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"Minna... thank you for everything you all have done today. Can we please all meet later at Rei's Shrine... there's something.... Mamoru... and I need to tell you all."

"A meeting? What...do you need to tell us?"
"See you later in the evening Chibiusa. Let me know if we want to get together afterward to catch up."
"Y-Yeah, I'll see you later, Hotaru-chan."

Sailor Uranus didn't say anything during the time Usagi, Mamoru, and Chibiusa were talking, having high respect for the three, in particular, she just listened to Chibiusa telling Mamoru and Usagi what happened, then the conversation began to get heavier and more personal.

"Mamo-chan... Usagi... we met another Senshi today. She helped distract the youma and defeat it... Luna told us she was from Planet Jupiter. I think she might know what happened to Mako-chan and maybe the others... thing is... she told us her name was Sailor Nova, but later Luna told us her real Senshi name… it's Sailor Sagittarius, she is a constellation Senshi. We don't know much about her... but I think she can help us! I wish she didn't run off so fast afterwards, I tried my best to call out to her but she was gone. I think a few of the others are going to go after her instead... Luna said we need to find her before the enemy does. There was also another... figure, a lady that showed up and told us she's going to find... the crystals and the talismans... then… she threatened us. Usagi... we really needed you today... you and Mamo-chan... ...What's going on?"

"We need to talk, Chibiusa." There was sadness in Mamoru's quiet voice as he finally mustered some strength to speak towards Chibiusa. "You, me and Usako need to have a heart to heart discussion with one another."
Mamoru looked past Chibiusa over at Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, hoping that they would understand that what was about to be discussed was between them. Once that was settled, they would join back with the others to inform everyone what's going on.

Making eye contact with Mamoru, his hint was loud and clear. Turning towards Sailor Neptune, Uranus gave a nod and then turned back to Mamoru. "We understand. Don't hesitate to contact us if you need us, Prince. We'll both catch up with you later." pushing out a reassuring smile at the end of her sentence.
Sailor Uranus turned to Sailor Neptune and spoke to her "Let’s both head to the arcade, shall we?" giving her partner a smile before turning around and walking off. While they were still in the ruins, Sailor Uranus untransformed back to her usual self before anyone had noticed.

Entering inside the arcade, it wasn’t the usual atmosphere, her eyes shifted to Motoki who was usually behind the counter, giving him a quick wave as a greeting. Haruka's usual direction would normally be where the racing simulators were, but her eyes shifted to the Sailor V game, noticing a familiar pink-haired acquaintance. "It's that girl Usagi made friends with... what's she doing here?" she whispered to Michiru as she eyed the pink-haired acquaintance, then for a moment she looked over towards where all the racing car simulators were.
Haruka's eyes widened for a moment like she was seeing things, there stood Sailor Sagittarius for a split second which made Haruka blink when she saw the vision. "That girl is..." The girl had changed back once Haruka blinked and wore normal clothes, but one item she wore looked familiar, the apron.
"Michiru... keep an eye on that pink-haired girl, Rin, I think her name was. That other girl over by the racing cars... I can't help but get this feeling about her... like we just met her. I've got an idea..." she whispered, wondering if Michiru had seen the vision Haruka saw.
The two had their own body language, and only in a short sentence spoke more than that. Haruka was telling Michiru that she had sensed something from both the pink-haired acquaintance and the other girl who was spaced out by the racing simulators. Being a regular, Haruka could definitely tell there was something about the arcade today that was different from the rest of the days she visited.
Knowing Michiru may or may not approach the pink-haired acquaintance, they were able to cover at least both of the girls each and try to talk with them.
Walking up to the racing simulator, Haruka went around it to see the front of the girl who stood there. The strong aura that surrounded the girl Haruka was able to feel around Sailor Sagittarius from before and it was very vivid, however, Haruka was going to act the complete opposite towards the girl instead, giving a more friendlier approach.
Her eyes shifted to the machine, and as she got closer Haruka's index finger subtly pressed the disable button on the side, making the machine seem "faulty" as it disabled the function to use the pedals.



