To say the least Karunā was afraid to approach Uranus who sat in the windowsill of the palace, eyes trained on the sky.
"Umm….Uranus Sama?" she stammered earning a light glance.
"If you insist at calling me Uranus then drop the Sama….and stop acting like I'll kill you." Uranus stated, however before Karunā could respond another voice stated
"Stop being so harsh. She is frightened of you enough."
Whirling around Karunā saw that the person who was speaking was Neptune, who just smiled slightly as Uranus snickered.
"Which I don't understand." The blonde stated, coming over and then added while placing a hand on Karunā's shoulder "Now what was it you wanted kid?"
She felt Karunā flinch at her touch though she only responded by squeezing her shoulder, letting a warm breeze slowly circle the girl in hopes to help calm her.
Karunā for the most part felt the warmth and looked up, surprised at the soft yet slightly hard gaze.
"I wanted to ask you about what they meant about Akemi. Eclipse told me to ask you." Karunā stated, stammering and glanced down at the floor.
"Oh boy….My sister would send the hard questions to me. Let's go to my chambers, I'll attempt to explain it." The sky princess chuckled, running a hand through her short hair.
Karunā slowly followed the two, though she felt remarkably calmer with Neptune there as well.
"Ignore the mess…Hotaru has been hyper all day." Uranus stated with a chuckle as she opened the door.
Karunā saw the blocks that was littering the area, though both women just stepped over it and sighed before untransforming to their original forms.
"It was our turn to make sure everything was secure." Neptune explained with a chuckle just as sailor Pluto walked in
"Hotaru is asleep. You really shouldn't give her that much candy Haruka."
The blonde chuckled and glanced at the mess.
"I'll clean up the mess." Haruka stated then glanced over to Karunā and grinned
"You mind sitting around with Michiru for a few minutes until I finish?"
Karunā shook her head and then glanced over at Setsuna who chuckled.
The oldest of the soldiers seemed calm, loving and slightly joking even though she oozed grace and power.
Karunā relaxed as she sat talking with the others, however when Haruka walked over she stiffened slightly.
"Relax." The woman groaned "I'm not going to bite you…jeez!"
Karunā relaxed at the light jab as Haruka turned toward her and added "what did you want to know?"
Karunā sighed at that and blushed, shrugging.
"The they thing is just confusing." She stated, earning a chuckle.
"Okay…So what all do you know about gender and sexuality?" Haruka asked, earning a sigh.
"Some people are born in the wrong body and some people are gay or bi." Karunā replied blushing.
"Well at least you know that much. But with Akemi it's a bit different, Akemi doesn't feel like they have a gender, it's called Agender." Haruka stated.
Karunā nodded a bit then and sighed "So there's more than two genders?"
Needless to say she was confused, though to her surprise Haruka nodded.
"Yeah. Gender is honestly a manmade concept, your physical sex doesn't always have to match with your gender. Some people aren't a gender, some people are male with female bodies some are female with male bodies. Hell, sometimes someone's comfortable with their physical sex but they have attributes of both genders, and some people pass between genders." Haruka explained, pausing to let everything soak in before adding
"Why didn't Tsuki explain this? I mean she lived with a lesbian, a bisexual and an asexual for little over a year and a half."
This just confused the teen farther
"Asexual?" the teen said quizzically
Haruka chuckled at that and answered
"Well they don't experience sexual attraction. They'd be more thrilled with Pizza than Lingerie."
Karunā couldn't help but laugh at that explanation, much to Haruka's relief.
"Tsuki said she sucked at explaining things." She answered, earning a scoff from Haruka.
"More like Tsuki gets awkward talking about anything about sex."
"Why don't you join us for a late snack before you leave?" Michiru suggested, coming from the kitchen.
Karunā opened her mouth to respond, however Haruka then cut her off.
"We insist….Plus it's not like they will kill you if you come home late." Haruka stated with a grin.
When Karunā got back she found Akemi sleeping on the couch and Tsuki seated at the table talking to Sailor Ison.
"I know…It's pathetic that so many kids end up on the street because of crap, even now. You'd think that since it became legal to get married to whoever the hell you want the stupid jackasses would stop being so closed minded." Tsuki growled out, earning a sigh.
"I know. I just wish there was a safe house or something that they could go to….where they could be themselves." Sailor Ison replied.
This caused a lightbulb to go off inside Tsuki's head, causing her to look up from her cup of tea.
"Menyani, why don't we make a LGBT group home? You can work there half the time and I can take the other half. The others would be willing to help." She stated.
Akemi awoke at that time and slid off the couch, joining Karunā by the door.
"That's not a bad idea, I'll run it past Serenity tomorrow." Menyani replied.
Suddenly the door came crashing open as the two teens fell onto the ground.
"You okay?" Tsuki asked, looking up calmly at the two.
"Ugh…Yeah. I forgot the door swung that way." Karunā groaned as she managed to sit up.
"Me too, sorry." Akemi muttered, earning a chuckle.
"Guys it's one in the morning. Do you have to eaves drop on us?" Tsuki grumbled light heartedly then added "What did you two want?"
"I wanted to ask if I could delay my trip a few days?" Karunā asked, earning a nod.
"Of course."
Akemi glanced down then and rubbed at the back of their head.
"Well I was wondering if I could help you with the school. Like with recruiting and stuff?" came the answer.
"Sure. But first we have to get it cleared from the King and Queen." Tsuki replied with a shrug before adding "Why don't you two head to bed?"
They both nodded and headed back out the door when Akemi paused and asked.
"Technically we're related somehow right?"
Tsuki, caught off guard by the question delayed before answering
"Yeah…I guess we are. I'm technically Shoku and your father was technically Akuma." She finally stated, earning a grin.
"It'll be good to actually have a family for once." Akemi stated as they walked out of the room.
Menyani waited until they were sure that both teens were out of earshot before looking at Tsuki.
"I think you need to spend time outside of training with Karunā before she goes off." She whispered, earning a confused look.
"Why do you say that?" Tsuki replied, earning a smirk.
"Let's just call it a hunch."