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Cleo's first astrology class came on Tuesday morning. She sat in the back again and was reading a book when she felt someone touch her shoulder.
"May I sit here?" a voice said, Cleo looked up and saw Tariq standing there, she smiled as she moved her bag and he sat down in the chair next to her. He looked at the book she was reading; it was the story about the Star Kingdom.
"Do you believe that is real?" he asked her.
"More than you can think!" she mumbled to herself, she looked up to Tariq and nodded. He smiled.
"The author is the professor of this class, did you know that?" he asked, she looked at him puzzled and shook her head. "Oh, thought you were reading it to get into his good books." He said to her. She closed the book and slammed it on her desk.
"I don't read books from our professors to get into their good books so you say, I read it since I am in fact a believer of the Star Kingdom and it's ruler, now, if you want to debate my argument, please let's go right ahead, but I know in my heart that this is real and reading a book from someone who believes the same as me is not only refreshing but makes me feel somewhat wanted in this place since none of the students seem to think that a person younger than them can be smarter!" she said out loud, earning a few looks from her class mates, and also the professor who had walked in. Cleo sat back down in her seat.
"I am sorry professor for letting my emotions get out of control." Cleo said but the professor smiled at her.
"My dear, any time you feel like doing that, by all means. Maybe we can have coffee and talk about my book? It is rare to find someone who also believes so strongly about the Star Kingdom. What is your name young lady?" he asked this caused Cleo to smile.
"Yes professor I would like that a lot. My name is Cleo." She said as she put her book away and reached out for her notepad.
Cleo packed her bag and tried to get out, but Tariq was blocking her path.
"Look, I'm sorry that I jumped to that conclusion. Please let me take you to coffee and cake so we can talk?" he asked, Cleo looked into his eyes and saw the look of hurt and also apology. She smiled as she nodded and they left the class room.
"Cleo, if I may, can you please meet me in my office tomorrow afternoon?" the professor asked her.
"Yes professor, of course." She said as she went past him.
"Good and you are more than welcome to bring that fiery attitude with you." He said with a smile, Cleo smiled back as she followed Tariq to a coffee bar near the campus. Cleo ordered a green tea and a piece of cheesecake whereas Tariq ordered a coffee and a piece of toffee cake.
"So, what brings you here?" Tariq asked her.
"My friends all go here, and it had the perfect classes I needed to take, so I got a cheerleading scholarship and hey presto! What about yourself?" she asked as she took a sip of her tea.
"My two brothers and I have transferred here after it didn't work out in our home. We had to start our courses again, but this hasn't bothered us." He said as he ate his cake. "You got any siblings?"
"Yah, a brother but he are all grown up and live at home. He is a coach at my high school. Where are you from?"
"Well, we come from somewhere far away, and I doubt that we will be able to go back." He said, Cleo noticed the sadness in his voice and decided to not continue that topic. She drunk some of her tea and looked out of the window.
"Why take astrology?" he had finally asked her.
"I take amazement in the stars. I watch them from afar, and yet they seem so close. It is as if I could reach out and take one in my hand and hold onto it." Cleo said as she imagined herself as Sailor Stardust and performing her move with the staff. Tariq smiled as he watched Cleo as she spoke about the stars. He reached into his bag and pulled out a book, Cleo turned and looked at it and saw that he also had the book about the Star Kingdom.
"And no, I didn't read it just because the professor is the author. Do you really believe that there could be more beyond this planet?" he asked her.
"If you close your eyes and imagine it, then anything is possible!" she said, Tariq looked at her.
"I have dreams, like these memories from the past about being on the moon, but not being me you know?" he said, he let out a laugh as he ran his hand through his hair "Stupid right?" he said, Cleo looked at him confused she could feel a warmth of safety when she was around him, but not welcoming like with the other senshi, but this was something that was not his doing.
"Cleo!" she turned as she heard her name being called out. She saw a mad Haruka coming up to her; she looked at her friend confused.
