Another round of laser beams shot at the demon's vines, slicing through them and releasing the Senshi. They all breathed a sigh of relief, and when they looked up at their rescuers, they gasped in surprise. "Outer Senshi!" they yelled, caressing their chaff necks. Several figures jumped down from out of the sky in front of the evil servant of Galaxia.

"And the Sailor Starlights! Please hold your applause," joked out Sailor Star Fighter.

Sailor Uranus rolled her eyes in annoyance, then stepped foreward. "If I were you, I would step away from the boy, before you get a MUCH stronger dose of what of what you just got!" said Sailor Uranus in a menacing tone. She raised her Talisman sword and pointed it at Tin-Nyanko's throat.

"Never! I will not let you defeat me!" Sailor Tin-Nyanko got up painfully and pointed out the new arrivals to Sailor Vines. "Don't just stand there, leaves for brains, DESTROY THEM!" she shrieked out. She panted hard as she straightened herself up. There was no way she would go back to Galaxia-sama empty handed, NO WAY! The demon let out a deafening howl, then rushed at the Senshi Team that were now standing together. Vines once again began sprouting from his hands.

Sailor Pluto narrowed her dark eyes, and pointed her Time Staff straight at the demon's chest. Her eyes closed for a second, and the Garnet Orb Talisman on top began to glow. Pluto's eyes snapped open again, and she whispered out, "PLUTO, DEAD SCREAM!" Immediately, a massive supersonic ball of energy appeared and struck the monster dead on. Seconds later, the demon exploded with a piercing scream within the pink explosion.

When the explosion was over, the group began looking around for Sailor Tin-Nyanko and more danger, but she and the boy were gone. For a moment, there was nothing but tension-filled silence as the team stood with confusion on their faces. "Where did she go?" shouted Super Sailor Sirius, looking around wildly.

Suddenly, Sailor Mercury gave a small cry and fell to her knees. "My God, she took him, and it's all my fault! I lead her to him!" She buried her face in her hands and sobbed quietly. The gentle senshi of water now felt guilty of having been jealous of the young boy. If she wasn't so eager to meet him, to show him up with her own intelligence, maybe none of this would have happened! Memories of her struggles against the genius student known only as Mercurius entered her mind, and she sobbed louder, wanting to forget the whole ordeal. She felt ashamed of herself, ashamed that only she wanted to be the smartest one, and she felt ashame that she couldn't handle the possibility of someone being smarter than her.

Sailor Pluto slowly came up to her and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder to comfort her. When Mercury's sobs subsided slightly, she placed her hand under Mercury's chin, and raised her head so she can look in her eyes. "Listen to me, Mercury. It's not your fault, and we ARE going to get him back. We have to! Without him, Crystal Tokyo might not exist,"

Sailor Moon snapped her head up in attention at those words, now very interested. "What do you mean Pluto? Is it about Mamo-chan? Please, you must tell me!" she begged.

Pluto gave Moon a sad and apologetic look, but before the Senshi of Time could even answer, Sailor Sirius looked up at her curiously, "Ummm, what exactly IS Crystal Tokyo?" she asked. Her eyes gave a slight glimmer of recognition. "It sort of sounds familiar..."

"All in due time my friends, but not here. We must teleport to the Command Center before we are spotted and questioned." said Sailor Pluto, pointing up to the students and people who were beginning to walk outside, curious as to the source of all the noise. There was another flash from the Garnet Orb, and suddenly, the Senshi disappeared in a bright white light.

***Command Center****

As soon as everyone appeared in the secret room, the Senshi of Time and Space went right down to business. "Now, I want everyone to listen to me, because this is very important," Pluto began in a serious tone. "In the not too distant future, Kijuro Sato will become a world renowned scientist, who will somehow be able to help unlock the secrets of the Ginzuishou Crystal. With his help, Neo-Queen Serenity was able to bring about the Crystal Millenium after the world was freed from it's egological disaster. He was also responsible for the construction of Crystal Tokyo. His fame is reknowned through out the galaxy because of his works. Galaxia somehow must have traced his origins back here, and decided that his Star Seed was vital to her mission."

