In the beginning, there was a soldier

Hikari looked at Kakyuu with shock; Kakyuu's emotions indicated to her that Kakyuu had amnesia; the questions only proved belond a dought that it was true.

"My name is Hikari-hime of the Moon Kingdom." Hikari replied in a soothing tone of voice like a peacful melody upon the wind. "And yes your name is Kakyuu-hime; we been friends for some time. You have other friend too."

<<Which we need to get back to; before they get the wrong impression.>>

Hikari smiled warmly at Kakyuu.

"Let's go see how they are doing." Hikari offers her hand to Kakyuu.

Hikari nodded; she motioned to the suroundings. "This place her is my alcover in the absence of time. Only I have access to it." Hikari thought amoment to figure out how she could explain; it had been a while since she figured out herself. "This place is nowhere; yet everywhere. Isn't in the past, present and future; yet all. Time doesn't exist here; yet time seems to pass by while here. It's a riddle in its self. But I send a lot of . . . time here."

"Don't worry, Kakyuu. You knew nothing of this place before you lost your memories." Hikari calmly said; seeing Kakyuu's confusion. "They are your closest friends and protectors. Seiya . . . Taiki . . .Yaten. I can explain when we get to my apartment."

Hikari smiled and took Kakyuu's hand. In a blink of an eye the were standing in a bedroom with three window; at first she thought she might have miss calculated. The two walked out into the hall. When she reached the living room area it was as she knew it and she relaxed. She lead Kakyuu to the kitchen.

"Hisoka? Are you okay?" Hikari asked with great concern.

She lead Kakyuu to the seat she sat in earlier and freshened her tea and sat down herself between the two.

Kakyuu looked at Hikari, then the surrounding and then at Hisoka. She took the tea and drank it a bit and then looked again at Hikari and then at Hikari's clothes and at Hisoka's and at hers.

Hikari noticed that Kakyuu was interested in something. "Kakyuu, what's wrong?"

"Uh... nothing... It's just that I notice that my clothes is different from you all. And this clothes is not warm enough" Kakyuu replied with shivering since the window was opened and the wind blew on her.

Hikari went to close the window; then returned to Kakyuu and Hisoka; thinking Kakyuu might still be a bit cold thought of one of her outfits that would fight her.

"Would you like to chage into something comfortable? You can were one of my outfits." Hikari offered with a concerned yet warm smile. <<I'm sure she would like the red jumper and it would make her more comfortable. I wounder how long Kakkyuu has been here on Earth.>>

Michael just watched her go, holding his cheek with his hand and blushing. If Ureshii was saying anything at that point, he certainly didn't hear it. He walked after her slowly, wanting to figure out

what was that about, but not wanting to spook her.

Up in the apartment, Mamoru hung up the phone. Makoto obviously was going to answer, so he picked up and wondered who was left to call. All the Senshi he knew either wasn't home or had no listed numbers.

"Usako . . . where are you? I need to talk to you." Mamoru said softly.

Rei waited patiently in a chair as the meeting was being organized. She looked behind her and saw the Japan Newspaper. She smiled as she reached over and grabbed it. She looked carefully over the front cover. "What's this?" Rei asked out very quietly. "Sailor Senshi failed? How would they

know any of this?" She looked down the page to see different pictures of the senshi in their fuku looking for herself... and then she found it. "NANI!? WHAT IS THIS!!? HOW CAN THEY SHOW THIS!" She shouted as she showed the people in the room a picture of herself from the underneath!

Rei held it tightly almost ready to blow up. She squinted and then read the article carefully over. "How the hell would a stupid newspaper know what happened there! I thought everyone had either be sucked out of engery or ran away! I didn't even see them!"

Ureshii blinked quietly and bit her lip. Little did *anyone* know that she really liked Michael as well.

She thought for a moment. "Ah, Michael?" She asked, tugging on his arm. "Let's go get some food supplies for the party, okay?"

Michael snapped out of his stuppor and shook his head. What just came over him? It was like he had felt something familiar. . . then he noticed someone was tugging at his arm. He look at Ureshii.

"Hm? Food? I suppose so. . . ." Michael held his head for a moment. He had been exerting himself too soon after getting out of the hospital. He looked a little ill and leaned against a wall for

support.

Ureshii noticed this and changed her mind. "Would you rather go up back to Mamoru's?"

Michael nodded and as Ureshii helped him back inside, she watched him slowly. During the whole meeting, she'd been watching him, and had slowly begun to like him. She smiled warmly as she opened the door to Mamoru's place and walked inside with Michael next to her.

Calestria looked at Hysteria blankly as she bubbled in pure joy with a few napkins. After a few moments of folding, Hysteria pulled apart the napkin to reveal a string of people in a line.

"Kawaii, ne?!" she asked grinning.

"Yes, kawaii Hysti-chan." Calestria replied. "Hey, how *long* is a cycle anyways?!"

Hysteria bobbed back and forth trying to calculate the translation of time into human time. "Uhm, about......" her eyes went crosseyed, "45 minutes in kawaii little human time! So, we had better get ready!!! Quickly too!!!"

Hysteria lept up and grabbed ahold of a startled Calestria and ran towards the door. "Hey!!!"

Hysteria jerked Calestria out into the middle of the road, barely missing a car or two and the both of them disappeared!

It made sense. Mei did have to work though it, but she shouldn't let herself be bogged down right now by. She had to focus on other things, important things. "I'll try that. It must be hard on her right now." Mei smiled sadly at Angel. "The other senshi was Kakyuu, but why was she releasing her power? Can you find her? I need to talk to her, but I'm afraid that I did too many awful things to her. She doesn't want to see me, much less speak with me."

Angel opened her mini-computer; at first she was unable to locat this other signature then she tried another aproch to the situation and looked for the similar signature to the one she has of her.

"She's back at Hikari's apartment . . . at least that's what it likes like." Angel replied.

Amanda lay on the grass, looking up at the stars. "at least the sky stopped moving," she muttered. She ran her fingers through the soft, dewy grass, and frowned. "Dude, this is totally weak," she said in her Cartman voice. Which really sucked. She sounded more like a wildebeast with a sore throat.

She sat up and looked around. The elephants were gone. Everything had stopped melting. It was dark, and quiet. And Hysteria, the elf that had done all this to them, was gone. "Dammit!" she shouted, and pounded her fists into the ground, leaving little indentations. "Dammit dammit dammit!" She pointed her finger at a wooden park bench and fired a blast of Nega-energy. The pulse of power melted into the bench and exploded in a bright flash of light.

"Zoinks!" Ashe fell over into the grass a few feet from Amanda. "Hey, you really gotta cool out."

"Cool out?" Amanda stared coldly into Ashe's eyes. "Cool out?! That little pointy-eared ho is just toying with us now! I am NOT gonna put up with her crap!" She looked up to the sky and let loose an ear-piercing scream. "I HATE pointy ears!!!!"

Ashe covered his ears. "Hey, no need to knock on Mr. Spock now..."

"SHUT UP!" Amanda shouted. She kicked her feet randomly, trying to hit Ashe somewhere. Ashe slid back a few feet to avoid her. "Don't make me use the tranqulizer darts..."

"I said SHUT UP!" Amanda shouted again. She raised an arm and gathered a small amount of Nega energy, enough to knock Ashe out.

She was about to let go, when a feminine hand grabbed her wrist. "No need to become violent about all this," she said.

Amanda looked up. "Who the hell are YOU?"

Maker almost said, "We've met," but realized that would make the situation worse. "I'm Sailor Star Maker," she said curtly. "And might I ask what role you play in all of this? I mean, being tied up to the pole isn't really ingenious."

Sailor Star Fighter was a few feet away, looking at the lobby and elevator Sailor Half Light had gone through. She could have sworn that she had wanted to talk to Fighter, but she had left instead.

Maker sighed as she let go of Amanda's arm. "Thanks for your... help, but why don't you take your friend home and sleep this all off."

Maker thumbed in the lobby's direction. "Look, Amanda. You're a nice girl, but it seems to me that you and your friend might be a little incompetent to maybe drive home... or for that matter get yourself home, so why don't I call a cab?"

Fighter touched Maker's elbow gingerly, and pointed upstairs. Maker followed her gaze, then both nodded.

After walking into a restroom to "change" Taiki emerged and called the cab company.

"Hello, SunShine's Sunny Cab Company!"

Taiki blinked. For some off the wall reason, he could have SWORN he heard that voice before!

"Hello....?" said the girl's voice, sounding annoyed.

"H-hai. I need a pick up at..." Taiki gave her the address.

"Is there any special about this pick-up?"

"No... not that I'm aware of..." Taiki watched Seiya enter the lobby and stand by the elevator. "...well, the two passengers might be a little sloshed, but that's it."

"Alrighty then! Sayonara!" came the cheerful reply.

Taiki hung up, blinking. "I wonder..." he said, walking up to the elevator.

"Wonder what?" asked Seiya.

They both stepped into the elevator, and Seiya pressed the floor for Mamoru's apato. Taiki crossed his arms. "Do you think ANYONE can get a job around here?" he asked as the doors closed.

Raithe paced back and forth quickly as Tiger Eye watched her nervously. Every so often, Raithe would let out an annoyed groan. Finally, after almost an hour of this uncomfotable silence, Raithe spoke in an angry tone.

"Why have I not heard from her?!" She bellowed at Tiger Eye

"I know not, my Empress." He replied quickly

"Did you not deliver the rose to him?"

He hesitated to respond. "My empress, I went to deliver the rose to the one you ordered, however when I came upon his place of residence, a woman answered the door and said he had just stepped out, and she would deliver it to him."

Raithe was taken aback. "Were my orders not specific enough?"

