Slowly, the darkened figure looked up.
 "Oh my..." whispered the figure as she was pelted by a torrential rain that felt like it swept in sideways. Her whisper was answered by the crack of near-by lightning and the sound of thunder as it exploded directly over head. She slowly stood up as the rainwater quickly washed away the mud that had smeared her clothing at the knees and thighs.
 "Is the right place...?" The figure spoke quietly as she scanned her surroundings and the horizon. "I can hardly see a thing."
 She spotted a set of faint lights in the distance, that looked like a city. Seeing it as her best chance, she set out toward them. She would have no way of knowing, but everyone of her actions had already occurred before, more than three weeks before, at the very spot she was.
 "I... I can feel him. He's here, somewhere. But where? Why do you have to make this so hard, Pluto? Of course... you just couldn't have brought me to the exact spot where he was, no... you had to stick me out in the middle of nowhere!" shouted the figure as she began to push against the wind and rain, toward the lights in the distance.
 "I hope I can find him in time... or all this planning will be useless, and nothing will change... nothing."

     ****

 "Matt!! Come quick! Joshua's finally coming out of it!"
 The figure of Matt suddenly raced into the room, trailed closely by Artemis and Serena. The first thing he saw was the sight of Rei, Mina, and Lita kneeling around the bed in the room. In the bed laid Joshua Derimond, the King of Io, who had been in a coma ever since the group's return from Io.
 Since the escape from Io, three weeks previous, Matt had moved from Rei's temple to Serena's house until her family came home, taking up the guest bedroom. They should have been back two weeks before, but there was no sign of them. As each day passed, Serena became more and more distraught and began to lose hope. They had gone to her grandmother's and had not returned. Her grandmother had not called, and neither had her parents or Sammy. Serena couldn't alert the police or anyone, because she was needed here and she couldn't have any more distractions. Not while the possible safety of the world was still in danger.
 Since the escape, the entire group had changed, though Matt did not like to think about it. But it was evident. In Rei, not much had changed. After she convinced her Grandpa that she was with the rest of the group, and she hurt her self rollerblading, she had pretty much returned to normal. She had become slightly quieter as she looked upon Matt and Serena's almost relationship, though Matt insisted there was nothing going on. She had become upset again when he had moved out, but she thought it best for Serena. Why did it have to be him though?
 Mina and Lita had not changed much either. Both were slightly quieter since their trip, but none the less changed. Artemis had become the caretaker of Luna, of sorts. He was with her day and night, always trying to comfort her in anyway possible. Luna, herself, and become quiet and emotional. Matt knew the whole ordeal with Io, Joshua, and now his coma was tearing her up inside. She didn't know what to do now, but she knew she still had feelings for him. She only hoped he still cared.
 Ami and Serena had changed considerably, on the other hand. Ami, since the return, had become withdrawn and reclusive, with good reason. The things Traquen had done to her were almost sickening just to think about. She no longer socialized with the group. Ami, suprising everyone, had told the group that it could only be her or Joshua... but not both. Because they had to take care of Joshua while he was in his coma, the choice was made without any actual deciding. Since they just couldn't get rid of Joshua, Ami had kept her promise and stopped interacting with the group. No one knew what they could do, other than watch the days slip away that Ami steered away from them.
  Serena had also become quiet. She had started to become more and more dependent on Matt, and traveled everywhere with him. Between Darien, Ami, and now her family, Matt was afraid of how much more she could take before...
 "Look! He's waking!" shouted Mina as she looked down upon the slightly stirring body of Joshua. He had been in a coma for 3 weeks now, ever since the return from Io. The group did everything possible to help him, short of hospitalizing him. They were afraid of what a doctor would do once he or she saw the different physiology of an Iosion. So they kept him in bed at Serena's house until he either recovered, or took a turn for the worse.
 Slowly, Joshua opened his eyes. The only major difference in Joshua since the time on Io was the slight, dark beard that had formed. Unfortunately, because of his white hair, Joshua's dark-colored beard made a slightly unpleasant combination. As Joshua opened his eyes and focused them, he stared straight into the faces of the worried Mina, Lita, Matt, Serena, and Luna. Rei held Artemis and hung back from the bed, because of the little space near it.
 Joshua opened his mouth, as if to speak, but no sound emerged. He slumped onto his pillow again from the exhaustion of trying to speak. Rei quickly put Artemis down, left and returned with some water. She poured it into his mouth slowly as he painfully swallowed. As he received more, he began to take bigger and faster gulps, until the water disappeared.
 "W-w- here... am..." croaked Joshua as he looked around, swallowing hard.
 "Your safe. We're all friends. What's the last thing you remember?" Luna quickly spoke up as she approached Joshua, with fear and tears in her eyes. She had waited for this moment. She was finally going to find out if the Joshua Thelios Derimond she knew had finally returned.
 "I... do not..." Joshua whispered as he again swallowed, savoring the slickness of his throat. He coughed and shifted his head slightly, "I do not... remember...."
 "You don't remember? Can you remember anything? Do you know your name?" Matt spoke softly, concern growing in his voice. The whole situation was sickeningly familiar.
 Joshua paused for a moment, concentrated, then shook his head slowly. Luna suddenly cried out and spoke out with tears in her eyes.
 "N-n-nothing? Not me? Not us? Not anything? I... oh--" asked Luna , as she broke down and began to cry. Joshua  could do nothing but glance at her with sorrow in his eyes as he shook his head.
 "No... why?" Luna cried as she jumped from the bed and flew from the room with Artemis right on her heels calling after her.
 Joshua turned to meet the eyes of the rest and watched them as a tear welled in his eye. He closed his eyes and laid his head back down. The thought of him not remembering wasn't as scary as not knowing why that cat was talking, or why he could not help her.

     ****

 "So... he's finally awake. Hmmm..."
 The huge, shadowed figure sat hunched over in his throne-like chair and stared intently at the portal that displayed the scene in Serena's house. The shadow that enveloped him and the room grew blacker. He looked, instead of being surrounded in shadow, to be penetrated by the darkness. Like he was nothing more than darkness. His glowing red eyes did not help to dispel this line of thought from anyone who saw him. Anyone who had seen him, would also agree that he was certainly not human. Though he could change his shape at will, the one of being a large semi-human, semi-beast one seemed to inflict the most fear in the hearts of mortals. And that's what he wanted.
 Pure, undivided fear.
 "If that infidel fails to accomplish what I've told him... it will be his death." said the figure quietly. Even quietly, his hideous voice echoed from the close-quartered walls and resounded. It gave his voice more edge to it... as if it was needed.
 "He had better rid me of those damned Sailor Scouts and that infernal Tuxedo Moogle. My plans for that solar system had better not interfered with by them, or he'll pay severely. I will not be foiled by a small group of insignificant humans!! If he fails... he dies."
 Slowly, the voice trailed off as the figure resumed watching the portal.

