SailorStar9: Sorry about the long wait. I've been cracking my brains about Sailor Star's attacks. This is Chapter 2. Enjoy and read and review. BTW, Annabelle and Miyako aren't the only ones reincarnated from the Silver Millennium, Ken too. He was, and still is Miyako's lover. As for Annabelle, her soulmate will be someone quite unexpected. Just wait and see.

Words in italics refer to thoughts, mental conversations and flashbacks.

Disclaimers: Nothing here except Annabelle, belongs to me.

Chapter 2: Sailor Star reawakens and her very first battle

"Twilight Star Power, Make Up!" Miyako shouted, raising her henshinn key in the air.

A wind of stardust whirled under her, as a magic circle with a 16-pointed star appeared beneath her feet. She was levitated in the air, with the whirl of stardust turning into a tornado of glittering stars. Forming her fuku of silvery white, the star tornado finally settled in a long string of 5–pointed stars on her hair. Like Sailor Astral, the henshinn key extended into a staff with a 16-pointed star on its top. Her transformation complete, Sailor Star landed gracefully on the ground, the staff in her right hand.

Annabelle looked at her revived younger sister and smiled. Unlike the other planetary senshi, the stellar scouts did not have a tiara on their foreheads. The symbol of their respective constellations glowed on their foreheads instead.

The rest of the Digidestined watched in awe as Miyako transformed. Who would have known that the underdog of the team would have her moment to shine?

Hikari growled in jealousy at the new stellar scout.

"It isn't fair!" she exclaimed. "Why does SHE get to be the scout, and not me?"

"Fates has their way of working." Annabelle answered wisely.

Sailor Star looked at her new fuku and gave a mental smile. With determination in her eyes, the newly found senshi teleported to back to the Real World.

Gennai formed a viewing globe out of nowhere and said, "Let's see how she fares in her first battle, should we?"

Sailor Star found herself on a busy street, with people running away from something. Weaving through the crowd, Sailor Star soon found out why.

There, right in the middle of the road, was a youma gathering energy and storing them into an orb.

Sailor Star sprung into action.

Forming a bright star in her palm, she whirled around and tossed the star to the youma, shouting, "Star Glow!"

The youma was momentarily blinded for a moment, and the orb of energy was dropped, scattering to the ground. The energies were returned back to their respective owners.

Getting out a feral growl in frustration, the youma turned to face the one who had attacked.

"Who are you?" it questioned harshly.

"Descended from the night sky, I'm Sailor Star, the second scout of the stars. Youma, either be cleansed by the healing powers of the stars or be vanquished by their destructive powers." She announced, whirling her staff around herself and pointing it at the youma.

"Sailor Star?" the youma asked. "I've never heard of a stellar scout."

Sailor Star smirked, "Naturally, since both my sister and myself never pledged allegiance to Queen Serenity."

"Whatever." The youma muttered. "You're just another puny senshi that I can easily deal with.

Sailor Star raised her brow in amusement, "Oh really?" before reaching behind her and pulled the string of stars from her hair.

Flinging the string towards the youma like a whip, Sailor Star shouted, "Stellar Whip Encircle." Capturing the youma with the chain, Sailor Star wrapped the chain around the youma.

The youma struggled against the chain, only to be more entangled in it.

Sailor Star turn raised her staff in the air, the staff's orb glowing a silvery white.

"Stellar Annihilate!" she whispered.

A six-pointed star descended from the darkened sky and entrapped the youma within its confines. Microseconds later, a single pillar of energy made entirely of stellar energy descended upon the unfortunate youma.

The youma barely had time to scream when it was destroyed. The string of stars returned to its mistress's hair.

Sailor Star nodded at the star-dusted youma and using her staff, teleported back to Gennai's house.

"Wow." Was all everyone could say, when the youma was dusted in a bright pillar of light.

When Sailor Star returned, Hikari stormed in front of the younger scout and right before everybody's eyes slapped her hard.

Everyone gasped.

Taichi looked at his sister in shock.

Holding her cheek, the dehenshinned Sailor Star glared at the Child of Light.

Miyako was about to raise her hand to hit back, when Annabelle held her arm. Miyako turned to face her cousin, only to see the older female shaking her head.