"She took the rose from my hand and walked away....I could do nothing!"

She sighed heavily. "Obviously he has not yet gotten my gift. Serves me right for not doing this myself."

Raithe quickly walked over to the elevated stone encased pond and waved her hand over it with fury.

"Show me the rose!" She demanded.

Almost instantly, an image of a windowsil appeared. The rose was sitting on top of it in a small crystal vase. She knew where that was. That was the same apartment Michael had literally thrown her out of. She nodded to herself.

"I'm going to get it back, and deliver it myself."

"Raithe-sama....is that wise? You don't know who else is there, you could be in danger."

"I'm not looking for a fight." She adjusted her tall gold crown and threw her black velvet cape around her shoulders. "Besides, I think it is high time I made myself known to those senshi." Raithe smiled as she fastened the gold harnesses.

"Demo-"

"Hush. Not a word. I will return shortly with the faery rose."

Before Tiger Eye could protest, she had vanished in a flurry of black feathers. She reappeared in the apartment building, standing right outside the door to Hikari's apartment. Waiting for just a moment, she thrust her hands out in front of her, causing a gust of wind to blow the door in and smash it to wood chips. She stood and waited for someone to emerge.

"Maharet?!" Hikari came to a halt as she came face to face with Raithe; completly suprised to come face to face with her; as Raithe stood outside the now blown door to her apartment in the hall. Regaining her posture she stood infront of Raithe; displeased not daring to move her eyes off Raithe for a second. "What brings you here?"

"The party never ends around here." Michael peered through the peephole of Mamoru's apartment at the spectacle right across the hall at Hikari's apartment.

"Looks like some wacko has taken it upon herself to attack your neighbors."

As Michael watched the arguement, Mamoru shook his head. The party never stopped around here and most of the Senshi were downstairs. He turned to Crescent Light.

"Ureshii, we need to hold her off until Sailor Moon and the others can get up here. Are you up to it?" Mamoru said, raising a rose from his jacket pocket.

"Tuxedo Rose Power!"

He transformed into the mysterious and stylish Tuxedo Mask, motioning for Michael to move out of the way so he could get a clear shot at the woman when the door was opened.

"Uh, Mamoru, do you think it's such a good idea to be fighting so soon after getting out of the hospital?" Michael warned. Tuxedo Mask gave him a patronizing look.

"And I suppose it was your twin brother getting chased by elephants on the street and abducted by elves?"

"Touche." Michael remarked dryly. He stood poised, ready to open the door in case the fighting really broke out.

In the beginning, there was a soldier. At peace with the ice, the snow... the bitter cold.

In the end, it's alright, it's okay. The inner voice inside however kept trying to tell her what a big mistake she'd made. Funny, that's what the other half kept telling her all along when she was a soldier.

But she was genius incarnate, a blue sky among blue skies. She could lead a horse to water & make him drink it... but she couldn't change his point of view.

She remembered the first day of school with her. Trying not to think too hard, or raise her hand to scratch her head, not breathing out of rhythm, nor talking at all for quite a while. But... something changed that day for her. And what it was to her family, she just couldn't say, couldn't tell, shout, yell about. "I am a sailor soldier, from the past, here to protect the future." But then, she grew lonely, isolated. He had left her, and then the girls were trying to discourage her from finding out the true identity of Mercutio. Yes, she still remembered that. And she can remember the lonely pains, the hum-drum life waiting for a victim to be horribly drained, so drained.

So drained was she, time & time again, to protect one that "the group" says is the future of Tokyo. So... something's changed today... and what it was, she just can't say... but if she doesn't seem okay.. Ami's okay.... now.. really..... And so she stood, outside her realms, and asked Hysteria if she knew how to play jacks.

* * *

As the elevator doors opened, Seiya and Taiki were lightly smacking each other back and forth, like a childish game of tag.

"Rubber & glue!" laughed Seiya as she stuck her tongue out. Taiki sighed. "Yare, yare," he conceeded, as the two stepped out of the elevator.

Just then, a small thwack was heard followed by seeing a few wood chips and sawdust.

Taiki and Seiya bounded out of the hall & turned the corner, to see a ghostly pale woman a few feet down the hall in front of Hikari's apartment.

Seeing Hikari ran as a wind out of the apartment, Kakyuu felt a bit uneasy. Then she asked Hisoka, "Did... did I say something wrong that make her angry?". Seeing Hisoka was not replying, Kakyuu felt really uneasy and guilt so she put the cup on the table and then walked towards the door where Hikari gone. "I have to apologize to her... she is such a good girl and I am so stupid complaining about clothes" Kakyuu thought and opened the door.

Raithe grinned. "Hikari. How nice to see you again. Now if you will excuse me...I have something I would like to pick up."

Still grinning, Raithe pushed Hikari out of her way violently and walked into the apartment.

There near the door Kakyuu saw a flower lying on the floor. "What a beautiful thing... I wonder what is it..." Kakyuu said to herself and picked up the black rose.

Raithe stood over Kakyuu, glaring hard at her. "Excuse me my dear, but I believe that flower belongs to me!"

Raithe grabbed Kakyuu's hand and pulled the rose out of it. Throwing Kakyuu's hand down forcefully, she turned to see a group of unhappy Sailor Senshi. She flicked her wrist and waved her fingers of the hand she held the rose in. When she opened her fist, the rose was gone.

"Now my friends, I'm terribly sorry to have interrupted you all. I have what I want, and now I must be off." Raithe smiled a menacing smile. "How silly of me. I forgot to intriduce myself. For those of you who do not know me, I am Raithe. Empress of the Shadowdemons, and Queen of the Damned. I'm sure your friend Hikari here will be able to tell you all about me." The smiled vanished from her face quickly. "I mean you no harm, and I wish not to start a fight. I have my rose back, and that is all that matters to me right now." She gazed over the senshi and at the door across the hall. She remarked loudly; "And be sure to give your friend Michael Florian my regards. I'll be back for him later."

Having done what she wanted, she lifted herself off the ground. The senshi stood poised to attack, but Raithe had vanished, leaving nothing for them to destroy but a single black feather. Deep laughter echoed in both Hikari's and Mamoru's apartment.

<<What are you up to, Maharet?>> Hikari wondered as she stood next to Kakyuu as she made sure Kakyuu's wrist wasn't injured; finding nothing wrong she turned concernly to look at Michael. <<What doe she want with Michael? She isn't plaining on making him a vampire; is she?>>

As she thought the statement; she felt determined to keep Michael away from Maharet/Raithe. Hikari shook her head as she recalled the door blown to pieces; after glancing around she looked to the room to her left across from the kitchen. <<Make a note to leave a replacement door . . . in the Study. So there is one in there now.>>

Hikari breathed a sigh of relief; noticing Seiya and Taiki and turned to Kakyuu with concern. <<Oh boy. I have my work cut out for me this afternoon.>>

"Everyones okay." She walked over to Tuxedo Mask and Michael through the kitchen. She looks at Michael she noticed the color of Michael's hair as a brown as a chestnut. <<Wonder if he heard, Raithe? Do I have a crush on, Michael?>>

"Michael." Hikari said then turned to Tuxedo Mask. "Tuxedo Mask. Everyone. Thank you for your concern."

* * *

<What's happening?> Hisoka asked herself. She was truly confused. Events...things...problems....questions. Everything dancing within her mind<...and causing trouble> she smiled to herself.

She walked to the window and looked at the streets outside. She felt so lonely now. Like part of nowhere. <Now, Hisoka what are you going to do?>

Meanwhile Usagi went upstairs, to Mamoru's apartment.

"Where's Mamo-chan?" she asked.

"Endymion? I guess he's at the other apartment. Next door." Hoshi smiled.

"Hey, Usagi-chan...I don't want to be the party-crasher but...there're important things we need to discuss." Getsuei said. "And I also I have this feeling Tranquility is going to attack very soon..." She added to herself.

"Geez, you're acting like Luna" Usagi sighed. "I wonder where that cat is..."

"Usagi-chan..." Getsuei insisted.

"Hai...Hai" She answered and went to Hikari's place.

"Hey, what are you doing here, people?" Usagi cheerfully smiled. "Meeting is kinda taking place..." Then she walked towards Tuxedo Mask. "Mamo-chan, what are you doing?...are you planning to fight!? You should be sit down and resting!"

Tuxedo Kamen turned and noticed Usagi looking at him concerned. He was briefly surprised, but shook it off and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Usako? I'm fine . . . we had someone up here. I'm not sure if it was an attack, but . . . " Tuxedo Kamen sat down with Michael's help and just blinked a moment. He felt a little weak, but otherwise fine.

Hikari looked at her niece tenderly and then at Tuxedo Mask siting on one of the stools in the kitchen with Michael next to him not looking to energetic himself. Hikari's motherly concern began to get the better of her as she tenderly looked sternly at the two young me before her.

"Usagi is right, Mamoru." Hikari seriously spoke; looking at both Michael and Tuxedo Mask. <<More than she knows. The last thing I would want to see was Ma . . . Raithe sinking her teeth into anyone.>>

Hikari shivered at the thought; then quickly regained her posture as she return to give Michael and Mamoru a talking to. "Yes, I know it looked like trouble and I'm certain we haven't seen the last of Raithe; though you shouldn't have thought of getting into a fight. The last thing Usagi and . . . myself want to see is for both of you to get hurt just after getting release from the hospital."

Hikari smiled playfully. "You two should be reported to the hospital board."

Hikari didn't even want to think of what Raithe would have done to Mamoru and Michael if she had wanted to fight. The fact Raithe was interested in Michael chilled her blood. <<It will be best if I inform Michael of Raithe's interest in him.>>

Hikari sighed and gave Michael a look of concern. "Our so called visitor, Raithe, as she calls herself . . . wanted a message relayed to you, Michael."

