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Chapter 22
Enter Luna and Artemis
(Tuesday)
A/N (I edited and reposted Chapter 21 as a request from Sakura cc, not much of it has changed but you may want to go back and read it. Just added a bit of Rei's thoughts so it will flow with this chapter a little better.)
Mars was a little embarrassed that she hadn't thought of their two guardian cats at all since she had been home. 'guess I have had other things on my mind' Mars thought as she looked at the beautiful blond Sailor Venus next to her, 'Wow she is really sexy in that' Mars finished her thought.
"Oh yeah where are Luna and Artemis I'm surprised I haven't seen them since I've been back and they didn't come to the reunion." Mars said.
"Oh they are still on their honeymoon" Venus said as she turned to really look at Mars for the first time since they transformed. 'Oh god, she is so hot, look at her legs, those heels!!, I think I'm going to have a major red high heel fetish after this.' Mina quickly backed up from the crowd again in case her powers decided to affect people once more, because god knows she was seriously aroused with Mars standing there in her fuck me red high heels.
"Honeymoon?" Mars asked.
"Yeah they went to Vegas for a while and were planning to end at Hawaii they stopped by and visited me in L.A. before they went to Hawaii" Venus said while trying to not stare at Mars's enticingly long legs or imagine them wrapped around her body while in bed, still wearing the heels.
"What? how can cats have a honeymoon and travel?" Mars asked. Solarus looked very confused too since his memories hardly included the cat guardians. Everyone looked at Sailor Mars like she was stupid, until Venus talked again.
"Oh yeah you haven't seen them or been back to Japan since you left have you, Luna and Artemis can take human form now. They are both about the age of 20 or so and they seem to age like us but were not totally sure yet."
"Really? Is that normal for them?" Mars questioned. She was answered by Sailor Moon.
"Yes there cat form is only part of who they are, Luna said that back in the Silver Millennium they could change back and forth at will, like they can now, it's a special power passed on in there race."
"Their Race?" Solarus asked.
"Yeah they are a separate race, almost extinct back in the Silver Millennium. They served the Royal family of the moon kingdom mostly, but would sometimes serve other royal families close to the queen. Such as Artemis, My mother Queen Serenity and Queen Radiance of Venus were very good friends from back in there own senshi days. So he was given the task of training and educating the Venusians royal line, especially since Venus was always the leader of the inner senshi. That's why he was drawn to Minako/Sailor Venus when they were searching for us all, he was used to that particular line. That's also why Luna found me first she was my teacher back in the past." Sailor Moon said.
"Oh well that makes little sense to me but then again not much has been normal since I got here" Solarus said with a wide smile indicating that he liked the crazy way about the group.
"Ok everyone de-transform before Naru comes back" This from Uranus. And with flashes of multicolor lights everyone was standing in there normal clothes except for Solarus who was asking Mamoru how to undo his transformation now that they were done. Everyone just grinned and got back to business as Mamoru explained how he did it to a confused Prince Solarus.
"Princess can you call Luna and ask her when they are getting back" Setsuna said to Usagi. Usagi was already in motion walking to the table and grabbing her cell phone and quickly pressing the speed dial number two. Luna answered in a giggling voice.
"This is Luna"
"Hi Luna this is Usagi we have a problem when are you and Artemis getting back?" Luna stopped giggling and said in a serious voice.
"We will be back in a few minutes actually we were going to surprise everyone since you were all in town for the reunion we wanted to see you all especially Rei and the starlight's. We will be landing in a few minutes. Can it wait to talk about it until we get to the mansion"
"Yeah it can wait but were actually not at the mansion we are in the middle of a karaoke party and we cant leave since Youchiro and Naru are both coming later, so can you meet us at the karaoke in the crown. Room nine under the name Chiba" Usagi answered.
"Ok we will be there in about 15 minutes, Bye Usagi"
"Bye Luna" Usagi hung up the phone and turned to the group.
"They were already on there way home, they wanted to surprise us. Luna said they would meet us here in about 15 minutes." Setsuna looked relieved that they would have the guardians there soon to discuss this problem in person rather then long distance over the phone.
Haruka decided that things were getting a little to serious in the room for her taste and grabbed Michiru and Hotaru and forced them to sing a song with her. Most everything thing went back to normal as they listened to the girls singing and waited for the cat guardians' to arrive. Minako retreated to her corner back away from everyone else. Rei followed her but didn't take her seat again. 'shit my back hurts, I can hardly sit' Rei thought as she stood a little in front of her previous chair next to Minako, with her arms crossed over her stomach and a slight frown on her face. Minako noticed Rei's expression and wondered why she was upset. 'maybe she is worried about Setsuna not being able to transform, or maybe something else is wrong' Minako thought as she stood. The blond was determined to find out why Rei was upset and placed her hand on Rei's back while she leaned down to whisper the question to the dark haired senshi asking what was wrong.
