SailorStar9: You ladies wanted this chapter, so here goes. This is Chapter 5 of this fic; and please be a dear and review.

Disclaimers: I do not own the animes. But I do own the pairing, I hope.

Chapter 5: Artemis' Affair! A Mysterious Kitten Appears!

Time passes, in the Tsukino household...

"I understand up to here, but..." Chibi-Usa noted.

"That's right, 4 dozen is 48." Mamoru remarked, looking over Chibi-Usa's homework. "And when you divide it between 6 people, it's 12 times 4 divided by 6, so..."

"Oh I see." Chibi-Usa beamed. "You really are reliable, Mamo-chan."

"Mamo-chan!" Usagi cut in. "Me too! I don't get this one. This one!"

"What is this?" Chibi-Usa snapped, fuming at the interruption. "It's upside down!"

"Shut up!" Usagi retorted. "When I don't understand, I don't understand!"

"Of course you won't understand it if it's upside down!" Chibi-Usa shot back.

"But that's no reason..." Usagi protested.

"QUIET!" Mamoru called a time-out. "If you're not going to study seriously, I'll go home. In the first place, both of you..."

"Papa!" Chibi-Usa pulled out the 'father card'.

"Papa?" Mamoru echoed.

"Your future daughter can't do her studies at school." Chibi-Usa teared. "And is ridiculed by her friends, and steps away from the correct path of life. Not being able to find someone to marry and lives a lonely life. Even if that happens, are you alright with it, Papa?"

"No..." Mamoru sweatdropped. "You don't have to go that far..."

"Even if you're smart , I'm sure you won't find anyone to marry anyway." Usagi cut in.

"Come on." Mamoru sighed.

"Is it alright for a mother to be saying that?" Chibi-Usa retorted.

"I just said the truth." Usagi defended.

"Hey, listen up." Luna stated.

"Wait, Luna." Artemis defended. "It's a misunderstanding!"

"It's alright, you don't have to hide it." Luna remarked. "Artemis has finally seen the signs of spring." she informed the royal family.

"Really?" Usagi blinked. "How? Who?"

"I had thought he just stopped in front of the Jubaan Church, when he started staring at the beautiful nun there, and was awestruck." Luna related.

"I'm telling you, it's a misunderstanding." Artemis insisted.

"I see..." Usagi noted. "Artemis's in love."

"I'm a little jealous." Chibi-Usa agreed.

"You have a good eye for women, Artemis." Mamoru noted. "That nun is really beautiful."

"Mamo-chan!" both 'Rabbits' snapped.

On the pier where Chibi-Usa frist appeared...

A time portal appeared in the sky and something dropping into the bushes.

Outside the Tsukino household...

"Now, alright?" Mamoru stated. "By tomorrow, I want both of you to do 5 pages each of those problem sets."

"Yeah..." the two 'Rabbits' sighed as Mamoru carried Artemis back to Minako.

"If you don't do them properly, I won't come by anymore." Mamoru reminded.

"Okay..." both 'Rabbits' chorused.

"Cheer up, Artemis." Mamoru looked at the downcast tomcat in his arms.

"Artemis really wasn't looking too good." Chibi-Usa noted.

"That's because, Luna, who he loves so much , is having a misunderstanding." Usagi remarked.

"Wait a minute!" Luna protested on top of the gate. "I didn't do anything."

"Luna, you know that Artemis is in you with you, don't you?" Chibi-Usa pressed.

"Luna sometimes has a really frigid streak." Usagi whispered.

"Artemis..." Chibi-Usa surmised. "Could he become depressed and disappear off somewhere?"

"Entirely possible." Usagi agreed.

"Poor Artemis." Chibi-Usa sighed. "Artemis is the type that clams up and thinks, right?"

"Yeah, he is." Usagi agreed. "He's being cornered by Luna now."

Maybe it wasn't such a good idea. Luna relented.

On the streets...

"To have Luna tell me that..." Artemis sighed.

"That's because you were caught gawking at someone else in front of the one you really care for." Mamoru reminded.

"I'm telling you, that's a misunderstanding." Artemis protested.

"Father!" a voice called, stopping to two males in their tracks.

"The one that spoke just now..." Mamoru blinked as the grey kitten leapt down.

"Was that kitten, right?" Artemis finished.

"Oh, I'm so glad to have met you." Diana replied. "I'm Diana, Father."

