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One day, after a wonderful ball held by the queen, I finally got the nerve to kiss Luna. But that wasn't until two years after I first realized I was in love with her. I kept my emotions hidden for that long. Minako told me one day that Luna loved me too and when I asked my Minako how she knew that she proclaimed...

"I AM the Scout of Venus!"

Well, the girls were nine and had begged the queen to hold a ball that they could attend. She finally gave in. I guess having five nine year olds giving you the puppy dog look can break even the toughest person.

It wasn't a big ball. The girls' parents were there, the staff of the castle (including me and Luna) and the girls. Like I said, it was really tiny.

But it was fun. I enjoyed myself and I'm sure Luna did. After it ended and the girls were saying goodbye to their parents, I walked Luna back to her room. We stopped at her door and I just leaned in and kissed her. Don't ask me where it came from because I didn't even think about what I was doing until she started kissing me back. And by then, I wasn't about to stop until I had to.

We finally came up for air and I just looked her in the eyes and muttered,

"I love you, Luna."

"I love you, too," she answered.

We probably would have stayed there all night just looking at each other if Serenity and Rei hadn't come running down the hall, screaming at each other. Apparently Serenity had fallen in front of the king and queen of Mars and Rei was very embarrassed.

So, Luna and I had to stop their fighting and screaming and send them off to bed. I took Rei and Luna took Serenity. But I fell asleep that night feeling wonderful. Luna loved me.

The next morning changed all of that, though. When I arrived in the throne room after being summoned by the queen, I was met with a solemn looking Queen Serenity and a confused Luna. I walked over to Luna, took her hand, and raised questioning eyes to the queen.

"Artemis, Luna, I have some terrible news. The creatures that destroyed your planet four years ago have found out that you are here and are coming to kill you both."

I felt my chest tighten and my head swim. "What?"

"These creatures are coming to kill you. They intended to wipe out your race completely."

Luna whispered, "Can't you stop them? You are Queen of the Universe."

The queen sighed and shook her head. "I'm afraid I can't. They are from a universe far from here. They are not under my rule."

My heart dropped and I tightened my grip on Luna's hand. I heard Luna start to cry silently.

"Then, we'll leave." I stated. "We can't just sit here and wait for them to come. We'll go to Earth and hide. And we'll just keep running from them."

Queen Serenity shook her head and a little light seemed to twinkle in her eyes. "No, you might not have to leave."

"But you said,"

"Yes, I know. But I could disguise the two of you."

"How?" Luna asked through her tears.

There was a pause and I raised an eyebrow. How could she disguise us so that these creatures wouldn't know who and what we are?

"I could turn you into something else."

Again, silence. Then it actually sank into my head. "What?" I asked in shock. "Turn us into something else? Like what?"

The queen gave a small grin. "Cats."

I saw Luna look up in shock and I felt laughter bubble up in my throat. And I couldn't hold it in.

"Cats?!" I asked, laughing. "You want to turn us into cats?"

Luna gave me a confused look and I felt her irritation at me for thinking that this was a laughing matter. I quickly composed myself and looked back at the queen.

She was smiling. "Yes, cats. They would be looking for a human boy and human girl. Not cats. And to make it even better, you will both have the Royal Family symbol of the Crescent Moon on your forehead."

My mind started working. She was right. These things that were after us wouldn't think to look for two cats that seemed to be part of the Royal Family. This could actually work!!

"Luna?" I looked over at her. "What do you think?"

She sniffed and then shrugged. "I don't know, Artemis. What if it doesn't work? What if they kill us anyway?"

"At least we would have tried." I stated.

She just stared at me then nodded. "You're right. But it just seems sort of risky to me."

"But Queen Serenity is going to be transforming us. And we have her protection."

"Will we be cats for the rest of our lives?" Luna asked.

"No," Serenity said. "After the threat is over and the creatures have left our universe you will be transformed back to your human form."

Luna looked back at me then nodded. "I'm fine with it." She paused. "As fine as I can be with the idea of being turned into a cat."

"Me, too." I put my arm around Luna and winked at her. "At least we'll still be together."

She blushed and looked at the floor.

I still swear, to this day, that Queen Serenity hid a smile behind her hand before she stood up.

"Okay, let's get this over with," Serenity said.

I have never felt that sensation again. At least not yet. I felt like I was being bathed in white, pure, soft, and bright light. I felt my bones shift, grow, and then shrink. My eyesight improved and my hearing was enhanced. I felt flexible and nimble like I could jump up on anything and do amazing flips.

The light slowly faded away and I found myself looking up at the queen. And my first thought was, "Man, she's tall!!!"

And then I thought about Luna. I quickly turned to my right and was meet with the sight of a beautiful black cat with the Crescent Moon Symbol on her forehead. She blinked then seemed to smile. "Artemis."

"Hey, we can talk!!!" I shouted.

The queen laughed and nodded. "I didn't think it would be fair if you couldn't talk."

And then, the princess ran in with the other girls behind her.

"Mama!! Can we go," then she saw us and I knew what was coming next.

Awwwwwwww!!!! Kitties!!!"

And she was rushing at us, the other girls trying to get to us first and to be the first one to hold one of us.

"Uh oh," Luna muttered under her breath.