AN:Just a warning. The enemy might not make sense. Don't worry too much about that. It will later... I hope..
Matchmaker Madness! Chapter 6
"Ummm....so.... anyone know how we're suppose to transform and help him?" Jadeite asked looking out the window where Tuxedo Kamen had jumped through out onto the rooftops.
"Well I don't think we can..." started Zoicite.
"What makes you say that?" Kunzite asked also wanting to know how they were supposed to go and help their liege.
"Well it's just that we never needed to transform before, not even in during the time of the Silver Millennium. We were Endymions personal guard plain and simple. We always stayed in uniform. The Senshi on the other hand were princesses and though their parents knew of their transformations few others did. Not even the four of us had been informed of it. The entire universe would've been upset if they knew that they were going into battle. Not to mention most of the time they wore dresses and other garments that aren't exactly suitable for fighting in. They needed to have a way to quickly change not only to hide their identities from the public but to also be battle ready as fast as possible," Zoicite explained and added further, "they actually probably don't need to transform to use their magic. They were born endowed with the power of their planets so that they could protect their people, it's more than likely they can fight the same without transforming but since they've never tried I doubt they know."
"There would be a bit of problem if we do transform into our usual uniforms anyway wouldn't there?" asked Jadeite.
"What do you mean?" Kunzite inquired not sure he would like the answer.
"Well technically we don't need to be wearing our uniforms to go and help Mamoru but he is usually out helping the Senshi and if we go out and fight like this whoever the enemy is will know who we are and can attack us whenever they like. Also the Senshi would then find out and then Mamoru's plan of helping Zoicite get back with Ami would be ruined because they would all figure out who we are. Also if we could figure out how to transform into our uniforms and we go to help the Senshi I don't think they will let us. Especially after the reactions we got from first meeting them," explained Jadeite.
Nephrite had been listening to the conversation between his three comrades though he didn't appear to be doing so. He was looking up at the stars still reading them and it only became apparent that he was listening when he spoke up, "Then we just have to do what Mamoru has done. Get a new transformation."
Zoicite nodded, "That's right. He had never used that Tuxedo Kamen transformation until this lifetime. In the Silver Millennium he had come up with the name and costume for the ball on the Moon so he could sneak in and see Princess Serenity but he never used to transform either!"
"Oh we could do the same thing. Dress up in tuxedos but with different colored trim and stuff! Oh we'll all match!" Jadeite exclaimed maybe a little too happily.
Kunzite, Zoicite, and even Nephrite turned to look at their blonde friend. A moment ago he had been serious but that hadn't lasted long. It was a good idea but... did he have to say it like that?
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The red scaly youma had an evil smile stretched over his face. Oh he wasn't going to eat the girl, no not Sailor Mercury. His Mistress would be very upset if he did that. He had already completed his assigned task. That was to get her to sleep. Though he figured knocking her unconscious was pretty much the same. It really hadn't been that hard to do, her actions were slow it was obvious she was tired. 'You can't avoid sleep forever though...' the youma thought.
The youma's form flickered; the skin seemed to shrink a little, become smoother and turned into a pale pink that looked more like sun burnt skin. He took on the appearance of a human. Short light brown hair, blue eyes, average height quite different then what his original form was. He walked off, turning a block and then merged into a crowd of late night shoppers disappearing from the scene and leaving the unconscious sailor suited girl behind.
Minutes later Tuxedo Kamen showed up. He landed down by Sailor Mercury shocked to see her crumpled form. There were goose bumps covering her skin as well as a light hue of blue that started to become apparent. It was true the weather was unusually warm for December; however, it was still cold especially at night.
Tuxedo Kamen took off his cape and wrapped it around Sailor Mercury to try and warm her. He took another look around to check and see if there was still an enemy lurking before picking her up and taking to the rooftops once more.
Some time later he landed carefully on his balcony and in front of the four generals. He said nothing to them and brushed past them carrying Sailor Mercury over to the couch and laying her down on it gently. Zoicite was right behind Tuxedo Kamen as he came through and over at Sailor Mercury's side. "What happened..?" he asked taking hold of the girls hand. She didn't look all that well... and she felt cold.
