Well I finally got a new chapter up after the long wait, but this time it's a gigantic chapter so you can forgive me !!!
Day 2 - Memories
Minako watched the television screen in her hotel like a hawk, waiting for a news bulletin or some indication that Usagi had listened to her.
The warm sticky feel of the purple leather rubbed against her skin, making her body hot and sticky, she looked down and couldn't help contemplate thinking back to how she had gotten to this point in her life.
Flashback
Minako stood on the balcony of her room in the crystal palace; she had a broad smile as she tried to stop her long blonde luxurious locks from whipping her in the face. She wore a small little sundress with a big orange sunflower covering over 60 of it, placed dead centre and on her feet were two orange high heeled shoes, which appeared to be an almost exact match to her sailor senshi shoes.
She started to giggle, as the wind beat against her, trying to bring her hair to the current of the winds,
"What's happening?" she heard a deep, husky familiar voice call to her, she lit up immediately as she swivelled around to see Kunzite leaning against the doorway.
Minako ran to him and threw her arms around him happily, he let out a soft sigh, this girl was way to happy, but then again that's what he loved about her.
"So are you ready to go out?" he asked casually,
"Are you serious kunzy! Thank you thank you thank you" she squealed as her grasp on him increased, he was supposed to be on guard patrol today, but she guessed he took the day off for her,
"Can't breath" Kunzite gasped, she immediately loosened her grasp around his neck,
"Sorry" she sighed, Kunzite couldn't help but chuckle.
"So if you grab your coat we can go" Kunzite helpfully suggested, as he stuck his hand in his silver coat and fumbled around with a small box, this had to be perfect.
Minako quickly grabbed her coat and followed Kunzite down the staircase and outside. To her surprise she saw a limousine waiting and saw him smiling at her, gesturing for her to step into the car. Kunzite sighed in relief, she wasn't too curious at least…. For you see both Kunzite and Minako had been dating for three years now and today was the day he would ask her to marry him.
He had told everyone and they were all thrilled for him and Mina, that's why they had agreed that they would leave the couple alone today and help him arrange part of the day.
He bent down and looked into the car to see Minako staring back dumbfounded, he let out another small chuckle,
"You go on ahead, I'll meet you later" and with that he closed the car door, so there was no time for Mina to ask questions, Mina was definitely confused, what was he up to?
"Good Morning Maam, my name is James, I'll be your chauffer today" a voice suddenly broke her chain of thought; she looked up to see a man in the front seat dressed in a uniform.
"He-llo??" Minako replied back unsurely,
"Just relax Maam, we'll be arriving shortly" James spoke up and with that he lent forward and pressed a button which put up the divider, leaving Mina in the back seat dumbfounded.
After about fifteen minutes the limousine came to a gentle holt and the car door opened, Mina hopped out and looked at James who was smiling,
"Maam if you'd follow me" a voice came from behind her; Mina swivelled around to see an old man in a prim tuxedo, gesturing for her to enter the building. On closer inspection Mina realised that the building was actually a dolce and gabana store, which sold very expensive clothes, but never less she followed.
Once she was in the centre of the store, several store attendants were smiling in front of her,
"What's happening" Mina dared to blurt out, the man responded,
"If madam would like to pick a gown we may continue" the man respectfully commented as several other attendants emerged with several different gowns,
"Really" Minako squeaked, but the man just smirked and nodded and thus Mina began her selection process.
The day then proceeded from the store, to a jewellery store where Mina chose a matching set of topaz jewellery and long, orange silk gloves, to the hairdresser which turned out to also be a makeup artist. Once she had finished Mina truly looked like she was a princess, her dress hung close to her body and then flared out from her waist, the topaz choker, earrings and bracelet were brilliantly illuminated against her porcelain skin and her makeup subtly enhanced her beauty, her hair was done up in a tight bun and clasped with a topaz clip and upon her feet were two dainty, orange, high heeled, string up shoes.
"Hey James" Mina finally greeted her chauffer as she emerged from the building,
"Good afternoon Madam" James smiled as he opened the door for the princess to enter the limousine, she entered smiling.
"Ok where to now James" Mina laughed once James had entered the Limousine,
"I couldn't possibly tell you that madam, but may I say you look just lovely"
"Thank you" Mina responded, while blushing.
