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Outside the Stadium/ Carpark

Running down the corridor from where Sailor Moon stood, Kira's figure disappeared into the darkness, as she turned a corner, then another. Not really thinking about where she was going to end up, Kira came to a stop, it was a dead end with a fire exit. Running on adrenaline still, there was a leaver that she pushed down, and gave it a forceful open. The alarm in the building went off, glancing at one of the speakers that was on the ceiling, Kira looked back at the door and opened it further as she stepped outside, only to come to an abrupt stop.

Bodies

Bodies were everywhere on the ground, from people who were running out of the stadium and had their energy sucked right out of them. Kira felt like she turned a bit blue in the face, as the horrified expression was spread tightly across her features as she gasped.
"Oh my god..... s**t....are these...d-dead people?!" she thought, scanning the whole area. Her heart skipped a few beats as there were thousands of people passed out on the ground, and it wasn't long before Kira looked into the distance at the culprit, the youma.
Kira's body was once again stiff as she stood there like a deer in headlights, what would she usually do if something bad happened? She would call her best friend of course. Taking out her phone, Kira noticed how her hands were shaking from the amount of shock she had endured, but putting that aside as much as she could, she managed to press call and then placed the phone up to her ear. "Pick up...please...Li, pick up..."
Unknown to Kira, Liara...or rather Sailor Star Catcher... was busy doing other things and did not answer.
"...What the hell do I do now?" Kira thought, stepping out, then leaning down to the nearest civilian, and checking on them.
"They're breathing..." A bit of relief was exhaled through the archer's mouth, as she stood up again and looked towards the youma. "So... that's the youma? the youma that did this?" she thought again, stepping further out into the open. It wasn't long until Kira heard what sounded like a mass amount of running footsteps, which made Kira move away from the door and make another run for it, jumping here and there over the people to get away from the other Senshi, as far away as she could. Hiding around the back, she leaned against the wall, then poked her head out to watch the youma. In the distance, she saw tiny small figures moving around it. It appeared some of the Sailor Senshi had begun to attack, which caused Kira to continue to watch in awe.

Kira momentarily forgot about her most shocking discovery, which made her lose focus on the target, thinking about the memories she had received, now that she had a chance to stop and think about it. Looking at the ground, the archer began to space out a little bit as everything around her became like noise-canceling headphones.
It wasn't long before Kira had come back to reality when she felt something wrap around her leg, and her body began to sink into the ground, triggering another blue-glow from her body as if the youma was sucking the life out of her. "..Huh? AH!"
The archer gasped and gritted her teeth feeling the youma pulling her into what felt like sinking sand, or rather a black hole. Kira looked up to see a bigger version of the youma still in the distance, however, it seemed to be facing Kira, looking straight at her like it knew it was attacking her.
"They can multiply?!" Kira said out loud, using her other foot to kick the youma off her, but it was stuck to her like glue. Now noticing the blue aura, Kira could see whatever it was emitting from her was being pulled into the youma, making it grow more and grow.
Kira--no Princess Nova was stuck on what to do, she couldn't call anyone, and she had run too far for the other Sailor Senshi to catch up in time, however, there was already someone that returned to earth, and who happened to be sent right where Kira was.

"Moon Gorgeous Meditation!" a voice called out, and the attack hit the youma, but as expected, it sent Kira and the youma apart, which left Kira into a tumble roll from the attack away from where she was.
The archer pushed herself up only to see who it was that did that attack, it was Chibi Moon!
"Another Sailor Senshi?!" Kira exclaimed, exactly how many were there? Surely by now, the small explosion would have alerted a few to go in that direction.
Running to Kira's side, Chibi Moon was glad to see Kira was okay. "Are you hurt?" she asked, worried.
Kira sat up and checked herself over, everything seemed fine. "I'm fine... nothing hurts." The archer threaded her fingers through her long hair to detangle any knots, and realized the rose was gone. "The rose?! Where did it go?!" Kira gasped, and her eyes scanned everywhere in a panic. It fell out of her hair mid-tumble, thankfully it wasn't damaged. Chibi Moon looked a bit confused, and looked over to where she had seen something where the youma was "That there?"
Pushing herself up off the ground, Kira immediately ran towards it, but the youma that was hit moments ago wanted revenge, and so it emerged from the ground where Kira's shoe had touched the concrete, it was too late to stop, and Kira had to launch herself towards the ground to pick up the rose, bundling it in both hands so it was protected, but by the time that happened the youma's unnatural arm went to reach for Kira again, but instead got the side of her ribcage, which pieced through her t-shirt and hit her ribs. The powerful smack had sent the archer into another tumble roll from mid-air, however this time Kira did not recover from such a fall as it was higher up she was thrown, and the impact of the attack left her unconscious, but conscious enough that she was still holding onto the rose with both her hands held closely to her chest. While she was in mid-air, her phone fell from her pocket and hit the ground, unknown if that was okay or not, Kira didn't care, and if she had to pick, she would have still chosen the yellow rose to save regardless.
Kira could have helped herself if she wasn't holding onto the rose, having both hands free she would have been able to land better, but the fatal fall had knocked her out, and her body did not have the strength to fight at this stage.

As soon as Kira got up after Chibi Moon pointed out the rose, Chibi Moon didn't actually think Kira would go for it.



Standing back up, Chibi Moon had once again seen the youma appear from the ground again as she screamed "WATCH OUT!!!" but her voice wasn't heard by Kira, and caused Chibi Moon to run to Kira after she got hit and see if she was okay, kneeling down beside Kira as she went to shake her but the archer was out cold. Turning her head, she could see the youma about to make another attack but was blasted by a familiar attack from the other side.



