Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters created by Naoko Takeuchi.
I own the two OC Kawasari and Luca.
By the 7 celestial God, I have updated this diamond in the rock story again! Can I get a what, what?
No, okay what about woot, woot? Okay, I'll stop so put away the torches and pitchforks.
I greet you with this next installment to this story.
In the last chapter Sailor Star Healer arrives to help Venus against Kawasari in her demon form. Shinjuku is center stage for their battle.
Malachite is waiting in the wings and Luca will soon deliver that present to our heroine. I know adding to OC in a story about Mina is strange but I have my reasons for doing it like this.
Don't worry the main part is about her however the siblings will have a part to play in this (either big or small).
Let's go!
Chapter 3
Encounter in a dream.
It has been twenty minutes since Sailor Star Healer came in to help out Sailor Venus. The duo thought by working together they would be able to defeat the rampaging fox.
Their hopes were shattered. Kawasari was unpredictable and fast. This is an enemy they have never gone up against a demon that had powers that surpasses their own.
Even with throwing out there attacks the nine-tailed fox dodged them easily.
During the one sided battle the fox told her name to the duo Senshi.
Kawasari growled as she barred her fangs at them. Sailor Venus and Healer were breathing hard.
"Looks like you two can't keep up with me? Kawasari growled as she kept inching closer to them.
Healer stood in front of Venus, who had taken the brunt of the demon's attacks.
The blonde looked at the fox. "You mentioned about hating us, the Senshi, why is that? I don't ever remember doing anything to you." She yelled.
Kawasari gave the teen a look. Her mouth formed into a wicked grin. "Oh, so you say? Let me tell you something you protectors have a lot to answer for! I despise any who are Guardians of the planets!"
The green-eyed Senshi butted into the conversation. "What do they have to answer for? Stop beating around the bush!"
The fox looked at Healer. "You have a unique scent. You aren't a human, what are you? Are you a new breed of Senshi?"
The leather clad Senshi snorted. "So you are able to tell I'm not human huh? I am a Kinmoku. But that's beside the point, answer the question!"
"I'll tell you as soon as I have you at death's door!" She sprinted towards them.
Healer held out her star compact and launched her Star Sensitive Inferno. The electrical ball broke into tiny spheres which tried to bombard the demon. Kawasari moved around them and swiped at Healer.
"Agh!" she yelled as she held her now bleeding arm. The fox then swiped her tail to knock the Senshi into a building wall.
"HEALER!" Venus cried but was stopped by the glare of Kawasari. "Get out of my way!"
"Not on your life, Senshi! I have you within my grasp! I will kill you for what you Senshi did to my family!" She howled and lunged.
Venus held out a finger and a light radiated from it, blinding the monster.
The fox howled in pain as Venus dodged and she crashed into a wall.
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!" She brought out her hands and lassoes the fox by binding he paws and legs together.
Kawasari tried breaking free but the chains wouldn't budge.
Healer got up as Venus went to see how she was doing. "I'm glad you are all right Healer!"
The silver-haired girl nodded. "Don't worry, I've taken worse hits." She said but still cradled her injured bloody arm.
"Now Kawasari, don't you think it's time to end this rampage?" Venus tried reasoning with her. "I don't know what you think my team did but…" she didn't get to finish as the fox snapped the chains in two!
The fox glared hatefully at her. "I don't think, I know what you Senshi did! It is forever burned in my memories! You attacked our kingdom and brought it to ruin!"
Venus and Healer faces showed disbelief by what she said. A kingdom brought down by the Senshi?
"Wait, what kingdom? I have no idea what you are talking about?" Venus said. "The others and I haven't raided any kingdom, let alone bring it to destruction on purpose."
Kawasari growled at her. "You Senshi did this crime! I was young but I saw girls wearing skirts! You are murders!"
Sailor Venus couldn't believe her ears. "We didn't go to your kingdom or whatever you are trying to say! We don't kill indiscriminately!"
