Came Back:
(Mina pays Ben and Alecjo a visit)
Mina ended up leaving her home her parents decided to have one their date nights with a side of sensual passion. Unable to take their version of dirty talk when eating their romantic meal and countless noises that follow from their bedroom. Hiddenite had become to busy with Ammar in furthering their relationship by spending every moment together. Left her to not wonder what the two were doing when alone in a basement that was acting as a temporary living space. Angel and Mako were interning at a Rokuten Restaurant under Ichirou Ohno during the evening times. They took up positions among the cooking staff to advance their culinary and baking skills. Reika and Ciprian were visiting Moegi-no-Mura in Kiyosato, Yamanashi Prefecture is one of Japan. Taking the advice to have an outing that didn't involve some type of sexual act that both thoroughly enjoyed. Amelie and Andor were attending college grade lectures about string theory and field of study to dark matter. Being sure to take lots of notes using shorthand and recording what they couldn't write down.
Saualpite with Aegirine was attending an omiai set up by his parents to find a proper wife. Like the many women before her, he was trying to give her a chance until he was able to leave. Actinolite was visiting Ahenobarbus at a themed bar until she got off, so they could around the area just hand in hand. Tremolite was busy supervising a boot camp filled with a new batch of Crystal Sentinels the past weeks after trading with Hiddenite. Jewel and Bastian were working late at the Cafe with new hires as in showing them the ropes that come with the job. Rei and Jadeite were caring for the Hikawa Shrine with their daughter away. Ami and Zoisite were visiting a new museum exhibit. Makoto and Nephrite were having a quiet night in watching some classic movie on TV after watering the plants. Dann was meeting with Helios, King Endymion, Neo- Queen Serenity, and Chibiusa on a private matter. That Mina was told she couldn't be sit in on or be apart of as a witness.
"Hello?! Anyone home?" She could be found at Ben and Alecjo place.
She ended up using her father's card to pay for a ride to the only location of someones' place she had learned weren't busy. Left her to stand and wait for sounds on other side of the door before the knob was turned to open the door to welcome her. In only a pair of sweatpants wore snugly on pair of muscled hips with a moist happy trail on display to Mina. Towel worn around a neck fibrous with droplets of water slowly sliding down the skin on to a heaving chest. All belonging to very wet Alecjo with pair of house slippers on his feet and rather black expression on his face.
"This because of that joke, I made about wanting one of you to sleep with me?" He sighed looking at Mina.
"Yea, and not why I am here." Mina stood there.
"Then why are you here?" He wasn't moving.
"I am bored and not here to ruin your monogamous relationship you have with Ben." She rolled her eyes around.
He stepped aside for her to march into the small hallway that led right in to a modern washitsu with kotatsu in center of the room. Laying next to this table was casually dressed in a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants, and socks. Few undone buttons on his shirt and his messed up hair told Mina about something she interrupted. Not what caught her attention since her eyes noticed a 20mm x 20mm sized Enamel Badge. Pinned to the lapel of Ben's shirt that had her walking right to him for a closer look. She took her shoes off along the way and kneeled down to crawl over to him as she got closer. Allowing her eyes to get closer look at the details while coughing noise was made from Alecjo.
"That is Ben's Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety Pin." Alecjo answered her. "How close you are to him, looks like you are here to seduce someone."
That moment when Mina went from looking at the pin to the how close to Ben she was when eyes shifted from his lapel. To the clear view of his chest she could see fine hairs on his chest revealed by the opened gap of his shirt to her. Blush ran over her face when she slowly looked up and saw a face that clearly displayed signs of discomfort/ angry. Quickly she pulled away and crawled to the other side of the kotatsu with repeated phrase of 'I am sorry' on her lips
"This is not how I wanted to celebrate my months of sobriety." Ben felt a bit violated.
"Congrats by the way." She took a kneeling sitting position.
Ben accepted what she had to say about how long he went without a drink while with Alecjo and gaining a new job as liaison. Not missing how the only thing in his life had been the Crystal sentials besides his role and rank that started to define him.
"Now are you here for some type of amusement unable to find anything to do or need company?" Ben repeated Alecjo's question in more detailed way. "How did you find out we home? Alone."
"Answer question Lady Mina Aino or leave." Alecjo backed Ben up.
To took a breath, before stating was a bit of both since she unlike everybody else she knew or had in a contacts list on her phone. Didn't check in with any of them about their plans for this night or if she could be apart of what they had planned. Leaving her to feel left out of what everyone is doing this very hour as he spoke to Alecjo and Ben. Silent she would grow when their eyes drifted from to each other for a few seconds before one nodded and reached out.
"I'll go her company and you..." Ben couldn't think straight staring at still shirtless Alecjo.
