Time To Be Awaken (Leo, Youma, Open)

[Eliska]

Huh. It was a good thing Eliska saw every single event that transpired in this little music shop. Now he knew that the Musica pair was on this planet, and he knew who they were. Their names weren't known to him, but he had their faces and that was all that mattered. With a malicious smirk that was out of place on his cute face and his harp, Eli snuck closer to the exit, but not before seeing that dreadful Sailor Cassiel. He remembered terrible stories about her previous incarnation. Eliska would relish being able to enact revenge on her, her knight and her planet! But for the other two...back when Eliska was a child, they would hide before transforming, in places where no-one would see them. Eli ran past the action, deftly dodging the minions of the pawns and the eyes of the senshi and out into the street. He skipped back home, hapy about two things. First, Nine would have her new harp. Second, the Musica Senshi and her Knight. Wait until Kata heard about this.

[Mercy Castillo]

Mercy turned to look at the other Senshi and scowled, placing a hand on her hip. "Jeez, weren't you listening girlie? I'm Sailor Cassiel, I already said that! I didn't make that great speech for nothing you know!" And it had been pretty good if she said so herself. She had been spending hours watching anime and trying to find cool things to say, it was harder than it looked to spout out a heroic sounding motto in the heat of the battle!

"Who are you?" she fired back. "I mean a trumpet? As a weapon? Seriously?" Laaaaameeeee. Unless you played it really badly like this monster seemed compelled to do, Mercy couldn't see how it was a good weapon. Now swords, like hers, that was a good weapon and she drew Slayer and Blood Biter as it occured to her. Probably not good weapons for close quarters in a store full of breakable things, but whatever. That was why you had insurance. "Look, we need to get that floaty thingy and do something with it," she said wisely. In all the video games if something was shiny and floaty you had to grab it and do something with it. Video games had never lied to her before and Mercy didn't see why they woud start now.

Before she could hand out any more orders though the stupid monster attacked again. Her notes turned into monsters and started soaring at Mercy. Well, she wasn't about to dodge, that would be sissy, so she flicked her blades up and tried to chop through them. It worked on the first few, but others got past her defenses and sank their little teeth into the exposed skin of her arm. "OW!" Mercy dropped Slayer to pluck the little monsters off. "You are so going to pay! Cassiel Blade Dance Strike!"

[Monster of the Day]

The Violent Violinist stomped her foot. "Stop that! Don't you know it's rude to talk while the musician is playing?" she snapped. Children these days! She blamed that hippity hop music! They all should be worshiping the ground she walked on and instead they played horrible instruments like trumpets and yelled while waving swords around. Barbarians!

She started playing again and her sound waves exploded smashing into the light from the two Senshi and spreading outwards. She hoped it worked because their attacks had drilled into her, sending her slamming into the cabinet.

For a moment she laid there, looking at the sky, and then she was gone, melting into a black Pawn piece with a final quavering musical note.

[Kimiko Utau]

Kimiko made an angry expression as she heard the girl's answer to her question. She might have owed her for coming to help her, but she didn't like her attitude at all. "Well, duh, but what exactly is Sailor Cassiel? What's your thing?", she answered her with a question. Sure she heard the girl's silly little speech, but she wasn't able to understand it at all. Soldier of Battle? Really? What was the meaning of all that?!

Then, it was Cassiel's turn to ask her who is she, a question which made the brunette very confused. Until today she knew she was Kimiko Utau, a girl who lives in Tokyo and is a musician, but now... "I don't really know... But, I think... Sailor Israfel..." Then, the girl moved to mocking her weapon. The newly born Senshi's dislike of her just grew bigger and bigger. If you come to aid, you better at least have some manners! "Hey, I didn't choose it, okay? I didn't want any of that to happen to me", she said rather angrily. "Okay...", she said slowly as she was listening to Cassiel's explanation. That floaty thing that the monster was holding, they had to get it back... "But, what would we do with it?", she asked her. That Cassiel girl seemed to be into the Senshi business much longer than she have, she probably knew better. Though Kimiko was able to see when the monster got it out of Kazu's father, so maybe it had something to do with him?...

"Okay, let's do this". The other girl might have been kind of annoying, but now there was no choice - they had to work together, somehow, if they didn't want the monster to attack everyone in the store. Besides, it was a dream, so not like she was ever going to see her again right? She didn't really know what she was doing but... "Soprano Melodia!", she called and started to sing, sending a beam of burgundy hued light towards the monster, which got hurt from both her and Cassiel's attacks and turned into a little chess piece. Okay, what the hell, but since it was a dream she wasn't going to look for much sense in it.

