Meanwhile
Rei, Mako and the other girls had cheered Usagi up. All five girls
were out in the street, ogling cute guys. In the reflection on
the window glass behind them, the image of Nehelenia loomed... |
Back in his room Mamoru was
trying to work but he kept feeling distracted and irritated by his eye.
In frustration he threw his computer keyboard to the floor.
"What's wrong with me?" moaned Mamoru. |
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Usagi sat at her bedroom
window, thinking about Mamoru. Suddenly Usagi heard a voice: "I
have him now..." Usagi looked up but Nehelenia's image was already gone. All across the city, ominious shadows flitted across window panes and mirrors. |
Hotaru suddenly awoke with the
sense that someone was in her room. She sat up bravely, and then
saw Nehelenia's shadow at her window. "Go away!" cried Hotaru. |
"Awaken..." There was a bright
light and the shadow was gone. Hotaru turned towards this new voice and
saw
the image of Sailor Saturn standing at the foot of her bed. "Awaken,
sleeping soul under my protection..." "Who are you?" said Hotaru. |
"I am
your guardian, Sailor Saturn." Sailor Saturn placed her index finger against Hotaru's forehead and caused all her past memories to return. Hotaru remembered meeting Chibi-Usa and playing with the girls. She also remembered Sailor Moon protecting her from Sailors Uranus and Neptune who had wanted to destroy her when she was possessed and changed to her evil form, Mistress Nine. |
Hotaru
also remembered her father, and how he had tried to save her
during the laboratory accident. These were very sad and painful
memories. But, she also remembered the loving look on her father's face
when he was his original normal self. Hotaru said she remembered
who she was. Continue... |