Ganymede kicked the scorpion off himself and rolled to his feet, just in time to see Soul use her ultimate attack. He was too far away to stop her, and he could only watch as she dragged the rest of the monsters into the underworld. Ganymede was instantly by her side when she fell to the ground.

"You didn't have to do that..." he said, helping her back up. "We could have handled it." He hated seeing her like this, so weakened.

Feeling sore and guilty now, Kazaki forced herself to her feet. The pain of hitting the tree was already fading anyway. "Shouldn't have let my guard down..." she said. And now Les knew her secret. What were they going to do now?

"I'm fine," she mumbled, leaning against Ganymede, trusting him to keep her upright. "Civilian was here, it was too great of a risk." She looked at Les and Kazaki. Her secret was out, so the rest of theirs was good as gone with her as well. This wasn't good, for any of them, but what could they do? They had to at least talk to her and explain things to her. Hopefully she would keep quiet. Could they really take that risk?

"I think we should perhaps go someplace more private and talk."

"Fine," Kazaki said. "Since it's my fault we're in this mess, let's just go to the garage." She glanced at Les, happy that she wasn't injured in the fight, at least. 

"You're not going anywhere until I heal you," Europa said, before holding her scythe out towards Kazaki. A beam of sunlight intensified and fell on her like a spotlight, soothing her injuries. "Now we can leave."

Les was in awe as the one that was called Europa used her weapon to heal Kazaki. That was so amazing! She wondered what else they could do. The group moved into the forest a bit, Les following closely behind. 

"The garage isn't too far," Soul said thinking out loud. She didn't want to risk them dropping their transformations while with Les in public, just in case she made a scene. Closing her eyes, she quickly reached out to several friendly spirits she knew was in the area. Still weak from using Soul Reaper, using a few spirits to help her, she was able to teleport the group to the middle of Kazaki's garage. 

When they arrived, she quickly returned the power, unable to hold it any longer. She leaned on her staff heavily as her transformation flickered around her, dissolving due to lack of energy. Her staff began to fade as well, as she lacked the strength to keep it summoned.

Ganymede dropped his own transformation and moved to catch Sailor Soul before she could fall.

"Okay, I think you've done enough for today..." Yuuta said, helping her move to sit down somewhere. The last thing she needed to do was pass out. After a moment of thought, he took of his varsity jacket and draped it around her shoulders to keep her warm. Europa and Callisto were dropping their transformations as well, and Kazaki closed the garage door to give them more privacy.

Kumo sat on a nearby couch next to her older cousin, and struggled to not nod off, eyes half closed as she leaned on Fuyuko. Yuuta stood next to where Amina sat, making sure she was alright

As soon as she felt secure, Kazaki turned to face Les, unsure how to begin. 

"Well...you kind of know our secret now," she said. "All of our secrets." And it was her own fault, but she'd make up for that later. "But as long as you don't tell anyone else about this, it'll be okay. Do you understand?"

Amina smiled gratefully at Yuuta as he helped her sit, stopping her from crashing to the floor. She grabbed his hand as she waited nervously for Les's reaction. She knew there was no way that Les wouldn't recognize her as her English teacher or Yuuta as a student at the school. Would they be forced to separate?

Les couldn't help but stare at the group, aware that she was slightly slack jawed. She was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that the very girl that she had come to save had gotten injured because of her. Not only that, but two of the senshi's were students at her school! The youngest one she didn't recognize, but she seemed close to the one girl...what was her name...Fuyuko? 

Looking at the final member, she recognized her as her English teacher. It didn't escape her notice that she was holding the guys hand...Yuuta was his name is she remembered correctly, or how he had taken care of her. Even now he was standing close to her almost defensively. Were they together, like romantically together? Somehow it seemed to fit. 

Her attention was brought back from her musings when Kazaki asked her a question. If she ever told anyone about any of this, if they even believed her, she could ruin many lives. 

"I understand," she said, facing Kazaki, smiling. Their secret was safe with her. Besides, she had her own secrets and she knew how important keeping things like that under-wraps was.

Kazaki blinked in surprised. She just accepted it all so easily? No staring or screaming or fainting, or trying to call the police? Well this wasn't expected....

