There's a saying that goes "you could cut the tension with a knife". But the tension in Juben Academy's gym was so thick it would need to be cut with a chainsaw.

It was completely silent as the Sailor Senshi stared at Toden, who was still holding on to Haikyuun. Jupiter and Mercury looked worried, Mars was angry, and Moon and Venus were completely dumbfounded. Finally, the first person to make a move was, surprisingly, Haikyuun, who shoved Toden away with her good arm.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!" Haikyuun screamed at Toden. "I was doing just fine. Why would you cut into a great fight?"

"W-well..." Toden said nervously. "You were about to be hit by that heart, and your arm's broken, and-" She was cut off by Haikyuun kneeing her in the chest, knocking the wind out of her.

"So? Injuries are what make fighting fun!" Haikyuun yelled as Toden kneeled on the ground, gasping for air. Then she looked at Jupiter. "You. You get it. Knocked out my teeth, broke my arm. You understand me."

Jupiter didn't have time to react to Haikyuun's statement when a flash of red wrapped around the Daimon's good arm. Then, Haikyuun was yanked away, leaving Toden and the Senshi confused.

Finally thinking clearly, Jupiter and Mercury rushed over to Toden, while the other three just stood there. Jupiter grabbed Toden and helped her to her feet. Toden was about to thank her, until she saw the Senshi outfit. Afraid, she pushed Jupiter away.

"See?" Mars said, running up to Jupiter and Mercury. "She saved that other Daimon. They'll probably team up and attack again."

"I'm sure she had a good reason." Jupiter countered. "Maybe she panicked. Maybe Toden thinks Haikyuun can be good too."

"Oh, so you're first name basis?" Mars asked angrily. "What next?"

"Can someone please explained to me what's going on?" Moon yelled, completely baffled.

Jupiter was a little worried. "Well, um, you see..." She said, not sure what to say.

"Well, what's going on, Makoto?" Mars asked, upset.

Jupiter didn't get to respond, because Toden did instead. "Wait. Makoto?" She asked, nervously.

Jupiter sighed, and turned back into Makoto. Mercury, sensing where this was going, turned back into Ami.

"Hey Toden. Should have told you this sooner." Makoto said nervously.

Toden didn't know what to say, but she could feel her heart breaking. The only people to show a Daimon kindness, the girl who saved her and the girl she watched Kamen Rider with, were Senshi. The ones who killed Daimon before. Toden felt a combination of fear for her safety and anger at being lied to.

"You- you're-" Toden stammered, unable to find the words. Then, something happened. She started screaming.

"YOU TRICKED ME?!" She screamed. At that point, a change happened. Purple, glowing cracks appeared on Toden's face, her teeth turned sharp, and her sclera turned black. She didn't realize nor care. She was blinded by fury.

"Toden..." Makoto started to say.

"WHAT?! WE'RE YOU TRICKING ME? DID YOU JUST WANT ME OFF-GUARD SO YOUR FRIENDS COULD KILL ME? HOW COULD YOU!" Toden continued to scream. Then, tears formed in her eyes. "...how could you?" On that, she suddenly bolted out of the gym.

The Senshi stood there and watched her run. Moon and Venus were baffled, Mars wasn't happy, and Makoto and Ami were sad. Without saying a word, Makoto ran off after Toden.

Back over at Tomoe's lab, Viluy and Irondar were just returning. They had managed to collect the vacuum cleaner and heart monument (Viluy posed as a unique vacuum collector, while Irondar created a diversion with a fake contest). Now Tomoe had what he needed.

"Alright, now if I'm going to upgrade them, I'll need to combine the original object with a secondary object. But no more then one extra item. More then one could cause problems." Tomoe explained. "Now, what secondary object do you have?"

Viluy held up a book on ninjitsu, while Irondar have collected a book on hypnosis. Looking at these items, Tomoe grinned.

"Wonderful!" He shouted. "We shall start with the vacuum."

