Those uneasy feelings.

Raithe had been receiving flashes of the past account of the elves; she had linked the Elven court with her own. Although she had yet to figure out if the elves noticed, and if they did, did they know it worked both ways?
She didn't know the whole story, but she knew what went on. She shrugged.
"Damn, there goes that plan." She mumbled.
"What?" Lestat asked, turning from the window.
"That boy...he was supposed to be the key with which I would open up that locked door that is the world of the senshi. It seems as if sometime soon I will have to pay a visit to the elves."
Lestat shivered a bit as the snow blew through the open window. "You still have Hikari and Karasu to worry about. Do not concern yourself with the elves, or that boy. The senshi and the Court of Chaos is-"
"In the way. And I must put a stop to thier interference."
"....Yes, my Empress."
"Perhaps I will send...." Raithe stopped abruptly, her face contorted to confusion.
"What is it?"
"Emeraldas..." Raithe arched an eyebrow. "Where is that sorry excuse for a pixie?"
Lestat cleared his throat. "She is dead, my Empress. Your Drake killed her.."
"Feh." Raithe shook her head. "No matter. I can wait."

<Just as the wind blows, the feeling piercing my soul never ends. If there's a time of sorrow, then I can say it is forever with me.>
"Why?"
<Because the pain is always in my heart. No matter how much I try to erase it...It will be by my side until the end of my life. It was, it is, and it will be my destiny.>
"What's a destiny? Can't you escape from it?"
<Destiny is something already written. You can try to change it, to make it a dream or a nightmare, but somehow it will trap you over and over again.>
"So that's why you're hiding yourself from others."
<Yes, because I can't succeed over my fate.>
"How can you said that if you haven't tried?"
<There's no use in trying. I've already done that and found out it is always just the same. And...>
"And?"
<What you do with your actions will be somehow affecting those around yourself. Those you care about...or those you love.>
"Aren't you hurting those you care about, those you love?"
<Maybe I am.>
"So...?"
<So I'll let them be. They will be more happy if I'm not there.>
"Will they really be?"
<...Yes...I guess...>
"Then tell me, Getsuei, aren't you going to awake...? Will you never...?"
<I will wake up and triumph over my tears once again...but I will do it alone. As it is meant to be since the beginning of my life.>
"Really?"
<Sadness has always been a part of me, it remains there, since I was little. I don't want to make anyone else suffer because of that. Love, friendship...those are more delicate than the rose sweet perfume. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid nothing you say can change my mind. I have decided already.
For their sake.>
"So after you awake, you will never see them again..."
<You're right. Only when there's extrictly necessary. When they need me as their leader.>
"Will you be glad after that?"
<I am glad because I was given the opportunity to had such incredible persons around me.>
"That's not true. You're not indeed happy."
<Aren't I?>

Tranquility was busy planning a way to get Asahi for herself and also planning her revenge on the one that injured her Sailor Stellar.
*Beware Stellar for Tranquility is coming for you and this time neither I or the Dark Warrior will show any mercy.You shall pay for what you did to me.*

"Dark Warrior arise," she said. A Dark Warrior appeared before her. "I want you to bring Asahi to me. I also want you to destroy Sailor Stellar and that girl....what was her name? oh....Getsuei."
*My revenge is now at hand.*
The Dark Warrior vanished through a portal as Tranquility laughed evily.
"When will she awake?" he demanded worriedly.
"There has only being fifteen minutes since the doctor came, Asahi-kun"
Hoshi answered.
"It seemed like an eternity to me." He added, removing a blonde fang from his face.
Suddenly something...
"Ara?" He said as a shadow seemed had appeared behind him.
"Asahi-kun! Is a dark warrior!" Hoshi said, preparing for action.
"Masaka...Which planet are you from?" Asahi demanded coldly.
"I'm a soldier, ain't a Disbalance one. But not less powerful." He simply grinned "And I've come especially to take you to my mistress...and kill your two female friends in the process."
"Chikuso! I'd rather die than allow you to touch neither of them!" He took a defensive position.
"Stellar Magic Power, rainbow make up!" Power surrounded Hoshi in hues and burst into sparkles flickering through the shades of the rainbow, transforming her into Stellar. "I would like to see you try!!!" She rushed towards the warrior. It was her turn, or at least, she would like to think so. She knew how injured Asahi had been after he fought the Dark Warrior. She didn't want him to get hurt anymore and... It was her fault that this warrior was here now! Endangering him and Getsuei .
"Supernova!" In her hands, power gathered. "Flash Force!" She threw it into the warrior's stomach and swept at the feet. The warrior crashed into the front door and out into the hallway. Stellar cringed at the broken door; hopefully Getsuei wouldn't be mad.
"What the heck was that?!?" One of the neighbors pop out of the door and eeped at the sight of the warrior getting back up. Oh no!!! She had only thought to distance the warrior from Asahi and Getsuei.
"Quite impressive. I now know why Tranquility-sama was so angry with you." The Dark Warrior said as he stood up. He was quite huge and strong. "Now it's my turn for payback...Dark Winds...ARISE!"
Asahi could felt a cold air passing through just a second before the winds exploded in front of them, throwing Hoshi back until she was stopped by the wall. He didn't like to how the warrior threated his sister. He ran to Hoshi's side to see how she was.
"Sis...daijoubu ka?"
"Daijoubu." She answered, as she tried to regain all her senses. "You want a fight? Then you'll get it." Asahi tried to find his henshin but it was not there!
"Masaka..."
He remembered.
After returning from his little morning trip he was about to take a bath so he removed his sun symbol.
Just after that, the phone rang. It was a call from Hoshi, he heard her yelling Getsuei's name and then he didn't care about anything else, he just went here to see how was his princess.
"Shimmata! boku...argh...baka!" He clenched his fists.
"What is it? You give up, Asahi-ouji?" The Dark Warrior teased him. "I see you decided the best it's not to fight against me."
"I will never do something like that, kisama!" He said in anger. "Look at yourself. No powers. You must thank Tranquility-sama that I won't kill you like these other two."
"Kuso! Don't attempt to harm my sister! And less... LESS GETSUEI!" He yelled.
"What does that mean? Are you...with that sick pitty girl?" The dark one almost laughed.
"She's not a sick pitty girl!" Asahi protested furiously
"I see...I was right." The other smiled savagely " Tranquility-sama would be more grateful if I kill that sleeping girl right away. She will have no rivals."
The Dark one concentrated a ball of energy in his hand, ready to release it at any moment.
"Dark...SPHERES OF PAIN!"
A blinding light.
Asahi let a little growl escape from his lips as the ball struck his own body while trying to protect Getsuei. "Mamotte...ageru...hime..." He muttered with a voice cut by pain. His chest was bleeding, he could feel the blood, it was hot, burning his wound.
"What you've done, baka na!? If you die Tranquility-sama will...she will turn me into pieces!" The warrior's eyes widened.
"Asahi-kun!!!!!!!" Stellar jolted up and to Asahi's side, ignoring the pain that pierced her head with that moment. He was bleeding. Then the words of the warrior registered. Die? The word rang in Hoshi's head, filling all the recesses of her mind.
"Tranquility?" Stellar whispered angrily, getting onto her feet while trying to jar her head too much. It hurt, but not as much as the sight of Asahi bleeding. "You won't have to worry about Tranquility, because I won't leave pieces for anyone."
"He'll survive that attack if he really had faced a Disbalance one." The warrior's voice was a little shaking, but gained strength as he gained his confidence once again. "And just how do you think that you'll be able to defeat me? I am going to kill you and that sleeping girl, and then bring back Asahi-ouji to Tranquility."
She glared, furious, at the warrior. "How dare you! How dare you come here! How dare you try to hurt Getsuei-hime!!! How could you hurt Asahi!!!" Tears stung at her eyes. 'Watashi no sei.' Her fault. If she hadn't been so reckless to transform in front of Tranquility. "Yurusanai!!!" 'Watashi mo yurusanai.' Her stupid recklessness had caused this and her feelings were causing that recklessness. She.

