Heyyyyy!! It's me! (and my Microsoft word is, as usual, giving me plenty of problems) And I'm about to freeze my computer up. I liked the last chapter. ^_^;; (Kunzite's kawaii) Okay, enough about that, and let's get on with it. My Microsoft word wasn't working for two weeks! (Considering I somehow magically turned it into a picture file...) So, I apologize for lack of new chapters.

Quote of the moment: "No da." Chichiri (Fushigi Yugi)

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Sai lay in his bed, a white handkerchief up to his nose. All of his friends had successfully been teasing him enough after he explained to them why he got a nosebleed. He thought that Shu was never going to stop laughing! But, then again, he figured that Shu would probably get a nosebleed too if he saw Minako in that position.

Sai rolled over, and looked into an aquarium, filled with assorted fishes. He sighed, and put the handkerchief down after the blood flow had ceased. He stretched and yawned, laying his head back into his pillow. He then fell into a light sleep, dreaming of Minako.



Minako awoke the next morning, about as happy and cheery as ever. Well, one of the pluses of being kidnapped meant that she didn't have to go to school, and school was something that she really didn't enjoy. That was about the only good thing. She hopped out of her bed and stretched, her back popping. She walked over to her vanity, and looked down at her left hand. 'Kuso. I've still got that ring on.' She slid the ring off, and without looking, put it on the vanity.

She blinked when she felt something soft on her vanity. She looked down, and saw a beautiful yellow rose in full bloom. "How did you get here?" Underneath it was a small piece of orange folded up stationary. A smile was immeadetly on Minako's face, thinking that maybe one of the boys had done something sweet for her.

She opened up the note after she pulled her hair back into its typical style, with the red bow. She then tucked the yellow rose in the middle of the bow, and looked the note over. Her hands started to shake, and the note fell from her hands and drifted onto the floor. She took a seat on the vanity's seat, and stared into the mirror. 'So...Kunzite...was here...last night?'

She bent down and picked up the note, trying to get a hold of herself. She re-read it silently. 'Dearest Minako. I'm sorry fro everything that I've done to you in the future and in the past, I hope you can forgive me. I really do love you, and I apologize that I couldn't stay longer with you. But soon, we'll be together. Love Forever, Kunzite.' Minako took the note, and opened up a small jewelry box that Nasty had donated to her before she had died and put it in there.

'He could have killed me if he wanted to...he could have killed any of us, if we were unprepared...should I tell the guys...?' Minako shook her head. 'No, Minako. Why do you really wanna help them out. Just help them out as little as possible, and then who cares what happens to them.' Minako told herself as she walked over to the closet and pulled out her tight school uniform, finding nothing else to wear. 'Oh, well. I brought some money in my bag, and I guess that I might be able to talk one of the guys into taking me into Toyama or whatever so I can get some clothes...'

Minako slid the uniform on, and brushed out her hair quickly. She paused, looking into the mirror, and studying the yellow rose in her bow. 'I should take it out...' She raised a hand up to yank it out and throw it to the ground, but something stopped her, making her hand fall back to her side. 'Damit, I'll deal with it later.' She then left her room, and walked down the stairs.



Ami, Rei, Usagi and Makoto were all outside of the High school. Even though Rei went to a different high school, she always stood outside of their school with them until the last possible moment. Luna and Artemis were also with them, but they had wandered off in search of food. Everyone was silent, strangely enough.

"Sooo..." Makoto tried to start a conversation up. "The weather is nice. And, by the way, do we have a senshi meeting today?"

"Hai." Rei nodded blandly.

"What's got you so down? Is it Minako?" Ami asked as she paused from reading a book.

"No...well...sorta. That's on all of our minds, though. But, we've got a new crisis...I was praying to the sacred flames, and I saw another vision..." Rei trailed off.

"What was it about?" Usagi cocked her head to the side and crouched down. Rei's head was hung down, and she stuck her head under the veil that Rei's raven hair made around her head.

"Baka." Rei slapped Usagi on the cheek.

"HEY! I was only trying to help!" Usagi drew her head from out of the cover and turned away from Rei, crossing her arms, with her nose stuck up in the air. On her right cheek was the large red handprint belonging to Rei. Rei slowly raised her head up, a small smile on her face.

"Well...it had to deal with those five armor clad warriors that took Minako...and... then I saw Makoto and Ami." Rei finished softly.

