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*Going back to my last post and continuing*

Taiki had gotten the water and found Yaten had followed him, for whatever reason, he made Taiki the excuse to 'help' get water.



Turning to Yaten, the idol smiled, even as far as having a smug look on his face. " 'Kira'? You seem to be very concerned for her." pausing, his expression changed. "I know Kira is a Sailor Senshi, but you do know she doesn't know our secret yet... whatever this is your doing... I would be very careful, don't you think you are moving too fast? I know it's not intentional...but you don't know how she would react if she knew the truth about us." Taiki warned the other idol. "She is still just a fan, Yaten. Don't string her along." it was more like a telling off than anything, but a kind way to say slow down, moving past Yaten to join the others.

Taiki moved on the other side of Usagi, while the blonde was looking at her phone, the idol's gaze caught a glimpse of what they were talking about, catching the end conversation.
"Yeah...she is... terminally ill... Liara wants to be there for her. I used to live with them, but I think it was best they have the house to themselves and spend as much time as they can together, I visit them every so often though."
"Here's your water, Ms Kyudo" Taiki said, addressing her formally this time in front of Yaten who was approaching.
Kira took her eyes off Usagi for a moment, and turned to Taiki. "Oh! R-right...thanks, Taiki." She said taking the water from him and sipping it, watching him take a step to the side so Yaten could stand next to Kira. There seemed to be a small circle that formed, Usagi, Makoto, Taiki, Yaten, and Kira. The idol overheard the conversation and also added what his thoughts were.



Kira looked at Yaten and instantly moved a little closer to Usagi, bumping her a little as she tried to create some distance between herself and Yaten, shaking her head in a 'no' motion "N-Nothing!" Kira quickly answered and continued to sip her water, seeming a little more flustered than usual. Her answer was a bit too short, and she had to try and recover any suspicion that something was wrong. "--I mean we can only do so much. And I like living alone, I can do whatever I want."

"You already did though... her partner also is a fan of the Three Lights--I mean you three....heh... uh so you have done exactly what she wished for."




"...What... would I like...?"

Repeating his thoughts in her mind. No one had ever asked her before, and she didn't exactly know how to answer that right this very moment - but maybe...later.

The two just stared at each other, more so Kira as another wave of red appeared on her face, promptly turning to face Makoto and Usagi, to hide how red her face was which was yet another mistake.
"Hm?" Makoto looked at Kira, then Yaten, then back at Kira who was trying to hide the blush as she had her back turned away from the cause of the blush. Makoto was always quick to catch on to any sort of romance as a big grin appeared on her face. "Does someone have a big crush?" she teased Kira, causing the archer to look at Makoto sharply, instantly denying it. "WHAT?! pppffff N-NO!" Kira said loudly as she went even more red. "I-I'm going into the lounge now!" Kira announced, taking off as fast as she could where the Outers, Rei, and Seiya were.
Running past Minako who went to join the group, she looked a bit confused and linked her arm again on Yatens. "Whoa, what happened to her?!" her gaze shifted to Yaten again "Yateeenn-kunnnn don't avoid me! Let's go on a date together! Tomorrow!"



It was like the role was now put on Yaten, wanting to run away again from Minako and avoid her like Kira was doing with Yaten. Although, this time her grip was much firmer. "You can't hide from me forever, don't you remember all those fun times we had? We can go back to those! Come onnn.... pretty pleaseeee?!"

Usagi was completely dumbfounded and missed what happened, still holding onto Kira's phone as she had finished inputting her number into it. "AH Kira-chan?! Wait! Aaahh! I still have your phone!"



Taiki placed a hand on his hip and darted a 'look' at Yaten "...Told you so."
"Huh?" Minako said, and looked at Makoto confused.

Meanwhile, Kira huffed a little bit from the dash sprint she did to get away fast. Sighing in relief, she was able to take a moment to look around her and once again attracted more attention to herself. Feeling a tap on her shoulder, Kira almost dreaded who it was, having to think of another excuse to get away fast but was acknowledged by a young lady this time.



"Hehheh... thanks..." The archer didn't really know how to act with a compliment like that, but felt embarrassed.


"Hotaru? I'm Kira--err you knew that ahahaa..." she said, feeling a little bit silly as she bowed in return.



"You know the Three Lights personally?" Kira asked, then turned to the people Hotaru had pointed out as they all seemed to have stopped talking and watched Kira. "They all seem to know each other somehow, all of them." she thought to herself.



Bowing again, Kira stood up straight "It's lovely to meet you, Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka---wait a second...Michiru and Haruka?" stopping mid-sentence, the longer Kira stared at them, the names came to her mind. "Michiru Kaioh and Haruka Tenoh? That's right... I remember you performed at the Three Lights concert a few years ago! Now that makes sense how you all know each other. Wow! I'm surrounded by famous people!"
That wasn't the real reason everyone was gathered together, but it was good enough to play along with it.



