Author's Notes: I've gotten a LOT of great feedback from you guys, just after the first day of
Aishiteru's posting! I'm so excited, and I can't WAIT to get more out. Hope it lives up to your
expectations. And for those of you who REALLY want to know who the villian is... SORRY can't
reveal her yet. As always email: kyla@adulation.net and site: http://www.adulation.net. Oh one
last thing, I want to thank Veebee for naming Marcus. It's not a Japanese name but it's a NAME
OKAY?! LOL. And thanks to Zita for spelling Aishiteru for me ;o) 3 you guys!!
Part Two
At work the next day Minako sat at her desk and twiddled with her pencil as she gazed off
into space instead of the important contracts that lay in front of her.
A knock sounded on her door and she didn't glance up as Usagi came in, didn't even notice
her until a hand appeared in front of her face and was waved around. "Yoo-hoo!! Earth to Minako!"
Minako blinked.
"Daijobu, Minako?"
"Hai," she said with a wry grin.
"Day-dreaming of someone?" Usagi asked innocently... a little too innocently.
"Usagi..." she said, a warning tone in her voice.
"I get the point," Usagi said quickly... a little too quickly.
"Iie," Minako groaned.
Usagi grinned as she bugged Minako for information regarding Marcus. She missed
matchmaking
Rei sat in front of the Fire, something she always did, but for this reason she had a
different purpose, one she hoped she was totally mistaken about. In her hand she held a red
ribbon which she laid in front of the fire, and closed her eyes over it.
"Great Fire, I sense an evil intent around us, specifically Minako. Tell me what is
happening."
In Rei's mind she saw Minako, staring into the mirror. Only it wasn't Minako, this face
was distorted and twisted and unmistakably EVIL. But the facial features were the same. She saw
the Minako-doppleganger kissing a white-haired man.
Then all of a sudden her mind hit a mental block. Someone was preventing her from seeing
what was happening.
Rei stood up, visibly shaken, and ran to her room and searched in back corners and her
closet until she found what she was looking for, what she had hidden away years ago.
She flicked the top on the watch like device and pressed a series of keys, and waited.
*What was that beeping?* Usagi was thinking as she frantically searched for the source of
the sound. She tripped over her shoes that she had left in the middle of the floor and landed
chin first into the plush carpet.
A pair of wise eyes stared at her. Luna, having long since passed her usefulness to the
Senshi, for her knowledge was not as great anymore and they no longer needed much training, held
out the small watch like device and said, "It's Rei."
Usagi and Makoto huddled together trying to keep warm, while Ami sat serenely, waiting.
Minako was walking up the steps as Rei came out to usher them in.
"We always knew there would be a time when we had to stop our normal lives," Rei said,
and then paused.
"That time has come," Minako finished for her. "I can feel it."
"You should, Mina-chan," Rei said quietly. "For it affects you. This aura surrounds you.
And whatever is blocking my premonitions is after you."
Minako's eyes grew round.
"We have to do something. Keep an eye out for any strange happenings," Ami said quietly.
"I can keep my sensors searching out for anything unusual so that we can try and nip this thing
in the bud."
The others nodded and then glanced at Minako with sympathy.
"Stay away from Marcus," Rei warned before they broke up.
"W-what? Why?"
"I saw him. I saw no good for you, Minako."
She watched them as they discussed her. Ha, like she was scared of them. Just to show
them what she was capable of, she had stopped the stupid psychic girls powers. Thinking she could
sense the future. She could only see what SHE wanted her to see it. And the dark haired girl
would see no more.
An evil laughed trilled from her as her plans built in her mind.
"Oh what fun this will be," she said, a smirk marring the beauty of her face.
Marcus stood outside of Minako's door uncertainly. In his hand he held her small purse
she had carried earlier and dropped in his car.
He rang the door and Minako opened it, wrapped in a short orange silk robe. Her hair was
loose around her face and she wore no make-up. She was beautiful, he thought.
"Your... ah... that is... uh your purse," he stuttered finally.
She smiled, twisting him up in knots even more. "Thank you, Tien-san," she said, her
voice not nearly as friendly as earlier.
"I thought we had agreed it was to be Marcus," he said, confusion laced throughout his
voice.
"Circumstances have changed," she said, her voice getting cooler which each word.
A small white cat peeked around the corner, and it's blue eyes widened with shock. Or at
least had Marcus seen the cat he would have thought it was shock. Artemis was in hunting mode,
pure feline instincts took over as he crouched slowly and then pounced on Marcus and hissed.
"I'm afraid I'll have to say sayonara for tonight, Tien-san," she said. "Our meeting is
at 10:00 a.m. sharp. Try to be on time this time around."
With that his nose met the solid rosewood door.
Marcus blinked and then inhaled deeply. He could still smell her.
A grin creased his handsome face.
This meant war.
In the boardroom the next day on one side of the table sat her most trusted board
members, and the other side sat Marcus's board members. She sat at one end, and his chair was
empty. It was five minutes past ten.
Minako started drumming her fingers.
Someone tapped on the door and she called out, somewhat imperially, "Enter."
In came a delivery boy who said uncertainly, "A delivery for Aino Minako..."
"That would be me."
She signed for the florists box and then said, "And why did you not allow my secretary to
sign for them?"
"Orders. Deliver to none other than Aino Minako the gentleman said."
She nodded and he took that as his dismissal when she ignored him to open the box. Inside
was a single white rose with a note attached. "Sorry I'm late, but thinking of ways to woo you
detained me." It was signed with a flourish: Marcus.
Minako turned a very deep shade of tomato... er red as she replaced the rose and the
note.
"Er... um... Marcus sends his apologies for his absence."
