Chapter 268
The five scouts and Artemas were heading down a sidewalk.
"I wonder where Luna could have gone," Serena said.
"It's been what..a week now?" Lita asked.
"This isn't like her at all..what could possibly have lead her to disappear like this?" Artemas said.
"It could have been an accident," Amy said.
"Or the pound might have caught up with her," Raye said.
"Or maybe she found a nice Persian male to run away with and have kittens," Mina said.
"MINA!" the other four shouted.
"Heh..maybe not.." she said.
"I hope nothing bad has happened to her," Artemas said as they all walked by an appliance store.
"Hey, it's Yaten," Mina said, and the girls all gravitated towards the screen.
"And look at that cat he's holding," Lita said.
"That's Luna!" Raye said in surprise.
"Yeah it is, so what's she doing with Yaten?" Luna said.
"She's beaten us to him, that sneaky cat," Mina said.
"Um..Mina..I don't think her being with him has any affect on our relationships," Lita said.
"That's just what she wants you to think," Mina said.
The others sighed.
"But if she's all right why hasn't she come to talk to us?" Artemas asked.
"Maybe she likes Yaten too much and she thinks she doesn't need us," Mina said.
"Amy..you have the brains.." Serena began. "Lita, the braun..and Raye the style.....we could kill Mina and no one would ever know..right?"
"Come to think of it.." the other three said.
"Hey!" Mina said. "It'll take more than just you guys to bring me down."
The next morning. The girls were all looking over some bushes at Yaten who was reading quietly under a tree.
"He doesn't look like he's up to anything," Serena said.
"Why would he be?" the other four said. "Even if he does have Luna."
"Sorry. I guess I struck a nerve didn't I?" Serena muttered.
"Excuse me..." came a voice. The group all looked to see another girl standing there.
"Aren't you Mina Deveraux, assistant to the three lights?" the girl asked.
"Yeah, impressed?" Mina asked.
"So you know Yaten?"
"Uh..yeah..you're just going to give me a love letter to give to him aren't you?"
"Well yeah," the girl said.
Mina held her hand out.
The girl gave it to her.
"Thank you," the girl said.
"If I charged money for this service.." she muttered and walked out of the bushes towards Yaten. The other girls ducked behind the bushes.
"Yaten..some girl wanted me to give this to you," Mina said and dropped it in front of him. She then headed back the way she came.
"Mina..I appreciate you being brief," Yaten said. "But..don't bring me any more of these," Yaten said and tossed the love letter in the trash.
The other girls looked on in shock. Mina did the same.
"How could you do that?" they all shouted.
"Huh?" Yaten said.
"You dare desecrate the sacred parchment that girls used to convey their love," Mina said.
"Of course guys use love letters too..but that's not the point," Raye said.
"You are not following the rules," Lita said.
"Love letters must be read and then stored," Serena said.
"Not thrown away unopened," Mina said.
"I don't need a lecture," Yaten said. "But girls..I prefer to rely on different means to deal with love. Anyone could write a love letter. But the ones who are truly in love..will do more to prove it. Now..please..I'm reading."
The girls all backed off.
"He does have a point," Serena said.
"It's not excuse," Lita said.
"The law must be followed to the letter," Mina said.
"Say..where'd the law come from," Raye said.
"Well..it just appeared, everyone follows the law," Lita said.
"Yeah," Mina said.
"So does this mean your pursuit of Yaten has ended?" Amy asked.
"No," Lita and Mina said. "He just needs rehabilitation."
"I thought as much," Amy said.
"There they are," Mike said peering around a corner.
"But there's only two of them," Urawa said also looking around.
"That doesn't matter," Mike said. "The plan will go ahead as planned."
"Do you even try to construct good sentences," Urawa said.
"That's well sentences, Urawa, well sentences," Mike said and dashed off to find the others.
"Why am I even involved in this?" Urawa said and followed.
"The girls seem to be giving us a lot more distance," Taiki observed standing next to Seiya who was tossing a glider around, which would always fly back to him.
"Well..they're learning that we appreciate a little respect," Seiya said.
"There really not bad people, overzealous maybe, but once we explained things.." Taiki said.
"Well..everyone except Mina and her friends," Seiya said.
"Mina's in love with one of us you know."
"Which one?"
"I think Yaten, but you know his track record with women," Taiki said.