"That's correct." Taiki said as the other half of the group entered, making Kira move out of the way from the door. "Theres so many people in here now..." Kira thought to herself, looking at the group individually, one by one.
In that moment, everything felt... unexplainable. Kira couldn't put it into words, just something about the room that felt different. Like they all knew something and somehow their minds all thought the same thing as if they were all connected.
"Ah! Kira-chan, this is Mamoru, Mamo-chan, this is Kira-chan! We saw her perform on stage! Ah---Kira-chan, here's your cell phone!" Usagi said, trying to cut the awkward silence with a knife, handing back the device. "Mako-chan also lives alone too, so I got her to input her number into your phone in case you both want to hang out! I hope that's okay!"



Makoto leaned forward and waved at Kira. "We can do something tomorrow if you want? I promise it will just be a girls-only day~" giving her a playful wink, hinting that she wasn't going to talk about you-know-who even though she really was.
Thinking for a moment, Kira looked back at Makoto and answered "Hmm... I have my finals tomorrow for archery to win the tournament."
"Finals?" Usagi questioned.
"Mhm! Every year I go into tournaments for a placement and I get to travel to different countries and compete."
"Wow! Have you ever won?! Have you gone around the world?" Usagi's eyes sparkled. "I wanna do that too! Kira-chan! Teach me! We can go together!" Suddenly Usagi started to daydream about winning and traveling the world while stuffing her face with different types of candy from different countries.
"Ehehe... it's not something I can really teach overnight, it takes years to learn. Well... if I win... it will be my seventieth time, I was five when I started and I was too young to travel on my own. I was allowed when I was sixteen, and Liara has come with me all these times since then. She'll be there tomorrow too." Kira said happily, she was genuinely happy when she spoke highly of Liara.
"Liara-chan, she is your friend, right? Ah! I'd love to come and watch you Kira-chan and meet your friend too!"
Taiki added up in his mind how old Kira was from the registration form she filled out for the concert ticket, and stared at her while thinking "She was five... and she started at the age of five..." Speaking up now, Taiki asked yet stated something a bit unusual "Seventeen years... and you were five when you were allowed to start, Kira, that means you have won every single round?"
"Eeehhh heh heh.... something like that..." Rubbing the back of her head, she felt even more embarrassed. "You're good at singing... this is what I'm good at, I guess. For some reason it comes naturally, I have closed my eyes, blindfolded, and had my back turned yet and I still seem to win. So strange!"



Luna was hidden behind one of the chairs, listening to every . single . word. "That's because you are a Sailor Senshi, Kira, it comes naturally to you because of who you really are." she thought to herself while staring at Artemis.



Usagi's eyes sparkled. "Wowww!!! I wanna go!!! Kira-chan, what time is it?!"
"It's at ten."
"How about I pack a lunch for us all?"
"Uhhhhh....Y-You don't need to do that, Liara will have my lunch for me. that's a lot of people going..."
"Well, I can make something for her as well! Tell me what she likes! Oh--that reminds me, Taiki, Seiya, Yaten do you want to come too?"
Minako linked her arm with Yaten's again and spoke "Of course they'll come! I'm sure Rei-chan can sort that out!"



Kira felt herself stiffen up suddenly and then witnessed Minako linking her arm with Yaten's. "Oh..." she thought as the redness quickly disappeared, there was a slight tug of her heartstrings that got pulled, in the opposite way. Before anyone noticed, Kira looked at Usagi who then spoke. "Of course they can! It's not like they have Starlight stuff to do!"
Nudging Usagi quite hard in the ribs, Makoto gritted her teeth and glared at her blonde friend. "Usagggiii shutit...."




"I meant Three Lights stuff! AhahahaHAHAHAHA--OOOOPS!!! HAHAAHAHA"
Luna just faced palm herself and shook her head in dismay, luckily Kira didn't think too much about it.
"Star...light?" Kira questioned, raising an eyebrow, then Usagi's quick recovery made a bit more sense to her as Kira couldn't help but giggle at Usagi along with her, the blondes expressions were quite comical to Kira, and it didn't bother her that Usagi made a slip up of a word, but deep down Kira was only laughing because she was trying to ignore her other feelings she had.

Suddenly a loud very familiar sound came from Kira's phone which caused Usagi to jump as the song started out with 🎵 🎶 🎵 "Search for your Love." 🎵 🎶 🎵 Kira had one of their songs set as her ringtone which made her stop giggling and instead a "shhhhhhh" came from her mouth, as she hung up the phone instantly, trying to shush it, creating an awkward silence.
"S-Sorry---I uh... should change that hahaha that was embarrassing..." Usagi caught a glimpse of the name of who it was on the screen, and looked at Kira "Kira-chan, aren't you going to answer that?"
"Oh! It's okay, It was Liara, probably wondering how things are going, I'll call her later!" Kira smiled and looked back at the group, trying to enjoy the moment with them.

