"Hana-san!" Hana was in the middle of changing her shoes before class when she heard her name. She looked to her right and was shocked to find Jiro apporaching her. "Hey!. . .H-how are you doing today?" he asked.
"Oh, I'm alright. Since when have you been attending Gaea High?" she asked him.
"Since the beginning of this year," he told her. He finger-brushed his black, shoulder-length hair out of his face. "So. . ." He drifted off as he searched for something to say.
A teacher walked by. "Class starts in three minutes," she told them.
They nodded in response. "Yes, Sensei."
"Well, I guess I'd better get going." Hana closed her locker.
"I'll be working after school today!" Jiro blurted.
Hana blushed. "Uh, okay. M-maybe I'll stop by!" She bowed and he followed suit. "'Bye," she told him in English.
"Yeah. Ja ne," he said forlornly.

Osiris, in cat form, followed Hana from a distance. After a few blocks, she finally turned around. "What do you want?" she asked.
Osiris froze in her tracks. "How did you know I. . . ?"
Hana turned back around and started for her apartment again. "I have my ways. So?"
"I'm suppose to be following you."
"Well, at least you were honest."
"The thing is. . .I want to follow you."
Hana smirked. "Why?"
"We have always believed that the Sailor Senshi are evil," Osiris explained. "You have shown me that this notion may be false."
Hana looked back over her shoulder. "Whatever." She didn't believe that Osiris wanted to change. Hana knew, however, that Osiris would follow her no matter what she did. So when she reached her apartment building, she opened her school bag, a golden satchal. "Get in," she ordered Osiris.
Osiris was taken aback. "Huh?"
"My parents aren't fans of animals." She lowered the bag to the ground. Osiris timidly walked over, then paused. "Come on. Get in," Hana demand. Osiris did and Hana entered the building.
"What do you mean you're leaving?!" yelled Hana's mother as Hana walked through the door.
"I mean 'I'm leaving'!" Hana slid out of the way as her father stomped out of the apartment.
"You can't walk out on us!" yelled her mother.
His response was slamming the door.
Hana rolled her eyes and looked over at Mimi who was on the couch flipping through TV channels. "What happened?"
"No clue. Didn't pay attention," was Mimi's response. Hana rolled her eyes again and went to her room.
She placed the satchal on her bed and lifted the flap. "Alright. Get out. Man, I hope you don't shed."
"I don't. . . .So, about. . ."
"My parents fight nightly. He leaves once a week. He'll be back by tomorrow at the latest." Hana went to her closet to find something else to wear. "All us kids, we just got use to it."
Osiris watched quietly as Hana picked out a yellow "I love you" T-shirt and blue jeans. After she changed, she sat at her desk to do her homework. As she prepared, Osiris leapt onto the desk and sat down. "What are you going to do?"
"Well, I was going to read the book you're sitting on, but since I can't see it. . ."
"Gomen." Osiris backed off.
Hana restrained herself from rolling her eyes again and began to read.
Osiris watched for a few minutes before asking, "What are you reading?"
"My history textbook," Hana replied without looking up.
"For leisure?"
Keeping her head down, Hana replied, "For school."
"Oh, for education.. . .What level are you at in your education?"
Hana slammed her hands on her textbook. "Look!" she hoarsely whispered. "I have a test tomorrow plus homework in three other subjects. I do not have the time for twenty questions. Understand?"
"You don't have to be so testy."
"If you only knew."
"Just one more question. For now anyway. Aren't you worried about the state of your family?"
"Yea, but there's nothing I can really do about it."
"You live with this, and yet you defend the world."
"Ironic, isn't it?" asked Hana.
"It's just not what I expected," Osiris replied.
Hana rolled her eyes, but added a small smile to it. "Sure. Whatever."

Thoth walked into the room. "Ra. Things are in place for our attack of Tokyo."
"Excellent. Don't begin until I give the signal. And let Osiris know."
"Yes, ma'am."
Ra, who had her back to Thoth, turned around and walked past Thoth as she left the room. "I want to hold a little conference with our guests before we begin."
Ra walked into a small dungeon of four cells: Usagi and Minako in the first, Rei and Michiru in another, Ami, Sestuna, and Hotaru in the third, and Makoto and Haruka in the fourth. "Hello, girls," said Ra cheerfully. "How are you enjoying your stay?"
"Not very well," mumbled Ami.
"Not at all!" voiced Makoto.
Ra shook her head. "You Senshi. . .Do we have an agreement?"
Usagi's body shook as she stood. She took her brooch off of her school uniform and handed it to Ra. Ra smiled as she took it, then preceded to leave the room. "Hey!" Usagi yelled. "We had a deal!"
"Yeah!" Haruka stood up. "We give you the Crystal, you let some of us go!"
"You really didn't believe me, did you?" Ra asked slyly.
"No!" the girls yelled in horror.

