~At the arcade~
Vise: (As Lina continued to dominate at the system she was on, he was examining a game that had come in that day. It was labeled, Nightmare. The game creeped him out, especially when the person delivered it had said that the game was so real you could swear the monsters in it were alive. Vise shrugged and put a quarter in the machine, ready to have some fun. Inside the machine a strange glowing red mark began to glow. It released a dark aura and began to flow through the machine. Suddenly a mutated hand shot out the screen and tried to grab him. He yelped in reply and to his horror watched some purple slime ridden Zombie come straight out of the machine. He yelled to the girl) Get out NOW!
Lina: WHAT THE!?!?! (she screamed as a purple slime Zombie came out of a game) Hey, I was gonna play that NEXT!!!! How dare you!!!! (she fumed, at the same time reaching for the wand in her backpack) 
Ahamara:  (ran up to Vise and threw him off balance and out the door) Sorry sir! It's for your own protection! (She yelled as the doors shut. She then slid a steel bar in the handles so it would take him awhile to get thorough. She then pulled her locket off her neck) Are you ready Lina?
Lina: Heck yeah! This thing trashed that game and made me loose the other one. He's dead... well wait... he's dead already so... that would make him..... ummmm....
Ahamara:  (her eyebrow twitched) FOCUS LINA!!!!
Lina: Oh yeah, right. Anyway, get ready because hear we come! (They both transformed and ran at the monster)
Vise: (blinks and goes over what just happened) Ok the two girls I wanted out for their own protection just threw my out saying it was for my protection... WHAT, THEY ARE STILL IN THERE WITH THAT THING!? (He gets into the alley and pulls out a round black/white swirling orb, He yells out) White Tiger Celestial Metamorphous! (He changes into White Tiger)
The Creature: (turns towards the two small girls and lets out a blast of noxious fumes straight at them)
Lina:  (lunged at Sailor Violet) Ahamara, Get down! (She pushed her out of the way, but some of the fumes touched her leg) AHHHHHH!
Ahamara:  (looked at her friends leg) If you're an undead Zombie then my attacks that normally heal should do twice the damage. (She leaned Lina against the wall and spared her hands in front of her) Tanzanite dream!
Ira: (After running for some time, she had lost him) That….. Arrgh! Why did he do that to me? (As she passed an ally, she saw White Tiger) The guy from last night! (she thought. Ira climbed up onto the roof of a nearby building and pulled out a long aquamarine gem) Aqua Supreme Transform! (She turned into Sailor Aquamarine. With a light jump, she landed by White Tiger) Well, hello again. Want some help? (She smiled sweetly)
White Tiger: (shrugs and says) Sure why not?
Zombie: (as the attack was about to hit the zombie melts into a pile of goo and slithers away, it pops out again from behind and attempts to strike at the girls with its claws)
Saryu:  (And so his stupid sneakers clacked upon the earth toned pavement, his mind slowly fading in and out, confused of where he was, and pretty much what he was doing. Hands folded over his head he continued to walk, down streets of Japan. Then, he stopped, eyes focused on a flashing sign) Hello beautiful! (He grinned, flashing a small thumbs up and waltzed into the video game arcade. Blinking, his brilliant olive orbs took a small glance around the room, eyes soon landing on the zombie. Being dumb as usual he stood behind, of course thinking that this is a line to play a video game) Uh... (He rose pallid fingers, some tinges of confusion running through him)

~Back at Megan's house~
Chibiusa:  (glanced around the room) Usagi? After we get ice-cream can we go to the mall? Or can we go to the arcade?
Diana: What ever happened to just getting ice cream? Don't you think the others may have something else to do after getting ice-cream?
Jessie:  (sat down on the floor, rather then a chair, hugging her knees. She looks up at Hoshi and smiles) So you were looking for Princess Kakyuu, just like the other three?
Hotaru:  (stared at Jessie from her seat, half wondering how long Jessie was planning to play innocent, half wonder if there was any real purpose to it)
Yuki:  (sweat drops) Holy crap! What happened to food? All you guys ate was junk!!
Taiki:  (laughs) With these princess's, I wouldn't doubt it... They both have the biggest sweet tooths in the Galaxy... Like Mother like Daughter. 
Seiya:  (sighs as he slaps his head lightly) Stop reminding me will ya? (he asked as he faced Taiki)
Usagi:  (nods in agreement with Chibiusa) Yea sure, we can do something like that! You can decide, ok Chibiusa?
Chibiusa: Hmm... should we go to a ice cream parlor first, or the arcade? 
Diana: What do you think everybody?
Hoshi:  (looked at Jessie and smiled) Yes, I was looking for Kakyuu-hime, but I was looking for Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten-sama as well. (She said happily)
Taiki:  (tried not to burst out laughing)
Seiya:  (patted Hoshi's head) That just reminded us of when we came back here, We never knew that the Princess was right under or noses.... literally. (Seiya remarked with a small laugh)
Hoshi:  (blinked up at Seiya) O- oy! (She grabbed Seiya's hand) Don't tap me on the head like I'm some kid!
Artemis:  (Looked up at Minako) Minako-chan, what happened at the park? (He whispered to her)
Seiya: Baka.... you are looking at her. (he said as he pulled his hand from hers into his pocket)
Taiki:  (looked at Yaten with a smirk) Did you have the same problem as well?
Minako:  (looks down at the white cat) Nothing really.. just more senshi showed up, one did attack just to test us. That's all, nothing important.

