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The city had been so quiet lately. Soooo quiet. There weren't nearly as many people on the streets as there usually were. There was a slight buzzing sound that seemed to come from a tree near the guard's booth, as if expressing some sort of anxiety over this fact.

Yet, the clinking sound of keys made the sound hush.

There was another human nearby. Another faint buzz seemed to echo from behind the tree. They had already managed to locate a human in a strange little box, literally just sitting there. Sitting there waiting for his starseed to be claimed. It was almost like they had gotten a gift.

Having no use for strategy, rather suddenly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 creatures loomed out from their hiding place. They were drawn to the slight metallic jangle of a brunette's keys. Perhaps she wasn't paying attention since she was shuffling through her purse to find some key items, but when she looked up ever so casually after locating her ID card and keys, this girl would find 5 overly large bugs hoovering close, wings gently buzzing as they set their sights on this girl.

They looked like mosquitoes, but they were were at least 2 feet in size. They looked pretty menacing, since it almost looked like they had giant surgical needles glued to their faces and they seemed to continue to get closer to the girl. Amidst that faint buzzing sound, there was something that the girl could barely make out.

It sounded like "Starseeeeeeds."

If it was possible for these overly large insects to smile, they would have done so as sinisterly as possible. They hovered in closer, seeming absolutely free of fear as they drew in closer.

That was, until there was an interruption.

"You have got to be sh*tting me!!! Five of them?!! SERIOUSLY?!!!"

It almost felt as if some sort of narrator should have mentioned that this message was brought to you by the number 5.

"I already told you what you need to do... so just do it already, Iris!"

There was a rather notable groan before a yellow-suited blur rushed up to this dark-haired girl. When the blur stopped close by, it was obvious what sort of person this was. Obnoxiously bright colored schoolgirl uniform and crazy blonde hair. The outfit was telltale that this was, in fact, a Sailor Senshi.

The mosquito youma buzzed in unison with some sort of strange delight within that humming sound. Why go after a normal human's starseed when they could go after a senshi's starseed?

A smirk managed to find a way onto the senshi's lips. "...yeah, I ain't got time t'explain too much... but take this if ya wanna live!"

"...how long have you been waiting to use that line?" a voice groaned out.

"Shut up, cat... I'm doin' ya a favor!" Rather suddenly, a blue-gray bundle of fur was shoved at the civilian without much more of an explanation. Only once the cat was securely in this other girl's arms did the senshi then literally leap away. The strange insects eagerly followed, not wanting to lose such a catch.

"Catch me if ya can! I'll totally zap yer asses!!!"

The bundle of fur groaned again.

Within the hold of a new perch's arms, the cat used her good forepaw to gently knead her claws delicately against this girl's shirt. ********* was trying to get attention, but at the same time, was also trying to not have to dig her claws into any skin underneath the clothing. She always did like to think she was considerate (though Iris would have argued she was no such thing).

The manx also considered herself pretty polite too (despite how frequently she insisted upon getting attention), so when the brunette asked her question, the feline was more than willing to oblige.

"Those Youma were going to attack you." Hello, Captain Obvious. "I suggest you find us some place safe to hide for the moment." There was a slight pause before the cat added the infamous saying "No, this is not a dream. This is all real." Pale green eyes looked intently towards this girl's face. Certainly, there was a slight concern about leaving Sailor Iris to tend to the swarm of five youma, but ********* continued to remind herself that Sailor Iris was more than capable of taking care of them for a while. So where as, she might have wanted to take a quick glance at what Sailor Iris was doing, ********* refrained.

Sailor Iris had 5 youma on her tail, yet she was still able to notice something as she passed the guard's booth. There was a hand outstretched on the ground, just reaching past the opening to the booth.

"...god damn it... they already got a starseed too?!!!!" She groaned. There still wasn't enough distance between her and the cat yet, so the yellow suited senshi continued to run down the pathway, past the guard booth and onto Crystal Academy's campus. Mentally, Ellie Spectre was cringing upon even patroling near Crystal Academy, let alone fighting youma on the campus itself. So gay! It didn't look like any other civilians were in the area, so once she felt there was plenty of distance, she spun around.

"Alright, which of ya f*ckers' got that starseed? We can make this easy, or we can do this the hard way. Ain't gonna matter much, because I'm gonna get that starseed, no matter what!"

Perhaps the swarm was too stupid to understand, or perhaps they flat out didn't care. When she spun around, they hadn't slowed down at all. So rather than stopping and surrounding her, all five of them flew past, using their sharp noses to attack, cutting Iris along the arms and shoulders.

The blonde hissed at the five different sensations that stung her body, reaching to cover one of the faint now-red lines running just short of her neck. She pulled her gloved hand away, and there was a thin trail of red upon the palm of the glove.

"Got it... hard way it is!" Her mildly blood covered hand tightened into a fist, and a pastel rainbow seemed to flutter out from nowhere. Even though all five had attacked her at once, they hadn't caused any serious damage.