"Stellar Cuasar Power!!!" A flute appeared into her hands as a rainbow ribbon unrolled from the end of it. "I'll stop you, then I'll stop Tranquility." She lashed out with the ribbon in a rapid fury that the warrior wasn't able to block the first few. Then the warrior swung out, catching Stellar on his arm to fling her once more into the wall.

"It's going to have to take a lot more power than that," the Dark Warrior scowled and then shuddered in pain, touching where the ribbon had gotten through. The lashes had left behind glowing chrome marks that were burning into the warrior's skin.
"Don't underestimate me." She had hit her head again. It was throbbing painfully and was making it difficult for her to concentrate. Her legs just didn't seem to want to cooperate, and she had to lean against the wall to get somewhat standing.
The Dark Warrior laughed. "Seem you don't have more energy to fight, little girl."
He looked back at his injured skin, it really hurt. The anger suddenly overtook his momentary grinn.
"You know, this attack of yours is quite painful...NOW I'M REALLY ANGRY!" He concentrated another ball of energy "Dark....SPHERES OF......Na ni?!! Bakayarou! Get out of the way!"
"Never..." Asahi said, protecting Stellar with his weak body. Also, he gently laid down Getsuei on the floor next to his 'sister' .
"Kuso!!" The Dark Warrior kicked the floor, the whole building trembled with the force of his strike.
Asahi looked at Stellar, they couldn't win this battle alone...both him and her were too weak to fight against the warrior. He didn't know what to do, he wouldn't endure to be on his feet much time. And if that happened, Hoshi and...and Getsuei... they were going to die...Wait! He could...yes...he would do that...he gazed at his princess for a long second, as if he wanted to keep her forever inside his soul. Then, he spoke. "You seem to...be a good business youma....Let's make a deal...I...I will go with you...to see Tranquility....and you let them in peace...Anyway...I won't stop protecting them...until my life shuts down!"
The warrior doubted. Tranquility told him to kill the girls and bring Asahi. Now he had the opportunity to give his mistress the one she wanted...that was an advance. Besides, he was severely damaged although he tried to hide it.
"Without tricks?"
"You...have my word..." Asahi nodded.
"Wakatta, taiyou no ouji. Ikimashu!"
The Dark one opened a long portal...

"NO!!! Zettai ni iya da!" Stellar pushed herself off the wall, but kept one hand on it to keep her
balance. "You can't go! I can defeat this warrior."
"Sis..." Asahi started.
"You can't go! You should be here with us!" There was a cold coiling within her. "I don't want to lose you!"
"Sis, take care of hime for me." He let the warrior lead him through the portal.
"Asahi!!!" She reached out for the portal, but closed as her fingers almost touched it. "Iya da..." Tears
filled her eyes and overflowed. "Asa... hi... kun," she whispered, sliding to the floor.

Rei sat quietly in front of her peaceful fire in the temple.
"Something's…wrong…" Rei closed her eyes. "Fire, please show me where Usagi is." She clasped her hands together and slowly opened her eyes. She gazed into the fire for three minutes. "Please, show me." She whispered. The fire went ablaze as sparks flew around. Usagi's face appeared =
blurred but she was crying. Usagi's face faded and the fire jumped to the Ginzuishou. Rei watched it carefully with puzzlement. "Serenity…" The fire grew and the Ginzuishou came into perfect view. It sparkled and then, without warning, it split into 5 pieces and shattered. Rei screamed. "Usagi-chan!" Rei jumped back as the fire burst thru the room and mysteriously vanished. "Usagi! Where are you?" Rei thought.

The cat nodded.

"Which mistake?!" The cat's eyes widened.

*There must be a way for the Sailor Senshi to fight the elves and get Ami back from them.* She thought silently to herself, as she finished her practice.
She noticed the crowd that had gathered when they start to clap and cheer. Bowing respectfully to the crowd while hiding her blush, she packed up her violin, and headed down the steps of the stage to leave the park.As she left she heard a familiar voice calling out her name, and stopped and turned around to see who it was.

School had long since been over, but back at the house of Kou, Seiya had made herself a bowl of chicken soup and another cup for Taiki-neko. "How you got into THIS, I haven't the damnest idea..."
Taiki was ravenous chomping into it, and getting his facial fur soaked.
Seiya's eyebrow twitched. "You look like a slob, and you're making me lose my appetite."
Taiki's tail raised in a question mark pose as he lifted his head. "Sorry," came the small vocal reply.
Seiya watched Taiki eat in silence, then in amusement as Taiki hopped the table, heading towards the bathroom. "Where are you going?"
Taiki gave her a weird look. "To take a shower-... ... ... But I can't reach the stall..."
"You can't even reach the faucet," joked Seiya. "Most cats lick themselves clean."
Taiki's face bent out of joint, but Seiya continued. "Then I guess _I_ could always give you a bath," she said with a mischeivous glint in her eyes.
Taiki went and buried his face in a couch pillow, then came back into the kitchen. "Look, all clean, now get off my case."
Seiya sighed, rested her head on her arms, and stared at Taiki. "Y'know what? Life is REALLY starting to suck more and more."
Taiki meowed back a reply, and crossed his eyes. Seiya looked up, alarmed.

"What? What?!"
"I have a itch behind my ear and it's annoying!!"
A sweatdrop went down her face as she reached over and scratched Taiki behind the left ear.
"Hooooaaaaaahhhh....... Thanks."
"How long are you gonna be like this?" asked Seiya.
"How should I know?! If I even knew who changed me INTO a cat, I'd use my new-found claws on their face!!" hissed Taiki.
Seiya let her head drop into her chicken soup.Taiki peeked over her head as millions of sweatdrops peltered both of them.