~In the Park~
Cesika:  (Walking through the park carrying Oshana in her backpack) Mmmm... I love sitting in the park, its just so relaxing... plus it's quiet most times so i can write more with better concentration! (giggles slightly)
Oshana:  (peeping out of Cesika's backpack with her body half over Cesika's shoulder) I just wish you would study more instead of writing so much, maybe you would pass Algebra more often.
Cesika:  (huffs slightly) Oh what do you know... (walking down a path and sitting on a bench in the park under a cluster of trees) Besides I'm merely working on my homework. (grins pulling out a notebook and a pen, starting to brainstorm ideas for her new story)
Oshana:  (hops out of Cesika's backpack and curls up on the bench beside her) Sure and I love dogs almost as much as I do chasing balls of yarn. (yawns softly)
Cesika:  (continuing to write things in her notebook, all ready having written three or four pages) Mmmm... I hate writers block... especially in the middle of a good paragraph (she sighed closing her notebook with a yawn, lifting Oshana up into her lap, petting her slowly)
Oshana:  (looks up and grins) At the rate you write things it won't take you long to get over it (lays down purring in Cesika's lap)
Cesika:  (packs her things into her backpack and lays down on the bench) Well... I'm going to take a nap here before I continue or go home. (lays down putting her backpack on behind her slowly drifting to sleep)
Oshana:  (sighs) I swear Cesika, you could fall asleep anywhere in the world without a care in the world. (laughs softly curling up and falling asleep on the bench)
Cesika:  (yawned sitting up on the bench) I can't sleep (She sighed and looked at Oshana) Just like a cat, you could sleep on an iceberg (Cesika
smiled and picked Oshana up, packing her things into her backpack) I should be heading home..

~Back at the Arcade~
Ira: (looked out at the street that was the only way into the arcade) Well, no choice… (She crossed her fore arms in front of her and focused hard. The air around her and White Tiger began to crackle and fill with a soft blue light. She then thrust her arms out and the air around them exploded in a flash of bright light) Flash freeze! (When she looked next, the world and the people around her except White tiger were frozen in ice) Don't worry. (She said to the man in white) They're just sleeping and when they wake up they'll remember nothing. This is just so we can do this without hurting them or putting them into shock. (Then she ran over by the front door) We have twenty minuets at max before the ice melts, so lets do this fast. (Ira, in one graceful, swift motion, kicked the door hard and it broke open. She rushed in to find two little sailor scouts and one boy standing there) Crap, missed him. (She mentally hissed. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the zombie go for the two girls) Look out! (she screamed as she lunged for the girls and wrapped her arms around them and moved, but not without being hit herself. Ira felt the claws sinking into the skin of her waist and bit her lip to keep herself from screaming)
Tye:  (tried to shrug it off, but something was definitely wrong. He made his way to the arcade to take his mind of things. An odd feeling stuck him, followed by someone running into the arcade. Tye shook his head, and looked down to his cat) I'm checking it out.. (Tiger tried to stop him, but Tye was already peering into the arcade, and glaring at the Zombie) My god..
Ziakona:  Well .... first thing I knew I'm seeing black and died. Then I'm on some strange world of the gods. Now I'm on a planet called Earth in a place called Tokyo .....it looks stranger than Paris did. Oh well ...... (glances in a certain direction) ...what's that? Something is going on!! I don't know what it is but we'll see when I get there!!! (starts jumping across buildings towards sound of disturbance and arrives a minute later) An arcade?? What the heck is that? Oh well that's a zombie. (thinks for a moment) A zombie!?!?!? (pulls bow and arrow out, pulls arrow back and gets ready to fire) Time to send you back to hell where you belong!!!! (lets the arrow fly, putting it right through the zombie's head)
Saryu:  (just stood there, waiting, for all of this madness to end. Of course, it never did phase him, that this wasn't the newest form of virtual
reality) The colors! The graphics!
White Tiger: (sees the zombie stutter as the arrow pierces its head. White Tiger leaps at the chance. He pulls out a black claw and brings it straight down the middle of the zombie, slicing it into two. He jumps back and puts his hand out into the V for victory pose) Nobody messes with White Tiger! (As Tiger celebrates the two halves get up and regenerate into two separate zombies. White looks in horror and mutters) Why can't the battles be easy for once?
Ira:(looked down at the two little girls and lightly put them next to the wall) Stay here. (She said to Lina with a weak smile. Then she turned to Ahamara) Try and get the other guy who isn't a knight out of here. (After that she got up and ran next to White Tiger) Well, any ideas White? (She then felt a wave of pain from her wound come over her from her wounded side and placed her hand over it hard to try and stop the bleeding) And where's Blue Dragon? He sure would come in handy right about now.
Ziakona:  (witnesses the attacks against the zombie he shot in the head. He puts his bow on his back and draws his razor sharp rapier. With a strong leap, he jumps towards the two newly formed zombies) Stay in hell, you rotting piles of flesh. (With one heck of a swing as he lands, he cleanly removes the head of the zombie pair that arose from the original. He then jumps up, bounces off the building and lands next to White Tiger) This fight may be a little easier if you knew how to deal with your enemies. (referring to how zombies are killed)
(A blast of flame came out of the alleyway towards one of the zombies, burning its body to ashes so it wouldn't get back up again)
Talon: Sorry we're late.... (Black Talon and Whiplash step out of the alley) We came as fast as we could when we sensed these abominations. Is anyone hurt?
Whiplash: Hello again Ira, White Tiger, how you holding up? (she said this even as another zombie came out of the arcade and she raised her arms towards it) DRAGON BLAST! (a gout of flame comes from the bracer on her arm and torches the zombie)
White Tiger: (sighs) Thanks for all your help. I wonder who could have sent that? (Suddenly he hears a voice from behind that is all to familiar) Voice: You never were the best one to figure that out were you. (Everyone turns to see a man completely dressed in black, wearing a round black hat. You know those Japanese straw ones. and wielding a long black sword. If anyone could have seen through his scarf they would have seen a sinister grin. He continues) Well well, the master of the west could barely defeat on of my minor minions without all this help. What a pity. I really should wipe you out right here, but a low class fighter like you isn't worth my time. Oh dear, forgive my manners I haven't introduced my self to your friends, my name is Oni.
Tye:  (stood there, wide eyed, and trying not to point. What had just happened. These people were obviously not normal. He had some strange occurrences himself while fighting, but nothing like that. He stepped back, not sure what he should do)
Ira: (looked the man dressed is black. Then she remembered Blue Dragon saying something about Oni being the name of some one who had whipped them and their gods out in the past. Noticing Tye, she ran over to him. And stood between him and Oni) Sir, I think it would be best if you hurry and take the back way out. (Then she took a defensive stance. Oni didn't seem like he wanted to fight right now, but if he did, she was going to help, injured or not. She had promised Blue Dragon that she would help him fight “The Abyss”, and that was exactly what she was going to do)

