Regardless of the battle, the wandering senshi, Chibichibi and the senshi who wanted to go with them were getting ready to go. Cleo stood next to Justin; he was supporting her as they watched the sun set on the moon. Cleo hugged Chibichibi tightly and then gave her to Creator.
"Be a good girl. If you get into any trouble, use the sphere that mommy gave you." She said as she looked at her friends and daughter transformed.
"Yes your highness." She said as she put her head on Creator's chest. "Daddy, take care of mommy for me." She said, causing them all to let out a little giggle.
"Now, now be nice to your mother, it is not her fault she got hurt." Justin said, earning himself a hit from Cleo. Creator put Chibichibi down as they gathered in a circle.
"Shooting star teleport!" Creator said as they vanished into the sky, Cleo putting her head on Justin's chest and allowing the tears to fall.
"She is going to be fine. The senshi will take care of her, and anyway she will more than likely stay transformed during the whole stay." He said as he walked her back to the castle. "We have to worry about these attacks, something must be happening on the dark side of the moon and we need to find out. We should go there with the rest of the senshi and investigate." He said a she nodded. "As for the other meetings, I think we could skip them and spend a trip on Earth for a night, what do you think?" he asked, this caused Cleo to smile. Although she had everyone she loved and need here in the castle, she missed a few things from Earth, food for example. They both transformed and teleported back to Earth. Once they appeared, there was someone waiting at the house for them. Stardust looked confused as the person approached them.
"Your highness, the time is now." He said as he looked at the Silver Soldier, he looked at Stardust puzzled as the person bowed before them.
"Maybe you can explain something to us since you have lost me." He said as he put his hand on his shoulder. The man stood up and looked at them both.
"King Darien, king of Earth and Queen Zara, queen of the Star Kingdom?" he said to them and they both nodded. "Then I am at the right place, thank the stars!" he said as he looked at them. "Gomen, I have not introduced myself. My name is Kamali and I am a guide shall I say." He said as he let a smile form across his lips. Stardust looked at him puzzled, not sure to believe him or not. "If I may, shall we go and get something to eat at the diner nearby?" he asked the pair, both of who were not sure if they should power down and revel their identities to him.
"Sec please." Stardust said as she pulled the Silver Soldier to the side. "Okay we can not really power down and going to eat somewhere and get mobbed by people was not my idea of fun!" she said as she put her hands on her waist and pouted.
"You think that I knew that this would be happening? I wanted to spend time with you alone and not expect someone to find us!" he said to her as he waived his hand over to the person waiting for them. Stardust let out a sigh, she was not really in the mood to fight, her ribs still hurt and she was starving. Her stomach growled at the thought of food and the Silver Solider smiled at her as he wrapped his arm around her. "Okay, we stay like this and see what happens." He said as she nodded as they went back over to Kamali.
"Okay, we will dine with you, but please be aware that we a re not prepared to show you our identities here on Earth at the present moment of time." The Silver solider said to him and he nodded as they walked towards the diner.
They walked together in a group, people stopped and starred at the two superheroes talking to a normal person. Once they got to the diner and opened the door, a crowd had gathered. Stardust was getting annoyed and reached her hand out for her new scepter.
"Now, keep cool, remember that they are just curious." The Silver Soldier whispered in her ear.
"Sure, but can they not be curious elsewhere?" she asked as she put her scepter back into her sub space pocket and sat down next to him and took a menu, muttering about people being too curious for their own good. Once a waitress brave enough to come up to them had done so, they ordered their food and drinks and Stardust went back to looking out of the window.
"Who would have thought that there would be so many people in this part of town?" She said out loud.
"Well, the two most famous superheroes eating here and talking to me is going to turn a lot of heads and make the diner get more business." Kamali said as he looked out of the window and saw people looking at them.
"And yet, no matter how many times we save them, they still are scared to approach us." She continued as she looked at him.