"Daijobu?"
.... After locking the door and driving around in circles for awhile, Seiya had finally parked at the ampitheater, and with Taiki lounging around her neck she began to walk around it in circles as well.
"Taiki, ever since we've disbanded it's like we've gone down-hill. Yaten's brainwashed by some evil dork, Kakyuu-hime lost her memories and is even afraid of ME, and now some act of Kami has turned you into a feline. And a heavy one at that," she grunted, rotating her shoulders to get some feeling back. "I wonder how Usagi and Minako put up with this..."
"Quit your whining! This is serious buisness! I can't even transform!! You're the only one left on our team who has full use of her powers, and it's time we did something about the whole EVIL situation! Yaten was right; it's time the StarLights made a comeback!"
"Ow! Fine, fine! But relax, would you?! You're digging your claws in my-" Taiki ignored her, cocking an ear.
"What?" asked Seiya.
"I hear a violin."
Seiya cupped her left hand over her ear. "I don't hear anything." Taiki smiled, as only a cat could. "Exactly. Follow it anyway; I can hear it plain as day."
And so Taiki and Seiya jogged for quite awhile, until they stopped at the crowd, Taiki began searching quickly with his eyes until Seiya blinked twice, and then called out, "Michiru!!"
Taiki groaned the best way he could, hanging on for dear life on Seiya's shoulder as she ran to her. "Oh, kami, here we go. I'll be at Haruka's mercy now..." he muttered, skimming the roads for the flashy yellow car or motor-bike.
Seiya slowed to a halt, and flashed Michiru a grin. "Hey! It's been... awhile..." It suddenly occurred to Seiya that she hadn't seen Michiru since their concert; The soldier of the sea might not have a clue as to who she was talking to.
A sweatdrop went down both Taiki's and Seiya's heads, as she tried to salvage the situation. "Ano, how have you been? We've-... er, *I* was thinking about you guys lately. Speaking of guys, where's Haruka?" she joked nervously.
Taiki slumped on Seiya's shoulder. The conversation could be taking a turn for the worse if Haruka thought they were... (heaven forbid!) flirting with Michiru.
Michiru stared in surprise at Seiya, for a few moments, before recognition set in, her eyes widening slightly. "Seiya? When did you--?" Michiru stopped, deciding that it would be rude to ask in a public spot. "I'm doing fine, Seiya."
A smile appeared on her face when she notices the looks of worry and discomfort on Seiya and his cats faces, when Seiya mention Haruka's name, and saw how they were looking around the park. "Haruka-san's not here. Yet. She's supposed to come by later to pick me up."
Moving closer to Seiya, she looked at the cat perched on Seiya's shoulder.
"Cute cat. Is he yours?"
"Yes... you could say that he's a crooner- er, coon," joked Seiya.
Taiki 'hissed' and dug a set of claws on the back of Seiya's neck.
"YEEEOWWW!!!" she shouted, wrenching Taiki off her neck and making a motion to punch his lights out. Noticing Michiru's queer glance, however, Seiya laughed nervously and pulled Taiki close to her chest - by his neck.
"Nice neko-chan, ne?" she fumbled, vigorously rubbing his head. "Yup... one NICE neko-chan."
Taiki was turning interesting shades of red and blue as he finally released himself from Seiya's football arm and scurried away, humiliated, back to the car.
Seiya smiled at her small victory, and turned her attention back to Michiru. "So, no Haruka, eh? ... If you don't mind me asking, how's things between you two? I mean, I *know* we're not the best friends ('Ruka and I), but I haven't seen either of you together in the past few weeks. In fact, I didn't... I didn't even see you at the meeting."
"Haruka doesn't like you period, Seiya." Michiru said teasingly. "We've been keeping busy the last couple of weeks."
Michiru frowned a bit at Seiya's actions towards the cat, before answering.

However, though, rising curiousity got the best of Taiki as he raised his small head over the driver's side door. "Heeeeeere, birdy, birdy, birdy!" he hissed. Then, his eyes widened and he blinked.
A yellow flash had driven past the car heading around the theater.
He turned around and saw from afar Michiru and Seiya still talking. He made a move to hop out and warn Seiya, but after thinking a moment jumped in the back seat with a catly smirk, and went to sleep.