"Bullshit, you did, all because we are demons!"she challenged. "You're notion of protecting innocent lives is a farce! You do not stand for justice! The Senshi lineage is stained with the blood my clan and I will have revenge!"
Healer and Venus still couldn't grasp why she was saying all this.
"We are not guilty of those atrocities! We are good!" Venus tried again but Kawasari growled and took a step forward.
Sailor Star Healer placed an arm in front of the blond, cutting her off. "She won't listen to reason! We have to stop her before she destroys the entire city!"
The inner Senshi gave a hesitant nod. I can't believe that we did that. I've never saw her before. What could she mean?
In the open blue sky above Shinjuku, the blue haired masked wearing Malachite looked on in intrigue. He didn't expect Kawasari to have them on the ropes that soon.
As much as he wanted this drama to continue he didn't want her killing the one he wanted.
"That girl better remember her purpose," he stated. "She is not to kill Venus! She should go for that other Senshi…"
Looking through his orb he got a better view of Sailor Star Healer. "That person, why do I get the feeling I've seen her before?"
He muddled through his memory trying to decide who that leather Senshi was. They weren't around during the Dark Kingdom fiasco.
"I'll figure out who she is later." He said.
Kawasari charged at the duo and went for a claw swipe, before she came at them the two jumped away from her.
Healer went for another of her attacks and Venus let loose streams of orange beams. The fox created a barrier which negated their attacks.
Landing on the ground Healer sprinted towards the fox.
"Healer, get back here, you can't take her alone!" Venus tried to call her back but she didn't listen.
Kawasari glared at the person charging at her and brought up her tails. They collected energy and formed into a big ball and she launched it.
Healer saw it coming and vaulted to a light post. She started spinning her body around and let go before the ball impacted the area she was on.
Venus also saw the attack and jumped away from it.
Sailor Star Healer noticed that every time Kawasari launched an attack she left herself wide open.
Taking out her compact she unleashed her attack!
The fox saw it coming and couldn't move.
Damn, I can't move! That attack always drains me for a couple of seconds! She griped and screamed as the attack hit her!
Healer landed like a pro and aimed a boot to the fox's face and launched her into a window.
Venus came towards her. "That was cool Healer!" she complimented. "I didn't know you had those moves on you!"
The silver-haired teen chuckled modestly. "I've been training."
"So is this the evil you were meant to stop?" she asked.
"I'm not sure." Was all she mentioned? Could this be what I'm to protect Venus from?
Kawasari got up groggy. She then shifted back into her human appearance. The two looked surprise at her form.
The purple-ponytailed teen glared at them. Her Cheongsam had a tear in the chest area. Her nine tails was back to one and twitched in annoyance.
"Hey, it's the one I bumped into!" Sailor Venus stated. "So she's the one who did all this?"
Healer glared at the blue dressed woman.
"Damn you! I never thought I'd have trouble with you!" Kawasari grunted. "Even though you don't have enough power to get rid of me I'm still impressed!"
Sailor Venus cut her off. "I don't care about that! What I care about is what you said! Now back to what you said, we Senshi didn't do anything as what you are implying."
Kawasari scoffed. "Say what you will but I was there! I will kill you!" Before she was about to attack them she gripped her heart which caused Venus and Healer to look at her with worry.
Damn, I can't kill her! Malachite want's her alive. She calmed down after he stopped squeezing her heart.
"Are you all right?" called Venus but the yellow-eyed fox growled.
"I don't need you're pity! But I do have something for you!" she said. Kawasari held out her fan and started doing a small dance. A sweeping of dust with the scent of flowers came over the blonde.
Venus became hypotised by the way she was moving and Healer noticed. "Venus, what's wrong?!"
The red-ribbon Senshi didn't answer as she was caught in a spell. Kawasari completed the dance clapped her hands together.
An oval barrier closed around Venus which launched her into the air.
"Sailor Venus…" Healer cried out. "What did you do with her?!"