After the monster have been defeated, Kimiko closed her eyes, waiting for the moment she would wake up from her dream in her bed. Then she would take her guitar, and maybe write a song about the dream she had... Or she'd have breakfast and pretend to be going to school, while she'll actually be going somewhere else. Just like any other day.

But as she opened her eyes, she was still there, in the ruined store, wearing that funny outfit, and that Cassiel girl looking at her.She was shocked. "So... It wasn't a dream?..."

[Mercy Castillo]

Mercy scowled at the older girl. Who did she think she was, getting all uppity? She looked like she had been a Senshi for all of five minutes and even if this was only Mercy's third time transforming and second time against an actual monster, she knew all about being an Astra from her mom. This girl ought to be jumping up and down, bowing at Mercy's feet, and begging to learn more, not being a smart mouth who needed a good butt kicking! "I'm the Solider of Battle, the best Astra Senshi there is."

She nodded. "Oh yeah. You're that music chick." She was pretty sure her mom had mentioned that, although to be honest Mercy was having a horrible time keeping track. There were like, a zillion of them and they all had funny names that didn't make any sense at all.

"Get used to it," Mercy said bluntly, sheathing her knife and sword, then walking over towards the guy with the card sticking out of him. What, did you just shove it back in? That seemed like as good of an option as anything. "You don't get to choose it, it chooses you," she tapped her brooch and the red and gold Cassiel crystal displayed inside to prove her point.

"No idea," she said breezily. When she reached out to touch the Card its warmth radiated on her hands. Weird, but cool. It turned out she didn't even actually have to put her hands on it, just guide it down and watch it sink back into his chest. He started breathing more deeply and Mercy stood back, now she just had to deal with Israfel, who for some reason was standing with her eyes closed like a dolt.

Finally she opened them, Mercy rolled her eyes and propped her hands on her hips. "Are you quite done then?" she asked. "Of course it wasn't a dream! You're a Senshi, I'm a Senshi, and that," she nodded at the pawn, "Is what's left of a Court monster."

[Kimiko Utau]

Kimiko stopped to wonder about the meaning of the words that came out of Sailor Cassiel's mouth. Senshi of Battle, huh?... The freakish voice from before did call her Senshi of Music... "Wait, that means we're on the same side?", she asked her, unsure. In the last few minutes way too much was happening to her, and the brunette was still not used to it. Really, really not used to it, whatever it was.

Her eyes were opened wide as she heard the girl's replay to her words. "What do you mean by that? So you know me from before?", she asked, surprised. This day couldn't get any worse. First this stupid harp boy, then the monster that was attacking her and Leo, later the stupid voice that was talking to her out of no where and now a snobby little girl appears, and apparently she knew who she was, too. Great, just great. This dream was starting to look more and more like a nightmare. "How comes you know me? Were you following me? How long were you following me?", she asked the Cassiel girl, rather angrily.

How the other Senshi told her to get used to it really didn't make her calm down. Kimiko felt how her temper rises way up in the sky with every second that went by. Oh, how poor Sailor Cassiel didn't want to be near her right now. "Get used to it? It chooses me? What is this 'it' anyway? What the hell is going on here?!", she called, upset.

The newly born Senshi watched as Cassiel managed to get the shiny little card thing back into Kazu's father. Well, at least this man was going to be alright. Now she had one less reason to worry. All she had to do was to figure out WHAT ON EARTH WAS JUST HAPPENING IN THIS PLACE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

That battle girl seemed to like talking, because she just kept bubbling and bubbling none stop. But still, Kimiko tried to listen to every word that she said, trying to realize every single detail. It wasn't a dream. This crazy battle with the monster, the shining light, this costume, it was all real. Kimiko looked at herself more closely - she still hadn't had the chance to exterminate her new self until now. It all seemed so weird... How could this thing be happening to her? And why her, out of all people?... So many questions remained unsolved in her mind... She needed to get some answers but, where could she find them?...

"Wait wait wait, hold on a second", she stopped the other girl. "Sailor Moon is a Senshi. Sailor V is a Senshi. You may be a Senshi. But I'm not! There must be some sort of a mistake here, I'm just a regular girl". It was just too crazy to be real! Unless she was a part of an oddish shojo series, but Kimiko doubted her life was a shojo series. She was far too much of a tomboy for that, anyway. "Wait, a Court member? What Court?", she asked when Cassiel mentioned the unfamiliar name. She sighed. There was so much she needed to know... Maybe this girl could teach her? That is, if she'll stop being so annoying...

