The senshi stared in wonder at this senshi. As she approached Sailor Hikari and Terran Knight ran to Mei. Terran wrapped his arms around her shoulders. Hikari wrapped her arms around Mei's waist. "Taika-chan, please come back," Hikari said in a whining, pleading voice.

"Taika-chan…" Terran's voice was low and soft. "Please come back. I'm so sorry. I didn't want to, but it was in your best interest. I'm sorry, please come back."

"Sailor Moon, am I to understand you can heal?" the new senshi asked. She looked at Sailor Moon, who was holding her staff tightly. She nodded. "Good. In that case, please heal Sailor Mei."

"I would be glad to," Sailor Moon said. "Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" The healing energy of Sailor Moon's attack washed over Mei.

I'm so sorry, she said softly as the gold bracelets clicked and vanished. I didn't want to, I really didn't… Her glittering silver star seed appeared and returned to her. In an instant, silver light enveloped her. When it faded away, she was in her school uniform again. Please forgive me…

"There is nothing to be forgiven," Hikari assured her. "It wasn't your fault."

What about the one I hit? Gutaika looked up at Anthony and Daichi. She, like the others, was surprised to see a soft glow floating around them. Their eyes were closed and they looked strangely peaceful.

"Is she healing it herself?" Terran asked. "She can't! She can't heal such a wound on her own!"

"Yes she can," Elementus said. She was right. The gapping wound in Anthony's chest slowly closed and Daichi didn't seem to suffer from it. "It is a special connection from a long time ago," Elementus said. The glow disappeared and Daichi stood, letting Anthony lay on the ground as he recovered. She looked at the new senshi with a warm smile. She walked over and knelt.

"Your majesty, it is wonderful to see you again."

- - - - - -

They vacated the construction site and retreated to the roof of Reikon's building as night fell on Tokyo. Anthony had recovered fully, but had not returned with them. Against the insistences of the others, Gutaika had accompanied the others. They insisted that she go home and rest. Even Taylor went with them, though there was confusion as to why she had returned. The most confusion was on the part of the woman Reikon repeatedly referred to as "your majesty."

"Please, that is enough," the woman said smiling. "If you must call me something, call me Sisa."

"Who are you?" Usagi asked. The woman turned to her and smiled.

"I was once the ruler of the planet Talor, Queen Taloral. Now, I am simply Sailor Taloral, the senshi of light and darkness. Sailor Talor, Mei, and Hikari are my senshi, where as the other four are my sister's senshi."

"Your sister?" Quiny look up from her sandwich in confusion. "They are my senshi, not your sister's."

"You are my sister," Sisa explained. "It is a delicate situation. You do not remember me, and that is all right." Quiny wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say, so she returned to her sandwich.

"Joseph-san, why did you return?" Asanagi asked.

"I called upon her," Sisa answered. "I did not know she had left, but I asked her to come with me. She did not complain."

"I remember everything," Taylor explained. "When I heard her calling me, all of my memories came back. I knew then that I couldn't turn my back on being a senshi."

"It's good to have you back!" Hogosha proclaimed. Asanagi and Shinkou agreed.

"It is also good to have you with us, Taika-chan," Shinkou said to Gutaika. She was being held in Halen's arms protectively.

It is good to be here, she said. It is good to be where I feel I belong.

"So are you the leader of these senshi?" Usagi asked. Sisa shook her head.

"Talor is the leader," she said. "Daichi is second-in-command. I overrule them, but they are the leaders of the senshi who protect the royal family."

"Just like I am the leader of the senshi who protect the princess!" Minako declared. Sisa nodded. Usagi and Rei were going to object when Ami spoke up.

"Reikon-chan, how did you heal Rivers-san?" she asked. The others looked at Reikon in expectation. "Halen-san said you could not heal a wound like what Rivers-san had, but Quiny said you had a special connection." Reikon looked away.

"Normally, such a wound I cannot heal on my own," she explained. "Normally, I must extract energy from another to use in healing it. I can normally heal small things, like a cut or a fever, without someone else's help." She closed her eyes. "We do have a special connection, he and I. However, it does not matter. We have other issues to worry about, like Galaxia."

- - - - - - -

The inner senshi were glad to be working with the Element senshi, but when other battles with evil arose the Element senshi never made it in time. Thankfully, the senshi always managed to take care of things. Gutaika was happy, and was a welcome addition to the group. Nisou and Rei caused quite a stir at TA, but no one could ever find out the details behind this. Anthony and Michiru were getting along well, despite Haruka's distrust. Some accredited Anthony and Michiru's pleasant nature to the lack of talk in senshi matters. Some noted sadly how Anthony and Reikon always avoided each other. They all wondered why this was, but Taylor and Quiny were remaining tight-lipped about it.

