Yuuichi looked at the guy, and shrugged. "If you say so." He spoke. The Queen of Mars didn't really say much for a boy who was born shortly before the supposed Queens were killed. All he had known was the Resistance, and stories of how things 'used to be better'. But so far, it was nothing more than a story they were fighting for. And not something the young boy would partake in.
When Kaoru got all 'you have to be careful it could be dangerous' on him, Yuu shoved his hands deep into his pockets and stood there, looking at his friend. "They're rocks now, they can't do anything without the dark energy in them. Dark energy can't enter the Catacombs so I'm safe." Of course there were a lot of holes in his thinking, but at least he had a point about no dark energy down in the Catacombs.
Not exactly having expected anyone to come up behind him, Yuu was startled when Tomoko, Katsu and the whole group of girls came walking around the corner and greeted them. Great, well at least they would be heading back now. So off he went, speeding like a frigging bullet towards their destination. Just because he was heading the same direction, didn't mean he was going to wait and walk with a bunch of slowpoke girls.
Entirely involuntary the youngest of the girls powered down as some of the others chose to change back. The fighting was over, but so was her strength. She slumped down on her knees, vision blurry. "Sorry girls, I... need a... moment." Hisako really needed to sleep right now. She knew she couldn't, but oh how she wished to close her eyes. One of her more usual rapid fires of coughs and wheezes followed soon after she had spoken.
So they were going to follow this guy to the cafe, good. Saved having to search and ask for directions, though she would be on her guard. She figured she would be able to trust a zodiac, but for all she knew, one of the zodiac senshi that Pluto had told them to find, could have been working for the opposing side. The rest seemed at ease, so she decided it would be her task as the oldest to look out for the girls, keep an eye out for danger. None of them would blindly enter a dangerous scenario, but it didn't hurt to have someone be on a specific lookout.
"I've got you." Ryoko said to Hisako, powering down to walk as a normal girl. Ryoko leaned down and picked up the frail girl. She wasn't the strongest out of the group, physically speaking, but strong enough to be able to lift the petite girl to their destination. Granted, this was figuring they wouldn't have to walk for an hour.
Luckily, they didn't. Soon enough they had managed to reach the Cafe and entered.
"Thank you." Hisako said as they entered the building. Ryoko could feel how the younger one twisted slightly, indicating she wanted to walk on her own again.
"Alright, but I'm serious about getting you a wheelchair for when you break down again." She had threatened about that before back at their temporary home, but had let it slide soon after.
The group had picked up three other people along the way that Ryoko wasn't familiar with, a kid of 10 or 12 or so that bounded off soon after, and two guys approximately their age, one of which had introduced himself as a fellow senshi, the one of Aries. Aries, that meant he was fire too. Well wasn't that convenient. Very briefly she had wanted to ask if he was able to read fires, but figuring he wasn't exactly a shinto priest, she kept it to herself.
As the girls had been discretely lead out to the back area of the cafe, and then down through a hatch that opened up to a staircase leading to the Catacombs, they had been careful to make sure no one was following or paying attention. Great thing about having a secret lair right under a cafe was that it was normal for people to be walking in and out all day, bad thing was, others came in too. Making it an exclusive thing wouldn't have been a good idea, so they just had to be cautious.
Down below the tunnels were brightly lit and barely gave off the idea like they were in a place that had clearly never seen the light of day. Save for the fact that the walls were made of solid stone, carved out into a tunnel shape, and wooden beams every other length to support the ceiling. The tunnels were 2m high, about the same as a normal door, and just wide enough for two people to pass by with ease. Three and you'd have to squish. Left and right there were openings, some open and leading to other hallways, or larger rooms, while others were closed off with curtains.
Before Tomoko could even go and look for their esteemed leader, Ryu Tsukino came walking down the hall at a fast pace. "Quick, in here." He said, leading to a different room where a curtain was hanging in front.
Ushering the girls in he entered last and padded Tomoko on the back. "Thank you my friend, for bringing them here. Would you mind please standing guard outside this room?" His voice was deep, matured well beyond his age, just as his appearance. Leading the rebellion was nothing short of a war that was constantly being fought, and it took a toll on a man.
"My cousin, I am glad to see you, though I would have wished it was under different circumstances." Ryu spoke to Chibiusa. Even though he hadn't seen her for a long time, the pigtails and pink hair kind of gave away to him who she was.
"I am Ryu Tsukino, Small Lady's cousin and nephew to the late Queen Serenity. Sailor Pluto informed me just now of your coming." The man confessed. "We must be of absolute care of who we talk to and who we don't, or who hears our conversations." He looked at the individual faces. "If word gets around that the Princesses have returned, attempts will be made to take your lives. We can not have that happen. So I must stress this to you, do not, under any circumstance, share with anyone that you are a Senshi, or even your heritage. Although I trust most of my men, I will not wager all of them will not falter under pressure, or double cross us for the sake of a meal."
Ryu paused as cakes were brought to the room and placed on the table for the girls. Once the waitress had left, he turned to the girls again.
"The palace is off limits, so you are to stay here, you will be given a room to sleep in, and food to eat, but we can not have you stay here for free or questions will be asked. Everyone here pitches in in any way they can, and so must you. As you know, our front is a cafe, and it must be run at all times. We are short on staff, so I'm asking you girls to take up responsibility for waiting tables, or standing behind the bar."
He continued on explaining the details of their work, what it would entail. There would be a team of four in the morning till afternoon, four in the late afternoon till evening. They would be able to choose for themselves when they worked, as long as it was done and they kept to a roster once they figured out if they wanted day, or night shift.
During the day the cafe mainly catered to warm or cold drinks, cakes and sweets, while in the evening the cafe would become more of a club like setting catering alcoholic beverages primarily as opposed to the daytime coffee.
There was a uniform involved, simple above knee length puff skirt with white lace trim along the edges, fitted top with white puff sleeves and square neckline, topped with a white apron that had a pouch for a notebook and pen. Matching one inch heeled shoes with a strap over the top and socks could be worn at any length desired.
The colors, aside from the white, were blue, yellow, pink, red, green, purple, teal, and aqua.
He had inquired about the two missing girls, and was soon made aware that Neptune and Uranus weren't part of the team anymore. Though the news saddened him, he didn't make it known. The last he informed them was that they would have to pair up as they would have to sleep in duos, each room holding two beds, and they didn't have the luxury to pass out a personal room for each of them.
