"Ahurodite, your attack was fruitless," said the aggravated General Zeusu. Zeusu and Ha-desu were waiting for Ahurodite when she returned.
"It wasn't completely fruitless," Ashi said in Ahurodite's defense. "After all, she did discover that the powers of Venus weren't still in Aino Minako's body. Plus, she has also flushed Sailor Keeper Mercury out of hiding."
"We should forget about looking for Venus for a moment," Ha-desu said. "We have matched the faces of Sailors Mercury and Jupiter to names. Sailor Mercury is Hanagoorino Hezaa and Sailor Jupiter is Akikusano Arissa."
"I shall handle Sailor Jupiter," Zeusu said. "She won't be difficult."
"Herumesu is already searching for Sailor Mercury," Ashi said. "I've taken it upon myself to search for the identity of Sailor Mars."
"I am keeping my eyes open for the keepers of the outer senshi," said Ha-desu. "I believe two have come with in reach of the other keepers, but only time will tell."
"I'll keep looking for Venus," mumbled Ahurodite. The other generals laughed as they disappeared. "Laugh all you want, but I will find Venus."
"I won the meet, sis!" Keitii whispered into her sleeping sister's ear. In was the afternoon of Kaikouno Kendora's third day in the hospital. Her only sibling, 14 year old Kaikouno Keitii, had come to pay her a visit. "Not only that," Keitii continued, "But I won it in your name! You were in my mind the entire time! I won my first meet in your name sis! Won't you wake up now?" Kendora didn't stir. Keitii sighed. Then, she perked up.
"Oh! You home room made gifts for you! Here's a card from Hezaa, a doll from Mei, a clay bowl from Jibeta, and look what Ahurodite sent!" Keitii pulled from the large gift bag a gold locket. "Ahurodite fixed it for you! It opens now, and she got the picture to fit in." Keitii gently opened up the heart-shaped locket and peered inside. On the left side was a mirror shaped like a heart. On the other side was a small picture of Kendora, Keitii, and their parents. Keitii smiled and closed it, setting it inside the small bowl. She set the locket on the Chinese symbol for goodwill that was painted on the bottom of the bowl. "I have to go home now," Keitii said as she stood up. "I hope you wake up soon." Keitii bent down and left a light kiss on Kendora's forehead. She smoothed Kendora's waist-length, golden blond hair before turning and leaving.
As Keitii entered the elevator, nurses and doctors began scrambling around. "We have an emergency!" someone said over the PA. "All available staff to the emergency rooms immediately. Keitii looked on sadly as the elevator doors shut.
"Of all the rotten luck," Morii grumbled as she snuck down the crowded halls. With doctors and nurses running about the halls like chickens with their heads cut off, Morii had a more difficult time getting down to Kendora's room than ever. Then, a nurse came up to Morii's hiding place. The nurse was rolling the cart in the direction of Kendora's room. "Such good luck!" Morii thought happily. As the cart passed by, Morii jumped on carefully. The nurse was obviously in too much of a hurry to notice the sudden weight that the cart had acquired, because she kept rolling along. "I'll be there in no time. After all, no pet should go too long with visiting her owner."
"Of all the rotten luck," muttered Ahurodite. She now stood in a hospital room. Its occupant was a girl from her school who had collapsed at a track meet. That girl was Kaikouno Kendora. "I should have seen it as soon as I found out," Ahurodite mumbled as she watched Kendora sleep. "You collapsed at the same time that I took Sailor Venus' powers. All of this time, I never realized it, never even considered it." Voices and shouting in the hallway became loud again. Ahurodite slid behind a wall that blocked her from the sight of the door. The voices subsided. Ahurodite was about to sigh, when another voice arose.
"It's chaotic out there," the voice said. "I see Keitii has already been to visit. That is good." Ahurodite peeked around the corner. There was a dog in the room now. Ahurodite recognized it as the dog that followed Kendora and her sister, Keitii, to school every morning.
"That's our dog," Keitii had said one day. "Her name's Morii. She's technically Kendora's dog, but we treat her as the family dog."
"I'm so sorry that I haven't visited," the dog said, much to Ahurodite's horror. "I've been busy with the keepers. They are such a handful."
"Keepers?" questioned Ahurodite as she stepped away from her wall. Morii looked up in shock.
"General Ahurodite!" Morii shouted. She jumped in between the bed and Ahurodite. Ahurodite just chuckled.
"What a coincidence," Ahurodite mused. "A guardian of the keepers, here visiting her owner. How touching."
