Bijono Senshi DragonMoon Rebirth

Chapter Five

Across town Tenshi, eyes fly open and she reaches for her forehead that is tingling 'That's strange', she thinks as she rubes the centre of her forehead. This not being the first time this has happened she merely sighs and goes back to sleep. Before she drifts off to sleep again she smirks and thinks At least this time it happened my heart didn't stop.

After breakfast, the next morning Tenshi sits down at her desk to check her e-mail. Much to her surprise there was a message from her old friend Setsuna. When was the last time I saw her... ah yes it was last year when I sponsored her fashion show in New York. She thinks not realizing that it had been quit so long since she had seen the person that she would openly call friend. Tenshi was very curios about what her friend has to say and opens the e-mail.

Dear Tenshi chan,
I hope this finds you well. I have missed our talks together. However, I know how you hate it when people dance around what they really want to say. Therefore, I'll just come straight to the point. I found out that you are staying in Toronto and I would like to know if you'd be up for some company. Before you even think of answering me, let me clarify myself. I'm asking for myself and one other, a very good friend of mine. Her name is Tomoe Hotaru, she's your age, and she has had some rough spots in her life. That is a story that she can tell herself if you agree to let us stay. You know I will not hold this against you if you say no. I know how you value your privacy, but you know everyone needs a little company now and again. I know the two of you would get along very well.
Waiting for your reply.
Your friend until time ends,
Miou Setsuna

Tenshi sits back in her chair, taping her chin Mmm... isn't that interesting. She wants to bring a friend and come live with me. That might be interesting. Besides life when I was around her always felt, right some how. With that thought firmly in mind, she composes her reply.

Dear Setsuna san,
I too miss our talks. So I shall bow to your eternal wisdom and agree to have you and your friend stay with me. Attached is a map to my house and my phone number. Call me when you get to town.
Your friend until all the suns of the universe die out,
Taiyono Tenshi

Man we really have to think of shorter endings to our correspondents. But then again if she comes to stay with me that becomes irrelevant., Tenshi thinks with a slight smile on her lips. With that, out of the way she gets on with her day. She pauses through out the day to rub the spot on her forehead that tingles every now and again. Every time it tingles, she can't help but feel that she's missing something but can't figure out what.

This goes on for a few days and she is getting more than a little annoyed with it. When all of a sudden there is a knock on the door. I wonder who that is? She opens the door to find none other than Setsuna standing there. "Hello Tenshi long time no see." Setsuna says as the door opens.
"I don't suppose you have heard of a thing called a telephone?" Tenshi asks in a humorous slash sarcastic way. "Where's your friend?"
"Hotaru is helping the cab driver get the bags out of the trunk. I decided to make sure you were home. Since as you pointed out I neglected to phone ahead." Setsuna says in her oh so mysterious way. "I don't suppose you could make us some tea, while I help her bring in the bags?"
"Of course. Is green tea ok with Hotaru as well?" Tenshi asks. Setsuna just nods and goes to help Hotaru with the bags. Tenshi turns and goes in to the house. In the kitchen, she can't help but think how odd this all is. Never in a thousand years would she have believed that she would agree to house some one she barely knows. Much less, some one she barely knows and her friend that she doesn't. Ahhh, perhaps this is all connected. The dreams, the tingle on my forehead, the familiarity with her and the stupid nagging sensation. Perhaps it is time to start getting some answers. With those thoughts firmly in mind, she makes some tea. As she is she can hear her guests come into the house and head for the living room. When the tea is done Tenshi heads for the living room carrying the tea.
When she gets there, she stops dead in her tracks. Sitting on the couch is Setsuna as if she belonged there the whole time. That was not what made her stop in her tracks, her friend who is admiring one of the lamps. Tenshi's mind took stalk of the details because all she could do was stare with hands that shock so bad she was spilling tea. The girl was about her age, about half a foot shorter with shoulder length black hair. She dressed all in black and had the palest alabaster skin she had every seen. None of that would have fazed her normally but at that moment, her world had narrowed to that girl and the strange triple image her eyes were seeing. One of the girl, one of her in deep purple gown and one of her in a very short skirt that kind of looked like a sailor suit. All off a sudden Hotaru turned to look Tenshi's in the eye and for Tenshi the world stopped with one look of those amazing violet eyes. The tray slips out of her hands unheeded as literally hundreds of images of pass through her minds eye and than she passes out cold.
Before the tray even hit the floor both Hotaru and Setsuna were all ready moving toward Tenshi. They reached her just in time to catch her before she could fall on the broken tea set. "Well I guess we can assume from her reaction that she now remembers." Setsuna says as they move Tenshi to the sofa. "I'm glad that the time has come for her to remember."
"It must have been hard on you to see her and not let her remember. I for one couldn't have done it." Hotaru says, patting Setsuna on the hand in sympathy.
Before any, more can be said Tenshi moans slightly and opens her eyes. "Ow, Lamia did either you or Hestia get the license of that truck." Tenshi says reaching for her aching head.
"Oh, Harmony you remember." Hotaru says, giving a small squeal of delight, as she hugs Tenshi.
Tenshi returns the embrace and says, "Hotaru you know very well that I'm Tenshi now. You wouldn't want me to run around calling you Lamia, would you? Would you?"
" If either of you even thinks of calling me Hestia, I'll take out my time key and beat you!" Setsuna says only half joking.
and so it came to pass the three of them living together. Eventually summer ended and Tenshi got Hotaru in to her private school. During the school year that followed, they became the best of friends; Tenshi also helps Hotaru get ready for college. Hotaru in turn grows in health dramatically and both Setsuna and Hotaru begin to learn the martial arts from Tenshi. During this time they help, Setsuna set up finances so that none of them need every worry about money again. Tenshi starts calling them Firefly and Sets in private, she wonders why she is going to such grate lengths but if they weren't going to pry into how much she remembered of the past. Then they could keep their secrets, hidden behind those secretive little smiles. Near the end Setsuna, goes back to Japan to set everything up for they're return to attend school.

