2014-09-23 - Feng Shui 5

Usagi rises out of it, blue-eyed gaze going instinctively to Makoto. She's drawn into motion before she can think of what's happening. Her feet have found their mark, and a moment later her mind catches up with her heart.

MARS POWER!

Usagi takes the warmth of Rei's hand into her own. She can feel the other girl in her heart, or more likely imagines she can. A worry more deep than anything Usagi experienced today blossoms in her heart, concern for grandfather Hino and for the shrine and its visitors, friends and strangers. It doesn't crush her like it normally would. She feels like overcoming it. She feels like she can work through it all.

JUPITER POWER!

Usagi takes the strength of Makoto's hand next. Her heart is filled with pain more sharp than she could bear. Physical pain, yes, but emotional wounds as well. There's so much of it that it is all Usagi can do to wonder how one girl can live with it all. Not just live but stand here, her back straight and chin up, courageous and unbent. The pain won't stop her, whether it's from fists or derision.

VENUS POWER!

Usagi looks up, eager and fearless. Across from her is Minako. They aren't touching, but their hearts are already so close. Everything that happened at the winter dance makes sense now. Minako helped Usagi then, quickly and without reservation. She should have known then that she was Sailor V. Of course a legendary hero would have such a beautiful soul, so full of love as to rescue a complete stranger from something even as small as a denied dance. Even as the moon princess, she doesn't keep herself apart. Usagi hopes that if she ever becomes famous and important like that, she can be exactly like Minako.

"MOON PRISM POWER!"

The four sailor soldiers erupt in light, a halation of kaleidoscopic light surrounding their united circle until it is almost too bright to see them--even as featureless figures clad in dazzling white uniforms, they cannot be fully eclipsed. The passionate swirl of orange, green, red, and silver fairy-lights rise up, spreading outward over the battle-struck shrine, glowing so bright that the damage seems to disappear in the sparkling haze.

It all goes still with potential waiting to be invoked, a starry galaxy of twinkling desire hanging over them all.

"SAILOR PLANET ATTACK!"