A New Hope
Chapter eight: Sailor Saturn
Harker/Haruna (changed her name cause of Diamond) had decided to check out the girl Setsuna had been trailing. What surprised Haruna, was the fact that the girl was not Japanese, she was English. She spoke fluent Japanese, of course, and she looked like Hotaru in every way except skin color. Instead of the olive complexion, she had milky white skin but her hair was in the same style as Hotaru's used to be, only it was blonde, not black. It stunned Haruna to see her wearing an identical black dress to the one Hotaru always wore to cover bruises.
Rina Lee got the feeling that somebody was watching her, as she sat in the park and ate her lunch. She looked around, but everyone seemed to be occupied. There was a woman with very long black hair, sitting on a park bench not too far away, reading a newspaper. Her eyes were hidden beneath large sunglasses. Rina frowned and watched the woman for a while, noticing that every five minutes or so, the woman would look in her direction. Was it just her imagination, or was the woman following her. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she crumpled up her paperbag and threw it into the trashcan.
"Rina!" Rina looked up to see her best friend Natsumi running over to her. Natsumi looked like she had just finished running a marathon.
"What have you been doing?" Rina asked with a laugh, helping Natsumi sit down on the bench. Natsumi didn't answer, she was too busy trying to catch her breath.
Haruna noticed the new girl and smiled. At least in this life she wasn't a loner. She noticed that the new girl had her hair the same length as Rina, only it was black streaked with purple and pink.
Once Natsumi caught her breath, she smiled and turned to face Rina.
"I was jogging" She replied. "I want to enter the race at school this year" Rina furrowed her brow.
"But, Chiyo wins every year" Rina said. Natsumi nodded.
"I know, but someone has to teach Chiyo a lesson. The only reason she wins is because she cheats" Natsumi reminded Rina.
"I know that, but how are you going to beat her?" She asked her best friend. Suddenly Rina's eyes glazed over as she was hit with a vision.
"How are you going to beat him?" Princess Serenity asked, brushing her pink hair out of her face. Hotaru sighed.
"I don't know, but somehow I will wipe that smug smile off his face" She muttered. Serenity touched her arm.
"Hotaru, you are a sailor scout, chosen by the royal family to possess these powers. Gatsuharu does not have these powers. He is jealous of you" She said. Hotaru looked up at her princess.
"Do you really think so?" She asked.
"Yes, I really do, Hotaru"
"Rina" Natsumi waved her hand in front of Rina's face. Rina blinked and turned to look at her. "What happened?"
"I am not sure" Rina replied. "I have to go home, I'll catch you later" Rina left the park, and hurried home. What did the vision mean. Was she somehow connected to Sailor Saturn or the royal family. When she got home, she rummaged around in the attic for a book that she had once seen, but never really paid close attention. The book was very old, and looked like it had seen better days. As she blew the dust off the cover, the title glared at her. The Life and Times of Hotaru Tomoe As she opened the book, the first page was a picture of Hotaru. Rina gasped when she saw that Hotaru was wearing the identical dress that she was wearing. Around Hotaru's neck was a necklace, the very one that Rina wore.
"This is super freaky" She whispered.
"Rina" A voice said. Rina looked up to see a Sailor scout, and not just any sailor scout, but Sailor Saturn. She stared at the scout in awe. Saturn laughed a little. "I see you are starting to have memories" She said.
"Memories?" Rina enquired. Saturn nodded.
"You see, I am you" She explained. "We were reborn, after I was killed 400 years ago. Will you resume your duties as Sailor Saturn, soldier of death and rebirth, and regain your heritage?" Rina furrowed her brow.
"If what you say is true, why am I English, and you're Japanese?" She asked.
"Queen Serenity did that, so that you would not be recognized and targeted by King Diamond. If you accept your duty as Sailor Saturn, your looks will not change, but you will remember your past life and regain your powers" Sailor Saturn replied. Rina stood up.
"I accept" She replied. Sailor Saturn touched Rina's forhead and closed her eyes. Rina felt Saturn's spirit enter her body. Her mind was engulfed with memories of Crystal Tokyo and her friends. She fell to the ground, tears in her eyes. "Thank you" She whispered. "Thank you" When the memories were over, Rina looked up to see a henshin wand lying on the floor next to her. She gripped it in her hand and smiled softly. She remembered who she was, and she would fight in the name of Queen Serenity.