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While Alita was getting ready, Liara patched up more of Yaten's bruise again from all the crying they had done /or wiped the makeup away at any point. Once Alita had finished having breakfast with the other two, she washed up afterwards, then the three of them went into Liara's red sports car to make their way to the festival. Alita sat in the back behind Liara's seat, letting Yaten sit beside Liara in the front, just so her view of the idol was in her diagonal line of sight while Liara drove them to the festival.

Arriving, Liara pulled up beside Seiya's car, not realizing it was theirs. Taiki's was next to Seiya's car. Yaten would most likely know they were all there by now, everyone was.
Opening the car door, both Liara and Alita got out, shut the door, and waited until Yaten did the same. Already, they could hear people chanting Kira's name in the distance. Yaten would now see all the posters of her, she looked like a model and had such confidence in her poses, that you would never think she had any sort of stage fright.
Liara could feel the urge Yaten had to get to her as soon as possible, and so she gestured Yaten to follow her to another entrance where a guard was standing by. Taking out her keys, Liara had the special piece of plastic keychained to her set of keys and flashed it to the man who instantly let her in. "Good to see you again, Liara... oh, Alita... it's been a while." stating the fact Alita barely goes to archery events now, but she was also well-known there as much as Liara was.
"Yaten Kou is with us." Liara said, stopping to make eye contact with the idol for a moment and smiled confidently. The guard let all three of them pass, and Liara took the lead, walking down the sideline where they were able to sit, but chose to stand for now. They were on the other side of the fence to where the other Sailor Senshi were.



Now, the others would have seen three people enter through, not noticing who was in the crowd, their attention was currently stuck on Kira.

Of course, Taiki had seen Yaten walk in with two other people, one of them had long red hair, and one in a kimono, someone who Taiki didn't recognize. "It's Yaten... and... I think that's Liara..." Taiki mumbled, finally everyone had arrived.


Yaten, Alita, and Liara were a fair distance away from the rest of the crowd, they were closer to Kira in terms of distance compared to the Sailor Senshi and there were no barriers between Kira and them like it was with the crowd. It didn't take long for Liara to pick up that something was wrong with Kira, making the smile she had seen her friend fade pretty fast, along with overhearing the crowd's conversations that went around "Not moving" "She has been still for ages" "What is wrong with her?" and other chatter.
"What the hell has happened, Kira? What are you doing?" Liara thought to herself, narrowing her eyes, wondering if there was something in the crowd that made her this way?
Liara looked around and then spotted Taiki and Seiya. Of course, she had not seen the rest of the Sailor Senshi outside of them in their attire, but Liara was smart and put two and two together watching them talk among themselves, having the same worried expressions displayed like a neon sign. "It's them. Look there, Yaten, at you're three o'clock....Is that the rest of your friends?" Having the feeling the answer was going to be a yes, Liara questioned and waited for the answer before taking a step further and added. "I'll be back..."

Yaten wasn't allowed to interfere with Kira's game as it could disqualify her, but it was at this moment Rei had somehow gotten herself into Kira's thoughts, mind, whatever she saw through Kira had made Kira unintentionally push Rei out at the very end, causing Rei to feel... how she was feeling, shock, glass being broken, all sorts of negative emotions would have caused her to feel all sorts of pain from different unexplainable levels.



Kira was frozen on the spot because she had gotten into a trance-like state again, and all she was able to see was her holding her bow and arrow, everything around her was smokey, blurred. There was no sound, it was just white noise. Her body was physically at the Tournament but her mind wasn't. Not until Rei's figure rippled into her view like an old static film. Kira's firey blue and purple arrow was aimed at Rei, and seeing Rei stand at the end of the arrow caused Kira to suddenly gasp into what air she could manage and drop the bow and arrow, she didn't want to attack Rei at all.
Rei's image disappeared as if she were there for a reason, even though Kira was already caught up in a vision. Everything shattered back to reality from Rei's vision, which Kira had also witnessed.

The wind change changed direction, and a sharp gust of wind blew Kira back the second her eyes stopped being dilated - giving her a possessed, emotionless expression, causing her to stumble backward losing balance as she blinked, and it was like the wind was forcing her into a direction she needed to face.

SWOOSH
Kira's body began to turn slowly.

Kira turned around in the direction of where Rei stood and could see Rei was shocked herself, but the wind didn't stop, it pushed her a little more, and on the outside Kira just twirled around, her hair trailing behind her movements along with her clothes wavered as she stopped, her eyes shifted from Rei to Yaten. Seeing Yaten... there... watching her. Making eye contact with the idol as their eyes met. Yaten wasn't wearing their suit, not to Kira's first glance, They looked somewhat different but Kira could easily tell who it was, long silver hair, bright green emerald eyes, and attractive? Made her heart flutter? Absolutely. It was Yaten Kou despite the disguise, her body didn't push her in that direction just because, there is always a reason to why things happen.

"...Oh my god.... Yaten..." she whispered.
How long was Yaten there for? Doesn't matter, what matters is now.

Turning to look at her archery tutor, Kira spoke up loud enough to make her announcement. "I... I give up." Looking at Yaten for a second, then back at her tutor, Kira continued "I'm sorry, I need to do something more important." Not waiting for an answer, Kira jumped off stage and ran down the stairs. She disappeared off-stage for a moment, then reappeared on the same ground floor as everyone else now from the stage's wing and she bolted towards the idol, into a running embrace.

"It's you... you're really here." Her eyes welled up as she said quietly. Taking note she could now see the collar part of the suit, it was hidden away under the kimono Yaten wore over top. until you got rather close to the idol.
"I'm so sorry... I'm so so sorry... it's all my fault, everything!" The panic started to arise, and before Yaten could even get a word in just yet, Kira let go and grabbed his hand.



