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8.10pm / Tuesday/ Cloudy/ Getting Darker
Days until concert: 5

The awe in everyone's faces was to be expected as Sailor Moon approached the group, then glanced over in the general direction of where Star Maker and Kira were.



"Got it" Star Maker acknowledged the leader's request and made sure she kept her distance from the youma, but still in view of the others still.

"Please take care of her, Star Maker!" Sailor Moon thought to herself then looked back at the youma with determination.

"Everyone! Let's attack together!" Sailor Moon requested as she held out her hand and summoned her wand.





It seemed as everyone had formed a line, standing side by side ready to simultaneously attack the youma.

Chibi Moon wanted a chance to stand beside her future mother "Sailor Moon!" She called out to her and ran to her side. There wasn't much time to really speak with her but at least she was able to fight alongside her once more.
Giving Chibi Moon a nod, it was her signal to her that it was time to attack together - them having the same attack names as Mother and Daughter meant the attack would be stronger.

"...Double Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!!!!"



"Double Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!!"

Aiming their attack towards the youma, a beam of light emitted from both staff's along with everyone else's attacks combined.

Kira's eyes opened very slightly, the bright light had momentarily woke her up for just a second "...It's that...warm light..." she thought, closing her eyes again.

8.53pm / Tuesday/ Cloudy/ Getting Darker
Days until concert: 5

Aftermath . . .

Watching everyone attack the youma... the youma eventually got 'moondusted' into tiny little speckles which turned into dust.



Watching, Sailor Moon took a few seconds and sighed with relief. Turning her attention towards Star Fighter, was now really the time to talk? Giving a concerned expression, she thought to herself. "I want to be able to talk to you... tell you everything... but..." Her gaze held for a few moments longer before she remembered someone else.



"Kira-chan!" she exclaimed, twirling around to face in the direction of where Star Maker was, Sailor Moon wasn't able to hear the comms in regards to how she was doing and instantly took off and ran, however as she began to run her form changed as ribbons wrapped around her body and reverted her back to her school uniform just as she approached Star Maker as the bright light faded around her, Usagi took noticed and thought to herself "Huh? Was... that only temporarily...?" Coming back to reality, she looked at Kira.




"Kira-chan....she's badly hurt... why did she do this?" Usagi asked and looked at Star Maker. The Starlight that held Kira shook her head, unable to give an answer. "I'm not sure why... but it opens up a lot of other questions."
"...Like what?"
Star Maker had the same expression as Usagi, as she looked back at Kira. "When she was on the roof... the first time we saw her, the sky lit up exactly the same... and her body became transparent as if her whole essence was somewhere else... she used that same attack again."
Not able to catch onto what Star Maker was saying, Usagi could hear the pain in her tone, trying to understand herself.
"What... are you trying to say?"
Pausing, Star Maker hesitated and looked at Usagi, she could already see Usagi looked tired herself, and putting this issue on top of what Usagi had been through today, Star Maker had to come up with something to tell her, but not lie either.



"I'd have to ask Kira myself before I can really say... it's just a theory for now. It's not something that can be talked about lightly either. I think we are all just tired...and it's getting late."



Usagi wasn't stupid, but Maker was right, Usagi didn't have the energy to really do much more, transforming into Eternal Sailor Moon took it out of her. Usagi's worried gaze shifted back to Kira as she wondered if there was anything she could do to help her.
"Star Maker, let's take Kira back to my place, I can look after her there and it's close to Mako-chan's place too."

Looking back at Usagi, Star Maker gave a faint smile and answered "Thank you, but you look just as tired as Kira. We'll take care of her, hopefully, she will be awake when you finish school tomorrow." Being as polite as she could be, telling Usagi she had other things to think about. "Thank you, Usagi. You are very thoughtful and caring." Star Maker smiled, but while she ended her sentence, she also thought to herself. "I can't help but feel like Kira's attack was on purpose and she knew exactly what she was doing... I wonder if anyone thinks the same? ... Were you really intending to go that far?"

Moving to take a stand beside Sailor Uranus, "You took your time". She couldn't help but smile within a soft blush as they traded glances. "You know how I am." Winking at her lover before she moved in fluidly into a fighting stance. Her talisman, Deep Aqua Mirror appeared within her gloved hands. White light reflected off the surface of the mirror as a blast of water erupted from the mirror and fired outward with force across the field towards its intended target.



Located beside Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, Sailor Pluto's garnet orb began to pulsate with power. The winds picked up violently, swirling in almost a tornadic air feature surrounding the staff. Words parted, "Dead Scream." The winds whipped up surrounding the garnet orb as the light pulsated as rapidly as a strobe light would emit. To look at the light would be bad, as the light grew in size before Sailor Pluto aligned her staff directly at the youma sending out a powerful burst of energy towards the beast!



"Silence Glaive Surprise." Was all Sailor Saturn said, with the solid flip and figure eight wave of her glaive. Dark energy reverberated forth from the tip of her blade as a blast of energy sprung forth spiraling outward towards the youma.



