#ch: keiko

[putschki1969]

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[sanguine-arena]

my ocs on social media / the internet

i stole this post idea from @jezifster , thank you for letting me borrow it!

zayne; has an instagram he almost never posts on, and even then, when he posts, its only pictures from games / with his teammates with stupid captions. sometimes the team’s instagram page forces him to make appearances on there but he looks like he wants to die the whole time (to the point of it even being kind of a meme amongst their fans, probably). probably has a twitter thats not attached to his name where he doomscrolls and also vents 24/7

kendria; has an instagram shes pretty active on, posts on her story w her friends a lot. probably has pinterest where she has boards of all the pretty pictures she’s saved and also of dumb memes she’s found. i feel like she hoards pictures.

trevor; he doesnt know what social media is enough to really have it. he had twitter awhile ago but probably deleted it. there are likely dumb / mildly embarrassing tweets of his floating around but he doesnt acknowledge them. the team instagram probably forces him to make appearances too and he also looks like he wants to die the whole time (also a meme amongst their fans, but in a more “aw, hes so awkward, look at him” kind of way)

akuma; dude has a twitter where he shitposts, mostly. probably has snapchat where he does a lot of his shadier shit. dude 10000000% knows what tor is and probably uses it more than he would ever admit (also for shady shit). he doesn’t ever show his face or really even use his real name. he mostly lurks otherwise.

some bonus ones i thought of, not acidic related, because they came to me while i was writing the others:

timur; dude has twitter, instagram, snapchat, stuff like that, but he doesn’t really post on it unless he’s fucked up and everyone is always concerned about him by the end of it. probably deactivates and reactivates a lot.

keiko; if he actually had social media he would probably die. he’s doomscrolled about himself a few times after a bad game and he can’t help but do it sometimes, but he doesn’t actually have any accounts or have an actual social media presence.

viktor; he doesn’t really know what social media is. he would also probably die if he did

phaeton; hes probably my only oc that would concievably have tumblr. it is an edgy aesthetic one and has a lot to do with his obsession with fire. probably vents a lot and deletes it later. hes had a callout post made about him before. hes probably banned off of twitter for getting into too many fights and causing too many problems

[itsmangacap]

KUCHIBIRU NI KIMI NO IRO 唇にキミの色 —  ch.04   ⌊ 2014 - 2015 | by iwashita keiko ⌉

[strawberrystepmom]

malevolent enterprise ch. 10

NSFW - MDNI. ceo au series. gojo x f!reader are endgame. reader is a lawyer. the jacking off to gojo's pictures chapter (she's just like me fr). wc 1.6k.

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A soft whimper leaves your lips followed by another flex of your fingers inside of your own soaked pussy. 

Stress relief or something similar to it is what you call this, holding your phone inches away from your face and keeping your eyes locked embarrassingly on the salacious “look at me” pictures Gojo posts for public consumption on Instagram. 

It has been several weeks since the night you saw him and you remember everything down to the scent of his cologne but you need a little…visual stimulation this time, as shameful as that is.

The post you landed on shows the bottom half of his face, lips curled into a grin, and his almost impossibly perfect body. A photo that doesn’t even show off arguably his best feature, sapphire eyes he’s known the world over for having, still manages to make you swoon and you hate yourself for it. Pecs and abs and half of his shoulders gave your tired and stressed out mind enough to run with and you subsequently landed on your back, thumb rubbing circles around your clit.

You don’t need reminding of how pathetic this behavior is, you already know, but it doesn’t stop you from tucking your lip between your teeth to keep from moaning his name. Shame starts to sizzle in your stomach and you shut your eyes and toss your phone aside, focusing instead on making yourself feel good. 

Just when you feel orgasm encroaching, toes curling and calf muscles spasming, your phone starts to ring and the shrill musical notes make you groan in frustration, tears springing to your eyes. You pull your fingers from inside of you and reach with your clean hand for your phone, pulling it to your ear without checking to see who it is. You’re certain it’s Toge reminding you of a dinner reservation or Sukuna begging you to explain why he can’t arbitrarily fire people as he sees fit so you don’t bother. 

“What?”

The chuckle on the other end doesn’t belong to Toge nor Sukuna and your gut churns again. It’s like Satoru has a twisted sixth sense when it comes to you and admittedly, you have been avoiding him since the night the two of you had drinks thanks to his indiscretions that were plastered all over social media. He has been in three different papers this week with three different women, and after promising he’d prove himself worthy of you? He isn’t exactly doing a bang up job.

“Why so hostile, kitten?”

The old college nickname you were given thanks to a knack for being able to curl up and fall asleep literally anywhere after a couple of beers drips with sarcasm and you giggle despite yourself hearing it from his lips, panties dangling from one of your ankles and legs still open. 

“Because you’re the last person I ever expect to hear from. Have you run out of models to fly to Italy yet?”

“Ah so you’ve been keeping tabs on me.”

“It’s hard not to when you’re making yourself so visible. What do you want?”

“I need a plus one for a gala thing a couple weekends from now.”

You snort incredulously, gathering your sheets and duvet against your torso and sitting up with the phone pressed to your ear. Pulling your knees to your chest, you look as small as you feel imagining why he’d ever call you to cruelly flaunt such an opportunity. He has to know about your feelings, you’re so terrible at hiding them it makes you borderline combative, and if that’s the case this is low even for him. You’re disgusted more than anxious now and you can hardly hide it when you spit your reply through the phone receiver. 

“Keiko is busy? Elizabeth? Rin?”

Satoru hums on the other end of the phone, hearing the names of the models and aspiring actresses he has been spotted next to over the last several weeks during his travels.

It’s impossible to tell what or when he’s thinking but he is and some tiny part of him he should have ruthlessly smothered ages ago feels bad for spending months very publicly dragging women around to get your attention since he heard you were single. It worked - just in the opposite direction and your hurt is evident in the way you lash out. The evening the two of you shared seemed like a chance to start fresh and he may have already fucked it up but he’s still going to try. He told you he would.

“Does it matter? I asked you and not any of them.”

You have no actual claim to Satoru but it has always been unspoken at least amongst the social and professional circles you share that something is there with you and him. Of the men you’ve been with and given your heart to, none have ever affected you the same as Gojo Satoru. Not your ex, a man that wanted to marry you, not the last CFO or attorney or even Gojo’s dark haired musician friend that have all tried their luck. Your mind has always been singularly focused on the snowy haired man on the other end of your phone. 

It’s even more pathetic laid out in front of you like this and you pull your blankets over your knees and closer to your chest. You are all bark and no bite when it comes to him, playful sarcastic remarks and carefully rehearsed smiles so he doesn’t know he gets under your skin, but you are only human and the disappointment of always seemingly being his last choice burns. 

“I don’t believe you,” you admit and he gasps in faux disbelief. He knew you wouldn’t. He could explain to you that these women are merely accessories, they rarely make it past one night with him if they even get that far to start with, but it wouldn’t do any good given you already think he’s lying. He chooses to do what he does best instead - schmooze.

“Come on. We had so much fun the last time we saw each other and you never go out and I know it’s a good excuse for you to wear whatever dress you’ve been saving for a special occasion.”

