"So, the Starlights come in search of their beloved princess."
"Starlights?" Ha-desu said in question. "Who are these senshi?"
"We are the Sailor Starlights," said the black-haired one. "I am Sailor Star Fighter!
"I," said the silver-haired one, "I am Sailor Star Healer!"
"And I," said the brown-haired one, "I am Sailor Star Maker!"
The fourth was far different from the other three. She had silvery-pink hair in ponytails. She wore a teal skirt with a magenta belt. Her collar was silver with a teal bow and a magenta brooch shaped like a four-point star. She had green boots that pointed at her knee with a magenta stripe at the top. Is a voice much less harsh than the other three she said, "I am Sailor Star Prism, the shadow of the princess you kidnaped from our planet."
Chronos chuckled. "I didn't know her shadow would be a Sailor Senshi," he said. "My mistake, I suppose."
"Your mistake was attacking our princess in the first place," Star Fighter said.
"You second mistake was kidnaping her," Star Maker said.
"Care to make anymore mistakes?" Star Healer asked.
Chronos smiled. "Why not? I don't seem to learn from them." He stretched out his arm toward the sailor senshi trapped in the black energy cage.
A beam of violet light shot at them. "No!" Star Prism shouted as she leapt at the beam. An orb of some sort in a five-point star frame appeared in her hands. She threw the star at the beam, but it was too late. The beam had already made its way to the weak senshi who couldn't avoid it. Only one senshi was truly in the path. Sailor Keeper Mars screamed as the beam struck her. The light of the beam engulfed her, blinding everyone else. Suddenly, her scream was cut. Everyone watched in silence at the light turned red and disappeared into the sky in a stream of fire. Where Mars had been now lay Sukotto, panting in exhaustion.
The senshi looked back at Chronos, how stared at Sukotto, dumbfounded. The Starlights seized the opportunity to strike. Sailor Star Fighter held up a star with blinking lights and yelled, "Star Serious Laser!" A yellow beam shot from the star and hit Chronos square in his side.
Sailor Star Prism turned to the group and pointed her star-framed orb at Ha-desu. "Star Crushing Wave!" A beam of light shot from the orb and traveled in waves at Ha-desu, striking her chest. She flew backward, but disappeared before hitting the wall of the Animal Shelter building. Chronos followed, disappearing as well. The three starlights leapt from the roof and joined Star Prism as the black energy cage disappeared. Star Healer Picked up Pluto's staff and looked at the orb. It's glowing lessened until is was dull again. The keepers stood as their faded colors and their strength returned. Jupiter and Saturn helped Sukotto onto his feet. "It seems you may have gotten lucky," Sailor Star Fighter said.
"Lucky?" Sukotto asked. "How so?"
"Well, most who are hit with that attack are split into two different beings," Star Healer said. "Their real self is one being, and the other being is their alter ego, or their shadow."
"How do you know?" Venus asked demandingly. "Where are you from? Who are you and why did Chronos refer to you as 'The Starlights?'"
"They are the Sailor Star Lights from the planet Kimoku," Earth said. "I haven't met this generation, but I met a far previous generation in the past."
"We are here in search of our princess, Princess Kakayu," Star Fighter said. "We know Chronos because he attacked our princess with his 'separating' attack."
"I was the result," Star Prism said softly. The Starlights nodded.
"So now that we've met you're going to help us, right?" Pluto asked. Star Healer scoffed.
"We are only interested in rescuing our princess," Star Maker said.
"But your enemy is our enemy," Saturn said. "Wouldn't it be better if we teamed up?"
"Don't bother," Mercury said irritably. "They think we're inexperienced, bothersome, and that we'll just get in the way."
"How do you know that, Mercury?" Star Healer said sarcastically.
"I have a high ESP level," Mercury said, getting into Healer's face. "I am able to read thoughts, predict likely possibilities of the future, and see well into the past. You," she said, pushing Healer's nose with her finger, "Think we are nothing more than amateurs who would jeopardize everything."
