*Theme song: Dare, by Stan Bush*

Lucy stacked up dishes in the back kitchen and began rinsing them and rubbing vigorously with a dishcloth to clean the dishes. Chris stood nearby.

Chris: Lucy, are you all right?

Lucy gritted her teeth and turned to him.

Lucy: I will be when people stop asking me if I'm all right!

Chris was taken aback. Lucy bit her lip and turned away.

Lucy: I... I'm sorry, Chris. It's just you guys keep asking me if I'm all right. It was horrible for me, Chris. The entire ordeal was hell. But I've managed to rekindle my love of life and cheerfulness. However, it's hard to be cheerful and happy with you guys if you keep badgering me about this!

Chris: You're right, we have been bugging you. I'm sorry, Lucy. I'll tell you what; I'll leave you to wash your dishes while I continue to explain to Tara about some more Titans history.

Lucy smiled and nodded. Chris turned around and walked back to the booth where Tara sat drinking a Pepsi. Chris sat down in the seat opposite from her.

Tara: She going to be okay?

Chris: Definitely.

For a period of time, neither spoke to one another. They merely gazed into each other's eyes.

(My God... What's happening? I'm so captivated by her eyes... My heart beats faster when I'm around her... Could I possibly have fallen in love with her? No, no, I can't accept that. I love Miya! But still...)

Chris continued to stare into Tara's glimmering eyes.

(You idiot, don't just sit there looking pretty, say something to the girl!)

Chris: Um... How'd you like to go out to dinner with me tonight?

(AGH! Why'd you say that?!)

Tara grinned.

Tara: I'd love that.

Chris: Okay, I'll pick you up at 7:30.

Tara smiled and walked out of the booth, and turned over to him.

Tara: It's a date.

She then sauntered out of the café. Chris gulped and then quickly got out of the booth and got out of the coffee shop. And across the room, Lucy opened her cell phone and dialed Reuisu's home number.

Lucy: Reuisu, you're never going to believe what Tara and Chris are doing tonight!

Chris pulled out the chair for Tara, who was wearing a luminescent silver dress. She smiled at him and sat down. Chris sat opposite from her at the table. The restaurant they were at was an Italian one. It was especially busy being a Friday night.

Chris: So, what's Germany like?

Tara: Not as interesting as Crystal Tokyo. I mean, you guys have faced enemies that I've never even dreamed were possible!

Chris: It's not all fun and games.

And while they were talking, a small microphone and camera attached to one of Chris' shirt buttons relayed everything that happened during the dinner over to a van sitting in the parking lot of the restaurant. And within that van, the Titans all sat down, listened, and watched.

Reuisu: This is rude.

Christine: Shhhh!

Reuisu quieted down.

Reuisu: This is rude and none of our business!

All: Shhhhh!

Reuisu rolled his eyes.

Michelle: Look, Reuisu, we have to do this. This is for Miya's sake, not for the sake of gossip.

Christine: And... Finished detailing their first conversation, guys! I can send this over to a gossip crew in no-

Reuisu glared at Christine, who anime sweat-dropped.

Michelle: For crying out loud, Reuisu, when we thought you were dating Sailor Neptune, we investigated.

Reuisu: YOU WHAT?!

Anna: Shhh! I'm trying to listen!

Reuisu: I can't believe this! You guys actually believed that I had been dating a MARRIED LESBIAN?! What is wrong with you guys?!

Lucy: I think something's going on...

Reuisu: I mean, COME ON! I am a distinguished British Gentleman, and she's a Japanese MARRIED lesbian! Sure, we both play musical instruments, but the same could be said about Ami, who is also married! Where in the name of all things sacred could you possibly have imagined that-

All: SSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Reuisu finally got quiet, and listened in. Something was happening, and the visual had disappeared. There seemed to be some screaming, and the sound of someone shouting out "Asteroid Blazing Power!"

Christine: Erg, why did a youma have to attack right in the middle of it all!

Reuisu: Oh, bugger off, Christine. This was rude and intrusive. Let's transform find out what the problem is!

The youma was humanoid, except his skin was a very light blue. He seemed to be dressed in lizard scales, and he grinned as he faced Sailor Asteroid and Sailor Ayari.

Youma: Ah, the infamous Sailor Titans. I've been meaning to fight and destroy you.

Asteroid: Blah, blah, blah.

All of a sudden, the other Titans ran up and joined Asteroid and Ayari.

Asteroid: How'd you get here so fast?

Angel: Ask Lucy. She demanded we spy on you two.

Asteroid and Ayari: What!?

Angel: We'll talk later!