Tomoe took the vacuum and ninjitsu book from Viluy, and placed them in the oven. After closing the door, he pushed a button and the oven started. Once again, it was so loud that all present had to cover their ears for fear of going deaf.

But, after a few seconds, the oven was done. The door opened, and out stepped a tall woman. She had light blue skin, pale green eyes, and pointed ears. She was wearing a blue, vacuum-like leotard with wheels on the hips, what looked like plastic blue armor on her legs up to her knees, black high-heeled shoes, an elephant-style hat with a tube coming out the front, and a vacuum tube on her right arm.

"Greetings, I am Osoji." The Daimon said. "I am ready to fight."

"Fantastic!" Viluy said. "You will follow my orders, and we shall defeat the Senshi."

Osoji eyed Viluy, and scoffed. "Why should I follow you? With my ninjitsu skills, I can work fine on-"

Osoji didn't finish before Viluy grabbed her throat and pulled her close. Osoji could see the rage in Viluy's eye.

"Don't you dare talk back to me!" Viluy yelled. "I am your mistress! If you don't obey me, you will suffer!" On that, Viluy let go of Osoji and walked off.

"Best do what she says." Irondar said. "She can get touchy if questioned."

Osoji rubbed her throat and groaned. "I can tell." She said.

"Now, I'd suggest you practice your ninjitsu skills." Irondar said. "Me and the Professor have another Daimon to recreate."

Osoji shrugged and walked off. After she left, Irondar and Tomoe looked at the massive heart monument, then at the oven, which the monument obviously wouldn't fit in.

"This might be a problem." Tomoe said.

A few miles away, out in the streets of Tokyo, Toden was running as fast as she could. People did see her, but no one could see her face. It was buried in her hands as she ran and cried.

A few feet behind her, Makoto was in hot pursuit. This was not how she wanted things to go. She had hoped to gently reveal the news to Toden, in an attempt to lessen the inevitable pain. But Rei had ruined that plan.

And a few feet behind her, the rest of the girls were following (they had de-transformed before leaving the school). They inteded to stop Makoto and confront Toden properly.

Eventually, they ended up in the park. Toden raced to small corner of the park and sat down, curled into a ball. She began to sob.

Makoto arrived a few seconds later, followed by the other girls. Makoto looked around the park, trying to find Toden.

"Where is she?" Makoto asked, talking to herself. "She's got to be here somewhere."

"And when we find her, we'll make her answer for what she did to Yuuchiro." Rei said, walking up to Makoto.

"Rei, stop it!" Makoto yelled. "Right now, she's upset, probably terrified. Who knows what will happen."

"She might attack someone." Rei countered. "She's a Daimon. They're trying to hurt people! You saw what the other Daimon did! If we don't stop them-"

Whatever Rei wanted to say next was stopped when Ami walked up to her and, to the shock of everyone, slapped her. Shocked, Rei looked at Ami, a red handprint on her cheek.

"Rei, I'm sorry." Ami said. "But you're being unreasonable. I've gotten to speak with Toden, and she's not dangerous. She seems upset over what she did. And she didn't have a choice. Just let Makoto talk to her."

Rei frowned. "Why? What if she attacks Makoto? What if-" She started to say, but Ami cut her off.

"Remember Koan?" Ami said. "You took an attack for her because you felt she could be redeemed. Why are you not giving Toden that chance? Let Makoto talk to her for just a few minutes."

There was silence for a few seconds as Rei remember the incident with Koan. Ami was right. Rei did give Koan that chance. And now Makoto was in the same boat. Rei sighed.

"Okay." She finally replied. "Makoto can talk to her."

"Hey, is that her?" Usagi asked, pointing at a small corner. Sure enough, that was where Toden was hiding.

Slowly, Makoto made her way over to Toden. Reaching her, she knelt down and gently tapped her. Toden looked up, and immediately tried to back away.

"Don't come near me!" Toden yelled. "You'll try to destroy me!"

