Author's Note:

Yes, another fanfiction. This one is a bit different than my normal ones. I have only this one, another one and a sequel that I plan to work on and that's it. And any one-parters that I decide, on a whim, to do. I have done very few of those (two) and a single song-fic that involved Kunzite, so…slim hope.

The normal disclaimers here of course and that I'm certainly not doing this for money. I do this because I love the show and all the 'what-if's, which my family says I'm the queen of.

This one can't really be put in a timeline, nor can I say that it's based on manga or anime (although anything based on the anime will be from the Japanese version). There are a few elements that are exclusive to the manga, as you will read, but those only involve character differences than from the anime, such as the Shitennous' relationship. Also, the Golden Crystal, which Mamoru has.

Though Mamoru has the Golden Crystal, we haven't progressed to the SuperS season. The main evil they're fighting against is Beryl and Metallia. You'll see any other differences if you read this story. I don't want to give too much away.

If you need to contact me, my email is Guardian4@atlantic.net. Please put fanfiction or something in the subject line so I know what you're emailing me about. And if you're a really nice person (if this pertains to a certain fanfiction that I've done) you might want to put the name of the fanfiction you're referring to somewhere in the email.

All names are like the Japanese say them, last name first. So Kunzite's name would be Kail Rainer in America, but in Japanese it would be said Rainer Kail.

Army of Immortals

Chapter 2: One of Those Days

"Hikaru-chan!"

"Hey Minako-chan! Ready for window shopping?"

"Yup!"

They walked arm in arm, chatting and glancing through windows that caught their eyes. Sometimes Minako would see a cute guy here or there and Hikaru would wait until she finished waxing about how wonderful he looked.

Minako was busy drooling over a pale yellow dress when she caught sight of him in the reflection of the glass. She turned sharply around, seeing him among a group of males…the most gorgeous specimens of the male kind. A blush stained her cheeks as she watched the group of five men walk on the opposite sidewalk.

"Minako-chan?" Hikaru asked, startling her.

"Look," she whispered, pointing.

Hikaru followed her pointing finger with her gaze and caught sight of what held her friend dumbstruck. She whistled. "You're absolutely right. We can't let them go."

The sentence caught her attention like nothing else that Hikaru had said. "What?"

Her friend grabbed her arm and proceeded to drag her across the street. As much as she wanted to meet them, Minako knew that she was sometimes a klutz and she didn't want these gorgeous men to see that.

"Hello," Hikaru told them.

Five pairs of eyes looked at them and Minako's blush deepened. There were two really tall guys, one with brown hair so dark it was near black. At the very least four shades darker than Makoto's, which reached just past his ears. His eyes were a chocolate color and full of amusement. He had a darker complexion than his companions and his fingers had a few calluses on them, suggesting he worked with his hands a lot.

The other tall one was the one that had caught Minako's eye. He had straight, dark silver hair that was in a ponytail, which made it difficult to see the length. His eyes were an ice blue color, in contrast to the two other blue-eyed guys in the group. His build wasn't like the brown-haired one, thinner in the muscles.

One held out his hand to hers and she took it, looking up into his blue eyes. They were midnight blue, darker than her Princess' but just as deep. His black hair fell over his brow sexily and he smiled at her. He was probably the shortest of them, but that was by no means he was short. Minako barely came up to his chin.

"Hello, I'm Chiba Mamoru."

"Aino Minako," she muttered.

"This is Rainer Kail," he continued, pointing to the one who had caught all her attention. Kail smiled at her and she felt herself melting.

"This is Harlan Jayden."

The last blue eyed male stepped forward and shook her hand. His eyes were a few shades darker than Kail's, but much, much lighter than Mamoru's. His blond hair was wavy and refused to be controlled. It was the shortest of all of them, barely reaching down to his eyebrows. He was near the thinnest of them all, sleek looking and smiling. He and Mamoru were of the same height.

"I'm Brayton Neil," said the brown-haired one, with his hand outstretched.

Minako managed to take it, though her head was spinning.

"And the last of us is Vaschel Zayn."

Zayn's bottle green eyes blinked at her as he smiled. He was the thinnest of them all, like quicksilver made human. His dark blonde hair filled with large, loose curls that made him look irresistible to the female species.

