Lights of Change (Part 2)
By Minako Kou 
and Makoto Kou
Date started: December 23, 1997
Date finished: January 4, 1998
Inspirational Music:  N/A

Chapter 1
"Heeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllpppppppppppppp mmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!"
	Usagi ran around Mako and Mina's apartment screaming at the top of her lungs.  Mako and Mina sat and watched as she was chased by a youma.
	Mako and Mina kept turning their heads to watch the action. Usagi ran back and forth but never seemed to get away from the youma.
	"Help me you two!!!!!"  Mina and Mako blinked.
	"Okay fine.  Obviously you have a short term memory.  Jupiter Crystal Power Make Up!"
	"What's the matter odango?  Forget that you're Sailor Moon?  Venus Crystal Power Make Up!"
	"Oh yeah, I forgot. Moon Eternal Make Up!"
	(Hinshin)
	"Hey Venus, let's double team!"
	"Alright Jupiter!"
	"Venus Love..."
	"Jupiter Oak..."
	"...and Beauty..."
	"...Evolution!"
	"...Shock!"
	Mina and Mako managed to take out the youma, while Usagi just stood there.
	Tuxedo Kamen came out of the shadows. "Good work girls. Why didn't you help odango-atama?"
	"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! DON'T CALL ME THAT!"
	"Sorry, gotta go."
	After the trio got back to their everyday selves, Seiya, Taiki and Yaten walked through the door.
	Taiki was accompanied by Tenshi.  Tenshi was Neo-Sailor Saturn and Taiki's new wife.  
	"Hello Tenshi, haven't seen you in awhile. Hi Seiya, Taiki," said Mako, "...Yaten."
	"Hello Seiya."
	"Mina..."
	"Whatcha doing on Saturday night, Seiya?"  Mina wasn't too blunt.  She didn't care that Usagi still had feelings for Seiya.  Seiya came back and found Usagi married to Mamoru.  He was devastated and that's when he found Mina.  Well, that and her accident probably had something to do with it.
	Obviously Taiki didn't have feelings for her anymore, he ran off and married Tenshi. And what's more, they went with Usagi and Mamoru to Las Vegas, America to elope! How much they cared. 
	But Yaten was somewhat out of the love loop. Did he like anyone? With that attitude of his no one could tell. They thought he might come back with a better attitude. THEY WERE WRONG!  But Mina couldn't help but wish that he and her friend Mako would at least try to get together. Funny enough, it seemed everyone knew Mako liked Yaten, though she'd never admit it and Yaten would never find out. 
	Long train of thought over with, Mina got an idea.  "Hey everyone!  Why don't we all go out together on Saturday night?"  She didn't even give Seiya a chance to answer.
	"Are you sure?  Do I need a date" Mako asked.
	"Sure I'm sure.  No, we go as one big group.  Me and Seiya, Usagi and Mamoru, Taiki and Tenshi, and, of course, YOU and Yaten...."

Chapter 2
	"Great idea this was, Mina." Said Mako sarcastically.
	"I know!  Isn't it great?!"  she replied unobservantly.
	"I think she's deaf." Yaten snickered, and almost fell over laughing.  Mako started to laugh just as much.
	"See I told you we'd have a good time!" Mina said, "And you two are getting along wonderfully!"
	Huge sweat drops appeared.
	Mako and Yaten looked at each other.  They both got really angry and gave Mina the evil eye, which she of course did not notice as seeing she was staring at Seiya.
	"Don't you think they are so much alike?  I just love playing matchmaker, Seiya."
	Mako heard Mina and punched her in the shoulder. "WE ARE NOTHING ALIKE!!"
	"Uh-huh.  And, um, what about your tempers?"  Mina asked hesitatingly.  Taiki started to giggle.
	"I don't have a temper.  I'm just ANGRY!!!!!" Mako screamed.
	"Oh, of course you don't.  She was just kidding,"  Seiya tried to save Mina from certain death.
	Yaten started to laugh, not at Mako but at the expression on Mina's face. Yaten leaned over to Mako and whispered in her ear to calm down and look at Mina's oblivious expression.
Mako did. She busted out laughing. Mina didn't understand why they kept laughing. But if she could see the look on her face, she'd laugh too. 
	"Huh?"  Mina didn't get it.
	"Don't give the girl such a hard time you two.  She's just trying to do what she thinks is helping."  
	"Thanks, but I don't need your help, Mamoru.  If everyone wants to laugh at my expense they're welcome to my change purse.  I'm afraid there isn't much left though."
	Yaten and Mako were laughing harder. No one else heard what Yaten had said, maybe it was a good thing. All this laughter for one sentence Yaten said to Mako, "She might not need Mamoru's help, but she needs help alright!"
	Mako responded to this, "Well I suppose she does, I mean just look at the way she stares at your brother. She has this totally love struck expression. But then again............" her voice died off.  
  	"What?" Yaten asked.
	"Oh nothing." 
	All this chatter and laughter between Mako and Yaten only made Mina think even more strongly that the two belonged together.
	Taiki and Tenshi just sat and observed everything that happened that night.  Tenshi was hoping that they would go dancing after dinner, because she had fun watching Mina make a fool of herself trying to dance, and trying to get that dweezel Yaten and Mako together.  What shocked her the most was that Mina seemed right this once.  They really did seem to be getting along (as well as two male alley cats can get along).
	Mina thought the night was going perfect until, right in the middle of dinner, Mako punched Yaten.