The racer glanced at Michiru, and shrugged, then looked at Kira who seemed like she entered the wrong room.
"Oh sorry I should have introduced myself first. I'm Hotaru. This is Haruka and her partner Michiru and Setsuna. We have been friends with the Three Lights for a couple years."
Giving Kira a wave, Haruka answered "Hey." Smiling at the girl momentarily, the racer couldn't help but stare knowing who Kira was.



"I wanna do that too! Kira-chan! Teach me! We can go together!"
"Ehehe... it's not something I can really teach overnight, it takes years to learn. Well... if I win... it will be my seventieth time, I was five when I started and I was too young to travel on my own. I was allowed when I was sixteen, and Liara has come with me all these times since then. She'll be there tomorrow too."
"Liara-chan, she is your friend, right? Ah! I'd love to come and watch you Kira-chan and meet your friend too!"
"Seventeen years... and you were five when you were allowed to start, Kira, that means you have won every single round?"
"Eeehhh heh heh.... something like that...you're good at singing... this is what I'm good at, I guess. For some reason it comes naturally, I have closed my eyes, blindfolded, and had my back turned yet and I still seem to win. So strange!"
Luna was hidden behind one of the chairs, listening to every . single . word. "That's because you are a Sailor Senshi, Kira, it comes naturally to you because of who you really are." she thought to herself while staring at Artemis.
Artemis thought the same thing as he also stared at Luna.



"Wowww!!! I wanna go!!! Kira-chan, what time is it?!"
"It's at ten."
"How about I pack a lunch for us all?"
"Uhhhhh....Y-You don't need to do that, Liara will have my lunch for me. that's a lot of people going..."
"Well, I can make something for her as well! Tell me what she likes! Oh--that reminds me, Taiki, Seiya, Yaten do you want to come too?"
"Of course they'll come! I'm sure Rei-chan can sort that out!"
"Of course they can! It's not like they have Starlight stuff to do!"
"Usagggiii shutit...."
"I meant Three Lights stuff! AhahahaHAHAHAHA--OOOOPS!!! HAHAAHAHA"






Okkkkkay it was time Seiya interrupted their little chit-chat session, especially after that Starlight comment Usagi somehow managed to blurt out.



Getting up off his seat, Seiya approached the small crowd that had gathered as they chatted amongst themselves, and leaned over Yaten's shoulder to see what they were looking at and who they were talking about.
"What's all this about?" About to snatch Kira's phone out of her hands, the abrupt ringtone of their song pulled the idol back, stopping him from doing anything.

🎵 🎶 🎵 "Search for your Love." 🎵 🎶 🎵

"Whoa! I wasn't expecting that!"
"S-Sorry---I uh... should change that hahaha "
"Kira-chan, aren't you going to answer that?"
"Oh! It's okay, It was Liara, probably wondering how things are going, I'll call her later!"
"Liara?" he thought, he overheard that name a few times already in conversation. Gazing over at the guitar, he looked back at Kira. "So Kira, I have to ask... that song you played, did you make that up on the spot or are you currently writing something? I'd love to hear the rest of it. And I was serious about Rei and yourself singing together..." He looked over at Rei and smiled sweetly towards the Shrine Maiden before approaching her, as he did so, something caused him to stop mid-way and face the direction of the exit as he thought to himself. "... Something doesn't feel right, out there..." he continued to turn to face Rei, who surely by now felt an unwanted presence nearby.

By the time Mamoru Chiba and Ami Mizuno managed to survive being dragged through the crowd of Three Lights fans to front area of the VIP stage. Their ears got assaulted by Usagi screaming, yet again at the top of her lungs up at Kira along the stage.





"KIRA-CHAN!!! GO KIRA-CHAN!!!!"

"YOU CAN DO IT KIRA-CHAN!!!!"

"It never ceases to amaze me just how much energy Usagi always seems to have." Ami stated to Mamoru who only chuckled in response. He had the expression of 'you-have-no-idea' just how much she has! The two of them were standing right next to Usagi as they watched her withdraw her phone from her pocket and held it as high as possible to obviously record what was about to take place soon.



Ami couldn't help but be thankful she managed to peel herself away (with Usagi's constant pleading and insistence to join them for the concert) from her studies. She knew that she would have to work extra hard to catch up with her competition if she wanted to be ahead once more. To be this close to the stage, had Ami mesmerized. She had heard Rei singing at a distance but to be this close, was an experience that was worth it. Even if it was once in a lifetime!



As Ami listened to Kira sing, it was obvious that she was enjoying the show. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she realized that she needed this. Needed this connection with the outside world. Not realizing she had been isolating herself away from her friends and the world. Her studies meant everything to her, so that her parents would be proud of her accomplishments. But to what extent? She had been missing out on experiencing everything outside of the classroom. The light in Ami's eyes appeared to sparkle a little bit more as she stood there in awe listening to Kira sing upon a brightly lit stage.