"So that's why Galaxia has targeted him! She thinks that somehow, if she can get to him in our past and destroy him here, then that would mean Crystal Tokyo would never exist," interrupted Super Sailor Sirius. She looked up and blushed a moment later when the other Senshi turned to her in astonishment. The smaller dark-skinned girl smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "Hey, I pay attention when I have to, and I know how to put two and two together," She turned to Sailor Pluto. "But there is still one thing that I don't really get. What is the Ginzuishou Crystal? Marco mentioned it one time, but I didn't pay much attention."

Marco lifted his head up, and gave a hard look at his charge, "HA! As if you ever DO pay attention to me sometimes!" Sirius gave a hurt expression to Marco and was about to say something when Sailor Pluto raised her hands for silence.

"Please, as I explained before, this is very important." She turned to Sirius and quickly explained about the purpose and the power of the Crystal and the other roles it will have in creating Crystal Tokyo. During the explanation, the Starlights remained silent as they took in the new developements.

*Maybe, just maybe, if we find the true Star Seed in this boy, then we can find our Princess!* thought Sailor Star Fighter to herself. She turned to the other Starlights, and saw that they were thinking the same thing when she looked into their eyes.

"So how are we going to save Kijuro?" said Sailor Neptune when Pluto finished. She turned to give Uranus a knowing look. If this had anything to do with the future, it was very important that they be part of it, just like it was their mission to gather the Talismen to stop the Silence from approaching not too long ago.

Sailor Saturn moved closer to her and nodded her head in agreement with the question, concern etched in her young face. "If he is as important as you say, then we must make every effort we can to bring him back." The Soldier of Silence said.

"We will simply go into her dimension again, and do what we have to do to bring him home. There is no time for planning or strategies," said Pluto. She raised her Time Staff beside her in readiness. "Is everyone ready and willing to accept this mission?" She looked at each of the Sailor Senshi and the Starlights in the eyes. They all nodded, and stood ready for Sailor Pluto to open the vortex again. She nodded with appreciation and proudness of how much the Team had changed, and stretched forth the powerful Time Staff. The enormous bright light flashed white again, and after it dimmed, a black vortex appeared, opening the way to the evil dimension. It swirled black and grey with mist sprouting out of it.

"Wish me luck Luna. Hopefully, I'll be back to scratch your ears again!" Sailor Moon smiled sadly. Pain shone in her eyes that she could not hide from the wise cat. Pain from the many battle she had fought, and nearly lost. She wished many time she could be a normal girl, but deep inside, she knew she couldn't let the Earth down.

Luna nodded and smiled back, "Good luck! Please come back safetly!"

"Good luck to you too, Venus!" said Artermis, rubbing his head on his charge's leg. Memories of them working together in England ran through his mind, and the white cat was very proud of how far the beautiful Senshi of Love and Beauty came.

"Thanks Artermis," Venus gently whispered back, slight tears misting in her eyes. She too remembered the time they spent together before she joined the team, and she knew Artermis would always believe in her, no matter what. Sailor Mars and Jupiter grabbed each other's hands, then looked to Sailor Mercury. She nodded, and grasped their hands too.

"Wait!" Sailor Uranus's gravelly voice nearly stunned everyone. She turned to the Starlights, and fixed Sailor Star Figher a hard look, distrust etched across her face. "I agree with the mission, but do THEY have to come too?" she asked, pointing a menacing finger at them.

The Starlight warrior's eyes narrowed dangerously as she scowled. "Shimatta! Why do you always have to act like such a..."

"Enough!" shouted Sailor Pluto, silencing the two with a raised hand. She turned to the Sky Senshi, then at the Starlights. "Sailor Uranus, Sailor Star Fighter, you must learn to put aside your differences for now. We have no time for arguements. We either work together, or perish apart." Pluto gave them a pleading look.

Fighter and Uranus looked at each other again, sighed in reluctant agreement, and nodded. Once again, the senshi headed for the opening of the vortex.

Before Marco had a chance to say good bye to Sirius, the Senshi and Starlights walked forward and disappeared in the black hole.

