That afternoon, the Ronin Warriors were walking home, talking about the day that they had.

"Those 5 girls are really something, aren't they?" Sage asked the group as they were walking home.

"Oh yeah," Kento said.

"I really like them," Cye said.

"I'm sure you do," Ryo said with humor in his voice.

"But don't you guys think that it was weird that those 5 girls showed up the same day that the Sailor Scouts did?" Rowen speculated.

"Are you saying that they're the same people?" Sage asked.

"I don't know. They do bear resemblances to the Sailor Scouts, but they don't fit the personality types quite right," Rowen said.

"Yeah, but you know how people change in battle. You've been there yourself," Ryo said.

"That may be," Sage agreed, "But I don't buy Serena's story on the marks on the cats' foreheads. It didn't look like it had been shaved on their foreheads. I got a close look at the white one. Those marks were made out of gold and they looked like they were grown into their foreheads. I didn't see any indication that they were stickers, either. Something weird is going on with those girls. I don't think they're all who they say they are."

"So you agree with me on my suspicions?" Rowen inquired.

"Yes, I do," Sage said.

"I do too," Ryo agreed, "I mean, don't get me wrong, they're nice girls, but something seems a little off."

"Hey, speaking of girls, you and Serena are pretty chummy," Cye said.

"Yeah, we have a lot in common. It's pretty cool. We spent half of math class, while doing our homework, talking about what it's like to date someone that's older than you."

"She has a boyfriend?" Cye asked.

"Yep, according to her, she's the only one out of her friends that has one." Ryo glanced around and saw the hopeful looks on his friends' faces when they heard that the girls, besides Serena, didn't have boyfriends.

"You guys are so lovesick it's not even funny," Ryo said.

"Hey," Sage shot back, "We had to go through this from you when you started going out with Mia."

"Yeah, well you didn't have to deal with it from 4 guys. There's a big difference."

"Yeah, whatever Ryo," they all said. They all laughed and continued walking.

***
At the same time, the Sailor Scouts were walking home as well.

"Well, I don't think that today went too badly, now did it?" Serena said, happy that school was over.

"Yeah, it wasn't that bad," Raye agreed.

"I have to admit, I really like it here," Mina said.

"Me too," Lita said.

"Well, it was good after Calculus," Ami said, "So I guess the whole year won't be a complete bore."

"So, what do you guys think of the guys that showed us around today?" Serena asked casually.

"I like them," Mina.

"They're really nice," Lita said.

"Yeah, but I sensed something weird about them," Raye said slowly, "Only I don't know what. Those 5 boys hold some kind of power. They were practically radiating with it. It's too bad that I can't consult the Great Fire. We might be able to find out what their deal is."

"It would be nice if you could do that. It would also help us in trying to find out why the droid attacked us here. I still can't figure it out," Ami said.

Raye looked deep in thought for a minute and then said, "Actually, I think I could ask the Great Fire. There is more that one, you know. And my grandfather said before I left that he had a friend in Toyama who had his own temple and that if I ever needed anything, that I could always go to him. I have the address, we just have to find the place."

"You know, Raye, that's a really good idea," Serena said.

"I know, I'm just glad I..." Raye stopped talking and turned around with a confused, worried look on her face.

"What's wrong, Raye?" Mina asked.

"I have this really weird feeling. Someone's close by," Raye whispered so only the girls could hear.

"Is it bad or good?" Lita asked cautiously.

"Bad, I think," Raye said. She heard a noise in the bushes and pulled out an anti-evil charm.

"Evil spirit, vanish from this place and never return!" She hit whatever it was with the charm and knocked them out.

When she saw who she had hit, she opened her mouth in surprise and shame as the other Sailor Scouts laughed behind her.

***
Ryo and the guys had been walking in silence when they saw the Sailor Scouts walking ahead of them.

Sage's eyes lit up and he said, "Hey look, it's the girls."

"Yeah, do you wanna go say hi?" Cye asked.

"No, I think we should sneak up on them, what do you say?" Sage said.

"Yeah," the others said, their eyes sparkling with mischief.

They moved into the bushes to sneak up on them and prepared to pounce when Ryo suddenly stopped, a memory hitting him of something he had forgotten a long time ago.

*Flashback*
Ryo of the Wildfire crouched behind the bush, watching his royal cousin admire the foliage. Grinning slightly, he ran out of the bushes and wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her tightly to him and scaring her half to death. She gave out a scream and wrenched herself from his arms to look at him with a scolding look.

"Ryo, you scared me half to death. How dare you do that to me?" She sounded mad, but her blue eyes gave it away that she wasn't, because her eyes were shining with happiness.

She tossed one of her blond pigtails behind her shoulder and looked back at Ryo for an explanation.

Brushing off his Samurai uniform, he said, "I dare to do that because it was the perfect opportunity."

"Well, I'm the princess and princesses don't deserve to be scared."

"You may be the princess, Serenity, but you're still my cousin and that gives me the right to scare you whenever I please."

"I'll tell mother." Ryo's eyes widened in surprise.

"Oh, please, don't tell Aunt Serenity. She'll have my head. You know how she hates practical jokes like this"

"Do you promise not to do it again?"

"Yes, I promise." Princess Serenity giggled and said, "Good."

*End Flashback*

"Hey, buddy, you ok?" Kento whispered.

"Yeah, I think so. I just got the weirdest feeling of déjà vu."

"That is weird. We've never done this before," Sage said.

"No, this was different. This was a memory. It's like I went to a different time and world altogether. I could feel things."

"Well, what happened in your 'memory'?" Rowen asked.

