Chapter 5

"The Infiltration"

I was walking slowly along the bay area trying to find something I could use to get to the ship, I found it. It was an old diving bell, but it looked like it would hold up well enough. Luckily it was attached to a boat that could lower it into the water. I stole the boat without a second thought and drove out into the middle of the bay and had the ship auto- lower the bell and I put on the diving equipment I had "borrowed" and hopped in. It lowered me to the end of the rope. But it was enough, I could see the top of the ship. I swam out to it and hacked a way in. When I got in I was abruptly attacked by planets which met quick death from my dancing blades . I ran on faster and faster, trying to find Mina, killing anything I saw. I found her bound to a chair, unconscious. The blood pounded in my ears, if they did anything to her the so help me god.... She stirred. The flow of blood slowed slightly, and I stood over her. She looked around then noticed me and was about to ask a question. But I silenced her with a finger, she understood, we needed to get out of there quick. We walked out quietly and were confronted by Starblood.

"You pathetic fool, you did just what I wanted you to do. I knew if I took your bitch over there then you would come straight to me." He said not noticing that Andrew was readying his swords with a tight grip and Mina was getting ready to pull out her own sword. He stopped, waved his hand, and his planet guard descended on us. I killed sixteen in the first ten seconds and after Mina used her new attack, she was killing just as many as me. Starblood had a look of fear on his face, and lanced out with an energy attack which rebounded off my sword and shot back at him hitting his shoulder and causing him to curse loudly. A planet shot back and knocked him flat. I stood over him with my swords to his throat. I spoke.

"I will not kill you now, I would much prefer to do that in a fair fight, but remember this, the reaper will never be very far behind you." And with that Mina and I disappeared out of the ship and back up to the surface of the water. We slipped back to my apartment without incident. When we got back we both dried off and I let her use the bed while I curled up on the couch. This is going to be a long and hard fight, I thought then dozed off.

The next morning he woke up to the smell of burning eggs. Andrew ran to the kitchen and found Mina there with a fire extinguisher. He gave her a slightly angry look and she gave him a look that said, "I didn't mean to.".

"Let me guess, you aren't a very good cook?" He asked her not sounding one bit serious. Mina nodded, walked over and plopped down in the counter top chair.

"You looked so peaceful so I tried to make us breakfast." Andrew smiled as he scraped the charred gunk off the pan.

"Just go into the living room and turn on the tv. I'll be over there in a minute with breakfast." Mina realized as he spoke that it was Saturday and they had those really good anime on now, so she ran over and switched it on. Andrew yelled into the living room,"Try channel thirty-one, they got some really good anime." Mina smiled and did so as. It was one of her favorites, Blue Seed, a story about these thing that attach themselves to animals and make them big monsters. This was a new one about a huge spider monster. Mina attention was drawn away from the tv as she smelled one of the many culinary delights Andrew was preparing for breakfast. She thought for a moment and realized that school would be starting back up soon but it didn't matter. She had her man and that was all that mattered. Mina heard Andrew entering the room and looked up to see multiple groups of food that she loved, french toast, deviled eggs, miso soup, a little peach cobbler, and to top it off some delicious looking cappuccino. Then she noticed the salmon bites.

"You do realize salmon isn't all that good for breakfast?" She said comically. Andrew smiled, snapped his fingers and Artamus's head popped out from behind a pile of blankets in the adjacent chair.

"Thanks Andrew, you're a life saver." Said Artamus.

"Uh, Artamus. What are you doing here?"

"Simple, Serena wasn't at your dorm and since I didn't have the key I just asked Amy where you were, she pointed me here, and Andrew let me in." He said as he started eating a salmon bite. Mina just took it and started eating. She looked over at Andrew and thanked him for the food which he answered to with.

"Your welcome." Mina had a look on her face and Andrew understood. They kisses a very long and wet kiss. Artamus looked up and hopped behind the couch still remembering how the last time he walked in on Mina in an intimate moment, he ended up flying out the window. They finished and looked at each other, staring into their eyes, when a beeping sound coming from Mina's pants broke it up. She pulled out the communicator and opened it. It was Serena.

"Hey Mina! You're okay. That's good, hey I was wondering, have you done it with Andrew yet?" Andrew looked into the watch right as Serena said it and her face turned a very deep shade of crimson.

"Sorry, I was just wondering who it was." said Andrew with a big smile on his face. He pulled away and took the dishes to the kitchen. Mina looked back at Serena and spoke.

"You know Serena, you've got to be more careful when you say things like that. Oh and even though it's none of your business, the answer is no." Serena got a puzzled look on her face, then she spoke again.

"You're in his apartment, he's there, and your legal, don't you want him to fuck your brains out?"

"Well yes, but I want it to be perfect, at just the right moment. Now Serena do you have anything special to ask or should we continue probing into my social life?" Serena looked really tired and Mina realized there was a pair of pants sitting on the chair behind Serena."Speaking of such things, Darien is there with you?" Serena was suddenly pulled down and Mina just switched off her communicator. Andrew came back and sat next to Mina. He reached over and took her hand.

