Chapter 10

AN: Hey guys it's me angelicaquarian but I decided to change my name! I am so so sorry for how long it has taken me to get a chapter out. I lost all my drive to write.

I tried to write a long chapter to make up for the fact it has taken me so long to get out this chapter. Also as a little extra I made a SM/GW cast. It is what I imagine each of them to look like in real life. Some are a bit older than I would like but just imagine them between 23-30, which are their ages in my story.

As always replace dot with full stops and take away the spaces

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I find it so incredibly hard to write Heero, Wufei, Trowa and Rei. They are very complicated characters for me to write but I hope I did okay. I don't want to make them too OOC but I want them to have character growth from the end of their respective show till now. I feel like they would have grown. I am a little rusty when it comes to writing so I am sorry if it disappoints anyone.

Also on the Saturn mythology part I generally don't like too much detail as they actually got Pluto and Saturn's powers mixed up in Sailor Moon. Pluto/Hades was the god of death and Saturn/Kronos was the god of time so really they should be swapped. So to avoid this confusion I am not going into too much detail

Also I'm not sure how long it takes to get to space I looked it up and it said like 8 minutes so I'm going with it.

I am also planning on doing a bunch of oneshots with Mina paired up with men from different fandoms. I already have a few ideas but if you would like to see her paired with someone let me know and if I can I will give it a go.

Please check out my other stories Bruises a oneshot Mina/Trowa and As The World Falls Down a Sailor Moon/Avengers story.

I hope you all like it and don't forget to review they are what keeps me coming back to this story.

I don't think its my best work but its better than nothing. there is probably grammar and spelling mistakes which I apologise for.

Disclaimer – I do not own anything you recognise

That night Heero had the same dream he had been having for a month.

In the dream he started off in a dark dreary graveyard. He would walk around until he found himself in a section of the graveyard that was much brighter than the rest. As he walked closer he could see the dead grass, trees and flowers start to get greener, as if they were coming back to life. This kept on happening as he continued walking until he reached a tombstone that had young woman in a purple dress standing in front of it. She was quite short and frail looking with pale skin and shoulder length black hair. When he saw her felt a strange emotion he had never felt before. He wasn't sure what it was except that it made him feel slightly warmer and he couldn't help but want to see her face. When he reached out to touch her there was a purple glow that engulfed his body before the voice began.

"You are both naïve to love and everything that comes with it. Be patient with each other and you will both learn that no matter how dangerous and dark you both can be, love provides you with someone to rely on and lighten your load"

Once the voice ceased a glaive would swing towards him and always caused him to jerk awake from the threat of the glaive.

Though the dream was a recurring thing, the bright blue eyes staring into his own when he woke up, were not.

Mina who was leaning over him and staring at him, made her thinking face before softly muttering (still loudly enough for everyone in the room to hear),"Well that is interesting and unexpected."

Heero looked at her curiously wondering if she knew what he had been dreaming. Luckily for him Makoto looked at her friend in confusion before asking. "What is Mina?"

Mina turned to the others before returning her gaze back to Heero.
"I just totally expected him to sleep like a statue… you know all still and silent, maybe even with his eyes open in case someone attacked."

The room went completely silent at the revelation before Duo and Makoto started laughing like mad causing everyone else in the room except for Heero to crack a slight smile.

Mina blushed at their reaction and started whining slightly. "Stop laughing! It isn't a totally weird thought… he is so unemotional I figured he would be the same in his sleep."

That comment made the others laugh a little more making Mina pout slightly.

Trowa took pity on her and grabbed her hand pulling them both up effortlessly, making Mina swoon. Once they were both standing up he turned to her and spoke quietly. "How about some breakfast?"

The frown on Mina's face instantly vanished and she smiled hopefully at the handsome brunet. "Can I have pancakes? "

Trowa hid his smile at how innocent and adorable she looked and just nodded as he led her to the kitchen.

Once they left the room it made everyone else want breakfast too, so they all made their way to the kitchen to prepare food.

Ami, Quatre and Heero had a healthy cereal. Rei and Wufei had porridge. Makoto had prepared some quick bacon and eggs for her and Duo. She was rewarded with a big hug and kiss on the cheek in thanks from said man, which made her blush bright red.

Minako had giggled at her reaction and would have said something if it wasn't for Trowa handing her a plate of fluffy pancakes covered in maple syrup. Her eyes lit up and she like Duo placed a kiss on the cooks face making him blush.

The group then proceeded to sit down at the dining table to eat; Heero of course was the one that got straight down to business.

"Where are the others?"

Quatre cleared his throat giving Heero a disapproving look. "Sorry about his attitude. How do we find Pluto, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus?

Duo sniggered as he whispered to the person next to him which happened to be Ami, though everybody in the room heard. "Hehe I think I know the location of my anus."

Ami turned bright red as her mouth dropped open. "Duo, that was wildly inappropriate."

Rei who was sitting next to Ami just shrugged. "Don't worry Ames, let him say that to Uranus and watch what happens."

The other girls started laughing at Rei's comment as they knew that Haruka was very protective of her planet and could be a real hard arse to anyone that insulted it.

Mina finished laughing and answered his questions. "We will be able to feel a slight connection to them so we will be able to find the general area they are located in. We will need to research a little to find the exact location but it will be a lot easier finding them since you have us. Also Pluto will be at the tie gates so we will get her last before the King and Queen."

Quatre smiled widely at the girls. "That's fantastic. What do you need to be able to locate them?"

Ami answered his question. "All you need is us. We all have a connection to each other Mina would be able to find them herself but we are all separated her powers are weakened. So with our help she will be able to better pinpoint the right area."

Everyone hopped up from the table and headed to the lounge room and sat themselves around the room. The girls were in a circle holding hands, a map placed in front of Mina.

Mina was the only one to talk during this session. "Ok girls focus on Saturn."

The four girls concentrated hard on their youngest friend and Mina followed their connection to feel where she was. The boys were astounded as they felt the raw power emitting from the girls.

Her eyes stayed closed as she placed a small purple dot on the map.

"Next Neptune"

The girls repeated the process with Mina placing an aqua dot on the map.

"Finally Uranus."

Again the thought of their target and Mina went to put a dot on the map but her hand froze above. She opened both eyes and sighed mumbling under her breath.

"Damn Uranus has to be up in the atmosphere. Making it difficult."

The other girls opened their eyes as Makoto exclaimed. "How are we meant to know where she is if she is in space!"

Ami was as always the calm one and had already come up with a solution. "She would be encased in a satellite of some sort or somebody would have discovered a hunk of dark blue crystal floating around the earth."

This calmed the other girls down and they went to finding more precise locations of the girls. The girls went to the library and went through books and researched using the internet, trying to find the exact location of the girls.

While the girls were researching the boys headed down to their gym to train. For some of them it had been a while since they trained,

After about an hour the girls had found the locations of their friends and smiled widely to each other.

"We better go inform the boys so we can make travel arrangements."

Ami nodded her head. "You are right Mina they would want to know this information as soon as possible. They told us to go to the basement, that is where the gym is."

The four girls made their way down the stairs and into the basement and where absolutely blown away by what they saw.

