An Overlooked Senshi? Training Begins.
Cosmos, we need you here in the future. You are the most powerful of all of us, and our leader. We need you here fighting, perhaps one of us can train them… we do need them as soon as possible.
I'm sorry Eternity, my friend, but I must stay until the end of today. Then I will return. Who is willing to take my place?
I will.
Good. Eternity will transport you here tonight… at sunset. Then I will rejoin the rest in the battle at the Calderon. Thank you Sailor Aqua.
It is nothing. You are needed at the front more that I am. I will train them well.
"Sorry Shakaku, but you're not invited. Only Sailor Senshi are, and you're not a Sailor Senshi!" Hidenka replied to her younger sister angrily. Hidenka's short temper got the better of her often when she was at home, but never when she was at school. She always maintained her cool demeanor when she was out.
"Tsukino-sama never said I couldn't come! She even said that my time will come soon, and I can only see that as that I am a Sailor Senshi too! I can come if want to!" Shakaku yelled at her sister, even though she was only a foot away. She toyed with hitting Hidenka with the stick broom she had been using to sweep in front of the shrine, but decided against it. Her mother would ground her for sure and that would mean she couldn't go to the meeting anyway.
"No you can't! It's for Sailor Senshi!" Hidenka roared.
"Yes I can! This is my home too!" Shakaku roared back, despite her quiet voice.
"No!"
"Yes I am!"
"No you're not!"
"Tisk, tisk, arguing won't get you anywhere. What seems to be the problem? Perhaps I could help you settle it," A sweetly calm voice interrupted their argument.
The two girls stopped their arguing abruptly: startled by their visitor's silent arrival. Hidenka and Shakaku turned slowly to face a regal figure. She wore a long, black, pleated skirt and an elegant white blouse. Her extreme white hair was done in two long pigtails with small heart-shaped buns at the top.
"Tsukino-sama!" the sisters chorused together.
Shakaku noticed a small girl, about four or five, hiding timidly behind Cosmos' long black skirt. She had striking blue eyes, the same color as Cosmos'. Her hair was a dark pinkish-red; done in a style exactly like Cosmos', except her pigtails were only as long as her ears. Overall the girl had a striking resemblance to Cosmos. "Who's that? Your daughter?" Shakaku asked.
"Oh!" she ushered the girl around to stand, as timidly as before in front of her, "This is Tsukino Chibi. She's not really my daughter… She will be the leader of the Neo Senshi: Neo Sailor Moon."
"A five-year-old!" Hidenka laughed, "She couldn't lead a group of senshi if she wanted to!"
Silent tears welled up in Chibi's vivid blue eyes and her lips began to tremble.
Shakaku gasped, "Now look what you did Enka! Apologize now!"
A look of regret shot across Hidenka's face. She kneeled down to Chibi's level, her red and white priestess robes flowing out as she did. She clasped one of Chibi's small hands gently between both of hers. "Look, I'm really sorry, Chibi-san. I shouldn't have said what I did. I'm sure you will make a great leader; otherwise Cosmos-sama wouldn't have picked you. And I'm sure you will prove that to me when I get to know you."
The small pink-haired child sniffed and wiped her nose with her free hand. "That's okay…" she answered in a small, timid voice.
Hidenka locked eyes with Chibi for a moment more, and then stood up to face Cosmos and her sister.
"Now what were you two arguing about as I came?" Cosmos asked calmly.
"Well…" Shakaku started.
"Shaka wanted to come to the meeting too, but I told her she couldn't, yet she insisted that she should be able to. She said something about you saying something that meant that she was probably a senshi too," Hidenka answered, speaking so quickly that her sentences blended together.
"Oh, if that's all… Well, I'm afraid that Shakaku cannot attend. Some of the information that we will discuss should not be known by anyone other that the Neo Senshi," Cosmos said apprehensively. She was not sure what sort of reaction she would get from the sisters.
"So that means I'm not a senshi," Shakaku asked, dejected.
"That answer will come in time. It is not mine to give," Cosmos answered.
"You don't care about anyone else but your Neo Senshi! You don't ever want to give me a strait answer! Never! I hate you!" She yelled as tears started streaming down her face. The young priestess flung her broom at the ground near Cosmos' feet then turned and ran to the door of the temple in a flurry of red, white, and the extremely dark red of her hair. She disappeared, sobbing, inside.