"You both possess powers beyond their knowledge and this scares them, for example, you pulling your scepter out of your sub space pocket and then making it fade the same way. The silver roses, the attacks of the other senshi of course they are going to be scared, but they love you." He said as he nodded at the waitress who put their food down in front of them. No matter how hungry Stardust was, she had just ordered a salad so to not make people think that she was a pig and began to pick at it. She looked up at the children who were now approaching their table. One of the girls stood forward and looked at Stardust.
"'cuse me, are you the real Sailor Stardust?" she asked and Stardust nodded. "'cause my friend here says that you are just some crazy person dressed up." She said and Stardust laughed as did the Silver Solider, this earned him another hit from Stardust.
"Hey!" he said as he rubbed his arm and she crouched down to the girl.
"Which ones said that?" she asked and she pointed at the boy sitting in the booth on the other side. She took the girls hand and walked over to the boy.
"She says she real!" the girl said as she stuck out her tongue.
"She big fat liar!" he said back and crossed his arms.
"Excuse me, are you calling the senshi of justice and love a liar?" Stardust said, feigning hurt the boy looked at her and nodded. Stardust smiled as she closed her eyes and hand. Light engulfed her hands as a small star appeared. She opened her eyes and hands and showed them.
"If I was lying, then this should not be possible." She said as she let the star hover in her hands. She moved them and then pointed to the corner of the room, the star shot over, leaving a trail of purple dust in its wake, causing the children to scream and giggle, chasing the star as it moved around the diner. The boy looked at her and went up to her.
"Sorry for saying you were a liar." He said as he joined the children. Stardust returned to her seat and got looks from the pair.
"Having fun?" The Silver Soldier asked and she nodded as she returned to her salad.
They finished the rest of their food in silence and then paid and went out of the diner. People gathered around them as they asked them a few questions, Stardust feeling a bit embarrassed about wearing such a short skirt and getting all the attention. Once they were able to get away, they walked along the beach again in silence.
"Look, I know that you both are not sure of whom I am, and that is why you stayed transformed. Gomen to cause you all these problems, but allow me to finally explain myself." Kamali said to the pair. They looked at each other before nodding in agreement. "I am the high priest of your kingdom; I have protected it and made sure that the nature on the planet has not come to so much harm. I am here to show you your people, who are waiting for you, and once the formation of the Star Kingdom begins; your people can live on the moon, in the Star Kingdom while we prepare the Earth for a time of everlasting peace. Allow me to present to you a spirit guide for you Queen Zara." he said as he closed his eyes and they could see his lips moving. A twinkle sound could be heard as something came towards them, like a shooting star. It stopped next to Kamali and they could hear some sort of tinkling noise. He smiled as he looked towards the pair and whispered something. The light flew towards Stardust and she managed to get a better look at it.
"Your highness, my name is Baina; I am your spirit guide from this planet. I am sorry for not coming back to you earlier, we needed to make sure that the events that were meant to come to pass did." she said as Stardust looked at her. She was a fairy, purple in color and wings of gold. She fluttered at her face so she could see her and then landed on her shoulder.
"There is one for each of the planet's princesses and of course one for you your highness." Kamali said to them, Stardust smiled at him, beginning to trust him and his story. "I wish to show you your hidden kingdom my king. I am sorry for the delay in appearing, with the battles that have been happening, I did not want to risk more harm to you or to anyone else so remained hidden." he said to the pair.
"We would love to see the kingdom, however we have some pressing matters on the Star Kingdom, would you like to join us?" he asked, and then looked at Stardust who nodded at him. Kamali smiled as the pair joined hands and teleported back to the Star Kingdom.
Once they had returned, Alekos came and approached them.
"My queen, we have matters that require your attention. It is nice to see you again high priest Kamali." he said as he bowed down before the new comer.
"Please Alekos, there is no need for that here, you know that you out rank me anyway." he said as he bowed down to him, the two looked up at each other and smiled, then laughed as they hugged each other and patted each other on the back.
"How long have you been here?" Kamali said to his friend.
"I have been here for nearly a year. I was hoping that you would have come earlier!" he said.
"I wanted to, but with the battles and the growing evil, I thought that it was better to remain hidden until it had passed. Now there is a small period of peace on the Earth and I went out in search of my king. Him being here on the moon meant that I could not find him until today." he said as they all began to walk back to the castle. Cleo and Justin had changed into the royal forms and walked behind the pair as they chatted.