Kawasari smirked. "I'm giving her to the one who wants her!"
Sailor Star Healer looked abashed and grabbed her star compact and pointed at her. "Who is the one that wants her, tell me?!"
The fox-eared girl placed a look at Healer. "What makes you think I'll tell you that?"
Healer growled. "Star Sensitive Inferno!"
The attack came hurtling at her but Kawasari flipped over it, ran and jabbed her elbow into the Senshi's gut.
Healer coughed out.
"Unlike my animal form, I have better control in this one!" she then aimed her right foot to Healer. Healer saw it coming and blocked and held it tight. She then swung her into a wall. Kawasari surprised her by stopping herself and propelling at her again.
Kawasari held out her hands, which the nails turned to claws and swiped at her. Healer avoided one swipe but didn't escape the other as it slashed her leg.
The demon girl didn't stop there. She than slapped her two times and hand sprung on Healer's shoulders. Kawasari then twisted them, which made Healer scream in pain and brought her body down, having Healer's body arched down so she couldn't move.
"Looks like I'll have my first kill in a long time!" Kawasari cooed.
Healer couldn't move. Was this going to be the end of her.
"Dead Scream." A voice chanted as a purple orb slammed into Kawasari's back!
Kawasari screamed as her back was scorched, letting go of Healer.
Healer coughed and turned to see a familiar face. "The shit must be bad if you are here?"
The figure came forward. She had the same attire as Venus but with different colors; her skirt was black and with the ribbon on the back. A garnet colored heart in the middle of her chest bow. The tiara was garnet along with her eyes. She had long green hair with part of it in a bun on top. Her skin was tan.
This individual was Sailor Pluto, in her super attire. Pluto also had a key shaped staff in her possession with a heart like orb known as the Garnet Orb.
The wise Senshi looked at Healer and then at Kawasari, the latter with cold eyes.
"Be gone from this place!" Pluto stated with authority.
Kawasari glared at her. "Sailor Pluto…Hmph you've grown some!"
Healer looked at Pluto as she got up. "Sailor Pluto do you know who she is."
Pluto didn't answer and kept her glare at Kawasari. "You've grown as well Kawasari. How is it you are here?"
This got a grin from the fox-eared girl. "What, even you don't know?"
Sailor Pluto slammed butt of her staff on the ground. "Answer the question!"
"So even you with your premonitions you didn't know of our coming? Hmmm that is strange…"
Healer had enough. "What are you two talking about? I don't care about this," she interrupted the conversation. "Who has Venus?"
When Pluto heard her colleague's name her eyes widened. "Sailor Venus, did this person do something to her?"
Healer nodded and placed a glance at Kawasari. "Who has her!"
Kawasari didn't answer and checked the situation.
I don't think I'll last against these two and my energy is going down! You better hurry up with her Malachite.
Sailor Venus came out of her stupor and noticed she was in a barrier. "What happened, how'd I get up here?" she cried and placed a hand on the wall. "I was with Healer until I saw Kawasari do something and…"
She stopped herself as the barrier stopped in midair. "What, am I supposed to float here for all eternity?"
Venus was about to blast out of it but remembered she was in the air overlooking the city. "I can't do that…what am I to do?"
Before she said anything else a figure with a Pierrot mask floated near her. Venus blanched at what she was seeing for a second.
"What the hell, who are you?" she cried.
The man snapped his fingers and the barrier dispersed. The orange skirted teen noticed and screamed until he grabbed a hold of her waist and placed her close.
"What, get off me!" she snapped but noticed that he saved her.
What is with this dude? What's with the mask, oh my god do I have my own Tuxedo Mask like Usagi-chan?
"I don't know who you are but thanks…" she said.
The man remained silent.
"Hey can't you talk?"
The man gave her a smile. "Of course I'm just admiring your beauty, child of Venus…"
Sailor Venus looked at him. "What, why are you saying that."
"You are for me, Venus. You have always belonged to me!" he whispered.