"Hm? Oh, I've not seen you before... you okay? you’re spaced out… so what’s your name?" Haruka said as she played dumb, leaning back on the racing machine for a moment and giving a wave in front of the girl's face to wake her up, getting a good look at the girl's face before sitting down on the racing simulator she had tampered with. ”It’s her. I knew it… there’s no doubt about it.” Haruka thought to herself as she narrowed her eyes a little, the only way to confirm it is to get her to talk and answer Haruka’s questions. Placing her foot on the pedal, it was jammed and didn’t move downwards.
"That's strange... this one isn't working. Do you mind having a look at it for me, please?" Pulling on an invisible rope with her words, Haruka made sure the girl wasn't just going to leave her alone and gave her a reason to stay with her. "I'm Haruka Tenou, I'm a regular here... I actually use this racing simulator a lot. Judging by that new apron you have on... you're new, right?" The girl had fold creases from the new apron being folded for so long, her maroon red apron was a lot brighter than Motoki's, which his looked worn. Haruka's eyes shifted to Michiru for a moment, then back up to the girl as she awaited her response.

Listening to the girl, Haruka watched the ray of emotions switch through Kira, one minute she came off as reserved, then her eyes twinkled at her for a few moments. Haruka was used to this by now and from what she saw when Sailor Sagittarius was around her made her a little surprised, considering Kira was easily submissive towards her in the sense she wasn't hiding her feelings.

Watching Kira come to the other side, Kira was pressing all the buttons on the top, whereas the button that Haruka pressed was hidden on the side of the machine which wasn't obvious.
Kira looked like she was already having trouble, but Haruka didn't want Kira to go and get Motoki just yet. Trying to hide the amused expression behind her usual serious visage, Kira answered Haruka's next question.

"Heh... is it that obvious? That's right, I just moved here so I'm still pretty new. So, Haruka... you're a regular? Do you come here alone? Is there uh... anyone I should keep an eye out for? Can you tell me anything I may need to know?"

"Since you've asked... I actually came here with Michiru." she said, gesturing towards Michiru for a moment in the distance who was by Rin. Then Haruka's attention went back to Kira. "A few of our friends come here often, you might see Motoki's fiancé from time to time... and quite possibly his best friend Mamoru."
Haruka paused for a moment, the thought of Mamoru's name might trigger something, purposely, Haruka continued to speak. "And the other regulars are Rei Hino... Minako Aino... Ami Mizuno... Makoto Kino and Usagi Tsukino. Usagi is a good friend of ours, she often visits daily, can't miss that Bunhead. You'll know what I mean when you see her." giving Kira a hint, and dropping her usual nickname for the Princess she knew. Haruka couldn't help smile a little with her comment about Usagi for a moment before she drew her attention back to Kira again.
"So, Kira, what was it you were daydreaming about? Not those Three Light's members?" Haruka joked lightly, then probed her a little more. "You seemed quite distracted back there, anything you want to talk about? Sometimes talking to someone you don't know helps as the opinion isn't biased." Wondering what it was Kira was thinking about.

Kira's bashful expression gave away that she was a big fan, points to Haruka for playfully asking as it struck a nerve with Kira.
That was a bit cute, but Kira's expression didn't last as she continued to speak.

"Y-Yeah... actually I was deep in thought... you see... before I came to the arcade, I met a big group of people--through a friend and we all have this one thing in common. It's a bit hard to explain but I just... feel like I shouldn't be around them? But the other part of me wants to see them all again, I just left too soon and then thought about the whole situation over and over in my head, and maybe I should listen to my heart a bit more because it was telling me to talk to them. Some of them were a bit easier to talk to... I just... think I really blew it, you know? These people I think would be hard to find---I mean the city is such a big place and all."



Haruka's expression changed a little bit as she had put her 'Senshi expression' on as if she were listening to Kira as Sailor Uranus, now focusing on what Kira was saying, as she knew exactly what and who she was referring to. It was a lot to take in, and Haruka could very much see Kira was troubled by this. Part of Haruka really wanted to openly talk to her, but now wasn't the right time considering Kira was at work.

"One person I met... she was really nice. I guess I'm just scared because I don't want to lose any more friends. That heartache alone is really... really painful."

To Haruka, it made her see Kira a little differently now, knowing when Kira said 'Some were easier to talk to' made Haruka think back, she wasn't one of them and deep down maybe Haruka was a bit too hard on Sailor Sagittarius at the time.
Kira cut her conversation short, and this was exactly what Haruka didn't want when Kira uttered "Gomen, that conversation was quite a heavy topic. Anyways I'm not really sure why the racing machine isn't working, but Motoki said I can call a number on the back and someone will come out it to look at it."

