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Tokyo, Juban District

Same day, late afternoon.

When Hana and Toshiro arrived, the shoji panels on either side of the hardwood door were open, and they could see Aster sitting surrounded by Senshi. A pile of tissues on the small table in front of her told them of some crisis that had nothing to do with a youma attack.

�Is this a private party,� Hana said, stopping on the porch to remove her shoes. �Or can we join?�

Hotaru was sitting across one of the opened shoji. She studied her for a moment, and then smiled impishly.

�Only if you have your membership badge,� she said. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her henshin wand.

After a moment�s surprise, Hana reached into the pocket of her overalls and pulled out her own henshin wand. Behind her, she heard her husband feeling around in his pockets until he produced his power token, which had taken the shape of a carpenter�s string.

Giggling, Hotaru curled her legs up so that they could enter, and then watched while they settled down near Aster. Hana even went so far as to start taking Aster�s hair out of the triple braids she wore it in, and to pull a brush out of a drawer that Hotaru hadn�t even known was there.

Aster paused in her recitation of her past, both in this life and others, as Hana started brushing her hair. Her golden eyes half-closed, and her face relaxed a bit.

Seeing the effect it had on Aster, Makoto quietly got up and left the room. She came back with four hairbrushes. She dropped one next to Haruka, gave one to Rei, one to Usagi, and kept the last one for herself.

Smiling, Rei pulled Minako over in front of her and removed the red bow from Minako�s hair. Makoto sat down behind Usagi and deftly undid first one odango, and then the other.

Usagi was never one to sit idle unless she was asleep, so she looked at ChibiUsa and pointed to the floor in front of her. ChibiUsa loved having her hair brushed, even by Usagi, so she quickly complied, even unfastening one of her own odango while Usagi undid the other one.

After several minutes, Aster started talking again.

�My memories of the Silver Millennium are still spotty,� she said. �I�m beginning to suspect that I won�t have all of my memories until I meet my Planet Partner. It�s probably going to be the same for the rest of you. The remaining memories won�t come forward until the power loop is complete.�

�Setsuna said that we shouldn�t expect to meet our partners,� Michiru said, her eyes closed as Haruka drew the brush through her aqua tresses.

�ChibiUsa says that we�re there,� Aster said. �I�m willing to take it on a little faith at this point. I don�t think that Pluto would lie to me outright, but she won�t volunteer information, either.�

�That�s for sure,� Makoto said, remembering how they had met Sailor Pluto.

�Does that mean that those Guardian Knights in the United States are real?� Minako asked, her eyes half-lidded.

�Yes,� Aster said. �I have several ideas on how to contact them, but we may not have to.�

�Unless Pluto�s told them the same thing,� Haruka supplied. She looked sidelong at Toshiro, who was lounging in a chair and watching the mutual grooming session.

�What do you think?� she asked. �Other than fancy pants, you�re the only representative of the other half we have.�

�Unlike the rest of you,� he said. �Hana and I have all of our memories. Aster is not far off about the powers balancing. I do know, though, that I have the answer to one question that Aster has.�

�Which is?� Aster said, opening one eye and gazing at him.

�The identity of Kishi Pluto, the Knight of Time,� Toshiro said. �I don�t know who any of the other knights are, but I do know who he is.�

�I haven�t seen him since I was five,� Aster said, her face saddening. �That was a long time ago.�

�I�m certain he still remembers you, Sun Face,� Haruka said. �How could he forget you?�

�How, indeed,� Aster said. �My stepfather overheard me talking to �Cinda about him. We moved two months later, before Korio could come get me.�

�I could call him,� Toshiro offered, pulling out his cell phone.

�I don�t know,� Aster said. �Things have changed.�

�Call him,� Usagi ordered. �Aster needs him, especially after today.�

�What happened today, Sunshine?� Hana asked. She stilled her hands while Toshiro looked up the phone number he wanted and dialed it.

