Serena was standing in her kitchen staring at the empty refrigerator.
There was absolutely nothing to eat in this apartment. No bread, no
cheese, no milk, no eggs, to pasta, no rice, nothing. No food.
Finally she sighed and closed the fridge.
And Darien had classes early tomorrow so she didn't want to go over to his place to raid his fridge. He had already given up a lot to live on Tokyo with her. She was not going to screw up his classes by keeping him up all night just so she could eat. If all else fails she could just actually go grocery shopping. After all, that would be the mature thing to do.
Serena finally found a bag of popcorn. Ah, dinner. Yum. All right. This coming weekend she decided she would go shopping. Defiantly. Maybe. Probably.
She settled down in front of the television and decided to make the most out of her popcorn by popping in a movie. Something good...She grabbed Lady Hawke from its place wedged between the Princess Bride and the Last Unicorn. Always a fan of romance and comedy, this movie was perfect for her mood tonight.
She was half way through her bag of popcorn when a small black shape landed in her lap.
"Luna!" She cried, picking up the cat in an enormous hug.
"Where's Artemis?" Serena asked after setting the small cat back down.
"He's still in London. With Mina." Luna replied with a small purr.
"With Mina? You found her? What do you mean with Mina?" Serena demanded, switching off the movie.
For the next hour Luna filled Serena in on what had happened to the two cats in London. Serena asked several questions, some of which Luna couldn't answer.
"I need to tell Rei and Darien." Serena said, grabbing the phone next to the couch.
They would have to decide what they were going to do. Mina was obviously happy with her life. She was both a model and the owner of a modeling type agency. It must have been like a dream come true for her.
Serena called Rei first and told her everything that she had just learned from Luna. The two talked for a long time before deciding that it would be best if the three of them met at the temple the next day. Agreeing, Serena hung up and dialed Darien.
"Hullo?" A sleepy voice answered the phone.
"Oh my god, Darien. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." Serena said with a guilty look at the clock. It was past ten already.
"Hey Serena. Don't worry about it. What's up?"
"I'm so sorry. It's just that Luna is back and they found Mina and I thought you would want to know." Serena said in a rush.
"They found her? That's awesome!" Darien replied.
Serena relaxed a little at hearing how excited he was. She hadn't realized it was as late as it was a she felt horrible for waking him up, especially since she had already made a conscious decision once this night to let him get some rest. She gave him a brief explanation of what had happened and told him about the meeting tomorrow. He promised to be there and then had gone back to bed.
Serena hung up the phone with a sigh.
She didn't want to be one of those clingy girlfriends either who had to spend their every waking moment with their boyfriend. Even though that was exactly what she wanted to do. But she knew that both of them needed some occasional space. He had never told her but she knew that his friends from America thought he was insane for moving to Tokyo for some girl. And she really couldn't blame them. If one of her friends had done such a big change for someone they had met over the summer, she would have questioned how smart the idea was too. So she tried to be a good girlfriend, to give Darien time to do schoolwork and hang out with other people. But it was still hard sometimes to reign herself in. Especially since being with him made the world perfect.
And she took extra pains to let him do his schoolwork. Serena had just barely managed to get though high school and graduate, it had been hard enough when she had still been living with her parents but after she had moved out, things had just gotten harder. But she had managed and was grateful that it was over. She knew how important becoming a doctor was to Darien though. He had worked so hard to get where he was. And Serena, while she knew that he loved her, sometimes felt that she wasn't smart enough for him.
* * * * *
The next day Rei, Serena and Darien were all gathered at the temple. Luna was telling them everything about her trip to London and what they had found.
"I don't know Rei, Mina sounds like she is really well set up." Serena said.
"That doesn't mean she doesn't have the right to know who she is." Rei snapped back.
"I know. Well, I guess this means we are going on a small trip, huh?"
"All three of us." Darien added, hugging Serena from behind, "You two need someone to help you beat off all the English guys."
"But...what about school?" Serena asked, biting her lip.