They were weak. Though, one of them was probably stronger than the rest, thanks to the starseed acquisition.

In a knowing tone, the manx let the girl know "She may need your help, but that will come later, I promise!" If she had a tail, it would have flicked slightly after her comment, but alas, no tail meant no flicking action. The feline did not comment about the girl's choice in hiding places, but when they were behind the bush, she began to struggle slightly within her arms.

"You can set me down here" she instructed in an extremely pleasant voice. Having one leg in a cast was such a burden. It really was. It was so much easier to give out henshin pens and cellphones as a cat, rather than the way she was about to.

The youma swarm almost seemed entranced for a moment by the senshi's attack. It might not have been bright, but it was a bit brighter than the other stuff nearby. And it was pretty.

One of the Youma curiously buzzed as it hovered forward, and all it got for its efforts was a rainbow suddenly wrapping up around it. Sailor Iris then flung her arm hard so she could smack this giant insect against the ground. Upon impact, there was a sickening SPLAT sound, followed by the Youma dissipating into an ashy substance.

The rest of the swarm did not seem to like this, for it didn't even take but a few seconds for them to attack the senshi again. Again, their noses cut against her, and one of them even managed to slice through her glove a bit. Naturally, the senshi's hand twitched in pain, and unfortunately, loosened to a point that made her attack disappear. "Damn it!" the yellow suited scout grunted out.

The monster mosquitoes buzzed in an intrigued manner.

The moment the feline was set on the ground, she said in a playful tone "Don't blink!" In all honesty, it was probably going to receive the opposite reaction. It was like telling someone to not think about water when they really needed to pee. It was almost impossible. Yet within 1 second after making such a statement, the seemed to grow rather quickly, changing from a simple tailless cat to the shape of a girl with silvery-blue hair and a top hat. The arm that corresponded with her broken leg dangled limply at her side uselessly, the cast itself seeming to disappear with this form. With a small giggle, the girl (who had pale cat ears peeking out from the rim of her hat) added "You might miss something important if you blink now!"

For a moment, the girl came across as if she were a sphinx, offering a statement which could almost be considered a riddle. "We are saving you, and you are saving us." For a moment, the ********* green eyes seemed to drift back to the action, managing to catch sight of Iris' newly formed rainbow latching onto another youma. As she turned back to face the girl she was keeping company at the moment, she clarified slightly. "Sailor Iris is tough and can handle herself quite well." It was a good thing the Senshi of Rainbows was not within earshot.

Regardless of this girl's reactions to the sudden cat-to-girl transformation, ********* continued onward as if it was business as usual. She was quite adjusted to the whole "Oh my god, IT IS NOT A CAT" reaction, which was about the same as the "Oh my god, THE CAT CAN TALK" reaction. "Now, I have something to show you." With that, the girl held out her cuffed left hand in front of the brunette to see. With her palm held out open and flat, ********* began to concentrate. The space above her palm began to glow, faintly at first, but gradually growing brighter with each second that passed. Eventually two objects began to form in that glowing space. One looked like an older model cell phone, and the other... was that a pen?

"That's a Sailor Iris!" With her only good arm occupied with the objects at hand, the girl strangely lifted up one leg and pointed towards the action with a toe. Nothing super flexible, it was just merely using something other than her head. Her big toe attempted a wiggle or two, but it wasn't anything noticeable.

Pulling her leg back into a normal position, she continued to answer questions rather politely despite the situation. "I am *********, and I am a cat, whether or not you believe such is up to you. And I would have thought you would have noticed the Youma that almost attacked you."

With a delicate nod of her head, causing a faint jingle to escape her bell about her neck, she confirmed that the objects at hand were indeed Marcella's. "Take them both, but tuck the phone away someplace safe for now. If you could please, take the pen, then shout out Asclepius Power Make-up!"

********* winked her eye. "And shout it like you mean it!"

Another loud splating sound echoed through the air as well as another grunt from the yellow suited senshi. The blonde didn't seem to notice the glow behind the bushes as yet another girl became victim to that thing called senshi-dom. She was more focused on what she had left to defeat. She had managed to get rid of 3 of the 5 youma, leaving two for her to fight against. Her uniform had seen better days, for it now had thin slices edged with crimson.

In all honesty, she was breathing harder than usual, for she was actually feeling pretty drained. She was only good for 1 more attack, and there were two youma left. There was no way she'd be able to hit both in one more ribbon.

Since there was no more reason for her to retain that human-like shape of hers, as the newly discovered senshi transformed, the silver haired girl shrunk back to her usual form, complete with the powder blue cast.

With a smile, the feline jested "Somehow I doubt you'd want to go to prom in that... but that'd be up to you! Right now we have some serious business to tend to!" There was a pause, then a nod of the head. "Sailor Asclepius, you need to concentrate. I need you to create your Eucrasia Remedy... Sailor Iris is going to need it soon." Despite all the cheer, ********* had quite the matter of fact tone to it.