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Chapter 11:

The day was finally upon the inner senshi to make their trip to Kinmoku. Usagi had gotten together with Ami to map out their trip and she estimated their travel time to be approximately 3 days with their current accumulated Sailor Star Power. The trip would be exhausting, so the girls gave themselves 5 days to make the trip, so they could rest up before the gala. It was no use showing up just to be exhausted through the party.

The Inner Senshi, packed light, Princess Kinmoku had sent in her letter that they would take care of everything for them, from their dresses to their everyday wear. The girls had fabricated a month long backpacking trip through Europe to their parents for the summer, and surprisingly enough, all of their respective guardians took it. With well wishes and understanding that there would be little to no communication, they stood at the top of their high school at twilight, to get the best trajectory for their trip.

Everyone's spirits were high, and they were all excited to see what it was like on Kinmoku. Minako around at her friends, "Are we all ready, minasan?!" she asked excitedly.

"Let's do this!" exclaimed Makoto.

"I think our trip will be smooth! Let's go!" said Ami cheerfully.

"Let's go already!" growled Rei.

Usagi just smiled and grabbed her brooch, "Moon Eternal Makeup!"

"Venus Crystal Power!"

"Mars Crystal Power!"

"Mercury Crystal Power!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power!"

The inner senshi and Eternal Sailor Moon were ready for teleportation.

"Eternal Sailor Moon?" asked Venus. "You can morph into your eternal form without the Holy Moon Chalice?!"

Eternal Sailor Moon smiled and just winked at Venus. "Let's join hands!"

The inner senshi and eternal Sailor Moon stepped together and joined their hands into a circle. "Sailor Teleportation!"

Energy gathered together in each of the girls so brightly that it lit up the dusky sky. When it seemed that their energy couldn't get any brighter, they shot up into the sky faster than the speed of light.

Queen Serenity who was watching for their safe departure wished them well with her heart. "Have fun ladies," she whispered to their shooting star fading into the darkness. "Be careful."

~.~

The party on Kinmoku was almost ready to kick off. The party had been extended from its original one day to lasting an entire five days of festivities. There was just too much that the people of Kinmoku wanted to celebrate to do it all in just one or two days. Parties were going to happen all across the planet with music shows, parades, food stands and on the very last night there was going to be music, dancing and fireworks in all of the cities across the planet.

The Four Lights were headlining the main musical event and they were grateful for the two-month planning period in order to get their music ready. It had felt good to work as a four-person band again. Each of the members sorely felt the absence of Tooru when they were making music on Earth, and they let her know as much.

"What was Earth like?" Tooru asked her band members during a break from practicing twirling her drumsticks between her fingers. She hadn't had the courage to ask before; Yaten, Taiki and Seiya exchanged a look. Where to being? They hadn't spoken much about Earth. Partly because they had been so busy, partly because leaving Earth still hurt too much.

"It's a much bigger planet than our own, first of all," Taiki explained first. "There are nine planets in their solar system, and Earth itself has one moon."

Tooru laughed. Taiki was such a stickler for facts. "I don't care about the solar system, duh!" she said sardonically. "I want to know what it's like being on the planet itself."

"There are too many people, they're loud and annoying and they don't all get along. They segregate themselves and fight amongst each other over natural resources." Yaten said, thinking more out loud to herself. "We mostly spent our time in Tokyo, Japan."

"What's Japan?" Tooru asked curiously.

"Tokyo is the Capital of a small island country; it's where we eventually found our princess healing herself in Sailor Moon's home," explained Taiki.

Seiya finally contributed to the conversation, fond memories eliciting her response, "Earth is a lot of fun. It's like here, there are a lot of people, some good, some bad, some very special and amazing. The food is great! And the women are even better!" she winked at her sister.

Tooru laughed as Taiki and Yaten groaned.

Seiya turned to Taiki and Yaten, "Don't tell me you disagree about my comment about the women?" she egged them on.

Taiki lightly blushed as her thoughts ran to Ami and Yaten growled something indiscernible and probably rude under her breath.

This was an opportunity that Tooru couldn't pass up, "Ohhh? And how would you know, Sei-chan, what unfortunate woman was forced to bear your ego?!" she asked her twin mischievously.

The tables turned and Seiya turned bright red to the bemusement of her twin and two other band mates. Clearly, Seiya had not been totally honest about her time on Earth to her twin.

Seiyas pride kicked in even as her heart clenched at the memory; she softly said, "She wasn't just a woman, she is brightest star in the Universe." She stood up and slowly walked out of the music studio where they had been practicing, guitar in hand.

Tooru had no idea her little joke would lead to Seiya walking out of practice. She turned to Taiki and Yaten, demand in her voice, "What just happened right now?"

Taiki and Yaten looked at each other, wondering what to tell Tooru. To Taiki's surprise, Yaten spoke up first, "You know I would give you any ammo to torment Seiya with, but about this, she needs to be the one you hear it from. Not us," she looked over to Taiki who nodded at her with a small sad smile.

"I guess all we can say, is that Seiya left part of her heart on Earth," Taiki said, he paused for a moment meeting Yaten's downcast eyes, "We all did."

~.~

The inner senshi and Sailor Moon were well on their way to Kinmoku and their energy had not sapped all that much. Their speed was almost twice the power that she had calculated. Where is all this power coming from? Ami asked herself.

All of a sudden the power veered them slightly off course. None of the other senshi could tell, but a force that she could not control was taking them somewhere besides Kinmoku. They entered a solar system far smaller than their original destination and teleported down onto a small technological planet with high skyscrapers and large dull seas about the size of the planet Mercury. They landed on a platform just at the edge of a murky ocean. Up above over the land, rolled a large dark cloud with an ominous feeling.

The senshi opened their eyes from their teleportation and looked around. They immediately knew they were not in Kinmoku, A feeling of foreboding descended the scouts. Something was not right on this planet. They could hear screaming coming from inland, it sounded like an apocalypse.

Eternal Sailor Moon's eyes were flashing with great concern. "Come minasan. We have a mission here before continuing on to Kinmoku."

All of the senshi's head swiveled to look at their princess, "Do you know where we are?" asked Ami.

"Sailor Moon!?" a voice called out to the group in disbelief.

The senshi and Sailor Moon turned to locate the voice that called them. Sailor Tin Nyanko was clinging onto a lamppost to hold herself up; her white fuku torn and stained with blood and dirt. Venus looked at Tin Nyanko, shock in her eyes, "We're on Mau?!"

And the plot thickens! I'm sorry to all those that are waiting for everyone to FINALLY get to Kinmoku, they will get there, I PROMISE! But First! What has happened on Planet Mau?! O_O

I'm pretty busy this weekend, but I will try my hardest to get another chapter uploaded this Sunday. No promises tho. Thanks for reading! I would love to hear what you think of it so far! If you like a reply, please PM me!

Ja'na!