Author's note: Here it is! Chapter two! Sorry it's been so long. School and work really do keep me tied up but both chapters two and three were being done at the same time so chapter three should follow real soon. It's time to briefly introduce my character. I'm excited and nervous. You'll hear more about her in chapter three, though. I feel that I once again have to remind you guys so here it is: new plot, new KEY character, EVERYTHING will change! You can't say I didn't warn you. Canon fans, if you haven't turned back by now, you are not allowed to flame me! Ample warning and all that in place, I realize that some characters may seem OOC but I feel like they all have a different side that they only show to certain people, so I wanted to throw that in there but they should be back to normal by chapter three.

Please review, it really does help the creative process. Just no flames! Still fragile over here!

Chapter Two

Hoshiko

"Monday." Usagi sighed, sitting at her desk. 'I hate Mondays.' 'They're boring, long, and exhausting,' she thought while staring blankly at the board chewing her pencil, her thoughts had been occupied by the talk from the previous night. The walk home with Luna was awkward. Luna had been sitting on this information for so long that it was just weird to discuss anything with her. She probably knew more than what she had told them last night. Usagi had almost asked her if there was anything else she could tell them but decided against it. Luna had been staring at her strangely the whole night, like she was afraid that Usagi would just break apart. In truth, Usagi thought might. She had always wondered if anyone from her Moon Kingdom family had survived, but never voiced it, too afraid of the answer. Now she found out that she had an aunt and cousin in a different kingdom! She really did have a larger family than she realized.

Usagi didn't sleep at all when she got home; her head was filled with too many questions. She wondered if she and her cousin were close, if they laughed and went to dances together, if they wrote each other and talked about girl things. Usagi imagined that they were close, that their mothers were close and would visit often and that Usagi and her cousin would play games when they were little and take walks in the garden when they were older. It was those very thoughts that depressed her. She had this wonderful family, she imagined, and couldn't remember them at all: even worse, they were all dead. Everything she had known had been erased from this world and erased from her memory. It wasn't really fair. Queen Serenity, her mother, might have had a good reason for taking her memories but the resulting effect was just as cruel as knowing in the first place.

The destruction of the Star Kingdom, to Usagi, was an even greater tragedy than the Moon. The Moon was able to send everyone there to earth to start new lives. It was with Queen Serenity's last strength, her own will power that saved everyone. The Star Kingdom, as far as they were aware, had only four survivors. Maybe a few others had made it but who knew where they were or if they even remembered anything. That was what made it the greater tragedy; the kingdom had been almost completely annihilated. No one had made it out with their lives. Her thoughts back on them, Usagi put her head down to hide the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes.

In the same classroom, Minako and Makoto were thinking along the same lines as Usagi. They weren't paying any attention to the lesson; they were off in a daze. They didn't understand how they could have some memories and not others. They thought that they remembered everything but in fact they did not. Even more than that, there was another princess, like theirs, but she had died at the hands of Beryl long ago. Princess Ceres had done something; she had sent her Senshi to the Moon to help out there. But why had she done it...that's what Minako wanted to know. Why didn't all of them flee, her included and the other three they couldn't identify? Why only the planetary Senshi, and why did they leave her? From what Minako could tell from the outer Senshi, they were dead loyal and fierce warriors. They would never have left the princess against their wills. So what had happened to make them leave? And where were they memories of that time? So many questions still remain unanswered. Not that it matters, she reflected, what was done was done but for some strange reason it was nagging her. It was like a little thought in the back of her head that she can't remember or the lyrics to a song that she could hum but not sing. Minako sighed; she just couldn't figure it out. Behind her, Makoto was thinking along the same lines, about what had happened. But she was about as close to the answer as Minako. Heaving a sight, Makoto decided to pay better attention to the lesson, but her thoughts strayed again.

Taiki, Seiya, and Yaten were very fortunate that they were in the same class as the other three very distracted girls. Each watched them carefully. It wasn't unusual for Usagi to not pay attention in class, but normally that was because she was eating not laying with her head down on her desk. The other two paid better attention than Usagi, but today, their hearts clearly weren't in it. The boys figured that it must have been due to the meeting the previous night that all the girls seemed particularly spacey. This made some of them itch to know more about what was going on. It didn't matter to them, really, what was happening on Earth, but they couldn't seem to help themselves from getting closer to the girls. It wasn't part of their mission, but making friends on this planet was fun, pleasant really. They did not forget their mission, to find their lady, but it didn't mean they couldn't have some fun along the way.