"I do not want you hanging out with this person." Haruka whispered to her, she looked at him confused.
"I don't understand you." She said but Haruka picked up her bag and grabbed her hand.
"We are leaving." She said as Cleo stood up and followed her friend, leaving a confused Tariq behind.
"Haruka what is the meaning of this!" Cleo said once they were back on campus and she had let go of Cleo's hand.
"He is not good for you Cleo, I can feel something in his aura, he means to do you harm, he is an outsider. As a senshi it is my duty to protect you from anything that could harm you." She said to the girl when they were out of earshot from anyone.
"I don't understand." Cleo said; Haruka hung her head as she turned and hit her hand on a tree.
"I am not so sure yet either, but please, just stay away from him, for me my queen, for my peace of mind!" Cleo looked at the outer senshi who had bowed before her, and knew that she would not ask her anything without a good reason.
"I promise you that I will try and not be left alone with him, but he is a class mate, that means it may be inevitable that we would be working together okay?" Cleo asked the senshi. Haruka looked up at Cleo and nodded, it was the best that she could hope for until she knew what was happening. Haruka looked at Cleo and nodded, knowing that she was being honest with her and that she could not ask for anything better. Cleo smiled at her friend as she helped her stand up and they both walked to their class together.
They walked in and took their seats, Cleo looked up as the boy who she had words with walked in. On seeing her, he looked down and rushed to his seat. Haruka did not miss this and smiled. The professor walked in and the lesson began. Once it was over, the boy rushed out before Cleo and she knew that he would not cause her anymore problems. Haruka joined Cleo as they both walked home. Cleo reached into her bag and took out a book and handed it to her friend.
"My astrology professor wrote this. I was wondering if it is possible to take him to my kingdom, show him that he was right." Cleo asked. Haruka flicked through the book and smiled.
"If you do that, he will know who you are." She said to her, Cleo nodded.
"But if I don't transform to Sailor Stardust, do you think that it would be possible?" she asked, this caused Haruka to pause and think about that.
"I know your intentions are good Cleo, but you will be reveling your status as queen to him and I am not sure if it is a good idea." She said as they went into the lift. Cleo got out on the floor with Haruka and they went into her apartment. Cleo sat on the sofa as she watched her friend move around with the grace that she possessed. Cleo reached into her bag and took out her book and began to read. Haruka joined Cleo on the sofa and she looked at her queen.
"I know your heart is in the right place Cleo, so why not do something else?" she asked her, Cleo let out a sigh.
"I want to show him that it is real." Cleo explained as she put her book down. "Thank you Haruka-chan for your advice." She said as she picked up her knapsack and went up to the apartment she lived in.
The following day came and Cleo was getting dressed. She put up her hair when her watch beeped. She opened it and saw that it was Justin contacting her.
"Hey, where are you? Got plans for the afternoon?" he asked her.
"I am at home, but I have to go out to see my professor and then training." Cleo said as she smiled and sat on her bed.
"Oh, okay, so how about a date then tomorrow?" he asked.
"Essays and cheerleading practice." She said; she knew Justin would not give up.
"Okay, plan three, how about you, me and time in the Star Kingdom?" he asked; Cleo paused to think about this, it was true she had not seen her kingdom in a long time.
"Okay, I will tell you when I have some free time. I have to go!" she said as she pressed a button, ending communications. She picked up her training bag and left the house.
"Cleo-chan, wait!" she heard a voice call as she opened the door and turned to see Makoto.
"Sunspot wants to come with you, she read the book and wants to meet your professor." She said as she held the cat, Cleo nodded as Makoto put the cat down.
"Thank you Cleo." Sunspot said and she smiled as the two of them went to campus.
Cleo and Sunspot talked as much as they could. Once they got to the campus, Cleo knew of a way that she could show the professor about her kingdom without taking him there or reveling that she was Sailor Stardust to him. She hid in a corner as she closed her eyes, hoping that it would work. She felt the power from the star crystal enter her hands as a ball appeared. She smiled, hoping that she would be able to use her powers when she called upon them later. Sunspot looked at Cleo.
