First Senshi: Sailor Neptune 2

Buke stood beside the ocean looking for his daughter wondering where she was, as he did not see her along the shore. He heard splashing behind him and turned around to find a grey dolphin and a light grey dolphin playing. Then Buke got a surprise when his daughter and a young man appeared in the water beside the two dolphins. He had seen his daughter in the water before but never like this. "She looks like a Goddess," he thought as he looked at his daughter covered in scales.

Mizu and Masaru swam up to the rocks and Mizu slipped out of the water. She smiled at her father's shocked face as her scales disappeared. "Could mother do that?" she asked.  Buke shook his hand and Mizu shrugged. "Father I would like you to meet Masaru," Mizu gestured to him and he tilted his head toward Buke.

Buke returned with a bow to Masaru. "Why don't you come out of the water and join us?" Buke suggested to the young man.

Masaru looked at Mizu as she kicked her feet in the water and then back to Buke. Masaru swam over to them and one of the dolphins got under him and boosted him on the rocks.

Buke stared at Masaru before giving a slight chuckle and simply said. "I see."

"You are not mad that he is not like us?" Mizu asked.

"He is more Neptunian than your mother," was his only reply. "Son," he said placing a hand on Masaru's shoulder, "treat her right."

"They way you were always acting about me having a boyfriend I am surprised it turned out like this." Mizu got up and hugged her father.

Buke hugged her back and then looked from his daughter to his future son-in-law. "How are you going to do this?" Buke asked. "You are a land being and Masaru is a merman."

"I can breathe under water unlike a normal Neptunian," Mizu told her father. "I think it has something to do with the scales that come over my body when I am in the water."

"When did this first appear," Buke wondered. "You did not have this when you were younger when I would bring you to the water."

"The scales appeared about two years ago and soon after I met Masaru," Mizu smiled.

"What about the wedding? Where will you have it and who will help you?" Buke asked the young couple.

"My mother, Queen Amphitrite, is probably planning everything as we speak," Masaru told his future father-in-law. "Mother loves any reason to have a celebration and has a tendency to go a little extreme with the decorations."

"Amphitrite," Buke repeated. "I remember hearing about a girl when I was young from another village by that name that disappeared into the sea."

"My mother recently told me she was originally a land being before she met my father and fell in love with him," Masaru told Buke.

Then a tear came to Buke's eyes. "I want to be at your wedding but I am not sure how that would be possible."

"If there is a way we will find it," Mizu hugged her father.

Masaru bowed as best as he could before pushing off and jumping back into the water. "I need to return to my parents, sir," he said to Mizu's father who nodded at him. Masaru swam over to where Mizu was and she leaned down to kiss him. "I will see you soon."

Buke and Mizu watch Masaru swim away with the dolphins and disappeared under the water. "Father," Mizu turned to him. "Will you tell me about mother?" Buke nodded. "Why did you say that Masaru was more Neptunian than mother?"

"This," he said reaching over and touching the disc around her neck, "was your mother's."

"You told me that much," she replied as her own hand wondered to the navy blue disc.

"It is more than your mother's necklace," Buke began as they neared their home. "That necklace represents the planet Uranus."

"Why would mother…" Mizu began and then she understood. "Mother was Uranian?" she whispered. Buke nodded. "Is that why the Uranian arm killed her and my sister because they saw her as a traitor?"

Buke nodded again. "Should I tell her the truth?" he thought. "Would she try to go see her mother? If she went to Uranus they would kill her if they knew she was from Neptune."

"Why did they let us live?" Mizu asked. "I would think they would kill us to punish mother."

"They did come after us," he told his daughter. "I was scared they would kill you so I grabbed up and ran. A solider hit me in the head and that is how I got this scar above and below my eye," Buke said pointing to his left eye. "I made it to my shuttle with you but they followed me into the sky and through the atmosphere. I am still not sure what happened next. The Uranian army fired on the shuttle and a fire started inside. I was sure you and I were dead and had given up hope. Then an aqua colored light filled the cabin of the shuttle. The light was so bright I had to shield my eyes bit when the light faded we were here on Neptune beside the ocean," Buke finished his story as his daughter looked at him.

