Acts almost like the twin of her best friend, Ariel. Traits of her mother, Rei’s personality are clear in Athene; she can be very quick to temper with a selfish streak but on the whole she is a fiercely loyal friend who is more concerned with creating madness and mayhem alongside Ari than anything else. Athene is also very brash, and very loud, but an excellent soldier, and although it may seem as though she and Ari would clash personalities, they are inseparable as both senshi and civilians. She lives with Juno and Ariel under the guidance of Ami and Lita, and when not with Ariel’s distracting influence, is the most mature of the three Chibi-Sailors showing great responsibility in helping Lita with their home. She clashes fiercely with Mell wihin the group as her temper disagrees with Mell’s very positive outlook on life and causes problems as Athene develops a friendship with Duo. She also inwardly dislikes Esa intensely and blames her for Ariel’s misfortunes in life.

On relationships, she shuns all preferring not to subject herself to embarrassing situations due to a proud nature and perhaps also a mischevious/vicious game seeing as she is relentlessly pursued by both Goku and Hidaka Ken.


The Heart Soldier of Fire

Athene is a 'Heart Soldier' along with the other Chibis as they don't fully receive their Sailor powers until their mothers have resigned their own powers (Sailor Chibi Moon transforms as Serenity is no longer a soldier since she is Queen but the other senshi are still her protectors). Until that time they can become Heart Soldiers to battle, wielding a magical sword for which they all own keyring-shaped objects as their henshin. There is one crucial move for the soldiers, the 'Tsuragi no Kokoro' or 'Heart of the Sword' attack. Athene places her left hand a little distance from the sword blade near the hilt and stands with her hands in front of her face. She chants out:

'The power of the planet Mars surround me, the astral power surrounds the sword and the soul unites! Tsu-ra-gi no ko-ko-ro'

A tremendous ball of energy forms between her left hand and the blade and is fired directly at the assailant.

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