Taiki and Yaten looked at each other, then back at Seiya, and then looked at each other again before Yaten snapped her head back around to yell at Seiya, but was cut off by Taiki's calm baritone voice.
"It's ok, Seiya. I was overreacting earlier. You may see Tsukino-san no matter what, demo don't tell her anything about who we really are and why we're back, OK?"
Yaten's eyes widened, looking at Taiki like she was crazy and said,"Nani? Are you out of your mind, Taiki? It's Seiya that we're talking about!"
Taiki looked at Yaten sharply and said,"But she's still our leader, Yaten, no matter what and I respect enough to know that she wouldn't tell Tsukino-san about us without talking it out with us."
Yaten looked at Taiki, then at a smirking Seiya, and then back at Taiki before sighing in defeat, flipping her hair and said,"Fine, I trust Seiya also. But if you blab about us to anyone, Seiya, I'll make sure that you won't even make it to the age 19, let along 20."
Seiya snorted, giving Yaten a nuggie despite Yaten's attempts at trying to keep her hands away from her hair and said,"Yeah, yeah, Shrimp. I already know that. But I doubt that you'll be able to since I'm faster and stronger than you, so it wouldn't be hard to run away from you."
Seiya laughed, ducking when Yaten tries to throw one of Taiki's books at her head and said,"See. My point was proven because even Chibi Chibi could throw better than Yaten and she's just 2 years old."
Yaten snorted, glaring at Seiya and said,"At least I'm straight and not a dyke like you and Haruka."
Seiya shrugged and said,"As if I care, Shrimp. I just prefer women more than I do men, which you already know that since I had a crush on our princess when we were twelve years old."
Yaten opened her mouth to retort when Taiki cuts her off again by asking,"So, Seiya, where are you planning on meeting Tsukino-san at?"
Seiya said,"At the Crown, which I've got a feeling that she'll have Ami, Minako, Makoto, and Rei with her tomorrow."
Yaten said,"And without Haruka-baka? Man, I'm shocked."
Taiki looked at Yaten, rolling her eyes and said,"Don't get your hopes up, Yaten, because there is a chance that we'll see Haruka tomorrow."
Then Taiki turned her gaze back onto Seiys and said,"However, don't think about walking out of the house without your disguise from now on, Seiya. You could've seriously blown our cover today since you didn't have your contact lenses in today."
Seiya waved her hand carelessly at Taiki as she started to walk away to retire into her room for the night and said,"Yeah, yeah, yeah, Taiki-mama. I'll be a good girl from now on. I promise."
Taiki rolled her eyes again, walking to her room as she murmured to herself,"What are we going to do with her?"
Yaten said with a grumble as she headed to her own room,"Not a clue, but I'm starting to miss it when she was only concerned about us, our princess, and her duty, not unrequited love."
Taiki sighed, shrugging her shoulders and said,"So do I, but we'll just have to try and be there for Seiya as best as we can."
Yaten nodded her head in understanding and agreement before she disappeared into her roon once Taiki had disappeared into hers.
"So, Usagi-chan, why are you SO excited today? Went on a shopping spree yesterday?", teased a amused Minako as she looked at her princess, who was humming an unknown tune to herself while playing with a new pair of earrings in her ears that looked oddly like Seiya's.
Usagi shrugged and said once taking a small sip from her milkshake,"Hai, I did and with a new friend of mine."
Minako looked at Usagi in shock and said,"Is it a girl?"
Usagi smiled and said,"Hai and her name is Shina Aomori."
Minako gaped at Usagi and said,"You're friends with another girl? I thought that we were best friends."
Usagi smiled sheepishly and said,"We are, Minako-chan. Don't worry. Nobody can replace you. Ever."
Minako smiled in happiness, sighing in relief and said,"Woo. I thought that I would've had to hunt down whoever this 'Shina' cat is."
Makoto sweatdropped and said,"Person, Minako-chan, person. Not cat."
