Disclamer: I am in no way responsible for the ownership of said Moon, or any of her friends. I am a starving college student, so even if you wanted to sue me, you wouldn't get jack!

Italics: Thoughts

Chapter Two: "Sometimes, Ignorance is Bliss"

Serena and Luna gathered all of the other girls in Rei's temple. They all were wondering why they had been brought out of their Saturday routines.

"So, what's this all about, Meatball Head?" asked Rei, the raven haired girl who was clearly annoyed.

"Yeah," piped Ami, who was in the middle of her studies when she got the call. "What's all the ruckus?" Even Lita looked perturbed. She was in the middle of a cooking class.

"Well, in my defense, Luna wanted to see all of you." Serena tried to shift the attention to the cause of all of the mean looks.

"Oh." they all said. "Well?"

The cat wasn't used to being treated this way. She was, after all, their mentor. This was too important to let it rest.

"I'm sorry to bother you all, but something very, very big has just arrived." She was genuinely scared.

"That's funny," said Rei, "I thought that I would be able to feel something big enough to cause you such a scare. I wonder if you are feeling well?" When Luna finally calmed all of then down enough, she began to retrace the day for them.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Tokyo…

Holy Crap! This girl must be made of money! I always wanted to do this.

Jonathan mused while he was drug to shops and sights that he was really not paying any attention to. He was totally focused on his dream. Wow! I still can't believe that I am actually shopping with her! He never could have imagined what that experience would be like. Now it was all coming to life, right then and in the flesh. Then he realized that he was really tired. When he left his time, it was around 5:30 in the afternoon. He could tell by the sun's low position in the sky that it was nearing the same time.

"Hey, Mina." he timidly asked.

"Yeah?" she answered from behind a large bag of stuff that she had just bought.

"Say, what time is it?" He was trying his best to suppress his actual excitement.

"You said that in English. It is a good thing that I can speak it, right?" she answered in English. That seemed to wake Jonathan up enough to reply, "That was good! I guess I tend to slip up when I am tired. Could we call it a day?" He seemed to really be tired.

"Sure. I don't live too far from here. You could stay as long as you want. By the way, it is 4:30." "Thanks," came the muffled reply from the large, mobile bags of commodities. He didn't want her to think that he wasn't polite. He also wanted to get to see the others.

Mina led Jonathan to a large multi-storied apartment building. On the fourth floor, she stopped at door 6A. "Here we are! Hey mom! DAD! Artemis?" she asked as they entered. There was no immediate response, so they began to put away the items in the bags that Jonathan brought home for her. When they were finally in the living room and all of the days purchases were put in there right places, a little white cat came out of a far room. He looked at Mina and Jonathan, and yawned. When he retreated into the kitchen, Jonathan asked Mina where he would be staying. She pointed down the hall and said, "Second door on the left. Make your self at home. Artemis and I are going to visit some friends of ours. We kinda forgot that we had an appointment to meet them today." she said with a giggle.

Jonathan couldn't help but laugh and smile. "How could I feel any different to you? Go and see your friends. They are probably waiting. I'll be fine."

She could see that he meant what he said. "Ok! See you later. Bye!" she said and then scooped up Artemis and started to leave the building. Jonathan waited until he heard the elevator doors close before he made his move. I need to take this carefully. One mistake and that cat will alert her to my presence. With a grace he never thought possible, he exited Mina's apartment and locked the door behind him. There was a lot of expensive stuff in there; I wouldn't want my stuff to be taken! I'm glad that Mina has a key! He moved to the stair case and descended to the bottom floor. He arrived as Mina and Artemis were leaving the lobby.

He fell in at a 50 yard distance to allow for sound and smell. He didn't want to risk discovery. This was the most curious thing that he had ever done. Well, that and the time that he wanted to find out about what happens when heat and a live bullet are mixed. He still thought that he could see the hole in the wall of his room. When Mina turned a corner and up a flight of stone stairs, he knew that he had reached his destination. He made a mental note of the temple's location for future reference. That also gave Mina time to enter the temple and get engrossed with the loud conversation that was already in progress. Jonathan then made his way up the stairs and onto a low roof overhang. He took up an observation position by a window overlooking a large meeting room with seven people and three cats occupying the space. Great! They are all here! I better wait for a while to let the serious conversations die. Then I'll have to think of a clever entrance.

While Jonathan was thinking of his entrance, Luna was busy trying to organize the conversation, which had been disrupted by everyone when Mina finally showed up. There were the usual suspects, Lita, an auburn haired, brown eyed girl who was the strength of the outfit, Ami, the blue haired blue eyed genius, and Rini, a pink haired girl who adopted Serena's meatball head hair style. There was also a young man, about twenty one that accompanied the group. He sat in a corner with Serena hanging on one arm and Rini on the other. He looked content enough. The three cats took up the table in the center of the room like a living centerpiece. The group was a buzz trying to ask Mina all about her day, and why she hadn't called.

"Will you all LISTEN TO ME!" Luna yelled and finally got the attention of all the girls. "There. That's better. Can we discuss the danger before the day? Please?" When the party finally nodded, she said, "Good. Now, as I had said before, I felt something very, very powerful today. It wasn't like anything that I have felt before. It could be really dangerous. I want all of you to be on the look out for anything out of the ordinary." When Luna finished, she made eye contact with each person present to emphasize her point.