"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!!" Eternal Sailor Moon's attack seemed to blow the youma up, for now as it turned into a liquid and then disappeared. Unsure who's name to say first, Sailor Moon ran towards Chibi Moon and Kira and dropped her staff as she knelt down on the other side of Chibi Moon. "Kira-chan!? Chibi Moon?! What are you doing here?"
Luna finally managed to catch up to see the ending of Sailor Moon chanting her attack, but stopped as a small kitten darted out in front of her "Mama!" it was Diana, Chibi Moon's kitten.
A bit shocked to see her daughter, let alone Chibi Moon, Luna watched as Sailor Moon asked what Luna was about to ask. Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus ran around the corner to witness the after battle, and approached Sailor Moon, Luna, Chibi Moon, and Diana.
"Mama told Diana and I that we were needed here to help out, she told us about the Zodiac Senshi, and that she could feel a trace of the Celestial Princess somewhere, when we came, we were transported right where we had seen this girl get attacked." Looking down at Kira, it was rather strange Chibi Moon ended up in the location of where Kira was.
Sailor Moon didn't take her eyes off Kira, and moved the upper part of her body so the archer's head was sitting comfortably on Sailor Moon's lap as she didn't want her head to touch the ground. "...This is Kira-chan... she is a Zodiac Senshi..." Sailor Moon answered, moving the loose strands of hair off her sleeping face. It wasn't until then Sailor Moon noticed the side of her ribcage was exposed, noticing the graze on her skin. "What happened to her?" not really noticing any of the others had arrived.
Chibi Moon frowned and answered "She said something about a yellow rose, and..." Chibi Moon gazed at Kira's hands which were still cupped together, but you couldn't see what was inside. "She wanted the yellow rose for some reason and went to get it, the youma got to her before I could do anything. I'm sorry, Sailor Moon. I couldn't do anything to protect her."

Knowing some ears would be burning, hearing that. Sailor Moon lifted one of her hands gently from holding onto her and glided her hand over Kira's hands trying to see if what was inside she had been protecting was okay. "Kira-chan... your grip..." Sailor Moon thought, amazed at the archer's subconscious mind and how strong she was, even being asleep. Kira's whole body was like a ragdoll, except her hands which seemed to have more strength than her body. Even though Kira was asleep, her mind was still strong enough to hold onto something and protect it. Kira needed healing, which thankfully one of the Sailor Senshi would be able to do, Sailor Saturn.
"How... is Kira doing? Can we do anything?" Sailor Jupiter asked, which made Sailor Moon look up at her.



"I'm not sure, she is breathing but...it's hard to say until she wakes up..." Looking back at the archer, Sailor Moon was worried about other things regarding Kira.

Princess Nova's awakening had started a chain reaction, to the other Zodiacs, to the other Starlights. Sailor Star Catcher was hovering in mid-air about to continue to attack the youma when she felt a wave of the Princess Nova's energy being released. How? When? Where? It was hard to figure that out since everything seemed to be going on at the same time, hesitating, Star Catcher couldn't help but have this feeling that Kira was in danger.

It was a heavy burden for sure, watching the Zodiac Senshi have her memories return, but why did it feel so heavy? The weight of the world, just like Princess Kakyuu and Princess Serenity have.
Star Fighter gritted her teeth, as she felt the ground under them move. Her gaze shifted to Sailor Mars who looked like she had it worse. "Sailor Mars!" Star Fighter thought then approached Mars, holding onto her arm. "What the hell is this power? That girl?!"

Seeing Sailor Neptune was also struggling, Sailor Uranus gripped Sailor Neptune's hand, letting her know she was there for her. The feeling and attention in the room went back towards Kira.
The moment came and went, and a sharp gasp came from Kira's mouth as she stumbled backwards in shock, her hand held onto the doorframe for a moment before anyone could stop her as she fled the scene, she was gone. Sailor Moon was the first to chase her.

Watching Sailor Moon run after her, Star Fighter went to follow, naturally. Looking over at the oldest Starlight, Healer, Star Fighter wondered why she seemed hesitant to go after the person she cared about, maybe that was a question for later.
In that short amount of time, Sailor Moon's voice was heard again as she called out to Kira.

"Kira-chan?! Wait!"
"Stay away!"

This instantly prompted the group to run out into the corridor where they had seen Sailor Moon's back to them as winged Senshi watched Kira disappear into the darkness.
Luna ran out and asked where Kira went, but the tone in Sailor Moon's was concerned, and she was upset for her new friend. Sailor Moon took off again, with Luna stopping anyone else from following, telling the group to go after the youma, but the youma seemed to make its way to them.

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There was a loud explosion which made everyone run towards the exit Luna and Sailor Moon went out, and it was easy to follow the trail of debris from the ground which went into smoke, up into the air. Stopping to get her bearings, Star Fighter watched Sailor Mars follow the group, looking at Star Healer, there was just something about that explosion that felt like Kira was involved somehow, and her worry grew more.

”Let’s go.” Jumping up into the air, Star Fighter made herself like a shooting star to get there faster, landing on the ground and running up to Sailor Moon who was holding onto Kira causing Star Fighter to suddenly stop, displaying shock seeing such a lively character bashed up by the youma. Once Star Healer had caught up, the Starlight didn't need to see the look on her face to know Healer was like a deer in headlights.

"...This is Kira-chan... she is a Zodiac Senshi.........what happened to her?"
"She said something about a yellow rose, and..."
The mention of the yellow rose was enough to get an idea of what happened. "She wanted the yellow rose for some reason and went to get it, the youma got to her before I could do anything. I'm sorry, Sailor Moon. The girl said.