It was then the bell rang, dismissing class for the day. The noise shook the girls from their thoughts. The students stood as the teacher released the class and left. The girls gathered their book bags, Usagi's eyes noticeably puffy, and left without looking around.

"It's possible that this may be worthwhile to investigate." Taiki commented to his brothers as they watched the girls from the classroom window, who were now joined by Ami, leaving the school yard. "It might affect their job as Senshi, and that would be troublesome for us."

Seiya shook his head at his brother's analysis of the situation. "Cold as always, Taiki."


Haruka sat on the living room couch, her arm casually draped over the back as she flipped trough channels. Nothing was on at the moment, or least that's what she tried to convince herself of after flipping through over 200 channels. It was either: garbage, trash or junk as far as she was concerned. She had a rough night last night. She couldn't sleep when they got home. She didn't have work in the morning unlike Setsuna, who was a nurse at Hotaru's school, or Michiru who had a recording to go to that day. Haruka could have gone with Michiru, but after that dream, she didn't feel like having much human contact for awhile.

It really was all too much. She had always thought that they, the outer Senshi, had been alone, that they had never had anyone to protect until they traveled to the Moon Kingdom. And she, Haruka, was one who had seen her previous life, witnessed the destruction and seen the forgotten faces first hand. Setsuna and Michiru hadn't seen them. They didn't see the princess collapse into tears on the ground with people running around in a panic. They hadn't seen her sorrow nor hear her tears. To them it was a forgotten memory that they may never recover. Now it wasn't fair to them, Haruka reflected, they might be hurting just as much over the lies. It was unlike the inner Senshi, to them, they just forgot. The outer Senshi had their memories altered in the worst way. They took their happy memories, admittedly bitter sweet in the end, and made them think that they had been alone for most of their lives until going to the Moon. It was unfair. When Haruka got home last night, she claimed to be tired and went up to bed, only she didn't sleep. She lay awake for hours, in truth she didn't go back to sleep at all. She thought about everything she had seen and what Luna had said. She wished that she could remember all of it. She wanted to know who her Princess had been and if she was kind, caring and energetic like her relative. The Princess she had seen in her dream was nothing like Usagi; but it could only be expected with the situation she had been in and the melancholy feelings she must have had.

Haruka sighed again, leaning her head on the back of the couch, giving up on distracting herself with the TV. I wonder if there is a way to recover my memories. Luna hadn't mentioned how we lost them or who took them. I'll have to ask her about it the next time I see her. While lost in her thoughts, staring at the ceiling, Haruka was also oblivious to her surroundings and thus was very surprised when Michiru's face appeared in front of hers, though upside down.

"Are you all right, Haruka?" Michiru inquired peering at her partner in a concerned manner. After cooling her heart rate back down, Haruka merely sighed, again, and shook her head.

"It's hard to explain, Michiru." Haruka said, turning to face her as she sat beside her on the couch. "The memories from the dream won't go away. They persist. I can't help but think of how she must have felt in the end, our Princess. I can't help but wonder what happened, where we were and what happened to her." Haruka buried her face in her hands, Michiru's presence making her feel more open and prized. Michiru always had that effect on Haruka. They were in love, it couldn't be denied. They were great friends and more comfortable around each other than anyone else. Michiru always shed Haruka's armor, leaving her open. Haruka didn't mind the feeling, except when she felt especially weak; this was one of those moments.

She was once again recalling the face of her Princess, and once again, like so many times last night, she was crying. She tried to hide it from Michiru in a cough, but knew better. "She was so young, no more than sixteen: so very young, and so very fragile. The way she collapsed on the floor crying after she tried to be so brave." Haruka's voice choked, she tried again to cough it away. "I wanted nothing more than to banish her helplessness and sorrow, somehow. I felt weak, powerless to help her." Haruka looked up, her cheeks soaked with tears. "And all those feeling when I didn't even understand who she was!"

Michiru had only seen her partner like this a few times, so helpless. It broke her heart and all she could think to do was to cradle her and protect her. Michiru pulled Haruka to her and held her there, patting her back and cooing softly. "It'll be all right, Haruka, it'll be just fine. Let it all out, let it out."

That broke Haruka and her sorrow over her lost Princess and the stolen memories came full force. She cried and yelled at the insanity, the injustice, the pain. She cried and held onto Michiru as though her life depended on it; as though her very existence was tied to her. Her grief poured out of her body, leaving her weak, but she kept crying and murmuring. Michiru held herself in check. She had to be strong for Haruka. She had to help her through this, even though she couldn't understand it completely.