"Father?" Mamoru echoed, noticing the crescent moon on the kitten's forehead.

"You know." Artemis jumped off. "Isn't this some kind of mistake? In the first place, I haven't..."

"Oh, I'm so glad!" Diana wasted no time in snuggling against the past self of her father. "Mother has told me much as well. That I should be careful not to be picked up by some stranger when I arrive over here."

"Um..." Artemis stammered.

"Father...!" Diana nuzzled.

"Artemis...!" Luna growled lowly in warning.

"Luna!" Artemis stammered at the fuming black Mooncat.

"You... not only do you gawk at beautiful women, but you went ahead and had a kitten like this too?" Luna accused. "What an irresponsible male you are!"

"You're wrong, Luna!" Artemis protested. "This is some kind of mistake!"

"What part of this is a mistake?" Luna growled. "A cat that speaks has to be your child!"

"Luna..." Artemis teared after Luna gave him the cat version of a slap across the face.

"Sheesh, do whatever you want!" Luna retorted.

"Luna, wait!" Artemis called.

Left alone with Diana, Mamoru looked at the innocent-looking kitten.

In the Dead Moon Circus tent...

"Tigers-Eye, Fish-Eye, Hawks-Eye." Zirconia started. "Quite a bit of confidence to be practicing your skills. Whatever happened to capturing Pegasus?"

"Zirconia-sama." Fish-Eye stated.

"Leave it to us." Tigers-Eye requested.

"We are not taking our minds off of it." Hawks-Eye assured.

"I hope that is really so." Zirconia remarked. "Lately, too many people are all mouth and no action. It leaves me with a huge burden. Stay focused on our quest. I really do hate being betrayed."

"Yes..." the Amazon Trio bowed.

In the bar...

"We were yelled at again!" Tigers-Eye fumed. "It's all you guys' fault!"

"You sure say a lot." Fish-Eye remarked.

"You're the one with the most mistakes." Hawks-Eye pointed out.

"Oh, hush." Tigers-Eye snapped. "It's because you guys are not good at following up!" he downed his drink.

"Oh brother..." Fish-Eye sighed, tossing a photo away. "All of them aren't that great."

"Aren't there just pure and beautiful maidens around here?" Hawks-Eye mused, looking at a picture.

"Oh, I found one." Tigers-Eye remarked. "A tremendously pure and just maiden."

"Oh, you're right." Fish-Eye agreed.

"But..." Hawks-Eye started. "She will be too much for you to handle."

"That's not the case." Tigers-Eye smirked. "The higher the mountain, the more it's worth climbing. When you get to the top, the feeling of conquest tend to be even better with woman like this." he peered through Sister Maria's photo through the pint glass.

In the Jubaan Church...

"Thy Kingdom come;" Sister Maria prayed. "Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us for our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."

"So, that's the nun that Mamo-chan was talking about." Usagi noted as she and Chibi-Usa peered into the alter.

"So beautiful." Chibi-Usa gushed. "I think I'll say that she's my mama!"

"Chibi-Usa!" Usagi pouted, playfully punching the child in the head.

In the Aino household...

"I'm home. Artemis entered Minako's room. "Hey Mina, you were here? Mina?" he tilted his head when Minako did not respond.

"Artemis..." Minako started. "Who is your owner?

"Geez..." Artemis protested. "'Owner'? You and I are comrades who have fought for peace together, Mina."

"I see, comrades, huh?" Minako echoed. "You hide things from your comrades, then?"

"Hide things?" Artemis repeated. "Oh, sorry, that cake that was here as a snack. I did eat it, but I wasn't hiding anything, it not that big a deal."

"It's alright about the cake." Minako slammed her fist against the window. "I didn't realize it anyway."

"That wasn't it?" Artemis blinked. "Then is it about the fact that I broke your favorite glass, Mina? Or about the time a couple of days ago I accidentally dropped the ribbon that was hanging to dry and muddled it up?"

"I see..." Minako trembled in contained fury. "So you were the one behind that as well."

This isn't good! Artemis gaped in horror.

Mom's gonna explode! A horror-stricken Psych's mouth was agape on her mother's bed.

"But that's alright." Minako replied. "I can smile and let those go."

Somehow, it doesn't seem like the normal Mina... Artemis wondered in fear.

"Artemis, the cordless phone..." Psych whispered a reminder.

Can it be...! Artemis gaped, putting the pieces together.