With everyone's powers combined the youma was defeated! It was a long time coming, for all of them to stand alongside Sailor Moon. Well... all that there were. Sailor Saturn stood in silence as she stared across the way, watching the dust of the youma float up and hang into the air before the particle dust could no longer be seen.


"It's done. . . ." releasing a sigh to herself as she held her glave by her side, casting a glance at the others.

"Kira-chan!"

"Sailor Moon, she's ba--" Just as she was about to finish her statement she watched Sailor Moon become Usagi once more. A bewildered expression was evident as she looked over at Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Pluto. "H-how?" How was it possible for Usagi to detransform like that within a blink of an eye?


Sailor Pluto saw the concern written along Saturn's expression as she shifted her gaze and stance to be closer within earshot to where Star Maker and Usagi were discussing over an unconscious Kira.

"Kira-chan....she's badly hurt... why did she do this?"
"I'm not sure why... but it opens up a lot of other questions."
"...Like what?"
"When she was on the roof... the first time we saw her, the sky lit up exactly the same... and her body became transparent as if her whole essence was somewhere else... she used that same attack again."
"What... are you trying to say?"

It was hard to hear every bit of the conversation Star Maker and Usagi were having but the jist of it was that they all needed to be elsewhere.

"I'd have to ask Kira myself before I can really say... it's just a theory for now. It's not something that can be talked about lightly either. I think we are all just tired...and it's getting late."
"Star Maker, let's take Kira back to my place, I can look after her there and it's close to Mako-chan's place too."
"Thank you, but you look just as tired as Kira. We'll take care of her, hopefully, she will be awake when you finish school tomorrow. Thank you, Usagi. You are very thoughtful and caring."

Glancing from Sailor Saturn, to Sailor Pluto then to face Sailor Uranus, "Perhaps we should all regroup, away from this place. Usagi, may appear alright, but I can tell that she is drained from what she just endured. She has not been able to transform for quite sometime. I think she needs to come back with us and rest." Realizing how straight forward she was then, "That was only a suggestion of course. Usagi will go with whoever she feels comfortable to be with right now."

Glancing over her shoulder towards Star Maker, Star Fighter and Star Healer, "I'm guessing that Kira will be going with them in the meanwhile?" Trading a glance back at Haruka wondering what her thoughts on the matter were presently. Letting her eyes shift of to the side she looked over at Sailor Chibi Moon, Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mars. Pausing somewhat, she looked between each and every person there. 'Where is Luna? She thought to herself. Had she just now realized she had not been present among them?

Standing beside the sailor scouts, Tuxedo Mask had also provided aid to help boost Eternal Sailor Moon's powers. When the battle was finally over, Mamoru turned to look at the form of Sailor Moon. It had been quite sometime since she had transformed. And just as quickly as he blinked Sailor Moon was no more. She detransformed without doing a thing and was back to her civilian school attire running to be beside Kira, the new constellation senshi who had risked everything to try and defeat the youma.

Moving to stand beside Chibiusa, he remained quiet as he listened to Star Maker, Usagi, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Uranus and Star Fighter speak among one another.

"Star Maker, let's take Kira back to my place, I can look after her there and it's close to Mako-chan's place too."
"Thank you, but you look just as tired as Kira. We'll take care of her, hopefully, she will be awake when you finish school tomorrow. Thank you, Usagi. You are very thoughtful and caring."

"Perhaps we should all regroup, away from this place. Usagi, may appear alright, but I can tell that she is drained from what she just endured. She has not been able to transform for quite some time. I think she needs to come back with us and rest. That was only a suggestion of course. Usagi will go with whoever she feels comfortable to be with right now."
"You're right, Neptune. Usagi shouldn't be at home right now either."
"I'm guessing that Kira will be going with them in the meanwhile?"

"Star Maker is right, you've had a lot to deal with. Star Maker, Healer... will look after Kira for now." There was a lot of conversation flowing between certain key people then. Keeping up with all that was being said was only taxing to those who needed rest.

"I won't be home for a few days... Kira can stay in my room and recover. I... I'm going to be staying with Mars for a few nights... right now we all need a friend." At the mentioning of Star Fighter will be staying with Sailor Mars, made an eyebrow rise slightly as he looked between Sailor Mars and Star Fighter. Apparently there was some kind of arrangement going on between them. And that arrangement was being laid out bare for all to see. He didn't have an issue with it, Star Fighter is an honorable person, so is Sailor Mars being loyal to the cause. He didn't know how Usagi would take the news however. Especially with everything that had transpired between them.

"Usagi, why don't you come back with us? Sailor Saturn has the power to heal, why doesn't she--"
"Sailor Saturn can heal her, but that's just it. Kira will be our responsibility. Let us look after her our own way."

Tuxedo Mask noticed a slight change in Star Fighter's demeanor when she spoke towards Star Healer. It drastically went south when Sailor Uranus added her two cents towards Usagi. Watching Star Fighter pause to take an extended glance over at Usagi before moving to depart.

