I Remember When I Sleep
By Michi-chan
He was shocked, but his face didn't show it. It was strange that his prince would summon him when he wasn't alone. Their link had been completely secret due to ill harbored feelings by the senshi from the ancient moon. So why was this blond child staring at him in shock. Had they met before? He felt that he should know who she was, but each time he tried to remember his mind drew a blank.
"Kunzite," Endymion stood and he bowed hi head before his prince.
"Yes, My prince?" His voice was as soft as a whisper due to his unusual presence.
"This is Minako, Aino Minako."
"Yes," he drawled on hinting that he didn't know who the girl was and why was he here if his prince didn't need him. He lived on the astral plane now and had no need of girlfriends. But something, something about this girl was unsettling.
"You are my head general and I need you to take on the task of helping Minako." Kunzite's eye narrowed slightly at the girl who was still gawking at him. She was pretty, he had to give her that, even with the dark rings under her eyes.
"How, my prince?" Artemist stepped up this time. A fearless cat? What the hell was going on here?
"We need you," said Artemist. "To take her and meet with the inhabitants of the astral plane. Her counter part is there and will awaken soon. She need to there for the awaking.
"With all do respect Cat," Kunzite cut Artemist and annoyed look. "The only people in our section of the astral plane are the generals and I. We cannot make contact with other souls in the other parts of the plane. Our punishment is solitude."
"My counter part?" Minako whispered as Artemist and Kunzite stared at one an other.
"Kunzite please," Mamoru said in a commanding tone. Kunzite nodded his head as Mamoru turned his attention to Minako.
"No jokes Minako," Minako blinked, still confused. What the hell was going on here?
In an instant she felt her body become lighter as Kunzite reached behind her and grabbed her shoulders. His hand were cold as they lifted her off the floor. She struggled weakly, confused, scared, and all together freaked out. Everything faded and she was blanketed in a warm light. She stopped struggling and relaxed as Kunzite's arms wrapped around her as they made the passage to the astral plane. Soon she was feeling warm and at peace, letting her eye lids droop, she drifted into a dreamless sleep.
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Artemist's heart almost stopped as he watched Minako's soul being dragged out of her body. Her beautiful shell fell lifelessly to the floor at the foot of Mamoru's bed. Golden blond hair was strewn around her and her bright blue eyes were now dilated and distant. She was gone. He jumped off the bed and laid a paw on the side of her neck and was relived when he felt a pulse.
"She'll be ok." Mamoru sighed in relief. He would have had a serious problem if she had stopped breathing. He gently lifted her up off the floor and lay her on his bed, covering her with a blanket.
"How long will this take?" Mamoru asked. Artemist shrugged his small cat shoulders and sat himself beside his pupil.
"I don't know, but she cannot be unattended. I'll watch over her, make sure she stays normal. Knowing Minako this may take a few days."
"A FEW DAYS!" Mamoru jumped to his feet and Artemist stiffed. Did he forget to mention that part?
"Yes."
"I can't have Minako sleeping in my apartment for days! What about her family? What about school? WHAT ABOUT USAGI!"
"Well...um..." Artemist smiled nervously at the fuming Mamoru and scratched his head. "We'll improvise?"
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Usagi sneaked around the corner of the second outlet shopping center. She looked around for Minako's defiant blond hair and bright red bow. Makoto and Ami sighed as the trailed her.
"Really Usagi, we've been at this for hours, I don't think that we'll find them," said Ami. Makoto nodded.
"Yeah, I mean, They could have gone home already. It's not like they went on a date or anything."
"That may be true," Usagi piped up and made a defiant pose, donning a pair of spy glasses. "But as mamo-chan's boyfriend I must investigate this shopping trip. I can be a jealous girlfriend."
"Jealous my foot," Makoto yawned. "You just wanna see what Mamoru's is getting you."
"What? Is that why you're doing with our precious study time!?" Ami freaked. Usagi laughed nervously as Ami fumed at her and Makoto grinned. She looked up and saw Artemist and told the other girls.
"Artemist!" Makoto scooped up the white cat ans he howled in surprise.
"Hey! You're just the cat we're looking for!" Usagi cheered and snatched Artemist out of Makoto's unprepared hands.
"What?" artemist asked.
"Have you have you seen Minako and Mamoru?"
"I uh? I was at Mamoru's place, but Minako wasn't there. I think she went home already."
"You mean you don't know?" Ami asked. "But you always know where Minako is. You two are pretty much inseparable." Artemist panicked. Leave it up to Ami to catch on to something strange.
"Yeah..." Makoto drawled. "What are you hiding?"
"Is it a gift for me?" Usagi insisted, shaking him.
"I don't know." Artemist cried. Usagi shook him again as she yelled.
"What do you mean you don't know!"
"It's a wonder he knows anything with the way you are carrying on!" came a motherly voice behind Usagi. The pigtailed on turned and saw Luna, her own guardian cat. She held up the dizzy Artemist by the scruff of his fur."