Mina turned her head with a tilt to look at the sight making Ben go quiet with out understanding the reason as h blink. Created a awkward tension that left Alecjo to excuse him self with pair of mixed stares looking upon his semi- dressed form. Turning his back and walk as quickly as he could away from pair of eyes that were as clueless at what was happening. Left Mina to turn and find Ben smoothing the wrinkles of his shirt and pants with a pleasant sigh before noticing her.
"Yes?" He asked without returning her stare. "How may I help you?"
"You always come home to that?" She asked while nodding her head in the direction Alecjo exited.
All she got was goofy grin from Ben that she took as yes when he adjusted his legs in a lotus sitting position upon a zabuton. Trying his best to look more presentable with the daughter of his former boss and senshi, before him. Wasn't helping since he heavily smelled of outdoors after a thunderstorm, or a sweet, pungent zing. Which Mina picked up when she was close to him when she breathed in near him. About to ask something again when Alecjo reentered the room in a long sleeve shirt, simple jeans with a belt, and socks. Traded seats with Ben by helping him onto his feet and kissing his forehead before sitting back down.
"Change and I'll handle her." He looked at Mina the whole time.
Ben was out of the room before Mina could defend her self to Alecjo when they ended up starting at each other, until someone else came knocking. Up on his feet Alecjo went mumbling he hoped it was Dann here to drag Mina out of their place. What he got when he opened the door was a local neighbor that ended up visiting on a daily basis with something. This time he was bringing over a second hand Automatic Bread Maker with a recipe book with a bag or produce. In he would be invited inside when Alecjo called to Mina about knowing how to make a simple yosenabe for guests. She was on her house slipper clad feet watching this strange face walk right toward the kotatsu like they belong. Down went the bag of and appliance their brought for Alecjo asking who the blond haired little tart was.
"She's a dear friend and daughter of Royals bodyguards." Alecjo singled to Mina to follow him.
Mina hurried after him when a eyes full of disdain and harden pessimism belonging to the fourth guest followed her. Sending shivers up her spine when she sped up her pace to get out of the person's sight range as best she could. Had her being shoved behind a wooden screen by Alecjo, when he placed an arm behind her person to move her along.
"Son of the landlord." Alecjo whispered. "He just drops in at all hours with all kinds of food or items to say hello."
"..." Mina went wide eyed.
"Almost caught me in a towel two days ago." Alecjo looked over Mina's shoulder.
Before he could answer about the threesome offer this person made a few nights ago when he and Ben got back from a alcoholics anonymous. Ended before he could even start saying the sentence when he started directing Mina around. Loud crash followed by a scream came from the area he had sectioned off with divider for some privacy sake. Had them leaving the electric/ plugin stove and pot for yosenabe behind on the small countertop when they went running. Alecjo was the one that shoved the divider out the way and Kept Mina behind him when he took in the scene.
"Funk Me Sidewards!" He spoke through clenched teeth.
"Is that..." Mina spotted a broken Daimon pod.
Kotatsu was knocked over and zabuton were all scattered to one side by a white box with doughy tentacles coming out of the top. Opened lid seemed to be the head since a face was underside of the lid just grinning at person it pinned. Stuck to the wall with bits of dried dough holding their limbs to the wall and their mouth was gagged shut. Muffled screaming of a black, star shaped, beam coming from one of the doughy tentacles was not making. either one of their days.
"How good is your close quarters combat?" Alecjo asked with fingers reaching for his lapel pin.
"Ever shot fish in a barrel." She answered back.
"Fay enough." He couldn't argue with her on that.
Before he could take on his own knight form with his fingers tips grazing the surface of his own transformation item. Sight of a ink pen length rod in a orange coloring with gold details and this 5- point star on a fixed on the top. Venus' planetary symbol on a orange disk in the center of this star held within Mina's slowly rising hand. Turned into a moment when Alecjo saw undressed Mina before his did a quick transformation with his gaze averting her. Not that he was relieved she was wearing what Dann learned was called a sailor fukuwith a collar and colored details. She in turned to take in the details that made her wonder about the fabric worn underneath his amour plates. Needing to kneel down to get better view was when she caught by a cough noises that came from Knight Stella Gale.
"Venus." He warned her. "What are you staring at?"
She closed her eyes and pulled at the fabric underneath his metal plates while asking what was so special about this. A soft smile on his face appeared before he explained it was a dark body armor made from a special material that has yet to be discovered by mankind, which consisted of a black tight leggings and long sleeve shirt. Had some kind of flexibly since Mina was able to freely pull at it from his skin like it was regular piece of material. Left Mina to pull her hand away and back away a little when texture of this fabric on him felt like dragon scales.
"Weird." She blinked a few times to process the info.
Conversation came to the end when a blob of dough ended up flying toward them and wrapping it self around Venus' gloves hands. Acting as a form of restraint when she couldn't pull her hands free of the drying goop completely covering her fingers. Had her and Knight Stella Gale noticing that they had attracted the gaze of the Daimon. Who held extracted heart crystal as owner was left lifeless stuck to the wall with no twinkle in their eyes or verbal response.
