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"Welcome back princess," Mercury said with a smile when they arrived at the palace. "Do you need anything before we get to work?"

Mars and Venus had brought her in through a secret passage in the back of the palace so that no one would know she was back. The palace had also been cleared of all unnecessary personnel. After a lot of begging from Hoshi and Aiko, they were allowed to come along.

"No, I'm fine. Thank you," Mika said, looking closely at Mercury's face. If Mars was her mother and Aunt Minako was Sailor Venus, then she probably knew Sailor Mercury also. "Aunt Ami," she ventured.

Mercury smiled. "So you recognize me. I'm happy to see you're looking so well, princess."

Mika winced. "I wish everyone would stop calling me princess. My name is Mika."

"Then no more princess, sweetheart," Rei said. "Are you ready for this. If you're tired you can go nap or something."

Mika smiled at her mother. "I'm fine, Mom. I just want to get started. From what I've heard we don't have much time for me to learn this stuff."

Rei looked at her daughter proudly. After the initial shock, she had taken everything in stride and was willing to take on the strain that came with ruling. Mika was strong, independent, and intelligent. She would be a wonderful queen.

"Come this way Mika," Venus said. "Jupiter will be waiting for us in the training room."

The training room had been built into the palace at the request of the queen. She had wanted a place where they could all train without being spotted, so that their enemies could not spy on them. There were targets set up around the room, as well as other objects that could help with training.

"Welcome princess," Jupiter greeted her. "It's good to see you back. It's been too long."

Mars smiled. "It's nice to be back."

"I'm going to go with Aunt Makoto," Mika guessed. "And please don't call me princess."

"You are right and you're request is noted," Jupiter smiled. "I suppose before we start I should give you this." Jupiter pulled out the transformation broach that Serenity had used to become Sailor Moon. "This is yours now, Mika. Call out Moon Prism Power Make-up and this will transform you into the warrior Sailor Moon."

Mika took the broach and looked at it in awe. She had heard tales of Sailor Moon. Who hadn't? This felt like a dream or a nightmare. She couldn't decide which, but this certainly couldn't be real. This kind of stuff just didn't happen in real life. A small part of her still hoped that the senshi had made a mistake. She knew it wasn't likely, but she still hoped.

"I guess I should try it now. Moon Prism Power Make-up!" Mika cried. The next thing she knew she stood there in the uniform of Sailor Moon. "It worked," she whispered in shock.

Jupiter grinned at her. "Never a doubt."

"We should go through your attacks," Venus said. "Then we'll work on fighting techniques. The first one is called Moon Tiara Action. Mika take off your tiara, say that and throw it as hard as you can at that target there."

Mika removed her tiara and did as she was told. It cut the target in half. Mika was shocked and disturbed. Was the attack so powerful that it could do that?

Mars saw Mika's confusion. "Mika, the tiara is powerful, but it couldn't do that kind of damage to a living being. You'll see that many of your attacks involve purification. Those that can be purified will be, but those who can't be purified will be destroyed.

"I'm not sure I could kill someone," Mika said, her eyes distraught.

Rei sighed. How could she explain this to Mika who was the constant peace-maker? Much like Serenity, she hated conflict. Rei didn't doubt Mika's strength. When the time came, she knew Mika would do what it took to protect the innocents, but that didn't make fighting any easier. "Sweetheart, I know this is hard, but the people you attack mean harm to all the people of this kingdom. It is our duty to make sure that doesn't happen. The non-violent approach is always the first step, but if that doesn't work then there is no other choice."

Mika was still a little confused, but she accepted her adopted mother's reasoning. "Okay, what's next?"

"You're going to throw the tiara again, but this time you'll yell Moon Tiara Stardust. Aim at the figure over there," Jupiter answered, pointing to one of the fake enemies.

Mika responded and the tiara spun over the top of the dummy, sprinkling flakes of dust on it. "What did that do?"

"If that dummy had been controlled by an evil force it would have purified it," Mercury clarified. She had been watching Mika's throwing form and was pleased to see that it was quite good. The tiara would do some of the work based on the user's thoughts, but you still had to get it pretty close or it would attack the wrong thing. It was particularly difficult using the dummies because the tiara was drawn by evil forces and the dummies radiated nothing. "We should skip the Sailor Moon Kick for now. We can deal with that when we teach you to fight. I think you should try the disguise pen out now." Mercury handed over a pen shaped object to Mika. "Here are the disguise pen and the Crescent Moon Wand, Mika. The disguise pen you'll be able to use right away, but you'll need more training before you can use the Crescent Moon Wand."

Mika was exhausted. It had been a long day and these moves used a lot of energy, but she was determined not to mention it to the senshi. She had to be able to do this. Too many people were relying on her and she wouldn't let them down. "So let's get to training," she said determinedly.

"No, we'll rest first. I want you to go to your room and get some sleep and then it's dinner time. It has to have been a while since you last ate," Rei said. Mika opened her mouth to protest, but Rei wouldn't here it. "No sweetheart. You aren't doing anyone any good if you make yourself sick. I know you're tired. I still remember how exhausting it was when I first used my powers."

"But we don't have time for this," Mika protested.

"I agree with Mars," Venus said kindly. "Better to space the work out some and keep you healthy then to risk your life by forcing you to do too much at once. You go rest now and then after dinner we'll continue training. Your endurance will increase and you'll be able to use more moves after training."

"Okay," Mika consented.

Hoshi and Aiko had been watching from the sidelines in amazement. This was all so incredible. Now that training had stopped Hoshi spoke up. "How can Aiko and I help? I can do some martial arts."

The senshi looked at each other. Hoshi and Aiko couldn't use the powers of the senshi. They didn't know if there were any weapons that normal people could use.

"It might be best if you remained on the sidelines," Jupiter suggested. "It's nice that you're hear to support Mika, but the isn't a game."

Aiko and Hoshi protested simultaneously. "We know it's not a game," Aiko cried acidly. "But Mika is our friend and we will help her."

"I'm going to help," Hoshi said. "That's all there is to it."

Mercury seeing the passion in their eyes, spoke up. "I'll look through my computers and see if there are any weapons you two can use. At the very least we can teach you to fight."

Mika was concerned. "Hoshi, Aiko..." she began before being interrupted by Hoshi.

"Mika there isn't a thing you can say that will talk me out of this," Hoshi said firmly.

"That goes for me too," Aiko agreed.

Mika blinked back tears and smiled at them. She was grateful for their loyalty, but she was also very scared for them. "Then I guess we're all in this mess together."