"It seems that your advisor knows mine." Cleo whispered to Justin who nodded as he put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer. They walked to the throne room where the advisors and Sailor Saturn, Pluto and Uranus were waiting for her. All of the senshi were bent over someone; Cleo ran out of Justin's embrace and saw that Neptune was injured.
"Why was I not called?" Cleo demanded as she looked at her friends injuries.
"My queen we just found the senshi heading back to the palace. They did not call you…" Alekos began to say.
"We did not call you as we did not see a need to ruin your evening." Saturn whispered. Cleo turned to the young senshi and nodded as she watched Uranus try to fix her friend as best as she could. Cleo let out a deep breath that she had taken and calmed down. Fiddling with her transformation broach, she stood up and looked around. She could see the fear in the people's faces and knew what she needed to do.
"May the stars give me strength for what I am about to do. Sailor teleport." Cleo whispered as she allowed herself to glow, transporting her away from the castle and to the edge of her kingdom.
"Cleo what the…!" she heard Justin shout as she opened her eyes and allowed a tear to fall.
"Gomen my love." She said in her head as she fully disappeared. Cleo re-opened her eyes and saw monsters in front of her. She smiled as she saw them step back from the power radiating from her.
"I am Queen Zara of the Star Kingdom. I wish to speak to your leader." She said in a clear voice, the monsters appeared to be talking to each other when one stepped forward.
"My king is awaiting your presence." The monster said, Cleo looked at it and saw that she was human, except for the fact that that her skin was purple and she had an extra set of arms. Cleo grabbed onto her broach tighter and gulped, as she nodded and followed the monster to her master.
Justin punched the wall, once again feeling helpless that his betrothed had disappeared on him. He paced the room, his advisors talking in the corner, the outer senshi helping their friend stand after fixing her arm. "Just when the rest of the senshi are not on the planet, she pulls a stunt like this!" he continued muttering to himself. "Knew I should have out some form of tracer in her." He said as he stopped pacing and looked out of the window.
"I beat you to that one your highness." A voice said behind him, he turned and smiled at the outer senshi as she handed him a computer with a purple light bleeping on the screen.
"Pluto, if I was not taken I would so kiss you right now!" he said as he looked up at the senshi of time. He looked at the screen and was about to run out when he felt a hand grab his leg.
"She needs to do this alone." The child said as he looked down at the senshi of destruction.
"She needs us to support her." He said as he bent down to her height.
"She needs to prove to herself that she is powerful enough to take care of any evil she is faced with." The child continued, holding her glaive in the other hand. Justin looked up at the rest of the senshi and his advisors. The outer senshi nodded to the king and his advisors approached him.
"She has not left the planet my king and it would be highly unwise for the enemy to hurt her, considering what emotional state she is in at the moment." Craig said as he walked up to Pluto and put his arm around her waist.
"As soon as we feel her in danger, we will be there in a heartbeat." Neptune said as Uranus supported her and they approached the king. "It is our sworn duty to protect the queen and those close to her, this means you too." Uranus said, he nodded and walked out to the gardens, praying to the stars for Cleo's safe return.
Cleo was walking behind her guide. She saw a city in ruins, just like her own one was and allowed a tear to fall down her cheek. She saw monsters hiding, some from the guide and others were searching for food or shelter from the coldness. Cleo wrapped her arms around her as she held onto her broach tighter. They approached the castle that like the rest of the city was in ruins. Cleo followed her guide, never looking back as they entered the throne room. At the end of the room, there was a man sitting on a throne. Cleo could tell that he was human and like Cleo, he had a golden crescent moon upon his forehead.
"My king, I bring you Queen Zara of the Star Kingdom." Her guide said; Cleo looked up at the man briefly before bowing in the way she had been taught, her eyes adverting to the ground.
"Your highness, I am here to discuss the recent attacks on my people." She said as she looked up at the man. He was no older than 20 and had long dark hair that reminded her of the shooting star senshi. His skin dark, regardless of the darkness of the sky and he was well built, skinny but well toned. He stood up and went over to Cleo and held out his hand.