"Do you think that this is wise?" she asked her.
"I think that it is something that I can give back to him, oh that reminds me!" She said as she reached her hand out, willing her staff to appear. Once it was there, she put the ball and staff in her bag and they went into his office.
"Cleo, welcome. Ah, I see you have brought a little friend with you." The professor said as he saw Sunspot walk in with her. "What is the cat's name?" he asked as he put down a small saucer with milk in it. Sunspot went to the saucer and meowed in appreciation as she began to drink.
"Her name is Sunspot professor." Cleo said as she put her training bag down and sat in the empty chair. "Professor, if I may ask, anything we discuss in here stays private right?" she asked.
"Of course it does Cleo; secrecy is one thing that I can assure you. Why do you ask?" he said as he poured her a cup of tea. Cleo reached into her bag and took out her staff. The professor looked at it and his eyes widen in surprise.
"Where did you get hold of this?" he asked her.
"Family heirloom shall we say." Cleo said as she watched the professor get excited.
"This staff is said to only pass down to the next queen of the Star kingdom, Cleo do you know what this means?" he asked, she nodded.
"Professor, I know that you can keep this secret, I wanted to show you the Star Kingdom, but there are some restrictions that are keeping me from doing that. However, I can show you something else." She said as she reached into the bag and took out the globe. She pressed the top of the ball and images began to appear. The professor looked into it.
"This is my palace, it has just been rebuilt since my mother… the kingdom is being rebuilt at the moment, so excuse the mess." She said as the images changed to various areas of the kingdom.
The professor looked at awe and then images stopped. Cleo put the ball back into her bag, she could not revel any more than what she just had. Sunspot looked up at Cleo as she watched the face of the professor. Cleo picked the cat up and the professor looked at her forehead. "She is a Luna cat." Cleo said as the professor stroked Sunspot head. The professor still in shock looked at Cleo.
"I… I can not believe that I finally get to meet… Cleo this is, you have made me very happy today."
"I wanted to give you some hope to your dreams, that everything is true. If you wish, I think that there is something I can do for you." She said as she looked at Sunspot. "Is it possible?" she asked the cat, Sunspot paused as she thought about what Cleo wanted to do. She was not sure if it was possible, it may mean using the star crystal to do it. Sunspot had never seen her mother change a human into a member of the Star Kingdom before.
"Your highness, do you think it would be wise?" the cat said to her, she nodded. "Then to do that you would have to make him a part of the king's council, I am sure that he would not mind." The cat said and Cleo smiled.
"You are right Sunspot. Professor, if I may?" She said, signaling to her that she could approach him. Cleo grabbed her staff and allowed her power as queen to flow through her briefly. "I can not grant you what you wish, but I can give you the next best thing. My fiancé is the king of the Earth kingdom; therefore this gives me a certain power in regards to his council. I wish for you to accept a place on his council, with your wisdom and knowledge of the stars and solar system you can help us in our quest for peace." She said as she touched his forehead, allowing the planet symbol for Earth to appear on his forehead. She smiled as she knew that it had worked. She sat back down and her professor looked at her.
"Tell me everything, why you are here, about your kingdom." He said as she watched her powers fade. Cleo smiled as she and Sunspot began to talk about their kingdom.
A few hours had pass and Cleo excused herself, promising to come back the following day with the king of the Earth kingdom. She went into the gym hall after getting changed and saw that there was a coaching session. Terry came up to her and she smiled at him.
"Cleo, surprised for you to grace us with your presence." He said.