She had no image to go with Haruka's sorrow. She had no way to know how she felt. She didn't have a face to go with the loss. Haruka did. Haruka had seen so much, and understood more than Michiru did. Michiru couldn't comprehend the loss. Oh she knew very well what was stolen from her, her life, her memories, her past, she knew her loss, but not Haruka's. She only knew she had been cheated. She knew that she had had a happier existence once, and couldn't recall any of it. It felt like waking up from a coma and not remembering your childhood but remembering your adolescent years. It was a cheat. But she had no inclination to dwell on her own feelings, not when she knew how torn up Haruka and Hotaru were. Maybe, sometime later, she could sort her feelings out and come to terms with what had happened; but not now. Haruka needed her to be a rock, and she would do anything for the woman she loved.

It was a while later before Haruka had settled down. She fell asleep in Michiru's lap as Michiru sang softly to her. Michiru understood her exhaustion, she doubted that Haruka had slept much when they got home, or that day at all. She needed rest. Michiru gently lifted Haruka's head and settled it on a pillow. She went to find a large blanket, settling on a deep blue fleece and covered Haruka with it. Kissing her forehead, Michiru headed to the kitchen to cook dinner as Setsuna and Hotaru would be home within the hour and she wanted to have dinner ready by then.


Michiru wasn't too far off in her assumption because at that moment Hotaru arrived in Setsuna's office ready to go home. What she was wrong about was the state of Hotaru's emotions. She seemed perfectly fine, not torn up or sad at all in fact. Setsuna knew this because she had been repeatedly checking on the young girl all day. She was worried over lack of sleep and the state of her heart as well. It was a good idea to take a position in the same school as Hotaru, considering her powers and what could happen to her if she had no help. If an attack occurred at the school, no one would be able to get there very fast, maybe Haruka, but leaving variables that could end up with a possible bad ending as far as Hotaru was concerned was not something Setsuna would do. It wasn't distrust in any of the Senshi; it was more of an extremely worried 'mother' about her little girl. But as Setsuna checked up on Hotaru, she found nothing wrong with her at all! She seemed her usually cheery self. She played and chatted with her classmates like nothing had happened. She didn't even seem sleepy. Setsuna had to admit that she didn't quite expect it, not that she wasn't happy that Hotaru seemed to be all right, it was quite the opposite. She was just happy that the previous night had not deeply affected the girl. It would not be good to have her upset and distracted, especially with this new enemy getting closer and closer to the Senshi. They all needed to be on their guard.

"Are you ready to go home?" Hotaru chirped, bouncing in the office.

Setsuna nodded, "Yes, just a moment." She finished filing a few papers and grabbed her purse. "Let's head home." She said placing her arm across Hotaru's shoulder, guiding her back out the door.

Their walk home consisted of the usually conversation. How was school? Was work busy? What did you learn about today? Setsuna would have rather stuck to the safer topics than to bring up last night in case Hotaru had only been putting on a front at school. While Setsuna doubted the possibility of it, she wasn't ready to rule it out either. She watched Hotaru carefully from the corner of her eyes as she went on about what one of her friends had done it class that day. Still nothing happened. Hotaru still seemed to be her usual self.

Setsuna must have been too lost in her thoughts to notice that Hotaru had stopped talking and was now waving her hand in her face to try and wake her from her daze. "Setsunaaaa." She called.

Setsuna finally blinked and stopped walking altogether. "Ah! I'm sorry Hotaru, what were you saying?"

Hotaru gave her a dubious look. "Were you paying any attention to what I was saying, or were you. . . " Hotaru looked away quickly.

"Was I what, Hotaru?" She asked.

Hotaru looked down at her feet. "Are you thinking about what happened last night?" She asked in a quiet voice. Setsuna was taken aback. She didn't see that coming. Her concern for Hotaru over shadowed anything she was thinking.

"Ah, well, not in so many words. I was more concerned about you and how you were feeling today. You had the dream, the memories. I was concerned about you more than anyone." Setsuna replied.

Hotaru smiled up at her. "I know that I was the one who had the dream but I'm not at all sad about any of it. There's no way to explain it."

"You're not sad?" Setsuna gave her an uncertain look. Haruka had been moping about all day, according to Michiru who had called Setsuna earlier in the day. Why were the two so different? Was it possible that Hotaru was unaware of what had occurred? That she was still too young in her age, despite her wisdom that came with being Sailor Saturn, to understand what had occurred. Whatever the reason, Setsuna had to approach with caution. She didn't want to upset her but she had to know if Hotaru understood what had taken place.

Setsuna bent to the young girl's level, placing each hand on either shoulder. "Hotaru, please tell me, do you understand what we talked about last night. Who it was that had died and what had been done to us?"