"Any you have no idea what the light was?" Mizu asked.

"None," he replied.

"I am sorry for the way I acted earlier," Mizu apologized.

Buke shook his head. "It is I who am sorry. As your father, I should have handled the situation better. I have always told you to listen to the whole story but I did not even follow what I told you." Buke took a deep breath. "There is more but please promise me you will not run off anywhere or do anything rash."

"I promise," Mizu told her father.

"I have not told you the whole truth about your mother or your sister." Mizu did not say anything so Buke continued. "What I just told you about how you and I left Uranus was true. Your mother and I decided it would be best if I left with you for the time as we could not get married on either planet and neither was ready to move to another planet in the system. Your mother and I had hoped that some time in the future the four of us could be together and be a real family. I did not want to but resultantly I left Uranus and that seem to pacify the head of the Uranian Army but not all of the soldiers."

Mizu saw her father getting angry at the memory and placed her hand on his as they sat at the table. "Please continue."

"As I said not all soldiers or people for that matter agreed with this. They thought that your mother, you and your sister should die for not being pure Uranian. Those soldiers came after me when I ran with you. You mother ran with you sister in the other direction. As far as I know, your mother and your sister are alive and well on Uranus. I figured it was easier for you to believe that they were dead so you would not try to go to Uranus to see them and get killed for being a spy." Buke wiped the tears that threaten to fall from his eyes. "I am sorry for lying to you for so long. Looking back it was selfish but this heart could not take loosing you. Please forgive me for everything."

Mizu nodded with tears in her eyes. "I love you and I forgive you. I will not do anything rash but I hope one day that I can meet my mother and my sister. I also hope that you get a chance to see mother again."

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Down in the place Queen Amphitrite swam around giving orders to the maids as they set out sea flowers and hung seaweed.

"Mother," Masaru said coming into the concert hall where the wedding was being set up. "One thing Mizu would really love is the flowers from the garden."

A few of them swam up to Amphitrite who smiled, "I already though of that dear."

"Do you know where father is?" Masaru asked his mother.

"Last I saw your father he was working on his speech," she replied. As he swam off to find his father, Amphitrite called after her son. "I think you should be worried if you know your father," she laughed. Masaru groaned and shook his head.

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"Let's hope my son does not get nervous on his wedding day like he did the first time he had to stand before you and give a speech as the crown prince of Aqualantis," Masaru heard his father rehearsing and cringed.

"Will I ever be able to forget that," he groaned before knocked on the wall of his parent's bedchamber.

"Who is it?" Poseidon asked.

"It is I father," Masaru replied.

"Come in my boy," Poseidon said heartily. "I see you are back and that her father did not harpoon you," he laughed.

"Mizu's father was more understanding that either of us expected," Masaru declared.

"Listen to my speech boy," Poseidon insisted motioning for his son to sit.

"I do not think I am supposed to hear it before hand father," he replied.

"You dare deny your king?" his father asked.

Masaru tried not to laugh. "Yes I do," he mocked.

"You are almost as bad as your mother," the King replied defeated. "You take the fun out of everything."

"I probably would not let you say any of it if I knew what you had planned," he told his father.

"You are probably right," he smiled. "What do you need my boy?" Poseidon asked swimming over to his son.

"I have a favor to ask but I am not sure if it is possible," Masaru began.

"Tell me what it is and then we will see if we can figure out a solution," Poseidon answered wisely.

"Is there any way Mizu's father could come to the wedding?" Masaru asked.

"Nothing immediately comes to mind but I will see what I can do," he told his son.

"Thank you father," Masaru bowed. "It we can it will be my wedding present to her."

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The day of the wedding came and Mizu was sad, happy, and nervous all at the same time. "Father," Mizu said with tears in her eyes, "I want you there so much."

