Sailor V Manga Translation

It's been a while, hasn't it! I'm Aino Minako. I'm 13 years old and in 7th grade.

Minako: Mom! Hurry, hurry! I have to get a lottery ticket! The shopping center's summer sale and jumbo lottery end today! First prize is Hawaii! I'll get it!

1st prize - 6 days in Hawaii with your family. 2nd prize - 29-inch TV. 3rd prize - 8mm video camera. 4th prize - Laundry detergent. 5th prize - Beer. 6th prize - Tissues

Mina's mom: You can't win first prize that easily. I'd just like beer or detergent.

Minako: See you later!

Minako runs out of the house.

Artemis: If nothing else, you could get the tissues for 6th prize.

This is my weird talking cat, Artemis.

Minako: Hawaii. Hawaii!

Two men are accosting a woman at a shop.

Thug 1: Hey hey! We're going to put up an octopus dumpling stand here. So you can't put one up!

Woman: But this is in front of my store!

Artemis: Mina!

Minako: Ohh... I have to go to the lottery...

We're the kind who can't stop looking for trouble.

Minako: Don't be so irresponsible, you two! In fact, I'm the soldier of justice, Sailor V. Code name: Sailor V! I'm Sailor Venus! You can quite easily put up two octopus dumpling stands! Fighting gets in people's way.

Thug 1: Sailor V!

Thug 2: We're going to put up an octopus dumpling stand! (Back off!)

Minako: Sailor V Kick!! [The clock strikes six. Minako stops.] Oh no!! The lottery's over at 6 o'clock! [She runs to the stand.] I'm playing the lottery too! [She cranks the wheel, and a gold ball falls out.]

Lottery guy: Ooh... Congratulations!! Sailor V-san, you've won six days in Hawaii!!

Minako: I did it! The trip I've been longing for! Hawaii!

Guy: Umm... I'd like to play too... (The guy who was behind V-chan)

Lottery guy: Oh, I'm sorry. Since first prize has been won, the lottery is now over.

Minako: (I'm so lucky!)

Guy: B- But...! Can't you even give me the tissues for sixth place? For this lottery, I've shopped in this mall for the whole summer, and bought lottery tickets, but... Ohh... The trip I've been longing for, Hawaii. One second earlier, and I would've had it. Sailor V's got such luck.

Minako: (You bet! Only my luck is good!)

Wakagi: What? (I hate Sailor V!!) The first prize of Hawaii was snatched away by Sailor V!? Is that so, brother.

Wakagi Toshio, 27 years old, Metropolitan Police Board Special Police Headquarters, Special Officer

Guy: I wanted to travel abroad, like you.

Wakagi: I'm just going on an inspection tour to Greece as the chief's attendant.

Wakagi: (You're an adult salaryman. Have some decency!) Brother, look, if you pay for the shopping center's tour, you can go along. Is that all right?

Guy: Then that's what I'll do. I have money saved up. (There goes my bonus pay...)

At the Dark Agency Office.

Danburite: Hmm. Bubbles are bursting in this business recession. Travel abroad is record-breakingly popular. Seems the travel craze of the Japanese isn't falling off at all.

Woman: Danburite-sama. We can't ignore the power of the Japanese abroad. Let me, Hibiskos, do it. The power of the humans' energy in the midst of summer vacation is at it's highest. It will certainly be of use to our Dark Agency.

At New Tokyo International Airport.

Tour Guide: Sailor V-san, of Shiba Shopping Center's tour! Is she here yet?

Minako: Here I am! (Hawaii! Hawaii!) Actually, Sailor V-chan is busy with her job, and can't come, so I'm coming in her place!

Tour Guide: Well! The lottery winner herself should come... I guess there's no helping it. Here's your ticket!

Minako: (But it is herself...)

Tour Guide: It's the 6 o'clock flight to Honolulu. (Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii. Hawaii is the 50th of state of the U.S.)

Minako: What...! The airport's not free!? You have to pay an airport facilities fee!?And it's 2,000 yen!

Punk 1: It's okay, it's okay! You can get in for free! You don't want to pay, right? This way!

Minako: Hold it right there, you two!

Punks: Sailor V!?

Minako: Even if Narita Airport will let you use the place for free, I won't!