"Before you say anything-- I need to tell you something important." There was urgency in her voice. Pulling them gently out of sight, Kira turned back around to face Yaten as they both hid around the corner, taking a deep breath, she knew her next words were just going to come out like word vomit.
"Something has happened to me, Yaten, I went to sleep last night... I woke up, and went into the lounge and Taiki told me they were leaving to go back to Kinmoku with Princess Kakyuu... then Seiya came in and told me they were going to live with Rei. Both told me the Three Lights are no more, that you left because of me, and it's my fault you're gone. They didn't know where you went, no one knew. I pushed Seiya out of the way, I physically felt my hand pressing on him, he was real, not an illusion. I ran out, I wanted to look for you, and the further I ran, it got darker and darker, and then the Planet Sailor Senshi followed me, Sailor Moon attacked me and they all said some horrible things to me and the last thing I saw was Sailor Star Catcher, and she... she killed me. I woke up again and I was still in your house and when I woke up, my hair... it was Princess Nova's long hair, but instead of seeing or looking for you in the house.. I didn't want to see Taiki or Seiya knowing what they were going to say to me, I didn't want to hear their words again. I jumped out the window from the bedroom, I walked past all these shops, I had seen us in magazines and the media--- everywhere is crawling with reporters, they started to chase me along with a swarm of people screaming our names-- and then it was Sailor Galaxia, I saw Sailor Galaxia! I didn't realize she's the one behind everything and now everything makes sense! It's her, Yaten, she's back and she's the one doing all this! I'm turning physically into Princess Nova!" Kira felt like she had taken such a weight off her chest, but none of what Kira said made any sense, really.
If anything, she seemed confused between what was real and what wasn't.

"Yaten, I'm turning into Princess Nova physically now, the magic has to go somewhere and this morning I got home because I had to cut my hair. I'm getting flashes of her memories and I am doing things I don't remember doing, and just before I was holding my bow and arrow and my body changed form again, into a Sailor Senshi this time! And... I saw Rei too, just now, I have no idea why she was there! What the hell is wrong with me, Yaten? I'm confused, I don't know if this is even real, am I going to wake up again? Are you real? Am I real?"



Tears formed again in her eyes, and Kira began to cry in front of the idol "I'm such a mess, Star Healer! I don't want to feel like this, I'm scared, I'm really really scared! I don't want to lose you, I don't want you gone! Please... please Star Healer, don't go anywhere... I'm begging you! Please take me with you, wherever you decide to go, I'll go with you! because... I... I love you!"

Kira pleaded Yaten, never to leave her side, and was under the impression they came to say goodbye.

During the time Hotaru, Chibi-Usa, and Seto were waiting for the donuts to cook and be iced, something happened to Seto, it's unknown if he noticed anything, the teacher felt strange for a short few moments, but that could be the heat of the sun beaming down through the thick clouds that passed by.

Once Chibi-Usa had left with Seto and Hotaru from ordering and getting their donuts, Chibi-Usa helped as she used both her hands to hold three small buckets (each had around 10 mini donuts in them)



Chibi-Usa stopped once Hotaru got bumped into by another person, looking at the person who bumped into her, she seemed in a hurry for whatever reason after picking up her phone and bowing apologetically.

"Ah! Hotaru-chan! Are you okay?" Chibi-Usa asked, then looked back at the girl. "It's okay! you don't have to be sorry, it's quite--..."
Before Chibi-Usa could finish her sentence, she ended it while watching the girl take off again. "crowded..."
Looking back at Hotaru, Chibi-Usa shrugged it off, maybe she needed to be somewhere?
The three of them made their way back to the rather large group, well, where they thought they would be, not knowing they had moved spots inside the fenced area.

Meanwhile, Alita dashed off before she could hear Chibi-Usa's sentence, and Hotaru for that matter, her face was still lit red from embarrassment from earlier. Now thinking she had run off far enough, she puffed from the dash she did, found an empty table and sat down, sinking her body into the seat from relief.
Taking out her phone, the red from her face disappeared pretty fast and she did what she normally would do, and messaged her best friend.



Seeing that last bit from her friend made Alita look up and scan the area, but there was no one heading towards her.
Pressing fingers on the screen of her phone she went back into the program she had been using and her eyes shifted to the archery teacher, then she looked in the direction of where the other group of friends had gone. Who was Addison referring to? For a moment, Alita thought maybe it was Addison coming to see her? Where is she anyways and how does she know Alita has company coming her way?

Company?
What did her best friend mean exactly? No one was around Alita, that she knew of anyways. Her best friend's message made her look up again from her phone, and then back to what she was doing at the software, maybe she could find out who it was, but just as she began to type and bring up some details on the screen, Alita felt pressure placed on her shoulder, this was very much something Liara would do but the voice that spoke sat down beside her, along with another blur of someone else came into view opposite her.
Seeing the bucket of donuts land in front of her, she looked at them, then towards the voice that followed.



'Hm?' That voice wasn't one she heard, not familiar to her anyways.



The red blur came into view when the figure sat beside her, making Alita gasp and move away as she thought. "It's Seiya! AAAH!" internally screaming.



Alita's shocked expression shifted to the figure who sat opposite her, while Seiya asked something to Alita, and got closer to her, to see what was displayed on her phone. "Taiki too?! They are incredibly handsome in person!" she thought to herself. It wasn't as easy to up and leave this time. The brunette didn't hear what Seiya asked her at that moment, seeming a bit stuck on her blushing expression.