**Shadow Galactica**

In the darkness, a flash of white appeared, and a large vortex opened up, mist swirling all around it. Seconds later, the Sailor Senshi walked out, looking around them curiously. Sailor Pluto was the last to step out, and when she did, the vortex disappeared immediately after.

"YUCK! I never thought I had to come here again!" said Sailor Sirius, trying to wipe away the thick dense fog from her face.

"My sentiments exactly!" said Sailor Jupiter. The tall Jovian Senshi jumped and gave a small yelp as she felt something run over her foot.

"Mercury, can you give us a readout on this place, and where Galaxia might be?" said Sailor Pluto, her eyes squinting in the darkness.

Sailor Mercury smiled. "Of course! Anything to find that lowlife!" The Senshi of Water and Knowledge touched the side of her blue earring, "MERCURY VISORS ON!" A small blue flash appeared, and over her eyes appeared a pair of digital visors.

Pluto turned to the other Senshi. "This is the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. All the stars in this part of the Universe and galaxy are born here, in the Galaxy Cauldron not too far away. I have been here many times, but never before have I seen it in such a distressful state," The Time Senshi gave everyone a sad look "Everyone, we must try our best to save this place and Kijuro, or else all is lost..."

"Alright, I got something! Galaxia's a little ways down this corridor to our right, and it looks like she has company!" Mercury interrupted.

"Come oneveryone! What are we waiting for?" said Eternal Sailor Moon, leading the way. The Senshi ran high speed towards Galaxia when Sailor Mars suddenly felt a strong presence. She was about to tell the others to stop when a nasty looking demon jumped out of the swirling shadows in front of them. It was dressed in all black with a hood over its head exactly like death, and carried a long scythe. It made a soft hissing sound and pointed the scythe at the group as they skidded to a halt.

"Stop where you are, or else face you worst fears!" it roared out. Sailor Mars stepped forward, challenge in her violet eyes, "Not if I can help it! MARS FLAME...." she yelled, but never finished. A ball of black energy erupted from the scythe and hit her dead on. Strangely, the energy did not cause her any pain. It merely absorbed into her body without a scratch. Mars blinked her eyes in confusion for a moment, then suddenly began screaming and holding her head. In her mind, her worst fears where coming true: she was listening to her father and grandfather yelling at her, telling her she was a no good daughter and never will be a Shinto Priestess. "Please! Make them stop, make them stop!" she screamed fearfully. The other Senshi watched in horror as she fainted away with a moan. Instantly, her body was incased in a cold block of ice.

"MARS! NO!" screamed Eternal Sailor Moon. She raised her Eternal Tier and began to say the words to destroy the Anima-mate of fear, but he was too fast. He shot out another blast of dark energy, and it headed straight for the rest of the Senshi. Sirius saw the attack coming, and quickly jumped out of the way before it reached her. Just as she jumped, the Inner senshi and Starlights were all struck. They stood still, looking at each other in confusion for a second, then began to scream as Fear overcame them. Sailor Jupiter screamed at the planes she saw and heard in her head, and Sailor Moon fell to the floor, going into in a fetal position as she whimpered and moaned at the ghosts that were wailing to her.

Tears fell from the Starlights eyes as they once again saw the awful descruction of their planet. The scene change, and they then saw the Earth being destroyed, sharing the same fate as their home planet.

"KUSO, not again!" wailed out Star Star Fighter in pain. Then in a flash, they were all incased in blocks of ice.

The Anima-mate turned to the Outer Senshi and Sirius. "How about a taste of Fear, ladies?" He got ready to throw a ball of dark energy at them.

"Not in this lifetime! You are not worthy to carry the name of Death!" shouted out Sailor Saturn. She raised her Silence Glaive high in the air. "SILENCE WA..." Before she even got to finish, the demon shot out the black energy ball. It struck Saturn hard, knocking her to the ground and causing her to drop the Silence Glaive. She screamed loudly as she saw herself turning into a wired-up robot, then was incased in ice. "Hotaru-chan!" screamed Uranus.