"L... L... Luna...." Artemist sighed.
"If you want to know so much Minako's over at Mamoru's."
"WHAT!" Usagi dropped Artemist.
"Luna! How..." Artemist stared astonished. This was not good. Mamoru was going to kill him now.
"When you didn't show up at our usual meet place I came looking for you. You weren't home, and the girls were still in school. I got worried and wondered over to Mamoru's place before I knew it. That when I saw Minako and Mamoru go inside the apartment. I figured Usagi would be close by, and you might be with her since you weren't with Minako."
"I wonder what they are doing there?" Ami pondered. Artemist visibly shook. Usagi eyed him and scooped him up again and started walking towards Mamoru's apartment building.
"What do you know? Why is Minako there!?"
"I can't tell you!" Artemist yelled and struggled to get free. That was the downside to being a cat.
"Do you think Minako and Mamoru are secret lovers?" Makoto wondered and Usagi looked at her, about ready to cry. Makoto held up her hands frantically. "I mean... That's not what I mean." The girls reached Mamaoru's apartment and looked up.
"We won't be able to see through his window from down here." Ami said simply.
"Yeah and we can't exactly knock on his door and ask if he's having a hot love affair with Minako," Makoto said.
"MAKO-CHAN!" Usagi wailed and Mako help up her hands again.
"Tree," Ami said and the girl began to climb. Artemist cried, but Usagi held tight and Luna followed out of curiosity. The girls were spying and it was probably going to be, Luna thought, a big waist of time. Mamoru and Minako were friend and probably talking over important issues.
"I can see into his bedroom, but not very well." Mako said. Usagi thought then an idea came to her. She pulled out her disguise pen and held it out.
" Moon Power! I need a pair of binoculars!" Instantly the pen changed to a pair of binoculars and Usagi held them up to her face as Artemis wailed and cried that they let him go and get out of the tree. He was toast!
"I see..." Usagi's voice trailed off as she saw Minako in Mamoru's bed. She was still, peaceful, probably sleeping. Her mind told her not to jump to conclusions, but then she saw more. Mamoru came out of his shower with only a towel around his waist. She gasped. He moved over to his dresser and took out some cloths and slung them over his arm. He then approached his bed wear Minako lay. He gently tucked the blanket around her neck and touched her head and cheek. It look like a lover's touch. He stared at her a while, leaned down and looked at something in his hand. He looked at Minako again and fiddled with her hair. After that Usagi saw him go back in the bathroom. That was that. She had seen with her own eyes. Minako had become Mamoru's lover.
By Michi-chan
He was shocked, but his face didn't show it. It was strange that his prince would summon him when he wasn't alone. Their link had been completely secret due to ill harbored feelings by the senshi from the ancient moon. So why was this blond child staring at him in shock. Had they met before? He felt that he should know who she was, but each time he tried to remember his mind drew a blank.
"Kunzite," Endymion stood and he bowed hi head before his prince.
"Yes, My prince?" His voice was as soft as a whisper due to his unusual presence.
"This is Minako, Aino Minako."
"Yes," he drawled on hinting that he didn't know who the girl was and why was he here if his prince didn't need him. He lived on the astral plane now and had no need of girlfriends. But something, something about this girl was unsettling.
"You are my head general and I need you to take on the task of helping Minako." Kunzite's eye narrowed slightly at the girl who was still gawking at him. She was pretty, he had to give her that, even with the dark rings under her eyes.
"How, my prince?" Artemist stepped up this time. A fearless cat? What the hell was going on here?
"We need you," said Artemist. "To take her and meet with the inhabitants of the astral plane. Her counter part is there and will awaken soon. She need to there for the awaking.
"With all do respect Cat," Kunzite cut Artemist and annoyed look. "The only people in our section of the astral plane are the generals and I. We cannot make contact with other souls in the other parts of the plane. Our punishment is solitude."
"My counter part?" Minako whispered as Artemist and Kunzite stared at one an other.
"Kunzite please," Mamoru said in a commanding tone. Kunzite nodded his head as Mamoru turned his attention to Minako.
"No jokes Minako," Minako blinked, still confused. What the hell was going on here?
In an instant she felt her body become lighter as Kunzite reached behind her and grabbed her shoulders. His hand were cold as they lifted her off the floor. She struggled weakly, confused, scared, and all together freaked out. Everything faded and she was blanketed in a warm light. She stopped struggling and relaxed as Kunzite's arms wrapped around her as they made the passage to the astral plane. Soon she was feeling warm and at peace, letting her eye lids droop, she drifted into a dreamless sleep.
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Artemist's heart almost stopped as he watched Minako's soul being dragged out of her body. Her beautiful shell fell lifelessly to the floor at the foot of Mamoru's bed. Golden blond hair was strewn around her and her bright blue eyes were now dilated and distant. She was gone. He jumped off the bed and laid a paw on the side of her neck and was relived when he felt a pulse.
"She'll be ok." Mamoru sighed in relief. He would have had a serious problem if she had stopped breathing. He gently lifted her up off the floor and lay her on his bed, covering her with a blanket.