~Meanwhile~
Sunny: (waited for the bell to ring) This is so boring! Nothing ever happens. Why can't the school get attacked? When everyone's out ok. (She looked at Rose) So, After this class want to go see a movie?
Setsuna (evil one):  (finished on the computer) I'm going to, well. I'm going out! (She called to her brother. She was out the door before she could here his reply)

~Back at the Arcade~
Ziakona: Look... I don't know who you are but I'm not about to sit around here and watch you try to destroy this place. I'm no pushover... I'm warning you, don't push your luck! (he looks at the girl that just entered the area. She looked tired and hurt) Maybe you should let me handle this.
Tye:  (shook his head, he didn't plan on leaving) What's going on...
Tiger: (jumped onto Tye's shoulder and made a quick whisper) Maybe.. it's the same thing you have?
Talon: (slashes another zombie as he spots Oni) And who might you be? 
Whiplash: (to Talon) Give ya five bucks says that he's the head honcho of these zombies... 
Talon: I won't bet against ya, hon. 
Ziakona:  (Having heard the question, looks towards its source as he slashes another zombie across the chest with his sword) If you are referring to him (points at Oni) then I don't know. If you are referring to me, my name is Ziakona. If we get out of this battle, you can ask more later. (he drives the blade of his sword into the forehead of a nearby zombie then drives his elbow into the face of the zombie behind him. He thinks:) Those two are good, very good.
Oni:  (grins and mutters) I don't want to hear your pathetic beliefs that you will actually succeed. Before I leave I will leave you guys a little present. (He opens up a dark portal and Blue Dragon falls out of it. His armor is badly damaged but it looks like he is uninjured. He looks directly  at Dragon and mutters) That was for last we met. (He turns and begins to walk away)
Talon: (looked at the wounded Blue Dragon and snarled, his fangs easily seen in the light) You're not leaving just yet me bucko. (a green light shines through his black armor as his blade staff charges up)
Whiplash: (flaps her wings and lands in front of Oni, blocking him off) You still have some explaining to do... 
Ziakona:  (takes an open position on the other side of Oni) You aren't getting away that easily. (holds rapier out, ready for a fight)
Ira: (her eyes widen at the sight of Blue Dragon) Blue Dragon! (She ran over to him and wrapped her arms around him, lifting his torso of the ground a little) Just hold on ok. (she said softly, not sure if he could hear her or not. She then looked up at Black Talon, Whiplash, and Ziakona) Look! Just let him leave for now! He has no intentions of fighting us right now and I can't heal Blue Dragon with him here! Just let him leave! (Her grip on Blue Dragon tightened just a little)
Ziakona:  (looked at the girl holding the wounded fighter close and thinks) Must be love ...or they're related. (He bares his teeth a little as he growls in disgust about letting Oni go free. Slowly, he sheathes his rapier) Fine..... (he looks at Oni) ....get out of my sight! (then thinks to himself) I can't believe I'm doing this. But it's not like I have a choice ....this girl -obviously- cares about him and I'm not about to let someone die yet.
Oni:  (chuckles) A wise decision, it would been a waste on both our sides to fight now. (he is about to leave when Blue Dragon yells out)
Blue Dragon: Wait! (He stand up and continues speaking) I am all right. This man could have done a lot more harm to me if he had chosen too. So tell me Oni. Why did you go easy on me?
Oni:  (grins and turns around) Because my master commanded it.
Blue Dragon: (steps back in surprise and says) Wait?!
Oni: That's right I was commanded by Abyss to spare you. It seems he has a use for you and your master friends. I just wanted pay back from our last meeting. Now I must go, good bye. (Oni fades out in front of everyone's eyes)
Blue Dragon: (is completely confused and drops to his knees. He slowly clenches his fist and with a below of rage smashes it into the ground)
White Tiger: (walks up to him) Come on Dragon, I think it is best that we leave now.
Ira: (looks at Blue Dragon. Slowly she walks over to him and looks up at White Tiger. Then she dropped to her knees and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, ignoring the pain in her side) Hey, are you going to be all right? she asked softly.
Tye:  (stood by stunned. He was totally lost. Some guy.. them.. people.. and.. he desperately needed to be clued in. He wasn't leaving until he was. Tye shook his head, and tried to stay in the shadows to keep from being noticed)

