~Emerald Eyes~
	~(PG) Chapter 8 By Callisto~

	"The Only Thing We Can Do"

	Eleven people sat around the living room of
 Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotoru?s home. 
After the battle with Dominishi, there were many 
questions to be answered.

	"My first question is," The usual impatient 
Haruka ventured, "Who is this guy?"

	She pointed uncertainly at Shin, conviction 
and weariness in her eyes.

	"I am Hiyama, Shin." He answered politely. 
"Or as you already know, Sapphire Heishi."

	"He?s Mako-chan?s boyfriend!" Usagi cried 
happily, causing Mako and Shin to turn red.

	"Oh, that?s great! How sweet! Haruka isn?t 
that sweet!" Michiru swooned. She and Usagi 
continued making comments about the sweetness of 
it, smiling and giggling. 

	"Why would you want a boyfriend?" Hotoru 
asked, making a disgusted face. "Setsuna Mama has 
never had a boyfriend in her life, and she?s the 
most wonderful woman in the world!"

	"Oh, thanks Hotaru-chan..." Setsuna said 
sadly, petting her on the head. Hotoru smiled 
happily.

	?Rei, and Minako just sat grumpily staring 
at the wall, while Ami cried that it was not the 
time to be talking about such things.

	All the while Haruka and Mamoru sat with 
still faces, watching all that went on around 
them, as Mako and Shin sat with blushing faces, 
watching the floor.

	Haruka?s face became stern again. "That?s 
enough. How did this guy become a Senshi?"

	"This guy, has a name. It?s Shin." Mako 
said.

	"Haruka, please be civil." Michiru pleaded. 
"Just because you don?t know someone very well, 
it doesn?t make them a bad person."

	"Sapphire Heishi. What kind of a name is 
that anyway?" Haruka sneered.

	"?Well, I prefer it to Uranus!" Shin Joked, 
but Haruka didn?t find it funny.

	"Hey, don?t even start with Uranus! I?ve had 
it up to here with people making fun of Uranus!"
She yelled, standing up.

	"Don?t start, Haruka. He was only joking." 
Michiru said in a no nonsense tone. Haruka 
reluctantly sat back down.

	"Well, Shin. I?ve been wondering that too. 
How did you become a Senshi?" Mako asked, trying 
to steer the subject back to its appropriate 
destination.

	"Makoto," He said seriously. ?You know those 
visions of the little girl you?ve been having? 
Well, about a year ago, I began having them too.?

	"Wait a minute, wait a minute. I?m lost. 
What little girl?" Minako asked.

	Mako told them about the visions, and how 
they were the cause of her headaches and 
sickness. "You mean," Usagi said sadly." You told 
Shin-san about all this, but not us?"

	"Oh, Usagi-chan, I?m sorry! Please don?t 
feel bad. I didn?t understand them, and I didn?t 
want you guys to worry about me." Mako explained, 
but turned to Shin. "Why didn?t you tell me 
though, I mean, after I told you?"

	"Well, as I said, I began having having them 
too, about a year ago. there was this little 
girl. She was so happy, and full of life until 
suddenly, she was surrounded by a thick dark 
cloud, just like you said Makoto. Only for me she 
emerged from the cloud with pleading sorrow on 
her face.

	Then she said sadly, "You have to help my 
mommy. If you don?t, I?ll never see her again. 
You must go to Tokyo. Search for the warrior in 
green. She will help you. When you find her, call 
out Sapphire Power. Only then will you be able to 
help her. Don?t tell anyone about me, please. 
Only the warrior in green! Don?t leave me alone!"

	I couldn?t tell you Makoto. I had no idea 
that it really was you that I was searching for. 
I wanted to tell you, but I just couldn?t." Shin 
explained it all, as though he had played it over 
and over in his head.

	"But none of this makes any sense." Mako 
sighed. "I can?t help you save the little girl?s 
mother. I am just a confused about the whole 
thing as you are! None of this makes any sense. I,
I just don?t know what to do."

	"Mako-chan." Usagi said comforting her.
"We?ll help you figure it out. Don?t worry."

	"We sure will, Mako-chan, but we really 
should talk about what we?ll do when Dominishi 
escapes again. It is a mathematical certainty 
that when she regains her powers, she will break 
through the seal once more. It?s only a mater of 
when." Ami said.

	"Simple. I?ll just dust her with my crystal 
again!" Usagi said simply.

	"Its not that simple, Usagi-chan!" Rei 
yelled.

	"Hey. I think that we should just blast away 
at her until she?s gone!" Haruka said.

	"Maybe we should give it a little more 
thought." Michiru said apprehensively. "I mean, 
she?s very powerful, even without all of her 
power. Think ok what a battle would be like if 
she?s twice as strong as she was today."

	"We really won?t know exactly what to do 
until it comes time to do it." Setsuna said. "We 
never know what we?re going to have to do next in 
every battle. We just have to be aware that at 
some point, we will have to fight her again. Its 
about the only thing we can do."