"How long will this take?" Mamoru asked. Artemist shrugged his small cat shoulders and sat himself beside his pupil.
"I don't know, but she cannot be unattended. I'll watch over her, make sure she stays normal. Knowing Minako this may take a few days."
"A FEW DAYS!" Mamoru jumped to his feet and Artemist stiffed. Did he forget to mention that part?
"Yes."
"I can't have Minako sleeping in my apartment for days! What about her family? What about school? WHAT ABOUT USAGI!"
"Well...um..." Artemist smiled nervously at the fuming Mamoru and scratched his head. "We'll improvise?"
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Usagi sneaked around the corner of the second outlet shopping center. She looked around for Minako's defiant blond hair and bright red bow. Makoto and Ami sighed as the trailed her.
"Really Usagi, we've been at this for hours, I don't think that we'll find them," said Ami. Makoto nodded.
"Yeah, I mean, They could have gone home already. It's not like they went on a date or anything."
"That may be true," Usagi piped up and made a defiant pose, donning a pair of spy glasses. "But as mamo-chan's boyfriend I must investigate this shopping trip. I can be a jealous girlfriend."
"Jealous my foot," Makoto yawned. "You just wanna see what Mamoru's is getting you."
"What? Is that why you're doing with our precious study time!?" Ami freaked. Usagi laughed nervously as Ami fumed at her and Makoto grinned. She looked up and saw Artemist and told the other girls.
"Artemist!" Makoto scooped up the white cat ans he howled in surprise.
"Hey! You're just the cat we're looking for!" Usagi cheered and snatched Artemist out of Makoto's unprepared hands.
"What?" artemist asked.
"Have you have you seen Minako and Mamoru?"
"I uh? I was at Mamoru's place, but Minako wasn't there. I think she went home already."
"You mean you don't know?" Ami asked. "But you always know where Minako is. You two are pretty much inseparable." Artemist panicked. Leave it up to Ami to catch on to something strange.
"Yeah..." Makoto drawled. "What are you hiding?"
"Is it a gift for me?" Usagi insisted, shaking him.
"I don't know." Artemist cried. Usagi shook him again as she yelled.
"What do you mean you don't know!"
"It's a wonder he knows anything with the way you are carrying on!" came a motherly voice behind Usagi. The pigtailed on turned and saw Luna, her own guardian cat. She held up the dizzy Artemist by the scruff of his fur."
"L... L... Luna...." Artemist sighed.
"If you want to know so much Minako's over at Mamoru's."
"WHAT!" Usagi dropped Artemist.
"Luna! How..." Artemist stared astonished. This was not good. Mamoru was going to kill him now.
"When you didn't show up at our usual meet place I came looking for you. You weren't home, and the girls were still in school. I got worried and wondered over to Mamoru's place before I knew it. That when I saw Minako and Mamoru go inside the apartment. I figured Usagi would be close by, and you might be with her since you weren't with Minako."
"I wonder what they are doing there?" Ami pondered. Artemist visibly shook. Usagi eyed him and scooped him up again and started walking towards Mamoru's apartment building.
"What do you know? Why is Minako there!?"
"I can't tell you!" Artemist yelled and struggled to get free. That was the downside to being a cat.
"Do you think Minako and Mamoru are secret lovers?" Makoto wondered and Usagi looked at her, about ready to cry. Makoto held up her hands frantically. "I mean... That's not what I mean." The girls reached Mamaoru's apartment and looked up.
"We won't be able to see through his window from down here." Ami said simply.
"Yeah and we can't exactly knock on his door and ask if he's having a hot love affair with Minako," Makoto said.
"MAKO-CHAN!" Usagi wailed and Mako help up her hands again.
"Tree," Ami said and the girl began to climb. Artemist cried, but Usagi held tight and Luna followed out of curiosity. The girls were spying and it was probably going to be, Luna thought, a big waist of time. Mamoru and Minako were friend and probably talking over important issues.
"I can see into his bedroom, but not very well." Mako said. Usagi thought then an idea came to her. She pulled out her disguise pen and held it out.
" Moon Power! I need a pair of binoculars!" Instantly the pen changed to a pair of binoculars and Usagi held them up to her face as Artemis wailed and cried that they let him go and get out of the tree. He was toast!
"I see..." Usagi's voice trailed off as she saw Minako in Mamoru's bed. She was still, peaceful, probably sleeping. Her mind told her not to jump to conclusions, but then she saw more. Mamoru came out of his shower with only a towel around his waist. She gasped. He moved over to his dresser and took out some cloths and slung them over his arm. He then approached his bed wear Minako lay. He gently tucked the blanket around her neck and touched her head and cheek. It look like a lover's touch. He stared at her a while, leaned down and looked at something in his hand. He looked at Minako again and fiddled with her hair. After that Usagi saw him go back in the bathroom. That was that. She had seen with her own eyes. Minako had become Mamoru's lover.