It had happened so fast, Taiki & Seiya had no chance to transform. After the disappearance of the woman, Taiki peeked inside the rather large hole in Hikari's apartment. "Now you see why we chose a house," he joked. "How are you going to explain all this to the neighbors? Your landlord?"

Seiya scratched her head. "Yeah, no kidding..." Seiya was still rather dazed from the previous incidents. All she remembered was something about pink elephants, Kakyuu nearly committing suicide, and... new fukus? Apparently turning female didn't to much in the way of boosting her intelligence level.

"So... what are we doing now?" She asked intelligently.

"Taiki? Seiya?" Hikari turned to the two Star senshi distracted from voicing her concerns to Michael and Mamoru' actions. Hikari looked over at Kakyuu remembering before Raithe showed up she was going to take Kakyuu to get something warmer on. "Oh it's just the door, Taiki. That can be easily fixed with the replacement door in he Study across the hall from the kitchen." Hikari replied to Taiki's comment with a sigh. "Raithe loves to make a showy entrance."

Turns to Kakyuu as she walks over to her; gives a warm caring smile. "Let's get something a bit more comfortable on, Kakyuu."

Hikari took Kakyuu's hand; turned to Seiya and Taiki as Kakyuu slipped off the stool.

"Will you two mind joining us?" Hikari glanced over at the Star Senshi. turned to Michael, Mamoru and the others she added. "We'll be back in a few minutes."

Hikari started to lead Kakyuu to the bedroom which they first appeared in through the dinning room and living room which still need to be fixed up.

Taiki felt a little weird as he followed behind Seiya. Being the only (half)male there, to watch his hime...

"Ano, if no one minds, should I stay outside the bedroom door?" he asked from the opening.

Seiya actually blushed. They had been male for so long, she had forgotten that she had turned female...and Taiki had not. "Yeah, that would be a good idea..." She murmured.

Taiki bowed, making a quick exit. He walked down the hallway, and out the hole that was the entrance to Hikari's apartment.

He slowed, and leaned against the doorframe to Mamoru & Michael's apato, sighing.

~I wonder... did my calling Amanda lead to this? A missing door jam, scattered senshi... My power up... I wonder where it heralded from. I shall ask Kakyuu-hime about this, when she joins us later.~

Inside was Rei, and Uranus, who looked none too pleased. Then again, when did she ever? Three others were there, that he had yet to meet.

Taiki grinned at the younger girl inside (Hoshi), then shook his head. ~With all the new girls here, I wonder why Haruka isn't doing her old tricks... For that matter, where ARE the rest of the Outer Senshi?~

As he walked in, and began to introduce himself to Hoshi, Asahi and Getsuei, another sailor, a regular, made herself known.

Kakyuu saw Hikaru again and she smiled. "Ah... I have been searching for you... What is going on outside?" Kakyuu asked smillingly and innocently.

Hikari smiled as she picked out a red jumper which would be comfortable on Kakyuu; wondering if her memory loss was only temperal. Hikari hands Kakyuu the outfit.

After five minutes to get changed Seiya, Kakyuu and Hikari rejoined Taiki in the intryway of her apartment. Hikari noticd she'll need to sweep up the mess and then attach te new door; but she has some time. "First let me say Seiya . . ." Hikari began as she looked from Seiya and then Taiki. "Taiki, that Kakyuu has amnesia." Hikari turns and smiles warmly and speaks tenderly to Kakyuu. "These are two of your friends, Kakyuu.-"

Hikari sighed as she shook her head; just feeling the effects of Maharet's violently push. She smiled tenderly at Seiya recalling what the Guardian of Kinmoku told her. "The amnesia may be just a side effect of . . . losing her star seed momentarily. It may just be temporary."

Hikari looked at Kakyuu; taking her hand in hers she looked at Seiya with concern from Seiya's reaction of Kakyuu having amnesia. Hikari hoped Seiya would not scare Kakyuu with her reaction to the fact Kakyuu will not be able to transform till after Yaten returns. <<Hmm . . maybe that will also be when her memories will return?>>

"There is one other thing." Hikari spoke calmly. <<Then again Kakyuu doesn't need to be here for this.>>

Hikari pointed to the other apartment in which Taiki went. Since Taiki knows Kakyuu's condition, partly, she . . . he can help her get reacquainted with the others. "Kakyuu since there will be a meeting today; you can go in and spend some time with Taiki and get acquainted with things."

Hikari watched Kakyuu go into the apartment and turned to Seiya.

Just as Hikari was about to say something Angel with Mei walked up from behind.

"What happen here, Hikari-hime?" Angel replied; looking at the door . . or absence of a door to Hikari's apartment.

"Long story, Angel-san." Hikari replied. "There is a replacement door. Will you assist me in a moment? Right now I need to speak to Seiya."

"Okay." Angel replied.

Angel and Mei went into Hikari's apartment. Hikari looked at Seiya tenderly; taking her hand.

"To allow you and Taiki the means to power up; Kakyuu gave up her ability to become Sailor Fireball; don't over react . . . please . . . this is temporarily. Once Yaten returns she will be able to become Sailor Fireball." Hikari spoke in a serious yet tender voice.

"WHAT?!" blurted out Taiki, learning of Kakyuu's fate.

An irate Taiki crept up behind Seiya to bean Kakyuu in the head with a frying pan. ~Of all the times to lose your memory, Hime!?~

Seiya saw it with her 20/20/20/20 vision, and ripped it out of Taiki's hands and beaned him with it himself.

After nursing some ice on it, Taiki griped, "This is just great! All I came here for was a meeting. A meeting! A senshi meeting! Instead, only ONE outer shows, half the inners are missing, and the StarLights are getting a break with these power-ups only to find that Kakyuu-hime is going to be 'like, duh!' for the rest of this chapter-er, I mean, for who knows how long?!" Seiya's eyes widened. "Oh, great," she thought to herself. "Of all the times to get amnesia... think of all the knowledge she has... had... that we need..." She shook her head, ashamed of herself. "I shouldn't be so selfish. After all, it's Kakyuu's well-being I should be concerned with, not what information we've lost because of this."

She turned to Hikari. "Any idea of what caused this? Or how it can be reversed?"

*they go to change clothes, Taiki goes out into the next apartment*

Something clicked in Taiki's brain, though, as he entered, looking at Rei and Minako. Where was Makoto & Ami.

"Where's Ami?" he asked everyone in M&M's apartment.

Seiya turned around and looked at Taiki with puzzled eyes. That hadn't even occurred to him! Ami wasn't there. She hadn't been *anywhere* for awhile now.

"That's right!" She said aloud. "Ami hasn't been home recently. In fact, I haven't seen her at all for awhile now. How about the rest of you?" She adressed mainly the inners.

Rei covered her mouth as a large yawn came over her. "No. I haven't seen Ami either! I tried calling her recently and there was no answer. She doesn't usually do that." Rei searched in her pocket and took out her communicator. She pressed a couple buttons but only got static. "Ami? Ami-chan! Mizuno-san! Are you there!?" Rei waited intently on the communicator but nothing came through. "Minna, I think this is serious."

Hikari noticed the shape glance of Taiki and him asking Mamoru and Usagi to watch over Kakyuu. <<Who's got amnesia here? Taiki is acting just like she/he did when we first meet.>>

Hikari made sure Kakyuu was alright; giving her a reasurring smile and went to get Angel to fix the busted door.

<<I could really go for being with Michael right now.>> Hikari stopped sweeping the door remains instantly; blushed. <<Why did I just think that? Hmm . . . I feel so comfortable around him . . . it's like I know him. . .>>

Angel noticed Hikari's blush. "What are you thinking, Hikari-hime?"

Hikari turned to Angel. "Ah . . . nothing."

"Yeah . . . right." Angel smiled skeptically.

Hikari giggled and motioned to the study. "Let's get this door in okay, Angel-san?"

"Okay." Angel replied. "The Star Senshi seemed a bit rude."

"They're going through a lot lately. They probly don't rember me as well as I do them considering when we first meet was when Yaten came to live on Kinmoku." Hikari sighed. <<After her own home, Healer, had been destroyed and her family killed. They were all young then; including Kakyuu.>>

The two put the door in; and it looked as if nothing happened. Hikari thought she had a lot to do in the next few days. Hikari smiled warmly at Angel.

"Better see what else needs done before the meeting starts." Hikari said cheerfully. "Maybe go see Michael?" Angel comment.

Hikari blushed instantly. "What do you mean?"

Angel smiled playfully and Hikari smiled as she shooked her head.

"Angel." Hikari giggled as she went into her apartment with the toolcase.

"Hikari." Angel replied as she followed.

Seiya nearly lost her teeth. "You mean... Kakyuu won't get her memories back until Yaten comes back?! Good God..."

'We need Kakyuu to find Yaten,' She thought.

She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to control herself. "So, in other words," she said from behind clenched teeth, "Taiki and I are on our own from here on out?"

"I meant she can't transform until Yaten is back. I'm uncertain about the memory though. It can return anytime or never. The best with amnesia is to let Kakyuu get refamiliar with things which could trigger the memories, Seyia." Hikari looked at Seiya with concern. She put her hands on her hips and tried to look upset. "Also, I wouldn't say you and Taiki are on your own from here on out."

Hikari smiled at Seiya. Hikari recalled her time with the four on Kinmoku. They were important to her as her own family. "I care about Yaten too." Hikari made a fist; and spoke seriously with a warm smile. "And if you think you are going to keep me from helping you rescue Yaten . . . you better think again."

