Guardian of Dimensions - Chapter 3: Forgotten Pasts
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"Kaze-chan! Hey, Kaze-chan!"
Kaze rolled her eyes, going to the window. What else did 
she want from her now? Wasn't she happy after getting her in 
punishment for a week? "Yes? What is it?" she asked irritably, 
looking down at her sister.
And there she stood, looking up at her, fidgeting nervously. 
When she saw the expression on Kaze's face, she took a step back, 
bowing her head as to hide with her sandy blonde locks the hurt 
that she felt. "I...I only wanted to say that I'm sorry for getting 
you in trouble..." she said, quietly, her voice trembling.
Kaze felt her anger melt away. "It's alright, Sora-chan" she 
said softly, smiling. "After all, it was worth it...." she giggled.
Sora giggled too. "Really it was. The face of the head cook 
was so funny! He surely had not expected to find a mouse into the 
kitchen..."
"Yes, that was a good idea. But remember, next time _I_ have 
the good idea, and _you_ do it."
"All right" Sora laughed. Then, she ran to a large tree and 
started climbing it.
"Hey, onee-chan! What are you doing?" Kaze asked curiously.
"Isn't it evident?" Sora pointed to a large branch that reached 
just under Kaze's window. "Since you can't come out to play with me, 
I'll come in to play with you", she giggled again.
"What if you fall down and hurt yourself?"
"Oh come on, don't be silly, sister. You know I can climb trees 
better than anyone else." Sora answered, continuing her climbing.
In that instant, Kaze took her decision. "Better that anyone 
else? Well, certainly not better than me!" She jumped out of the 
window, landing safely on the branch under it, and started climbing down.
Sora frowned. "What are you doing now?
"Can't you see it yourself? I'm climbing down!"
"But you'll get in trouble!"
Kaze laughed airily. "I'm already in trouble, Sora-chan. And 
anyway, mama and papa are out, and won't return until tomorrow...how 
could they possibly find out?" She sat on a smaller, lower branch, 
then she unbalanced and let herself fall backwards. Hanging from her 
knees, she started swinging, first slowly, then gaining more speed. 
Suddenly, she grabbed with her hands another branch, continued swinging 
for a moment and left her grip, somersaulting and landing finally on 
the grass. She grinned. "What do you think of this, Sora-chan? Aren't 
I better than you?"
Sora climbed quickly up the tree, until she got to the branch 
her twin was sitting on a moment before. She then proceeded to do the 
same thing Kaze had done. "No you aren't. You're just as good as me", 
she laughed, landing next to her. Then, pointing to the garden: "Shall 
we go?"
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"I want to come too!" Kaze said determinatedly.
Sora shook her head. "No, onee-chan. It's better if you stay 
here."
"But why?"
"I have a feeling something terrible is going to happen, and 
I don't want you involved", was the answer.
"Then why are you going in the first place?"
"Well--someone has to help, Queen Serenity can't hold all them 
off by herself."
"She's right, princess", one of their guardians interjected. 
"Stay here, please. None of us wants to see you hurt."
"All right" Kaze said unwillingly. "I'll stay here."
Sora smiled. "Thank you, onee-chan." 'And farewell forever...' 
She whispered her henshin phrase, followed by the guardians. Kaze watched 
silently as their clothes melt away and senshi fuku formed. Then, the 
senshi jumped out of their hiding place, into the battle.
"FEATHERS TORNADO!!!" Kaze heard her sister call out. 
"Good luck..." she whispered softly, sadly.
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The battle was over. With the help of the six senshi, the 
enemies had been easily defeated. But now, Queen Serenity was casting 
a banishing spell over them, because, she said, their power was 
dangerous and unpredictable. Kaze was looking, peeping out of her 
hiding place. She now understood why her sister had not wanted her to 
go: and as tears flowed down her cheeks freely while Sora and their 
guardians slowly vanished, she vowed to herself never to trust anyone 
of the Moon kin, for they had taken away the ones she loved most in the 
world.
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Haruka looked at herself in the mirror. 'God, I hate this 
uniform', she thought. 'It makes me look like a girl, dammit!'
'But you _are_ a girl, after all!' a voice chided her. Haruka 
looked around in disbelief. That voice...it was the voice from her 
dream. It was the only thing she could remember about it. That, and that 
she had awoken with tears streaming down her face.