"Open your eyes Mina." The silky voice floated over to her.

Mina peeled open one eye, then very slowly the other. Whoa... this light is so bright... where am I?

"Mina?" A silhouette floated down, blocking out some of the brilliant white light, "Mina. Wake up." The voice was a man's, and it was light and airy.

She sat up a little, "Hello?"

The silhouette folded away its great wings, and stepped toward her in human form, "What do you remember about yourself, Mina?"

Mina stopped, What do I remember? "My... my name is Mina."

"Yes?" The man smiled, his white glowing hair flopping a little over one eye.

And that's it... I'm Mina... but I must have some past... but what is it?

"Open your wings, Mina."

Mina looked up at the man, "My wings?" Then she felt something brush along her back, an instinct almost, as the feathers of her wings spread open.

"Mina." The man went down on his knees to be closer to her, "You have been cleansed."

"Who... who are you?"

"Ash. I'm an angel, like you. Don't you remember me?"

Ash... Ash... Mina's head spun, Ash!

*Here let me help you there. I am Ash. You seem to have fallen from the skies.*

Mina shook her head, "Yes... you found me..."

Ash smiled, "Yes I did."

"You... you..."

*What brings you here? The man's hand extends towards me and he helps me up.*

"You helped me when I was lost..." She murmured. But I don't remember anything else...

"You were lost, but now you remember what you must do?"

Mina nodded, "All must be cleansed. That is my mission as a Sailor Scout. I fight for purity and love."

Ash nodded, his eyes closed in bliss, "Yes you do, Mina."

"I fight for you, on the side of the angels, to rid the world of impurities. I will snuff out the unclean," LITA, "Snuff out the unnecessary" SERENA AND AMI, "And I shall snuff out the Unwanted." RAYE!

Ash took hold of her white gloves and stood her up, "Look in the mirror, Mina. This is who you are."

Something's changed... but I can't think what...She looked at herself, all in white. A short, white skirt that came to about mid thigh, long white gloves, short sleeves with white feathers poking over her shoulder. Two sparkling silver ribbons tied on her snow white outfit, one at the back, and one on her chest, and in her hair, another sparkling white bow.

"You're an angel, Mina. Do you know your first task?"

Mina slowly nodded, smoothing down her skirt, "Hunt down the impure reapers, and destroy the unclean demons."

Ash smiled, I may be fallen, but this is the right thing to do. This is how I get back... get back...

xxx

"So..." Raye slurred, "Do reapers actually sleep? I mean... at all?" Raye gave a loud yawn.

Grell shrugged, "Why?"

"Because I think we've been walking all night and I, as a human..."

"Martian"

"Shut up, human, have to get some sleep!"

Grell stopped and grinned sharply at her, "Really? I like you better when you're tired. You're much quieter!"

Raye glared, "Hilarious..."

"And to answer your question, yes we do sleep. We have a special apartment back at our workplace!"

"Nice... Can we go there?"

"Asking yourself back to my place, eh?" Grell chuckled, "Already told you, I'm not interested!" He winked.

"Yeah, you're a regular comedian..." Raye grumbled, "Look, Grell, I'm tired!"

Grell stopped and shrugged, "All right. I'm quite impressed you got this far little Mars!" He walked over to her and put his arm round her to support her, "Hang on." And with that, Grell sprung in to the air.

Raye gave a yelp of surprise, but went with it, clinging on to the Reaper for dear life. Grell landed on an open windowsill, "Here, no one's sleeping in this room."

Raye stepped in nervously, "How do you know?"

"I reaped the soul of the bloke last weekend."

Raye sighed, "I should have guessed. Not sure I'm too comfortable with sleeping in a dead guy's bed..."

Grell shrugged, "Fine, I'll have it."

"NO!" Raye said a little too quickly and stepped back embarrassed, "I mean... no. I'll sleep in it. I don't really want to sleep in my scout uniform though..." She sighed, it would crease in the night, and probably smell in the morning...

Grell flung open the wardrobe and grinned inside, "Urg... terrible clothes, but these might suit you, little Mars..." He flung some striped trousers and a shirt at her.

"Better than nothing I suppose... Can I just ask? Did the guy... die... in the bed...?"

Grell burst out laughing, "Hmmm, no. He never got that far! I got him by the door!" He laughed again. It made Raye a little uncomfortable, but he seemed good protection for her...

Raye began to pull her left glove off, when she stopped, seeing Grell sat cross legged on the end of the bed, "Er... do you mind?!"

"Hmmm?"

Raye stared, bewildered, "I'm about to undress!"

Grell raised his eyebrows, "Really? By now you should get it in to your Martian brain, I'm not interested. Come on! We're all girls together!" He dropped one shoulder of his coat down his arm and winked.

"Yeah, well, it's still uncomfortable! Just... go and stand in the corner. Facing the corner!" She reiterated as Grell turned around annoyed.

Raye finished dressing quickly, and folded her scout uniform up neatly and put it on the floor by the bed, her elegant red shoes just beside it.

"Alright." She yawned, "I'm going to bed now, What are you going to... OH!" She screeched as Grell slid in the bed next to her.

"What?"

Raye stared, "You can't sleep here!"