[Mercy Castillo]

Mercy shrugged. "I guess so. We're both Astra Senshi, so that's something. You're the first one I've found so far." Stupid Litis Knight, he was so completely late! Mercy was raring and ready to go, but he wasn't here! She was supposed to do this stuff with the knight, but he couldn't be bothered to get his butt over here. How inconsiderate of him!

She rolled her eyes. "No, don't be stupid. We're Astras, we're not the first ones. There were lots of Sailor Cassiels and Sailor Israfels before us. Everyone from the system knows about the others." She paused to think and tapped her fingers against her sword's hilt. "I guess if there are two of us here, more will be around too." Something was making them come back and Mercy thought it must be these Court things. Her mom swore something was happening, that a battle was coming, but she didn't know what. Stupid prophetic dreams that just gave you a feeling seemed pretty pointless to Mercy, but she didn't say so aloud.

Mercy rolled her eyes again. God, this girl was a DRAMA QUEEN. You'd think she was the Senshi of Drama. Maybe Mercy had messed up her facts and this wasn't music? "I don't know how it works for you," she said testily. "The Cassiel crystal picked me." She pointed to the crystal on her brooch. "So I'm the new Sailor Cassiel." Sheesh, it was awesome, not something to complain about.

"You are now," Mercy informed her cheerfully. "Better get used to the idea music girlie." Yes, Kimiko was a good deal older than her, but Mercy was still going to fall her girlie and she was going to like it. Or not. Mercy didn't care much either way, it wasn't going to stop her. "Yeah well, we were all regular girls til we became Senshi," she said unsympathetically. "It's not like you grew an extra head or something." That was Mercy for you, oh so helpful during an emotional crisis. "They're the bad guys, I probably shouldn't tell you but they killed all the Astras before. So yeah, if you see one you might want to kill them like we did with this nutter." She was also great at introducing scary concepts slowly.

[Kimiko Utau]

Kimiko felt slightly relived when she heard they were probably on the same side. Okay, so true, this girl has been a bit annoying since she appeared here, but at least she was an ally, or could be thought as one. At least she wasn't like that freakish monster who decided to attack her all out of a sudden. "The first one? So... There are more?", she asked, confused. She still had nearly no idea what was going on there. This girl might have been a pain in the behind, but she seemed to know things, and Kimiko could surely use that knowledge.

She listened carefully, trying to understand all that new information that Sailor Cassiel was giving to her. So, not only they were something that's called Astra Senshi (she still wasn't completely sure what was the proper meaning of the term, but whatever), apparently there were more before her. "So, it's like... There were many Sailor Israfels before me?", she asked. She grinned as the girl kept talking, saying that everyone from that faraway system knew about the existence of these Astra Senshi, whatever they were. "Everyone from that system maybe, but I'm not from there. I was born on Earth, what does this hole thing have to do with me anyway?" So much had happened to her today, Kimiko felt a bit dizzy, hearing all this new information. She wasn't used to gather so much data, even in the few times she went to school she didn't really listen. But it seems like this time she'll have to, because the things the annoying girl was saying were much more important than any class that was taught at school.

"More Astra Senshi, huh?", she asked as Cassiel said there may be more. If there were more, it could be nice. she could ask them about this hole thing, gather more information, get to know better about this hole crazy thing without having to get near Cassiel too much. But until the other girls would reveal themselves, seems like she was stuck with her. Well, it could have been worse. At least Cassiel isn't that odd child who was asking for harps. Eww. Now that was creepy.

When Sailor Cassiel said the crystal chose her, the brunette remembered the words of the weird voice that was coming out of the burgundy guitar pick that she chose together with Leo. The voice said she was a chosen senshi, that her role was to protect the planet Musica and the entire Astra System... "So... Could it be... That this had chosen me?", she asked, far less angrily then before, showing the other girl the guitar pick that had caused all of that. "But, why?". Don't get her wrong, the hole story about the Astra System sounded nice, it really did, but why was she chosen for the role among all the girls? What is her connection to this story? There was something going on here, she could tell now for sure, something that would change her life... But she had no idea what could that something be.

