DAYBREAK

Episode 33

"Absolutely futile…Solar…Core……Protect!" A red sphere formed around Sailor Sun and Haruka. Klein's attack hit the sphere and disappeared.

"What?!" Klein stared at the sphere, which was now glowing bright red.

"Solar…Core……Mimic!" A ball of energy similar to Klein's appeared out of the sphere and flew towards him. Klein jumped out of the way just in time and rolled under the bleachers.

"She could never do that before!" Klein quickly crawled away, but not before calling out for Obsession to return to Calvin.

"Bye, Sailor Brats." Obsession teleported away, leaving the Inner Senshi with their mouths hanging open in shock. They had never seen a daimon escape like that…or an opponent's attack copied. The red sphere around Sailor Sun and Haruka disappeared.

"How did you…?" Sailor Moon stammered.

"Are you all alright?" Sailor Sun asked. The other Senshi all shook their heads yes. Haruka stirred in Sailor Sun's arms and Sailor Sun laid her down on the grass. "How about you, Haruka?" Sailor Sun placed her hand on Haruka's shoulder, which was slightly burnt.

"I'll be okay," Haruka answered softly.

"Good. Maybe we should go behind those bleachers and detransform?"

"Fine with me." Sailor Moon started walking to the bleachers and the other Senshi followed her. When they had all made it to a hidden spot, they detransformed one-by-one. Kurai was still standing with Haruka, a hand on the hurt girl's shoulder.

"This is amazing…" Kurai began.

"What?" Ami turned to her with a worried expression on her face.

"Well, whoever was controlling that daimon called me "Apollo". Then they must know who I am. That means that they must know a lot more about me than I care for them to."

"Did you recognize the guy who attacked you?" Usagi was becoming scared for her sister.

"No. Like I said before, I had never met the people who controlled these daimons. They just one day appeared at the Gates of Time and Pluto and I fought them off. I think from now on we should all be on guard."

"Good idea, Kurai." Luna jumped off from a tree branch right into Kurai's arms.

"Oh, hello Luna." Kurai shifted her arms so that both she and the cat were comfortable. "What brings you here?"

"The same thing that brought all you here. Although I'm not sure what Haruka was doing not being in her Senshi form…"

"I couldn't transform because there was some guy here!" Haruka yelled at Luna.

"You think that was the same guy who attacked Kurai?" Makoto asked.

"Considering the fact that he was the only other person here…" Haruka began.

"And the one who attacked me seemed to have already been watching the fight for some time…" Kurai trailed on.

"Yes." Both girls ended at the same time, making Luna and the others very curious.

"If only I had seen his face well enough…" Kurai bowed her head in thought, one hand resting under her chin.

"That reminds me…where's Michiru?" Haruka looked straight at Kurai when she said it, but Usagi was the first to make any response.

"Huh? Wasn't she with you?"

"No, she left a bit after you did and then when I was attacked I called her on my communicator and…"

"I'm sure she's still on her way here," Kurai interrupted, looking behind everyone else where Sailor Neptune had just stood. "Either that or she saw us defeating the daimon and just left."

"Maybe, but why would she do that without checking on me?" Haruka looked back at Kurai suspiciously.

"I don't know…" Kurai once again bowed her head in thought and Luna jumped into Usagi's open arms. Everyone became silent, watching Kurai. Finally, she glanced up at the others. "Everyone, I believe the princesses are in grave danger…"