A/N: Let me make one thing clear: this story was originally published under the name "Icely". That was my old account. I had it when I was seven (before the age rule). I decided to rewrite the stories on my old account… well, some of them anyway. I just wanted to make this clear. And I changed the pairing from Hii/Usa to Hii/Min

A Planet We Not Know Of

By: M-Shadows

Chapter One

"Are you sure about this, Hiiro?"

A boy with short, unruly chestnut hair looked behind him. The owner of the voice was safely hidden from view by shadows, but the boy knew who he was. "Hn." he grunted in response.

The owner of the mysterious voice stepped out of the shadows. His hair was also chestnut brown, but much longer than the boy's, and was secured in a braid that trailed down his back. "Look, this is a huge responsibility. Even for you." he said. "No one is going to blame you for backing out. I mean, you could send a lowly guard or something."

The boy glared daggers at him. "Stay out of it, Duo." he said coldly. "I never back down from a mission."

Duo rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, I know." he said in a bored voice. "Mr. Perfect Soldier. Whatever. But I think this mission is bad news, Hiiro. Decline while you can."

Hiiro said nothing to the statement. He walked slowly toward a large steel door. The keypad---mounted on the wall next to the door---beeped as Hiiro entered the password. The steel door made a sick creaking noise before sliding open.

"Whoa!" Duo said, sprinting to catch up. "You've gotta' be kidding me. You're taking Wing Zero? Are you insane?"

"It's my only chance at catching her." Hiiro replied monotonously.

"Dude," Duo said, waving his hands dramatically. "You CANNOT take Wing Zero to Earth. You're supposed to keep a low-profile, remember?"

"Do you have a better idea?"

"As a matter of fact," Duo said, putting his hands on his hips in undisguised pride. "I do. You take a hover ship---it's small, reliable and damn near impossible to see from a distance---and find some rural area outside of Tokyo to land. Then, you use one of those earthling contraptions… what are they called?" he trailed off, looking for the right word. "Oh yeah, automobles! Anyway, you use an automoble to get to Tokyo, and then you track this Minako down, and capture her!"

"No." Hiiro said. "Wing Zero is faster."

Duo slapped a hand to his forehead. "No way." he said. "I can't let you do that. You'll attract too much attention."

Hiiro spun around. "Why is my father so worried about this mission?"

"Um, hello?" Duo said incredulously. "We're freaking KIDNAPPING her."

"A backwater planet like Earth is not worth the discretion."

'King Yui is going to kill me.' Duo thought. "Well, Hiiro, there is a catch." he said, twiddling his thumbs nervously. He looked behind him to make sure no one was around to overhear the conversation. "Earth isn't as normal as you think."

"Hn." he said. Duo figured that was his way of showing interest inthe subject, so he continued.

"And the girl---Minako Aino---isn't all that normal either." he said, nervously looking over his shoulder again. "There are these people---the Sailor Senshi---their Earth's special fighting forces. Minako is Sailor Venus, the fifth and final Senshi."

Hiiro shot a glare at Duo. "You said the Earth would be completely defenseless." he said in his usual monotone, but Duo could hear the traces of anger in his voice.

"Yeah, well…" Duo said, backing away a bit. "I lied. Your father told me to. You're too much of an egotistical maniac; he was worried you'd go after them."

"You were going to send me in to an ambush without Wing Zero."

Duo sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "It's not an ambush, Hiiro. They don't know you're coming, that was the whole idea. Sneak in, get the girl, and leave. Then, nobody has to know about it."

"Hn." Hiiro said, expertly climbing up the leg of his Gundam, "I don't like it."

"Of coarse you don't." Duo said, throwing his hands up in exasperation. "If it doesn't involve blood, violence and shooting, you automatically think it's a bad idea. Not everything has to turn in to a massacre."

"Tell my father I've left to fulfill my mission." was all Hiiro said before he climbed in to Wing Zero's cockpit and closed the door.

"This is great," Duo said as he watched Wing Zero leave the hangar. "I'm so dead."

"Artemis!" Minako called. "Hurry up!" a white cat bounded down the stairs after her. A yellow upturned crescent moon was on his forehead. "We have to get to the mall before the shoe store closes!"

"Shouldn't we be getting to the Senshi meeting?"

"No way!" Minako said, sprinting down the street. "This is the biggest sale they've had all year! I have to check it out!"

"Rei's going to have a cow if you're late again." Artemis said, keeping up with her strides with graceful ease.

Minako laughed. "I'm only going to have a peek at the racks." she said. "Then I'll head straight to the meeting."

She suddenly stumbled back a bit as she collided with a body. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" she said with a blush. "I wasn't watching were I was going."

The boy seemed unfazed. He was taller than Minako by a few inches, well built, and he was wearing the tightest pair of spandex shorts Minako had ever seen. "Are you Minako Aino?" he asked in a cold voice.

She was taken aback by the question. He knew her? "Who wants to know?" she asked, slightly suspicious. Artemis hissed by her feet. "Artemis, what's wrong?"

"Run, Minako!" Artemis cried. Minako shot him a confused look, but started to sprint down the sidewalk anyway.

"Artemis, come on!" she yelled, craning her neck to see Artemis biting mercilessly at the stranger's leg. He let out a strangled mew as the boy kicked him several feet away. "Artemis!"

She stopped. She couldn't leave Artemis! The boy caught up with her in a matter of seconds. "You're coming with me." he said monotonously. He grabbed her arm, dragging her down the street.

Minako fumbled to get her Communicator out of her pocket. The boy grabbed it from her trembling fingers, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it. It smashed in to tiny pieces under his shoe. "Artemis, tell the others!" was all she managed to get out before the boy finally hit her hard on the back of the neck.

She fell to a heap on the ground. He picked her up and flung her unconscious body over his shoulder. "Minako!" Artemis cried. He tried to stand up, but his small legs buckled underneath him. The stranger disappeared down the street, taking his beloved owner with him.