Sailor Stardust

by Moonowl17

Slight AU: What if it wasn't Sailor Moon but a new and different senshi who was the princess of a kingdom? Read and find out! Disclamier: do not own anything of Sailor Moon nor its characters! Rated T for kissing scenes, may change later date. Pls r&r

12. Battles and summer break

A/N: Thanks to the reviewers, hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing. Do not own Sailor Moon, but Cleo is mine ^^

"So, you want to be alone with me for a night?" Cleo asked in a sexy voice as she grabbed a bag from her room, packing her stuff. They closed the door so that they could have some privacy, the senshi were playing with Chibichibi in the living room. Justin pulled Cleo into his arms and kissed her like she had never been kissed before. Cleo was taken back as to how much passion was behind the kiss before her body melted into it and kissed back with the same amount of passion, if not more. She pulled off Justin's jacket as he did with her training one. He reached into her pocket and took out her transformation brooch, noticing the change of it; it now had wings on it. He pulled away from Cleo briefly as he looked at it. Cleo saw him looking at her brooch and smiled, taking it from his hands and putting it on the table near her. "I am right here." she said as she pulled him closer to her and kissed him. She started to undo his shirt and pushed it back so that she could see his chest. She swallowed as she touched his toned body, running her fingers over the scratches that he had gained from battle. She began to kiss each one as Justin closed his eyes and let out a small moan. Wanting to taste her, he put his hand under her chin and brought her face to his and kissed her. Cleo let her hands wandered as she went to his jeans. She wanted him, more than anything she wanted to feel loved by him and for him to show her that he needed her, protect her and love her until she died. She began to pull at his jeans, but Justin stopped her.

"No, not here and not with the senshi and Chibichibi in the next room. Get some clothes and books for tomorrow and we can continue in my room." he said as he looked at Cleo. He pulled her in for one last kiss as he picked up his shirt and put it back on, picking up his jacket, he left the room to talk to the senshi.

Cleo packed a few things that she needed for college the following day, as well as training gear. She looked at her transformation brooch. The wings reminded her of the Sailor Shooting Stars wings on their fukas. She smiled as she picked it up and put it in her pocket. She opened the door, said goodbye to the senshi and Chibichibi as Justin took her bags and they went. They just stepped into the apartment before Justin put her bags down; she was in his arms, kissing him like she was going to lose him. Justin picked her up and she pulled away to look at his apartment. It was a studio with a main bedroom and a smaller bedroom which Justin used as a study. Justin opened the bedroom door and put Cleo on his bed. She reached up and pulled him on top of her and kissed him, once again removing his shirt in the process.

"Justin..." she said as he kissed her neck. He let her sit up as he removed her t-shirt and then kissed her on the lips as he reached around the back and removed her bra. He paused as he looked at her body; she blushed in embarrassment since she was half naked. He smiled at her as he began to kiss every part of her. Cleo let out a small moan as he reached her belly button. She needed to have him. She pushed him off her and onto the bed. She sat on him as she kissed him passionately on the lips, allowing his tongue to explore her mouth she reached down and undid his jeans, feeling him through the boxers. She gasped as she did not expect to feel what she found and began to get a bit nervous, but she knew that it was right. She got off him and allowed him to remove his jeans; he put his hand on her waist and looked her in the eyes.

"Are you sure?" he asked her.

"More than anything in this world." she said as he kissed her and pushed her tracksuit bottoms down. He threw them on the floor as he moved and held Cleo get under the blanket. He reached into the drawer to get a condom and put it nearby. He pulled her closer and Cleo felt the heat from his body go to hers.

"I love you my queen." he said as he began to kiss her, one of his hands exploring her below. She let out a moan as his fingers worked magic on her.

"I love you too my king." she said as she reached down and touched him, causing him to moan. Once they were both ready, Cleo lay on her back as Justin climbed on top of her and entered her slowly. She winced in pain since it was her first time, but relaxed as she let him continue. Once he was fully inside her, he began to kiss her again, moving in and out of her slowly. Cleo began to breathe faster as she felt excited and held onto Justin, kissing him with as much passion she could. Justin picked up speed as she began to moan more. He kissed her as he began to feel her pleasure building and felt her come. He held on longer as he felt her second wave coming and then came with her. Justin lay on top of Cleo while they both calmed down. Both of them were sweating and happy. Justin climbed off her and disposed of the used condom and then took Cleo in his arms.

"That was amazing." she said.

"No, that was perfect." he said as he kissed her neck. Cleo snuggled against Justin as she felt content and loved and fell asleep in his arms.

Cleo awoke to the sun coming through the curtain and saw Justin getting dressed. She smelt the air as she could smell his aftershave. He turned and looked at her and smiled seeing that she was awake. He climbed over his side of the bed and stroked her hair and kissed her on the lips.

"Good morning beautiful. How are you feeling?" he asked.

"A bit painful, but I am sure I will be fine before tonight." she said as she pulled him closer and kissed him passionately. "You not only smell good but your taste good too." she said as she looked at him. She stood up and saw that she had nothing on; Justin threw her his bathrobe as she put it on and went into the bathroom to have a shower and get ready. Someone knocked on Justin's door and he went to answer it, surprised to see not only Chibichibi but also Setsuna and the other two outer senshi.

"May we come in?" she said, Justin nodded holding the door open and they walked in. He made some tea and got some juice for Chibichibi.

"Cleo should be ready in a few minutes. May I offer you something to eat?" he asked.

"Eat Chibichibi." the girl said, Justin let out a small laugh and ruffled the girls hair.

"I take that as one yes to some toast. Anyone else?" he asked, the three senshi shook their heads as Justin prepared breakfast for himself, Cleo and Chibichibi. Cleo came out of the bedroom fully dressed and brushing her hair. Chibichibi saw her and ran up to her.

"Mommy Chibichibi!" she said as Cleo bent down to pick the little one up.

"You been a good girl for the other senshi?" she asked.

"Good girl Chibichibi." she said as Cleo sat down with the senshi.

"Haruka -chan, Mirchu-chan, Setsuna-chan, good morning. What are you doing here?" she asked the outer senshi as she gave Chibichibi some of the toast from their plate.

"We came to talk to you Cleo-chan." Setsuna said. "I was told about Chibichibi here and also about the Sailor Shooting Stars." she said as she drank some of the tea that Justin had prepared. Cleo nodded at the senshi as she drank some of her juice, offering Chibichibi the glass where the girl also drunk some. The outer senshi watched this scene and saw how Cleo was glowing as she smiled at the child who laughed.

"She really does look like you both very much." Setsuna said as she observed the scene. "I think that she comes from the future, look at what she has around her neck." She said as she pointed to the girl's necklace. Cleo gasped as she pulled out hers and saw that they both had the same time key. She looked at the senshi of time in confusion. "This has not changed anything, well not anything that I can feel. The time lines are fine. I wonder why she is here though." She continued as she went up to the small girl.

"Puu Chibichibi." She said as she put her sticky hand on the senshi's nose. Setsuna laughed as the girl smiled.

"She knows of you all in our senshi form, however not either of us." Justin said as he picked the girl up and took her to clean her hands.

"She means us no harm, so her purpose will unfold later. What I am slightly concerned about is the Sailor Shooting Stars." Haruka said as she watched Cleo eat her breakfast.

"They mean us no harm either; I trust them as I do the rest of you and I hope that you will all pay the same respect to them as you do each other." Cleo said as she closed her fists.

"They are outsiders they do not belong here!" Mirchu exclaimed as she slammed her fist on the table. "How can you say things like that about them when they are from another galaxy?" she asked, Cleo sighed as she went up to her friend and sat next to her. Justin put Chibichibi down and she climbed onto Cleo's lap.

"We shouldn't discriminate them because they came from somewhere else, they are here for a good reason and the fact that they have helped me twice and saved my life on both occasions makes me trust them. I do not expect my senshi to doubt my opinion." Cleo said as she held onto the girl. "I know that you are trying to protect me, but they have caused me no harm and you should give them a chance to show that they are worthy to protect me." She said as she put her hand on Mirchu's shoulder, the senshi nodded to her and she smiled.

"Chibichibi?" the girl asked. Cleo looked at her watch and saw that she was going to be late for her lessons. She put the girl down and she grabbed her bag. As she was about to walk out of the door, the child began to cry. Justin went and picked her up.

"Mommy!" the child said, Cleo ran up to the pair and kissed them both on the cheeks before leaving in a hurry.

"Looks like I have babysitting duty." Justin said to the little girl.

"Papa!" she said as she smiled and hugged Justin. He looked at the little girl and smiled.

"I can give you to Cleo after her lesson, since I have lessons. Come on Chibichibi let's see if we can get you some toys." He said as he put the girl down. He turned to the outer senshi and looked at them. "Would you care to join us?" he asked.

"I have to go back to the gate of time and space." Setsuna said as she bowed. The child ran up to the senshi and hugged her.

"Puu." She said as the senshi bowed down and stroked the child's head.

"Be a good girl now, I will see you soon." She said as she teleported back to her post. Chibichibi stood there and looked as the senshi left. Mirchu went up to the girl and kissed her on the head.

"I have to go and get ready for my lesson today." She said as she went to the door. "Are you coming Haruka?'" she asked, the girl nodded as she went up to Chibichibi and picked her up.

"Be a good girl for your papa, he is new at this so make sure you get a lot of toys from him." She said as she gave the child to Justin.

"Chibichibi!" the girl said and nodded, Haruka laughed as both he and Mirchu left the apartment. Justin stood and looked at the child, putting her down he got his shoes and his wallet and held her hand as they both left the apartment.

"Cleo, how are you?" a voice said as she turned to see Tariq walking up towards her.

"Hey, I am fine, how are you and your brothers?" she asked as they continued to walk to the campus.

"Everything appears to be sorted out and fine. I just wanted to say thank you for everything." He said as he gave her a flower that Cleo had never seen. "This is a special flower from my galaxy. It contains a special seed inside that will grow even when it no longer is in the ground as now." He said as she smelt the flower and smiled.