On the other side of town Usagi, Hana, Kage, and the four generals are doing wonderfully. The generals are teaching the girls to fight and helping them with school. Usagi, Hana, and Kage graduate at the top of there class but they do not bother to make any close friends besides their going back to Japan after graduating. The generals all own they're own businesses and they make arrangements to set up in Japan. As they prepare to go to Japan to start collage Setsuna calls and tells them that she knows of a place they can stay while they attend college. She tells the generals that the house is big enough for them as well, so that they can continue to protect all the Princess. The generals, well Kunzite got the hint that they would be protecting more than just the three sisters, and he fills the other three in.

At the end of the school year Tenshi, Hotaru, and Setsuna leave for Japan. When they get there, Setsuna contacts the Senshi to come to the house. She has been in contact with them the entire time. She arranges for the senshi and Usagi's crew to get to the house at the same time. Usagi, Hana, Kage, and the four generals arrive a few weeks behind them.
Tenshi is up stairs when Usagi and co. arrives. As they are getting acquainted with Hotaru and Setsuna, the rest of the senshi arrive and are unsure of what to make of the fully grow Hotaru. Hotaru on the other hand is a bit upset that they aren't overjoyed to see her at a more appropriate age. They are all want a chance to apologize to Usagi again. They all want to talk to the other two sisters now that they can remember them.
Usagi tells them about the generals and the inners take it quit well. They all in their own way knew about them. Minako had always remembered, Rei had received the news from her fire for both her and Ami, and Makoto had her dreams. So they were overjoyed to see them again. The generals were shocked to say the least. They had been prepared to do anything-necessary win them back. Setsuna tells them that some more people are arriving later that day; she asks Tenshi who had been standing watching them for a while to show them their rooms.
The women turn around and there stands a woman that look almost exactly like Usagi but with different hair and eye colour, she has red hair and green eyes. Tenshi who actually remembered everything and that includes the Silver Millennium, complete with memories of her death and the after life. Waits to be remembered and greeted as Hotaru did.
As Tenshi is waiting, they begin to talk among themselves (What's with the red head? I don't remember her., I only remember being a set of triplets., etc.) As they say these things Tenshi's back goes straight as a board as if she has been pole axed and says "I think they can find their own rooms they are clearly marked." with that she turns and goes out the back door that leads to the spacious backyard.
Setsuna just steps up and she will show them their rooms and ushers them up stairs. On the way by, she motions for Hotaru to follow Tenshi but it was not necessary she was already on her way.
Hotaru finds Tenshi standing in the garden, she could have been mistaken for a statue if not for the breeze blowing her ponytails, Hotaru tries to talk to her, but she just goes cold and unreachable. Tenshi just asks, "Could you please just leave me alone for awhile?" After Hotaru leaves, she just stares at some roses and thinks. Ohh, how I would like my best friend from the after life right now or maybe my best friend from the Silver Millennium now there was someone that would understand. But I know that is an impossibility, ones was dead when I meet him and the other. Well I might as well face it probably died in battle. Nevertheless, I can wish, can't I? If one of them were here maybe, just maybe I could feel comfortable enough to unburden myself for once in this lifetime.

Meanwhile upstairs everyone is investigating his or her rooms; Usagi takes Setsuna aside and asks, "Why don't we remember?"
Setsuna was hoping that the sight of her would clear up they're memories but the block is to strong, she asks "Usagi are you sure that you can't remember Tenshi?" Before she can answer, Hana and Kage come in to the room.
Usagi says "No", and they shake their heads, Setsuna sighs.
Hana asked, "Why don't we remember her,"
Kage continues", You think that we would remember being a set of quads".
Setsuna replies in a voice that sounds more tired than Usagi can ever recall hearing before, "Unfortunately the queen never came to terms with the fact that her well laid plan, had an unexpected bonus", she pauses and looks out the window to the backyard. As she continues talking her eyes are riveted to the red head standing there just staring at a rose bush, like if she look long enough all the answers would appear in those flowers. "You see the Earth know back then as Terra and the planet Kore needed Senshi. There was no one to step in to the roll when the last ones fell in the battle. Therefore, with the help of the silver crystal she used the DNA of an unknown male to conceive. She planned for three children one to become the senshi of Terra, one to become the senshi of Kore and one to become the next Serenity. When the day came and the labour was over instead of three babies there were four. I don't know why the Queen disliked Princess Harmony so much. As soon as Harmony was old, enough she sent her to a planet called Vegetasan, where she became best of friends with a boy, whom she insisted on bringing with her whenever she visited home.
Usagi always the first to ask questions, "Who was he?"
Hana interested as well, "Did we like him?"
Kage a little more subdued but no less interested than her sisters did, "Was he nice?"
Setsuna frowns, "I'm surprised you don't remember him. He was one of your favourite people, you even gave him a nickname, and you'd knock him over every time any of you saw him. Well why don't you get settled, I have a few things to take care of." with that she was gone.
"Well that was abrupt." Hana says a little miffed.
"That's our Setsuna. You get used to it." Usagi says to preoccupied to give it much thought. She feels extremely bad for Tenshi and vows silently to make it right. Because if Setsuna says they were sisters then it was so.
Meanwhile at the time gate, Eternal Sailor Pluto is pouring over events from the past trying to find out what happened. When she comes upon the final days what she sea's makes her feel very ill, she cuts of the flow of images before the scene was complete and she decides she has seen enough. Just as Pluto gets back and goes into civilian mode there's a knock on the door.