"Not my day." Knight Stella Gale summoned a sphere of wind into palm of his hand.
He ended up crushing to release a mini- wild inside knock the Daimon off it's doughy tentacles and send the heart crystal flying. Venus would end up catching in her dried dough hands after jumping her one of the smaller wind currents for better angle. Got her caught by cause of the person, who created this indoor hurricane with just one his arms. Who would end up freeing her gloves hands with carefully aimed razor wind blast so the heart crystal could be handle more softly. Gave Venus a chance to to be put onto her heel clad feet with rather upset Ben spotted a few feet away from her. Who was handed the heart crystal by Venus when Knight Stella Gale needed her for a double team when he broken up the wind storm.
"You know we're going to have to clean this up." Ben looked at aftermath.
"We might be able to get that remodel." Knight Stella Gale pointed at the Daimon.
Ben become quiet when he accepted a kiss on the corner of his lips while leaving basic instructions that Venus could barely hear. She was the one that took action first by reach deep inside her self for a physical weapon her used. Came in the form of a gold and ruby link chain her mother always wore as a belt to the tips of her gloves. She took hold of in both of her hands before doing fancy lasso tricks by running forward with shout on her lips. Lifting one of her hands with chain in hand to be swung toward the down Daimon using all her strength. Around the creature the chain would wrap to it up and leave it to be handled by Knight Stella Gale.
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Dann wanted to share the good news with Mina about being commissioned by the White Moon family for private job. Which had him being hired to personally care for the jewelry and jewels of the royal family. Something that left him quite shocked since he just got into jewelry design and working with silver. He knew the few pieces he did for private customers would catch the attention of Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion. Meeting them in the Palace this day was to sort out the details of their business with him. Thing they wanted him to do was create a jewelry set for Princess Lady Serenity and Helios. Price would be no problem since his eyes almost bugged out of his brain at budget he was given. Left him to start as soon as possible and call one of the Shitennou when he came up with something.
Had him sitting in a late night cafe close to Alecjo and Ben's place with a cup of freshly brewed tea to keep him company. Keeping his communicator on him and cell phone handy for when ever one of them would try to get hold of him. Not like he was completely alone since Il-Seong in a collar and harness just laying beside the chair Dann sat next too. Keeping his ears and eye out for the signs of someone walking this way as he looked like he was in laying down. Shifting to his side when someone was talking a mile a minute got his ears sit stir while boots walking on surface of a sidewalk. Revealed them selves to belong a threesome of Ben, Mina and Alecjo all walking away from a parking lot. Way Mina was hanging off Alecjo's arm with as Ben brought up the rear with his shaking side to side half the time. Ended when all three of them came through door and Mina separated from the pair to run over to the table Dann sat at.
"Please know, it's not your psychical appearance I fell for." Her statement worried him.
"Alecjo! What The Funk Happen?" Dan asked looking over Mina."I thought she was just hanging out at you..."
He was cut off by a Ben taking a seat at the table and dropping a plastic bag with a broken pod inside as Alecjo left to get drinks. Mina state this pod came out of a bag of produce that son of the lawnlord dropped off with a bread maker. They fought in close combat to destroy while restoring the heart crystal to it's original owner in a trashed space.
"I think I know the link, between these pods been getting around and need to check where this other relative of yours grows his produce." Ben clearly stated with Mina nodding her head.
"Not what I wanted to talk about." Dann pulled an envelope out of his bag.
Mina the royal see of the White Moon family near the flap that still hadn't been broken by Dann when this was given to him. He went to say that somehow his hidden talent with jewelry somehow got discovery and now he been entrusted with royal jewels. Led to a confession that Mina and Ben were the ones that separately informed to different parties. Ben reported to Nephrite and Jadeite about this discovery while Mina told her mom on completely different days.
"Well thanks to to the two of you, I have to turn these in when I am done." Dan placed a sketch book before them.
Mina was the one that snatch up and turned each page for their eyes to look upon the pencil outlines of tiara and all kinds of jewelry. Matching necklace and earrings were one of many pictures that took up half the empty pages they passed.
"I'll still have to figure out the stones and metals that are going to be used." Dann went on. "I am nervous as heck about presenting this to your father."
"I can help you with easing the blow." Ben offered. "You learn a thing or two about the Shitennou in a short time working for them."
Mina ended up running toward Alecjo to show off the sketch book contains to him and leave Dann along to chat with Ben. Mostly consisted of Dann pulling his phone out and allowing Ben top scroll through his contract list for Ammar. Informing him that he could find him through Mina's brother much faster since the two have a quickly budding relationship. From Mina told him, They were already heavily psychical and made plan to on moving together after a 10- day romance.