"Don't worry about it. If tomorrow's Friday. If we leave after my last class at noon I won't be missing anything. Besides, some things are more important than a class or two."
Serena twisted around in his arms and gave him a quick kiss, "You really are too good for me."
"Can I have that in writing for the next time you are mad at me?" He asked with a smirk.
"Oooh you!" she said, hitting him playfully.
"Ahem." Luna said, causing the couple to smile sheepishly.
"Hey Luna, I want you to go back ahead of us and let Artemis know what is going on, okay." Serena asked.
Luna nodded, "I'll head out once we are done here."
"Thanks Luna. I want Artemis to know all the plans too." Serena said.
* * * * *
Artemis was stretched out in the floor in a splash of warm sunlight. He knew that winter was coming up soon here and he wanted to soak up as much warmth as possible. Suddenly in became colder as something blocked the window. Grumbling he opened one eye to see Luna standing there in the window.
"Hey Luna, you're blocking my sun." He said as calmly as possible.
"Artemis, you are impossible." Luna said with a small laugh as she jumped down.
"You love me, you know it." Artemis said jokingly and almost bit his tongue.
Luna gave him a strange look, "Maybe. Anyway, Serena is coming tomorrow, that's why I'm here."
"Serena's coming? Good, because I've got news too. I think that our enemy has been attacking people here too." Artemis said.
"What?!" Luna yelped, jumping down to where Artemis was laying.
"I'm not sure but last night while Mina was watching the news I heard them mention that there has been an odd epidemic that leaves people extremely tired for several days. That sounds like how they are explaining the attacks in Tokyo."
"No wonder we haven't seen much of them lately, they found new hunting grounds." Luna muttered angrily.
"Well, when Mina is given her pen, then we will talk to Serena and see what she wants to do.
"But..."
"Luna, we can only deal with one problem at a time. First Mina, then the monsters in London." Artemis said sternly.
Luna sighed, "Alright."
"Good, now come share all this wonderful sun with me instead of blocking it." Artemis said, closing his eyes and rolling on his back so he could sun his stomach.
"Silly moron." Luna said with a smile, lying down beside him.
* * * * *
"Hey! Who said you could have guests?" A surprised voice woke the two cats up.
Mina was looking down at her white cat, name still undecided, and the black cat that was curled up next to him. The white cat merely opened one eye and she could almost swear the thing was laughing at her. The black cat was staring at her with wide, surprised eyes.
"Shh. Its okay honey. I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at that white fur ball over there. He's only been here a couple days and he already thinks he owns the place." Mina said, extending her fingers towards the black cat. It looked a lot like hers. They even had the same odd mark on their foreheads.
The black cat cautiously sniffed Mina's hand once politely before sitting back on her haunches.
"Well, you definitely have more dignity that that fellow." Mina said, glaring at the white cat, "I suppose you can stay here tonight for dinner if you want. She said, heading towards the kitchen.
* * * * *
"Stupid cats....think this is shelter...talking to myself now....going insane before I'm thirty..." Mina's muttering could be heard from the kitchen as she made dinner for herself and grabbed two cans of cat food.
"Hee hee, I can't wait till she knows the truth." Artemis said with an amused glance towards the kitchen.
"She'll kill you." Luna said matter of factly.
"Probably, but its worth it."
* * * * *
A robed woman stood before a similar robed man.
"Well?"
"He almost has enough energy for us to begin." The woman stated.
"And the other thing?"
"We have narrowed down the search for Sailor Moon to a temple. Her energy signature is all over the place. It might be her base. I'm not sure. The temple priestess is the only one who lives there but I do not believe that she is Sailor Moon."
"What about Sailor Mars?"
"We don't have enough information on Sailor Moon's ally to let us make a guess."
"Alright. Keep constant surveillance on that temple and watch our hotheaded partner as well. He is becoming too independent for my taste."
"Yes, my love."