Minako shrugged and said,"All well. Still a thing anyhow."
Everyone sweatdropped as Minako giggled to herself at her own statement before turning their attention back to their other blonde companion.
Rei said,"So, Usagi-chan, when did you guys meet?"
Usagi flushes, looking down at her lap and said,"On the day when we all had split up to look for the Sailor Starlights at the bar."
Rei opens her mouth to ask Usagi about what they look like when an alluring, but slightly sad-sounding alto voice of a woman called out from the entrance of the Crown Parlor,"Oi, Usagi-chan!"
Everyone turned towards the direction from where the voice came from, causing the Inner Senshi to gap or stare in amazement and envy at the three attractive women standing in the doorway.
The tallest of the three women had wavy auburn brown hair like Taiki's and cyan blue eyes that held a slight coldness to them, but also held the warmness of a mother. She wore a white sleeveless blouse, a black skirt that went to her knees with white butterflies on the left side, and silver stilettos shoes.
The silver-haired woman had magenta-colored eyes that held an unfriendly nature to them and was dressed in a pale blue halter top, a blue jean miniskirt, and black high-heeled strappys.
The raven-haired woman, who was obviously the leader of the group, had intense light grey eyes and wore a leather jacket, a midnight blue tube top, leather pants that showed off her muscular legs and tight ass, and black boots that went to her ankles.
Usagi blushes rapidly as the raven-haired female waved at her, waving back at her as she and her companions made their way over to the booth and said once the raven-haired female sat next to her,"Konnichiwa, Shi-chan. O genki desu ka?"
Seiya smiled down at Usagi, brushing a few strands of her hair from her face and said,"Genki desu, Usagi-chan. Demo are you ready to go shopping or,something like that today?"
Usagi said nervously as she blushed some more from the looks Luna, Artemis, and the Inner Senshi were giving her,"Umm... H-hai, demo I'd like for you to meet my friends."
Usagi stops blushing, gesturing to each of the Inner Senshi as she introduced them,"Theses are my friends, Aino Minako, Mizuno Ami, Kino Makoto, and Hino Rei the banshee."
Rei laughs sarcastically and said,"Har, har, har, Usagi-chan, very funny. I'm a banshee."
Usagi sticks her tongue out at Rei and said,"You are, Rei-chan, since all you know how to do is scream and be mean to me."
Rei said,"But at least I'm not a crybaby of a piglet, always wanting to eat and sleep."
Everyone sweatdropped at the two girls' bickering before Ami cuts into it with,"Rei-chan, Usagi-chan, please stop arguing. We've got guests."
Usagi stopped arguing with Rei, blushing rapidly as Akira tries to hide her laugh, Hikari smirks, and Shina giggles at the two friends' bickering and said as she gestured to Shina, Akira, and Hikari,"Ano... This is Aomori Shina, Aomori Akira, and Aomori Hikari."
Taiki smiled at them, shaking each of the Inner Senshi's hand, holding Ami's hand as she looked into her eyes to Ami's surprise and confusion and said as she kissed Ami's hand,"It's a pleasure to meet you."
Ami blushes rapidly, pulling her hand away and said,"Nice meeting you too."
Yaten looks at Minako, twirling a strand of her hair around her finger and said,"Demo do YOU have a boyfriend like Usagi-chan here?"
Taiki sends Yaten a glare, who shrugs at her as Minako replied sadly,"Iie, demo I'd like one."
Yaten cocks an eyebrow and said,"Demo why wouldn't any man want you? You're nice, caring, beautiful, and independent."
Minako gaped at Hikari, opening her mouth to ask her how can she be so sure, but was cut off by a familiar voice that said,"Konnichiwa, Koneko-chan."
Usagi smiles, waving a hand at Haruka and Michiru as she said,"Konnichiwa, Haruka-san, Michiru-san."
Michiru smiled at Usagi, hugging her before pulling away and said,"Konnichiwa, Usagi-san. Long time no see."