"Well, I was wearing this Samurai outfit and I was behind this bush, like we are now, looking at this girl, waiting to jump out of the bush and scare her. I sneak up behind her and grab her around the waist, scaring her really badly.

"We talk for a moment and she says that she was the princess and that she didn't deserve to be scared and I said that she may be the princess, but I was still her cousin and I had the right to scare her. She threatened to tell her mother and I didn't want her to do that because her mother, or my Aunt Serenity, would have my head and I promised not to do it again."

"Hmm, that is weird," Cye said.

"Yeah, and the weird thing is that this girl had the same sign on her forehead as Serena's cats did. I don't think I'm making this up. It was too vivid and detailed to not be real."

"Shh," Sage said, "I think they heard us."

They saw Raye sneak up on the bush and pull out a small slip of paper.

"Evil spirit, vanish from this place and never return!" Raye cried out, hitting Sage dead on with the charm, knocking him out.

As Sage fell to the ground, Raye's mouth fell open with shock and the other girls started laughing behind her.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry. I-I didn't know that it was him."

Ryo glared at her and said, "Will he be alright?"

"Yeah, he should be fine. He's not evil, so it shouldn't do any permanent damage. He'll be out for a few minutes, though."

The girls were still laughing behind her when Serena stopped laughing and said, "Actually, you guys, this isn't funny. I've been there before."

"You have?" Cye asked.

"Yeah, one of the only times she was wrong was when she met me for the first time. I was out for a minute or two. Do you remember, Ami?"

"Yes, I do remember. And if I'm not mistaken, you woke up when you heard there was a cute guy on the temple grounds."

"Hey, I didn't know it was Jadeite, ok?"

"I didn't say anything about that, did I?' Ami said.

"You know, this trip down memory lane is great and everything, but how do we wake Sage up?" Rowen asked.

Raye kneeled on the ground next to Sage and said, "Let me try and wake him up." She put her hands on his shoulders and shook him lightly.

"Come on Sage, wake up," she said in a gentle voice. She lightly slapped him on the face a couple of times and Sage opened his eyes slowly to see Raye above him, looking down at him with concern, and he swore he was in heaven.

"What happened?" he asked slowly.

Raye cringed and said, "I'm sorry. I kinda knocked you out." Raye stood up and so did Sage, with the help of Ryo.

"What did you say?"

"I knocked you out."

"How?" Sage asked.

"With my anti-evil charm. I'm usually never wrong with those things. I've only been wrong twice. With Serena and with you. I'm really sorry."

"You're forgiven, but why do you carry around anti-evil charms? I thought only priests did that," Sage asked.

"You're close. I'm a priestess at my grandfather's temple. I always have charms with me."

"You're a priestess?!" the guys yelled.

"Yeah, at the Hino Shrine in Tokyo," Raye said slowly.

"You mean, the one that's always in the news about the weird attacks that go on there?" Rowen asked hurriedly.

"Yep, that's the one," Raye said, "It's my grandfather's temple and I became a priestess before I came here to do my junior year here."

"That is so cool," Sage said.

"I seem to think so, too," said Raye.

"Yeah, and it's really cool when you do your fire readings, Raye. Those are deadly accurate," Lita said.

"Your what?" Ryo asked.

"My fire readings. I can read fire to find out things. It comes in handy when I need it."

"Wow, that's pretty unique," Cye said.

"Yeah, it's cool, but everyone has something unique about them," Raye said, "Ami's a super-genius, I'm a priestess, Lita's the master chef, and Mina was an actress when she lived in England. But we're still not sure about Serena."

"Hey, Raye!" Serena yelled.

"Now, Serena does have something special about her," Mina said, forgetting that the guys were there in the first place.

"What?" Raye snorted.

"She's royalty." Mina realized as soon as she had said that that she shouldn't have. She was only making explaining things to the guys harder.

"She's what?" the guys yelled.

"I'm royalty," Serena said meekly, "It's from my mother's side. I don't remember what I'm royalty of, but I know I am," Serena finished, lying through her teeth. She knew fully well what she was royalty of, but she couldn't tell the guys she was princess of the moon, now could she?

"Well, I think it was time we were getting home. We all have homework to do," Ami said, pushing the girls along the path. "It was nice to see you," Ami yelled as the girls disappeared from sight.

As soon as the guys were able to talk again, Rowen said, "Those are weird girls. Does anyone else besides me get the feeling that they're hiding something from us?"

"Yeah, I do," Sage said.

"So do I, but I know that we can trust them," Ryo said.

"How do you know that we can trust them?" Cye asked.

"I don't know, just a gut feeling," Ryo said distantly.

"Pfft, you've been wrong on those before," Kento said.

"I know, but this is different."

"Different how?" Sage and Rowen asked.

"I don't know," Ryo said.

***
The Sailor Scouts entered their house and dropped their school bags unceremoniously onto the ground. They trudged into the kitchen and sat on the stools surrounding the island in the middle of the room.

"God, this was an exhausting day," Lita said.

"Yeah, well it was the first day. What did you expect?" Raye said.

"I don't know, something a little more easy-going," Lita said.

"Yeah, well dream on girlfriend," Mina said, "'Cause it ain't going to happen."

"I know, I just wish it could have been a little easier." Lita pushed her self off of the stool.

"Hey, you guys want something to eat? I'm going to cook now and then I'm going to get my homework done so I can get to sleep early."

"That sounds like a good idea," Ami said.

"Yeah, I'll go for that," Serena said. Raye and Mina just agreed by raising their hands slightly.

Laughing slightly, Lita said, "Well then, I guess it's settled." She walked over to the refrigerator and opened it, planning her next meal while the others watched.