"I just got a call from Usagi a few minutes ago." Minako revealed the wireless phone in her hand. "I heard about it, Artemis. That you became a father! Without telling me!"

"As I've been saying, it's a misunderstanding!" Artemis protested.

"Liar!" Minako fumed.

"I keep saying, I don't know anything about this!" Artemis insisted, now hiding behind Psych for protection.

"How can a kitten be born without you knowing?" Minako snapped. "If you say something like that, don't you feel sorry for her? Artemis!" she pointed a finger at the tomcat. "Show your integrity as a male!"

"I'm innocent!" Artemis wailed.

"Mom..." Psych blinked. "Don't you think you're taking this a... bit too far?"

In the Hikawa Shrine...

"Here, Luna." Rei presented the cat a tableful of snacks. "Go on and eat up."

"When your heart is lonely, it's best to eat up." Makoto agreed.

"Chocolate peanuts!" Usagi gushed.

"There are cookies here too!" Chibi-Usa added.

"It's not for something we brought for you guys." Rei stopped them with a raised arm. "Luna, there are many replacements out there. Cheer up."

"But are there other cats that speak human speech?" Ami wondered.

"Ami!" Makoto hushed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Luna." Ami apologized.

"Sheesh, it's not like Artemis and I really have something going." Luna protested.

"Hey, Luna." Usagi prodded. "Can I eat just the chocolate peanuts?"

"That's right." Luna cut Usagi off. "I have the important mission of raising this Usagi into a wonderful Queen. Artemis is Artemis. I am me."

"Is something wrong between Luna and Artemis?" Usagi wondered.

"You know, the fact that Artemis has a kitten from elsewhere means that..." Rei replied.

"Luna, in terms of Artemis is a thing of the past." Makoto finished.

"I see." Usagi noted. "Luna, you were dating Artemis?"

"It's alright now." Luna sweatdropped. "It's useless to explain, no matter what I say."

In the Jubaan Church...

"Lord, please bless the two that will be united her today." Sister Maria prayed, readying the church for a wedding.

"Beautiful." Tigers-Eye voiced. "So beautiful it seems out of this world."

"Yes..." Sister Maria agreed. "The caring with which someone grew this flower." she looked at the flower circlet on the door. "And the love of the person who made this wreath. It's all a blessing of our Lord.

"Do you like God?" Tigers-Eye inquired.

"Yes." Sister Maria replied. "No love on this Earth can match the love of our Lord."

"Would it be possible for you to love me?" Tigers-Eye asked.

"The Lord's love showers over everyone, even you." Sister Maria replied. "Rest assured, and leave yourself to bask in his love. What is the matter?" she gasped when Tigers-Eye suddenly dropped to the ground.

"I just heard words from the Lord." Tigers-Eye replied.

"Oh my!" Sister Maria gasped.

"He said, 'love thy neighbor'." Tigers-Eye quoted.

"That is splendid." Sister Maria remarked.

"And..." Tigers-Eye added. "To love even sinners."

"That is exactly right." Sister Maria agreed."Oh, Lord, I thank you for this wonderful day."

"I have every right to be loved." Tigers-Eye commented. "Because I am a sinner." and revealed his true form.

On the streets...

When I'm looking around like this, there really isn't that many kittens. Artemis mused. I have to hurry and find that kitten, so I can prove my innocence. I'm not even married and she's calling me father.

In the Jubaan Church...

"Now, love me..." Tigers-Eye towered over his target, Artemis being alerted by her scream. "I will have you show me your beautiful dream."

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"I think I can look forward to this one." Tigers-Eye grinned. "This is just one hideout that Pegasus surely would like."

"Lord... please save your servant..." Sister Maria gasped, holding her silver cross. "Defeat the evil... please show him your glory, O Lord. Are you alright?" she asked when Tigers-Eye dropped to the ground, grasping his wrist.

"Just kidding." Tigers-Eye grinned. "You watch too many movies. One!" he chanted as a slate appeared behind Sister Maria. "Two!" Sister Maria's wrists and ankles were cuffed in place. "Three!" at that, Sister Maria screamed as her 'Dream Mirror' was drawn out forcefully. "Now I will take a look in your dreams. Dear Sister, too bad this isn't Golgotha. Of course, it seems that your voice isn't being heard by the one who you believe in. What are you doing?" he snapped when Artemis jumped out of nowhere and scratched his cheek. "What would happen to me if you hit me in the face? My beautiful face!"