Guard: (Hey...) Where are you! You punks!

Punk: Ohh! With our allowance, we had no choice! We couldn't pay! (We're sorry...)

Guard: If you don't pay the airport facilities fee, you can't come in the airport. You've got a problem.

Minako: I've got it! [She slaps Wakagi's brother on the back.] I'll borrow money from a nice guy like you!

Wakagi's bro: Huh!? (Me!? *sob* How'd you know my allowance...)

Boy: Sailor V! Please take a picture with me!

Girl: Me too!

Crowd: (Wow! It's Sailor V!) (I wonder where she's traveling...)

Mina's mom: Honey! Let's take our picture with Sailor V too, to remember this! (Come on, hurry!) Hey, speaking of which, where's Mina? Where'd she go!? Now that Sailor V's here... Hey! Excuse me, you! Take our picture, okay? (Hurry, hurry!)

Wakagi's bro: Huh!? (M- Me!?)

Minako: (Peace! Peace!)

Metropolitan Police Board Superintendent-General

Chief: It's so noisy! I wonder if there's some star here. Wakagi! Go take a look!

Wakagi: It might be an incident!

Greece Tour Police group

Crowd: Sailor V! Sailor V's here!

Chief: Did they say Sailor V!?

Wakagi: That girl! Causing such a commotion again at the airport!

Chief: I wonder if V-chan's traveling somewhere too. I can't see through the crowd! (Where is she, where is she!?)

Man: It seems Sailor V is going to Hawaii.

Chief: Hawaii!? A vacation in Hawaii with Sailor V... If V-chan's going, I'm going to Hawaii too... (I'm a super fan of Sailor V!)

Wakagi: Chief! Aren't we going on an inspection tour to Greece!?

Chief: Wakagi!! I've decided! Go to the counter and negotiate! There might be some cancels on the Hawaii flight!

Wakagi: Chief...!? We're supposed to go to Greece on the 6 o'clock plane! What are you saying!? We'll miss our flight!

Minako: Ohh... I've been hung up! I have to hurry and undo my transformation, and get to the gate! I'll miss the plane!

Wakagi's bro: Sailor V, waiiit! I've gotta get at least one commemorative photo! (To commemorate my first trip abroad.)

Sailor V runs into the women's restroom, and Minako runs out. Wakagi's brother takes a picture.

Minako: Eww! In front of the women's restroom! That's sick!

Girl 1: Did you hear that?

Girl 2: He's a pervert. A pervert.

Wakagi's bro: S- Sick? But...! (I was just going to take a picture with her...)

Minako: (Ohh...) Where did mom and dad go!? It's five minutes to six. I'm going to miss the plane... I don't know where the gate could be...

Wakagi's bro: Oh! That girl's on the same shopping center tour! I'll follow her!

P.A. system: Ding dong... Would passenger Aino-sama of the departing 6 o'clock flight to Honolulu, Hawaii, immediately report to the gate...

Minako: Oh no... That can't be about me!? Mom! Dad! There you are! You're not buying at the duty-free shop! Hurry, hurry!

Parents: (But it's so cheap...)

Stewardess: Oh! You're here, you're here! Finally! People, this way!

Minako and her parents get on the plane with Wakagi's brother.

Stewardess: Great, you made it! The four members of the police group.

Minako: Huh!?

Parents: The police!?

Amano: Hey! Mina-san! (By the way, I'm in first class.)

Minako: Amano!? No way! You're going to Hawaii too!? (That's an amazing coincidence!)

Amano: Hawaii? This plane is going to Greece. (I have a summer house there.)

Minako: Greece?

On the other plane...

Stewardess: Oh no! We have no-show passengers for the 6 o'clock flight to Honolulu, Hawaii! I can't find them anywhere.

Chief: To Hawaii!? If the passengers don't come by 6 o'clock, they're cancels! I'll go in their place!

Wakagi: Chief!?

Chief: Get out the money!

Wakagi: Ch- Chief...

Stewardess: Well... No matter what, you'll be going. Seems we're departing.

Chief: Hawaii! With V-chan!

Wakagi: Chief...

Hibiskos: Everyone! Thank you for taking advantage of this opportunity. I hope you enjoy your trip to Hawaii.