* * * * *
AN: AH! smacks head Sorry if this took awhile to get out. I live in Madison and its been Halloween and if you know anything about Madison and Halloween you'll know that the city becomes one big party. hee hee Also, sorry about that last chapter w/ Alex. I went back and fixed it and I hope it is all better now. Thank you to everyone who pointed it out. I wouldn't have caught it otherwise and that would've bit. And just because you ppl were so cool, here's another chapter, hopefully free of doubled scenes. Oh yea, and if you want me to e-mail you when I post a new chapter, just let me know.
* * * * *
Mathais-8888 ~ thank you so much. It's hard to try and think of what other people will find interesting. I'm rally glad you liked this.
Silver Dragonfly ~ yea, I like playing with Luna and Artemis, especially because not many people do it.
Vilranda ~ Don't worry. The next scout I bring in will have a general attached. hee hee.
MoonWanderer ~ writing as fast as my little brain can justify blowing off studying, promise.
Adyen ~ thanks for pointing that out. And sorry about that. The first entrance was all I originally had for Alex but I wanted more interaction with him in the story. I just forgot to go back and get rid of the first part.
Venus Smurf ~ thank you once again. I can't wait to read your next chapter to roommate either. And I've got some other people that I e-mail things out to as well, so no hassle. It just means I'm guaranteed a review from such a cool person ;)
S. L. Butterworth ~ hee hee. Lita, huh? Well, we'll see...
Bluejello ~ *blush* sorry about that. My bad. I was editing the story and decided I actually wanted Alex to talk but I forgot to get rid of the first part I had written. But I'm glad you like the story anyways. And I went back and fixed that, so hopefully it should be all good.
Shinigami ~ whoa! one question at a time here...Okay, at least on general will be brought in with the next scout they find. That's my plan at least. Serena and Darien will keep getting mushy little side scenes. Hotaru is still alive. I'm working on figuring out the timeline for this because several things that happened in the past never happened here. Amy's story is going to similar to Mina's, ie, she's not in Tokyo anymore. Lita, well, I'm just not telling. And as for Serena's parents...well, I have plans...
Setsuna-baka ~ thank you so much for the review. I hope that you like this chapter as well.
Finally she sighed and closed the fridge.
And Darien had classes early tomorrow so she didn't want to go over to his place to raid his fridge. He had already given up a lot to live on Tokyo with her. She was not going to screw up his classes by keeping him up all night just so she could eat. If all else fails she could just actually go grocery shopping. After all, that would be the mature thing to do.
Serena finally found a bag of popcorn. Ah, dinner. Yum. All right. This coming weekend she decided she would go shopping. Defiantly. Maybe. Probably.
She settled down in front of the television and decided to make the most out of her popcorn by popping in a movie. Something good...She grabbed Lady Hawke from its place wedged between the Princess Bride and the Last Unicorn. Always a fan of romance and comedy, this movie was perfect for her mood tonight.
She was half way through her bag of popcorn when a small black shape landed in her lap.
"Luna!" She cried, picking up the cat in an enormous hug.
"Where's Artemis?" Serena asked after setting the small cat back down.
"He's still in London. With Mina." Luna replied with a small purr.
"With Mina? You found her? What do you mean with Mina?" Serena demanded, switching off the movie.
For the next hour Luna filled Serena in on what had happened to the two cats in London. Serena asked several questions, some of which Luna couldn't answer.
"I need to tell Rei and Darien." Serena said, grabbing the phone next to the couch.
They would have to decide what they were going to do. Mina was obviously happy with her life. She was both a model and the owner of a modeling type agency. It must have been like a dream come true for her.
Serena called Rei first and told her everything that she had just learned from Luna. The two talked for a long time before deciding that it would be best if the three of them met at the temple the next day. Agreeing, Serena hung up and dialed Darien.
"Hullo?" A sleepy voice answered the phone.
"Oh my god, Darien. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." Serena said with a guilty look at the clock. It was past ten already.
"Hey Serena. Don't worry about it. What's up?"
"I'm so sorry. It's just that Luna is back and they found Mina and I thought you would want to know." Serena said in a rush.