A regretful look crossed Cosmos' face. She wished that she could help the young girl, but she new nothing of her powers. She may be prettier, more proper, older, and more graceful, but she was still the same Usagi: reckless, acting without thinking.
Hidenka looked satisfied, "She didn't take that well did she." She grinned at Cosmos who picked up the broom solemnly.
"Do me a favor, and pick up where your sister left off," She passed the broom to Hidenka then walked to the open door of the shrine and went inside.
Chibi stood where she was and looked curiously up at Hidenka. "Who are you?"
"I'm Kumada Hidenka," she said sweetly, trying to make up for what she had said earlier.
"Okay," the small child nodded then paused to think for a minute as Hidenka started sweeping nearby. "When are they coming?"
The beautiful red-haired girl looked over her shoulder. "Any time now…" She attempted to use her priestess's powers of sensing presences to see who would come first, even though she knew she would probably fail. She sensed a glimmer of something nearby. It worked! "Someone is really close… I think…"
"Oh." She said in her tiny voice. A priestess.
Not a moment later, they heard a car roar to a stop at the foot of the shrine steps, some talking, two doors slam, and the screech of tires as the red convertible drove away.
Rei and Cosmos were standing in the doorway. Rei was shaking her head and Cosmos was chuckling. "That would be Haruka," Cosmos said softly then announced to Rei, "Which means that Tenou Kenjou and Asatsuyu are her.
Sure enough, the two sisters came into view, up the steps, in a few seconds. Asatsuyu was first, bounding up the stairs cheerfully. Her short light gray-brown hair was tied in a loose, low ponytail as she always had it, her deep blue eyes dancing with anticipation. She still wore her Mugen Gakuen uniform of green and burgundy. Her older sister, Kenjou, followed her more calmly up the white stone stairs, taking each step calmly and gracefully. Her face was blank of most expression. Only a look of skepticism shone through. Her deep blue eyes, the same as her sisters, looked apprehensive yet curious. She was also wearing the plaid Mugen Gakuen skirt and blouse. Her blonde hair was down as it normally was. Her bangs were in two long, gently curving bunches and her hair was thin, wrapping around her head like a piece of cloth.
"Who are they?" Chibi tugged at Hidenka's red priestess pants.
"I'm not sure…" Hidenka answered, not looking down. She stared at the sisters that were coming up the path. I can't believe it. I just barely sensed it! Two senshi, plus whoever gave them a ride. That makes one or two more. I just barely sensed it! She reprimanded herself. As she stared she noticed something about the calm blonde girl, There's a lot of pain in those eyes. I can sense that… and see it. I wonder why.
Asatsuyu bounced over to Hidenka and Chibi. "Ohayou! I'm Tenou Asatsuyu. I'm supposed to be Neo Neptune. What are your names?" she chattered absently.
"Well…" Hidenka stuttered, breaking out of her trance, "I'm…"
"Oh! You're Priestess Hino-san's daughter. And Sailor Mars?" She interrupted, not giving Hidenka time to answer.
"Well, yes, my name is Kumada Hidenka. I'm her eldest daughter. I…" Asasuyu cut her off again.
"Who are you now?" She asked the pink-haired child.
"Tsukino Chibi," was her simple and quiet answer.
"Nice to meet you! You're such a kawaii little kid! Why are you here? Are you Cosmo-san's daughter or something?" She asked, her high voice speaking rapidly.
"No I'm not. I'm the next Sailor Moon," she said firmly but quietly. She resisted crying. This girl was a flake that didn't know anything.
By this time, Kenjou had reached the grouping of girls.
"Oh! This is my sister, Kenjou!" She added cheerfully, "And these are Kumada Hidenka and Tsukino Chibi. They're supposed to be Neo Sailors Mars and Moon. Isn't Chibi so kawaii?" her eyes danced with enthusiasm.
A large drop of sweat slid down the back of Kenjou's head and she sighed. She nodded to Hidenka and Chibi, then mumbled, "Nice to meet you…" and stood back away from them. She had done her social part for now. Her anti-people tendency was more than made up for by her younger sister's talkativeness.
"We probably should…" Hidenka was cut off again. This was making her a little frustrated.
"I remember where I've seen you before!" the petite brown-haired girl exclaimed, "You were in that really cool movie that was just out, Ai Uta! You were the lead girl! The guy you fell in love with was sooo cute! You are so lucky!"
"Errr… I guess. I work really…"
"Have you seen the other movies he's in? I just love him!"