Chapter 3
	That was bad enough, Makoto punching Yaten, but it got worse when he punched her back. Mako hit him again. 
	"What is this all about?" Asked Usagi.
	Mamoru started to yell something about not hitting her again, but Yaten didn't hear.  He hit her back, once more.
	Mina started to scream about them ruining the evening.  She almost broke into tears with Seiya holding her, until both Mako and Yaten suddenly stopped.  They got enormous grins on their faces and began to laugh at Mina.
	The shocked her once more because they loved the confused look on her face.
	"Don't worry, we were just having a little fun, that's all."
	"Honest Mina. I didn't mean to make you cry."
	"Yes you did." Mako threw back at him.
	"Shut up."
	"Huh?"  Mina looked confused.
	Everyone laughed this time.  Even Seiya.
	"Hey! Why don't we all go dancing after dinner?" interrupted Mako.
	Everyone stopped laughing and agreed. Except Yaten. Mina didn't say anything, she just smiled.  But then she remembered that she couldn't dance.  The incident in Jr. High at the Princess Academy came rushing back.
	"But I can't dance!  I never learned how to,"  Mina quailed.
	Mako grinned. She must have remembered that incident too. "Don't worry Mina, I can teach you!"
	"While I should be dancing with Seiya?  And who's he gonna dance with?  Yaten?"
	"I don't dance." Said Yaten. "I never agreed to dance."
	"Well I can help you also!" exclaimed Mako.
	Everyone looked at her.
	"What?"
	"Wait a sec!  Seiya you know how to dance, right?"  Mina exclaimed.
	"Yes."
	"Well, then, why doesn't Mako-chan teach Yaten and you teach me?  I don't want to dance with a girl... uh... in public."
	Sweatdrops appeared by Seiya's head.
	Mako blinked. "Uh....I changed my mind... I uh...don't want to dance no more."
	 "You thought of it Makoto!" Tenshi, Mina and Usagi exclaimed all at once.
	"Oh, yea.........well I uh... told you, I changed my mind."
	They all looked at her then at Yaten, everyone sighed. "We know why you don't want to dance Mako." Mina said. "But can't you do this for me? Just once dance? PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE??"
	"No, Mina, WE'll absolutely NOT do it." Yaten exclaimed.
	"Oh yea, well I want to dance, so THHHHHHHHLLLLLBBBBBBBBBBPPPPPPPPPP!"  Sometimes Usagi was still rather childish.  She then proceeded to whisper in Mamo-chan's ear.
	Mamo passed on the message to Taiki.  It then went from Tenshi to Seiya.  Each one laughed in turn.  The last to receive the message was Mina.   She busted out laughing.
	"You love Yaten!?" Mina shouted.
Chapter 4
	Mako blinked. "WHAT!?! I DO NOT! HOW COULD YOU?! IT'S NOT TRUE!! USAGI HOW COULD YOU LIE LIKE THIS!!!!!!" Mako was very hurt that her so-called friends would spread such lies. She stormed out of the building crying. 
	"I'm sorry," muttered Mina. "I thought it was just a joke."
	"That's just like you Mina!" Yelled Yaten. "You're just so oblivious to everyone else's feelings."
	Yaten then went after Mako. 
	Mina was dumb-struck. "But, but, USAGI STARTED IT!" Mina cried. She got up and ran off.
	Seiya went off to comfort her.  He knew she didn't mean it.  Sometimes things did get overboard though.  That was usually went Yaten's temper did too.
	The married couples just sat back down at the table.  Usagi started to cry.
	"Does this mean we aren't going dancing?" She asked Mamoru as she hid her face in his shoulder.