~Back at Megan's house~
Chei:  I agree, we should get going. (He offered his arm to her)
Megan: (smiles and grabs her crutches from the other side of the bed then puts her arm over his shoulder to help her get up off the bed) Hey, Chei. (looking back at the pillow that hides the envelope) Do you think I can sit by you and Lei where ever we go I need to talk to you two about something.
Chei:  (He smiles and nods) Sure that's no problem. Is there something wrong? (Waiting for her to get ready and then helps her to the stairs)
Megan: (looks down at the ground) Maybe there is.. (is feeling sort of scared to tell them about it but reminds herself that she has to do it and sighs. She then sees the stairs and plants a smile on her face and turns to Chei) Well, now this may be the difficult part. Getting down these stairs with me like this.
Chei:  (He smiles slightly) I know an easy way. Put your arms over my shoulders and hang on to your crutches behind me. (He then placed an arm around her back and then bent down and carefully placed the other arm at her knees, picking her up in his arms gently. He blushed slightly looking to her eyes for a moment. He then began walking down the stairs very carefully with her. He smiled) Minako and Usagi are going to have  a heart attacks over this.
Megan: (blushes a bright red not expecting Chei to carry her down, she was only thinking he would help her keep steady as she slowly went down the stairs. The shock from it also sort of kept her speechless as well)

~Downstairs~
Diana: Chibiusa, I'm not very hungry. Especially for ice cream. So I'm going to stop home and take a quick nap. I'll meet up with you later tonight. 
Chibiusa: Okay. Are you going to be okay on your own? 
Diana: Of course! Trust me. (she scampers out the door and begins to go home) 
Chibiusa:  (smiles) More ice cream for me! Usagi? Do you want some of the chocolate Ira gave to me?
Seiya:  (sighed as he popped his back from side to side) So what are we to do about Chaos freak and her little minions? (he asked the people around him)
Hoshi:  (blinked, her pink eye shadowed lids sliding over her blue eyes two times in disbelief at first) Nani? What do you mean, "right in front of me"? (The female Starlight looked annoyed. If Seiya and Taiki were playing with her mind, she would fwap them) Hmph. (She thought)
Jessie:  (smiled at Hoshi) Don't worry, your princess is much closer then you think. (She turns to Seiya) I think we should deal with Galaxia as soon as possible. Her full power hasn't been recovered yet.. but.. I'm worried about that other energy that was with her.
Minako:  (looks over at the stairway, all of a sudden her eyes got big, her mouth dropped open in amazement and one hand up pointing at them. While she used the other hand to tap Usagi and get her attention) U.. Usagi.. l. l.. look at that..
Lei: (He glances at what Minako is looking too and his eyes widen some. He quickly looks away)
Chei:  (He remains silent, with a small smile on his face that he can't help. They slowly begin to reach the bottom)
Usagi: (blinks as she turn to where Minako was pointing) Sugoiii! Minako-chan, this may be easier then we thought!
Seyia:  (replied to Jessie) I fear that as well for they seem powerful.
Yuki:  (nodded her head lightly) They are, and if we do not act fast all of Galaxia's power will be restored.
Touya:  (sighed) We better be prepared for anything from this point on.
Minako:  (nods) I think so to Usagi-chan.. (then whispers to her) But, I also think that means we are doing a good job here. (she smiles)
Makoto:  (sighs knowing she can't stop these two and joins into the others conversation) I agree, we should be ready for an attack at any time. There are a lot of new enemies around than just Galaxia and we don't even know how powerful they can be.
Megan: (Doesn't seem to notice Usagi's and Minako's reactions as Chei carried her down. As they got to the bottom of the steps she waited patiently for Chei to set her down enough for her to stand up with her crutches, she says softly to him) Thanks.. Chei.. you really didn't have to do this.
Chei:  (He blushed some as he whispered low to her) No thanks required, it was my pleasure. (he walked a little into the living room and set her
down very carefully. He looks to the others) So has anyone decided what we are going to go eat?
Lei: (He had glanced back to the two as they got off the stairs. He shook his head slightly standing up. He began walking out of the room quickly with a angry look on his face)
Chei:  (As Lei stormed from the room, he grabbed his arm with a curious look on his face) What's wrong?
Lei: (He wrinkled his nose and looked up to Chei. His voice was deep and sarcastic as he spoke to his fellow Virtue)  I just lost my appetite. (He shook Chei's hand from him and left the house)
Chei:  (He sighed softly and looked down shaking his head slightly. After a moment he looked back up to the others) So what'll it be?
Megan: (looks at Lei as he leaves not knowing why he's so mad and calls to him) Wait Lei! Don't leave, I need to talk to both you and Chei.
Makoto:  (referring to Lei's actions) What's that all about?
Hotaru:  (blinked as she watched Lei walk off) Not that I'm overly concerned or anything, but is it really a good idea to let him go out by himself?
Chei:  (He shrugs slightly) I don't know what his deal is but don't worry. He has done this a lot. He will be waiting outside the door when we leave.
Hoshi:  (looks up at Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki. She smiles. It was so great to see them. She turns and smiles at Chei) I don't mind, as long as I can tag along!
Megan: (looks towards the door) Are you sure?
Makoto: Well, getting back on a place to eat.. maybe you should ask the two that wanted to eat where we should go.
Chei:(He nodded to Hoshi with a smile) The more the merrier. (He turned to Megan) Ya, he just needs to cool off.  He is probably upset because of Shun. He misses him a lot.
Lei:  (He had angrily stormed out of the house. He stood on the porch with his hands in his pockets) Well this is just great. He is prancing around with a princess, who isn't even from our same planet while our fallen comrades are under Komodo's spell. (He sighs deeply looking to the ground, leaning against the house)