"SHUT UP! WOULD YOU?" Hidenka finally roared.
Asatsuyu flinched and tried to muster up some tears to make Hidenka feel bad, with no avail.
Rei poked her head out the door to make sure her daughter's temper wouldn't cause her to attack her guests. Seeing that all was safe, she went back to talking with Cosmos and getting the shrine ready for the meeting.
"Umm…" a sweet voice began, "Am I in the right place?" Koneko stood to the side of Asatsuyu and Hidenka. She had been there for a while, but only Chibi had noticed her until then. "I mean, I'm pretty sure this is the right place… Cosmos-sama invited me…"
"You're in the right place," Kenjou said firmly, ending her nervous talking.
She sighed in relief. "Good. I really hate getting wrong addresses. I'm Ryo Koneko… Who are you?"
The other girls arrived shortly after. Teisei was first, Musha next, then Korai, and finally Tonda, who was thirty minutes late.
They all settled into the shrine's living room where the first senshi had held their study sessions every day after school. Cosmos sighed, remembering the days of her simple life and innocence, where she would come up with as many excuses as she could to get out of study group. Those were the days, she thought, those were the days…
All of the girls were chattering with each other, anxious to find out who had which powers; all except Tonda, Kenjou, and Korai, whom had each selected a corner of the small room to sit in.
Cosmos sat up straight. "Well, we better get started. Now, everyone scoot in closer. You'll be working with each other as a team from now on, so you should get rid of any grudges you have on each other," Cosmos stated and the three girls in the corners reluctantly moved inwards.
She started again once everyone was situated, "In the future, the most important place in the universe is being attacked. It is called Sagittarius Zero Star. I'm sure at least most of you have heard about this in school, but I am going to refresh your memories and clarify. Before the beautiful Crystal Tokyo that you live in was built, Golden Queen Galaxia sent her Sailor Animemates to gather the all of the golden starseeds in the universe. She set her base in Sagittarius Zero Star, the place where starseeds come from and go back to when you die. Long before even this, Galaxia was good and sealed Chaos in herself to save the universe from it. When Galaxia was purified by the ginzuishou, Chaos was released and was put at peace. We thought that would have been the end of it, unfortunately, it was not.
"In the future, where I have come from, we discovered it awakening in the Calderon of Starseeds, which is on Sagittarius Zero Star. It turned on the first thing it could: the Calderon. We have been fighting as hard as we can, now, to keep it from swallowing the birthplace of starseeds. It is so urgent, because if the Calderon is destroyed, the shining star in everyone will die out, and those privileged enough to be holders of golden starseeds will never be reborn. All in all, this means you would be the last senshi and would never be reborn, the world would loose its flare, and, ultimately, Chaos would plunge the universe into darkness, destroying everything good."
"So what are we supposed to do?" Musha asked skeptically, "Leap into the future and kick some Chaos butt? We're not that powerful to turn a battle around."
"You're right about that," Cosmos replied, "You need to train first. You need to know how to work as a team."
"So when do we get to join the fight at the Calderon?" Teisei asked.
"In about…" Cosmos pondered, "A month."
"A month!" Tonda exclaimed, "How do you expect us to learn so fast?"
"Time travel. The farther away from your home time you get, the more powerful you will become and the less you will have to cling to. Don't ask me how it works, Sailor Eternity assured me it does," Cosmos said.
"So when do we start training?" Korai asked flatly.
"Now, if that's alright with you," Cosmos smiled.
"That sounds good to me!" Tonda leapt up. "Venus Power, Makeup!"
Cosmos smiled, so Tonda did go talk to her mother after all…
Everyone else got the idea, and scrambled to find their pens and not to be the lat one transformed.
"Mars Power, Makeup!"
"Jupiter Power, Makeup!"
"Saturn Power, Makeup!"
"Mercury Power, Makeup!"
"Neptune Power, Makeup!"
"Uranus Power, Makeup!"
"Pluto Power, Makeup!"
Cosmos waited for the final call as each of the girls was shrouded in her color of light.
"Moon Power, Makeup!"
When the spectrum of colors faded, each girl was now transformed into a Sailor Senshi, all in mini-skirts; their fuku was in the first form. Except for Neo Sailor Moon, hers looked almost eternal, even though she could never remember becoming a senshi before.
Tonda, who had become Neo Sailor Venus, had salmon pink bows, glove bands, choker, and boots, which went up to her mid-calf. Her skirt and collar were light orange and her broach and tiara jewel were light yellow.
