Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Alternative Time Senshi ❯ One-Shot

Alternate Time Senshi

By Silent Angel

Far out in space, there is a dark floating castle. The castle is on an asteroid and it flies through space and time. The castle once belonged to a senshi, but all traces of that senshi are gone. Now it is used as a base for the alternate time senshi. They are a group of senshi who are from a time different from the Solar System senshi. They come from different places to the castle for an important meeting. A new enemy has arrived in Serenity's solar system, and this enemy is so strong that the senshi there may require more help.

"Senshi of Alternate Time and Space, the Meeting is about to begin." Sailor Aurora said. Aurora was the oldest senshi of the ATS. She was said to be very wise and to live on the edge of space. No one had ever been to her castle so they were not sure of where it actually existed. But at the same time, Aurora didn't make them think any different. She liked her peace.

Aurora was a lovely woman with purple hair in a high ponytail and crystal blue eyes. She was friendly to everyone yet could command attention if she needed to. As the leader of the ATS, that was what she was required to do. Aurora watched the senshi all take their seats. She sat down and called out their names in order.

"Shiko Suimino and Mizuto Shino, Sailor Shinigami - senshi of death." Aurora called.

"We are here." Mizuto said, in a husky voice. Shiko nodded and leaned back in her chair; Aurora decided not to ask her why she was being so quiet. More than likely, she was upset at her brother again. Mizuto and Shiko were twin senshi who shared the same powers. The two of them could also form one senshi, but each time they did that the two of them lost a bit of themselves in the transformation. Aurora had seen it once and has sensed how painful the transformation could be.

"Adrienne Fukyuu, Sailor Vela - senshi of darkness." The dark-haired girl simply nodded, probably because she had no urge to speak. Aurora knew that things were not good on her planet right now. Vela had gotten her powers early and unlike some of the other senshi, she had a planet to take care of. It wasn't always easy for Adrienne to help them but Aurora was glad that the young Queen had decided to join them.

"Marina Gino AKA Marina Fukyuu, sister of Adrienne, Princess of Vela. Sailor Galatea, Satellite Senshi of the sea." The white haired sister of Adrienne put up a victory sign and grinned. Aurora narrowed her eyes at the girl, since Marina had become a senshi she had changed and everyone usually didn't pay her a lot of attention. Not that she cared when they did, she was just happy to be a senshi.

"Hinata Mitsukai, Sailor Sabriel - Angel senshi of the sun." Aurora looked around then waited. "I'm here!" Hinata called. Aurora smiled at her then looked once more around the room. She knew the Mecha Senshi was not going to be here seeing as they had left a couple of days ago ahead of everyone else. The real reason though was because Nagetsu wanted to see her lover Hikari. She remembered the look in Nagi's eyes after they had returned with their talismans. Aurora knew she would have to meet this Hikari.

"Yamiko Mitsukai, Sailor Azrael - Angel senshi of darkness." Aurora said, returning back to the roll call. The dark skinned senshi grinned and waved her hand in the air. Aurora looked from Hinata to Yamiko; they were so different yet at the same time, they were a lot a like. Aurora would have been watching Yamiko-chan carefully to know that.

"Teku Hoshino, Umbriel Knight - Angel knight of heaven." Teku turned away from Sabriel and waved his hand. Aurora marked him down then watched as he gently tucked a peace of hair out of his beloved's face. She was almost lost in watching them when she heard someone clear their throat. She looked up and caught Vela's eyes. Aurora's sadness was mirrored in Vela's eyes.

"Maura Mikano, Sailor Eclipse - senshi of the shadowed moon." Maura had blond hair with black bangs in a ponytail. Her gray eyes met Aurora's and nodded. Then she turned back to her stepsister, Taiyo and continued to talk to her in a low tone.

"Taiyo Kageno, Sailor Shadow Sun - senshi of the shadowed sun." Taiyo had short dark red hair in two buns. Her eyes were gray like her sister Maura although her personality was different from her sister. She simply added a "Yo!" and turned back to see Maura grinning and shaking her head. She grinned and hugged Maura hard.

"Now that everyone is here. We can begin…" Aurora said.

"Aurora-sama, what about the Mechas?" Marina asked.

"They went on ahead. I gave them the okay."

"Are you sure you should have done that?"

"I know what I am doing, Marina-chan." Aurora said. She quickly turned away from Marina's angry eyes and focused on the two Shinigami.

"You should have let one of us go with them." Shiko said, frowning.

"I made the decision because they already knew about the enemy that Serenity is dealing with. Sailor Starblade, who was also unable to come, told them. She had dealt with them but they were too strong. They almost took the Maiden Crystal."

"What!?" Adrienne cried. "How could she allow them to do that?"

"I doubt she allowed them, sister." Marina spoke up. "Krystalline is strong and so are her senshi, but these enemies must be stronger and smarter." Adrienne grew quiet and Marina turned to Aurora. "Now I understand why you sent the Mechas first. By the time we get there they will know more that you know now."

"That was the plan." Aurora conceded. "I suggest we start to leave as soon as possible."

"I may have a ship big enough to take us." Adrienne said.

"No need." Aurora said. "We will go to my castle. I have a portal that should get us there. We will have to pass through the Time Gate."

"We get to see Pluto!" Marina said, excitedly.

"Yes." Aurora said with a smile. "We will get to see Pluto-san." She walked out and they followed after her. They walked down the hall to the portal room. The room had been found by Ai, who had then with the help of Mizu repaired the chamber and the portals. Now they could come and leave here when they needed to. They each stepped onto a portal, their bodies started to glow their senshi color then they were gone in a flash of white light.

When the light faded at last, they were in the center of a crystal chamber. Aurora turned to them and smiled. "Welcome to my home, the Palace of Light." They all stepped out of the portal and into the chamber. It was made of soft blue crystal and it had a very tall ceiling. A very small window was cut out of the crystal making the room sort of glow soft blue. It was all rather breath-taking and Aurora smiled. It was her favorite room.

"Come this way." She replied. She opened the door and stepped into a hallway. In a daze the others followed, they found themselves in a long hallway. There was not anything extraordinary about the hallway. It had dark red carpet and the walls were painted white. There were little pictures of stars and galaxies. Some of the stars had little tags under them telling you what they were named. They continued to follow Aurora down the hallway of stars. They passed several doors then she suddenly turned and the hallway opened up into a large throne room. It was empty of course; Aurora had no planet and no people to support. Instead of a throne upon a dais there was a sedan chair. On the chair were a notepad and a book and a blanket carelessly thrown over it. It was this blanket that told them that Aurora had been in the room at one time.

"It's splendid." Teku whispered, looking around.

"Thank you." Aurora said. She stood at a computer that came out of one of the walls. Shiko stood over her shoulder, interested in what she was doing. Her brother was leaning against the wall, staring at Maura. He wished that Mizuto would just talk to her, instead of looking from afar. Ignoring that, he looked back to where Marina was talking to Taiyo, who laughed at something she said. Teku didn't like the fact that they were getting along so well. He remembered when Maura had to stop Marina after she had tried to take Vela away from her sister. She was still a dangerous senshi regardless.

"There is a problem." Aurora said. "We will have to go in two groups. The time portal is rather warped right now and Marina we will have to bypass Pluto. I don't think she's there at the moment anyway." The girl looked rather sad at this but put on a face of indifference.

"Who should go first?" Adrienne asked.

"Taiyo and me can go first," Marina said.

"You will have to go with two others. The Shinigami twins will accompany you but we need one more."

"Can't you go with them?" Adrienne asked.

"No, I need to stay behind to send them off. You should go with your sister." Adrienne didn't reply and the fact that she didn't chilled Aurora. The girl nodded and Aurora sighed with relief.

"Let's go now." Adrienne said, her voice cold. She smirked when she saw the older senshi shutter. Sometimes it paid to be Sailor Vela. The portal was opened and they all entered it. When they were gone, Aurora turned back to those what where left.

"She's not going to be happy you know." Hinata said.

"I wouldn't be happy either." Teku said, "Aurora, you let your authority go to your head." She gasped and stared at him. He met her eyes without flinching, the way Adrienne did just before she entered the portal. Aurora turned away from that glare.

"Maybe you are right…but only she can control her sister."

"And that's the reason why Marina is so hard to control. That's why you force us to treat her like that. Serenity forgave Hotaru after she became Mistress 9, why can't you do that with Marina?" Yamiko asked. Aurora couldn't answer that question so she decided not to answer it. Yamiko sighed and shook her head as if she knew that was what the woman was going to do all along.

"What do you think Maura?" Aurora asked.

"I would say it has nothing to do with me, but I of course had to do the illusion. Marina is a senshi, she has joined us, and we should treat her better than we do. However, we should still be careful, she has not yet proven herself. Until she does, she will always be under scrutiny. Aurora is right about that…but be careful, Aurora for if you continue in your outright hatred you may push Adrienne against you. With Adrienne, will follow the Mechas, with the Mechas, will follow the Shinigami, with them will follow Starblade and once she is gone, I and Taiyo will go as well." Maura said.

"Let us go." Yamiko said. "I think she got the point." Aurora turned back to the portal, entered the numbers and entered the portal. They followed and Maura went through last.

___

"Do you have the information about Earth, Tanzy?" Sardonyx asked.

"Yes, I just got it. Earth is the only populated planet in this solar system. The King and Queen rule from a place called Crystal Tokyo. They have reached immortality, although they still get sick. The King is named Neo King Endymion and the Queen is Neo Queen Serenity. She has senshi from the other planets who stay there with her. She also has what is known as Outer Senshi but they are not all at the castle. Two of them have palaces of their own and one guards the Time Gate. Serenity has a crystal called the Silver Crystal, it is very powerful and much stronger than the Maiden Crystal."

"Excellent, Tanzy." Sardonyx replied. "We will finish what Beryl was unable to do. Go wake up my brother, Obsidian."

Tanzanite hated waking up Obsidian; he was always grumpy when he woke. Sardonyx gave him one of those looks so he went to do it. The door opened and Obsidian was asleep, his arms around Amethyst. The purpled haired girl snuggled closer to her boyfriend when the air hit her and she opened her eyes.