"Hey, don't call me girlie, girlie! I am much older than you, you better show some respect!", the brunette called, annoyed. Seriously, for a little girl, Sailor Cassiel was rather cheeky! Perhaps she was the Senshi of Cheek. Or Something. Kimiko wanted to tell her something in return, something that would make her unable to speak again, but she just couldn't. As much as she didn't like to admit it, this girl seemed to be right. Even though she didn't want to believe it was happening, the reality was way more fascinating than any imagination, it seemed. She sighed. "Look, I'm sorry for being angry. It's just... I've been going through a lot today", she eventually said. If Cassiel was truly a Senshi as she seemed to be so proud of, she'll understand.

So, not only they were Sailor Senshi, there were some bad guys too who were planning to take over the Earth, and they had to stop them. Was her life a shojo series, or what? "They don't sound too nice", she said when Cassiel explained that the Court killed all of the previous Astra Senshi. Starting to get used to the idea she was one herself, Kimiko didn't want to be killed, no thank you. If anyone wants to kill her, she'll try to kill him first. "thanks for the advice... I suppose", she answered. At least next time a monster would attack, she'll know what was the idea behind it. That was something too, right?

"If we have enemies to defeat, maybe we shouldn't fight all the time", she suggested to Cassiel maturely. She didn't remember who started this, but it didn't matter either. She had the feeling it wouldn't be beneficial for them to fight if they were allies. Kimiko wasn't sure yet what was her opinion about the Cassiel girl, but seems like she had plenty of time to figure out.

[Mercy Castillo]

Mercy grinned. "We've got a whole system full of us, there ought to be tons of us running around." Unless they were back at the Astra System. Unless they were already dead. Unless, unless, unless, but Mercy didn't like dealing with unlesses. She preferred shades of black and white which meant the others were out there and she just had to find them. After all, it can't have been a coincidence that her family moved to Tokyo just before those monsters showed up. They would find their way here or Mercy would find them and drag them kicking and screaming.

She nodded. "Yeah as far as I know. I don't know how far back, but we're just one in a looong line." On one hand it was kind of cool, she was automatically part of a legacy. On the other it meant that she was going to be measured up to those former Cassiels. It was worse than being compared to her sister, that was for sure. She rolled her eyes. "Do I look like an alien? I was born on Earth too. One of your parents must be from Musica or something." What did she look like, a geneticist? She answered questions about killing things, not genes!

Mercy just shrugged. "I guess so. Something had to. I don't know the specifics for any planet but mine, they're all different." And she didn't really care to learn all the details either. Let some bookish Senshi handle that. She just had to find one. Music wasn't really helpful, but maybe Mercy would put her on book searching, because she sure wasn't going to do it!

She started to tap her sword hilt again. "I'll call you whatever I want to Girlie. I'm the one with Senshi experience, so it doesn't matter if you're older, I can still kick your butt." And being the Senshi of Battle, Mercy was sure she couldn't lose anyway. So there!

Mercy snorted. "This is just the beginning." Actually she couldn't wait to get going with this, she wanted more action, more adventure! She needed to do something, that battle had been way too quick and she was feeling restless again. Worse, maybe because she was transformed?

"That's why they're bad." Didn't this girl read comics and watch TV? She would know what she was doing if she did! That was what Mercy was using as a reference, just as much as her mom's training. "You started the fighting," Mercy said rolling her eyes.

[Kimiko Utau]

"Hopefully they'll be found quickly", she answered when Cassiel said there are many more Astra System hanging around here. That way, she wouldn't have to depend on the annoying one here, which seemed to be really cheeky despite the fact she was younger and shorter too. Everyone knew that taller was better. It was a rule of life, especially in the neighborhood where Kimiko grew. Luckily she has always been tall. Also, it might be easier to understand what the hell is going on if more of those Astra Senshi (that's how you say it, right?) would be found.

She remained silent for a little while, trying to understand the words she just said. So many new things that she learned about herself just now... She was Sailor Israfel, Astra Senshi of Music and defender of a planet named Musica. Not only that, there were also many Sailor Israfels before her, she was just one in a very long line of these. And above all, one of her parents was an alien, from that very planet she was meant to protect! She had to admit that if someone would have told her that only a few hours ago, she would say that person is completely crazy. Seriously, it sounded as if it was taken from a science fiction movie or something, too wild to be true! Even as a dream it didn't make sense at all to the brunette! But apparently it was the truth... Coming to think about it, mama never really mentioned anything about her family... When Kimiko comes back home, a surprise was looking for her.