"Healer, Go, Kira needs you." Star Fighter said, giving her the verbal okay and nudge to get her to move or do something other then stand there. Knowing Star Healer was loyal to the Starlights only because that was what she was accustomed to doing, and very rarely leaving their side.



"Healer, you don't need permission to be with the one you love." she thought to herself taking hold of Rei's hand, pulling her gently to follow as she took a few steps closer to Sailor Moon.
For a moment, Star Fighter lost concentration on what was in front of her as she got a strange feeling like they were being watched, the main youma was at a distance away but it seemed to be getting closer to them slowly - it wasn't that, it was a presence similar to them.
Artemis followed with Sailor Mercury and watched everything play out, he noticed the youma getting closer and spoke up.



"That youma is after Kira, that power we felt before... that is what it is after. We need to get her away from the area." Looking at Kira's injuries, it was going to be hard to move her in her current state, she needed to be healed a bit first. Artemis walked over to Luna and spoke. "Is there any other way we can get Kira to transform? The youma... or however many there are will keep coming after her, she can't seem to control her powers for much longer, it's concerning." Pausing, he looked over to the injured girl. "Kira...has far more magic than a Sailor Senshi..." commenting on the room they were in before, it wasn't a normal awakening, it was greater than that.



Sailor Uranus looked towards the youma, and then at Sailor Saturn. "We have a bit of time, we can keep an eye on it while you heal Kira, depending on how bad her injuries are." There was no sign of blood, just a graze but she started to get bruising in the exposed area that tore her shirt a little, that alone was enough to know she was hurt internally. "We'll keep guard, we--" pausing mid-way, someone was nearby, watching. "There's another presence nearby..." Even though she said it, Star Fighter was already fully aware of it. "I know. We're being watched." she said, looking at Sailor Mars for a moment and wondered if she noticed too.

The Outers stood spread out a little, keeping an eye on the youma, except Sailor Saturn who went to aid Kira, along with Sailor Mercury.

Sailor Saturn had looked after Sailor Moon as she followed Kira but shortly after she too ran out the door as Jupiter and Venus followed Sailor Moon but Luna stopped them and told the others to go after the youma after the blast shook the structure. She nodded lightly and once they were outside as she saw the blast of energy from Sailor Moon’s attack and followed Sailor Mars. Upon arriving at the scene she heard her best friend explain what happened. Sailor Saturn knelt down beside Sailor Chibimoon and gave her a quick hug since it looked like she needed it. "It’s not your fault Sailor Chibimoon. You couldn’t have known she was going to go for the rose. It’s also good to see you again." While Sailor Saturn comforted Sailor Chibimoon Sailor Moon shifted Kira over to Sailor Star Healer. Sailor Saturn released Chibimoon and smiled at her friend and then looked up at Sailor Uranus. "Give me as much time as you can and I will heal what I can in the time you are able to give us. I can protect everyone here if you need the others and the youma gets too close." She explained.



She looked over at Mercury. "Sailor Mercury can you run an analysis on her injury? Would you be able to tell me when I need to stop healing? That would be helpful as it’s a little more tricky if the injury is under the skin." She explained to her as she laid her Silence Glaive on the ground beside her. "Sailor Chibimoon if you aren’t going with Sailor Moon can you be my eyes for the area around us in case the youma gets too close or for any large debris? That way I can put up my barrier to keep us safe." She questioned her.

Sailor Neptune felt the heavy feeling that Sailor Mars was feeling too. She breathed slowly for a moment as her body felt heavy and she slowly knelt on the ground. "I did. What in the world was that?" She answered Sailor Mars and questioned aloud not to anyone in particular. She looked up at Sailor Uranus who was clutching her hand. After it passed she stood up carefully but gracefully. "That was intense. I'm fine now." Once they were out of the lounge a loud explosion ripped through the air. She took off running with the other senshi and once they heard the explanation from Sailor Chibimoon. "We have your back Sailor Saturn. Take care of Kira."

Sailor Saturn nodded. "Thank you Sailor Neptune! I will take care of her." As she waited for Sailor Mercury’s analysis before she started to heal her.

Sailor Moon had been listening to the chatter among the group, along with Chibi Moon, Luna, Diana, and Star Maker who stood beside her leader. Hearing Star Fighter give the okay to go be with Kira, Star Healer bolted like lighting and within seconds she was sitting down opposite Sailor Moon. Taking hold of Kira's lifeless body, and holding it closely, anyone would think Kira had died.
"She feels responsible for what happened to Kira..." Star Maker thought, frowning as she watched Star Healer's tears stream down her face, she could tell Healer was angry, but her worry was more obvious.

Chibi Moon of course was happy to see Sailor Saturn, and returned the hug. Hearing Sailor Saturn tell Chibi Moon it wasn't her fault made the pink-haired girl frown. "I didn't know she was a Sailor Senshi either..."



Luna nodded, agreeing with Artemis. "Only Kira can transform, and we need her to otherwise it's not just an overflow of magic, she could... die... if she keeps holding back. Think of it like when you fill a cup with water, or even when you shake a fizzy bottle and drop it... her body can only handle so much."
"Leave Kira-chan alone, didn't you see her face when we told her? You can't force someone to transform, that's just cruel! Let her do it in her own time!" Not liking having to push Kira into a corner like that made Sailor Moon unhappy.
Looking at Star Healer, she had wanted to take hold of Kira, so carefully Sailor Moon lifted her body off herself and rested Kira the same way, having her head on Star Healer's lap. Now that Sailor Moon was able to move around, she stood up but only to hear the soft voice speak to Kira.



