SailorStar9: This is the start of another new fic. I blame Angel of Courage for my current obsession. (Sighs) Guys and girls, will it kill you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Basic Summary: What if Xanxus wasn't the only child the Vongola Nono had adopted? After Xanxus' coup d'etat, the Vongola Nono had Iemitsu take the reincarnation of the Mafia Goddess away to be hidden. 14 years later, Mizuno Ami awakens her destiny as the Star Maiden, Astraea.

Pairing:

First Generation: Alaude/Sienna (Astraea's past incarnation)

Tenth Generation: Hibari/Ami (Astraea's current incarnation)

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and the pairings.

Prologue: Astraea's Return

It was a simple plan.

It was supposed to be one hundred percent foolproof.

The plan was devised by Hino Rei and Tsukino Usagi. Both girls were Sailor Senshi, soldiers of love and justice.

The plan was to have Luna herself eject Ami as Sailor Mercury.

However, it was Rei that had came up with the plan to forcibly remove Ami's Senshi status. After convincing Usagi that Ami was too weak to be one of them, she suggested to have Usagi challenge Ami to prove herself by a Combat Trial on the shrine grounds, Rei as Sailor Mars would attack from the trees, and thus making Sailor Mercury lose the trial. Luna would then demand Ami to turn over her henshin pen.

What happened on that day was something that not even Usagi and Rei did not see coming.

Flashback

"What?" Ami exploded as the news was dropped in her lap. She was inside the common room of the Shrine, surrounded by Usagi, Rei and Luna.

"You heard right!" Usagi snapped, playing the role of Trial victor to the fullest. "You lost the Combat Trial!"

"Usagi, calm down." Luna soothed, acting as the voice of reason. Turning to Ami, she looked at the water Senshi. "Ami... those were the terms you'd agreed to when you accepted the challenge."

"Yes, but it's one-on-one!" Ami argued.

"Are you calling Luna a liar?" Makoto asked, her voice turning dangerous.

"Makoto, calm," Luna ordered. Once the priestess backed off, Luna turned to the water Senshi. "There is only one way we can deal with this situation, you will hand over your henshin pen."

"Just admit you've lost the Trial, Ami!" Usagi snapped. "Admit it and accept the consequences!"

Ami spun on the blonde "I wasn't speaking to you, Tsukino!" she replied, her voice taking on a steely hardness. "Do me a favor and shut up."

Luna sighed, "Ami, you have to take responsibility for your actions."

"But, Luna..." Ami began.

"Do not interrupt me," Luna snapped. "You have only one choice, hand over your henshin pen."

Ami's blood was boiling, the biggest betrayal was from Luna herself. Surely she would be the one to see reason, but it was no use. Ami had her back up against the wall. She should have seen this sooner. None of the girls really cared for her.

"Ami, what is your decision?"

Luna's voice broke Ami out of her reverie. She leveled her gaze on the Moon cat. The one person that she could count on to stand by her side, was siding with the girls.

"You can continue being heroines for all I care," Ami stated flatly. "I quit. I would rather slit my own throat rather than be the whipping girl and scapegoat for a group of self-righteous, back-stabbing bitches for eternity." she glared at Makoto, who squirmed under her glare. "And if you think that Trial was truly one-one-one, then all of you need to get your heads examined."

"Ami!" Luna admonished.

Usagi and Rei looked at each other; this definitely was not part of the plan. By this time, Ami would have kowtowed to Luna's demands and forked over her transformation pen. And now, this little stunt of the two conspirators had pushed Ami over the edge, the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

"How dare you, Mizuno!" Rei shouted. "Apologize to Usagi if you know what's good for you!"

"Piss off, priestess girl," was Ami's reply. When it looked like Rei was going to attack her, she pulled out her trump card. "I got your father's number on speed dial on my cellphone. Don't give me a reason to use it," she threatened. "Unless you want your grandfather's precious shrine to lose face, then you better sit down and shut up, you priestess wannabe."

Ami's threat had gotten through to Rei, who backed off.

"Mizuno Ami," Luna barked. "You will hand over your henshin pen, whether you like it or not! If you don't, then I will revoke Queen Selenity's blessings from you!"

Usagi and Rei both exchanged glances. This was getting out of hand. They wanted Ami gone, not this.

Ami leveled a cold glare at the Moon cat before turning on her heels and storming towards the front door.

Usagi tried to stop her "Ami, wait!"

Ami had reached the staircase, Without turning around, she addressed the blond. "We have nothing else to discuss, Tsukino Usagi." The cold formality that she used to address the Moon Senshi surprised even the other co-conspirator, as Usagi stepped back as if she was slapped. "I told you that the Trial was a facade, that it wasn't one-on-one." Ami continued and showed Luna a burnt mark on her arm that was obviously from Sailor Mars 'Fire Soul' attack. She turned to the two girls. "My congratulations to the three of you. You got me out of the Senshi, but my resignation comes with a heavy price." slipping on the Heavens Flame ring, she burnt the Mercury henshin pen into a char. The former Senshi turned to her mentor, anger evident on his face. When she spoke, her voice was ice-cold. "You took their side over mine. In any case, that makes you no better than them."

"Ami..." Makoto began.

"Save it," she snapped "You just lost a Senshi. I want nothing more to do with the Senshi, I want nothing to do with the White Moon name, and I want nothing to do with you. As far as I'm concerned, I never want to see any of you ever again. I hate you all."

The tone was calm, but the anger in her voice was evident, as it chilled the offending party to the bone. Ami then departed from the shrine, leaving the Moon cat and the three girls in a state of shock as what Ami had done finally settled in.

Ami had renounced her allegiance to the White Moon. Soon, she was gone.

Usagi and Rei had watched the entire debacle play out. So far, everything had gone according to plan... until Ami abdicated her loyalty and left the shrine in a rage.

The two girls were thinking the same thing, as they realized that their scheme had backfired in the most extreme way: 'What have we done?'

Ami continued to storm through the city streets. she suspected that Rei would try something like this, but she never suspected that Luna would betray her.

"Dino." the male voice spoke on the other end after Ami dialed a number.

"It's time," Ami simply spoke into her cellphone. "I'm ready."

"So those whores finally made their move, eh?" Dino was not surprised.

"Yes," Ami confirmed. "It is time for me to answer my true calling."

"Understood, Astraea-sama." the older male replied before cutting the call.

That night, a emergency council meeting was held between the two girls.

"This scheme of yours has gone too far, Rei," Usagi hissed.

"What's done is done," Rei said firmly. "That baka weakling is gone."

"This plan of yours did not take into account that Ami would actually renounce her loyalty and disappear!" Usagi whispered furiously.

Rei nodded. "Indeed. Mizuno has shown her true colors and has turned tail and fled like the coward that she truly is. I am right. What's done is done. The purity of the Senshi is finally restored."

"The plan was to force Ami into turning her henshin pen over to Luna." Usagi snapped. "This plan is fucked up because we did not see this coming! What happens if Ami dies out there? What then?"

Rei sniffed. "The world would be better off without a spineless wuss like her."

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