Usagi said,"How was traveling all over the world?"
Haruka shrugged, wrapping her arm around Michiru's waist before pulling her into her embrace and said with a chuckle,"It was fun, even though there were a lot of crazy fans after me than usual."
Michiru smirked at Haruka and said,"And Ruka also put a valet in the hospital because he was checking me out."
Haruka blushes rapidly and said,"He shouldn't have been staring at MY Michi, then he wouldn't be in the hospital with a broken arm, broken ribs, and a broken nose."
Michiru giggled before noticing Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki, pulling out of Haruka's embrace and said,"Usagi-san, who are your new friends here? Never seen them before."
Usagi smiled excitedly, gesturing to Shina , Akira, and Hikari each as she introduced them,"These three are Shina, Akira, and Hikari Aomori. Akira, Shina, Hikari, these two are my friends, Haruka Tenou and Michiru Kaiou."
Yaten tosses a wave in Michiru and Haruka's direction without looking up from the fashion magazine that she was reading as Taiki shakes Michiru's hand with a polite smile on her face.
"Pleased to meet you, Kaiou-san. I'm a fan of your music. It's very lovely."
Michiru smiled back at Taiki and said,"Pleased to meet you also. And arigato."
Haruka eyed Shina up and down suspiciously as Shina looked at her without any concern with her arms crossed across her chest, holding out a hand for a hand shake.
"Tenou Haruka."
Seiya looked at Haruka, then at her hand, and then at Haruka again before uncrossing her arms, taking Haruka's hand and shakes it.
"Aomori Shina."
Haruka pulled her hand away from Shina's grasp, shoving it into her pocket and said,"What a grip you have there."
Seiya shrugged and said,"I do a lot of sports."
The Inner Senshi, Usagi, Taiki, Yaten, and Michiru watched as Haruka's eyes flickered dangerously with suspicion while Seiya returns the look with a challenging, yet slightly bored look.
Michiru breaks the tension by asking,"So, Usagi-san, where did you guys meet?"
Haruka finally breaks her eye contact with the indigo-haired woman in front of her, looking down at Usagi and asked, "Yeah, Koneko-chan, where did you meet them at?"
Usagi smiled sheepishly from the slight glare that Haruka sent in Shina's direction and replied,"At a bar a few days ago."
Haruka said,"How old are they?"
"Anou... They ar-."
Yaten rolled her eyes, glaring at Haruka with a flip of her hair and said,"As if that's any of your business."
Taiki glared at Yaten, nudging her in her side and replied,"We're 18 years old also."
Haruka sat back, amusement on her face and said,"Interesting. Shina-san?"
Seiya looked away from Usagi happily sipping on her milkshake, scowling and asked,"What?"
Haruka smirked, looking at Seiya and asked,"Are you gay?"
The inners gasped, Usagi chokes on her milkshake with Rei patting her back, Yaten rolled her eyes with boredom written on her face, Taiki flushed at the question, and Michiru looked disapprovingly at her lover with a shake to her head.
Seiya said cooly,"What's it to ya if I am?"
Haruka shrugged, opening her mouth to reply with a smirk on her face, but was cut off by a scream from outside.
Usagi and the inners looked at each other, nodding their heads at each other before running off.
Haruka sighed, slapping some yen onto the table and ran after them with Michiru following after her.
Seiya sprang onto her in one swift motion, gesturing for Taiki and Yaten to follow her as she cried out hurriedly,"Hayaku! We've got to help them!"
Yaten grabbed onto Seiya's shirt, yanking her back over to her and Taiki and said crossly,"Demo if you remember right, you dumbass, we don't have our henshins anymore, so we can't help them."
Seiya pulled out of her grasp, snapping around to face Yaten and Taiki as she glared at them and said,"Yes, we can. And I'm going no matter what! Even if you two were to break my legs! I'm still going to help Odango!" Then she turned around and ran off.