"You...you don't have any questions at all? This is all just completely fine with you?" Kazaki asked Les. Talk about not being phased.

"Oh, I have about a million questions actually!" Les said. Now that someone had asked her about it, she began to vibrate with barely suppressed excitement. There was so much she wanted to KNOW. 

"I just kinda go the impression that you guys only told me because you felt like you had no other choice," Les frowned, trying to get her thoughts in order. "I feel like this is the kind thing you should share with someone because you want to, not because you have to. Besides...you're not the only one with secrets." At the mention of secrets, Les's demeanor changed, becoming slightly more defensive, curling in on herself. It was a stark contrast to the happy, excited girl she had been moments before.

"Well, we couldn't exactly pretend you didn't see anything, so we might as well tell you the whole thing...." Kazaki said. She noticed the change in Les when she mentioned her own secrets, and wondered what she was hiding, but decided not to push it. Maybe she would talk more after hearing their secrets?

"Just ask away and we'll answer."

Les was silent for a moment as she tried to formulate her thoughts. Buzzing with energy, she sorted through her questions, trying to find the important ones or combining smaller ones into one question. She knew that there were warriors like these guys in Tokyo...senshi, she believed the word was. "Are you guys connected to the senshi in Tokyo in anyway?"

"Er, we sort of are..." Kazaki said, scratching her cheek. "More like a spin off group. We're the Galilean Moon senshi, and we protect Sapporo from anything out of the ordinary. We're Sailor Jupiter's old guards, but we pretty much just stay here."

"You're Jupi's old guard, I'm not," Amina corrected gently. She didn't have a past like they did or a planet as far as she knew. Seeing Les's question her face, she continued. 

"I don't have a past like they do that connects me to a main senshi; the ones you see in Tokyo. I'm a solo senishi...well, was at any rate."

"What's all this talking about? I don't remember us having a meeting today..." a male voice said from the metal staircase leading to Kazaki's loft. Percy walked down the stairs, and paused at the sight of Les. The cat's eyes widened, and he froze on a step. Kazaki cursed, having forgotten all about Percy being there at all.

"...Meow?" Percy tried his best to sound like a regular cat, the mark on his forehead aside.

"I...I...." Les stood there flabbergasted. "You have a talking cat?" she whirled around to face Kazaki once her brain caught up enough to process what she had just seen. Without waiting for an answer, she walked over to the cat, and knelt down before him. How cool was this, they had magical powers, fought evil bad guys AND had a talking cat? 

"My name's Les, what's yours Mr. Kitty?"

The cat's ears folded down in distress as Les came closer, crouching in place.

"It's fine, she knows about us..." Kazaki said, walking over to them. She scooped Percy up in her arms, much to his annoyance. 

"I'm not a stuffed animal here!" He said, before squirming out of her grip. He landed on his paws and looked up at Les, studying her. "Hm...that's the first time someone called me Mr. Kitty." He grinned. "I like that kind of respect. My name's Perseus, guardian of the Galilean Moon senshi." He gave a short bow. 

"Pfft, respect..." Yuuta said. "Well maybe if you were bigger than the average house pet..."

"Don't get him started," Amina chastised Yuuta. Last thing she needed right now was for Percy to start shifting into a larger cat and freaking Les out. Speaking of, she wondered what the other girl meant when she said she had secrets. Does she have an ability like my empathy? She wondered. She debated contacting a spirit and seeing. Just let her tell you in her own time, it would be a huge invasion of privacy. 

Percy stuck his tongue out at Yuuta, earning an unimpressed snort as a response. "Don't forget it was me who taught you four to fight in the first place," he said, before he rubbed his head against Les's knee, purring.

"So what brought you into our little group?" he asked.

Les smiled as she absentmindedly scratched Percy on the head as he continued to purr, his question finally bringing her back into the moment. 

"Oh, umm, well, I kindacametosaveKazaki," she said in a rush, a blush staining her cheeks.

"Save her?" Percy looked back at Kazaki, puzzled. "Was she in trouble or something?"

"W-what?" Kazaki was stunned by Les's admission, trying not to blush as well. Was that why she showed up at the park? But how did she know they were even fighting there in the first place?

