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Ai kept her steps even down the long walkway. Confidence, power, everything that had always defined her particularly striking personal carriage oozed from her. No one would ever be able to say that Sailor Garnet, Guardian of the 1st stone was not suited to her position. She'd fought countless youma, defeated enemies, led groups of senshi into battle, and was still alive.

Scars freckled her body, but did not stand out livid against her dark skin. Instead, they were there for the enemies who got close enough to see them. They were a warning: look what I have endured from those who came before you. I still live, they were not so lucky. Ai's arms and legs were muscled, toned from years of training. She was a boxer, but that was a lifetime away. Now she had a much greater purpose.

Something dark swam behind Ai's eyes. Her irises became as bloody red as the stone she represented. She blinked away the pain in them as she passed through one of the protective barriers down the walkway. They were invisible, meant to keep out anyone without the Queen's blessing. Ai bore her mark over her heart, the invitation had been too much to ignore. What other senshi would answer her summons? See what new power looked to usurp the careful balance the Gemstone Senshi held?

At the end of the walkway, on a dais, stood a long ornate mirror. It buzzed and hummed with a power that Ai had once only dreamed existed. As a shape began to take form beneath the surface of the glass, Ai knelt, right arm resting over her heart. "I ask for your blessing, my Queen," She said in her rough and strong voice. As Ai, Sailor Garnet, raised her head the cracked garnet gemstone adorning the bow on her chest and the tiara on her forehead glittered with the dark promise of blood.