            ****

 The scream pierced the air like a knife. The second the sound slammed into eardrum, Matt was awake and up. He quickly glanced around the room to gain his bearings. It was pitch dark, and he was sitting on something soft. Then it hit him. He was in his room, in his bed, at Serena's. It had been about 14 hours since then awaking of Joshua. In that time, between Lita, Mina, Serena, and himself, they had managed to tell Joshua about his past, from what they knew and what Luna had told them. He was constantly asking questions as he tried to remember at least some of it. He looked like he was improving, though with a painful slowness. Luna had been mysteriously absent since Joshua woke. Mina reported that Artemis was missing also. He had disappeared at the same time Luna did. The group just hoped they would come home soon.
 "MATT!! HELP!!" screamed the voice again. This time he recognized it. It was Serena's. And it was coming from her room.
 Matt quickly leapt from the bed and bolted out his door. He had taken to wearing not only pants but also a shirt when he slept, in case he needed to get up quickly like he was, and in case an episode like the one that happened at the temple with Serena in his bed occurred again. Matt knew that in the process of protecting and comforting Serena, he had developed feelings for her. But his honor and integrity would not allow himself to take of advantage of Serena, especially in her condition. Unfortunately, in the process of trying to separate himself from Serena, for her sake, he realized she was beginning to think that he did not want to be with her. He wanted that more then anything, and it killed him to push Serena away, but it had to be done. For both their sakes.
 Matt reached the hallway and had turned when a laughter erupted from Serena's room. It was a male laughter. When he realized whose it was, Matt froze in shock. It was a sound that Matt thought he would never have to hear again.
 It was Traquen's laugh.

     ****

 "Luna? Are you awake?"
 Luna slowly looked up into the eyes of Artemis. She had been lightly napping, but that didn't matter. What did matter is that she felt safe. And she felt content.
 They were in a section of woods that Luna had found, and stayed at many times, before she met Serena. The shock of Joshua and the situation had caused her to flee to this location. She regretted abandoning her friends, but she just could go back there, feeling the way she did. Within the first three hours of her arrival, Artemis had appeared. After an argument about the fact that she wanted to be alone, and Artemis thought she shouldn't, he won and stayed with her. The victory itself was strange, because Luna never lost arguments with Artemis. But this time, she only put up a half-hearted attempt, for reasons she didn't even understand. Her emotions were just so distorted that she could not think straight, which led her to flee to this spot. The night had fallen quickly, and Luna had turned in for the night, after an uneventful and silent day. She barely said two words after the argument, and Artemis didn't know what to do, so he keep quiet until she spoke to him.
 "I'm awake, Artemis..." said Luna sleepily as she rolled over to face him. He was laying about three meters from her and staring at her intently. He looked as if he was struggling over something.
 "Is... something wrong, Artemis?" Luna spoke again as the seconds ticked by without him replying to her first response. She shifted her feet until they were under her. She paused as Artemis opened his mouth.
 "Luna... you are very beautiful."
 The answer caught her totally off guard. She blinked once, then twice and began to stare at Artemis as the realization of what he just blurted out sunk in. She became even more surprised when she thought about it more.
 "Why... why do you say that, Artemis?" Luna spoke quietly, trying to keep her voice under control. She lost it right at the end, causing her voice to break on the word Artemis. She closed her mouth and began to stare at him again.
  "Luna, may I kiss you?" Artemis purred softly as he rose to his feet. Luna uncontrollably shifted on her feet as she sat there watching him rise.
 "Artemis, I don't think we--" She began. She was suddenly cut off as Artemis leaned down and pressed his lips against hers, stopping all sound from emerging.
 The kiss was like a lightning bolt. The jolt of energy surged through her, causing her to get goose-bumps. Her eyes grew wide as she saw herself, as if almost in the third person, begin to slowly kiss Artemis back. All thoughts of her stopping him or pulling away quickly melted away as he pressed his lips onto her harder, causing the kiss to become more passionate. She stared in wonder as her own lips, which would not respond to her commands, began to match the pressure that Artemis had begun to apply. She slowly closed her eyes as the exotic feelings washed over her. All dark thoughts of Joshua were slowly replaced by one single question.
 She wondered what was going to happen next.