~In Tiamatt's castle~
Tiamatt:  (stood in a room filled with complete darkness, his red eyes reflecting the red glow coming from an orb sitting in the middle of the floor. He concentrated on it and an image swirled in it, showing him the 'playback' of how Bahamut was released) Hmmmm, very interesting...
Galaxia:  (wandered around Tiamatt's castle, not particularly paying attention to her surroundings. She was too busy thinking of the best way to get the senshi's starseeds and return to full power)

~At Shadow Galactica HQ~
Stone Croco:  (let out a loud sigh) Nee, Galaxia-sama's been gone for a long time, don't you think? (She glanced at Theta who was standing in the shadows)
Theta: I'm sure Galaxia-sama can handle herself. Our mission hasn't changed though, so lets get to work.
Stone Croco: Hai, hai.

~While~
Rose: That sounds great! (she said catching up with Sunny)
Sunny: That's great! (Bell rings) Come on let's go. (Starts to walk out the door) Ok, Rose! Where do you want to go?
Rose: Any mall is fine.
Sunny: Well, ok. There's one a few blocks from here! (she said happily. And they were on there way)
Setsuna (evil one):  (walked out side) Ah, what a nice day! I think I'll go see a movie. Even villains need some, well, a lot of fun!
Cesika:  (walks along the park's main path to the front gate thinking to herself:) Oshana says im a sailor senshi... and obviously... that's true... but... what about my mother, how am I supposed to find her and save the world. (now having left the park she walks along the side walk not really paying attention to where she's going or what's going on around her)
Setsuna (evil one):  (gets to a mall) Now this is what I'm talking about! Now were did I put my brother's credit card? Oh! Here it is! (She goes off and runs to almost every store)
Sunny & Rose:  (get to the mall)
Rose: Where do you want to go?
Sunny: Hot topic?
Rose: Should have known you'd pick something.. Like this.
Cesika:  (Walking along the street, she stops to check something) I have to go get some more paper, pencils and a few good books to last me through the boring classes at school. (she sighs putting her backpack back on looking around slightly before crossing the street and entering the mall)
Oshana:  (blinks poking her head out of the backpack looking around) I love trips to the mall... it's so interesting to watch what goes on
Cesika:  (laughs reaching over her shoulder with her left arm to pet Oshana) You just like to come along cause your afraid I won't get you anything when I have the money
Oshana:  (blinks and meows) Now that's not a very nice thing to say, I like to get out of the house too you know. (meows again laying against Cesika's shoulder)

~Back At Usagi's House~
Dita:  (shouts) Hey! Can someone come? Hello! (thinks) I wonder if anyone's home? (she walks calmly over to back door and bangs on it) Hey! Someone come out here! (she sees a small figure inside eating... ice cream? Dita feels very surprised and yells) Hey! Stop eating and get out here already!
Diana: (finally arrives home when she notices a small girl) Who's she? (she then runs to the girl and stares up at her)
Dita:  (notices Diana and stops shouting) Aww, what a cute kitty! (kneels down) Can you let me in? Hey, let me in!
Diana: (nods and grabs a spare key under the doormat)