"Venus Eternal Power..." Minako called.

"Psych Dream Weaver..." Psych pulled out her 'Dream Weaver' stone.

"Make Up!" the mother-daughter pair transformed.

"Hold it right there!" Venus declared on the roof. "A cat walks, and hits into a villain. To a cat, I will barge in on tonight!"

"Come on..." Artemis and Psych sighed.

"Ugly girls should stay out of it." Tigers-Eye advised.

"What was that?" the two Light Senshi snapped.

"Not only do you peek into mirrors of dreams..." Venus growled.

"But to say as such to us, standing for love and beauty?" Psych exclaimed. "We will never forgive you for that!"

"I, Venus..." Venus started.

"And Psych..." Psych posed.

"Will have you shot down with the divine punishment of love!" the two chorused.

"Come here, my beautiful Lemure, Kigurumiko, the giant plush." Tigers-Eye instructed.

"Kigurumiko!" the Lemure posed.

"Kigurumiko, I'll leave you with the rest." Tigers-Eye remarked. Slapping Artemis aside, he approached his target.

"Artemis!" the two Senshi gasped.

"Is it to your liking?" Kigurumiko jumped on top of the roof. "Is boxing to your liking?"

"I don't know." Venus replied. "Because I've never played before."

"That's great." Kigurumiko smiled. "Change of clothes." she spat smoke from her mouth and leapt into the cloud to transform. "Kangaroo Boxer! Kangaroo KICK!"

"Mom, next time, don't say anything." Psych remarked, the two Senshi dodging the sudden attack.

"Sorry." Venus apologized. "This isn't enough." she glared at the Lemure.

"Something is missing." Kigurumiko looked at her pouch.

"Excuse me a bit..." Tigers-Eye remarked and stuck his head into Sister Maria's 'Dream Mirror'. "I see! So this is a nuns dream. It's a beautiful dream." he removed his head. "But he is nowhere in here. I'll send you now to where your dear God awaits. "Damn you!" he glared at Artemis who had scratched him to prevent him from destroying the 'Dream Mirror' with his whip. "How dare you put a scratch on my cute little hand! Kigurumiko! Make sure you play around lots with this one too!"

"Look out!" Psych warned when Kigurumiko jumped down and placed Artemis into her pouch.

"You are my partner!" Kigurumiko snuffed the tomcat into her pouch.

"What's this?" Artemis blinked, finding himself dressed in a kangaroo-boxer suit.

"Power has been charged." Kigurumiko added. "Courage up to a hundred-fold."

"Artemis!" the two Senshi jumped down.

"Venus Love-Me Chain!" Venus released her weapon at the Lemure.

"Artemis?" Psych blinked when the attack hit Artemis instead.

"That little one is now one and the same as Kigurumiko." Tigers-Eye laughed. "It shares her pain as well."

"What?" Venus gasped.

What's this? Artemis wondered, as the two Senshi ducked Kigurumiko's punches. My body is moving on its own. "Sorry..." he muttered when Kigurumiko landed a punch onto Venus' chin.

"Ouch!" Venus winced.

"Moon Dream Weaver, Make Up!" the two 'Rabbits' transformed.

"Sinner, it is time to repent!" Moon declared

"What a maiden looks forward to..." Mercury jumped down with her daughters.

"The scene of a wedding." Chibi-Moon followed suit.

"One who tarnishes the purity of a church!" Jupiter and her daughter were next.

"Although they go against our family business." Mars and Enyo leapt down.

"We won't allow this!" Moon finished. "For love and justice!"

"Pretty Senshi in Sailor suits!" Chibi-Moon added.

"Moon!" Moon posed.

"Chibi-Moon!" Chibi-Moon did her pose.

"In the name of the moon... "Moon continued.

"We'll punish you!" the two chorused.

"Kigurumiko." Tigers-Eye told his Lemure. "Get them all." he passed his thumb across his throat and retreated via a fire ring.

"One, two... punch!" Kigurumiko's punch spilt the Senshi apart.

"Artemis!" Kore blinked as she and Jupiter landed.

"What was that?" Enyo gasped.

"It really is Artemis!" Chibi-Moon agreed, the group looking up at the leaping Kigurumiko.

"Berserker..." Jupiter readied her attack.

"Mom, Artemis is...!" Kore reminded.