Yaten sighed, rolling her eyes as her leader ran off and said to herself,"Why me?"
"Sailor Moon, look out!"
Sailor Moon yelped, jumping out of the way of the attack from the youma and heard Uranus's and Neptune's voices from behind her.
"DEEP..."
"WORLD..."
"SUBMERGE!"
"SHAKING!"
The two attacks combined together, striking the youmas dead on, and they dissolved before regenerating again.
"There's too many of them!" cried Mars as she continued to shoot flamed-arrows at the youmas.
"Can you do something, Mercury? We can't last forever! JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" yelles Jupiter, growling in annoyance when the youmas regenerated.
Mercury looked up from her computer and said,"I'm trying to, demo I can't get a pinpoint on them! It's like they're not real!"
Moon smiled reassuringly at Mercury, holding her tier as she prepared to attack again and reassured,"Don't worry, Mercury-chan! We can get through t-AH!"
The Inner Senshi's, Uranus's, and Neptune's eyes widened in horror as Moon was thrown into a nearby store once being hit by an attack and cried out,"SAILOR MOON!"
Uranus turned back towards the youmas, her eyes narrowed as she took out her space sword and said,"That does it! Nobody touches my Koneko-chan and gets away with it."
"SPACE SWORD BLASTER!"
Uranus's attack struck the youmas, turning them into dust again, but they regenerated all over again to everyone's dismay.
Meanwhile, Seiya's eyes widened as she watched Sailor Moon being thrown through the window of a nearby store and cried out as she made a move to run to her aid,"ODANGO!"
Yaten and Taiki grabbed a hold of their leader, yanking her back into the alley.
"Are you fucking nuts, Seiya? We can't do anything without our henshins, so stop trying to play hero!" cried Yaten as she glared up at her leader.
Taiki nodded her head in agreement, her eyes narrowed aa she added,"She's right, Seiya. There's nothing that we can do to help them."
Seiya glared at them, her eyes burning in anger as she cried out angrily,"Nothing? We're trained sailor senshi for crying out loud! Hell, you two are just going to stand there and do nothing when our friends are being beaten to death? What about Ami and Minako? I thought you two loved them! And yet you're going to just stand there and do NOTHING?"
Taiki and Yaten looked at each other in shame, turning their attention back on Seiya as she ran to Sailor Moon's aid.
Taiki sighed, running to Mercury's aid and delivered a punch to the youma's face, knocking it into a tree before it exploded into dust.
Mercury gaped at the mysterious brown-haired woman, watching as the woman delivered a drop kick to two of the youma.
"Who in the hell are those two?" asked an unimpressed Uranus, clutching her Space Sword in her right hand as she watched the two mysterious women help Venus and Mercury out with their youmas.
Neptune back flipped away from two youmas coming her way, kicking them in the face before landing on her feet beside Uranus. "I don't know, demo their fighting styles seem to be similar to the Sailor Starlights."
Jupiter grunted as she kicked a youma away from her. "Well, I don't care since they seem to not be our enemies... JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!"
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"
"MARS FLAME SNIPER!"
The attacks combined with each other, hitting a large portion of the youmas.
Yaten and Taiki looked at each other, nodding their heads before Taiki dropped onto all fours.
Yaten started running, using Taiki's back as a springboard as she delivered a roundhouse kick to two youma.
Venus watched in amusement at how unnaturally graceful and flexible the silver-haired girl seemed to be.
'I wonder who that is and how is she able to move like Yaten-kun' thought Venus as the silver-haired girl swepted the youma's feet from underneath of them and followed it up with a kick to another youma's chest.
"This is so fucking ridiculous!" cried a fustrated Mars, dodging one of the youmas.
Jupiter opened her mouth to reply when the youmas disappeared into the air once turning into dust.
"What in the hell was that?" asked Uranus, her eyes narrowed.