~Back at the Arcade~
Talon: (Reluctantly lets Oni go for now. He walks over to Ira and Blue Dragon) Is he going to be okay? (tail lashing behind him in agitation, his black wings folding around his silver/black armor)
Ira: (looks up at the two men and gives a weak smile) I think he will be ok. It's nothing my powers can't heal. (She then looked directly at Black Talon) Sorry if you wanted to fight Oni, but It would be risky to heal Blue Dragon with him around. (Then her Aqua eyes turned to Ziakona) Thanks, but the biggest help would be to help that poor young man over their… (she motioned off to were Tye was off in the corner) Please, that would be a big help. (She then tried to look at Blue Dragon in the eyes and whispered) I promised I would help you and the others fight Oni, and that's what I'm going to do.
Talon: (nods to Ira and places his own hand on Blue Dragon's armor. As a green glow starts to emanate from his hand, he turns back into his human form of Ben. However, Ira can see that even in his human state, his left hand is still the same black exoskeleton claw that Talon had and his left eye still had a green glow to it) He has a few broken ribs, but they should heal soon. (he put his glove back on to cover the inhuman hand and an eye patch onto his face to cover the glow)
Whiplash: (turning into Demi again) Who the heck was that guy anyway? And what does he want from us?
Ben: I don't know, but something tells me we're going to find out the hard way....
Demi: I hate that.... always going in blind.
Ziakona:  (looked on as the pair spoke around the wounded guy. He could plainly see the strange inhuman hand. Shock and confusion crossed his mind) Do you think he is really intent on destroying us? If he was, he could have done so but he chose to leave. This is strange. (he thinks to himself) In my world, if you wanted to kill someone ...you did, you don't just wait for another time. This is very strange. (He looks around then back at the huddled group) I bid you farewell. (With that, he jumps onto a nearby roof and jumps from building to building ...going in no direction in particular)
Ben: (looks over at Demi) I really think we should let Bahamut know about this... He might be able to tell us something about this guy. 
Demi: Yeah, I'll go get him, you stay here and watch over Blue and Ira. I'll be back. (runs down the street)
Ira: (looked over at Talon and smiled) I appreciate the help, but I think we can handle it. You don't have to stay if it would be a bother. (Her hand started to glow with it's multi color aura. She then lightly pressed it against Blue Dragon's chest. His energy slowly came back and his ribs healed. The gash in her side had stopped bleeding and she didn't feel it at the moment) Feeling better? (she whispered to him)
Ben: It's no problem. Besides, I have a feeling that we're going to have company soon, though whether it's good or bad I don't know.
Blue Dragon: (gets up and begins to speaks) I don't know very much about Oni. When the other Masters and myself discovered who we really were, Oni confronted us. He managed to defeat the other three effortlessly. I was lucky and somehow managed to beat him. Though I am not entirely sure how I did it. I wish I could tell you more but this is the second time I have ever encountered him.

~Meanwhile~
Ziakona:  (looked around. He couldn't understand why people keep hurrying around like they don't have time. He didn't have his weapons with him because he left them at his shelter in the forest. He found it hard to contain his hatred for these people. They were the same species as the bandits that murdered him on his home world ....deep down, his hatred was burning like a wildfire. He glances over and sees a place called Crown's Arcade. He thinks to himself) What the heck is this place? (He walks in. Ziakona looked around the arcade. He soon found a game that sounded interesting to him. He didn't really look at the title but merely popped in some coins and went to the character selection screen. And thinks to himself ) Hmm let me see now ....which character should I take? (He starts cycling through the characters) The elf ....that seems best. (and thinks again) For me that is. (He chooses the elven character and starts playing)
Larf:  (walks outside) I'm so board! I think I'll go to the arcade! (He ran down the street. When he got there he popped a coin in and started playing)
Ziakona: (continued looking around the arcade. He suddenly spots a game that interests him. He thinks) Virtual sword fighting? Sounds interesting. (Ziakona slides in his coins in the machine, chooses his sword *a rapier of course* and prepares to fight the computerized opponents. The easy difficulty level was too simple, the normal difficulty was a little harder, the hard difficulty was the hardest by far. Ziakona could win on all three levels. He had the difficulty set to hard and was fighting three computerized opponents at once. His movements possessed an unearthly grace as he whirled the baton that represented his sword around and fought off all three foes. He never noticed the crowd that was gathering around to watch the screen of his virtual body fight his opponents)

~Back at Megan's house~
Megan: Oh, ok.. I guess. So then... have we decided on a place to eat yet?
Usagi:  (stared thoughtfully for a few minutes) Hey! I know! Let's go to Crown Parlor! Then we can get food and play video games!!
Chibiusa:  (shrieks) That would be a great idea! And then we can go to the mall!
Chei:  All right. Then lets get going before we get side tracked or change our minds. (Speaking to all of them)
Megan: (smiles) Yeah, we should. (goes over to the door and picks up her purse and looks at the computer bag nearby, she thinks) No need to carry that, I'm just going out for fun. So there should be no need for it. (she opens the door but waits for some of the others before she goes) 
Minako: (smiles slyishly and tries to to think of something to do as she heads out of the house)
Makoto:  (gets up and knows something is up with Minako again) I think you should stop playing cupid Minako-chan. (and slightly pushes her towards the door to make sure at least one of them doesn't do anything)
Lei:  (He jumps slightly and turns around as the door opens and Megan is standing there. He steps aside to let the people out. Keeping his head down and turning back to face the yard)
Chei:  (He nods and follows Makoto and Minako to the door but he waits for Megan to make sure she is all right)
Hoshi:  (waits for the other 3 Lights to leave before getting up, because she doesn't want to leave by herself)
Artemis:  (meows as Minako leaves and hops after her, a little irritated at being left) Minako, Minako! How could you leave me? (He pouted)
Hotaru:  (got up and followed the rest out of the house)
Jessie:  (turned to Usagi) Come on, let's get going. (She heads towards the door)
Megan: (stands there watching the others as they start to leave and sighs. Then the woman who first opened the door comes up behind her)
Woman: Allow me to take care of the door Megan-sama. You go on out with your friends. 
Megan: (is a bit embarrassed being called "Megan-sama" in front of everyone else but just smiles) Arigato Solar! I really appreciate it. (she goes out and sees Chei waiting for her and she jokes with him) Oye, you didn't have to stand and wait for me like that. I'm not that injured. (She then spots Lei outside the door just as Chei said he would be) Lei, I'm so glad you didn't go off on your own. Will you still be coming with us?
Chei:  (He smiles)
Lei:  (He looked up to her and nodded slightly, a not-so-happy expression on his face) Lets just hurry this up so we can get back to our duties.  (He walks down the walkway with the other girls)
Chei:  (Steps up next to Megan) Ahh, Lei ... a workaholic through and through. (Grins to her) Don't pay any mind to him, he will be his usual
charming self by tomorrow. (Offers her his hand to help her)
Megan: (Looks at Chei) Ok, I guess. But I still feel like he seems to have some sort of dislike towards me. (she looks down a bit) Maybe.. I should go a bit on my own this time, Chei. I don't want Lei running off his own again, it just wouldn't be the best for our situation plus what I need to talk to you two about really is important for the both of you to hear. I'm sorry.
Chei:  (Shakes his head slightly) Don't worry. If you need help, I'm going to help you. Whether he likes it or not.
Usagi:  (nods and follows the rest of the group. On her face was her usually happy, unconcerned face. She looked up at Lei) Hey, lighten up, what's wrong with having fun a bit? Besides, it's not like there's really anything we can do in our current situation.
Lei: (He nodded to Usagi) I suppose you are right. I just miss .. our team mates.
Usagi:  (nods and smiles softly) I know how that feels.. but don't worry, you'll get them back for sure! I'll personally make sure of it!

