Author’s Note: What do you guys think so far? I’m afraid I might not be able to come out with two chapters a week because school is starting. It’s a lot of work especially since I have a lot of other stuff to do. But I promise I will do my absolute best to keep up the quality of this fanfic and get at least a chapter out every week. Anywho . . . I would really appreciate any feed back you guys can give me. This is my first fanfic (well not true, this is my first non-perverted fanfic.) and so I really want to make this something you guys want to read. If you want to offer suggestions that’s cool. And if I use them I’ll make sure and name you in my notes ^.^. I’d like to thank Mako-chan and Ami-chan. And of course the odango herself Bunny. I’d also like to thank the owners of A Sailor Moon Romance for putting my story up. Thanks!!! For those of you who don’t know buy now which are the orginal names and which are the DiC names then how dare you call yourselves moonies?!?! Anywho . . . the identities are pretty much obvious but I’m not going to use the DiC names except for on the characters I don’t know their original names. Oh yah, I don’t remember the orginal Japanese names for the attacks so I’ll use the Amercanized ones. Sorry!! Disclaimers: I don’t own Sailor Moon. I wish I did but I don’t. (Wishes aren’t horses you know . . .) Naoko Takecuchi does and she has owned it since 1992 along with TOEI Animation and Kodansha. And of course DiC owns the English part. (The part they ruined!!! I can’t hold a grudge I don’t speak Japanese only French and sometimes English so it’s the only way I can see it *sigh*) Minako slipped out of the darkened house and ducked around to the alley. She transfored into Super Sailor Venus and set out on her watch. She ran into the usual robbers and lechers and quickly stopped them. While she was tying up a criminal with her old love chain she heard the sound of an alarm going off. She ran to the scene and acessed what was going on. A jewlery store was being broken into. She ran inside and saw a figure with long hair bent over a display case stuffing jewels in her bag. “Stop right there!” Venus cried. “On behalf of Venus I will right wrongs and triumph over evil! And that means you!” Venus waited for the intruder to turn around. The intruder setpped into the light. She wore a Sailor V costume, but they were a dime a dozen in England. She also had long blonde hair but that could be a wig. But Venus gasped as she looked up into the blue eyes peering out of -- her face! “You impostor! Venus Love and Beauty Shock!” she cried and the fake V fell to the ground. She grabbed her bag and stood up and ran off. “Venus Love Chain! Encirlce!” Venus cried. But she had used too much of that power on the criminals and could not capture the fake Sailor V. The next day Minako sat in Alan’s living room and watched the news. “Have you heard about this whole Sailor V turned criminal thing?” Alan asked. “Yes, it can’t be true!” “Well they have photos of her leaving crime scenes with the jewels.” “I’m going to talk to Katrina today and see why she is crucifying Sailor V when this is an obvious impostor.” “Good luck,” Alan said as Mina stalked out of the house. Minako walked into the busy news office and headed straight for the first cop she saw. “Where is Katrina?” she asked. “She’s in her office,” the young man answered jerking his thumb over his shoulder at a door. “Thanks,” Minako said with a smile. “What do you mean she’ll die?” Usagi asked. “If we do not go to England she will not become evil she will die. If we do go she will become evil to save us. It is as simple as that,” Setsuna replied. “What should we do?” Ami asked. “What do you mean ‘What should we do?’! Ami, we have to keep her alive even if she is evil!” Mako cried. “No,” Yaten said with his eyes closed. “She would rather be dead than evil, Mako.” “I hate to admit it but he is right, Makoto,” Usagi said. “Mina-chan would rather be dead than evil. I say we wait and stay here.” “No! Minako is our friend! We owe it to her to save her life!” Makoto cried standing up. “Makoto! Usagi is our leader and we must listen to her!” Rei cried. “She will make the best decision for our group.” “What do you think, Haruka? You’re unusually quiet.” “I believe that Yaten and Usagi are right. I do not know Minako as well as the rest of you so I cannot speak on her behalf. I can only think how I would feel if I were in the situation. I would not want my friends to save my life. It is out duty to fight evil and by protecting Minako we would be failing in our duties as sailor senshi. We must not let the evil be born.” “I agree with Haruka-papa,” Hotaru said speaking up for the first time. “We can’t allow an evil force to be born even if she is our friend.” “Then it is decided,” Usagi said. “We will wait here.” All of the senshi nodded and then looked at Mako who grudgingly sat back down and nodded. Makoto was in her living room pacing back and forth. I don’t know how they can just leave Minako like that! She thought. She can’t die! Our furture hasn’t happened yet! If she dies it will be altered. The King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo have never heard of this happening so I know it is wrong. But what do I do? I cannot beat Sapphir by myself and I could not destroy Minako if she was evil. She stopped all of a sudden and fell to her knees crying. Minako walked towards the door but lost her nerve. She knows that I was Sailor V. She would turn me in. I have to have a dusguise. Minako ran to the bathroom and rummaged through her bag until she found her old compact. She transformed herself into a reporter and walked out of the bathroom towards Katrina’s office. “Hikaru Katrina?” she asked. “Yes, who are you?” “My name is Tsukino Usagi,” she said. Nice going, brain child, so orginal, she thought to herself. “I am here to ask you about the sudden wave of crime you say is being brought forth by Sailor V.” “Yes, Sailor