You sigh frustratedly, knees still anchored to your chest. He’s right. You never go out and have fun anymore, too busy with a job that has been more than you expected. There’s a slinky vintage Dior purchased from a shop in Ginza in the back of your closet you have indeed been saving for the right occasion. 

“Don’t make me look stupid and I’ll come.”

He chuckles but the lilt of it sounds doubtful. You’ve caught him off guard and it shows, certain you’d say no yet magically procure an invitation to the gala nevertheless as you have in the past, and he shakes his head dumbly. 

“What do you mean?”

You parrot his words back to him in a high pitched tone, nasally and intentionally mocking. A shocked chuckle is all that Satoru manages to get out before you start speaking again and he bites his tongue, willing to let you take your shots. He kind of deserves them at this point. 

“If you take another woman out after we go to this gala together, I will systematically rip every single one of your eyelashes out. I will twist your fingers until they break. I will…”

“Okay, okay. Enough. You’re turning me on.”

Rolling your eyes, you pull the phone away from your ear to look at a message that has come through and groan when you see the name attached to it is none other than the man speaking to you. 

“What did you send me?” 

You mutter aloud and he chuckles when you gasp opening the message, attachment and all. A view of his torso and his boxers pulled down barely covering the base of his cock.

“Next time you want a pic, just ask.”

Realization dawns and you blink dumbly. You must have liked the photo you were using as masturbation fodder at some point during your rush to get off. You silently stare at the photo for a moment longer, embarrassment not enough to keep slick from leaking out of your pleasure denied cunt and anything you move to say dies on your tongue as soon as you open your mouth.  

“I’ll text you the details for the event. Enjoy, you’re welcome.”

Humming affirmatively, you listen to the phone click from the other end and you hold your device with both hands, still glancing at the salacious photo. Sure, need is thrumming through every part of you but you will never allow him the last word. Not now. Not after you’ve finally committed to something tangible with him.

Yanking your blankets off of you, you hike your lace panties back over your legs and position them so they sit across your hips in the way you know they look best, shifting your body enough that when you angle your front facing camera, the bottom of your tits and entire torso and thighs and lace covered mound are visible. 

Snapping a pic, you think better of sending it to him and close your phone, tossing it off to the side. He doesn’t deserve a reward for embarrassing you and as badly as you want to have the last word, it’s something that can wait until later. 

You do reach back over to your phone, though, picking it up and opening the picture and zooming in just enough to see the tuft of white hair he strategically hasn't lasered off above his cock and pull your panties back down around your ankles.

May as well finish the job thanks to his generosity.

[yyh4ever]

Is it true that yukina and Kuwabara are dating by the end of the manga? I'm not really sure if yukina even knows what a date means, also the way she ignores Kuwabara's flirtation in ch 175 is so funny!! Don't get me wrong i don't mind kuwayuki being a couple. I just think it's too soon for them to date especially when yukina didn't even find out that hiei is her brother.

In the last chapters, Togashi played the cupid and started pairing everyone together. So, right after Yusuke says he could cook ramen to Keiko every day, we see Kuwabara and Yukina alone heading to his ramen stall, in a beautiful night. I think it's a subtle way to say they're going to be a future couple. But, I agree with you that it might be too soon for them at this moment.

Probably, Yukina still doesn't know what a date means, but I believe that after their 35th date, the first kiss will finally happen😆 (in Japan it's usually after the third date, but it's not a rule).

Unfortunately, it's a shounen manga, so all it's left for us is to read between the lines.

[fruiteggsaladit]

[ID: manga panels from Maison Ikkoku, ch4 page 16: Hanae and Akemi are teasing Kyoko, the female lead, for denying having a crush on the male lead. Reading left to right: "Thinking of a tenant as a 'guy'!" "And the way she defended him! My, my!" "What are you two talking about?!" "My dear, we must have a drink." "I only have tea!!" Akemi is whistling. /END ID.]

Reading Maizon Ikkoku bc it's 80s manga romcom listed as one of the most best-selling, meaning Togashi may have read it for research when he wrote his romcom mangas and influenced yyh, in other words i'm reading it to understand a little more what he was grasping at when it came to the yusuke-keiko romance! Also for ideas.

Sharing the above panels bc Akemi (the curly haired woman in stripes) was wearing something I could imagine Atsuko wearing, and standing beside Hanae especially, it was easy to imagine Atsuko and Keiko's mum! I like imagining them being friends or at least, Yukimura Mama being concerned for Atsuko.

Oh, that and also-

Kuwabara??!?!?!

[ID Maison Ikkoku ch 4, page 10 panel excerpt, of Sakamoto and unnamed friend drinking and talking at a cafe, and anime screenshots of Sakamoto alone (episode 40, "Mezon Ikkoku Kanketsuhen") (fandom.com) /END ID.]

Unexpected gems! Pretty art!

[ID Maison Ikkoku art illustration, Otonashi Kyoko with white hair and clothes, holding a basket of grapes. Visible text: "Where Wacky Hijinks Can't Stop a Great Romance! / Story and Art by / Rumiko Takahashi (4)". /END ID.]

[ID Maison Ikkoku art illustration, Otonashi Kyoko in a blue swimsuit, with white hair stylised to resemble seafoam. /END ID.]

[ID Maison Ikkoku art, Otononashi Kyoko in a red party dress, holding a wrapped wine bottle. Love interests Godai Yusaku (protagonist) and Mitaka Shun (secondary) are behind her in fancy clothing respective to their economic background, Yusaku a poor college student, Shun a well-off tennis coach. /END ID.]

[aspureasamelody]

So after Raimundo betrayed them, Kimiko definitely vented to Keiko, and Omi airs his grievances publicly but probably doesn't personally vent his more personal pains about it to anyone (maybe Chase, way later)

But Clay? He's not on speaking terms with Jesse yet, and I don't think his relationship with his father would have improved enough to be comfortable venting to him by then

So Clay would definitely vent to Dojo

In which case, I can't decide if Dojo vaguely compares the situation to when Dojo's previous group of dragons fell apart while clumsily avoiding naming any names("We'll call this guy, uh... D. And this guy... Ch-- C! And this guy, G."), or if he somehow finds a way to just compare it to how Chucky Choo stole his yo-yo and explain how this is basically the same thing before veering into another unhinged rant

[polycule-playoff]

Last Edited: 15 September 2024

Polycules that are in the running:

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy

Stephen King's It

Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, Beverly Marsh, Bill Denbrough, Ben Hanscom, Stan Uris, Mike Hanlon, Kay McCall, Audra Phillips and Patty Blum

Sherlock Holmes

Irene Adler, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Morstan, and Godfrey Norton

Doki Doki Precure

Cure Heart, Cure Diamond, Cure Rosetta, Cure Sword and Regina

A3!

Tsumugi Tsukioka, Tasuku Takato, Hisoka Mikage, Homare Arisugawa, Azuma Yukishiro and Guy

Persona 5

Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya, Ryuji Sakamoto, Ann Takamaki, Yusuke Kitagawa, Makoto Niijima, Futaba Sakura, Haru Okumura, Goro Akechi, Sumire Yoshizawa, Morgana and Yuuki Mishima

Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya, Hifumi Togo, Chihaya Mifune, and Lavenza

Witch's Heart

Claire Elford, Noel Levine, Ashe Bradley, Wilardo Adler and Sirius Gibson

Ensemble Stars!!

