A few miles away, Viluy was in the park, directing her nanobots to sweep the area. No one gave a second glance to her since she was dressed in her Mugen Academy uniform, and no one noticed the nanobots, which were so small that they blended in easily.

'That Daimon is going to cause us a lot of trouble.' Viluy thought to herself. 'Once I collect her, I'm going to see if I can reprogram her, wipe away any useless emotions she may have. A perfect artificial being to command.'

Viluy's thoughts were interrupted by a beeping on her nanocuff. Checking it, she saw that her nanobots had managed to locate Toden's electrical signature, and were now tracking it.

Allowing herself the smallest hint of a grin, Viluy began following the signature.

Meanwhile, back at Makoto's house, breakfast was done and Ami had run back to her house to get some books and Kamen Rider VHS's to show Toden. While she was out, Makoto was washing the dishes while Toden still sat at the table.

"Hey Makoto." Toden said. "What exactly is 'Kamen Rider'?" Makoto chuckled. "It's a popular TV show. It's about various people who gain the ability to transform into heroes called Kamen Riders to fight evil monsters."

Toden frowned. "Monsters like me?" She asked.

Makoto quickly turned to look at Toden. "No. Not like you. These monsters are truly evil. They want to cause suffering to innocent people. They'll even go so far as to kill. I'm guessing you're not the killing type." Toden shook her head. "No, no. I just-" She started to say, before the door opened.

Both Makoto and Toden looked at the door. Ami was walking in with armfuls of books and VHS's. She even brought a video game console. "I think you're going to enjoy this stuff, Toden." Ami said.

As Ami and Toden went to the living room, Makoto started thinking to herself.

'Well, seems Ami and Toden are getting along. Wonder how she would do with the rest of the Senshi.' Makoto thought, then she mentally sighed. 'We're going to have to tell the others at some point, but when?'

Meanwhile, over at Hikawa Shrine, Rei was sweeping the floors. After bringing Yuuichirou home to recover from the attack last night, Rei had spent all night reflecting on what happened. While she was happy Yuuichirou was alright, the fate of the Daimon was bugging her. Did it really get destroyed? Was it alive? Was it still out there, stealing Crystal Hearts?

She was just putting the broom away when she heard footsteps. Looking, she saw that Usagi had entered the Shrine, upset.

"Let me guess." Rei said. "Kicked out of the house to do more studying at the library?" Usagi nodded. Rei sighed. "What are we going to do with you?" She asked. "I don't wanna study." Usagi whined. "I wanna have fun. I wanna see if they've got any new games at the arcade." Usagi then noticed Rei's face. It looked like she wasn't paying attention. "Um, Earth to Rei. You still with me?"

Rei snapped back to attention. "Sorry. Last night is still bothering me." She said. Usagi was a bit confused. "Why? The Daimon? I'm pretty sure it was smushed under the rocks." She said. Rei shrugged. "Maybe. But it feels like something's wrong. I don't know why." She replied.

"Well, that's probably nothing a delicious milkshake can't fix." Usagi said, now cheery. "Come on!" Rei shook her head. "No. I've got some more work to do around here. Take Minako with you. I don't think she has anything to do today." She told Usagi.

Usagi shrugged and walked off. Sighing and watching her go, Rei thought for a minute. Then she went to use the phone. She needed to talk to Makoto.

Over with Makoto, she, Toden, and Ami were watching one of Ami's Kamen Rider VHS's when the phone started to ring. Makoto got up to go answer it while Toden and Ami were glued to the TV. Makoto went over to the phone and picked it up. "Hello?" She asked.

"Makoto? It's Rei." Rei said on the other end of the line. "Oh, hey Rei." Makoto said, loud enough for Ami to hear. Ami turned to look at Makoto.

"Um, this is going to sound bizarre, but do you think you could come over to the shrine? I've been getting this weird feeling that something's wrong, and I need to talk to someone." Rei said. "Why not Usagi or Minako?" Makoto asked. "You know how little those two pay attention." Rei answered.

"Well, Ami's with me right now, and-" Makoto began to say. "Oh, good, she can come over too." Rei interrupted. "See you in a little bit." With that, Rei hung up before Makoto could reply.

"What did Rei want?" Ami asked. "Who's Rei?" Toden asked, not looking away from the TV. "Rei's a friend of ours, Toden." Makoto answered. "She wants us to come over to the shrine."