"Well, there were creatures attacking you guys," she said, trying to avoid having to tell them about..everything. She looked down, trying to keep herself under control

They're probably the only people in the world who would understand and accept you.  

"So you....saw us at the park and decided to help?" Kazaki asked. That was the first time a civilian had bothered to step into a senshi fight. Most just ran away for their own safety.

"This group was pretty big...." Yuuta said. "It seems like every time we go out to fight, even more youma show up."

"Well that's concerning," Percy said. "I still have no idea what triggering this, but we need to get to the bottom of it quickly before we're overwhelmed."

As Les answered Kazaki's questions, Amina couldn't help but feel as if something was off. Closing her eyes, she lowered her shields a smidgen, stretching her empathic abilities towards Les in an attempt to focus on her emotions and not everyone elses'.

Nervous. Fear. Shame. Guilt. 


What was she hiding from them? She doubted it would be something that would put the senshi at risk - the guilt had been directed inwards, not outwards as if she was feeling guilty about tricking them - but that still left the question: what was she hiding? 

She wanted to signal the others, but didn't want to make it obvious. Besides, this was the first time she had ever seen Kazaki interested in someone like this, and she didn't want to ruin it, especially if it turned out to be nothing. 

I'll watch and wait, that's all I can do.






"Yes?" She prayed that it didn't sound like a question to Kazaki like it did for her. Why was she having such a hard time hiding this from the other girl? She had no problems from anyone else, lies rolling off her tongue as easy and natural as breathing. 

What is it about you that's so special? Why am I risking myself like this?

"Uh...thanks, I guess..." Kazaki said, accepting her excuse. To think that only a short while ago, she had saved Les from Yami,and now the tables were turned. There went her reputation as the tough one... "So, uh...how about I take you back home? I mean, in case another monster decides to appear." She wasn't interested in where Les lived at all. No, just worried about her safety.

"That would be great!" she exclaimed, smiling. She attempted to ignore her teacher who was carefully watching her. Does she suspect anything? As much as she wanted to tell them, Les was still scared. 

"It's a bit of a long walk though from here, are you sure you're okay with that?"

Kazaki scratched the back of her head. "Well, I wasn't really planning on walking at all." She walked over to the motorcycle parked in the corner of the garage. "Are you okay with me giving you a ride over there?" Kazaki asked, picking up a spare helmet. 

Percy almost couldn't believe his eyes. He'd never seen Kazaki offer someone a bike ride like that before. She treated that thing like it was her precious child. "She really is head over heels..." he said to himself.

"You have a bike?" Les asked, walking over to it. She didn't know much about them, but it looked really cool and she was honestly impressed that the other girl rode. She wondered how many people at school knew about this. 

Behind her, she could hear her teacher snort behind her at something that cat, seriously the cat talked!, had said. She ignored it in favour of looking over the bike. 

"You're full of all sorts of secrets. Anything else I should know about?" she asked jokingly.

Kazaki was pleased to know that Les was alright with her motorcycle, but she wasn't quite sure how to react after her next comment.

"I don't really consider my bike a secret..." Kazaki said with a hint of pride. "But I think you've figured out my biggest one so far." She handed the other girl a helmet, and pushed the bike towards the driveway before sitting down to ride. Hopefully, Les would be okay with riding behind her...

Les smiled, putting on the helmet as she gave the other girl her address. She couldn't help but wonder what her parents would think when they saw her riding up on a motorcycle.

Kazaki did her best to not focus on Les being directly behind her as she drove, noting the area her house was in. This was definitely an upper class part of Sapporo, closer to where Yuuta's family lived. Did that mean that Les was from some kind of important family? Should she even ask? She didn't want to push her to talk about stuff she wasn't comfortable with...

Kazaki slowed the motorcycle down when they turned onto Les's street, and came to an easy stop in front of one of the houses. 

"Is this the place?" she asked, helmet still on as she kicked the stand down.

"Yah, it is. Thank you for the ride," Les said as she dismounted. She held out the helmet, returning it to its rightful owner. There was still so much she wanted to say, so much she wanted to ask. There was a feeling of hesitation to be parted from this girl that Les had never felt before. 

"So I'll see you at school tomorrow?" She wanted to smack herself. That wasn't what she had wanted to say at all!