"You took off so fast we didn't have a chance to say hello." Taiki said and smiled warmly towards Alita who was quite shocked by the situation already. The idol's eyes shifted down to her phone, which was what Seiya had been looking at, not trying to pry or look, it was a little hard for Taiki once noticing the ID photo on the screen with the words 'Target Detected - Seto K' and thinking back to Hotaru, she was with that man along with Chibi-Usa moments ago.

Now, Taiki was also interested but unlike Seiya, Taiki considered Luna's warning more than Seiya did. The smile faded, and his usual serious frown appeared.



Alita happened to look down, and seeing Taiki and Seiya both take their eyes off her, she realized that her screen hadn't locked or turned dark yet from being idle. Quickly, Alita put both her arms over the phone to hide it, but by then it was too late.
Her actions of hiding the lit-up screen were suspicious enough, and now Taiki asked the question. "What was that?"
Alita adverted her eyes, looking in the opposite direction, and shook her head. "N-Nothing..." she said as loudly as she could. She could feel her throat dry up, and the hot feeling around her cheeks faded rather fast.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have looked but...target detected?" Taiki questioned and leaned in closer to her, speaking rather quietly. "Whatever it is you are trying to hide... that screen has now raised suspicion. You can talk to us. We know you are aware of who we are..."

Alita made eye contact with Taiki, and for a moment she could easily see past their disguise. It was wrong of them to sneak up on her and look over her shoulder like that, but Alita shouldn't have had that software up so openly either. Trying to swallow, she felt caught out and now had to answer to them. "It's..." Looking back down, she unfolded her arms and revealed the phone, hesitating for a moment, Alita pushed it into the center of the table and continued, allowing them to see the screen. "It's a... youma tracker. This person, and Kira's teacher... they are phages, and it's only a matter of time until the phages reveal themselves. I've been keeping an eye on them."

Taiki was quite stunned, surprised, and shocked. "That will tell you in advance who they are and where they are? How did you get this?"
Alita blushed and looked down at the phone and whispered, but it was quieter than normal. "It’s a software that I made…"
The idol didn't hear her too well, but could lip-read her words. "You made it? How did you do this?"
The shyness of Alita's visage faded, and a more saddened expression was now displayed as she answered "I... have a lot of time on my hands….I want to help Liara as much as I can. I feel... useless as a person, I am not strong enough physically to help, but I can do many other things...I just want to be there for her and do what I can."
Alita gazed at her phone, she was upset, clearly by speaking about how she felt. Being in the moment, she had blurred them out of her mind as she spoke, she didn't feel like she was talking to anyone in particular but then the world around her came back to reality and she looked up at Taiki, forcing a smile, but like Alita, Taiki was also able to see through Alita's pain, the pain in her smile.

Looking down at her phone again, the idol gestured to the device "May I?" asking to pick it up and look at it.
Alita nodded and watched Taiki take hold of it.

There was nothing suspicious about the software as Taiki flicked through all the buttons, the more they delved into it, Taiki could see how hard she had worked, it was like an answer to what they had been wanting, and finding more information about the youma was right at their fingertips, Alita really knew her stuff, she was smart and for someone to have this amount of knowledge, especially someone with no magical abilities was something else, Taiki began to question Alita in the sense of 'who is she?' and not at all thinking about what Luna said, but moreso what Seiya said about her and believing Usagi. Taiki now knew Alita wasn’t a threat, or a bad person and just by speaking with her and how she wants to help in any way she can, the fact she did something as incredible as making a program to help the Sailor Senshi, and sharing it was enough for Taiki to also trust her like Yaten had.
"This....this is really impressive. Would you mind sending me a copy of the software?"

Alita couldn't help but be taken aback by the compliment and Taiki wanting a copy of the software SHE made, which made Alita nod and blush even more. "Y-Yes, s-sure." she managed to squeak out.
"Does Liara know about this situation?" Taiki asked, looking back at Alita, seeing her shake her head in a ‘no’ motion and answer. "She is busy right now with your friends, I... don't think now is the right time to alarm everyone when there is nothing we can do currently."
Taiki sat up straight placing the phone back on the table, and asked her another question, wondering what her answer would be.
"It would be good to give them a heads up though. So now what should we do? When can we attack them?"
Alita shook her head again and answered "We can't attack humans, we need to bring them out as phages... and to do that we need positive energy from the crowd. Right now, they are anxious because Kira is not there." Gesturing to the crowd who had started to chant Kira's name then rested her arm back on the table again. "You are the Three Lights, remember? You are the positive energy the crowd needs." The blush reappeared on her face again as Alita smiled at Taiki.

Leaning both arms over the table, still watching Alita react to both of them in a fangirl way, Seiya pouted in annoyance. "Not again..." About to speak, Taiki seemed to have taken the lead on this one which made Seiya looked down at Alita's phone. "You took off so fast we didn't have a chance to say hello."
While the two of them were talking briefly, Seiya was reading the text on the screen.

"What was that?"
"N-Nothing..."
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have looked but...target detected?" Taiki leaned in a bit closer towards Alita, trying only to speak to her without anyone else besides the three hearing. "Whatever it is you are trying to hide... that screen has now raised suspicion. You can talk to us. We know you are aware of who we are..."
Seiya didn't want to take sides, but instead leaned back a little while watching Taiki, took one of the donuts from the bucket, and started to eat it (Seiya is hungry okay shh)
"It's a... youma tracker. This person, and Kira's teacher... they are phages, and it's only a matter of time until the phages reveal themselves. I've been keeping an eye on them."
The idol paused chewing and swallowed the bit chunk of donut. "Phages?!" Seiya looked toward where Hotaru, Seto, and Chibi went, then looked further ahead to see Kira's tutor on the stage with the other students.

