Super Sailors

Mina’s Tale Part 8

The sailors were growing close. They were really starting to consider themselves as siblings but they still teased Nova and me by calling us Uncle Nova and Aunt Mina. Technically, these titles were correct since Serenity, their adopted mother was Nova’s sister and I was Nova’s wife. That word means much to me. Nova is much more than my husband and teacher; he is the leader of the sailors. We were talking one afternoon and we noticed that Nova was able to hold his sailor transformation for a long period of time. He is also able to hold it in his sleep; whenever he gets some. Well, we are newlyweds.

He would talk to me at night. I guess that I was someone that he could talk to no matter what the situation. I could listen to him for a hundred years and I never would be bored. Well, this night he rolled over to look at me, “Mina, do you sometime feel that there is a stronger power within us just waiting to come out?” I reached over and touched his face, “Love, I do feel something but I can’t tell you how to reach it.” I turned over and Nova put an arm over me. “Let me think about it.” That was all he said but of course, that meant everything.

He set to work in the Great library the next morning Amy. Amy and Nova are an unusual pair, it so wonderful seeing the two of them together possessing a great amount knowledge in two bodies but with a single purpose. She has been with us the longest. She was my sailor, I discovered her and in some ways I thought of her as a little sister. I love her and I was glad that she was my sister. It pains me sometimes when one of the sailors reaches up and kisses Nova on the lips but I realized that was just his way of greeting. He kisses all the sailors; in fact, he kisses Serena and Serenity on the lips. We talked about it one day and I decided that was just the way that he was brought up. Serenity wanted to show her “children” that she loved them above everything else so she treated them like she was treated. Included in her upbringing was the greeting of House Moon. You have to remember that it is an old house, the oldest house, and decided that all their children was to be shown love by kissing them on the lips. It developed into a custom with the family. I can remember my mother kissing me on the lips; that was the oldest memory that I can recall.

Oh, sometimes I get so carried away, well, back to the story. Nova realized that we were able, sometimes, to go beyond the limits of our powers. Amy and Nova theorized that we had a new level of power but we had to find the proper way to transform our bodies to match those powers. During their research, they discovered that almost everything they read were almost unintelligible to them but that where I came into the picture. I was sitting doing needlepoint when Nova throw the book he was reading across the room. “Nova. What are you doing? That’s no way to treat a book!” Nova looked at me with anger in his eyes but it soon disappeared as he looked at me. “Mina, I’m sorry. It’s just that they aren’t giving me anything.” I went and picked up the book. As I looked at it I saw a passage that stated, to me, that the new powers were inside the transformation pens. “Well, what about this passage, ‘powers anew come forth transform’? Well, that’s close to what it says.”

Nova looked at me in surprise. “Can you actually read that mess? Even for High Jovian, it made little sense. How about these other passages?” I went to Nova’s desk and sat in his lap and read all the books to him. After I finished, he knew how to make the transformation pens react to the new powers. Nova called me the best translator that he even knew but I just like to sit in his lap reading to him but I won’t turn down the praise.”

Nova spent most of the next week, outside of training, building new pens and compacts for us. He presented the items to us on my twelfth birthday. The ‘star’ transformation brought slightly different outfits. Nova loved the longer bows and chokers on us, especially me, but it also added a great amount of new powers. Nova and Serena’s transformation devices yielded no ‘star’ powers but Serena could with the help of the Silver Crystal assumed a ‘crystal’ power when she could use the Moon Wand.

I was concerned about Nova. He seemed to be more driven about gain some additional powers for himself. I went to Nova, “Love, you are working yourself too much.”

Nova put down the rod that he was working on, “I know, Mina, but there have to be another body for me. I can feel the power but I can’t grasp it with this body.”

I straddled Nova’s legs facing him, “You are the best husband and lover that has even been but,” I shook my head, “sometimes I think that you don’t love me because you don’t pay me any attention.” Always remember this method, guilt about loving you is the best offense that you can have in a relationship. Remember that some tear filled eyes can go a long way just don’t try it too often.

Nova wiped my tear filled eyes, “You’re right, my princess, dry your tears. I won’t worry about this and give you all the time that you deserve. What do you want to do?”

I looked at Nova shyly, “We could always go to our bedroom.”

Nova laughed, “You are insatiable, my love, but I was thinking about going on a small vacation at the winter palace.”

“Okay,” I said, “I settle for a vacation since we never had a honeymoon but you must promise that you will leave all your work here. No worrying about anything and you will let Amy take over the training until you get back and no social events for either of us. Promise?”

Nova didn’t have to say anything but we did spend the rest of the afternoon in the bedroom. I was excited about the honeymoon and Nova began to relax. Amy was to train the sailors in languages while we were away. Nova said that I was so good that I could teach him. I guess that all of the Sailors, well the girls at least, were good at something. I was excited because we always had people around us but the winter palace had a small house on the grounds that Nova planned for our use. The guards were to stay at the guardhouse and the walled enclosure far from the house. We will be alone on the inner grounds. Just the two of us, I plan to show Nova my cooking and cleaning skills that Lita had taught me in the last few months. I would show Nova the kind of wife that he married.

The first night was a disaster. I am not a great cook and I hope Nova would recover quickly. After Nova came out of the bathroom, something about fire breathing, I couldn’t do anything but cry. I was a poor wife and all I could say was, “Nova, I’m sorry, please forgive me.”