�Kunzite came back,� Aster said. �Apparently, Takara�s power use caused Metalia to notice. She sent Jadeite and Nephrite to �deal� with Takara, and set Kunzite, and perhaps Zoisite, to watch us and make sure that he didn�t do a repeat performance.�

�What happened?� Hana repeated, putting down the hairbrush and rubbing Aster�s shoulders to dispel the tension she could see building.

�I smelled him,� Aster whispered, tears welling up in her eyes again. �I let him kiss me, and touch me. I touched him and kissed him back.�

�You can�t help it, Sunshine,� Hana said. �He�s a part of you, and you�ll always have that reaction. Kunzite will, as well. Stop torturing yourself over it. You can stop you feelings for him about as well as Neptune could stop the tides. It�s a part of your rhythm, and you are incomplete without it.�

�I know that,� Aster said softly, her voice choked by tears. �You don�t know how hard it was for me to push him away and transform. Even though I did it once, I don�t know if I can do it again.�

�You can,� Michiru said, sitting forward abruptly. �We�ll be with you. Besides, I�m not sure that he can fight you.�

�That�s good,� Aster said. �Because I�m dead certain that I can�t fight him.�

�I told you before, Sun Face,� Haruka said, drawing Michiru back against her legs. �I�ll hurt him. You work on the other three.�

�I could immobilize them all,� Aster said. �All I need is my sister and my brothers. There�s just one problem. One of my brothers is dead. There goes my chance to manipulate Nephrite.�

�Not necessarily,� Ami said, her face thoughtful. �We might be able to use Naru.�

�Naru?� Aster asked, looking at Ami. �Who is Naru?�

�She�s a friend of ours,� Usagi said. �Her mother owns the Osa P Jewelry Store. Nephrite got really attached to her really fast.�

�That might work,� Aster said. �Tell me, is Naru a little smaller than you, big blue eyes, reddish hair, wears it like Minako, but cropped at the shoulders?�

�How did you know?� Usagi asked, looking at Aster in surprise.

�There�s more to your friend than meets the eye,� Aster said. �Did she ever get attacked by a youma?�

�No,� Usagi admitted. �She had a close call with my tiara, and some of Zoisite�s youma kidnapped her, but she never received a direct attack.�

�Too bad,� Aster said. �You would have all gotten the shock of your lives.�

�Aster,� Toshiro said suddenly, holding out his cell phone. �Someone wants to talk to you.�

Aster hesitated. She was torn between wanting to talk to the man on the other end of the phone, and never wanting to deal with another man intimately again.

Finally, her loneliness won over her fear, and she reached forward and took the phone. She put it to her ear with shaking hands.

�Hi, hi,� she said weakly.

�Nikkou?� the voice on the other end of the line was exactly as she remembered it.

�Korio?� she said, her voice breaking. �Where are you?�

�I�m in Los Angeles,� he said. �I can be in Tokyo in moments, you know that.�

�I know,� she said, choking back tears. �A few things have changed since Disneyland, though.�

�It doesn�t matter,� he assured her. �If you want me there, I�m there. Whatever you want.�

�Not tonight,� she said. �I can�t, not tonight. I�m too messed up.�

�Give me that,� Usagi reached across and snatched the phone from Aster�s hands, ignoring her friend�s halfhearted protests.

�Now hear this,� Usagi said into the phone. �You get over here as quick as you can. Aster�s had a bad day, and she needs you, even if she thinks she can�t handle it. I know how she feels, and she needs you, right now.�

�Time for my part, Moon Face,� Haruka said, pulling the phone from Usagi.

�Hi, there,� she said into the phone. �Look, I don�t know who you are, but you�d better get here. Bring Saturn with you, if you can. She needs all the support she can get. Come here, take her someplace private, and make sure she knows that not everyone she loves is an enemy. Got it? Good. Neptune and I�ll watch the girls tonight. Do it, or I�ll make sure you feel the earth move, understand?� She snapped the phone closed and tossed it back to Toshiro.

�You two want to help us babysit?� she asked him, smirking.

�Babysit?� the indignant response from six throats made both Hana and Toshiro smile even as Haruka cringed.