	Mako ran down the back alley from the diner. Tears still streaming down her face. She thought to herself, why, why did I react like that? I don't love him do I? Do I? 
	It was raining. She sat down on the rain soaked ground. She thought she hear her name. Can't they leave me alone! She cried harder. She heard footsteps. Mako got up and was about to run when she heard Yaten's voice. 
	"Makoto? Makoto?"
	"Go away!"
	"No, I will not go away."
	"Why not just leave me alone?" Mako slumped against the wall.
	"Because I'm worried."
	"Worried?" Mako then thought: This coming from the guy who hates my guts? He's worried about me? NOT POSSIBLE!
	
	Mina ran to the bathroom.  A few seconds later, Seiya followed her in.  Screams erupted from the bathroom.  His gave his apologies to the women as they ran from the bathroom.  One large older woman stopped long enough to hit Seiya a few times with her hand bag.
	Mina started yelling at Seiya to leave or at least change into Star Fighter so as to be a little more inconspicuous.
	"Look, I'm not going to leave ever again, so get used to it.  And I can't change into Sailor Star Fighter anymore."
	Mina choked off her sobs with surprise.  "Huh?"  She walked out of the stall.
	"I think I had better explain," Seiya was looking at the floor.
	"Yes.  I believe you had better.  What if we need Star Fighter?  She's the leader of the Starlights."
	"There is no more Starlights."

Chapter 5
	"Mako I came back for you."
	"What? Why? I... I..." her voice faltered.
	"When we went to our new home with the princess, we realized we loved Earth. We saw how all of you sacrificed your lives to save us. It made us realize we couldn't stay away; we had to come back. We have never seen such loyalty to those you don't really know much about." Yaten was looking at the ground. 
	"Uh, so you came back to help us fight, as the Starlights?"
	"I came back for you Mako-chan, and there is no more Starlights."
	"What?"

 	Seiya explained: "You see, we cared about you so much that we couldn't stay away.  We told Princess Kakyuu how we felt and she tried everything she could to dissuade us.  But we were adamant."

	Mako spoke: "What do you mean?  Adamant about what?"
	"About coming back here, we felt so strongly we belonged here. She didn't want to lose us, but she realized we wouldn't give up. So she gave us a choice." Yaten said

	Mina stared for a second. "What choice?"
	"We were given the choice of being normal on your planet or continuing to live on ours.  She then made us chose between male or female."

	Mako: "Wait a second!  Back up!  What does normal mean?  Why male or female?  What was your choice?"
	"Normal: no powers, we stay in one form. Forever. If we were going to come back and stay with you we couldn't interfere with your fights. We had two forms, male and female the last time we were here. So we chose..."

	"...to be male. Just so we could be with you" said Seiya.
	"I don't understand.  Why for me?"  Mina looked perplexed.

	"It was mostly because of Taiki. He was so in love with Tenshi. And when they decided to marry we totally made the choice to be male. We couldn't exactly have two sisters and a brother, it was all one or the other. We all had to come or stay, not just one could go or stay. But we all wanted to come anyway."
	"Yaten, you mean Tenshi knew! Why didn't she tell us??"

	"What did you swear her to secrecy or something!?" Mina exclaimed.
	"As a matter of fact, yes.  She was told before she and Taiki were married.  We can't afford to let the enemy know that we're defenseless."

	"Defenseless? With your attitude?" Mako said.

	Seiya chuckled.  "Yes he does have an attitude, but that can't save us from a youma."
	"Wait.  What are you saying, when you say you came back for me?"  Mina was finally getting the point.

	"I love you, Mako-chan." Yaten looked her straight in the eyes.