"That will tell you in advance who they are and where they are? How did you get this?"
"It’s a software that I made…"
"You made it? How did you do this?"
"I... have a lot of time on my hands….I want to help Liara as much as I can. I feel... useless as a person, I am not strong enough physically to help, but I can do many other things...I just want to be there for her and do what I can."

Seiya's eyes shifted back to Alita after hearing that last part, Seiya had been eating the majority of the donuts by now, watching the two converse as if it were a movie.

"May I?"
While Taiki was preoccupied and flicked through the phone, Seiya could now speak to Alita. "You aren't useless, you made a program that gives us all the answers and thanks to you, we are more than one step ahead." Trying to give Alita confidence in herself, it seemed that she lacked that just because she 'doesn't' have powers.
"This....this is really impressive. Would you mind sending me a copy of the software?"
"Y-Yes, s-sure."
"Does Liara know about this situation?"
"She is busy right now with your friends, I... don't think now is the right time to alarm everyone when there is nothing we can do currently."
"It would be good to give them a heads up though. So now what should we do? When can we attack them?"
"We can't attack humans, we need to bring them out as phages... and to do that we need positive energy from the crowd. Right now, they are anxious because Kira is not there." Watching Alita point to the anxious crowd, they repeated Kira's name repeatedly, wanting her to return.
"You are the Three Lights, remember? You are the positive energy the crowd needs."

The time the two were talking, Seiya looked between them as they spoke, and Seiya got the hint of who Alita liked, from the way she blushed. Smiling for a moment, Seiya then joined in their conversation and added in their two cents to Alita's comment. "Positive energy? So you want us to sing... and that will bring the youma's--I mean phages out?" Looking back at Taiki, then towards Alita again. "There will only be one way to find out. I'm not sure if Yaten will join us though but... let's do this!" Placing both hands on the table, Seiya pushed themselves up and stood up from their seat. The idol seemed rather confident and hyped up to perform for something that was to be expected. Seiya liked knowing things first, and having the upper hand on all this bought out the 'Leader' side of the idol, or rather Starlight. Looking at Alita, Seiya appeared to be in deep thought for a moment.

Knowing one of Rei's powers, the idol had an idea and thought to themselves - but this was directed at Rei, and her thoughts. "Rei? If you can hear me I found something out... Alita made a software on her phone which tells us who the youma's are and one is Kira's teacher, and the other is the guy that Hotaru and Chibi-Odango are with. We can't attack them as they are currently, and we can't turn them into youmas without positive energy, unlike right now. Tai and I are going to sing. Whether or not Yaten is going to join us, I don't know but Alita seems to think that if we do this, the youmas...phages... will appear. I'm going to trust what she says is true, so we need to be prepared for whatever comes. We're on our way back now."

Walking around to Taiki, Seiya spoke up. "Let's go." Taking the lead as always, Taiki would usually follow. However, Seiya stopped and turned back around to see Alita still sitting at the table. "Hm?....hey, you coming? We can't do this without you." Smiling, Seiya wanted to include Alita since she was the one who told them, now knowing how she felt, Seiya wanted to be her voice, get her message across to the others and their plan of attack.

Watching Seiya and Taiki leave, Usagi turned back around to look at Mamoru who seemed annoyed. "Mamo-chan...?" Tilting her head, she wondered what was bothering him. Putting it to the fact that there were potential enemies around must have gotten him into a mood. It was a little strange to see Mamoru acting this way though. Usagi looked up at him and linked her arm around his.



Luna frowned as she jumped out of Usagi's arms, watching Seiya and Taiki leave, she shook her head in defeat. It seemed no one was listening to her and her concerns. It wasn't long before Hotaru, Seto, and Chibi-Usa arrived back, but they were on the other side of the fence. Chibi-Usa had seen Usagi first and called out to her. "Usagi! USAGI! Mamo-chan!"
An annoying voice rang in the blonde's ears as she turned around to look at Chibi-Usa. A grin came to her mouth as she answered



"Teehee~ you're stuck out there! Sorry, Chibi-Usa, only authorized personnel are allowed in here! Sorry, you aren---"
Liara stepped in, she remembered seeing the pink-haired girl while she was with Kira, as an image of the Sailor Senshi appeared in her thoughts, pink hair was a very distinctive color to have after all. Liara noticed the same person around that pink-haired girl, the one who healed Kira. These two people helped Kira in a big way that Liara didn't hesitate to let them in, they were high on her priority list. Looking at Usagi speaking, teasing her future daughter, Liara wasn't mean and answered as she pointed to the guard. "The guard will let you in." trading a glance towards the man standing there, then back at Chibi-Usa again. "You'll be able to come through that way." Pointing to the gate.
"Thank you!"



Chibi-Usa called out, then looked at Usagi and pulled a face to her before turning to Hotaru and Seto. "Yay! Let's join them!" Then Chibi-Usa noticed Setsuna who caught up to them. "Ah! Pluu! You're here too?! When did you arrive?" She asked while waiting for her to join them so they could walk inside the gate together.

Once the four of them joined up with the group, they walked passed Kira, and Yaten, even though they were a bit of a distance away, they could all still see each other if they looked. Walking up to the big group, the inners and outers were finally together again.
Smiling, Luna pointed this out to the circle of friends. "It's been a while since we were all together like this. It's rare these days."
Liara looked at Hotaru and smiled. "Sorry about last night, I took off in such a hurry. I never got the chance to thank you for healing Kira, and..." Shifting her gaze to Chibi-Usa. "If you both hadn't been there in the moment Kira was alone she would have come out far worse than she did."
"Oh! It's okay! I'm just glad I spotted her! I was on my way over to the Sailor Senshi when I saw Kira come out of the concert stadium building. Star Healer was the one who saved her though, she's the real hero." Smiling, Chibi-Usa gazed off into the distance as she looked at the two talking for a moment, then back at Liara again.