Taiki caught Seiya's eye from the hallway, since Seiya was leaning on the friggin' submarine like hole in Hikari's apartment that I'm suuuure the landlord won't notice.

Now in Mamoru's apartment, Taiki shook his head. "No," he said simply. "I've calmed down and let the inners sort of "butt in" in friendship while we were looking for Hime. We've swallowed our pride when Outers cut us down. You've became female again, Yaten's been kidnapped, and we have our own new powers to contend with. I say no way. Besides, with all the traveling she does, how do we know which Hikari is which? Or for that matter, what's her REAL angle. If you ask me, Seiya, we can handle this ourselves, like always. ...but speaking of always," Taiki drifted off a little, nervousness in his eyes.

"Rei-chan said that Ami's been missing for an al lot time period, which is more than I figured. Worse yet, she hasn't answered her communicator at all... Will you drive with me over to her house to look more time; see if she left a note or anything?"

Seiya looked down. She wanted to trust the inners, she really did. But Taiki had a point. How *would* they know Hikari's real side? And besides that, she didn't want to get into another fight with Taiki, not after they had finally made up again.

She took a deep breath. "I'm going to have to think about the whole Hikari thing, guys." She announced. "But in the mean time, Taiki, let's go check out Ami's house." She headed down towards the parking lot.

Kakyuu looked at Taiki and Seiya and then their action with the fryingpan made her tremble. "They are crazy or what? I guess they are not good people... But if they are not good people, why Hikaru-san made friend with them?... I guess they don't like me. They look at me as if I am somekind of a person who is nearly die...."Kakyuu thought and kept silent while sitting beside Taiki. "I guess I leave him alone... seems that he didn't want me here..." Kakyuu thought and then she stood up and walked towards the door leading to the hallway.

As Seiya made her way down to the parking lot, Taiki called out Kakyuu's name. "Kakyuu-hime!"

She turned, and gave him a blank stare. As if she could see right through him...

~With all the events going on recently, that stare is un-nerving~, thought Taiki.

"Oro?" asked Kakyuu, giving a tight smile.

Taiki shook his head, walking past her a few steps. "Betsuni... Your joining us would only confuse you more... or us for that matter," Taiki said the latter softly to himself.

With a sharp glance at Hikari, he called out, "Mamoru-san. Usagi-san, please watch over hi-... Kakyuu for us. We will return."

With that Taiki made his way around the corner, down the hall, into the elevator, and through the lobby.

With an over dramatic sigh, Taiki flopped into the passenger seat. Seiya already had her shades on, and she didn't look much different than before. Flooring the gas, the two hit the road.... and a small car followed them just as fast.

".... I mean, I *am* smarter than her, but I never figured she'd go for Yaten. I mean, wasn't I sending out signals or something?"

Seiya laughed. "If those were your 'signals', I'd hate to get caught in a game of poker with you," she said, stopping at a red light.

"Yare, yare," grumbled Taiki. He glanced at the side mirror, as his worn face. Most of the tell-tale signs of a black eye had lifted from his face, but it still was a little weathered-beaten. In truth, he felt like a bath. A serious bath...

"Eh...?" Taiki squinted in the mirror. He could have sworn...! He turned his head around.

"Yoo-HOO!!" gushed a girl, hanging out the passenger's window, waving a fork in the air. "Are we gonna do lunch next?!"

To say how fast Taiki SD'ed would be like trying to explain how fast does sound travel. "DRIVE, SEIYA!!"

"Huh? But it's still-"

"JUST DRIVE! AMANDA'S BACK THERE!!"

"Have spotted them and are pulling them into our tractor beam!" Amanda squealed. "I KNEW I'd catch up to him sooner or later!" She slammed on the accelerator to keep up with the 3 Lights personal conveyance vehicle.

Ashe grabbed the dashboard and gritted his teeth. "Oh blessed lady of acceleration, please don't fail us now," he whined. He watched with utter helplessness as Amanda blindly followed the midnight-blue 3000GT ahead of them. "I wish I'd brought my chase music CD."

Amanda looked at him and scowled. "Who's driving here, you or me?" She asked him.

"No one right now!" Ashe shouted. "Look out!!"

Amanda turned her head just in time to find a truck directly in front of her. She spun the wheel and just narrowly missed the semi. Unfortunately, she was going faster than ever now, screaming down the highway in hot pursuit of a couple of guys who had the raw natural talent of Bac-os. In Ashe's opinion.

"You know, you could be helping!" Amanda yelled. "Can't you shootout their tires or something?"

Ashe hugged his seatbelt and presented her with a look akin to that of which one would give if someone had stuffed a lobster down his pant sand the lobster managed to find something in there to pinch really hard. "You're already violating every single traffic law in the book. Possession of firearms is NOT on that list!"

"Fine. We'll just have to get in FRONT of 'em!" She turned the wheel and drove the gas pedal to the floor, coming up right beside the 3Light's car. Ashe looked over to them and met eyes with Seiya. Seiya shouted something that Ashe couldn't make out, so he just held up his hands ina "I have nothing to do with this so please don't sue me" pose.

"Watch this!" Amanda cried out. She got a few feet out in front of their car, and slammed on the brakes in a vicious attempt to get them to stop.

Unfortunately, their Jetta's tires were bald as Jesse Ventura's head, and instead of stopping, they continued to spin out of control. "Our father, who art in heaven," Ashe muttered.

"This is neither the time nor the place, boy!" Amanda shouted, trying desperately to regain control. "I've still got a few manuve-"

She was rudely interrupted by a police car who had been following them for the past 4 minutes. Or more, they smashed into it. A delectable rain of windshield glass sprayed outwards as the front end crunched against the highway rail. The airbags inflated instantaneously, catching both of their feeble minds against a wholly different pocket of air.

"Glrp," was all Amanda said.

Ashe shook his head a few times to get the nonsense out of his head. But it still remained as he looked up out the front window to see a group of approximately 5 officers surrounding them.

Ashe didn't speak. He just slapped Amanda upside the back of her head. And then they were taken away.

Seiya groaned and floored it. "Here we go again...." she grumbled. "You have the weirdest friends, Taiki.">

She wound down the busy Tokyo streets, expertly dodging heavy streets.>Years of running away from screaming fans taught you a few things. None theless, when she checked the rear view mirror, Amanda was still in view, chasing them on foot.>>"What the hell IS she?" Seiya spat.>

"What's the Law coming to these days?" griped Taiki, as theystopped at another light. The police had apprehended Ashe, but Amanda evaded their grasp, and was chasing them fast!

"Here, this is Ami's neighborhood, let's get to her house! Amanda can't be THAT fast,.... can she?" Taiki asked, nervous.

"I don't know! It's YOUR fan!" spat Seiya, pushing the GT into high gear again.

Safe (at least we think so) inside Ami's place, Taiki let Seiya in through the garage. He grinned. "There's no way she'd check a garage, and even if she did, there are two for almost every home here. It'll take her awhile, and we can steal away."

"If you say so," said Seiya, rubbing her arms. "Did she leave her air-conditioning on? It's freezing in here."

Taiki breathed slowly; his breath actually came out in a little cloud. "Geez, it wasn't like this this morning! Let's find a thermostat!"

So, the two split up, Seiya taking the yard and lower level of the house, Taiki walking the upper.

Taiki zipped up his baseball jacket; it really was cold! Well, for this month, anyways. "Ami?" he called softly, in case he was disturbing anything. "Ami?"

*Knock Knock* He slowly opened the bedroom door, and peeked in. No one in there, but there were leaves and dead twigs strewn across the rug. He glanced to see the french doors opened on the balcony, where a small breeze was blowing in. He walked over, shivering, and closed them. Turning, he sighed, and was on his way out when he spied a book on the floor. He grinned. "Always reading," he said, picking it up.

His grin quickly turned to confusion, then horror. "Kami... these are symbols... runes.... almost like..." He slammed the book shut. "Ami's been kidnapped by those damn elves!!"

No sooner were the words out of his mouth, the the doors blew open again. Taiki swung around, tense, but froze when he heard a cold voice say, "What are you doing in here?"

He turned his head around, when the voice gave an exasperated sigh. "Up here, you baka." Taiki glanced up, to see an elf sitting cross-legged on theceiling, looking... grumpy. Taiki went into a defensive stance. "I might ask the same of you. This is my friend's home in which you're intruding upon!"

The girl laughed harshly. "Friend? Some friend you were." She lowered herself to the floor, then kicked herself right-side-up. "Eh?"

She stared at Taiki with cold, heartless gray eyes. With a flick of her wrists, two tigers leapt out of thin air to her sides. They growled and pawed the rug. "Easy, Aramis. Wouldn't want to scare him, now, would we?"

Taiki stood to his full height, looming over her. "What have you elves done with Ami! Yes, I know your little secret now, so give her up!"

"On what grounds? On who's authority?" she asked in a bored tone.

Taiki was speechless. He was ready to knock her head in, and she was standing there as casual as you please.

"Look, I'm warning you!" he yelled, hoping Seiya would hear. "Give Mizuno Ami back to us, now!"

The girl mildly gave him a tight smile. "I am Lady Ruin. Meet your cold end." Taiki went into a defensive stance, when suddenly the the two tigers lunged for him. Backing up through the doors, his backside suddenly hit the railing for the balcony.

She followed them at a slow pace, and looked coldly at him. "And I'll thank you, Kou Taiki, never to snoop in my room again."

His eyes widened in utter horror. The way she said it, his name....! "A-"

He never got the words out, as she shot a long spiral of ice at Taiki, encasing him to the balcony in a large statue of ice.

Ruin sighed, admiring her handiwork. Since everyone at the Realm seemed to be busy, even Hysteria, she decided to go back for a few things, but when she saw Seiya and Taiki's car in her garage, she knew who was here. She barely had time to hide herself when the girl who had shot at her before bounded into her yard, peeking in the windows.