"Obsidian, it's time to get up." She whispered, winking at Tanzanite, who gave her a true smile of thankfulness. Obsidian made a rude noise but he got up all the same.

"Get out, Tanzy."

"I'm going, I'm going." Tanzanite teleported in a flash of blue and green waves, in a hurry to go. Amethyst kissed her boyfriend and sat up, stretching. Amethyst was a short slender girl with long dark purple hair; she wore in a braid and eyes the color of moss. Obsidian had wild black hair that ended in a long black ponytail. He had tanned skin and was quite muscular. Tanzanite had short blond hair with orange highlights. He was slightly taller than Obsidian and loved teasing him about it. Tanzanite's eyes were gold, like Obsidian's. Sardonyx had long wavy dark green hair and eyes of silver. It was he who almost got the Maiden Crystal.

"He's awake, Sardonyx." Tanzanite said, looking up at him. Sardonyx smiled and wrapped his arms around Tanzanite. This was the one thing that Obsidian couldn't stand. The fact that Tanzy and Sardonyx were so loving toward each other. It made him feel itchy, Amethyst thought it was cute.

"What was so important that you had to wake me?" Obsidian asked.

"We are nearly there, I want to be ready. Serenity is stronger this time around. Remember that!" Sardonyx said, turning away from Obsidian and sitting down in the high chair. Tanzy had an urge to curl up in his lap but instead, chose the chair nearest him. Obsidian sat on the other side of them and Amethyst sat down beside him. The ship flew faster toward Crystal Tokyo.

___

Meanwhile, the Mechas had gotten an audience with Serenity, only to find out that she knew what was going on already. She was glad for their help, but they were ready. Destiny just smirked, but she left anyway. Nagetsu was angry because she wanted to meet up with Hikari and go out to dinner.

"That was a royal waste of time." Mizu said, after they had left.

"Now we can go get something to eat." Ai said, her stomach was already growling.

"I'm going to see Hikari." Nagetsu said, teleporting in a flash of thunder.

"I wish she wouldn't do that all the time." Rika said, staring at the dark spot. Destiny just chuckled; she knew that Nagi only did it because it spooked Rika. "Let's go shopping, Destiny! We can get a Crystal Burger on the way."

"Alright. I wonder when Aurora-sama is going to get here." Destiny mused aloud. Of course, they had all left, so she was standing there, talking to no one.

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Serenity walked back to where her husband waited in the garden when Pluto showed up. The time guardian crossed her arms and bowed when Serenity stopped in front of her.

"I have urgent news, my Queen." Pluto said.

"What is it?" she asked.

"There is a disturbance in the time space continuum, our enemies are closing in as well as the ATS."

"What is the ATS, Pluto?"

"A group of senshi from alternate universes, they are very powerful. They have come to help us, just like those Mecha senshi."

"They are from the ATS?" Serenity asked, remembering her conversation with them.

"Yes. We will need their help, I have been talking with Mars and she agrees with me."

"Are you saying that I should change my mind?"

"That would be wise, Serenity-sama. You turned them away without even seeing what they purposed to do. It doesn't matter now; they have gone back to their plans. I think it would be best if you get the other senshi to talk to them."

Serenity thought about it, she could already hear what Mars would have said to her. She sighed; she had been a little abrupt with them. The leader, Destiny, had been amused with the way she had talked to them. She sensed that the woman was also very angry as well. She closed her eyes and put her hand to her forehead. Pluto waited patiently for her answer.

"Alright, go tell the senshi to go talk to these Mecha senshi. I have made a mistake." Pluto bowed and went to deliver the news.

When Pluto told Mars what the queen had said, Mars had smirked and told the senshi that she would deal with it. Mars untransformed and went to put on some regular clothes. She put on a purple dress with a white scarf to go around her neck. She then put on some cute purple sandals. She walked out of her room and bumped into Mercury.

"Pluto told me that Serenity changed her mind, needless to say Venus wasn't very happy. She had told Serenity to listen to what those women had to say." Mercury replied.

"I bet she was. I'm going to head out into the city to see if I can find them."

"Wait, come with me to my room. I'll go with you." Mercury said, taking Rei by the hand and walking her toward her rooms. Amused, Rei allowed herself to be led by the water senshi. It only took Mercury a few moments to change and get redressed. When she came out, the girl was wearing a white button down shirt with a light blue vest and dark blue jeans. She had white posts in her ears and she wore loafers. The two walked down the hall to the portal, which would lead them outside.

Jupiter looked up from her flowerbeds when an angry Venus plopped herself down on the bench. She saw the senshi wince a bit from sitting down so hard. Jupiter stood up, cleaned off her hands and sat down next to the love senshi. "You're angry about Serenity's decision, aren't you?"

"Yes." Venus said, crossing her arms. Jupiter took one of Venus' hands in hers and patted her hand. Venus sighed, smiled at Jupiter and laid her head on the girls shoulder.

"It's going to be alright, V-babe. Mars and Mercury have gone to talk to them, and the ATS is on its way. With all of those senshi, we will destroy our enemies!" Jupiter squeezed Venus' hand and the girl squeezed back.

"Thanks, Mako-chan." Venus kissed the girl's cheek and Jupiter smiled and nuzzled her. After a while, Jupiter stood up and went back to her flowerbed. Venus watched her for a while, and then left her to her garden.

___

Tanzanite landed the ship carefully and they all got out. Sardonyx activated the cloaking devise and they left it. It was Amethyst who got them a place to stay and the four of them took new forms so that the senshi wouldn't recognize them while they got their attack plans together.

Obsidian brought out the pods and began hatching youma so that they would have monsters to attack the different crystal points of Crystal Tokyo. Once they did that, they had nothing left to do. So Amethyst took Obsidian out for a Crystal Burger and to do some shopping.

"Finally!" Tanzanite yelled, crawling up into Sardonyx' lap and kissing him. Sardonyx grinned at him and hugged him tighter.

"So silly." Sardonyx said, playfully.

"You know how your brother gets when we are together. I hate having to skip around our feelings when he is around."

"You are right about that, it does get annoying. We don't have to hide anymore, we aren't on the ship and we aren't going to be around each other constantly."

"True." Tanzanite kissed his lover and looked up him longingly. Sardonyx grinned and picked him up, making the smaller man squeal with delight. Sardonyx had thought it was strange the way Kunzite was with Zoicite, but looking into Tansy's eyes, he understood the fourth king's plight. He opened the door to the their bedroom and shut it behind him with his foot.

___

Nagetsu was standing near one of the Crystal Points with Hikari. The two of them had decided to meet there before they went dancing. It was a beautiful day and Nagi only had one person on her mind.

"Hikari!" Nagi cried, almost glomping her boyfriend. Hikari kissed her and she pulled away from him.

"How did it go?" he asked.

"We don't need your help, thank you very much, now go." Nagi replied. "Destiny was so pissed, normally I would have been too, but I didn't care. We had done our jobs as far as I was concerned, if they need us, they know where to find us, right?"

"True." Hikari said, looking at her. Suddenly, he heard something and he frowned.

"Trouble, you go and I'll deal with it."

"No!" Nagi said, shaking her head. "I will deal with it, now go!" Frowning, he turned and ran off. Nagetsu knew that he wouldn't be too far off. "Mecha Lightning Power, Make Up!"

Lightning started to fly around her as thunder sounded in the background. A flash of lightning hit her body and she was wearing her bodysuit. Nagi laughed and poses with her hands by her side. Nagi's Dragon Fan appeared in her hand and she went toward the commotion.

Two inner senshi were dealing with the monster. Mecha Lightning waited until she had an opening before attacking. The inners, which she knew to be Mars and Mercury, were doing a pretty good job of it when suddenly Mercury hit a wall.

"My turn." Mecha Lightning whispered. "Lightning Strike!" After taking the lightning bolt in her hand, she threw it at the monster. It screamed and turned to dust. The girls immediately struck their battle stance and Mecha Lightning stepped out.

"We were looking for you and your friends when this monster appeared." Mercury said. "You must be Mecha Lightning, right?"

"Hai, that's me." Mecha Lightning said, crossing her arms.

"Well, we have come to say that we are sorry and that our queen wants you and the others to help us find out who our enemy is."

"Oh, we know who the enemy might be."

"Who?" Mars asked.

"They are generals from the Dark Kingdom."

"What, but we destroyed them all!"

"Do you really think that those four were the only generals in Beryl's Kingdom? They were only the four strongest. These generals are different."

"They aren't as strong?" Mercury asked.

"Don't be smart!" Lightning snapped, "They are strong, however their strength is different from the other four kings."

"Why did you have to be so rude to her?" Mars asked. "She only asked you a question."

"Your queen was rude to us this morning, my leader was angry. I was upset as well, no matter how nice you say it, a dismissal is a dismissal."

Mercury bowed, "You are right, Serenity was rude to you. Do you know where your leader is right now?"

"Let me de-transform and I will take you to their apartment."

"You don't live with them?" Mars asked.

"No, I have other dwellings. Come along." Lightning turned and her fuku shifted to her regular clothes. Mars and Mercury exchanged looks at this but followed the girl anyway.

Ami soon found that Nagetsu was unwilling to tell them anything. She would tell them what they wanted to know after they had apologized to Destiny. Rei was getting upset by the moment, yet she could understand why Nagetsu was as well.

"Here we are, ladies." Nagetsu said, turning to look back at them. She entered the apartment and they went up to the fourth floor. They went down a hallway until they got to the last door. When they knocked, Mizu answered the door. She grinned when she saw Nagi and frowned at the sight of the two inners.

"It's okay, Mizu. Let's us in, they have to talk to Destiny."

"She's in." Mizu left the door and Nagetsu let them in. Destiny was sitting in the floor working on a puzzle with Kyo-in. The young man turned his cat-like eyes onto the girls. He smiled and stood up.

"Who are they?" he asked.

"Lord Kyo-in, this is Ami and Rei, they are two of the inner senshi."