�I don�t know if it�s safe,� Toshiro said. �On the other hand, I know how to pacify teenagers.�

He had just finished placing an order for pizza when there was a flare of planet power, and then a male clearing of the throat at the open shoji.

Everyone turned to see the new arrival, and most of them were stunned into silence.

The man who stood in the opening looked like something out of an adventure novel. He was dressed in a black armor with green accents, with the symbol of Pluto on the breastplate in dark red.

His calf-length dark red cape hung from his shoulders. In one hand, he held a naginata, with the teeth of his time key at the bottom of the shaft.

His black green hair was caught in a topknot at the crown of his head and fell over one shoulder, down to his breastbone.

�I believe I was expected,� he said.

Rei was, unexpectedly, the first to react.

�Takagi?� she said, standing up. �You�re the Knight of Time?�

�I�m sorry I didn�t tell you,� he said. �The last time I saw you, you were only Sailor Mars in potential. Many things have happened since then. I was going to come see you when I got back to Japan.�

�Maybe you can straighten them out, then,� ChibiUsa said, gazing at him crossly. �Puu�s been telling people that they�re not in Crystal Tokyo.�

�That�s not true,� he said. �May I come in?�

Everyone turned to look at Aster, who was staring at him with a look of disbelief on her face.

�Nikkou,� he said gently. �May I come in?�

Speechless, she could only nod until he took his first step into the house.

�My floor!� she cried. �Dammit, Korio, you could de-transform first!�

�I�m sorry,� he said.

He laid down his naginata and closed his eyes in concentration for a moment. He shimmered all over, and became a man in a business suit, with a queue of green-black hair down his back.

He reached down, picked up a swagger stick, and tucked it under his arm with the air of one long practiced at such things. He was wearing slippers already, so he walked over to where Aster was sitting and knelt in front of her.

�Nikkou?� he said. �Here I am. What happened that you are so distressed?�

�Kunzite was here...� Usagi supplied.

�He kissed her�� Minako interrupted.

�I think he was trying to confuse her�� Makoto opined.

�She pushed him away�� ChibiUsa chimed in.

��and told him to go away!� Rei finished.

�That�s a heavily edited version of the events,� Ami finally said after a few moments silence.

�Can someone give me the complete version?� Takagi asked, settling himself onto the floor next to Aster. He took hold of one of her delicate hands and began gently massaging them.

He stayed silent while Haruka and Ami, in turns, told him about the attack on Ami�s mother, and the attack on Minako�s parents. After they were done, Takagi looked over at the silent figure standing in the shadows.

�Do you have anything to add, Charon?� he asked.

�No, Primary,� Washino answered formally. �I do, however, feel that Takara is not done with his machinations. I am certain that his next targets will be the families of the Outer Senshi, or perhaps the Senshi themselves.�

Aster turned white and whispered something that only Hana and Takagi heard.

�Not Bara.�

�She�ll be fine, Sunshine,� Hana said soothingly. �If there�s one person he can�t catch, it�s Setsuna.� She put the hairbrush down, sensing that Aster did not need the distraction any longer.

�I suppose you�re right,� Aster said. Her fear still showed in her eyes.

�Get her out of here,� Haruka told Takagi. �Take her out somewhere, make her have fun.�

�No problem,� Takagi said. �I am going to have to explain my lack of footwear, though.�

�No, you won�t,� Aster said. She got up from the floor and padded across the room to a set of shoji that had always been latched together. No one knew what was in that room, but Usagi now suspected.

The suit that Takagi was wearing was a dark green. The shirt he wore was a pale, mint green, and his tie was a dark red. There was an unused green leather armchair in the main room. There was a pair of green slippers next to the door that no one had ever used. There was unused green-rimmed glassware at the bar in the corner, and a green coffee mug and tea bowl.

They were all for Takagi. Aster had prepared everything for the possibility of his finding her. With her usual thoroughness and lack of concern for money, Aster had probably furnished a room for him, complete with clothing.