Rei wasn't normally one to show any signs of pain, having incredible control of her emotions. But when Minako placed her hand on the dark haired girls injured back, completely catching her off guard with the touch and causing a great amount of discomfort she pulled away violently.
"Ow" Rei said loudly before she realized what was happening. Mina looked worried but no one else seemed to have heard her over the loud music.
"Sorry" Rei said to a confused Minako.
"What's wrong Rei you looked worried a little bit ago but now you seem to be in pain did I hurt you somehow?" Minako asked in a concerned voice.
"No, well yes a little but its not your fault." Rei said vaguely. Minako sighed she hated when Rei answered questions like that she was always so vague.
"What do you mean Rei?" Mina asked still very worried. Rei answered.
"Its nothing," When Mina gave her a little frown that clearly said I want a full explanation the dark haired girl continued.
"Its just my back was almost healed but I think Yaten may have opened some of the cuts again when he pushed me into the wall. It just hurts a little." Rei hoped the explanation would put the blond at ease but it seemed to only make her look even more upset.
"Let me see" Mina said while turning Rei around and brushing her hair forward, it was then that Minako noticed a little line of red on Rei's tank top just under her shoulder blades.
"I think you might be right lets go to the restroom so I can make sure its ok" Minako said.
"No it should be fine as long as its not bleeding" Rei answered.
"Then we go to the restroom, we don't want to ruin your shirt" Minako said with a smile.
"Crap, of course you would be worried about my clothes" Rei said in a joking tone as Minako pushed her up the stairs.
"well we live in a material world and I'm practically its queen, plus I really like this top it matches your eyes, makes them even more beautiful and vibrant if that's even possible." Rei blushed a little at the complement.
"Hey were are you guys going? We wanted to hear you sing again" Haruka yelled across the room at the retreating women.
"Restroom" Mina said over her shoulder.
"ok" was Haruka's reply.
Rei and Minako were just exiting the karaoke area and turning toward the restroom of the crown when they saw Youchiro walking toward them.
"Hey ladies I didn't miss the whole party being late did I?" the brown haired man asked with a sly grin. Minako smiled and answered.
"Nope we are all still here Rei and I just needed to use the restroom really quick. Room nine" she said as they walked toward the bathroom.
"ok see you soon" Youchiro said as he walked toward the karaoke room door. Mina opened the door and ushered Rei inside immediately turning and locking the door. Rei quickly went to the mirror and pulled her top over her head while trying to turn to the side so she could see her back clearly. She wasn't successful. Deciding that she would have to let Minako tend to her back she looked then to her shirt hoping that it wasn't ruined. She was relived to see it was a very little bit of blood and that no one would probably be able to notice it unless they were looking for it, especially with her long hair, plus she would probably be able to get the stain out easily.
"I don't think my top is ruined, how does my back look?" Rei asked as she pulled her hair forward and turned her back toward Minako. Mina walked up behind the dark haired women and examined the fire senshi's exposed wounds. Gently running her finger tips over Rei's back making her shiver slightly.
"You were right one of them did open up again, its actually bleeding quite a bit your lucky it didn't get all over your shirt and skirt. Your shirt must have been keeping it from flowing a lot. When you took it off the cut probably started to bleed again" Mina said as she grabbed a bit of paper towel and wet it using the damp rag to clean the blood off of Rei's back and to clean the cut. Once the blood was gone she noticed it still continued to bleed a little so she grabbed her purse and set it on the counter digging through it towards the bottom.
"what are you looking for?" Rei asked.
"It wont stop bleeding so I'm looking for this" Mina said as she pulled out a big square bandage.
"Why do you have such a large bandage in your purse" Rei asked while Minako grabbed another paper towel and dabbed at Rei's cut before opening the bandage and gently applying it to Rei's back. "I mean band-aids I get but that's about the size of your fist." Rei stated.
"I have bigger ones in here, I just got used to It while I was fighting as Sailor V, a lot of the time I would get injured, especially in the beginning, and I didn't have anyone who could patch me up since Artemis was only a cat. I started to carry around large bandages so I could just bandage myself as best as possible. I was so relived when I finally met up with you guys and had someone to fight with, I didn't have to worry so much about getting hit in the back because I had someone to bandage me up if it happened" Minako said with a smile. "Your all fixed up, most of them are already healed and the others will be soon. Its just that one larger scratch in the middle that was opened again. Thank goodness we heal so fast or you would be in a lot of pain" Minako said looking down at the floor in mild shame. Rei turned and gave her a little kiss on the cheek.
