[Scene: The Midori residence. Zoi is dropped off by Mamoru's aunt at close to midnight. Zoi's dead tired. He's almost asleep on his feet. His father looks up at him from the kitchen table, where he's been poring over some papers and photographs]

Chief Midori: [weary] Where have you been?

Zoi: Mamoru's place. I told you I was going over there to work on the bikes, remember? His Aunt Sue said to say hi. She would have stopped in to see you but it's so late.

Chief Midori: [somber] I don't know if I want you staying out at this hour.

Zoi: [shrugs] I took my homework ...You don't suddenly have a problem with this, do you?

Chief Midori: I don't mind you hanging at out Mamoru's, but stay close to town. I don't want you wandering in the forest, ok?

Zoi: Why not?

Chief Midori: Well, there have been a lot of wildlife complaints lately. The forestry department is looking into it, for the time being.

Zoi: [giggles] Oh, the huge bear. The one you don't believe some kids at school have seen? Are you now starting to think there is some giant mutated grizzly out there?

Chief Midori: [absently] There is something.

[Zoi picks up on his father's uneasy tone. He pulls up a chair.]

Zoi: Dad, what happened?

Chief Midori: Two more hikers have gone missing. Only these two were members of the English aristocracy, so now this whole matter has gone international. Interpol has gotten involved, so it is still out of my hands...only there is something about this that bothers me and nobody else...

Zoi: What's that?

Chief Midori: These two people were extremely outspoken in their Anti-Americanism. They despise everything that has anything to do with us and they honestly believe that our country is the root of the world's problems.

Zoi: So what would they be doing in Hen Tie, Washington?

Chief Midori: [nods] Exactly. To them, the US is a hellscape of gun violence and religious fanaticism. And yet, this happily married couple, who usually vacation in Monte Carlo or on private islands, suddenly hop on a plane to Seattle to go rough it in the Hen Tie wilderness? I'm not buying it. It makes no sense at all.

Zoi: Where did they tell their friends they were going?

Chief Midori: They said they were going to South Korea for a few weeks of beauty treatments. They claimed they'd heard about a spa that works miracles with fruit oils. They'd been sworn to secrecy about the name of the spa, but promised their loved ones they'd return so rejuvenated nobody would recognize them. Of course their friends assumed they were sneaking off to a plastic surgeon, but I'm starting to suspect it's something more sinister.

Zoi: Oh, that does sound supernatural. I'll ask Kunzite if he has any ideas next time I talk to him. [yawns] But later. I'm dead tired right now.

[Rises to leave for bed]

Chief Midori: Hey, honey. Did you have fun with Mamoru?

Zoi: Yeah, I did. We worked on the bikes and had spaghetti with his aunt.

Chief Midori: Keep it close to town, ok?

Zoi: Sure, sure.

[A few hours later]

[Zoi dreams he has woken up. Only when he went to bed he could have sworn he was wearing pajamas and now he is not. He wonders about that for a few minutes until he realizes he is not alone in his room. There is a shadowy figure a few feet away.]

[Although he can't see the figure very well, it sounds as if he is undressing]

Zoi: Kunzite?

[The figure doesn't say anything but steps closer to the bed. Zoi is starting to realize it is not Kunzite and begins to panic]

Mamoru: It's ok. It's just me.

Zoi: Why are you here!

Mamoru: [lifts the sheet and crawls into the bed] I thought of a way you can pay me back for working on the bikes.

[Zoi lets out a shriek and shimmies to the far side of the bed. Mamoru moves to close the distance between them.]

[Zoi wakes, gasping and in a cold sweat. He looks and sees he's alone and he is wearing his pajamas. He tries to calm himself but his heart's still racing a mile a minute.]

[He vanishes in a swirl of flower petals and reappears in Kunzite's bed. Kunzite is not there. Zoi gets up and walks into Kunzite's living room.

Kunzite is walking around in a pair of pajama bottoms. Zoi runs over to Kunzite and wraps his arms around him.]

Kunzite: What's wrong? What happened?

Zoi: [still clutching Kunzite] I had a bad dream.

[Kunzite chuckles with amusement]

Zoi: It's not funny.

Kunzite: [stroking his hair, still amused] Of course not. What was this bad dream about?

Zoi: I dreamt some creepy guy took off his clothes and tried to get into bed with me.

Kunzite: What guy?

Zoi: [doesn't want Kunzite mad at Mamoru for something he's certain he'd never do in real life] I don't know. It was dark so I didn't get a look at him.

Kunzite: It was probably me.

Zoi: It wasn't you...

[Zoi clutches Kunzite tighter and trembles]

Zoi: I don't ever want to be with anyone else.

[Kunzite holds him close.]

Kunzite: Zoisite. You're a Shitennou now. If someone tries to get into bed with you, all you have to do is drain away all his energy and boot his corpse onto the floor.

[But Zoi doesn't want to drain away all of Mamoru's energy, that's the problem. He just wants him to stay out of his bed.]

[Kunzite toys idly with Zoi's hair and waits for Zoi to release him, though Zoi shows no intention of doing so, even though he is clearly exhausted]

Kunzite: Do you want me to stay with you tonight?

Zoi: [looks up at him] Would you?

Kunzite: Zoisite. Go home.

[Zoi teleports home. He washes his face and brushes his teeth, before returning to his room.]

[Kunzite is lying in the center of his bed]

[Zoi gets into bed and Kunzite pulls him close]

Zoi: I love you, Kunzite.

[Zoi leans in to kiss him, then tries to deepen the kiss but Kunzite pushes him back]

Kunzite: No kissing me like that. Not while you're being a toddler.

[Zoi rests his cheek against Kunzite's chest and goes back to sleep]