Usagi couldn�t wait to tell the girls all of this, tonight. Now, if she could only figure out whom the dark blue slippers and the turquoise slippers were for. Aster had already told them that the adult-sized purple ones were in case she was reunited with her sister, Lucinda.

The other two pairs had only recently appeared. They had shown up between two cooking lessons, right after �

Usagi knew she had it right. The slippers had shown up after the cooking lesson day when ChibiUsa had found the rose from Kunzite and Aster had met Haruka and Michiru.

Usagi turned to look at her two older friends, who were talking quietly with Hana and Toshiro. Haruka favored dark blues and golds when she could. Michiru was usually wearing some kind of blue green, or a combination of blue and green.

Her grades might not indicate it, but Usagi was actually quite intelligent, and she was astonishingly intuitive. Aster had always been very affectionate with her and the girls, but had never touched Haruka and Michiru, even when she greeted them. She was even affectionate with Hana and Toshiro, who Usagi had only met that night.

Aster didn�t mind being affectionate and even sexual with people who she loved. It was those she loved deeply that she was afraid of touching, and all because of Setsuna�s declaration that she would not survive to see Crystal Tokyo.

Usagi silently vowed, at that moment, that she was not going to allow any Senshi or Kishi to die, even if she had to use the silver crystal again. The next time she saw Setsuna, she was going to have a talk with her.

***** *****

Aster led Takagi into a room decorated in forest green with accents of dark red and black. She opened a chest and waved a hand to indicate the contents.

�I hope they fit,� she said. �I guessed at your size, based on the last life we spent together.�

Takagi selected a simple pair of black dress shoes and sat down to try them on. He noticed that Aster was uncomfortable with his presence, in a way that she had never been before.

�Nikkou?� he said. �Is something wrong? You said that things had changed since Disneyland.�

�Yes,� she said. �Several things have changed since then. My powers are the least of the changes.�

�I noticed the powers,� he said, slipping off the shoes and standing up with them in his hand. �They fit just fine. Now, would you like to go out somewhere?�

�I guess we had better,� she said. �Usagi and Haruka won�t give you any peace until they think you�ve pillowed my brains out.�

�As if I ever could,� he said. �Why haven�t you renewed your relationship with the other two?�

�Something that your partner said,� Aster said. �She told me that I wasn�t in Crystal Tokyo. ChibiUsa says differently, but I know that not everything about the future is set.�

�Some things are, Nikkou,� he said. �I have seen you myself, and spoken to you. The only thing you would not tell me was how we met again, and how someone in our assembly learned how to make crystals that live.�

Aster laughed. The melodius sound had a brittle edge to it, but it was lovely nonetheless.

�That�s the easy part,� she said. �I probably did it. Takara took me to the Dark Kingdom and had Beryl empower me. I never thought any of that would come in handy.�

�You gave me a message, Nikkou,� he said. �You said that when I saw you, I was to give you the message, and only you would understand it.�

�What was the message?� Aster asked. She was willing to accept anything that would show that the situation wasn�t hopeless.

�The message was twofold,� Takagi said. �The first part was: no plan ever survives the first engagement with the enemy. The second was: Kunzite never told about Pluto, therefore he is more loyal to you than Metalia, and you should exploit that.�

Aster looked at Takagi with an expression of wonder on her face. Takagi realized that, somehow, the future Sailor Sol had just given this sad, fragile young woman the information she needed to keep going.

Aster jumped to her feet and dashed into the other room. Takagi followed her to see her pepper ChibiUsa�s face with kisses before she kissed each of the other girls on their foreheads and nearly threw herself into Haruka�s lap. She was grinning in elation and crying in happiness at the same time.

�I guess he had something good to say, right, Sun Face?� Haruka said to the woman in lying over her legs.

Aster�s response was to turn Michiru�s face towards her and kiss her soundly.

�He told me something,� Aster said. �Something that no one else would say but me, and something that meant nothing to anyone but me.�

�I told you that you were in the future,� ChibiUsa said, smiling at her friend.