V has been seen at the scenes of crimes running away. She will most often be carrying a bag of some sort and disappear as soon as she is spotted. But she will not use any of her attacks so we think she is weakening. That is all I have to say to the press right now. Please leave.” Minako stood up and hurried out of the office. I knew she would come if we gave her time, Katrina thought. There was a shift in the air and then a figure appeared. “Good job, now you must follow her. Mark her as a suspicious character to your police officers. But do not let her out of your site. I will have her.” The man disappeared. Minako had transformed back to normal and was walking along the street when she heard cries for help. She transformed into Super Sailor Venus and ran to the scene. A youma was attacking a group of children. “Stop right there!” she cried. “I am Super Sailor Venus and I have come to England to clear the name of Sailor V! And while I am at it I will destroy you! How dare you pick on helpless children? In the name of Venus, I will punish you!” “Crescent Beam!” she cried using her weakest attack. The youma wasn’t even hurt. As a matter of fact the beam bounced off and hit Venus in the shoulder. She gasped and grabbed her shoulder. “I wish we could save Minako,” Makoto said to Usagi. “So do I but it is our duty --” “Screw duty!” Makoto said standing up and knocking over her chair. “What about our duty to Minako our friend?! Can you really just sit there and let her die!” “I want to save her!” Usagi yelled. “You don’t understand, Minako is one of my closest friends but I have to think about the good of the group and the world! I have to make life or death decisions and I’m not strong enough!” “I agree with Makoto!” Rei said. “We need to save her. We’re her friends!” Venus staggered from the direct hit and then barely dodged a blow as the youma threw her beam back at her again. “Venus Meteor! Surround!” she cried and the youma was attacked by balls of light. Some hit him but very few. And the rest bounced off hitting her. Venus was knocked to the ground. Her gloves were torn and so was the shoulder of her fuku where the beam had sliced her shoulder. Her knees were bloody and she was visibly weakened. “Setsuna!” Usagi cried. “Please help us!” Setsuna appeared and Usagi threw herself at her. “Oh please, you must help us! I can’t do this. I know to do my Sailor duty we must stay away but Minako is my friend. My best friend! We can’t let her die!” “There is only one thing to do. I must use my forbidden power,” Setsuna said. Venus struggled to her feet. She was holding her arm and the youma laughed at her. It put it’s hands together and golden electricity grew between the hands. The youma threw it at her and she managed to block it, but it came back and hit her and electrocuted her. “We can’t let you do that!” Usagi cried. “I must. I will stop time and you four,” she indicated Usagi, Rei, Ami, and Makoto, “will go and get her from England. That is the only way.” “You would be destroyed!” Ami said. “We couldn’t let you risk your life for her. Minako wouldn’t want that!” “Would you rather save your best friend and sister, or a scout you hardly know?” “Venus Love Me Chain!” she sent her chain of hearts flying at the youma. It wrapped the youma up but it broke free and sent the chain flying back at her. She was tied up and the chain was draining her power. “I want to help you out,” Setsuna said. “Get ready I will stop time and then transport you all to England. Get Minako and I will be able to transport you all back before I must go.” “Yes, Setsuna,” the girls said gravely. “Love Chain! Let Go!” Venus cried and her chain disappeared. “Please let this work,” she whispered to herself. “I only have the strength for one last attack. “Venus Love and Beauty Shock!” she cried. It was a direct hit which weakened the youma and angered it. Once more Venus was electrocuted. “We’re ready!” Eternal Sailor Moon said to Sailor Pluto. “I cannot thank you enough for doing this,” Jupiter whispered. “She is your friend,” Pluto said and hugged the shorter girl. “Please get ready, and prepare.” The youma sent a direct hit at her tiara and shattered it. Her fuku disappeared only to be replaced by her regular clothes. The youma attacked her with her Love and Beauty Shock and Minako went down without for the last time. She lay on the ground with blood clouding her eyes and whispered, “Oh, Sapphir, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to let you down.” She closed her eyes but felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked to see Sapphir standing there. “Hush, Mina-chan, you did not let me down. You will be with me for eternity. I only hope you will not grow bored with me.” “Oh, Sapphir,” she whispered. Tears fell washing the blood away and then she gripped Sapphir’s hand and closed her eyes. “NO!!!!” Jupiter cried falling to her knees. “What’s wrong?” Sailor Moon asked. “Minako is dead,” she whispered in between sobs. Usagi started crying and then the four remaining inner senshi cried in the middle of Rei’s temple holding each other in a group hug. No one noticed when Pluto disappeared to tell the others. Minako closed her eyes and heard the youma yell, “Hurry up and die already!” she braced her body for the attack and it came soon enough. One last time her poor ravaged body was electrocuted and then when the spasms stopped she breathed no more. Author’s Ending Note: What do you think? Is it good, I need some feedback here! Anywho . . . I finished this chapter early this week so most likely you’ll get two chapters this week. Yay! Send all comments to Mina69@netscape.net Come visit my website at http://www.angelfire.com/ms/venuslove/index.html Also check back with this wonderful site to see my next chapters and see how the story turns out! Oh, yah once again, I’m sooo sorry about the cliff hanger but I bet you anything that the story won’t turn out like you expect it too!