Bearmoon: Something kicked in. Hyperness running and story problem solved.

Pluto: *knocks on Bearmoon's forehead* Are you feeling okay?

Bearmoon: *smiles like a crazy woman* Yes, very okay.

Pluto: *looks at Bearmoon with concern, then back to readers* Welcome to chapter six, The Early Bird Gets the Worm but the Cat Loves the Bird. *looks back at Bearmoon with anger* What kind of title is this for a chapter?

Bearmoon: *smile disappears. Eyes appear dazed* Mysterious title, must not reveal reason. Very bad. Spoil everything.

Pluto: Bearmoon, your helpless. *shakes head*

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Mars walked through the garden, like she was a lost soul wandering to a destination of unknown orgin. She was so lost in thought she didn't hear Neptune and Uranus approach.

"I'm worried for him, poor guy. He's going through so much" Neptune sighed looking at Tiger-Eye with pity.

"I just can't believe the Queen told us to watch after this big lug. Does she honestly think he's worth anything? And what's worse, she put us under that woman's instruction."

"Uranus! The Queen has a lot of respect for her. How can you be so absentminded?"

"Neptune." Uranus pointed at Mars who had broken out of her thoughts and was trying very hard not to listen to the outers conversation. She did not want to be a part of it. Yet she knew it was too late.

"Good morning Princesses." Mars greeted cheerfully.

"Good morning Princess." Neptune and Uranus responded in unison.

"I was wondering if I could relieve you of Tiger-Eye for the day? If it is alright with you."

Neptune and Uranus exchanged glances. Uranus's was a look of pleading, like a little puppy, "Please, Please, Please?"

Neptune rolled her eyes. "Alright Mars. Please return him to us at dinner."

Mars nodded. The two senshi left the garden. Mars's violet eyes watced them leave. She pushed Tiger-Eye's chair towards her shrine, "Phobos! Demos! Don't let anyone inside today; not unless I say. Understood?"

The two crows shook their heads, then once again transformed into their human forms.

Mars pushed the wheel chair next to the window, opening the bamboo blinds a little to give the room a pleasant warm glow. She pulled a chair in front of Tiger-Eye. She looked him straight into his eyes. Her intense gaze penetrating his blank one.

"I know your secret."

There was a deep silence. A stir of emotions flooded into the room. Nothing was said for minutes. Tiger-Eye's stare was now one of intelligence and understanding. He sat up straight and poised, unlike the position everyone had seen him in before, rugged and broken. He returned her penetrating gaze.

"Will we call it a truce?" his deep voice echoed in the small room.

Mars was amazed. She didn't think he would have opened up to her so quickly. Her heart was racing, what to do now. "Who is it?"

Tiger-Eye looked out the window towards the violets. Mars did not understand. She leaned over towards him, "Tiger-Eye, Who is it?"

He looked at her, then shook his head, "Were you a raven before?"

"What?"

"A raven. Similar to crows, but not. They're very mystifying. They were said to be the pets of witches and loyal companions."

Mars fell to the floor. What was with this gibberish? "Whyyyyy are you telling me this? I was wrong to think that vision was real. How could I befriend one of you?" she growled, pulling herself back into her chair

"Sailor Mars. You have a piercing gaze, and a short temper I've heard. Did you inherit it from your father?"

"Wha?"

"Or your mother? I heard she was a beautiful woman like yourself."

A loud slap echoed throughout the garden. Mars was red in the face and fuming. She wasn't sure weather to be outraged or flattered. She decided on rage.

"How dare you talk about my mother as if you're some close friend. I have no need to speak to you. You and the other weirdos shouldn't be here."

"I'm sorry Rei, did I open a door I didn't intend to?"

Mars's hand flew again, but Tiger-Eye grabbed her wrist before she could even touch his face.

She put her face equal with his, their noses centimeters away. "What do you want from me?"

"Me? A friendship. Someone I can trust. Help is hard to find these days." Tiger-Eye shrugged.

Mars pulled away from his grip, "You have Uranus and Neptune, confide in them. I want nothing to do with you and the others. You're just some accident the Queen will fix. I could care less if you died right here on the spot."

"But I had already died. I would think you of all people would remember the most."

The flames in the fire flickered. Mars walked over to them, reliving a memory that had been forgotten decades ago.

"'What was I wavering about?1 I am the Soldier of Fire that swore loyalty to Princess Serenity!' Mars thought to herself, feeling the sensation of flames lick her body. Her new transformation taking place.

Rei tried to concentrate on the target, but her focus was slipping. 'Rei, what's wrong? Your arrows are straying.' Rei's archery teacher asked her. She shook her head.

'Everyone has such big dreams...What's my real dream?' Rei asked herself pulling a cloth off a mirror and gazing into her reflection.

'If the enemy still gets in your way, stretch a single piece of string across your heart...and then use all your body and soul to release your fatal arrow!' Neptune rold Rei before she had left.

'I haven't felt this good in a long time.' Rei laughed enjoying the surroundings of the circus, the happy children, the usual circus music.

'I always wanted to become happy.' Rei listened to the reflection of herself as a child telling her how she had felt, that being a scout was pointless.

'Stop it I've had enough! That's not what I think!' Rei yelled at the reflection, covering her ears trying to ignore the voice from the reflection.