Hotaru smiled secretively, "Setsuna, of course I know what happened. Haruka and I dreamed about our Princess, the Princess of the Star Kingdom, who died in battle as our kingdom was destroyed by forces from the Negaverse. We were sent from the kingdom by Princess Ceres to the Moon where we had our memories altered by Queen Serenity to make us forget who we were before and who Princess Ceres was." She cocked her head, "There was no question of that."

Setsuna shook her head, "And how do you feel about all of it? I confess; I was watching you all day. Michiru called me and said that Haruka was very upset over the whole ordeal so I was worried about you, too."

"I am fine. You can clearly see that." Hotaru beamed. "You don't have to worry about me at all, Setsuna, I'll be fine." She stepped out of Setsuna's arms. "But I am hungry. Let's get home!"

Setsuna sighed. It seemed like she was really okay with everything. If that was the case, then there was no more reason to worry over her.

"Alright, let's head home. I'm kinda hungry myself."


Usagi was still lost in thought as she trudged home. She was still in shock over the previous night's revelation. Her shock was beginning to turn into determination. Luna was going to spill everything she knew about the Star Kingdom. Usagi just knew that her cat knew more than she was telling! She was going to find out what it was! Her mind, still distracted, did not notice the handsome young man in front of her until they collided. Usagi didn't fall down but she did hit her head on something hard, perhaps a chin? She was rubbing the sore spot as she looked up only to realize she knew the young man.

"Seiya? I'm sorry, I didn't see you! Are you all right?" She cried suddenly. The pop idol was holding onto his chin, - ah so that's what she hit.

"Odango, you should look where you're walking." He said through his hand.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention." Seiya grumbled at that. "Are you going to be all right?" She asked.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll be fine; I just hope it doesn't bruise." He joked. "I have a photo shoot that would be ruined if I turn up black-and-blue."

"Oh, better hope so, we wouldn't want your fans to see that?" She chided teasingly. Seiya raised a brow.

"Well, if it is, I'll tell the fans just who did it." He grinned. "I'd watch my back if I were you." Usagi blanched. She's dealt with love crazy Three Lights Fans before. They even challenged her to a softball game! Usagi hates sports! Seiya had to give her special training to help them win. It was the worst week of her life!

"Why were you so spaced out anyways?" Seiya asked.

Usagi shook her head. "It's nothing really. I was just thinking that I had to ask Luna some questions."

"Oh? What about?"

"Nothing too important. You may not understand. Rei had a dream about something last night and I think Luna has a better understanding of it than she lets on. That's all really." Usagi smiled, stepping around Seiya. "I'll see you tomorrow!" She called taking off.

Seiya waved at her back, calling "Bye!" He sighed as she turned the corner and out of sight. "Might as well go home, too." He mumbled to himself, turning homeward.

As soon as he got in the door, before he could escape to his room, Yaten appeared in front of him.

"Oi, where did you go?" Yaten asked, his green eyes glaring into Seiya's, almost accusingly. Seiya did have to give him the benefit of the doubt and not get angry at his tone. He had snuck off many times to see Usagi, despite his two brothers' protests. They didn't like the local Senshi and preferred not to get involved with them. It had changed a little as they got to know them better but Seiya knew better than to hope for more than that.

"Out for a walk." Seiya explained, deciding to sit on the couch instead of going all the way to his room since he had already been seen.

Yaten followed him and sat across the coffee table. "Yeah?" He said, frowning. "You went for a walk and saw her!" He accused.

Seiya blinked in disbelief, and was about to deny it when Yaten flashed his phone at him. The caller ID displayed Taiki's number. "Taiki called while out getting dinner." Yaten clarified, "He saw you coming from the direction of her house."

Seiya sighed; that explained why Yaten ambushed him at the door. He had been given a head's up. "Yes, I saw her. I didn't mean to bump into her, but I did and I found something out about last night."

Yaten was fuming. "How could you do this, Seiya!" He yelled. "We are not here to chase girls but to find our Princess! And what are you talking about, 'found something out'?" He asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.

"Well, since we only came in at the end and even then, couldn't hear much; I now know what the meeting was about." Seiya explained. "Rei had a dream about what they had been discussing. Odango thinks that what Luna told them last night, what we over heard, was not everything she knew."

Yaten leaned back against the couch. "A dream? I guess Rei is more aware of her surrounding than any of them, but to have a meeting so early in the morning." Yaten shook his head in disbelief.