Usagi listened to the two of them chatting and her eyes shifted down to the donut buckets. Feeling her mouth beginning to water, Usagi inched her way over to Chibi-Usa and came up from behind, her long arm reached out about to take a donut from the two buckets she held, but just in time Chibi-Usa saw this and moved away from Usagi, barking at her. "Usagi! What are you doing?! These are for Mamo-chan and Mako-chan!"
"I thought you were getting me one! Ah! Hotaru-chan and Seto-san have mine?"
"No, Seiya had yours, Seiya also said to tell you 'thank you' so if you want yours... you'll have to ask Seiya!"




Usagi furrowed her eyebrows and pouted, she was not happy! "EH?! You gave my share to Seiya?! Why?! That's not fair!!"



"Well they kind of took it out of my hands..." Thinking back, it was very nonchalant how Seiya was able to sneak it from her like the idol had done it before.



While Usagi seemed quite upset by this, Makoto couldn't help but smile, and then sigh. "Usagi, you can have mine, I already had breakfast..."
Shaking her head Luna spoke up with a defeated tone in her voice. "She did too, Makoto."
Minako put her hand over her mouth and giggled, nothing had changed around them all being together and their usual shenanigans continued. Even with Seto having the presence of the youma inside him, it wasn't long until others would pick up on this strange feeling more and more.
Liara observed how the group acted toward one another, she could see that they were all close, fought many battles together, and built their friendship up from their experiences, ups, downs and many more memories they all shared with one another.

Liara wasn't the only one observing them, in the crowd was another familiar presence who kept herself hidden away, just in case. A smile came to her lips and her long flowing gradient golden orange and bright red gently blew behind her.

Yaten had not even bothered looking into a mirror to notice that earlier when they cried once more, the makeup had run a little. It was Liara whom took notice and after they all had breakfast, she took it upon herself to fix the makeup. Liara's help in this matter was very appreciated.



Yaten kept really still, while the second application of makeup was be applied. The clatter of plates being cleaned in the background as Alita freshened up a bit. A few thank you's were said among one another and before they knew it. They were already on the road in Liara's red sports car. Yaten had offered for Alita to sit up front with her fiancée, however she insisted that he sit up front with Liara. On the drive over towards the festival, Yaten remained quiet. Alone with his thoughts. His eyes had settled upon the yellow rose that Alita had given him earlier. Thinking about everything she said to him at the time.





Lightly running his fingertips along the stem of the yellow rose, Yaten gave a small, slow turn of the rose within his grasp. From Liara's point of view it would appear that Yaten was fixated on the rose. For a symbolic reason. Reaching upwards with his free hand, he slipped his hand in between the yukata kimono robes. In along where he normally, pins his yellow rose to his coat for concerts. Withdrawing a pin, he made an adjustment on the robe and pinned the rose given to him. The rose was position just above his heart.

It didn't feel like it was a long journey to the festival, noticing that Liara had arrived and pulled into a parking spot. By the time the three of them climbed out of the car he recognized whos' cars she parked next to. "Talk about irony, Liara. Without knowing it, you parked right next to Seiya's car. Just on the opposite of Seiya's car is Taiki's car. Small world isn't it?" Trading a glance between the two cars, noticing that the vehicles were empty. Yaten's eyes seemed to be staring at Seiya's car for what felt like a hot minute. "Strange...we usually ride together in one car to conserve gas." He had to stop his next statement in recalling the other nights' events.



Remembering that night well. He was so mad and hurt from Taiki's roundhouse punch, he didn't know if Seiya stayed the night in their house or left. So .. if both Taiki and Seiya drove to the same location, in separate cars. That means that they must have met up somewhere along the archery grounds, right? Perhaps bumped into Usagi and the others?



Releasing a tense-sigh, Yaten turned to the side and stopped his forward movement. What made him do so where these human height canvas posters hanging up for all to see. And in these canvas posters it was Kira in several different archery poses. Seeing movement off to the side, he took note that it was Liara trying to gain his attention. Following Liara's lead. The small sound of distraction, was that of keys jingling in along Liara's grasp, which made Yaten look to Liara's hands as she began to speak with one of the guards by a gated entrance.

"Good to see you again, Liara... oh, Alita... it's been a while."
"Yaten Kou is with us."

Paying attention to how the guard greeted both Liara and Alita momentarily before turning their attention to where he stood. It was obvious, that he was not in his signature suit and could have easily fooled the guard as to who he really was. It was Liara who cued in then what his identity was. Seeing Liara introduce him to the guard, before trading a glance and smile his way. When the guard let all three of them pass through, "Nice job, Liara." Yaten wasn't being rude, he was complimenting her.



Following behind Liara and Alita to the sidelines, taking note that they could have a seat if they wanted. Instead for the time being they remained standing. Straining to see if they could locate their friends and most importantly spot Kira from their positioning. It wasn't long until they realized that the crowd was chanting Kira's name as well as questioning her lack of activity among her peers. "Not moving" "She has been still for ages" "What is wrong with her?"

"How long has Kira been like that?" Yaten said only loud enough for Liara and Alita. He was flabbergasted that Kira wasn't moving. Was something wrong? Was she under a spell? Was she in danger?! His emerald eyes shot away from where Kira was standing and off towards the other archers. At least the other archers were performing the way they should... but Kira? Motionless. This bothered him a great deal! He was certain that he was not the only one!