The gym was massive! It took up the whole bottom level of the house. It looked like a school gym with a hard floor and lines over it indicating its use for all sports including basketball but it was what was around the edges that astounded them. In one corner there was weight lifting equipment and typical gym machines like treadmills and exercise bikes. In a separate corner there was gymnastic equipment consisting of rings, a balance beam, a trampoline and a blue floor for floor work and sparring. Finally in the other two corners there was the weaponry, targets and other fighting equipment such as punching bags. There were loads of guns, ancient weapons and modern weapons. The area to be used for the guns was surrounded by glass to prevent the loud sounds echoing through the room.

Once the girls stopped being amazed by the room they saw the boys. Each of them couldn't help but appreciate the view.

Makoto had her eyes on the two boys in the centre of the room. Duo and Heero both had their shirts off and were sparring in hand to hand combat. She couldn't take her eyes off Duo muscled body.

Rei and Ami were looking at Quatre and Wufei who were engaged in a sword battle. Wufei was fighting with his katana and Quatre with a rapier. They were clothed in padding as to make sure there wasn't too much damage but the girls were still captivated by their graceful movements.

Lastly Mina was appreciating the view she had of Trowa clad in a muscle tank and tight shorts. He was currently on the rings arms outstretched holding up his weight and legs pointed straight out in front of him. Her eyes were glued to his muscular toned arms, imagining what they would feel like on her body.

Mina watched as he graceful did a flip as he dismounted, snapping her out of her staring. She turned to the others to see their eyes glued to certain gentlemen.

"Be careful girls or you will start to drool."

Makoto snapped her head around to Mina. "I am not drooling, I am merely admiring his fighting technique."

Rei scoffed as she added her two cents. "He wasn't that great I was actually looking at hat mistakes Wufei was making."

Ami just blushed and was about to speak when the boys made their way over. Duo being the flirt he was couldn't help but tease.

"Ami your face is so red, is someone getting you all hot and bothered"

Ami squeaked as she shook her head and quickly changed the subject. "We just came to tell you we figured out where our friends are located."

As they were walking back each of the couples were having a conversation.

Ami was leading the group with Quatre beside her. Finally her blush had faded giving her enough confidence to speak to Quatre.

"You are very talented with a sword. There are very few I know who look as graceful and well trained as you."

Quatre blushed slightly as he smiled at her. "Thank you, were you trained to use a sword?"

Ami laughed prettily and looked up at him. "No I never was. I just didn't have the talent for it. You should see Mina when she engages in a sword fight. She is so graceful; it's like a dance when she does it."

"Well maybe one day Mina and I will have to spar but I would be honoured to teach you a few moves in case you ever need it."

Ami smiled shyly at him. "I would like that very much"

The two shared a secret smile as the made it to the lounge; he had his hand on her back at a decent level as he opened the door for her. The two proceed to sit down on the large couch waiting for the others to join them.

Behind Ami and Quatre were Makoto and Duo. Duo started walking beside her and slung his arm over her shoulder.

Makoto laughed and pushed his arm off her. "Dude, I don't want your smelly armpit on me."

Duo pouted at her. "Come on babe, you would be smelly to if you worked out as hard as I did."

"Are you saying I don't work out? I bet you I could beat you in a fight any day."

Duo rose on eyebrow. "I don't think so babe. Girls can't be as strong as guys it's just scientific."

Makoto started laughing hard at that. "Oh Duo, we aren't ordinary girls. We are stronger and faster than you."

"Well I will agree with you that you aren't ordinary girls."

Makoto picked up the compliment and smiled softly at him a small blush tainting her cheeks. "You are such a flirt Duo."

He smiled cheekily at her. "Not a flirt, jut stating the truth babe."

Makoto laughed at pushed him through the door to the lounge as she plopped down on the couch beside Ami. Duo managed to squeeze onto the couch on the other side of Makoto, looking very pleased as they were squished very tightly.

Mina and Trowa were following the other two couples. Of course Mina was the first to start the conversation.

"That flip you did was very cool. You must have had loads of training and strength to be able to do the rings. I would know I used to do gymnastics all the time and I know much hard work it is. Of course I did the rings and other stuff in the air but I preferred floor work, like the flips and balance beam and stuff. You seemed so confident up there like it was your natural habitat."

Trowa nodded. "I worked in a Circus."

Mina frowned slightly. "I used to love the circus then we had trouble with a circus in our old life, kind of put me off them for life. It is so sad how one small thing can put you off certain things, things you used to love to do."

Trowa glanced over at her to see her staring at the ground as she sighed slightly and shook her head as if to get rid of old memories.

Trowa hated seeing her sad. He had no idea why she had such a big affect on him but he wanted to be the one to make her smile.

"Maybe you should come to the circus with me."

The bright smile returned to Mina's face as she looked up at him with shining eyes. "That would be cool, maybe an awesome experience with you is just what I need to get rid of the old memories of the circus."

With that comment she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the arm chairs in the room sitting herself in one and pointing at him to sit on the arm of the chair.

Usually he would stand but he nodded at her and sat on the arm, just to be a bit closer to her.

The last couple was Rei and Wufei walking in silence. After the tough start the two had neither wanted to cause more conflict.

They made the journey half way until Rei burst out.

"Your katana is amazing."

Wufei smiled at her for the first time. He always loved his Katana and for some reason it made him happy to hear that the fiery Martian appreciated it.

"Thanks I have had it for a while it means a lot to me, my culture means a lot to me."

Rei studied his face and smiled at the truth it held. "I understand that perfectly. My Japanese culture means so much to me. I used to be a Shinto priestess and I still hold a lot of those values even now, after so long."

"People seem to forget where they come from but I will not. I guess you aren't that bad Onna."

Rei sensed the teasing in his tone and smirked at him. "You aren't so bad yourself, I mean for a weak man."

Wufei's was going to argue but she quickly turned at laughed as she walked into the lounge room squeezing on the armchair next to Mina. The two cuddled up each other as he made his way to the remaining armchair glaring slightly at the girls, though if one was paying attention they would have noticed the small glimmer of respect in his eyes.

Trailing behind the couples was Heero. He studied each of his friends as they conversed with the girls and was baffled by the way they were acting though of course it didn't show on his face. To those around him he looked as stoic as ever but inside he was conflicted.

Heero as much as he tried to deny it was a warm-blooded male so of course he noticed how gorgeous each of them were but he couldn't understand the instant connection that each of the boys formed for the mysterious warriors.

Quatre who was usually so modest and shy could not stop his eyes from roaming over the petite blue haired girl. Trowa who he had never seen look at a girl twice was absolutely captivated with the blonde and he could even notice the way Trowa was making an effort to be less introverted. Wufei who often didn't care about women was trying so hard to hide how careful he was being with the raven haired one and Duo was the most confusing to Heero. Usually Duo was all about flirting and being his outgoing self but the side he was showing now was strange, he was calmer and gentler with the brunette.

Heero was never one to want a significant other but now as he watched his friends he wondered if he would ever find a girl he wanted to change for. He sincerely doubted it, he was a lone wolf and didn't need a woman, nor did he want one. He was too dangerous and didn't deserve to have someone. As he was convincing himself of this a small voice in the back of his head told him to be patient.