A flash of bright light and Mamoru was back to his usual clothes, "I'm not really sure but until I find out what happened I'm going to have to ask you four to make yourselves scarce when she wakes up. After we find out what happened... then we'll figure out where to go from there."
Kunzite nodded in agreement, "Come on we can continue our discussion up on the roof." He left and Jediate and Nephrite followed immediately. Kunzite gave a glance back as he made it to the front door, "Come on Zoicite... you too."
Zoicite didn't move for a moment, he squeezed Mercury's hand wishing he had been there to help her... but he hadn't and she was safe now. Though he didn't want to he let go of her hand and followed after the others. As much as he would rather stay by her side and know the moment she woke... he knew it wouldn't be the thing to do right now. Not if he still had any hope of her being his......
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My breath could be seen in the cold night air. There were thick white flakes falling from the sky. I knew it was snow but still it felt as if it were my first time seeing it. In a way it was my first time seeing snow. Real snow anyway. We had snow all the time on Mercury and sometimes on the Moon but it wasn't real snow. It was simulated by magic and though technically in every way the simulated snow was exactly the same as the real stuff somehow it felt even more magical to see this snow falling, to know it was real.
This was the first time I had been on Earth. I went down as Sailor Mercury because if I came as Princess Mercury and was spotted who knew what reaction that would cause. The Earth and the Moon were still setting up meetings to discuss the idea of a treaty. Those two were on shaky terms already but if anyone spotted a Lunarian or anyone of the Moon's alliances here it could bring all that crashing down. If a senshi were seen it could result in the same consequences however many of the people of Earth believed us only to be a myth so if one of us were seen like this it was doubtful anyone would take them seriously.
I was down here to bring Princess Serenity back to the Moon before someone discovered she was missing. We knew she sneaked off to this forbidden planet many times. None of us however had the heart to deny her from coming. She never used to be so happy as when she first went down. Eventually she met Prince Endymion and we began helping her sneak down. This was also one of the reasons we began to work so hard to get the Earth and the Moon to make a treaty that would relax the tensions between their people. At least then they would be able to see each other without all this sneaking around.
We escorted her here to Earth and then we brought her back home all the time now. Some of it was for security but the main reason was because she seemed to lose track of time and would stay too long. We were afraid that her mother would catch her and then we would be commanded to keep her from going to Earth.
Tonight was one of those nights where Princess Serenity was late to meet up with me at the meeting spot. Usually it was Sailor Venus who came for this, as she was the leader. Lately though the Queen had been going in and checking to see if her daughter was in bed. We aren't really certain as to why she's been doing that though we think maybe she is starting to catch on that her daughter is taking nightly escapades to the Earth. So Sailor Venus was busy pretending to be Princess Serenity in bed at the moment. She looked the most like her and so if she were in the bed the Queen would see a blonde head and would walk off satisfied. Sailors Jupiter and Mars took turns doing security checks during the night until the real Princess Serenity got back. I ended up going to pick up our Princess this night because last time when I was patrolling the halls I got caught by Queen Serenity and she started to inquire to what I was doing. I really have a hard time lying enough as it is without it being the Queen. It was just lucky that Sailor Jupiter came by and helped me out.
I moved to lean against one of the surrounding trees. I kept watching enjoying the snow. It wasn't unlike Princess Serenity to be late so I figured that I might as well enjoy this moment while I was able to.
"Boo!"
I jumped and sent my hand back to strike out at whoever was behind me. I glanced to see whom I was about to hit and saw a stunned Princess Serenity. Trying to pull out of my swing to avoid hitting her I ended up falling forward into a foot of snow.
Princess Serenity giggled at my mishap. "Did I scare you?" she asked obviously proud of the results of her sneaking up on me.
"Your late.." I mumbled pulling myself out of the snow. Really I should have seen this coming.
"I know and I'm so sorry! I was having such a good time with Endy-kun that I forgot," she pouted.
As usual I caved at that face. She used it on all of us and only her mother and Luna, a Moon Kingdom advisor, seemed immune to its effects. "Well lets get going. Venus can't stay in your bed all night, besides tomorrow is a long day for you. You will need to get some sleep."
"Yes I know. They have those boring meetings tomorrow that they want me to attend," she said waving a hand dismissively.