Mamoru stood beside Ami with Usagi before them desperately trying to get a better shot of where Kira stood upon the stage. With the three of them gathered in a small knit circle, closer than where they priorly were located. He took out his cellphone and snapped a few shots from where they stood. Looking over the images, he was impressed with the lighting. He'd share the snap shots with Usagi later. Right now, Usagi along with everyone else was enjoying the show. As he started to put away his phone, he stopped half way. Tapping the screen which caused the image of Kira to magnify. Pinching his fingertips along the surface screen of his phone to look at something that seemed familiar. Looking up from his phone and up towards Kira once more, he saw something glowing upon her forehead. His eyes widened as his eyes shot back down at the photos he had taken on his phone.



Looking back upright, he noticed that both Minako and Makoto were looking at their direction. Looking between Usagi and Ami then, he knew by everyone's expressions that they had all seen the same thing. Kira was a sailor senshi!

Mamoru started to say something to Usagi and couldn't help but notice Usagi had managed to wrangle up Minako and Makoto in full charge to the backstage area to see the Three Lights, Kira and Rei. Standing there with a bewildering expression, which was soon thereafter followed by a anime style teardrop alongside his forehead. Casting a glance towards Ami as he motioned with his head to follow in tow. Waiting for Ami to move in front of him, Mamoru turned around to gain a 180 degree view of the crowd of people. He couldn't locate the Outers, figuring that they had already moved to backstage at some point. A look he received from Ami made him follow.

It wasn't long until he could hear the loud thumping sound of someone running in haste (No doubt it was Usagi dragging her friends along).

"........SEIYAAAAAA!!!!"
"Usagi!!"
"Usagi why are you so strong suddenly?!"
"REEEEEEIIIIII-CHAAANNNN....!!!!!"
"YATEN-KUNNNN!"
"T...Taiki-san?!"
"OOF!!"

As Usagi took a tumble hard upon the ground, both Minako and Makoto made a beeline towards Yaten and Taiki. Leaving Usagi to fend for herself. A surprised expression was apparent upon Mamoru and Ami as they stood there a moment watching the comical scene occur.





"USAGI!!! Are you okay?!?"
"USAGI!! Are you okay?!?"

Simultaneously, both Mamoru and Ami called out Usagi's name before rushing over to help lend a hand. Only to realize moments later, Usagi stood up on her own without anyone's assistance. Realizing that they had both called out her name and rushed to aid, made Ami blush slightly. Ami saw Mamoru looking at her and she purposely looked away to see if the Outers were backstage. The reaction timing they both had was funny and cute at the same time awkward.



Ami wasn't used to being around Mamoru because he's Usagi's guy. I mean yes, of course, they know who he is, it was just weird(?) that he was hanging out with the introvert of the group. Perhaps he was legitimately being polite to her, she just wasn't accustomed to hanging about people that often with her studies. "Oh look! It's Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru and Hotaru, looks like they've been here a while. Shall we go and join them, Mamoru?"

Meanwhile. . . Usagi recovered and got up scrambling over to where Kira was standing.
"AH! Kira-chan?! Why are you back here still?"
"Hm? OH---your right! What am I still doing back here? I'll um--"
"There's no need to return back, Kira. Excuse me, for a moment."
"Will you come and join us?"
"Uhhh---I...uh...well uhh-- Oh, my VIP ticket... they took that--"
"You don't need that, I think you are more than a VIP at this stage, you performed with us so that alone is a reason to join us, you are the new rising star, after all."
"W-What? Uh... I-I guess so... heh I wasn't that great. S-Sure!"
"You look like you're about to pass out, do you want me to get you some water?"

Ami stood there quietly by herself after she and Mamoru had walked to meet up with the others. As Mamoru continued forward, Ami had stopped in her tracks.



Ami couldn't help but understand how Kira was feeling. Feeling out of place, standing around some unknown people and known individuals but never really gaining a sense that she belonged. She recognized the signs of a lonely person. For she too was lonely but would never admit it.

"Uh, Kira? You awake in there?"
"Hm? OH RIGHT! Water!"
"I'll take that as a yes, I'll be right back."
"You can blink now!"
"W-What?? I was just--"
"What? what?! What is it?! Ah! That reminds me, Kira-chan! Do you have your phone on you?"
"Kira-chan, is that your friend? Why didn't your friend come with you to the concert?"
"U-Usagi-chan... you can't ask that sort of thing."
"Uhhhhh.... well, that is my friend but she isn't really into concerts and such. She is a bit older than me and is currently looking after her partner, so she doesn't have much free time these days."
"Her partner? are they not well?"
"Yeah...she is... terminally ill... Liara wants to be there for her. I used to live with them, but I think it was best they have the house to themselves and spend as much time as they can together, I visit them every so often though."

Ami's heart ached. Especially after hearing the sadness in Kira's voice when she spoke towards their small gathering. She didn't know Kira but a part of her wanted to go over and give the girl a hug. But she wasn't an extrovert like the rest of the lot. Shly standing off to the side, silently observing to all that was taking place. Movement from someone crossing the room caused Ami to glance up and see that both Yaten and Taiki were interacting with Kira then. Which in turn caused Ami to continue to head towards the Outers and where they had gathered. The closer she approached she saw Seiya and Rei standing together with the Outers and Mamoru. Just seeing those together made Ami's solemn expression fade into a cute, adoring smile.

