Two weeks later:
Eclipse sat at the table, watching as Junjun and Vesves tried to beat each other in a card game that neither of them knew how to play.
"Oh to be that young again." Uranus snickered as she looked up from where she was fixing tea.
"You'll stay mentally that young forever Ruka." Pluto jabbed, earning a glare before the blonde stuck her tongue out at the older woman.
"And that there just proves my point." The time guardian quipped, causing a collection of giggles to ring throughout the house.
"I missed you guys so much…Even if you guys probably hated me for a while." Eclipse stated, earning a cuff in back of the head by Neptune.
However the royal's attention was called toward the balcony door as something roughly knocked at the glass.
"What the hell?" Tsuki muttered as she got up and went to the door, only to find Karunā standing outside the glass with a wide grin on her face.
"Look what I got!" she stated, holding up a bag full of marble sized orbs.
"Karunā!" Tsuki exclaimed, opening the door which surprised the girl.
"I hope no one hurt you." Tsuki stated, drawing her into a hug.
"Only my pride miss Akuma." Karunā whispered, earning a shocked look but then a sigh.
"You can tell us about your trip after dinner." Tsuki retorted, earning a grin.
"Sure thing but you guys have a lot of explaining to do too."
Tsuki gave her a playful jab to the ribs at that, rolling her eyes.
"I have the feeling that you are talking about my singing…..For your information my singing career was very short lived." She retorted, earning a laugh.
"Well you sing better than me, maybe we can have Karaoke one night?" Karunā teased, earning a glare.
"Oh hell to the no on that one kid. Forget it!"
Karunā couldn't help but to burst into laughter at that and hug the woman again.
"I kind of missed you." She admitted, earning a chuckle.
"We missed ya too kid. Welcome home."
When they walked in everyone looked up, though the kids ran to greet her.
"You're back! How was your trip?" multiple voices asked at once causing Karunā to chuckle as she tried to regain her balance.
"Awkward but enlightening." She replied as she managed to return their hug before she looked up at Haruka and smiled.
"Man you really were a pain in the ass in the past." She stated, earning an amused eye roll from the blonde.
"Shut it sparky. You'd be a pain too if you had to put up with everything I did." Haruka retorted before grinning and adding "What do you know, I suddenly don't appear like an oni to you!"
Karunā blushed at the statement though Haruka only ruffled her hair.
"I take it that some of the battle stories…..about the destruction of the southern part of Tokyo didn't help none did it?"
Karunā's cheeks darkened even more at that as she shook her head, though she only felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Karunā….I know what you were thinking when you arrived here. You know…..about that battle. If you want we can talk about it?" Tsuki offered, earning a light smile.
"No….It's okay….Usagi and Mamoru explained what happened….and why Akuma was drunk most of the time." Karunā answered earning a sigh.
"When I found out I had a….evil…brother in the past…..I took on that name after how stupid I was." Tsuki stated sighing as she glanced around the room at the others before closing her eyes.
"But you…..You're not afraid of me. Why is that?"
The dark senshi's words chilled Karunā who just sighed.
"I know why….I understand. You were afraid and you were hurting….you lost control. It's not your fault, you didn't know." She assured, earning a scoff.
"I still hold myself at fault Karu…..Even after all of this time."
Tsuki stated before walking away, grabbing her hooded cloak on the way out.
"Don't worry…..She'll be back." Haruka assured sighing as they heard the door slam shut "it's been a hard few weeks for her."