"Wait" Haruka said, grabbing the girls hand that was previously resting on her chest to stop her from going anywhere first, then realizing the reflex she did before releasing her hand. "Before you go anywhere..." Haruka started with, making eye contact with Kira, forgetting she wasn't in her Senshi form. "People can't help you if you're not willing to let them in." Even though Haruka wasn't the first person Kira would go to, not that she knew who Haruka was, she still tried to make an effort to talk to the girl. "You may think this city is big but..." Leaning in towards Kira, she continued "Everyone knows someone. And I think you'll find that those people you speak of are closer than you think." her words were cryptic enough to make Kira think. "Kira, sometimes you have to accept things that come to you, and instead of running from them... you should try embracing them. And you're right, listen to your heart. Heartache will happen no matter what, it's inevitable but you know what isn't? Friends... especially the ones you talk about, if they are hard to find then that's what makes them even more special, right?" Leaning back, Haruka smiled, then her gaze shifted to the machine as she pressed her foot on the accelerator, and with her right hand, she moved it to the side of the machine, pressing that same button that disabled the whole unit. Looking back at Kira, Haruka added "...One more thing you should know that Motoki didn't tell you... there's a button on the side that disables the whole simulator completely... Gomen Kira, I was just testing you, and you passed." Haruka said, giving her a wink and a smile to try and lighten the mood.

11.58am / Tuesday/ Overcast
Days until concert: 5

Just as Kira was about to turn around, she felt a hand grab her hand followed by a "Wait" from Haruka, which made Kira abruptly stop and gasp, appearing a bit surprised. Haruka realized the reaction from Kira and let go, as it seemed to have stopped her from leaving.



Kira couldn't really sense anything at that point but the whole background noise and people around her had blurred, it was as if Haruka and her were in a room together and only the two could hear each other.


How did Haruka know this was what Kira was doing? It was a strange feeling between the two and the archer didn't really know how to react straight away.
Haruka leaned in towards Kira, and the words that were spoken next made Kira's eyes widen a little like she wanted to hear more of what Haruka meant exactly, the more Haruka spoke to her it was like Haruka knew exactly what was going through Kira's mind deep down, and the words were as if her gut feeling was talking to her.


"Huh?" Kira thought to herself, it was like a puzzle, and all the pieces were still mixed up even though the answer was right there in front of her. It was like Haruka was trying to tell her something but in a way, it didn't give out the answer either.



"..Friends?" Kira questioned, she felt like she hadn't gotten that far with them, but to Haruka, it was a different situation. "I'm... not sure they would see me as that. Maybe as far as an acquaintance..."




"Eh?! Wait a sec... you knew this whole time?!" Kira sighed, feeling a little silly as a light blush flushed across her face as she mumbled "Then again you did say you were a regular... Wait! How exactly did I pass? I just told you where the number was on the back of the machine! Was this actually a test? Did Motoki tell you to do this?" Overthinking it, Kira stood there trying to work out why Haruka pretended to not know how to fix the machine.

12.05pm / Tuesday/ Overcast
Days until concert: 5

Hearing the answer that it wasn't a test for the racing simulators made Kira even more confused.

That alone spoke a thousand words, it was quite clever how Haruka had played it out, as Haruka walked past, there was a slightly heavy feeling on her shoulder for a moment as it left Kira stuck for words and before she mustered up anything, Haruka was already with Michiru.
Kira turned around to face the pair watching Rin as she thought. "How did Haruka know?" Kira couldn't figure out who Haruka was because she was dressed more masculine than feminine, leaving her to still believe Haruka was a male. The thought of Haruka having any magical powers had not occurred to her at all and she wondered if Haruka was psychic of some sort. Looking back at the racing simulator, Kira stared at it, trying to figure out what that was all about.
"Earth people are really strange..." Kira thought.

Motoki was typing on a small computer when the couple came over to him. "Oh! Haruka! Michiru! I saw you talking to Kira, how is she doing?" he lightly laughed but then was asked a question by Haruka. "What time she finishes? Hmm... Five? She's due to have her lunch in about half an hour."

While Michiru and Haruka were talking to Motoki, Kira walked over to the crowd of people and slipped in, her eyes were fixated on the screen, then noticed a girl that was playing on it. She seemed somewhat annoyed but focused on the game.
Standing beside Rin, Kira spoke. "Is that the Sailor V game? That looks like fun!" Kira had never seen such a sparkly magical girl game before. But her smile faded a little when the little jumping pixel reminded her of when she is a Senshi herself. "...What is that game about?" Kira questioned Rin, trying to attempt some sort of conversation, however, Kira was unaware of the others and how they felt about Rin, and that Rin gave them a certain vibe they didn't like.