I walked a few steps away from Princess Serenity shaking my head, "Your mother wants you to attend because you need to learn how to handle things in court for when you take to the throne. Furthermore, Luna and Artemis.." I turned around. SPLAT! A snowball hit me in the nose and Princess Serenity was already crouched down near the ground gathering more snow with her hands.
I sat up quickly, my head was spinning and I fell back slowly wondering why I had done something as foolish as sitting up with such fast motion. Then I noticed something felt weird on the end of my nose. I used my hand to wipe off a sticky substance and looked at it. It was blue.... it looked a lot like Blueberry Jam? I looked up at the ceiling and there was some more of the same blue substance dripping down as gravity took hold of it. There also seemed to be some patches of brown gunk up there that I swear looked like Peanut Butter.
Sitting up on the couch I began to look around instead of at the very curious sight of the ceiling. I knew this place; neat and clean, full of interesting books and other objects. Yes it was definitely Mamoru's apartment and I know this was the destination I had been going for but...
Then it came back to me. The youma attacking me but how did I get here? The only thing I could remember was a feeling of flight before being overtaken by darkness. Then... it was snowing... no wait that had been a dream. Well no a memory. Well actually it was both I think. Was that possible?
"Oh good you're awake."
I looked up to see Mamoru's face popping in from another room. Splat! I had a bad feeling about what that was. My hand went up to my head and my suspicions were, unfortunately, confirmed. Blueberry Jam or whatever that blue substance that had been stuck to the ceiling obviously wasn't stuck to the ceiling anymore. "Mamoru... is that Peanut Butter and Jam stuck to your ceiling?" I asked feeling embarrassed when even more plopped down on my head.
Mamoru certainly didn't look happy. "Oh sorry about that. I told my friends to clean up that mess.... they had a bit of a food fight earlier.." He then disappeared from sight. A minute later he was back and he handed me a towel. "They are still here but I think they went to the roof of the building. They wanted to talk about something amongst themselves and I had to make sure you were ok. You detransformed by the time I got you here." Another piece of Peanut Butter gunk fell from the ceiling missing Mamoru by an inch. "Ummm... why don't we go into the kitchen? I know there isn't stuff falling from the ceiling in there."
I merely nodded in agreement following after him into the kitchen while trying to get the gunk out of my hair and off my face.
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"Alright so it's agreed then?" Kunzite asked the group.
"It'll be so much fun!" Jediate happily exclaimed.
"Only if he's not picking out the outfits..." Nephrite commented pointing at Jediate.
Zoicite merely nodded and said nothing. Which caused the others to look at him.
"Zoicite... you feeling ok?" Jediate asked poking him in the back.
The blonde haired general looked up almost as if dazed, "Hmm..? yeah you can't pick out the outfits.. I totally agree.." he murmered.
"What?! Why not? I'm sure I could find something that would match your eyes just perfectly!" Jediate exclaimed completely getting off topic.
Zoicite smiled, "Why don't we go back to Mamoru's apartment and see if Ami is up yet?" Before anyone could respond or ask further questions he was gone through the roof's entranceway.
Nephrite sighed, "We'd better go after him before he does something stupid..."
Kunzite put a hand up in the air to stop them, "No... I think he needs some time to himself." He smiled a bit, "Besides if Ami does see us all she's likely to guess who we are right away. If its just Zoicite whose there she might mistake it as coincidence but with all of us... its just not likely.."
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AN:
Alright perhaps you noticed a couple of things. This chapter was short and it jumped back and forth from third to first person again even though I have an author's note saying I wasn't going to do that anymore.
Just so you know I am going to stop doing the back and forth thing and just have everything in first person. This short chapter is an exception because I forgot that I had started writing it before I decided to do that. Also sorry about the shortness. I don't like doing short chapters but I didn't want to go back and write this completely into third person (pretty much just laziness on my part) and I didn't want to have part of the chapter flipping back and forth and then suddenly all in third person. I thought that might be confusing. As a result this is the short chapter.
In order to make up for this chapter I'm making the next one really long. It will have the long awaited Zoi and Ami interaction in it.
Also I still haven't gotten any answers to a question I posed. I want to do a sequel to this should I continue by pairing off the senshi separately or in the sequel pair them off all at the same time? If I should pair them off separately then which one should be next?