"I'm sorry, I forgot you had a lesson, may I?" she asked as she pointed at the beam. It was her favorite and she had been out of practice and he nodded. She went over to the beam and began to stretch as Terry went back to his lesson. Cleo saw from the level that they were not as high as her and felt somewhat guilty to be there. She went on the beam and performed her national routine as warm up. She could feel people watching her as she began to block them out, concentrating on her new dismount. Terry had come to watch her as she took a deep breath in and flipped on the beam. She pushed herself off the end, wrapping the air around her as she achieved the triple full twisting somersault. She landed, however her foot faltered as she fell backwards, hitting the mat in frustration, she picked herself up as she went up to the beam and climbed on. Terry watched her as she tried again, landing it close to perfect, except she stumbled forward a bit. On the third attempt she had landed it perfectly. Terry walked up to her and smiled.
"Only three attempts to get something spot on, impressive." He said as he patted her on the shoulder.
"Thank you, I try my best and want to get things right, normally it can take a while, but never longer than a day." She said as she went over to her bag and grabbed her flask, having something to drink. "May I take time on the floor?" she asked and Terry nodded as she went over and trained. Terry watched her in awe as things that came for higher level gymnasts she had made look easy. His class had finished and yet Cleo continued training, darkness was closing in around the sports hall as he left her in peace. Hours had passed and Cleo was happy to be finally training and somehow care free. She sat down on the beam, swinging her legs as she remembered the first time that she had met Justin, she laughed at the memory as she performed the dismount landing it perfectly.
She heard clapping and turned to see someone walking towards her. She took a few steps back as the person came closer.
"You perform with precision and beauty, something that no one could ever take away from you." The voice said; Cleo then knew that it was a male person.
"I'm sorry, but can I help you?" she asked. The person stepped into the light and saw that he had white hair and similar features to Tariq.
"I think you may know my brother Tariq, my name is Hoshi. Unlike my ignorant brother, I have read about you in the gymnastic magazines, but had to come and see for my own eyes how good you really were." He said as he held out his hand. Cleo shook it, despite being unsure about him watching her. He went on the floor and performed a series of flips; Cleo looked at him, her eye raised. She copied his sequence however changed the last move to a double somersault. "Fast learner I see." He said as she landed her somersault. She looked at him as he sat down on the floor.
"What can I do for you Hoshi?" she asked.
"My brother tells me you are a believer of the Star Kingdom, also that you were a sports freak and a looker, just wanted to see if he was lying or telling the truth." He said and Cleo looked at him.
"Cleo, you still in here?" she heard Justin's voice and breathed a sigh of relieve.
"Over here!" she shouted back as she stepped into the light of the floor. He walked towards her and she ran to him, he opened his arms and picked her up turning her around before putting her back on the ground. She heard footsteps approach them and Justin looked up.
"Hoshi was just admiring my skills. He read about me in the magazine" she said, Hoshi held out his hand to Justin who shook it without a second thought.
"Until next time my tumbling princess." He said as he nodded towards her and left the hall. Cleo and Justin went towards her bag.
"What did he want?" Justin asked her and Cleo sighed.
"If I knew that then I would not be worried." She said as Justin picked up her bag and they went out of the sports hall. "His brother is in my astrology class, the problem is that Haruka does not like him, and something tells me that she is going to feel the same about him if she ever met him." She said as they began to walk away from campus.
"What do you think of him?" he asked her.
"I am not sure, he, well both of them, I get a strange feeling from them, like they are here to mean me no harm, and yet they should not be here." She said as she leaned into his chest. She shivered and Justin got her jacket out of her bag and put it around her. He took her to the river where the moon sparkled on the reflection. They stood at the edge and Cleo's mind went back to what she told her professor. She smiled as she thought about the choices she had made since finding out who she was.
"Justin, I hope you don't mind, we have an appointment with your new council member tomorrow." She said as she leaned into his chest.
"You appointed someone to my council?" he asked.
"I could not appoint him to mine now could I? He lives on Earth and is not a member of my kingdom, anyway, trust me please on this." She said as she looked up at him. Justin kissed her head and ran his fingers through her hair.
"With you I would trust my life." He said as he bent down and they kissed under the light of the moon.
Justin was holding Cleo's hand as Shadow and Sunspot followed the pair to her astrology professor's office.