"Thank you." She said as they took their seats in the classroom. The lesson passed by and they walked out, Cleo spotted Justin and Chibichibi as the girl let go of his hand and ran up to her.

"Mommy! Chibichibi." She said as Cleo bent down to pick up the girl.

"Have you been good girl for papa? Did he buy you anything nice?" she asked.

"Nice, Chibichibi." She said as she nodded. Justin walked up to her and Tariq and kissed Cleo on the lips. He had a few bags in his hand as well as his knapsack for his lessons.

"I have to go; here are some things that we got today. I know you have training and cheerleading practice today. I hope to be free to pick her up later." He said as he smiled at them both.

"You be a good girl for mommy Chibichibi." He said as he kissed the girl, and she nodded. Justin kissed Cleo again and then looked at her in the eyes. "I love you, see you later okay?" he left her as he put the bags down by her feet. Cleo let out a sigh and looked at the girl. Tariq looked at the girl and then at Cleo.

"She was the one who…" he said and she nodded. "Mommy?" he asked and again she nodded.

"Yeah, that took me by surprise too. Chibichibi you gonna be a big girl and walk?" she asked, the girl nodded as Cleo put her down and took Cleo's hand. She looked at Tariq and he nodded as he picked up the bags that Justin had left for her. She let out a sigh as she looked down at the girl.

"Looks like I have to miss training today, let's go and see if one of the senshi are home huh?" she said, the girl smiled as she looked back at Cleo, she and Tariq walked off back to her apartment.

Tariq and Cleo talked about their worlds as much as they could as they reached Cleo's apartment, she opened the door and called the lift. Once they reached the top floor, Chibichibi let go of her hand and skipped to the apartment door. Cleo walked up and opened it and they all walked in.

"Anyone home?" she called. Cleo was greeted with the sound of silence. Chibichibi went to the sofa and sat down, Tariq followed the girl and put the bags down and sat next to her.

"Wanna watch some TV?" he asked her, and the girl nodded. He put the TV on and found some cartoons for her to watch. Cleo went into her room and threw her knapsack next to her desk. Tariq walked into her room and saw Cleo looking out of the window.

"So much is happening and I am not sure if I can handle it." She said as she felt him touch her shoulder. "Tell me what I am supposed to do?" she asked him as she turned and looked at him.

"That, I can not do, you have to do what you think is right and not what other people tell you to do. I know that you can be the strong person that I can see when I see your shine, you just need to bring it out more." He said as he tucked her hair behind her ear, she smiled at him. "Do you want to tell me about it?" he asked her, she nodded as they went into the living room and sat down with Chibichibi. The girl moved onto Cleo's lap who put her arms around her.

"We are looking for a missing senshi, kinda like you are looking for your princess. She holds a great amount of power and if she is awaken by the wrong people, this will cause the destruction of our planet, of our galaxy." She said as she stroked the child's hair. "I am afraid that we may already be too late, the same dream keeps happening and there is nothing I can do to stop it." She said as she looked at the child. Tariq reached out and touched her shoulder.

"Tell me about the dream." He said as Cleo began to tell him about the dream she kept happening and the fact that it was getting clearer. Tariq paused as he thought about what she had said; Chibichibi had fallen asleep in Cleo's arms. She picked up the child and took her to her room and put her in the bed, Tariq followed her into the room. He watched as Cleo kissed the girl on the head and she turned and fell back asleep. Cleo walked up to him and he put his arm around her.

"She sleeps like an angel, just like her mother." He said as he smiled at her and she blushed. They went into the kitchen and got something to drink. "If the dream keeps getting stronger it can not be good. Hoshi is normally good at these things, which reminds me." He said as he reached into his pocket and gave Cleo a piece of paper. "Hoshi told me to give you this. It tells you when we meet up to start your training. I was not sure if we would be able to spend time together so I was just going to give it to you in our lesson." He said as she opened it and nodded. The door opened and Makoto walked in.

"Cleo, you are home!" she said as she went over and hugged her friend. She looked at Tariq and smiled. "Hi, my name is Makoto." She said as she held out her hand, he took it and shook it.

"Tariq, and I was about to leave. Cleo, you know where to find me when you need something." He said, and she nodded.

"Thank you for your help." She said as she escorted him to the door. He kissed her on the cheek and smiled at Makoto as he left.

Cleo turned to face her friend. "Makoto-chan, you would do me the hugest favor and watch Chibichibi for me while I go to training right?" she asked, pleading the senshi with her eyes. Makoto rolled her eyes and nodded; Cleo smiled as she hugged her friend again and then went to grab her training bag from her bedroom. Cleo took one last look at the sleeping child before leaving. Cleo walked into the empty hall from the changing room and began to stretch. She heard a cough behind her and turned to see Austin standing at the door.

"I saw you walk in here as I was coming out from my lesson." He said as he walked up to her. "How would you like some one on one?" he whispered in her ear, Cleo let out a small smile as she ran at him and began punching, Austin dodged each blow with grace, Cleo looked at him shocked as he let out a smile and grabbed her wrist by her next punch, putting her arm behind his back. She buckled down to the floor from the pressure as he let go.

"You are stronger in your senshi form?" Cleo asked as she grabbed her wrist and rubbed it, he nodded at her, a smile forming from his lips. Cleo stood back and admired Austin, regardless of his attitude; he was very similar to Tariq in looks and build. Austin went up to her and pushed her hair out of hey eyes.

"So, are you going to show me what you do in here all alone?" he asked her in her ear. She nodded as she pulled away and climbed onto the balance beam and began to do her new routine. Once she landed it, Austin came up to her and smiled.

"Amazing, you shine when you do something you love. It is a shame you don't shine all the time." He said as he touched her cheek. "What is wrong?" he asked. Cleo sat on the mat and began to explain to him about her worries. He listened as she told him nearly everything, and nodded when he saw it was needed. Once she was finished he looked at her.

"How could one so young have grown up so fast?" he asked her as she stood up and went to the floor.

"Coming here gives me the chance to be alone, away from all of the things I have to take care of and to lose myself in something I love." She said as she began to do a series of flips. Austin watched her as she tumbled, unaware of the high standards that she had. Once she had finished, she walked over to him and he smiled.

"Tariq gave you the letter?" he asked and she nodded. "Then I will leave you in peace. I hope that once I have had time that I will be able to help you out." He said and she ran up to him and hugged him. Austin, not expecting the contact put his arm around her and patted her on the back. "I promise you that I will help you whenever and wherever I can." He said as he pushed her away, she smiled at him and he walked out of the hall, leaving Cleo to get ready for cheer practice.

In space Christian was watching something in a pod. He saw the child lying there and Ellie came up to him.

"How is it going?" she asked.

"Not as good as we expected; we need more energy in order to wake her up. Once she is awake, we can finally claim this planet as ours. It is time to go after the dream stars of people." He said as she nodded. Ellie waived her hand over the globe that was sitting on the stand and looked at the person there.

"So, this is our first target, then so be it." He said as he went and picked a flower. He changed as he went to Earth and looked for his target.

Cleo waived goodbye to the rest of the cheerleaders as she picked up her flask and then sat down. She saw someone approach her and she smiled as she saw Hoshi come into view.

"So I am lucky to be graced with all three of your presences." She said as he sat down next to her.

"Tariq told me about your dream, I need to try something. Close your eyes and open your mind to me. When you want me to not see something, put a wall in front of it and I will ignore it." He explained and she nodded as she felt his fingers touch her temples. She put up several walls, blocking personal memories as he searched for what he needed to find. He saw the dream as clear as anything and he tried to stop it and pick out any detail as to where it would take place. Cleo let out a small moan as she felt him play around with her memory. He watched it again but could see nothing to help him and he let go of Cleo's head.

"Gomen, sometimes I forget that it can be painful." He said as he looked at Cleo. He picked up her bag and the pair walked away from the field and into the quad in the middle of campus. The two spoke little about the dream and other things, Cleo not wanting to revel much to him. He noticed that she was not ready to open up to her as she hand done with Tariq and respected that. Once they were out of campus, he gave Cleo her bag.

"Well, I will see you tomorrow. Oh, I wanted to give this to you before I left." He said as he handed her a small bracelet which had the same design as their belts when they had transformed. "If you need us, just press the star in the middle and we will be at your side in a heartbeat, no matter where you are." He said, Cleo looked down at the gift and then put it on her other wrist than the one that had her communicator from Sailor Pluto.

"I wish I could give you something in return, but I have nothing." She said as she sighed.

"I did not give it to you so that I could have something in return; I gave it to you since I do not want to see this galaxy lose its brightest star." He said and she smiled at him as he walked away.

Cleo closed the door to her apartment and let out a sigh. She heard all of the senshi in the living room and could hear Chibichibi laughing. Cleo smiled as she looked at everyone.

"Mina, I am home." She said as the little girl ran up to her and she automatically picked her up. "I think it is time that I told you all something." She said as she walked over to them, Rei and Ami made space between them and Cleo sat down between them. "My dream has been getting clearer, the silence is approaching and I fear that there is nothing that we can do now, except wait for it to revel itself." She said. "I failed in everything; I failed as a queen, as the princess and as a protector of this planet. If it was not for the Sailor Shooting Stars, I would be dead. I can never be what I know you all need, and for this, I want to give you this." She said as she gave Chibichibi to Rei and put her transformation brooch on the table. Everyone looked at her and saw the sadness and tears in her eyes. "I am sorry." She said as she ran out of the apartment, ignoring the cries of the senshi.

She ran to the river, the tears still flowing as she felt something inside her glow. She stopped and stood back as a light appeared into her hands. She tried to throw it away but it came back, she fell to the ground and cried harder than she had ever done. She could hear her watch beeping, not wanting to answer, not wanting to face the darkness that she knew was approaching.

"Chibichibi!" she heard as the girl approached her. The girl sat down on her lap and looked at the light.