"I wish I could be there too," Buke told his daughter as tears formed in his own eyes. "Be sure you and Masaru come here after the ceremony so I can see how beautiful you look on your wedding day."

"I promise father," Mizu hugged his and dove into the sea.

"Have I lost you forever?" Buke thought as he watched his daughter dive into the ocean.

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"How would you like your hair?" the Queen asked Mizu.

"I was thinking in a loose bun fashion on the sides with hair coming out the middle," Mizu answered loosely balling her hair up and trying to make some stick out. "I think it would be easier if my hair was not wet," she laughed.

"Like a knot?" Queen Amphitrite asked and Mizu nodded. The Queen helped Mizu with her hair, makeup and her clothes. Since Mizu's entire body was cover in teal scales and she had legs, Amphitrite applied a light blue to her eyelids and a dark blue to her lips. Mizu had pearl white scallop shells covering her breast and a shear pearl white sarong around her waist, which tied on her right hip.

"I do not know if Masaru told you but I was originally a land being," Amphitrite said to which Mizu nodded. "So I know about land customs." She opened a draw on the vanity and pulled out a box. "This has been passed down throughout the generations to all the queens." Mizu looked at her sharply and Amphitrite laughed. "When I married Poseidon I did not realize that meant I would be queen one day either."

Mizu opened the box and saw an aqua-colored eight-pointed star brooch. "It is beautiful." Mizu stared at the brooch for a while. "It looks like the brooch is glowing."

"The brooch has never glowed before," Amphitrite thought as she looked at it not seeing a difference. "Let's put it on your hip at the knot." She took the brooch from the box and fastened it to the cloth making sure not Mizu.

Mizu ran her hand over it as she looked at herself in the mirror. Suddenly there was a teal flash of light and when the light faded, Mizu was in a strange outfit with a mirror in her hand. "What happened?" Mizu said in a panic. "This can't happen! Not now," she said as tears began to form in her eyes.

"Calm down Mizu and just breath," her future mother-in-law told her. "Close your eyes and imagine yourself as you were before."

Mizu did as the Queen suggested. When she opened her eyes, she was back in her wedding attire with the brooch on her hip but she was still holding the mirror. "How did you know that would work?"

Amphitrite shook her head. "I did not. It was just a guess."

"Do you know what this is?" Mizu asked holding up a golden mirror with a teal back, which had a gold sigil of Neptune in the middle.

"I have never seen it before but I have heard of a legend that says Jiro formed a mirror from some sea foam of the drying Neptunian seas. From that mirror came all of the water which covers Neptune."

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Buke sat on the rock watching the waves. Suddenly a teal flash lit up the ocean. "It is the same light from all those years ago," he thought.

Then a man with a white flowing beard and gold spiked crown holding a golden triton appeared before him. "Are you Mizu's father?" the man asked him. Buke nodded. "I am King Poseidon," he told Buke. "Your daughter and my son are to be married today. My son, Masaru, asked me to find away to allow you to be at the wedding. He knows how much she wants you there and if you are like me I know you want to be there too." Buke nodded again. "I can grant you the ability to breath under water and be like us for a days span but it is a choice only…."

"Yes please," Buke interrupted the sea king. Poseidon smiled and waved his triton as Buke felt misty water wash over him. "I do not feel any different," he said.

"You will once you enter the water and begin swimming toward my home," Poseidon replied. The same two dolphins that had appeared with Masaru came up beside Poseidon. "This is Haiiro," he said indicating to the grey dolphin, "and the lighter grey dolphin is Gurie. They will take you to the palace but I must go ahead of you."

"Thank you your majesty," Buke bowed to the merking.

Poseidon smiled. "Do not bow to me. Soon you and I will be family."

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Mizu was still sitting in from of the mirror staring at the hand mirror, which now seemed to belong to her. She heard a knock, which brought her from her thoughts.