Seiya, wanting to steer the conversation away from the girls before Yaten remembered to yell at him again, asked what Taiki had gone to get for dinner.

Yaten jumped up at the question. "Ah! I forgot to tell him to get mine with no onions!" He cried, punching in Taiki's number on the phone still in his hand.

Seiya grabbed the TV remote while Yaten wondered into the kitchen now talking with Taiki on the phone. He flipped through the channels, not really paying any attention to what was on. He just needed a distraction from Yaten, something to deter him should he come back and ask anything more. Seiya's mind had wondered back to Usagi. Her face today was haunting his thoughts, a horribly sad face. She had looked the same all day. He thought the other girls would look the same too, if they were left to their thoughts. Ever since meeting the girls, Seiya had been the one to spend the most time getting to know them. They all seemed really bugged by the dream, or maybe the talk. Seiya wished he knew more about what had happened. He wanted to help Usagi with this in any way he could, but she wouldn't tell him anything so what more could he do but wait for her?

Lost in his thoughts, Seiya didn't notice that he had unintentionally stopped on the news channel until Yaten snatched the control out of his hand, turning the volume up.

The news anchors, a man and woman, were talking about one of their, the Three Lights', event that was coming up. "The Three Lights will have an album signing tomorrow at 5:30 at the downtown Atomic Music store to promote their latest album." The anchorwoman smiled overly cheery at the camera. "And now Masahiro will give us an update on the events taking place at Megalopolis Amusement Park for tomorrow night. Masahiro?" The camera moved to the male anchor.

"Thank you, Yuki." He smiled. A picture of a young girl appeared in the upper left corner of the TV screen next to Masahiro's head. "American pop star, Hoshiko, native of Japan, will be performing a homecoming concert at the Megalopolis Moonlight Stage at 7:00 pm. Tickets are already on sale and from some news reports, nearly sold out." He paused for dramatic effect. "This young star has taken the world by storm. She first began her singing career in an American contest and was soon discover by a record company only a year ago. Her first single, Moon Revenge has hit number one on the music charts in the US and Europe. She moved to the US when her father was transferred to L.A. when she was only five years old." The picture in the corner zoomed to fill the screen and changed to a press conference of Hoshiko. "When asked about returning to her native home, Hoshiko had this to say." The clip played.

"I've been homesick ever since I left. I liked living in the US but it's great to be home." Hoshiko smiled. "I can't wait to start singing for the fans here!"

Seiya sat up straight. "This could present a problem, Yaten."

Yaten muted the T.V. "I agree. If we're not number one, then she won't hear our message."

Seiya folded his arms, staring intently at the screen. He almost missed Yaten's quiet mummer of, "We have to do something."


Taiki sat patiently in a booth at the hamburger restaurant waiting for his order number to be called. His was in a "disguise" which consisted of sunglasses and a jacket, even though it shouldn't help at all. But somehow, that evening, it was working. No one had approached him for an autograph nor has he been mobbed by girls. In fact, the girls sitting in the booth behind him were talking about some other idol that was going to be in concert tomorrow. They didn't even notice him. While it bothered Taiki a little, he was happier not being bothered. He was simply sitting watching people coming and going. He occasionally like to "people watch." He liked to see how people acted when they thought no one was looking: watching a couple holding hands, or some business man pull out his phone for the fifth time, as though he had been expecting something to happen.

Taiki then saw a movement from the corner of his eye. He first thought it was a blonde man but upon further inspection he found someone he really didn't want to see at the moment. The person, she, moved to the counter to order without sparing a glance around the room. Taiki thought this was strange. He knew her to be more careful than that. She must be lost in her own thoughts, Taiki thought, sipping his drink.

Haruka, hungry after waking up from her nap, went into the kitchen only to find that Michiru had burned dinner. She volunteered to go get some burgers to eat instead. She finished ordering and went to fill her drink before sitting down in a booth to wait for her number to be called.

Taiki gasped when she sat down only one booth away from him and still didn't see him! She was even facing him! Okay, Taiki had to consider two things: one: she was completely lost in thought or two: his disguise was really, really good. He doubted it was the latter and dismissed it. He continued to openly stare at her, thinking it might get her attention. He didn't really know why he did it. Maybe it annoyed him that she was so careless. Maybe he just wanted to see how long it would take her to notice. Most likely he just wanted to annoy her when she did notice him, and she would.

Turns out, it didn't take too long. Taiki's phone in his breast pocket went off then. Haruka heard it and snapped out of her ravine. She looked straight ahead to where the noise was coming from. Taiki fidgeted at being noticed and tried to find his phone. "Hello. Too late, Yaten, I already ordered. Well, you'll just have to take them out. Yeah? He is? Really? Okay, we'll talk when I get back. Yeah, okay, bye."