A swift brush of air moved passed Ami causing her to turn and see Kira make a bold entry into the room where they all stood (Outers, Seiya, Rei and Mamoru).

It was Hotaru who suddenly broke the ice and greeted Kira then, "I wanted to tell you how beautiful your guitar playing and song were both so beautiful."
"Hehheh... thanks..."
"Oh sorry I should have introduced myself first. I'm Hotaru."
"Hotaru? I'm Kira--err you knew that ahahaa..."
"This is Haruka and her partner Michiru and Setsuna. We have been friends with the Three Lights for a couple years."
"You know the Three Lights personally?"
"It's a pleasure to meet you Kira."
"It's lovely to meet you, Setsuna, Michiru, and Haruka---wait a second...Michiru and Haruka?
Michiru Kaioh and Haruka Tenoh? That's right... I remember you performed at the Three Lights concert a few years ago! Now that makes sense how you all know each other. Wow! I'm surrounded by famous people!"
"That's correct."

Upon hearing Taiki speak as he made entry into the room, Ami found herself staring at him in awe. Then realized that was a cue for her to introduce herself so that she wouldn't be the oddball of the group.



"Hello Miss Kira Kyudo, I'm Ami Mizuno, it's so nice to meet you." She said with a traditional bow in greeting, smiling sweetly and obviously shyly from the rest of the bunch. Ami was certain that Kira was most definitely feeling overwhelmed by meeting so many people at once.

"Ah! Kira-chan, this is Mamoru, Mamo-chan, this is Kira-chan! We saw her perform on stage! Ah---Kira-chan, here's your cell phone!"



Mamoru greeted Kira respectfully in return, "Hello, Ms. Kyudo. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Mako-chan also lives alone too, so I got her to input her number into your phone in case you both want to hang out! I hope that's okay!"
"We can do something tomorrow if you want? I promise it will just be a girls-only day~"
"Hmm... I have my finals tomorrow for archery to win the tournament."
"Finals?"

Upon hearing that Kira had finals, made Ami cheer up! Even though Kira said that her finals had to do with archery, she still understood the value behind being prepared for a test! Thinking to herself, 'Finally someone I can talk to! Someone who actually takes the time to study the subject and skill they are trying to harness. So they can not only be good, but actually excel in what they want to achieve! Perhaps I could offer to help Kira study with her other classes? That is if she needs assistance? Perhaps we could form a study group? Oh the possibilities!'

"Mhm! Every year I go into tournaments for a placement and I get to travel to different countries and compete."
"Wow! Have you ever won?! Have you gone around the world? "I wanna do that too! Kira-chan! Teach me! We can go together!"
"Ehehe... it's not something I can really teach overnight, it takes years to learn. Well... if I win... it will be my seventieth time, I was five when I started and I was too young to travel on my own. I was allowed when I was sixteen, and Liara has come with me all these times since then. She'll be there tomorrow too."
"Liara-chan, she is your friend, right? Ah! I'd love to come and watch you Kira-chan and meet your friend too!"
"Seventeen years... and you were five when you were allowed to start, Kira, that means you have won every single round?"
"Eeehhh heh heh.... something like that...You're good at singing... this is what I'm good at, I guess. For some reason it comes naturally, I have closed my eyes, blindfolded, and had my back turned yet and I still seem to win. So strange!"
"Wowww!!! I wanna go!!! Kira-chan, what time is it?!"
"It's at ten."
"How about I pack a lunch for us all?"
"Uhhhhh....Y-You don't need to do that, Liara will have my lunch for me. that's a lot of people going..."
"Well, I can make something for her as well! Tell me what she likes! Oh--that reminds me, Taiki, Seiya, Yaten do you want to come too?"
"Of course they'll come! I'm sure Rei-chan can sort that out!"
"Of course they can! It's not like they have Starlight stuff to do!"


Out of ALL the things Usagi could have said... she had to say THAT!! Ami's jaw fell slack as all she could do was stare wide eyed over at Usagi in shock!

"Usagggiii shutit...."
"I meant Three Lights stuff! AhahahaHAHAHAHA--OOOOPS!!! HAHAAHAHA"
"Star...light?"

A quiet jingle could be heard before the recognizable song, Search for you Love made it's presence known from Kira's phone. It appeared that Kira may of just gotten saved by the bell!

🎵 🎶 🎵 "Search for your Love." 🎵 🎶 🎵
"shhhhhhh"
"Whoa! I wasn't expecting that!"
S-Sorry---I uh... should change that hahaha that was embarrassing..."
"Kira-chan, aren't you going to answer that?"
"Oh! It's okay, It was Liara, probably wondering how things are going, I'll call her later!"
"So Kira, I have to ask... that song you played, did you make that up on the spot or are you currently writing something? I'd love to hear the rest of it. And I was serious about Rei and yourself singing together..."

