chapter 4: Press and Fears

Mina sat on the couch watching the news report about the monster attack at her concert from the previous night. With twenty people dead and forty in the hospital it was not a small report, on top of worrying about the bad press she also had yet to speak with her husband about his part in the attack. As she didn't want Hana to hear or see what might happen when she did talk to Malachite, Hana had been taken to the park.

"Malachite, we need to talk," Mina stated as she turned off the tv and went to join him in the kitchen.

"What about, Venus?"

"First off I am no longer Venus and you know that. Secondly about what happened last night at the concert."

"If you mean about me transforming into Kunzite and assisting the King and Queen, there is nothing to talk about. You chose to give up your powers but even by making that choice the power is still in you."

"What are you talking about?"

"Minako, you will always be Venus even if you choose not to be it is still apart of you until you release that power to Serenity to pass on to someone else. If you choose to not access it than that is a choice you make. I choose to keep my power so that I can still help protect this planet and my family."

"But I don't want to live for someone else. I don't want to have to leave in the middle of the night to go and fight. This war isn't even ours!"

"Are you sure that it isn't our war?" Malachite asked pulling his wife into a hug.

"I don't know anymore..." Mina sobbed into his sholder.

>>>>>>>>> Tokyo

Noon at tokyo found Soldier Universe approaching a tv station, she had chosen the quartet, Alec and Chyseis to do the interviews. There was a sworm of reporters surrounding each building as the chosen senshi approached and entered the station building.

Universe entered the station and was immediatly offered food and drink as she was led up to the studio. "Ah, it is a pleasure to meet you, I am Takara, owner and operator of this station and this is my lead reporter who will be interviewing you."

"I am Mikina, it is a pleasure to make you aquaintence. Are you by chance related to the fabled Sailor Moon?"

Universe just smiled and soon the count down began for the live interview. "Welcome to channel 11 midday news live in the studio withMikina is Soldier Universe."

"hello and welcome to a very special edition of the midday news. Today we have here Soldier Universe, one of the fabled senshi that protect our fair city. So Ms, Universe, my first question would be where do you and your colleagues come from?"

"The senshi come from the general populous on earth, the origional senshi dating back over three-thousand years. Senshi are born with special connections to the different planets thus where or powers and most of the time names come from."

"Going by your appearance, are you related to Sailor Moon?"

As she was on camera and it wasn't an intrusive question Universe faced the camera, "Yes, I am."

"Question 3: If you are all born senshi are you all related?"

"No, it runs in certain family lines but these lines aren't just through blood they are also timeless. Chances are if you are a senshi in one life you will be a senshi in the next."

"What are your intentions, your purpose?"

"The Senshi are guardians, protectors if you will. We live to protect the Universe from threats like the current one with the Naga. The Naga are serpent like creatures from another galaxy, they are found in myth on Earth because they came here once a long time ago.They are different than any threat that Tokyo has seen before because they kill!"

"Is it not possible to make peace with them?"

"For the past five hundred years my fellow senshi have been trying but it always ends in blood." Universe was being very careful to thoroughly think her answers through. "If earth would like to try though the senshi will stand down to give you the oporunity to do something that we haven't been able to do in hundreds of years."

"Question 4: .."

"Sorry, but this is now question 6. Don't try to cheat or we can end this now."

"Of course, gomen. Question 6: You all appear to be teen to early twenties, do you attend school?"

"Yes, school is very important for life whether it be as a Senshi or not. We take education very seriously."

"Why do you keep you identities a secret?"

"We keep our identities secret to protect our families and friends. Also it allows us to have some what of a normal life when things are quiet."

"So, if your powers are from the other planets, are you?"

"In a sense we all have a connection to the planet that we represent but not in the sense you mean. It is complicated."

"If you aren't completely terran than why are you protecting us?"

"Listen my father is full blooded terran and my mother was born here in Tokyo but if you want to say that we are "aliens" and don't want our protection then that is you business. We protect the people of Earth because it is our home and it is the right thing to do. This interview is now over. Everyone be aware that the Naga will kill and if you see one to get away as fast as you can and warn everyone on the way. Good-day, Tokyo."

"But I still have one more question!"

"You forfeited that last question when you insaulted me." With that said Universe teleported out.

"Mikina, you are in so much trouble... " The feed cut at that point and the channel switched to a pre-recorded program.

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Meanwhile only one other interview went astray, that was because of an intusive reporter that asked Chryseis if she was dating anyone and if she was if they knew who she was. The rest of the interviews went well and ended on good notes and happy people on both sides.

One station ended the interview with Mini Mask jumping out a window to go fight a Naga. After the Naga was defeated the exhausted group headed home to recoupe and relax