Boy: Lady, you're cute!

Hibiskos: Why, thank you. [thinking] These Japanese starting trips abroad are just fools overflowing with power. The Dark Agency's Hawaiian branch will get much more energy than in Japan. This will be easy, and fun. Many of these travelers are young kids, too. After I soak up their energy, everyone will eventually be my slaves.

Wakagi: I feel so weak...

Chief: Oh, really!? I wonder if V-chan has already arrived in Hawaii. I'll be able to watch her activities in Hawaii! [thinking] Oh, the path to Hawaii is fun!

Hawaii. Honolulu International Airport.

Chief: What!? Sailor V isn't coming!?

Shiba Shopping Center Tour Group

Woman: Sailor V was busy with her work and couldn't come, so a girl is coming in her place. But V-chan was at the airport! I wouldn't be surprised if that girl is Sailor V. (She's sharp!)

Stewardess: The one who was late for the plane must have been V-chan! There's been a misunderstanding. I wonder if she was left behind in Narita.

Stewardess: Oh! Wait. There was another flight departing from Narita at 6 o'clock. To Greece. I didn't think it could be, but I did a little checking...

Meanwhile, on the other plane.

Stewardess: I mistook that party of four from the Hawaii flight for the ones on the Greece flight, and brought them on board... (I'm a thoughtless stewardess. *sob* I'm sorry!)

Back in Hawaii...

Chief: Whaaat!? Sailor V-chan is going to Greece in our place!?

Wakagi: Chief... I said we should go to Greece...

Hibiskos: [thinking] Sailor V!? She said Sailor V, the mortal enemy of the Dark Agency!! [speaking] Everyone! I'm the chief stewardess of the Dark Air System. [I'm accompanying that group. The passengers that mistakenly went to Greece will surely want to come to Hawaii again.]

Chief: Then, let's all hurry and go to Greece!

Athens, Greece. Hellenikon International Airport.

Wakagi: Damnit... We're coming, we're going. How did I get this luck... This is like everything else! It's Sailor V's fault!

All: Now, where's Sailor V!?

The Acropolis

Minako: Oh... Glorious ruins. As I walk through the inside of the shrine, I feel like I remember something...

Artemis: (What!? A memory of your former life!?) (Artemis, who was left in Japan this time.) (It's not fair, I was the only one left behind!)

Minako: A memory... That's it. Why am I in this place!? Hawaii! I'm supposed to be in the Hawaii I've longed for, but...!

Mina's mom: Hey, Mina! The price for the tour of Greece is much higher, so we can't come often. Take advantage of it!

Minako: (Hawaii.)

Mina's mom: Look, you should be taking lots of commemorative photos too!

Wakagi's bro: Oh, why am I in Greece. (Strange.) About now, wasn't I supposed to be relaxing in Hawaii!? [thinking] Since I lent my money at the airport, I lost my allowance. I was treated like a pervert. The money I had finally saved up, the trip I've been waiting for. Here in this foreign country, with just this stone building, I can't even make myself understood. I got it! Since I messed up in that lottery, all my fortune has gone! This bad luck. When I think over all of this, all of this (even when I don't think over it)... It's Sailor V's fault!! I'll get her!!

Amano: Watch out! Mina-san! [He pushes her out of the way as a stone block falls on Wakagi's brother.] Yes, yes, yes. This is turning into an Agatha Christie plot. Smells like a mystery! (Like in "Death on the Nile". Of course, that was at Egypt's Temples of Abu Simbel, but...) (I'm a mystery otaku.)

Worker 1: Oh! My hands slipped and I dropped a stone!

Worker 2: Be careful! (These men are excavating the ruins.)

Wakagi's bro: [thinking] Wh- Why do I have this luck!? It's all, all Sailor V's fault!

Hibiskos: [thinking] Fierce bloodthirstiness toward Sailor V! I feel it! [speaking] Well! The police party has safely made it to Greece. I'll look for the other passengers to take back to Hawaii. See you!

Chief: The passengers returning to Hawaii. That's the party in Sailor V's place! Wakagi! Follow me!

Hibiskos: The bloodthirstiness came from here.

Boy: Hey! There's a pretty girl here! She must be a guide. Will you take a picture with us?