Ami clasped her hands in excitement, when she heard Seiya mention that Kira and Rei should start something up together. Was this a thing! Was that something in the works and they were just keeping this news hush hush?

It had been such a long time since the Outers and gotten together with the Inners. Especially at an event such as this! Setsuna couldn't remember the time they all had attended a concert together. Perhaps when the Three Lights performed last? It was hard to say, time had flown by so quickly since the last time any of the senshi had seen the trio of musicians.

Today was definitely a treat! They not only got to watch the Three Lights perform but also watch one of their friends, Rei Hino finally make a dream come true and sing with Kou Seiya on stage. Must have been an absolute delight in Rei's eyes! And to top everything off! A diamond in the rough was found in the VIP section of the audience. A real natural this one! Kira Kyudo! So many surprises in this concert, gave Setsuna the feel good chills.

Seeing that Hotaru had gotten Michiru and Haruka on board with heading to the back with their backstage passes to meet and greet up with their friends. She wondered just what else was in store?

"I wanted to tell you how beautiful your guitar playing and song were both so beautiful." Setsuna heard Hotaru speak up and turned to see that she was speaking with the rising star Kira Kyudo.

"Hehheh... thanks..."
"Oh sorry I should have introduced myself first. I'm Hotaru."
"Hotaru? I'm Kira--err you knew that ahahaa..."
"This is Haruka and her partner Michiru and Setsuna. We have been friends with the Three Lights for a couple years."



Setsuna Meiou provided a gentle smile in greeting towards Kira, as Hotaru introduced her. "Greetings and salutations Miss Kira Kyuto, it is an honor to meet you. You were absolutely fabulous up there on stage. So much talent!"

Taking up a crystal flute that was filled with sparkling grape juice, that made the drink feel fancy. Setsuna took a sip or two as she moved to mingle along with their friends just now joining the gathering. One particular person she saw, was Ami Mizuno. Someone she needed to speak with about a topic they had been discussing not too long ago.

Excusing herself from Kira's presence, as she moved to talk with Ami, "Ami!



Upon hearing her name, Ami turned to see Setsuna moving through the crowd, "Setsuna! Hi! It's been a while! Wasn't the concert amazing? The crowd though." Ami started to giggle. And in response so did Setsuna. Those two began to converse with one another.

Something must have happened at some point for because Kira left the gathering to take a phone call. "Hello? …………What was that? I can barely hear you... are you outside?" What followed thereafter was a little unsettling, ". . .there's danger afoot."

"Ah! Kira-chan, I wanted to tell you this funny thing that happened when we all went to the same school a few years back! We-- Kira-chan? Is everything okay...?"

"There's...a youma heading towards the stadium. I'm... going to meet up with Liara."
"Don't worry Kira-chan, just do what Liara-chan says. Everything will be okay. We'll be back, I promise!"
"Usagi, wait a moment."
"It's... you... from earlier..."
"My apologies, Kira, I didn't introduce myself to you when we first met. My name is Luna, and I have been following you around for some time."
"T-That cat... that cat just spoke... right? It talked! Oh I get it. This is just special effects or a stuffed talking animatronic cat with batteries. Wow that's really amazing! Hm?... OH! There's a white cat over there too! Wow! They are a matching pair, how cute!"
"K-Kira-chan... Luna is a real cat...and that's Artemis, he's real too."
"Heh, okay, stop it guys... this isn't funny. Cats can't talk."
"This isn't a joke, Kira."
"Hmm... I had my usual breakfast, some pepsi..."
"That's it!"
"The water is the only thing different I have had! Whats in it?! I'm hallucinating! Or...maybe I'm actually asleep because this doesn't make any sense to me why there is a talking cat."



"Pardon me, Miss Kyudo, Taiki isn't someone to put something into someone's water." It probably was not her place but Setsuna wasn't about to sit idly by while someone they just met accused Taiki of possibly drugging Kira.

"It's...just filtered water, Kira. This isn't a dream, and you're not hallucinating."

"Kira, our meeting isn't a coincidence, in fact, I have to confess that I knew a bit about you before our meeting today and that the reason you are good at archery is because of your past life as a Sailor Senshi. Have you been feeling under the weather lately? Headaches now and then? During your performance, we all witnessed the symbol on your forehead and that it represents the sign of Sagittarius, you are one of the twelve Zodiacs, Sailor Sagitattrius, and you need to be awoken."
"Sailor... Sagittarius? ...Sailor Senshi? What are you talking about? I have no idea what that is."
"That's because you have no memory of anything that has happened, but it's your duty as a Sailor Senshi that if anything were to happen, you need to be awoken to find and protect your Princess, Princess Nova and take her back to her home planet. She is missing and that's why we need to awaken all twelve Senshi."
"It will be a lot easier if we all just show her what a Sailor Senshi is rather than explain it. The youma is on its way as it is. Usagi, everyone, henshin yo/ transform!"