Neo Sailor Mars had extremely dark red bows and choker. Her collar, glove bands, and skirt were one shade darker than her hair. Her broach, tiara jewel, and spike high-heels were true red, like her mother's had been.
Neo Sailor Jupiter had a magenta collar and skirt. Her tall boots, glove bands, broach, and choker were orange, and her bows were true green.
Neo Sailor Saturn had navy blue bows, shoes, choker, and tiara jewel. Her shoes were short boots with two tall diamond shaped areas cut out in the front of them, one on top of the other. Her skirt and collar, which did not sport any stripes, were a lighter violet color. Her broach was silver and, unlike any of the other senshi, so was her tiara.
Neo Sailor Mercury seemed to enjoy her outfit, from her dusty, navy blue mini-skirt, collar, and glove bands to her similarly colored low-heeled shoes. Her bows were sea foam green and so was her choker. Her broach and tiara jewel were periwinkle blue. It was plain that she was the senshi of water and ice.
Neo Sailor Neptune looked much like her foster mother in her senshi fuku. Her stripe-less collar, skirt, choker, and short boots were teal blue. Her bows and glove bands were a bright spring green in color. Her large round earrings, tiara jewel, and broach were bright cyan. During her transformation, her hair had been let down to reveal that it hung a few inches below her shoulder. She also looked like a water senshi.
Neo Sailor Uranus could have easily been the first Sailor Uranus by her looks. She stood boldly; her height and blonde hair made her look more like her foster parent than ever. Her skirt, her collar without any stripes, and glove bands were neon yellow. Her bows and choker were pale blue, and her broach, tiara jewel, and spike high-heels were navy blue.
Neo Sailor Pluto stood unsure of what to do. Her skirt, glove bands, stripe-less collar, and tall boots were extremely dark blue that looked, at a distance, black. Her bows and choker were dark green and her broach and tiara jewel were turquoise.
By the time Neo Sailor Moon had finished transforming, all eyes were on her. Her heart-shaped buns each sported a powder pink hear-shaped jewel with gold around the edge. Her golden tiara had a small, powder-pink, heart-shaped jewel on it. Her earrings were exactly like her tiara jewel. Her bows, the back bow was as long as the other senshi's would have been in their super form, were the same reddish-pink color as her hair. Her choker was the same color and had a powder-pink heart charm on it. Her skirt, which was the same style as the other senshi's, and her collar, which was without stripes, were sky blue. The only special thing about her skirt was it had two ridges above it, the highest was golden yellow and the one closest to the skirt was reddish-pink. Her bodice had white eternal sleeves with two colored bands around the bottom of each. The bottom-most was golden yellow and the other was reddish-pink. Her gloves were just below elbow length and had two glove bands. The lowest was reddish-pink and the top was golden yellow. Lastly, she had tall white boots that were pointed at the top. The stripe around the top was reddish-pink and there was a powder-pink heart-shaped charm on it.
"So you are Neo Sailor Moon," Sailor Saturn said. She still felt that she should have had that role.
"Now it's my turn, I guess," Cosmos said quietly.
"What?" Mercury, who was standing nearest to her, asked, surprised.
"Cosmos Moon Universe Power, Makeup!" White and golden light shrouded her. As it swirled around her she grew wings. The light swelled around her body, giving her her bodice and skirt in an explosion of rainbow colors. A cape sprouted from her back and high-heeled shoes appeared with a flash of light. A star appeared on her forehead, and circular jewels on her heart-shaped buns. Lastly her broach appeared, large and round with and star in the middle and wings sprouting from either side. Her winds faded and a delicate looking staff appeared in her outstretched hand. On the top was a sphere looking much like her broach.
She sighed, "Now that that's is over, let's get outside, and we'll start your training."
"You're a senshi!"
"What's your name?"
"I am Sailor Cosmos," she beckoned to the door, "Now let's get going outside."
"Then Tsukino Cosmos can't be your real name, what is it?" Saturn stood firmly where she was as the others filed out of the shrine.
"If I told you it would get in the way of your training, when the war is over, then I will tell you," Sailor Cosmos answered and went outside.