The blonde gave him an awkward look. "I don't belong to you pal or anyone for that matter! Look, I'm happy you saved me and all but put me down. I have to stop that Kawasari person from destroying the city."
"Oh her, she won't. I just had her occupy your attention so I could have you." He revealed startling her.
"You told her to do all that. That means you are the boss in this matter!" she stated and tried getting from his clutches.
"Don't resist, Venus!" he said holding her more tightly. "I have waited for this moment for a millennium!"
Venus didn't pay attention and squirmed some more.
He then placed his hand under her chin and brought her close. She froze as she looked into his eyes.
Why, why do I have this sense of seeing those eyes once before? She wondered in her head.
"You are everything that I have imagined. I will have you this time!" he said.
With that he kissed her on the lips. Venus tried backing away but found herself that she couldn't.
After a moment or two he stopped. He cupped her cheek. "I will see you again in dreams…"
Venus was about to say something but he soon dropped her!
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" she fell screaming.
"Luca, please place my present in her room!" Malachite told the dog-boy.
Luca dropped the cloak of invisibility and vanished to the Campus.
"Let's see you survive that fall, Venus?" he gave a wicked smile.
Back in Minako's room Artemis was composing an email on his friend's laptop. His fingers were typing furisly, trying to get the detail he saw. Wait, his fingers? Cat's don't have fingers!
Artemis was in his human form. He had medium length blond hair and blue eyes just like the person he lived with. He wore a white shirt and blue jeans.
He along with Luna was able to do this after the Senshi's last battle. They didn't know the implications but realized that it was always a part of them.
Artemis stopped typing as he felt something. He stood up and closed his eyes. He briefly saw Venus free-falling in the sky!
"MINA!" He yelled and vanished in a white light.
A moment later the spiky blue haired boy Luca appeared in her residence. The dog boy looked at everything with mild interest.
"This must be her room. I was able to get an energy signal since she lives here!" he said. He walked around and saw that her bed was messy along with clothes thrown around the ground.
He closed his eyes disgust. "Is this really a girl's room? It's messy…and it smells like a cat lives here!"
Luca then held a box in his hand. It contained the pendant that Malachite wanted her to have.
He was going to place it on her bed but stopped. It would have been highly suspect if it appeared out of nowhere.
Luca decided he was going to place it in her mailbox. He closed his eyes and tried sensing anything with she got in contact with. After a couple of moments he found what he was looking for. He materialized the contents into her mailbox downstairs.
With his job done he was going to go but noticed a flyer on her desk. He held it in his hands and read.
"A singing contest in Akihabara, what strange place is that?" he wondered out loud. This was the first time that he was free and Japan had changed a lot.
"I shouldn't care about all this. I have a mission and that is to get rid of the Senshi!"
When he said that he growled. "Those Senshi ruined my sister's life and I never got a chance to know my mother!"
He was going to slam his fist and break the desk but noticed a picture frame. Luca calmed down and looked. It had a picture of five girls waving and making peace signs.
"This must be the Senshi…They don't look mean and imposing…"
He flipped the photo over and noticed writing on it.
"My best friends, may we achieve our dreams!" he read.
"These girls have dreams but I couldn't live my dream because of them!" he placed the photo back on her desk.
He gave another casual glance in the room. His tail twitched in curiosity. "This is foolish, I'm out of here!"
He teleported out of the room and back outside.
Luca headed back to where Malachite was. His thoughts would continue dwindling to what he read. Akihabara, huh?
Sailor Venus was falling to her death. She didn't know what to do since she couldn't fly!
"I wish we could fly like those people on Dragon Ball Z or flash step in the air like those characters from Bleach!" she cried.
When she thought she was going to die she saw a white orb coming straight at her.
"My god, it's an angel to take me from this place!" she said.
The orb slammed into her and she was resting in the arms of Artemis.
"Please Mina, stop watching Touched by an Angel!" he joked.
She noticed she stopped falling to see her cat guardian. "Artemis! You saved me!"