   ****

 "Oooooo... why do these things always happen to me? MATT! HELP!!" screamed Serena as she took a step away from the dark figure that stood in front of her. She knew who the figure was, because she recognized his laugh when he entered her room. It was Joshua, laughing Traquen's laugh.
 "I told you I would be back. No power in the universe can defeat me. I am evil incarnate. I am darkness alive." laughed Traquen as he took a step forward toward Serena. "I am the Lord of Darkness... and I've come to finish what I started back on Io. Hahahahahah..."
 "Wanna bet, monster? MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"
  With a quick flash of light, Serena transformed into Sailor Moon, and planted her feet solidly on the ground. She stared straight at Traquen with a hard demeanor. She was trying to summon all her courage.
 Traquen suddenly stopped advancing and stared at her. A second later, his eyes grew wide and he began to laugh again, much to the dismay of Sailor Moon.
 "Do you think you can honestly beat me, Moon-brat? What do you plan to do? Cry on me? Hahahahahaha..." said Traquen as he began to move toward Sailor Moon again. "I can annihilate you into so many pieces... they would find you from here to that little, puny moon you lived on."
 "Ok, buddy. You asked for it. MOON TIARA MAGIC!" shouted Serena as she grabbed her tiara and tossed it at Traquen. As it flew, the tiara formed into a glowing yellow disk which sailed straight towards the evil being at an incredible speed. But, instead of connecting with it's target, the tiara banked sharply at the end of it's flight and sailed straight into the far wall, where it struck and fell, a tiara once again. Traquen didn't even flinch as the tiara had sailed toward him. As soon as it banked he began to laugh again. Sailor Moon watched as the tiara missed and began to shake in fear.
 "It looks like I broke your little toy. I am sorry. Got any others you would care to try?"
 "Uh oh... how did you--?" Serena whispered as she took a step back, stepping against the wall. Traquen began to advance once again. He took two more steps and stopped. He slowly raised his hands and smiled.
 "DARK SOLAR WIND!"
 With the command, a huge blast of dark wind and energy slammed into Sailor Moon with gall force. She leaned against the wind, fighting it, until a gust knocked out her feet from below her. With another gust, Sailor Moon slammed up into the wall with a scream and collapsed to the ground unconscious. Traquen stopped the blast and began to laugh again.
 "Ah... foolish Moon-child. I know you were afraid... and you know what? You should be. I am going to make sure that, this time, I am not inter--"
 The last part of his sentence never passed his lips, because at that moment, Serena's bedroom door exploded inward behind him, throwing him to the ground from the blast. Standing in the doorway was Matt, with a red rose in his hand. His face, as seen with the darkness around him, looked ice-cold and deadly. Traquen was stunned momentarily as he rolled over and gazed at Matt's hard face. The shock quickly wore off, and Traquen rose to his feet, mouth clenched, never taking his eyes off of Matt.
 "I knew you would come. You always seem to come the rescue at just the right moment." spoke Traquen to the figure in the doorway. His eyes gleamed with a internal light as he rose to full height. "I will truly enjoy it when I rip your warm, beating heart from your body and watch as you collapse, convulsing, and die at my feet. It is a fitting fate for your intervention back on Io, that disrupted my plans."
 "Traquen, I thought we finished you on Io. I watched you die myself. What are you doing here, now?" Matt spoke, in an even voice, as he looked past Traquen to see the limp body of Sailor Moon, "If you've harmed her, I'll..."
 "You will what? Kill me again?" laughed Traquen. "I told you that Io was not the end between us. I warned you I would be back. And now I am here, just as I promised. You should not look so surprised, Light-man. You had ample warning."
 "No, Traquen, it ends. Now."
 "No, my friend. This is not the end, either. Not by a long shot. For you, Light-man, we have only just begun!" shouted Traquen as he quickly turned and lunged at the body of Sailor Moon. Matt instantly flung his rose as Traquen paused, scooped up Sailor Moon, and flew from a crouch straight through Serena's bedroom window. The rose sank into the wall at the spot Traquen had been when he grabbed Sailor Moon, missing by only a second. As the rose connected with the wall, Traquen launched himself and Sailor Moon through the open window and dropped out of sight. Matt quickly ran to the window and looked down. Traquen was on the street with Sailor Moon in hand, running into the night, still laughing insanely.
 "No, Traquen. Your wrong. I am going to make sure this ends here... and now." Matt whispered as he crouched. With a lunge, he sailed through the opening also and shouted:
 "MOOGLE LIGHT TRANSFORMATION!"

     ****

 "Die, Light-man!!"
 The black-clad figure of Tuxedo Moogle lunged back into the alley farther, barely missing the swing that Traquen made with a claymore-like sword that he had created out of thin air. Tuxedo Moogle realized he was slowly being pushed backwards by Traquen, who stood between him and the still-limp Sailor Moon.
 Moogle had found Traquen and Sailor Moon by using his still mostly unharnessed mental powers that he had been honing, thanks to Rei, to locate the largest source of evil. He found it on a small back road, away from the main section of Tokyo. He had raced there from rooftop to rooftop and confronted Traquen. He knew that if he held out long enough, the rest of the scouts would show up, like they always managed somehow.
 "Argghh..." Moogle strained as he blocked an over-head strike by Traquen. Their swords crossed together in a violent power struggle. Traquen suddenly eased up slightly and smiled. With a quick movement, he brought his foot up into the side of Tuxedo Moogle with all his might. Before the foot connected, it was suddenly halted. Traquen looked down in horror as he saw that his foot was caught in the hand of Tuxedo Moogle. That split second of surprise was all the time Moogle needed. He let his other hand drop from his long sword that was blocking Traquen's over-head swing still, causing his sword to fall, and placed it on the stunned Traquen's chest.
 "MOOGLE STAR FLARE!" whispered Tuxedo Moogle as a huge blast of light and energy exploded from his hand, and slammed into Traquen at point-blank range. With a loud scream of pain, Traquen sailed from the alley and crashed into the ground about three feet from the prone body of Sailor Moon, who was laying on the deserted sidewalk.
 As almost as quick as Traquen had sailed out of the alley, Tuxedo Moogle was there, at the mouth of the alley, his sword back in his hand in a defensive position. Traquen rose to his feet, using his claymore for support as he stood straight. He gripped his chest as he straighten out.
 "Allow me the pleasure of returning the fire that you created in me... that is burning in my chest. DARK ENERGY... BLAST!!" screamed Traquen as he dropped his sword and threw his hands forward. His eyes became ovals of pure blackness... they seemed to cut straight through Tuxedo Moogle's body as Traquen stared at him. All of Joshua's posture and demeanor were gone. He looked the same... but he stood taller, more powerfully. It was like he was feeding on energy and becoming stronger by the moment.
 Sensing the blast coming, Moogle suddenly brought a shield of energy into existence around himself. The instant the blast of dark energy slammed into his energy shield, it collapsed, letting the remaining energy from Traquen's attack hit him with full strength. He was instantly thrown backwards into the alley-way, his sword launched from his hand and sent flying.
 "Your light will soon be gone from this universe... MY universe!!" shouted Traquen as the energy exploded around him, increasing in intensity. He continued to blast Tuxedo Moogle with all his energy as he became ingulfed in its power. His hideous laughter dimmed as the dark, fiery blast slammed through the tiny passage way of the alley, catching the convulsing Tuxedo Moogle with full force. As he violently shook on the ground while the dark power surged through him, he began to lose awareness. The pain was slowly becoming a continuous throbbing in his mind. He realized he was blacking out. If he fully blacked-out, he knew what would happen. Traquen would kill him. And then Sailor Moon would be left to Traquen's will. If he went under, he would fail Sailor Moon. The scene was like some horrible flashback to Tuxedo Mask's death... only now, Tuxedo Moogle was the one who was slowly dying.
 "No... I... am... not... through yet..." strained Tuxedo Moogle, as he slowly rose back up to his knees, despite the enormous blast of energy coursing through him, fighting his every move. Traquen couldn't believe what he was seeing.
 "I will not... fail Serena...!"
 "I am impressed, Light-man." Traquen spoke, as he attempted to pump even more dark energy into the still-rising Tuxedo Moogle. "But even your greatest powers are not enough to stop me. You can't keep up this show of strength for long. Even now, your body is giving out from under you."
 As if he was defying Traquen's words themselves, Tuxedo Moogle instantly rose to full height as soon as Traquen had spoken. With a sweep, Tuxedo Moogle summoned a small amount of light energy, and used it to deflect Traquen's blast to the side. Traquen smiled darkly, and stopped the beam. Tuxedo Moogle, exhausted and hurt from the blast, could do nothing but watch as Traquen began to laugh dementedly.
 "I truly am impressed, Light-man. I did not think you had it in you to fight my attack." commented Traquen, as he continued to chuckle. "Of course, fighting my attack has left you completely defenseless to any other attack I might throw at you. Pity, is it not? All that work... just to be beaten down even harder..."
 Instead of replying, Tuxedo Moogle watched his battered body begin to laugh loudly at Traquen. It was the only thing he could still do. Traquen was right. Tuxedo Moogle could barely even move a muscle. But, if he had to die... he would do it on his own terms. Laughing defiance at Traquen until the very end.
  "Very good, Light-man. I am glad to see that you have a sense of humor after all." called Traquen, slowly raising his arm out to Tuxedo Moogle. "You can die with a smile on your face! DARK INFERNO!!"