"Yeah, throwing away love letters? We really have to talk to him about that. He's risking our image to the fans," Seiya said.
"Still..we're going to need a bigger closet if more keep coming."
"I bet I could ask Mina to store them for us," Seiya said.
"She'd do it," Taiki said. "Say..what's the deal with the glider?"
"Oh this thing..it's kinda fun, after that..attack..hah..on us I felt it might be an interesting thing. Besides, it's makes a handy air defense."
"Do you think they'll try something again?"
"Well..they've been quiet for a week, which means they've been planning really hard."
"You're right. But you know I've been thinking about this. All the guys want to do is try and dump something on us...and somehow embarrass us, but the girls won't care will they?"
"Absolutely not. So it's all futile."
"Or maybe it isn't, maybe it's for their own gratification under a false crusade. I mean..like you know communists toiling away for the ideal of a country, when it's just a few reaping the benefits," Seiya said.
"If you want to go historical go ahead I guess....." Taiki replied.
"Guys look out!" came a shout. The two turned. There came a massive glider covered with balloons. Seiya turned and threw his own glider. It knocked the massive one off course and threw it into the woods.
"That's it?" Taiki said watching it go.
"I don't think so," Seiya said and pointed upward. Several more gliders were floating in towards them.
"Hmm..they might actually pull it off this time," Taiki said and the two took off at a run to avoid the gliders.
"YES!" the guys hidden around the school shouted collectively.
"Wonder what all that hollering's about," Serena said as the girls emerged from their surveillance of Yaten. They could see the planes dropping towards the ground spurting colored water everywhere.
"We have to save them!" Lita said.
"From getting doused in colored water?" Serena muttered.
"Of course!" Mina shouted and rushed forward.
"This should be interesting," Raye said as she and Lita followed.
"Geez..now the girls are interfering," Mike said.
"If they get dirty they're going to kick our butts," Steve said.
Seiya and Taiki were avoiding the shots.
"They certainly HAVE a lot," Seiya said.
Then out of the bushes a figure jumped and knocked one of the planes out of the air with a bokken wooden training sword. Another one fell. With the girls help the rest were knocked out of the air. Seiya and Taiki looked at their unexpected aide.
"And just why did you do that?" Seiya said.
"I'm very curious myself," Taiki said.
"I don't answer questions, I just pose them. You figure it out," D.V. Patterson said. "
"Don't speak of them that way," the three girls said.
Seconds later a wave of cow manure went flying through the air and slammed right into Seiya and Taiki who didn't see it until the last second.
"Ahh!" the girls all screeched and rushed to the aid of the friends.
Patterson let a small grin form on his face and walked off.
At the temple later that day.
"I can't believe that heinous attack," Mina said.
"Whoever's responsible shall pay dearly for this," Lita said.
"Umm..are you guys still forgetting we don't know what's up with Luna?" Serena asked.
"I'm right here," came a voice. They all turned to see Luna standing there.
"Luna! Where have you been?" Artemas said.
"I was just helping Taiki out," Luna said.
"What are your intentions towards Taiki?" Lita and Mina said.
"Uh...girls..." Luna muttered. "Listen...the Three Lights had just lost their pet chameleon and they were supposed to appear on a show called stars and their pets later that night. I just couldn't leave them open like that, and Yaten asked me to help him.."
"Is she swooning?" Serena muttered.
"This may be an important historical event," Amy said.
"So are you going back there?" Serena said.
"Just for a little bit, until I figured out how I can get away from Yaten without him feeling bad," Luna said.
"We were worried," Artemas said.
"Jealous Artemas?" Luna said.
"Is that soap I smell?" Artemas said.
"Is it?" Mina growled and grabbed Luna and sniffed. "SOAP! You didn't?"
"We took a bath together?"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Mina shouted.
"Hmm...she has a lot of breath," Raye said.
"No..no it's fine..Luna can do that..she's a cat...she can take baths, and sleep in the same bed, and...get petted by him..." Mina said. "THIS IS SO UNFAIR!" she shouted and collapsed.
The other four sighed.
Meanwhile at a tv studio.
"Another long day," Taiki muttered.
"I can't believe those idiot guys pulled it off," Seiya said.
"I wouldn't worry about them," Yaten said. "I'll meet you two back at our place okay. I've got some things to do here."
"Sure," Taiki said.
"Watch out for flying manure," Seiya said.