A storm had been in the process of brewing in the late afternoon that day. Heat from the sun, turned the moisture off of the bay into a water vapor. As the vapor rises, and cools the air, tiny water droplets form causing a chain reaction of clouds to appear. The water droplets in the clouds join together causing a heaviness to form in the air. White clouds that had been hanging lowly in the sky begin to shift into darker tone, much more prominent of an approaching storm. For those who have cell phones would have heard a brief announcement alert of a quick moving storm in the area and to expect lightning strikes with brief periods of electrical outages. The broadcast was emitted from a local weather alert station in the area.

However in the local, popular C R O W N arcade, several minded individuals were highly tuned into one pink haired girl who had been playing for a substantial amount of time on a Sailor V game. With all of the video game sound effects blaring at a much higher volume than normal. It's quite possible that the patrons inside the arcade never heard the storm alert on their cell phones. Just as pink haired girl is about to approach a boss fight... a loud clap of thunder rumbles and rolls throughout the building followed by a white-washed lightning flash that fills the room before everything goes black. The white-washed lightning, caused a brief moment of blindness to those who may of glanced up the moment the flash occurred. In that fraction of time when the lightning flash washed out everything in the room, a lone figure could be seen opening the door to enter into the arcade. Rainfall would have started and the figure will appear to have been slightly drenched. Until the flash recedes the features of the person will be unseen.

The video game screen before the pink haired girl, would have scrambled slightly in reaction to the loud thunder clap and fizzled out as the colors went from brilliant to nothing as the power went out. A simultaneous flickering of lights along screens of other games shut down instantaneously in unison. No doubt followed by comments of 'Oh man! You have GOT to be kidding me?!' among other absurdities and vulgarities thrown about by other gamers. The electronical hum in the air that was mainly in the background when all of the electronical machines, lights, music and equipment that had been powered was silent, almost in a disturbing manner. The air in the arcade hung heavy in the room, with a hint of static discharge. The arcade wouldn't be completely in the dark inside since there were windows located on the front of the building.

There were several flashes of lightning outside as the sound of heavy rainfall pelted against the store front. Something metallic could be heard behind the store, making an odd grunting sound. As the lightning flashed, periodical grunting occurred before the sound of a machine jump starting itself could be heard from behind the wooden doors. The hanging lamps above their heads flickered momentarily before the power was quickly restored. What appeared to take a long amount of time, only took a few minutes for the CROWN's emergency generator in the back to kick in as the electricity is restored.

"Ah-ha! Finally!" Motoki exclaimed from behind the counter, excited that the power finally kicked back on. His excitement was followed by the rest of the patrons, as the video gaming systems finally seemed to hum to life. Blank, blacked out screens slowly turned back on with their start up screens, with mentioning of how much it cost to play said game, along with recent high scores. The video game screen before the pink haired girl, eventually flickered to life. With the screen appearing to be blank and at the start up mode.



The lone person who had been drenched by the storm, moved away from the front door. Allowing their eyes to adjust from being blinded by the light and thrown into the darkness. Now adjusting to the fluorescent lamp lights hanging from above. It only took a short amount of time for the emerald green eyes behind the transitional lenses, to adjust to the lay of the land. As the darkness of the lenses shifted to what appeared to have a kaleidoscope affect along the surface of the lenses. The patron's eye color appeared to shift as the light from above cast down upon them. Almost as if they were mood altering.


Realization that he was dripping quite a bit from the storm, the patron moved over to where the man with the apron behind the counter, had made an exclamation that the power was restored. He called out in a normal tone in greeting, "Good day, so I don't completely drench your floor with water, could you please direct me to the wash room?"

Motoki had been in the process making sure everything was working from the laptop before him as he heard someone greet him. A questionable expression was present at first as it took him a moment to understand what the patron was asking for. "Oh yes of course! Down the main aisle and turn left, there's a door that leads to the restroom. And thanks for being courteous!" Motoki said with a smile. The patron provided a smile in return as he followed the directions to the 'T'. As he began to walk down the main aisle, he passed by a large group of people who had been in the process of protesting about the timing of the storm and just how high this pink haired girl gamer had made before the outage! According to the pink haired girl's growing fan club that had a large gathering, they were outraged as to how the game did not save and restarted!

