It took Makoto a few hours of going through back streets to avoid being spotted, but she was eventually able to get Toden back to her house. When she got in her house, she immediately went upstairs to her guest room and set Toden down on the bed. Toden winced in pain as she was being set down.

Now that she wasn't carrying her, Makoto got a better look at the Daimon. There were some lacerations on her arms, and she could see that her conductors jacket was slashed at the waist, revealing more cuts. The woman's hair must have cut pretty deep.

"Alright, stay right there. I'll be back." Makoto said. She then headed the bathroom. After pulling some gauze, rubbing alcohol, and cotton from under the sink, Makoto went back to the guest room and sat down on the bed next to Toden.

"This is going to sting a little bit." Makoto said as she dabbed rubbing alcohol on some cotton. She then began to clean and dress Toden's wounds. At times, Toden winced at the rubbing alcohol on her cuts, but otherwise tried to remain calm.

After a few minutes, Toden's wounds were fully cleaned and bandaged. Makoto then got up and left the room, leaving Toden to rest. After going back to the bathroom to replace the gauze and alcohol, Makoto went into the living room to think. Today had been truly bizarre. Not only did she just save a Daimon, but she brought her home and cleaned her wounds. Why did she suddenly care about the safety of a Daimon? Until now, she was perfectly fine with Sailor Moon destroying them. Especially that one Daimon that attacked her.

So, why was trying to help this one? Looking over at the phone on the wall, she decided she needed a bit of help with this. So she got up, walked over to the phone, and called the one person she felt she could trust with this. After a few rings, the call was answered. "Hello?" The voice on the other end said. "Ami? It's Makoto."

"Oh, hey." Ami replied. "What do you need?"

"Listen, I need your help. I found someone hurt in the park and I brought them to my house. I cleaned their wounds, but I would like you to come over to check on them." Makoto explained.

"Why your house? Why not the hospital?" Ami asked.

"You'll see why when you get here." Makoto answered.

"Um, alright." Ami replied, confused.

"Thanks. See you in a few minutes." Makoto said. Then she hung up. Makoto sighed as she replaced the phone. This was going to be fun to explain.

Sure enough, about an hour later, Makoto heard a knock at the door. She opened the door to see Ami on the other side.

"Thanks for coming over, Ami." Makoto said. "No problem. So, where's your guest?" Ami asked.

Makoto motioned for Ami to follow her, and the two of them went upstairs to the guest bedroom door. "Now, please don't freak out." Makoto told Ami, and then opened the door.

Ami looked inside. Her eyes widened when she saw the sleeping Daimon on the bed. Ami silently closed the door and turned back to Makoto.

"Makoto, why is that Daimon from earlier sleeping in your guest bedroom?" She asked. So Makoto explained everything that happened today. During her retelling, Ami's face turned into a mixture of confusion and intrigue. When Makoto finished talking, Ami asked the obvious question.

"So, why did you help her?"

Makoto rubbed the back of her head. "To be honest, I'm not completely sure." She replied. Ami opened the door again to inspect the Daimon. "Has she said anything?"

"She thanked me for saving her, but other then that, she was quiet." Makoto answered.

"Did she recognize you as Sailor Jupiter?"

"I don't think so. If she did, she would have attacked me." Ami sighed and closed the door again. "OK, obviously we need to let the others know about this."

"I know, but I'd like to know that she'll be able to answer our questions before I bring the others in. If we bring them in too early she might feel threatened and try to escape" Makoto replied.

"Makes sense. Well, I'd like to keep a close eye on her, so do you mind if I stay over the night?" Ami asked. Makoto shrugged. "Only if your fine with sleeping on the couch." She replied. "I'll call your mom and let her know your staying over."

Ami nodded. Makoto then went back downstairs to phone Ami's mother. When she was out of sight, Ami turned back to the guest bedroom door. This was going to be strange.

While all this was going on, Kaolinite had managed to return to the secret lab, where she knew the professor was. She had to let him know what was going. She made her way down to Professor Tomoe's main work desk. Sure enough, he was standing there, staring at a beaker of pink liquid.

"Ah, you're back." He said without turning around. "How was the subway?"

"We failed to retrieve the crystal heart. Again." Kaolinite replied.

"Well that's too bad." Tomoe said. "We'll have to try again with the next Daimon. In fact, that's what I've been working on."

"That's great, professor, but we have another problem. You see, Toden managed to avoid being destoryed." Kaolinite told him.

"Really? That is impressive."

"Yes, but she failed us, and if she came back, she would risk exposing our plans, so-"

"And how exactly would she have done that?"

"If she came back here, people would notice her on the street and panic. Then the Senshi would find and follow her here. So I felt I had to eliminate her, but before I could, a teenager knocked me over and I had to escape." At that, the professor turned, his face hidden in shadows. "So the Daimon is still alive?"

"To my knowledge yes."

The professor then frowned. "This might be a problem. If the scouts find her, then they might interrogate her and expose us. Or she might try to escape and come back here. If that happens, she might lead the Senshi right to us. Kaolinite, find her and deal with her. We can't risk our plans being ruined this early."

"Of course. And the teen who knock me down?" Kaolinite asked.

"That's up to you."