     ****

 "I hope I am not too late! Oh god..." whispered the dark figure to herself as she leapt across another building-top.
 After days of searching, she had finally found what she was looking for. She had saw the energy burst at the edge of the city, and it had drawn her like a magnet. She had found him.
 She had found Joshua, King of Io.
 "Please, let there still be time!" she said again as she made another bound from building to building. She was quickly making her way to the spot where she saw the energy. She knew that if she didn't hurry she would be too late, and if she was late, everyone was doomed.
 She made another huge leap, and finally saw the sight. It was a back alley off of a main road, near the edge of town. On this road, she saw what she was looking for. On the road, the prone body of Sailor Moon was resting. In the alley, the also-prone body of Tuxedo Moogle laid, smoke slowly rising off his motionless body as a blast of dark energy hit him.
 Standing in the middle of the road, stood Joshua Derimond, delivering the blast of energy. He was not moving, but was laughing wickedly as he continued to fry Tuxedo Moogle.
 "Joshua--? What's he...? Oh no! Traquen!" whispered the figure as she realized why evil was pervading his presence. She also realized that she was not late, but in fact had arrived at the best possible time.
 The figure took a deep breath and leapt from the top of the building to the road below, confronting Traquen.

      ****

 Suddenly, Tuxedo Moogle's eyes flew open. As they did, pain shot through his entire body. He uncontrollably convulsed and began to cough violently. Almost every part of him was burnt, and throbbing in extreme pain. He fought the urge to black out again as he tried to remember what happened. Suddenly, the fog around his mind cleared, and it all came rushing back to him.
 He was on the ground, being attacked by Traquen, he remembered screaming and passing out. But... what had happened? He looked around. He was still on the ground, in the alley... and was still staring into the night sky, but he was not dead. For that matter, he couldn't even see Traquen, not that he could see much else, for his vision was focusing in and out uncontrollably, but when it did focus, he all he saw was the night sky and the stars above.
 He had to get up. First, he might be bleeding internally, and he need to get up for he'd choke on his own blood. Second, he needed to find out what happened and help Serena...
 SERENA!
 The thought surged through him like a lightning bolt. Sailor Moon was still out there, and who knows what Traquen might have, or could have done while Tuxedo Moogle was unconscious. He attempted to move his arm, but stopped and cried out suddenly as the pain coursed through his entire body. He was in bad shape. The faint smell of his burnt flesh tainted the air, along with the smell of ozone that was left behind by Traquen's blast. Traquen had released so much energy, that the cool night air had been replaced with a hot, strong wind. Beyond all that, he knew he had to get up. Since his mind was too clouded to sense anything, he couldn't sense Sailor Moon, Traquen, or anyone for that matter... and that was bad. They could be all dead for all he knew.
 Tuxedo Moogle suddenly clenched his teeth and closed his eyes. Thinking about his condition and complaining was not going to help Serena... he had to get up. Slowly, he relaxed his body, and tried to push the pain from his mind. With a quick burst of strength, he flipped to his feet. He screamed in pain as he put weight on his legs, and almost fell over again. But, he managed to gain his balance and stay standing. He grinded his teeth in pain and opened his eyes painfully. The sight that greeted him was not one he had expected.
 Sailor Moon still laid on the ground, apparently unconscious still. That brought him some relief. Next to her, though, stood a motionless Traquen, with his back to Tuxedo Moogle. Beyond him, stood a smaller figure, who was shaded by the shadows on the street, and also stood motionless.
 Tuxedo Moogle attempted to take a step toward them, but his leg would only respond sluggishly, so stead of taking a small step, he stubbled forward loudly, catching his balance only after a couple moments. When he looked again, Traquen had turned to his direction, a horrified look on his face. Tuxedo Moogle glanced at his face, and would have remained looking at it, if it were not for the next thing that caught his eye. In Traquen's right hand, he gripped a dagger. A long-handled dagger  with a blood-stained blade. Moogle's glance quickly shifted to glance at Traquen's body. In the middle of his right shoulder was a large blood stain, like the one that would have been made by sharp object, like the dagger. Tuxedo Moogle took on a large perplexed look, one that rivaled Traquen's, as he tried to process what had happened while he had blacked out. Who was the person in the shadows? And... had he/she thrown the dagger?
 The questions in his mind were suddenly silenced as Tuxedo Moogle glanced behind Traquen in time to see the dark figure step out of the shadows.
 The figure was a woman. She stood about 5'2", and had a beautiful, slim figure. She had long, slightly-curly blonde hair, like the color of Serena's, that cascaded down off of her shoulders and on to the front of a black rain poncho she wore. She she took another step and stopped as the still stunned Traquen turned back to her once again. The woman took another step, stopped, and planted her feet in a stance. She looked like she was preparing for an attack. Moogle squinted to see her face better, and gasped when he got a good look. She was 30 feet away, but he'd recognize that face anywhere, or at least the one it looked like.
 It looked like Sailor Mercury's face.
 Tuxedo Moogle instinctively took a step back as his brain made the connection. From the way she looked, she could have been Ami's sister, older probably, Tuxedo Moogle thought, taking a stab at her age from the way she looked. She looked to be about 21, but Tuxedo Moogle knew that looks could be deceiving, and that she could be as old as 30, or as young as 15. He became more and more puzzled as he thought about the situation more. Had she been the one to throw the dagger? Who was she? And... what did she want?