The brunette grinned. No, she didn't look like an alien, but no one said how aliens should be looking like. Her mother might have been one too, and she didn't even know because she looked completely human. "How comes you're an Astra Senshi, then? Is one of your parents from Cassiel or something?", she asked the other Senshi, but this time not in an offending tone, but out of real curiosity. Since there seemed to be no way to run away from that fate of hers, or whatever it was, she better know more about it.

"all the planets are different... So, for each Senshi fate comes in another way, huh?", she asked while examining her guitar pick more closely. Why was it that her fate had to come in such a dumb way?! was she Senshi of Surprise or something? And it also made her wonder about the other Senshi here... "And how did your fate meet you? How did you become Sailor Cassiel?", she asked her, curious. Did that crystal she was mentioning before start to talk to her as well? The newly born Senshi still haven't recovered from that "conversation" with her transformation item, if it can be called a "conversation" anyway. It was so odd... But it was thanks to that odd conversation that she was able to save everyone. okay, maybe it was thanks to Cassiel too. But you will never hear her admitting that out loud!

Sailor Israfel made her hands into two furious fists as the girl started to yell at her. "Oh, I'd like to see you try!", she answered her, upset. Did that child had no respect for older ones, at all? True, she was the Battle Senshi and Music may not be as strong when used in a battle, but even if so, Kimiko has always been one of the strongest children in her neighborhood! She was able to beat even some of the boys, even those who were older than her, and that even without wearing that funny outfit! In other words, Cassiel had reasons to be afraid.

"Seems like it", she approved when the other girl said it was just the beginning. The beginning of something crazy that she had never even dreamed of. The beginning of something big, that even though she still didn't fully understand, she knew it would change her life forever. And she still had so much to learn... But luckily it was just the beginning, so she still had time to do that, right?

"I still don't fully understand", she said, "But if this 'Court' gang is going to try to kill me, that's too bad for them". Too bad, because Kimiko would try to kill them first. The brunette had no intention in dying anytime soon, thankyouverymuch, so no one should get in her way! "Yes you did. When I asked you who are you you started to get all puffy", she explained to Cassiel. Before she kills the Court, this girl might be first, if she'll keep being so annoying! But just as her temper was about to rise up again, she took a deep breath. This isn't going to help any of them, especially if they had a common enemy. "But I am willing to forget the past and start anew. After all, we're from the same System, you said so yourself", Kimiko said and offered her hand. "So, are you with me in this?".

[Mercy Castillo]

"Yeah we'll see," she shrugged. She really wanted to find her Knight, she needed someone who could keep up with her in a fight and she suspected only someone from Litis was going to be good enough. It might be nice to have a Senshi who was her age and could fight too, but Mercy wasn't counting on it. Most of the Astras sounded like they had lame powers, except maybe Revenge, Degeneration, and Hunt. Besides if they were all as old as Kimiko, well that wouldn't be any fun at all!

Mercy nodded. "Litis," she corrected. "We're named after the moon, the knight is named after the planet. Moons are so much cooler though, but my mom is from Litis. I guess one of your parents probably is too or something." She wondered if she was going to be expected to go back to Litis someday, when this was all over. She wasn't sure, on one hand a planet full of people who were like her would be cool, but she would miss Earth.

She shrugged again. "I guess so. My henshin item just showed up one day. I have no idea where it was before, it's been like, fifteen years since the Court killed the last Sailor Cassiel. Just hanging around in space or something." Mercy wasn't too fussed. She had it now and she wanted to fight the Court dang it. She was going to get revenge for killing the last Cassiel and just for them being generally bad.

Mercy glowered at her and flicked Blood Biter out of its sheathe on her thigh. "You know what? You want to figure this out yourself?" She was short, but that didn't stop the look on her face. She was used to dealing with people older, bigger, and who thought they were better than her. Clue? They weren't and Sailor Cassiels didn't play nice.

"Well that's why they're our enemies," she said, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. This girl was a little slow on the uptake, wasn't she? Sheesh. "Allies," she said taking the offered hand. Yeah she would like someone who seemed a bit more together, but Israfel looked like the best she was going to find so far and it might be nice to have another Senshi to watch her back. Even the Soldier of Battle didn't have eyes on the back of her head.