"It's a pleasure to meet the both of you." Kyo-in said in pleasant tones.

To the inners' credit, the both of them bowed and answered him back. Destiny stood up a few moments later and her eyes hardened. Kyo-in looked at his wife, sighed and walked away.

"Why are you here?" she asked.

"To apologize for the Queen's rudeness and our rudeness as well." Mercury bowed.

"We are sorry." Mars added. Destiny crossed her arms and looked amused at this. Then she grinned and opened her arms wide.

"Thank you, that is all we wanted." Destiny replied. "Come, make yourselves at home."

"Not to be a bother, but who is it that has come to wage war?" Mercury asked, getting to the point.

"They are Dark Kingdom Kings, somehow they survived and they are back for revenge. They were able to get a ship and take the old Moon Kingdom warp into our universe. They immediately attacked our friend, High Lady Krystalline and her planet Star Maiden. The leader got a hold of the Maiden Crystal, which is very similar to your Silver one. Anyway, even Krystalline and her senshi couldn't completely stop them. Sometimes, there isn't strength in numbers." Destiny said, pointedly.

"So they escaped and now they have come here?" Mars asked.

"Yes. You are going to need our help." Destiny said.

"We know that now, those were not ordinary youma."

"They never are." Ai said, entering the room. "I'm Ai, I didn't come with Destiny, Mizu, Rika and Nagetsu."

"Oh, which one are you?" Mercury asked.

"Mecha Love." Ai said, plopping down next to Kyo-in, who had returned to his puzzle. "And this is our King, Kyo-in."

"We met." Kyo-in said, smiling at the girls. He turned back toward Destiny who had a strange far off look in her eye. He frowned and they watched Destiny's face snap up.

"I don't want to talk about it, Kyo-in." Her voice was harsh and cold; Kyo-in flinched then stood up and grabbed her arm. Ai watched them walk away then turned to the inners that had sat on the couch.

"What was that about?" Mercury asked softly.

"Something happened between Destiny and Krystalline's husband, Hoshi. Something that may have made the girl pregnant with Hoshi's child."

"What?" Mars asked, looking back.

"I wish you would keep your mouth shut," Nagetsu said, coming into the room. She plopped down beside Mercury and stared at the TV. "It's not anything they need to know."

"Is she pregnant?" Ai asked.

"Yes." Mizu said, sitting down beside Ai. Nagetsu gave the girl a look that she ignored and they sat there in silence. Nagetsu poked the two of them and they stood up. Mars looked back at Mercury then walked out with Nagetsu.

"I am going to meet up with Hikari. I can trust that the two of you will keep what was said about Destiny a secret."

"Of course." Mercury said, "We won't tell anyone."

"Don't." Nagetsu said, with hardness in her voice. She sighed, "Look, I'm sorry but I'm a bit over protected of her. Especially since I found out that she is my stepsister."

"Are all of you related?"

"Believe it or not, yes we are. We have always acted like sisters but we didn't know that we really are."

"Wow." Mars said, smiling.

"I'll walk you guys out." Nagetsu replied.

___

The ATS appeared on the hill over Crystal Tokyo. They looked down at the palace and city and exchanged looks. The Shinigami Twins looked mystified; Adrienne smiled slightly, while Marina looked a little nervous suddenly.

"There are strong powers here." Adrienne said.

"That must be the inners and Serenity." Shiko spoke.

"You are probably right, I also sense evil as well. It's well hidden though." Mizuto said, frowning.

"Are you saying that Adrienne isn't feeling the true power?" Marina asked, as they walked down the hill.

"It's a possibility."

"This is not good at all."

"Understatement of the year, Shi-chan." Mizuto said, grinning softly. Shiko's hard blue eyes softened and she laughed. Apparently, the two of them had made up, and it was a good thing they did as well. Adrienne watched them before turning away from them. Her and Marina would never be able to joke with each other like that ever again.

While this half of the ATS was moving into Crystal Tokyo, the other half of the ATS was in the center of Tokyo. They had gone shopping, not knowing that a few shops away, Amethyst and Obsidian were having lunch.

"So peaceful, too bad we have to ruin it for all of these people." Amethyst said, looking around.

"We want revenge, it's not our fault that they are in the way." Obsidian answered, eating a fry.

"The monster was a complete flop, another girl came to help the two inners and she single-handedly destroyed the youma. Did you know of anyone else besides that High Lady was that strong?"

"We didn't know that they were strong until we had `ported in the midst of her city."

"True, love. Looks like there are more now…we don't have to report this to him right away."

"Knowing my brother it would probably be best if we did."

"Darn, I was starting to enjoy myself."

"So was I," Obsidian said, sadly. They took each other's hand and walked out of the restaurant, right past Maura and Taiyo. Maura turned and her eyes narrowed at the couple, after a while, she gave up and looked back at her sister.

"Let's go find Yoake." Maura said. Her sister gave her a look but didn't say anything.

"Fine." They walked over to where Yoake was. When Yoake aka Sailor Aurora saw them, she sighed and crossed her arms. She was almost starting to enjoy Crystal Tokyo, but they were here to work not have fun.

"We saw a couple that felt wrong, at least I'm pretty sure it was them." Maura looked a bit sheepish, now it seemed like she was wrong.

"It's a spell." Taiyo said. "I have seen such a spell before, it makes the person doubt their ability. Maura probably did sense evil from that couple."

"Then we have to be doubly careful." Yoake said, frowning.

___

When the two of them of them returned from their outing, no one was waiting for them. The two of them exchanged looks and Amethyst sighed.

"They aren't even here!" she cried. "And I don't remember them leaving."

"They didn't." She looked up to see Obsidian staring into another room. When she looked inside, the anger she was starting to feel faded and she smiled softly. Tanzanite's legs lay wrapped around Sardonyx's and his arms were wrapped around the others' waist. His head was pillowed on Sardonyx's chest and the two had twin smiles on their faces. "That is sort of sweet, don't ever tell them I told you that."

"I won't I promise." Amethyst said, amused. Obsidian did not like the look on his girlfriend's face; he snorted ignoring it for the moment. Obsidian gently woke Sardonyx and he yawned rather loudly. Blinking sleep out of his eyes, he looked up at the two. He started to move when he remembered that Tanzy was still sleeping on him.

"Why did you wake me?"

"The ATS are here, Sardonyx. We need to move up our plan before they find out where we are." Amethyst said.

"Did you see them?" he asked.

"Yes, although they didn't notice us. I quickly did a spell so that they would notice us. I'm sure one of them will become suspicious soon."

"Tanzy, wake up!" Tanzanite yawned and shook his head, grumbling he glared at the offending general. "What!"

"It's time to put your part of the plan into action, Tanzanite." Obsidian said, crossing his arms. "Unfortunately, you can't do it until tomorrow."

"Then why did he wake me?" Tanzanite asked, Sardonyx.

"Because it's important, love and this information of Obsidian's couldn't wait until tomorrow. The palace will be full of people for the Crystal Festival. You will slip in as a courtier and start a rumor about the ATS. If our plan works as promised, Serenity won't let them near the Crystal. Amethyst will try to get the crystal, but she will be disguised as one of the members of the ATS."

"I know which one I will go as, they will see me steal the crystal and think its one of the ATS. I'll lead them on a wild goose chase while Sardonyx steals the real crystal." Amethyst said.

"Well, did you guys bring back any food?"

Obsidian chuckled, "Here you go." He handed the bag over to Tanzanite, who opened it and started to eat right there. "Slow down, Tanzy!"

"Having fun with Sardonyx always makes me hungry." Tanzanite declared, smiling brightly. Sardonyx blushed and looked away, then decided to steal a couple of Tanzy's fries.

"Ugh, too much information!" Obsidian cried. Tanzanite looked happy and started to eat while sitting on Sardonyx's lap. He frowned suddenly and looked at the other two.

"Go enjoy the rest of your day, tomorrow the plan will commence." Sardonyx said. He turned and kissed Tanzanite's forehead. Tanzanite continued eating unaware, and they walked out of the room.

"Love you." Obsidian whispered to Amethyst.

"I love you, too." She replied. "Come on, let's go have some fun!"

___

Nagetsu and Hikari walked back to their apartment, hand and hand. They had spent the night dancing and were really tired. They kissed softly as they turned into the park. Nagetsu was quiet and so was Hikari.

"Nagi?" he asked, softly.

"Yes, love."

"I want to return to your planet with you."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I hate being lonely and I know you will go back as soon as you stop those generals." Hikari paused and pushed Nagetsu behind him. She looked at him and gazed around the park. It seemed rather quiet even at this time of the night. She immediately went into her fighting stance. He looked back at smiled, "Warrior to the last, eh Nagi?"

"Always." Nagetsu replied, smiling back.

"This isn't your fight, love. When I tell you, I want you to run."

"WHAT!"

"Don't argue, for once just don't."

"I'll run. But I don't like this, Hikari." He nodded and she ran off. When she was gone, Hikari turned and frowned. A large creature walked into the moonlight. It looked like a large lion except that it had a horse's body. The demon grinned showing very sharp teeth.

"I would have loved to eat your young whore." it said, harshly.

Hikari narrowed his eyes, "You will die for that comment." A sword appeared in his hand and he jumped into the air, sword-catching moonlight.

Nagetsu ran with all of the strength she could muster. She saw a light behind her, but she knew he would be safe. `I just have to trust him on this one. Please be okay, Hikari.' What she didn't know was that she had been watched by Amethyst and Obsidian, who were coming out of a dance club.

"That's one of those senshi!" Amethyst said.

"I wonder what made her run like that…Wanna check it out?"

"We should," Amethyst started, "but for once we will leave them alone. I just want to be like regular people enjoying the night on the town."

Meanwhile, Hikari's sword glowed as he made several cuts into the demons body. He jumped back away from the demon and waited. With a cry of pain, the demon was sliced into ribbons. Hikari replaced his sword and grinned, and then he turned around and ran after Nagetsu. He was hoping that she wasn't too upset with him. He found her standing in front of one of the crystal points; sitting beside her was Ai.

