Back at the Tsukino compound Duo and Serena are catching each other up on what has been happening in their lives, and they were both picking on Yaten, driving the silver haired starlight crazy. Hotaru just smiles, it had been awhile since her hime had smiled and laughed that freely, Duo was good for her. Taiki looks at her, " When was the last time she was this carefree? "

" Probably before she became Sailor Moon, no one appreciated her for who she was except for me and you three. " Hotaru answers.

" That's sad, the hime should not have to suffer as she has. " Candro says firmly.

" Agreed, Odango should always be happy, or as close as she can get most of the time. I noticed how the inners would seem to tear her down by their words that on first glance seemed like praise. " Seiya says.

" I'm grateful to you, Seiya, because of you she knew happiness before the others betrayed her. Why do you think I was never with the other Outers when they were saying to stay away, because I knew we needed you three, they were just too stupid and prideful to see it. " Hotaru says.

The next day, after Duo got to scare of ten different callers for Serena, Neji swings by the Tsukino Compound, " Oh, Neji, why are you here? " Serena asks. The others were all out doing errands.

" Do you know about the Clan Restoration Act? " Neji asks her point blank.

" No, what is it and why does it concern me? " Serena asks him.

" Not you so much as Naruto. You see the act states that the last member of a clan must take more than one wife or husband in order to restore the clan. Naruto won't want to do that. " Neji says.

" I can see the logic in that, but you're right, Naruto won't like that. You want me to adopt him into the Tsukino Clan to afford him some protection from that act, right? " Serena asks him.

" Yeah, I do. My cousin Hinata is head over heels in love with him. So, if you adopt him into the clan and then he marries her, it gets her away from the Hyuuga clan heads. " Neji says.

" I like the way you think, Neji. All right, I'll see what I can do. "

" Oh, by the way, there are plenty of orphans in Konoha and Suna that could use a good home, just think about it. " Neji says.

Serena now grins widely at this, " I'll swing by the orphanage. If I expand the clan that way I can increase the amount of members. You are very sneaky, I like it. "

" By the way, I'd like to introduce you to Nara Shikamaru, he'd be a much better Sailor Mercury than me. I think I'd be more suited towards one of the more physical ones. "

Serena thinks about this, " How about Jupiter, you'll get powers related to storms, mostly lightning, and with Jupiter your hair will turn brown, as she is a brunette. "

Neji ponders this suggestion, " I'll do it, and please get rid of the curse mark, I don't need those old fools having power over me. "

Serena hands him the transformation pen and sends a little of her power through him, eliminating the curse seal and making it impossible for it to be reestablished. The Hyuuga's would not like her for this, " Neji, I'll have Hotaru train you when she's free, inform Tsunade that you're now Sailor Jupiter and will need the appropriate training before you can use your new powers. "

Neji nods at this and leads her to the orphanage. Serena is appalled at how one of the children is being treated, with the responsible adult just watching and doing nothing. Serena's eyes narrow and she walks over to the little boy, " Hi, my name is Serena, what's your name? "

" Ryu. Rekka, Ryu. "

Serena nods at this, " I'm very pleased to meet you, Ryu. "

" Hey, stay away from that devil boy. " the orphanage matron says.

" Back down or be trapped in a genjutsu you can never be freed from by anyone except me. No child should be treated like this, and you're the supposedly responsible adult here. Shame on you. " Serena says.

" Ha, like you could, little girl. "

" I am the head of the Tsukino Clan and I wish to adopt Rekka, Ryu. If you have a problem with this then I will send Neji to go get Lady Tsunade to come deal with you. "

Neji smirks, Serena could play hardball when necessary. Not surprising, considering she was a queen in her previous life, " Go ahead, little girl. "

" Neji, would you please go get Lady Tsunade. " Serena says as she picks up Ryu. The child was barely three years old and being treated like dirt. Well, Serena wasn't going to stand for it. Neji returned within ten minutes and Tsunade looks at the little boy, her eyes widening as her trained eyes take in everything.

She summons two ANBU members and has them take the matron away, then she sends for Hinata Hyuuga, " Hinata, can you oversee this orphanage until I find a suitable civilian replacement? " Tsunade asks.

" Hai, Lady Tsunade. " Hinata says.

" This will be considered a D rank mission with the pay of a C rank mission. I will deal with your father and any other naysayers. Serena, Neji told me that you wish to adopt Ryu, correct. "

" Hai, I do. " Serena says.

" Well, consider it done, as he needs a good home, I will deal with the council. I'm going to draw up the papers when we get to my office and we'll sign them immediately. " Tsunade says.

" He'll be Ryu Rekka-Tsukino. I won't take his name from him. " Serena says.

" Understood, Serena, when you go out on missions I'll assign a genin team to babysitting duties. " Tsunade says and they head out for her office, Neji was going along to be a witness to the proceedings. Once Ryu has been adopted by the Tsukino Clan Serena takes him shopping.

" So, Ryu, what kind of clothes do you want? "

Ryu looks at the clothes store and goes towards the red. Serena laughs and gets him some red clothes, ninja style sandals, and a few fancier articles of clothing. Then she takes him to a paint shop and Ryu picks out red, orange, and yellow, " Let me guess, you want your room to look like fire, right? "

" Hai, nee-chan. " Ryu says.

Serena would have to file a D-rank mission for a genin team that had artistic talent. There was no way in hell she could paint an entire bedroom to look like flames. She procures other necessary purchases and lets Ryu pick out some toys as well. Then they head home, Ryu would be staying with Seiya until his room was done. Serena had filed the D-rank mission and hoped she would end up with some takers.

Hotaru, meanwhile, is returning from her training with Shizune when she stumbles across a child maybe six years old whom looks like she was mauled. Hotaru heals what she can and picks her up, racing back towards her home, Serena could help her heal the girl. She didn't dare take her to the hospital because she had no way of knowing whom had harmed the poor girl. She had light blue hair and her clothes were in tatters. Hotaru skids to a stop just inside the door, " Serena, get down here now! "

" Selene, what happened to her? " Serena says when she sees the girl that Hotaru had with her.

" I don't know, I already healed her enough to bring her here. I didn't dare take her anywhere else, not knowing whom had hurt her in the first place. " Hotaru says.

" She'll stay in your room until she is healed. Between you and Taiki she should be fine. Once she's awake we'll ask her what happened. If she has no family then I will adopt her into the Tsukino Clan. " Serena says.

" Or if her family are the ones that did this to her. " Hotaru says.

" Agreed on that point, Hota-chan. " Serena says firmly, she would not stand by idly and allow others to suffer if she could help it, especially children.

Hotaru places the girl in her room and goes to get a basin filled with warm water and a washcloth to clean the girl up. Serena helps her clean her up and bandage her wounds, " She was beaten, she may be an escaped slave or something along those lines or she was abused by her family. Fill out a report for Tsunade and have her rank it an S-class secret until we can find out what the hell happened to the girl. "

Hotaru nods and goes to do so. Serena was right, Tsunade did need to know so maybe the truth could be found out about the girl. Plus, the report would cover their asses later if the need arose. The council was starting to sound like the Silver Millennium lesser nobles and they were all whiny bitches. Hotaru fills out and drops off her report and goes to get some groceries, along with some new weapons. Serena had told her about their new family member so she got practice katanas for him. There weren't many kenjutsu masters in Konoha and if they could supply another one or maybe have one part of the family be kenjutsu masters then they'd become a powerful clan in Konoha.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Sailor Moon, or Gundam Wing. Ryu Rekka and the girl are mine however and you must ask me before you use them.