Once they got there, they saw five hideously ugly birds with huge black wings, razor sharp beaks, and black, gnarled sword blades instead of talons. They were all creating tornadoes by flapping their wings. One was shooting electrical beams out of its mouth into their tornado. Another was heating their tornado up with fire. Yet another was adding water. A fourth was cooling theirs down with an icy wind. The last was enriching its tornado with dark energy. People were screaming and running everywhere. Someone ran past Celestia, screaming, "Someone help us, please!" An infant was crying while its mother tried to comfort it and run away from the youkai at the same time. That particular scene brought slight tears to Celestia's eyes. She ignored them. "C'mon guys, let's go!" she said. "I'll save you, little one. Your mother, too," she resolved mentally.
Kurama pulled a seed out of his hair. Celestia ran behind a tree. She held her hand up and said, "VERCURY STAR POWER!" Her nails became gold and blue colored. She turned her hand. A stick with a blue handle and a gold star bearing the symbol of Vercury flipped into her hand. She closed her fingers around it. A bright light shone from it. All of a sudden, a watery ribbon flowed out. Celestia wrapped it around herself. Then a circle of gold stars burst out around her. She turned twice and did a final pose. Celestia was now wearing a fuku of gold and blue. She also had a tiara that was gold and had a blue stone in the center of it. She ran to the battle scene where Kurama was trying to hold back the creatures from the mother and her infant with his rose whip.
Celestia got in front of them and said, "Kurama, I'll take it from here," as she almost got smacked with his whip. "Try to be careful with that thing, would you?" She wasn't really angry with him. After all, she had five youkai to deal with right now. She would deal with Kurama later. "How dare you hideous creatures try to kill a mother and her child!" she said. "I have the powers of water and love! I despise evil youkai like you! I am Sailor Vercury! In the name of Venus and Mercury, I will punish you!"
Suddenly, she saw a black dragon hit the youko that was using dark energy. "Hiei!" she thought. Then it hit her. Hiei always faints after using Jaou Ensetsu Kokryuuha. "Hiei, no!" She rushed to his side. Celestia had the strangest feeling that this time, he might not recover. "Hello, Sailor Vercury, we've got a battle to fight here! I'll make sure he's alright. You go fight. I know you can do it. You go girl!" Celestia was glad to hear Kurama encouraging her. She took another look at Hiei. Mentally, she said, "I'll save you, too. You mustn't die. You mustn't!" She felt tears emerging from her eyes. Kurama brought her back to reality. "Go on and fight those youkai! Do you want that woman and her baby to die? I assure you, Hiei will be fine. Just fight! Go! Now!"
Celestia started to open her mouth to say that she wasn't sure that Hiei would be fine this time around, but thought better of it. She turned back to the youkai. There were only four now. Hiei's dragon had destroyed the one that had been using dark energy. "I'll defeat you once and for all," she heard herself say. She looked at Hiei one last time. "He'll be alright," she assured herself. Out loud, she said, "This is for you, Hiei! VERCURY ROMANTIC AQUA MELODY!" Hearts surrounded her as she played a harp made of water. "QUADRUPLE POWER!" Four streams of water shot out at each of the youkai. Just before the attack reached the hideous creatures, the streams came together and formed one large heart. The attack hit with such force that the ground shook. Then everything was still.
She walked up to the mother who was still clutching her child. "You'll be okay now. I just destroyed those hideous youkai. I hope your child grows up to be the best it can be," she said. "Don't worry, I'll help you up." Celestia offered the woman her hand. She stood up. There were tears streaming down her face, but she was smiling. "Thank you so much!" she exclaimed. "I was starting to think that I would lose my baby! How can I ever repay you?"
"You don't have to repay me. You're very welcome. The important thing is that your baby is safe," Celestia said. "Go. Live your life to the fullest. Be happy that you're alive. Always have hope." The woman fled. Celestia smiled in the direction she went. "Thank goodness they were alright," she thought with tears streaming down her face. She was proud to have saved two lives, those of a woman and her child. All of a sudden, she remembered Hiei. She ran over to where he lay, with Kurama kneeling over him, keeping watch. "Is he going to be alright?" she asked Kurama. "I'm not so sure. It almost seems that the more I try to help him, the more my energy is drained," he replied. "It's probably because it takes a lot of hard work to care for someone who is ill," Celestia said. "I have a feeling that that's not it. As soon as I rushed over to him, I started to feel tired all of a sudden. I still had a lot of energy left. That's what I thought, at least," Kurama answered.
Celestia thought deeply. "Hmmm. Maybe Hiei was hit by an attack from someone or something while he unleashed his dragon. Maybe, for some strange reason, they want to discourage people from helping him because their energy will be sapped. I'll take him home so I can analyze him with my minicomputer. Something like this could take a few days. Help me carry him, would you, Kurama?" They picked him up and set off. Once they got there, Celestia said, "Let's put him on the couch in the living room." Hiei was safely on the couch. "Kurama, may I have a moment? I'll meet you at the kitchen table." He left. She pulled out a stethoscope. "Oh, good. His heart's still beating. Still breathing, too. At least his life wasn't sucked out of him. But it seems his energy has," she observed. She put the stethoscope away, then got on her knees by the couch. "Hiei, can you hear me?" she inquired. He didn't even grunt. "Oh no. This isn't good," she thought. She began to cry. "Oh, Hiei, who could have done this to you? Don't worry. You'll be safe here with me." She took his hand as she continued to cry. After a few moments, she decided to go meet Kurama at the kitchen table. "Don't die on me, Hiei," Celestia said as she let go of his hand. She took one last look at him before she left the room.
Kurama was waiting for her at the kitchen table, just like she'd asked him to do earlier.