"She isn't worth it, Miya-can." Annabelle advised.

Miyako looked down on the ground and relaxed. Annabelle let Miyako's arm go.

"Miya-chan was right." A small voice said.

Everyone turned to see who had spoken.

"You've really changed, Hikari." Iori said.

"And for the better." The brown-haired girl huffed.

"From that statement, it's quite obvious why Gatomon devolved." Annabelle stated seriously.

"Cousin Annabelle, when I was fighting that youma, I felt something familiar about him." Miyako informed the older scout.

Annabelle looked down at her, "You felt it too."

Miyako nodded.

"Wait, something familiar?" Koushiro asked, puzzled.

Annabelle nodded, "Other than say something, it's actually a someone. And that 'someone' is a person the Season Two Digidestined should be very familiar with." She added.

"Someone we should be very familiar with?" Daisuke questioned.

Annabelle nodded, "Backtrack, Season Two Digidestined, which one of the Daemon Corps did you not destroy?"

Ken gasped, "Daemon?"

Annabelle nodded.

"But we sent him to the Dark Ocean." Takeru argued.

"But he escaped." Annabelle pointed out.

"So, that means, we're battling again right?" Iori asked meekly.

Annabelle knelt down to Iori's level and shook her head. "No, Child of Knowledge and Honesty. The only ones battling will be Miyako and me. And knowing Daemon, once all his youmas are destroyed, he will come out of hiding."

"Cousin Annabelle, does that mean we have to…" Miyako asked the older female.

Annabelle nodded, "If worse come to worse, we might have to."

"The Zodiac Crystal, you mean." Gennai inquired

Annabelle nodded, "Yes."

"The Andromeda Crystal is with me." Miyako added.

"The Orion Crystal is within my broach as well." Annabelle replied. "When the two crystals are merged, the Zodiac Crystal will be formed. Hopefully, with the Crystal of the Stars, Daemon will be destroyed once and for all."

"Isn't anything we can do?" Jyou inquired, worried.

"Back us up in the final showdown." Annabelle told him. "Other than that, you can do nothing."

Koushiro was skeptical, "With our digimons?"

"In a way, yes." Annabelle replied mysteriously.

Koushiro was puzzled, "I don't think I'm following."

"With the combined powers of Azulongmon, Hugelmon, Ebonwumon, Baihumon and the Zodiac Crystal, your digimons will be able to wrap-evolve into their mega forms." Annabelle explained.

"Even me?" Salamon asked meekly.

Annabelle answered, "That will depend very much on your human partner. Should she continue with how she is, I'm afraid no power in the world will be able to let you evolve even to Gatomon."

"Well, I've done enough of 'Digi-world protecting'." Hikari replied. "So, I guess I'll just sit out of this."

Annabelle let out a dejected sigh, "Then, in that case, we'll never get to see Magnadramon."

"Magnadramon?" everyone shouted at once.

Annabelle nodded, "That's Salamon's mega form. Biyomon's is Hououmon. Tentomon's is Herculeskabuterimon, Marine Angemon is Gomamon's mega, and Angemon's mega form is Serphymon. Palmon's is Rosemon, Veemon's is Imperialdramon, Armadimon's is Vikmon, Wormmon's is GranKuwagumon, and Hawkmon's is Valkriemon. Of course everyone knows Agumon's is Wargreymon and Gabumon's is Metalgarurumon." She recited.

"Wow." Was all Koushiro could say was he took in the extra information.

Gennai cleared his throat, "As Annabelle and Miyako mentioned, Daemon has escaped from the Dark Ocean. So, as this point, there is nothing we can do, except to pray that Daemon doesn't attack too soon."

"He shouldn't be, considering that he still needs time to regain his powers of darkness." Annabelle added.

Miyako nodded in agreement, "He's only using his minions to stall for time. But once he regains his full powers, he'll launch a full-fledged assault."

Annabelle nodded, "Miya is right. Once Daemon fully regains his powers, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Stellar senshi, you have a transmission from Azulongmon." Gennai informed the two females.

" Connect us, Gennai." Annabelle requested.

The said Digiworld guardian nodded and brought the hologram on.

" Ah, Sailor Astral, it's been quite a while." Azulongmon said.

