But she was doing more then just 'exploring', she and Artemis were on a secret meeting with one of her allies, someone her cat had called Luna.
Admitedly, the location of the rendezvous seemed odd to her, an arcade for a secret hush hush meeting?
But then who was she to talk? She was the one who spoke to her cat on a regular basis.... even if he did reply back, it didn't speak much for her mental health to people who didn't know better; which happened to be just about everyone else.
Entering the arcade, Minako beamed at the sight of the 'Sailor V' video game, Artemis' advice abou copy rights to her image having yet another dividend.
But it was the the lady playing the game that made her raise an eyebrow, for she seemed totally out of place. From her short sunny yellow dress that looked like a blossom in full bloom to her long wavy midnight hair. At a guess, Minako pegged her to be in her early twenties.
With a smile, the lady finished the game, defeating the evil Dark King with Sailor V's patented 'Sailor V Crescent Beam attack'...
As the credits started to roll on the video game screen, the lady got up and caught sight of Mianko and the white cat in her arms.
"Artemis?"
Later that day at a nearby cafe, Luna and Artimes were exchanging stories of their progress.
Which was all good on artemis' side, having with the help of Sailor V managed to stop an advance scout group from the Dark Kingdom by the name of 'The Dark Agency'.
Luna's tale on the hand wasn't so good...
"You must understand, things have been difficult for me, despite our exiting our capsules at the same time.
I spend many days out on the streets hunting and seeking for any sign of the Sailor Senshi aura, much like you did.
After many weeks of searching, I had finally tracked down a single match. Her name was Rei, Rei Hino, the daughter of a highly placed politician.
It was hard sneaking into her home, as her father was strict on security, what with being a politician and there having been cases of daughters of well placed politicians being kidnapped and well... it's not a pleasent thing for all concerned.
In any event, I had just confirmed that she was the reincarnation of Sailor Mars, had just given her the henshin wand and gone into the spiel about her past.
That was when disaster struck, her father had brought home his newest assistant to help him with some paperwork. The assistant name, Jason Deite, also known as Jadeite, one of Queen Beryl's generals.
It didn't take long for Mar's budding psychic senses to detect him for what he was. Oh, if only she had been trained as a priestess or had some way of honing her abilities, things wouldn't have turned out how they did.
Jadeite soon revealed his intentions to the newly awoken Mars, and the fight...
It was magnificent...."
Luna's mind went into reverie of the fight.
"Young lady, I don't know how you managed to detect me for what I am and prevent my energy drain, but I fear your father must soon have a loss in his family," Jadeite smirked as he gestured at where Rei's father's cotomose body; a result of energy absorbion.
Rei snarled as she leapt at the demon; rudimentary psychic ability flashing to the forefront as she forgot everything the talking cat had told her.
Her hands clawed at Jadeite's smirking face, tiny embers forming at her fingertips.
When he simply moved to the side in a dodge, she followed suit by a wild swipe at his face... to no avail as he simply kept moving back from her with a light smile on his face.
A smile that was familiar in its ability to rub her wrong with its arrogance and...
That was when she pounced at him, with both flaming claws out for his eyes.
It was a pounce that was never completed, for it was then that Rei was simply frozen in a block of ice, with only her head free.
A freezing crafted with but three words.
"Mercury Icy Coffin."
The sudden drop in temperature cleared Rei's mind, enough so that she recorgnized the clear danger she was in. And she could hear the whisper deep in her mind, a whisper that she uttered out loud, as a flaming symbol for Mars formed on her forehead.
"Mars Power, Make-up!"
A flare of fiery light later, Sailor Mars stood in front of the two smirking Dark Kingdom generals.
Sailor Mars stood tall.
She stood proud.
She moved swiftly in launching her fire-based attack with a cry of "Mars Fire Soul".
She didn't stood a chance, not against the female general, who simply countered Mars' attack by uttering the words "Mercury Aqua Mirage".
The single fireball that arced towards the blue and black clad general was quietly and effectively extinguished by spikes of water launched back in a counter attack... Spikes that simply negated the fire attack and went on after Mars directly before striking with the force of multiple jackhammers, knocking her backwards before enveloping the Sailor Senshi in a sphere of water that kept her alive, but imprisoned.
"That was when I fled, it's clear what happened. Beryl's gotten ahold of Mercury and now she had Mars..." Luna's eyes glittered bitterly as she finished her tale. "I haven't seen her since... but I dread what Beryl and that traitor would do to her. Oh, what great depravities she must be suffering, even now..."
With that Luna broke down crying, which had the immediate effect of Minako looking at Artemis before awkwardly patting the moon-cat in human form.
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