"It's them. Look there, Yaten, at you're three o'clock....Is that the rest of your friends?" Liara's voice cut through to Yaten then, drawing his attention away from Kira and over at her. It took a moment to piece together what Liara had asked and pointed towards. Which caused him to cast off his gaze to the side noticing Seiya and Taiki. Not too far off from his siblings were the others, "Yes, that's them." Nodding his head in acknowledgement. Narrowing his eyes slightly, as he lifted up his right hand to provide shade cast over his eyes, so he could see everyone better. "All of them, so it would seem."

"I'll be back..."

By the time Yaten glanced back, Liara was on the move. Trading a glance at Alita then, he could tell she was just as worried as they were. Yaten realized that if he were to move from where he stood, he could very well disqualify Kira. He was not about to do that. Kira had worked too hard to get to where she's at presently. All he could do was watch from his position. In what felt like a fraction of a few mere passing seconds, time seemed to come to an abrupt halt. Seeing the world around him was silent. Void of any noise or movement.



The time it took Yaten the blink a few times, to add moisture to his eyes he could have sworn he heard the sound of glass shattering in the distance. What followed soon thereafter were tiny particles of light, like dust particles that sparkled and swirled about the air, surrounding someone far away in the distance. Yaten couldn't tell who it was or what exactly it was that he was seeing. And in the moment when it felt like time was moving once again, the tickle of air brushed across Yaten's features as he kept looking in the general direction of where Kira had been positioned. It was at that moment, he felt a set of eyes settle upon him that took his breath away.

Kira had finally moved. Observing how she moved forward towards someone standing closeby, he could tell that she was talking in haste. Catching a short glimpse of her looking his way, or at least he thought she did. Kira turned around and disappeared from sight. Searching through the crowd of archers on stage, he could see that Kira was no longer present. A saddened appearance settled on Yaten's features then as he looked down. Wondering in thought, if it was a mistake to show up. Wondering if Kira too was upset from the other night. Reaching up to tuck away some loose strands of hair fluttering before him. He was still alone with his thoughts when he saw Kira emerge out on the ground level. The colors she was wearing was streaming behind her, managing to keep up in the hasty pace she had in advancing closer to where he stood. Lifting his emerald eyes to meet up with Kira's. He came to realize that she was running towards him!

Catching Kira with his arms wide open, as they embraced one another before the gathering of their friends nearby. Holding Kira closely, all of those troublesome thoughts Yaten had began to melt away. "It's you... you're really here." Yaten could hear Kira speak softly to him, as he held Kira within his loving embrace. He could hear the distress in her voice, as the pitche seemed to shift gears almost instantly. "I'm so sorry... I'm so so sorry... it's all my fault, everything!" Yaten's mouth fell slightly open to protest, but found that his words were hushed politely as Kira let go of the hug and grabbed his hand.

"Before you say anything-- I need to tell you something important."

Sensing the urgency in Kira's tone and body language then, Yaten just nodded his head in response and followed. Kira led them away from their friends, any possible means of onlookers and off towards an isolated spot so that they could speak privately.

"Something has happened to me, Yaten, I went to sleep last night... I woke up, and went into the lounge and Taiki told me they were leaving to go back to Kinmoku with Princess Kakyuu... then Seiya came in and told me they were going to live with Rei. Both told me the Three Lights are no more, that you left because of me, and it's my fault you're gone. They didn't know where you went, no one knew. I pushed Seiya out of the way, I physically felt my hand pressing on him, he was real, not an illusion. I ran out, I wanted to look for you, and the further I ran, it got darker and darker, and then the Planet Sailor Senshi followed me, Sailor Moon attacked me and they all said some horrible things to me and the last thing I saw was Sailor Star Catcher, and she... she killed me. I woke up again and I was still in your house and when I woke up, my hair... it was Princess Nova's long hair, but instead of seeing or looking for you in the house.. I didn't want to see Taiki or Seiya knowing what they were going to say to me, I didn't want to hear their words again. I jumped out the window from the bedroom, I walked past all these shops, I had seen us in magazines and the media--- everywhere is crawling with reporters, they started to chase me along with a swarm of people screaming our names-- and then it was Sailor Galaxia, I saw Sailor Galaxia! I didn't realize she's the one behind everything and now everything makes sense! It's her, Yaten, she's back and she's the one doing all this! I'm turning physically into Princess Nova!"

Kira had Yaten's full attention as she went into a lengthy discussion of what she needed to get off of her chest. The moment that Kira mentioned that she had jumped out of the bedroom window. He felt like his jaw struck the ground, leaving a chunk of dirt missing in action. "You wHaT?! You--you're telling me that you jumped out of a TWO STORY H----!?" Yaten was in shock that Kira of all people would do that! While she was speaking towards him, he reached out with hands to place them up along Kira's shoulders, to guide along her arms and body to make sure she wasn't injured. Kira was so animated then, he gathered that she was physically unharmed. But still! To hear that she jumped out of her bedroom window at their house, he was still trying to wrap his head around why on Earth she would do that! When the house wasn't even on FIRE!

Yaten was so focused on Kira and somehow managing to multitask and keep up with all she was talking about. He was still concerned about her well being. And could tell that Kira was in a very distressed state of mind and felt at fault for everything that happened last night. That wasn't her fault, not at all. That was some straightforward sibling crap that got out of hand. Lack of communication on all parties present, mixed signals with emotions, among other things.

