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Title: The Transformation ~ Chapter 1
By: Lady V

E-mail Address: lady_venus_2003@yahoo.com

Rated: PG for the Language
Type: Romance/ Action
Disclaimer: I wish that I owned Sailor Moon and the other but I don't own any of them, so please sue me I don't have that much.
Author notes: This story tales place when the girls are in high school. Ami goes to a different school at this time and all the others got to the same one. All the girls but Lita and Mina have their Knights, but then again does Mina have hers. Any words in 'word' are thoughts, any in "word" are said out loud, and the symbol *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* means that there has been a change in time/place. I love to hear what you have to say about my story so please e-mail me and tell me. Well on with the Chapter 1.

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Chapter 1

Ami ran up to the temple, "Sorry that I'm late but I couldn't get away from the study session that I was at."

"That's ok Ami, we were just waiting for you," a black cat sat down in the middle of the table. "Now that everyone is here, let's begin."

"Mina's not here yet, Luna."

"I know that Serena, I didn't tell her about this meeting. I have called this meeting because of her. Artemis has been gone for a little over three weeks now, and all of you at one point or another has expressed a concern about her behavior. I have tried to talk to her about this but she says that she is fine and everything will workout out for the best in the end. She has also said that Artemis is her guardian cat so she doesn't want me to worry about her. For what she has said to me, in the brief times that I have gotten her to talk about this, I believe that she was the last person to speak with Artemis, but she will neither deny nor conform that. I know that he was looking for something in." Luna was cut off by the sound of the temple doors opening.

"Hey guys I'm glad to see that you are all here. I called Serena's house and her Mom said that she was coming here."

"Mina is something wrong?" Lita was the first one on her feet and heading toward her friend.

"Lita don't," Mina put her hand out in hopes that it would stop her friend. "I have come here to tell you all something. First I would like to thank you all for your concern, but it does make this harder." Tears started to form in her eyes, "Without Artemis around anymore, things are not the same for me. So last night, when I was thinking about everything that is going on, I came to a decision. If I were to fight in a battle right now I would only hold the team back. So, for now, I'm quitting. I can't be Sailor Venus and put all of your lives in danger. Here are my transformation pens, one is for Sailor Venus and the other is for Sailor V." She placed two pens onto the table and looked up, " I will never forget you my friends. Good bye, for now." With this she ran out the door and down the steps.

It didn't take long for the others to snap out of their trances. "We have to stop her!" Lita shouted as she ran after Mina. The others were not far behind.

Luna was the first to catch up with Mina, "Mina, please stop and lets talk about this."

Mina looked down at her feline friend, "Luna I wish that I could but I just can't do that right now. But I do promise that I will be back when I feel as though I'm not putting the team into danger. Please understand Luna and help the others too."

Lita was not close enough to hear what Mina had said to Luna, but she saw that Luna just stopped where she was and stood there. Mina hopped onto a motorcycle with some mysterious guy. "Luna what are you doing and who the hell is that?" Lita asked these questions as she gasped for air and the rest of the group caught up with them.

"Who is that? Mina doesn't have a boyfriend. What does she think she is doing?" Serena was close to tears.

Ami looked around for a minute and started to run back up towards the temple, "I will be right back!"

After what only seemed like hours, Ami came running back down the temple steps. "Come on we are going to Mina's house." She showed them a set of keys, and the transformation pens that Mina had given them. She had her mini computer over her arm. "We have to get to the bus stop in five minutes if we want to beat her home." She ran off toward the bus stop without giving the rest of the group a chance to ask her any questions. There would be time for that on the bus and her main goal was to get them to that point, then explain her plans to them.

They arrived just in time to get on the bus, "Ami why are we going to her house? We have to find her and talk to her now. Plus the way it looked, I bet that she already has her things and is going somewhere with that mysterious guy she rode away with." Raye stated as they all took their seats on the bus. "And what are the keys for?"

Ami looked up, "The keys are to get into Mina's house and why try to track her down when we all know no matter where Mina goes, if Artemis doesn't pack her things, she forgets something and has to go home and get it? But, if by some chance she has remembered everything, there maybe some hints as to why she is running away, who that guys is and where she is planning to go with him."

"Ami, where did you get that key from?" Serena questioned.

"Artemis gave it to me just in case I'd ever needed it. I guess it was a good thing that he did. I would hate to have to break into a friend's home. Besides, Mina is the one who always does that kind of thing."

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Meanwhile, at the park, Mina got off of the bike, pulled off her helmet, and handed it to the young man. He put it down and pulled off his own. His black hair started to blow in the wind, "Mina, are you sure that you have everything that you need?"

Mina thought for a minute, "I think so. Oh shit! I left the crystal box in my desk!!"

The boy started to laugh, "And let me guess, there is something in that box that you have to have."

Mina blushed a little, "I'm so sorry Adam. It's just that Artemis was the one who always went through my things to make sure that I had everything and in the rush of packing I must of forgot it."