"I messed everything up Chibichibi, I am young and stupid, not sophisticated and grown up as a queen should be." She said.

"But you can learn that." She heard a voice and saw the Sailor Shooting Stars standing behind her. The light went to them and they nodded in agreement.

"We felt your light beginning to fade; we can not let that happen. You can not give up; this light is here to show you that no matter what, there will always be something to guide you out of the darkness." Protector said as she picked up the child who smiled.

"You are needed here for more people than you know, your light needs to show everyone the way home." Defender said as she held out her hand, Cleo took it and stood up.

"Without you, the darkness will come and no one will be able to stop it." Creator said as she held out the light to Cleo. "I promised you that I would never leave you alone in the darkness, and I will keep that promise if you keep one for me." She said and Cleo looked at the senshi. "We need you to keep your light shining so that when we are lost, we can always find you." She said; Cleo nodded as the light engulfed her and she closed her eyes, allowing tears to fall. "I love you and even though you can never love me back, I am happy just to see you shine." Creator whispered in her ear as she kissed her on the cheek.

"Chibichibi?" the girl said as she held out her hand to show Cleo's transformation brooch. She smiled at the child as she took it from her hands.

"This is where you are supposed to say Eternal crystal stardust power." Creator said to her and winked, Cleo smiled as she held the brooch in the air.

"Eternal crystal stardust power!" she said as the purple light engulfed her, lifting her up and transforming her. Once she felt the ground beneath her, she opened her eyes and looked at the senshi before her. She ran into Creator's open arms as they smiled and she hugged Stardust back.

"Welcome back your highness." Defender said as they all bowed before her. "May your light shine the brightest throughout this galaxy and may it never falter with us by your side." Stardust looked down at the senshi and smiled.

"Mina, arigato." She said to them as they rose. "How did you know my new call out, even I was not sure what to say." She said as she powered down.

"That ball of light can tell us everything we need to know about a person, it is your light." Creator said as Cleo walked up to Protector and took Chibichibi from her.

"Chibichibi?" the girl asked her.

"Yes, I am okay, I may not be as strong as the queen I am supposed to be, but I am the only hope that the Earth has against the silence." She said as the senshi looked at her. "But I have my guardian senshi, my outer senshi and now the wandering senshi have joined us to protect us, with them working together, we can hopefully stop this." She said to the child. The wandering senshi walked behind Cleo as they went back to her house.

"Are you sure?" she asked them after they explained what they wanted to do.

"The time for co-operation approaches, it is time that we were honest with your senshi and hope that your outer senshi do not try to kill us." Creator said; Cleo took her hand as she knocked on her apartment door. Minako answered and she saw Cleo standing there as Chibichibi went into the apartment. Minako hugged her friend as she looked at the other senshi around her.

"What are they doing here?" she asked. Cleo strolled past, still holding Creators hand as the other wandering senshi followed her into the room. Everyone stood up, the outer senshi holding their transformation pens behind their backs. Justin did not miss the fact that Cleo was holding one of their hands.

"The wandering senshi are not welcome here!" Mirchu said; Cleo held up her free hand.

"I do not want any hostility among the senshi. Yes, they know who I am and I know who they are. I have brought them here as I want my guardian senshi, outer senshi and the wandering senshi to work together." She said as she saw Justin approach her. "I need you to trust me on this." She said to him as she took off her brooch and gave it to him. "You know that they mean us no harm and just want to find what they are looking for and go home." She said as she opened the brooch, there were now three extra gems around the star crystal.

"They have already sworn to you?" he asked her and she nodded. He nodded at her as he stood by her side. "I support you in any choice you make, and will always be by your side." He said; golden light engulfed him as he transformed into the king he was.

"Defender, Protector, Creator, do you wish to show us something?" she asked the three senshi who nodded, Cleo let go of Creator's hand to allow her to move. Light engulfed them as they powered down and the boys stood before them. Light engulfed Cleo as she transformed into the queen. She looked at the wandering senshi who bowed before her.

"Without you three coming to me, telling me that I should never give up, helping me to understand that I can not run from my destiny, I can not thank you enough. Allow me to present the senshi to you." She said as she went around and touched their heads. Light engulfed each senshi as they returned they were wearing their dresses. Each senshi bowed down to the king and queen while light engulfed Chibichibi transforming her so that she was wearing a little dress similar to Cleo's.

"The wandering senshi have sworn allegiance to protect me and my king. I not only accept their allegiance but I hope that all senshi will be bound to the same allegiance and trust in them to help us in our battle to stop the silence. I fear that Hoshi knows what is going on." She said as she put her hand on Hoshi's shoulder, he rose and looked at Cleo. "I know that you found something in my dream, please tell me what it is." She said, and he nodded.

"They have her, your missing senshi. They have her asleep and are fueling her with dark energy. I fear the worse your highness." He said Cleo looked at the outer senshi.

"Is this true?" she asked them. Mirchu picked up her mirror and looked at it.

"I am sorry; this is still clouded from me. If he is correct, then his abilities are better than mine. Gomen Hoshi, I hope that you will accept me as your pupil so that I can improve." She said as she stood up and bowed before the boy. He looked at Cleo and as she nodded he looked down at the senshi.

"Sailor Neptune, nothing would make me more happy than to help you. I hope that we can put our differences behind us and become friends?" he asked as he held out his hand to the senshi who accepted it. Mirchu smiled as she looked at the boy. Cleo nodded as she felt a hand enter hers. She looked beside her to see Tariq standing next to her. She smiled as she felt warm inside.

"My queen, if I may suggest, I wish to take on Sailor Uranus. I want to prove to her that we are worthy to protect you." He said, Cleo looked at him wide eyed and then at the air senshi who smiled.

"I was hoping that you would say that!" she said as she grabbed her transformation pen. "I accept your challenge, if I may your highness?" she asked, Cleo nodded as they went out of the apartment and made their way to an open area near their house.

Cleo stood beside Justin as he wrapped his arm around her. Before Tariq left her side, she grabbed his wrist.

"Are you sure that you wish to do this?" she asked, he smiled and winked at her. She nodded as she let go of his wrist.

"Uranus crystal power make up!" Haruka said as she began her transformation. Cleo saw Tariq reach into his pocket as he pulled out an ear piece. He put the part in his ear.

"Shooting Star Creator make up!" he said as he too transformed. Cleo looked at Justin as she let out a breathe she was holding.

"He wants to do this to show that they are worthy, and then let him." He said and Cleo nodded.

"Even though I am against this, I will allow it. There are to be no killing blows. The first senshi to admit defeat losses." She said as she looked at both senshi as they nodded at her. "I wish you both luck." She said as she stepped out of the way.

"So you transform into women but are men while on Earth?" Uranus said to Protector.

"My brothers prefer the female form; I personally prefer the male, more fun that way." She said as she winked at the sky senshi. "Enough small talk, shall we?" she asked as she bowed before the senshi who did the same. The senshi began to fight, both proving to be equal in strength and speed. Uranus smiled at Creator as she held up her hand.

"World shaking!" she said as Creator smiled and flipped out of the way of the attack, causing Uranus to gasp.

"Shooting star brightness!" Creator said as the attack went to Uranus and hit her on the shoulder as she tried to move, Uranus grabbed her shoulder in pain and looked up at Creator.

"How could you hit me?" she asked as she stood up.

"Now that would be telling. Do you wish to continue?" the senshi asked and Uranus nodded as she charged to Creator who gracefully dodged her punches. Creator grabbed Uranus hand and squeezed it, letting go while the senshi was in shock and sweeping her feet. Landing to top of her, Creator held her down and laughed at Uranus.

"You really are a most worthy opponent and I would love to spar against you more often. Would you like that my feisty kitten?" she whispered the last sentence in her ear, causing Uranus eyes to go wider.

"I would be more than happy to learn from you Creator, I admit defeat." The outer senshi said, Creator got off her and held out her hand which Uranus took as they both stood up and hugged. Cleo leaned into Justin as she watched the scene. "Your highness, the wandering senshi are a very wise choice to protect you. I will, of course, accept them into our group." Uranus said as she bowed before the pair.

"Sailor Uranus, you have matured tonight more than anyone would have expected, and for that I am more than proud." She said as she looked up at Creator. "Sailor Shooting Star Creator, congratulations." She said as the other senshi bowed before them. "Now, I don't know about all of you, but I am so hungry!" she said as Chibichibi walked up to her and nodded in agreement.

"Now if that is not a sign that Chibichibi is not your daughter I don't know what is!" Rei said as they all powered down.

"Rei-chan, how can you be so mean to me?" Cleo said as she walked up to her friend.

"You should take it as a complement Cleo-chan!" the senshi said back to her.

"Take something like that as a complement, are you implying that all I do is eat. Oh my stars I am going to get fat!" she said as she looked at her body and began assessing it.

"No, no nothing like that, I am just saying that you have a large appetite that seems to be never ending!" Rei said as she took her friend's hand. "If you were really fat, do you think that you would have Justin wrapped around your finger? And I have seen the way that Tariq has been acting around you today, and I don't need to be an Empath to tell how he feels for you." She whispered in her ear as she pulled her close. Cleo's eyes widen as she felt someone tugging at her jeans.

"Chibichibi?" the girl said, Cleo bent down and picked her up, Justin coming to her side. They walked away, heading to the diner on campus to eat.

"I can't believe how much fun I am having!" the girl said as she felt Christian's arm wrap around her, she blushed.

"Please, let us dine at the campus diner, at this time of night, it should be very quiet. It is also a perfect place to get to know each other better." He said, the girl blushed again but nodded in agreement to the suggestion and the pair made their way there.

The gang found a booth that was big enough to fit them, Justin went up against the wall, Chibichibi sitting on his lap as Cleo joined him followed by Tariq and Haruka, Hoshi and Ami. On the other side sat Mirchu, Rei and Austin, Makoto and Minako. Conversations happened around Cleo as she put her head in Justin shoulder and watched Chibichibi drink her chocolate milkshake.