Leo Tsukinaga, Tsukasa Suou, Arashi Narukami, Izumi Sena, Ritsu Sakuma, Mao Isara, Hokuto Hidaka, Subaru Akehoshi and Makoto Yuuki

Stranger Things

Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, Argyle, Chrissy Cunningham, Eden Bingham, and Vickie.

Star Trek DS9

Elim Garak, Julian Bashir, Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien, Kira Nerys, Jadzia Dax, Odo Ital, Quark, Worf, Ezri, Sisko, Lwaxana Troi, Kasidy Yates-Sisko, and Lenara Kahn

The Owl House

Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Willow Park, Hunter, and Gus Porter

Dracula

Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, Lucy Westenra, Quincey Morris, Jack Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Abraham Van Helsing

The Breakfast Club

Brian Johnson, Andrew Clark, Allison Reynolds, Claire Standish, and John Bender

Winx Club

Bloom, Stella, Tecna, Musa, Flora, Aisha, Sky, Brandon, Timmy, Riven, Helia, Nex and Nabu

Resident Evil

Leon S Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Ada Wong and Helena Harper

The Case Study of Vanitas

Vanitas, Noe Archiviste, Dominique de Sade and Jeanne

Scooby Doo

Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley, Hot Dog Water, and Crystal.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Darla, Angel(us), Drusilla, and Spike/William

The Legend of Zelda

Revali, Zelda, Link, Mipha, Sidon, Yona, Paya and Tauro

The Magicians

Fen, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Josh Hoberman, Quentin Coldwater, and Arielle

Haikyū!!

Kiyoko Shimizu, Yachi Hitoka, Yamaguchi Tadashi, Tsukishima Kei, Bokuto Kōtarō, Akaashi Keiji, Kuroo Tetsurō, Kozume Kenma, Hinata Shōyō, Kageyama Tobio, Oikawa Tooru, Iwaizumi Hajime, and Ushijima Wakatoshi

Genshin Impact

Cyno, Alhaitham, Kaveh, Tighnari, Dehya, Nilou, Faruzan, Dunyarzad, and Candace

Kaeya, Rosaria, Albedo, and Sucrose

Neuvillette, Wriothesley, Navia, Clorinde, Zhongli, Childe, and Furina

Kujou Sara, Gorou, Arataki Itto and Sangonomiya Kokomi

Heaven Official's Blessing

Xie Lan, Hua Cheng, Mu Qing, Feng Xin, Yin Yu, and Quan Yizhen

Torchwood

Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Owen Harper, Ianto Jones, and Toshiko Sato

Spiderman

Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, Mary-Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, Liz Allan, Felicia Hardy, and Johnny Storm

Beastars

Legosi, Louis, Haru, and Juno

Lupin III

Lupin III, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Daisuke Jigen, and Fujiko Mine

Demon Slayer

Tengen, Makio, Suma, and Hinatsuru

Omori

Sunny, Kel, Basil, and Aubrey

Cookie Run

Herb Cookie, Vampire Cookie, Sparkling Cookie, Mint Choco Cookie, and Cocoa Cookie

The Grail Quest

Percival, Galahad, Bors, Dinadrane, and Blanchefleur

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair/Super Danganronpa 2

Hajime Hinata, Kazuichi Soda, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Sonia Nevermind, and Akane Owari

Zero Escape

Akane Kurashiki, Junpei, Sigma Klim, Carlos, Diana, and Snake

Roswell New Mexico

Nora Truman, Louise Truman, Theo, Tripp Manes and Roy Bronson

Max Evans, Isobel Evans, Michael Guerin, Liz Ortecho, Kyle Valenti, Maria DeLuca, Alex Manes, Jenna "Cam" Cameron, Heath, Dallas Haines, Greg Manes and Anatsa

The Raven Cycle

Blue Sargent, Richard Gansey, Ronan Lynch, Adam Parrish, Noah Czerny, and Henry Cheng

Warcraft

Khadgar, Kalecgos, Illidan, Kael'thas Sunstrider, Vashj, Arthas Menethil, Jaina Proudmoore, Nathanos Blightcaller, Sylvanas Windrunner, Tiffin Wrynn, Varian Wrynn, Halduron Brightwing, Thalyssra, Lor'themar Theron, and Rommath

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun

Suzuki Iruma, Asmodeus Alice, Valac Clara, Azazel Ameri, and Purson Soi

My School President

Gun, Tinn, Sound, Win, Tiw, Por, Yo, Nook, Pat, and Kajorn

Bad Buddy

Pat, Pran, Korn, and Wai

Guardian Tales

Knight, Elvira, Arabelle, Beth, Priscilla, Yuze, Bianca, Loraine, Eva, and Camilla

Word of Honor/Faraway Wanders

Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, Han Ying, Jing Beiyuan, and Wuxi

The New Teen Titans

Dick Grayson, Koriand'r, Victor Stone, Rachel Roth, Joseph Wilson, Donna Troy, and Garfield Logan

Baldur's Gate 3

Astarion, Gale, Lae'zel, Karlach, Shadowheart, Wyll, and Durge

Kagerou Project

Ayano Tateyama, Shintaro Kisaragi, Takane Enomoto, and Haruka Kokonose

NU Carnival

Eiden, Aster, Morvay, Yakumo, Edmond, Olivine, Quincy, Kuya, Garu, Blade, Dante, Rei, and Karu/Garu

Project Sekai

Kanade Yoisaki, Mafuyu Asahina, Mizuki Akiyama, and Ena Shinonome

Riverdale

Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, and Veronica Lodge

Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Zane Julien, Kai Smith, Jay Walker and Cole

Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Li Lianhua, Qiao Wanmian, Di Feisheng, and Fang Duobing

Trigun

Vash the Stampede, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Meryl Stryfe, and Milly Thompson

[melancholicflat]

07.07.24 | things done today:

🌞 English

advanced vocabulary

read an article | american leisure time (textbook general english)

clozemaster

read Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington (ch. 4)

🌞 Spanish

clozemaster

writing challenge

watched Nana (cap. 10 | spanish dub w/o subs)

🌞 French:

verbes d'opinion, subjonctif présent & pronoms possessifs (textbook level A2/B1)

clozemaster

🌞 German

listening exercise | telling the time + mögen/möchten & reviewed past units (textbook vol. I)

dictation exercise

read & translated a paragraph on the Merseburg charms (textbook literature & history)

started reading & translating the chapter on the Middle High German literature (textbook literature & history)

📖: 108 Rintocchi by Yoshimura Keiko

[saiilorstars]

Ch.10: All For One, One For All

Story Masterlist

Fandom: Sailor Moon (Crystal)

Rewrite of season 2, AU-ish in that there’s new OCs and the fusion of plots from the manga, crystal and the og series

Pairings: Eventual OFC x OMC, Usagi x Mamoru

Taglist: @ocappreciationtag​​​ @arrthurpendragon​​​​​​​​ @anotherunreadblog​​​​​​​​ @maaaaarveeeeel​​​​​​​​ @stareyedplanet​​​​​​​​​​ @foxesandmagic​​​​​​​​​

{If you’d like to be added to this OC’s taglist, let me know!