"Hey, don't worry. We can run back to your place and pick it up." He looked closely at her face, "Mina what's wrong?"

"I hate to question you this way, again, but can you please tell me something."

He looked at her oddly, "Sure. What is it that you wish to know?"

"Why did Artemis send you to get me instead of coming and getting me himself?"

"I don't have the answer for you on that one. He just gave me that Sailor V pen and told me to come and get you. But as soon as we get to my house you can ask him that question yourself." He looked off towards where he had parked his bike, "Mina, we needed to get to your house and get that box before your friends show up there."

"Ok, lets go Adam," Mina took one more look around the park before she put on her helmet and got onto the bike.

As they drove away, a woman walked out of the shadows, "Looks like we may have a problem now that he's back." A portal opened and he disappeared.

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"Ami, what happens if she is here? Don't you think that it is going to be a little weird if she sees her best friends breaking into her house?" Lita asked as Ami started to open the door.

"She's not here Lita, the light isn't on." Ami pointed to the crack at the bottom of the door.

They all slowly made their way into the house. "Hey does it feel like we are breaking Mina's trust by being here?"

"Lita if she didn't think that we would come her I highly doubt that she would of left us this." Ami held up a letter for everyone to see. "What does it say?" the group seemed to ask in chorus.

Ami read the note to herself and then started to read it out loud.

Dear Friends:

I'm sorry to leave you the way that I have. I have to find Artemis and see if I can figure out why he left. Please try to stay out of trouble and that does mean you too Lita. And Lita, while I'm gone if anything happens you are in charge, keep the Princess safe. Soon I will come back and answer all of your questions that I know that you have for me. But for now, I have to become the 'Lone Warrior' again. Until I return, please trust in yourselves and in me. Your friend always,

Mina

They looked at Ami, "Ami do you think she will be back soon?"

Ami tried to smile, "I don't know Serena, but I sure hope so." Ami took a quick glance around the room, "If you don't mind I would like to stay and see if I can find some clue as to where she would have gone, just in case we need to find her."

"Yeah that sounds like a good idea to me." Lita chimed in.

The girls where starting to look around when they hear, "Mina, just wait here. I will get the box out of your desk."

"Someone is coming! Everyone hide!" Lita looked around to see that Ami was no where to be seen. "Ami where are you?"

"I'm in Mina's room."

"Everyone else hide, I will go and get Ami in the other room," Lita started off towards Mina's room. "Ami what are you doing?"

Ami held up a crystal lock box with the Venus symbol on it. "Lita, her transformation pens are in here and that means the ones that she gave to us were fake." The look in Ami's eyes was one of betrayal.

"Ami we have to hide. Come on, please." Ami put the box down and went to hide with Lita in the closet.

The door started to open to Mina's room and a boy entered. Ami tapped Lita on the shoulder, "Lita I know who he is, his name is."

"Adam what is taking you so long?" Mina walked in.

"Where did you put the box at?" Adam looked at her puzzled.

Mina took a quick look around, "There it is. I wonder how it got on the floor." Mina grabbed it and they ran out of the house without another word spoken between them.

"I can't believe that she is running away with some guy! She is so important to this group and she just leaves!" Serena ran to the window just in time to see the motorcycle going down the road. "She said that she was going to go and look for Artemis but how can she do that when *Adam* is with her?"

"I'm sure that there is a good explanation for all of this. And it's not like there is an enemy right now that we have to fight. I think that she just needs some time away from all the things that remind her of Artemis." Lita was the only one that stood up for her friend, "Ami what reasons would Mina have to give us fake pens, and who is he?"

"FAKE PENS?" the rest yelled.

"*HE* is a guy that goes to my school. He just recently moved to Japan from some school in Britain and is already at the top of our class. And as for the pens your guess is as good as mine." She trailed off into thought 'I wish that I had gotten a hold of those pens first so I could have checked for negative energy. Mina what are you doing and what does HE have to do with all of this?'

All the girls walked out together, not knowing what to say. They all went their own way home and figured that they would meet at the temple in the morning once they had all had time to think things over a little more.

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Serena looked at Luna, "She is gone with some guy named Adam. She has left us! She didn't even seem to care about anything but going somewhere with him. She said that she was going to go and look for Artemis, but how can she do that with him with her?" Serena had started to cry, "Plus Ami thinks that she gave us fake transformations pens to top it all off."

Luna looked at Serena and felt that it would be in the best for everyone if she just let Serena know that she was there for her and wait to find out the details in the morning. So she curled up beside Serena and waited until she was asleep before she went on the look for Mina and the reason that she was doing all of this. Artemis would have never wanted her to quit the group to go and find him, would he?

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Well that is all for the Chapter 1 and I know that my chapters are kind of short and all, sorry. Anyways please tell me what you think. Until I get the next chapter out later!

Lady V

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