"What can we do?" Jupiter wondered.

"We need to foil their line of sight." Mercury reasoned, before Kigurumiko leveled the three Senshi with a punch.

"Everyone, don't worry about me and attack!" Artemis shouted, Kigurumiko continuing her assault on the rest.

"Let go of Artemis!" Luna jumped onto Kigurumiko's head.

"Alright, let go, Luna!" Artemis exclaimed, the aftereffect kicking in. "Luna!" he shouted after Kigurumiko got Luna off her head with a bounce to the ground.

"Kangaroo Double-Triple-Kick!" Kigurumiko turned her assault onto Luna.

"Damnit, what are you doing to my Luna?" Artemis growled. "Take this!" he bit the Lemure's pouch, causing Kigurumiko to miss her target. "There, now have you had enough!"

Hissing in anger, Kigurumiko pulled Artemis out and tossed him to the ground.

"Luna..." Artemis hurried over to the black cat. "Hang in there."

"Artemis..." Luna peered open her eyes.

"Third Round...!" Kigurumiko started when a rose intervened.

"You with a poor heart that interrupts a maiden's prayer." Tuxedo Kaman stated on a tree. "I, Tuxedo Kaman, cannot allow such a thing."

"He really needs to throw away that quote book of his." Dragon Mars sighed, the rest of the Dragons standing beside their female counterparts.

"Diana!" Chibi-Moon looked at the kitten Tuxedo Kaman pulled out of his top hat.

"Small Lady!" Diana greeted her mistress.

"Never give up!" Kigurumiko charged.

"Dream Tambourines..." the five chibi Senshi called. "Paralyzation Unification!" The five magical instruments released a powerful star-shaped beam of paralyzing dream energy wave at the Lemure in mid-charge.

"Small Lady." Diana encouraged. "Chibi-Moon, do your best."

"Please Pegasus!" Chibi-Moon went in prayer mode. "Protect everyone's dreams! Twinkle Yell!"

"Moon Gorgeous Mediation!" Moon fired her attack at the frozen Lemure.

"Stage Out!" Kigurumiko squealed as the attack washed over her.

After the battle...

"Artemis, are you alright?" Luna asked.

"Yeah." Artemis replied.

"You really are troublesome." Luna sighed.

"This kitten..." Ami started after Usagi's exclaim when Diana revealed her parentage.

"Is Luna..." Rei added.

"And Artemis..." Makoto trailed.

"I'm their future daughter." Diana confirmed. "My name is Diana. I have gotten permission from Neo-Queen Serenity to come see Small Lady."

"In the future, we're really good friends." Chibi-Usa added.

"Artemis... and my...?" Luna looked at the kitten.

"In other words, you two are going to end up in that kind of a relationship." Minako concluded.

"But... even if you say that..." Artemis started. "Right, Luna?"

"What about 'right'?" Luna stated. "You know, I have no intent on ending up like that with you. With a cat that was goggling at some beautiful nun."

"It wasn't the nun!" Artemis insisted. "I was thinking it's be nice if even cats could have a wedding in a church like that." he confessed.

"Usagi..." Rei growled at Usagi's teasing.

"And so, I'll be staying over here for a while as well." Diana added. "Father, Mother." she turned to her parents. "I am pleased to meet you both."

"Mother?" Luna blinked.

"I think I understand how the guys feel now." Artemis noted.

"Really?" Hitoshi remarked.

"You'll be lots of trouble from now on." Kouki smirked.

"You want a drink tonight?" Mamoru suggested.

"Mamo-chan!" the two 'Rabbits' fumed.

"Kouki..." Makoto growled.

"Hitoshi..." Minako glared.

"Oops." the two Dragon gaped and took a step back as Diana blinked innocently.

"You know." Yuichiro looked over to the other Dragon. "One of these days, we males ought to have an 'all-males-nights-out'."

"Agreed." Thomas nodded.

SailorStar9: Now that's done, read and review. In the next chapter, a shy writer with a beautiful dream is attacked. An old friend of Makoto's has published a book about a woman falling for a Pegasus. Zirconia orders Tigers-Eye to use her to draw Pegasus out into the open. When Chibi-Usa calls for Pegasus in the middle of the battle, Tigers-Eye sends a Lemure to find out who Pegasus is residing in. Will Chibi-Usa be safe from harm? Will Pegasus survive this battle?