After a while the limousine finally stopped and James opened the door, Mina of course exited the vehicle,
"Where are we?" Mina inquired, definitely puzzled as she inspected the surrounding area, it appeared they were at the Tokyo four seasons.
"I cannot say anything, but I was told to give you this" and with that James handed Minako an orange rose that had a card attached, Mina opened the card and read the sentence,
Follow the rose…..
"good luck" James smiled as he hopped into the limousine once again and drove off, Mina smiled then looked around puzzled, finally seeing an orange rose attached to the handle of the glass door, she walked to it and took it off the door, realising she was supposed to go inside.
She opened the door and looked around, the four seasons was an expensive hotel, and everywhere she looked she saw the finest decorations and furnishings, but something was out of place….. The lobby was entirely deserted bar one woman who was dressed in a four seasons and carrying what seemed to be an orange rose. Mina walked up to the woman who was smiling broadly, immediately she passed the rose and Mina read the card attached.
Follow the petals
Now officially Mina was confused. That was until she saw the woman gesture behind her, Mina looked on in wonder as she saw a path of petals leading to a room, Mina followed the petals into the room and up several flights of stairs until she got to a door, she opened it.
Mina gasped as she saw about a thousand roses on the ground, in pot plants, she looked up and saw Kunzite smiling at her. She was on the roof of the four seasons and it was sunset. Mina looked on the ground and saw a red carpet path in the middle of the roses; she walked it looking fondly at her approaching lover whose smile seemed to get broader.
"Wow Kunzite, you did all this for me?" Mina spoke in awe as she recalled the entire day, Kunzite grabbed her hand and she blushed.
"Minako you are the light and love of my life, you are my sun and my moon, the world is such a better place just because you're in it" Kunzite began and Mina's eyes grew wider and wider as she saw Kunzite bending down on one knee,
"Aino Minako will you do me the honour of becoming my wife" Kunzite spoke as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a box, opening it to reveal a heat shaped topaz stone with two diamonds encrusted on either side,
"really" Minako spoke softly, feeling she was about to cry of happiness, Kunzite just nodded with a huge smile,
"yes, Yes I will" Mina burst out, Kunzite immediately stood up and hugged her, spinning her round and round, finally finishing by placing on the ground and embracing her with a long and passionate kiss.
After several moments they both pulled away and Mina held out her hand for Kunzite to put the ring on, which he did,
"I wish the girls were here, so I could share this with them" Mina smiled as she admired her ring,
"I'd thought you'd say that" Kunzite chuckled huskily, and then grabbed her by the hand leading her to an elevator.
They both stepped in and Kunzite pressed the second floor button, Mina grabbed Kunzite's hand smiling, suddenly the elevator doors opened and they were both greeted by a barrage of people shouting,
"Happy engagement party!" on closer observation Minako could see Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Ami, Chibi Usa, Hotaru, Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna as well as Jaedite, Nephlyte, Zoisite, Mamoru in the centre of the room beaming back at the happy couple. There were other people there as well, mostly family and friends of the scouts and generals.
Suddenly Mina saw amongst the crowd a white haired boy for but a second, run across the room, when she blinked he was gone so she took no notice of the random event, figuring it was one of the girls friends.
Minako ran to Usagi, Rei, Makoto and Ami and started squealing, everyone watched in awe as the other girls started squealing and gathering around Mina's hand to view the ring,
"Do you understand what they're saying? Haruka whispered to Nephlyte,
"Not a clue" he laughed back and thus began a night of dancing, and enjoyment.
Minako woke up the next morning next to Kunzite in her bed, it seemed they both fell asleep in their clothes, she giggled and yawned.
Suddenly she heard a buzzer coming from beside her, she turned to see her sailor watch lit up, she opened it and saw Ami in her Sailor Uniform talking,
"Venus, we really need you here, downtown and forth"
"Right" Mina responded as she closed the communicator and turned to Kunzite,
"Wake up sleepy head, duty calls" she laughed, as she reached into her pocket and pulled out her Sailor Wand,
"Ok ok, I'm up, I'm up" kunzite laughed as he stood up, he pulled out a small ring from his pocket and placed it on his finger, it began glowing orange and in an instant Kunzite was dressed in his general uniform.
