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It was fairly early for Rose. With it being summer vacation one would think all the school kids would end up sleeping in early, but not her. She had to get to the last leg of her internship at the science museum and hopefully find herself an actual job there. She loved it because she could fulfill her passion of all things space related. It was one of the rare places she could completely geek out and forget about her powered side of life and not get stared at for it.

However, she had time to kill so she was riding her bike through the neighborhoods on her way to work. Yumi was in the basket with her, just excitedly looking around. The cat hadn't left her side in some time, and honestly? She couldn't blame her. Recently she'd gotten upgraded to Super and with that came a whole new level of enemies, apparently.

Just as she turned the corner to a road where she saw a boy leaving his house, she picked up on a youma energy. Yumi's fur bristled at the same time, so Rose knew she wasn't just feeling things.

"Rose..." Yumi warned, voice a whispered hissing.

"I feel it, Yumi. I know." She slowed down on the bike and then dodged herself behind a house to transform.

However, in that time, a youma emerged from the shadow of the house across the way and spotted some kid.

Food. Energy. Need to feed. It was a basic youma who's shape wasn't solid enough to be called an animal. Still, to a human, it would be frightening.

As he started screaming about, Kepler rounded the corner, looking at him and scoffing. "Get back!" The youma was approaching him, considering he was drawing attention to himself. This really wasn't going to be an easy fight, was it?

She ran before him, transparent ribbons of her bow fluttering around as she held her arms out wide. "Stay behind me, kid!"

Yumi literally skidded to a stop in front of Kepler, fur bristling, growling and hissing at the youma, trying to intimidate it. "Back up you goopy pile of poop!" No one ever said Yumi was eloquent at all. "How did we get an undeveloped one? Kepler, this is basically a poop monster! Be careful!" It didn't have the stench, but it was pretty much a complete goopy mess heading straight for them still.

Kepler ran straight ahead, making sure she didn't end up kicking her cat and just kicked the youma instead, sending it flying to the side. "If he's not moving, just watch him, Yumi!"

Kepler ignored his question for the moment, focusing on the youma before her and hissed when the goop landed near him. Her lilac eyes narrowed on him and then she just rushed the youma suddenly, darting forward, then to the side, kicking it hard and sending it skidding about a foot back before it recomposed itself.

Yumi stayed with Drew, fluffed up and growling because some of that disgusting goop landed on her fur. That was going to take forever to get out! (or at least until the youma was dust) "Look, kid!" She said, looking at Drew. "You need to either run for cover, or just walk away! This is not a safe-- KEPLER!" She had looked back just in time to see Kepler deliver another kick, but the youma wrapped the goopy liquid of it's body around her leg, sending her to the ground. "It's sucking her in!"

Yumi stared at the boy as he declared he wanted to help. Then she saw a flash of something around him, something familiar and grinned. "Well it's your lucky day."

Hopping back a couple of steps, she concentrated and made a henshin pen appear in front of her. With a little clatter, it landed on the ground and she kicked it over to him. "Take this pen and say Etamin Power, Make Up!"

Meanwhile Kepler punched at the goopy youma only to have one of her hands caught. "YUMI. A little help here would be fan-freaking-tastick!" She couldn't do much of anything now. She needed both hands for her magic and wasn't sure what good it would do with a youma like this. It wasn't even fully formed!

Yumi nearly rolled her eyes but refrained from it. They all had the same reaction, only... His was slightly more obvious, and then stating it. "Ah, it does. Now. Focus on the youma and blast him with your magic! Quickly!"

The cat raced forward and lept, claws flashing, swiping the youma only to get hit with one of it's 'arms' and get sent flying. With a yelp, she landed on her side and groaned. Yeah, that was dumb. "Etamin, do it now!"

"Hey!" Kepler struggled more, getting super pissy with the youma for hurting her cat. "Focus within you! The words will come! Just do something!" She was slowly getting sucked in, both arms now disappeared, her front half sinking. This was the grossest thing in the world.

With the youma blinded, it let go of Kepler and she jumped back and made a gagging noise at the fact the goop was still everywhere. It kind of stung her skin, and left it a bit red, but ultimately she was unharmed. She would have suffocated had her head gone in.

"Thanks for your help, Sailor Etamin," the Super said, stepping forward. "Time to turn him to dust!" She launched her attack, a fury of kicks and punches that threw the enemy around. Finally, when it was weak. The attacks also drove the youma towards Yumi, where she was standing ready.

"Do your attack one more time, if you can, Etamin, and then Yumi will finish it off!"

Yumi nodded, understanding the orders and braced herself, waiting for the signal.

With Etamin blinding the youma, Kepler gave it a last kick into position and looked at Yumi. "NOW! It's really weak!"

The cat nodded and released the beam she'd been saving up right onto the youma. After a few seconds, the youma screamed in even more pain and exploded into dust. Just as Yumi was about to sway sideways, she was being scooped up by a giggling Kepler who planted kisses all over her face. "Another one bites the dust!"

"Really, Yumi? Really?" Kepler sighed and rolled her eyes before wandering toward the new male senshi. She held out her hand and gave a big grin. "Super Sailor Kepler, senshi of words, at your service, Etamin." She beamed at him, all puffed up and proud like a mama bird. "You really lucked out and helped out a lot today. Normally, I would stay and do a Q&A, but I've really got to jet. Yumi, give him a phone right fast? I've got somewhere to be pretty soon or else I'm never going to hear the end of it." She looked to her cat and kissed Yumi's head as the cat nodded.

"One moment." With that, Yumi once more concentrated and produced a senshi phone from subspace. Kepler scooped it up and hummed loudly as she took her own picture, which put in her contact information for her senshi side.

"Now that you have this," Kepler said after a minute, handing it to him. "You can get a hold of me with all of the questions I'm sure you have." She took out her own phone and snapped Etamin's picture. "So, again, I hate to save you and dash, but if I'm late, ugh. So much trouble..." She clicked her tongue and bit down on her lip.