Back in the Darkstar Dimension, Aria was presenting Lord Darkstar with the Crystal Orbs she had stolen. A hissing noise echoed through the chamber as the light from the orbs glimmered faintly. "You have done well, Aria. I commend your efforts." Aria bowed low. "I live to please you my lord." Darkstar's red eyes flared up. He was drawing the orbs towards him. There was a flash of red light as he sucked the Crystal Orb's dry of all their power. When the light faded again, Damien, Lord of Darkstar stood where the red eyes had been. He was extremely pale with pitch-black hair that was slicked back. His eyes were red for only a brief instant, and then they were black as well. He wore a black tunic and a heavy black cloak. Taking a deep breath Damien laughed. "Ah! I feel the power of the Crystal Orbs flowing through my veins, flowing to the core of my being. I am whole again!" Laughing again Damien flung open his arms and a row of blue flames appeared in front of him. He flicked his wrists left and right and the flames formed a lighted pathway straight to his throne from the door. Aria stared in awe at all of this. "Lord Darkstar, what shall I do now?" Damien seemed to notice Aria for the first time. He swept down the stairs. "I never noticed how lovely you were before." Aria blushed. "Uh, thank you, Lord Darkstar." He touched her lips with his pale hand. "Call me Damien, please." Aria nodded dumbly. "Damien! Get your hands off her!" Rylie was there suddenly, pulling Aria away from the evil lord. Damien smiled, a cold unfeeling smile. "I forgot you two were lovers. Forgive me, brother." Rylie smiled. "That's quite alright as long as you never touch her lips again. That's my territory."  They all laughed, but the only one really laughing was Damien because Rylie and Aria both knew he'd try it again. Just then a white rose flew into their happy laugh-time. Rylie pushed Aria behind him and drew his sword. Damien stared at the rose and it withered, literally, in his gaze. "Evil doers! I have come for the Crystal Orbs so I might return them to their owners!" A figure dressed in immaculate white swept down. He was wearing an all white tuxedo, top hat and a mask. He carried a gold sword that gleamed with inner light. "Who are you, to intrude in this sanctuary of darkness?" Damien's face showed no emotion but slight amusement. Rylie snarled and crouched in battle position. "I am but a beam of light from the land of dreams. As I said before I have come for the stolen Crystal Orbs." Aria jumped out from behind Rylie, transformed into Black Moon now. " Too late! Lord Damien has already absorbed all their energy." The rose thrower showed no reaction, but glanced around for the shells of the Crystal Orbs. The orbs themselves were lying at the foot of Damien's immense throne, their light gone. He ran faster than the eye could see, scooped up the orbs and was gone again. "He had some nerve coming here. " Rylie said as he sheathed his sword. Black Moon turned to Damien. "Lord, will the fact that he stole the orbs interfere with our plans?" Damien was smiling darkly. "It might, if he knows what to do with them."