"It's not that big of a deal, Nagi! You know how Hikari is…if we haven't seen his ghost by now, we know he is alive." Ai was saying.

"That's not even funny, Ai!" The love senshi flicked her brown hair and grinned at Nagetsu. She found it amusing how attached to Hikari the lightning senshi really was.

"Sorry, Nagi. You're probably right." Ai said.

"Talking about me again, Ai-chan?" Hikari said, stepping out into the light. Nagetsu ran up to him and slapped him hard. He looked at her, rubbing his cheek and grinned. "Does that mean you are happy to see me?"

"Don't ever do that `This is my fight' shit again, do you hear me?"

"Yeah, I hear you." He frowned, "But it really wasn't your fight, he was after me and that crystal of Serenity's."

"Just like everyone else." Ai said, standing up. Hikari looked at her and whistled loudly. She blushed and Nagi felt her stomach knot up like it always did when he flirted with the other girls. Ai was wearing a green baby tee with a pink heart on it that showed her midriff and a pleated pink skirt. On her feet were these dainty green sandals with heels. She looked like she had just come from a club, which was true.

"Are you coming home with me?" Nagi asked him.

Hikari shook his head, "No, but I will walk the both of you back. The demon said some things that I need to figure out on my own."

"Alright." She said, sounding very sad. He kissed her and held out his arms. Ai took one and Nagi took the other, even though she felt sad. She couldn't help but smile when he turned to look at her. She laid her head on his shoulder for a moment, but didn't close her eyes. She wondered what the demon had said to Hikari to make him so quiet.

"You guys need to be careful." Hikari said, when they got to Ai's house.

"We know about the generals." Ai replied.

"This isn't just about them! There are darker, older forces that want that crystal. It's going to take more than just your powers to destroy them."

"But we have the rest of the ATS as well and Serenity."

"Perhaps, she shouldn't fight. Right now they can't get near the palace because there are wards there, but how long is that going to last, huh?"

"The crystal will protect her. Like it always has…" Nagetsu said.

"Perhaps…maybe I should talk to her." Hikari said, quietly. Ai hugged them both and went inside. Then taking Nagi's hand, the two of them walked back to Nagetsu's apartment.

___

Amethyst danced as Obsidian watched from a table. Music pounded in his ears as he tried to keep the smile on his face. He knew she was a party animal but this was starting to get ridiculous. He got up and started to walk toward her when a handsome boy danced close to her. Obsidian started to move faster but her body language told him that she would take care of it.

"What's your name?" he asked, breathless.

"Amethyst." She said, quietly.

His eyes met hers and he grinned, "What a pretty name! Are you here with anyone?"

Amethyst snarled, "Take a hike, I don't go home with people I don't know."

He grinned harder, "Perhaps I can persuade you."

"I don't think so." His grin fell and this time he tried to grab her. Without moving, she twisted his arm and made him cry out. "Like I said: I. Don't. Think. So."

"Alright!" he whispered, backing away. She grinned and Obsidian walked up to her. He stroked her cheek and glared at the boy.

"I'm tired, love. Let's get back home." Obsidian said.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, please." She sighed and together they left the dance club. The two of them were silent as they walked back toward the ship. Obsidian and Amethyst had no idea that they were being followed though. Suddenly, Obsidian stopped and turned around. The boy at the club stood there but he looked different. His long straight hair was pure white and his skin was very dark. Red eyes glowed from his face and he was dressed as a samurai warrior with double swords hanging from his belt. He grinned showing very sharp teeth.

"How long have you been following us?" Amethyst asked.

"Long enough to know what you plan to do tomorrow." He said.

"Are you here to stop us?"

The demon laughed, "Of course not, we simply want to talk to your leader. Tonight preferably, tomorrow will probably be too late."

"How many of you are here?" Obsidian asked.

"More than you think, you will need our help. We can get it totally unseen, your plans will fail without us."

"You seem sure."

"We are, there is a man named Hikari and he has the power to find and destroy us. His girlfriend is a senshi; quite powerful in her own right."

"What if we got rid of him?" Amethyst asked.

"We would be in your debt."

"No." Obsidian said, quickly. "No, Amethyst. Our job is to get the crystal, for all that we know he and his friends will want it also."

"Of course we want it." The demon said. "It will give us the power we need to turn everyone here into demons. Then we will take the rest of the world, the way we should have centuries ago."

"No." Obsidian said. "We don't need your help." He began to turn away and Amethyst followed him.

"Just like us demons, there are more senshi here than you think."

"NO! We will deal with whoever else wants to protect the crystal and we will win." With that, the two generals disappeared into the darkness. The demon changed back into a boy and he smirked.

"When those senshi destroy you, we shall claim the crystal." He faded into the darkness, his laugh echoing through the empty street.

___

The next day, Hikari left his house and went up to the castle. Guards posted there, stopped and asked him his business. Smiling, he told them that he had an appointment to see the Queen. The guard looked at a notepad asked him his name, then let him in when he saw Hikari's name. Hikari walked down the hallway and stopped when he saw one of the senshi. He recognized her as Jupiter and inwardly smirked.

"Hello, Jupiter. Where is Neo Queen Serenity?"

"Oh, it's you again. Follow me, I heard you came to talk to her."

"All you have to do is ask." Hikari said, when her face darkened. "I doubt she will believe me, but there are demons here."

"WHAT! You can't be serious!"

"I am, they can't get near because of the wards on the palace."

"What wards?"

"The palace is protected by you and the other senshi as well as the Silver Crystal, right?"

"Yes." Jupiter replied, still not getting it.

"Your powers are suffused into the very walls of this place, it is very hard for a demon to get in here. However, they can live in the surrounding city. Your wards aren't as strong out there."

"Ohh, I get it. That's why you're here, to get rid of them."

"Exactly, but they are getting better at hiding from me."

"There is something different about you, where is that tail of yours?"

He grinned and unwrapped it around his waist, unlike his hair its almost pale white. She looked at it but when she reached out to touch it, he pulled it back. "Only Nagi touches the tail, I doubt you would want me to turn into a large furry kitten. Plus, she already gets upset when I flirt with her sisters."

"So it's true, you are a ware-cat?"

"Yes. You must swear upon your honor as a senshi that you won't speak of this to anyone."

"I swear by my home planet Jupiter, that I will not tell a soul. Does Nagi know?"

"Yes. Thanks, Jupe I see the Queen." Jupiter smiled and walked off, while Hikari took a deep breath and entered the garden.

___

"Who's Hikari?" Maura asked Nagetsu. She and the other ATS senshi had found the Mechas and were now staying in the same building. Maura had decided to stay with Nagetsu after the girl agreed.

"My boyfriend, he's here to stop the demons."

"Demons?" she asked. "You aren't serious are you?"

"He fought one last night, they are after that crystal. Not only that, I found out that my brother is here."

"Prince Javan is here!" Maura cried. "I thought he died years ago."

"That's the story my mother told me, I only learned after she died that he was banished."

"Banished? If you don't mind me asking, why?"

"Because he refused the bride of my mother and father's choice, he doesn't like women."

"He's gay! Oh, I bet you enjoyed that!"

Nagetsu grinned, "You know I did! They were so pissed off he handled himself well though. Of course, when they led him out, he hugged me and told me to look after them." The smile faded, "Can you believe it? Even after they had stripped him of his crown and title, he wanted me to protect them. There were such a large outcry after that had happened; my mother was mortified."

"So what happened to your parents?"

"They were murdered in their beds. I survived because I had nothing to do with it and I was a girl. I wasn't sad to lose them, because the moment he left, my life became very hard. I missed my brother so much."

"Then you found the Mechas, right?"

Nagi laughed a little, "Destiny wanted to invade my planet after she thought that all the royal family was gone. She didn't count on me still being alive to send the destroyers after her ships." Maura's eyes grew wide; she couldn't imagine fighting against a sister like that.

"We warred for three months and in the end, I surrendered. Destiny had a much bigger army than I had and I was losing a lot of people on my side. She asked me to join her as a senshi; I went along with it but I hated her for what she had did."

"Do you still?" Maura asked.

"No. Actually, she proved to the people that I know how to protect them in case that happens again." Suddenly, Nagetsu's phone rang and she went to pick it up. When she hung up, she was frowning.

"We have to get over to Destiny's. A demon was spotted last night at a dance club…Ai is real shook up about it." Maura nodded and they left, taking Nagi's car. They were silent as they drove toward the apartment building. They hadn't gone far when they heard screaming. Nagetsu stopped the car and they ran over to the disturbance. Hikari was fighting another demon.

"This is not good." Maura said, quietly. Nagi looked at her strangely and ran off to transform. Maura followed and they transformed together.

"Mecha Lightning Power, Make Up!" Nagi shouted.

"Eclipse Solar Power, Make Up!" Maura started to spin and black and silver ribbons surrounded her. They clung to her body then broke apart in points of silver light. She raised her hand and her glaive appeared. She didn't do her pose instead ran after Mecha Lightning.

Hikari grunted as the demon swung wildly and he was flung into someone. He looked up to see Maura and smiled tightly. She helped him up as Nagetsu ran ahead. "Help her, I'll be alright."

Maura nodded, "Don't worry, I won't let her die."

He chuckled then grimaced in pain, "Thanks, Maura." She blinked, and then dropped him when she remembered Nagetsu.

"Lightning Dragon Spin!" Lightning yelled. A dragon came out of her hand and flew toward the demon. It cried out in pain as the lightning coursed through its body. Mecha Lightning leapt into the air and flew toward the demons' face and kicked it. It stumbled but didn't fall back.

"Eclipse Solar Beam!" Eclipse shouted. The beam covered them all in bright light and when the light died down, there was a faint smell of charred flesh.

"You killed it." Hikari said.

"Dark hates the light, and I am a little of both." Eclipse said. "You must be Hikari."

"That would be me."

"So you know who I am as well as the others I suppose?" Eclipse asked, amused.

"Nagi talks about you guys all the time."