Shifting his gaze down towards Chibiusa, who appeared to be baffled with all that was going on. "What would you like to do? Would you prefer to go home with Sailor Saturn, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Pluto?" He knew of the relationship he had with them and was giving her the option to go home with someone else if she liked. "Or you can stay with me. The decision is yours." Lifting his royal blue eyes up and over towards Usagi, "I still have room, if you would like a place to rest so that you are not alone. No one here should be alone with all that's gone on, Usagi." Spoken in a calm, friendly and inviting manner. Still considerate towards the others. Even with their harsh breakup, Mamoru still wanted what was best for Usagi and her safety was his number one priority just like the sailor scouts.

With everyone on board to end this. Their plan went into action and was successful which caused the youma to be defeated. Standing alongside Star Fighter, Star Healer appeared to be locked in a trance looking over at Kira who remained unconscious. With her heart broken at the sight of Kira's condition she moved swiftly to be by Kira's side. In the process of doing so there was a fading appearance of feathers falling in a sigh along with something sparkling white with golden, pink and blue colors moving paste her in haste. It was Usagi... no wait, Eternal Sailor Moon. No it was Usagi. Beyond where Usagi had run, stood the destruction of what the youma had caused.



This city had seen it's fair share of destruction in recent time. Watching the fires roaring in the background, Star Healer appeared to be frozen as she looked at the destruction. Releasing a breath that had been pent up she moved through the debris to reach where Star Maker was protecting Kira. Usagi had beat her to the punch in arriving much sooner. Coming on in at the tail end of the conversation going on between Star Maker and Usagi.

"When she was on the roof... the first time we saw her, the sky lit up exactly the same... and her body became transparent as if her whole essence was somewhere else... she used that same attack again."
"What... are you trying to say?"
"I'd have to ask Kira myself before I can really say... it's just a theory for now. It's not something that can be talked about lightly either. I think we are all just tired...and it's getting late."

'Kira. . . .' Star Healer could hear the conversation going on but it was almost muddled from this point, since her attention had fallen upon Kira's body. She appeared lifeless but the subtle rise and fall of her chest from breathing made Healer realize she was alive just unconscious.

Feeling completely overwhelmed from the battle with her emotions on overdrive. She didn't know how long she stared at the rise and fall of Kira's chest to verify her thoughts. When she heard Usagi say, "Star Maker, let's take Kira back to my place, I can look after her there and it's close to Mako-chan's place too."



"Makoto's home. . .the place we never made it to. . ." Not really meaning to say that outloud for Usagi or the others to hear. Feeling the weight of guilt hit her like a ton of bricks. Her original mission was to make sure that Kira got home safe and sound. That never happened. She felt as though she was to blame for that. With what was said. With what was shared. Star Healer's eyes glassed over in deep thought as she stared at Kira.

"Thank you, but you look just as tired as Kira. We'll take care of her, hopefully, she will be awake when you finish school tomorrow."

"Star Maker is right, you've had a lot to deal with."

School... who could think of attending school after such a tragic event occurred? Star Healer didn't dare look up at Star Maker after that remark was made. "Thank you, Usagi. You are very thoughtful and caring." Moving closer to Star Maker where Kira laid within Star Maker's arms, she reached out and took a hold of the hand closest to her. Feeling an overwhelming sensation to cry but refrained for the meantime. Just gently stroking the backside of Kira's hand, to let her know that she was going to be well tended to.

"Star Maker, Healer... will look after Kira for now." Without a doubt they would be tending to Kira. Healer already knew that she would not be leaving Kira's side. She had already messed up her original mission that was on her. She was NOT about to do it again. "I won't be home for a few days... Kira can stay in my room and recover. I... I'm going to be staying with Mars for a few nights... right now we all need a friend." Acknowledging that Star Healer heard, Star Fighter, she slowly nodded her head in response. Reaching forward to brush away some of the weighted, damp hair away from Kira's face. Her gloved fingertips lingering alongside Kira's jawline, as she gazed upon her features in silence.

"Perhaps we should all regroup, away from this place. Usagi, may appear alright, but I can tell that she is drained from what she just endured. She has not been able to transform for quite some time. I think she needs to come back with us and rest. That was only a suggestion of course. Usagi will go with whoever she feels comfortable to be with right now."
"You're right, Neptune. Usagi shouldn't be at home right now either."



Star Healer's eyes widened to that voice! A surge of hostile energy she didn't have earlier, suddenly appeared with a vengeance. She remembered how Star Fighter had reacted to Sailor Uranus. And something along the lines that she had caused Kira to not want to attend the meeting! "Sailor Saturn has the power to heal, why doesn't she--" It took everything in Star Healer then not to come unglued! Seething in anger, it was apparent that something bad was about to happen when Star Fighter intervened in a timely manner.