Heero shook his head slightly as he walked into the lounge room and took his place standing by the wall.

Mina began to speak once everyone had settled into their seats.

"Ok well let's start with Neptune shall we. She will be in a sunken ship located off the coast of a place called Peentun, in the Pacific Ocean. It sunk on the exact point of the equator and sunk the day Michiru was gone. "

Duo looked very confused. "I don't get why that will be where she is. The places we found you all in had very clear connection to your planets."

Ami decided to answer him as she was the one that did most of the research. Well first off the ship is called Poseidon the Greek equivalent of Neptune, so that's why we chose that ship. It sunk during a storm but ever since the waters there have stayed perfectly calm. Next point is that it sunk directly on the equator and back in our time there was a ceremony dedicated to King Neptune, that when you crossed the equator you would go before him to be blessed with good weather. It also sunk in the Pacific Ocean which is that largest ocean in the world and the ocean is Neptune's domain. Furthermore the country that it is located off, Peentun is an anagram for Neptune. Lastly the ship sunk the day that Michiru disappeared at the exact same time."

Duo looked thoroughly impressed. "Well I don't have any doubts on that now. Maybe next time you should explain to us how you figured it out. It would definitely save me time."

Mina laughed at Duo and nodded at him. "Ok we will. Next we found Uranus. She will be found just outside of the earth's atmosphere aboard a satellite, one of the last left from 30th century. The satellite is called Ouranus the ancient Greek word for sky or air. It was launched the exact time Uranus disappeared. The satellite is big enough to hold a few people but it hasn't been entered for years and there has been no signal from it since it was launched.

Lastly we think Saturn will be located there wasn't as much information on Saturn as he wasn't a predominant god in most cultures but since we had a general idea of where we were looking it definitely helped us find the location.

Saturn will be found in an old temple underneath a hospital in a place in once called Thirunalla in India. There used to be a shrine dedicated to Saturn there. The town is now called Sunrutas, the name is Saturnus the Latin word for Saturn backwards. The hospital above it is a perfect indication of the fact she will be there. Before you ask Duo this is because Saturn was the Sailor Senshi of Death and Rebirth. Hospitals are a place that embraces new life but yet sees death all the time but still embrace it as part of life because for every death there is a new birth. We checked this hospital records, they have an equal number of deaths and rebirths due to the closeness of Saturn."

Quatre stood up first addressing everyone. "I will get onto Miss Po to organise our transportation to these locations."

Quatre then left to go converse and organise with Sally while the others sat in the lounge room watching television in silence.

Quatre returned soon after and conveyed what Sally told him. "All of the transportation will be organised we will go to the preventers head quarters tomorrow at eight in the morning. We will break up into three groups to find each of your friends."

Ami was the first to speak. "I would like to go get Neptune, I am the best swimmer and we will have to do diving. I was always the closest inner to her."

The other girls nodded in agreement as they turned back to Quatre who continued on. "It was recommended that four of us go for Neptune so that two can go underwater to make sure there is no danger and two can be above water monitoring them. I am happy to go with you Ami as I am a qualified diver too."

Mina quickly calculated the best groups for each location. "Makoto and Duo you should go with Ami and Quatre, you both have the strength to pull them from the water if anything bad happens and I know how much you hate flying so a boat is probably your best bet. You will need to go on a plane over to the location but with more people there to keep you calm the better it is for you."

Makoto and Duo nodded in agreement and Mina continued on.

"There is only room for two to go to the satellite and I think it should be Rei and Wufei. Finally I will go get Saturn."

Heero quickly claimed his spot to go find Saturn he was intrigued by the Senshi of Death and Rebirth. "I will come too."

Mina looked at Heero in shock for him wanting to accompany her but smiled at him and nodded in consent. Trowa watched the interaction, with the same feeling in his gut that he had before when Duo was flirting with Mina. He had a strong urge to protect her and decided he should be going not Heero.

"I will join you too."

Mina grinned at the two boys. "How could I say no to you two gorgeous boys? Well I am starving and we better eat a good meal tonight before going to get the outers. Mako, do you think you could prepare some food for us?"

"You don't need to do that Miss Kino, I already had my staff prepare a meal for all of us. Would you please follow me to the dining room?"

The group made their way to the dining room and took their seats at the rectangular table. It was extremely big as it was made to sit over 30 people. The table was set at one end with 9 table settings. Heero sat at the head of the table, the boys sat to his left with Quatre sitting closest to him. Trowa took the place next to Quatre, Duo sat down next and finally Wufei sat at the end.

Ami sat down on Heero's right across from Quatre followed by Mina across from Trowa, Makoto across from Duo and Rei at the end across from Wufei.

Once everybody was in their seats Quatre's staff brought out dinner. There was a wide variety of food to choose from and Quatre's face went red as he saw his staff wink at him.

Mina noticed Quatre's face went red. "Quatre are you ok? You aren't allergic to anything are you?"

Duo started to laugh when he saw Quatre's face and the smirk on Rashid's face. "He's fine babe, his staff is just trying to tell him that he should be wining and dining you beautiful ladies. They have been wanting him to find a nice girl to settle down with. "

Quatre's face managed to go so red it was almost purple while the girls giggled and smiled at him. Ami was the first one to speak up.

"That's sweet that your staff care so much about your well-being Quatre."

Mina and Makoto shared a look when they saw the way Quatre and Ami were looking at each other but instead of embarrassing them further they decided to dig into the food.

Everyone at the table grabbed a bit of everything and ate in silence until Ami almost choked and her eyes widened.

Quatre's eyes went to her immediately. "Are you ok?"

Mina patted Ami on her back and Ami smiled at her gratefully.

"Yes, I am fine thanks. I just had a thought and I am hoping I am wrong."

Mina looked at Ami in confusion. "Care to share with the class Ames?"

Ami blushed and avoided everyone's eyes. "Well when we woke up in this time I was clad in Quatres shirt and nothing else. Am I right to assume that when we are released from our crystals we are ummm...?

"Naked? Well I don't know about the rest of you but when I found Makoto she was naked and may I just say Mako that you have a fantastic rac... Oww that hurt! Why did you kick me?"

Makoto was bright red and glared at Duo. "You deserved it!"

Rei snorted and agreed with Makoto. "Ok yes all of us were naked when found Ami. Do you have a reason why you are bringing it up? I would rather not remember the fact that this idiot saw me naked."

Rei pointed at Wufei which caused him to turn red and start spluttering injustice.

Mina laughed and tried to calm the others down. "Moving on guys, what's your point Ami?"

Ami who had managed to calm down the redness to her face turned to Mina. "Well I am assuming that the outers will also be encased naked in their crystals."

Mina finally understood. "Oh right, yeah, I don't think Uranus would be very happy if you guys saw any of them naked."

Duo being, well Duo was the one to ask the question the other boys were wondering. "Why would it matter to Uranus if we saw the others naked?"

Rei smirked at the boys. "Because Uranus hates all men, not to mention Neptune is her partner and Saturn their adoptive daughter."

The other boys nodded and looked down at their plates while the girls giggled slightly.

"Well I guess we need to take clothes for them to borrow until we can get them some new clothes. Makoto can you put something together for Uranus, you are the closest in size to her. Ami can you grab something to fit Saturn and finally I guess either me or Rei will find something for Neptune."