"… Above all, you must work as a team to defeat them," Cosmos stated, the girls were lined up behind the shrine, listening attentively. Unnoticed to all of them, a shadow moved about on the shrine's roof. "I am not sure how many there will be, what their weaknesses are, or even what they are, other than nobakas, spawns of Chaos. These are real. They will be taken from the future and placed here in beautiful Crystal Tokyo. You must restore it to peace and get rid of every one of them, even if it takes days." Or weeks, she said to herself, recalling the endless supply of yomas that had been unleashed on Tokyo just before Galaxia made her first move on Earth. "By the time you finish, I will be gone, and Sailor Aqua will be here to train you in my place. This is the beginning of the most rigorous time of your life you will ever have. I will say 'good bye' to all of you now, and good luck."
"I wish you didn't have to go," Mercury said sadly.
"Ahh, but I do," the beautiful senshi replied, "They need me in the battle in the future. Do tell the Serenitys that I will miss them. Now I will summon the nobakas, and you can start." Eternity?
Yes?
Could you send over the nobakas?
With pleasure.
How many?
About thirty or forty, all of them that we are fighting now. Some of them are injured already.
Good.
Would you like them right now?
Yes.
This is a great favor to us, you know. It gives us a short break, to rest and get a decent meal.
I know. You will get your time of rest here.
I am last on the list you know.
Yes I do… oh and send Aqua to where I am as well, shortly after. Aqua? Are you ready to come?
Yes. Whenever it is necessary.
Good. I will see you both soon. I call you when I need to come.
Dark light energy flashed across the crystalline skyline. "They're here," Mars said calmly. She barely could disguise the excitement in her voice. She had sensed the evil, and she was going to fight it.
Shakaku hurried out of the house, looking around frantically for what was wrong. She was greeted with silence.
The neo senshi fidgeted, all of them anxious for a chance to fight the new enemy.
"You may begin," Cosmos said plainly.
"Alright!" Saturn exclaimed, and then summoned her long silver sward with two dark sapphires on each side of the hilt. She leaped powerfully far with her powers as a senshi, effortlessly, in the direction of the Crystal Palace. She spoke not a word to any of the other senshi.
"Wait!" Neo called after her.
Uranus grabbed her younger sister's arm. "C'mon Neptune!" Neptune tried to protest for a moment, then ran across the yard with her sister, down the steps, and along to road to main Tokyo.
"Wait!" Neo Moon called after them.
"I'm going down-town!" Venus announced and started running through the woods.
"I'm coming to!" Mars declared and followed.
"Wait!" Neo Moon called again, louder this time.
The three other remaining senshi stood still, waiting.
"We're supposed to work as a team!" Neo Moon cried, close to tears, "I'm supposed to be the leader! They won't listen to me!"
"We're listening," Mercury cooed quietly.
Jupiter and Pluto nodded.
"There aren't many of us, but we have to work together to get the others to work together," the tiny senshi started, "We need to send someone after each group. I want to go strait to the Crystal Palace and defend it, I believe that Saturn was going in that direction."
"You're the leader, so that's a good idea," Pluto agreed.
"Two should go after Venus and Mars, because they won't follow what each other does, from what I have seen of them," Neo Moon concluded in her tiny, quiet voice.
"I will," Jupiter volunteered.
"And so will I," Pluto offered.
"Okay."
"That means I'll go after Neptune and Uranus. They are sisters, so they should stick together," Mercury was confident.
"Jupiter and Pluto, you and Venus and Mars should try and figure out how many and where the nobakas are. I will defend the Crystal Palace with Saturn. Mercury, you and Uranus and Neptune, should patrol the edges of the city to make sure none get out. Mars is the most valuable person right now, she is a priestess and can sense where they are," their leader instructed them as Cosmos watched, forgotten, from the shadows.
"But just one person isn't enough," Pluto said, "To find all of the nobakas in a decent amount of time, we can't just leave that to her!"
"We'll have to," Jupiter argued.
"No! You won't!" Shakaku rushed over to them from where she had been standing. She figured out what was going on from hearing what they said. Her mother, who had been standing in the doorway, and equally disturbed by the evil, had told her it was minions of darkness. "I'm just as good or better at sensing things. I can help you! Just let me!"
"You're not a senshi, I'm sorry, but you might get in the way or hold us back," Neo Moon apologies, "You wouldn't be able to defend yourself."
"I wouldn't! And I can defend myself," she declared and produced an ufda scroll.
"We do need the help…" Mercury reminded her companions timidly.
"I guess," The pink-haired child finally agreed. "You will go with Jupiter and Pluto. An you two, make sure not to leave her behind."
They nodded.