Osiris looked up as Hana continued to have a restless sleep. I wonder what she is dreaming about.
Hana was once again confronted by the Guradians. "Princess! Ra now posses the Silver Crystal," Kunzite reported. "You must go to Tokyo and find the Golden Crystal."
"Silver Crystal? Golden Crystal?" asked Hana.
"The Silver Crystal is the most powerful item in the universe. The power of the Golden Crystal is the only thing that can be used to even hope to win," Kunzite informed her.
"Kunzite, I have no way of getting to Tokyo. I have no money. . ."
"Please, Princess."
"I. . .I can't. I'm sorry."
Hana sat straight up in bed. "Are you alright?" asked Osiris. "You are soaked in sweat."
"Why would you care?!" Hana snapped. Then she took a deep breath. "I'm fine. Really, I'm fine." She checked her alarm. "I still have an hour. Oh, well. I'm getting up."
After her shower, Hana sat next to Osiris on the bed. "Look, I know we started off on the wrong foot yesterday. That was my fault. I was having a bad day and took it out on you. I am sorry."
Osiris was taken aback. "Well, we are enemies. . ."
"That is no excuse," Hana interjected. "I should not have been rude to you no matter how much I don't like you." She smiled. "I don't remember if I told you or not. I am Kin Hana, oldest child of the Kin Family."
They shook hand and paw. "Thank you for allowing me to stay in your home, Hana-sama."
"No problem. As long as you don't go after my family. I may hate most of them, but they have no part in this."
Osiris nodded. "Agreed."
Hana stood up and grabbed her satchel. "Hop in."
"Where are we going?"
"Today's Saturday. I walk to the shopping center in town. Plus, I can show you around."

Human Osiris plopped down on the park bench. "Wow! I have never done so much walking in my entire life." Hana stuck something in front of her face. "What is this?"
"It's a vanilla ice cream cone. It's food." Hana sat next to Osiris. "So, did you enjoy the town?"
"I did indeed. Hana-san, I feel that I now owe you."
"You don't owe me anything. I just want to show you my life so that you can make a more informed report to your higher-ups."
"You have given me a better idea, yes, and I must pay you back. I always repay my debts no matter which side they are on."
Hana licked her ice cream. "Alright; what is it?"
"A piece of information . . .Ra plans to attack Tokyo."
Hana lowered her cone. "How do I know I can trust you? That this isn't a trap?"
"You were able to trust Tuxedo Kamen and you don't even know him."
"True. . ." Hana thought about that for a few moments. It could be a trap. However, if had wanted to kill me, he would have done so already. "I have no way of getting to Tokyo."
"You must find a way," stated Osiris. "Now that Ra has the Silver Crystal, the future of this planet depends on you."
"Why would you care about this planet?" asked Hana.
"Because the mission was about revenge, not destruction."

"Papa left again?" Hana asked Kimi. Her sister simply nodded. Geez, Hana thought to herself. Why don't they just get a divorce?
Her mother stormed out of the kitchen. She held Ken by the elbow. "And it is all this little shit's fault!"
"Mama! Put him down!" yelled Hana.
"What did I do?" squealed Ken.
"I'll tell you what you did! You came into this family!" their mother yelled.
"You were fighting before he was adopted," droned Kimi.
"You stay out of this!" yelled their mother.
Kimi shrugged and changed the channel. "Okay."
"Put him down!" Hana repeated.
"Not until he apologizes," said her mother.
"He is not going to apologize because there is nothing to apologize for!" Hana screamed. She reached for Ken's elbow. Her mother smacked her across the face, sending Hana to the ground.
"Hana-chan!" Ken freed himself, but his mother grabbed his arm again and flung him into the kitchen table.
Hana could not believe what she was seeing. While their mother had always acted like this, she never struck anyone before. She sat up, rubbing her chin in disbelief, as her mother calmly walked back into the kitchen. Hana looked over at Kimi and Mimi who were still on the couch channel surfing. "Well, thanks for helping," she said sarcastically.
"Well, you did bring it on yourself," said Mimi.
"If you would just listen to Mama, that would have never happened," said Kimi.
Hana could not believe what she was hearing. "The two of us being beaten has never happened before! Aren't you the least bit concerned? At least for Ken's sake?"
"We are old enough to know better," commented Mimi in monotone.
By this point, Ken had crawled into Hana's lap. Hana hugged him tightly. I gotta get him out of here! But where would we go?
"You must go to Tokyo. . ." said Kunzite.
". . .Ra plans to attack Tokyo. . ." said Osiris.
"As soon as I get out of here, I'm taking you with me, Ken-chan. . . .You deserve better than this."

It might be a lot worse out there, but at least he knows I won't abandon him. Hana zipped up Ken's Super Sentai jacket. "Alright. Check your bag. Make sure you have everything," she whispered. He nodded and did as he was told. She did the same.
Should I really be doing this, though? Is it right?
Do what you feel is right, Hana-sama.
"I'm ready, Hana-chan." Hana looked over her shoulder. There stood Ken, ready to go into the unknown.
Hana gulped. "A-alright. Let's go, Ken-chan." Hana put on her satchel.
"Hana-chan, what's that?" asked Ken.
"Huh?" Hana looked down and found Osiris where her satchel had been. "Uh, this is Osiris. She, uh, she's been following me home and I guess she snuck in." Hana lowered her bag to the ground. "I guess she wants to come with us, don't you?"
Osiris gave her a "Huh?" look.
"Don't you, Osiris?" she asked again, this time emphasizing every syllable. Osiris slowly lowered herself, then jumped in.
In the kitchen, Hana grabbed a box of crackers and two bananas. "We don't have room to bring a lot of things. So the bananas are breakfast and the crackers. . .are every meal after that."
"What about Osiris?"
"We'll buy her some food when we get there," Hana reassured him. "Now, let's go or we'll miss our bus." Hana turned off the kitchen light and she and Ken tiptoed to the front door. As Ken walked through the doorway, Hana looked back into the living room. Once you close this door, you're a criminal, she told herself. She took a deep breath and closed the door behind her.

Chapter 6