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To say that it had been a long time since Sailor Leto had made an appearance in Destiny City would be an understatement. For the first time since she had been awakened into the powered war that raged on, Leto wanted nothing to do with it. She had invested so much in the war -- her time, her sanity, her physical well-being -- and after she had been rescued from Wolframite’s clutches, she decided it was time to invest elsewhere. At least that was was she told herself.

But if she was being honest with herself during her time off from being a powered superhero (villain? whatever), she would have to admit that she missed it. She craved it, every single day the craving grew a little stronger than the day before. Thoughts of being powered crept into her mind, plagued her dreams, had her distracted in her every day life. When she looked at her children she wondered if they would grow up to be a Senshi (or worse, a Knight) one day. When she looked in the mirror her reflection was of Leto, not Quinn. Her people were all powered, there was no avoiding it anymore.

There was no avoiding it.

So she made the choice, as she did so many times before. The brunette gripped her henshin pen in her hand, red eyes stared at herself in the mirror with honey-colored eyes looking back. Kathryn was long gone, she was only Leto now, Quinn merely a shadow of her former self. Whispering the all-too familiar words, she was overwhelmed with the power that washed over her for the first time in over a year. Sucking in a deep, slow breath, she exhaled as she stepped through the mirror.

Stepping out of a familiar mirror in the park, she immediately felt a twinge at the nape of her neck. Order. Strong. Her fingertips twitched ever so slightly at her sides, a smile starting to spread on her lips. Leto turned on a heel to move in the other Senshi’s direction, but before she had a chance to do so the other girl was already entering her personal space. Her head tilted slightly as she absorbed the words coming out of her mouth, her eyes narrowed and peering at her, trying to place her face and voice and the mention of chibi Senshi… There weren’t many of those that Leto had chosen to pick fights with. An eyebrow raised and the smile turned into a grin as a vague memory worked itself to the forefront of her mind.

This was going to be fun.

“I see your s**t talking game hasn’t gotten any better, kid,” Leto said with a half-hearted chuckle. She would try and egg the other girl on, let her think that she had any chance in hell at beating her if she chose to pick a fight.

When the watermelon rind was called to the Senshi’s hand, it solidified exactly who this was to Leto. How could she possibly ever forget the kid that licked her hand?

“Listen kid, I’m real proud of you for growing a few inches and hopefully not being a shitty Senshi anymore, really I am. But I’m gonna warn you once. Only once. You’ll regret this. If you know what’s good for you you’ll run.”

Alas, the kid didn’t run. In fact, she did the complete opposite and Leto let out an audible groan when the words left Lenka’s lips. Somehow the Camouflage Eternal wasn’t actually expecting her to call her attack. The watermelon rind hit her and attached itself to her. <********,” was muttered as she rind grew, encasing her in it. This wasn’t exactly how she expected her first night back on patrol to go. Feeling her panic rising, bubbling in her stomach and working it’s way up and out, Leto tried to keep it together as darkness began to engulf her, water filling the rind. This was torture at Wolframite’s hands all over again. She was going to ******** lose it on this kid.

She shrieked inside the rind, her hands instantly clenched into fists. None of her attacks would get her out of this, she knew that well enough. But she also knew that this was magic and like any other Senshi attack, it had to end eventually. She just had to mentally get to that point and then Lenka would pay.

The world spun around her as she felt Lenka’s body collide with the watermelon and drop her to the ground. The words the teenager was spewing at her were muffled through the water, but Leto definitely got the gist of it. It was only when the water began to spew from the crack that Lenka’s kick had caused that the Camo Senshi released the breath she didn’t even realize she was holding.

Threats didn’t frighten her, eh?

Okay then.

Leto may have been a parent, but her patience with young people (especially mouthy teenagers) wore thin and grated on her last nerves. Lenka had her chance.

With an all too familiar ease, Leto pushed past her Eternal stage and into one of Royalty. Her fuku shifted, large black wings sprouting from her back and giving her chills. ******** it felt good to be back.

