"So, what are we going to do next?"asked Ami. "There was absolutely no way I could possibly separate Rei from Jadeite."
Artemis stayed as far as possible from Luna, who looked absolutely murderous.
"We were too late."he said.
"Does this perfume wear off? Like, after say, twenty four hours, or something?"
Artemis sighed.
"It depends on a lot of things. How much, and so forth."he told her.
"We need to find a way to cure them fast!"
They heard the phone ring. Ami picked it up, and angrily Luna slapped it out of her hand, picked it up, and hung it up again.
"There's no time for all this!"she said, angrily. "We have to figure out a solution!"
"Luna!"Ami looked shocked.
Artemis gulped, and resisted the urge to run and hide.
"There's no time for this!"Luna repeated angrily. "We have to cure Sailor Moon! And Tuxedo Kamen! She's so obsessed with saving the world now, she's seeing enemies every where! I can't go near her because she thinks I'm an imposter, who's set on causing chaos, or something, to separate them!"
Ami nodded.
"Rei, Jadeite, Makoto and Nephrite, too."she said. "I've never seen Rei so…the point is, she's definitely not herself. No one is. Maybe we can get Minako to help us. Or, would that make it worse?"she asked Artemis.
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Minako anywhere at all today."he answered.
"Wouldn't she be at home? Or at school?"
He shook his head.
"The arcade?"she suggested.
"No. I looked there as well. I looked after I found Makoto and Nephrite. There was nothing I could do about it, and I went looking for her, but she was nowhere to be found."
Ami looked alarmed.
"Oh, dear, do you think she's disappeared? Or something happened to her?"she asked, anxiously. "If Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen thought Luna was an imposter, maybe they attacked Minako, taking her for a youma as well?"
"Don't joke about that."said Luna, remembering Sailor Moon's obsession. "And anyway, I'm pretty sure Minako can take care of herself."
"But where could she be?"
"We've got to hurry! Or something destructive could happen!"Artemis told them. "There's just no telling what they could possibly do in that state."
"But apparently, only Usagi and Mamoru are the only ones who could cause any real damage, seeing how she's set on saving the world, but seeing youmas wherever she goes."Ami said, calmly.
Artemis shook his head.
"No. Think, like, that Rei, or rather Sailor Mars, could do anything to try and impress and Jadeite!"
"Oh!"Ami looked worried. She could imagine the kind of thing that Rei would probably do. "You're right."she agreed. "We have to go, quickly."
Artemis began pacing back and forth, thinking where Minako could possibly be. Luna looked furious.
"Now we have to search for Minako, as well!"Luna demanded.
"And Makoto!"Ami reminded them. "She'd do something drastic, I'm sure!"
Artemis groaned. How could he possibly have let that perfume fall into the girls' hands? He should have ran after them, and stolen it from them, before they had a chance to use it! Or rather, never have given it to Minako at all!
"But how do we make the effect pass?"asked Ami. "How long does the effect last?'she asked. "Or what we should do?"
"First, we have to find them, and as we agree that the perfume affected Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen first, and apparently, strongest, we should find them first."
"And them?"asked Ami, as they ran toward the door.
"We'll think of something on the way."said Luna.
"But if anything had happened, it'd have been on the news, or people would be talking about it."said Artemis, hopefully.
"You'd better hope nothing has happened, Artemis!"said Luna, coldly.
Artmis gulped. He was more afraid of what Luna could do, or say, if anything did happen, then if anything actually happened.
"Maybe we can track her down using her communicator."he suggested.
If he helped, that might make the punishment less drastic.
"Good idea."Ami agreed, taking out her computer.
She pressed a few keys, and waited.
"Hmm,"she said. "according to this, Minako's at home. I thought you said that she wasn't home."she asked Artemis.
"I'm just so nervous, maybe I didn't even know what I was saying, he he."he sounded relieved.
Ami and Luna nodded.
"Then we'd better get going. There's no time to lose."
They reached Minako's house, but while Ami rang the doorbell five times, no one answered.
"That's odd."said Ami, ringing it a sixth time. "Is Minako a deep sleeper?"she asked Artemis.
"Uh, not really. Sometimes it takes a while to wake her up, but not very much. She should have gotten up by now. Maybe she's in the shower."he suggested.
Ami nodded. That made sense.
"Then how are we going to get in?"she asked.
Artemis thought.
"I'll go in through the pet door, and then I'll open the door for you."he said, heading toward the back yard.
"We'll wait for you right here."said Ami.
A few minutes later, they could hear Artemis struggling with the locks, until they heard his voice saying, "It's open!" and Ami opened the door and walked in.
"But I don't hear the shower running at all!"observed Ami. "Minako!"
"Uh, you're right. I don't either."agreed Artemis.
"Where exactly is the communicator, Ami?"asked Luna.
Ami consulted her computer again.
"Hmm, according to this it should be in Minako's bedroom. Maybe she is asleep, after all. Or it's in the room under it."
They went upstairs. The bedroom door was wide open, but Minako was no where in sight.
"Where is she?"Luna sounded concerned.
"Uh, I don't want to think about it."said Artemis in a weak voice.
Both girls turned to look where Artemis was gesturing. They saw that the container of perfume was gone.