"Cleo, I don't even know him." Justin said as he tugged once again on his shirt that Cleo made him put on.
"Look, trust me please, either that or you transform into your royal form!" she said as she tugged on his arm once more. "Plus, I can make it worth your while." She whispered in his ear as she stopped outside his door. Justin nodded as Cleo knocked. She heard a voice and entered as suggested.
"Good afternoon professor." Cleo said as she stepped through the door. "I have brought a few friends to see you." She said as she pulled Justin in the room, followed by the cats. "If I may, you know Sunspot, this is Shadow and he is called Justin." She said as she held onto his hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze. She led Justin to the sofa in his office and the pair sat down as the professor put down a saucer of milk for the cats.
"Arigato." Shadow said as the two went and had something to drink. The professor sat down on a chair and poured tea for his guests.
"I hope that you don't mind, but I have tickets for all of us for the opening of the play tonight, I hope that it is okay being such short notice? It is just a little gift that I wanted to show my appreciation for everything." he said as he handed them both their tea.
"Of course professor, we have time to see the show." Cleo said as she took a sip of her tea. "Now, I know that you are both nervous and that this is a strange situation, but Justin needs to get over himself before I hit him." She said.
"I resent that!" he said as he looked at Cleo. "I am just not used to having a person on my court." He said as he sipped his tea.
"Yeah, you are used to stealing mine and the princess's!" Cleo exclaimed at him.
"Oh, so something that you did not do?" he asked.
"I made my court up of the people fair and square, now must we really fight about my court, you know how it was when I got home, and you were there!" she said.
"Well if you did not try to fix your castle in a few minutes and used some of my power you might not have collapsed!" he retorted.
"Oh, so it's okay for you since your kingdom is fine that you have to criticize mine?" she said.
"Now both of you that is enough! It is not the way for a couple to act!" the professor said, they turned and looked at him, Cleo blushed. "How about we start from the beginning, what are your real names?" he asked.
"We both grew up with no knowledge of our royal past, so we accepted our names on Earth. Once we were woken up, our names came back to us, however we only use them when it is really needed. Cleo is Zara and I am Darien." Justin said as he put his arm around Cleo, pulling her close.
"And the princess's you mentioned, they are the princess from each planet and part of your court?" he asked since he was curious as to how things ran.
"Yes, well all except two. Two of the princess's are… well I am not sure how to put it to be honest, maybe one day everything will fall in place. Each princess appointed one advisor from their court to join mine. I did this to promote unity among the planets and also to solve any dispute between them." Cleo said and the professor nodded.
"You are taking politics too am I right Cleo?" he asked and Cleo nodded confirming this. "What you did to set up your council was wise and very fair; I can see that you will make a great queen one day." He said and this caused Cleo to smile.
"Great, now she is going to have a big ego for the rest of the day!" Shadow said and everyone laughed.
They talked about the kingdom, courts and also the professor was able to fill them in about the Star Kingdom's past and also other history. After an hour, they left to go to the play on the other side of campus. As they were waiting outside, Cleo saw Tariq and Hoshi waiting to go in. Cleo waived at them, they both came over with another boy following them. Tariq looked at Cleo and stopped. She was wearing a summer dress that flowed down to the ground and was purple. She wore a pendent with a star on the end of it and also stars earrings. He walked up and took her hand.
"Cleo, you look stunning!" he said as he kissed her hand, not only causing her to blush but also earning a few nasty looks from Justin who was talking to the professor.
"Tariq, Hoshi, how are you both?" she asked, they shrugged. "What is the name of your friend?" she asked.
"This is our other brother, his name is Astin." Hoshi said. Astin had black hair and appeared to be very cocky. She was not sure about him, but he also had the same feeling that she got from the other two as she shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Cleo, and this is Justin as well as Tariq and my astrology professor." She said as she turned around to the pair. Justin came up and put his hand protectively around Cleo's waist. Sunspot went up to Hoshi and purred around his legs. He looked down at the cat as she meowed; he picked her up and stroked her.