Kaolinite nodded. "Yes professor." She said, and then turned to leave. As she left, she heard the professor laugh.

Back at Makoto's house, Makoto was walking past the guest bedroom when she heard movement. Opening the door, she saw that Toden had finally woken up and was now sitting on the bed, rubbing the part of her waist Makoto had bandaged. At the sound of the door opening, Toden looked up and saw Makoto.

"So, your finally up." Makoto said, now leaning in the door frame. Toden looked back at her bandaged waist and arms. "Why did you help me? I'm a Daimon." She said.

"Because you were hurt, and I hate seeing people hurt." Makoto answered. "But now that your awake, we need to talk."

"I'm not answering any questions you have, if that's what your thinking." Toden said.

"Not that. I don't know exactly what was going on with you and that woman-"

"Kaolinite."

"Right, Kaolinite. I don't know what happened, but it looked bad. You're just lucky I was walking by."

"Yeah. Thanks again." Toden said. "You said your name was Makoto Kino, right?" Makoto looked confused. "Yeah?"

"I've heard that name before." Toden replied. Then she closed her eyes to think. Immediatly, they shot open again. "Yeah! I think I know you!"

"Really?" Makoto asked. Crap, she though, she figured it out this quickly?

"Yeah. You were attacked by Scar a while back." Toden said. Makoto raised an eyebrow. "What-" "It's hard to explain, but I have the knowledge of previous Daimons." Toden replied.

Makoto mentally sighed. She was safe, for now. But she needed to keep up the illusion that she knew nothing."Right. Anyway, while I did help you, I don't trust you. And if you leave, people might freak out. So, I don't want you leaving this house, understand?"

"Not like I have much of a choice." Toden said.

"Good. Now, I do want to know just one thing." Makoto said. "OK." Toden replied.

"What exactly is a Daimon?" She asked. She knew already, but Toden couldn't know that. It'd make her supiscious. Toden looked at her. "Why should I answer you?"

"Because if you want my help recovering, I need to know what you are."

"Oh." Toden replied. "Well, I'm not sure how to describe myself. I'm an artificial being. I'm made from a subway train. Other then that, I eat and sleep like a human. I think, anyway."

"You're made from a train?" Makoto asked, again knowing the answer but not telling.

"Yup. And before you ask, the train I'm made from was empty. The conducter jumped out before I transformed. If there were people in me, I'd have a lot of voices screaming in my head." Toden explained

"OK. That's all I need. Well, since you're up, there's someone I want you to meet downstairs. Can you walk?" Makoto asked.

Slowly, Toden stood up and walked over to Makoto. "Does that answer your question?" Makoto just looked at her. "Come on." She then left the doorway.

Toden nodded and followed. "By the way, my name is-"

"Toden. I heard Kaolinite call you that."

Ami was sitting on the couch in the living room, watching a news program, when she heard footsteps on the stairs. Turning, she saw Makoto and Toden. She shut off the TV.

"So she's finally awake." Ami said.

"Yeah. Toden, this is Ami Mizuno." Makoto said.

Toden took a seat next to Ami. "Hi" She simply said. Ami didn't reply. She just looked at Toden.

"I understand if you don't trust me. Both of you were attacked by Daimon." Toden said.

"How-" Ami began to ask.

"She said something about previous information." Makoto interrupted. "But that's not very important right now."

Ami nodded. She then turned back to Toden. "Now, we do have some small questions we want to ask. Makoto said you were attacked."

"Yes." Toden replied. "Her name is Kaolinite."

"Why did she attack you?" Ami asked.

Toden sighed. "I failed her."

Makoto raised an eyebrow. "She attacked you for failing? Failing what?" She and Ami knew the answer to that, but again, that had to maintain a ruse of ignorance.

"A very important job."

Ami nodded. "Can you remember anything up to Makoto finding you?" Toden closed her eyes to think. "I remember appearing out of a train. Then I had to do my job, then I was attacked, escaped, chased, and attacked again."

Ami nodded again. "Makoto, can I talk to you in the kitchen?"

Makoto nodded and the two of them went into the kitchen. When they closed the door, Ami turned to Makoto.

"She's leaving out information." Makoto said.

"She doesn't know us. I'm not sure she trusts us." Ami replied.

"She could just be trying to lure us into a false sense of security."

"There is that possiblity. I'm more interested in all that previous information you said she has."

"Right. She said she had the knowledge of previous Daimon. She also said she was artificial."

"That's something to go on. We'll just have to keep questioning her."

"What about the others? When should we bring them in?"

"Not just yet."

Makoto nodded and the two of them left the kitchen to go back to Toden. She had turned on the TV and was watching what looked like an action movie.

"OK, we do have some more things we'd like to talk about, but it's getting late, and I'm betting you're exhausted from what happened, so we can wait until the morning to talk again." Makoto told her.

Toden nodded and got up from the couch, wincing at bit and clutching her waist. "Do you need help?" Ami asked. Toden shook her head and started for the stairs. Makoto turned to look at Ami. "The couch is all yours. We'll figure this out in the morning." She said. Then she turned and went up the stairs. Ami sighed as she heard the footsteps fade and doors shut. She then lied down on the couch, ready to get some sleep.