All in all, things seemed to be considerably more peaceful than before. Soon came time for the school festival. Usagi's class was going to open a classroom snack store. This event seemed to put trouble with the enemy far behind everyone.

The day before the festival, the class was working hard to set up the classroom. While Reikon and Halen, and other boys were busy with the heavy lifting, Minako came in wearing a black and white apron outfit.

"Aino-san, that is adorable!" one girl gushed. Everyone agreed, saying it was very cute.

"It is a good model," Minako said. Usagi tried it on too. Everyone agreed that it looked cute on her, too.

"That's nice, Odango Atama," Reikon said when she came in. "It looks kind of loose, though."

"The waist is too big," Usagi said.

"I made it in Minako's size," Makoto said. Minako got very upset at this. Shinkou snickered, but this earned her two swift smacks to her head by Gutaika.

The next day, Rei, Nisou, ChibiChibi, and Quiny were customers at the store. They were eating cake, though Nisou was watching how much she ate. "It is too good to eat too much of," she said. There was a crowd at the store, as everyone came to see the Three Lights. Some said they wouldn't come, but Usagi assured them that they would. Sure enough, Seiya came. He asked for cake, but they were out for the moment. Makoto rushed out to make more.

After leaving the others, ChibiChibi and Quiny went outside. There they had spotted a butterfly. They ran after it, chasing it until they eventually sat down by a tree. ChibiChibi opened her bag and took out a censer.

"That's really pretty," Quiny said. While they were looking at it, two shadows came over them from behind.

Makoto, Rei, and Reikon were walking down the hall with hot cakes they had made. When they looked casually out of the window, though, they saw Yaten and Taiki. They stopped when they saw the two chasing after ChibiChibi and Quiny. Rei ran to get the others as Makoto and Reikon ran outside.

Outside, the two little girls were running as fast as they could. As they ran, ChibiChibi tripped. She flew through the air, but landed in Makoto's arms. Quiny ran behind Makoto as ChibiChibi joined her. Reikon and Makoto were, to say the least, pissed at Yaten and Taiki. Makoto went after Yaten and tried to fight him. He was too quick, however. Taiki didn't have the same luck as Reikon threw him onto his back just as Seiya and the others came to the scene.

A brief discussion later the Three Lights left. Reikon, Shinkou, Halen, and Gutaika also left, returning to the building to manage the snack shop. Quiny jumped onto Halen's back cutely. After they had left, Karasuma suddenly appeared.

"I got information from Sailor Aluminum Siren's notebook," she said. "I know you are Sailor Moon, Tsukino Usagi, and that you have the star seed."

"Jupiter Crystal Power…"

"Mercury Crystal Power…"

"Mars Crystal Power…"

"Venus Crystal Power…"

"Moon Eternal…"

"MAKE-UP!"

The senshi transformed, but were at an instant disadvantage as Lead Crow began to whip them ruthlessly. They couldn't get a chance to counter it. Just as they were wearing down, the Star Lights appeared.

"I know you are the Three Lights," she sneered. She turned around as Daichi and her team appeared. She then pulled out a capsule from one of her bracelets. "This is a black hole," she said. "Sailor Moon, give me your star seed."

"Sailor Moon, don't give it to her!" the senshi yelled. Daichi tensed, wanting to attack Lead Crow, but not wanting anything to happen to the black hole.

"I don't want anyone else to get hurt," she said. "Don't come near." Lead Crow sent two golden discuses as Sailor Moon, ripping her star seed from her. The star seed was brilliant and Sailor Moon became Usagi. Suddenly, a blast hit Lead Crow, causing her to drop the capsule. The capsule broke, releasing the black hole. She was instantly engulfed.

"Star Serious Laser!" Sailor Star Fighter shouted. Nothing happened. Tin Nyanko went for the star seed, but ChibiChibi came in between the two. Before Tin Nyanko could attack, the black hole swallowed Usagi, ChibiChibi, and the star seed. Tin Nyanko was about to leave when an explosion rocked the black hole. It was destroyed. From where the black hole had been, ChibiChibi appeared holding the censer. A powerful light shot out from it. The senshi could see Usagi floating in the air. Suddenly, a beautiful woman with red hair appeared in the air, holding Usagi in her arms.

"Odango Atama!" Daichi shouted in surprise. She was relieved to see the star seed return to Usagi.