Rei looked at Mina, "Well how about a skirt and top so skirt from yours and top from my wardrobe? You have bigger boobs than Neptune and I."

Mina blushed when all the boys looked at her chest though she could tell some of them were trying to be inconspicuous.

"That will work. Is that ok with you Mako and Ames?"

Both girls nodded and went back to eating their dinner.

The dinner passed in relative silence apart from the usual talker of the group.

When dinner was over, the girls went to Mina' room for girl talk and the boys separated to do their own thing.

Wufei went to meditate, Heero went to his room, Quatre went to his office, Trowa went to the library and Duo tried to follow the girls but was pushed out of the door by Mina. She swatted him on his butt as she pushed him out, laughing when he winked back at her.

Makoto saw what happened and rolled her eyes "Stop encouraging him Mina, or you will have another guy falling at your feet."

Mina frowned slightly and sat next to Makoto hugging her slightly. "Duo and I are just flirty people you can tell with us that nothing would ever happen. Two people as flirty as us would be a disaster, plus I can tell that he only has eyes for you."

Makoto smiled slightly. "Do you really think so? I know we have only been her two days but I already like him."

Rei sighed and put in her two cents. "I may not like being here or the fact that you like these guys but you can tell that he likes you Mako. I just ask that you don't get too involved to fast. We don't know for sure if they are good or evil. We don't another instance of us falling for guys who end up being evil and betraying us."

Mina rolled her eyes at Rei but smiled at her protective nature. "I agree in waiting till we know if they are good or evil but you should get the chance to experience love. Let's move on and grab clothes for the outers before we go to bed. I will take the denim skirt for Michiru. She may think it's too short but it will do for now."

"I will just lend Michiru a plain black singlet."

Ami mentally went through what clothes she had. "I will let Hotaru borrow my three quarter length jeans and plain blue t-shirt."

Finally Makoto decided what she would lend to Haruka, it was hard to choose as Haruka has a more masculine body type and was 3 inches taller than Makoto. "I guess I will just lend her my green flannel three quarter length top and brown three quarter length pants. That way if it's short on her you won't be able to tell."

Mina agreed and they talked a little about random things until they decided it was time to go to bed.

Everybody woke up bright and early the next morning ready for their next missions.

They all made their way down to the dining room to find the table set and over flowing with breakfast food. They sat in the same places as the night before and started to eat their breakfasts. All the girls couldn't keep the smiles off their faces because they would soon be seeing their friends again.

After they finished their meal in silence Mina addressed the group.

"Well we will get changed into appropriate clothes. Do we need to bring anything?"

Quatre shook his head. "We have everything required. We will meet you in my garage in about 15 minutes. Does this give you enough time to get ready?"

Rei answered for the girls. "That will be no problem we already showered so we just need to get changed."

The boys left to get changed and grab supplies.

"Okay so we will get changed and meet out the front of my room to make our way down together?"

The other girls nodded at Mina as they walked into their rooms to get changed.

Ami put on her one-piece swimsuit which was light blue with darker blue swirls. Over the top she threw on her casual blue checkered dress. She added a pair of slip on white flats and made her way to Mina's room. She was not surprised to see she was the first one there.

A few seconds later Makoto joined Ami. She was wearing her hunter green tankini underneath her lime green tank dress, it was like a tank top but reached about 2 inches above her thighs. She had partnered her dress with a pair of brown sandals.

Rei was the next to meet up with the girls. She wasn't sure how they were getting to Uranus so she decided to wear her workout clothes which consisted of three quarter length black tight sweat pants and a red tank top. On her feet were her black runners.

The three rolled their eyes at Mina as she was the last to get ready. She opened her door and smiled widely at them. She was clad in her workout shorts which were cream and mid-thigh length. She paired the shorts with a yellow and white stripped t-shirt with a sweetheart neckline and slightly puffy sleeves. She had a pair of white and yellow runners on her feet and her hair was half up in her red bow.

"I'm ready! Here are the bags with clothes for the others."

She held an orange bag in her hand while holding out a light blue one to Ami and a white one to Rei.

The two girls took them as they made their way to Quatre's garage, chattering away excitedly.

They arrived at Quatre's garage and marvelled at all the vehicles. There was a limo, SUV's, sports cars and 5 beautiful motorcycles. The motorcycles were all black differentiated only by the colours and designs on them.

Heero, Trowa and Wufei had silently made their way over to their motorcycles. Heero's was black with silver flames, Trowa's the black on with a green wolf and Wufei owned the black one with a red dragon on either side. The put on their helmets and took off.

Quatre shook his head at Duo who had made his way over to his bike which was black with a gold skull on the side. "Duo we should take a car as their will be four of us travelling together and we do not know whether we will be leaving straight from headquarters or driving to a secondary location."

Duo pouted slightly as he hopped into the front plain black SUV that seated six people, 3 in the front and three in the back.

"Fine, but I am driving."

Quatre stood next to the front door waiting to escort the woman who would be joining Duo and himself in the front seat. Rei quickly sat in the back seat as to not get stuck in the front seat with the two males.

Mina and Mako looked at each other before looking at Ami who was reading a book. The pair smirked and sat in the back seat before Ami could even register that they were getting into a vehicle.

Quatre cleared his throat to get her attention causing Ami's head to snap up.

"Miss Mizuno, would you like assistance getting into the front seat?"

Ami shook her head and glared at the three smug girls in the backseat.

"No thank you Quatre. I can manage by myself thank you."

Ami sat in the middle seat at the front of the vehicle and blushed bright red as she felt the thighs of the boys on either side of her.

Quatre blushed as he apologised. "I am sorry you have to sit in the middle but it is the smallest of the seats and you are the smallest in the vehicle."

She smiled slightly and tried to ignore the giggles coming from behind her. "It is fine. Shall we go?"

Duo smiled and started the engine. "Off we go ladies."

The girls chattered mindlessly on the way to the Preventers headquarters. They pulled up into the secure parking and exited the vehicle.

Ami had the assistance of Quatre when getting out of the car. He carefully helped her down and offered her his arm and escorted her into the building.

The girls in the back seat jumped out of the car and looked up at the building. Duo quickly made his way to Makoto and walked her into the building chattering away, causing Mako to look at him out of the corner of her eye and smile at his infectious enthusiasm.

Mina and Rei stayed near the car admiring Trowa and Wufei who were leaning casually on their bikes having a small conversation.

The many men exiting and entering the building stared at the two extraordinarily beautiful women. One of the men whistled at the girls causing Trowa and Wufei too look up and notice Mina and Rei near Quatre's vehicle.

Wufei glared at the man as who whistled as they walked up to the girls.

"Come on Onnas, we don't want to be late."

With that he turned and made his way to the building. Rei rolled her eyes and turned to Mina who was smiling softy at Trowa who was leading her inside with a gentle hand on the small of her back.

Rei sighed a little annoyed that the other girls got escorted in but she was made to walk in by herself. She was about to walk through the door when she saw Wufei was holding it open for her.

She smiled at him before walking inside.

"It's this way, follow me."

Rei nodded at Wufei and followed him to an office that had Sally Po written on the door.