Star Healer hoped Kira would come to life, but sadly she was still asleep, still holding onto her hands protecting something inside.



Saddened, Sailor Moon looked towards the youma. "Sailor Saturn, Sailor Mercury, we'll cover for you, please heal Kira-chan!" holding her hand out, her Eternal Tiare appeared and she took the long staff and held it.
Sailor Saturn and Sailor Mercury sat on either side of Kira, which then caused Sailor Moon to speak up.
"It's our duty to defeat the youma, we won't let anyone else get hurt!"

More chatter was heard within the group, and Sailor Mercury had finished analyzing Kira's condition, as expected, it wasn't good





They weren't to know what Kira was capable of, and if she were awake, she would prove them wrong in a heartbeat. Kira had plans to go to her tournament, she had never missed one before.



Turning towards Star Healer, she could see she wasn't going to help with this fight, Sailor Moon was about to speak but heard a ticking sound?---no... it maybe it was something spinning? It got louder and louder and already Sailor Uranus and Star Fighter had noticed it. Everyone was so focused on the youma that it was only then they noticed the figure's bright red glow of the figure's attack rotating.

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The Unknown Starlight's figure glided around the youma, as she had attacked it a few times. About to summon another round of spheres from her hands, she stopped and landed on top of a building. It was Kira and her awakening that caused the sudden pause from the Starlight.
The presence of Princess Nova felt like a wave that calmly called to her. It was a warm feeling surrounding the Starlight, like an invisible hug, an embrace. The Starlight, Sailor Star Catcher froze as her heart sunk back into her stomach and the cold returned to her body. "....Princess Nova...?" she thought to herself, but for some reason, she couldn't help but feel Kira was in danger. Tapping the side of her headset, she had a message from Kira which was left unplayed due to her fighting the youma, the Starlight didn't have time to check it at that point, not thinking about how serious it was in hopes Kira listened to her.


Kira's voice message the headset managed to capture. Instantly, the Starlight felt bad for not answering her best friend, and now, she's injured, was that her fault?

There was a loud bang in the distance and the timing from listening to the voice message to what was currently happening now still involved the archer. Star Catcher had this horrible gut feeling and looked into the distance as she saw a large dust of smoke go into the air like a signal.
Looking at the youma, even its attention was facing in the direction of where the smoke was, and began to make its way there slowly. The youma was large, bigger than a three-story building. Having this sinking feeling something was wrong she whispered "Kira..." before taking off like a red shooting star.

By the time Star Catcher got there, a large crowd of Sailor Senshi gathered in one area, one person cried out Kira's name and ran to her. There was chatter among the group and Star Catcher slowly hovered in mid-air towards them, her attack spheres were still spinning around her hands at a rapid pace, she was more focused on the conversation regarding Kira's condition than what she was doing. Hearing she needed medical attention was enough for her to see what happened to her best friend, allowing herself to be seen from the moonlight.



To the group - The woman's body was only a silhouette as it was dark, but her attack glowed lighting up the edges of her body, making what she was wearing a bit familiar to the group.
As round tennis ball-sized orbs rapidly spun around each hand making a 'spinning' sound effect as she hovered very slowly down towards the ground. Sailor Moon just summoned her Eternal Tiare and Star Healer had announced she wasn't leaving Kira's side.
The sound was now more obvious enough for Luna and Artemis to look up into the distance ahead to see someone watching them. Standing up, Luna spoke first, addressing the Starlight. "Who are you?!" making the rest of the group aware there was someone there, watching.




Sailor Moon turned around and watched as the figure's bright emerald green eyes looked past her, and everyone else to only look at Kira. Instantly, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus stepped out in front of Sailor Moon to protect their Princess, and everyone else became in a defensive stance.



"...Kira's friend." the voice answered in return to Luna's question. Coming out of the darkness, the lights around the stadium showed her full figure. A Starlight approached the group as her heels touched the ground from her hovering. Sailor Moon fully turned to face the Starlight as the figure stopped walking, noticing there was a barrier that divided her and the group up. "You're... a Sailor Senshi?!" exclaimed Sailor Moon, stating the obvious. The Starlight was about as tall as Star Maker, however, she seemed to look a few years older than most of the group, besides Sailor Pluto who was the same age as her.
"That's correct." she said, then questioned them in return. "...What happened to Kira?" her voice was calm, she knew there was one of her and over ten of the others, plus a youma nearby, she didn't want to aggravate the situation, but also still kept on the defensive herself.
Luna was able to see the Starlight approach them but she stopped at the barrier, which she was about five meters away from Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter who were at the edge. "Kira was attacked by a youma." Luna answered, then turned around to face Sailor Saturn. "Please, Sailor Saturn, lower the barrier for a moment." then looked back at the Starlight who gazed down at the talking cat.
"Saturn? Planetary Senshi?" she thought to herself as she glanced up, one by one looking at each Sailor Senshi and noticing their attire was different from each other and her own. "...Who are you all? Kira never mentioned she knew Sailor Senshi..." she commented, wondering why they had Kira in the first place.
"We only just met Kira-chan, today." Sailor Moon answered
"Kira'-chan?'" the Starlight instantly thought, (( -chan is only used by someone who is well known or considered a friend)) The winged Senshi continued to speak "I'm Sailor Moon, these are my friends, we are Kira-chan's friends."
"Sailor Moon?...Friends?" She had heard that name before, and her attack still rotating around her hands suddenly disappeared. "You mean you are Princess Serenity?"
Nodding, Sailor Moon watched the Starlight subside her attack, which then caused a few of the others to copy, the Starlight seemed she wasn't a threat to them, to their Princess.
"I am.. and you're... a Starlight?" Stating the obvious again, the woman answered "A Zodiac Starlight, to be exact." She politely corrected Sailor Moon, dividing the type of Senshi she was to the other three Starlights.
Luna seemed a bit more relaxed to know that one of the Zodiac Starlights had arrived other than Kira which caused her to speak up. "We have heard a bit about the Zodiac Senshi, and Starlights from our Queen. Kira has suffered a lot of damage... Sailor Mercury and Sailor Saturn are healing her now, we put this barrier up to any youma from entering." she explained, seeming more open than before.
"I see. I apologize for how I came across before...I-"
Feeling the warmth of Sailor Moon's hand take hold of the Starlights hand to pull her inside, the barrier could now be put back up to protect them, as soon as she let go, the Starlight had gotten a better view of her best friend who was laying on Star Healer. Worry was displayed on the woman's features as this prompted the Starlight to get closer to her, taking a few steps. At first, she was shocked to see Kira in such a bad way, but she had to toughen up fast. Now approaching the two, the Starlight knelt down, she hadn't acknowledged the Starlight who was holding her yet, but took her gloved hand and placed it on Kira's forehead like she knew exactly where to touch first.
"Kira... It's Liara... I'm here for you."