Yaten walked down a hallway and was stumbled into by a young woman.
"Oh..Yaten.." she said.
"Noriko..." Yaten said.
"I saw you with your cat. It's a pity all you have is a cat to hold on to. Maybe I could change that."
"Don't kid yourself Noriko. I have to play your boyfriend on stage, and that's annoying enough. You just want added publicity. Your last album didn't do well."
"Yaten you..it's not in my breeding to call you what you are!" Noriko said and stormed out.
"They just won't leave me alone will they?" Yaten said. It was then he noticed Luna standing down the hall from him.
"How'd you get in here?" He asked.
Luna meowed and walked to him.
"It's good to see you came back.." Yaten said.
Luna meowed.
Meanwhile at the Anderson Patterson Thomson house.
"HEY!" the guys said letting out collective cheer as they sat down in the war room.
"Well what do you know our plans actually worked," Mike said.
"Why do you insist on celebrating here?" Patterson asked.
"Say..on that note...what exactly were you doing out there?" Rick asked.
"Yeah with the sword.." Steve said.
"The manure wouldn't have worked unless they were adequately distracted," Patterson said.
"So you're on the team now?" Mike asked.
"No.." Patterson said. "I'm not."
"Oh..." the others said. "Why?"
"Guess," Patterson said and turned back to his work.
Meanwhile at a pet store.
"I can make your cat look beautiful," a woman said.
"Please do," Yaten said. "But I'm in a bit of a hurry."
"Sure no problem, I'm not about to go gaga over you and prevent a possible sale," the woman said and started holding Luna into a bubble bath.
This is annoying. She thought. And degrading. And there's water in my mouth. Luna thought.
Soon afterward she was pulled out of it and put into a dress.
"It's cute," Yaten said.
"I thought you might like it," the stylist said. "Is everything to your satisfaction?"
"I think so," Yaten said.
"Look at that dress," the five girls said peeking through the window.
"Luna can't like that," Serena said.
If Yaten says it's good, it's good. Luna thought.
"She doesn't seem to be too upset about it," Amy said.
"What is he doing to her?" Artemas snapped.
The five girls glanced at him.
"Jealous?" they asked.
Artemas glanced at them.
"YES!" he shouted back.
Meanwhile someone walked inside holding her own cat. Noriko.
"Yaten..what a surprise," Noriko said walking in.
"Noriko this isn't a coincidence," Yaten said.
"Yes it is. It's a happy one. That's a nice dress..but I think it's wasted on a cat like that," Noriko said.
Luna growled.
"I guess..I was wrong to approach you earlier...I had no idea you were that kind of guy..I mean why else would you refuse me.."
Luna scratched Noriko right across the arm. She let out a shout.
"Woah.." the five girls said.
"What a fuzzball!" Noriko shouted dropping her own cat. "She dares."
"Noriko Onazuki and Yaten Kau...lovers on stage and apparently lovers elsewhere," came a voice. The two turned to see Nezu standing there.
"You don't know what you're talking about," Yaten said and picked Luna up.
"Sure she does Yaten," Noriko said. "Are you a reporter?"
"Producer Nezu. Galaxy T.V," Nezu said flashing an ID badge.
"Oh..then I can tell you the whole story," Noriko said.
"Lie and I'll sue," Yaten muttered and walked out.
"He's going around to the back," Serena said and the girls all slipped away to the parking lot where Yaten was heading.
"I don't really want the whole story," Nezu was saying.
"What?" Noriko asked.
"Actually I want your Star Seed."
"My what?"
"HAH!" Nezu said and transformed into Sailor Iron Mouse.
"What is this...candid camera?" Noriko asked.
"You wish!" Iron Mouse said and sent the two whirling disks flying through the air. Noriko ducked them.
"Bet you've never had that happen huh?" Noriko asked.
"Ooo..you're a cagey one aren't you?" Iron Mouse muttered before the disks came back around and hit Noriko in the back. She screamed.
"What was that," Yaten said. Luna leapt out his hands and raced back into the pet shop. The girls ran back the other way too.
Yaten came in the back way. They ran in the front. Only the five girls tripped over the entrance mat and slammed into a bird cage.
"We let the birds out," Amy said.
"I didn't mean to trip," Serena said.
"You girls need to transform," Artemas said.
"We know, we know," the five said.
