"Can we go to the park or something?" Vesves whined from where she hung upside down from the back of the couch, earning a huff from Karunā who was reading on the window seat that overlooked the back of the castle.

"No. Tsuki said plainly that we were supposed to avoid the city today for some reason." Karunā stated, looking over the book at the four girls that sat scattered about the room.

"Why can't you be more like Parapara and Junjun? They haven't complained at all today." She added, earning a glare from the redhead.

"Parapara's a baby and Junjun's just weird." She retorted, earning a snort of amusement from the fifteen year old.

"Sure shrimp. You're not much older than them." Karunā stated, just as Tsuki walked in, carrying a baby carrier

"Your turn babysitting?" Karunā guessed, earning a groan.

"At least she doesn't cry much." Tsuki retorted, sitting the car seat like thing onto the floor before picking up the infant, who instantly grabbed at the glasses that Tsuki had to wear when reading.

"Looks like she likes you." Karunā giggled as the other's crowed around the pink haired baby.

"She's so tiny!" Vesves stated earning a chuckle from Tsuki.

Karunā timidly looked over her teacher's shoulder, watching in surprise as the small princess reach toward her.

"I think she wants you to hold her." Cerecere stated with a smile as Tsuki turned and offered the child to her.

"What if I….burn her or something?" Karunā asked, earning a chuckle.

"Karunā…You won't." Tsuki assured as she helped the teen take the baby into her arms, laughing softly as the princess reached up and gave a light tug on Karunā's braid.

"I can't believe that this is the princess." Cerecere stated with a chuckle.

"Sooner than you know it she'll be old enough to play with you." Tsuki stated as Parapara came to sit on her lap.

"Mama? Why can't we go in public today?" the little girl asked curiously as she fiddled with the dark senshi's star shaped locket.

"How about I tell you when you're older? It's a bit complicated." Tsuki sighed, taking the necklace off and putting it over the child's head, watching as her eyes lit up at even being able to touch it.

"I bet it was because of the attack that everyone is talking about on the news….Something about a demon destroying part of the southern district." Cerecere stated, watching as Tsuki flinched.

"A demon?" Karunā asked, earning a sigh.

"I thought the queen passed a law to make sure no one talked about that?" Tsuki muttered under her breath as she glanced out the window.

"Yeah...Sailor moon beat it with Uranus's help."

Meanwhile in another part of the castle Akemi sat with King Endymion, red eyes trained on the garden outside the window.

"I'm just afraid I'll lose control….We are walking time bombs after all." The teenager stated, earning a sigh.

"I doubt you'll have anything push you that far over the edge….from what I remember it takes a lot for that to happen." The king stated as he handed a henshin stick to the red eyed figure.

"What Senshi am I?" Akemi asked, taking the device.

"You are Sailor earth….Since one day I won't be around one day. Plus your powers are of the earth." He stated surprising Akemi who suddenly grinned and bowed.

"I won't let you down sir."

Endymion just chuckled at that and ruffled the fifteen year olds hair.

"Go join the others…unless you want to come check the boarders." The king offered, knowing that it would bore the teen.

"No thanks."

Karunā laughed as the toddler pulled on Yaten's hair, though the starlight seemed to ignore the slight pressure well.

"I'll heat up the bottle….You hold the little brat." Yaten finally grumbled to Tsuki, earning a laugh from everyone.

Karunā glanced down at her gloved hands and sighed, wondering what it would be like to be welcomed into a family once again.

However just before she can become too caught up in her thoughts Vesves tugs at her sleeve.

"Can we go outside and practice? There's a ball in a few days so there's no way we can train then!"

Karunā looked over at Tsuki who just shrugged.

"Go for it." She retorted then added "Oh yeah….Tora was wondering if you'd like to help them with the show tonight?"

Karunā's eyes widened as she glanced over at the shadow senshi.

"But I'm not good enough." She argued, earning a chuckle.

"Karunā….trust me. If two fire users and a water user isn't enough to keep a fire in control nothing is." The senshi of darkness laughed, ruffling her hair as she walked by.

Akemi sighed as she glanced down at the floating rock that lay above her hand, mind racing in what she actually felt.

What on earth is wrong with me? Does it really matter if I'm a guy or a girl?

They wondered, sighing as the rock burst into sand with just a flick of a wrist.

"Damn it! Why does it have to be so hard!?" the teen exclaimed.

"Why is what hard?"

Whirling around she found that Uranus was standing in the shadow of a tree, dressed in a sports jacket and a pair of ripped jeans.

"Everything. Like everything about me is fucked up! I feel like I don't have a gender or something and besides having chaos powers I can only float rock and sand!" the teen ranted, earning a chuckle.

"Well gender really doesn't matter. Seriously….go by whatever the hell makes you comfortable and your powers aren't a mistake…..they match you in some way. An earthquake can be more devastating than a fire because it's unpredictable."

With that the wind senshi closed the distance between the two before saying "let's go for a walk. Maybe you can tell me what's going on."