Sailor Moon overheard the Starlight openly speak her identity and spoke up. "W-Wait--You're Liara-chan?" exclaimed Sailor Moon, not expecting Liara to be one of them.
Breaking her gaze from Kira, the Starlight looked up at Sailor Moon, noticing how she said her name. "...That's my earth name, my actual name is Sailor Star Catcher... how do you--"
"Li..." a mumble came from Kira, it was very quiet, but her voice stopped the Starlight from finishing her sentence as she looked back at Kira. "It's okay, Kira, you'll be okay. I'm right here." she said softly.
Kira knew Liara's voice the most and seemed to be in and out of consciousness. Sitting back a little, Star Catcher seemed a bit more relieved and it wasn't until then she noticed the Starlight holding onto Kira and the vibe she gave off, she was upset and angry like she was, but Star Catcher was distracted by Sailor Moon's voice. "Liara-chan... Kira-chan is holding onto I think a rose... Chibi Moon said that was the last thing Kira spoke of but I can't seem to get to it to see if it's okay, she has such a strong grip on it...even though she isn't conscious..."
Liara looked at Sailor Moon then had what Kira was holding. Taking her gloved hand off Kira's forehead, she leaned in closer and took both her hands on Kira's, and spoke in a firm clear voice. "Kira, I just want to check the rose--" and just like that Kira had relaxed her hands, allowing her to see what it was. "...A yellow rose?" The Starlight questioned out loud.
"....safe...?" Kira mumbled as if she was trying to ask if it was okay.
"Yes... Kira, but you're not. Save your strength, please." Feeling pent-up anger from Kira's unthinkable actions, the Starlight was quite good at putting on an act and remaining calm to the rest of the group.
"Wasn't this... one of the flowers she was given by the Three Lights...?" she asked, taking the rose from Kira's grasp gently to look at it.
That seemed to be quite a sensitive subject, maybe for Star Healer to talk about at this stage, but it seemed only Luna, Sailor Moon, and Star Catcher were speaking while the rest of the group listened while keeping an eye on the youma and healing Kira.
"Y-Yes... we were part of that group that was with Kira-chan when you called... aahh... it uhh... was one of the Three Lights that gave... that to her..." she said, looking at Star Healer, then back at Liara as she struggled to finish her sentence.
Now realizing the group of friends Kira made friends with, was the Sailor Senshi, Liara was quite smart and put two and two together as she nodded, understanding the situation a bit better. "And... the Three Lights? Kira was worried about them before she hung up." Liara was just asking what happened to them, knowing Kira might ask later.
What Liara didn't know, Kira already knew.
This now prompted Star Maker to finally speak up. "They're fine..." her eyes gazed at Star Catchers, then towards Star Healer almost as if Star Maker had purposely done that. There was a moment of silence which made Star Catcher look at Star Healer, and triggered a memory, something Kira said to her.

"Lili ~ did you know you and Yaten have the same eye color?! See? Look at this picture of him!" Her bubbly voice rang through her mind, and the more she looked at Star Healer, the more she looked like one of the Three Lights.

Liara watched their performance and saw what was shown on live TV, and for some reason, she couldn't help but connect the dots and the way both Yaten and Star Healer had acted towards Kira in the short amount of time she had seen them. She didn't mean to stare at Healer for that long, she managed to look back at Kira once Healer had noticed (at any point)
"Um...your earrings... is that a symbol for something?" Sailor Moon's voice distracted Star Catcher's thoughts on who Star Healer was like an old static film in her mind, answering her in a monotone voice, not really thinking about what she was saying to the winged Senshi. "The other Zodiac Starlights and I were given these by Princess Nova, it's her symbol."
The winged Senshi didn't know how to process that information, she needed to be sure before speaking up as she thought to herself. "How can that be? Kira-chan? That symbol...are you...?" She sat there quietly, deep in thought, thinking over and over about what she saw on Kira's forehead not long ago. Star Catcher looked back at the sleeping archer, and then looked at Star Healer, into her green emerald eyes. "About Kira... we need to move her somewhere safe... I know her personally and I know where she lives... I can take her home and stay with her. I'm sorry that she has caused worry." she softly said, being gentle about her approach, Star Catcher could feel how emotionally attached Star Healer seemed to be, especially after witnessing her placing a kiss on Kira's lips. Star Maker took a few steps and stood behind Star Healer since the two were sitting opposite each other, she could easily speak directly to the other Starlight. "Star Healer isn't in any condition to fight with us, for her own sake, and Kira's... let her go with you."
Looking up at Star Maker, her gaze then shifted to Star Fighter, who was also listening in, the two stared at each other as she narrowed her eyes at Star Fighter who stood in the distance, for some reason she seemed to be glaring a little at the Zodiac Starlight. "So the one in front of me is called Star Healer and...that must be their Leader over there..." she thought to herself, then back at the Starlight who seemed to have stood up for Star Healer's emotional state. "...That's fine... but I'll carry Kira. We can go once..." pausing, she didn't really know their names yet but continued "Kira is safe to move." trying to compromise with the other Starlights, moreso Healer.