Azula plonked down on the empty spot by Meroko and pulled out her lunch box. It was a little tradition they began at school now. It would hopefully promote a somewhat civilized friendship between the two while they had to work together. God knew that without the Sailor Scouts they needed all the numbers they could get. Well, at least now they had Rei with them so they weren't complete goners. Azula still wouldn't even count Reyna who, so far, had made Azula's father and sister believe Reyna was Azula's biological little sister. Azula was appalled and outraged but since there was no actual harm done to Azula's father and Keiko, Luna and Artemis saw no point to intervene. If anything it could provide for a better eye on Reyna to see what the little girl was up to. Because so far, no one could figure it out.

Azula grumbled about that as she ate but soon noticed Meroko hadn't even touched her meal. There was a strange look on Meroko's face that made Azula pause with her own meal. "Are you alright?" she finally asked.

Meroko took a slow breath in. Her eyes darted from side to side. "I think...I think my sister has awakened…"

Azula nearly choked on the little of food still in her mouth. "Sister? You mean...as in Reign's other scouts?" Meroko nodded, still looking like she herself couldn't believe it. "You can feel that?"

"My sister and I... we're sisters not by duty but by actual blood. We have a connection and I can...I can feel her now, better than I've been able to for the past days." Meroko put her lunch in between her and Azula. "And she's disoriented, angry…"

"You mean like you were last week?" Azula frowned. She really didn't feel like dealing with another psycho scout. She definitely wasn't in the mood to be kidnapped again.

Meroko shot Azula for that sarcasm. "My sister was not reincarnated like I was. She's been asleep for thousands of years and now she's woken up in a new world."

"Yeah, yeah, I get it. It's hard...adapting. So then what do we do?"

Meroko opened her mouth to respond but she was interrupted by the skies actually darkening up. Everyone in the school courtyard stopped their doings to gaze up at the sky where gloomy clouds were covering the sun up, leaving it practically dark out. Meroko slowly rose from the bench without the alarmed, scared face every other student wore at the moment.

"Humans," a dark, growling feminine voice rang in the air. Miniature stars floated in the sky until they formed a holographic figure of an unknown female.

Well, almost unknown.

Meroko's eyes widened. "Asteria…"

Even Mamoru had recognized the woman in the sky as another of Princess Reign's Sailor Scouts. If he recalled this one was even more strict and stern than Sailor Hemera.

Sailor Asteria's figure glared down at the populace of Tokyo. "You have taken my Princess, my fellow comrades and my sister once. I can sense my Princess in danger from the Shadow Dominion and I will not allow your ignorance to cause damage again. You have until the end of the day to return Princess Reign to me or I will unleash eternal darkness on this world."

Murmuring soon began amongst the schoolyard while the clouds dissipated in the sky and allowed the sun to shine once more. Azula got up from the bench, her lunch forgotten behind her, and moved up to where Meroko had gone to.

"That was her, wasn't it? Your 'sister'?"

"It was Sailor Asteria," Mamoru had joined them, not at all pleased with the entrance of the new Scout. Meroko turned to him, her usual confident air missing, as it came to her sister's return.

~0~

"Sailor Asteria was second in command of Princess Reign's Sailor Guardian court," Luna detailed as she and Artemis pulled up records of the Scout in question for Meroko, Azula and Mamoru to look at.

"How did you have this information?" Meroko couldn't help ask before anything. She could see different tabs on the screens that held her name, her sister's, her comrades', her entire world…

"I imagine Queen Serenity and Queen Nyx had some sort of arrangement behind curtains," Luna explained, finding it to be the only logical explanation since all the information they found was secretly stored on the moon database.

"If Sailor Asteria was second in command then who was the first?" Azula curiously asked. She knew that in Usagi's court, it was Sailor Venus who was in command but she didn't even know if there was a second.

"Sailor Circe," Meroko answered pretty fast since, at the moment, Circe was not the focus. "The eldest of the court. But look, Asteria isn't evil, alright? So we're not going to treat her as such."

"She made a threat to destroy us," Mamoru reminded and heavily doubted Astera meant it as a joke.

"Because she doesn't know what's happening," Meroko didn't hesitate to argue back. "She must have barely awakened because she can't even feel me trying to contact her."

"So then what? We wait for her destroy us?" Azula raised an eyebrow.

"She's not going to destroy anyone," Meroko reassured and turned to the screen to gaze at her sister's profile. "She thinks Princess Reign is being held against her will and she probably thinks I'm dead and that our comrades are still asleep. All we have to do is find her and let me explain the situation. That's all."

"Really, that's all?" Azula crossed her arms, doubt etching across her face. "She'll just listen to you while she's mighty disoriented?"

"Yes," Meroko turned on her, and fast.

"She thinks you're dead, she might believe we're trying to play a trick on her," Mamoru pointed out which was a very valid point. "She might not know what holograms are, but she does know what a trick is."

"She'll know me, alright? Now can you do that thingy where you can find people by just touching the ground or something?"

Mamoru rolled his eyes at her lack of knowledge of his abilities. "I need something linked to her."

Meroko immediately held out both her hands to him. "Can't get closer than being sisters."

Mamoru grabbed her hands and focused on the link between her and Asteria. It took a while but he finally got through and suddenly everything around him blurred. It came back as a hazy image of a blue-haired woman with silver tips angrily waiting in a forest he recognized as a nearby reserve. "I know where she is," he declared after a couple of minutes. Meroko anxiously waited for him to give out the location of her sister. "It's the Natural reserve just outside the city."

"I know that place," Azula nodded her head with a beam. "We can go right now-"

"You're not going anywhere," Mamoru said but didn't surprise Azula at all.

"You've got to be kidding-"

"No, I'm not. You're gonna get hurt and right now that is the last thing we need!"

"But-"

"It's better if you stay here to monitor anyways," and the way he was looking at her, Azula knew there was no room for arguments.

~0~

Rei found Azula monitoring both Mamoru and Meroko at the Moon base only an hour later. With all her memories restored, Rei had immediately known to come to the base after school was finished to see what had been found out about the new threat. She was mighty surprised to find it wasn't a threat but in fact another of Reign's Sailor Guardians.

"And we're sure not bringing back up was a good idea?" she asked after hearing the plan from Luna.

"Meroko said we wouldn't need it," Azula shrugged and turned to the screen. She pressed a button on the keyboard that turned on the comm. system. "Guys? Where are you now?"

In the natural reserve, Sailor Hemera and Tuxedo Mask were scouring the area for Sailor Asteria.

"We're here," Tuxedo Mask promptly responded, "But we can't find her yet."

"She's here though," Sailor Hemera dropped in beside him. "I can sense her." Her golden eyes raked over the forest for any sign that her sister may have been in the vicinity.

"Really wish there were some security cameras to tap into right now…" Azula sighed from the comm. system.

"I assume this is why it's called a 'nature reserve'," Tuxedo Mask found time to remark.

"This is not a joking matter, you two!" Sailor Hemera kept walking forwards. They could stick around and joke however much they wanted but she was going to find her sister.

"I agree," spoke a new woman. "And since I see no Princess Reign I assume you came to fight. So be it!"

Sailor Hemera quickly scanned the area for her sister but Sailor Asteria proved to be quicker. Asteria dropped in directly behind Hemera and clashed a hand over Hemera's neck. Hemera collapsed on the ground and barely had time to roll on her back when Asteria punctured her heeled boot over Hemera's stomach.