"Yes," Mizu said and was shocked to see her father swim through the seaweed doorway. "Father!" she jumped up and swam to him wrapping her arms around him. "How?" she asked.

"King Poseidon," was his reply.

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Amphitrite began to swim to get Mizu for the wedding but Poseidon stopped her. "She will be along in a few minutes dear."

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"Are you ready?" her father asked holding his arm out to her. She nodded with tears in her eyes. "You look just as beautiful as your mother."

"I wish she could have been here," Mizu said.

"So do I," Buke agreed.

As Mizu and Buke floated in Amphitrite squeezed her husband's arm. "You did it!" she whispered excitedly.

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After the ceremony the bride and groom along with the King, Queen and Buke went to a private room to talk. "Mizu," Poseidon began. "Amphitrite told me what happened when you touched the star brooch." Mizu looked at Amphitrite who smiled assuring her it was okay. "I believe I know what is happening."

"I am lost," Buke stated.

Mizu took the brooch off her skirt. "When I was getting ready before the wedding I touched this brooch. There was a flash of light and I was wearing a strange outfit and holding a golden mirror. Queen Amphitrite told me to close my eyes and to think of myself in my wedding clothes. I did and was back in my wedding outfit."

"Have any of you heard of Queen Serenity and the planet soldiers?" the King asked.

Buke, Masaru, and Queen Amphitrite nodded while Mizu looked confused. "The planet soldiers," Amphitrite began, "are girls in their late teens and one is chosen from each planet. No one knows how or why but these girls are gifted with special powers. You Mizu," she turned to her new daughter-in-law, "seem to be the chosen warrior of Neptune."

"Why?" Mizu asked.

Amphitrite shrugged. "That may explain why your skin is covered in scales when you are under water and how you can breathe like us. From what I have heard the other warriors wear outfits similar to the one that you wore before the wedding."

Buke smiled. "I always knew you were special."

"This means you will have to leave Neptune and travel to Earth's Moon," Amphitrite continued. "Poseidon and I wish you the best of luck."

"What about us?" Mizu asked turning to Masaru.

He smiled at his new bride. "Simple," he replied, "I will wait for you until you return to Neptune."

"I will send one of my messengers to the head of the land dweller's army and ask him to prepare transport for you," Poseidon declared.

"Why do you think he would help us?" Masaru asked his father.

"I heard they have been looking for the warrior of Neptune but I never conducted a search here because I did not believe the warrior could be a merperson," Poseidon told the group. Poseidon got up from his chair, "Come," he motioned to Masaru and Mizu, "we have kept your guest waiting long enough."

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It was time for Mizu to leave for Earth's Moon. King Poseidon, Queen Amphitrite, and Prince Masaru waded in the lagoon beside the shuttle that would take her to meet the other planet soldiers.

"Are you sure you will not take this with you?" Queen Amphitrite asked as Mizu gave her the crystal back.

"You keep it here on Neptune," Mizu replied. "When it is time for Masaru and I to rule I will accept it back."

Mizu tried to give the crystal back to the Queen three times and each time it floated back to Mizu. The fourth time Mizu tried to give the crystal back to her mother-in-law if floated back to Mizu the crystal flashed, changed into the shape of a wave and then back into the eight-pointed crystal before disappearing into Mizu's chest. When the crystal entered, her body Mizu's eyes glazed over as her aura glowed teal.

"I guess the crystal wants to stay with you," Queen Amphitrite smiled.

"I guess you are right," Mizu replied. She then went and hugged her father. "Thank you for everything. I love you," she told him and then kissed him on the check. "I will write when I can. I am not sure how often I will be able to visit at first but I will certainly write."

Masaru splashed his tail in the water. "I wish I could be with you."

She nodded. "I wish I could have you go with me too," she sat down on the rocks and pressed her head to his.

"Just don't find anyone else," Masaru whispered.

"Never," Mizu whispered back. "I am always yours." She kissed his passionately and then touched her ring, "always."