"They found her? That's awesome!" Darien replied.
Serena relaxed a little at hearing how excited he was. She hadn't realized it was as late as it was a she felt horrible for waking him up, especially since she had already made a conscious decision once this night to let him get some rest. She gave him a brief explanation of what had happened and told him about the meeting tomorrow. He promised to be there and then had gone back to bed.
Serena hung up the phone with a sigh.
She didn't want to be one of those clingy girlfriends either who had to spend their every waking moment with their boyfriend. Even though that was exactly what she wanted to do. But she knew that both of them needed some occasional space. He had never told her but she knew that his friends from America thought he was insane for moving to Tokyo for some girl. And she really couldn't blame them. If one of her friends had done such a big change for someone they had met over the summer, she would have questioned how smart the idea was too. So she tried to be a good girlfriend, to give Darien time to do schoolwork and hang out with other people. But it was still hard sometimes to reign herself in. Especially since being with him made the world perfect.
And she took extra pains to let him do his schoolwork. Serena had just barely managed to get though high school and graduate, it had been hard enough when she had still been living with her parents but after she had moved out, things had just gotten harder. But she had managed and was grateful that it was over. She knew how important becoming a doctor was to Darien though. He had worked so hard to get where he was. And Serena, while she knew that he loved her, sometimes felt that she wasn't smart enough for him.
* * * * *
The next day Rei, Serena and Darien were all gathered at the temple. Luna was telling them everything about her trip to London and what they had found.
"I don't know Rei, Mina sounds like she is really well set up." Serena said.
"That doesn't mean she doesn't have the right to know who she is." Rei snapped back.
"I know. Well, I guess this means we are going on a small trip, huh?"
"All three of us." Darien added, hugging Serena from behind, "You two need someone to help you beat off all the English guys."
"But...what about school?" Serena asked, biting her lip.
"Don't worry about it. If tomorrow's Friday. If we leave after my last class at noon I won't be missing anything. Besides, some things are more important than a class or two."
Serena twisted around in his arms and gave him a quick kiss, "You really are too good for me."
"Can I have that in writing for the next time you are mad at me?" He asked with a smirk.
"Oooh you!" she said, hitting him playfully.
"Ahem." Luna said, causing the couple to smile sheepishly.
"Hey Luna, I want you to go back ahead of us and let Artemis know what is going on, okay." Serena asked.
Luna nodded, "I'll head out once we are done here."
"Thanks Luna. I want Artemis to know all the plans too." Serena said.
* * * * *
Artemis was stretched out in the floor in a splash of warm sunlight. He knew that winter was coming up soon here and he wanted to soak up as much warmth as possible. Suddenly in became colder as something blocked the window. Grumbling he opened one eye to see Luna standing there in the window.
"Hey Luna, you're blocking my sun." He said as calmly as possible.
"Artemis, you are impossible." Luna said with a small laugh as she jumped down.
"You love me, you know it." Artemis said jokingly and almost bit his tongue.
Luna gave him a strange look, "Maybe. Anyway, Serena is coming tomorrow, that's why I'm here."
"Serena's coming? Good, because I've got news too. I think that our enemy has been attacking people here too." Artemis said.
"What?!" Luna yelped, jumping down to where Artemis was laying.
"I'm not sure but last night while Mina was watching the news I heard them mention that there has been an odd epidemic that leaves people extremely tired for several days. That sounds like how they are explaining the attacks in Tokyo."
"No wonder we haven't seen much of them lately, they found new hunting grounds." Luna muttered angrily.
"Well, when Mina is given her pen, then we will talk to Serena and see what she wants to do.
"But..."
"Luna, we can only deal with one problem at a time. First Mina, then the monsters in London." Artemis said sternly.
Luna sighed, "Alright."
"Good, now come share all this wonderful sun with me instead of blocking it." Artemis said, closing his eyes and rolling on his back so he could sun his stomach.