He gave her a chuckle. "I wouldn't let anything happen to you, Venus!"
Venus hugged him tightly and remembered looked at the sky.
"What's wrong Venus?" he asked.
"I'll tell you soon. Right now I gotta get back to Healer!"
Artemis gave her a confused glance. "What? Sailor Star Healer is back?" The one that Luna has a crush on!
"Later Artemis, just drop us down, now!"
Back on the ground Pluto and Healer glared at Kawasari. "You will tell us who you are working for!" Healer snapped.
Pluto held out her staff.
Kawasari was about to attack until she got a telepathic message to retreat.
"I'd like to stay and chat but now I have to go!" she said.
"You are not going anywhere!" Pluto snapped and unleashed another Dead Scream.
Kawasari opened her fan and smacked the orb into the sky to Pluto and Healer's surprise.
"Pluto, I'll see you again!" She soon vanished.
Healer ran to where she was. "Dammit! They still have Venus!"
Pluto was going to say something but noticed two figures coming towards them. "I don't think you'll have to worry about that!"
Sailor Star Healer heard that and saw Sailor Venus and a guy she didn't know run up to them.
"Venus!" she cried.
Sailor Venus waved and noticed that Pluto was there. "Sailor Pluto?"
Pluto greeted them with a smile. "It's nice seeing you again. Along with you Artemis."
Artemis bowed to the Guardian of Time. Healer appeared surprised to see Artemis though. "You're that white cat of Venus' right? I didn't know you could turn human."
The blonde man just scoffed. "I didn't expect to see you here again!"
"Artemis behave yourself," Venus lectured. "Healer is here on a mission to stop some big bad that you worried was going to happen. Of course it came to pass, so you jinxed us!" She elbowed him in this stomach.
"I didn't jinx you!" he cried.
Before they could argue Pluto coughed.
"Oh right, sorry Pluto, what are you doing here?" The blonde asked.
"I sensed a presence and came to this place and came as fast as I could." She replied.
"You mean that Kawasari person?" Venus asked.
Pluto nodded.
"She was going on about getting rid of us Senshi for something we didn't do!" Venus said. "She said we killed her family and brought down there kingdom which is ridiculous!"
"Kawasari mentioned that did she?" Pluto stated.
"Yeah but we didn't do what she claimed! We haven't even been in any battles since Sailor Galaxia!" Venus said.
Healer gave Pluto a look. "I think she knows something Venus!"
This made Venus and Artemis give Healer a confused glance.
Sailor Star Healer continued. "While you were gone, Pluto came and saved me! The two traded words and it sounded like they knew each other!" She directed a glance at the Outer Senshi. "What does this mean Pluto?"
The two blondes and silver-haired people looked at Pluto.
"It is much too soon to say anything," she mentioned.
This is not what they wanted to hear. "Pluto what do you mean?" Artemis asked. "If you know anything we could use the information!"
Pluto shook her head. "No, it is not yet time! Besides Sailor Star Healer you have another mission that you need to look after." She said in a knowing way. "I was contacted by Kakyuu, and she wants you to continue your mission."
Healer became surprised. "Princess Kakyuu contacted you?!"
Pluto nodded. "Don't worry about that demon. I will look into it for the time being. Sailor Venus, continue helping Healer with anything she needs all right?"
Venus agreed. She knew that it was not wise to push Pluto. If she said it wasn't time to show anything then you'd listen. "I will Sailor Pluto. And thanks for helping us!"
Pluto gave her a smile. "Tell the Inner Senshi I say hello!" She then turned from them and vanished.
"That's one way to go…" Artemis joked and turned to Venus. "Now what happened to you? How'd you end up falling from the sky?"
Healer was quick to jump on the situation. "Wait, you fell from the sky! Are you hurt?!"
Venus had a perplexed loo at her friend's behavior and nodded. "Yeah however Arty saved me!"
Healer gave the cat humonoid a look. "It's rather shocking seeing you as a human Artemis!"