The demon sneered evilly in triumph, then turned to Sirius. He charged up the scythe again, and fired. Unable to move in time because of fright, the energy struck her, and she slammed to the ground in a grunt. She tried to get up again, but only collapsed in pain. Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing sound. Super Sailor Sirius looked up, blinking her eyes in confusion. In her mind, she began to see a swarm of giant insects flying right towards her. Slime dripped from their mouths, and they fixed their millions of hungry eyes on her.

Sirius screamed from the depths of her soul. It echoed loudly through the dark dimension, and everyone could hear the true fear and agony in it as the smaller Star Senshi's eyes widened in horrified shock. Her heart thudded so loudly against her chest, she thought it would burst through. She scooted away quickly and began hugging herself in fear. Never in her life did she feel such fear! Not since...since..."NOOO!! Keep them away! They'll kill me like they did my mom!" she shouted, tears of anquish streaming down her dark face.

"Sailor Sirius! You have to come over your fear!" shouted Sailor Pluto. She laid her Time Staff down, then rushed over and grabbed the crying Star Senshi's shoulders and began shaking her. "You have to fight your fear!! We can't lose anymore more of you. COME ON!"

To be continued...

******

In a flash that was almost too quick to see, the powers came together and slammed into the screaming Sailor Fear. He was wrapped in darkness, then began to shrink. A golden flash slashed across the darkness, and an instant later, he exploded in a burst of lights and water, leaving nothing behind. After a moment of the silence, Sailor Sirius blew out a sigh of relief and fell to her knees in exhaustion. Suddenly there was a sound of cracking. Sirius stood up and ran over to the encased heroes. "LOOK! The ice casing is melting!" she said in wonder.

The ice around the group were cracking apart and melting, and with Sirius, Neptune, Pluto, and Uranus helping, they shakily stepped out of the ice blocks and started brushing ice shards from their uniforms. "What in the world just happened! I....I've never been so scared in my life! The images were so real!" said Sailor Moon, looking to the others to see if they were all right.

"Without the demon to feed off your fear, the ice had no more power over you. You can also thank our new recruit for being so brave, and helping us to kick his baka butt!" said Sailor Uranus, patting Sirius on the back.

"Really?" said Sailor Star Healer. She looked at Sailor Sirius with new admiration in her eyes. "Not bad kid! Not bad at all!" She smiled and winked in a way that only Sirius can see.

"Don't call me kid!" Sailor Sirius said, trying to sound and look mad, but blushed when the other Senshi smiled at her.

"I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but we have to get going if we are to find Kijuro! Time IS of the essence!" said Sailor Pluto. The Sailor Senshi and Starlights nodded, then quickly ran forward to the opening at the end of a large open spaced area. It was nothing but black space and stars. As soon as they reached outside the large maze-like dimension, they were suddenly engulfed in a heavy dense fog. They disappeared and was instantly transported into the throne room of Sailor Galaxia. There were no walls, and stars blazed down all around them.

The Golden Senshi sat with her legs crossed on her large gold throne, waiting for them. Sailor Tin-Nyanko suddenly appeared besides her, laughing evilly.

"At last, the Sailor Team before me." she said sneering. She looked at them in contempt. "I knew you all would come here to try and save the boy. But it was all in vain. I will have the pleasure of destroying you all, one by one." She cackled out an evil laugh. Sailor Mercury was about to demand that she set free Kijuro when Sailor Galaxia raised a threatening hand and pointed a gloved finger at her. "SILENCE! You may have won a few battles before, but no more!! As soon as I take what I came for, your galaxy will be mine, and I will be the SUPREME RULER!" Galaxia flicked both her hands, and in front of her and Sailor Tin-Nyanko, Kijuro Sato suddenly appeared, floating in mid-air. He was still out cold, and his skin was so pale. The Senshi could only gasp in shock and anger at the pitiful site.

Sailor Galaxia gave them a sly, evil look. "Of course, there is a way that you can come of this without getting destroyed. All you have to do is surrender your Star Seed to me, and become my servants. Then maybe, just maybe, I won't have to destroy you." She looked up and gave a little smile. "Do we have a deal?"