 His thoughts were interrupted again, this time by Traquen. For the first time since Tuxedo Moogle awakened, he finally said something.
 "Who the hell are you?!" Traquen shouted at the mysterious woman, sounding as, if not more, confused then Tuxedo Moogle was. He suddenly dropped the dagger and kicked it away as he regained some of his posture. Some of the confusion was gone, Tuxedo Moogle realized, as he also discovered that he was beginning to sense everyone again. He could only sense Traquen, who's evil force almost overwhelmed Moogle, and Sailor Moon, whose feeling was faint, probably because she was unconscious. He couldn't sense anything else, figuring that it was because he was still recovering. Even so, one thing perplexed him even more. He couldn't get ANY feeling on the woman in the road. It was like she didn't exist. Tuxedo Moogle couldn't understand it. For the first time, much to the surprise of Tuxedo Moogle, the woman finally spoke.
 "Who I am is not important, Joshua. What's important is to know who you are. I have come to help you, Joshua... I am here for you." The woman softly spoke out, with with no fear or emotion in her voice. She sounded completely calm and in control. Tuxedo Moogle's main question he wanted to know now was how she knew about Joshua.
 "I am not Joshua. I am Traquen! I am the Lord of Darkness and Master of All! Joshua Derimond no longer exists." Traquen ranted, all the anger and hatred back in his voice again. It had become the raspy croaking it usually was. His whole demeanor had changed also. He was no longer the confused person Tuxedo Moogle felt, but now the hellish, evil Traquen that Tuxedo Moogle had always felt. He could almost SEE the evil coming off of him.
 The figure spoke calmly again, unflinched by Traquen's harsh yelling. Any normal person would have shook in terror as Traquen's bass-filled voice boomed out, but the woman didn't move a single muscle. This was even more reason for Tuxedo Moogle to wonder. Who was she? How did she know about Joshua? What did she want? The questions kept repeating themselves through his head.
 "No... your wrong. Joshua is not gone. I can feel him fighting you. Fighting for control again.  All he needs is just a little help, and he can overcome you." she spoke definitely, almost fool-heartedly, in the face of Traquen. Tuxedo Moogle could see that Traquen was becoming even angrier, seeing that she did not fear him. No human would defy him like this, and get away with it.
 "I don't care who you are, or how you know who I am. I will just kill you and be done with you. I have other plans I must attend to, so I will make this quick..." screamed Traquen, the hatred seeping through his voice. Traquen quickly raised his hands and shouted.
 "DARK ENERGY... BLAST!" Traquen screamed as another blast of dark energy exploded from his hands, straight toward the mysterious woman. The air whistled from the force of the blast as it flew through the air, careening toward the woman. As the beam approached, she continued not to move. She continued to stand in the same position, in the same stance. Moogle knew that if she didn't move, she would surely die the second the blast hit her.
 "Look out!  Run!" Tuxedo Moogle croaked as loud as possible. The sound he made was harsh, and it felt like it was ripping apart his wind pipe as it emerged, but at least it was loud enough that she could have heard it. Even so, she didn't move an inch. Tuxedo Moogle looked on in hopeless horror as the beam slammed into her and exploded. Traquen gave a small laugh and turned toward Tuxedo Moogle.
 "Ah, Light-man... you have awaken. Now that I am finished with that small interruption... it looks like I will have the pleasure of frying you again." Traquen laughed hideously as he took a step toward Tuxedo Moogle. Moogle knew that should Traquen attack, he would be no match in his present condition. He could barely stand, let alone fight off Traquen. He was in trouble.
 Suddenly, he saw his only option. He couldn't win a fight, and there was nothing else he could do... except...
 "Traquen... you will never realized your ignorance. If you strike me down now, it will be a pointless gesture. Like my predecessor before me, my power will just pass on to someone else. And that person will fight you! And the next, and the next..." Tuxedo Moogle smirked. He knew he was out of options. "No matter how many humans you kill... there will always be someone left to continue fighting you."
 "I am not threatened by your words, Light-man. When you die... you will only be one thing. Not a martyr, or a hero. You will be dead! No one will take notice of your death... because I will quickly kill all the others around you who would care. And I will start with her." spoke Traquen, a sudden calm in his voice as he pointed a finger to Sailor Moon. He was certain he had finally won.
 Tuxedo Moogle slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath. This was it. But... he knew what would happen if Traquen killed him, and Traquen didn't. That was his one advantage. He silently wished Serena a safe journey as he heard Traquen approaching. Traquen was going to kill him with his own hands, no more far attacks, he meant to finish it.
 "You are a fool, Tuxedo Moogle... will you not even fight back? Have you finally seen what I have said all along? There is no way you could ever truly defeat me."
 "No, Traquen... you're the fool. I can face my end, but you will always run from yours. One day... that will be your down-fall. The darkness that you command will, one day, consume you."
 "Perhaps... but for now... that darkness will be the death of you first!" whispered Traquen, as he suddenly yanked out his sword. Even with his eyes closed, Moogle could tell that he was going to make one hard, final blow.
 Whatever happened next, he would face it with open arms.
 He was ready.