Bottom line... Kira did not cause any of that to occur, quite the opposite! Taking a moment to reflect on a time when he, himself and Taiki began to dog Seiya for their emotions towards Usagi. He could almost taste that spoonful of medicine that they had given to Seiya long ago. Was this what Seiya felt like? Or something similar to this?

Hearing Kira mention that they disbanded because of him? Pffft... please! It would have taken a lot more than Taiki's little love tap to make him walk away from the band. The dream-event that Kira experienced in great detail led Yaten to believe that some kind of magical force must have intervened in her sleep? That wasn't really his department. Especially since she empathized that she could physically touch Seiya in her dreams. That's not possible, right?

As for seeing Sailor Moon, the planetary sailor senshi harming Kira in her dreams? First off, just the thought of hearing Sailor Moon and her sailor senshi would go to the extent of hurting Kira. This bothered Yaten and made him realize what Kira's dream could possibly mean she was trying to escape a particular situation? Possibly not wanting to face her fears?

Secondly, hearing the extent of Sailor Star Catcher killing her? He found that hard to believe. He didn't sense one evil bone residing within Sailor Star Catcher. Not to the extent of killing her princess! Sounded like Kira was having difficulty in controlling what she wants to do in life. Her way, her rules, her fate guiding life through the stars. So ..? Was it really an attack in Kira's dreams? Or was it showing Kira that she's vulnerable? The more Yaten thought about the dreams that Kira described. The more he thought that there was something symbolic that Rei Hino might be able to explain when it comes to dreams.

Princess Nova's long hair? While Kira was talking at an accelerated rate, he took a moment to take a look at her hair. It seemed at a normal length, tied back into a ponytail up and away from her face.

The visions of seeing their faces on magazines and in the media, made Yaten think back to the concert. He could see that. Could really see her seeing their faces and actions printed out on magazines for all to see. That along with video feed from the thousands of fans out there with cell phones. That was a price to pay when someone is introduced into the spotlight in a different manner. Thinking about the shared kisses, the rose, watching Kira sing and perform on stage along with everything else that happened that night.

Yaten wondered if Kira would eventually take a breath, but she continued to the extent that she was being chased by the paparazzis and somehow Sailor Galaxia was involved as well.



Sailor Galaxia??? Yaten's emerald eyes had been sparkling in the light shared between himself and Kira who was a complete emotional mess. It's not like she was pacing the ground before them, but the emotional distress was pouring.. no strike that... radiating off of Kira like a distress beacon of light! Yaten wanted to hold Kira, he wanted to fix the situation. Yaten gathered that Kira was not done just yet. Every time he moved to hold her, offer a shoulder for her to cry upon or beat for that matter. Kira became animated again. The distress in her voice, had him on edge.

Knowing that their friends were not too far away and undoubtedly some might have caught wind of what may or may not have been said. Seeing Kira in this state of mind, made him realize that he was at fault. If he had never had that argument with Taiki last night, Kira wouldn't be in this boat. The one person he wanted to protect, he actually harmed in the long run. Not realizing that his words and actions would have caused this much distress with Kira.

"Yaten, I'm turning into Princess Nova physically now, the magic has to go somewhere and this morning I got home because I had to cut my hair. I'm getting flashes of her memories and I am doing things I don't remember doing, and just before I was holding my bow and arrow and my body changed form again, into a Sailor Senshi this time! And... I saw Rei too, just now, I have no idea why she was there! What the hell is wrong with me, Yaten? I'm confused, I don't know if this is even real, am I going to wake up again? Are you real? Am I real?"

Yaten managed to speak softly in between Kira explaining that she was transforming due to the power of magic. Unsure whether Kira heard him speak or not. "But--- you didn't transform. I stopped you from transforming.. h-h-how is it possible for you....?" To have flashes of Princess Nova's memories? Recalling that much, from when they stopped Kira from doing something she didn't want to do. Explaining that to both Liara and Alita. And yet... she's somehow able to see memories of Princess Nova? How is that possible? Yaten was so confused now. And the energy being shared then, was so heavy, so much weight that it was bogging down their own energy patterns.





"I'm such a mess, Star Healer! I don't want to feel like this, I'm scared, I'm really really scared! I don't want to lose you, I don't want you gone! Please... please Star Healer, don't go anywhere... I'm begging you! Please take me with you, wherever you decide to go, I'll go with you! because... I... I love you!"

Snapping out of the heavy cloud looming around him, Yaten stepped forwards and placed his hands along either side of Kira's arms looking at her. Yaten's look was of deep concern for Kira's well being. He wanted to fix the situation and make things right. Yaten wanted Kira to feel safe and happy without so much as having anything to worry about. Trying to convince her that he was real and what was going on presently was real and not a dream.



"Kira.. I am right here. I am not going to leave your side. Please believe me, I am so sorry that you feel at fault for everything. That is so unfair and you are not at fault, not at all. I am. I hold the responsibility for the fault. I had no idea that my sibling rivalry was going to be heard, let alone felt along the walls of our home and I am sincerely sorry for you having to hear all of it. I have NOT disbanded, Kira. I just needed some time alone... needed some air, time to reflect on the days' events, to take time to recover and lick my wounds from the punch-able (punctual) words spoken between myself and my siblings. It is 'I' who needs to ask for forgiveness. I am so sorry that I placed this weighted burden upon you. Please forgive me, I would never do anything to hurt you." Lifting his hands up to cup either side of her face, gazing adoringly into her eyes, "I love you." His voice was gentle, like a calming balm applied to lift the woes of pain away.

Drawing Kira closer to him, to where he gently held Kira closely. Giving her all the time she needed to cry and let it all out. Protecting her. Loving her for all that he is. Delicately letting his fingertips brush through the sides of her hair tied back, trying to soothe her worries. Speaking to Kira in a soothing, calm tone, "I'm not leaving you. I am not going anywhere, without you. You are my love, my stars, my heart."