"I thought you would put up more of a fight than this," Asteria tilted her head, her blue hair with silver tips bobbed to the side. "Pathetic."

Hemera blinked rapidly as her vision came back. Her heart beat rapidly when she finally saw her sister's figure, even if it was towering menacingly over her.

Sailor Asteria glanced over her shoulder to where Tuxedo Mask stood and smirked. "Using the figure of my sister to make me falter? I'm a little impressed." She kicked Hemera's side and stepped back as the woman yelped and groaned at the new throbs on her back.

Asteria then turned around and stood against Tuxedo Mask. For him, it had been like time never passed. Sailor Asteria remained exactly the same - young, pretty and dangerous. Her pale skin gave the illusion of a fragile woman but boy was that a lie. She stood tall in her dark blue, midnight heels - with turquoise strings around her ankles in the shape of x's - that stretched up past her knees. Her dark blue corset had a w-shaped neckline with a silver outline at the top. There were turquoise pearls going down her corset. Her skirt was tie-dyed, beginning with a dark blue that faded into a silver. There were brief turquoise and dark blue strings tied around her waist with a silver star in the middle. She also had fingerless dark blue gloves.

Her hair was a dark blue that - like her skirt - faded into a lighter blue until it became silver at the tips. At the top of Asteria's hair was a type of head jewel made of turquoise pearls with another silver star hanging over her forehead. One of the most striking features of Asteria's uniform was that her body seemed to be made in the form of a weapon. There was a dark blue choker that seemed to be connected to an armor over her shoulders. Said armor was also dark blue with silver diamond-looking jewels dangling at the edges that were made of actual icicles And the final feature of Asteria that drew attention were the 2 silver star tattoos on each of her arms.

"Sailor Asteria - the Guardian of falling stars and night - will make you regret ever waking me," spoke the girl. She clapped her left hand over her right arm where the tattoo stars were and pulled the two off to throw directly at Tuxedo Mask. Even with his shock he managed to avoid them by jumping to the side. The stars dug into the ground but Sailor Asteria didn't stop there. She produced the same attack with the tattoos on her left arm and just narrowly missed Tuxedo Mask.

"Asteria, sister, it's me!" Sailor Hemera got back on her feet with a hand on her back. "It's Hemera!"

"Ha!" Sailor Asteria whipped around to see Hemera. "I don't know what trick this is but I know my sister died. I felt it."

"Yes, I know you did, but I've been reincarnated just like the princess-"

"Impossible!" Asteria somersaulted to where the stars had landed and threatened to throw them at Hemera. "Tell me where Princess Reign is and you better hand her over unharmed."

"Sister-"

Asteria didn't hesitate to throw the silver stars Hemera's way. Hemera jumped like Tuxedo Mask but didn't retaliate as such.

"If she's not convinced you need to attack," Azula's voice rang in Tuxedo Mask's ear.

He knew Azula was right but Sailor Hemera seemed desperate to get through to Asteria that he delayed such interruption. He felt some sympathy towards Hemera because he assumed she was desperately trying to get some of her old life together. He could definitely understand that.

"Asteria, how can you not feel the connection!?" Sailor Hemera continuously jumped and ducked to avoid Asteria's attacks but not once did she raise her own hands.

Sailor Asteria could not be dissuaded. She kicked, she punched, she attacked with stars but Hemera would take them without retaliation. "ENOUGH!" she backhanded Sailor Hemera and the brunette collapsed flat on her back on the ground. She clapped her hands above her head and all of a sudden there was a rumbling as gloomy clouds began to settle in the sky.

"Mamoru, for god's sake!" Azula didn't hesitate to shout through the comm. system. "Do something!"

This time, as sorry as he was, he listened. He rose from his feet in a quick scramble and acted before Asteria could call upon whatever demons she had up her hands. "Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber!" A powerful blast of energy emitted from his hands and threw Sailor Asteria across the forest, past trees to where her figure disappeared.

"No!" Hemera cried a shaky cry as her injuries were preventing her from a real voice. She tried getting up on her own but her legs failed her. "Why'd you do-"

Tuxedo Mask then hurried up to her and picked her up in his arms. "She's not listening! We need a better plan!"

It was time to retreat.

~ 0 ~

Meroko hissed as Rei applied an alcohol-drenched cotton at her cheek. Rei didn't even apologize for it anymore since it'd been a good twenty minutes of the same thing.

"Well, we're all doomed," Azula swayed on her chair and motioned to the computer screen in front of her. "Your big ole sister has plunged us into some sort of eclipse episode."

She went through various tabs of current news reports talking about the sudden eclipse that had happened only an hour ago. The skies were gloomy and threatened to give off a raging storm at any moment.

"I didn't know Asteria was this powerful…" Mamoru mumbled and glanced back at Meroko for a better explanation.

"She's a celestial guardian who's tapped into various parts of her powers that I haven't yet," Meroko gave a small shrug. She wasn't so much focused on Asteria's level of powers as she was onto the fact Asteria hadn't recognized her.

"Plus-" Rei stopped dabbing cotton for a moment to add in, "-if Sailor Asteria has been sleeping this entire time, her powers have been garnering strength over time."

"Oh," Azula blinked when she understood and even went ahead to theorize, "So if she just woke up after a heavy nap of thousands of years, then this extra rage of powers could be temporary until she gets her bearings back."

"That is great, but what are we supposed to do in the meantime?" Mamoru looked back to the screen. "This eclipse is just for show. Asteria can retaliate and be even more harmful than before."

"And we're one scout down," Rei mumbled as she went back to healing.

"And you can't get through to her," Azula added.

"I can," Meroko still insisted. "She's just too...not awake yet."

"It might be time…" Luna suddenly spoke up, "...to bring back Usagi and the rest of the girls."

The idea was not one that hadn't already been thought of, but the suggestion out loud still made everyone silent. There was some exchanging of glances here and there but no one dared to voice their opinions.

"Who's Usagi?" Meroko asked. She still had no idea that there were more scouts in the mix.

Azula looked over to Mamoru to see what he was going to do. He looked frazzled and positively confused. Why wouldn't he be? she thought.

"Whatever we choose we need to do it fast," Rei got things moving again. "I doubt the eclipse is Asteria's true attack."

~0~

"Meroko is going to be fine, but she's not going to be fighting for today. Our numbers are really bad right now," Rei felt free to say after they had left the base. She, Azula and Mamoru were heading down the street with no particular destination.

"Yup, thanks for that reminder," Azula rubbed her face. "So should we really be considering telling the rest of the girls?" she directed that question more to Mamoru.

"I wanted Usagi to have a normal life…" he sighed. "But Asteria is proving to be…"

"A hassle," Azula finished for him. "I get what you wanted because it's what I've been working for months but... I know when to give up and...this sort of feels like the time to give up."

"So...we're telling them?" Rei tried to follow along.

Azula then looked at Mamoru for the answer. The answer never came because Azula's sister - Keiko - called to them. She wasn't alone.

"I got a toy!" Reyna exclaimed gleefully as she ran up to the three and raised her stuffed animal of a dark brown bear.

"Yay," Azula said with a flat face as the toy was waved practically in her face. Mamoru elbowed her on the side, but even despite the pain she did not say more.