Ami got up and pulled Makoto into the kitchen. "That's not good. We can't exactly leave Toden here alone." Ami said. "What do we do?" Makoto looked through the doorway at Toden. "We might have to bring her with us." She said. Ami frowned. "She isn't exactly inconspicuous. We'd need to disguise her." She suggested.

Makoto nodded and walked out into the living room. "Hey Toden. Would you want to meet Rei?" She asked. Toden looked at Makoto. "Um, I'm not sure. I don't know her, and I don't exactly blend in." She said. "There should be some clothes in the dresser of the guest room." Makoto said. "Don't worry. It can't hurt to at least try to meet her."

Toden nodded and got up. She turned and started for the stairs. Ami walked up to Makoto.

"Makoto, Rei might freak out and try to destroy her." Ami said, worried. Makoto looked at Ami. "Let me worry about that." Makoto replied.

About an hour later, Rei was tending to a small stand outside of the Shrine. Grandpa Hino had decided that he wanted to give selling charms another try, despite Rei stating the last time the did that, girls went missing (not telling him it was because of the now destroyed Dark Kingdom). But he proved stubborn, and so a new stand was opened.

Rei was sitting, bored out of her mind, when she saw three figures walk up. She saw Ami and Makoto and waved, but was puzzled by the third person.

The person was a woman, between Ami and Rei's height. She wore a light blue long sleeved shirt, white gloves (which Rei found odd during the summer), light blue pants, light blue sneakers (she must really like blue, Rei thought), and sunglasses. She had a sun hat on, but Rei could still see tufts of pink hair, and what little skin Rei saw was pale, almost grey.

Rei got up and walked over to the three, hoping to at least know who this third person was.

"Hey Makoto. Hey Ami." Rei said. "Who's this?" Makoto looked at Rei. "Oh, hey." Makoto replied. "This is, uh..."

"Hayai Sokutatsu." Ami said quickly.

Rei was confused for a minute, but then smiled. "Nice to meet you Hayai." She said to the woman. Hayai nodded. "Nice to meet you too Ms. Rei." She replied. "Technically it's Ms. Hino, but you can just call me Rei." Rei said. "Come on inside. I need to talk to Makoto and Ami."

As Rei walked inside, Hayai looked at Makoto and took off her sunglasses, revealing her yellow eyes. "Hayai Sokutatsu?" She asked. "Yeah Ami, why that name?" Makoto asked Ami. "Won't Rei find it weird someone is named 'Quick Express?"

"It was the first name I could think of." Ami replied. "Besides, she can't exactly keep going by Toden, can she?" Toden looked confused. "What's wrong with my name?" She asked.

Makoto looked at Toden. "Nothing. It's just that most people aren't named Toden. Or Hayai, for that matter." She said, looking at Ami on the last part. "Let's just go in." Ami said. "Also, you'll need to remove you shoes before you enter, Toden."

Toden, who had replaced her sunglasses, nodded and removed her shoes. Then Makoto started walking into the shrine, Ami and Toden following behind.

Back at Makoto's house, however, things weren't good. Viluy had tracked the electrical signal to Makoto's house. Discretely, she had her nanobots manipulate the lock on the door from the inside, so she could get in without leaving any trace. Her nanobots successfully opened the lock, and Viluy walked in. Now her nanobots were searching the house, while she commanded them from her nanocuff.

Just then, a group of nanobots brought her Toden's conductor outfit, with the slash marks still on it. Viluy examined it.

"So she was here." Viluy said. "And the owner was hiding her. So where is she now?"

Another group of nanobots signaled her. They had gotten into the phone and were checking the last 10 calls made. They noted the one today was an incoming call from Hikawa Shrine.

"So, this Makoto Kino possibly went there, and I doubt she would leave Toden alone, so she must have taken her as well." Viluy said. "We may finally be able to capture Toden. Nanobots! Come with me."

With that, Viluy left Makoto's home and started for Hikawa Shrine.

Back at Hikawa Shrine, the 4 were sitting out in the back area, and had been talking for almost an hour. Now, Rei had finally gotten to the point Makoto had worried about: asking Toden about herself.

"So, Hayai," Rei began. "Where are you from?" Toden was confused, but didn't show it. "Well, um..." Ami chimed in for her. "She's from Osaka." She answered Rei. "This is her first time in Tokyo, so she's nervous."

Rei nodded. "Understandable. So what brings you to Tokyo?" She asked. This time, Makoto chimed in. "She's staying with me for a while until she can find an apartment. She's getting a job soon." Toden's eyes widened behind her sunglasses at that.

