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Saren frowned as he heard Rubi's pronouncement of impending war. And naturally, I can't even rely on my entire family to help me, he thought. My father on some diplomatic mission for Aselia, my sister out on the edge of Wild Space, defending her planet... this is ridiculous. He sighed heavily. I guess I'm on my own for this one.

He frowned and looked around the room. Some faces showed open shock, some showed bitterness, others, quiet resignation. There were a couple he couldn't identify, though. They appeared somewhat close in relation, and one had some sort of animal on his arm.

"I think it's a little late for that." Zenith mutters but gestures for her to hurry behind him. "This way. Just keep up, Acanoi." He glances at her with a flash of a smile before jogging around the corner.

"Aw, man, Princess Ruby is going to kill me. With a Captial K." He mutters turning a corner a bit too quickly and nearly missed slamming into a wall. "Up the stairs to the left."

Doesn't know if he's reminding himself or her, but kept going up and then to the left.

Unfortunately, Zenith hadn't mastered the 'stop' portion of this little run. Because of that, he did open the door- none to quietly- flailing to stop himself as he ends up falling forward.

Oh crap. He thought, Ruby's going to kill me! I should've been here before her but no, I'm not. Decorum decorum. I don't have it.

Lucky enough, he caught himself before he really fell and sighs. It could've been worse, but he missed some of it.

Something about war?

"War? What war?" He blinks owlishly a bit.

Emily turned to Princess Ruby while she arrived. Intent on listening to every word she said, her arm produced a sword at the mention of war. Why would Saphir want to do this now? Now, when the Solar System has been at peace for so long?

"Well,my training has finally come to good use," she replied to herself.

"I say we start warming up our powers," said Emily to whomever was there. "Who's with me?"

"War!?"

As much as she hated to say it at the sound of war, doubt ran through her head. Doubting if she should actually be fighting with the senshi. Why would she have to protect a queen that she barely knew, a planet that she didn't even live on? For all she cared they could all go spill blood in war.

She immediately shook her head. What the hell was she thinking? The answer to that was simple, she didn't know what she was thinking. What was she supposed to think? A war tomorrow morning? Ridiculous! She hated the thought of such violence, yet at the same time she wanted to use her rusty powers once more. She hadn't released her fire demon powers in a while. Her eyes shone red for a mere second, but then the shine quickly disappeared. As if anyone would care she said, "So that's all we've been called here for? Oh well, see ya tomorrow in the morning then." With a playful smirk she headed outside.

She wasn't going to leave the palace yet, she actually wasn't able to do that. Rani was in no shape to carry her back. She'd have to stay the night here. Why not do a bit of training while she was at it. She decended the palace stairs and headed towards the nearest tree. She looked at the tree and twirled her fingers a bit, the entire tree burst up into flames. She smirked and thought to herself, Perhaps I'm not as rusty as I thought I was.

Ah, it seems like he missed something really important. He's torn between going after her because, well, he thinks they should talk but at the same time he's not too sure.

She was rather...aloof and cool for a princess-well wait isn't a princess suppose to be like that? Then again Zenith has lived around here all his life and well, he hasn't really seen much of a different side of her.

But that was usually because of their different stations. He could never approach someone like that before. The Guardians have always been something of a pedestal of sorts. People you look at and admire from afar. But now he's one of them and he isn't sure how to handle that.

Well, no sense of being like this. "Excuse me Acanio." He says to Bloodstone, "I'll be right back I gotta speak to the princess."

With that he trails behind her and her guards trying to think of what to say. However he at least heard that last bit. Well, sort of.

"Um, Princess?" Ah, how is he suppose to address her like this? Still he bows his head a little. "I-Well it's rather sudden. This war business. I think it isn't real yet for..um..us-them. But why would we go to war? What for?"

Seriously, he's actually confused on this bit. "I don't understand the reason."

He nods slowly, listening to her. She's right, of course, he didn't think about it too much but at the same time he doesn't like the idea of war either. Zenith was the type of guy that simply didn't want bad things to happen to good people.

Of course, he's still unsure if he should think about the king as 'good' if the rumors were true. But then again,those were just...rumors. Not like he associates with him anyway or the queen really.

"I see." He didn't but he can pretend he did, "But, how are we to know when the fight itself will happen. I mean, will they simply attack us now? What about the people?"

He thinks about his family- his father is retired soldier but he'll come back to duty if he must and his mother still works in the palace with his siblings still attending his old school and were young.

He's still young too.

He doesn't want to think about these bad things. "Why don't you eat with the rest of us?" He tries for something else, "Or something like that? I can keep you company."

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Lockon simply followed Seravee after Rubi made her statements. He had a difficult time keeping up with her as she rushed to their balcony. Taking a seat by his white pieces he addressed Seravee's inquiry while placing a slumbering Himari down on a cushioned pedestal by their side.

"We are warriors in this time as well it seems, Sera." He inspected his cousin's reaction as her face grew stone pale and utter apprehensive confusion overcame her eyes. She was left speechless, and before she could utter a response he continued on explaining. "We've been granted powers by the rivers we preside over in order to help defend our realm. We must venture out of this temple and fight alongside the others as bearers of the diamond stone."

With this he took her hand and pulled her towards the pond. They didn't have much time. "Hand me your compass." They each had one, hiding behind their respective brooches. Neither remembered when they received them but found that they were crucial to completing their day-to-day responsibilities at the temple. When opened they would usually find nothing out of the ordinary, yet when he opened them this time he found that each had a big glowing diamond at the center. Each compass still seemed to function properly but something seemed different. He looked over to Himari and she was no longer asleep. Her eyes were shining and she seemed to have obtained a piece of parchment out of thin air. Lockon walked on over to pick her up and read the note. It was from their elders, and it contained instructions. 'How did Dimande know about any of this?' It didn't matter right now. He knew what they had to do.