The two walked inside to see the others around the room. The boys were standing at the back of the room while the girls were sitting on the couch and slightly glaring up at a woman with blue eyes and brown hair twisted in two braids.

The woman looked up at Rei when she walked in and smiled warmly at Wufei, causing Rei to feel jealousy

"You must be Mars then?"

"My name is Rei, you must be Sally. May I ask what you are doing?"

"I am just examining your friends, it is remarkable that you are the Sailo..."

"Who we are is known of your business. You are clearly making my friends uncomfortable. If you could tell us where our transport is we can leave."

The other girls smirked slightly at Rei's reaction. Sally looked a little offended but covered it up well and sat behind her desk.

"No problem. I have a plane ready to take one group to Saturn's location there may be a bit of walking involved. A different plane will take four of you to the land closest to the sunken ship. From there you will get on a boat to the location where you will need to do a dive. Finally those travelling to Uranus' location will need to drive to a different location to go on a shuttle that will take you into space. I hope two of you are comfortable enough in space suits. "

She had three folders and held each one up with a specific planet. There was teal for Neptune, purple for Saturn and navy blue for Uranus.

Quatre stepped forward to take the folders and handed over the navy blue one to Wufei and the purple to Heero. "Miss Kino, Miss Mizuno, Duo and I are going to Neptune's location. Heero, Trowa and Miss Aino will be retrieving Saturn and finally Miss Hino and Wufei will be going to get Uranus."

Sally looked at Wufei in shock "You are going with her?"

Rei smirked and nodded. "Yes he is, also us Senshi don't need space suits. We are able to breathe normally in space."

Sally was intrigued when she heard that. "What? How?"

Ami was the one to explain. "Simply, our bodies are made different to regular humans. As we were originally from other planets we have the ability to be in space in different atmospheres. This was so we could go from planet to planet on peace treaties. It comes down to our molecular structure being slightly different."

Sally was amazed but just nodded. "Well I guess you learn something new every day. I guess you should all leave now."

Everyone in the room nodded.

Mina gave Rei a hug goodbye as she and Wufei were not going to the aeroplane hangar with the rest of them.

"You be careful and try not to kill him, that's an order."

Rei nodded and hugged Mina back before saying goodbye to the other girls.

Mina then turned to Wufei and held her hand out for him to shake.

He took her hand a shook it.

"You take care of her Wufei or you will have me to deal with. I may look like a blonde bimbo but trust me you don't want to get on my bad side."

Wufei nodded, he respected a leader that looked out for their people.

Everyone made their way out of the office. Wufei and Rei headed back outside while the others went further into the building.

Wufei and Rei walked silently outside back to where they had parked their vehicles.

Rei made her way to the SUV assuming that they would take that since the other group wouldn't need it.

Wufei instead made to his motorcycle and handed her a red helmet that he had grabbed from the storage compartment.

Rei stood in front of the vehicle with her eyebrow raised.

"I am not getting on that with you."

Wufei rolled his eyes as he put his black helmet on and sat on his motorcycle.

"Suit yourself; I am going on this as Quatre took his keys. You can join me or stay here, your choice."

Rei huffed out in anger before she sighed and put on the red helmet.

She sat behind Wufei and placed her hands softly on his waist as she didn't want to get to close to him.

Wufei smirked as she sat down and revved the engine before zooming off. He chuckled to himself as he felt her hold gradually get tighter as he zoomed down the roads on the way to the shuttle that would take them to find Uranus.

Rei would never admit it but she loved riding on the back of Wufei' motorcycle. Her front was pressed up tightly to his back and she could feel the hard muscles in his back.

They quickly arrived at a small space station and Rei gracefully jumped gracefully of the bike and took of the red helmet and fixed her hair.

Wufei smirked as he too got off the bike removing his helmet before gently taking the helmet from Rei and putting them both away.

Rei smiled in thanks and the two walked towards the entrance where they were greeted by a little man in glasses who quickly took them to the location of the space shuttle.

They were both handed a thick grey space suit. Rei held it out in front of her and wrinkled her nose in distaste before making her way into the transport. Wufei on the other hand quickly put on the suit before following Rei inside.

"You should wear it, you are making people suspicious."

Rei sighed but nodded and picked the garment up and put it over her clothes.

"I know I sound like Mina but this horrible suit would not suit anybody!"

Wufei glanced over her and smirked. "True it doesn't flatter anyone."

Rei was about to glare at him but Wufei quickly finished his sentence

"You look better in it than most people would."

A slight red tinge was on Rei's cheeks as she sat down. "Thanks, well let's get this thing going!"

Wufei nodded and pressed a few buttons and put in the satellites location before the ship took off.

Rei was surprised by how quick the ride was it only took about 10 minutes to get out of earth's atmosphere and make it to the shuttle.

The new technology from this era allowed them to easily stop at the right location. Wufei quickly put his helmet on and signalled he was about to open the door.

Rei nodded and put on her helmet purely so they could communicate.

Wufei managed to find a door to the satellite and is unable to open it. Rei helped him pull using her Senshi strength. The two finally get it open and enter the dark room.

Wufei grabbed out a flashlight and the two noticed that the satellite isn't like a normal satellite at all there is nothing in there except for a large metal box.

The two walked closer to the box and inspect it finding that it has no handles, no key hole nothing that would open it.

"What a waste of time. It's just a box" Wufei kicked the box in anger.

Rei sighed at him and took the torch.

"This has to be the right spot. Mina felt her here."

She walked closer to the metal box and carefully walked around it. She couldn't see the top of the box but decided to shine the light on it anyway and was shocked to see little bits of blue light reflected onto the ceiling.

"Lift me up Wufei there is something on the top."

Wufei nodded and stood behind and placed his hands gently around her waist before lifting her up with ease.

Rei quickly covered up her shock of how easily he picked her up.

She shone the light directly onto the metal box and was delighted to see that in the metal there was an engraving of the Uranus symbol that was filled in with dark blue crystal.

"It's her Wufei. It has to be."

"That's great but how do we get her out of it?"

Rei pouted slightly and tried to think of a way but came up short. "I don't know. Let's just get this onto the shuttle and go back to earth. Maybe Ami can figure out a way to release Uranus."

Wufei nodded and the two started to push the metal box towards the end of the satellite. They carefully tied ropes around it and Rei got into the shuttle and pulled it in. Wufei followed and closed the satellite before making his way back into the shuttle.

The two took of their helmets and Wufei couldn't help but stare as Rei's hair came tumbling out in waves of jet black.

He quickly averted his eyes and buckled up.

"Let's get back to earth."

Rei nodded her head and buckled herself in glad that space craft's had come so far since the 20th and 30th Centuries.

They rode in silence as Rei was thinking of how to release Uranus while Wufei was steering the shuttle.

Wufei landed the shuttle expertly and they both exited the shuttle before pulling the box out after them.

A wind started to blow around them and seemed to be increasing into a small tornado. Wufei grabbed Rei and held her close when they heard a large clang of metal hitting the floor. They opened their eyes to see that the hurricane was blowing around shards of dark blue crystal.

Suddenly the wind died down and Rei pulled away from Wufei. She ran to the body lying on the ground choosing to skim over the fact that Wufei tried to protect her even though she was more than capable of doing it herself.