"My queen, welcome to my kingdom." He said as she took his hand and stood up. "As you can see, we are both of royal decent, of the same family, but also from different worlds." He said as he looked into her eyes. "You remind me of your mother, my second aunt. She was as stunning as you are. Please, sit beside me." He said as he turned to the person who had guided her and she bowed down, fetching another stool for Cleo. Cleo sat down next to him, all the time never letting go of her broach that was in her hand.
"How rude of me, my name is Bade, and I am the king here. Gomen for the attacks, but the monsters did not mean it, they are hungry and my kingdom is under a curse, one I was hoping would have been broken with the re-awakening of the Star Kingdom, but I was wrong." He said as he sat down. "You see, I am not sure how much you remember of our history, but please allow me to tell you. We used to live in peace together; both families on the same planet, just two different kingdoms, and then the time of the dark comet came. It first landed on our side of the moon, thus hiding itself from the Star Kingdom's knowledge. This did not give us any time to prepare for it, communications were knocked out from our kingdoms and my father, your uncle died trying to get a message to your mother. A barrier was put up, stopping your kingdom from helping us in the fight. The person who came out of the comet was a boy, but the power he held was massive. He placed a curse on the people and destroyed the kingdom, plunging it into eternal darkness and making my people monsters. I escaped since my mom had hidden me in the ruins of the temple. When your mother destroyed the Black nebula kingdom, the comet fled back into space and we fell into an eternal sleep. We were awoken when you turned 16 and your kingdom started to re-build itself. I woke up and saw that the curse was still there, however monsters crossed over into your kingdom." He said as he looked around. He stood up and took Cleo's hand and showed her outside of the castle. "All we wish is for the curse to be lifted so that we can once again be normal." He said as his guide approached them. He put his arm around her. "My princess, my bride-to-be Iona is one of the sailor senshi. She has a crystal just like you, but can not transform since she was cursed by the comet." He said as she looked up at Cleo and bowed.
Cleo looked out at the destruction of the kingdom and fell to her knees.
"Cousin?" she said as she held her head, memories flooding back. She let out a scream of pain as her headache increased. Light engulfed her as the pain subsided and her headache stopped. She stood up, still sweating from the emotional turmoil she was going through. "Eternal crystal stardust power!" she whispered to her broach as the purple light engulfed her and her transformation began. Blade and Iona covered their eyes from the blinding light. When Stardust felt the ground again, she opened her eyes and looked at her cousin, who had bowed down before her. "Bade, you do not need to do that, cousin." She said as she held out her hand and he took it. Tears were falling down his face as Stardust embraced her cousin. She pulled away as she looked at Iona, who had curtsied before her. Stardust reached her hand out for her scepter and reached into her broach for her star crystal; Bade gasped as he saw it and she placed it in Iona hands.
"Stardust healing escalation." She said as she waved her scepter over the crystal, causing it to glow and purple light to engulf Iona. Once the light had faded, she stood there, returned to human form. She looked at her hands and dress and then at Bade who had tears in his eyes. She handed back the crystal as she went and hugged her lover, both of them not holding back the tears anymore.
"Iona, you are a sailor senshi, I will need your help fixing the kingdom. Do you think that you would be able to help me?" Stardust asked her, she nodded as she reached into her sub space pocket and pulled out a wand like to other senshi.
"Earth stardust power make up!" she said as a brown light engulfed her. Stardust gasped in shock as she registered what she said. Once Sailor Earth touched the ground, Stardust went up to her.
"Your brother, what is his name?" she asked the senshi.
"Darien, crowned prince of Earth." She said as she looked at Stardust confused. "Why?" she asked as Stardust let out a smile.
"I am betrothed to your brother!" she said as she looked at the senshi, who let out a laugh. Bade looked at the pair as if they had gone crazy; Stardust hugged the new senshi who was crying at the realization that her brother was alive. Once they pulled away, Stardust, Earth and Bade went into the middle of town, followed by the monsters. Stardust stopped and looked around her. She removed the star crystal and place it on the floor, her scepter in her other hand. She reached out and grabbed Earth's hand as the pair closed their eyes.