With the help of Lenka’s pre-made crack in the rind, all it took was one quick, strong kick before the watermelon broke from around her and the Dark Mirror Princess was pushing herself to her bare feet. A pump of her wings had her moving faster than her usual speed and her right hand reached out to grasp Lenka by her collar and lift her a few inches off of the ground. Leto may have been small, but damn if she wasn’t mighty when she pushed to her full powered potential.

“Are you sure you don’t wanna take any of that back before I kill you?,” Leto snarled between clenched teeth at the younger girl.

It took every bit of self control not to snap Lenka’s neck when she spat in Leto’s face. She closed her fiery red eyes for a brief moment to collect herself and stifle the rage that was bubbling very quickly to the surface.

She was cold. She was wet. She had her super fun moment of panic. And now she had someone else’s saliva running down her cheek. It wasn’t a good look for her and it was definitely not in Lenka’s best interest to keep ******** talking. But that never stopped the kid, did it?

Her upper lip curled and she flinched when a boot made impact with her, but like hell she was going to let her go, her knuckles were white as she tightened her grip.

“Let me kill you? That’s ******** cute.” A lightbulb went off, however, and instead of letting her anger get the best of her (per usual), she raised a brow and decided on an alternative. “I’d say you don’t have a choice in the matter, but you know what… Maybe you do.”

Lowering Lenka so her feet were on the ground, she maintained a tight grip on her collar.

“Maybe a baptism by mirror sounds better to you, hm? Your pretty little outfit would look a whole lot better if it was black. And who knows, maybe proper ******** leadership will teach you a thing or two.”

She didn’t have much time before her ridiculous power signature attracted the wrong kind of people. The fear in Lenka’s eyes was Leto’s driving force, what pushed her decision. Killing Lenka would be a waste. Turning her into one of her own? She could make use of that… And knowing how badly she didn’t want it almost made it more fun.

Leto couldn’t help but laugh at Lenka’s empty threats and she loosened the grip on her collar. When she thrashed, she purposefully let go. She let Lenka get in a hit or two before she finally summoned the large, ominous Black Mirror behind her own tiny form.

“Aw darlin, I’m so sorry we couldn’t do this on better terms. Really, this isn’t ideal,” she murmured as she inched closer to Lenka, like a predator with its prey. She was ready to pounce. Holding out her right hand, her crystal appeared in her palm. Pushing her energy through her crystal and into the Black Mirror, Leto staggered ever so slightly as she stepped closer to close the distance between the two of them.

“But trust me,” she grabbed her with both hands, pulling her so close she could nearly taste her fear. “It’s for the best,” she added. The Princess swung her body with Lenka in tow, releasing her grip as the Eternal Senshi hit the glass surface of the Black Mirror. Like every time before, the glass shattered and absorbed into Lenka’s skin.

As Leto knew all too well from her own foray through the Mirror, Lenka would feel her very being as a White Moon Senshi being ripped from her and she would experience a pain that only Chaos could cause.

The Dark Mirror Princess dropped to her knees, sinking into the cold hard ground at her feet.

The crystal disappeared along with the Black Mirror when Lenka’s transformation into a Dark Mirror Senshi was complete. And with them went Leto’s royal aura as she shifted back down into an Eternal Senshi. She Eternal shifted on the ground, trying to push herself to her feet and get to Lenka. She may have gone against the other girl’s wishes, but she was one of them now and Leto owed it to her to do this right. To get her somewhere safe.

Before she could, the newly baptized Senshi was on her feet and running, and Leto was struggling to maintain her balance to chase her. She stumbled, fell to one knee and gasped for breath. <********,” she managed to wheeze for the ???th time. Crawling to the mirror she had originally mirrowalked out of, she slipped through the surface and collapsed to the cold white floor of mirrorspace. Summoning her compact in her hand, she sent a half-assed message to Remarque (something along the lines of “Mirror. Oops.” probably) because she knew she’d have to get him to help her out - There was no way Lenka was going to let Leto come anywhere near her right now and she couldn’t let a fresh Dark Mirror Senshi run around the city in her state.

Clamping the compact shut and letting it disappear back into subspace, she closed her eyes and drifted into unconsciousness.