Mizu stood and walked to the shuttle without looking back. She knew if she did then she would take even longer to get off the planet. "Let's go," Mizu said to the pilot.

"Do you want to know how long it will take to get to Earth's Moon?" the pilot asked.

"No matter how long it takes it will still feel like an eternity to me," Mizu replied already sad to be leaving Masaru, her father, and the planet itself.

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Mizu was surprised by the way Earth's Moon looked. She knew that no other planet would have, as much water as her home but the Kingdom of the Moon was lusher than she thought it would be. When Mizu stepped off the shuttle, she saw a woman with blond hair streaked silver and pink wearing a white dress. On one side of her was a man with long white hair wearing white shirt and pants. On the other side was a woman with black hair, which stopped just above her shoulders wearing a yellow dress.

"Mizu of Neptune," the blond woman asked. Mizu nodded. "I am Queen Serenity," she continued but before she could go on Mizu dropped to one knee. "Why does everyone keep doing that?" she muttered. "Mizu please stand. You and I are equals. Follow me please," the Queen of the Moon spoke as she began to walk. "I know we do not have as much water as Neptune, but we have a pool here in the palace and the Mare Serenitas over there," she pointed off to her left behind the palace. "I also have installed a private pool for you in your quarters. Once Kaori, Sailor Mercury, and the other scientists finish the portals, the planets will be connected to the Moon and to each other." Selene paused when she saw the look on Mizu's face.

"Connect Neptune to Uranus?" Mizu whispered.

Selene nodded. "Neptune and Uranus will not always be at war."

"I do not hate the Uranian people but I can not imagine they would want to be our friends just as I know there are people on Neptune who would not want to be friends with the people of Uranus," she told Selene.

"Do not even think of calling me by any titles. As I said before we are equals. Call me Selene," she smiled.
"I am glad that you bare no ill will towards the people of Uranus because their warrior has also been found and she arrived a little while before you did. I shall warn you though she is not too fond of your people and was rather angry when she found out you would be joining us."

As if on cue, a woman with long white hair with half of her hair pulled back in a braid came down the hall. "Is that her," she spat.
"Yes Kaze this is Mizu, the warrior from Neptune," replied Selene.

"I see," was all Kaze said before spinning on her heels and going to her room.

"Father's necklace," Mizu thought as she watched Kaze storm away.

"Well it could have been worse," Selene, said breaking the silence. "After the other day I thought she would have attacked you."

"Our two planets have always been at war," Mizu replied.

"Kaze hates your people because they killed her father and twin sister," Selene replied not noticing the look on Mizu's face. "This is your room," she told Mizu.

"My room is next to hers?" Mizu asked.

"It could not be avoided," Selene replied. "You both are on the same team," she said opening the door to reveal a dark maroon and black room.

"Do you need me Selene," a woman with short green hair asked.

Selene blushed. "I was showing Mizu to her room."

"Remember," the other girl began, "you said the warrior of Neptune's room was across the hall."

"Oh yeah," Selene scratched the back of her head and smiled, "This is Kankaku."

"Hello," Mizu bowed.

"Hello," Kankaku bowed in return.

"Sorry for bothering you," Selene said. "We will see you with the others tomorrow?" she asked and Kankaku nodded. Selene and Mizu walked across the hall and Selene opened the door to reveal a room done in white and shades of teal with the ceiling painted a light teal and white carpet.

"This is beautiful," Mizu said.

"I know it is now home but I want you to think of this place as your home away from home." Selene told her.

"Thank you," Mizu replied.

"Get some rest," Selene started to walk away. "You meet the others tomorrow."

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After introduction, although Uranus only glared at her, she transformed for the first time since her wedding.

"Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!"