Hibiskos: Sure, it would be my pleasure. [thinking] Throughout the world, wherever you go, the power of Japanese tourists is amazing. But I will receive that power. [speaking] I'll take it with this specially-made instant camera. Here we go. [She zaps them with the camera.] But compared with Hawaii, the power of energy here is small. Since the age group of travelers to Greece is high, there aren't any young kids.

Wakagi's bro: God damnit! Sailor V! Wait till I get my hands on you!

Hibiskos: [thinking] That man. Maybe I can use him. Yes, even in this dry land, I'm an aloha girl. [speaking] You poor thing, you wanted so much to go to Hawaii. You hate Sailor V. I will lend you my power.

Minako: Huh!? The people of the shopping center tour are all gone suddenly. Everyone!? What's wrong!?

Voice: Heh heh heh. Sailor V! I know why you've come to Greece!

Minako: An enemy!?

The source of the voice is Wakagi's brother, in Hawaiian garb with a mask and cape.

Wakagi's bro: I am Aloha Kamen! I have a big grudge against Hawaii! If you want the lives of the Japanese tourists saved, show yourself! Sailor V!

Minako: Boss! What is that!? Is he an enemy!?

Boss: No. I don't know why, but I feel a fierce hatred of Hawaii.

Minako: Hatred of Hawaii!? If he has a grudge against Hawaii, I'll take care of it. Crescent Moon Power! Transform!! Turn me into a Hawaiian bathing beauty! I accept your challenge, Aloha Kamen.

Wakagi's bro: Oh no! Going to Hawaii and taking my picture with a bathing beauty. It was my dream!

Minako: What, already? Aren't you an enemy?

Hibiskos: I can't use him! After all, I can't get the youth out of him.

Minako: Who are you!?

Hibiskos: I am Hibiskos, of the Hawaiian branch of the Dark Agency. Do you think you're a match for me!? Bringing me out to this remote place, where I can't get one tenth the energy of Hawaii, that makes me mad. You're going to pay with your life!

Minako: Hawaiian branch!? Hibiskos!? Coming to this remote place makes you mad!? Moon Power Transform!! Code name: Sailor V!! The soldier of justice! I am the sailor-suited beautiful soldier, Sailor Venus! This summer, I bet in the shopping center's lottery! A summer in Hawaii! The Hawaii I've wanted to go to since I was little, I finally made it! But I missed the chance of going there for free! The one to pay with their life will be you! Rolling Screw Sailor V Punch!! The coup de grace! Crescent Beam!! With Venus Power, Love Crescent Shower! Pour down! Vanish into Greek dust!

Crowd: Huh...? (People gathered from another tour.) Oh! Splendid! We saw Sailor V's exploits here! A Japanese maiden! Nice!

Man: Sailor V! You must take one picture with the Parthenon under the setting sun as the background! I just know with you standing still in front of the sanctuary, the image will be perfect!

Minako: What? Really? It will? Now that I think about it, a free trip to Greece isn't so bad. Yep, looking at it, Greece is a beautiful place.

Wakagi's bro: Huh!? What!? These clothes! What on earth have I been doing!? There's nobody here. How did I get here!? All of it, all of it. It's Sailor V's fault!!

Wakagi: There's nobody here!

Chief: What!? Sailor V-chaaan! I thought I'd finally, finally meet her, but!

Back in Japan.

Minako: Well, I won the shopping center lottery, and went to Hawaii. (Use it, Hikaru-chan.)

Hikaru: Why does this gift say 'made in Greece'?

Minako's diary written: I can't forget it. On the road lined with ginkgo trees. That time I ran into him. That man...

Minako is at school.

Blackboard: Quiet during the test!

Teacher: Okay! Gather from the back.

Friend 1: Mina! How was it? Could you do it?

Friend 2: Or should we ask.

I'm Aino Minako. Adolescence has many troubles. I'm in the midst of it at 13, in 7th grade.

Minako: It's okay. My test doesn't matter... I didn't have time to think much about the test.

Friend 1: What's happened to you?

Hikaru: Hey, hey! Wanna get some tea on the way home?

Minako: I'll go! Hey, let's go to that coffee shop on the tree-lined road in front of the picture gallery.

Friend 1: I know that place! That line of ginkgo trees is so pretty!