Meanwhile Yaten and Luna peered around the door as Noriko's star seed came out of her. The clerk had since run for it.
"Is it?" Iron Mouse looking at the seed.
The seed went black.
"This is becoming the story of my life," Iron Mouse muttered.
Luna raced forward and jumped at Iron Mouse.
"Why is she doing that?" Yaten said. "Noriko was so mean."
Iron Mouse was shocked as she was pushed to the ground, but she soon grabbed Luna and shocked her with energy before flinging her back the way she came.
"Brave cat," Yaten said grabbing her and taking her to safes.
"Well..since..I've got some time," Iron Mouse said. "I'm going to figure out what's going with all this star seed stuff..."
She put Noriko in an energy field.
"That'll prevent her from becoming a farce monster..now in the meantime..."
Yaten laid Luna down. Artemas came walking up.
"Will you protect her?" Yaten asked.
Artemas looked at him.
Yaten pulled out his power stick.
"Healer Star Power!" he shouted.
The white cat's eyes widened.
Meanwhile.
"Now..why is it that you don't have a star seed?" Iron Mouse muttered pacing back and forth.
Seconds later she was hit with a cat scratching post. She whirled.
"We are the Sailor Scouts!" the five girls shouted.
"How dare you trash a pet store with so many defenseless animals!" Mars shouted.
"Well actually that dog over there looks like trouble," Venus said.
"Venus.." the other four said.
"We cannot allow you harm any more living creatures," Jupiter said.
"Of any stage of evolution!" Mercury said.
"It's my job to punish evil..and I'm sorry to say..that you qualify!" Sailor Moon said.
"I'm gone!" Iron Mouse said and disappeared in the phone booth. The energy field around Noriko disappeared.
"She escaped again," Jupiter muttered.
"She always does that," Sailor Moon muttered.
"Maybe if we hadn't made the speeches and just run in there," Mars said.
"But then we'd lose our trademark," Sailor Moon said.
"But there was that time period in which we just did run in..and..," Mercury said.
"Umm...Noriko's turning into a farce," Venus said.
Noriko changed into a farce.
"Sailor Mademoiselle!" she shouted becoming a scantily glad creature.
"Ugggh!" the girls shouted.
Meanwhile.
Tuxedo Mask was leaping along the rooftops.
Can't keep being late. He thought. Losing my edge.
Maverick leapt in beside him.
"Maverick.." Tuxedo Mask said.
"Hello," Maverick said.
"Nice day isn't it?" Tuxedo Mask asked.
"That depends," Maverick said.
And the two continued to leap along.
"Aren't I beautiful?" Sailor Mademoiselle said.
"Not really," the five answered.
"Oh come on..I've got a better waistline then any of you!"
The five girls looked at their waists.
"No you don't!" they shouted in unison.
"How exactly are we supposed to fight her without injuring any of the animals?" Mars said.
"Good question.." Venus said.
A figure leapt out of the doorway and ran up at Mademoiselle.
"Star Burst!" he shouted. Mademoiselle was blasted back against a wall, she sagged.
"Problem solved," Jupiter said.
"Moon Crystal Healing Activation!" Sailor Moon shouted quickly and healed Noriko.
"I know that was risky," Sailor Star Healer said. "But I knew I could hit the bare wall."
"Why'd you even fight her, it didn't seem like it was in your interest?" Mercury asked.
"I guess..there are just times when you have to fight whatever the reason," Star Healer said and hurried off.
"Is he changing for the better?" Venus asked.
"Let's hope so.." Jupiter said.
"We should check on Luna," Sailor Moon said. The doors opened and Maverick and Tuxedo Mask ran in.
"Too late," they muttered and ran back out.
The five girls just glanced at the two.
The next day Yaten opened up his locker, a cascade of love letters came rushing out.
"More...oh well.." Yaten said and opened the first one.
"He's actually reading them," Serena said peaking around a corner. Luna sat on her shoulder.
"Wonder what changed his mind."
"No idea," Luna muttered.
Yaten turned.
"Ah..hello," Serena said. "I'm just uh doing a stretching exercise."
"Hello Luna," Yaten said. "Is she your cat Serena?"
"Yeah, I know you've been taking care of her..you can see her whenever you want."
"Really? Thank you. She's quite a cat," Yaten said and stuffed the rest of the love letters back in his locker.
"See you both," he said with a smile and walked off.
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