Listening to the grumbling from the crowd, the patron stopped in his footsteps noticing a particular girl who dawned a C R O W N arcade apron standing near the crowd. The lenses of his shades cast a reflection of light towards the general direction of where the girl with the apron stood. If she had taken notice, he would have provided a short smile in his passing. If not, he hoped upon his return he would find her once more. Passing through the door leading towards the restroom, the patron was not gone long. Only long enough to wring out excess water from the hood of his trench coat. Running his slender fingers through the long length of wet, white hair. He released the tie that once held his hair back, allowing it the air dry. Emerging from the door back into the gaming arcade facility, the patron cast a look-about-glance around the room, until his emerald green eyes settled upon the individual he had seen as he passed earlier. From behind the lenses of his glasses, his eye color appeared to shift from emerald green, to sea blue, finally to a golden hue. Standing there mesmerized for a brief fleeting amount of time before he moved to cross the floor to where the girl with the apron was located at.

"Pardon me, miss. Would you happen to know if the arcade carries a crane machine here?" His voice was soft, flowing sweet as honey as he politely asked the working girl before him a question or two. "More common to be known as a 'claw machine'?"

"U-Uh, Crane Machine? Oh! Um... Y-yeah it's right this way... follow me." The lone patron followed in tow behind his guide, maneuvering past the crowd with ease, not once falling behind. When his guide came to a stop, turning with smile and ta-dah body expression. The gesture of the guide's hand waving towards the crane machine, "Here it is!" was cute. Causing the man standing before the guide to smile more. He subconsciously reached upwards to remove his glasses settling them along the breast pocket of his coat, without so much of a second thought.

Upon their arrival to the crane machine, he had taken note of a railing mounted to the wall beside the machine. Turning around so smoothly to lean back against the railing, his long hair appeared to rise up and fall as he took a moment to admire his guide. Not wanting to appear as though he was staring he adjusted his line of sight towards the gaming machine and asked, "Do you know how it works?" Wanting to keep the friendly guide there, his gaze wandered back up towards her as he asked her another question. "Have you ever played it before?"

As he kept his eyes on his guide, the color of his eyes appeared to shift in several different colors. Perhaps it was the light in the arcade that caused that. Or maybe it was something that he was wearing. The sound effects from several gaming consoles could be heard in the background behind them. Where the man was aligned along the railing, gave him a broad spectrum viewing of the arcade. With the wall, literally against his back, he took mental note of all of the exits within the facility. He did this so in case he needed to protect the person he was with and had a plan as to what exit was closest to take in order to leave at a moments notice.

Her expression was vague, albeit puzzled as he felt the guide's eyes had given him a look over once they had arrived at the gaming machine he had asked about. "Um... gomen for staring but... this is going to sound a bit weird...I...I feel like I've seen you before... it's just... you look a bit... familiar. I can't remember where though..."

The man smiled, "Charmed, I'm sure." He replied in a genuine tone that was friendly as well as flirty. Not knowing how she would take how he responded. He made sure not to overstep any boundaries with her. Responding once again, this time in a more casual tone, "I've been told before that I tend to look like certain famous people. I swear, I just like different styles and make them my own. By molding my own shape in society." The fact that he talked about himself like clay, to be molded into the shape and form he sees that is expected by some, attracted by others. And for him, what he chooses to wear and how to look is a type of art.

"Ah! Gomen! Uhh...I didn't mean for that to sound like a pickup line! Hahaha..--Let's try this again... I'm Kira... It's my first day here so you'll have to excuse my random question!" So innocent. He thought to himself, just like how she acted before. Oblivious to her surroundings and who she interacts with. This arcade seems like a good start to meet people. He had noticed the other patrons that were familiar to him: Haruka and Michiru. Dressed in their casual attire outside of their senshi uniforms. The other girl in the background with the pink hair, seemed familiar but only provided a bad vibe aura. He would be keeping tabs on that one. Tilting his head ever so lightly in response to the guide finally providing her name. She was so trustworthy of who she was addressing. Knowing that in the past he would have been sassy, possibly rude, not providing her the time of day. However this wasn't the past, this was the present. Times had changed, he had changed, or so he liked to think so.

Extending out his hand towards Kira, to shake hands in greeting. "Not at all, it's alright, no harm done. And it's a pleasure to meet you Kira, I'm Yaten." Refraining from saying his last name, at least for now. Speaking only loud enough between them, not wanting others within the vicinity to know who he was. It was bad enough that he had removed his glasses that had helped his disguise, along with his hair being down verses tied up. Holding eye contact with Kira, for what appeared to be a long amount of time.