Thanks. Please Review!
Matchmaker Madness! Chapter 6
"Ummm....so.... anyone know how we're suppose to transform and help him?" Jadeite asked looking out the window where Tuxedo Kamen had jumped through out onto the rooftops.
"Well I don't think we can..." started Zoicite.
"What makes you say that?" Kunzite asked also wanting to know how they were supposed to go and help their liege.
"Well it's just that we never needed to transform before, not even in during the time of the Silver Millennium. We were Endymions personal guard plain and simple. We always stayed in uniform. The Senshi on the other hand were princesses and though their parents knew of their transformations few others did. Not even the four of us had been informed of it. The entire universe would've been upset if they knew that they were going into battle. Not to mention most of the time they wore dresses and other garments that aren't exactly suitable for fighting in. They needed to have a way to quickly change not only to hide their identities from the public but to also be battle ready as fast as possible," Zoicite explained and added further, "they actually probably don't need to transform to use their magic. They were born endowed with the power of their planets so that they could protect their people, it's more than likely they can fight the same without transforming but since they've never tried I doubt they know."
"There would be a bit of problem if we do transform into our usual uniforms anyway wouldn't there?" asked Jadeite.
"What do you mean?" Kunzite inquired not sure he would like the answer.
"Well technically we don't need to be wearing our uniforms to go and help Mamoru but he is usually out helping the Senshi and if we go out and fight like this whoever the enemy is will know who we are and can attack us whenever they like. Also the Senshi would then find out and then Mamoru's plan of helping Zoicite get back with Ami would be ruined because they would all figure out who we are. Also if we could figure out how to transform into our uniforms and we go to help the Senshi I don't think they will let us. Especially after the reactions we got from first meeting them," explained Jadeite.
Nephrite had been listening to the conversation between his three comrades though he didn't appear to be doing so. He was looking up at the stars still reading them and it only became apparent that he was listening when he spoke up, "Then we just have to do what Mamoru has done. Get a new transformation."
Zoicite nodded, "That's right. He had never used that Tuxedo Kamen transformation until this lifetime. In the Silver Millennium he had come up with the name and costume for the ball on the Moon so he could sneak in and see Princess Serenity but he never used to transform either!"
"Oh we could do the same thing. Dress up in tuxedos but with different colored trim and stuff! Oh we'll all match!" Jadeite exclaimed maybe a little too happily.
Kunzite, Zoicite, and even Nephrite turned to look at their blonde friend. A moment ago he had been serious but that hadn't lasted long. It was a good idea but... did he have to say it like that?
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The red scaly youma had an evil smile stretched over his face. Oh he wasn't going to eat the girl, no not Sailor Mercury. His Mistress would be very upset if he did that. He had already completed his assigned task. That was to get her to sleep. Though he figured knocking her unconscious was pretty much the same. It really hadn't been that hard to do, her actions were slow it was obvious she was tired. 'You can't avoid sleep forever though...' the youma thought.
The youma's form flickered; the skin seemed to shrink a little, become smoother and turned into a pale pink that looked more like sun burnt skin. He took on the appearance of a human. Short light brown hair, blue eyes, average height quite different then what his original form was. He walked off, turning a block and then merged into a crowd of late night shoppers disappearing from the scene and leaving the unconscious sailor suited girl behind.
Minutes later Tuxedo Kamen showed up. He landed down by Sailor Mercury shocked to see her crumpled form. There were goose bumps covering her skin as well as a light hue of blue that started to become apparent. It was true the weather was unusually warm for December; however, it was still cold especially at night.
Tuxedo Kamen took off his cape and wrapped it around Sailor Mercury to try and warm her. He took another look around to check and see if there was still an enemy lurking before picking her up and taking to the rooftops once more.
Some time later he landed carefully on his balcony and in front of the four generals. He said nothing to them and brushed past them carrying Sailor Mercury over to the couch and laying her down on it gently. Zoicite was right behind Tuxedo Kamen as he came through and over at Sailor Mercury's side. "What happened..?" he asked taking hold of the girls hand. She didn't look all that well... and she felt cold.
A flash of bright light and Mamoru was back to his usual clothes, "I'm not really sure but until I find out what happened I'm going to have to ask you four to make yourselves scarce when she wakes up. After we find out what happened... then we'll figure out where to go from there."
