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Chapter 3
Closing her eyes
for deep concentration, Rei chanted a string of mantras in front of her holy
fire. When she opens her eyes and stood up so suddenly, Makoto and Minako were
shocked and jump up as well, almost knocking each other over their
exasperation.
“Rei-chan, how is
it?! What did you see? Did you see the evil power that captured Usagi?” Minako
said quickly after regaining their balances.
Rei shakes her
head in silent. “However, I sensed something very evil just now. It lasted just
a mili-second and disappeared as quickly as it appeared.”
Three of them
exchanged glances. “Could it be.. be.. anyone from the previous enemy? Is it
one of them?” Makoto whispered, clenching her fist hardly.
“No. It’s nothing
like the previous enemy. This evil power is a lot stronger. Besides that, I
also sense that.. no. It couldn’t be. No.” Rei hit her head with her palm a few
times, shaking her head vigorously. She couldn’t believe what she had just
sense in her holy fire. However, she had never read them wrongly before. Not
once.
Minako held Rei
hand firmly. “Stop that, Rei-chan. What did you sense? Oh no, is it something
terrible. Don’t scare us!”
Rei looks at both
of her friends silently, wondering how to tell them what she’s thinking. “I.. I
really don’t know. I maybe wrong.”
“Oh please,
Rei-chan. Just tell us. You are making us scare,” Makoto cried with impatient.
“Let us go back
to Usagi’s house so that I can tell everyone together. I don’t think I can say
it twice,” Rei give in, feeling shaky all over. The more the thinks about it,
the more she knows that she is right. And this is the one time she really hopes
that she read everything wrongly.
~back at Usagi’s house~
“Ami-chan, how is Usagi-chan? Is she awake
yet?” Minako asks the moment they step into the room. Ami looks up from her
mini computer and shake her head. Taking off her spectacles, she turns to the
sleeping Usagi. “She’s still the same. I don’t think we should just wait for
her to wake. We had to do something. Did you manage to find out anything,
Rei-chan?” Ami looks up to Rei hopefully.
Rei cast a look at Usagi and then turn to
the others with determined eyes. “Yes, I suppose I have. Though, I really hope
I read everything wrongly.”
The other senshi exchange worried look but
kept quiet. They know it must be very serious for Rei to be this grave. Luna
and Artemis who were sitting on the window sill, trying to look out for
anything out of the ordinary turn back to look at Rei as well.
Rei, knowing that she can’t put it off
anymore take a deep breath and began to tell everyone what her holy fire
prediction told her.
“When I cast spells into the holy fire, for
a split moment, I saw a dark shadow. This shadow gave a spooky feeling and I
could sense that the evil power within it is very strong. Stronger than ever.
Although the dark shadow disappeared as quickly as it appeared, the aura that
it carries stayed. It was how I was then able to read more,” Rei said
everything very quickly. Everyone seems to be holding their breath. Bracing
themselves for what is coming next, they nod a little, encouraging Rei to
continue.
Rei closed her eyes. “It is at that moment
that I was suddenly aware of the aura. The very familiar aura that had been
surrounding me, which has make me feel so comfortable and happy.”
She heard a gasp from Ami. “So that’s true
then. I had been hoping that my mini computer is at error.”
Rei turned to look at Ami. “So you knew.”
Ami looked so upset that she did not answer
Rei. The others started to feel impatient. “Just continue Rei-chan. You are making
us crazy,” Minako grab Rei arm and give it a squeeze.
“That aura belongs to our sleeping
princess,” Rei said simply, not daring to look at anyone but Usagi. Tears began
to flow from her eyes. She had said it. The dreadful words everyone was
dreading to hear.
There was a cold silent after Rei said it.
No one knew what to say or response. They just stare at Rei as if they had
heard wrongly. Rei however, walked to Usagi and kneel down beside her bed,
where she lies. “Usagi, wake up! Please, just wake up. Don’t fool around
anymore. I promise not to scream at you anymore. Usagi-chan, please, please,
wake up,” Rei break down and cried. Everyone just look at them, not knowing
what to do.
For the past enemies, they have some clues
who their enemy was and they could fight justly. However, it seems that this
time, it is different. Both Ami and Rei agreed that the evil power has the
similar aura as Usagi. What does that means? Does it means that their enemy has
a similar power to her? Or worse. Their enemy is.. Usagi Tsukino? Their beloved
Princess Serenity?
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