Before Crystal Tokyo: Setsuna

Setsuna summoned her Garnet Rod and opened a portal. When she stepped through the maroon portal into a gray lavender mist filled surrounding she muttered in a half smile, “Home sweet home.”

“Setsuna you are no longer bound to this place. Why are you here?” asked Queen Serenity.

“I will always be bound to this place as I am the guardian of Time. True I am no longer bound here completely but this is my post that I will always guard. When Crystal Tokyo arises I will train a new generation of Senshi and guard the gates,” Setsuna said bowing to her former queen. “As for my reason here today I came here to talk to you. The others are off telling loved ones and friends who they really are and what is going to happen. I have for seen the events that lead to Crystal Tokyo and made sure the proper time stream has been kept.”

“What do you need to talk to me about,” asked Queen Serenity.

“I want to know why the Senshi of Pluto has been given the duty of guarding time. I know we are a long lived race but Mars also has the give of foresight,” stated Setsuna.

“Everyone has their own purpose. Each Inner Senshi has an Outer Senshi compliment,” replied Queen Serenity. “Mercury is the Senshi of Ice, Water and Wisdom with Neptune the Senshi of the Ocean and Intelligence being her compliment. Jupiter is the Senshi of Lighting and the strongest of the Inner Senshi with her compliment being Uranus Senshi of the Wind who is the most determined of the Outer Senshi. Venus is the Senshi of Love and Beauty and is also the leader of the Inner Senshi with her compliment being Saturn the Senshi of Destruction, Death and Rebirth. Mars is the Senshi of fire gifted with the ability to see visions of what is to come and her compliment is, you, Pluto Senshi of Time and Space. Both you and Mars can see the future but Mars only gets hits to guide her while you see the whole picture and the task of seeing that time is not altered.”

“But why,” asked Setsuna.

“Each group has one of each: a thinker, a fighter, a lover and a seer,” she said with a laugh. “I know you do not see how Saturn and Venus as compliments of each other. Venus is about love and beauty and always believes that love will win over everything. Saturn brings about the end and gives life a new so everything can live again and therefore as the holder of life and death sees the beauty in everything. The same goes for you and Mars. Your powers both deal with time and as an Outer Senshi your powers are higher than Mars powers of time in that she see only gets small visions which come to her through the scared flame.”

‘So Mars and I are like sisters bounded together by the gift of sight,’ Pluto thought. Bowing to Queen Serenity Pluto thanked her, opened a portal, and walked out of the Time Space Corridor.