"Sailor Saturn can heal her, but that's just it. Kira will be our responsibility. Let us look after her our own way." Restraining herself for the time being, Kira was much more important than Sailor Uranus. She was just buying time... for now. What Sailor Uranus said towards Kira was NOT going to be forgotten or forgiven anytime soon.
"...You'll let me know if there are any changes, won't you? I'll be over in the morning, for now, we all need to rest." Finally turning her head to look upon Star Fighter she nodded her head once more. She knew if she said anything to anyone, what she had to say wouldn't be nice. Let alone any action she may of taken. Silence was the best option for the time being. Star Healer returned her attention back towards the two of them her focus strictly laid upon Kira. Star Healer was ready to go, without so much as a word to anyone.

"Um... excuse me, but this..." That was of course before she heard Chibi Moon call out to her causing her to pause in her footings. Trying to appear more approachable towards her, even though it was evident the battle and recent events left Star Healer jaded. "Is Kira going with you? This is her bag... and..." Swallowing back her feelings, she nodded and spoke as friendly as she could towards Chibi Moon. "Yes, that she is." Trying her best not sound too harsh, towards Chibi Moon. Hoping that the young girl would understand her emotions, along with everyone else's with present time. Seeing the bag that Kira had been holding earlier was handed over towards her just then. Taking the bag from Chibi Moon with appreciation. A kind gesture, for Chibi Moon to be thoughtful of handing over property that belonged to Kira. "Will you give this to her too?" 'That? ... is that Kira's communication device?' She asked herself as she held out her gloved hand towards Chibi Moon, as Chibi Moon laid the communicator watch within her hand. Staring down at the communicator with a blank expression. That made sense now, during the battle she wasn't responding to any one of them. How could she? Kira did not have on any form of communication on her when the battle was going on. Swallowing back a dry lump forming in the back of her throat, as she looked away from the communicator and over at Chibi Moon. "Thank you, Chibi Moon. Yes, she'll stay with us." Star Maker took the words right out of her mouth as she gazed over at Chibi Moon quietly. She managed a small smile, albeit it was short towards the girl. The smile turned flat as she shifted her gaze up and over towards Sailor Uranus.



A familiar feline voice entered into the arena then. Luna! Where had she been? Was she there all along and no one noticed her presence? "I'm sure you'll let them know when it's safe to visit. Kira's recovery is a priority, as much as Usagi going to school. I know things have been tough but you have missed three days of school." Staring at Luna for what seemed to be a long amount of time, she finally responded with a nod. Trading a glance at Star Maker with a 'Let's get out of here!' expression. She needed to get Kira far away from this place. And get herself as far away as possible from Sailor Uranus before she did an unthinkable action with that one!

Overhearing that, Usagi's gaze shifted to Star Healer as she frowned. She could see how she wasn't coping, and most likely blames herself. The way Star Healer was close enough to Star Maker, almost like she was protecting Kira from basically anyone, heck if Sailor Uranus took a step closer to Kira, Star Healer would most likely attack.
It was best they all parted ways, and left the hurt heal.

Star Maker traded a glance with Healer and as always, they were able to speak to each other just through looks.
Unsure if Sailor Saturn was going to follow, Star Maker knew that if she was she would be able to still locate them, but maybe for now they wanted to be alone.
Usagi walked up to Star Healer and just before she approached her, she showed her the wand and carefully placed it in her bag. "I hope Kira-chan doesn't have to use that anytime soon..." she whispered, then took a step back to give Healer a bit of space.

"Leader, we will see you tomorrow. If anything happens I'll let you know." giving her a nod and then looking at Healer, Star Maker held Kira tightly and both Healer and Maker jumped into the air but to the outside eye, they had disappeared.



Taking a step forward, Usagi looked up at the sky, knowing that's how they traveled and how fast they were.
"Kira-chan..." she whispered, looking up at the sky concerned.



No one else had seen Star Maker or Healer enter their house, and once again it was in a flash of an eye they appeared. Doing as Star Fighter instructed, Star Maker knew Healer would follow wherever Kira was being taken to. Walking down their hallway, Seiya's door was already open, and it was a large room with queen sized bed and a table with a few chairs. On the table were music sheets and rough scribbles with his notes. It didn't seem like Seiya stayed much in his room to begin with as he was always out and about.
Walking up to the bed, Star Maker very carefully placed Kira down, then pulled the sheets up to her waist and watched her for a few seconds to make sure she didn't wake her up, then looked back at Star Healer.
"... I'm guessing you are going to stay with her? Make sure you get some sleep too" she said and noticed Star Healer had been holding onto Kira's bag but most importantly her communicator watch.
"I'll be back soon, I'm going to do some checks on her so I'll bring in some things to monitor her condition, we don't know what she has endured but if I can get some answers then I hope it will bring you some peace of mind." Giving Star Healer a smile, she turned around left Star Healer alone with Kira, and closed the door behind her a little bit to give her the time she needed with Kira.
Laying there asleep, Kira hadn't moved or shown any life to her body, only breathing steadily.
There might have been a point Star Healer had a chance to speak to her, but Kira showed no signs of responding to anything that may have been said. The youma really did inflict damage.

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"Kira-chan!!!!!"