More Notes: Sorry so short you guys!! But don't worry I'll have more soon!!
Aishiteru's posting! I'm so excited, and I can't WAIT to get more out. Hope it lives up to your
expectations. And for those of you who REALLY want to know who the villian is... SORRY can't
reveal her yet. As always email: kyla@adulation.net and site: http://www.adulation.net. Oh one
last thing, I want to thank Veebee for naming Marcus. It's not a Japanese name but it's a NAME
OKAY?! LOL. And thanks to Zita for spelling Aishiteru for me ;o) 3 you guys!!
Part Two
At work the next day Minako sat at her desk and twiddled with her pencil as she gazed off
into space instead of the important contracts that lay in front of her.
A knock sounded on her door and she didn't glance up as Usagi came in, didn't even notice
her until a hand appeared in front of her face and was waved around. "Yoo-hoo!! Earth to Minako!"
Minako blinked.
"Daijobu, Minako?"
"Hai," she said with a wry grin.
"Day-dreaming of someone?" Usagi asked innocently... a little too innocently.
"Usagi..." she said, a warning tone in her voice.
"I get the point," Usagi said quickly... a little too quickly.
"Iie," Minako groaned.
Usagi grinned as she bugged Minako for information regarding Marcus. She missed
matchmaking
Rei sat in front of the Fire, something she always did, but for this reason she had a
different purpose, one she hoped she was totally mistaken about. In her hand she held a red
ribbon which she laid in front of the fire, and closed her eyes over it.
"Great Fire, I sense an evil intent around us, specifically Minako. Tell me what is
happening."
In Rei's mind she saw Minako, staring into the mirror. Only it wasn't Minako, this face
was distorted and twisted and unmistakably EVIL. But the facial features were the same. She saw
the Minako-doppleganger kissing a white-haired man.
Then all of a sudden her mind hit a mental block. Someone was preventing her from seeing
what was happening.
Rei stood up, visibly shaken, and ran to her room and searched in back corners and her
closet until she found what she was looking for, what she had hidden away years ago.
She flicked the top on the watch like device and pressed a series of keys, and waited.
*What was that beeping?* Usagi was thinking as she frantically searched for the source of
the sound. She tripped over her shoes that she had left in the middle of the floor and landed
chin first into the plush carpet.
A pair of wise eyes stared at her. Luna, having long since passed her usefulness to the
Senshi, for her knowledge was not as great anymore and they no longer needed much training, held
out the small watch like device and said, "It's Rei."
Usagi and Makoto huddled together trying to keep warm, while Ami sat serenely, waiting.
Minako was walking up the steps as Rei came out to usher them in.
"We always knew there would be a time when we had to stop our normal lives," Rei said,
and then paused.
"That time has come," Minako finished for her. "I can feel it."
"You should, Mina-chan," Rei said quietly. "For it affects you. This aura surrounds you.
And whatever is blocking my premonitions is after you."
Minako's eyes grew round.
"We have to do something. Keep an eye out for any strange happenings," Ami said quietly.
"I can keep my sensors searching out for anything unusual so that we can try and nip this thing
in the bud."
The others nodded and then glanced at Minako with sympathy.
"Stay away from Marcus," Rei warned before they broke up.
"W-what? Why?"
"I saw him. I saw no good for you, Minako."
She watched them as they discussed her. Ha, like she was scared of them. Just to show
them what she was capable of, she had stopped the stupid psychic girls powers. Thinking she could
sense the future. She could only see what SHE wanted her to see it. And the dark haired girl
would see no more.
An evil laughed trilled from her as her plans built in her mind.
"Oh what fun this will be," she said, a smirk marring the beauty of her face.
Marcus stood outside of Minako's door uncertainly. In his hand he held her small purse
she had carried earlier and dropped in his car.
He rang the door and Minako opened it, wrapped in a short orange silk robe. Her hair was
loose around her face and she wore no make-up. She was beautiful, he thought.
"Your... ah... that is... uh your purse," he stuttered finally.
She smiled, twisting him up in knots even more. "Thank you, Tien-san," she said, her
voice not nearly as friendly as earlier.
"I thought we had agreed it was to be Marcus," he said, confusion laced throughout his
voice.
"Circumstances have changed," she said, her voice getting cooler which each word.
A small white cat peeked around the corner, and it's blue eyes widened with shock. Or at
least had Marcus seen the cat he would have thought it was shock. Artemis was in hunting mode,
pure feline instincts took over as he crouched slowly and then pounced on Marcus and hissed.
"I'm afraid I'll have to say sayonara for tonight, Tien-san," she said. "Our meeting is
at 10:00 a.m. sharp. Try to be on time this time around."
With that his nose met the solid rosewood door.
Marcus blinked and then inhaled deeply. He could still smell her.
A grin creased his handsome face.
This meant war.
In the boardroom the next day on one side of the table sat her most trusted board
members, and the other side sat Marcus's board members. She sat at one end, and his chair was
empty. It was five minutes past ten.
Minako started drumming her fingers.
Someone tapped on the door and she called out, somewhat imperially, "Enter."
In came a delivery boy who said uncertainly, "A delivery for Aino Minako..."
"That would be me."
She signed for the florists box and then said, "And why did you not allow my secretary to
sign for them?"
"Orders. Deliver to none other than Aino Minako the gentleman said."
She nodded and he took that as his dismissal when she ignored him to open the box. Inside
was a single white rose with a note attached. "Sorry I'm late, but thinking of ways to woo you
detained me." It was signed with a flourish: Marcus.
Minako turned a very deep shade of tomato... er red as she replaced the rose and the
note.
"Er... um... Marcus sends his apologies for his absence."
More Notes: Sorry so short you guys!! But don't worry I'll have more soon!!