The man just rolled his eyes. "Venus what happened!"
Sailor Venus then explained about her encounter with the masked man. She didn't tell them about the kiss he planted on her or the words he said. "I didn't get a name but he said he brought back Kawasari to get my attention!"
Healer was thinking about this. So this mysterious man had her. Princess I think I might have found a clue to what you told me!
"Now we have to deal with a guy in a mask and a demon running around the place!" Venus griped. "Looks like the Senshi team will be coming out of retirement!"
"Well we have to find any info on this man!" Artemis said.
Venus saw how serious Healer was. "Healer what's wrong, you keep giving me this weird looks!"
"I am? Sorry I'm just…." She thought quickly at what she wanted to say. "surprised how Artemis saved you! I'm glad you are unhurt!"
Sailor Venus gave her a look but didn't press. She then saw a clock and it was almost time for their next class!
"Oh crap, we are going to be late! We aren't going to make it because the trains are out!" Venus wailed in despair. "I can't get another bad grade or I'll flunk this semester!"
Healer also looked disgruntled about the time.
Artemis then answered their prayers. "Come on I'll get us back there!"
He then grabbed their hands and headed back to the Tokyo campus.
Artemis was able to drop them off outside the dorms. He made sure to check before hand about appearing there.
"Thanks Artemis! Come on Healer we have to go!" Before she could move Artemis stopped her.
"Return to your civilian attire Minako!" he cried.
She then noticed she was still a Senshi. Venus blushed. "Right, how could I forget?"
The two looked at each other and sighed.
"Show's over Synergy!" With a press of her earring a swirl of light came around her and was normal Minako Aino again.
Artemis shook his head. "Mina why do you say that? All you have to do is just think!"
Mina stuck out her tongue. "Because it keeps things fresh!"
Healer shook her head as well and back to her civilian form.
Yaten Kou gave a glance and nodded.
"So you don't feel strange turning into a guy, Yaten-kun? " she asked.
Yaten smiled. "I'm used to it. Now let's go!"
The two sprinted towards their next class.
Artemis watched them go. "Looks like the Senshi will be needed again!" he whispered.
He then turned back into a feline and headed back to Mina's room.
As he was entering the dorm he noticed a man with green medium length hair and he stopped.
"Malachite?!" he whispered.
Malachite noticed the white feline and walked off.
"That couldn't have been him, he's dead!" Artemis said. "I better keep an eye on whoever he is!"
Back in his office Malachite sat in his chair. He wouldn't need any more people for his plans. He could go back to teaching for a while.
"My plan will start shortly. All I have to do is go slowly with Mina." He whispered.
Luca and Kawasari appeared before him. "Did you do it Luca?" he asked the boy.
The dog-eared boy nodded.
"What will you do with that pendant, master?" Kawasari asked. She was still healing from her battle and her back was still burned.
He gave a smile. "I planted the seed already. That necklace will do its job when it's on her person or near her."
Malachite then got up. "It's time for my meeting. I need to come up with an excuse about my students! Kawasari I'll need you plant illusions in the people's heads on what happened to them."
The teen girl nodded. "I'll take care of it, master!" she soon vanished.
Malachite then noticed Luca. "Why don't you go explore the place Luca," he said. "It's changed from when you were last here. You can pass for humans if you get rid of the tail and ears."
Luca looked outside then back at him. "All right…"
The man gave the boy another glance. That boy is reclusive. I'd better keep an eye on him. He was out the door.
Luca was continuing thinking about what he saw in Mina's room. They didn't look like killers. Are we doing the right thing?
A moment later Kawasari returned. "I have done what that fool said!"
She then grabbed Malachite's bottle of Scotch and poured herself a drink.
"Sister isn't it to early?" he asked.
After chugging it down she slammed the pint on the desk. "Ahhhhh, it's never too early, Luca! Do you want one?"