"It's a very nice bear, Reyna," he complimented and practically made the girl's day.

"Isn't it!? Keiko bought it for me!"

Keiko chuckled. "She didn't let it go after seeing it."

"This is the 'evil girl'?" Rei whispered to Azula. "She's like five!"

Somewhere in the distance, a person screamed. The group quickly turned in that direction and saw a black shadow with a better visible figure coming down.

"Oh no…" Azula frowned.

Of course Senka would choose to make her return now, and looking stronger. Senka came directly to conduct business and began zapping down at the humans.

"It's that shadow…" Keiko gripped Reyna's hand. The girl herself whimpered and ran behind Azula's legs.

"Take Reyna and go," Mamoru immediately told Azula.

"I'm not-"

"We're not having this argument right now!" Mamoru could see Reyna close to tears and concluded that Reyna really did know Senka. No one could have that look of fear of the unknown.

"Keiko, let's go," Azula gave in and motioned her sister to follow her. Reyna had attached herself to Azula's left leg and buried her face to it. "Reyna, let go, I can't move if you're clinging to me like that!"

"You humans should be proud of the energy you carry with you!" cackled Senka from above. She had three people wrapped around black tendrils which was sucking out there energy. "At this rate I'll be back to my regular self in no time!"

Reyna began to cry and Azula, losing her patience, detached the girl from her leg and hiked Reyna up to her side like a toddler. "LET'S GO!" she took Keiko with her and ran down the street.

They were only halfway down the street when Keiko stopped Azula to point at the grumbling sky. Reyna only barely tilted her head from Azula's shoulder to see what was in the sky. Sailor Asteria had chosen this moment to produce her biggest attack.

"Oh God, is that another one!?" Keiko started breathing hard and Azula knew that she was entering her asthma attack states. "What are w-we going to do!?"

Azula clapped a free hand on her sister. "Keiko, inhaler!" she ordered first then looked up at Sailor Asteria.

The Scout seemed furious, and with good reasons since Azula personally thought Mamoru had kicked her ass earlier. Sailor Asteria raised her hands above her head and conjured up the familiar tattoo stars form her own arms.

"Oh, you really had to pick this moment…" Azula looked in the direction where she was sure Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask were putting up their fight against Senka.

What were they going to do?

On her left was Keiko who was sucking air from her inhaler and on he right Reyna was trembling with fear. She herself couldn't actually do anything against Asteria nor Senka - she was a liability in the field. Sure, she could run and hide Reyna and Keiko but Asteria was hell bent on destroying everything human and Senka was going to zap energy from them while searching for that damn Shadow Crystal. Surely one of them would end up hurting Azula and the others. Hell, if the situation got worse, Asteria and Senka would cross paths and begin fighting each other. Azula had no desire to see the outcome of that ill-prepared battle.

It was rather clear what they had to do.

~0~

Senka had been garnering strength since the last appearance she made. Her figure was getting more visible, but still not enough for identifiable features.

"Burning Mandala!" Sailor Mars roared and sent various blasts of fire Senka's way.

Tuxedo Mask joined in and hoped that with their combination of powers Senka would at least be forced to let go of the humans in her possession."Tuxedo La Smoking Bomber!"

He and Sailor Mars watched as Senka was thrown backwards in the air. The humans wrapped in her black tendrils began to fall and the two heroes jumped to catch or at least break their fall with something else. They caught two and before the others fell, Senka snatched them up to retake her energy.

"You really think you can defeat the all mighty Senka?" the woman deliriously laughed. "I am formed by the greatest soldiers' this world has ever seen. I will rule over this world and the Shadow Dominion."

Sailor Mars raised an inquisitive eyebrow at her words. "Formed by the greatest soldiers? What does that mean?"

Senka laughed in a high pitched voice and struck black lightning directly at Sailor Mars. Mars just barely jumped out of the way and landed on her side over the sidewalk.

Senka directed her attention to the sky for a brief moment. "It is strange, I can feel power but it is not mine that's causing this eclipse. No matter, if I can find the Shadow Crystal in one of these humans-" she laid eyes on the humans in her possession, "-I can overpower it easily."

The humans woke up from their unconscious states to scream in wild pain. Their forms bent backwards as the familiar white crystals emerged from their chests. Senka would eagerly await to see if one of them had the much desired crystal.

~0~

Azula ran despite her feet hurting from the weight she was carrying in her arms. Reyna, while light, gripped her arms around Azula's neck and cried lightly in Azula's shoulder. Azula swore she kept saying 'mommy' and 'daddy' but with all the noise she wasn't sure. Keiko was faltering against the long running that was affecting her breathing. There was only so much more she could take before she would need to completely stop. Azula knew that and it really worried her because there was no chance of hiding.

Sailor Asteria was forming her stars in the sky that would then become deadly sharpened before being thrown randomly to the humans. It was hard dodging them and Azula wasn't remotely surprised when she fell on the ground just to avoid being hit by a star from behind.

"Azula!" Keiko cried. She'd been forced backwards to avoid the same three stars.

Reyna whimpered as her small body tumbled from Azula after the fall. "I want my my Mommy and Daddy!"

"So do I, kid," Azula rubbed her face. She dropped her hand in time to see more deadly stars coming towards them, specifically Reyna who hadn't noticed them due to her crying. "Reyna!" Azula didn't hesitate to rush over. She threw herself over Reyna and screamed when one star scratched her left arm, the second star actually stuck into her arm and the third star plunged into back.

"AZULA!" Keiko pushed herself to her feet and ran to her sister. Reyna had to crawl from under Azula and her eyes twinkled with fear and newfound tears. Keiko dropped to her knees beside Azula, her hands shaking as she debated whether to pull the stars from Azula or get help.

Azula had already made the decision."GET THEM OUT! GET THEM OUT!"

"I-I could cause further d-damage-"

Azula shook her head, her eyes screwed shut as tears threatened to fall from them. She didn't care about precautions or what was better. All she knew was that there were two unidentified objects piercing through her skin and it hurt like hell. "GET THEM OUT!"

Keiko gulped and picked the one in Azula's back, assuming it was the one hurting most. With one eye shut, she yank the star out and winced (Reyna clapped her hands over her ears) when Azula released another scream. The hole left in Azula's blouse was dripping with red blood. Keiko didn't give Azula a chance to recuperate because she went directly for the second star located on her arm and pulled it out.

"We need to get you to the hospital!"

Azula agreed but Asteria was getting crazier and shooting even more deadly stars. "We can't move…"

"Jupiter Supreme Thunder!"

Golden lightning struck down from the sky and practically slammed Asteria to the ground, just across the street from Azula and the other two. Azula blinked, her heart rapidly beating within her chest at the familiar voice and attack.

Asteria shook her head fervently to get out of the fallen trance. She narrowed her eyes on the two figures standing at the end of the street. "And who the hell do you think you are!?"

The brunette figure stepped forwards with a head held high and absolutely no fear in her eyes. "Protected by Jupiter, the planet of thunder, Guardian of Protection, Sailor Jupiter! I'll make you feel so much regret, it'll leave you numb!"

Beside her, the smaller figure with soft eyes moved forwards but held equal determination to protect. "Protected by Mercury, the planet of water, Guardian of Wisdom, Sailor Mercury! Douse yourself in water, and repent!"