"What is your problem?" Taiki looked up to find Haruka standing over him. She gave him a hard glare. Taiki, not wanting to be intimidated, stood as well; he knew it would annoy her if she had to look up to anyone, even if he was barely a couple of inches taller. "What do you mean, 'my problem'?" He asked, smirking.

Haruka scoffed, "Your staring problem." She said, getting angry at having to explain herself.

Taiki simply frowned. "I was wondering what the matter with you was because you didn't notice my presence 'til my cell went off. It's not like you to be so spaced. It's also not safe with enemies around."

Haruka's eyes narrowed. "I know. Better than you think." She said. "I was only thinking."

"Day dreaming." Taiki corrected. "Thinking wouldn't glaze your eyes."

Haruka was about to retort when Taiki's number was called. "See ya." He said, gathering his food and leaving.

Haruka flopped back in her seat, fuming. Daydreaming! She thought. The fool had no idea. He didn't know anything about how she was feeling to judge her. Nothing at all! She thought, staring at her drink as her mind wondered back to her earlier thoughts.

Taiki stood outside the restaurant still looking at Haruka. "Yaten said that Seiya found out something new. I wonder if it has to do with her."


At home, Usagi was having no luck with Luna. She refused to say anything more on the subject. Not even Usagi's pouty face or whiney tears could persuade her. Luna just said, "Knowing even more will not help how you feel. The kingdom was destroyed. There is nothing you can do for them now."

And with that, Luna left. Usagi slumped on her bed, hugging a pillow. "'Knowing more won't help' bah!" She curled up even more. "I just wanted to know more about what she was like." She whispered. It just wasn't fair. Luna had all this knowledge and was being stingy with it. Usagi turned to stare out her window. The moon wasn't in the sky, maybe it was a New Moon, regardless, for once it wasn't what Usagi wanted to look at. The stars in the sky suddenly took on a whole new meaning. The Star Kingdom, the Star Princess, all of them surrounded the stars. "They sure are bright tonight." Usagi whispered.

"Chibi Chibi." Usagi turned sharply, knocking against the window.

"Oh, Chibi Chibi, it's you! You scared me." She said. On the floor by her bed was a young girl with brilliant red hair pulled in two pig tails with heart shaped buns. She was already in her pajamas. Chibi Chibi looked around three maybe, or younger. She was Usagi's "sister". She kinda found Usagi, followed her mom and brainwashed her family into thinking that she was their daughter/sister. Usagi wasn't fooled but it still begged the question: who was she? The senshi really didn't know. The last time a little girl appeared out of no where, it turned out she was Usagi's Mamoru's future daughter. Setsuna, the Keeper of Time, said that there was no way Chibi Chibi was their second child as they had previously thought. But since the child seemed harmless, they let her alone, waiting to see what would happen.

"Chibi Chibi."

Usagi looked down at her sister. "Did you have a bad dream?"

"Chibi." She shook her head.

"You can't sleep?"

"Chibi!" She said, nodding vigorously.

"Okay, you can sleep with me!" She said, pulling her up into the bed with her and tucking her under the covers. "Goodnight, Chibi Chibi." She whispered, watching as the young girl curled up and fell asleep.

Outside in the hall, Luna watched the girls crawl into bed. She headed down stairs to the phone counter. With the family asleep now, it was the perfect time to make a quick phone call. She nudged the phone off the hook and pawed in a number. After a few rings a voice whispered a hello.

"Artemis?" Luna whispered.

"Yeah, Luna, is it you? What's up?" He asked a little louder than a whisper. He must be in Minako's bedroom, Luna thought.

"It's nothing really, it just that Usagi was asking about her again. She was asking about Ceres." Luna said, sitting back on her hunches.

"Did you tell her anything?"

"Of course I didn't but, I'm not sure that it's the right thing to do at the moment. I mean, we don't even know if anything will happen with these dreams. They may just end up recovering their memories no matter what we do. I'm not sure that we should hide it." Luna confessed. It was just a feeling, but she truly believed that the senshi, all of them, would recover their memories soon.

"Luna, you know that it is physically impossible for that to happen. The person who has their memories is dead, that we know for sure. They can't ever get them back, at least not all of them." Artemis reminded.

Luna nodded solemnly. "I know, I know. . ."