"Oh, come on Luna. We just finished with Nehelania and the Dark Moon. Can't we have a normal life for like, a week?" Lita surprised everyone present with that comment. She usually wasn't one for such outbursts.

"Of course. I just don't want you guys to fall into a sense of complacency. Evil could strike this world any second."

"OK. We understand. We will all be careful." the entire party said in unison.

"Good. Now Mina, you can finish answering the questions you were posed earlier."

As if she needed any invitation. "Well, I met a guy today." This was met by loud outbursts and gasps.

Rei spoke louder than them all, "Well, is he going to be something special, or is he going to end up like all the rest of your failed attempts?" Rini surprised everyone when she spoke on Mina's behalf, "Would you all stop it? I think that it is really sweet that Mina has found a friend. She should have our support!"

The guy she was holding onto looked down at his future daughter, "That's right, Rini. We should all try and help Mina with her new boyfriend." When Mina heard Darien say that, she blushed and spoke up, "Well, he's not my boyfriend. At least I don't think that I am ready. We only just met! Serena how did you and Darien know that you two were something special?"

"Darien and I started out really not liking each other, but it turned out that we both just couldn't accept the fact that we liked each other. It just kinda blossomed from there."

"Oh. Well, I don't want to rush things."

Jonathan finally decided to make his move.

"Miiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnaaaaaa! MIIIIIIIINNNNNNAAAAA! This is the voice of God! Don't play games with that young man's heart."

While the party looked around frantically trying to find the source of the mysterious voice, Jonathan tried gracefully to jump down into the room form his perch. He failed. The fall was too much for his ankles, and when he hit the floor, they gave way and he fell right on his butt. It took two seconds for the girls to get over the shock and they lost it.

"WHO ARE YOU?" Rei, Ami, Lita, Rini, and Darien all said in a unified voice. The three cats bolted when Jonathan came crashing down. Serena was the first to recover and said in a shaky voice, "This is Mina's new friend, Jonathan Fowler. How did you get up there?" Mina was visibly shaken, and thought, I hope that they like him. Then, after a second, I hope he's alright! She was too embarrassed to greet him, so Jonathan started to introduce himself to the group.

When he finally got to Rini and Darien, he said, "Looks like we got ourselves a regular Ladies Man!" Everyone like the joke, and Mina loosened up a little. Since he didn't get an immediate response of "My name is", he decided to start a conversation. "How are you doing, Rei?" He felt like an idiot. Oh man! I just blew it, Big time! Quick, think! He almost hit himself for being so stupid.

"How did you know my name? And why were you on my roof?" She looked at him with an inquisitive and suspicious glare. AHA! "I'm psychic!" was the almost unbelievable reply. That brought looks of suspicion from all the girls. "Yeah," said Rei, "Prove it!"

Ok. Here we go. "You live here in this temple as a caretaker, and with the help of your grandfather and a guy named," he rubbed his head to emphasize deep thought, "Chad. He has had a very, very big crush on you, and you keep tearing his heart out!" All of the girls giggled at the comment, and Rei blushed a deep red.

"Oh, do Ami next!" Serena said. This is too easy, he thought. "Ok. Ami. You want to go to medical school and study to become a doctor. You also have a brand new, state of the art, personal PDA." She looked at him as if he were a specter. "How did you… But that's scientifically impossible…" Jonathan interrupted her, "Hey, nothing's impossible." He said that with a confidence that filtered throughout the room.

"Now, let's see. Lita!" When she heard her name, she jumped. Apparently, she feared this moment. "Now now, it doesn't hurt. You are… an amazingly gifted cook. You…" he stopped. "YOU WHAT!" Everyone said at once.

"No. I don't think that you all would like to here this." He looked at Lita with a deep sadness in his eyes. "I know." was all he said. She looked back at him, and tears welled up in her eyes. "It's ok, really. Everyone here knows." Jonathan didn't even finish what he was going to say about how her parents died in a plane crash. He didn't want to spoil any friendship he might have in the future. "Darien. Now here's a tough nut to crack." Jonathan made a show of trying to get a vision. "You had a traumatic childhood, but then rose to overcome the difficulty. You are currently a college student," he paused for emphasis. "And your dating a SIXTEEN YEAR OLD? What the heck?" he said with a smile.

Everyone loved the joke and he took it in stride. He turned to Serena, who was hugging his arm like a human vice. "Well, she is the best thing that ever happened to me." That response earned him a kiss, and one that he clearly enjoyed.

Jonathan laughed to himself. This is so much fun! I forgot how tired I was. Rini was looking at him with a weird look in her eyes. She seemed to be in a dream state, taking in all of his features. At eleven, she was the youngest person present. She blushed when he called her name. "Your turn, Rini." She jumped at his address. "Now now, you are a bit too young for me to just look into your heart. You still need to get accustomed to your surroundings. Just like me!" He said enough for the girls to become satisfied and Rini to relax. She thought that he could see into her true self, Sailor Mini Moon. The gang stayed up for another hour or so, small talking, when Jonathan said, "Well, I would love to stay and chat, but I am awfully tired." mimicking Ami's British accent.

The girls all laughed and he rose to leave.

Mina stopped him, "Wait!" He paused. "Do you know the way back?" Deep down, he thought, Actually, Mina, I don't know how to get home. But I do know where I can find a soft bed. Instead, he answered, "Of course. I got here, didn't I?" And with that, he was gone.