*

Hikari opened the door a little surprised. "Hi, Kish. Where's Hitei?"
"Ah, Hi leader..." Kish stepped inside." Hitei couldn't make it so I come here alone"
"Oh. Nothing's wrong I hope." Hikari gave a concern look worried for Hitei's well being.
"Naaa nothing will harm him." Kish rubs his hands. "So, where are the girls?"
Hikari giggled as she turned towards the study where everyone was. Kish is about to get a surprise with Angel and Ashley.
"Everyone's in the study, Kish." Hikari smiled. "Angel has been wondering about you and Hitei for some time, Kish."
"Angel?? That little whinnie angel??" Kish said.
Angel stepped from the study doorway eyes narrowed on Kish; giving Kish a cunning smile. "I heard that, Hormonal Menace."
Hikari shook her head. "Come now. Do we need name throwing here?"
"AH!! YOU ARE THE WHINNIE LITTLE CUBBY!!" Kish retorted to Angel.
Hikari replied. "Guess not."
Hikari entered the study to see Ashley was alert.
"So what is the meeting about?" Ashley asked as her violet eyes glanced at Kish and Angel in the doorway with a sweat drop.
Hikari picked up some books and looked at Ashley. "About anything that's been occurring the past few weeks."
Kish was rubbing his chin and said, "It can be... you are so fat that time even I could roll you easily like a ball".
Angel glared at Kish with her ice blue eyes. "Still the child I see."
Angel walked over to a box of books as Hikari cleared her throat politely as she picked up some books to place on a near by self.
"So who is this Raithe, Hikari-hime?" Angel asked picking some books and starting to place them in the shelves neatly; momentarily ignoring Kish.
Kish looked around and saw Ashley. He smiled at her then asked Hikari, "Who is she?"
Hikari turned to look at who Kish meant smiled. "That's Ashley."
Ashley looked at Kish as a stray strain of hair fell loose and she pushed it back. She smiled. "Nice to met you, Kish. I hope we can work well together to help Hikari."
Kish smiled and then he nodded at Ashley and said, "Yeah, hopefully that we could cooperate more ".
Ashley nodded. Angel placed some books into the shelf close to her from the book as she cleared her throat. Hikari took this as she was waiting.
Hikari began to tell the two about Raithe and her dealings in the past for the next few minutes. She told them of the 'Theater of Vampires' in Paris which once had vampires pretending to be humans pretending to be vampires and would do their killing on stage. How she contently would run in with Raithe, Lestat or one of the other members of Raithe's court every now and then.
"Boy, she sounds like a handful." Angel replied.
Ashley nodded; she had never meet Raithe and wonders if she could handle a dealing with the old vampire.
"It seems right now she has her sights on Kakyuu and Michael." Hikari commented gravely. "Why can't she pick on someone her own age for once."
"How -old- is she, anyway?" Ureshii questioned.
"Let's say she been around as a vampire since Usagi was born as Serenity in the Silver Age. Old enough to get Karasu's interest into the arts of magic when he was young." Hikari replied calmly. "Though I believe I'm older than her."
Kish looked puzzled at Hikari and asked, "You mean that vampire girl loves Kakyuu?"
"Actually . . . Raithe only would love to play with Kakyuu." Hikari shuttered to think what Raithe had in store for Kakyuu. It could be simple as messing with her mid to taking her life through taking her blood.
"hmm.... sounds that she will be my rival" Kish comment.
Hikari looked at Kish for a moment and nodded an expectance; knowing that the Dawn system's senshi/knights had skills that matched those of a vampire of Earth. She looked at Kakyuu.
<<I hope the light senshi came get Yaten back soon. For Kakyuu to transform.>> Hikari thought
Hikari thoughts went to Yaten; her Neko-chan. Then the Dark Kingdom with the Happy Fun Balls. Hikari wasn't sure if the two were connected but she had an idea in finding out. Angel noticed the look.
"Hikari-hime?" Angel asked getting some more books.
"Just thinking about Yaten." Hikari replied with a look of a child caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
Kish looked at the books and read the titles. Then he reached a quite large book then opened it. "Hmm... who is this guy? Your bf?"
Hikari gave a puzzled look to Kish as she held some books in her hands. "Yaten?"
"I dunno. Here" Kish handed the book to Hikari.
Hikari looked at what Kish pointed at and blushed. "Ah...that's an old friend who gave me the book on one of my trips, Kish."
Kakyuu took the boxes and still half day-dreaming.
Kish smirked then rubbed his chin, "that's it?"
Angel looked over with a smile at Hikari. "Have you meet someone finally?"
Hikari gave the two and smiled. "No comment."
"Trying to keep me from finding a bf fore you, Hikari?" Angel asked with a playful smile.
"No comment." Hikari smiled cunningly.
Kish took the book again and examined it then he said, "You like this guy?"
Kish rub his chin. "Csk csk csk.... He is not even has a half of my look.... So pathetic."
Angel snorted. "Hah. You think you are the gods gift to the universe."
"He's a good author. That book was all the rage in it's time, Kish." Hikari replied with a warm smile.
Ashley looked at the three as they went off the subject of the meeting. "Isn't Yaten one of the music group 'Three Lights', Hikari?"
"Yes. And One of Kakyuu's guardian senshi, The Starlights." Hikari added.
Angel began to informing of her conversation with Taiki and Seiya the night before. Hikari glared when Angel came to the part when Angel commented on fighting.
"You got that right." Hikari shook her head and smiled warmly at the physically older senshi.
"Well, with Seiya cracking her knuckles and commenting 'If you can.' I just thought she meant a test of skills as would have been interpreted in the Dawn System, right?" Angel defensively retorted.
"What good of making books? I could make books too" Kish said calmly then combed his hair back.
"Books open worlds of imagination. Give the read something to believe in. They record history so the future would not make the same mistakes the past had done." Hikari turned to Kish; she smiled playfully. "They also can help a young man to proclaim his feelings in away most young woman would swoon into his arms."
Hikari understood what Angel was getting at; she was right about the interpretation of the act. In her travels one act could mean many things to different societies.
"I think Seiya was getting at; if you can't transform then there would have been a fight." Hikari smiled warmly.
Ureshii stood and listened to the conversation silently. She wondered what time it was and when she needed to get back to her apartment.
"Cheap books then" Kish smirked then said, "Books to get girls into his arms are surely not a good books".
Hikari sighed.
"Well, I would have thought they saw me transform when I helped with those pink elephants yesterday afternoon. Any ways..." Angel comment then went on with last night's conversation.
"They did?" Hikari quickly looked over to Angel as she mentioned she was excepted to assist in getting Yaten back. She was happy that Taiki and Seiya had found someone to help out. "That's great."
Angel continued to tell her of the discover about Yaten. Hikari listened to Angel's encounter with her Neko-chan.
Kakyuu arranged the books.
Ureshii asked absentmindedly, "What time is it?"
Ashley looked hat her watch. "It's about 3 in the afternoon, Ureshii."
"Neko-chan?" Hikari a bit sadden; the recalled of the four generals that once were Prince Endymion's friends and royal guards. "So my suspicions are correct. Then that would mean a few of the Dark Kingdom are around."
Angel looked at Hikari; realizing Hikari did it again as to knowing something had yet mentioned. Hikari was a bit sad at where her Neko-chan was right now but she was touched that she had not forgotten her Nana. Ashley was a bit bored as she didn't know most of the people personally that Hikari and Angel were talking about; she continued to put books in the selves.
"So, if you don't mind, Hikari-hime, I'll keep an eye on the starlights for you." Angel replied.
Hikari understood what Angel was getting at: Angel wants to keep her out of as much trouble as possible as she is looking for Hikari to say she'll let her handle things.
"As long as you're helping out, Angel; you can watch over Seiya and Taiki." Hikari replied with a warm smile. "I'll occasionally like to help out."
Angel didn't lie about how Hikari wanted to see her Neko-chan vary much and she had a few ideas on where she could find her godchild on Earth she thought as she put some books on the shelf.
Kish approached Kakyuu then said, "Hellol there"
Hikari looked over at Kakyuu who'd been daydreaming. "What are you daydreaming about Kakyuu?"
Kakyuu startled and dropped the books down from her hands. She quickly picked up the books from the floor.
"Kakyuu?" Hikari asked as she went to help pick the books up. "What is it?"
"N.. nothing" Kakyuu replied shortly.
Kish picked up the book to help Kakyuu then put his arm around Kakyuu's waist and said, "Here are the books"
"There's has to be something, Kakyuu." Angel replied with her back toward them reaching to put books on the top shelf.
"Maybe she doesn't want to talk about it Angel." Ashley replied.
"Do you want to talk about it, Kakyuu?" Hikari calming and sincerely asked; she shook her head at Kish hoping he would use desecration with Kakyuu.
"There is nothing at all..." Kakyuu smiled then put the books back clumsily.
"Maybe later." Hikari nodded.
Ureshii looked worried-like at Kakyuu and sighed. "Well I think I might have to go soon."
Kakyuu avoided Kish's encroachment and tried to release the hug.
"Kish, Kakyuu can't put book into the self like that." Hikari pointed out. "Neither can you. There will be enough time for cuddling at a later time."
Kish used his other hand to put the books that he held to proof that he could.
Kakyuu tried to push him away but failed.
Angel glanced over and cannily pointed her finger at Kish sending some of her energy to zap Kish in the rump while Hikari was busy putting books on the shelf to see.
Kish shocked then he dodged from the attack. He glared at Angel and released Kakyuu. He collected an aura energy and aimed it to Angel.
Kakyuu walked away from Kish and Angel then walked out of Hikari's apartment.
Hikari felt the energy and turned.
"Steady Measure you two." Hikari replied calmly. "Kish aura. Angel stop antagonizing Kish."
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Ashley frowned followed Kakyuu out into the hallway and lead her back into the apartment.
"That wouldn't be wise Princess Kakyuu." Ashley commented with warmth and caring emotion.
"And who are you?" Kakyuu asked.
"I'm Ashley. First you'll just wonder around the city and worry everyone." Ashley calmly replied. "Why not take a nap to keep away from Kish?"
"Where to have the nap? beside, I like to take a walk for a while" Kakyuu replied.
"Bedroom you slept in last night?" Ashley asked; she wondered if she should let Kakyuu go off by herself.
"That's mean in Hikari's apartment. And that blond guy will do something." Kakyuu.
"I'll you be careful, stay close by and return shortly?" Ashley asked.
Kakyuu nodded then left.
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As Hikari finished the self of books she turned to Ashley, who walked in, and asked "Where's Kakyuu?"
"She went to get some fresh air." Ashley replied.
"Probably got stuffy in here." Angel commented folding her arms across her chest.
Hikari gave Angel 'don't start' look.
"Now who is the fat one here ball stomach!" Kish said to Angel.
"Kish." Hikari spoke as she turned to Kish. "Where's Hitei?"
"uh? oh He is fine at home" Kish replied easily.
"Okay." Hikari nodded; checking emphatically to make sure Kakyuu wasn't in danger.
Kish took a deep breath then sat on the coach.

