Karunā glanced down at the long bandages that covered her arms, evidence of the fire still etched into her skin. Surely fire couldn't be completely evil could it? After all wasn't princess Mars in control of fire as well?
Sighing the young girl sat back, closing her eyes as her bruised skin brushed against the wall. However before she had much time to react a voice stated.
"I brought some of my old things….They should be around your size."
The voice belonged to the same soldier that had brought her in, though its sudden appearance startled her.
"Thanks….Uh who are you anyway?" Karunā questioned, earning a chuckle.
"Tsuki Tenoh….Though most people know me only as Princess Eclipse of Latet." The shadow senshi retorted with a shrug, earning a shocked look.
"I had no idea…." Karunā stammered, being caught off guard by the fact that the now tank top clad figure was covered in scars.
"My appearance isn't that of a traditional princess….Then again I didn't have a very traditional life." The matriarch retorted with a shrug, reading the young girl's expression.
"Is it true that you helped the queen defeat The Knight of darkness?"
The question caught her off guard as she thought about Jaaku-Henkō; or as he was now known as Aku.
She had never quite forgiven the pale, vampire like man though she was forced to work with him sometimes due to the fact that he knew how to scan the whole city using a crystal based monitoring system dubbed Koori Suishou.
"Yes." She managed to spit out, her hand idly going to the large scar on her shoulder that looked similar to a lightning bolt.
"Not to be rude but….is that why you have all the scars?" the fifteen year old asked, earning a sigh.
"Honestly the only scars I have from that battle is the one on my shoulder and the one on my face." Tsuki replied, remembering how bad the now thin marks were when they had first happened.
Pausing she turned her arm over to reveal the long, thin mark along the underside of her forearm.
"Suicide attempts and broken glass during a typhoon are the rest of these."
Karunā's eyes widened at that.
"But you're a princess! You've been waited on hand on foot!"
Tsuki stiffened at that and glared at the floor, jaw clenching as she processed the words.
"You have no idea…What I went through." She managed to say before adding softly
"Though you know what pain is…you favor a leg, your face is bruised and you flinch whenever you move."
Tsuki watched as the teen's eyes clouded over.
"Go get cleaned up…Sphene will show you to the dining area." She replied, turning to walk off though a startled voice caused her to stop in her tracks.
"Your back….where you…?"
Tsuki glanced over her shoulder and replied
"You're smart…most people couldn't catch on. I know the signs of abuse kid….because I lived through it."