Usagi woke up the next morning feeling pretty well rested. It was something about how she slept that night. There's something about Chibi Chibi that could sometimes calm her. It was part of her mystery, Usagi concluded. She shook her head; none of that mattered. Now was a time for school, studies. Usagi almost laughed, yeah, right, studies, more like a snack. She paused in her morning walk to school to inspect her lunch bent to determine if she had enough for a snack and lunch in there.

"Uuusagiiii!"

Usagi turned at the sound of the voice. It was Minako calling her. She was walking with Makoto and Ami as well. Usagi smiled.

"Good morning!"

Minako ran up to her, linking arms. "I have the best news ever!" She yelled, squealing. Usagi just blinked while behind them Ami and Makoto exchanged weary looks. "There's a concert tonight at Megalopolis! The best idol in the whole world is going to be performing! I'm sooo excited!"

Usagi's confusion didn't lift. "Um, who?"

Ami was shaking her head and Makoto took a few steps back.

"Hoshiko!" Minako shouted, jumping in front of Usagi, brandishing a poster of said pop idol.

"She's beautiful!" Usagi cooed. Hoshiko was standing on a stage with a microphone in hand. She had long black hair pulled into two pigtails, braided to her shoulder then flowing freely. Her green eyes were staring straight at the camera. She was wearing a black skirt with a slit up both sides with black spiked heeled boots and a white top.

Minako smiled smugly. "Yup, she's the coolest ever! And, I have tickets for her concert tonight for all of us!"

"WHAT?!" Usagi cried! "But how?"

Minako's smile widened into a grin. "I'm the number two in the fan club! They gave a total of six tickets to the first ten in the fan club!"

"That's great!" Usagi said as they approached the school gate. "What time does it start?"

"7:00. So we have time to go home to change, eat and then get there early!" Minako explained. "I already called Rei last night. I just don't know who to give the last ticket to." She pouted staring at the suddenly present tickets in her hand.

Makoto smiled wearily. "Why not see if someone in class wants it?"

"That's a great idea! Ami, do you know anyone?" Minako turned around only to find that Ami had disappeared. "Ami?"

"You girls had better hurry. You'll be late." Ami called from the front doors of the school, waving at them.

Minako's mouth hung open. "How did she get there so fast?" Suddenly the school bells began ringing. The three remaining girls began panicking and raced to class.

"I'm late again!" Usagi wailed, taking the stairs two at a time.


The Three Lights were being lazy. They slept in late and just lounged around the house for the afternoon. They just didn't feel like doing anything, not even going to school. But it wouldn't last too long. There was an autograph signing later that afternoon; another night out with screaming fans, and chases, and everything else that comes with being an idol.

Taiki was leaning on the kitchen table, reading the paper. The other two were in the living room playing video games. Yaten's yelling could probably be heard a block away.

"No! No! The right! The right! Yeah! Seiya, you're dead!" Yaten screamed, standing in front of the couch Seiya was sitting on. Seiya just shook his head. "No! Yeah! AH!" Yaten cried when he got a punch into Seiya's character. Then Taiki jumped about a foot in the air when Yaten suddenly screamed violently, throwing his control on the floor.

"Not again! Seiya, how did you get so good at this?" He asked, flopping on the couch. Seiya grinned, putting his controller on the coffee table.

"I'm just better than you."

Yaten stuck his tongue out at him. He flipped the TV off and grabbed the other remote and turned the radio on. Instantly they heard their song, Search for your Love.

Yaten smiled and leaned back. Taiki entered the room, glancing at the radio while Seiya just leaned his head back to stare at the ceiling. The song ended and the DJ came on. "That was the Three Lights' hit, Search for Your Love, coming in at number two! Yes, for the last few months they have held the number one position but they have been debunked this week." This announcement got their attention. Taiki walked over to turn it up.

"Don't tell me. . . " Yaten murmured.

"The new number one song in Japan is. . . . . . Moon Revenge by Hoshiko!" The DJ declared as the new song began to play.

Taiki gasped, turning the radio off. Yaten stood abruptly walking into the kitchen. Seiya's head snapped up.

"It can't be!" He said, dumbfounded. "If we're not the best, then she can't hear us."

Taiki agreed. "It's a problem we'll have to remedy."

Yaten came back into the room with a glass of water. He gulped his drink. "We need to either top her or get rid of her." Taiki shook his head.

"We're not getting rid of anyone. That isn't possible here. And besides, we should simply rise above her." He said.

"No! We can't spend the time to do that! We should just make her leave Japan!" Yaten argued, growing red in the face. "We can tell her to go back to the US. We have to find our Princess before the battle between Sailor Moon and Galaxia gets too heated. We don't want her in the cross fire."

