Chapter 17: Sisterly Love!  Taiki's Plea of Innocence for Yaten!
	Chibi-Usa crept out of her bedroom. Everyone was asleep.  The phone
 was ringing.  She picked it up.  "Chibi-Usa-san.  I need to tell you something.
  Meet me at the game event tomorrow," said the voice.  It was Taiki, sending 
more secret messages! 

	Once at the video game contest, they both tried the games.  Hotaru was beaten
 quickly, so she looked all over the place for Chibi-Usa.  She didn't find her, until
 the final game was announced.  She entered the crowd, and was pleasantly surprised 
to find that Chibi-Usa was one of the two finalists!  The other finalist was Umino, 
a boy from Usagi's school.  "You little kid.  I can beat you with my superior intellect!"
 he taunted.  "Go Umino!" cheered Naru, his steady girlfriend.  "Go Chibi-Usa-chan!" 
called Hotaru, getting into the spirit of the game event.  Taiki watched on the sidelines,
 still weak and tired from her injury.  She had come anyway, needing a place to escape 
from her sisters, who had been overprotective of her since she fainted on stage.  Sure,
 she was the youngest, but she wasn't a baby.  Seiya had always told her she was the most
 mature of the group.  Now she was confused at Seiya's overprotective behavior.  Also, 
she'd promised Chibi-Usa she'd meet up with her there.  "Chibi-Usa Tsukino is the winner!"
  Taiki sat up straight, startled.  She shyly followed Chibi-Usa as she made her way to
 Hotaru, who hugged her.  Both girls stopped, startled, when they saw Taiki.

	"What did you want to tell me?  Is it about Yaten-chan?" Chibi-Usa asked.
  The three of them were hiding in the janitor's closet.  "Yaten-oneesan doesn't mean
 to hate you and Sailor Moon.  She thinks that we're not on your side, because she's
 too lost in the present.  She's forgotten that the reason our planet was destroyed in
 the first place was because of Galaxia.  Galaxia wants to have absolute power.  No one
 person, and certainly not an evil person, can rule the galaxy.  It is our moral 
obligation as Sailor Senshi to fight Galaxia, and also to help those who are also 
fighting her, even if they are not of the same planet.  That is why I protected Sailor
 Moon.  I've tried to tell her that, but she refuses to listen to me," said Taiki.  
"Wow.  Yaten-san sounds mean," Hotaru whispered.  Before Taiki could answer, a scream
 was heard right outside.  "Yes!  A man whose job is clean the floors must have a clean
 Star Seed...Nooo!!!" screamed Lead Crow, as the janitor's Star Seed turned black.  
"Maker Star Power!"  "Saturn Crystal Power!"  "Moon Crisis Power!"  "Make Up!" shouted
 the three girls, transforming into three Sailor-suited Senshi!

	"Sailor Star Maker!"  "Sailor Chibi Moon!"  "And Sailor Saturn!"  they
 finished, ending their intro with cool poses.  "Well.  We have three pesky little
 brats!  You three babies aren't even teenagers yet!  Well, Sailor Janitor will clean
 you up!" taunted Lead Crow, leaving through a telephone booth.  "Hey!  We're not 
babies!" shouted an offended-looking Chibi Moon.  Sailor Janitor swung at them with
 a mop, and Sailor Saturn quickly chopped it in half with her Silence Glaive.  Unfazed,
 the phage hit Saturn in the head with a giant broom, knocking her unconsious.  Star 
Maker and Chibi Moon started glowing.  "Star Pink Creation!" they shouted in unison, 
sending out a pink energy ball that knocked the broom out of the phage's hand.  The 
phage shoved a mop cart at the two young Senshi, slamming them into the wall.  

	Meanwhile, Seiya and Yaten were frantic.  "TAIKI!!!" they called, running all
 over their apartment building.  Returning to their apartment for a rest, Yaten noticed
 their answering machine was blinking.  She pressed a button that would tell the last
 message that one of them left on someone else's answering machine.  "Chibi-Usa-san.  
This is Taiki.  I will be at the game event tomorrow.  Come, and I will tell you something,"
 the message said.  "What?!  Why the #$%* is she going out in her condition!?  She should
 be at home resting!  I've always told her she's too stoic for her own good," snapped 
Yaten, stomping out the door.  Seiya followed her.  

	Trapped in the corner, and feeling faint, Star Maker collapsed on the floor
 in front of Chibi Moon.  "Get up!  The phage will beat you!" Chibi Moon pleaded, 
looking into Star Maker's lavender, emotionless eyes.  "Star Serious Laser!"  "Star 
Sensitive Inferno!" called two familiar voices.  Star Fighter and Star Healer leaped 
from a ledge, screaming as they saw their sister lose conciousness.  As the phage had
 been knocked to the other side of the room, and wasn't likely to get up for awhile,
 Chibi Moon took the time to ask a question.  "How come you won't listen to your sister?
  She seems wise and mature, and you should respect her opinions," she said.  "She's a
 preteen baby.  I don't care how 'mature and wise' you claim she is, she's unduly soft
 on the Sailor Moon issue.  She needs to concentrate on finding the princess, and nothing
 else," said Star Healer.  "Hey!  Don't talk about her that way!  She's a good teacher, 
and she could teach you something about the morals of helping other Sailor Senshi if 
you'd just listen to her!" countered Star Fighter.  The two sisters started a 
fistfight, rolling around on the ground.  "You won't get anything done that way!  Might
 I remind you two that we have a phage to fight?" said Chibi Moon.  "Go fight the #$%*ing
 phage yourself, you pink spore!  We're taking our sister home!" shouted Star Healer, 
trying to pick up her fallen sister, but without much luck.  "Geez, Taiki, you need to 
lose weight," she grumbled.  "That's muscle, not fat!  She's just really muscular!  
Unlike you, you weakling!" shouted Star Fighter.  "I'm a weakling, am I?  Star 
Sensitive Inferno!" shouted Star Healer, foaming at the mouth in her rage.  Though 
still dizzy and weak, Maker stood up, and took the blast for Star Fighter, who screamed 
as Maker fainted again.  By that time, the phage had recovered, and was speeding toward 
them, when...

	"Stop right there!"  The phage spun around, and fell on its butt, startled.  
"You are wrecking a place meant for fun arcade games!  I won't stand for this!  Agent of
 love and justice, a pretty Sailor Senshi, Sailor Moon!  In the name of the Moon, I shall
 punish you!" shouted Sailor Moon, who had come to the game event to find Chibi-Usa.  
"Hey, Sailor Moon!  Use your attack before the phage gets out of hand again!" shouted 
Chibi Moon.  "Silver Moon...Crystal Power Kiss!" shouted Sailor Moon, turning the phage 
back into the innocent janitor he was.

	Afterwards, Usagi, Chibi-Usa, and Hotaru confronted Seiya and Yaten, as Taiki 
was carried off in an ambulance a second time.  "First of all, why the heck did you 
blast your sister!  Chibi-Usa may be a little sneak, but I wouldn't attack her!" shouted 
Usagi.  "Uhhh," Yaten hesitated, realizing she didn't have a real reason.  She'd been 
in a rage, and wasn't thinking.  "Yeah, I'd be toast if it wasn't for Taiki-chan," 
said Seiya.  "I think you should be nicer to Taiki-chan, at least.  She gives her 
helpfulness to all Sailor Senshi, and has a great spirit of democracy.  Sure, she 
could stand to express her emotions a little more, but that's a small fault compared 
to what she could give you.  Please listen to her," said Chibi-Usa, as she, Usagi, 
and Hotaru left.  "Listen to Taiki?  Maybe," thought Yaten, watching them leave.