[Kimiko Utau]

Kimiko listened as Cassiel explained that the Senshi were named after the moon. "Well, it does sound like it makes sense. After all, Sailor Moon is named after the moon as well", she said. Sometimes she wondered why was Sailor Moon named after the moon, and where the heck was Sailor Earth. She thought it was rather weird. But now that she knew the explanation, it seemed like it was a rather normal thing. As the girl kept talking, new details were discovered to Kimiko, details she didn't know before. "Wait, so... I'm from the moon of the planet Musica, called Israfel... And I have a... Musica Knight?", she said, trying to get used to all the complicated names. Musica Knight, huh? Having him could be nice. He would be a boy of course, which made it much easier for her to get along with him, and he would be a musician too... Sailor Israfel couldn't wait to meet him, wherever he was. Hopefully he will come here quickly, so she wouldn't have to stand Cassiel for too long!

"Hmm... Pretty much like mine", she said after a few minutes of thinking. The odd guitar pick just was here in the store, Kimiko had no idea it'll arrive to her... But, once she saw it, she did choose it, out of all the other guitar picks that were in the store, and there were quite a lot... Could it be... That her choice was destined by fate? "Wow, so long?", she asked, surprised. Fifteen years since the previous Astra Senshi (and apparently, the Astra Knights too) were killed... Fifteen years ago, Kimiko was only two years old. "What took them so long?", she asked. Though, if she was a henshin item who had to find a next Senshi who fled to Earth, it would probably not have been easy. Bleh, "if she was a henshin item", what on Earth was she thinking about? The events of today made her completely loopy!

Kimiko stepped forward, overshadowing the much shorter Sailor Cassiel. "I just want you to stop being such an annoying little brat! I'm not this Court you're talking about, I've done nothing to you, so cut it out, okay?", she said in return. One good thing about her parents was that they did not give her a little sister. If they would, the brunette would probably hate her so much... She wasn't good with little children, they always made her angry. Though, now she seemed to be stuck with that Cassiel girl... Ugh. Could someone please remind her, again, why did she deserve this Astra punishment?

As Cassiel shook her hand, Israfel's face formed into a grin. "Glad to have your agreement, for a change", she told her while shaking her hand in return. Even though it didn't seem like it, Kimiko didn't like to fight. When needed to, she surely had no problem to do it, and she was even going to win, but if possible, she tried to stay away from it. too bad usually it wasn't possible. "Okay, so what is the first thing we're going to do as allies?". She still had to get used to being a Senshi, as well as to thinking about the annoying girl as her ally, but as she knew from the guitar lessons she had taken when she was little, it's all a matter of practice.

[Mercy Castillo]

Oh yeah, true. Mercy had always just assumed Sailor Moon was some kind of freak. She had known who she was, but not really followed her all that closely. She was a little too girly and sparkly for Mercy's taste. Thank goodness she was a tough Senshi and not of some lame thing. She would never have heard the end of that. "I guess so. But not necessarily from the moon, only some of them can actually be lived on. Like my mom came from the planet, not Cassiel. And we all have a knight, we're teams." Which was nice if you had someone you could depend on, gave you someone to watch your back. Mercy just hoped he would listen to her instructions.

"If you say so," she shrugged. "They just do it their way I guess." It was kind of cool to think about, but not really essential. As long as her crystal kept working she was good. She did wonder about the whole broken thing sometimes, but not enough to try to research it. Research and Mercy did not get along. Not at all.

"Weird thing is that it took the Court so long to find us here," Mercy said. "I don't know if there's a reason for all of this or if it's just happening, but it is so we gotta fight it." Which was a-okay with her. She didn't need some lofty fate or destiny, just give her powers and an enemy and she was ready to go.

She scowled up at Kimiko. "You asked, I answered. If you ask me you're the one being a brat. So sorry being a Senshi messes with your plans or whatever, but suck it up or get rid of it." She would just give the item to some random kid, anyone would be an improvement!

Mercy rolled her eyes. "Whatever." She was going to have to argue with everything she said, just to be contrary. The joys of being young, you could get away with acting immature. Ha, take that teenagers! "How should I know? I've been flying solo."

[Kimiko Utau]

"Hmm...", the newly born Senshi listened carefully for Cassiel's description of the Astra System planets and the moons. "I guess it's not that different than what we have here", she said, somewhat relieved, since at least the loony story about another system in space that she was meant to protect made a tiny bit of sense. She was still going to have to ask her parents if they were from the moon or the planet, but that would have to wait for later. As of now, Kimiko wanted to figure more things about the Astra System, first. "Sounds cool", she said when the other Senshi told her that they were all teams, made out of a Senshi and a Knight. She still had no idea who her Musica Knight was, but she was willing to meet him, if she was going to do that hole Astra Senshi thing, anyway.

