I glanced at the four of them as they all consoled Hotaru and left to find Makoto. At that point, I didn't even hear the explosion that sounded in the distance of the west wing of the castle. I was too busy bustling to notice the myriad of subjects that were panicking and the palace staff that were hurriedly evacuating everyone, and I did have a place to be. I needed to find Makoto to figure out what had made her have that sudden burst of anger that had consumed her and made her like a frustrated dragon. I wanted to make her calm so she wouldn't worry about what was coming. I may not have heard the first explosion, I had definitely heard the second and had seen the absolutely frightened palace staff, and everyone shrieking as if someone was going to die. But nobody was going to die, not if I could help it. But, before I could, I had to talk to Mako and work out what was frustrating her so much. I had a qualm about her feeling this way. And the only way to ease that qualm was to go to Mako and find out what exactly was bothering her - I had a way with words that I could use to my advantage at any point.

"MAKO!" I hollered. "KINO MAKOTO!"

I did not get a response and let myself go towards her chambers and try to work out whether she was there or not. I had to, after all. Why didn't she seem like the type of girl that would get out her feelings by crying into her pillow, but there had to be a method of getting your feelings out, even if it means getting aggravated. I couldn't imagine not being with Seiya, and that was exactly what Makoto was going through with Ami. Another explosion went off in the distance and that was what made me decide that I definitely should check up on her. I knocked on the door to her chambers and heard her voice instruct me to enter the room, very gruffly. I sat on the end of her bed at her. Her face was paler than usual and tears were streaming wildly from a pair of green eyes. Her reddish brown hair was scraggly and very difficult to finger through, almost as if something goes was attacking her from within. Her cheeks were burning red and hot - I had felt them. Her green eyes had lost their sparkle and her increasingly pale hands were shaking at an extreme speed. She could barely croak out a hello. All this time, Makoto had been the strongest person I had ever known, insisting to fight even if she were in bad condition. But she could barely move now, any movement seeming as if would kill her by a large amount - and she looked near dead now. I knew it wasn't just because of what happened with Ami - it had to be something else, it definitely had to be. There must be something else. She can't just be weakened because of yearning for someone, can she? I wasn't sure anymore.

I ran out to the dining hall to grab Mako something to eat, just from what we had left over. I had expected a crowd of people filing out the hall gradually, but I was greeted with a resounding silence. Nobody was there at all, so I had the perfect chance to smuggle some food for Makoto, I knew I had to grab enough to nourish her and make her feel better. I grabbed a bowl and filled it to the brim with noodles and dumplings. I also got a plate and put mochi and cake slices on it. I left the room and gave Makoto her meal in her chambers, then went back to see what all the fuss was about. Sure enough, they were all battling Youma that flung energy balls all about the place, all listening to their master, who was instructing where they should fire shots, and who they should direct them to. If they weren't careful, they would all die at the hands of the ringleader.

"Mercury... Aqua Rhapsody!" Eternal Sailor Mercury blasted the enemy with a torrent of water.

"Mars," Eternal Sailor Mars began commanding, "Flame... Sniper!" She shot about twenty Youma with her Mars arrow. I leant in to get a closer look at the battle.

"Venus!" Eternal Sailor Venus hollered. "Love and Beauty... Shock!" Yellow hearts gave thirty Youma an electric shock.

"Space..." Uranus began. "Turbulence!"

"Submarine ... Violon Tide!" The two attacks combined and killed about one hundred juplicate Youma.

"Chronos," Pluto addressed, causing her Garnet Orb to glow. "Typhoon!" Her attack got rid of about thirty juplicates.

"Silence Glaive," Saturn gripped her scythe. "Surprise!" She barrelled into about twenty five juplicates, jabbing all with her scythe.

"Amazoness... Jungle..." The quartet summoned their attack. "ARROW!" The green arrow hit fifty juplicates and then proceeded to hit another twenty.

"Princess Lady Serenity... Grant power to my Tiare!" Eternal Chibi Moon collected energy. "Starlight Honeymoon... Therapy... Kiss!!" A pink blast killed Youma duplicates left, right and centre.

"Galactic infatuation!" Galaxia attacked and killed ninety juplicates.

"Kinmoku.. Fusion... Tempest!!" A torrent of incense blasts from Sailor Kakyū drowned twenty duplicates.

"Star... Gentle Uterus!"

"Star Serious Laser!"

"Star Sensitive... Inferno!"

The Starlights together get rid of about eighty five duplicates.

An unfamiliar Senshi stood atop a cliff and attacked the below ringleader. "Meteorite... Shower... Annihilation!" This attack was strong enough to rid the enemy of its ability to create duplicates of the Youma. "Is this really all that you senshi can do? Kids shouldn't be forced to fight and you shouldn't fight in a fuku made of metal! Honestly." The senshi didn't turn her head. "I do commend you all on getting rid of the duplicates. It made my job just that little bit easier." She smiled at Chibi Moon. "You're going to be a good princess when you grow up." She addressed the rest of the Senshi and said," I feel a member of your team was missing, but adios all! I shall assist next time this enemy shows up, for she will. This henchman will be back, I know it. Sayonara!" She jumped off the other side of the cliff and ran, never to be seen where she went.

"Wait!" Chibi Moon called after her. "Who are you? Who is this enemy?"

The mysterious new senshi was gone before there was a response.

"Where was Jupiter?" Eternal Mercury asked.

"She was out sick, unable to fight."