"Rei, you had a vision didn't you? What did you see?"



Rei had been staring off in the direction of where Kira was standing, as if they had momentarily made eye contact with one another. The moment she saw the drapery of another archer's sleeve pass in front of Kira, was when she realized she had been approached at the side. When Rei turned her head to cast a glance over her shoulder she saw that it was Mamoru.



Rei's mouth appeared to be in the process of forming Mamoru's name but her lips were moving too slowly and no audible sound of Rei's voice could be heard. There was an obvious expression of surprise, as she thought, 'Mamo-chan?' A lingering side effect after being flung out from the psionic plane, Rei was experiencing a brief moment of confusion.

"Vision?"

Another voice seemed to pull Rei more into the present time as she looked away from Mamoru and saw Seiya standing there. Both of them had a look of concern.

Among the sea of different colored kimonos scattered along the walkway Rei didn't spot Mamoru right away because she had originally approached Haruka and Michiru. They were the first people she interacted with. Rei had not seen the others of their group of friends, either for that matter. Which was a first.

"...Rei? What is it?"

Upon hearing Seiya speak up. She couldn't explain to either of them as to why it was so difficult to provide them an answer. All Rei could do was trail her gaze, back across the way to where Kira was located at. Swallowing back the dryness in her throat, when she found that she could finally provide both Mamoru and Seiya a response, "Something is not right with Kira. . ." This gnawing feeling from within after what she saw, bothered her. Bothered her to the extent that she felt there was more going on than they could see. By their tones, Rei gathering that both Mamoru and Seiya were on high alert from here on out.

Being on alert was good. "It's not just Kira... something.. else? Is here." Watching Kira seeming to turn away from their connection and off to the side. This action, caused Rei to look away from Seiya and Mamoru, following the path Kira took. She vanished from sight for a time, only to return soon thereafter to where she made a hasty dash over towards someone who was familiar and not at the same time. When Kira literally leapt towards an individual dressed in white, it didn't take long to realize who it was in disguise.

"Following the dress code, I see."

Prying her eyes off of Kira and disguised Yaten, Rei turned to see Liara on the other side of the fence addressing Seiya and Taiki. Pause! Slightly taken aback at seeing Liara dressed in a certain type of attire as she approached their small gathering. Rei wasn't one to stare, let alone the type to take her time to look at someone head to toe in what they were wearing. Seiya took the words out of her mouth.

"Whoa... Liara?!"
"It's so strange to see you both like this now, I never would have thought..."
"I could say the same about you."

Liara was dressed up in a manner that made people take a second look at her. Rei was trying to focus on something else, other than what Liara was wearing while listening in on the conversation.

"And...you're all..."
"That's correct, they are who you think they are."
"Ah... I thought so... but a few are missing?"
"Hotaru and Chibiusa, they should be heading back soon, they went to get us something to eat while we watch Kira."
"Ah! Liara-chan! You look different from how I'd thought you would look!"
"U-Usagi..."
"Don't we all? It's a much more relaxed environment."
"I think what Usagi was meant to say was you look amazing! I guess because we see the Three Lights often we thought you might be wearing a suit or something too... because you're a Starlight..."
"Funny you mention that, but I actually own mostly suits... pants, formal stuff. I'm not girly at all. I used my Star Change for this outfit, I'm glad you like it!"

Noticing a look being shared between Seiya and Taiki then at something Liara mentioned, made an eyebrow raise slightly as she looked over at their small gathering of friends. Remaining quiet for the time being.

"I can let you all inside-- this way."
Finally! A way to get closer to the others if necessary. Rei tagged along with the rest of them as Liara gave them permission to pass with the gate guard. Taking note that Seiya had an interest as to what was being said between Yaten and Kira then. Rei strolled on over to where Seiya was standing as she observed just how animated Kira was.
"Follow me, and I'll introduce you all to my fiancée."

At Liara's mentioning of introducing her fiancée to their group, perked everyone's interest. Rei couldn't help but observe Haruka's non-verbal gesture towards Michiru then towards the girl in a pink kimono.



Turning slightly towards Seiya who was walking beside her, she nonchalantly reached out an lightly touched Seiya's forearm. "There's more going on here, than what can be seen with the naked eye, Seiya." Rei paused in her movement once they passed through the gate. She cast a glance in the direction of where Kira was then looked back at Seiya, "I wish that I could be more specific on what exactly it is that I am sensing. It's a strange form of energy and its sporadic." Shifting her gaze in the direction of where the girl in the pink kimono was standing. "Almost like what we felt after the concert... but different." Looking past Seiya, off into the distance. "All I can say for now?" Seeing Mamoru moving up beside them, with Usagi in tow, "Is be on guard for anything out of the ordinary." Her free hand was resting alongside, where her transformation wand was located within a hidden pocket along her kimono robes.

"This is my fiancée, Alita."
"Ali, these are the friends I met recently, minus a few missing I think? Do you remember the people I told you about? From the other night?"

The sounding off of introduction commenced after a short conversation was discussed just prior to their arrival. Rei, moved to stand further in the back of their gathering to keep an eye out for trouble. While standing guard she listened to the interaction happening between everyone while aligning her line of sight towards Kira and Yaten. Occasionally her eyes shifted off to the side, watching how everyone spoke to the girl in the pink kimono, to Liara, towards Hotaru's boyfriend (Seto) and off towards the archery field. Rei was trying to gain a better understanding to what she sensed in the psionic plane and what she was feeling now in the present.