"Do you want to go see a movie?" He asked and Mina gratefully accepted. They drove off in Andrew's car and saw the new movie "Sailor Scout Romance" with Antonio Banderas as Tuxedo Mask, and Melanie Griffith as Sailor Moon. Serena and Darien didn't want to go see it, since the people of Japan didn't know about the secret somewhat normal life of the Sailor scouts, they just filled in the parts where they weren't fighting with sex. It was a good movie and when Andrew took Mina back to her dorm he was still a perfect gentleman. He opened the door for her and she stepped out onto the college grounds and thanked him for the ride and saving her life. When she went into her dorm that night she realized that she was going to have school tomorrow, and sighed. "Well, school will be out soon." She thought, then went to bed.

Andrew woke up the next morning in his apartment. He grabbed some money, put on his cloths, hopped into his car, dropped by McDonalds and went to school. When he made it there he was still on time, as always. He ran into his classroom and finished off the last bite of his sausage biscuit when he noticed a new kid in his class. The kid was tall, had brown hair and purple irises. Huh, Andrew thought. He was getting a really strange feeling like he knew this kid. Well better take my seat, he thought again and sat down and looked over at Mina. This day was going to pass by fast.

By the end of the day Andrew was ready to leave for a little fun. As the last bell rang he asked "Hey Mina, what are you going to do now?"

"I was planning on goin swimming with Serena and the rest of the gang, you wanna come?" She asked, he nodded and went off to his apartment to put on his swim trunks.

He made it there first, and they made it to the pool pretty quick. Mina placed her towel on the lawn chair and then jumped in the pool. She was quite a site, wearing her two-piece suit and swimming through the water like a fish. Andrew walked over to the diving board and jumped off the highest one and landed with a huge splash and he tried to follow Mina through the water and did a good job of it. Andrew popped up for a breath and saw the rest of the scouts coming in and waved, they waved back and found spots and dived in. He swam up to Serena, who was complaining about how the water was too cold.

"Hey, Serena. I've got a question."

"What is it Andrew?"

"Does Mina love me?" Serena was slightly taken aback by the nature of the question and took a little while to answer.

"What do you mean? Of course she loves you!"

"Thanks Serena." With that said Andrew swam away toward the diving board, where Mina was doing a triple spin swan dive.

A few hours later Mina came back to Andrew's to take a quick shower then head back to her dorm.

"Hey Andrew! Where's the soap?"

"Hair or body?"

"Both for that matter."

"Uh, oh. They're kind of out here."

"Well then close your eyes and bring them in." said Mina with a little chuckle.

"Okay, here I come." Andrew stepped into the steamy shower with two containers of soap and shut eyelids. He stepped forward slowly with his hands outstretched. Mina hand slid over his for the briefest moment.

"Thank you." Andrew stood there for one moment, then answered,

"Your welcome." and left.

Andrew sprawled out on his bed. Something is wrong, I just know it. I can't figure it out but something just isn't right. He thought. His muscles tensed at the sight of the figure that danced before him.

"I've decided that this is the perfect moment."

Andrew woke up groggy the next morning, but understanding and clarity rushed to his head when he felt the body next to his. He looked over and saw Mina's face, so serene and calm. Then his eyes focused on the clock behind her face.

"Oh shit, We're two hours late!" Mina's eyes and wits snapped on.

"Oh my god! I've got to get some cloths on!" And for another two minutes they went spiraling around the room finding they're cloths. Then another few minutes hopping in the car and driving to college.

Mina and Andrew completely missed their first two classes, and made it just in time for Physical Education. Dodge Ball was the game of the day, which was one of Andrew and Mina's specialties. A ball came in from the right and a drop kick sent it back. Balls were going toward one point then right back. The out come was always the same, Mina and Andrew left standing. Except for this time. There was one more person untouched. He was the new kid, with the purple eyes.

"So, is that all you've got?" He said in a mocking tone. Andrew let a smile pass across his lips and he slowly reached down and picked up a ball.

"No but I'd be happy to show you better!" The ball flew at virtually supersonic speed. It curved just a small bit to the side in the air and careened into the wall. Hmmm, that shouldn't have happened. Something just isn't right. He thought, but his train of thought was de-railed by an incoming ball. It went on like that for twenty more minutes then it happened.

Andrew was broadsided by a ball and Mina was sneak attacked by a ricochet.

My god, who the hell is that guy. I'm gonna be sore for a week. Thought Andrew as he got dressed to go to next period. Out in the hall and he saw Mina walk out of the girls locker room.

"Who was that guy. He fought like he wasn't human." said Mina.

"I don't know but something just isn't right about him. Did you really watch the balls you threw?"

"No, not really. Usually they're right on target."

"Well I did. Somehow they were being curved to the side just enough to make them miss him." Mina contemplated that for a moment.

"You mean he has magic?"

"No, but I can't figure it out, those purple eyes are just so damn familiar!"

"Speak of the devil...."

"..And he shall appear before you." Said the purple eyed boy as he passed by. A shout shot forth from down the hall, punctuated by a flying book.

"Think fast shrimp!"Time seemed to slow down, the book flew through the air with perfect aim. The purple eyed child gave it an evil glare, and when it came within reach, he did an uppercut to knock it away. There was the quiet sound of a blade unsheathing very quickly. The book fell to the ground in two pieces. Some one in the crowd said,"Now that's one hell of an upperCUT!". Mina stared at Andrew with a look of horror on her face and he returned it full force. The new student in all of their classes was Starblood!

Well that's all I've written so far, I hope you enjoyed it. If you want to send me any e-mails, flame or otherwise, feel free. immortalwriter@squaresoftrules.com