The sigil of Neptune burned brightly on her brow as Mizu draw a circle around her with the wand in her hand forming a barrier of bubbles around her. Crossing her arms to her chest the wind clothed her chest and midsection into a white bodysuit. Then a wall of water rushed toward the ceiling from the circle Mizu had drawn around her engulfing her entire body. When the water came crashing down Mizu now had a sea green choker around her neck with a silver sigil of Neptune on it. On her hands were white wrist gloves with three sea green bands on them. On her shoulders was a sea green collar attached to a navy blue bow on her chest with a sea green gem resting in the middle. Around her waist was a sea green skirt and a navy blue bow at the small over back. On her feet were sea green heeled slippers with ribbons that criss-crossed over her ankles. The sigil of Neptune on her brow had turned into an oval sea green gem in the middle of a silver tiara.

"I want to be the one to test her," Uranus volunteered.

"No," stated Venus sharply.

"Why," demanded Uranus.

"Honestly," Venus began, "We do not know if you would try to kill her." Venus turned to Mercury, "Since you also control water you test her."

Mercury nodded and stepped forward. "I have some water attacks but I have the power to control water in all its forms. My strongest attacks are ice based although I can't control them well yet."

"I understand," Neptune replied. "I am ready."

Mercury began to power up but then stopped. "Do you have any experience fighting?" Neptune shook her head. "Selene I will not battle her but I will analyze her attacks," Mercury told the Moon Queen who was the only one of the warriors not transformed. Selene nodded agreeing.

"I will fight her," Uranus declared again.

"I already said no," Venus, stated.

"I already heard you," Uranus replied summoning her space sword.

"Don't make me do this Uranus," Jupiter said stepping in front of the Uranian warrior.

"Do what?" Uranus challenged.

Jupiter sighed. "This," she said punching Uranus in the face, knocking her backwards and unconscious.

"She really hates me?" Neptune said quietly.

"Maybe a full alliance was too much to hope for," stated Selene.

"The other planets thought Jupiter was a bunch of barbaric women but me a chance Selene," Jupiter said.

"Everyone deserves a chance," Selene smiled at Jupiter.

"Selene makes anything possible," Mars told the group. "Before I came here I hardly talked and was terrified of fire."

"You over came your fear on your own," Selene replied.

"Other planets think Venusians are a bunch of sluts but Selene did not judge," Venus declared.

"Why should I judge you for how you love or who you love?" Selene asked.

"I never knew my sister," Neptune said. "Now that I do and she hates me it hurts." The others in the room stared at her. "The necklace she wares was my father's and the one I ware belonged to my mother. All my life I had thought my mother and twin sister were dead. Now that my sister is alive I am hoping that my mother is as well."

"Does she know she is your sister?" asked Venus.

Neptune shook her head. "Father told me had told me they were killed so I assume mother has told her the same about father and me."

Mars nodded. "When we found there was a warrior from Neptune, Uranus yelled something about Neptunian warriors killing her father and twin sister."

"She has got to be my sister," Neptune whispered with tears in her eyes.
"In time she will talk to you," Pluto said and Venus started to laugh.

"What?" Venus exclaimed. "Plu said 'in time.' She is the warrior of time. It is funny." Mars rolled her eyes.

"Do you have to call me that?" Pluto asked.

"Yes," Venus grinned and winked.

Jupiter whacked her on the back of the head. "Do you flirt with everyone?"

"You can not tame Venusians," Mars said coolly.

Mercury pulled her computer from her space pocket and tapped her triple earring to make her visor appear over her eyes. "Neptune, could you please throw one of your attacks? I would like to scan both you and the attack."

Neptune nodded and raised her hands above her head. She closed her eyes and listened to the words that formed in her mind. "Deep," Neptune began as a wave crashed behind her and water swirled around her. A planet shaped sphere formed around her hands. "Submerge!" she yelled and threw the sphere, which sped along the floor as water trailed behind it, and crashed into the wall across the from one still in repair.

"Wow," replied Jupiter and Venus.

"Selene," Artemis began. "Maybe we should find somewhere else for you girls to train or we will have to keep repairing this room and the palace." Artemis motioned to the other wall that was still in repair. "That was from Uranus' attack," he said. "That," pointing to another spot, "has a fresh coat of paint from Pluto's attack."