Kunzite nodded in agreement, "Come on we can continue our discussion up on the roof." He left and Jediate and Nephrite followed immediately. Kunzite gave a glance back as he made it to the front door, "Come on Zoicite... you too."
Zoicite didn't move for a moment, he squeezed Mercury's hand wishing he had been there to help her... but he hadn't and she was safe now. Though he didn't want to he let go of her hand and followed after the others. As much as he would rather stay by her side and know the moment she woke... he knew it wouldn't be the thing to do right now. Not if he still had any hope of her being his......
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My breath could be seen in the cold night air. There were thick white flakes falling from the sky. I knew it was snow but still it felt as if it were my first time seeing it. In a way it was my first time seeing snow. Real snow anyway. We had snow all the time on Mercury and sometimes on the Moon but it wasn't real snow. It was simulated by magic and though technically in every way the simulated snow was exactly the same as the real stuff somehow it felt even more magical to see this snow falling, to know it was real.
This was the first time I had been on Earth. I went down as Sailor Mercury because if I came as Princess Mercury and was spotted who knew what reaction that would cause. The Earth and the Moon were still setting up meetings to discuss the idea of a treaty. Those two were on shaky terms already but if anyone spotted a Lunarian or anyone of the Moon's alliances here it could bring all that crashing down. If a senshi were seen it could result in the same consequences however many of the people of Earth believed us only to be a myth so if one of us were seen like this it was doubtful anyone would take them seriously.
I was down here to bring Princess Serenity back to the Moon before someone discovered she was missing. We knew she sneaked off to this forbidden planet many times. None of us however had the heart to deny her from coming. She never used to be so happy as when she first went down. Eventually she met Prince Endymion and we began helping her sneak down. This was also one of the reasons we began to work so hard to get the Earth and the Moon to make a treaty that would relax the tensions between their people. At least then they would be able to see each other without all this sneaking around.
We escorted her here to Earth and then we brought her back home all the time now. Some of it was for security but the main reason was because she seemed to lose track of time and would stay too long. We were afraid that her mother would catch her and then we would be commanded to keep her from going to Earth.
Tonight was one of those nights where Princess Serenity was late to meet up with me at the meeting spot. Usually it was Sailor Venus who came for this, as she was the leader. Lately though the Queen had been going in and checking to see if her daughter was in bed. We aren't really certain as to why she's been doing that though we think maybe she is starting to catch on that her daughter is taking nightly escapades to the Earth. So Sailor Venus was busy pretending to be Princess Serenity in bed at the moment. She looked the most like her and so if she were in the bed the Queen would see a blonde head and would walk off satisfied. Sailors Jupiter and Mars took turns doing security checks during the night until the real Princess Serenity got back. I ended up going to pick up our Princess this night because last time when I was patrolling the halls I got caught by Queen Serenity and she started to inquire to what I was doing. I really have a hard time lying enough as it is without it being the Queen. It was just lucky that Sailor Jupiter came by and helped me out.
I moved to lean against one of the surrounding trees. I kept watching enjoying the snow. It wasn't unlike Princess Serenity to be late so I figured that I might as well enjoy this moment while I was able to.
"Boo!"
I jumped and sent my hand back to strike out at whoever was behind me. I glanced to see whom I was about to hit and saw a stunned Princess Serenity. Trying to pull out of my swing to avoid hitting her I ended up falling forward into a foot of snow.
Princess Serenity giggled at my mishap. "Did I scare you?" she asked obviously proud of the results of her sneaking up on me.
"Your late.." I mumbled pulling myself out of the snow. Really I should have seen this coming.
"I know and I'm so sorry! I was having such a good time with Endy-kun that I forgot," she pouted.
As usual I caved at that face. She used it on all of us and only her mother and Luna, a Moon Kingdom advisor, seemed immune to its effects. "Well lets get going. Venus can't stay in your bed all night, besides tomorrow is a long day for you. You will need to get some sleep."
"Yes I know. They have those boring meetings tomorrow that they want me to attend," she said waving a hand dismissively.