Asteria laughed shortly as she got back on her feet. She dusted herself off like the huge fall had been nothing. "So, Silver Millennium's Sailor Guardians have also been reincarnated? I'm not surprised. Your people valued self preservation over morality." Both Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury exchanged confused glances. "It's why my princess and my sister died."

"Lady, we don't know what you're talking about but you need to stop all this right now," Sailor Jupiter warned.

Azula's wrist communicator bleeped as someone tried getting in contact with her. She flipped the lid up and mustered a 'what?' through her pain. It was Meroko.

"You can't let them hurt my sister!"

"You're kidding…" Azula groaned, still feeling the sting of her open wounds.

"Look, you said it yourself, she's disoriented. She woke up with all these immense power that needs to be released…"

Azula put a hand to her head and looked at Asteria who seemed paler than previously thought. The twinkle in her eyes gave the appearance of looming weariness. "It is possible that...if we make her use it up quicker...she might just...snap. That could be a re-set button for her."

"I don't know much about science but I know you're good at it. Don't let them hurt my sister, please," Meroko said softly. "Asteria is not evil. She loved Princess Reign as much as we all did."

Azula sighed and closed the lid of her communicator. "Sailor Jupiter! Sailor Mercury - ah!" she needed to remember not to move.

"Azula, stop!" Keiko shouted, terrified for her sister right now.

"It's fine, I've got an idea!" Azula waved her off as much as she could without hurting herself. "Her powers - make her expel them as much as possible! Don't ask questions, just do it!"

Sailor Mercury exchanged another look with Sailor Jupiter, both mentally setting up a plan that followed the instruction.

"Shine, Aqua, Illusion!"

A thick frost covered the immediate area and allowed for some humans to easily, and quickly, get away from the site. Only Azula, Keiko and Reyna were left but Keiko wasn't moving Azula at all.

"Sparkling Wide Pressure!" Sailor Jupiter's tiara glimmered as electricity began to form around it. When it was ready, Jupiter sent it directly towards Asteria.

Asteria screamed as new electricity blasted her against the top of a car. She groaned and raised her, ignoring the throbbing it gave. Mercury's frost was slowly fading from the area but Sailor Jupiter was taking every last advantage. She ran forwards and jumped onto the same car Sailor Asteria was just getting on her feet on. Electricity still crackled around Jupiter's hands and she used them to hand-combat Asteria. Asteria somersaulted off the car but not before she gave a kick on Jupiter's chin. The brunette stumbled back, nearly falling over the trunk of the car, as she rubbed her chin.

Astera reached for the dark colored icicles poking out from her shoulders and tore them off. She swung them between her fingers before throwing them at Sailor Jupiter like a baseball. The brunette ducked but accidentally fell off the car onto the road. Asteria laughed but it was short because Sailor Mercury had ran towards her to finish what Jupiter started. She combated Asteria and the two went back and forth with equal blows and avoidance.

"What's the deal with you anyways?" Sailor Jupiter looked over to Azula who was intently watching them battle. None of them knew what was truly going on except that Luna and Artemis had restored their memories and were in dire need to help the city.

But who the hell was Sailor Asteria?

Sailor Mercury's body tumbled down the road after a particular nasty star - with excessive force - punched her right in the stomach.

Asteria rose in the air and began glowing blue, her hair flowing in all directions the higher she got.

"Use her powers up, use her powers up," Azula kept mumbling under her breath. She was sure Asteria was nearing the end of her temporary high powers. The eclipse in the sky was beginning to fade and the gloomy gray along with it.

"Jupiter Supreme Thunder!" the brunette went ahead and tried again. Asteria received the electricity but raised her own hands to counterattack.

"Night Divination!" a dark blue beam emitted from her hands and met Jupiter's thunder midway. "You Silver Millenium scouts are the vilest beings in this world!"

"H-how do you know us?" Jupiter only slightly pushed Asteria's beam backwards.

"Ha! I know all your kind! You're the reason why the people of Shadow are all dead!" Asteria raged and emitted a stronger force of beam.

Azula hoped to God Jupiter would continue standing against Asteria. Sailor Mercury was barely getting up from her own attack. Jupiter just needed to hang on a bit more.

"Killing innocent people will not bring yours back!" Sailor Jupiter was certainly not one to give up so easily. She growled and commanded more thunder to from her fingers.

Asteria began to falter. From her spot, Azula could see Asteria's chest heaving from the excess of powers

"Shine Snow Illusion!"

Asteria screamed as she was finally thrown backwards in the air and frozen from head to toe in Sailor Mercury's attack. Sailor Mercury hurried up to Sailor Jupiter who had fallen to her knees in tiredness.

"Are you alright?" Mercury helped her up by slinging Jupiter's arm over her shoulders.

"Y-yeah...it's good to have some exercise back…" Jupiter managed a small smile.

The ice around Asteria shattered as the woman roared and broke it herself. Shards of ice splattered everywhere but instead of receiving more attacks, Asteria's face was disoriented - fully disoriented - and tired. Her eyes barely gazed over the others before she fell to her knees then completely to the ground...out cold.

"Is she...dead?" Keiko asked but Azula shook her head.

"She used up the excess powers she had and...I think she's going to be back to normal," Azula said, but of course Keiko understood no part in that.

"I hope Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus are on their way to help the others," Sailor Jupiter released a big breath.

~ 0 ~

There were two bright white crystals hovering over their respective human owners and one angry Senka in front of them. "None of these pathetic creatures have my crystals!" she cried out.

"Thank God," Mamoru mumbled under his breath. That would have truly been the last thing they needed there. He and Sailor Mars had already sustained their fair share of blows from the shadow and weren't looking to gain an even stronger opponent.

"If she hasn't found the Crystal than we can bring her down…" Sailor Mars told him as they both watched how the two white crystals returned to their owners.

"Any ideas? Because I can't touch her - literally - and your flames aren't doing anything except throw her for a moment."

Sailor Mars hated that she really had no ideas but to keep fighting with the same moves and hope for a miracle. "Burning Mandala!"

Senka dodged one of the fire blasts but was unable to keep up with the other three. She growled in pain and thrust a hand forwards to retaliate. "Mysterious masked-"

"Venus Crescent Beam!" a golden beam struck over Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask and hit Senka's figure directly. With the disorientation, the remaining humans in the air lost the power holding them in the air. Once more, Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask rushed to catch them.

"Who dares to try such pathetic attack on the Queen of the Shadow Dominion?" Senka confidently rose high in the air again.

Two blonde figures stood defyingly against the woman.

"Agent of Love and Beauty, the pretty sailor suited soldier Sailor Venus! In the name of Love, I will punish you!" Sailor Venus directed her fingers in Senka's direction.

"For love and justice, the pretty Guardian in a sailor suit, Sailor Moon! In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!" Sailor Moon followed in suit beside Sailor Venus.

In a brief moment, Tuxedo Mask crossed gazes with Sailor Moon and despite having his face covered she could see the deep guilt in his face. With one warm smile, she appeased his thoughts of any anger she could have felt for him. She then directed her attention to the horrible shadow in the air.

"You are going to stop terrorizing this city! The Sailor Scouts are back and we will put a stop to all of your plans!" Sailor Moon brandished a new weapon none of the Scouts nor Tuxedo Mask had seen. Since her last weapon had been destroyed while battling Queen Beryl, it'd been left unclear if she was ever to get a new weapon to fight with.