"That cat is Sunspot." Cleo said as she smiled knowing that the cat had taken a fancy at Hoshi. Sunspot meowed and Hoshi swore that she understood what Cleo was saying. The crowds started going inside, and they followed, all the time Justin kept Cleo close.
They all sat together in the front row, getting a good view of everything. The lights dimmed and the curtain rose, however what everyone saw was that the actors had all passed out on stage. Standing in the middle was a monster that to Cleo looked like Shakespeare.
"Sleep now." It said as he released a powder. Justin covered his eyes as did Cleo and the three brothers and they all fell to the floor. Cleo saw Tariq, Hoshi and Astin run out of the way, Cleo stood up.
"Hey you! How dare you take the energy out of these actors, these people who have prepared entertainment for us! In the name of the stars shining above us, I will punish you!" she said, the monster looked at her and laughed as it shot out a beam of light. Cleo back flipped out of the way and reached for her transformation brooch.
"Moon crystal stardust power!" she said as the light engulfed her, transforming her into Sailor Stardust. She felt her feet touched the ground and went back out.
"Taking pleasure out of stealing energy from people who wish to provide smiles and laughter on our faces, I can not forgive!" she said, but stopped as the monster shot another beam at her. The Silver Soldier appeared by her side to help her stand up. "Interrupting me when I am talking! Rude much?" she said as she reached out her hand and her staff appeared. The monster laughed as the Silver Soldier ran towards the monster, jumping in the air and throwing roses at it, which had little effect. This gave Cleo the chance. She stood and twirled her staff in the air.
"Stardust healing escalation!" she said as the beam went out, the monster jumped out of the way.
"No way!" she said as she stood in shock, the monster sent another attack sending her back into the wall, causing her to get knocked out. The Silver Soldier went up to her and picked her up before the monster attacked.
"Stardust, come on wake up!" he said as he gently hit the side of her face, she moaned as she opened her eyes.
"I can't kill it." She said as all of a sudden she heard someone in the background.
"Shooting star blessing!" a voice said, Cleo sat up as she saw a person fighting the monster. Soon, there were two girls beside her.
"Sailor Stardust, Silver Soldier we presume?" one of the girls asked them, Stardust nodded as the brown haired girl picked her up and the white haired one helped the Silver Soldier stand up. The monster saw this and began to attack them, the white haired girl dove over Silver Soldier protecting him as it missed them.
"Oh no, he made her angry!" the brown haired one said as she put Stardust down, who stood unsteady on her feet.
"Shooting star comet!" the white hair girl said as a big ball of light attacked the monster. It was weak, and the brown one gently pushed Stardust forward.
"Try now." She said and Stardust nodded. She stood and twirled her staff in the air.
"Stardust healing escalation!" she said as the beam went out, the monster too weak to move was killed by the light, returning back to a flower which died. Cleo collapsed, but was caught by the brown hair girl. "Sailor Shooting Stars." She said as she closed her eyes and allowed the darkness to take her.
Stardust awoke to find herself outside and in the arms of someone who was not the Silver Solider.
"The sleeping beauty awakes." The brown hair girl said. Stardust sat up as she rubbed her head, she stood up and wavered once again, only to find the white hair girl grab hold her and support her.
"Your friend has also taken a nasty blow." The white hair girl said as Stardust saw the Silver Soldier being tended to by the black haired girl. "You know of us?" she asked.
"Sailor Shooting Stars, I thought that it was a myth, a bed time story told to children to help them sleep." Stardust said as she stood up.
"World Shaking!" the attack came but went just past the senshi as they stood there.
"Sailor Stardust, get away from them!" she heard a voice say and saw Sunspot, Neptune and Uranus coming towards them.
"They just saved our lives! How dare you attack them?" Stardust said as Neptune pulled her away from them, Uranus went to get the Silver Soldier. The white hair girl let out a loud sigh.