"She is going to be hyper and it is nearly her bed time!" Cleo said as she watched her.

"She will be fine!" Justin said as she shook her head at his parenting skills.

"At least make sure she brushes her teeth before she goes to bed." She said as she felt a sensation up the back of her neck, causing her to sit up. Tariq put his hand on her shoulder.

"Cleo?" he whispered in her ear, as her gaze fell on the couple that had just entered, the girl was laughing at something the boy must have said as they sat down and someone came to take their order. Hoshi felt something too as he looked up from his conversation with Ami about their studies. Just like Cleo he looked at the pair before he returned to the conversation, however, that did not help Cleo as she stood up and went over to the couple and looked at the boy.

"I am sorry to sound rude, but do I know you?" she said as she looked closer at the boy. The boy looked at her once over before looking at her in the eyes.

"I am sorry, I think I would remember a face like yours, now if you mind you are interrupting my time with this amazing lady here." He said as he looked at the girl sitting opposite him who had blushed. Cleo still looked at the boy as she felt a hand on her shoulder. Tariq took Cleo's hand and led her away from the couple and sat her back down.

"What the hell was that about?" Makoto asked her as they gathered closer.

"I am not so sure, but he makes me feel very uneasy." She said as she looked and saw the boy give the girl a flower. He pinned it on her jumper as it began to glow and then a gem appeared out of it, shining bright as the girl collapsed. Cleo gasped as she watched the scene unfold and the boy changed into Christian. He grabbed the gem and smiled.

"Hey, what do you think you are doing?" Cleo said as she went over and kicked the gem out of his hands. Christian gasped as the gem flew across the room, Chibichibi picking it up.

"How can a mere human hurt me? No matter, my monster here will take care of you." He said as he laughed and disappeared. The girl was engulfed in black and wrapped in a cocoon as it began to move, it opened and she had turned into a monster. Cleo flipped out of the way and over to Chibichibi.

"Chibichibi, keep hold of that for mommy, go find somewhere to hide." She said as the small girl nodded and ran behind the counter. "Mina, transform!" she said as they all nodded.

"Mercury crystal power make up!"

"Venus crystal power make up!"

"Mars crystal power make up!"

"Jupiter crystal power make up!"

"Uranus crystal power make up!"

"Neptune crystal power make up!"

"Shooting Star Creator make up!"

"Shooting Star Protector make up!"

"Shooting Star Defender make up!"

"Eternal crystal stardust power!" Cleo said as she felt light engulf her as she was lifted up from the ground. Once she felt something beneath her feet, she opened her eyes. She felt a hand on her shoulder as the Silver Solider appeared by her side.

"How can he turn that girl into a monster, I can not forgive him!" she said as she looked at the monster who was now laughing at the senshi who stood before her. Stardust could hear the senshi sending their attacks to it, while all of them missing, the monster hit them all down with one blast. The Shooting Stars dived in front of the senshi, taking the full impact of the beam. Stardust looked at the Silver Solider who nodded, she smiled as she reached out her hand and he took it, both running to the monster, the Silver Solider lifted Stardust up as she jumped from his shoulder and over the top of the monster. He threw a bunch of roses in its face as Stardust landed and kicked it to the ground from behind.

The Shooting Stars helped the senshi up as Creator watched the monster turn to face Stardust, shooting a beam of light at her, only for the Silver Soldier to protect her, causing them both to land against the wall. Stardust awoke quickly and held the Silver Soldier head in her hands. Light engulfed them as she used her powers to heal his wounds. Creator held his hand out to Mercury.

"Come on, together." She said, and Mercury nodded.

"Shooting star brightness!" Creator said, and at the same time Mercury said "Shine aqua illusion!" as the attacks combined to hit the monster. It turned and looked at the senshi.

"Shooting star comet!" Defender said and at the same time Mars said "Burning Mandela!" and the attack hit the monster, weakening it. Protector and Venus went to help the Silver Soldier and Stardust. Protector lifted him off of Stardust as Venus helped her stand up.

"Lend me your power." Stardust said to Venus, she nodded as she closed her eyes and held hands with Stardust. Stardust took her power and held out her other hand as her scepter appeared. She placed the star crystal on it and stood away from Venus as she twirled the scepter and posed.

"Stardust eternal slumber!" she said as the beam hit the monster. Once it returned to a girl, she began to sway, weakening with every step. Stardust went over to get Chibichibi and the gem she was holding. Neptune had come to support her as Jupiter held onto Venus. Stardust bent down and picked up the girl.

"Chibichibi?" she asked as she held out the gem.

"Give it back to the girl there Chibichibi." Stardust said as she leaned on Neptune more. The girl wiggled out of Stardust's grasp and went to the girl, letting go of the gem, it returned to her body and she began to wake up. Stardust nodded at the girl as she finally gave into the darkness that she had been holding back.

Stardust awoke to find herself in the arms of Justin, she looked around and saw that everyone had powered down.

"Minako-chan, are you okay?" she asked.

"I will be fine after a nights sleep Sailor Stardust, how are you?" she asked as she bent down to her friend. Stardust sat up and winced as she felt her side and saw blood. She looked at them confused.

"You passed on your healing powers to me; I guess this has stopped you from healing your own wounds." Justin said as he helped her stand up. "Can you power down?" he asked, she shrugged as she closed her eyes and felt her power leave her. Weakened in her human form, Cleo's feet buckled under the weight, only to be caught by Tariq.

"Hoshi, can you have a look at this please?" Tariq asked, he nodded as he went over to Cleo and put his hand on her side.

"We should get her back to our place, it is closer and I have everything I need there to fix her." He said; Justin and the senshi nodded as Justin picked her up.

"I think that the rest of you should go home and rest after today's battle. Can someone please take care of Chibichibi?" Justin asked as the little girl was still grabbing hold of his leg. Ami bent down to the level of the girl who looked at her before running into her arms.

"Merc'ry Chibichibi!" the girl said as she recognized her blue hair. The senshi waived their goodbyes as they all parted to go another way. Tariq looked at Justin and saw that Cleo had fallen asleep in his arms.

Justin stood out on the balcony as he let Hoshi and the other wandering senshi attend to Cleo. He let out a sigh as he thought about the battle. In protecting her, he had also caused her pain and this was something he did not want. He heard the door slide open but did not move as he continued to look at the moon.

"She should be fine soon, and then you can take her home." Tariq said as he stood next to Justin. "My king, if I may be frank?" he asked, Justin nodded. "Fate likes to play games, I remember a time that the star kingdom flourished and the Cleo and I used to play when we were children. Then my galaxy was under attack and I was weakened, giving the enemy the chance to take our princess from our galaxy. When we came here, following her power somehow, I met Cleo in the bookstore, and I knew that I knew her from somewhere, but did not know where. I fell in love with her, and I know that she does not feel the same, her heart belongs to you. Knowing that my feelings for her can be nothing, I wish to protect her in any way I can, and that means protecting you. My king, please accept my strength and use it in any way you can." Tariq said as he bowed down before him. Justin turned and looked at the man.

"Thank you for being honest with me. There was a point where I was afraid I was going to lose her and there was nothing I can do for her. Promise me this, if something is to happen to me in the final battle, you will keep her safe and love her the way I know that you will." He said; Tariq looked up shocked at his king.

"Of course I will my king." He said as he stood up. The pair watched the moon and stars, Justin saw a shooting star and made a silent wish.

Cleo was home at last for the holiday as she dived into the swimming pool. She had invited all of the senshi and the wandering senshi to stay at her place after double checking with her brother, who of course agreed. She swam a few lengths as she looked up and saw her brother walk in. She climbed out and he looked at her in her bikini.

"You have more scars than I thought. Do you not normally heal?" he said as she sat down beside him.

"I have had a few problems with my healing powers recently." She said as Chibichibi skipped into the room with the Luna cats following her. She had her new bathing suit on, since Craig fell in love with the child and took her shopping, also made sure to buy some furniture and gave her a room next to Cleo's. The child was happy and Craig had also brought furniture for the girl for Justin's study which was being converted into a room for her. The girl sat on Craig's lap as the cats joined them.

"Sunspot, Shadow I have a job for you, if I may ask?" Cleo said and the cats nodded. "Can you please go to the Star Kingdom and see how things are going? All I want to do is to relax and catch up on my studying." She said and again the cats nodded and left. Sunspot turned before walking away.

"Cleo-chan, are you going to be okay?" she asked her, Cleo thought about this and nodded.

"I am going to try my best Sunspot; all I can hope is that it will be enough." Cleo said and the cat nodded as she followed Shadow out. Craig put his arm around his sister as she began to cry. "I can't do this can I?" she asked her brother.

"You can do anything you set your mind to, and with everyone by your side, anything can be possible. Remember that you are loved and needed here." He said as he held onto his sister, allowing her to let out all of the sorrow and fears she had bottled up in the past month.

Tariq, Austin and Hoshi had taken on apprentices in the form of the other senshi. Tariq had both of the outer senshi and Cleo, Austin had accepted Minako, Makoto and Haruka as well as Cleo as fighting apprentices whereas Hoshi had taken on Mirchu and Rei to help develop their psychic abilities. Ami and Hoshi studied together as did Tariq and Cleo. Austin had also begun studying with Justin since he was also taking history. For Cleo it had kept her busy with her extra training as well as her normal training with her brother. Craig had taken over babysitting for Chibichibi as well as Cleo and Justin spending time with the child as much as they could. Chibichibi enjoyed her time with everyone, however no matter that she had her own room; she would always sneak into Cleo's room and sleep with her and Justin. Craig knew that the pair had spent time sleeping in the same bed and allowed this, she was after all betrothed to him and could not really stop them spending the night together. The wandering senshi and Craig became friends; they also joined Craig in his lessons. They had all beaten Craig with ease due to their strength and speed in fighting. Not only did this embarrass him, but they had to remind him of their own strength and abilities. It was a hot day and Cleo was out by the lake near her house. She sat down on the ground and looked at the water; it was a rare moment where she was alone and at peace. She lay on the grass and closed her eyes and allowed the sun to warm her that was until someone stood in her way.