     ****

 The blow never came.
 Instead, a light gust of wind hit Tuxedo Moogle's face, followed by the sound of something slamming into something, then something falling. Tuxedo Moogle quickly opened to see what had happened. He was again caught off-guard by what he saw.
 Traquen was no longer standing in front of him. Instead, he was now lying on his back, at the open end of the alley. Tuxedo Moogle was barely able to questioned had just happened, when he got his answer. A person dropped in front of him from the sky above. The person hit the ground, rolled and stood up, masked by the shadows. The figure quickly turned to Tuxedo Moogle.
 "You are Tuxedo Moogle. You--" The figure began. Tuxedo Moogle recognized the voice. It was the woman's. She began to tell Moogle something, but stopped, then started again in a different tone, "..you have to move now. While he's stunned!"
 "Your... your not dead...?"
 "No. I'm fine. But... please! You have to heal him! That will be enough to let Joshua push through and regain control. Please hurry!"
 All questions of what just happened were pushed out of his mind as it registered the last words the woman said.
 "But... I only ever did that once.... and that was with the help of all the others!" Moogle shouted, all thoughts now trained on the situation at hand, and not of the million questions he wanted to ask, like: How did she know all this? And who WAS SHE?
 "No... but Sailor Moon has the Silver Crystal... you've got to use that! I'll hold off Traquen. The Silver Crystal is our only chance!" The woman shouted as she turned and ran toward the rising Traquen. Tuxedo Moogle had no idea what was going on, but he felt he should listen. She sounded like an ally, and that's all that mattered.
 Tuxedo Moogle realized he was going to have to try to leap up and out of the alley. He would never survive a teleport, and Traquen and the woman were blocking the exit to the alley. His only option was to go over. He didn't know if he had the strength, but it was his only chance.
 Moogle closed his eyes and concentrated. He filled his legs with energy, and leapt.
 Tuxedo opened eyes to a incredible sight. He was about ten feet above the top of the buildings that made up the side of the alley. He was also sailing forward at an incredible rate. He looked down just in time to see himself sail over Traquen and the woman. She had confronted him, and was blocking a swing he made with his sword with a sword of her own. Where she got it, Moogle could only guess... then he realized where. It was HIS long sword! The one he dropped when Traquen blasted him. She must have found it and picked it up.
 A moment later, Tuxedo Moogle slammed into the ground on the other side of the alley. He began to roll from the force of his landing. He came to a halt, ironically, next to the still Sailor Moon. He quickly stood and grimaced in pain. He landed harder then he thought. That, coupled with the rest of the pain, was almost to much for him. He dropped to one knee next to Sailor Moon.
  "Serena! Can you hear me? Wake up! Serena!" Tuxedo Moogle shouted as he took hold of Sailor Moon's limp shoulders and shook. He got no response. He knew she was ok, he could feel that much, but she was still out of it. He quickly glanced up again toward the alley way, now 15 yards behind and to the right of him. The woman and Traquen were exchanging a flurry of blows and blocks, at almost dizzying speed. Tuxedo Moogle realized that the woman had wielded a sword before, which just added to the mystery of who she was. He also realized that he had more important things to worry about, and he didn't know how long the woman would last against Traquen's skill and power. He quickly turned back toward Sailor Moon.
 "I'm sorry to do this, Serena... but I have no choice..." whispered Tuxedo Moogle as he took a hold of her and rolled her onto her back. He acted quickly, reaching down and opening her compact. Inside sat the Silver Crystal, softly glowing under it's own power.
 "Silver Crystal... I need you. You must help me defeat this evil. Will you lend me your strength?" Tuxedo Moogle quietly whispered, as he stole a quick glance backwards to the fighting pair. They were still moving at an incredible speed, each one having yet to land a blow. Tuxedo Moogle wondered where the woman had learned to use a sword. He wasn't even sure that he could beat her, if he got into a fight with her.
 A light suddenly flashed in front of Tuxedo Moogle, causing him to turn back toward Sailor Moon. The crystal was flashing a soft-yellowish light, and suddenly rose into the air, free of the compact. The second it left, Sailor Moon reverted back into Serena... still dressed in her bunny pj's. Tuxedo Moogle quickly took the crystal into his hands and stood, with great difficulty. He raised the Silver Crystal above his head and shouted.
 "MOOGLE CYSTAL HEALING... ACTIVATION!!"
 With a gigantic blast of white light, the crystal flashed outward, engulfing Tuxedo Moogle in the blast. The light was bright enough to cause Traquen to stop fighting and shield his eyes.
 "Arrrggg... what is that light?" Traquen screamed as he covered his eyes, as if the light caused him pain. The woman had also stopped, and began staring a the huge ball of light that was now hovering above the road. The ball slowly began to condense, until it formed the shape of a humanoid. Slowly, the lighted figure dropped to the ground, as if it was a feather.
 The light quickly disappeared, and in it's place stood Matt. His outfit and body looked completely restored. He didn't have a scratch on him.
 Matt slowly turned to face the woman and Traquen. All the pain that he was suffering was gone. Instead, he looked perfectly healthy. His eyes, which had been closed, suddenly flashed open, glowing with a white light. He slowly opened his mouth and spoke softly.
 "Hello, Traquen." Tuxedo Moogle whispered softly, as a sparkling flash ran across his body. "I'm back."