"Silly moron." Luna said with a smile, lying down beside him.
* * * * *
"Hey! Who said you could have guests?" A surprised voice woke the two cats up.
Mina was looking down at her white cat, name still undecided, and the black cat that was curled up next to him. The white cat merely opened one eye and she could almost swear the thing was laughing at her. The black cat was staring at her with wide, surprised eyes.
"Shh. Its okay honey. I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at that white fur ball over there. He's only been here a couple days and he already thinks he owns the place." Mina said, extending her fingers towards the black cat. It looked a lot like hers. They even had the same odd mark on their foreheads.
The black cat cautiously sniffed Mina's hand once politely before sitting back on her haunches.
"Well, you definitely have more dignity that that fellow." Mina said, glaring at the white cat, "I suppose you can stay here tonight for dinner if you want. She said, heading towards the kitchen.
* * * * *
"Stupid cats....think this is shelter...talking to myself now....going insane before I'm thirty..." Mina's muttering could be heard from the kitchen as she made dinner for herself and grabbed two cans of cat food.
"Hee hee, I can't wait till she knows the truth." Artemis said with an amused glance towards the kitchen.
"She'll kill you." Luna said matter of factly.
"Probably, but its worth it."
* * * * *
A robed woman stood before a similar robed man.
"Well?"
"He almost has enough energy for us to begin." The woman stated.
"And the other thing?"
"We have narrowed down the search for Sailor Moon to a temple. Her energy signature is all over the place. It might be her base. I'm not sure. The temple priestess is the only one who lives there but I do not believe that she is Sailor Moon."
"What about Sailor Mars?"
"We don't have enough information on Sailor Moon's ally to let us make a guess."
"Alright. Keep constant surveillance on that temple and watch our hotheaded partner as well. He is becoming too independent for my taste."
"Yes, my love."
* * * * *
AN: AH! smacks head Sorry if this took awhile to get out. I live in Madison and its been Halloween and if you know anything about Madison and Halloween you'll know that the city becomes one big party. hee hee Also, sorry about that last chapter w/ Alex. I went back and fixed it and I hope it is all better now. Thank you to everyone who pointed it out. I wouldn't have caught it otherwise and that would've bit. And just because you ppl were so cool, here's another chapter, hopefully free of doubled scenes. Oh yea, and if you want me to e-mail you when I post a new chapter, just let me know.
* * * * *
Mathais-8888 ~ thank you so much. It's hard to try and think of what other people will find interesting. I'm rally glad you liked this.
Silver Dragonfly ~ yea, I like playing with Luna and Artemis, especially because not many people do it.
Vilranda ~ Don't worry. The next scout I bring in will have a general attached. hee hee.
MoonWanderer ~ writing as fast as my little brain can justify blowing off studying, promise.
Adyen ~ thanks for pointing that out. And sorry about that. The first entrance was all I originally had for Alex but I wanted more interaction with him in the story. I just forgot to go back and get rid of the first part.
Venus Smurf ~ thank you once again. I can't wait to read your next chapter to roommate either. And I've got some other people that I e-mail things out to as well, so no hassle. It just means I'm guaranteed a review from such a cool person ;)
S. L. Butterworth ~ hee hee. Lita, huh? Well, we'll see...
Bluejello ~ *blush* sorry about that. My bad. I was editing the story and decided I actually wanted Alex to talk but I forgot to get rid of the first part I had written. But I'm glad you like the story anyways. And I went back and fixed that, so hopefully it should be all good.
Shinigami ~ whoa! one question at a time here...Okay, at least on general will be brought in with the next scout they find. That's my plan at least. Serena and Darien will keep getting mushy little side scenes. Hotaru is still alive. I'm working on figuring out the timeline for this because several things that happened in the past never happened here. Amy's story is going to similar to Mina's, ie, she's not in Tokyo anymore. Lita, well, I'm just not telling. And as for Serena's parents...well, I have plans...
Setsuna-baka ~ thank you so much for the review. I hope that you like this chapter as well.