"Lea! Would you hurry it up? I've got a date tonight and I need to get ready!" Lee, the son of Mina, yelled while pounding on the bathroom door. The answer was light and happy. "Just a minute, Lee dear." Lee snorted and slumped against the wall near the door. "Right, 'just a minute' means twenty minutes at the least." He muttered, shoving a stray piece of blond hair out of his face. Then, the door opened and Lea emerged. She looked just like her mother only her blue eyes had some gray and she wore an orange bow in her hair. Throwing a pleased look at her twin, Lea flipped her long hair. "Done!" Lee growled and slammed the bathroom door behind him. "Well, someone missed their afternoon nap today!" Lea laughed at her own joke while jogging down the stairs. "Mom! Dad! I'm leaving!"  Mina rounded the corner, coming from the kitchen, holding a sauce-covered spoon. "Wait just a cotton picking minute, young lady. You're grounded, remember?" Lea looked thoroughly hurt. "But mother! Today is my last day of freedom before I have to endure a year of living with nine other girls in one room. Please, mother. I need this shopping day." Mina frowned, but looked like she was about to break down. As if on cue, Andrew (yes, the arcade Andrew married Mina after he and Rita broke up) entered the room. "Hello ladies. Mmmm! What smells so good?" He was totally ignored. "Lea, you were out past curfew last night doing who knows what with who knows who! I've obviously been too lenient on you and your brother so I'm not going to buckle this time." "Mom!" Lea's voice hit the whiney maximum. Andrew, seeing an easy way out of this whole thing as Lee walked casually past, grabbed his son and yanked him into the fray. "Hey! I've got a great idea! Lee, you go with Lea as her chaperone. That way she won't get into trouble and its still like being grounded." A silence of deep thought followed the revelation. "Dad! I have a date!" Lee groaned and squirmed out of his father's grasp. "Honey! What a great idea. Lee and Lea need some time to bond anyway. A trip to the Shopping Center should do the trick." Now Mina and Andrew were shoving the twins out the front door and down the sidewalk. Lee's slick car was gleaming in the street. "Mom! Dad!" They cried in unison. "Have a good time!" Their parents answered before galloping into the house. Lea grinned. "I win again, brother dear." She jumped into the passenger side door. Lee laughed as he got in the driver's side and started the car. "No Lea, I think mom and dad won this round." Defeated, Lea nodded sadly.

        Three hours and more then twenty stores later, the twins stopped to rest at a little sidewalk cafe. It was dark now and the stars glimmered overhead. Lee dropped his burden of bags and boxes before plopping into the chair. Lea smiled knowingly at her brother. "Aw! Poor baby! I'm exhausted too, ya know." Lee rolled his eyes. "Right. Trying on the same shoes in three different stores must be real hard on one's body." Lea nodded. "I'm totally hyped up about CTU, aren't you? I can't wait to get away from mom and dad for a whole year." "They're gonna come visit us, you know that don't you? And we have to go there for the holidays, too." Lea made a mock-sad face and sniveled. "Oh! You're so horrible to me, taking all the joy out of the one thing I've always wanted." Lee rolled his eyes again. This time something caught his attention at another table. A sad looking girl with shoulder length brown-blond hair stirring a cold looking coffee. "Beautiful." He breathed staring into her yellowy brown eyes. She looked up and locked gazes with him. She smiled and Lee smiled his most 'Hi, I'm too cute!' smile and stood up. He took a seat at the blonde's table. "Why hello there. I just couldn't help but notice you, a beautiful lady, sitting alone on such a lovely night." The blond giggled. "Yes, well, you seemed quite attentive to that other girl over there." She spoke with a heavy French accent. "That's my sister the Shopaholic." The girl laughed, a tinkling sound that filled the air. Lee held out his hand and gently took hers, kissing it lightly. "I am Lee, your knight in shining armor. I will rescue you from sadness and loneliness." Blushing slightly, the girl toyed with her hair. "My name is Jesse belle." "A lovely name for a lovely-HEY!" Lea had stormed up behind Li during his little speech and grabbed his ear. "I just hate to interrupt, but mom wanted us home ten minutes ago, Romeo." She dragged him away, but not before he could yell, "We'll meet again, lovely Jesse belle!" "I know we will!" Jessebelle called back, her eyes glinting strangely.

