Great...just great. The stupid mission was a damn trap! And to make matters worse, it appeared that the children of Uranus and Neptune were on the other side of the war! How was he supposed to give them the keys if they were on the enemy side?

Duo was with Quatre, surrounded by enemies. Quatre's voice came across the intercom, sounding confused.

"Duo...what are these lights?"

Duo looked around, and was upset to see the sprites. They seemed very agitated for some reason. And it wasn't too hard to guess why. Two of the children of the Senshi were fighting, possibly to the death if someone didn't interfere.

That was when Une came on the comm unit. She was threatening the colonies unless they surrendered. If they didn't, then she would blow up a colony without question.

Something snapped in him. He would never allow Une to drag more innocent people into this war!

"NO!"

Quatre could feel the pain of Duo sharply. The lights that surrounded Deathsythe were red with rage, and it was hurting him. What could he do to help?

Something clearly heard his prayer, because a message appeared on the screen.

Use the power of the key. Pray for the protection of the colonies!

Pray for the protection of the colonies? What were the activating words again? Then they hit him. How could he forget?

"Venus Crystal Power!"

Sandrock began to glow a golden topaz hue, which set off a chain reaction for the other pilots, even Wu Fei who wasn't even in Siberia at the time.

Trowa took out his key, and said clearly "Mars Crystal Power!"

Heero reluctantly took out his key, which he left in his Gundam because he had no idea how to actually use it, and carrying it around felt silly.

"Jupiter Crystal Power!"

Wu Fei, in another continent, felt the call of the key. He looked inside his Gundam and saw the message. He took out his key and said "Mercury Crystal Power!"

Four lights for four keys. Pluto and Saturn stirred from their sealed state. Pluto saw that the four inner Senshi had finally awoken. Neptune and Uranus were not needed at the moment, but that didn't mean that they couldn't help.

Pluto raised her staff and said "Pluto Crystal Power Make Up!"

Saturn stirred, and felt the call of the Silver Imperium Crystal. Rabbit was still sleeping in Pluto's domain, but a pure heart was in pain. A heart which bore the crystals. She moved, and raised her scythe high as she cried out "Saturn Crystal Power Make Up!"

Peruru felt the crystals awaken fully. It was time to call upon the power of the one he had been chosen to protect. The Star Fairies could deal with the ship trying to destroy the colony.

"Moon Crisis Power!"

Please, protect the innocent who are being forced into our fight! Don't let them be dragged into this war!

His mortal form fell, and he opened the link to the woman threatening the colonies.

"Une, I will never allow you to drag more innocent people into a war others started! Call off the ship, or I will destroy it!

Une sneered at the pale face on the monitor.

"How exactly do you plan on destroying it before I order it to fire? What makes you think you can protect the colonies from a full scale assault?"

"I'm warning you. Call off the ship or I won't stop what will happen to your forces!" said Peruru, angry.

Une smirked coldly.

"Tell them to fire at will. Leave nothing behind!"

"NO!"

Please, Princess, protect those unable to protect themselves!

The attack aimed at the colonies came fast and hard. But something wasn't right. To the shock of those on the ship, the colony was undamaged. There wasn't even a single scratch on it. Une was furious, and demanded to know what was going on.

So they sent suits out to attack instead. Each bullet, each missile aimed stopped cold as if it hit a barrier. They kept firing, but nothing happened...except that the pilots in the suits were beginning to die of oxygen deprivation. The more they fired, the faster they died.

Then something that defied logic happened.

The ship was being struck by meteors and comets...from within their solar system. Une was stumped as to where those came from, because they never showed up on the monitors until they hit the ship. To make matters even more puzzling, when the remnants of the rocks were examined, the origin clearly came from Saturn's ring!

Une opened the comm to the pilots again, furious.

"What did you do?"

Peruru was calm, cold and angry.

"You forced me to awaken the Destroyer. Saturn was not pleased about your blatant disregard for human life."

"Who are you?" she demanded.

Since the comm was open for everyone, particularly the other pilots to hear, he said nothing...until his brother fazed into the cockpit and whispered something.

"Titania and Oberon are prepared to go to war. She said you are permitted to tell the others who you really are, but keep your true form for you and the other pilots. No wings unless you're in the base."

"I am Peruru, child of Oberon and Titania and pilot 02. You, Colonel Une, have angered the wrong person."

Peruru sent a message to the other pilots, which only they could read.

Beat the program and meet up at base. You can get free parts to repair your suits there.

Out of all the pilots, only Wu Fei and Trowa had actually bothered to run and beat the game.

Before they could leave however, they would have to escape the trap set by Une. Fortunately he had a plan for that. Awakened the inner Senshi had another affect other than protecting the colony.

It gave the three fairies who followed him their original forms back, but only if they followed his instructions. If they wanted to be forgiven for the mess with the Black Dream Hole, they would have to help him bring Crystal Tokyo to life.

Peruru handed his brother three bags. Each held a familiar wrapped circle.