The Titans straightened up in front of the youma.

Angel: You've messed with the wrong Sailors, youma!

Moonshine: How dare you interrupt an evening that could have been filled with gossip and rumor!

Asteroid: As much as I don't support my friends' actions, I do say you have no right to interrupt my dinner!

Ayari: And I'm new here so I'm going with the flow in this speech!

Cephiros: We are Agents of Love!

Crystal: Agents of Justice!

Life: We shall right wrongs and triumph over evil!

Angel: I am Sailor Angel!

Moonshine: Sailor Moonshine!

Cephiros: Sailor Cephiros!

Asteroid: Sailor Asteroid!

Crystal: Sailor Crystal!

Life: Sailor Life!

Ayari: Sailor Ayari!

Angel: We are-

Titans: THE SAILOR TITANS!

Angel: And in the names of our Guardians,

Titans: WE SHALL PUNISH YOU!

To the surprise of the Titans, the youma seemed taken aback. This seemed like the first time in which an enemy had been shocked and somewhat afraid of the Titans after they had done their speech.

And that made the Titans quite happy. However, the youma shook it off, and grinned at them.

Youma: Bring it on!

Angel: Scatter and attack!

And with that order, the Titans charged in opposite directions and began their assault on the youma.

Angel: HAND OF DESTINY!!!

Sailor Angel's hand glowed a bright gold, and it shot out a solid beam of white and gold energy, but the youma put his arm in the way to block it, easily absorbing the beam.

Ayari: AYARI DAGGERS!!!

Ayari's hands glowed for a moment, and then six blades appeared in her hands, all glowing a bright silver color. She threw them all with precision at the youma, but it deflected each one quickly with his hand into different parts of the walls.

Moonshine: MOONSHINE MIRROR!!!

Moonshine held her time staff into the air, and it changed into a mirror. She aimed it at the youma, and the light of the moon reflected off of it and hit the youma in the chest. It yelped in pain as it was momentarily burned from the attack, but it moved out of the way of the beam and his eyes glowed a black.

Youma: NIGHTMARE SYNDROME!!!

Sailor Moonshine felt cold. She felt cold, desolate, and sick to her stomach. The area around her was entirely black. She collapsed onto her knees and then sat in a fetal position. It wasn't the utter depressing nature of the area that was getting to her, but the fact that time didn't exist here. She was connected to time like a person was connected to their head. The area around her didn't have time in it whatsoever.

So Sailor Moonshine's nightmare was coming to life.

Sailor Cephiros' pupils dilated as her breathing stopped. She couldn't move, couldn't turn away from the sight before her. She was witnessing Kenia Hashimaru rape her. Kenia had been her 'boyfriend' briefly, but the man was disturbed, horribly. He had raped her, and now she was seeing it all over again. She heard herself scream and cry out for the man to stop what he was doing, but he felt no mercy, no sympathy for her. And when he was done with her, the image seemed to rewind, and she saw it all over again.

So Sailor Cephiros' nightmare was coming to life.

Sailor Asteroid tried to breathe, but he could not. His entire body was limp from the lack of oxygen, and a tear ran down his face. He was being held up in the air by the throat by Miya Aino. She was strangling him in rage. She demanded to know where he got the idea that he could date someone else in her absence, but Asteroid had no answer for his love, for he had indeed asked another girl out while Miya laid in a coma at Tokyo General Hospital.

So Sailor Asteroid's nightmare was coming to life.

The Titans screamed out for Sailor Crystal to stop what she was doing, but she could not. What was happening was Crystal holding her arms out at the Titans, unable to move them, and her crystal formation powers were out of control, encasing all of the Titans in the glassy appearance of the crystal. However, it did not stop there. The formation began spreading out to the buildings and the innocent people, and finally, it encased herself in it.

So Sailor Crystal's nightmare was coming to life.

Sailor Life roared in fury as she swung her baton down against the being all-too familiar to her. However, this being blocked with the scythe in her hand. It was Sailor Death.

Death: You cannot escape me, Anna Ichimei!

Life: This isn't over...

Death: That's right, it has only just begun!

So Sailor Life's nightmare was coming to life.

And finally, Sailor Ayari pulled at the chains that kept her arms to the ground. She could not summon any daggers to cut herself loose from the bonds that held her to a single pillar in a giant dome-shaped room. All around her, video screens lit up with her picture, and she heard voices say things about her, things she denied.

Ayari: Damn you, I'm not a traitor! I'M NOT A TRAITOR!

So Sailor Ayari's nightmare was coming to life.

To Be Continued...