[scene: the tub in Kunzite's wing in the O'Sama mansion. Zoi is resting with his head on Kunzite's chest surrounded by bubbles. Kunzite is talking on his cellphone.

Kunzite: ...that's right, seven of the missing campers...They tried to attack your son, so I had no choice but to kill them...you'll find the bodies in the winecellar...

[Zoi stirs a bit without opening his eyes. Kunzite strokes his wet hair]

Kunzite: You can tell the FBI anything you want...your son and I are incapable of leaving behind fingerprints or any other physical evidence, so to them this will look like nothing more than some bizarre cult's mass suicide...which, if you think about it, is not that far from the truth... I could have easily incinerated the bodies, but your son insisted it was important to give the families at least some evidence of what happened to their loved ones...I'll tell him...

Kunzite: [to Zoi] He said you're a good boy.

[Zoi giggles]

Kunzite: [into the phone]...Just give us a few minutes to vacant the building, then come by with a forensics team to collect the remains...We'll talk more about this later.

[He hangs up the phone.]

[Zoi opens one eye to peek at Kunzite.]

Zoi: What about Minako and her gang?

Kunzite: What about them.

Zoi: What if they talk to the FBI?

Kunzite: They won't. Their hands aren't clean either.

[Zoi puts his hand on Kunzite's chest]

Zoi: I'm sorry about all this.

Kunzite: [strokes his hair morosely] What do you have to be sorry about?

Zoi: You told me to run away at the first sign of danger, and instead I let this situation get completely out of hand.

Kunzite: [deep sigh] Zoisite. You don't have to apologize to me every time something attacks you.

Zoi: It's still my fault.

Kunzite: Your fault? You might as well say this is all my fault.

Zoi: Your fault? How could any of this be your fault? You weren't even here for most of it?

Kunzite: I don't know if you noticed this, but those creatures only attacked you because of my pigheaded insistence you be turned into a Shitennou. Those damned senshi were standing right there, and those creatures ignored everything but you until a second Shitennou showed up.

[Actually, Zoi did notice this, but in his zeal to come to the defense of Kunzite, he plays devil's advocate.]

Zoi: You don't know that. Maybe those creatures just didn't notice them?

Kunzite: It's pretty hard to miss the girl on the stairs who is launching fireballs in your direction.

Zoi: Yeah? So? I don't know if you remember this, but your pigheaded insistence on turning me into a Shitennou was the only thing that saved my life.

Kunzite: I don't know if you remember this, but if we'd never met, your life wouldn't have been in danger in the first place. If I hadn't distracted you in the parking lot until you were almost hit by Motoki's van, you would be leading a perfectly normal, happy life right now.

Zoi: [sullen] You don't know that.

Kunzite: If we'd never met, the worst that could happen would be what? You'd trip over your own feet in gym class? Even if you split your head and had to be rushed to the emergency room, Mamoru Chiba could have held your hand while they hooked up your IV line. Don't try to take any of this on yourself, Zoisite. It will only make me more disgusted with what I've done.

[Zoi sits up at glare at Kunzite head on]

Zoi: How the hell did holding hands with Mamoru end up being a part of this conversation?

Kunzite: Mamoru Chiba ended up in this conversation because Mamoru Chiba would have been a hell of a lot healthier for you to be married to.

Zoi: I'd rather die than be married to Mamoru Chiba! I'd rather die than be married to anyone but you!

Kunzite: Don't be melodramatic, please.

Zoi: Well then don't be ridiculous!

[Zoi picks up a handful of bubbles and blows them in Kunzite's face. Kunzite can't help but smile and pulls Zoi close against his chest, and kisses the top of his head]

[Zoi closes his eyes and smiles happily]

Zoi: Thank goodness you managed to finish that work you had to do for your mother in time to rescue me.

[Kunzite freezes up]

Zoi: [looks up at him with big green eyes] Oh, no...

Kunzite: [petting him] You let me worry about Mother.

Zoi: [clings to him] That might be the scariest thing I've ever heard you say.

[Meanwhile: The Hen Tie Fairgrounds]

[Minako Aino is storming her way to through the parking-lot with a bitter scowl on her face.]

[There is a great deal of confusion among the fairgoers as what has just been witnessed by some, but Minako doesn't feel like staying around and providing any explanations. She climbs into her car and slams the door closed]

[She looks into the rear view mirror to back out, and sees a man with long white hair and a gold crescent moon on his forehead seated in the passenger seat. He is peering out her driver side window with a frightened look on his face.]

Artemis: Uh, Mina?

Minako: WHAT?

Artemis: ...nothing.

[In the mirror she can see him slump back with his eyes closed, as if they'd narrowly avoided scraping the car next to hers.]

[Minako takes a deep breath. She's not in the mood to talk. What happened at the O'Sama Mansion was a disaster on many levels. Leadership is a fragile thing. She failed as a leader and the others knew it. How long could it be before they stopped listening to her altogether?]

[Worse, she hadn't managed to save anyone. It was like the Moon Kingdom all over again. Metallia was in Washington, the Shitennou roamed freely. Someone or something was threatening to destroy her world, and there wasn't a damn thing she could do to stop it.]

[She pulls out of the parking lot and drives for home]

[A huge figure in a black cloak watches her drive away]

[Once again, all of his followers died in an instant. And once again, Kunzite and his Shitennou were to blame.]

[He would have liked to recruit her into his war against the Shitennou, but he had seen inside of her mind.]

[She was angry, but hers was a righteous anger, radiating with virtue. She was no friend to the Shitennou, that much was clear, but by that same token she would never accept a deal with the likes of him. Her heart, while broken, was incorruptible. She was currently at her lowest, but it is not nearly low enough.]

[The cloak figure turns away. He cares for nothing anymore except making the Shitennou die one by one. But the time for recruiting pawns is over.]

[If you want something done, you had to do it yourself.]