"The outer senshi have never liked us." She said as she and the other girls began to walk away.
"Wait!" Stardust shouted as she pulled away from Neptune's grasp and grabbed the brown hair girl's shoulder. "What are you're names, I wish to thank you properly." She said and the girls looked at each other.
"Sailor Stardust, we will meet again and we may hopefully have time to talk, when there is no company around." She said as she looked back at the outer senshi, Neptune who had returned by Stardust's side. The girls walked away into the shadows as Stardust faltered yet again, leaning on Neptune for support.
The outer senshi, Stardust and Silver Solider went back into the hall and saw people beginning to wake up. Stardust looked at the outer senshi.
"This is not over." She said as she powered down.
"Your highness, they are from outside our solar system, they are not meant to be here!" Haruka said as she powered down too.
"They may not belong here but they saved our lives and we owe it to them to help them." She said as she took Justin's hand and went back into the theatre to watch the play.
"It looks like someone has done something to piss her friend off." A voice said to Michiru, they turned to see Tariq and his brothers walk into the room. Haruka grabbed his arm.
"You should stay out of matters that do not concern you, and you should stay away from Cleo!" she said, Tariq looked at her hand on his arm, his brothers behind him.
"Cleo is a big girl and can hang out with anyone she wants, why would she do what you say?" he asked her.
"Because she knows that when I ask her something I mean it in her best interest. I swear if I see you hurt her in any way, and I mean any, I will be on you in a heartbeat!" she said as she let go of his arm and they walked away. Tariq looked at his brothers as they went into the theatre.
Once the play had finished, Cleo said goodbye to her professor and Tariq and his brothers and she and Justin stood in front of the two outer senshi who had waited for them. Cleo, still hurting from the last battle fell to her knees, tears falling down her cheeks.
"Cleo, are you okay?" Michiru said as she bent down to her friend. Tariq turned and saw this scene, he ran to go and help, but Astin grabbed his arm.
"She has enough friends there to help her, and you are not wanted around her with those two there." He said, Tariq looked at his brother and nodded as they walked away. Justin bent down next to Cleo and looked at her.
"Cleo, where does it hurt?" he asked as she pointed to her back. Haruka went around there and undid her dress, seeing the bruise that was forming.
"Why did her healing powers not work?" she asked them all, they shook their heads, not knowing the answer. "We need to get her home so that I can look at it." She said as Justin picked her up and they walked back to the apartment.
Justin put Cleo on her stomach on her bed as the other senshi walked in to see what was going on. Ami gasped as she saw the bruise on her back and Rei went into her room to get something for Cleo. Haruka undid her dress to make sure that Cleo had no other injuries.
"What happened?" Makoto asked.
"We were attacked by a monster at the play. If it was not for the strange sailor senshi that turned up, we may have been dead." Justin said as he held onto Cleo's hand.
"But why did her healing powers not work?" Minako asked.
"I think it is because she had passed out." Justin explained as Cleo winced in pain from Haruka touch.
"Who were the sailor senshi?" Ami asked as she bent down and stroked Cleo's hair.
"Sailor Shooting Stars." Cleo said at a whisper.
"They were three girls and they had incredible power that they were able to beat the monster, giving Cleo-chan the chance to kill it." Justin said as he looked at Cleo's face. Rei came back in with some cream and handed it to Haruka who began to rub it into her back.
"Since she is now awake, can she not just transform and heal the damage?" Ami said,
"Cleo is too weak from battle. I was surprised that she was able to sit through the show." Justin said, Cleo put her arms under her and began to stand up, the senshi moved as she grabbed her brooch.
"Moon crystal stardust power!" she said as she allowed the transformation to take place. Once she felt the ground, she buckled and fell to her knees. Michiru bent down and helped her stand up. Cleo grabbed her side as she winced in pain. She looked up at Rei with tears in her eyes.
"It isn't working." She said as she was guided back to her bed and lay back down. Cleo powered down as she passed out.