"That may be true, Yaten, but we can't do as we like here. This isn't our planet. We have to be respectful to the inhabitants here." Seiya said calmly. "Otherwise we'll have those three on our case again." Not more than a few weeks ago, the three outer Senshi, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, had threatened them to stay away from Usagi and the others and to leave the planet. They still remained, figuring that as long as they didn't stir up too much trouble, they could continue their search.

Just then the phone rang. Yaten yanked it off its base and yelled into the receiver. "What?!" When the voice on the other end spoke, Yaten calmed down. "Oh, Manager. No, we heard. Yeah . . . No, we were just discussing it. Yeah, I understand. Okay, thank you. Bye." He hung up.

"What did he say?" Taiki asked.

"Manager said that if we want to be heard, it's best that we are louder than her, than Hoshiko. We have to release a new single, or find a way to get more publicity." Yaten explained. "We should go see her concert tonight and see what we're up against."

"Yeah, I think that might be a good idea." Taiki agreed.


The final school bell rang, releasing the girls from class. Minako was practically bouncing in her seat.

"I can't wait!" She squealed. "I finally get to see my idol LIVE!!!"

Makoto waved her hand. "Calm down, Minako. It's not such a big deal. I mean we go to school with idols too."

Minako smiled embarrassedly. "That is true, huh?"

Ami grinned. "Okay, well, we should head out if we're going to make it to Crown's on time."

Usagi nodded. "I'll give Rei a call when I get home!" She cried, racing out the door with a grin on her face.

The three left behind sighed. "This is a good idea, Minako." Makoto said. "It'll do good to keep her mind off of the other night."

Minako flushed. Well, it was partly true that Minako knew that it would help Usagi with her depressed mood, but it was also true that she was a big fan of Hoshiko. Ever since they discovered the Three Lights were the Starlights, she'd had very little to obsess over. So, in a way, it was good for her too. But she would never admit that to the girls.

Ami and Minako gathered their things after Makoto left. They lived in the same direction, so they were going to walk together. Minako was gabbing on and on about every fact she knew about Hoshiko and her rise to fame, and how popular she was and other random trivia. Ami had tuned her out long ago. She was more concerned with Usagi's mood swings. It seemed like anything that came along would send her into a spiraling depression that Ami only knew to happen once or twice but now it seemed to happen every week. Ami couldn't blame her, but she doubted it would be so bad if Mamoru was here. He could help her better than the girls. He just understood her better; after all, they were in love. Surly they were talking though, Ami thought. She had to have called him or written him at least. Maybe it was easier for her to sink into her funks because she hadn't heard from him in a week. Usagi tended to be simple minded like that.

Minako had stopped talking. Ami politely nodded but still couldn't convince her that she had been listening. "Ami! Were you even listening to me?!"

The short haired girl shook her head. "I'm sorry, I was thinking. . . . about Usagi."

"Yeah, I'm worried for her too but she'll be better in no time. Did you see her face light up at the idea of the concert?!" Minako smiled. "I think she'll be okay."

Ami smiled at her positive attitude. There was a reason why she was the leader of the Senshi in the absence of Sailor Moon; she could always find the silver lining of their dark cloud. "I think you may be right."


Hotaru was sitting outside on the deck behind her house. She was softly humming to the song she was listening to on her headphones. She must have had the music up too loud because she didn't hear Michiru sneak up behind her. As a result, she jumped about a foot in the air when the teal haired musician hugged her shoulders.

Hotaru yanked off her headphones. "Michiru! You scared me!"

"I figured. You'll go deaf if you keep the volume turned up that loud." She smiled kindly. "Who are you listening to?"

"A new song, it's called Moon Revenge. It's by Hoshiko!"

"Oh, the new idol in town?"

Hotaru frowned. "She has a concert tonight but I don't have tickets to it. And I wanna go so bad!"

"Well, maybe another time? Let us know earlier and we'll take you." Michiru promised.

"Why wait?"

The girls turned around to see Setsuna and Haruka standing in the doorway. Haruka grinned. "I saw the new CD case on the table. So, I investigated it for you and Setsuna hooked us up." Setsuna brought her hands from behind her back. She held four tickets.

Hotaru jumped up. "Are those tickets to Hoshiko's concert tonight?!" The other two's grins broadened. Hotaru squealed. Michiru laughed.

"I think you've just made her night." She tried to say above Hotaru's "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you."

"Go get ready; we've only got an hour to get there!" Setsuna shooed her inside. Hotaru sprinted into the house and up the stairs, when she peeked back over and shouted once more "Thank you!"