Ureshii wasn't home. Mei turned the street corner and glanced up at the apartment complex, not stopping. It seemed hard to believe that it only had been yesterday that she had been here. The meeting hadn't worked out too well. There had been too many interruptions and so many things that had happened from then to now. She felt more peace than she had in a long while. It had taken a long time, staring out at the ocean, to nowhere, that she began to understand. She would do what Angel so kindly suggested to her. She knew that it was there, the terrible desire to destroy again, but she could deal with it.
She hesitated in front of Mamoru's door. It was quiet. Before she moved on to Hikari's door, or at least she hoped it was. She was hoping to find Ureshii and - to find Hisoka. She lifted a hand and knocked.

Hikari heard someone knocking at the door and went to see who it might be. She smiled as she opened the door to see Mei there.
"Hi, Mei." Hikari said to Mei.
"Good morning, Hikari-hime," Mei replied, feeling a little strange. It was the way that she used to greet Hikari in the mornings when... She struggled a little with the memory. It was fuzzy... but she thought it was breakfast?

"Hello. Nice to meet you." Mei gave a little bow to Kish. She was nervous about being in the same room with Kakyuu, even though she was on better terms with Seiya, and Kakyuu had amnesia.
Hikari with the matter of Mei's introduction and Kakyuu's safety dealt with she recalled the elves and Tranquility. "Ashii-chan, what kind of mistiff has the Elven court been up to?"
Ashley began to inform Hikari from the time Lord Choas was released by Sailor Uranus to time Lord Chaos was killed protecting Usagi for the next few minutes as Angel and Hikari continued to put books up. Every now and then when Mayhem's name was mentioned Hikari would stop for a split second and then continue working.

<<Yaten . . . Tranquility . . . Ami . . .>> Hikari thought sadly. <<I won't give up on you!>>
"I should also go." Mei got up. Suddenly her stomach grumbled. She turned red. "Uh... Maybe I'll stay." Her cheeks were still flushed. She had forgotten that she hadn't eaten anything all day.
Hikari nodded as she closed the door as the other two headed off; she looked at her watch which read 4:30PM. She turned to Mei with a cheerful smile.
"Great. You can meet Hitei then. If he makes it here." Hikari replied. "Would you like to help cook? Give you some experience in knowing where this are since you'll be staying here a week."
"It would help." Mei smiled back and followed Hikari into the kitchen. "How did you meet Kish and Hitei?" She was curious; Hikari had mentioned them together when introducing Kish.
Hikari smiled tenderly. "In person . . . only today. I only knew by reputation before hand because the two had went space traveling before my time in the Dawn System of the Rukback galaxy."
"Only today? Does Angel know them from before?" Mei was a little worried.
Reputations didn't hold much often."
"Yes. The three grew up with each other. Kish and Hitei are Asteroid Knights and Angel is a planetary senshi of the system." Hikari started to show Mei where things were as she got items out to start dinner with. She blushed slightly. "Ah . . .according to Queen Alitra of Pern . . . I am the system's leader."
"Really?" Mei smiled. "You seem to be doing a lot of things." The smile faded away as her thoughts turned to what she had been doing... She shouldn't let herself agonize over it so much, but... She shook her head.
"You have the leadership skills, hime."
"Thank you, Mei." Hikari smiled as she gave Mei a warm hug.
"Though you did give me some hard times during those lessons I gave you and your sisters," Mei teased. It seemed the more time that she spent with Hikari, the more she was able to recall.
"Yeah I was a real handful . . ." Hikari remembered and tried not to giggle. Then realized she should apology for her what her past selves will do in the time they are there. "I'd like to say sorry for my younger selves while they stay here."
"Why? Is there something I should be worried about?" Mei looked at Hikari, hoping that it wasn't too mischievous.
Hikari tried to recall details of her trip to the present as a child. "I mostly spend my time with Michael while I'm here. He helped me learn Japanese and English on my first visit."
Hikari started to cook dinner.
"Not much I can recall other than that and meting quite a few characters including...actually Mei...I did know Kish and Hitei as a child when I was here in the present. Watch out for Kish . . .he likes the opposite sex as I have been told."
"Oh..." Mei wondered if it was going to be a little confusing for Kish and Hitei after meeting Hikari then the child Hikari, but it shouldn't be a problem. "I noticed about Kish." She gave a wry smile at how Kish had looked towards Kakyuu a few times. What would the Starlights think/do about that?
Hikari nodded; she had a feeling Mei might wind up protecting Kakyuu from Kish the way things looked in the study between Kish and Kakyuu. At least Ureshii can handle herself with Kish; Hikari hoped.