Annabelle had to smile at that, "Way too long it seems."

" And your little sister's been awaken." Ebonwumon said, coming between Azulongmon.

Annabelle rolled her eyes at the turtle mega.

" I assume Hugelmon and Baihumon are with you." Miyako inquired.

"Actually those two are at their respective posts." Ebonwumon answered.

"And shouldn't you be at yours too?" Annabelle questioned.

The turtle mega hid a blush and disappeared out of sight.

Annabelle hid a smirk.

Azulongmon sighed in relief, "Thanks a lot, Sailor Astral, he was bugging me for a while there."

"No problem." Annabelle's smirk grew wider.

"Ah, Digidestined, it's good to see you once again." Azulongmon greeted the assembled children.

" It's been a long while, Azulongmon-sama." Jyou greeted the mega Dragon Digimon.

" Yes, it has, Chosen Child of Honesty." Azulongmon agreed.

Turning to the two senshi, Azulongmon said, "We must discuss the fore-coming battle, stellar senshi."

The two females looked at each other and nodded. Azulongmon teleported them away from the group.

"Stellar senshi, welcome to my humble borne." Azulongmon commented, once the two scouts appeared in front of him.

Annabelle bowed at the mega digimon, while Miyako just stood still, in awe.

" Do not need to be afraid, young one." Azulongmon told Miyako in a fatherly voice.

Miyako nodded and relaxed after a moment.

The trio went forward to a crystal orb, where they further discussed their plans.

Blinking at the shimmering dust after the two stellar senshi had left, Jyou asked, "So what do we do now?"

"We wait." Gennai answered.

Both Digidestined from Season One and Two nodded.

Minutes later, the two senshi reappeared in front of them, both with grim, but determined expressions on their faces.

Turning to Miyako, Annabelle said, "This is it."

Miyako nodded.

Meanwhile, somewhere in a dark corner of the Digimon World, Daemon cursed. He had used up quite a lot of his magic creating those two minions, only to have them easily destroyed by the two stellar senshi.

He knew how formidable they were, for they took their powers from the stellar bodies of the entire Universe. And thus, their powers were seemly unlimited, for when a star was gone, another would be born to take its place. And coupled with the Andromeda and Orion Crystals, taking down the two senshi would be difficult, given his current state.

Then, Koushirou asked, "Wait, if the Andromeda and Orion Crystals are that powerful, then why not use them to take on the youma with one blast?"

Annabelle answered, "That's because, the both of us draw our powers from the stellar bodies in the entire Universe. Our attacks tap only an insignificant amount of energy from each star. However, with the use of both the Andromeda and Orion Crystals, we draw much more energy from the stars, and thus shortening their life-span."

Koushirou nodded in understanding.

Gennai cleared his throat, "Now that this problem has been cleared, I strongly suggest that all of you go back to the real world. There is no telling what will happen if you stayed too long."

The group nodded and departed through on the portal they came from. Annabelle, on the other hand, exited through the gateway she came from.

Moments later, Annabelle landed on the floor of her apartment. Looking outside the window, she noticed that dusk had fallen.

Taking a deep breath, she pushed herself up and went to the kitchen for some dinner.

Meanwhile, the Digidestined had landed in a pile in the computer room of Odiaba Middle School. Unfortunately, it was the second season Digidestined at the bottom of the dog-pile.

Mimi had already gone back through the American gateway.

Groaning, the first season Digidestined quickly removed themselves, allowing the Season Two Digidestined to get up.

Getting up, Miyako dusted herself and turned around, looking for bruises. Sighing in relief that she found none, she then asked the rest, "Everyone alright?"

Grunts and nods came from everyone else.

Hikari scoffed, "Of course you'll be alright, star-girl."

Miyako glared at her, "Look, I'm only fulfilling what Destiny wanted me to do. If you're unhappy about it, then take it up to Kami-sama and the Fates."

Hikari's glare deepened and before anyone knows it, she stormed off.

"Kari, matte!" Daisuke ran after her.

"The hopeless love-sick puppy." Sora muttered, shaking her head.

Miyako blinked in puzzlement at the back of her former best friend, "I don't get it. Why does she hate me so much?" She asked.

The boys looked at each other and shrugged.

Sora stepped in.