"I don't know, demo I'll find out soon," replied Mercury.
Taiki and Yaten looked at each other, oblivious to Venus's eyes on them and nodded their heads at each other, running off to get Seiya.
"Matte!" cried Venus, attempting to run after them, but they were already gone.
Meanwhile, Seiya held Sailor Moon's unconscious body within her arms, lovingly brushing a strand of hair from the unnatural beauty's face.
"It's okay, Odango. I'm right here now. I'll protect you no matter what even when you're not mine," whispered a broken Seiya.
'If only I still had my henshin and powers, then you be hurt. Baka Seiya. Baka, baka, baka...' thought Seiya, looking away as her head started to be swarmed by dark thoughts, until she heard the sound of heels clicking against the pavement.
Narrowing her eyes, Seiya sat Sailor Moon's unconscious body on a nearby couch, getting into a fighting stance, until Taiki and Yaten came into her view.
Seiya sighed in relief, relaxing her stance and said,"You almost got thrown into one of these displays, you know."
Yaten rolled her eyes, snorting. "Oh, I'm SO scared. Demo we've got to go now. Haruka and the others are on their way here for Usagi."
Seiya scowled and protested,"Demo I ..."
Taiki placed a reassuring hand on Seiya's shoulder, squeezing it gently. "Demo we have to, Seiya. We're not Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten to them anymore."
Seiya looked away, her eyes softening when they landed on Sailor Moon before she turned her attention back on Taiki and Yaten. "Let's go!" said Seiya, running out of the store with Taiki and Yaten following behind her and never looked back.
"Sailor Moon!" cried Uranus, Neptune, and the Inner Senshi as they ran into the store.
Moon sat up with a groan, brushing a few strands of golden hair away from her face. "Anou... What happened?"
Jupiter helped Moon onto her feet and replied,"You were thrown into a nearby store by one of the youma, demo don't worry. They're gone now."
Mercury looked at Moon with deep concern and worry." Did those two women hurt you?"
Moon frowned, detransforming. "What women?"
Venus said,"The ones who came in this direction after they had helped us fight the youmas."
Usagi's frown deepened as everyone else detransformed. "I didn't see anyone since I was unconscious, demo I could've sworn that I heard Seiya talking to me when I was unconscious."
"Demo how?" asked a shocked Rei
"I don't know, demo the person who was holding me smelled and sounded like her," said Usagi, looking out of the store in the direction that the woman had ran off to.
"Do you know where they went? I'd like to-," said Haruka, her arm wrapped around Michiru's waist.
"Iie, I don't know. I was unconscious," replied Usagi.
Rei said with a sigh,"So that means a Sailor Senshi meeting tomorrow at my temple, ne? No problem."
"Hai. We'll meet at 12:15 tomorrow to talk about them and the Sailor Starlights. Demo it's time to go now," said Ami, watching as the sun started to set in the sky.
Haruka said gruffily ad she and Michiru walked away,"We'll be there..."
"I'd better go too since I need to cook dinner. Demo come on, Ami-chan, I'll take you home," said Makoto as she walked away with Ami running after her.
Rei sighed, rolling her eyes at the thought of what awaited her at home. "Better go too to see whether or not the temple's been turned into a whorehouse, or even blown up. Ja ne," she called over her shoulder as she walked away.
Minako turned towards Usagi and said with a giggle,"I'll take you home, Usagi-chan. You need some rest after all of the painfulness today."
Usagi nodded her head numbly without looking away from the direction that the mysterious woman had ran off to as she thought 'I wonder who she was. Could it be...?'
Usagi lets out a laugh, shaking her head at the silly thought and followed Minako to her car.
Next Time on Sailor Moon: Shooting Starlights:
"You're going to be the death of us, you know."
"Seiya?"
"This is what we're going to do..."
"Back off of her, you bastard."
"Are you sure about this, Seiya?"
Next Episode: Friend Or Foe? Seiya's Solution!