Rei smiled. "That's good to hear." She said. Before she could ask anymore questions, her grandfather walked up to them.

"Makoto, Ami, nice to see you." He said. "And I see we have a new visitor." Toden nodded. "My name is Hayai Sokutatsu."

Rei's grandfather nodded, then turned to Rei. "There's a visitor out front. She wants to talk to you." He said. Rei nodded and started back in that direction. But her grandfather was still standing and staring at Toden. After a few seconds, he turned and walked away.

Once Makoto knew Rei was out of earshot, she turned to Toden. "Well, Toden, what do you think of Rei?"

"She seems pretty nice." Toden said. But then she became intrigued by the trees. She got up and went over to look at them.

Makoto turned to look at Ami. "Well, Rei seems to like her so far." She said. "This might actually work out." Ami frowned. "No, Rei likes Hayai. I doubt she'll be as receptive if she knew the truth." Ami replied.

As if on cue, Rei walked right back up to them, with another girl in tow. This girl had long white hair, blue eyes, and a red school uniform neither Ami nor Makoto recognized.

"Girls, this is Yui Bidou. She's from another school and wants to have a discussion with us. Something about a tri-school program." Rei said. "Greetings." Yui said. Ami looked at Yui "Really? What school?" She asked. Yui smiled and pulled out a student ID card and showed it to Ami. It read: "Yui Bidou, Mugen Academy." Yui smiled. "Only the best and brightest get in." She said. Then she looked at Toden, who was still staring at the trees. "Who is that?"

"Hayai Sokutatsu. She's staying with Makoto for a while. But you can talk with her later. Right now, don't we need to discuss that program?" Rei asked. "We can talk in my bedroom."

"Of course." Yui replied. "Go ahead. I'll catch up."

Makoto and Ami got up and followed Rei. Yui looked at them, and when they are out of sight, pulled up her left sleeve, revealing her nanocuff.

'Finally found you, Toden.' Viluy thought. 'Getting in here was easier then I thought.'

Then she pushed a button on her nanocuff and released some nanobots. "Attack her." She said quietly. The nanobots acknowleged the command and went after Toden. Viluy then walked off.

Toden didn't even acknowledge that someone was there, instead focusing intently on the trees. Specifically, she was looking at one specific tree. Seraching the Daimon knowledge she had in her head, she found that this used to be the first Daimon, Mikuji.

"Wonder if you could have ended up like me?" Toden asked.

She suddenly felt an itch on the back of her neck. She scratched it, but the itching spread all over her back. Then the itchy feeling became a stinging feeling. Toden started to swat at her body to try and stop the feeling, unaware it was Viluy's nanobots.

Viluy, meanwhile, had decided to leave Toden to suffer while heading off to find Makoto, Ami and Rei. Eventually, she managed to locate Rei's bedroom, where the three were talking.

"There you are Yui." Rei said. "What took you?" Viluy, or rather Yui, bowed. "I had to use the bathroom."

Rei nodded and opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by a scream coming from the back area. The four raced to the back, and saw Hayai flailing around in terror. Worried, Rei, Ami, and Makoto ran to her. Yui, however, simply stayed back. Suddenly, she noticed sparks of electricity on Toden's body. Her electricity powers were starting up and damaging her nanobots. Worried for her nanobots, Viluy called them back, so she wouldn't lose any.

The nanobots complied, stopped attacking, and started crawling back to Viluy, hidden from the girls in the grass. Once they returned to her, Viluy walked away.

Makoto, Rei, and Ami made it to Hayai. The three bent down to look at her. There were several cuts on her, and she was bleeding. Rei bent down in front of her to see if there were any cuts on her face. However, in the flailing, Hayai's hat and sunglasses were knocked off. So instead of Hayai, Rei saw Toden.

Rei's grandfather raced into the doorway. "What's going on out here?" He asked. Rei looked up to him and then ran to him. "Grandpa, head back inside. Hayai's been hurt." Rei's Grandpa nodded and went back in. Once he was out of view, Rei pulled out her Star Power Stick.

Back over with Makoto and Ami, they were examining Toden. She was cut up badly, but she could still stand, however wobbly. While she was trying to stand, Ami noticed that her blood was purple.

"Come on, we need to get her patched up." Makoto said, as she put one of Toden's arms on her shoulder. Ami nodded and did the same with the other arm. Then they started for the door...

...And stopped dead in their tracks, because standing in the door was Sailor Mars, with her fiery bow and arrow ready, and an angry look on her face.

"Oh dear." Ami said, worried.