Explanations


Moon

Hello, mother
And Shingo, and dad.
I have to explain this, don't I?
Must I?
It's a difficult tale to understand.
Shall I explain it to you?
I am me, and her, as is she.
What am I talking about? Who?
Usagi, Serenity, Sailormoon...
Me.


Chibimoon

Me? Who am I?
Somebody who is a part of your daughter.
I guess I never understood
What they meant by 'secret identity'
I never knew of it.
Everyone in Crystal Tokyo knows me.
But you, here, don't.
It's hard. I see it in mama's eyes,
As she gets up when you yell.
Yes, Usagi's my mama.
And this is me, her daughter,
Usagi Serenity Small Lady Chiba, Sailor Chibimoon,
And a little girl who loves her parents very much.


Mercury

A fine explanation would be good about now.
Unfortunately, I can't seem to think of one...
So who am I?
Your daughter, a young girl, a student,
A guardian, a warrior, a princess,
Carved ice in human form
Or not, immortal as we might be.
I suppose now you understand
Why I came in so late at night,
Even as you did.
I suppose everyone protects one another
That is my duty, my vow,
And I guess that's who I am.


Venus

My cat talks.
I am a princess.
I am a senshi.
I was a lonely girl,
For a very long time.
Even moreso as a lone warrior.
So my sisters and I protect you now.
Them with their ice, lightning, fire,
Their water, air, death and time,
Serenity with her light, and Endymion with his earth,
And me, what I am,
Aino Minako,
With my love.


Mars

You understand me,
And I think you know more than you say.
Yet still you ask for an explanation.
Very well.
I am a girl who has lived more than once,
I am a warrior who guards with fire.
I am an ordinary person,
Except I carry the flame of Mars within my soul.
So that is who I am.
I am Senshi Mars, Princess of Mars, Guardian of Serenity,
And Hino Rei, age 16, high school student and your granddaughter.


Jupiter

Do I confuse you?
I am a fighter and master chef,
A homemaker who deals in lightning.
I am "That violent girl"
who got expelled for fighting,
and that warrior who died doing the same.
What am I?
A senshi, a girl, a friend,
Who you just happened to meet one day,
Like any of a million others.


Saturn

Hello again....will you look at me that way now?
I am not nearly as old as the others...
Perhaps that is why you fear me....
Yet I cannot help what I am,
A united team will not stand without me...
The lights of the others shine so brilliantly,
One small girl could not be minded.
I am death, and rebirth all in one.
Executioner and healer,
As determined by the wish of my princess.


Uranus

So you ask me who or what I am.
A girl wishing to be a boy.
A racer wishing to be the wind.
A person you could never relate to.
You don't understand me,
And never have. Never wanted to.
Why did you even write this letter, mother?
I owe you no explanation.
Be I senshi, woman, or none of the above,
I shall not indulge you.
Ten'oh Haruka will give herself to no one,
Except the woman I love, the goddess of the sea,
And the princess to whom we both bow.


Neptune

Your gasps didn't shock me.
Why were you so surprised?
I kill demons every day.
Didn't you think your perfect daughter could kill?
Didn't think I could dirty my hands?
They are washed clean by the sea.
And my tears are dried by the wind.
So no, I am not delicate.
I am not a doll to be protected.
I am a soldier and a woman,
And I do not need your interference.


Earth

Who am I?
If you could understand me,
and exactly what I am...
To learn why I am the way I have always been?
The masked phantom of the night,
Who is devoted only to his goddess, the moon.
Or the studious Chiba Mamoru,
(still distracted by the moon)
Who never lets anything affect his cool?
Which one is the kamen?
My Usako knows, no one else.
Who Mamoru, Tuxedo Kamen, and Endymion,
and I am.


Pluto

These halls are empty, as you ordered.
And I am surprised again by you.
Beautiful and calm, your grey eyes placid,
You asked me who I was.
Queen Serenity,
I am devoted to your daughter and granddaughter,
and to keeping the time stream steady.
I am a woman, kept out of time by guarding it.
And I am a senshi,
Who lives for her friends,
And your as-yet-unborn daughter,
And her child from far in your future.
I am Meioh Setsuna,
and Sailor Pluto.

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