"KIRA-CHAN!!"
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Voices echoed in her mind from the others as she detransformed, she wanted to wake up but all she could see was darkness. The lights were turned off in her dream, and it felt like she had been walking around in circles with nowhere to go, the only light she had came from her body - or to be more precise her chest, where she had the most pain, the pain which woke her up.




"That voice..."

It had been a few hours since they arrived back at their place. Taiki left Kira and Yaten alone for a while and gave them some space, even if Kira was still asleep, Yaten would have had time to talk to her as it seemed the idol had a lot on their mind.
*Knock knock* a light two taps on the door were heard. Taiki pushed the door open carefully and had seen Yaten in the same spot. "Hey... Yaten... why don't you get some sleep?" already knowing Yaten would decline such a suggestion. Taiki walked around the other side of the bed and looked at the young woman sleeping. It was like watching sleeping beauty, and waiting for her to wake up. Gently taking her hand, there was a digital oximeter on her finger that was monitoring her temperature, as well as an IV drip that was giving her fluid, making sure she stayed hydrated.
Taiki was simply just checking in since Yaten probably wouldn't exactly know what to do in the mindset he was in.
While Yaten was watching over Kira, Luna had stopped by about an hour and a half ago, Taiki was telling her everything that happened and caught her up on all the news. "Look who came by..." Taiki said just as Luna carefully jumped up on top of the bed, the black cat was able to get a closer look at the sleeping figure. "Hello, again." she greeted Yaten before looking back at Kira.
Luna herself wanted to assess the situation by looking at the damage that was done, even though Kira was bandaged up, Luna looked concerned at her and spoke quietly, sensing the girl's pain. "She has suffered a lot of trauma..." frowning, Luna didn't mean to state the obvious, then quickly added. "She looks a lot better than before. I'm glad she's not alone."


The black cat sat there and looked at Yaten worried, were they blaming themselves? Just as Luna was about to speak, the voices talking started to wake up Kira, causing a very faint mumbling sound. "Mmmh...?" Her eyes fluttered open a little, but everything was really blurry.
Taiki sighed in relief that she had started to wake up and that it wasn't a coma she was in for too long. "Where.... am I....?" Kira asked, bringing her hand that had the oximeter on the finger, as she went to rub one of her eyes, the plastic touched her face causing her to open her eyes and notice the object clamped to her finger. "Hmm?... what's... this?" Kira asked sleepily.
"It's an oximeter, but you probably don't need it now... how are you feeling?" Taiki asked, gently taking her hand and removing the meter from her finger.
"Like... I've been hit by a bus... or something..." Kira replied to the voice, then moved her head against her pillow to see who was talking to her. "I don't blame you for feeling that way" Taiki commented.
Her expression was dazed, but she kept staring as if she didn't recognize who that was and there seemed to be a delay like a loading screen inside her brain. Confused, Kira then looked to the other side and saw Yaten staring back at her. "Is... that Yaten...? Did I pass out...?" she thought to herself, then attempted to slowly sit up. "Ow ow owww..." Kira whispered, then felt a gentle hand on her back as Taiki helped her sit up. "....Where am I...?" Kira asked while Taiki answered as they helped her sit up. "You're at our place"
"Our place?" Kira thought, about to question Taiki where 'our place' was exactly. Taking a moment to try and deal with the pain of moving, the archer's eyes then met with a black cat who was sitting at the end of the bed.

The idol looked at Kira then back and Luna, wondering what was going to happen next as Luna hadn't revealed herself or met Kira yet. Taking a small step closer to Kira, Luna cleared her throat before she started to speak. "...We're all glad you are finally awake, Kira. Allow me to introduce myself... my name is Luna and I have heard so much about you from the others. Forgive me for not revealing myself to you sooner."





Kira looked as if she had seen a ghost, the look of shock and her jaw dropped showed on the outside how she was feeling. "That.... that cat just talked to me..." Kira mumbled, then her eyes scanned the room around her before looking back at Luna and speaking again. "Taiki... Yaten and... a talking cat... this is a dream, or... worse? Am I... dead?" Her words made it seem like everything was unreal to her as she added. "This makes sense now..."
Luna almost fell over with Kira's words, about to facepalm the bed. "No Kira, you're not dreaming and you are definitely not dead... But you could have been!" Luna said, almost as if she were telling her off for her actions against the youma. Looking back at the black cat, Kira narrowed her eyes and asked "What do you mean? ...'Could have been'...? All I remember is talking to the Three Lights outside the shrine then--... and then...I..." Struggling to remember, Kira seemed stuck on words. Glancing down at her hands, and only noticed then her arms were bandaged. "What's this? What... What is all this?" the looked of genuine worry now was displayed on Kira's face - she really had no idea what was going on.

The black crescent moon cat's eyes widened, now she too looked worried. Luna needed to get more information, and by doing so she needed to do one thing first. "Kira, just focus for a moment and look at me..." The crescent moon on her forehead lit up, and a beam shot out from her forehead to Kira's while the room they were in lit up from the two of them. The instant Luna did this, the Sagittarius symbol seemed to appear very vividly on the archer's forehead and now Kira was in a trance, like she had just suddenly zoned out. Taiki didn't want to say anything further but watched as Luna's expression seemed very focused, maintaining eye contact with the archer.



