"It's been three weeks since I captured the Sailor Senshi and no sign of Sailor Moon has yet appeared. I'm becoming angry." Sighed a frustrated Jadeite as he drank a glass of wine. Perhaps she will need some extra persuasion to come out. I will take her Silver Crystal and I will- his thought was interrupted by another thought. He could pull Sailor Moon out of hiding with a yoma. So be it. One would be sent off right away to go terrorize some civilians.
Artimis was sitting dejectedly on his little hassock worrying about Minako. She was his partner. Usagi was doing all she could just to get well. Artimis sighed. He knew that he was really more concerned about Luna. He had loved her ever since the Silver Millennium, when they had both acted as the Queen's human advisors. It had been during Beryl's attack that they were sealed into cat bodies for protection. Artimis didn't know if Luna had ever loved him, but he wanted to save her. He had to save her. He would save her.
At that moment Artemis heard screams coming from outside. A yoma was attacking some innocent little kindergartners. He contacted Usagi on the communicator and then leapt out the window to stall the monster. Gosh! Why did one of those things have to show up now of all times? Jadeite already had what he wanted and Usagi couldn't fight Artemis flung himself at the yoma and scratched at its face, darting, biting, hissing, clawing. Anything to hurt it. It had rained the previous night and puddles still lingered on the ground. The yoma's foot slid into one of the puddles and the monster slipped. Artemis was on top of it in a second, a white tornado against an alien being ten times his size.
Sailor Moon rushed up, panting and out of breath from her run to the Aino's house. The yoma flung the white cat off it's chest and charged the Senshi. The girl dodged it and brandished her wand. The yoma knocked it from her hand as it rammed into her. Sailor Moon felt the wound on her left shoulder reopen slightly from the impact. She gritted her teeth and shoved the yoma off, rolling across the ground and seizing her wand. The small children had long since run off and there was no one outside to get in the way. "Moon Cosmic Power!" pink light bathed a fifty-meter radius around Sailor Moon as the yoma was dusted. But then Jadeite appeared.
"Salutations Sailor Moon. I see I finally coaxed you from your lair. Taking your friends wasn't enough? I see. Perhaps if I take your last friend" Jadeite flicked his cold eyes towards Artemis.
"NO!" Sailor Moon let out a strangled cry. If she lost Artemis she couldn't win. Jadeite let out a blast of energy that blew the Senshi across the sidewalk into some trashcans.
"So your companions do mean something to you after all. Or are you just a coward?" hissed the blond man. He slowly floated to the ground and took a mirror from his pocket. Artemis saw the glint of gold on the mirror's case and focused his whole being on it. Luna's prison The general slowly opened the case of the mirror and an image was revealed. It was Luna, though she was cut and bleeding. Her yellow gown was soiled and ripped.
"LUNA!" Artemis cried out. "HOW DARE YOU HURT HER!" he hissed. For a moment there was a flash of silver light. In that instance Artemis flickered between his two forms before standing at a tall six foot three as a human. "I swear you will pay. You will pay for Minako. You will pay for Luna. You will pay you bastard! MOON RAY!" as the attack was called a beam of moonlight radiated onto Artemis and a silver saber appeared in his hands. He had never known such power was within him. But now his whole self tingled with the raw power that surrounded and enveloped him. Artemis charged Jadeite and slashed at him. The general dodged him easily and continued to do so, as the onslaught didn't end.
"Does it hurt to see your precious Luna bleed? I enjoyed the whipping. It was- entertaining." Laughed Jadeite, as he danced out of Artemis's reach. Jadeite hadn't had so much fun in a long time, so much fun mocking someone and watching their futile efforts at revenge.
"Stand still and fight you coward! How dare you hurt Luna and Usagi!"
Artemis was wearing down fast, unused to such strenuous fighting. His next stroke with the saber nicked Jadeite's wrist and it caught the general off guard. Artemis smashed into him and the mirror flew through the air onto the sidewalk. The glass cracked and Luna rolled across the ground. Artemis ran to her and gathered her up in his arms. The woman's eyes fluttered open as she clutched Artemis desperately. "Artemis!" she gasped. Her eyes were wide with fear. Artemis looked around, trying to analyze the situation before he made his next move.
Suddenly he saw Sailor Moon. She was standing behind Jadeite, ready with her wand. "RUN ARTEMIS! RUN!" she screamed. Jadeite turned around just as she shouted, "MOON COSMIC POWER!"
Artemis dragged Luna up and took her hand as he started to run as fast as possible. Luna's strength was flagging quickly, they weren't even half way to the Crown Game Center yet. "Just keep running Luna." As out of breath as he was Artemis's voice somehow lingered on her name.
Luna was behind Artemis, and she watched him. The world was too much right now, so she tried to shut it out and focus. She focussed on him and him alone just so she could keep running. He was handsome. Just like in the Moon Kingdom. And he was always so kind. Shy Luna had harbored a secret crush on Artemis for the longest time. She was running with him. Away from the world. Luna scarcely felt the hard pavement of the street under her feet as she ran along. But then Luna felt cold linoleum under her feet. They were at the Crown Game Center. They were headed to the control room. What then?