�I know, Hime-chan,� Aster said. �I will never doubt anything you say about the future, again. Now, I not only know that we win, but that we don�t have to make any of those sacrifices that give me nightmares.�

�Yes,� Takagi said, standing at the edge of the room. �Not only are you there, but so are all of the satellites.�

�Then we get them back,� Ami said, looking at him with wide eyes.

�Yes, Mercury,� Takagi said, smiling. �We get them back. You will be reunited with your guard partner, as will your three compatriots.�

�I�ll be right back,� Aster said, rising to her feet. She paused to bend over and kiss Haruka before rushing towards the back of the house.

~*~*~*~

In the back of the house, Aster paused and looked around, trying to find any sign of Kunzite, or Zoisite since Kunzite had said �we� when he mentioned watching the house.

She wandered the yard for several moments, before she caught, on an errant breeze, the elusive scent that she had always associated with Kunzite. Ever since she could remember, he had always smelled like frankincense and morning glory flowers. She could never explain it, and she had never tried.

She turned in the direction of the breeze, a slight smile on her lips.

�Kunzitosama,� she called softly. �I wanted to apologize.�

�Why would Sailor Sol have reason to apologize to the head general of the Dark Kingdom?� his voice came drifting out of the tree closest to her. She knew there was a platform in the tree; she had used it many times to just sit and think.

�Sailor Sol isn�t apologizing to a general of the Dark Kingdom,� she said, walking up to the base of the tree. �I am apologizing to you. I should never have doubted that your wish was to comfort me. You could have taken me to the Dark Kingdom at any time before I acquired my powers, and you didn�t. You told me that you never intended to, and I should have remembered that.�

�You were distraught,� he said.

Aster heard movement above her, and then an energy field wove around her and lifted her into the branches of the tree.

Kunzite had made himself comfortable. He had created a cushion on the bare wooden platform, and a small brazier with a pot of tea over it. He had shaped one of the branches of the tree into a backrest, and he was leaning against it. The little moonlight that filtered through the trees made his hair seem to glow.

Aster had never thought him more handsome than at that moment.

She slowly took the two steps that separated them and held out her hand to him. He took the offer and tugged, indicating that he wanted her on his level.

She sank down to her knees, and allowed him to pull her into his lap.

�I do love you, Hoshiko,� he said, wrapping his arms around her. �Never doubt that, no matter what may happen. I must follow the orders my queen gives me, but that will never change or even diminish what I feel for you.�

�What about the day we are on opposite ends of a battle?� she asked plaintively, leaning her head against his chest. �What do we do, then? I can�t fight you. I�d sooner cut my own throat.�

�I will not fight you, saiai,� he promised. �You have many allies, though. Charon alone would probably be willing to cut my throat.�

�If you die, so will I,� she said. �There must be another answer.�

�Injure the other Tennou,� he suggested. �If the others become badly injured, Metalia will call us back. She is not a fool, like Beryl.�

�I could kill Beryl,� Aster said savagely. �I was in the Dark Kingdom while you were attacking Earth the last time. She decided that she couldn�t trust me, and she didn�t dare kill me. Her solution was to imprison me in a living crystal. I could have stood it except for one thing: she put me in a corner of her private chamber.�

She felt him stiffen, and she saw a movement out of the corner of her eye. She looked in that direction and saw Zoisite drop down from a higher branch, his green eyes glowing slightly in the dark.

�I do not remember seeing you,� he said.

�She kept me cloaked in shadow,� Aster explained. �I could see and hear everything, though. Worse, I couldn�t turn my head or close my eyes. I had to see everything. I saw her summon Jadeito, and Nephrito, and you, to her bed, and I saw what she did. I wanted to kill her every time. I got angrier every time it happened. I actually cracked the crystal the one time she summoned Zoisito, and then hurt him when he couldn�t perform for her.�

�I remember the aftermath,� Kunzite said, stroking her hair to calm her. She was unaware of it, but her anger was manifesting as a soft golden glow that could give their position away if Takara showed up. She calmed down and the glow faded. Kunzite�s hand slipped lower, to the small of her back.