"Toden, it's OK. I won't hurt you." Makoto said. Toden looked unsure, the purple cracks on her face dimming.

"But... but you're..." Toden stammered.

"Yes, I am Sailor Jupiter. I'd hoped to tell you myself. Break it to you gently." Makoto said.

"You helped destroy all the other Daimon." Toden said. "And now... you might destroy me."

"I won't do that, Toden. And I won't let the other Senshi do that." Makoto replied. "I can tell you aren't dangerous."

Toden's lip quivered. "But... what I did to that poor man..." She said.

"That was bad. But he's alright now." Makoto told her. "We got the Crystal Heart back to him. He didn't die."

"Die?" Toden asked, now worried. "Taking the heart could have killed him?" Tears started to form in her eyes. "I.. I didn't know that. I thought he would just be sleeping. Or... or..."

"Toden, please, calm down." Makoto said. "I can see you feel remorse. You're feeling torn up. And you feel betrayed. But please, give me another chance. Let me help you."

Toden looked at Makoto. Then, the cracks on her face vanished, her sclera turned white again, and her teeth went back to normal. "O... OK." She said.

Makoto smiled and gently took Toden's hand. She then led the Daimon out of her hiding spot. The other Senshi watched.

"It's OK, girls." Makoto said. "Things will be alright."

"Haikyuun, stop moving so much!" Kaolinite said, trying to wrap Haikyuun's arm in a cast. "If I don't set your arm right, your bones won't heal!"

Kaolinite had gotten Haikyuun back to Tomoe Manor, and was trying to get her patched up. Keyword being "trying". With Daimon physiology being so different, she was having problems. Not helping was Haikyuun constantly fidgiting and fuming.

"Why would she stop me?" Haikyuun asked. "Me and Jupiter were having such a good fight, then that other Daimon had to ruin it! When I find her, I'll-"

"You'll what?" Viluy said, walking into the room.

"I'll wreck her." Haikyuun finished her thought.

Kaolinite, finally done with the cast, put Haikyuun's arm in a sling, and got up to talk with Viluy.

"Jupiter snapped her arm." Kaolinite said. "I swear, our Daimon are getting weaker."

"And more outlandish." Viluy said. "I just sent the vacuum Daimon to train, and the professor is working to bring back that heart Daimon. If it were me making them, the Daimon would be brutal, powerful, unstoppable."

"Hey, I am powerful!" Haikyuun yelled. "If I hadn't been interrupted, I'd have won!"

Viluy looked at Haikyuun for a moment, and was about to berate her stupidity before Kaolinite spoke up.

"Of course, Haikyuun. If you hadn't been distracted, I'm certain you'd have beaten the Senshi no problem." She said.

Haikyuun nodded. "I know." She said. "I'm going to go train. Work with the pain to get stronger." She then left the room before either of the Witches could stop her.

"She's crazy. Training with her arm like that will make things worse." Kaolinite said, before noticing that Viluy was looking at her odd. "What?"

"What was that just now?" Viluy asked. "You didn't let me speak. I hate it when people cut me off."

"I played to Haikyuun's ego." Kaolinite answered. "She's got an ego the size of the academy, and I think we can use that. And as for cutting you off, you'll have to deal with that."

Viluy very much wanted to break Kaolinites neck, but restrained herself. With a huff, she left the room to check on the professor and Irondar.

Down in the lab, the professor was laughing like crazy. Again. He had hooked up several wires from the oven to the heart monument. Irondar had placed the hypnosis book on top of the monument.

"My genius is amazing! Just by simply channeling the energy from the oven, I can create Daimon from larger objects!" He yelled.

"Professor, wouldn't it have been simpler to just make a new egg?" Irondar asked.

"Yes, but by using the oven, I can pull up the memories of the Daimon!" The professor answered.

Irondar raised an eyebrow. "That would require the item to retain the DNA of the Daimon, and for said DNA to be neurons." She said.