'Mars Flame Sniper!' Sailor Mars called out, releasing her bow as it shot straight threw Tiger-Eye, turning him to dust and destroying the house of mirors."

Mars watched the images fade from the flames. She turned back to Tiger-Eye as she sat back in her chair.

"What do you want from me Tiger-Eye? So I killed you. Why should that give us such a strong link?"

"I believe that for a split second, we both shared the same feelings. That we were trapped in our own feelings of self-wanting and a despise of others. That was all one would feel when a member of the Dead Moon Circus. I think that is our link."

"Well Tiger-Eye, we have a truce." Mars ran her fingers through her hair. "But, I refuse to talk about me or my family."

"Agreed. And Mars?"

"What?" she snapped back

"Can I call you Rei."

Mars merely growled.

Several days passed and turned into weeks. Mars and Tiger-Eye would meet everyday. Mars felt like she was walking in circles. Tiger-Eye was very elusive, but with every argument, she felt that they were actually bonding. She was outraged. She really did not want to be friends with this guy. Yet there she was having conversations friends would have.

Mars was tired of being cooped up inside the room for long hours, but Tiger-Eye refused to go outside. His excuse "What if someone saw me?" Again Mars did her trademark hands in the air and walked out of the room for a breather.

One day Tiger-Eye asked Mars what he should do so she could be outside, but still talk to him.

"I don't know. I think I remember you being able to turn into a tiger when you were with the circus. It was strange. I wonder if you can still do that?"

"I'm a little rusty, but it would be a good cover. The only problem is that I can't talk in that form. I can only answer yes or no questions."

"We'll figure something out. I just can't think in here for another day."

So it was resolved. They would walk around the Casablanca flowers, Mars asking him a question every now and then. And the tiger nodding or shaking his head.

Venus had been enjoying the stay of the visitors. She and the witches three had hit it off right away. They were constantly in each others company. Talking about the same exact thing every time: Fashion. And it was a never-ending conversation, at dinner, lunch, breakfast, and in between. It was driving those in the palace crazy while Mars was being driven nuts by Tiger-Eye's game of guessing.

After the "confession" of Hawk-Eye, Jupiter and Beryl had failed to even visit him once. When Beryl and Jupiter would run into each other in the hall or wherever; they would both be flustered and not know what to say. They would stand there with the same looks they had when they had talked to Hawk-Eye.

One day, Hawk-Eye and walked in at one of those moments. He laughed his girlish laugh than asked them to join him for tea. He told them it was nothing big or surprising that they thought he was a girl, but they really should get over the shock. Jupiter seemed to have recovered quicker than Beryl and was pestering him about the recipe to the dessert from last night. The next thing Beryl remembered was that the two cooks started whipping out the supplies for a White Chocolate Raspberry Cake, and that they were having Beryl help them.

Princess Serenity had convinced Mercury to stalking the redheads with her. When one of them was alone, the pair would stand right behind the red and tap their shoulder or say boo. It seemed to work Serenity speculated as they managed to scare Beryl and Jupiter at the same time.

Rubreus had seemed to stop following Neptune and Uranus when he realized after a week of stalking them, Tiger-Eye wasn't with them.

Uranus seemed disgusted, "That man's so stupid it took him a week to realize we weren't pushing around a wheelchair?" Neptune just laughed.

Phobos and Demos, who were usually calm, were constantly swearing at Red Crow. She was provoking them constantly, being that they were always in her company. Both sides of the line were wearing thin and neither side seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Two months had passed and Mars was now constantly seen in the company of a Tiger, following closely by her heels. When she had first been seen with the tiger, she was like an old man who had black smoke constantly coming out of the ears. Yet now, she was always smiling and laughing whenever the tiger seemed to do something.

"Tiger-Eye, why do you do this?" Mars asked him when they had gone inside for the day.

"What do you mean?" He asked returning to his true shape.

"You. You wouldn't act like yourself when around the outers, or anyone else. But you do with me. Why?"

"Rei, I told you. There's a link. It's just there. I don't know how else to explain it."

"Tiger-Eye. What ever your trying to do, it won't work. It just can't."

Tiger-Eye laughed, "Maybe not, but I'll still try."

Mars shook her head. "No Tiger-Eye. It can't."

Tiger-Eye didn't say anything, but Mars could tell he was crestfallen.

"Tiger-Eye, you look cute as a tiger. You would have been awesome as a real circus tiger." Mars joked. She felt back to normal, giving her regular comments. Compliment them then bring them down with a silly comment like that. That works. She smiled then walked out, Phobos and Demos landing on her shoulders.

"Phobos?! Demos?! What happened? You were supposed to be watching red Crow?"

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Bearmoon: *all disappointed in herself* I can't get away from the romances, it's going downhill. No! This bad. Bad! Bad! Bad!

Pluto: Bearmoon? It's still funny. It's reaching the climax. How many more chapters did you say there would be?

Bearmoon: I believe three. I wanted to do nine chapters. I just didn't want to write too many. Stay tuned for the next chapter! He's Not Elvis, He's the King.

Pluto: *talking to Bearmoon* Can I say it? *Bearmoon nods* Review! Please! Review!