"Poor, poor baka... Taiki, for all your knowledge, you are a selfish fool." she patted him on the cheek, all his features perfectly incased in ice. She heard steps on the stairs, and jumped over the balcony with her tigers, disappearing into thin air.

Seiya heard Taiki yelling from upstairs, and bounded upward. She threw open Ami's bedroom door. "Taiki, what is it, have you found-"

She cut off and gasped in horror. Taiki was a frozen statue in the middle of the bedroom, and the french doors to Ami's room had been thrown open.

She rushed over to Taiki. "Taiki, what happened?" There came a muffled, angry reply from inside the ice. Seiya sweatdropped. "Oh, yeah. The ice. Hold on a sec." Seiya backed up a few paces, then ran into the ice full force. The ice crystals surrounding Taiki's body separated and scattered into a thousand flecks of light.

Seiya grinned. "Being in football came in handy after all." She mused. Then she turned to Taiki, seriousness written on every line of her face. "What happened, Taiki?"

Taiki shouted a blast that made even Seiya wince.

Shakily getting to his feet, he leaned on Seiya for support. "D-damn that's c-cold!"

Seiya saw Taiki's body shivering, and went over to Ami's bed to pull off a blanket.

"N-NO, DON'T TOUCH THAT!!"

Seiya blinked twice, letting it drop to the floor. Taiki walked over and kicked it away.

"Ne, Taiki-chan, Ochitsuite..."

"N-no, I won't!! Do you kn-know who j-just attacked m-m-me?! An elf!!"

he yelled, closing Ami's doors tightly and locking them. The ice left no tell-tale trace that it had been there, and the doors stayed shut this time. She dropped the blanked dumbly. Taiki was acting wierd, even for himself. What was with the blanket? And why would an Elf be here??

Seiya blinked intelligently. "But... what's an elf doing in Ami's room? And where's Ami?"

"That's it! Ami IS an elf!!"

One of those nifty little black and white shots took place, as the camera took a shot over Taiki's shoulder at Seiya's horrific expression, then over Seiya's, at Taiki who looked mighty upset Seiya SD'ed for a brief moment. "T-tondemonai!!" Then she snapped back, scratching her head with a nervous grin. "B-bakana, Taiki-chan! Ami wouldn't do that! Ami CAN'T DO THAT..."

"Niyoruto 'Lady Ruin'," growled Taiki, rubbing his arms together. "I'm telling you, those elves didn't just kidnap Ami-chan, they freakin' brainwashed her!"

"But they've never done anything to us personally-"

"With senshi going missing right and left, and with Ami on their side, who knows what the heck's going on!" said Taiki, leaving the room. Seiya followed close behind. "So, now what? Are we heading back?"

Taiki stopped a moment, then said, "... have you seen Makoto around?"

"Not since our... concert..."

Taiki yanked the door open. "I feel it's time to pay a visit to the Kino apato. Let's call the girls at Mamoru's; let them know the situation and get directions."

Seiya called Mamoru. "Moshi moshi?" He answered.

"Hey, Mamoru, this is Seiya. Hey, Ami's been kidnapped, brainwashed and turned into an elf. We're about to go over to Makoto's, so could you give us directions?"

After several minutes, Seiya managed to calm down the incredulious Mamoru, and eventually coaxed directions out of him. "We'll be back as soon as we leave Makoto's. Jaa!" She hung up the phone and headed toward the car. She flipped black sunglasses over her eyes.

"Let's go, Taiki."

Hisoka was getting moody, tired and stupid. She was surely not going to that sailor meeting.

She was not prepared for something like that. "And also, Shinrai never told me anything about her being a Senshi and her romance with an elf! Why the hell was she expecting me to take her place?"

She sighed. "This is not me. I'm not like this...I'm not a warrior with strange powers....I wanted to believe I was but I AM NOT!!!" Hisoka went out of Hikari's and looked briefly at the other apartment where her 'fighting partners' were supposed to be.

"Yeah...right."

"'Yeah right' what?"

Hisoka turned and saw a young man looking at her. She blushed...she never expected someone to be listening to her.

"If you're here that's because you're a senshi, right?" Asahi said.

"Yes...well no...I mean...I was supposed to be but..."

He laughed at her. "Don't be so nervous..."

"I'm not..." She protested. "I was just afraid that..."

"That you were late? Don't worry.There's no meeting taking place right now. In fact, I was so bored that I decided to go out and take some fresh air." He blinked.

Hisoka blushed again.

"Why are you blushing?"

"Well...I..." Hisoka doubted. "Actually, I was afraid that someone would discover me. I am not going to the meeting. I don't think I'll be a good Sailor Senshi"

"C'mon, I think you'll be a nice one..."

Hisoka lowered her gaze, this was so...embarrasing? No, that wasn't actually the word she was searching. "I have to go" She fastly said and ran downstairs.

Asahi shrugged and then he looked inside Mamoru's place. "I think this wasn't a good night for a meeting."

Rei sighed, putting her head in her hands. Elves, evil vibes, and people getting on each other's nerves. It was enough to drive anyone over the deep end.

Ami's strange disappearence had Rei at the fire, then here. She didn't know, yet somehow she knew....

At Mamoru's outburst at Seiya on the phone, Rei's omnissions were confirmed, but not how Seiya saw it.

'Ami-chan's joined the Court of Chaos,' thought Rei solemenly. 'It might be different circumstances before they or something else gets one of us.'

Looking around, Rei caught Mamoru's eye. Giving him a side-long glance until he gave her one back, she swung her jacket on.

'Too crowded... nothing is getting done...'

That's when Rei decided to make sure no one else would be taken. Not another senshi, not one more...

"Usagi," she said, quietly approaching her, "I'm heading back to the temple. I'm sorry, but it seems this meeting is a flop. I'm taking precautions; no one will get me!" she added with a light smile.

"What? Get who?" said Usagi, confused.

"Ask Mamo-chan about that. I have to go..."

So, the afternoon had hit the evening, and Rei was indeed out... Staring at the home of Makoto. No one home, either.

That's when she heard tires and a few curses.

Stowing away her mood, she crowed, "SUGOI! THREE LIGHTS!! Oh, Taiki-chan!" She gushed, "I can't believe I'm ACTUALLY talking to you! Oh my god oh my god, they're the REAL Three Lights!!" While Taiki was looking flustered and Rei was oozing all over him, Seiya examined the house. It looked normal. The grass had even been recently mowed. Leaving the two love birds at the car, she waltzed up to the door and knocked.

Taiki hadn't even the chance to breathe as he was mowed down by Hino Rei. "Y-y'know, I was looking for you earlier... but ah... um... would you mind not pawing me?"

"Hmm? Gomen nasai!!" Rei gleefully slid off of Taiki, who dusted himself off. "S-" but then he stopped when he saw Seiya at the door. "A little help would be nice," grumbled Taiki at the house. Instead, he turned his attention to Rei. Turning on the old Taiki charm, he stuck his hand out to her. "Nice seeing you again. I mean, with all that's been happening we haven't had time to talk..."

Taiki knew now that Rei was alright; she was in front of him for pete's sake. So, that left Michiru (as much as he was gonna HATE going into Outer territory), Hotaru, and Setsuna. Minako had been in the apartment with Artemis, but-

~That's right, Luna hasn't been around. Maybe we should check on that as well.~

"Hey, Rei, I gotta be serious for a second," as he saw her taking an air-freshner from the car.

"EH?! Ah, yes?" said an embarrased Rei as she fumbled with the 'sher, pushing it into her purse.

A sweatdrop went down Taiki's head, but he figured if Seiya and he were going to venture on Outer territory, they need a... "senshi shield."

"A what?"

"Uh, I mean, Rei, I'm heading over to Setsuna's after this... would you like to go?"

Visions of Grandpa wiping the floor with him came into his head, but Taiki pushed it away. "Hey!" he called to Seiya. "What's the deal with Makoto's?"

Seiya sweatdropped. He was actually bringing her with them... oh, great. Now THIS was going to be fun. "Just hope she doesn't drool all over my leather seats..." She muttered.

"What was that?" Taiki called to him, smirking.

"Ah.. heh... I was just saying that Makoto doesn't seem to be home! Why don't we try Michuru/ Setsuna/ Hotaru's next, ne?" She walked quickly to her car and strapped herself in the driver's seat before either Taiki or Rei could respond. They just barely had time to shut the car door before Seiya floored it down and out of the driveway, leaving black skid-marks on Makoto's driveway.

Rei looked from side to side as she was being driven away with Taiki. ~Oh

jeez, I'm acting like a total fool in front of him...And why DID I take the air freshner? ~ Rei sighed slapping her forehead. ~ Okay, now I've got to act totally cool and desirable. ~ Rei coughed a little bit and shifted her eyes around the car. She moved over slightly to th window. ~What do they do in those movies...Where they...hmmm...not good idea...how bout a discussion? Yeah! I can start talking about something serious. Let's see...~ "So, did you guys hear about Ami-chan? And what about those darn Happy Fun Balls?" Rei couldn't believe what she was saying! ~What was that, Rei!? Now they think your even more desperate. ~ Rei moved her eyes down and covered half of her mouth with her hand.

Taiki's words dripped with sarcasm. "Hai, it seems Ami made a good first impression on me," he said, mostly to Seiya. "With Mako-chan gone now, too, that's half the Inners missing. Now, Rei," he said, turning to face her in his seat. "Don't take any offense, but with the so-called smartest senshi switching sides, maybe against her own will, and with your strongest friend gone AWOL, you & Minako might want to stay closer to Mamoru & Usagi."