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After a few minutes of this, Luna stopped and her expression changed back to concerned as she stopped using her power, and the symbol on the archer's forehead disappeared. "Kira... has no memory of the battle. It seems like something is suppressing her from remembering anything... and I think I know what it is..." Looking at Taiki, and then Yaten. Luna pointed to her chest but didn't say anything else as that explanation alone was enough.
“What… was that? My mind went blank again…” Wanting to ask Luna what exactly did she just do, Taiki’s voice stopped that thought if hers any further.



"...So...after Seiya and I left you and Yaten... do you not remember anything from that point?" Taiki wanted to be sure the memories Kira had matched what Kira was going to say. "No, nothing. I feel like something happened... but I can't put it into words."
Glancing at Yaten, Taiki spoke up and in code. "...I'm going to call the Leader, I'll be back, Yaten. Luna, will you please join me?" The crescent moon cat's attention shifted to Yaten and then Kira right before giving Taiki and nod then jumped off the bed.
While watching the two suddenly leave made Kira panic a little bit. "What's going on? ...What on earth happened?" she thought to herself as she watched them exit the room and close the door behind them. "...Call the Leader? Yaten, what's going on? Did I do something...?" Kira looked back at the idol, feeling uneasy and disquiet about what just transpired.
The archer felt like there was something missing, and the pieces of the puzzle were scattered.
Leaving the room, Taiki and Luna walked into the lounge, the idol instantly pressed a button on the communicator which connected to Seiya, even though it was very late, Star Fighter told the Starlight direct instructions to call if something happened. "...Sorry Leader, this is important... and Rei might be able to help with this situation..." Taiki began to say while looking down at the black crescent moon cat, explaining the situation to Seiya.

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Feeling a set of eyes settle upon her, she looked over and saw Star Maker looking at her. She knew that look. Knew it well. Shifting her gears into neutral, she provided a more confident nodding of her head towards Star Maker. Putting all of her emotions that had taken over how she normally would react without any kind of distractions to the side to be dealt with later.



That was when Star Healer noticed movement and recognized who it was. Usagi. Gasping slightly, she didn't know what to say. Watching her approach her and hand over an object. It took a moment for the Starlight to look away from Usagi and down towards what she was handing over.

It was a wand. And not just any wand. It was Sailor Nova a.k.a. Sailor Sagittarius's wand.

"I hope Kira-chan doesn't have to use that anytime soon..." Taking the wand from Usagi's hands, Star Healer's emerald eyes lifted away from the wand to meet up with Usagi's blue eyes. Searching the depth of those blue eyes gazing back at her. Did she see something? Something, that I didn't know that I displayed? Or was it something else? Before she could ask herself another question, Star Maker spoke up.

"Leader, we will see you tomorrow. If anything happens I'll let you know." That was the signal to go. Nodding her head at Star Maker and within a blink of an eye, they jumped and were gone from sight.

In a flash, the three of them arrived at their house. Upon opening the door the place was dark and quiet. That element, dark and quiet had a nice sensation to it, something that was welcomed after what they all endured for the day. Shutting and locking the door behind them, Star Healer followed Star Maker to Seiya's room. Looking about the room, it appeared as if Seiya really didn't spend a whole lot of time in there. With her hand lingering along the doorknob she watched as Star Maker walked the unconscious Kira over to the bed and gently placed her in and covered her up.



"... I'm guessing you are going to stay with her? Make sure you get some sleep too." Standing in the doorway of Seiya's bedroom, Star Healer was somewhere else when she finally realized Star Maker said something. Averting her eyes over towards Taiki, it took a moment to compute and process what was said. "Yes, I'm going to stay with Kira." Slowly approaching the other side of the bed, setting down Kira's bag along the tabletop where Seiya's notes where. Making sure not to disturb how everything was laid out. Holding onto Kira's communicator watch, Star Healer's mind accelerated back in time to the events that had unfolded before the battle with the youma. "Kira. . ." she said, as tiny iridescent dots of light spilled out along her body, washing away the image of Sailor Star Healer and revealing Yaten in casual attire.



A white, organic cotton oxford shirt laid open revealing his bare chest. Around his neck was a hand woven, royal blue necktie he had designed with the symbol of a black cat and crescent moon. Taylored gray slacks fit relaxed, yet neatly against his figure. His matching jacket, was hanging in his room. It felt like the weight of the world was weighing him down as he held onto Kira's communicator.

"I'll be back soon, I'm going to do some checks on her so I'll bring in some things to monitor her condition, we don't know what she has endured but if I can get some answers then I hope it will bring you some peace of mind." Yaten merely nodded his head towards Star Maker. His eyes staring along the surface seeing the Sagittarius symbol engraved along the communicator face.