"Mother, give me strength to restore this kingdom." Stardust whispered as she began to glow purple, Earth began to glow brown as the pair lifted off the ground. "Stardust healing escalation!" she shouted as the kingdom below was engulfed in purple light. Stardust pushed her heart and soul into the crystal, wanting to make everything better that she began to sweat. She reached out and screamed; knowing that anymore and she will die. She felt a squeeze on her hand and felt power running through her veins. She felt warm and love next to her as the light began to fade, the pair fell to the ground, Stardust collapsing onto Earth. Bade ran to their sides.
"Did I do it cousin?" she said weakly, he nodded, trying to hold back the tears. "Then I can sleep now." She said as her eyes closed and she gave into the darkness that was calling to her.
Justin screamed as he felt the power from Stardust drain. He looked at the other senshi who were also in pain for their friend. Once it subsided, he tried to reach out for Stardust over their link but found nothing but darkness.
"Enough waiting, something has happened and I need to see her!" he said as he grabbed his sword, the other senshi nodding in agreement and left. They came to the kingdom in time to see Stardust collapse in someone's arms, and the outers looked at the new senshi standing beside her. Justin ran up to Stardust and took her from the man standing there.
"Don't touch her!" he screamed as he lay her down and checked her breathing.
"She is just resting from using her power." The man said as she bent down and picked up the star crystal, returning it to Stardust broach. "Do you really think that I would let her die?" the man said as the outer senshi approached him. Sunspot and Shadow looked at the man and then bowed.
"My king, it has been a long time." Shadow said as the man looked at the cat and smiled. The other senshi went up to Justin and attended to Stardust, allowing him to stand up and assess the situation.
"What do you mean she is resting? What did you do to her?" he demanded, drawing his sword and holding it to his throat. The senshi who was wearing her fuka, with a brown skirt and brown heels looked at Justin before gasping.
"Darien?" she asked, Justin turned to the girl and looked at her.
"Only some people know me by that name sailor senshi. Who are you?" he asked, not removing his sword.
"Darien, it is you! Oh thank the stars I finally get to see you again!" she said as she walked towards him. He looked puzzled, and then his head began to hurt as memories began to flood back. He dropped the sword and bent down next to Stardust as the pain began to subside; he looked up at the senshi once again.
"Iona?" he asked and she nodded, allowing the tears to fall freely. He stood up and went over to the senshi and hugged her, golden light engulfing the pair as Earth was lifted up. He fuka changed as did her tiara as she began to be engulfed in more power. Once she reached the ground, she looked at her brother.
"Gomen, the power from the golden crystal must have connected with you once again and powered up your senshi crystal." He said as she looked at her new fuka. Justin bent down next to Stardust as the other senshi moved back.
"Neptune, Pluto, Uranus, Saturn, allow me to introduce my sister and sailor senshi of the planet Earth. Sailor Earth, also known as Iona." He said as he moved away and his sister stepped forward. She bent down and put her hands on Stardust as golden light passed through her and into the unconscious senshi.
Stardust gasped for a breath as her eyes flew open. She looked up at the senshi standing around her and at Justin who hugged her. Earth stood up and bowed down before the royal pair.
"Sailor Earth, I was just sleeping!" Stardust as she stood up, the senshi let out a sigh as they dropped their heads. Stardust looked around and saw that everything had returned to normal, the buildings were whole again and the people were no longer monsters. People began to come out and bowed down to the pair; Bade went up to Stardust and put his arm around Earth as he helped her stand up.
"Is this the normal for you two?" he whispered in her ear, Stardust blushed and nodded. Bade let out a laugh as he looked around at his kingdom.
"My people, we could never repay Sailor Stardust and Sailor Earth for restoring our kingdom. In their honor, we will hold a feast in the palace tonight." He said and the all of the people cheered as they stood up. Bade smiled as he nodded at the pair as they all walked towards the newly built palace, the outer senshi following behind them.