Ever had one of those days where everything seemed to piss you off? Ever have one of those days when nothing seemed to go right? Sure, we all have. But when you're a Sailor Senshi, life seems to be a string
of those days.
But it was the company of loved ones that made the days bearable. For Haruka Tenoh, being with Michiru Kaioh had become more of a pleasure than a chore. It seemed like ages since the shy violinist had approached Haruka after one of her races and offered to sketch her. The memory of becoming Sailor Uranus for the first time seemed even further away.
Haruka shook her head as she parked her car. The duty to the Princess and the protection of the solar system was nothing to simply lose in one's mind. The Outer Senshi defended against menaces from beyond the stars. They originally did not get involved in the battle with Nehelenia since she was a problem that came from within. But that didn't last too long.
Haruka didn't understand the Senshi of the inner planets. They were care-free half the time. They waited for trouble to come looking for them before acting . . . yet . . . there was something about them. They performed some wonderous deeds in their time. They saved the Senshi of Silence, Uranus and Neptune, and drove back many menaces. And what made it harder for Haruka to swallow was the fact that she had to admit she was wrong about how they acted; to herself if not aloud.
Walking down the sidewalk, Haruka mused the current crisis some,before locating Michiru in the crowd. Waving, she walked over to greet her, before seeing just exactly who she was in the company of.
"What are you doing here?" she snarled at Seiya.
Michiru stared back into Seiya's eyes for a moment, "The reason I wasn't there was because--" Before Michiru could answer Seiya, she stopped when she hears Haruka's voice, and turned towards her with a pleased look on her features, as she moved to stand by Haruka's side.
"Haruka. Seiya was just keeping me company while I waited for you to arrive. We were discussing the last Meeting the others had."
Michiru stared back into Seiya's eyes for a moment, "The reason I wasn't
there was because--" Before Michiru could answer Seiya, she stopped when she
hears Haruka's voice, and turned towards her with a pleased look on her
features, as she moved to stand by Haruka's side.
"Haruka. Seiya was just keeping me company while I waited for you to
arrive. We were discussing the last Meeting the others had."
Seiya knew that there wasn't any great love for the 'Lights when they were all male from the Outers, but in recent days (in lieu of all the events), she just smiled at Haruka. "Ne, Haruka-chan, ochitsuite. It's not like I'm looking to pick her up or anything. Actually, I'm GLAD to see you two together again... for a moment, I was worried that Michiru had fallen to someone else, like Ami thoughtlessly did. Of course," she added quickly, "Michiru-san would fight it like hell, but still. Taiki and I weren't worried about you, for we saw you at the Meeting."
She grinned. "And we know that we don't ever have to go hunting for you; the way you slashed at that elf made me want to stand up and applaud."
She broke off, and added softly, "But, we almost have something in common with you senshi yet again. You guys lost Ami; we've were beaten and so Yaten was kidnapped and brainwashed. And now there's a double-loss; Hime's (well, OUR princess) has amnesia. She can't remember anything at all."
'Of course, we're going to get Yaten back. Her, and Kakyuu-hime's memories...'
Seiya shook her head to clear the thoughts away, then smiled wanly. "So, if you're back from 'wherever', Michiru, then there's hope that Setsuno and Hotaru were with you as well?"

Hisoka sighed. She was home, looking at the noisy people outside her bedroom's window. It was so sad to be alone in a big empty house. <How would Shinrai be?> she wondered. <How would her parents be?>

Surely, much better than her.

It was no fair that they leave her alone. Why didn't they take her with them? Was it because she had some other destiny? A destiny of a warrior?

"I don't have more dreams to make the feathers of my wings..." She whispered

Hitei shocked, "WHAT?!". Then Hitei glared at Lestat and pushed him so hard towards the wall across the entrance. "How dare you touch Hikari!! in what nerve you dare to touch her and still stand here calmly as if nothing happen and as if Hikari is just a 1 penny girl!!". Hitei then turned towards Kish and said, "Kish... How come you let this happend?!".
Kish took a deep breath, "How should I know? He rang the bell then valla, that thing happend. Looks like he has no moral or respect to ladies".
Hikari softly shook her head. "Because they are not minions, Hitei, that can be taken down with one blow. They are vampires." Hikari started to set the table. She was still thinking of that kiss. Then she commented on the second part of Hitei's statement; she had keep her thoughts on the kiss and Lestat while there. "I hope Lestat was more preoccupied with reading my thoughts, Hitei, or Lestat and Raithe will also know the effects the realm will have on Kish. Lestat's Dark Power is reading minds and for some reason I tend to forget about that every time I see him."
Hikari was about to put a plate down and stopped as she thought came to mind. "Actually it seemed Lestat was preoccupied with me the whole time both in the hall and the thrown room or would have reacted more swifter to
you and Kish's thoughts. Hmmm...I wonder what he is up to."

Layer upon layer of magik surrounded Mayhem's Realm. No one would enter. He had learned his lesson well.
Before him on the table the amber bottle seemed surrounded by a pleasent glow in the diffuse light of his bedchamber. He picked up the bottle, and admired it's sheen in the light from his fire-roses. Then carefully he
poured another glass of the potent liquor inside. Setting the bottle back down, just as carefully, he tried to remember how many glasses...no bottles he had consumed. But then....what the hell! What did it matter? What did any of it matter?
He had been tricked, beaten at his own game! In his boundless arrogance, he had left all the usual protections for his Game unattended to. After all, he thought, what did it matter? All the other Elven are dead, save for the Court. And even Chaos is gone now. No one would DARE interfere. And he had nothing to fear from a simple mortal. But someone HAD dared, and the mortal was anything but simple.
No defences up, and he had been barred from his own Game! Forced to watch while all his well made plans were crushed! The temperature in the room had been slowly lowering over the past.....hours...days? He didn't know. By now the picture frames were frosted over, and his breath steamed all the time. As it did now when he muttered, "....love me... No one loves me." How could Calestria even have said such a thing, after seeing what she had done! No, he corrected himself, not her, but Ruin. He had to think of them as separate people now, for they really were. Three woman trapped in one body.

