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Mina’s Tale II – Part 5

I looked to my sisters and turned and looked at Nova who was resting in my arms, “It’s fine, my darling. Just relax in my arms and let me take care of you. It’s my job for now on.” I gently touched Nova’s lips with mine as I carried her to our bedroom. Chibi started to follow us but Serena laid a hand on her shoulder. “Sweetheart, they need to be alone for now. You come and help us get a late night snack for everyone. You can stay with me and Amy tonight.” Chibi nodded her head and hugged me around the leg, “Mommy, take good care of him. I love you.” Terri walked to us and took Chibi by the hand. Giggling, the two of them headed off to the kitchen where Lita was taking charge of preparing the light snack for everyone before bedtime. Michelle placed a soothing hand on my arm, “Don’t worry, Mina, we will take care of our little princess. You need to help Nova.” She kissed Nova and me on the cheeks and turned to join the others as I entered the main hallway of my … no, our suite of rooms. These rooms were where Nova and I had lived our lives during the finally year of the Silver kingdom. I knew exactly where our bedroom was located and where everything was in the room. Thankfully it was close to the main door. I can recall the Sailors helping decorate the room when we moved into the Fortress. I saw our bed against the wall of the bedroom and I gently placed Nova on the bed. He’s not a burden or a chore to me. He is my soul and spirit. Everything that happened in both my lives led me to him and this moment. He gives me his love unconditionally and I just have to give mine back to him in return. That’s what makes a good relationship. The ability to give and receive unconditional love of one person is the best foundation to start any relationship.

I had to make her comfortable so she can rest but first I had to take off her Sailor suit. I sure that Nova wouldn’t mind because I can see him in my memories and I know that he would never sleep in anything other than night clothes and for the last few year of marriage … well, we slept in less. I used extreme caution opening the locket around her neck. I touched it before to bring him back to himself but I still remember the shock it gave Raye when she touched it. It radiated powers that even Amy can’t understand but tonight it seemed different somehow. The locket looks that it may have changed since I first touched it just a few short days ago. I looked closely and realized that a pure blue stone was in the middle of the black and silver crystals. The new stone must be the light of the being that we saw above the table. I wonder what changes it had made in Nova. I slowly reach forth my hand and as I touched the locket, a shimmering light flooded the room and I saw Nova in a regular gown. I have seen her in a Sailor suit but this is the first time in all my memories that I saw Nova in a dress. She’s rather cute and small in this form but I still like Nova better as a boy. I suddenly realized that he hadn’t changed back to his normal appearance but remained female. I was worried but those beautiful green eyes opened, “It’s okay, Mina, I just have to recover some more and I will be fine. I should be back to normal by the morning.”

Nova passed out again but I knew that I had to make her comfortable so she can get some sleep so I carefully started to undress her so I can put something comfortable on her. Hopefully, he won’t be embarrassed when he wakes. All the bed clothes that I could find in the closet was a couple dozen nightgowns, which I wore in the past … hey they’re pretty I must have had a good sense of fashion in the past … not much has changed, and some loose fitting shirts that my memories told me that Nova slept in … when he wore something to bed. The shirts were too large for her small frame but they will have to do for now. As I undressed her the first thing that stood out was that the wings are real. Actually wings growing from her back. Not like the wings that Serena has when she becomes Eternal Sailor Moon. What am I going to do now? I thought for a second and then took a pair of scissors and cut a slit down the back of the shirt for her wings. I quickly sewed a ribbon so I can tighten it around her neck. I was able to pull the shirt up from her legs and work it around the wings. This was as comfortable as I could make her.

She’s so small. She would have been tiny when compared to Erica or Susan. Even Amy and Serena would be large beside her but her muscles were solid and I couldn’t find any fat on her. Just checking her to make sure everything was in its proper place led me to believe that her small size shouldn’t be discounted. I think that no sailor Warrior could defeat her in single combat. She was just that powerful. This form of Nova was strong and I’m glad that she wasn’t putting up a fight to dress her or I wouldn’t be able to put the shirt on her. I found some panties in a dresser to put on her so she wouldn’t be too embarrassed when she wakes in the morning. No, I didn’t worry about me seeing her. I was her lover … Nova’s love and he never has to be embarrassed around me but if the other came in … well, it prudent to play it safe. I looked closely at her body lying on the bed … Nova was female in every way.