"Not to mention look out for each other," said Seiya, turning at a red light. "And have Artemis find Luna, maybe she can give us some info on Yaten."

"Yaten?" repeated Taiki. "Why him?"

"Because we both know how she feels about him, Taiki."

"Aaah, yes. Now I remember."

"What about those darn Happy Fun Balls?"

Both Seiya and Taiki's eyes gave that wide-eyed confused look, then Taiki laughed. "I have no idea."

The trio turned onto the road for Setsuna's place first, as the street lights began to turn on. The evening was a little chilly, but Taiki offered Rei his jacket anyway. Seiya pulled up into Setsuna's driveway, and shifted into park. She motioned toward the door with a long, graceful arm. "Well, go for it. I manned Makoto's, it's your turn."

Taiki glared at Seiya, looking rather irritated. "Oh, don't be such a child, Seiya! Just come up with me, would you?"

Seiya frowned. Then realization dawned on her. "Hey, Taiki, you aren't AFRAID to go up to Setsuna's house all by yourself, are you?" She said, grinning.

"I... I am not!! Why would I be afraid??" He spluttered.

"Because the outers try to kill us whenever they see us?"

" .... point taken."

"Oh, don't worry! I'll protect you two!" Rei chirped.

Seiya and Taiki sweatdropped. Somehow, that was NOT comforting. They exchanged glances. "All right, all right. I'll go with you, you big baby." Seiya said, still smirking a little.

Taiki muttered something about tar, feathers and a large electrical fan as he unbuckled himself from the seat and followed Seiya up the driveway to Setsuna's door.

They both stopped in front of her door. Seiya shifted nervously. "You knock."

Taiki rolled his eyes. "And you say *I'm* a baby.." And lifted the large metal knocker, banging it against the door.

Makoto was walking down the street w/sum groceries when she spots some of the other senshi outside her door, looking a bit confused. "Hey guys! Over here!"

"Hey, guys, what's up?"

"Eh?" Taiki turned to look down Setsuna's driveway to see Makoto standing next to Rei at Seiya's car. "Hey! You're alright, Mako-chan!"

She gave Taiki a confused look as she put her bag of groceries down on the pavement.

Taiki turned with a grin, and winked at Seiya. "See? I knew she'd be okay."

Seiya's eyebrow twitched. "Your modesty is killing me. Knock on the door."

"Okay..." Taiki breathed in, and rapped hard with the brass knocker. It echoed through the house of Setsuna.

"Maybe she's checking out the future," guessed Seiya.

"Even if she is the Time Guardian, that wouldn't help us. She's not susposed to tell us about our futures, or something to that effect."

* * *

Mayhem idly waited in his Realm for Riot and Ruckus to summon everyone together. In the meantime, he was getting rather bored, and started to make adjustments to his spy mirror spell. Seeing how far he could expand the view, and the like.

So he was listening only half-heartedly when Mamoru answered the phone, instead concentrating on the others in the room. But Mamoru's next words captured his complete attention.

"What!? Ami's been what? Turned into an Elf?!!" Obviously, Mamoru did not believe what he was hearing, and it took the person he was speaking to several minutes to calm him down. This was enough time however, to let the news sink into everyone else in the room, and Mayhem did not like at all

what he saw.

After Rei had decided to take her leave, Mayhem jumped up from his chair, wincing, but otherwise ignoring the pain in his leg. He had to find Lady Ruin.

"Ruin....what have you done?! This will bring all the Senshi's anger down on us, just when we cannot have that happen!" With that he set out to find the Senshi-turned-Elven.

Calestria was relaxing in a hot spring, using Aramis' warm body as a pillow for her head.

So, she had taken her few things she wanted, after Seiya left the home, but it seemed the Anger had quickly died off. She was herself again... yes, herself again.

She turned around in the spring, giving Aramis an affectionate rub. Porthos came over and nudged her hand. Calestria was used to them now. Very used to them.

So, she had been hiding out for awhile... Living in her Realm, trying to hook up with Hysteria, and just basically call it a week... or two. She gave herself a dazed smile. It was true was Ruckus had told her. Time held no reign here.

The sign of Ruin once again made itself known, as Calestria's thoughts turned to Ruckus.

~Mmmmm,~ thought Lady Ruin, ~what a charming gentleman. I owe him much. He's so gentle to me, never really harsh. Yet...~

She felt a presence. She was getting better at that. Ruin left Calestria more confused, but she called out, "You may enter! My realm's your realm."

Mayhem sighed, relieved that he didn't have to go farther than Ruin's realm to find her. Quickly he entered her Realm, locating her presence and walking towards it.

Then he stopped. Blinked. And whirled around just as quickly.

"Ara....I..I didn't relize that you where indiposed!" He stuttered, not looking at Calestria, who was lounging comfortably in her hot spring.

She laughed and emerged from the water, a thin wrap materializing around her body. "What can I do for you, Mayhem?"

Facing her once again, his expression grew serious. "We need to talk. How did the Senshi find out about who you were?"

Calestria thought Mayhem looked absolutely stunning, as a twinge of seductiveness crept into her voice. "You forget what team Ami used to work for," she said, pouting, as her eyes slowly changed to gray. She turned away from Mayhem for a brief moment, as Porthos walked over to her side. He sat down, as her wrap fell down.

Mayhem was ready to avert his eyes, but did not, as she turned for him. But instead of the obvious, she had donned a blue and black striped dress, and her wet hair was pulled up into two black Chinese sticks with a dripping tendril hung here and there. Her ruin rune looked as though it were embossed onto her cheek, and the kanji for ruin was scrawled down her neck. She smiled at Mayhem. "That's the problem with all the quote-unquote bad guys. It's the only way we survived at that age, really. Underestimating the Sailor Soldiers is like putting your hand into a tank of sleeping pirhannas, hoping they won't bite."

"But we do bite. Hard."

Mayhem said nothing. Ruin twisted a strand around her finger, stroking Porthos with her free hand. "Tonikaku, the senshi were bound to find out sooner or later. That Kou Taiki just happened to be at the wrong place and the wrong time, ne? And with the senshi all a skitter now, it should be easy to play a game with one, even for a first-tmer like me. All I need is the right opponent, like Ruckus has been telling me-"

Ruin's eyes traveled down Mayhem's body. ~Hmph, not as muscular but-~ She gasped.

"Your leg?! What happened to it?" cried Calestria, taking a quick stride to Mayhem's side in a beat. "I-is it alright?! How did that happen??" she asked, concern in her voice. Mayhem winced as her fingers brushed his bandage. The medicine he'd drunk earlier took away most, but not all of the pain.

"Dijoubu! It's only a shallow cut." He said, ignoring the stinging her touch started.

Calestria didn't look satified with that answer. "That's nice, but it doesn't tell me how you got this wound."

Mayhem stared at her for a long second, finally deciding he couldn't do anymore harm by telling her.

"After I was teleported with you to Hysteria, I saw the man, Michael and decided I wanted to speak to him. Unfortunatly, Sailor Uranus got in my way.

She gave me this.." He motioned to his leg. "But I got what I wanted, and Michael and I had a nice chat not to long ago."

Calestria's mind watched over again her scene with Usagi, and mentally put a black mark against Uranus for hurting her fellow ally and friend.

"But I got what I wanted, and Michael and I had a nice chat not too long ago."

"And what did you want from him? Is he any better since the hospital incident?" asked Calestria, her eyes filled with puzzlement and concern.

Mayhem said nothing for a moment, then stroked Porthos absentmindly.

"You have very lovely pets, Lady Ruin," he said calmly, switching the subject.

"I'd like to think so," said Calestria, as she walked over and gave Porthos a good scratch behind the ears. Aramis was on his side, fast asleep by the hot spring. Just seeing that made Calestria shiver.

"Care... for a dip?" she asked shyly.

Mayhem blinked slowly, considering her words. "I suppose...it wouldn't hurt..at least until Riot and Ruckus call us to gathering." Calestria smiled and walked back to the spring, her dress dissolving

into a similarly patterned two-piece as she stepped into the steaming water.

"Come on in, the water's fine!"

Mayhem chuckled and let his clothes form into something more appropriate for submersion in water. But as he stepped in to join her, the water closed over his now exposed cut, the heat immediatly seeping in and causing him to grasp the edge of the pool and grit his teeth against the stabbing pain.

Calestria joined him on his side in an instant. "Mayhem...daijoubu??"

He shook his head, but said "I...I'll be fine. Just give me a minute to adjust."

After putting the tool case away they walked through the kintchen and noticed that everyone had gone over to Mamoru's so they went over just to finish hearing Mamoru on the phone with Seiya about Ami being transformed into an Elf.

<<It looks like the meeting will be posponed.>> Hikari thought as Rei left. "Didn't you say that you had-" Angel leaned over and whispered in Hikari's ear.

Hikari held her hand up. "Not now, Angel-san."

Hikari walked up to Mamoru and MIchael watching TV. Angel came up behind her. "What's on?" Hikari asked pilightingly to introduce her presence.

Michael was lost in his own thoughts, hardly heeding Hikari's presence. A chill had crept up his spine the like he'd never felt, even in the coldest night. Ami Mizuno . . . the pretty girl who had been so nice to him . . . .she had turned into an elf. What had happened? How could she after what they had done to her friends? Could those mind-rapers Riot and Ruckus be involved? They had to be. A plan started to formulate in his mind

Mamoru was also getting worried. Senshi were bickering with each other and just plain turn up missing. No one had seen Makoto since the concert and THIS happens to Ami. It's like the Dead Moon Circus all over again. He winced, remembering the pain and suffering they caused. He looked like he had aged 40 years as he sat back and clicked on the TV. That's. . . .when they all saw it.