“Mina,” said Nova, “I didn’t marry you to cook and clean for me. You are my wife, my life mate, and I will love you forever even if you never cook another meal.”

I dried my tears, “Thank you, sometimes I forget how much you love me and I tend to try too hard and I make mistakes.”

“My love, while we are here, let’s cook together”, was all he said but it spoke volumes. Us, a lovely word for me to hear. It means together like we will remain forever.

The rest of the honeymoon was quiet and peaceful. Nova told me that as long as I was at his side he could do anything. I learned that no matter what happened, he would always love and support me. We grew close together during the week away maybe because we knew that we had found our soul mate and we would be together, in our hearts, forever. It’s unusually to find someone that special that no matter what, they will stand beside you. Nova was that person but I had others, Serena is my best girlfriend and I know that she would never leave my side. Only death would break us apart. I also had begun to feel about the other Sailor Warriors in the same way. We will fight together and defend each other and when it came down to it, we would laugh and cry and die together.

When we returned home, Nova decided to devote his full attention to us so he put aside his transformation research. Our powers were growing immensely but I overheard Nova talking to Serenity. “Sis, they are so strong but they still are young ladies. They need someone to teach them what being a royal princess means and how to act. One day they will have to find someone and I think they need a little education in the feminine ways. Please take some time and talk to them, I can’t do it. I can teach them martial arts, magic, and knowledge but I’m not a girl. They need someone in their life to help them along.” Serenity placed her arm on her brother’s shoulder. “Nova, you are right, you’re not a girl but you have taught the arts of Kanly and they are great young ladies but maybe I can put a little edge on them. They are my daughters after all.” Nova hugged his sister and I realized that he was still so young but with such a great burden on his shoulders. When Serenity left, I went and sat in his lap and kissed him. We stayed like that for an hour before we went to eat.

The Sailors began learning about their powers, duties, and responsibilities as royal princesses. The young ladies were starting to attract many suitors but except for Serena and myself, there were no permanent relationships between them and boys.

I have to say the greatest change was in me. Even though I have always been part of the royal family, I begun to take more interest in my duties. I am the Grand Duchess and married to the Defender of the Realm, so my calendar was always filled with groups that wanted me to come to their function. I tried to fulfill as many as my training allowed and I tried to get Nova to come with me. I love showing him off to the ladies of the Kingdom. He’s all mine and I know it sounded selfish but I wanted everyone to know that he was my husband.

Seasons came and went but soon it was approaching my thirteenth birthday. Nova was working on the foundation of the Fortress because it had to be built strong to resist any force in the universe. Serena and Darien were becoming more of a couple at social events. Darien was four years older than Serena but it never bothered her so it won’t bother me. Amy was developing into a beautiful and intelligent young woman that the wisest men of the Realm would approach for advice. Raye had become a dark haired beauty and one of the greatest seers of any age. Lita developed her cooking skills but was one of the best martial artist who could defeat all but a very few in the Realm.

Nova wanted to throw me a grand ball for my birthday but I wanted a small dinner party with my family. Unfortunately, the Negaverse had another plan as they attacked with their greatest weapon, the Seven Rainbow Demons.

When the demons attacked, the Sailor Warriors were able to throw back the first attack but then the demons formed the Invincible Shadow. The Shadow carried the fight against the Moon’s forces and held an edge in the battle until Nova began to feel the power flowing through his body and allow his body to transform to match the power.

From a bright flash of light came Super Sailor Nova, a being whose power drove the Shadow back and caused all the Negaverse forces to retreat. Super Sailor Nova, a primal force in the universe, a force that transcended all that came before and that which will come after. The battle won, Super Sailor Nova, a dark haired young girl dropped to her knees and began to sob uncontrollably. Nova had experienced the transformation from male to female.

No one made a move. I saw the love of my life crying and I had to go comfort my love. I gently held Nova in my arms and cradled his --- her head against my chest. Slowly Nova calmed down in my arms, slowly and painfully Nova reverted to his previous form and quietly went to sleep.

When he awoke we went back to our home. Nova didn’t eat or sleep for two days but I kept a watchful vigil over him and held him in my arms when he started to cry. It hurt me to see him like this but I realized that he had to work this problem out for himself. I loved him, no matter what form, I would always love him because our souls were linked together. When he hurt, I hurt, when he cried, I cried, always together as one.

The Sailors were all worried because they had never seen nova like this, they have seen him sad but this mood went far beyond depression. Lita decided to treat Nova with his favorite meal and by the looks of the food; I could tell that she poured her heart into the meal. Nova said that he wasn’t hungry. I had enough, “Nova, you will eat, enjoy, and get over this problem. The Sailors need you and I need you. I love you more than I could ever imagine when I first met you. You are my life and love. Please come back to me.”

Nova looked at me and wiped the tears from my eyes. He stood up and wrapped his arms around me and kissed me. He then went to the kitchen and retrieved another plate. He put half the food on my plate and we ate while we played footsies under the table. Later we went to the others and Nova hugged and kissed each one. He was not alone and he realized that his family would be there for him. He was the leader of the Sailor Warriors and their soul. He would fight for them in any form. He was Nova; Prince, Duke, and Defender but above all, he was my husband and best friend whether male or female.

So end part eight, in the next part, “A Small Child Shall Come”, a little surprise appears in the royal family and the Outer Sailors are sought and found.