Two girls wave to a teacher.

Girl 1: Miss Okamoto! Bye!

Okamoto: Don't stop off on the way home.

Girl 2: Miss Okamoto. She looks like a woman in a painting.

Girl 1: Yep, yep. She's beautiful, delicate, and she makes good food. Since she unexpectedly became our teacher, she's been popular with the students.

Minako and the others sit down at the coffee shop.

Friend 1: Since the test is over, I don't have to worry about anything. Now I can go on a date with Sakai-kun.

Friend 2: Oh, you two are getting together after all!? Since when, since when?

Friend 1: Hehe!

Friend 2: Mina! You look dazed, again in this area. What's that you've got? Your diary!? You've been keeping a diary?

Minako: Yep. I've been recording my ardent love in it.

Friend 2: Aren't you being a bit melodramatic?

Hikaru: Don't even bother, whatever you say to her now is useless. It was love at first sight for her, and she's been lovesick since.

Friend 2: Lovesick!?

Minako: Yeah! Saturday, the week before last, I was walking on the tree-lined road here with Hikaru-chan when suddenly some guys picked a fight with us.

Flashback.

Thug: What's this? You've wandered onto our turf? Hey! I ain't got no reason to let you get through here safely.

Gang boss: Hold it. Aren't you a little old to pick on decent girls?

Minako: We were saved. By a prince.

Thug: Saitou-san! Sorry!

End of flashback.

Minako: Saitou-san...! I wonder if he's from a high school around here. He was a hunk!

Friend 1: You were accosted by some punks? Around here? Isn't that a little dangerous?

Friend 2: You didn't know? This area's held by opposing gangs of the high school. They're starting fights all the time.

Friend 1: What? Let's leave!

Hikaru: Yeah, we should go. Mina?

Minako: I'll go home after I look around the tree road for a little bit...

Friend 2: That's dangerous! What'll you do if they pick on you again?

Minako: In that case, my prince will come to save me again!

Hikaru: You're nuts.

Friend 2: We're leaving.

Her friends leave, and Minako walks out along the tree-lined road.

Minako: [thinking] Oh, walking through this line of ginkgo trees is heart-rending. I don't even know which high school he goes to. I might never see him again.

A teen steps out from the trees.

Gang A member: Hey, you. You're on our turf now. Haven't you wandered pretty far?

Another person approaches from the other side.

Gang B member: This place is ours! How dare you barge in here!

Minako: [thinking] Uh- Wh- What the-? He wasn't talking to me! Oh no! I'm trapped between them now!?

Gang A boss: It's you bastards. You're the ones saying you're exercising your influence' over this area. Without talking to us at all, you're playing us!

Gang A member: You'll pay for this!

A brawl ensues, which Minako quickly ducks out of.

Minako: Oh god! No way! They're ignoring me! Don't start a fight!

Gang A boss kicks Minako in the butt.

Gang A boss: Beat it, you little punk!

Minako sees the man's face.

Minako: Saitou-san!?

Saitou: You! You wandering around here again?

A fist strikes Minako in the face and floors her.

Minako: [thinking] V-chan... Your life is a failure.

Saitou: Fu-! God! You messed up!

Gang member 1: Saitou-san!?

Gang member 2: Hurry! Let's go!

The woman leading the other gang stands in front of her gang.

Gang boss: Wait. You don't have to run. Their numbers are few. They don't have much power. Going after the gang with much bigger numbers is more efficient.

They all leave.

Minako: [thinking] Uh-uh, uh-uh... I got smacked right in the face. Oh, man... My good looks...

Saitou: Hey!

Minako: My good looks...

Saitou: Hey! You okay?

Minako: Saitou-san!

Saitou: How do you know my name? That uniform's from Shiba Junior. I went there, too.

Minako: No way! Then... You're my senpai.

Saitou: Okappii... Is she still there?

Minako: Huh!?

Saitou: Okamoto. She's in home economics. She taught me for three years. That brings back memories...

Minako: [thinking] Oh, I don't believe this! You're right next to him, chatting with him! Nice, Minako! This guy doesn't have anybody holding him up. His white shirt is elegant. He's so cool! He's wearing a promise ring around his ankle. He looks like someone. But I can't remember. I wonder who it is... Maybe some idol I saw. Uh, hmm...