". . . .I"

Swallowing a what felt like a hard knot in the back of Yaten's throat, "I failed you." Holding the device a little tighter, "I failed to protect you, Kira. And you almost died because I told you how ... how I felt." Convinced that she had distracted Kira from performing her duty, her mission, that it's not just the youma that inflicted harm. That it's her fault causing Kira to fall from grace.

Angry at herself.... himself...

Heavy tear drops fell towards the ground, as he moved to place the communicator watch on the bedside table next to where Kira was resting. Thinking in his/her mind, 'Because I allowed my emotions of my heart to be laid bare, I endangered the person I care about dearly. If Kira dies... I can never forgive myself.' Glad that Star Maker had departed by then, so not to see him like this. Disappointed and angry at herself for jeopardizing another scout for carrying out their mission.

This dark, deep well of pity me wasn't doing Yaten any favors. It was placing him/her into a pit of depression. Trying to think of different scenarios of how he could have handled the situation would not fix the present time. However it could help prevent other actions from taking place. Feeling as though he was drifting further into a devastated state of mind. Yaten lifted his eyes up and over at Kira then away to see that Seiya had two other spare guitars in his room. Music did always made him feel better. Perhaps strumming a few notes would help lift his downed spirits and soothe the air.

Yaten never once took a look at the clock on the wall revealing the time. Time was at a standstill in his state of mind. Walking over to one of the spare guitars, his slender fingertips ran down along the metallic strings. Picking up the guitar, he lightly strummed the strings, tuning the guitar to the pitch he started to play in. Playing a tune that was familiar as he moved from one side of the room to sit down near where Kira laid.

As pained as his voice sounded at first, the pain and suffering slipped away once the words soared freely into the air. Not singing like he was in a concert, just singing in a normal, comforting voice.

". . .You'd always shine so bright just like a little star
I felt my heart ignite every time you smile.
Memories I'll cherish forever ..like an eternal starlight.
I wasn't strong enough to be your shining star
And when the days were tough
I hid myself from the world.
All that's left in my heart is pain
You'll always be my sweetheart...
Search for your love
I call up to the heavens..."

His singing was interrupted at a rapping knocking was heard along the door. Looking up and away from the strings of the guitar and over at the door as it opened he saw Taiki standing there. The light from the other room covered his silhouetted figure. "Hey... Yaten... why don't you get some sleep?"

Clearing his throat, his hand rested lightly along the strings of the guitar. "I can't sleep... so I thought singing and playing some music might help keep my wandering mind at bay." Just as promised. Taiki came in to assess their patient's vitals and wellbeing while they rested. A man... a woman of their word. Watching Taiki work his magic, as he returned his attention to the light playing he strummed against the guitar when Taiki finally spoke up once more. "Look who came by..." Yaten's facial features were almost hard to read. It would appear he seemed irritated at the fact that someone dropped by and yet his features fell lax when he saw who was the visitor. "Hello, again."

"Luna."

"She has suffered a lot of trauma..." An eyebrow quirked up along Yaten's brow, his old self would have retorted back in a snarky comment but he refrained. Yaten didn't particularly have a lot of energy to display that side of him. "She looks a lot better than before. I'm glad she's not alone." Strumming the song he had been singing, quietly as if it were instrumental background music for his audience.

"Mmmh...?" The music stopped as all eyes shifted over towards a stirring Kira. Yaten's eyes widened instantly seeing that she was waking, "Where.... am I....? Hmm?... what's... this?"

"It's an oximeter, but you probably don't need it now... how are you feeling?"
"Like... I've been hit by a bus... or something..."
"I don't blame you for feeling that way."



Yaten remained quiet for what seemed a long amount of time as he listened to Taiki and Kira speak towards one another. When she turned to look at him, Yaten felt his breath cease along with his heart beat. It was only brief but it was enough to hold onto that gaze she directed at him.

"Ow ow owww..." Setting the guitar down behind him on one of the guitar stands he moved to Kira's side, "Take it easy, Kira. Are you alright?" He asked with genuine concern.
"....Where am I...?"
"You're at our place"
"...We're all glad you are finally awake, Kira. Allow me to introduce myself... my name is Luna and I have heard so much about you from the others. Forgive me for not revealing myself to you sooner."

"That.... that cat just talked to me..."
"Taiki... Yaten and... a talking cat... this is a dream, or... worse? Am I... dead?"
"This makes sense now..."
"No Kira, you're not dreaming and you are definitely not dead... But you could have been!"
"What do you mean? ...'Could have been'...? All I remember is talking to the Three Lights outside the shrine then--... and then...I..."

How peculiar. Why was she acting like this? Did the injury that the youma inflicted cause memory loss??? Yaten was fully alarmed by now and was certain so was Taiki and Luna. Trying to remain calm, even though on the inside he was screaming.

"What's this? What... What is all this?" Following Kira's gaze downwards at the wrappings along her arms. Panic filled Kira's eyes then.
"Kira, just focus for a moment and look at me..."