"These are Bubble Babies. Get Orangeat and Banane to help you. Take out those suits so we can escape."

Poupelin summoned his flute, and took the bag outside. When they threw the wrappers outward, they paused and unraveled to reveal large ball shaped candies of varying colors. Soon the sounds of three flutes playing in synch filled the air, and the candies changed form.

From ball candies to odd baby-faced creatures who could destroy suits using high speed impact. The suits didn't stand a chance as the Bubble Babies took out each row with deadly precision. They made their escape, and managed to get out alive.

There was no sign of where those creatures came from, nor would Une discover what she had angered until much, much later.

Heero opened up the program he usually ignored. He had tried to run it once, but the moment he found out it was for a game called Sailor V he lost interest. Still...that last message said he could repair his suit for free, and that was a good enough reason to actually play it.

Maybe now he could find out what exactly 02 was, and more importantly what he had refused to tell him. Going through each level methodically, he found himself with the final boss. While he wondered why the screen was glowing too brightly, he continued to play the game.

Once the boss had been beaten, he went to shut it off.

The screen promptly went blank without warning, and Heero found the light which had been growing become stronger. He covered his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found himself in a room with two cats...and Duo in a very clean kitchen pouring a cup of coffee.

Duo looked up and said "Took you long enough. Welcome to the Senshi base. It took me ages to come up with a name."

A blond walked in, and spotted Heero.

"This is Pilot 04. Kit Kat, meet Heero. He flies in the Wing Gundam."

"Where is this?" Heero said finally.

A black cat with a gold crescent moon walked up to him. He did a double take when it spoke though.

"It's not exactly in a physical place. The original door was long since destroyed when they removed the game from the arcade. Fortunately for us, Pluto was kind enough to link this space with the keys. Peruru was the one who came up with the key."

Heero gave Duo a long look.

"Who is this Peruru, and why was he in your suit?" he said...then asked another question, this time to the cat in his lap, "And what are you?"

Duo snickered.

The cat gave him an affronted look.

"I happen to be a talking cat. Are we going to have a problem with that Jupiter?"

"Don't shoot her 01. I had a bit of a time trying to come to terms that she could talk when I first met her too," said Quatre.

Heero kept glaring at Duo. Somehow he knew the other pilot was doing this on purpose.

"You should have seen how 05 reacted when he found out. In fact..."

Duo walked over to the console and brought up the pictures. Three of the five pilots had amusing expressions on their faces once they realized that yes, the cats on the console could talk, and in prefect sentences.

Another man was on there as well, and was most definitely not one of the pilots. The second Quatre saw his face, he looked at Duo and said, "Can I have a copy of that one? I'm sure the others would love to see Rashid's face when he met Luna and Artemis."

Duo cackled, and printed out a copy for Quatre.

"Duo, who is Peruru?"

Heero turned when he heard footsteps. The staircase was designed so that sneaking in would be very difficult. A tall boy with cinnamon colored hair appeared from the entrance.

"Trowa!"

'Trowa' was apparently 03. His one visible eye widened when he realized that Quatre was there. Another set of footsteps was heard, and Trowa went to stand next to Quatre. An Asian boy, probably Chinese, appeared in the doorway.

"Hello 05. Enjoy meeting Luna and Artemis?" Duo grinned.

The Chinese narrowed his eyes annoyed.

"Mind telling me why you neglected to mention the talking cats in your message?"

Duo crowed, "And ruin all the fun? No way! But now that the gang's all here, it's time to party!"

"Duo..." growled Heero.

"Fine...I'll answer questions once the introductions are over."

"Introductions?" growled Heero.

"Just your name and planet. It won't take more than five minutes."

"Fine. But you better explain what the hell is going on!"

Heero sat down on the couch. Duo took the lone chair, and they spread out in the lounge.

"Pilot 01, and my crystal is Jupiter," said Heero.

"Come on Heero, you have to give your name too!" whined Duo.

Quatre giggled, "You just gave his name Duo."

Duo stuck out his tongue.

"Pilot 02, Duo Maxwell. I represent the Moon Kingdom and Earth."

"03, Trowa Barton, my planet is Mars."

"I'm Quatre Rebabra Winner, 04 and I represent Venus."

"05, Wu Fei Chang, Mercury is my planet."

"I am Luna, mentor to the Moon Senshi," said the black cat.

"Artemis, partner to the Venus Senshi," said the white.

Heero gave Duo a pointed look.

"Fine, ask away."

"Who is Peruru, and why was he in your suit?" said Heero in a voice that promised pain if he didn't get a straight answer.

"To answer the first question..."

Duo let his wings out, and his appearance changed drastically. His chestnut brown hair became a pearly white, his ears became pointed and pierced with two pearl earrings, and his clothes went from black and white to a shimmering white with pearls sown in the hems. He no longer had an shoes on, and his hands were thin.

"My true name is Peruru, and I am a Dream Elf. My job was to protect children while they sleep. Particularly from some of our less friendly fairies."