On the TV was a commercial with a bunch of kids playing with a little orange ball. The slogan went, "It's Happy! It's Fun! It's Happy Fun Ball! Only 14.95 in participating stores!"

Of course, that wasn't shocking. The list of disclaimers that followed were. . . .

Warning: Pregnant Women, the Elderly, and Children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.

Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.

Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.

Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:

*Itching

*Vertigo

*Dizziness

*Tingling in Extremities

*Loss of Balance or coordination

*Slurred Speech

*Temporary Blindness

*Profuse Sweating

*Heart Palpitations

If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration...

Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and it's parent company, Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liabiltiy.

Ingredients of Happy Fun ball include a glowing substance that fell to Earth, presumably from Outer Space.

Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops and is being dropped by our warplanes.

Do not Taunt Happy Fun Ball.

Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime guarantee.

"Happy Fun Ball! Accept no substitutes!"

Michael and Mamoru stared at the screen with dropped jaws. That 2 minute commercial was finally over. Who in their right mind would make such a product!? What would stop Hysteria from buying 20??

Back in the Dark Kingdom, Jedite was not happy. Where the hell did all those warnings come from? He read a report the youma had produced. It turned out that the "truth in advertising" people had gotten it before it was aired. All that money for a 2 minute long commercial blown. Oh well, at least they'll never know that the stuff in the ball comes from those raisin cookies.

"Ami-chan..." Usagi muttered to herself after knowing what happenend to herself. She felt guilty...maybe that conversation...she called her friend 'uncapable of love' and that wasn't right. But now what she would do? Tell Ami how sorry she was....no, she won't listen to her.

Usagi glanced at Mamoru...She didn't want to leave him now that she was sick. She didn't know what to do. Some tears run down her cheeks as she sighed. She went to the window and looked outside, trying to find the realm of the elves:

"Why they chose Ami as their new target?! Ruckus, Riot, Mayhem, Carnage, Hysteria...why Ami?..." She sobbed, although she knew nobody could hear her thoughts. "You played with me and that I can live with...but I don't want you to play with my friends...not them...do whatever you want with me...just let Ami-chan in peace..."

As the wanderer watched from his outer realm he saw how what had happened to this "ami" was deeply hurting Usagi and this was not right. "I have stood by passively for far too long. If I want the crystals I may have to get involved but I need an ally among these girls..." he slowly paced the room thinking. " she would have to be a fighter so I'd have to train her. and she would have to be intelligent and graceful. And most importantly ties to Usagi so I can get close to her" He threw his dark cloak aside and stalked off to the deep bowels of his fortress to meditate and think...

Suddenly he looked up from his concentration and exclaimed, "Of course I'll get aunt Hikari to do it! I know I can count on her. " He concentrates and out of thin air a small round orb appears that seems to glow with an eerie light. Now all I have to do is plant it somewhere, hmmm. "How am I going to accomplish this" he asks himself as he walks over to his gazing orb. After seeing a strange commercial that they seem amazed by he thinks "Bingo, I'll plant this as one of those balls and sell it to them, perfect." and so he set off disquised as a traveling sales men. after only a few seconds he arrives at his destination, where Hikari currently resides and gives a quick three knocks.

<<Karasu?>> Hikari glanced towards Mamoru's front door; sensing Karasu's presence close by. She looked at everyone. "I'll be back; just remembered something that needs to be done."

Hikari quickly hugs Usagi and then heads out to come face to face with a sales man, who felt familiar to her, knocking at her apartment door.

"May I help you?" Hikari asked; then notices what the guy was selling. She smiled tenderly into the guys eyes. <<My first traveling salesman, Oh my.>>

"Greetings and how are you on this beautiful day? Well it must be your lucky day for today I am giving out something no one can be without the latest in child entertainment, the happy ball. Yes, it does everything and more. Now you may be saying you have a cash flow problem? Not to worry because through my special offer you can receive this free to try what do you say?"

"I'm fine this day. Thank you for asking." Hikari smiled tenderly at the salesman.

Hikari wasn't really interested in having a Happy Fun Ball except for her growing scientific curiosity of annualizing one of those Happy Fun Balls to find out away to neutralize them. Though for some reason Hikari felt that she knew this salesman.

"Sure. I'm interested in trying it out." Hikari replied with a warm smile; looking carefully at the salesman for clues as to why she feels like she knows him. "Do I know you?"

"Yes, you know me. It is I your nephew Karasu keep this ball and wait for contact. Please do not tell Usagi I want to tell her myself just to see her face I must go before anyone gets suspicious bye. "

Hikari nods and takes the ball Karasu offered her. She smiled warmly at Karasu as he walked off. "Bye."

Hikari shooked her head and sighed. <<Karasu. Still as mysterious as ever.>>

Hikari looked at the ball Karasu gave her; she knew Karasu wouldn't be giving her a real Happy Fun Ball. She put the ball into her skirt pocket and returned to Mamoru's apartment. Hikari walked back into the livingroom. Angel turned to her.

"So?" Angel asked.

"Acomplished." Hikari thought a moment then smiled. "Ran into my first salesman in my new apartment."

"And what was the guy selling, Hikari." Angel wondered with an interested glance to Hikari.

"Happy Fun Balls." Hikari replied; shocked her head. "Either advertising is slow or the companies are vary fast in distributing the things."

Mamoru perked up. Did he hear the phrase "Happy Fun Ball"? Wasn't that the killer toy that they've been advertising just now? Mamoru poked Michael in the arm.

Michael turned to look at Mamoru, then at HIkari. They looked at each other again and slowly got up.

<<Ah oh.>> Hikari noticed the two standing as she reached her hand into her skirt , touched the ball and sent it to her space pocket. She looked at the two.

"What are you two up to?" Hikari asked bringing her hand out of her skirt pocket and brought it to her side.

"We couldn't help but overhear you say something about 'Happy Fun Ball'." Michael said, cautiously.

"I did." Hikari nodded; watchs Michael and Mamoru closely. "Strange, huh?"

Angel stepped out of the way to where Usagi was standing.

Mamoru and MIchael looked at her funny.

"You say there was a salesman around here selling them?" Mamoru asked.

"Yes. There was." Hikari noticed the funny look. <<They wouldn't dare. Would they?>>

"You didn't buy one, did you?" Michael asked, a little scared.

Hikari looked a bit puzzled at Michael's scared look; then just decided it was a normal reaction for anyone he knew.

<<Okay, we are getting into areas here that I can't desguse. I can't mention Karasu. I've got it.>> Hikari spoke tenderly. "Technically, no I didn't buy one, Michael."

Both blew a sigh of relief.

Hikari relaxed abit as she noticed that Mamoru and Michael excepted the responce.

Angel knew Hikari and asked. "So he gave you one?"

<<Leave it to you, Angel.>> Hikari sighed and glanced at Michael and Mamoru.

Both suddenly became very agitated.

"I think I better be leaving." Hikari stepped back towards the door.

Mamoru moved to stop her.

"Look, those things are dangerous. Get rid of it."

"I don't have one, Mamoru." Hikari turned to Mamoru; suddenly she realized she had took her attention off of Michael.

Michael had his arms folded, trying to look her over for any trace of those Happy Fun Balls.

"Besides, Mamoru, I know the dangers they can have. It would be a appropriate to find a way to neutralize the balls so that they don't cause harm. To do that . . . one would need the item." Hikari began to speak from a scientific point of view.

Yaten passed through the gates of the shrubbrey laberinth, half expecting some king to jump out at her. She noticed four statues of people wearing the exact same uniforms that she was wearing as she passed through the obsidian gates: Two of them, she recognized as her new master and co worker. The other two were vague in her mind. She made a mental note to visit the Dark Kingdom's library so that she could find out.

"Enough of this!", She said to herself, looking around warily for an early ambush. Nothing. She had to be on her toes. Gone were the days when she could only depend on her "senshi" power to get her by. Now she had a full arsenal of powers to work with. Yaten followed the front path and turned left......

The Youma Sisters had been instructed to train Yaten in her new powers and what better way than some sparring? Two of them had circled around back behind Yaten in the hedge maze without her knowing, their experience in the maze becoming useful. The one with the green hair just stood in the path that Yaten walked towards. As soon as Yaten spotted her, she grinned.

"Surprise, surprise!"

Yaten barely had enough time to comprehend that the Youma was trying to distract her when the other two leapt into action.

"He.....", She began, thinking that she could still transform into her weaker form. She jumped to the side, just barely missing a blast of pink energy. Her eyes widen to the size of dinner plates as one of the girls hit him with a light blue energy lazer beam, throwing her through several hedges. Yaten decided to play it safe for a little while, jumping into the hedge that had broke her flight. Two emerald green eyes watched as the three girls high fived each other for the attack. She saw them walk closer and closer to the area where they *thought* she was....

"Not now, Kou..." She thought to herself. She closed her eyes, trying to image how surprised they would be when she ambushed them. She could almost imagine being near a marble fountain....

She opened them to find that she was indeed near a fountain, staring right at the backs of her opponents. She snickered to herself and started to tip toe towards the girls...

This time, it was their turn to be surprised, staring right into a blazing inferno hurling towards them. They scattered in all directions screaming. They ran around the room like chickens who got their heads cut off.

"Waaaah! Not fair!" the green one said.

"When the hell did she learn that?" the orange one asked.

"I dunno, but she's scaring me!" the blue one said.

Yaten watched with a stupid smile as her attack hit them head on. Attacks like that were usually reserved for Galaxia's flunkies. She just figured that maybe she was given talents like that. She shoke her head, trying to forget to be impressed by herself and tried to imagine some place in Vegan's Paradise. She didn't care where, just that she kept the element of surprise. With a few seconds of deep concentration, she disappeared in teleportation.