"I thought we already gave you an answer to that! What part of NO don't you understand, you witch?" replied Eternal Sailor Moon. "This galaxy will never be yours! We will defend and protect to the death this place we all call home! It is where our family, friends, past and future reside in, and we will NOT give that up! I am Sailor Moon, and in the name of the Moon, I will punish you!" Sailor Moon went through her pose and pointed a challenging finger at the Golden Senshi

"Fine then, have it your way!" Galaxia shrieked out. With lightning fast reflexes, she reached into Kijuro's chest and savagely pulled out the small glowing Star Seed before any could stop her. As soon as the Star Seed came out, Kijuro's eyes snapped open, and he fell to the ground with a painful scream. When he hit the floor, he immediately began to transform.

He grew taller and his skin turned dark green. Claws suddenly grew out of his fingers. When the transformation was done, he was the gigantic Sailor Lizard. Sailor Galaxia clutched the Star Seed in her hand and laughed evilly along side Tin-Nyanko. "At last, one of the most powerful Star Seed is mine. Crystal Tokyo will be no more!" She held the Star Seed in front of her and waited for the sign that it was a true one. Instead, it turned black and lost all the brilliance that came with it. Galaxia screech in rage and turned to her hench-men. "DESTROY THEM!" she screamed at Sailors Tin-Nyanko and Lizard, then disappeared in a golden flash.

"You're not getting away with this!" screamed out Sailor Star Fighter just as Galaxia disappeared. Immediately, the Anima-mates shot out their power at the Senshi. Sailor Tin-Nyanko continously shot lightning bolts from her Cat Paw weapon, while Lizard shot out acid spit, dissolving the plane floor when it missed them. The group scattered everywhere to jump out of the way of the deadly attacks. One of the lightning bolt barely missed Saturn's head by an inch and scorched a little of her black hair.

"That does it! NO MORE MISS NICE GUY!" shouted Sailor Saturn. She raised her Silence Glaive, ran up to Tin-Nyanko, and knock the bazooka out of her hands.

She was about to slice through Nyanko when Sailor Jupiter stopped her. "Allow me! Nobody calls me a wench, JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!" Sailor Tin-Nyanko, expecting her attack, merely smiled and jumped high out of the way. When she was in the air, she thrust out her arms and bent them at the elbows. Her golden bracelets flashed once, and out of them came two balls of golden light. They flew wildly around the Starlights and Senshi as they looked on.

After a moment, they suddenly turned and slammed right into Sailor Sirius's chest as Tin Nyanko landed on her feet on the ground expertly.

"SIRIUS!" the Senshi and Starlights yelled as they watched in horror.

Sailor Sirius screamed as her body stiffened and glowed with a harsh and intense golden aura, but it was no ordinary scream. It was a loud cry of anquish that was pure suffering and pain, unimaginable to all others. Tears squeezed out of her shut eyelids as Sirius felt her body burn as if it was on fire. Then, as though time itself was slowed down, she fell slowly to the ground on her back. A moment later, petals sprouted out of her forehead and her Star Seed slowly began to come out from its flowery casing. The tiny dark blue crystal floated above the Star Senshi's body, and the light it gave off was so bright, it made everyone turn away and shield their eyes for a moment.

"Yes, a true Star Seed!" Tin Nyanko gloated. "At least I will not go back empty-handed!" The rest of the Senshi gasped, awed by the sheer beauty and brightness of a true Star Seed.

*M..MASAKA!* thought Sailor Star Healer to herself. *That's the same power and brightness I felt in her!* Sailor Sirius's body suddenly began to fade into tiny sparkles of light, and she looked up at the fighters with pleading eyes.

"Minna-san! G..gomen nasai.." she whispered softly as tears flowed down the side of her dark face. She closed her eyes as her body began to fade get more and more transparent. A strange sense of peace suddenly came over Sirius then, and sighing, she allowed herself to be lulled by the sweet song of death. Sailor Tin Nyanko laughed again, then ran to grab the floating crystal.