        Lea crossed her arms and tapped her foot while Lee hurried to gather the bags and boxes from the ground. "If I get home late because you and Frenchie over there were sharing a tender moment, I swear I'll tell everyone about your little friend, Mr. Teddy." Lee blanched and quickened his step. "Mr. Teddy is a secret, Lea and I know you wouldn't want all you friends to know about your eating problem." Lea froze mid-step. "Lee! You wouldn't!" "Utter a word about Mr. Teddy and everyone will know." They continued in silence, down the street, around a couple of corners and finally, the twins sighted Lee's car. "Thank goodness!" Lea grumbled, hurrying a little. But something stopped Lee from going on. "Lea!" He hissed. She turned and narrowed her eyes. "What is it?" "Did you hear that noise?" The street was quiet except for the far off sound of a pair of high-heeled shoes clicking towards them. Lea hurried back to Lee. "Someone's coming." Lea's voice quivered in a low, fear filled whisper. Lee tensed visibly as the walking grew louder. Suddenly, the walking sound stopped and a blast of dark energy threw them both into the nearby wall. Lea's screams filled the air and then stopped horribly quickly. "Well, well, well! Look who it is! The Venus twins." Sailor Black Venus stepped into the wreckage of the wall. "Tsk, tsk! I thought you'd put up a fight." She bent down and picked up Li. "Too bad I have to kill you. You're so unbearably cute." Black Venus cooed in a French accent. Then she formed a beam of black energy with her free hand and prepared to plunge it into Lee's chest. Lea's form hurled into Black Venus, throwing all three of them to the ground. "Back off, you bitch!" Lea screamed, rushing to see if Lee was okay. "Lee! You alright?" Lee opened his eyes and smiled crookedly. "Yeah, I'm fine." Lea blinked her tears away and smacked Lee on the arm. "You big jerk! You had me worried there for a minute." Another blast of energy interrupted them. Luckily, Black Venus was a horrible shot and she missed. "Who are you and what do you want?" Lee shouted while shakily standing. "I am Sailor Black Venus, the warrior of lust and misleading actions! In the name of Black Venus, I'll crush you and steal your Crystal Orbs!" "Crystal whats?" Lea blurted back. Black Venus scoffed at them. "Are you ignorant or what? Didn't you hear about the attack on Crystal Palace last Saturday? Your mother was there." Lee growled. "You were there too, only you were one of the ones who hurt the Royal family and their advisors." "Including mom!" Lea chimed in. Black Venus yawned. "Let's get this over with!"

Black Venus Love and Beauty Shock!

                The attack flew at them and in that split second their lives flashed before their eyes. Just then, a figure dressed in pink and red stepped in front of them and deflected the attack, calling,

Pink Crystal Storm!

          The pink crystals broke Black Venus' attack. Furious, Black Venus prepared to run at them, but she tripped over her own feet, falling. "You saved us!" Lea jumped up and clapped for their hero. Sailor Neo-Moon grinned. "That's my job. I'm Sailor Neo-Moon and you two need to get out of here now." Lee and Lea shook their heads in unison. "No way! We want to find out why that freak was after us."  Lee pointed at Black Venus, who was currently gathering energy again. "This time I'll get all of you!"

A black aura flared into life around her and her eyes went red.

 Darkstar Crystal Knife!

                Three knives of energy formed above her head and then flew at Neo-Moon, Lee and Lea. Neo-Moon dodged easily and swore under her breath realizing that neither of them could do the same. Their screams of pain sliced through her brain. "NO!" She screamed, turning just in time to see two Crystal Orbs forming above their falling bodies. Both of them had the symbol of Venus inside them. The Orb above Lea was orange with a yellow symbol and white wings. Lee's was a yellow orb with an orange symbol and white wings. Neo-Moon called to them. "Lee! Lea! You have to fight this! Reach out for the orbs above you and hurry!" Through all the orange and yellow light, the Moon Soldier saw the twins join hands and reach for the Orbs. Right before their hands met the Crystal Orbs, transformation pens that were the opposite color as the Orb itself appeared. Locking eyes, Lee and Lea grabbed the pens and, in unison, cried,

Venus Crystal Orb Power!

        Orange and yellow ribbons that had stars within them shot out of the twin Orbs. The star-ribbons criss crossed around both of them. Forming each part of their suits. Lea's bows were orange, her skirt and collar yellow, her brooch was her Crystal Orb of Venus, her heels (just like Sailor Venus') were yellow, her choker was orange with a yellow symbol of Venus on it and her tiara was gold with a yellow symbol of Venus on it. Lee's outfit (think full body suit including a belt) was a yellow suit with orange collar and sleeve cuffs. There was an orange symbol of Venus on the front of the suit and on the back of the yellow cape. The other side of the cape was orange. A gold bow and arrow set appeared for him too. They finished together and posed back to back.