Peruru looked at the three birds who fluttered around him.

"Brother, you may as well show your true selves now. Less chance of Hee-chan shooting you for showing up without warning."

Heero, who had been silent up to this point...was twitching quite a bit. Quatre couldn't contain his giggling, because he could feel the other pilot's extreme annoyance and suppressing his urge to strangle the elf with his hair.

The orange cuckoo bird became a fairy with a harvest theme. The yellow cuckoo became a traditional fairy type. But it was the hummingbird which was the most pronounced.

He became more of an elf than anything, and bore a striking resemblance to pilot 02. The only difference was that he was older and had no wings on his back.

"First off, this is Orangeat," said Peruru, pointing at the harvest fairy, "Banane and Poupelin. Poupelin is my older brother, but he is currently trying to get back onto the good side of Oberon and Titania."

"A Midsummer Night's Dream..." whispered Quatre, catching the reference.

Peruru grinned.

"Exactly, only Shakespeare wasn't making it up. We are real, and so are the Faerie Courts."

Wu Fei was still in disbelief over the fact that Fairies were real.

"Go ahead and ask about the Courts. Since Titania said it was alright to reveal my true self to you, I doubt she'll care if I talk about the courts to the descendants of the Senshi."

"What?" said Heero sharply.

Peruru looked at them, and said "Each of you is a descendant of the Senshi who used to protect the Earth. Your crystal reflects which one you descend from. Well...except for me."

"So...I'm descended from Venus?"

Luna sighed.

"Perhaps we should explain everything from the beginning instead."

Artemis hit a button on the console, and everything was plunged into darkness. Then the images began.

"To begin with, the Moon Kingdom ruled alongside the Earth Kingdom. Everything was fine for centuries, and Earth enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity..."

Luna and Artemis explained about the Princess and Prince falling in love, and the Senshi Princesses. After the coming of Beryl and her minions, the Kingdom was lost and Earth became what they know now.

Peruru brought out the videos that the Senshi honestly had no idea were made about their battles. The only person who had a problem with the fact that they were descended from these warriors was Wu Fei. Privately they chalked that up to his upbringing, since he apparently though women were the weaker sex, and therefore not worth much.

It did not help that the Moon Senshi was a crybaby and had to be rescued quite a bit.

It wasn't until the daughter of the Moon Senshi, also known as Rabbit, came into the picture that Peruru felt a pang of sadness. Quatre gave him a questioning look, but he remained silent.

This was when Peruru sprung the real surprise. He brought out a locket in the shape of a star and opened it. Inside was a melody that played a haunting tune like a lullaby. Once the music began the images stopped and a new vision appeared.

Crystal Tokyo. A time of peace and hope for mortal and Fey alike.

Heero and the others were stunned, aside from Wu Fei, who had been shown the vision once he broke the code to get in.

When the song ended, so did the vision. Heero was the first to speak.

"I don't remember anything about a place like that in the history books. And I know humans would remember a place run by a crystal palace and people who lived for centuries. Unless this Crystal Tokyo of yours is also called Atlantis."

The second he said Atlantis all the fairies began laughing their asses off.

"Mortals still believe in that place? Seriously?" asked Banane.

"Didn't that place get hit by a heavy class mesmer that made people forget where it was, and because of it any mortal you ask calls it the 'Lost City'?" asked Orangeat.

"I thought it was because the fairy king got annoyed by the tourists coming around that he had it shielded and put the entire thing underwater where only the water fairies could reach it," said Poupelin.

"Wait, you mean Atlantis exists?" said Wu Fei.

"Yup. In fact..." Peruru went to the back and brought back a small contraption that had speakers on it. On the top was a set of bulbs.

He pushed a button, and out came what sounded suspiciously like a tourist guide speaking.

"The city of Atlantis, famous among mortals as the Lost City, is home to the delicious Pizzeria visited by every fairy at least once. Visitors may enjoy a variety of activities free of mortal pollution and fairy politics.

Every Fairy who visits is no longer considered on any side, and neutrality is enforced. Fights are not tolerated and we insist that you take it outside the walls.

So come and visit the City of Atlantis!"

"You actually kept that old thing?" said Poupelin in disbelief.

"I thought the Rabbit would like to go."

"Who is this Rabbit?" asked Quatre.

"The Moon Senshi's name when she was reborn was Usagi."

"Bunny," translated Heero.

"So if the Moon Princess is called Bunny...then Rabbit is...?" asked Wu Fei.

"Her daughter, who had several nicknames. Rabbit, Chibiusa, Rini and Little Lady to name a few."

"Peruru, why did you feel sad when Luna mentioned Rabbit?"

Peruru brought out another video, this one labeled Black Dream Hole incident.

"This is why."

One by one, their eyes turned to the other fairies, who were looking a mite cross about being reminded of Badiane's trickery. Quatre was the first to catch on to why Peruru felt sad about Rini.

She was his first mortal friend.