Usagi sighed furiously. That Minako! What is she doing? she thought to herself

It had been 10 minutes since Minako called to tell Usagi what she was doing. Since than, Usagi was spending her time wisely by thinking of as many possible ways to kill Seiya.

Usagi heard the phone ring, but decided to ignore it. Seconds later, she heard her brother's voice "USAGI!!! PHONE!!"

Usagi picked up the phone

"Hello?"

"That was very unlike you Usako"

"Mamo-chan!!"

"Usually, you'd pick up the phone the second you heard it ring."

"Well, hi too you too."

"Is something wrong?"

"Sort of."

"Well, why don't you tell me while your in the car?"

"Huh?"

"I'm coming around your place to pick you up."

"YAY!!! I wasn't doing anything today. Anyway, do you have anything planned?"

"Yea, I decided to take you to a photo shoot today."

"Really?"

"Yea"

"Thats SOOOO cool!!! Oh, by the way, my dads home today."

"Ok, see you in about 10 minutes."

"OK!!"

CLICK

"MOM! I'M GOING OUT!"

"Where?"

Usagi went downstairs, and glanced at her father watching TV on his day off

"I'm going over to Rei's."

"Ok, but make sure you come home before 11." Her mom answered, knowing full well Usagi wasn't going to Rei's place

"Fine..."

Usagi grabbed her phone, purse and wallet, and she walked out the front door.

"Have fun honey." Her father said unexpectedly, and Usagi jumped a mile.

"I will dad." She turned around and gave him a nervous smile, and walked out quickly.

Usagi walked down the street for a bit, and she spotted Mamoru's car, parked in front of their usual meeting place when her dad was home.

"Mamo-chan!" Usagi ran over to the car, and climbed in.

"WHere's Chibi-usa?"

"She had plans with one of her friends today."

"Ok, lets get going, and, tell me whats bothering you."

"Ughh.. I don't even know where to start!"

"That's nice."

"Never mind, I do. So, you know Seiya?"

"..."

"Of course you do, anyway, he has been meeting Minako around for a little bit, and they went out to on a date today."

Mamoru shifted in his seat a little bit, something wasn't right about this. It bothered him that Seiya was going out with Minako, but there was something else, and it bothered him that he couldn't exactly pin point it.

"Minako called today to ask me if it's ok with me that she going out with him."

"Must have been really akward."

"Yea, it was. I said that she was ok to go with him, but if he hurt her, I am seriously going to kill him."

"Where you talking to her when I called?"

"No"

"Then what were you doing?"

"...Thinking of ways to hurt Seiya."

"I can help." Mamoru laughed.

"No it's ok, I thought of a lot of ways."

"Anything Seiya related seems to make your blood boil."

"Thats because he's a big fat annoying wart."

"I rest my case."

"You don't like Seiya either."

"You mean you hate him."

"I don't... ok, maybe a little. By the way, where here."

"Ok!" Usagi was going back to her care free self.

"YAY!!! Mamoru! I'm sooooooo glad your hereeeee!" said a giddy girl. She appeared out of no where. She had long bangs, and her hair was tied up into a pony tail and her clothes were very punkish. They did not match her personality.

"Oh, hi Hinamori-san."

"I told you, you can call me Kiku-chan if you want to Mamoru!"

The giddy girl paused, and stared at Usagi, Usagi stared back

"And this is?" Both girls asked at the same time.

"Usako, this is Hinamori, Kiku, and Hinamori-san, this is Usagi Tsuinkio."

"Usagi! That's such a cute name!"

"Thanks."

"So, are you a new model or something?"

"Huh? Oh, no no no. I'm not a model."

"Oh."

"I'm here because Mamo-chan invited me."

"Mamoru! Were having the photo shoot in the garden today!" Kiku said brightly, and then skipped away.

"She seems nice! I like her!"

"You seriously didn't notice?"

"Notice what?"

"Never mind."

"So, what does she do?"

"Oh, shes another model."

"Thats so cool!"

Kiku stopped by a bathroom, and walked in. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. Who was that girl? She really needed to find out. Kiku sighed again. She liked Mamoru for a year now, and all the time she was trying to get his attention. He didn't talk much, and he was always reading when ever they were on break. Pretty much all the other models asked him out and he rejected them. She thought she was different from the other girls. Who ever and what ever that girl was to Mamoru, was going down.

Kiku walked out to the garden and spotted Usagi sitting at a picnic table

"Hey!"

"Oh hiiiii!!!!"

"Are you having fun?"

"Yea! IT's so fun watching the photo shoot."

"So, how do you know Mamoru-kun?"

"Huh? Oh, We been going out for a while now."

"HOw long?"

"Um... let's see, since i was in 7th grade... yea, that sounds about right."

"Do you go to his school?"

"Oh, god no. He's too smart and I stink at studying. Plus im in high school"

"You are?"

"Yea, why?"

"Oh, you look older than that."

"I do? Thanks!"

I seriously have to get away from this girl. "Well, nice chatting, I think they need me now, bye."

"Ok! see you around!"

Usagi watched the photo shoot. It was cool. They did lots of things with the models, and it was very entertaining, come of the shots where funny, serious, and some where just plain weird. Soon, it was over. Mamoru walked over to Usagi and sat down next to her. Kiku sat down at a nearby table, hoping to hear what they say.

"You're done? Already?"