Before Luna had a chance to finish her statement, Rei Hino was the first to transform before all of them. Which undoubtedly would cause a chain reaction with the others. Both Ami and Setsuna watched as Rei finished off her transformation and then turned to one another. A nodding of their heads in unison as they both individually pulled out their transformation wands and followed in cue. Albeit out of order.

The sound of Kira's phone going off a second time made Minako and Makoto look her way, and then Kira answering her phone and excusing herself gave them all a chance to speak before she returned.
Rei looked like something bothered her, but she was on the other side of the room to go and have a chat.
Minako leaned into Makoto's ear and whispered. "I think Yaten-kun is annoyed at me... did you hear what they said to me?"
"Yeah, I think Yaten has other things on their mind... like that girl, Kira."
Minako huffed and pouted "Well I don't get what's so special about her, I have known Yaten-kun longer so it should be me who gets to date Yaten first!"




"Hmmm... it's more than that, I think, Mina. Yaten keeps looking at the door Kira walked out in, I bet if I said the word go, Yaten would follow her."
Minako glanced at the exit, then back at Yaten again. "Well, I don't care what Yaten-kun says or thinks, I'll just prove myself even more and win Yaten-kun's love back!"





The thundery friend sighed and shook her head. Even though the two were whispering between each other, Usagi was talking with Mamoru and then saw Kira come back into the room unhappy.

Kira told them the bad news: the youma was heading this way. This sparked Rei's attention more, and everyone else in the room seemed to go from relaxed to high alert.
Luna came out of hiding and began to talk to Kira and both Makoto and Minako could see Kira's confusion grow. Blaming Taiki, Setsuna stepped in telling her that wasn't correct made Kira sink back, she was trying to find a logical explanation for what was going on, desperately trying to find answers she could not ask the questions for because she didn't know.
Both Minako and Makoto understood Kira, unlike Starlights who were born as Starlights, Sailor Senshi were all reborn and awoken at some point by Luna or Artemis, so this reaction coming from the archer was understandable.
Luna tried to explain to Kira, but in the end, it was just easier to show Kira the real truth about who they all were.
Speaking her magical words that came from Luna's tiny mouth, she commanded that everyone transform together.

"Usagi, everyone, henshin yo/ transform!"



There was no hesitation from the inners, they knew the drill and could see Kira was indeed a Sailor Senshi, they could transform knowing she would share the same fate, someday soon.




The four of them stood there holding their trademark pose for a few seconds, along with everyone else once they had all finished transforming simultaneously . . .

Kira's phone blew up with their song once again, causing Seiya to look towards the new girl again. As she answered the phone, Kira wasn't able to hear the voice on the other end and left the room.
"I'm surprised Yaten didn't follow her . . . . " Seiya thought, staring at their band-mate.
There was some whispering among the group, but the idol eyes shifted to Rei who seemed quite stressed.

It wasn't long until Kira entered back into the room, but she seemed to draw the attention of everyone, her face looked pale and the archer seemed quite different from before. Seiya walked closer to the group around where Kira stood, and stood in between Taiki and Yaten.
"There's...a youma heading towards the stadium. I'm... going to meet up with Liara."
Watching Kira show Usagi, Seiya could see easily enough Usagi was unhappy, then Kira showed her phone to Yaten, allowing Taiki and Seiya to have a glance at it.
About to say something to Kira, telling her to wait, Luna beat the idol to it and came out of hiding. Seconds later, Artemis came out from the other side to join Luna and sat beside her, peering into the turquoise eyes of the girl who stood there.
"It's... you... from earlier..." Revealing to the others Kira had already met Luna once before. Kira was amazed to see a cat in a stadium of all places. "My apologies, Kira, I didn't introduce myself to you when we first met. My name is Luna, and I have been following you around for some time."
"T-That cat... that cat just spoke... right? It talked!""Oh I get it. This is just special effects or a stuffed talking animatronic cat with batteries. Wow that's really amazing! Hm?... OH! There's a white cat over there too! Wow! They are a matching pair, how cute!"
"K-Kira-chan... Luna is a real cat...and that's Artemis, he's real too."



Artemis looked at Luna while she spoke, and then he decided to try and back Luna up. "Both Luna and I have magical abilities that allow us to talk, and we have human forms too but that's for another time..." he muttered, not trying to confuse the girl even more.