Saitou: Hey, you.

Minako: Aino Minako!

Saitou: Minako. This place is risky, you shouldn't come around here anymore.

Gang member: So, Saitou-san... What's with this honey? [That guy's mask says 'death,' so I'll call him Death.]

Saitou: If you bother her again around Aoyama, I'll get you for it.

Death: Gotcha!

All the members of the gang bow to Minako.

Gang: Welcome, Minako-san.

Saitou: See ya.

Artemis watches her.

Artemis: She's got it bad...

That night at Minako's house...

Artemis: Jeez. What a shame. Sailor V, hit right in the face. You're not training enough.

Minako: Artemis! Don't you know!? His gang! They're nasty! More violent than the police, or Jason, or the Terminator! They're scary! Scary, but... He's so cool. He's so brave! Boys are brave.

Gang [said]: Welcome, Minako-san.

Minako: That felt great...

Artemis: ......

At the Dark Agency...

Danburite: Vivian. I presume your gathering of energy is proceeding well.

The woman who leads the gang stands in front of him.Vivian: Danburite-sama. Please, put yourself at ease, and leave matters to me. If you desire strong energy, I will get it from young boys quarreling. For the Dark Agency, since our range of movement, and our slaves, have greatly increased, we will get the strong energy of the gangs of Tokyo, no, of all Japan.

Danburite: I see. We still haven't gotten enough of the energy we need. Now, this time... Kunzite-sama has overlooked the many failures we've had before. This should please him.

At school.

Girl 1: You seen the paper? There's been another gang fight in the area!

Girl 2: Scary!

Girl 1: They don't know what high school they're from, but it looks like a really powerful gang's shown up. They've been in fights all over the place, extending their range.

Amano: That's just the beginning! They say it's the doing of a guy from Aoyama called Saitou, a graduate of this school! I hear he's the biggest tough in Tokyo!

Hikaru: What!? That Saitou!? Isn't that the guy Mina likes? He's that scary guy? Mina can't find out! Hey, where is Mina?

In the home economics classroom.

Minako: Miss Okamoto! Ehehe.

Okamoto: Oh, Aino-san.

Minako: Okappii!

Okamoto: A- A- Aino-san!! Where'd you hear that!?

Minako: Oh, so that is what they called you. Hehe!

Okamoto: A long time ago. The kids in the class I taught called me that. Brings back memories.

Minako sees her holding a string together.

Minako: Oh, Miss Okamoto! You're making promise rings!

Okamoto: That's right. To make wishes come true, I do this. You want one, too? Next we're all going shopping. You want to come?

Minako: Yeah!

They go outside, as Saitou approaches the school.

Minako: What!? That's... Saitou-senpai!

Okamoto: Aino-san, is he an acquaintance of yours?

Saitou: Okappii. I was in your class three years ago. Remember? It's me, Saitou.

Okamoto: What? What!? Saitou-kun!? I don't believe it! You're all grown up, I didn't recognize you. You are studying, of course? You can't fight.

Saitou: Yeah, well... I have to go.

Minako: [thinking] Saitou-senpai?

Minako goes to the road lined with ginkgo trees.

Minako: Yes! They're here!

Death: Hey! Minako-san!

She sees Saitou on the ground, injured.

Minako: Saitou-senpai!? What's wrong!? Those wounds!

Death: Those guys who've been ravaging the area took us by surprise. It was so sudden, we couldn't defend ourselves. Those guys were strange. It was like they were being manipulated by something, and they were unusually strong. And for some reason, when we're near them, we lose our strength...

Saitou: Hey! You talk too much. Whatever happens on our turf, we'll take care of it!

Death: Minako-san, come here.

He takes her aside.

Death: Please, stop Saitou-senpai. There's so many of them, we don't stand a chance. If he gets in one more fight, he'll be expelled. Really, when he's with us guys, he's not himself. It suddenly happened after he started high school. He's gotten involved in our troubles. We want to see him graduate all right.

Minako goes to Saitou.

Saitou: I don't know what they said, but I'm worried. So you've got a promise ring too. Okappii's always liked making those. When you cut the knot, you wish will be fulfilled. Are you wishing for something too? I bet you like some boy.