Grell rolled his eyes and flopped heavily on to his side, snuggling down to sleep. "Just try and stop me..."

Raye growled angrily but wriggled down a little concerned anyway. This guy was beyond creepy, yet she couldn't help feeling a little fond...

xxx

"MARS FIRE BALLS... IGNITE! Urg... why isn't this working... MARS...erm... FLAMING LION ATTACK! Rubbish... MARS DEATH SCYTHE SWIPE ATTACK!"

Raye woke up rubbing her eyes, "Hey, what's going...?"

The candle that illuminated the room was quickly blown out, "Nothing happening here!" Grell chimed.

"Was that my...?"

"Nope!"

"You're in..."

"No I'm not!"

"YOU'RE WEARING MY SCOUT OUTFIT!" Raye yelled, "Light that candle again right now!"

There were a few very solemn footsteps before the candle's glow lit again. There stood Grell, his hair hanging loose down his back as he stood in the small, red skirt. The gloves were a little short on him, only reaching to just below the elbow. He also wore the headdress and collar.

"Well I thought it suited me!"

Raye glared furiously, and the most annoying thing about the whole situation was that yes, it really did suit him... "I took that off so it wouldn't smell in the morning! And now you're wearing it and you're gonna get Reaper sweat all over it!"

"HOW DARE YOU!" Grell flung his hands on his hips and glared, "I'm not going to sweat like some... pig!"

"Take it off right now!"

"Hypocrite! You wouldn't get undressed in front of me and now it's my turn to be stubborn!"

Raye was fuming, "You have a count of five! And how did you fit in my shoes?!"

"I didn't... these are my shoes..." He spun on the black heel of his sharp red and black shoes, "They still work don't you think?"

Raye slammed her fists down on her bed and screamed internally, He's just a bloke... nothing to get angry about... it's not like he stretched my outfit or any... wait... She opened her eyes and stared, "YOU'VE STRETCHED IT!"

Grell's mouth dropped open, "Are you calling me fat!?"

"NO! Just... you're obviously not my size."

"We can't be that different!" Grell flicked his hair back, "It slipped on rather well I th..." Grell stopped and looked to his To Die list that was hanging half out his pocket, "Someone's writing in it...?"

"What?!" Raye was angry that he'd got distracted right in the middle of their argument.

"My To Die list..." Grell walked over, snatching it from his pocket and opening it to the offending page. "Please note..." He muttered.

"I'm sorry, what?" Raye walked over and looked over his shoulder.

PLEASE NOTE- The following writing is not to do with the To Die list, and these are not orders from on high... in fact, I feel rather bad about abusing the list like this bu...

RAYE! It's Ami! I'm safe! Do you know where the other girls are? Are you all right? You know Mina's in trouble?!

Sorry about that. She stole my book and wouldn't return it. Keep on with your task.

Will (And Ami!)

"Well that's a jumbled mess of hand writing!" Grell stared at the page in his To Die list.

"That's definitely Ami's writing!" Raye pointed to the more cheerful section of the letter.

"THEN WHAT THE HELL'S SHE DOING WITH MY WILL?!"

"Stop being so man-centred and give me your pen! I need to reply." Raye sat down, all thoughts of her ruined outfit gone.

Grell looked at her, one eyebrow raised, "You think I carry pens everywhere I go?"

"Well, I kinda assumed so, yeah! Doesn't everyone?"

"No! And if everyone does use your own pen." He mocked.

"Seriously." She folded her arms, "Where would you keep a pen in this outfit?"

"I could stick it dow..."

"Forget I asked... Look! I need a pen!" Raye grabbed his coat and started turning the pockets inside out.

"We don't use our notebooks for this sort of thing really!" Grell shrugged, "It never occurred to me to bring something that might spill ghastly ink over my silky waistcoat," he purred.

"All that matters to you is men, and fashion." Raye sighed, "You're worse than Serena..."

"Another little friend?"

"Yes! Actually. Damn, now Ami won't know I'm all right..."

Grell paused, "Well, she obviously knows about Mina, so we should meet her there, right?"

Raye gasped, delighted, "Right!"

"And I think I've got a rather cunning disguise plan for when we run in to trouble..."

xxx

"SERENA!" Mey-Rin yelled as she ran headlong down the corridor, "It was Sally yes it was!"

"Sally?! Wha..." Serena had been absentmindedly cleaning Sebastian's shoes with butter.

"Sally! You told her future wrong, yes you did!"

"Future? What are you talking about Mey?"

Mey-Rin stopped dead, all humour gone from her face. She slowly slipped her glasses down on to the edge of her nose, "Mey-Rin. Always Mey-Rin."

"Woah..." Serena stood, "How'd you change your voice like that?"

Mey-Rin slipped her glasses back on, "Never mind!" Her old voice was back, "But Sally! She told me to tell you!"

"Tell me what?! I have no idea what you're talking about Mey-Rin!"

"Jupiter's here!"

"WHAT?!" Serena's eyes widened, "Where?"

"You tell me, you're the astrologer." Mey-Rin shrugged and walked away.

Jupiter's here... she doesn't mean... Was Sally really...

Serena stood up straight, "I have to find Sebastian!"