"Okay boys, get out of here. Miya-chan and I are going to have a little girl-talk." She announced, effectively shooing the male Digidestined off.

With all distractions gone, Sora had Miyako seated on one of the chairs. Then, she started to explain.

"You see Miyako, this all about jealousy." Sora began.

"Jealousy? Kari is jealous about me?" Miyako exclaimed incredulously.

Sora nodded.

"But why?" Miyako pressed.

"Look, from what I hear from Taichi, Hikari has been the dubbed 'school belle' ever since fifth grade. Now, you, the 'computer nerd', come in and takes her place as 'school belle'." Sora explained patiently.

"How do you think she would feel?" Sora asked gently.

"Very angry and jealous." Miyako answered, finally understanding.

Sora nodded.

"Not only that, from what we've witnessed today, it would seem that Hikari wants those magic powers very much." Sora added.

Miyako sighed, "I've no idea Kari changed this much."

"People do change, Miya-chan, over time." Sora added wisely.

Miyako smiled gratefully at the older girl, "Arigato Sora."

The older girl smiled and stood up, "Don't mention it, Miya-chan. I'm just glad to be of help."

Back with Hikari and Daisuke, Hikari had finally stopped at a bench in a nearby park. Minutes later, Daisuke caught up with her.

"It's so unfair, Daisuke!" Hikari whined.

"What isn't fair?" he asked, not knowing what she was referring to.

"Inoue's new powers! If anything, they should go to me, the most popular girl in the entire middle school!" Hikari exclaimed.

Daisuke was silent. He was still shell-shocked about the revelation of magical powers.

"Why, why, why???" Hikari belated repeatedly.

Blocking off Hikari's laments, Daisuke's mind wandered off.

"Maybe, I can get rid of Inoue, then her powers will come to me." Hikari muttered to herself. (A/N: A little power-obsessed, I see.)

Turning back to the distracted Daisuke, she screamed, "Are you listening?"

Daisuke nodded absently.

"So, what do you think of my plan?" she asked him, sickenly sweet.

Daisuke blinked innocently, "What plan?'

Hikari looked at him in silent anger, she knew he wasn't listening at all!

"My plan to get rid of Inoue!" She exclaimed. "She has no right to be the 'school belle' and to be Sailor Star. It should be me, me, me!" she lamented.

"Get rid of Miyako?" Daisuke asked questionably.

Hikari nodded vigorously.

"Will you help me or not?" she finally asked.

"Err…" Daisuke's answer trailed for a while.

Noting his indecision, Hikari screamed, "Fine! If you don't want to help me, I'll find Takeru! I'm sure he'll help!"

With that she stormed off, leaving a bewildered Daisuke behind.

Almost three hours later, Hikari had stomped out of Takeru's apartment block. Obviously, the blonde boy had rejected her.

Back in her room, Hikari was silently seething in pure jealousy.

I deserve to be Sailor Star so much more than Inoue does. She growled mentally.

You certainly do, a hollow sounding voice suddenly agreed in her mind.

Hikari spun around; her rage replaced by fear at the thought of someone eavesdropping on her private thoughts. There was no one with her. Her room was completely empty save for her. She blinked a few times in confusion.

Don't bother trying to find me, Child of Light, I am nowhere near right now, the voice informed.

Am I going insane?

The voice chuckled. Not yet.

Who are you?

The voice sounded surprised. You seemed to have forgotten me, Child of Light. Or rather the former Child of Light, since you're slowly tainted with darkness.

Daemon?

The voice chuckled lowly. Good, now you remember.

What do you want? Hikari asked, fearfully.

Right now, Child of Light, I'm a friend. I find your anger and obsessive nature quite fascinating. I would like to help you.

Why?

Again, Daemon chuckled. You could say I am regarded as the patron saint of the rejected. You want to be Sailor Star but Sailor Astral rejects you because of the Child of Love and Sincerity.

Hai.

Then remove the Child of Love and Sincerity.

Remove?

Permanently.

How do I do that?

Just do exactly as I tell you and you'll receive exactly what you deserve.

SailorStar9: Uh oh. Daemon appears to Hikari with an offer she can't resist. Should Hikari accept Daemon's offer to rid Miyako permanently or not? Vote people!