"Sorry to cut this short but look!" Nagi said. People were returning and looking at them strangely. A woman with a child walked up to them.

"What was that thing?" she asked, frightened. Eclipse looked at Mecha Lightning and Hikari.

"It's a demon." Hikari said. They started to panic until lightning stuck a pole causing them to become quiet. Hikari grinned at Mecha Lightning who looked decidedly innocent. "Listen, they have been here for a while…you must be wondering who they are. Don't worry, the senshi and myself have everything under control." No one said anything for a long time, and then they turned and walked away. The fearful looks they gave one another didn't help the situation either. Because it didn't take long for this to get to Serenity's ears.

___

"There are demons in Crystal Tokyo!" Serenity shouted, pacing back and forth. Hikari and Nagetsu stood in front of her and nodded.

"How could this happen? It's bad enough with those generals here, but now you have the people thinking that it isn't safe here!"

"The truth is that is isn't safe here. Not while those demons are after the crystal." Hikari said.

"What would they use it for?"

"To create a world of demons, with their leader as the head of all of it." Nagetsu said. Serenity stopped still and looked down at them.

"Get out!" she roared. "Get out of my palace and my city! I want you and the rest of the ATS gone! If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be having demons here!"

"WHAT! You are blaming us, you think we brought the demons here!" Nagetsu yelled.

"Enough!" The senshi surrounded Nagetsu and Hikari. Nagetsu looked at them, they looked rather sorry in spite of the fact that they had taken a fighting pose.

"You and the ATS are to leave Crystal Tokyo immediately." Venus said. "Don't bother to return."

"I'm sorry, Nagetsu. You threatened our princess…" Mars said.

"I did no such thing." Nagetsu said. "However if this is the way you want to play it, fine!"

"We'll leave…I hope you can deal with them on your own." Hikari said. The senshi backed up, Nagetsu took one look at Serenity then marched out.

"Don't bother following Venus, I know the way out." Nagetsu said. "Oh and Serenity, don't call us, we won't call you." Tanzanite grinned and backed out of the chamber. He watched the two of them leave and then he went to report to Sardonyx.

___

"Perfect!" Sardonyx said, grinning. "Looks like Serenity made our work a hell of a lot easier."

"And harder…those demons didn't seem like they wanted to give up." Amethyst said.

"Don't worry about them, they are no problem."

"How can you say that?"

"Because I have talked to their leader and he agreed to help us. With the ATS out of the way, it will be a piece of cake." Obsidian and Amethyst exchanged looks, something was wrong about this.

___

The last thing Nagetsu thought she would hear was everyone agreeing for once. They all agreed that Nagetsu and Hikari had made things much worse now. Hikari held Nagi but his eyes burned with anger; she was shaking so bad that he knew she would get very upset with them.

"So it's my fault now!" Nagetsu yelled. "They were going to come to their own conclusions anyway."

"True, but in this case there was no need to tell them the truth." Adrienne said.

"So what are we going to do now?"

"I've been trying to talk to Serenity but Venus said that she doesn't want to see or talk to anyone from the ATS."

"We were never wanted here in the first place." Marina said. "I say we clear out and leave it up to them."

"No!" Destiny said. "Look, we came here to do a job and we are going to do it regardless. So Nagi and Hikari made a mistake, they can't stop us from fighting."

"But what if they come here?" Ai asked.

"Then we will fight them." Destiny said, serious.

Yoake shook her head, "We can't do that. They are the good guys."

"They are in our way." Marina said. "I say we stay and fight."

"I agree with Marina," Adrienne said. "Yoake if we leave and something happens, we will never forgive ourselves."

"We're in!" the Shinigami twins said.

"So am I." Destiny said. Rika and the other Mecha senshi were nodding. Teku frowned and shook his head. "I'm leaving."

"I'm not." Yamiko said.

"I'm going with Teku." Hinata said.

"Come on you two! This isn't just about Serenity; it's about all of those people without powers. You can't just turn your back on that! It's selfish!" Yamiko cried.

"It's safe." Teku said.

"And that is your problem, you are so worried about protecting Hinata that she will go along with anything you say."

"That's not true!" Hinata said, loudly.

"I can't believe you are saying things like this." Teku said, softly. "Azrael…please…" Yamiko froze when she heard the hurt tone of Teku's voice.

"Teku tell her the truth, I think she deserves to know." He didn't say anything instead he turned away. "You never change, Umbriel." She reached toward Hinata and touched the girl's forehead. For a moment, Hinata gasped and a symbol appeared on her forehead.

"What is she doing?" Marina asked. "Teku?"

"She's uncovering all of Hinata's memories when she was an angel." Shiko said, softly. Yamiko and Teku remembered their time as angels and often they take their true forms. Hinata, for some reason doesn't remember her life before so when she becomes Sabriel, she doesn't remember anything afterward.

"Leaving heaven was hard for him," Teku said, softly. "Azrael's life had always been lonely before me and Sabriel came along. He was lonely and we offered comfort. When I heard that he was going to Earth, I wanted to come with him. I more or less forced Sabriel to, Azrael had offered the angel a choice and had accepted when he said no. Sabriel never forgave me for what I did." Yamiko let the girl slump down into her arms.

"I never completely forgave you for what you did next either. You created Hinata and made sure that Sabriel didn't remember why he had came to Earth. You did it because you didn't want your lover to find out that it was you and your selfishness that brought him so much sadness."

"She will feel betrayed."

"I have that right." Teku turned from Yamiko and looked up to see Hinata looking angry. Yamiko held her tightly and Hinata clung to her. "I am through with the disguises."

"Sabriel!"

"I don't want to hear it, Teku."

"I'm sorry…"

"I can't forgive you right now. Azrael offered me a way out, but I refused. He was always stronger than the both of us, even as Yamiko. You were afraid of him for yourself and me. But you became friends and you forgot about Azrael's other side. You also didn't see that you were driving a wedge between the two of us."

"You were falling in love, weren't you?" Ai asked.

"Yes." Yamiko replied. "I loved him dearly and he in turn was falling for me. I never thought about what would happen when Teku would find out."

"I'm leaving." Teku said, softly. "I cannot stay and face this."

"But face this you will, it is time that you be true to yourself." Mizuto said. "We are not going to let you go. In spite of all of this, we still need you to fight. Even if you do it with a sad heart, we understand more than you know." There was something in Mizuto's eyes that made Yoake wonder how much. Mizuto looked at her and she turned away unable to say anything.

"Look, it's late." Hikari said, quietly. "Let's go to bed and tomorrow we can come up with a plan."

___

The next day, Sardonyx and Tanzanite were woken by the bang on their door. Sardonyx let his lover sleep, although the man turned slightly when Sardonyx left the bed, and went to the door. With a word, he was dressed and he opened the door.

A longhaired man with two women at his side stood there. The man had pale white hair that fell to his butt. His skin was honey-colored and his eyes green. He was dressed all in black and brown. The women next to him looked exactly the same; they were both blond and had blue eyes and peach skin. They were also scantly clad in blue silk and too much jewelry.

"Lord Mijimesa, you have come early."

"I wanted to know how it went with the ATS."

"Serenity kicked them out of the palace and she wants them out of Crystal Tokyo."

Mijimesa grinned, "But they won't leave right away will they?"

"Probably not." He sat and the girls sat near him. "Take your true form." As he said this the girls changed, they became pale skinned and a pair of pale colored ears sprang out of one girl's head. A long white tail crept out and Sardonyx looked in amazement as the cat girl sprouted a third eye in the middle of her forehead. Her eyes turned green, all three of them. The girl on Mijimesa's right suddenly didn't have a mouth or nose. Her eyes became golden slits and on her forehead, a pentagram appeared. Her hair turned black and she was dressed in ninja fashion. Two tiny horns appeared on Mijimesa's head. His skin grew with soft golden fur and his face took a more cat-like look to it. Two tails sprung out of his back and curled around the two women. A double crescent appeared on his forehead.

"This is Shade." He said, pointing to the girl in ninja garb. She took his hand and sat on one half of his lap. "The other is Keela; they are my Queens and like me they are immortal. Beautiful they may be, but like the rose they can be very deadly."

"They protect you?" Amethyst asked.

~ Yes. ~ Shade said. She had no mouth to speak but they all heard her. ~I would protect my husband with my life. Wouldn't you do the same for yours? ~

Obsidian looked amused, but Amethyst didn't. "We are not husband and wife merely lovers." The cat girl looked amused and Shade shook her head. Obsidian could feel his girlfriend's anger build and he grabbed her arm.

"You would take care not to insult her."

~ We meant no disrespect; it's just that it seemed obvious that she belonged to you. ~

"She didn't even try to make you comfortable." Keela said, "A wife puts her husband's needs first always."

~ It is not the same for these ones, Keela. You should not judge them. ~

"Enough you two! We have come here to discuss business." The two demon women went silent and Amethyst nodded to Shade who looked pleased.

__

Mizuto went after Teku when the meeting let out. Teku looked as if his whole world had came tumbling down and Mizuto knew that feeling. He reached out and grabbed Teku's arm. For a moment, Teku didn't move a muscle then he turned toward Mizuto and fell into the boy's arms.

"Shhh, it's okay. It'll be alright…"

"No, it won't."

"Teku, darling you have to let them go...perhaps it was meant to be after everything that happened."

"Darling?" Teku whispered. His eyes widened and Mizuto knew that he was in shock. "No…Mizuto…I-" Mizuto pulled the boy toward him in the middle of the sidewalk and kissed him. People walked back, some gasping in shock and others with silly smiles on their faces. Mizuto pulled away and Teku looked down, his cheeks flushed.

"I will not let you destroy yourself like that. Neither will I leave you alone to do it. Didn't you once tell me to look at the words beneath the words? I love you, Teku. It wasn't easy for me to come to that, we fought side by side for so long…do you remember when Krystalline invited us to Star Maiden?"

Teku smiled, "Yes, we spent a lot of time together. We woke up in each others arms and you were whispering to me…"

"My love, my precious, my beautiful one, my heart…" Mizuto said, softly. Tears rolled down Teku's eyes and they began to walk away from the crowd. "I meant all of those words, Teku. But I couldn't tell you, I thought you were asleep."

