.:Yes, I know, sigh, she's back again. Deal with it. Anywaz, I was just about to hand my story over to someone when my brain started screaming at me, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!?!" So I'm gonna hold onto it for a while. Sorry about that. =D So yeah, I was reading that last part, and did it occur to anyone else how gay that was??? Lol. Anywaz, I dunno how good this'll be, cuz I'm writing it in one sitting. But, hey, it's here, isn't it?:.

Dawn gazed at Hotaru in awe. "You mean you have the power to destroy the world? For real?"

The girl ducked her head slightly. "Sort of, yeah."

"Finally! I was beginning to think I was the only one!"

Hotaru blinked. "What?"

Dawn smiled at her. "See, I'm really this key-thinggy, and I guess if my blood is run over a certain spot at a certain time, all the dimensions between the worlds collapse, and poof! No more earth."

"Wow," Mina said quietly from her spot on the other side of the room. "That's some accomplishment."

"Yeah. The only was it can be closed is if the blood stops flowing, my blood. But see when Doc--this guy working for Glory--cut me, Buffy jumped into the portal to close it. That's how she died the last time," Dawn explained.

"That's so sad!" Hotaru said.

Dawn's smile looked more like a grimace. "Yeah. But, you know, she's back now. Um, could we maybe talk about something else?"

"Oh, of course! I'm sorry, it must be terrible for you to talk about this!" Mina exclaimed.

Dawn smiled sadly. "A little. I'm okay, though. Spike stayed with me the whole time, and so did Willow and Tara." She tilted her head thoughtfully. "I think the worst thing was dealing with the `bot."

"The what?"

An evil smile crossed the girl's face. "Well..."

Buffy shoved open the Magic Box's door in annoyance with an apologetic Serena at her heels. "I'm so sorry!" the Japanese girl was saying. "I didn't mean to!"

"That doesn't make a difference! You could've gotten killed!" the older girl snapped back.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Amy asked, standing up from her place at the table where she had been talking with Giles, the cats, and Setsuna.

"Oh, nothing," Spike said with mock sweetness in his voice. "Your friend here almost got herself killed, is all. She's lucky the other blonde," he gestured to Haruka, "was there, or she'd most likely be gone now."

"What?" Giles asked, pulling off his glasses to be cleaned. "Please, someone, elaborate."

Raye glared at her friend. "Serena almost got nabbed by some demon! She attacked him, and when he didn't die, she got taken hostage. If Haruka hadn't been able to chop the thing's head off as fast as she did..."

"Serena! Are you all right?" Luna exclaimed.

The girl smiled weakly at her. "Fine. Just tired. We haven't had to do anything so exerting in a while..."

Artemis rolled his eyes. "You've been slacking off with your training again, haven't you?"

"Serena, you really have to be more careful. We won't always be there for you."

"Maybe not," a new voice came from the back hallway, "but we will."

"Seiya!" Serena exclaimed, running into the boy's arms. "And Yaten and Taiki! You're back!"

"Odango," Seiya, the speaker, said, hugging the girl back. "It's been too long."

"Who the bloody `ell are you?" Spike demanded.

Taiki looked up at him from smiling at Amy. "I'm Taiki, and these are my brothers, Yaten and Seiya."

Dawn, Hotaru, Mina, and Lita had made there way over. "Hey, you're those people! From the band!" Dawn exclaimed.

Yaten nodded. "The Starlights, yeah."

"They're also Sailor Scouts," Hotaru told everyone. "Sailors Star Fighter, Healer, and Maker."

Haruka glanced at Buffy. "And just to confuse you more, they're really girls."

"Does everyone from Japan cross dress?"

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PS. Seiya~ Sailor Star Fighter

Taiki~ Sailor Star Maker

Yaten~ Sailor Star Healer

For the purpose of this story, Taiki kinda likes Amy, Yaten kinda likes Mina, and Seiya still likes Serena. =D