~While at the mall~
Cesika:  (walks through the book supply store grabbing a copy of Peach Girl, a note pad, and some pencils, walking to the counter to pay for them) Well Oshana, after this were should we go? (smiles thanking the clerk once she pays for the merchandise)
Oshana: You could always go looking at other stores (poking her head out of Cesika's back pack)
Cesika:  (shrugs and walks down the mall path) Why not, I have nothing else to do right now.
Setsuna (evil one): Now, about that movie.. (she puts her stuff in her car and goes to the movie theater)
Sunny: Ok, Rose are you done shopping. I told Larf I'd meet him.
Rose: Ya, fine.

~Back at the Arcade~
Ziakona: (continued to fight the computerized opponents on the screen. He was up to six opponents on the hardest difficulty and still his first coin. Some players tried to challenge him ....all lost in miserable defeat. He thinks to himself) This is quickly becoming boring.
Larf:  (still playing the game. thinks) Man I suck at this game, this gotta be my 50 coin! Well at least I'm on the last level.
Arcadia:  (walked along the street) Man I board… (she mumbled. She looked into an arcade and decided to go in. As she passed a game, the title caught her eye, and a young man was already on it. She walked over to it and out a quarter in then smiled at the boy) Sorry, I'm not too good but I want to give this game a shot. Mind if I challenge you? (she said with a smile the character selection screen. A half elf female caught her eye and she selected her) Looks like one of my dad's new characters in the book he's publishing soon. (She thought silently as the match started)
Ziakona:  (grins lightly) Very well. Just don't expect me to go easy on you just because you're a girl and a beginner. (Ziakona gives his traditional salute with his rapier. He holds it in front of his face then slashes at a downward angle, bringing it to his side. He then crouches down low with his body turned so that his right side is in front, holding his arm out at full length with the sword at a 45 degree angle. The match begins and before his opponent can react, Ziakona stabs her video character in the stomach) Hold on. (Ziakona sighs as he changes the game mode to tutorial) Let me show you how to use a sword first. (Thinks for a moment) How much can you lift? By the way, good choice with your character.
Arcadia:  (smiles) Thanks. My father writes Medieval Fantasy books. I like elves a lot. I paint what I hope they look like. As a matter of fact, I have one in my book bag that I can show you later. (She then scans her memory) If I'm right, my half elf can't lift your full elf, but she is a tad bit faster and her jumps are higher.
Ziakona:  (smiles) You seem to know a lot about elves. (he thought) But she doesn't know as much about elves as a real elf does. (then says to her) Okay. Yeah sure, I'd like to see your paintings. Let's start you off with a simple rapier. It's a light sword and should compliment your character's speed nicely. (he advised) Note that the baton puts stress on your hands that makes it feel like a real sword. (He starts the training game) Before you even think about sword fighting, you have to be able to position the sword the protect yourself and prepare for an attack at the same time. (Ziakona looks at his watch) Oh .....I guess this'll have to wait for a while. I gotta go. (He takes off his gear) Oh, wait, my name's Ziakona, just call me Zi. What's yours? And can I see your painting now? (He also writes something on a piece of paper) Here's my address ....if want to continue this lesson without having to track me down. (As he held the paper out to Arcadia, his pendant falls into plain view)
Arcadia:  (pulled her painting out of her shoulder bag and handed it to Zi. It was a male elf with long black hair. His eyes were a bright green and narrowed yet soft, his features fine a delicate. He was dressed in robes of different shades of green, and in his hands held had a silver rapier, around his shoulder was a bow, and at his waist was a green gem flute. The wind seemed to be blowing and his robes bellowed about him) And I'll have to take you up on that lesson. By the way, here is my address. (As she handed it to him, a pendant caught her eye. Arcadia lightly touched it and ran her fingers over the inscription) Wow, this is pretty. (After she gave it back to Zi, she glanced at her watch) OH NO!!! I'm late for my archery match!!! Sorry Mr. Zi. See ya latter. (She then ran out of the arcade and towards the Archery range, forgetting her painting with Zi)
Ziakona:(looked over the painting) Well, she's very close ....almost completely accurate. (Then he heard her running off) Archery match?  Now this I gotta see. (Realizes something) Hey, she forgot her painting. (He runs after her)
Rose & Sunny: (start to walk down the street)
Rose: Hey, Sunny? Isn't that where we said we'd meet Larf?
Sunny: Ya, Rose It is. (She ran in) Hi! Larf we're here!
Larf:(notices Sunny and Rose behind him, he thinks) Man, I forgot I was going to meant them here oh, well, act cool. (the says to the girls) So, Hi, Guys. What's going on?
Sunny: Come on and finish that game of yours, so we can go to a movie. Is that you score! Ha ha ha ha! Even I could do better then that. (a little later) Come on Larf! Can't you give it up! We'll be late getting to the movie! (She said getting mad that he was still doing hopelessly bad at the game)
Larf: Ok, just let me finish this level....
Sunny: Ya, right one more. You know who long that will take. Oh, just hurry up.
Larf: Ya, ya. (Finally beats the game) Now we can go. (He says looking at how bad of score he got)
Rose: Ya, come on Larf.
Sunny: Fine, come on Larf. You better still have some money left.

