Title: The end, or a beginning
Author: Ree
Theme: Starlights
Genre: General
Version: Manga
Rating: G

Starlights and Kakyuu are, of course, Takeuchi Naoko's. I just requested them to spill their guts for a while and tell their story. Sailor Moon is also hers.

A/N: I created two new sailor senshi for Kakyuu they are Protector (Maya),and Destroyer (Celene), and Jaren is her prince.

Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki felt the darkness cutting across them, but it didn't matter. They had to protect the Princesses. They struggled against the bonds that held them.

Maya felt it when they were added to the matrix. Talking to Celene she sounded disappointed. "They were caught."

Prince Jaren sounded just as disappointed "But where is Kakyuu?"

Celene tried to push back her disappointment. "Maybe she is safe. We should talk to them, and let them know where we are."

Seiya was the first to feel them, but Yaten and Taiki wasn't far behind her. "Maya? Celene? Prince Jeran? How are you? Where are you? I can't see anything."

Maya felt uncertain. What if they didn't trust her? They had every right to hate her. Then she felt the reassurance coming from Celene. Taking a moment to calm herself, she joined Celene in greeting them.

Celene spoke first. "Calm down. You won't be able to break out of the matrix. The only way out is for Galaxia to remove you."

Maya added in quietly. "But we can block the energy paths around us. Celene, Prince Jeran, and I are just waiting for the right time when it would hurt Galaxia the most. We will only be able to do it once, we think. Where is the Princess? Is she okay?"

Maya waited for one of the three to start scoffing her about her concern. There was an awkward silence. Finally Taiki broke it. "We know she is here, with the Princess of the Sol System, and ChibiChibi. But we weren't able to protect them in the end." The last statement was spoken with remorse.

Jaren jumped in. "She is here? On Sagittarius Star Zero?"

"Yes, they are." Yaten answered quietly.

"Then we need to do everything we can. We need to do our best to block out all the other starseeds around us. That is how we disrupt the flow of energy through the matrix." As she spoke Maya gave all she had into make a barrier around their small section in the matrix. Out of years of habit, the others followed her lead.

As Seiya set up her section of the barrier, she wondered out loud, "Why don't we get them to help us?"

Maya replied. "I don't know why you are trusting me, but even I don't know who joined Galaxia willingly. I don't want our attempt to be countered."

"That makes sense."

The small group concentrated on their barrier with renewed effort.

They felt Kakyuu's presence, it was lost and feeling alone. Jaren tried to reached out and give her hug. Instead all he could do was to let her feel that he was near. "Kakyuu? Are you okay?" He knew how silly it sounded, but he couldn't help it.

"Jaren, is that you? Are you okay? Where are we? Is that Healer, Maker, Fighter, Protector, and Destroyer?" Kakyuu sounded uncertain, but hopeful.

"Yes it is me, my love. And we are in the starseed matrix that Galaxia has built. We are trying to block part of the energy flow, but I guess it is not hurting Galaxia that much." Jaren tried to sound as reassuring as possible. He wasn't sure if he should be happy that she was there or not.

The rest chorused a greeting back to her. Kakyuu joined in trying to disrupt the matrix. It seemed to work for a moment, but then they felt as if they were melting. Reaching out as hard as they could they tried to hold onto each other. Then they heard a quiet plea; a soft, but compelling request for energy. Kakyuu, Yaten, Taiki, and Seiya knew it came from Sailor Moon. All of them gave her whatever energy they had left.

The warmth was penetrating through them. All the darkness, all the pain, evaporated in the presence of this warm, gentle light. Kakyuu was finally able to see those closest to her. Yaten, Taiki, Maya, Celene, Seiya, and Jaren were all in arms reach, so she reached out pulling them to her. Closing her eyes for just a moment, she basked in the feeling of their closeness. Then, as they held onto each other, they left the cauldron and headed back to Kinmoku.