Chapter 6

The girls decided to go shopping. They all were having a
wonderful time. They had stopped at the clothing store,
manga shop, and ice-cream parlor (AN: wonder who wanted
to go there). Now, the group was just walking down the
street, looking for another place to buy more stuff.

"We could go to the music store," Minako suggested.

"That sounds great," commented Usagi.

Minna (everyone)agreed, and they headed toward the store.

All of a sudden Minako screamed. A man had grabbed her. He
had blond hair that fell into his eyes. His face showed
coldness. "I have you now, princess. Give me the ginzuishou!"
he commanded.

The others knew what to do. They hurried into an alley and
transformed.

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Jadeite held Minako tight. She struggled to get out of his
grasp. "Looks like your friends decided to abandon you," he
told her.

"Think again, buster," came a voice.

Jadeite turned to see four girls in sailor suits. One stood
in front. She was doing strange poses. "I am Sailor Moon,
the champion of love and for justice. I will punish you for
hurting one of my dear friends!" she shouted.

He laughed. "Oh, you're the little girl that has been giving
me so much trouble. You have killed all the youmas I have
sent out to gather energy."

Sailor Moon gave him a stern look. "Let Minako go!"

"Like I actually would. Queen Beryl needs her." He sent out
a bolt of energy toward her. She was sent to the ground, but
got back up.

Mars had lost her patience. "Fire Soul!" Red power shot at
Jadeite. He dodged out of the way.

"Ugh," Mars said in frustration.

"Bubble Spray!" Mercury released the bubbles at him. It hit,
but didn't do a lot of damage.

All of a sudden a rose hit Jadeite in the arm. He was so
startled, that he lost his grip on Minako. She escaped,
and started to run away.

Tuxedo Kamen stepped out into sight. "You shouldn't pick on
innocent girls," he told Jadeite.

Anger filled Jadeite. He couldn't stand this cape man. He
sent some energy shooting its way at Tuxedo Kamen.

Sailor Moon looked over to see Tuxedo fall to the ground.
She was very upset. She started to power up her tiara.
Before she could send it spinning, Jadeite said,"I'll be
back, senshi. I will get that crystal for Beryl. You can count
on that." Then he was gone.

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Minako came out, transformed into Venus. She found the rest
of the senshi staring straight ahead at nothing. She gasped.
"Did you get him?"

Jupiter shook her head. "He left."

"I don't understand. He said that he wanted me to give him the
crystal," Venus stated. She shook her head. "Why would he
think I had it?"

"We need to talk to Luna about this," Sailor Moon informed.

Then she remembered Tuxedo Kamen. She rushed over to his
side. He was lying on the ground with his eyes closed. She
quickly checked to see if he had a pulse. To her relief, he
did have one.

Mercury came over. She held her computer and punched in some
keys. Then she lifted her head. "He will be fine. He is just
unconscious," she said.

"What should we do with him?" Mars asked.

"Too bad we don't know where he lives to take him there,"
Venus said.

Sailor Moon stood up. "Bring him to my house."

Everyone seemed shocked.

"Nani (what)? My parents are away, and Shingo is at a
friend's place."


"You just want him there because you have the hots for him,"
Mars informed.

Sailor Moon stuck out her tongue at Mars. "That is only part
of the reason," she said. "I also feel bad for anyone that
is hurt."

So, they agreed to take him to Usagi's. It took Jupiter and
Venus to lift him.

Venus gazed down at him. She smiled. It would be wonderful
to know who he was. This was their chance. All they had to
do was remove his mask.

"Guys, do you think we could possibly find out his identity?"

Everyone stopped. There was silence. Finally, Mars snapped,
"Of course not! Give the guy some dignity. Would you want
someone doing that to you?"

"Well. . . uh iie(no)," Venus replied.

They walked on. Sailor Moon didn't take her eyes off Tuxedo Kamen.
She wished that there was a way to discover who he was and not
offend him. Or even better, him tell her willingly.

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