"I have no clue at all, but weird things always happen in Tokyo", she said, happy for now it was her turn to explain things to the younger girl, as it should be! Growing up in Tokyo ever since remembering herself, Kimiko could surely tell it was true. Every now and then it seemed like it was going to be the end of the world, but each and every time Sailor Moon and her folks came and saved the day. The brunette had never really thought she'll become one of them, though. No matter what the threat was this time, she had the feeling it was going to be different than all the other times. "Maybe it's because all of the weird things that happened here in the past, maybe they were able to sense it, or something?", she suggested. "But either way, no matter what the reason is, they're not going to stay for long", Sailor Israfel said with a grin. She still wasn't completely sure about this hole thing, but being killed by some maniac aliens wasn't a part of her plans.

"Well, you know what, then? I'm not going to get rid of it!", she said in order to annoy the other Senshi. Oh no, she wouldn't give her the treat of observing her defeat, simply because there wasn't going to be one. Sailor Cassiel would have to stand her, whether she likes it or not! Kimiko really hoped someday the other girl would grow up or something, or just stop being annoying, because they seemed to be stuck with each other with no escape route, but on the other hand she was confident that she wouldn't give in to the little brat's games. She was the older one, and Cassiel better give her the respect she deserves!

"Get used to it, because I'm not going anywhere, sweetie", Israfel told her, teasingly. Not like they had any other choice. And besides, it was Cassiel who dragged her into this entire Astra Senshi business, no way Kimiko would let her get away with it! And, although she didn't want to admit it, the other Senshi did have more experience, one she actually needed in order to figure everything out. So far Kimiko was so confused, she needed to understand things, about her role, about her past, about herself. And, as annoying as she may be, this girl might be her key to the answers. "Maybe we should start with telling each other our true names?", she suggested. "Doubtfully you were born Sailor Cassiel. And if we're allies, we should at least know how to find each other, I suppose".

[Mercy Castillo]

"So it's a hole of freaks then," she said, nodding wisely. Figured. From Godzilla to Sailor Moon, Tokyo was just not normal! Philadelphia was still better though. It was without a doubt the best city in the world, at least until someone named a city after Mercy. Then that would be the best and Philadelphia would have to get bumped down. "Well like attracts like, so I guess Tokyo is stuck with us forever. And ever. And ever." Hahaha.

Mercy smirked. "Oh yeah? Prove it." Ha. She was going to count this as a win for her then. "Did I tell you to go anywhere? Nope. And I need a sidekick. You'll do just fine." She tossed her had with a smirk. She hesitated for a moment, but they were going to be allies and it would be kind of stupid to just hope the other showed up. "Mercy Castillo."

[Kimiko Utau]

Kimiko grinned. "Tell me about it", she said, in a tone that was surprisingly nicer than her previous words. "A hole lot of freaks" would be a too gentle definition for Tokyo. True, Kimiko has never lived anywhere else (not even on this Musica thing Cassiel was talking about), and she loved this city with all of her heart, and yet she couldn't deny that it was much of a freak show. Here you could find people with all kinds of hairstyles and cloths, and there would be nothing wrong with that. But that wasn't the kind of wierdness that bothered her; in fact, sometimes it was rather cool. The really weird things were that every once in a while, another monster has attacked, wanting to ruin the people's life. When she was younger, the brunette didn't fully understand what she was even doing in such an odd, dangerous place. Something inside her told her it was because of her fate. But she quickly avoided that thought. Fate, pffft. Fate is for sissies. Life was what you're going to make out of it, and Kimiko knew she was going to make the best out of hers.

Sailor Israfel rolled her eyes. Did that girl had anything in mind except for killing monsters? "I meant we're going to defeat them", she explained, annoyed. For god's sake, even if she had to become a Sailor Senshi, out of all the Senshi in the world, why did she have to be stuck with the most annoying one?! Even when she was trying to be the responsible adult and acting somewhat nicer (at least, much nicer than a girl like Cassiel deserved to be treated), she still didn't seem to appreciate it. Well, fine. If Cassiel wanted it bad way, than it was bad way she would get. It's not like she hadn't tried to be nice. Sigh. Some people just didn't know how to appreciate things. "No way! I'm not going to be anyone's sidekick, especially not yours", Isreafel declared, "I'm an Astra Sens hi just like you. If we're going to work together, we're going to do that equally". The last thing she needed was the little brat bossing her around!