"Please grab the bag I brought with me it's in the shuttle."

Wufei nodded and did as she said.

When he came back Rei was gently running her fingers through the figured sandy blonde hair.

"I thought you said all of the Senshi were women?"

Rei took the bag from his hands and rolled her eyes.

"She looks like a woman if you looked closer she has breasts! But she prefers to dress like a man."

With that she quickly dressed Uranus and lifted her up supporting her weight with her Senshi strength.

Wufei helped her carry her and they made their way out to the motorcycle when Rei face palmed.

"I knew we should have taken the other car! How are we supposed to get Uranus back in that?"

A slight tinge of red spread on his cheeks as neither of them thought of that earlier. He looked around and saw that a different motorcycle had a side car attached to it. Wufei smirked and pointed at it.

"We will use that. We can sit her in it and put a helmet on her."

Rei raised one of her eyebrows and shook her head. "It doesn't belong to us."

Wufei already walked over to the motorcycle and started to detach the side cart. "Its preventers' property and Sally said we could use whatever we needed and we need this. It will be fine, if she asks I will just convince her."

Rei huffed as he pulled it over and started attaching it to his motorcycle before he walked back over to take a helmet as well. "Oh I am sure Sally does whatever you ask her too."

Wufei looked up at her and gave her a funny look. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Rei just shook her head and placed a helmet on Uranus' head. "Doesn't matter let's just get back."

Wufei jumped onto the motorcycle and mumbled under his breath. "Women!"

With that the two headed off back on the journey to Quatre's mansion as that's where they agreed they would all meet after their missions.

They were the first to arrive back and Iria greeted them at the door as they bought Uranus into the infirmary to be checked out.

Rei hovered nervously around as Iria checked Uranus's vitals.

"She appears to be fine and like the rest of you in a state of stasis and will wake up in her own time."

Rei sighed in relief and decided to meditate until the others got back, who knew the next time the house would be this quiet. She made her way to a room with a fireplace and started meditating.

Wufei decided to follow Rei's lead and retreated to his room to take advantage of the silence.

The rest of the group had made their way to the plane hangar to see two small planes.

Sally smiled at the foursome of Makoto, Ami, Duo and Quatre and pointed towards the slightly larger plane.

"That's your plane to get Neptune. The supplies for diving are in the boat that is waiting at the docks. Good luck!"

The four nodded and made their way into the plane. Makoto started having a small panic attack, she always did on planes.

Ami sat down next to her while Duo sat on the other side and started rubbing her back.

"Don't worry I will protect you."

Makoto was about to start arguing that she was stronger than him but when she looked into his eyes she felt that he was telling the truth that even if she feels stronger when she is at her weakest he would be there for her.

She shook her head to get rid of the feeling it was ludicrous to feel that way about Duo already they had only met a couple days ago.

"Thanks Duo and Ami but I will be fine."

Quatre was watching with concern but went to sit in the cockpit once Ami looked up and smiled at him.

The flight took just over an hour thanks to the technology in this era.

Duo helped support Makoto as she descended the steps. He was worried that she wasn't as fine as she said.

Ami watched the two with a careful eye as they still had no idea if these handsome men were the good guys.

Quatre stood behind Ami as she was blocking the stairs. He followed her gaze to where Makoto was leaning on Duo and smiling at him.

"Duo may seem like a huge flirt but you can tell the way he is with her is different to the he acts with others. He wouldn't hurt her."

Ami looked up at him in shock that he had managed to sneak up on her. Obviously they needed to start training again if a mortal could sneak up on her.

"You can't promise that Quatre. It's just not statistically accurate."

"You always deal with facts and logic don't you Miss Mizuno? Haven't you learnt in all you years of living that humans can always surprise you? Emotions cause people to act differently trust me I would know. Please excuse me."

With that he gently squeezed through the gap and made his way onto solid ground. Ami stared after him before putting her head back into the game and joining the others.

They walked off of the landing strip to find themselves standing in front of a beautiful beach with white sand and a clear blue ocean.

Makoto sighed and unconsciously leant into Duo. "It is stunning."

Duo looked at her face and whispered quietly "So are you."

He quickly walked towards the docks with Quatre as Makoto stared after him. She didn't know if she was meant to hear that comment but it was so lovely to hear. She felt she was often overlooked and was never called stunning. She was pretty and sometimes called beautiful but stunning was usually used to describe the other girls.

Ami heard Makoto sigh a little and turned to her. "What was that sigh for?"

Makoto blushed and quickly shook her head as she started to follow the boys. "What sigh?"

Ami gave her a knowing look but smiled at her and dropped it as she grabbed onto her arm.

"I can't wait to go swimming again it's been so long!"

Makoto smiled at her. "Yeah it has been. Pity it's still to do with our Senshi duty."

Ami's smile dimmed slightly. "Everything has to do with our duty."

Makoto sighed as the two made their way onto the dock where the two men were already on board the boat that was taken them to the location of Neptune.

"Is everything there that we need guys?"

Quatre looked up at Makoto and smiled politely. "Yes it is Miss Kino. Duo is just about to get this boat going."

He held out a hand to help the women onto the boat. Makoto smiled politely at him and shook her head as she got on the boat but Ami gratefully took the hand offered.

Her legs weren't as long as Makoto's and she wasn't able to cross the distance between the pier and the boat as easily.

As soon as their hand touched she could feel the chemistry and again blushed.

Duo then proceeded to steer the boat. After about half an hour they reached their location. Duo stepped out of the cockpit and smiled. "We are here"

Ami blushed as she knew she now had to be in her swimmers. Makoto saw her discomfort and began to take her clothes off too even if she wasn't getting in the water.

Duo's eyes bulged as he saw Makoto pull her dress over her head. She had such a great toned body.

"Why are you taking your clothes off Makoto? You aren't getting in the water. Not that I am complaining, well you could have on a smaller pair of swimmers but..."

Makoto slapped his arm. "Well I might as well try and get a bit of a tan. Plus we can stick our legs in the water."

While the two were talking Ami quickly slipped off her dress and Quatre took off his shirt. Ami was left in her blue one piece and Quatre was in his light blue board shorts.

Ami blushed when she looked at his toned muscles. She quickly turned away from him and walked over to Makoto.

Makoto giggled and fanned herself jokingly. "Is it just me Ami or did it just get hotter. Who knew he had muscles like those stuffy shirts he wears."

Ami just averted her eyes and changed the subject. "Do you have the scuba equipment?"

Makoto laughed and rolled her eyes as she handed it over. "You know you can appreciate a man's body nothing wrong with that Ames."

Duo chose that moment to walk back to the pair with the other scuba set ready or Quatre. "We all know you ladies love my body."

Makoto looked him up and down and scoffed. "Actually we were talking about Quatre's body. After all, he is the one with his shirt off."

Duo put his hand over his heart and moaned. "Oh babe that crushes me. Why stare at him when you could stare at a specimen like me. I only leave my shirt on because my body combined with the heat would just cause you to faint."

Ami giggled slightly at the look on Makoto's face. She was torn between teasing him back and imagining his toned body.

Luckily Quatre walked back to the group and distracted Duo. "Is that my equipment?"