"I wonder what it means? Maybe we're next?" Ami was deep in thought, and she shut her book, brining a fist up to her chin and starting to think.

"Well, I'll be ready for 'em." Makoto cracked her knuckles. "I'll pound their heads in, and then I'll order 'em to bring Minako-chan back!" Makoto balled her hand up into a fist, and held it up into the air.

"I guess we'll just have to keep our guard up..." Ami sighed, and shook her head.



Minako walked down the stairs, her head trailing light on the banister. Her face looked worried, and then she saw Touma passing by at the foot of the stairs. She instantly brightened up, cocking her head to the side and waving at Touma. "Good morning."

"Hn." Touma was still half asleep, not really enjoying being up at all. His blue hair needed a brush, and Minako couldn't help but smile at him.

"So, I smell food. Who made breakfast?" Minako got off the stairs and walked beside of Touma. They were headed for the dining room, and Minako nudged Touma in the ribs playfully.

"Sai. He's a good cook." Touma simply responded.

"Well, as long as it's edible." Minako shrugged. "But it helps if it tastes good too." The two entered the dining area, and Minako took a seat in her typical spot. Shu looked very hungry, and Seiji and Ryo were chatting.

"Good morning!" Minako smiled again, as Sai entered with the food. Minako looked at him, and then broke out in uncontrollable giggles. All of the other Troopers glanced up, and quickly saw why she was giggling.

Sai was dressed in one of Nasty's old aprons. A very cute, girlish one, at that. It was pink with a heart shaped top, sash around the waist, and ruffles. It had small carrots all over it, topped with tiny green tops. "Nani?" Sai blinked, and then quickly looked down at the apron. He blinked one more time as his face went crimson, and he quickly sat the food on the table. "I uhhh...needed something to...put over...my clothes!!" He quickly took the apron off and tossed it aside.

"I always knew there was something strange about you..." Shu laughed uncontrollably.

"Hey! Maybe him and Minako have more in common then we ever though possible!" Seiji suggested as Sai threw an evil and dirty glare at him.

"I should have laced the food with poison..." Sai muttered as he took a seat at the table. Minako, trying not to giggle still, took her napkin and placed it in her lap, smoothing it out.

"So, here's the plan." Ryo said after everyone was done laughing. "Now, I don't know if I can stand to see Sai in an apron every morning. That kind of apron, at least."

"..." Sai glared as he stuffed a piece of pancake in his mouth.

"Now, I suggest that we try to talk to some more sailor senshi today instead of resulting to force. I'd say we need Mizuno Ami and Kino Makoto." Ryo finished.

"As long as they're like Nasty, I'm okay." Shu took a large gulp from his milk glass.

"Makoto-chan can cook and Ami-chan is really smart." Minako nodded, before starting to blush. "What am I doing? I'm helping you plan out the kidnapping of my friends!!!"

"Well, we need them." Touma pointed out, halfway asleep, pointing his fork at Minako. "You're no help around here."

"..." Minako glared daggers at Touma, and Touma seemed to instantly wake up. He took his fork down, and started to silently eat.

"I say we did the same thing we did to Minako...only...I've got a good idea...how about, we use Minako for bait?" Seiji and all of the other Troopers glanced to Minako, evil grins on their faces. Minako stopped eating, her fork in hand.

"WHAT? I'm going to have nothing to do with this!!!" Minako disagreed, and got out of her chair, and started to back up. The Troopers got up out of their chairs, and started to close in on Minako. Minako was backed up into a wall, fork in hand. She put one hand over her eyes, turned her head, and started to swing the hand with the fork pitifully.

"Get away!" Minako threatened, her voice shaking. "I've got a fork, and I'm not afraid to use it!" Minako was quickly tackled, her only weapon taken away from her.



Rain had started to fall in Tokyo. It was raining so bad, that school actually had to be dismissed early. All of the girls met outside of 10th Street High school, each one with umbrellas. Rei's was dark red, Makoto's was evergreen, Ami's was royal blue, and Usagi's was pink with tiny winking bunnies on it.

"It's raining pretty bad." Ami commented as she adjusted the grip on her satchel.

"It's a bad omen..." Rei muttered as she shook her head, trying to rid her thoughts of the vision she had seen earlier.

"Well..." Usagi trailed off. "You won't believe what I found! My teacher had a note for me, right?"

"Right." All four the girls nodded in unison.