"Now where did she go?!" the blue one whined.

"I don't know," the orange one said with a growl. "But she can't stay hidden for long."

With that, the youma started teleporting themselves, all over the garden area, trying to track down Yaten. From a balcony, Kunzite watched, partially interested by the goings on. His stomach rumbled a bit, but he ignored it. The Youma sisters were having trouble homing in on Yaten's signal.

Yaten looked around at her new surroundings, or lack of as it were. It was pitch black in the area, but she used her other senses to find out where she was...

"It feels warm in here...and slimy...", She thought to herself groping around in the dark. She took one whiff of the air....and her face twisted in disgust. She had landed herself in the trash.

"What an incredible steanch I've discovered...", She growled to herself. The place smelled worse than a nuclear power plant's dumping site. She held her breath, as she barely managed to climb out. Yaten let out a gasp for air as she saw light again. Her eyebrow twitched as one of the youma appeared several yards in front of her.

"Eeeeww!! Gross!", Bubbles cried, plugging her nose. Buttercupteleported along side of her sister and rolled her eyes.

"Nice one, oh Diet Coke of Evil...", Yaten narrowed her eyes, scolding herself for making such a stupid mistake. Even third rate youma don't get stuck in the trash after a teleportation spell.

The Diet Coke of evil...

One calorie. Not evil enough!!

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Blossom appear. They closed in on her, trapping her between a cement wall, and some sort of invisible barrier to keep her from escaping.

"This's as far as you go.", Blossom smirked.

"Don't even think of getting away now.", Buttercup added. Bubbles giggled.

"Yeah!", She added. The two other girls sweatdropped.

"Why do you always have to ruin the moment?!", Buttercup snapped.

"Stop yelling at me! I was only trying to...", Bubbles cried. Blossom sighed, turning towards the other two.

"Knock it off, you two. We're trying to..." All three of them stopped their bickering as they turned around slowly to see thin air.

"Great going, stupid. You let that weirdo escape!", Buttercup said, smacking Bubbles upside the head. Yaten watched them argue from her vantage point, getting a bird's eye view of the fight. Buttercup had Bubble in tears, and Blossom trying to mediate between the two. Yaten shook her head, and looked down to see that her feet weren't planted on Tera Firma.

"Lemme down! Lemme down!! Lemme DOWN!!!", She screamed in super deformed mode. It took her brain awhile to register that she was keeping herself up. The three girls looked up in the air.

"Look! Up in the air! It's....", They shouted in unison.

"Superman!!", Yaten shouted, posing. She was totally unaware of the fact that the girls planned a dogfight for her. Buttercup caught her right in the stomach with an uppercut, as Bubbles and Blossom followed through with a powerfull energy blast. Yaten doubled

over in pain, feeling her anger rise. Her control over her flight waned as she was sent plummetinh to the ground. She made a big impression on the concrete floor, and an even bigger hole. The girls, satisfied that they had won, peaked into the crater. Yaten seethed with anger inside. Energy collected into her clenched fists to form crystalline swords.

"Do you think she's....", Bubbles asked, her voice on the verge of cracking.

"Lord Jedite's not going to like this...", Blossom added, worried.

"Oh sh.....", Their voices were interrupted by an explosion of energy coming from the hole. Yaten shot out of her hiding place, catching all three of them off guard.

"You will pay for that ambush. Oh yes! You will pay!", She growled, tearing into the three of them with a force that only intense emotion could have brought up. She kept going untill she reached a dead end.

"End of the road, priss." Buttercup snarled. The other two glupped as they watched their sister egg on the General. Yaten and Buttercup traded insults until Yaten lunged at them.

Blossom and Bubbles fired to keep themselves from being chopped into pieces. Yaten parried the blows without another thought. The force of Yaten's blows managed to bring the youma sister falling to the ground. She brought her sword over her head, bringing it down so that it barely meet Blossom's face. She stared cross-eyed at the sword.

"Do you yield?", She asked firmly. Blossom was about to say something.

"Do you yield?", Yaten asked again, putting more intensity to her voice.

Blossom gave a weak nod. Yaten looked up at the other two, who followed Blossom's suit, and slowly let her guard down.

After watching and waiting and had nothing to do, she decided to explore the apartment. First she went to the kitchen then she went to the bathroom and then the living room. Then she walked to the window and saw everything outside.

"Waa…. that is amazing…. How those things move? I gotta see it in close up!"

Kakyuu thought and then she walk down the hall to the street. "Now how did those people do to get into the thing? Hm…." Kakyuu thought a while to remember how the people got into the bus and then she stood near the bus stop sign. She has stood there quite long and then she curious, "Why the thing doesn't show up? I am sure they do it this way…". Around half an hour, the bus arrived. It opened it door and then she stepped in. The bus driver asked, "Put your money or your ticket in the box, please". "Uh? Money? Ticket?" Kakyuu confused. The bus driver sighed, "Madam, if you want to use this bus then you have to put 100 yen in the box or your bus ticket". "What is yen? What is Ticket?". The bus driver sighed more, "Okay, step out of the bus, please… Today is a hard day to me and please don't make it harder…". Kakyuu got out from the bus and then the bus left. "What a strange person…" she said to herself and then decided to walk. She saw many fantastic stores and people who were rushing themselves and then finally she arrived at a park. "Hmm… this is a quite place…" Kakyuu thought and sat under a big tree. She streched herself and looked around. "So peaceful here…" she thought and enjoyed the view. Then she fell to sleep.

Raithe smiled to herself as she, the raven, sat perched in a nearby tree watching the lost princess. This princess wasn't exactly who she was after, but perhaps this one could be of use. Someone would want her back, that was for sure. Setting her plans in her mind, she flew to a tree in a nearby area. No one was around that could see her. She quickly swooped down and hid behind the trunk of the tree. Swirls of light encircled her, and Raithe became Kanae Ohtori once more.

"Now....how to go about this...." Raithe played with her silky black hair.

After having thought for a moment, she gracefully slipped out from behind the tree, and silently walked over to where the young princess lay. She stood over Kakyuu, waiting for her to awaken.

By the time she reached where Kakyuu was sleeping she noticed a character standing over her sleeping. Angel was getting strange and evil vibs from the female. Angel notice who the female was; she was the girl from the hospital. The one after Michael.

"Haven Star Power, Make Up!" Angel replied. Ran to earshot range. "Hey! Leave her alone!" Sailor Haven shouted; throwing her charcrum at Kanae Ohtori. "Get away from her!"

The charcrum struck Kanae Ohtori's right arm; cutting a gash in it before retuning to Sailor Haven's hand. She put the charcrum to her side which it stayed on her senshi fuku with one hand as she pulls out her sword with the other. Haven gets between Kanae Ohtori and Kakyuu.

Kanae winced slightly as the weapon tore through her, but then looked at her arm as the wound slowly closed, leaving a small drop on her arm. She smiled as she turned her arm and putting to her mouth and licked the blood off. Angered by the interruption, she approached the newcomer.

"Can I go nowhere without you always 'peering over my shoulder'?" She asked in a mocking tone.

Her arms flew up in a fury, red and silver smoke surrounded her, and the faint sound of a small waterfall could be heard as she transformed. As the smoke dissipated, her appearance had drastically changed. Her long, straight black hair was coiled on the top of her head, covered in exotic Medieval adornments. Her eyes a deep silvery blue and face shining with silver, looking threatening. Her dress was long, sleeveless, sleek and blood red, with a neck where no neck has a right to be, the stormsoul showing fully. Her gloves ran past her elbows, spider webs sewn into the tightly weaved fishnet. Her sharpened nails matched the color of her dress exactly, and were so long, they curled slightly at the ends. Her blood stained lips parted, and she spoke in a raspy voice.

"You have been nothing but a pest to me....do you know what I do with pests?" She asked, as a bee flew by her. With a movement so quick, it was almost impossible to see, Raithe had caught the bee in her hand, and crushed it. She opened her hands, and shook off the dust. "I do believe you may have something I need....a rather large jewel. If you are in possession of it, I suggest you give it to me before you suffer the fate deserving of a nuance."

"Usagi-chan, since there's no meeting I'm going home.We better find another day to speak about all the things we were supposed to say, ne?..." Minako smiled. "Let's go Artemis"

Getsuei her self was confused. She sensed energy from the White Moon for just a minute...but then it dissapeared. Who...? Could it be...? No...that was such a silly thing, was it?

"What's troubleing you, hime?" Asked Hoshi.

"Do you noticed someone entered the apartment?" she asked.

"Iie" Hoshi said. "Why?"

"There was a person..." Asahi interrupted. "But left a minute ago.."

"A Person...that person, whoever he or she is, come from the Moon Kingdom." Getsuei muttered.

"Na ni? You sure?"

"Hai. Well, there's no meeting. And besides, I have this bad feeling something is going to happen. We better go and find out more about Sailor Tranquility."

"Ja ne, minna-san!" Hoshi said to the people who still were in the apartment.

Usagi was still worried. The hour was late and she had to be home. She glanced at Mamoru, Michael, Hikari and Angel. Then she thought of Ami and again the tears come to her eyes.

"Mamo-chan, minna" She looked at them. "I gotta go. Mom is surely worried about me." As a matter of fact, that wasn't bothering Usagi a bit...but Ami-is-an-elf-thing was.

"See you tomorrow, Mamo-chan" She kissed him and then smiled to Hikari "Aunt Hikari-san, it was nice to meet you."

After she left the building, she was crying...one lone idea in her mind. Find Ami. Wherever she was...she needed to apologize to her. She needed to turn back her human again. No matter how.