Duo nodded and handed it over. Ami and Quatre put the air tanks on their backs and put their goggles on.

"Ok we are going down there. I should be fine in the water Mako, I would monitor Quatre more. Hopefully this ship isn't too far down."

Mako and Duo nodded and went to the monitors they were using to ensure both their friends would be safe.

Quatre and Ami jumped off the boat and began to make their way down to the sunken ship.

They swam down taking in the beauty around them. Ami was keeping a close eye on Quatre to ensure that he wouldn't get the bends.

Finally they reached the ship wreck luckily for them it wasn't too deep. Ami pointed to a window that was open and indicated to swim through there. She could feel a slight pull towards were Neptune was. Quatre nodded and followed her into the ship.

He was fascinated by how at home she felt in the water and her graceful movements. Ami concentrated fully on the task and followed the pull.

The two ended up in what looked like a cabin and there was a room with a small window. When they looked inside they saw a box with the symbol of Neptune on it. The strangest thing about the room was that it had no water in it, it appeared as though the room was sealed shut.

Quatre swam up to the door but noticed there was a lock on it. He showed it to Ami and swam around trying to find a key. Ami on the other hand pulled out a pin from her hair and began to pick the lock.

Quatre looked over to see her picking the lock and was shocked that Ami who seemed like the goody-two-shoes of the bunch was able to pick a lock. He resigned himself to asking once they were back on the boat, there was no way they could discuss it now.

Ami picked the lock and opened the door. The two of them got pulled into the room by the water rushing into the space. The room quickly filled with water and the symbol on box seemed to be filling up with water.

Once the symbol was full the box opened and revealed the turquoise crystal. As soon as the crystal was fully encased in the water the crystal shattered and revealed a naked Neptune.

Quatre quickly averted his eyes as Ami swam up to Neptune and began to pull her out. She gently placed the secondary mouthpiece in her mouth just in case. Neptune was of water, so she doubt she would drown but she would rather be safe than sorry.

Quatre swam over to help her tough was very careful where he was looking and touching. This made Ami smile and he was such a gentleman, most men she had known would have taken the chance to look or touch.

The two began their journey back to the surface.

While the two of them were retrieving Neptune Makoto and Duo sat on the boat and monitored their friends.

Duo didn't like silences so he began talking soon after Quatre and Ami had jumped into the water.

"What did you do back in the 20th century for a career?"

Makoto smiled. "We didn't really get to have much of a career before Crystal Tokyo but I owned my own restaurant and was a chef. We all knew that Crystal Tokyo would come eventually so we all tried to live out our dreams before we take on out Senshi lives pretty much full time."

"That's cool. What did the others do?"

"You should ask them. They will tell you if they want you to know."

Duo nodded, he understood that most of them would be quiet about their past just like his friends would be.

"So were you married or have kids in your old life?"

Makoto focused on the monitor to avoid looking at him and sighed.

"No none of that. I was in love once but that didn't end so well."

She tried not to show how much it hurt to admit that. He had just happened to ask a question that immediately made her upset.

"What happened? Was it just you that didn't get married or was it the same with the others?"

"None of us Senshi except Neptune and Uranus found love. I would rather not discuss it. It's quite a sensitive subject for most of us. I would appreciate it if you didn't bring this up again anytime soon."

Duo frowned as he saw the pain in her eyes. He wanted to know more but didn't want to push her. He couldn't fathom how girls so beautiful didn't have love.

"Would I be able to ask again sometime?"

Makoto looked at him and studied him. There was so much pain in her life when it came to love. She knew some of the others had it worse but it still hurt to think about.

"Maybe."

Duo nodded and the two settled into comfortable silence. Duo usually hated silences and would chatter just to cover it but with her he felt more relaxed and didn't find the need to. Of course he would have loved to ask more questions but he could tell that she was in a defensive mood so he dropped it. He really should have picked something else to talk about but he was just so curious as to whether she would have a love that would come for her. He just was drawn to her and wanted to know that there wasn't competition that he couldn't win against. Love that lasts over a thousand years would be too hard to beat, so he was secretly glad she hadn't had many loves.

After a couple more minutes the Quatre and Ami's head poked out of the ocean with Neptune in between them.

Duo went to help grab her out of the water but Makoto spoke up.

"She is probably naked so could you grab the clothes we brought for her please."

Duo nodded and went to grab the clothes as Makoto lifted the body out of the water and gently placed her on the deck. She grabbed one of the towels and began to gently dry her off before laying the towel over her body.

She looked over to see Quatre and Ami drying themselves off.

Duo hurried back with the clothes and Makoto dressed Neptune. With that they started to head back to Quatre's mansion.

They arrived back at Quatre' mansion soon after Rei and Wufei had. Makoto and Duo were carefully carrying Neptune inside with Mako carrying her top half and Duo carrying her legs.

They carefully placed her in a bed beside Uranus and looked around to see that the Saturn was not there yet so obviously the trio of Mina, Trowa and Heero were still on their mission.

Iria warmly greeted them before running the tests on her new patient and again informing them that she would be fine.

Makoto smiled and left to go to the kitchen to make some cookies with Duo trailing after her wanting to help. Ami nodded and went to the library content to sit and read until their leader got back and Quatre retreated to his office to get some paper work done.

After the foursome had left Sally turned to the remaining three and smiled warmly at them.

"This one is for you. We have put three back packs in there with supplies. The flight there shouldn't take too long but it will take you about half an hour to walk to where you need to go."

The three nodded and hopped onboard the plane. Heero was the pilot with Trowa next to him as his co-pilot. Mina rolled her eyes and sat in a comfortable chair near their bags full of supplies.

Sally was right, the flight only took about half an hour and Mina was so glad that technology had come so far.

Mina grabbed one of the back packs and hoisted in on her back and handed one over to each of the boys. Heero took it silently and took out a map eager to find the mysterious warrior.

Trowa nodded at her when she handed over the bag before turning to her. "If it gets heavy, let me know."

Mina was torn between feeling offended that he thought she was so weak or being flattered that he was trying to help her. In the end she smiled up at him and winked.

"I think I can handle the weight. I am a Senshi after all."

Trowa stared at her and could see the slight bit of annoyance. "I just meant cause you just came out of a crystal a few days ago."

Mina giggled and blushed slightly feeling guilty at her assumptions. He was just being a genuinely nice guy. She smiled widely at him and nodded. "If I get tired I will let you know."

Trowa nodded and walked over to Heero who was reading the map and pointed in the direction they would need to go.

Mina nodded and followed the two men as they made their trek along the dusty roads. It seemed like the place they were going was a small town in the middle of nowhere.

The trio made their way in silence only stopping every now and then for a drink of water.

After about half an hour they made it to the town. Mina huffed slightly as they stopped outside of the small hospital. She really needed to get back into training, she was still fit but Trowa was right. After being in stasis for so long she wasn't as fit as she used to be.

Trowa looked over at her in concern before handing over a chocolate bar to help her get her energy back. Mina smiled at him before devouring the chocolate and drinking the rest of the water.

Heero on the other hand stood staring at the building wondering how they would get to an old abandoned temple that was built over.

"Where is the temple?"