The leader began to walk over, then said something that took the Starlight by surprise a little bit.



"I would have played them off as the Three Light's sisters or something... not actually them." she thought to herself, thinking how much of a fan Kira was. Things made much more sense to her and the way the Starlight had suddenly taken interest in Kira, there was more background to that, Star Healer being Yaten, the one who was on stage with her majority of the time.
Star Catcher had to think about it for a moment, then spoke up. "Sailor Sagittarius?...how interesting you said that. Hmm, makes me wonder what she will be like when she wakes up, knowing who you are, you know her room is a Three Lights shrine, it'll scare you away. She's obsessed, that's probably why she did such a reckless thing which got her into this situation." the Starlight slipped out, voicing her frustration a bit.

Listening to all this, Chibi Moon frowned and spoke from the bottom of her heart "I think it's more than just an obsession, it's not an obsession at all. Kira-chan values that rose because she is in love, a rose signifies love and she wanted to protect that. When I saw her awake for the short amount of time, that rose was the only thing she cared about and that it wasn't with her."
The winged Senshi nodded and agreed "Kira-chan loves the Three Lights but I can tell who she loves with that, is the person who gave it to her." Thinking about Mamoru, or rather - Tuxedo Mask, comparing similar situations.




Chibi Moon gazed at the sleeping Kira and mumbled to herself "To risk your life and protect something that can be replaced... is a trait of a Princess..."


"Love?... Kira, is that true?" Star Catcher thought. The Starlight shifted her gaze to Star Healer, Healer had been looking at Kira for most of the time it seemed. "May I ask how did she take that news?" she asked, for reasons.
"Kira didn't say anything." Star Maker replied, then added, "There wasn't enough time to react to such things as she was awoken shortly after."
Star Catcher was looking at Star Maker when she began to answer her question, then the Zodiac Starlight looked back at Kira a bit worried "...I see."



Star Fighter only directed their attention to Star Catcher briefly, as she looked back up at the leader exchanging a stare, then at Artemis who walked up beside Fighter and spoke.


Frowning, Star Catcher didn't really know how to respond to that as such and answered. "Yes... I did feel Princess Nova's presence, moments ago. It led me to here, where I saw you all with Kira." She answered with a pause, then continued. "In regards to her transforming... I had my suspicions she was a Sailor Senshi... but..." Looking at Kira, she leaned in a little and took one of her long locks of hair gently and threaded it through her gloved fingers as she spoke. "Kira doesn't know about me, and who I really am. I haven't transformed since Sailor Galaxia--- well besides coming to Earth... I wanted to give Kira a separate life from that. She mentioned getting headaches and I didn't think much of them until they happened more and more, without her henshin wand she can't do anything. So that's what you gave her, along with the Three Lights ticket? That was your plan?" Liara revealed that she was the person Kira was with, the day Luna gave her that ticket.
Looking towards Luna, who walked over next to Artemis.

"Yes, that's correct. I thought you looked familiar when I saw you." the black cat commented, referring to when Liara was with Kira at the very start. The Starlight nodded, then looked back at Artemis.

"I can try. Kira has been avoiding me a bit lately though, and I think it has something to do with the symbol on her forehead, she can't control her power and I think it's causing a bit of confusion. She has seen my Star Change and Headset and has asked about that before... I could have told her then but it wasn't the right time. Thinking back now, if I knew about this situation then I would have told her, we were both hiding things from each other, I am no better." Star Catcher admitted and sat up straight again. "Kira lives alone, I personally don't agree with that considering what has happened now. Perhaps that is the reason why she moved out... she was afraid I'd find out." wondering a few things. "I am going to have a long... very long conversation with her when she wakes up." she ended and gazed back towards her sleeping friend.

With everyone's transformations complete there was a change in the air. And that air surrounded Kira, the only person who had not transformed. Listening to what Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune directed towards Kira, sounded harsh, especially for someone who was not apart of the Inner nor Outer senshi. He gathered that Kira was always alone whether it was written in the stars that way as life had been planned for her, or perhaps it was a decision made for her. That was uncertain.



At the very moment Tuxedo Mask was considering Kira's aloneness, he saw that Luna had approached her and decided to perform the Lunar Mind Meld, on Kira to awaken her memories. All he and the others could do was take a back seat and watch the powers Luna awakened within Kira. What happened next, wasn't what any of them were aware could happen. It felt as though someone had ripped out the rug from beneath their feet as a surge of power shook the very earth they all stood upon.



'What was that?!' Mamoru thought to himself as he stared in disbelief of such raw power being released! By that time Kira had departed the scene.



"Kira-chan?! Wait!" Perhaps it was the shock of having something possibly hidden on purpose from Kira, to suddenly have light shed on it... by force. Not that Luna purposely wanted to cause harm to Kira. But at that time, she felt that it was necessary to awaken Kira's powers as Sailor Sagittarius. To everyone's surprise, Sailor Moon was the first to chase after Kira. "Sailor Moon!"