"I'm Hikaru."

"Pleased to meet you both," answered Mamoru.

"Are you doing anything important right now?"

Minako wanted to hit her friend, wanted to sink into the earth and disappear. Could this be any more embarrassing? Any minute the five males of loveliness were going to say no they all had girlfriends and move on, leaving her standing there like a fool.

"Not really. We're just wandering around."

"Would you like to join us? We're just wandering around too. We can wander around together."

The males looked at each other and something silent passed between them. "Okay," Zayn said as they moved on.

"Really?" Minako asked in shock.

"Yeah. Why are you so surprised?"

Her blush was so deep she was sure that her face had to look like a tomato. "I would have thought that you would be meeting your girlfriends or something."

They laughed, all of them. "We don't have girlfriends," Mamoru told her.

"Why not?" questioned Hikaru, hanging off her arm.

"We just haven't found the right ones yet," Jayden explained, shrugging. "We also don't date a girl that doesn't like one of us. We hold our friendship higher than dating."

"Well, let's go wander around some," her friend said enthusiastically and proceeded to link her arm through Mamoru's, who looked down at her in surprise.

The others shrugged and they began to move off, amid the jealous glares of other girls.

"Well I have to be going," Minako said at last, pulling her arm from Kail's reluctantly.

"Why? Where are you going?" asked Jayden.

She checked to make sure Hikaru was out of hearing shot as she left down the street to her home. "I'm going to meet some friends of mine."

"You mean you have more friends?"

Minako laughed. All that day she had run into girls that had suddenly started talking to her. She must have run into at least twenty of them who had not spoken to her at all. She had a feeling why and it probably had everything to do with these amazing guys that not only looked great but were absolutely hilarious and fun to be around. "These are my closest friends."

"We'll walk you there. Where are they?" Kail asked, looking around.

"Not in the mall. We usually meet at my friend's shrine, where she's a priestess-in-training. It's a pretty long walk from here."

"It won't hurt us," Mamoru joked as they moved on.

As they reached the bottom edge of the steps, she turned to them. "Well this is it, Hikawa Shrine."

"Can we meet your friends before we go?"

She looked at Neil in surprise. "Do you want to?"

"Yes. I want to see who would be a close friend to you."

She shrugged. "Okay."

"Minako-chan! You said you would be an hour late! It's been three!"

The boys looked up at the screeching and Minako only sighed as she caught sight of Rei, brandishing a broom on the landing.

"I'm sorry, I know I said only an hour. I got caught up in something else."

"Oh and what was that?"

"Them," she whispered and discreetly pointed behind her at the boys just topping the stairs.

Rei stared at them in the expression Minako was sure that had graced her face when she had first seen them. They were all so gorgeous she wasn't sure they were even human. And none of them were vain at all; well, not more so than other guys.

"You brought one for all of us. How thoughtful," Makoto drawled as she exited the shrine.

Minako blushed as the guys exchanged smiles.

"I'm Chiba Mamoru and these are my close friends." He then proceeded to introduce them, drawing incredulous looks from her other three friends that had just come from the inside of the Shrine.

She watched as Mamoru stuttered to a halt. When she looked to see what he was staring at, she found his gaze locked onto her Princess, who seemed just as taken as she was. She began to get a smile on her face, thinking. Ami saw it and made a motion to be quiet, but Minako ignored her.

"This is Tsukino Usagi, a very close friend of mine. This is Kino Makoto, Hino Rei, and Mizuno Ami."

Mamoru cleared his throat and walked up to Usagi. "Pleased to meet you," he said.

She smiled. "Pleased to meet you."

"Rei-chan, what are you doing? The backroom needs to be cleaned."

Rei shook her head, as if she was dazed. "Yes, Ojii-chan."

"Well, we do have to be going," Zayn said, managing to grab Mamoru's arm and pull his dumbstruck friend along.

"Bye!" Minako called cheerfully, startling her friends back from their staring.

"Where did you meet these guys?" demanded Makoto.

"In the mall."

"I need to go there more often."

Minako laughed.

End Chapter 2