"I was at first, but I woke and heard your voice. I love you, Mizuto." Teku said, his cheeks burning again. "We can't tell the others."

"We will show them, even if they don't believe it."

___

"That really happen, Azrael?" Sabriel/Hinata said, from the couch. They were watching the scene between Mizuto and Teku.

"Yes, it did. I was there, Mizuto was really depressed at first until Teku reached out to him."

"I hate him for what he did yet I am happy for him." Azrael/Yamiko went over to his lover and hugged him tightly. They took their girl forms and Yamiko spoke again, "Love is contrary that way that's what makes it exciting. But Hina-chan, don't hate him for what he has done. He was doing what he thought was best and at the time it was best. It was time for you to see with eyes unclouded. Earth is a wonderful place but it will never be Heaven."

"True." Hinata said, softly. "We have made a lot of friends here as well. I couldn't leave them now!"

"Good." Yamiko said, kissing the girl. "Hey, you hungry?"

"You buying?" Hinata asked. Yamiko laughed loudly and nodded.

___

"Right now, my demons are moving toward the palace. We are going to need major energy to get into the palace." Mijimesa said.

"That's no problem." Tanzanite said. "I took the time to create a crystal when we tried to take over Star Maiden." He held up a dark gold crystal up with a flourish.

"So it can hold great amounts of energy?" Keela asked.

"Yes. Enough to get your demons inside the palace, I may have to create another one, but that won't take more than a day or two."

"Good." Mijimesa said, nodding. "Shade, show your map to them." The ninja demon pulled out a long rolled up poster. She unrolled it and it fell across their laps and across the floor. "Where the silver dots are is where the demons are…"

___

Teku was asleep when the phone rang; Mizuto reached over him and picked it up. Ignoring the blinking visual sign, he put it to his ear.

"Damn it, I want to see you." Shiko said. He smiled even though she couldn't see it and reaching over Teku again he pulled the visual button on the phone base. Shiko's face popped up on it and she grinned at what she saw. "No wonder you wanted no visual."

"If it had been anyone else, they would have to wonder." Mizuto said, bending over and kissing Teku's tousled hair. Teku opened his eyes and sat straight up, he saw the huge picture of Shiko and blushed. Then he hid under the covers and wouldn't move.

"Aww, I spooked him."

"Love, my sister would find out one way or another. Please come out, she doesn't care about us." Teku peeked his head out then sat up. He snuggled against Mizuto who looked amused.

"I'm calling you because we have a plan. Right now, we found out that Venus and the other scouts are looking for the demons. Apparently, they are been closing in on the palace just as Nagetsu thought they would."

"Serenity must be pissed." Teku said. Shiko shrugged, but she was smiling as she did this.

"We'll be there soon." Mizuto said. Shiko grinned and waved to them and the screen went black.

___

"Well?" Yoake asked, when Shiko looked away from the small screen. Maura was sitting beside her so Yoake and the others didn't see the boys.

"They are on their way."

"Good." Yoake crossed her fingers and looked down. They were all in her apartment that was near the palace. The only other place big enough to hold them all. Nagetsu's brother Javan was being told about what happened in the next room.

"How long will it take them to get here?" Taiyo asked.

"We're here!" Teku cried out. Yamiko and Hinata looked up, smiling when he walked forward. He nodded at them and sat down on the last couch. Mizuto came in and sat next to him. He wrapped his arm around Teku, who beamed happily and squeezed his hand.

"So what's the plan?" Mizuto asked.

"We are going to flush out the demons. We don't know where they are all hiding, but we found a small group of them." Hikari said.

"That sounds simple."

"Nothing is ever simple when it comes to demons." Nagetsu said, when she had came out. She sat down and began stroking Hikari's tail which wrapped around her waist. He purred softly and she smiled slightly. When Javan came out of the room, he looked stone-faced and so did his lover.

"I still don't understand how we missed this." Sebastian said.

"We weren't fighting, love. So we never really paid any attention to it."

"We'll we are going to pay more attention from now on." Javan said. "You'll need our help once Serenity finds out what has happened."

____

"They have moved toward the palace, Serenity." Pluto reported to her.

"Where are the senshi now?" Serenity asked.

"They are on there way to meet up with the demons, your Highness. As far as the ATS…we haven't heard anything else from them."

"Good. I won't have them in my way."

"I must be blunt, Serenity. I think you were wrong about them." Pluto said. She looked angry but didn't reply. Pluto continued to speak, "Yes, they made a mistake but you make one first. These demons must have been planning this for sometime, now with the generals here as well…we have a lot more to deal with."

"I believe she is right, love." Endymion said, entering the room. Pluto bowed toward him and he nodded. She quickly left to join the other senshi. "But I don't believe the ATS would just leave us like this, matter of fact I have found where they are."

"So perhaps they are planning something?"

"It would seem that way." Endymion said, quietly. "You cannot stay angry forever. Come, your senshi need you right now as well as your daughter."

"Chibiusa-I mean, Usagi went with them?"

"She is a full grown senshi in her own right, it was her choice." Serenity was already on her way out though and didn't hear what he had said. He sighed and quickly followed after her into the inner courtyard. What they saw made her gasp in horror, the senshi were fighting not only the demons but youma as well.

"How could they get into the inner courtyard?"

"They had help." Endymion said. Then he turned toward the group of senshi and held out his cane, "La Smoking Bomber!" Serenity watched the battle with a saddened heart before transforming and joining it. While they were distracted by the demons, Shade and Tanzanite snuck past them.

"Where do you think you are going!" A voice yelled behind them. They turned to see Sailor Galatea standing there, Tanzy smirked.

"Tsunami Sea Crush!" she cried. Shade narrowed her eyes and a dark shield rose up around them.

~ We don't have time for this ~

"I know. I guess I have to do something!" The shield disappeared just as he was hit with a second water attack. Angry now that his hair was wet, he threw a bolt of energy at her. The bolt hit her in the chest and she grunted and hit one of the demons, who turned and glared down at her. She scrambled away and over the demon's shoulder she saw them going further into the palace.

"STOP!"

"Vela Darkness Hex!" The pentagram hit the demon vaporizing it. Vela went to help her sister up and stared at her. "You all right?"

"I'm fine, but Crystal Tokyo won't be…they are going inside."

"The outers stayed inside the castle. See they aren't out here fighting with us."

"They may need our help! Vela, if you aren't going than I-"

"I'll go with you!" Vela said, before her sister could finish. "After all, we don't want anything to happen to you." Tears started to form in Galatea's eyes but she blinked them away. They didn't have time to cry right now.

"Where are they going!" Aurora yelled. Her sword was black from demon blood, Eclipse tried not to stare.

"I don't know, probably to help the outers. Don't you think we need to be heading toward there?" Eclipse's glaive swung out behind her and she beheaded one of the demons. Aurora flinched then nodded, "Tell the others."

Eclipse saw the two Shinigami's back to back surrounded by demons. She was about to go to them when she heard a familiar cry, "Umbriel Asunder!" Comets fell from the sky pelting the demons and flatting them. A dark shield came up and the Shadow senshi saw her sister, Shadow Moon holding it tightly with Sailor Azrael.

< We got this, Clipsy! > Shadow Moon sent.

< Rora wants us to head back toward the castle. Vela and Galatea went into the castle! >

< We Mechas will help the senshi. >

< Apollo and I will follow you guys. >

Shade frowned as the Outers approached, she felt someone as close to darkness as her and the girl was strong. Tanzy looked just as worried as he looked around the halls. "Why are they hiding?"

"Who said we were hiding." Uranus said, stepping out of the shadows.

"You didn't think you would get very far that way did you?" Neptune asked.

"We don't have time for this! Get out of our way or we will destroy you!"

"Deep Submerge!"

"Nightshade!" A dark purple mist surrounded the attack and there was nothing left.

"Dead Scream!" The dark green ball flew toward them both. Tanzy held out his crystal and the attack was sucked up in it, only to slam into her even harder than before.

"World Shaking!" Shade surrounded them in another black shield and she steered him down another hall.

"Silence Glaive Surprise!" A large beam hit the two of them, Shade screamed as she faded to nothing and Tanzy's crystal rolled out of his dead hand. Saturn walked toward them and knelt down. She picked up the crystal and crushed it. Far away, Sardonyx felt Tanzanite fade and silent tears rolled down his face. Keela let out a long scream that was heard from miles around.

"Looks like there was no need for us." Galatea said, when she stopped in the hallway. The four Outers turned at the sound of her voice. Uranus smirked, and Galatea grinned back.

"So you are one of the ones that wouldn't go away."

"And it's a good thing we didn't." Galatea said. "They didn't get to the crystal did they?"

"No." Neptune replied. "We better see how the senshi are doing." They turned away from the two bodies and made their way outside.

Meanwhile, Sardonyx looked at the Demon Lord. "We must do something! They have killed my Tanzy and your Shade. What do we do?"

"We go and deal with it, ourselves. Are those generals of yours still alive?"

"I don't know." Sardonyx said, looking frightened.

"If they are, they won't be for long." Lord Mijimesa said, softly.

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The moment that Amethyst felt Tanzanite die, she knew that they would be next. She managed to fight off the fire senshi then headed toward where Obsidian was fighting two of the armored senshi. She yelled for him and he took that moment to look up. One of the senshi struck him with lightning and he died instantly. For the first time in the female general's life, she was truly scared. Afraid, she turned and ran not even looking back to see where Obsidian's body was smoking. She vowed that if she lived she would kill the lightning armored senshi. Unfortunately for her, Sailor Mecha was not going to allow her to live.

"Moon Fairy Kiss!" she cried. White light was the last thing that Amethyst saw before she was turned to dust. Mecha fell to her knees and was helped up by Sailor Silvermoon.

"Are you alright?" Silvermoon asked.

"I'm a little weak that was a strong attack."