"The others have more powerful attacks than us," Mercury stated.

"I think I know the perfect place," Jupiter offered.

"The patch of land behind the palace where we can't get anything to grow," Selene asked. Jupiter nodded. "Okay," she said, "Looks like we have a new training ground."

"Thank, the Gods," Artemis thought.

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Kaze avoided her at all cost and Mizu had been on Earth's Moon for a few months. If she were able to Kaze would leave the room when Mizu entered the room. When they fought against each other, Mizu felt as if she was fighting for her life. If Mizu and Kaze had to work together, Kaze refused to help her. If Mizu tried to help Kaze, she would say that she would rather die than to be help from a Neptunian.

"I have to try and talk to her," Mizu thought walking towards Kaze's room. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Something inside Mizu told her this would be her only chance and did not wait for Kaze's invitation.

"What do you want?" Kaze growled summoning her sword even though she was not in her Senshi form.

"I want to talk," Mizu replied.

"I have nothing to say to you," Kaze said.

"It is about your necklace," Mizu stated calmly.

Kaze's hand when to her throat and touched the disc. "What about it?" Kaze demanded.

"That necklace belonged to my father," Mizu told her.

"I got this from my mother," Kaze said. "My father gave it to my mother before he was killed by those Neptunian bastards."

"And," Mizu said holding the dark navy disc around her neck, "was given to my father by my mother before she was killed." Mizu stood where she was and did not dare move closer. "Before I left Neptune to come here he told me that my mother had been Uranian. In addition, I found a parchment with a picture of my father and a blond woman wearing my necklace. In the picture, my father was wearing a necklace, which looks exactly like yours. Father told me the woman was my mother."

After Mizu described the woman on the parchment, Kaze stared at her for a moment. "Why should I believe anything you say Neptunian?" Kaze demanded.

"There seem to be too many similarities between our past for it to be a coincidence," Mizu answered.

"I have listened to what you had to say," Kaze began. "Now leave." Mizu did not move from her spot. "What?" Kaze yelled, "Did you think was going to happen? You were going to say we are sisters and then were going to hug and all the hate would be in the past. Sorry but it does not work that way."

"I guess you are right," Mizu turned away defeated and left once out of Kaze's room she let silent tears fall.

After Mizu left Kaze pulled out a parchment, which had a picture of her mother on it, "If what the Neptunian says is true then my father is alive," she thought.

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Kankaku saw Mizu in the hall and invited Mizu to her room. "I do not have full mastery over my power yet but I believe that Neptune and Uranus will not always be at war," Kankaku said as she handed Mizu a cloth to wipe her tears away. "At one point in the distant past of this system every planet was at war with one or more planets. There used to be more than nine planets but they were destroyed by the wars."

"She just seems to have so much hate towards me," Mizu said, "towards the Neptunian race." She shook her head. "It is just I have always thought that my mother and sister were dead. Now there is a possibility that they are alive and want nothing to do with father and me because we are from Neptune."

"If your mother is from Uranus then you are half Uranian as Kaze is half Neptunian because you father is Neptunian," Kanakaku tried to console Mizu.

"I never thought of it that way," Mizu, replied shocked as to why that did not occur to her when her father told her that her mother was Uranian. "Although I do not think Kaze will see that as a good thing. Thank you for the talk, Kankaku," Mizu stood and bowed.

"You are welcome," Kankaku smiled as Mizu left. The orb on her staff began to glow. "So the last warrior has been found," she thought closing her eyes in meditation.

****Written in Jun 2009 and 18 pages typed.
****In Greek Mythology, Amphitrite was a consort of Poseidon but they were never married. Their children were
****Masaru lives in a castle like Ariel from the Little Mermaid.
****Masaru mean victory
**** Ningyo means merman
**** Haiiro and Gurie mean grey
****I had the shuttles in mind from Star Trek TNG.