"Well, it isn't my fault that it's the truth," Healer said calmly. "You're all obviously inexperienced enough to have your weapons used against you," she said, looking at Pluto, "And you're getting in our way. Face it, you're hopeless."
Mercury glared evilly at Healer. "Say that again," she growled.
"No don't!" Venus shouted.
"You... are... hopeless," Healer said, emphasizing each word.
"Hail Storm!" Mercury shouted, shoving her hands into Healer's stomach. The hail that formed shot from Mercury's hands and drove into Healer's stomach, sending her flying to the roof.
Almost instantly Star Fighter shouted, "Star Serious Laser!" She sent her attack at Mercury, but Venus stepped in and reflected it with her mirror, sending it straight back at Fighter. Fighter was flung back. Maker charged forward, her fists balled up. Jupiter stepped in and tackled Maker. The two of them rolled into nearby bushes. The sounds of a struggle from both senshi erupted. As Saturn and Pluto ran to stop the fight, screams arose. A bright streak of light struck in between them, throwing them away from each other.
"Doesn't this remind you of how we were to the other senshi?" asked a voice.
"Indeed it does," said a second, more gentle voice. From the bushes where Maker and Jupiter had fought stepped two Sailor Senshi. One held a jewel-encrusted sword while the lady one held a mirror. The mirror had the sign of Neptune on it.
"Sailor Neptune!" Pluto exclaimed.
"Sailor Uranus!" Saturn said. "You two finally showed up."
"Just in time, too," Neptune said. "Those two could have killed each other." She looked over at Jupiter, and then at Star Maker. Between the two, it was hard to tell who had received the most blows. Just then Star Maker stood and jumped to the roof where Star Prism held Star Fighter. Maker picked up Star Healer and the two jumped away, disappearing in an instant.
"What were you thinking, Hezaa?" Morii asked as she scolded Hezaa. "We need them on our side, not against us!"
"It wasn't just Hezaa," Kendora said. "I attacked Star Fighter."
"In defense for Hezaa," Amanda said, trying to support her leader.
"Which wouldn't have happened if Hezaa hadn't done anything in the first place," Humetsu said. Arissa hissed as Kiki applied rubbing alcohol to a burn from Sailor Uranus' attack. "Then Arissa wouldn't have gotten in a brawl with Sailor Star Maker," Humetsu added.
"Which is still impressive," Sukotto said. "I never thought you'd do something like that."
"Especially not for Kendora," Jakku said.
"We may not be on the best of terms," Arissa said, "But we're both Sailor Senshi and we're suppose to look out for one another."
"It should apply for the Sailor Starlights, too," Kaiou Michiru added. "They are Sailor Senshi, just the same. You need to respect them."
"But Star Healer doesn't respect up!" Hezaa protested. "I heard her thoughts!"
"Yes, and only you," Tenou Haruka said. "She kept those thoughts to herself. It isn't her fault that you can read thoughts." Hezaa looked away in thought. "Besides, we know that we can trust them. They were our allies in the past."
"Do you think they are under the same disguises?" Michiru asked in an amused tone.
"I can't say," Haruka said.
"What disguises?" Kiki asked.
"The last time they were here was because their princess fled to Earth after being attacked," Michiru explained. "To search for her, they sang a certain song at their concerts under the disguise of a boy band called 'The Three Lights.'"
"'The Three Lights' were actually girls?" Amanda asked.
"They were always girls, but they had a strong disguise ability," Haruka said. "We never found out the whole story behind it."
"So this means we'll have to work with them, doesn't it?" Kendora asked. Haruka and Michiru nodded. Hezaa groaned.
"Well, there are three good things about this," Sukotto said. "One is that they know a lot about the enemy. Two is that they are really strong. Three is that this incident brought out the brute in Arissa." Everyone but Hezaa and Kendora laughed.