"Venus Crystal Power!" Minako yelled and in an instant she to was dressed in her uniform, she grabbed her fiancé's hand and smiled,
"Teleport?" she questioned,
"You read my mind" he laughed while grabbing her other hand,
"Venus Crystal, Earth Power… Teleport" and in a flash of orange they were gone.
In an instant they arrived at downtown at forth, Minako and Kunzite looked around, Usagi was battling what seemed to be the commander of the new monster threat with Ami, Zoisite and Mamoru, Rei and Jaedite were battling some of the minions around with Makoto and Nephlyte.
Minako looked quickly went to judge who needed the most help, when briefly from out of her peripheral vision she realised that their second youngest scout, Sailor Saturn was following a suspicious character into a fire fighter station. Minako immediately panicked and started to run after her.
After about one minute, Mina burst through the doors of the red bricked fire station, she could hear a struggle going on upstairs, so she found the nearest staircase and scaled it. Because although it was a fact that Sailor Saturn was the second strongest scout besides Sailor moon, she was also inexperienced being only 15 years old. Minako ran upstairs and to her shock she saw Saturn on the ground, struggling to get up and a man dressed in a blue hood standing over her.
"Get away from her you creep!" Mina yelled as she positioned herself to attack,
"Venus Crescent Beam!" she yelled, pointing her fingers at the stranger, suddenly he lifted his hand up and pulled down the hood of the cloak.
Mina gasped; the man looked exactly like her old crush, Kaitou Ace,
"Ace??" Mina questioned,
"Mina" the man responded formally, and then he turned to Sailor Saturn and covered her in a black flame,
"Nooo!" Mina yelled as she through her Venus chain and wrapped it around Saturn, pulling her out of the black flames.
Sailor Saturn fell into Mina's arms, unconscious, Mina looked up and glared at the man that she knew couldn't be Kaitou Ace, Ace was dead, he just turned around and in a flash of blue light he was gone.
Minako detransformed from her sailor uniform and gently lent Sailor Saturn in her arms,
"Hotaru!!, Hotaru, wake up!!!" Mina spoke fearfully as she realised Sailor Saturn was unconscious, although thankfully alive,
"Hotaru please" Mina cried as she picked the girl up in her arms, she realised now that Hotaru wasn't breathing,
"No please, please" Mina cried as she gently laid the girl down and started to perform CPR and thankfully Hotaru started breathing again, but her pulse was shallow… if Mina didn't know better Hotaru was dieing.
Once again she picked the girl up in her arms and ran down stairs, bursting out of the fire station doors to see everyone staring at her,
"She needs help!" Mina yelled, they all ran over to her and looked at Hotaru,
"Usagi?" Rei questioned hopefully, Usagi looked at Hotaru and took her broach off her Sailor Uniform, laying it on Hotaru, and it began to glow brightly.
Mina could feel her breathing becoming slightly more stable but she was still unconscious,
"we need to get her to a hospital" Ami encouraged,
"right" Minako spoke as she began to run in the direction of the hospital which was less then a kilometre away. Hotaru as Mina was running transformed back to her clothes, Mina knew she was weak,
"Hold on firefly" Minako spoke encouragingly to the unconscious girl in her arms, and within no time she was at the hospital.
The doctors saw Hotaru immediately and diagnosed her as soon as possible.
Mina was coming to the hospital each day to check on her but still no improvement, it tore her to pieces as she waited for Hotaru to wake up. But as time progressed and days turned into weeks Minako began to feel it was her fault, after all she hadn't attacked when she had the chance… her friend was being attacked what was she thinking???
End flashback
Minako sighed, as she remembered how she fell to pieces, she could hear everyone ask her what had happened, but she remained silent. Afraid of what they would ever do if they ever found out she faked her death, a bomb blast on a regular guard duty and not turning into Sailor Venus ever again let people think she was dead……
Minako got up from the hotel bed and walked to the Minibar taking out a coke, this was definitely going to be a stressful day.
Well how did you like the chappy! … please read and review and tell me what you think……. 0.0 dum dum dum!!!!!!! We now know why Indigo left the Sailor Scouts…. But what does Ace Kaitou have to do with it (ps if you don't know who kaitou ace is ... he's from the Sailor V comic, and Minako had a giant crush on him because he was an idol then it progresses to show how Ace is actually Adonis, Mina's fated lover… but of course he works for the evil generals……