"Precisely!" The professor yelled. "Now, let's recreate this Daimon!"

On that, the professor threw a switch. Once again, the oven was insanely loud. The heart monument start to shake, then it began shifting. It almost looked like liquid, twisting and morphing. The hypnosis book melted into it. It then started to form into a female figure. After about it minute, it was done.

In the monuments place was the Daimon. She was a tall woman, little over 6 feet. She had a shapely body, blue eyes, and a star mark on her left cheek. She wore an odd, heart-shaped hat, with bright red hair sticking out the front and cascading down the left side of her head. She was wearing a black body-suit with a large orange heart on the front, black disconnected sleeves, and heart shaped shoes.

"It works!" The professor yelled victoriously.

"Hello~" The Daimon said, in a impossibly beautiful voice. "Name's Daiheart."

"My, that's quite a voice you have." Irondar said.

Daiheart just smiled, and turned to the professor. "Would you be so kind as fetch me something to drink?" She asked.

"O- Of course." The professor said, before walking off. As he did, Viluy entered the room, unnoticed by Daiheart or Irondar. Then Daiheart turned to Irondar.

"And could you please show me around, miss?" Daiheart asked. "This place is so new to me and I don't want to get lost."

"Sorry, but I have to-" Irondar said. Then suddenly, her tone changed. "I mean, of course I will. Just let me know when you want to go." Then Irondar headed to the stairs.

"I'm impressed." Viluy said, finally making her presence known. "The professor never takes orders from underlings. And Irondar was made to follow my orders."

Daiheart smiled. "It's my gift. I can make anyone do what I say. I could even make YOU do whatever I say. But that will wait. I have a tour to take." Daiheart explained. Then she walked off, ready for her tour with Irondar.

Viluy frowned. 'She seems overpowered. I'll have to remind her who's in charge too. She'll suffer if she tries to control me'. She thought angrily.

Back over in the park, Makoto and Toden had sat on a bench, while Ami and Minako were talking to them. A little ways away, Usagi and Rei were watching.

"I don't believe it." Usagi said. "A nice Daimon. I thought they were heartless killers."

"Well, I guess even monsters change." A voice said from behind. Turning, Usagi and Rei saw Mamoru walking up to them.

"Mamoru!" Usagi yelled as she ran up to hug him. "Where were you earlier? We could have used your help."

"Sorry." Mamoru replied. "I was on the other side of Minato." Then he looked over at Makoto and Toden. "So, what happened here?"

Rei spoke up this time. "Well, we have a surviving Daimon, Makoto and Ami befriended her, and she knows who we are now." She explained. "Well, at least, that's a short version. You'd have to ask Makoto for specifics."

Mamoru nodded. "I think I'll do that." He said. Then he started walking to Toden. Usagi and Rei looked on.

"Do you really think that Daimon's going to change?" Rei said. "I mean, the Daimon track record hasn't been good."

"Koan changed." Usagi replied. "Why can't she?"

Rei said nothing, but considered Usagi's words. Koan did change, and she was the one commanding some of her monsters. Maybe a monster could be good.

"Well, this is an interesting development." Michiru said to Haruka, the two watching the park from a nearby cafe.

"I agree. First, we learn the Senshi's identity. And now Toden's made friends with them." Haruka replied. "I'm actually impressed. I never expected this."

"Oh, using her name now?" Michiru asked. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you're beginning to like her too."

"I'm not." Haruka said. "I just think it'd be simpler to call her by name now."

"Relax, I'm teasing." Michiru said. "So, what now? Since the Senshi know of her now, getting close won't be easy. We'd have to seperate them."

"And when we do, she'll answer our questions." Haruka said. "But that leaves one issue: if she attacks, do we still destroy her? That might upset the Senshi."

Michiru thought for a moment. "That remains to be seen. For now, we keep observing."

Haruka nodded, and looked back at the park. Things were developing in an odd direction, and for once, she was wondering what to do.