Luca blinked at her antics. "No thanks…"
She shrugged her shoulders. "Come on live a little! You are over 1000 years old! Your body just hasn't caught up to your age!"
The boy just shook his head. "I'll drink when I'm ready too…" he headed off.
"Where are you going Luca?" she asked Combining Scotch and Jack Daniel's together.
"Checking out a place called Akihabara." Then he vanished.
She was going to follow him but decided not to. "He'll be fine. This is the first time he would do something like this? Hmm maybe being revived in this era won't be bad!"
Kawasari then thought about Pluto. "You bitch, next time I see you and Barbie, and I'll tear into your flesh!"
She then saw he had a T.V. and turned it on. "What is this show Buffy the Vampire Slayer?"
The fox demon watched in awe as she saw blonde teen killing vampires with a stake. "Ohh this should be good!"
She grabbed her mixed drink and watched two hours of that show. Kawasari would start liking her time in the new era of humans.
It was the evening and Mina had finished taking a bath. Thanks to Yaten she was able to get caught up on her classes since he had every one of her classes.
"That's convinent having Yaten-kun with me!" she happily said as she was on her bed. After the class she took Yaten out for some dinner and they had a blast.
"I didn't think he'd be all for that though, he's really changed…" she said.
She didn't know why but she felt happy around him. Even though she met him again for the first time in three years, it felt like he'd never left. "I'm happy he's here…"
Mina then noticed that Artemis wasn't in the room. She walked to her desk and saw he left a note.
"It says he's gone out for a bit? What's he got to do? Buy more kitty litter?!"
She then saw her photo of her friends was down. "How did that happen?"
Mina placed back in its normal place and saw a box. "Artemis must have checked my mail."
She opened the box to see a beautiful pendant with an orange stone. "This is wonderful!" she said to herself.
The teen placed it around her neck and looked in the mirror. "This matches me perfectly!"
She then took out the note that came with it.
It read as follows.
To the woman who has captured my heart.
May this bring you good luck in all your endeavors!
Signed
Secret admirer
Minako was floored by what she read. Someone actually brought her something and she had an admirer?
"Hmmm, maybe they were blind-sided by my beauty?" she happily replied., moving her hand through her golden locks as sparkles appeared around it. "I am the Goddess of love!"
She then saw how late it was and placed the necklace on her desk. "I'll figure it out in the morning. I also have to talk with Artemis about seeing that person who looks like Malachite."
The blonde headed off to bed not seeing a glow coming from the object.
Mina was dreaming. She was walking in an endless corridor with no doors. For some reason she couldn't talk. All she could do was move forward.
She started running towards the door she saw. It took her a couple of minutes before she got there.
She opened the door to see herself standing in the middle of an auditorium.
"No, not this again?!" she whimpered to herself.
She was on a stage and a couple of judges were standing in front of her.
"No this isn't real…" she said.
When she thought it was going to turn bad the vision vanished and replaced in a nighttime setting with a candle light dinner.
She looked to see herself in a nice ball gown and her hair was in a bun.
"Who is there?" she cried.
Who came out was the mysterious man wearing the clown mask. He looked debonair in his tuxedo.
"You, how are you in this place?" she yelled reaching for her henshin stick but didn't have it.
The man came closer to her. "I've been waiting for you Minako."
Her eyes widened at how he knew her name.
"I will give you everything you wish if you will stay by my side!" he said.
She couldn't turn away from him.
He placed a light kiss on her lips. She liked how he was kissing her.
"Now will you give me your body and soul…" he whispered.
Minako heard that and didn't say anything. She became suspicious about it but a part of her didn't mind the attention. Then she felt like she was being hypnotized. Before succumbing to the charm she saw a peculiar sight; a teenage boy with black hair appearing.
Then the dreamscape ended and the mysterious man was flung from the area.
Mina woke up with a start. She was breathing hard as sweat covered her body. Taking a glance she saw it was still nighttime. After calming down she realized that her heart still pounded.
She noticed Artemis was in a ball sleeping.