"Guess you need to trim your nails a little so you cant inflict such damage." Rei said with a smile.
" And thanks for the healing doc, much better then last time" Rei said as she caressed Minako's cheek.
"Last time?" Mina said questioningly while Rei righted her shirt to put back on.
"You don't remember?" Rei said as she started to pull the shirt over her head. Minako just shook her head in the negative.
"I was sick with the flu and you came over and tried to help me get better, it was a disaster" Rei said with a smile. Minako blushed a little having remembered that day many years ago. They were still back in Middle School around 14 or 15 years old. She gave a small smile with the memory.
"Yeah my wound healing skills are magnificent but I'm not good with the flu and other sicknesses my attempts at making people feel better always end up bad" Mina said with a smile as she turned to unlock and open the door.
The two women exited the restroom and started walking towards the karaoke entrance when randomly Minako squealed and ran towards a taller man with short white blond hair and blue eyes, jumping into his arms and hugging him close. Rei got extremely jealous. 'who the hell is that' she thought as she glared at Mina and the very good looking stranger. Then Mina turned and hugged the beautiful girl with long curly dark hair and brown eyes, standing next to the gorgeous man, and Rei got jealous again, still standing across the room. Minako turned to see Rei standing were she had left her, glaring at her old friends. 'what's her problem' she thought then realization dawned on her. 'she doesn't know who they are, she's jealous again" Minako thought with a smile and waved for Rei to get over here. When Rei stood next to Mina she was caught off guard when the dark haired girl jumped at her giving her a fierce hug.
"Rei, its so good to see you again" the dark haired stranger said.
"Um… do I know you" Rei asked with a lot of annoyance in her voice. Minako laughed. The blue eyed man smiled and the dark haired girl giggled.
"You haven't changed a bit, still has a temper to match her powers" she said. Then Rei realized who she was talking to.
"Luna, is that you? Wow your hot, I mean…" Rei said to the dark haired girl. Rei blushed and Mina glared at her a little.
"I mean your both hot, I mean you guys look really different as humans" Rei said then stopped talking as she realized she was just digging her self into a deeper hole. Luna and Artemis both laughed. Minako still glared.
"Yes we are very fortunate to be what humans find attractive" Luna teased. Rei smiled.
"You seem different" Rei stated, Rei had never known Luna to be so carefree or to giggle, or tease. Minako finally stopped glaring and said.
"Yeah. They tend to have less restrictive personalities as humans. Wait until they pull a prank on you, they like to do that, although they are not nearly as good at it as myself but they are young yet, they still have much to learn" Artemis smiled and bowed to Mina while saying in a very sarcastic tone.
"Yes Master we will continue to study your obnoxious ways" Mina laughed and smacked his arm.
"So were is everyone else" Luna asked with a huge smile on her face.
"In the karaoke room" Rei said.
"K" Luna answered before grabbing Artemis's hand and bounding off towards the karaoke door. Rei stared at them as they walked away tilting her head to the side slightly while examining there human bodies closely. 'weird' she thought. Minako noticed this and smacked Rei's arm.
"What?" Rei asked.
"So they are hot hu, and don't think I didn't notice you checking them out when they walked away." Mina said with a frown while crossing her arms.
"Minako Aino are you jealous?" Rei asked.
"Yes, I know its stupid but I don't want to think about you being attracted to someone else. I mean I know you are and will be attracted to other people I just don't like it thrown in my face like that" Mina answered truthfully. That was something Rei liked most about Mina she always said what was on her mind and very rarely minced words preferring to state the truth.
"Mina, just because I noticed they are attractive doesn't mean I would ever try anything, I love you and only you! Ok. And I wasn't checking them out I was just examining them in human form, seeing if they had any feline like qualities still." Rei said while taking Mina's hand in her own gently caressing the blonds palm with her thumb.
"Plus as hot as they are, there isn't even a question about who I find more attractive, you would win every time, hands down. I mean you are the goddess of love remember, isn't it like in your job description to be mind-blowingly sexy, because you are to me." Rei whispered into Mina's ear. This turned Minako on incalculably and she quickly pulled herself from Rei's grip and was very happy the crown wasn't very full at the moment.
"What" Rei said confused.
"Um sorry but that totally turned me on and I didn't want to effect you if my stupid powers go crazy" Mina said. Rei used her psychic senses to do a sort of scan on Minako and was able to deduce that her powers were not overflowing at the moment.
"Your not admitting an aura right now" Rei said and took her hand again. "Must be since you transformed recently that probably expelled a lot of your pent up energy" Rei continued.
"Your probably right" Mina said with a smile as they walked back towards the karaoke rooms to join there friends.