Why did Nova have to be a girl part of the time? I won’t mind Nova as a female except that he had a more feminine body than me. All those years of practicing volleyball gave me a more athletic body. I am still beautiful … or at least that’s what I heard in Nova’s mind all the time. At least six or seven times a day since he’s been with us he remarked how beautiful I looked. He spent an entire afternoon just looking at me. After about three hours I asked him if everything was all right. “Everything fine, Mina, I just wanted to spend some time looking at the most beautiful sight in the universe and I have seen all the sites.” It’s nice to have him around; he really can build up a girl’s confidence. All those thoughts went out of my mind as I began to lay Nova down to sleep but at the last moment I sat her up, upbraided her hair, and began brushing her hair with a silver brush that I found on the night stand. There was hair on the bristles. Long blonde hairs that must be mine from the past. Her long black hair flowed down her back and came to a rest on the bed. It strange but Nova’s hair was the same length as mine … I guess married couples tend to look like each other after a few years. After I finished, I placed the brush on the nightstand and kissed Nova’s lips and gently laid her in bed on her back after carefully tucking her wings under her. I snuggled up beside her and rested my head on her shoulder. She is so warm lying beside me. I wished that that Nova was taller in this form but I have to take everything in stride. Maybe I can wear flats and convince Nova to wear heels. We should then be around the same height. I drifted off for a little nap, safe in our bedroom against the person that I loved the most in the universe.

I heard a soft tapping on the bedroom door and saw Erica’s head slowly peek around it. “Mina, can I can in?” I smiled at her and gestured for her to come in the room. She opened the door and I noticed that she was carrying a tray with some strawberries and peaches. Strawberries and peaches with cream was my favorite snack according to my memories. I always enjoyed them especially after Nova would kiss them and put them in my mouth. His kiss would remain on them as I ate them. I don’t know what I enjoyed more, the fruit or having Nova’s essence on the fruit.

Erica was dressed in a nightgown and robe that moved against her body as she carried the tray to my side of the bed. It’s strange but I had never seen her in a nightgown before but since we had our memories returned she has been acting more feminine. It just may be my imagination but since she regained her memories she seemed to be more of a complete person than before. “I thought that you would like some fruit before bed. I can remember that I would always bring some fruit to you and Nova at bedtime and we would talk while we ate.” I reached my left hand to her and she leaned over. I hugged her neck, “Erica, you know that you are always welcome. We are family and we need to get to know each other.” Erica hugged my neck and kissed me on the cheek. She looked at Nova resting on her back and the pair of feathery wings that was under her body. “Mina, why didn’t you remove those before you put her to bed?”

I took her hand and guided her to the other side of the bed. I rolled Nova against my chest so her back was to Erica. She ran her hand along Nova’s back and felt the hard muscles that powered the wings. “They’re real … part of him.” She stared at Nova’s back for a couple of minutes … just looking and rubbing her hands on her back. She looked at me, “Mina, you have to keep up your strength so you can take care of Nova.” I looked at Erica and Nova and rolled Nova towards Erica. She cradled Nova in her arms against her chest and kissed the young girl on the top of her head. “You’re right. Watch him while I eat.” I reached for the cream on the tray and poured it over the fruit. Each bit reminded me of the good times that we had in this room. The three of us spent hours talking about everything from the war to fashions. Those were the best of times. I looked at Erica and she was holding Nova’s hand in hers. Those strong hands that have destroyed monsters were gently caressing Nova’s tiny hands. Tiny hands that held unbelievable powers and according to the light above the table, the salvation of the future. I could see Erica clearly. I could also see how much she loved Nova. “You love him don’t you?” I asked. Erica was slow to respond, “Mina … there’s nothing between us, I swear.” I sat down on the bed and held both their hands. “I know, Erica. Nova would never stray from me. I just mean that we all love him in our own way. I loved him as a woman loves a man but you love him as a sister loves her brother. I remember some of our past and you were always there to take care of him.” I placed our three hands over my womb. “I remember when I was pregnant that you would cook for him and keep him company when I was out of sorts. I know that you care for him as you care for all your family.” Erica raised her hand and caressed my cheek and I saw a tiny tear in her eye.

She quickly changed the subject, “I don’t want to be too forward but I need to ask … I know that you didn’t look closely but I was wondering … since Nova was female and you put him in the night shirt. Is he … you know … all girl?”

I was shocked at her question but it was valid. “I don’t want you to think that I was wrong but as I undressed Nova … I did take time to make sure he was all right. I don’t want anything to be wrong or out of place.” I took a deep breath. “Nova is female all the way down to her toes but she’s also different. She built different than normal girls. Her breasts are firm and you can feel the muscles stretch across them to attach to her side. There’s no soft tissue what so ever there just muscle … but not like a body builder. They have a distinctive feminine shape to them that you would call normal but small like her.”