"Excuse you, rude much?" she said as she felt the presence.

"Nope." The person said, and Cleo let out a smile as a kiss went on her cheek. She opened her eyes and saw Tariq kneeling there. She lifted up her upper part of her body as he sat down behind her; she put her head in his lap. He stroked her hair as she looked up at the boy she began to call friend. He looked down at her and smiled.

"So, the queen finally has some free time?" he asked and she nodded.

"Finished all of my homework and extra reading, Chibichibi is out with Justin and Craig, the senshi are either training with your brothers or studying. We are quite a bunch if I must say. All we do is work and train; will there be nothing more in our lives?" she asked him. He looked out to the water to think about how to answer her question.

"We are senshi; it is our duty to protect those who can not fight for themselves, and to protect those who mean the most to us." He said as he looked at the water. "I failed in both on my home and now I have to repay for my mistake." He said as a tear fell on Cleo's cheek, she looked up and saw that he was crying. Cleo sat up and took him in her arms.

"Your princess must know that it was not your fault that you were overpowered and could do nothing to help her. She must be here for you to find, and with us helping you, I know that anything is possible." She said as she rubbed his back.

"I don't need anyone else but you beside me; with you I am ready to do anything." He said as he looked up in her eyes. She smiled at him as he kissed her on the cheek. "If only things were different as to what they are now." He whispered in her ear.

"We are led by fate and destiny. It was fate that we were to meet, however destiny that I am with Justin. I am sorry about this but we can not do anything about it. As long as I have both of you at my side, I know that I am well protected." She said as she leaned into him, he wrapped his arm around her as she began to close her eyes.

"Chibichibi?" she heard the child from behind say. Cleo looked up and saw her brother and Justin heading towards them. Justin was okay with Tariq protecting her and showing her simple affection even though he knew that she loved him, it sometimes still hurt him. Tariq stood up, offering his hand to Cleo as she took it and stood up, Chibichibi pulled on her leg and she bent down to pick the child up. Justin came up to the pair and smiled.

"Relaxing for a change?" he said to them both.

"Cleo finally had some free time and I had to ruin it by talking to her." Tariq said and Cleo hit him. "Ouch, you are beginning to get stronger even in your human form; I really don't want to mess with you when you are transformed." He said as he rubbed his arm.

"Maybe one day soon we will find out." She said as she went into Justin's open arms. He kissed her head and whispered something in her ear, she smiled. Tariq walked up to Craig who was standing back a bit.

"They make a nice pair." Craig said to him as he stood beside him.

"Yep, the queen of the Star Kingdom and the king of the Earth Kingdom, it is a match that has always been written in the stars." He said as he let out a sigh.

"You love her but you know that she belongs to Justin." He said and Tariq just nodded. "Fate plays games with us, I am glad to see that you are not doing anything stupid." Craig said as the pair walked back into the house.

"I just want to see her happy and not get hurt. I know that she loves him more than she can love me, I have accepted it, as long as I am there for her when she needs me, and I can protect her from getting hurt then I am happy." He said as they went into the kitchen. Craig fetched two bottles of water as Tariq sat down on the stool.

"Even if that means you can not show her how you feel? You are more mature than you appear Tariq." He said as they drunk. "However, I still can not get over the fact that when you transform you turn into women!" Craig said, causing Tariq to nearly fall off his stool from laughter.

Cleo woke up screaming and breathing hard. Sweat poured down her forehead. Justin woke up from her scream and put on the light. She began to sob as he took her in his arms.

"No, not him, anyone but him." She said in between sobs.

"Shush, it was just a bad dream." Justin said in her ear and he tired to help her calm down.

"This wasn't a dream, it was a vision." She said as she got out of bed and grabbed her bathrobe that was hanging on the door. She opened her bedroom door and went out, Justin stayed in bed since Chibichibi had woken up and was looking at him.

"It's okay, I am here for you. Come on, let's go back to sleep." He said as he turned off the light, hoping that Cleo would be okay. Cleo had walked towards Hoshi's room and began to knock on the door. She heard movement and a few moments later, Hoshi opened the door dressed in his boxers and a t shirt.

"Cleo-chan, what are you doing here at this hour?" he asked her as he wiped the sleep from his eyes. He then looked at her and saw that she had been crying. He opened the door and let her walked in. She walked in and sat down on his bed. Hoshi closed his door and joined her.

"Something bad is going to happen, and I need you to see how long we have." She said as she looked at him.

"Bad as in how?" he asked, Cleo's eyes filled up with tears again as she looked at him, he nodded as he put his hands on her forehead and began to find the nightmare. Cleo pushed it to the front of her thoughts for him to find. He watched the dream, slowing it down and trying to find something for her. Cleo tried to stop herself from crying as she saw it being played over again, Hoshi tried not to act shocked when he saw it. After ten minutes he pulled away and Cleo finally gave into her tears and he took her in his arms.

"Not long." He said as he stroked her hair. "We can not let this happen, let anyone find out about it." He said as he held onto her, she was breaking down inside and it was hurting her. He had to help her take her mind of it. "Come on, let's go out." He said as he helped her stand up and took her to his balcony. The air hit Cleo's face, not only waking her up even more but brought the dream more to her mind. Hoshi sat her on the chair as he went and grabbed a blanket for her and also something to drink. She sat, still in shock as he came back with the blanket she needed. He held the cup to her mouth. "Drink this." He said as she took hold of it and had a sip. He bent down to her level as she began to calm down.

"Do you want me to get Tariq?" he asked, she shook her head, she knew that she would crawl into bed beside him for comfort, this was something that Justin knew and he respected that she needed to be with her friend and did nothing to stop her. She had convinced him several times that nothing happened between them and he believed that she would do nothing to hurt him since she was bound to him. Cleo leaned towards Hoshi, she had a special bond with the wandering senshi and everyone had seen this. Justin was happy for her to feel close to them, somehow also a bit jealous but still he respected her wishes and feelings. Hoshi put his arm around Cleo as she began to sob again.

"Can you somehow block this from the other senshi?" she asked in a low voice and he nodded. "I don't want anyone to know about this." She said as he stroked her head. "I want to see Tariq." She said; Hoshi nodded as he went into the bedroom joint to his to wake up his brother. A few minutes later she heard some moaning and some whispered voices and then footsteps approached her. She turned and saw Tariq; tears automatically fell down her cheeks as she ran into his arms. He whispered calming words into her ear as she cried. He looked at his brother as to ask what happened, he shook his head in response as he felt Cleo calm down and she began to fall asleep in his arms. He picked her up and took her to his room before joining his brother again.

"What happened?" he asked as he closed his door.

"She had another nightmare, but this time it was not one that neither of us wants to see." Hoshi said as he began to go back to bed.

"She is upset and destroyed, can she never have a break?" he asked and Hoshi shook his head.

"There is nothing I can do, not even fate can stop this from happening." He said as he turned off the light, signaling to Tariq that the conversation was over and he went into his room and wrapped his arms around Cleo as she slept.

Cleo awoke to the bed being empty, but she could still smell where her friend had held onto her throughout the night. She stood up and grabbed her bath robe and went back to her room to see Justin and Chibichibi still sleeping. She smiled as she went up to Justin and kissed him on the neck. He began to moan as she continued to work her way to his lips, which he responded to. He held her head closer as he deepened the kiss. Cleo pulled away and looked at him; he pushed her hair out of her eyes.

"That was a nice wake up call." He said as he sat up. "Did you go to Tariq's room then?" he asked, she nodded. "But you disturbed Hoshi as well didn't you?" he asked and again she nodded. Justin put his arms around her and held her close. "You want to talk about it?" he said and again she shook her head as the dream came back to haunt her. Justin got out of bed and left the child to continue sleeping. Both of them went downstairs into the kitchen to get something to eat. Once she was munching on some toast and drinking some juice she felt somehow better. Chibichibi came down the stairs carrying her stuffed bunny that Craig had given her as a present, dragging the bunny by the ear as she looked up at the pair.

"Chibichibi?" she asked as she looked at Cleo. Cleo picked her up and sat her on her knee as she helped herself to the toast that was still on her plate. Justin looked at Cleo.

"You have been losing weight, something has you worried." He said as he sat beside her.

"I have been eating the same amount as before, just training more." She lied as she gave her glass to the girl who drunk her juice.

"Are you sure that you are okay? I worry about you." He said as he stood up and took hold of her shoulders and made her look into his eyes. She smiled at him and nodded. Justin pulled her head closer and kissed her. Cleo moved slightly to be a bit more comfortable and not to hurt the girl on her lap. They heard a cough behind them and broke apart to see the senshi looking at them.

"They are so in love!" Minako said, causing the girls to squeal. Justin, Cleo, the wandering and outer senshi covered their ears until the noise subsided. Cleo then laughed at the senshi who were blushing. Cleo took the girl to her room to get her changed and Justin went into his room to get his training gear. Cleo went into her room to find Austin waiting in there.

"My brothers appear to be tired and I guess you have something to do with that." He asked and she nodded.

"I needed to talk to them last night; gomen I did not mean to disturb them, but it was a matter of importance." She said as she went into her wardrobe to get her stuff. Austin walked up behind her and picked out her clothes for her. She turned and smiled at her friend as he pushed her hair out of her eyes and touched her cheek.

"Don't allow things to be a burden. A problem shared is a problem halved." He said as he moved out of her way and let her pass. Chibichibi came into the room and looked at the boy. She smiled at him as she ran towards him. Austin picked her up and she put her sticky hand on his face.

"How did you get your hands so sticky little one?" he asked her and she just laughed. Austin turned as Cleo took off her bath robe, he could see her clothes hanging off for her. She normally had a nice figure, but now she looked sick. Austin put the child down and went to Cleo. He put his arms around her waist as she jumped in surprise.