A Senshi, a psychopath, and a frightened Elven Lady. He snorted, "Great, can't attract a woman for thousands of years....and now this."
~Abandoned~~ he thought. ~~Abandoned at birth....abandoned by friendship...and Kami-sama! I never even HAD a love to abandon me!!~ With a roar, he stood, over turning the table. The bottle rolled onto the carpet, silently spilling amber liquid onto the plush fibers. It went unnoticed, however, when Mayhem's shout echoed throughout his chambers. It only grew in intensity, even after Mayhem had fallen to his knees, shaking, the sub-zero cold finally getting to him. It reverberated, finally ending, leaving the room in what seemed a terrible silence. But not for long.
Whispers started, almost too quiet to hear. He moaned, placing his hands over his ears. He didn't know what was coming, but he feared it, would do anything to escape. He struggled to stand, to remove his magiks, so he
could run, outrun the whispers, the voices, the swirling wind that had invaded his rooms.
"NO! Go away!" He cried to the air. "You have no place here!!"
"No place? No place.....?" The voices giggled back, mocking him. One voice finally separated from the din, a ghostly figure wavered before him. It seemed hungry, feeding off his terror, revelling in his pain. "What,
darling? You say we have no place? But we love you! You cannot say you are not loved, for we have never left you, not even during your thousand year sleep!" The figure crouched down, firming as it did so, taking on the
semblance of a full-figured human woman....an Old Queen of Earth, during the Golden Reign. Her defeat in one of his Games, so long, long ago had been one of the crowing feathers in his cap.
"You aren't real! You're dead!"
"Of course I am silly. We all are....." From behind her, beside her crowed the figures of dozens of ghosts. All people he had defeated, killed in his Games. "We're all SO glad you can see us now, Mayhem-chan..." She
smiled and giggled again. "Even though you had to get wasted to do so."
"What do you want from me?" He tried to pull the tattered remains of his courage around him, but was still too drunk, to out of control of his own powers and emotions to do so.
"Want? That's simple. We want you to suffer. Just like we did. We love you now, we've watched you for so long, and we want you to feel our pain! You have to love us too!!" She wrapped her translucent arms around him, he howled and tried to push her off. But it was of no use. His own terror gave her power she hadn't had even when she lived. He was pulled to his feet, all the spirits crowding around them. Mere shades compared to
her....and she was still not wholly solid, but strong enough to tug at his robes, trip up his feet as he was dragged to the wall length mirror in his bathroom.
"Please....stop....please..." He begged them.
"Ah, but the best is yet to come, my love!" She cried. "There's someone else who just _desperately_ wants to see you again!"
The mirror in front of them showed Mayhem at his worst, robes mussed and torn, hair knotted, and his skin as white as that of the spirits surrounding him, his lips starting to turn blue from the cold. The mirror started to fog, but not in the normal manner....no this fog seemed to come from the inside, and roll outward into the room sticking to everything it touched. A figure appeared on the other side of the mirror, walking towards them, taking it's time while the ghosts poked and prodded Mayhem, driving him insane with they're soft laughter. After a short eternity of waiting, the fog parted.
"MICHAEL!" Mayhem sobbed, as the Queen released him and he fell to his knees once more. This time before a familiar face that stared out at him from the other side of the glass.
Michael stared at him blankly. What was he crying about? Why is it he can finally see him? . . . . . . .who was he talking to? Michael watched Mayhem wander about the room, acting as if there were more than just the two
of them there.
Of course, Michael had been screaming in his ear for hours, trying to get some attention, but Mayhem just ignored him. Now that he was pawing at the thin air . . . . this was just strange.
"Uh . . . yeah. That's me. You . . .okay?"
Mayhem gasped as Michael spoke. "So you're with them too? You need to torture me too?!" He hid is face in his hands, feeling the Queen stroke his hair lovingly. "I never meant for anything like this to happen to you!!"
"Them?" Michael looked around the room. "Who's 'them'? We're the only two here."
As he made this little announcement, Mayhem gazed back up at him with pain-leaded eyes. "Who? Why all the other ghosts, of course. The dead come back to punish me for killing them. And what special pleasure will you get from that? Even though I did not use my own hands or magik, it was my own carelessness that lost you."
"Uh . . . .right."
What was he blathering about? Michael had woken up a little while after collapsing in the hallway and found that everyone was gone. The air was a little warm where he collapsed, but it seems this place was more illusion
than real, since he could just walk through the walls. However, the elves were being pains because he's been yelling at all of them and not one even blinked.
Now Mayhem is going on about the dead coming back to annoy him.
"I'm sorry . . . I just don't see anyone else here." Michael noticed the bottle on the floor behind Mayhem. "Do . . . YOU see anyone here?"
"What's the use?" The mage said in a tired voice. "No one cares anymore. Did anyone ever care anyway?" He waved a hand vaguely at Michael and the rest of the Horde. "Do what you will, I haven't the strength to fight you off...." Mayhem let himself drift on wave after wave of pain and loneliness. The ghosts crooned, loving his raw emotions, sucking them in and taking form in them. They're pain finally had a face, and for a few short seconds they were given form, and the semblance of flesh. They moved in for the kill, but it was the Queen who held them off. Her golden hair falling loose behind her, she stood glowing with power and kept the rest at
bay.
"No! If we kill him now, when all his defences are well and truly down, it would be nice. But he'll suffer so much more alive." She turned and smiled directly at Michael. "This one will see to that. A constant reminder, even
if we can't be." With that final announcement, she made a grand sweep of her arm, and the rest of the ghosts fell away, losing they're soliditly, and floating away into the ether once more. The Queen stayed a few seconds
longer, she blew both Michael and Mayhem kisses and then she too faded away.
Only her voice remained for one more utterance. "It will be a grand Game!"
"H-hey now . . ." Mayhem seemed sick. He had just collapsed when those weird people showed up.
"Mayhem, are you okay?! Wake up! What was all that about? Don't die on me now. You're the only way I'm gonna get back."
Michael was in a bit of a panic. He didn't know what was going on or who they were. From the observations, it seemed that more people were pissed at the elf than just him.
Mayhem chuckled without humor. "Do not worry, mortal. I will not die. Not tonight.....that is they're punishment for me. That I should live." He slumped against a wall. "Make you're self at home, Michael........" He sighed and closed his eyes. "Nothing can hurt you now..." His head lolled slightly to the side as sleep finally claimed him.
"Hey! Don't go to . . . damn!"
Michael sighed heavily. Why couldn't he just have a normal day?

As soon as Asahi left, Getsuei sighed deeply, slowly regaining her conciousness. She opened her eyes and sit down silently. She glanced around the place and when
her eyes met with the door of her apartment...well, there was no door.
Everything was a mess, like if someone had been fighting.
<What happened here?>
She looked at her clothes. There were some drops of blood on them, but it wasn't her blood. She turned her head and saw Stellar crying so much, so sad that she never noticed her awake.
Getsuei moved besides Stellar and carefully put a hand on her shoulder.
"Why are you crying, Hoshi? What happened here?" She asked tenderly.
Stellar stiffened. Getsuei... She looked away. She tried to stop crying, but she couldn't! It hurt so much... "Hime..." She faltered. "GOMEN NASAI!!! GOMEN NASAI!!! It's all my fault!!! Because I wanted to prove that I've grown up, I transformed in front of Tranquility! And now... Asahi-kun, she took him! She took him!!! He went to protect us... because I couldn't defeat that Dark Warrior! Because I couldn't protect anyone, Asahi-kun got hurt!!! And now..." She reached out towards the drops of blood on the floor. His blood... "He's there with Tranquility... It's all my fault!!!" The tears, they wouldn't stop coming.
"It's not your fault..." Getsuei said, hugging her.
<Anycase, it would be mine since I was not there to fight.>
"Don't worry about Asahi, he's very clever although he is controlled by his emotions almost all the time, just like you."
Emotions, those were guilty of make her weak. When feelings rule yourself you can't think clearly, mind is shadowed and your souls starts ruling. They were dangerous when one was so intense as her. When she cried and laughed, when she loved and
hated...everything was with all her heart. That was why she hide what she felt, why she seem cold and distant.
Feelings made her lose her rationality but as well, they were those which make mankind most human and give the existence a reason to be.

Getsuei smiled triying to cheer her up. "Don't cry, Hoshi...I'm sure Asahi will find a way to come here, and then he'll be so sad to see his little sister like this..."
<...But I have a bad feeling about this. I don't know why but I don't think he'll be back soon.>
Asahi-kun... he would hate to see her like this. Stellar sniffled and struggled hard to get tears under control. It hurt; her heart hurt. How could she bring everyone into danger? Sore wa... sore wa...Asahi-kun ga taisetu na hito...
She pulled away Getsuei, crawling a few feet away on the floor. "It is my fault because I'm controlled by my emotions. Asahi-kun is clever, but I'm just reckless and stupid! I shouldn't even be a senshi, but... I am, so I'm going to do what I have to even if..." Even if what? She gave up this hope of being noticed, so she could fight right? She lost who she was? She gave up everything? As long as Asahi-kun was safe.
"I have to go after him." She stood up suddenly, and just as suddenly she fell down again. Her head...pain... red blackness before her eyes... pressure...No, she had to go. She struggled up again.