        Black Venus kicked the ground and made obscene gestures at Neo-Moon and the new Venus warriors. "Sailor Neo-Venus and the Knight of Venus are here, so have no fear! Fighting in the name of love that's pure and true, we'll punish you!" They said this all in unison, so it sounded even more forbidding. "Alright! Reinforcements!" Sailor Neo-Moon ran to the new warriors winking at them. "Let's get her!" Neo-Venus cried. The Knight of Venus nodded, smiling. He launched his attack, accompanied by one of his arrows.

Venus Mega Love Chain Mummify!

        The arrow landed right in front of Black Venus, but then a group of orange chains, made of hearts, sprung from it. They mercilessly wrapped themselves around her. "Neo-Venus! Your turn!" He cried to his sister who jumped forward.

Venus Crescent Beam Gattling!

        A ball of yellow energy formed above her head and when she said 'Gattling!' orange and yellow beams of light shot at the trapped Black Venus. Screaming in agony, Black Venus collapsed. "Yes!" Neo-Moon cried. The Venus twins slapped each other a high-five. "Grr! I won't forget this!" In a glimmer of dark yellow light, she was gone. Sailor Neo-Moon laughed full out. "This is so cool! You guys are part of the Neo-Team, now." She closed her eyes suddenly and detransformed. "Princess?!" They said at the same time. Rini laughed again and nodded. "Just call me Rini because we're gonna be friends now." Thus, two stars joined the moon that night, glimmering above the crystal city.

                        When Black Venus arrived back in the Darkstar Dimension, Aria and the other Black Soldiers greeted her, angrily. "We saw the whole thing, you klutz!" Black Jupiter (the one with the ponytail) screamed. Aria narrowed her eyes and said nothing. Black Venus fell to the ground, her body ripped with wounds from the fierce attacks of the newly formed Neo-Team. "Back off, Eve!" Black Mercury, the Black Scout with the dark, dark blue hair, knelt beside Black Venus. Eve snorted. "She's still a wimp." Before walking away, she threw this insult over her shoulder. "She'll recover in time as long as she stays here." Black Mars said as she fixed her blood red hair. Aria smiled secretly. "You have all the time in this dimension to get her back in shape. But if I need her, she had better be ready. That goes for you three too." She teleported out of their chamber without another word.

                In Crystal Tokyo, Rini sat in her parents' study. They were giving her a pep talk about life at a boarding school. "Rini, we won't be able to visit you every weekend like all the other parents, but we promise to try." Endymion said. He was leaning forward in his chair, trying to see Rini's reaction to all this. Serenity was casually playing with a strand of her golden hair. Rini nodded and flashed her father a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Hey! I found out that I'll be rooming with Lea." This seemed to spark Serenity's interest. "Really? You'll have time to discuss Scout business." Rini shook her head. "Also, there's gonna be seven other girls rooming with us." "Oh. Well, at least you'll have Lea to relate to." Serenity smiled and tried to fight back her tears. "Serenity, don't start with that again." Endymion said in mock-annoyance. "I cannot help it. She's my baby and now she's going away." Rini stood up jumpily. "Whoa! Would you look at the time! I have got to get some sleep. See you both in the morning." And then she was gone.

        Hurrying down the hall, Rini glanced down at the communicator Amy had given her. It looked just like a wristwatch, but it had extra buttons. The red one on the side turned it into a communicator that would show a holographic image of whoever was sending the message. It was pretty cool! Rini pressed the red button and then the little yellow button. Lea's image appeared readily. "Hey Lea!" "Hey Rini! How'd it go with your parents?" "Well, mama cried and papa reminded me that they were too busy to visit, blah blah." Lea laughed. "Sounds pretty typical of those two." "Lea, did you and Lee tell your mom and dad about, well, you know." Lea shook her head. "No way! I'm waiting until tomorrow so they have to ask less questions." "Haha! Good plan." "I know. I've gotta get some sleep. See ya tomorrow!" "Bye." Lea's image fizzled out and the communicator returned to a watch. Rini smiled as a familiar, but long lost, feeling flooded her. 'I just made a new best friend.'