"Hi, I was told by Hike to give you this."
"Please, please, come in. Come and sit down. Michiru, we have a visitor."
"Oh hello. I'm Michiru this is Haruka, how can we help you?"
"My name is Anira. I was told to give this note from Hike to Haruka."
"Did you read it?"
"No, but I know what�s on it. I was there when she wrote it."
Anira handed the note to Haruka, which she opened a read with Michiru.
Dear Haruka,
If your reading this, that means Anira is with you. Keep him safe.
He knows about the enemy and what there planning. Ask him what you will,
but do not ask him to reveal anything he doesn't wish to. Some answers
are better left seen, not said. I trust him and you should too. Take care,
Haruka.
Your friend,
Hike
P.S. My bike's in the Juuban High parking lot. Give it to Anira.
"So, you know about the enemy?" Haruka stated more then asked.
"Yes. I'll tell you what I know but I don't have the strength right now."
"Please, we have a spare bedroom upstairs. Hike wants you to stay here and we can do nothing less then respect her wishes."
"Thank you both. Hike and Sakue were good friends of mine too, even if they were Senchi."
"You know about them being Senchi?"
"Yes, and I know you two are as well."
Haruka and Michiru were frozen in fear of being discovered.
"Don't worry. I know your Senchi but which ones you are I wasn't told. You got a leg up on that."
"True, but how do you know Hike and Sakue?"
"That question going to open up a can of worms. Better if I tell you after a nap. I'm beat."
"Well, go ahead and lay down dinner will be ready as soon as Setsuna and Hotaru come back."
"Thanks. Well, YAWWWWWWN, I'm hitting the sack."
"I'll show you up."
Michiru lead Anira upstairs. Haruka held the note in her hand.
"Wherever you are Hike, I wish you were here to help us."
"Me too Haruka me too." Sun whispered from the trees outside.
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Rei sat quietly in front of her fire. Maybe, with Sakue gone, she could properly use her fire readings. She sat alone in front, called from the bottom of her heart for some fraction of a sign to what she should do.
"Rei."
Her eyes snapped open. She was shacking hard. Either she was hearing ghosts, or that really was Sakue.
"Rei, it's me." Sakue face appeared in the fire.
"Sakue, your alive!"
"Yes, I am. But I�m not here for a chit-chat. We may have an ally to our cause. The man who was seen killing us actually only knocked us into a coma state so we looked dead. When we awoke a few minutes later, he told us about his brother's plan. He's after Earth, but Sailor Moon may be able to save him. His brother believes he has a good heart. Help us save him, but keep this between us until it's time, we have to save my sister first."
"Okay. I won't tell."
Sakue disappeared.
"Oh man, this is confusing. Odori is Comet. Hike is Sun and Sakue is Polaris. Odori is the enemies pawn and Sakue and Hike are alive when everyone else thinks there dead. Okay, okay. I can work with this. Just don't slip. Oh man, why me?"
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Anira woke up and sat up. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the window. The shutters had been shut for him. He opened them and saw the city lights. The lights for the night city were hard to separate from the stars. It looked like the earth was a giant mirror for the stars. He had never seen something so beautiful.
"So, your awake."
He turned around and saw a small girl standing there. She had black hair and a black out fit on.
"Dinner's ready downstairs."
"Thank you, uh,"
"Hotaru."
"Hotaru, sorry."
"It's okay. So your Anira. Please to meet you. Haruka and Michiru told us you know about us and that Hike and Sakue sent you. Are you here to help us?"
"I'll help anyway I can. I owe Hike and Sakue."
"We really miss them. That guy who killed them will pay."
Anira sank his head.
"Oh I'm sorry if I upset you."
"No, It's not that. I know the one who killed them. He isn't evil. He's just... nevermind."
Hotaru decided not to push to subject and began to walk away, but then she stop with her back to him in the doorway.
"If he isn't evil, why did he kill them?"
She left without an answer from him.
"Because he didn't kill them." Anira said under his breath then walked out.
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Comet threw her Mach ring though the chest of a woman running from her. She fell and rolled on the ground. Her groceries she carried flew in front of her.
"Nice Comet. Now give me the soul stone and well leave."
"Why should I give you the soul stone? I have my mind free thanks to Procyon. You may control my fate but we are equals to Lord Sirius. I want to give this one to him."
"Equal?! You think you equal to the members of the brotherhood? Ha! I know better. You're a female, discussing things who hurt anything they touch."
"YOU BASTARD!"
Comet tried to pop him on but her hand froze mid-swing. Red and blue energy surrounded her arm, she tried to free her arm but the energy traveled around her body and froze her in place. Vega left his hand up and held a conch shell that was pulsing with the same energy surrounding Comet.
"So, you were saying?"
Comet looked at him in fear, not knowing what he was going to do next. He put the shell to his lips and began to play a tune. Comet struggled against the tune but it forced her to lower her arm. He removed the shell from his lips and grinned evilly at her.
"Now, hand me the soul stone."
Comet's hand with the soul stone came forward and held it out to him, the shell's energy still controlling her movements. Vega took the soul stone and the energy was released from Comet. She fell to the ground, panting.
"Good little dog."
Vega grit his teeth and kicked her under the chin, sending her backwards and knocking her out. He put the soul stone in his pocket and picked Comet up. He began to walk away and vanished in a flash of red and blue light. A young man in a white mask looked on and glared in hatred at the scene.