"Matte, dame da! You are not going anyplace in that condition." Getsuei suddenly changed to her most serious voice. "You said it's your fault because you are reckless...sumimasen, but you're still acting that way."
She sighed, going to the last remains of the kitchen to prepare a glass with water and sugar.
"Though I've been not a very good help lately, I am still the leader and I won't let you risk yourself, you couldn't be of any help like this. Asahi would never approve that because he cares so much about you. He never forgets about his sister's safety, he holds
you dear as a very important person in his life and he wouldn't pardon himself if you go as injured as you are to help him."
She again went to Stellar's side.
"Here. Drink this" Getsuei commanded, giving her the glass.

Stellar untransformed and held the glass carefully as she thought she would break it. "Gomen nasai," Hoshi said in a somber voice, looking into sugar water in the glass. Those words hit her hard though all the pain. "I... I'm not thinking straight..." She wasn't the only one hurting. "And you are of a help. It's just that I should listen." She smiled a little and looked at Getsuei. "I'm not the only one that's important to him."

<He cares for you. I could stand losing to you. I care for you too, not only because of him, but because we're friends.>
She looked back at the glass and took a careful sip.

"It's sweet." She made a face at the glass and yelped in pain as she moved her head the wrong way. She would find Asahi.

Getsuei smiled. "That's it, you need to recover from your last fight. When you're all right I promise we're going to find Asahi...if he's not already here."

Meanwhile....

Tranquility saw the portal open and saw her warrior with Asahi who was injured. She suddenly got up and went to her monster.

" Baka, what did you do to him? I told you to bring him to me, not injure him. And what about the two girls I sent you to destroy? Did you finish the job?"
She then turned to Asahi with an evil glim in her eyes. "You are now mine, Asahi, and nobody will ever take you from me again."

The youma then decided to tell her about the two girls. "My mistress about the two girls...um. you see, I didn't kill them like you wanted me to. Asahi came with me if I promised not to kill them."
As soon as she heard that Tranquility summoned her harp. "You failed me! I give you a simple task of killing two girls and bringing Asahi to me. Well at least you did one part of my command, but you still have to pay for your failure"
"Song of Destruction". Tranquility sent a blast of energy towards the youma destroying it. " Well, I guess I will have to send another to finish the job. But that can wait right now, all I want to do is talk
to you Asahi, because you have no idea what I have in store for you."
"Geez, I knew this was not going to be an usual conversation." Asahi answered sarcastically His gaze was cold although the wound was hurting him so much.
"Ah...this place it's kinda dark, I think I wouldn't like to stay here much time...So will you say what..."
He stopped his words to endure the feeling of a burning fire devouring his chest. His vision was blury, his body almost without strenght.
<Kuso! This is painful like hell...>
"What...do....do you want to tell me...?" He managed to say.
"That I still might destroy your friends.You see, I want you all to myself with no one to come between us. With you by my side, I will be undefeatable"
She said smiling.
Tranqulity looked at Asahi the urge to kiss him like she did when they first met rising but she pushed it aside.She had to convince him to turn to her side.
"Think of all the power you could have. You could rule Earth or any other world you wanted. I would love to have you with me by your own will, but if I must, then, I will just force you to."
Tranquility looked at Asahi trying to act like he wasn't hurt by the youma she sent.
<You fool do you think that I can't tell when you're hurt.>

"If you think I am going to let you die here you're wrong." Tranqulity then held her hand out to Asahi.
"Come, I'll take you to a place where your wounds can heal quickly. It is in the same place I healed my wounds after my last battle with you and your friends. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten them, but I want them to live long enough for you to see them destroyed."

<As soon as your wounds are healed my Asahi, I'll begin to convert you to my side.>

Asahi walked a few steps forward, refusing her hand.

"Sumimasen...I'm not interested at all...in becoming one of...the Dark Blood Clan members." He said with a big effort. "Have power...or rule the Earth...those are tempting offers, but...that is not...my
dream.... What I really want...is something...you cannot give me."

Into his memory he could see his sleeping princess. He wished to be by her side when she finally woke up, to yell her and the entire world that she was the one he loved...the air that gave him breath, or the soft flame that kept his heart warm.
Iie, that was something like an imposible desire.
But there would come a day when he'd openly say everything he felt towards her.
Everything.

He blinked, the pain was rapidly overtaking every single part of his body.
"You know...I guess I'll be going...I kept my promise...and come to see you...so now, I''m leav..."
Just then, all the things in front of his eyes became black, those last battles were too much for him, he couldn't resist anymore... he fell fainted.

"I should let you stay there, and let you die.You are lucky, if I didn't care for you so much I would."
Tranquility raised her hand and another Dark Warrior appeared.

"Take this man to the place where my wounds were healed. Don't let him escape. I have important business to take care of, I'll be back soon."

< Forget what I told Asahi about those two. I'm going to take them out now before they can recover from what my first warrior did to them.> She then opened a portal and stepped through it.

"Asahi is mine now and I won't them or anyone else take him from me."

Just then, a black portal opened revealing Sailor Tranquility, who stepped out.
"ONORE! DOKO ASAHI-KUN!? Where's him!?" Hoshi demanded, anger and hatred piercing inside her soul and body much more than the pain of her injuries.
"Let me handle this" Lunar said to her friend as her eyes defiantly glared at her oponent. " You have no
business here. Then, what do you want?".
Now it was time for her to fight and protect her team as the leader she was.
Tranquilty without saying a word knocked Lunar to the ground with her bow.

Asahi opened his eyes. It was a strange dark place with an eerie wind passing through. The pain was gone, that could only mean he was in that room Tranquility mentioned could heal. He tried to stood up but he found out it was useless. He was tied to where he was liying!
"Shimatta. Who did this!?" He said in anger.
"It was me." A dark warrior answered. "Tranquility-sama told me not to let you escape and this was the best way, Asahi-ouji."
"Kuso! Kisama!" He clenched his tooth "Damn Tranquility! Where the hell is she!"
"She had business to attend..." The other grinned.

Asahi's eyes widened as he understood what kind of business she was going to do. He felt as the greatest idiot in world! Getsuei and Hoshi were in danger...
"CHIKUSO! DAMN FREAK LET ME GO!!!" He commanded desperately.
"And why should I do such a thing?"
Asahi fought hard, trying to find a way to untie himself. The dark warrior felt a little fear, maybe if Asahi continued this way, he would succeed. And of course, he couldn't stop him with his powers because that would mean injure him...And if he did that he would be a dead demon. <I'll better inform Tranquility of your awake.>

The dark one sent a mental message to his mistress. {Tranquility-sama, your guest is awake and full recovered}
Tranquilty received the message a second after it was sent.

"You must rest now." Getsuei said as she helped her sit on a long coach.

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