"I want Hoshi to look at you; I think that Justin may be on to something about you." He said as he went out of the room, Cleo telling him no. Justin upon hearing the commotion went into her room and saw her sitting on her bed.

"Cleo, what is going on?" he asked as the child skipped up to him and he picked her up. She put her still sticky hand on his cheek.

"You and Austin think that something is wrong with the way that I look, am I really that fat? Am I really so unattractive?" she asked as she looked at herself in the mirror as tears filled in her eyes. Justin gasped as he finally took in how she was looking. He put the child down and went up behind her and kissed her neck.

"Cleo you are perfect and you always will be perfect. Nothing will change how I feel about you, what I promised to you when you became queen." He said to her as Hoshi came in and saw her. He shook his head as he shooed them out, all except Chibichibi who walked up to the boy and he bent down to her.

"Chibichibi?" she said as she smiled and put her still sticky hand on his face.

"Someone please wash Chibichibi's hands!" he shouted as the little girl giggled and went out of the room. Cleo had fallen to her knees in front of the mirror. Hoshi bent down beside her and hugged her.

"What we do is for you Cleo, we are all here to protect you and to support you in every decision you make, not only as queen but as to what kind of person you are going to grow up to be." He whispered in her ear. "But for us to do that, we need you to be honest with us and tell us things so that we can advise you." He continued saying as he stood up, holding out his hand to her, she took it and stood up besides her. Hoshi removed her top and looked at her body; her ribs were beginning to show a lot as well as her hip bone. "When was the last time you weighed yourself?" he asked and she shrugged. He guided her to the bathroom and asked her to stand on the scales. He was shocked as to what they said her weight was. He threw her back the top as she began to shiver, only for her bedroom door to open and Tariq to walk in. He took one look at Cleo and his eyes grew.

"I said everyone out, that means you too Tariq!" Hoshi shouted at his brother as he closed the door for Cleo's privacy. Tariq nodded as he left the room, Hoshi opened the door and Cleo walked out with her top back on.

"Tariq properly found out how ugly I finally am; he may never want to see me again." She whispered to herself, hoping that Hoshi did not hear. Hoshi let out a sigh and shook his head.

"You are still young, and we forget that you face these kinds of problems. Your training has tripled in the last few months; however your food intake has lessened. With the battles and you using your powers to help others has all put toll onto your body. I think you have an eating disorder." He said to her, she shook her head in disbelieve, she had not done this on purpose, it just happened. "Sometimes these things do just happen, I know that you did not mean it to happen, but you have neglected what your body needs. When was your last period?" he asked, Cleo paused to think about this, knowing that she was not pregnant since she and Justin had only done it once and used protection she thought back.

"A few months ago; I thought that due to the stress of college and battles and everything it was normal." She said as she picked up her training gear and went into the bathroom to get changed, only to be stopped by Hoshi.

"No, you are not training today, you and Justin are going out with Chibichibi and I expect him to make you eat, at least 5 small meals." He said as he went to her wardrobe. He picked out a pair of jeans and her purple top with a bunny on it that Tariq had got her. She took them as she went into the bathroom to get changed. She poked her head out and went red.

"Can you pass me one of my belts please?" she asked, realizing how much weight she really had lost, her jeans were hanging off her. Hoshi went into her wardrobe and picked the one with a butterfly clasp. When she was finished, she came out and Hoshi looked at her. She attempted to put on a baggy jumper but he pulled it away.

"You do not need to hide the way you are, you are not fat, nor are you ugly so please get that image out of your head." He said as he grabbed hold of her shoulders. She looked up at him and nodded as he led her out of the room and downstairs.

The senshi gasped as they saw Cleo in her clothes. None of them had realized that it had gotten so out of hand. Justin went up to her and put a protective arm around her as Craig looked at his sister in surprise. He had seen her in her bikini a few days ago but he didn't realize or think much about it. Seeing her now, he knew that something was wrong. Justin picked up Chibichibi and guided Cleo and the child out of the house, planning in his head how to make Cleo smile. Tariq was about to follow when Rei grabbed his arm.

"No, they need time alone more than ever now." She said; he nodded as he looked at the senshi and back at the door as they left.

"Chibichibi?" the girl said.

"That's right Chibichibi; me you and mommy are going to the fair on the pier would you like that?" Justin said and the girl nodded and smiled. Cleo looked up at Justin and kissed him on the cheek. She held out her hand as the child took hers in one and Justin's in the other. Once they reached the pier the girl ran off looking around, Cleo always keeping an eye on her as Justin pulled her closer to him. She felt warm as he held her close and smiled. The child ran up to the pair and pulled them by the hands to the candy floss stand. Cleo took out her wallet as she got a small one for the child and one for her and Justin to share. They walked along the pier; Chibichibi was a few steps ahead of them. They reached the end and looked out at the ocean in front of them. Cleo leaned into Justin's chest as Chibichibi stood in front of them.

"Chibichibi?" the child said as she looked up at the pair, Cleo smiled down at the child.

"What do you want to do then Chibichibi?" she asked, the little girl looked at her confused. Cleo bent down and picked her up. "Mommy is hungry and wants a hot dog, you want food too?" she asked and the girl nodded. Justin smiled at Cleo and the child, his daughter as they walked away from the end and went to the hot dog stand.

The sun began to set as the couple and their child were heading home. Chibichibi had long fallen asleep in Justin's arms as Cleo was walking beside them. She looked up and saw someone walking with the boy who reminded her of the one Christian turned into. She stopped and paused as she watched the scene unfold, again he handed the girl a flower and then she passed out. Cleo hit her star bracelet while Justin ran to their house since they were close by. Cleo grabbed her transformation brooch and began to transform.

"Stop right there! Stealing her dream crystal is unforgivable. Women are allowed to have their dreams, no matter how innocent or stupid they might seem to you, they are all we have. In the name of the stars shining above, I will take you out!" she said as she posed. Christian laughed at the girl and Stardust ran up to him, and began swinging at him, each punch missing him. She kicked up and met his hand, the gem flying away into the sand. The pair ran to grab it, only for Protector to come and pick it up. She smiled as she put her gem in her pocket and looked at Stardust.

"So, the pretty sailor senshi has appeared. I would love to stay around and play, but my monster is more than willing to do that for me." Christian said as he vanished. Stardust and the wandering senshi looked at the girl who had transformed; the wandering senshi went in front of Stardust to protect her. She pushed them aside and stood in front of them.

"I do not need protecting, I can take on the monster myself!" she said as she ran, only for her hand to be grabbed by Protector.

"Not going to happen, not while any of us still has breathed left in our bodies!" she said as the other wandering senshi went up to attack the monster. Stardust looked into Protector's eyes as the monster shot a beam at them, Stardust turned and threw her hand up, a shield protecting her and the other senshi. Protector let go of her arm as she pushed herself forward.

"Not only am I so mad, but attacking me and my friends, no matter how much I know that it is not your fault, I can not forgive you!" She said as she stood in front of the monster, reaching through the shield she grabbed hold of the monsters arm. As she pulled the arm through the shield, her arm began to turn human. In shock, Stardust let go of it and reached her hand out, her scepter appearing there. She pressed her brooch and it opened, reaching for the star crystal and put it on her scepter.

"Stardust eternal slumber!" she said as the beam hit the monster. It returned to normal as Protector went up and gave the gem back to the girl.

"So, you have taken once again another one of my gems, well, let's see how you like it if I take yours pretty senshi!" he said as he threw a flower at Stardust. It hit her in the chest as she fell back into Creator's arms. Her dream gem appeared, not only was it bright, but it was big. The light engulfed Stardust as she blacked out. Christian reached out for the gem, only to be hit with a rose. Defender grabbed the gem away from his grasp and ran away, Christian following him.

"Venus, catch!" Defender said as he threw the gem at her, she caught it.

"Shine aqua illusion!" Mercury said as she attacked Christian, the attack hit him on the back.

"Submarine reflection!" Neptune called out as he reached out to grab Venus.

"I am not in the mood to play games!" Protector said as she stood up after checking on Stardust. "Shooting star blessing!" at the same time, Mars sent her attack hitting him on the back causing him to stumble.

"Jupiter, catch!" Venus said as she threw the gem to her friend. The senshi grabbed it and ran back to Stardust. Christian reappeared in front of the senshi.

"You are not going anywhere!" he said as he reached out to grab her.

"Venus love me chain!" came a voice as he was hit from behind, Jupiter jumping to the side as she reached the Silver Soldier who was protecting Stardust. He took the gem and it responded to him, Christian looked in awe.

"Two gems that respond to each other… that means… ouch!" he said as he was attacked by a very angry Creator. He turned and looked at the wandering senshi.

"You hurt my friend, I can never forgive you. Shooting star brightness!" she said as she sent the attack to him. He vanished and appeared in the sky.

"Space sword blaster!" Uranus called out but the attack missed him.

"She will be mine, mark my words!" he said and vanished. The senshi gathered around Stardust's body as the Silver Soldier gave the gem back to her. The gem went back into her body and they waited for her to wake up. After a few minutes, nothing had happened.

"Come on Sailor Stardust, wake up; please wake up!" Mercury screamed as she shook the girl. The senshi began to let their tears fall freely as Stardust did not respond.

"No, she can not… this was not supposed to happen!" Protector said, the Silver Soldier bent down to her and whispered something in her ear.

"Zara, we need you, please come back to us. Show them how you shine." He said as he then went to her lips and kissed her. Stardust's eyes shot open as she took in a deep breath, light engulfed her as she was lifted up. Once she returned to the sand, she stood up for a second before wavering and being caught by the Silver Soldier.

"You brought me back." She said as she passed out. He picked her up, tears also flowing from his eyes as they all went back to the house.

Craig stood at the gate with Chibichibi waiting for any sign of the senshi to return. He saw a group walk towards them and saw that someone was being carried. When they came closer, he could see that they were all still transformed. Chibichibi went over to the nearest senshi.

