[Scene: Hen Tie High. Zoi, Mamoru, and Usagi are walking through the hallways. Mamoru is showing Zoi a list of parts they will need to rebuild the bikes]

Mamoru: We'll start at the dump first, to see if we can get lucky. This could get expensive. Those bikes are going to need a lot of help before they can run again. I'm talking maybe more than a hundred dollars here.

[Zoi takes an envelope out of his pocket, and fans out some hundreds]

Zoi: We're covered. What time should we meet on Saturday?

Mamoru: Any time would be good.

Zoi: How about 10:00 am?

Mamoru: Perfect. We can meet at the salvage yard and then grab some lunch on the way to my apartment... Will you need a ride from your place?

Zoi: No need. I can have my father drop me off.

Usagi: [overcome with joy] Oh, I think it is so great that the two of you are going to be building bikes together. I wish I could join you...I've been studying really hard and my grades are improving already.

Mamoru: Good. After your grades improve, you may want to work on shedding some of that pudge.

[He pokes her in the belly and Zoi's jaw drops]

Zoi: Don't treat her like that!

Usagi: It's ok...

[Zoi give her a dirty look]

Usagi: ...I mean, yeah, don't treat me like that!

Mamoru: Fine, but you're on your way to becoming chubby.

Zoi: [sniffy] I think she looks fine just the way she is.

Usagi: See, Zoi thinks I look fine.

Mamoru: Zoi is gay.

[Usagi giggles and catches sight of Minako, who is smiling and looking a hundred times better than the last time they saw her.]

Usagi: Look there is Minako. Hey, Minako. Wait up.

[Minako's smile vanishes as soon as her eyes settle on Zoi. She turns quickly and hurries away.]

Usagi: Oh, dear. I wonder what is wrong with her?

[A few minutes later...]

[Minako runs into the bathroom. She waits until everyone is gone before rapping on the mirror with her fist.]

Minako: Hey...Artemis...Cat Man Doo...

[Nothing happens]

Minako: [Knocks harder] Here, kitty, kitty! Rise and shine.

[Slowly Artemis appears behind her with his arms crossed.]

Artemis: I assume you finally decided to embrace your destiny?

Minako: You know it!

Artemis: You didn't have to return to this bathroom to talk to me. Any reflective surface would do.

Minako: [shrugs] I've been through a lot lately, and I could really use some stability...I assume you witnessed that little scene in the bar last night? I want to know what exactly the deal is.

Artemis: You are the reincarnation of the Guardian from the Planet Venus.

Minako: And the Guardians were not fully human, right?

Artemis: Not technically human in the earth sense, no.

Minako: So I'm an alien?

Artemis: No, you're a human girl now. With human parents.

Minako: [under her breath] I'm not sure my mother qualifies as human...so how is that even biologically possible? And why now? And why can I remember my previous life? And if reincarnation is a thing, why is it that you are still a ghost?

Artemis: I am uncertain. All I can assume is that the Queen of the Moon used her magic in some way to bring you here.

Minako: So why me and why not you? Why didn't she bring you back as a human or a talking earth kitty or something?

Artemis: I assume it was because you were murdered before she was, and I was murdered afterwards.

[Artemis seems unemotional about it, which makes Minako even sadder]

Minako: Who murdered you? Was it Kunzite?

Artemis: I don't remember.

Minako: You don't remember who murdered you?

Artemis: You just got your memories back, so you remember dying like it was yesterday. For me it has been a thousand years... anyway, that isn't important at the moment. What is important is that there is an evil god trying to build an army-

Minako: [nods] Dr. Metalia.

Artemis: Dr. Metalia?

Minako: Come on. A thousand years ago an evil goddess named Metalia ordered a hot guy named Kunzite to seduce and murder me, and a thousand years later, they're both still around? I may only have a 2.8 GPA, but that doesn't mean I'm an idiot.

Artemis: Actually, if you were a little less of an idiot, you'd realize your GPA isn't even remotely a 2.8.

Minako: Hey, I was rounding up! Besides, I'm smart enough to know grades don't matter when you've got a face and body like mine.

Artemis: [rolls his eyes] Fair enough. But back to business. Yes, Metalia is an evil goddess, but not the evil god in question. Metalia has preyed upon this planet nearly unopposed for over a thousand years and it has made her lazy and decadent. She poses no immediate threat to the population at large...This new god, on the hand. He is desperate and weak. He has no homeland, and he has just lost the last of his worshippers. He has arrived on this planet, intending to build up a following from the weak and the desperate-

Minako: Then why don't we let the two of them duke it out and then call it a day?

Artemis: Because millions of innocent people will become enslaved by him before she begins to take him seriously...he preys on the weak, the desperate, the hopeless. What percentage of the population of this planet do you think can identify with being weak, desperate, or hopeless?

Minako: Pretty much all of us, at one time or another.

Artemis: We need to find a way to stop him... or at least interfere enough so he doesn't grow in power... this will not be easy, but I've seen signs of another Moon Guardian awaking, so you will not be alone for very much longer...

[Minako just nods, determination burning in her eyes]

Minako: I am sure you have a million questions for me?

Minako: Just one. [grins wickedly] When do we get to kill Kunzite O'Sama?