It was a pink rod with a pink sphere and a golden crescent outlining the sphere. Under the sphere was a golden heart with scarlet red jewels adorning the insides. There were miniature, white wings sprouting from each side of the heart.

Sailor Moon held as much determination as she had during her last battle with Queen Beryl. She had no idea what was going on, but she did know this shadow was terrorizing her city and her people. It was not going to continue. "Moon Healing Escalation!" A new sort of power emitted from the rod and it was powerful to disband some of Senka's figure.

The woman screeched as she realized she'd lost some of her newfound visibleness and raged about it. "Your Sailor Brats are going to be the first ones to die when I open the Gates of the Shadow Dominion. Even Reign will have the pleasure of seeing the Silver Millennium's descendants die at my hands!"

Senka would not take the chance of losing more of herself and disappeared from the area. Sailor Moon was left distraught over several things but the first being that the Moon Rod hadn't worked to destroy the enemy. Even Sailor Venus was left troubled about the future safety of their own princess.

~0~

Azula hated hospitals.

She really did and everyone knew it. Those who didn't would assume her dislike after hearing her many rounds of profanities from the next rooms over. But after getting shot with multiple injections and being examined for any type of poisoning from Sailor Asteria's stars, Azula finally calmed down and stayed put in her bed.

She was happy, though, when she saw all her friends coming into the hospital room. "You're not all supposed to be here," she joked.

"We live to break the rules," Makoto made a fist in the air, causing Azula to laugh until the red-haired girl felt the stings of her stitches.

"Save the jokes for when I get the stitches off please," Azula resorted to only smiling.

"Asteria is with Meroko now," Rei informed Azula. She had moved to Azula's closest side on the left of the bed since Usagi was at the right. "Meroko said you were right about that power excess theory. Asteria's been out cold since yesterday."

Meroko gave a small nod of her head. Her eyes drifted to Usagi where she was greeted by the usual kind smile of the blonde. "Usagi... I'm so sorry." Usagi blinked with confusion but she didn't have time to ask what Azula meant since she kept going."You wanted to be normal and I...I failed you. When Luna said that you wished to be normal and that everyone had their memories wiped, I made it a big deal by making it my job to make sure you guys had normal lives. It was my turn to take care of you guys and I failed. The truth is I'm just useless for you guys. I mean, I knew it from the start but I guess I didn't want to acknowledge it. I hyped myself up with being a tech girl but you didn't need me. You had everyone you need already. I...I can't help at all. And I'm really sorry."

There was a minute long silence where Azula only stared down. Usagi reached out for Azula's hand and wrapped her fingers around them. "You're our teammate, Azula," Usagi smiled wider. "You're our best friend and we definitely need you. You did your best and that's all anyone can really do. You took care of us and you kept this whole Senka situation under control. You did what any of us could have done."

"You had to come back…" Azula said sadly.

"I can't runaway from my responsibilities," Usagi said with a hint of an ironic smile. "I know it's weird coming from me. I thought not remembering anything would be best for everyone and...and I shouldn't have."

"Well, if it means anything, it's really good to have you guys back now," Azula looked at the rest of the girls. "I missed you guys so much!"

"We're not separating anymore!" Minako vowed.

"Yeah, especially since we're under new threats," Makoto crossed her arms. "Sailor Asteria, huh?"

Azula groaned and looked away. At the same time she saw the door of the room opening. A small figure came running in before a taller figure.

"Azula, you're awake now!" Reyna went directly for Azula's bedside where Usagi was.

"I met with Keiko on the way here," Mamoru explained and walked behind Reyna. "She's signing your papers for the discharge."

Reyna could barely see above the bed but her small hands still managed to place a paper over the bed. Azula looked down and saw a bunch of colorful scribbles and half drawn objects with smiles. "It's you and me," Reyna pointed a finger to the figure on the left of the paper, "This is you with your red hair, see?" she tapped the tuft of red hair on one figure.

Azula glanced at the rest with a weary face. Everyone except Mamoru and Rei were confused of Reyna's presence.

"I'm sorry I made you get hurt," Reyna apologized and with her soft child's voice almost everyone wanted to 'aww'. "I promise to stay out of trouble."

Azula hummed. "Sure, kid. You're five. But you don't have to apologize for anything. Sailor Asteria is the one that owes me an apology."

"We should really discuss the matters of these new people," Ami raised an index finger. "It sounds like we have a lot to catch up on."

"Boy, do you ever," Azula found a small laugh.

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【First Time At】 COSTCO

Hello, this is Hikaru. Thank you for watching! This video is about my very first visit to COSTCO🛍️ I wasn't able to film inside the store so it kinda turned into a picnic video? *laughs* If you have any recommendations from COSTCO, please let me know🍀 I'll buy them when I have the chance☺️ Please tell me your video suggestions in the comment section📝

Oh, I love COSTCO videos, especially the ones revolving around the seemingly huge food court selection. We don't have COSTCO here so it's always fascinating. I don't think I would have chosen most of the stuff that Hikaru and her friend bought. Way too much seafood XD And that pizza slice looked weird with those huge chunks of meat but that's probably an American thing.

Hikaru Joined a SHAZNA Broadcast on Music Champ

I didn't get to watch this but Hikaru joined a special broadcast event held by visual kei group SHAZNA on the mobile app Music Champ. They did a live stream at noon on June 13 to promote their new album. (Source)

Hikaru and Keiko Out And About

On the same day, Hikaru and Keiko got together for dinner. Earlier that day, Keiko had been busy rehearsing for the upcoming FictionJunction Station FC events. The first shows are scheduled for this weekend (Source)

Rehearsals Start for 「Hikaru B-day LIVE 2024 -love Begets love-」

Hikaru and her musicians are starting their rehearsals for the upcoming birthday event. (Tweet 1 & Tweet 2)

[tankeboksen]

🐤 for Minwoo about Jonghyun and *spins wheel* Izayoi about whoever he feels like bullying uwu

[itsmangacap]

KUCHIBIRU NI KIMI NO IRO 唇にキミの色 —  ch.07 ⌊ 2014 - 2015 | by iwashita keiko ⌉

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( X ) Continuation

@mainplotters​

Already she found herself bored with the stranger. A yawn threatening to pass her lips at his mention of territory and her being alone. As wonderful as New Gallifrey was, it still lacked the pleasures she strived for. Where else could she find alcohol she had gotten accustomed to or fashion that fit her aesthetic?

“Hmmmm. So seeing as I’m on your “turf”, does that mean I’m being taken in or are you going to shoot me on sight? I’m not exactly sure what rules you have in place here and, truthfully, I don’t care. It’s better than dealing with other Time Lords and Ladies right now.”

The idea of interacting with high ranking officials sounded so abysmal! All she needed to do was look exquisite as always and smile beside her husband. The perfect image he needed 

“Can’t a girl have a change of scenery?” Her lips curled into a pleasant smile with a tilt of the head to follow. “Call it an impromptu trip. People still do that right? They aren’t all stuffy and boring staying in one place, are they?”

[shizukais]

[tricoloured-cat]

Fukuchi really be following the Decay of Angel novel plotline