Mina broke away from staring at Trowa to look over at Heero. She pulled out some blue prints and a map and pointed to a small entrance.

"Here. The entrance was built behind a wall like a secret tunnel way. We just need to break through the wall to get to the old temple. Then follow it down."

Heero grunted and the three snuck inside the hospital, lucky for them there wasn't very much security so it was easy for the three experts.

They hurried down to the basement and found the spot where the tunnel was hidden. The boys pulled the large metal shelf out of the way to reveal the brick wall.

The three studied it and tried to think of the best way to break through without making too much noise. In the end they decided to use the Swiss army knives they were each carrying to gently scratch away the old mortar and pull out the bricks.

The boys quickly set to work while Mina groaned to herself. "Guess I will be needing a manicure when I get back."

Heero glared at her and she smiled cheekily back before helping the boys.

They made a hole just big enough for them to slip through and that would be easily covered by the shelving unit that was on the wall before.

Mina went to step through the hole first but was stopped by Heero holding a flashlight.

"I will go first. Mina next and Trowa you come next."

Mina again rolled her eyes as she felt she was being put in the middle to be protected as she was a woman but she followed his orders.

The three entered the old tunnel with their flashlights illuminating the way. It was very humid and smelt like stale air down in the tunnel.

Trowa watched carefully for any danger and when he looked at his feet he saw loads of spiders and bugs crawling around.

"Mina don't look down."

Mina huffed sick of being told what to do and looked down at the ground. She yelped as she jumped up and into Trowa's arms. Luckily he had quick reflexes and caught her before she dropped onto the ground.

"Eww gross!"

Heero snickered as he finally reached a large room which had a large purple crystal lying horizontally on the floor.

Heero rushed up to it and gently touched the crystal but nothing happened. He turned to the others to see Trowa gently lower Mina to the floor. She was blushing but smiled at him in thanks for carrying her the rest of the way. She may have been a fearsome warrior but she was still petrified of creepy crawlies.

"How did you get her out of the crystal?"

"I touched it."

Heero sighed as he caressed the crystal. "I tried that."

Mina looked curiously at the purple crystal that she knew held her friend. She walked over t it and examined it finding an indentation on the crystal. It was shallow but Mina could tell it was the symbol for Saturn.

She turned to the two boys. "Did the other boys say how the others were released from the crystal?"

Heero nodded. "Rei was fire; Ami was ice and a riddle and Makoto we had to use electricity."

Mina's eyes brightened as he spoke. "Of course! That's what we need to do."

The two boys watched as Mina grabbed out her knife. Trowa went to stop her as she cut her palm, leaving a gash pooling with blood.

Heero looked at her like she was insane a she was bleeding and smiling like a mad woman.

She turned away from them and held her palm over the engraved Saturn sign. The blood dripped down from her hand and into the rough grooves filling it up.

The two boys watched as the blood seemed to disappear into the crystal as cracks began to form.

Mina felt a little woozy as it took a lot more blood than she thought it would. She was about to faint when Trowa quickly caught her and laid her gently in his lap and pulled out the first aid kit. He pulled out the antiseptic wipes, gauze and a bandage and began to fix up Mina's hand paying no attention to Heero.

Heero was captivated by the girl lying in the crystal shards. She was short and pale with jet black hair. She looked so frail as he approached the unconscious girl. He gently brushed back her hair to reveal a beautiful innocent face.

He was drawn from his staring by the sound of Minako's voice.

"Let me dress her."

Trowa shook his head and stopped her from getting up. "No"

Mina sighed as she looked up at him. "I am fine. I heal fast, lucky it was me and not one of you to release her or you would have died. It seems that she take a life for a life very seriously."

Trowa nodded and let her get up slowly. She gently walked over to Hotaru and quickly put some clothes on her before turning to Heero and Trowa. "One of you will need to carry her please."

Heero quickly stepped forward and scooped up the small woman into his arms. She was so light and small curled up in his arms.

Mina smiled softly at the pair before she too was lifted up suddenly.

"Whoa ok, put me down Trowa."

Trowa almost smirked but managed to keep his face impassive. "There are bugs remember."

Mina's mouth snapped shut as she smiled sweetly at him and batted her eyes. "Well I guess you can carry me then. "

The two strong men made their way out of the old temple carrying the girls. When they reached the entrance Trowa placed Mina softly down before grabbing the big metal shelfing unit and pushing it back into place.

The foursome soon made their way back to the plan stopping more to allow Heero a rest since he was carrying Saturn. Trowa offered to help carry her but Heero had developed a protective streak and refused to let anyone else carry her.

The next problem they faced was when they had made it back to the preventer's base only to remember that the boys rode their motorcycles.

Mina sighed. "Maybe we can get a cab back or something or wait for Quatre?"

Heero shook his head. "Quatre has already left his car is gone. We will just need to take the motorcycles."

Mina looked at him and then the girl in his arms. "I don't see how that will work. She can't hold onto you she is unconscious."

Heero handed Saturn over to Mina before sitting down on his bike and holding his arms out. Mina glared at him and held Saturn protectively.

"No way Heero. That is not safe."

Trowa gently laid a hand on Mina's shoulder. "It's our only option."

Heero saw the concern in Mina's eyes and nodded as he gently took Saturn from her arms. "I won't let anything happen to her I promise."

Mina sighed and nodded as she took her seat behind Trowa and put a spare helmet on. She was about to remind Heero to do the same but when she looked over. Heero had already put a helmet on the small Senshi and gently placed her in front of him in a way that he would be able to hold onto her and still steer.

Mina whispered into Trowa's ear. "Can we go slow? I want to follow them to make sure nothing happens."

Trowa shivered slightly and nodded as he took off after Heero. Mina grabbed him around his waist and held on tight as they drove back to the mansion.

They arrived back to find that the others had all gotten back before them. The girls saw the bandage around Mina's hand and immediately began worrying. Mina brushed them off as she followed Heero down to the infirmary to check that Saturn was ok.

After Iria had confirmed that Saturn was fine Mina relaxed and joined her friends at the dinner table but Heero stayed by her side all night

The two groups shared the tales of their missions over dinner the highlight being Ami choking when Quatre asked her how she knew how to pick locks. The other girls all laughed and pointed at Mina who blushed bright red. She went on to explain that she taught all the girls as she learnt to do it when she was Sailor V. It came in handy from time to time.

After dinner they all went to the bedrooms excited for the other girls to wake up.

A shadowy room held five men sitting around a table. Only one face could be clearly seen and that was the face of Anton Gonis but it seemed that he was not in control like many were led to believe. He like the others were looking up at throne listening to a woman. She was shrouded in darkness, hidden away in the shadows; the only features that could be seen were her red eyes.

"It is time, I can feel it. The Senshi are all awakening."

Anton scoffed his arrogance seeping through, not feeling the power the woman held.

"I am sure we can get them to join our cause."

The woman laughed bitterly as her eyes narrowed at the human.

"I don't want them to join our cause. After all these years I will have my revenge. Precious Neo-Queen Serenity and her court will die."

A/N well there you have it the next chapter and a tiny teaser of the bad guys. Hope it was worth the wait guys. I don't think it was my best work but I really wanted to get a chapter out and it is very long.

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