�At least he didn�t have �Cinda,� Aster said. She turned her head slightly to look at Zoisite.

�I guess you don�t have to worry about me marrying him,� she said with a sad smile. �And I guess this means you don�t have to share.�

�Of course I do,� Zoisite said. �He loves you. Queen Metalia does not forbid us to come here, she only forbids us to be seen. Nephrite has been here many times.�

�I won�t ask why,� Aster said. �I feel better, now that I�ve apologized. I should get back before the others worry.�

�Call me when you have a free evening,� Kunzite whispered to her, his warm breath in her ear a promise all its own. �You know how.�

�Hai, Kunzitosama,� she breathed, shaking at the depth of the emotions he inspired in her.

His hands started roaming over her curves, caressing her and igniting sparks of pleasure where he touched.

Aster started getting giddy again. She didn�t pull away when he lowered his lips to hers again. She felt the hand on her back move down to cup her buttocks, and felt the other hand migrate towards one breast, to cup and gently knead the soft flesh until the nipple hardened into a point.

She actively encouraged both the kiss and the roaming hands. She pressed herself against him and opened her mouth, welcoming the invasion of his tongue. She actively sealed her mouth around his tongue, suckling on it as though it were the shaft that was already hard and throbbing against her thigh.

Knowing that the others were inside and that she did not date take too long, Aster slithered one hand between their bodies and stroked the bulge in Kunzite�s trousers. He moaned into her mouth and she felt the flesh under her fingers twitch. She moved her hand up and unfastened first the uniform tunic, and then the pants underneath it, so that she could free the hot, hard flesh.

She pulled away from Kunzite and wrapped her lips around the head before he could do more than halfheartedly protest. After that, the only vocalizations he made were more moans, and sounds of arousal. He wrapped his gloved hands into her hair and closed his eyes as she took as much of his organ as she could, and stroked the rest of the exposed shaft with her hands.

She could feel Zoisite�s eyes on her, and she wondered how he felt about this. She glanced to where he was kneeling, and she saw Zoisite staring at her, slackjawed and eyes wide, while she sucked on Kunzite.

It seemed like no time at all before she felt the twitching that meant orgasm was imminent. She tightened her hands a bit and sucked harder. She felt his hands tighten in her hair, painfully, and then he climaxed with a muffled oath.

She made every effort to swallow his seed, but some of it slid out of her mouth and down his shaft. When she was done swallowing, she licked him clean before she tucked his softened shaft back into his pants.

Kunzite pulled her up for another passionate kiss, tasting himself in her mouth. He tightened his grip on her with one arm, and used the free hand to undo her pants and slip them off of her hips. He banished his gloves, and slipped his hand between her thighs. He was not surprised to find her underwear soaked with her arousal, and her nether lips nearly dripping.

He slid his fingers into her folds and found her clitoris almost immediately. She moaned into his mouth as he massaged it firmly. He kept his mouth covering hers, muffling her moans, and the cry that escaped her lips as she climaxed, surging into his hand. Zoisite came closer and leaned up against Kunzite, and then reached out and stroked Aster�s cheek. Kunzite held her as she calmed from the overload. Her breathing returned to normal, and the perspiration from their exertions dried on both of them.

�You should go, Hoshiko,� Zoisite said. �We�ll keep watch for now.�

�You�re right,� Aster said. �I have a date tonight, courtesy of the Moon Princess and Sailor Uranus. Kishi Pluto has been ordered to show me a good time tonight.� She refastened her pants, kissed Kunzite one more time, kissed Zoisite for good measure, and then she climbed out of the tree and returned to the house, where Takagi was waiting.

TBC

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kishi � knight

nikkou � sunlight, Takagi�s pet name for Aster from several lives, starting in the Silver Millennium

bara � rose, in the Silver Millennium, Sailor Sol and Sailor Pluto played together as children, and had pet names for one another. Pluto�s name for Sol was kochou � butterfly

hoshiko � starchild, the nickname the Shitennou gave Aster in childhood
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