"NO!! You will not have it! STAR SENSITIVE INFERNO!" screamed out Star Healer. The blast hit away Tin Nyanko just as she was about to reach Sirius's body. The rest of the Starlights rushed up in front of Healer, and shouted out their powers,

The bright swirling powers came together in a blinding flash and struck Nyanko heavily, destroying the Cat Senshi in a burst of stars.

Sailor Lizard howled when the Anima-Mate was destroyed, and started advancing towards the Senshi. "Sailor Moon, GO!" yelled Uranus.

"Here goes nothing! STARLIGHT HONEYMOON THERAPY KISS!" The flash of pink light from the Eternal Tier struck the demon in a burst of feathers. "BEAUTIFUL!" he screamed out, and slowly began to shrink and returned back to normal. When it was done, Star Healer ran over to the almost faded dark-skinned Senshi. With a smile, she knelt done on one knee, and gently pushed back the shining Star Seed back in her body.

Immediately, her body began to solidify. After a moment, she blinked her eyes open, and looked up at Star Healer. She smiled and reached up to touch the Starlight's cheek. "Arrigatou," she said gently. Healer nodded, then helped Sirius to stand.

"Yokatta!" whispered Sailor Moon as she stepped up and gave a big hug to her dark-skinned friend.

Kijuro then moaned as he lay on the hard floor. Sailor Mercury quickly ran up to him and checked his pulse. She sighed in relief when she felt one. "He's alright, just very exhausted!"

Sailor Pluto looked over at Kijuro, then nodded her approval. "Yes. His Star Seed turned out to be no good for Galaxia, and the future has been secured," She looked over at the other Senshi and smiled. "Good job everyone! I'm very proud of you. Now, let's all go home!" Everyone looked at one another and breathed a big sigh of relief. Sailor Pluto then waved her powerful Time Staff, the Garnet Orb glowing brightly. A bright flash of light burst forth over all the group, and in an instant, everyone disappeared, leaving the desolate place empty for now.

***Juuban High School***

Tanya sat up on the roof of the High School, her favorite place, and watched the stars twinkle. She sat comfortably with her knees drawn up to her ample chest and her arms around her legs. She enoyed this time of night, when the it seems as though the whole world was behind her, and she was alone with her thoughts. Tanya remembered the battle a few days ago, and how she and the rest of the senshi rescued the young boy genius who had such a vital part of the future. She sighed with relief, glad that for now, the future was safe, but it was kind of funny to think that flaky Usagi was to be the Queen of Crystal Tokyo. When Sailor Pluto explained that to her, Tanya couldn't believe it at first, but she soon came to understand that maybe it would come true someday. Tanya didn't tell the other Senshi, but she did some hard thinking after that and talking it over with Marco, and she now knew in her heart that the Starlights were indeed the popular group, the Three Lights.

An image of Yaten entered her mind suddenly, and she felt her heart sink slightly with sadness. Tanya couldn't deny it anymore. She loved him, and it hurt her to think that maybe Yaten didn't feel the same way. She understood that he was a girl when in Star Light form, but she couldn't ignore the feelings she had everytime she was around the popular idol singer. It confused Tanya a little to know that she did love someone who turned into girl like herself. She knew she never had feelings "like that" for others girls, but inside, she knew that she loved the person that made her heart sing, that made her feel as though evertything was going to be alright, no matter what. Whenever he was near her, Tanya felt as though there was no one esle in the world but him. She felt like she wanted to know him forever. "I..I do love him," Tanya whispered to herself, wiping away a tear as it fell softly down her dark cheek.

Suddenly, her eyes widened, and Tanya took in a deep breath. "Oh my God! I DO love him!" she breathed out in realization. "I...I'm in love! I can't believe it, I'm actually in love!!" She chuckled slightly at the thought, then stopped and lowered her eyes as she realized something else. "But..what if he doesn't love me?" She sighed and continued to look up at the stars, tears beginning to form. Just then, there was a scuffling sound behind her, and Tanya looked behind her in surprise. Stepping onto the roof from the ladder was Yaten Kou.

