… what you all did was what you were born to do. Protecting Serenity… No, I'm… not a spy or an enemy… I'm just a girl… looking for my sister… and I'm glad I found you Serenity…"
Before she could say anymore she began to cough violently, only to pass out from the blood loss. By this point everyone was frantic and confused. They wanted answers but the most they could do was to save this girl from death's door. By this time the ambulance had arrived and the paramedics with professional ease, transferred Solarity from her fetal position to the stretcher. One of the paramedics promptly asked for a summary of what had happened and Setsuna quickly explained that some person behind the trees had attacked them, and Solarity was hit. Being the time guardian, Setsuna was about to provide all of Solarity's information to the paramedics. By the time the medics were done placing Solarity in the ambulance, they left, leaving Setsuna with the instruction to get to Tokyo General Hospital. In they're trails left a cold, shamed group of young adults, who were in shocked at the current events.
"Still think she's the enemy?" Haruka said coldly to the generals as her and the outers left to the hospital. The rest followed them, while the generals looked to the ground in disgrace.
~
The trip to the hospital was a quiet one. No one, save Setsuna, understood what was happening. Who was Solarity? What does her sister have to do with her being here? Usagi have to do anything about it? Most of all they were guilty at their silent and vocal accusations of her motives.
Usagi didn't understand most of what was occurring but she did know a few things. There was something about her past that was kept from her. She didn't know why but she had a gut feeling there was. She also knew the girl couldn't have been evil. She never felt anything remotely dangerous about her in the short time she had met her. 'Sister? What did she mean by that? Does she mean that I'm her sister? Would that be so far fetched Usa? I feel as if I'm going to die if she's suffers from my wound. I feel as if it was my fault she's hurt. I don't want her hurt…And it wouldn't surprise me if something were kept from my knowledge. A lot of things were kept from me. But something as big as having a sister? Why would Mother do such a thing?
Haruka and the outers were having a silent discussion amongst themselves about the current situation. Nothing good was coming out of it. Haruka was livid. She wanted to know what was going on, but Setsuna had nothing to say to her at the moment. All this happened as Michiru and Hotaru tried to keep the peace between Haruka and… well just Haruka, Setsuna wasn't affected by Haruka's reactions.
'What the HELL is going on Setsuna? Who is that girl?' Haruka demanded as she projected her thoughts to the outer scouts, mainly Setsuna.
'This is not the issue at hand yet. Right now we have to go to the hospital as soon as we can. No matter what happens, Solarity cannot die,' Was all Setsuna said.
'Setsuna this isn't funny, or a game, who is that girl? I want you to tell me now. Why do I feel like I want to murder them for hurting her?' If Haruka didn't get her answer soon, she would loose it and it would not be pretty for all who gets in the way. Not only this but she wanted to tear the generals limb from limb for doing such a careless move. Not only had they ruined their disguise and identity, they had gotten Tiger-chan hurt possibly killed…'That's the second time one of us mention her as Tiger…Could it be she is someone we know from the past…?'
'It is not for me to reveal yet Haruka. Patient is a virtue. Let me carry out my duty Haruka. Time will reveal all to us.' No one else questioned Setsuna. No one ever did when she brought up the subject of their duties. All of them took their duties seriously, even to an extreme. The inners were allowed to have their free time and innocence, but the outers took every caution to live and fulfill their destined duties.
In the other side of the van, the inner scouts were having their own silent discussions. The recent events had caused many questions to arise. No one knew what to do. Who was this girl, what will they do now? The girl obviously know who they were. The main question is how.
'Is she a threat?' Rei asked silently to her senshis.
'REI how can you think that? She saved Usagi's life.' Minako rebutted, feeling mortified at her earlier actions.
'Rei has a point Minako, even if she did take Usagi's knife, how do we know that it wasn't planned? At this time, we know too little to make any conclusion. We all need to be on guard to see if anything else occurs.' Came the quiet logical reply from Ami.
'Why are you all so suspicious? Use your intuition, can't you feel it?' Makoto asked. 'I feel nothing but love, and care for her. I can't detect any evil or malicious surrounding her. If anything, I see only sadness that rules her actions. Suppressed sadness, as if she doesn't want anyone to know. She's not evil. I think she's genuine. We have no right to condemn her.'
'You guys, let this all play out ok? If we need to we will be alert. Our suspicions of Solarity, last time, caused her to get hurt. We should learn from our lessons' Minako reasoned with her friends, and no more was said, until they reached the Hospital. But they all wondered, what was it about this girl that made them feel compelled to understand and protect.
Over on the other side of the car, with the generals, they were holding a private council. They were so confused. Solarity's actions made everything changed. What if she wasn't a clone? What if she was just an innocent? At that thought, they all cringed at their dishonor. If she was an innocent, they failed their vow to protect all innocents from harm. No one knew what to do.
'What have we done?' Zoicite asked solemnly. 'We attacked an innocent girl.'
'Would an innocent girl know our identities' Jedite bit out harshly. Inwardly he was panicking about what had happen. Seeing Solarity on the ground bleeding made him think about that night –Don't think about that, it's in the pass. She's gone and there's nothing you can do about it—
'Jed, she saved Usa, what more do you want. For all you know she could be someone from the pass. She could be a reincarnation of Cath-' Kunzite was immediately cut off by Jedite's sharp reply.
'Don't you EVER say that again. NEVER mention her name to me.'
'Why Jed, she saved us, she was our friend, our little sister, she gave us hope' Nephrite said sadly, wondering why is friend never wanted to speak of their little bundle of hope that burst into their lives without warning, only to leave the same way. After a long period of silences, Jedite finally spoke his thoughts on something he swore he never would.
'She gave us hope only to die. My hope died with her. Only to be resurrected in Rei. This girl, could be a threat to Rei. I won't loose another women in my life who has given me so much. I won't have it. This girl, has answers I want. I want to know why she carries the face of my tormentor.'
'Jed, have you ever thought that maybe this is her? Why are you fighting this so much? Why would you fight, having Cathryn back?Even then, do you think she would blame her for her…death? She'd never do that!' Zoicite asked despairingly.
'Because of me, Cathryn died. She would never blame me, so I blame myself. For that, I will never be forgiven. The fates sent her to taunt me. For me see that I will never have her forgiveness, that girl isn't Cathryn. But she has answers, answers I want.'
CHAPTER 2 – coming soon