"Then, let's go!"
They all bounded off in various directions. Shakaku was running as hard and fast as she could in her priestess sandals and red and white flowing outfit. Soon they all disappeared out of site.
Cosmos moved out into the open. Eternity, you may send Aqua over now.
I'm ready, she heard Sailor Aqua's voice sound in her head.
Good, Eternity answered. Cosmos sensed power surging through Sailor Eternity as she sent Aqua into the past, or the present for Cosmos.
A few moments later, a pale blue haired and clad figure appeared in the temple yard in front of her. Her fuku was much like Cosmos'. The differences were that hers was mainly pale blue and whitish-silver with touches of true blue. On her broach was a true blue water drop instead of a star and a drop instead of a star on her forehead as well. The two friends embraced.
"It's good to see you Ami-chan," Cosmos sighed.
"And I you," Sailor Aqua replied, "These days have been long, we did not think we would make it through without you. You must return."
"Yes," she sighed again, "I must. It was good to see you. Enjoy the peace." Cosmos turned to go. Eternity?
"Don't go yet," an unfamiliar female voice sounded firmly from the roof.
Yes?
"I'd like to have a word with you before you do." The figure leapt from the roof, landing softly in a crouching position on the ground.
Wait… Something just came up… I'll come in just a moment.All right.
Cosmos turned to face the girl, and so did Aqua.
She stood then emerged from the shadows. "You made a mistake, oh wise and powerful Cosmos," she said mockingly.
Aqua gasped. The girl was in senshi fuku, and the energy coming from her was good. She had long dark brown hair that shone slightly orange. Her penetrating eyes were a deep grayish-teal color. Her skirt, collar, and glove bands were deep blue and the single stripe on her collar was the same teal as her eyes. Her choker and bows were also that same teal color. Her glassy broach, tiara jewel, and dot earrings were such a pale cyan color they looked almost clear. The most striking thing about her was the gold on her fuku: her tiara was naturally gold, but so were her shoulder bands, the rim around her skirt, and her heeled shoes.
"And what was that?" Cosmos asked in a calm, equally mocking tone.
"You missed one," the girl said flatly.
"And that would be you, I would bet."
"Exactly," She replied. Her eyes danced with a menacing look, "You little team of Neo Senshi is fairing sourly without me. You really couldn't call that teamwork, could you? They need a better leader."
"Sailor Neo Moon will improve, and the will learn to listen to her," Cosmos answered firmly. "And who are you to challenge this?"
The elegant girl laughed. "I was hoping you would ask."
"Well?" Aqua asked.
"I am Neo Sailor Earth, the Second Planet Senshi of our home, Arriving Elegantly!" she declared triumphantly.
"I see," Cosmos said with an un-amused tone, "How did you become a senshi? I possess all of the pens."
"You dropped mine I found it on the school steps today. I saw you drop it, so I followed you until I found out what was going on. I knew it was for me."
"But… there was never as Sailor Earth!" Aqua was confused.
"Yes there was…" Cosmos cut her short.
"Weather there was or not does not matter. It is obvious that this role was meant for you. I honestly didn't know that there would be a Neo Earth, but you proved me wrong. I did make a mistake. The only thing I have to know is who you were before you transformed," Cosmos concluded.
An expression of triumph flickered across her face for an instant but she quickly hid it, "I am called Umino Norikuken, the daughter of Umino Gurio and Osaka Naru, you might know them."
"Naru! Yes, I knew them; your mother was my best friend before I became a senshi and you father was in love with me at the time… Now I really should be going back to the future, and you should be going as well," Cosmos instructed Sailor Neo Earth then called to Sailor Eternity again. Eternity, take me back.
All right.
Burgundy and black energy swirled around Cosmos. "Good bye," she called to Aqua.
"Good bye!" a few tears built in Aqua's eyes as she bid farewell to her friend.
The energy built. Aqua threw herself into one last embrace with her friend before she left. She felt little beneath her arms and Cosmos dissolved from that time and was transported back to the future. She had only seen her in person once since the battles had started, and she wouldn't see her again until the war was completely over. She knew this would be true. Tears rolled freely down her face as she sunk to the ground sobbing.
Earth paused for a moment, debating weather to comfort the delicate blue senshi, but decided that it was best just to let her cry. She looked back once to see the beautiful priestess, Hino Rei, hurrying over to the sobbing woman as she bounded towards the Crystal Palace, where she could be of most use.
