"The Zodiac Senshi, huh?" Minako asked while munching on a cherry. They were sitting in the cafe and were talking about Rei's dream while eating some ice cream.
"Yes, I remember them," Luna said. "And it happened just as in Rei's dream: One of the more powerful Youma was able to sneak into the palace, by impersonating one of the guards it killed previously. No one didn't expect Queen Beryl to use such a sneaky tactic, so Lady Zodiac was totally caught off-guard."
"So, who was this Lady Zodiac, anyway?" Makoto wanted to know.
"She was the younger sister of Queen Serenity," Artemis said. "And the aunt of the princess. She had her own group of Senshi to protect her, as she didn't inherit the powers of the moon like her sister."
"Say, what are 'Zodiacs'?" Usagi asked while slurping down her sundae. "Some planets from somewhere else?"
Ami shook her head. "No, Usagi. The Zodiacs stand for several star constellations in space. In ancient times, scholars came up with mystical figures that looked similar to the constellations, and that's how they got their name. In the past, many people believed that their destinies were lying within the stars... and that their future could be somehow be predicted by watching them."
"I think those Zodiac Senshi must have been pretty gullible," Minako said while shaking her head. "Just giving away your transformation items like this? No wonder it was as easy as tart for Queen Beryl to defeat the moon kingdom."
"It's 'Easy as pie', Minako," Artemis corrected her. She shrugged. "Whatever..."
"But I wonder..." Rei murmured. "If those Senshi have died in that battle as well... have they also been reincarnated into this age?"
"I know nothing about that, I'm sorry," Luna said. "But even if that's true, we don't have their amulets. They still must be scattered all over earth, and who knows what happened to them over the time? They could be in the possession of ANYONE!"
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Ranma Saotome was once again sitting on the roof and brooding. He needed some time away from his fiancees sometimes...
He took out the little locket that hung around his neck. Every time he felt a little down, he grasped it with his hand, and somehow it made him feel better.
He liked its looks. It was a small, golden shape that looked like it was a slice of a golden ring that someone separated into different parts. It had a little ring on its top, where he had slipped through a leather band to carry it around his neck. Perhaps there was once a chain or something similar, but if that was the case, it got lost a long time ago. On the surface of the little pendant, a nice picture could be seen: A stream of water that was flowing out of some kind of jar.
He found it when he and his father were in Jusenkyo. His hands had grasped it when he fell into the spring of drowned girl. He didn't even realize it until the shock of being turned into a girl had worn off. He decided to keep it as some sort of souvenir.
What he didn't know was the fact that the amulet chose its finding place by itself. The magic and the water of Jusenkyo attracted it.
For all of the Zodiac amulets were attracted to those kinds of objects that were pictured on their surfaces.
And so the amulet of Aquarius found its way to the waters of Jusenkyo, and into the possession of Ranma Saotome...
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