“You shouldn’t talk about a guy’s breast with him in the same room” came the voice of a young girl that we were holding in our arms. Erica and I was blushing from the conversation that we were having just before we heard Nova’s voice. He struggled in our arms to sit up in bed. “Come on and give me a hand.” We placed our arms behind her back and under the wings are raised Nova to a sitting position. He spread his wings out to their full length of six feet and started to flex them. I felt those powerful back muscles move the wings behind us and I felt a slight breeze from their movement. “Darling, you should stay in bed, you haven’t regain your strength.”

“I’m getting stronger, Love. I can feel that I’m changing back to normal.” I sighed with relief when I heard Nova say that he was going back to normal. I snuggled next to Nova and placed my head on her shoulder and kissed her neck. She placed an arm around my back, “I want to thank you for making me comfortable but you have no experience of putting someone with wings to bed.” I was disturbed by what he said. I may not have any experience with wings but I did my best. “Nova, you didn’t help much. I had to rip a nightshirt to allow room for those wings. I took me a good fifteen minutes to get it on you so you wouldn’t get cold. Next time, I’ll strip you naked and pour you into bed.” I heard Erica giggle at my words. She reached over and kissed Nova and then me on the cheeks and silently left the room.

I looked at Nova who had a smile on her face. “That may be a nice invitation but I was talking about placing the wings under the body. They hurt like crazy from the cramps.” He began to flex his wings around me. I felt the strength of her chest muscles as she wrapped her arms and wings around me. That’s why her breasts were made of muscles … to give her additional strength to use the wings in flight. Everything about her from her lightness to her breasts was designed for flight. I couldn’t image what changes Nova went through or what purpose flight was going serve in the future but I was glad that she was changing back into Nova. My Nova, my husband … to be … after we finish school and get married in nineteen months. Nineteen months seemed so short when we first agreed but now it seems a long way off. I wanted to take him away and make him my husband right now but we promised my parents and Nova wasn’t a man to go back on his word. I have to think of some way to be close to him but a feeling of joy came over me as Nova ran her arms down my back and held me close to her. I felt her reaching up to kiss me on the lips. Was this right? I know that there was nothing wrong with our love because Nova was really male but right now … he’s a she. I started to break away from her embrace and all I could hear was my love’s small voice asking me, “Don’t you want to be near me … no matter the form?” I realized that Nova was right and I embraced the girl holding her close to me. I ran my hands down Nova’s back and pressed my lips against hers. After a few minutes of kissing, I nestled my head into Nova’s neck and she brushed her hand down my hair. I was Nova’s … no matter what or for how long. If he faced overwhelming odds in the future, I would be by his or her side. I would never be without my love. We would face everything together … as one soul.

Nova turned over and laid face down on the bed. Goodness, even her bottom was cute. She folded her wings along the spine of her back and patted the bed beside her, “Come on Love, this change has taken so much out of me that all I want to do is sleep.” I moved cautiously towards the bed and lay down beside the winged girl. She put her right wing over me and I could hear Nova going to sleep. Her breathing relaxed and the wing slowly contracted to draw me closer to her body. I was next to Nova and I placed and arm around her back and my head on her shoulder. She is so warm to the touch. It’s nice to be warmed by someone you love.

As I was drifting off to sleep, I decided to make sure that Nova was sleeping peacefully. I touched his mind with mine and saw his dreams. He was standing with the Sailor Warriors before doors of the Shrine of Forever. The last rays of the sun were reflecting off the white surface of the building casting long shadows to the mountains glowing purple in the distance. He nodded his head to me and point to the distant horizon as we began to walk to war.

I heard a being reciting a strange chant almost a prayer over our group.

Our memories we cherish above all

We understand that the end times have come

In order to protect all that we love

The Sailor Warriors’ Final Battle has begun

Glaive, staff, wand, and sword raised high

We prepare for the final fight and night

We march to death or glory as one soul

There is no turning back, the battle’s begun

We sing the praises of Sailor War

She will lead the final fight

A continuous shout arose form the heavens that rattled the mountains.

Sailor War! Sailor War! Sailor War! Sailor War! Sailor War! Sailor War!

The dream was troubling and as I drifted off to sleep I thought that at least I was at Nova’s side for the final battle. I don’t know if this vision was a dream or a premonition of things to come but I was not scared. Slowly, I fell asleep and my last thoughts were that I was safe in Nova’s arms and wings.

Is Nova correct, is he going back to normal or has he changed with the crystals and the light inside of him? Stay tune for the next installment, “ The Past Revisited” where Nova disclosed all the past to the Sailors and the tale of the Dark Queen.