Shifting his gaze over towards Luna, that crescent moon on her forehead lit up and shone a beam of light directly over at Kira which apparently activated a symbol to appear along Kira's forehead. Just under Yaten's breath, 'Wow...' Might have been heard by Taiki then. Not knowing what to make of Luna's abilities then, he sat quietly like Taiki waiting for results of what Luna may of found.

"Kira... has no memory of the battle. It seems like something is suppressing her from remembering anything... and I think I know what it is..." following Luna's paw as it pointed directly at Kira's chest. Yaten's heart just sank then.

“What… was that? My mind went blank again…”
"...So...after Seiya and I left you and Yaten... do you not remember anything from that point?"
"No, nothing. I feel like something happened... but I can't put it into words."

Yaten traded a glance at Taiki. Their expression was mutual. "...I'm going to call the Leader, I'll be back, Yaten. Luna, will you please join me?" Watching Taiki and Luna leave then, Yaten returned his attention back towards Kira who had a confused and panicked expression then.

"...Call the Leader? Yaten, what's going on? Did I do something...?"



Speaking gently towards her, "You don't remember anything, after we spoke?" Chewing lightly upon his lower lip, "You don't recall me insisting and offering to walk you back to your place? Or...what happened afterwards, Kira?" A bewildered expression was evident. Yaten was very concerned about Kira. Just what did that youma do that caused whatever it was to be implanted into Kira's chest? Did it cause amnesia? So much damage from that thing that it was causing her no telling what kind of health issues??

Seiya ended up falling asleep, thinking about the next day and how to approach it, what can she do to help. It was finally morning and the sound of Seiya's alarm woke her up. "Mmm..." reaching to her phone, the idol grumbled and took a glance at what time it was and saw the title of the alarm was labeled 'Interview at 10am'
This alarmed Seiya to promptly sit up as she thought "s**t, I forgot to message Usagi!" then went to see if there were any messages. None, not even from Taiki or Yaten. "They would have contacted me if anything happened..." she thought, unraveling the sheets off herself and then standing up. "It's still early... but I should probably check in with the other two." That moment of thought passed her mind as she walked towards the door pulling off the bed robe and putting it on, then taking the towel to head in for a shower.



Knowing the interview was about the Three Lights, Seiya automatically changed form and only wrapped his towel around his waist after coming out of the shower. Heading back into his room he glanced towards the red suit he was usually seen in, being a formal occasion, he only ever wore this if it was anything to do with Three Lights and the media. Getting dressed he then brushed his long blue-black hair and tying it into his trademark ponytail, then flicking it behind him out of the way. He got a hold of the red rose that was in his suitcase and placed it in the chest front pocket so it stuck out a little bit and most importantly, took his Star Change and placed that inside the jacket pocket. "I just have this feeling I'm going to need that..." he thought to himself, looking back at the reflection that stared back. Seiya was ready to leave, taking the guitar along with him. It was early morning and Rei would more than likely be up and getting ready herself, if not ready now.
The idol hoped he didn't wake her up, that was what he tried to avoid during getting ready and moving around.
Seiya's phone started to ring, making him take out his phone from his pants pocket and see who it was. 'Tenoh' it was Haruka calling Seiya of all people. "Yes?" he answered, not even a 'Hello' or 'Good morning' was spoken from him. "Did you contact Usagi?" she asked, getting straight to the point. Seiya continued to move around as he exited his room while answering the Outer Senshi as calmly as he could. "No...not yet... It was late when I found out... she would have been asleep no doubt."
"What about the other Starlights?" she questioned again. "I spoke with Taiki last night, Kira is awake... I've heard nothing since then, I'm going to drive over there now and see them."
There was silence from Haruka, she had been thinking of something important. "Kira has work... I'll call in sick for her, Motoki will understand I'm sure.." Haruka was reasonably known to Motoki, and maybe her phone call from her might excuse Kira to rest, however the idol scoffed and placed the guitar down in the living room as he was now focused on what she just said. "And then what? Stay with her and look after her? As if. Do you think she will forgive you for what you said by doing her a favor?" Seiya snapped, already feeling angry enough, and was clearly still annoyed. "Don't act like you care now, Tenoh. She'll come with us, at least she'll be happier than being stuck with you."
"I'm trying to do the right thing, I know what I said was horrible and I want to apologize to her."
The anger inside Seiya pent up more, but he hesitated as he was not in his own home, unable to speak his mind. Having to bite his tongue, Seiya leaned against the wall as he listened to Haruka talk again. "I'm going to head over to Usagi's place now and pick her up, I'm sure she will want to see Kira before she starts school, as it will give her a bit of relief knowing she is awake." to Seiya this sounded more like an excuse for Haruka to take her however when it came to Usagi, Seiya was absolutely fine with that. "Whatever. All I care about is Usagi and seeing her happy. You can do what you want as long as you're nice about it..." his voice stopped there, the second part of that he was about to say would have sounded like a threat. Not even saying goodbye, Seiya hung up. "Yaten isn't going to like this..." he thought to himself. Seiya wasn't bothered if Rei overheard any of that conversation, as he was open about how he felt and she knew this.