A miracle has occurred throughout the galaxy. Every world ravaged by Sailor Galaxia has been reborn, including the Kinmoku star… and its four most fabled citizens. Manga canon. Written for the 25th Anniversary of the Stars story arc!

Rated: T - Romance/Spiritual - Words: 1,124 - K. Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter, K. Taiki/Sailor Star Maker, K. Yaten/Sailor Star Healer, Princess Kakyuu/Sailor Kakyuu

A/N: Many thanks to Moon for beta reading this fic for me. Please check out their wonderful work under the Ao3 username CreamMoon.

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I also owe an IMMENSE amount of gratitude to Manga-chan for helping me research and practically giving me ideas for this fic. She is an utter star in her own right and you should all check out her work (especially Future Reunion). Please read her stuff on Ao3 under the name Mangaka_chan.

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Also thanks to nnie for poetry suggestions.

Like shooting stars, four glittering crystals zoomed across the sky and came to hover several feet above the top steps of the Tankei palace. In a flash of light, a quartet of Sailor Senshi stood in the space where the crystals once occupied.

Sailor Star Maker blinked, almost as if awaking from a particularly deep sleep. However, it didn't take long for her to piece together the reality of the situation. Nevertheless, the rationale science of what was unfolding gave way to something deeper, something far more moving. Something no words of her own could ever describe. Fortunately, she had read the words of another on Earth that did:

"Hope" is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

"Tch. You're so melodramatic," said Sailor Star Healer, nudging Maker gently.

She still remembered the people screaming. The buildings crumbling. The images were etched onto her mind forever. But now she wished dearly she had a camera to capture the citizens of Kinmoku blinking back into existence, of their homes sprouting back up like rapid growing trees. With her posing at the centre of each picture of course.

From the top of the steps, the four of them had a perfect view of the scenes of life and celebration breaking out across the city, and no doubt the whole star. And yet, Sailor Star Fighter was not paying attention to them. Nor was his princess. She had instead retreated into the crimson coloured palace, scanning the faces of the palace servants and urgently questioning whichever ones could spare her a moment

Fighter knew all too well who her princess sought.

She let out a small sigh and, almost mechanically, she retrieved one of the Kinmoku cards from her uniform and gazed upon the image at its centre. A handsome dark haired man and a beautiful blonde, bun-headed girl were gazing into one another's eyes, their fingers intertwined.

With another (noticeably deeper) sigh Fighter slinked away. Trusting Maker, Healer and the palace guards to protect the princess for an hour or so, she donned a disguise that had become akin to a second skin for her. As she had expected, the jubilant citizens swapped wild and excited stories about the princess and the Sailor Starlights saving them all. And as she had hoped, not one of them was interested in bothering the innocuous, slightly heartbroken, high school student making his way down the street.

She let out a tiny huff of laughter. "Well… at least I have plenty of inspiration for my next song."

In desperation Sailor Kakyȗ entered the fiery red room that was her chambers. To her dismay they were vacant and she made to leave, faltering as she was drawn in by the familiar, olive scent.

Scanning across the room her eyes fell upon the incense burner resting upon her dresser. She approached it slowly, almost more surprised that it was back here than she or her people were.

Kakyȗ took a moment to inhale the aroma, the wonderful smell casting her mind back to a tiny, brave little warrior with the kindest of blue eyes. She took out one of her Kinmoku cards and tried to summon the little fuschia haired girl's image.

For an instant she saw, not a toddler, but an adult woman with two long white pigtails that were topped by heart-shaped buns. Then the image went blank. She tried again, but this time saw a younger woman with golden blonde hair and rounder pigtails surrounded by bright light. She was nude and sported beautiful white feather wings from her back.

Kakyȗ rallied herself for a third attempt to see the girl, but found her own mind curiously blank. It was as if the girl's face, hair, everything about her was suddenly blurred and fuzzy. At the sound of footsteps behind her though, she forgot all about the little girl.

"Kakyȗ?"

She let out a sob and dropped the card, quickly forgotten next to the incense burner. As she moved across the chamber floor her Senshi uniform dematerialized, replaced instead by her royal robes. She and her dearest beloved embraced tightly, as if unbelieving that this was really happening.

"I didn't dare hope, I didn't dare believe…" he whispered, "... that we would be reborn together."

Princess Kakyȗ pondered for a moment.

"Nor did I. Not until the very very end. When someone gave me hope."

Upon the dresser behind her, the once blank card now displayed the image of Sailor Kinmoku cradled in the arms of a fellow Senshi. A fellow Senshi with long blonde pigtails topped with round buns, the kindest of blue eyes and a brave little smile upon her face.

A/N: Written for the 25th Anniversary of the Sailor Starlights and Princess Kakyȗ

So, whilst my very first Anniversary Anthology story (The Message) was intended to be mixed manga/anime canon I confess I always considered it more anime canon and so I wrote this as a companion piece to it, bookending the publication of the Stars arc. There are more manga Stars centric fics to come across this week. Had I considered dedicating manga canon fics to all the characters I would have released these fics earlier in the year so releasing them on/around the anniversary of the END of the arc will have to do I am afraid.

Although this specific story is perhaps the shortest of these fics to come in the following days, it was ironically the one I dreaded and put off writing the most. And funnily enough, what finally made everything click was going back to my initial idea in the first place after going way bigger.

Come back tomorrow for 'Shadows of Galaxia'.

Also just to let you know I am involved in a discord called 'Moonlight Legends' which is dedicated to sharing all sorts of Sailor Moon fanworks, including other fanfics. If you would like to join so you can share your own work, get help with your current projects or just connect to other fan creators shoot me a PM and I'll send you an invite. All are welcome!