"I noticed." Silvermoon said, "My mom can heal you." Silvermoon turned and took the Mecha princess back to her mother. Eternal Sailormoon was healing the senshi who had been hurt by the attack as well as Saturn. She looked up when she saw Mecha come toward her.

"Thank…you." Eternal Sailormoon said, softly.

"We weren't going to leave you to deal with this by yourself. That isn't the ATS way. However we will leave when this is all over." Eternal Sailormoon said nothing and healed her.

"We got rid of the rest of the demons left over." Mercury said, reporting.

"The crystal is safe as well." Eclipse said.

___

"They are dead." Sardonyx said, softly. "I don't understand something, I thought that Shade could not be killed."

"She can't, actually. However, she has been banished back to the netherworld. It would take too long for her to be reborn. Plus she was blasted by the Death Senshi…"

"Sailor Vela?" Sardonyx asked.

"No, it was Sailor Saturn. She was once the Queen of the Dead. We demons, even myself are in fear of her powers." Sardonyx was shocked that the Lord would tell him something like that. He realized that the reason was because Mijimesa had also lost someone.

"So what's the plan?"

"I don't know yet." Sardonyx gave him a look and Mijimesa changed for a moment. His demonic form changed and he looked like a tired man. Sardonyx moved over and sat down on the edge of his chair. The two stared at each other and were about to speak when Keela appeared.

"I am going to go after them. I cannot sit here knowing that Shade is alone in the netherworld."

"But it's dangerous…even I will admit to that." Keela's eyes glowed and she looked at them coldly. Mijimesa started to get up but Sardonyx squeezed his shoulder. He looked at the general, sighed and settled back into his chair.

"If this is what you must do, than do it Keela."

"I will call on the Dark Horse." Keela turned and left without a word. Mijimesa leaned against Sardonyx's arm. The general stroked his hair and waited patiently for him to speak.

"The Dark Horse are a group of demons with power unlike any you have known. They are excellent at Shadow magic and twice as deadly. The senshi will be doomed."

"Isn't that what we want?" Sardonyx asked.

"Is it?" Mijimesa stroked his cheek and Sardonyx sighed. "As much as I want them to pay for what happened, even they don't deserve the Dark Horse."

"Warn them, then let's go. They can deal with the Dark Horse on their own. I just want to be away from all of this." Mijimesa kissed Sardonyx tenderly, the general smiled and kissed him back. The Demon Lord grinned briefly and was gone in a instant.

__

Meanwhile, Keela arrived at the Keep of the Dark Horse. She had once been one of the Dark Horse but had left to be Mijimesa's bride. She now realized what a mistake that was. "Who has come to see the Dark Horse?"

"It is I, Keela who was once one of you, now Wife of Mijimesa."

The demon who first spoke came into the light and Keela gasped. His name was Magyar and he had once been Keela's lover. He was not very handsome like Mijimesa but he had been kind to her. Magyar was six feet tall and had green skin. He was heavily muscled and he had large horns on his arms and head. His eyes were ruby but the sight of him did not inspire fear, just intense longing.

"Why should we help you who left us?"

"They have killed Shadow. I know how much she at least meant to you and to me."

"This is true." Magyar said, softly. "She shall be missed. Keela, we will go with you." Magyar clapped once and the rest of the Dark Horse appeared. Keela looked around at the rest of them but there were no smiles to greet her. She was no longer apart of the group.

"You should have refused." Hau said, crossing his arms. He dropped down beside Magyar and slipped his arm through his. Magyar smiled at the pretty demon then turned to her. Hau's triumphant look was the only clue she needed. The third member of the group shook his head.

"You should not have come back, Keela. Let's go." As she turned to leave, they followed and for a moment it felt like the group was back. She had no idea that Hau had a trick up his sleeve. The invisible thread flew through the air and wrapped around her neck. Keela gagged and tried to pull the thread out but she wasn't strong enough. Keela fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes. Hau grinned and turned to Magyar and Mugeno, who was the third member of the group. Without a word, they teleported away into Crystal Tokyo. No one turned their back on the Dark Horse and lived.

___

"It looks like the trouble is gone." Serenity said, smiling. "We killed all the demons."

"It's not over yet." Mars said, frowning. "I sense a threat from the demons."

"But we destroyed the leader, didn't we?" Galatea asked.

"We only destroyed his generals." Hikari said. "I still smell demon." Just as he spoke, Mijimesa appeared in front of the them. At once, he was surrounded by several angry senshi and Hikari. He just stood there, not moving or speaking..

"I have come to tell you something. My Queen Keela has went to get the Dark Horse."

"Who the hell is the Dark Horse?" Jupiter asked, angrily.

"More importantly," Vela spoke softly, "Why should we trust you?"

"Because we realized that this mission was doomed the moment, we sent Tanzanite and Shade after you. I believe that because Shade is one of the stronger female demons in our realm. Sardonyx sent Tanzanite because he could easily blend in among your people."

"Your demons frightened my people. I don't think I can honestly trust you." Eternal Sailormoon said, crossing her arms.

"Fine, I don't care if you trust us or not. I am tired of death and even though I would probably be killed for this…I came to warn you. The Dark Horse are unbelievably strong and they will do anything to possess your power. Like me, they deserve no mercy. I don't want to fight you anymore. Sardonyx and I are taking the ship and leaving Crystal Tokyo. We won't darken your door again." He turned away and walked back down the hall.

"Wait!" Eternal Sailormoon said. "Which one of them did you love more?"

Mijimesa looked shocked and for a moment, he looked away. "I loved Shade more. She was more than just a wife. She admired humans, I never understood that though. I believe in the end, she would have wanted me to do this." He started to turn and walk away until he disappeared.

"It's a trap." Mecha Fire said.

"I'm not so sure anymore." Eternal Sailormoon said.

"I agree with the Queen." Hikari said. "I have fought demons for a long time and I have never seen a demon look so sorry before, or so in love. Demons don't fall in love easily, I wonder what Sardonyx did to change him."

"Sardonyx? You don't surely mean that he and Mijimesa are-" Mercury blushed. Javan grinned and looked at his own lover, who had the same look in his eyes too.

"That's exactly what he means." Mizuto said, from Teku's arms. Teku was chuckling softly which made Jupiter give him a weird look.

"As amusing as that is, there is still the threat of the Dark Horse." Mercury said.

"We haven't forgotten, Mercury." Pluto said, entering the room. The others turned to see the Outers behind her. "They are coming here rather swiftly."

"Shouldn't you be at the gate?" Aurora asked.

"It is more important to be here since they have bypassed my gate. I had thought they were talking the same route you were but I was wrong."

"The outer senshi will go into the city and see if we can stop the Dark Horse from getting here." Uranus said.

"Javan and I will go with you too." Sebastian said.

"We can handle it."

"We are going anyway. There are enough senshi here and we want to protect Crystal Tokyo as much as you do. This place is our home too."

"Just let them go." Hotaru said, looking at Haruka.

"Don't get in our way." Haruka said.

"We won't." they both answered.

___

"Well, Sardonyx I told them." Mijimesa said, appearing in front of him once again. Sardonyx was stretched out on the couch, completely nude. He turned away from the window when he heard Mijimesa's voice.

"Good, now come here." Sardonyx commanded, in a sexy voice. The demon moved toward Sardonyx as if he was in a trance. Sardonyx grinned as he sat down next to him. Mijimesa leaned over Sardonyx for a kiss which the general gladly gave. Mijimesa willed his clothes to disappear and he climbed on top of Sardonyx. Suddenly the two of them began to wrestle with each other. They bit, growled and sucked on each other neither one fully giving in to the other. Sardonyx managed the flip Mijimesa over and with a growl he joined with him.

"I guess you win." Mijimesa said, with a smile. Sardonyx didn't reply, it was taking all of his strength not to just start thrusting as hard as he could into the demon. "I can take it, Sardonyx. Just do it!"

"Your wish is my command." Sardonyx thrust hard into Mijimesa and the demon growled. He pulled Mijimesa into a semi-sitting position and began a rhythmic movement. Every time he moved, Mijimesa would rock back on him and it would be twice as pleasurable. The two of them continued doing this until Sardonyx couldn't hold it anymore and he cried out, emptying himself inside of Mijimesa.

"Mijimesa…" he whispered.

"Sardonyx." Mijimesa replied. The two separated and curled up in each others' arms. Unbeknownst to the sleeping lovers, the Dark Horse passed the apartment where they had hid from the senshi. None of the members of the Dark Horse thought to look at the darkened apartment building. Perhaps it was because they were on to a greater treasure.

___

"Keep an eye out for anyone out of the ordinary." Haruka warned the others. She held up her henshin rod and shouted, "Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Neptune Planet Power, Make Up!"

"Pluto Planet Power, Make Up!" Without a single world, Hotaru transformed into Sailor Saturn. The outer senshi disappeared into different parts of the city. Javan pulled out a pendant while Sebastian held up a golden lily. A rose colored wind starts to pick up around Javan's feet. It slowly moves up until it covers him. There is a flash of light from inside of it, the wind blows away and he stands there in his rose and gold knight uniform. Light surrounds Sebastian, and for a moment, you can't see him. Ribbons fly around him there is another flash of white light and Sebastian is wearing his uniform.

"Be careful." Sebastian warns before kissing Javan and disappeared. Javan smiled and disappears as well.

Magyar stopped and the other two did as well. He narrowed his eyes and looked around. The streets were empty and there was no one around. Magyar smirked, they were probably to afraid to come out of their homes.

"No matter, I will enslave the people after I get that crystal."

"You will never get that crystal!" Uranus said, dropping down in front of them.

"Spread out!" Magyar said, "I will deal with her. I am Magyar of the Dark Horse, I will destroy you."

Uranus smirked, "It's not going to be that easy. I am Sailor Uranus, your death."

"And I am Sailor Neptune." The aqua haired girl jumped down beside Uranus.

"Two little girls, I doubt you can even hurt me!" Magyar bragged. One moment, he was there and the next gone. Uranus and Neptune looked around but every time he seemed to appear, he disappeared just as quickly. Suddenly, Uranus heard Neptune cry out. The girl fell forward and Uranus let out a roar as she dove toward Magyar. He disappeared, only to appear behind her and knock her into a wall.