~Back at Usagi's house~
Dita: (thinks) What am I doing? This cat could be on the side of the ESenshi! (suddenly notices crescent moon on cat's forehead and blushes) Guess not... but still, better safe then sorry. (puts hand inside jacket and clutches transformation pen tightly)
Diana: Where did you come from?

~Meanwhile~
Arcadia: Darn it, Darn it, DARN IT!!!!! (she yelled as the filed came into view) Why dose this always seem to happen to me? (She then burst through the entrance of the girl's locker room and removed her school uniform and it was replaced by her archery uniform. A tone rang over the loud speaker and she ran out on to the filed just in time to start. She went to her spot and sat, waiting. She was going to go in the first round)
Ziakona:(filed through the crowd and took a seat in the audience. He figured he might as well find out how good this girl was. Oh, and he still had to give her back her painting) She apparently has an interest in elves. Let's see if she shoot an arrow as good as one. (he thought with a grin)
(Over the loud speaker blared a stereotypical announcer's voice)
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, first up is Arcadia Nakatome against Ayame Aburosubo!
Arcadia:(sighed and got up. She made a motion with her hand for the older girl to go first. Ayame drew her bow back and the arrow hit just outside the middle ring. Everyone cheered. Arcadia walked to her spot and drew the string back. She then shut her eyes and let the arrow fly. It hit dead center on the target. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled. Her eyes then traveled to the audience as she quickly scanned over it, but then her smile faded and she sighed. Her dad wasn't here. Arcadia then made her way back to her bench and sat quietly, waiting for her next turn)
Ziakona:(grinned) Arcadia's aim is much like my own. (He thought back to when he competed in archery tournaments. He then saw her look through the crowd) Who is she looking for? Must be someone important to her. (Ziakona looked around the crowd. He didn't see anyone that looked like her. Using his psychic powers, he scans her thoughts) Her father? A father should support his children, regardless of his own activities. 
Arcadia:(breezed through the competition, but felt empty. Her dad had promised he would be there but most likely had been caught up in his books. Despite the fact her thoughts were wandering, she easily got bull eyes each time with her eyes closed. After the torment, Arcadia slowly got dress into her school uniform. She didn't feel like going home just yet, so she walked back out onto the bleachers. There was hardly anyone left, but she didn't notice the remaining spectators. She plopped down on a bleacher higher up and pulled out her notebook, but she couldn't think of anything draw. The green haired girl shook her head and the hunched over a little) Why couldn't he have been here? Just for my first round… (She leaned her head back and let it lightly hit the chain fence and closed her emerald eyes, just letting the breeze blow on her face)
Ziakona:(glanced at Arcadia as she sat on the bleacher) Poor kid. (He thought. He quietly walks up to her and holds out her painting) You forgot this. (Pauses for a moment) I saw your competition. You did great. I'm sure you would've made an excellent elven archer.
Arcadia:(Jumped at the sound of another but saw Zikona and clamed down. She smiled and him and lightly took the painting) Thanks for the compliment. I hold that in high regard. (Standing up she smoothed her skirt and looked back at Ziakona) Hey, I have no one here to celebrate winning with so would you be as so kind to come for Ice Cream with me? My treat.
Ziakona: Um ...sure okay. If you don't mind me asking, who were you looking for?
Arcadia: Funny, I didn't remember telling him I was looking for some one.. (she thought. Arcadia shrugged it of and smiled as she walked towards the ramp) I was looking for my dad, but I guess he couldn't make it. It's no big thing or nothing new.
Ziakona: I noticed that you were looking for someone.  I was curious. Don't worry about it. I'm sure he'd be here if he could. (He thinks for a moment) Hey, I never even knew my father. And look how I turned out. I had a good mother to turn to when I had problems. I'll tell you what, I'll tell you my deepest secret a little later ...you may like it.
Arcadia:(smiled as they walked towards the Ice Cream store) You're lucky you were close to your mom. Mine got fed up with my fathers working hours and obsidian with it, so she left him a few weeks ago. (Her smile then slightly faded) I haven't heard from her since. (Then, her smile came back) You have a secret that you'll tell me later. That's cool. I have never had a friend I would share my deepest secret with.  Maybe I'll share mine with you some time.