A New Hope

Chapter seven: Sailor Uranus

Harker Tonea was a strong young woman whom nobody wanted to cross. She had short blonde hair, only slightly shorter than it was in Crystal Tokyo. Harker owned a chain of restaraunts across Tokyo. The restaurant was called Crystal Palace. Harker used the restaraunt to keep a remainder of Neo-Queen Serenity and her fallen love Michiru Kaiou.

"Miss Tonea" One of the waitresses poked her head into Harker's office.

"What is it, Hiro?" She asked. The other woman cleared her throat.

"King Diamond is here to see you" She said. Harker paled. He had found her. She tried to keep her voice steady as she spoke.

"Okay. Tell him I will be out in a minute" She replied. Hiro nodded and left the office. Harker snatched her emergency bag out of the cupboard and carefully opened her office window. She looked back into her office one last time, and climbed out onto the firescape. As she hurried down the steps of the firescape, she heard Diamond enter her office. He looked out the window and climbed out after her. Harker fled, running as fast as she could, Diamond hot on her tail, shouting,

"Stop that woman!" Harker knew she had no choice, She had to transform. But before she could grab her henshin wand a black van pulled up and the door slid open. A woman with long green hair was behind the wheel.

"Get in" She urged. Harker didn't have to be told twice. She jumped into the van and swung the door shut. Diamond watched as the van dissapeared from his very sight. He swore under his breath. He would catch the rogue scouts if it was the last thing he did.

Setsuna Meioh allowed Harker to catch her breath as they drove. Finally she asked the question that had been bothering her.

"Why didn't you change your appearence?" She asked. Harker looked at her and frowned.

"Well, why didn't you?" She shot back. Setsuna smirked.

"Touche. However, I can erase myself from the memory of people who meet me, which is why I have been able to keep my looks and my name" She said. Harker sighed.

"I went back to this look two years ago. I thought it had been long enough" She sighed.

"I don't think Diamond was after you because of how you look. It's possible he doesn't even know you're Uranus" Setsuna replied. Harker frowned.

"Then why was he chasing me?" She asked.

"Because, he knows that you are a scout. I mean come on, you own a restaraunt with reverance to Queen Serenity, He was bound to figure it out" Harker shrugged.

"Well, I can't go home, he probably has the place surrounded" Then she said what was on her mind. "I thought I was the only one alive" Setsuna smiled slightly.

"A few of us have managed to escape. The others don't know that we are alive, but I have been watching them. It is not time for us to reveal ourselves yet. We need to find Saturn and Neptune's sucessors" She said. Harker's face fell, remembering that Michiru hadn't made it. "Hotaru didn't make it either?" She asked. Setsuna nodded. "I believe she did, but I think she is the only one who died and was reborn"

"What makes you think she was reborn" Harker asked.

"I've been keeping tabs on a girl at the middle school. She is in every way like Hotaru, even in her looks. The only difference is the color of her hair. She even dresses like Hotaru did" Setsuna explained. Harker nodded, digesting this information.

"I guess we have our work cut out for us" She said.

"Yes" Setsuna replied. She glanced at Harker. "You need a different look, however" Harker sighed, resigned to the fact that she'd have to change. She hated Diamond and hoped that one day, they would be able to stop him. "I know what you're thinking" Setsuna said. "I want you to be careful. I know you want to avenge Michiru's death, but you can't do it alone"

"I know" Harker said. "Diamond makes me so mad"

"Relax, and things will work out" Setsuna said calmly.

"Wait a minute, Setsuna, you are the keeper of time" Harker exclaimed. "Can't we go back in time and stop Diamond before he attacked"

"No" Setsuna said curtly. "400 years must have done something to your brain. I can't alter time, even if it could save everyone. There are serious reprocussions" Harker sighed, knowing that Setsuna was right.

"I know. I'm sorry" She muttered, looking out the window as they pulled up in front of Setsuna's house.