"Mars." She said as the senshi bent down to pick the girl up. Craig ran as he saw that Stardust was in the Silver Soldiers arms.

"Is she…" he asked, the senshi shook their heads as he let out a sigh of relieve.

"She was attacked, they took her dream seed, and she was without it for about 15 minutes before we could return it to her." Creator said as he watched the Silver Soldier take Stardust into her room.

"Her dream seed?" Craig asked as they went into the house. Once they were inside, they powered down and sat together in the living room.

"Her dream seed is basically what it says it is. It holds her dreams and without it, she would normally become a monster. The dream seed is something that keeps people alive, since they want them so badly; it is something that they fight to achieve." Haruka explained to them. Craig and the senshi looked at them; they all had sad faces as they thought of their friend in her room.

Justin put Cleo on her bed, even though she had not powered down, he refused to. He pulled the blanket up onto her and covered her. He reached up and took off her tiara and put it on her bedside table. He put his head on her chest and for the first time in a long time, he cried in fear that she would not wake up. Tariq had snuck up to check on Cleo, but after seeing Justin break down; he closed the door behind him and began to let his own tears take over.

"Chibichibi?" the girl said as she walked up to Tariq.

"Mommy is sleeping Chibichibi, how about we go and see if we can do some coloring?" he asked as he bent down to the girl. She nodded at the boy and he picked her up, taking her downstairs; wiping his eyes in the process hoping that none of the senshi would have noticed his tear stained eyes. The child went into the living room where everyone was sitting. Tariq joined them as the child got some books and then sat on his lap and began to color.

"If she doesn't wake up…" Rei said, her voice leaving her.

"She will wake up, she has to we need to be able to see her, to light our way!" Austin said as he hit the wall, Mirchu went up to him and put her arm around him, comforting him from his anger. Silence filled the room again as everyone went to their own thought.

"I can not stand this! We have to do something!" Makoto said. Ami flipped her communicator and pressed the deep red button.

"Sailor Pluto, we need you. Can you spare some time?" she said, a voice saying that she would be there soon could be heard and then she closed it. A portal appeared and out stepped a senshi that Craig did not know.

"Puu! Chibichibi!" the little girl said as she went over to the senshi. Pluto bent down and picked the girl up and looked at everyone's sad faces.

"What happened?" she asked as she powered down to Setsuna. Craig's mouth fell open, Minako saw this and let out a brief smile, knowing that Craig felt something for the senshi.

"Sailor Stardust's dream seed was taken from her. We have replaced it and she woke up for a second before collapsing again." Haruka explained. Setsuna nodded as she listened to them all explaining what had happened.

"Where is she now?" she asked.

"In her bed, still transformed, Silver Solider is with her. He won't leave her side." Hoshi said as he stood up, showing Setsuna where her room was.

There was a knock on the door and the Silver Soldier looked up. Seeing that Stardust was still asleep, he went to open the door. He saw all of the senshi as well as Setsuna standing there.

"May we enter?" Tariq asked, he nodded as he moved out of the way and pushed the door open to let them all enter. Setsuna put the child down as she went to Stardust's bedside. She closed her eyes and held onto her hand.

"Her dreams have changed; they were not what they were previously. She has lost the meaning behind being queen, being Cleo, but not about being Sailor Stardust, she can not power down, no she refuses to." She said as she tightened her eyes and sweat appeared on her forehead. "She wants to dim her shine, to stop people getting hurt… to stop someone…" she let out a gasp as she opened her eyes and looked at Hoshi.

"We need to talk Sailor Shooting Star Protector." She said and he nodded as he led her to his bedroom.

"Was that image correct what I saw in her heart?" she asked once he had closed the door he could not trust himself with words so nodded instead. "And for that reason, she wants to change her dreams, to not do what she is destined to do, why did I not feel something change in the timelines?" she asked.

"Because I did not know that this was going to happen. She came to me and told me about her dream, her vision and made me swear not to tell anyone. How can I know that there would be consequences? I was protecting her it is not as if she has enough going on in her life to have this to add to her issues!" he said as his voice rose.

"Her dream seed leaving her body has had an effect on her, it gave her a chance to change what she thought about doing, and when it re-entered her body, she tried to change it. She is rejecting herself; this can cause her to die." She said, Hoshi looked at the senshi of time and shook his head.

"No, no her vision was not supposed to be her!" he said.

"I know, but she is doing it to protect that person. She sees her life as meaningless compared to the one who was supposed to die. She found a loophole and took it!" She said and Hoshi began to cry.

"No, I need her light, we need her light to show us through the darkness!" he said as he ran out of his room and into Cleo's. He went to her side and picked her up in his arms.

"No you can't do this, you can not. Let me take the place instead not you. You are needed here we need you!" he said as he shook Stardust. Setsuna came into the room and pulled him away from her body. "We have to do something, I have to help her!" he said as he turned to the senshi and cried.

The Silver Solider stood and watched this reaction.

"How can we save her?" he said as he stood up. Setsuna looked at the king.

"My king, I can not allow it." Setsuna said; he stood back from the senshi as his hands closed into fists.

"My queen is not waking up and I want her back. I need her Setsuna-chan I can not live without her!" he said as he cried to the senshi and bowed before her. "Please bring her back to me." He said as he hung his head down to her. Tariq bowed down next to him, also crying.

"She means more to all of us than we ever thought possible, even if it would mean sacrificing my life, we need her to shine." He said as he looked up at the senshi. She looked down at the men who had expressed their feelings for the senshi that was lying in bed.

"Gomen, there is only one who can help her." She said as she turned to Hoshi, he nodded as he took his ear piece out of his pocket.

"Shooting Star Protector make up!" he said as his transformation took place. When it was over, Protector stood in front of them.

"And he will not be alone! Neptune crystal power make up!" Mirchu said as she transformed. Once she was there, she bowed down before Setsuna.

"Sailor Shooting Star Protector, Sailor Neptune. I will teleport you into the heart of Sailor Stardust's dream seed. Find out what is stopping her, making her want to change her dreams and help her see the truth. May you be successful in your fight?" She said as she reached out for her transformation pen.

"Pluto crystal power make up!" she said as her own transformation began to take place. She reached out for her staff and said some words, watching as the two senshi disappeared. "Now all we can do is wait. Gomen my king, it has to be Protector to do this, Neptune going should help things speed up. If I may advise you get some sleep, at least power down." She said as she sat down next to Stardust. Silver Solider went over to the other side of her and took her hand, Tariq by his side.

"We will not leave her until she wakes up. I made a promise to her that I will keep!" Tariq said as he put his hand on the Silver soldier's shoulder. The Luna cats had jumped up on the bed; both appeared to be upset and rested on Stardust's stomach.

"Please, anyone who is listening to us up there, help her find the way back onto the correct path." Rei said to the sky as the stars began to shine. "I know she may be a pain, but she is all that I have." She continued as she began to sob. The guardian senshi joined her on the balcony; Minako put her arms around the normally strong fire senshi.

"She will be brought back to us; the strongest of the wandering senshi and the outer senshi have gone to help her. We have to put our trust in them that they will succeed." Haruka said as she joined them.

Protector and Neptune landed in a desert. They looked around and saw in the distance a building. They looked at each other before beginning to make their way towards it.

"You have to promise me that what you see here, you can never tell the other senshi." Protector said as they saw the object getting bigger.

"Why is that so important?" she asked.

"Because the things we see here we do not want to make them worry. Cleo, no Stardust has had visions that she does not want people to know about, especially the person that appears in the visions. They hurt her terribly and this is why she is like this, she is protecting the person by sacrificing herself." She said as they approached the person in the house. They looked at Cleo; however it did not seem to be her.

"May I help you?" she asked as she looked up at them.

"My name is Sailor Shooting Star Protector and this is Sailor Neptune. Do you know where you are?" Protector asked her.

"Yes, I know where I am, I want to be hidden, kept away from all of the stress and strain of everything. Studying for college, people looking at me, saying bad things about me because I am too young to be there, thinking that I cheated when I get higher test scores than them. Being picked on for being fat and yet no matter what I do, I can't lose the weight." She said as she began to cry. "No one would leave me alone, I was afraid to ask people for help in case they thought that they knew I could not do it, knew that I am weak, knew that I would fail." She said; Neptune bent down to her.

"Not one of us thinks that and will never think that. We think the complete opposite." She said to her.

"How can you, I don't even know you, and I have no friends!" she said as she pushed the senshi away.

"How can you forget us? The people you live with, Justin your boyfriend, Tariq, Austin, Hoshi, Chibichibi? How can you forget the people who are there ready to help you, to support you and guide you on the correct path?" Protector asked as she looked at Neptune.

"You are all the same, just like the rest of them. I don't want to be smart, I don't want to be me anymore, just leave me here!" she said as she began to run, only to be grabbed by Protector.

"We can not, since we promised that we will not give up on you. You make us laugh, you make us cry, but no matter what, we are always beside you. You bring out the good in us, help us continue where we would have normally given up; help us by giving us advice, by training with us. We need you in our lives just as much as the other parts of you." Neptune said as she lifted her face to look at her. "You are loved by every single one of us, as a sister, as a friend and as a lover." She said; Cleo looked in the eyes of the senshi. "Your spirit is what keeps us fighting, and your light shines brighter than anything I have ever seen." Protector said as he wrapped her arm around her waist. A light engulfed Cleo as she felt their love warming her. She closed her eyes and then looked at the pair.

"Sailor Shooting Star Protector, Sailor Neptune, what are you both doing here?" she said to the pair.

"We are here to help you remember who you really are and that we need you. You are loved by more people than you know. You can not give up on yourself when we are here to support you!" Neptune said as she winked at her, Cleo blushed.

"So what we do now?" Cleo asked as she looked around and the scene began to change.

"It looks like we are about to find out!" Protector said as she looked around to see the Star Kingdom in ruins. Neptune gasped as she saw the queen lying on the rumble and ran to her. Protector followed as she watched Cleo disappear.