I walked a few steps away from Princess Serenity shaking my head, "Your mother wants you to attend because you need to learn how to handle things in court for when you take to the throne. Furthermore, Luna and Artemis.." I turned around. SPLAT! A snowball hit me in the nose and Princess Serenity was already crouched down near the ground gathering more snow with her hands.
I sat up quickly, my head was spinning and I fell back slowly wondering why I had done something as foolish as sitting up with such fast motion. Then I noticed something felt weird on the end of my nose. I used my hand to wipe off a sticky substance and looked at it. It was blue.... it looked a lot like Blueberry Jam? I looked up at the ceiling and there was some more of the same blue substance dripping down as gravity took hold of it. There also seemed to be some patches of brown gunk up there that I swear looked like Peanut Butter.
Sitting up on the couch I began to look around instead of at the very curious sight of the ceiling. I knew this place; neat and clean, full of interesting books and other objects. Yes it was definitely Mamoru's apartment and I know this was the destination I had been going for but...
Then it came back to me. The youma attacking me but how did I get here? The only thing I could remember was a feeling of flight before being overtaken by darkness. Then... it was snowing... no wait that had been a dream. Well no a memory. Well actually it was both I think. Was that possible?
"Oh good you're awake."
I looked up to see Mamoru's face popping in from another room. Splat! I had a bad feeling about what that was. My hand went up to my head and my suspicions were, unfortunately, confirmed. Blueberry Jam or whatever that blue substance that had been stuck to the ceiling obviously wasn't stuck to the ceiling anymore. "Mamoru... is that Peanut Butter and Jam stuck to your ceiling?" I asked feeling embarrassed when even more plopped down on my head.
Mamoru certainly didn't look happy. "Oh sorry about that. I told my friends to clean up that mess.... they had a bit of a food fight earlier.." He then disappeared from sight. A minute later he was back and he handed me a towel. "They are still here but I think they went to the roof of the building. They wanted to talk about something amongst themselves and I had to make sure you were ok. You detransformed by the time I got you here." Another piece of Peanut Butter gunk fell from the ceiling missing Mamoru by an inch. "Ummm... why don't we go into the kitchen? I know there isn't stuff falling from the ceiling in there."
I merely nodded in agreement following after him into the kitchen while trying to get the gunk out of my hair and off my face.
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"Alright so it's agreed then?" Kunzite asked the group.
"It'll be so much fun!" Jediate happily exclaimed.
"Only if he's not picking out the outfits..." Nephrite commented pointing at Jediate.
Zoicite merely nodded and said nothing. Which caused the others to look at him.
"Zoicite... you feeling ok?" Jediate asked poking him in the back.
The blonde haired general looked up almost as if dazed, "Hmm..? yeah you can't pick out the outfits.. I totally agree.." he murmered.
"What?! Why not? I'm sure I could find something that would match your eyes just perfectly!" Jediate exclaimed completely getting off topic.
Zoicite smiled, "Why don't we go back to Mamoru's apartment and see if Ami is up yet?" Before anyone could respond or ask further questions he was gone through the roof's entranceway.
Nephrite sighed, "We'd better go after him before he does something stupid..."
Kunzite put a hand up in the air to stop them, "No... I think he needs some time to himself." He smiled a bit, "Besides if Ami does see us all she's likely to guess who we are right away. If its just Zoicite whose there she might mistake it as coincidence but with all of us... its just not likely.."
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AN:
Alright perhaps you noticed a couple of things. This chapter was short and it jumped back and forth from third to first person again even though I have an author's note saying I wasn't going to do that anymore.
Just so you know I am going to stop doing the back and forth thing and just have everything in first person. This short chapter is an exception because I forgot that I had started writing it before I decided to do that. Also sorry about the shortness. I don't like doing short chapters but I didn't want to go back and write this completely into third person (pretty much just laziness on my part) and I didn't want to have part of the chapter flipping back and forth and then suddenly all in third person. I thought that might be confusing. As a result this is the short chapter.
In order to make up for this chapter I'm making the next one really long. It will have the long awaited Zoi and Ami interaction in it.
Also I still haven't gotten any answers to a question I posed. I want to do a sequel to this should I continue by pairing off the senshi separately or in the sequel pair them off all at the same time? If I should pair them off separately then which one should be next?
Thanks. Please Review!