"Heh, okay, stop it guys... this isn't funny. Cats can't talk."
"This isn't a joke, Kira."
"Hmm... I had my usual breakfast, some pepsi..." "That's it!" "The water is the only thing different I have had! Whats in it?! I'm hallucinating! Or...maybe I'm actually asleep because this doesn't make any sense to me why there is a talking cat."
"Pardon me, Miss Kyudo, Taiki isn't someone to put something into someone's water."
"It's...just filtered water, Kira. This isn't a dream, and you're not hallucinating."
"Kira, our meeting isn't a coincidence, in fact, I have to confess that I knew a bit about you before our meeting today and that the reason you are good at archery is because of your past life as a Sailor Senshi. Have you been feeling under the weather lately? Headaches now and then? During your performance, we all witnessed the symbol on your forehead and that it represents the sign of Sagittarius, you are one of the twelve Zodiacs, Sailor Sagittarius, and you need to be awoken."
"Sailor... Sagittarius? ...Sailor Senshi? What are you talking about?" Kira asked, then added, "I have no idea what that is."



"That's because you have no memory of anything that has happened, but it's your duty as a Sailor Senshi that if anything were to happen, you need to be awoken to find and protect your Princess, Princess Nova and take her back to her home planet. She is missing and that's why we need to awaken all twelve Senshi."

Luna and Artemis could only really think of one way to explain it, and that was to show her. Luna faced towards where the majority of the group was standing, then spoke to them. "It will be a lot easier if we all just show her what a Sailor Senshi is rather than explain it. The youma is on its way as it is." Speaking her very famous line, Luna took a few steps back. "Usagi, everyone, henshin yo/ transform!"

"Kira-chan, please don't be alarmed, we will look a little bit different soon but we will explain it to you, I promise."

Thus, the chanting began starting with the Inners, followed by the Outers.






While they were transforming, Kira seemed to have her eyes peeled on the eight transforming at the time. Before Yaten got the chance to approach Kira, Seiya took a few steps to her and placed his left hand on her shoulder. "It was fun, to momentarily be with you as the Three Lights while it lasted, the concert has come to an end. I'm sorry, we didn't get the chance to tell and explain to you sooner who we really are." Seiya wanted to say more, but it was too late. He removed the Star Change from his pocket and held it in his right hand. Letting go of her shoulder, he took a few steps back as Yaten wanted to say something to her.

"Kira. . . . Do you remember when I said that I believe in you? I need you to believe in me when I say this." Seiya watched Yaten try and converse with Kira, at least get her to look at him. “I am here. I am here for you. I will fight for you and I will protect you. This is my promise, Kira.”

Remembering Seiya said a similar thing to Usagi a while ago, looking at her while Yaten spoke those words to Kira, then afterwards Yaten was finished, Seiya's attention drew back to the archer.
Yaten took a few steps back to regroup as the Three Lights, then looked at Seiya to which Seiya gave a nod, it was time. Knowing this would change the way Kira thought of them, forever, it was better this way and that she knew the truth before falling deeper in love.
The truth hurts but a lie is worse.

Once the Inners and Outers had finished transforming, They began their chant starting with Seiya.

"Sailor Starlights... Stage On!"

Usagi held onto her brooch, she felt hesitant to transform, but watched as she stood beside Kira. First the Inners went, then the Outers, Seiya went to approach Kira and spoke to her, he managed to get her attention, along with Yaten who exchanged a few words. Kira mumbled something, maybe Yaten heard her words?
It's hard to say, however the Three Lights began to speak their magical words which allowed them to transform. Remembering back to how she felt witnessing them, Usagi didn't need to watch them transform, but looked at Kira instead.
"Kira-chan..." she thought to herself, knowing it would be hard for her to think of them the same again.

After their transformation, Luna looked at Usagi. "Usagi, hurry up and transform!"
"But..." holding her brooch close to her chest, she gripped it tightly and then nodded and had to do the same as the Three Lights did before transforming, moving away from Kira.
Everyone else had finished transforming by that stage now, and was waiting for the Prince and Princess.

Falling feathers came from Sailor Moon's wings, that floated everywhere, her transformation always seemed to capture everyone's attention, she was the Princess , the Future Queen, after all.



Posing for a few seconds, Sailor Moon relaxed a little bit and walked towards Kira, stopping within an arm's length.



"I'm Sailor Moon, and..." she paused and turned around to face her friends, speaking in the order everyone stood in. "My friends are Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus, Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn. These are the guardians who protect me because I am also Princess of the Moon, Princess Serenity--- err well, that was my past life. I will be Neo Queen Serenity in the future, and..." Gesturing to her true love. "Mamo-chan---aaah Mamoru is Tuxedo Mask, he is Prince Endymion, Prince of the Earth."
Sailor Moon's attention turned to the Starlights. "You might know Yaten-san, Taiki-kun, and Seiya as the Three Lights but their real identities are the Sailor Starlights, Sailor Star Maker, Sailor Star Fighter, and Sailor Star Healer and they are from Planet Kinmoku along with their Princess, Princess Kayuu. I know this is a lot to take in, and we don't expect you to remember our names either, and we will answer any questions you may have and---"
"Sailor Moon, that's enough information." Luna said, glancing back at Kira who still looked like she was having a hard time trying to think of words to say, Luna felt she needed to repeat herself just to hopefully get the message across. "Kira, you are a Sailor Senshi, and you can transform using the henshin wand." Luna explained.