Even though the Astra Senshi of Music was still slightly angry at this girl for being such a rude brat, she was glad to hear she followed her suggestion and told her her name. So maybe she wasn't that stupid? Probably a good sign. "Yoroshiku" was all Kimiko said, and she didn't even bother to take a bow. If papa was here he'd probably get all angry at his rude daughter, but the Japanese etiquette seemed so heavy and artificial to her. Besides, she wasn't going to be overly polite for someone who wasn't polite with her. "I'm Utau Kimiko", she introduced herself and offered Mercy her hand.

[Mercy Castillo]

"I could, but then we would be here all day," she said, smirk widening. Really, this place made her city look normal. No easy feat. Mercy kind of liked it though. It was awesome being a Sailor Senshi and a Sailor needed something or somebody to fight other than bullies and lame criminals. Monsters just did the trick and there was always the Court who probably wanted to take over the entire world.

She rolled her eyes. "Of course we are. We're Sailor Soldiers. It's what we do. We fight, we win, we all go home happy." Pft. She totally had this. She knew exactly what to do. Mercy glowered. "I am the Solider of Battle. I know how to fight. You don't, you know how to play music. So technically in a fight everyone should listen to me!"

Mercy took her hand and then took a look around the shop. "We'd better get out of here. Or at least detransform, don't want to be Senshi still when he comes to."

[Kimiko Utau]

"Yeah. Why do I have the feeling I'm not going to do that, like, never", she answered when Mercy announced everyone should be listening to her. Kimiko surely wouldn't, especially if she continues to behave like that! If there were two things the brunette hated in the world, they were girly-girls and stuck up people. Now, while she wasn't exactly sure about the amount of girly-girlness Mercy had (still, she seemed very strong into smashing things), she could be sure of how stuck up the girl was. Working together with that kind of person wasn't going to be easy... But, what other choice did she have? At the moment, none. Ugh. Someone up there really really "liked" her right now. Well, she'd have to try her best to not smash this girl's head into the wall or something.

A grin featured Israfel's face when Mercy shook her hand. Well, at least she was aware of their need to work together just as much as she did, it was a start. "Yeah, I think we should", she said to the girl, although she hadn't really known how to take this funny costume off her. Living in Tokyo ever since she could remember herself, Sailor Senshi were not a new phenomenon to her, and yet that was one of the things she had never thought of. She didn't give the Senshi much thought, anyway. To her, Sailor Moon and her friends were just a bunch of weirdos who kept their city from destruction, she never really thought of them as actual people. So, if a girl like her could turn into a Senshi too, that meant Sailor Moon was a regular girl, as well? Who knows, maybe they even study at the same school... When Kimiko bothers to go there, at least.

Since she had no idea what to do, Sailor Israfel just tried to act randomly and thought about returning to her regular cloths, which all out of a sudden actually happened. Soon, her burgundy crazy outfit was gone, and her form was covered once again in her regular cloths. Good thing about this hole Senshi business was that at least she wasn't stuck in that outfit forever. "So... Should we get out of here or... What?"

[Mercy Castillo]

Mercy rolled her eyes. "You'll see." Seriously. Everyone knew that you listened to Cassiel in a battle situation. Just like if you wanted to get your flute fixed you bugged Israfel, if you wanted to go hunting you asked Orifiel, and if you wanted to get back at someone, Rashnu was your girl. Everyone had a job, so you always could figure out who to bother. It was nice and organized, maybe a little too organized for Mercy.

She hated to detransform, but since Kimiko did, Mercy followed the suit. It stunk, like stripping naked in public. As Cassiel she knew she could beat anything that came her way. As plain old Mercy, well sure she could take any human, but if a Court person came along she was in trouble. When she was transformed she had a sense of power and she loved it.

"Yeah, probably." Mercy took one last look around the store, but the shop keeper was starting to stir and the last time she had tried to help someone rebuild something she had ended up with Ayena and Saraid. That was enough to scar anyone. "Look, I'd better go, but here," she shoved a piece of paper with her phone number scribbled on it. "Ya know, for when you get in trouble and need me to save ya." Why, yes, she was a cocky big head thank you very much. "See you later Music Girl." With a wave, Mercy was gone, bored again, and in need of a new challenge.