"Where did she go?" Neptune asked as Protector came up to her.

"She disappeared; I guess she went back to being with Sailor Stardust since she does not belong here." She said as she reached out and touched the queen. "My queen, wake up, it's me, Sailor Shooting Star Protector. We are here for you." The queen opened her eyes and looked at the pair.

"Protector, Neptune, I failed once again." She said as tears began to fall down her cheeks. "I let my people be destroyed because I made the wrong choice." She continued as she began to push herself up. The senshi helped her sit up so she could look around. "Was it worth it in the end Protector, doing all of this, sacrificing myself so that I could protect you all, stop that person from dying?" she asked as she touched the senshi's forehead, a star appeared as memories flooded into her head. She gasped in pain as she felt them all rushing, images of the battle, the senshi falling and the person she saw dying being saved but at a high cost. The queen pulled away and the senshi looked at her. "I was selfish thinking that I can stop it, I never made a good princess, and now I ruined everything as queen." She said as she began to close her eyes.

"No my queen, don't die on us!" Neptune said as tears fell from her cheeks.

"This hasn't happened yet, we can still stop this from happening my queen, we can save him and we can help you with anything you need. Please, accept me and the wandering senshi into your council. We can not give up, you can not give up. Without you, the kingdoms of the many galaxies will fall into evil, into darkness, remember what Creator promised you, she would never let you fall into the darkness my queen, she loves you like your king loves you." She said as she began to cry. "We need you here." She whispered into her ear. "We all love you. We all make mistakes but we can fix them, with all of your senshi and friends by your side anything is possible. Please come back to us." She said in her ear as their tears fell onto her transformation brooch. The brooch began to light up as it engulfed the queen and the senshi, causing them to transform into their dresses. Their symbols shone on their heads, Neptune's gold as Protectors was red. The queen drew in a deep breath as she opened her eyes and looked at the two senshi holding her. They smiled at her as she brightened; engulfing the damage and everything began to rebuild itself. Once it was finished, the light faded and they returned to the ground. They looked around at the kingdom as it returned to its beauty.

"Arigato my friends, your honesty, love and support helped me realize that I never have to make the choice alone, you will always be there to support me. Protector, I accept you on my council." She said as she bowed before her, the queen touched her symbol, turning it gold. The scenery faded, as did the queen and the senshi's dresses, returning them to their fukus. They looked around and saw that everything seemed to be in harmony again, they held hands and teleported out and back into Cleo's room.

The two senshi appeared into the room and everyone looked at them as they powered down, both weak from their adventure. Ami and Austin went up to support Hoshi where Haruka and Minako helped Mirchu. They looked at Cleo who had let out a slight moan and began to open her eyes. She turned to her side to see Setsuna looking at her; she then turned as she saw Justin and Tariq by her side.

"I wanna hamburger." She said as she began to sit up. "And why does my head hurt so much?" she asked.

"Gomen my queen that was our fault." Hoshi said as Stardust looked at the two senshi, who were being supported. Stardust paused as the memories came back to her, causing her head to hurt. She reached up and grabbed her head in pain as everything came back together. She opened her eyes and looked at the senshi again.

"You both helped me." She said and they nodded. "Setsuna-chan, how can I thank you for doing this?" she asked as she turned to the senshi.

"I did nothing, I just played a small role in it, we just want you better, and with us at all time. Forget about you vision, we can prevent that from happening, I promise!" she said, Stardust's eyes began to fill with tears and she cried as she hugged the senshi of time. "Maybe you both would like to power down if you want that hamburger. I think going in the diner as the Silver Soldier and Sailor Stardust will get you both some looks." Sunspot said to the pair, Cleo looked at herself and then at Justin. She went over to him and looked into his eyes, searching for something. Once she saw what she was looking for, she smiled as she kissed him, pulling him closer and powering them both down at the same time. Once they returned to normal, Cleo pulled away and looked at him, tears falling from his eyes.

"I thought that we would never be able to do that again." He said as he stroked her cheek.

"Never say never." She said to him as he held her closer. She pulled away and looked at Tariq. "You lent him your strength to get through this, thank you." She said as she kissed him lightly on the lips. Tariq blushed and his eyes went wide with shock as she did this, as this meant more to him than anyone would know.

All of the senshi gathered around her and hugged her, each expressing their own warnings about if she was to do that again and about not talking to them when she turned to the wandering senshi. They bowed before her as she looked at them.

"No need to bow before me, I welcome all three of you into my council." She said as she touched their foreheads briefly, their stars showing as they turned from their respected color to gold. They looked up to her and she smiled at them. "Now, who is buying me my hamburger? Setsuna-chan, you will of course join us!" she said as she looked at the senshi of time.

"I have never had human food, sounds good. Let me just quickly do something." She said as she held her hand up, her staff appearing. She opened a time hole and made sure that the gates were secure before closing it. Nodding, she joined the rest of the senshi as they went to the diner nearby, picking up Chibichibi as she went pass the child. Cleo saw Craig talking to Setsuna as they walked there, Cleo looked at the pair and walked over to Minako, dragging Justin with her.

"Let go of me!" he said as he felt himself being pulled, she loosened his arm and he walked back to the wandering senshi and she went over to the senshi of love.

"Tell me." She said as she looked at her brother again.

"The feelings are being reflected back, I think we may be seeing more of the senshi of time." She said as she looked back at them briefly, this made Cleo smile; it was time that her brother found someone to be happy with.

"Mommy!" Chibichibi called as she began to get bored. "Puu down!" the child said as Setsuna put her down, she ran to Cleo who picked up the child.

"I missed you, were you a good girl for everyone while I was sleeping?" she asked the child.

"Good Chibichibi." She said as she nodded, Cleo kissed her on the forehead. They walked into the diner; Justin sat down one side of her as Tariq took her other side.

"What is this? Making sure I don't escape boys?" she asked them.

"Something like that." Tariq said.

"Well, at least I get to be with such great looking and loving boys as yourselves, I don't mind." She said as Chibichibi sat on Tariq's lap. The pair blushed as Justin handed her the menu, wrapping his arm around her and pulling her closer to him. She smiled as she felt his side close against her; she leaned on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"So what burger does the queen want?" Justin whispered in her ear.

"One with cheese and bacon and onion rings and BBQ sauce!" she said to him, and he laughed.

"I guess that there will be no way I am kissing you tonight!" he said to her, she opened her eyes to look at him.

"Just because of the onion rings? You have got to be kidding me! Fine, I will sleep in Tariq's bed tonight, sure he wouldn't mind!" she said as she shuffled over to the person in question. He smiled as he put his arm around Cleo. "He is being mean to me." She said as she put on a puppy dog eyes look and looked at him.

"Nah, he would never be mean to you, he loves you way too much for that!" he said as he kissed her on the forehead. "Go on, show him who is boss. And I will order your burger and a chocolate milkshake for you. Chibichibi, would you like pizza and a strawberry milkshake?" he asked the child as Cleo moved back towards Justin.

"Strawberry! Chibichibi!" she said as she nodded.

"Justin, he is going to spoil her rotten!" Cleo said as she went back into his open arms.

Cleo looked around her, seeing that the senshi had paired off, this made Cleo thought about them. She turned to see Craig and Setsuna talking in depth, ignoring anyone else from around them and she smiled. She was happy that the senshi of time was no longer going to be alone and neither would her brother be. Her food came and she looked at it and pushed the plate away.

"No, not going to happen, now eat. After everything you need it." Justin said as he pushed the plate in front of her. "I love you and all of us here love you no matter what, and we need you to eat this." He said as the entire group looked at her, making her blush as she began to help herself to the chips. Everyone returned to their own food as she began to continue eating. The conversations continued, while this was happening, Cleo was having her own internal battle, not only with the food but her fear of the dream. She began to go pale as it replayed in her head. She felt a reassuring hand on her leg and looked up to Tariq.

"You okay?" he asked, she shrugged. "Want to go and get some air?" he asked her and she nodded. Tariq gave Chibichibi to Justin as he took Cleo by the hand and led her outside. "What's wrong?" he asked her.

"When my dream seed left me, it gave me the chance to see myself separately, you know, as Cleo, Sailor Stardust and Queen Zara. I saw my weaknesses and put myself in the one I was the strongest, as the senshi of the stars." She said as she began to walk towards the trees, Tariq following her. "I locked the other two up in a way, and then my dream seed came back, and the struggle began. I put Cleo in the desert and took away her memories of the senshi, and the queen I put into the future, my vision, my dream that happened, I gave up everything to…" she could not continue.

"Tell me about that vision?" he asked and she shook her head, watching the scene again as the person died.

"When the two senshi came to help me and made me realize that each part of me is important for who I am to be, who I am to grow up to be and also what kind of person I am to turn into it felt warm, like everyone hugging me at once." She said as she leaned against the tree. "Then the dream seed began to glow and I woke up and saw you all looking at me, most of you looked like you had been crying, Hoshi-chan and Mirchu-chan were exhausted." She said as she looked at Tariq. "Then I saw Setsuna-chan, Justin and you. Justin had refused to power down, Setsuna-chan looked like she had also been through a lot, and you had you hand on Justin's shoulder, and I could see your strength passing to him." She said as he went up to her and leaned against the tree. Cleo reached up and touched his face. "Do I really mean so much to you?" she asked.

"You mean more to me than anything in this entire universe and I would do anything to make you happy. I know that I can not be with you, so supporting Justin, making sure that he is safe is the next best thing that I can do." He said to her as she leaned into his chest. "I meant what I said to you; I do love you, and will always love you. I know that you can not return my feelings and that you belong to Justin but I am always here whenever you need me, no matter how big or small the problem is." He said as he stroked her hair. She closed her eyes and allowed him to continue stroking her hair, helping her relax.

"Arigato." She said as she kissed him on the cheek. She took his hand in hers and they made their way back to the diner to continue eating.