"What are you doing here, Ahurodite?" Morii growled.
"Why, I'm hunting down the keeper of Venus," Ahurodite answered.
Morii looked at Ahurodite in a confused manner, but a sudden look of horror crossed her face as she glanced back at the bed where Kendora lay. "You think- You think my owner is a keeper!" Morii shouted, looking back at Ahurodite.
Ahurodite nodded. "That's exactly what I think," she said. "And I am here to exterminate her!" Ahurodite pointed a finger at Kendora and shot a beam of light. Morii jumped up and took the beam to her side. Morii landed hard on Kendora's stomach. "How touching," Ahurodite laughed.
Suddenly, Kendora began to stir. Ahurodite looked on. Kendora looked at the heavy lump on her stomach and gasped. "Morii!" she shouted shrilly. She rolled out from under Morii and stood up, gently shaking the dog. "Morii, what happened! Oh, what happened to you!"
"You are in a hospital," Ahurodite said. Kendora turned and looked.
"Ahurodite! What am I doing in a hospital?" Kendora asked.
"You collapsed in the middle of the 200 meter sprint," Ahurodite explained. "You've been unconscious for three days now. When you collapsed, you received a gift of sorts. You are a sailor senshi, the keeper of Venus." Kendora looked at Ahurodite in confusion. "I am here to destroy you, for you are my enemy."
"What!" Kendora screamed as Ahurodite raised her hand to her. A wide ray of beams shot out at Kendora, throwing her against her bed stand. All of the gifts fell onto her floor and bed. The clay bowl fell onto her head, tumbling then into her lap. Kendora looked down at the upside-down bowl and turned it right-side up. Laying in her lap was her locket, and it was glowing.
"No..." Ahurodite whispered.
"Yes," said Morii weakly as she rolled over onto her feet. "Kendora, take the necklace and yell Venus Keeper Power, Make-Up!" Kendora froze. "Do it now!"
Kendora held the locket to her chest and cried, "Venus Keeper Power, Make-Up!" Ahurodite shouted as Kendora was swallowed by a bright light. In moments, Sailor Venus appeared as the light diminished. Kendora's locket was now fastened to a pink bow on her chest. The bow was attached to an orange sailor collar that had two white stripes. Around her waist was a pink belt that connected an orange skit to a white body suit. Her feet were dressed in orange lace-up boots that reached her knees. Her hands had white wrist-length gloves with no fingertips. At the end of her gloves where single orange bands. On her forehead was the sign of Venus, glowing orange.
"I knew it!" Ahurodite shouted. The new keeper, Sailor Keeper Venus, looked up, staring at Morii and Ahurodite with wonder in her teal eyes.
Before anyone said a word, Ahurodite began to set another attack. "Get up!" Morii cried. Venus complied hastily. "Take off your locket that is attached to your bow!" Venus did so. The mirror half of the locket came off. It was larger than before, being about the size of her hand. "Reflect the bean of the attack with your mirror!" Venus didn't know exactly what Morii meant, but she held her mirror up, the reflecting side at Ahurodite, just as Ahurodite sent an attack. The attack was reflected. It his Ahurodite square in her jaw.
Venus clapped her hands to her mouth. "Oh my gosh!" Venus cried. "I hurt Ahurodite!"
"Ahurodite isn't your friend anymore!" Morii shouted weakly. "She is part of the enemy! She's attacking you and is wanting to kill you!" Venus looked at Morii in disbelief. "Now, reflect some light from that window at Ahurodite and shout Venus Lovely Beam!"
Venus nodded reluctantly and hastily positioned the mirror, shouting, "Venus Lovely Beam!" The little bit of light that hit the mirror suddenly increased in intensity. It drove into Ahurodite's stomach, knocking her into the far wall.
"Damn you," Ahurodite said. "Fixing that locket turns out to be my undoing," Ahurodite chuckled, glaring at Venus. "This isn't the end, Kendora. I know who you are under that Sailor uniform. I can attack you whenever I want!" With that, Ahurodite disappeared.
"Oh dear," Morii sighed as Venus went to her side. "She is right. She know's Mercury's identity, too. That general that attacked Jupiter knows her identity, too."
"Morii, what's going on?" Venus asked. She reached out and laid a hand on Morii's head. Venus instantly reverted back to Kendora.
Morii sighed wearily. "It will take a bit to explain, but basically, you are the new senshi of Venus. You are the leader of the Senshi, and at the moment, it would not be wise to tell the other senshi of your identity. Also at the moment, you'd better clean the room up before a nurse comes in."