Chapter 11: The Ainos meet Sailor V and V Knight

"So how do you want to stage this dearheart?" Kiyoshi asked as he parked his car in the Aino's driveway.

"Oh I was thinking about doing this…" Minako outlined her plan as a mischievous grin spread across her face. After she finished, Kiyoshi laughed and said:

"I like it. Let's get to it then." Minako nodded and they both slipped from the car and hid in the clump of tall bushes between the front door and the garage.

"Are you sure it will still fit?" Kiyoshi asked as Minako pulled out an ornate ink pen.

"The suit grows or so Artemis told me." Minako replied. Taking a deep breath, she then called out "Moon Power TRANSFORM!" and tossed the pen into the air. A brief flash later and a slightly older Sailor V stood before Kiyoshi. Relaxing from her henshin pose, Sailor V tossed her old crescent compact to him and grinned. Kiyoshi gave a mock salute and called out:

"Crescent Moon Power! TRANSFORM!" A golden light enveloped him briefly, and then faded to reveal Kiyoshi in a masculine form of Sailor V's fuku, and his hair caught back in a ponytail at the nape of his neck by a red ribbon.

"For love and justice, V Knight!" he said and struck a pose similar to Sailor V's. Sailor V laughed and said,

"Okay, V Knight, it's time."

"Right, my beautiful goddess." He replied and walked to the front door. Behind him he knew that Sailor V had jumped onto the roof of her garage and now sat crouched, awaiting his signal. Stretching out a gloved finger, V Knight rang the doorbell.

"Yes—oh!" Takara (Takara-treasure) Aino exclaimed as she saw who had rung the doorbell, her husband, Nobu (Nobu-truth) Aino behind her.

"For love and justice, I am V Knight!" he said, bowing slightly and trying to keep a straight face. "And now, allow me to present the first defender of love and justice, Sailor V!" he continued stepping to the side and flashing a quick hand signal to the masked warrior on the garage. Sailor V saw her opening and sprang into action. Launching off the garage roof, she preformed three flawless front flips before arcing down to land neatly beside V Knight and struck her trademark pose. Takara was clearly too awed to speak so her husband jumped in.

"W-Would you care to come inside, Sailor V, V Knight?" he asked, opening the door wider and moving his wife out of the way. The two masked warriors nodded and walked in, as Takara numbly shut the door behind them.

"You know Mom, Dad," Sailor V said casually, as if stating the weather, "it is very unnerving to see you staring at me like that." V Knight smiled slightly at her approach.

"M-Mi-Minako?!" Nobu squawked as Takara stared.

"Yes, Daddy? Is something wrong?" Sailor V asked innocently as V Knight fought to keep a grin from his face.

"You're Sailor Venus and Sailor V, dear?" Takara asked quietly, guiding her husband to the couch as Sailor V and V Knight took the love seat.

"Yes, you see Sailor V was a combination of Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus." Sailor V stated and continued. "I took that form to confuse the enemy, for they knew of the sailor senshi and knew there was no such person as 'Sailor V' in the past. The moon on my forehead and my outfit made them think that I was the reincarnated princess whom they were looking for. I knew that I was just a decoy to stand in the princess' place until she awoke. Oh and in cause you were wondering, about the time that I started putting and keeping a red ribbon in my hair was when I became Sailor V." Nobu and Takara nodded as they were indeed pondering when their daughter became Sailor V. Sailor V continued her story as V Knight added his bits. Finally V Knight spoke up,

"Hey Sailor V? I don't know about you but I think we should de-henshin." Sailor V looked up and nodded. She gripped her henshin pen and closed her eyes as V Knight gripped the crescent compact and also closed his eyes. Their fukus faded away to reveal their pure forms briefly before their regular clothes faded into existence. They opened their eyes and smiled at the slightly flustered Ainos. Nobu cleared his throat and spoke:

"Minako, you said that in your past lives you and Kiyoshi were lovers, correct?" at his daughters nod, he continued, "So are you…" Nobu voice died unable to continue his question. Kiyoshi hugged Minako tightly as she smiled and nodded. Surprisingly, Nobu didn't explode as they expected him to, but just sighed and smiled ruefully, showing that he had already guessed the answer. Takara then asked,

"Minako, Kiyoshi, my I see you in your warrior forms?" instead of answering Takara verbally, Minako grabbed her now star shaped heart crystal and Kiyoshi pulled off his kunzite necklace (the clasp automatically disappeared) and henshined.

"Minako Aino, that skirt is way too short!" Nobu said sternly as Venus sighed, sweatdropping.

"Daddy, I can't exactly fight in long skirts. And the bodices are leotards okay?"

"Hm, these suits are custom fit to your body, like a second skin. And no zippers or fasteners either! You would have to be sewn into this thing!" Takara (a seamstress) inspecting her daughter from all angles.

"Yes mom, that's why we use magic to change into them. The material is actually harder to pierce than steel armor, is as flexible as spandex, and breaths like the finest Egyptian cotton. Our gloves, boots, necklaces, bows, ribbons, sleeves and sailor cloth are made of the same material." Venus explained.

"How do you run in those shoes? You said that they are made of cloth?" Takara asked pointing to the three inch stiletto heeled white boots.

"Well the soles are made from flexible leather like material (the inside of the boots are molded to their feet, giving them perfect support at all times), and are steel tipped under the cloth. The cloth is slightly thicker and less flexible at the heel, too. We mostly sprint or fly now, but when we run or walk, there are invisible force fields that make the heel as stable as the best running shoe." Venus said letting her mom look at her boots closely.

"Oh, well, what about—"

Honey, give her a break." Nobu interrupted his wife fondly.

"Daddy, Mom, I'm going to be moving to the Ocean Wind manor in the Azabu district (the district Mamoru lives in). The house is owned jointly by the outer senshi and, well, it will be easier to go over senshi stuff if we are all together."

"Not to mention spend time with your lovers." Takara added wickedly and continued, "Dear let's go help Minako and Kiyoshi pack."

"Okay," Nobu said as Venus and Kunzite powered down to Minako and Kiyoshi. "Because if we don't, Minako will surely end up leaving half of it by accident!" he teased as they went up the stairs.

"Hey, Daddy, that isn't true!" Minako's voice rang out as the other three laughed.