Karunā walked toward the glowing orb that was in middle of the dark room, her eyes widening as the pathway lit up with a soft blue glow. She gasped as she approached the throne like object and then smirking slightly as she sat down.
"Come on…Open the night chasm! Naitokyazumu!" she exclaimed, thinking that even the hint of a little insight would be worth a beating if that was what it came down to.
Suddenly the whole room changed in front of her eyes, revealing what seemed to be a ghostly incarnation of a school hallway.
"Suki-Chan! Over here!" a blonde haired girl called, causing a boyish looking person to chuckle and shake their head.
"Jeez Usagi….Keep your shirt on…I'm coming." The figure stated, tossing the school bag over her shoulder before walking over to the table.
"So how has it been since you've been back? How was Kinmoku?" the girl, Usagi asked through a mouthful of food, earning a laugh.
"It's been good. Haruka has gotten back from her tour thing in America. Kinmoku was great." Tsuki stated with a smile.
Suddenly the room returned to normal, startling Karunā who turned and looked over at the doorway where Sailor Eclipse stood, a smirk on her face.
"Find something interesting?" she asked before walking over and put a hand on Karunā's shoulder.
The young solar senshi flinched away from the touch and looked up, jade eyes widened slightly.
"Eclipse-sama! I…." she began, earning a laugh.
"Again with Sama? Look…..When something happens at the castle I feel it in the very core of my being. I knew you were here as soon as you stepped inside." She retorted before adding "what are you looking for anyway?"
Karunā looked down at the floor and blushed.
"Tora told me about how things use to be hard for you….I…I was looking for answers." Karunā replied, earning a chuckle.
"Well….you're looking at the wrong time….I'm sure you don't want to see my junior year of high school. Most of that time I was sneaking under the bleachers with Yaten during PE." The princess of darkness retorted, earning a shocked look.
"What? You two did what?!" Karunā exclaimed, trying not to laugh.
"Shut up…we were teenagers and I had been on Kinmoku with them for more than a year." The nightmare warrior laughed, glancing over at the younger girl.
"don't tell me you haven't been caught kissing some guy." Tsuki stated, watching as the teen blushed.
"No! I have not! I'm not that kind of girl!"
Suddenly a chorus of laughter rang out, causing Tsuki to roll her eyes before glancing up at the rafters overhead.
"Sphene, Don't you have anything better to do than spy on women?" she questioned, earning another chuckle, as a green clad figure leaped from somewhere above them.
"Actually I came here to speak with you…..about something that Princess Mercury has found." The man stated, adjusting his glasses with a smirk before adding "it's about the stones that the cats discovered in the archives."
Eclipse felt her jaw drop as she turned toward the soldier.
"They've been found? But where?" she demanded, earning a sigh.
"That's what the meeting is going to be about….Come on!"
Tsuki turned toward Karunā then and sighed.
"You're sailor Sun….You can sit in too if you would like."
The young teen felt as if she had just been offered the greatest honor. Why would the warriors of old want her to sit in on a meeting with them?
"You sure?" she questioned, her voice barely above a whisper however to her surprise Sphene was the one to reply.
"The others were younger than you when they started….Eclipse and I were your age and Sailor Ison was only a year or so older."
"Wait…so all of you grew up together?" Karunā asked as the three of them prepared to teleport.
"Yep…me and her dated for a year or so." Sphene answered, earning a snort.
"Until we finally found our soulmates." Tsuki retorted just as they teleported.
Karuna sat and listened to everyone talk, wincing as Tsuki's voice rose as she stood up and slammed a hand down unto the table.
"That's just fucking great! That place was burned to a crisp during that wild fire! Just how are we going to stop Kuroi Honoo from achieving that kind of power now? He can travel back in time for crying out loud!" eclipse yelled, earning a sigh.
"well we can't possibly go back in time….that could create a paradox because we'd have to get help from ourselves." Pluto stated with a sigh, however then a lightbulb clicked on in Karunā's mind.
"Wait….I could go. I mean sailor sun was still sleeping in the silver millennia so there would be no risk for me to go right?" Karunā spoke up, earning a surprised look from everyone.
"that may just work…..and with the crystals we could protect this planet better." Uranus stated.
"But is she ready? I mean….she just figured out she was a senshi." Shin questioned, turning toward Eclipse.
"she is in complete control….she can even redirect flames." Starhealer retorted, earning a nod from Tsuki.
However before a decision could be made the double doors of the council room burst open to reveal Taka, who was carrying a bloody figure in his arms.
"My apologies but we need Princess Mercury stat!" he called, panic etched on his face.
Tsuki however froze, the aura she felt surprising her.
Damn it…..Just who is this girl? Wait…..If that bastard reincarnated he would be at least thirty…..What if she is his kid?
She thought, teeth clenching as she turned toward the others.
"Queen Serenity….Did you feel what I just did?" she questioned, earning a nod from both the king and queen as well as the cats and Setsuna.
"Shin….go have any data pulled that energy traces back to the Kurai clan." Tsuki stated before turning toward Sailor Ison "and go get Kenji….I think we need to do some research of our own."
"Where are you going?" Uranus questioned, standing up to catch hold of her sister's shoulder as she passed.
"To Kūdō. Let's just hope that I'm wrong about this or the dark clan could be on the raise again."