Chapter 6
	Mako and Yaten came back in and walked over to the table. At that moment Mina and Seiya came back to the table. They all took their seats. Tenshi and Taiki looked at each other, they knew what Seiya and Yaten had told Mina and Mako. Usagi was totally oblivious and the fact that her face was shoved into the cake wasn't helping. Mamoru had no clue either so he just sat there. 
	Yaten seemed unusually cheery.  When Usagi popped her head up, she was curious as to exactly what had transpired between him and Mako.  "Uh, guys, what's going on?"
	"Were going dancing!" Mina exclaimed.
	"We'd better get our umbrella's because it's really raining hard outside." Mako said. 
	"We uh... can see that Mako." Said Mamoru, looking at the dripping wet Mako-chan.
	"Yea, what did you and Yaten do?  Take a shower together?"  Usagi opened her big mouth again.  Sweatdrops appeared by everyone's head and Usagi had an exasperated look on her face.
	"Well...NO!" Mako yelled. 
	"K, sorry!" Usagi mumbled between bites of cake.
	Everyone laughed.
	"So, how did you guys like your wedding gifts?"  Mako was curious as to how Usagi felt about hers in particular.
	"Oh!  Mako, we just adored the dishes,"  Tenshi smiled.
"The come in real handy, considering..."  Taiki trailed off.
"There's one thing I want to know," Seiya said.  "What did you get for Usagi and Mamoru?"
"Oh she got us the most wonderful thing!  It's a pet bunny named Rose!  She's so adorable!  She's white with pink ears and eyes.  You should come by sometime and see her, Seiya!"  Usagi seemed a little to happy.
"Actually she's quite nice," Mamoru put in. "But I think she should be given a little more time to get used to her surroundings before anyone comes over."  Mina was beginning to think that maybe Mamo-chan didn't want Seiya around Usagi too much.  But that was understandable, right?
"Oh, and those gifts you got us from Las Vegas were neat.  Thank you so much Usagi and Mamoru," Mina said.
"Yea, I really liked the fact that they were in our 'colors.'  How'd you find green and pink, and orange and yellow parakeets?"  Mako seemed especially curious about this one.
"Well, they were a rare and very expensive breed.  They won't be found anywhere else.  Part of the reasons for the coloring, is the fact that they have to inbreed.  Only their children can carry on the line."  Mamoru explained.
"So there are deformities sometimes?"
"Actually, as of yet, there have been none."

A little later, Mina had gotten bored with the idol chatter that was going on around the table.
"C'mon everybody!  We're going dancing now!" Mina got up.
	"Okay, just let me get one more bite!" Usagi pleaded.
	"Odango, now we HAVE to dance, so you can lose all that weight you just now put on!"
	"Mamo-san, you can be so mean."
	"Don't eat all that cake then."
	"I can't help it! It's so yummy."
	Mamoru grabbed Usagi's arm and shoved her out the door. 
	"Mamoru, please I want the rest of that cccccccccccccccccccaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!"
	"NO!"
	"C'mon Usagi, you're always making us late!" Mina exclaimed.
	"I am not! Waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Haaaaaaaaa, hhaaaaaaaaaa!" Then Usagi spit out a few more words between sobs.  Only the girls could understand her.  They all gasped.
	"What did you say?"  Mako asked in surprise.
	"You didn't say what I thought you said, did you Usagi?"  Mina was shocked.
	"Oh, I'm so happy for you!"  Tenshi exclaimed in joy.
	"Huh?" Said Mamoru, Seiya, Yaten, and Taiki all together.
	Mina pulled Seiya to the side and whispered in his ear what Usagi had said.  He just stood there dumbfounded.
	Mako grabbed Yaten's arm and whispered the words Usagi had said into his ear. Yaten just stared at Usagi.
	Tenshi told Taiki the "wonderful news" about Usagi, not even bothering to whisper. Taiki grinned. "Congrats Usagi. Congrats Mamoru."
	Mamoru couldn't speak or move. He just stared dully into space. He heard what Tenshi said to Taiki. He couldn't believe it.
	