"Yea, I was only needed in a few shots."

"Oh."

"God, I hate doing that."

"Why?"

"I'm not really interested in this kind of stuff, and I'm only doing this for money." Plus this place is crawling with flirty girls, he thought.

"Seriously? I think it's cool."

"I thought you would." He started combing her hair a little bit with his fingers. Kiku glared at Usagi. "Do you want to eat somewhere else?"

"Sure!"

"Let's go back to my place, I'll make you something to eat."

"Really!!!! YAY!!! Your a good chef Mamo-chan."

They stood up to leave, and Mamoru wrapped his right arm over her shoulders, and they walked away.

Kiku stood up, I have to do something.

She ran after him. "MAMMMMMMM OOOOOORUUUUUUUUUUU KUNNNNNNNNNN!" She "bumped" Usagi out of the way, and clung onto his arm. When she did, Mamoru felt like shoving her off. He always had that impulse when a girl he didn't like grabbed his arm.

What the heck? Usagi thought.

"Mamoru-kunnnnnnnnnnn! DO you want to eat lunch with meeeee?"

"Huh?" Said Usagi

"Oh, I'm sorry, i ment the two of you." She turned to face Usagi, and glared at her, and then turned back to Mamoru and grinned at him

Kiku likes Mamo-chan! Thats what he meant earlier! I am so slow! Usagi thought

She took his other arm. "Come on Mamo-chan! You said you'd eat with me." Mamoru felt the happy tickle-ish feeling in his arm that he felt whenever she took his arm. No matter what the other girls did, Usagi would win him over, and he felt happy knowing that.

Mamoru shook Kiku off of his arm, "I'm sorry, but I said I'd eat with Usako first."

"What about next time?" Perfect, I'll ask him ahead of time, he can't possibly dodge this. Kiku thought.

"I'll probably be busy, so no." Or maybe he can. Kiku thought.

"She is so annoying!" Mamoru exclaimed when they got to his apartment.

"I didn't notice what she was doing until the very end, I'm soooo slow!"

Mamoru went into the kitchen to cook food, and Usagi followed

"Once again," Usagi said. "I can't believe Minako and Seiya are going out today"

Usagi drabbled on, while Mamoru tried to concentrate on cooking. THere was something deeper than the fact that those two were dating that bothered him, but what?

"And it's so suspicious! Out of all the girls he could have picked, he picked Minako!"

"Yea, I agree."

Usagi went silent for a few minutes, obviously still thinking about the matter. Mamoru went on cooking and thinking. What is it that bothers me? Think, think! True, of all the girls, he picked Minako... Minako, something about that is strange...Lets see, Minako and Usagi.. I GOT IT! Minako and Usagi look like twins, and their both little airheads.

"Foods ready."

"Oooo! Yay!"

They started eating, and then Usagi spoke up, "After we start this new mission, we might not have a chance to do this anymore, well both be really busy."

"Speaking of that, did you guys find out who Sailor Io is yet?"

"Well, at the moment, there are two candidates for Io."

"And they are?"

"Well, Nozomi and Naru."

"Figuers"

"Huh?"

"Remember when Haruka and Michiru came to town?"

"Yea."

"Well, they showed up the same time Uranus and Naptune did."

"Very true, but we still have to wake up Io."

"I think It's Nozomi"

"You do?"

"Well, yea."

"I think it's Naru."

"Why?"

"Well, Ami said there is cosmic energy around both of them, and it's stronger in Nozomi."

"And?"

"Well, wouldn't the energy be weaker if you aren't awakened?"

"Then what about Nozomi?"

"I don't know."

"Sometimes, I fell like I've met her before, or she just looks like someone I know."

"Oh really?"

"Yea."

"I'm done eating!"

"Yea, me too. What do you want to do?"

"Let's watch a movie!"

"Do you wanna go to that new movie theater?"

"Yea, sure! They opened recently, and they give free movie tickets to couples."

"Ok..."

"Do you wanna walk down there? It's pretty close from here." Usagi peered out the window.

"Sure."

Once they got to the theater, Mamoru got a funny, eerie feeling.

"Nozomi-chan!!!!!" Usagi yelled.

Nozomi was checking out the ticket stand, and when she heard Usagi, she walked over to her.

"Hi Usagi-chan!"

"What are you doing?"

"Oh... I was... umm... checking out what movies are playing."

"Were coming to watch a movie, are there any good ones?"

"Not really, movies these days are all remade versions of other ones, it get kind of boring after a while."

"Oh, well, I guess well find something to watch." Usagi went over to see the show times

"NO! stop!"

"What?" Mamoru asked

"Ummm...ummmm."

"Is something wrong? He said

"It dosen't matter, Chiba- sensei, don't let her go in."

"Why?"

"It dosen't matter."

"What?"

"Just trust me, I can't tell you right now. But, keep her away from going into this theater, you shouldn't go in either, and keep her friends out of here. It's for their own good." Nozomi ran away

"Ok..."

Mamoru walked over to Usagi

Nozomi hid in the closet bush she could find. She saw Mamoru say something, and it worked, seconds later, the pair walked away.

Good, they're safe, for now. She thought. This is going to be hard. But then again, is my life ever easy? On the bright side, those two are safe, once again, for now. It's sure nice to see that the princess is the same as ever. Nozomi sighed, and it's sure nice to see Endyminion again.