She gasped when she realized who it was, and Yaten looked at her in surprise when he saw that the roof was not unoccupied as before. "OH! I'm very sorry! I didn't realize anyone was here! This is the place where I usually...meditate."

"No! I'M sorry! I'll leave if you want," Tanya said shyly as she got up. She hung her head, then looked up at Yaten with an embarrassed look, blushing harshly. "I didn't know anyone else knew about this place." she said softly she began to walk slowing towards the ladder to climb down.

The thought of Tanya leaving unnerved Yaten for some strange reason, and he rushed forward."No, don't leave! I would enjoy the company," He smiled shyly at her, and Tanya couldn't help chuckle and smiling back. "So, do you like looking at the stars at night?" he asked, taking Tanya's hand and sitting her down with him on the roof floor. Both drew up their knees to their chest and wrapped their arms about their legs.

Tanya looked back at him and smiled shyly again."Oh yes, they're SO beautiful! They help me feel better sometimes when I am lonely or feel like getting out of my house. It's just one of those simple things in life I enjoy. Sometimes, I think each of those stars are someone's dreams, and they shine brightly just for that person alone." Tanya became quiet as she looked once again at the stars shining down.

The young man crossed his arms over his chest."Yeah, well, sometimes, people don't have time to enjoy the "simple" things in life. There's too much going on in the world to waste our time doing silly things like just sitting looking at the stars and dreaming.. Time you can spend looking for someone you need to find! Dreams are for the stupid." said Yaten, his eyes narrowing as he also turned his head up to look at the stars, thinking of Princess Kakyuu and his mission to find her. As soon as he realized what he said, he looked quickly at the girl at his side and saw that she had bent her head in embarrassment again and tried to hide the tears that began to form in her large hazel brown eyes.

"I'm...I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to come out that way!" stammered Yaten, feeling himself blush for the first time. He tried to place his hands on her dark ones, but instead she quickly snatched it away before he can touch her.

"Maybe I should leave! I don't have to stay here and listen to this!" said Tanya angrily as she got up and headed for the ladder to climb down. Yaten quickly stood and caught up with her.

"Wait, I'm sorry! I really didn't mean that!" he said, putting his hand on her shoulder to stop her, then turned her around to face him again. "Please let me make it up to you. Me and the guys rehearsed for tomorrow night's concert a thousand times already, so I don't have anything much to do until then. Why don't I show you to the place where me, Seiya, and Taiki hang out?" he said hopefully, looking Tanya full in the eyes.

Tanya cocked an eyebrow at him. "You mean like a date? Just me and you?" She crossed her arms over her chest and waited for his answer.

"Well, ummmm....actually...I mean...that is, it will be more like a tour, and...umm..a desperate plea at forgiveness!" said Yaten, blushing harder as he was trying desperately to find the right words to say he wasn't ready to start dating. Tanya sensed his hesitation and thought it over a moment.

"Well, alright," Tanya smiled. She then gave Yaten a soft yet serious look in his eyes, "But you need to seriously change your attitude." She held out her hand for a shake, "Deal?"

Yaten gratefully took her hand and shook it, "Deal!" he smiled. Above the two young people, the bright stars continued to shine down on them, basking them in their protective glow. They nodded to each other, and together, they sat back down, and watched the stars twinkle in the sky. Secretly, out of the corner of his eyes, the silver-haired singer watched Tanya's profile as she looked up into the star-filled night. He watched as the half-full moon bathed her flawless dark brown skin, making her nearly etheral. For some unknown reason to him, Yaten was again filled with the need to get closer to this girl, to know her better, to find out why he felt such a strong and bright light from her. He had promised himself from ever since he got to this planet, that would would never care about anyone or anything, but this was....different now. Why did he feel such power from her, why did he even feel this way? Maybe it was the fact of such a powerful Star Seed in her, like Seiya felt with Usagi. There was only one woman his heart belonged to, one woman who mattered and who he came to Earth to search for. His princess. What he felt for this girl with the beautiful and strange accent sitting next to him, and why, the young man just didn't know.

Yaten sighed in inaudibily. This was something that was puzzling to him, and he meant to find out about it soon. Very soon.

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