Chapter 7
	"Usagi!  You said: 'Besides, I'm eating for two now?!'  Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant?"  Mamoru was surprised -- in a good way.
	"It was going to be a surprise, and besides, I just found out yesterday. Not like I had that much time to tell you!"
	"You had a whole day!"
	"Yea well...."
	"Great, another reason for her to eat even more food." Said Yaten.
	Mako elbowed him in the ribs. She sighed, at least no one else heard.
	"Uh, Usagi, you said you found out yesterday, but how pregnant are you?"  Mina asked meekly.
	Odango stared at the ground.  "Uh, well you see, I uh, hum... well, uh... since the Silver Millennium."
	Everyone's jaws dropped open. 
	Yaten laughed and said, "You mean that you were born pregnant?"
	Mako thought of Star Trek and laughed. "Just like a tribble!"
	Yaten laughed.
	[HUGE sweatdrop on Usagi's head.]
	Mamoru looked at Usagi. "Since the Silver Millennium. A thousand years. THAT'S ONE HELL OF A LONG TIME TO BE PREGNANT!"
	[HUGE SWEATDROP.]
	Yaten laughed. "Did your mother know?"
	Mako laughed. "Probably not! I bet NEITHER of them know."
	"So, who's the lucky dog?" Yaten asked.
	"Prince Endymion, of course," Usagi said.
	Mako interrupted. "Are you sure, there was that one time when you and Darien split for a few weeks, you were dating that other guy..."
	"MAKO!"
	"I'm just kiddin Usagi! Lighten up!" Mako giggled.
	"No, if I remember correctly, it was you Mako who would sometimes run around on Nephryte-"
	Just then Mako slapped her hand over Mina's mouth and a big sweatdrop appeared by her head.
	"Bu wha I sa?" Mina couldn't talk very well.
	"Well then again, I do recall the Kunzite incident."
	Mina turned beet red. "I'd rather not discuss it Mako."
	Mako smiled. "Good, so we have an agreement."
	Mina nodded.
	Seiya and Yaten were suddenly curious.  They gave Mina and Mako a look that said they would talk later.
	"Hahahahahahahahaha. But we diverge!  We should be happy for Usagi.  Let's go dancing!" Mina wanted a change of scenery.
	"When are you due?" Mako asked.
	"Three months..."
	Mamoru got a look on his face that was kind of quirky.  "We aren't going dancing.  You have other things to think about.  And protect.  Say goodnight to everyone Usagi."
	"Goodnight everyone."

Chapter 8
	The other six arrived at Club Kirei. It was amateur night. They decided to dance for a little while then Yaten, Seiya and Taiki were going to perform. Not as the 3 Lights though, but under a different name, The Shooting Stars. Although any 3 Lights fan would have known immediately who they were. 
	The time had come for them to take the stage. The sang a remix of "Nagareboshi he" and dedicated it to the "three special people" in the audience.  
	Mina and Mako sat transfixed as Seiya and Yaten sang to them.  But Taiki had sang for Tenshi several times since their marriage.  The only difference now was that they were in public.
	At the end of their performance Mina and Mako were even more in love with them -- but then again, it could've been some of the old idolatry from when they were the Three Lights.  Only time would tell.
	The Shooting stars won the amateur contest.
	They took the prize money and they all left. They were nearing the Tokyo Dome. Old memories came back to all of them. 
	"Lets go inside," Seiya said "I want to get over the place."
	"Okay." Everyone murmured. 
	They entered the Tokyo Dome. It was silent. Too silent. It seemed any noise would shatter the ear drums. It looked different. They had to re-build the Dome. The ground started to heave and the sky seemed to swirl. 
	"What's going on!?" Screamed Mina.
	"I don't like the looks of this!" Exclaimed Mako.
	"Who's doing this?!  Tell me right now or you're toast!" Shouted Tenshi.
	The newest parts of the dome that had been replaced since the last battle with Galaxia turned into youma. The parts of the Dome that had been replaced had been rebuilt by their new enemy. 
	"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
	"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
	"NEO-SATURN PLANET POWER, MAKE UP!"
	(Hinshin)
	"You Sailor Brats best make way for the New King of your planet!"
	"We'll see about that! I am Sailor Jupiter warrior of good and you're gonna fry."
	"And I am Sailor Venus!  So if you're looking to make any trouble, here it comes right back at you!"
	"I am-"
	At that moment that youma attacked.  They sent out a huge energy wave that knocked out the Sailors.  
	Seiya, Yaten and Taiki, who had been taking cover (being without any powers).  Watched as the youma headed out into Tokyo.  They ran over to the unconscious girls.
	Yaten put Jupiter's head on his lap.  She moaned and looked up at him for a second.  She said, "They're too strong for us... find everyone." And lost consciousness.


(End of Part 2)