     ****

 The moment was all she needed. While Traquen was distracted by Tuxedo Moogle, she made her move. Traquen sensed it coming, but was a moment too late to stop it. The woman lunged past the front of Traquen, with her sword outstretched. Before he could act, she disarmed him and dove away, finally rolling to her feet at the mid-way point between Tuxedo Moogle and Traquen. She quickly turned to Tuxedo Moogle and shouted loudly.
 "He's defenseless! NOW!" She screamed as she turned toward Traquen again. He was no longer stunned, but had on his usual dark look. Now, he looked as angry as Tuxedo Moogle had ever seen.
 "You will pay for that, you little bit--"
 His sentence was suddenly cut off as Tuxedo Moogle screamed out, seemingly out of nowhere.
 "MOOGLE CRYSTAL HEALING.... ACTAVATION!!" screamed Moogle, again, as he brought his hands forward, aimed at Traquen. In them, he was holding the Silver Crystal. A second later, a huge beam of sparkling energy fired in a wide arc, straight at the open-mouthed Traquen. Unfortunately, a second was all Traquen needed. He suddenly flashed out of existence in a blast of dark energy, and reappeared an instant later, hovering in mid-air, straight above the spot he had just been. As he appeared there, Tuxedo Moogle's beam shot under him. But Tuxedo Moogle, using his heightened reflexes, changed the direction of the blast, grunting at the strain it put on him to move and continue to fire the beam. He was quickly running out of energy. He groaned in pain as he suddenly swung his hands across his chest and upward, causing the beam to soar up into the sky, directly at Traquen, like a laser beam slicing through the air. This time, Traquen countered it with a shield of dark energy, just as the beam reached him. The force of the beam blasted him from the sky, causing him to sail into the ground with a loud crash. By the same token, the force of the beam was to much for Tuxedo Moogle, as he continued to swing upward, until he was pointing the crystal directly upward. The rest of the beam fired off into the night sky and faded in the distance. Tuxedo Moogle dropped his hands, paused, then collapsed in exhaustion
 Traquen slowly rose and shook his head, clearing it. He turned to look at Tuxedo Moogle and laughed triumphantly. His eyes were glowing a horrible reddish tint.
 "Light-man... you will never learn. But, I must say that was an impressive beam you missed me with!" roared Traquen, as he looked on to the heavily-breathing Tuxedo Moogle and the woman, as she ran over to him. He watched as she crouched and stared at Tuxedo Moogle.
 "He's still too powerful..." said the woman as she knelt down next to Tuxedo Moogle.
 "You're... telling me!" replied Tuxedo Moogle, gasping heavily. He held the Silver Crystal loosely in his hands.
 "We have to keep fighting him until he wears down!" said the woman, placing a hand on Tuxedo Moogle's shoulder.
 "I know... but--"
 The last part of his sentence was cut off by Traquen's laugh. He was preparing to fire a beam on the two prone figures. They would never be able to get up and away quick enough to avoid the blast that was about to come.
 But it never did.
 Just as Traquen flung his hands forward, a voice rang out.
 "MARS FIRE...IGNITE!"
 The voice was quickly followed by two more...
 "JUPITER...THUNDER....CRASH!
 "VENUS CRESENT BEAM....SMASH!"
 Traquen suddenly stopped, and turned to look behind him, just as a blast of fire, electricity, and energy slammed into his back. He shouted and sailed forward, crashing to the ground again. As he landed, a lamp post  behind him came on. In the center of the light stood Sailor Mars, leaning against the post, with her arms crossed. Two more came on, revealing Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter in the same position. Tuxedo Moogle looked up, and smiled. The calvary had arrived.
 "We are the soldiers..." Mars stated.
 "The soldiers for love...." continued Venus.
 "And for justice!" finished Jupiter.
 "We are the Sailor Scouts!" the trio cried in unison as they suddenly leapt forward together to the spot that Traquen had been standing at. He was turned on his side, looking at them with contempt. He growled slightly, and and picked himself up off the ground, rising to his full height as dark energy surged around him. Tuxedo Moogle rose, also, and looked at Traquen. Traquen was not facing him.
 "Ah... The scouts. I figured it was about time you showed up! I was starting to worry." said Traquen as he crossed his arms. "I am so glad you're all here. That means I do not have to hunt you down to kill you!"
 "Never! We've come to stop you Traquen. Again!" cried out Jupiter.
 "We won't let you hurt anyone else... including Joshua." Venus followed in suit.
 "Your reign of terror is over, Traquen!" shouted Mars, continuing.
 "It's time you gave up Traquen... you can't win. You know that." shouted the woman, the loudest she had ever spoken since Moogle first saw her. The Scouts turned in surprise at the new person, but said nothing.
 "Traquen, I will not forget what you did to Serena... I will show you the hell you so deserve! Scouts! Combine your powers. Together, we will push him back. Just like last time." yelled tuxedo Moogle finally as he took a breath and raised his hands above his head, holding the Silver Crystal.
 "We understand... ready scouts?" Mars yelled as she joined hands with Venus, who joined hands with Jupiter.
 "Yes!"
 "I do not give up. If I die, I will be sure to take you all with me to that 'hell' you mentioned, Light-man! Come on, humans... show me what you have!" Traquen screamed as he suddenly began to fire off shots of darkness at each of the scouts. Each one of them came within striking distance and vanished instantly. Tuxedo Moogle looked around and saw why. The mysterious woman, who was next to him, was chanting and glowing.
 She had created an energy field to shield the group.
 "What?!" said Traquen, as he started firing shots more quickly. He was becoming frustrated as each one disappeared.
 "Scouts! It's now or never!" commanded Tuxedo Moogle as he closed his eyes and concentrated.
 "Right!" the trio shouted.
 "MARS STAR POWER!" yelled Mars as she closed her eyes and began to glow red.
 "VENUS STAR POWER!" shouted Venus as she began to glow orange.
 "JUPTIER STAR POWER!" shouted Jupiter as she, too, began to glow. She had a greenish hue around her.
 An instant later, a flash exploded off of each scout and merged with the Silver Crystal. It exploded with light, causing Traquen to shield his eyes and stop firing his dark beams. He cowered down, as light streamed at him from every direction.
 "That will not stop me, fools!! I am more powerful then all your powers combined!" wailed Traquen, just as Tuxedo Moogle shouted over him.
 "We call upon the powers of Love and Justice.... give us strength! CELESTIAL CRYSTAL HEALING....ACTAVATION!" screamed Moogle as the light that was pounding Traquen from the crystal and the scouts suddenly exploded and began to stream down along with sparkling energy. As soon as the new energy hit Traquen, he arched his back and let out an ear-deafing, evil scream of horror. Everyone grimaced as the sound filled the air. Traquen slowly straightened up and opened his eyes. They were still glowing red.
 "More! More! He's still going!! We need more!" shouted Moogle over the screaming and sound of the energy. Along with the energy, the winds had picked up into a hurricane-like force and blew upon the group.
 Moments later, a hand grabbed on to both of Tuxedo Moogle's raised hands. Two DIFFERENT hands. Tuxedo Moogle opened his eyes and looked, surprised. On his right stood a shaky Serena, with a small smile on her face and a look of determination in her eyes. As she touched his hand, the crystal reacted by releasing more energy. She grimaced slightly, continuing to feed her energy to the crystal. She instantly re-transformed into Sailor Moon. Moogle smiled and quickly turned to his left to see who had grabbed his other hand. He was shocked to see the woman. She slowly turned, looked at him, smiled knowingly, and shouted.
 "LIGHT ENERGY... ELECTRIFY!!" screamed the woman, as Tuxedo Moogle's jaw dropped open slightly. As she spoke, she and the crystal flashed with a bluish-gray light, and the crystal flared outward in a tremendous blast of white energy one more time. The pulse of energy slammed into Traquen, breaking through his remaining resistance and bringing him to his knees. He gave one more shout, and became rigid. His eyes grew wide, and stopped glowing red. He closed his eyes, and collapsed to the pavement.
 As soon as Traquen collapsed, Tuxedo Moogle broke off the attack and collapsed himself. All the energy disappeared, and the wind died. Even as he was falling, the group was running to him. They reached him just in time to hear him say to Serena:
 "I... I did it... for you."
 He dropped the crystal and reverted back to normal, smiling
 He closed his eyes and passed out.
 