"World Shaking!" A voice cried out from behind the rubble. A golden ball flew toward Magyar and hit him in the chest. He slammed into another building. Meanwhile Hau was walking toward Neptune who was starting to get up. He put his foot on her back and she gasped.

"Ah, ah, ah, can't have you helping her now can I?" Mugeno laughed and crossed his arms. Hau turned to smirk at him but didn't say anything.

"She's a pretty one. I want her heart." Mugeno said, looking at Hau.

"You can have the butch one's heart." Hau said, as Uranus screamed again.

"Uranus…" Neptune croaked. Even though Hau had his foot on her, while he was talking to Mugeno he was not pressing as hard. She moved out from under him and stood up. Hau looked up and Neptune whispered, "Deep Submerge!" Hau's angry cry made Magyar turn around and Uranus used that moment to punch him in the face. She tried to stab him but he knocked her against another wall. This time however, Uranus did not get up.

"URANUS!" Neptune cried. Mugeno knocked Neptune out with the back of his hand and picked her up. By the time, Uranus had gotten out of the rubble; the Dark Horse was gone.

____

"They failed." Pluto said, softly. She stepped out to meet them as they walked toward the heart of Crystal Tokyo. Saturn was still hidden, Pluto would only call her out when she was ready. When the three demons came, her eyes narrowed and she saw that one of them held Neptune.

"Stop, right there! You may not pass!" Pluto yelled.

"Another one…" Hau sounded bored, "Get out of our way unless you want to have the same fate as this one."

"Dead Scream!" Pluto yelled. Unlike Magyar, Hau could not knock the blast out of the way and it hit him hard. He felt to his knees. Neptune's attack had hit him face on and he couldn't take another blast. Eros Knight focused on the demon who got hit. He smiled slowly pulled back his arrow and whispered, "Eros Arrow Shock!"

Seemingly out of nowhere, Hau is turned to dust by an arrow. Magyar blasts Pluto with dark power and she screamed. The time senshi fell backward it seemed and Saturn who stood in the shadows rushed forward. Magyar blasted her and she cried out.

"Eros Arrow Shock!" The arrow flew through the air toward Magyar but Mugeno jumped up in the air and caught the arrow. He screamed when it burned his hand but it did not hit Magyar.

"Come out, little one. Magyar won't hurt you much!" Mugeno laughed as Eros stepped out of the shadows. While they were watching Eros make his way down to where they were. Saturn moved fast and with a savage grin, she impaled Mugeno in his chest. Mugeno's eyes widened and his mouth opened but nothing came out. Magyar grabbed her up and threw her against Pluto. He grabbed her glaive and threw it at her. Saturn caught it and glared at him.

"I will have that crystal!" Magyar yelled. He disappeared, leaving a shocked Pluto and Saturn. Mugeno had been gagging on his own blood but by the time Magyar had disappeared he was dead.

"Get up, Pluto and Saturn." Eros said, as he jumped down and ran after Magyar. "Apollo is by himself."

___

Galatea grinned at Apollo when she had popped up next to him. He was still trying to figure out how he had snuck up behind him without him knowing. When he had asked, she had grinned and told him that it was a secret.

"I couldn't leave you by yourself." Galatea said, with a wink. "Too bad you're taken though."

Apollo laughed, "I'm glad that you are here."

"Shhh, here they come." Apollo's eyes narrowed as Magyar walked near they hid.

"I know that there are some senshi snacks here, come out little ones!"

"Stop right there!" Galatea said, stepping out. Magyar grinned and looked at her up and down.

"I will eat you first, now where is that pretty little friend of yours?" Apollo stepped out as well, glancing quickly at Galatea. He wondered what she would try to do and how they could stop him without more help.

"I'm right here."

"Good." Magyar raised his hands and fired a blast of dark light at them. Apollo leaped out of the way and Galatea jumped back. He grinned then started firing repeatedly at them.

"Tsunami Sea Crush!" Galatea cried out. The attack wasn't strong but it would give Apollo and her sometime to figure out how to destroy him. He turned toward the attack and raised his hands. It bounced off of him and hit Galatea. She was slammed against a wall, soaking wet. She immediately passed out.

"So much for her!" Magyar said, laughing. "Couldn't even take her own attack!"

"YOU BASTARD!" Apollo yelled. "Apollo's Rage!" Apollo seemed to glow like the sun and the smile fell off of Magyar's face. A huge fireball floated over Apollo's head and his eyes burned like fire. Magyar went to run and the fireball turned him into ashes. Apollo fainted and turned back into Sebastian.

____

Galatea opened her eyes to see a tearful Vela leaning over her. She reached up and grabbed her sister, sobbing into the girl's chest. Vela smiled and patted her back trying to calm her down. Meanwhile, Javan was gently holding his lover, shock ridden all over his face.

"Is he alive?" Vela asked.

"Yes. He must have used a lot of power in that last attack. Is your sister going to be okay?"

"I think so, don't worry about her."

"Come on, Vela. We still have to meet up with Saturn and Pluto, I believe that they are ahead." Javan picked up Sebastian and they went to catch up with Saturn and Pluto.

____

"He is so strong! I think his power rivals yours, Saturn." Pluto said, looking at her.

Saturn simply nodded, "Lay him down and I will heal him." Javan did what he was told and Saturn knelt beside him. She immediately changed back to Hotaru and gently touched his forehead. She closed her eyes and slowly Sebastian stirred.

"Wait!" Pluto said, grabbing Javan before he could hug him. "She's not finished healing him…"

"Ugh!" Sebastian jumped up and scrambled away from them. It took a moment for him to adjust before he looked at them and said, "Javan?"

"Right here, baby." Javan said, sitting down next to him.

"Oh good." Sebastian said, softly.

"The last demon was killed." Galatea said, sleepily. "The crystal should be safe."

"That's good to hear." Mars said, moving toward them. "Do you guys need any help?"

"No, we are okay now." Vela said. "Let's get back to the palace."

____

At the Palace…

"Thank you all." Neo Queen Serenity said. "And I want to apologize…I was angry because none of my senshi and I had felt these demons."

"You believed that you were safe." Mizuto said. Teku leaned against the boy, a serious look on his face. He looked up at him and nodded.

"You should start looking around your city and paying more attention to what's really going on." Teku added. "You have more than enough senshi so that some of them could live in the city and report to you what goes on."

"That's a pretty good idea." Yoake said. "You also have the technology to keep watch on the city without alerting the people. After all, there will always be someone who goes after your crystal."

"Those are both very good ideas." Serenity replied. "We will keep them in mind."

"Not only should you keep them in mind but you should do them as well. For your safety and the safety of the people you and the senshi protect." Destiny said.

"It's up to you and your husband." Mizuto said.

"Will you stay, Sebastian and Javan?" Mercury asked.

"No, I want to go back to my home planet and I want to take Sebastian too. What about you from the ATS?"

"I like my solitude." Yoake said.

"And we have planets to run." Destiny replied.

"I think I would like to stay. After all you never know when I am needed again." Marina said, looking around.

"We are going to stay too." Mizuto said. "You don't mind do you sis?" Shiko smiled and shook her head, "I knew you might have wanted to stay. Crystal Tokyo is a nice place."

"Maura and I are going back to Star Maiden." Taiyo said. "It's our home."

"We are going back with you." Yamiko and Hinata said, grinning.

"I go where Mizu-chan goes." Teku said, reaching for his hand.

"You are more than welcome to stay." Neo Queen Serenity said, smiling. "Welcome to Crystal Tokyo." Smiles were exchanged and someone clapped. Hugs and in some cases kisses were exchanged and the others who were leaving followed after Sailor Pluto. After they were gone, the queen turned back to the senshi that were left.

"We are going to put these things into effect as soon as we can. Those senshi who are staying, will you help us?"

"Of course." Mizuto said. "That's part of the reason why we are here."

____

Queen Krystalline was waiting for them at Aurora's when they arrived. The members of the ATS that had came from Crystal Tokyo greeted her warmly.

"All is safe now?" she asked.

"Yes, finally all is very safe." Yamiko said.

"By the way, how did you get into the palace? I thought no one could use the portal." Yoake said, glaring at her.

"Don't give me that look…Sailor Tokei is a direct descendant of Pluto and it was her who let me in here. You don't have a problem with that, do you?"

"No, your Highness." Yoake said, quietly.

"Do you know why I made you leader of the ATS?"

"Because you didn't have time to lead them yourself."

"No. Because I thought that under someone they would have a better chance at defending the universe. I had since decided to strip you of that power…"

"But why?" Yoake asked.

"You have gotten too full of yourself. You have undermined the other members of the ATS time and time again." The Mecha Senshi exchanged looks and smiled. Maura didn't change expression but she did step forward.

"Are you willing to give it over, Yoake?" Maura asked, quietly. Yoake looked angry and didn't speak. The others waited for her to say something.

"This is the best thing for now." Ai spoke. "It will only be forever if-"

"It will be forever. I gave you several chances and you have failed, Yoake." Krystalline said.

"I will give it over without a fight. But I ask for one thing, Krystalline…"

"What is it?"

"Seal me away. Let me live alone."

"Are you sure you want that?"

"Yes."

"TOKEI!" The violet haired senshi appeared and looked at Krystalline.

"You bellowed?" she asked. Krystalline's lips turned in a smile but she quickly changed her expression. The young time senshi blushed and looked at the ground.

"She wants to be sealed away."

"There is only one way to do." Tokei said, seriously. "Do you want to be cut off permanently?"

"Yes." Yoake said.

"I won't do that." Tokei replied. "However I will seal you off from everyone else."

"Just take care of it." Krystalline said, turning away. She and the others left without saying goodbye. Once they were gone, Tokei shook her head and said, "Go take a nap, when you wake up you will be alone."

"Thank you."

"You aren't welcome…" Tokei said, leaving her alone. `Yoake, you will regret this…'

The End