"Come on, it was only a dream Minako!" She chided herself quietly. "But who was that masked man and that boy?"
After gathering herself she went back to sleep. She would dream of the moment which changed her life forever...
Back in his room Malachite jerked awake. "Damn, I shouldn't have said that. I have to break down her defenses one at a time!" he griped.
He should have let her first dream take control of her first. "That is a key to how I will make her vulnerable."
An image of Yaten Kou and Sailor Star Healer appeared in his head. "I saw in her mind the person she is thinking about! I might have to deal with him, along with..." Another image of a teenage boy he didn't know showed up. "I don't know who he was but if I ever see him again I am going kick his ass!
Malachite rubbed his temples in exhaustion. "I will have her to myself! The person she cares about or some random figure will not stop my plans. With her powers I can change the world befitting for the both of us!"
He then went for a bottle of Scotch and noticed it was half empty.
"Damn, I'll have to buy another one!" he griped.
In the Gates of time Setsuna Meioh was contemplating the situation. She was in a chair while drinking tea.
"Kawasari has returned. She was sealed along with another sibling of hers as I recall. I've checked and it looks like the place desecrated by someone."
She took a sip. "Healer has her mission to fulfill with helping Venus. I don't know the implications but this is part of those demons coming back here. The strangest thing is I don't know who revived them. It's as if the person is surrounded in mist."
Setsuna thought about what Kawasari told her. "My vision is becoming obscured. No regular human could do this to me. Only one has that ability but he's long dead…"
The long-green haired woman stood up and walked to her bath. She placed her clothes in a hamper and went to the hot water.
"I never thought those two would come back. They should have remained asleep like the others. But if this is a prologue to what's going to happen then I'm afraid that we will be in danger…"
She splashed the water on her face. "It's funny we stand for truth and justice and are predecessors ravaged in bloodshed and anarchy. We now bear responsibility on a past action. In a time before Queen Serenity ascended to her throne."
She took a moment to think.
"I have to figure this out. I might have to stick with Yaten and Minako for a while until I get all the clues I need."
She then had thoughts of that man. "That man, he was human but had presence that made you believe whatever he said. It makes me wonder,"
Setsuna stood up and the water dripped off her tan skin. "Adelric, have you come to spread your shadow over us once again?"
In a random condo, Luca and Kawasari were sleeping in their rooms. Thanks to Malachite he brought them this place down the road from the college. It was an expensive place filled with everything they wanted.
Kawasari was drunk on the floor with three sake cans on the ground. Luca was drinking milk while thinking. A couple of figurines of Gundam paraphilia was on the counter.
My sister and I are here, living in this era. Maybe we can find peace this time around. I don't care about the stupid Senshi or this vendetta! I want to live in peace with Kawasari!
He took a gulp of his milk. "Father, only you could have given Malachite our hearts! Are you really alive?"
I end this chapter with more questions than answers about the demon siblings.
Pluto comes in and helps out Healer and Venus but what is she hiding from them. Who is Adelric? And what is Pluto alluding to?
I updated a little with an improvement of the dreamdrop with Malachite, Mina and another character. Read the next chapter to know who he was in this section!
So you're asking yourselves if I will expand more on this. Yes I will but in little bits. I have something in the works after this story is done.
Now Malachite is going to use the dreams to corrupt Minako. He has to lower her defenses down. Along with Yaten being a protector for her, he will find a way to purge Yaten out of Mina's heart.
Is it love for those two? I'll say that it's expectation and liking for the moment.
That dream in the beginning for Mina has something to do about her recent fear of wanting to become an idol. That will happen soon!
I am using Artemis' human form in this too and gave him certain extra powers for this. He won't always be able to do that stuff though since he's still getting used to it.
I hope you like Kawasari and Luca. I'm trying to expand more on what they will do on off days. It looks like Luca will be heading for Akihabara soon along with Kawa-chan liking the taste of liquor!
So that's it for this chapter!
Please review and I will see you later!