"Well, I got the note, and I read it. And it says 'Sailor Senshi. Meet us at Tokyo Tower at 2:30.' How strange." Usagi shrugged. Rei immediately dropped her umbrella and ran up to Usagi, grabbing her by her uniform and shaking her violently.

"BAKA! IT'S 2:15! AND WHO EVER GAVE YOU THAT NOTE KNOWS THAT WE..." Rei lowered her voice so that she wouldn't reveal their identity. "...sailor senshi. BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA BAKA!!!!"

"Gomen..." Usagi's eyes were swirls after Rei finally got done shaking her. Rei huffed, and let go of Usagi, letting her drop onto the pavement. She huffed, and walked over to her umbrella, and picked it up, putting it back over her head. The rest of the girls were just lightly sweat dropping.

"Let's get going...maybe it's those chunks of metal...they might just have Minako with them." Makoto advised as they all started to run to Tokyo Tower.




Minako was wet. And needless to say, cold. She was tied up with her hands over her head, and her ankles bound together. She was in her senshi uniform, and the hung from a metal chain from a part of Tokyo Tower. Making her a perfect lightening rod. She was also gagged, and her blonde hair was matted down, looking a bit duller then its typical shade.

"I'm sorry." Sai apologized. He was pretty tall, compared to Minako, and he took the gag out of her mouth. "But, Seiji did have a good idea."

"..." Minako coldly glared. After Sai turned around, Minako kicked him in the back. Unfortuanly, the high heels didn't protect her feet very well, and hr toes throbbed. Sai stumbled forward, but regained his ground, and turned back around. He was glaring by the time.

"Oops. I'm sorry." Minako smirked. She looked out, hearing a few female voices calling out her name. Her friends were running up the hill, holding umbrellas. "MINNA!!!" She called out to them, her eyes brightly shining. "HELP MEEE!" She was instructed on how to act, or suffer consequences.

"MINAKO-CHAN!" Makoto called out. "Hold on, we're coming for you!" Makoto pulled out her Eternal henshin brooch, and held it in the air. "JUPITER ETERNAL MAKE UP!"

"Should we henshin here?" Ami asked as she continued running.

"They already know who we are..." Usagi pulled out her Eternal transformation brooch as well. She then chanted the approiaete words, and she started to transform into her Eternal fuku.

"What do we have to loose?" Rei shrugged as she held her brooch up. "MARS ETERNAL MAKE UP!!"

"MERCURY ETERNAL MAKE UP!" Ami shouted as she held her brooch up into the air as well. All four girls came out of the elaborate sequences, in full fuku. The continued running until they were at the point where they could see the Troopers, in full armor.

"We can't allow you to take our Minako away from us again! I am an agent of love and justice... Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon! And in the name of the moon, I will punish you!" Eternal Moon exclaimed as she held her attack wand.

"I am the fiery soul of Mars! I am the Pretty Soldier , Sailor Mars!"

"I'm the guardian of the planet of water, and a protector of the Moon Princess. I am Pretty Soldier Sailor Mercury."

"I'm Pretty Soldier Sailor Jupiter, and in the name of my planet, I will punish you!"

"Now, let's get to it." Seiji smirked, and walked up to Minako. He took his no-datchi, and placed the tip at Minako's throat. Even though it was an act, Minako was actually very afraid. She gulped, and her eyes started to water.

"Wait! Don't' hurt Minako!" Eternal Moon begged.

"We won't hurt her. Much." Seiji grinned.

"Now, all we want is Mizuno Ami and Kino Makoto. If we don't get them, then your little friend here will be in plenty of pain." Shu advised. He really didn't want to be mean to Minako, but some things had to be done if he wanted to eat.

"Hold on." Rei held up one finger, and the senshi went into a huddle. Minako sweat dropped, the binds on her wrists and ankles cutting into her skin.

"They seem serious about hurting Minako..." Usagi whimpered. "But I can't stand to loose any more of you!"

"I think they're serious, too." Rei nodded. "I guess we'll have to give in..."

"But-" Usagi was cut off by Rei.

"Usagi. Rei will be here to protect you. And, I think, that we'd better get the Star Lights involved. This is deeper then what we thought." Makoto told Usagi. "Don't worry, we'll be there to protect Minako and she can tell us what they're like."

"And I can contact you on my mini computer, or on the communicator." Ami grinned. "So, don't worry." By this time, Usagi's eyes were watering terribly, almost as bad as Minako's.

"Fine then. If it's for the best." Usagi gave in.