Minako: A- Ahem! I'm too shy! To confess... That I like someone...!

Arrow: (She's never said that to anyone!)

Saitou: You should say what you want to the person you like. If you miss the chance, you'll always regret it. That's why I must direct my energy to fighting, spending my life for nothing.

Minako: [thinking] Saitou-senpai... Who is he thinking about? He regrets something. It's nice. [speaking] Saitou-senpai... Why do you have a promise ring around your ankle?

Saitou: Well...

A group of gang B members approach.

Gang A member: Saitou-senpai!

Saitou: If I have it on my arm, it gets in the way!

He knocks one of the gang members down. Another punches him in the face.

Minako: Saitou-senpai!!

Vivian: You're struggling with us!? You're a decade early!

Her gang attacks Saitou's, beating them easily.

Gang A member: My strength... is gone!? Damnit!

Vivian: Heh heh.

Minako: [thinking] Those people look weird! Something's up! It can't be! An enemy!?

Artemis: Meow.

Minako: Artemis!

Pen: Beep, beep!

Minako: Boss!?

Boss: Mina! Be careful! Those guys are secret agents of the enemies! While they pick fights, they soak up fighting energy from the thugs! Then when they have no power left, they brainwash them and use them as puppets!

Death: Mina-san! Leave things to us here!

Death [said]: If he gets in one more fight, he'll be expelled. We want to see him graduate all right.

Saitou: I'll beat these guys! Minako, hurry, go!

Minako: Umm... Umm...

Artemis: Mina!?

Minako: Crescent Moon Power Transform! Turn me into Okappii!

She changes into Okamoto, and runs to Saitou.

Minako: Saitou-kun!?

Saitou: Okappii!? What are you doing here!?

Minako: Minako-chan told me! Didn't I tell you not to fight! You're injured! Now! Leave this place to me! Go and get those wounds looked after!

Flashback.

Okappii: So, do you all want one too? After I cut the knot of the promise ring, my desire was fulfilled. After you graduate, I've decided to get married! Saitou-kun, you've been doing so well, you're my best student. Work hard in high school too, get into a good college, and become a distinguished man.

End of flashback.

Saitou: My teacher... There's something I never said. I didn't know how to, and I've become desperate. I'm glad I can see you again.

The knots on their two promise rings snap.

Minako: Oh! [thinking] My promise ring... What? What the-?

Saitou kisses her deeply.

Minako: [thinking] What the-!?

Saitou: I always loved you. This will be my last battle!

Minako swoons.

Artemis: Oh no! Mina!? Wake up!

She smiles dreamily.

Minako: Minako's... happy... All right! Power up! Change! Moon Power Transform!

She gets up and transforms, and rushes toward Vivian.

Minako: You! Stop fighting!

Vivian: Who're you!?

Minako: You take in evil, tainting the duty and humanity of brave boys! I won't put up with your executions in darkness! Code name: Sailor V! The soldier of justice! I am the sailor-suited beautiful soldier, Sailor Venus!

Saitou: Sailor V!!

Vivian: Hmph. You're here. I am the president of the Dark Agency, Vivian. I'm settling things here in Tokyo. You won't get me.

Minako: Today's Sailor V is tearing at turbo full-throttle!

Minako kicks Vivian down. Vivian screams as she's struck by her own weapon.

Minako: Gotcha! Crescent Super Beam! Sorry to stop your little power play. Venus Power! Love Crescent Shower! Pour down!

Vivian is destroyed. The boys wake up.

Gang members: Wh- What!? What the-! Where are we!? What are we doing here!?

Saitou: Sailor V...! What on earth...

Minako: You mustn't fight anymore.

She runs off.

Minako: [thinking] Saitou-senpai... I really, really liked you so much, but... Tears don't suit Sailor V. Goodbye, my first love.

Sailor V is gone. The many returned gang members were left there, on the road lined with ginkgo trees. After that, a huge brawl ensued, needless to say.

Later, at Minako's house, Artemis is reading through Minako's diary.

Artemis: Your first love? Wasn't that Higashi-senpai...

Minako: Hey!! Artemis! (Even though you're a cat...) You can't read people's diaries without permission! (And this was my first kiss, so it's my first love.)

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