Dashing after her in the darkness, it didn't take him long to where he came upon Sailor Moon. Her back was facing him as he approached to walk around to her side, "Sailor Moon?" Tuxedo Mask asked with concern, as he had his staff out before him like a buckler shield to protect any attack (if there was any) nearby. Not sensing anything he returned his attention to his love whom remained silent for the time being.

"Sailor Moon! Where is Kira?! Sailor Moon! What happened?!"
"I...don't... I don't know Luna... I went to stop Kira and... when I came into contact with her... I saw something... different about her... I... can't explain it."

Watching the love of his life, reach up and take a grasp of her brooch concerned the prince a great deal. Lifting his gaze up and over at the other Sailor Scouts who had appeared to be by their princesses side. He shifted his gaze downwards at Luna briefly before looking back upright towards Sailor Moon. She appeared to be looking at something in the distance, which caused him to look somewhere in the direction Usagi was looking at. Within an instant, Sailor Moon was on the move again!

"Sailor Moon!"
"Go after the youma! I'll go after Sailor Moon!"



Tuxedo Mask interjected at that point, "You're not going alone, Luna!" He followed in pursuit behind Luna as the two of them ran desperately after Sailor Moon into the darkness before them. As they approached the end of the tunnel, a brilliant flashing light from outside washed over them. What followed thereafter was the sound of a ear piercing scream.

Were they too late!?

. . .Was he not fast enough to save their princess during duress?

But the scream was NOT from Sailor Moon, nor from Luna. The scent of blood struck his nostrils as the light faded from his eye sight and behold, before them were bodies laying strung about the ground. Lifeless expressions of surprise and agony of civilians laid scattered across the concrete sidewalk and roadway. Coming to an abrupt halt at the sight before them, Tuxedo Mask bent downwards to examine the bodies. "They're not dead.. they're..." Feeling for pulses among several different people along their necks and wrists, "They've been .. drained! As though something has sucked them dry." Almost like a vampire, but no blood was taken from them. Yet the scent of copper lingered in the air, possibly due to the side effects of these people having their energy taken from them by force!

While examining the fallen civilians outside of the concert hall laying in piles across the way, a scream echoed before all of them around the horizon. The scream.. or shout was familiar even from the distance where they all stood.

"WATCH OUT!!!"



The voice screaming out was their futuristic daughter Chibiusa! Chibi Moon was trying to scream in warning toward someone they could not see right away. As the figure of something huge had moved before them advancing over towards a fallen individual!

"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!!"

Sailor Moon's attack appeared to defeat the youma that had been in the process of draining the individual laying on the ground in a steamy heap. As soon as she had finished her attack she ran over towards the two people before her. "Kira-chan!? Chibi Moon?! What are you doing here?"
"Chibi Moon!" He too called out to Chibiusa as he ran up from behind Sailor Moon whom was now kneeling upon the ground. The person who was injured was none other than Kira!

From behind them, a tiny voice could be heard calling out to the others, "Mama!" The prince instantly recognized Diana's voice and turned to see Diana darting over to where Luna came to an abrupt stop along with Sailor Venus, Sailor Jupiter and the rest of the sailor senshi.

"Mama told Diana and I that we were needed here to help out, she told us about the Zodiac Senshi, and that she could feel a trace of the Celestial Princess somewhere, when we came, we were transported right where we had seen this girl get attacked."

'Mama? The prince's eyes widened slightly from behind his mask when he realized Chibiusa was talking about Neo Queen Serenity from the future.

"...This is Kira-chan... she is a Zodiac Senshi...What happened to her?"
"She said something about a yellow rose, and...She wanted the yellow rose for some reason and went to get it, the youma got to her before I could do anything. I'm sorry, Sailor Moon. I couldn't do anything to protect her."

Moving away from behind Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask approached their futuristic daughter Chibi Moon. Kneeling closer to the ground he placed a gentle hand upon Chibi Moon's shoulder smiling down at her in greeting, "It's not your fault, you did everything in your power to help her. Don't ever forget that Chibi Moon." After hearing the explanation to what Chibi Moon had done for Kira. He was very proud of all she did to help protect Kira. The fact that Chibi Moon and Diana arrived when they did, it was surreal. As if whomever sent them here knew exactly when to arrive and as to where to be when Kira was in danger.

"How... is Kira doing? Can we do anything?"
"I'm not sure, she is breathing but...it's hard to say until she wakes up..."

"That youma is after Kira, that power we felt before... that is what it is after. We need to get her away from the area." Shifting his gaze away from Chibi Moon and over in the direction of where Artemis was speaking, Tuxedo Mask rose back upright.

"Is there any other way we can get Kira to transform? The youma... or however many there are will keep coming after her, she can't seem to control her powers for much longer, it's concerning. Kira...has far more magic than a Sailor Senshi..."

Now that bit of information that Artemis shared with the group, bothered Tuxedo Mask. He had a point, Kira apparently had much more power than anyone expected to her have. It was very possible that Luna underestimated what she was doing when she awakened Sailor Sagittarius. Looking away from Artemis and Luna, his focus seemed to be elsewhere. Moving into position to where he was guarding and protecting both Sailor Moon and their futuristic daughter Chibi Moon. Tuxedo Mask was gripping his cane in his right hand while his left hand was clenched tight, he silently observed this uninvited visitor who had their eyes set upon their gathering.

"We have a bit of time, we can keep an eye on it while you heal Kira, depending on how bad her injuries are. We'll keep guard, we--There's another presence nearby..."
"I know. We're being watched."



Indeed they were being watched. But it wasn't the youma that had been paying close attention to them it was someone else. A new enemy? A friend? No one knew for certain at this point, it was only a matter of time before someone in their group, broke the ice.