     ****

 "Artemis! Luna! Your back!"
 The two cats were instantly surrounded by the entire group. The cats had arrived an hour before the group returned to Serena's, carrying an unconscious Matt and Joshua, and having an extra member.
 The group quickly filled in the cats on the events that took place a little less than an hour before. After explaining what happened, the attention turned to Luna and Artemis.
 "So... where have you to been? Hmmm?" said Mina with a sly look on her face. The group was sitting in Serena's living room, minus Matt and Josh, who were upstairs recovering.
 "Yeah... what have you two been up too?" chimed in Rei as she also got a wicked look on her face.
 "Oh, Oh! Nothing! I just went to think, and Artemis, being as nosy as he is, followed me. That's all." Luna quickly spoke up, seeing where the conversation might lead to.
 "Uh-huh..." whispered Mina as she exchanged knowing glances with the rest of the group. They all had the same thing on their minds.
 "Anyways... there are more important things to think about then where me and Artemis were. Like, what now? And... who is this new guest among us?" Luna said, changing the subject. As she finished, they all turned to the mysterious woman who Matt had found.
 "Well... I suppose I should tell you some of it now. Now that I can. My name is Philly." the woman spoke up quietly as she shifted uncomfortably under all the stares she was receiving. "I am on a mission from Sailor Pluto. She told me that I shouldn't tell you much, just that I am here to help you."
 "Sailor Pluto? What? Why?" Luna questioned.
 "I-I can't tell you... she told me I couldn't. All I can tell you is that I am suppose to help you." Philly stated as she removed her rain poncho. Underneath, she was wearing a soaked bluish-gray outfit.
 "But... help us with what?"
 Philly, instead of answering, just looked up at the ceiling. She was looking up at the space where the room that Joshua was in resided. The group picked up on her silent answer, and quickly changed the subject.
 "Why don't you get her some dry clothes?" Rei asked sternly, looking at Serena.
 "But... Why do I have too?" whined Serena as she looked between the faces looking at her.
 "Because it's your house, Serena!" yelled Rei as her temper kicked in.
 "Oh... right. Sorry. Come on, Philly.... let's go get you some clothes!" said Serena as she bolted from her seat and grabbed Philly's hand. Before Philly could utter a word, she was being flung up the stairs by the speeding Serena. The group looked on and gave a huge sigh.
 "Out for an hour, and she's still hyper!" comment Lita as he sighed again and smiled. Slowly, her smile disappeared as Artemis spoke.
 "Now... what about Joshua?" inquired Artemis. The mention of Joshua caused the whole mood of the room to darken. Slowly, Luna spoke up.
 "Well... he's suffering from an good side, the Joshua I know, and an evil presence, Traquen. What if we were to increase the power of good-side of him. That might just be the way to destroy the evil side. From what Philly said, Joshua is still constantly fighting Traquen even when he is not in control. What if we turned the tables on that struggle?"
 "That sounds like a great idea, Luna. One problem... how do we do that?" Lita questioned as she looked around. Luna didn't have an answer for her.
 "I wish we had Ami here... She would know a way..." quietly commented Mina as she looked around. The mention of Ami didn't help the mood any.
 "Wait. I have an idea." said Luna finally, as she rose to her feet. With a quick crouch and a jump, she pulled a back-flip and caused something to appear in the trail of her leap, in a flash of sparkling light. It crashed to the table, in front of the stunned group.
 It was a transformation pen.
 Suddenly, Artemis realized what Luna was thinking. He smiled and wished he had thought of it.
 "I get it! We are going to help the good-side of King Joshua with the pen. Using the pen, he could energize the good in him, whenever he was fighting the dark-side for control! Incredible, Luna."
 The rest of the group joined in the compliments, causing Luna to blush. She spoke again, a hint of hope in her voice.
 "Now...all we have to do is wait for him to wake."

     ****

 "Wait... I do not think I heard you right. You want me to do what?"
 "We want you to use the pen and transform. We think it might help." said Luna as she gazed at Joshua, who was sitting in the bed.
 It had been a day and a half since the discussion in Serena's living room. After that discussion, Matt had  awakened, and had been informed of what the plan was for Joshua. They also informed him about Philly., who, in the past day and a half, had taken up welcome residence in Serena's home. Though the group had millions of questions for her, they knew better. They knew that if they found out too much, they might screw up the time-line or something like that, since Pluto was involved. But, that still didn't stop them from wondering.
 Then, 30 minutes ago, Joshua had awakened. He said that he had no memory of what had happened the previous night, and could barely believe some of the things he did. His last recollection was of going to bed that night, and waking up now.
 After the group filled him in on what had transpired, they told him their plan.
 "I do not know... are you sure it will work?" Joshua questioned as he stood up and stretched. He got some interesting looks from Lita, Rei, Mina, and Luna. He saw them and stopped quickly, blushing slightly. He turned his attention back to Luna.
 "No, but it is our only solution. It's the only thing we could think of that would help you." Luna said, hope in her voice.
 "Ok... I can try." said Joshua as he picked up the pen, it was a perfect fit in his hand. He felt it and felt its weight and mumbled in aprovement.
 "Now what should I do?"
 "Hold it up, and say 'Sailor Transformation.'" Luna replied, wondering if it was really going to work. It was a long shot... but they had to try.
 "Ok... I will try it." said Joshua as he took a deep breath and raised the pen above his head and shouted, "SAILOR.....TRANSFORMATION!!"
 As soon as Joshua finished speaking, the pen he held exploded with a dark green light. He was instantly engulfed by it, as a huge gust of wind began to throw all the small, loose objects in the room around. The group took cover as the green light blasted from every corner. Suddenly, as quickly as it had begun, it faded. The green light disappeared, and the group slowly looked up to see what had happened.
 Joshua was standing there, but he was no longer in the same dark clothes he had been wearing. He was dressed in dark green partial-armor. It was a plastic-like breast plate, and back piece. The rest of him was covered in a loose-fitting, dark green outfit.
 The transformation pen that Joshua had held, had transformed into a long, carved staff with a large, metal crescent moon at the end. Joshua's white hair was slowly blowing back in a wind that only he could feel. The staff's crescent moon end slowly began to glow with a soft, green light as a double-helix-like sign appeared on his forehead.
 It was the sign of Io.
 Joshua slowly opened his eyes, and looked toward the group.
 "I am..." whisper Joshua, pausing. "Sailor Io."
 "I think things just got a whole lot more complicated..." Matt said as he continued to stare at Joshua. "How do you feel... Joshua?"
 Sailor Io looked at him intensely as a small smile came over his face. The girls recoiled slightly in surprise, as Sailor Io spoke out calmly.
 "I remember..." said Sailor Io, looking at each of the people looking back at him. His eyes finally came to a rest on Luna's. "I can remember my past again."
 

 *** The End ***

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