"Sailor Saturn, Sailor Mercury, we'll cover for you, please heal Kira-chan!"



"Will do, Sailor Moon." Sailor Mercury replied. Knowing fully well that Sailor Saturn had already commenced the healing process on Kira. She was keeping tabs on what all was transpiring under the layers of the epidermis (skin).



With her holography screen appearing above Ami's supercomputer, everyone could see visual images of the area that Sailor Saturn was healing at what may of seemed an accelerated rate. The injury along her ribs, showed the bone particles re-knitting themselves in perfect harmony as the pooling of blood under the surface of the epidermis wasn't as bad as what it originally appeared to be. "It's working Saturn. Just a little bit more. . ." The intricate network of the skin's structure was being literally rebuilt on a cellular level. It was fascinating to Sailor Mercury to watch this as well as provide the others an update on her supercomputer while Sailor Saturn performed the medicinal work.

On one side of the levitating holography before them she could tell by the calculations when it would be enough. "There! The last final knitting of both bone and cells. Well done, Sailor Saturn. The rest of the healing will have to be done on Kira's behalf with bedrest, hydration and eating something nutritional within the following days."



Meanwhile . . . .as the Inner and Outer Senshi stood guard. . .



Sailor Pluto gripped onto her staff as she stood guard, purposely placing herself in front of Chibi Moon and Sailor Moon. Glancing out of the corner of her eyes over towards Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter. They were all in an arched formation, evenly spaced so that they could all withstand a blast and erect a barrier shield to protect the ones they have sworn to protect with their lives.



Shifting her gaze away from her fellow warriors, she heard something approaching closer. Narrowing her eyes a bit, as the ruby orb began to emit a glow that pulsed.



"There's another presence nearby..."
"I know. We're being watched."

"Who are you?!"

Tightening their protective and guarded stance the sailor senshi moved all at once to protect the princess(es). Seeing the looks traded among everyone, not one soul there was about to let this intruder inch closer towards the one they all swore to protect!

"...Kira's friend."
"You're... a Sailor Senshi?!"
"That's correct. ...What happened to Kira?"
"Kira was attacked by a youma. Please, Sailor Saturn, lower the barrier for a moment."

Sailor Pluto was reluctant to just have Sailor Saturn lower the protective barrier she had placed up earlier. To hear Luna demand that she lower the barrier alarmed her a bit. Trading a glance between Sailor Moon and this new person who claimed to be Kira's friend. They needed to be cautious! This could be a trap! There was a lot at stake if Luna was wrong!

"...Who are you all? Kira never mentioned she knew Sailor Senshi..."
"We only just met Kira-chan, today."
"I'm Sailor Moon, these are my friends, we are Kira-chan's friends."
"Sailor Moon?...Friends?"
"You mean you are Princess Serenity?"

Sailor Pluto's grip became firm along her staff, how did this person know who their princess was?!' Once this new person's threatening light dissipated, Sailor Pluto watched as one by one the others allowed their power stance drop to down to neutral. She was hesitant at first but knew that if she did not obey, her future queen would know about it. The orb upon her staff stopped glowing at once as she moved to stand at attention like any knight would on their Queen's command.

"I am.. and you're... a Starlight?"
"A Zodiac Starlight, to be exact."

The correction this starlight spat out in a polite manner, received a silent glare from Sailor Pluto in regards to the starlights tone. In the time it took the starlight to correct herself before their princess, it almost seemed as if she was testing the waters in the presence of royalty.



"We have heard a bit about the Zodiac Senshi, and Starlights from our Queen. Kira has suffered a lot of damage... Sailor Mercury and Sailor Saturn are healing her now, we put this barrier up to any youma from entering."
"I see. I apologize for how I came across before...I-"

Sailor Pluto was glad to see that she wasn't the only senshi present to be surprised by Sailor Moon's actions of drawing this unknown starlight into the barrier. Trusting her based on her statement that she's Kira's friend. Now was the moment of truth, to see if she was indeed the friend she claimed to be.

There was some conversation that occurred between Sailor Moon, Luna, the new starlight, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Saturn. But they could not be heard from where she stood, all she could do was remain on guard. It wasn't until she heard Sailor Star Maker speak up that captured her attention, the woman's glare in direction of the new starlight just spoke in volumes!

"They're fine..."

The silence shared between the starlight's was so powerful, a knife could easily slice evenly in the thickness of it.

"About Kira... we need to move her somewhere safe... I know her personally and I know where she lives... I can take her home and stay with her. I'm sorry that she has caused worry."

"Star Healer isn't in any condition to fight with us, for her own sake, and Kira's... let her go with you."

"...That's fine... but I'll carry Kira. We can go once...Kira is safe to move."

Sailor Pluto wasn't keen on what was being planned then, but knew that it wasn't exactly her place to intervene. Sensing movement off to the side, she looked over and saw Sailor Star Fighter approach the new starlight called Sailor Star Catcher, and address her.

"the Three Lights... are the Starlights... us. We transformed in front of Kira, we all did because she's a Sailor Senshi, Sailor Sagittarius... she needed not to feel alone and that she could trust us."

"Healer, as Star Maker said you should go with... Star Catcher...I'll stay here with the Mars and the others, and I'll see you back at home."

Holding on a little firmer along her staff, she couldn't help but feel a bad feeling about this whole situation. Looking from the two starlights she saw Artemis approach them and plead with everyone that something needed to be done with Kira. Looking away from Artemis and over towards the youma off in the distance, then back at the group again. She knew that time was running short on several decisions. Whatever needed to be done, needed to be handled quickly or they might have an even bigger mess to deal with at a later time.